Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BUSINESS MEN SHOULD HELP CREAMERY It Will Furnish a Market For Farm Products and Put Money in Circulation More, than ever in the economic history of South Carolina this rins ing: fact is borne in upon the con viction of ?he'public that whole hearted cooperation between urban ' and rural populations is needed to reestablish the economic equilib rium of the country. The greatest need in Sumter to- j day-is not tjie need of production but of permanent reliable markets, j The farmer is not a specialist in the manufacturing, marketing and sell trig of fairnV products. This is the i business, of the man who is accus-; tomed to that sont of work. Inj other WmxIs marketing^today is a! highly specialized business. j * The establishment of a creamery I business on up to dare lines will! tend, to reestablish confidence be-1 tween farmers and business men. { The direct benefits derived from j a well equipped, well managed j / creamery established in this city j are too numerous to mention. Suf- | See irto say that the very nature) of the business is such that it brings j quicker returns o ncapital invested thart any- other line of business. I and responsible and farseeing busi ne*? men WiU hot need to be told h"ew great the benefits will be to j the" entire farming end city popu-j iation if such a market is establish- J eS here.. ' High classed products cannot be manufactured on a commercial scaie^iu a-poorly equipped factory, and to have such a plant consider able capital ?s needed. Here is an < opportunity for business men to j finance-this. proposition and it is i up-to them to supply a permanent' market fo*: dairy products, and to enWnzrage the farmers to keep #Jairy cows. This would go a long\ Itfay. towards stabilizing the finan cial condition of both farmers and business ..men in Sumter coun ty-* ? No -call on the business instincts j of the responsible citizens of Sum ter? has ever corne with greater in \sifctenee and urgencf-.tban the pres-* ent call to open and establish a permanent market for dairy pro ducts. It i*. needed immediately and promises-quicker and. better results than any other relief meas ure suggested during the present j c'risi?. * r The meeting to be held in the ^chamber of commerce at 1\ a. m. on?$ond?y morning will tend to *fe.?**w >hat Sumter business men can >be relied upon to do the right thing at- tho-right time. it ! FOR ARMY . Gen. H?bordrM?kes Sugges-1 lion tg Congress Concerning ; Appropriation . "Washington. Feb. 17.?A sug- j gestion^that. congress fix upon a, lump sum appropriation it is pre pared to vote for maintenance of ? .regular army for the fiscal' year and then ask the war depart ment to^jEvork out an army plan j ? that wauld yield the maximum*of \ m Hi tar-* efficiency within that ex-j pdhditu?e was laid today before j , the house subcommittee on army | appropriation at its initial consider- ! atk>n o* the 1923 army budget. Ma-j jor Genjeral Harbord. deputy chief - of staff j was the only officer heard ae-Secretary Weeks -was still at hisj home indisposed and his appear-; ar.ee with General Pershing has been* daferred until next week. General Harbord made the sug gestion *to the committee so that it could jtbtajn an idea of what would Ige done with the army in the ewabt of reduction of the au thorize^ enlisted strength below the prejent 150.000 figure. It was indicated that the officer had j Dint ed out ihe difficulties of shaping a 'we? rounded, military program on the basis of authorized strength alone, a^d urged it would he anore tound procedure to state the sum that would be available and then cut the 'army cloth to fit that ma terial. " Back of the suggestion lies a hope ia military circles that congress will work out a continuing finan cial policy for the army covering a periotl of years. It i> argued that if '.the army could know just what fiinds would be made avail able each year for the next three or fourl years it would be possible to frame a constructive program and to * lessen the apprehension among ^commissioned and enlisted p^rsonnj?! as to their future in the service.? Birthday Party. Master Lemuel King celebrated his eighth birthday Friday with a Valentine Party. After enjoying many games that created much fun and laughter, the little folks were invited Into the dining-room which had been beautifully decorated in red an$ white and were served delicious sweets. MarhiStewart Mason and Lemuel King w*?re the lucky ones in the Heart Contest. Marie winning a be&utifrll valentine and Lemuel a box of candy, which he presented to Cornela Jackson. Those" enjoying the party were: Misses ?Virginia Parrott. Annette McColluJn. Cornelia Jackson. Marie Stewart* Mason, Marian Felder. Ksther *Witherspoon and Henry Bradley^ Robert Cross, Jack D. Barby. D. R. Stack. Irvin Till. Wil liam <v>x. Charles Lemmon, James VVithersnnon and William and Lemuel ?King One concern working overtime is the wel? known ^grave concern." A mafl who owes everything to his wife^'doesn t always pay. MISSING BUTLER WRITES LETTER Man vVan^eti Iis MWteria^ Wit ness in Los ?'Angeles Mur der Case Los Angeles. Feb. 17.?Immunity for forward F. Sarids from prosecu tion on a charge of emnezzlemeni preferred against him* last August by William Desmond Taylor, mur dered film director, was promised tonight by Thomas- Lee V\roolwineJ district attorney, provided Sands j can prove his innocence of the slay- i ing of Taylor and can "untangle: this murder mystery..'*. -dr. Woolwine's promise to the : missing farmer- butler-secretary to Taylor was made in a letter he ad dressed to Edward F. Sands through the "publishers" in answer! to a- letter he received and which ; purported to have been written by. Sands. i The letter which was signed "E. j F. Sands." was dated February 14. j The writer declared he was living in Los Angeles and ashed whether ' if he surrendered and established | his innocence or the murder of j Taylor, he would be freed of the! embezzlement charges. A copy of the letter follows: Dear Sir: This letter will prob- j ably surprise you when you read j it. I am taking this liberty jo write to you to make matters more ^ easy for you. In the first place I! atp Mr. Sands, although a friend I of mine is writing this letter under ; my direction. Mr. Wool wine, you j need not look all over the world f"r j me for I am living right here in j Los Angeles and am reading the; papers every day. Concerning the j Taylor murder. I will be frank with j you. Mr. Woolwino. I have not had any peace of mind since th<> mur der, and I have come to the con- j elusion that quicker this thing is | settled the better off we will all j be. Now. Mr. Woolwino. in the first j 1 lace I did not murder Taylor but I I know who did it. but what as- j suranee have I from you to know; that you wil laccept my jstory? Xon*\ - > ? Therefore. I want a guarantee j from you that if I surrender my-j self into your hands and if I estab- j lish my innocence of the crime you j will set me free. "If you will do this. Mr. Wool- j wine, I can untangle this murder j mystery for you. You may answer | me in any of the Los Angeles J papers. ? Thank you. . E. F. Sands." Columbia. Feb. 17. ? Success j within a fe"w years for the wo-? man's dormitory at the University is j forecast in a vote of the house of representatives Thursday night. | when an appropriation of $2*000 j for plans for a new woman's build-1 ing was approved, after a stubborn j fight was made to reject the item from the appropriation bill. It was freely admitted by speakers that the purpose of the appropria tion was to make way for appro priations next year or at any future time when it is possible of the j money "necessary to erect the wo- | man's building. While the house voted in favor} of . the woman's building, it voted j down an item of $2,r>00 for the j coaches' school at the university, a ! summer training course for athletic directors started last year by Rev. j J. O. VanMeter. director of ath letics at the University. There were many women in thei house at the time the vote on the! women's building plan item was be ing discussed. For months the wo men of the siate. especially club leaders and University graduates, j have worked hard for the woman's i building, and the vote of the house ] is the first indication of success. The senate Thursday night pass- ' the bill by Representative Gerald, ' of Riehland, to create a board of 1 conciliation for street car labor-j disputes, in the <"ity of Columbia. ] When this bill becomes law U will I probably lind service in connection with the pending street ear strike j in Columbia. The bill would create aboard of three, one named by thei company, one by the employes and j the third by (he first two. The senate passed the bill 27 to 7. The house bill to require the state 1 highway department to build roads through incorporated towns of less than 2.500 population, was passed by the senate. The senate received a favorable report on the house bill to create I a state board of examiners for en-! gineers. The senat?- killed a bill to create j a commission to investigate the ad visability ot erecting, a state office ! building. j The house launched into what appears to be a long discussion of the appropriations bill. This' measure will probably consume the! time of the house for the remainder! of the week, and with hearings on j the measure before tin- senate ti-! nance committee, tin- present s.-s-. sion wilt it now appears almost certain, extend to a considerable extent into the month of March. I -? ? ? At the hearing in the United States court of The case of the Sum - j ter Gas & Power Company vs. The City-of Sumtei- which was held in i Charleston Friday, the attorneys for tin- plaintiff were Judge it. q. Purdy of Sumter, Hagood. Kivr-rs : & Young, of Charleston and Fran ces T. Horner of Baltimore. For the defendants Messrs. a. s. Barhv i: I>. Hodges. I:. D. Epps and D. 1). Moi-e <u* the Sumter bar. Hon. I). D. Moise was forced to make quite a hurried tri]? to Charleston from Columbia but appeared there withe a certified copy of the act of the1 legislature whereby tin- franchise was ratified, validated amj ,.on_ firmed. Another income tax is when yon take wifi? candy l>?*cnuxe your in come was 2 a. m. Peauty is only skin deep and some gel skinned trying to get it. It seems that high taxes will end w neu we do. THE KILLING OF X B KENNEDY A Conspiracy Between Mrk.\ i OWenchain and Burch Los Angeles.. Cal.. Feb. C?Mrs. Madeiynne Obenchain of Chicago and Evanston. 111., conspired with i Arthur C. Burch. a former college] acquaintance, to kill J". Belton i Kennedy, a young Los Angeles real ' estate broker, according to the in-] diet-mom in which Mrs. Obenchain! and Burch were jointly charged ! with murder. Burch was placed on j trial Xovember 22 last and on Jan-; nary the jury was discharged I after balloting for three days with-! out reaching a verdict. The final | ballot stood ten to two for convic- I tion. j Mrs. Obenchain, the prosecutions contended in the Burch trial, was the instigator of the alleged plot, her motive being revenge because Kennedy had refused to many her. j he relations between the woman I and Kennedy were established byj means of letters identified as being] In Mrs. Obenchain's handwriting.] and found in Kennedy's room and aj safe deposit box after his d^ath on j August ."? last. From these it de- ! veloped that they became acquaint- i ed in Los Angeles about five years ago. For two years a correspond- j once continued, and letters written j during this time contained expves- ; sions of wann affection, and two j were signed "Mrs. J. Belton Ken nedy." In spite of the apparent intimacy the young woman, who up to that time was Miss Madalynne Conner! was married early in .January. 1919.1 in L?>s Angeb s. to Ralp R. Oben- j < hain. a young Chicago attorney j who had just returned from over- ; seas army service. A month later, ' however, she renewed the corre sportdence with Kennedy. After about a year she obtained a divorce in Chicago and wrote to Kennedy she wanted him ro go to Chicago to marry her. Kennedy did not go j and the subsequent correspondence j indicated ins parents were opposed | to the match. ; Mrs. Obenchain started last Juno and wrote Kennedy to meet her in .San Francisco. He was not there when she arrived, and she cam*1 to Los Angeles. There were several) interviews, according to testimony in the Burch case, and Mrs. Oben chain on one occasion took Ken nedy to a fortune teller for advice as to whether they would wed. j About the same time, another wit ness declared, she said "Belton has not long to live. I can almost put) my hand on the spot w here it will j happen."' j On July 17 Mrs. Obenchain wired j to Burch. who was in Evanston to come to Los Angeles, adding "I need you and the friend I had last! summer." Burch arrived here, on ; July 24 bringing with him. accord-j ing to the porter of his ear. a shot gun case. Burch took a room in a i hotel commanding a view of Ken- j nedy"s office, and watched the of- I fice windows for long periods, ac- ? ? Ording to hotel employees. At j ?.'ther times he rented an automo bile under an assumed name, and took extended trips, it was also testified. Mrs. Obenchain and Kennedy went driving the night of August f> and about nine o'clock went to a small cottage owned by Kennedy in Beverly Glen, fifteen miieg from j Los Angeles. As Kennedy was j mounting a flight of steps on a j hank in front of the cottage two j shotgun shots were" fired. One j struck Kennedy In the back of the ] neck, causing instant death, an j autopsy surgeon swore. Mrs. Obenchain told officers she | saw two rough looking men disap- j pear in bushes from which the j shots were fired, and that Kennedy, j after he was shot exclaimed "good j night. Madelynne." A woman liv- ; ing near the Kennedy place, testi- j fied. however, she heard a man say j "I've got him" after the second j shot and then a man's and a wo- i man's voice mingling in conversa- ! tion she could n?>t distinguish. Burch, it developed, was out ir. j a rented car that night, and two persons swore they saw him in Rev- ! erly Glen. He left Los Angeles the j next morning for Chicago, but was arrested at Las Vegas. New. and brought back to Los Angeles. HeJ refused to discuss the case, and his attorneys besides denying he had | anything to do with the tragedy. [ made a defer.-?? of insanity. Onej of the two jurors who stood ?>ut j for the acquittal declared she be- j Iieved Burch was insane, the other j that the prosecution had not con- ! vineed her Burch was in Beverly | Glen at the time of the shoo*?ng. i Mrs. Obenchain's former bus- | band was retained by her as one of i her attorneys, and they secured a j marriage license some tinu- ago and I announced they would be remar ried if Mrs. Obenchain is released. The prosecution contended that Burch. who was divorced last year | by Mrs. Allie Qtrayle Burch. daugh- ? ter of Bishop Matthew, of St. Louis, j Mo., was in l?>ve with Mrs. Oben- ? ?diain and subject to ln-r will in j the alleged conspiracy. \o Danger "I hope yon are n??l afraid ofj microbes." apologized the paying teller as he cashed the school* teacher's check with soiled cur-, reney. "Don't worry." said tin- young lady. "A microbe couldn't live on my salary." -The Seamen's Jour fYrtain to Cure Something "What's them?" inquired Farm er Corntossel as his wife was pre paring for t In- pariy. "Those are olives." "What are they good for?' "Good to eat." "What else? You can't t?-ll me j anything with a taste like that oughtn't t?. cure something." Washington Star. ? ? * ? Prefty Soon we expect to sec .a bathing beauty posing bv a hath tub. A serious s? ar? itv of reformed re- i formers is report.-d. I DRINKING MILK IN CITY ; . SCHOOLS The Beneficial Results Are Very Noticeable Jt ts gratifying to hear visitors to our city public schools comment with some show of surprise upon the physical appearance of the pupils of our schools. Only Friday a gentleman, who visits a great many schools throughout our country, said that he was struck at once with the excellent, appear ance of all our pupils. The teach ers who have been giving this mat ter very particular attention at tribute this general condition to ? ic fact that so many of the pu pils of our schools drink milk at ihe same time every day. it is said that milk is a perfect food, and it fallows, therefore, thai there must be beneficial effects if this perfect food takes the place ot unwholesome diet, especially if it is taken with regularity. Our! schools have been able through the! consideration of the directors of the Sumter Creamery to get this' milk for our pupils tit ."> cents a pint. At this price milk 1 is not ' only a perfectly balanced ration! but the cheapest form of diet that can be procured. In this connection it may be of ! interest to quote from a statement i recently made by the Board of; Education of South Orange, X. J. The quotation follows: "When the annual report of the Board of Education was read to- ; night, much comment was heard j because the members said that at ' least one-third of the school chil-j dren was undernourished and that j a mother's care cannot be replaced ; by a fcCrvant's judgment. It is ex- j peered that the report will result j in the calling of a special meeting: when the members and parents will 1 discuss the subject." "Improper nutrition is our. greatest evil. At least one-third ] of our pupils are undernourished, j not up to the normal weight and : height. j There is more of it in the homes ; of the well-to-do than in thej homes of those in moderate eir- i cumstanees. A wholesome diet un-: der a mother's care cannot be re placed by a servant's judgment or) a child's whim." "The main trouble is in the fact ; that children do not eat enough | vegetables and drink enough milk. Our children can take full advan-i tage of the opportunities offered ! only when properly fed and with-: our. serious defects. Because it is j more important than anything else, j we ought- not only to safeguard the j health of the children, but to try and deliver them at the end of their ! school life better physically than j they would have been if we had . not taken, charge of them." The excerpt above rshows that j other places are desirous of seeing! to it that their children are proper- i ly nourished with wholesome food.; it shows also that the drinking or" milk by the pupils is strongly ad vocated. SUMTER WINS FROM COLUMBIA Gamecocks Win Season's Hardest Fought Game bV Single Point Friday night in the gymnasium Of the local Y. M. C. A. the Sum ter High school basketball team played the Columbia High school quintet and wrested ihe ^victory from them by the score o'' 24 10 23. It can truly be said that Sumter won iheir game by their indomi table spirit with the possibility of a slight ingredient of luck inter mingled. The Columbia ream con siderably outwighed the light Gamecock team and at beginning of the great game considerably outplayed the local lads. The score at the end of the first half of the game stood 1?; to "? in favor of the visitors. Columbia had possession of the ball during the greater por tion of this half and were extreme ly lucky with their goal shots. The Sumter team took on new life and renewed determination from the very beginning of the second half of the game and were rewarded for their up stream lighting by the all more glorious victory after their strong "come back." Rodgers and .James were the best players for the visitors. Rodgers making three consecutive goals fr<"*m a position on the fr.! side o*' !??? c.-nior ring, tln-s*- shots being ??'.::;?' a remarkable feature of the game. Each member of the Sumti r team worked like a young tiger. Wright for Sumter. however, made the best showing. The game was witnessed by a large and very enthusiastic crowd, it was declared to be rhe season's best and hardesi fought game. The line-up uns as 1'ollov.s: Columbia Sumter Rogers ... . F. . . . . Chandler Shumpert . . F_ . t:. Allen j Jones.C__:_\Yruxhi SbiUitto . _ . Rlanding Richard .. . . G.VVray Substitutes: Sumter: Carroll for Chandler. Referee Heidt. It must lie embarrassing to an absent-minded divorce^ wh?-n sh< ? an'l decide whether .'In- man at the door is her new husband or .i hook agent. I ii Merit cd ? Do you think Htai crying bah) is really suffering?''* replied Mr. Oro weher. "It's ;i ra.se heredity. Its fath er is one of these natural-horn era - J tors v. ho insisi on being heard : whether rhey have anything on tht-ir Ininrfs <>r n<>f " WnshJnfjton ' SI a r. Clermany was militarist i?- be-j cause she called treaty u scrap <>\ ! paper: France i> militaristb be cause .'be wishes to keep another treaty from being a. scrap of paper. Fertilizing Con on C udei t^>l I Weevil Conditions Clemso-n College, Pe-h. :?. D-ioiv llie Ik ill weevil earne. ji \\;is not so necessary for us to study the fer tilizer needs of out particular soils for cotton, as ii is now. Our present economic conditions also make it necessary that we make as much profit as possible from every dollar invested i:i eommertcal fertilizer. a great many farmers have been buy ing and applying the mixtures recommended by fertilizer sales men without regard to their soil types and s>di conditions; but for lf?22. under boll weevil conditions, if we are to make a profit growing cotton, it is necessary that wo study economical crop production. A man who usues no fertilizer for cotton in 1922 will make n serious mis take; however it should be used judiciously, considering prices of separate carriers compared with ready mixed goods, soil type, soil condition resulting from past treat ment, and the crop to be grown. So advises the agronomy division in making the following brief recommendations for fertilizing <-otton in 1922. For Poor Sandy Coastal Lands. On average poor sandy land in tin-, Coastal Plains the following, which analyzes s-a-2. is recom- i mended at the rate of 600 pounds per acre. 1000 lbs. in per cent acid phos phate. 4"0 lbs. 7 per or-nt cotton seed (or ! equivalent in blood.) .100 lbs. LS per cent nitrate of j soda (or equivalent in ammonium j sulphate). 500 lbs. 12 per cent Kainit tor equivalent in muriate). - A side dressing of 100 pounds per acre of nitrate of soda should be applied nor later than when first squares begin to form. Following a heavy growth of ? cow peas, velvets or soys plowed ' under the previous fall and well i rotted the following is recommend ed: j 1200 lbs. 1?; per cent acid phos phate. ? 40u lbs. is per cent, nitrate of : soda. 4 a it lbs. 12 per cent Kainit. This would analyze s-:',-2 and | should he applied 500 pounds per : acre. Xo side dressing will be need- i ed usually, but one-third of the j soda may be held back for side j dressing. For High Grade Loam Lands. On high grade loams and sandy loams that do not rust cotton the following mixture. 500 pounds per acre, is suggested: f;oo lhs. MJ per cent acid phos phate. 300 lbs. 7 per cent cottonseed meal. 150 lbs. 18 per cent nitrate, of soda. A side dressing of 70 to 1-00 pounds of nitrate of soda should be applied. On these soils following a heavy crop of well totted eowpeas. vel vets or soys, a mixture made of 30 0 pounds of 1 G per cent acid phos phate and 100 pounds of IS per Cent nitrate of soda per acre I recommended without any side dressing. For Piedmont Clays and Clay Loams On clays and clay loams of the Piedmont that do not rust Cotton. 500 pounds per acre of the follow ling with a side dressing of 50 to* ! 100 per cent of nitrate, are reeom S mended: j COO lbs. Iii per cent acid phos i phate. j 300 lhs. 7 per cent cottonseed nu-al. [ 150 lbs. is per cent nitrate of 1 soda. i On such soils, following heavy igrowth of well rotted legumes 4<oi pounds per acre of the following is .?suggested, with no side dressing, j 1600 lbs. It; per rent neid phos ; phate. y j 400 lbs. IS per e.Mit nitrate of ,soda. Nitrogen and Potash Needs. ! Enough ammonia is needed un ifier cotton to prevent stunting and [give a quick growth at the start, (but an excessive use of nitrogen I will delay maturity of cotton and [give the weeviL a better chance, j Von had better take your twentV dollar hills and light cigars with (them than put them into nitrate of I soda or other nitrogenous fertilit jor to apply to your cotton late ic j'iie season under boll weevil condi tions. j Where soils tends to rtrst cotton, enough potash is needed to give a j heavy stalk and strong lint, but ex [cess of potash will also deity ma turity. New Drugging Method Physician: "'This man's condi tion is not ilu." to drink. He's been I d rugged"' Policeman (turning pah* and i speaking timidly) : "I'm afraid j ye're right, sir. I drugged him all 'the way a matter of ;i hundred vards or more."- -IVaron's Weekly. Dissolution I Traces of many diseases have ! been found in mummies three (thousand years old. It is only j natural that people of that age be fin to show signs of breaking up. Punch. A Business Builder "II says here in the paper that 1 >r. .Jones is a pathologist. What d< es thai mean, dad ? A pathologist, my boy. is a doe tor who invents diseases for other doctors to cure." New York Son. As the Symptoms Indicated "1 i an t imagine why Bertie is so brainless: can you .'" "Why. of course. There - a fhe ory that he was iaa.uv.ln nt' on n vacuum hottle." lioston Tran script. When exports fall off. nation fall out. What that scientist sees moving about on the moon may just he fleas from the dog star. RURAL POLICE .: \ MAN KHLLSjMAN Dead' Man1- Alleged'' to *Have Wrecked Officer's Car While Being Chased Spartanburg, Feb. 17.?-Clyde Brown of Paoolet was shot and killed on the Inman road this af ternoon by Furman Davis, rural 7>oli.--oman. From what could bo learned of the affair, it is alleged that Brown, in company with Eddie Upton, a young woman, passed the rural p?dioeman, driving at a fast and reckless rate. The officer gave <?ha.se and passed Brown's car. When he did. Brown is alleged to have rammed Davis' ear. wrecking . it and leaving Davis standing in the < road. Soon a high powered car i passed and Davis got in and gave ; chase. He again, passed Brown's '? car. When he did. Brown is alleged j t" have run out of the road and t<> j have thrown two jugs of whiskey: out. his car was choked down and ; Davis went to make an arrest. When he did. Brown is said to have j made an attack upon the officer] and made an effort lo get the gun i from him. Davis jerked loose from Brown and struck him with the i pistol, and when he did. the gun i went off. wounding Brown, in the j head. Brown was rushed to the j General hospital where he died in j about sin hour. The young woman j was lodged in the county jail on a : charge of transporting. The in- j quest will be held at 16:3n o'clock j tomorrow morning. Interesting Exercises. Assembly exercises are held each j day at the Girls' High School at j 11:50. These exercises vary with] ihe occasion. Recently, the assem- ! bly period was made very pleasing1 by the girls of the seventh grade, j and on the nexr day by ihe mem- : hers of the Junior Red Cross. Both j of these exercises taught beautiful | lessons; the first emphasizing the j beauty of some of .life's fundamen- j ral virtues, and the second the truth j of the expression that it is more j blessed to give than to receive. In stead of having a Valentine box j I in their several rooms to receive j j valentines, the girls preferred to! give to others, and the unanimous j verdiet of all the participants was i that they derived far more pleas lure from giving to others. The! I stage was beautifully and appro-! , priarely decorated; the most sag-j (gestive feature being a very large Valentine box covered with the! symbol of St. Valentine's day en closing the. sign of the Rrd Cro^. : The combination suggested the cross of service in the heart of love, j "Two of the girls of the high.1 school have contributed the follow-! 'ing brief account of the two days: j "On the thirteenth of February! ?the girls of the seventh grade en tertained the High School in thei !auditorium of the Girls' High! jshcool. The stage was tastefully! j decorated, and the girls were dress- i ed in the class colors?blue and gold. The following program was! I rendered : | Introduction?Katherine Carroll, j ! Song?Class. . Recitation?True Womanhood ? I Ria. Melle Reed. I 4 An Acrostic of Courtesy: Consideration?Louise McLellan. j [ Obedience?Virginia Moise. Unselfishness?Mary Belle Hes-j j ter. Reverence?Irene Yates. Trust wonhiness ? Bertie Lee! Beck. ! Earnestness?Janie Bland. Self-control?Doris Bass. Your aim?Mildred Raftield. j Song ? Follow the Gleam ?' : Class. "At eleven fifty, on St. Valentine's [day, the girls of the High School 'gathered in the auditorium for a meeting of the Junior Red Cross.] The stage was beautifully decorat- j |ed in red and white, to carry out the national colors of the Red! [Cross, as well as those of St. Val entine. Potted plants were ar ranged artistically across the front) of the stage, jn the center of j which stood a huge Red Cross'Va 1-1 j online box. On one side, the ITighj School Red Cross flag was draped, j i while on the other stood the "Star] Spangled Banner," whose stately j folds graced the occasion. ^ The meeting was in charge of j : the new junior officers, consisting j of: Mary Alderman. president:} [ Jean Buck, vice president; Mary i \Caudle, secretary, and Anna Liezej Walsh, treasurer. The following) [program was rendered: "Service in Community Life, j .written by Arthur Dunn, national j ^director of Red Cross: which was' I presented as the acrosfc, "I Serve.** j : Those taking part were Carolin] j Harby. Jessamine Scott. Allenej McCoy. Janie DuRant, and Lenorej Gaston. all of the second year. Ed- i ua o'Quinn. of the first year then, j recited. "Service" A reading was | next given by Evelyn Ramsey of! the third year, entitled. "A Letter i ; i?) the Juniors on Service." Inez] i Carr then gave a recitation alter; i which the rousing Red Cross cheer was given by the fourth year girls, j To cap the climax, the Red Crossj Valentine box was opened by thej officers, revealing very substantial. valentines of clothes and food for! t he n? edy of t he city. An Enjoyable Occasion. The Salem R. V. 1'. F. entertain-j ed i;^ members ;it a Valentine party which was a very enjoyable oc casion indeed. The party was given! in the Bnraca room of the church. ? Quite a number were present, and t he evening was-spent in pan icipat - J ing in games of various kinds, as'- j ter which i--,. cream was served ;md then the valentines were dis-j tributed, consisting of a varied as sortment o.* comic and serious. Each one present voted the <><?-; easion one of vcrv jjrea-t delight. I -+++ Divine love hates the sin and j loves the .vinner. Rut in the mat ter of submarines, nations appear tu hate the sinner and love the tin. t FACTIONAL FIGHT IN MIN " : iEHS' UNION Howat, Leader of Radical Element Expelled From United Mine Workers Indianapolis, Fell. IT.-1?Alexander Howat, expelled Kansas mine lead er, lost his. appeal for reinstate ment in the United Mine Workers >?i America on the face of unoffi cial tabulation of the roll call of the union convention, vhich was completed late today. The last 1"" votes <ast swung the majority ro th*i administration forces, hea; ed by President .John L. Lewis and the latter won by approximately 50 votes out of tiie !? ?jo votes cast. Whil.* the defeat was shown only by unofficial tabulations of the vote. Mr. Howat tonight conced ed he had bee nbcaten as also did his principal supporter. Frank Farrington, the leader of the Illinois miners. The ofllciaJ vote will not he completed until tomorrow when the roll of absent delegates will be called but Mr. Howat said he doubled that any material change would result from the additional balloting. - * In effect the vote approved the expulsion of Howat and his fol- . lowers by President John L. Lewis, j who said he acted heraus?' of the refusal of the deposed Kansas ! leader to direct strikers to return to j work as was ordered by the miners' '' convention last fall. Howat. how ever has yet the right to appeal the : expulsion order to the union's exe- ; eutive board and in event of its re fusal can bring the question before ' the union's next convention, which i will be held in U>24. . ? . Surprising strength was shown j by Howat during the day's roll call, ? and the* result was not determined | unofficially until 150 of the last; 200 votes were cast, against him. j The final vote was 1.U59 to -1,8C<T, j aad efforts were being made to- i night'by his supporters to.muster j a strength to overcome this de- j spite their leader's concession of defeat. "We gave them a good fight." said Howat, and then added, "I . suppose nowf I will have to get out j of the Fnited States and go to Rus- j sia." Mr. Lewis said he was confi dent that unofficial vote was con servative and he interpreted the result "as best for the welfare of the union." Mr. Farrington said he regarded the vote as breaking Mr. Lewis' strength within the union, for he declared the result: "means that Lewis is a dead bird now." As soon as the official vote is completed tomorrow the union of- | firials plan to direct the cbnven-j tion towards its main objert?the) framing of the union's wage policy. ? m ? . .Meter Times Phone Galls by Light . Signal Long distance telephone calls, sometimes end fh arguments orerj the tin>* for which the subscriber; should be charged. To eliminate j such discussions the French Postal Service, according to popular Sei-j cure Monthly for March, has in stalled meters in public phone I booths to give the subscriber warn- ' ing when his period is about to end; The meter is a stopwatch arrang-' rd to light electric signals in the telephone booth. When the connec-j tion is made, the central plugs one j of the jacks into connection on the timer; which cannot start until the line is clear and ready for use. Two and a half minutes later, the hand of the watch makes a connection for two lamps hooked tm in series, one of which lights in central office and the other over th< public telephone. This light warns that time is nearly up. Exactly at the third minute, ' the lamp is extinguished. If the j subscriber continues t<? talk, he 1 must pay for an additional period, j The telephonometer makes a i second revolution, and 00 seconds j before the end of the second period ! gives the same warning as before, j - A Real Optimist. "That baldheaded man w ho just j went out is the greatest optimist 1 ever met." said the druggist. "That so?" asked the customer. I "Yes." replied the druggist, j "When I guaranteed my brand of ] hair restore!- he bought a bottle] and bought a comb and brush, be cause he figured he'd need them in j a few days."?California Druggist.) Columbia, Feb. 17.?In the House <>f Representatives Friday several speeches were made in reply to thej message of Governor Cooper, sent1 t>; both branches Thursday night. ' and dealing with the appropirations for public school education. The' two speeches which were most strongly in reply to the governor were delivered by .Messrs. Sapp and . Reiser. They declared that thej governor's charge that the ways; .md means committee had cut the j i "iiitiKu; school items to a greater extent than h had cut the appro- . phiations for higher institutions of learning was not fair. Mr. Reiser : ijuoted figures to show that the, common schools g>t public funds; to a total of approximately eleven : million dollars, and that the cut of .?<:"42.'|himi js a reduction of only '. .-?bout three per cent. Whereas the. appropriations for the state's five! colleges last year totalled $1.257.-j ? S7 ami the reduction ot" $297.2??2 is ; a cut of nearly twenty-five per i cent. In his message the governor deplored the reductions for com mon education', as against rhe rmounts allowed for higher rdu rat ion. ? ? ? Out prediction is tiiat we will all ' pee better days soiw. Spring is on the way. When your wife misplaces her. poekethook. call Jhe income tax collector. He can find money any where. i CONSULTING ENGINEER AT TACKS FORD Hugh L. Cooper Says Accept ance of Ford's Proposal Would Be a Calamity Washington, Feb. 17.?Accept ance by congress of ihe offer of Henry Ford for the purchase and lease pf the government proper lies at Muscle Shoals tri Alabama would handicap the water pawor development of the entire South and in this respeci would be like rem.?ving che vertebrae from ? man ? you expected to get along." Hugh L. Cooper, consulting engi neer to the government on Muscle Shoals development, declared to day in testifying before the house military committee which is con^ sidering the offer. Mr. Cooper attacked the offer from practically every angle, and at one point declared it would be a calamity to remove the super water powee project of the south from the field of public utility for ten years, lie also presented esti mates based upon army engineer data showing that it woiild cost the government $ 1,27.">,"O0,O9? 'during the next i 00 years in order that .Mr. Ford may secure sole, un regulated possession of the greatest power the south has." The time for lease of government lands containing water power pos sibilities. .Mr. Cooper said, should be 3u years and only that long un less the license was made subject to the regulation of the federal wa ter power -act. IP- opposed lea year period on the ground thai it was impractical from a business stand point and no com ract^ negotiated at this rime could be made appli cable to condition that might,pre vail in 2022. While the -witness said he realiz ed that the people of the south w:ere , ?crying for -the consummation of the Ford offer," ho firmly believ ed they would be crying for its ab rogation before the lease period expired. He declared that belief was predicted on personal experi ences in water power? development In the past 3b years, including that at Niagara Falls/ Mr. Cooper was called by Chair man Kahn to the witness stand af ter Theo Swann. president of the Federal Phosphorus company . at Birmingham, Ala., had explained . the possibilities for extensive chem ical'operations. including the man ufacture of cheap fertilizer at Muscle Shoals. The-latter told the committee that his company had definitely assured the success of the Muscle Shoals operations by ap plying satisfactorily new processes in the Birmingham plant which would be duplicated upon a greater scale at Muscle Shoal's. .1. W. "Worthington, representing the Tennessee River Im?.-ovement association, concluded his .^.atement in support of the. Ford offer at the forenoon session. H-e urged, the acceptance of Mr. Ford's-pian and said if the Detroit manufac turer was given the opportunity at the shoals an extensive develop ment of water power in the upper Tennessee river where he estimat ed 1.000.?um? horse power could be produced, would be possible. The committee adjourned late to day until Monday. St. Louis. Feb. 17.?Urging ac ceptance of Henry Ford's offer for .Muscle Shoals. James E. Smith, a vice president of vhe Mississippi Valley association, today asserted a recent vote taken by him among 4"? directors of the association was that "42 were unequivocally for Ford's oiler." JUDGE LANDIS LEAVES BENCH Chicago, Feb. 18.?Federai Judge }C em-saw M. Land is today announc ed that lie had resigned from the bench and would devote his entire time to his position of baseball com missioner. The resignation is ef fective March 1st. Our Unemployed. As state ] jn your paper a few days ago a temporary employment bureau has been established at the Sumter County Chamber of Com merce. City Hall building, phone -oo. for the purpose of aiding the unemployed of the community in securing work. There are a considerable num ber of men and women in our midst out of work and are forced t-. apply to the Red Cross for as sistance who would gladly work for their support if work could be secured. So 1 ask those in need of work to register at the employment bu reau. I als^? ask those who have work to be done, or can create a job m any description let it be known by phoning the bureau. I 4 specially request the people of Sumter to now have all odd jobs, all contemplated improvements, all repairs that are needed or will si...a re?|U^e attention done at this it no- for it will not only benefit you and your property but will go a long way roward relieving a sit uation that is nearly acute. Your job mav seem a small one to you hut in the aggregate it will relieve much wan;, ami even suffering. Now is the lime to do this, not to morrow or next week for this need is pressing. very truly. R. S. BOOTH, Pres. Sumter County chamber of Com merce Raw-on To Re Senator Des Meines, Iowa. Feh. 17 (By the .Associated Press).?Charles A. I'a\vs?.n of 1 >es M?dries is the new senator from Iowa. Announcement of the appointment of Mr. Rawson, who is chairman of the Republican state central committee, to succeed William s. Kenyon in the upper In-use of the congress was made by Gov. N. E. Kendall today.