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\ri,The: Watchman and Southron ' Published Wednesday and Satur ' - ?ay I>y Osteen Publishing Company, . "S?mteryS. C. ' ' ? Terms: $2.00 per annum?m advance. Advertisements: " One Square, first insertion __$1.00 ''' Every'subsequent insertion .50 : Contracts for three months or longer, .yrill be made at reduced rates. " * AJ!. communications which sub serve, private Interests ?will be charged for as advertisements. : Obituaries and tributes of re spect, will be charged f?r. The , Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southrpn.in 1866. The Watchman . and Southron now has the com bined circulation and influence of both^of the old papers, and is man ifestly the hest advertising medium in Sumter._ ? A li?ST ILLUSION G?XE.... The r>utch government is after former Emperor William of Ger ? many for:^back taxes?a matter of 5,080 marks?and it means to col lect. Wilhelm does not mean to pay.:. lie: has called in his lawyers as a 'preliminary, but this makes no difference to anyone but the lawyers,, the Kaiser himself, and ? the Dutch government. The real damage is done. For" a generation William of Z. Hohewzo-ilern labored assiduously . and with very fair success io build up "'a''reputation as a superman. Germany .believed in his near-divin ity, or at least acquiesced in it. ? Europe feared him and, though we Americans laughed more or less, a lot of.;us took the All-Highest se riously. .Now we all know he's just an- every-daysort of person, dodg ' itig taxes' like other people. ?! Ia'xjiis. day the Kaiser has com mitted some extraordinary crimes, crimes'which the ordinary man ? would scarcely dream of. The pres ent offense is degradingly common ...;-j?iace;'^yTno means the deed for a r war lordl! careful of his reputa ?;r*'i X?tt;'r tion. BRAXBED TRAFFIC OFFENDER j ... ' It every automobilist who vio lates ~tne~traffic laws in his home town, wexe sentenced to carry a larger-, conspicuously colored sign : bearing the word "Guilty" upon the -- front of his car, for a period of days jot weeks, it might help to re ? duee the:-number of traffic acci ' den & considerably. So thinks a .-?\ n'*'; v private-citizen who has been work T-iatf with.- the police in checking up ? on traffic1 offendersf "." "By *h&' plan Ihe sign would be carried ;jn addition to paying fines - and all? other usual penalties. The length" of time for displaying it would be'indicated by the judge inj accordance with the gravity of the I .:.offense- auid the record of the driv-i As .the. author of the scheme ex plains, -'AMany who seme perfectly jsaR?i mi"-a31 tneir dealings wiht ottl er ffebple. are for some reason ir- j rational when driving a car." Branding-might help to bring them j to their senses. THE LMPOCNDED AUTOMO. BILE. . ... Av.S5?sltem of impounding the cars, of traffic law violators is meet ing with success in some communi 7. ties where other efforts to check ...careless driving halve failed. ..There is no more reason why a dog running wild on the public* streeta-should be put in the pound than why an automobile should be tor doing/ the same thing. The dog,,eisen if he i3 mad, has no more power .tor -harm. The"Impounding of the car is not us^d as an alternative to other pupishment, such as imprison , .me.4*t?pr-a. fine for its driver. It is an 'additional measure. The term for which the car is held in official custody-depends upon the gravity j of the defense. " This method has an advantage' over the system which revokes I tSie driver's license but leaves the i . car in 'his hands. It pevents ab- j solute'ly''his selling it. renting it, using ,it fraudulently or in any manner ameliorating his sentence. ] In this"ami other ways the strong arm of ^he law is beginning to make .observance of traffic laws ad visable- from motives of self-in terest If not for humanitarian rea sons. . - A .XHKATY RATIFIED. The Colombian congress has fin-j t/tty ratified the treaty with_^ the ' United States whereby this country I is to pay $25.000.000 compensa- i tion Claimed by Colombia in con- f nection with the revolt of Panama j and the Panama Canal deal. So ! ends,'if not happily, at least tol erably, a long and troublesome dis pute. It is 18: years since the northern penisular end of Colombia now known as Panama set up for it self and sold the United States the permanent rights to a five-mile strip for an interoceanic. canal. It is seven years since that canal was finished and opened to traffic. All this time the controversy has drag ged, Colombia insisting that the i United States was responsible for \ the loss of Panama and the United j States denying the charge and ; I seeking, by various ways, to mollify j ! the complainant. The present settlement, admit- J I tediy a compromise, probably set- j ties the matter as satisfactorily as ! it can be settled. There is no more profit in discussing the issues in , volved. If Colombia had no le-1 gitimate grievance, Colombia! thought she "had, and. in that be lief she was upheld by most of Lat in-America. The dispute now end ed has long been the chief remain ing obstacle to progress in our Pan American relations and our Latin neighbors' frank acceptance of the Monroe Doctrine. We should how be able to get along better with all of them. ? ? ? -- IRISH PEOPLE FOR PEACE. ! A telegra'phic canvas of 26 coun ties of southern Ireland is said to I have indicated that if the treaty with Britain were put to vote it would be accepted by a majority .1 of hot less than 90 per cent in any j county. This expression of popu lar sentiment is being placed before the Dail Eireann in the form of letters, telegrams and resolutions from people of all classes. It should hasten acceptance of the treaty by the Dail. There is nothing surprising in the report. It simply indicates that the people of Ireland, like the people of "the rest of the world, want peace and are willing to make concessions to get it, realizing that It cannot be had without conces sions. It is a frame of mind to which too many leaders, however, remain blind, not only in Ireland but else where. ? ? ? GLOOMY-FACED AMERICA. The estimate has been made that the nation spent $60,000,000 for holiday greeting cards this season. One writer finds the money well spent because it went to spread the doctrine Of cheer. According to this writer, we are a gloomy nation. "The most gloomy," he says, "outside of Asia. Look around in any restaurant and see if you see three really happy i faces." / The worst of it is that he is right. Americans, for all their reputation j for wit, pluck and humor, wear a , most sorry face in public. It is to be seen not only in restaurants but on the street cars, the trains, the streets and everywhere else?wor-] ried, tense, sharp. Almost everyone who sent a Christmas card sent It with a smile, or at least a ch?erful relaxation, of; his countenance. Everybody who received one gave it a smiling welcome. For a day or two, jat least, Americans looked as fortu nate, as happy and as kindly as they really are. It is a pity that the Christmas card magic which wrought the change is not more lasting. ? ? ??? HAPPY NEW YEAR. The 'New* Year dawns, working its strange alchemy of hope and courage in the hearts of mankind. { No matter what we know of pres- j ent circumstances or future likeli hoods,- and no matter how much j we remind ourselves tha,t after all, j one .calendar day is exactly like another, the wiza; d of New Year bids us discount all unhappy facts, and hope still. Under his magic whiskey it is as though a world standing in the shadow came out suddenly into the sun. The best of it is that the hope is not without reason or just a mat ter of superstition. Good and pros perity and success may just as well lie beyond the opening doors of the New Year as more discouragement, woe and ill. Because this newspaper firmly believes that not only our city but our nation and our world do stund upon the threshold of a peace, a ,! friendliness and a prosperity hith- ? erto unknown, with better will than ever it wishes every reader and friend a happy New Year. ? ? ? New Auto License Plates. Columbia, Jan. 2.?The distri bution of new automobile license { plates, for \'J2'>. will begin Tues day, according to announcement by the state highway department J today. A new feature of the distribu- ? tion this year will be the delivery of plates at the highway offices. A special office over the Woolworth i Ten Cent store has been opened ; for this purpose, and visitors to Co lumbia can get their plates person ally. Last year all plates were mailed out. The new plates are all white, with black letters for motor ve hicles and red letters for dealers. The month of January is allowed for securing of plates. The County Agent And the People Marketing as Well as Produc tion Within Agent's Field of Service The county agricultural agent is a public official -whose business it is to make available in practical form the knowledge of agricultural science as developed in the state experiment stations, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the results of the best farm practice. He is expected to show by field demonstrations, publica tions?and otherwise, the application of such knowledge to local farm conditions. : The advantage of improved farm practices as demonstrated on the most successful farm in the county where the agent is employed are j called to the attention of farmers in his territory. With these demon strations before them, individual farmers are able to determine in telligently the extent to which thejr will apply the lessons of the demon strations conducted by the agent. The county agent is an officer of the state college of agriculture and of the United States Department of Agriculture. He may also be employed in co-operation with the county government or the county farmers' organization contributing to his support and aiding in his work. He is not, however, expect ed to act as the busness agent of, farmers in carrying on commercial transactions. He is not in any sense a hired man, operating the farmer's own faira enterpi jes. The subject on which the county agent may give demonstrations or advice are as varied as the needs of the farm population in his coun ty. It is his duty K demonstrate the application of afeiicultural sci ence to soil management and build ing, to the control of plant disease and insect pests, to the introduc tion of better varieties of farm crops, and to improvement in methods of feeding, breeding, and care of farm animals. The economic management of the farm as a whole to yield the largest net re turns, the study of systems of mar keting local farm products, advice on the purchase of farm supplies, co-operatively and otherwise, are broad phases of his diversified work. While the county agent's posi tion and duties make him the lead er in agricultural matters, he can not fairly be expected to be an ex pert on all agricultural subjects. He should have a sufficient gen eral knowledge to advise on the leading questions, and he should know on what specialist to call for help on technical or difficult problems that may arise. Those in charge of co-operative extension work, both in the United States Department of Agriculture and the agricultural colleges, .be lieve that the agents should assist the farmers of the county with every problem connected with their business, from the preparation of the soil to the marketing of his products. It is' natural for the farmers to look to the agent as their agricultural adviser in mar keting as well as production and to expect him to give them informa tion on questions of harvesting, grading, and packing. For the past two years the marketing pro blem has been the most vital one to all branches of agriculture. It is believed that it is legitimate and proper for the agent to encourage co-operative marketing, to obtain information as to what products should be worth. where the best markets may be found, and how these markets may be reached at the least expense to the producer. ?Dr. A. .C. True. Director, States Relation. Service. Marriage License Record. . Marriage licenses have been is sued to the following couples:* Mr. Eugene Sanders and Miss Ruby Adams, both of Sumter. Mr. James R. Johnson of Con way and Mfss Leilah O. Smith ol Summer. Colored: Charles Taylor and Gertrude Bradley, Sumter. Ulyses Nathaniel and Eva Bracy, Sumter. . James Smith. Sumter and Mar tha Wright of Oswego. Asbnry McCain and Sarah Jane Lawson of Wedgetield. Frank Charles. Horatio and Louise Dinkins, Rembert. E. J. Windham. Sumter and Earleen Weston. Wedgetield. James Mellette and Elese Salter, Sumter. Charlie Cook and Erline March. Mayesville. Johnnie Rose and Mabel Cook. Mayesville. < Rennte Lai-kins and Victoria Weston, Sumter. A Suggestive Article. Editor Daily Item: I wish to suggest to your many readers a very constructive article that appears in the January issue of The Atlantic .Monthly: The New South: The Bull Weevil Bra. by K* T. FT. Shaffer. The Contributors' Column of the Atlantic Monthly ! says of Mr. Shaffer that he knows what it means to grow cotton and other things as well. Mr. Shaffer is president of the Coll.-ton pro- , duets' Association in South Caro-j linu. The artiele is well worth ; reading ami it gives me pleasure to '? suggest i( to those who may not . otherwise see it. 1 may add that those who have not access to The Atlantic Monthly may s.-#. a copy of it at the public library. Cordially submitted. S. H. EDMUNDS. j ?? *> ? Nashville, Tenn.. .Ian. 2.?Hoyt i Porter, of Kentucky, commissioned , by th< foreign mission board ;is j southern Baptist representative in ' the distribution of clothing and | lief funds in Russia, has sailed, it was announced here. A'New Vork play producer eStj- ! mates there are 5.000 men and wo- 1 men in New Vork City alone writing oiays. An average of fifteen plays i is received by him daily. One out ', of every 2<ju he receives is accepted, j Capitalization On Farms Low Average of Only 3.54 Per Cent?Cheaper to Lease Than Buy So metimes (New Ycrk Times.) The average rental of farm prop erties amounts to 3.~>4 per cent of rhe value of the land, it has been found through investigation begun hy the department of agriculture to discover a method for making accurate land appraisals. Study was made of the census returns from 158,000 farms. The farms examin-! ed, although they comprised only 3 per cent of all the farms in the country, included 33 per cent, of all rented farms. The total value of these farms was $2.679.317.000 and the gross rent $94,960,458. They average inj value $16.950 and were rented for $600.74. Their valuation per acre for land and buildings was $153.67, and their rent per acre was $5.45, or 3.54 per cent. The gross cash rent for a year was only a twenty eighth part of the valuation. In oth?-r words, considering gross rents, merely the land was held : on what the English would call j "twenty-eight years' purchase." This leaves out of account the advance in price of the land by which landowners have lieen com pensated for low rents. In the seventy years from 1S50 to 1920 the money value of an average acre of farm land for the United States advanced at an average an nual rate of 2 per cent compound ed. For many "Owners of rented farms this advance in land prices was sufficient to compensate for ; holding land with small gross rents, j The low ratio is not evidence of j poor farm lands, for the facts j show that the best land in the ? country is comprehended under lower ratios than land in sections \ with much inferior soil. The quality of the land is no explanation of the ratios of rents to valuation. In many sections the principal reason for the low rate appears to have i been the expectation of gain from advance in land prices. Even if increases in land prices are added to net rents it appears that American farm properties have been capitalized at a modest I rate compared to government bonds, farm mortgage loans and gilt-edge securities in general. This ; i may be partly because of lack of j j appreciation by farmers of invest-! ment opportunities in other fields' and partly because of easy over- j emphasis of one's chances to make ? especially large gains from ad- j vances in land prices. Another im- | ! portant consideration, perhaps, is j the appeal ownership of a farm \ | home makes to an owner who ! I wants to hold it for-himself or hiss I children. j Tenant farming is not likely to ' i be given up by operators who can | ' hire all or a considerable part of j j the land and buildings they need j for 3.54 per ceni. Tenants who , would have to borrow money would j : naturally hesitate to buy land they j ; could hire at less than the mort- j gage rate. This may account for ! the large proportion of land oper- ! ated by lessees in the low ratio \ sections of the country. Appreciation of land prices may have added such large increments! i to the value .of tenant farms in ! some sections as to make it easy i j for landlords to refrain from rais- j ing cash rents to a corresponding extent. A slaokening of advance ; I in land prices, such as came around j IS Do, when prices of farm products I were low, doubtless would cause | landowners to give greater consid eration to rental income -in t'm ir calculations. If unable to antici- j pate a gain in value in addition to j i their rental income, the speculative ! motive for acquiring and renting ; farm lands would subside, and land i values probably would be revised j downward to an extent that would ' permit a larger, rate of returns ? [ from rentals. , Wherever rental ratios are small compared with returns on other reasonably safe investments, it is j possible that expenditures fort drainage, irrigating or clearing j land will not yield an adequate re- i turn. It is clear that the rate of capitalization of raw land must be considered seriously before bring- | ing new land into use. It is true .the data indicates comparatively high rates of returns in sections ' where large areas of new lands j are available. But the figures d<>; not discriminate between the rate of return on reclaimed and reclaim able land from the rate on other ' lands in tin- same county. The significance of sectional vari- i ations is made more evident by re- | gional summaries. Cash tenant j farms in selected North Central counties showed an average rental j ratio of 2.SK per cent; in Pacific! counties, 4.26 per cent; in New England and Middle Atlantic conn ties, 4.4!? i>?-r cent: in mountain j counties. 6.34 per cent, and in ! Southern counties, 7.J'! per cent, j The states whose selected counties showed the highest averages were I Arkansas, 10.66 i>?-r cent: .Missis- , sippi, 10.04, and Arizona. X.3 7. On the other end of this seal*' were North Dakota. 2.17; South Dakota. 2.52, and Nebraska, 2.59 per cent. ? Some counties showed perc< .A:iz<-y ten or twelve times as high as oth- I ers. Among possible factors causing sectional variations the department suggests the following may oper ate: (1) Lack of uniformity with which capital has been available for land purchases; (L'i conditions which make it necessary for own ers to supervise tenants and fur nish them supplies; <:', i differences | in real or fancied desirability of regions from the standpoint of! markets, residence and other con siderations. The rate returned on cash-ten ant farms rented by whites was smaller than on those rented hy noh-whites in the same districts. | Of the non-whites, Japanese, Chi nese and Indians returned percent ages very iittleh igher than whites. Negroes, however, operated farms on terms yielding landlords a gross rental two-fifths higher than was paid by white tenants for farms of the same value. Differences in the kinds of farms they operate in the amount of supervision required and in other items may account for this. The length of time for which contracts had run made a marked difference in the rate returned on the farm valuation. The contracts which were over one-year-old, showed returns of 3.ti7 per cent, compared with 4.35 per cent on new ones, the new contracts calling for cash rents about one-sixth higher than old ones. This was true of ail tenants, regardless of color or kin ship. Part of the explanation may be in the fact that contracts of one-year duration were especially characteristic of high-ratio sec tions. Furthermore, the census was taken when cash rents specified in old contracts doubtless ran lower for farms of the same valuation than for farms whose rental con tract was not so long-standing. Kinship and Items. rn a kinship study, including whites only, a class of tenants most of whom were related to their landlords were grouped separately from other tenants, most of whom were not related to their land lords. Whereas the ''unrelated" tenants paid 3.43 per cent on their farms, the "related" tenants paid only 2.7?; per cent. The latter had either over-valued farms or re duced rents because of kinship. Care should be used in drawing .conclusions trom these data, the department warns, since the cash rents are for only one year, 1919. a time when both land value and rentals were high.. The great de cline in farm prices since 1919 may have caused more rapid decline of rents than farm prices. High-ratio sections should, not be compared with low-ratio sections on the sup position that differences in ratios express similar differences in the respectived ist riots, nor should it be assumed that the differences in rates of return measure differences in the productivity of the land. It is proper to take into account the prospective increase in value of the land, as well as the amount of su pervision that must be supplied by the landlord, the amount of risk incurred and other considerations. The wide diversity of rates of return emphasizes the need for sci entific appraisal of farm lands and buildings for both taxpaying and loan purposes. The mere accept ance of prevailing land prices is an unsound practice in appraising. Cotton Gin ning Heport Figures Given For South Carolina Counties The department of commerce, through the bureau of the census, announces the preliminary report on cotton ginned by counties in South Carolina or the crops of 1021 and 1920. The total for the State was made public at 10 a. m. Tuesday, December 20. (Quantities are in running bales, counting round as half bales. Linters are not included). 1921. 1920. Abbeville ..I'.:,792 29,557 Aiken.13.761 41,388 Allendale .. _4... ? 13,133 Anderson.. .. _ .61,635 73,953 Hamberg. 3,969 20,011 Barnwell. 7,?38 28,018 Beaufort.. .. 450 299 Berkeley .. ... _. 1.061 7,242 Calhoun _ 5.184 35.330 Cherokee__ _14,G5S 17,62 7 Chester.26.08S 31.173 Chesterfield _24,067 30.678 Clarendon. .. S,:i9 43,483 Colleton.2.022 0,557 DarUngton ..22,441 44.227 Dillon .34.201 34,344 Dorchester 1,605 9,382 Edgefleld . 7.419 2-1.563 Fairfield _10,071 24,601 Florence.21,451 39.275 Georgetown 41!) 3.437 Greenville _41.732 40.7S2 Greenwood . _13,846 36,524 Hainptoh .. _2,94 9 6.si3 Horry _3,72S 7,379 Jasper_ 690 852 Kershaw .12,531 34,753 Lancaster...."' .1 6,144 20,692 Laurens_ _35.297 56.769 Lee..- -.1 9.350 42,62 1 Lexington.S.999 29,146 MeCormick .. 4,170 15.080 Marion.11,848 17,685 .Marlboro.49.7S0 55,048 Newh< rry .._ 18,819 41,364 Oconee..21.437 19^232 Orangeburg- ..18,(/S2 S4&L1 Pickens..21.352 16,477 Richland . $.306 33.285 Saluda .. __ ... 9.0X5 28.447 Spartan bn"rg._ __68.782 73,159 Sumter .. _ 18.403 54.4 90 Union.. .. _16.894 22,102 Williamsburg 7.422 29.457 York .40,139 37.5SQ All other 269 750 The State. __75S,327 1.364,081 ??-<?? < Hotel Ratings by State Hotel In spect >r. Columbia, .bin. 2.?The Jefferson Hotel, of Columbia, has the highes! rating any h:<;<-l in the state, ac cording to tin* annual report on the hotels of tin- state, by Hotel Inspec tor J. 11. Woodward, made public today. The Jefferson's rating is 9X5. Among some of tin* highest ratings on !!:>? hotel honor roll are the following: Charleston Hotel. Charleston, 960; St. John. Charles ton, Imperial, Greenville, 920; Ottaray. Greenville. 970: Oregon, Grmewood, 925: Cleveland. Spar tanburg, 960; Gresham, Spartan burg, 950: Finck. Spartanburg, 905; Imperial. Sumter, 900: Aiken Inn. Aiken, Jerome, Columbia. 930. Many others having good rat ings. Some have been given bad scores by the inspector. Tie- Villa Marguerita, of Char leston, -lands highest of the tour ist hotels with a i-ating of 980. All tie- tour is! hotels oi the state are rated at above i"1". -o Tbe governor of Michigan is sure uig i" compel the auditor-general to pay himself, the treasurer and tin- secretary of state an additional $2.500 a year voted to them by t In laut h gislature. Russia's Desper ate Strait The Government Embarrassed Financially and Famine Growing Worse i - Moscow Dec. 2. (By the Associ ated Press)?The Soviet govern i merit iaftlevising all sorts of taxes in an ?SKort to meet its expenses, lit is reducing the number of em : ployes and charging for everything : which used to be free. A state ! bank has been opened to facilitate ! foreign trade. Dills of exchange i wi.3 be handled. Deposits will be i accepted and.interest paid of them, i Loans will also be made. The capital of the bank is $3,000,000, ! 000,000 rubles and the total issue j of paper money to date is said to I be 5,750,000,000,000 rubles, j The ruble continues to fall, and I the government and public alike I are scrambling all the time for j foreign currency. Chicherin's of j fer to recognize the pre-war for eign debts if the Entent Powers ' will grant Soviet Russia reeogni j tion had no stabilizing effect on j Bolshevist money, i The American Relief Adminis tration child-feeding, and the an I nouncement that warehouses wf I ; be established by the Hoover or ganization to supply food packages ' uii drafts sent from abroad have j not checked the rising price of I bread and economists say it will j continue to rise until the next har ! vest ar.d the famine will be far I worse next Spring than it is now. ; It is clear that the Soviet govern i ment is reverting to capitalism as j rapidly as it can without iosing its I Comtnunstic support. But Lenine, i Knien in and other leaders frankly j admit in their addresses that this is j being done only after stores of j manufactured articles and financial i resources have been exhausted. I They also say the change is being j made merely to get a breathing j spell for another attack on world I capitalism. With this threat ringing in his [ ears, the American or British busi jness man who is in Moscow try I ing to establish commercial rela ; tions. does not have much heart ? in his negotiations. So far for j eign business men are not permit ted to rent offices. Neither may J they rent apartments. They must j live in the guest houses conducted i by the government. All mail and telegrams for foreigners not at ; tached to some official mansion j must pass through the foreign i office. i Odessa has appealed to the Mos I cow government for permission to j have insurance written in foreign companies so it can resume its ex \ port trade. After failure to get j foreigners to operate the iron in dustry in the Donetz Basin the gov i ernment has organized a trust com ! billing several of the big works and j will try to run them with the aid of f loans from the State Bank. Ship I ping in the Black Sea has been e\?-ri less active than in the Baltic. Small craft have taken flyers in the import and export trade but i the turnover has been almost neg ; ligible. -o ? ? Moonshine Reflections The holiday season is over and : the loss ot a few stills will not seri ! ously inconvenience the Sumter ' county moonshiners, i - There'll be no cessation in the ac ! tlvities of bootleggers nor any de | dine in the output of moonshine I stills until every whiskey maker j and seller iy convinced, by liard ex I perience, that the penalty is a ; L.-rm on the chain gang. - I The imposition of a paltry fine of |$1(h> on a convicted moonshiner or n>ootiegger is not adequate punish 1 ment?it is really nothing more I than a very low license for viola ! ting the law. Sentiment against moonshining [and bootlegging is lukewarm. There are no militant opposition?either ?official or general?against, unlaw ful liquor making and selling. And that is the reason the industry j flourishes in Sumter county. j If a man or a boy steals a pair I of shoes or pants from a store, or I a chicken en- turkey from a lien i house, there is a hue and cry rais ] ed and every citizen within hear | ing will exert himself to capture the petty criminal, but not one man j in a thousand will lift a finger to help break up a still or help cap ture a bootlegger. That is why the ! moonshine industry flourishes and j bootlegging is a comparatively safe and profitable occupation. ? ! There would be no moonshine stills nor bootleggers, if there wore not hundreds or regular customers. 'among supposedly law respecting citiens. Every citizen who buys j moonshine ort contraband liquor ; from a bootlegger is an encourager ! of lawlessness. -???<? i 666 cures Eftlous Fever.?Adver : tisement. A mass meeting of the taxpayers j of Sumter county will be called to j meet in the Court House next Sat 1 urday, January 7:h. for the pur : pose of considering a ways and 'means to tiring about a reduction of taxes on visible property and at the same time shift some of the burden to the shoulders of proper ty owners who are now escaping taxation. There is a determined and rapidly growing sentiment in all sectinos of South Carolina for tax reduction and tax reform. Rub-My-TIsrc, a pain killer.? Advertisement. The members of the League of Nations won't have time to fight, anyway. They'll be too busy mak ing separate treaties with the United States. 6C6 cures ('hills and F*ver.? Advert isement. ?-O O o Wells says primitive man was impressed by the squareness of four. We have an uneasy feel ing, however, that china is no longer primith e. Woman Candidate For Major - ! Walhalla Has the Distinction of producing First Female Politician Walhalla D*.c SO.?More than the usual amount of interest is being taken in the municipal elec tion Cor mayor and aldermen of the town of Walhalla to be held next Tuesday, January 3. for the reason that for the first tirm- in tlx; his '? tory ?>>' the town there is a woman : candidate for mayor. .Miss Addie Tatb&m. who announced her can didacy last week, is making an I active campaign. Besides Miss Tatham there are three other can didates, If. C. Busch, James 7.1. .Moss and V. T. Gillespie. W. M. Brown, present mayor, has an nounced that, owing to the pres sure of private business, he will [ not be a candidate for re-election. At the election, next Tuesday there will be ele< ted a mayor, six alder men, three members of the board of health, and one member of the comisaion of public works for lights.' The entire Ticket, as headed by Tatham, has not been given out, 'and it is not known how many wo ! men will be in the race for the : other Offices. O 4p ? j CITY COUNCIL MEETING At a regular meeting of Council held Tuesday evening, there were present. Mayor L. D. Jennings. Counfcilmen Raffieid and McCal lum and City Manager O'Quinn. Mr. W. T. Brown, representing the Sumter County Fair Associa tion, again appeared before Coun cil in behalf of that organization for the purpose of obtaining a lease on 25 acres of land situate at the city pumping station and known as the water works property. Mr. Brown stated that it wa:-: the ob ject of the fair association to erect a fair building and race track on this property, and requested that Council act on this proposition as 5Qon as possible, as he was anxious to get plans made for fair which ! will be held in 1922. Afte'r hearing Air. Brown's argument Council di rected that petition be circulated among the citizens of Sumter to determine what the public senti ment would be on This proposition. Councilman Raffieid stated that he was opposed to leasing the prop-: erty to the fair association for the j reason that he feared contamina tion of the city's ~ater supply. I Mr. F. If. Huff, of the Eastren Carolina Motor company appeared before council and requested that j he be permitted to erect a filling i station on the vacant lot at the cpr ; net* of Sumter and Hampton j streets. Council granted Mr. Huff's ; request, providing that tne work I be done under the supervision of ? City Manager O'Quinn and the city building inspector. City Manager O'Quinn again brought up the matter .of '.??sur veying and determining the width of Brown street. After some dis cussion council decided to make : the street 50 instead of 60 feet, because of the fact that Mr. S. I. Wilson had built his bona- in the edge of the street, not knowing at the time where the line was, when his house was built City Manager O'Quinn was directed to lay out street in this manner and ? make at! necessary adjustments with abutting property owners. : Mr. W. Leslie Branson. Jr., ap ? pearect before council on<3 ask -d 'that he be refunded $37.50 which : he paid for plumbers' license in ' July 1920. Mr. Brunson stated that I at the time he purchased license ; he was not aware of the fact that the city required a bond from all plumbers. He also stated that he I was not informed of this bond by : city treasurer's office when license ! was paid. Upon being informed of "this fact Mr. Brunson stated that ; he decided not to go into the ' plumbing business and for that j reason thai his license should be refunded. Council agreed with Mr. Brunson. and directed the city clerk to make the necessary re fu nd. Two letters were presented to j council, one from Mrs. Augusta j Brails ford and one from R. C. I Richardson, Jr. Both letters re j quested penalties to be refunded I which were paid on city taxes. The request was refused by coun j oil. On recommendation of City I Manager O'Quinn the salaries of ; Miss Teresa. Chandler, cashier at the lighting plant and William Ro ? gan meter reader, were increased \ $ io each. On suggestion of Mayor Jennings the salary of City Manager I O'Quinn was increased from $225 I to $250 per rhomh. This increase j" : Mayor Jennings tated was due ito the fact that it was the opinion of the City Council that Manager ; O'Quinn was working for a much smaller salary than, any other city ; manager of a < ity the size of Sum Iter. In April. 1921. Mr. M. A. Doughty was appointed manager of the city's lighting plant at ? salary of $4. 2oo per year with the agreement ! that if his services were satisfac tory he would be allowed a salary [ of $4.500 for :h<- year 1922. In accordance with this agreement ["when Mr. Doughty was offered the [salary of $4v5o0 lie stared that la wns perfectly wiUing to" remain in tile employ of the city for an other year at his present salary, due to the fact that at the presehl time he is the highesi paid t m ployee of the city. Council then adjourned. In making contracts Cor road : and bridge building public officials [should remember that common h. i bor can now be had in abundance at 75c to $1.00 a day, whereas i eighteen months ago it was scarce I at $3 t*i s i a day. Unless coh j tractor.- are forced to figure labor ';it present cost they will figure i; at the war-time rate and their ? profit:; will be all the greater. To break a cold take 666.?Ad I vertisement. Farming Program Schedule of Crops Recom mended For Boll Wee vi! Conditions After careful consideration, the following schedule of crop* for an average one-horse crop has been agreed upon, and is recommended for use under boll weevil conditions, it is intended, of course, that each individual farmer shall make such minor changes as the needs of his farm require. The number of acres of the given crops and the number of cows, sows and poultry, should be multiplied by the number ? of acres in your farm. The acreage and estimated average return, and the num ber of livestock per one horsje farm is as follows: 5 to C acres of cotton, estimated value (5 acres.. .$250.00 G acres of corn, with velvet beans, at $35.. 210.0U 5 to G acres of oats and wheat, (1 acre wheat) followed by pea-cine hay, at $30.00.-.!.. ISG.flO 1 acre sweet potatoes.. 100.00 3 acre Irish potatoes, ollowed by peanuts 100.00 * 1 acre snap beans, fol . lowed by peanuts 120^0 1 acre in sorghum, su gar cane and similar crops ._50.00 2 acres in tobacco, or some substitute money crop ._ 260.00 And live stock as fol lows: ' * I cow, increased to two as soon as feed is available, estimated i value of milk and ? cream, ne cow_- 150.00 1 sow and pigs.100.00 ?F$ock of poultry, 20 to \ .25._ 40.00 Estimated total yield per one horse farm, under this plan .Sl.500.00 ASK THAT LAWS BE ENFORCED - ' * ' Cojumbia, Dec. 30. ? Attorney General Wolfe has received a let ter from United States Attorney General Daugherty, at "Washington, asking cooperation in the enforce ment of laws regarding the sale of liquor and the food and fuel laws. ThA letter received by Mr. Wolfe is the same as sent by the national attorney general to all state attorn eys general regarding enforcement of these laws. "The two principal offenses which I now have in mind," Mr. Daugherty writes, "are those against the liquor and the food and fuel supply laws. There is no dis-1 position on the part of the federal government as represented by the department of justice to evade any responsibility in respect to its du ties, but the states, I believe, should first enforce their laws in regard to the violations and the federal government promptly co-operating with the states to enforce the laws which should be enforced by iL There are substantial duplication* in many of these laws, and a bet ter understanding between stale* and federal authorities will prov? beneficial to both in the enforce ment of prohibition and food J^jid fuel laws pertaining to prices." ' The attorney general's letter (suggests that the state attorney gt neral call a meeting of all the solicitors of the state, with a view to urging their co-operation in the enforcement of these laws. At torney General Wolfe has already j done this, having had a meetmsf j of the solicitors last year, at whicJsi ; time law enforcement was discuss I ed by the attorneys and eJgo by th* ; governor. ; Church Party Given. j A most enjoyable evening wif I spent on Thursday at the home of j Mr. W. P.. Burns on Hampton Ave. j when a good number of the young folks of Sumter made up of Sun \ day School Classes of Trinity ; Methodist church, the Epwortft j League and a number of boys and i girls of Sumter at home for the ? hoSdays were very pleasantly en , certained. The rooms of Mr. Burns* residence were thrown into i om.- and were' decorated with the j decorations of t he Christmas time. Games were played during the evening and a delicious refresh ment course of cream and cake serv-ed by the ladies of the Mizpah I Bible Class of Trinity church. The bright and laughing faces of the ; young folks attested their enjoy ment of the party and each ex pressed htemselves as having had a delightfully pleasant time. ? ? ? GC6 cures Malarial Fever.?Ad vel tisement. Tiu- interest from the B. P. p. . E. fpnds sei aside for the re membrance of the poor children j at Christmas time, this year amounted to $137.50. This amount was used by the Civic League "in the purchasing of milk for the Iit ! ? le children. -<fc <> o 666 quickly relieves a cold.? Ad vertl.se ment. -? o ?? - Marriage License Record. A marriage license has been ? sued to Mr. H. Parker Sanders of [Hagood and Miss Addie M. Bem ben ot Rembert. -? ? ? ? To prevent a cold take 66G.? Advertisement. -? ? ? ? ? ? Xew York, Dec. 31.?Woodrow Wilson, in ;< Xew Years' letter to j the Women's Democratic Political League predicted a year would show the party had "entirely re gained confidence of the narion." Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatism. Advertisement.