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;?iv'- \".?j,? , ., ??---? memorial day ? _ program American Legion Post and U. D. C. Chapter Unite For Ceremonies The Sumter post of the American rLegion and the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy are this .year uniting m the ser vice^ of Memorial Day. May 10th. on which day honor will be paid, by titting tribute, to the Confed-i erate and the World War dead. The following program has been I arranged: 3:30?Decoration of graves of Confederate, and World War dead at cemetery by children of Con federacy. 6:00 ? Assemble in front of Girls' High School for Memorial Exercises, when following cere monies will take place: Exercises?S. H. Edmunds, mas ter of ceremonies. Invocation?Rev. J. P. Marion, D. X?. Flag. Raising?Audience singing Star Spangled Banner. Music. Preservation of crosses of hon or. Brief introduction of Memorial j Day speaker. I Memorial Day address. by the j Hon. Morris C. Lumpkin, State j Commander American Legion. Music. Blowing of taps. Everyone in Sumter is invited and is expected to attend this an nual service in commemoration of our honored dead. The request is made that all be on time as the exercises are to be made as brief is consistently possible. Ay Confederate Veterans are es pecially invited to attend. Means will be provided for those veterans wjbo have xrot access to an auto, .mo bile if they will get in communica tion with Mrs. C. L. Stubbs, Presi dent, of the- LV D. C. chapter. yrsiTiNG tL p. a. members see Bloving Picture of Sumter at Lyric - An audience consisting of 125 visitimj T;. P. A. and their hosts j saw the "Moving Picture of Sum- j ter'* at the Lyric theatre through 1 the courtesy of Mr. White and the; able direction of H. R. Kistler. manager pro tern. Although the boys. hauValready seen the city it self, they expressed surprise at the number of feet of interesting film show and the clarity and perfec-j tion of the photography. This pic ture was made under the personal j ifupervision of H. D. Howell of the | iLdventure Film Corporation of New York City, and photographed by Phil Tannaura, one of the cine ?ia's ablest camera men. Favor able, comments were heard on "ev ery side as well as surprise at see ing a real picture of?home folks. -* Marriage License Record. A marriage license has been is-1 sued in the office of the Clerk of Court to: Mr. Thomas Martin and Miss Lillie Wadford, both of this city. - . ?. . X/ocal Pest American Legion to En tertain Memorial Day Speaker, j Arrangements are under way by ! the local. American Legion Post 1 forthe entertaining fo Morris Ctl i?ispkin,. of Columbia, depart-] ment commander of the State of] South Carolina, American Legion, who is to.be in Sumter on May; 10th, for the uprpose of deliver-1 ing the address at. the Memorial! Day services* The entertainment will in all probability be in the form of a luncheon which will be given immediately after the closing of the Memorial Day exercises. The de tails of the arrangements are be ings worked out by local post com- i mander, Joe Sv Ghand4er and Ad- j jutant JSach K. Darr. Childen's Healtlr-Conference, j The- Mothers' Club has secured I the cooperation of the physicians j and dentists of Sumter and has; made other necessary arrangements i for holding a Children's Health j Conference at an early date. This is a conference of physi- j cians and mothers to determine the | development and present condi- j tion of children brought by their j mothers for examination. The ex- j amination is uncorapetitive and no j prizes will be given. It is for the j benefit of the great mass of chil- j drcn who. though apparently well, j are yet rarely found free from de- j feet. No medical advice will be! given. If defeats are found which; need medical treatment, the moth er will be advised to consult her own physician or a specialist. Physicians and specialists will; examine the eye. ear, nose, throat.: teeth, heart, lungs and urine. The Schick test for dyptheria will be j made on request. A special record j sheet-showing the result of the; examinations and a summary of; advice for the future physical care j of her child will be given to each | mother. Details of the conference will be published later. On Sunday morning. May 7th,1 the pastor of the First Baptist! church will preach on the subject, j "The Master's Fearlessness." In the evening he will speak on the subject, "The Exaltation of Christ." j AH are cordially invited to any and ail of our services. A warm wel come awatis all who come. AH the banks of Sumter will be closed Wednseday. May 10th. on; account of Memorial Day. which is | a legal holiday in Suoth Carolina.: ?UNTY NEWS 1 RECEPTION FOR NURSES Class of Four Graduates En tertained at Nurses' Home Misses Mattie Team, Mable Kolb, Gertrude Lybering and Maryj Owens, graduate nurses of the! class of 1922 of the Tourney Hos- | : oital Training School were the! honored guests at a beautiful re ception given f^r them at the Nurses' Home on'last evening. May 5, 1923-. There were present on this occa sion some one hundred guests con sisting of members of the B?ard of Trustees of the Hospital, nu merous physicians; of the city, a number of graduate nurses and many other invited guests. The reception hall of the Nurses' jHome appeared very attractive, j being profusely decorated by count less flowers. The music for the oc jcasion was furnished by Miss Inez i ging at piano, Mr. Frank Girafd, I violin and Mrs. Miller on cornet. (During the evening a delightful re freshment coux*se was served. All present will remember the occasion as one of very-great enjoyment. ?: .? > < . . J>eath Manning, May 4.?F. C. Thomas, one of the most prominent busi-v ness men of Manning, died at a hospital last night after undergo ing an operation. Mr. Thomas moved from Wil-j liamsburg county in the eighties 1 and after living here a few years] moved to Texas. While there he| met Miss Bloom Smith who became] his wife and who survives him. Id>on returning to his native state he settled in Manning and entered partnership with the late D. M. Bradham, under the firm of Thomas and Bradham, live st^ck dealers. This firm proved to be a large and successful business, which was continued until fifteen years ago, when Mr. Thomas with drew and entered business for him self, which is now operating under the title. The Thomas Live Stock Company. Mr. Thomas owned the largest real estate interest in Clarendon county and a large lumber plant located at Blpomyille. He was a man of sterling qualities, keen business judgment and one who attended to his interests thereby amassing considerable wealth. He was a faithful member of the Man ning Baptist church and held of fices therein as deacon ana teacher of the men's Bible class. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Bloom Smith, of Texas, one daugh ter, Miss Isabel I, and three sons, Horace, Joe and Gough. Funeral services will be held at Manning cemetery tomorrow aft 11 o'clock. Pisgah News and Views. Pisgah. May 4.?The cold rainy j weather is giving cotton the black j eye. A great deal of it is dead and dying. The prospect for a crop of j it looks blue. Corn and winter oats j look well. Wheat no good. Gar- j dens fine. A good deal of cotton has been chopped out and it looks: as if a good deal will have to be planted over. Rev. W. T. Derieux of Columbia made a line address at Mt. Olivet church Sunday Among other things he said was that Dr. T. M. Bailey, formerly state mission sec- ! retary, was 93 years old and still! bright in min dand that he recently J organized his 200 churches in this ? state and Alabama. What a great j record. Dr. Whitesides. of Columbia, su- j perintendent of the Baptist Hos- j pital. preached a great sermon at j Pisgah church recently. It pro duced a great impression. He spoke of many things new to his congre gation. Rev. J. P. Dendy and sons visited through here yesterday. He came to see the sick and friends. Plans are being perfected for | great religious activities along all | lines this summer, among the | churches. There si no law to divide the state pension money equitably, i Each county board is a law unto i itself. For instance Kershaw coun- j ty board made two classes A and j B according to the wish of the j state reunion of confederate veter- i ans at Camden last year. The A class over 80 years and got $-70 apiece: B class got S30.70 apiece, j This was equitable as $500,000 pen- I sion money gave $55 to each one in : the state. The Sumter board made four di- j visions or had four distributions. A. j B. C. and a dead or burial division The C class got $23.40 apiece. It would be wise to have a uni form distribution in each county! like the United States has, then | all would share alike and there '? would be no dissatisfaction. The county seems politically quiet. The calm before the storm this summer. Small Fire. A* negro residence on Purdy ! Street demanded the attention of ? the Sumter Fire Department and a response was made by the depart- i ment at about 2:30 Thursday af ternoon. A small blaze was found burning on the roof of the dwelling which was soon extinguished by: the use of several small hand chemicals carried on the Reo truck, i Not much damage was occasioned ] by the blaze which seemed to I have caught from a spark fr? m the chimney. Hon. C. H. Brough, former gov ernor of Arkansas, will attend the . services at 10:15 Sunday morning j of the McLeod-Wesley Bible class of Trinity Church. In addition to the lesson taught by the regular class teacher, a short talk will be made by tins noted lecturer. TYP. A. BRING U' - ANNUAL MEET ING TO CLOSE Record is Established in Sum te^ for Dispatch of ^Busi ness. Travelers 'Well Pleased With Conven tion and With Visit in Gamecock City The ISth annual convention of the South Carolina division of the Travelers' Protective Association convened I in Sumter at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning. Such strict attention was paid to the dis patch of the business on hand that by 5 o'clock in the afternoon ad journment was reached and no morning session was necessary for Friday morning. A new record was established by this conven tion session in having brought to Completion in only one day the business which usually occupies a full day and a half. The convention was called to order in the court room by the state president, H. Lee Scarbor ough of Sumter, and the invoca tion was made by the state chap lain, the Rfev. YV. E. Thayer of Sumter. Dr. Thayer also made the address of-welcome, which was re-j sponded to by William Coggs-r/ell ] of Charleston. \ *' Reports of the officers showed ! the organization in good condition, its membership having incre.'ased from 107 members in 1905 to 2r~ 025 May .1 of this year.- , j Among the resolutions adopted \ by this convention was one com mending the work and plans of the I state highway- department . and j pledging the organization's sup- [ port to its future effort to creace a ! state system of good roads. An- j other resolution emphasized that i the public schools of the state | were crippled by the failure of-the | last legislature tp provide suffi- j cient funds for these to meet their i expenses and that the S. C. T. P. j A. favored unstinted support for i free public schools. The conven- s tion went on record as pledging | the individual support of its mem bers to the incoming president and to working to make the -coming year a banner one. The newly elected officers are: President, J. H. Woodward, Co lumbia: vice president at large, II. Lee Scarborough. Sumter: post vice presidents, E. C. Ballengcr of Spartanburg. J. N. Spann of Co lumbia, R. B. Tindal of Greenville, C. Ban Allen of Anderson, Wil- j liam Gaillard of Charleston. W. A.! Friday of Greenwood, Chaffee! Jones of Darlington, J. R. Carson j of Chester, A. R. Boozer of New- j berry, J. P. Poag of Rock Hill, Dr. J. A. Ridley of Gaffney; secretary and treasurer, Joseph P. Noblett, Anderson: sergeant at arms. Sol Fleischman, Columbia: chaplain, the Rev. J. T. G?ngaware, D. D., Charleston: board of directors, C. Ban Ailen of Anderson: J. B. Shanklin of ? Anderson, S. Mac Sloan" of Anderson, J. N. Watkin3 of Greenville, George Dearman of Spartanburg. The following were elected dele gates to the national convention to be Lcld at Atlantic City June 5:j At large. H. L. Scarborough of Sumter, J. M. Watkins of Green ville, J. M. Patton of Darlington; fro mthe posts, Joe E. Gentry, Spartanburg; G. M. Gornlcy, Co lumbia; Holmes Allen, Greenville; J. B. Shanklin, Anderson; W: H. Watson, Charleston; J. E. Grimes, Greenwood: L. I. Parrott, Sumter; E. E. Carnes, Darlington: J. W. Young, Chester: R. D. Smith, Jr.. Newberry: Henry Massey. Rock Hill: Dr. A. C. Crew, Gaffney. The following deaths were re- | ported during the past year: Chas. j R. Smith, Union: Thomas C. Huit,} W. W. Moore and Charles M. Puck- j ette. Columbia; John Joseph, Her; } Franklin L. Henry. Greenville: Lee! G.Holleman and Broadus B. Babb. j Anderson; Junius H. Wooten, i Nashville: William J. Neeley, Rock | Hill. j There were present at the con vention delegates from the posts at Spartanburg, Columbia, Greenville, Anderson, Charleston, Greenwood, Sumter, Darlington. Chester. Newberry, Rock Hill and j Gaffney. Invitations for the next i convention were presented from J Charleston and Darlington end! that of Charleston was accepted j by a close vote.1 The social features of the con- ] vention were a delightful luncheon. ] served in the convention hall at 1 j o'clock by the ladies of the Wo- j man's Auxiliary of the Methodist j church, an automobile ride over j the city and to the L. D. Jennings hog farm at 5 o'clock in the after- j noon, the most excellent and high- I ly enjoyable supper and entertain- j ment at Poealla at 6:30 o'clock and tbe entertainment especially ( arranged for the visiting delegates; :it the Lyric Theatre at 8:30 o'clock. ; The supper at Poealla was of the i good old McKagen chicken stew variety with the all that goes with. The motion picture of Sumter was j shown at the Lyre theatre and in addition to this a comedy shown, j Tbe theatre was then turned over j to the T. P. A. visitors who then | enjoyed a song "fest" of popular j songs under the leadership of Mr. L. C. Moise. This program was < concluded liy a very enjoyable song j and an inimitable reading. The T. P.* A. delegates took their; departure from our city on the 1 morning trains of Friday unstmt-j ingly rendering praises to their fellow T. P. A. members of Posi G. and to the Sumter folk who had j been instrumental in making their visit here suclv a delightfully en jbyable one. .Memoria! Ivvcreises jit Stateburg. Memorial exercises will be held at Stateburg <>n Wednesday after noon. May 10th at 4::><> o'clock at ih<- Church of the Holy Cross. I>r. John A. Brunsen of Sumter j will deliver the address. The ?-v- i ercises will consist also of music, readings .-111(1 tin- decoration of graves by Lhe children of the com munity. J. CAMPBELL BISSELL TO AID IN DEGREE WORK _L__ Right Worshiptii? Grand Mas ter of Grari? to?ge.of State: Visits Claremont Lodge Monday Night . - tt! ~t | Grand Master J. Campbell Bis ! sell of the Grand Lodge of South j Carolina, A. F. M.. will make a J visit to Claremont Lodge No. 64 on j Monday night. May 8th. and will take part in the conferring of the M. M. degree or. a class of three candidates.. All Masons are. re quested to attend this special com munication which will be held at S o'clock. Refreshments will be served. Grand Master Bissell is of Co lumbia, S. C, and is one of the foremost and active of all Masons j of this state and section. His mes sage to the Masons of Claremont Lodge will indeed be an inspira tion/to attending Masons. BRITISH WAR MEDAL WON Decoration Awarded Corporal Samuel C. Doar ?Mr. David Doar has receive '"'the British War Medal, posthumously awarded his brtoher Samuel Cordes JDoar, who served in . the British army during the world war and subsequently died, after his re turn to this- country from the ef fects of gas. The medal was ac companied by the following official j letter. Record Office. Gloucester Gate Buildings, Regents Park, Lor don, N. W. I. j Mr. David Doar, Peoples' Bank,! Sumter. S, tC, U. S. A. ? I am directed to transmit to you J the accompanying British Warj Medal, which, would have been ; conferred upon 310594, Tpr. Sam- I uel Cordes Doar, Tank Corps, had J he lived, in memory of his ser vices with the British forces dur- ! ing the great war. In forwarding the Decoration ij am commanded by the King to as- j sure you of His Majesty's high I appreciation of the services ren dered. 1 am to request that you will be so good as to acknowledge the re ceipt /Of the Decoration on the at tached form. I am. your obedient servant, B. M. GREY, Lieut., Officer i-c Records Tank Corps. Corporal Doar, who died several months after the close of the war, saw a year and a half service in the British army in France and j was severely gassed, from the ef fects of - which he never recovered. J Prior to.enlisting in the British! army he served with the National Guard on the Mexican border and was discharged when the militia returned from the border. When the United States entered the war he tried to enlist in the American army, but was rejected on account of defective eyesight which had been impaired during his service on the border. He immediately enlisted in the British army and went overseas. He first served inj the cavalry but was subsequently transferred to the tank corps. At the time of his-death he was only twenty years old. ? . . ? * + St. Joseph Academy May Fete of May 4th. j The May Fete was pronounced a great success. Under the grand! old oak trees was placed a throne.! The background was formed by i numbers of pupils dressed most daintily, a hey were in waiting with happy hearts, holding wreaths of j flowers in their hands for the May Queen. Master Jack McKiever. the her ald, announced the May Queen was. coming. About forty little boys' formed an avenue to guard the! honored guest. The piano duet, | "March Caprice, Characteristic" j was played. The procession: There were; twenty little flower girls: Maid of Honor?Susie Bryan. j 'Crown Bearer?John Clifton. Crowner of the Queen?Eliza- ] beth Graham. At the end of the procession came the stately queen. Miss Lu-1 cile Lynam, daintiiy dressed in pink, with a long train which was i held by the train-bearers, Abide Bryan and Sadie Graham. Walk- j ing just in front of the queen were fwo lovely little girls with baskets of flowers, Andrena Bryan and Oc tavia Moses. Miss Elizabeth Gra ham recited very beautiful lines and crowned the queen. The queen most graciously thanked one and all for the honor. A chorus was sunt: j to the Fairy Queen. Following the crowning of the queen, sweet music ? was-'given by numbers of little children. La'st but not least was the May Pole- Dance. Over one hundred children took part in it. Ice cream, candy and cake were served j A large attendance went home well pleased. Ilembcrt School Closing. The closing exercises of the Rem-1 ben school will he on Tuesday j evening of May. the ninth at eight i o'clock. After the closing exercises the j [ladies of McLeod Chapel will serve light refreshments for the benefit | of tin- church.- You are cordially] invited to a11 end. Death. Mr. <'. M. Wilson died ai his hoim- ai Summerton lasi night, lie was a son of the laic Col. Thomas. Wilson and was forty-three years ; old. II?- is survived by ids wife and j j one son t The funeral Serv ices will he held .it the residence of Mrs. Thomas; Wilson. Broad Street, ai 11 o'clock Mondaj morning. FALLS FROM THE ROOF AT , GAS. PLANT George Hatchell Recipient of Fractured Hip and Broken Ankle in Accident This Morning While engaged in the work of painting the roof of the Sumter Gas and Power company's plant on Hauser street, Mr. George Hatchell fell from this roof at P:4.r> Monday morning. break ing his left ankle and very badly fracturing his left hip. Mr. Hatch ell had just been employed by the Sumter Roofing jind Sheet* Metal Works and had been sent out to the gas plant together with an other workman to undertake the job of painting the roof Over the boiler room. Mr. Hatchell had only been engaged in this work for a short time this morning when in some manner his ladder, known as a chicken ladder, slipped lose from the saddle of the roof where it was fastened and Mr. Hatchell slid down the metal roof and fell a sheer drop of about 22 feet to the ground. His fellow workmen on the other side of >ttie roof, hear ing Mr. Hatchell cry out and hear ing him when he fell to the ground hastened to get to him and was the first to reach his side. An am bulance w:as 'sent for. and Mr. Hatchell carried as soon as pos sible to the Tourney Hospital. Ex amination showed a very badly fractured left hip and also his left ankle broken. In falling from the roof Mr. Hatchell fell across two telephone wires which it is be lieved turned his body in mid air so. that : he fell with feet down ward. These, wires saved him in all probability from far more se rious consequences. ? ? Mr. Hatchell is very well known by most citizens of Sumter, he hav ing served as an active member of the Sumter police department on two different occasions, totaling several years of service in this department. It is hoped that he covery from his* unfortunate in juries. . -> Sumter "HKTe" Play Lake City ? - Sumter "Hi" school baseball team club will play the strong Lake City ball team on Wednesday* Mayth loth, in Florence, the win ner of this game playing one of the following in Columbia ? for - the championship of the iower state;; Columbia, Branchville, . McColl, i Lake City has lost one game to Co- i lumbia and one to Charleston. Sumter has lost one opt of the 11 played, this being to Lake City a good while ago, and has won ev eryone since., Edwards on last Tuesdaj' pitched I great ball, striking out'15 men and allowing only four hits, against Darlington.. , This game will be a pitchers' battle between Edwards and Dud ley; for the Gamecocks Edwards, for Lake City Dudley. Atkins will probably catch for Lake City, while Wheeler or Wright will catch for the local. Hi. The Gamecocks will have a work out Monday afternoon with the Y. M. G. A. team. Try to get off. Come to Flor ence on Wednesday^ and back your high school team. Death Mrs. Sudie Player, wife of Mr. J. W. Player, died at ?her home in Elliotts at 9:30 o'clock Sunday night following an illness of some five months duration. The funeial services will be held | at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon at j the St. Lukes Methodist Church I at Elliott. Rev. L. T. Phillips, pas-; tor of that church, having charge of the services. Mrs. Player, in addition to her husband, is survived by 8 daugh ters. Mrs. J. W. Hammond, of El liott: Mrs. Leo Carter, of Lake City; Mrs. M. E: Carter, of Elliott; Mrs. D. E. Lemmon, of Carning, N. Y. and Misses Claudia, Sadie, John nis and Frances Player of Elliott and one son. Whit worth Player. Mrs. Player had also adopted two j children.. Meeting Postponed. The meeting of the Ladies' Mis-] sionary Society of the Firfst Bap- ; list church has.been postponed un- j til Tuesday.-May IGth at-?4$30 p. m. j Opposition lor Stoll. W. R. Barringer and A. H. Gas- j guc both of Florence, have an-j nounced their candidacy for con gross in opposition to Representa live P. H. Stoll whoMiow represents! the sixth district. Sunday Morning Fire; By the use of the hand chemical i equipment on the trucks of the i Sumter Fire Department, a small fire was extinguished which was I found burning in the roof of the j residence, on the corner of Bart lett and Sumter streets, which was occupied by Mr. F. E. Renfrow. The fire alarm was rung in at 10 j o'clock Sunday morning and im- j mediate answer was made by the ; tire department. A stream of wa- ! ter from a garden hose aided in ; the putting out of the blaze. -?? ? ? - Shipments of beans by truck; growers in the Kingstree section were in full blast last week, and! prices art- reported to have been ' quite satisfactory. Beans will be-j gin to move trom ihis county about the first <>f next week. -? ? ?? Beating swords into plowshares appears to attract statesmen less than boating a rival into office. - ? ? - Our idea of an endurance lest is; life under present conditions. 'I ii.- difficult pa11 seem* i<> he \*> love your neighbor as your pelf. VELVET BEANS _s j A Profiiable Crop?County Demonstration Agent J. Frank Williams Advises Large Acreage Editor Sumter Daily Item: Please fin/1 enclosed feeding ex periment at Glemson College, which indicates the value of velvet beans as a feed. I have been feeding these beans all winter to my milk cows and I find velvet beans a very profitable feed for dairy cattle. Velvet beans are excellent to fatten j hogs and it has no equal as legume j for building up the soil. My eotton this year after beans looks better than cotton after peavines or cot ton after cotton. Now is the time to plant beans if you have not al ready planted them. If the farm er?, of Sumter county will plant one-third of their acreage in velvet beans and corn, then follow the beans and corn with cotton, they jcammake a fair crop of cotton with i the use of only three or four hun dred pounds of fertilizer. This sys tem of farming with the addition of - hogs and cattle to consume the ! beans will make Sumter county I permanently prosperous. Beans are a better crop than corn to grew on poor land for the market. They will yield as much per acre, on such ; land.and always sell for more than j corn. They are now selling at from I one dollar and ten cents to one dcl j lar and a quarter, per bushel with {corn at about seventy-five cents. ! Those who have not already se | cured peas for broadcasting, should j do so at an early date. There are ? plenty of peas still in Sumter coun ity and the price is reasonable. ] Broadcast peas make good hay j for horses and cattle. I hear of j some farmers planning to broad jcast beans for hay, but I fear that J they will be disappointed. Nearly half of the farmers" ' in Sumter county should be looking out for good dairy cows. The dairy cow and hog is going to be a fac tor in restoring prosperity to Sum ter county. It looks now as if there will be ample markets in Sumter ] for dairy products. J. FRANK WILLIAMS. County Agent. Steer Feeding Experiment? Clemson College, April 20.?The Animal Husbandry Division has; just closed a 119-day feeding ex periment in which shelled corn, rice meal, and velvet beans were compared as concentrate feeds for fattening steers. Twenty-four Shorthorn steers were divided into four lots of six steers each. All of the lots were fed corn silage and cowpc-a hay, and in addition Lot I was fed shelled corn and cotton seed meal, Lot II rice meal and cottonseed meal, Lot III velvet beans, Lot IV corn and velvet beans. Tpe steers in Lot I made an av erage daily gain of 2.37 pounds and it required 3.9 pounds of corn, 1.36 pounds of cottonseed meal, 17.28 pounds of corn silage and .48 pounds of cowpea hay ? to make one pound of gain. The steers in i Lot II made an average daily gain of ? 2.22 pounds, and required'4.12 pounds of rice meal. 1.45 pounds of cottonseed .meal, IS.28 pounds of com silage and .51 pounds of cow pea hav to-make a pound of gain. The daily gain in Lot III was' 1.96 j pounds, and it required 6.71 pounds j iof velvet beans, 17.36 pounds oft corn silage and .5S pounds of hay to make one pound of gain. In Lot IV the gain was 2.08 pounds,! and it required 1.89 pounds of corn, j 4.SO pounds of velvet beans. 16.56 pounds of corn silage, and .54 pounds of hay to make one pound of gain. The feed prices charged in this experiment were: shelled corn, 70 cents per bushel; rice meal, .$27.60 per ton; velvet beans, $14.00 perl ton: cottonseed meal, $42.00 per' ton; corn silage $6.00 per ton; cow- \ pea hay, $25.00 per ton. Using these prices the costs of j producing one pound of beef were: 13.50 cents in Lot I, 14.86 cents in Lot II, 10.63 cents in Lot III, 11.42 cents in Lot IV. Although definite conclusions can not be drawn from this one ex- j periment, the following facts vvere indicated, says Prof. E. G. Godbey, Assistant Professor of Animal Hus bandry, in discussing this experi ment. 1. Corn makes a faster gain than velvet beans or rice meal. 2. Less corn is required to make a pound of gain than velvet beans or rice meal. 3. Corn is mere palatable than either velvet beans or rice meal, al though little difficulty was experi- \ enced in getting the cattle on feed j and in getting them to consume suf- j ficient quantities of either velvet beans or rice meal. 4. It costs less to fatten steers on corn than on rice meal with ; present feed prices. 5. It costs less to fatten steers : on velvet beans than on corn. t;. Corn and velvet beans fed together made a faster gain than beans alone and the steers were in higher condition at the close of j the experiment. The gains of Lot IV indicate j t.iat the price of fattening steers j on the fields of corn and velvet | beans may be economical and that \ the gains may be satisfactory. If the results are verified by further j work, velvet beans will largely take! the place of corn as ?% concentrate j for fattening steers in South Caro Una. The "obey" par1 of the cere- 1 mon seems to stiek ahout as weil, as the "until death" part. That new French perfume said to; be selling at $100 an ounce might j be called 100 per scent perfume. Age cannot wither nor custom stale when every drugstore ?fters the Ingredients of flapperhood: Apparently the most effective means of birth control is the size ; of the modern apartment. ? ? ? We often wonder how a fly finds names for her million children. The Old Beet Family. The word beet is applied to this useful class of vegetables from the Greek "Beta." second letter of the Greek alphabet and the botan ical name of the beet. The term was applied because -the ancients saw in the seed pod of the beet a] resemblance to the : Greek letter! beta. It is one of the few vegetables ? known to have originated in an- j cient Egypt and the term Egyp tian still clings to one of the best; varieties, although it would be hard ; to trace a distinct Egyptian con-j nection at the present time. There are double usage beets, j some whose roots are large and edi- \ ble, the commoner varieties, and i those which grow solely to leaves . and are plants only for greens, al- ] though the leaves are valuable for the same purpose. There is also a strain sometimes seen which is grown for the beauty of its foliage as an ornamental plant. These, however, have largely disappeared ! from gardens. The Swiss chard or spinach beet is the most valuable of the family for greens. It has spread into gar dens with remarkable speed in the last few years although it is a plant of very ancient lineage and is not Swiss at all. There is no accounting for the nationality atr j tributed to plants. The chard has been known for 4,000 years coming originally, so far as can be deter mined, from the Canary Islands, the shores of the Mediterranean sea and from the temperate regions of western Asia. It is the best plant for a small garden to provide greens, better even than spinach because of its j longer season and because it will grow and furnish abundant crops in hot weather when spinach will run up to seed. While the best roots do not thrive as well in heavy i soils as in lighter and well-drained j situations, the chard isn't particu- j lar. 1 It will always give great, j crinkled, pale-green leaves to go I into the boiling pot. j It should be sown thiniy as the plants need plenty of room to de velop. There are two ways of growing -it?one which contem plates" the pulling of the whole plant when it is to be used for the table and the other the cutting of the ieaves, allowing the root to re main undisturbed to produce a further crop which it will do very speedily. If the entire plant is to be pulled, succession planting is necessary, say about two weeks apart. For the small garden, it is best to cut the leaves and thus econ omize space. It is generally asserted in seed 1 catalogues that the fleshy midriff of the leaves and the stem may be cooked as asparagus. However, it is an insipid dish and bears little relation to asparagus as a vege table except in appearance. The tender portions of the 'leaf arc the really valuable food crop. The beet is said to be especially valuable as an article of diet be cause it contains a larger portion Of iron lhan4.other .vegetables. .. i Great Benefits of Junior Red Cross. | Geneva. April 12.?To awakenj the hygienic conscience of the j world and to wage a crusade j against human misery by preven tio nraiher than by cure is the task 1 which the League of Red Cross So-j cieties. founded by American ini- j tiative. has set itself for the coming j year. " Addressing the third yearly con- | vention of the League, Sir Claude Hill, Director ??General, declared 85 per cent of the mental and bodily ills of humanity was avoidable. "It is demonstrable," said Sir : Claude, "that humanity ? at large j owing to its mishandling of itself J has succeeded in rendering .iuga-j tory, or at all events has failed to; take advantage of the many dis-' coveries which science has placed; at ist disposal. Medical and hy- | gicnic science have advanced to j such a point that by far the great-; er proportion of the disease and suffering in the world t. ? be pre vented if men and women but ! knew how to keep themselves I hee'thy by their own intelligei.c j volition." ? The definite methods by which ' Red Cross activity can be directed } to this end. the Director-General of the League said, are three: The enlightenment, the development of; public-health nursing, and the ex- ? tension of the Junior Red Cross, the children's branch. He gave many details of the re- j markable work accomplished by j the school children of America dur-! ing and since "the war and he be-i lieved the Junior Bed Cross move ment, more than anything else, would effect a revolution in the' world's outlook upon the problem of preventable disease and avoid able misery. ? ? ? Before May 20 we likely shall read: "R?th smashes another' record: wears out 5!hh bench and 04th seat of trousers.'* Diary of the Vice President,: Covering the Period Since His| Election: His overcoat was stolen i in February. 1921. And after arousing the world's! hopes the dispatches always spoil; it by announcing that Trotzky is se riously well again. The Mapper's bctlth program:' Three good square naps every day! and eight hours of sound, refresh- | ing meals every night. ? ? ? A pessimist, again, is the man who doesn't bother with the jack under his restaurant chair, but throws his hat on the floor to start; with. .-? ? ? Advice to young men. If the color of her eyes and the number of her auto license tag start stick ing in your memory it's time to . watch your step. ? ? ? And so congress is deteriorating?' Well, the old gray matter isn't what she used to be. TOBACCO WARE* ! , HOCSES SECURED List of Warehouses in Sooth Carolina to Be Operated by ?Association Raleigh', X. C, May 5.?The list of all warehouses secured to date by the Tobacco Growers* Co-oper ative Association in South Carolina was given out this week by T. C. Watkins. Jr., director of ware houses for the association. '* Mr. Watkins has been in confer ence at Raleigh during the past week with the warehousemen of North Carolina who have tendered their properties to the association. True to their word the officials of the association have taken over both warehouses and warehouse men wherever possible and accord ing to Mr: Watkins the association is in excellent position to care for its tobacco growing members throughout the Carolinas and Vir ginia. The strength of the Co-operative . Association with over 46 ware houses evenly distributed through out South Carolina is revealed by j today's announcement, i The refusal of a few warehouse J men to discuss terms with the as sociation ' hitherto, has given its officials anxiety according to Di rector Watkins, who let it be known that sufficient warehouses to take car.e of a majority of this year's crop have been secured, Ne ! gotiations with stiil other ware I houses may- be closed in a few } days, according to Mr. Watftins. Over 70 warehouses in North f Carolina and 42 warehouses in Vir ? ginia have .signed up with the Co j operative Marketing Association. The canrpagin of the Marketing Association lor new members is developing great strength accord ing to latest reports from Raleigh i headquarters where more than a I thousand contracts have been re I ceived during the past two weeks-. ' i A new factor of strength in the campaign of the growers is the ! leadership*of experienced, ware housemen :>in/gaining sigmers to the contract. * With the ? signing up of one thousand acres of tobacco in a single day. in Person county, North Carolina last week and the recent successfulAmeetings' in three states there is every indication that the organized growers will attain a sev enty-five percent sign up before markets open according to M. O. Wilson, Secretary of the Associa tion. South Carolina Warehouses. Andrews," Brick, sell; Andrews,' Stone, lease; Aynor, Farmers' sell; Aynor, Huggin's, sell; Bamberg, Farmers; Con way, HorrjV- lease; Darlington, Dargan's, sell 2; Dar lington, Center Brick, sell 3; Dar lington, Price's, sell 3; Dillon, Farmers, lease; Dillon, Palmetto, sell; Ge<?etown, GeorgejLo^vn. lease; Hartsville, Farmers? sell 2; Hartsville, Tedder's, sell 3; Harts ville, Star;;. Hemmingway, Center Brick, sell 2.; Hemmingway, Farm ers & Banner, sell 2; Hemmingway. Big Four, sell 2: Johnsonville, Cen ter Brick, sell 1; Kingstree, Central, lease: Kingstree, Scott's, lease; Kingstree, Nelson's, sell 1; King stree, Wilkins, sell 2; Lake City, Star, lease; Lake View, Farmers', lease; Lake View, Planters; 'seil 2; Lake Viesa^ Liberty, sell 2; Lamar, Farmers' Friend, sell > 2; ; Latta, Farmers, ieil -2; Loris,1 Brick, sell 3: Loris. Farmers', sell 1; Mullins, Farmers', lease; Nichols, Planters', sell 3; Oianta, Olanta, sell 3; Pamlico, Farmers', sell 2' 'Summcr ville. Sumpicrville, sell 2; Tim monsville, Banner, sell 2; Tim monsville, Farmers', lease. . ... .? m : .? A man seldom realizes he has taken a better half until too late. ? " , ? ? m When a man gets-heavy the peo ple make light of him. Some day civilization either will stop war or be stopped by war. We talk about" legal holidays. Are there any legal ones? ?-r?? ? ? ? Among servants "housemaid knee" is a less prevalent disease thai, "kyehole eye." ?? 4m m ? Trouble with setting a thief to catch a thief rs they get away to gether. > , ? ? ? Harding is said to have shaken hands with T*l<J.O0O people. This is much better than shaking heads. Noah was the first weather prophet ? and. literally speaking, practically the last. m m ? The main objection to leading a dog s life is everybody kicks you. ? ? ? ??Business Tips"?headline. It sure does.1 mm-* ??? Stepping on y someone's toes doesn't put you any higher. Utopia is where they make capi tal labor and labor makes capital. The eoaU strike is being handled with gloves and fire tongs. Depend upon it. The flapper who constantly boasts that sh?^ never has been kissed is out to break a record. ? P ?? The printers of Germany's pa per marks threatened to strike. Proving that some men will strike no matter how much mnoey they're making. The boll weevil has his little faults, but he doesn't wear a bed sheet and operate at night. And some men enjoy ?rolf be cause of a secret conviction that they look rather well in knee pants. The modern system: "They mar ried and became acquainted." - m> m> ? ? Every crook becomes a promis ing young man when he face- the* judge.