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THK bl Mil It vWrcllMAN, KxtabllHl CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, 181 M'LAURIN ENTERS PLEA OIKUILTY Bowman Imposes Sen? tence of Ten Years Culw!i,?>..i. March 17,?Thon??? n. MeLaurln, formrrljraprealdenl of the Mutual Savings Wank of UonncttSVtlle und Ihr UeniieUsville Warehouse toinpam. wan brought to tin? state \n nit**nt Ini ? yesterday ut l o'clock, sentence of ten years having been imposed Tuesday hy Judge ?owtnan. Mr. Mel4iurin entered a plea of guilty to charges in connection with the failure of Ihe hank. When Imposing sentence Judge hon man signed an order Creating a iHJnrd of specialists 40 mental dis? ease* who will examine Mi . Ml.au nn to determine his mental status. Mr. Mclwturin left his home in Henn?t(H\iih last tail one afternoon and a note was fouint on the liver laink Just loross the line m North Carolina that day. Indicating thai Mr. Mcl?aur)n bad committed suicide, fie was located in Atlanta several du S latei . lienn*ittsvllle, Marek ld? Thomas B. Mel,am n entered a pl? a of guilty to ai indiclm? nt in ended to cuw r every possible charge in con ?ieeUoa with the failure of the Mu? tual Savings hank ol Ihnnei tsville and the lienncltsvllle Warehouse. Boaapany. J idge llownrnn Imposed a Sentem e el f n ' I til < and til* II SlgtU ll the* folio* m. order: ' The del. idant Thomas B. Me leiurtn, having been arrakjned upon] indictment charging brencb ol trust, i U . and h e in- upon t to ad\ n ? his eeonsel, iteaded guilt) to eaid in? dictment am having been dul) sen* temed by the court and his paid counsel, .Messrs. T. I. ltog< is and J. K. Owens, liaving raised the ques? tion of the defendants sanity and legal reeponeiflllhy by teetlmoaj sufllcUnt to natisfy this court that thn question of the defendant's san? ity should he fully ami thoroughly investigated and Inquired into on motion of tin defendant's couns? I. the solicitor < undenting, it is hereby oi - d'icd decreed ami adjudged that a commission, consisting of not less than four etpcr! and reputable psy chatrlsta twu <?f whom shall be dee* Igoated hs t je defendant's attoinevs Slid two hy the solicitor ol this cir? cuit or l>) th> attorney general of the state, ami in ease they fail to agree then a tilth shall he chosen hy the tour, is hereby created, appointed and directed to Inquire into the men? tal comlit on of the said defendant and as to whether or not he he legally' rcspon.Mhle t o his acts, and it Bald coinmixsi' ii ?r a majority thereof ?ball tind that the said defendant he not legally i sponaihle that upon the Illing of the r report with the clerk of this eon11 and the serving of a gertihed cop) thereof upon tie- super? |ntendcnls <d the state penitentiary and of tie- south Carolina state hospital, respectively, or other prop? er authorities of sail institutions that the sah defendant he trans ftrred to the South Carolina State hospital o some other institution * selected i>> s;, el psychutr 1sts as hero* geafter provided and there he con HiuhI und tiea!(.| until smh turn as he ma) I" adjudged b\ tic* said BSQ - gpsntrists to la- restored to normality. "It IM oi der, <] I hi t her, That the said cosninlsoftoa be and is herebs au? I thoi i/.ed . mi empowered to take the said defendant to such places at suck times us they deem advkmbtc tot ob? servation in ord. r to reach their con elusions in the premises, to Inquire j into hi* mental condition tin- pres? ent and to give their opinion of bis j inentai condition at the tiim of the eoiiilii'HHion of the various offenses Ossgrsjed la the Indictment during the year %%M9)\ that upon the Ming of the huntings <?i mid commission or a um? Jorlty thereof, It the said commission should hud that, the said defendant. Thomas M M> Lam In, was legally II - respoiislhle for his acts as fhurged in tlie Indictment, the sentence Im? por.ed 111 this cane shall be SUS|m tide I ami nit aside and the Undings il this toiiiiniHsinn shall operate tu stispcnd and nullitv tin* Sentence and judg? ment of tins court ami tin defendant shall thereupon he confined in sumo institution for tie treatment of his maladies until in the judument ol iio> said paychntrkeis herein appoint* ed in- shall he pastured to pemmnunt iiorma Iii \." ? Mr. McLaUrlg was taken to tic penitentiary in ('olumhia there |o uhaP r< oh i ami examination pi ov id ed m No ihtive ? 11 i SB ?^fn-JN'lid.'M. Ma. ? a \Va. tjlUitster TrotSkv declared thai all oi llpl homh.il d r4 of I' ' ?? ? l> lietion lie gfnl^tO Wireless I e polls llOill the ap.nl. Trotsky said thai I'e Is Impregnable against r.oun fco and clung* d that Ilis ranl cent* i h abroad an to it i ? % .dt to br< i' Hi \" and the lirllUdi ti lai'eh The v H has *ppro\ed t he gi of t w o Amerl |H Una lo tilg I lie Bausand bales ied \pill, ih:>u. Be Just i 81. MOVING TOWARD j WORLD PEACE Great Britain Eager to Join America in Disarmament Move London! March If.?Baron Lee of Parcham, Aral lord of the admiralty, discussing naval matters at a meet? ing <>r naval architects here today, referred to tin- question of disarma [ment, lie said the only Question was 'who would Initiate the discussion, hut Ion this point Ihe ihitish government! would nol stand on ceremony. The government, in- declared, welcomed the tin1 hint thrown <>ut by President Haiuing in his Inaugural address und the situation would meet with cot dial and helpful response here, "I can only say." Bar Oil Lee added, that if an Invitation conies from Washington I am prepared to put aside all ether business in order to take part in a business than which there can be nothing more pressing lint In- offices Ol this w orld." Baron Lee said he agreed with Mr. [Dennyi the American Secretary of Navy, that Great Britain and Amor lea should control the seas, ' I'tU." he added. lite question is whether we have the right of direc? tion with regard l<? our navies when consulting each other, in that re? spect l think this government has a dear record, in the present esti? mates we have set an example of re? duction and taken risks and arc pre? pared to ^?? fur in a mutual agree? ment, ??it is md enough to talk about blood being t linker than water. What we want Is 'he plain horse-sense characteristic of both countries. Prom my long knowledge of America, i have a profound belief in the busi? ness of talking and appealing to the square deal, I hold strongly that we 'e nol engaged in a game of bluff but that we ought fa lay all our cards on the table." Woodmen Meet in Convention Florence, March 1."?.?Today's ses? sion of tin- Woodmen of tin- World and Woodmen circle, both of which orgunlgntloni are holding their state convention in this city, were marked b\ strht application to the business of Ihe oider. Kven tin- parade, which had been arranged for this afternoon, was abandoned in order that matters of Intereet to the sovereigns might be disposed of. The work of organisation and tic seating <.f delegates took up much time due to the large number pres? ent Thes afternoon was devoted to * lec? tion with the following results: I bad consul, Max U. Bryant, Chester; load adviser, R, inn.an. Greenville; head batik? r. Pred C L?tz. Charles Ion; head clerk, II. S. Hood. Sum'' i. head escort Bd. LeWttt, Seniler; head watchman, C. <>. Smith. Inman; head sentry, .1. L. Mackey, Plorencc, Tell? ers were still counting the ballots lor the live delegates Im tin- sovereign (.imp and for the offices of auditor,* lour of whom are to he chosen, and the presiding officer announced thnt the result would not be made known until the con veil lion convened at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Tonight several hundred ol Ihe Novoreiuns formed in line at the ho? tels and led b> the Woodmen band of l*harleston matched t<> tin Central graded school grounds, w hen several of tin- degree teams gave an exhibi? tion, a ktrg' crowd assembled to witness Ibis. Woodrow Wilson Will Be Honored New Turk, March 1",. A DlOVelllClll was punched here today to estub? llsh a perpetual memorial In honor of Woodrow Wilson?"the man who projected into the wmld the idea ol' i le h agin oi mil hms.M After listening to an eulogy ol the former president b> John Ihtnk water, Kngllsh playwright, some BOO uon and women voted unanimously to appoint a temporary committee to work out details of the memorial. Franklin l>, Itooecvelt, Hemoeratie vice presidential candidate in the la si election, who prt sided at i he j suit bering, wus appointed chairman of th committee, ivltd Hein*) Morgen llhuit, former itnitaiasudoi to Turkey, treasurer. Although tin* form the memorial Is rtu laki w< not dcllnitely decided [upon, i' w.' . suggested that a mini? mum of $f?nti,ou(j be raised as u trust fund, tic proceeds from which shall hi' awarded i ieh vi m to the person who during tie year has made the greatest contribution toward Inter? national amity. Mr. Ulrnkwutor's address was f:? quentlj Interrupted by appluuse, pnrtlciiturh when in declared that Mr Wilson "conceived beyond his IcVfCUtiVC capacity a thing that Is ^iin:ii!j true oi ad great historical figures." "Most nun" 'aid the speaker, "arc prone to bow in submission at the ; llrst assault of e\p, ,iiem y |t is the tmgedy and the glory Of Wood row Wilson that he clung tenaciously to his ideal regardless id' porsonul t onnequences," "It is generally agreed," he t on tinned, "thai his lartlcs were by no I means perfect. Hut tin strategy b.i k el ? ? ? ? ' "le one ol I Ij < K1 ' 'll hnurn intl Fear Not?Let all the ends Thou A SUMTER, S. C, SATURI ASKED TO VETO TRUANT APPEAL County Superintendent of Education On Record in Favor of Enforcement of Compulsory Education Columbia, March it. \ commit? tee of sever county superintendents of education }vas named bj the meet? ing of count) superintendents which] adjourned in Columbia this morning 'to meet with Cloveruor Cooper this af? ternoon and urge upon him that In Iveto the act abolishing the present Isystem of county attendance officers. I The new act Is still unsigned In the I governor's ottlco. The conference I with the governor started at o local i hotel nt 2:30 I his h fternoon. i The governor will take the prAyer I of the county superintendents under I advisement. The new act, opposed by the superintendents, would in.ike the employment of truant officers a purely loci I opt ion mat tor. Thirty-nine county superintendents attended the meeting in Columbia last night und this morning. The new school laws were discussed. ALLIES DEMAND PAYMENT Paris, March IB.?Germany was yesterday called upon by the allied reparations commission to carry out Article j::.'. of the Versailles treaty, which stipulates Germany must pay before Mas- I, 1921, the equivalent of 20,000,001 nOu gold marks. The treaty provides that this payment may be made in gold, commodities, ships. s? - uiities or other valuables, and that out of this sum the expenses of the armies of occupation are first to be met, The commission also took steps to carry out Article 233, which provides that Germany must be notified before May 1. next, the total amount of war damage imposed upon her by the treaty, I ' if Germany persists In refusing to ! make payment," says The Petit I Pa lisle n, in discussing the action ol the commission, "she will force us to impose, upon her the Integral execu? tion Of the treat;'. That was the sig? nificance of yesterday's meeting." In discussing the protest made to the lengue of nations by Germany against the penalties being enforced by tin- allies on (banian:, the Petit Parisien remarks that the Germans are "losing lime and trouble." i "The supreme council." it continues "has leelded upon advice of Pn neb land English experts that penalties I Will bo applied not only because of I Germany's ev asion of reparations \ payments, or her refusal t<? carry out the terms u! the Paris agreement, I but because of all evasion of the ob? ligations which the treats Imposes upon her. Germany is not qualified I to demand arbitration from the league as she is not a member ol it.'" Bel lin, March I-In n protest to the league Of nations upon the III 1 fllction of penalties the German gov rnmettt claims thai the onl> pro? visions In the treaty affecting ibis I question are Paragraph IN of Appen? dix - to Cart 8 and the con? cluding sections <d' Article 129 und Article 4:;(l. These, p \$ declared, do not admit of any fresh occupations [id" Gorman soli beyond the territory I west of the llliiui and the bridge? heads. \ Tin- German government further [contends thai there has been no in fiingeinenl or partitions of obliga? tions justifying the infliction of the eononilc sanctions and argues that the lev! against Germuii goods Is in contradiction to the renunciations by the British, Italian and lliiglan gov? ernments of Paragraph 18 of the ap? pendix of tho treaty. The league tyf nations is requested to initiate mediation proceedings ami to see thai the forcible measures the allh s have undertaken be immediate" |y stopped. SUMTER BOY ON THE MAT licxinglou, Va.. March it. Tho Washington and Lee wrestling squad I completed a most successful season Priduy night with the defeat <d the I Davidson College team, and not a lit? tle of this success must be attributed to Ihe splendid work of George L. Cothran hailing from Hum tor, s. C. .\t ill limes Cothran proved him? self ail able and glitt) warrior of the mat. I ii i he dual lie et \\ it Ii , . P. | ii iii in that with tic DavldsOnilWS lie showed up w?il obtaining decisions and also the priiisc oi tin spectators. Though he was defeated in the Weal I'olnl contest Cothran put up a game it ml a splendid tight. There is a. I promise oi a brilliant matman in hi< I work, and oi doubt Coach Urett will do his utmost to develop It uexi s? ason. Warsaw. March IT. ( >n till eve of Ihe pleblseit? in upper Hilesla the leg? islature of tin republic adopted the constitution to join i'oland. Th< plebiscite was ordered to determine w hether Upper Bill sin should be tak? en from Germany alter live hundred yours separation from Poland. nit 16.- The Lev Dr ?in. superintendent of ifipard of the Bap tonight af Lion. ins'i at be iby Country's, Thy God's at >AY, MARCH 19, 1921 No Appointments In Postal Service Postmaster General Decides To Wait Awhile Before Ordering Extensive Changes Washington, March 15.?That there will be no appointments in the postal service In i.ie Immediate future was developed f r o m unquestionable sources today. The decision of the I postmaster general to euch effect was' i depressing to Republican na? tional committeemen in Washington, in an effort to Initiate the shaking; of .the plum tree. \ Will \\. Hays, postmaster general,] concluded to make haste slowly, It Is understood, as result of persuasion on the part of Representative Fess I of Ohio and other influential Rcpub (leun members of congress* Mr. Peso I has mailed question noirci to all other Republican members of congress, and i many prominent Uepublicail politi* clans asking them to advise whether j ir not tin merit system In selecting] nominee* should be displaced by the spoils systems. 'I he postmaster gen? eral was urged to await the compila? tion of the unsw? rs. | The belief Is general in Washington that despite the anxiety of the Repub Means to oust all Democratic office i rodders, and make it impossible for oilier Democrats to secure fedet il lobs they win not dare to abandon entirely the executive order of formet President Wilson as result of which all hist, second and third class post? masters went under civil service. The belief is that all Democratic postmasters will be thrown out of office but that they will be permitted, in many cases, to compete with Re? publicans In civil service examine* lions, it is understood that as a re? sult of the decision of the postmas? ter general, today prospective Repub? lican pie' dispensers in the several states will immediately wend their Ways homeward. Joseph W. Tolbert, Republican na? tional commltteeman from south Carolina, interviewed the postmaster general today, but secured no inform? ation other than thai "there would he nothing doing regarding poetof tice* in tim immediate future." it is understood that he was engaged in attempting to secure the postoffic? at flreenvlllc for A. A. Gates, a < iti sen of thai place. Suiutcr Girls lake Part In Voting Artists' Coo teat. (Columbia State). The \oting artists' contest, which was open to young pianists, singers I and vlolonlsts of tins stab . developed I into a purely piano contest, there be? ing no violinists and only one singer. IH resulted In u tie between Miss | Augusta Loft -n of Columbia and Mi? Kvclyn Smith of Chcraw and both ol these young women will be sent to Atlanta to compete in tin- district contest to l.?' held during the district 'onlerenee March 28, ?'' and ;'.u. The contest was conducted in the auditorium of Chicora college by in? vitation of Dr. H. Ii. Bellamann, di I rector of music it took place imme? diately after luncheon and was con I hit red an extremely gratifying one ifor the first which this state has held. Kotiv pianists enured: Miss | Lofton, Miss Smith. Miss Rosa M< liowan of Lauieiis. who is a junior at I Greenville Female college, and Miss Marguerite McLepd of Sumter. The one VOeallSt entering was Miss Pauline llaynaworth ol Humter. The] (judges were Miss Nan It. Stevens of Atlanta. I >r. B< Hamann and Mrs. I Waldo A, Ard.ol '"amp Jackson, who ? was formerly from Alabama and is n ! | planist. Dr. Hella mann In announc? ing the decision of the .indues, ex-' pressed thofr1 genuine surprise and gratification at Unding so many real artists among the young women of Hie state. Miss Smith, one -d the winners, is in senior of music at Salem academy, Wlnston-Halcm, and plays with aston? ishing east*, poise and finish, she , possesses mi unusual technique and : is t horoughly musical. Miss Lofton, w ho lias been connect- j ed for the last two seasons with t'. MuttcHou studio in Columbia, as aj leaclu r of piano, is rocognisod as a 1 pianist of exceptional ability and the! fuel that her individual style and decided promise won recognition from tin Judges is the source oflprldo I to her Columbia fronds. All the] contestants played from Bach, Beeth? oven, Chopin, Lisxl and McDowell. Several other would-he contestants' discovered aftor reaching Columbia thai they war.- unable to qualify for this year's ?outest hut they gained inspiration and information to help Ihciu work up for another year. Mi n. Linas i.resided informally at both morning and afternoon sessions and In her is due almost entire credit for the success of the first annual .-?ate conference of the South Caro? lina branch ??! the National Federa? tion ol Mus;.- i 'hlP.v. Chicago, March Itf. Five hundred dollars were paid for the killing of Paul l.ahrnd.i and Harry Raymond, the recent victims in the ItKh ward feud, the poii-e have been lold by pei sons who overheard a conversa? tion betwen Krank Gumhtno ami Sam | Amalie a. who have been arrested as suspect s. M? vieo i itv. March 16. - The Mexican railway strike has ended and the workers reported for work todnv. IHutsburg, March hi. ? New French forces have arrived in Sections Of Germany occupied by the French army, foreshadowing the occupation ol M?lheim on H?hl, Hl Truth's." THE TRUE SO BRAZEN VICE IN COLUMBIA Action Against Taxi Company Brings Vile Conditions to Light Columbia, March It.?!The ?rar (,n vice reached a climax in Columbia Tin s.'ay when (lin ing an Investigation i by council of charges against a taxi | company, whose license had been re* coked because citizens had complain* ed oi it as a nuisance, due to its oper? ations in connection with the prac? tices of immoral women, Councilman W. A. Coleman Introduced a resolu-j (ton calling on Police Chief Richard*! son to appear before the council next Wednesday and tell why the police | department had not dealt with tin taxi company, if all the facts brought OUI against it Were matbas of com? mon knowledge. There may be shake ups in the police department. After the hearing Tuesday council ?? decided unanimously to .allow its ac? tion in revoking the taxi license to j stand. .statements of the most sen- ! satlonal nature were made against the taxi company, C. W, Faulk. its operator, having at one time, accord? ing to sworn testimony, been driven lut of Greenville for selling liquor. | it was charged that Some of the drivers employed by the company! had married women of ill fame. In j oder that they might carry on their | trade and at the same time not he arrested tor vagrancy, it was chare,- | ?d that tin* company made a flat j price for automobile, woman and Ii- \ I luor. Otlicc Building for Doctors. Columbia, March 10.?-The Coluin I bla Me lical society is making plans ' ind Inv 'St(gallons looking to the erec? tion of i nine-story office building for doctors. The building, it' erected, will ?ost approximately a quarter of a I million. League of Women Voters. Columbia, March It.?Mrs. F. B. Munsell announces the recent organ? isation of new League of Women Voters it Batesburg and at George? town. Mrs. Munsell is president of the stale league. Iloml for Parricide. Columbia, March 1? ? Floyd Meetxe, twenty-year old son of Jo* *eph M-et/.e, was released on $1,009 Jond yesterday afternoon, after hav? ing been charged by a coroner's jury with the killing of bis father Sunday night I; st. The young man bad a scuffle with his father, after the fath? er threatened to kill the young man's mother and sisters. The elder Meetx< had just served a chaingang sentence and was considered of bad .harnet? r. ^ RATES CASE ARGUMENTS Wash ngton, March 15. Arguments ill the Wisconsin rate (lass described i by some participating attorneys as I "the most important state rights is? sues before the supreme court in i many years" were closed today af? ter having held the attention of the court tor t in ee days. M. fj. Did rich, spivial counsel for Wisconsin, summed up for that .state ami for tin 12 other states which joined with Wisconsin in opposing the authority to surpervisc .state rates claimed by the interstate commerce commission under the transportation let of 11120. P. .1. Karrell, appearing for the interstate commerce commission, cited specific instances of alleged discrimi? nation against interstate rates when i state was allowed to maintain lower Schedules within its borders. As a result. Ik said, so far as revenues of the carrier wane concerned. "inter? state commerce is converted into intrastate." He denied that tin' com mission has acted "arbitrarily" in raising rates, citing its invitation to state commissions to enter the hear iugs, and argued that adequate au? thority lor its actions could b? found m the commerce act, under which ihe commission was organlxed. A new angle was given the case today, wlu-n. in a supplemental brief, counsel for the various states at? tacked that commission's order for la creased rates as providing revenues far in excess of the amount guaran? teed the carriers under the transpor? tation act. in ihe western territory the brief said, an Increase of I.I per cent, in passenger fares would have been sufllcieni to return t> per cent, on the road's agreed valuation in? stead of 2U per cent Increase as ordered. Senator Buskin to Kpculc Sunday. Sund a? morning, Ma eh 2fHh, ;it 1(1430, Hon. W. P, Bask ins, senator from I.ee county, wall speak to the lx>yul Men's Bible class at Christian church in Kumt er. He always makes a stirring straight from the shoulder talk. He will have a practical mrs sai^c for the Loyal Men and their friends. Th -re is in Senator Bas kin a great Spirit to help the good movement along. He ranks high in ibis slate as a public official and public speaker. Inasmuch as be is Well known in Sumter. it is expected that a large number of men will be m attendance. Bring your friends and make it another record-breaking day. Copenhagen, March It. - Fifty thousand men have gathered .at Kronstadt, Helslngfors advices state. It iM reported that there are provis? ions at Kronstadt and sufficient am? munition |o lest three \eais. 4 row. ?THRON, Kslal>li?hcd June 1, 186?. VOL. LIL NO. 9 LESS COTTON OR BANKRUPTCY The Farmers of the South Have To Deal With Gravest Crisis in Their History Columl ia. March ?The south would he better off next year if it did not grow a bale of cotton this year is th?- belief of T. B. Stackhousr, ex? pressed in a letter which he has just written to one of the largest planters in the Pec Dec section of the state in reply to a letter from the planter asking for Information on the cotton situation. lie urges that there should la- a reduction of not less than 00 per cent in the acreage this year. Writing to the Pee Dee planter. Mr. Stackhouse says: ' J am in *~cciyt of your favor of the f?th instant and. in my opinion, if not more than ono Courth id' the fertiliser used last year is used by the southern cotton growers in 1921, it will not mater? ially help those who are holding 1920 cotton until the size of the 1921 cot? ton crop Is known for the reason that the world will not believe in a small cotton crop until the 1921 crop is harvested. Not less than a 50 per cent reduction in last year's acreage will help the tanner get better prices for the 1120 and 1921 crops. "Texas end Oklahoma farmers sold last fall at from two and three times today's prices and in my opinion will plant freely this year. Mr. J. M. '.Miller, president of the First Nat i lonal Bank of Richmond, has recent? ly sent out to customers of his bank a letter from which 1 quote as fol? lows: 'in our judgment the cotton and tobacco already on hand in this coun? try together with not over half a crop ; for tin- coming year is all that the world will be able to purchase and pay for at reasonable prices." "His opinion is sustained by tho most m?ted cotton authorities in Eng? land. France and Lelgium. "This morning's paper states that twenty-four mills in Spain have shut down and the remaining mills ere 1 running in half time. A recent letter 'to Mr. May bank of Charleston from I his Brussells c o respondent states thai the Belgium cotton mills are sell? ing their cotton for whatever they eon get for it and that mills in France are doing so at an enormous loss. * "1 hold in my hand a card signed b> Dr. Bradford Knapp from which i I quote as follows: '(.let it out of your [head that anything but the supply land the world's ability to buy fixes . tin price ot cotton.' I This quotation is followed by a > statement that there is now enough cotton in the world to last about two ! years. j 1 heard on- of the largest man? ufacturers in the Piedmont section of this state made the statement last i Saturday that the southern cotton ..mils were facing as mean conditions tis the cotton farmers of the .date ? now face, in that their warehouses vere foil of manufactured goods for which there was no market and a great deal of goods made out of high priced cotton. Under all these con? ditions it seems to me worse than fol , ly for South Carolina to grow cotton i in 1921. , My Interest in this matter is whol y impersonal, as I haven't a bale of cotton, spots or ^futures. j <^uh k Death For ? utworum Cutworms are reported to the Unit? ed states Department of Agriculture , as making a clean sweep of the w heat ; lots on experimental farm of the de? partment's dry-land agricultural pro? ject at Woodward, OklaJ The cut? worms are of the species known as the granulated cut-worm^ ,' Poisoned bran bail is the spc-'ift* [irmedy for cutworms. The accepted I formula is wheat bran. It pounds; Paris preen or crude arsenic/2* pOlrvls black strap molasses, I quarts: * sates*, _' to 4 quarts or more as needed. Mix the loan and poison thoroughly In a dry state, then add the diluted molas? ses, and stir vigorously until thor? oughly mixed. Distribute the bran ovfi the infested field broadcast, laVirg care to sprinkle it sparingly a round . a? h bill. Middlings or affal fa ...cai nr.nj i substUsH*.' for bran. No more kicks about the lighting system of Sumter. The service is now continuous and there is an abundance of current available for an ami all purposes. The new gen? erator is taking care of all power de? mands with the greatest east and fa? cility ami it has been stated that the current load upon this generator can he increased 100 per cent without Us effecting the output in the ?lightest d? gree. Charleston, \\\ Va.. March K?.? Colonel Hoger Preston Chew, com? mander of Chews' battery in the civil war. ami a prominent ligure at Con ft lerate reunions, died bete today. His wife was a daughter of John Augustine Washing! on. the last owner of Mt. Vernon. The Boy Scouts of Sumter have scepted a challenge for a basketball W ume with the scouts of Columbia, the game to be played sometime near the middle of April The challenge f the Columbia scouts tame to Scout? master Levl from gCOUt Executive J. v Perrj of the twelve troops of Co? lumbia scouts. The scout team which s to ptaj the Burster scouts will be Victorious team in the basketball inter-troupe league of Columbia. These games are now being played in Columbia and Sumter is to have the honor of going up against the t bam* [HOji scout team of Oolumbts