Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Watchman and Sottjiron 5nt?w>d ?t the Postoffice at Sum ten g. C as ScconU Class Matter. PERSONAL. Mr. C. M. Holt of Greenville is .?isiting his siter, Mrs. J. W. Carroll, j v Miss Eugenia Miller went to | Flock Hill today where she will j ?pend the week-end with friends 1 n Winthrop College. I Mrs. H. M. Stuckey has return- j ?d to her home in Surnter after j laving spent several weeks in? Washington. D. C. j Mr. Charlie McFadden is a busi- ; visitor in Columbia today. Mrs. ?. S, Plowden of Manning j ment today with relatives in the j Sty while enroute for Orangeburg. | " Mr. "Railroad" Clark, of base- j :all fame, Sumter's pitcher of sea- j *" ion before last, spent a short while ' n Sumter. Mr. Clarke has recently ' i>een playing with a league in Bal haaore. His home is in Est ill of '.. .his state. Mrs. L: M. King has been called \ ;o Columbia on account of the ill- 1 "ress of her mother ? Miss Marie Hammett has gone to Augusta, Ga., where she has enter- j ad training in the University Hos- ? ;>ital. Miss Arual Lebby, who has been ; on an extended lyceum tour! through the middle west, has re- ! turned to Sumter for a few months ; rest; having completed the circuit; 3f the Boston Lyceum Company. I tx whom she was employed. . Mr. and Mrs. J. 1^. Dollard of j Greenville are visiting in the ctiy. ? Mr. Geo. Buitman left this morn- j for Clinton to spend the week 2nd. Solicitor Frank A. McLeod has returned to Sumter,from Columbia ! where he spent several days on j bussiness. j Mr. Herman Love Duncan left j Friday night for Augusta. Ga., j wrhere he will spend the week-end. j Mr. Eugene Purdy of the Uni versity of South Carolina is at his >ome m the city on a week-end vis i. -' Mr. H. IT. Edmunds of Columbia ] ra? in tJx* city today on ousiness. j "Mr. I. C. Strauss returned to his | iome in the city Friday from a j business trip to New York City. i Mr. Merley James went to Co- [ um-bia this morning to begin a course at Draughn's Business Col- J ege. - Xittle Hattie Wells Owens is j ,'isiting her little friend, Lorene j BaJcer, in Lynch burg, i w Mrs. R. L. Benton oi Greenville j ?efurned home yesterday after a j i risit with her mother, Mrs. Davis, ! >n -Oakland avenue. Mrs. George Wilson of Camden j pent the week end with her mother Vfrs. Davis on Oakland avenue. Mr! C. A. Bruher left Monday i norning for La mar on business, j Mr. Jack Wright of the Univer- j iity -of South Carolina is spending j be week-end at his home in; the | M- , . : Mrs? William H. Bowen and lit- ] U, daughter, Margarite. of Augus a,. Ca,, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. :L G. McKagen for several days. * Miss Lila Briggs, of S?mmerton, s the visitor of Miss Caroline Rich'- ,: irdson. Mr. Louis Lyons has returned j o Sumter from a business trip to ; <ew York. Miss Lilis McCollum returned to j ^hicora College today after spend- j ng the week-end at her home in j Sumter. * Mr. Sam Richardson of Winston- j 3alem, X. C. is spending the day j n Sumter on business. Mr.'Rich- ; irdson is a former resident of.: ?Sumter. Miss Blanche Smith has return ed to Sumter from a business trip 3f several days in New York city. Petty Jurors Drawn for Second; Week. The following names have been ! ^Irawn to serve as members of the j - petty jury during the second week it the court of general sessions j ffrhich convenes in Sumter for its \ spring term on February 13th; J. M. DuBose, Oswego, R. L F. T. Mclnvail, City. Silas Mellette, City. W. D. McClam. Olanta. J. P. Touchberry, Pinewood. - T. C. Idol. City. R. E. Xewman, Sumter, R. 1. - J. P. Booth, Jr.. City. E. C. Kolb, Sumter. * B. L. ?.fontague, City. Brent Mellette. Sumter, R. 2. W. L. Williams. City. B. Randle. City. S. W. Hawkins, Rembert. T. W. Geddings, Tindals. H. B. Fraser, Oswego. S. J. Bradford, City: E. A. Terr.% Oswego. JV T. James, City. A. B. Bradham, City. G. L. Geddings. Wedgefield. * A. L. Ardis, Sumter. R. 2. A. H. Sanders, Hagood. C. H. Lewis, Sumter. W. C. Johnson, City. Geo. W. Hutcheson. City. Ralph LoymvCity. T. W. McCollum, City. A. P. Mims. Lynchburg. E. W. McCallum, City. * W. F. White, Sumter. Ii. 1. J. R. Chandler, City. W. T. Green. Shiloh. A. P. Hinson. Tindals. Isaac Strauss, City. T. S. Weldon, Dahcell. F.. 2. Picture Star to Appear in Person Miss Louise Fazenda, star of the Hack Sen nett Comedies, is sc hed ged to appear in person in the lex Theatre on Wednesday. Miss "azenda is making a tour of the ountry and has placed Sumter on ler visiting list. She will make wo appearances in the afternoon md two during the evening show. n a little original vaducville sketch. Dne of the latest and best pictures .vi 11 be in showing at the time of ier visit. London. Feb. 6.?A mob of In dian nationalists attacked police of fices, killing all the policemen and Duraing a building. A Young Mother A Negro Girl, Aged Twelv Years and Eight Months, Gives Birth to Son A negro girl of the Brogdon neighborhood, who is only twelve years and eight months olcf. gave birth, on last Thursday night, to a well developed and healthy boy infant, and both mother und child were at last accounts doing well. The report is vouched for by a well known citizen of the Brogdon sec tion, on whose place the parents of the girl live, and the age of the girl has been thoroughly au thenticated. It is stated that the girl is fairly large and well devel oped for a child of her age, but is not at all abnormal in these re spects. She is the youngevst mother of which there is record in this section. Master's Sale Held Two Transactions Made Under Master's Papers The following parcels of land were sold at public auction at the Court House Monday under the order of E. C. Haynswoth. Mas ter. In the case of W. T. Hasty vs. Al bertine Hasty, one lot on "Wright street. Sold to Attorneys Harby. Xash and Hodges for the sum of $2.600. Case of Harvin vs. Johnson, sev eral lots in the Pinewood section. Sold to Bee and Moise, attorneys, for the sum of $500. Johnson-Foresman_ Wedding. An nounced Electric Mills, Miss., Jan.-31 ? Mr. and Mrs. David Howard For esman of Electric Mills announce the marriage at high noon Sunday, the twenty-ninth of January, of their daughter, Jeanne All to Mr. Gerald Johnson, of Scooba, Miss. Although the engagement of the young couple was announced at the large Xew Year's Eve reception at rhe Foresman home, the marriage was not expected until the spring. The bride was married in a hand some afternoon gown of fawn, du vetyn with a small spray of na tural orange blossoms in her hair. Mrs. Foresman, who was matron of honor, wore embroidered black sa tin trimmed in monkey fur. Dr. Clayton Thomas of Scooba was Mr. Johnson's best man. and Rev. Mr. King of Scooba united the couple with an impressive ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson left Sunday af ternoon for a honeymoon trip to Memphis ami other points. For traveling Mrs. Johnson wore a stun ning navy Poiret twill frock with a handsome Etruscan red coat and hat to match. Many friends were at the station to bid the couple Godspeed and good luck; several accompanied them as far as Scoo ba, the groom's home, where an other large gathering ( of friends | were waiting with the usual rice shower and other emblems of good luck. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will be at i iiome after their return with the bride' parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. ! Foresman, at Electric Mills, until this spring. Mrs. Johnson has visited Meri- ! dian often since living in Electric Mills, and was the guest of Miss ?Yetta Threefoot early in January for the standard club Xew Year's ball.?Medician Star, Miss., Jan. 31. ? ? ?- ? : COTTON MARR'JT NEW YORK COTTON. YestxJys Open High Low Ctose Close March . .16.60 16.72 16.45 16.65 16.71 May .16.25 16.45 16.15 16.40 16.41 July _ .. 15.83 16.05 15.75 16.03 16.02 Oct .15.33 15.49 15.30 15.48 15.51 Dee. . 15.30 15.40 15.27 15.40 15.45 v". 3 down. 16.95. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Yestdys .Open High Low Close Close March .. _ 15.45 15.62 15.28 15.57 15.60 May.15.35 15.57 15.20 15.50 15.53 July . _ .15.10 15.35 15.00 15.29 15.32 Oct. _ .14.57 14.76 14,55 14.76 14.76 Dee. .. _ _ 16.42 Spous -j down. 13.">0. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January . 8.89 March . 9.2S May .. 9.28 July . 1.25 October . 9.04 December . 8.94 Saks ?>.'JQ0. Middling 0.1?: Good Mid dling 0.91. ^ A Judge With Tliree Wives. Moscow. Jan. 12.?Tangled do mestic affairs of a Soviet judge have just been brought to light by his arrest by the Cheka. After he had been taken away from his apartment where he was supposed to be living alone, three young and pretty women called there and each claimed to be his wife and wanted to know his prison ad dress so as to send him food. The three wives held a confer ence and agreed to pool their food contributions and leave the ques tion as to which one \v:is bis wife to he determined alter bis release. On Whiskey Charge. Gardner Robinson, colored, was arrested in Stateburg on Saturday night by Rural Officer Alex Xor ris on the charge of transporting whiskey. Robinson was brought di rectly to Sum tor and was lodged in the county jail. Nearly a gallon of the contraband whiskey was found on the negro. To break a (old take CG6.?Ad vertisement. ?. . ? ? ? The motorist who ran over the same man twice will have to be quicker on his thitd attempt. 6?6 cures Bilious Fever.?Adver tisement. Today's puzzle: Will bootleg w up? m + * Bub-My-Tisrn for Rheumatism Advei tisement. I SCB-LANl) TRAVIX. Washington, Jan. 24.? "While New Yorkers are speculating about the building of a tunnel under the narrows to connect Stuten Island with Brooklyn. Frenchmen are discussing the possibility of the construction of :i tunnel under i lu st raits 01 Gibraltar. "Sub-sea and aerial travel are comparatively recent: sub-land communication, which is infinitely harder to achieve but involves less scientific knowledge is an ancient as the Egyptians and American Indians." says a bulletin from the Washington. 1). C, headquarters of the National Geographic So ciety. 9 '"The possibility of rail connec tions between points like New Jer sey and Brooklyn, or loading a freight train in London for a vir tually all-rail trip to Cape Town. South Agrica. is more than the imagination of the ancients con templated. A political aspect of the latter project is the putting of France in direct communication via Spain, with her colonies in North Afri'-a. Europe-to-Africa by Tunnel? "Though it is probable that the much discussed tunnel beneath the English Channel will not material ize for some time to come. :l tun nel joining the continent of Europe with Africa, should a study of the geological conformation of the Mediterranean prove it feasible, would put France in direct com munication through Spain with her colonies in northern Africa. "Though modern tunnel pro jects make the layman gasp at the audacity with which engineers burrow through age-old moun tains, unmindful of seemingly im possible barriers, tunnelling has been known since very early times. "Egyptians. Numidians and American Indians hollowed out underground passages to their tombs or temples, and early inhabi tants on the Euphrates temporar ily diverted the waters of that mighty river aside while they bor ed into the soft ground beneath the river and walled up the passage with brick masonry. The Romans had more protemious ideas and excavated a 15.000 foot passage through the Posilipo hills near Naples. "Human Moles'* Pierce Alps. "Human moles have made tracks through the rock-ribbed bases of the proud Alps. The second pas sage of The Simplon tunnel, the longest in the world, will be open ed to tourist traffic early in li?22. Thus will be given an opportunity for repairiig the first of these tun nels which has, since its opening in 1905, borne the burden of the travel between France and Italy through Switzerland. Above the roof of this tunnel, the 12 1-4 miles of which constitute the long est railway tunnel in the world, rises the Simplon Pass. Napoleon saw the strategic importance of this pass and caused the present carriage road to be built over it. "The Simplon tunnel was de signed with a double passage, eacfy section of which measures 1 *J 1-2 feet wide, but heretofore only one has been completed. One interest ing feature of the tunnel is that i; is straight throughout except for short curves at the ends where the tracks through it join those on the outside. Tthe trains, driven by electricity, pass through i: in about 25 minutes. A Route of 50 Tunnels. "One of the most interesting railroad lines through the Alps is the Gotthard line with its 50 tun nels connecting Switzerland and Italy. The St. Gotthard tunnel, which is between nine kand ten miles long, is older than the Simp lon. The chief point of difference between the two is in the grade. The Simplon is driven a' a much lower altitude and consequently can be used for express service and can carry freight at a much low er figure. The air in tin- Gotthard Tunnel is fresh and free from smoke. Since the building of these and other tunnels through tin- Alps, the famous old passes which have figured so conspicuously in history are becoming less frequented. Ro mance still clings to Mont Genevre, proVably crossed by Hannibal, and surely by Caesar in 58 R. C. and to Mont Cenis. which heard the tread of the Prankish kind's as they marched into Lombardy. Then there are the little St. Bernard which Caesar also used, and the Great St. Bernard, famous for its hospic founded in S5!?. and re founded in the eleventh century by St. Bernard of Menthon. Which gave succor to the losi and needy among the thousands of pilgrims who were on their way to Rome. "To quench the thirst of New York City men now are cutting their- way beneath a part of the Catskill Mountains for almost 1 * miles, so that, during the season of plenty. 600.0O0.000 gallons of water daily may be diverted from the Schoharie watershed into the Ashokan reservoi r. A Long Mining runnel. "When miners in the <"rij?;?I<? Creel; gold districts found they must dig deeper into the earth for the precious met:fl. water poured in upon them and hampered their operations. Pumps failed ;<? re lieve the situation, so heads gether and it was decided that a tunnel must be built. Tims the Roosevelt Deep Drainage Tunnel, one of the l<>n^< st mining tunnels in the world, which was completed in ! '.'L' 1. c.une int o being. "< >n the Toulouse; to nareelona railway through the Pyrenees mountains, which is now in tin process of construction, there are ten snort tunnels in the region, "i the Ariege gorge, tin- longest of which is in the form ol a spiral in order to effect a climb <<: 2o" i. . : up the mountains. There i>? also aii iutcrnationl tunmd on the Paris to Madrid route which passes 2.."2'I feet below the peak ??! Tohasso. "The New Zealand Alps have since 1:907 beer: holding out against the engineers who have dated to I try to burrcw beneath them, but j soon it is hoped that the provinces of Canterbury and Westland will ' be connected by rail through a tun nel which will stand for the great est undertaking of its kind the Southern Hemisphere can boast." ; Germany's Campaign for Commer cial Control. Kiel. Germany, Dec. ?The machine guns of peace, pneumatic riveters, are rattling day and night in the former war harbor of Kiel. | where a score of large commercial | ships arc under construction, the j majority of them for use in the i campaign Germany is waging for control of the maritime commerce of the world. All of the great shipyards are , active, but not all of them are .working toward increasing the German commercial fleet. Scores of Scandinavian. Dutch and English ships are docked here, undergoing repairs or being remodelled. The eost to the foreigners is negligible, and the Germans are willing to work. The mouth of the Kaiser William canal is congested with, the traffic that is cutting through from the ' north to the Baltic sea. It is upon I this traffic that Kiel hopes to build its commercial future: this and the i shipment of cargoes to the north, w-hen commerce with Russia ! flourishes again. Laborers at Kiel are paid 4 00 to ; 500 marks per week, and skilled labor runs in some cases to 1.500 marks a week, for an eight-hour I day. The unions are strong and have forced the payment of time and. a half for overtime. The cost of living is low. The Krupp works are the busiest, and Hugo Stinnes, Germany's chief j industrialist, is the best patron. He j built freighters and tankers Out of ! former I'-boats. Two of these re cently made a round trip to Mexico in good time and without accident, i When loaded the rounded U-boat j understructure is 1 elow the water line, but the boats present an odd appearance when in ballast. The hulks of several warships are being slowly dismantled, ev ery piece of iron being carefully stowed away for use i:i the build ring of commercial boats. Bessarabia The Bone of Contention Be tween Russia and Rumania Moscow. Dec. 17 (The Asso ciated Press)?-The business con ditions of both Russia and Ruman ia continue to be affected by the uninterrupted exchange of diplo matic notesb et ween (hose coun tries during a period of two years over the possession of Bessarabia, j now occupied by the Rumanian army with civil officials cooperate ing in the occupation. Business men near Russian fron tiers have been frightened by these notes, thinking they would lead to war at any time. American busi ness men and bankers in Con ' stantinople have refused loans or participation in investments in volving either Rumania or the Ukraine because of these notes. Yet. to any one who has ob j served the tenor of these notes and ; read between the lines, they have 1 never appeared serious. Ruman ! tans and Russian politicians have understood each other perfectly all the while and probably laughed in I their sleeves while penning vitrio lic notes which, had any other i countries been involved, would ; have either terminated in war or a reasonable adjustment. Bessarabia, in pre-war days, was a Russian province, best known in tile United States as the seat of : frequent .Jewish massacres. ccs j pecially at Kishinev. In the gen eral war. the Rumanians, having been overrun by Germans and Bul gars Red to Bessarabia. The Nat ional treasure and crown jewels, together with the jewels of the ordniary citizens of the city were i bundled upon the royal train es caping from General Mackensen and taken to Russia, and later to Moscow. A little later Russia went Bolshevik, and this treasure was absorbed by the new government. What has for several years prov ed an apparent misfortune to Ru mania'may now be a blessing in disguise. It may lead Soviet Rus sai. unable to pay back this mon ey, to surrender Bessarabia. Dur ing all the hum notes between the two foreign offices, there has been a sarcastic tendency on the part of tin- Rumanians to ask: "When do 'you intend to return thai money you stole?" George Chitchcrin. the Russian Foreign minister, has not infre quently asked: "When will Ru mania's squatter army skedaddle?" The impression prevails here that Russia with her new economic pol iey. will tun only refrain from war but conclude t<> let Rumania re main i" occupation for several years at least. Then, when tin- horizon is clear and business good, a Rus sia a army may march in and take Ressn rabiat Having nothing else to break, the ex-kaiser has broken silence. After days of fierce fighting over the bonus Pill Congress will want ti- paSS one fof itself. One reason why a lot of child i%?n s.-e "object ionable movies., is t hat t h . can't he left at home a b?ne. I'iftshurgh Pn ss. -ft m ? ? | miss my husband." wails a prominent divorcee. A little prac tice v, on Id improve In r aim. io.c cuivs Malarial Fever.?Ad vet t isemetvt. WANT PICAS. We want WHITE PEAS. If you have any see us for prices. Want your other peas also. C. Ii. Strauss Co., 11 Dugan St. Phone 693. Refuses to Kill Corporation Bill j Motion to Strike Out Enact ing Words Loses, 17 to 6 ! Columbia. Fob. 3.?The Senate j today refused by a vote of 17 to If? ; i to strike out the enacting words or [the House bill to require corpora-, Itions to make annual reports and ; to pay an annual license fee. The. effect of the bill would be to raisei the license tax on corporations from one-half mill to one mill on each i ; dollar of the value of the property j ! of such corporations used within: : this State in the conduct of its business. Debate on the measure! j was adjourned until Tuesday night after the refusal to strike out the ! enacting words. A fight was made on the bill in 'the senate today by Senators Ba I ker of Florence. Black of Bamberg, j Baskin of Lee and Hart of York. : Senators YVatkins of Anderson, La-: i ney of Chesterfield. Christensen of j j Beaufort and Beaseley of Williams- ' ; burg spolte in favor of the bill. Senate? Hart of York in renew- j ; ing his motion to strike out the enacting words of the measure, [again stated his de?wc to support | i the remedial tax measures, hut said j that this bill did not seek new. -sources of revenue, bur merely dou bled the taxes which domestic cor porations are already required to pay. He thought that corporations were taxed enough already. i j Senator Beaseley of William:-- : (burg said that he thought one rev ! I son that the corporations had offer- j jed no objection to mis measure; was that they realized that if this; bill became a law along with other; bills on the tax program that their j taxes would be reduced in the ag gregate, lie said tue lief i.se ta*; | was really in the not ere of a fran- j chise tax. The franchise o: corpo rations give them certain privi-, leges which they ou?rht to be will ing to pay a small sum for. He i thought the measure a just one. Senator Watkins pointed out that the bill was one made necessary '? by the emergency which exis*r '? within the state. II?' thought it ! just and equitable. He thought property taxes ought to be reduced 1 to a minimum. He called at ten- ? tion to the fact that in North Caro Iina the property tax has been re-I duced to four mills. Senator Clack said corporations \ v ere merely groups of individuals. He would not impose on a corpor- ! a tion any quicker than he would ; an individual. He believes in be ing fair to them. He said the cor-j porations were in a?. bad a fix now j as the individual: that many of, them had failed. He was against the measure. Senator Christensen again point-i ed out that absolutely no opposi-; tion had developed to the bill from i the corporations which would be: affected. Senator Lancy stressed the point j raised by Senator Watkins that: this was an emergency measure, j He raid that these new taxes are! being levied in an effort to save j the homes of the people of the j state from the sheriffs hammer.) These new tax measures will ac- j complish this purpose, he believes, j Senator Baskin of Lee thought j the bill unfair and unjust to the j corporations. Death Mrs. Julia Anderson, relict of the late Harrison Anderson, of Mayes- ! ville. S. C. after in illness of two ! weeks, died at the home of her j daughter, Mrs. E. L. Withcrspoon i of this city, at 9:30 Friday night ? aged J57. Mrs. Anderson had been from. early childhood a consistent mem ber of the Presbyterian church, her: sweet Christian character endear- 1 ing her to a large circle of rela- ! lives and friends, who mourn the . loss of this good woman. Her hus band, during the civil war bad at- j tained eminence as a Confederate' soldier, serving both his Cod and his country with distinction and ? commendation. j Mrs. Andreson had for many j years lived among her children, i making her home with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Withcrspoon. where her; Christian influence was a benedic tion and a joy. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. ! }?:. L. VVitherspoon and Mr. D. B. Anderson of this city and Mr. W. E. 1 Anderson of Mayesville. The funeral services were con du. ted by Rev. .7. P. Marion at the residence of Mr. E. L. Withcrspoon, L'0."> South Magnolia Street Sunday, morning at 9:30 o'clock.! after which the body was tak-, en to St. Charles. Mount Zion j Church, where Mrs. Anderson held j her membership. There she was laid to rest, awaiting the dawn j of the golden morning when the ; shadows will flee and eternal day be ours. The one mile of gravel roadway recently laid on the Oswego road is in fine condition and the only; fault with it is that there is not enough of it. -? ? ? No official pronouncement has vet been made in reference to how and from whence the money to pay earner's Ferry causeway is to be provided. The individual subscrip- . tions of private citizens at one time pledged for the purpose, have not sent in the cash up to this date. If it costs $2t>.'?00 a mile to build a good road on high land how can four und a half miles of swamp causeway be built for $.25.0??0.v That was the rough and ready es timate of the cost of the earner's Perry survey bridge approaches. To prevent a cold t.tkc ^66.? Ad vert isement. ? ? ? One sweet potato curing and storage warehouse will not lake care ot the Sumter count} crop this fall. The progressive farmers of each coiimiuiiitj Center should get together and build a potato house i<i care for the neighborhood crop. quickly relieves a cold. - Advertisement. Wang Expresses Regret of China Over Failure of Japan to Re nounce Claims Washington. Feb. :}?Formal re gret thai Japan has failed to re nounce all claims agains: China based upon the 1913 treaty and the opinion of the Chinese dele gation that this treaty and the cor respondence which led to it "should form the subject of impartial ex amination with a view to their ab rogation." was expressed today by Chief Justice Chung Hui Wang of the Chinese delegation at the final meeting of the Far Kastern com mittee. Dr. Wang's address was in reply to the statement yesterday of Bar on Shide.hara. for Japan announc ing the withdrawal of Group of the treaty and other clauses ob jected to particularly by China. The official communique of the meeting issued tonight, quoted Dr. Wang, as declaring that the entire cov enant should be abrogated because it was forced upon China, it vio lated treaties between China and other powers and was "inconsis tent with prinicples relating to China and the conference." Secretary Hughes followed the Chinese delegate with a statement of the position of the United States. He read into the record, the note sent to the Chinese and Japanese governments .May 13, 1915. stating that the 1 lited States can not re cognize any agreement or under taking which may be entered into between China and Japan impairing the treaty rights of the United States and its citzens in China, the political or territorial integrity of the republic of China, or the inter national policy relative to China commonly known as the open door policy." "This statement was in accord with the historic policy of the Uni ted States in its relation to China." Mr. Hughes continued, "and its position as thus stated had been and still is consistently maintain ed. Th.- secretary then expressed the gratification of the United States over the settlement of the Shantung controversy to the mutual satis faction of the two parties and over the definite withdrawal of group 5 of the 1913 treaty which he said had been an occasion for consider able apprehension alike on the part of C.'hina and of foreign countries, who felt that refusal of these de mands, could not but prejudice the principles of the integrity of china and of the open door." Potato House for Remberts. Secretary E. I. Reardon has requested Clerason College to send blueprint plans and bills of mater ial for a twenty-live thousand bushel capacity sweet potato curing and storage house at Rembert. Mr. J. L. Gillis, one of Sumter county's most progressive farmers and bus iness men has been working with the Sumter Chamber of Commerce and County Agent J. Frank Wil liams for weeks to get the farmers of that section started on this en terprise. Mr. Gillis has done splen did work aid will doubtless put this matter through as he states that they want to know the par ticulars of construction so that they can go ahead cutting the nec essary lumber. It is reported that Mayesville will put in one or more sweet po tato (Hiring and storage houses also, but this has nor yet been confirmed. The erection of sweet potato curing houses in different sections of Sumter county is the right idea as one or two houses of this kind in Sumter and a few other place? will not prove con venient for all of the farmers. The shortest possible haul from the farm to the curing house and the least handling of the potato until it is loaded in the cars is the most economical and best method of handling this farm product. Dalzell, Borden. Tindal, Lynch burg, Olanta. Sardinia. Oswego. Mayesville. Brogdons. Paxville. St. Charles and other railway points und community trading centers in Sumter, Lee and Clarendon coun ties ought to have sweet potato miring houses as there is much in terchange of business between these counties, and when efforts are put forth to show that there will be ample curing and marketing facilities near the farms the farm ers will go into the sweet potato business on a much greater scale. only a few people have a direct financial interest in the Sumter Creamery, but it is to the interest of every resident of the county that this enterprise succeed be some firmly established. At pres ent it is operated on too small a scale owing to the limited supply of cream obtainable in this terri tory, to branch out and seek a market for its product in the wholesale centers, and is therefore largely dependent upon local pat ronage for a market. Sumter people should use Sumter butter in preference to the imported ar ticle, price and quality being equal. Sumter people can put this import ant industry on its feet, at no ex pense to themselves, simply by pat ronizing it. instead of spending their money for butter from other states. ? m ? Mrs. Mary C. Felder is now h> ?ated at the Sumter Chamber of ?ommeree ;is stenographer, assist ing Mr. Sch m<dke. Hairy Specialist, in shaping up the educational cam paign t" make Sumter a dairying ?enter. Mrs. Felder is also assist ing the Sumter Chamber of Com merce in its campaign to help the farmers P<-:it the !>o!l weevil to it. If ta\.s are hoi reduced and property owners can not pay the st;tfe. eoiHUy and eit\ levies, what will become <o I be property? Will the state be any better off if th> propertA is sold at a sacrifice and the present owners dispossessed ol that which tiny they have acquir ed b> years of labor? What Armament Reduction Means! May Stop Work On American Ships Japan Will be Able to Produce!Intimated That Work Will Be the Finest and Lowest j Suspended Pending R&tifi Priced Goods cation of Treaty (By Mail)?That j Washington, Feb. 3.?Prepara opportunity. thanks ilory to u suspenrion cf work on the Tokio. Pec. : Japan has an ? to the benefits likely to accrue from j Amcrican capjtal ships .0 be the limitation of armaments pro- Ucrappcd under the naval treaty, posals m Washington of revolu- ; Prfialdent Harding has aSiked Secre lionizing her industries and of j tary Denby to provide him imme establishmg herself .as the pro- dialrfy witn fulI information as to ducer of the finiest and lowest the statUJ? of lhe shipa under con priced goods in the world's mar . kets, is the. conclusion reached by Mr. It. Fujiyama. President of the Tokio Chamber of Commerce in an struction. Although the president docs not expect to take any affirmative step . toward scrapping the ships until article in the Fitsugyo-no-Nippon, ^ the rs hav<> mifiHi thp in which he discusses the post arm- treaty, it is probable that there may [arnent problems of this country. J hc a suspension of work- ?n all of -Japan loves peace as much as ho prescribcd v0SseIfl wilhin a f^ does any other nation in the ; davs world." begins Mr. Fujivama, "and! , ., . tt-?, ? , . i It was said at the White. House she warmly supports the American proposal to limit armaments. If j the nations of the world are firmly j : resolved on peace, armaments can be altogether abolished, though ! today that Mr. Harding expected to ; submit the naval agreement and the j other treaties of the arms confer j ence to the senate within a very few days after they are signed. He certain means of cleler.se must be , , . \ , ., , j. . . , has not decided whether to take provided for the preservation order." the preservation of. them to the capltol in person. I Plans of the navv departn. .Mr. Fujiyama goes on to show j s0 far M known. are for v-uspen lmw if Japan would reduce her land armaments in the same pro ! portion as she will her naval for ] ces. she ean effee i a reduction in I her expenditure of about four hun dred million yen a year. "As to the proper use of this : money thus saved, the President of ''the Chamber of Commerce ox sion of construction work on those ships to be scrapped under the na val limitation treaty pending rati fication of the treaty. Contracts for the building of the vessels- would not be cancelled, it was indicated until the limitation pact became effective. Included in the ships under eon presses the opinion mat nearly half | struction aiui not M b of it should be applied to the abo lition of such taxes as tend1 to re . tard industrial progress or inter completed j under the treaty are the six 40, | 000-ton battleships and four of the I fere with the nations' well being. j i six battle cruisers. One ship of the West Virginia class, now vir : The taxes that he would like to see j . repealed are those now imposed on \ "~"'v ?p-hcu, aiso ?. ,co oe ae ! cotton texties. soy. lighting oil and i f royod .f a f^txng unit, although i medicines, as well as the business j *hts. V1 not bft the : tax. which at present inflicts a : "^rations treaty-is in effect,- ? ? ; hardhip on many, especially on i Two u01 lh<* S1X bnule cruisers I those in small or modest lines of are }? b* converted into airplanes ; business. Together with the repeal ? f^ners. a provision to that = ef of taxes comes the laising of the|fect havin^ b<*? made in the i present taxable minimum. | treaty in the separate item author ??Tho balance of in?? monev sav- ' izin~ tho retention of not more than od by the reduction in armaments, j nvo voss^ls oi' '^fi^ tons each for I amounting to about Ven 250.000.- | the purpose. ? ? 000 should, in ? Mr. Fujiyama's] 1'mal decision has ?not- been ? opinion be used for the develop- \ mi*dc by the navy department as ment of industry and the improve- |J** ?* to. which two of the three ment of the standard of culture. |Ul'sl * u*ima class battleships un ? m m : der construction are to be retained: A dollar saved is a dollar made. | - Prosperity ean never return until j fiGG cures Chills real thrift becomes the rule. ; Advertisement. and Fever."? Rub-My-Tlsm, a pain killer.? Advertisement. Hireling's tailor's name is flet turn. He probably doesv ' . 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