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State Boundary Question J. V. Stribling Charges Con spiracy of Power Company (The Anderson Daily Mail) Anderson. S. C. Jan. Gi lt?22. Editor Daily Mail: My atten tion has been called to a state ment in your paper from Washing ton over the signature K. F. M. that an argument was begun here today (Jan, 4.) before the Federal Supreme Court on the Georgia - Carolina boundary case," a case in which the action was "originally predicated upon a claim to the en tire river bed of the three rivers. Savannah, Tugaloo and Chattooga. and that' "in the course of argu ment on the part of Georgia coun sel, Georgia's claim was modified so-as to extend to only mid stream. This was an unexpected and inter esting turn in the case for it re sulted in practically reversing the respective claims of the tw,o states." This Statement is by no means sur prising to me; for I long since sen sed the motive prompting the ac tion on the part of Georgia and the ready *fail-to' on the part of Mr. Wolfe in his answer so well turn ed and timed to-the purposes of the . conspirators against the sovereign right concerns of this state in the case: the conspirators, the while, feeing fostered by many confer "ehces. held with Mr. Wolfe in At lanta. Therefore, to the public, to the legislators of this county and state and to the court at Washington and Congress. I would, at your op tion?from my brief of evidence, duly filed with other papers fn the court at Washington as evidence in support of my plea made to the court for a stay of proceedings to the purposes therewith stated ? present through your columns the following: The Attorney General in disre gard for the plain meaning of the term branch or stream as applied to the Savannah river by the Char ters and as applied to both the Savannah and the Tugaloo in the words -of the treaty in connection v.ith the locative and descriptive wording of the deed of cession? falls, into the error of ^abandoning the treaty and itt* provisions, and substitutes instead. a tributary river not recognized by the treaty cr by its joint instrument, the deed of cession. He-thus deprives South Carolina the effectiveness of the treaty as the 'supreme law ef the land*: the safe reliance in this ac tion as the defendant in the court of Iscst resqrt: and proceeds to sub stitute for the provisions of /the treaty a false statutory construc tion of its. terms. Thus erecting a a barrier against the exercise of the defendant's right of claim and re covery of the very land which by the third article of the treaty it was "agreed by the State of Georgia that thereafter no claim would be ; asserted by said State to any lands liortinvard or northeastward" of .--^i^.boiKidary lines set out by the tr^ty and its provisional connec tion with the territory ceded. . This is not merely a suit of one . state .against another state. It is a case of a conspiring band of Trater-?>owcr monopolists against orderly government. It is an at tack upon the sovereign virtue and right of p.uthority vouchsafed to South Carolina ? by the general SSLVernment under an approval treaty agreement: such agreement as is declared by the United States Constitution to be- the "supreme law of the land." I charge that the suit was in stituted and brought in the name of the state of Georgia, but was brought at the call of the Georgia Railway and l*ower Company, for the purpose of securing the said company ir its fraudulent seizure and usurpation of the Tal lulah waterfalls: and on the part ot Georgia the purpose of securing its noa-titled occupancy of the coun try lying between the Chattooga river and that certain ridge or chain of mountains which alone separate this state from the terri tory it ceded to the Init~d States government in connection vith the treaty agreement made- between this state and GeorgTa ;tnd in this connection accepted and, approved by congress. I charge that the facts, as t?> the unlawful seizure of the Tallaluh waterfalls, were mad*. known to the officials of Georgia in connection v.ith a suit, reluctantly brought by Georgia, at the request of the Con servation and Parking Association pgainst said Georgia Railway and 5\<wer Company. 1 charge that previous to Georgia's bringing suit against Soulh Carolina the offici als' directing it. were informed as to the practice of fraud on the part of said company in rhe trial of vln Tailulah Falls case and that they permitted the fraud to go on un checked to the purposes of said company. I, therefore, charge that the officers of Georgia in directing the pending suit in the name of Qeorgia against South C^rolin.3. do stvin the hope of getting a Supreme Ocurt decision in favor of the ciaiai s^t up by Attorney General Wolf? that the Ghattooga river is a par: of the treaty boundary betweer. the two states: in order to secure she said'water power monopolist in me loot of Tallulah and to Georgia i it country lying between the * "I.nt tooga river and the ri ige or ch.-. n o* mountains?line i>etwevi. th in state and the territory it ceded : # the United States, th..- territory t eded being that which le-s be tween the said ridge of mountains and the river Mississippi, the <iee,} being so made and delivered and accepted by Congress. Atigus H :787. The said deed beim- ? !' record in the journal of Concre^s. constituting this part of the Treaty Agreement a "contract executed." Therefore, within the true con struction, meaning and purpose, force, virtue and efficacy of the treaty agreement in its fitting con nection with the deed as part of th* "contract executed" in the spirit of, being the "Supreme Law of the .Land." rests South Carolinas de fe?se as against the Attorney Gen eral's answer to Georgia's cons plaint so well suited to purposes ef } I th#. conspiring parties who haw [Already advised Mr. Wolfe "that .the State of Georgia would b.e will jing to concede to the State of South I Carolina the middle oi the stream:; ['as the boundary between the states jif South Carolina would be willing jto allow the center of the stream j on the South Carolina side of oer jtain islands to serve as the bourid jory* thus 'paving the way' for f makinjr a very short and exeeo'I ,'ingly agreeable step in accepting ) Mr. Wolfe's construction, regarding ? the Chattooga. as set up in his (answer; the said construction to be j made binding 4>y a United States j Supreme Court decision. ; It is therefore, plainly evident if (Mr. Wolfe's answer to the-.com ; plaint in the case be permitted to stand, unamended, it will forever j bar South Carolina from the exer cise of its treaty right of claim and ! recovery of all territory due this i State by virtue of the treaty in its ; inseparable connection with the j j deed, unless Congress takes a hand ' as third party in carrying .out the j j contract under Act 14 of the Con-i istitution of the Confederate States; j ? which Act. holds good under the j present United States Constitution.' The Proposed Dam at the Head of | Tugaloo River. The Piedmont Power Company! of the Georgia Railway and Power] Company. Louis Borris Magid, i president, have authority of the Georgia Railroad Commission to issue bonds for $3,000,000 and stock in the same amount, for con structing a dam at the head of Tugaloo river. And'who can doubt thatN it is the purpose of this com bination to have the Chattooga j river declared by the United States ! Supreme Court to be a part of the j i boundary between Georgia and j j South Carolina to the furthering of j j the combinations power interests ! ion the Chattooga and the carrying I out of the designs at the head of ! Tugalo river; at the very place i where the "north branch of Tucaloo I river" extends no further north; f j this place being also the head of ! i the "southern branch of Tugaloo ! J river"?whence it is provided by j : South ^Carolina's deed to the gen- ! era! government for, a "line to be j j drawn due west to the river Miss- ! ! issippi;" crossing the "ridge or i j chain of mountains" the topmost j jh'ne of which constitutes the com-: \ mon boundary between the terri {tory ceded and that remaining to J this State by virtue of the treaty in this connection; and they know ing that the country through which flow the rivers Tallulah and Chat tooga belong to South - Carolina; and knowing that a dam at the place proposed would impound water upon the said rivers and ter ritory belonging to South Caro lina! Careful study of certain un curbed acts of rapacity and 4scot .free' looting on the part of the j water power monopolists institut ing this unparalleled* State line * suit has brought about a clear un- j derstanding of/ a matter, which j hitherto has been a: bone of con tention and dissatisfaction between ! the two states I And now, on behalf of South Carolina, the defendant in this ac-' tion. I hold that it is entitled to the j fullest measure of consideration | protection, defense, and relief and I restoration to be found in the vir tuous effectiveness of" the three fold purpose covenant in this in stance of a treaty obligation as being truly "the supreme law of the land," such law as "all execu- i tive and judiciary officers, both of j the United States and of the sev eral states" are oath bound to up hold and defend to the full extent of its application to the bearings j uptm the matters in issue. Respectively. - . Jno. V. Stribling. j Jan. C. 1022. Bold Robbery in Columbia I Columbia. Jan. 10.?Columbia* police are searching for a negro * who snatched a wad of green backs from another negro while ! he was counting the cash on a desk at the National Loan & Ex- J change bank. Marshall Robertson, j jaintor at Ursuiine convent, was the victim of the robbery and he reported the loss of $00. ? Robertson said he cashed a check \ for $60 and* walked to a desk to \ count the money when a negro, j without any warning, grabbed it j and ran from the bank. The rob- | ber was pursued, but he escaped i in the crowd on Washington street. J The police have a vague descrip- j tion of the. robber. -? ? ? - Nationwide Drive For Soldiers' Bonus! _ I Chicago, Jan. 10.?American Le gion National Commander Mac Xider has instructed all legion posts to present the case for adjusted j compensation for ex-soldiers before j the chamber of commerce of every j city in the United States. Royal Engagement Announced _ i ! Belgrade. Jan. 10.?The engage ment of King Alexander, of Jugo- ! Slavia, to Princess Marie, the sec- [ ond daughter of King Ferdinand of Rumania, has been publicly ; announced. Clerks Demand Overtime Pay Chicago. Jan. 10.? Extra pay for overtime and an eight hour day an ih?- principal points sought by the railroad clerks in the controversies before the railroad labor board. Bootlegger Hunt in Dixie Land Washington. Jan. 1(>.- chief Pro hibition A sent Vellowley is on an investigation tour in the south which Commissioner Haynes said will result in an increased drive I on moonshiners and bootleggers. I Complete Record of Hangings ' Assistant Judge Advocate General Testifies Before i Committee i _ i Washington, Jan. 10.?A com j plete record of American soldiers f hanged in France, after court j martini, was cabled immediately I to the war department. Colonel i Bethel, assistant judge advocate j general: testified before the com?? I mittee that is investigatng Sena 'tor Watson's charges. He said the 1 names were not given to the press ! out of consideration of the men's j families. He said the records show I ed that Benjamin King, of Wil mington, X. C, was killed in ac tion or died of wounds, and there was no evidence that shows that King was killed by "hard-boiled" Smith's orders, as previous wit nesses testified. Charles E. Fox, of Richmond, testified he saw Major Opie, of Staunton, shoot a soldier in the back near Verdun in 1918. Stone wall Jackson Albion, of Kernstone, i Va., who was gassed, said he saw ! Opie shoot another soldier "in cold blood." James E. Carlton, of ' Richmond/ said he saw Opie shoot I a soldier on October 9th, 19IS. COMMENT ON ^REPORT OF TAX COMMITTEE (The Xcws and Courier). The report of the joint legisla tive ^committee on economy and consolidation is an informing and suggestive document. It falls short by a good deal of being the sort of study of state institutions wc should like to see made for South Carolina, but it goes further than anything else yet available. Much interesting information is brought out with reference to the manner in which various institu tions are functioning, and while some of the criticisms which the committee makes can probably be answered as in the case of the Cit adel, we hope, the report makes more than one concrete suggestion of evident value for increasing ef ficiency and decreasing expense. The report comprises something like 23,0.00 words. It is to be re gretted that it was not printed in full several weeks ago and widely distributed. It will be unfortunate if the im pression should be created at this stage that the recommendations which the' report makes have any binding power. The conclusion of the committee is that half a mil lioh collars can be saved this year, and permanently, by reducing the 'appropriations of various state in stitutions to that extent; but on nearly every item included in this half million a fight may b eexpect ed. The committee further pro poses to cut the appropriation bill of 1921 by an additional $750.000 through deferring all building op erations and other permanent im provements for a year. In all the circumstances- this will generally be regarded as a very conservative program. Its adoption, according to the committee, will enable the -tax levy to be cut from twelve mills in 1921 to four mills in 1922, pro vided certain new methods of rais ing revenue are adopted in line with recommendations which the committee makes. The proviso is a most (important one. for a number of reasons, but especially because the main re liance of the committee in lighten ing the burden upon real property appears to be in the proposal to use an income tax to raise a good part of the money which is now raised through a tax on property. We think tha't this is a doubtful propo sition and the arguments in favor of instituting a state income tax ?\vill have t obe very powerful and convincing if they are to overcome suspicion and hostility which such a move would arouse. The gener al feeling now is that thi? field of taxation has been preempted by the federal government. Moreover. $1,600.000 seems a large amount to expect from this source in i:>22j under the conditions which now | prevail. The other sources to which the J committee proposes that the state turn for money in the effort to re- I duce the levy on real property are an increased corporation tax. $110, 000; an inheritance tax, no esti mate being made as to what this would produce: a gasoline and oil tax. $750,000 in ten months: a lux ury tax on automobiles, soft drinks, theater tickets, cigars and cigar ettes, and so on. $900,000 in nine months: and hydro-electric power tax $75.000. The public expects most of these taxes, but the esti mates as to the amount of revenue likely to result from them are open to question. Moreover, the good roads people have been counting for a long time on getting the money t? be raised by a gasoline tax for the roads, and the claim is a very strong one. It is fairly (dear, therefore, that the cut of eight mills in the levy which the committee recommends will not be easy of accomplish ment. The alternative methods of raising revenue are highly specu lative. The proposed reO xtions in appropriations are definite as far as they go but except for the sus pension of building operations they amount to but $500.000 all told and at that will have to be sustain ed if at all in the face of a run ning fire of protests from all the institutions affected and all of the friends of each institution. As a basis of discussion ihr rep<>rt should have considerable value. It is. however, only the signal gun of the ti^ht which is to follow. Washington. Jan. 1:0. -Cotton ginned priop to January l amount ed i<> 7.S8-4.272 bales. compared with las: year of 11.554.608. Detroit. Jan. i ?> Henry Ford will confer with Secretary Weeks or: the Muscle Shoals project al the end of i he week. I Wireless Telephones Becoming Popular -, Several Expected to Be in I Operation in This Section I Soon. Cheraw Club Pur chases First Outfit From J. C. Brown : The new wireless telephone of which we have beeil hearing so ! much about and which several J Sumier residents have already had the pleasure of seeing demoristrat I ed at llae residence of Mr. J. c. j Brown will soon be a popular form j ol entertainment says Mr. Brown. I who predicts that in the near fu i ture these outfits wi41 be found in j every small town and hamiet. Soon ! it will be a common occurrence*t? sit in some hall or club and listen i to music and speaking in Phila I delphia or New York on nearly any I night oi the week or hear on the street an invitation something like this, "if you haven't any engage ment, come over to the house to night Mable and we will listen to Harry Lauder who is singing in Chicago." i The first Westinghouse wireless telephone outfit to be sold by their local representative. Mr. Brown, has just been installed in the Chiola Club at Cheraw by the secretary of the club. Mr. W. E. Hert. Jr.. who was here the latter part of last week to make the purchase and ar rangements for the club. The Chi ola Club is composed of young bus iness men who have decided they wisii to 'listen in' on the events of the world and its happenings. Mr. Brown states that two more outfits arc on the way here fron) j the factory. Who's next? KOAI) AND BRIDGE" COX STRVCTIOX BIDS RECEIVED Mann:^-. Bishopville ami Maycs< vilie Loads and Rocky Bluff Scape O'er Swamp Bridges to Be? First Built Bids for the construction of Three and one-tenth miles of hard surface, road on the Sumter-Man ning road, three and one-tenth miles of the Suniter-Bishopville road, four miles on the Sumter Maycsvilie road and the construc tion of embankments and six nee- ! essarv bridges in Rocky Bluff and Scape O'er Swamps were received j Tuesday by the Permanent, Hard Surface Road Commission j at their meeting at eleven o'clock j in the Chamber of Commerce hall. J Members of the commission pres ent: Messrs. B. D. Jennings, chair- J man. J. B. Britten. Boring J^ee, J. j F. Bland. S. A. llarvin. I. M. Tru- j i luck, E. E. JRembert. J. P.. Booth, ! Stanyanne Burrows, and G-. A. I Bemmon. There were in the neighborhood of forty bids filed for the con struction of the bridges or for the I construction of one or all of the ! roads. A great deal" of work is necessary in connection with the tabulation and in the totaling of the bids, consequently no contract could be immediately awarded by the commission ami'their action on j the bids has been reserved until af ii r a continuation of this meeting at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Among the construction com- j panies filing bids were: Chitwood and Palmer Construction Co.. 'The Henry Construction'Co. of Green ville. S. C: Olaf 'Otto. Contractor. Savannah, Ga.: General Road and Drainage Co.: Greenville Tile Co.: Hagedorn Const ruction Co.; A. M. Fravieser Co. of Virginia: Robert \ G. Bassiter and Co.. Raleigh.*X. C: Powell Paving and Contracting Co.. Columbia: The Lawrence Construc tion Co.. Augusta. Ga.: R. M. Mitehum. Augusta Ga: Lee. Pen {nell and Murray Sumter. Porter land lV.vd of charlotte. X. C: Henry IV. Horst Co.. Rock Island, i till.: Southern Paving Construction! I Co. Chattanooga. Tenn.: Pritcbard ; Haxlehurst Construction Co., and the Slattery and Henry Company. J Inc. GrcenviUey S. C. j .Sunday School Class Entertained. j Thursday afternoon. Mrs. C. W. i I McGrew entertained her Sunday j School at her home. Music was ! furnished by the victrola and num I erous games were^played. Boiled land roasted peanuts were served'.' I and a peanut grabbing contest pro- j I yided much amusement, in which} I Master William Baldwin proved to j ? 1>< the bade,'. The class was ush- j ' ered into the dining room by Miss Iva Bell Folsom, Kathleen Cost in J and Lora Harwick, where fruits, j punch and cake were served. Those ! present /were: William Tisdale, Wil- j liam Baldwin. Thomas Bradley. Marshal Tobias. Robt. Marvin. Girard Myers. Bill Costin, Eugene |>ICGrcw. Teachie Tobias. Oliver ! Wheeler Wilhert Bernshouse. - I Lydc Bill Suffers Bad Acid Bunts.; i ' - j Mr. Uyde Hill received very se- | vcre burns from the explosion of j ; a powerful acid while working on 1 I sonic of the water fixtures at the Imperial Hotel Monday afternoon! tat about 1 o'clock. The acid is aj j most powerful one and is used in I selected cases.by 'plumbers in the [cleaning out of water lines which) do not respond to the ordinary' ! pumping methods. The acid vs in flammable and fo tin* probable j cause of its explosion on being platted too near n tire. It is stated that tin- acid scattered over the j right side of face and in the righl j eye of Mr. iiill and also over his j arms and hands. Mr. Hill was rendered medical treatment as soon : as possible hut it is not yet known whether his eye can he saved or | not. His hums arc of a very serious J and painful nature. -? ? ? WHOLE FORCE CELE BRATED CHRISTMAS _ i / - ; Kecoughtan, \ a.. .Inn. 1 o.? Charges that the entire police 1 fOree was intoxicated Christmas' day will be inv^*t tifated \>\ t he j town council. Taxpayers' Meeting ; Resolutions Adopted by Mect . ing. Citizens Express ? Themselves in Favor of Any Reductions in Taxes Possible At the public meeting of the tax ! payers and voters of Sumter coun i iy held at noon on January 7th in i the court house auditorium, the object of the meeting, as stat jed by Mr. E. W. Dabbs, elected' (chairman of the 'meeting, was for ! the purpose of submitting before j i the peopie of the county for their j approval or in order that they I might take whatever action they. I saw Jit in regard to the program | j as outlined by the executive com-j ! mittec of the South Carolina Tax i payers' Association at their recent ? meeting held in Columbia on De-i i cember 20th. 1021. - ? Mr. Dabbs made a short intro ; ductory and explanatory talk in j which he read statistics giving the j I budget sums of the taxes paid by i j Sumter county. He also made! j statements showing that at. the j j present time the greater burden of j I all our taxes was being carried by j the visible property and that un- j ! der the present and existing meth- I I ods of assessing for taxation pur- j j poses, there was much taxable \ I property in South Carolina and in | ; Sumter county which was absolute- ; ! Iy escaping any form of taxation; i whatsoever. The entire ground, j [he stated, had been gone over; i carefully by .\ this Taxpayers' As-! ! sociation meeting in Columbia and | [that six methods of obtaining nec ! cssary tax monies had been sug- i ! gested at this meeting. Each of; ! these methods would be brought i j up individually and receive the dis- j i cussion of the meeting. Mr* P. G. Bowman at this time I ? offered the following resolution I [which was seconded by Mr. J. K. j j McElveen and was adopted by thy! I meeting: I , Resolved: That wc, the citizens; I of Sumter county, in convention j I assembled are heartily in favor of j j any movement that will tend to the ! ! redaction of all unnecessary ex- j penses and to the removing of all j unnecessary office holders and to run our government as economical- j j ly as we are able to do. having in yiew the economical and efficient j administration and to oppose any j and all increases in the aggregate I taxe.*- from whatever source for j any-and all purposes. The suggestion was made by Mr. E. W. Dabbs that the county j grand jurymen be called together and have them investigate all ex- j penditures of the county funds, submitting a report and offering any suggestions. This- was; thought well of by the meeting: The resolution was then offered by Mr. J. F. Williams that: This meeting adopt all resolutions drawn up by the South Carolina i Taxpayers' Association at their re ? cent convention on the 29th day ?f December. . This resolution was seconded and carried by the meet-! ing. The following recommendations were discussed in detail as to their propriety and advisability: First, a proposed change in the I constitution as regarding tax laws: j This was adopted by the meeting. Second. A tax of one cent per I gallon on gasolene. Adopted. ThircT: The advisability of an; occupation rax. This would have to do with the taxation of certain businesses that were escaping all; forms of taxation tinder the pres- j net order. This was adopted. Fourth. An increase in the cap- ' ital stock license tax of corpora- j tions and in the franchise of pub- ? lie service utilities. This motion ; was lost. Fifth. An income tax based on the federal income tax. Carried. Sixth. A luxury tax. An amend- j mont was offered that in the stead of this tax as a substitute for same. I study the propriety and the prac tical side of the putting on of a! sales tax. This amendment was j carried. If the general assembly enact3 j the necessary laws imposing the; above taxes, it will result in the j bringing into the state treasur" ap- j proximatoly the following amounts Gasolene tax $600.000: occupation j tax. $350,000; inheritance tax. j $250.000; increase in corporation! license fee. 525,000; increase in i public service corporation license j tax $150.000; income tax $1.000.-! 000, and luxury tax $150,000, mak- | ing a total of $2,750,000. The hicks have outgrown many j of their olusions, but they still think Easy Street a continuation of Wall Street. There will be no millennium while nations ask God for a vie- \ lory and then forget Him when | tlie time comes to patch up a peace. : ?? *? ? By spending $501,1.82 891 during; the last fiscal year, the war depart-! ment was living beyond our means. ? - Where militarism thrives, the citizenship is divided into the civil population and the uncivil popula- j tion? i ? In Hungary a belief exists that a fire caused by lightning can be ox finguished only bv milk. There are stili 10,000 American soldiers in the American occupied area on the Rhine. There may be an trust, but vc have never ^-en one we would. Most funny hones are in tie- 11 bow. hut some go to the bead. Twelve thousand legal executions i are the yearly average^ in china.' which holds the world's record for execui ions. -??-??? A pretty girl, who i* in the chor us of one popular Broadway show, boast* she has missed Sunday-. School only Lwic? in her iile. I Wide Scope of Extension Work i County Agents Meet Big De mands Made Upon Them i Clemson College. .Ian. 7.?Some : impression of the wide scop*-, great variety, and value of the work done T>y tlie extension service in South Carolina in ?921 may be obtained from the figures in the annual re port just compiled showing that i county agents of the extension 'force made 48.."Gl visits to dem onstrators, cobperators, o t h e r farmers, and business men. /trav ! cling in order to make these vudts a total of 301,430 miles. In addition the agents received 32, ! 474 personal calls and 15,69$ tele phone calls from farmers and oth ers relative to extension work: and held 1 0 7 farmers' meetings, at which there was an attendance of 97.093 persons, and 530 held meet ings, at which there was an at tendance of 0,508 persons. In the way of information fur nished by letter and printed ma terial 28,677 official letters were written by agents. 2,095 newspaper articles relative to extension work were published. 121.709 copies of circular letters were distributed. 10.709 United, States department of agriculture publications were dis tnouted,-'and 14,;?o4 Clemson Col lege extension service and experi ment station publications were dis tributed. Further figures showing other activities in the general work of the county agents are as follows: number of demonstrators, coopera tors, club members induced to ex hibit at fairs. S57: number of these winning prizes. 5S2j number of account forms distributed to farm ers for keeping records of farm activities, 928; number of farmers keeping such records, 381; num ber of boys -attending agricultural colleges or other schools as a re sult of club work. 124: number of farmers induced to begin bee-keep ing. 222: number of farmers in fluenced to grow cane or sorghum for syrup. 6,936. Still another important phase of farni improvement promoted by county agents was the distribution of purebred seed. In this work 33,121 bushels of improved seed were' secured for 4.182 farmers I through the aid of the county agents: and 138,573 bushels of im I proved seed were sold for 2,241 I farmers, this doing much to pro I mote wide distribution and use of j improved varieties of seed of the \ different farm crops grown in this I stale. ? ..???? The Cape Cod Canal j" Sandwich, Mass., Jan. 5.?The j Cape Cod Canal, the purchase of which for *l 1,500,000 is now be ; fore congress on recommendations ; by Secretaries Weeks, Hoover and ' Denby. is an artificial waterway ' with a history The project was \ conceived two centuries ago and at ! different times was the subject of j various proposals ail of which I failed of fruition. It was not until I seven years ago the canal was com ! pleted. cutting the long arm of Cape Cod off from the rest of j Massachusetts. I The Canal was constructed by i Boston. Cape Cod and New York ; Canal Company, of which August [.Belxnont was president. It, runs through the towns of Sandwich and Bourne. It connects Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bays, short ening the d??*nace between New York and New England ports by some G5 miles, and so avoiding the graveyard of ships on the ocean side of Cape Cod. It is thirteen miles in length, with a width va rying from 100 to 300 feet, and a depth of twenty-five feet at mean low water. Kight miles of the waterway were cut through land purchased by the company, and five miles dredged through government wa ters to a depth of 25 feet in Cape Cod and Buzzards Bays. The char ter on which the project was car ried out was granted by the State of Massachusetts. June 1. 18'J9. ex cavation was begun June 22, 1900, and the canal was opened July 29. 1914. The cost of construction has been estimated by engineers at approximately a million dollars a mile. As a war measure the canal was placed under the jurisdiction of the railroad administration July 2", 1910. by order of President Wil son and the railroad administra tion operated it until February 29. 1 920. Since that time except for a short period it has been operat ed by the canal company, although the government having instituted proceedings to acquire it by right of eminent domain, the company claimed that the government by that act became the technical own er. Differences between the com pany and the government over the exact status of the waterway led to its closing for three weeks in March.-1 920. A congestion of ship ping awaiting passage resulted and it was Only at the request of the governor of Massachusetts that the (anal was reopened. After a jury trial in the federal district court the canal company wa* awarded $16t801,-201 as the price to be paid by the government This verdict was set aside by the Court of Appeals. Conferences sub- ' sequently led to a tentative offer; by government officials of $11. 5&0.000 which was accepted. During the war the canal was: used daily by the government ves- | sels of lighter draft. Its width and : depth would not permit the passage of the larg?- battleships. In 1920. a total of 8,140 vessels used the canal. These vessels reg istered 4.707.735 gross tons, and' carried L.903.186 ions of canto. of1 which 1.304.170 was coal. There' were J:'+ government vessels. 1.119 fishing vessels and of the foreign ! flag ships there were seventeen] British of 11.544 ;p'ss tons, one rCorwigiah of I.Si7, Ltosses with mustaches should ! never kiss stenographers until they! pin their gum away. Winthrop Daugh ters' Banquet ! Dr. Johnson was the Guest of ! Honor Saturday Evening 1 _ i j The Sumter Chapter of Winthrop 1 Daughters entertained on the even 1 ing of January 7th at a banquei .-it j the Chiremcnt Hotel. Dr. D. B. ?Johnson, of "Winthrop. Miss Leila i Russell; the alumnae executive scc ; rera,ry of Winthrop: Dr. S. II. Ed ! munds. superintendent of the city j schools: Solicitor F. A. McLeod. [Senator D. J). Moise. Hon. R. I'.. j Bclser. Hon. C. J. Jackson and I lion. .1. B. Dritten, were the guests ; of the club. Covers were laid for I seventy-five members and guests, j The tables, which were arranged in I a three sided hollow square, were I beautifully appointed with tall rows ! of white carnations and white nar j cissi on mats of old gold and gar : net. tlic college colors. Music was ! furnished throughout the evening j by an orchestra. After a delicious j menu of five courses was served, j Mrs. F. A. McLeod. graicous toast ? mistress, in a few happy words in I troducod the speaker of the even j ing. Dr. D. D. Johnson. President j of Winthrop College. After ex ; pressing his pleasure at being with j his daughters again. Dr. Johnson ! gave a brief resume of the incep i tion and growth of Winthrop Col j lege, fn>m its small beginning as a j training school for teachers in Co lumbia, to its present enrollment of ! over twelve hundred students, fie i called attention to the fact that this I remarkable growth had been ac complished with comparatively j small appropriations from the j state and expressed^the hope that ; those appropriations might soon be I more adequate. i After the singing of the Aluma i mater song by the whole assem ? bly, a, toast "Our Legislators." was I made by Mrs. R. U. Furman. The j response to this toast was made by 1 Senator D. D. Moise. This was I followed by a toast "Dr. Johnson." [ by Mrs. Thos. Siddall, Jr. The sing ; ing by the club of "Hail. Win j throp." brought this delightful oc ! casion. to a close. j Charming in every detail and i most enjoyable throughout was the ! banquet given by the Sumter <.hap 1 ter Winthrop Daughters last Sat ! urday e'vening at the Claremont j Hotel. Grouped In the lobby and 1 parlors to receive the guests were j Dr. l ul Mrs. S. H. Edmunds, j Mesdames Billy Bynum, Marion I Zemp and Hal Harby,- and Misses j Irene Bryan and Reese Chandler. ! After all had assembled the doors j to the dining room were thrown ? open, and led by Mrs. Bynum, j president of the chapter, and Dr. J D. B. Johnson, guest of honor, all I found seats at the banquet board j where covers were laid for sixty { five. The tables presented a fes I tive air with their gay centerpieces j of garnet and gold, the college col j ors, topped by crystal vases of i fragrant white narcissi and car nations and dainty ferns. Sharing honors with Dr. Johnson as guest were Miss Leila' Russell, alumnae executive secretary; Senator-elect Davis D. Moise, Representatives R. B. Belser. C. J. Jackson. J. B. Brit!on. Solicitor Frank A. Mc ? Leod and Dr. S. H. Edmunds. Dur j ing the course of the banquet ap ! propriate music was rendered by [ Miss Hannah Fr?ser, pianist, and j Mr. Marion Myers, violinist. Mrs. ! Frank McLeod acted as toastmis J tress, and in her usual happy man ! ner introduced Dr. Johnson, the J principal speaker of the evening. ! In his speech Dr. Johnson paid a j glowing tribute to the city schools J and rheir superintendent. Dr. Ed ! munds. Later he found occasion i j to pay tribute to the memory of I Mr. Altamont Moses, who. he said. I had always been a friend to him ? and Winthrop in the general as I sembly where such friends were ! few. lie concluded his speech by j tolling his Winthrop Daughters j here of their new little sister in j Rock Hill. Suzanne Rutledge John 1 son. aged eight months. Charming j photographs of this youngest Win j throp daughter were passed and ; much admired by all. j Mrs. Richard Furman in a very I graceful manner gave a toast "To the Legislators" and this was re sponded to by Senator Moise. Mr. j Moise won the applause of all ! when lie said that In- never would vote against an appropriation for education, so long as he felt the money appropriated would be wise ly and economically spent. The last toast of th> evening. "To Winthrop ami Dr. Johnson.*' was most pleasingly given ' v Mrs. T. H. Siddall. Jr. Then the sing ing of the college song "Hai] Win throp.* All Hail" brought to a close the first banquet given by the Sumter chapter. It is hoped thai the enthusiasm manifested a? this event may lead to greater ac tivity in the future life of the or ganization. ! VIRGINIA BANK PRESIDENT ON TRIAL i _ Richmond. Jan. 10. ? Harold Gordon Blundon, former preside-.: of the Commonwealth Rank, of Reodville. Va.. who is charged with embezzling fifty thousand dollars, is on trial in tin- federal court here. PLAN FOR NATIONAL ATHLETIC UNION Xew York. Jan. 1". An effort is being made at the convention be ing held here to expand the in ter-collegiate association of ama teur athletics of America Iwto a nation-wide organization includ ing all southern colleges. A few years ago they said: "See what war has done for business." Now they say: "See how war has ? tone for business." Another thing that will inv.-r be invented is a safety pin. State Prison Farms j Report of Inspection by State Board of Public Welfare Columbia. Jan.. 10.?The State Board of Public Welfare \ is issued today the following report on the stare prison farms: The Reid and DeSaussure farms, the state prison farms of South Carolina, consist of 4.108 acres of land In Sumler and Kershaw voua ties. This property is divided al most equally between the Reid farm managed by Mr. J. II. Irby and the DeSaussure farm managed by .Mr. J. P. Harting. Both farms \ are under the control and super : vision of the superintendent and j the hoard of directors of the Stato : penitentiary, and prisoners are transferred back and forth from the farms to the penitentiary. ; At the time of this visit the pop ; ulation of the Kcid farm consisted j of 57 negro prisoners and 1 white. Five guards were on duty, although i six arc usually employed. The I population of the DeSaussure farm ' 1 was 56 negro and 5 white prison : ers. Th/- guards at both farms are paid $55.00 per month and main tenance. At both farms the foundations j have been laid for a water tank to I be elevated 60 feet and to contain { promt gallons. The wells have al ! ready been bored and much of the ; machinery has been shipped. Th'fs? j will provide an abundance of wa ter for the bathing and sewerage systems! improvement that has i^been long needed. At the time .of* i this visit the water supply at the '. Reid farm was so low that the ? sewerage system had to be aban-' doned and the use of soil buckets , instituted. Perhaps in no other : one way could money have been spent so wisely for the improve-* meht of the health and sanitation ? of these institutions. Those re sponsible are to be commended for j their interest and foresight. At tlie DeSaussure farm an ex ! cellcnt cottage has just been.com ? pl< ted for the use of the manager. : The construction of a storehouse ! for cotton and machinery is also ; well under way. 1 At both farms the food supplied j is varied and wholesome, but its preparation cannot be commend ed. Neither of the kitchens is properly screened and even in the wintry weather prevailing th? ? number of Mies was very large. The j kitchen equipment did not seem j adequate for the preparation of j food for sixty or seventy men. j The condition of the prisoners* i quarters and of the bedding was j only fair. It is quite difficult to I keep the hods of such inmates in j excellent shape, but more frequent ! washing of the covering will do ? much toward improving them. As well as could be judged the management of both the farms is excellent. The stores of hay and grain are particularly impressive. Thc livestock and machinery are evidently 'well cared for. I One of the most striking features i of these farms is that they are en | tirely separate in equipment as wefl j as in management. The only ma ; chinery used in common is a saw i mill. At present the grist, mill of j the Reid farm is out of commis j sion yet its inmates do not make j uro of the one in operation at the j DeSaussure farm. It would seem ! that much duplication and the j consequent expenditure might be ! avoided were there more coopera tion between the two farms. The large herds of cows at bothX farms provide an abundance of milk and butter for the inmates'. Should a modern dairy barn be j erected it would be possible for the j surplus milk and cream to be .sent j to the State penitentiary in Co j Iumbia. where they are greatly i needed to improve the variety of ' the food supplied. OX THK JOB ALL T11I>TD?E Young Men's Business Leagruc, Sumter's IJ vest Organization. ? .Many News Plans Inder Way. Since the organization of the ] Voung Men's Business League about five months ago both the interest in the work and member ship have shown a steady increase I until today its membership num I bers around a hundred of Sumter^s [live wire business men. The work j of the league to date, in getting out and actually doing things for ! the betterment of the city and county has been most successful j and the members of the league say ? they have just got well started.. J Plans for this year include many jof a constructive nature which wiji be of mutual benefit to Sumterand lall its residents. The "Go get "em" (spirit which, this young organiza | tion has shown in every project I attempted in the past has been I-fruitful of quick results and dem: i onstratcs what can and will be done in the future by a live body lot young me;; working together for the ? ommon good as do the league. ; One of the plans now'under way j by the league will be to visit in a : body the different enterprises oi Sumter and Sumter county that they may acquaint themselves and become familiar with same, and.so be in a position to tell intelligently to the outside world and any who may be interested Just what Sum ter ims in the way of industry and to supply reliable information e-f. what opportunities and needs ex ist. These visits will be made at n-g?lar intervals, weekly if possible until all have been called on. -? ? -~ Volcanic Disaster in Nicaragua San .loan. Deisur. Nicaragua, Jan. 10."?The volcano Ometepe is in eruption, the vegetation is cov ered with ashes, the cattle are dead, and the Inhabitants are fleej ing terrified from the surrounding cour.tr> . -? ? Broceo won the six-day bike race, but they didn't know he waV French until it was all over.