The Watchman and Southron
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The . Sumter ^Watchman was
founded in 1S50 and the True
Southroo in 18G6. The Watchman
and Southron now has the com
bined circulation and influence of
both of the old papers, and is, man- |
ifestly the best advertising medium j
in Sumter.
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A leading medical authority says j
that "every cold lays a brick in the '
foundation for a great pneumonia
wave." A wave with a brick j
'foundation is certainly something
to be avoided.
Somebody tells " of doughnuts
sold as curtain rings to a furni
ture firm by a cooking school grad
uate. That's nothing. We've often
eaten curtain rings sold as dough- |
nuts.
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Speaking of "gentlemen's agree- ;
ments,'; ' the pathway of Far j
Eastern diplomacy is all littered \
up with 'em. Better be less i
courteous this time, and hold out \
for a regular contract.
" Kansas farmers are burning corn j
and Russian children are gating |
clay.
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Moratoriums arev the order of \
the day. Germany wants one for j
her indemnity and our govern- j
ment wants one for the army
bonus. Why not apply it to the in
come tax, too?
Secretary Hoover reports that
1,0&0,000 ,men, lately unehnployed, j
have'found jobs, not counting those j
" Vho are looking ^after ' the fur- |
hace. , ?
BETTER WAR RULES.
Among other things which the |
arms conference has got under ;'
way is Jthe formation of an inter- !
national .commission to revise the j.
present rules governing warfare,!
and "make such additional rules as j
the new instruments of war seem i
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to indicate. The commission is to I
be made up of two jurists from j
?-?ach; of the five great nations rep- j
resented iat the conference, the;
United States, Great Britain,!
France* Italy and Japan. ,
One of the great stumbling blocks j
in the Ute vmr, and one of the j
things which made prosecution of I
the war criminals so difficult, was
the vagueness and inadequacy of
the rules governing international!
warfare. It is true that some very j
' Clearly defined and accepted rules ?
were, ignored, but the situation as j
a whole was complicated by lack j
of well-defined understandings.
The situation would be even j
worse in the event of another war, j
were no rulings adopted cover-1
ing the innovations. Rules which j
dealt almost wholly with battle- *
ships have little efficacy in a j
world in which the battleship is i
I
no longer of first importance.
Even if new regulations are !
adopted, there will always be the j
chance that in the heat of war j
they will be disregarded in some j
instancy. Still, this proposal is a
step in tjie direction of restraint j
which should be taken.
HOW JOHN" D. MADE HIS MOX
EY.
Here Is a bit of infgermation for ;
those who want to emulate John
D. Rockefeller.
It isn't necessary to go into the I
oil business. This phase of the :
"Oil- King's" history has been exag
gerated. Rockefeller got his start
in oil, but it was not oil that made
his immense fortune for him.
"Contrary- to tire general opin
ion," says a business man connect
ed With the Rockefeller interests.
?"Mr. Rockefeller hasn't made as
much money in oil as Mr. Came- j
gie made in steel."
Carnegie, then, really had a
? better chance than Rockefeller, '
starting with his basic fortune.
And why did lie not multiply that '
fortune as his more famous con
temporary has done?
The answer is, because Carnegie
wr.s not an investor, and that
Rockefeller, as the business man
quoted above says, had "a ge
niOUS for invest meats." He also
had a genius for organization; but
so did Carnegie. Tt was the shrewd i
investment of the money he made
in his own special line of de
veloptrierrr- that made him the 1
richest man in the world.
Investment is a jcreat game. The [
world today is full of opportuni
ties as great, perhaps, as any that
Rockefeller ever had. It is a legi
timate field, for money in this cap
iatlistic age is as necessary for in
dustry as are labor and materials.
Money planted and well tended
will grow and multiply. An in
vestor starting in a small way, and
saving and expanding his invest
ments wisely year after year, may
accomplish much. Yet the Amer
ican people fool away perhaps a
billion dollars a year in foolish or
fraudulent schemes. Money that
comes hard they let go lightly, at
the beck of a glib salesman. In
vestment is to be taken seriously,
as Rockefeller took it.
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So far, the senate has rendered
incalculable sendee to the cause
of disarmament by not discussing
it
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BEER EST POX/AND.
The new republic of Poland,
along with its other troubles, is
wrestling with the liquor problem.
It has adopted a policy that is
pretty near to prohibition.
There is to be no traffic in whis
key and other strong drinks. Beer
is to be restricted to an alcoholic
content of 2 1-2 per cent. The sa
loon is forbidden to exist. Cafes
and restauiants are licensed to
sell this weak beer provided their
number does not exceed one to
each 2,000 population. Proprietors
are subject to arrest if there is
any drunkenness on their premises.
All ?iquor stocks are taxed 20 per
cent of their value.
This sounds drastic, for Poland.
It is another evidence of the con
tinuance and growing severity of
the dry movement? which gained
its first great momentum during
the war. The 2 1-2 per cent rule
for beer is of special interest in
this country. It recalls the famous
2.73 per cent laws enacted by some
of the states, but rendered inef
fective by federal action. A good
many Americans seem to think
that something like the Polish pol
icy will be adopted here, sooner or
later. \
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WEATHER BY WIRELESS.
The Postoffice Department is
now sending out weather reports
by wireless telephone from Wash
ington. The/ field of operations is
limited, so far, to a comparatively
small area. It embraces the Dis
trict of Columbia, Virginia, Mary
land, West Virginia, eastern Penn
sylvania and Ohio. It is ateo ex
perimental. After a trial of two
weeks, however,' the practical na
ture of this service is considered
established. It will probably be
extended to cover the entire coun- 1
try before long.
The method is simple. The offi
cial reports, compiled by the ex
perts of the department of agri
culture, are sent out promptly at
10 a. m. and 0:30 p. m., the sender !
using a wave-length of 1,1 GO me- j
ters. All that anyone has to do,
to fake advantage of it, is to have !
a wireless telephone receiving ap
paratus, tune it to this particular
wave-length and '"listen in" at the
time set. The instruments are on ;
the market and can be bought for
little more than the cost of a good j
Victrola.
AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.
There is always plenty of ad
verse criticism of American news
papers. Now and then some one
with authority praises them and
induces the public to concede a lit
tle in their favor.
A member of the British delega
tion at the Washington arms con- j
ference has recently returned to:
England. Soon after his arrival j
there he spoke in public on the sub
ject of Amercain characteristics
and customs. Of the press of this
country he said:
"The obsession of American
newspapermen for accuracy is ai- :
most astounding.
"Americans can never plead
that they are not enlightened on
changes of policy, ftr they have
an exceptionally well-informed i
press,*'
The newspaper people them- ;
solves are probably too busy to
pause long to note or rejoice over
this tribute to them. But other
citizens could profitably give it a '
little thought before registering!
their next kick against their fa
vorite papers.
EDUCATED ILLITERATES.
As a corrective for "illiteracy
among the educated." Dr. Mc
Cracken, President of Vassar ("ol
lege, presents four resolutions on
the subject Of reading. They are:
"First, that we will remember
what we read. It would be b-ir
better for all of us if we read less
and remembered more.
"Second, that we will think over
what we read.
"Third, that we will apply what
we read. Nine books in ten that
we read are not read in order to
apply them to life, but to distract j
our minds from life. Books are a
dissipation, a scattering of our en
ergies, not a charging and strength
ening of them.
?"Fourth, that we will grow with
our reading. Most of us read one
elementary book after another,
with no direction or plan. We nev
er think "Where is our reading
taking us?' We never stop to think
that books are steps upward. Let
us go to school Lo our books, we
educated illiterates, and not stay
always in the first grade."
It is true that although more
people are reading than ever be
fore, there is also more shiftless
reading,, shiftless in choice of
matter and method of perusal. And
this mark of "iliteracy" is upon
those who should know better, as
well as upon those from whom, be
cause of lesser advantages, less
should be expected.
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LABOR COURTS FOR ENGLAND.
A manifesto has been presented
to Premier Lloyd Ceorge by a
group of English labor leaders
which is hailed generally in Eng
land as "tlie most hopeful sign on
the industrial horizon."
The manifesto was framed, as
it expressly states, "by men who
have given the best years of their
lives to helping to build up the
trade union movement." It asks
primarily for legislation to estab
lish specially appointed industrial
courts "that would, function like
our police und county and high
courts," the duty of these proposed
courts being the settlement of dis
puted wage and labor questions.
The abolition of the wasteful strike
as well as oppressive action by em
ployers is sought.
It is suggested in the manifesto
that the decision of the courts shall
be binding upon both sides in any
dispute and that penalties he in
flicted for failure to abide by them
similar to those now inflicted upon
persons who in other matters take
the law into their own hands. So
that the new tribunal may be ef
fective weapon "against employers
whose demands are unreasonable"
and "against workers who seek to
impose impossible conditions upon
industry."
While the movement is sponsor
ed primarily by the conservative la
bor element in England, and will
meet with a good deal of oppo
sition in more radical quarters, it
olina. The present freight rate is
one more evidence of the way in
which the leaven of industrial rea
sonableness is spreading.
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BACK TO JAPAN.
Is there a quiet "back-to-Japan '
movement going on in southern
California?
When the Japanese liner, Any.-n
Maru, left Los Angeles the last
day of January for the Orient, it
was noted that she had on board
several hundred Japanese, mostly
women and children, many of the
latter American-born. It >s said
that every Japanese sh p which has
left los Angeles for months has
carried a similar load.
Many Japanese who have been
questioned deny that there, is any
distinct migration or repatriation
movement. No one has been found
who will admit it. Yet the fact re
mains that the women and chil
dren are leaving in large numbers.
At any rate, the exodus helps to
Offset the disquieting yellow liae
which had been setting too strong
ly in this direction for a ion*, time.
It begins to look as if tne whole
Japanese problem may be nearer
*>ettlemnot than seemed possible a
few months since.
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THE TAX BURDEN.
In New York State the total tax
ation, federal, state and municipal,
is reported as 170 per cent great<
than it was before the war. averag
ing $10C.&7 a year for every ram.
woman and child.
Tiiis may not be any worse than
the situation in most of the other
states. The New York World
thinks the tax burden of the aver
age American family, assumed :<>
consist of live persons, is certainly
not less than $a00 a year. And this
burden, felt none the less because
some of it is indirect, is estimated
to be not less than 20 per cent
of the average income. In other
words. ?ne dollar out of every five
earned in this country goes for
taxes.
The increase in federal taxes
has been most pronounced. The
federal government is said to take
.$10 out of every $100 income,
where it used to take only $3. Mu
nicipal government cone* next.
A clear understanding of this
situation on the part ?>:" citizens
everywhere would doubtless lend to
such a popular demand for econ
omy in public expenditures that
the economy would be forthcom
ing. It is not necessary for the
federal government, the slate gov
ernments or the city governments
to spend ?s much money as they
arc spending: It is largely taxes
that are ruining American pros
perity.
UNBIASED HISTORY AND
PEACE.
When the patriotic history, with
it's over-praise of everything and
everybody American, first came un
: dor fire for its unbalanced fervor,
history writers went to the other
[extreme. What one modern his
torian calls ?'scientific" history be
came the thing, and the writers of
such treatises took pains to show
up all the faults, mistake.':, weak
ness of characrer or other unpleas
ant facts which they could dig up
: out of the old records concerning
; the nation's heroes. No one was
I great enough to be spared. Put
' the pendulum continues to swing
land in passing from one extreme to
the other occasionally reaches a
sane middle ground. That is said
to be the present tendency in his
j tory writing.
The truest and most unbiased
i histories of any land arc, as a rule,
; written by outsiders. A recent
! history of our Revoluntionary pe
riod, written by a Canadian rather
I than by a citizen of England or the
{United States, exemplifies this fact.
; His discussion is well-balanced,
! frank and unemotional,
j Years from now no doubt, civ
! ilized peoples will recognize the
?important part played by unbiased
' histories in developing unbiased
i
\ readers and so in promoting inter- j
! national peace.
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Two More Extension Publications1
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Clemson College, Feb. 4?In or- ;
I der to meet the demands in t\\io;
^phases of farming now attracting j
i increased interest the Extension de- j
J partment has issued two new pub- ;
! locations: namely, Extension Bulle-j
!ttn 4L' (revised), Home. Gardening
; in South Carolina, and Information
I Card 2t). Curing Pork on the Farm.
I Both of these publications are free
j to citizens of South Carolina for j
j the asking.
"Home Gardening in South Car- j
j olina" is a 40-page bulletin giving j
j general information on gardening, I
j with attention to such matters as!
' suitable soils, how plants feed and i
i grow, cultivation methods, fertiliz- j
er. hotbeds and cold frames, brief;
: individual discussion of the various
j vegetables, varieties recommended j
for the home garden, information
i.and# instruction for spraying and j
.other treatment for insect pests!
! and fungus diseases which attack
garden vegetables. A specially in- j
jteresting feature of the publica-;
j tion is a double page table in com- j
; pact form information as to quan-'
I tity of seed to plant, when to plant, I
i when to transplant, how to fertilize,
; etc.
I "Curing Pork on the Farm," is j
J a mailing card giving instructions j
j on the dry curing method and the j
I brine curing method and on smok- j
j ing the cured meat. This card puts
I in a few words helpful instruction I
j for the benefit of farmers, many of
j whom have no definite information
j on best methods of curing pork.
German Socialist Officials Want
Protection From Insult j
Berlin, Jan. IS.?The "Junker"
press and the Socialists of vier- j
many are at odds over a proposed j
; law intended to protect members \
? of the government from insult and I
[to prevent anybody inciting others!
to \iolence against them.
Announcement has been made
[that the government intends to in? j
, troduce a bill in the Reichstag j
j providing for imprisonment and
I fine up to GOOvOOO marks for per-:
.sens guilty of "insulting the consti
j tution. the president or any mem- j
Iber of the Central or Federated
I government."
The Socialists contend that the;
i law is necessary to protect the
country against violent and trcach
lerous monarchistic propaganda and
j chicanery.
The Conservative and Nationalist !
: newspapers protest against it as an .
!attack <?n free speech and free
[ thought. They accuse the Social-j
lists of outraging their own princi
| pies, as they formerly fought J
against laws which protected sev-j
I era! personages of Germany from |
! slanderous statements.
The newspapers now opposing;
[ the bill have been wont to enter-j
tain renders with lengthy sarcastic;
or abusive articles about the re-1
j publiean constitution and the gov-|
j ernment's democratic political;
leaders.
A Regiment of Swimmers.
Cristobal, Cahul Zone. .fan. 20.?
Tin* Mth rnfantry. stationed at
Fort Davis here, has become u
regiment of swimmers. Almost ev
ery man in the outfit is now aide .'
to navigate in the water and Col-I
onel William IT. Oury, the com- j
mander, is proud <>f the achieve-j
ment.
The work <>f teaching the sol
diers to be at home in the water :
began three months ago under the I
direction of Homer Baker, physical j
director of the Garon clubhouse.
After ;< resting spell, the instruc
tor will undertake to ;?? :jc-ii every
man in the regiment i<> swim "?0
feet or more carrying pack con-j
mining a first :iid kit. canteen,
blanket, shelter halt' tent, tent |'<>1?-.
konoman can. tent pins and other
Incidentals.
When ibis is accomplished, ii j> J
Claimed. i hai t he 1 4111 infantry
?till be rhe only regimem in the!
wilited States army equal to su< h .?!
Ceat.
Watermanship is regarded as
invaluable Cor military work in the
< 'ana I Zone.
The interest in shorl skirts is
more than 5> per cent.
Bigham Preparing
New Appeal
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Florence County Murderer
Will Take Case To United
States Supreme Court
Columbia, Feb. b'.?Edmund D.-j
Bigham, Florence county man, con
victed of murdering his brother and
sentenced to the electric chair, and
also charged with killing; his moth
er, his sister and his sister's two
adopted children, will, it is under
stood, appeal to the United Stales j
supreme court from the decision of
the South Carolina supreme court
which recently refused his appeal
for a new trial. It is not known on I
what grounds the new appeal will ',
be made.
An order staying the remittitur .
of the recent decision of the su- :
preme court has been issued by tin
supreme court, Bigham asking for
a rehearing of the case. However,
the court has not as yet announced
whether it will grant a rehearing.
Bigham was sentenced to die but
appealed, making numerous ex
ceptions to the proceedings in tno
circuit court which convicted him. ?
The supreme court recenly dismiss
ed the appeal, and Bigham will be
re-sentenced, at the next term of:
court in Florence, unless iiis ap
peal to the United States supreme
court is allowed.
Bigham is in the death house of
the state penitentiary. His main
comment about his case is a repe
tition of the statement that he is
iimocent. He talks very freely
about his case.
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Farm Loan
Bonds Ready
Largest Offering Ever Made
is Announced
I
Washington, Feb. 4.?The larg- j
est offering of farm loan bonds \
ever made was announced tonight
by Secretary .Mellon.
The twelve federal land banks j
will make a, combined offering on
Monday of $.75,000.000 of 5 per;
cent federal farm loan bonds at
the price of 102 3-S and accrued
interest, at which price they will
yield approximately 4.To per cent
to callable date and 5 per cent
thereafter. The bonds, Mr. Mel
lon said, wiU be dated November 1, ;
1921. due November 1, 1941, and.
callable at the option of the issu- !
ing bank after November 1. 1931.
They will be issued in coupon ;
form, exchangeable for registered ?
bonds. Interest will be payable '
May 1 and November 1.
"This is the largest offering of:
farm loan bonds ever made," Mr.
Mellon said, "but in view of the '
generally favorable trend of the]
investment market and the con- .
tinned strong showing of the fed- j
oral land banks, it is believed that,
it will be readily absorbed, and.
as the funds will go direct to the
farmers of the country, it should ?
do much to improve the agricultur- !
al situation." j
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Jewsih Relief Days
Charleston, Feb. C.?Governor
Robert A. Cooper has issued a
proclaimation decignating February
12. 13. 14. 15 and 16 as Jewish;
relief days for South Carolina and
urging all citizens of the state to |
contribute liberally to the fund to j
be raised during those days for the j
relief of Jewish war sufferers in |
Europe. Governor Cooper's proc- j
lamation is as follows:
To the People of South Carolina:
Whereas, although in most coun
tries men have been permitted to ?
return to the paths of peace and j
the ways of industry, there still
comes to us a heartrending cry for j
help from hundreds of thousands;
of Jews in the devastated reg!ons ;
of central and eastern Europe, !
where men, women and children ;
are making a heroic struggle for
bare exstience against the ravages!
of dire poverty and disease, with j
the severe added handicap of po- |
litical prosecution: and
Whereas, these unfortunates]
streich forth their arms in plead- '
ing to America, the only land in
all the world to which they can j
look for substantial help, a land
where, despite adverse economic :
conditions, our American people,
still enjoy the blesings of plenty
and are happily unacquainted with ,
stich pitiful destitution as is the]
common lot of these European suf- ;
ferers; and
Whereas, the American Jewish:
Relief Committee has determined
that ?14,000,000 is the minimum;
amount essential to aid the suf
ferers of the devastated regions to!
survive the present, winter and has i
placed Smith Carolina's quota of
this amount at $100,000, and the j
state committee has undertaken ?
to raise a minimum of $100,000 ?
for this cans/- in a campaign to be
held February 12, 13, 14, 15 and
16.
Now. iiier? lore. r. Robert A.
Cooper, governor of South Caro
lina, do hereby most heartily com
mend this cause to the people of
South Carolina, designating Feb-j
ruary 12, 13. 14, 1 f. and 1*'? as
Jewish Relief Days in this state
and urging upon all citizens alike
that they contribute liberally of j
their efforts and their means to t;i<?
end that South Carolina's quota
may be subscribed.
(liven under my hand and under
the Seal of the Stat? ??!' South Car
olina this 3rd day of February, in
the year <o our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-two.
it. A. COOPER.
By the Governor: W. Banks
Dove. Secret a J*y of Slat'-.
Tie- Kansas City Star runs a col
umn oi scissored selections; "What
the Paragraph? rs Find a Smile In."
Ii would, h??wever. ho more inter
esting to know w hat j he pu< lie
find's a smile in.- Arkansas <*.;<
Kran? ?? can't play a lone hand
without another loan.
Irish Leaders
See Churchill
Conference With Lloyd
George and Ot.ier Govern
men r Rep re s en tali v es
Today
London, Fob. 5 (By the Asso-?
ctated Press).?Michael Collins. '
head of the risli provisional govern- i
ment. arrived in London today and I
conferred at the colonial office with ?
Winston Spencer Churchill, s-c
retary for the colonies, and the |
lord c hancellor, V-icoujit Birken- i
hea%.
Later in the day Premier Lloyd
George returned from Chequers
Court for the special purpose of j
presiding at a conference of the j
Irish committee of tin- cabinet in
Downing street this evening. This:
conference, in addition to Mr.
Churchill and Lord Birkenhead,
included Austen Chamberlain, Sir
Hamar Greenwood mal Sir Cor
don He wart, Michael Collins. Ke-i
vin O'-Higgins and Eamon .1. Dug
gan.
Arthur Griffith has been sum
moned to London to join a similar {
conference tomorrow for discus- I
sion of the Lister difficulties.
No official statement was issued
to indicate the nature of the dis
cussion at the important Downing
street conference, but it is assumed
the prime minister is anxious to '
arrive at some settlement if pos
sible before the meeting of the
imperial parliament this week. At
this meeting the opponents of the!
Irish treaty arc understood, to be
prepared to bring a heavy attack.!
to bear on the government, great-!
ly fortified by the fact that the]
hopes of u peaceful settlement be
tween the north and the south,
aroused by the Craig-Collins pact,
were :^o suddenly dashed.
The position is rendered more
grave by the postponement of the
Ard Fheis meeting through the
railway strike in Ireland, because
until the whole Sinn Fein move-j
meat h;;s pronounced through the
Ard Fheis its -position on the !???
Valera split, it is considered likely!
that Griffith and Collins can be in
duced to yield materially on the
boundary question.
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U. S. is Congratiilated
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On Arms Conference Results:
by the London Observer
London, Feb. 5.?"The great un
dertaking of the "Washington con
ference has come splendidly
through," says The Observer in its
editorial columns this morning.]
Not all the promises were per- j
formed and not all the proposal
agreed upon, but what has been
done is sound and solid, therein
being the whole difference between ,
Washington and Versailles. The
work of Versailles must b>- un
done and the work of Washington j
developed, if civilization is to be
safe again."
The Sunday Times says America
is to be congratulated upon the
success of the conference. The
threat of war between Japan and
America has been banished, indeed
made physically impossible with- !
out Great Britain's assistance, in j
view of the agreement not to for- !
tify further the islands of the Pa- ?
cific
"The Pacific is now pacific in
name and in' face," the newspaper i
adds, "a good, deal remains to be j
done, but enough has been done to j
justify the conference?European
states, please copy."
O
Sustain Freight Rates
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To Reduce Now Would Im
peril Transportation
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New York, Feb. 5.?A reduction
of freight rates by the interstate ;
commerce commission would im- ;
peril the country's entire transpor- j
iation system, S. Dayies Warfield,
president of the National Associa- ]
tion of Owners of Railroad Se
curities, declared today. The an-j
nouncement was made in the first i
issue of a new bulletin published
by the organization, ii was stated,
to bring the railroad problem bo- i
fore the investors of the country. \
Demands of some steel manufac
turing corporations and other ship- j
oers. Mr. VVaffieid said, "that thel
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4" per cent, increase granted the
Lastern roads in August. 19-20, be.I
cancelled, of in other words that
-,i 4n per cent, reduction be made
in rates on basic commodities,'
would ruin the carriers."
Apparently it was not under
stood, he declared, that the per- ;
centage return named in the trans-j
portation act covers "a measure of
return only below which engine, j
cars, roadbeds and men can not be
supplied to haul passengers and
freight."
All that was asked and all the !
transportation aet does, t!:-.- -
mem said, was "to pe;? the down
ward tendency of freight rales r.t
the point below which i: would not
!..? possible to run the transporta
tion machine."
The railroads* were taking their ]
losses, he asserted, and were with
holding from the properties every
lollar that could be withheld.
:ng the systems where soon they
A'ould be unable to move the coun
try's products. f
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Solid Food Dangerous to a Starved
Person
Orenburg. Russia, Jan. it 'io
ta:;;;, r of giving s.did fo.nl t-- s' \r- j
k ing Kussians was illustrated on
:!??? platform of the station h>
When the trough train from Ta:
?cent lb Moscow halted here, a wo
man singer, one of it*-; passengers-,
ook pity on n small boy begging at i
he car windows. She gave, him a
>art of a loaf of white bread; which
:<? began t?> eat ravenously. With
n a few minutes he went into chok
ng convulsions and within a half
luUl* was dead. j
Market For
Sweet Potatoes
Farmers Who Have Banked
Sweet Potatoes Can Club
Together and Make Car
bad Shipments
County Farm Demonstration
Agent J. Frank Williams is in re
ceipt of the subjoined letter In ref
erence to the demand for sweet
potatoes. Farmers who have more
potatoes than they can dispose oi
on the local market will be aid- to
Snd sale for ail they have if they
will consult .Mr. Williams and ar
range to joia together in making
up ear load shipments. The price;
offered for No. 1 banked potatoes
is ?1.73 per 100 pounds, in sacks,
approximately Si per buslud. At !
this price there should be a fair ,
profit in potatoes.
The letter referred to is as fol- !
lows:
Flornce, S. C, Jan. 30, 1022.
.'Jr-. J. Frank Williams. Sumter,
S. C.
Dear Sir: The S. C. Sweet Pota
to Association is now in position to ,
move several car loads of No. 1
banked stock Porto Pico sweets, I
and if you have parties in your
county who can join together and j
get up car loaf is. the above concern
can move same at an early date, i
Pelow I am giving you present F. .
O. B. prices on banked stock, less i
commissions:
S1.7? per 100 lb sack, 300 sacks!
to car.
$3.00 per barrel, 150 bbls. to
car.
The association advises farmers ?
to ship their banked stock in bar
reis if possible, otherwise in sacks,
and not attempt to ship in bulk. |
They cannot guarantee definite
prices at the present time.
Should any farmers In your j
county wish to get up n. carload. :
kindly haw- them take the matter '
ii]) with .Mr. II. W. Burton, sales j
manager of the S. C. Sweet Potato
Association, and a respresentative ;
of the American Fruit Growers,
Inc., who is r.ow stationed at Flor
ence. S. C.
It is absolutely necessary that I
cars g^ing out should come up to
grade requirements, and should any .
farmers in your county wish to
ship will be glad for you to help
them with grading and loading of
car. Very truly yours,\
Thos. B. Young.
District Agent.
$25?0?i00I)inner
How Funds Were Raised For:
Starving Euroneans
_
(From the Villager.)
A few weeks ago a "relief or- '
gaaization'"?tell tale phrase!?in
Chicago set out to raise $750,000
for the starving in Southeastern |
Europe. The chairman of the j
committee issued, invitations to
prominent citizens to dine with him
in the banquet hall of the Drake
Hotel, perhaps the most luxurious
hotel in the 'world. The guests
came, hundreds of tuen?. They
came prepared for a fine dinner,
for speeches and music, for lights ;
and decorations. They came pre- j
pared for a feast. They found a ?
famine. Tin- sumptuous banquet i
room was draped in black. The!
only light came from the. unshaded
tallow candles on the tables; crude
shadows wear ilickering into the !
corners of the room. And the ta- '
bles? They were bare. No cloth. ;
T o silver. No crystal or china, I
Above all no food, nor drink: sim-;
ply bare wooden tables. A hush
fell on this chattering company, at
first the silence of indignation; they;
had been hoaxed; they had been;
tricked into going without their '
dinner. But vexation could not j
hold out against the deeper feeling
which this extraordinary spectacle i
provoked; suddenly one saw Hung
er sitting as those bleak tables, ;
one saw Suffering striding out from |
those shadow-tilled corners. And :
instead of s7."0.000 the "relief or
ganization" raised a little less than '
$2,000,000.'
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Communism Suppressed in .Jugo
slavia.
Belgrade, Dec. 22.?Communism j
?eems to have been suppressed in
this country. The vigorous action
of the government which recently !
passed a law imposing the death
penalty upon enemies of public
security and offenders against the
state has struck terror into the j
hearts of radicals and revolution-J
aries.
The jails of the country are
choked with persons accused oft
Bolshevik or Communist activity
and others who are not in prison
are declared to be either thor
oughly cowed or to have fled from
the country. Those persons im- i
tdicated in the murder last July of]
M. Draehkovitch. the Minister oi
the Interior; and in the attempt t<?
assassinate Jugoslavia's young
tying, Alexander, will be brought t<>
trial in January. Among them are
number of Communist deputies
in Parliament. [
Jugoslavia's statesmen assert
that the entire Communist party,
i'cce of formidable and menacing
proportions, has been suppressed
ts a r- sah of fearless action by the
ac.vn.ment and that man\ of iis
nembe.rs have been exiled or im
prisoned.
The Parliamentary privileges of
Vmmunisj members of the Nation -
: Assembly, numbering nearly GO
rave b^en oane? lied and since Aug- '
?st. none of them lias participated j
n the proceedings. Communis; j
?ewspapors and propaganda or- j
ranizations throughout th<- cyan-j
ry have been suppressed and their j
?riixapals placed in custody or t it- '
?r surveillance. Communism first ;
a mod a foothold in Jugoslavia in
5!
.Tust, after the arms limitation
on fere nee settled the Pacific an
arthquake mixed it all up ayain.
Pooling Tobacco *
in Kentucky
Cooperative Marketing Asso
ciation Will Handle 150,
000,000 Pounds This v
Year
Florence, Feb. ?i.?In reply to
telegram sent to Mi*. j. C. Stone,
president of tnc Kentucky BurZey
Tobacco Growers' Cooperative As
sociation, asking him to give the
South Carolina Campaign commit
tee some information as to the
Kentucky Situation, the following
reply, was received: f
- "Owing to my absence from the
office your telegram of January
2?;rk has just been received, and in
reply will say that there are ardour
' 3J loose leaf warehouses in the
entire Burley district. Of these
houses cur association nc-v owns
1 IT, and there are 15 houses, most
ly small ones, selling tobacco at
public auction.
"Up to this time they have sold
ar?tind thirty-seven to thirty-eight
million pounds, and for the last
ten days receipt, in these houses
are extremely Iighrr. and in my
'?pinion, they will not sell over
twelve or fifteen million pounds
more.
'"The association began receiv
ing tobacco in Lexington on Thurs
day, January ?tffh, and on Mon
day, .Taijuary 3Gth we began receiv
ing in all of our other receiving
points, about 00 in number.
We are making a substantial ad
vance to each farmer on delivery
of his tobacco, and this advance in
most cases has proven to be more
than the farmer got: for his entire
crop last year, and am glad to say
the farmers over the entire district
are nor only satisfied, but are
('harmed with the way their associ
ation has started off.
We estimate that the association
will handle this year in the neigh
borhood of 150.000,000 pounds dnd
from present indications, I feel
confident that we will sell most of
our tobacco in winter order. How
ever, we are prepared to finaace
and redry all of the crop, if it be
comes necessary to do so.
Wo all feel very much encourag
ed over the way our operation has
started off, and the members of the
asoeiation are pleased with the way
their business is being handled, and
I feel confident it is going to be
the salvation of the business in
terest of our section. *
If there is any information at
any time that you desire, write me
and I will give it to you."
Le ague of
Wonren Voters
State Convention to Be Held
in Columbia This Week
Columbia. Fe. G.?The state con
vention of the League of' "Women
Voters will meet in Columbia Wed
nesday of this week. Prominent
women from many parts of the
state will attend and many will be
heavd on the program. Laws af
fecting the status of women and
laws affecting the public welfare
will- he considered by the conven
tion.
Among those who will partici
pate in the convention are: Mrs.
Richard Williams, of Greenwood;
Mrs. Joseph Sprott, of Manning;
Mrs. C. Y. Reamer and Dr. Jane
Bruce Guignard, of Columbia* Mrs.
Carrie Patrick, of Anderson; Mrs.
Ruth Dodd, Columbia; Miss Chris
tine South. Rock Hill; Mrs. John
Gary Evans, Spartanburg; Miss
Edith DeLorme, Sumter; Mrs.
Julian B. Saliey, Aiken; Mrs. W. L.
D?novant, Edgefield; Miss Adele
M inakam of Columbia; Miss Ethel
F.'-st. of Washington, representing
the United States Women's Bureau;
and Mrs. Fred S. Munsell. of Co
krmbia. president of the League,
.it an afternoon session, follow
ing a luncheon, Dr. Reed Smith, fcf
the University; Dr. O'Brien, of the
mental hygiene beard, and Dr. Jane
Bruce Guignard. will deliver ad
dresses. In the evening the Co
lumbia League will entertain the
delegates and also members of the
legislature and their wives at a re
ception at the Jefferson Hotel.
%t o o
Thru Florida man named Hell
who was arrested for bootlegging
seems to clinch the argument that
ir doesn't pay to give a dog a bad
name. - ?
Anti-tobacco bugs go on the the
ory that cigarette lighters won'ft ?
work.
Bet Henry Ford could even make
farming pay. *
"Is marriage a handicap?" asks
x minister, in golf, yes.
Time to Plant
and the best varieties of vegetable
and field seeds to plant for each
purpose is told in tile
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