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!? Watchman and Soilhre'n t v - - : - i? "otered. at the Postoffice, at Sum ter, S. C, a3 Second Class Matter. I ; . ?r-?r' PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. " Krak erlieft or Richmond, Ya.. Monday night :here.they."were.called on accouat f the. serious illness of Mr. Krak r's mother, Mrs. A. D. Thompson left this loming for Raleigh. X. C.< after ?ending several weeks with her ?rents. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Lupo, n_Washingion St. Mr. Thompson accepted a position there as ?z&eriptendent . of . the highway oads.. Mr, George W. Farabow reiurn d> to Sumter Tuesday from Tam a,-. Fla-, at which city has been jr several days as a delegate-*? ie Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks' ooveniioiu " * Mr. *J.- TV. Daniel left thir- morn i& on a brief visit Jin Columbia. "Kon. T. G. McLeod, of Rishop ille, passed, through-the city2-this i-orning while returning^ td' '-his ome from Columbia. ; Miss Marie: Xash returned to ?o ;mbia College this morning -after jfthding a few days at her home r the city, "x Mr. W. E. Du Rant is a business isltor in Columbia today. Mr; and Mrs. E. T. Broadwell ar ved- in Sumter Monday to make leir future home-here. Mr.*; and Irs* 'Broad-well were married in iken, S. C.; on February 20; and rft Aiken by motor for St. Peters v&Kl . Fla., where they spent sev ir?l- days. Many friends wek'omo ~vis couple here and extend to them *ry hearty -congratulations. '-' ; ^i?ss- Eunice Bagiv. of Gft?rh? :.h. is a visitor in Sumter and is to e a guest at dance to1" be hehl' in :r>ah-'s Hall tonight. ? Sir. and Mrs. Walter W. "Row uid, Jr., and Misses Euniee i^hg?py no: Marion Knight returned to utnter this" morning after a very ieas?nt week end visit iVu the aoital city. &rs. :J. W. Carroll is spending be wee*fc in Spartanburg with'- her aughter. Miss Allehe. Mrs. E. Wells and Mrs.C. "eeberg. of -Oakland, Calif., are P?ting their parents, Cap:, and Jrs.' E. S. Carson. Miss Alma Register and "Mrs. eiwei Reynolds, of Savannah; re - urned jto their home Wednesday noting after visiting Mrs. R.y. E. Tiidef in the city for several days. Mrl T.' K. Dick of Coiumbia^as n the city" today "on business. ?. Mr. R. F. Robinson left . this corning"' for Darlington on busi ... i*?s. *?** * ? ?: Messrs' T. B. Lanham. State ?e^re^ary. Y. Ml C. A: and George rving, 'of ""New York, member, of i^liitefnational Y, M. C. A. Com o jtee. are visitors in Sumteri SUMTER MEAL To keep Sumter county motiey in Itamterrcounty buy Sumter. .Counc il?*!. It is to be had, call for it ind you. will get' it. / The Business League group* that ,vas canvassing, the groceries foiind hat nearly all of ^ the grocery ;tores in Sumter carry in stock both vestern mtal and Sumter county osaL The -names of those 'elling the local product are not ritten here because in its canvass he* group were nor able to*'*se~e",*"ti ew of the grocers, they were out it each call, and so the names of jome are not given as it might do injustice to others. - if .Sumter buyers will call ""Sinter meal they will get it.Iff ,hey buy it in larger and larger quantities the "merchants will buy t .from the farmers in larger and arger Quantities. Here is one of ;neopportunities of helping ou> ^tves^ we can build up this pro luct, or we can neglect it and con rinue: the practice of buying, ajway rom home what can be h?d'^nst is well at home. The grocers of ?umter are quite trilling to handle the home meal. Xbey: wish, however, to be able to /uy k from the "farmers of jut&; as jo?d ?lua?ty as they do frbririne A'est. and they wish it handled by he farmers just as neatly, and just isM conveniently as do the milis :hat';ship it. The producer and >ellet must do Ms part as we|t as merchant who buj's, and V6 fhe "armer, if he wishes to do hL< part o*aeip with the home mea^tikAe ?ent roust cooperate fully, and ry fo make his wares so attrac ive that the demand for them will w. constant. Anj-one wishing informaiion ibout the buying or selling of Sttmtfrr county meal should A-rrh Mr. Georg ?ras head of the he League who handled this?mat :er. meal should x-ouscU ge O. Warre^ fhp he committe| ?i3jo~pi Smith?Yatcs Mi?s Mazie L. Smith, of Camden. end Mr. S. Walter Yates. of Dalzell. vere- married at the ho/ne ?of, the ?ridets brother on ii&ry : fetTeet, ?fonday evening at *:'30 o'clock. J elm hers of the families and a few ntimate friends wer?' present at the narrjage ceremony which was per ornied by Rev. J. G. Ferguson. >a^tor of the Broad Street Method st Cliureh. This couple are tt> make Heir" home near Bishopville of vhiel? sec tion Mr. Yates is a fcrom i.ent farmer. Death. 'A telegram was received Wed tesday announcing the death Lhat norn^ng at Richmond. Va.. of Mrs. ')<fra Schaap Kraker. mother of ?fr. G. W. Kraker of this city, at ttf advanced age of 94 years. Mrs. vraker is survived by two sons and dw daughters. Uf j * I Asparagus has proven a reliable tr^ "pr?fftabie crop in Rarnwell iud pther c-ounties. and. on a small ;eale. in Sumter county. Why not ncrea^e the acreage locally? * /udge I^andis will give all his at tention to Itasehali. Our ortifee1.JLu^v ?lans to do the same.. FATHER AND i SON BANQUET I Splendid Addresses Heard as, I Fathers and Sons Sit To gether at Banquet Tables in Y. M. C. A. j An occasion which was truly an inspiration alike to each of the \ j fathers and sons seated opposite I each other across the long banquet j ! tables spread out in the gymna j shim of the local Y. M. C. A., and j ! also to each and every other per- j i son present, was the father and j son banquet, held Wednesday eve- ! j ning. Plates for one hundred and 1 ; sixty three were prepared and this '; j number proved to be the exact; : number required. j After the returning of thanks, l-y ( j Mr. T. B. Lanham, everyone was ? j kept l>usy for some time enjoying the delightful supper which had been prepared by the mother* of I . the boys in the Hi-T. club and j ? which was charmingly served by i j Misses Kathryn Timmerman, Mary i lAlden, Lois McKnight, Helen and! j Daisy ?hina, members of the girls j j lli-Y. club. 'The menu consisted j i of fried chicken, rice, gravy, can- j j died potatoes, rolls, pickles, french j fried potatoes, milk, coffee and pie. j I Mr. Frances S. Kirk, president | ' of the Hi-Y. club, acted as toast- ! imaster of the oc?.asion and stated, ? in just a few words that the pur- j ! pose of the father and son move- j ; ment and its object was to form a j I closer tie between fathers and sons. ! \ The first speaker was Mr. Bay- j ; nard Pitts whose subject was "What , a father's advice and companion : ship could and should mean to his J \ son. in his outdoor life." This j was a well thought out and nicely delivered treatise, i Mr. C. O. Rowland was announc j ed as the next speaker and his. ; subject announced as "If I was in j my teens again." Mr. Rowland j opened his talk on a short sketch of j the relationship that should exist : between father and son. and de j scribed the various types of fath i ers existant. The father that ] thought he could not be congenial j with son without losing the sdns' j respect, the busy man, and the ideal j type of father who takes his son j into his confidence. Mr. Rowlond j then, on the subject "What I would ! do if I were in my teens again." I made a thoroughly interesting talk ; outlining in a frank and clear man ! ner from his experience what he ! would try to do if he had again j to live his life from his "teens." j Mr. Rowland stressed the extreme ! importance of having an objective j in view and of working towards it. I His advice was thoroughly sound : and great profit will be the reward j of those who follow it. I The audience . was next turned j over to the Male Quartette which j pleasingly entertained by song se j lection, executing first their orig | inal number "Daddie." Comprising I the quartette were David Cuttino, ; Murr Hall, George Warren and \ Frank Chandler. Mr. H. L. Shaw, Jr., next gave a j short talk upon the subject, "What. ;a father's advice and companion ship could and should mean to his .son in his home and religious life:" ;Young Shaw made a. very strong : and splendid talk. This talk was I followed by a hearing from Mr. j R. D. Epps on the subject, "What ; should be the relationship between j father and son." Mr. Epps deliv I ered his talk in his usual manner I and style of interspersed humor. A ; few .words were heard from Mr. j f. B. Lanham, State Secretary of i the Boy's Work of the Y. M. C. A. , and after the singing of several : additional numbers by the quartette ; the speaker of the evening was an j nouneed. This was Mr. George Ir j ving, of Xew York, Member of the ! International Y. M. C. A. Commit : tee. The talk by Mr. Irving was ] exceptionally line and in his excel ! lent style he brought directly a ; Christian message. He outlined in '; some manner the conditions that : exist in the world today and gave ; as the only remedy for the eradi , cation of all wrong, the religion j of Jesus Christ. j "He alone," stated Mr. Irving, "is j worthy." j The meeting was adjourned after i a short benediction by Mr. Henry ; Ligon. j Opportunities of hearing Mr. Irv 1 ing will be given to all men of the \ city as he will spend Thursday in I Sumter. delivering a talk to men at ithe Y. M. C. A. Thursday, after noon at 4 o'clock, a talk to boys j at the Y. M. C. A. at 5 o'clock, and :a talk before the Christian Men's J Club at 6:30 Thursday evening at ; the Y. M. C Anyone that can i possibly arrange to hear Mr. Irv | ing will not be disappointed either I in the man or in his message: ?Sumter is very fortunate in having j this speaker here as he is limited j by time to bo in only three cities ; in this state. ? ? ? Concert. Enjoyed by Many. Many persons of the city enjoyed ? the delightful concert which was : given at the Episcopal Church on j Tuesday evening. On the musical i program appeared the names of : many of Suniter's most talented j musicians and the program which 'was rendered was in every way most ; highly pleasing and entertaining. The following is the program ; which was carried out: ; Organ Solo?Miss Louise Siddall. ' Duet?Miss Eva Keller, Mr. W. B. Moore. Vocal Solo?Miss Aurile Lebby. Piano Solo?Mr. L. C. Moise. ! Vocal Solo?Mrs. John P. Lee. j Violin Solo?Mrs. R. J. Alexan I der. Vocal Solo ?Miss Pauline Hayns ; worth. Quartette?Mesdames John Lee. W. B. Lynam. Messrs. W. E. Moore, Frank Butler. Organ Solo?Mrs. W. E. Moore. Vocal Solo?Mr. W. E. Moore. 1 Piano Solo?Miss Beatrice Sum I ter. Quartette?Mesdames John Lee, , W. B. Lynam, Messrs. W. E. Moore, j Frank Butler. Offertory?Mrs. Ii. J. Alexander, i violin and Miss Siddall, piano. DAIRYING INDUSTRY MEETING Good Meeting Held in Court House Thursday Morning A very good meeting was held at tho court house Thursday morning, in the interest of dairying in Sum ter county.- The object of these meetings which are being held in various points over Oar county is for the purpose of creating the in terest of everyone in tho dairying business and for the purpose of looking towards the establishing of a market in this county for all dairy products that can be produc ed in the county. The meetings of Wednesday were held in three schools of the Shiloh section and it is stated that in the neighborhood of some. ?J50 men. women, school boys and school girls were reached and valuable information present ed to them. At the meeting in Sumter Thursday morning there were present a representative aud ience of some sixty business men and farmers of the county. Very enlightening and instructive ad dresses were heard from Mr. Ever ett Russell, a dairy specialist of national fame, of the International Harvester Company of Arnorica. Mr. Schmolke. dairy expert, and B. Harris, of the committee of ag riculture of South Carolina. Every detail and almost every possbile phase of the dairying business was taken up and clearly explained. Just at this time a copy comes into our hands of an address: which was delivered in Sumter by Mr. B. Harris in UtOtJ, before a farmers' meeting. This paper i.-* particular ly applicable at tn:s time and cov ers somewhat in detail the dairying industry. The paper follows: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle men: It affords me the. greatest of pleasure to meet with the represen tative farmers of South Carolina and especially Sumter county. 1 have been assigned to talk to you about the live stock industry in our state and its needs. I find that the average farmer in South Carolina needs education along the line of breeding, developing and handl ing live stock, more than in any other branch of agriculture. And 1 wish to say right here, that a state cannot prosper, if it does not make live stock one of the leading fea tures of agriculture. The first question that arises in the minds of our South Carolina farmers, is whether or not the south is adapted to the breeding and raising of live stock. I hope that we will be able to prove to you that the fault is not with the conditions existing in South Caro lina, but that th? fault lies with the farmers themselves. If you were to ask me what county was the best adapted to stock raising in this state, I would answer you Sumter county. Then if you were to ask what kind of live stock would be the'most profitable to raise in South Carolina. I would answer you dairy cattle, horses, sheep, hogs and poultry. If you ask me why I say Sumter county could foster stock raising with such great pro fit, 1 would renly because there is no section that otters more natural advantages for the breeding ami raising of live stock. I say this because you can raise such a di versity of forage crops. Ten months out of the twelve, you can have some kind of soiling crop to feed j to your cattle, horses, sheep ann hogs. I will not attempt to name j the kind of soiling crops for this within itself would require t oo ; much time. However 1 will say j that the Bermuda grass will do : for the south, what blue grass has , done for Kentucky. 1 know of one ! place in particular, where one ! quarter of an acre of Bermuda ! grass that furnishes all the graz j ing that a twelve hundred pound j bull can eat for seven months out ? of the year and it takes an average : of one acre of Kentucky blue grass j for a steer. Right here in Sumter j county, one acre of Bermuda grass will furnish grazing for 2 head. J There is no country where feeds can be raised cheaper than in South Carolina and where stock is freer j from disease. Healthy stock should i be expected, for they can have out ! door exercise every day of the year, j which is very essential to the ? health of animals. Now as to the necessity for rais ing live Muek in our Southland. How are we to reclaim our worn lout soils? Can we do it with com mercial fertilizers'! The answer is. Xo. We will have to do it with live stock. I wish to make a com : parison of conditions along this line as tiny exist in Iowa and in South Carolina. la the state of [Iowa you will find that this ratio exists?to every inhabitant there ; are one and one-half milk cows and in South Carolina to every elev en inhabitants there is only one !milk eow. In rowa there is one sheep to every inhabitant: in South Carolina there is one sheep to every twenty-seven inhabitants. Con tinuing this comparison, statistics show: Iowa has three and <>nc-h.-iU' hogs to each inhabitant: South Car olina one. Iowa has one eow to every -i\ and one-half acres; South Carolina one cow to every fifty-four are! one-half acres. Iowa folded horses and mules in I I'll'. 191.237; Smith Can d inn 2 s i?:?. Iowa value of farm products per agricultural workers, $9S5.00; South < Carolina, $ ! 74.00. Iowa horses and mules t>> every two agricultural workers, 7; South Carolina 1. I<>\\a value of dairy products per each agricultural worker, $74.uo; South Carolina. ?.*J.0<?. Even the hens lay three times OS many e^f?:, jn Iowa as th<y do in South Carolina, not wit hstand ing 11 -.?? climate in South Carolina far surpasses that of Iowa f??r egg prod tic in g. Xow w hy did 1 say we must have dairy cattle in South Carolina- !>e cans,, the quickest road to ;i dollar is through a dairy cow. Sh. pas s ' her expense account every twonry, ? four hours and gives yon a profit of t< n per cent on her fust for ; three hundred and sixty-five days I In the year and besides she fur nishes you the most wholesome food obtainable for your table. She ? does not run on a credit basis, it is all cash with her and no futures in it. South Carolina buys an nually $12,000,000 in dairy pro : duets and there is no state in the j union that van produce these pro ' ducts cheaper than we can here j in South Carolina. Xow let i;s see where our money is going. South Carolina sends j away from home $13.100,000 an ! nually for bacon. Any good farm er in <>ur state can raise bacon, for three cents per pound. 1 can ; raise enough of it for home con sumption at two cents per pound. We send out of the state for ! horses anc mules annually $11. i 350,000 and there is no country I whore you can raise a horse or mule ::ny cheaper thnn you can in South Carolina. 1 can raise a j bettor one here for $100 than our ' farmers are paying $250.00 for out of the state. 1 can raise all of [the feed on one acre that a colt will require until he is three years old and at the end of that time will have $50.00 in cash to the I credit of the land. Apply the ma j nure the colt lias made m three [years to the same aeiv .-ni l you will ? increase the production of that acre .twenty per cent. Now why diouid we improvish our country by [Sending west for horses and mules and bacon. South Carolina spends annually $20.000,000 for flour and j U0O for corn. How are ..*c to re | claim our worn out lands. The i answer is?diversification of crops I and live stock raising. I have seen from the car window, sin i*o I left my home, coming two hundred miles, enough waste land, it it was used for sheep raisins, to grow more mutton than is now consumed in Somii Carolina As this land ; stands today, the t txes are a bur jdeh to the owner, 1 ut ii properly husbanded with shoep raisins, it would in ten years no the most fertile land on the farm. 1 can see some cause for a machine or man to wear out. but more men rust out that wear out. There is no cause for .in acre of land to .wear out. it should be twenty times 1 more productive after being in cul tivation one hundred years, than it I was the first five years. How is this ? raise more live stock and bet ter live stock. It requires intelligent effort to breed and handle live stock. Now it is not that we lack the brains, land ir is also a slander to say that we have not the energy and a p lication n e c e s s a r y. You can grow cotton and do the ! other things you want to do, and right successfully too?but you have never wanted to grow live stock. What has been the result of efforts to grow live stock in this 'and all the other Southern states in the past. Ninety-nine out of ? ?very hundred men who have en gaged in ir. have made failures. Why? Because they were men with money, but without knowledge or experience in the business and they turned the work over to men who knew but little 'more awl usually eared less. Any negro can raise c tton. but when it comes to div< rsified farming, he is not in it. How are we to keep our boys on the farm'.' We will have to eelu cate them above a cotton .held and a mule. How can we do this? By teaching them that by diversified agriculture and stock raising they cap make money on the farm and ciin cope with men in any other profession. Now. brethren. T think we have rather discouraged our boys and have sent them away from the "arm. 1 have heard mother? and fathers say to their boys.?'?There is nothing on the farm?you will have to get into something else." I foci sad whenever I hear this, for as soon as we show timni that they riiii make money, they will stick to the farm. It takes a boy with stamnia and grit to go to city today and develop into a man Unit will be an honor to his country, if we ?\ ill teach #the boys how to make farming profitable, they will be at f.?:,,.?..,{ to tb?* free and healthy life of the country. Flow are we to do ?Iiis? Again 1 say by diversification and live stock raising. To. man who di versifies, loves his family better: the man who diversifies, feeds ?and clothes his family better; the man who diversifies, educates his fam ily better: the man who diversi fies, makes a belter citizen and when he i rosses over the river, the people will mourn at his departure. It pays to raise pedigreed stock. A Sumtcr county farmer has re cently sold a registered bull calf, live months old for $60. This calf, if unregistered would have been worth about eight or ten dollars for beef. Tie? earner's Ferry bridge will he completed in t his spring or early summer?l>ut what about the ap proaches '.' DOINGS OF THE E j KELLOTOM, I DROPPEI 1 BORROWED A COUP] |j j MONTHS AGO -THANr" MUCH ! j-j= -7/? I iu UKId You FUTURE OF ANNAPOLIS MIDSHIPMEN Washington, March I.?The navy department stepped forward today in an effort to save the naval acad emy graduating class from being forced to walk the plank in June. Taking cognizance of a move ment in congress to turn ?41 mem i bers back to civil life. Secretary I Dcnby, Rear Admiral Wilson, su perintendent of the academy and Rear Admiral Washington, chief of the bureau of navigation insisted before the house naval committee that they were needed, that the three other classes should be per mitted to graduate according to schedule and that no reduction be I made in the number to be admitted i next fall. j Admiral Washington asserted I that the need for the services of j the midshipmen would be far greater ten years hence than now. A growing sentiment was indi cated in favor of commissioning the first class and retiring at least an equal number of older men in the service, many of whom have reach ed the .age of retirement and re ported to be anxious to get it. Acting on the advice of Admiral Wilson, the class lias delayed the purchase of first year naval eqvdp ! ment. and meanwhile a number of J business concerns have appr ?ach I ed the Ddir il with a view of ob taining the services of a large part j of the eiass. if it is to be dropped I under the naval appropriation 1 ill. Admiral Wilson pleaded earnest ; Iy for every man who at the acad emy and especially for the first class, standing with Secretary I>on- j by. v. ho urged the entire June class be commissioned. ! Reminded that the question of j I commissioning the graduating class i j would come up again next year, j Admiral Wilson insisted congress j would cross that bridge when it I was reached, adding that in '"a year j everybody might be hollering for the navy." , DEADLY HOT ? SUPPER P.ishopville. March 1.?Lucius Peterson died Tuesday night from the pistol wound received during the closing hours of a negro hot supper on Charlie Josey's place near P.ishopville last Friday night. Pinkney Moses and Frank Roman, both negroes, are in the county jail. Moses is suffering from a bullet wound in his heel and Bo man has a knife wound in his leg. i WOMAN IN THE HOUSE OF LORD'S i . . London. March 2.?The petition Of Lady Rhonda to sit in the house of lords has been granted by the I privilege committee. If she takes j her seat she will be the first wo i man to sit in the upper house of i the British parliament. -? ? m I MARY PICKFORD NOT TO PAY COMMISSION New York. March 2?The federal I jury has decided that Mary Pick ford does not have to pay one hundred and eight thousand dol I lars to Mrs. Willkenning for her j commission in getting the film star a raise of ten thousand dollars a week. DR. WORK TO S?C CEED WILL HAYS i Washington. March 2?Dr. Hu beit Work, first assistant postmas ter general, will succeed Will S. Hays, as head of the postoffice de partment, it was learned definitely at the White House today. o ? ? DO?GHTON SEATED BY CONGRESS Washington, March 2.?Repre sentative Dough ton, a Democrat, is j entitle.: to a seat in the house as a member of the Eighth North Caro | lina district. The elections com mittee investigating contest, tiled i by Dr. J. I. Campbell. Republican, [ has reported. j Chicago, March 2.? Mrs. Robert j K. Thorne. wife of the former pr< sident of Montgomery & W ard Company, has reported to the policy the l?.ss of jewels valued at $25. 000. She returned to Chicago yes terday from South Carolina. Chicago. March 2.? ICennesaw Mountain Lundis, commissioner of baseball, who resigned the federal judgeship Tuesday, will not enter politics in Chicago, he informed a friend in a letter. Negro Teachers* Convention. The State convention of the Ne gro Teachers' Association will he j held in Spartanburg March 2*>-2fi ?UFFS ) |M TO .LA THAT .E OF ;s VERY SAY WILBUR.W) YOUNG FELLOW ' AT YOUR FLAT V THE OTHER EVf HE'S SOME Gu^ G'lVE THAT RELLA to - You MAY KEEP )t \ CARLOAD OF I HOGS WANTED! A Free Advertisement Con tributed to Help an Infant Industry Tin- Carolina Farm Products Co. of Sumter, and the Sumcer Cham ber of Commerce want to ship a carload of hogs within the next ten days if sufficient hogs can be guaranteed to make up the car load. The Carolina Farm Products Company, Mr. .1. C. Bryan, manag er, ;:t the Farmers' Tobacco Ware house on East Liberty street <an get the buyers to come to Sumter if the farmers will list in their hogs with either the Carolina Farm Products Company, Phone 832 or with the Sumter Chamber of Com merce. Phone No. 2 OO. Hogs weighing not less than 150 to 200 or more pounds bring bet ter prices than hogs under ]."?'? pounds, bur of course smaller hogs will he accepted. I; is proposed to ship not later than Saturday, March 11th, but Products Company or the Chamber of Commerce must know how many hogs will be offered so as to give time to notify the buy ers. .Map of Carribboan. Washington, Feix 28.? The Na tional Geographic Society has just issiu-d a map giving a comprehen sive idea of all of 'he countries and islands surrounding the Carribboan Sen, including Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and the Northern portion of South Ameri ca along tin- Caribbean Most of these countries have been available heretofore in sepa rate maps, and sonn-times grouped but it has been difficult to bring all of them together; whereas the new map covers the entire range of surrounding countries. Tin- judges of probate of the State have been notified by letters from the South Carolina Tax Com mission in Columbia of the passage of the inheritance tax act and of its approval by the governor on the 23rd of February. The judge of probares arc further advised /hat they must not grant any final settlements and distribution of per sonal estates by this office. This action was necessitated in view of some question having arisen as to whether this tax will be exacted from estates which have not al ready distributed in accordance with the law and tinal discharge of executor of administrator grant ed by the prdbate court. The let ter further states that the question is now under investigation and till oUiees of the judge of probate will be a.dvised at the earliest prac ticable moment. ?-? ? o New V?rie. March 1.?A total loss of $8.763.710 in 1021 by the Pierce Arrow .Motor <\ar company was shown today in the company's annual report. Current assets at the close of the year stood at $\:). 6ii of against current liabilities $ 8 ."6.1 County Treasurer Wallace re ceived more than $10,000 in taxes Tuesday. Oov. Cooper's veto of tax postponement ;i<-t proved an in centive to those who had not paid tin ir taxes. ? ?? London, March 2?Three per sons were kilted, arid twenty four injured, some seriously, in a dis turhance tit Tanta. Egypt, says a central news dispatch from Cairo. Washington. March 2?An in crease of more than ninety mil lion dollars in the public debt dur ing February was announced by the treasury department today. I London. March 2.?Either an ! early general election or the resig : nation- of Premier Lloyd George I will result from the present politi ! eal crisis in England, it is generally ? believed. Culture, however, is something more than can be obtained by spending ten minutes each day with a dt II book. COTTON MARKET new york cotton. March May July Oct. Dec. Open 18.25 I 795 17.13 16.43 IG.33 High 18.37 18.10 17.38 16.70 16.50 Low 18.15 17.86 17.10 16.45 16.32 Test dys Close Close 18.35 18.07 17.34 16.69 16.50 18.38 18.08 17.28 16.63 16.55 spots unchanged, is. new orleans cotton. March May July Oct. . Dec. Open 16.81 16.79 16.40 15.82 15.64 JJizh 16.95 16.97 16.64 16.00 15.77 Low 16.71 16.73 16.37 15.82 15.64 Yostdys Close Close 16.88 16.89 16.58 I 5.96 15.75 16.87 16.SO I6.!.2 15.90 15.70 Spots ?itT. 17.1'". liverpool cot j on. March May July October December Sales R.ooii <!!i/it, 10.42. Middling !).87: . 9.92 9.95 9.93 9.64 9.50 Gw>d Mid 10 WAS THAT YO? HAD OVER (ELPJNG VOU iNINGf j THAT WAS NICK SERS, AN OLD END OF MINE ? GEE, HE DID YcN ON HI DEVELO Why Canned Foods Week? National Canned Foods Week, which is being observed through- > out the country March 1st to 8th, under the auspices of canners. food ; brokers, jobbers, retailers and al- , lied organizations, may seem some what like "painting the lily." With! most of us. every week is canned foods week. But we have come to ? take canned foods so much for . granted it is undoubtedly well for \ us to be reminded of just what the j invention of canning really means j to us. Although less spectacular, j the science of canning was a dis- i covery only equalled in imports .ce j by such inventions as the de- j phone, the wireless and the a- o- j plane. When we stop to rea ;zo 1 that food, shelter and clot" _ng | are man's most vital need- and : what a large proportion of o r food ! is preserved for us and 1 ughc' to us today in canned lot ! , wej better understand the full ? ;gnili- j ! cance of this important di ? -ry. ) Pickling or drying were. only! j methods of preserving IV ? that: were known up until abot r eon- ; tury ago. In 1795 the m ?ities I I of war prompted the Fren gov- j ernment to 'Ter a reward * 12.-' eOO francs for a better met. od" of I food preservation. The prize was 'awarded to Nicholas Appert ami j Iiis method stands today as the real I basis of our present process of can | ning?ramely, hermetic sealing I and sterilization by heat. ; This discovery has added im measurably to the wealth of the j world, because if has meant that at j tinu-s of harvest the surplus crops, j which it is impossible to get to market before they spoil, have not had to go to waste, but have been j preserved for use at other periods J of the year when nature is prodtie i ing less and when, but for the science of canning, we would have to subsist on much less attractive fare. This is conservation in the broadest and most economic sense of the word. Put the process of canning nor only benefits the world at large; it has very definite advantages for each of us as individuals/ for that much talked of Mr. Average-Man | in-tJie-Street ami his Housewife-in | the Kitchen. '?Canning*' elimi \ nates the seasons. In effect, it I "makes summer last all the year j 'round" and in midwinter brings ! us the crops of midsummer. And canning also eliminates space or sectionalism, for those of us who live in the interior may still enjoy oysters, crabs, lobsters [ and other sea foods whenever we j wish; and those of us who live in the Eastern states may nveorthe j less have access to the delicious j fruit crops of California and Ha waii. And so on the world over. The pioneer in Alaska, the miner in the mountains of South Afheri ca, the explorer in the Antarctic,? men and women everywhere on the fringes of civilization all have tit hand, thanks to the can. the same wholesome'appetizing foods j that are served to the most exact EVERETT TRUE WAS A MUSCULAR BIRD! J SEE THE ARMS M- WONDERFUL j PMEMT|_j-J-1 A DO YOU KNOW HOW HE / I GOT THAT WAV ? \ V ing guest in i?n. exclusive .X*w._ York hotel. Because the science of canning has so done away with time and tm space, with respect to food, the can has come to be known as a mod ern genie of the hor.ie. The house wife whose pantry shelves are well stocked with canned foods is able to choose her meal from whatever corner of the world her whim sug gests. There are very* few women in the country that do not know the great convenience of canned foods, that ' comfortable feeling which comes, from knowing that you have (Ii- : rectly at hand pra- iieally every' sort and kind of food, literally from soup to nuts: foods that are cook ed ar.d ready to serve, requiring at most no more than a few moments preparation. And women have the satisfaction ? of knowing, too, that they have a' rjuality <~>i foo<i tb.it they may H*?rv?* to the most particular guest or to the most delicate child. For can-" ned foods are selected at just the^ right point of ripeness or other con dition that makes them best for eating. And then, being cooked or^ prepared witMh ihr can, they re tain all the nutritive value and de licious flavor of the fresh product. ! Indeed, there are conditions sur i rounding the marketing of many I fresh foods that necessarily make ; them inferior to the canned, i The wholesomoness of canned j foods, scientifically prepared under j conditions of the most scrupulous I sanitation, has long been reeogniz ed. There is perhaps no more em ; phatie evidence of this than the, j views of military and medical au jthorities who point out that in' j event of an epidemic, requiring that ! a community have pure and whole | some food, .no more safe and cer i tain ne ans of protection could lie I adopted than to eliminate the use [ of all but canned foods. Even after years of usage there [-are still many of us who do not ? fully appreciate the infinite possi- - : bilities of canned foods. It is for J education along these lines that ! Canned Foods Week was institut ! ed and grocers throughout the ? country are now displaying their* ; wide variety of canned.foods, while j manufacturers tell us by primed ' j words how we may use rheir many ! products to best advantage -for our" ] health and happiness. ? ' ? o ? Small Fire. j The. fire department was called j to Xo. 2J."> .\\ Washington Street ? at about. \ \ -.:)() W e d n esd a y m om I ing to put o?i a very small shingle tire near the chimney on the roof of this residence. The chimney" of this house must in some manner be defective for tili? is the third time within the last few months that this roof has been abalze. The house is the property of Mrs. A. C. Dick. London. Feb. 2S (By the Associ ated Press).?Discontinuance of the British protectorate over Egypt was announced fn the house of commons bv Premier Lloyd George. 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