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The Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday and Satur ./ day by Ostcen Publishing Company, Sumter, S. C. Terms: $2.00 per annum?in advance. Advertisements: One Square, first insortXon ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion .50 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub serve private interests will oe charged fcr as advertisements. - OhitU8ries and tributes of re spect will be charged for. 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. ? ? , ? ! 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. a*? ? ? ? * 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. ? ? ? 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 ...... i 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. i--;- ? ? ?' So far, the senate has rendered incalculable sendee to the cause of disarmament by not discussing it -# ? < 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. \ ? # ? - 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. ? <i ? 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. o ? ? ? ? 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. ? ? ? 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. I -~~ Two More Extension Publications1 - 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 _ 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. -0 ? ? 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 o o ? 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. -><?<? U. S. is Congratiilated - 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 *- j To Reduce Now Would Im peril Transportation :' 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 * I 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 -<>_o~o 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.' -???-o-* 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 1922 Catalog of Now ready lO be maiied, free on request. TN clueed price? are quoted on Se< Poultry Supplies, and Fcecs, Garden Tools and Spray Mai^riais. Write for your copy today. T. W. WOOD & SON'S, Seedsmen, 17 S. 14th St., Richmond, VaS