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* The Watchman and Southron --, > ;^ : Fu.bioEsbcd Wednesday and Satire day by Oslx^ Fablishins Company, - .... i rp Sainter, &; C ' j^fe-"?f-^:; >.^'; 4 Terms: ?V,1 pec;annum?in advance. ^ . A?Tertisements: - One-,SQuare^ifirst insertion ..$1.00 ..;3^Te?y subsequent insertion -- .50 Contracts^ ifor three months^ or longer-s&Ji^be made at reduced A4! comnwnications which sub .serveVprPvate interests will be : charged1 f?r^as advertisements. ? V'Obttnafie* and tributes of re ? -spect Trill (bfc charged far. , '' , The ' Sumter Watchman was ?founded fci l $50 and the True v Southron x?vlSG6. The Watchman and Southron now has the com bined Circulation and influence of both of the "Old papers, and is man ifestly the btet advertising medium in Snmter^ THE ODDEST ROYALTY. The accession of Crown Prince -Hirohito to-the throne of Japan,, /as regent .for his incapacitated father, the Emperor Yosjhihito,. brings bUt^?ie- fac? that the Japa nese" dynasty he represents 5s the oldest in. thes world- Hirohito traces ? his decent directly to the Emperor Jimisju Texmo, who came to the throne ialSe year ?60 B. C. Thus the present/royal family of Japan .has reSgnecfc>if the records are true, ? 'for 2,SSf years. Tkis ,is axyamasing period for onej family, to ..span. It embraces not ? -. ? ?. ?nly the 'whole of modern and | medieval times, but the whole his-. toric period, of Greelt and Roman: civilization. . with a considerable -overia^pin"g?'of ancient Egyptian,^ Babylonia^ and Indian civilizations, if there js any reverence due to lineage.-lit-.should surely be found. - here. <Te^ 'what are the plain : -facts? . . ' The reasgn Prince Hirohito as , -sumes the mikadoship is that the ? real irnkado is crazy. Hirohito him | self, from "his photographs, doesn't ,. , look ^s-.^jrhe^ were any mental r. giant.- One naturally wonders how many rulers in that long list, from, -" 'the able Jiinmu Tenho down, have been, mentally defective, and how far. such. .*oyal disabilities con *r^utedrtp"'make the Mikado tra ditlona?y^' "divine" and *? unap proachaib3e. ? wihle a coterie of strong-nobles did his ruling for. ? him. : ? : u4Ji This.is np slur at Japan, but an irresistible ^comment on royalty as -an-fafctitUfion. -All of the old Eu ropeah "dynasties tell the same story?tha*^ the older a royal fam-j ?y gets/ the less capable it is of,1 ruling. Tbre stock, in-bred, be comes thin and weak and diseasedJ " and neurasthenic and insane, and ' : this is- ther; strongest of arguments against hereditary rulers. \ ?: -j The California plan of having a ...... ?. defendant's attorney to represent, all persons charged with crime: and brought to trial in a criminal court, will never be popular withi lawyers,-who have made a specialty ' - <of the art-of defending criminals.] rt ' *>i'-. 0 ? 0 > ? ? ?-'-?? .. . ? 1 The reduction of expenses by the State government anc the conse quent reduction' of the .tax levy rec-. ?'**'ommended^ by the legislative Com ~?' mittee. appeals to every property. owner, j It,is to be hoped that the ?J*.. memberS'Of the legislature will be " able to agree on a program to put / ' these recommendations into effect. We fear, however, that there will ? be the usual log rolling by the friends of this, that and the other institution that want increased ap 3 propriations for new buildings or ? some other purposes and the final *' * result will be no appreciable reduc _W!tltion ;n expenses. There is such great -necessity for relief from the ''"^ burden of taxation in this time of /? . financial, depression that the legis . .. .lature ought to disregard prece dents and the usual methods and I" cut expenses to the bone. .. . The result of the Arbuckle trial : causes no1 surprise, and in a short time he will be as great and pop ular hero with the movie fans as ? he ever was. It is true that he --- was not acquitted, but the mis trial is to all practical intents and purposes just as good as an out right acquittal. The obese lap " stick comedian may or may not have committed an assault on the woman who died as the direct consequence of the lewd and inde cent Bacchanalian debauch in Ar buckle's hotel room, but there is no denying' that he and his compan ions, male* and female were guilty of . a crime against decency and good naorals so gross and vulgar that the whole bunch of them ? ? ?* should be punished in a manner tbat hurt.-, As the/ seem to have no decent sensibilities that could be woundettby a public rebuke, about the only way that they could* be reached ..w^uId be by a boycott of ? all films in which any of the Ar buckle vulgarians appear. This would -be an effective and drastic punishment, if it could be applied, but as there happen to bfe a good many* millions of people in the United States whose ideas of wit, humor and a good, time coincide with those of Fatty Arbuckle he will continue to be popular, despite his lack of morals and respect for j law and the good opinion of decent \ people. NEW JOBS. . The Saturday Evening Post has a long article about finding em -ployment which ought to bring heart to many a man "who has been looking for something in his own line in vain. The men who can do only one thing are apt to be in a bad way if their one line shuts down. But the hopeful thing, is. that many men who think they can dp only one thing are in reality equipped to do more than one. -There was the man who was in despair because fee had "held'd?wn a political job and didn't know any thing.*' Inquiry proved that in that job he had learned all about com pensation insurance. He is now selling it and doing well. There was the man wncr was ? looking for an engineering job but who was not afraid to tackle the,business of becoming an expert on apple wood in 48 hours. He. got the place and by constant study made good- as a wood -expert. That jebi led back to engineering. Tnerewas the)man who, on road repair, saw that tennis' courts along that road needed'repairing and re building, too, and ' has made a successful business of that. There was the man. who made the income tax his hobby, and when his shop closed, became a tax expert: The man who in days of wealth did fine cabinet work for fun, and in days of adversity opened a period fumi-1 ture shop, is another example. j: Courage, in.bad times, is the main^ thing. The frightened man . does not know he can'do anything. The. brave and resourceful man can turn his hand successfully to some thing hew. EDUCATION TTEEK. Not much education can be ac complished Iii a week, but a good start may be. made in the right' di rection. Thkt is; the value of the present week?-to* show what is needed, and make the start. The first thing Is to get 5,080,000 absent boys .'? and girls into the schools. -Once there, the schools? will attend to the matter in charac teristic American fashion. The next thing is to get after the illiterate adults, native or immi- ] grant. That is mostly a matter of, night schools. The full possibili ties of the night school have never yet been realized. . After that, or along with it, comes the Americanization of aliens. * .. These, three things together mean the making of good Ameri cans. There cannot be really good Americans without good education. There is a bigger, broader thing than all of these. It is something that H. G. Weils is always harping on, in his Outline of History and his other writings. He aims at nothing less than the education of the whole world. And he wants 'not a narrow, provincial education, not a merely national or racial ed ucation. He wants a uniform body of instruction that shall be agreed upon by the more enlightened rep resentatives of all nations and races, and applied to all, for the purpose of molding them into one great, harmonious civilization. The conception is of a world culture bearing the same relation to pres ent national cultures as the United States of America bears to the va rious states and races of which it is constituted. This is a huge undertaking, enor mously difficult and requiring far more time, effort and money than any other educational scheme ever conceived. Yet it may not be whol ly visionary. The process has real- j ly begun, in a vague, informal I ; way. Some day the nations may j take it up seriously. ? It will soon be too late to plant wheat, but by ah effort a good many hundred more acres could be put in before Christmas. A few | ! dollars expended for seed wheat, a j j few days' work and the utiliza | tion of a few^acres of idle land on [ i every farm would mean plenty of bread next summer and fall at a nominal cost. ? ? ? A cow, a sow and a hen have i proven more than a.match for the J boll weevil wherever they have j been given the right sort of sup i port and co-operation. The farm j er who is turning his seventy-five cents a bushel corn into fifty cents a dozen eggs is selling the corn at a very high price and making money. ? ?* ? There will be more need for the Christmas fund this year than there has been since the fund was first created more than a quarter of a century ago, when cotton was selling for five cents and great des titution and suffering existed. Those who have anything should divide with those who have not. ? ? ? The land owner who does not ' ??. i make an effort to take care of his tenants, who does not assist and encourage them to adopt a system of farming that will yield a living under boll weevil conditions, will destroy the value of his own prop erty. Farm land, without labor to cultivate it, is useless and with out value. ? ? ? The proposed reduction of the levy for state taxes must not be lost sight of when the law-makers as semble in Columbia next month. The budget makers for the several counties' should follow the exam ple of the Legislative Committee on-Economy and cut out all the non-essentials in county expenses and thereby reduce the taxes for county purposes. ? ? ? There promises to be an unusu ally large crop of candidates in next year's primary, and it will be a fact worth noting that while all of the office seekers will be voci ferous advocates of economy and reduction of taxes, not one will suggest cutting the salary of the office he seeks." Just remember this when you hear an office seek er orating about lower taxes and economy. ? ? ? Several close students of the his tory and economics of the south during the last one hundred and twenty-five years assert that cot tori has never been a profitable cr?p for the south, although it has piled up wealth for New England and. Old England. They claim that the south would have been more prosperous and on a sounder economic and industrial founda tion if cotton growing had never become the dominant industry of this section. Everything else was sacrificed to cotton and the south's entire industrial system has been lop-sided and unsound for more than a century. If this conclusion be Correct, and there are reasons to believe it is to a great extent, it is time to make a change and the boll weevil is a powerful factor in forcing a change that \ should have been ma'de long ago. The only b?sy plants in town are the lumber mills, some of which are running day and r.isht. ? w *> COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON. Ystdys Open High Low Close Close Ja?. _ _ 17.25 17.72 17.04 t7.67 17.15 March _ .j 17.17 17.70 17.02 17.68 17.15 May _ ? 16.97 17.50 16.83 17.47 16.95 July .. _ 18.48 17.02 16.36 17.00 16.50 Qetober .. 15.85 16.37 15.85 16.37 15.90 December 17.43 17.82 17.15 17.83 17.21 Tone: Steady. 60 up; middling 18.10. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Tstdys Open High Low Close Close Jan. _ 1 16.30 16.95 16.25 16.92 16.37 ?arch .. .. 16.45 17.05 16.41 17.01 16.52 May ? ? 16.43 16.93 16.32 16.90 16.42 July .. ? 15.95 16.53 15.95 S6.50 16.04 Ort. .15.35 15.85 J5.35 15.85 15.39 Dec. 16.28 16.86 ( 6.28 ( 6.86 16.28 . Tone: Steady. 23 up; middling 17.00. UVEPOOL COTTON. January . 10.65 March . 10.57! May ._. 10.47 i July._._.. 10.35 ! October. 9.87 i December . 10.65 . Kales 5.000; middling 10.73; good rid dling 11.53. Census Report Cotton Ginned to Dec. 1st. Year 1921 1920 1919 AlRhama .... 575.310 563.498 632,287 Arizona . 23.715 56.967 35.415 Arkansas .... 736.OOS 816,768 60.",789 California .. 16.030 32,709 28.426 Florida . 11.721 16.029 IT,.779 Georgia . 803.815 1.253.S71 1,336.137 j Louisiana .. .. 273.197 334.233 260,431 Mississippi .. 790.326 723.3SC 724,514 Missouri ... 66.130 44.118 39.980 North Caro. .. 739.035 611.333 694.640 Oklahoma .... 470.332 770.9~5 635.378 South Caro. 734.663 1.238,983 1.298.080 Tennessee .. 281,251 209,810 197,094 Texas .2.073,752 3.423,942 2,099.732 | Virginia . 14,933 9.873 17,332 i Other states .. 6.616 3.314 U. S. to Dec. 1st. 7.640.870 10.141.293 8.S44.368 j U. S. to Nov. 14th 7,270,573 8,914,642 7,604,320 Nov. 14th to Dec. 1st .. 370,293 1,226,651 1,240.048 Percent ginned Deo. 1st . <?) 76.4 78.1 Crop. lint .(?) 13.270.970 11,323.532 ? COTTON LETTER. (Furnished by MacDowolI & Co). New Orleans, Dec. 8.?The sustaining feature of market today was the reported Iwtter demand for cotton goods and some improvement in the demand for spots. New York reports the cotton goods mar ket ,t?ore active, estimated sales of print cloths the past two days 200.000 pieces, and that mills have hooked good orders for ginghams, autumn 1922 delivery at one cent higher than spring prices. - Sales at Fall River of print cloths this w*ek likely large aiso. Last week they wer** 120,000 pieces, and while rather small, nevertheless were largest for weeks, indi cating the demand to be improving. Returns to the census bureau shows the following comparatives on ginning3 this season and last: tinned to December 1st. 7.610.870 vs. 10. 141.293: ginned to November 14th. 7.270. 575 vs. 8.914.642: ginned to November 14th to December 1st. :;70.29."> vs. 1.226.651. Percent ginned to December 1st ? vs. 76.4. Crop lint ? vs. 13,270,970. The above returns show the greatest fall ing off In ginnings for many years, if not on record, and denotes what may l>e ex pected rn the way of a falling off In re ceipts and stocks shrinking in the future. I becoming mure pronounced as the season advsnces. To December 13th last season an addi tional 735.Ofto bales were ginned: 678.000 j more to January 1st. and another 460.000 j to January 16th and the last periodical re ; turn1? of the season accounted for 1.236.000 to March 20?h making a total for last ; season of 13.271.000 bales. In as much hs there remains but a very j small amount of cotton to be ginned dur lug the remainder of this season, and as j consumption promises to continue 1>'ik, it would seem as if higher perhaps much higher prices are a certainty eventually. The only tlp'ng preventing market showing more strength at moment is the want of a j better spot demand, but as goods are report ed In better request it follows that spot-, 1 are apt to become more sought after In the Dear and distant future. 1 FEDERAL BUDGET ^REDUCED Budget Commission presents Estimate Fiscal Year 1923 That is $500,000,000 Less Than Former Figures Washington, Dec. 5.?A federal budget for the fiscal year 1023 ap proximately $500,000,000 below the four billion dollar figure which had been estimated some time ago as the minimum of government expen ditures for several years to come, faced congress when it reconvened today. The exact figures as prepared by the newly created budget, bureau and transmitted by President Harding in a special message, were $3,505,754,727, including an esti mated deficit of $21,509,666 in the operations of the postal service. This total represents a decrease of $402,107,639 from the $3,967, 922,366 estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year and $2,032, 285,962 from the actual expendi tures in the fiscal year 1921. It is, however, $167,"'1,977 in excess of the estimated receipts of $3,338, 182,750, while the outgo for the current fiscal year exceeds the esti mated receipts of $3,043,453,063 by $24,468,703. Referring to the apparent deficit for 1923, President Harding wrote the congress that "ways are provid ed for the, relatively easy adjust ment without added taxation" of the discrepancy between the income and outgo, .es one means he rec ommended legislation directing the reduction of the accumulated naval supply account by $100,000,000. Actual appropriations asked of congress for the various federal .de-' partments and agencies for 1923" total $3,224,875,592, exclusive of postoffice department. This repre sents a reduction of $122.S06,310 from the original estimated a3 pre sented to the budget bureau, it is stated, but is approximately $27, 000,000 more than the appropria tions for this fiscal year. Explaining the $2S0,S79,134 ex cess of estimated expenditures in 1923 ever the appropriations asked for, budget bureau officials explain that some of the funds actually to be put out will be carried over in continuing appropriations and by other means. They say that ap propriations for a given year do not accurately reflect actual expenses for that year, pointing out that while ahe appropriations for this fiscal year were $3,197,807.962, the estimated actual outgo will exceed this sum by approximately $770, 000,000. Of the total estimated expendi tures for 1923, approximately $2, 900,000.000 is to pay for past wars and to keep up the fighting arms of the governrr mt, leaving only about $600,000,000,000 for the peace time pursuits of the federal estab lishment. The estimate for the army and the navy is $801,636,107, a reduction of $66,305,299 as com pared with this fiscal year and $956,352.741 as compared with the fiscal year 1921. The navy estimate of $431,754, 000, it is explained, does not take into account any possible reduc tions that might be brought about as a result of the arms confer ence, the total including funds for continuing work on the ships of the 1916 program, most of which would be scrapped under the pro posal made to the conference by the American government. The largest single item in the budget is the fund for the interest on the public debt, the $975.000, 000 provided lacking only $25.000, 000 of the total expenses of the federal establishment before the world war. In addition, there is an estimate of $389,388.800 for the war debt sinking fund. Included in the total for the army and navy is $31.964,000 for development and maintenance of the air service by the two depart ments, divided $16,195,000 for the navy and $14,964,400 for the army. These compare with expenditures this year of $15.000,^00 and $19, 159,700. respectively. The navy estimates carry an item of $99.198.000 for continuing con struction on the 1916 building pro gram, as compared to $142.452,000 for this year. Navy pay calls for $14S,754*.O0O, an increase of $49, 000,000. Expenditures on public works un der the war department are given a's $57,943.900, including $44,245. 400 for rivers and harbors, as com pared with $29,850,000 for the cur rent year. Included in the $455,232,702 es timate for the veterans bureau are these items: Military and naval compensation, $ 50,000,000; military nad naval in surance. $62,713.000: vocational re habilitation. $127,000,000; medical and hospital service. $72.000,000. and salaries and expenses, $26, 521,702. Fori prohibition enforcement the budget bureau estimates $10.000. 000, an increase of $2.500.000 over this year. Expenses of the Inter nal Revenue Bureau are placed at $66,206,1 90. as compared with $58, 032.790 for this year. Estimates for independent agen cies include: Federal Trade Commission. $94$, 500; Interstate Commerce Commis sion. $4.995.240: Housing Corpora tion. $1.267.453; Railroad Labor Hoard. $39S,630; alien property custodian. $390,480; Civil Service Commission. $595.595, and em ployes' compensation commission and compensation fund, $2,798,000. While the railroad administra tion and the transportation act are expected to cost the government $337,679,235 in 1922, no estimate ! of expenditures for these purposes for H?23 included in the budget. Exports explained that it was not possible to make an accurate esti mate of what would be needed for the carriers until after the results; of the 1922 railroad financing are j j known. Accompanying the budget as sent i to congress is a detailed report I from Director General Dawes as to the operation of the budget bureau j since its establishment five months ago and some pointed comments as to means o nnitocfu c!0s890$_. to means of continuing its efficient operation. Discussing the reception of the budget by congress, General Dawes says: "It is to be expected that since the preliminary estimates have been made under pressure by the executive for proper retrenchment, where consistent with efficiency, it will not be necessary, as heretofore, for.congress to make radical cuts upon the estimates of the budget with any uncertainty as to what will he the result as it effects ef ficiency. The president of the United States, when he sends the budget to congress is presumed to send it with all the reductions in expenditures^ which can be effect ed without due impairment of gov ernmental business* processse. in the preparation of the budget he j has had at work and authorized agency in the bureau not only in ascertaining the reasonableness of desired appropriations, but in con tinuallj- imposing pressure upon the departments for a reduction in the estimates wherever proper and possible.' General Dawes says he feels that the estimate for expenditures for 102C, upon which the budget is based "will not be increased ex cept through appropriations initiat ed by congress or by the executive as a result of emergency or unfore seen conditions arising after the preparation of the budget." Reiterating his recommendations that congress immediately repeal all outstanding continuous appro priations and "revolving funds," General Dawes says the methods of appropriating money heretofore followed "has resulted in a condi tion of things under which it is al most impossible for either the exe cutive, congress, or the secretary of the treasury to have before them a true picture of the fiscal condi tion of theg overhment at any par ticular time." "The whole habit of making con tinuous appropriations to which the government has been commit ted in the past," he adds, "is only an encouragement to a lack of scrutiny of public work by the head of the department under which it j is carried on, and an encourage ment to shiftlessness and careless ness on the part of the subordi nates more directly concerned in it. This system of preparing the budget will confine the attention i of the executive, of congress, and of the public to the one great im portant question, to wit. the rela tion of the money actually to be I spent by the government to the I money actually to be received by the government in any given year, all its outstanding obligations and indefinite commitments, projects and enterprises considered. This will enable congress, with more in telligence, to determine at any time both the necessity for re trenchment and the ability of the government to engage in additon al projects to be initiated by con gress outside of the budgetary pro ! visions." Likening the federal government to a business corporation. General I Dawes points to these "faults' which he says existed: The president of the corporation (the president of the United States) gave practically no attention to its ordinary routine business. The administrative vice presi lents (members of the cabinet) were allowed to run their several departments as if each separate department was an independent authority in all matters of routine business. Because of a lack of any out lined business plan, no system ex isted for making purchases or in selling material along business lines under a unified policy. No balance sheet of the corpora tion as a whole was ever prepared. The treasurer kept no accurate account of the contingent obliga j tions of the various federal depart ments, thus resulting in money be I ing drawn from him continuously in excess of the estimated annual running expenses. The corporation, in effect, sel ! dorn reconsidered an unwise pro ject entered into by any depart - I ment. ! The administration heads of the j departments were selected as a I rule with little reference to their J business qualifications and were I compelled to rely largely upon the j advice of subordinates "wedded to the theory of the right of independ ! ent operation of the department." j ! Outlining the work of the vari j ous co-ordinating agencies estab I lished by presidential order "to rec tify faults in the routine business of the government," General Dawes j says: > "They involve no transfer of au- j j thority the location of which has I been fixed otherwise by statute. "They involve the delegation of no questions of policy save that of I economy and efficiency. I "They are simply agents by , I which unified methods of ordinary : I business can be imposed by the j chief executive. "They are created simply to give the president of the United j States, the same agencies of con- j tact and transmission of authority i as obtain in any private organiza- j [tion. "They involve no material ad | dition to the expense of govern- j mental administration. "They are non-partisan, being composed of men already in the government service. "They are in effect simply a ; j regrouping under an executive j J leadership of certain of the present . I employes of government of such j I experience, contact, and relation in j ; its routine business as enables them ' ! to make possible the application of j I common-sense business methods, j "It cannot be too often reiterated that this most important reforma tion in the governmental business system is independent upon the president of the United States him self, and upoii his continued as sumption of his responsibilities as its business head. The minute he realizes his attitude of attention to this duty there will be felt the nat ural pull of the departments and establishments toward the old sys tem of complete independence and decent raliation." General Dawes concluded his re port with this statement: "In making this report the direc tor of the budget will state that his connection with the bureau is limit ed as to time, in accordance with an understanding which he had with the president at the time of his appointment. His purpose in mak ing this announcement at this time is a emphasize the fact that his recommendations are made in an impersonal way, with funda mental business principles and their proper preservation in their appli cation to governmental business ad ministration alone in mind." Strike Troubles in Kansas City Governor May Be Forced to Call Out State Troops - Kansas City, Mo. Dec. 5?(By the j Associated Press.)?The Kansas; Court of Industrial Relations today i informed Mayor Harry B. Burton,! of Kansas City, Kan., and Henry T. Zimmer, chief of police, that un less crowds surrounding the pack ing plants were dispersed by to morrow morning the industrial court would telegraph Governor Henry J. Allen to declare martial law in Kansas City, Kan., and or der the State militia to take charge j of the situation. The ultimatum of the court to the city authorities was delivered at j a conference in Mayor Burton's office late today, at which the three members of the industrial court, the mayor, the chief of police and superintendent from several pack ing plants were present. Earlier in the day a number of trucks attempting to cross to Kan-i sas City, Mo., to make local deliv- ; jries of meat, were turned back by \ strike sympathizers. One truck driver was pulled from his seat and j beaten. Claim 41,000 Men Arc Out Chicago, Dec. 5?(By the As sociated Press.)?At the close of the first day of the strike of pick ing house workers, union officials announced that 41.000 workers in packing houses throughout the country were on strike, while spokesmen for the packers as serted Chicago plants were operat ing, with full forces, while plants! in other? centres all continued j work. Twenty-nine thousand workers: in packing house centres outside i Chicago responded to a strike call today, according to a statement to night by Dennis Lane, secretary of the Amalgamted MeMat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, which called the strike after a wage cut averaging 10 per cent had been decided on by plant assemblies, composed of reprcsen- ; tatives of employers and workers j through which the packing com panies propose to settle questions affecting the workmen. More than 12.000 workers employed by the big five in Chicago walked out to day, according to Mr. Lane. Spokesmen for the "big five" i gave figures to show that only about 1.000 men were out in Chi cago while the number on strike at independent plants was given by packing officials as about the same number. According to Mr. Lane, approx miatoly 28 per cent of the Chi cago workers reported for work to day. "I am satisfied that tomor row morning will see the packing establishments closed tight, because this element will join the majority j now," he said. Four independent { packing concerns in Chicago and two outside the city, settled with the strikers today, Mr. Lane said. According to the packers, there were two men waiting for every job that was vacant and men be ing hired to fill the places of the strikers. There was no violence in con nection with the first day's strike !' here but at St. Paul several persons j were slightly injured when a group of commission men clashed with j strikers. Practically all employees of the Denver packing plants were strik ing, company officials admitted to day and tonight an order was is- ! sued in District Court demanding that the workmen return to their! jobs pending investigation of tin; dispute by the Colorado Industrial Commission. Christmas Sea! Sale The Civic League wishes to in dorse Hie Christmas seal sale fori the benefit of tuberculosis. The chairman of the fund, Mrs. Mac ; Boy kin. has been very active and I unusually successful. As the Christmas season ad-i vances and we are thinking of presents for our friends and rela tives, do not forget that a small; sum spent in the purchase of seals will heb) to bring health and hap piness to a large number who would otherwise be deprived of them; Children should be especially en- : couraged to buy seals and have the pleasure of knowing that through their efforts other children who are deprived of the Christmas ac- I tivities may be helped so soon thai h they may be able to look forward to the Christmas season as a time li of joy instead of one of listless ; waiting. Let us all help this cause as much as we can and make this the ?e>st 1 successful sale. ;. Mrs, Samuel Sanders, j i Secretary, j ' "Pandits Run Amuck"?headline. , ! The "Amuck" must be a b.i^tei. r The Boll Weevil Problem Cannot be Solved Except by United Effort In a letter to the Daily Item Dr. W. W. Long, Di rector of the Farm Extension Service of Clemson College, says: "The action of the business men of Sumter in or ganizing to meet boll weevil conditions is absolutely a step in the right direction. The boll weevil problem cannot be solved except by united effort. Any coun ty that undertakes to solve this problem by individual effort will make a horrible failure. The business men and farmers must of necessity work out their problems together and adopt the slogan, "One for all and all for one". You must not only endeavor to work out your agricultural program but your economic and financial program. Industrious, hon est, pains-taking men must be made to understand that the community is going to stand back of them and the thriftless, shiftless, and do-less men must be made to understand that they have no place in the ? community. With this spirit engena areNi, the problem will be solved and the community will be better for the doing, inasmuch as it will have been purified by unselfish sacrifice, earnest toil and the development of the co-operative spirit. I again congratulate Sumter county and its lead ers. Verv trulv yours, ' m W. W, LONG, Director. . . Clemson College, Dec. 5, 1921, ? Meeting of the County Board Many Important Items Dis cussed. Report of County Engineer A regular meeting of the Board ? was held in the ofilce of the su- j pervisor Tuesday. December 5th. All members of the board were present. Minutes of November 1st were read and approved. Supt. J. L. Xunnamaker of the alms house ap peared before thxs board and re ported on the case of Janic Dicks.I a negro woman who had lately been I admitted to the alms house stating j that she was in a very bad condi-] tion physically, and seemed to be mentally unbalanced. Tito doctors suspected pellagra. The matter was referred to Chairman Row land for handling after consulting with the county physicians. Supt. Xunnamaker also reported Harry Washington, a negro SO years old, and feeble minded found straying lately in the vicinity of the almshouse, dnd taken in tem porarily, pending action of the board. The Board approved the actio? of the superintendent. Mr. Seabrook, representing, the i Santec River Cypress Lumber Co., appeared before the board relative to rights of way across the lands of said company, which the county would need for approaches to the Wateree river bridge now under construction. Stated that his com pany was favorable to this project, and presented plats of the land. The board advised him that it ! would go into the matter more . thoroughly when the time for ac- '? tion arrived. Mrs. G. C. Lamb appeared before ! the board in the intcr?st of thel county colored nurse for work among the colored people of both the city and the county, and ask-j ing for aid. The board advised j her that there were no funds avail able in this year's supply bill for that purpose, and advised her to consult with the county legislative delegation as to the work for next year. Mr. J. D. Richardson appeared and filed a bid for 18 cents pert chair for overhauling the chairs in the court house auditorium, and putting same in repair. Mr. John D. 'Lee appeared rep resenting one Shields who claimed that the ditch dug by the county was draining the water onto his land? and asked for relief. The! matter was referred to the county j engineer who requested to look over, ground and consult with the county attorney as to the law in the case, and report back to the board. Messrs. McLaurin and Britton. the committee to investigate the requested extension of tin- road leading from the Manning road to the Concord section, and the work-j ing of same in order to facilitate i the handling of school children to ' a consolidated school, reported fa vorably. The board decided to ac cept this as a public road and re ferred the matter to Lommissiori er Britton and county engineer, to! open up the road and put same in j shape as soon as it was practical j to do so. The matter of seats for tin- court house auditorium was again con sidered. The board inspected the] chairs now in the auditorium and I thought that by proper repairs and j adjustments these could be madej' to last a considerable time. The i matter was referred o Chairman j Rowland and Engineer .Jeffords and the clerk to have these repairs! made and the seats put in shape. J The engineer reported for the j * past month as follows: Main gangji at work constructing the Privateer.: new road, of \vh:<*h one and one- j ' eighth miles had ?een completed, witli two and two-eighths miles yet j to '.?<? done, it will probav,y take j< until the latter :>art of I ebruarv 1 to finish. Other chain gang forces J: at work covering their respective Is territories as usual. Reported the (2 gravelling of the Oswego road pro- ' grossing satisfactorily, about !. 000 feet of same being laid. Re-)1 ported six convicts escaped during the month and none recaptured. Advised facilities for doing work in tili?- connection not adequate, rhe board discussed tentatively the xtension of the Privateer new end to the Pinewood road without laying the lower part of same. En gincer reported the government trucks which had been in use get ring in bad shape, and retarding* considerably the county work. Re ported one of these trucks had been in the shop fifteen days for repairs. One <wiH have to he junked. Rec ommended the purchase of a 2 1-2 ton pneumatic tire truck, submit ting figures to the board on several makes ?f trucks on which he had obtained prices. The board, after due consideration, favored . the purchasing of this truck, but as the funds for same were not availahle in this year's supply, thought best to\consult with the legislative dele gation before taking action. Com missioners McLaurin, Britto n and Oliver and engineer Jeffords to conr suit with members of the legisla tive" delegation, and if. they' con curred in the matter, to purchase a truck which their discretion dic tated. Engineer Jeffords presented-a bill for damage to a buggy due to county truck running into same, and caused by the county truck's brakes being so worn that they would not hold. This bill was, au thorized paid. The clerk advised that Jesse^ Burke had had the care of Janie Dick for one month preceding her commitment to the almshouse, for which service he asked that $5.00 be paid him. This was granted.* The following claims referred at last meeting to Chairman Row land and the clerk were reported on as follows: Ashley KeUey. treatments to be given for his. dis ease and $5.0*0 per month for three months granted him: Mrs. Joe Wal lace still being destitute; Jane Mickens, refused. ' Reports of Rural Policemen, Home Demonstration Agent and Cotton Scale Weighing test received and ordered filed. Mrs. Farmer reported that she* could not ionger handle William llaryin as he was too helpless, and required too much care. The clerk was instructed to get in touch with his brother and advise him of the situation. ?Engineer advised that the people of Pinewood want some machine work done on the streets which had been cl3yed. The board au thorized this work done on a basis of ?2.00 per hour. Mr. H. T. Edens appeared be fore the board calling attention of the board to the bad condition of the Sumter-Dalzell road. The board received this as information and? promised to give the matter atten tion. Members of the Sumter County Permanent Roads Commission ap peared before the board with ref-* erence to the balance of the funds collected for special county work not being used for the gravelling of the Oswego road and stated that they would like to know the atti tude of the board as to the handling of these funds. The board, after considering the matter ordered that this commission be advised that the county beard had under contem-" platiort. and pending, certain mat ters which would have to be dis posed of before it would be in po sition to reply definitely as to these* funds. County engineer asked permis sion to exchange touring car top for a sedan top on the Ford car which he uses. The board directed that ho ascertain the cost of this .ex change and report back to the board. After the proving of claims the . board adjourned. x -? ? i? Ulster Premier Goes to London Belfast. Dec. 8.?The departure of Premier Craig for London to night was announced after a discus sion of the Irish agreement by the Ulster parliament. ^ The easiest solution of the Christmas present is to buy for friends the things you want for ??ourseif and then keep 'em and "? send postcards to the friends.?M Syracuse Herald. ORANGES AXD GRAPE FRUIT? At fifty cents per peck. Fresh * vegetables: Beans, Lettuce. Pep pers, egg plants and other pro duce, (rood fruits and vegetables at low prices. Sumter Produce Co.. at the warehouse on Man ning Avenue crossing, next the water tank.