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Watchman and Sosthron tiered at the Postofficc at Sum- j sr. S. C, as Second CJass 3Iattcr. j PERSONAL. Mrs. J. C. Hugcr left this morn ir?g. for Miami, Fla., where she ! will spend the remainder of the; ?winter. Mr. J. T. Hooker passed through j the city this morning while return- | ing to Spartanburg from Oiantarr S. j r* i Mi's. Leon Galloway and children ! of Wilsons* S. C, are the visitors j xof Mrs. W. C. Chandler on* Harby ! Awenue. Mr. I. M. Richardson left this! morning for Salisbury, X. C, after; having made a short visit to his j parents in the city . Miss Daphne Cokcr, who has j been the guest of Mrs. Gus Sanders i for several days, has returned to Ximrnonsville, S. C. Messrs. J. Frank Williams and C. S, Hutchison will attend the j svj&ool improvement association j meeting which is to be held in. the j .Bethel community tonight. Mr. Allison, of the Internal Rev- 1 cnuo Office at Columbia, is in Sum- I ter today on business. Mr. EL T. Parker of Orangeburg j is in the city on business. Mr. T. B. Lanham, State T. M. j O. A. Secretary, and Mr. Shuey, In- i tcrnational Secretary are spending j the day in Sumter and are to meet j wfch the local Y. M. C. A. Board | tl?s afternoon. Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Timmons and children- are spending a few days j with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mcknight i a?d Mr. and Mrs. T. C. McKnight j and other relatives in the city be- j fore leaving for the missionary field in Korea.. Dr. Timmons and i fai*3ily have spent five years, in this j field but have been in America for ! the past two years. They leave j Sumter for San Francisco ' from j wfcich port they are to embark for ; the - foreign field. I Mr. S. I. Pollitt. of Baltimore, j .President of the Sumter Gas and | Power Co.. has recently been a \ visitor in the city. Major W. Loring Lee is a visitor i in Hartsville today. .Among the nurses of Sumter at- j tending the District Nurses Meeting j of District Xo. 2, which was held in J Florence Tuesday, were Misses Lila i M. DavLs, Antonio B. Gibson, Rosa j Bradford. Meli Myers. . <Edith | Evans, and Mrs. Walter Cheyne. Engineer F. H. Murray is spend- i ing the day in Manning on business. , Mr. Charlie McGrew has return- j cd'from a recent hunting trip to the j Cooper river. ; Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Skinner mo- I tored to Columbia for the day. Mr. H. A Williford of the Sum-: :er Leaf Tobacco Co.. is a visitor. in the city for a few days. ^r. W. J. Blackwell of Marion '? spent the day in town today. Mr. Davidson Dick left Thursday, morning for Columbia where he j will spend the day on business, j Miss Dorothy Carson, of Sum-[ merton. Is a visitor in the city. Mr. II. C. Folsom has returned to the city from a ten day trip to tho l?wer part of the state Mn J. W. Montgomery of Harts- j vi He spent Wednesday night,, in i Sumter with hia son, Mr. W. F. ! Montgomery- ! Miss Sue M. Sprott, of Manning, passed through the city Thursday morning while on her way from Maxton, N. C, to her home for a brief visit - .Mayor L. D. Jennings is in Ben- j nettsville today on business. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rowland.: Jr.. left Thursday for StatesvOle, j C, after visiting Mr. and Mrs. j S. K. Rowland for several days. Messrs. J. C. King and A. P. Felts, special fire insurance agcnU, i arc business visitors in Sumter to* ? day. ; Mr. Alfred Scarboough returned " to his home in Eastover Thursday morning after a short visit in Sumter. 0* ? ? ? Sumter cpur.ty can never asram j produce as much cotton as before the advent of the boll -weevil and ' the only means by which the loss on the cotton crop can by partially j recouped is by uroducing a i better : grade of cotton that will sell for i a better price. This result can j be attained by planting better va rietics and by using greater care^ in harvesting and handling th*> : crop. The loss on cotton result- : ing from careless handling, weath- ! er* damage, etc., has totaled many ? thousands of dollars annually. This ] loss can be prevented with the; smaller acreage of cotton that each j farmer must plant under boll woe- j vii conditions, and it is possible j that more money may be obtained '' fov les3 cotton of higher grade i than was received in past years for the big crops of carelessly handled ! weather damaged cotton. . -. ? ? ? The Sumter High school basket ' ball team lost their game to the! Sarrford school team by the score j of 50 to 34. The game was played j ir? the "Y" gymnasium Wednesday i night. - COTTON MARKST ' * NEW YORK COTTON. Open Hijrh Low Close Close : March _ ..16.72 16.90 16.45 16.66 16.35 May .16.45 16.57 16.15 15.52 16.59 i Jlrty .. _ ?15.90 J6.f2 15.76 16.12 16.10 Oct. _ ...15.41 15.63 15.31 i5.57 ?5.60! ^?t.-. .. '5.43 15.43 15.36 15.43 15.55 ; Spots unchanged. 17.29. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. YesMTs Open High Low Clo?ee C'tor. Mareh . 15.59 15.79 15.27 ?5.72 15 74 May .?5.55 ?5.70 15.25 15.36 15.68 July . .15.25 ?5.47 15.04 15.38 15.44 0?t .?4.82 14.82 ?4.58 14.88 14.95 Spots 12 up. 15. "0. Steady. UVERI>00L C0TT?N. January 8.89 March - . 9.30 May . HI J?#y. S-24 Cttteher "02 Oecembtr . 9.82 Sales 6.000. Middling 9.3": Good Mid dling 10.10. 'Fools rush in where wise men throttle down and drive slowly. Oppose Water Power Tax - Manufacturers and Hydro; Electric Power Companies I Have Representatives Before Legislature _ j Columbia. Fob. 2.?A fight on the hydro-electric tax bill, now in the hands ot" the finance committee of the senate, was launched at a! public hearing before the commit tee Wednesday afternoon and is j being renewed this afternoon, with | representatives of manufacturers as well as hydro-electic company officials voicing protests. The chief cry is that the bill will work a hardship on small industries and In some instances make their ex istence precarious. P. Barren Crier, Greenwood at torney, spoke as attorney for the small industries, and G. Furman Xorris, of Greenville, also spoke for them. He mentioned the bleach ery at Greenville, the only one of its kind in the southeast, which he said would be gravely crippled, if this tax goes on. The plant is driven by liydro-electric power and the power manufacturers will pass the tax on to the consumers. Among those heard Wednesday afternoon, besides Mr. Grier and j Mr. Xorris were Zack Wright, of j Newberry, A. Foster McKissick, of Greenville: J. M. Kinard, of Xcw- ! berry: It. TS. Geer, of Greenville: Emelie Nicholson, of Union, and Choice Evans, of Spartanburg. Others attending the hearing were William E. Beattle. of Greenville; David Card well, of Greenville; Thos. I. Charles, Conestee, Green ville county; R. E. Ligon, Ander son; J. If. Morgan, Jr., Greenville; LeRoy Springs, Lancaster: Bishop j Isom. Spartanburg. and William j Perrin. of Greenville. It was announced that the i Southern Power Company would I be heard Thursday afternoon. Oth er manufacturers arc also to be ! heard before the committee reports | the bill back to the senate. , The argument advanced by the opposition is that the tax will in jure small manufacturers and will pass the tax burden dn to the ul timate consumer, thus not proving; a saving to the state's tax paying j population. Millionaire To Marry Workman ? Daughter of Norman B. Ream Picks Foreigner For Second ! Husband I _ Chicago, Feb. 2?Mrs. Mario.i B. Stephens, the heiress to the for-y j million dollars estate of her father the late No. man B. Ream, after a j hurried trip here returned to Xew | York for her mariage to Antase j Andrevitsch Vonstiatskoy, a young Russian employee of the Baldwin Locomotive^works. She said that! happiness is not a question of mon- | ey. She will live in a workingman'a cottage on her" husband' income. - Tax Postpone ment Law _ j Provisions of the Bill Passed by Both Senate and House j Columbia. Feb. 2.?The loud- j crying tax payer of the state is in- 1 terested largely in the action of the General Assembly in adopting a resolution* postponing the tax-pay- I ing time to June 1. The rcsolu- j tion. pased by both branches of the legislature, provides that on | 1921 taxes paid in January the! pennalty shall be one per cent; on | taxes paid in February, two per cent: March three per cent; April four. May five and after June 1 ; seven. The resolution also au- j thirizes the county treasurers to ] write up executions for taxes not paid by June L but to hold these until September 1, at which time j executions for all unpaid 11*21 | taxes shall be turned over to the 1 sheriffs. There is no additional cost on taxes paid prior to Sep- [ tenfber 1, except the penalties. The penalties are not cumulative. The resolution has a proviso to the ef- i feet that voters holding receipts for ; 1D21 taxes, though paid after the! required date, shall be allowed to vote in all elections. -?? ? ? ? Bank President Sent to Penitentiary Brunswick. Ga... Feb. 2? L. Car ter, president of the Jesup Bank ing company, charged with fraudu lent insolvency was found guilty ' and sentenced to not less than six years nor more than eight years in the penitentiary Sacred College Begins Sittings Rome, Feb. 2.?The sacred col lege conclave began its sittings to day to elect a new pope. Fifty-: two cardinals are cut off from th<< outside world until the task is tin - ished. The pope is expected to be ! elected within two days from tie moderate section of the sacred col- ! IeSe. ?? ? ? Negro Lynched in Mississippi Jackson. Miss.. Feb. 2.?Will Thrash* r. a negro who it is alleged attempted to attack a white school teacher, was lynched here today. ? ? ? - ? Washington. Feb. 2?The soldier bonus should be paid out of special | taxes, such as increased first and second class OStage and tobacco' levies, secretary Mellon declared before the bouse nays and means, committee. Sumter to Be Made Dairying Center Organization to Be Formed and Forces Mobilized to De velop New Industry The Sumter Creamery Company will be pushed for all it is worth and the dairy cow will be a prom inent feature of Sumter county's renewed prosperity that is quoted as "being just around the corner" waiting Tor somebody to invite "Miss Prosperity" to go and have a drink of nastu? rized milk and a nice creamery lunch, and to make Sumter her permannet home, free of taxes and with all special priv ileges due her as a lady and a prominent individual. At Sumter Chamber of Com merce rooms Monday an important meeting was held composed of stockholders of the Sumter Cream ery company with Mr, C. Schmolke, dairy specialist, of the United States department of agriculture, Mr. Neil O'Donnell. president of the First National Hank: Mr, J. P. Booth, president of the National Bank of Sumter: Mr. L,. D. Jen-? nings, president of the Peoples* Bank ofJSumtcr: Mr. Riley Brad ham, president of the Commercial Bank and Trust Company: R. B. Belser. president Carolina Farm Products Corporation, of Sumter. and E. I. Rcardon, manager-secre tary of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce.' Mr. P. M. Phis, president of the Sumter Creamery company pre sided. Mr. Schmolke is a government dairy specialist in charge of fifteen counties with permanent head quarters in Florence. The Sumter Chamber of Com merce has provided Mr. Schmolke with office room and put the equipment of this organization at his disposal, while Secretary Rcar don will render Mr. Schmolke ev ery possible assistance as will Miss Cairo Truluck, home dmconstration agent, and Mr. J. Frank Williams, farm demonstration agent, all with offices in the Chamber of Com merce working together to make dairying the biggest feature of tin light to "beat the boll weevil to it" if it takes all summer to do this stunt. The Sumter Creamery Company with its up-to-date sanitary pas tuerizing and cold storage equip ment for handling sweet milk, either raw or "pastucri/.cd. butter making, and skim and butter milk, and with its convenient creamery lunch room, is one of "Sumter's brag.enterprises, and it is in the market for one thousand pounds of butter fat daily, as this enterprise can not get sufficient milk with which to supply the de mand for butter and other delic ious products. The bank presidents at Monday's meeting showed great interest and each of them is a stockholder in the Sumter Creamery Company as are the other bank presidents of Suinfcr. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce wants to know of every farmer who wants to sell whole milk or hotter far. or who con templates going into the dairy cow business, this inquiry takes in all of the Pee Dec or Eastern Carolina counties and coastal counties. The extension service is willing to aid and assist the dairy indus try ia every possible way and Mr. Schmolke. the dairy specialist, is at present engaged in giving the Sum ter Creamery expert supervision and will advise the hoard of man agement with regard to the com plete reorganization of the business. iTarmers and dairymen needing Mr. Schmolkc's advice and as sistance may obtain same free of cost. The Chamber of Commerce is willing to put them into touch with him. Tuesday was the last day for tIn payment of state and county taxes with the one per cent penalty, and many taxpayers who did not set tle their tax bills before December 31st have paid up within the past few days. There are still several thousand property owners who arc delinquent, and now thai it is cer tain that the legislature will ex tend the time for payment of taxes until June 1st, with no executions to be issued until September.- a great many delinquents will make no effort to pay taxes until the eleventh hour. The extension of time for the payment of taxes is not an unmixed blessing, for it en courages the habit of procrastina tion. Many dcliquents against whom executions have been issued for i'.'L'n taxes, have slated that, if the time had not been extended last year, they could have and would have raised the money to pay their taxes, but taking advan tage of the extension and expecting something to turn up to better their financial condition, they used what money and resources they had, and when the pinch came they could not ^ret the money to pay the tax<-s. I: is no! safe to put off paying taxes and those who <;?n pi.v now should do so without delay. Aside from the personal] consideration, there is another j thai should have weight with all good citizens?unless the taxes are paid the state, county and school districts cannot ine?M their obliga-! lions. If taxes are noi paid a great number of schools will !?<? forced to close before tin- end of the Lerm. It will be impossible for tl"' trustees to borrow money to carry on the schools, and it would not be a wise policy to borrow the great amount of money that would in- required to finance all the school districts thai ;ir<- short of funds.' even wer?- it possible to negotiate I a loan. The seats in the auditorium of the county court house are now be ing repaired. All missing bolts are being carefully replaced and the seals :>r?- t<> !>?? put in first class condition. Tiny are also, to |>e made higher. The work is well un der way and is in charge of the local jinn ??f Turner :md Vaughn. Charter Granted ? Auxiliary Post ; _ I Officers Elected .For Sumter J Post No. 15 of Woman's | Auxiliary American Legion _ t Sumter now lias s fuirfledgcd] \ post of the Woman's Auxiliary of j jthe American Legion having been j granted their charter by the Na-! ! tional Executive committee of the. ' American Legion Auxiliary. The, j Sumter post'is to be known aa Tost j 15 of South Carolina, i The following are the officers | I elected at the meeting held Mon- j day afternoon for the purpose of' i permanent formation. -Mrs. E. Wr. Dabbs. Jr., President j Mrs. Mitchell Levi, 1st Vice-j President, j Mrs. It. IV Dunie, 2nd Vice - Pres-! j ident. Miss Sallie Rcinbert, Secretary, Mrs. Hal. W. Harby, Trcas- j : urer. -? ? ? Money Stolen From Residencej j Thief Enters Home of E. H.j Rhame, Jr., on Saturday j - Sometime during Saturday night: jthe home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Rhame, Jr.. 108 N. Wright street. I was entered by a thief and a sum of money stoleh. This is the sec : end time within the past six month? that this residence has i been entered, the thief on each j I occasion taking only money. It is j i stated that Mr. and Mrs. Rhame j have an idea as to who the thief t i might be and that in the future a sharp watch will be kept and the I miscreant if caught, will be severe- j j ly dealt with. ? ? ? Biggest Day Yet Three Stills and Much Mashj is Result of Long Day's j Hunt by Officers Shzeriff C. M. Hurst. Deputy j Sheriff H. G. McKagcn and Rural j Officers. Sam Newman, Alex Frier- j : son, Hamilton Doykin and Officer i : Mims of Pine wood, forming a raid - j j ing party, went out after 'em Wed-j ; nesday hot and heavy and were [successful in the rounding up of! three stills and their accompany-1 ing mash and the mash at the lo- j ? cation of the fourth still. All told, | ? it was the biggest day's work yet i j accomplished by the team oil i workers. The section worked was j I in the Privateer neighborhood and j the locations at . which "tho stills ; were found in I'.ig Pay. Dark Cor Ir.er, S. C. j The first still captured was a j solid copper outfit of about a GO j gallon capacity. This still is in the ! .Sheriffs office complete as al ? souvenir and reminder of the good j cay's work. About 3G0 yards from j this still mash was found and still j tin running gear. It is believed that! the still was carried from one Io? i cation to the other in the swamp ' las the mush got ready for the run.; (The second still taken was also of! about a C?o-gallon eapacit}*. but i was made of steel. The location of j fthis still was approximately seven; j mib-s from the finding of the first j I stilt. I ! The greatest accomplishment of; the b>ng day's work as is consider- i ed by th<- officers was the finding! ? if the big steam operated whis- ! j key plant three miles further on in \ Lrunson's Pay. This outfit was : I built to stand and has doubtless* been standing for a good while, j The outfit consisted of a boiler un- j der which the fire was built for the , I generating of the steam which was ; ( onveyed by a pipe to the,barrel in j 'which the ready mash was placed.; ?The boiler was fed from two large; elevate I barrels in which the water j was placed. The condensing coil of j the still was run off from the bar- ! i el in which the mash was heated j by the steam. The work around the j j boib r was of brick and was built; t<> stand. Extending around the j 'entire location of the still was a cord arrangement which when j ? slightly touched would ring a cow j bell suspended t<> a tree and there- ! by furnish warning as to the ap- j proach of anyone in the region of i the still. This plant was able to' handle the mash with some rapid-! .ity'aod must have been making) quite a good brand of pure corn.; Th?- entire outfit was reduced to j smithereens by the officers cap-! Hiring it and the coffee pots used! by the distillers, buckets, strainers! and all other outfit was confiscat ed. The total number of barrels of; j mash destroyed in the raid was; about fifteen, totalling some 730 j gallons of mash. . The officers left Sumter nt 9 j o'clock in the morning and >vere | unable to get back to the city un- j til S:30 o'clock Wednesday night.! They state that they surely had j some experiences. Killed in Coal Mine | Five Dead and Twenty-Two; Injured by Explosion at i Gates, Pa. _ l <;.ii<:\ Pa . Feb. -.- Five miners j were kilbd and twenty-two injur-] ed as the result of an explosion! in the Gates mine of the H. C. [?"rick Coke Company. Among the officers elected by: the 1'hi section of the Adelphian I Literary society of Furman Eni- j versity. Greenville. S. C. we find the names of Mr. W. K. Mobley of j Dalzell w ho was elected to the of fice of sergeant of arms, and Mr. i DuPre Ithame of Sumter. elected as assistant sergeant at arms. These officers are to serve during the | second half of the collegiate year. - BILLS OF SEN. ! MILLER CAUSE BIG FIGHT ? I No Votes Are Reached in Effort to Abolish State Railroad Com mission j - Columbia, Feb. 1.?The warmest I debate of the session, in the senate j came today over the bills of Senator j Miller, of Darlington, to consok date the railroad and public service j commission's and to require tele- j phone companies to furnish inter- j urban service without additional cost between points not more than i thirty miles distant. Xo vote was j reached on the bill at the day ses- j sion, debate being adjourned until the night session. The Darlington senator offered! two amendments to his measures; today. The first was to the tele phone bill and limited the intcrur- j ban service which they would be required .to furnish under the pro-I posed law to points not more than thirty niiles apart. This amend- : ment was adopted. The second amendment was to the railroad j commission bill and provides that the present' members of the com-1 mission would continue as mem- j tiers* of the enlarged commission ' until their terms of ofliee expire, j This amendment was not voted | upon. j Considerable feeling was dis-1 played in the debate today, the! Darlington senator pressing his bills with great vigor, while Sena- | tors Crosson, of Lexington, and j Bonham. of Greenville, defended the commission with much vigor. \ Senator Miller charged in the j course of his speech that the hand ! that wrote the decision of the South Carolina Railroad Commis- j sion in the rate case was the same as the hand that wrote the decis ion of the Mississippi decision. To substantiate his charge he read a; paragraph from the decision of the! Mississippi commission and hand ing Senator Duncan, of Union, a copy of the South Carolina dcci-H sion asked him to follow it close ly. When he finished he asked the senator from Union if the paragraphs were .similar. The sen ator, from Union, addressing the chair, said tho paragraphs were identical. ... Senator Bonham of Greenville, asked the Darlington senator if, when he went to court for a de cree, he did not have the decree prepared for the judge fo sign. . "That is a fatal admission for the senator from - Greenville to make," replied Senator Miller, ' that the atotrney for this billion dollar corporation wrote th*- decision ?if fec'ting* the people of South Caro lina:" The senator from Darlington charged that the attorney general was not permitted to represent the State of South Carolina at the hearing, quoting from a transcript of the testimony to show that h.? took practically no part in the hearing.' He charged that tne chairman of the railroad commis sion w?s hostile to the interests of those protesting against the rates, quoting from the testimony which he thought tended to sub stantiate the charge. He paid trib ute to the fight made by Congress man McSwain of Greenville, to pre vent the raise in rates, saying that lie had to make the fight over the ! head of a hostile commission. Senator Crosson began his! speech by paying tribute to Frank W." Shealy. chairman of the rail road commission, whose character i he declared to be unimpeachable, lie paid tribute to the other two members of the board and .said ; that he felt that the senator from ; Darlington ought to apologize to j them for (ho "dirty" attack which j he made on them in a place where ? they could not defend themselves, j The Lexington ^senator said the ? railroad commission was a hoard ! of arbitration to stand between the ; people and the railroads, and that : the members had done their duty j as they saw it. He said that the complainants in the telephone case had appeared before the commis- j sion and after losing their case i there had appeared before the j courts, and had lost there. He did ! not think the senate the place to j correct the evil. The complainants | ought to be satisfied, he thinks, to take their medicine. Senator Young of Charleston thought the general assembly i would be setting a very dangerous precedent if it abolished the com- j mission. The members were elect-| ed by the people and are doing ; their best. They are the represch- ; tatives of the people and the cor- i porations. They have made an un- ; popular decision, but the senator i asked if the senators thought they wanted to make that decision, j It would have been much easier for j them to have shut their eyes and decided the case differently, but; would it have been right'.' He I asked if an attempt should be j made to abolish the supreme j court in the event it made an un popular decision ? Senator Bonham. of Greenville. ' said that the argument of the j senator from Darlington in its last analysis is that the railroad com- , mission ought to be abolished be cause it is incompetent, inefficient ? dishonest and corrupt. To pass the measures would be in effect for ; the senate to say to the members of the commission that they had \ been unfaithful to the trust i in - posed on them by the people. He I ilso paid high tribute to the per- i ?jonnel of the commission saying j haf the fact that the chairman : liad done the almost impossible by being re-elected had placed the! stamp of approval upon him. He j lefended the dvebei??? of the com mission in the telephone rate case. Senators J. H. Johnson and VVatkins spoke against the hill and Senator Kagsdale in favor of it. At the night session Senato: Duncan, of Union, spoke in favor of the hill He said that the im pression is prevalent that tin- rail road commission is composed of only one man. He said in his opin ion the commission is now com posed of cross-road politicians. Senator Baskin, of Leo. spoke m favor of the measure as did Sen ator Wightman, of Saluda. and Sen ator Hogers, of Spartanburg. Senator Williams. of Aikeii. spoke against the hill. Senators Laney and Christensen spoke in favor of the measure after which debate was adjourned until tomorrow at 11 o'clock. BOYS' CLUB IfRIZE WINNERS. Junior Farmers Make Fine Rec ords in 1021. Clcmson College, Jan. 31.?Some idea of the significance of hoys' club work may In; gained from the report on boys' club work for 1021 just made public by L. L. Baker, supervising agent, which shows that the first prize winner in the corn club made 141.5 bushels at a cost of IS cents per bushel: the first prize winner in the cotton club made 2,771 pounds of seed cotton at a cost of 2 cents per pound, and the .irst prize winner in the peanut club made 5G.3 bush els at a cost of 57 cents per bush el. The state prize winners, the prizes won. and the donors of prizes are given below for the five classes of ciubs. It is worthy of special note that the first prize winner in the pig club contest was! a girl, Betty E. Turner, Winnsboro, R. 3. Corn Club Winners. First?Walter Brigman, Mallory, i Dillon county. (141.3 bushels at | IS cents per bushel), (a) Gold; 'watch, value 550 by W. H. Mixson Seed Co.. Charleston. <b) $25 by Gcer Drug Co.. Charleston, j Second?Wallic Turbevilic, Mai- j ; lory, Dillon county. (137.G bush-j i els at 26.3 cents per bushel), (a) j ! ?2,~> by IL G. Hastings Seed Co.. At [ lanta. Ga.. (b) Ton fertilizer by. j Ashepoo Fertilizer Works, Charles I ton. j Walter Bigman was awarded ! also one tori of fertilizer by ! ; Planters Fert. and Bhos. Co.. Char- < I leston. offered to the member mak- ! ; ing largest yield regardless of ! ! cost. Cotton Club Winners. j First?Douglas Brigman, Mai-j I lory. Dillon county. (2771 pounds! I of seed cotton a: 2 cents pound). ; ! (a) $100 by Soil Improvement 1 j Committee, Atlanta. Ga. j Second ? Clarence McMillan, j Campobello. Spartanburg county. I j (2740 pounds of seed cotton at 2 j 1-2 cents per pound), (a) ?2D by ! H. G. Hastings Seed Co. fb) Ton * j fertilizer by Ashepoo Fertilizer' :. Works. Peanut Club Winners, j First?Eugene Smith. Lynch- ; ! burg, Lee county. (5G.5 bushels at , I 57 cents per bushel), (a) $50 by j H. G. Hastings Seed Co. (b) On, ; half ton fertilizer by Ashepoo Fer- I : tilizer Work*-. Second?W. E. Arnold. 'Bcthune, Kershaw county. (30.2 bushels at: : 75 cents per bushel), (a) $25 by! 'Gcer Drug Co. (b) One-half ton i (fertilizer by Ashepoo Fertilizer1 i Works. i Pig Club Winners. I First?Betty E. Turner. Wiuus-1 j boro, Fairfield count:'. (a) $251 by Geer Drug Co. (b) Ton of fer-i i tHizer by Ashepoo B'ertilizer! "Works. (<?> $2? by Shulcr Bros, i \ a nee. S< cond?Robert Stevenson, Jr.. I I Winnsboro. (a) $1*5 by S. C. j State Bankers' Association. (b) | Eastman Kodak by Lanncau's Art Store, Charleston. i Calf Chili Winners. First?Chas. 11. Patrick. White! Oak. Fairfield county, (a) $25 by S. C. State Bankers' Association. ] (b) Ton of fertilizer by Ashepoo! Fertilizer Works. Second?W. JO. Elliott. Wisacky. j Loo county, (a) ?25 by Gcer Drug' Co. (b) One-half ton fertilizer by F. S. Koyster Co.. Columbia. Goes to Electric Chair Tomorrow Columbia, Feb. 2?Curtis Frank lin. Aikcn county negro, convicted several months ago of criminal assault on a white won.au will die in the electric chair at the state; penitentiary tomorrow. It is stated , at the prison that all is in rcadi- 1 ness for the execution. Abraham Williams, aged Orang;- : burg county negro, who was to have ? died the same day for attempted ! assault on a young white girl, has had his sentence reprievd to Aprd 7th, to give the pardon board fur-j ther time to consider the petition for a pardon for the ncgiO. - Boston Bank Wrecker Indicted Boston. Feb. 1?Max Mitchell.! president of the defunct Cosmopoli tan Trust Company, was arrainged i to day on indictments charging larceny of a million and live hun dred thousand dollars. lb? pleaded not guilty, and was released on ?50,000 bond. CHESTER SOLDIER DENIES REPORT Washington. Feb. 2.?Ivy Hen derson, of Chester. S. C. told tin senate com mitt eo be had no: said, as reported, that Colonel I^angdon reported Colonel Faul Mai one. of Camp Be lining. Ga., for shooting a soldier. j , NINE BODIES RECOVERED Gates. Feb. 2.?Nine miners' | bodies have been brought out Tw . ut-y :i t still entombed. Another Victim of Knickerbocker Theatre Disaster Assistant Postmaster General Shaughnessy Dies as Result of Injuries Received Washington. Feb. 2.?Second Assistant Postmaster General Shaughnessy died last night of the injuries received in the Knicker bocker theatre disaster*. This brings the total deaths officially re corded by the police up to ninety eight. Marines' Friend "When Edward H. ShaughnesseyV second assistant postmaster general, was reported dying at Walter Reeo" Hospital as a result of injuries re ceived in the Knickerbocker The? atcr disaster, 40 U. S. Marines vol , unteered to give their blood for a : transfusion. . Death. Mrs. Mary Alice Leuoir. wife of the late S. F. Lenqir, of Hagood, died Wednesday night at S o'clock. She was the daughter of Mr. Jas. D. and Mary Council of P.oone, at which place Mrs. Lenoir was rear ed and spent her childhood days. Mrs. Lenoir was Go years of age. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W. C. Graham and Mrs. War- j rcn Moise of Sumter, and two sons, Messrs. J. F. and S. I. Le noir of IIap:ood. The funeral services will be held at the High Hills Baptist church at Statcbur?; at 12 o'clock noon. Friday, February 3rd. The funeral processing leaving the residence. No. 36 Chestnut Street, at 1U o'clock. Order from Judge Smith Docs Not Disturb*;; Jennings. In'reference to the order issued by Judge H. A. M. Smith restrain ing Sumter city council from in terfering with the Sumter Gas and Power company's charge of a ?2 rate per thousand for gas. Mayor L. D. Jennings says he is not wor ricd by the situation and that the supreme court has passed on sim ilar cases, lie says that he feels confident that the linal decision of tin- courts in this case will hold that the gas company is bound by the contract rate as set forth in its franchise with the city and that the power lies with city council alone to increase that rate or change it in any way. Mayor Jen nings further stated that counsel had been employed and that the order from court would be attend ed to in due course. Rome, Feb. -.?The Italian gov ernment of Premier Bonomi has decided to resign, according to a senii-oilicia! report. Washington, Feb. "?The popu lation of Soviet Russia has de creased by eighteen million since the war. according to a commerce department statement today. Building the yi?fi Dairy Industry The Cow, Aided by Sow and Hen Can Beat the ; Boll Weevil ^ f The campaign to build up the dairy industry in Sunder county is being mapped out at Sujritcr Cham ber of Commerce roons by Mr. C. Schmolke. daii*y speciahst of the United States Depart rn?ct-*of Agri culture who arrived here Satur day. A number of committees''of local merchants, farmers, bankers: and other business men of the Sum.r ter Chamber of Commerce, and stockholders of the Sumter Cream ery Company together with the co operation of the Young Men's Busi ness Deague. Miss Caro Truluck, Home Demonstration Agent, Mr. J. Frank Williams und Secretary B. I. Reardon will be appointed a? once to do what can be- done' to ward an education;-.l campaign i.o increase the consumption of milk and to induce Sumter peopte *to purchase home produced butter, and to induce farmers to put ia dairy facilities and to increase tl.*> number of milk cows on Sumtef county's farms in order**ha* plenty of butter fat will be ooppliec. for making thousands of ? pounds cf butter, feeding skimmed milk lo chickens reducing fertilizer bt*&C increasing truck production, with manure from milk cows, etc. The fight "to beat the boll weevil, to. it" with the chief aid of the'dairy industry, supplemented by plenty of sweet potatoes, trrck. corn, oatb. hogs, beef cattle, poultry, eggs, hay, beans, peas, and other "live a> home" and marketable crops to take the place of cotton is on in full blast in Sumter county. These efforts should meet witb the enthusiastic spport* 4olF*evory business man, every farmer, and every consumer in ;>inhrer ? and Sumter county, and the, enthusi asm, interest and flnineial supped should be kept up vigorously and continuously for years to coined Sweet potato production and sweet potato curing and -storage houses all over this county should be pushed rapidly from now on. In its efforts to "put over*'' these things the Sumter Chambe of Commerce is entitled to. the co operation and the support, of every man and woman i:i Si miter'conn-., ty. Mr. Schmolke should.'bo giveTn to understand in no micfrtain man ner that his pres.V'Ce in Sumter county 5s appreciated Call on him at Chamber of Commerce and he will tell you any thing you want to know about the milk cow or dairy industry. Ho has -charge of fifteen Fee Dee and Eastern Cafo lan counties, with permhadnt head quarters at Florence, but wiUjtrjrV^ - a goodly portion to his time and experience in expert supindsion of the Sumter Creamer\T\*f^fct ?&j will also holp out the farmers. inT tcrcsted in the dairy cojij propos!. tion in any county. * ? ? ? .... i Indianapolis. Feb. 2^-r-Th^ sealo* committee of the United Mine Workers meet here next Wednes day to formulate the demands of the miners to replace . 'flic wage agreements expiring April ?1st. Endorse Simonhott i Dill . . At a called meeting vof'-the Wo man's Auxiliary of ? - Episcopal church at Sumter, the motion was made and carried that^thls branch, of the Woman's Auxilfary go on. record as approving of*the Simon hoff bill, and of the State .Coard. of Health being kept intact, that our senator arid representatives bo urged to give these two measures., their favorable consideration;. Woman's Auxiliary to "the* Pre siding Bishop and Council at Sumter. "Landlords Cause Rent Suits."? Headline. Yes, and rent socks, too.?Flint Journal. Will Hays" career wo'tifcr -make feature picture: his salary alone is enough to make one recl.-~ Washington Post. I The National Bank of South Carolina I OF SUMTER, S. C. I I The Moet P?l9?tak!ns service with OOURTK8T c&ptu? $300.ooo lurplu? a*d Proftt* rmo>g and progressiv? Glre us the Plca?ure ol ferrlnc yoq The Bank With the Chime Clock. c. g. ROWLAND, Pre*. harle rowland, Gutter The business of America demands at this lime ih? l)esl banking service obtainable FIRST NATIONAL BANK SUMTER, 8. c. NEILL O'PONXELL President archtf ^jrHNA o. L. TAXES Vice Pr yAemt CubJer