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Watchman and Soxthron ? at the Post office at Sum C. as Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. H. Jennings, mayor of burg, has been a visitor in ? for several days. * rs. R. S. DesChamps and R. iffin of Pinewood were : in Sumter today, rs. C. L. Stubbs of Stubbs oeph M. Chandler. George non of the D. J. Chandler d., and W. A. Bryan ' of Vleft Tuesday morning for jia to attend the meeting of jtail Clothing Associaiton. is being, held there Tuesday ?dnesday. Franz Teicher left Tuesday g on a business trip of sev .ys to Kingstree. Charleston, a and Savannah Ga. . rs. J. A. Smith and Wi Hi left for Alcolu Tuesday ig on a hunting trip. . H. L. Weil of Savannah*. Ga., ?d to his home Tuesday ig after a visit to his sister, \be Rettenberg of several- i Xu Atkinson has gone to ; ork on a "business trip, ids of Miss Daisy Teadon re ie hear that she is confined home on account of sickness. ieir wish that she will soon vork again. . - R. O. Bean, traveling pas agent of the Southern Paci road with headquarters . at i, Ga., is spending a short i in Sumter. , . . , English . DesChamps is ig the day in Columbia on ?. Thomas BognelT spent Mon Sumter on business, and Mrs. J..J. T''illiams and er are spending the day in / bia. Xor D. D. Moise and Repre ve R. B. Belser returned to oia Tuesday morning. Mark Reynoids. is spending in Columbia. \ W. H. Strickland, of the j & McCollum Mercantile Co., j ' tonight^ for the north on a j _ 5s trip. " M. J. Hall left this, morning ; si ay in Charleston. W- E. DuRant is spending ,y in Colombia on busines T. B. Kelly left for Manning mess today. Mark Reynolds is in Colum day arten ding a meeting of ecutivec ouncil of the Epis church which is .being held Eugene Fagan, Miss Elsie and Master*Paul Fagan, 6f ;o, are spending the rest of inter here with Mr. and fohn W. McKiever. E. P. Ricker left Wednes ;ening for an extended visit - 9 York city and other northr ?ints. j Archie China left Wednesday i . tor. Philadelphia where he | pend several days on busi-1 H. L. Shaw leaves this even- j r Baltimore for a several j stay. srs. C. G. Rowland and Earle j nd are spending the day in j bia. and Mrs. Walter W.'.Row-j Jr., will arrive in the city on j * or Saturday to visit Mr. and ; ;. K. Rowland. Mr. AYalter; nd and Miss Charline Uzelle | ncarried in Memphis,- Tenn.,! )me of Miss Uzelle, on . Jan- | ;th, 1922. The many friends j Walter Rowland will be glad ; Icome him and his young j to Sumter and wish for them ; t pleasant stay. Bult man-Duke. J .. i Bertha BuKman of this city, I fr. Ernest Duke, of Clinch- j Va., were qufetly married -at j hurch of the Holy Comfort - ednesday evening at . S:30. j the immediate members, of; mily were present. The cere- j was performed by Rev.. J. B. ?r. Immediately after the ony Mr. and Mrs. Duke, left j ieir future home in Clinch-; people of the Pinewood sec re working unitedly and in ntly to reorganize . their ig methods to meet boll wee- j ?nditiohs. Unless other sec-1 quickly follow suit Pinewood | s the first community in Sum-; unty to come back and regain ?rity. Organization and co-t "ion will win out. while dis ization and calamity howling lake a bad situation infinitely than it should be. date of the joint meeting of J tizens of Calvary and Fulton ; hips, which is to be held for! jrpose of organizing a Truc k ; ?rs' Association is soon to be I need. A communication is :ed from Mr. J. P. Hoffman.! ;ulturist, of Clemson College. :e to his statement as to when i be present in this section to his address before this fig. s Caro Truluck. Sumter's Demonstration Agent, is to in Sumter Saturday from irop College, where Miss Tru ias been attending the annual \ course, prescribed by this e. for Home and District nstration Agents. Plans are Of. <v>r the holding of twenty ommunity meetings .about the y, the meetings to be under irection of Secretary E. I. Ion of the Chamber of Com J. Frank Williams, County Demonstration Agent and Caro Truluck. County Home nstration Agent. mingham. Jan. 1 rJ.?The po ire searching for an expen dressed woman in fonnec wifh the shooting to death rael Heldman. aged twenty hose body was found in a t lot. with a woman's clothes > side. Proposed Tax On Water Power Ways and Means Committee Introduces Bill to Levy Tax on Hydro-Electric Power Companies Columbia. Jan. 19?The bill to provide a tax on hydro-electric power, one of the measures urged for the production of new state revenue, in lieu of property tax action, was introduced in the house of representatives Thusrday. The ways and means committee is au thor of the bill. The bill would provide a tax of one-third of a mill on each killowatt hour of hy dro-electric power produced, and would be payable quarterly. The state tax commission would be au thorized to levy the tax, based on quarterly report made by the hy dro-electric plants to the commis sion. The state treasurer. wouL" collect the tax. Extension of Time - For Paying Taxes Citizens of Williamsburg County Adopt Resolutions The taxpayers of Williamsburg county have ih common .with the taxpayers of other counties peti tioned the general assembly to give more time in which to pay state apd county taxes as evidenced by the resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the citizens of Williamsburg at Kingstree on January 12th. Sumter county is in about the same fix financially insofar as the average citizen being short of money, and Sumter county, like Williamsb?rg county has i.lso been dependent mainly on tobacco and cotton as cash crops. Everybody knows what the tobacco trust did for the toWaoco growers of this state, the trust having taken about as much tobacco without paying for it as the boll weevils did in tak ing cotton without handing out any checks for same. It is a tie be tween the boll weevil and the to bacco companies as to which can trim the farmer the most, but the boll weevils having no overhead ex penses, no taxes, no licenses, or in come tax to pay may make a little more profit out of cotton than the tobacco trus't does in taking the to bacco awa^; from the farmers. In taking something for nothing-how ever the tobacco trust and the boll weevils will have to draw straws te see whieh is the "champ." How ever it goes without saying that the extension of the time for paying taxes without penalty is needed as much in this and other Pee Dee counties as in Williamsburg coun ty. Citizens of this county favor ing the extension of time for pay ing state and county taxes should either petition the Sumter county delegation or write the members of the Sumter delegation requesting them to 'support the resolutions of the Williamsburg citizens published below. Resolution Adopted at Mass Meet ing of Citizens of Kingstree. January 12th. 1922:. Whereas, the people of Williams burg county are dependent almost entirely upon cotton and tobacco as their source of revenue, and Whereas the tobacco crop in said county in 1921 was sold for prac tically nothing, and Whereas by reason of the rav ages of the boll weevil, therl was. in 1921. not more than twenty per cent of a crop of cotton made in said county, and . Whereas, as a result of the con ditions above stated, about eighty per cent of the people in said coun ty have not the money with which to pay their taxes and cannot ob tain any funds for that purpose un til the 1922 crop of tobacco is made and marketed, and Whereas, after suffering the dis tressing losses which they have sustained, and enduring the hard ships Which they have borne, all of which resulted from conditions and circumstances beyond their control and for which they were not in anywise responsible, it would be rather unfair and uncon scionable for them to be penalized for their failure to pay their taxes within the time now prescribed by statute when, on account of such conditions and circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for them to do so. Xow. therefore, be it resolved, that the general assembly of South Carolina.be requested to extend the time of paying taxes'without penal ty in Williamsburg County until September 1st, 11' 22. A. C. Hinds. Chairman. ?? o ? The recent controversy between the Sumter Gas & Power Co., and City Council over the regulation of gas rates, which controversy is not yet finally settled to the satisfac tion of both parties and the public, renders Opportune the suggestion that the state public service law be amended so as to include Sumter under the supervision of the com mission. When the lav. was enact ed Sumter- was exempted. Later when the law was amended Sumter was not specially exempted, but still later when the law was again amended Sumter was exempted from the operation of the law by special amendment; "Provided, however, etc., there is no good rea son for exempting Sumter or any other town from the provisions of a general law, and many reasons why there sh< uld be a provision for referring controversies between city authorities arid public service corporations to a dininterested tri bunal for adjustment. Xew York Jan. 1 ? President Harding will make a plea to con gress and th - country next month to take th<- government out of the shipping business and allow Ameri can owners and seamen ro prosper on ocean routes. according to Vice President Marven. of the American Ship Owens' Association. Big Fire Nipped in the Bud - ' Sibert's Drug Store suffered an j appreciable, stock damage and G. i C. Cooper's Jewelry Store a dam age to furnishings and fixtures, and some slight stock damages, when these two Main street firms I were visited early Wednesday morning hours, by a fire, having I all the potentialities of being most j serious and destructive. The fire. I the origin of which is at yet un I determined, seems to have had its ?beginning somewhere near the top I of the partition wall of these two establishments, at the rear ot | Cooper's store and not far front j i the "L" of Sibert's Drug Store, which connects the Main street en- i : trance of the store with the side j ! entrance on Liberty street. This I ! \.all being of a lathe and plaster construction gave an ideal chance: i for the rapid spreading of the . ? fire, so that when discovered by! Policeman Johnson at 2:30 o'clock, the flames had taken a consider- ! able hold on the overhead ceil ings of the stores. Prompt re-: j sponse to the fi-2-2 fire alarm was I made by the fire department, j I which arrived, full forced, and; ?ready for the immediate action, j which they rendered whole heart-j I edly. Compliments are" certainly j in order just here, for th< splendid efficient, manner in which this fire j was handled by the fire fighting; jforces of the Sumter Department.) The method of attack was running! [the lines of hose through the rear; land side entrances of Sibert's and j i also on the roof of the buildings.: ?Two streams of water under the; pump pressure of truck Xo. 1. ? j from the mid-block hydrant of i Liberty street and one stream taken from the Main and Liberty street j fire plug proved just sufficient fort jthe handling of the fire, and after ! several hours of concentrated ef '. fort, the fire was entirely ox ' tinguished. The damage occasioned by this.' j fire is rather hard to estimate, but ! owing to the fact that the fire was centrally located in Sibert's Store, ' and at the rear, in the repair de | partment of Cooper's Store, the '. heaviest loss was in Sibert's. Prac- : itically all of the stock in the rear: stock room of Sibert's Store and: a good portion of the stock from ; about midway of the main por- j ition of the store, toward the rear: I .were in some way damaged by the j fire, water, smoke or heat. A rough .estimate of losses in this store j places the figures at somewhere ? j between twelve and thirteen thou- | I sand dollars. The surplus stock of j I tobacco jgoods -on hand destroyed alone figured into several thousand dollars: 1 ! In the G. C. Cooper store the I ; damages seem to be principally j [from water and smoke. All watches j jand jewelry left for repair work j jand the entire stock of valuable ; watches and jewelry, which were ? jail placed in the two large iron i safes, are absolutely undamaged : and unharmed. The china, cut glass and silverware were in heavy : glass cases which protected them. ; Both of the buildings are the j property of Mrs. W. S. Fishel and 'building carnage as well as ?the'> stock damages of both stores will : be taken care of by insurance. I Roth firms were open today as j usual and are conducting their cus- J tomary business. - ? ? ?> Results With Crop Demonstrations in 1021. Clemson College. Jan. 18.? County agents in South Carolina! ; conducted demonstrations in va rious crops with 7.24i> demonstra i tors representing S9.0S4 acres during 1021. according to recent : reports of the extension service. This includes the following: | I S27 corn demonstrations covering ? 13.15ft acres, on which the average yield was 40 bushels. 970 cotton demonstrations on 23.515 acres, with an average yield of J>20 pounds of seed cotton, j KS tobacco demonstrations on ; i 450 acres, with an average yield, of | *2S pounds. ; 52S oats demonstrations covering 7,34-S acres with an average yield j of 4?' bushels. 240 wheat demonstrations cov ering l.!"51( acres, with an average yield of 16 bushels? 661 rye demonstrations cover- j ing 4.??<;:> acres, with an average; yield of 1 7 bushels. 556 sweet potato demonstrations covering 2.41 8 acres with an aver-j age yield of 1 53 bushels. 148 Irish potato demonstrations; covering S32 acres, with an aver- I age yield of 102 bushels. 271 hay crop demonstrations cov ering 2.214 ac-.-s with an average! yield of 2.4 tons. 2!''.> alfalfa demonstrations cov ering 1.120 acres witli an average yield of 3 1 -2 tons. 370 vetch demonstrations cover ing 2.520 acres, with an average yield of 2.2 tons. 72 1 crimson clover demonstra tions covering 4.C,7<? acres with an average yield of 1.7 ions. 1.535 demonstrations with sum met- legumes covering a total or \ ?24.<?!'4 acres. ; The report shows that in the corn demonstrations 1.738 farmers were influenced to select seed for the next crop to the amount of S~. 160 bush. Is; aIid that 4.3.".:; arm m<-rs wer.- directly influenced to' use better mehods in growing corn. A total of i.L'fu; demonstrators planted pure or selected seed on ;| total of 31.!?72 acres: 1,63*3 farmers wer,- induced to field-select cotton seed for the next year's crop: and 6.381 farmers w ere direct |v in fluenced to us,, better methods in growing cotton. Tii<. above figur< s give some idea of the efforts of county agents to improve methods >.i crop produc tion. A comparison Of tin. dem onstration yields with the average yields for the -tat.- will show a: de cided in. lews., jn favoi ol the dem onstration yields^ -? ?? ? ( orreoi ion Tic small shingle fir.- reported j in the Item of Monday was not ,,u Jo- roof of th<- house occupied by j Mr. -I. P. Butler on Kailroad Ave. i Another ?ig Still Captured Raid by Officers This Morn ing Brings Home the Bacon A party composed of Deputy Sheriff H. G. McKagen, Rural Of ficers Hamilton Boykin, Sam New man. Alexander Norris and Edward Newman located another moon shiner's outfit Wednesday in the Black River swamp near McBride's Cross Roads. The outfit consisting of a fifty-gallon copper still and full equipment was found down in the swamp about a mile to the right from the road. Beside the still there were eleven barrels and a twenty-five gallon keg of mash and a half gallon of corn whiskey. When found Wednesday morning about 10 a. m. the 'still' was still warm, showing that it must have been in' operation Tuesday night, but no signs of the operators were in evidence when* the officers made their morning call. After destroying the mash and the rest of the 'booze factory,' the still was brought to Sumter where it now reposes in the sheriff's of fice. Local officers have been do ing some good work in the capture of moonshine outfits lately and it looks as though they were out for a general, clean-up. How about catching some of the 'Shiners? Plan to Take Care of 32,000 Veterans Washington, Jan. 17?Federal hospital capacity for a minimum of 32.000 patients with a provisions for 172 employes for each 200 pa tients is planned by the govern ment in its hospitaiization program for former service men. Brig, den. Sawyer, president of the hos pitaiization' board, declared today in his opening address to the con ference of officers in charge of gov ernment hospitals serving veterans of the World War. The conference, which is to con tinue through the week, was call ed by Gen. Sawyer to discuss co ordinate plans for the operation of federal medical institutions to pro vide the best, of care for all pa tients in whatever department they are being treated. Nearly a hun dred officers from hospitals of the Public Health Service and the medical department of the army and navy were ordered to attend. ??Today," Gen. Sawyer said, "there are . being hospitalized un der the government control, in fed eral hospitals, 22,440 World War veterans. There are now under con struction, he continued, 7,502 new beds and 2.504 more are contem plated under the new Langley hos pitaiization bill, while these are at present. 3 07 federal hospitals en gaged in the service of the war veterans. In order to standardize the op eration of government hispitals, it has been decided. Gen. Sawyer declared, that there should be one doctor for every 20 patients, one nurse for "every ten. patients, one occupational therapist for every 50 patients; one social worker for ev ery 50; 14 vocational trainers or assistants for every hosptial of 200 patients and 120. additional em ployes* for each such hospital. "This arrangement," hfe said, "provides that all patients will have equal care and attention of such a similar type as to guarantee to all classes of patients the best professional nurse had domiciliary attention that can be g:*en no matter in what department they are being treated." How Much Seed Do You Need? This is the time to scan the seed' advertisements and write for eatar logues to study the desired varie ties for your garden if you have not already done so. It is best to order the seed early arJ have it on hand in advance of planting time, in order to study out plans for the garden. The follow ing table of quantities gives ap proximately the* quantity needed to supply a family of from four to six, the smaller number being fur nished a very liberal supply. There >vill also be a surplus for canning and drying. No family will want nil the vegetables in this list as some of the varieties will not he relished by every family. TMs table is given more as a sug gestive guide than" as a hard and fast rule to be followed. Varie ties are left to the selection of the gardener as there is such a vast field in some of the vegetables that the individual fancy cart easily he gratified. Unless one has a large garden, half the quantity listed will he more i hau abundant: P.can: Rush Lima.._. 1 pint. Pole Lima.1 pint. Snap.1 in L' quarts. Cabbage; Early.1 packet. Late . ..One-half ounce. Carrot.1: ..1 ounce. < 'auliflower. . I packet. Celery.1 packet. Corn, sweel ..... . 1 to 2 pints. Cucumber ... _.l ounce. Eggplant,. .. __i packet. Fvale .2 ounces. Lettuce.One-half ounce. Melon: Muskmelon l ounce. Wnternieloii . L' ounces. ? Hiion sets 1 to quarts. Pen, garden __ ._4 to li quarts. Parsnip One-half ounce. Pars I. packet, l ounce. ! ounce. Salsify Spina? 11 : 1 n Spi ihg < >ne quarter pound I " f:?U ? ?ne half pound Squash: II uh hard Su miner 'Torna to: Early. 1 packer. Late One-quarter ounce. Turnip.j t0 3 ounces. on in oil te Negro Killed at Lumber Mill Crushed to Death When His Clothing Catches in Drive Wheel of Engine ? Wallace Stead man, a negro man about GO years old, was almost in ; stantly killed nt noon Wednesday. ' when his clothing became entang ; led -in the big drive wheel of the I engine whieh was running the ma i chinery of the saw mill of Mr. .). C. McElveen at Shiloh. Coroner W. J. Scale and Sheriff ; C. W. Hurst, of Sumter were both | j sent for and went to Shiloh for an I investigation. The death of the i negro was clearly accidental and ! it was deemed unnecessary to hold j an inquest. ? ?? ?? Latest Vogue Polo Coats of Knitted Fabric ; A fashionable novelty in-woman's : wear, is a polo coat made of a knit ' ted woolen fabric which combines ! the advantages of woven cloth with j : those of knit goods. That is to ; say, it'doesn't stretch or sag. and j conforms to the figure for sports, : i street, motor and general utility \ \ wear, and can be. had in sizes from 14 to 44. ; It is half lined with silk, and its j range'--, of colors ""includes light br?vj?gb dark brown, dark brown ] j mixture, navy, navy mixture, ma roon mixture, dark and light red j j mixtures. I This garment of Knitted Out erwear has the advantage over the j ; imported- English polo coat of giv- j i ing warmth without weight, and I style with durability and comfort.; i Aj further advantage over its Eng- j i lish cousins is the fact that the ? : leading shops are offering it at : half the price of the latter. ?^? His Tenth Birthday On last Saturday afternoon j Grady Wolfe entertained twenty-: two of his little friends at a party. ;celebrating his tenth birthday. Af? 1 j ter the arrival of the little guests a series of games we re enjoyed, and ; all got busy to win the prize. At I Table Xo. 1. the score was made hy the one threading the most j needles; at Table Xo. 2. by the one ! : eatingt he most peanuts in a min-i ute; Contest Xo. 3, by the throwing of a bean bag through a hoop the ! greatest number of times: ar Table j Xo. 4. by the one winning "the Jack-straw game." Last but not j least was the pinning on of the f elephant's tail. Little .Miss Annie, Rowland, and William Mills won first prize, while little Miss Grace ; McCollum won the "booby" a Jack '' in the Box." The ringing of a hell : summoned the little couples into, the dining room. The table was beautifully decorated in red and j green, and in the center was the birthday cake on which were mounted ten candles. After eating ice cream, cake and mints much fun was had in cutting | the birthday cake to find in same a [ dime. Those enjoying the party : were: Annie Rowland, Louise ; China, Dorothy Upshur, Laura: Hester. Dorothy Hester. Lurline Hicks, Grace McCollum, Ammie! Minis. Elizabeth Hoyt. Marion Ker-! shner. Lou Hoyt, Alva MacDonald, William Mills. Hon Upshur, Theo dore Subcr. Brooks Minis. T. T. Upshur, Norman Minis. Thomas ? Crawford, Jack Harby, Jr., Jack Evans, Robert Roland. Jr. The president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works would have us keep young by "gazing into the faces of the young around us." We knew of one fellow who did that and ;4oi jabbed with a hat pin. ? New Orleans Times Picayune. Wood alcohol helps to thin out the foes of prohibition. Chatta nooga News. Money talks, but not as much as nn-n i.ilk money. Pittsburg Free I M ess. At any rale, some Of the national aspirations have been American cancelled. ?uen if yon are broke and job less, things might be worse. Sup pose you w ere a king. Still, the next war might not impose such a h??av\ burden upon us. We might not win ii. About i lie onlj I hint; I hat limits the eost of !i\iuu in lids country the pay envelopes. Meeting Portrays Promising Aspect Ciimden and Eastover to Be Represented at Sumter Boll Weevil Meeting Prospects arc indeed becoming very bright for the putting through to its completion of what is now bidding fair to be one of the most successful of all public meetings h?dd in Sumter lately. This is the scheduled big meeting, to be held in the court house at 10 o'clock Saturday. January 21st. at which meeting the discussion will be "How to. beat the boll weevil!" There are in store for those at tending the meeting; many treats, for at the meeting are to be pres ent many experts of the state and their advice is being treasured as first hand knowledge of their re spective subjects and as a last word in their particular line. A list of these speakers lias received pub lication iti a previous issue of The Item. A communication was received by Mr. E. I. Fteardon. secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, from Mr. James Burns of Camden, a former Sumter man. in which .Mr. Burns stated that there would he a good delegation from Camden attending the meeting. Later, a long distance call was received from Eastover and mformation as to tin- date and%time of the meet ing was asked for. A delegation is expected from that community. Bale Weight of Cotton 496.3 Lbs. Washington, Jan. IS.?Statistics showing the actual bale weight of cotton ginned during the last sea son were transmitted today to the Senate by Secietary Hoover in re sponse to a resolution by Senator Smith. Democrat, South Carolina, adopted last December. Of about 2II.0DO ginneries, reports were secured by the census bureau from 6.251 'out only 1.33s ginner ies gave actual bale Weights. The latter reported ginning of 698,222 bales during the period from Aug ust l to December 1 last with an a vertigo bale weight of 496.3 pounds. "The reports indicate/' said Sen ator Smith, ?"that the actyal gin ning was 250;O00 bales less titan that reported officially under the bale weight estimating system hi vogue.*! Senator Smith desired the report, which was referred to the Senate agricultural committee, to obtain more definite information .regard ing bale weights than has been available under the census bureau's present plan of gathering crop in formation, which secures bale weights from platforms and nor from ginneries. Visual Education Chicago, Jan. 12.?Disabled world war soldiers, taking courses ot education from the government can learn certain trades and _in dustrial jvork through the visual educational system recently insti tuted by tin- government in one fifth of the time they would re quire through lectures and the study system, according to results of experiments made here by the Society of Visual Education. ?"There are various reasons for this condition," said Sumter Cul vert, superintendent of the society here. "The chief factor in making this rapid education possible is the fact that through the pictures the pupil .'is enable t.? gain what might be called practical experi ence as well as theory for the sub juct under study is gone through with in far more elaborate detail than text books supply and the eye can gather and record it on the mind by actual vision of the sub ject far fasten- than the mind can absorb and record it through study. "Of course, the study is the secondary feature of the course that puts the finishing touch to the pupil, but he usually knows what he is reading about and can avoid concentrated effort, if he has taken the visual system first." The government*has made edu cational films dealing with me chanical arts, the machine shop, dairy and light farm work, civics and what taxes are fot in relation | to the city and government. 1. culture, health and hygiene and geography and history. The govcrmcnt however. is particular. In case a film is being made with the subject of dairying, a dairy witli the very latest equip-j ment is picked out. The picture machine ami operator is trans ported to tltis dairy but accom panying him is a professor from a leading university, who is consid ered to have knowledge that is tin very last word on the subject of cows, milk, butterfats and dairy ing in general. Also a practically dairyman who .stands at the very iop of his profession is in the par ty. Then there is the gene nil film manager. These three decide upon tile manner in which the picture ] is to be made to bring fori h t he P.-st results from the student's viewpoint. Every detail of dairy ing is shown with close ups <>ii all features that require ?Jose study when in text books: Time in ex posure is considered for in each showing of tin- 'films a professor and :i practical dairyman instruci tpe pupils in the tiner d??tails. Realin and hygiene arc included in pictures. The same system of taking the pictures is applied to every film, in the machine shop pictures. for example .ei expert machinist and a ? i >i in meeJtanical engiueer j:,e ii versee the picture film ed :tud watch not onh for detail that the student needs but for the details thai the students should be . :i ill i. Me.i Ii? ;t \ oid. The press report says that u.ndei the law the new Peace I Ml far ean iioi |>?. changed tor twenty-five years. That will make ii incon venient. -?Mobile Uegi: ter. Cotton Variety Tests Valuable Results, Being Ob tained by South Carolina ! Experiment Station Clemson College. Jan. 18.?A ] (est consisting of about :>4 varie- j ii?-s of cotton is being conducted at the main station and at each ot" the sub-stations, according to a recent report of Prof. C. P. Blackwell, agronomist. Good results were secured at both the Pee Dee and the main station at the college. This year (1921) the project has been carried out also ar the coast station under a heavy ini'estarion ot* the hoi! -weevil and under very adverse condil ions. At the main station at Clemson College in L920, tin- Wannamaker-j ('lev.-land Big Boll gave the highest yield?1.1)72 pounds of seed cotton j per acre. The second highest yield was secured by the Piedmont Cleveland?1.054 pounds. The low est yield was that of the Tople from the X. L. Willet Seed Co.. Augusta. Ga.?$72 pounds. One of the most interesting features of the test at this station was the high yield se cured from the Deltatype Webber, a long staple variety. This gave a yield of 1.584 pounds of seed cotton per acre, and the Webber 1 4:t gave a yield of 1,314 pounds per acre. At the Pee Dee Expermient sta tion, the Dixie-Triumph was the : best variety, making l.!?27 pounds] : of see.d cotton per acre, while the' Wannamaker-CIeveland Big Boll; was second in rank with a yield of' ! 1.S75 pounds. The lowest yielding, j variety in this test was the Harts- > I ville Xo. 14. a long staple, which gave a yield of 1,162 pounds. At: j this station the best yielding long! staple was the Webber Xo. 41), [ which gave 1,365 pounds as com-' ? pared with 1,350 pounds from j t!ie Deltatype Webber. Both of: these long staple varieties are early! * * i having large bolls and long staple; I which .make them very valuable : under boll weevil conditions. This year's data (1921) are not. yet complete, but the resujts under j heavy boll weevil infestation check | very closely with those of last year : and justify recommending the fol lowing varieties of cotton, under boll weevil conditions: Short Staple Varieties ? (l) Cleveland Big Boli. for wilt-: free land. (2) Dixie Triumph for] wilt-infested land. Long Staple Varieties?(1) Web-i bor Xo. 49. (2> Deltatype Webber.\ Officers Installed Many Witness Public Cere monies Of W. 0. W. Body Hollywood Camp Xo. 19; W. (). W. had a very fine and enjoyable ; meeting in the Woodman hall on Wednesday night, at which were ! present a big crowd, both of ladies and gentlemen, who witnessed the : public installation ceremonies of newly elected officers who are to serve during the ensuing year. Fol lowing are the officers taking their oath of otliee: C. C. Beck, Consul Commander: W. H. rates, Adivser Lieutenant: George C. Warren. Banker: R. S. Hood. Clerk: W. F. Carr, Escort: J. S. Kennedy, Watch man: E. W. Lewis. Sentry. C. G. Beck will sei;ve as auditor for a team of three years. The address of the evening wr.s delivered- by Mr. Max G. Bryant. Head Consul of the W. Ov W. of South Carolina, who is of Rock Hill. S. ('. This address was indeed very fine. Various musical selections were rendered during the evning by the W. O. W. quartette, made up cf j Messrs. George C. Warren. E. M. j Hall. Hugh C. Brown and Frank j W. Charidler. Refreshments were served and i a very pleasant time experienced by everyone who attended the gath- j ering. ? ? o Washington, Jan. IS. ? Republi-I < an senators in conference decided ?o press first, tin- allied debt re.-;j funding bill; and the soldiers' bonus hill next. Division of Diocese Episcopal Leaders Take Im portant Step . t Columbia, Jam7 19.' ? Leading clergymen and laymen of -the Episcopal church rook an import ant step last night when a dio-. cesan decided to recommend a di- ' vision of diocese of South Caro lina. The committee held a lengthy session and all conclusions were practically unanimous, the important meeting heing 'marked with unanimity and good feeling, in the event that the decision of the committee is approved. Bish op Guerry will be at the head of the lower diocese and the Rev. K. ? G. Finlay, bishop coadjutor, will' become bishop of the upper diocese. Columbia will likely become headquarters of the new diocese. ' The dividing line begins at the ? .Vorth Carolina line and follows tin- eastern-and .southern boundary of Lancaster. Kershaw, Richland, ? Lexington and Aiken counties. The cum mittet' referred the ouestioh of dividing the funds be longing to tin* diocese to the fol lowing committee: Walter Hazard of Georgetown, .T.'X. Friersoir of Columbia. Arthur R. Young of Charleston and H. P. Duvall of Cheruw. The committee expressed itself in favor of an equitable and' equal division of all funds not bound by legal restrictions. Another important decision of the committee provides that the ? orphanage at York and the Ladies' home at Charleston remain'the joint property of the two dioceses, each diocese being'Vqually repre sented on the hoard of trustees. The following compose the com mittee on diocese division: The Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton, Spar ta nbttrg. chairman: the Rev. Albert S. Thomas. Charleston; the . Rev: S. C. I'eckwith. Chester: W. S. Manning, Spartanburg: Judge W. W. Johnson, Union; H. P. Duvall, Cheraw; J. X. Frierson, Columbia; ? Walter Hazard, Georgetown, and Arthur R. Young, Charleston. All committeemen were present last night except Mr. Duvall of Cheraw. who was prevented by illness from attending the session, the Rev. Al berts S. Thomas, who was called to Charleston on accolunt of illness among members of his congrega tion, and Mr. Young, who was busily engaged in the legislative halls and was unavoidably detain ed. Adoption of the recommenda tions by the committee would -:me*a the advancement of Bishop Coad jutor Finlay, the former' rector-of Trinity church, who is much~*be ! loved in Columbia and throughout 1 the state. Believes Soldiers' j Bonus Should Wait j Washington. Jan. IS?Treasury ! experts are working on a memoran 1 dum for submittal by Secretary I Mellon to congress setting forth the ; government's financial situation as ' it bears upon the soldier bonus, j Secretary Mellon reported to be "still ! of the opinion that the bonus 'should await better industrial con : ditions. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON. Open H&h Low Close Close Yestdys Jan.17.52 17.85 17.50 17.75 17.66 March . .. 17.60 17.S7 17.44 17.77 17.64 May .17.17 17-52 17.10 17.4! 17.29 i July .. .' .16.73 17.0/ 16.65 16.96 ?6.83 1 Oct.16.18 16.43 16.10 16.33. 16.23 Dec. 16.16 .16.03 Tone uuiet SpotSj, Ifl up, IS.Uj. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Yestdys Open High Lovr Close Close Jan.16.55,16.86 16.50 16.85 16.66 March _ .16.50 16.90 16.47 16.81 16.64 May .16.43 16.80 16.40 16.73 16.56 July .16.19 16.46 16.10 16.40 ?6.26 OcL . 15.55 15.81 15.50 15.73 15.61 Dec. 15.55 15.54 Tone steady. Spots 2", up, 16.73. _ LIVERPOOL COTTON. January . 10. !9 March . 10.15 May .>. 10.13 July . . 10.09 October . . . 9.76 December f . 9.62 Tone L-irelv steady. S::les ."?.?0?; Mid dling lo.il: Good Middling W si;. The National Bank of South Carolina OF SUMTER, S. C. 9 The Most Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY Capital $200,000 iurplu? *md ProdU $280,00? STRONG AND PROGRESSIVA Give oi the PJeaaore of Serving YOU The Bank With the Chime Clock. C. G. ROWLAND, Pres. KARLE ROWLAND, Cashier The business of America demands at this time the best banking service obtainable. FIRST NATIONAL BANK SUMTER, S. C. NEILL ODONXE1. ARCHIE CHINA O. L. YATES President Vice President Cashier