The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 07, 1922, Page PAGE 4, Image 4
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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).
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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
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. 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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wealthy Prisoners
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.)