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? freight Rate : - on Cotton New Order Issued by R. R. Comimssion Holding Down Charges ' Columbia. Aug. 19.?The South' Carolina Railroad Commission is today issuing an order, in which it grants that parfof the new sched ule of freight rates on cotton pro posed by the -railroads which re duces rates on short hauls, and at the same refuses that part of the schedule which;.carries an increase for hauls .of more than 130 miles. By this--order the railroad com- i mission has, according to the im- j p^ression " held by cotton men, j thwarted-what -appeared to be an j effort on the part of some of the railroads to effect a higher freight j rate on cotton shipped within the ; tw# Carolinas.".? . The proposed/new schedule was; submitted by-tire Seaboard and the j Southern, and had the approval of; other roadc.it. is understood, it; proposed a reduction in rates for j hauls up .to-124 miles, but for; hauls of more...than 130 miles it carried an-* increase. The new schedule propjpsed a rate of lb cents per 100 pounds on cotton shipped I for distance iess than five miles, i From ten to five miles the new rate would have been 21 1-2 cents. The present rate for^ll shipments under ten miles is 27 .1-2. This means a reduction-of six cents on this short est hauL ..?From. this on up to 120 miles the new schedule shows re duced rates, the rate for distances over 110 miles and under 120 miles being set at 52 1-2. as compared with the present 54 for this dis tance. .. v The new schedule offered to make the rate for shipments for 120 to 130 miles 55ocents, the same as the present rate, but for shipments of over 1?0, mjles and under 140 miles the new rate would have been 57 1-.2. cents, as compared with the presem\. 56 1^2 cents, and from this on up to ^shipments of 300 miles and over.'~for which the new rate would be 76 1-2, as compared with the present 71 1-2, an increase of five cents per 100 pounds. The railroad: commission had a large hearing in- Columbia recently On the matter of this proposed new schedule, -and at that hearing it was contended.*that the schedule submitted,^' would increase the freight burden on cotton, as there are more./Shipments of over 130 miles than there are for shorter distances.- - The -railroads had pro posed to ,make the new rates ef fective oa> shipments in the two Carolinas, and on interstate ship ments between both the states. The order of - the railroad com mission makes effective-that part of the proposed schedule which re duces rates, but disallows that part which .would raise rates. It is un derstood the North Carolina Rail- *' road Commission has approved the uie. Live Stock Expert Clemson College Assigns Mr. S? D. Sims to Pee Dee . Section Florence. Aug: 22. ? Another valuable ^addition to the district forces of the South Carolina Ex tension Service ' was made today ? when Mr, S. D. Sims arrived in Florence to* take up the work of district livestock expert. In this capacity he will have general su pervision and" airection of disease i control, breeding and selection of ! herd stock, and improvement and j ^encouragement;.^ the livestock in- j dustry in; the HHe Dee section. His j .service will be"j|t the eall of any- j one needing ad*iec or aid in the j purchase of livestock, disease in j stock, or; management, and in any ? other phase of the industry. The counties- included in Mr. Mr. Sims territorj- are as follows: Lee, ^umter, Marlboro, Florence, Darlington, Marion. Williamsburg. Clarendon, Berkeley. Georgetown, Charleston, Dorchester. Colleton and HorryT Mr. Sims comes very highly roc- j dmmendgd for the work which he ' will undertake. He is a graduate of j animal husbandry in Purdue Uni- i versity. Besides-his academic qual- i incaiions;- Mr. Sims was reared on a big farm in Indiana. Just prior ; to coming, to South Caolina he had charge of-a 500 acre livestock farm ! on which!was bred fine horses, cat- : tie, hogs, sheep, and other animals. Also Mr. Sims took third individual ! prize forlstock judging at the l'MV I International livestock exposition in i Chicago.'. Mr. T; Benton Young, district 1 agent, states the extension service j believes it has procured one of the j best men available for the livestock work in this territory when it got \ Mr. Sims: He is married and will make his home in Florence. He may be reached, ?t present^through I the offices of Mr. i*ouns:. 'V Wife Murderer : ? Convicted Morgantori. N. C. Aug. 20.? j Sidney Kjnc?ld? county coxtrmi - sion^r. was sentenced to <-i^tit**^-Ti years' imprisonment for second de gree mu?o>r of his wife. An ap peal has been taken. Troogg To Be | Withdrawn Concord. N. C, Aug 20. -All troops will be withdrawn from the < mill section. The mill operatives have promised -to maintain order during the strik-.-. > t Japan >. doesn't care whether there's a$ open door to China or not, as long as she has a key to the back dooj-.?Vv'Inona Republican Herald. ? ? ? 666 Cures Bilious Fever. iBOLL WEEVILS Ilk j LARGE NUMBERS _ ! ; Newberry Farmer Breaks Open Healthy Appearing Cotton Bolls and Sees Grubs Within Newberry, Aug. IS.?J. Arthur Fey. farmer of No. S township, j i Newberry county, was in Colum- [ j bia yesterday, and while here dis- ! I played a box of nearly full grown ! i cotton bolls, which, at first glance, I ! seemed in good condition. A clos I er examination showed small punc- j ' tures in practically all of the bolls i ! and when the bolls were cut open, [ small white grubs were seen, they j having in many cases practical ly destroyed the moist cotton in side. Mr. Foy says that he has an j eight-acre patch of cotton which in a normal year will yield him eight! or nine bales of cotton. This year ' he estimates that he will get two j or three bales from the field, the I boll weevil having attacked bolls nearly full grown as well as the I squares. He says m his section of j Newberry county he estimates that \ not more than a third crop of cot- j ton will be made this year on ac- I count of the ravages of the weevil. The cotton on his place is as high as a man's head in many places, he says, and the bolls seem in fine condition until they are cut open and the damage wrought by the weevil exposed to light. Other planters too have found, on cutting open apparently healthy bolls, that the grub is on the in side and that he is doing his work with disheartening thoroughness. Mr. Foy says he didn't expect to raise much cotton this year but that he was hoping to make some, j ; but that from present prospects the j boll weevil will be the principal beneficiary of his labor and ex S pen'se. Some tenants, he says, will j I hardly make sufficient cotton to I pay their rent. ?i? ? ? ? Danger of Impure Milk Five Children Contract TB.j From Milk of Infected Cow j When an early writer first fram ed the remark that truth is strang er than fiction, it was the outcome of vivid observation. The state ment became trite through repe tition, but occasionally leaps into strong outline in fact. A case in point has just come to the notice of the United States department of agriculture. The~ department, through its of fice of motion pictures, recently i produced a film. Out of the Shad ows, which told of tuberculosis creeping into a family through the unnoticed infection of a handsome herd of cattle. ' In the film the i farmer disposed of his unhealthy j animals and built on a sound ba- ; sis. Now comes a report through the Vermillion County Farm Bureau of a case in Edgar County, 111., more striking than the picture story and without its happy ending. A farm er had his herd tested for tubercu losis and one cow reacted. In stead of destroying her, the farm er declared the test undependable, j removed the ear tag, and sold her i to his hired man for wages. Of seven children in the man's j family, five have contracted pro nounced cases of tuberculosis. The other two did not drink this cow's milk. A pig and cat also contract ed disease after drinking the milk.' A warrant has been issued for the original owner on charge of break- j ing quarantine, and, it is stated, should one of the children die. he will be subject to a charge of man slaughter. m? o ? Gored to Death ?;- i Infuriated Animal Attacks j Farmer, Who Dies Later in Day in Hospital Greenville, Aug. 21.-?William Cothran. a young farmer, who liv ed on the Laurens road a few miles from Greenville, died in a loca' hospital today as a result of injur ies he received when he was at tacked and gored by an infuriated j bull on his place this morning. Mr. j Cothran was pinned by the bull j to the side of a barn when he went | into the barn lot to tie one of the ! two bulls which he owned. One of the bull's horns entered his body j to a depth Of six or eight inches and the man's death was attributed to loss of blood. ? ? ? Perish in Macon, Ga., Hotel Fire Macon, Aug. 22.?Twelve or j more are believed dead in an early morning fire which destroyed the j hotel. Brown House. Rescuers are | racking the smouhb-ring ruins for j bodies. Twelve of th<- injured are j in hospitals. Trapped women guests leaped from windows info the arms of men on the sidewalk. 1 A chemical explosion in an adja cent drug store wrecked the side of the hotel building and started the conflagration. The known dead in the Hotel Brown House fire numbers three? ? .lohn K. Hays, former .Justice of the Peace, another body has been j partly identified as H. H. Turnip seed and another man not identi fied. The firemen are still search ing the ruins. Washington. Aug. l'J. ? The elimination of taxes on proprietary medicines was agreed upon by the house ways and means committee ; which has already approved over sixty changes in the Republican ! tax bill. C6C Cures Biliousness. ! To the People of Sumter County We are facing a crisis in the agri cultural interests of the county. The boll weevil has arrived with a de structiveness which leaves no doubt of the necessity of greatly reduc ing the cotton crop?probably to less than half of the acreage here tofore planted in ctoton. Oi.' about 45.000 people in our county, more than 40.00 0 are de- ! pendent directly, and ail indirectly, j on the farm. If therefore our j county is to prosper, the agricul- j tural interests must prosper. If we J continue to live here, and we are j going to, this problem must be sol- j ved. And it is going to be solved. The only question is whether we are going to aliow our people and county to become bankrupt before we solve it. It has been solved elsewhere and the methods of solv ing it are well known. Do our farmers and business men lack the courage and foresight to invest their funds and lend necessary as sistance to the farming interests to < meet the changed system of farm ing required under the present con dition? Upon the answer to this question hangs the issue of pov erty or prosperity for this territory for the next ten years. The real wealth of a country con sists ci its people and its soil fer tility. Experience has demonstrat ed that the same amount of time and work that is put upon cotton | will produce a great deal more val- ! ue in a great number of other f products. Hundreds of farming i sections, more prosperous than our own. grow no cotton. It is only possible to grow cotton with low priced labor which means a low scale of living among the bulk of cotton producers. It means that the white man has got to raise cot ton in competition with the negro's standard of living. And that is why the South has never been able to accumulate much wealth as a cotton country. I realize that the process of read justment is painful and is going to be attcndced with some loss. But the readjustment has got to be made and if we would avoid dis aster, we must prepare to make it now. And if we make it intelli gently, our section should go for ward with more prosperity than it has enjoyed in the past. I want the people of Sumter county to meet in conference- to study the proolems that confront them and map out a course which will meet these conditions success fully. I believe that the county has the brains and the capital to handle the proposition, and if we i do not do so, we have only our- j selves to blame for the suffering t and hardship which will surely be our lot. I am suggesting a confer ence for Monday morning, August | 20th. at the court house, and fur ther and definite notice will be giv en through the papers in the next day or two. We want particular ly at this conference to consider the formation of co-operative and corporate business organizations to handle hay, grain, live stock, po tatoes, and other diversified farm products, and the kinds of crops to j be planted and the kinds of live stock to be raised so that the mar- j kcting organizations can handle them advantageously. R. B. BELSER. Chairman Committee on Mar keting Associations. Peach Industry Endorsed by Young Men's Business League. At tho last meeting of the Young Men's Business League a commit tee was appointed to investigate ! the movement which has been j started toward planting of peaches in Sumter county upon a commer- i cial scale and to lend all help and i encouragement possible to this?end. A meeting with the county agent, Mr. J. Frank Williams, has convinced the committee that the commercial planting of peaches will unquestionably succeed in the western and northwestern parts of I the county along the high ridge. It 1 is an established fact that peaches grown upon ridges color better and are of better flavor than those j grown on the level and lowland ; sections. A fine organization has already been effected in the Wedgefield neighborhood, but the section about Providence and Catchalf should prove equally as good if not even j better adapted to peach growing commercially and there is no reason why there should not be from one to two thousand acres planted in ! Sumter county this winter. Since a large acreage gives better ad vantages in shipping season and so more competition among them, it is to the best interest of all par ties that the business be started upon a large scale to begin with. An acre of land will sustain j about one hundred and twenty trees pruned along commercial lines and twenty acres will make a car at a poking, several pick ings being made during the season. ! Those who have studied the matter ; find that an average profit of $1.50 per tree each year has been the I experience of planters in the past and is a reasonable expectation. To give the best results each i growers' association should have I not less than sixty acres..but a; larger acreage will permit a great er variety of peaches to be plant ed and greater ease in handling during the gathering season, as twenty acres represents a unit of each variety. So every progressive farmer in I this section, should interest himself | in getting with his neighbors and j forming an association. Through the county agent and C.emson Col lege prices can be obtained for trees from reliable nurseries which make the original outlay for an acre of trees not over ?3"'. So the Young Men's Business . League, whose purpose is the ad vancement of the business welfare of the community is going to lend iis aid and encouragement to this movement and the farmers of the county can be assured, that in fu- 1 ture years When the marketing problem is being handled, this league, composed of one hundred of the younger .business men of the city, will always be working with them and for them to the end that they have adequate freight facili ties for shipping and strong com petition among buyers. -? ? Will Care For Roads Movement of Artillery and Heavy Trucks From Camp Jackson to be Supervised Columbia. Aug. 1 0.?That the movement of the artillery outfits from Camp Jackson will not bo al lowed to hurt the roads over which the heavy guns and artillery ve hicles are moved, is given by Col. C. H. Hilton, commanding officer of the ."1st Coast Artillery in a let ter today to Charles H. Moorefield, chief engineer of the state highway department. Col. Hilton advises that as the artillery moves over the roads in South Carolina, North Car- j olina and Virginia, it will repair as it goes. The regiment will march to Camp Eustis, Va., its future home. The 51st C. A. C. leaves here about September 10, according to; Col. Hilton's letter, routed through j Winnsboro, Chester and Rock Hill, Charlotte, Salisbury. Greensboro, | Durham, Oxford, and Henderson, j N. C and South Hill, Petersburg, Richmond and Lee Hall, in Vir ginia. Four bases for the journey have been tentatively selected, j Charlotte, Durham. South Hill and Richmond, the regiment stopping for several days in each. An engineering convoy will pre cede the main part of the regi ment, this convoy carrying bridge materials, and along the line of tne journey, bridges will be strengtnen ed for the approaching heavy am munition wagons, trucks, gun car riages and tractors. After these heavy vehicles pass over the roads and bridges, the engineering con voy will make repairs, and Col. Hilton says the roads will not be greatly damaged. The engineering convoy will have twenty-three trucks: the second convoy, a heavy convoy, will have 16 guns, 30 ten-ton tractors, several trucks and other vehicles, the third convoy, taking most of the men. will have about 60 trucks and many lighter vehicles. The heavy convoy will travel at the rate of about twenty miles a day, the light convoy about 50 miles a day. When the light con voy reaches a "base," it will pitch camp and wait for the heavy con voy to catch up and pass. Col. Hilton advises that the heaviest of his vehicles are of ten tons in weight, and these will pass over bridges one at a time. A three way road machine will be taken by the engineering convoy, for re pairing all roads that may be dam aged by the military movement. Mr. Moorefield, of the highway department, states, that he .believes that even with the government care the roads will be damaged some, but this will bo minimum and can be repaired at slight cost. -??? Irish Reply To Britain Dublin, Aug. 22.?Eamonn De Valeira and colleagues bogin draft of Sinn Fein rcpiy to Great p.rit a\n's peace proposals, at a secret session of the Irish Republican par liament. ALLIED DEBTS TO BE FUNDED Washington. Aug. 20.?The ad ministration allied debt funding bill has been favorably reported to the senate from the finance com mittee with an amendment requir ing that the funding be completed within five years. AMERICAN* TABLET AT VERDUN Verdun. Aug. 22.?American Le gion members dedicate tablet to the defenders of Verdun in city hall when four Amricans are decorated. j> ? ? ? MARINES RUSHING TO PANAMA Philadelphia, Aug. 22. ?- The United States battleship Pennsyl vania with four hundred Marines sails for Panama under rush or ders from Washington. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR CONFERENCE Atlantic City, Aug. 22.?The executive committee of American Federation of Labor begins session and will act upon unemployment and labor problems. ? - PRICES OF FOOD AND CLOTHES New York, Aug. 22.?Clothing dropped 3.5 per eont and food prices wont up 3 per cent during the month of July, the National Industrial conference reports. ?? ? o ? . .Itub-My-Tism Cures Pains. Italy opens a matrimonial lottery. But marriage long lias been a gam ble. ? o o Kuh-My-Tism Cures Sores. These new Paris costumes witli long skirts will not be popular since they will not display the sum mer resort tan.?Janesville Daily Gazette. 666 Cures Chills and Fever. ? ? ? Vnother way to help permanent peace is not to park cigarette butts on the piano. 606 Cures a Cold Quickly. Cloud Burst Wrecks Train People of Hatch, New Mexico, Marooned in the Hills Las Cruccs, X. M., Aug. 19.? Re j lief is being sent to r< sidents of i Hatch, who fled thinly dad to the j hills \\ii"n a fall of water from a j cloudburst flooded the town and de I stroyed every building. Xo loss of j life is reported. Billions of Cigarettes i _ Few People Realize the Mag nitude of Tobacco Industry Washington. Aug. 10. ? Over sixty-one billion cigarettes were manufactured in the United States last year, forty-six billion heing cvpsumed in the United States, ac cording to the census report. Ap proximately one billion, live hun dred and eight million pounds of tobacco were produced. c- ? o Food For Russians American Relief Administra tion Will Rush Food to Famine District Washington. Aug. 10. ? The American relief administration is rushing food for the relief of Rus sia and is expecting to start a ship from Xew York soon. War Risk Insurance. ' During the next three months the Bureau of War Risk Insurance will conduct a nation-wide campaign which shall reach every ex-service man throughout the country. A cleanup squad from the bureau will t?ur every state, making stems of several days in centrally located places in order to fully advise all ex-service men of their rights un der the War Risk Insurance Act and the Vocational Rehabilitation Act; to assist disabled ex-service men in securing compensation, medical treatment and hospital care; to inform and assist all j claimants regarding procedure nec | essary in filing claims for compen . sation and insurance; to assist 1 those whose claims are pending in securing final action, where addi tional evidence is necessary to con nect disability with the service or j other data required by the Bureau '? of War Risk Insurance and Feder al Board; to provide for immediate physical examination where neces ! s?ry and to furnish hospitalization j for urgent cases, j The squad will be in Sumter I which is the headquarters for Sum | ter, Lee, Clarendon and Kershaw 'counties, on September 28, 2!? and i 30th. It would be well for all ex j service men having claims against ; the government to see this squad ! on those dates. Ex-service men who have allow { ed their government insurance to ; lapse have another opportunity to j reinstate it according to advance : information sent out by the Bureau ? of War Risk Insurance through the i Red Cross Xational headquarters. ' The time limit for reinstating or i reinstating and converting war ! term insurance which has lapsed or j been cancelled has been extended i from July 1, 1921 to January 1, ? 1022. j The conditions under which this i insurance may be reinstated or re instated and converted, remain the same, viz: Upon the payment of at least two months premium. (a) Within 3 months including the calendar month for which the unpaid premium was due, provided j the applicant is in as good health as he was at the date his last pre mium was due and so states in his application. fb) After 3 months and within 6 months, provided the applicant's statement that he is in as good health as he was when his insur ance lapsed, is substantiated by a short medical certificate made at the applicant's expense by a repu table physician licensed to practice medicine. <c) After K months and prior to January 1. 1021', provided the ap i plicant's statement that he is in as ! good health as he was when his j insurance lapsed, is substantiated by a full medical examination made at the applicant's expense by a reputable physician licensed to practice medicine. Any ex-service man wishing to ! reinstate his government insurance I should take the matter up with the j rnsuran.ee Section, Bureau War ! Risk Insurance. Treasury Depart - j ment, Washington, D. C. before I January 1, 1922. In his communi I cation he should give his full name. I organization when in the army, j present address, and the number of I his War Term Insurance Certifi cate.. ,A u. -? ? ?? FILIPINOS KILL MOROS Manila, Aug. 19.?General Wood has received a report that the Phil ippine constabulary are killing .Mo ros for complaining of abuses to the American mission. -?? o o Prohibition Violators Arrested Yesterday United States prohibi tion officers arrested Henry Ken nedy, Henry Rufus. Robert White and Lawrence all colored on the charge of violating the prohibition law. These men were tried in the criminal court of Sumter county in the summer term and found guilty and wen- given various sentences and now tin y have been arrested on rlie same charge by government of l jeers. ? ? ? 66(5 Cures Dengue Fever. - They won't have equal rigl 's until they call feminine pa-jam:?^ "ma - iamas." tifcti Cures Malarial Fevcrc. Byrnes Flings Lie at Fordney After General Uproar in j House Remarks of Both Members Finally Ex- ) Punged From Records j Washington. Aug. IS.? Many [amendments m the Republican mx hill will be offered on behalf of the j majority members of the ways and means committee before the hoiist* j ; takes a final vote on the measure ! i late Saturday. Several chans.es j wore agreed upon today by the R*'-J publican committeemen and up-j wards of half a hundred others ] j will be considered early tomorrow j before the bill is taken up in the ? ; house for amendment, j One change voted today by the j committee was elimination of the ' j proposed annual license tax of $10 i : on vendors of soft drinks. Under' j another alteration individual tax- j payers would pay 12 1-2 per cent on profits from the sale of capital assets if such profits and the tax payers' net normal income exceed ed $29,000. Under the bill before; the house they would be required to pay 1:" per cent en the excess; over ? 10.000. It also was decided tentatively to \ . exempt from taxation the govern- j meat allowances received by veter- j j ans of the civil and Spanish- i j American wars or their beneficiar- j l ies. as well as those received by in- j dividuals under the war risk and I vocational rehabilitation acts. Other amendments known to he j under consideration would exempt i manufacturex's of tooth paste and j ! powder from the tax on toilet I preparation and .vould define as | ! foreign trade corporations business j organizations which derive r>0 per j \ cent of their income from sources j without the United States. The I I figure in the bill is So per cent, j ! This class of income would not be j j taxable. I There is a movement before the j ! committe to propose creation of a ; special commission to devise some J form of plan by which incomes de- j river] from tax exempt securities i j can be taxed. General debate on the tax bill i ended tonight. Principal speakers : for the Democrats were Represen- I I tatives Oldfield. of Arkansas and i Cockran, of New York, and for the j j Republicans Representative Green, | of Iowa, and Longworth, of Ohio, j i members of the ways and means) committee. Mr. Cockran attacked not only i the bill itself, but the rule under) i which the Democrats claim they ! i will be <-ut off from offerng any I amendments to the bill. Usin^r treasury estimates to sup-j : port his arguments Unat the tax bill; would result in a hug*-- govern-} ment deficit at the end of this fiscal' vear, Mr. Cockran declared that if! the treasury went into the market for $ l.OOOvOOO.OOO of money to help pay ordinary expenses of the gov ernment there would be a panic, j Reading official statements byj : former President Wilson, and form-; I er Democratic secretaries of the j treasury urging repeal of the excess profits tax. Representative Long ' worth told the Democ rats that in j opposing this repeal they were "re - ? ???B.-t??iMMHHi pudiating the Democratic plat form.*' "Vou arc getting your orders by telegraph, from Scotland Neck.'* Mr. Longworth said, referri to -Mi nority Leader Kitchin's dispatch to the Democratic caucus, urging sol id Democratic opposition to th lall. "I think tin- majority of my party made a mistake in deferring to January next, the repeal of the higher surtaxes and excess pro fits tax. but ! acquiesce. These two taxes are the greatest shackles we have on buiness and industry and tin- greatest hardens of both pro ducer and consumer/' Tonight's session was enlivened by an exchange between Represen tative Byrnes, Democrat, South Carolina, and Chairman Fordney, of tlie ways and means committee when tin- former charged that the Republicans in framing the bill had shifted tile tax burden to the poor to benefit rich contributors to the Republican campaign fund last year. "There is not a word of truth in the statement, and you know it," .Mr. Fordney shouted. "That statement of yours is just a lie." .Mr. Byrnes retorted. The house was thrown into an uprbai* and both members reiterat ed their charges but the remarks were finally expunged from the rec ord. Dillon Citizen Hurt in Wreck Automobile Overturns on Highway and Injures E. B. McEachern Dillon. Aug. 20.?E. B. McEach ern is thought to be fatally injured i from the effects of an automobile wreck this afternoon about Z o'clock on tiie Dillon-Hamer high- | way. He wa- driving a high pow cred car an ' B. Wheeler of I'il lon was in ar with him. They | were comir -to town and from j the appear of the wreck. Mr. j McEachen s driving very fast when he I control of the car. After takin to the ditch, the car ! hit a stum]) on the side ot the '?? ditch, the ir aact causing it to turn j completely round. Mr. Wheeler; escaped unhurt. Both men would have been instantly killed had it not j been for the heavy construction of the top and frame work of the se dan, all of which is twisted and j wrecked. First Bale of the Season The first bale of cotton of the season for Sumter was marketed j this morning by Mr. Manly Oed- j dings of the Paxville section. The bale which'weighed 4^5 pounds was j sold to Lcvi Bros, for 11 3-4 cents : per pound. -? ? ? State Constable Eichelberger captured three stills and about a hundred gallons or beer Friday between Sumter and Pinewood. j No arrests '.ere made. -? ? o When a wise man gets home late I he tells the truth and lets his wife wonder where he has been. i Treaty With Germany Berlin Authorities to Sign Peace Treaty Soon Berlin. Aug. 19 (By the Associat ed Press). ? Unless unexpected complications develop in the next few days, a formal peace treaty with tiie United States will he sign ed by the German government next week. Chancellor Wirth's confi dential discussions with the par liamentary leaders of all parties, with the exception of the Commun ists, now are .concluded, and as a result, of these exchanges cf opin ions and confidences and consulta tions with other influential persons outside parliament, the government is assured an ample majority in the reichstag when the treaty, which is now being given its final draft, comes up for the ratifying vote be fore that body: Ellis Loring Dresel, the Ameri can commissioner in Berlin, and Dr. Freidicia Rosen, the foreign minister, "nave agreed on the fun damentals and the document only awaits approval from Washington. This is expected to arrive in a day or two. The treaty will not be discussed by the foreign committee but will go direct from' the cabinet to a. plenary session of the reichstag. where the chancellor will present it with the government's statement and the necessary elucidations. He will then request that it be ratified without party debate. This request, it is believed, will be acceded to even by the parties not included in the coalition group as an act of courtesy to the gov ernment, all of them, with the ex ception of the Communists, consid ering the government is entitled to that accommodation in view of the nature of the issue and the nation's desire to have relations between the two countries restored without further delay. So far as can be learned, the treaty about to be concluded through the mediation of Mr. Dres el will be general in outline. No date has been fixed for the reich stag vote, but it is believed the gov ernment will endeavor to have the event take place simultaneously with action by the United States senate. Aside from the reichstag's ap proval, the treaty must also foe rat itied by the reichstag. Soviet Agrees to Terms American Workers will Have Full Control of Food Dis tribution Riga. 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