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Mr. R. B. Belser Re . ports Results of In vestigation of Con ditions in Selma, Ala. Editor Daily Item: In ordor to gef first hand infor mation as to conditions in Dallas County, Alabama, where the peo ple are reputed to have met boll weevil conditions satisfactorily, I made a trip to Selma, the ?ounty seat of Dallas county, and spent four days there studying the de velopment which had- taken plr.ce after six years'farming under boll weevil condkions. The condition of the banks and ^the'volume of business going oh in the stores indicated that the peo ple of that county were in better financial shape, after six years of the boll weevil than are the people of this county. The bankers stated that the boll weevil, while a very serious pest," has caused the people o? the county to adopt diversified farming,'which-had proved a bless L ing to the county: that the people of the county were in better condi tion than they had ever been, when cotton was practically their sole de- J pendeuce as a money crop. They j gave first place to the creameries j of the county, with increased pro- ' duction of hogs and livestock . i close second, in supplying the place , of the cotton destroyed. ? The three general and two sav ings banks of the county had on de posit nearly $5,000,000. While on September 6th, the date of last j called statement, the bills payable' j and. rediscounts amounted to $1,- ; lOO^uOO; these items had all been j paid off between that oate and the j present, and . the banks now owed j nothing. The creamery products for 1* 20 j amounted to about $2,5/00,000; the j hogs and beef cattle 'to $1,500,000; ' while the cotton crop amounted to only $1,750,000. The extent, there fore, to which other mouey crops have been developed, is readily ap parent. ' JThe real ?estate men and bankers j agreed that the lands of the coun ty were bringing, even now with the present depression, more than they were in 1913, which was one of the best years we had in this section, prior to the war. Of course the present low prices *for .cattle, cotton and creamery products was not without its de pressing effects on. the general bus iness of that community, for all, agricultural interests are now. la- j boring' under extremely adverse conditions. - But on the whole, the J county and the- people were un- ( questionably in better shape than, are the people of our county at this ! time: Selrna is a city of about 15,000 j people," and Dallas county, as a j Whole, has* about 55,000 people, of j which 42.000 are neg-roes and of i the 13,000 white people in the j 0 county, about S,000 live in the city j of Selma,. leaving only about 5, 000 scattered throughout the coun ty. It will readily be seen, therefore, that this county with between four- ! teen and fifteen thousand white j people, out of. a population of 43,- I 000, with about 5,000 in the city and 9,000 x^. 10,000 white people in the county, is in much better shape to work a system ofj farming to meet boll weevil condi- i tions than was Dallas county. If. J therefore, Dallas county can de- \ velop and prosper under boll wee- j vil conditions, there is absolutely no j reason why this county should not I be able to do not only as well, but j better. ' We have better railroad fa- j cilities, with at least twenty-four \ hours quicker transportation to the j great market centres tor our truck I and livestock products, and a white ; population in the agricultural dis tricts almost d mble that of Dallas County. I found the people of Dallas county still trying to work out their market problem, just as we are. and the business men of the coun ts' very much interested in the plan which we are trying to work out for this county. 1 submitted to the county demonstration agent and a number of the leading bankers the farming program as we had it mapped out for this county, and they all approved of it very hear tily, and said they believed it was well adapted to the needs of boll weevil territory. That they did not really think that cotton was profi table under the low yields obtained in boll weevil territory, but that, owing to the large proportion of negroes in the county, they had found it necessary to continue to plant a considerable portion of their acreage in cotton. They were planting about 100,000 acres in cot ton and only making 19,000 bales, getting about the same yield on the same acreage both in 1920 and 1921. The table given below will tell the story of agricultural de velopment in that county in unmis takable terms, to any one who will give it careful study Agricultural Production in Dallas County, Alabama. For Year 1920. Compiled from Report of F. W. Gist, Field Agent. U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture. Crop Acres Quantity Value eorn . 9^,000 1,350,000 bu $1,213.000 Cotton ...100,000 10,000 tales 1,530,000 Cottonseed. 8.60O tons 206.000 Peanuts ..5.109 $8,00i) bu 53,000 Hay . 46,000 40.000 tons 64?.0o0 Velvet b. 16.300 8.100 tons 138,000 Cow P. 13.00? 130,000 bw 2?>.S.'.M>f? Irish P.. -1.200 00,000 bu 210,000 Sweet ?. 48.000 40s,0<>0 bu <mn Sorthum.. 3.600 342.000 ga!s 239.0O0 Sugar C S>v 1.700 340,000 gals io.ooo Sov Beans .. ">00 5,000 bu 13.(too Oats..11,500 253,000 bu 225.000 Total value field crops $5,315.000 Horses and )IuLos 1.200 ??5.000 Cattle. U?.6?0 533,000 ACREAGE PROGRAM NEXT YEAR (Memphis Convention I Outlines Plans For Reduced Cotton Acreage and Diver sified Farming Memphis, Dec. 12.?Limitation of acreage planted in cotton in 1922 to the same preparation of the land placed in cultivation in all crops as prevailed in 1921. in a campaign for diversification to make eVery farmer self-supporting, ? regardless of the trend of cotton ( prices, was urged and plans to this j end for state organizations were ! outlined in resolutions adopted to day by a committee authorized by the Cotton Acreage Convention, in session here, to draft plans to sta bilize conditions in the cotton in dustry. Adoption of the resolutions fol lowed addresses by planters, bank *ers and merchants, reviewing ac complishments of th?i cotton acreage reduction campaign in 1921 and urging the same :estriction be adhered to in 1922 Opposition to acreage limitation ?came but from two states, Texas and Arkansas. The delegates from these states asked the convention not to go on record as limiting the acreage to any certain proportion o" the land in cultivation during . 321. This difference was compro mised in committee by embodying in the resolutions a provision that the proportion of the total acre age planted in cotton in 1922 should not exceed the proportion planted in all other crops. The resolutions will be presented to the convention for ratification tomorrow. The resolutions, after stating that present conditions show* the necessity for a continuance of the limitation of cotton acreage in ; 1922 and expressing fear that cot ton growers will be tempted by present" prices to disregard the rules of "safe and sane farming, thereby inviting a return of the disastrous financial and economic conditions which prevailed in 1921," urged every farmer to pro duce the foodstuffs necessary to support all livestock on the farm, that the acreage planted to feed be based on the minimum produc tion of a bad year and not on the maximum production of a good year; .that every farmer be urged to make an independent home liv ing "through utilizing the products of at least one cow, one sow and I two dozen hens, and by producing on his farm all food that soil and j climatic conditions will permit." To insure a more widespread campaign for limitation of acreage next year, delegates were named from each cotton producing state as follows: Louisiana, W, P. Thompson; Mississippi, S. J. High; Tennessee, Leon-Sternberger; Oklahoma, Jno. A. Whitehurst; Arkansas, E* J. Bodman; Texas, W. P. Andrews, Virginia, Charles C. Grant; Ala bama, F. A. Blood worth; Georgia, I E. W. Vaughan; North Carolina, I A. B. Johnson; South Carolina, W. [ O. Tatum. f In addition to /this state work it i was decided to conduct an educa ' tional campaign covering the south j with headquarters in Memp'his. Federal Road Funds _ 9 Sumter County Will Probably f Receive Larger Allotment j in Future i Columbia. Dec. 14.?Among ? numerous allotments of federal aid I made by the State Highway Com mission Tuesday evening was fifty thousand dollars to Sumter county for the Stateburg road. A large delegation came to Co lumbia from Sumter to appear be j fore the commission. They came j prepared to ask for $250,000, but j when they found how many appli i cations were in they cut their re ! quest in half. The county was j akoted >,65.000, but, as the Sum | ter highway program covers five ! years, i*. is thought practically sure ; that the county can get additional ? aid in future years as the money i is needed in Sumter county. CHARLES W. MORSE j CHARGED WITH FRAUD I Washington, Dec. 13.?Charles W. Morse, the shipbuilder, was ar raigned on a warrant before the ! United States Commissioner that j charged conspiracy to defraud the ; United States -? ^ #?? - Washington. Dec. 13.?Antici pating naval limitation ten rear admirals of the Japanese navy have been honorably discharged. 1 1 " i Hops . 75.000 97.".000 j Poultry .... 113.000 79,000 Milk . . 7.000.O0O pals 2.450.000 j Egps. 340,000 doz 13G.?00 Total value Live Stork and Live Stock Products. $4.270.000 Total Agricultural Production $9.585,000 I Chamber of Commerce, Selms. Ala. My Investisntions in Selma and Dallas < ounty confirmed my im : pression that, while we would have I to work hard and probably have n ; hard time for two or three years, in a comparatively short time we \ ought to be able to make this coun jty more prosperous than it has ever : been in the past. We need, how fever, the assistance and co-opera ttion of all the people of th?> county, and I believe that tlv peo ple of rhe county are going t<? ris. to the issue and see that this coun ty continues to go forward. II. B. BEtjbSER-. State Highway Commission Meeting _. " iE ! Federal Funds Distributed to Several Counties?Sum- j ter Gets $50,000 For Stateburg Road Columbia, Dec. 14.?Actual al-. lotments totaling approximately $300,000 in federal aid were made to several couties yesterday by the state highway commission at its monthly session here and some thing like $200,000 additional was tentatively allotted. "With the aid granted and that practically agreed upon the commission almost ex hausted its fiscal year's share in the federal appropriation. South Carolina's share for the new year was $1.061,000 and at the November meeting the commis sion allotted approximately $500, j 000. A grand rush was made by the counties and yesterday the com mission was literally besieged with applications for aid. Sumter, Rich land and Charleston alone would have taken all the federal aid avail able in the state if the commission had listened to the pleas of these three counties. The. commission was faced with the task of making the allotments jwith about $500,000 available and ! three times that much wanted. Fol I lowing the day's session the com I mission was practically in the con J dition of "Old Mother Hubbard," having nothing left. . Delegations from Allendale, Or I angeburg, Marion, Richland, York and Sumter appeared and sought federal aid. The Sumter delegation came with the idea of asking for $200,000, it was said, buf after arriving and seeing the numero?? j demand^ cut the request to $11*. l 000. Orangeburg wanted $30,00? I for the old State road and anoth?? allotment for the Bamberg high way. Richland presented a strong front. Members of the Permanent ! Roads association, city council, the j county commissioners,* the mayor. ! the Columbia Automotive Trades association and Senator Pearce were all present and asked for $200,000 as a minimum. Actual allotments were made as follows: Abbeville county. $10,000, to be used in constructing a reinforced concrete bridge on the Abbeville Antreville road; Allendale county, $15,000, to be used on the Allen dale-Augusta road leading to the I Sand Bar Ferry bridge; Dorchester county, $13,000, of which $6,000 is for the Charleston-Columbia road between Rosinville and the O range j burg-county line and $7.000 for the j same road between Four Hole j swamp and Dave Thrower's place; j Lexington county, $17,000, on the j Charleston-Columbia road from I Brookland to the Calhoun count} j line; Horry county, $15,000. to be used on the Conway-Georgetown j road; Darlington, $10,000. for the road from Darlington to Society Hill; York. $20.000, to be used eith er on the Westen road or the Fort '.Mill project, the selection to be made by the county authorities; Sumter county. $50,000, for the Stateburg road; Charleston, $65,000, for a continuation of Rutledge ave nue untfl the Charleston-Columbia road is reached; Richland county, i $75,000, for the Camdcn road. In addition to these annual allot ments the , commission tentatively made allotments to the following counties: Bamberg, Barnwell, Cal houn, Edgefield, Greenville. Hamp ton, Kershaw, Laurens, Lee, Marl boro, Orangeburg, Saluda, Spartan [ burg and Union. No amounts were announced in these tentative allot [ ments as the commission does not I know what- steps the counties will j take to avail themselves of this j money. It is practically certain I that all will make every effort to j get the money, but nothing definite i is known. I The commission was in session all j day and until a late hour last j night, the appearance of so many j delegations consuming considerable time. Last night the annual report was considered and a number of j recommendations are to be made j to the legislature. ! No decision was reached in the J classification of the primary and j secondary system of roads under j the new federal aid law as this mat ter is yet to be taken up with the bureau of public roads. ??? <? ? o I School Exten sion Funds ! Columbia, Dec. 14.?A total of J $42,423 has just been sent by the j state department of education to ; the counties of the state, for the ! extension of school terms, under j the act of the legislature appro | priating 1921 state funds for this j purpose. This money was distribut i ed among 442 school districts, rep j resented in thirty-six counties. Newberry county received the largest amount for any one county. J $2,897. Tht; second largest amount j from this fund went to Horry [county, $2,164. Abbeville gof. the ; third largest share. $2,000. Dillon ; county got the smallest amount, j $200. Anderson got $400; Green ville got $1,070; (Ireenwood got $1,100! Richland got $300; Spar | tanburg got $6(>0: York got $1,200. Ten of the counties did not receive any of this fund. La FolletteWill Fight Treaty Washington, Dec. 13.?Senator LaFolMte declared today that he is j prepared to do all within hi* pow ! er to prevent the ratification of the Pacific treaty. SCHOOL TEACHER BEATEN TO DEATH Waukon, Iowa. ?!"?<?. 1.3.? Mrs. ! flundn Martindale, sheriff of Alla makee county, announced that no ? clue has been found to the murder er of Miss Edda Magneson. the school teacher, who was beaten !>? .death at :i s< hool near town. COTTON PRODUCTION UNDER WEEVIL CONDITION Recommendations Made by the Extension Service of Clem son College, Stalk De struction and Cleaning Up Farm The hordes of weevils that rav age the cotton crop are the off spring of parent weevils that passed the preceding winter successfully. The weevils developing late in the fall are the ones most likely to sur vive the winter, as they are not worn out by long flights and by egg laying. The greatest number of weevils will survive in those fields on which cotton stalks together with grass, weeds and other refuse material offering shelter, are allow ed to remain. The early destruction of cotton stalks by chopping and plowing them under, the planting of winter covers, and the cleaning of terraces, ditch hanks, edges of woods, and other places offering winter shelter, constitute the first step in making the next year's crop. Thorough Preparation. When a cover crop is grown on the land- during fall and winter, it should be plowed under early in the spring so that the land will have ample time to settle before plant ing. Cotton comes up more quickly and starts growth earlier if planted on a firm, well-settled seed bed than if planted on a loose one. If the land has been in corn and velvet beans, or corn and peas during the summer and can he convenietly plated to a cover crop, this should be grazed during the early winter months and plowed under in mid winter for best conservation of ni trogen, and this will give time for the land to settle and the organic matter to humify before planting time. Where no cover crop is used, the land should be plowed in the fall or early winter for a heavy clay soil, or in the early spring in the case of a sandy soil, and the seed beds should be made up early in the spring so that they will have ample time to settle before plant ing. Clay- soils when plowed in the fall should be plowed deep to give more soil for root develop ment. No soil should he plowed deep in the late spring or just be fore planting. Planting Only Approved Varieties. Numerous experiments in the boll weevil infested area of this state' and other states have amply justi J fled the recommendation of the fol I lowing varieties for the conditions designated. A. Short staple varieties: (1) Cleveland Big Boll for wilt-free j land. (2) Dxie Triumph for wilt ? infested land. j B. Long staple varieties: (1) Webber No. 40. (2) Deltatype I Webber. It is important to have an early fruiting vari ty bur* it is also im portant to have a variety winch continues to fruit throughout the season. The boll weevil prefers to puncture squares and will do so if they are present in the plants: but if none are to be found, he will then puncture the half-grown boils. This explains why it is important for a variety to continue fruiting throughout the season. It should be understood that j other varieties may in a given soa I son and under favorable conditions j yield more than these, hut when taken for a period of years the above named ?varieties have proved ! their superiority. I Planting as Early as Safety Will Permit. I Cotton should be planted as early j as possible after danger of killing frost is over and tthe ground is warm enough to insure quick ger mination and rapid growth. In or der to insure a good stand without replanting, more seed should be used than has been the custom in the past. It is well to use from one to two bushels per acre, depending on the condition of the land, more seed being used where the land is rough and cloddy or cold, li is a distinct advantage when practicable to delint the seed, because delinted seed will germinate more quickly by several days, under adverse j conditions, than will undelinted j seed. Jud icious Fertilizing. A liberal application of com mercial fertilizer is also advisable, and this fertilizer should contain an abundance of phosphoric acid, as this ingredient hastens the ma turity of the crop up to a point where the plant has all it requires in its growth. On most soils in this state about 300 pounds of acid phosphate per acre will give most profitable results. A liberal amount of ammonia hastens the maturity of the < rop up to a certain point. Too much ammonia delays the crop as does too little, hence tin- im portance of having the correct amount of ammonia for each soil. Bach farmer should study the needs of his soils and use the amount of ammonia which he finds best for ! his land. Potash is necessary on j most of our sandy soils and on some ! of our Piedmont soils. Where ;i I good system of farming is prac ticed in t!ie Piedmont section, where the crops are rotated and or ganic matter supplied, no potash should be requin d. An excess of potash also tends to delay the ma turity of the erop. and for this rea son moderate applications win .Gen erally give best results. A well bal anced fertilizer which supplies the I needs of the soil to which it is ap i plied gives the earliest crop and the largest erop. All of the phosphrrous and the potash and most of the nitrogen .should b,- applied by the time the first squares begin i<> tonn, on ? very light sandy soil* it is advisable ; to-apply more oj' this nitrogen after jihe cotton is up. but in no ?ase should this a p pleat ion be delayed until late in the season. VY~hen large applications of fertilizer axe \ made at planting time, it is im | portanl to mix the fertilizer with j the soil thoroughly so that it will not Interfere with the germination and early growth of the cotton. Rapid Cultivation. From tho very start, cotton should be cultivated intensively to prevent weeds and grass from ever getting a start. To accomplish this, frequent shallow cultivation is advisable. Cotton should never be cultivated so deep as to destroy the roots of the plants, and under no conditions should weeds and j grass be allowed to get a start in the cotton, as they will delay the growth. Collecting Weevils. It may be helpful to pick weevils j from the young cotton plants be | fore the squ'-^es appear whenever j cheap labor that costs practically I nothing in cash is available. If weevil collecting is done with the utmost care, giving special atten tion to places where the greatest number of weevils hibernated, the majority of the weevils may be ! caught before they lay their eggs, j It is estimated that weevil collect ! ing when upon thorough search less than 50 weveils per acre arc found, is not profitable. Collecting Squares. When low-priced labcr is avail j able, square collecting will be help I ful if properly done. Collecting I should be begun about ten days af ; ter the first bloom is seen in the I field. But unless it is done thor . oughly it is unprofitable. About j every five days every square must be picked, not only those on the j ground, but also those that have dried on the plants, as well as those which show yellow color or I are flared. This should be con j tinued during the first weeks of I the square-forming period. Dur } ing wet seasons when cultivation is impossible, plow labor may be used until cultivation can be re I sumed. Special attention should j be given to places where a large ! number of weevils passed the wili tre, such as bottom lands, wo:%ds ' and fields adjoining waste land or other places where rubbish oc :ur". It is advised that all collected squares, instead of being destroy ed, be placed in a box having one of its walls made of ordinary wire window screening. Instead of a box. a barrel covered with ordi nary window screening may bo used and this laid horizontally at some convenient place. ; The box or barrel must be tight j so that no emerging weevils can j escape. The meshes of the wire j screen are too small for weevils to escape, yet sufficiently large to ' permit the escape of parasites. Attempts at poisoning the cot ton boll weevil in 1921 gave vari able and generally unsatisfactory ! results. Comparing the work and ! results secured in other states, it j is believed that the results se ! cured in this state during 1921 j were, due to adverse weather con j ditions during the poisoning pe j riod. and that poising is profitable when properly done on high yield : ing land, provided that the I weather is favorable. Csc of Winter Crops. The value of winter cover crops j in fighting the boll weevil can not ? be overestimated. In the first ; place, the boll weevil can not spend the winter in a green cover crop, i as it is impossible for him to evapo ! rate a sufficient amount of water i from his body to enable him to live j through the winter. In the second I place, winter cover crops prevent i washing and leaching, thus saving ! a very large amount of nitrogen, i which is our most expensive fer tilizer. If legumes are used as ! cover crops, they not only save a j large amount of nitrogen from [leaching out of the soil but may I actually add several dollars worth , of nitrogen to the soil. They also I greatly increase the organic mat i ter in the soil, which is one of the most important factors in develop ing an early cotton soil. The extension service of Clem I son College has 'published Exten sion Bulletin 48. "Farming under j Holl Weevil Conditions." and has secured through Senator X. B. Dial the publication of a revision ; of the "Report of the South Caro lina Boll Weevil Commission." j Both of these publications, which I may be had from county agents or from the Extension Service. Clem i son College. S. C. contain valuable suggestions on growing cotton un i der boll weevil conditions. .-??<><? FARMERS' MARKET ING ASSOCIATIONS TO BE LEGALIZED Washington. Dec. 13.?Legisla tion legalizing cooperative farmers combinations for marketing and distributing purposes will he rec on mended by the congressional in quiry commission. Chairman An t! rson announced today. _._-o?? ? Trapped in Boarding House Eight Persons Burned to Death in Detroit Detroit. Mich.. Dec. 13.- Eight persons were burned to death and three others seriously injured in a boarding house fire hen- last night. Yellowpine. Ala.. Dec. 13.?A thousand Mennonites have arrived here from Saskatchewan to make ; heir horn. s. Bond Issue For I Road Building iGov. Cooper Will Recom mend ?20,000,000 For Hard Surface Roads _ Columbia, Der. 14.?A bond is sue of about twenty million dollars, together with new sources of reve- ! nue, are to be urged on the coming ' legislature by Governor-Cooper, to provide a state system of hard stir j faced roads in the state. Details; ; of the governor's plan have not ; been made public as yet, but the [ system was discussed at a meet ing of the state highway commis 1 sion in Columbia Tuesday, and the governor will make some announce ment soon regarding his proposal 1 to the solons. The governor has stated several times that he will endorse the idea j of a large bond issue for a system j of hard-surface state roads. I; is understood lie will suggest an is l sue of about twenty million dollars. The governor will also suggest some j adjustments hi the automobile li | cense schedule, lie will likewise j recommend a tax on gasoline. It I is probable that other phases of a I financial program will also be rec [ ommended, and it is stated that the j burden on the people of the state j wili be light, hardly felt by the small tax payer. ? ? ? ! Tobacco Farmers I Signing Up I Florence. Dec. 13.?With but ten I days of campaigning left before the 1 holidays, South Carolina tobacco j growers are speeding up in their drive for signers to the contract for cooperative marketing. Members of the association are making a house-to-house canvass of their neighbors who have not as yet sign ed, and local organizations are racing to the 100 per cent goal. The tobacco belt has been sub divided for the final spurt, and each subdivision is under the supervis ion of a veteran campaigner or a member of the oarrrpaign commit tee. Darlington and Florence coun ties have already secured' their minimum quotas, and are pushing j forward to hold the lead. Wil j liamsburg, Marion, and Dillon are ! staging their big week, and Claren I don is close on the heels of the j leaders. W. E. Lee of Timmons ville and County Agent Davis are putting Horry county in the run ning, and E. E. McGill of Darling ton, after having helped to put his home county '"over the top." is aid ing in the "sign-up campaign in : counties on the southern border of : the belt. Sumter, Lee and George j town are making excellent pro I gross, and bid fair to be among the j first at the finish, j Boll weevil conditions are forc ! ing farmers in many sections to J cast about for another "money j crop" and as tobacco is a logical ! choice a considerable acreage will be planted in new territory the coming year. The Growers' Market ! ing association will remove an ex I Isting handicap to new territory by i furnishing a stable market for the I product, and many prospective j growers of Orangeburg, Damberg, ! Berkeley and Dorchester counties j are "joining up" with growers of this state, North Carolina and Vir : ginia. j B. and 0. Shops Closed j Baltimore. Dec. 13.?Thousands j of shop men employed by the Balti ? more & Ohio railroad will be fur ! loughed indefinitely Saturday when shops over the.entire system will be I shut down. Business depression and the ne j cessities of effecting economies j were given by officials of the road j as prompting the action, j Neither Daniel Williard, presi j dent of the road, nor C./W. Gallo | way. vice president in charge of ; operation, would venture an opin j ion as to how long: the shut down j would continue. About 15 shops. Mr. Galloway estimated was the total of the sys I tern and all of these would be shut I down. The principal of these are j in Baltimore. Cumberland, l'itts I burgh. Keyser. W. Va.; Zanesville. 1 Ohio: Cincinnati, Ohio, and Wash ; ington. D. C. ! President Willard said that the j move has been decid- d upon be cause of business depression which i has resulted in a severe falling off , in business for the railroad and a j necessity of effecting economies I wherever possible. Mr. Willard al i so called attention to the fact that i it has been customary on some i roads to close down for a time at the holiday period, some of the workers themselves preferring to enjoy the time as a holiday period. -? O o Death I Greenville. Dec. 12.?Dr. William I Simonton rack. 60 ye ars of age. practicing physician in Greenville ice more than ?'.*? years, died at his home here this afternoon after an illness extending over a year. Be sides his widow, is ? is survived by i two sons. William Marion Pack und I Dr. Aha S. Pack of U ? nville. and three daughters. Mrs. 11. Warren McColl?m of Sumter. Mrs. W. Law rence Bent'/ and M:->; 'Alna Pad-: ; of Greenville, and also < ne luv ther. i'. ! I. Pack of < Jreem lib ! Pr. Pack was grai-Uated from the I College of Charleston in v$$9 and "practiced medicine In r tan ring tor 1 three years before coming t ? Greenville. Prior to beginning his study of medicine, ho was an ex tensive planter in Clarendon ? ..un 1 ty. lie was a member of the [Greenville County Medical ?o?ieiy. 1 State Medical association and American Medical association ?' ?'? over 30 years-. In 1883 he married Miss Mary Louise Wilder of Sum ter. _ Washington. Dec. 14 -The legal izing of co-operative marketing as sociations and the lowering of freight rates have been recommend ed by the agricultural commission. j Hell Breaks Loose in Kansas Entire National Guard Noti fied to Get Ready For Duty Pittsburgh Kansas. Dec. 14.? Three companies of the National Guard have been mobilized for duty in the coal fields where the women relatives of the striking miners : have been preventing Other miners ! from woi king. Topeka. Kansas. Dec. 14.?Xo ] tices have been sent to all Xational '?Inar-] organizations in the state, : numbering about two thousand i-men, to be prepared for a call to I duty in the coal fields. ; Pittsburg, Kan.. Dec. 14.?While the militia was mobilizing the mili tant women of the Kansas coal : fields engaged in an ambitious pro gram to stop by violent activities the operation of coal mines by men J opposed to Alexander Howat, the , deposed official whom they support. ? A thousand women were at one j mine and the sheriff was powerless, I Except for the heating of one man I there was little violence. Young Man Killed Greer, Dec. 13.? Andrew Vaughn, 34, a young farmer living about seven miles from Greer, was shot Tuesday afternoon while out j hunting by the accidental discharge ; of his gun. He did not die im \ mediately but was carried to Chick' Springs sanitarium where '. he died an hoar later. He is sur : vived by his widow and six chil dren. I * Is Killed by Train Greenwood, Dec. 13.?Sitting be ' side the Seaboard tracks in a res i idential section, W. L. McDonald, ; white man. of Donalds, was struck by Seaboard through passenger ? train Xo. <>, and killed here late ! yesterday afternoon. Testimnoy at the coroner's inquest showed that ; small boys playing near the tracks I had attempted to get McDonald j away from the tracks before the I train passed. After striking the I man, the train stopped, placed him : in the baggage car and back to the I station from where he was carried j to a local hospital. Surgeons oper ; ated but his skull was shattered ! and he died about an hour later. ? ? o Chinese Make j Counter Proposals I Washington, Dec. 14.?Counter proposals of the Chinese to pur < chase from Japan the Kiao-Chow ; Tsihanfu railway in Shantung have ! been cabled to Tokio. f> ? o I Sinn Fein Delay Action Dublin. Dec. 14.?The ratifica tion or rejection of the British Irish agreement by Dail Eireann was postponed until Thursday, it was decided at a meeting of the I Dail Eireann. I -m~+~o MARSHAL FOCH SAILS FOR HOME Xew York, Dec. 2 4. ? Marshal J Foch. bearing with him every hon or that America could bestow, bade ' farewell to the cheering throngs gathered at the dock, and sailed for I France today. - ?,?.<> Cotton Consumption During November Washington, Dec. 14.?The total amount of cotton consumed during November was 526,610 bales, the I census bureau announced. o ? ? Soldiers' Bonus Agitation Renewed i Washington, Dec. 14.?The house j ways and means committee today \ announced through its chairman that it would take up the soldiers' j bonus bill after Christmas. S200,???ForRich land County Columbia. Dec. 14.?The applica tion of Richland county for $200. 000 of federal aid for highways was approved by the state highway ? commission at its December .meet ing Tuesday. Richland county is su< 1 two million dollars of bonds, but to date has received only $50, 000 federal aid to match it. -o ?? o ALLIANCE BETWEEN RE LIGION AND EDUCATION Memphis. Dee. "4.?An insepar able alliance he! ween progress and religion is the outstanding educa tional task. Dr. W. D. Few told the Southern Methodist Education al Association, which is in session Volley Ball Supper. The volley ball supper given at the termination of the set time limit for the running of this "Rail road" league is scheduled for 8 o'clock Monday night. a turkey supper out of the ordinary is promised members of the various teams. Xuff sed. -o ? o Washington. Dee. m.?a favor abb- report was sent to the house on the bill appropriating twenty million dollars for the purchase of grain and other food products for Russia. -? ? ? London. Der. 14.?The Evening Standard said that Premier Craig was sending a letter to Lloyd George declaring that Uster in tends to stand aloof from the Irish fr< e slate. Seniors Are Champions Claim School Championship After Defeating Sophomore Team In a game of football played on Monday afternoon at the fai'r grounds, the Seniors of the Sumter : High School, declare themselves ; school champions of this year by right of conquest. The teams of rhc senior and the sophomore classes were the contesting teams in the championship game. In previous games the Seniors brought defeat upon the Freshmen and the Sophomores showed their skill at : the game by inflicting a crushing ! defeat upon the Juniors. This ! brought the Seniors and the Sophs ! together in their game on Monday ! afternoon. The score of the final < class game was, Seniors, 14; Sophs 0. Be it said in due credit to the Sophs team that the Seniors un questionably had the weight on them. The Sophs put up a plucky fight throughout and it was not with any degree of ease that the Seniors wrested their victory from I their opponents. Stars of garner Seniors, Kirvin, C, Pitts, and Kir vin. M.; Sophs. Wright, R., Flake and Cuttino. Dr. Currell Resigns j Carolina President Sends Let ter to Trustees Outlining Intentions Columbia. Dec. 15.?The receipt of a request from Dr. William Spenser Currell that he be allow ed to retire as president of the Uni versity of South Carolina on May 13, 1923, his 61st birthday, the regular retiring age, and the es tablishment of a graduate school of the university featured the reg ular meeting of the board of trus tees of the university yesterday afternoon. Definite action on^ the retirement of Dr. Currell was de ferred to a later and better attend ed meeting of the board. President Since 1914. Dr. Currell has been president of the university since July 14, 1,914. and the institution has enjoyed remarkable growth under his exe cutive management, despite the fact that unusual, financial condi tions confronted him in 1914-1915 when the price of cotton went tt> . six cents, that the work of the uni versity was interrupted because of the world war and that he is now encountering a period of financial I depression due to crop failure and, j post-bellum deflation. During his incumbency, the enrollment of the institution, except for the period of hostilities when students were encouraged to enlist, has been around "00 since 1914. It went beyond ?00 last year breaking a?i records and bids fair to exceed this last figure for the session of 1921 1922. _ Medicine Company Moves to Columbia Columbia, Dec. 14.?For the man ufacture and sale of a proprietary medicine, Anti-Ferment, the Kuy-^ kendall Chemical company, form- ^ erly of Rock Hill, is removing its 1 plant and business to Columbia, which will hereafter be the dis tributing point for this well-known , preparation. It is the purpose of the Kuykendall Chemical company to advertise the remedy extensive ly, putting it not only before the people of South Carolina, but throughout the United States, a na | tional advertising campaign being I contemplated. j While the company is new. the j remedy is not. Anti-Ferment was \ the original prescription of Dr. ? John C. Kuykendal, a druggist and j graduate pharmacist of York, and [ was used as far back as forty years ? aero. Its sale was for many years j purely local, beginning with the j demand at Dr. Kuykendall's drug I store in York for something to re ! lieve indigestion with adults and, j children and the various ailments j resulting therefrom. The sales : grew from a bottle now and then, ; dispensed over the prescription counter, to several gross a year. In* j 1905. Dr. C. M. Kuykendall, the son of John C. Kuykendal, had the trade mark registered in the United States patent office as a matter of protection and since then the sales 1 have increased from year to year. C. M. Kuykendal and F. R. ! Kuykendal. the sons of the late Dr. ' C. M. Kuykendall. have recently organized the Kuykendall Chemical company, which is now coming ?o Columbia and will be located at .No. 724 Main Street. DISCUSSION SHIFTING TO FAR EAST QUESTION Washington, Dec. 15.?With the ! formal announcement of a com plete agreement between Great Britain, the United States and Ja pan on a basis for the latter's ac ceptance of the naval ratio await-' ing adjustment of technical details alone, the focal point of arms con ference, appeared to be shifting to the Far Eastern discussions. * SHORT SKIRTS DEFENDED Philadelphia. Dec. 15. ? "The short skirt is hygienic, if nothing else can be said in its favor." Mrs Elizabeth Middle-ton. director of world's national Women's Chris tian Temperance Union, told a group of high school girls. WILSON PROVED TO BE VETERAN'S COMRADE1 ^ Washington. Dec. 15.?Former . President Wilson is proud to consid er himself a comrade of all men oL the expeditionary forces, he said \xP a letter to .J. Bentley Mulford, vice president of the Rainbow Division veterans, in replying to the Xew Years creerinf