Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tfie 'VTatchiKan and Southron E?gS? * JT Published Wednesday and Satur- - SS*-*. "Ol, day |)y Ostcen Publishing Company, ? m Snmter, S. C. , !'r $ per aim um?i n advance. , , Advertisements: One Square, first insertion -.$1.00 Every subsequent insertion .50 Contracts for three months ojr longer?srill be made' at redticad rates. ^ ? &a ?Communications which supb ? serve private interests will *oe, charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of' re- j spect wiH be charged f*r. - rThg -^Sumter Watchman was \ Jeiu%<&??*in 1550 and the True | ^uthron in 1866. The "vVatchmr l i t*i;*cf??" J&outhron now has the com-j "fcined peculation and influesice of j "both of. the old papers, and is raaa \ ifestiy^he best advertising medium in. Sunder. .- ? -. -_?? .J^SPONSffiJIilTY FOR TAXES, "Public officials, accustomed to a war-time basis of Nihcome and ex ^pendituge, seem unmindful of busi ' ness conditions," says a thoughtful cotmtV^auditor. "They do not feel the pinch as taxpayers do; when'j their, "hand'digs into the public till. y zny. -minor officials consider the ^pablic" .exechquer inexhaustible They spend in 10 months what should be distributed s over 12 months, then, suddenly realize that a deficit has been created/' Xot^all of the blame for extrav xagancef howerver, rests upon the of "It-is ludicrous to hear people ? 6rge a-reduction-of taxes on the one-hand, who, o/n the other, urge snore, improvements, higher sal aries, more bonds, more bureaus, ^jaew^ departments, additional mu nicipai,-, activities, * more school studies,, esthetic structures, more police protection, etc. It never oc curs/to such peppie that more ex * penses mean more taxes. They ne.v.sr inquire *Gan> we afford it?' 'Who is to pay for it?' *Will this . increase my taxes or rent?' ".At. present public business is nobody's business, or rather that of profiteering contractors." . ^ Clearly public thrift is neces sary, at a ^ime when prices are still high ?nd incomes, private and "pubHc?'-are badly shrunken. ? And - jus* aa clearly* public thrift is] equally j a duty, of public officials j and private citizens. In spite of popular criticism, *t j=*naxdfc>e .that the voters themselves are just as much to blame as the office-holders. There are numerous; a examples aroundrthe country late-; ly of municipal officers doing their j level-best to save money by weed-' ing JoW' unnecessary employees, j forc^njj- their subordinates to do a day's-work for a day's pay as they would Si private business, and se verely^ scrutinizing all expenditures. It is . probably an exceptional com-j niunity Which is just as careful in authorizing public bond issues and keeping an eye on public affairs1 " to point out and prevent waste, j CFtt <\ _ _ _ BUsi&ESS AND REMGIOX. It is a bit surprising to find a hard-headed business^ scientist preaching religion. That is exactly what .Roger Babson is doing. In a recent article, he says one ?f the m?sf^reassuring business signs is that the state of the nation's mor als and religion is visibly improv ing, and he makes an appeal for ; f?rt?er progress in this direction. "Thg jtwf ul wave of spending, his^i living, crime and irreligion in |cidfpt to it) 19 .and 19T0 is passing away," he writes, v "This is funda m^f^l?so the whole business fab ?n we get back to the old virtues?thrift, honesty afljd^^rue- religion?we can look for good^ business." ? rjJ3iis goes counter to- the view r 'held bj^some business men, that a ~~ ce'rifein degree of laxity stimulates buS?re&tf' They are, surely wrong anq?3??|J9on is surely right. Loose less living, which squand and vitality and charac ter. T??& "make things hum" for " a. little while; but the steadv, con-' . tinuo^fl^'dependable hum of indus- i ? * try '.4^5Pnds on the virtues that1 Z buildup and conserve rather than the vices that destroy and waste. 'The eld ^Hebrew idea that, A righteousness orought material as well. ?Ksniritual prosperity had j in it, after all. Right- i ? eouaness does prosper a man or a^ natibs^It is not merely a super- i naturajgreward of virtue. It is a naturiQ^result that follows seien tifieaHyv. Business is based on nlu- ; tualvhi&jnesty. and square dealing ; and righr living are bound to pay ; in the-long run. Statistics and reveiatio^ at last agree. ? ? ? A jfoPFLAR DECISION*. - .-If-the' arms conference brought nd^ther result, it would be worth ' while for its aetion in outlawing j the use, of poison gas in warfare. It is a de^sion in which the ma- ! jority of mankind will concur. Wneof Germany first introduced : her. ch'emical warfare the nations I allied- agaln*t her went siek with j horror and indignation. It wasj against a.11 their instincts of de cency and humanity that they ac cepted the necessity of reprisals in kind. . They could not consistently advocate the retention of such agencies of slaughter when the de cision rested with them. War is in glorious enough when it gives the man with, courage. to fight for his country his fighting chance. When it demands that men go out by the hundreds . of thousands and take that chance away it is not war. it is butchery beyond the imagination of savages. The interests which deplore the abandonment of poison gas, need not wbrry. In the event *.t anoth er war,,which they are. subcon sciously promoting by their atti tude, it won't take long to work up effective means for wholesale slaughter. The last War taught us that The thing to work for and to hope for is that this conOrenco and those Which succeed it may find ?tili further means for .mb duing the,terrible agencies of de struction. - CURBING tKE SUBMARINE. It is a matter for 'general con- j gratulation that tne. arms* conf er-~ ence has outlawed the submarine as a. commerce-destroyer. The purport of the agreement proposed by Elihu. Root and accepted by the five, naval powers aims at nothing less than the total disuse of the submarine for attack on merchant ships. It recognizes, in the submarine, the usual right of a warship to attack a ship of commerce belong ing to the enemy, if the latter shows fight or refuses to Submit to search Or seizure.. . It prescribes, however, that there must.be no attack with out warning; that a merchantman must be formally asked to submit before . =peing seized or sunk; and that it must not be sunk unless the crew and passengers are placed in safety. \ These are the ?Id,. familiar re quirements of international . law, which Germany disregarded in the World War, fu the ground that if a submarine tried to observe them it would lose its effect!vehess. The powers now make {he supplemen tary declaration that they recog- j nize this practical impds^bilfity of: using submarines' legally, as com- j nierce-destnbyera without* violating 1 thelaw, and that that is why they! insist on the law being observe^? they want to prohibit the destruc tion of merchantmen by subma rines. And to this end they ask j ih4 assent of ail the other civilized ! powers. 1 ''it is much to have this "exploit pledge from ,the signatory, powers, and it. will be more if the other powers, acting separately or through the League of Nations, \ agree,, making the international law on this subject perfectly clear. At the same time, it should be recognized that that would not set tle the* matter. As long as there are submarines made for fighting purposes, some nation might decide to violate the law again, in case of war, as Germany did. There can hardly be any sure immunity of merchant ships and their non combatant sailors and passengers from such attack unless the war \ submarine is ..wholly prohibited, by. general agreement of nations. SELLING SOUTH AMERICA. Not the low prices of her goods but the wise methods of her sales men is bringing Germany's com merce success in South America, That is the opinion of a Venezue lan gentleman who has for eight years represented an American machinery equipment company in Venezuela. His comment on Amer ican methods is interesting. American manufacturers, he says, send their best salesmen to South America. These men arrive with a lot of enthusiasm and a typically American determination tu do business in a hurry.. They do not bare about social or business traditions of the countries they visit; they consider them unimport ant. The result is that they return to the States in a short time both disappointed and disgusted; and I their firms, behoving that their j best men have failed, give up the ! game. The German salesman takes his time about things. He studies lo cal conditions, takes a home as well as an office, forms friendships and becomes an established member of j the community before he tries to j sell anything. When he does start ' selling he is willing to take a pres- { ent loss with an eye to future j fjains when his policy has begun to bear fruit. Tlu* prestige ot American goods j has never been greater in the South American lands than it is to- i da v. declares the Venezuelan. Re- ! i gardless of German low prices, j American goods would win out if only American methods were less brusque. It is a warning which Americans j j need to hood in Other fields than j that of foreign trade. Such ad {?mirable qualities hs American am bition, energy, "push" and "pop" become handicaps when under standing and respect for the other j fellow's ways are wanting. - 0 ? ? CATCHING COLD, i _ I The doctors are very impatient nowadays with peophvwho are "al ways catching colds," and who in sist that they catch them in such ways as sitting near an open win dow or getting the feet wet or leav ing a bedroom window wide open at night or merely being outdoors on a cold day. Nearly all of the things usually biamed for a cold, up-to-date doc tors insist, are really good for a cold. Cold, fresh air is a help, not I a hindrance, to health. It may bo 1 necessary to guard against it to some extent when the patient has once acquired a bald cold, but the cold does not come in the first place by exposure to cold air. The cold comes from definite dis ease germs or virus, and the infec tion is caught from other people? I people with active colds, Nwho are Sneezing or coughing. Avoid them, and take ot^ier reasonable health precautions in the way of whole some food, rest, sleep, etc., and you can enjoy drafts with immunity "Lowered vitality" lays the foun dation for most colds, says an ex perienced physician. The most im portant thing is to avoid depleting your vitality. In sturdy health, a person may be able to stand expos ure to infection or throw it off easily. When the patient is weak ened t>y overwork, worry, late hours, improper food, impure air. etc., the enemy has an easy time of.it. ? m ? R-KMEDY FOR LYNCHING. Nox feature of Luther Boddy's escapade in New York and Phil adelphia is more remarkable than the fact that this negro assas sin owes his capture to negroes. Boddy had killed two detectives on the way to a police station1 in New York City, and escaped. For three . days he pursued a devious [course of flight, punctuated by hold I ups and made picturesque by wo j man's disguise, through three states. Finally he reached a hav !en in Philadelphia, among "his own people." Then a humble ne gro magistrate, borrowing a revolv er, went-boldly to the room where [the murderer jvas sleeping with jone gun by his hand and another 'under his pillow, and arrested 'him. The criminal will now pay the legal penalty provided for his crimes. New York and Philadel phia are not much given.to lynch ing: -ami yet such a crime as this Wben perpetrated by a black man. has led to more than one mob mur der in cities just as respectable, north as well as south. There is no more effective way for negroes to fight lynching th >. by this same process of delivering up to justice men of their own race who arc known to be guilty of crime. m # ? THE BRITISH-FRENCH ALLI ANCE. 1 Americans do not think much of' alliances, even for other nations: but they cannot find much to criti cise in the new British-French al liance arranged by Lloyd George and Briand at Cannes. v The definite obligations assum ed may seem rather one-sided. Great Britain pledges herself to go to the aid of France with all her fighting power, as she did in 1914. if France is attacked again by Ger many. That obligation, however, may sound bigger than it really is. Germany is not now. and is not likely to be for many years, in po sition to attack France; and if she ever does become power ul enough again, the very existence of this de fensive alliance will doubtless prove an effective barrier. Everybody knows that Germanty would not have started the war in 1014 if she had known that Britain would come in. And Britain get.- her full equi valent, as usual. French militarism is deprived of all legitimate excuse for being. France cannot row. if she wanted to. arm against Eng land or any other country on the pretense that she is arming against Germany. Britain, moreover, will have a freer hand to shape the German reparations according i<> her own idea, and to foster the revival of central European indus try, trade and consuming power for the sake of Britain's own business prosperity. In all this America gains, withoui giving anything In return. The guarantee is practically the same as the three-party agreement which France insisted on at Versailles, pledging America and 1:i-i*1in \<> defend. France, except that Amer ica is now left out, ? STREET DRIVES FOR FI NDS. j The board ?f aklermcn of New York city retently passed a meas i ure requiring ihat all street solicit : ing of funds by individuals or or Iganizations must Iks preceded by I an application for permission to j the commissioner of public welfare. : Provision is made for fines and im j prisonment for violation of the or I dinance. The measure has received both I condemnation and praise. The j head of one of the largest welfare organizatlohs in New York has lit ! tie feaf for its effect upon his own j society's work. lie sees no need j for any street soliciting at ell. ? New York's problem is different j from that of a smaller community. ; Yet for a year or so no section of ; the country has been free from ! fund-raising campaigns; and in th* past few months the abuse of j this particular method has become j ! a genuine and widespread nuisance. A great many American comniu- ; j nities, both large and small, now j have their annual community j ithests, to which citizens of ail sta- j tions and degrees of prosperity 1 contribute. Those chests are .sup posed to care for all legitimate lo- 1 I- ? , ; cal welfare work, and frequently. i also, to contribute something to i _ -. ? j ward national or even, foreign re- i (lief work. The citizen who has j ce-ntributed to that fund, and per | haps to a few other enterprises which have a particular appeal for ! him. cannot but agree with (he i New York worker who ouestions i the validity of all street soliciting \ for funds. -? ? ?? ? Thirteen?Do She Lucky? ' Friday. January 13th. through j the mails came an all metal slab i painted white and on it were paint j ed in standingout letters of black ? the following inscription. "C-13." j Ha! you've already guessed the j secret?a 1922 license tag. Yep.. : you're right, all right, old Shylock. | j Delving even deeper into the un- j ! known, unsolved, unfathomed and ! j mysterious mysteriousness we are ; able to enlighten our public to the extent of telling them as a positive j fact, in so far as /we" are able to ; j ascertain, that the tag was ordered | j from the State Highway Engineer's i office on the 13th day of December, j ' Much furfher knowledge, we had ' ; best not impart, even if we had it, ' i but?the owner of this tag thinks' i he got a corner on all of the loose , ; luck running around the world I I simply 'cause he has a monopoly on j jail of the "C-13*s". There are! j staunch disagreers to his claim on iuck by the more superstitious ones i who stand ready to take issue with him. upholding the negative side of the query "Is thirteen a lucky ' number?" Even if. in the favor of j i the affirmative are the primal fact; j that there were 13 original states j in the union, that there are thir j teen letters in "E Pluribus Unum" j and in the name of Woodrow Wil j son. Well, be that as it may, here's ! I to luck. For any further particu- ! ' lars?C-13. Few Cases in City Court. ! Several small cases were handled j :,in the city court this morning and ? about $2*0 in cash turned over to the city treasury, as the net result. A negro boy by name of Clinton Campbell received the alternate sentence of $30 or 30 days after J his eonvietoni for the theft of a I number of cartoons of cigarettes j which he tried to sell. The cigarettes , \ which were the property of Mr. J. ; P. Commander. were*recovered and j returned to Mr. Commander. Clin- J j ton got the cigarettes by a. breakin | I on Friday night. Clinton "took the! i days. J One case of drunkenness proved j of a $10 value to the city. Lena j Farmer, colored, gave the city ten ; i dollars for disorderly conduct. ! Tom Glarkson, negro, also for dis- j j orderly conduct will take his $10 j ? out in public works. Of interest in the court of this j ' morning was the appearance of an [old darkey who told Judge Harby \ and Chief Harwick that he was 72 ' j years old and that he had never i j been into a court before and want- j i ed to Know how it was carried on., j The old negro sat quietly and look- j j ed on with interest as the various I I trials proceeded.\ Small Sunday Fire. The Sumter Fire Department | had two small shingle fires brought 1 I to their attention during Sunday. I ! The first alarm was sounded just J liefere 1<> o'clock in the morning, 1 and proved a shingle fire near the \ j flue of a housexNo. 22 Railroad; j Ave., the property of J. P. Butler. : colored. Alarm number two rang in at 4:3u in tlu- afternoon, was also a : shingle lire of a very small nature. : on the roof of No. -r>('.n S. Main St.. j a negro house. Only a small! amount of help was rendered by I the members of the tire depart ment and scarcely any damage done caused hy the tires. MARRIAGE. .Miss Bertha Griffin and Mr. Wili J. Shaw were quietly married a> the bride's home in Pinewood a: S o'clock Saturday night. The : wedding ceremony was performed] by Rev. Dukes. pastor of the | Methodist church of Pinewood. . Mr. and .Mrs. Shaw will be at home to their friends <-t Sumter at X<>. 312 X. Salem Ave. Ii iii<- proposed abattoir?muni cipal slaughter hous<?is estab lished and if Sumter follows in the footsteps of other towns in the matter of rules and regulations, a veritable Chinese wall will be erect ed around Sumter-againsi the farm- ' i-]-s <if tin- surrounding country who j may desire to sl. iu.n -i their own' cattle and hog.*, f.nd prepare the meat !"t' sale on 'h-> local market. Printers Protest Against School Charge Unfair Competition in"Florence by Reformatory School To the ftttblic: The South Carolina Industrial school, located .in this city's su-| burbs, maintains a printing school to teach hoys sent there for dis-! Hohne the art Of printing. Xo one I con lid object to that, if the hoys! ?rc interested in learning the trade, ajj?d will thereby become use ful members of society when they; arc discharged from the institution. We submit, however, to the fair minded people of the slate that the school, as now operated, is doing hurt of legitimate business, in that it is actively competing for busi- j i ness here, and also indirectly, aS the ! : manufacturing plant for an office ; supply concern, with salesmen out soliciting printing. I The school is maintained by a j state appropriation, and we as well j as all other enterprises and tax j payers must hol]) sustain it. It has j no labor, rent, fuel, light, power! lor other lulls to pay. The city of 1 1 Florence can not even impose a1 ; license tax. We must meet all such ! expenses, and pay city, state and : county taxes as well. J There is no justice in such com i petition, even though the state in ! stitution quoted prices in keeping I with the cost of production f con ! cerns employing free labor. But it j is not doing this, and their prices j create in the minds of people who do not understand the situtaion, the impression that they are being "held up." We protested to the party making prices, and he defied [*us to stop him. after an argument more or less "animated" and said, "Very well, let it be war!" We don't want "war." but we do want j fair and even handed justice, hence) we appealed to the state board of j correction, and thought the matter; would be settled, as we were told j that the state had no inclination to j hurt ouV business, but simply desir- j ed to teach, the boys the trade. We j find, however, that the school is still I getting all the work it can; and those who understand business con ! ditions for the past year^can see j that every transaction they make is j injurious to free labor. In short, if ; the practice is allowed to continue, j and the "vision" of the manager I Materialized into a big plant Che has had several machinery mm ! here to quote prices), the state j might as well touch torches-to cur i offices and destroy them?perhaps, j better so?for possibly th'.-n we could salvage something in insur j an'ce, while if their "competition" I (?) causes the sheriff or bank ruptcy cotirt to administer, we ! would not save anything. If the state reform school can j conduct a printing office in com- j I petition with legitimate business! i concerns, it can engage in any j other compcittive lines, and later] j may do so. j We are sure the boys can learn j J with "dummy" copy as well as oth I erwise: while their school paper I also can be used to te?ch them. I v Every laboring man and employ i er in South Carolina should be in i forested in the passage of a law ; against such labor competing for j I business; Senator D. Gordon Ba- i ker has promised to introduce such i i a bill. Many states have already' I passed such laws. We appeal to i j our representatives to help wipe , out this unfair competition.. This is the fight of every man ! and woman in South Carolina who ! wants its citizens given a square! : deal. W. B. Patillo. v For Pee Dec Printing Co. J. B. Parnell, For Florence Printing Co. I Florence. S. C. Jan. 14. Income Tax Return:; i _ Collector of Internal Revenue [ Preparing to Mail Blank Forms ' Columbia, Jan. 16.?Collector of i Internal Revenue W. R. Bradley, j of Columbia, will on Wednesday of j this week mail to every person in ; South Carolina who made' an in j come return last year a copy of form 1040-A. for filing individual (returns for 1921. of $5.000 or less. I In addition to those who made re j turns last year, all single persons j who during 1021 earned $1.000 or ! more and married persons who learned. $2,000 or more are ex pected to make .returns, whether they are liable to the tax or not. The income return blank is this 1 year much smaller than last year, being four pages instead of six. two of the pages being entirely filled I with instructions. The exemption for a single per son or a married person living ; alone is ?1,000. for a married per- J son $2.500. This exemption for 1 each married person is ?400 for . each dependent. The tax rate ; is the same as last year, four | per cent on the first $4,000 of net j income abovo exemption, and 8 per j cent on the remaining net income. A man who sticks his nose into i other people's business often gets it j pushed out. -? o ?? Richmond. Jan. 1?.?Four ar rests were made today in connec- j tion with the street car strike. The ' strikers were charged with disor derly conduct for shoutins "scab" at th<> men. ? ? ? London, Jan. 14. ? Mustapha fcCemal Pasha, the Turkish Nation alist leader, h.-is been murdered, says an Exchange Telegraph Agency dispatch from Constantinople quot ing Angor? advices. -? ? ? Washington. Jan. IG.?The Amer ican government lias notified Cuba thai ilm government miry nego tiate :i live million dollar loan, but declines to sanction a fifty million dollar loan until the budget Is jre-I duced. Check Forgers Work at Aiken Sum of ?768.90 Secured From Three Banks Aiken. Jan. 12.?Three banks of Aiken today were victims of a gang of wire cutting check forgers. The same trick played on the hanks of Ncwberry and Spartanburg recent ly was practiced here on the Bank of Western Carolina, the First Na tional Bank of Aiken and the| Farmers and .Merchants Bank The > sum of $768.90 was secured by the j forgers, $294.60 from the First | National Bank; ?290.30 from the i Farmers and Merchants Bank, and j $182 from the Bank of Western ' Carolina. In each of the banks a i "gentle" faced young man appear- j cd with a check from the local cot- ' ton Jnryer. George E. Owens, sign- ? ed with Mr. Owens' name, per L. ; C. Eubanks. the clerk of Mr. Ow- ! ens. who generally signs all such I cheeks. The checks were for! amounts of several hundred dol- { lars more than was withdrawn by i the young man who shyly inform- j ed the cashier of each of the first two banks that he wished to make a deposit and open an ac- | count with them. To Cleve i Thomas, of the Farmers and Mer- | chants Bank, he stated that his | mother had recently purchased a j farm some twelve miles away and that the bank was recommended to j him as being sound. Mr. Thomas j handed him a statement of his in- ] stitution and shook hands with him in welcoming him as a patron. To William Schroder, of the First National Bank, he used the same fake entree. At the big Bank of Wesfern Carolina Cashier William Pardue eyed the youth who was diessed in overalls and khaki jacket and passed him as* being all riprht and counted out the money. As a precautionary ftieasure the tele phone wires from Mr. Owens' of fice were cut by the gang as was also the wire to the chief of po lice's booth. The forgery would not have been discovered! so soon had not one check slightly over drawn the account of George Owens. When an attempt was made to notify him the clipped wire was discovered. The forgery was un doubtedly done by an expert and being traced among a dozen checks the forged name could not be de tected by those well acquainted with the signature. The three names were used on the checks as payee. E. P. Gaines, William Willis and Artis Wilson, names familiar in this section. Wires have been sent out broadcast over the State, but it is believed the gang made their get away in automobiles. Rumors that the Bank of Granite ville was also imposed on today could not be verified. Postmaster General Hays Undecided No Announcement of His Plans in Connection With Movies Washington. Jan. 14.?Postmas ter General Hays conferred with President Harding today, but said afterwards he could not announce "conclusive dceision" as to wheth er he would accept the offer of the motion picture producers to become their head. Washington, Jan. 14.?-An an nouncement that Postmaster Gen eral Hays will retire from the cabinet has been made at the White House. President Harding said af ter a forty minute conference with Mr. Hays he could not "well in terpose any objection" to . Hays leaving to become head of the Nat ional Association of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors. *7 -? ? ? -? To break a cold take 6G6.?Ad vertisement. To Go To Penitentiary Atlanta. Jan. 13.?John S. Wil liams of Jasper county, sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the alleged murder of eleven negro farm hands, will make no appeal to the state supreme court for a rehearing, but will start sezw ing his sentence as soon as ordered transferred from jail here.' Green B. Johnson, his attorney, announc ed tonight. Mr. Johnson said that inasmuch as the Georgia supreme court was unanimous in upholding the jury's verdict that he saw no use of ask ing a rehearing. Clyde Manning, negro farm boss, testified the ne groes were slain to hide espionage conditions. Manning also was sen tenced for life and his appeal t<> the supreme court is pending. Rub-My-Tism, a pain killer.? Advertisement. ? Shreveport. La.. Jan. 14.?No trace has been found of Harold Mulks, said to be attorney for the American Civil Liberties League of New York, who was seized in the lobby of a hotel last night by mask ed men. He was due to appear in court as the attorney for men declared to be Industrial Workers of thfc World. ? o ? CG6 cures Chills and Fever.? Advertisement. ? ? * New York. Jan. 14.?A further relaxation in the money rates, a promise of an early improvement j in the industrial situation and the i broadening of investment demand which found its chief outlet in bonds and high grade railroad shares. imparted activity and strength to the financial markets this week. G66 quickly relieves a cold.? Advertisement. -? ? ? The boll weevil < <>st tin- South $400.000.00/) last year. It would pay better to keep chickens. To prevent a cold take ^66.? Advertisement. Budget Report Now Completed Committee Recommends To tal of $6,460,240.15 Columbia. Jan. 12.?The budget j committee has completer! its rec- | ommend?tions for appropriations , for the year and this report will be j laid on the desks of the members; of the general assembly tomorrow or early next week. Request^ to taling $8,097,542.1)5 were made and the committee recommends the ap propriations of a total of $6,466, 240.15. The Citadel requested $014. 402.77 and the committee recom- I mends an appropriation of $122,r 239.SG. The recommendations by the, committee follow: Legislative department. $105,372. Judicial department. $157,698. 66. - Govcrnbr's cili^, $1S,5S9.24. Secretary of State's olhVe. $10,-j Sue. Comptroller General's office. $825,215.34. Attorney General's office. -$14.-; 856.25. Treasurer's office, $258,546.62. Adjutant General's office, $50,? i 071.50. f ? University of South Carolina, $249,253.70. The Citadel, $122,239.86. Clemson College. $242.862.85. Winthrop College, $421,406.23. State Medical College, $86.417.50. State Negro College, $7S.050. John De La Howe School, $30,-. 322.04. Deaf and Blind School. $05.620. j Department of Education, $!,- ' i 668,740. State Hospital, $768.926.63. I Penitentiary, $102,517.50. Welfare hoard. $28,728.60. * j Board of Pardons, $300. Feeble-minded School, $54,106. Boys" Industrial School, $78, ! 566.23. Girl's Industrial School, $14, 955. ~ Boys' Reformatory, negro, $39, S Catawha Indians, $7,700. ! Deaf and Blind committee, $500. I Law enforcement, $2S.400. Board ofNTIealth, $108,91$. Tax commission, $44.050. Tax board of review, $1,500. : Insurance department, $20,616. ' 25,. ; j Bank examiner. $24,025.SO. ; Railroad commission. $24.477.20. Chief game warden; $11.125. I Pharmaceutical examiners, $2, I 000. ? Medical examiners, $3,000. Law examiners, $450. i Board of fisheries, $10,500. j Conciliation board, $1,000. ! Printing committee, $76,561. j Department of agriculture, $00, ! 507.50. I Warehouse commission, $60,857. j Public service commission. ? Budget commission, $6,650. ; State electrician, $33.505. j Highway department, $133,7S5. I 75 Sinking fund commission, $0, j 242.50. / Confederate Infirmary. $30.210. j Confederate Veterans' Associa j tion, $1,500. j State House ground commission, j $5,451. ; State Fair Society,-. i Contingent fund. $75,000. j Historical commission. $4,260. ! State library. $4.020. i Confederate Museum. $100. Confederate College. -. Relic room. $lO;000. j Grand total, $6,466^40.15. ? <> o ? New Gymnasium Nearly Completed - Clemson College. Jan. 11.?The i new gymnasium which is to sup i plant, the old one at the Y. M. C. A. ? is practically completed. The { "gym" was started a few days be fore Christmas and was put up in ! record time, the cadets assisting in its erection. The floor covers lOfl by 150 feet. The Tiger basketball team starts ! its season Friday by a game'with \ the University of Georgia. The j game is to be played in the new : gymnasium. : Next year's football schedule I has been announced. Clemson playing Center the opening game of the season, on the campus. Em ] mett Emanuel of Sumter being J elected captain of next year's; I team. . I An unusual run was made by ! five members of the cross coun try team, who started from the campus and ran is miles, without' a stop, to Anderson, in two hours! 'and thirty-two minutes. Xo runj like this lias ever been attempted I around here before. It is of interest to know that! the enrollment is now over a thou-; sand. Accommodations will be: 'made for about twelve hundred' j students. A o ? ? Washington, Jan. 14.?Harding; has addressed a letter to all state, governors urging official participa-j tion of the states in the erection' here of a national victory memor ial building to commemorate the: services of American forces in the I world war. ] -? Chicago, Jan. 1-4.?The salaries, of presidents and faculty members! of state colleges and universities have been increased fifty per cent J since the school year 1913-14, Commissioner Tigrort. of the educa^jj tional bureau of the department of j interior, said in an address here, j FARM WANTED?Wanted to hear! from owner of a farmer for sale.} Give lowest price, and full par-j ticulars. L. Jones. Box .".",].! Olney. 111. YOUNG M EN ?Women, over 17.! desiring government positions.! $130 monthly, write for free list positions now open. j. Leonard.1 (former <*ivil Service examiner), 444 Equitable Bldg., Washing-! ton. 1). <'. Victims of Wreck Near Strawberry i Florence Men Have Narrow Escape From Death t {Florence Times, Jan. 12). Although seriously injured Mr. Brooks McCall, one of the victims of the accident at Strawberry yes re; day afternoon, was considered in a fairlj satisfactory condition when J>r. B. G. Gregg left the Roper hospital in Charleston at an early hour this morning. Mr. McCall's left arm was -brok en near the shoulder, his left leg was broken below the knee and his left collar bone was broken, when Atlantic Coast Line passenger train 87 struck the truck in which he and several Florence business men were riding. Mr. McCall also suf fered greatly, from shock. His- in juries were exceedingly painful. With Mr. J. W. McCov/n and W. P. Cole, Mr. McCall is still in the hospital in Charleston. Mr. Mc Cown may return to the city to night, his injuries consisting of a wound in the chest and on the ankle. Mr. Co&'s left leg was badly bruised and he was cut about the face. He also may be able to return home tonight. Mr. Layton suffered a scalp wound which was not considered serious. He was able to go to his hotel after^ re ceiving treatment. Mr. George McCown was not in the truck at\he time of the acci dent, accounting for his escape from injury. Had the collision occurred a sec ond later the resulting tragedy may have been a fearful one.* As it was only the front wheels-of the truck are thought^ to .have crossed the rail when the train Ait it. Tlie hunting party had just taken on their haggage and with I M r. McCall driving had started across the facks in the direction of Phrilico hunting preserves. The truck was a covered one and none in the party saw or heard the ap7 proach of the train. Engineer Williams saw the motor truck as it left the station to cross-the tracks, and fearing that an accident Was imminent, applied his emergency brakes with the result that the train had slowed down consider ably when it struck the truck. The fact that Mr. McCall was on the left side nearest the locor motive accounts for his injuries he ilig the more serious. Mr. Layton .was. thrown clear of the truck and ? Iar.fk-d almost under the engine. It was with difficulty that he roll ed: to safety. Caught underneath ahe wreckage of the truck it was some time before Mr. Cole could i be extricated. Mr. McCown was thrown against Mr. McCall whose body acting a buffer, prevented him from being seriouslj' if not fa tally hurt. The train came to a stop almost within its length and the wounded m<m were talten aboard and carried to the hospital in Charleston where every attention was given-them. Dr. Gregg went to Charlestonrlast night wtih Mrs. Brooks McCall and Mrs. Ed Layton. News of the acci "dent spread quickly in Florence yesterday afternoon and there were various rumors afloat as to its ex tent, most of which, fortunately, proved to be groundless. Brooks McCaJ None too Well. Charleston, Jan. 13.?The con dition of Mr. Brooks McCall, of Florence, who was seriously injur ed on Wednesday when an auto1 mobile in which he was riding-*was struck by a train, was reported at the Roper Hospital last night as not being very good. Mr. McCall was a member of a hunting party of -six persons, who were driving in a track at the time of the ac cident, which was at a crossing near Strawberry. G66 cures Malarial Fever.?Ad vertisement. Toledo. Jan. 14.?One bandit killed and another was fatally wounded when six armed men held up a roadhouse south of Toledo a; midnight. A guest fired on the bandit band which ?fled. GGG cures Bilious Fever.-^-Adver tisesnent. -? ? * Wives of great men oft remind them that the?ir lot is not sublime. ? ? ? Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatism. Advertisement. ?? ? ? ? -Dublin. Jan. 14.?The Anglo Irish treaty, creating the Irish JFree State, was unanimously rati fied by riie South Ireland paxlia* inent. De Valera and his support ers, who opposed the treaty in the Dail Eireann. were absent. A regular girl is usually late. lime to Plant, and the best varieties of vegetable and field seeds to plant for each purpose is tcid in the 1922 Catalog of W00?S SEEDS I Now ready co be mailed, free en request. Seduced prices are quoted on Seeds, Poultry Supplies, and ! Fcc-us, Garden Tools and Spray l&lerials. Write for vour copy today. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, * 17 s. 11th St., Richmond, Va,