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- RECEPTION Seniors of 5?gh School Are Eptertain^ by Junior. Class - The members of the Senior Class of the Sumter High" School were on Thursday evening the guests of the boys and girls of the third year high >chool at their annual Junior-Senior Reception which was he2d.at the Girls High School "For the entertainment of Che members of th<i graduating class of ihe school, a delightful, little program was carried out by the person net of the junior class which consisted in the interpretations by tableaux" Of 1 ? number of familiar characters taken from our best known fairly tales. At the cohciu . sion of this very enjoyable feature, a number Of very pleasing games were p?3*ed under the direction of Miss' iBsesie * M eareS,' teach er of ^_ physical' culture, these games fur nishing much wholesome amuse ment for everyone. Two famous ... fortune tellers. Miss Isabel Wil liams and Mrs. T. S. SidtaalL add much to the'success bf occasion by their ptdfurization of the past and the brightening' of "the future of the lives-of many of the'youhg folks. The boys and> girls of both jun ior and senior classes then enjoy ed the playing of "Conversation' ^.tsr a short time. Refreshments .?^consisting of ice ci-ea'm, cake and fruit punch Hvere served' daring the evening.. A. F. G. to Place Man in Sumter The American Fruit Growers, Inc., one of the greatest truck dis trihu.ting- organizations in the Unit etT Stares, with'selling agencies in ?a-rT of the i&rse^eeit?ts of the coun try, has" decided to place "a repre - sentativerm Sumter to handle the truck' grown by the Starter County Truck Growers* Association. He will superintend the grading; pack ing and ship ment of the truck and - this service means a great deal to the farmers who are undertaking to ? grow truck for market: fcr the ?rst time.' The American Fruit ? - - Growers. Iih?>; will ,act as a selling agency for the Sumter Truck Grow ers' Association; and all of the fa> criities-of the hattmx^wide Organiza tion will be1 usetf m the interest of thei?eai truck grovrers. ' ?>'??' ?? ' ? Bicycles SbS at Auction. Several ">bicycle?-???re Saturday morning sold at pitblic outcry at the city hall, the prices brought .^raaging from $S to ?19.25. L. B. H. Darr acted as auctioneer These bicycles had been held by the city 61 Sumter for twelve months- or more no. owners having made any claim' for them.: * ** m Harriagc License Record. 5?arriage; rBeenses have been is sued, to the folfowing Colored cou ples: .:Jbtu* Hignry Smith and- Arma tnider of TtadaL Arthur Nixon and Martha Shaw of Mayesvilie. James Rem bert and Sarah Wil S?ms of Greeleyville. Tlaomas Rose'andMary Bums of 'STayesville. ,A?*ert Alstbneand Alfee Jenkins ?f Siatesburg. Andrew; Pinckney and Maggie Bennett of BalzeiL Sam' JJk>wibirg and Frances Ed wards bf Shiloh: Jamesr Wilson and Sadie Smith r of Shiloh. Perry Lloyd" and Rebecca How ard* of IJalzell. Richard" Greerr' of ' Sumter and Anna Belle Kendrjek of Claremont, Tabe Johnson and Susie Mack of; Sumter. "^n^/Oarollna arid Mary Lou Wilson, of Mayesvilie. MajOr Roberts and Mrs. Mattie Williams 'of Sumter. . . To Serre _?haingang Sentence. Rural Policeman Mims, of Pine wood, brought two white men of ?the Piriewood section to Sumter Friday morning for commitment to? the chaingang forces of Sumter for ihe serving of their respective sen tences of 20 and 60 days. These' brothers, MrteJhell and Ferd Brewers," were given their sentence after being triedi and convicted in "P^newobd .on the charge of drunkenness^ One of the men was given the additional sentence of 30 days for the carrying of concealed - ^weapon. Small Fire. The home of Mr.1 W. H. Bowman, No. 227 Church street, was visited .*-by small fire'which was discovered : in ifs infancy" and soon extinguish ed. The fire, which was found at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, i ^proved to be only a shingle fire on the roof over the kitchen. The fire department was summoned but the - fire, had been practically put out at their arrival. The damage occa sioned was very small. m' m ? Attention Veterans ? Attend a meeting of Camp Dick Anderson at the court house on Saturday the 1st day of April at 10 a. m., for the purpose of select v/ing delegates to the reunion at r'-RJehmond, Va. Bring your dues al so. W. O. Cain, Com. ?K. S. Carson, Adjt. There might be less bigamy if the gyiity were required to live with *^il! their mothers-in-law. Kids playing baseball ought to boost the window glass trade. BIG FIRE AT LYNCHBURG I Two Horses B?nted in Barn \Lynchburg; March' 24?The large ; ?barn and sheds of p. P. Dennis j ! -were consumed by fire "Wednesday j night about S o'clock, and while j the settlement is in town the flames j spread so rapidly that very little j was saved- Two horses were burn- j ed to death- and two valuable; mules badly injured by the fire! About 700 bushels of corn, a large j amount of fodder'in the loft .and [^several tons of fertilizer were con-! sumed. There was some insurance, but; the amount is not known. The j origin of the fire is not not known,! but is supposed to be due to care- j .lessness on the part of some one! smoking cigarettes while feeding j the stock earlier in the evening. i Meeting: of Business Women. j A very enthusiastic group of bus- j ; iness women gathered Friday even-1 I ing at the former parsonage of the j I First Baptist church. Several ! ; games were first played, the object j being to make each: girl acquaint jed with all the others present. 'Af '.tt?r- some time' wa3 spent in this manner; Mrs. ;W--*E. Thayer very j garciously spoke words of welcome \ to these young women, presenting j to Miss Caro Truluck for the use j of the business women, the keys to ! the building, with; the message1 that the same was turned over to! them to- be used as' a meeting place, j and * for whatever activities they might plan for the future. ? The meeting was then presided over by Miss Truluck, and a thor- i ough discussion had as'to the pur-j poses and aims of'the organization, j It was decided to meet each Fri day night. The following were I elected to serve as temporary offi I cers until the organization was ? completed, and constitution and by- j ?laws adopted: President, Miss j j-Harina' Kristianson; Vice-President, ! ;M'ss LilTffen Tisdale; Secretary and j I Treasurer, Miss Elizabeth Smoot. ! Delightful refreshments; consist j ing of sandwiches? pickles, tea and I coffee were served hy the Baptist I ladies. I The young women heartily ap- j hp3*ecfate this opportunity of get-*! j ting together in a worthwhile or l ganization, and each and every ! business w;6man in the city of i'Sumter is urged to keep the date [ of the next meeting in mind, next \ Friday night, at 8 o'clock. ?? ? im - A Triple Birthday Party. ! A beautiful birthday party was given by Mrs- C M. Phifer, at her [ residence, 32 Harby Avenue on S?t | urday afternoon, to her three lit- j ! tie girls, Mary Louise, Loretto j jpbrbher. and Carolyn Xelenc,! j during the hoars Of'from 4 to 6. j !t?he home was particularly at-1 ! tractive. The color scheme, pink i j and white was very effectively car- j ried out especially so in the dining; room, ' where candelabras, candle- i sticks and pink hyacinths v.*ere in ) profusion. The table with a. hand-j some luncheon' cloth of cluney j and three white cakes gleaming,; With pink candles represented r??-: spectively the ages of the little ] folks, ten, eight and six. The lit-] tie wishes for the hostesses, that'' came from the bright faces, as: each candle was blown out, added j much merriment to the delightful [ occasion. x The Bean Bag game was the source of great entertainment, lit- i tie Miss Jean Benton scoring the I highest, was awarded with a dainty j basket of bonbons. Master X. B. ; Hicks showing his skill, by being; the successful winner of the boys' prize. Refreshments, consisting of I ice cream, cake and nuts were serv- j ed and as the time of departure ; drew nigh, Miss Hattie White was ! handled a silver tray, filled with j beautiful favors, one of which she : presented to each little guest. She ; also added grearly to their pleas ure by her gifted manner, in tell ing them interesting stories. Such a; large number of un-: usually attractive children gath-j ered that it was suggested to the 1 hostess that she take some kodak pictures of them. Those who as sisted Mrs. Phifer were, her moth- ! er, Mrs. Lillington, Mesdames I ?Thayer, Archie China and White,! Misses Helen China, Anna Leeze Walsh and Mahle Hurst. Methodist Church Sends Bishop to Xew'Zeaniml. I n .-: . ?-??. '!- r Manila, R L. Feb. 15 (By Mail) j ?Bishop Edward Locke of the j Methodist Episcopal church, in charge of church work in the Philippine Islands, accompanied i by Mrs. Locke, have left for Aus tralia. After, spending three months in Australia they will go ' to the United States for several 1 months and return to Manila late this year. i Bishop Locke goes to New Zea land as a fraternal delegate from the-' Methodist Episcopal church of America to the annual meeting of j the Wesleyan Methodist church of New Zealand. After several months in Xew York. Bishop Locke will go to Los Angeles, California, where he will dedicate the new church Pudding for which he assisted in raising funds while pastor in thai city They laugh a; colds who never took 'em off when tricked by ih< first warm day of spring. Give Mr. Harding time. A president with a bloc '?n his hands j can't keep a chip on his shoulder/ A man killed himself because his Wife talked too much. Read chis to j your wife. SUMTER WINS SECOND GAME VS. LYNCHBURG Score Results Are 15 to 5 in Favor of Sumter The base hall team of the Sum ter High School again clipped the Lynohborg "Hi" nine in their re turn game with Sumter which was played at the Fair Grounds Friday \ afte noon. Sumter was slow in get- i ting started with their game, aliow- ; ing the visitors to bring four of j their men over the home plate be- I fore the termination of the fourth inning of the game, and also dur- I ing these first four innings, Sumter i was held scoreless. Edwards' tightened down in inning number; five and with the support of his team held the visitors to one score j during this inning while the locals on the other hand got loose with the stick and scored four runs. | The four scores started the ball to j rolling for Sumter while the lone score made "by the visitors during! rhe fifth inning proved to be Lynch- j burg's last:' Sumter steadily scor ed her men. Skinner arid Crawford; doing probably the best work with j the stick for Sumter. until the final count gave the score results as be- I ing Lynchburg, 5; Sumter 15. The; game was not the best demonstra ti?n of the work that Sumter wits capable of nor was the game in i any manner an errorless one. Bat - j tery for Sumter: Edwards and | Wheeler. For Sumter: Wilder 1st j base; Pearson 1. f., Shaw, c. f. Feld-j er, 3rd base, Skinner 2nd base;! Rivers, s: s., Crawford, r. f., Um- i pire, Riley. Sumter is to play Kingstree in ! .Kingstree on Tuesday afternoon ; and Columbia on the local grounds | Friday afternoon. Hagood News and Views. Rem bert, March 20. ? News I comes of Edgar Dinkins, a yellow i negro, that he is dead in New .Per- | sey whither he had fled from jus- j tice. Time, was when he did con- ; siderable business at Hagood and ' though a church member, disre- j garded rhe Sabbath in the sale of 1 stuff. Judging by appearances there j arc those who do not believe in aj holy God- if so they must think \ His government a makeshift. Folks don't think Cod has any-J thing to do with the boll weevil, j etc. It is so easy to settle everything j with "accident." God has as good j foresight as hindsight People of real worth need not, i do not, exploit themselves; like the! iapeir. they cast a shadow round j their station while they shine to; tiie rest. ? Small grain is looking welk I Folks are preparing to have some i molasses. John, who had been waiting on . the white buckra !n Washington, at j home was giving the family the I benefit of his experience. When I his little brother said, "John, nan' j me de lasses," die stormed back. "Doan you say 'lasses, you say mo lasses." The rejoinder was, "How ;I gwine say mo-lasses an I ain't had^none yit. "Nonp so blind as those who will not see." "Convince a man against his will, he's of the same opinion still." "Seeing, they see not, hearing they hear not, etc.," Jesus. Concerning the dance it is j known that every Christian body! has condemned it as an evil. Try- [ ing to put down tne dance is like I trying to put down some other! known evils. An eminent physi- ' cian, a devotee of the dance side- j stepped the issue, when asked by a I young lady his opinion of it, with j "I have noticed That those who j truly love the Lord Jesus love not, the dance, and those who truly ? love the dance love not the Lord j Jesus." The dance is not popular with de- : vout souls. "If you notice every barking dog , the whole pack will be hounding; you."?Robt. Burton. "Mankind: never loved but hated j a lie." "Sincerity is the great character- I istie of heroes."?Thos. Carlyle. How full our lives are of good things but we miss their enjoy ment through contemplations of trifles, too much cream oi^ su gar in the coffee, lack of salt in the hominy or the littleness, curios- j iiy. meanness of a neighbor. St. 1'iere Lenoir and Miss Drig- j ger. one of the teachers of the j Stateburg school were married j Saturday. March 18 and still the; bells are ringing. Fertilizer bills promise to be small this year. The general health of the com munity was never better. Sou:" j folks grunt from habit; did you j evr hear them ? We have a big crop of fine ,^irl> doming on. Th.- Methodists of Bethesd? church held ;t centenary meeting, > a fine address being niade by our j justly popular sheriff, C. M. Hurst,! vest ej day. On the fourth Sabbath of this month the general public are re-| guested to join in all-day service at High Hills Baptist church and; to carry dinner. Addresses will he , n:;ide by the president of Fu?*man ; Cnivei'sity and others. "JIagood." German Boxers Debarred in ICiig laml. London. March ft.-?Two German boxers, scheduled to appear in a London ring were refused permis sion by the lf??me Office to li^lu in this country. Kurt Prinze], the middleweight champion of Ger-j many, and Richard Naujocks had. been engaged to appear when the authorities. acting umh-r the ; Alien's Restriction Act of , :M 3 ad-j vised the men could not be allow ed to articipate in bouts in Eng land. ' TWO NEGRO WOMEN KILLED Woman and Daughter Are Found Dead on A. C. L. ; Tracks After Removal of Freight Flat Car From Side Track in Eastern Part of Freight Yard The bruised bodies of two ne- j gro women, identified as being: Millie Rynos and her daughter! "Gal" Rynos, were Monday after- j noo nat. about 12:20 o'clock found! dead upon a side track of the A- G. i L. railroad in the eastern part of j the freight yard, nor far from the! plant of the Sumter Hardwood; Company. There were no wit-1 nesses to the fatal occurrence and j only a meager amount of infor- < ntation was obtainable. It seems, j however, that a flat car had been ? left' on this siding and it is believed j that both of the women were un- ! der this freight car when it was re- j moved from the siding Monday. ; The bodies of the women were I found on-the tracks a short time; after the removing of this car. j They were immediately carried to! the undertaking establishment of ; George H. Hurst and Sons where) an inquest will be held at 4 o'clock ! this afternoon. Bible School and Endeavor Insti tute." Sumter Christian church will be j the scene of a high class Bible : school and Endeavor Institute, held | March 29-30, afternoon and even- : ing sessions. This institute will be conducted \ by Dr. E. B. Quick of Atlanta, Ga. j Dr. Quick is the Bible school sec- j retary of the Christian church inj the southeast. He is the peer of any of the Bi- ' ble workers or specialists of the , south. He is a graduate of Old I Bethany College of West Virginia, j one of the Southern Association of; Colleges and of Yale Divinity i school. With years of practical experi ence in pastorate and the Sunday school field, he. comes eminently fitted as a practical Bible school ex pert to instruct and inspire Bible j school workers here, not only of i the Christian church, but also ofj any church in Sumter or Sumter j county. The public is most cor- [ dially invited to attend and gain | value from the lectures, discus-j sions and question periods. Special charts setting forth first i hand information in the field of re- i ligious education will he used. Pas tors, superintendents, other officers' department superintendents, teach- j ers, Endeavor workers, public j school teachers, parents, and all! those interested are invited to get a! note book and pencil and attend} every session. Afternoon session | begins at 3 and closes at f> o'clock, j Evening session begins 7:30 and j closes at 9:30. Over hundred stereoptican pic-J tures will he shown at last session; Thursday ngiht. j Special Bible School and Endeav- | or Institute certificates will be ? awarded to those who attend and i take notes on free lectures: II:i?;ood News and Views. ;- I i Rembert, March 24.?Whs out at j Hagood the other day and saw A. H. Sanders, our jolly agent. Cousin ' Bob Moody, C. J. Jackson and oth- j ers. Crawford Sanders was dis- i cussing rhe the roads while others were ?. If you could see some of the roads you would imagine all : sorts of things. The main thor- : oughfares, traveled as much by ; folks abroad as by our people are ] in fine shape, but many of the : others are impassable. But it is j of no use to complain. The road from Dinkins' Mill out \ toward Borden has been for some j time almost utterly impassable by' any vehicle. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Lenoir with j their daughter, Margaret, motored to Chester Wednesday. March 22 to be in attendance at the wedding j of their second oldest son. Whita- ? ker. to Miss Cecil Harding. Our people ought to back the ; creamery business, that means so ? much to them. We need to estab- j lish creamery routes all over the i country. The creamery is selling its ' entire output in Sumter and does, not begin to? supply the demand. Farmers are busy trying to get ready to plant, but many are with ; out fertilizer. Every farmer ought to belong to ihe marketing association. It is not an experiment but has been fully tried Out. Mr. Frank Armstrong of Pick-; ens. is spending the week-end with j C. 11. Lenoir. 'Hagood." ! ?-? ?? + Two Fires Sunday. One Saturday > Afternoon Two alarms were answered by j the fire department Sunday, one at j eleven o'clock in the morning. ; which called the department to the j residence of Dr. C. A. Courtney, on j Sab m Avenue and the other ai j 1: iin the afternoon coming from p Richer street, where a negro dwell- j ing. the property of Mrs. A. L. : Ricker. received a slight damage ro Ui" roof by a small shingle fire, j This negro house was being occu pied by ;t negro named Ed. Simon. | The fire was caused by a spark j falling upon the roof. Damages! are given ?s being about No damage was done by ihc fire at Dr. Courtney's residence, this ? fire alarm being occasioned by the j." burning <-ui of ifie chimney. ;' Tin- line.f Mr. !?:. P. Caddin. on Pear street, received slight dam aged from :t fire which was found to be burning in ilu- close to oik of iln rooms. This fire occurred (? on late Saturday afternoon. Prompt j arrival of the fire department and i quick work by the firemen saved this house and reduced the dam ages to a minimum. Cotton Ginned in South Carolina; The department of Commerce; through the bureau of the census-, announces the preliminary report on cotton ginned by eouniies, in South Carolina, for the crops of 1921 and 1920. The total for the state was made public at 10 a. m. Monday, March 20. (Quantities are in running bales,; counting: round as half bales. Lint-j ers are not included.) County 1921 ? 1920 ! Abbeville 17,2.1.1 34,070 j Aiken __ _ 13.979 44.197 | Allendale 4,580 3 3.615 Anderson .- 63;393 88>502 Bamberg ... 4,1 ?4 21.147 Bainweli: ... .. 8.031 28.477 Beaufort .. 458 34G Berkeley ... .. 1,111 8.910 Oalhoun . ."?.484 43.571. Charleston _ 361 1,561 Cherokee .. .. 15,196 20,898 Chester.. .. 26,599 37,535 Chesterfield. .. 26.919 41,5-771 Clarendon .. 8,295- 49,080! COHeton. 2,071 0,869! Darlington .. . 22,866 59.028 Dillon..- 34,699 45,544 Dorchester ._ _ 1,690 10,025; Edgefield_.. 7.674 25,708 ? Fairfield_ 10.379 30,677 j Florence .. .. 21.S15 49,382 Georgetown. " 543 4,476 j Greenville .. 44.987 53.637 Greenwood .. . 14.145 41;337 Hampton .. 3.053 7,156 j Horry.-- 3.9S3 12.586 Jasper. 712 923 ! Kershaw .. ? 12.933 42.31 5 j Lancaster. _ 16,505 26,707; Laurens. 35,859 64,978 ! Lee __?. 19.606 55.S66 i Lexington _ 9.529 35.945 1 McCormick ... 4,392 16,416; Marion _ .. 12.041 23,55'8 Marlboro_ 50,762 79,793 Xewberry .. .. 19,222 47.136 Oconee. 22,105 25,897 Orangeburg .. 18,916 .98.728 Pickens__. 22,790 23,072 Richland. 8,485 37,504 Saluda. 9,675 31,300 Spartanburg . . 72.738 89,075 Sumter_ 18,788 63,245 L'nion .. . I .. 17,518 25,251 Williamsburg .. 7,612 25,153 York_. 42,143 48,39$ The State .. -. 786.029 1,652.177; Buying Power of an Acre Xcw York Herald. When all is said the problem of the farmer come down to the ques tion of how he can exchange the produce of his acres on something j like a fair basis for the products of ! mills and factories. In simple prac- ' tice this means of course that the farmer seeks to get a.fair price for what he has to sell, and then to buy at fair prices the things he cannot supply for himself. The departmnet of agriculture has compiled a table showing the 1 average purchasing power of an I acre of farm crops for the years i 1*509, 1920 and 1921, showing on' what basis the exchange of goods \ and food between city and country ?' to'ok place in these periods. It is i surprising to find in this table a di- | rect contradiction of the widely\ accepted belief that-the farmer [ got the best end of the bargain ? when he was selling his crops dur ing-and after the war. * In a list of eighty-nine different' articles commonly bought in the J city markets by farmers the buy- j in^ power of an acre of crops for ; D.H4 stood at 100 per cent., while; in 1909 it was only 97 per cent.] In 1909 the average cost of the 1 articles, reduced to percentage,! was ii5. while in 1514, it was 1?0. 1 Before these two years there was ! only a minor change in the buying j power of an acre of crops. In j 1914 it was as near true as it prob- ' ably ever will be that a dollar in ! farm crops exchanged on an even j and fair basis for a dollar in city' : goods. Working up from the 1914 base! the department of agriculture; shows that in 1920 when farm! prices were at the peak, ihre pur-! ehasiijig power of an acre, had de- j clined to <;> per cent, of the 1914 j level. In 1921, with the recession I in all prices in the city as well as ' on the farm, the decline in the j value of an acre of crops o?tdis- . tanned the drop in city prices. Last j year an acre of crops declined in purchasing power to only 52 per ; cent, of tin- 1914 figure. The search after methods to fur- j nish the farmer credit to carry his crops is revealed by these figures as futile unh-ss the larger credit is ac- j compahied either by enhanced farm j prices or lower prices for mill and j factory products which the farmer j has to buy. Higher farm prices can | come only with an increased de- j mand fof farm products. This de- ; mand, fortunately for the farmer, ' has already begun to appear in the . larger purchases for export. The j buying power of an acre of crops in 1 922 will show a marked im-' provement over both the inflation ! years of 1920 and earlier, and the j deflation vear 192?. Miss Vaughnn entertains For Miss < reighton Friday night. Miss Nannie 1 Vaughn entertained at an informal j dance in compliment to her house j guest Miss Vera Creighton of Win throp College. a delightful iced ' course was served and dancing ' w:is enjoyed until a late hour. Those present were Misses Vera ; Creighton, Lydia Ryttenburg*, Doll j Buitman. Xanoy Booth, XeH Ard. i Mary Vogel; Edna Maurer. Ruth ' Briggs. Margarei Beaumont, Arlie j Mae Barn um, Estelle Edwins, Nina Jenkinson, Audrey Deverin. 1 Elizabeth Baker, Mae Willis Osteen, Mildred Brunsen. Messrs. George Vaughn,' Jimnife Burns, Frank Sholar, Oliver Sholar, James McMillan. Charlie Cr?mbe, j Don Bland ing. Marion Foxworth. Iva Spann, Clint Wheeler, Albort i Alderman. Henry Bruner, Eldridgo I Kennedy. Perry Moses. Marion ! Moses. Louis Lyons. George Dick, : Robert Buitman. W. R. Phillips. Ansley Brunson, Truesdale Mosely, Alvin Browder, Leslie Boney. 9A< xQman yithrhe says Do not wasr<- -any. - wood ashes; from the grate. St rev/ them over the garden. They are rich in pot ash fertilizer. Ii will leach into the ground, unlike nitrates, will remain there in suspension and the plants can get the full benefit. You are throwing away money when you throw away wood ashes. They are especially valuable for daffodil and tulip beds. Sawdust is not a good fertilizer and should not be spaded into the garden until it has rotted so that U. almost disintegrates. It is a fav orite breeding plaee for certain kinds of insects. Burn it and use the ashes. Turnip tops make almost as good greens as mustard. Sow the early turnips thickly and then thin out for greens. Give seedling tomatoes air when ever it is possible to make them stocky. Xo plant goes spindling faster than the tomato. Open the window a little way on any day when the temperature is above freezing but do not expose to cold winds. Fresh air whenever possible goes a long way toward making fine, strong tomato plants in the seed boxes and frames. Transplant tomatoes twice if it can be arranged. This checks the growth and prevents their grow ing leggy. They are much sturdier and stockier when twice transplant ed before going into permanent quarters. Soaking spinach seed in hot water for several hours- before planting is an old gardener's trick. It speeds up germination. Eggplant seed must not be kept too wet when it is germinating. It also should not be allowed to get cold. They do not require as much moisture in rheir early stages as other vegetables. Swiss chard will give a much earlier crop if a few seeds are start ed in early March and transplanted. It can be handled readily and it is never so tender and appetizing as in the early spring. Chard should always be cut when young, as al lowing the leaves to become ma ture checks the production. Beets are one' of the most health ful of vegetables, containing more elements which the human system needs than almost anv other. Give the asparagus bed a good dressing of manure. It will hasten the appearance of the "grass" and make it more tender. The custom of salting the bed may be omitted. If. does not produce any noticeable results one way or the other. Celery seed for successful germi nation, must never he allowed to get on the dry side. It requiries more moisture to germinate suc cessfully than many other seeds.' Don't wash out the seeds Or let the seed box become waterlogged, how ever. Half egg shells make good seed pots in which to start cucumbers. Plant a few kohl rabi now for an early crop, but remember it must he transplanted carefully and usu ally does better when allowed to remain where it is sown. Ifow to Raise Cotton Under Boll Weevil Conditions The following list of suggestions on this vital subject were received through the mails by the Chamber of Commerce, and that office has passed the list on to us. We here with pass them on to you: 1. Prepare your land in Octo ber by blowing up with dynamite. 2. Lay it off in rows 12 feet apart, and plant your cottonseed in December. :). When your cotton comes up, thin it to one stalk in a hill 25 feet apart. 4. Spray each stalk twice a day with Hoyt's German Cologne. 5. Cover your cotton with mo squito netting when it is two weeks old?this netting is to be stretched over poultry wire. 6. Spread "tanglefoot" between all cotton rows and replace it every day. 7. Burn off all nearby woods, and cut down dead trees and burn them. N. Dust the following mixture over your cotton twice a day: Ep som salts, calomel, cream of wheat and the white of an egg. 0. Have two hired hands for ev ery acre in cultivation'. Furnish them with barbers? tweezers to be used in pinching the heads of any boll weevils which may show up. JO. Mortgage your farm and buy nitrate of soda and spread plen tifully around the roots of the cot ton. 11. If any of the bolls should .trer punctured have the puncture vulcanized at once. Any ^ood auto mobile man can do this for you. 12. Hegin picking your cotton in February and try to have it .-ill ginned and sold by March. 15th. This will enable yo i to go 10 work and grow corn, peas, potatoes and hogs for home consumption. This kind of consumption does not need the service of a doctor. 13. Pay your preacher. Trade for cash. Settle all of your old debts, and live happy ever after wards. "Bootleggers demand an eye for an eye."?headline. Some of them demand an eye for a drink. The speed cop is the only orti cer who has to break a law in order to discoura&e breaking it. HARTSVILLE TELEPHONE RATES CASE United States Court at Rich mond Affirms Decision at Charleston in Telephone Case Richmond. Va.. March 24.?The I United States circuit court of ap jpeals today affirmed the decision I of the district court at Charleston. 1S:'C'., in the appeal of the mayor Of flartsvillo, E. A. Miller, as an ! individual subscriber for telephone j service from the Southern Bell ! Telephone and Telegraph company j headquarters in New York, from I an increase in rates authorized by the railroad commission which was empowered by state statute to grant increases. The district court "held that the i increase was valid and this was affirmed by the United States cir cuit court. The controversy was j over a contract said to have previ I iously been made with the tele | phone company for service which I gave free communication tp Dar [iihgtOn. a short distance away, and j under the commission's subsequent 'order a toil for a 12 mile radius j was charged. -? ? m ; Pretty soon we'll be wanting ( winter to play an encore. j Scientist says there is 257.000 [horsepower hf " a"1'spoonful of [ wafer. Thai isn't water. ? Lord Reading wants to quit in ' India. Wish writing would. LIVESTOCK i ! STEPS TAKEN AT M FEDERAL FUN! NEW IN j A meeting was held today in the j Chamber of Commerce rooms that j had every indication of being the j beginning of a new era in this I section of the state. The first step ; was taken toward making live ! stock raising and dairying a staple J industry that Will be entitled to j and will receive consideration and j credit as great as heretofre ex ; tended only to cotton growing in i South Carolina. The meeting was i held under the auspices of the j SoUth Carolina- Co-operative Live ! stock Assoeiat ion which was re ' cetitly organized on a tentative i basis at Beaufort, and was for ;the purpose of interesting the ! farmers of this section of the state ! in the organization. ! This association is organized , under the South Carolina Co-oper i alive Marketing Act of 1921 of the I State of South Carolina. Under j this act the South Carolina Live t stock Association is enabled to I borrow money from the War Fi ' nance Corporation, which they will jin turn loan to livestock growers j for agricultural purposes, includ | ing the breeding, growing, fatten | ing and marketing of livestock, i The association will loan money to its members and it is planned that they will loan them as much as 75 per cent of the value of their livestock in some cases. The association will also market co-operatively the livestock of its members and will not only help ;rhem to get the highest price for i their livestock, but will assist them j to raise the grade of their stock. ! and loan them money to hold on I to their livestock until a better ! market is available. I The meeting was called to order j by Secretary Reardon of the [ Sumter Chamber of Commerce. ! who was elected chairman, with, j County Agent J. Frank Williams I acting as secretary. j Senator Neils Christenson. of ! BeaufOrt county, the first speaker, i ! discussed in general terms the pur J pOses of the Livestock Association ! and then outlined the terms under j which money could be obtained j from the War Finance Corpora tion by farmers. He explained why ! the individual farmer could not j obtain the credit that he needs to extend and carry on his business.: land why the banks are not able to 'obtain all the money thaft the; ! farmers need to build up a live-! ? stock industry in sections that have; j nor heretofore been engaged in the i : livestock business. He then ex- i I plained how and why it is neces- j sary, under the regulations of the! War Finance Corporation, that co- j operative associations be organiz ed, as the basts for obtaining loans' for farmers. He also stressed the j necessity for immediate action, if any of the money now available is to he secured, since the War Fi nance Corporation will cease to' function .July 1st, unless it is ex tended by act of congress prior to, that date. The money is to be had j if the farmers comply with the conditions prescribed by the cor-; poration, and it is therefore neces-! sary for the farmers who wish to secure three years' loans at a low rate of interest from the gov ernment to act quickly. Mr. 11. C. Home. .lr., of Beau-1 fort, secretary of the Livestock: Association, outlined in greater de tail the plan and purposes of the organization. It is necessary to or ganize with a cash capital of not less than $50.000, of which twen-j ty per cent, must Tie paid in ar once. When this has been done the association will he in a position to obtain loans front the federal gov ernment through the War Finances Corporation for its members, a| member being able to obtain loans approximating five rimes the. amount of stock subscribed, the eredit of the association and the Pvestock of the borrower being thei ollatei'al guaranteeing the pay ment of the loan at maturity. Un-I STATE BORROWS THREE MILLION Comptroller General Duncan Goes to New York to Com plete Deal Columbia, - March- 27.?Comp troller General Walter E. Duncan is in New York arranging cer tain details in connection with the three million dollar loan recently negotiated by the state's borrow ing committee. The money was se cured at four per cent- Governor Cooper has been kept busy with in recent days signing the notes? 2vG00 in all. He and State Treas urer Carter both had to sign the 2,600 separate notes. Profit in Asparagus. Bamberg,- March 25? The Bam berg Truck Growers' Association has begun to function. Yesterday the association received returns on fourteen crates of asparagus jship ped from this place a few days before to a Northern market. "The asparagus. brougnt seventy-five cents per bunch, or a total of $125 for the fourteen crates. The as paragus came from the fields of C. R. Bradham, Sr., J. J. and J. T; O'Neal; local planters, have also shipped some asparagus from Bam berg on which returns have not been received yet. This was also ] shipped through the marketing association'. When you stall in the midst of traffic, however; there" is "ho par ticular profit in telling your engine troubles to a' policeman. RETINA TO OBTAIN )S TO FINANCE? DUSTRY 'der the law providing for the or ganization of such associations the stockholders will receive an an nual dividend of eight per cent of the stock before any profits deriv ed from commissions earned by the j marketing department of the asso I ciation are divided prorated among the sellers of live stock. The as ! sociation will obtain loans for mem j hers, when members desire loans, and will market their livestock on the. co-operative plan, and will thus contribute toward the devel opment of the, industry as no other instrumentality i could under ex isting conditions. Dr. W- T&*Long, director of the extension work, Clemson College, heartily and-.emphatically endorsed the proposed. . association and its i plan Of operation. He ' reiterated Jthe statement heretofore made j'before meetings of Sumter county j farmers thai the livestock indus [try, especially dairying, is the hope I of this section for the restoration i of agricultural prosperity. MT. L. 0.' Jennings suggested : that the quickest and best way to j get the association on Its feet so j as to get the money tNat the ' farmers need to establish .he live i stock industry, would be for ten j men to subscribe live thousand ; dollars each, pay in twenty per j cent at once and proceed with the j permanent 'organization. Then to : lose no time in obtaining loans for I those who first apply. As soon as : the association began functioning ; and the farmers realized that they 'could get money on livestock se ! curity there would" be no difficulty j in increasing the membership and j enlarging the capital stock, so that i loans aggregating a half million Or I several millions of dollars could be secured. He also suggested that no ; member be permitted to borrow I at the outset more than five times jthe amount of his. stock subscrip : tion in the association. This sug gestion was discussed with approv I al, and before the meeting was ad ' journed $2S,000 had been sub ; scribed by those preseTtt. Another meeting will be held I here on Ap* it 1st (Saturday) at ? which it is expected that a perma nent organization will be complet I ed with the proposed capital stock ; of fifty thousand dollars fully sub scribed. If the farmers and business men of South Carolina do not grasp this opportunity to obtain funds for financing the infant livestock industry they will show themselves lacking in enterprise, vision, and faith in themselves and their country. While it is proposed that the headquarters of the associa tion will he in Sumter. it is not to be a local organization, but state-wide in its operation and service. The subscriptions to cap ital stock made today were by Sumter and Beaufort men, the majority being largely by Sumter men. but additional subscriptions are expected to be received from farmers interested in Lvestock from all sections of the state. If there are a sufficient number of applications for stock?and loans ?the proposed ^capital stock will be inert ased .to one hundred thou sand dollars* -or to double that amount, as the necessity arises. Farmers or other business men who are interested in the livestock industry and desire to obtain loans independently of the banks and at a lower rate of interest should in vestigate the South Carolina Live stock Association plan. Mr. L. 1?. .Jennings or Mr. J. Frank Williams will take pleasure in furnishing in formation. Those interested should l?e sure to aiiend the meeting on Saturday. April 1st. In addition to the speakers men tioned, Mr. L. L. Barrett, manager of the Soutli^carolina Cv.-oj rat<ve Association, Mr. W. .1. Sheeley, Ex tension Live Stock Expert, Clemson College, and Mr. C. Schmolke, Dairy Expert were present and participated in the discussions.