The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 24, 1921, Page PAGE 2, Image 2

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The Wjptchman and Southron -?? Published Wednesday and Satur day by Ostcen Publishing Company, Snmter, S. C. - Terms: $2.00. per annum?in advance. Advertisements: One Square, f:rs> insertion ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion .Jr .50 * Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates All communications -which sub serve, private interests will je charged for as, advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re spect will be charged tmr. The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True ?Southron in 18GS. The Watchman and Southron now has the com bined, circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is man ifestly the best advertising medium in -Sumter. x_ MERRY CHRISTMAS. Xow Christmas is come, Let us beat up the drum, And call all the neighbors together: And when they are here iet us give them such cheer As will keep out the wind and the weather! . Christmas is the greatest, both of holy^-days and of holidays. It is the dec-pest and the sweetest, the lov % ingest and the laughingest of all the days of all the year. ... Everybody needs holidays. All work and no piay makes Jack a dull boy. All play and no work? even a sage wise as Solomon and Mother Goolb put together could not-state the evils of that combina tion. As for all worry and no joy, the human frame cannot stand '* ? that, and" does not. Mind and body fmash-under *t. So it is well that we h*ave Christ mas. For some people do not take vacations from work. And some ; people <io not stop-^L.ying at life long enough to think. And some people worry. But on/Christ mas :ac worker must play. He cannot help it- Christmas will no; let J?m. And the player canact but work ,a? bit to case his fellowmcn, carmot btit think a bit about joy and- sorrow and what it means _to give happiness to children. Christ - - ?*.? mas ,wiil not let him. And the worrier must cease his corroding ypelfishricss long enough to laugh a %It, to forger .what iils may lurk ground * the corner. Christmas makes him. For at Christmas day there are only two corners to look around. Beyond one'lies tlie Christ-Child? making-all hearts tender and hope ful. antT selfrdenying as all babies do. And lit with a radiance? Beyond'the other corner . lurks "Santa Claus, making all hearts merry and all eyes twinkle and evr eryone want to do something nice for everybody else. ? And?if such things exist, even for one day in 'the year, why then they exist, that's all. For one day Vthere: is tenderness and sweetness ;and self-denial in the world, in j Spite of eviL For one day there is ! fun and gaiety and a friendly joy. For one day there" is^only a happy j present and a vision of a happy i year to ,come. These things are j real. Everybody sees them. Ev- i erybody feels them. Those who are wise carry \?ithj them into the rest of year the mem- ! ory of that day, the firm belief in ] all the beauties it manifests. And { they scatter, as they move through their various humdrum activities, a little of the tenderness and thought ofothers, a little of the eternal ra -chance. eternal courage and eternal hope, a little of the merriment and whole-hearted laughter. *God rest .ye, merry Gentlemen! Let nothing you dismay? For Christ the Lord, our Saviour, Is born on Christmas Day! MILITARY PRESIDENTS. Leslie's Weekly, drawing a fanci . ful parallel from history and ignor ing party labels, suggests that be ginning with the Presidential elec tion in 1914 only one 'candidate .without a military record will be 'chosen as president during the next 140 years. The imaginary succes sion is given as follows: GesreraJ Pcrsbing. .Two terms General Wood --one term General Edwards. ..one term ' General Dawes __one term A civilian .. __ ..one term U. -S; Grant 3rd ?_one term That civilian again.one term $ A cavalry colonel ..two therms ~ Thai, it appears, is about the way the presidency was filled during the ?? 40 yealts following the Civil War. ^G rover Cleveland was the civilian -a president. It is an interesting speculation, - but doesn't mean much. History : -.-.doesn't repeat itself. Anyway, the ! .Tfuited States did not become mill- ; ' taristic before under its "military" :J-presidents, and would not become j * so if there were another such line, j X After all, why shouldn't a war 2 of several years, which throws: i milimfy"men of ability into sudden ^prominence, be followed by the ^le'etlS'n of some of 'those men la ! rer on to the highest office in the j land? The outstanding leaders of i an age or peace furnish presidential material in their turn. ROME'S FOLLY. j Every shoolbo.v knows how an i cient Rome 'ought two long, costly I "Punic Wars" and eventually de i I stroyed her "rival" across the Med i iterranean. Rome, urged thereto by Cato the j Censor?who might better have j been called "Cato. the Incenser"? ' thought she had achieved a master ; piece of statecraft when she made Carthage a desert. As Wells shows so clearly in his Outline of History, she had perpetrated a masterpiece ? of folly. Destroying Carthage, her j richest neighbor, a seafaring and j trafficking nation, she thereby de i stroyed a large part of her own j business. Those Roman statesmen did not realize, <as some modern i ?*' ? i statesmen do not, that nations grow I rich not by destroying each other I but by doing business with each i other. After the Punic wars came un employment in Rome, and hard times so bitter and prolonged that the Roman people never really got j over them. Roman armies won ! other victories and destroyed other j nations, and rulers and govern ; ment waxed rich, with plunder, but j Roman industry and thrift and in i dependence vanished, nad the pop ulace was fed on public charity for j generations. j ^ Suppose Rome had said to. I Carthage as the United States has j just said about the Pacific to .Ja I i>an: . "There is no reason why we I should fight for control of the ; Mediterranean. It is better to j work together. Come, let us agree ; not to make war against each other i over these trade and colonization I questions, but to talk everything I over and settle our disputes friend I Iy-wise.M I A great civilization might have ! been saved in North Africa, for the I world's benefit, and Roman civili '. zation might have been greater, ! finer and more lasting. A TROUBLESOME ISSUE. i I America ha.-, a. bigger stake in j the pending negotiations between : Great Britain and Ireland than it i usually has. in foreign .affairs. It , might be said that the settlement i now4 sought is of importance first j to Ireland, second to England and ' third to the ?nited States. The rea I son for this excessive interest is I found in the extent to which the j Irish question has been made also I an American question by intruding i propagandists. Leaders of every I faction in Ireland and England have appealed to American senti ment. The Sinn Fein leaders have go.r.e further than any of the oth | ers. making a strenuous drive to I compel the active support of the United States government, i The Irish question, as every well informed citizen knows, played a notable part in the last national j. ? . . ; election. It has also played a con siderable role in state and munici pal elections lately. There is no prospect of this troublesome for i I eign issue being eliminated from [American politics until it is elim : inated from British polities. The American public, therefore, j has good reason, quite aside from I its traditional sympathy with Irish : aspirations, to hope that the pres ; ent effort will end the long feud. I Americans have plenty of import ant domestic issues awaiting set | tlement, and would like nothing ( better than to have all trouble [some foreign complications straightened out so that they could attend to their own business un i disturbed. Christmas Checks Distributed Nearly ?40,000.00 Put in Cir culation by Banks Maintain ing Christinas Savin? Funds Christmas saving fund checks have been distributed to customers ' by the five banks of the city opera \ ting these funds, and by these funds I approximately ?40,000 has been put ; into circuhaction in the city and j county. The banks maintaining : these funds and the amounts paid j out by them are as follows: : The National Bank of i Sumter..$ 8,000 ! The Peoples Bank _. 10.000 ! The Sumter Trust Co. 6.615 I The City National Bank_11,000 The Comercial Bank and Trost Co.---. 4.000 The Sumter Trust Company will ! not continue their Christmas saving j fund next year. With this excep I tion the other banks named are to j continue their funds for the next j year as usual. The Peoples Bank I started their 1922 Christmas fund j on tue 19th day of this month and : the National Bank of Sumter on j the 21st day. I County Agents Serve !: People at Low Cost I Expense' to Taxpayers Aver I ages Only 16 8 Cents per $1000 of Taxable i Property ? - By W. W. Long. Director. i t'lemson College, Dec. 22.?Some j of our taxpayers, especially farm ! ers, are in the. habit of looking up I on the appropriations made by the (different counties in*the state for ? the purpose of supplementing the ! salaries of county agents as being ! more or less burdensome, and ! therefore think that the county del j egations should refuse to make the ! appropriations. In order for the j people in the various counties to ! understand just what each individ ual taxpayer contributes to the salary of the county agent, the ex tension service has worked out a table showing the exact amount j which each taxpayer contributes to I the salary of the county asent on j each $1,000 of taxable property i which he may own. By way of il i lustration, a man in Colleton coun | ty who pays taxes on $1,000 con I tributes 2G cents per year to the i county agent's salary, while a man j in Lee county contributes 34 cents ! per year on each $1,000 of taxable I property. These amounts for the ? various counties vary from 2 cents in Pickens county to 37 cents in f Calhoun county, the amount ap j propriated by the county for the county agent's salary, and other conditions. The average for the 42 counties having county agents is 16.S cents. ? It must be understood that these figures are based on the tax valua I tion of property, which always is I considerably less than the actual j value of the property. It should be I remembered also that while ' the ! county agent works almost entirely ! with and for the farmer, the rail j roads, banks, merchants, and other (business interests contribute 'through taxation the greater part of the county agent's salaries, j After the war the United Stales j government withdrew a consider i able part of its support and made it I necessary for the extension service ! to'secure funds from the individ ual counties to .upplement the fed ?eral and state Smith-Lever funds ! for the salaries of county agents. {The extension forces at the present I time are performing possibly the { most important service in the his j tory- of the organization, including I the organizing work of the co-oper i ative marketing ? Associations for I cotton and tobacco, the agents ! working in close co-operation I with the organization committees i of these two campaigns. The ex | tension service, having previously j organized the South Carolina Sweet j Potato Association in co-operation ! with the South Carolina Develop ; ment Board, is now preparing also ! to organize the truck growers in j the Savannah Valley district of the I state and the dairymen who supply j milk to our cities, i The campaign to meet the boll ; weevil situation is a continuous one ' und will be for the next several .years. For the above reasons the i question of appropriations for the j support of county agents assumes ; greater importance today than at S any time heretofore, and the tax | payers of the various counties i should therefore be greatly inter i ested in ascertaining how little each ; taxpayer is called upon to con ' tribute to the salary of the county ! agent. i The extension service is the only agricultural organization that can j be mobilized at any time in the I interest of agriculture, and tax ? payers and county delegations 1 should consider carefully the high ! value and the low cost of maintai'n j ing such service. I Cost Per $1.000 of Taxable Prop erty. i Below is given the cost in cents j per $1,000 of taxable property in I each of the 42 counties having I county agents: j Allendale. 27: Anderson, 14; Bamberg, 19: Barnwell, 19: Beau fort, 35: Berkeley, 18; Calhoun, j 37: Charleston. 4: Cherokee, 14; [Chester, 13; Chesterfield; 16; Clar J endon. 2.">; Colleton, 2?: Darlington, '21: Dillon. IG; Dorchester, 19; > Edgcficld. 2:>: Fairfield, 5; Flor ence. lt?: Georgetown, 2S; Grcen Irille, 11: Greenwood, 13; 1 lorry, IS; I Kersh'aw. 13: Lancaster, 22: Lau rens, l-i; Lee, 34: Lexington, 6; Ma rion, 20: Marlboro. 20; McCormick, i.21: Xewbcrry, 9: Oconee, 14: Or |angeburg, 10; Pickens, 2; Riehland, I 7; Saluda, 22; Kpartanburg, 7; Sumter, S: Union, 15; Williams I burg, 20: York, ?. Children Burned To Death j Florence, Dec. If*.?Locked in j each others arms and charred be j yond recognition, tie.- bodies of ?Louise Oliver, aged 11 years, and I Alcese Oliver, aged three, wert- re I moved from the embers after a [stubborn cotton tire had burned it ! self out on the farm of Ed Sellers j at Sellers last Wednesday. The de tails of the tragedy became known here today where the mother of the 11 year old girl, Louise Oliver, is confined to the hospital, following j an operation. j News of the tragedy was convoy I ed to her by Dr. McLeod. in the presence of Dr. F. H. Martin, pas tor of the First Baptist church. From what could be learned here :a number of c hildren were playing j in the shelter of a packhouse. Sud denly the cotton blazed up. ignited, ' it is said, from the butt of a cigar ette dropped by a faro- hand. The children ran but little Alcese oli vet, cousin of Louise Oliver, was j blocked by the flames and tin- little girl went back through the tire to rescue him. Neither of them was fable Jo escape, so quickly did the flames spread, and flu- little boy and girl died with their arm?- in itertwined. They were buried at j Marietta. X. c.f Thursday-. Winthrop Daughters Hold Meeting ?rr Resolutions Demanding Larg er Appropriations For Win throp College Adopted -. A well attended meeting of the Winthrop Daughters took place at the Girls' High .school last Friday afternoon. Miss Leila Russell, alumnae executive secretary, was present and made a most interest ing talk. Plans were also made |*for a banquet to be held early in January. An attractive program will be arranged and a tempting I menu served. Definite information concerning ; the banquet will be published la ' ter, and it is hoped that every lo.v ] al Winthrop Daughter in Sumter I county will attend and help make ! this occasion a complete success. At the close of the meeting the I following resolutions were offered ; and unanimously indorsed by the ! Sumter chapter: i Whereas, our State institution j chartered and established for the j higher education of women in Wiu I throp College, chartered at a time i when no such provision had been i made elsewhere by the state: and, j Whereas, This state college for '? women enrolls nearly as many stu i dents as the throe state colleges i for men, and furnishes the majority I of the trained teachers for the com i mon schools (there being five times j as many women teaching in the whole of the state as there are ' men): Be it resolved: First. That we. ; the Sumter chapter of Winthrop : Daughters, realize keenly that the ; work qC Winthrop College has been I seriously handicapped by the ac tion of the legislature at its last session in making an appropriation ' inadequate to meet the needs of j the institution: : Second. That in view of the fact ? that so much larger appropriations were made by the legislature for ; the higher education of the young men of the state than for the young women, we shall request a just di j vision of the state's money for ed ! ucation between its young men and ! its young women, j Third. That we take up this i matter with our representatives, i that we put behind it the wnole : strength of the wnole womanhood j of South Carolina, to the end that j the legislature shall provide ade j quate money for the continuance j and development of the great work I which Winthrop College is doing '? for the womanhood of the state, j thus serving the dearest interests of ; South Carolina?her homes and her : schools. \ LEILA A. RUSSELL. Executive Secretary Winthrop ?01 | lege Alumnae Association. ? ? ? ; Teachers' Asso ciation Meeting i -. ; Sumter County Teachers Met on December 17th The first meeting of the Sumter County Teachers' Association was held at the court house on Saturday morning. December 17. Dr. Haynsworth called the meet ing to order, and the Rev. Mr. McDonald of Christian church. Sumter conducted the devotional exercises. After being elected president of the association, Mr. Ernest Kolb. high school assistant at Mayesville, presided over 'the meeting, and the ^ther following officers were elected: Vice Pres ident. Miss Frances Deasley. Mayes yille school; Secretary and Treas urer. Mrs. Jake P.rogdon, Princi pal of Graham school. Program committee, Mr. M. L. Claze. prin cipal Pinewood school; W. R. T>a vis. principal Bethel school: J. M*. Coleman, principal Wedgefield school: C. S. Hutchinson, of Sumter Ex-ofhcio: Mr. Kolb. Miss Beash-y and Mrs. BrogdOn, with Miss Deasley ap pointed chairman of this com mittee. MVs. Pringle Drunson made an interesting talk on Junior Red Cross work and enrolled several new auxiliaries. Mr. Hunchinson gave some very necessary points on school attend ance and accurate reports. Also a talk on the teaching of reading as the most important subject in the grades. For tlie time of the meetings, the association voted the: last Saturday in each calendar month. In conclusion. Dr. Haynsworth made a talk as to the nature of the meetings, urging each teacher to take a personal interest, and in working together to make the meetings just what we should like them. In co-operation, making them a privilege rather than a duty. Chamber of Commerce Notes Secretary Reardon Discusses War Finance Corporation United States Senator X- B. Dial has written tlie following letter to K. 1. Reardon. Secretary Sumter chamber of Commerce regarding funds of i l;e War Finance Corpor ation for farmers of limited means and especially the thousands who will be unable to put up collateral that will satisfy banks to get War Finance Corporation funds from tlie banks to purchase' dairy cows, pure bred ho^s and otherwise take advantage of the law governing War Finance Corporation assist ance: Senator Dial's letter: ??1 thank you very much for your letter and will send you as many seed as possible Liter on. a t the same time I beg to say that I have very carefully considered your other letter referring to War Finance Corporation and iinderstN.ud entire ly what a great need our people ' arc now facing-. "\\ hy not have the banks buy. say a carload of cows or hogs, pay ; for ihem. and sell them to ihose wh?> would use them, taking notes [secured hy mortgage on the ani mal in paymen.t I did this very successfully once with my bank wh?-n we bought a carload of hogs, I sohl them and collected all notes in full." In his letter to Senator Dial .Mr. Reardon called attention to the ad vice being handed out to farmers to have at least one, and where possible more than one milk cow on every farm, and pointed out ' that there are thousands of small farms und farmers where there are ' now no milk cows. As approxi mately sixty-live per cent of the farmers of this county are poor : white and negro farmers who either ; rent land or sharecrop, the ques tion is how and from what source i will these poorer farmers secure the money with which to purchase I these cows and also in 'Hundreds of ; instances where will they get mcn . ey to start raising pure bred hogs; : money for otherwise diversifying ; their agricultural products. For ! instance, where will these poorer fanners jjc-t money for wire fencing } for pastures, so necessary to live j stock raising, and the dairy pro duct business? j It is all right for the government '?? to put its War Finance Corporation ! money in banks to loan out to rich . or well-to-do farmers, with collat eral, because even those two classes j now need money and do not lind it , as easy to get as formerly, if all reports be correct. Then if the real ; work of producing farm products , is done by the overwhelming ma j jority of sharecroppers and tenants ? who rent land, and if diversification of field crops and raising hogs and producing butterfat are to be the chief substitute, farm products, then how will those who really do : the producing of the county's j wealth ever be able to even get started, if only those who have col ; lateral, but do not do the real i producing, can't get the means to ! do these things with that is. unless, the government War Finance Cor t poration will find some method of getting the monev> direct to those who need it most, and who will work and pay it back when the farm produce is sold, j Secretary Reardon fevls That 'there is a great opening in this [county for extraordinary and quick I increasing of the hog business by advancing money to boys of the pig and corn clubs, and increasing ! the number of members of these ; clubs and increasing the interest j in these clubs if the War Finance ! Corporation or the banks will ad-' J vn?ce the money, through and un- j der the recommendation of our ! County Agent, .1. Frank Williams, > for the boys to buy thoroughbred j sows of approved breed and teg i istry. and for encouraging these , hundreds of boys to plant corn to i ! raise the hogs on, and also for m f creasing interest among the boys i ! and the girls in calf clubs. If some I bank or banks, or the War Fin-j : ahce Corporation, will assist these j boys and girls in this way, Mr. 'Reardon agrees to do everything j necsesary to assist the county agent in organizing more pig and corn, i j and calf clubs. But that something 1 ; ought to be done to help fhe mass es who can't help themselves. Seh ! ator rial agrees with the Sumter j secretary and has promised to see what caii be done from the War Fi I nance Corporation to this etui. Marriage License Record. Marriage licenses have been is sued to the following: Mr. 11. J. Weatherly and Miss ' Margaret V. McLeod of Sumter. Mr. L. B. Hyatt of Sumter and Miss Ludie Du Boso of Lynchburg. Mr. L. I. McLeod and Miss May Geddings, both of Lynchburg. Colored: Hunter Nelson and Blanche ; Burns of Sumter. Robert Washington and Sue Bradley, Sumter. Edward Gadson and Janie Hunt I er, Stateburg. ?lohn Nathaniel and Ida Wil ! liams. Providence. ! James Grant and Angeline Grant, j Dalzell. Freddie Johnson and Marie Richardson. Sumter. John Brown and Matilda Bird. WedgefieJd. Nelson English and Docia Coop er. Brogdon. George Sims and Luphelia Dirkes, ?swego. Ellis Moses of Borden and Flor ence r. Holmes. Dalzell. William Singleton and Ada Boy kin; Rembert. McKinley .Jefferson and Ella j Jackson. Sumter. Alex Jefferson. Rembert and Ju Iia Robertson of Woodrow. Jessie Lesesne and Elizabeth, ! Jackson, Sumter. Latheco Murray and Lucile Wil- I liams. Sumter. Job Jackson, Jr.. Sumter and I Rosa Jackson. Dalzell. Joe Gadson and Martha Fulton. '. Sumter. Milton Bailey and Ben ha Bates, ? East over. Issac White and Elizabeth Pres- j ton. Mayesville. Murray Pearson and Mamie , Chamberland, Sumter. 0 0 m The ;irr of blacking shoes will \ never reach perfection until men discover what makes a bald head ' shine like that. -?? - Von can be an idealist, however.; without slipping the other fellow all the aces. We don't know anything about the fuel value of corn, but it has started many .-; heated argument. Hero: One who grinds our axe. I Crime against civilization: The act of grinding the other fellow's axe. The "charming naturalness" you like- in a ^irl cost her many weary hours of practice. You never can tell. Eventually 'hina may have a sphere of in Iluence in China. Election Returns Davis D. Moise Elected Sena tor and J. Bossard Britton Representative Returns hav?- been received from all precincts, save- one?Hodges! Corner?giving the results of the special election held yesterday, u> name the Senator for Sumter county and one Representative, j Hon. Davis D. Moise was elected j Senator by a large majority*over ; his two competitors, and Mr. J. Bossard Britton was elected Repre sentative by a majority of five j votes over two competitors. The i missing returns from Hodges Cor ner cannot altar the result. The result by preeincts follow: Senate Jtepreseniative n?. i .?i?r-r-jr- ?? I 5 ?j. I !ri LI LI > L: M ! -??!. r- i r a U Ward i . 7 33 2 20' 16 ? 3 j Ward 2. 10 12:; 10 *7 ;?s pj l Ward :; . 12 45 :;tj 12 13 Ward 4 .... A 24 6 1? 13 ? I Concord . 11 38 17 .".2 13 1 : DrtlzeH . 2 10 3 8 0 0 DuBose . 1 ? u 2 0 t'i ' XFanehester ... 1 1 2 1 2 1' Maytsrille .... n :> 2 is> l 9skwo .. :: ?: i * 8 0 j , Privateer .... " 16 C 15 a 4 i : Rattinc Creak 7 27 :; 18 is 1 j ' Shiloh . .... ii n ".2 1 48 3 ' ? Sta-teburg ... I?? .". ? 2 '.? 4 j : Wedgefield .. .. 12 il u 23 13 0 I j Pinewood . 4 31 0 41 14 o ] Total. ?5 4oo 114 32"> 2?;o ?;i: The Columbia Canal j Plan For Development For Navigation as Well as Power ! ! ! Columbia. Dee. 21.?The creation j of a permanent s ate commission to take over, develop and operate ? j the Columbia Canal, in case the! state Bs the final winner in the liti- ! gation now pending, will be provid- ' ed in bills to be submitted to the } I general assembly in January. De- i cision to this effect was reached at ! I a meeting of the canal commission j j here this week, and another meet- I ing will be held early in January, i ! when bills now being prepared, will i i be considered and approved. i ! The state supreme court recent- i j ly decided the famous canal case; in favor of the state, ordering that ! I the canal property revert to the j state of South Carolina. The de- | fendants in the suit, the present J I owners, the Columbia Railway, Gas j |& Electric Co., have given notice; that the case will be appealed to; j the United States supremo court, I ( and this means the final determina ; tion of the canal's ownership will j ! be up to the highest tribunalof the j land. V Pending the final decision of the j case, the canal commission is mak- i : ing plans to meet the situation j which will result, in case the state ' should win before the United j States supreme court. In that event, , the state will find itself with a large j I navigation canal and with a hydro- ? I electric power possibility before it. j > At the meeting of the commis- j si?n in Columbia this week, accord-j ing to announcement made today} j by Attorney General Wolfe, chair- j I man of the commission, the decis- j j ion of this body was to recommend ! to the legislature that the ideas set I j out^in the original act, authorizing: : the. construction of the canal, be carried out. which would mean the , ' development of the canal for navi- | gation and power purposes. The canal commission this week j named a committee of its mem- j bers. Senator Niels Christensen, of] Beaufort, and George K. Laney, of; Chesterfield, and Representatives J. i j K. Hamblin, of Union, and E. T. j Hughes, of Marion, to draw up bills, j i to be submitted to the 1^22 legisla- | tore, providing for the future de- j ; velopment and maintenance of the I j canal property. The bills to be drawn up will ? (provide for the completion of the j canal from Gervais street, in the! city of Columbia, to the Granby? [landing, below the city of Colum-, bia. the present head of the navi gable part of the Congaree, and ; also for the development of the ca- I rial for the manufacture of electric power. The canal commission re- j ports thai its engineers advise that i the canal has possibility of ll.OoOj horse power. At present they say, tin- canal is producing about half ! this amount. The bill to be introduced in the 1 legislature in January will pro vide for the use of the canal for j commercial purposes, the state re- i ceivin.g the revenue from the navi- j gation and also from the sale of j electric power. The permanent ! commission to be created, in case . the state wins its case, will handle ; the income of the canal and oper- i ate it. The present temporary com mission's engineers estimate that the completion of the canal will add to its fall, and thereby make possible a greater development of | hydro-electric power. The state: will, if the wishes of the present commission are carried out, con struct power plants on the canal and st 11 the power to manufactor ies and other industries. Dawes rut only throws a nasty adjective, but wields a retrench ment pen as well. And new you can't tell whet he' the label stating the percentage of alcohol is a warning or an invita t ion. That awkward pose a man as sumes when being photographed is the result of his effort to look dis tinguished. People don't respect the laws so long as they suspect the- law 's ma chinery. -+?<><> Cheer up! Only 300 more rears until 22 22. i Shantung Contro versy in Deadlock Chinese and Japanese Dele gates Split Over Ma.:n Issue ?Meeting Adjourns Sine Die Washington, Dec. 20.? (By the Associated Press).?Settlement of the Shahrung controversy now rests with Tokio. The conversations between the Japanese and Chinese delegates which have been proceeding dur ing the past three weeks outside of the Washington conference proper under the "good offices" of Arthur J. Balf?ur, of Great Brit ain and Mr. Hughes, late today came to a sudden halt with both delegations far apart on the ques tion of payment for and adminis tration of the Tsingtao-Tsinanfu Railway, the heart of the dispute. After a session of more than three hours and a half, which con ference circles hoped would bring about a satisfactory agreement between tlie two groups, the .Jaj> anese delegates announced they could go no further in the con versations without instructions from Tokio. The meeting then ad journed "sine die" without agree ing on the major issues. "We got to the point where we could not proceed any further," said Dr. Kobo. of the Chinese dele gation, after the meeting. The principal stumbling block, which was regarded tonight as threatening the entire Shantung negotiations, was the Japanese proposal that Japanese experts be appointed by the Chinese in the service of the raliway. "We have already gone beyond our instructions, and can go no further without receiving instruc tions from Tokio." said Mr. Hani hara. the principal Japanese dele gate attending fhe conversations. "We have made concession after concession until we can make no more. The Chinese delegates have receded on no point." Replying to a question, Mr. Han ihara said that the Japanese con sidered the question of appoint ment cf a Japanese traffic mana ger of the railway "essential to an agreement" as safeguard to ef ficient operation of the road and to insure protection to the Japan ese financial interests involved. VOLLEY BALL SUPPER The volley ball fans held Mon day night their regular monthly banquet which terminates each par ticular league. The teams of this month's league were named after the various railroads entering our city. This month's banquet was declared by all present the most enjoyable of all their countless pre ceding dinners. The banquet was held at the Y. M. C. A. and one big item on the lengthy and de lightful menu served by the ladies of the First Presbyterian church, was turkey galore. Turkey, turkey, even enough for Archey and then even more turkey. On the tables were miniature trains labeled A. C. L., Southern. X. W. of S. C. and Seaboard and around each of their standards were gathered and ac cumulated the various constituents of each of the four teams. The order given was the order in which each of the trains met their schedule. There were present at the banquet the accommodating and not too commodious number, lucky thirty. All present spoke! In the talks various reasons were brought forth and excuses offered for the* delays of the crews of the losing schedule in bringing their trains safely through to better luck. It was conceded that the Southern would have been first had it not gotten balled upon the Sumter sid ing ami further delayed at Levi's Siding. The X. W. of S. C. must have lost out on Ballard's Hill, and it was further conceded that the Seaboard was really the best team but lost its chances for the signal honors by the foreign tactics intro duced from a considerable Heidt. Mr. Claude Hurst acted as worthy toastmaster of the rememberable occasion. Music was furnished dur ing the banquet by Miss Pauline Haynsworth, at the piano. The Teams: A. C. L.?Julius (""handler, Capt., Julius Pitts. James Burns. John Blanding, Archie Crumpton. R. D. Epps and Marlboro Bower. Southern?Louis Bryan, Capt.. Wendall Levi. Ike Edwards. James Hatiield'. .David McKnight, Jen nings Till, and-J. L. Pritchard. X. W. of S. C.?Aiken Kennedy, Capt.. Gifford Shaw. Frank Sholar, Ooorge Warret). Warren MeCollum and Bill Roger. Seaboard -? Ambrose Beetham. Capt.. Carl Heidt. James Bryan. W. B. Shirer, Claude Hurst and Ed ward Booth. Referee for games: Cuttino McKnight. The new league will be organized on January 2nd, 1922. Russia can't come back till she comes clean. -? o ? Well, we can enjoy the Christ mas dinner with a dear conscience. Xobody at present is appealing to the great heart of America. Obseiwing how successfully the Christian nations grab, china may yet say: "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." <o???? - For sonn- strange reason, com mittees Of ladies always call On tin editor on days when in- hasn't had time to shave. We can't help tin cause of free dom a great deal by laying off armor and putting on a coat of inl and feathers. When a man begins to rejoice be- ? cause the rieh can't get to Heaven, I he means to confess that he lias ! railed ? ? Community Poultry Associations Specialist From Winthrop College Working in This County Miss Eula Atkinson, poultry spe < b:list from Wintrop College spent several days with Miss Caro Tru luck. home demonstration agent, last week doing some good work in presenting plans for organization of community poultry associations, showing Breeders how to cull out unprofitable producing hens and cockerels, fixing mating pens, etc. i.ast Saturday Concord poultry association was organized and since Miss Atkinson's departure Miss Truluck has organized associations ar Providence home demonstration ; club in Privateer township and at Mayesville also, while Salem School Demonstration club has been organized by Mrs. Stella G. ! Dahbs. Miss Atkinson showed the pur | pose of trie associations and the I plans whereby ten or more men or wome? in any eommunity may j form an association which will he given governmental supervision and expert advice and co-operation through the local home demonsrra | tion agent and the specialists of ; Winthrop College. The regulations , require that every member shall cull out mixed birds and begin to : breed pure bred birds of any breed i adopted by the community associa : tion?all producing the same breed, , and that by next fail every mem ber of the association shall have i nothing but pure bred birds, no i mixed breeds in the flock. The j method of establishing pure bred j birds shall be obtained either by i direc t purchase of birds or raising i from eggs or baby chicks. Miss ; Truluck and Miss Atkinson saw the : Sumter breeders with regard to ; prices and the names of the local , breeders. Any one desiring to form a com I munity association will get into i touch with Miss Truluck direct, or i see Secretary Reardon at Sumter ! Chamber of Commerce, who is j working with Miss Truluck to j form as many associations as pos I sible. -o~c- o j Genuine Christmas % Spirit Demon I strated by Junior Red Cross ! - in Sumter Schools. i - ; The real meaning of Christmas spirit was most indelibly impressed noon the minds of those who were , fortunate enough to be present at the Christmas exercises of the dif ferent city schools on yesterday, i For weeks the girls of the High ! school have been busy making gar I ments and collecting useful articles i for their Christmas donation to the ; poor in the county. Already these j girls have been compen ..ted for their labors by the realization of I the fact that it is more blessed to i give than to receive. All kinds of : wearing apparel, canned goods, . toys, etc., were on display in the i High school auditorium. Besides j these the amount contributed . through the Red Cross boxes was twelve dollars and fifty-two cents, which amount was used to complete i the list of necessary articles for the : baskets before taking them to the : different needy homes in the coun ty. The second year girls also ! made a dozen holly wreathes for the hospital. Each ciass of girls I was asked to soil Christmas seals, j Over four thousand seals were sold, I the fourth year alone having sold j one thousand, seven hundred sixty ! six. At the Hampton street school ?each little face was wreathed in i smiles, not because of any expect ed gift, but because of the satisfac tion of having done something for I some one la need. As a whole, this school has adopted an orphan at the Rescue Home. Of course the j children; wanted to play Santa [Claus to this little girl, so they sent her a box containing an ex quisitely dressed doll and other j remembrances. Instead of the lit I tie girls saying. "I wish I had that I pretty doll." you could hear on all ! sides. "Oh. won't Minnie be hap j py when she sees that pretty doll?" Just that little remark typified the spiritw ith which these children had worked Besides this general donation to their orphan, several [classes asked for poor town children to visit them yesterday. It is im ' possible to tell how happy these i poor little hoys and girls were when : these classes showered them with [Christmas toys, fruit and clothes. . One of these classes will furnish j a Christmas dinner to a poor fam ily. Another room of boys donated ; old clothes, which will make most acceptable gifts. Each class sold j Christmas seals. Tin- little tots at the Washington street school had a beautiful Christ mas tree around which they sang Christmas carols. Already they have had instilled into their little minds that the way to gain happi ness is by giving unselfish service for others. Their Christmas fund was for the poor and for Christmas seals. The boys of the seventh grade contributed money for a Christmas dinner, also groceries for the poor. The boys of the first year high school carried a. large quantity of groceries to a needy family. Both pupils and teachers of the Sumter schools are to be commend ed for their hearty co-operation in and response to this grea: call for help. The teachers have untir ingly ac ted as leaders for their pu pils. In behalf of the Junior Red Cress 1 want to express my sin cere appreciation to the superin tendent, teachers, pupils, patrons and friends of the Sumter schools for their services and wish each one a happy Christmas. Mrs. J, Pringle Brunson, Chairman Junior Red Cross. Some practice reading at regular night schools, and some go to the movies. The balance of power is now a balance due.