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State Baptist Convention Officers Re-elected For Anoth er Year. ,WilI Meet in Rock V Hill Next Year Greenville, Dec, 8.?At the clos ing sessions of, the Stute* Baptist convention here today. Rock Hill was chosen as the pjace for the next meeting, and officers were elected to serve dnring-the ensuing year. All the principal officers of the convention were re-elected unani mously at the closing session' of j tke convention tonigh't. They are:) Jl J. Lawton, Hartsville, president; C. Allen, Dillon, secretary;. A. B. Kennedy, Saluda, assistant sec retary; Dr. A. T. Jamison, Green * ville, vice president; Dr. J. R. Je ter, Greenwood, vice president. Richard Carroll?: of .Columbia, and P. P. Watson, president of Morris College, both well known negro Baptists, spoke at the con vention tonight. .The closing day w?s featured by the ^centennial celebration session; held-'this morning, at which time > an historical sketch' of -the- con vention since its organization in Columbia one hundred years ago, was given by Dr. W. J. ,Mc Glothlin, presidlent of Furman University, and addresses were heard from E. C- Dargan. secre tary of the Southern Baptist Sun day School board,. NashvillcTerok, ' andr from Dr. E. Y: MUIlins, of Louisville, Ky., president of the Southern Baptist convention and of ? the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary-. A crowd, estimated at more than 2,</00 attended "the cele bration. Hundreds were turned away because of lack of spacs, and a^number stood during the "almost four hours of; session. The remainder of the day was consumed' chiefly with ; routine business matters. Federal Tax Law Eased Up Married" Men Get Larger Ex emptions?Other Features Columbia, ^Dec 7.r^Sevjeral changes that will meet with the approval of all ta?:j>?yers are".con v tained. in the new revenue tax. law recently* passed by congress and effective, in most instances, with the beginning of next year. ' W. H. Bradley, acting collector of "internal ? revenue, has" received a copy of the new law, which was approved by \ President Harding, Nov. 23. One of the changes in the per sonal income tax section of the law is $2,500 exemptions for married men instead of $2.000, as this year, &B*d $400 for each child in the family or dependent of the head of the" family. Exemptions for unmarried persons . remain, at $li)00. These changes are effec-* tive with the 1922 return. In case' the income is over $5,000 the head of the family will only get a $2,000 exemption, but up to $5,000 the exemption is $2,500. The Income Tax Under the new law the income tax will be 4 per cent on the first 54,000, less the exemptions, and 8 per cent on any amount above-$4, C00. The surtax for 1921 will be 1 p*r cent from $5,000 to-$6,000 and up to 65 per cent in excess of $1. 000,000. This rate will also obtain for 1922. From $6,000 to $10.00 the surtax will be 1 per cent and ap to 50 per cent when the income exceeds $200,000. Some changes are ajso noted in the corporation returns. In lieu of the tax imposed by the 1918 law the 1921 tax will be 10 per cent of the *net income in excess of credits al , lowed and after 1921 it will be ,12 1-2 per cent per annum on the income in excess of allowable cred its. In case of a domestic corpora tion whose net income is $25.000 j or less a specific credit of ? 2.0 00 is j allowable and where the income is in excess the tax that would be payable if the $2,000 were allowed, plus the income in excess of $25. 0?0. These are entirely new pro visions. :"; . . . v ? ... i Excess Profit Tax ; j.3v:r "' ??; -.. - j>. j Instead of the war and excess profit tax of 1918 the new excess! -profit tax of 1921 will be-20 per <*rnt of the amount ,of net income above the excess profits and credits n^t in excess1 of 20 per cent of the i invested capital. This provision is j onder the first bracket. Under the second bracket of the report 40 per j cejat of the net income in excess ; of 20 per cent of the invested capi tal will be used. Excess profits credits shall consist of $3,000 as a specific amount plus. ai\ amount equal to 8 per cent of the invested capital for a taxable year. Under the provision for taxes on beverages several changes are lusted. On syrups to be sold for | selling over, fountains tax drops to 8 cents a gallon and where the syrup is for bottling the drinks the tax will be five rents a gallon be- : ginning next year. This brings the tax to bottlers to near one-fourth the former tax.- / .- ? ? ? Augusta. Ga.. Dec. 9.?Two ban dits, who held held up the office of : the Sibley Manufacturing Com- j pany and seized the eight thousand dollar payroll, were captured a few minutes later, after ^exchanging shots with their pursuers. ? ? o Mm , . Cohan's new style chorus girls \#lo wear clothes must be awfully glad when the show is over. _-? me of the wolves at Russia's j r are inside. -?i? The man who inherited three mattress factories fell into some- ; thing pretty soft. _ About as much paper Is being wasted5 in discussing the German marks as in Pritin? tne things. Chicago Opium Joint Raided Police Squ?d Arrest Thirty Chinese ?nd Sieze Drugs ?????? \ Chicago, Dec. 9.?William H. Williams, police inspector, with a dozen assistants last night raided the most elaborate opium smoking establishment ever found in Chi- { cago. He arrested thirty Chinese] and confiscated a two hundred I thousand dollar supply of drugs. _? ?? ;t ?-4: Doubling the Advertising Appro ' priation. (Rock Hill Herald). ^ The Herald is not seeking an op portunity to give the Coca-Cola company of Atlanta free advertis ing, in noting the fact that the di rectors of this concern have decid ed to spend for advertising next year a sum twice as large a3 has been expended for, advertising in any past year of the history of the concern. With the country,' as some say, in the throes of uncertainty in all lines of business and effort: with the pes simists^ freely predicing that the worst will certain happen next year, and many of the optimists shaking in their, shoes; with the outlook for business far from satisfactory, as the most optimistic and courag eous business men are willing to admit, the concern nan ?d above quietly doubles its advertising ap propriation and prepares for larg er business than it has enjoyed at any time in the past. Is that an evidence of optimism, of commercial.courage, or is it evi dence of business insanity or an in dication that the men who con trol the Coca-Cola company are credulous foote who are ignorant of business conditions and rules? Well, this concern belongs to a I bunch of hard headed business j men; it is corporation owned; it has j passed from the hands of Asa G. j Candler, who made the product fa mous' and made millions out of it, (through advertising) to control of men whose only interest in the con cern is profits. When Mr. .Candler owned the c?mpnay it might have been said (but it could, not have been truthfully said) that his pride in his achievement would lead him t6 waste a few. millions in keeping the name before the public and in making, a big show of doing busi ness. The men who bought his business for some tens of millions have no such incentive to waste money on advertising. They are j running the concern solely to earn j dividends -on the immense sum whieh'Mr. Candler was paid for it? The directors of the Coca-Cola Company believe , that the way to earn dividends and increase them is to double the advertising appro priation. Double it now, when gejieral business, conditions are un favorable; when the average busi- j ness man is losing his cheerfulness, his grip on things and is quaking in his shoes because he thinks next year is going to be a harder year than this year has been. The directors of this conoern know that if next year is a good year, doubling the advertising ap propriation will make millions for the company; and they are equally certain that if next year is a bad j year, (even the worst year of all) ! d??bling the advertising appiopria- j tion will prevent losses and prob- j ably enable the concern to earn a I dividend instead of going to smash, j However, it is only business men j of far-seeing vision and admirable! courage who plan and work along | this line; and that is why a few I men like Asa G. Candler have made j millions and why a comparatively small number of corporations are big. and growing bigger. The aver age man lacks the vision and the nerve that is the price of success; | and he fails, or succeeds in a very I sm 11 way. The road lies the way J a.e directors of the Coca-Cola com- j pary have taken. It is open to ev- | ery business man, large or small, who has the good sense, far sight- j edness and courage to walk there in. It is the road along which, if a business man encounter diffi culties, he must fight the harder to overcome them, instead of turn ing back. The Doctors Feast. The Sumter County Medical So ciety held its regular monthly meeting Thursday at the Nurses Home. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Dr. C. B. Epps. president: Dr. D. W. Green, vice president; Dr. H. L. Shaw, secretary and treasurer. As was customary there was no scientific program at this meeting. ! being the regular annual meeting ) for the election of officers. After the meeting a big banquet was served at the Imperial Cafe and was very much enjoyed by all. ? ? ? " Fires Come in Pairs. Two calls were answered Friday morning by the Sumter Fire De partment. One call at 12:30 a. m.. might have been one of serious! consequences. A large pile of shav- I ings at the Sumter Stave and Head- j ing Mill on Council street were brightly burning at the arrival of the fire trucks. This fire was soon put out by the use of two hose Sines and with only hydrant pressure. The shavings were immediately at the plant buildings. The fire short- j ly before eight o'clock was a negro house on Red and White street. Only a few shingles near the flue were burned. Virginia Rappe must have laughed herself to death. -? ? ?-? Best place for a week-end is the* asylum. ? ?' * - Indiana says she has 300 poets knowing it would leak out anyway. A man with an ugly wife always has a pretty stenographer. L >f skirts are growing shorter. ;leg!^are growing linger. ; A good naval ratio would be j0-0-0. Packers Declare Open Shop Precautions Taken to Prevent Disorder in Packing Centers St. Louis. Doc. 9.?Eleven inde pendent packing companies have signed and published a notice that they would establish "open shop" j on January 2nd and reduce wages. , U. D. Co Convention I - Twenty-Fifth Annual Meet-! ing Held in Batesburg Batesburg, Dec. 8.?The twenty- j fifth annual convention. South Car ? olina Division. United Daughters j of the Confederacy, closed here to- i night aftei one of the busiest and j most successful meetings in the his- ! tory of the organization. The fol- j lowing officers were elected at the I night's session: President, Mrs. C. J. Milling, j Darlington; first vice president, Mrs. W. R. Darlington. Jr. Allen- ! dale; second vice president, Mrs. R. ; C. Surratt, Gaffney; third vice j presideiit. Mrs. Munford G. Scott, j Florence: fourth vice president,; Mrs. Annie Marshall, York; record ing secretary, Mrs. Janie B. Flow- ] ers, Bishopville: corresponding sec retary, Miss Edyth Laryea. St. ! Matthews; treasurer. Mr. T. J. J Mauldin. Bickens: historian, Mrs. j J. H. West, Xewberry: registrar, ! Mrs. O. D. Black, Johnston: re corder of crosses, Mrs. A. J. Sprales, Greenwood: auditor. Mrs. 1 L. M. Mitchell, Batesburg. The convention assembled Tues day night at 8:30 in the auditor- j ium of the new high school build- j ing of the Batesburg-Leesviile j School, for the first session. Music ; was furnished by the Btatesburg j orchestra. The session was called to order by Mrs. L. M. Mitchell, j who represented the president of the Batesburg chapter. Following the welcome delivered by Mrs. Mitchell and by ^Superintendent P. A. Scott, the response was -spoken j by the state president, Mrs. St. J. j ; A. Lawton. This session was con- j siderably shortened because of the I ' fact that two of the scheduled i j speakers could not be present. Let- j I ters were read from Commander C. | J A. Reed and Commander W. L. j i McCutcheon expressing their re- j ! grets at being unable to attend the '< I meeting. Immediately after the" ! presentation of the state officers, a J reception was held and refreshing ! punch and cake served in the halls ; of the high school building. The session Wednesday morning j was taken up with routine work, including reports from the differ ent officers of the state division. At 1:30 o'clock a luncheon, given ! by the South Carolina division and prepared by the Batesburg Library j committee, was served. At this i luncheon Miss Mary B. Poppen- j i heim, of Charleston; Mrs. R. D. j ? Wright, of Xewberry: Miss Armida j Moses, Mrs. S. O. Plowden, Mrs. Frank C. Cain, Mrs. A. C. Jones and j Matthew Page Andrews, were ! guests of honor. Very entertaining j after-dinner speeches were made i by Miss Poppenheim, Mrs. R. D. j Wright, Mrs. Frank C. Cain. Mrs. j A. C. Jones and Mr. Matthew Page Andrews. The afternoon session was held at 3 o'clock and was given over to hearing reports from the different ! chapters and from standing com mittees. . I The session Wednesday night , was perhaps the most important j j and certainly the most interesting I ! of all the meetings. This was held ; j in the high school auditorium and ! ! was historical in character. Two j i numbers on this program were ? j those by Miss Mary Bess Boozer J and John Bell Towvll. of the local high school. Both were historical in character and dealt with the I Confederacy. The speaker of the ' evening. Dr. George B. Cromcr, of ; Xewberry, was at his very best, j speaking on "Fee. the Represen- I tative of a Cause." At the close of the address the division medal was presented to j Dr. John L. Du pre Chapter, Mt. | Pleasant. ' The Jordan medal was presented Miss Z. Paine. Johnson, and the Alexander Faris medal to i Miss Gertrude Coward. Confeder ate College. Rose loving cup pre- ! seated to Mrs. J. E. Ellerbee, Ma rion. The medals were presented | by Matthew Page Andrews, of Bal timore, who was an honor guest of the convention. The session closed with "The Star Spangled Banner." sung by the entire audi j en ec. \ Both sessions Thursday were i business in their nature and at these sessions were heard the re maining chapter reports, reports from the different committees and :he report from the St. Louis con vention. 'The historical conference I at the morning session, led by Mrs. J. 11. West, of Xewberry, was the ; most interesting pari of the session. Scotch Put Fleas to Work. The canny Scot has found a use i for fleas. Tin- loc al authorities of Glasgow have put this insect to work. There was trouble with the filters of the sewage purification works, which became (logger! u\> \ from time J" time with a gelatinous ! matter, the clearing away of which cost considerable money. The au thorities discovered that a flea could and would devour this sub stance and immediately put a flock "f them to work on it. , Bach flea devours more than a [ pound of tiie clogging substance per ! week and allows the sewage i<> be ^converted into water clear as crystal. The flea that does this work is the Acharutes and has heretofore been regarded merely , as a pest ? -\?<?< Voliva has made $6.000,000 for I Zion City in ten years. One of his drastic reTorms must be no buttons j in the contribution plate. ~* i A man wants a divorce because j his wife spent his money on hats. Money often goes to the head. j Soft in Outline f % Ostrich feathers, -uncurled and falling hi graceful disarray aim this Poire: model. A modified mushroom as to line the hat has ar. off-the-face slant exceptionally becoming to youth, i JEngland Stirred by "Miracle55 Percy Murray, 11, was wheeled into the Hcrbury Congregational Church in London where Rev. Stephen Jeffreys is holding an evangelistic meeting. After the preacher prayed for him the boy walked from "the church. That's Percy kicking so high. England is greatly agitated over the "miracle" cures at these meeting?. COUNTY COURTS DISAPPOINT-j hshment of these courts will profit ING. ; by these experiences, and be gov - [ eraed accordingly. Soon after the Less than a year ago a good deal j close of the wer between the states, was being said about the great need | the Radical government forced a of county courts in certain sections \ county court upon at least one of the state. It was claimedr that j county which the people felt was they would do wonders in many ; an imposition, and as soon as it was ways, especially in relieving con- possible f? r them to do so they got gestion, and in bringing about ! ?3 (i- h- Wc do not know in how speedy trials. The statement was manv othcr^oountics they were es made that the dockets were so tab?shed. but we ?? Know that crowded tl?t it \Vas impossible for vrhen t.h.a staf! government was them to be cleared by the usual \ crested from Lin hands of the car sefsions of the rcgiiiar courts, and '? ''?" awl scaiawags there that there were oases that had been *?< rc no r.ioT ? county courts.?An standing for long periods that 'v n ? l Mail, should have been disposed of. Inj otiu-r words the courts were over- 1 Converse College Closed, worked, and the only relief was to] ?? ?;? be found in the establishment of] Spartanburg. Dec. S.?Converse county courts. ' College closed today tor the Christ in one or more counties, the in- s holidays, on account of the de sistence for these county courts was' velop'awsnj of four cases of scarlet so very imperativ.- that the courts fevcr a-.?ong the students, were established, by the legislature upon request of the people, if we ar<- properly advised about the mat ter, but from what one hears these courts haw- been a disappointmeh*. and there i? such a change in sentimi at that it is likely thai pe titions will be gotten no demand Canning Factory Meeting. A meeting of the subscribers to stock in 'he canning factory will be held Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Chamber of Com merce. .Ml persons interested in growing truck are cordially invited to attend whether they have al ready subscribed to stock or not. -?-^t> -o World's I.ongc-t Tunnel One of the greatest tunnels in the world i:- Hearing completion. The new Simplon Tunnel will shortly be ready for traffic, and its transformation from a mere gal lery into an iot< rnational high road, which was first started in Decem of the regular court hold a special !,"!- wH1 ffreatly stimulate session, in ordei tea: tin- aforesaid i,,!si""*s conducted between the decision might be reversed. hi ports of Northern France and these ??Hier words, the t ounty judge threw a monkey wiench int-. the wheels of justice aj.d tie- v h< ;?? machinery has !> ?-. o wrecked, a.:!'! it must be repaired, ana the ;.???! le fiel that they canr.- t wait for : tu be done by the supreme court :i n \, in ]-.(? oat o" (ommisri' a too pressure was so great that eighteen onths was spent in boring fifty irds. at a cost of $.100.000. ing thai tins- courts be abolished. In one county, we are informed tin sentences of the court after crin i nals had been duly convicted were s<> disappointing that a perfect furor was raised and discussion -r.f these sentences got into tin- news papers. In an >th r county. the decision of the countv judge s eae d to have clogged ., :M.(oy ,,f tice to muh an extern that efforts are being made to hvao tin- ?ndire if the Mediterranean. Tremendous difficulties have been encountered and overcome in making tin* tunnel. Hot si>rings had to j,,- drained away*: and at one spot, about two and a half miles from tin- Italian opening, the rock long. Another complaint is tha! :b establish men1 of ih< so c. urts !i:' increased the tax ?eit ? f n win proportion. In other words ir cost is too heavy. A; has! rbi? the talk that eom.-'S from one ? tin- ? unities that ba<" a >nnt ecui*t. Tin feeling ir' thai iT ?, m too dear for the whistle. to desire is to be rid ol tin- burden. Tie- whole tunnel is twelve and a quarter miles long, of which five and a half miles is on Swiss terri tory. Electric traction will be used, so that -this will be the clean < st tuntil 1 in Europe. -? ?? ?? Sleep is pronounced by a doctor as only ft habit. A phonograph in We suppose that other counties 'he flat above will break the habit, which were considering 'he estab-i- Detroil News. Mail Early and Often. (By Annie P. Schirmer, Clerk, in: j New Rochelle (N. Y.) Postoffice). I : The Chnstmastidc is drawing near, I When parcel post looms high, j The clerks and postmen plead with you: j "MAIL EARLY," is their cry. : Of course you want your friends to get Their gifts by Christmas day, , I And Uncle Sam will back you up If you mail them right away. ! \ But if you keep on waiting j Until the last few days, . 1 There'll be congestion in the mails I And terrible delays. ; j Just think how disappointed j The kiddies all would be, ! If your presents came too late To hang on the Christmas tree. I - j Your gifts need not be opened If a paster you will use; j "Don't open until Christmas," j Is a seal that you should choose. j I wonder if you realize The hardships of the clerks, j If you neglect to mail THIS WEEK, ! And thus your duty shirk. j And picture the poor postmen Laden down with shoulders lame; For altho 'tis "Merry Christmas" ? They must all work just the same. So remember, friends, MAIL ARLY, j If you'd spread the Christmas cneer. ! MAIL EARLY, and MAIL OFTEN ! And delays you need not fear. ^ ^ m j . . ? . [ SOUTH CAROLINA INVENTORS. ! Winchester Rifle Invented by Man Named Winn of Chester. j The Dillon Herald is authority ; for this story* "It may not be gen erally known." remarked Mr. W. I W. Evans in conversation with a i Herald man about the world's great j inventions, "but the Winchester } rifle was invented by a man of the name of Winn of Chester, S. C, ( and that is how it got its name. I It was during the civil war. Winn ? was a native of Chester. He tried I to get the Confederates to use the I rifle in the civil war, but for some ! unknown reason the head of the j war department did not seem to I think much of it and he turned J Winn's offer down. Winn then j went north and disposed of it to the j Union army. The rifle was used against the Confederates with dcad , ly effect toward the close of the i civil war. When the war was over I northern manufacturers secured I (he patent rights and made a tre j rnendous fortune out of it. "And there was another useful ? article invented by a South Caro ? lina man who lived nearer home, j The old turn plow was the pro I duct of the inventive genius of a j Mr. Williamson the father of J Bright Williamson and Mclver Wil ! liamson of Darlington county. This was along about 1870. Until then i everybody used the old shovel plow. ! Mr. Williamson was a large plant ' er and used the most modern j methods of the day, in carrying on ; his farming operations. His son. ! Mclver Williamson, also a large ; planter, is the originator of the j Williamson method of growing I corn. I don't think Mr. William j son ever patented the turn plow, i but gave it as a contribution to the : advancement of the agricultural in | dustry." "Although history gives hhn the j full credit, still Eli Whitney was I not the inventor of the cotton gin," i continued Mr. Evans. "He was ; the patentee, but not the inventor. S Whitney, as history teaches us, was ! a northerner who came down, here i to teac*i school. He taught- near ' Hamburg, an old town on this ; side of the Savannah river oppo i site the city of Augusta. The real ; inventor of the cotton gin, strange ' as it may seem, was an'old negro-^ j a slave. Before the gin was in j vented they used' the old method of j "lolling out" the lint cotton. This I was a slow process. This old ne } gro conceived the idea of pi tting \ nails in the rollers with the small ! ends pointing outward. It was a i success. The nails stripped the lint ! from the seed with a great deal ! less labor. Whitney saw the in j vention and built a machine with ! brushes that woufd work against j the protruding nails, and from this j crude affair he evolved the present I day cotton gin. It is true that he improved on the old negro's idea, j but the idea of the cotton gin orig j inated in the brain of this old slav ! ery darkey." ? ? ? ? ? Prices of Fin's in Paris. Paris. Nov. IS.?For the three j years 1018. 1019 and it'20 enor ' mous profits were realized in the ' French fur trade but the rise in : prices seems to have passed its highest point this year. A Hudson Bay otter cloak which cost 12.000 francs in April, 1920. can now be bought for ?.?<?0. Rab bit skins which had reached fancy prices have returned to the normal, ' of before the war. Astrakhan and skunks are now only twice their ; pre-war prices and blue and white fox from three to folir times. Siberian sables and Peruvian chinchillas alone continue to in crease in price, both being rare and much in demand. A sable cloak which cost SO.000 francs in 101 :M 4 would cost today 500,000. ? Cockney" Once Molly-Coddlc. The word "Cockney." as used by writers of a few centuries ago. meant a molly-coddle or a person that had been eodled too much by his mother. Then the word was transferred to Londoners by those living outside the city, because city lif.- was held to make them less virile than the countryman. Later on the word was used to designate the particular class of Londoners, who whatever they may be at the present are surely not molly coddles. m +? *> Problem for Billy Evans: "If one fullback makes three touchdowns. : how many will a sober one make?" Missionaries Needed in Massachusetts New Bedford Has Highest Percentage of Illiteracy Washington.. Dec. 8.?New Bed ford. Mass.. has the highest percen tage of illiteracy among cities of more than 100.000 population, ac cording to a census report issued tonight. Spokane, Wash., was list ed as having the lowest percentage ?O.S. These figures, the bureau announced, were based on returns for all classes and races, the illit eracy in any city being vitally af fected by the proportionate number of foreign born and, in some cases, negroes, residing there. The percentage of illiteracy of persons ten years old and over of all classes, native white, foreign born white and negro, included: Atlanta: All classes, G.G; native white, 1.2: foreign born white, i.S; negro, 17.S. ! Birmingham: All classes, S.4: I native white, 0.7: foreign born i j white, l?.0: negro, 18,4: Norfolk, Va.: All classes, G.3: | i native white. 1.1; foreign born j ? white, CO-; negro,, 13.9. Richmond: All classes, 5.G; na-I i tive white, 1.0; foreign born white. ' I 7.8; negro, 14.8. j Program For a One Horse Farm. ; I The whole of boll weevil control I j is one of farm management. Those | sections of the country that have, j met the weevil successfully and j have become prosperous with the ! weevil present have done so by I putting into practice a better bal : anced system of farming than has I been practiced in the south during ! the past many years. This system j of farming provides for a self-sup I porting farm with proper atten ! tion to the following features: ! 1. Produce staple food and feed j crops for landlord, tenants and live- j I stock. j 2. Provide an all-year home | j garden. j 3. Provide and care for a good j ; home orchard. 4. Provide enough cows to pro- J j duce milk enough for all families j on the farm. 5. Provide sufficient hogs and '? j poultry for entire farm. J Where such a plan has been put j into practice, a one horse farm has i been divided about as follows: I Cotton 6 acres, followed by small j Corn G acres, with peas or velvet i beans, this to be followed by cot j ton next year. j Small grain G acres, which con i sists of 2 acres oats, 2 acres J wheat, 2 acres rye. All small grain j to be followed by summer legumes j for hay and soil improvement and j this to be followed by crimson clov \ er or vetch in winter to provide i seed and to be turned for corn the 1 following year. Patches 2 acres. This to consist j of sweet potatoes. Irish, potatoes, ? I syrup cane, peanuts and various summer and winter vegetbales. Where this program is put into practice it provides every facility i I for properly balancing the farm; ] I maintaining soil fertility, furnish- ' I ing necessary food and feeds, and ! i for the maximum of cotton. Persons who have made a care ful study of cotton growing under boll weevil conditions have found that it is grown profitably and sue- j cessfully only by those farmers i who give proper attention to the : following factors: 1. Early fall destruction of j stalks. j 2. Winter cleaning of hedges, i ditch hanks, terraces, etc. .3. Thorough preparation of soil before pfanting cotton. 4. Planting only approved va i rieties. ' 5. Planting as early as safety I will permit. G. Judicious fertilizing, using I ' liberal application fertilizer high in ; j phosphorous, but no late appliea j tion of soda. } 7. Rapid cultivation to a later1 ; date than usual, until crop is made. 8. Picking early weevils and | j first punctured squares at least ; I through June. j 9. Use of winter cover crops to i I maintain soil fertility and prevent I hiberation of weevils in cotton i fields. There is no single factor which ' will control the weevil, but a rigid j application of all of the foregoing ; factors is the only hope of success. S. M. Pi* A RS, i County Agent. Anderson County. A Birthday Party. On Wednnesday evening at his home on Broad street, Mr. W. W. Rowland celebrated his 67th birth day, a bird supper was served. Mr. Rowland is in the best of health . and there seems to be several more years in store for him. It can be truly said of him that he is sixty seven years "young" rather than old. Mr. Rowland's relatives en joying the occasion with him and Mrs. Rowland, were Mr. and Mrs. C cr. Rowland, Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Rowland. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Daughtery, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Rowland. Mr. and Mrs. 11. M. Rowland. Mr. and Mis. Earle Rowland. Miss Florine Rowland of Asheville. N. C. Mr. George Rowland. Misses Annie. Elizabeth, and S. K. Row Iand. Jr., Jasper and H. M. Row laud. Jr.. and little Miss Mary, 1 )a tight ery. ??m> -c ? People subject to quick depres sion of spirits can take comfort in the thought That the desperate condition of the Washington con ference is mostly due to the des perate needs of som ? of the corres pondents for copy. ? Detroit Free Press. ? The "can" is to be found in both American and Canadian. The con ference might make a not.- of this fact.?Cincinnati Enquirer. "1 am laying for The consumer." says the hen. But the cold storage men lay for us also. -o ? ? a good receipe for Christmas candy is: "Lead him past one candy store and tell him how hungry you are." Poinsett and the Poinsettia. In New Orleans as in Charleston the42poinsettias "are bursting" into glory in greater profusion than for many years," the seasons during the autumn and summer having been highly favorable to-'the full and perfect development of this gorgeous plant, and the New Or leans Tipies-Picayune declares that "there is scarcely a garden along upper St. Charles avenue t ad oth ers of our especially floral streets that docs not gleam with splashes of botanical flame." The Times Picayune then goes on to pay this charming editorial tribute to tha great Charlesronian to whom the people of the United States owe the flower which bears his name: "What a marvelous monument to a man those flowers are! And yet how few now recall the truly re markable man. statesman, scientist, orator, adventurer, botanist, writer, whom North America rnttst-thank for the introduction jgt the flower that wears a modification .of his name. We refer, of course, to Joel Roberts Poinsett, of South Caro lina. "Just for poetic justice of the thing, may we not assume that the flowers themselves, by their um?~ual profusion, wish to celebrr a double anniversary. Seventy j^ars ago, on December 12, Poinsett died full of age and honors, hut thirty years before that time Joel Poin sett, aged forty-two was a repre sentative in congress from his state and during the winter of 1821-22, because of his familiarity with foreign peoples gained by years of world rambling, was sent on a spe cial mission to Mexico. Then as to day and, we may say, as during most of the interim, we were, on uncertain terms with our southern neighbor. The Poinsett mission was successful; at the conclusion of his congressional term the young statesman was made minister to Mexico and there negotiated a com mercial treaty of unusual wisdom and breadth of view. "But we hasten too rapidly. It was during the winter of 1821-22 just mentioned that Poinser*, a bot anist of talent and .enthusiasm; made the acquaintance in the Mex ican wilds of the then . "Flor de Parque." a member of the euphor bia family of unrivaled size and beauty. We might explain right here, for fear of arousing the criti cism of our botanical friends, that the flower as popularly looked upon is not a flower ; at all. Only the tiny yellow center is a flower and : the scarlet points we commonly think of as petals are merely en-. larget bracts. Poinsett was quick to recognize the possibilities of the flower if transplanted to our south ern states and as hothouse plant the world over. He introduced it here and in his. honor it was call ed Poinsettia, a pretty name that was at once adopted and now re mains in general use. The full title is Poinsettia pulcherrima (most beautiful Poinsettia). "So much for the flowert but Joci Poinsett was by no means done scaling the ladder of fame. The ' South Carolinian was sent on dip lomatic missions to South America, where he became the hero of dra matic episodes and displayed mili-. tary ability and personal courage of a remarkable character. He *was minister of war under President Van Buren, won fame in literature and in several branches of science. He loved Mexico and opposed the Mexican war." It is interesting to have- The Times-Picayune recall just at this time the fact that it was a hun dred years ago this winter that Mr. Poinsett brought back the, Poin settia pulcherrima from Mexico-? a fact which few people here In his home city probably had thought of, if indeed many knew''of it. The coincidence that the poinsettias this winter are unusually profuse and lovely is a striking one, and more striking still is the fact that here in Charleston it has so happened that more . poins*-ttias hare been planted during the past year than ever before. They are flaming now in hundreds of gardens all over the city.?Charleston News and Courier. Comparatively few are ac quainted with the story of Joel R. Poinsett. and fewer still know that he spent his last years in Sumter county and that his body lies in the church, yard of the Church of the Holy Cress, Stateburg. ? o ? Germans Are Resuming Trade With China. London. Nov. 19.?The Germans are gradually returning to China and picking up the threads of their former business: not trading for the present under their own names but in partnership with Chinese, says a report on the commercial sit uation of China, by H. H. Fox, commercial counselor of the British Legation in Peking. German dyes and paints, needles, metals, drugs and sundries are be ginning to appear on the Shanghai market, the report goes on, and it. is stated that several important or ders for machinery and electric plant have recently been, booked by Germans firms. There is no doubt, '.he report says, that the Germans, assisted by the comparative cheapness of their products, will gradually re cover the share they held in Chi na's foreign trade before the war, but the process will be slow, as they have lost valuable, connections; the business organizations they had so laboriously built up have been* shattered, and th'ey have suf fered a serious loss of - prestige in the eyes of the Chinese. Debs isn't at liberty to say much. Among our most prominent miss ing people are several mail rob bers. -? ? ? When a hen lays a nickel egg she has a right to cackle. - Voliva says the world is flat. He could also add "broke" and not be far wrong. ? ? ? , It is impolite for a woman : to stand on a man's feet when he is Mtting in a street car.