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Sem Laf o?ette Worries the G. 0. P. Wisconsmite Talks About Re-j opening Newberry Case^? i N Not in This Congress ' 1 * * i Washington, Jan. 16.?Last week, j before rhe Newberry vote * was j tr.ken, this correspondence discuss ed the increasing embarrassment of: Senator La Follette, of "Wisconsin, j ' to the "Regular" Republicans of j the senate. -si The death of Senator Pen rose, j of Pennsylvania, moved the trouble-j some Wisconsinite one rung near ft er the "top,of the finance committee j ladder. _.J? the . new chairman, t Senator "McCumber, of North Da-; kota, should be defeated in the j . hard* fight ahead of him for re- ? nomination and re-election this year (and McCumber's pro-New- j berry vote will be a lively issue1 against him), then La Follette j would move up still another rung ! and be next to the top. Now the regular Republicans j have still another cause to wish La'. Follette out of their way. Just be- j fore the, vote on Newberry was; taken last Thursday in the Sen- i ate La Follette made a upeech, in | which he suggested that, time New-,| berry case' mighj; be reopened if! he should be seated"'at this time. ? Under, the * rules of the. senate, j it would not be possible to reopen i The .Newberry case until'a new] congress convenes?that "is until [ after March 3. 10?3.. Action soon-! or would require unanimous con- \ sent or suspenson Of the rules by>j rwo-thirds majority, either of j which is out of the question in the: present political complexion of the j senate. Hence, the only way of ) . preventing La Follette from under- j * taking to repeat his performance, of the Lorimer affair next spring in the case of Newberry is ^o see ; that somebody else comes tq the j senate from Wisconsin March 4,1 1923. ! Senator Lenroot. the junior sen-? aior from - Wisconsin, is being j played up as the regular Repub?-i can and administration leader in J Wisconsin. } lie voted and argued ] ? for Newberry. He is being anx-! iously urged, to try . and de.ve!op j something that can beat La FoTr I lette for the senatorial nomination j in the coming primary. v There . is simply no telling xvhat. the Old j Guard would give* to get this .*Jv"fcv-j consm thorn ont of its flesh." It would rejoice to see "him lose the fight for renomination, and if he wins that fight it would not shed a tear if he went down, in defeat before a Democrat!* opponent. Coming to the Senate a Republi- | ~ can he really gives a great deal J more trouble to the Republican ad- \ ministration than if he were . a i Democrat. / There is more or less of what is caned- poetic iustice in this sit uation. The Republicans in the j senate had their . chance ro deal! with'La Follette during the "World ; "War, w4hen he ^was delivering speeches of a sort that caused the senate ids make an investigation.. But Republican control of the. sen ate depended upon the vote of La j Follette and the seating of Newber-^ ry. With th? senate 7>olitical con trol then hanging by a hair, and then rhe senate organization would have been an exactly balanced see saw, with La FoUette in the mid dle^of it. Minting it in another way,,throw- j ing out La Follette would have j Zneant throwing out Newberry also, i &od with* those things done, the j Democrats would have Organized i the senaVe. That being the "insiJe ' politics" of the matter, only one j Republcan senator, and that one I ?r retiring member, voted against] L?a Follette/ though much more j than half of them would have re- j jciced to hurl hlmointo limbo if it; had been a question of expressing 1 their real feelings. They just can't ! get a "fair crack" at La Follette. 1 Something else if in the way every j time they start to draw a bead on j him. It's really nerve-racking. Chicken's Heart Lives Ten Years) New York, Jan. 17*.?-A parti of a chicken that never was hatched is beating today on the tenth anni- i versary of its removal from the' embryo and its' isolation by Dr. j Alexis Carrell of the Rockefeller Institute. ? ? Severe Earthquake Occurs Somewhere Washington, Jan. 17?An earth quake described as very severe and estimated to be centered twenty five hundred miles south of Wash ington was recorded at Georgetown Cniversity. It started *at eleven until one this morning . o'clock last night and eontinued Hospitals For Disabled Soldiers Washington. Jan. 17?The heads : of government hospitals for war veterans are in conference here with Brigadier-General, Sawyer, ! president of the hoard of hospitali zation. to work out efficient means for caring for the soldier patients. j INVENTOR OF* AUTOMOBILE DIES Rochester. N. Y.. Jan. 3 7.? George Baldwin Seiden- .inventor l'imt gasoline propelled vehicle, is ?eaa\ ? ? I? The old form was. "1 dub thee Sir^ Kriighc."' A more appreciative form for the prererit wou4d be. "I knight thee Sir Dub." Most of those who swore off swearing are swearing on. It probably wasn't difficult to \< - your neighbor .is yourself he- ? ?ert ? saxophone was invented. , Tobacco Market ing Association Tobacco Farmers Who Have Not .Signed "Contracts Should Do SO Before ^ February 1st Florence". J?h.' l'C?f he last date for signing- the cooperative tobac co marketing contract will he Feb ruary 2. The executive committee at Raleigh, X. C, has allowed the various campaign, committees to continue an active drive for* new signers on the same basis until February 2 at which time the board of directors will assume con trol. Those signing at the meet ing or, prior to Che meeting . ,.at their respective court houses Jan uary 30 will be allowed tp partici pate in the election for delegates on that date. ? The first lap in the race for co operative marketing of tobacco has been won. All three states have exceeded by a liberal margin their minimum percentages. While South Carolina has twice as much to gain from the successful operation of the plan, yet Virginia and North Caro lina are way ahead of South Caro lina in amount signed u<p. The to tal amount signed by the_ three states as shown by the contracts at Raleigh to'January 1, gives a grand total of 352.901.437 pounds. Of this amounts South Carolina had contracts to January 1, showing a total of 29,?214,824 pounds, , More than 61.000 contracts have been signed in the three ^states. The present organization as it now stands will supervise and ar range for the elections wdiieh are to be held at the various county court houses throughout the three states on January SO. Each signer will vote for delegates, on this date, who in turn will elect directors on February 2. Tb^e delegates for the first district will assemble, in Flor ence for the purpose of electing a director for. that district.. while those elected in the second district will meet in. Sumter to elect a director for that^ district. . The headquarters, of the organ isation committee are now making all the arrangements for these electipns in Soutn Carolina. One of their duties being to notify each of the thousands of signers' in this state ivy .letter to attend these coun ty meetings on January 30. Each "signer of a contract whether he re ceives his notice or not is expected to"attend this meeting at his coun ty .count house on Monday, January 30. at 10 o'clock a. m. He is also requested in this notice to bring one or two new signers avith him on j that date. It is earnestly hoped by .the campaign,commit tee that each ; aojrd every signer will do his duty and heed this request. Some of the. tobacco growing counties in? this, stapfalready have over 1,200 signers. Consequently, it is expected that . some., of the court houses in these counties will be filled to capacity on. that day. A few small warehouses are running in the Burley district of Kentucky to accommodate those outside of the pool. . In commenting on the situa tion, the Lexington ..correspondent \of "Tobacco/', a New York tobac co journel. has the following to say on January.yth: "Prices generally were'regarded as good. * * * The burley pool, in which nine-tenths of the Kentucky crop is signed , up, generally is credited for the increase in prices, and it is ihe belief that the pooled crop will bring still higher prices, as the tobacco pooled is said to be ok much better quality than that outside the pool.'' In commenting further on the situation, he says: "As there is little tobacco outside the pool, it is expected'that all the unpooled tobacco wilbbe sold, with in the next two weeks." The Kentucky Association will begin to offer theirs over their 120 warehouse floors during this month, The large tobacco com panies have promised the associa tion a square deal, and thus dawns a new era in the marketing of tobacco by the co-operative plan. .Anyone desiring contracts for himself or his neighbor can obtain same by dropping a postal to the Tobacco Campaign Committee, I Florence, S. C. -** ? -"?* Retail Clothiers' Association Annual Convention Being j Held in Columbia To-day j Columbia. Jan. 30.?The South : Carolina Retail Clothiers' Associa tion is*holding its annual conven tion \in Columbia today. The ses sions started at 1 o'clock, and will conclude with a banquet at the! Jefferson liotel tonight. Sol j Kohn, of Columbia, president of the organization, is presiding. Fred Voiland. of Topeka. Kan., is the j main spe%ker for tin*, convention, lie is vice (?resident of the national organization of clotheirs. others who will be heard during the after noon and evening sessions are Gov ernor Cooper: J. Pope Matthews. Columbia banker: J. J. Hope, of I ( olnmbia: Thos. M. Watts, of Co lombia: c. c. Wharton, Green wood; J. Oi Jones. Greenville; I'.. <?. FJvans. oi" Anderson; Alva M. L'umpkin, attorney, of Columbia, and T. A. W. Elmgreen. of Colum bia. ?? < ? - Courts for Sumter County. li)22. General Sessions?Spring term. February 13th. Summer term. July Tub. Fall term, October 9th. Common Pleas ? Spring term. March 2l\h. Summer term. July 17th. Fall term. November 13th. Docket Day-?March nth. July 1st. October 28th Presiding Judges??Spring term. Judge s. W SIiii?j?. Florence. .Judge li'th circuit; Summer term, .Judge John S. Wilson, Manning Judge 3rd circuit. Fall term, Judge J. W. Dej'ore. Edg^tield, Judge 11th circuit. Aiken Check Swin dlers Claim Alibi Railroad Contractor of Hepzi . bah, Ga., Declares That Men Arrested in Augusta, Are Not Guilty i Alken, Man. MC ? George L. "Mdyes of Knoxville. Tehh;, railroad construction contractor, now engag ed in railroad construction work at Hephzibnh, Ga.. and \ his hook keeper. R. C. Burnett, came to Aiken today in the interest of the four parties held in connection with alleged forgery. These peo ple are in the Aiken iail, having been brought here yes erday from Augusta, at which place they were arrested in a hotel. Mr. Mayes says 'hat these men:?J- C. Wost bury, Sam 11. Padgeit and Melton Lyle?worked for him a ad states positively that they have not lost a day from their work since they be gan last November, were on their j6v>s throughout last week until Saturday, when they left to spend 'the week-end in Augusta. Notwith standing'all of this, the tellers of the three banks here have identi fied Lyle, the younger one of the three, as the man for whom they cashed cheeks last Thursday. Sheriff Cannon Blease of New berry wa* in Aiken today and iden tified Westbury and claims posi tively chat Westbury was in New berry the day of.the'forgery in thai place. * Cashier Hutto of the bank at NewT)orry identified Lyles. Sherv iff Blease swore but a warrant be fore the. magistrate here. , A Mr. Bell, cashier of one of th<' Criflin, Ca.. banks, came to Aiken today ami identified Padgett. The sheriff at Lad range, {.In., wired Sheriff Howard here to hold Mrs. Samuel H. Padgett, the woman who wa.v also arrested with tin three men. Lyle is a very young man and is said to be employed as nigh I watchman in the construction cam]). ? Padgett, a much older man, according to Mayes, is super intendent of a large force, of men, and. Mayes says, \v? on duty all day Thursday. Westbury, a man between ?*"? and Td) years of age, is engineer of a steam shovel. M. M. Smoakes has been secured as attorney for them and .bond has been asked for. Solicitor R. L. Gunter demands very heavy bond and so far it has not beeth arrang ed. Mr. Whitehead, the detective from Atlanta, -visited the construc tion camp at Hephfeabah today nnd states tonight that, he is con vinced more than ever tl*at they have the right parties. - - Harding Favors Farmer Member Suggest That Reserve Board Personnel be Increased j ^? ... . ?. ? - : \Vashington, Jan. in?Senator IE. 1). Smith, who is the original proponent of the pending bill to amend the law to put a farmer onvthe Federal Reserve Board, said today that by modification of the amendment after consultation with President Harding it will be pos sible to have a farmer on board im mediately upon'enactment, 'where as in the original form of the amendment it would have been ne cessary to wait until a vacancy oc curred, next August. The Senator explained Phtasert The Senator explained that Pres ident Harding asked him to- the White House for a conference on the form of the amendment nnd convinced him and other senators who went along that the President was in sympathy with the purpose in view, but that this purpose could be best accomplished by add ing one member to the reserve board and by altering the language of the law so as not to dictate appointments numerically or spe cifically but to require that in se lecting the members of the board due regard be given to the finan cial, agricultural, industrial and commercial interests of the couh t ry. Senator Smith expects the amendment to pass promptly as modified and regards ii as an im portant achievement* for Ahe farm ers. /' Cotton Meeting Called Governor of North Carolina Takes Lead i Raleigh, X. C- Jan. l??Gover nor Cameron Morrison today issued a call for the Southern States' Cot ton Conference to be held in New Orleans. February 23-25, delegates to which have been appointed by the Governors of Southern cotton growing states. Tie- call of Governor Morrison was issued pursuant to an act of the 1 '?! !? General Assembly of North Carolina, wh'ich ^directed tin- Gov ernor to enlist the interests of the other states of the South in a ooif ference looking toward uniform Southern legislation for tin- protec tion and the development of the Southern cotton-growing industry. Ca ry, 1 IL. Ja n. 1 7 - With t he na tion;:! ski tournament only live tiays away and no ;now on tin- slide, ar rangemcnth have been made to have snow brought from town by rail. When a sweet young thing mar ries .i until ?ild enough ''? he her father; she is mereiA annexing a perennial Sa at a ?'la us. '.'!><? anti-t?>baee?? crusaders would !?<? happy if they knew how ;i good cigar tastes when fellow lias .- had cold. peace is safe if someone doesn'l pill t he navy beans. I If who hesitates la old-fash ioned. ; ? Knickers Here to Stay Three charming sports girls on "parade rest" at Lake Placid, N: Y.. where the winter Sports, season is just getting into full swing. Left to right. Thea Posselt. Ruth Lucas and Harriet Eidnour. Almost all the girls are wearing knickers this winter. He May Climb Carp's Frame, Too! George Cook. j I the Australian j pugilist, climbs i trees about 15 ; minutes every ; day as part of his i i training at High ! Beach, Essex, ! England, for his i ! coming scrap : with Georges Car i pentier. He is i i an adept at seal i ; lag t r 6 e s and says it conditions ! every muscle. European sport j ! experts who have i i watched Cook at i work and who ! know Carp's pres ent condition, ex i pec* Cook to win. Less Cotton Seed Crushed \ Washington, Jan. 17?The cotton Seed crushed during the five months from August 1st to Decem ber Mist totalled 1,995.443 tons as compared with 2,?40;54? tons dur I ing the same period last year, ac cording to the census bureau. Municipal Repair Shop a Failure ? - Chicago. Jan. 17?ChicagoTs two and a half million dollar munici pal .repair shops, have been closed as a failiire because (he work cost three, hundred poi' ceni more than it would .outside*. Chicago. Jan. 17?No public im-, proyement/'has done more general good to the country than high way development, according to a tetter President Harding wrote the .National Good Roads Congress. REPUBLICANS FOR DEBT REFUNDING BILL Health Hint: Never laugh at your wife when she cries-. Washington. ..'at:, it. - Republi can senators bold a confer ence tomorrow in ah effort tc reach an agreemeni on tie- allied debt funding hill vvhie'h v.a:: op posed by democrats. The Bare Truth of the ner CIL Chicago claimed to have the finest array of "perfect backs" in the world. "What!" exclaimed Gothamites, "we'll show 'em!" And so girls with.beautiful backs are being measured and photographed at the Cohan Theater. New York, to gain evidence disputing the claim of the-Windy Women Plan to Enter into Politics League of Women Voters \W to Have Repr;esenta flPrin the Legislature j _ Cottrmbia, Jan. i 7.?a woman inj rthe legislature is on*; of the aims '>?' the South Carolina League of Women Voters. .-md at the forth coming state convention of the League, to he held in Columbia! i February s. this possibility will bed I discussed. Officers of the League : in Columbia in discussing today the I plan to have a woman in the leg- ! j islature stated that their object is to have ;;t least one woman advo : cate of the principles for which, the League stand.*.. It is probable that an effort will he made to have some Columbia woman run. and the juame of a prominent Columbia ! lady, wife of a. man who has been prominent 'in public office in the past, "is being mentioned by the League leaders. The League <,f Women Voters will not have any candidate in the field this year for state offices, though the league js putting out a strong legislative program, and the j candidate who stands for thej things the. wonV-n stand for wiii j get the support of the League .members. The legislative program i as well as the elections will I receive much attention from the state convention of tin- women vo i ters, to he held here next month. j ? L is expected that every local i i League of Women Voters will he represented. An iniportant con vention is being planned. .Mrs. Fred'S. Munyell, of Columbia, who j is president now, will retire at this convention, and officers for the ; new year will be elected. The con- \ jvention will be held at the Colum-j hin Y. M. ('. A. Several sociali 'functions will feature the program, j Tiie league is today sending a. .letter to eery member of the leg liski.tivre, outlining the legislative I program endorsed by the league I for lhis year, and urging support of ; ? ertain state-wide measures. The . women are asking support of the following measuix-s: , ! 1. A Constitutional convention <>r adequate revision of the tax laws i of t he state. 1'. An appropriation to establish the Broad River Farm as a state prison.farm for women. Appropriations for state de partments, and institutions to keep j tliem in tact with whatever in creases in appropriations are vital j ly necessary. . The <lepartrnents and institu- i jtions in which the .women are I specially interested are the wel-j i fare departments, particularly the child-placing bureau: the home demonstration work; the depart-1 meat of education; the state col : Leges; the illiteracy commission; the school improvement associa tion; the department of health and j law enforcement, with special emphasis on the prohibition laws. The women are also asking the 'legislature to support.the Simon-' I hoff/bill to require men to have \ health certificates before being is sued marriage licenses. * Woman Juror Saved Burch ?Two Months Trial'Ended in Disagreement ! g Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 1th?The , jury trying Arthur C. Burch for the 'murder of J. Belton Kennedy re-' ' ported itself unable to agree on a I verdict today and was discharged. Burch dec lared he was surprised i at the result. The jury reported to fJudge Reeve that the previous alignment of the* 10 to 2 was un changed. It was not made known officially whether the majority was in favor of conviction but this was the belief of attorneys. The jury had been out 71 hours after a , trials-that lasted two months. The case was set for 9:30 o'clock to morrow for fixing a date for retrial. District Attorney Thomas Lee Wool wire said h^ was ready, if necessary, 'o start a retrial of Lurch tomorrow but expected the case would follow thai of Mrs. Madalynne Ohcnchai?), codefendant of Lurcli, set for February" ti. "I'm going to keep after.Burch until I get him." tin.' district at torney said. fie issued a signed statement in which he asserted that within 49. hours after the jury was sworn in he and Assistant District Attorney Asa Keyes had ma<Jt' up their minds that one of the jurors bad "gone on the jury with her mind already made up, ami that she would in all probability vote for uennittal." Tin- stajpment characterized the conduct ot this juror as "reprehen sible beyond belief." Burch said he was "surprised and disappointed," hut added, *i helicve tin- jury did the best it could." % .1. D. Kennedy, lather of the slain man, said he helieved the evidence was conclusive for conviction. -?. <? ? ; Bank Cashier Sent to Prison Hamilton. Ga.. Jan. \T-?Oeorge Stanford, former cashier of the Bank of Waverly. has been sentenc ed to one year's imprisonment for embezzlement of sixteen thousand dollars; LIBERTY LAND / COMPANY CHARTERED Columbia. .Ian. ML-?Charter has been issued to the Liberty Land Co.. of Sumter. capitalized n? sin, I. <'. Strauss is president and treasurer. I >. 1?. Moise is vice pres ident and secret a ry. -? ? <? "'t in re is a plague of dice- play ing." says an official. Shaky bus iness. If i: is true that one is born every minute, there will always he a tie for special delivery stamps. Federal Court in Session Income Tax Dodgers on Trial For Conspiracy and Perjury Columbia. .Jan. 16.?United States Court for the Eastern Dis trict of South Carolina convened here today, with several important i cases on the docket. Among the \ interesting cases are two against the Glencoe Cotton .Mills of this i < ity, charging that they made false | returns on income. One of the; eases charges conspiracy and the i other perjury. There are also two j cases against prominent Columbia i social clubs charging violation of*; ihe prohibition laws, the Columbia-! club possibly the most elite social' eiub of tlie capital, and the Eagles Club. These vases will com?' up | under the process of '?information." i there being no indictments and no ' grand jury investigation. The cases : will he heard directly by the court, officers or attorneys of the- clubs I appea ring. Twelve Die in Sea Disaster I Officer Takes Wife in Arms; and Jumps Overboard London, dan. 16.?Eleven mem- i hers of the crew of the German j steamer Vesta, bound from Hani burg to Lisbon, as well as the wife ' of the chief officer, were killed by j an explosion on the ship Sunday.} night following a fire. Ten sur vivors of the crew were, landed at Lowest oft by a trawler late this af ternoon. i>etails of the disaster related i by the captain of the Vesta are to the effect that during heavy: weather Sunday night the deck car- j go of the vessel, consisting large- i ly of naphtha, shifted. - An explo- j sion occurred and a few minutes later the whole vessel was in flames, with the exception of the i space near the bridge, where the j crew hurled for safety. A boat was lowered, but it was engulfed j in the heavy seas and its three oc- i I cupants were drowned. The mate ; clasping his newly married wife in j his arms, jumped overboard. Both perished. others of the ship's j company also plunged into the sea' from the now fiercely burning ves- j sei only to sink beneath the waves^ ? Finally only tfie captain and nine I [ men were left on board. They were j ! rescued 'after great difficulty by a ! i trawler after six hours' work and ! when they had almost abandoned j I hope. Those rescued had been I scorched, by the'flames and par tially asphyxiated by the naphtha ; fumes. Wants Treaty j Amended; 1 ' -' , - .1 Poinc?re Gets Busy on Anglo- ', French Pact i Paris. .Inn.' 16.?Premier Poin ! care's first official act upon as jsuming control of the ministry of . foreign affairs today was in the direction of straightening out j points in the Anglo-French pact as agreed to by M. Briand and Mr. Lloyd George to which he objects. iHe had a conversation lasting twa ! j hours with Lord Curzon, the Brit- i j ish secretary for foreign affairs, j |and Lard Kardrnge, British ambas- I jsador, with the purpose of having ] , the pact ready as amended to pre sent to tlie Chamber of Deputies} j when he reads the government's1 ? declaration on Thursday. It ts^ understood that M. Poin-} care requested Lord Curzon that, the pact be amended to make the! {-military protection clause mutual,! ! namely that France should come to the assistance of Great Brit-! jam. should the latter he attacked. [and also that the general staffs j of the^two countries should meet jal their earliest possilde moment [after the pact is ratified to draw up a Ian of defense in their army. ;and would cooperate in the event of an attack in the East. The question of protection of Po land in-case of an attack by Ger many was not discussed today. It is learning thai this bill will be the [subject of future interviews, be-! Itween Lord Hardinge and .\L Poin-j Icare alter the Polish government,' I * i is consulted. I Concerning the governmental i ? . . . . ? j declaration. no intormauon is j j forthcoming beyond the statement; of M. Poincare to the correspond-! jents today: "I wish that the agreements taken at Vlersaiilles be j fulfilled?nothing more*. My task taccomplished, 1 shall retire/' -? 1'. I>. C. Chapter Elects OflTcers. j The Dick Anderson Chapter of j ? ih eUnited Daughters of the Con-j federaey met with Mrs. < \ L. j ' Stubbs at -1 o'clock Monday after-j j uoon at her home on Hampton j Aye. Tii<- meeting held in honor of ?be birthdays of General Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson, ; was well attended. In addition to j the dispatch of all necessary J>usi-; in ess coming before the meeting.) a most enjoyable social hour was! ''?'observed and a light refreshment t 1 . i ? ? oiirse sen ? d. The Misses Siddall with a piano I duet. Mrs. J;. .1. Alexander on he"r I v-rolln and Mrs. Bruce Lynam with vocal selections made out a very pleasing musical program which | contributed much toward the en-j tertainment <?f the Chapter mem-1 j hers present. ? The following officers were re- j elected t<> serve during the ensuing! year: Mrs. C. L. Stubbs. president:! Mrs. .\. c. Phelps. vie.- president; MrS. M. II. Elairm. historian: Miss^ I Arm id a Moses, registra. Mrs. A.' s. Merriman uns elected as secre-j la ry. -?? ?? - It he was speaking of ammuni tion, he was a prophei who said: i 1 "Everj little round gets higher and j [higher." NOTICE OF ELECTION _nuT; '? STATE OF SOI TH CAROLINA., Sn inter' County. Pursuant to- an order of Gov. R. A. Cooper, dated January 11, 1922, an electionOifc?fc*be held on Tuesday. January 31st, 1922, at the residence of M. A. E. Felder, at which qualified electors residing in all that certain territory or portion of Sumter county embraced within the following lines wid boundaries, will be entitled to-vote: "Beginning at a point on Santee ilver 72 feet northwest of the cen ter of the Atlantic. Coast Line Rail road running from Sumter to Or arigeburg, run north. 46 degrees 50 minutes east for a distance of 9521 feet parallel to railroad, thence north 41 degrees two:minutes east for a distance of - 565$ feet to a point 72 feet west of (Center of rail road; thence north .Kt degrees east for a distance of 7,251. feet parallel to railroad: thence" TT?rth 20 degrees 50 minutes east for a distance of X.r;?r? feet, to a ^bint 72 feet northwest of railroad. Thence south s7 decrees east for a distance of <i.HC4 feet, thepce.north 12 de grees 3o minutes, east for a dis tance of 8.840 feet, thence north x7 degrees 30 mint!res'east for a distance of 5.U20 -feet.- thence south 15 degrees 30 minutes east for a distance of 4,330 feet; thence south i>", degrees west for a distance of 2, :',7<> feet: thence south 3 degrees west for a distance*: of 3.432 feet; thence north S"> degrees .east for a distance of 13.2o? feet:" thence south one degree 20. minutes east, foi\a distance of "lJ0,-4-79 feel, to the intersection of Hungary Hall branch and DesChamps branch; thence up the run cf DesChamps branch in a southwesterly direction to the pub lic road; thence south -7S degrees west for a distance* o&: 3 0,390 feet;' thence south 2 degrees 30 minutes west for a distance cf 13,200 feet; thence south 39 degrees west for a d ist a nee of 4,<it*t<t fev-t; thence north 47 degrees west 1?.-a distance of Si7 feet; fhence.so .ih 42 de grees west, for a distance of 2,240 feet; thence soutrr*40''degrees west for a distance'of'2;260-feet; thence south 37 degrees.;30. rc-mites west for a distance of 13.260?feet to a point on Santee River, thence up Santee river to ' : the ! beginning point 72 feet northwest of rail road." ,, . . Said election befitig .ordered for the purpose of allowing ^aid qual ified electors to vote on the ques tion of whether or not said terri tory shall be annexed to. the coun ty of Clarendon, those in- favor of proposed annexation.^ vote "Yes," and those .opposed" tcf Vote "No." All electors of sa'id'county resid ing within said territory, .qualified: to vote at the last,general election, and all electors of said county, re siding in said, territory ""becoming qualified since that'tfrri&s shall be entitled to vote in said election up on production of registration cer tificates and proof of the payment of all state and 'couiity'^la^es for_ the year 1021, except ; that those who failed to pay.; said'taxes on or before December 31st, 1923, are dis qualified vfrom voting, under au thority of a decision of the state supreme court, in case- of Aber nathy, et al. vs. ;S..M.- Wolfe, at torney general, et.ah, handed down on November 9, l'92l.;". Before the hour'fixed for opening the polls Managers'and Clerk must take and subscribe ? the Constitu tional oath. The Chain.ian of the Board of .Managers can administer the oath to the Other "members and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oaett ro the Chair man. The Managers: elect their Chairman and Clerk Poll at voting' place must be opened at 7 o'clock^ a. m. 'and closed at 4 o'clock p. rn. The Managers haye. the powe?T to fill a vacancy, and if, none of the Managers attend, the. citizens can appoint from among *the qualified voters the Managers, who, after be ing sworn, can conduct the'election. At the close, of the, election the Managers- and Clerk must proceed publicly to open tlie': ballot-boxes and count the ballots, therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed and make a statement of the result and sign the same. Within three 'days thereaf ter the Chairman of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Election the poll list, the. box containing the ballots and written statement of the results of the elec tion. The following Managers of Elec- . tioh have been appointed to hold tile election: A. Er Felder, D. W. Elliott and C. T. Richardson. The Managers are ^requested to delegate one of their number to se cure box, registration books, blanks and tickets from ; 15. F. Miller, clerk of the Board; at- 115 North Main St., Sumter, S, C, on Satur day. January! 2Sth, 1922. JOHN B. TjC'FFIE, Chm. T. E. II ODO 10: ?. M. JONES, Commissioners of S^ue and County Elections for Sumter Countv, S. C. January 1*;. r.*22. " Washington. Jan. 17?Twenty two states have already accepted federal aid for maternity care, au thorized under the- maternity act. according to a detriment of labor official. The states are required t<> match federal appropriations. We n.-v.-r could koep a New Year resolution, anyway;. . and as the days pass we. feel a growing >earning to write another' para graph about ankle*! -?-? p A man has sued for divorce be cause his wife. wf?n'i talk. Well, there may be 1 no.(t?n' feeble-mind ed people in America, after all. Perhaps you have noticed that rhese people who live a hundred, year aiv poor. A heavy taxpayer wouldn't stay here thai long. Think how quickly the social scale would be topsy-turvy if bar hars and hod carriers made more money than bankers and authors.