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COTTON CROP FOR 1921-22 i ? ?? Official Report Shows That Crop is Small est in Twenty Years Washington, Dec. 21.?World production of commercial cotton for 1921-22 was placed at 15,593, 000 bales by the department of ag riculture in a report made public tonight. This is the sma'le^t crop since 1900, the report stated, and compares with 20,650,000 produc ed in 1920. Two of the most !mporta it cot ton producing countries?the Unit ed States and Egypt?suffered crop "disasters'' during the year th?* re port asserted, producing only 61.4 per cent., of their total production of last year; or 5.667,000 bales less than was produced in 1920. The ?otton crop Sn China, South Amer ica, Mexico and other countries, while said to be not so important ^ommercialry, was reported smaller than usual. Russia, which imme diately before the war produced 1, 500,000 bales annually, has practi cally ceased to~ grow cotton, the re port state. Prices fbi;'.cotton in the United States-were forced down helow pro duction cost last .year, the report said, because of the forced shutting down of spinning and weaving es- ; tablishmentsln the principal manu- j faxfruring countries. Reduced con sumption, occasioned by the inabil- I Ity of Russia,.Turkey and many! other countries in Europe and throughout the world to buy cotton I doth since the war, it was explain- j ed, necessitated 'the closing of j ?world mills. "American farmers, I - confronted with a large carry-over, i last spring voluntarily reduced! their cotton acreage, it was point- ; ed 6ut,% and the yield "was further j reduced because "comparatively lit- ' tie fertilizer was used and because \ of boll weevil ravages over prac- : tically the- entire cotton belt." The \ American ' crop also was seriously hampered" 4?y unravorable weather conditions over the cotton belt, the report /further explained. Egypt was said to have,been affected by much the same conditions. The production in the United i States for 1921 was estimated at 8,340*000 bales of 478 pounds net, as compared with 13,440,000 in v^920, 11,421,000 in 1919 arid 16, -135,000 ? in 1914. For Egypt the 1921 production was estimated at $84,000 bales, as compared with 1,251,000 in 1920,1,154,000 in 1919 and 1,337,000 in &14. For British India the figures were i 3,623,000 bales for 1921, as compar- ! ed with 2,845,0C0 for 1920, 4,537,- j 000 for 1919 and 4.167.0 GG for 1914. British Africa estimates for 1921 were 75,690 .bales, as compared with Sl.OQO rh1920, 60,000 for 1919 and 54,000 for 1914. The estimates for Russia however, were only SO,- j 000 for tfns year, as compared with I 90,000 in 1920, 440,000 in 1919 and I 1.309,000 in 1914. \ - The.estimated production in 1921 ] in Japan and Korea was 220,000, as compared with 105,000 in 1920 and 38,000 in 1914, while for Chi na it was 1,650,000 in 1921, 1,868, 000 in 1920 and 784.000 in 1914. In Mexico the production was estimated for 1921 at 165,000 bales, as compared with 205,000 last year and 130,000 in. 1914. . ? ?? ? Stores to Close Merchants Agree to Observe Two Days as Christmas Holiday We. the undersigned business houses of Sumter, hereby agree to close our places of business for two days during the holidays approach ing?that is, Monday and Tuesday, December 26th and 27th, 1921. ? yfK M. Folsom Co. The Boston Store. Dicker & Bultman's Cash & Carry. R. S. Hood. Bultman Shoe Co. W. B. Burns & Sons Dixie Electric & Plumbing Co. The Bee Hive Store. E. L. Ducqm. Mclnvail & Zeigler Furn. Co. Bryan, Incorporated. Levi Brothers. L. E. LeGrand. J. B. Folsom. Du Rant Hardware Co. L. Alpert. D. J. Chandler Clo. Co. Peoples Grocery Co. Ducker & Bultman. Moses Green. Schwartz Brothers. Stubbs Brothers. Jos. M. Chandler. O'Donnell & Co.. Inc. Smith Miilinery Co. Ben Slovis. The Square Deal Store. The Leader. The-; Misses Wilkes. Henry P. Moses & Co. MeCallum Realty Co. Columbia Tailoring Co. Jnc. D. Demmon. ? Miss Bertha Chandler. Lucas ez VanAuken. Peoples Mercantile Co. . Bfird Co. The Ladies Shop. MikeL Sneeden. Phares Co. The Battery. Shaw ?^McCollum Merc. Co. The Cash Dry Goods Co. The Sumter Clothing Co. The Sumter Dry Goods Co. G. C. Cooper. King's Cash & Carry. H. L. Tisdale. Spannt Cash Grocery, Sumtef Cash & Carry Store. McCoIlurn Bros. O'Donnell Dry Goods Co. Riley & Co. GREAT EDITOR _DEAD Henry Watterson Passes Away Unex pectedly at Jackson ville By the Associated Press. Jackscnvill, Fla., Dec. 22.? Henry Watterson, one of the coun try's best known journalists, and former publisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal, died at a hotel early today. He was here on his annual winter visit. He had been ill six weeks, but death was unex pected. Mr. Watterson died peacefully, retaining consciousness almost to the end and conversing during the last half hour with his wife, son. and daughter. Death was due to j heart failure, superinduced by lung j congestion. He will be buried in > Kentucky. Freight Reduc tion Forbidden Effort of Henrv Ford to Cut Rates on Coal Blocked by Commission Washington, Dec. 22. ? Henry Ford's attempt to reduce the freight rates on coal twenty per cent, on his road was disallowed by the interstate commerce com mission, claiming that the reduc tion would constitute discrimina tion. Irish Do Not Want Treaty Sinn Fein Chief of Staff Op posed to Peace Dublin, Dec. 22.?Richard Mul capy, the Irish Republican army chief-of-staft. declared in' the Dail j Eireann that nobody wanted the j peace treaty, but they saw no al- j ternative to its acceptance. Palmetto Bank To Settle Suit Columbia. Dec. 22.?Attorneys ! for the Palmetto National bank I have advised Samuel M. Wolfe, the j attorney general, that they have! been authorized to settle the suit j of South Carolina against the bank for something in excess of; $12,000, which was won in the cir cuit court by the state. The com munication from the attorneys says they are prepared to pay amount stipulated by the circuit court, which has now reached $12,803.02. ] The suit against the bank grew ! out of the deposit of two $6,000 | checks by Sam T. Carter, state | treasurer, and the refusal of the bank to give Mr. Carter credit for j the $12,000 after the Peoples' Bank of Greenwood had failed, this bank being the collecting agency for the Palmetto National bank. The checks themselves were absolutely good and were paid by the Bank of Greenwood on which they were drawn. The Palmetto National bank deposited them with the fed eral reserve bank in Richmond and they were sertt to the Peoples' Bank of Greenwood for collection. The Peoples' Bank collected the j money but failed before the Pal- I metto bank. got its money. The i i Palmetto National bank then re- | fused to give credit to the state for I the $12,000 and the suit followed. One of the checks was drawn by j R. A. Ellison, treasurer of Green wood county, on the Bank of I Greenwood and payable to Sam T. ! Carter, it being for $6,000 for state taxes. Mr. Carter deposited this check I and was given credit for the amount by the bank. Later the $6,000 was paid to the Palmetto j National bank or its agents by the j Bank of Greenwood and was so j marked paid. 1 Another check for $6,000, a cash j ier's check, issued by the Peoples' ! Bank of McCormick and drawn on j the Bank of Greenwood was depos ! ited by Mr. Carter with the Pal | metto National bank and he was j given credit for the amount. This i check was also paid by the Bank : of Greenwood to the Palmetto Nat I ional bank or its agents in due j course of time. I When the two checks were sent to j the Peoples' Bank of Greenwood i for Cv. Uection by the Palmetto Nat ional Bank, the Peoples' Bank sent i an exchange draft, which was dis I honored. Following the inability i of the Palmetto National Bank to I colhct the draft the bank charged ! the state treasurer with the $12, ! 000. Suit was instituted by Mr. Car iter" through the attorney general i'and a verdict for the state was ren I dered. This verdict called for the ! payment of the $12,000 and 7 per [ cent ^interest from January 27, j 1921. The bank attorneys served j notiee of appeal to the supreme ! court and perfected the appeal, f but the appeal was not argued. ? ? ? j Belfast. Dee. 20. ? Scattered j shooting today killed one woman : and one man and another man was ; wounded. ! Tokio, Dec. 20.?The dread I naugt Tosa which was today j launched, is related for scrapping ! under the naval limitation plan. j Wonder if the Bolsheviks will ! make a lot of good revolutions for i New Year? The minister who says women's dress freedom is sanctioned by the Bible took bis text from "Revela tions." PRICES TOO HIGH, PROFITS TOOJREAT Attorney General Daugherty Orders Investigation of the Prices of Necessities By the Associated Press. "Washington, Dec. 22.?The inves tigation of retail prices of food, fuel, shoes and clothing in all parts of the country has been ordered by Attorney General Daugherty. He said that prices are too high and the profits unconscionable. - m * Farmers Can Get Loans Members of Cooperative Mar keting Associations in Line For Financing Assistance Florence. Dec. 21.?The com modity in v.'hich a non-capitalized farmers' co-operative marketing as sociation deals is its capital stock and such organizations can borrow money on it and the war finance corporation will loan them money on such collateral, W. Latta Law of Columbia, secretary of the Car olina committee, war finance cor poratbin, told the convention of Group 6 of the South Carolina Bankers' association here last night. In case of banks and similar cor porations, their capital stock and kindred security is their collateral for war finance corporation loans, he stated. Mr. Law's announcement in his official capacity sets at rest propa ganda in certain sections that the Tri-State Tobacco Growers' Co-op erative Marketing association, the cotton association, the sweet potato organization and allied farmers' non-capitalized co-operative mar keting associations of South Caro lina could not borrow money on which to operate, T. F?. Young of Florence, a leader in these move ments, stated at the meeting. It puts them on a certain and posi tive financial basis in the commer cial and business world. Mr. Law's address epitomized in his official announcement was the event of the meeting. He related briefly the history of the corpora tion, its functions and purposes, and stated any proper bank or cor poration could borrow money from the federal corporation on its cap ital stock, whether the capital stock is cash of the bank or commodity j of the non-capitalized co-operative 1 marketing association. Two important resolutions were passed by the convention, first ask- j ing the government to continue the j war finance corporation and, sec ond, indorsing co-operative mar keting of crops by producer*. More than 50 leading bankers of this section were present. The object of the meeting was to hear Mr. Law regarding the $1,000,000,000 agri cultural loan through the war fin ance corporation, discuss plans of securing its benefits for South Car olina farmers and application of co-operative marketing to the chief crops of this state. James H. Craig of Columbia, state bank examiner, was present and spoke briefly to the convention. R. C. Hamer. president of the South Carolina division of the American Cotton association, also was present. Following the announcement that co-operative marketing asso ciations may borrow on their com modity as capital stock. Mr. Young stated this afternoon that more than 1,000,000 pounds of tobacco has been reported contracted with the tri-state association during the first half of this week. He esti mates that South Carolina must now be approaching 80 to 83 per cent, of her quota of tobacco. Three-fourths of the bankers last night stood and volunteered to take contracts back home and pro- j cure signatures in order that the campaign may win success by the end of the year when it closes. Valuable additions to the con tracts include J. C Lynch, big j planter at Cowards; G. j. Steele, j i farmer and banker, near Florence, j and 28 contracts from the Concord | section of Sumter county. i Newport Xews, Dec. 20.?The As j sociated Charities reports that own ; ers of big automobiles and fur j coats are here without food or mon | ey and are asking charity. Cordele. Gi . Dec. 20.?The local police are searching for G. M. Rogers, a missing business man of this city whose blood-stained auto mobile was found in the outskirts j of Pensacola. Florida. There were i indications of a struggle. j Davis Monument to Be Second Highest in World. ! Washington. Dec. 20 (Capital i j Xews Service)?Confidence in the j raising of the $50,000 necessary to I I finish the Jeffersor Davis monu I ment in the memorial park at Fair- i ! view. Hopkirisyille, Ky., is express-' j ed by officers of various patriotic | associations of the south, including the United Daughters of the Con federacy. The plans contemplate I making this shaft the second tall est shaft in the world, or 351 feet, thus ranking next to the Wash ington monument. Lima. Dec. 20.?a violent earth-1 quake was recorded in northern j Peru last night. Chicago. Dec. 2!?.--Tin- mem bership of the Methodist Episcopal church was increased r* 0,4 0 4 last year. .Motiey talks in all languages. Italy calls it a lire; so do'we. Postpone Action On Dyer Measure Democrats Block the Anti Lynching Bill Until After Holidays Washington, Dec. 20.?An agree ment to postpone consideration of the Dyer anti-lynehing bill until after the Christmas recess was reached late today by house lead ers after several hours of ineffect ual efforts to maintain a quorum. Opponents of the measure block ed efforts to begin debate by an ef fective filibuster. For several hours business was suspended through lack of a quorum. Under a resolution adopted last night after a spirited light the bill had right of way. with the under standing that it was not to be pressed to a final vote before con gress suspended activities for the holidays. When Chairman Volstead, of the judiciary committee, which favora bly reported the bill, attempted-to day to c-ali it up. Representative Garrett, of Tennessee, Democratic leader, forced one roll-call after another, each taking up nearly half an hour's time. When a roll-call finally showed less than half of the house membership present Mr. Gar rett made the point of order that a quorum was not present, and Speaker Gillett instructed the ser geant-at-arms to round up absent members. Declaring that less (ban a half dozen Democrats were on the floor, the speaker charged that they were attempting to obstruct the bill. Ten deputies attempted to locate absentees, thirty of whom were needed on the floor before the house could transact business. After a two-hour tie-up, with little prospects that absent Democrats would appear to provide a quorum Representative Mondell, Republican leader, agreed in conference with Mr. Garrett to delay beginning of debate of the Dyer proposal until after the recess. With a compromise agreed to, enough Democrats trailed back into the house chamber to furnish a quorum, when the anti-lynehing bill was read by a clerk, and the house adjourned to take up a va riety of other legislation until the recess begins. His Son-in-Law Aiken County Man Fires Both Loads of Gun at Relative Aiken, Dec. 21. ? William A. Cox, a white tenant farmer on th? Walker place in Kitchings Mill shot and probably mortally wound ed his son-in-law. Govan Munday, this afternoon in the latter's yard. Eyewitnesses to the affair state that Cox walked into the Munday home and securing a double- bar rel gun he had loaned his son-in law shot him twice, one load tear ing a fearful hole in the shoulder of Munday and the second load tearing off the front of his overalls and slightly wounding him on the chest. Sheriff Howard brought Cox to Aiken jail tonight. Jewish Relief Campaign Committee Organizing to Raise ?100,000 in South Carolina Atlanta. Dec. 21.?Progressing with increasing momentum the plans formulated at the state con ference of the South Carolina branch of the national Jewish Re lief committee held December IS in Charleston are being carried to completion and campaign commit tees for raising the state quota of $100,000. decided upon in ji con ference at Atlanta, on December 2. are rapidly being formed in every city, village and hamlet of South Carolina. The conference held in Charles ton chose Louis M. Shimel of Char leston for state chairman of the campaign and he announces that literature presenting the plight of the Jews under the Red regime of Russia and the other war stricken and famine areas of Europe is be ing sent out to workers in all parts of the state together with a plea for their immediate relief and for money to assist them to economic independence once more. Already letters pouring into Mr. Shimel's office in the state head quarters in Charleston telling of the work done in the cities and vil lages of the state indicate that South Carolina will go "over the top" within a short time after the actual drive starts early next year. According to these workers a spirit of willingness seems to exist ev erywhere among men of all faiths to assist the .lews in Russia and elsewhere and that South Caro fina will in all probability exceed her quota in the national drive for S14.000.C00 before the campaign ends. -? ? m> More Baptist Preachers Increase in Number of Young Men Entering Ministry Nashville, Dec. 22.- The South ern Baptist Association reported :: large increase in the number of young men entering tin- ministry during the year. f> ? e? Train Wreck in Italy Rome. Dee. 22.?Five, persons were killed and thirty injured in a collision of express trains on the Piave River bridge. Difference between "President" and "Vice President" is have no babies named Calvin Coolidge Smith. Deadly Grade Crossing Mrs. Gus T. Lynch Killed When Train Strikes Auto mobile in Which She -Was Riding Cheraw, Dec. 20.?Cheraw was saddened this morning: by a serious railroad accident at the intersec tion on the Seaboard and Atlantic Coast Line railroads on the wes tern side of town at S o'clock. As Ernest L. King, manager of Pol lock's store in the cotton mill sec tion, was Koing to the store in an automobile, carrying Mrs. Gus T. Lynch, who wanted to make a pur chase, the ear was hit by north bound Seaboard passenger train No. 4. the car was torn into small pieces. Mrs. Lynch had her neck and back above the pelvis broken and cuts on the head, and Mr. King had two ribs fractured, bruises on his face and leg and cuts in his scalp. Mrs. Lynch was instantly killed. Mr. King was im mediately carried to the Hamlet hospital in charge of the Seaboard surgeon. Dr. L. E. Bull. The last report from Hamlet was that he was doing well but suffering very much from shock. Freight Rare Reduction Railroad Commission Issues Order to Railroads Columbia. Doc. 21.?The South Carolina Railroad Commission to day issued a circular, directing that on January 1, a ten per cent re duction in freight rates, proposed by the trunk line railroads, take ef fect on intrastate shipment of ag ricultural products and live stock. The rate will also be effective on interstate shipments. This will be a blanket reduction on all shipments, without changes in tariffs. It is a trial arrange ment, to last for six months, with the idea that it will be made per manent, if it is found to be advan tageous. The only commodity ex cepted in the South Carolina com mission's ,circular is cotton, on which rates were recently reduced by the South Carolina Commis sion. This reduction win mean a big saving to the agricultural interests, it is said. It will be applied to ship ments of grain and grain products, hay. butter and other dairy pro ducts, cotton seed and hulls, to bacco, fruits, dried fruits, vege tables, peanuts, cattle and calves, horses and mules. Whether the short line roads of the state will put the rate into ef fect is not known. Thesel ines are in many cases losing money and it may not be possible for them to grant tite reduction at present. The rail road commission received informa tion from the trunk lines Tues day that the reduction would be made January 1. This reduction was first proposed by the railroad commission of this state and the commissions of several other states. - Death in Accident - jGrady Thomas Killed While Cleaning Rifle Chester. Dec. 20.?A distressing accident occurred in the Edgmoor section of Chester county today when Grady Thomas, the 13-year I old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas, accidentally killed him self with a 22 caliber rifle at his home. According to information received here tonight, he was clean ing the rifle when in some unac countable way it was tired, and the ballet penetrated his right tem ple. He lived two hours and a hair after being shot. Everything pos sible was done for him along med ical lines, but without any success. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are among Chester county's most prominent people, and the death of their pop ular, son has created profound sor row throughout this entire section. ? o o ! Manufacturers De mand Protection j _ \ Washington. Dec. 21.?America is : leading the world in paper manu : facture and must have tariff pro ? tection Henry W. Stole es, represent - . ing the manufacturers, told the < senate finance committee. - Homeless People Driven From Streets Bitter Weather Force Waifs to Seek Shelter in New York New York. Dec. 22.?The mu nicipal lodging house is crowded by people who were driven in by the bitter cold. Many who are seek ing shelter are women and chil dren. Natural Gas Wrecks Store Columbus, ohin. Dec. 22.?A search of the ruins of the Wright woman's furnishing store was con tinued today. It was partly wreck ed by an explosion of natural gas. injuring over thirty-seven persons, including two women who died. Two inor<- women are missing. -? ? CONGRESS ADJOURNS TO-DAY FOR XMAS Washington. Dec. 22.?Congress is expected to adjourn today for re cess over the holidays until Jan uary ord. Public Health Institute ? i Special Feature of Meeting on i January 9-14 Will Be Wo men's Conference Columbia. Dec. 20.?A special j feature of the public health insti- j tute to be held in Columbia Jan- i j uary 9-14 will be the woman's con- | j ference, which will occupy all of Tuesday and Wednesday, the 10th j and 11th. The program for this phase of j j the institute was prepared by Miss j j Persis Putnam, assistant director of j j educational work of the United States Public Health Service, after; ? consultation with the South Caro- ' j Una. Women's Legislative Council. j j Several prominent women of the state will participate in the pro- \ ! gram. Mrs. Fred S. Munsel, ofl I Columbia, president of the South ! Carolina League of Women Voters, ; will preside over the women's con- j ference. The program for the woman's I part of the health institute will cover every stage of the develop ment of a child. Among the speak- { ers will be Dr. Jane Bruce Guig- 1 nard, Columbia; Dr. Lesene Smith, Spartanburg; Mrs. Ruth A. Dodd, Columbia; Dr. G. Croft Williams, ; Columbia, secretary of the State i Board of Public Welfare; Dr. E. A. i nines, of Seneca, member of the I executive committee of the state; j board of health: Dr. William Wes ten. Columbia; Dr. Rachelle S. ; I Yarros, special consultant of the j United States Public Health ser- j i vice; Miss Permelia Shields, of At- j i lanta; Dr. 1. Schayer, Columbia; j I Dr. F. F. Leslie, of A*ugusta, repre- ; i seuting the United States public 1 I health service; Dr. Davis Furman, Greenville, and Miss Chauneeyj : Blackburn, Columbia. It is expected that the health in I stitute will bring to Columbia sever- '\ j al hundred doctors and health offi- j j cials from various parts of the state. | i The Town Theater, Columbia's io i cal talent playhouse, will be head I quarters for the institute. tp m> m \ Columbia Rail i I way Tax Case Columbia, Dec. 21.?The su- \ j preme court did not hear arguments i I in the case of Columbia Railway, i ! Gas & Electric Co., against the state tax commission, at the sitting of j ; the court here Tuesday, because j ! of the absence of some of the jus- ; j tices. but the case was ordered for | ; hearing on January 24. The power j company is appealing from a de- ! ! cision of the lower court, to the ef- j j feet that earnings of the Parr j i Shoals Power company, a subsid- j ? iary corporation, should be report- ! j ed for taxation by both companies. 4P ts^ 4f I Eastlake is Free of Murder Charge - 1 Montross. Va.. Dec. 20.?Roger ; D. Eastlake. navy petty officer, \ charged with the murder of his ! wife. Margaret, at their home at I Colonial Beach, Va.. on Septem I her 00, last, was this afternoon j found not guilty by a jury in West , moreland county circuit court ; here. The verdict was returned at ! 5.00 p. m., forty-seven minutes i after the jury was given the case. I Wounded By Young Son _ ; Greenville. Dec. 20.?Mrs. L. K. ; Kelly, of 924 Buncombe street, was j shot and probably fatally wounded ; tonight about 0 o'clock by her son. I Warren Kelly, who is held in the ! county jail tonight without bail j pending the outcome of the in ; juries. The bullet passed through j her head and physicians say she i cannot recover. Warren Kelly. ! who is about twenty-five years old, : refused to make a statement to i night when interviewed at the jail, j His sister, Mrs. C. E. Bonetell. ; who was present in an adjoining j room when the shooting occurred, ? declared positively tonight that the I tragedy was accidental. i -4, o o Wine and Beer A Live Issue | Washington. Dec. 22.? Letters, ! both favorable and unfavorable, i discussing the possible relaxation of ' the prohibition laws to enable a ? tax on light wine and beer to be \ levied as a new source of revenue, '. are pouring in to the treasury olh cials. - Raid on Polit ical Caucus 1 Cost on. Dec 2 1.?Prohibition of ficers raided a room in the Quincy 1 House directly above the room ; where Gov. Cox was being enter rained at dinner by Republican I leaders. They seized twenty b<>? tles of cocktail and four bottles of ? whiskey. State Prohibition Direc tor Potter was also at the dinner. ! The officers said that several din ner guests were in the room where the whiskey was found. Southern Rail way Bonds Washington. Dec. 21.?The inter state commerce commission has au thorized the Southern Railway ;<> ; issue bonds for five and a Quarter million dollars for capital better : ments. Griffith vs. DeValera Dublin. Dee. 20.?The Dail Eire : aim met today with Arthur Griffith. tlie Sinn Fein delegate urging the \ ratification of the peace treaty, and I President De Valera opposing it. ? 4> ? 1 Havre. Dec. 21.?Marshal Foeh debarked here today after ins voy age from the United Stale*. May Search Cars Without Warrant United States*' Tribunal Says Federal Agents May Stop Machines and Inspect Them Columbia. Dec. 20.?"Federal of ficers have the right to stop and search automobiles without any warrant whatever when they sus pect that the automobile is carry ing whiskey, according to a ruling of the United States court made at Charleston cently," said Francis if. Weston, United States district attorney, yesterday when asked about the searching of cars. It will be recalled that Iasi week a city policeman of Laurens was mortally wounded while attempting to stop an antumobile in which it was suspected that whiskey was be ing transported. "At the trial of a case in Char leston,'' Mr. Weston continued, "the judge ruled that federal of ficers have the right stop and search ears without a warrant. He further held that persons who re sist such search are liable to ar rest on the charge of assaulting a federal officer and of interfering with him in the discharge of his duty." ? ? ? Senator Smith Attacks Board Charges Misleading State ments Regarding Crop Estimates Washington. Dec. ID.?A charge that the crop reporting board of i the department of agriculture was I "attempting to make the farmer the goat for some of its mistakes" was made in the senate today by ; Senator Smith, Democrat, of I South Carolina. "The result," the senator de | clared," is that the market broke, ; men who grow cotton lost- money and the dissatisfaction was made the worse. Grim necessity and ! conservative action will compel the southern farmers to cut their acreage next year far below what it ever has been." Mr. Smith, in analyzing the dif ferent cotton estimtaes and re ports from government agencies, declared* they showed a continual reduction in the ginning of the article and added that if the ratio was maintained there was less than 100.000 bales to be ginned between now and March 1, next year. He cited numerous tables of statistics to support his assertion that the j ; "amount of cotton available is far j I below what people have generally I been led to believe.!' Governor Harding of the federal j i reserve board was attacked during I the discussion by Senator Watson, Democrat, of Georgia, for a speech 1 the Georgia senator said the re ; serve board official made in New ; Orleans in which he discussed the ; agricultural situation. Mr. Watson ; declared the Harding speech had [ caused a drop in cotton prices im ; mediately from 20 to IS cents and S a disastrous affect generally on the ; farmer. ? .... i Miss Annie Bonham Dead I Columbia, Dec. 20.?Miss Annie I E. Bonham. daughter of the late ' j Governor M. L. Bonham and found- j j or and for twenty-five years princi- i ; pal of the Bon Air School, a well j known private school in Columbia, I died at her home here this morn- j ! ing at the age of 64 years, after an ! i illness of several weeks. Among ; her relatives she leaves a brother, ! : General M. L. Bonham. of Ander j son. and a nephew. State Senator ; ; Proctor A. Bonham, of Greenville. j France Still Sus picious of Germany London, Dec. 20.?French. Pre j mier Briand, in an interview, said i that France hda accepted Secre i tary Hughes' naval ratio for capital ? ships. Regarding secondary units I he was yet uninformed. He repu ! dialed the idea that France wanted i to maintain great land armaments. I but while the present German gov I ernment is weak there is no saying what a new government may sub ; stitute, thus compelling France to remain armed. ? o ? Harding Curtails Vacation Program _ Washington. Dec. 20.?President ! Harding will remain closely in I Washington during the next three | months on account of arms con I ference affairs. He has cancelled ! tlie Newbern, X. C, engagement. -? ? ? ? Accidental Death in Lancaster Columbia, Dec. 2.1.? Xews was received in Columbia today of the accidental killing of Joe C. Rob ertson, the thirteen year old son of .!. L Robertson, of Lancaster, by his brother, Connie, only a year, older. Tin- two boys were hunting rabbits in their father's pasture and the gun which Connie eai'ried ac cidentally shut the younger broth- j er. -?>???? Eskimos Becom ing Civilized t Edmonton. Alberta. Dec. 20.? i Five Efk:i nos. three men. one wo- i man and a child, were killed and a sixth wounded in a pistol light at Wagner Hay. If Christmas does bring peace in' Ireland Lloyd George will claim he I is Santa Claus. Saving of Two Million Dollars What the Repeal of Federal Taxes on Passenger Fares and Freight Amounts To Columbia, Dec. 20.?A New Year's gift of over two million dol lars will be given by the railroads of South Carolina to the people of the state, under the provisions of the new revenue law. whereby the government has repealed the trans portation tax and will nc longer collect, after January 1, the eight per cent passenger fare tax, the three per cent freight tax. the five per cent of express shipments and the eight per cent tax on Pullman tickts. The government collected in rev enue tax on transportation in 1920 \ total of approximately two million dollars, on the business of the trunk lines and short lines within the state of South Carolina The railroads are now working on state ments, it is understood, which will show the exact amount to be saved to the people of the state by the repeal of the transportation tax. The three main trunk line3 ope rating in South Carolina earned a total of $11,110,764 gross in passen ger fares last year, and $30,073. 713. gross, in freight business. The eight per cent tax on all passenger tickets meant for the year 1920 an out-lay by the people who traveled within the state of South Carolina on the three main trunk lines, the Southern, the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard, of $888,861. The three per cent tax on freight handled within the state by the three trunk lines totaled $9021211. The five per cent tax on express, the eight per cent on "Pullman tickets and the taxes paid in con nection with travel on the many short lines of the state brought the total above the two million dollar mark. It is estimated that the total rail road business for the state during 1921 will be slightly less than for 1920, but there will be no vast difference in the amount of tax paid by the traveling and sapping public. The elimination of these taxes will be welcomed by the bus iness interests as well as the trav eling public in the state, and will mean a considerable saving to ha bitual users *f the railroads. Cotton For Czecho-Slovakia o o ** First Shipment From Colum bia on Deferred Payment Plan Columbia, Dec. 20.?During the last few days 510 bales of cotton have been shipped from Columbia, via Charleston, to Czecho-Slovakia. The cotton was compressed for ex port by the Palmetto Compress Company, here, having been receiv ed from Joseph J. Fret well, of An derson. Mr. Fretwell received the cotton from the Warrant Export company, of Birmingham. The cot ton will be shipped to Hamberg. Germany, and sent from there td the Czecho-Slovakia mills. The cioth will be marketed in London. The cotton will not be paid for un til money is received for the cloth. It is said this cotton, the first to be shipped under this arrangement, will bring 25 cents a pound. Big Still Destroyed j _ . York County Plant of Moon shine Syndicate Captured by Officers York, Dec. 19.?Shiners who have been operating a big distil lery five miles south of York btd a taste for chocolate candy and bonbons, since many candy boxes were found on the grounds when county officers destroyed the big furnace and 2,200 gallons of beer ready to be made into liquor last evening. The operators had been living at the distlilery. as a big tent was there to house them, and there were more than a hundred empty cans ax'ound that had held salmon and beans and other foods. It was evident that more than 500 gallons of liquor had been made in the past few days, and the beer poured out was sufficient to make several hundred more gallons. A tine road had been built leading r? the still and tracks of scores oi automobiles and wagons were noted. Officers believe that expert shiners from the South Mountain section of North Carolina had been running the still and that they were employed by a moonshine syndi cate, believed to be organized in the section between York anu Ches ter, where the big still was found. Britain Opposes Submarines Washington. Dec. 20?The Brit- I ish delegation has formally re quested a plenary session of the Washington conference tomorrow or Thursday to permit the British P to present the case for the abolition of the submarine. Bomb Explosion Frightens New York ? y New York. Dec. 20.?A bomb vvas exploded in the hallway of a Grand Street building early today, causing great excitement as it was tea red the explosion was a part of I the plot to destroy Wall street. I Hvsidents fled into the streets ; scantily attired. The damage is estimated at live thousand dollars. . Washington, Dec. 20.?The cen- | sus bureau today announced that ? cotton ginnings to December 13th amounted to 7.799,45S running bales, against 10,S7?,263 bales last year.