The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 12, 1921, Image 2
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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.
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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