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* ?, -- Thtr'^^chman and Southron ? Published Wednesday and Satur Osteen Publishing: Company, _i r? Sumter, S. C. Terms: $2.00 per annum?in advance. Advertisements: One Square, first insertion ..$1 00 Every' subsequent insertion __ .50 hi . Contracts for three months or longer* Vili be made at reduced V?r jat.esV ?? All. communications which sub ... se^ve. private interests will ae ? chafed for as advertisements. Ohituaj?es and tributes of re spect win be charged f#r. The Sumter Watchman was founded^jin lSfO and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman ^V>&h3 Souf-hrOri now has the cOm Ditned: circulation and influence of Xv both of the eld papers, and is man " i&st$y'iH& best advertising medium ? in Surnter., NO BOOM W.i.NTi3). ' " ? - There has been no more valu able suggestion made as to the'out look "for 1922 than Charles Sehw&tfs statement that "we don't w*tat;"a ,bo?m, but we do want a ?? slow'^Hing of the sails of the ship of industry." . Everybody knows that such in fiatedt,prosperity as the country en joyed for a time is not so good as , it seems on the surface, because ?? it is fuoamcntally. unsound and bound t<>?be followed by a period of depression which puts the ayer : age>beloiw normal after all. " In spite of. this knowledge, * ' gaine3T>y7 most of us through sore exi&ti&tfck, we have been hanging ?x...around -waiting for business to open* on---the grand scale. That is why it refuses to open up at all, or why, if it does start up on -a mod est 'seile in, any direction, we are ?either, blind to the process or scornful?of it. .Yet (t is only as we content ourselves to ieturn to a ? - . * ?: * " . normal prosperity by normal de greest.that we can safeguard1 our-. *? 'selves: against another such slump as thecountry now suffers. It is ... the tendency to "despise^ the day of small things" that is at the bottom 0f our troubles. i?EBrTS AND AK>IA>?EXTS. The in>;.stence of France on - freedom^ :to maintain big arma V".' ment, bV- land and sea, changes . not ?nly cjthe whole armament sit uation hut the whole economic sit V trtakm. ;It has a definite and pow erful' bearing on the question of the Allies! indebtedness. T&ere.yhas been a distinct len "". dency of -late, in this country and to be easy about the oxessi?g,of those war claims. The United States has wanted to be lib eral-with France, Britain and oth er debtors, easing the pressure as much.-.as. possible, to help , our friends/?nd all Europe with them, in'their efforts toward economic revival. The British have been se- j riously ^contemplating the cancel- ! lation oi the bilhons lent to France and .other war-partners, and many j ????>-/ I influential Americans have urged similar>iaetion by this country. . If'there was any possibility of suet generous offers; it is swept ataajbl h? *he F^nch attitude al thej ^. iHrts. conference* Great , Britain TV^Jff certainly not forego the col ?.leetipn of her French loans in or der to-enable France to ?arm . against .her more effectively. The "" United States will certainly not give France or any other part of Europe^bjllions to buy unnecessary battleships, submarines and bomb ing plknes, whereby a new and . greater'"armament burden would be; imposed on us. We might pos sibly finance world-pecae. We will not finance world-war. m> *> o ENGLISH CLUBS. Ifi many cities in Czecho-Slova kia. .today, according to news dis . . patches and private reports, there are.organizations known as "Eng lish Clubs." The club, at Prague has a membership of over 500; others, are only a little smaller. The members of these clubs are not Americans or Englishmen so journing in Cagcho-Slovakia. They are native citizens who want to know more aboujutho United States and'^England for the purpose of 4. helping . their own land. They study not only our language, but our igovernment and our literature. They Very earnestly desire friend ship between their country and ours and frankly seek the help whiCh- Such friendship will mean. ' The government is giving its sup port, to., the clubs and has shown ? ? its approval of their purpose by es tablishing a private school where English^is^the only language taught. As these students learn to speak and read ajid write our language, they afe to start a correspondence exchange,, with students in this country^ preferably in our colleges. These : clubs are only one of many , indications of the serious . -.ness rand progressivenjess of the new Gzecho-Slovak republic. What f that natron will be ten years from now is a matter of very hopeful speculation. -? ? ? 1XTERDEPEXDEXCE. Pointing out the impossibility of Ireland being really independent of England, or England of Ireland, Bernard Shaw writes: "Independence is a fine shib iboleth for a slave; but the moment he is free he discovers that we are merhbers, one with another, and that independence is an egocentric dream. England calls herself in | dependent, but why \has she been ! afraid to let Ireland go until she j was ignominously forced to? Ad j mittedly it is because she is so de j pendent on Ireland. She has tried i to plunder Germany only to find ] that she is dependent on Germany j She has helped to ruin Russia only, to find her streets filled with mil lions of starving Englishmen clam I oring to be allowed to work for ; Russia in order to live." Here is truth, as anyone dispas- j j sionately observing events is driven j i to admit. There is no complete national independence left in the : cvilized world, any more than there is any cotnplete^individual inde- j ! pendence. Civilized society, of per- j sons and nations, becomes more i tnd more a complex system of in- j teraction. "We are "members one | with another," as Shaw says, quot- j ing one greater than himself. Even l the heavenly bodies, that seem to j move so. freely, are inseparably bound to each other, and find therein their strength and steadi- j ness. The new and inevitable form j of independence is a self-respecting interdependence . ? ? ? J?PAXESE GEXEROSITY. Japan has gained in American esteem by her willingness to fore go the advantage of an American \ j guarantee for the safety of J j her-home territory. This attitude j removes a serious ground of op position to the four-power treaty More important than that, perhaps, j is the* fact that it gives Americans a new and better notion of Japan. { That country, rightly or wrong- j Iy, has been considered unneces | sarily selfish in its international policy and grudging in its conces sions for the sake of peace. Here, however, is something that looks like generosity. Another such gesture, and American sentiment may find itself really warming to- ! ward Japan. The obvious field for such action j j is China. Japanese-Chinese rela- [ j. tions are deadlocked, and Japan ! 1 has appeared relentless in her de- j ztrizihzaton to insure her own con- j ' fcrol over a large part of China, j There can be no justice for China, ? no assured peace in Asia and no r complete trust of Japan in this | country and Europe wnile that sit iuation lasts. American Legion Auxiliary Formed j The meeting of those interested } I in the American Legion Auxiliary j I in Sumter, called by a committee! j consisting of John B. Duffie, Frank j I Jeppi and Hugh G. Brown, was held j j yesterday afternoon at the auditor- j I iym of the Girls' High School build I ihg with abbiKt forty ladies present, i jfMrs. H. C. Curtis, state treasurer, ; i was present by invitation, and ex- | I plained the auxiliary in detail. Af- ! ter discussion, it was decided to ; perfect onlv a temporary organiza- j tion and Mrs. E. W. Dabbs. Jr., of the Mayesville section of the coun ty, was elected president and Miss Sallie H. Rembert, secretary-treas urer. A membership committee consisting of Mesdames Mitchell jLe^ i, Rosa B. Duffie and Mary B. ! Warren, was appointed to seek ad ditional members and to pass upon the eligibility of all applicants, this ? committee to work with the mem jfcership of the Sumter Post, who are j Waverly B. Levy, M. B. Cox and ! Motte Lawrence. It was the hope of those present to effect a perma j nent organization within the next } two weeks and the temporary pres j ident was instructed to call a meet ling for this purpose. The organiz I :ng committee is enthusiastic about | i the woman's auxliary and it is be ! lieved that a large membership will I b? obtained and properly enrolled i before the next meeting. All ladies ! desiring to join and who come I within the eligibility elass. are urg i ed to get in touch wth any one of I the membership committee who will be glad to furnish them with aplicatio.: blanks. A thorough can vass is planned by the committee before a final report is made. -+~*~o BOY SCOUT XEWS. There will be a meeting of the I scouts of Troop Xo. 2 tonight at ! ?; o'clock in the scout room at the j V. We wish to have a large attend j ance at tbis meeting as we have . some important business to dis I euss. If you wish to help your patrol j wir? in the-point system wear your j uniform to this meeting. James Brown. Sen'or Patrol Leader. ? ? ? Philadelphia, Jan. 5.?Senator Penrose's funera'I was held this ' morning with great secrecy. Xo ; information was given out concern i ing the funeral and reporters were j barred from th<- cemetery. The ; body was brought to the cemetery in a h'-ars*- and tin- undertaker's I assistant and four automobiles con stituted the profession. Only the I immediate family attended the ser vices. Private funerals are said to be a family tradition. Tobacco Market ing Associatibn Secretary Reardon and Coun ty Agent Williams Do Good Work in' Sumter County From all that County Agent Williams and Secretary Reardon can learn Sumter county has done splendidly in the drive for signing up members of the Tri-State To bacco Cooperative Marketing As sociation ir\ the big drive ended at 12 o'clock last night. Mr. Wil liams estimates that about 75 to 90 per cent of the tobacco to be produced in Sumter county during 11)22 will be soid through this as sociation while Secretary Reardon j estimated 05 to 7.r> per cent but con cedes that Mr. Williams' estimate j may be correct. All over Sumter j county many tobacco growers worked hard for days signing ?p | their fellow tobacco growers, while j Messrs. Williams and Reardon j worked hard also in this city and J throughout the rural districts sign- j ing up members and assisting State Secretary T. B. Young in di- I recting the work of the drive. The work of getting the tobacco growers into a business-like co operative association for intelligent j marketing of tobacco has encour- i aged many farmers to try tobacco I this year who were very much discouraged over last year's prices, j while many who have not planted j tobacco- in several years feel that i with the old time, unbusiness-like, heiter skelter method of selling to- j bacco, every man for himself, done j away with and with seventy-live per cent of the bright leaf tobacco of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina bound up into the cooperative marketing association, ! the prospect for getting a profit making t rice is much better. To bacco will be one of the chief, if hot fire chief, cash crops of this section of South Carolina for sev eral years to come and perhaps for many years. With a big to- I bacco stemmery and drying plant located in Sumter, operated by the big China-American Tobacco and Trading company in the market^ for not less than ten and if possioie twenty million pounds of tobacco! annually, and buying all the local- j ly grown tobacco this big exporting company can get, the Tri-State Co operative Marketing Association will be equipped locally to buy, re dry, stem and hold hundreds of thousands of pounds of tobacco, if the warehouse prices are not what the association thinks prices ought to be. ? o ? ??. Wealthy Prisoners .-;.. \ Newark, N. J.. Jan. 4.?Four wealthy manufacturers, powers in the tile, grate and mantel indus try', the first men ever to go to jail for violating the Sherman anti trust law, have been pronounced model prisoners by Richard Mc Guinness, warden of the Newark Street Jail, where they ar*"1 spend ing'fotfr months. The quartet?Frank H. Nobbe, Arthur Shilstone. Albert Shaile and Herman Petri, who recently plead ed guilty to eliminating competition after'their activities had been un earthed by the Lock wood legis lative committee in I New York? apparently are quite content with prison fare. Although their funds are sufficient to supply them daily tfith an outside caterers' products, they seldom supplement the pris on menu with anything but pie. All have developed a strong taste for this form of sweetmeat and the pie-boy never misses them on his daily round of the tiers. "Occasionally,"' said the warden toda^y. "we have a particularly fine roast or fowl down at the staff din ing room, and will send some of the meat*up to them. They could, of course, have meals sent in from the outside, but they seem satisfied with our regular food. That I take as a compliment to our kitchen " The quartet are all housed in one large cell in the hospital wing, be cause one of their number is suf fering from an illness which re quires constant medical attention. Therefore, they do not come into daily contact with the other pris oners?murderers, burglars, petty thieves. When visitors call, however, the four must follow prison routine and receive their visitors in the prison center or general entertain ment room. On such days this center is uncomfortably crowded. The four men of wealth while away the hours much as they would do in their clubs. They haw their pipes, their newspapers and-their cards. But instead of looking out on the avenue through g*Ui&5t Crystal clear, they gaze thr^gh bars noon the historic Morris canal, as from a feudal cas tle. -? ?? o MRS. TYLER RESIIGNS. Atlanta. Jan. 4.~Elizabeth Tyler. Atlanta, tonight announced her resignation as assistant to E. ST. [ Clarke, imperial klahsman and head of the propagation department Of the Ku Klux Klan. Mrs. Tyler, in a written com munication, addressed t<> members of tin- order stated the resignation was to take effect immediately, and that it was due to illness of her daughter. Mrs. Doris Manning Jett, who is suffering from tuberculosis. City physician, Dr. Henry McGhee says "1 must resi or completely col lapse.*' the letter said. No announcement had been made . tonight :is T<> Mrs. Tylt-r's succes sor. Washington. Jan. ?:--The West Virginia coal miners who say their j families are starving have ap-.< pealed directly to President Hard ing for government The let ter says the men have worked about three'months during the year and are unable to say why tie mines are not running and many have not one meal ahead. Bowlegged ure not boldlegged. Woman Candidate is Defeated Walhalla Did Noc Want a Wo man Mayor and Said So at Polls By the Associated Press'. Greenville, Jan. 4?South Caro lina's first woman candidate for mayor. Miss Addie Tatham. of Wal halla, was overwhelmingly defeat ed, according to the official rer turns. -? 4> ?? Working On Annual Message Gov. Cooper Getting Ready For Meeting of Legislature Columbia. Jap. ~>.?Governor Cooper is at work on his annual message to the legislature, which convenes in Columbia next Tues day. The governor's message will be read to the legislature on the opening day. The governor has not indicated what he will discuss in his mes sage, except to say that some of the points on which he will touch have already been touched by him in statements during the past week, stich for example as his policy for economy in appropria tions. The governor has refused to put into the state budget any' items for new buildings this year, holding that such expenditures can be postponed. State finances, ed ucation, the law 'enforcement sit uation and other matters are like ly to be discussed by the governor. The recently proposed $34,Gf>0, 000 six-year road program will be submitted to the legislature by the governor, though this will not be gone into at length in the annual message. The governor will sub mit this at a different time. Discussingjhe road program the governor stated today that he would IV e to see the legislature put this into effect now, though he does not hold out any great hope for it. There is an opposition to bonds in lean years, he said, though the burden of the bonds does not fall on the year they art voted. The governor stated that the issue of bonds, as part of the road program, would make em ployment for hundreds of men now. and the cost of the issue would come later, when the people will be better able to stand it. "I don't know a better year in which to start this road program," the gov ernor stated. The subject of taxation will be the main theme of bill and speech at the coming legislative session. Xew sources of revenue, the light ening of the tax load on real es tate and personal property, with a consequent effort to tax property now escaping taxation, the reduc tion of the total state levy, more economy in county appropriations together with the election of num erous officers, including a supreme court justice, seven circuit judges and trustees of numerous institu tions, will be the main matters be fore the solons during the 1922 leg islative session. There will be one new face in the House. J. B. Britton, of Sum ter. elected in December. Mr. Kritton succeeds D. D. Aloise, who was elected state senator, to suc ceed the late John H. Clifton. Merchant Kills Negro -Shooting at Cartersville Sat urday Night Florence. Jan. 3?H. P. Pittman, prominent merchant of Carters ville, shot and instantly killed Wash Jackson, a negro. Saturday night when the latter is alleged to have attempted to hold up the store. The local magistrate held an inquest, which resulted in a ver dict of justifiable homicide. The killing occurred in the Pitt man store on the verge of closing time. After the shooting Air. Pitt man locked up the store, as he had started to do when the negro come in. and went personally to cell the officers to the scene. According to the evidence ad duced at the inquest, the negro, who was a stranger in that suction, ap peared in the store just as Air. Pittman was about to close up for the night. He called for five cent:; worth of tobacco. His appearance and conduct aroused the suspicions of ATr. Pittman, who took the pre caution not to turn his hack on the negro. Observing this, the negro took the ruse of giving the mer chant a bill fo change for the five cent purchase, asking at the same time, "What if I did not have the money to pay for this?" Air. Pitt nut u replied he should not have or dered the purchase without the money. In the act of tendering the bill the negro suddenly snatched it back, stating he believed he had some smaller change. The negro reached into his overcoat side pocket for the change. Consider ing the suspicious actions of the negro, his proceedings in the pur chase, his being n stranger, his reaching into such an unusual place for change and the general cir cumstances. Mr. Pittman shot. Examination of the nt-gro's body revealed :s 38-caliber revolver in the pocket where he had reaches ostensibly for change, "he body was identified by other negroes, who stated he came from Darling ton i ounry. COAL DEALERS' CONVENTION Columbia. Jan. 4.? .More than 100 coal dealers of ih<- Southeast are expected to attend a convention of coal men in Columbia on Jan uary I:'. AI. K. Patterson, of At lanta, secretary of the Southeastern <'>?:il Dealers' Association, is tc have charge of the details of the convention. Many prominent fuel men of the state are expected to attend. Immigration Should Be Regulated Haphazard Admission of All Sorts of Aliens Should Not Be Permitted by United States Washington, Jan. 3.?The needs ol" Amercia must come first in con sidering a permanent immigration policy. This fact was never so strongly realized before i:: the his tory of the United States. The in dustrial situation of this country and of the entire world has brought this fact home. Our lawmakers arc beginning to realize that there are periods when i! is wise to admit"immigrants in large numbers and other times when it is inadvisable to admit them at all. Many begin to see tiiat the laws should be flexible to meet industrial conditions without special arts of congress. At a time like the present when I i estimates of the number of persons out of work have varied between 1 3.<>0i),00ii and 5,000,000 persons,; many immigration authorities state that there should be no immigr?- i tion to add to the number of those seeking work. In discussing this phase of the i . i matter Dr. Sidney I.. Guhck, ex ecutive secretary* of the National j Committee for Constructive Immi gration Legislation, said: "Under the present emergency law this country may admit from' July I, 1521, to June 30, 1022, a grand total of 355,825 immigrants, j The pr.-seut law provides that the I number of qualified immigrants who may be admitted from each European country shall not ex- j ceed three per rent of tin- foreign born residents from that country in the United States as shown in the census of 1010. This law has worked a great hardship as we have seen in holding up of ships for the expiration of the monthly) quota and of the race between ships. Under this plan the more desirable immigrant may be kept out because his ship is not as fast as the one that gets in ahead of him. "Whatever permanent immigra tion policy congress may adopt, that policy should grow out of the facts and experiences of our nat ural life. It should be fitted to deal effectively with changing in dustrial conditions and also with the larger and more intricate prob lem of population composition and its wholesale incorporation into our body politic ami national life. "Our immigration policy sl>ouId be thoroughly patriotic, that is, American. We should watch care fully the Americanizing processes and note hew each people respond to their new opportunity in this land. Proper provisions should be made to promote Americanization of every people in the United States, hut t'ne amount of immigra tion from each people should be determined in the light of their proved ability to be wholesomely incorporated into our body politic. If they tend to develop and to maintain undue group-conscious ness, functioning in the body poli tic- primarily as hyphenated Amer icans, or if they regard them selves and are regarded by their native lands as colonists and out posts, further immigration from these groups worn! ' seem to be undesirable.' ?"Immigration should be regu lated. It should no longer be left to haphazard, blind forces deter mining for us the number and the Character of the immigrants enter ing America. The time has come for America consciously to take control of her own destiny, by controlling the amount and kind of immigration to be allowed. "Immigration should be scien tifically regulated. All the needed facts as to economic and indus trial conditions, here and abroad, as to types of the racial groups al ready her.- and those desiring to come, as to the ease or difficulty of their assimilation and American ization, and as to their respective individual and racial fitness to do the desired work, should Ik* scien tifically gathered and rationally used in regulating immigration. "There should be wise selec tion of immigration. It should be possible not only to admit the de sirable, and to the numbers desired', but also to refuse immigration be yond that point. It should be pos sible also to refuse immigration altogether to types or groups about which there is grave doubt as to assi mi lability. "Effective methods of distribu tion should be found. Immigra tion should be, directed to areas where the population is still slight and especially to agricultural re gions. It should be possible to re strain or even entirely to stop im migration to populous areas of se riously congested aliens still largely unassimilated and un-Americaniz ed. ? The policy should be flexible. The amount of immigration should he adjusted a.-; economic and indus trial conditions vary. We should admit as many assimilable immi grants as we can steadily employ without endangering n o r in al American standards of living and labor. This number will vary as industry thrives or is depressed, and ir will also vary with success in the distribution 01 immigration. "Several lulls have been intro duced in congress. The most con structive and the one which em bodies the findings of the studies of the National Committee for Con structive immigration Legislation is the Sterling bill. Hearings on i hi in h; I :i I ion 11?isI:: i ioil are a!read*. ander way by congressional com mit tee-." When the Carrier's perry bridge j, completed arid the road from Sumter to the bridge. via Stateburg oni into good condition there will i.e comparatively little travel to Camdej: from Sumter and points eastward and southward, unless the road from the Sumter county line to Camden is rebuilt and kept in Mood condition. City Council Meeting - i Petition Against Lease of Water Works Land?Plans For Abbatoir - A special meeting of Council was held in tin- clerk's office Tuesday I evening at 8 o'clock, there being present the mayor and both coun- j eil men. j Mr. C. G. Rowland was pres ent and addresed council briefly. ; setting forth his objections to the ' city leasing any part of the land adjacent to the pumping station i to the Fair Association, his main j objection being the fear of con taminating the city's water sup ply. He left with the clerk a pe tition signed by 212 citizens who wer-.' opposed to the base. Air. if. L. Tisdale, chairman of: tin- Board of Health, was also ; present and stated that although \ he was a stockholder in the Fair Assoeiatoin, he signed the petition j submittd by Mr. Rowland. The Health Officer submitted two j sets of blue prints of the proposed abbatoir to be erected by the city, one of which was accepted by council, and Dr. Browning was au thorized to have plans and speci fications drawn up, and when completed, the city will advertise for bids. A letter from Aliss Alary Eber hard, in which, .she complained of the damage done to her fence by the street gang while trimming trees, was read to council by the City .Manager, and Council directed that such damage be repaired at once. The Sumter Canning Factory was allowed the usual exemption from taxes, exclusive of the school levy of 2 1-2 mills, for five years from date. Refund on license Xo. Gl 74 is sued to Airs. Alice I-'. Bates, and license Xo. H221 issued to 11. J. Hodge was refused by council. The City Alanager and the.AIan ager of the light plant were au thorized to make such changes at. the pumping station as may be deemed necessary. After approving all such bills as were ready fcr payment, and discussing routine matters, council adjourned. BUDGET BUREAU ESTI MATE DISREGARDED Washington, Jan. 4.?Despite informal administration requests for congress to follow the budget bureau estimates the treasury de partment appropriation bill was reported by the house committee with nine per cent cut, approxi mately twelve million dollars less than is required. HEARING GRANTFI) IN PINEWOOD MATTER Sumter and Pinewood Notified To Hohl Themselves in Readiness Air. E. I. Reardon, Secretary of of the Chamber of Commerce, re ceived a long distance telephone call today from Governor R. A. Cooper regarding the election of voting back into Clarendon county the thirty-five square miles of the ninety square miles of the Pine wood section recently voted into Sumter county, in which conversa tion Governor Cooper stated that the petition has been filed for the election but that he would grant a preliminary hearing before this election was to be held, lie stated that both of the delegations repre senting Pinewood and Sumter must be ready at a minute's notice. Sec retary Reardon told Governor Cooper that Sumter would be in readiness at any time. Pinewood has also been given notice of this action. A Pretty Home Wed id ng. Charming in its simplicity, but exceedingly pretty in detail was the wedding of Afiss Leilaii Smirh and Rev. J. R. Johnson solemn ized by Dr. J. W. Daniels of Trin ity Methodist church, at the home of the bride's parents. Air. and Airs. S. R. J. Smith of this city at 3 o'clock Monday, January 2nd. Tin parlor was beautifully and effectively decorated for the occa sion. A color scheme being car ried out. Aloss and holly festoon ed tin- walls and windows while ferns and narcissus were attrac tively arranged throughout the room. Tiie chandelier was es pecially attractive and under this the vows were spoken. Tin- bride was one of Sumter's most worthy ami accomplished young' women. She carried a bou quet of white and pink carnations, and was very at tractive in her go-I ing-away suil of navy blue trico line with accessories to match. . .\ wide circle of life-long friends regret thai her marriage will take* her elsewhere to live, but wish them much happiness. Rev. and Mrs. .Johnson left by automobile for Cades, S. C., where j they will make rheir future home. ] ?Q ? <6> - Every man who pays faxes ami has ideas as to how the burden of taxation can be equalized so that each and every property owner.] business man and Corporation shall pav his. or its. just share of the cost of government, should rfttend the taxpayers' mass meeting to he held in Die Court House on Satur day. This meeting is ;i part of the state-wide movement to crystalize public sentiment on the subject ot tax reform and tax reduction, so that the state tax payers' league may go before the legislature with :i definite program. Taxes must be reduced and taxation equalized oi South Carolina and the way to bring this aboul is for tin- prop . rty owm rs of the stare to gel to gether and tell the politicians ana office holders positively and pre cisely what they must do and how j and when to do it. -O?C I "i ople once t houghi t he world G.000 years old. but now they real ize that no world could get in this, kind of iocs:' in so short a time. ICAGO BAM ",nl BY BANDIT ?TR0YED BY TORPEDO Five Bandits Opened | Torpedo Boat Destroy er Wrecked by Ex plosion in Pereaas Harbor-Fifty Kill ed Fire on Bank cers and Capture $10,000 Payroll By the Associated Press. Chicago, Jan. 5.?John Soffel, the May/wood state hot and killed and president o bank, was Lev. is polic< messengei five bandi Athens, Jan. .?Fifry bodies have been recovered from the Sweeney, suburban chief of G reek torpedo boat destroyer Leon, and Arthur Benson, hank ! anchored in Piraeus harbor, which were wounded when j was wrecked by a torpedo explo robbcd them of the j sion. The explosion damaged thousand dollai the American <':?i bandits opened th ing. ? -?3??>>? payroll of nearby warships and caused houses killing many ownaiiv. The a: hore to collapse, ilhout warn- of the inhabitants. -o ? ?? Miss Nannie V ashn Entcrtei* j Cooperative Cot- - ton Marketing Quite an enjoyable party was given Tuesday evening by Miss N?nnie Vaughn at Iier home oh 303 X. Sah n! Avenue. Conversa tion dates were made during the j evening and dancing participated 1 in by most of the young couples. A delightful refreshment course { j Columbia, Jan. 4:?A telegram I received by the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative As so< iadbu yesterday brought the news that the cooperative market ing of cotton campaign in Arkan was served which was followed by a :'Shakespearean Romane' contest. The winners of the first prize were Gaston Miss Thelma Moses and the boobyprize was car ried off by Miss Nina Jenkinson. '.! sas had come to a most succefsfui \ conclusion Saturday night. The j contract in that state required that 1 signatures representing a minimum * of 200,000 bales be signed by Jan l nary 1. With all of the reports not Those present were: Misses Ruth Briggs, Thelma Gastoh, Nancy Booth, Estell Ed wins, Mary Vogel, Nell Ard, Lydia Ryttenberg, Nina Jenkinson, May Willis ?stren. Elizabeth Baker. Messrs. Charles Crombe, Louis Lyons, George McKeiver, Perry Mo:;-:s, Marion Moise, Clinton Wheeler. George Xofal, James Burns. Homy Brunei-. Blanding EJpshur, Elbridge Kennedy, Frances Kirk, .'viva Spann. Marion Fo:: wcrth and George Vaughn. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON. Jan. .. March . May .. July . Oct. .. Tune Jan. . Karen May _ Jury .. Oct. .. Open High 18.65 ll\65 ?8.52 .. .18.04 . .17.5!) .. 16.70 steady. 18.52 13.04 17.50 IG.7? Snots Low 13.28 18.20 17.75 17.23 16.40 ZD dci YsMya Close Close ?8.45 .'Ul 17.36 17.32 16.43 J yet in it was stated that over 250,-. i 00(J bales had already been ?c-" ? counted for. i The success of the Arkansas cam ; pafgn, it was stated last night by : It. c. Hamer, chairman offthe J campaign committee of the South [Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooper jaiive Association, brings the total j annual amount of ootton already j contracted to be marketed upon j the cooperative marketing plan to (approximately 2.000,000 bales. Or ganizations have now been per I fected in the states of Texas, Okkt ; homa, Mississippi; Arizona, Arkan sas and North Carolina. Cam i paigns are under way in the re ! mainder of the cotton growing \ states, including South Carolina. | Mr. Hamer said that good progress ! was being made in this state, to 16 NEW ORLEANS COTTON Ystdys Open High Low CIr.se Close 17.23 17.25 17.15 !6.69 I5.'J0 down 17.49 17.55 ?17.35 . 16.92 . 16.13 17.49 17.55 17.40 IS.95 IS. 13 Tone steady. Spots 2" 17.31 17.35 17.21 16.79 15.95 17.-5. 13.74 I8.C2 ff-H 'wards signing up the 400,000 bales I / .t>5 '. , _v. necessary ro make the contract effective-. The campaign in this state does not close untli May 1. While North Carolina has secur ed its minimum quota, Mr> Hamer said that the campaign was still being pushed in that state and that many new members were being se I7.C3 17.71 17.59 January March May. July . . October December LIVEPOOL COTTON. 17.15 16.35 i euren. Aron Sapiro is to visit that ! stare Within the nexWEew days and I make a number of speeches. I0.97| . 10.91 i Washington, Jan. 4.?Congress 10.30 is faced with a mass of legislation [J^ thai will probably carry the ses 9.83 ' sion into the late summer. Charter No. 3809 Reserve District Xo. 5 REPORT OF THK CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT STOUTER IN THE STATE OF S. C. At the Close of Business on*December 31, 1921 RESOURCES: 1. a Loans and discounts, including redis counts (except those shown in b and c).S7S.084.69 Total loans_.'_'_$ S7S,0 84.69 Deduct: ? * e Notes and hills rediscounted other than with Federal Ih-serve Bank, (other than acceptances sold, but including redis counts with War Finance Cor poration.10,?()b'.'0? 10,000.00 2. Overdrafts, seeured, s04G.S5; unsecur ed. Sl.574.~9 ..'J. 4. V. S. Government securities owned: a. Deposited to sec ure circulation (U. S. bonds par value)_$ 50.???.?? b. All other/TJnited States Government Securities. G1.GOO.00 Total ._. 5. Other bonds, stocks, securities etc.:_._ (5. Pankin.-: House, $35,000.00; Furniture and fixtures.. S. Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank. li>. Cash in vault ami amount due from national banks.. 13. Checks on other banks in the same city or town as re porting bank (other than Item 12)._ Total of Items 9, 10, Ii, 12. and 13. .$149.023.f?U 15. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer._ S6S.0S4.69 2.5*1.64 X11.00Q.6* 16,500.40 35.000.00 33,702.82 135,223.27 14.400.69 c 2.F??.00 Total._____._.$ 1.218,939? 11 LIABILITIES: 17. Capital stock paid in._._ 100,006.00 IS. Surplus fund._.._ 150,000.00 19; Undivided profits _. 14.17s.19 14,178.19 20. Circulating notes outstanding. 4S,800.00 21. Amount due t<> Federal Reserve Bank (deferred credits) . _. 477.90 25. Cashier's checks on own bank outstanding._ 869.14 Total of Items 1*1. 22. 23, 24, and 25 1.347.04 Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) sub ject to Reserve (deposits payable within 3o days); subject to check ??!. 1 ndr. idual depos '3u. Divideneds unpaid_._._ Total of demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to Reserve rtems 26. 37. 23, 29, 20; and 3i -._. 233.S07.79 Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 oars or more notice and postal savings): 33. State, county, or other municipal deposits se cured b\ pledge of assets of this bank. >4. other time deposits _. J.r?. Postal sayings deposits ._.._ Total of time deposits subject to to li- serve, Items 32. 33, 34. and 35 ?. 5S0.59l.S5 3?h I'nilcd states deposits (other than, postal savings) including War Loan deposit account and deposit of t ailed Slates Disbursing officers_. 3.9. Bills payable other rhan with Federal Reserve Bank (Including all obligations representing money bor rowed other than discounts.)_ I". Bills payable with Federal Reserve Bank . 227.807.79 6.000,00 67.469.63 512.992.62 129.70 2.208.14 30.000.00 58.000JJ? jiihseribed and sworn Total.$ L21S.925.1I State ? :" South Carolina. Coynty of Sumter. ss: r. O. !.. YATES. Cashier of the above-named bank do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. O. L. YATES, Cashier. b< fore . me this 4th day of January, 1922. A. M. BROUGTOX, Notary Public. Correct ?Attest: ? EI. X. FORESTER. GEO. F. EPPERSON, H. D. BARNETT Directors. - (SEAT.)