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SOIL Mm Babbs After Extensive tvel Over South Caro lina Boads* Believes j That Good Roads d?n Be - Built of Local Material itoav Bail? Item: le editorialv*a tor> soil roads j >rosteriday?? - .State' strikes the of a g?od highway system. [ ;tfce state/. During ? the last -i- have traveled ovet .every ol road: in the- state "improv wb&i ?Bimp^ovedi en the ?fear and -1 he saa? hi?s,- and; ist l:i?3Mnayr:saife of the pine belt, comfort, safety, an<i el*>eap-| of construction and upkeep top soil roads are superior toj ^h,er: ?t>wilr. he a great mis :ne'if these roads are not kept for lack of proper care. Very miles that I have seen cost ?00.00. 2 judge that the" average is under-12,0-00.00. Nor have m any^of which ?500.OP per has-been spent on upkeep. I the upkeep - so far is not & per mile. the road from Great Falls to rjCamden powe* plant: Of the; ? Power Company; thirty g5 there isr: being spent the r^rea*.est^amoiiiit- in locating,-; grrad filifcig and top. soilings of any ? that. I have seen.v This Is fee-: xe by the Southern Bower >asy to- repia*^ titeold. road in some places for miles un ter.' Qsie of the erivexs ttdd that, the "top. soil hanr*Is_ some ies. eightr -mSJes. When I - came ir the. road Tuesday, a nu^ver'of >ns were hauling top. soil Sour. Our' highway - department ?< *ld. get valuable ^information >m the poTref company as to the cost of such a road. Owing to the .very, hilly- nature of the land: on the wes?-gi&e of the- Cateiwba and. Wa ?eree . rivers, thig road, is curves^ tiffs, an* fills is more, <?^eastv?v build , than the average road in ? state will be. Two yosng ladies the party said: that the; .goad. re-> te*I them of the road? in Yel Stone Park. This gives some of the very pieturesqne routs. This is part- of the 'shortest .route from. S^mter to* the meun* -?&sa ; In- fact from evspry,-' point east of - Camden, if the traveler /crosses the Wateree,at Camden. Of ?l&e-. 1S? miles, from my home in fester counts' to Warrior Moun tain just beyond Tryon, there is bji ~thi* ro^te only six miles*\of reaUyJ bad road, and that is. from, Wilkefej lore -to X^kh?rt Ferry in Chester county.- The steel bridge at L?oek? ^?rt l?; rapidly nearlng completion ^a^^.<2iesrer_ has a foxce^Mjf ha?K ? Mading a. temporary road' fo*??He. #4irn end' of tiid bri??re. -1r^e^ CheHf??r?v-com'pletes a good *r&?& ?.%Sm0x* 'river ibWVikk^k>ro:tWtS top so?s some- of ^the^Tbad near tho- town ofvChester; when- Union rWidenV JH^^psoils a five iaile gap between Xockhart and'\Locknart ^i^clion/an* when- Keisg?raw works 'is?&&0. doM to theSu^hteT^eoSSft j& sohW: five - xx??s? atfolfc flnV*. ft wiG-ilR&pnksa&? io 'gCfrom^?&mter to Sp^tahbtet in 'five jhotfrs. For mneh over t?te route, Chester would to wide? .-the otherwise splendid roa? from Sre^fc Chester, twen^-rnree miles, Kersbaw would needrtowiden and grade the other wise^good road for a distance of k&s^i&n-Tes&m from the - power i&sat to the: Columbia road near Xugoff.- Sumter would have to wi4en the road from. Dalzell to 3R*33ahert, aaxt cut off two- or thre* 4^ ben(& This Is such a direct road from Sumter to the moun tains that I "do not think it would be practicable to save more than two*, aaijea to tke. ^rnole distance by relocating the road, -a quarter -of a mile near-jRemberts,. beyond the bridge at Camden a half a mile; and* perhaps a mile or a mile g?* a halt -between Wilkesboxa* -, anu E. W. DABBS. "M?ye?SiIIe; July 23. ~ ;Her Curosity Was ?ie<*S?d. The mayor of a western city has received the following letter of in quiry from,an Eastern xesident: - l?nd-aad respected Cir: I see In a paper that a man named John Sipes was atacted and et up by a bare whose cubs he was trying to git when the bare comes np and stopt him by^eatin' him up in. the fountains near r your town. What 1 want to know is did it kill him or was. .he only partly et up and is _ he from this place and ail about "the" bare. I don't know but what heis a distant husband oi mine. My. first husband was of that name ; and X supposed he was killed in " the. war but the name of the man the* bare et being the sarne I thought it might be aim .after all ajjd I pught to know if he wasn't klSed either in the war or by the bare for I have been married twice since and there ought to be di vorce papers got out by . Lfm or me. He sings base an has a spread _eagle tattoed on his front chest a:>d- a anker on his- -right. arm which you will know him by if the bare did hot eat up these sines of its being him. If alive don't tell hfiBpL I am married to Joe White for he never liked Joe. Mebbe you'd better let en aa if I am ded but find out oil you can about him without his knowing anything what ft fe ti,? That is if the bare x3i? not eat him all up. If it did I don't see: as you can do anything and you: neeto't take no trouble. My respecks to your family and please ancer back. p. S: Was the bare killed? Al so was he married again and did he leave any pcopty wuth me lay ing claims to? -'?? ? ? The meek who inherit the earth also endeavor to tell the world that the inheritance tax is an out rage.?^Ues Meines Register. ? ? ? ?86 Cures Chilis and Fever. Aflvised To HoBI Tobacco \ -C. G* Rowland Makes Suggestion to Farmers Editor Xtem: Id view of the extremely low prices thM tobacco, in our section, -is bringing at-this time I make this as being worthy of considera tion; that bur farmer friends steam, dry a*Jd- withhold fifty/per cent of ?the 1921 ocrop: from the market, or a larger,per cent if possible, r be lieve this will cause an advance, in prices- and that the fifty per cent held off. the market for a short "while will bring more money when it is sold than the. entire crop as it is now beng marketed. Yours- very truly, Ci 6. Rowland, ROAD BONDS V ARE NOT SOLD The Sumtex^ County Hard Roads Commission "offered for sale five hud red thousand dollars worth of road _bonds but hone of the bids Submitted." were accepted.. The ^highest bid .was ninety-five and an eighth which would have entailed a floss of twenty-four iJbLOusand, three nandred and seventy-five dollars. The bonds will not be offered for sale, again this summer.. Cit y Awards Contract for New Fire V ' Hose. Bids. Per foot. Goodrich Go. r White King.-$1.15 ^Chieftain-, -i 1.10 rene Co. Doube- Jacket;. 2 1-2 ich.-78c <?. C 42. Eire H?se Co. Stonewall Double Jacket,.SI.30 Gantonia Double Jacket. 1.20 Ontaro Double Jacket-. 1.10 -Eureka Fiar* Hoe Co. -: Eureka.- _.$1.40 \ Paragon.. .. .. .._1.30 Hehnet Jacket..1.20 Trojan _.1.10 Double Jacket Knit "... 1.10 Northern Jacket Woven- .90 Fabric Fire Hose Co. Keystone- $_ 1.30 Patrol-..- .1,25 f Arrow Jacket i_j.1.20 Safety._1.10 Goodrich Co., represented by Mr. [J. Potter, C. C C. Fire Hose Co. by M.. B. Sanders^ Eureka Fire Hose Co. by Thoa. ?; Stewart, Fabric .Fire Hose Covsby Joe Y. Elgin, Py frene Co. by mail. Contract waraded to a C.-.C. Fire {Hose Co., on-theit Stonewall Double I Jacket, brand, which was bid $1,30 per foot,, coupied ? and delivered, Jhixwev:^, jjK?^- ^a^ders/ their .^epre y^^^-^fi^^^fi^^^ 50? feet |r^prj?hOT^?Xfo foet pdrcnased, ftp9; -g*u po <fbi?b 'V&srM.-r. tows-* lion b<a>>.%&#9 ySWt ;?? ?<???-? Cteauson College, July 30-HMany [mojafcres have^ been received lately fro- n peoplgfajg^ #ant to know what can be doy ^tgaihst tomato van<^0cnarticularly if tomato ^g^fe'^saya. Dr. *CT A. Ludwig/ aj^ociate; p&nt pathoogist Two kinds of .^niato, wilt are" com fmon*'In South- Qujolina, a bacteria] wilt and a f ungus wilt. If the first of these is present the best thing to do is to abandon tomato culture (on the infested soil. If the second is present, and-not the first, toma ftoes may be grown successfully it wilt resistant Variety is. used.. It is nat always easy to distin guish between these types of wilt, but with eare in observation it can jnsuaily be done with a fair degree of< assurance- even if no miscroscope is at hand. - The- fungus wilt is characterized by a slow, ye?owing and wilting of the leaves, beginning with, the lowest and gradually prr> fceeding upwarA, The tip will some times be tree after most of the lower leaves-are dead. If a dis eased stem be cut across, a ring of darkened tissue can * be seen just below the bark. The bacterial: wilt does not cause much ye?owing of -the leaves, but instead a wilting of all non-woody parts without change of color. The collapse is as apt to start at the tip as at the bottom and it is usually enJy a- few' days after the first symptoms show till the plant is Mead. H the stem is cut across a drop of milky colored sap usually oozes out (especially If the stem be squeezed), and the vascular ele mets are darkened. The milky col or of the sap is caused by millions of bacteria which live In it. Again, few or^no other plants are attacked by the fungus but a good many are susceptible to the bacterium. In this list are potato, tobacco, egg plant, pepper, peanut, ragweed, castor oil plant and oth ers. On tobacco it causes the weU known Granville tobacco wilt. If some or all of these plants show the disease it Is likely that the bac terial wilt is present if they are not affected, the chances are that the fungus wilt is destroying the to matoes. In the case of" bacterial wilt it will be necessary to keep tomatoes off the infested soli. In the case of fungus wilt, however, one or more of the resistant varieties originated by the U. S. Department of Agri cttture can be grown successfully, such as Norton, tone of the best), Arlington, MorrUl and Columbia. Some of-the seed houses have been handling seed of such varieties, and it should not be difficult for any grower to get a supply. ? * ? Life in Three Words. . "Stop, look, listenV The reflective man stopped to read the railroad warning. "Those three words illustrate the whole scheme of life," said he. "How?" "You see a pretty girl; you stop; you look; and after you marry her you listen." 666 Cores Dengue Fever. More Women Register In Orangeburg Women Elec tors Outnumber Men , Columbia, August 4?An' inter esting situation has developed in Orangeburg, where a town election is to be held on September 5. Ap proximately 500 women have reg istered and only 300 men. Of the women, 75 are colored. ? ? ? News From Bishopville After four or five weeks of wet weather, we are having scorching hot sunshine days, and oppressive ly hot nights.. The farmers are . "making good use of this fair weather to finish laying by their cotton and late cron, potatoes, etc. The cotton weed looks very prom ising but there is very little fruit, especially old fruit, and in some places the boll weevil is playing . I havoc. I have heard numbers of farmers say there will not be more than one-third crop made. Corn around here is unusually good. From what I can learn from in quiry from those in position to know, the reports sent to Presi dent Harding were not exactly ex aggerated either as to the wants of our people, or as to the spread of pellagra among the people of :the> state. I heard of very little in .our immediate neighborhood. - Old. Mr. Jap DuBose was found idead,in his bed Sunday morning. -He has been in bad health for .some time. He was buried Sun day afternoon near Cypress, at the family burying ground. Old Mr. Tom Muldrow, one of our citizens, is .very ill in Colum bia where he has been for?some time with his niece. Mrs. W. H. Scott is suffering ; greatly with her eyes, and other wise. She is at the home of her daughter, Mrs Weldon, where she ; receives every attention, that love ; can provide. . Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stuckey have returned from their trip to Cal ifornia, Texas, an other intermedi ate points. They had a very pleas ?ast and instructive visit. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Shaw of St. Charles, each of whom had relatives or friends in Texas. . Judge FraE^r conducted the services in the Presbyterian i church last Sunday, and the Sun .day before, making excellent ad dresses on each occasion. Mr. H. W. Woodard is having his store that was burnt some time ago overhauled and remodeled. ; This- store will be occupied by ? Mr. Denny, as a jewelry establish ment.. ;? - ; As;; hot;as ? ft was last Sunday jour pastor Mr. 'Dibble preached two"-?sermons, buried a man, and married a couple, riding 12 miles. . .: Mrs. Manning and her charm . ing daughter are to move, to . North. Carolina, where they will , make their home. She will be , missed, in vour town. bh? ? ? ? ,? THRIVE^ON HARD UCKS ;.- CNaws-and Courier) V '-Newspapers- thrive on hard licks. , The Sumter Daily Item which was . burned out six weeks ago has al \ ready built and occupied a new \ .home,- admirably adapted to its [ requirements, and well equipped. ' We have only one fault to find ? with The Item?too often we look In vain for Hubert Osteen's perti , nent observations on men and af fairs. , ,' > ? ? ? .Bich Top Dressing Revives Faded Lawns. \ \ Lawns get a tired look late In . summer and can be stimulated and '.. made fresh, according to experts of the United States department of agriculture, by a light top dressing, composed of fi parts good loamy soil, one of well-rotted manure, I finely comminuted, or any good compost in which soil predomi nates, with 1 1-2 pounds of sul phate of ammonia or nitrate of so ; da, for every 1,000 square feet. The mixture should be applied evenly, and will result in quick stimulation and new green growth. A mixture with a good proportion of soil is strongly urged, especially when the chemicals are used, as they will burn the grass when used too liberally on the lawn. If the grass is watered after the fertilizer is applied it should be thoroughly and liberally done. ? ? ? New Breed of Poultry Developed by Uncle Sam. Lamona is the name given to a new breed of poultry that has been developed at the experimental farm of the United States depart ment of agriculture at Beltsville, J Md. It has been named by Sec I retary Wallace after the originator, Harry M. Lamon, senior poultry man of the bureau of animal in dustry. It is a white fowl with red ear lobes and lays a white shelled egg. White Plymouth Rock, Silver Gray Dorking, and White Leghorn were the breeds used as foundation stock. The fowls are larger than Leg horns, with long, deep bodies, well feathered, and comb and wattles of medium size. The new breed is not ready for introduction and neither eggs or fowls can be se cured. When a sufficient stock of birds has been raised specimens will be sent to state agricultural colleges and experiment stations to test their adaptability to different sections and conditions. ? ? ? Same Only Different. "My wife constantly pesters me for money. Does yours? "No; the people she buys, things from do that." ? o ? There's good in everything. Revelations of that crookedness in the 1919 world's series, for instance discourage baseball gambling. 666 Cures Bilious Fever. New Staff Members Vacancies Filled in Experi ment Station Work in South Carolina . Clemson College, July 81?Sever al new members cf the expe riment station staff are announced by Di rector H. W. Barre, of the South Carolina evperiment station, effec tive with the beginning of the new fiscal year. Some cf these appoint ments are to fill vacancies and others are for newly created po sitions. j L. Et" TIsdale, a native of Alaba ma, ana a graduate of the Alabama ^Polytechnic institute and of the Michigan Agricultural College, has been made assistant state patholo gist in crop pest and'disease work. He will assist with the enforcement of the regulations of the South Carolina Crop Pest commission looking to the elimination of the destructive insect pests and diseases and the keeping out of new pests and diseases now present in other parts of the country. W. D. Salmon has been appoint ed to fill a new position as assistant animal husbandman In the animal husbandry department. He is a na tive of entucky and holds a mas ter's degree from the University of Missouri. He will assist with the research work with hogs and beef rcattle. I. R. Jones takes the place of W. PW. Gordon as assistant dairyman. Mr. Jones is a native of Pennsyl vania a graduate of the Pennsyl vania State College of Agriculture wit ha master's degree from the University of New Jersey. He will have charge of the official testing of dairy cows in this state and will also assist in the research work with th dairy herd at Clemson Col j lege. A. M. Musser has been appointed assistant horticulturist and will as sist at the ccli?ge and will conduct [the cooperative experimental work with the truckers and fruit growers ;of tihe easten part of the state. Mr. Musser is a graduate of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania and the Uni versity of Florida. He has been the past year assistant extension horti culturist at Clemson college and has lhad similar experience in Pennsyl vania and Florida, j G. H. Aull has been appointed to fill "a'new position as assistant to [the director of the experimental 'station. He is a graduate of Clem son college and has recently been engaged in teaching agriculture un der the Smith-Hughes act. Mr. Aull will assist Director Barre with the routine and executive work of th& director's office. ? ! ? <4> The Shot Hole Borer or Fruit Bark Beetle. Clemson College, July 31.?At this season dead twigs may often be noticed in the peach orchard, and examinaton will show small holes in the bark similar to those made by shooting a load of No. S shot into a tree. These holes are made by the fruit bark beetle when lay ing eggs, the young working in the sap wood. This is among the worst pests of the fruit trees. The bark beetle attacks trees following some injury or other cause that weakens the tree. For example, a iimb wnolly or partly .broken off in orchard work, is weakened and immediately attack ed by these pests. The same trouble may be caused by permit ting brown rot to stay on the trees. Other common causes that weak en trees and bring about an in festation by this pest are the peach tree borer and the San Jose scale. Whether the orchard is large or small, it is very important that the trees be watched with some dili gence, advises Prof. A. F. Con radi, entomologist. As soon as an injured limb is discovered it should be taken out and burned. Where brown rot occurs a*id causes twigs to rot, the affected fruit should be removed, together with the injur ed twigs, and absolutely destroy ed. ? The control of the various fruit insects is discussed in extension circular 25 and information card 17, both of which will be sent upon request. <>? ? 0 Short Course for Club Boys Ends . Clemson College July 30 ? The short course for club boys ended on Friday evening", July 22 with brief exercises consisting of songs, in formal addresses and presentation of certificates. L. L. Baker, super vising boys club work, presided. Short talks were made by Dr. F, H. H. Calhoun, Dr. W. II. Mills, Mr. J. C. Lttlejohn, Mr. A. B. Bryan, Dr. W. M. Riggs. Mr. B. O. Wil liams', and others. Dr. Riggs pre sented certificates to the CG young farmers who took the short course. At the closing exercises Mr. Bak er announced the livestock judging team of five, which has been se lected for further training, three of these five ..to constitute South Carolina's team in the International Judging Contest at the Southeas tern Fai: in Atlanta next\fall. The five are: W. Wallace Belcher, An derson, E. Smith, Lee: Province, Branham, Kershaw; Jas. Garrison, Bickens; Robert Whitehead, Union; WU be given further training just before the team of three will be sent to the contest. _ ? ?. ? - - ? ?^t? ? <3? ? -.? Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatism. ?fr?<s*?$ Shot, Seeks Refuge in Bank; ?Headline. Evidently one of these bang shots that delight the biliia rd it<t.?J iuffa I o Kx; i ress. -^w^. 00? Cures a Cold Quickly. -?-~?~? ? ? Willie Seasoning. "Papa, if I was twins would you buy the other \<oy n banana too?" ''Certainly, my son." "Well, papa, you surely ain't going to cheat me out of another banana just 'cause I'm all In one piece?" ? ? ?*> Rub-My-Tism Cures Sores. Santee-Cooper Canal Federal Authorities Grant Permission to Connect Two Rivers Washington August 3?The fed oral power commission this after noon authorized its secretary to issue a permit for the construction of a canal making navigable the Santee River to the Cooper river. The permit has not been issued, but it is presumed that there will be no hitch in pending negotia tions While the permit covers only navigation the development as a re sult of a drop of 30 feet in the rver will result in the generation of considerable waterpower. It is understood that the promoters have in mind also the construction of an electric lino connectiong Co ilumbia and Greenwood. G. A. Guignard and associates of Columbia are the men behind the Santee canal project which they believe will be of untold value in the upbuilding of South Carolina In addition to the freight facilities afforded by the canal, the large ap.iount of power generated and the probable linking of Columbia and the upper part of the state by elec tric line, the canal will drain thou sands of acres of land not now us able. The canal will run from Fergu son on the Santee to Monck's Cor ner on the Cooper, these points be ing the approximate ends. Plans submitted to the government call for a canal 200 feet wide. It is to be 20 miles long. Mr. Guignard, president of the Columbia, Railway & Navigation Co.. which w. . build the canal, said last night that he had receiv ed official notice from Washington of the board's action and is ex pecting the permit in a few days, the latter being purely routine. Work on the project will be started as soon as practicable, he said. It will take considerable time to complete the job. Much electrical power will be de veloped as a result of the building J of the canal. Mr. Guignard, how e. er, had no announcement to make concerning the distribution of this power or the use to which it might be put. The project for an electric railway to Greenwood, he said, was entirely a different matter and he had no announce ment to make relative to it. The canal, Mr. Guignard pointed out, will place Columbia approxi mately 70 miles nearer tide water than at present and will open up to the city the advantages of such a pert as Charleston with its regular sailings and its larger volume. of. business. The Columbia Railway & Navigation Co., will operate a i boat line, Mr. Guignard said. No I effort, however, will be made to maintain a monopoly of tho river traffic by this company and it is .ex pected, Mr. Guignard said, that the completion of the canal will see the beginning of several boat lines from Columbia to Charles ton with the consequent reduction of transoprtation costs on freight to the city . If the present conditions prevail when the canal is completed, ,Mr. Guignard said,, the boatsrwould make their stops at Granby landing as did the boats operated between Columbia and Georgetown. The completion of the Columbia canal as originally planned would, how ever, make it possible for the ships to be loaded and unloaded at every street in Columbia, he said. The operation of boats to and from Charlestoin will be under taken under considerably better conditions than those under which the Columbia-Georgetown boat line was originallyy operated, Mr. Guig nard said. The larger volume of business handled through Charies j ton, he pointed out, will permit the operation of a larger number of boats while the shorter distance will reduce the running time by from six to eight hours. Mr. Guignard is president of the Columbia Railway and Navigation Co., while T. C. Williams is vice president. m ? ? Report on Pellagra Southern Health Officials Drafting Recommendations Washington, Aug. 5?The health officials from twelve southern states who are in conference with the public health service officials re garding th.e pellagra situation m the south are drafting their recom mendations today. The conference adopted a report recommeding the coordination of the public health i welfare activities in one department and urged the ad vocation of a bal ? anced ration in rural districts. Washinggton,, August 5?Denial that there is a condition approach famine in the south is made in the report unanimously adopted by health officials from twelve south ern states. They said they did not believe the situation warranted un due alarm and that pellagra had steadily decreased in the south. CAPTAIN'S RANKS FOR ALVIN YORK Washington, August 5?A bill giving Sergeant Alvin York, of Ten nessee, the war hero, ,the rank of captain with retired pay, has been introduced in the senate. York is reported to be in bad financial cir cumstances. Philadelphia, August 5?The country is getting entirely too many bunks, Comptroller of tho Curren cy Crissinger declared in an ad dress here, lie is convinced that many applications for the organia tion of new banks are made with the intent of creating places where promoters can ttnd easy access to ?rcdit. CGC Cures Biliousness. Lowlander in the Mountains Mr. Dabbs Continues to Record His Observations and Impressions Tryon, N. C. Aug. 1, 1921. Some time ago I mentioned going to a revival meeting at Columbus. Well, we went again on Sunday, (and heard part of an all-day sing ing. A party of about a dozen men and women from White Oak, on the road from. Tryon to Green ville, wet to Columbus and con ducted the singing for the services, and kept up the singing through the noon hour. At first we were charmed with the singing, but the rag 'time become monotonous af ter we had heard several pieces. I do not know where I have seen so many children, as were at the morningg- service. From babes in arms to boys and girls in their teens the Baptist church was full of young people. The church is of brick and has seating for twice 'as many as Brick Church.in Salem. Owing to the interest in the meet ing the Baptists tendered the use of their church to Presbyterians ,?the Presbyterian church being about one-fourth the size of the Baptist. This country is nearly all Bap tist in the native population, and everything to nothing among those who have come in from the outside. Today I attended a meeting at Columbus court house to organize the Polk County Marketing Asso ciation. It was a big meeting of mountain men and women who are interested on getting better returns from their labors. Mr. Cornith, the big apple man of Saluda, was chair man. Miss Flyntie, formerly of Chicago, was secretary. Mr. J. K. Sams, the couny demonstration agent, deserves credit for work ing up the organization. More than $10,000 capital stock was subscribed. Mr. McClure of Asheville told of the success of the Buncombe Coun ty Federation. They run a truck ev ery day covering 20 miles and two days in the week two trucks. The driver pays cash at the farmer's doors for the produce they sell. He stated that their purchases of fer tilizers and supplies for members is as 3 to 1 of the sales of produce, which shows that North Carolina farmers arer not unlike Sumter county farmers in that they can see where they can save money in co operative buying?but have not yet seen the profits in cooperative sell ing. ' This county, Polk, offers the best field for the success of this venture that I know;of?it has no big mer chants who buy the farmers* .pro duce, and supply.hhv.needjS, ?his long/ felt need in t^?hu^ness li^e of ihe comity. ? :;p' . '? 'JeW who raises .white chickens and Hampshire hogs on, the. slope of Tryon mountain, made a. fine spech in favor of the organization, and the standardization of farm produce. He w??nd up by saying that :the greatest .gft of God.' to Polk county was Mr. Samst . the county demonstration agent. 'By the way Mr. i$an^Ts?%ted t^hat he had been with -the X?and Bank appraiser last week and that. he had stated that Polk county farms have passed the highest valuation per Acre of any county in North or South Carolina. It is hard to believe this. This county grows about 4,000 bales of cotton in the southeaastern part, but this will be cut down this year on account of the lower price. There are many acres not being farmed at all.;, One of the old settlers told me today that the corn crop this year is fine ?75 per cent better than iast year; We came up Saturday via Ridge way. The road was rough and bad ?either from recent work and new construction or from not being worked for over a year. Crops poor and rain very much needed. We were one and three-quarter hours getting across the river ow ing to congested traffic on Satur day. The ferry man said the bridge will be in use in about two weeks. It is hot here?90 yesterday and Sunday and 70 in the early morn ings. A stiff wind :<* blowing now? ad the temperatrue is 78. The grape crop is short. One vineyard has finished and others will all be harvested this week or next. E. W. Dabbs. + ? ? TTHE STATE OF SOUTH CARO LINA County of Sumter IN THE. COURT OF PROBATE By Thos. E. Richardson, Esquire, Judge of Probate. Whereas, J. G. Bradford has made suit to me to grant him let ters of administration of the estate and effects of Mary Bradford late of Sumter county, S. C, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonich all and singular tho kin dred and creditors of the said Mary Bradford deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the court of probate to be held at Sumter court house, S.C., on 11th day of lugust A. D. 1921, after publica tion hereof, at 11 o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause, it any they have, why the said Adminis tration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Official seal this the 27th day of duly 1921. Thos. E, Richardson, Judge of Probate. ? ? ? Chicago, August 5?Tho arbitra tion plan affectinfl thirty thousand Armour & Company employes in ail parts of the cuntry, was adopted at tho meeting of employes and of ficials of the company under the Industrial democracy plan. Similar plans have been prepared by other large packers. ? ? ? Cowes. Islo of Wight. August 5? America won the forth internation al yacht race against the British. __Rub-My-Tism Cures Pains. I Manning Will Pod His Cotton Decides to Sell Product of His Plantation Through Co operative Plan Columbia, August 4?Former Governor Richard I. Manning yes terday attached his name to the cotton cooperative marketing as sociation contract and will Keil all of the cotton which he grows on his Sumter county plantation through the South Carolina Cot ton Grower's Cooperative Associa tion, In sending Harry G. Kammer, president of the association, his contract, Mr. Manning wrote: "Permit me to express my un qualified endorsement and approval of the cotton cooperative market ing plan. "In the past our marketing of cotton has been conducted in a hap hazard, unscientific, unbusinesslike .manner and has been the source of heavy loss to cotton growers. "Are we willing to continue to lose money by this unbusinesslike and unnecesary way year after year? "Are we incapablee of adopting and show ourselves incapable of profitably marketing what we pro duce "The proposed plan- has been tried and tested, had been examin ed and 8crutinied by the best legal and business minds and has been approved and indorsed by them. "A new era of prosperity opens for the south First, if we adopt the cooperative marketing plan and increase 'our warehouse capacity to meet these requirements. "Second: To regulate the pro duction of cotton to meet world consumption and raise at home our food supplies. "Third: To lend every effort to in crease consumption of cotton.and export every bale that is not need ed for American consumption. "It is my earnest hope that we may be able to successfully put in operation this plan." ?? ?? ? OFFICE OF RED CROSS HOME SERVICE CLOSED The Red Cross Home Service closed August 1st. This news will bring regret to many who are in terested in the work which the Home Service has been doing for the past two years and a half, and It will cause sorrow to the hearts of the many in the city and county who have ^een helped by this ? department of the Red Cross. Sumter county is now without any organized, constructive social ser vice.-' There are many who do-not ?realize just' whatvthis-.means.. For ?the' past two;-years the Red .Cross Home Service-'' has ministered, to the^pbor/'?nf?rtunate and, needy In"the city'and county. The Sec retary and her volunteer helpers have gone into the homes of many, bringing ? comfort ? a.n.d cheer and courage^nd' thevneccssitie- of.life. The' past ^winter' iwasc a- hard, one... as'everyone(knows, and many peo ple^ were"''fed 1 and' ;ck)thed. through the Red Cross Home Service. Many were warmed by the fires buiit from the wood that was sent them by the Red Cross. All through the spring and summer the Red Cross has stood by these folks until August 1st when the work had to be dis continued for lack of sufficient funds to carry it on. It is gener ally expected that this coming fall and winter will be "harder" even than last. If this be true, then how are the poor of the city and county to get along without some organied social agency to minister to their needs? A contribution from each one who could afford it and a little self denial on the part of those who do not possess .sc much of this world's goods would make possible the continuance of the great work which has been done by the Red Cross Home Ser vice. How can those who have all the necessities and many of the luxuries of life sit quietly by well clothed when so many are uncloth ed and unwarmed and unfed? Can a city be called "progressive" that spends $600 on a Booster's Banquet and takes no thought for the poor in her midst, for the undernourish ed children, for the families that never have a square meal, for those without clothing and without mon ey to buy fuel to keep warm in the winter time? Can a city be called progressive In the true sense of the word when her leading citi zens do not know that many of her people often go hungry to bed and never know where their next meal is coming from? It is time that the Gamecock city began to have a proper sense of values and to become interested as a community in the poor and suffering in its midst, in the children who are Jiv ing in immoral or wrong environ ment, and in the boys an dglrla who have no chanco for an educa tion, but who are to become its future citizens. Friend of The Poor. ? ? ? CRIME RAMPANT IN NORTH Hackensack,. N. J.. August 5? Six armed bandits held up the pay master of Barrett Manufacturing Company and escaped with the payroll amounting to approxi mately fifteen thousand dollars. Greenville HI.. August 5?Fifty thousand dollars are b< iieved to have been obtained by two bandits in a Baltimore & Ohio train rob bery at Beecher City. They escap ecd with six express packages. ??*> ?? London, August "<?American Re lief officials in London are placing little faith in the report that Amer ican prisoners in Russia have been released. --?? ? ?? 666 Cures Malarial Fevere. I Spain Fighting For Wine Makers - j Threat of Tariff War on Countries That Prohibit Importation of Spanish Wines Copenhagen ?ugnust 2?Spain's antiprohibition attitude is causing } economic anxiety in more than one l "dry'' or partly dry country. ; Threats of tariff! pressure, trade j boycotts and other steps in beholf j of the manufacturer and sale of j Spanish wines are having their I sffect, notably in Iceland and Fin ! ;and. ? Norway alone seems im : pervious to foreign "wet" attacks. The Icelander's are worried, ac ! cording to the Politiken, by the de i cision of Spain to increase cus | toms duties on Icelandic fish unless ; the prohibition law is altered to al j low the importation and consump tion of Spanish wines below 21 per ' cent of alcohol. j Spain's decision spells ruin to the j Icelandic fish exjcnr, ,says the Pol i itiken's Iceland correspondent, who j says he -understands the govern I ment of Iceland intends to intro i duco a bill allowing the fmporta j tion and consumption of wine below j the stipulated alcoholic content. ; Prohibitionists have already start - I ed a political campaign in Iceland j agaist such a policy, j It is reported that the Helslng i tors government intends shortly to ! introduce a bill which will greatly ! curtal the pwers of the present Finnish prohibition act. The Nor wegian government, however, is taking a.i exactly opposite attitude | in expediting their prohibition bill j and the government monopoly bill, ! independent of commercial treaty ; negotiations now going on with \ France Spain and Portugal. Spain [has already closed her frontiers j against Norwegian goods and Por i tugal will take a similar step be | ginning this month. I j Vocational Training i Any Ex-Service Man May j Receive Training Under the i Federal Board I ._ j A great many discharged service j men are under the impression that i vocational training is only granted I to applicants who have been award I ed compensation by the Bureau of r i War Risk Insurance, j This is a mistaken idea as Feder I a! Board Training under Section 2 i Is often granted to claimants who I have not been awarder compensa tion from the Bureau'of War Risk ; Insurance. When, in the opinion j of the Federal Board, a man's dis-' j abiiity constituted a vocational han j' dlcap and is traceable , to the:''ser vice, the Board is justified' ih-v'?? ! f ering this man training. A ;clarm | ? nt who has been-awarded -com*, sensation by the Bureau of War j Risk Insurance is automatically en- \ j tered under the Federal Board. [? Any ex-service man who- fcte' a ! vocational handicap.'may '?' ftS&ve draining under tho Federal -Board ;.r,d it is not necessary for-Ti'im'.^o i be awarded compensation in-order that he may receive this training. ; Ex-service men interested in Vo cational Training are advised to communicate with the Federal : Poacd for Vocational Education, j District No. 5, 312 Majestic Bulld ; ,ng, Atlanta, Ga., This office has ! jurisdiction over North and South j Carolina,, Georgia, Tennessee and 1 Florida. The local office for South Carolina is 907 Loan & Exchange j Bank Building, .Columbia, S.C. This j office can give all information con | corning vocational training to ! South Carolina ex-servico men. -? ? o { Sunstroke in Horses j Treatment Recommended by Clemson College I Clemson College, July 30?Sun i stroke, a disorder of the nervous ' system caused by exposure to the direct ra>'3 ?f the sun, is likely to cause trouble in hot weather, says ? the veterinary division. ] In' severe cases death is sudden, ! due to paralysis of the nerve cen ; j ters in the brain controlling the : respiration and circulation. In the J less sc'^re cases, there may be marked excitement, the animal be t coming uncontrollable or the op i posite condition may be present, ' the animal appearing sleepy and depressed. As the condition occurs in the (open, and usually while the animal is at hard work, the first step is to get the animal in a cool, shady spot 'out of doors. If there is excitement all pre- - Icautions should be taken to pre i vent the animal injuring itself. [Then cold water, or better still, ice [should be applied to the head. I?\_ j ice is not available, It is well to I turn the garden hose or the ani- ' jmal's head. The cold water tends ; to relieve the congested condition jof the brain and the coocr the bet ter. The water should not be ap plied all over the body but only to ] the head. N ; The animal should net be drenched, for he is likely to be un I conscious and the drench will in that case puss into the lungs where it may set up a fatal imlammation. j Following sunsroke the animal ? should be rested for several days, and brought back to hard work gradually. - New York. August 5?Countess : Von Hornstorf!', the wife of the for ! mer German ambassador to the '?ited State regained possession of one million one hundred thou jsand dollars seized by alien prop ! erty custodian under the amend ; meat to the trading with the enemy Iact S ... ? ? ? I Rub-My-Tism Cures Infection.