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COI LUMBIA NEWS IN SHORT FORM Bua^acna Men Make War on Vag? rants?Auto Liability Law Proposed Columbia, Jan. 2S.?Tb? caer of the ruled 8Ut?? against C. P. Boyd. Inent Charleston bubble** man. charged with having procured inter? state freight oy false representations, ta betng trust la the district federal court hen- this week. The case wir. likely nrsjf through the llrst hulf of the week, as there is a mass of doc? umentary evidence and a large num? her of wl'ncsae* Mr. Bojxl ta chargsd with having recslvtd wder-notlfy car shipments, and reoehlng the shipments without saying for them. Dttvsag Oat Vsgrar u. The. city of Columbia ta waging a re on vagrants. The "Minute [en,** an organisation of business ten, for the promotion of the city's terests, sre cooperating with the polios and sheriff's departments in rounding up all loafer* who eanr.ot show that their being out of work in due to a sincere inability to find oc? cupation. A number of arrests have been made already. Undesirable loaf? ers are* given to understand that they are not wanted In south Carolina. Auto lAabtllty Bill. Of Interest to motor car drtvera will be the announcement that Represen taalv T. Pau) Picksou. of Anderson. Is drawing up a bill to be Introduced In the general assembly, to require that when an automobile which fig ?uro? in an accident is attached, to cover loss to the other car in lured, the' osss to determine the liability must ba tried In the mime county where the car is attached, and not necessarily in the county where the ear owner resides. Mr. Dlckaon slates that this will relieve unfortunate ve? hicle owners, who ore run into by other vehicles, the Inconvenience of going to another county for the hear-* gsg of their complsJnt. LswO for Women. The women of South Carolina do not want exerrstlon from poll tax. ac? cording to otracers of the South Caro? lina League of Worsen Voters in Co tumbu? The women voters are inter sated In the outcomo of the btlla, now before Che general assembly, to give them full auftrage \nd they are also Interested In trie bill to exempt them from jury du tu, but they sre willing to pay the Boll tax. and want this share in bearing the cost of govern? ment, according to Mrs. F. 8. Mun sell. president of the league. Mrs. Msnsell states that the bill which the voters league has endorsed, to raise the "sge of consent" from fourteen to sixteen, aid be introduced In the genera! a si archly this week. It is nkety to bd passed without opposi? tion of rases for Criminal CO?rt. The following Is a list of prisoners now in the county Jail awaiting trial In the February term of court. This is. o> course, u\\y a partial list of cases to conic before this cou.*t for trial, as One great majority of those awalttn g trial are at present out on bond. The bond for some of these prisoners whs are now In jail may be arranged and they will be let out before the commencement of the court The list follows: Kllal Singleton murder. Robert Myers, assault and battery anth Intent to kill. James R. Oreen. a whits youth, aJatrdvajr robtsery and carrying con? cealed* weapon* Jawtes Olden, selling property un? der mortgage. ttseklet James, rape. Sam Ix>gun. Krand larceny. Moses Can ley , rape. George Raw ton. highway robbery. Warren Kvane, house breaking and larceny. sstdie Dultsnt. receding stolen goods. Arthur Ford, house breaking and larceny Rugene ftruneon and Jessie Mc? Clary, house breaking and larceny. Nathaniel Moses, murder Frank stagger, house breaking and la men). J. C. Watklrw. Jr.. forgenry. Simon Wlthcrspoon. grand laroeny. ft. K Istrups. selling property under lien. Rusrne Atk.nson. assault and bat? tery. Moss Winn. bouse breaking. Karl Dodsor. murder. M P. People*. fraadnAeai mortgage. Lewis Presley, obtaining goods un? der false pretrnses. Peter Iiavl*. anaaing whiskey. HTKKN tmam ma .ikws. Iiondon. Jan lews throughout the world were aake.i to eonaent to i f??rm of self.tnxatlon Py tithes in the manifesto reetntly issued by the Pal? e*ttne Foundation Fund, asking for i) '. Oto.ouo for the reo instruction <>\ Palestine. The manifesto waa hirtum! bj a number of distinguished Jew*. In eliding b?rd I ?OthOt hlld. Sir AtffOd M atd and I>r Chalm W. ixmnnn. The manifesto nv. Mines a big pro? gram of irrigation, dralnsge. forestry. r<?ad-mak?nu i?iidn<? building end town planning whlcb >f BaJTI can be ae eompllshed if the lew* nt th?- world will ? t< ih?-niM ive* t<> sroduot the fund deelred. It adds thu' the purpose <>f the pro. BteOOft Is to enable immigration Into Pa I est las to begin without del iy and i<i nees/Mf for the eoasaaaata develop roent of the countrx. Thnuninih are wititlng on the threshold of Pah si lue tt assert*. To prevent a cold take t>R?. -Advt Wsshlnston Ian ft,?At 'he and of todn>'s rsoounl by ins ataatg eom mit fan of batet ta aast at the ism* Mb htgan sea itoi I i ? lion, llentyy ? d had a SH run Of 1,1st, Tlv? i. oon* Inelagesl 1.17*1 prootaetg ou' s*f i.ll'l In the stute. Henntor New? i.errv f> plurality was about ,,..00. cat sjuWais relieves to colrtj,?Adrf. WATEREE RIVER BRIDGE i Columbia Chamber of Commerce Lends Approval and Will See Money Raised Columbia. .Ian. 25.?That the Co? lumbia chamber of commerce lends HI approval nnd will see that the money Is raised for Columbia's share in conatructing the approaches to the proposed Watere-j river bridge, was the result of the special meeting of the board of directors of that organ? ization called yesterday afternoon to consider this matter. A committee from the automotive .n - ( (-lallen composed of S. It. Mo Master, K. A. Jenkins and J, M. <ire*?n. Sr., appeared before the chamber and presented the matter of erecting the bridge across the W.t leree river. Mr. McMnstar was spokesman and explained the situa? tion hefore the two counties of Sum Iff and Rich Lund. The bridge will coat $150,000. The government will give $75.000 of thij and each of the counties has provid? ed, through taxation. $37,500. How IsgSjff, the state highway department wtll not authorize the construction of this bridge unloss the approach?* arc made from both sides. Thsss approaches will cost $25,000. The Sumttr approach Is two and a quar? ter miles in length nnd will be built of hard surface material. As soon as the road Is completed It will be taken over by the state highway department. The construc? tion of this bridge will put Columbia 20 some odd miles nearer Sumter and make Sumter Just a few miles further than Camden is from Colum? bia. Letters wcro read from the Sum? ter clumber of commerce and it was brought out at the meeting that Sumter had pledged $12,500 of the $25.000 to b? raised. Mr. McMaMer said that he had already subscrip? tions amounting to about $2,51)0, ao that there only remahvs $1U,U00 for Kichtand county to --.use. Mr. Mc Maoter says that the state highway department only wants some assur? ance that .he approaches will be built and that If rhe money is as? sured he bellevea the contracts will be let within the next 30 days. K. O. Black, president of the cham? ber of commerce, appointed a com? mittee to appear before city coun? cil at its meeting this morning In th?. interest of this bridge and also to appear before the Sumter and RIchlaru! county delegations, which are to meet this afternoon. What Arc Cotton Seed Worth. Clemson College. Jan. 25.?The following loiter by Pr?f. C. P. Black - well. chief of Bhe agronomy di? vision, wrttten in answer to an in? quiry on the relative value of cotton weed and commercial fertilizer con? tains some information that may help to guide farmers In the matter *f selling cotton seed: "Lear Sir:?Your letter of Jan? uary 3rd to Mr. W. W. Long, has been referred to my office for atten? tion. In ?nswer will say that in order to fix accurately a ratio be? tween the value of commercial ferti? lizer and cotton seed, It would be neceeeary to tlx prices on ammonia, phosphoric acid, and potash. "Since the fertilizer companl? s have not announced their spring prices. It would be a little dlhTcult U make a perfectly accurate com? parison. One ton of cotton seed con? tains 62 lbs. of nitrogen Off approxi? mately 70 lbs. of ammonia. 26 lbs. of phosphoric acid, and 24 lbs. of pataiK while one ton of t -3-3 would contain 60 lbs. of ammonia, 1G0 lbs. of phosphoric acid, and 60 lbs. of polish. If we assume that the price Is 20 cents a pound for ammonia, 5 cents for phosphoric aclcl, and 10 cents for potash, the cotton load would be worth $22.4:? igured on th? same basis. I do not know thit Wo, would bo justified in assuming I those prices, but I think they wou'.d be a fair estimate at the present lime. "I believe that In order for a farmer to l>e Justified in selling hit] CClton seed at present prices, IhS ??Jt-a fertilizer should st 11 for less than $25.0n. "Of course, there arc rr.nny factors affecting the question, on* of Which would bo he needs of tie fanner's ?0ii. In addition >to the matter of fertiliser, I believe there is one Othor I'ai tor whuh the farmer should co:i t aider, that is that lie is entitled to I?; price for the oil in his * ait on Seed I Even if he could sell his seed and 1 Uy S-2-3 fertilizer, thereby gettins an equal amount of fertilzer, he v < uld still he giving away the oil in his ?seal While I appreciate the faet tluit the oil is not WOfth mu< h Ht the present time, yet I do not be ln\e that th^ farmer should be "\ i ee,f>d to raahi sn ogehanga in which I he gives away his oil. '.\s I said In the beginning, a definite comparison is difficult with? out fixing the pme for all of the fertilising elements, as the cotton j seed fr*ntatns mare ammonia and theI fertiliser contains more phosphoric acid and potash." in this connection, Director Long ot the satoneton service announces that a conference of th?- agricultural worhen of Clems college :s to be hold In a few days to work out ft J farm policy for 1021 with special refersnes to making reoommenda tlons as to using fertilizers, etc. This Donferenes has been postponed until fertiliser manufacturers five out prices of fertilisers for the year, since the nneatloti of prices would m\c eonslderatde imI'11? i e In mak? ing recoaiWendntlona Columhtn, Jan. 25.?The South Ca I cttna house of representatives toda> Bd i reaolutlon urging Preatdent Wilson to work tor the completion of I the personnel <>f the war finance board a resolution railing on eon Igffesg to i t Xoa world disarmament W-.vs Killed. A few dotegfftl break u cold. -Advt CHARGES AGAINST MGR. SCHWAB President of Bethlehem Steel Corporation Tells Committee That No Part of Director's Expenses Were Charged to Shipping Construc? tion Now York, Jan. 24.?Eugene R. Orace, president of the Bethlehem Steel corporation, appenred tonight before the Walsh committee investi? gating; tho affairs of the United States Shlping board and corroborated the testimony of Chat* M, Schwab that no part of tho latter's personal ex? penses as an othcer of the Emergency Fleet corporation had been charged to shipping construction. Col. E. H. Abadie, former controller general of the l>oard, and Perley Morse, an accountant, previously had ilotitied the oommiiuce of the discov? ery of a voucher for $269,543 03 al? leged to cover personal expenses of Schwab during October, 1918, when he was director genera) of the fleet cor? poration. An audit of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation's hooks, they added, disclosed that $100,000 of this amount had been charged to ship construction. Mr. Morse explained however, that when he made his re? port concerning the voucher he did not certify, und can not now say, whether this item was not eventually allocated or changed. Mr. Grace explained that the pay? ment of $269.643.63 had been made to Mr. Schwab In accordance with the regular method pursued In reimburs? ing Mr. Schwab for expenuea made by him and bis office organization in connection with the company's bus? iness. in distributing t.his item among the various departments of the business $ioo,oon of |t \ ih charged to the Bethelehem Shipbuilding corporation, whirh is the Bethlehem subsdlary in rharge Of shipbuilding. It was not charged, the wi ness said, to the cost of ships as had been testified by Col? onel Abadie. As a matter of fact. Mr. Orace added, the Bethlehem com? pany never claimed this $100,000 as [in. item, of cost against government ships, but charged that amount to protit and loss. Mr. Orace submitted photostat copies of various voucher . ? id other papers purporting to show the his? tory' of this transaction from begin? ning to end. Irving N. Kulner, an accountant employed by Perley M:>rse and com? pany, preceded Mr. Orace on the stand. Ho was identified as the man who discovered and reported the i voucher in question. Kulner testified it was a Bethlehem Steel corporation | vcucher drawn to C. M. Schwab, and j that the word "personal" was not on that voucher. The witness explained he did not trace the voucher and had no knowledge of the llnal disposition of the item. He admitted that a fur? ther search, wdlch was r-evented by the stoppln.?; of the audit, might have disclosed a credit. "He confirmed Mr. Morses testimony that he (Kulner) had been Informed by an employee of the Bethlehem corporation that the $100,000 had been disallowed. NEW FLORENCE CHARTER Florence, Jan. 24. ? Anticipating the time when the women will be voting, probably along with the men. and may hold office too in Florence, tho new city charter, n,s drafted and adopted hu t night by a mass meeting of the elti/.ens, generally follows the expedient of not discriminating as be? tween the sexes. Mayor, councilmen. ' orY) mission era of election and educu ' Ion and election managers, must be only "Qualified electors" or "persons" Who qualify as voting citizens of ' "a ronce, only in one instance, does "n< new charter spool fly the mule of the species? and that's for city man ager, Pi<pnh News and Views. 'Msgah, Jan. 23.?I^ast week was the coldest so far. Just hog-killing Weather. Many were butchered and Others will be, In the cold spells as thef come. A good many oats are being sow ?d. For many years fall oats were killed sf> the plantings are deferred until apt Ing. Farm work has not commenced yet. Farmers don't know what to depend on llnarvckilly, so u.s to shape their Crops. Cotton will get the black eye so far as acreage is concerned. Ev? ery effort to enhance the price hau met with failure so 1 guess the south OUghl to buy futures and not plant any cotton. By pursuing this plan for a year or so we may get a living gambling though it is. i hear a :roo<l many uro going t<> do so, One thing is certain a great change will have to com?' or our people will be bankrupt. The ycan'l stand the ex? pense now g??ing on. Taxes are out Of reason. Tv Ice as high ;?s the radicals put upon us from 1868 to Hampton's inauguration, Hundreds of ofAcea can he nhulished without Injury to the st:tie, and as long as Mrs- thing goes on and people sub? mit to it. i will go on from bnd to worse. in his spt ei h before the old veter? ans in Sumter laal May, Uov. Cooper ?aid he was willing to b? taxied to give the old boys $1,000,000 for pen ?|< US, NOW, in his message he says tin Sfnt.- can'i pay them and advo? cates pensions for the needy. Who is t<> Judge? Tho pension rolls as pow made up are; honor onos, and it I matters not whether the true soldier \\"as a teamster or a millionaire ho is entitled to his pension and if lie don't want if he can return it. The United States mikes no distinction In Its pensions on account i I wealth and that is proper and right Men Iii I 'apt. K. Rcotl ('arson. Judge Thea, F. Richardson and l>r Henry J, Mcl^iurln know what a sol? dicr'sj horior is and Ihey would not endorse, any scheme to deprive bun of his Just lights aa q soldier, FOUGHT TO THE DEATH - Two Marlboro Men Engage in I Pis.tol Battle in Woman's Room Columbia! Jan. 25.?Hart People and W. C. Barringttne, Of Marlboro OOUOJty, are reported here today to be dying from wounds received in a 1 gun battle at the Bennettsville home of Barringtino's wife Sunday nigln. Bnrringtine lives in the country near Bennettsville and came to Iiis wife's home and found Peels in her room. According to the report, eight shots were exchanged, Barringtine and his wife are reported as having been I I separated for several years. NO FREE RANGE FOR GEORGETOWN Columbia, Jan. 25.?Hopes of free range for cattle and hogs in George? town county went glimmering last night in he hotise of representatives, when the members voted 51 to 2S to Strike out the enacting words of the measure, which was Intended to ex? empt Georgetown county from tho operations of the state law. The vote means that the house is opposed to free range, at least when the delega? tion from the county is badly divided on the question. Hardly had the house laid the Georgetown measure in Its grave than it retraced its footsteps made earlier In the evening session and i killed the bill which would have ex? empted the townships of Yemassee land Bluffton, Beaufort county, from the operation of the stock law. This measure was at lirst ordered to a third rending, but When the George? town vote had been recordod, the yemassee and Bluffton measure was Sgatn taken up and it was killed by a vote of 15 Uo 3 2. Debate on the Georgetown meas? ure ranged all the way from the creation down to pint y wood cows, razor back hogs and Addier crabs, and served to bring out the fact that ?the Georgetown delegation to *he house Is divided. .Representative Bil? liard was strongly opposed to tho measure, while Representative West defended ho bill vigorously. Before delate had closed many members ol the house had discussed tho bill. Representative Hllliand told of the opposition to the bill in many quar? ters, quoted letters from N, W. Pyrtt. O. O. Miller, Indiana farmer who Is thinking of buying Georgetown land, and the Waddell ranch.'' He told ol the contested elections and of va? rious other local affairs, and urged that the bill be killed. Representative West snid his col? league knew Uttle or nothing of the sentiment of the people of George? town, that he could not find his way home if carried ten miles in the coun? try and held that except for the towns of Georgetown and Andrews, the county was 80 per cent for free grass. Representatives Bherard of Grecn wood, ITanahan of Fairfleld, McCutch eon of Williamsburg, Winter of Berkeley, DcTrevillc of Colleton and Others discussed the measure. When put to a vote the bill was killed by a good majority. \\ hen this bill had been killed the house, on motion of Representative ?w- ns. reconsidered the bin which would have exempted Yemassee and Bluffton townships, Beaufort county, iro n th" operation of the fence law, nd killed it also. Up countrymen and a considerable number of visitors listened closely to the free range debSJte, which was one of tho most extended held on tho door at this session. The large areas owned by Northern hunting clubs and the vast swampy areas were men? tioned in the course of the debate. BRITISH OFFER TO BOLSHEVIK London, Jan. 2 4 (By the Associated prr.SS).?The terms of the British Russian parliamentary agreement which Leonid Knassin, tho sov'et representative, has taken to Moscow for consideration officially, have been made, public. The most important terms follow: Bach party agrees to refrain from hostile action or propaganda outside Its borders against the other's insti? tutions. The, soviet particularly agrees to refrain from any encouragement of Astatic peoples to action against British Interests, especially in Asia Minor. Persia, Afghan .tan and India. British BUbectS In Russia and Rus? sians in Great Britain will Ikj per? mitted t" return to their homes if they so desire. Each agrees not to impose any form of blockade against I the other or any discriminations against trade not imposed on other fori ;gn countries. Ships in the oth? er's harbors shall receive the treat? ment usually accorded foreign mer? chant ships by commercial nations. The agreement provides f?>r the clearance of mines from the Bailie sen and t:>. approaches to Russia and the exchange of information regard - Inf mines, it provides f?>r the admis? sion to both countries of persons ap? pointed to carry mit the agreement With the right to rest riet them ta specified areas and tin* exclusion of an..' v.ho are persona non grata, and 1 ('-.> five communication and exemp I; ion from taxation, The Moving Picture Problem. Columbia, Jnn. 26- The educa? tion committee of tho Senate, consid? ering Ihe bill to create n state mov? ing picture board of review, held n hearing on the bill Tuesday afternoon, when proponents of the measure sp? iv ired and presented their side. On Thursday afternoon opponents of the 10..sure will appear, and it is under? stood 11 number of prominent moving I picture producers will attend the hear ilUK Tho bill has boon recommitted in t!.. senate, The Judiciary commit ilee of tin- house has made an unfa vonablo report on the bill. To break ? cold take f?r>6.?Advt. INCOME TAX RE? TURNS FIGURES One on Five Million Dollars and Two From Four to Five Millions Washington, Jan. 24.?One return on income of $5,000,000 was filed in the calendar year 1918, according to 1 completed statistics of incomes for that year issued tonight by the bu? reau of internal revenue. Two returns were tiled of income from $4,000.000 to $5,000,000; four of j income from $3,0<>0,000 to $4,000,000; I 11 from $2,000,000 to $8,000*000, and 33 from $1,000,000 to $ 1,600,000. Corporations, exclusive of personal sendee concerns, reporting during litis numbered 317.579 of which 202, 061 reported a total net income of $0.861,511,241, which yielded income taxes of $053,198,483 and war profits and excess profits taxes of $2.505, 505,939, a t Otal tax of $3,158,764,422. Partnerships reporting net income numbered 91,132 with a total net income of $939,881,678 while there were 2 i?9 7 personal service corpo? rations with a total net income of $51,923,953. U.S. LED WORLD Total Launchings in Shipyards I of World in 1920 Amounted to 5,851,000 Gross Tons New York, Jan. 24.?The United i States led the world on the total gross i tons of merchant vessels launched in j 1920. according to figures made pub ; lie today by Lloyd's register of ship I ping. The total launching in shipyards of the world amount tu 6,861,000 gross I tons, a decrease of most 1,300,000 from the 1919 figure but an Increase of more than 400.0<m over 191S. The total for the United States was 2.27?'., 000 tons, while Or eat Britain was sec? ond with 2,055,000 tony. Japan ho^s launched 4 56,000 toiu? during' the year, a decrease from 611,000 tons in lit 19. Lloyd's points out that at the be? ginning of 1920 the United States and Great Britain had on hand practical? ly the sam ? amount of construction to be completed and credits Ameri? can yards with greater speed than those in Great Britain in that this country exceeded England's total by 20 per cent. The decline in the total world ton? nag?- launched was attributed to the decline In the American shipbuilding program. America's launching being 1,600,000 tons less than in the pre? vious year, British production showed a gain of more than 400,000 tons. Other countries launched a total of about 1.330,000 tons during 1920, or about 20,000 tons less than in 1919. In comparison with pre-war fig? ures the launehing In the United States were pine times as great as in 1913 and throughout the world there was a gain of about 7 5 per cent. For the first :ime since the be? ginning of the war Great Britain last year exceeded its 1913 figure*, the j guin being about 7 per cent. * CITY NURSE FUND I On Thursday morning at 10 o'clock j a committee of ladies will meet at j the Y. M. C. A. to canvass the city, asking each citizen to sign a pledge J card toward the maintenance of the city nurse. You may contribute any amount you see lit and pay as you prefer in monthly payments or the Whole amount at one time. This is an urgent call to you and without your support the great work which Is being done In your city by your city nurse will have to cease. In the city schools tore are at least seventy-five undernourished children who need milk. They can not afford to pay for it. Are you not willing to do your part In order that these poor little ones might be given this milk along with the more fortunate ones who are able to pay for theirs? This Is only one phase of the many du? ties of the city nurse. Because you are financially strained is no excuse for not responding to this call, for if you are strained, doesn't it mean that the man in poor? er circumstances is more strained? Now is your chance and you must not fail to do your part which is >? ?ry small to you but very gnat to the less fortunate. Make up your mind what von can do and be ready to sign the pledge card on Thursday morn? ing when it is presented to you. Ilailroad Casualties in the State. Columbia, Jan. 20?Seventy-nine people Were killed and 589 were in? jured in accidents connected with the railroads of the state aiming 1920, according to the annual report of the South Carolina railroad commission, being math- this week before the leg? islature. Of the persons killed four were passengers on trains, seventeen were railway employees and 58 were trespassers or persons crossing rail? road tracks at the time trains ap? proached. Of the Injured 129 were [{passengers, and 400 were persons us j ing the crossings. The greater number of the acci? dents and deaths, the report says, i wi re due to collisiomi of automobiles with trains. The commission urges (the pubUc and the railroads to ex? ercise more care at OTOSSinngS. The J public especially is urged to stop at ? railroad crossngs before crossing the rails. Tho commission's report refers to telephone, express, freight and gen leral railroad service in the state and i notes improv? mente In recent months I In practically every department. The commission reports an improvement in telephone service since the return of tho lines to private ownership, and points to the financial condition of the phone companies, which has made necessary many rate increases. Tan'1 telephone companies discontinued op era lions during t ho \ ea r. Rub-My-Tism relieves Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains Advt. EXPRESS COMPANY INCREASES CAPITAL Southeastern Express Company Now Holds One Million Capital Birmingham, Ala.. Jan. 24?In Boutheastern Express Co.. which is to crease of the Capital Stock of the take over the express busines on the lines of the Southern Railway system and the M. and O., Railway to one million dollars was authorized at a. meeting of the stockholders held in Blrm ugham today and the charter waj amended seordingiy. Folio sing the meeting of the stock holders a meeting of the directors was held and John M. Hockaday was electd pret dent and general manager. Captain Charles A. Lyeriy, vice president; Fcrrll W. Woods, secretary and treas? urer and Sand? rs McDaniel. general conscl. Tin stock holders also votec ti e directors authority to take all necessary steps for the beginning of active operations by the new express company. THE JEEHAW MAN "Hagood" Bethea Breaks into Verse and Lines Out a Few The Jeehaw man is abroad in the lan'. I hear his merry song. The Jeehaw man does what be cart Turning his furrows long. And do you know he is about as happy as they make them. Some one has put it this way: If you arc very blue, (let busy. II you are in a slew, Get busy. That is the dope for you. Who think you're done for tine. Get busy. The times are hard you say, Get busy. Hard times yield not to play. Get busy. The winds at last will shift, The cloud will have a rift. Get busy. You nothing gain by mopes. Get busy. Adventure raises hopes, Get busy. "When you reap your reward Your lot will not be hrrd. Get busy. We have been having fine weather for farm work, and a few have taken advantage of it to break land, though this is not general. The wheat mill is constantly in op? eration; where the wheat comes from one hardly knows. It was not made here. This plant gives a beautiful ami nutty product that pleases the customer, which 1 suppose accounts in some measure for its constant op? eration. There has been greai complaint about excessive taxation. Suppose that three million bond issue for road improvement had been fastened on us. You say it is coming? Mercy on usl Some of us are cracked, and hat straw will break the camel's back. Tiny have splendid congregations at the Bethesda church. The. com muntty is well pleased with the new preacher. The Sabbath school, Su pertnti ndent. Mr. Sam Shirer, is wel! atti nded. Also there is a mid-week prayermeetlng each Thursday at 7:30 p. m. Two good rules for working: Do the hard things first, and always be in a hurry, but never do anything hurriedly. Some people go like a top; they turn fast but get nowhere. Some go like lightning and smash things generally. The one taxes patience, the other taxes endurance. Bishop Guerry will preach at the Chu vh of the Ascension Sunday, Jan? uary 30th at 3:30 p. m. Mrs. Milling and Miss Alice Clown ey of Wlnnsjboro, S. C. visiting their sister. Mrs. Sam Shirer. have re? turned home. Quite a number of the colored folks of our community have married this fall and winter. One would suppose they are seeking helpmeets, not help eats. I There are clod hoppers so born, ' there are clod hoppers SO made by circumstances; there are clod nonpars I so made by themselves. The first two arc endured; the lust la inured to ?harm and contempt. The health of our community was never better. A few common colds la the crop of our complaints. Good neighbors are a real bless? ing. We have not a bog to kill and yet for weeks our board has not been clear of backbone, sparertbs, sausage and puddings as big as your wrist. No sronder we stay at home. Hagood." Rembert. Jan. 24. GOVERNMENT TAKES FARMS Louisville, Ky , Jan. 24?The gov? ernnn-nt introduced an unusual wrin? kle in prohibition law entYuvement to? day when it sei7.od two farms on \ which illicit whiskey stills wane found. On.* in Nelson county conststa of Mi acres and the other, in Uullitt coun yt, contains M acres. The owners may redeem the property upon payment of penalth which prohibition enforcement j cei>, smi amounted to sl.tjoo. & 666 breaka i cold quicker than 'remedy we know. -Advt. Manila, Jan. 26.?For'y-elf pinos u re drowned in two Thirty-six, mostly women andi dr. n losi their lives when a 41 \vis< schooner w.ts blown ashf twelve were drowned when was driven on a reef. Rub-My-Tism cure brt bun s. sores, tetter, ctc.-*f