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THE BUSINESS CYCLE. liberty Bonds are rising steadily .other gilt-edged securities, both and bonds, show similar The change is, first of all, indication of the accumulation funds available for investment, it means much more, it that business is definitely on up-grade again, ^aesentry we shall note activity in w construction and new financing every line. This, in turn, will to a bull market, a logical re bf mcreasing employment and larger payrolls, for industrial stocks always respond when the public has money to spend. The next succeeding step will be the broadening. ^ of wholesale and retail activities, and. a natural in crease alike in loans and prices. Business men win require more credit to finance their operations and, presently, the depletidn of loanable funds and the increasing interest rate w?> check the rise in \ fcond prices. Th^? as prices pro-{ Ijgress ?and money grows scarcer, ??nd prices will slump and new construction work will be reduced. ': Payroll*cuts -vviH follow, of neces sity. Wholesalers and retailers will reduee their orders, manufacturers w$n be less active ?n? business stagnation set in until, in good time, hank loans have been reduc ed and thrift has restored again the. supply of loanable f unds. Again wilFresuIt the broad investment in bbudsv'the rise of government and other securities, ancL the cycle is complete. "The- American people have had few* better opportunities tb see the Is go round than recent years afforded^ The greater the na tion's thrift, the more rapid will be . the improvement in these next ; months. The more persistent that thrift, ttt# farther removed will be period of financial, indus ? trial and commercial depression. ? ? ? ? - COSTLY TRUCK .HAULAGE. / Harold McGee, consulting engi neer for the Akron, O., municipal' research bureau, disagrees with the policy of building expensive high ways to facilitate truck traffic. He points out that the heavily loaded trucks vrere out the best; pavements long before the bonds which build the roads are paid: The public pays in road taxei. the difference between haulage of these heavy loads by ' truck and their haulage by rail. Instead of being an "economical proceeding, he says', St is unreasonably expensive. As a counter proposition Mrl Mc Gee advocates the distribution of road funds to make good side roads of macadam or gravel as well as main traveled roads constructed to bear ordinary traffic. Then he would have the heavy hauling turn ed back ,to the railroads which are, suited for it. I Before the $ 1Z ,0 00.000 'federal appropriation and the big state ap propriations are disbursed for road construction throughout the coun try it would be well for all authori ties concerned, including the tax payers, to study the McGee sugges tion. BASS GUARANTY IN OKLAHO MA. Ten state banks in Oklahoma have just been granted national charters, some cf them by tele graph, so anxious are they to change their status. Fifteen more have made application to the treasury department, and still oth ers are contemplating similar ac tion. State bank charters, in Oklahoma, seem to be regarded as handicaps just now. , The state guaranty of bank de posits is responsible. A bad busi ness year has laid unprecedented burdens on the banks .operating under Oklahoma laws, and there seems to be a general desire to avoid the necessity of protecting the customers of institutions which fail to stand the strain. Under the Oklahoma law, all state-chartered banks are required to deposit collateral wfth the State Banking Board as security for war rants which are drawn against them in the event of the failure of another state bankv This fall Oklahoma has had more bank failures than any other state in the Kansas City Federal Reserve dis trict, and bankers are complaining that, however conservatively they may conduct their own institutions, they are penalized for the careless ness of their competitors. Surren der of their state charters and en teriiig the national banking sys tem seems their only recourse. State protection for bank deposits appears to have been made good in many jvestern states, but the un prejudiced observer cannot'but sus pect that there is some weakness in the Oklahoma system of regulation and operation when complaint such as this arises. ? JAPANESE OBSTRUCTION. The United States proposes a 10 10-6 battleships ratio for America, Britain and japan, and Britain immediately agrees.* ' japan "ac cepts in principle/' and then an nounces that a navy, 60 per cent as big as burs is'not^^rge enough, and haggles for more dread noughts. ?* Great" Britain sets ? fine ex ample of sincerity by ordering work suspended at once on the ships now under construction, with out waiting for formal signing^ of the agreement. Japan, on the con trary, orders construction rushed in her naval shipyards, so as to get certain uncompleted battleships finished quickly and uave.a more plausible argument for their re tention. ' ' "':" ' ' ' ^ " '''' And" then Japanese statesmen insist that -they cannot understand why Americans should suspect them, of all nations; "df insincerity or militarism. ? ;THE CHINESE !TEST. The acid test'of the sincerity of ?he powers represented at "Wash iagton i& what they do about Chi na. Bo far there is no certain indl eation what that is to'be. China'submitted her "ten points," which, if accepted in good faith would have meant .that'Japan had to surrender her famous' tw'enty one-poihts; and get out of China; and the other powers* with her: The powers concerned all' accepted China's program "in principle," which means much or little. The American delegation has supplanted, those ten points with a set of f?ur principles, which ap- j parently Include about everything: of Importance in the ten points, but that does not settle everything. As Baron' Katb blandly' remarks, "perhaps there are many wayerof interpreting these principles." .ThV first bf them obligates the powers **to respect the sovereignty, the independence and the territor ial and administrative' integrity of China." That is*fine. Butf- every agreement the - powers have ever entered Into aboui China has prom ised substantially the same thing, and the powers have helped them selves to China just the same. China is promised "the fullest and most unembarrassed oppor tunity to develop and maintain for herself an effective and stable gov ernment." Will the powers/ then,] permit China to levy her own im iport and export taxes and control; ?V? .? ???.????';.: ~- , 'jvX' . ;? ? ... 1 her own transportation routes and regulate her own other governmen- : tal functions that they have taken j out of her hands? | The powers agree to establish [and maintain "the principle of' equal opportunity for the com- j me^rce and industry of all nations throughout China." They have promised that glibly no less than . 130 times since John Hay iniro ducedUthe '"open door," and they have never lived up to it. They promise to "refrain from taking* advantage of the present conditions in order to seek special I rights or privileges which would ; abridge the rights of subjects or citizens of friendly states and from I countenancing action inimical to the security of such states." And will they give up special privileges^ ; obtained in the past by coercion or J fraud, and in dealing squarely with j j each other in China will they also J deal squarely with China herself, ! owner of the resources they seek to exploit ? If the American delegation, whose sincerity is unquestionable, can right the wrongs of China, there will be a far greater diplo matic achievement than the limi tation of navies. There is this, at least, to be said?the moral pitch of the Washington conference gives more cause for hope than that of any of its predecessors. Raleigh, Nov. 26.?George Cath ey, who taught Georgia, and North Carolina schools for eighty years, celebrated his hundredth birthday at the North Carolina hoihe for Confederate soldiers. He was cap tain in the Civil war. Auxiliary Conference Of Harmony Presbytery Soon to Be Held in Sumter Harmony Presbyterial Auxiliary will hold a conference at the Pres byterian church, Sumter, S. C, on Wednesday, November 30, 1921. The president (or her substitute) of each Auxiliary and all executive of cers of the Presbyteria! are urged to attend. There will be two ses sions, morning and afternoon. The morning session will begin at 11 o'clock.'' The ladies of the Sumter Auxiliary will serve lunch at the church. The executive committee will meet at 10:30. All officers will please bear this in mind. (Signed) Miss Bettie Aycock, Recording Secretary. ? ? ? News Notes From Mayesville. Amongst the most elaborate of the Thanksgiving festivities was a course dinner' served and enjoyed by the members of the Congenial Coterie on Wednesday evening. No vember 23rd at the attractive home of Mr. and Mrs. C.?> E. Mayes on Lafayette street. The rooms were beautifully decorated in chrysan themums and autumn leaves. The dinner consisted of all the substantiate and delicacies of the usual prescribed Thanksgiving menu, from cocktail to coffee. Af ter full justice was done to the tempting Viands the guests re p?ired to the drawing room where they engaged in the all-absorbing game dir cards, until the hour of Thanksgiving Day was struck. Among those present were the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. C. E: Mayes; Mr. and Mrs: B. C. Chan dler, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Tiller, Misses Edna and Nettie Mayes, Messrs. Joe Witherspoon and W. D. Rhodes. All present voted the entertain ment a perfect success. Mrs. B. C. Chandler entertained the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club at its last meeting. ' The popular /game of rook was played and a delicious salad course was served.. The Ladies' Missionary .Society of the Presbyterian church will, hold its annual reception -on Friday afternoon, December 2nd at the home of Mrs. 'R. F. TJesCh'amps. Miss Emma Mayes arid Mr. A. H. Mayes are on a visit to their sis ter, Mrs: W. B.vChandler of Dillon. Misses Anriie and Thelma Mazursky, of Barnwell, are visiting their sister, Mrs. T. L. Kahn of this place. Misses Coleman, Summers, Rog ers, Bates, Beasley and Profs. Brunson and Knap r our corps of] efficient teachers, have gone to their! respective homes forv Thanksgiving holidays. ? ? ? ' Afternoon Party for Miss Bess Hood. The second of a series of pre nuptial parties given in honor of M*iss Bess Hood, ? popular bride i elect, was the "Take and Put" I party given Friday afternoon by .Mrs. Pringle Brunson at her home on N. Washington street. YeHow chrysanthemums were used in. pro- i fusion to decofete the entire lower j floor where the guests were enter-, jtalned. j"''* Att?ched to each score card was i j a dainty miniature trousseau hat. TO the guest of honor's card were attached a wee bride and groom in full dress. \ After a very spirited game, a dairity salad course was served. Upon each plate was an attractive little candy corsage: To Mrs. M. S. Boykin as winner of the highest score, the hostess presented a bot- j tie of Coty's perfume. The consol ation, a hand-painted coat hanger, | was cat by Miss Martha Williams, j A lovely piece of lingerie was' pre- j sented to the honbree .and to Miss Elsie Dowd of New York, a hand made hankerchief. Mrs. Brunson's invited guests were: Misses Bess Hood, Martha and Louise Williams, Grace Rey-J nolds, Elizabeth Osteen, Carolyn | Richardson, Teresa Chandler, j Dowd, of New York, Mesdames Rr S. Hood, W. E. Mims, Paul Aughtry, R.. A. Bradham, A. Weinberg, R. C. ? Williams, Archie China, C. G. Row land, Earl Rowland, Robt. Plowden, W. S. Reynolds, M. S. Boykin, L. H. Deas and W. D. Boykin. ? ? ? Campaign by Women Voters for State Maternity Legislation. Columbia. Nov. 28.?Members of the South Carolina League of Wo men Voters are rejoicing over the success; of the Sheppard-Towner bill in Congress. They are now preparing their campaign for the enactment of state legislation to match the federal legislation. Each state must appropriate money, on the dollar-for-dollar basis, to match tderal appropriations for carry ing out the provisions of the new law. The act would provide in struction as to maternity for the young womanhood of the nation. Congressmen Logan, Byrnes, Stev enson and Fulmer voted for the bill. Scouts to Hold Meeting. f The Boy Scouts of Troop No. 1 ? will hold their regular meeting at the Scout rooms in the Y. M. C. A. promptly at 7:45 Tuesday evening. Mr.' W. H. Bowman who has served for a numlM-r of years as an officer jn the U. S. Naval service, will ad dress the scouts at this meeting. Mr. Bowman will undoubtedly have something of exceptional interest in store for the scouts and a full at ! tendance is expected at this meet ing] -? ? ? Thf- program to beat the boll weevil <alls for at least one acre I of wheat to each plow. There is comparatively little in terest in the approaehing election for senator and one representa tive. -? ? ? Womeyi farmers in America num ber more than 2(JO,0oo. LaBruce-Carraway. Georgetown, Nov. 27.?One of the most beautiful weddings ever wit nessed in'Georgetown was solemn ized Thanksgiving evenng at twi light when Mrs. Esther Richardson LaBruce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Smythe Richardson of Sum ter, became the bride of J. Herman Carraway. The beautiful and impressive ring ceremony of the Episcopal chureh was used. The Rev. John S. Lightbourne, rector of the parish of Prince George Winyah, officiat ing, assisted by the Rev. John E. H. Galbraith, rector of AH' Saint's church on the Waccamaw. The entire lower floor of the home was thrown en suite and was beautifully and appropriately dec orated throughout with masses of Southern smilax and yellow chrysanthemums and lighted by numbers of yellow candles. In the drawing room, where the cere mony was performed was an im provised ''altar, made of smilax, ferns and yellow chrysanthemums and shaded by soft yellow lights. Just before the marriage vows were f?ken Miss Emily Murphy sang "Until" py Sanderson and "Thy Beaming Eyes" by McDowell in her usual charming manner. Then to the strains of the wed ding march from Lohengrin ren dered by Miss Ruth Carraway, sis ter of the-"bridegroom, the bridal party entered and took their places before the altar. First came Lawrence LaBruce bearing the white satin j^llow, fol lowed by the maid of honor, Miss Katie W. Smith of Surnter, attired in a most becoming gown of sunset taffeta with "silver trimming and carrying cream chrysanthemums. She was followed by thef ring bear er, Esther LaBruce, little daughter of the bride, bearing the ring in the heart of a pink chrysanthe mum. - The bride came down the stair way on the arm of her son, J. Louis LaP-Uce, by whom she was given in marriage, meeting the bridegroom and his best man, E. H. Carraway, in the ceremony room. Hei*e the vows were spoken in the presence of -the immediate families. The bride wore fan exquisite gown of oyster white chiffon and velvet entrain with draperies of oyster white chiffon and silver lace. Her only'ornament was a platinum necklace, a family heirloom. Her bouquet was fashioned of bride roses and maiden hair ferns. Immediately following the cere mony Mr. and Mrs. John S^nythe Richardson entertained at a 'large and brilliant reception at the home of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Carraway left by auto for a wedding trip to points of interest. Mra,.^ Carraway ?w'ore a handsome tailleiir of Malay brown duvetyn trimmed with mink, top ped by a close fitting hat of the i same material. The'bride, by her charming, per sonality, has endeared herself to* a host of friends who are glad. that her marriage does not ta*fce' her away from Georgetown to live. Mr." Carraway has made his home in Georgetown for a number of years and is a well known and popular young business man of this city. *" The out of town guests at- *-he ' wedding were: Mr. and Mrs; J. M. Richardson 6f Hartsville, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Bullock of Conway, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Oswald of An i drews, Misses Katherine Richard ! son of Sumter, Laura Baker of ! Sumter and Katie Smith of Sum | ter. News and Views of Pisg?h. PisgahwNov. 25.?The winter looks ?s if it is going to be as warm as last year. A number of hogs are ready to kill but will have to wait until the weather turns cold. A quantity of meat was spoiled last year by the hot weather, Oat planting Is going on. Many acres are being sown. VvTheat is planted, more than in many years. The seed can't be furnished as fast as wanted. This will help next year. ThanksgiYing day passed off very quietly here. A little "hunt ing was all to disti*rb the quiet of the day. Mr. Dendy, the Pisgah pastor, preached?-a fine sermon yesterday. He went for those who dishonored the request of the president and governor* Ho observe the day in re ligious work by giving thanks for I blessings received. There j$ is no I doubt but the time honored cus tom of Thanksgiving day by going to"church and have religious ser vices 2nd looking after the poor is disregarded. A few churches in cities and towns observe it, bjit the great mass of churches in the coun I try don't do so. Mr. Dendy went i largely in the history of world for i ages past, showing where tAe wick j edness of people were punished. He cfted many instances to show how it paid to be good by both people and nations. According to a decision of the supremo court very few can vote in the election on 20th December. The great mass of people paid ' their taxes sinoe January 1st, so I their tax receipts are no good. This ; is bad news to the candidates, for all of them have friends .who would like to support them. Unless all signs fail, the cam paign next year will be 150 per rent of that of 1890. High taxation will be the basis upon which the i candidates will run. Let it come j without gloves. With thousands ! who can't pay last year's taxes. ? and certainly not this year, things j look blue and black for the peo ple. ? ? ? Anr al State Boys' Conference. Columbia, Nov. 28.?Francis Kirk, who is president of the Sum ter Hi-Y club will be a member of the delegation attending the third annual State Boys' Conference in Columbia, Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week, as announced today by B. A. Schnell, county work secretary who is booking the vari ous delegations. Sixty-thre? towns and communities will be represent* ed at the gathering here. Rape in Aiken County Arm of Y?ung Woman Brok en. Also Painfully Bitten by Assailant Aiken, Nov. 27.?Curtis Frank lin, negro, was arrested near Wage ner this afternoon and rushed to the penitentiary for safe keeping. Franklin is charged with criminal ly assaulting a young white woman yesterday afternoon. All last night and' this morning Franklin was sought by many persons, and to prevent possible mob violence, the prisoner was* hurried away imme diately after his arrest. Franklin was apprehended by Mike Knotts, chief of police of Wagener. The negro is about 3T> years old. The victim is in a serious condi tion. One arm is broken and she was also bitten in the face and otherwise badly bruised about the body. Columbia, Nov. 28. ? Curtis Franklin, negro, charged with crim inal assault on a white woman in Aiken county Saturday night, was brought to the penitentiary for safe keeping last night, Aiken offi cers and their prisoner reaching.the state prison at about 8:30 o'clock. John Vcrnon, Aiken county jailer, with County Road Agent Crowe driving the car, brought the negro through the country in* an auto mobile. There had been a crowd of men participating in the hunt for the negro Saturday night and Sun day morning, the officers said, hut apparently no effort was made to follow the car with the prisoner on the trip to Columbia. Franklin was captured in the woods near the scene of his alleged crime. Miss Chandler Entertains for Miss . ' Hood^ / Miss Teresa Chandler,entertain ed Wednesday afternoon, with a miscellaneous shower, compliment ing Miss Bessie Hood, popular bride-elect whose approaching mar riage to DesSaussure Boykin is to be one of the most interesting events of the season. Tables were arranged for^hearts dice and after a number of games an interesting contest ensued. Miss Theo Gregg won the prize, a dainty box of powder, which she graciously pre sented to the guest of honor. Miss Hood received a pretty piece of lin gerie. 'Advice to-the Bride in a Nut Shell" was read by each guest which caused much interest and amusement. \ All were invited into the dining room, where yellow and white tapers softly lighted the room. Yel low was the prevailing color and chrysanthemums were used in pro fusion. The lace-covered table was graced by a vase of mammoth yel low ' and white chrysanthemums, and at intervals were candlesticks holding yellow unshaded tapers tied with a bow of white tulle. The color scheme of yellow and white was attractively carried out in score cards, favors and refresh ments. After' the refreshments, consisting of an ice course, the bride-elect was simultaneously showered with gifts "from the ceil ing fan under which extended a beautiful yellow butterfly, and rice concealed in minature orange blos som baskets?favors to each guest. The hostess was assisted in enter taining by Mesdames E. W. Mc Callum, C. J. Lemmon and Edward Wright. Those in attendance were: Misses Bessie Hood, Grace Rey nolds, Louise and Martha Williams, Theo Gregg, Pauline Haynsworth, Marion Gentry, Mesdames R. S. Hood, E. W. McCallum, C. J. L'emmon, Edward Wright. Paul Aughtry, H. N. Forrester, J. L. Haynsworth, J. Pringle Brunson, C. H. Wilson. W. E. Bynum, W. E. Mims, C. G. Rowland, Earle Row land, Robert W. Plowden, James Shaw and R. J. Bland. Bishopville Letter. Bishopville, Nov. 2G.?The Lee County Fair closed yesterday. Everyone speaks ot it in most fav orable terms. The exhibit of horses, cows, hogs, and poultry was ex cellent. The farm and garden ex hibits were of the highest order. AI30 the flowers. The school booths showed a great deal of painstaking, and effort to excel. Good order prevailed throughout the whole time. I have not heard of the finaficial success. We wero favored with delightful weather, and good attendance. [ Thursday was observed in a be coming manner. All the stores were closed, and considering the crowd in town everything was very quiet, and orderly. There was an early service held at the Methodist church for the town which was attended by a fine congregation,-to render thanks tc God for his many blessings to us. The services were conducted by our pastor. Rev. W. V. Dibhle, who was equal to the occasion. Our town was called to mourn the loss of one of our most excel lent citizens in the death of Mis? Lucile Cunningham, who died last Sunday morning. She was a most lovely character. A long and pati ent suifer, and died as she lived. She was buried at the Presbyterian cemetery. Services conducted at the home. Rev. Theodore Law as sisted by Rev. W. V. Dibble, con ducted the services. Truly a nobb and cxempla;y woman has beer taken away from our number. They are putting tin- finishing touches to our new depot, which If quite an acquisition to our" town. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Scott oi Columbia visited the home of then parents this week and took in ttu fair. .Mr. Eugene Hearon is able t<: ride around again, and to walk or crutches. Bees have been trained to star! and stop work at the sound of c gong by a breeder iti England. Some optimists are just too laz> to kick. These movies with hidden mush believe in safety first. Fire at David | son College - ! Charlotte. X. C Nov. 2S.? His- , I toric chambers building at David- | ! son College, used as dormitory, was j destroyed by fire last night. One | j hundred and thirty students saved I most of their belongings. Woodrow Wilson, while a student at David son, roomed in this building. ? ? o New Home Burns I _ Manning, Nov. 26.?The resi dence of David Beatson on the, suburbs of Manning was burned Thursday evening about 6 o'clock. , j The family was away from home : I spending Thanksgiving day, conse- i I quently none of the house furnish ing was saved. How the fire orig- I inated is not known but it is pre- j slimed that robbers entered the house and then set it on fire. The newly built bungalow was securely locked when the family left. The building was insured. This was j the second fire to which the fire j department was called Thanksgiv j ing day, the first being at 2 o'clock ! in the morning in the business sec- ! ! tion of town. A store was broken j into, robbed and set on fire. Peurifoy Called Home Bennettsville, Nov. 26.?Judge J. j E. Puerifoy, presiding judge of the court of common pleas, was called home Thursday on account of the death of his grandchild, and illness of his daughter. The bar met this morning and rearranged the roster for next week, but wired Judge Puerifoy not to resume the work Monday if his presence was needed at home. A message from Judge Puerifoy this afternoon says his daughter is .pot out of danger, and that he accepts the suggestion of the bar. Therefore no jury cases will be heard next week. He will return for a day, the latter part of ! the week, for equity business. , One More Parole Columbia, Nov. 26. ? Clarence Geddings, convicted of forgery in Sumter county in February of this year before Judge PeUrifoy and sentenced to serve one year, was yesterday paroled during good be havior by Governor Cooper. The ; trial judge, solicitor and pardon I board recommended the parole. Home Demonstration Department. Miss Eula D. Atkinson, poultry .specialist from Winthrop College, will be in Sumter county next Thursday and Friday, December 1st and 2nd, in the interest of the poultry plans for another year. Miss Atkinson believes that the poultry business offers immediate financial relief to ;hose who are willing to give some time and attention to j this. From some reports concern ' ing the shipments into Sumter of l poultry products it seems certain that money could be made by tak ing care of the local needs. Meet ings have been planned ' at the I places as listed below. Men, wo men and children who are inter ested are urged to attend one of these meetings and hear the plans presented. The Young Men's Busi ness League stands ready to help us in any way possible and I be lieve that a profitable marketing arrangement can be made if we have the products to market. Thursday, Dec. 1st, Salem, 10:30 a. m.; Mayesville, 3 p. m. Fridays 'Dec. 2nd, Bethel, 10 a. m.; Providence, 1 p. m.; Concord, 4 p. m. The public is invited to attend any meeting. CA HO TR?LUCK, County Home Demonstration Agent. ? ? ? Better Prices For Tobacco. To the .Tobacco Growers of Sumter County: The campaign for signers of the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Mar keting Association will be launched in your county Monday, November "28th, 11)21 at 11:30 a. m. at Sumter Chamber of Commerce, second floor of City Hall building. All tobacco growers are urged to attend this preliminary meeting. The business men and bankers are also urged to attend. Mr. E. T. Bondurant who will discuss this subject of cooperative marketing organized or assisted in organizing the tobacco growers of Virginia, is a tobacco grower and "one of the boys" who helped put 1he plan "over the top" in different tobac co growing states. Seventy-two per cent of the tobacco growers of Vir ginia, more than fifty per cent in North Carolina and seventy-live per cent in the hurley tobacco growing sections of Kentucky have signed up. Will Sumter county be in line for intelligent and profitable co operative marketing? Come to next Monday's meeting and help to start the campaign for a square deal for yourselves and your fellow farmers. Every busi ness establishment and every bank in Sumter county is vitally interest cd in what the tobacco growers get for tobacco, and what every farm er gets for his other farm products, so it is a question of all pulling to gether for mutual welfare. South Carolina is being organized and this county must be in the front ranks of the procession of progress for protecting the tobacco industry against the methods of the tobac co trust and the "pin-hookers." The Sumter County Chamber of Commerce. K. L Rearclon, Manager-Secty. -? ? ? Quite a number of farmers are increasing their acreage of small grain?oats, wheat and ryt?but the sowing of wheat is not as great as it should bo under existing con ditions. Sumter county ran and should produce sufficient flour for home consumption. It is not good business to buy western flour to feed farm hands when the wheat can be grown on the farm. One of the surest means of making farming profitable under boll wee vil conditions is to produce on the farm the food supplies needed for use on the farm. Shooting at Negro Dance[ Nine Reported Wounded in McCormick McCormick, Nov. 25.?As a cli- i max to the Thanksgiving day cele- j hration of 15 or 20 middle aged' negroes, who gathered at a vacant J house on the farm of F. A. Fruit, L near Mt. Carmel, in the upper sec- j tion of McCormick ' county. last j night, nine negroes are reported j by Sheriff Milton R. LeRoy to be i in a more or less serious condition, suffering from wounds inflicted by I weapons of every kind and descrip- | tion in the hands of parties un known. It seems that in order to j. fittingly observe the day, the ne- !' groes assembled in a vacant ten- r ant house on the farm of Mr. Pruk for-the purpose of having plenty of room to dance the old fashioned square dance of days gone by. when it took more room than it does for the more fashionable dances of modern times. In addition to the musical instruments, many seemed i to have carried weapons customar ! ily used at hot suppers. Sheriff ! LeRoy wal on the scene early this j morning, not upon special request I of any one. buj; upon information i leading him to believe that a cele- ! ; hration had taken place in that vi cinity last night. He sought in vain to elicit from those in bed suffer ing from gunshot, pistol and rifle wounds, some of whom are report ed to be just alive, to get them to say who some of those in the par ty who did some of the shooting were, but none seems to know, j One negro who was badly woune ed told the sheriff that during the ! second cotillion some one blew out j the light and with an oath some one j began shooting hot lead across the ! room when others joined in the ! shooting and soon every one in the ! room had been hit either with bird j shot, a pistol or rifle ball, some slightly and others seriously wound ed, but no one blames any one else with the shooting as they all say that they do not know who is toj blame. At any rate nine negroes of that section of the county are shot and Sheriff LeRoy has gone back this afternoon, to make further in vestigation and is likely to bring back with him some of those at tending the party. Planting More Grain "We are sowing about twice as much wheat and oa.s this fall on the state farms as we have sown before," Col. A. K. Sanders, super intendent of the penitentiary said yesterday. The penitentiary farms have had a great year4 this year in raising corn and other foodstuffs, although the cotton crop is far her low past years. The fall planting of grain is practically finished. The farms have raised approxi mately 175 bales of coton this year, which is much smaller than last year, Colonel Sanders said. The boll weevil ruined the cotton. How ever, the two farms have produced record breaking corn crops and other food crops are also well rep resented as well as the pork crop. . Horse Cut and Auto Damaged by Collision A horse, the property of a negro named Henry Vaughan who lives on the farm of Mr. P. M. Pitts, four miles west of Sumter, suffer ed a severe cut in the chest when' it' was driven at a fast rate of speed into a Studebaker automobile at the corner of Council and Liberty streets at 7:30 o'clock Saturday night. The automobile was being driven by Mr. Jake Brogdon. . It j is stated that Mr. Brogdon had al j ready made his turn from Liberty street into Council street when the horse crashed into the rear of the automobile, damaging-the automo bile to a replacement damage of 25 or 30 dollars. The impact ofr? the horse against the automobile was with such force as to cause the motor of the automobile to stop and also to throw from the bijggy, to which the horse wah hitched, both of the occupants. The horse was taken to a veternarian surgeon and a number of stitches taken in the cut. Three Killed in Wreck Columbia, Nov. 26.?Three men were killed in a wreck of Seaboard Air Line, northbound freight train No. S6, two miles south of Youngs ville, N. C. at S:15 o'clock tonight, according to information reaching the Seaboard offices here. The dead are: Engineer Gerow, Brakeman Mur phy, woth white, and Fireman Jones, negro. Nineteen cars were reported to have been derailed while the engine, according to the advices, exploded,- causing the three deaths. All trains to Raleigh are being detoured via the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line railroads. j It is stated that the Sumter i cannery will make a specialty of j canning spinach. ? ? ? The only arguments some people . listen to are their own. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON. Ystdys Open High Low Close Close January 17.25 17.70 17.11 17.65 17.57 March S7.32 17.62 17.09 I/.60 7.55 May 17.10 17.36 16.83 17.32 I/.28 July 16.54 16.85 16.33 16.85 16.70 October 15.88 1 T..98 15.50 15.95 15.85 December 17.38 17.90 ?7.28 17.90 17.65 Spots 20: up middling 13.20. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Ystdys Open High Low Close Close January 16.60 17.11 16.40 17.09 16.84 March 16.75 17.15 16.52 17.14 16.95 Mav ?6.56 16.97 16.35 16 "3 16.80 Ju,y (6.18 16.40 15.94 It 40 16.35 October 15.30 15.50 15.30 15.39 15.40 December 16.56 16.93 16.33 16.93 16.70 Spots 2."> down; middling 17.00. L1VEP00L COTTON. January. 10.57 March . 10.52 May . 10.47 July . 10.40 October S.95 December. 10.58 Tone easy. S.-ttes 6.000. 5,300 American. .Middling 10.97; Good Middling tL'i Live Stock Loans Farmers Hold Conference in Florence?Adopt Reso-\ lutions Florence, Nov. 25.?Farmers of the, Pee Dee district of South Car olina took definite steps today to avail themselves of the federal gov ernment live stock loan through the War Finance corporation. Fifty of the biggest and most progressive farmers of the district convened in Florence, upon invitation of W. W. Long, director of state extension service, to discuss this matter. Four specific resolutions were adopted and are being forwarded to J. Pope Matthews in Columbia as. chairman of the state board, which represents the War Finance cor poration. The first of these re quests that the board add a rep resentative banker, who is . recog nized as an authority on live stock in this section, to its membership, inasmuch as none of the commit tee now profess such qualifications. Bright Williamson of Darlington is suggested for such appointment since group six of the South Car olina Bankers' association in cre ating a committee for this specific -purpose designated him chairman of it. The board is urged to frame as definite a plan as possible, a soruof standard' paper on which money may be borrowed On live stock. The fourth resolution re quests Mr. Long to appoint com mittees of such number of persons as he deems advisable, in every -co.iu.uy in the Pee Dee,' to cooper ate with the war finance board and .local banks in fixing the values aiwfr .Collateral for live stock loans and to aid in informing^ J.r.e farmers how they may apply for and pro-; cure aid from this fund. :? Mr! Long opened the meeting r'witft a statement that this money j is available but the farmers ar slow taking advantage Of it.for two reasons. First, they do not under stand the terms or conditions under which money may be procured frqm(the board, and second, local banks generally do not understand i handling live ?stock papers, thougl |Hfey:are adepts with cotton papei I Emphasizing this fact,- Mr. Sheal j of Clemson college announced finance corporation already has iVanced $2,500,000 in South j link; ? Of this one loan was on i stock, and it took ZZ days to j goti?te it': because neither the ' plicant nor his banker nnderstt > how to make up live stock papers, j D. R. Coker of HartsviHe said j undoubtedly the people of South : Carolina today are groping in dark | ness for a solution of the agricul i tural problems which arise before i them out of their old one crop sys tem. He made a very strong plea that means should be provided for. Pee Dee farmers to share the bene fits of this fund. Walter J. Johnson, secretary the Florence chamber of, com merce, said he now has m?ny ap | plications for aid to buy dairy cat I tie. incident ro-th^a^rrouAGemei^'*^ the Colonial Creamery company Is opening a plant here, and the banks underwriting the development of ;.production. He showed from these, letters that many farmers today are ready to use this fund" if they only knew how to proceed. . The meeting was thoroughly rep-; reseritative and interested in the subject. Leading citizens Individ^ j ually invited come from neariy | every point in the Pee Dee di J trictv It was intended only as a j conference and not as a mass meet i ing. Discussion was general f reflected very genuine interest in ! advancing the live stock interest ! of this section. I Following the conference Mr. i Long expressed himself as gratified: i with the development and results. With converting plants being built in this section for taking care surplus live stock products of \ farmers, he stated production mi be encouraged to support the dustries. Asks For Joint Deb; Col. John J. Dargan Wishes Meet Candidates For Sei tor on the SI Editor Daily item: I am very anxious indeed haarte a public meeat?g and m< j than, one if practicable, to be ? dressed by the candidates for i senate and house. The quest! j that I am pressing to the front: j not one of easy1 solution and ti voters need to have it exami^ ivom every standpoint. 1 am asking to be sent to senate with the distinct purpose introduce a bill providing for j election of a defendant's attot j in every- criminal court where is a prosecuting attorney, said . fendant's attorney being paid I same salary as the prosecuting I torney, and that no officer of i ! court shall receive pay for _ ; his' services from private sot I have Kone over this STOU , over and often in the newspapers, j and 1 am offering for the senate ttf j have it discussed before the pca^e ?thattin-y may understand." Myf j-oniy dir.-.-t request of the voters'is' j to send me to the senate to bring ? the whole matter before the peo ; of tin whole country. It is one imperative importance and my thn ; for service in regard to it is not ?s long as it used to be, so L am urging mat discussion and decision co i as s?o? as possible. The evP to corrected is dreadful enough to list the most earnest attention ed. JOHN J. DARGAN. X. R.?The Court Hg?Vs* ?hm used next week for and timely notice will be Church Bazaar. . The two Guilds of the JSiscopal church will hold a bazaar Liberty street, December ? From 10 a. m., fancv' cakes, etc. , >4tmicken stew 12:30 p. m. Waffles and coffee, 4 to