Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Bigger and Better Tobaco Market Tobacco Stemmery Will Bf In Operation and Hoth Ware? houses Open The l fhlri i - ttnerlean Tol n m o an i Trading company with off m in Nee York. Ilona: Kong, China, K ? ? .?n pan. and Ko.-i | M Hint, North I'. 'O Ina. haw written Beeretnry Itenr?on that this bli exporting concot i .* have machinists In lhimt?*r to put up the tug st- .mi ?Ii) in i i nd - ? m mlng nines um soon as tin- bulluing I ? ready for putting in the machinery, and that vrtthln iwo weeki mod Inl ?s win i?e here, Order? to tush the butldlnga to the quickest possible completion were given. Builder J. M. Harle Is doing hin In'St and will ho ready within two wecki for the m i< hlnlets s.? that all doubt of Sumter'i big lohne? co Kteinmery se? um leinov.tl, and the Sumter tobaco market will be won? derfully helped l-\ this evportmg company being lone and in the urn ket for twenty million pounds of to Isgfifto snnuall). Tobacco pun based by thi< edm pany from all over South farollnu Georgia, and Kentucky, und other ?.o ibecco growing will be shlpp d to tue rNmter stemmery end "order* Ing" plant for "conditioning1 for direct export to Chins and Japan. The manufacturing of thousands of hogsheads for holding the tobac* ?o win be an Import ant side of this important enterprise and a*] 1 cause much mono) to be spent In and around Samt-r. a number of well I office men. muchtnbt* %\\\ clerks, and their families will be ad dee] tO Bumter's buying and r. i populations auto. At least llvi hun? dred people \\ ill b< em ployi d ? hi* aummer and full if tot.a< uo is plen tiful over t h< soul I? The dev**l i meat iii the Sunn i lobm u II ark. t to its hlgl est possible point i ef? ficiency and volume Is the aim oi the Sumter Chamber of Commerce be cause with cotton acreage greatly re? duced by low prices and the produc? tion of cotton reduced at least lift) gar send and the boll weevil here to Stay, It is realised that something has to be done immediately to furnish a cash orpp to lake the place of hun dreds of thousands oi dollars here tofore, but not hereafter to be de? pended upon from cotton. Sumter's tofanoce a irehou ? \\ *n be open und running full blast tins gammer. The Sumter Chamber of Corneae roe is going io get Humter's tiuKin ys establish mt nti together to adv. rtise and pull for Sum ter'a tobacco market this summer as it has dote even snnunt ? for the past given rears, The bsuuness men of Sumter. at least S majority of them are showimf unnsual Interest In the tobacco market ami In the success of the tobacco stemmery, Well the; mav |>e< a u -e rvery dollar tint can he 1.ought to iumter will i>e needed thus summer. A tobacco mark? t and d big Mannten will put hundreds of thousands of dollars Into circulation, Beery summer the tobacco market jjput* a lot of aeons) into circulation Hause not less than seventy-live high iftarled tobacco buyers, warctmusi Mm, and wurehoua? employees, and dr famllh s np< ml at least two Ipnths In Sumter. and s,.. n I a > i' of their money lu re. Tim- the icrs get thousands of dolla. . for lr lohacce most of whleh is spent |eposited in Samt, i . grsl >? ur of tb stemmery op fon \ft i be no fnlr Indl tatloa of this enterprise is going to mean imter. To begin \\;th tho tobac nsage Will t?e cut lifty p< r c? id. Q|s entire lol. , . l.< lt. I'. i; t lie tery will mean mm h t hi * > eai IB*r, ami rear by year it will fahd the lesH? es hope to em p^e leousaad people during Unl ma\ be *v\ en bunds. .| .1 ? I mplc Ihn . ? ai . All de|M lids man. million pounds of to >ey are able lo j tin ba- 101 fhlna Aim re an |.p|? SSy |oing t > e ? ui|?lo\ met piy white men and wum n am ployed, and many col la will ab o li g. .. .1 ? m So that all the talk about Or tMdtlg a nilict'vn t bat \\ ill My e?d.1 la |i ih 1f will the ne^io ?aioixs ami wumi ? it hunt .1 'it hoi it.v. people want to work for tlo > ? hi g. t employ re will be 100m for man It and women in different il??o Th?>s< who wanl to Sj empbo ed ill u<'C >rd Ur pbiilt v. ir of Commerce is en? ?gpel ; uppoi 1 of ? \. I > ?professional concern In |p|>ort by tin- 1.11 m< 1 III urket proposition und us, a is working 101 the farmers. The if H 1 u 11? 1 11 ? > d ait or ? ok after theii Inter Sser of ? 'ommei c< has |pg this Important go utter new >W bUalie 11 ed ROW II 1 o* , and Hr all the b r iii - Cliiiliil'i r o| the Old, old r*H I) isliiess QThonui 1 forimi asm 1921 PUBLIC SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS Hupt. Swtaringen Gives Sums Allowed by Recent Lfffiftlftttire TU'- multitude of ioni.ii lei concern Ins publlci school appropriations for 1 Induces in.- t.? ask ipace in yiiiii' columns fur u brl if statement of the nmounts ? lowed Hit schools i y th< i < ei hi I? glslaturo, The total of the sovenb <*n Items i ?M...2'..?:!(?. Tins?- Items for last year amounted to |M1(0P0, The not la creaati is $.".:'7.s i?? The aej guaraptei Ins ;> seven months' term in districts voting un elght*mll] tax for teaohers' ss nrli ?> carries un appropriation or ItoO.ooo. This money will be distributed Hunong tiioh.' schools enrolling twenty-five pu? pils in earn < tnssroom, maintaining n regular dall) attendancs of fifteen pu? pt}i und? r each teacher In each u nsa? ito in and paying the salaries Used in the law. The lowest salar; guaran? teed i?\ the state in $?0 p? r month for a Lsaeher holding a third-grade ii a nno, Vhc highest salary guaranteed hi tin- law is sit') inr mouth for tin superintendent or principal of a school employing live or more teach? ers Wherever district trustees pay n lower salary, such lower salary Is the basis of state uld. Wherever local au? thorities pay a higher salary the ex? cess above the stats guarantee must j be paid exclusively from local funds. [Districts paying any teacher mor< Ithan ?ito per month must raise th money from a local levy above eight mills, i fear this appropriation will prove Inadequate. 1 To pay tin- delict arising under the squallahw law during the scholastic year lslv*8t), the general assembly appropriated $169,000. Tin appropri? ation last year was $14o,oob, in Jan uary, Info, school officials hoped to Induce perhaps 2ia districts to vote the elght?mltl tax and thereby quality lor this aid. bom hundred f-?rty>two (?MD districts mat the requirements and Bled applications, The *i4'>,."<m apppsgniatlofl was disbursed among 4 1s districts on ihe basis of 47 cents on the dollar. Tin- remaining twen? ty-four applications from Oconee county roaehed Columbia too late for examination, udfjustment ami Inclu? sion. The legislature seems to have ordered disallowance of all salary In? creases mad.? tu teachers pi tor to the adjournment of tin- general assembly in 1ISO, Bvery application iron. ? \? i \ equalising district for tin schol? astic year litf*30 ll on hie in the state superintendent's ofHce and shall be given the fullest consideration al? lowed under tie- law. Tin- county superintendents of edu? cation have been asked to meet in Columbia on March 14 in ord i to dls cuss tlie status of equalising districts. It is hoped that teachers in tins.- dls trlcts will cooperate by sticking to their classrooms and keeping Hielt s< boots open the full term o i?cven months, even though the state u>i'" prlatlon should br^ve to be scaled. Liberal provisions have been made for high schools. To pay salaries of f nchers in th? Rl h, IM h, 10th and l Uli Krudes? $*i5,000 was allowed. To relieve the overcrowding in the 11 lementary tri. es of secondhry I m loads $100,000.0(1 was allowed, I triets participating in this Item for the elementary grades mast pay n lo <;?! ta* ol ten Iiiiila for teachers' sai j. :? s. The Salary schedule ror the |s< ren months1 term guaranteed by the Equalising Law npplies also to the I elementary grades of high schools.! These are tin- best organised, best [equipped public schools in the state.! I Their trustees uniformly endeavor to I I employ only (euehers holding first grade certificates, The salary guar? antee for in h teachers is $90.00 i>er month for the first year, $95.00 per month for tho second year and $100 per month for the third year in the same school, Becond-gradc certlti cat 's can be rredlted with only $75 per nun.tii and third-grade eertltt eat( s with only $60 per month. The usual amounts wore allowed for t h ? following: Uural Graded schools . . $275,000,0 Terni Extension. To.oon.tn) Public School buildings . Of),000.00 S< hoo I")- Adults Hilter? ates and night schools 86,000.00 ; Reth rnu nt of Nt gro schools. 15,000.00 I Vocational Training under Bmith-If ughes act of con - gress and under st te law. 7s, 700.00 (This Item Includes all work done In ngrlculture, trade and Industry and home economies as well as in the vo? cational teacher-training classes at I'li'iDsuii, Winthrop and the Btate Colored College. Tho vocational training fund allowed by the state wll lalso be supplemented by Ithe amount apportioned from Washing? ton through the Federal Board for vocal lonnl t rn inlng 1 Ipproprintlon for Compulsory At? tend.; nee. The appropriation for the enforce-* ment of the 0 ?mpulscry attendance act $12,000.00, This will pay the safailes of all attendance officers dur? ing January and February. The new act to regulate school attendance makes school trustees responsible for its enforcement. This n? w m< a sure is ?tili in the bands of th ? governor and will re? ceive his attention at the earliest I practh able moment. The remaining vix Items arc as fol? lows: Superintendence and roc j mils.$11,130.00 Kara! school supervision.. 4,200.00 IInspection*of mill schools., 2,100.01 Bchool Improvement As* I social Ion. 5,500.0) I Pureau of Rxamlners .. .. 9,000.00 State Board of Education 1.200 tm j Hefore the end of March ii Is hoped that payment can be made of all ru? ral graded school applications, term extension ipplleatlons, building ap? plications and salaries of attendance Officers, The postponement of taxes to May 15 makes it Impossible for the county treasur? r and the county superintend? ent of education to ascertain school 1 TMMT ? T. ? JIM I I?.? I?L?? r ? !? receipts before that ?lato. Ordinarily ?i ic<?i collections can be definitely reported soon after March 15. But ibis, year the lost of the seven months; term, together with the amount oi ?tat? needed to maintain it in each district, cannot i" ascertained until May. These weak and needy schools have been glVen the most liberal eonsideratl.?ver given by any legis'utiirc. The unavcddable delay In I ? in* 1.1 and tin- probable slight s? ulinK in the amount of state aid will, it in hoped, be understood nnd rec . : : ?,;.? d by trustees and teachers. Every application from this group of schools ought to be dis lused of by the mid of May. The amount involved tggregatcs $550,000, which will be d is bur seid among some T'tn districts. Aid for High School- May 15. High school aid will be paid May' l>?. Ilig'h school districts expecting aid to relieve the overcrowding in the elementary gra lea should communi? cate with the st.it" superintendent promptly In order thai the proper! blanks may be filled ami Hied. Reim? bursement for agricultural Industrial ami home economics teaching will be [ ;>;:i?l nl out .1 une 10, us usual. No money was allowed for libraries. ' reachcrs and schools purchasing now I hooks must do so without stale aid. j The dropping of the library fund of $8,000 was in B measure due t*\ the difficulties and perplexities i ,he book trade. Tl legislature h&S been liberal ?.it!, the schools. The present policy of state old originated in 1909 With an initial appropriation oi* $2??.000. This policy was bas< d on local effort. local co-operation and local taxation* Its Introduction was an experiment which provoked much opposition and created pome misgivings. Before 1909 - icciflc appropriations for specific ac? tivities had been allowed for 111 raries and for high schools. The annual li? brary allowance, beginning in 1904, Of $5,000 had never been used and m'd not then be used. Barely half of the initial high school appropriation of $50,< 00.00 for the scholastic year 1907-08 was utilized and the unex? pended balance bau to be returned to the state treasury. Within the twelve years the annual expenditures of state aid has risen from something like $30,00? to something like $1,600,000. This means a growth of 5500 per cent. Phe raising of this sum during 1921 wi 1 require a stale school tax of four mills. Districts with a local tax of four mills or less should bear this state school levy In mind and should Jo equally as much for themselves. J. i:. SWEARING EN, state Superintend^ nt of Education. Columbia, S. C, March B, Clinton, Ok la., March 12.?Two per? sons wt re Injured, one fatally, in n tire at the Grace Hotel which was caused by an explosion of Q gasoline coffer perculator. Dynamite was used t o eh ? k t he blaze. Itichmond, M in h l-'. A section of this city is highly excited over two negroes entering B home and attack? ing a woman while her husband wai 111. The mayor has asked the gov? ernor to offer a reward. Developing shanghai Port. Peking;, Jan, l'T (Correspondence <?t he Associated Press)?The Huangpu 'onscrvancy Board (Shanghai!) has isked that each nation represented ?n the "consultative board'' appoint an expert < ngineer to attend a con? ference in shanghai, beginning Octob? er 15 in consider the question of de? veloping iln- port of Shanghai. The nations In question, being the! live having the largest tonnage en- j terlng and clearing at Shanghai, are i Great Britain, Prance, Netherlands, Japan and the United Btal s. It is, stipulated In the request for such! appointments, mat the a.?pointer j must be an engineer of highest standing in his country, with at h ast fifteen years' experience in harbor and river work either as engineer-In chief or consulting engineer. [I is estimated that the appoint? ment will entail a four months' ab* pence for tlutso from the western world, their expenses being met out >f a fun i of 75,000 taels provided by the c'onservnncy / Board. The task up<*n which they will be asked i?? give a t < hnlcal opinion the de? veloping of the port in the near fu ture w;t*.i approaches and draff as at present, to conform to the probable maximum draft of Pacific ships. Condemn* Japan's Imperialistic Pol? icy. Tokio, Jan. 25 (Correspondence of I the Associated Press).?That the Im? j perlallsm of Japan w ill prove as much an Impediment to the satisfactory so? lution of la r Korean question as the imperialism of Great Britain will be to the settlement of th" Irish. Indian and Egyptian questions and that of the United States to the solution of he Mexican problem was the state* men! of Baron Keiklchi [shimoto, a mining expert In an address before the Oriental and Occidental Kellglon Society. The chief subject of discussion at the meeting was the problem pre? sented to Japan by Korea and Baron l.shinu to'? proposed solution of that problem is ihc granting of a larger imount of economic freedom to the Koreans, "it In regrettable that the pending questions between the Jap anese and Korean peoples should re? main unsolved because of the Im? perialistic policy of Japan,' he said, "a policy which combines militarism and capitalism. However, free and peaceful a nation may appear on the surface no real liberty can be en? joyed so long as the economic sys? tem of the country i* under control of another nation. The emancipa? tion of Korea cannot be achieved un? it the economic yoke which restricts the free activities of the Koreans Is ast away." Washington, Marth 11.?-The post ?th< ?<? department, announced that despite the "disturbed financial con? ditions" postal savings deposits last [month were more than ten million ; dollars. i About 6,000 varieties of fish have been found in the waters of the Gulf stream. < ??<?kin^ n oung < 'arrola> Why sweeten sweetness? Just to make it sweeter. Candied sweet po? tatoes are all tIi ? better tu most pal? ates for the addition of th'-ir chare - tcristie taste. A little BUS~er make? a now vegetable oul of too mature peas; and a little sugar helpi the young ear rote whK h, while much tenderer, ha\en't developed the full sweetness ? t the grown vegetable. Carrots and aoup seem made for each other. Tins recipe will he greatly improved if a little soup stock is at hand. SIi? e a do/.? n young carrots into halt Inch cubes. Place in a sauce pan with half a teaapoonful of butter; more will du im harm. Add half a, pint of soup slock, if handy, olhorwia? water. Add two or three haves of parsley, depending upon the size of the leaves, two aood-eiaed ones or three smaller, a teaspoonful of snaar. asd .-alt ami pepper seasoning* Cover and boll for abou* ten minutes. Then set the pan in the oven for half an hour to bake slowly. Pick out thoj pai sley ami serve hot. SPECIALISTS TEST BTOTXGTH or MANY COTTON VARIETIES Meede cotton is r> per cent more "wasty" than Sea Island, tests made by the Bureau of Markets, United States Department of Agriculture re? veal. Attempts to determine the rel? ative strength of the Meade and Sea [g!and cottons also arc being made but have not been completed. Results thus far obtained indicate that in the higher counts the two kinds of cotton ate approximately of the same str< ngth. Tests conducted in Arizona indicat? ed that Pirna (Americnn-Bayptten) cotton stored 10 days or longer whs from S to 15 per cent stronger than that ginned immediately upon pick? ing, dem ndlng upo ihe size or num Im r of yarn spun. Tests conducted to determine the illative value- of Pima cotton grown In California as compared with that cctton was from 7 per cent to 20 per t ent stronger than the California cot tno, depending on the number of yarn spun. Other lefts indicated that soil fer? tilized with ammonia produced bet? ter cotton than that fertilized with acid phosphate or sulphate of potas? sium, and that cotton which had been Infected by the pink boM worm ertss weakened from 33 per cent to 50 per cv nt Mexico to "Dedicate Monument to Queen Isabel. MNico City. March 2.?A monu? ment dedicated to Queen Isabel of Spain who materially aided Christo phe& Columbus In his search for a new world, may be erected here. The movement was launched at a recent banquet of bankers and merchants. A smlllar monument to Hernando Cortex, the intrepid Spaniard who conquered Mexico from the Aztecs, was suggested but the idea was not enthusiastically received. It is hoped to unveil the monument to the Queen at the time of centenary of Mexico's independence next year. Store Open Evening Until 9:00 P. M., During Sale. STARTS TODAY Liberty Honds Accepted For Full Face Value in Pay? ment of Purchase*! S ACf^IP ICE Sale For lO Days THE MOST SENSATIONAL SELLING EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF SUMTER. WE ARE TAKING OUR LOSS. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. > ? t * Imk * ? FURNITURE Trices at and below cost in this great sale, if you contemplate buying furniture at any time this year it will pay you to buy now. Every article in stock excepting Edison Phonographs included. Drastic conditions call for drastic action. We must raise money. We must clear our stock in the shortest possible time. We have de? cided to take our loss in order to raise cash. IttKIlitt SH? ftLNKfefl ft ttl*WB BB ' . JENNINGS-GAINEY FURNITURE CO. "THE HOME FURNISHERS" 10 W. LIBERTY STREET CASH OR TERMS. ck Tomorrow Morning;.