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The Watchman and Southron Publish*! Wednesday and Satur t. day by Ost?en Publishing Company, t SoTnrer, S. C Terms: $3.00 per a^num-?in advance. Advertisements: ?$e Square, first insertion -."$1.00 . Eve?y su^^ucnt tnserden .50 .Conj^^ts: toV : hree? months or i?nser?fcm be made "at reduced rates. - *.' Ail "communications wnlch: sub serve private interests w& oe chained <for as advertisements. Obituaries and trfoutes oif re spect wtt^be"charged for. ?' S^mfer "Watchman was fiKjtaged m 1S50 and the True Sohren in aSCG. The Watchman ^axd^S^thron now has the com bine<J ^reulation a&d influence 'of bot&'cf. the old papers, and is man ?e?i^^e'bisst advertising medium ; ri^ASTCK^XG BY TEN'S. -? " A bill is now pending in the senate providing for the adoption of the ??metric system by the Unit-. ?dr-.States. . That system has been ^eogxiizea for -many years as le &/\f-~--*mt?has never . been p^licia-Hy accepted by the government for its ^&.w?t use, not to mention its being nj&de -obiigatory^ .for private use. 3ifee Hioventent is actively -support ed by the-- American. Metric Asso t?kxkSdEv which is planning to give lectures -on the subject in various ?JftJlfcS. ..." ~ - S3ee-country will probably come titsh sooner or later. It Is a part o?*;:?ie ?genyeral progress of civiliza tion sufesiiuuing. as it does, a id'Ml p ie. and s c i.e n ti ri c sys>. iern of. n? e-a-s u r es and weights *or ^our present crude, acci dental and .complex system. The tzzriovLS thing is.that.the American peop?e, >in ?pite of . haying the ?saicpJft- always before their eyes . f9C .the decimal money system^ S*aye -keen so -slow to extend the <Krne:^dea; te. ,other forms of meas-" ?remeat* . l*5H rv-Tiie metric system makes linear . ?wsasure, Square measure. .Hquid me^ir^, and weights of aii so}ls\ 3*xs&z$t&. simple-as "10...cents make one. dime -and -1 {? dimes make. one dollar.'.'' AH the time-honored foolishness, of Jills, pints. Quarts, .gaUoas. pecks, barrels, iiogsheads, ?Sc inches, feet, yards, . rods and raaes, of-drams, ounces, pounds 4pd. tons. etc., is done away with. ISvery kind of measure is easily c^n^able^into arv other kind. .JCearly ?all. the civilized nations except America and the British Empire arready use this system. M&?_. American tourists are sutv *t0ii&&fen they reach Europe .to "g^g^oxt-.the continent kilograms in nf pounds and liters instead -is&.;fluaas vand meters instead, of .$$%tsr, ..but;;tfcey soon get used to -Jfc ' 33iey tvokiu j,i*on get used to jit feet?, ?ro. And tlieTe \?ouid be big trade advantages in making the thing <nai?exsal.. .. *:-r DEAIV* BOXTS. ? ? ? - ? ->.. . A weih. Jrnown* business expe: 'tfcrites, at ?Sie end of a weekly re view .e^b^siness conditions, "The ^oteis bill laias. not =fceen mentioned, - because it is dead Although the bouse wifl probably pass it, ar rangements for its interment are being made in the senate." .-? it^certainly kx>ks that way. And if the senate phonld pass the bill, tbs. president might veto it. GrjoJed, then, that, the Fordney ?onus bi*>>is really dead, at least for the present- year., It is time for an inquest. "What has ktfied it? icirst and foremost, the wide spread conviction that', business conditions wouk? not stand an ad ??st^ajal burden of soch magnitude at this time?that it won id check the industrial revival, bring re-. Inewed. high . prices* Inflation and tightened credit and do more harm erea.te the veteraas themselves .?ban the oenefits atwounted to. . . Second, a feeling that both par tiAS in congress have been playin*" polJUcs^th <he bonus rather t~an honejsllv concerned. for the welfare, of frh?t service men. 2&ird. a doubt whether the de mands made by officers of the American Legion reaJly represent ed rthe wishes of the majority of service men. , Fourth, a lurking feeling in many minds that there is'some thing ^appropriate., and almost indecent, in making a rather pet ty cash payment for a service that can properly be valued onry by in tangible considerations of. patriot J^ifth, a^ear that stn-h a larg.-ss. establbhln?: a prceedent. Tuijrbr be only the beginning of a long series of dippings into the federal treas ury, for the .benefit of the war vet erans. ; ItfOTlXG STO>FXTS. '- There is no more effective way to ttrengthen one's wavering optimism about the progress *?f th" human race and its civilization than to take an occasional backward sclance -at some phase of the "good old days." Dr. Albert Manxbridjce of England, lecturing in t lie East I on "The Medieval University.*/ en j doles one to take such a look at stu ] dent life in the. early days of Hng j lish and continental universities. ! There is no need to repeat the j harsh criticisms which have been I made oi* present-day American students. If the worst things said ? against them were true?however? i and of course the w orst is never ! ttroe?rthey would still show up ! i fairly well, with those medieval! [students. Says .Dr. Mansbridge: I "Students rioted whenever they ! were displeased or offended, as \ '? rheir most effeciive. method of pro- j 'test: when this failed, migration p-resemod itself as an, alternative.*' ! They simply .packed up their few ! belongings and adjourned to other j halls of learning. "On the whole there seems to have been as much i fighting as studying among the students in the 13th and 14th cen j turies." j Again: "The student made his; 'own laws, and conformed to the1 ?customs of Iiis kind. They were; 1 a. wild and motley crew-" 1 f The student "who starts a rioi i today, islikely to be expelled from I .^cliool and to find it very difficult i to migrate to another university j ?without an honorable, dismissal | from the first. As lor education and , the acquisition of knowledge, those i two things go on inevitably and j seem to be -little, hindered by cur- j rent student customs in anv period. J ??-? MR. WILLIAM- I s SON" WARNS! ! ?, :.y ?:<-. .?: Points to.{ ?anger Sinais j Which Farmers Should Heed ~~~ In his initial preliminary, the boll weevil not only broke the hack of our monster credit ? sysTem. but i aiso actually achieved greater re- j salts in turning the heart of our j ; people to ^ivereificatWn than all or j the government work and allot' the ! scientific work and all of the prow- ; en work of the.other works of all. of the other kinds combined have! achieved in the past TC? years. ; His actual hostility may *>e m-ed- | ed to awaken the'conscience of our J business man to his long neglected j dutj* -concerning the market prob- i iem. And even his big siege guns j may be required to pass the title J of the ?mail farm to the small farmer? but we need not doubt that I these will all come, for it is not.! for nothing that the people of a , small town in Southern Alabama have erected a monument to com- : memorate the benefaction of this ; bug. Diversification is the religion of agriculture. As In all ages men ; have returned in t:nie of trouble to j their religion?in time of prosper!- | ty to their own devices even so in ; agriculture, trouble alone can force j the farmer into the Straight and narrow -way. Xotr there is unani mous consent that this is a time , of trouble, and it is also the uni- j versal .wish that we be diversified. : ! The practice thereof however, has; become so rusted by disuse that we are rauch confused as to where j rwe shall lay hold: happily though; there are certain fixed laws which i ; have .never yet failed those whoj ! have' faithfully followed them. We : have ail heard our fathers tell that I they have never Witnessed the fail- , I ure of a. farmer who rprocticed dili- ? ; gence Jttnd economy, and raised ; I sufficient rations for both man and i ? beast. 2Cor have we yet seen any- j [thing to contradict this wisdom. It j j is not possible that every man can ' be told just what will suit his spe- j : coal condition, therefore we shall' I only deal with the general laws; I under which each one can work j f out his owo salvation. ' The first of these is?That no ' I man can stand alone. Our present ? ! evil condition as well as the meas-. j "ares necessary: to win the World ; War plainly tell us mat no sensi- : f bfie man can longer ask: "Am I. my j ; brother's keeper?" It is already ; j evident that no one is going to ' [pass through these times alooi [from his fellow man. tnd that he i who attempts to do -o will speed- j ily find himself standing flatwise.! I It is going to take the combined j i wisdom of all of us to carry any j jone of uk -and we learn from the] , kiost unexpected sources. A young j : demonstration agent onc e told me < i this when I had given him in for- ! nation which he greatly valued.1 '?>uri?g the war our people met to-j j gether and took .counsel in order; [that they might intelligently meet! the demands of the occasion. All, : know the good results. Might it \ I not t?e well for all who are. oi* ex- ? I pect vo be affected by the boll wee- ' ! vU, to meet in their court house the first itnd third Saturdays and ;at their community centers on the j second and fourth?? I The stco7w2 fixed law is that of economy, ami the man who is un willing to practice the most rigid ! brand thereof had best stop before he starts for he will surely : i [stopped before he finishes. This is; no time '?> take chances, if you are compelled to take one. t-y all means ; let it be a very little one. The most intrepid lien merchant even, hesitates to Jtceei-H a bill of sale [Upon a boll weevil, just we should ref-ws; to risk any nioiv ;t-han we can afford to lose. We 'need r>o longer hnagine that we are oompetted t?? have things be ?-cause we have had them or h< - .cause others still have them. If the price of an article leave* tbere ? in no profit for yon. l?e man eUOUgll tO let it alOne. even 1.. fore you have to. With S-3-3 sell bog at i-ash and $:'.*; on lime I the cotton which we hold must :<d ! cance to it* cents plus warehouse charges in order to pay us for .holding the satm-. This means that we can now get 21 cents for our , is cent cotton sold to pay Cor [guano that otherwise niusi be I bough 1 ?>n linn-. ; The consultations indicate that ; this is no year '?<> buy new mules, i wagons, mo\v< rs or t?in?l* rs. and sur< ly it vvouH be cruel to deprive j the manufacturers of farm maohin 1 cry of the wares, for which they I have so high an affection. $2,50 is ! now asked for one Anus shovel in ! my town: Sorely Mr. Ames must j think that rhe farmer is fixing to [?dig two new Panama Canals. It is further prophesied that this is going to be the best year that ' ; we have ever enjoyed lor patch- i ? ing up. fc?ng over, and even run- j 1 ning on the rim until we see th< j light of returning day. Not only < I the contesllations, but the other 1.- ; 000 billion stars point to an ex- j eeoding prevalence of traps to catch the farmer in the many awk ! ward moves which he whl neces- . sa'rily make in his first conflict j with the boll weevil. Lacking fixed j rules to guide him against these pit falls he will prove an easy pre> , to the wiles of the trained dip- j lo-mat. When Philo Gubb would he- I come a detective, he got himself j a rule hook which directed him j under all conditions. When he scented danger he hid himself be- ! I hind a tree and consulted this j ! bock. Every farmer needs to get ! him a like hook at once. When ta stranger drives u]> to your house; for the soie and unselfish purpose j ? of conferring upon you a great ; i benefaction, you are to get behind j a tree and consult your guide I book. It whl tell you that he is; ! fixing to pull your leg and that j j you shoukl well anoint the same j [ with 'opossum grease before again i ! adventuring into his presence. Inj j limes past when he wished to sell I I you an oil -well your guide would : have told you that you should have | required him to deliver the said j I well in the left-hand corner of your ; back yard and then wait on you to pay him trom the oil obtained! I therefrom. If the kind visitor had wished to sell you a hsh scrap factory the boko would have ad -; vised that you smell over the prop- . osition at least a year. If he offers you aparati which will destroy the! hoil weevil, be kind to him. for it ?. is .-i wonderful thing which he | has accomplished, go with him to; your demonstration agent and ; gather together the farmers vho have gotten good results from this .said machine. If the man's time: is toe valuable to do this, by no means detain him long enough to j carry oft a note for any of your money. This guide book will also advise that you sign no papers; especially ; those that are not to fee used, or \ which are a mere matter of form, or which are guaranteed to yield j a dividend sufficient to pay the entire amount of the venture into i which you fire being enticed. It; will .also tell that in these times it is not healthy to sign papers Without first consulting your pas-j tor, your doctor and your under- i taker. All of us have much won- , dercd how it is possible for these' polite and well dressed friends of; ours who visit us in tine auto- ; mobiles and silken socks to so out . prosper us when all of their time I is consumed in uplifting us. We ? had finally eoncluded that they j were able to so greatly outshine j us even when we followed all of their advice, simply because it is j more blessed to give than to re- ; cer'e. When, however, we con-1 suited our guide book, it said. ; "Look in the glass for the goat." : We were so impressed with what ; we saw that we consulted the book again to see why an animal so i strong had been unable to escape! from a condition so lowly. The; book said that while we were at j work and the dust was in our eyes; a great many people had unbe- \ knowing to us climbed up on our: backs, and that our legs had sunk into the earth until our chests were so pressed upon the ground that; we were not able even to draw a full breath, and that if we did not i at once lie -down and roll over we j would very soon expire. i Economy is a jewel but we now : find that prudence is an even! more essential adjunct in our deal-: rings with our friends. Mclver Williamson. Mont Claire. March 4. FIRST TEST OF STRENGTH Election to Be Held in Maine District Todav i Augusta. Maine. March 1 9?The first tests of strength between Re-j publicans and Democrats in the: Congressional battles of this year} will come in the Third Maine Dis trict tomorrow. In this district.! once the stronghold of James f5.1 Blaine, a Representative, is to be chosen n> till the vacam-y caused, by tiie resignation of John A. Pe ter.- early ihis year to become a fed eral district judge for Maine. The; candidiates arc: John E. Nelson, Republican, and Ernest L. McLean. Democrat, both attorneys &t An-j gusta. Constantinople. Feb. 24.?Julian Gilespie. commercial attache of the American High Commission, who has returned from an extensive; trip through Anatolia, (Turkish nationalist area)), -ays h<- found the Nationalist government most favorable t<? American capitalists and business men. They were willing, he said, to place in tin- hands ?>!' American commercial interests rights for the development of minerals and oili er national X'eSOUces, 11 j #- building of railroads, facilities for irriga tion and projects for ih?- installa tion of hydroelectric plants. "George said if 1 refused to maTT> him lie would ia'v ? to drink." "Well?" ??| io!<I him it lie was wealihx enough for that 1 might reconsid er my refusal/'?The American Legion Weekly. To-day's Best Jokes and Stories Ruin, crushed in earth, will rise again. Grouch: The riursEps ot' a sore spot. See pout. - i The divorce evil: Free love, plus i the lawyer's fee. * _ Lots of people think of liberty as j the spirits of 1770. The bride geis the. showers: tin- , groom only catches thunder. ?'. Executive: One who enreriains- : callers while lieutenants do the j work. ?'Twenty Freshmen Have Never i Kissed." That's odd. As a rule, ; the fresh men lead the filed. One half of the world doesn't j know how the other half manages! to buy gasoline. . ?. ? . - . .? .. I Every evil contains the gem of :ts own destruction. Note the "axe" in taxes. Strange what an artist or phoro-1 grapher can get away with by la- j holing it "Venus." i And it occurs to us that there j were fewer eternal triangles in the j old days of the square dance. That statesman who says the spi- | rit of militarism will live on might have added the word "suckers." Hint to '.he ladies: When given a j choice between two evils marry the L one who can provide the most ali- j monv. Lots of times men think they I hear the call of duty when they only hear money talking. j Nations are a modest lot. and | when one saves itself it remarks j casually that it has saved civHiza-j tion. Environment is a wonderful thing. Think how many parents have been broadened by associa ting with their children. Unfortunately, however. Ameri- j can business can't build a tarifi" wall around foreign "markets in order to i keep out cheap foreign labor. Americans are an efficient people, j and,by making forty or fifty more j treaties will manage to absorb the j whole of the league idea. There are two "kinds of men:' Very busy men who wil serve you now, and men who have little to | do and will attend to your case j next week. The statesman sped up to pass; the car ahead. "Oh. it's a Buick." i said he. "I thought the sign said . 'Kuck.' and passed it as a matter of j habit. To the cross-examiner in court. J "You needn't ask me those kind of questions,*' yelled the woman to the I attorney, "for you can't catch me!" j "Madam," said the attorney.1 "I haven't the slightest desire ^o ca^ch j you: and your husband looks as if j he were sorry he had."?The Hust- I lor. Teacher: "Johnny, what is steam?" Johnny: "Water crazy with tire heat."?American Legion Weekly. ' Johnny: "Say paw. T can't get these 'rithmetic examples. Teacher! said somethin' 'bout findin' the j great common divisor." Paw (in disgust): *'Great Scott! ; Haven't they found that thing yet? i Why. they were huntin' for it when j 1 was a boy."?The Christian Evan gelist. - Fair Angler: "Mr. Rosenthal is . so interesting when he is fishing." Enthusiastic liodman: "Has ho ' caught some big fish lately?" Fair Angler: "No. But he talks j to the bait just like it was a pair of dice."?The Catalina Islander. The Judge (to. prisoner): "When j were you bom? (No reply.) Did: you hear what 1 asked? When is i your birthday?" Prisoner (sullenly): "Wot do j you care? You ain't goin' to give; me nothin'."?Klods-Hans (Copen-j hagen). Traveling Man: "Some tornado! that we had around here last night, j Do any damage to your new ! barn ?" Farmer: "Diinnn, hain't fotmd j the dum thing yet."?Modern Farming. The swain and his swainess had \ just encountered a bulldog that looked as if he might shake a , mean lower jaw. "Why. Percy." she exclaimed as lie started a strategic retreat. "You \ always swore you would face death ! for m< ." "1 would." he flung back over his j shottlder. "but that darn dog ain'i i dead."?The American Legion j Weeklv. "Mummy. I'm goin' to give Auntie my s]?ade and pa!*.." "What ever for. Willie?" "So th.-u she can kick it." "Kick it?" "Yes. Daddy said we should \ have a lot of money if only auntie would kick the bucket!".Life. ".lac !.-, what casues those marks on your nose?" "<" lasses." "Classes <.f what ?"-?London Mail. .\ man sat in a fashionable coif feur's shop with his little daughter while his wife was having a marcel wave put in her hair, stroking her ; father's gela mine, head, the child suddenly piped-: "X<> waves for you daddy. You're I all beach."*? Reason. %*vife: "Did you notice the chin-' chilla coat on the woman sitting in front of us th,is morning?" Husband: "Er-?in.. Afraid T was dozing most of tin- time.." Wife: ??I'm. A lot of good the j servier- did you."?Chicago Tribune. | Doctor: "Any patients call while I was out? Wife: ??Only a couple of fisher men who wanted proscriptions for bait."?New York Sun. Fresh; "Say. Professor, how long: could J live without brains?" Prof.: "That remains to be j seen." --College T)ays. ? '"What are your Hopes for the j future?" asked the solemn man. "1 have none just now." replied j the youth. "Tomorroy is my girl's' birthday and I am worrying about j the present.'*?Futurist. -?? Judge: "The police say that you j and your wife had some words." . ; Prisoner: "J had some, but didn't j get a chance to use them."?Court j uro. : ? i "I'm not surprised that Jack; finally married Beth: he spent so I much on he]*." ?"Yes. They say he married her ! for his money." Harvard Lampoon. "I'm afraid we'll have to let you j go." said the manager of the ad vertising department to the new; fledgling artist. "The only thing! you can draw so that a stranger; would recognize it is your salary." i "Tf 1 kept on at the present rate, j then." retorted the lad, *T ought to; make a great artist in miniatures." j --Tatler. "Twixt Optimist and Pessimist The difference is droll: The Optimist sees the doughnut. The Pessimist the hole." ?Studies. 1 i Mary (meeting old school friend) "Are yon married? How many j children ?" Friend: "Yes: two little, folks." Mary: "How old?" Friend: "Five and ten." Mary: "H'm. I see. Woblworthj twins."?Printer's Ink Monthly. "I hear you father's iri. Frank." \ "Yes. quite ill." I "Nothing contagious. I hope." j "I hope not. Doctor says it's' overwork."?Houston Post. A French chef has come to the j defense of pretzels. The war is j over. Some thrifty families overcome j poverty, and some have occasional twins. There's nothing surprising about i the victories of Lloyd C.eorge. It's J simply the triumph of mind over j patter. About the only man who can get \ tight at the same, old price is the : tight-wad. i - The fact frequently overlooked - is that the crude caveman had a j cave wife w*h? could lick her weight in wildcats. "Beauty specialists in quest of J perfect back." Meanwhile, the rest ! of us keep up the quest for a green- i back. '-; ? ' In a small town the art of con- \ versation consists in speculation ' concerning the Viim various rela- j lives will get when the village Shy lock dies. At that, -taxation without repre sentation wasn't much worse than [ taxation without limitation. Those who urge a tax on beer to get theb onus would be content to j let the bonus go to get the beer. And if we knew the private lives i of those who knock the movies. I perhaps we wouldn't approve of them. eitr;?-r. Proprietor: Have you had many evidences of the effect of our magazine campaign of advertising. "Sunshine in Every Room?" Manager: Not a word. You see ? our rival, the Grand Mazazzam, is advertising. "Moonshine in Every; Room," and turning Vm away.? j Public Ledger. Mr. Tinseed?1 see none o' them women statues has any clothes on. Mis Wif<?Them statues are more'n L'jxm years old. I s'pose you think a woman's clothes ought to last forever.?Daily News. ??1 hear you had .? battle with j Hehn the other day." "Yes. She sneered at my apart ment and I knocke?! her flat."? Tid-Bits. Night Owl: "Set the alarm for : two will you?" Roomie: "You and who else-?" ?Cornell Widow. Alban was threatening to dis- . charge an employee the other day. "What's wrong?" says us. "Distance between his ears." re plied Fraud. "How far?" ?one block." -Shop News. "How is the milk maid?" Hi- said witli a how. "It isn't made. sir. It comes from a cow." -Farm and Home. WANTED?-To buy pure OuemseA or Jersey milk cow. fresh in milk. Nothing under ten iiuarts con sidered': Write-!'. F. ration, care hem Office. Snini?-r, S. f. WANTED?To take orders at m> home u> make hats. If interest ed, call S70?L. Mrs. C. W. Mc fVrew. corner Magnolia and Myr tle streets. BLOODY WAR RAGES IN I ULSTER Border Line.is Like a^ Battle Front?Rival Forces Firing at. Each Other London. March 2'.?.?The bor- ; der line of Ulster is described 10 be ? like a battle from, by the Evening! News Belfast correspondent. The? rival forces of the Irish Republic i army and Ulster special constables! are actually within rifle range and j were continually firing at e?<*h j other during the week-end. The j first collision is expected near j ("'aled?n. ?'ounty Tyrone. The I sound 01* blowing tip bridges is | heard miles away. The inhabi- J rants have evacuated their homes | which are occupied by lighting j forces. ! PISTOL BATTLE PROVES FATAL j Bamberg; M?n 'pies.Fo??^irip; a Fight With Officer ?I ?_ - I Bamberg; March 19.?Nathaniel' Z. Felder. Jr.. well-known young man of this city and member of a prominent family, died about 6 o'clock this morning in Branch-' ville from wounds inflicted about 12:30 last night by Night Police man T. C: Hutton. on Main street, in Bamberg. The inquest was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock. It appears from the testimony that Felder had fired his pistol in a local barber shop previous to the killing, and that as the barber shop was closing Felder and the three barbers came out of the shop, l-lt'uon was sitting on a garbage oa and demanded of Felder that he put up a -510 bond for. firing his pistol. An argument .ensued, Felder demanding to know who told the officer of the shooting. Both parties stated they were not afraid of the other and Felder, it is said, proposed shooting it our, to which Hutton demurred, saying he only wanted the bond put up, Further argument was entered into, during which Hutton had his pis tol in his right hand and Felder had his right hand in his. coat pocket. Hutten is said to have finally agreed to shoot it out, and the j shooting started, the witness j agreeing that appearances indi- I eated that Felder fired the first j shot. Some six or eight shots were j fired, three of which struck Felder, j two in the ribs and a third strik ing his left thumb. The injured man was given all ; possible aid and was placed on the ' the early train for the hospital in j Charleston, but died in Branchville. The body was brought back to j Bamberg on the 6:2;") train. The j shooting has been the main topic j of discussion in town today, and the inquest this afternoon in the I court house was attended by sev- j era! hundred persons. The hand that rocked the cradle! didn't know how to shuffle a whist! deck. college stbdent Kills self Second Chapter in Sui cide of Pauline Vir ginia Clark Boston..Maroh If;?Death by poi son ended the flight of Otto Haid er Larson, a senior of the Massach usetts Institute of Technology, from the gay party at v.-hich Pauline Virginia Clark, divorcee, ended her life early last Thursday morning. His body was found today in the Fenway, behind the Musuem of Fine Arts. Apparently he had been dead only a short time. Two letters signed by LarseB. as serting that Miss Clark had long in-! tended to commit suicide and that Larsen had supplied her with poi son, were received by a Boston pa per and Medical Examiner Magrath several hours after his body wasj In the letter to the. medical exam-1 iner Larsen said that Miss Clark requested him several weeks ago to procure the poison for her in order that she might take "her own ; life. She had long been decided on this course, he said she told him. j '"I agreed to do this." the letter j continued, "extracting from her the ? promise that she would not use it j until her mother came home. She I gave me her promise and I pre I pared for her a solution of strong i . r i poison. Sentenced to Life Imprisonment. Talbotton. Ca.. March 17.?Ma jor Lee H. CoaVt. planter and former army officer, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state ! penitentiary on conviction here ; today of the murder of A. B. Mc | Xeieo. I Shortly after Judge Ceorge P. j Munroe had passed sentence in ac cordance with the jury's verdict of guilty with recommendation for mercy, counsel for Coart appealed for a new trial and a hearing was j set for June 27 before Judge Mun j roe in Columbus. -~~? J' "We never needed any of them j new-fangled seales in Ireland," said I Jack Howley. ?'There's an aisy [way to weigh a pig without scales. I You get a plank and put it across a stool. Then you get a big stone. Put the pig on one end of the plank and the stone on the other end and .shift the plank until they balance. [Then you guess the weight of the stone ond you have the weight of the pig." ! There is no truer test of a man's j qualities for ..permanent - success than the way he takes criticism. The little-minded man can'r stand it. It pricks his egotism. He 'crawfishes.' He makes excuses. Then, when he finds that excuse won't take the place of results, -be sulks and pouts. It never occurs to him that he might profit from the incident."?Thomas A. Edison. Customer: "Did you soy this hair restorer is very' good?" Druggist: "Yo's, sir: I know a man who took the cork out of a bottle of this stuff with his teeth and he bad a moustache the next day."?It a mal ey Xews. WILL MAKE \ TREATIES THE SPECIAL ISSUE Republican lieaders - Meet With Presi dent to Discuss Plans to Hold Con gress j Washington. March 20.?The Re ; publican party loaders who are I responsible for the direction of the I coming congressional campaign ; conferred with President Harding * j Today. They discussed principally thr- relation of the conference I treaties to the coming elections, j The treaties which are now before the senate are said b\ leaders to i be well on the way to ratification, j They are regarded in ad-minis j trat ion circles as the major I achievement of the tirst year of the * j Harding reign and it is said to he j the intention of the party to pul j them forward as the issue in the ' November elections. V I The rapidly increasing divorce I rate." remarked the wit. 'indicates that America is indeed becoming ithe land or the free." . **Ves." replied his prosaic friend " j "but the continued marriage "rate ! suggests that it is still the home of tthe brave."?The American' "Legion . j Weekly. ( Moscow, Feb. 24.?A Swedish j trade fair is to be opened in Mos J cow next spring, according to an j nouncement here. Thi< pan of the plan of Swedish ;mercial I interests to advertise their goods j in Soviet Russia, a group -of Stock i holm business men having visited j Moscow in .February to discuss j with Soviet officials questions per taining to trade , relations between ?'the two countries. -? I One housefiyq, however, doesn't - ; make a spring. The Most Profitable Acre on the Farm Th5-garden spot is JScognlzr-d * by many as. the best pa< ihg i^rt <.r the f?rmlt>?t is often "neglected. A good garden means money irr your pocket, and from a - health standpoint, there is nothing better than green, fresh vegetables. The rtght variety of regetibles to ckoos* >f?r >enrti ness, yWd or ?avor is clearly shown in our Catalog. Mailed free oh request. "WOOD'S GBO? SP2CTAT., giv ing seasonable information for the, farm and < urr?it;prices of all ie-kl seeds... mailed free. : V T. W. WOOD & SONS -SEEDSMEN-- - ; "Eto. 17 0/1401 St;, - ?ichaaon?, "\Ta We, the undersized Sumter County Members, of Jthe, South Cajoiina Cotton Growers' Co-operative Association BELIEVE THAT P PI STICK OR WE WILL BE STUCK j <* . Therefore, we have signed the Association Contract. W. A. Alston, tt. E. Atkinson, F. W Andrews. A. L. Ardls. S. W. Atfctn. R. 6. Belser, N. L. Sroughton, R. L. Burkett. H. D. Brunsen. R. K. Brown. M. M. Brown. J. H. Burke. A. C. Burrows, E. S. Booth. J. 0. Blaekweti. Stanyarne Burrows, E. S. Brown. R. A. Brad ham. Jas. C. Bryan, J. P. Booth. Henry Benenhaley. Sr W. F. Baker. T. B. Kennedy. F. A. Osteen, M. L. Parier. S. 0. Plowden. R. 0. Pnrdy. A. C. Phelns. S. W. Pringle. W. S. Thompson. W. O. Tisdate. S. W. Truluck. W. 0. Truluck. i. R. Terry. S. Weinberg. T. B. Brunson. Jr. Cain Farm. A. B. Cubbage, I. I. Cote man, T. H. Clarke. T. M. Croswell. J. M. Chandrer. E. W. Dabbs. J. C. Dunbar. F. M. Dwiflht. F. W. Dabbs. Jr. J. T. Dennis, R. A. Dennis. S. J. White. W. E. Dick. T. E. Edens. H. T. Edens. John L.. Frierson, J. A. Frierson. J. M. Fogle, 5. W. Gardner, S W. Geltes^ie. S. P. Gaillard. P. P. Gaillard. W. W. Green, C. t. Player. Robert Perry, Edward E. Rembert. J. A. Beams. W. S. Reams. E. R. Terry, S. f: ?ugper. Xirfcy S. Tup per. M. E. Truluck. I. M. Truluck. Geo. Tmtfal. S. W. Young, C. W. Young. H. T. G-oo6man. M. Gotdfcerg. J. J. Geddings. B. L. Holland. ?. W. Harby. E. B. Hedge. Hugh C. Haynsworth. A. T. Haynswerth.. A. P. Hin sen. J. F. Horton. C. B. Hary. A. W. Hearon. S. A. Harvin. C. J. Jackson. L. D. Jennings. M. R. Jackson. L. K. Jackson. T. C. Josey. 6eo. D. Jennings. J. M. Jackson. Miss Annie G. Keels. T. J. Keels. J. A. Kolb. H. C Kee!s. *. F. Weeks. W. E. Kolb. J. H. Robinson. J. Hugh Byan. W. H. Ramsey. J. E. Sanders, A. F. Smith, H. Trnttman. H. D. Tindal. J. Frank Williams. T. C. Watson. S. ? I. WHson. J. j. Whilden. J. F. Yarboroufih. T. J. Ktrven. Jr. G. A. Lern men. G. H. Lenoir. R. M. Moore, C. W. IHahonty. Thos. R. Moody. J. A. Mims. T. E. Mims. W. M. Miller. 5. J. Mims. W. W. Moore. H. M. McLauri n. J. H. McLeod, J. D. MoLeon. T. D. McLeod. 6. R. MsEJvcwi. J. C. McElvtisn. W. 0. Mcteori. S. M. McCow M. McCri-i. B. McLaughlin, R. McEkecn. R. E. Newman. C. A. Nettles. B. M. Oliver. J. B. Osteen, O. L. Smith. Leon Stuekey. H. L. Scarborough. A. H. Sanders. J. W. Stuekey. R. C. Williams. L. L. White, R. W. Westberry. J. T. Witberspoon, G. M. 2tie>r. Willie Shaw. J. R. BaU. F. A. Newman, W. G. Bregdon. A. M. 8ro#Bon. J. C. Broodon. A. P. Mims. i. T. Keels. C. V. firetu. S. H. Goodman. E. R. Keels. T. B. Kennedy. J. H. Hammond. B. R. White, S. T. Thames. W. L. Sanders. J. ft. Atkins, W. J. Sanders, Marion Rivers. H. B. Barkley. T. M. Meteod. .W. G. Geddings. J. R. Doltard. T. W. 'Geddings. *t. w. laeram, P. ?. Brunsen. B. F. Wilder. M. 0. Gallachat. John W. Washington. P. K. Bowman. Batler White. Seymour Howard. m. R. Kirk. A. J. Pringle, S. P. Josey, W. S. Trntfak, J. J. Britten. A. C. Thompson. LEE COUNTY Hugh Wrtfcerspeoa. L. D. Welsh. S. N. Welsh. J. H. Hopkins. MCCOBMTCK COUNTY Thos. Cottier. CLARENDON COUNTY J. C. Du Rant, The above mentioned contracts are actually in the office. There are others signed but not yet in. Mr. Cotton Farmer: WILL YOU STIC K OR WILL YOU BE STOCK? Seethe Canvassers in your community. Sign now. Tuesday. March 21 si will be "("loan Up Day." Send contracts to Chamber of Com merce. THIS SPACE t'ONTttlBtTED BY THE FIRST NATIONAL HANK, THE SUMTER TRUST CO. NATIONAL BANK OF S. C. CITY NATIONAL BANK,