I The^ktchman and Southron . ? - ? ? t Published Wednesday goad Satur day by. - Osteen Publishing Company, Snmter, S. C. Terms: $2,90 per annum?in advance. Advertisements: l? One Square, first insertion ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion -- .50 Contracts for three months or Songer will be made at .reduced ra^es. 'AU communications which sub serve private interests will oe .charged for as advertisements, v Obituaries and tributes of re spect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was vusdejj in 185$ and the True .Southron in 1SG6. The Watchman T:r.jiddr'.'Southroh now has the com hmed circulation and influence of XitiOx. of the oM papers, and is man ifestly the best advertising medium ";: in! Snmter. ,. : T^e^roceedings of the Arma aentr conference indicate that the Somatic term, "accepted in iciple," means that the propos Jsjnot accepted at all, unless it is: changed, modi lied, altered and am ended so as to meet the views of Iv the cheerful acceptees. ' . * * I it may as well be recognized that Japan- -xift.never cease to be a dis turbing factor m the peace of the world and a menace to the United J&ates untii the Anglo-Japanese al liance is abrogated- and . Great Britain and the United States reach a definite understanding that they : will stand together to preserve the j peace of the world, even though! ?T have to fight to maintain it. i ?' - -?? ? only hope of world peace, m IICU -of the Lcasrue cf ^Cations, is %n agreement between Great Brit ain and the United States to treat The world as they have the North - . . American continent. ? ? * ? - ?*Fhe-parade of school children to ca-y -was a demonstration that there ?$s. no race suicide in Sumter coun ty. It was also a demonstration ikat the men and women of ten and- twenty years h^nce. will have at least a good common school edu cation. ' Sumter county is spending a .great deal of money on schools? comparatively speaking?the com parison boins made with twenty years'ago, but it is the, most profi investment that the county is -making. ft " 0 ? "?>very good citizen in Sumter [ eighty should get in behind the | Committee of Progress and help f\^PUt over the-program of diversified Y fining that has been adopted to i/ m^t boll weevil conditions. Acre of wheat, a cow and a 'mw-for each one horse 'farm in Slimier county will practically solve the food problem for next year. COTTOX PRICES THEN AND NOW. Conditions, financial and agricul tural in Snmter county are not now as satisfactory as could be wishpd for,.but these are-not the first nor the only hard times this section has endfc^ed and surmounted. A glance over the following cotton market quotations . reproduced from The Dairy. Item of October 27, 1894, il lustrates that fact: Sumter, S. C, Oct. 27, 1894, 3 p. m. The -market the same with receipts 350 bales today. Quota tions-axe as foliows: ; Xow Middnng, 4 11-16. Fully low middling, 4 13-16. .^gating.. 4 15ri6. . . 3?t01y middling, 5 1-16. . Good.middling, 5 3-16. New York Furores. ' ^New York, Oct. 27.?Futures ojsened today:: Opened Closed Jagnuary._..5.59 5.57-8 February.-- 5.64 5.62-3 March_. 5.70 5.67-8 Xjfcril_I. 5.76 5.72-4 $?$y. 5.81 5.78-9 June. 5.85 5.84-5 ??? ? Si.l i Liverpool Market. Liverpool closed barely f steady. T . 1 Opened Closed November-December 3-2 3 ? D^c-January._ 3-2 3 2&S arPFebruary_?_ 3-4 2 4&5 From the same issue the sub joined article, suggesting the organ ization of a "Farmers' Cotton to stabilize and control cot v prices, is taken. The plan Sug gested was good, but not so good as the-co-operative cotton market ing association that is now being organized. It is to be hoped that the cotton farmers of t?day will show better judgment than those of 1894. If the Rjddey plan had been adopted the south would now he rich beyond the dreams of ava rice?provided the money' was not a? wasted on automobiles, oil stocks e|e. as fast as it came in. If the cotton marketing association is or ganized in every cotton state the farmers can make money in spite of the boll weevil for they will be in a position to demand and receive what cotton is worth. The Roddey article follows: A FARMERS* TRt'ST. j A Plan of Self-Protection Suggested by Mr. Roddey. To the Thinking Farmers of the South: For the past two years I have made "cotton commissions" my business, and daily have I witness ed the downward tendency of your product. If you think for a mo ment, you will realize the fact that i though you are the producers of this country and should be the most independent, yet you are the most dependent, people of Ameri ca. Why? Because there are com binations on nearly every article you use. The manufacturers of the North combine on everything and say what it shall bring, whi!e_you sell your products for whatever they are willing to pay you. Why cannot you protect your cotton in the same way? I should like, .if it meets your approval, to organize a trust com l par.y called the Southern Farmers' Trust company, for the purpose of protecting your products from the depressing influence of speculators, spinners and capitalists, and pro vide a means by which you can name the price for your products, instead of having the price dictat ed to you, as is now the case. I feel j satisfied this can be done by form j ing a trust which would be able to handle most of the cotton you j grow. Let the capital stock be $50,000, 000 to $100,000,000 subscribed entirely by the farmers of the south and divided into as many shares as may be necessary and small enough for every cotton planter to sub | scribe. Let each farmer take stock to his utmost capacity and support the trust in every possible way. In case you receive 10 cents for your cotton, instead of 5 cents which you are now receiving, you save on a crop of S,000,000 bales j about $200,000,000, at least twice I as much as the capital stock of the trust company. In case speculators ! should become frightened even at j the mention of the trust and ad ; vance the price of cotton, so much the better for you, but very likely tJhey would attempt at first* to bluff you. I think it is now time to act. What benefits the farmer or laborer j unquestionably benefits all class j es. " If such a plan should meet i your approval, I would be more than glad to meet a representative cotton grower Lorn each state or alliance, either in Xew York or in some southern city, to see if some thing cannot be done to bring about some benefit to the south. Something must be done or your j larids will not be worth cultivating. Very respectfully, John T. Roddey. SO Broadway, Xew York. The election, to fill the vacancy [4n the senate created by the death j of Hen. John H. Clifton should be ! held before December 31st, other j wise all citizens who fail to pay j their taxes before that date will j be debarred from voting. ? ? ? ? t j Land owners who have renters 1 or share croppers on their land will make a serious and very costly mistake if- they fail to do every thing possible to keep the:.i on the land by assisting them to readjust theaf-farming program to meet boll weevil conditions. The average tenant or share cropper who has heretofore been required by his landlord to farm on a cbtton basis so as to be able to pay rent in cot ? ton or cash is not now in a position I to carry on without assistance. If ! they are forced out of business by j boll weevil conditions and the j short-sighted and unsympathetic i attitude of his landlord, the land [will be idle and will become a lia j bility instead of an asset to the i owner. The landlord who coldly tells his tenant that he will not ex tend a helping hand, that as he has failed to pay the rent in full this year there is no hope in the I future and he had better get off the ; place and shift for himself, is do | ing exactly the thing that will make his lands valueless. Farm lands and the labor to make them productive together constitute al most the only wealth producing re source of the county. If the labor ; is driven away the very founda tion of our hope for the recreation ! of prosperity will be destroyed. The I land owners will find it easier and I cheaper to keep the present tenants j than to find others. ? ? ? The moving picture film of the Sumter county school day and Pa v geant of Progress parade last Fri i day will be shown at Rex Theatre I as soon as film is completed and re : leased for showing. The pictur was made for the Consolidated Film I Supply Co., of Atlanta by one of its j expert operators who was sent here ! for the purpose. ? ? ? ; The plans for the organization of j the cannery company, which is be j ing promoted by Mr. Riley A. ! Bradham and Mr. Henry J. Harby, j Arc going forward satisfactorily, j Nearly all of the proposed capital i of $20,000 has been subscribed and [ there is every reason to believe that j the organization will be completed [ within a short time. It is expected to have the plant in readiness to begin canning early spring vege tables. The chief object of the or 4 ganization is to provide a market for farm products that can be grown in place of cotton. * ? ? The $20,000 of federal road funds allotted to Sumter county by the State Highway Commission for the public road leading to the Wateree bridge (Garner's Ferry Crossing), cannot be used, it is au thoritatively stated, for building the i causeway through the swamp and j approaches to the bridge. The federal funds must be used on the j road leading to the crossing?that is on the road from Myers* Store, i via Stateburg, to the edge of the j swamp. Funds for the swamp causeway and approaches :o the; bridge were pledged by a number I of citizens of Sumter and Columbia i and are still to be raised. . . . Suppose cotton was selling for less than tive cents on the local market, as it did at this date in 1004, wouldn't times be harder and the outlook gloomier than they are? The oft-repeated assertion that conditions could not be worse is not a fact. There have been harder times and more distressing condi tions in former years, and a way to overcome the adverse circum stances was found. Better Baby Contest. The Better Baby CGntest, con ducted during the county fair, un der the direction of Miss Antonia I Gibson and the health department of the Civic League, was most grat ifying in its results. The object of this examination was to stimulate interest in raising the physical standards of children, and toTpromote the use of improv ed methods in the care of children. Much of the best literature on this subject, was distributed free of i cost. ? j Examination for (1) mental de I velopment, ? (2) measurements, (3) general physical development, (4) oral and dental, (5) eye, ear throat and nose .were made by specialists in their lines. It was encouraging that the j physicians Who assisted on a simi lar occasion in Sumter five years j ago found a wonderful improve ! ment in the general conditionof the children. The standard had been materially raised. It was especial ly gratifying that there wps a larg er number of perfect specimens in j class 2?(That means from one to j two years, the age-when children j are taken off of liquid nourishment I and given solid food, and too, it is J the period of teething), j It was also pleasing to find a j great number of breast fed babies. ! It is important to know that the j prizes were given according to j standards made by the government. ! Many children registered above ! those standards, which excluded j many splendid specimens, but ne I cessarily there had to be one stand | ard to go by. The following 151 children examined, came up to the ' requirements: j Class 1?I month to 1 years, Is: I prize, Francis Deris Huff. G 1-2 i months. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. j "brooks Huff, City; 2nd prize, Kirk j McLeod, 10 months. Parents Mr. i and Mrs. Frank McLeod, City, i Class 2?1 year.to 2 years:: 1st, I Elizabeth H. Aycock, 24 months, j Parents Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Aycock, ; Pinewood; 2nd, Mary Zelene Har I by, 13 months. Parents Mr. and j Mrs Horace Harby, city, j Class 3?Age 2 years to 37 j months: 1st prize Nancy Ruth Da i vid, 32 months, Parent, Mrs. J. D. David, Tindal; 2nd, Hazel Stokes, 37 months. Parents Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Stokes, City. There was some misunderstand ing regarding the red ribbons which were tied on the babies, as such a mark usually denotes second prize. On this occasion it was simply done to show that the chlid wearing the j ribbon had gone through the ex amination. The committee regrets that all of the contestants were not in the picture. The photographer did not make the request to take this pic ture until 2 o'clock of the last day, ! when most of the children had I been taken away. ANTONIO B. GIBSON. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON. Ystdys Open High Low Close Close January .17.20 17.45 17.07 17.25 16.92 March .17.35 17.46 17.10 17.22 16.92 I May .17.00 17.15 16.75 16.95 16.73 lJuly .16.55 16.68 16.40 16.57 16.20 October ...15.55 15.80 15.55 15.67 15.45 : December .17.20 17.59 17.20 17.38 17.15 i . Spots 25 up; middling il.ov. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Ystdys Open High Low Close Closa ! January .. .16.90 16.96 16.62 16.80 16.40 1 March . 16.87 16.98 16.63 16.80 16.40 iJHay .16.67 16.71 16.35 16.53 16.20 (July .16.25 16.33 15.95 16.20 15.85 i October ...15.50 15.50 15.18 15.30 15.09 : December .17.00 17.00 16.52 16.62 16.31 ! Spots .",0 up: middling 17.00. LIVEPOOL COTTON. I January . 10.49 j March. . 10.48 , May . 10.46 : July . 10.40 i October . 9.93 ! December . 10.49 Tone steady: sales 7,000; middling 10.47; Good middling 11.27. Census Report Cotton Ginned to Nov. 14th. Year 1!?21 lH2o If* 111 i Alabama. 532.639 503.077 572,."i Arizona ... is. 711 40.121 2S.S21 Arkansas. 71?.!'.:."..."';'.? 28.931 '? North Carolina 670.6S1 501,231 602.384 Oklahoma .661.912 612,960 497.022 South Carollna..685.929 1 .?>.?.731 1.677.618 j Virginia 13.283 6.4:i!i 14,574 1 Other states . 3,964 4,."? 14 2.422 U. S. to Nov. 14 ... 7.270.375 8,914.642 7,604,320 V. S. to Nov.-1st. 6.646. i:<6 7,508.633 6,305,034 Nov. l-14th . 624,439 1.406,009 M.299,266 Percent to . Nov. 14th ?7.2 67.1 Crop, lint .... 13,271,000 11,326,000 Fraud Charged in Charleston Election I Fight Over Water Front Pur chase To Be Taken into the Courts Columbia. Nov. 19. ? Another j election muddle in Charleston de veloped yesterday when allegations were made of fraudulent voting in the special election held November 8 on the question of the city taking over the port terminals and issuing $2,500,000 in bonds to buy and maintain the terminals. J>. F. Mc j Leod of Charleston wrote a letter to Governor Cooper on the subject. ' Mr. McLeod claims that between 400 and 500 persons voted in the election on poll tax receipts which he charges, were dated back by the county treasurer in order that the voters would apparently conform to the law. These pre-dated poll tax receipts bore the seven cents pen alty, which did not go into effect until May 15, according to the let ter, *and thereby show, he says, that i the holders of such receipts paid ; their tax after the date for pay ing had expired and that they were dated back to March 15, in most ! cases, by the county treasurer, j Mr. McLeod furnished the in I formation to the governor and the ! chief executive turned the letter. ; together with a number of affida vits regarding improper voting, over to the comptroller general for investigation. Walter E. Duncan, comptroller general, said yesterday that he would go to Charleston i Monday to investigate personally j the county treasurer's office in ref ; erence tb the alleged pre-dating of poll tax receipts and any other ir I regularity in connection with the .voting in the special election. Mr. ! Duncan will probably be accom ! panied by a corps of expert audi : tors and after the investigation will j report to the governor. The chief j executive will then determine what ! step he will take in the matter, if i the charges by Mr. McLeod are I sustained by the comptroller gener | al's investigation. j Affidavits from managers of elec ' tions furnishing names and ad dresses of persons who voted on the poll tax receipts thai-were dated March 3 5, but had the seven cents penalty, and many having "March 15" stamped over other dates, ac cording to the letter of Mr. Mc I Leod, were also sent the governor. i It is further claimed that several ? hundred voters procured poll tax ? receipts after the comptroller gen ! oral had checked the books of the ' county treasurer, this being August i Mr. McLeod is said to have op posed the purchase of the termi ! nals by the city and the difference i of the 400 or 500 votes might ma ! teriaUy affect the result of the elec j tion, which carried for the pur i chase of the terminals and the is ; suance of the bonds. The supreme ' court has ruled several times that j no person is qualified to vote in ; any election whatever prior to six j months after December 31, when l taxes are supposed to have been I paid, unless he can show that all i taxes, including poll, have been j paid on or before December 31. In \ the recent Chester annexation case ; the court declared the eLction void j because a number of persons not j paying their poll tax prior to De cember 31 had been allowed to vote. The court opinion speaks of "six months after December 31" and it ; is not know what effect voting in j November, more than six months ! after December 31, would have j where taxes are paid after the date prescribed by law. The seven cents penalty did not ! go into effect until May 15, it is j .dainfed, and managers of election j made records of those presenting ! the receipts for $1.07 and in at least I three instances men presented re ! ceipts received on the day of the election, Mr. McLeod alleges, j which were dated back to come j within the legal time for issuing ! the receipts. On the first Monday ' in October, when the registration I books were open, Mr. McLeod I claims a man was seen to emerge : from the direction of the treas i urer's office with a large number of ! poll tax receipts which he distribut ; ed to a line .of men waiting to reg i ister. Mr. McLeod indicates that j hq may present his 'facts to the j grand jury and cmphasizse his be ! lief that some change must be j made to insure regular elections i in Charleston without fraud, i In his letter Mr. McLeod sends ! affidavits from managers of elec tions giving the names of many j men who voted on the alleged il I legal tax receipts. At one precinct, j where the clerk was checking up, j the voters presenting the SI.07 re i ceipts, the managers stopped him ; from taking the names, he claims, : after he had made notations for I about 25. Later this record of the clerR was stolen, Mr, McLeod says. ! Charleston Election Case I Charleston, Nov. 19. ? County '. Treasurer M. S. Connelly today re iterated a statmeent to the effect ; that B. F. McLeod was mistaken in j his charges as to irregularities in : the issuing of poll tax receipts for I use in the recent city bond election voting, as only duplicate receipts had been issued from his office since the books were closed on May ] 5. Many duplicates were applied for and furnished citizens who had misplaced or lost their original re ceipts, and that was the only kind available at the time. The books of the county treasurer were audit id October 10, and Mr. Connelly said he would welcome any inves tigation that might be instituted. For that matter, it might have been called the conference on the Limitation of Taxe's. ? ? ? Tin- ancients believed that each sunbeam went direct to a human head. They may have been wrong, but moonshine acts that way. County Fair Premiums List of Winners of Prizes; Awarded (CONTINUED) SWINE DEPARTMENT. Duroc Jersey. i Pest boar over two years. L. D. j Jennings. 1st.: A. L. Ardis, 2nd; Best boar one to two years, L. ! D. Jennings, 1st and 2nd. ! Best boar over six months and j i under twelve. L. D. Jennings, 1st: j J. F. Williams, 2nd. j Best sow over two years, L. D. I Jennings, 1st and 2nd. j Best sow one to two years, L. D. | j Jennings, 1st and 2nd. Best sow over six months and un ; der twelve, L. D. Jennings, 1st and I 2nd. Best pair pigs under six months, i L. D. Jennings, 1st. ! Best four over six and under 12 ! months (any sex), L. D. Jennings, j 1st. ! Best sow and pigs, not less than j 5 pigs, J. F. Williams, 1st; L. D. I Jennings, 2nd. BOYS' PIG CLVB DEPARTMENT. I Best sow and pigs, John Frank I Williams, Jr., 1st. Riley Ged dings, 2nd. Best pig under 1 year, Burfy iTort, 1st; Riley Geddings, 2nd. Best sow, E. W. Nettles, Jr., 1st: J. Frank Williams, Jr., 2nd. SWINE SWEEPSTAKES. Best boar over 2 years, L. D. Jen nings. Best boar one to 2 years, L. D. Jennings. Best boar over 6 months, under : 12 months, L. D. Jennings. I Best sow over 2 years, L. D. Jen | IMngs. Best sow 1 to 2 years, L. D. Jen nings. Best sow over 6 months and un der 12, 1^. Jenninss. Best sow and pigs, not less than 5 pigs, .It F. Williams, Jr. Best pair pigs under G months. L. D. Jennings. Best 4 over 6 months and under 12 months (any sex), L. D. Jen nings. Best display, not less than 5 head, ! L. D. Jennings. CATTLE PREMJCM LIST. Jerseys. Best Jersey bull, B. T. Kolb, 1st. Best Jersey calf under 6 months, B. T. Kolb, 1st. Guernseys. Best Guernsey bull, R. M. Cooper, j 1st and 2nd; C. H. Lewis, 3rd. > Best Guernsey cow, R. M. Cooper, ! 1st and 2nd; Gamecock Dairy, 3rd. I Best Guernsey heifer, R. M. I Cooper, 1st: Gamecock Dairy, 2nd. Best display of Guernsey calves, R. M. Cooper. 1st. Best Guernsey calf under six months, R. M. Cooper 1st and 2nd. Holsteins. Best Holstein bull, Dr. Archie China, 1st. W. L. Brunson, 2nd. Best Holstein cow, Dr. Archie China, 1st. j Best Holstein heifer, Dr. Archie j China, 1st. Best display of Holstein cattle, j Dr. Archie China, 1st. I Best -display of Holstein calves, j Dr. Archie China, 1st. i Best display under six months, ? Dr. Archie China, 1st. i Ayshires. j Best Ayrshire bull, Dr. Archie j China, 1st. Best Ayshire cow, Dr. Archie ! China, 2nd. Best Ayrshire heifer, Dr. Archie I China, 1st. i Best display Ayrshire cattle, Dr. i Archie China, 1st. I m Best Ayrshire calf under six j months, Dr. Archie China, 2nd. Devons. Best Devon cow, W. S. Reams, j 1st. Sweepstakes. Best bull, any breed, any age, R. M. Cooper, 1st and 2nd. Best cow, any breed, any age, R. M. Cooper, 1st and 2nd. Best calf, any breed, R. M. Coop er, 1st and 2nd. Best display of beef cattle, R. M. I Cooper, 1st; J. J. Whilden, 2nd. Cattle Judge's Report. The dairy cattle were very much in evidence at the Sumter county fair. Guernseys leading by far both in numbers and in quality. In fact i only in the Guernsey classes was I there any competition. The ani ; mals shown by the breeders of I Guernseys were of very high qual ity and the owners can be proud ot such representatives of the breed they champion.^ Most of the premiums went to ! Mr. R. M. Cooper of Wisacky. His j animals were in the pink of con ! dition and had been well prepared j for exhibition purposes. } Other exhibitors had some very" : representative individuals, but I these animals were not in show [.condition. At least three months j time is required to prepare animals I for show purposes and it is to be I hoped that those exhibitors who i were discouraged this year will j come back next year in greater i force and with animals better pre j pared. Several of the animals I shown would have stood a much better chance if they had been in better condition. Information with regard to the fitting of animals for sho,v may be obtained from C. W. Schmolke, Dairy Specialist, Flor ence. C. SCHMOLKE. Fire in Orangeburg Warehouse l Orangeburg, Nov. 18. ? Fire, j which was discovered this morning ; about 4 o'clock, almost completely I destroyed the warehouse and stock 1 of goods of the Fairey Seed and , Grain company. The entire stock consisted mostly of different kinds of grain and feedstuffs. Poplar Bluff, Mo.. Nov. 19? Three memb.rs of a family were killed and a number reported in jure^ in a tornado last night. A pipe won t I tongue if you sm Prince Albert is sold in toppy red bags, tidy red tins, tandsome pound and half pound tin humidors and in the pound crystal glass humidor with sponge moistener top. Copyright 1921 hy R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. N. C. Get that pipe-party-bee buzzing in your smoke section! Know for a fact what a joy'us jimmy pipe can and will do for your peace and content! Just check up the men in all walks of life you meet daily who certainly get top sport out of their pipes?aH aglow with fragrant, delightful, -friendly Prince Albert! And. j ou can wager your week's wad that Prince Albert's quality and flavor and coolness?and its freedom from bite and parch (cut out by our exclu sive patented process)?will ring up records in your little old smokemeter the likes of which you never before could believe possible! You don't get tired of a pipe when it's packed with Prince Albert! ,Paste that in your hat! . And, just between ourselves! Ever dip into the sport of roiling 'em? Get some Prince Albert and the m?kln's papers ? quick?and cash in on a cig?~ rette that will prove a revelation! ".' f" the national joy smoke Next Year's Cotton Prospects. (News and Courier). The full text of Senator Smith's speech on the cotton situation on Tuesday is not yet available. It will be awaited with interest by a good many people. The South Carolina senator has made cotton his spec ialty and his prediction that exports and consumption during the pres I ent cotton year will outrun the vis ible supply by 3,000,000 bales must command respect. The same day that Senator Smith ? made his speech in the senate the ; Boston Transcript, which rather I specializes in news as to cotton and cotton goods, printed a state ment on this same subject by Al ston H. Garside, statistician of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers. Mr. Garside figures that "if this year's cotton crop ag gregates "'.000,030 bales, exclusive of linters. the total supply of Amer 1 ican cotton a/v lilable for world consumption during the present season will be 15.529,000 bales. I compared with 18,580,000 last sea I son and an average of 17.500,000 I during the past seven seasons." Mr. Garside's estimate **s based I upon comparative statistics special ly furnished the National Associa [ tion by Secretary Hester of the New jjOrleans cotton exchange. Mr. Hes 1 ter's figures for supply and con j sumption, including linters, are as ! follows::: I Cotton I season, Supply at i Aug. 1 to beginning Con July 31 of season Crop sumption I B>14>'15 ... 4..")G4,flo0 17,004.000 13,834,000 1915-'16 ....7,701,000 12.175.000 14.S12.0G0 191G-'17 ior.,000 12,966,000 13,892,000 1917- '18 ?4,305,000 12,424,000 12,282,000 1918- '19 ... 4.422,000 13.070.000 10,535,000 1919- '20 ....6,909,000- 12.000.000 12.6V0.O00 i 1920-'21 ....6.216,000 13,700.000 10,500,000 1921-"22 .... ?.194,000 . Mr. Garside says that the situa tion is too uncertain at present to attempt any predictions as to the relation between supply and con sumption during the present season or as to the prospective state of world stocks at the end of the sea son on July 31, 1992. He points out, however, that at the present rate of consumption the United States will use 800.000 more bales :han last year and adds that "the big exports appear to forecast much larger consumption abroad." In the same issue of The Tran script which contains Mr. Garside's article, The Transcript gives spe cial prominence to an article from The Textile World which predicts a . much larger cotton yield next year Members of the American Cotton Association will be especially inter ested in the reasoning by which this conclusion is " reached and the hankers and business interests of the south should be interested also. The article in full is as follows: "The fact that each state organ ization of the American Cotton As sociation was pledged, at the re cent annual .meeting of the latter body in Birmingham, Ala., to a pro- , gram for holding its 1922 acreage to the 1921 basis, does not neces sarily mean that there will be no material increase in next season's acreage, but, in view of the com parative success of this season's acreage reduction movement, the recommendation of this organiza- : tion may be expected to exert greater influence, than most of its previous pronounciamentos. While there is little doubt that the finan cial pressure brought to bear upon | planters by southern bankers was | more responsible for the reduction i in this season's acreage and pro- ' duction than the efforts of .the ' American Cotton Association, Vhe latter Organization may be expeoxed to 'appropriate and capitalize full! credit for the movement's sue cess, and it may "be expected to ex ert greater influence among cot ton planters than ever before. I "Granting all this, it must be re membered that the association's membership includes representa tives of less than half of the south ern cotton acreage, and that now that the majority of cotton planters have reestablished their credit and cotton has again become a profi table crop, they cannot be expected to have the active support of bank ers, country merchant, and other state and local organizations *in -an acreage and crop reduction pro grame. In other words there is likely to be little external pressure with this object in view brought j to bear upon planters except by the I American Cotton Association and other farm organizations. Planters will be relatively free to act upon their own judgment, and, if prices are no lower than at present when the planting season arrives, it is I reasonable to expect that there will be some increase in the acreage. "Even though no greater acreage is planted than was put into cotton this season" it will be admitted by most cotton experts that it will be possible to raise 50 per cent more cotton than is iikely to be picked this season, provided usual care is taken in seed selections, in fer tilization, in cultivation and in com bating the boll weevil and other plant pests, and provided weather conditions throughout the season are a little better than normal. Pro i fifable prices will stimulate planters to take full advantage of every fac tor that will increase production on a given acreage, thus leaving as uncertain factors only the weath er and the extent of boll weevil rav age's next season. This season's reduced cotton acreage and diversi fication of crops have done much to check the incursions of the boll weevil, and proper cleaning up of the trash of the last crop will do more should freezing weather be general in the south this winter danger from this source will be still further minimized. "These being the probabilities it would seem reasonable to expect a crop of 10,000,000 to 11,000,000 hales next season even though the acreage is no larger than In 1921. Should higher prices stimulate the planting of an increased acreage, and should the boil weevil be more effectively controlled and weather con?i "ons prove normal, a reason able minimum estimate of the crop would not he less than 12,000,000 bales. At present writing prepara tions* for a crop smaller than this would seem as dangreous to the fu ture interests of southern planters as of domestic spinners." He iaughs at scars who never tried to argue the Irish question. American Logion Backs Red Cross i,S Roll Call. Ihe American Legion believes in, the golden rule. Since its organ ization the Legion has emphasized America's ? dutv to aid the men who bore7-' afr!ms for America in their battV^to "catch step with" the progress of the world after they had lo3t it-ifhrOugh'their service. In this work, the Legion has received the he?rtie?t cooperation from the American Red Cross. Not only has the Re^P Cross;Joreached the doc trine ci du-tyj to the ex-sggvIcTMfcn, but during ih?.- past "year thelledr-^ Cross yhas-.fSjpejat .more than $10, 000,000 in->helping the veteran and his family* besides acting as the great humanizing agency between the v&teraifci:the government, and the nation in general. The- American- Legion has rec ognized the value of this service and it has given concrete evidence of its gratitude. The Red Cross' Annual Roll Call began Armistice Day, November 11 and ends on Thanksgiving Day. On. the suc cess of the_xoii call depends the fu ture of the soldier work of the Red Cross. There are imperative de mands for,,, an extension of this work. Aj>' unanimous response to the call will permit this extension and that. is. what, the American Legion."is. going to strive to see happen.... Roll. Cajl officials "of the South- \ ern Division have received com- \ municatipn^ from Legion leaders in every state of the section, volun teering their services for Roll Call work andiin several instances, the American' jlegion has shouldered the entire responsibility of the Roll Call. "You rest easy and be pre pared to do. the work," is the Tvord sent. "IVe'll supply the ammuni tion." * ". . . ; . Negroes Celebrate Armisffc^'Ihiy. Stateburg, Nov. 15.?I was invit ed to attend Armistice exercises at the Stateburg colored school and asked to report to the press what I saw and heard, and I take much pleasure in doing so. To put it multem an p?rvo everything done was done very creditably. The songs were appropriate and well rendered; the processions were or derly to a marked degree; their speeches were excellent in thought, ? sentiment and expression and the decoration of the grave of one of ! their heroes whose body was sent ! to his home church from France, ; was very impressive and solemn. ? All the-eolored churches rang ? their hells at sunrise on the 11th 1 I inst. I give them a hearty well ! done. . . . ? ., John J. Dargan. - The ship of state isn't as bad as \ I the stat-e of shippng. '""ssssg Pay Your Insurance Premiums To All Policy Holders: ' "'" Premiums on insurance policies must'be. paid n -t later than ih<- 25th ' this month. Now that money is circulating again'the companies are de manding from the agencies prompt'-remittance for policies written. We have bui two courses open to us: to collect and remit, or to cancel the policy and return it to the company. Do not let your i olicy be cancelled on you?remit by the 25th. /??..<: Riley and Company. Sumter Insurance Agency. South Carolina Ins. .Agency. Walsh Insurance? Agency. Central Insurance Agency. Citizen's Insurance Agency. R. s. Hood. Henry P. Moses Co. J