Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

RUSSIA IS IN GRIP OF FAMINE A Special Campaign For Flour and Corn For 15,000,000 Starving Russians is Being Put On - In the midst of our talk in this country of "hard times*' it may still be hard for us to realize that in- our sister country, Russia, mil lions are starving. The famine in Russia today holds in its grip 15, 000.000 people. There is suffer mg;"and hardship in other paits of Russia, but nowhere does starva tion stalk through the land em bracing a whole people, rich and poor alike, as in the Valley of Vol ga, which has an area of Js'JO by 300 miles, with a population of 30. 000,000 people: In the fall of 1020. as usual, the peasanty farm ers of Russia planted their wheat and ? rye. Then came the drought. From Oc'ober until June no rain fell. The wheat germinated poorly in the fall, then the hot. dry winds of summer shriveled and burnt the struggling fields until they were seared almost as if by fire. Seven ty per cent of the land produced nothing, the balance only one twentieth, of the ti.-^mal crop. Pan ic-stricken with fear, literally hun dreds of thousands of peasants fled to escape the trap of hunger and . approaching winter. Piling a few belongings on their wagons, they traveled as far as their horses could . go, then killed and ate them. Many died on the weary journey from hunger and exposure. Those who at last reached the railway stations were again doomed to disappoint ment. Xo food was there, and very meager means of transportation to more favored parts of Russia. So here they await food or death. Which will come first? Attempts haye been made by the Pussian Soviet government to give relief by sending food trains fnto the famine areas, but the supplies are so in adequate that they Yaarte no per ceptible difference in conditions. The need of Russsia today is ap p.-vllmg. The greatest amount ?>f re Se* "which can be secured in Amer ica, both government and private will be inadequate. During the famine in this same "area in 1S91 the Russian government spent -,$73;000,000 for food. At the suggestion of President IJarding. Congress has appropriated ? 20.000.000 for Russian relief. iSvcry man and woman should sup port th?s measure and future meas ures for governmental aid. The - need is desperate. The minimum cost of the food to keep a person alive with one meal a 'Jay is four cents, or one dollar a mon*h. There are 15,000.000 people starving Russia- In other words it will take a minimum of $15,000,000 a month ?o feed them, for at least five months, probably six, until their ground can yield food. It would be useless to Xeed all the people jf?r one month and then let them die. Consequently with the funds now available only one-fifth or enc sixth of. the starving can be cared lor on a program, covering a full period. The remaining four-fiCths or Tve-sixths ju?t as dead tq two months if no other than gov ernmental aid is sent in. as they would had no money been appro priated by Congress. The $20,000, 00f? given from Washington r.icans an involuntary. contribution, by .taxation, of twenty cents per per son. Surely . with' death staring a ??\hole people in the face no Ameri can, should feel satisfied that he has done his duty until he has ?mude- a personal gift and sacrifice. ^Your help is needed. The relief campaign of the American Friends Service Com mit tee will go on. Any person or ptrsons in Sum ter wanting to help save the lives .of the Russian Famine Sufferers and desire to make some contribu tion for this purpose m-:> do so. It is your privilege. Local con tributions are being handled by W. Crowson. Jr., in the National :Pank of Sumter. who is in com munication with the American Friends Service Committee. 20 South Twelfth Street. Philadelphia. ? T*a. Or. if you prefer, you may spend your contribution direct to ^Philadelphia. Anyone wishing fur ther information may obtain it -by ? getting in touch with Mr. Cow 7<ion who has a number of phamp lets for distribution which have 4.een furnished him by the Friends service Committee. PLANS FOR "DRY NAVY" Mellon May Cancel Prohibition Arrangements Washington. March n. -- Ar rangements for establishment of a "prohibition navy" of nine subma rine chasers to hunt liquor run ners off the Atlantic coast were . made without the approval of Sec . retary Mellon, and may be canceled by him. it was intimated at the treasury department today, it was .said last nigh, at prohiUition ? n forcemcnt headquarters that ar rangements had bevn completed to borrow from the navy department pine submarine chasers not in ser vice with the coast guard, to be used in enforcing the dry laws. Secretary Mellon today, however, was said to have taken the view that congress had no? authorized the use of prohibition enforcement appropriations for upkeep of ves sels and that dry *aw enforcers lacked authority to use them as li quor chasers. Advertising tip;' Spring i* the 'time- for ad ventures. Germany's broke. Hock der ex kaiser. Minister says church attendance Iis falling. Hard times, you have * gone. jY. M. CA. CON VENTION TO MEET IN COLA. - I Third Annual State Conven tion of the Young Men's Christian Association to Be Held on March j 10th, 11th and 12th - j The third annual State conven- j Ition of the Young Men's dinstian-1 I Association will be held in Cblum ? bia on Friday. Saturday and Sun- | j day. March 10. 11. and 12th. j Several men from Sumt^r are; ; expecting to be in attendance at I i this meeting, among them being| , Messrs. H. L. Scarborough. R. D. j I Epps, O. W. Shaw, T. C. McKnight, j ! C. E. Hurst and Dr. S. It. Edmunds.! Following is the program to be j I carried out during'the three days'i j meeting: Friday. March 10. t Dr. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, i j chairman of the committee,.preside j j ing. i 3:00?Devotional period icd by ; Rev. R. C. Grier, Due West. ! 0:30?Presentation of the State; i Committee's Report. Appointment! j of committees and announcements. j 1:00?Address. "The Y. M. C. A.' in the Present World," Dr. W. Ji\ McGlotblin, Greenville. j 4:45?Adjournment. j G:30?Convention dinner. Hon. j R. I. Manning, presiding. Invocation?Dr. Melton Clark, j Address. "Religious Life of Bus- j iness Men." William KnowJes Coop- j er, Washington. Special musical by the Internat-1 ional Y. M. C. A. Quartet: Paul j J. Gilbert, first tenor: 2?. H. Met calf, second tenor: C. M. Kecler. baritone: E. W. Peck. bass. This quartet has not only sung before conferences and . cotryenti o n s throughout this country, but it has toured the world, establishing for themselves a great reputation. \ South Carolinians will be fortu nate to hear them. Saturday, March 1 lib. I 0:3u?Devotion service led by ; ; Rev. R. C. Grier. 10:00?Business session. Report of committee on State i ? Committee's Report. Considera-? ! tion of recommendations and other] ! business items. I iI:<*0?Address, "The Regional' iPlan," R. EL King, Atlanta. I 11:30?Address. "The Value of State Work." E. W. " rCck, Min neapolis. I 12:00?Adjournment. ! 12:30?Mectng of the State Com -1 : mittee. ! 2:30?Devotional Period, Rev. |R. C. Grier. 3:00?Sectional Conferences: ! \ City, led by William Knowles , <. ooper. I 2. County, led by R. M. John-' I ston. j 3. Industrial, led by E. S. Mow j bray. ! 4. Student, led by J. E. John-\ j son. j Adjournment. Adjournment. I 8:00?Special music by the In-: ! ternational Y. M. C. A. Quartet. I 8:15?Address. "The World Wide i Young Men's Christian Assbcia ? tion," William Knowles Cooper. Sunday. March 12th. 3:30?Song service and special j music by International Y. ,M. C. A. j quartet. Address, "What Doth the Lord j Require?" William Knowles Coop | cr. Convention Speakers, j William Knowles Cooper, gener ; ai secretary of the Washington, b. ? C. Association. Well known to the ? Brotherhood of the Y. M. C. A. Rev. R. C. Grier, president of . Erskne College, Due West. S. C. ! Formerly pastor of the Associate j Reform Presbyterian church of ; Columbia. ? Dr. W. J. McGlotblin, president j of Furman University. Greenville. I A man who has always been inter* I ested in Association work, j R. H. King, Atlanta. Internat j ional Regional Secretary for the j South. Our own beloved South j Carolinian, who is always welcome i to our state. j B. W. Peek, state secretary of Minnesota, being in his present po !;sit ion more than twenty years. 'Member of the International Quar ! tot. BIG CANNERY IS PLANNED ! Greenwood. March ?Plans for ; a cannery to be operated her*- on a large scale are being drawn am\i .'actual work will begin within the [next ten days, according to G. Allen : Ranks, president of the Dixie Land Company, whose firm lias organlz-l led the Greenwood Cannery Com i pany. with a capitalization of $50. j 000. j Ludet tin* plans being perfect ed by the local cannery machinery ! will be installed for canning all ; sorts of vegetables, fruits, berries : and sweet potatoes. A large po-1 ; tato curing house will be operated ? in connection with the cannery, the ?best potatoes being shipped, the : seconds being canned. ! /Lriangemncts arc being made j with farmers to grow vegetables for the cannery and the promot ers declare flt;it it will l?r j.tj*. step in assisting farmers to di versify and plant oth??i crops than cottvn. SOUTH CARO LINA AIDED Washington. March <j.? Approv al of 1^0 advances for agricultural and livestock purposes aggregat ing S4.S02.0000 was announced to Iday by the War finance Corpora jfion. Among the loans were the ! following: j Georgia. -5 ] ?> 2,000 : North Caro lina. $104.000: South Carolina. $215.000: Tennessee. -5247,??oo : Texas. ?I 8 000. The hoard ,,f health is home <????king. I DECISION FOR GAS COMPANY j _ ; United States Supreme Court Permits New York Com pany to Collect Higher ? Rate _ Washington. March 6.?Twenty millions of doHars taken from the ; pockets of the people of Now York ! city since August 4. 1920. will revert I fo the coffers of Consolidated Gas [company sind its subsidiaries, by de jcision of the supreme court of the j United Stales today. { It is the difference between the j j -S?) cents per thousand cubic feet I statutory rate ^prevailing since j 190/6 and the $1.20 to $1.50 the I gas companies have been permitted I I to collect from consumers the last; [seventeen months. The excess has; ; been impounded by the gas com- j 'panics pending this decision. The j I court directed that "all impound-j |cd funds should be promptly re-j leased to the sas company, subject j only to deductions for such costs as j arc clearly assessable to the pre-1 vailing party." i The decision was rendered first in j ! the case of the Consolidated com pany and the eourt later announced j a similar decision in the cases of the I Kngs County and New York-Queens company; Several other cases, based on the same contentions, are still before the supreme court on appeal for early decision. These involve the Central Union, Northern L'nion. New York Mutual. Standard and ! East River companies. It is stated i $14,000.1*00 of impounded funds and the Consolidated company holds j the six subsidiaries $0,000,000 or more. The supreme"court held the eigh- j ty cents rate eonfisealory of the ; gas company's property. ACTION ON GAS RATES WAS CONFISCATORY! Washington, March 0.?The New ! York state law of 11P.G which pro- I vided that gas should be supplied j consumers in Nevr York city at a price not in excess of SO cents per j thousand cubic feet was declared by the supreme court to be confise? ! tory as to gas furnished during ! 1IHS and 1010. The opinion which was unahi- j I moiis and was delivered by Jus- j tiee McReVnolds in three cases brought by the attorney general of; New York and other state officials against the Consolidated Gas com | pany of New York held that "ratej , making is no function of the courts andshbuld not b?laUcmptcd either] dircetly Or indirectly." It sustain- ; led, however, the devision of the j j United States district court, which | held the prescribed rate "had been j confiscated since January l. 1018, j and would continue so to be." Separate opinions; also un?ni- j : mous. were delivered by Justice ] McReynolds in the King's County, Lighting company and the New j I York and Queen's company cases, i In the former case Justice Mc-j j Reynolds said: 'We are satisfied j j that the court below reached a cor- j ,' rect conclusion and that none of i I the points relied upon for reversal i arc adequate to justify such action.".; WELCOME FOR GOVERNOR COX Columbia. March 9.?The house j of representative's is decorated in j ?national flags ami colors, and the: ; house is anxiously vailing for the j biggest event -from the standpoint j j of outsid*- interest to mark the I present legislative session. "Jim my" Cox. former governor of: i Ohio, and last year's Democratic! [nominee for tne presidency, is in; ? Columbia f?>r Uhe evening and will j ! address the house of rcprcseiita-i lives nt s:::?'. Members of the senate and state ! officials liave been Invited. Admis : sion to the hall will be by ticket.] . each member of house being allow ed two tickets. Galleries will be j open to public. The house commit- j ; tees which arranged for the Coxj gathering considered the suggestion ! : iu use an outside ball, but Governor j (,'o\ asked that he I?.- allowed to1 speak in the hall of the house, as i j he was interested in addressing a; I legislature compused entirely of Oemocrats. J WILL MAKE _ NO MORE CONCESSIONS: Moscow, Mandi 9?Soviet Rus sia's economic retreat has ended, and will go no fartehr in its con- i cessions to capitalism Nikolai Le-' nine told the congress of metal' workers, in discussing the Genoa conference. Leon Krassin declared that soviet Russia would not aban- j don control of foreign trade. STRONG SUPPORT OF FORD'S OFFER Washington. March- S.?South- j ern members of congress, headed by lb*- Alabama delegation, today] appealed to the house military) committee for tbe prompt accept-| ance of Henry ford's offer to pur chase r Jit Muscle Shoals projects. Weather statistics show the moan temperature lias been worse I haul that. Princess Marj made seventeen! speeches in one day; All women! :tr<- alike. -?? ? ?? Teachers in the school of ex- ? experience arc well paid. People who say the world isn't making any progress are not. A girl is running for congress. ? ac more M'ss representative. ?ne burning problem .s cheap ciga r. SENATE HARD DOWN AT WORK Consideration of the Appro priation Bill Held Upper House in Session Until Midnight Columbia. March 7.?The report j of the finance com mil tee on the general appropriation I * ill had been adopted through eleven see-i tions unchanged, when the senate j adjourned at midnight, to meet i again at 10.30 o'clock in the morn-; ing. Senator Bonham wanted all eala ircs of clerks restored to the scab*! of the proposed cuts would aggregate $15.000, much to the! individual and nothing in the ag gregate. He though it parsimoni ous to pare in this wise. The en tire reduction for clerks meant one-fourtieth of a mill. The mattet ? was left over. Senator Wightman wanted to re-1 duce the salaries for tl.3 universi ty from S102.00? to $90.000. He] made an extended a rgu m e n t j against salaries at the universi- \ ly. Senator McCoU, of Bennetts- \ ville, defended the report of tiicj committee and thought it. time to' quit making the nnh'er.sity the po litical football of the state. lie saw nothing in the argument for; the proposed reduction. He saw no occasion to cut the appropria tion a cent further. Senator Pearce went carefully info figures showing that there was a substantial reduction in the ap propriation from iast year. Senator Duncan forcibly present ed the method of the finance com mittee and why the university sug gestion of $303.000 should stand. It was stressed that this .was a test; matter on the other stale institu tions. He wanted the university properly maintained, as it should be. He wanted the senate to un derstand that the university was be ing abnwed to exist, and that wa* about all. ' Senator Laiiey thought the item had been carefully scrutinized by two committees, and he fell that the committees had acted in the most economical manner. The growth of the university had been remarkable and phenomenal. Senators Wightman anil Good win voted to cut salaries at the un iversity to $ 90.00b, vole 35 to 2. Senator Goodwin wanted to cut out the item for $2.000 for plans fo ? a woman's huilding at the uni versity. He thoughi this item could wait. Senator Pearce urged the wis dom of the small appropriation. Senator Johhstone eloquently supported tiie appropriation as .he always so well does. - Senator :3Jborc was opposed to spending any money for plans at this time. Senator Moore opposed the appropriation. Senator Massey strongly favored it. Senator Bas kin wanted to eliminate the item. Those who voted to cut out -the $2,000 item were: Senators ?askin. Black. Goodwin. Moore. Wells, Wightman. 0 and 28 for the item. HOMICIDE IN DARLINGTON Seventy Year Old Man Shoots Another Over Business Quarrel ? - Darlington. March 7.?W. D. Motte, of this city, shot and prob ably fatally wounded J. B. Bailey, also of Darlington, here today. The shooting occurred at Mr. Motte's combination store and gasoline sta tion on the edge of the city. The business bad recently been bought from Bailey by Motte. 11 is report ed that Bailey had misrepresented tin- amount of business which be bad been d< ing and which be is said to have told Mr. Motte that he could do at the same stand. Severat peo ple who had been customers of Bailey, it is alleged, say that Bailey was selling gas at a very luw fig ure. After taking over the business Motte raised his price on gasoline and his business declined consider ably as result, it is reported. This is said to have caused Motte to call Bailey into the store at 3 o'clock today with the remark that Bailey was wanted at the telephone. The shooting was done with a shotgun, ;!???? load entering Bailey's chest. Motte then proceeded to the. sher iffs <?f?i'-?- and surrendered. Motte is seventy years old and Bailey's age is thirty-five. Doctors attend ing Bailey say that he has no chance whatsoever to live although lie was still alive at ?"? o'clock this after noon. - m> - INDIA CHAM PIONS TURKEY London. March 9?- India's appeal for Turkish rights aod urging a revision of the Sevres treaty in view of the intense Mohammedan feeling it: that country, has created a sen sation h**re. arousing resentment against the Barl of Beading, vice roy of India, and his council. GEORGIANS WHIP NEGRO PREACHER Atlanta. March B.?The polte? are investigating a report that Bex I'. v. Henningham. y negro preacher and a British subject, was flogged by white* men near Winder. He is accused of preach ing Catholicism, but says he is :> Methodist ami will go to Kentucky to see his bishop. Look :?t that hist syllabic in iu d umI i y! Henry makes flivvers*. Hop* hiv Muscle Shoals bid isn't owe. Perhaps the corner business is turning into eorne*' in file mar ket. The \. iv Music Department of] credits to high school pupils who The s?atc Teachers* Association, j study with private teachers, and - ! providing: inspirational and in There u ill be held in Cfcdumbia ; struclive talks by prominent music on Friday. March 17th at tbe High \ teachers. school building, room in. M music j This ia a subject the federated :<?;,,.],,rv session, in connection ilnUhio clubs are "eartily endorsing, with th- annual teachers' a9soeia-ja"d u ,s *b* efforts of ,j,,n j their progressive state chairman, This is the first time a boily ofjMrs- M/ M* Stuckey, working in co musicians has met in this stajte to l^??10"1 Wlth *>r- ]>- Ouelick consider the educatioual valule oft . lu-lV0? College that the new. music, and how it can be belter {J?US15 d???artmc8t of the associa taught in the public schools. rt ^n has been created, aims lo do for the music teachers * All (Ik- music teachers in the what the State Association does ifor ; State whether private or school .graded school teachers, in stand-j supervision-, are urged to be prcs ardizing a course of study, giving*I sent at this first important m'-<-t FINANCIAL REPORT, SUMTER COUNTY For Year Ending December 31st, 1921. -.- / ASSETS: Court House. Land and Building_*. $106.122.??} (.Court Mouse. Furniture and Fixture-:.*... 436.08 Jail. Land and Building._. ?. 15.000.00 Alms House. Land and Building'-..-. I?.SUS.Gf) Road and Chain Gang E'.iUH*mcni_t? .. 14.443.27 ! Police Equipment. ?. 10.50 j Staie Highway System. (Signs).?. 257.73 Hard Surface Beads.*. 39,748:22 i Special County*: Roads.L._ 1.6o8.09 1 .Accounts Receivable.?I.~i- ? -. S3.Si j Walcree River Bridge .-4--.. 9.501.01 ! Repairs Court House. Specifications_*. 645.01 j Turbeville Short Cut. Survey and Estimate. 310.01. J Ca*b on Hand: B. (. Wallace, Trears. County Ordinary _.?.. - 38,449.34 Special County Beads. 72.?84.32 State System Funds..-4.. 22.116.31 J , Auto Fees 1920.L. 2.600.91 j Auto Fees L?21 _.1- 13;306.&2 Permanent Road Funds.-. 47L726.53 Jail Building Funds. . .U 30.636.66 Sinking Funds Court House Bonds-_ 26,91'}.71 Sinking Fund Load Bonds...I J2,74L0i Sinking Fund Jail._I ;8.37<0.98 D. M. Blandiug. Clerk. Cash Fund. 375.92 701.925.64 Total.-4. $910.109.341 LIABILITIES: * Lee County Bonds assumed. _.-t. 1.218.26' ? Court House Bonds.. _.I.-. - 30.000.00 j j Read Improvement Bonds. . .'-1. 3".0-00.00 ; 'Permanent Bead Bonds - _.-L. 500^000.00 i ?Accrued Interest Per Road Bonds to date of sale-'T2. It. 114.00 j Bills Payable.-.-.-. 75,000.00 Surplus.-.i.--. 2C2.747.0$; 1 . i . ' * j Total.-.?. $910,109.34 j I i receipts And disbuilse.mej^ts ' ? . r ? REVENUE: Balances en Eland, December 31st 1920: 15. C. Wallace, Treas.: j ' County ordinary .i --- 4?.ti|42;9y j Special County R?>ads.. 42.tt5S.44 State Highway . ?! 2.043-13 Jail Building . . 2a.4i4.OS - Sinking Funds Court House Bonds_ 20.S8lS.59 ; Sinking Funds Road Imp*..-. ?.. _ ^- 10,433.70 ? j Sinking-Fund Jail. . 4.565.70 ? S. T. Carter. State Treasurer. Auto Fees_ ILSofcOI If): M. Blaitdiug. Clerk. Cash Fund. 334.34 173,150.94. ?Taxes. Ordin?r." '.-..r..-?. 74.387.30; iTaxes. Ordinary. Pack. 186.98"j ! Taxes. Spec ial Roads.^.2 - 4 2.286.44 l jTaxes. Sinking Funds_. 11,187.90 : Taxes.. Sinking Funds, Back. 37.40) Magistrates Fines _.-. 3.489.S0 Sheriffs Fines ..?..- - 50.(10 ij 'Clerk of Court l ines and Licenses..'...-. 2.417.00 | 5 Road Tax .J.... 1..... .1...;.. 15.936.4? ' I ?uto License Fees_. . 15.232.40 I Interest from Banks, ordinary Funds.1 .? . 1.326.5* Interest from Banks. Special Road Funds. 3.5.75.42 ! ; Interest from Banks Sinking Funds.-L'. 3.005.40 ? State Fire Insurance Fees-. 6.195.32 : Miscellaneous, sale copper .1.- .8a ! Miscellaneous, sale jurik ..50 1.35 ! ; Refund advance to Permanent Roads Commission. L473.cc; I Money borrowed . ., .Si--- 75.000.00 Sale of Permanent. Road Bono's-. 500.000.00 j Accrued Interest on Permanent Road Bonds to date of sale 11.114.00 ; ! Interest from Banks on Permanent Road Funds. 360.751 Total.- - S943.0Sfl.29 j EXPENDITURES: 1 Road and Cham Gang Equipment-. 4.288.19 I Police Equipment-. 16.50 j State Flighway System. Signs..:?. 257.75! i Hard Surface Roads_.I-. 39;=748.22 j . Special County Roads..-. -4.608.09 j I Accounts Receivable .i_.--. S5.S1 j Watcree River Bridge. 9.501.Ol:i j Loans Paid.- 60.000.00 j I Roads and Bridges.:.- 23.791.88 Chain dang. Maintenance and Operating Expenses. 28.26LS6 Fees and Salaries . 29.428.40 ? Alms House and Pauper...- .--'- 4.309.53 ! ? Public Buildings.- 2.082.90 j ijail .----.'. L013.491 Aid Needy Schools.-.?- 2.00?.00 Books. Printing and Stationery. t.553.28j Camp Alice ./.- 3.600.00] Clarendon County Auncxatiou Expense. 912.50 1 Coroner and Lunacy. 958.67 j Disinfectants. ,:f;-$S i Election Expense . 246.60 j Gas Expense. Rural Police. 1.200."?? i;u.< Expense. Supt. of Education . 300.00 Interest on Money Borrowed.? 5.703.60, Interest on Bonds.?. 2.303.51 Premiums Official Ponds.. 419.47 Rescue Orphanage.-- 720.0? Telegraph and T? lephoae. 33 1.13 j Transportation. Sheriff . 445.J?0 j Vital Statistics. 'iV.'V- f Vaccinations.-.-.-. _?>-.?-> Traveling Expense. Auditor....-. 25.00 Bent. Masters Office.- lOO.flO Court Expenses. 10^340.9! Confederate Pension."-.-. 1.708.0^ VH&h on Ha ml. i>eeeinbcr Jitst, 1921: b. c. Wallace. Trcas.: j Count> Ordinary . 5S.440.v4 Special County Beads....? - - 72.684.32 State Highway System. -'-J.lls.Ci Auto Fees, 1920 . 2.600.91 Auto Fees. H'L'!.-. 13".506.92 Permanent Bonds Funds. 471.726.33 Jail Building Funds .. 30.656.66 Sinking Fun''-. Court tlo.us? . 26.916.71 Sinking Funds. Rd Impt. 12.741.04 Sinking Funds. Jail . 8,370.9S 1?. M. Blaoding. Clerk. c:)v{, Fund. 575.f?-J 701.923.64 I Total . .-.---- ?:?43.080.2? | 'tale of South Ca rolina, Suinter county. IVrsoually Appeared tJ M. BLANDIXG. who on oath deposes and ? ;r"s Ihal the above report is tine and correct to Ins best knowledge mh<i ?elief. ( Signctl ? L>. M. BLANDINA4. Sworn t>> before me . day of February. 1922. B c WALL AC F.. L. S. N?darv Public of South Carolina. mg. and ar?> invited to take part in the discussions. The colleges and music schools will !.".' represented by members of the faculty. Music clubs by their! presidents and delegates, and any musician interested in the wide spread knowledge of good music will be welcome at both sessions. An interesting musical program: has been prepared, and splendid talks by well known niusiciarls compose the following program: Morning Session 0:30 A. M. Music?Piano Solo?Miss Bntz-j hunger, Greenville Woman's Col lege." Introductory remarks. "What the Music Clubs have done to create a sentiment in favor of better mu sic."?Mrs. H. M. Stuckey, State Chairman of Music. ?The forming of a Music Teach ers' Association"?-Dx. H. A. Del-' lam an, Chicora College. "Systematic Piano instruction in the Public Schools'- Dr. II. D. Guclick. Winthrop College. Discussion led by Pr?f. Schae Cer of Greenville Woman's College. Dean W. C. Mayfarth, of Converse. Dr. Oolz of Columbia College, and Mrs. Cora C. Lucas of Columbia. Music?Vocal Solo ? Mrs. Mc Donald. Greenville Music Club. Adjournment. Afternoon Session. 3:50. Music?Golum'bia Choral Club. "The Status of Public School in South Carolina"?Miss Carrie P. McMakin. Supervisor Mem minger School. "School Music in the Grades"? .Miss Elizabeth Cathcart, Kock Hill. "The School Orchestra"?Miss Edith Truitt, Supervisor S?mter Graded Schools. Music?Piano Solo ? Dean W. C. Mayfarth, Director of Music De partment at Converse College. LORD CARSON MAKES ATTACK Strong Tarty Feeling Still Exists in England London, March Si?The political situation has undergone no change today. The prime minister was well f hough To preside over the Cabinet council, but not sufficiently recov ered to start for Wales tomorrow: his departure lias been deferred un til Friday. That strong party feeling still ex ists was shown today by two inci dents, the first a fierce encounter between Lord Carson, the former Ulster Unonist leader, and Lord High Chancellor DirkeUhead. in tht House of Lords.' Lord . Carson taunted the government with hav* ing left its former faithful sonants, the Irish constabulary., to the ten der mercies of those who had been formerly treated as rebels and mruderers. which he characterized "as'the most abject humiliation for any eoUntry that bad ever been witnessed.' His speech was full of . bitter reproaches of the gov ernment's Irish policy. Lork Birken head v.armly defend ed the government, arguing that the overwhelming majority of the English people were behind the treaty and that this would be shown if the government should still be driven to ascertain from the country whether it was right or wrong in the policy it had adopted, lie reiterated the con viction that public opinion in Ire laud was consolidating itself be hind the provisional government, and concluded by telling Lord Car ion that the taunts he employed were unworthy the great position he filled. The second incident relates to the publication of the correspond ence between Austen Chamberlain and Sir Alexander Leith. chairman of the central committee of the Xatonalist Unionist Associatott. The correspondence is interesting us showing that there is still great friction between the government and the Unionist party eoncernig the tactics to be obsercved at the elections. STILL DEBATING APPROPRIATIONS Columbia; March U.?The senate today is debating the appropriation bill. Few changes have been mad- so far. The Winthrop and Medical college sections were un changed. This afternoon the school appropriations are being debated. Th<- house today agreed to the senate resolution to adjourn Satur day night :md not to stop the clock. There is little left except the ap propriation bill and adjournment this week appears certain. IRISH POLITICAL FIGHT IN U. S. Dublin. March S.?Pierce EJeas lai.' a supporter of the Anglo-Irish treaty and a political dissenter with Eamon DeValera. heads a del egation of the advocates of th< Irish fre<- state to visit the United States to put the case of the treaty before the Irish sympathizers. The London Mirror says DeValera ma} also make a visit, soon. Del the Australians are mad. I'ln ir winter is just starting. March, and stilt our town has no battleship for a oark ornament. Sparc the minutes ami spoil the tiours. Once they read fashionns to see tvhat was going on: new they read Lbem to see what's being pulled .?if. Some folks dance as if every ?one in their !>ody had gone to their >ead. 3 When * congressman sny?? he i <t tidying the hill, he means be is trying to decide how it would look pasted on his political fence. As yt think so was your auto. BALFOUR PRAISES PREMIER Calls Lloyd George On2 of World's Greatest Figures London. March 7.?(By the As sociated Press.)?"He is one of the greatest figures of the ivorld his tory?what is the use of abusing him" said Sir Arthur J. Balfour. alluding to the prime minister. David Lloyd George, in a speech at the Carlton Club, today. Thir, speech, which was expected to give some clarity to the situation, threw no kcw light <>n th<- crisis, how ever, and Sir Arthur. like his Union-, st colleagues, Austen Chamberlain and Sir Laming Worthington Evans fur from reproaching Sir George Younger, who was the real provoker of the ciisis, did not even mention his name. Dal four made a powerful plea for the continuance of the coalition system as opposed to a return to , the two-party system, which he de clared was only a fair weather sys tem, totally unsuited to the present abnormal times when the* nation, was still laboring under the after math of the war. Never, he said, was there a time when the ceo* operation of the Unionist and Lib* erals was more desirable than now. and declaring that he had spent many years politically fighting Mr, Lloyd George, and therefore ought, to know some-thing about hmi. Bal four paid a more glowing tribute* to Lloyd George than had ever been heard from the prime .minister's most enthusiastic admirers. The whole importance of the* spfeech lies in the influence it is cal eiilated it will have on the ranlc and file of the Conservative party, ?as coming from the oldest and most respected leader of that party. The. extent of tliis influence cannot Imp' immediately calculated. No announcement was made in the speech of the premier's future plans, and this way the speech was disappointing, and Balfour only .re j pcatetl in heightened terms the [eulogy of the coalition and the as* jsuranees of support already con* vcyed to the premier by Mr. Cham ! berlain. the secretary-for war an<L I other ministerial colleagues. Ir, leaves the situation unchanged. While theorists has subsided, rh* problem has not been solved. The prime minister has acceded to strong representations and will re*, j niain to see through,, the govern ment's Irish and Genoa policies. : The general view is that the (crisis will not recur until autumn, ' when Parliament will be dissolved. : But the actvities of the dssenticnt I Unionists have by no means ceasctT, as seen by their determined attack ; on the Free State bill 1? airlift j ment yesterday. NOTES OF' CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Comments on the Tracking and Dairying Industry If the farmers and other busi . ness men will just hurry up and i get the right kind of truck planted, land if. after producing same, it i~ t properly graded and properly pack i ed. and marketed cooperatively 1 and regularly there is no doubt ! that there will be plenty of buyers. 1 This information has been secured j from numerous produce and coni j mission merchants by the Sumter chamber 0{ commerce. The Young' Xen's Business League has also sc j cured similar information. Price guaranteeing, however, month1 a advance, is an impossi bility in truck products, as it is impossible to guarantee what cot ton, tobacco, corn. oats, sweet po tatoes or any other product will j bring, months ahead. No farmer asks any twelve months advance guarantee on prices of cotton.' hog*, and other farm products. What is needed now and from now on. is nerve, determination to succeed i and intelligent cooperation between farmers and every other class of business to go intu a new line of j farming and a new line of busi ness. Mr. R. A. Bradham hit the nail on the head at the Sumter [Truckers' association meeting Ia.vt Monday when he said in substance, that all of us. the farmer and the merchant, the banker and every other branch of business, have been holding down jobs guaranteed by the production of cotton. Now we arc all like the fellow out of a job. We are all looking for a new job> a new way to make money and to make a living. And we have to barn how to do new work and en gage in new ouslness?and w^ might as well make up our minds to "fake chances" en certain kinds of truck, and it might be added to what Mr. Bradham said. also, that dairying has come and has come to stay and will go a long ways with truck and sweet potatoes to bring ha< k prosperity. But as was put up to a Chamber of Commerce of ficer at several dairy produces meetings last week by a number **f farmers, money must be secured from somewhere to help hundreds of poor farmers, and not a few well to do farmers also to secure dairy eo\ys for --roing into the dairy busi ness, or to increase and improve dairy herds, and to produce bui terfat to sell to the Sumter cream ery. We must produce every pound of butter used in Sumter county and buy this butter and stop send ing out money for thousands of dol lars worth of butter produced in Wisconsin and other distant statw. The men who have had control oi the money must take the lead to supply this money. The quicker the better. . * ROYAL HONEYMOON ERS V ISIT PARIS London. March S?.?Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles left here ??>d;Ty for Paris.