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AND C TWO F1RES MONDAYP.M. Residence on. Harvin Street Badly. Damaged. Slight Damage to Negro -Rouse < * i The fire department- was called Joui Monday afternoon ?at 4:20 o'clock to answer m& alarm coming* Kroch. Xoy 3S Walker Avenue, a jnegro-hou*e owned by SK?L Mc ?>ona!d, colored, and occupied by Dick Richardson, colored.: The fire ..proved ioF be only* a slight blaze- on .the roof which was easily put out "iby a small amount of water. ;\Dam ages to the roof will amount to .about eight dollars;' The* fire mustt iiave been caused by the* fallm&of" & spark;-upon the to?f. - The second alarm that-- the -fir'e department was called npon-to an-; ?wer during Monday afternoon: jrcas sent in at alK>ut 5:30 o'clock, vei-y soon after the depanment had returned from the fire on Walfcer avenue. This'fire proved Gf a very, much more serious nature as the entire roof of the residence being occupied by Mr. W- A.- Thames, Xo. 115 X. Harvin- street," was-, ic^nd ablaze before the fire depart r reut was notified. No one in the residence at the time of its~catcbing. fire seemed aware of the fact that ? the house was burning- and the message which reached the* fire j house came.from a small lad who 1 -had been playing on the court) 1*0 use grounds and had noticed, the j smoking roof. The water pump j on one of the trucks was used and j good pressure obtained from two j . lines of hose. The fire was final- i Jy checked and extinguished after j ?omc good work on the part of. the firemen. The house was bad- ; ly damaged. It is owned by Mr. j Isaac Harby of New . York. The 1 value of the: house was $2,000. and j it is only partially covered by fh- j surance. Much of the house fur- j nirure was damaged, this damage j probably being taken care of by: insurance. I Bmnsxm-Sliolar. - Lexington/ March 20.?Married | at the Methodist parsonage in! Lexington,, S. C? Monday, March 2^)th, Miss Armida Brunson to H. Wiley Sholar, Jr., Rev. H. A. Whit ten officiating. The happj- voting i couple were from Sumter, S-. C. Af- j ?er- the ceremony, they left for Atlanta,. Ga., where-the gro?? has ! accepted a responsible position with I itorris & Co., packers. -:-; (This infornwttioft- 4s-furnished f by. the officiating.minister at the] request of the couple.) " j i Married. i The many friends of Mr. Wm. Bryan Odom and Miss Bertha Ra jgin will be pleased to learn of their tnarriage on last Saturday -ISth at the Methodist parsonage by 'Rev. j $. W. Daniels, the'bride^s pastor.' - Only a few near relatives ahdi friends were present, but all of ] their acquaintances bespeak for: the young cou pie -' nttteh "happi ness. The bride Is ? daughter of | Mr. A. J- Ragin, who is connected j with the Atlantic Coast Line Rpir- j way. and the groom is a son of Mr. I J. W. Odom, ?T prominent planter [ of the Mayesv?lle-scetion of thi*! county. ? ? ? ? . 1 Death. ?'?- ' ~ I Miss Mary S. Brunson,: aged 78 j years, died at S o'clock Tuseday! morning at the home of her niece, | Mrs. R. S. Tisdaie, at Cohctofd, a?-j ter'a sicknet? of about two weeks, j The funeral services will be held j at 11-o'clock Wednesday1 morning i and the body interred at the Webb i "burying ground. ' Miss Brunson is survived by two j brothers, .Messrs/J.-R. Brunson of j Sumter county -and J. W. Bruhsori j of Brogdon, and three sisters, j Misses Louise. ^Harriett and Isa- | hell Brunson all of the Concord j section. . ,. r -r Birtbday Party, i On Monday f. March 20th, "Miss ! Bertha MeKagen entertained some j of her little friends at a hirthday party. After playing games out of doors the children were called into the house to take part in a uniqie contest in archery. Miss Ruth Beatty won the first prize which was a dainty basket of candy. W. B. Wall won the booby prize. Af ter the contest ^he' children were invited into the ?linrns: room where tbey enjoyed ice cream, cake and candies. A bVauffful cake with \ ten pink candles stood in the cen- 1 ter.nf the table1 teHing the age of; the nostess. Around it her guests ] made their wishes for mariy happy' returns of the day. Those enjoying the party were: ; Misses Bernice Wilder, Alice Finn, i Elizabeth Hoyt, Mab*?*1 Coleman. i Ruth and Katherine DuRant. Dorothy Breece. Hammond and; Agnes Burgess. Myrtle Mints. Ruth I Beaty. Ruth ' fJdopier, "Hamilton; Warren. Margaret Blanding. Miss' Abbie Bryan and Mrs. Bertha; Haynsworth. Rodney BreecO, W.j B- and Hubert Lee Wait. D. A. j ?alC. Sidney Burgess, O. H. Sic-j Kagen, Hugh Snepherd Quark*, j The small rival of the Ford is i cut. A man parked one by a mail box and the parcel postman carried it off. . "Robbed in Spring House*'? headline, r'irst spring house clean- j ing. "Plumber Sues f<?r Lost Love"? ?headline. Maybe he left it at the] shop. O?NTY NEWS 1 GAMECOCKS ! TAKE GAME j Lynchburg School Loses by j Score of 3 to 2 ! _ -?The Sumtcr high school baseball j team won their first game Tuesday from Lynchburg high school by j the score of S to 2. Edwards pitched good ball, not allowing Lynehburg first base until after the 5th inning. The battery for Sumter: Edwards and "Wheel er, worked perfectly together and mowed down the heavy hitters of the Lynch burg squad. Shaw was said to be one of the best fielders ever seen on the Lynchburg dia mond, getting -them- (everywhere, ;said the Lynehburg rooters. ViSkinner led the 'squad in the hitting record, getting a two bag ger and- three" bagger out of four times at the bat: j ?Both teams played air-tight ball, only two errors being made. ? LyTichhurg scored first but Sum ter soon tied the score, then took the lead 2 to 1. Sumteir scored*again in the sixth aftd held this lead until' the ninth when Lynchburg scored another. Lynchburg has a heavy, hard hitting' hunch and' they played nicely together. ' ? Lynehburg will: return the game -on Friday, March 24th. . This will he a good game for^ the Lynehburg players %ay that they'll return the honor. s : v Gome out and see the boys of Sumter beat the lads that are bid dings strong, for the , lower state championship., - Mr. Walsh Eiitertahis Directors and Officers of National Bank ot Sumter. ??? . . i A supper was given on Tuesday night ? by Mr. Bartow Walsh at his residence on Kehdrick street in honor of his fellow * directors and the officers of the National Bank of S?inter.. The occasion was a most enjoyable one and the delightful supper will be a long remembered event by those present who enjoy ed the hospitality of Mr. Walsh. Serving the tables were Misses Jennie Walsh, Annie Alsie Walsh, Daisy China and Mrs. James Shaw. Many delightful song numbers, were rendered by Miss Aurel Lebby dtir ing the serving of the courses. Present at the supper were: Messrs. R. B. Bclser, J. P. Booth, D. D. Moise, Wr. T. Brown, B. W. Segars, H. C Haynsworth, W. J. Crowson,r Jr., G. C. Warren, F. M. Cain, Raymond Burgess and F. S. Nance. . This.supper was given in- accord ance with a custom that has been in'vogue for a number of years among the associates of this bank. 0 m ? TOhaeco Marketing Association ; County -Chairman J. T. Glass cock, of the Sumter county branch of the Tri-State Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Marketing association, has requested President T. B. Young Of the State branch of the associa tion to send a lot of contracts for memberships to the Sumter Cham ber of Commerce which will again be the county headquarters in the j big drive to sign up all of the to bacco growers in the cooperative plans of marketing. County Agent j J. Frank Williams will also re- ] ceive a-supply Of contracts, and will work with the county branch of j the association and: the "Sumter Chamber of Commerce -in getting every possible tobacco grower lined j up for cooperative marketing and higher prices ? for tobacco. To-1 baeeo growers will" do' Well to call j at Sumter Chamber of Commerce j and sign up. Lecture at Episcopal Church. Miss Mable Leo Cooper, field I secretary of the Province of Se-j wanee. of the Episcopal church, j has been in .the city for a number i of days as the guest of Mrs. F. A. j McLeod, and hag delivered a se- i ries of delightful lectures at the Episcopal church on the subject of Christian Education. These lec tures have been given under the auspices of the educational depart- j ment of the church. They have I been instructive, and extremely helpfuf and intensely enjoyed by those attending? Miss Cooper being 'clofcuentS and delightful speaker. CARS RUN, NO VIOLENCE Strtet Car Strike Situation in . Columbia at a. Standstill - Columbia.' March 22.?A half; dozen street cars are operating in ; Columbia today, each car guarded : by an automobile loaded with po- ! licemen. There has been so far ? no resumption of service by the ! company. The cars ran half of! Tuesday, being taken off at 7 j o'clock, in order to'remove the op- ? portiinity for troubles during the Hours after dark. ; The South i arolina railroad j commission is in .-.ossion. but it was t.ot thought that the-street car sit- 1 uation would be discussed. Rou- j tine matters ate before the com mission. This is the day set' for! the return of the Columbia street ' car company, in case it was found . that the cars could not be resume*]. Ruth gets s.'.fMi |>er homer. Over; the fence and Yanks are out? $:5u0. -???;i?*\at.r the Pedestrian" head-i Iin<*s the Dig-es*. Speeders do. ? ? ? Those getting in on the ground . floor often find tiotr?-'* no elevaJ tor. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES Keports of Truck Acreage Called For ? Every township director of the Sumter Truck Growers'- association has been written to and requested to report to E. I. Reardan. Secre tary Sumter Chaml>er of Commerce the names of every farmer who will or who has agreed to join the local association, together with the number of acres of truck to he planted. Township directors are again urged to make their reports of what they have done. Seed has to be purchased at once and it purchased in bulk can be secured a great deal cheaper. Contracts have to be signed and some definite business like agree ment made with the American Fruit Produce Grocers. Inc.. to sell our truck this summer and fall. ? ? ? Old Home Town Minstrels Pleases Large Audience The Old Home Town Minstrels, presented at the Academy of Mu sic Tuesday night for the benefit of the United Daughters of the Con federacy, was met with a splendid house which gave the home towrn boys the glad hand that they richly deserved. From the opening chorus through to the last curtain the boys furnished a high class performance devoid of anything smutty or that would offend the most exacting audience. The show was directed by Mr. LeGrand Dixor*. and the manner in which it was presented showed to good advantage and to the cred it of the promotors. Mr. Dixon was unable to take part owing to a'throat trouble and was missed by the audience who know and appeciate his work. An orchestra composed of Prof. Girard, violin: and Messrs. Curtis, piano; Spann, drums; Newman, cor net, furnished delightful music and was instrumental in making the performance the success that it was. The first part was especially good, and when the curtain rose; the local boys made a splendid; showing, grouped around the stage in old minstrel style. The cos tuming was splendid and not of a slip-shod snowy type. The show started with a rush with a very j pretty opening chorus, followed by the usual jokes which were up-to date and of a local nature; going "strong" with the audience, fol- j lowed by several solos. Among the soloists who must be ! given special mention are Messrs. I Chas. C. Kavanaugh, W. B. Daugh- j trey and W. E. Moore. Their ren- ! ditions* were splendid, each man j acquitting himself in a creditable! manner- Mr. Moore as interlocutor I could not have- been improved up- j on. He assumed the air of a pro- j fessional and "carried on" with the boys in great style. Messrs. McCarthy and Hoyt, asj end men scored good in their re-1 spective parts. Harry and "Mac" j were both good. "Mac" writes the ! words and music of his own songs \ as well as the jokes and mono- j logues that he uses and which show I his adaptability to the comic side j of life. The olio consisted of several im- ? personations by Mr. L. B. H. Darrj which pleased the audience very much and were truly clever. 31 r. i McCarthy as a monologist, also i scored heavily and pulled some good work. "Mac" was about the j best "nigger" they had on the stage, amusing the audience for some time with "a little bit of I everything." Messrs. Stack. Hoyt and Lewis j appeared in a pleasing dancing di- ? vcrsity. -| The afterpart consisted of a scene ' of the Swamp Juice Stilling com-; pany in the San tee swamp written i especially for the minstrel by Mr. j McCarthy. The scene was clever and provided . much amusement, j Mr. Wolfe made a splendid "high yellow" and Mr. Hoyt was very conspicuous during this scene also, i Banjo solo by Mr. Moon and some j songs went to make up an altogeth- i er pleasing finale to a meritorious performance gotten up under I much difficulty and many disap- j pointments by local boys. Several of the numbers were omitted dur- ! ing the evening due to the ill- j ness of some of the members of the company. But oil considered ' the performance richly deserved the many favorable remarks heard both during and after the show, j The boys won* all good in their j respective parts and space does not j permit mentioning caeh-'individ ual.'Hope' they will be encouraged I by their efforts 10 give another such show at some future date. One little dirty-faced ragged j youth who had probably been s?av- I ing up for weeks in order to go to the show was heard to re- . mark: "Dem fellers sure am ?strut tin* their stuff tonight." Thanks of f'. D. C. Those who failed to go out last ? night to see "'The Old Home Town Minstrels" missed an exhibition of , unusual home talent. This was given as a benefit for the (". r>. c and this organization wishes to thank most heartily each one who took part, and by their unselfish service, helped so materially the work carried on by j the c. I), c. A large audience applauded the j real wit, good music, dancing, and impersonations of the gifted per foi mers. Hearty thanks are also extended to Miss Minnie Moses and to Mr. , W. W. McKagon who gave then time to help this good cause. Marriase Mcense Record. A marriage license hu* been is sued in the office of the Clerk of Couri to Mr. Julius F. Xobnris. ??i Quantieo, Va.. and Mis:- Grace Elizabeth Wilkins. ot Sumter. WEDGEFIELD NEGRO SUICIDES iHalf Wit Negro Drowns Self in Stream of Wat ere e Swamp ! John Wesley Thompson, a negro I about .'?(1 years old. who lived in the ! Wodgefioid section. Tuesday after | hon committed suicide by jumping into the waters of a Wateree Swanip stream not far from the fettnden Tt^nd crossing. It is stated -that the'negro, quite a number of ! years ago received injuries in a ; wreck which left him a partial ' paralytic and a half-wit. A telephone message was re curved from" Wedgefield Wednes i day morning by Sheriff C. M. llurst from Rural Offieor | Alex ! Norrfe stating thai the negro's ! body had been recovered from the wasters of th swamp early WednfeS , <iay morning. The inquest was held by Coroner Scale in.- .Wedgefje|<jti ^Ve'dnesday morning. GREAT DAIRY SHOW IN PA. National Show of Pure Bred Cattle at Philadelphia i Philadelphia, March 2n.? Sons land daughters of some of the i world's champion pureb red milk I cows, will parade before the auc | tioneer here tomorrow in I'.rent ' wood National Sale and Show. A I number of state blue ribbon holders ; are also carded to go under the : hammer arid the eyes of the dairy ing industry in the United States j will he focused on the prices ob j tained for a significant reason, j If the prices are good, dairy men claim it will place the stamp j of approval upon the effort to in j traduce the pure bred into all the i dairies of this country, while if the j prices are disappointing, the same I men admit it will mean that their : efforts to improve the industry j along- tliese lines will have recciv ! ed a decided setback. From the Pacific coast conic a son and daughter of the world's champion milk producer, Segis Pietertje Prospect, whose record of j 37,000 pounds of milk in one year ! is one of the wonders of the dairy - I ing industry. Leading Canada's ' offering at the sale will be the son j of the world's champion butter j producer of all ages and breeds. Bella Pontiac, producer of 1;5S7 ! pounds of butter in one year. Can | add also sends grand-daughters of i May Echo Sylvia, the only cow in ; the world to produce 1,000 pounds of milk in 7 days, yielding 41 ! pounds of butter. There will be a number of cows who have produced, under official test, up to 36 pounds of butter In seven days and up to L2O0 pounds I of butter in one year. Then there will also be a number of sons and daughter of cows with lesser yet en I viable records, made under official I tests. At the show valuable prizes will ' be awarded the grand champion j cow and the runners-trp . to her. The show and sale will last four days and 200 head of the best breeding stock of the Holstein dairy cattle will go under the hammer. These cattle come from nineteen states and Canada and sixty-five of the leading establishments will be represented by animals. According to records of the United States department of agri culture there are approximately 24,000.000 head of dairy cattle in this country of which only 916.000 are pure bred. Of these 60 per cent are Holsteins. According to the departments records the average dairy cow yields 160 pounds of butter fat and about 4.000 pounds ".of milk a year. In more than a thousand tests under official supervision of agri cultural colleges, the pure breds average more than 500 pounds of butter fat and 12,000 pounds of milk, according to the records of the Holstcin-Fricsian Association of America. Leaders in the movement insist that the only way improvement in the milk and fat production can be worked is through infusion of pure blood upon native stock. Cost of Paving Compiled on Types of Material. Average cost per square yard of various types of paving for coun try roads have been compiled by the Bureau of Public Roads, United States department of agri culture. The figures coyer 68,000, 000 square yards of paving con structed with federal aid in all parts of tlie United States during tin- period 1916-1921. The costs per square yard art- as follows: sand-clay. is cents: -ravel. 1'; o<*nts: plain and surface-treated macadam, 95 cents: bituminous macadam, $2.10; bituminous con crete, $2.50; plain cement concrete .<2.."7: reinforeed-ccment concrete, $2.74; and brick. .$ 1.10. These figures cover only the cost of the paving: they do not include the cost of grading, and officials point out thai it must not Ik- as sumed that roads ??1" th'- several types ran hi? constructed in any lo cality at these figures. For ex ample, th" ro^r of bituminous con crete varied from ?i.T" in the New England states to ??>''..I" in the group Di* states including Kentucky. Ten nessee. Mississippi, and Alabama. In one group of slates the ? est of brick dropped '<? $2.40. Costs of constructing the*..- typos in tin- va rious groups <>! States have been compiled ami ran !><? obtained from ? he Koreau. Turn Edison is asking the wo men quest ions h??u and the answer to all ..; thelW v. ill !><? '!???> a use.'' THREE FIRE CALLS _ Assistance of Fire Department Called For Twice Wednes day Afternoon. Fire Call Comes From Hospital Thursday Morning - ? Tin- Sumter Fire Department was kept busy during Wednesday after noon, three bouses having caught ! fire within a short' time of each other. The lire alarm which came in at o'clock Thursday morn ing hastened the.fire trucks ..to the Tourney Hospital, where a small fire confined to the Superintendent's office/required the use of a number ,' of smari-'c-hemical fire extinguishers; j before it Vas'put ovft. The night' ] nurse had Iefjt this office at 6 o'clock ! i in the morning, there being at that ' I fciHf? ho evidence of anything amiss.: ^ At only fiftceh'minutes later the fire j ?was discovered; by' the very thick, .smoke, which came from this room.: ? A number of nunses^heroically went' i immediately to work, with the hand : j chemical extinguishers of the hos-l pii.al so that only 'a very small : amount of additional work was re quired by the member}*, of the fire department before the fire was entirely put out- The damage caus- ' I ed by the fire, was "confined to the . . office furnishings and to the walls; ! only of this room. A number of j valuable medical books were also j destroyed. The fire is supposedly; j to have been occasioned by the I j blowing out of an electrical fuse j : or a short circuit. Xo .alarm or dis- ' order among the patients at the! ? hospital was experienced, as only a few patients in the front rooms j at the iiospital knew of a fire until' everything was again in order. The first alarm which was turn- I ed in at 2:3u Wednesday afternoon! : called the fire department to the i lower end of Manning avenue. The ! house of Rev. I. D. Davis, colored, ! having been visited by a small fire, found in one of the upstairs rooms, j The fire was put out by water from | : buckets. The damage was very j j slight. i The second alarm of Wednesday j afternoon proved the most serious of the fires. This alarm came in at ' about 4 o'clock. A residence Xo. j 200 Pera street, owned by Mr. Jas. j i Bryan was completely burned and j ? the neighboring residence, Xo. 207, j ! owned by Mr. C. T. Boone was badly! j damaged after it had caught fire \ j from the flames of the burning. I house which had first caught. This! ! house was being occupied by Mr. j j M- McDowell. The entire furnish- j lings of this'house were destroyed.! j but Mr. Boone managed to save the j j furniture from his residence. These ! j fires were fought by two lines of { hose simesed from the pump of i ? Truck Xo. I. Good work was re-; ! quired to extinguish the flames of j j these houses which had taken a i firm hold on them. Damages are partially covered by-insurance. Growing Truck for Market. ! The Sumter Truck Growers' As i sociation is out for business and j j wants to start something, and will ; get to be a "jxoing concent" pro-,' j vided that the farmers will just step ; j on the gas and say "let's go." But | j no association organized to pro- j j duce and to sell truck can get j i started unless some simon pure- ! ! frue. true farmers get busy plant- j j ing truck, and joining the associa- j [tion. It takes farmers to produce J j eatables and city or town men to j sell them with intelligent, co-op-j ' erativc, business-like farmers help- i j ing to do the selling through organ- J 5 ized agencies, not by individual ef- j ; fort. The boll weevil is a. recog- ! ; nized, fast traveling, prolific and I ; independent business organism or j I organization, the boll weevil has j : no overhead expenses, pays no rent, j ] no taxes, has no income tax re j turns to make out or pay, and has ; ; nothing to occupy its time but eat ing t:p cotton. Congress and the j legilaturc can not affect the boll I i weevil's appetite by any kind of ; ; resolutions about taxes or working i hours. So the farmers will have to start ! early t<? entertain any hope to j "beat the boll Weevil to it" with ? truck, dairy cows, hogs, velvet; ! beans, butter fat. poultry, eggs, j sweet [K>tatoes. etc. If you want, to join the Sumter; Truck Growers' Association just j ' st'-p up to the Sumt"r Chamber of: Comiherce and tell - our troubles to ; the secretary who is an expert on ? listening to other peoples' troubles. \ I Tell him how many acres or por tions of acres of beans, cucumbers,; ; cantaloupes and squash you will plant, how much seed you will re- j j quire or out from him how j ? much seed you will reed. Then ' ;you can join the association by sign- | j ing a contract to market all of your J 'truck of the above four varieties j j through this association. Time is I limited. Those who have already | planted are invited to join this as- j sociation and sign up. -? ? Little Danger Apprehended of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth dis ease have been frequent in the 1 British fsles since August. 19iS, I jand prohibition of importations in- ; [to this country have been almost j continuous since that time. Re I ccptly the Bureau of Animal Indus- j i try has bet a receiving reports of new outbreaks with great t're euency. the latest showing that 27 counties i:i England and 24 e<>un ties i:i Scotland contain infected, herds and that outbreaks have !>efen '??und on more than 300 premises. The department maintains a vet- . ( rimiry inspector in London, and he is now keeping a close watch of the 'situation and is studying the meth ods of the British authorities in controlling the disease; However, there seems to !,<? little imminent danger t-? live stock in this ??.?tmtry as there is now- ;m absolute j prohibition against the importation of cattle, sheep. :'U<1 swine from Great Britain. A man whose mind has been blank for iy,?ars lias recovered so it is too foj- him u> run for i 'ougress. CAMPAIGN IN ANDERSON More Than 1.000 Bales Signed by Farmers Columbia. March 22.?More than 1.000 bales of cotton were signed in Anderson county to the co-opera tive marketing contract by a com mittee of two men today, according to a telephone message from that place to the headquarters of the South Carolina Cotton (1 rowers' Cooperative Association tonight. Xot a farmer approached by the committee refused to sign the con tract. The movement is said to be going strong in Anderson now and a heavy sign-up is expected in that county. Aiken county sent in 550 more bales today, sending that county well beyond the 2,00<)-baIt mark. A message from Chester county today reported great activ ity in that colunty and the pros pects of a tremendous sign-up at the meeting Saturday in the Ches ter court house, which will be ad dressed by L. D. Jennings, of Sum tor. Paxville Sews Items. Paxville, March 22.?Miss Lu cile Geddings has returned to Co lumbia College after spending the spring holidays with her parents near town. Mr. T. Ii. Owen returned to Adams Run on Tuesday after a few days visit with his family. Miss Melba Kolb. Mrs. Klma Tisdale. and son William Edward, of Sumtcr, spent the past week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Geddings. The neat little bungalow being constructed by Mr. J. R. Ardis is rapidly nearing completion. Miss Freddie Haddock has re turned from Columbia where she attended the State Teachers' As sociation. She was accompanied on her return by her cousin, Miss Louise Haddock, of Kingstree, who made a short visit to her. Mr. J. J. Martin, of Young's Is land spent the week-end with his family here. A sub-district Sunday School conference will be held in the Pax ville Methodist church on next Tuesday, the 28th. This confer ence is composed of several churches and will be entertained by the Pinewood charge. Any who would like to attend will lie given a cordial welcome. Four interesting speakers have been se cured for the occasion. The morn ing session will be held at 11 o'clock and the afternoon hour about 3 o'clock. A lunch will be served on the church grounds at the noor. hour. As superintendent of the Sunday scool here, I would appreciate a large attendance at this important conference. "The race moves for ward on the feet of little children." M. B. Corhett, Supt. Meeting of Paxville Woman's Chris tian Temj-ierance Union. Paxville. March 21.?-A very in teresting meeting of the Paxville W. C. T. U. was held on Tuesday afternoon at the home of the pres ident. Mrs. F. S. Geddings. The living room was made attractive for the occasion with quantities of spring flower^. The president con ducted the devotional "Doors of Opportunity." The business dis cussion followed when Mesdames F. S. Geddings ami R. T. Touch berry were elected to attend the W. C. T. U. workers' council held at the Christian Church, Columbia, on. the 28th and 29th. The. sub ject being "Medical Temperance." Impressive leaflets were read. "The Medical Profession and Pro hibition." by Mrs. M. II. Corhett. and "What is in Soft Drinks," by Miss Henry McLeod. The citizen ship study was presented by Misses Lylfis Gamble and Daisy Corbett. A recitation entitled "There's- a long, long trail a windin.' " by lit tle Cecile Weinberg concluded the program. How to Make Lettuce Head. If you had hard lurk with head lettuce again last year and it was either utterly headless and ran up to seed or if the heads were as emp ty as tl1.ose of some people you know, don't be discouraged, but try again this spring. Just make the ground richer and be sure there is a water supply available. There is only one secret to mak ing head lettuce head, rich soil, plenty of moisture and keep it moving from the day the seed sprouts. A check in growth from lack of nourishment or lack of moisture means no head- Start a box of seed in the house or in a hotbed or cold frame and have tin little plants read ' lo transplant as soon as the ground can he worked. (Jive them plenty of room, keep them hoed religiously, and see if they don't head. it might be a good plan to try some other variety than the one you used last year, in some sec tion- one variety will head much mor<- readily than another. Inquire among your neighbors who grew good head lettuce and see what va riety they had and if you can't find out this way try some of the "sure heading" varieties advertised in rhe seed catalogues. Plant an early heading variety preferably for it is useless to try to grow head l?'t tuce in .Inly. If the lettuce bed wasn't fer tilized last fall, haul a supply of manure upon if now and be ready to spade it in early. If you arc absoluely surr you can't make head lettuce head, try aome of tin* neu varieties of tos lettuce. They are a very accept ai.lr substitute, even tiner m flavor many connoisseurs contend. and the} will surely give ;i crop. Give them an early start, too, although they arc almost certain :o succeed aveii i: you wait until they can i>< ?own in the open ground. ? ? 9 ? ' My wife is my partner." says \Y. L. Oe.?.rge Silent partner. Ge* rs??.' Peanut Growers' Exchange Con tracts for Clean ins: Peanuts. The first cleaning of peanuts in ; America by or for a growers' or i ganization began Monday, March , i 20th. when the Suffolk Peanut Co..' j the oldest peanut plant here in Suffolk and one of the three larg-1 j estin this counrtry, started on its; j contract with the Peanut Grow-' j ers' Exchange to clean a large por tion of the peanuts held by this as- j ? sociation of more than 5.000 grow j or members in Virginia and North i .'Carolina. The announcement that ! this association had perfected Ar- : ' rangements with this large cleaning :' plant to clean the bulk of the 800, I 000 bags of peanuts held by it on I a milling basis is generally inter- ( pre ted here in Suffolk, the largest; ! peanut market in the world, as the! j most significant event in the his- | ' tory of the peanut industry in ! America. This arrangement for the clean ing of peanuts by the Peanut' Growers' Exchange is in accord ance with the provision of the' ; growers contract, which binds each i signer to sell his peanuts through the exchange for a period of sev- j I en years. On account of the late-' ness in getting a sufficient number ? of signers to represent 50 per \ cent of the peanuts grown in these . two states so as to complete their j organization, and also on account ' of the promise of an unpreeedent i ed short peanut crop at the time of; (beginning operations, the board of j j directors of the exchange decided I ; that during this first year they I would co-operate with these estab* 1 fished cleaners by selling the pea ? nuts of its members to them in-; ; stead of trying to establish its own 1 ! selling agencies. However, it soon j developed according to the confi-: dential reports of more than one i third the exchange's own members'' i that the total production of pea- j j nuts in these two states for 1921 I was from one-fourth to one-third j larger than in 1920. and that a \ considerable portion of these pea i nuts were of such poor grade as to ! be classed as shelling stock. As ! the result of this increased produc ! tion and the low price of all vege table oils, prices on peanuts drop j ped a few days after the first of j ferings of the new crop from 25 ; to 50 per cent less than the prices ' prevailing at the end of the. Vir I ginia peanut year in Octboer. But i for the fact that the growers' ex ! change refused to sell any pea j nuts at the prevailing low prices [and withheld from the market its holdings of 800.000 bags, the gen eral concensus of opinion among the business and professional rn ! terests of this section is that the : price of peanuts would probably have gone decidedly lower. Another strong factor to keep the prices of peanuts . from going still lower has been the duty of three cents a pound on peanuts provid ed for in the emergency tariff and i still in force, though the bears on ' the peanut market have made f?ll use of the uncertainty surrounding ! the action of congress as to the J permanent tariff bill now pending (and which provides for a tariff of ?three cents on unshelled and four ! cents on .shelled peanuts. The one f saving feature of this unfortunate j situation has been the recent ad I vance in the price of vegetable oils, j which has caused a large quantity I of low grade peanuts to be sold ; for oil instead of for candy and i peanut butter. Through arrange I ments perfected by Manager T. H. j Birdsong of the Peanut Growers' i Exchange, the cleaners have sold ? their entire output of Xo- 2 and Xo. I 3 Virginia shelled peanuts, for the I next six months at prices from one j half to one cent a pound higher : than those prevailing before the \ recent advance in hogs followed by j a corresponding advance hi all : vegetable oils. I However as these lower grades I have advanced in price, the higher ! grades of the Virginia peanuts, con . trary to all precedents, have not ! only not advanced, but have actual ly declined to where variety and size ; differentiations have been wholly obliterated. As the result of this most singular development, Jum ? bos. the largest size of the unshell ed peanuts, and which for sever ; al years past have sold at from 50 ! to 100 per cent higher than Fancys, which are the second size of the un shelled cleaned peanuts, are now being offered to the trade at the same price in the dumfounding ? quotations: "Jumbos or Fancys, ' 0 1-2 cents a pound, take your ! choice." The conditions which I have brought about this breaking 'down of all accepted standards for grade and variety which have pre vailed since the 'beginning of the : peanut industry in America, have played a big part in prompting ihe peanut growers through their or ganization to take definite steps at ? this time to ha>*e the .peanuts of its members cleaned and sold under its own trademark and brands. Plans are already on foot for the sale of $250.000 of Preferred Stock in order to give the exchange the necessary additional working capi tal to enable it to carry on these larger operations. In meeting the big issues of the presenet emer gency these peanut growers are planning a national advertising campaign for the peanut, which they propose lo have sold in the grocery stores of America in con venient packages and at popular prices right along beside other nuts, the raisin and the prune. Now that the Peanut Growers' Exchange has entered the cleaning field, it is confidently expected that it will greatly increase its mem bership, as hundreds of growers have expressed their determination to sign the growers' contract as soon as arrangements to clean pea nuts are perfected. More members will not only mean control of more peanuts by the exchange, but nec essarily :i considerable reduction in the number of cleaning plants, :rs conservative figures show that there are three t?? four times as man} cleaning plants at the present tinije as are needed to clean peVmut's grown in these two states. If the plain with which the exchange has contracted succeeds in milling in average of ?Sm 3-060 to 4.000 bags of poamjj* :d?ily, this pro duction at capacity in oxjjected to prove the entering wedge for new developments :hi, the processing of peanuts. The members of the ex change, which?'has already advanc ed its members over a million dol lars on their !pearttuts through its loans from the War Finance Cor poration and local banks, are greatly elated over the prospects of haying their peanuts milled and sold in accordance with their origi nal plans. Likewise the friends of co-operative . marketing, business and professiao.nl .men as well as farmers, are rejoiced to have this further demonstration of what the tamers can do to help, themselves and help business when they come together for the purpose of carry ing on their business on a progres sive business basis. A Most Obliging Vegetable. The beet is a most obliging-vege table in that it does not require as rich soli to yield generously as some others. It will also flourish 1st lighter and sandier soils than some of the root crops. The beet should not have any fresh manure in the soil to do its ..best but only well decayed manure or compost. Early beets are . most valued a* greens, the roots being more es teemed later in-the season or even in the fall and,.winter. If it is de sired to get an early crop of beet* for greens they.- may be started in the house as easily as lettuce, but care must be taken in transplant ing not to break the t.-.p root Jf some of them-iare wanted for the root. Breaking ...the tap root in transplanting leads to branching or knotty roots when- they mature. Bach beet "seed^ ie really a fruit containing several seeds, which is the reason why beets, no matter how thinly the seed seems to be sown, come up-thickly. The beet crop sometimes does not flourish as it should to prodce-a luxuriant crop of greens. Shallow planting usual ly is the main trouble. They should be planted an'Inch-deep and even an inch and a-half if the soil is very light and sandy. > * Beets may h?o planted between rows of corn aT>a' yield successful ly as they will do "better for the shade in midsfcioift'er and do not fake enough food from the .soil to interfere with : the' corn. The combination of a slow-grow ing and a fastigrowing crop,in: the garden is a good one to keep in mind, because1 they can usually be companion crops without harm to either, the slow' growers taking th* nourishment from the soil slowly and in such small -quantity the fast growers are hot7injured. VISITORS ^ TO SE2S ACRES OF LETTUCE Beaufort. Ma^ch 22.?Beaufort's two day.lettuce festival began today when her thousand: acres of lettuce will be shown'to. visitors who are coming froimiv every section of South' Carolin^^:',i^p"ments'' have just begun and > the. fields are a beautiful sight.-:. All visitors are be ing entertained. by the chamber of j commerce and were givenan oyster 1 roast at Mr. Baraxplett's Broad Riv cr farm with :a -play party at the Community building tonight, a trip down the harbor to the Parfis Is land .marine training school' on Thursday morning and a fRasket lunch at Beaufort just be'forfe the afternoon train leaves. Represen tatives of the ?industrial depart ment-of se^ra^ra^way systems are in town. ^ ; : COLUMNS' STRIKE SITUATION Columbia. March 23.?The Co lumbia Railway Cras & Electric Co. yesterday afternoon reported to the railroad commission on its pro gress in carrying.out the commis sion's order for a : resumption of street car service in the capital city, the 'company having been giv en until yesterday to carry out the order of the commission. The cefm pany reported: on Its efforts to op erate cars and of the interference of strikers or .their sympathisers on Monday, and then of the pro tection offered Tuesday by the po lice and of the success on Tuesday in operating three cars. The company, reported that it had applications from a- sufficient, num ber of men, ^-fcntifig employment, to resume operation of the entire system, but it'jfr-as agreed that the cars would be restored gradually. Careful instruction will be given the new men. most of them former street car men in . other cities, in compliance with the city ordinance requiring fifteen days instruction at the hands of competent car men. The company, has not operated its cars at night?. For the past three days each car in operation has been escorted by an automobile loaded with policemen, four or five to each escort. There has been no repetition of the disorders of Monday, when several cars were attacked, and when several street car men and one passenger were injured. It is believed here that the Co lumbia service will be gradually restored, and that normalcy will soon be re-e.-ial)lished. T h ?? trouble started With the discharge of a number of the car men on February 14, followed by the walk out of the car men the next morn ing. Richmond, val. March l^.?Cur tis R. .Jenkins, of South Richmond, who died February 23rd. confessed six days before h's death that h and noi Wah. r Ilines killed IV iiceman Washington I Curtis, lav*. August, according to a statement by .Mrs. Ressie .lenUins. sisier-in-law ? ?f the dead man. - ? ? ? When it is either a spring hat for wifie or steak for The family v\ ..? always ha\e fried mush.