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The Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday Sand Satur day by Osteel? Publishing Company, ~- Stumer, S. C. Terms: $2.00 per atmum?to advance. Advertisements: ?ne~ Square, first insertion _?$1.00 Every subsequent insertion .50 Contracts for three months or longer ^criU be made at reduced rates. . All communications -which sub ' serve private ...interests will ne charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re spect Wili be charged f?r. The' Sumter v Watchman ' was" fosndtd in 1S5<1 and the True SeutferonInMSSS. . The Watchman ^^-?outh\ron now has the com bi?;ed circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is man ifest;* the best advertismg medium in Smnter._'_. For a parallel to this coal strike, the ice men should strike next win ter. ? , , . . * ' ?% * . The cup that cheers often does a thorough job nowadays. It als? embalms. * r * Iz Is cruel cf the President to leave Congress to its own discre tion. . .* * * K' words were deeds. Trotz ky would be an Alexander. , * * * As long as Henry Ford and John T>. don't go into partnership, tue poor moiorisx can worry along * * * Xow" Japan has enacted a pro hibition law. We can suggest, off hand, a way to make Japan dry. iMe Japan drier. * * * A recent New York episode Riches His that whether it's smoke orponder," woman is determined to rase her puff in public . -. ? \ * r.V A German high official says. "The repararion commission's . de cision, ot March 21 disappointed us most grievously." Who. won the war/anyway? * * * The" proposed establishment of recreation ships just outside the three-mile limit is in keeping with .... _ r.r........ .... rhe. deniandl for wild life sanctu MO^E CHTRCff MEMBERS The'-worriers who see the coun tr^rtt^nlng its. back on religion and going/to;the dogs should Tatce cour i^^^om .iast year's church statis l?^Ti^^^rch* membership increas 5g::?6J,727 in the year 1921. .;' One-observer rhinks that the in cf^a^-caar be explained by hard limes, but this is only cyriicism. The increased church membership if ?*iat?ral sequence to the spirit tiaT:|sunger aroused during the war, with its realities of life and^death. 3& shows also that the church, ful ly award that the Devil has been up and down in the world -a 3$tl*.ah especially attractive set of temptations, itself has been active ly, ki the "field and to good effect, r Good, is always on.the gain, in spite of gloomy prophecies to the contrary, and church membership Wilr always be on the increase as a vAple. The only reason why it SQihetimes seems as if the Devil had ait the luck is because he makes more noise about it, and his tri umphs, being exceptional, attract iaore attention. ' iL ~ * *?" Doqfclmg the police force, re mark's the Washington Herald, will not lessen crime permanentlv. but ...... dubling the school appropriations . That may be a bit difficult to believe for the man who has just been relieved of a roll of money at The" point cf a gun. It is strange ly tr?e, none the less. . Adequate police protection is itemed, of course. In these days of an admitted crime wave, police protection, must be increased. Yet tfccv taxpayer needs to remember ? hat t>he capture and punishment f today's criminals will not pre vent the growth of ? whole new crop of criminals tomorrow. The Herald cites the story of a 3-oang gunman recently hanged. This man had been thrown at the age^o^-T-S years among hoboes and CTo^fc&^men lacking in moral sense. XerVe '^aiKl brute courage he had. but from his childhood all his ideals had been wrong; h?s environ ment had been degrading. With boyhod conditions changed, he might have turned out very differ efcily. At 12 years he should have been p laying baseball on a school team instead of riding brake beams with a vagrant. When growing boys and girls have the sort of education which makes for fine character-build ing,- when they have playgrounds, organized athletics and community interests, when they ::re given their birthright chance to develop tfcv-ir V - ' \ own special talents or interesU i nomally and under wise and kindly i leadership, they will seldom be j found in later years in a gang of j criminals. Eliminating crime by j increasing the school appropria f tions is a slow process, but it is ( likely to prove the only sure one. TRENCH REPARATION ' The Xew York Times* Paris cor respondent tells why the French fare not greatly impressed with ?; Germany's protest that she cannot ! make the reparation payments de manded for the present year. "This year,*' he says, '?every man. j woman and child in France con j t rib lies the equivalent of $35 in 'gold to repair the devastation the j Germans wrought in France. This j year every man. woman and child I in Germany is asked by the repa i ration commission to contribute the j equivalent of $3 gold in cash and i$6 gold in material." j Since the end of the war. he adds, J France has paid $200 gold per j capita for the repair of German de vastation, while the total cost to j jthe Germans so far in reparation j j to all the Allies is only ?40 per cap- j jita. Xaturally the Frenchman will ] jnot admit that it is harder for the ! j German to pay $.9 a year, and two- I j thirds of that in goods, than it is j rfor the Frenchman himself to pay j -*?35 a year, especially when it is j the Frenchman's country that is damaged and the. Germans who did 'the. damage. NEWSPAPER AND POSTOFFIOF. Newspapers are to play a more vital part in postal affairs than ever. Postmaster General Work Ibas ordered all postmasters to send ihim clippings; of news items and j editorial comment bearing on pos jtal service. It offers a fine op j portunity to knock incompetent j sei vice, but it is to be hoped thai j where praise is merited it will be 1 fo .md recorded just as freely. The postmaster himself will have little defense. He .might use a uerogatory item concerning his own office to kindle the kitchen fire, ibut some other postmaster, is just ?as likely to post it and send it in. So the fate of the individual will j hang on keeping the service at the (highest possible mark, j L?ke the telephone, the postof fice Iis really marvelously prompt and Uceui-ate: Its mistakes are few in i comparison with the' amount of j business handled. All complaint land comment should take fair note [of this, B.ut any suggestions which ! make for improvement should be j welcomed, from the postof fice j headquarters at Washington to the grocery , store at the comers. AXTI-^t1DfeiTriNG ? * - ; The way to budget is to budget. <!The only known way To make any : budget system work is to live up to Thousands of business men and housekeepers have found this out, but Congress evidentlv has it still j to learn. Cohgre^ fell down on the j first clean test of the financial ef jfieiency scheme that it had ap proved with so much self-approval, jit .was in connection with the riv Jers and harbors appropriation, j where the sum involved is not <la?ge, as governmental expendi [tures^go. but where the principle is !as plam as a pikestaff. ! Waterway expenditures have al ways meant "pork", in congres isional parlance and in public opin ion. Here was a noble opportuni ty to eliminate pork, with a rare 'flourish of self-righteousness. And jthe House fumbled it. unblushingly j adding $15.000,000 to the outlay ?which Budget Director Pawes had ;set down as the maximum and ! which the committee had reoom imc;:ded. Naturally porcine cries jflew thick and fast in the debate, jand the budget lost about $100. 1000.000 worth of prestige right there. We needn't be unduly severe on ithc House, though. An appetite "for -pork" is strong: and what pri vate lmdgeteer ever made a go of jt the first time? MOTOR MANSLAUGHTER More and more" Widely the taking of human life bv earless driving is t " recognized as a serious crime, ;heavily punishable. That the crime is eommitteed involuntarily makes little difference. j The Rocky Mountain Xews points j out that convictions for involuntary i manslaughter resulting from reck jless or careless operation of auto ! biles have been sustained already [by the sup.erne courts of Arkansas, : Connecticut. Georgia, Indiana. {Iowa. Michigan. Nebraska. New York. Ohio and Tennessee. I "Involuntary manslaughter" has [been a pan of the common law for [centuries, and s<? may be invoked tin any state, regardless of the ab j ? Isence of definite statutory reeogni- j I tion. The Colorado Supreme Court j has held that this offense may eon- j I sist in the taking of human life, ! I without any intent to do so, "in the j I commission of a lawful act without I duo caution and circumstances." j ?The application of this definition rto careless automobile driving is j 'obvious enough. ! A Colorado statute, moreover. which has its counterpart in most | ! of the other states, provides that j "where such involuntary killing ; j shall happen in the commission of ? ian unlawful act which in its conse !quences naturally tends to destroy! j the life of a human being, the of- j [fense shall be deemed and adjudg- j j ed to be murder." A strict con- ! tstruction of such a statute would i j mean evidently that if a motorist j I kills a person while he is breaking j [the speed limit, he is properly: chargeable with murder. ; Here is matter for serious reflec- j I tion on the uart of any motorist who is disposed to take traffic reg- j ~c. :?? ?? ' ' '? -'- . ??? } julations lightly. 9 ? m ! THE" BUSINESS OF ALL. With new educational and uplift j i movements being started all the I , time, the National Economic Or- j i ganizatipn may attract less atten- I j tion than it deserves. This body, j [with a backing of prominent fi- [ [nanciers and business men, plans a j I campaign of national education on! I present economic conditions and I j their solution. It will try to bring ; |to the American .people, through \ [press, platform and public exhibits, ? "a better understanding of econom- i j ic questions such as taxation, tariff j j and European readjustments, to the : ?end that sound legislation may be | I promoted and unsound proposals j I defeated." Nothing is more needed at the ! , present time. Never have economic I problems been so big and complex ; land ihe need of understanding so ' I widely felt. And unfortunately it j [happens that the economic discus- j jsions which reach the biggest audi- j ences are usually those of politi-j cians, who are not thoroughly! equipped for handling such topics, j and whose primary interest is not j a scientific and lasting solution but . their own re-election to office or i the- fortunes of their own party. ? The very word "economics" has: j a highbrowtsh and repellent sound, j j to most people. ?'What it means is j j simply the business of all of us, j j and what the economists aim &tj ? is better business and more com-j Ifort in the material things of life] ) through intelligent understanding j jand organized action. { With politicallv disinterested ex perts handling economic problems, there is a better chance of getting somewhere. The plan is funda-1 j mentally simple. The promoters, j ! realizing that Congress fails to j ideal adequately with pressing I ] problems, propose to. educate the i public and trust to the public eventually to bring pressure to beat on Congress in the right directions, j It is sound enough, provided the j promoters themselves can keep j clear of all suspicion of personal ior partisan bias. -o ? v:.? ARMY. POSTS. Congress, in its desire to make a j good showing for 'economy, wants j to make a drastic cut in the size ; of the United States army, j Secretary Weeks, not unwilling to economize but differing with Con j gress as to the number of troops ! required, has hit upon a-telling op position argument. J' He gives the congressmen to un derstand that if the army is reduc ied as they demand, it will mean ! the abandonment of various mili Itary posts scattered around the \ country. That hits Congress J where ti lives. Every attempt ever ! made to reduce the number ot I army posts has met with the im I - - _ . ? . . . I placable opposition of the local {community and the local congress ; men. j The general public, recognizing !the human appeal of this argu ! ment to localities affected, also j recognizes that it has nothing at Sail to do with tiie main question, 1 which is how many soldiers are uc jtually needed by the country for federal policing and national de fense. The general public, too, sees that this very army post ques tion is one that ought to be de termined on lines far broader than those of mere local interest. Scattering the army in small units all over tty? country not only means a lotr-of unnecessary expense in itself, but it means a loss of ef ficient traihing and strategic value. It is about time to inquire whether the army posts are maintained for the army or the army is maintain ed for the ..rmy posts. An undertaker has been arrested for bootlegging. Fine combination. To-day's Best Jokes and Stories The term oil starts many a tur moil. The aftermath of war is intense, application to hijrhe math. Don't pity the man with the hoe. He's probably after-bait. The only place where, eats come before sweat is in the dictionary. Recipe for solving any Govern ment ! r-o'i :em: First soak the tax payei. Thank God. pedestrians don't have to lose time changing gears when eluding a speeder. - i'ou can usually tell a resident of Easy Street by the fact that he ' grunts when he bends to lace a i shoe. i Credit for winning the war is inw j material; the. essential thing is I credit to keep it won. As we compare official promises, we observe that .Tohn Bull differs little from the American brand. . The length of the cigarette hole-] er seems to be in exact .proportion j to tue paucity of wit behind it. . i . ''The green of. spring brings with it some element of "pathos." Very f unlike the long greerr ot Commerce. I They never say '?master" of the I sea.- but always "mispress.-" This? js also true of the matrimonial sea. L The railrods need not fe.e.l that their achievement is unique. At one time Atlas held up the whole world. - In this free land no man is so j great that you cannot approach] him and say "Gotta match?" [ A man is never down until he is down in the.mouth. God made the world round;, only men can make it square. About the only thing as rare as an unmixed motive is a mixed drink. "Man with eleven wives may be j insane." It sounds darned reason- j able. ? ?-?"?*? A lot of people who are too nice I to say "sweat" say "prespiration." The greatest menace to civiliza tion appears to be the civilized na tions, ? , YVh'erf death draws hear; the.sen sation is probably very' like that experienced when "the speed "cop draws near. - " ' There is something wrong; in Europe, Not a single Cabinet" has resigned this week. ; As we understand it; the effort of reformers is to place bucket shops without the pail. A coal strike isn't wholly with- j out merit. It always boosts the.; price of land in Florida: -' v' Thrift consists in loving a say- j ingsr account more than the good ] opinion of the neighbors. ? So far the bandits in other locali ties have not threatened to move to : New York if further molested. "Business needs more able execu tives." That's encouraging. For a time we feared it would need an j executor. } Freedom: The state of mind of those who are not chafed by the collar. Guns are commonly used; but the best way to protect the honor of your home is to marry the light j kind of woman- * j A European, touring America,! says he could break Monte Carlo. ; But why should lie, when he can | lecture in America? . Pull has its value, but you will j observe that the cars parked on Easy Street are all equipped with j self-starters. j Evidently most >i the modern evils are under control. Th? pure I in heart have begun to jump on j poor old Darwin again. It is doubtful.; however, if our! currency' srill ever be sufficiently \ elastic to stretch from pay day -to | Monday morning. There's one good thing about a j soda fountain. You don't have to drink ten milkshakes in order to i set 'cm up in your turn. -? ? ? How would Alcohoilywood do I for a name for the Los Angeles j Movie suburb??Philadelphia Eye ning Public Ledger. ?-? m ? A "petting party" is when a girl ; and her fellow slip off and come j back with the same complexions. Once the doughboy gets his hon- I us, he can spend his life digging i up taxes to help pay for it.? To ronto Star. Spring is ? now only about four! tons away.?Gloversville Leader Republican. Berlin. March It}.?Ownership of two or more dogs is classed as : "luxury" here and extra heavy taxes arc imposed under a new schedule. It is estimated that the] owners of 140,000 dogs in Berlin I must pay the government 50,000, ooo marks for license. (Furnished by MacDowell & Co., IS South Main St., Correspondents of H. & B. Beer, Members New York and New Orleans Cotton Exchanges.) Evening Cotton Loiter. New Orleans. April 6.?The mar ket assumed a waiting attitude to day, showing no decided tendency, although developments and gener al news warranted better results. Gables wore about as due. Man chester reports were favorable and Liverpool advices w< re to effect that while the engineers' strike re mained unset fled the outlook for an early ending of the dispute was hopeful. The associated _press reported from Constantinople that the Turkish Nationalists government at Angora has accepted, with reser vations, the armistice proposition recently made by the allies. ? ? As the date April 10th for con vening of the Genoa economic con ference approaches, foreign gov ernment securities show a harden ing tendency, reflecting confidence in probable beneficial results to j come of the meeting of represen tatives of the European nations. ? Instead of the needed dry warm ! .weather in all sections of the; belt, the weaher bureau predicts showers or rain for nearly all dis-j irje;s of the cotton region tonight I and Friday. -. Preparations for the new crop are rather backward in the majori portion of the belt and if wet : .wehther returns immediately a fur-; ther delay in farm work would re sult; Much replanting will likely be I made necessary by the inundating; of low lands in the Mississippi Val- ' ley by backwaters and by over flowing of streams in Texas due to the. recent torrential rains. It is> imperative, therefore that ' the .best of climatic conditions pre-; vail from now on to permit farm- . ers to catch up with their work ? and to seed an acreage sufficiently large that would insure a good crop j yvere it not for the presence of the. weevil over a wider area than ever, j According to otliciai . returns, j while sales of fertilizer in the cot- j ton region during March were i larger than for corresponding j month one year ago S10.44C tons : vs. 715*993; total sales for S months ending with close of March were a shade less than last season and j about 50 per cent smaller thani year before last or 1,361,332 tons, j 1.372,321 tons and 2,071),$17 tons,! respectively. The fact that total : sales for past S months are no Iarg- i er than last year's very small sales j does not speak well for a good crop this year, especially east of i the Mississippi river, particularly '? if tbe crop gets off with a late start, ; in which event the weevil may get j a larger percentage of the pros pective. yield before its maturity by j puncturing forms and squares as j they are put on. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON. Yeutdys Open High Low Core Clow Jan. .16.92 17.00 16.90 16.94 16.85 May .I7.?88 18.01 17.72 17.81 17.91 July _ .. .17.25 17.38 17.23 17.31 17.26 Oet . . .17.03 17.18 17.03 17.10 17.01 Dec.16.98 17.15 16.98.. 17.03 16.98 ?Spols 16 off,"'".SC. v New Orleans Cotton. Y'st'dy's Oven Hieb I?ow Close Clow Jan-.16.22 16.31 16.22 16.22 16.18 May .. .16.65 16.88 16.61 16.64 16.65 July .16.55 16.70 16.54 16.58 16.55 Oct . .16.31 16.45 16.31 16.36 16.32 Dec.16.23 16.41 16.23 16.32 16.25 ? Spots unchanged, -lti.7".. Liverpool Cotton. January .- . ~ 9.84 March .-. 9.78 May._. 10.28 July .:. 10.22 October . 10.00 December . _. 9.90 Sales 10.1)00: Receipts 200; Middling Hf.-T?: Good Middling lo.:?0. THIRD HOP FOR AVIATORS St. Vincent. Cape Verde Islands, April 5.?The Portuguese; aviators who are attempting a flight across the Atlantic from Lisbon to Brazil arrived here safely this afternoon at 5:20 o'clock from Las Palmas. Canary Islands. They left Gando Bay, near Las Palmas, at $.30 o'clock this morning. The Portuguese aviators. Capts. Senadura and Coutinho. left Lis bon in their light hydro-aeroplane at 7 o'clock last Thursday morn ing. They landed safely the same afternoon at Las Pahnas, Canary Island>, having flown a distance of more than 1.000 miles. The sec ond leg of the transatlantic Might, from the Canary Islands to Cape Verde Islands, wheh they success fully accomplished this afternoon, is about the same distance. The third hop. from the Cape Verde Is lands to the Island of Fernando Xoronha, is nearly 1.70(1 miles and is considered the most hazardous part of the flight. WANTED?One thousand or more cords of gum and poplar pulp wood: size six inches and up in diameter, five feet long. Mu'st be shipped over Southern or Northwestern railroads. K. G. Scarborough. WANTED?Planters of beans of all kinds, peas, soy beans, peanuts, or any legumes i<> use Nitra Germ and greatly increase yield and quality. 1 am pre pared to order it pure and fresh at short notiere from our culture J?eds. And will be glad t" eon verse with anyone on the subjeci and benefits of innoculation. lie sped fully. Thos. S. Sumtcr. LISTEN? We are overstocked on screen doors ::u<l windows. We are going to sell them now when yen need them ;ii greatly re duced prices so a:s t<> reduce our stock. Booth & McLeod. $25.00 THE LADIES'SHOP $25.00 SPECIAL SALE OF Betty Wales Dresses i. ?? - ???? 3 25 New Betty Wales at $25.00. Just a Little Easter Offering of Real Value. THE LADIES' SHOP $25.00 $25.00 $25.00 j s 31? MOSCOW, CITY ; ctnso. Jj} those Restaurants, Bootr ! leggors call daily on many strang OF CONTRASTS rs oK^ing 'vodka and cognac. i It is easier to find good cham than good milk and choc Palmafc-sta queen -contest. ^Fridaj< April 21st. announcement of Pal mafesta queen, Palmafesfa queen's parade, industrial and floral pa-' Qa?,? Rnvpl in T nvjiriPQ WHUp pasm' tna?? A'?0U mU* ami enoc" rade: S'30' crowning . pageant: some ntvej hi ^uauiics tyuiic o1.<to ^.jaij^, than sausage sand- Queen of Palmafesta, style! show; Many Suffer For Bread I Wiehes. The stores, reopening, in '-vaudeville, band concert. Saturday! - j constantly increasing numbers, ask j April 22nd. baby and educational Moscow^ March 2.?Moscow has i prices which are as far beyond the parade: 8:30 varafevilie, band con become more than ever a city of i reach of the average Muscovite as cert, style show, fireworks, closing ? .x- ? ~* is..the exclusive "maison" in Xew of Palmafesta. contrasts in this hrst winter of tree , . ~ ' . :?f^:??.->?-A^ ! A ork above the pocketbook of a One or the interesting features trade under Communist rule. Black Manhattan, shop girl. : of Palmafesta will be a daily dem-" bread, the staple food of most of; Th. niiijjons of rubles necessary ' onstration of the "Radiophone'/ by. its inhabitants, grows dearer and j fQr tho mo.st. modest of purchases 'which concerts and lectures in dis scarcer nearly every day but choc- { se(,m to oom(, ^aSy and go eas>% olate creams, sweet pastries, silk j however, to Moscow's new upper stockings and Paris gowns become; rrust Free tradfe is on. the more plentiful though high priced, j Cheka which once made' short The famine throughout a great Uhrift of those who seemed much section of Russia grips tighter and wealthier than their fellows is dead j kills faster tha ?rave diggers can j m name and curtailed in powers-j work but many Muscovites arfijMoscow-s multi-b?lionaires, with T^??-. nf^v'^ ~. -T eating more, drinking more and | pockets full of .10,000.000 mhlel l London* March 1,.-Cml wed wearing better clothes than for notes. grow bolder and years past and are burning all the.daUl inlhft Communist capital wood they can buy. tant cities throughout the country will be received by wireless "am plified" in the big steel building and heard by all visitors. ? ?"? Wedding Fees Increased, in Lon don. Many others struggling on com-| paratively low Wages .on.'no income Palmafesta Program Completed, at all against increasing prices and I ? ? fluctuating currency, are huddled; Columbia. Ap'rtl * 3.?The pro in heatless rooms with little to eat. j gramme committee in charge of the! A considerable quantity of cotton P^ans for the big state-wide festi- j goods from some of the Russian j val and gala week here April 17th j factories has appeared in the co- to 22nd has today given out thejhe Proposes to introduce operative shops and the market i following programme: Monday, stalls and there is a very limited i A?,rl1 37tn- arrival of county showing of woolen stuffs bur it is j queens,.fireworks and opening of easier to find silk than gingham, I Palmafesta at 8:30 p. m.. fashion satin than sorgo worsteds. Xew restaurants. i ? i ? u ~- hibits, auio show-, band concert in i ??n, rare porcelain, high salaried or- . - ' . ? ' . . , , , . the afternoon; evening _ing fees here are about to^?e in ?r j creased and the church authorities, i alarmed at the growing populanty j of register offices, are expected -to 'seize this opportunity to 'induce J bridal couples to come to the altar. According to the Registrar *<5e'n erai civil wedding fees have- not been altered "since they were first i fixed about 60 years ago ahd'now a bili into the house of commons which will give him the'power to increase them. :',''' \ .... > and lace ihan!'^" a"d introduction of county ; queens, band concert, vaudeville.. tilth tchfiA tin i Tuesday, April ISth, industrial ex- j Sraphed listen**^ Kltn white im- I. . . !_Indianapolis Star. It is a mighty small calibre of-, ficial who has not been photo-" inr on a radio set. at 8 :3Q,1 ehestras and closelv written menus , , ' , M \ ? , . ? I style show, county queens, vaude a foot long, are opening, to cater U-?? ^n?rl iwrl?X?Jl to crowds that mingle with the sleek, white-collared, newly pros perous traders with a sprinkling of unshaven, dark-shirted and some times unwashed d;ners who appear too content with their lot to both er with, barbers or washwomen. Another Taylor murder , suspect Wednes-!has he*n r^ased. Why. not or day, April 19th. afternoon: intro-j SAnize inl? a regiment.?Xew * Auction of county queens, style {Orleans Item. ._ ' : show, auto races;, evening, 8.30: i v ? band concert. Xora Bayes, style j ^ is always'brightest just be show. vaudeville, introduction of fore life hands you' a, black' eye. |" (queens. Thursday, April 20th, af- ? ? ? jternoon: opening of baseball sea- One difference between hugging Wine is now sold secretly and {son. Evening 8:30, Xora Bayes, j and dancing is you dance in a soon will be sold openly under li- j vaudeville, band concert, closing of j crowd. ? ? APRIL 10TH TO loTH WILL BE 'SDR. THE ?"* : ??? v & South Carolina Cotton ssociation Sumter County has signed up over<nineteen thousand bales, but whv should we stop. ' * - ? ; ' ' " r : Marlboro County has over thirty.thousand. Darlington and Calhoua are both ahead of Sumter. \" [.. THE MORE COTTON THE ASSOCIATION CONTROLS, THE BETTER WILL IT OPERATE. MR. FARMER: WILL YOU SET YOUR PRICE ON YOUR PRODUCT, OR WILL YOU CONTINUE TO SELL AT THE OTHER MAN'S PRICE? COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS ARE THE ONLY METH ODS YET DEVISED BY WHICH THE FARMER CAN HAVE A VOICE IN SET TING THE PRICE ON HIS OWN PROD UCT. Over two hundred and fifty Sumter County Farmers believe in cooperative marketing of cotton. There are numbers who have had no opportunity to sign up. You can help get them. Sumter County is preparing to beat the boll weevil. One way is to get "More Money for Cotton." Sumter County has organized a Creamery. Sumter County has organized a Truck Growers' Association on the cooperative plan. The Sumter County Tobacco fanners have joined the Tobacco Association. It took Sumter County to put over itie South Carolina Cooperative Livestock Association. .* SOUTH CAROLINA EXPECTS SUMTER COUNTY TO GO FAR BEYOND HER QUOTA IN THE COTTON ASSOCIATION. LESS THAN FOUR WEEKS REMAIN GET YOUR COTTON GROWING FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND ACQUAINTANCES, TO SIGN THE CONTRACT. (INFORMATION RELATIVE TO ALL THE ABOVET MENTIONED ASSO CIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS MAY BE HAD FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PHONE 200.) this space co\Titrmm:i) by THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, THE SUMTER TRUST CO. N i f IONAL BANK OF S. C. CH Y NATIONAL BANK, 1