The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 11, 1922, Page PAGE 4, Image 4

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The Watchman and Southron ^^^Jjabcdr-V^ednssday and Satur 0 day by Osteon Pubnsbing Company, ' . - - ^Sumter, S. C. Terms: $2.00 per annum?in advance*. . Advertisements: One Square, first insertion __$1.00 Every subsequent insertion __ .50 ' Contracts for three months or longer ,wiU be made at reduced rates. Ali communications which sub ;^serve ; private interests will ?e charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re spect w,iil be charged- fer. The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1S50 and the True Southron in 186G. The Watchman v ^nd. Southron now has the com bined circulation and influence of lx>th of?t-be?cld papers, and is man ifestly -the: fcest advertising medium in Sumtes It is good work to capture and 'destroy, moonshine stills, but it would :be better to'capture a few more moonshiners and put them on the chain gang. Law abiding citizens- have no sympathy with the rotten proposition that a monetary "fine is adequate punish - . ?? '.'???'.(. ment tor deliberate and persistent lav.\ breaking from which large profits '?re realized. ?>-; * ? ? Ta^ reform does not * mean a way to escape taxation but the for mulation -and adoption of a well considered" plan to equalize taxa tion, to cut out unnecessary taxes and to.;enforce economy and *ef . ficiency in* the conduct of public affairs! ?hjs- agricultural bloc in the senate bein^g non-partisan and hav ing been iigought into being for the purpose oE doing .something prac tical forfee agricultural interests of the ynjtgle United States, regard - less of"1ic'wi the special privileges fyi the dominant financial and'man ufacturing interests might.be cur tailed-'&y.. enactment of laws that protect ithe farmers in their rights ,and gj\ie tnem something ap ??^pipcachi^g ;a fair deal? is intensely ups?^J^^wjth the old line Re pi^?iic?n^^. The old guard who rei^ese^rt the big interests, find fJhieJj$iselyes handicapped by the Koh'4partisan bloc, and are trying ' to *fnd-J^^ans to destroy iL Any thing tjfi^;sayors of independence of t&e part?- caucus, which is ruled by |the stand-patters, is . rank heresV'- in'- Republican cricles, ^t-fcerefore, the Lodge faction' is ? reusing ^" its Jfull strength to force PresidjehT~Karding to practically excon|riBtamcate all Republican senatotcs^gio persist in acting with the blocT^t will be interesting to watch developments during next fCjr^^to^ths. The ^contest in. the senate^.witl line up those who have sympathy- with and understanding at the p^oi-?iems bf the farmers and producing^elasses-on one side and on the other will be found the [~H?eVhators~who are controlled by the privilege 'classes and who believe . that all the farmers of the country are fit Sor is to produce crops and vote as -they are^told. : . ?irterson county farmer who breeds English *ring-neck pheas -ants for market claims to have dis ^?coverect that these birds are the Ar^C?ick ?ndfesure remedy for the boll weevil pest. Every year there is a new remedy discovered and a score ?-of new. machines invented, but the _:-'?ree\ifs -continue to multiply by the ?jHlion q.nd the march northward toward, the limit of*the cotton re gion is unchecked. i > . j ? ? ? ATHLETICS FOR ALL. A high school athletic coach the other , day gave some suggestions *or athletics in secondary schools which :were deserving of wide spread attention. He wants, first of alL to develop/ school athletics extensively instead of intensively, ?getting practically all students into ? . v . wholesome games rather than a limited; number of stars. He ? adi'.ocates giving recognition in different sports for attendance, conduct and general improvement as well as-for marked ability, fn terschooi-;<giinies and keen compe tition fpr victories cannot b<- sup pressed and probably should not be. But in high schools, certainly, it would , be. ..yell to place more em phasis on:the improvement of the greatest number of individual boys fn the course of a season or a school year, and less' emphasis on games. 'This"ftrr^ighted coach urges also that no' body should ever be cut from a squad or otherwise dis couraged h^ecause he does not ap pear to be promising material for immediate use. He is the very lad who need** the training and de velopment athletics affords and la -tre on. perhaps, he will reward such care^=by good team play. The* ideas expr^ss^d by the coach'quoted are the ideas of many coaches arid athletic instructors in high schools, colleges and uni versities throughout the country. I * ! It is interesting that this demand j for the all-round development of j all the youth of the schools has ! arisen simultaneously with public j interest in the competitive games j among selected teams of different I schools. It may be found that | more inter-class and group ath- i , letics, with training for every boy j or man in the school, will, in the long run', produce more and better material for first teams. FRENCH SENSITIVENESS. It is natural enough that French i feelings should be hurt by the un- j accustomea chorus of criticism to which France has been subjected lately. It seems, however, as if the French conference delegates and others who are complaining of this criticism should exercise the clar ity of mind for which the French j in the* past have been noted, m an j effort to find out and remedy the I cause. . j If France is becoming more I and more isolated, in international policy and in public opinion, as the arms conference proceeds, it is be cause^ of the way the representa- j fives of France have conducted | themselves in the Washington ne- j gotiations. Nothing was expected j from so old and loyal a friend ex cept friendly co-operation in car rying out the ideals for which France herself has stood in the past, an*d for which French spokes men have been accustomed to de clare that F.ance fought the war against Germany. Instead of co operating, the French- have come near to. wrecking the conference. They have opposed both the peace spirit that gave rise to the confer ence and the peace proposals made, by the United States and acquies ced in by the other powers.. . Other nations are sensitive, too. America, for instance, is sensitive about her ideals for world peace and orderly progress, and is h?rt that ?France, of all nations, should j seem to scorn those ideals. Ameri cans cannot believe that this re cent French truculence indicates the real spirit of the French na tion but rather the will of. a small .group that happens to be in pow er. If so, the way for France to redeem, herself in the eyes of thevj world is for the French people to j reassert themselves and oblige the j Fiench government to adopt a less i high-handed and militaristic tone. q m ? BLOCKING THE BLOC. _ Prohibiting legislative "blocs" J altogether, on penalty of $5,000 ; fine, as a bill introduced in the House aims to do, seems like ,pret- ' ,ty drastic treatment. Whatever ob-j jections may be brought against the j bloc system?and there are some j serious'ones?it must be admitted ! that Ihe members of the now cele- j brated agricultural bloc at Wash-1 ington make a plausable defense. They maintain that there is j nothing new in their operations" ex- ? cept the name, f or* which they ] themselves are not responsible? that they have only tried to do, in the interest of agriculture, what groups of congressmen have often done before with regard to other economic or sectional interests. They maintain that they were driv en to this action because congress as a whole had ignored agriculture, most vital of American industries; and furthermore, that all their acts have been open and above board?no secret sessions or cau cuses or undue coercion ^>r other j paraphernalia of villainous con spiracy. It does look as if there isn't any ; way to keep groups of legislators j from doing what this group has done, unless it is by giving them what they want, or at least enough of i' to lure them back into congressional regularity. CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES j - The public almost "everywhere I will agree with Secretary of the I Interior Fall that "all natural re ? - . N - j ! sources should be made easy of j access-to the present generation." J provided that general statement is . accompanied by a reservation ? guardng against the extinction of ; the resources. -> The West itself, which contains ! ; most of the resources remaining, ' ; and which is ordinarily thought of j by the East as unduly eager to : utilize them, is inclined to be'eau ; tious now. The Sunset Magazine ! ! j Lcalls attention to many forms of ! wealth that have been wiped out j almost wholly by making them "too j i easy of access." It refers pointed- I ? ly to the buffalo herds, the salmon I ' of Atlantic streams, the disappear ing sock eye. salmon of Pudget : Sound, the halibut of Washington, and the timber and oil deposits of ibig areas now cleaned out or im poverished. Over against this it [sets the more hopeful picture of ? Alaska seal ^lerds now multiplying ! again, as a result of wise obnser- '. jvation, after threatened extinction; of improved tampering methods, originated by the government and now copied voluntarily by big wes tern lumbre companies; of the sav ing of many kinds of game, big and little, by closed seasons and laws limiting the kill or catch of sportsmen. f They ray the Kaiser is to be mar ried again. And will Germany find this toother reason for trying to have the reparations cut down'.' * * * The dove of peace is having just as hard a time as ever in finding a place to light with that olive branch. * * ? Hope springs eternal with the dawn of another year. We notice that. New York is going to try curbing its ticket speculators again. * ? ? A Jugoslav strong man, who has been refused admittance to this country because the immigrant, quota for his* country was filled, is writing poetry in the hope of being Emitted as a member of one of the learned professions. Why not combine the two, and qualify as an expert .in ..weights and measures? * * * The'trouble at the disarmament conference is that some of the powers don't believe that the meek are destined to inherit the earth. * ? ? "All men should retire at &0," says an English writer. And then, no doubt, society should support them all in the- style to wThich they are accustomed. * * * Instead of finding-jobs for 4,000 unemployed men as night watch men, why doesn't Philadelphia simply pay them for sleeping at home? ? ? ? JOBS * The mayor of a large city start ed out by firing a large proportion of those employed. The city had gone far into debt in the admin istration? preceding and the new mayor intended that it should live within its income under him. "That's no way to begin in these v times." a man said on a street car. '?With all the people out of work now, what we need is more employ men/, not less. All the mayor is doing, is throwing a thousand men out of work. He'll have to hire most of them back again. It's just a grand-stand play." This is the superficial view of employment, regarding a job sim ply as a chance to a heaven-sent payroll. It* leaves out of account all the important 'factors. First of all, money for payrolls, whether public or private, is not manna. It has to be earned by those ?oing the work. If they don't earn every cent of it, and enough over to cover such matters as overhead, depreciation and inter est on capital invested} the busi ness cannot last. Any business must earn its own way or go to smash. ? In the case of the city treasury, where two men were ? doing one man.'s^ work?and probably doing it art only half-efficiencv, besides? t the salareis of both came out of th.> Tickets of the entire eitizeu ery in the form of taxes. If the same work can be done for half the money it means that, with the money that is left, other men can be hired to do work that is crying aloud to be accomplished. In most cities street repair is always behind any decent standard; parks and .:Iaygrounds are'chronically in ne^d of new equipment and more attention; a dozen civic activities need more money and more labor. These cannot be given because the city Is deeply in debt alreadv, and the taxpayers are overburdened. Cutting a civic payroll to the quick is good business, not bad. It means that the employees left will work hard and well to keep their places. And it means that when th^se men arc hired back again, it will be to do useful work that has- been hitherto neglected. -? <i #>-. IK ?II :LY A( ( t )M PI/ISHM EN TS. Those who grew up under a regime which the present genera tion likes to j*-er at were taught that the chief vain.- of education, won by hard study, lay in giving one resources of the mind. It made people feel equal to tackling any problems of ?life, no matter how difficult. Besides resources for the work day, there were resources for leis ure. The cultured man could al ways find joy in Ponies. jn quiei Contemplation. The trained mind does not need to he amused. It amuses itself, and usually for the world's betterment. The chief def? et Of the young, as the:r elders now look down lipon them from the height of maturity, seems to be that they are. accord ing to all old standards, uneducat keel. They cannot amuse themselves ? for ten minutes. They <Io hot know ' how to do any useful things. They have to go t<> shows, or to dance, or to play cards madly, or to gamble j madly with foolish toys, 10 rush' I around madly in automobiles, often j ; :o drink madly. Who is to blame? Everybody, more or less, but chiefly mothers: i ' ! j and fathers. They were lazy while j the children were young. They taught their children none of the homeiv accomplishments which j : make life rich. ; Does the woman who thorough- i i ly understands the housewifely arts I get bored ? Xot she. When the j dishes tire her with their monpt- ! ? ony, she can. because she is ex j pert, forget what her hands are: ; doing, and turn her mind to the i book she has been reading. Though ; darning stockings and sewing on | ! buttons wearies her, yet will the j ; sight of fresh ginghams in a store ; i window stir her soul to creative ? zeal. While Mrs. Jones across the I way is spending every cent ' her j husband makes on flimsy clothes. and foolish bridge and foolish: j shows in which noise passes for. j music or silliness for fun, and res- j ! taurani food with dancing which is. ruining the digestion and tempers! of both of them, the woman who; was educated is getting ahead \ ' financially, is teaching her chil j dren to do things better and easier j ; than slur can, is having a happy I home life in which the" whole ' ! family shares. i What "are we all after, anyhow? | i Life, libertv and ? the pursuit of j happiness? Well, who sets it? The doors { I I or the drifters? - JUST AS OUR GRAIN D j FATHERS THOUGHT! I The date was 1S67. The place j ! \^as northern Missouri. The Civil j : War was two years away. The ' i persons were two farmers sitting; I together on a worm fence. The j i them* was the only one they knew j j ?hard times! ! You know what they were say-j j ing. Their world of finance was j warped and twisted, interest i rates were high and money almost : i impossible to get. Their good wives ' i were gathering up eggs and selling i them for eight cents per dozen. ; They had to beg the dealer to buy their pork. Their corn was worth I fourteen cents and their oats were j not worth hauling, away over the : poor roads. It was* a hard' time. What did I they do? They*fa?ed the situation : with hope.and hard work: and in: ! a few years their farms were paid , ! for, their children educated, and; I they had a comfortable nest built j for old age. But in ISO7 the clouds ; ! of gloom hung c lose over their ' ' puzzled heads. j Tcday the grandsons of the farm- I i ers of ISC 7 are sitting in their au ! tomobiles talking hard times, and 1 j poor markets, and low prices. They i i are talking the language of their i i fathers. Abraham Lincoln had a . i poem "written by a Scotchman j j which he kept over his desk in the 1 j White House which read. "We are :? ; the same our lathers have been." ; j We are surely the. same when de- ; impression hits our pocketbooks. j Time has shown that the farm- j ; ers of 1S67 and 1S!)3 did not have I all the facts, for had they been : j able to forecast the future days I they would have been singing in stead of moaning. 1 Better days came just as truly as better days j are surer to come to us. Just as our fathers and grand- j I fathers faced the financial chaos j ; of their times, and turned it into order, so will we. In the mean- j j time, there are two things we can : I do to help: Let's stop talking to each other j about hard times. We are nut ; j starving yet, and there is no. pros- | i pect of that. If we keep on sug gesting to each other that%things j j are "going to the devil," it will ? i grease the slide to that state* of | things. Then we must keep suggesting ? to each other that we believe in ; each other; pledge each other our I ; mutual faith, to our country and j ? the Cod above us, that we will ; stay on the job and plug and save and dig until the new economical I day dawn's. If we will all do that. our eyes will be wide open to enjoy the new day when it comes.?Dr. J. W. Holland, in the Farmer. St. 1 Paul. -? ? ? j Thousands Hear "Billy" Sunday Spartanb?rg. Jan. S.? "Billy" I Sunday opened his meeting in ' Spartanburg today, speaking at [three services, morning, afternoon and night, to audiences that pack ed every possible seat, in the Taber nacle, seating more than 5.000. Though the rain was falling . throughout tlie day. the crowds I came and hundreds remained in [!?<? ; rest building throughout the day except for journeys to neighboring rest a. u rants Cor dinner and supper. I ? .! Air. Sunday's three texts were: In tix- mominy "Have Voll Received ih<- Holy Ghost Since STo Believed?" I hi the afternoon, "The Hour is i * Come." and ?t night. "Why I'.-ill V<- 1 .Me Lord. Lord?" The speaker's 1 enthusiasm. Iiis power <>f action and ih<- amazing rapidity with ; which )>?? speaks were contrib- j! utin^r elements in the hold he has!' already estaldished on his audi- ? I ehees. At the afternoon meetihe I the choir of voices, uftder the J direction of Homer Rodeheayer. I turned into its real revival swing j < with the old-time Sonus. ahoveri which the voice of tin- sons I< ader i I was heard: Mr. Sunday will preach ,. I every day in the week except Mon- t day. I t Annual Meeting of ihr Board. The annual meeting of the County Board of Commissioners held January 7th, adjourned from January f>th. present Chairman C. <;. RowlancT and members* Lenoir, M,ims, Britton, Oliver and McLaur ih. The Board considered in detail j items of the budget for the coming yen- and also matters of legisla-j tion i'or recommendation to the legislative delegation. The Board1 went voer these matters in detail ? with the members ot" the delegation : consisting ot* Senator Aloise and 1 Representatives Belser, Jackson and Britton. who were present in conference with it. As a result of j the conference, the Board recom-j mended a budget of $121>,448.90 as carrying the total county expenses | for the.eoming year, including $"5, 600 for Camp Alice, ?10,000: for court expense and $1,000 special repairs to alms house and interest i on bonds. It was estimated that an S mill levy in connection with funds derived from road tax. mag istrate iinus, clerk of court lines, interest or. funds and received from ] banks and state insurance fees would take care of this budget for ; county ordinary expenses. After discussing with tiie delega-i lion the- matter of the purchasing; of a - 1-- ton pneumatic tire truck at this time, the committee on thr ? purchase Of tni- tric k was author- | i/.ed to buy same. Duller Spears and Dr. C. YV. Bir-j nie appeared - before the joint J meeting in the . .-.crest of a colored nurse for the colored people of the county and city which was received! as information by the delegation to be consider- d later. The clerk report< 1 that he had received nonce of appeal irom the decision of the Board in the T. L. Jones case to the circuit court and: had referred the papers to the county attorney. The Board received invitation : to have representatives attend meetings of the good roads insti tute to !>'? held in Columbia Jan uary L'4, 2."> and 26th. Tin- board delegated Engineer Jeffords to at- ; tend the meeting as far as his work would permit. The Board discussed the appeal made by Mr. -Marion Rivers as to changing the valuation pnt on an, automobile ">y foruier action of a committee of the Board but decid ed that as this committee had used : its best judgnu n't at the time as to what it thought was right, that change could not be granted. The Hoard adopted a resolution j authorizing the county treasurer and fiscal agent to borrow $75,000 for 90 days at the best rate of in terest obtainable and pledging the j resources of the county for pay ment of same. Commissioner McLaurin asked to.be relieved from service on the committee to purchase truck and trailer. This was granted. The Bofcrd has felt for some time . that the operation of the public Alms House in iis present condi-: tion and under present circum-j stances was not on an efficient basis und discussed with the dele gation the formation of a hospital nome for indigent poor by getting, several of the adjoining counties to! join with Sumter county in such an j undertaking. As the result of the discussion of this matter, the clerk was directed to write the authori ties of Lee, Claix-ndon and Ker shaw counties asking that they'have representatives of their boards to I meet here with representatives of this county and formulate plans; for such a joint county home with : a view to making recommenda tions to their respective represen- ' ta'tive delegations. The Board rec- j ommended to the delegation the discontinuance of appropriations for the support of county home demonstration agent and county cotton grader. It also recommended to the dele gation that the balance of special county toad funds on hand after' the completion of the one mile gravel road being*iaid on the Os wego road and amounting to some 1 $C6,000;OU be diverted by special legislation into county ordinary funds with a view to retiring pres ent floating indebtedness of the county and getting the county or. more oi a cash basis. The board further recommended i to the delegation that legislation I be passed looking to the providing] of means for building approaches j ?o the Wateree River bridge which would probably be complet ed during the year. The board also recommended to the delegation the enactment of legislation regarding the methods of holding elections to determine tne issuance of bonds, as follows: Proposed Amendment. That whenever it shall be here after sought to call election by any county or municipal, authorities in the state for the purpose of voting upon tin- Question of issuing Pond::' <>r in any manner increasing the bonded or ether indebtedness of such county or of such municipal it} in which such election is sought to be heMt tie- persons whoSj dui.\ it i.: to give notice <?;' such proposed election shall, prior t?? circulating j any' petition to be signed by the freeholders for the purpose of I holding the election, first adver tise i:< soine newspaper published at the county seat of such county, or in which such municipality is. l> t 1. a! least elee a Week fol' j icuc successive week:; prior t?> th? date of the commencement of the circulation <u said petition, giving-; aotice of the intent and purpose of lie electron f??r the bringing about if which the petition wilj be cir- . ? 111.-::??< 1. and '?!' tiie date on which in- circulation of the petition will >e commenced. h shall i?- lawful at any time >rior to the it me of presenting a pe-.| ition or pet it ions to the coun ty oi my municipal authorities for the ? ilirpose of having an election held or any freeholders who may be ipposed to tie- holding of such "lection in any such county or nvu lictpality, to pr<-set.i a petition or ?eiltions against .the ordering ot uch ejection, and if :? majority of < he freeholders tile such a peti- '? iuii or petitions ayainst the hold $ tng oi such an election, said elec tion shall not h<- held; and if the name or names of any persons shall appear in a petition in favor of holding an election and also in a petition against holding an elec tion, it shall not be counted for either, but nothing herein Contain ed shall prevent such person from causing his name to be erased from either petition, and in that event, it shall be counted on the petition on which it remains. Provided in any event that be fore any petition is presented for the purpose of having any county or municipal election held for any purpose .aforesaid, such petition, with the names of the signers shall be published at least one week prior to presenting i. in some newspaper published ;tt tin- coun ty scat of such county or in which such municipality is located, and no election shall be ordered to be held until this is done. After approving additional claims brought over from last year tin Board adjourned. Murder Committed by Drunken Negro The murder of Lcroy Mickens, :i negro boy about l years old, and a painful wound in me b it hand of Mr. J. J. Christmas, is the toll exacted by a ,3S caliber pistol .in the hands of the (Jrj: k-crazc'i ne gro, Digs Franklin, a seventeen year-old negro boy. The shooting occurred Sunday night at about 7 o'clock on the eastern extremity of Hampton Ave. beyond the tobaer-o warehouse. From the testimony taken before the coroner fit ihr- inquest held at noon today it seems that there had been several lights and a consider able amount of noise heard from the neuro houses in this section during the early part of /Sunday night. These negro houses being situated immediately in the rear of tin; residence of Mr. J. J. Christmas, it was" stated that Mr. Christmas finally went back to these houses in an effort to stop the disturbance. Just as Mr. Christ mas got to tiie house In- saw Digs "franklin shoot the young negro boy; Leroy Mickens. and saw Mick ens when In- fell on the street. It is stated Hi at Mr. Christmas then asked what tin- trouble was and received as his only answer the bullet wound in. Iiis hand from the pistol of tiie crazed negro. Trie negro assassin then made his es cape. Mr. Christmas was taken to tiie hospital and received all medical aid. His wound is a pain ful one but is not of a serious na ture. When a physician reached the negro boy that had been shot, he was found dead. He was m ? bed of one of the nearby negro houses where he had been placed by friends. The bullet had enter ed the rear of his left chest just below the shoulder blade, had penetrated his heart and both lungs. Death was<said to have been almost instantaneous. From the testimony received this morning there was no evidence of a quarrel having existed between che dead negro hoy and his murderer. Testimony received from several negro girls showed that they had seen Henry Franklin,, better known as Digs Franklin, with the pistol and that they had done all that they could to prevent his using the pistol and had tried to keep him' quiet. Tiie verdict reached by the cor-# oiK'f's jury was that: "Leroy Mick ens came to his death from pistol shot wounds at the hands of Hen ry (Digs) Franklin in the city of Sumter on the Sth day of Januarv, ion. Death. News was received in Sumter of tin: death of Mrs. G. C. Johnson who died in Camden Sunday night at o'clock. The funeral services will be held at the Zoar church at .'4 o'clock .Monday afternoon. Chicago. Jan. 9.?An earthquake was recorded twenty-live hundred and forty miles southwest of Chi cago. ft ? Dublin, 'Jan. 9.?When the Dail Eireann convened this morning Earn on Do Valera placed h& res ignation as president of the Irish republic formally before the house. ?? o~o Forgiving spirit: The peculiar possession of those who have feath ered their nests. 666 quickly relieves a cold.? Advertisement. -? <? o Cleveland, Jan. 9.?-Palestine is now being rehabilitated, according to President Sokolow, of the World's Zionist organization. Twelve thousand homes have been purchased, lands have been irri gated and twenty-five thousand pioneers are offered privilege of set; lernen t. 666 cures Malarial Fever.?Ad vertisement. COTTON MARKET tyEW YORK COTTON. Ycstdys Oj.fti High Low Close Close Jan. 18.57 I8.?? 18.43 I8.j3 la.4j March 18.31 19.4U 18.21 IK.32 I8.2(i May 17.f*0 17.97 17.77 17.89 17.83 Jiiiv 17.32 17.42 17.25 17.37 17.25 Oct. IG.52 IG.?O Mi.47 16.58 16.47 Dec. 16.43 16.43 16.43 lfi.43 T<<nc steady. Spots l" hi>. is.sr.. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. VestdVs <>!>-:i Hi.li Low dos? ?1 ? Jan. 17.40 17.44 17.27 17.3(1 17.32 March 17.42 17.43 17.27 17.36 17.32 May 17.3") I7..C 17.1'i 124 17.19 July lf).S7 !?.;.9(i 16.7? 16.33 16:79 Oct. !(,. 10 lii.i? Ii;.00 IC02 I 1.94 Tone sti :nl.\. iuiehat:^<".. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January no? March 10.95 May iO j. i hily 10.64 December !).;>4 YolWC mkx- Women, over I desiring iiovernuie.nl positions. s 1 SO monthly, write for free !: ; positions now i>i"-". .1. Leonard, (former Civil Service examiner). 444 Equitable Bldg? Washing ton, D. C. Boy Scout News Beimett-McCay Chicago, Jan. 5.?An event of TrOOt) 2 Holds Good Meeting | great interest to hundreds St friends in South Carolina was the ?Flans Made For Cabin Troop :> held a good meet mg Thursday night Fn the- scout room with sixteen- hoys present and Scout Master S. K. Nash. Plans were mad..* fcr the build ing of our cabin, which will prob ably be buiir at Second Mill by the troop and we hope to begin work within the next week or two. James Gullege, formerly a scout of Wedgefield, is now a member of the Eagle Patrol. Many tests were passed at this meeting; in eluding one merit badge test, and we hope to have some Eagle Scouts within the next few months. Our point system contest bega at this meeting", the Eagle patro* led by Charles McKagen is now hading, having a full attendance 'out is followed very close by ? "?Voll* patrol having only two rn .j ? bers absent. Our Scout Master asked i s about our good turns, arid was . - en some very good answers i .? members of each patrol. vext meeting will be . :t y night.at 6:00- o'clocl . ? to have full attend; James Brow Senior Patrol .Lea? marriage on the evening of De c< mber 2 7th of Miss Theodora Bennett to Mr. John L. McCay at 4 the Sheridan Plaza Hotel in Chi cago. The beautiful ring ceremony was performed by Dr. Eleazer :.....<? of the Sheridan Road Meth od isr Episcopal cTiurch. ? . Our : Thursds we hop* Loses Barn and Stables. j Mr. Harr'-" Davis of Brogdon, j met with th misfortune of losing ! Iiis barn and stables by lire on ! Wednesday night which caught j from falling sparks" from the near 1 by burning woods. With the bum i ing of the barn. Mr. Davis lost his ? corn. peas, feed and provinder and also a large amount of his farm Little Miss Josephine McCay, *a beautiful picture in a charming lit rle flower-girl costume, scattered roses in the path of the lovely bride, who entered on the arm ef her lather. Mr. Herbert W: Ben nett. The Pride wore a beautiful gown of white satin, jeweled with pearls. Her costume was beauti fully and brilliantly touched off by ;? beautiful headdress 'of hand some pvaris raid a veil draped with t orange blossoms. 1 Attending the bride was Miss [Josephine Beckwith of Chicago; a j cousin of the groom. Miss Beck ? I with entered the spacious parlor lion the arm of Mr. Harold Bennett. . the groom's best man. who is the : only brother of the'bride. t j Among the South Carolinians j present were Mr. ZZ. R. China.', of Sumter, a student at the College of. : Engineering of Milwaukee, Wis., ; am} Rev. J. F. Herbert of Ben I nettsyille, a student in the'Biblical j Sciiool of Northwestern University ' in suburban Chicago. . r j Mrs. McCay will he delightful j iy remembered by many Carolin ; ia'ns as formerly of Sumter where her many friends will rejoice *in i her happy marriage. Mr. McCay is a Chicago man of sterling W?rth, prominently connected with ? wes tern advertising company of Chi r. cago, where he bids fair to'rise gear. Xo insurance whatsoever was J^fcg in business circles carrtedVon either the barn or the' stables. .Many beautiful gifts ""attest fh.e j popularity of the bride and groom j The eighty wedding guests join the j scores of friends over the country I in wishing all happiness to the fortunate young couple. Profit in Peanut ("rowing. . ! (Charleston Xews and Courier) ; Tiie Pee Dee Advocate of Ben I nettsville reports that Mr. John L. i McCail, a Marlboro county farmer, i who made 70 bushels of peanuts j I and half a ton of hay per acre the j past year, will net more than fifty I1)recedented progress is being made ! dollars an acre irom his ten-acrei COG cures Bilious -Fever.?^Adver tisement. Washington, Jan. G?Though un ; by the arms conference committees in disposing of the remaining na .-uams inaia iour or ?j questions> Britsh spokesmen peanuts to tne horse ' id .()day lhat ther? is not the ' Unktest chance of getting matters'in siiape fo.r a plenary session of the season. Many farmers who j South Carolina nv< thi> tried p< ainuts two years ago in the results; but the conditions were exceptional. Peanuts will yet be one of our important crops. were disappointed (.ont^ence this wc.e*k Somes men need hair-cuts badly and others haVe them that way. Xo, Dr. Sawyer isn't Secretary of Interior. --?~c?o To prevent a Advertisement. Harding's cold take <J?j5.? Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatism. Advertisement. -O ? 0 ? Get a new auto tag cr you're it. oi: SALE?Several pairs Du roc ? pigs: also large Du roe male hog, registered. Rhode Island Red cockerels and eggs. E. F. Mill er, 115 X". Main St. Charter Xo. lOGGO Reserve District Xo. 5 REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE National Bank of South Carolina of Sumter AT Sl.MTi:R%IX THE STATE OF SO ITH CAROLINA, At thcVlose of Business on December 31, 1921. ? ? ^ RESOURCES: 1. a Loans and discounts including redis- r counts (except those shown in b and C) -._..$ 1,440,025.20 Total loans _ Deduct: d Xotes and bills rediscounted with Federal Reserve Bank (other than bank acceptances sold) $146,562.27 Overdrafts, unsecured __,_$l,7SS.5i V. S. Government securities owned: a Deposited to secure circulation (L\ S. bonds par value)._ l> All other L'nited States Govern ment securities_._ 1,440,035.20 146.5C2.27 1.203,472.53 l.tSS.oi 200,000.00 107,642.55 Total._. 5. Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc.:.._ ?;. Banking House, $31~T7S6.60; Furniture and fix tures, S2.CN6.C1_. S. Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank._ L?. Items with. Federal Reserve Pank in process of col lection (not available as nserve-)\.<L. 10. Cask in vault o.ndf amount due irSm national banks 13. Checks on other banks in tiie same city or town as reporting bunk (other than Item'"12)._ Total of hems 10, II. 12,. ami 13 ..90.S26.55 14. Cheeks on banks located outside * of City or town of reporting batik and other cash items... 15. Redemption fund with L*. S. Treasurer and due from CT. S. Treasurer,^._. . 507.642.5a 18,900.60 34,373.21 40.203.2lS *. ' ?r/-t - 33.04S.10 44.002.S9 13,775.56 1,759.19 10.000.0G Totai ? J_._:.$ i,73$.967.t?7 LIABILITIES: 17. Capital st-.ck paid in_.*._*_$ 300,060.00 is. Surplus fund_. 230,006.00 I '.<. Undivided profits.34,213.17 a Reserved for interest . . af'.d taxes accrued . S, SSL'S 7? b Reserved for ._ 9.333.6$ 52.428.42 20. Circulating notes outstanding -b?. Amount due to Federal Reserve Bank (deferred credits) ._. Amount due to State hanks, hangers, and trust com panies in the l'nited States and foreign countries (other than included in Items 21 or 22). Certified checks outstanding.-?? Cashier's checks on*own bank outstanding. Total of Items 21, 22. 23. 24; and 25 _.32.305.51 Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) sub ject to Reserve (deposits payable within 3d days) Individual deposits subject to check_ State, county, or other municipal deposits secured by pledge of assets of this bank_. Dividends unpaid _. Total of demand deposits (other than l ank deposits) subject to Reserve, items 26. 2 7. 2S. 20. 30, and 31 ....._.420.3G4.0d Time deposit- subject t<? Reserve ( payable after 30 days, or subject to 30 days or more notice and postal savings): Certificates of deposit (other than for money bor row ed) v . . ' Other time d< posits.- -. __ Total of tim>- deposits subject to Reserve. Items 32. 33. 34. and 35 440.S73.S4 Bills payable with Federal Reserve Bank_ 109,995.00 12.72.1.22 4.500.SS 127.2*3 14.S66.1S 34 0.S55.2J (17,414.63 12,095.00 J 9S,S56.S4 251.017.04 105,000.00 i'1 - - - -._$ 1.70S.967.67 State of South Carolina. County of Sumter. ss: 1. EARLE P< >WLAXt>. Cashier of tin- above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above stai he lief. !. E A RLE P. ?WI..VXD, * (SEAL) ; is true to the lu st of my knowledge and EARLE ROWLAND, Cashier. ; r of t he above named bank, do solemnly JESSIE s. TURNER, Notary Public. Correct ?Attest: * MITCHELL LEVT, W. p. BURNS. C. G. ROWLAND. Directors.