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Pnblktbcd Wednesday and Saturday _ ?BT? OSTK..N I?l ULISM IN(i COMPANY .SlMTKIl, f>. O. ^ Tenus: li no per nunoin?In advance. Advertisements. One Square, mat inscrtotn ?.$1-00 Kvery subsequent Insertion .&? g Control* for three mouths or long? er Wilt be made at reduced rates. All comniuutcutions which subserve privat? Interests will be charged for %m adwrtiaements. obituaries and tiibutos of respect SHU be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In l* and the True Southron In Tho Watchman and Southron ?oar baa the combined circulation and ?nfruence of both of the old papers. >nd Is manifestly the beat advertising medium in Sumter. Ill I II I IN ??rOllsLAVIA. <n > of the Kuropean countries to Which American relief work Wai tsrgiuri' needed during and Imme? Siedaly following the war has now taken full barge of Its own welfare ??peret Ion*. This Is Jugoslav.a. tin orTUvat name for which is Kingdom <<f tbc Sei Ims rro.its ami Blevsaea The two chid orgaBtgaUaoJ establish? ed solely for rvlbf work Ih Jugo? slav la have now ceased op? rations. ah aash work is carried on by loca bodies This Is welcome news. American! * ho have glv n money or supplies to isjclaas Kuropcan relief programs d< not regret their sbaie in the great work which has been going forward there through The American Itellef Committee and otlnr groups. Amer* raun giving has not hurt the given svnd has not hurt the United State In anv way. Yet the complaint hOJ been heard frequently that the reliet W^rk 0>>ne in the v* ?.r-*??arrcd coun tru-s would pauperise those nations They would never get on their own feet its long as they imagined the. t felted State? would teed and clothe cUem mikJ look altar their ph. sou needs. Tbut complaint was most unjust. 1 In every laud when- Americans hav< ' iHHfn conduct ai g their work of jucrc> 1 and raaassstiaction, the native peo? ples have been doing their utmost 1 to help. Tin., have given service 1 when they could not give money oi J supplies, and they have given tin 1 tatter far more generously In pro? portion to their ability than rich America has done. Jugoaiuvia is to be congratutated and bonond for her lUCOeSI in g'' ting all her ma haiery for self sup? port and social well-being In working order so early! If all goes well their will soon be simiar reports from oth? er |>art* of Kurope. I'ut the famine conditions in Cen? tral Kurope continue despeiutc and millions of children are in a sta r of semi-starvation?lifo is barely kepi in their hod.*** by one meagre meal a day provided by the Hoover robe: committee. America has been urged by Vir. Hoover to raise, a fund ol 111.#00,00?, which he believe* will be Just eufth lent to saw the children from actual starvation until the next crop Is harvested. A part of this fund turn Isen contributed, but the amount nm-essary bos not he. n secured by the committee South Carolina hn> nut raised the c-onpai Miv gl v small quota asked of us. and Sumter cnuii ty pss not given anything like tin amount thai was to base been egpt ct ed and that should have been given aa soon as the call was ide and tbe dire necessities of the three mil? lion starving children explained. Ai effort is now bttsgj made to falSt at additional turd in this count v to sup? plement the < harltable work ot a f. w ehurchca and orgnnizut inns] In Im hnlf of the children. No mac wo? man or child in this country is too poor to give something to help tho li: Cle sufferers in e. ipral Kurope. Ten cents will provide food for one oh lid for i lag h. lars will save a life until the harvest lima, Till: M'AINKHM PAH \ih>\ Now lo re |g i gt range thing. While must people ;i ?? sure thai business an Hvigj ta far to low normal, ami man) gSJOtneSg men insist that H is hope leasly bad, Theodore H. Price, sdltot of t'ommer. ? and Labor, n recognls ad authoritv on trade coudltalna maintains that business i> good, and l>roves P. In Uta slat fortnight, he saya be has talked w tUi inoi r than a seme S)| retailer* from ever) sjctlon ol th< country, and I ha ugh In same ln? stance.* IhHr receipts In dollars wen te%*. without exception fh>\ said that ||SBgf un.t gaCCl showed an lm. JO to .'*. per ' ? iit over lust I'eln Mii , 'Kven |n t*hlcagOi which w seem to gg I he emter of depression," h rspoiis. a mega bar at i loading drj goods tu i.i asawecl toe that i Sah** "ha\ I le en fa:' larger than i: an> at.ending paiiosl fit history.1 Taking the essjsjtff as a Whole, In finds thai the volume u| gSJOfll ?hanging hands is larger, and al wholaaaUu aliaost as Urge, as durum tho eo-< all? d prosperity which \> ? vailed at this time last year." And the retailors are buying ac? cordingly. Kor euch week of last month there was ? larger number of buyers b> Neat York than there had i ,, n foi the corresponding week of A wholeanler In Texas reports thai in tome linos his stooka are being liquidated so fast thai retailers who have postponed th? Ir buylni too long aye already begging for goods and having difficulty in getting ihem. The people, ehvlousl) have mc*tey to buy with, ir spite of the l? ge amount ot unemployment) be< ins they have saved money, and because Incomes In general have not gone down so much as prices In general. As one btlStntSS man expresses it. the decline In the national purchas? ing power has not been so great a ihe decline In prices." Wherefore 000fds n ii Only can buy, but) are buy? ing, and will continue to buy in in? creasing volume unless they arc dis renraffed hg g sharp upward turn in prices. it Is this v< ry buying, in tho midst )f '"hard times." that starts the idle wheels of Industry to moving again and premises an eosiy resumption sj general prosperlty~provlded bus-j ness m* n avoid the two extremes oi i .tielaM^g to premature discouragement t or trying ti> lake any undue advan- j lags of the rising demand, PROfMTFJH! CONTROU - I Since provisions ol the Lever eel . Or restraining profiteers in fuel and, food supplies have been found uncon-j ftltutional by the supreme Court of the United States, from now ?>n the pro/Ate er In these commodities will go I ojiproefeuted unless scone new statute! can be svolved to curb his greed. The Lever act has always been sub Jeet to the charge ef careless draft-!, ing ami vagueness of application, it '. served its purpose for the tune be- J ing, none the less, as one of the llU I. i I portent agonel? s for bringing prices o a more normal level. It is to be ( regret tofi that it. was aol of sum- ' ?lently sound construction to be al i owed t.i stand permanently. There is this for congress to re- j member, that the larrer n< t was Iruwn up in answer to un Insistent i)iibiic demand. If the public keeps right on demanding that some sort if permanent legio!at on be devise t o prevent the profiteer from picking ths people's pockets, a valid statute! will be forthcoming. PBeenomie forces which tlie business interests themselves cannot COmbal will help |Q hohl the wou'd-bc trade robbi i n? ch * k for i time, but the Opportunity and temptation will return. Delicate though the task ma; be, there must be Some co-terete form in wh ?h the protest of the publl against unfair prices can be nnob ?tTccthc. L"t Hie people demand it strongly enough und they will s< t it. We suppose th Jans will agree t let us use the Island of Yap for n cable station when the) give Shan-. tung i aoh to t 'hina. see Philip filhbs says Russia ban the biggesi standing army In the world Also the biggest standing bluff? . . . it begins to look as |( the sold >rn Ail! get their bonus about the linn the next war cones along, + * * if Henry Kord i* really convince! hat ( iws are as Inefficient and use? less as hs roprcsents them, why doesn't he build s plant to make | Iii Wei tows.' I e ? a if Qermany persists in flouting tb< peace terms Well, It's no farther to Berlin than II was on Armistice Day. I Birmingham, March io.?Freight I service on n ?mall sculv was resum- ; ?d on the Atlanta Birmingham and itlanlic when a iruir made up of volunteer c . wv to d'svibute food 1 ind farm uupplles u!o&g the line went i out ihis moi nlng. Columbia. Mun h 1 ft,. Petitions were died by the Columbia Hallway.' tins .,nd K lee trie company, of Coluin Ma, with the railroad commission yesterday nfternoon, for an Increast Of fares to Camp Jackson and also for a discontinuance of "transfers,1 Instead of fn.,. transfers, "exchange llcketa" will be sold at three cents ? ?eh. The present fare of ten cents to camp would he replaced by s mileage of two cents, making about fourteen c uts to the camp. Heavy dsftelti foi the past two years In the operation of the railway is tin- reg? ion for the ,.| lest foi additional rev ?nn? . t 'OlUmbiu, Mar. h I 0,??J, W. Lil lard, preeldent ot the Columbia post if the t. r. .v.. stated loda) thai ths date t P. A. at its annual COnveg' 'ion n\ April. <a possible at a special meeting sooner, will Institute m light n high hot* I mi I cafe rates through nit the stale. A genera! movement .11 this direction in sweeping th< tiav ?llng men's organisations, Ii is said, hs drummers claim I us that prices for ?ats and sleep* ill Oil id rotnc down, in ins wiiii pi ices for everything else, Copenhagen! Ilarch -There n'as I/Irtually no Hrlng yesterday between he combatant groups in the ivti .rrad a i ? ? a, I ' t he Helsiiigfoj respondent of Ui? Politikuu. LEGISLATURE CRE? ATE NEW JOBS Several Counties Given Rural Policemen, Judge and Solici? tor For Sumter County Court Columbia. March a number ol new jobs wer?* created by the recent legislature. hi Bpartanburg, Orange*' burg, Lexington and other coon ties rural policemen \\ < i e created; tho! sure ia\ commission will short > cm- 1 ploy two h Idltional tleld agents, pro? vided by tho legislature; u solicitor] for the county coon of Greenville I a/as provided; a Judge and a solid- I tor for the now county court, creat- j sd by the recent legislature, for Burn? er county, magistracies and commis? sion wars created by the legislature, tome of t*'*se positions have to be 1 tilled by gubernatorial appointment, and" In some cases these appoint" ' ments have already been made. The new rural policemen for Lex Ington county were appointed by the governor toda>. They are the fol lowing: George W. Asblll, Lees ille; , L. a. Lawn, of Lexington; s. a.I IdattIbas, ot Inno. The new SgClltS tor the tag com- ! mlsnlcn wi11 he named wlthiu a few I nreeks, it Is said, and if is stal< d that 1 the proptrty these men will put on' tho tax books, now escaping taxa? tion, Will outweigh the tost ot" l);s( iax commission's work to the Mat.-. ; l);-. C w. Ban >n, of Columbia, was j loda.v appointed by the govi rnor as member of the state board of fish-I i ries, to succeed Thomas u. Itains- I ford, resigned, The following^ magistrates for; flumter county were appointed by the governor today: J. iMeElVeen, I Lynchburg; Geo. T. DeeChsmpe, Xtuyesvllle; M. A. Wilder, Sumter; .J. A. Hodge, Tindal; W. II Kamsey, Wcdgefleld; lt. L. Ktirkette, IJalsell; U B. Vfhson, Re mbei t. The following commissioners of! election I'M" the city of Florence e/ere appointed tuduy: Ur. I?. M. \ I a i - h?\VS, T. N\ Wood ami .1. 15. AiUen. Tin Sumter county board of a'-.s;;% tors hud iittf?i its membership to? la) the following, by governors ap? pointment; Htanyarns Iturrows, for Providence township; ami Ham Wein ?erg, for Mlddleton township. GARNER'S FERRY BRIDGE BIDS Columbia, March 10. -Bids wera ?pen. d Wednesday afternoon at the iihces of the state highway depart ncnt for the eonstrutclon of the Wa-; rres river bridge, to be constructed >etwc< n Humtei and Ftlehland coun les, otif ot the big construction jobs 0 be put under way within a few I nreeks. No award was made tins be ing up to the commissions of the wo counties, but the Hardaway Con- ? fading Co., ot Columbus, Ga., was owost bidder on the substructure, and ' Austin Brothers Bridge Co., of Atlan-j a, were lowest bidders on the super- ! itructure, The highway comrmlseion ivili probably recommend to the two, ?ounty commissions the acceptances ?f t in se t wo bids, i Th# contract probably be let In 1 few days, and work will l>% gotten under way at an early date. There were six bids on each part rif tbe work for the Wtaeree br: ,ge. rbc) wars as follows: Austin Brothers Bridge Co., Atlan- 1 ta: superstructure, 132 41? 1. H. de and Uagter, Washington: su pcrstructure 134,1115; substructure si l 1.1S4, Pensacols ship Building Co.. Pen-i nacola, i-'ia.: superstructure $-"!.w 1*06; substructure, $97,?81. Atlantic Bridge <'<?.. Roanoke, Vs.: ' superstructure, *t4.4o r.; substi uc-] iure 110s,040. Vincennos Bridge <'o.. of Vlncen iies, Ind.: superstructure $38,99&; j lubst rucl arc 1114,791. (i. w. Bnslgn, llarrtsburg, \*a.: su? perstructure, $4t;.!:'.t; substructure, $ 1 t>9,797. Hardaway Contract Ign <'??.. Colum 1.11:1, ija.: substructure $87,400. SUMTER COUN- ! TY FINANCES Th ? following important changes n tit Bumter county supply bill wars made at the recent session of the leg is.si 'are. Reduction in I he salary of the cor- ' .m r from $<?''u to $:.no. deduction in the .-alary of the cot? ton giad< v from V.'.hJo to $900. ?\ 'ounty hoard of education fund I >i $2,000 created. Ba'ary of assistant to county au Jltor was Increased 'from tih>0 to : $:,uo. Salary of assistant to county treas? urer Increased from $J(hj to $">0<j. Provision was made allowing the i county to borrow as mctih money is necessary at the hrsr possible rate if interest. ? Kxpcrtdlturcs of the Camp Alice1 'tinds to he made mils Upon appiowl of the county hoard. Reduction of th* allowance of the county superintendent of education for gasoline and other expenses from $:.toi io *:;uo. The house did away with the coun? ty truant offleers, b?t provided thai any district, as m larger cities, or aroiips ol districts could employ aw attendance officer. An amendment to the hill added by Representative IS H. Reiser, provided that the county board of education of any count.v with the wrltte napprovul of Ihe su? perintendent of education and the mujorit) of tin* legislative delegation ? an employ an attendance ofireer for all districts and for such time as they deem neeeasar> and to pro rate the egpense among ihe districts In pro? portion to t h* funds available for the support of the respective districts. The Haan... March 10.?The K"> terdam Maasbode says that Busala n adlcals deported from I ha United Klans sir taking ? proinineiu part n ihe now Kussuau icJ.olutl.>n SECRETARY URGES ECONOMY Mellon Issues First Statement From Treasury "Washington. March s. Secretary Mellon of the treasury in his llrst official statement, mode public to? night In tin form of a totter to bank era, appealed "to tho people gen? erally" to stand for rigid economy on govern mental oxpendituroii and urged the Immediate establishment of a nut lonul budget t.? Hi "in. The new treasury secretary In his letter discussed at length tin- na? tional financial condition declaring the shewing made in th- last ei^ht months had if. en "partleu'.prly en? couraging." There arc however, I heavy drains to eoinc on the treasury this month and next he ra d and these require the doatatlcti of inor? short term certltlcates of Indebtedness an? nouncement of which he made coin? cident ait It the letter to til ! hank? ers "Tin nation can nol afford extruv agenee," Mr. Mellon asserted, "and so ia:' as possible it must avoid en teriug new fields of expvn litures. Figures oil current operation* of the government bhow that the country's tlnaucos a e sound but that the situ? ation calls for the utmost economy. "Tho heavy requirements of the government on account of necessary, expenditures including Interest und Sinking fund of the publie del.l und the maturity of $>7,f>oo,ooo in short dates del its in the lie! t two years make Imperative that the greatest ears ami economy be <\ei< is<*d in matters affecting government oxpen* dilutes. "The people generally must hocome more interested in saving the govcrn lin nt's money than in spending if. \ thoroughgoing national budget sys? tem must be established and the t?overnmont's expenses brought Into relation to Its lueome." 1 he belief was expressed by Hie new secretary, however, that ti.< Slrat nine months of the fiscal year oi to March ill would show the iron tun had med? ??mis n.n I with .1 sligol surplus to use ug.tin.st the ?.. i.it tun debt. Payments - a Hie war ?IM must not es in til) be ? ow, bu sa'.d, explaining that the heavy pa*, TnciU? to. the ruilroads wou'd serloua'y ham? per previous plans I ? lower tin- debt. Th? Issues 10* certltlcates announc? ed w 111 aggregate i 100,000,000, and wi'l bear Interest at .*.'.. per cent., ha f having a maturity date of one year and the remaiuder f?>r s.\ months. Ilotb Issues will bo accept? ed in payment of ineome am! protlts tfl M'l in notifying the bankers of th iy itos Mr. MelU 1? said he f? It It hi^ duty to inform them at the outset of hid administration of the probable requirements ot the government In the comln3 months and to say some? thing concerning Its financial pro? gram, lie said that f500.000.000 In orrtificates must be paid off March ID, and additional |H8,ooo,ooo a month later. Ilestdee these needs, thei'S is to be paid the semi-annual interest on Liberty lu.no> on March J*., a paymtnl of about &75,000,00O, The treasury P.1 so must make pay? ments to the railrcad during fc*arch which Air. M dlon eatimnted at |200, 000,0 00. To par?o?y nffrcl the heavy outgo the regular quarterly payment 1 f in? come and profits I:i m s is due March i r>. fron: which the treasury l oped to realise approximately $500,000,000. This i*x puymi nt, therefore., wiM be used up In retiring the certificates due on the same date. Funds ob tulnc 1 from the new issues of certl llcatis then will became available for cat Ing for Ot lo r ib 1 ts. Mr. Melon also observed optimistic rlgns In the v.'m ral financial condi? tions throughout th.> country, not? ing particular!) that the cash rjuan litlos of government securities were widely spread and tint each new is >m- of government |iap?*r was being taken more largely by investors. (iltUWtflt* INCUKtSK PROFITS r,\ PlU1Pr.lt COTOS (GRADING Xi -d for more genera! adoptl >n by communities <n s ringle. Hiiperlor va? riety of cotton for <.?? h community ha:; been brought out by cooperative gruders working under the direction of ihn Bureau of Markets, 1'nitod states department cr Agriculture, who last sear gtaded approximately1 ?230,730 hales in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Curollnu and South ? t'arolina. It Is evident, they say, that no marketing association can secure ih ? full bene? fits of organized ifforl unless it Ih I handling dependable quantities of 0 standardized product. For this reason cotton specialists of the department i are giviug special attention to edu? cating producers regarding flic value ! of classing cotton hefon >a'. . the ifse of market quotations, Ihe grow? ling of better varieties of cotton on n ( community basis, th - depressing of? fer! of Inferior staple upon prices, [and Ihe losses 'ncidcttl to improper ginning, bahn? ad storage. They are I ecotirsgei] t o organize for the purpose t,t securing tho benefit of commtinltj ?production and market ins of supcr I ior oottotl. At s ain of the towns in which clttSHcrs won located, It had I been the custom to buy .*?'! cotton as short staple, hul during the past sea sou cotton classed In the course of there dcmoiihtrutious as a full inch or longer whs sold at 11 premium, Ihus I bringing Into the hands of the pro? ducers thousands m! dollars more than tiny 1 until have gained under former conditions, and emphasizing the desirability of selling: a.rdintiR to actual class, \ further result ahs j hem the withdrawal from the Held i of so many "scalper'' buyers whose profits depend largely up m tie- Igno? rance of th- grower as to th*' class ?nd value of their cotton. ?juts ? number of counties are go iug ahead with the good mud build :ug campaign and contracts are bc 1"}KJ'J...*\*?!>J^ *.wyb 1 g>? ??'tid ?Mlsnta ihwbk iwf* ***** ^4*wift ->1S3ioa^ MM Wf rA/***/?/ y-i C^nr-sl/JTt Kw c7mai w*7mhe t^ithoitt a Garden Trail'planting Ttvltniquo. seedling so if ein bfc moved with a Transplanting i? one of the line arts Js<>ud tump of earth attached er al of the Barden, upon which its iror^eeeiMm' Uu' to ******* Partially or failure depends. A littie study of*"0 lhc ' ,uis ?'5in !' : the whys and wherefores of trans plete ami moved. The loiter is a4 viaable only In the ease Ihe soil is Might and sandy. The hist method Ith? better. l?la at in j Is web worth while. There are some few plants which cannot ? <; p transplanting, hut the great ma*, loiity will and are all the better Cor 11 ta b** to lrattss|?lasrt in the cool it. as a stronger root system and a !houni of. ????????[ or evening, unless sturdier growth is. the result. Here arc n few pointers on trans* plan*. I : He sure* the ground is worked ?ne I o receivi the young plant. i ,,. ? i . . # ,, ! < linping ol a portion of the leaves ? lip on at leas, a portion ot the : 1 1 1 u? . |r one ol tin- most neglected features of transplanting and one of the most I essential. it js Impossible to move a eoo| day can lie selected* Water only at mgi.t on hot days. Pour water Into the hole when transplanting, rather than oa the aar? tac.e after the p ant Is in position. leaves; half their length it the paint is fairiy shsnhle is a good rule. Set the pit .it nearlj to tho depth ol leaves II ! I h ? seed leaves lire gone. . , rfettdlings without destroying part of ihe need leaves or ui>l tin-- leaves u .... j tin root system unless thoy nave been , grown in individual pots or boxes so Water lit; rOUuh S When trans- ' . ... i , ... ,i . .? they ran be turned out without dis platltillg and hrm the p.ard in the: . Lr|.oUllt| turbanee. The hat grgWth and root .? . .ii . 11 growth are theoretically equal la ?*x jsca that the roots are well spread . . i . i . i i i tent, stt I'lipping a iiorllon oi toe out and not bur < Ind in a lump v. Ion, ? 1 , Z l?>.'iv?s eiiuuones for tlm breakage of L J IN PAPfeR. THINKING CUP SEEDLING GQOWN IN PAPEft POT ?- .... ? f tin roots. If the tops are left ? mire, an iam l burden is* thrown upon Use broken roots and it t;ik?s longer tor the pant to re-i sta b.ish itself. Tb | i?vaporatlon froj.i t'...- f?avea, if left entire, is e. renter than the SSO 1st Bra i be hi' t s rail supply. There are \a:i:?ns deVioSS ta maUu trausp*.nnting vary, such as tb<* paper How r pot" In various small f-i/es. x.l.i h r.-taj i?" batufbt cheaply. Trigs)** planting from s<?d-box t> another box Is easy, as the plants can be naged a; to conditions of shade 'and noisture until established with little r.mhle. .Making bottamUsj Im xea Ol oiled paper or heavy wmff ping paper about the individual plan:.-, v. hi- h may be plaeed la tfee ground without disturbing the root*. . an rxcellent plan* This is conven i. ni for larger grow ing plants, libs t aneplnntii :. Tl. i b Her Ihe spread tonmt?MS and eggplant. ' !h- - erne; i? will Luke ho d. : The sections in Which fgg*? are SI a h- for a :"e?\ r..\\s after trn?;?- poi*l?d are a r. a ly-to-band trans 1 anane. ]\ pOSHllllO. Ip'ailting d< \ i e. IfeTSly plSgSS th> Teat . ' no just i ? :<>!'.? a shower, If iiaM*tloiis in a bos Riled with earth potsibo, but don't wad. ? tnd pa e a tiny plant in each BSO l-Jltlior moisten the earth about the lion. \ ec nc as i OF tXj 't ??.?<. - irCAL / C A TRAM G?LANTING No Decrease is Expected in Frcij-o.t Rates at This Time. SRVS Clerk j Washington. March 8.*?Tlie %:<rn -r il I railroad situation affords llttls pros |h 11 of gciH'tal df ereast-a in freight );t >s. Utinirman Clark of the Inter* i sxate Commoife Cnmmission 'today i informed Senator Harris, of Georgia Pisgall News and Vit us. Piegah, March T. -March has come :u \.;th the Usual Wgld. The last wmk mueji work has been done on the farms. Rvtrything is going as if there was no money tightness. About r.n p< p eeii: of last year's cotton acre Bgt* Will be planted. Very little gu? ana v*Mll he used In this s trtlon, and e:i some fariUS none at a I. .Most oi the farmers are putting down their cotton seed under cotton Replying to a letter from Senator ;im, compotting them to put around Harris inquiring as to the possibility \corn No isfa. tory arrangements of a reduction In f *eifi-hi cnarges, | Chairman Clark said: "The situation is not so good now as it was In lJceeml?er. 'More has i could be made to exchange them for meal. ?? As yet no guano hag tome to de pi is and the piobahi'.ity is very littie he ri a substnntlnl falljiig off in gen- wU, |t most ol larmcrjJ woa:<i Tal larme. The average oiieratlng^ ,.O?OiVe to Kt guano go they could ratio of the railroads of the Cnltec'J umke rAll. cvou without as|ng any. States is something over vo. Tim.?; Home raised manure could take tba I means that for every dollar that the ! railroads earn they pay out in operat \ ing expenses more than 90 cents Uue ; to the narrow margin between revenue I and operating expense:: and lixe ? 1 charges n good many are not e?en 'earning- their operating expenses. |Tn* ; der these circumstances n is difficult ' !? find nn argument in favor of re J ducing rates unless in instances in i whli ii it can be shown that the rates are stifling th traflTie and thai lower I rates which would still be cempen j satory would effect a movement from i a'hleh tin re w?>uld Ik> some rvturas." ! Columbia, March 9.?The South ! 'arollnn Railroad commission has advised the Itlchland county high? way commission that arrangements : have been perfected whereby the Sea bon d Air lane railway will build tin iverhead bridge over the highway to 'ainden. Tho bridge will h?* just north of Weddell station, on n high? way thai is used .largely by auto? mobile tourists. Tibs road was rc J -. ntiy constructed. place ot leitiii'ers and by rotstlsj tho land could v:et on v< iy Wutt (?its are looking very well. l?a is plentiful for the farms. ilev. .i. w. Kenny Is quite s| A good deal of sickness from $% is al :o.id. As >et no serious casol 'i h<- legislature is on record as longest avsston In modem times, itxteiiaion of the time to pay no doubt will aid many. All efforts to advance thd of cotton has fallen flat. Whl Iuture will bring forth, .tinsj how. !t is (list om aging to Uf good crop ami not get eiioutg to pay t he del ts. j tut so it is Pennsylvania lla?naad to Cut Phibuh lphia. March iJ Pennsylvania railroad ircctt ilirtHted the exejcutlvea to gbii <.t an intention tt? reduce th of offici ra nnd employes. The center of civilisation In Kgvpt and Snmeria hagj moved northward ami ci 5 ANOTHER CAR LOAD OF RE Due to arrive in a few days. The other ear did not last long. When you can buy a good rice AT 5< A QUART It is the cheapest food you can put table. When you want the best vaJ in groceries, you get them everything in car lots ih< Middleman's profit fqi