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Forty-Eight Hours ?or Textile Mills Is One of the Important Bills Before Legislature Columbia, Jan. 24.?Several in - portast bills, of.state-wide applica tion, were removed from the calen dar of the house of represesntatves at the Monday night session, the .first session for the .third week of the present general assembly. Th; bill to provide a forty-eight hour week in cotton mills was recom mitted to th> judiciary committee of the house, where it fs under stood certain changes are to be made^nd probably a faring order ed. This bill would have limited a* cotton mill day to nine hour**. It was recommitted on motion of t?te author, Mr. Harablin.. of Un ion. The bill fathered by Representa tives Biyson. of Greenville, ami Ford, of Horry, to make it legai for a criminal to testify in court, was continued, \fchich me_ns that it is dead. The vote against the bill was 40 to 26. A little battle was waged, in an effort to prevent its discard, with Mr. Brysch leading _ the fight, -out all in vain. The t bill introduced in \he sen ate by 'Senator Baker, of *? ie-rmce, to authorize the covi?.ty- commis sioners of Florence county to is sue bonds to defray Florence coun ty's share of the cost of construct ing a bridge across Great Pc? l>ee river, near M-ars Bluff, th*? bridge which will -take the- pl*ee of a proposed federal-aid and state-aid structure rejected last year by the counties, interested, was passed by the house Monday night and or dered ro be -enrolled. as an act. The house killed Representative Paul Cooper's bill to authorize per sons-to bring suit for recovery of judgnient for the payment of mon ey to take a judgment of non-suit !>t discontinuance of any action brought, provided no counter claim I or affirmative relief is set up or claimed by the person or corpora tion sued. ' "The ways and means commit tee of the house of representatives is making every effort possible to cut ss&te expenses," . said Senator Christensen in a speech in the .sen ale last night, in which he criti cised certain newspapers of the state for criticizing the legislature, charging that little progress is be ing made. Senator Young, of Un hm. jrfso answered the criticisms of the newspapers in question, the names of which were not mention ed, and urged that these criticisms should not prevent the legislators from doing their duty. He said* he did not see ht>w taxes could be educed, in toto, to any great ex tent, for'great reductions would cripple the .'government and the educational institutions, but he said he believed the legislature would go on record as trying to reduce taxes, and that thev .tax burden should be so shifted as to^make rr lighter for the present ta^-payer. Both senators referred to the five irevenae-producing bills now on the calendars and said they believed thesfc,.should pass, without inter ference from without. Sextator Christensen has. intro duced arbill in the senate to make it unlawful to catch a terrapin shorter.than five and a half inches. ASumter Butter Maker Gamecock Dairy Has a Guern sey Heifer That Establishes Record For South To the Editor of The Daily Item: Nearly every day someone asks me "How is that fine cow getting on?" I always have to ask "Which cow?" They usually mean the cow that rode in the truck in the pa rade "at" fair time. That cow. Richmond Belle of Oak Ridge, is doing fine, and will make a record of -over 600 pounds' butter fat in ? year. But I want to tell you about our heifer. Blaokstook's Lily.'-This heifer calved on Jan uary.-_2.lj. 1021, and .she looked so proijki<dng that we put her on offi cial "test. A tester from Clemson College has been here two days caott? month to test the cows enter ed hi the Advanced Registry rest, and^the record of the cow's milk and^butterfat is computed from both' the tester's figures and the millger's weights. P.laekstoek's Lirv*Sras a senior?two-year-old. that*4#. between 2 1-2 and 3 years old '^rhen she calveflT She started 7igh?'out *cuttin' up" and gave three gallons th?* fourth day. On AprtJ" 4th she gave 45.fi pounds, her best-day's milk. Yesterday, after milking a year and vwo days, *he gave^ 24.6 pounds milk. She has produced in a year in excess of 12,0(H> pounds of milk and 607 pounds butter fat whieh is equiva lent to over 700 pounds butter. She Jhas been on th** Clemson Col lege Honor Roll every month of her test. When you consider that this record was made by a two year-old heifer with first calf you will, understand what a remark - able production it was. It has been beaten by * less than a score- of Guernsey cows in her class in the United States, and. so far as 1 have been able to tind out. t?y none in the south. After a year of hard work, Blackstock's Lily is as hah- and hearty as she ever was and 1 hope she Kvill l>e ready in April to com rnerx-e another year's production that, will dwar; her performance of tlie past year by comparison. Wo have how seventeen regis tered Guernseys at the Game COek Dairy and we hope to keep some of them in th?- limelight at all times, as we have the past yean. C. A. OXSRUD. Manager. ? ? *> <s Goose-berry, razz-berry, blueber ry. New-berry ? Use one of these to whittle a fine wheeze. 1 Call For Caucus of Republicans ^To Consider Bonus-Bill Thurs day Night _ j Washington. Jan. 23.?Call for a I caucus Thursday, night of Repnb / tican members of the house on the soldier bonus question was issued ; today. Immediate action on an i adjusted compensation bill has j been demanded by a group of j members who were in the military : service during the war. : At the Thursday night confer j ence they plan to offer a resolution ; instructing the ways and means ; -ommittee to proceed at once to i draft a bonus measure. The reso I luiion also will provide that when ' ret>orted to the house the meas ! ure is to' be the continuing business ' until passed. House leaders .said no effort would be made at the caucus to in J struct the ways and means comrait | tee as to how it shouid provide for j the raising of necessary revenue, i That tuestion M ill be determined, j it was said, by the committee with ] the probability that the Republican membership later at a caucus 'will take a stand on the plan proposed. Data ujK>n possible new methods of taxation with which to raise : funds for a bonus has .been pre pared by the treasury department, it was sai-d today, for the informa tion of 'congress. Officials of the J treasury said, however, that the de i partmenr. would await requests for J suc h information before transmit ting it to congress. At the same I time it was said that the treasury's \ position with regard to the advis ability of a bonus for veterans of I the world war was unchanged, the j enactment of Kompensation legisla | tion under existing conditions be j ifig viewed with disfavor, j . In the event"- a bonus bill is en j acted, treasury officials said some J tax would have to be provided to j take care of'it. Use of the allied I debt as a basis for bonus financing ; was said to be regarded as imprac j tiqable. ! In tile opinion of the treasury, jhigh. officials said, it would 'cost j more to raise the money for a sol I dkr bonus from the sale of l>onds based on the debts of the allied i nations than it would to float the ! country's own' obligations, j Data compiled by the treasury j for thfc information of congress j was understood to cover various j fields of possible taxation without, j however, considering a sales tax ; as a practical solution of the prob i lern of getting money ro pay t J bonus. - ? ? ? j Tools to Make Gardening Easy. I A good workman reeds good 'tools, whether hA is a gardener or ja boflerniajcer. r he tools absolute ly needed in a garden are a hoe, a ! rake, and a spade. The fingers may j supply the need f*r others, but a j-good gardener will supply himself - plentifully. Two shapsVof hoe are 'reafly needed, one with a heart shaped blade*for making rows, and ; another with the usual flat blade ; for cutting off weeds just below ithe surface "- the soil. There are ; many new -wrinkles in hoes, all ; h\aving their special uses. One of ? the mosi. convenient has rake teeth on one side and a flat blade on the j other, so that weeds may be cut off > or the soil stirred as need be. This i is all right, and especially adapted jto women gardeners, j Three cultivator teeth are now j used instead of the usual single hoe : blade, and those in largo and small size. They are particularly useful i in working long rows. A spading i fork for working light soils and I digging vegetables and the spado ? for heavier soils or for cutting off j roots are also needed in the tool I house. ! An iron-toothed garden rake and ja loop-toothed rake for raking j grass are usually included. There j are new-fangled rakes designed to ! decapitate dandelions and orevent i - * their seeding which have become j very popular with many gardeners. They, however, are special pur i pose tools and not at all essential. ? Of hand tools, a trowel is abso i ? i lately r ^'ded. A dibber, a point ed iron for making holes into ? v. hich to drop bulbs or seedlings is ja convenience. Hand cultivators : and weeders of various types also [speed up and ease up the work, a three-sided weeder sharpened on ja'l edges, being the most conveni [ent instrument to rlostro^ weeds,of ! younger ^growth. Th. asparagus cutter, a hmg-bladed tool with a .' notched end js one of the finest weeding implements for eut'ing ; tap-rooted weeds below the surface [or severing tough grass roots. Ai wheel hoe with various acces sories and tools will do everything 'in the way of cultivation und spare ?many a lame back. If tin- garden ! is only a quarter of an acre in ex : t?*nt it will be a great economy to !ge; a wheel hoe. Cultivator teeth. hoe blades, rake teeth, and a plow share make up the collection that ' got s with the ordinary wheel hoe. FRENCH EFFORT TO STOi> DUELLING : Paris. Dec. 23.? All those who took part in the duel between the ! Count de Pore! and M. Camille Lafargc on September 23. las?, both prlneijMils and seconds, are to ; go before the judge of a. correct ion - j ai court. Tin- investigating rnag I isrVate- has decided thai there i> a case againsi them for acts of vio lence and wounding and for being accomplices t herein. This is tin- dm i thai caused tin minister of justice to semi a strongly worded circular to .ill pre fects of departments, telling them j to prosecute in all cases ot duell ? ing. as such were out of place after 1 i In- war. Some of the Iks; known men I at the Paris bar are ;<? defend the i aeeiis?-d. -? m e Texas man named "Mar\ 'changes it to "bunvar." Another fTexan who lias made i name for I himself. I The Khan of Khiva Robbed, Ragged and Starving, A Victim of Bolshevism I Moscow, Dec. 2S.? Robbed, rag ged, starving and forgotten in the 1 big concentration camp of Pokrow ! sky. a few miles distant from this [city, is the fate of the Hevdiar. iKhan of Khiva, who. until a few .'months ago. was one of the richest I of the Mohammedan rulers of Cen j tral Asia. As he is nearly so ? years old. hi- may die there. j HCvdiar, successor to Tamerlane tin- Great and Genghis Khan, who [ruled from China to Germany in : the Middle Ages, is a pureblooded j Uzbek Turk to whom the Sultan K.of Turkey is a mere modern tip t start, lie lias been brought to his ' present plight through the revohx j tions engineered by the Moscow So | viet in Russian Turkestan, aided ! by Enyer Pasha, recently de nounced by Mustupha Kemal Paslni ; as the~areh-traitor of Turkey. ? The treatment of the Khun of ? Khiva, not yet widely known by I people of the Mohammedan world, ' is expected in time to widen the I rift that has long threatened be j tween the Russian Soviet and the i Mohammedans of India and the old j Turkish dominions. The Russians j have long been hated for their j conquest 'of Khiva. Bokhara, and t^?e rest of the territory known for j the past 60 years as Russian Turk ! estan. I i?or?two centuries the Russians j t**Jed in vain to conquer these wur i like peoples and only in 1S73 was ! Kniva humbled and its Khans made (subject princes of Russia. But they j retained rheir religious, influence ; and their vast wealth and when i they came to the Russian imperial court at. Petrograd, their presents in gold and jewels surpassed easily the treasures of that gorgeous court. For the past two years the So viet influence has been slowly tightening its hold on old Russian Turkestan, under General Doutoff. aided by 100,600 German war pvis oners. First, a Soviet revolution ary committee was formed at Tash kent, alter the approved Bolshevik manner, and later Bokhara, and finally at Khiva. These commit tees in turn gave way to tho"forma I / ton of Soviet republics, asv-m Baku and Tiilis. at the point of the Red I army's bayonet. T?e Emir of Bokhara was re duced to a figurehead, though still held as a possible religious suc cessor to the Sultan of Tin-key. Hevdiar was unseated in his rule by the new order but when his ad visers showed him how the palace walls were falling about him, he got together th?e choicest of his in herited jewels, his* favorite wives, a large stock of his royal robes, to 'gether with 400 pounds avoirdupois I of^solid gold, ordered a train at Bokhara and started overland to reach it. At the depot in Bokhara, the Cheka. or secret police, swoop ed down upon him. robbed him of I his wives, his jewels and gold': and 1 made him prisoner, together with his 20-year-old sen and heir ap parent. , t Both were put aboard rhe train, ander heavy guard, and sent to Moscow, to the old convent pris on of Poktowsky. where they have since been. *Vith heavy white beard, the Shan maintains his proud bearing and S.?11 looks the part of a great ruier in exile. Silent and uncom plaining, after the manner of his people, lie sometimes attends the concerts organized for the prison ers; in answer to Iiis request to the Soviet Khiva Mission for food, he was sent exactly one pound of bread. "It is the will of Allah," said rhe Khan when the bread cane-. His 3on has fared somewhat better, lie does odd jobs, such as scrubbing floors, for the more fortunate pris oners whose friends send them food, and* in this Way keeps soul and body together. ? ?? o German Labor Problem Idle Class Demand Share of Wages of Workers Berlin, Dec. 22.?The unem ployed throughout Germany are demanding a division of work with the regularly employed and a larg er allowance from the municipali ties and tin- labor unions. They have become so insistent and demonstrations and clashes be tween tiie employed and the jolt less so frequent that representa tives of the central government, tlie labor organizations. and the 'municipalities are trying to lind a method of dealing with the situa t ion. Political agitators have taken advantange of tin- situation to ur^>- a "red revolt"' against em ployers. This attitude of the radi cals has caused sharp dissension even among the ranks? of labor. Labor circles charge that many of ilo- "unemployed" are not mem bers of labor unions, are no: real ly out of work, and if they were would seek to avoid work. They attempt to compel workmen who have jobs to quit in favor of the unemployed. Tie- government is planning the establishnieni of employment bu reaus throughout the country; while the rnunicipaliTieS and the labor councils are canvassing the industries in tin- hope thai jobs may be foil ml for all. Tin1 German Housewives League i- trying to aid unemployed mar ried men by placing their wives in positions to earn ;t little monvy '-"when no; engaged in housework." Low earning power of workman in'! ! i i ! i prices has popularized tin- mowmrin among women to' share the responsibility of :<,:\i porting lie- family. "CMs a ins a are no longer shy." ei?ni tt'oiiin ?i. Thev're sh \ on New Hats Are "Gardens" I Ii hug edg ins fruits and flowers? graceful vine to the A ;^rcat colorful cluster?rich in' tone as wild s the crown of this Punch hat and extends in a e of the wide brim. V'erily tin.- new chapeaux one sees already vontur the cold winds are gardens, gaily colored and wondrously beautiful. Stillman Children Meet When Anne Stillman sailed to attend school in Paris, her brothers were there to say goodbye. "Bud" Stillman is holding Guy, central figure in the Stillman divorce proceedings. In front is Alexander. Buff Takes Family to Europe Johny Buff, flyweight and bantamweight champ, is on the way to Europe to defend his titl* against allcomers. His wife and baby. James Adams Buff, went along on the Baltic as his mascots. TEACHERS MEET IN COLUMBIA IN MARCH GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE IN AUSTRALIA i Columbia: Jan. 24.?Fifteen hun i j dred teachers of South Carolina [arc expected to attend the State [Teachers' Association convention in Columbia March G-T8. Dr. E. [C. Brooks, superintendent of edu cation for* .Vorth C?'t?lina: Dr. Hugh S. .Magill, field secretary of the National Education Association; Dr. Thomas Alexander, of Pea body college. Nashville: and Dr. Henry I). Phillips, of Columbia, head of the Southern Intercolle giate Athletic Association, will be among the speakers. Chicago, .'an. --Raymond Oberhdoff. a young musician, is under arrest charged with "an at tempt to slioot Felix BorroAVski. president of the Chicago Musical College. He says that Borrowski was s<? devoted to Iiis young wife he neglected Iiis music: Sydney. X. S. \\\. Dec: 6~? (By Mail).?A plague of grasshoppers and ants has descended upon South Australia, holding up trains, mak ing existence miserable for inhabi tants and laying waste gardens and fields of wheat, oats and other grain, according to information reaching lu re. Several freight trains ? ri the Rockbum line were held no sev eral hours by .myriad*; of grass hoppers on the rails, which pre vented the driving wheels from obtaining traction. La* r passen ger trains ,werc delayed by the enor mous number of ants on 'he ruils. Omahxi. dan. The striking packing house workers through out the country have been direct ed to vote tomorrow on whether to call off iin strike ihm lias been effective since December ">th. Gore's Daughter Is Bride One of in.- most charming brides of the winter is Mrs. Eugene Luther Vidal. v. h" ??? wedding was one of the social events of the reason, in Wash ington. She was Nina Core, daughter of ex-Scnator and Mrs. Thomas P. Gore, of Oklahoma. The groom is a lieutenant i:i the U. S. Air Service. Tile Story of Pulque. Washington. D. C. Jan. 23.?"If the Mexican sowrnment has un dcrtaken to abolish pulque drink ing, as dispatches say, it has as sumed a task beside which enforce ment of our own eighteenth amendment would seem a minor detail of administration." accord ing to a bulletin from the Wash ington. 1). ('.. headquarters of the National Geographic Society. "Edicts against pulque are noth i ning new in the Mexican's life. As early as l(!f)2. at least, a Spanish viceroy thought it would be a good thing to stop pulque drinking, and precipitated a riot which ended in the burning of public buildings, and as recently as If IT an antf ; pulque section was incorporated in the new Mexican constitution. But the Mexican has blissfully ignored such prohibitions, as did the Aztec before him. and as did the Toltec I before the Aztec. An Aristocrat of Beverages : "Drunk only by the poorer elass < pulque can lay one claim, that of age. to be an aristocrat of Xew : World beverages. The conquista dqres found the Aztecs drinking : pulque, and the Aztecs toid the legendary tale of how a certain ; Toltec saw a mouse gnawing at j the heart of a growing maguey. ! Peering closer he -discovered a fluid I oozing forth. The observant sent ? his daughter to eonvey a sample j of the fluid to his king. The raon > arch liked both the beverage and the girl. To them were born a child named Meconetzin, meaning ?Child of the Maguey.' From that ['time forth, so runs the story; the ' Toliecs began to decline in their power and. their vitality sapped by j the wine of the ""maguey, they fell easy prey to the Aztec conquerors ; in the Valley of Anahuac. ? "Pulque lias long entered into i Mexican history, and is closely re : lated to social and labor conditions theie. because the geography of certain districts of the states of Hidalgo. Tlaxacla. Mexico and of the federal district itself, is ex tremely favorable to growing cer tain varieties of cactus. There are o3 kinds of cactus which thrive in the Mexican plateau, all of which ; are grouped under the generic name of ?maguey*. The greek . 'Agave' (noble) also is applied to I this group, a charaterization which ?hs defensible even if the maguey is comparable to a ? Gargantuan , artichoke. Shipped by Trainload "The visitor to Apam. a town of southern Hidalgo, might mistake ?the long line of cars constantly moving away from the sidings for milk trains. Instead they are j pulque cargoes, many of them bound for Mexico City, where the gluey* whitish fluid will find its way into the exaggreated 'schooners.' , set out on the long counters of .the pulquerias. Often these receptacles I are colored glass, giving the sug ; gestion of pink lemonade at a cir cus. The 'kick' is only about 6 per ! cent, but the quantity in which the ; beverage is drunk, for it is very cheap, produces effective intoxica ?j tion. "Likewise the uninitated traveler might mistake one of these' pul j queilas cither for a barber shop or ;a Greenwich village resort. Its ex j terior usually is* marked by vari I colored paper hung across the en trance, suggestive of the old time ! barber pole, while the proprietor is [ apt to give it a fanciful name. In side, the only furnishings beside the long counter, recalling the American saloon of other days, are barrels, gaudily painted, and per ! haps some crude crockery.- Women > of the half .world are supposed to j add allurement to the establish ment, but to the American and to the higher class of Mexican, the , whole secene is sodden, -sordid, and ' depressing. Gathering "Honey-Water." j "The most picturesque thing ?' about pulque is the method of its gathering. If undisturbed a mag I uey plant would develop a stalk ? from three to five times as tall as a man. and thousands of yellow flowers would bloom on this stalk. When the flowers are about to j sprout this stalk is cut off short. ' the heart of the plant is hollowed out. and into the receptacle thus formed flows the sap of the plant. This sap the natives call aguamiel. ? honey-water. "Along comes the harvester, recognizes a plant which is ready for him by the fact that the heart has been stuck on one of the sharp spines of the cactus, and proceeds to empty the 'honey-water' into a pig-skin bag. He does this with an instrument that looks like a gourd, and operates on the principle of a pipette. One end be places in his mouth, the other in the heart of the maguey, and after sucking the liquid into the gourd, stops up the mouth end with his finger and allows the sap to flow into iiis bag. A Difference in Viewpoint. "Fermentation of the pulque is hastened by the introduction into the fresh liquid of "mother-pulque' which has been kept for fen days or two weeks. One's attitude to ward the finished product is akin to t:.:;it toward the oliv??only much more so. The disinterested partaker's reaction is almost in variably the same - -that pulque tastes like sour milk and smells like fetied eggs. According to the Mexican song, however. Know you not that pulque Is ;i liquor divine. And that angels in Heaven Prefer it t<> wine-;' "Thi^ beverage is drunk so gen erally by the lower classes, least able to restrain their appetites, that it has become an economic problem of great magnitude in Mexico because of the immediate enforced idleness i; causes, and because ??f Lhe degeneracy that re sults from its long time use. "Pulque is not to b?> contused with mescal and tequila, both dis rilled liquors derived from the maguey. or with aguardiente, a iirandy. distilled either from su u:i r-< n tie or from gra i>es. "In lesser altitudes than that of i!i>- Mexican plateau the nnigney mat nr. s very slowly, a fact ivhich j led to giving the nickname 'cen tury plant to the variety found in J the southwest of the I nited States. ; The abolition of nulque would not | affect the high esteem in which j the maguey plant is held in Mexi ! co. Xot only is its beverage very 1 ancient, but its uses always have . been many. A "miracle of nature ! J'reseott called it. and small won der. Its leaves provide papyrus .on which many Aztec'manuscripts I wen* nreserved. the\natives pulled j out a thorn with its attached fiber j and had a needle ready threaded', : the long haves with their con 1 cave shies upturned form a corru , gated roofing of excellent drainage. I vinegar and molasses can be made I from the pulp. th*> libers provide ! rope that is commercially valuable. I while the Indians prize most of all ja far worm that grows on the I leaves which they consider a high ? ly palatable delicacy," ? KThe Day After Tomorrow ;A Message to the Bankers of I America from the Presi dent of the American Bankers' Association Everywhere one hears the query I "What is the outlook ;for business?"" j Never before have we faced so , many great problems clamoring for I intelligent solution. To America is i world looking for far-seeing and 'constructive leadership and upon j us largely depend the conditions I'Which shall prevail here and abroad Ion the day after tomorrow?the jday after we shall have passed I through the period of re-adjust ! ment and re-vitalization and be j once more actively engaged in pro ?ducingand consuming in an order ly business-like way. flood business then deiiends up (on good judgment now. With good judgment go individual initiative ; and hard work as the essential ?do i ments in making 1922 a stepping ; stone to financial stability and in I dust rial activity. j What is our first step? What is jour most important task at this {hour? What needs our most care ful?yes. prayerful ? attention? ! There is -a neal challenge in the j answer?Agriculture. / The fundamental wealth of !America is the productivity of her jsoil. Transportation?manufactur ! ing?jobbing?banking ? merehan idizing?labor?all take on new life j when the farmer prospers?all suf fer when his purchasing power is j materially curtailed. ? God in His j bounty has given us the land and (the water. We have the man-pow j er?we have the machinery?we } have the gold?shall we put them iall actively to work that the world j may be clothed and' fed and I Americans new era of prosperity {built upon the firm foundation of inew wealth created? A crop that can be mach- and-is for any reason not planted or har vested is an opportunity forever lost?time and money that '-can , never be regained Rotation/ of I crops is. agriculturally sound and diversification is desirable"?provid ed?for a commodity of which there is a great surplus supply there be substituted something more sorely needed. World movements Indicate a gradual clearing up of the foreign financial skies If the series- of international conferences being held result in re-establishing the buying power of Europe the fall may find us facing an active de ! mand for our fundamental com j modifies. It will then be too late I to plant the necessary crops, i Should the foreign situation not i improve materially then financial America must provide the machin ery for carrying the surplus tem porarily and prevent demoraliza | tion in values. "The demand can ! not be long delayed if the needs of ' th?? world are to be properly sup ] plied. Today crops mav be both I nlanted and financed on a materi ially different basis of risk than was inenrred during the period of high (cost of production. What Shall the Banker I><>? ! Help the farmers of his neighbor Lhood to approach this planting sea json with cheerfulness and a rugg* a ! determination to succeed. Put n .v jhope in their hearts?through co tinned sympathy and co-operatio I assist them over the rough phi'' s. (Many of them are discouraged ? id J disconsolate as they revieV the ! losses of the last two years. T ey ' must be stimulated to look t ?r I ward not backward and the > :k i er must help bridge the gi ?e jtween the disheartening pas aid ? the promising future. I They still need the banke "s <? ? tive support ? he needs their t gy land ability to ?'leite new wen ' t if ! his loans to merchant and la\ er. !doctor and school teacher, manu I l'acturer and the farmer himself. ; are to be liquidated. J As in t'.c immediate past, dis : play confid incc in those who have [shown their willingness to work and their ability to ereat??once ! more assist them in financing their ' need for seed, fertilizer, imple ments. If we are to press forward j successfully, agriculture must not he allowed to become demoralized, j Kor forty years the Smith's crops [ were financed when the average ! farmer's only collateral Was his j character and chattel mortgage. ; This collateral is still available? i make use of it His success is Na tional l "rosperity. Put the American farmer on his j feet. not through paternalistic legislation or specious nostrums ? lie neither wants nor needs charity t?-but til rough* the application of ! old-fashioned commousense Amer ican banking and business prinei ! pies. ' Again on his feet, he will stand unsupported and as he stands will American business be renewed in j strength and activity and American ? labor find new fields for employ ment. Then shall we see the dawn of the day after tomorrow^ Thos. It. MeAdams. President. American Hanking Association. ! XeVk York. .lau. 'Z 1. I Southern Cattle men to Meet Soon i _ ' Annual Convention at Knox vffie, Feb. 14-16." ?Memsen College, Jan. 23.?The south needs mon- good cattle, and the Southern Cattlemen's Asso ciation, y-hi<-h m*-?-ts in annual con vention at KnoxviHe. Tenn..f Feb ruary 14-I?5. is an organization * which is doing much to -promote more and better livestock. ?ay Ex tension Service livestock specialists. ; in urging South Carolina farmers"-, i and stockmen to attend the forth 'eoming convehtioni >-The-prograr. i j of addresses and discussions is wide in scope and includes among the ! .-core of speakers two well known South Carolinians. Dr. D. W. Dan i iel, of Clemson College, noted as i an inspirational lecturer and en- i tertainer. and Dr. ^T. .T. Kinard, of j Ninety-Six. a leading breeder of j pun-bred cattle and other live ; stock. I The Southern Cat t lem-en's - Asso ciation came into being some ten years ago to combat the cattle tick and it has been of great benefit ito livestock farmers of the south in i many ways. The 3 922 convention of tb<- association, coming- at a critical time in livestock affairs, should have a far-reaching effect. The program, as planned under the direction of Dr. E. iL Lloyd, * j secretary, has been made with an j eye o|i present conditions as. they affect livestock production, m the [Carolinas, the Virginias. Tennessee, * .Georgia, and other southern states. Some of the subjects listed to . re ceive promim-m attention are-com , men ial cattle production, opjwr : tunities for breeders of purebred .cattle, the dairy industry, crop pro duction ijt relation to livestock, .the * ; improvement of pasture lands; or ganization for -cooperation, >financ-_ j ing the. -livestock industry, etc. ! South Carolina should be weliv J represented: at the Knoxville iuect J ing, and farmers interested in j liv estock should- make plans at once ito go. i^t i . -.* ? -. t \> \ *. ? I GOT, GEN. WOOD MAKES OFFICE HOURS Manila. P. I.. Dec. 15?(By .Mail) j?Office hours at Mafeeanang Pal jace hereafter are v> be from .7.30 * I a. m. to 2 p. m.. in accordance with ; an order issued by Gvernor*Gcner a1 Leonard Wood. The order ia heludes the entire Office force" of the. j governor general. Governor. Gen jtttal Wood explained - that -by be ginning-early in the morning and [stopping work early in the' after noon, the officials and empio>>6es | would have an opportunity for rec reation after the day's work was ] completed'.. ? A Year of Crime ] ' M '-r?,- * * 'Annual Report of Attorney General Shows 41 Per Cent Increase Last Year Columbia, Jan. 25.?Crime in creased in South Caroliua in 1921 forty-one per ceut over 1?20, ac cording to the annual crime sta tistics .submitted by Attorney Gen eral Wolfe, hi his annual report, laid on the desks of the members of the general assembly yesterday' afternoon. The total number of crimes for which indictments were brought by the fourteen solicitors of the state in- the circuit courts*' for 1021 was 3.711?. The total num ber of indictments for 1920 was 2, 640. Of the total number of cases tried in circuit courts last year. 2,- . /5G4 defendants were found guilty. This compared with 1.888 who [were convicted in 1920t Last year , j there were 542 found "net guilty." j as compared with 353 the year be | fore. In 1921 there were 513 cases j nol urossed or discontinued, as^ j compared with 309 the year before. I There were in South Carolina j last year 238 cases in circuit courts J charging murder, Of these there I were 84 co:>victions. The prepon derance of crime, -however, was j stealing, larceny. forgery, and"? j burglary cases, grouped together. far outnumbering .other crimes. FUR MAN GLEE CLUB WILL TOUR STATE GreenviHc. dan. 23.?The Fur i man University Glee Club, working under the direction of Professor G. W. Schacfer. head of the musical department of Greenville Woman's iCollege, is rapidly developing into ' la musical organization -of splendid musical ability. Thirty or more I men are trying for places en the ! roll of the club, which promises to* be the best the university has sent ! out in the past several years. A : tour of the state will be made early in tin- spring. Performances have ; been tentatively scheduled, for i Union, Kock Hill. Sumtcr. Flor I euce. Der nettsville. D.;rlington, ? ; Hartsville. Orangeburg. Blackville. [Greenwood, Spurt tin burg and .Aw ? dersoit. i In addition to the regular blabs, i t he well known " Furmati quartet j will be tlu-re to delight and thrill the hearers with the almost perfect [blending of their voices. Another ! feature that promises to be ex ceptionally pleasing is the pjarpte I Stringers Club. This aggregation i will be aided in. the role of fun I makers by two popular comedians! ("of Greenville. "Ham" MciVe and "Red" Bardette. It is possible that "Cud" Moore^ w ill he ba< k to tour thy stat*? with tin- club. He is the possessor of a lyric tenor of rare sweetness and i now- r ind last year proved a great I favorite with every audience that heard the Furman Glee Club. Frank Webster, of Cowpens, has?' be<-n chosen business manager of tin organization of the club this yea: ami is now engaged in per fecting an itinerary for the glee* club;