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rhe Watchman and Soithron Catered at the PostoiRce at Sum ter, S. C, asfSecond Class Matter. y.. 1 , ' ' '1 ? " ?**.*-.; ' ? '. . .. ? PERSONAL. ? Mrs. J. M. McCullough, of Hen dersonville, who has been on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Mc Cullough, left Thursday afternoon for Columbia where she will visit before returning home: Mr. and Mrs. Villastrfzo, of San Antonio, Texas, are spending some time with Mrs. Geo. P. McKagen. Mrs. Villastrizo is a sister of Mrs. 'McKagen. 2diss Rosa Mae Spencer of Dar lington Is the visitor of Miss Lil lian Hill on Cajhoun street. ? Miss Annie Purdy of Sumter. is visiting at the home of Judge and Mrs. John S. Wilson.?Manning Time;. Mrs. J. S. Campbell returned last night from the McLeod Hos pital, Florence, where she has been for the past several weeks having undergone a most remark - - able operation, which was a great success. Her many friends will be glad to hear of her restoration to health. Mr. Hugh G. Green returned to * Sumter this morning after spending . sometime in Columb .a. Hon. IL I. Manning -passed through Sumter this morning while en route to llishopivlle" from Co lumbia. ' ' ?' ? Messrs. A. G. Brown, of Jack sonville. Fia.. E. A. Brown, of Mar ion. S. C-. HvS. Brown, of Hender * sonviile, X. C, iZ W. Brown.- of- At lanta. Ga.. and Mrs. 'Phillips, of Atlanta, have been called -to the bedside- of their father. Mr. S. J. Bjrwn. who is crit'.ca'iy ill at his home near Sumter. . Archie A. Crumoton re Inrned to Sumter this morning from Columbia and will be a visitor here for several days. - Mrs. R. W. Andrews left Mon day morning for Charleston to visit her sister, Mrs. F. Lee Peebles. Mrs. Leo M. Wachtel of - Savan nah. Ga. is visiting her sistci;. Mrs. AI-?? Ryttenberg. - - Mrs. C M.' Phifer has-as her guest her mother, Mrs. M. W. Mil lingen.-of Winston-S;ilcm, X: C. Miss Annie Churchill has re turned to Brunson, S. C after spending the y week-end with her parents in the city. Mr. H. A. Shaver has'returned to Sumter from a recent business trip to Florida. P'riends of Mr. J. D.. Austin are g?ad to' see him . back- at - work again and to. know that his arm, which was badly scalded" some weeks ago, is entirely well. ? . ? ? m tfi j 'i? Reception for .Mrs. Broad well. . -Mrs. 22; T. Broadwcll was the guest of honor at a large and bril liant reception given on Friday af ternoon by^Mrs. C.( P. Osteen and Mrs! F. E. Xigels at their home on East Liberty St. Xotwithstanding the inclement weather-several hun dred guests called during the after noon and gave a cordial welcome ^ Ihe bride ? who has recently rorae to make Sumter her .home. The-reception rooms, hall* arfd din ing room were elaborately decor ated with daffodils, smilax and pot tri; plants, the color scheme of yellow and green being effectively used throughout. .The guests were received at the door by. little Misses Annie Osteen ard Ethel Stuckey and shown into the reception room by Mesdames ^. Z. "Scaron* and O. H. Folley. As sisting the hostesses in entertaining were Mesdames H. J. McLaurin. H. M- Stuckey, L. X. Ligon. X. G. Osteen, Jr., J. P. Maurer and E. S. Booth. Punch was served in- the hall by Mrs. Wendell Le'vL Mrs. Robt. McLeod and Miss Elizabeth Osteen, and Misses Jennie Walsh. Margaret Shaw and Margaret Blanding presided over the punch bowl in the reception room. Refreshments of ice cream, cakes and mints were served by .Misses Analiese Walsh. Mary Alder rnan, Daisy and Helen China. Em mie, Esther, May Willis and Susie ^Oteen, Ellen Virginia Stuckey, *Mary Louise Nettles. Music, which added to the- pleas ure of the occasion, was contribut ed- by Misses Margaret Blanding and Emmie Osteen during the af ternoon. ? ? m> ? GAME WITH SPARTANBURG CLINCHED Arrangements have just been made which cHnches the game of basketball between the big Sumter Y. M. C. A. team and the bas ketball team of the Spartanburg "V." which game is to be played in Sumter at 7:30 o'clock on next Thursday night. This will truly be" a fast exhibition of the latest that there is to the old game of caging the ball. Sumter has been thinking silenlly for some time about getting a game with this team and now it is on the sched ule. They realize that winning a game of basketball from this fast Muiniet will not by any means be easy sailing and they arc getting an edge on their training now While the getting is good. Spar tanburg has won the State Y. M. C. A. championship for a number Of years and has made an un usually fine record for themselves this year. Government Publications For the School*. Editor The Daily Item: From time to time I am having various government publications al loted to me and I would be pleased to distribute these to school li braries and am writing to ask if you will be so good as to mention this in your paper, saying that if those schools having libraries will write mv.-1 shall be pleased to put them an my mailing list for whatever books are available. With thanks and best wishes, I am, Wry respectfully, H. P. FTT.MER. M. C. I WORLD NEU \ London. March 3.-?Lady Scott, ! the widow of the late antarctic ex | plorcr. was married to Lieut. Com ! mander E. Hilton Young today. i* Newton. Mass.. March 3.? Eh ? ranged because his wife stayed late at a motion picture show. William T. Garvey shot and killed her. wounded Mrs. Doris G. Atwood, a boarder, and committed suicide. _ Calgary, Alberta, March 3.?A strike of ninety thousand coal j miners in the western Canadian ! field is threatened for April 1st. The United Mine Workers officials declare a walkout is possible if the wage reductions announced are made effective. " Syracuse. N. Y., March 3.?The first Baptist church here will es tablish radio sets in the homes of every "shut in" member, if the test next Sunday proves satsifactory. The pastor plans a fifteen minute I sermon to be picked up by all sta i tions within a radius of forty miles. j Washington, March 3.?Presi i dent Harding was invited by the ] committee of the American Cotton j Manufacturers' Association today to 1 deliver address before the annual i convention in May. ! Hamilton, Out., March 3.?Coun ? ty Judge Sm'der released Matthew j Bullock. American negro, who was ! held at the request of United States ! authorities for extradition to North I Carolina where he is wanted on j the charge of attempted murder. ; North Carolina refur ?d to send 'witnesses to Canada to testify in the extradition proceedings. London, March 3.?In parlia ! mentary circles it is reported that j Premier Lloyd George has fixed j March 8th as the date for the ful j Ailment of his ultimatum to Austen j Chamberlain, and if by then he has ; not received assurances of the loyal \ support of coalition conservatives i he will present his resignation. I New York, March 3.?Rcpresen j tatives of several railroads wlil j meet here Monday to discuss the I advisability of seeking a court test I of the interstate commerce commis j sion order directing that earnings J in excess of six per cent be turned i over to the government. London. March 3.?Scattering re ports to newspapers indicate that I the situation in India is causing in I creasing anxiety, particularly in I Punjab and the united provinces of j Bengal. The Daily Telegraph says i the situation is getting more and ' more out of control in those dis Itricts. St. Louis, March 4.?Rev. A. L. Shelton. a Christian Church mis sionary, was murdered by robbers in Thibet, the church is informed. 1 Detroit, March 4?The police are "searchins for Kay Bess and his two children who disappeared after j Bess is alleged to have threatened j to "do away" with them. The trio i were seen walking towards the ; river after Bess and his wife had '. quarreled. I ? ! Montreal. March 4?A loss esti '. mated at ten million dollars re I suited Trom a fire which burned ? the citv hall last night, wit h many J works of art and historic docu j ments. Detroit, March 4?The number of , workers employed in the chief in i dustries here has almost doubled ! since a year ago, according to the ? report of the employers" associa I tiou. - I Macon. March 4.?Melvin C. I Mitchell, a negro physician, was ! sentenced to life imprisonment I charged with poisoning his nephew po obtain his life insurance, at his i second trial here. Washington, March 4.?Dr. Hu bert Work took his oath of office as postmaster general today. Beaufort. N. C. Mandl 4.?The i schooner Lunda D. Miel, enroute l from Panama to New York, is I aground off Cape Haftcras, iL is reported. i " J New York, March 4.?E. It. ?Clark-company, one of the largest ? stock brokers here, has failed. Mexico City. March 4.?Thieves are said to have plied a profitable j trade here last night when strik t ing workers of the light company [cut the line furnishing light to the [city. It is feared the water may ? also be cut off. ! Okmuigce. Okla.. March 3.? ; Gov. Robertson was attacked by j James G. Lyon, an oil man, at the ' county attorney's office today. The ? governor was introduced to Lyons. ; bystanders say. and as he extended .his hand Lyons struck him in the face. The governor fought back. The quarrel is said to be the result ! of a controversy over the defunct Bank of Commerce. Washington. March f>.?Freder ick Engst rum of Wilmington. N. ; C. pleads before the house mili tary committee that the govern ment complete the Muscle Shoals projects as a good business propo ; sition. Youngstown, Ohio. March 6.? Mayor George L. Oles has added to his divers activities the catching of motor speeders. He caught two yesterday and says he will make a hundred dollars a day for the city during his spare time apprehend ing speeders. Riga. Letvia, March <;.?A con ference of all Socialist Internat tionals to discuss the formation of a united front on world problems af fecting capital and labor is rec ommended by the executive lead IfS IN BRIEF 1 ers of the third international of" Moscow, after two weeks' discus sion here. Leon Trotzky explain ed that the move was simply in keeping with the new tactics, hav ing as their purpose a flank attack on capitalism, instead the old open battle for immediate world revo lution. Los Vngeles, March 6.?Officers are checking up the confession of the murder of William Desmond Taylor in a ten page document mailed from a Connecticut city, which is believed to be a husband with whose wife Taylor had an affair only to scorn her later. London. March G.?London Press Association says the political crisis has been terminated by the de cision of Premier Lloyd George to continue In onice in deference to the appeal of his L'nionist col leagu cs. Manila. Philippines. March 6.? { Miss Helen Schurman, a daughter of Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, American minister to China, and Major John McGruder were mar ried here today. Winona. Minn.. March G.?Mrs. {Guilder Midboe and four children j were drowned when a sleigh was I overturned in fording a creek. ! _ Washington. March G.?A reso i lution asking President Harding j what effect the ratification of the j four-power Pacific -treaty will have on the celebrated Lansing pact if this agreement between the L'nit j ed States and Japan is adopted by j the senate. _ ? ' Washington, March G.?The sol I diers' bonus bill will be intro I.daced in the house late today and formally reported tomorrow, Chair i man Fordncy announced this I morning. i Belfast. Mandl G.?The city is j quiet today after the week-end Uis ! orders in which ? two were killed ! and twenty-one were wounded. - i Washington, March 6.?fnter ! nal Revenue Commissioner Blair Is j to rehear tomorrow the charges of i diversion of industrial alcohol to ; beverage purposes, made against j the Fleischmann Company, Inc.. of j New York and eleven branches. i AMERICA NEEDS ROME, IS CLAIM Rome, March 5?Cardinal O'Con j nell, Archibishop of Boston, today I celebrated low Mass in the Ainer ' ican church of Saint Sir anna Ue ! fore 300 Americans, after which he j delivered a' short address in which ! he alluded to the ' hange which had I occurred in the last titty years in the' American "viewpoint ? about the papacy, due especially to the wis dom of Pope Leo XIII, the holiness of Pius >C and Benedict's impartial ! ity during the war. j "Some say that Europe needs America." continued the Cardinal, ; "but as an American I can state i that America needs Rome and Eu ! rope, as she cannot separate her , self from the past and Europe is ; the past and Rome is the centre of , modern civilization, j . "In America we always respect one another's religion. Thus I do not understand why little American : Methodists collect money in tlie j United States trying to purchase j the souls of little Italians, who : have had their religion for 2,0.0.0 years." SUICIDES LAID TO POST-WAR REACTION Xew York. March ."}..? Reaction : following the war was blamed to night by the Savc-a-Life League : for the large number of suicides in !1S>21, 20.000 of which were esti I mated to have taken place in 'this country. The number of cases brought to the league's attention was 1L'.1-14, of which 8,410 were males and ."?.?:> 1 females. "This Waste of life, the result of recent disturbed economic'; condi tions und the aftermath of war." said a report by Harry M. Warren, president of the league, "has caused commercial failures, loss of ein | ployment and much real suffering. The growing complexity of our ?modern life, the feverish unrest, .crimes, divorces. questionable i dress, unhappy home relations, the i decline of religious sentiment, and pother things have caused deranged nerves, depression and less self control. With improved business which is sure to come the suicide rate will be reduced and prosperity and happiness will return." One of the striking features of the report is the increase in the number of suicides of children, which was 477 in VM.9, 7<(7 i?i ll?20 and s:>* in 1321. There also were ?"(.?:) war veterans among the suicidt'S last year. All classes of society were in cluded in the list of those who took their own lives. There were ten editors, forty students, fifty-one school teachers, twenty-one clergy men, thirty-nine brokers, fifty seven judges and lawyers, eighty six physicians, seven mayors eighty-eight heads of large corpo rations, seventy-six millionaires, thirty wealthy women and nine ty-three bankers, including inirty severi bard; presidents. The oldest suicide w as 100 years <>ld .i mi the youngest five years. What has become ol the women who were goins; to r.* k<? Ion? strides forward by wearing knickers? Many ;i man who is ;i good shot in this world hopes he will miss lin in the next. Prosperity, we who arc about to buy, salute you. MODERN COTTON :! MARKETING ; South Carolina Cotton Farm ers Will Sell Through Association Columbia, March C.?Farmers of South Carolina arc going to sell I their 19-2 crop of cotton coopera tively. The tremendous enthus iasm with which the campaign for signatures to the contract is being I pushed in almost every county in j the state indicates that the 400.000 i bales which must be signed by May j l. 1922 to make the contract oper ; ative will be easily forthcoming. In : only a very few of the counties has : there been any delay in the cam [paign and these counties are cx I pected to be in line within the next ; ten days. j The contracts are being signed by large and small farmers alike. {The largest contract received at the [offices of the South Carolina Cotton. , Growers' Cooperative Association ! here to date is for 3,000 bales The [smallest is for one hah-. Inciden j tally it might be said that several 1 of the latter have been received, i Those who are pushing the cani I paign say that the benefits derived by the large and the small farmer I will be the same in proportion. Tin- hankers and business intcr I ests of the state are lining up stiorigly behind tin- movement. Tlmy'take the position that it offers the greatest hope for future pros perity for the farmer and it has : been pretty thoroughly demon strated in th<- past two years that the prosperity of the state is dc ; pendent upon the prosperity of the j farmers. Many of the largest and ? ablest bankers in the state have studied the plan from every angle ami have investigated the work Sings of the associations already I functioning in other states. They j express complete satisfaction with the plan in its every detail and are i working to put the movement ' across. In Sumter county the bankers I have gone out in the county making : speeches in behalf of the campaign. C. G. Rowland, president of the i National Bank of S. C, thinks ! that every bank in the state should get busy and assist in every way to j put it across. .1. Pope Matthews. : president of the Palmetto National ; Bank of Columbia^ says that he. thinks the organization of the as sociation "is one of the best busi ness propositions the farmers of the state could undertake at this time" ? and adds "I do not know of ariy ! thing that would be more pro ductive of good results." Mr. I Matthews has studied the plan ; from every angle. Bright William-, jsdm of Darlington, is another batik I er who is lending his time and ability and enegries to putting the : movement across. Mr. Williamson propably knows as much about cooperative marketing as any man in South Carolina and he is con-, j vi need that it is the farmers' hope. The movement has been endors ed by the executive council and the : agricultural committee of the South I Carolina Bankers' Association and : four of the seven district groups. It has been strongly endorsed twice by the geperaJ assembly and many : of the leading farmers in that body have already signed contracts. Jt has been endorsed by the State Fair Society and many chambers of commerce and other civic organi zations. The agricultural bureau of the Greenville chamber of com merce passed strong resolutions at their last meeting endorsing the movement and pledging all assist ance in putting it across. In a statement given out by the association, it .-ays: "Farmers everywhere are organ izing to conduct their marketing business in a systematic manner on the same plan as is being followed by the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association. ".\t the present time more than sixty associations of growers in twenty states have been formet! or are now being organized. The number of members in these asso ciations exceeds 4 < ? ? *. <?0 farmers and the volume of business done by them in 1921 lacked only a little of being half a billion dollars. "Through the cooperative pool ing movement farmers in every section of the country are taking their rightful place in the business world. "The South Carolina cotton pool plan enables l.be farmer to go all the way to the market with his product, and in this trip save a vast sum thai heretofore has been lost to him throuh speculative profits and unnecessary handling cost. ?'That the South Carolina cotton pool plan is sound and workable is being proved in a conclusive man ner by everyone of these cooper alive associations, which has be gun to handle the crop. There are three outstanding features of ev ery one of these organizations. "First: long-time, legally bind ing contract. This makes the mem bers "siirk'** and assures the asso ciation that it will have cotton to DOINGS OF THE I NO WOMAN IS GOING TO BOSS ME ALL THE TIME, I'LL TELL Yoi> THAT RlSHT no*j! You want YouR OA/rJ wav im everything! YOU GIVE ME apaim! I'M NO To BO BUT Y< STUBf BULLH! FACT- i IS NEV ANYTH! GIVE Ml 7/ j sell over a period of years sufficient i to enable ii to establish satisfac ! tory trade relations and justify adequate arrangements for trans acting the business. Second: the one hundred per cent, c ompulsory pool. In the pool all tin- product is handled for sale in even running lots? according to quality and variety. All growers delivering the same grade and the same kind of cotton receive exact ly the same price. Every member receives the average price at which the product of that kind and quality is sold. This makes pos sible orderly marketing throughout the year in accordance with market demands. "Third: the non-profit, non stock feature and the exclusive grower membership. This insures a complete harmony of interest, absolute fairness and- equality in the handling of the business of each member, and it is a guarantee against outside interest ever gain ing control of the organization and exploiting it for their own gain. "That the South Carolina cot ton pool plan is sound from a financial standpoint is clearly prov ed by the fact that the banks are doin? business with these associa I tions wherever they are in opera tion. Banks of Oklahoma extend ed the state cotton association a credit of upwards of two million dollars last year. Banks of Texas were also ready to loan their as sociation several million dollars. The War Fi nance Corporation ex tended a loan . of $2.6*0(10,000 to the three cotton associations." BRIGHT FORE CAST MADE I FOR MARCH Great Industrial Improvement is Predicted For This Month j Washington, Marcli "?.?A fore j cast of great industrial. improve j ment for the month of March was i made today by the United States r Employment Service, in connection ! with its monthly report of ein j ploy ment conditions in the United j States. j "Reports from 231 of the prin ! eiple industrial centers, with but few exceptions, show improvement in employment, conditions." Direc tor Jones, of the service, an nounced, "and breathe an enthusi astic spirit of hope and confidence in the future. Weather permitting, March will begin an era of great activity." Employment condition? showed practically, no alteration during February, according to bureau studies, only one-half of t per cent more men being on reported pay rolls at th<? month's end than at its beginning. Only the textile and paper industries evidenced in creased unemployment, and this was more than* made up by addi tions to working forces in near ly all other lines. , j of sixty-five cities from which [.statistics are gathered by the de partment, forty-four showed small I percentages of increase in em I ployment. while twenty-one. in cluding Manchester, X. H., a tex I tile center, with a payroll decrease j of '!G.3 per cent., reported fewer ! men on payrolls. ,Xew Tork city reported an increase in employment of 1.9 per cent, while Chicago had a decrease of one-half of 1 per cent. [.umber and lumber products mills in North and South Carolina. Georgia and Florida reported a net decrease in the month of 252 among their employes, while eigh ty-five fertilizer factories showed a gain of 634. Payroll figures in the textile industry also showed a slight increase but the prevailing I sentiment was said to be "uncer tain as to future conditions." Employment rfports from Vir ginia, the report said, "continued to show reductions throughout the slate." Textile mills reported a small decrease in the number of employes as compared with the previous month, as did Virginia coal mines. In Georgia the textile outlook was described as "unfavorable" and employment generally "shows lit tle change over last month." Fer tilizer pl?nts*. however, were de clared to be entering the season of greatest, activity and probably I would increase their payrolls for several months to come. Xorth Carolina's situation was apparently a duplicate of that ob taining in her sister slates; tex tiles and lumber plants showed small changes and fifteen fertilizer factories reported addition of Sf'j workers to their rolls. Reports from individual towns indicated the surplus of labor was ehieflj to be found in the "floating" type, but Winston-Salem. and Wilming ton recorded an over supply in some skilled lines, Florida recorded unemployment in skilled and unskilled labor con nected with phosphate mines and ? floating labor" but a spirit of optimism was declared to be evi denced throughout the state. )UFFS T TRYING SS YOU XfRB SO K>&4 - :ADED W ER WORTH NG - YOU z A PA) N Too HELLO, HELF HOW ARE V< i Or Gl Y CITY COUNCIL j MINUTES License Tax To Be Imposed on Surburban Merchants I Doing Business in the I City At a regular meeting of council, there .were present Mayor .Jen nings an?l Councilmen McCallum and Rafheld. The minutes of tbr regular meeting of February 14th j were read and approved as cor i rected. J Council's attention was called to 'the fact that merchants, pressing I clubs, meat markets, etc.; located ! beyond the city limits were doing : business within the city without a ? license in competition with others j in similar lines who had paid their j licenses. Council directed thai an j ordinance be prepared by Record er Harby covering such licenses, to : be submitted to the members of I council for approval, j The clerk was directed to notify i Mr. Robert Shelor. manager of the Sumter Telephone company. I that they had no right to make I any charges to patrons other than j the regular service charges and i moving a telephone from one part I of a store or dwelling to another i part of the same stoic or dwelling. I that council does not construe the j instructions received by the tele ; phone company front t?>e postmas ter general in November of 1JMS 'and June IttllKas having any bear i ing upon- present conditions, and ; that charges made by the tele j phone com patty in accordance with such instructions1 should be dis i continued at once, i Strut. McKagen brought up the ? matter of extension of water line l oh Salem avenue to Dingle^ street. ; and placing a hydrant on the cor j tier of said street*. This matter i was deferred for further-handling, j Mr. McKagen also brought up the ! matter of sewer connections on I various streets of the city through j which sewers have been laid but ; no connections yet made by prop j city owners. Council directed that j notice be sent to all such parties i who have not yet connected with \ the sewer that connection must b? ! made within the next lid days after ! date of such notice, and if con ' nections are not made within that I time, warrants must be taken out ! for all such delinquent parties in [accordance with the-law on the sub } ject. Mayor Jennings and Coun j oilman Raflicld voted in favor of j enforcing the law, while Council i man McCallum was disposed to give j a further extension of time oti ac ! count of- financial conditions, j Mr. McKagen also stated that he j had taken up with the proper par I ties at Kendall Institute the matter I of sewer connection for that insti I tute, and that they had agreed j that if the city would pay one-half j of the cost for laying such sewer, j the institute would pay the other j half. It was further discussed as i to the advisability of putting in a j larger sewer to take care of "future ! extensions. Council thought well ; of this proposition, and directed that Mr. McKagen get further in formation on the subject. The Palmetto and Fideliy Fire Insurance companies of Sumter j have been allowed- a rebate of 1 : per cent on taxes for ten years, ; dating from the time the first re j bale was authorized, except the 2 ! f-'Z mills collected for school pur : poses, Councilmen McCallum and j Rafheld voting in favor of the rc : bate while Mayor Jennings oppos j ed. slating that he thou ht the re I bate had already been granted for j a long enough period, j Drown & Scarborough saw mill ; of Sumter was granted an exemp | lion from taxation for 5 years from j January 1st. 1922, exclusive of the j school levy for '1 1-J mills. After discussing other routine j matters, council adjourned. Few Seek Employment. j Very few men have registered i with the Red Cross. Chamber of 1 merce unemployment bureaus, and ! very few people are asking about j workment to do any kind of work. IA few farmers have registered as ) looking for farm families and plow j men, negroes preferred, and sev eral carpenters have been phoned 'for by city people. Cooks and wash women appear not to be very i nutch in demand, and also quite scarce, as only one woman has reg istered as wanting to cook. There is evidence, however, in lithe city and country of improve i : ments being made in the shape of . j additions and repairs to barns and ? residences?building of new or ? ?repairing old fences?smoe painting j is going on. but there arc still .; many thousands f dollars worth of i [repairs that can be doue that I supply at b ast temporary employ J ment and relief for unemployed . j who seek any kind of work they [ can get. I The trouble with talking ;it ran j dorn is people listen that way. ?M - ?\ HELLO, EDNA AD TO SEE OL>, COME IK! HUH WELL SATT A WH THE TAKE HOW TO SETTLE UNPAID TAXES Bill Now Before Senate Pro viding For Installments Editor Daily Item: UhpaiJ taxes, accumulated for two or three years, will be on the people this t';ili. especially large landowners in the iower part of the stale. The chief argument used against the extension of the time for the payment of taxes was that it fail ed to solve the problem and mere ly postponed the sheriff's execu tion, and piled up a double burden for pay-day fixed to fall due before any financial relief can be hoped for. Is it not the duty of the general assembly to provide a real solution? Are the farmers aware thai this is contained in the Wclls-McCrav cy bill newly introduced in the sen ate? I say "farmers," bur 1 am told that many "bankers*'' say they cannot borrow the money to pay t heir back ta xes. This bill provides for the set tlement of paast due taxes, to be hereafter due- and payable in. five annual installments, with seven per cent, interest. along with the current taxes of 1 922-3-4-5-6. Taxes now in arrears amounting to five hundred dollars on a plan tation in the boll weevil area could thus be paid through five years at the rale of $100 a year, plus inter est. Instead of being all added to the taxes for the present year. The people arc undergoing an unprecedented strain. Their state should not press ihem to the wait but should remit 'penalties and grant time. That is what banks and creditors generally have magnani mously and wisely done since the "deflation" trap was sprung and universal bankruptcy has been impend in ix. This bill further provides for the state to borrow at low interest in New York on the past due taxes as collateral' and advance the cash to the counties, thus relieving schools and other public necessi ties from present suffering or stop page through the present impos sibility to collect taxes. It meets the emergency. This bill is a solution, a relief to both taxpayers and counties, es pecially schools. Put time is short and quick action necessary. Anyone favoring the measure might tele graph his senator and write his representatives. Bernard P. Carey. Representative from Charlreton. Fine motto: More sunk, less hunk. John D. says it is impossible to get a money monopoly. John, howvecr. hasn't quit trying. The coal strike comes on April Fool's Day and the consumer gets fooled. EVERETT TRUE \Qxj7 To 5P^^ T?-ifc _ fh Mi^MTr l\S ALU/AYS I fUSS TO ev Hoct> on I ? Vv?> stay moms BT \. COMPANY I GOcSS THE 'LE 15 OFF FOR i le - l suppose FINAL ROONO \N\IU PLACE AFTER THE GUEST LEAVES Argentina to Build Railroad For Bolivia ?-??? ? ? *e Buenos AJLres. FJeb. 1?The Ar. gentine government has juit "sign.-. 7 en.an agrcm^rit with the BofKfaiV'' government to construct a rait road in Bolivia which Bolivia can" buy" at any time that shie wanks to. This is said to be the first instance of one South American government"* building .1 railroad for another. ;, The road would! con?e-'''t across'"' the border at V'acuiha with the' ' Argentine system, and tap tcrrjg*" tcry in eastern Bolivia from whicli" it is expected Argentine will be able.' to draw valuable" raw materials. r*e velopmcnt of'petroleum fields in' eastern Bolivia is expected to be-1'' one important result of undcrta!.:- " ing. - * 1 ? ? ? Russian Officials Deposit Money Other C ountries '? "' - '". < 'o])^nhagen. Feb. ?A DajiI*hv" financier wirb a knowledge of Rus- '' sian conditions says that l^twewi^;: 200,000.000 and 500,000,000 kronl^f" arc deposited in Swedish banks rn tin- name*'t>f various Russian copvv . missars. 'i.yf He adds (hat any moiiey dr-posit '??1 in the name of any Russian' government is liable to sequestra- < 1 tion by states with monetary claims against Russia and it is therefore necessary to have tin' money de posited in the names of commissaj*5f/ * The financier also asserts tha?* ; still larger sums*are.deposited in South American banks in the names of commissars. m ? ? - Chicago grand opera wants sing ers. Why not get Babe Ruth? He,., is out of work until May 20. Roys will soon be playing mar? bles for keeps. Too bad more peor pie don't marry for keeps. . ^; That author of 100 stories at the j age of 12 will be asking his dad to i buv him some monkey glands soon'.. -? * *-. ? : j The anti-bonus statesmen ma? ! find comfort in the reflection that j they were devils whose name wap j Legion. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK March _ . May _ .. . July. Oct. Dec. SpOtS *0 Open 17.97 17.70 17.05 16.40 16.23 up. Htjrh 18.22 17.94 17.28 16.67 16.38 18.5ft COTTON. - Low CTnXe "<M(t*4 17.87 18.-2 J. 17.60 17.93 16.93 17.25 16.30 16.67 16.19 16.42' IBM. 17,72 J6; NEW ORLEANS COTTON. March . May _ July Oct. _ cc. _ . Spots Open High Low .16.46 16.79 16.43 . .16.60 g ?6.78 16.42 .16.35 16.53 16.16 ...15.73 15.91 15.57 .15.48 15.53 15:43 unchanged, IS.70 CtfKte CJtJM 'tOfW * US.73 16-76 16.51 15.89 15.65 March May . July . October . December . . Sales 7.00*1 tiling W.yfc LIVERPOOL C0T70*. Middling !>.'.'!? ...Z'L ws. , _ 9.14 .,. .$4z... Good Mid-. By Conde T>owr\j Fc f5 <3Vc?,fvi t k4 <2 JIMS . 5ns . Fy ~ 1^ j IX L CO HOW THe I SPENT ^ FOR THAT VOLOM? OU 1 PSYCHOLOGY OF U;oMe/y "J-l By Allman \t DEARIE ! . Vou BRING ?5 A COUPLE ;SES OF ICE WATER?vTmT --???m WHERE D0E5 SHE GET THAT DEARIE STUFF? ,+J SHOWING OFF BEFORE COMPANY- FOOLING ^ SOMEBODY! X