The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 05, 1921, Image 2

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JAIL SENTENCE FOR FIRST MOONSHINERS Other Chturfts Betas* Diacuewed Would Provide for Drive on Boom Brew Washington. Jan. SI (By the Aeso olstsd Press).?Prohibition leaders In conerress are hoping to tighten up she vom toad law. They are planning new legislation to provide a flat Jail sentence tor the first offense uf selling liquor Without giving the courts the op? tional right of imposing a tine, Other changes being discussed among the prohibition leaders relate to tho search and sei sure clause, so as to reach the horns brew und to make more sweeping th? present taw un? der which a person buying liquor aaay be punished equally with the person selling it. Confiscation of every drop of liquor held by citIsens regardless as to when or how It was acquired is also being urged. This would legullzo sslsai ' of all stoeks held Ln private cellar or a safety deposit vauU. Objection to however, bus been ssads by some dry leaders on the .ground that little auch liquor finds Ha way into channels of bootleg trade and that U won't be long be? t?re all such liquor will be used up. Unless a pending bin. which would permit federe' commissioners to try minor liquor cases, is passed a pro? posed, amendment to the law would take care of this. Federal court docket* are now badly congested with Volstead violations atM gevorn ssent officials have reported a change Of procedure necessary. The big tight of amendment will gjtsrt wlUh the opening of thn new session in April, sai -rding to dry Isadora They say they havo enough votes in the house now to put through say added restrictions they aught desire, but that there la not enough thne left. Msaawblls chairmen Volstead of tho house judiciary commute on whoa* shoulders will fsll the bulk of revtetag. ft* waiting word from pro tUbttlsn enforcement officers ss to sjuaajeatlons for making the tuW bullet proof/ Its wants ths advice of the charged with ths breaking up of etoisw traffic. HP TO THE FARMERS Colombia. Fob. I.?W. H. Fr?ser, president of ths feoutb Carolina Bank? ers* association, has Just returned* from a meeting of the executive council sad the legislative committee In Columbia January 38. At this meeting matters of far reaching im? portance were considered relative to the financial, Industrial and agri? cultural situation in this state. Asked for a statement of how the hankers viewed the situation today. President Frassr said: "Their views as a whole are decidedly optimistic, but a great deal depends upon the way the farmers take the recom? mendation* of the American Cotton SjSsooJstlou ss to the planting of cot? ton this year. "If they will one and all plant one third of the cultivated lands to cotton and the other two-thirds to food and other crops In accordance with those wlss recommendations, then the pros pest for higher prices will Indeed be b?g tu and prosperoua conditions this fall assured "This stens* to bo (he only prac? ticable solution, and It is up to the furmers themselves. It Is their only salvation, and .1 can not too strongly urge them to adopt this plan, which Will in my opinion, be quickly of? fensive. "Tho proportionate acreage of one third to cotton and two-thirds to oth? er crops has been worked out re the proper basis for planting this year, and not s. Ml per cent, reduction of Cotton, acreage, as some erroneously bolieCc to he the recommendation of the. American Cotton association. The above hssis will effer a 5<J per cent redaction. "I am sure bankers generally will . eP inclined to help the* farmers to the llrslt of their ability if they will wholeheartedly and conscientiously carry out these recommendations." ROCK HULL MILL STARTS UP AGAIN Hock HUI, Teb. 1?Announcement eras made '.odsy that the Blue Buckle Cotton mill would reeume operation on full time Februsry I I, and that be* *\y and night shifts would be Opei d. This will furnish employ merit to iho-tt 1(10 operatives and will add 'housansl* of dollars to the monthly payroll here The announcement that the plant would not only start on full time, but would operate two shifts, is of more than ordinsry interest because of the f?ic that the plant was In dlroetly Involved In the financial dif? ficulties experienced early In the year by the Jobbers Overall company of Lynchbueg. Vs.. 'hrough the fart that the Lynchburg concern Is the principal stockholder in the losal plant. It wss ita'ed st the time that the only thing holding th. manufac? turing plant b.i< \ was lack of orders for ths goods manufactured by the Blue Buckle mill. Th? Blue fluokle plsnt last sum? mer constructed a large addition te the mill and oreoted more than 100 new residences, and It la expected that every one of these new resi? dence* will at once ho occupied. Most of the houses are at present occupied >y famines who have believed that the shutdown was only temporury. <\. K ?'hesterton yearns to visit Chicago, which he considers a city of wonders. It I*. Mr. Chesterton. *^hl cago la always wndeting about some? thing1?politics, m?, literature, lec? tures or lecturers?Chicago Daily N*w*s There Is this different c between a skunk and a male mortal who uses perfume The skunk is born that way and can't help it ?Baltimore HTven LARGER NAVY ON PACIFIC COAST Committee is Unanimously in Favor of Move After an Investigation WafthlnKti.ii, Jun. 31.?Recom? mendations tor extensive navul de? velopment of the Pacific coast were presented to the senate and house today by the Joint committee up- i pointod by congress |o investigate nnd i i pott upon ;ho question Of strength? ening th?? naval and air 'defenses of i the west coast. The oommlltee af- I ter personal tpspeotionc, unanimously reported in favor of creating four now military defansea The most import.mi reoommenda? tion wus Tor the establishment of a naval flea' base at Alameda. on Kan Francisco liay. This would supple? ment the Mare Island base, relieving It of all btlt construction and repair work, and become the principal op crating ami supply base of the west coast. Other to ommendntions call for an aviation base In the i'uget. Sound region, to i>? located at Hand Point, Wash., and not to exceed $1,500,000, OOo in coat; retention of Edlz Hook, Wash., for "future department in case of emergency" as an operating station for small units of air craft, destroyors ai;d submarines; establishment of a submarine base not to cost more than $?1,000,000 at San Pedro, on Los An? geles harbor nnd the creation of a lighter than air naval aviation base at Camp Kenrncy, near S?m Diego. MANNING IN NORTH CAROLINA Explain* Working of Export Corporation Columbia, Fob. 2.?Former dov. Richard I. Manning, president of the American Products Export and Import corporation, returned to Columo.a yesterday from Lumberton and Red Springs, N. C, where ho spoke Mon? day at "Acreage Reduction'" meet? ings. At both meetings he present? ed the plane and purposes of the ex? port corporation and reports that the people were genuinely interested in the corporation and enthusiastic over its prospect* At Lumberton the meeting was held In the court house, which Gov? ernor Manning says was filled to overflowing, people lining the aisles and sitting in the windows. At Red Springe ths theater was filled. Tho people of both places. Governor Man? ning said, evidenced great earnest ooss In their desire to arrive at a proper solution of tho problems con? fronting tbem. They appreciate the necessity of a reduction of their acre? age and appreciate the value of the export corporation as a marketing organization for their cotton. Th<* meetings were hold under the auspices of the Robeoon county branch of the American Cotton association. A statement given out by the American Cotton association yester? day say* that "a careful investiga? tion throughout the cotton belt, Just oompleted by the association, indi? cates qul o clearly that the im re? duction In cotton acreage will ap? proximate. GO per cent of the acre? age planted in 1930. The causs for the reduction is chargeable to two principal reasons. First, the farmers are holding the bulk of the 192a crop hecauew preoent prices represent hardly more than one-third of tha coot of produtrlon. Second, oonks and supply merchants are unable to rtnance tho plunting Of a ndrmal acre nge in cotton in 1IS1 while carrying unpaid obligations of 1020. Health Condition In the State. Columbia. Fob, 1.?Improvement in health gf the state is noted in the an? nual report of Dr. Robert Wilson, Jr.. of Charles* m. chairman of the stab board of heaiih, made to Governor Cooper this week, and made public by the cht >f executive, today. Hut at the same time, while commending tfca work of health betterment alrea ly done, i>.- vYitaon expresses the bu lief that .in gUrtf is far Crom Its d< sir d goal In public health eondi tion*, "The loss of lifo from preventable causes Ih pll too high." Dr. Wilson j auys, in his letter transmitting the j report to the governor. "Last year 250; women died needlessly in per? forming iheir physiological duty of becoming mothers, and unnecessa . dangers s irround the lives ol infati I during thwir first year, as Indtcatwi by I he high mortality during this p nod." Dr. Wilson commends the wot'U done by the hurrnu of child hygiene and also that dotu- by the Venereal dUa-ttH ? department of the state beard of health. Referring to the dovaji a tions of venereal dlscasca, Dr. Wi' son says that "th.? high mortality re? sulting from them, which mako such serious inroads into the vitality of our citizenship, render It imperative that we attempt by every means with? in our power to check their subtle and insidious operations." Referring to the antl-tualarial cam? paigns wnut d last year In Hamborg, Chester and Hartavllle, Dr. Wilson eaya that in dollars and cents tho sav? ing to the community was $00,000, or more. Dr. Wilson s report also refers to the condition of hotels and rootau ranta in the state, since the "clean sheet" law wss passed last year and Hotel Inspector Woodward put in the field. lie says the hotel conditions have greatly improved. A Rlble Story In Rhyme. The following was received from a colored correspondent ot Tho Item. You must admit It has rhyme, awing, action and brevity. This boy is com? ing fust as a poet*. David. DavW was a fighter, A scrappy little cuss, J Along came G Dish And tried to piek n ftfeee. Now David didn't want to tight, Out Glliah sold he must, Do be picked him up a pebble, and Soaked him In the crust* COLBY REFUSES JOHNSON'S PLEA Senator Wants U, S. Japanese Parley Made Public Vashlngton. Jan . ?.?Senator Johnson, of California, asked secre? tary Coib: today to make public the negotiations botWOOO the United States and Japan on the California laud question, und Mr. Colby replied that "if Senator Johnson expects to I do a ghost dance on this subject he's : ,t to <b> H without me na a part? ner " , Henator Johnson, in a formal state? ment, reiterated bis declaration as embodied In a Statement last Satur? day that Roland S. Morns, ?nlted states anjbassador t<< Japan, and Ita? ron rdiidehara, Japanese smabssador here, in tho negotiations recently con? cluded tentatively, agreed upon a .reaty "which in effect repealed the California alien land law." Pointing o Secretary Colby's reply, also mado Ka urday, :hn: the California senator was pr< reeding on i n erroneous as? sumption. Henator Johnson asked that the report of Ambassador Morris on tho negotiations be made public, as? serting that "tho people of the west . . . are entitled to know what tho report containa." Secretary Colby who replied in? formally today to the California sen? ator, asserted that "there is no in? direction or concealment here (at the state department), and no secretive nt*s." Tht? secretary intimated that the negotiations would be made pub? lic at what was described BJ "the proper time." The subject, Mr. Colby raid, was one "that can not be set vied in a covert manner." DOUbt Was expressed by Mr. Colby na to whether a treaty based on the negotiations could be sent to the son ate before the adjournment of con gross and the end of the present ad? ministration on March 4. NEW TREATY NOT READY Harding Can Decide Japanese Question Washington. Feb. 1.?sSottlement of diplomatic problems with Japan, es? pecially as arising from the enact? ment by the state of California of ant 1-alien land ownership legislation, will be postponed until the Harding administration assumes office, it was Indicated today by state department officials. While no formal announcement on tho subject was mado by the state de? partment, it was intimated by officials thtit because of the short lease of life left to the pre sen.', administration and tho long standing character of the problems now in process of solution between the governments, it would bo the I>art of wisdom not to hasten unduly their flnul adjustment merely for the purpose of concluding a treaty under this administration. Officials also said that the recom? mendations submitted to the respect? ive, governments by Roland S. Morris, United plates ambassador to Japan, and Baron Hhidehara, the Japanese ambassador here, as a result of their recent informal conversations, direct? ed to a solution of tho problems, were not to be interpreted as In the naturo of an agreement. It might be neces? sary, they added, for the ambassa? dors to resume eogferences after tho two governments had studied the re? port. Poth Secretary Colby and Under Secretary Davis during the last few days have boon engaged In studying the Morris report, but they have not aa yet reached the point of taking up the question with President Wilson. EVEN A BETTER HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL The class of 1921 UOt only ex? pects to reach the high standard tot by their worthy predecessors; they plan to outstrip them In tho second edition o?" The Gamecock. Thir Annnrtl la a satires of great ' u- i: .; inspiration in our nchoola and wt are confidently counting upon the support of all the business men of Bunttor. We rocogniss the fact thai there 1h a great depression in bus? iness right now, but there must be no slump in our school work; ho we are asking every firm in our city to stand by us. The price of a page in our Annual win mean comparatively so little to the buslnesa men of Burnt or, but fo much lo us. These busl 1 n ss m u made last year's An i possible] we b< Ueve that hej will help us to put ours across, Reaped fully submitted. Jack Wright, Bdltor-ln-Chief. Harry Price, As*t. a,-in-Chief. Qeorga vvray, Bkiklnesa Mgr. Krank Bholar, Ast. Buh. Mgr. All Wanged B Drink. Gal\la, III., Feb. 8.?The following want ad appeared in a local newspa per last week: HTitAYKD Holstein heifer, about ten months old. Any information leading to her recovery Will be re? warded by a good drink of whiskey. A. F. Deem, supervisor. Next day Supervisor Deem was looking OVOr a dosen helfen brought In by farmers all Olgltttlftg to have found the lost animal. All were willing to awap a heifer for a drink. Poem finally located his heifer in the midst. It had been found by II C Hw<?*it who lives ,i short distance east of Ouivu. Bweat'a a/lfe objected tu his collecting the reward. New York. Feb. 1. The existence of u five hundred thousand dollar suit In which stlngdon Oould, a son of George Joy Gould is charged with breach of promise to marry Mrs, j ftlchuvd Ulum. of Arkv?lc, N v.. wa? dlaolOSed Ih. the supreme court. Gould denied employing detectives to help Mrs. Blum to obtain u divorce. Oould has aince married. I Im* Mexican oil Fields?The World's Mont Spectacular Petfolooill Boo roc. Washington, Feb. 2.?Since the world war emphasized the Importance, of petroleum in modern warfare and dwakened a keen realization of the even greater part it will be called on to play in reconstruction and in, the industrial and commercial de? velopment Of the future, interest has , turned more and more to Mexico, I which contains the most spectacular I of the present producing oil fields. IThiS nearby oil region is tho subject of the following bulletin Issued by the National Geographic Society: j "Mexico came Into the world race ! ff?r oil production late. Its iivst pro I during well, yielding a modes: GO ; barrels a day, was brought in not (quite twenty years ago. Now it has j a group of the. greatest gushers in the world, a number of WlliCh are ca? pable of producing from 75,000 to 100,000 barrels each of 'liquid gold' dally. By 1911 Mexican production reached twelve and a half million barrels annually and surpassed that of throe of he long-standing !oad< ! among the countries to Which the world looked lor its oil SUppl)?Ru? mania, Caliciu, and the Dutch East ! Indies. Mexico Passes Russia. "In 1'j13 this production was [doubled, and by 1917 it had more I than doubled again. In 1918 Mexican I oil wells yielded nearly 64,000,000 i barrels, and in 1919, more than 87, 000,000 barrels. This latter produc j tion was in excess not only of the I current annual production of Rus? sia, previously second among oil pro ! ducing countries, but also exceeded I Russia's hiKh watermark oxt 16,000, ,000 barrels in 1901. Now only the United States, wdth a production of nearly 400,000,000 barrels, is ahead of Mexico. "Rut Mexico is accepted as having the greatest demonstrated oil field in tho world, and it is estimated that if all its producing wells had been permitted to flow at their maximum during 1919 the resulting production would have been 32,000,000 barrels moro than the actual production of the entiro world in 1918. As a mat? ter of fact only about 12 per cent of the potential flow of the Mexican wells is permitted because storage, re? fining, and transportation facilities are inadequate to take care of more. These facilities are being steadily in? creased, however, and exports alone for 1920 probably averaged ten mll j lion barrels a month, the rate defi? nitely established for the first sixi months of the year. The World's Greatest Stream of Oil. "The practice of Mexican natives of collecting fragments of asphalt and bitumen which floated on the wa ters of a large lagoon near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico? south of Tam ptco, adn selling them in the neigh? boring city, led to the realization that there must bo underground pe? troleum supplies near. Small pro? ducing wells and even fairly largo 'producers were brought in from 1901 I onward, but it wa? not until 1908 J that the first of tho tremendous gush? ers that have astonished tho world was brought in, near Han Ooronimo, SpOUting between 00,000 and 75,000 barrels of oil a day. "No such stream of oil had ever been encountered before and the drillers were entirely unprepared to cope with the Situation. The great geyser of oil caught ftro from the boiler of tho drilling outfit and for two months constituted tho greatest and most spectacular oil fire that the wor d has ever known. The roaring pillar of flame shot upward during Its greatest fury to a height of 800 i to 1,400 feet, illuminating the coun , tryslde at night for many miles, and ; was visible to Ships more than 100 mil's at sea. It was finally extin gni: hed by huge pumps throwing streams of gravel and mud. i "The gigantio gushers of Mexico are b< lleved to Mow not from oil sands as In many fields, but from caverns hollowed from limestone* by erosion and later filled with oil. it is sup? posed that the underground lakes of oil rts: on water under artesian pres? sure. What may eventually be ex i ported Is Illustrated by one of th jmov famonu >>r idl wejls, the Prot >ro , i. L'du . this wel (lowed a might, Stream Of oil for eight years, produc? ing more than a million barrels reg ' Ularly each month, year in and year out. Finally the golden stream turned o worthless salt water over night. Tremendous Territory Undeveloped ?Rich as the known oil fields of Mexico are, it is possible that only a ' beginning has been made in uncov '. ring the liquid mineral wealth of the I republic. The fields now under ex [j.doitatl n cover only about v??o square miles. Geologists have found prom Ising structure for oil in Mexico over I an aioa aggregating 230,000 square q1?08. I "The future of the Mexican oil in? dustry is likely to be profoundly af? fected by political developments. The Mexican constitution of 11>i t in effect declares that oil found under land does not belong to the owner of tho land but to the state. This provis? ion and regulations based on it have been contested by the foreign interests Which control 07 per Cent of the Mex? ican o|| industry. Action has been taken through diplomatic channel^ and in the Mexican courts, but no final decisions have been reached." New York, Feb. 2.?The Standard 11 Oil company Of New Jersey today an ; n junced a reduction In the price i I Ol one rent gallon on gas? oline and kerosene In Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Maryland and : I/uiislana. Cons'.antinojde, Feb. 2,< The court ? of inquiry into the death of the sail | or from the American submarine who was recently shot and bayoneted to 1 death by en Italian sentry, found that the sentry had acted without justttl ' 1 ?*a tion. j iTarcelonia, Feb. 2. ?Twenty thou i -and worHmen arc idle In ihis city US tho result of the labor crisis. Sev i erai plnnts arc closed, and some of the textile factories are working only three days a week. GEST SUES HENRY FORD'S PAPER Theatrical Producer Brings Ac? tion in Chicago For Five Mil? lion Dollars Chicago, Feb. l.?Tho praectpc in a $6,000,000 damage suit against Henry Ford and his paper, the Dear- 1 born Independent was Hied in circuit court today by Monis G.-st, theatri? cal producer, who alleged that an article In the Independent on Jan itnry 1021, contained "lihelous, slanderous and false statements" con? cerning Mr. Gest and certain sta?.? productions he ban handled. Tho urttele mentioned In tho suit was said to have attacked "Aphro? dite" and "Mecca'' in particular term? ing them the "moat salacioua specta? cles ever shown in America." Gests attorneys here announced it had been planned to file similar ?:uitR In Detro't today. " vluch was alleged to have been libeious woo quoted in the praeclpe. it asserted that tho American stage was "under the influence of a group of former bootblacks, news oys, ticket speculators, prize ring habitues and bowery characters." After saying that "Mr. (lest stalks before his fellow Jews as tho most successful producer of the year," the article declared that Mr. Gesi was r.Ot a great producer, but a "great 1 ?anderer to a public -whose taste he has been no mean factor In debas? ing." Gest, it said, sold newspapers in Foston and in ltd)6 was a member "of a notorious gang of ticket ?penu? lt tors who were the bane of the pub? lic." "There is nothing in Gest's career to indicate that he would ever con I tribute anything to tho theater's b.*st interests." AMERICA IS SOUND FINANCIALLY As tho process of readjustment goes on it is encouraging to note how solid and sound our economic struc? ture seems to be. In spite of the enormous shrinkage in security val? ues Wall Street remains unshaken. The banks, beset by difficulties that in the good old days would have pre? cipitated disaster, are handling their problems with courage and conserva? tism. Manufacturers are taking their losses and doing their best to keep their workers employed for at least part time. The world is making a remarkable recovery from the effects of the great? est war in history. While the pro? cess of recovery is only begun it has made fast progress as compared with other post-war periods. During the Civil War our south was devastated and denuded almost us completely as wore the battle zones in Francs and Belgium. And it has taken almost half a century for this rich, populous, pro? ductive area to completely readjust itself. And yet there are people who grow impatient and depressed because the shattered nations have not in two years effoced the sears) of a world war?the most savage, wasteful and destructive in history. It will help to steady public opinion here in Amer? ica if wo keep always before us cer? tain elemental facts. In the first place, it must never be forgotten that every nation in the world is suffering from the same dislocation Of its affairs that afflicts us. A universal cause has created a universal condition, in some coun? tries like China, local famine lias add? ed to the general disorder. Russia, or course, la so busy establishing the Kingdom of ?od hat it has* no time to raise wheat, chop cord-wood, or produce necessities; in its factories No nation can support Mr. Trotzky and Mr. Lenino and do anything else. To light a great war and then almost im? mediately to be saved by sovtstism is a double-headed calamity which en itles Russia to a. special seat on the mourners' ben< h ation for Amori a ' that i". a world sick m a common ailment our country' .as tho lightest form of the disease and, owing to youth and a good con? stitution, is making the most rapid recovery. America is sound finan? cially. We have immense resources, <nd the temporary slowing down in our economic development will be a ;ood ihing in the end. We must re? member also that there is no eco tiomic trouble in our country affecing <-n? class or interest which does not at the same time affect everj elasa and interest. Fortune is playing no J favorites. The rich man is Sweating blood even more than the poor man. And this common experience of the impartial penalties of a common law ought to bring classes and interests together in a new sympathy and un? derstanding.?Leslie's Weekly. ] Head t amp of W. O. W. nt Florence Is March. Columbia. Feb. I.?Hon. W. A. Fraser, of Omaha, Neb., sovereign commander of tho Woodmen of the World, has been Invited to attend and by chief speaker and woodman at the Head Camp. w. O. W.i to be held in Florence early in March. The invitation to Mr. Fraser was sent to? day by John M Daniel, of Columbia, assistant attorney general of the stat?-, who is Head Consul of the Woodmen order in South Carolina. About cat) Woodmen are expected to nttend the Florence camp, accord? ing to Mr. Daniel. Bach W. O. W camp In tho atate will elect its dele? gates to the Head Camp at the first mooting in February Skiddereen, Ireland, Feb. 2.?Four policemen were ambushed last night at Dromoleague, county Cork. One officer was killed and one serlousl) wounded. The attackers escaped. Allahabad, India. Feb. j Furt he i reinforcements wore sein to the Kai baroll district where there has been a rescrudescence Of last week's riot? ing. ACREAGE REDUC? TION ESSENTIAL American Cotton Association Sends Out Statement to Farmers Columbia, Feb. 1.?The American Cotton association has sent a state? ment addressed to the cotton growers to the clerk of court in every county in the cotton belt With the request that tin latter post this statement on tlx bulletin board in the county court la <?. The statement ur^cs tho cot? ton prowers to reduce their acreage I ill _> < ar and giw-s a brief summary of the reasons which makes this action on their par: necessary. Roplles have a hoad/Jtoan received from many 01 the clerks saying that they haw complied with tho request and othcers of the association express the bellet that a large majority of the I 850 clerks in the cotton belt will do I so. I The notice which is being posted on the bulletin boards in the eounty I court houses is addressed to the cot ion growers and reads as follows: j ''Restricted exports of American cotton and limited consumption by American mills has resulted in great depression in the price of cotton and in the accumulation of large supplies j of the staple all over tho south. The only solution of the problem ;s to stop i "fiueing cotton on a normal scale until the spindles of the world are able to operate on a normal basis. No cotton farmer should plant more than ? one-third ot his cultivated land in j cotton in 1 y21. Production of cot j ton this year must be decreased l>0 per cent so that not exceeding sis million bales will be harvested in 1921. Any other policy will be sui? cidal and will result in untold suffer I ing and continued financial disaster 1 to tho entire cotton belt, including farmers, merchants and bankers. The purchasing power of the entire civil? ized world is lower than it has been during the past one hundred years, as a result of the present financial cataclysm, following the four years of enormous expenditures of the world and sacrifice of human life. "Large farmers who are holding their It*20 crop for higher prices should plant no cotton on their lands in 1921. Others should not plant to produce in 1921 more than one-half of their production of cotton. Quit the cotton game for one year and pro? duce abundant supplies of corn, oats, hay. peas, potateea, peanuts and oth? er food crops. Raise hoKS, cattle and poultry. Live at home one year and economize. Such a policy, If strict? ly enforced, will result In putting tho price of cou'o aback to living values and will make southern farmers in? dependent of western corn cribs and smoke houses. A half crop of cotton in 1^21 means financial independ? ence. Another large acreage in cot? ton will mean continued financial disaster, wreck and ruin. Sign the cotton acreage reduction pledge and get in line to protect your home and the entire business future of tho south. Don't be a slacker in this hour of peril but prove to the world thaV southern manhood can meet and over? come every emergency which con? fronts them." Operations of Check Flasher Brought To Clowe. On the last morning of the first month of the new year an alias negro of the smootJie, alick and cool type, was arranged by Sergeant J. M. Law? rence and planed temporarily in tho guard house at the police barracks.. His removal to the Columbia county jail was very soon effected und there it is that he now resides. This negro is one of the most clev I er of his race or i lass, and the little game which he attempted to pull off j in Bumter, he bar. worked elsewhere ?? itli greet SUCCUPS. This weil dress? ed negro walked into one of the banks of the city and presented a heck Which he wished cashed. The teller, not knowing him, told him that it would be necessary for him to get nieone to identify him before tho reek could bo cashed. The negro had given his name as Berry L?e\vis and had this name affixed to the crux k. The negro stated that he was a Stranger in these parts and knew no one who could furnish a proper I indorsement. He requested this bank, however, to wire to the Amer? ican National Hank in Spar tan burg, 'upon which bank tho clvok was drawn, and ask if the check was od. 1 he teller of the bank horw v orded a telegram for the negro, at .he negro's sUggealon, which the ne? gro had flashed over the wire. Upon the receipt of the telegram la spartan burg, the American National l ank there wired to the Columbia bank tn Columbia stating to them hat the man for whom they had been searching could be located in Sumn r. A wire was sent from the bank in Co? lumbia to the National Hank of South Carolina in Bnmter to get tin* negro anil hold for id.?n ideation. Ser? jeant I ^aw re nee made the arrest and placed Alias Berry Lewis behind the bars The teller from the Columbia bank identified him positively as the nan wanted. The game played by this negro was idmplc enough when understood. He had in some manner found out that ! cripph- negro named Berry i^ewis. living in Spartanburg had a suhstan ial account hi the American Nation? al bank there. Acting upon this In? formation he had withdrawn to Co? lumbia and worked the little game there. The Hank In Columbia had vircd t.? the Spartanburg bank to know whether or not to honor the cheek presented by Berry bswtn Tni* hank wired the o. k. and the neat sum of $93.00 had been drawn by the . heck dasher. When the real none genuine without the signature. Berry Lewis kot his balance at a later date date he found it to !*? short by that amount. tt? furnished the neosesary alibi showing that he had not bat n out of Spartanburg for a number of vea ra. \i Fake Berry Lewis made out tht mistake of trying his easy m plan .a Sumter. He will probaAsjajf attempt the cheek game sopie years.