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highwaymen -sent TO pen -.?;- j Men Who Attacked Orange burg Farmer Get Nine and Six Years Orangeburg:,,-May^S.?Stewart Coy! and John R?bers*?, young white men, were. sentenced to six years: and nine years, .^respectively, by ? > Judge Bowman-late this afternoon; for an attacks- upon E. L. Bull, j whom the two-raienron April 5 had | . ongaged to vj drive: them from the 'Anticch section of Orangeburg -county to : Parier,'- After haying gone several mitey-.they attempted;: to hold up Mr.?Bitfband after strik ing him wer thte ^head. Mr. Bull managed to defend himself. with knife and pistol -a?hd brought the two men tO'Orarigeburg: and turned them over to -the? sheriff. The two men plead guilty <this afternoon. 4?oy is. from Pennsylvania and Rob erson. is a native of Minnesota. The men intplfeated Jesse? Shu ier, farmer,, alleging that. he insti gated the at^ac^/.*j'Shuler's fate will not be known hhtlf tomorrow. columbia bank Gi^#^OOQ,000 Large Block rf^eder?? Land Bank Bonds Selling Washington; May S.4-?u? of the ?15,000,000 fafm^loan bond issue j>ut an the marker/tioday, the fed- . eral farm loan' Aboard will allot ?1C>C0,?G0 to the" federal land bank ?i Columbia^ \ according- to ; Commissioner iMbdell tonight. This amount will-be $2,5MT0#?.in ex cess of the amount allotted to the;: ?Columbia bank tvotti -previous bond - i?sues- and $lfi?Q\QQ0 in. excess of the amount -ftllott&i to any other bank out of the"?<mrrent issue. The ?officials of the Colombia bark have " advised Washington: that they pten < the resumption-farm loan ap- . ^-^ications within- the next fortnight, chance'?r /?^.V-i-W^jPOPGE Henry For?#i|5Find Job For Sim Ka&m?zc?, Mich.,' May 8.?Hen ry Ford has offered John Duyal 1 podge, probationer'' from Kalanoa- | zoo circuit court/a;' job In his De- j troi.t factor, it' became known to- j day. The young' 'millionaire was! . .placed on probat jon Saturday for] one year for possessing and trans-j ? porting.IjQuor^nJd' one of the pro-! * visions is- that he1 go Co work. I CARLOS CORBETT SENTENCED .Slayer of Julian Cooper Given Eighteen Years in Penitentiary Orange burg, May 8,?Carlos Cor bett was sentenced to serve 18 years in the state penitentiary today by Judge I, W.. Bowman, who is pre siding over the Orangeburg court. Corbett was,found guilty of man slaughter when.cailed to trial for the murder .of Julian Cooper. In September, 1920, when he was tried for the. murder of Bryan Salley, one of the slain men. he was ac i quitted. An appeal will be taken j to the supreme court. Corbett is i now in the Orangeburg jail and his wife has returned to her home in Hartsville. The case against Claud J. Rast; former superintendent of education of Orangeburg county, who is charged with criminal assault up on one of his girl pupils while principal of the East Middle school, will be called tomorrow. FOURTH NEGRO % , IS LYNCHED) , ? < ; ; \ Following * Slaying Of White Girl in Texas* j For Worft, fex., May 8.?Free stone county,; where four negroes have been lynched since the slay ing of a li -yearrjold white girl, was quiet tonight, although reports had been circulated today that negroes had made alleged threats to .ayenge the deaths. - Dispatches .from Fair field said that residences of the CQunty-apparently-we.re showing lit tle concern {ovftr jthe threats. . The,, body of > the. fourth.negro, was fqund hanging to a tree limb today near Kiryin, where.the three others were .burned, .at the stake last Saturday. The negro, a brother of one - of those burned, was be - lieved by. citizens to have . made statements which implicated him in the slaying of the girl. After receipt of a telegram from Sheriff Mayo of Freestone county that he had the situation well in. hand, it was announced late today that- state rangers would not be sent to FairfielcL , Carolina Debaters Defeat Wofford ^J3jsj^I^^j May 8^-Carqlina Af firmative defeated Wofford negative in freshmen triangular Wofford, Carolina, Erskine debate here thi3 afternoon. Query resolved . ,that | lynch cases should be tried in fed-j eral courts. ^harter Xo. 10660 Reserve District Xo. 5 . J$EPOR*? ?P KjOKDTnON OF TBOET ~ - National Bank of South Carolina of Sumter AT SUMTER, IN THE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, AtHae Ciose^of Business W May-or l"#2S;: - ^ RESOURCES: Loans and ""discounts, including retiis- ? counts,' acceptances of other banks, ? and foreign bills of exchange/ or drafts sold' with indorseiaent of Utj?? ^Cnk -'\except those shown, ir. b and . ?. * . c\ *i'i ... f ._..._$ 1,271,135.98 Tbt?i^oans ? _-v,--:- 1,271,135.98! Overdrafts, unsecured, $2,282.30_?._ 2,282.30 1 C S. Government securities owped: a Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. ' bonds j^ar value) _ _u- ZX_ 200,000.00 4> Ml'other.United- States -Govern- - nient.sein^tle^^includine premiums, r. r \. if any) J:^...-^^^..^.,.^.^!^. 107,642.55 " ? . -?-? TotaL/^j--.? _;__.rr.__ 307,642.55 5. Other bonds, Stocks, securities, etc.:_ 18,900.00 .6?..,;Bankiit& Hpusp, $31,551.16; Furniture and fix-' j ? t^r^.:^1^12.7^ :,,.:?_..> .........._---- -- 23,363.94 8. iLawf^reserve with Federal Reserve-jBank.......54,529.83 - ?. Items. with^Federai Reserve Bank in process of coUec tipn- -H-,.-............ -.3j*,<>73..42 20. v-Cas& ^jpj^-a?dr amount d^a.from-national-banks.- 47,833.48 2 3. Cheeks on other banks in the same city or town as report^ Jaank .Cother than Item 12)__-.. ...^_ 1,945.09 ... . : .To^^oX,?e^ns^l0, H> l&.-and 13 . $7.8.51.39 14. b Miscellaneus cash items ----.k_--- 3,4G5:.44 3,465.44 15. PJedemptiun if und .with U. S. Treasurer and due from IT. S? Treasurer ...20.ji00.00 *r- -Total..$ i.789.172.03 LIABILITIES,: . IT: Capital stock -paid in.Jt.-----.$ 300,000,00 18. Surplus fund. 230,000.00 19. Undivided'profits_72,821.71 s 5 s Reserved -for interest and taxes1 a^cr^ed_ .6y673.48 b Reserved for bad debts.. 12,866.08 92,366.27 c Less current expenses, interest, and . taxes paid:_._ 19,181.98 73,184.29 20. Circulating notes -outstanding?.-..-T..- 199,995.00 21. Amount due 'to Federal Reserve Bank (deferred " / - credits) .'1-. 16,576.13 ?22.. l&Btt?nntdne'.'fo national banks ....I.....1,382.15 23. Amount due to State banks, bankers, and trust com panies in the United States and foreign countries Cot bei* than included in Items .-21 or 22)_.? . 3,236.61 24. Certified checks outstanding -_ . .._. ... 77.23 25. Cashjer'^ checks outstanding.:_....? 2,744.74 Total of Items 24, 22, 23, 24 and 25 24,016.86 ? Demand deposits (other than hank deposits) snb , jeet to Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days): 26. IndiYidtJal. deposits subject to check_ 342,552.75 28. State, coup-fy4,' or other municipal deposits secured by pledge of assets of this bank or otherwise. 48,626.31 30. -Dividends ?hpaid ----..-. 95.00 Total of demand deposits (other than 'fcank deposits) subject to Reserve, Items 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31._ 391.274.06 Time de^pj?sits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 days/or'Subject to 30 days or more notice and portal savings): $2. CertificatesVf*deposit (other than for money bor rowed"' y_._1. 191.339.56 ?34. Other time.<Jej>o<its._. 245.464.64 Total o^1, time deposits subject to R^serve{" Iteras 32, 32. 34. and 35 436,?04.20 39. Bills payable } (including -all obligations representing money borrowed other than rediscounts). 66,334.48 4e. iKotes and bills rediscounted, including acceptances of other ba^$s and foreign bills of exchange or drafts so)d with indorsement of this bank. 67,563.14 ; Tox'al"Il._._.$ 1,7X9.172.03 State of South .Carolina, County of Sumter, ss: I, EARLE ROWLAND, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the aboye statement is true to the best of my knowledge and fceh>L. ii c?EARLE ROWLAND, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of May, 1922. ' W. H. YATES, JR., Notary Public. ?j tl Correct?Attest: W. B. BURNS. C. G. ROWLAND, MARK REYNOLDS, - Directors. XSSAi> I INVESTIGATION OF PRISON MUTINY j State Offk-iais Und^-iake to Ascertain the ?ause of the Outbreak at Penitentiary Columbia, May r -^An investiga tion is being mage at ' the State Penitentiary today into mutiny of prisoners and the attempt to burn the penitentiary chair factory, made at' the state prison Monday afternoon, which resulted in the wounding of fourteen prisoners, all shot by officers, who responded to the mutiny alarm. Two of the [prisoners.who were shot are in the city hospital, the bullets having passed upwards from their legs intoT their stomachs', resulting in what may proVe serious wounds. The other prisoners, all white, are suffering from wounds in the legs. It has not been decided yet what punishment Will be administered to the mutineers or to the leaders of the gang which instigated the riot. Today the prisoners are all in their cells. About 150 prisoners formed -the band of mutineers. After about forty city, county and state officers had responded to the riot call, all armed to the death with riot guns, the prisoners who " were striking against returning tc work, ariried with sticks and knives, advanced on the officers, with curses on their lips and with vows to kill the offi cers, on whom they heaped:vile epithets. It was then that the of ficers fired/ari? the prisoners scat tered. The officers fired high and . low, to avoid fatalities, but- four teen of the men were; shot. During the riot the prisoners set fire to the chair factory, in the basement. Other prisoners cut the. penitentiary fire hose, with ? view' to preventing the extinguishing'of the flames. j' t The Columbia fire department was called' with a view to Turning i water on the men, to quiet them. However, this method was ntot needed, as the officers'* reached the .scene before hte hose was put into place. The prisoners mutinied when they were told'to'bring their civil ian clothes and other articles not necessary to their prison life and objectionable to the prison routine and discipline,, to the commissary! building, taking these articles away' from their cells. Some of the ' lead- J ers thought they were * being "'de-j prived of the use of their personal j effects, and against this they kiek- j ed. They were assured, however, that this was riot the aim. Officers of the prison found large number of .knives and'other implements with the prisoners,' things they had! smuggled from the chair factory I to the main prison building. '?"?' ' ? ? ? ''??' ' STATE INCOME j TAXtXWTO BETESTED Santee Miife vA?i^ofVg^ straining Order Columbia,. May. O.-y-The state in come tax law got into'the courts today, ..on the'allegation that it is unconstitutional, and r_the supreme court, assuming jurisdiction "set May 15 as th.e'date for hearing arguments in the peti.ti.ph of the Santee mills, of Orangeb?rg, for a restraining order against the state tax commission, to -prevent them with, proceeding with the collection of tax. 'The Santee'mills allege among other things, that the act was not read, three times in each branch of the general assembly, that the act of congress, providing the fed eral income tax, was hot read into the act except by title, that there is no provision in the state income tax law for exemption from tax ation of the federal income tax paid each year, and therefore tax money that is not income, thereby falling outside the scope of an in come tax. That the state act in corporates the enforcement of the same"rates 'and regulations as are provided in the-federal income tax law, but tha$ tfuase were not read into the act by tjie two brancher of the state legislature, that the state law allows a return for the calen dar year or for the fiscal year, thereby taxing some persons for twelve months and others for a longer period "than a calendar year, that the state law provides a tax on certain interstate commerce, and that it exempts insurance com panies from taxation, thereby be coming in sense, class legislation. Presbyterian General Assembly. Charleston, W. Va., May 4.? The 62nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States, familiarly known as the Southern Presbyterian church, will hold its annual conference here May 18. Nearly 300 commission ers, equally divided between min isters and ruling elders,1and rep- j resenting the 88 Presbyteries into j which the 17 synods of the general; assembly are divided, are expected I to attend. The territory of the assembly in cludes all of the southern states from Maryland to Texas, and Ark ansas and Missouri. There are in the church 2,026 ministers, 3,475 churches. 13,31)5 ruling elders and 14,220 deacons. According to the reports to the general assembly of 1921, there was a total member ship of nearly 300,000. Officials of the assembly said indications point ed to an increase of nearly 1.000,-| 000 in the enrollment of members j since the last assembly was held, j Russia might have more hope if she had more soap. Liquor may ruin the constitution; but the constitution has also ruined liqu<?r Mexico is so quiet. Itdooks as it! she were too good to be true. Women who prefer dogs to chil dren are not unique. Fleas feel that way about it, also, i Lace" Frocks ? AT GENOA Linyd Ge.org& Al?ne . Regains Hose That Conference May Be Saved Genoa, May . 9.-r-Genoa awoke today to another day of uncertain ty, with Premier %igycl George op timistic that the'[conference could be saved, biif with unmistakable pessimism preyailmg in most nuari ters.' * ;*," "' ? The principal European delega tions, have been given unmistak able hints by American Ambassa dor 'Child that the United States maintains that ho arrangements for, commercial and ^lidustrial privileg es in Russia can be recognized, ?says.Henry Wickham Steed, editor I of The London Times. ! .. ?P '? The Only; True Advancement. I (From y^JJJ^ujf^tijrexs* Record) Governor. Cooper of South Caro lina, in an "address before the Board of COnimerce of Augusta, Ga... among.many;other good things said: % ? ' .' " '"Discontinue your - public im provements and close ytf?r schools for; two years and" see what will happen. Grass/wi*l grow on j'our streets. If * yoV want: to increase; ^your national prosperity, , If you Want to increase your local prosr perity, make your "educational fa cilities better and your government so efficient that*a lawless man can not, live in your community. Then you Aviii attract to your city the best type of citizen/the kinjd/that%.will boost your eity And' - hack e very ? prpjeejt it undertakes. It is not the natural wealth of a state or section nor its sunshine nor its soil that makes it great; it is the character of its people ahd their ideals. It is 'not what they have done as much as what they want'to do. I do not want to -see Augusta larger unless it is better. I do not want to see South Carolina or any other state grow unless it gets more virtuous. I do hot want to see America grow stronger unless it bejcomes more righteous. You cannot violate a law of nature and be successful. Make your city government good, make it efficient, and your city will grow" Everyone of - these statements rings with truth. No .community, town, city or state can be advanced merely by the incoming of new peo ple unless tne new people make for its educational and moral up building. Nq progress is real progress un iless it is founded on righteousness. No true .advancement of a com munity ever comes merely through the inrush of people, unless theif coming helps to lift the moral standard of society. This is true in the individual community ?s it is in the state. Our country has been cursed by the incoming of millions of foreign ers, alien in language, in thought and in morals. We have had many good immigrants come "nto Ameri ca, but we have ,had many who have left their own country for their country's good, and whose coming has been a curse to us. In the building up of the country and! of the individual community, and every community however small Or large" must learn the lesson, the' .advancement of education, the maintenance of law and order and the upbuilding of the moral and religious sentiment can ahbne make a community or a nation great. ?. . ? *>P Reserve Corps Meeting Columbia, May 9.-^-Organization commanders of the Reserve Corp 1 in this state and Georgia and Florida are attending here this week a conference on the work and war methods of the 82nd division, a complete reserve army division made up of the men of the three states. This is part of the large reserve;army the government is forming now. Among those at tending the division conference here are: Col. P. K. McCuliy, An derson; Col. B. : R. T. Todd, Barksdale; Major (\ M. Lindsay, Spartanburg, and several Columbia officers, together with numbers from the other states. Every day gets longer, but Sun day is still the longest. for Evening FLOOD WATERS STILL RISING ? ? j ' '? ' Levee Breaks at Jonesv?le, Louisiana, and Streets Under Water Natchez. May S (By the Associ ated Press).?The levee protecting the old portion of Jonesville, La., about two thirds of the town, broke , .today. The new section outside the levee was already flooded. The water is said to be from two to four feet deep in the streets of the town. Jonesville is in Catahoula parish on Black river and has a population of about 1,500. Following the crevasse in the Mis* sissippi levee about Ferriady, La., a hard fight was made at Jonesville to build up the private levee pro tecting the njain portion of the town ahead of the rising waters 1 which have been coming up at the rate of four inches a day. Sacks) and flood fighting material were rushed from Rhinehart, the nearest point of railroad communication, and every available man was puti to work. Residents of the town had been apprehensive for severnl days that the dike could not be heid. Arrangements have been made to send a steamboat with supplies suf ficient to last for two weeks to the 429 refugees marooned at Artonish, Miss. When a survey of conditions I was made at Artonish it was found immedi?te relief, was essential. Rations have been distributed to j approximately 5,000 people from i the harge of supplies sent to Fer-j riday, La., to give aid to those in the immediate vicinity of the crevasse. B. C. Brown, president' of the Concordia parish police jury, left today for Baton Rouge to make an urgent appeal in behalf of the flo.?d sufferers in other sections of the parish and also for the lower part of Tensas parish. " Practically all of the people who | are willing to leave their homes have' been taken out of the area inundated by tlie Wee-.-a.ma cre vasse. The Mississippi river is on a stand here at a stage of 53 feet. The gap in the levee caused by the crevasse has not widened to any great extent for several days and the swiftness of the current going through has greatly decreased. At Ferriday and other points in Concordia parish the rise of back water has decreased to about one- J tenth of a fo:>t a .Gay. GET SWEDEN CEMENT North Carolina Syndicate Makes Plans Asheville, N. C, May 9.?Declar ing that prices for American ce ment have reached the point j where money can be saved by pur chasing cement in Sweden, the Southern Power company and the North Carolina Highway commis sion are heading a syndicate in cluding a number"' of contracting! firms for the purpose of buying 2, .500,000 barrels of cement from j Swedish dealers. The cement will be shipped from Sweden to Wil mington. N. ('.. and distributed from the North Carolina port. It is said the ^i.-ite highway com-| mission sensed a big saving through this deal. ? ? ? Parole For Murderer Columbia, May 10.?Governor! Cooper Tuesday afternoon issued a parole for Will Harris, of Laurens, convicted in March. 1910. of mur der, with recommendation to mercy, and given a life sentence. The pa rch- is during good behavior. Hughes of Marion Mentioned as j Candidate for Governor. Columbia, May '.).?F. T. Hughes I of Marion, member of the house of | representatives, is being mention- j ed as a possible candidate for gov ernor, tbis being the latest develop ment on the political horizon. .Mr. Hughes is in Columbia today and; when asked about the matter stat ed that he was giving it consider ation. Many friends are bringing pressure to bear to have Mr. Hughes enter the race, and it is thought-, likely that he will throw his hat in the ring. 1 income tax act j to high court ! Chief Justice Issues Restrain ; ing Order For Cotton Mills Columbia. May 3 0.?Chief Jus tice Eugene B. Gary, yesterday is ! sued an order directing the tax ! commission to show cause on May j15 wky a permanent injunction should not be issued against the commission from enforcing the provisions of the income tax act on the Santee mills, the Pacific mills, the Winnsboro mills and the Union Buffalo mills. ' The order was issued by the chief justice following a petition presented by attorneys for the cot ton mills asking- for a restraining order against the commission to prevent the enforcement of the in-! come tax act on the mills named. The petition of the plaintiff al leges that the South Carolina in come tax act is null and void in that it- contravenes the constitu tion of the state and the United States. "While the order signed by Jus tice Gary only affects the mills rep resented in the petition, it is be j lieved the constitutionality of the income tax act as it affects all in I dividuals, corporations and firms will be decided by the'court after the return to the rule to show cause next Monday, May 15, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The petition of the plaintiffs al leges that the Pacific mills is a cor poration under the laws of Massa chusetts and is licensed to do bus iness under the laws of South Car- ! olina. The petitioners further claim that they have no method of ascer taining what profit is made by the mills in South Carolina, because much of the finishing work on the goods manufactured here is done in Massachusetts, such as bleach- J ing, dyeing, etc. The further claim j is made that goods are sold in Bos- \ ton to customers in other states j and that this is interstate com-: merce. In regard to the Union-Buffalo mills it is claimed that these plants | are incorporated under the laws of j New York and that the Winnsboro mills are under the laws of Massa chusetts. The order of Chief Justice Gary is as follows: '?Santee mills, a corporation of South Carolina; Pacific mills, a cor poration of the state of New York; Winnsboro mills, a corporation of the state of Massachusetts, plain tiffs, vs. W. G. Query, chairman, J. P. Dertiam and J. Fr?ser Lyon, constituting the South Carolina tax commission, and the South Caro lina tax commission, defendants. "The verified complaint having been filed in this court praying among other things that the de fendants be restrained from fur ther enforcing an act entitled, *An act to raise revenue for the support of the state government by the j levy and collection of a tax upon j income, approved March 13, 1922, j insofar as said act affects the I plaintiffs. j "It is ordered that defendants be restrained and enjoined from en- j forcing the said act so far as said j act affects the plaintiffs herein tin- | til the further order of this court; ; and that defendants do show cause j in this court on May 15, 1922, at 3 o'clock, why the prayer of the com plaint for a permanent injunction should not issue; and that a copy of the complaint as tiled and a copy of this order be forwith serv ed on the defendants. Eugene B. Gary, "Chief Justice." j voted against j county court; Spartanburg- County DoesJ Not Want Tribunal Spartanburg, May 0.?Spartan- j burg County voted against the es- j tablishment of a county court in j the election held today. Returns j from more than two-thirds of the precincts in the county tonight record "for the; court," 1,432; "against the court," 1,7S9. It is estimated that the missing boxes will make the majority againstrthe j court greater. "Had the court been j established, S. T. Lanham would] have l>een the judge, and Miller C. 1 Foster, solicitor, since the returns indicate their election. Figures at this hour in the contest for the j judgeship, and the office of solici tor, as as follows: For judge, S. T. Lanham. 1,745; L. K. Jennings,. 1.2G5; for solicitor. M. C. Foster,' 1.G47; Donald Sanders, 1.314. There was a division in the local} bar as to the establishment of the j court, and the campaign had been i waged with considerable activity, i rhett again ! chairman j -? Charleston Man Heads State j Highway Body Columbia, May 9.?R. Goodwyn Rhctt. of Charleston, was re-elect ed chairman of the State Highway Commission at its monthly meeting today and C. L. Thomas, was re elected secretary. Charles Moore-j fk- 1 was formally re-elected high way engineer. A large number of routine matters were considered and the chairman was instructed to prepare suitable resolutions on the death of Prof. M. Goode j Homes, who was killed Saturday by Ben Hailc. marshal of the uni- i versity. -m ? ? Mr. John I. Brogtlon Doing Well. Mr. Julius L. Brogdon received a telegram today from Iiis brother.] Mr. .1. E. Brogdon, who is in Rich-j mond. stating that bis father. Mr. .lohn I. lirogdon. was operated On i at St. Elizabeth's Hospital this morning, that the operation was successful and Mr. Brogdon was; iloing as well as possible. It seems there isn*t enough world peace to go around. I Wiping Out Our Fish. News and Courier. To the Editor of Woods and Wa I ; rs: How many of the present day fresh water anglers ever think of the menance to our sport with rod and reel (or pole and line, as the case may be) that we find everywhere in our rivers and ponds and lakes, in the shape of traps j and nets, and how soon those same ! outlaw devices, together with the worse crime of dynamiting and limeing. will destroy our fishing altogether? Isn't it time for the people to get together and try to work out. some plan whereby our I fish will get a chance to increase j instead of decrease each year as I they are now rapidly doing? Every old fisherman that you talk to tells the same story; how a few years back any one could go for an af ] ternon's fishing to any river or I lake and come back with a sood ! catch, and now one has to go on long trips to some little known or I inaccessible lake or stream to catch 1 anything at all. Without any ex | ceptions they :?1 lay the blame to traps, nets a :d dynamite. Along the course of the Ed ist ? river one can find thousands of traps both in the main streams and in the lakes. Xo effort seems to have been made to destroy them; in fact you will lind in the small towns along the river that the owners of these traps and n?-ts do not hesi tate to tell how many fish they get out of them every day. The writer is more familiar with this river than with any other and that is the reason it has been specially mentioned, but the same condition exists in them all. The netter and trapper is not alone to blame for these conditions, for even some of our well known anglers, members of some fishing club that owns or control:-; a club house near some river or lake, will j j be down and will want plenty of j fish to eat. Any one of them will i admit that these fish are caught i in traps. The fisherman goes down j to the club, eats a big fish supper j j of trapped fish, gets up early in the morning and is paddled around ail day and comes in tired at night1 with a few small black bass, etc., j and lays the blame for his poorj ,luck on the weather or the condi tion of the water. i No doubt these excuses are per- j fectly reasonable a* times, but the main big reason was that there! were no fish to catch. They had al- j ready been caught in traps. Talk | to any dyed-in-the-wool angler' about it and all say the same: "Itj is a shame," etc. etc., and yeti what is being done to better the conditions? Nothing so far. The subject was brought up at a re cent meeting of the Rotary Club in Orangeburg the other day by a well known local angler who made a pretty good talk on the non-eh- j forcement of the fishing laws, and i it occurs to the writer that, as both the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs are boosters for all movements for the good of their home towns and the state at large, it might be possible to get the different clubs throughuot the state interested through their members who fish. Some years ago the Palmetto Rod and Reel Club was organized in Charleston, and without any doubt, they have made a good start in the campaign of education by in teresting a goodly number in rod and reel fishing. Every one that becomes interested in this sport is a natural booster for the protec tion of the fish and for adequate laws and enforcement thereof. A great many of the present-day rod and reel anglers became interested, first in the prizes that we offered for fish caught and then gradually in the sport itself. However, the day of prize-giving is over, and now the ci?*o should devote its ?at tention to furthering the organi zation of county units of the Rod and Reel Club with the object of signing up as many members ^ as possible all over the state. The large membership of the Rotary, Kiwanis and Rod and Reel clubs will eventually have considerable weight in having enacted the nec essary laws for the protection of our game fish. It is no doubt |?o ing to be an unhill fight for some time, but it can be done in this I state as it has in others. ? F. C. Hammond. Charleston, S. C. March Dairy Honor Roll. Clemson College, May 5.-?There were 104 cows on official test dur ing March. This is practically the same number as in previous months, but the number of cows making the honor roll by produc ing 4o or more pounds of butter fat. showed a very fine incrCUse from 45 in February to 70 in March, or 53 percent increase. Of the 43 Hoistiens on test, 36, or 84 percent, made the honor roll. Of the 44 Guernseys, 30, or 68 per cent, made the honor roll, and of the 17 Jerseys, 4, or 24 percent made the honor roll. . - The champion of z.U. breeds in butter fat production was Ormsby Korndyke Hazel, a Holstein owned by H. D. Jordan, Ridge Spring, with SO.f* pounds of butter fat A close second was Leafy Veemen Forbes de Kol, a Holstein owned by V. M. Montgomery, Spartanburg, with 75.0 pounds of butter fat. This cow was first in milk produc tion with 2.667.6 pounds. All of the eleven Montgomery Holsteins on test made the honor roll, with the exceptionally high average produc tion of 67.3 pounds of butter fat, 2.129.4 pounds of milk. Among the Guernseys first place was won by Glen Gable Lady Wil liams, owned by C. S. McCalL Ben nettsville, with 67.3 pounds of but ter fat. High place among Jer I seys was won by Fern's Miss Re j minder, owned by C. B. Whitney, j Beaufort, with 53.G pounds .of Wit-' 1 ter fat. Owners of Holsteins on the hon or roll were H, D. Jordan, Ridge Spring; V. M. Montgomery, Spar tanburg; J. T. Willard, Spartan burg; State Hospital, Columbia; St. J. A. Lawton, Charleston; Clem son Agricultural College. Owners of Guernseys were C. S. McCall, BennettsvilLe; R. M. Cooper, Jr., Wisacky; B. F. Holley, Aike.n; Ware Shoals Mfg. Co., Ware,Shoals; Whilden and Onsrud, Sumter; J. L. Mclntosh, Dcvesville; Pedigreed Seed Co., Hartsville; P. M. Pitts, Sumter, Clemson Agricultural Col lege. Owners of Jerseys were C. B. Whitney, Beaufort; South Caro lina Experiment Station, Clemson College. ' . ? ? ? Girl claims she can see with neT" nose. That's where the others shine. Charter No. :;&09 Reserve District No, ft REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT SUMTER IN THE STATE OF S. C. At the C lose of Business on May 5, 1922. RESOURCES: 1. a Loans and discounts, including redis- >1 counts, acceptances of other banks, and foreign bills of exchange or drafts sold with indorsement of this bank (except those shown in b and c) _.$ 786,240.97 Total loans.__- 786,249.97 2. Overdrafts, secured, $1,080.00; unsecured, $587.96-.. 1,667.9$ 4. U. S. Government securities owned* a. Deposited to secure .circulation (U. S bonds par value) ._.? 60,000.0$ \ b. All other United. States Government Securities (including- premiums, it any) ._._. 61,000.0 0._ Total _.-_. lll,000.'*O 5. Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc.:._. 27,330.13 Banking House. Furniture and Fixtures._ 35,000.00 Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank_ 31,910.61 Cash in vault and amount due from national banks 118,508.19 Checks on other banks in the same city or town as re porting bank <other than Item 12;._ 9,729.35 Total of Items 10. 11, 12, and 13 128,237.54 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due. from U. S. Treasurer._._ c 2,500.00 Total.? 1,123,896.20 LIABILITIES: 17. Capital stock paid in. 100,000.00 18. Surplus fund_. 15.0,000.00 19. Undivided profits_._. 39,418.55 c Less current expenses, interest and ta>;es paid_._ 13,767.92 25,650.62 20. Circulating notes outstanding._ 49.100.00 21. Amount due to Federal Reserve Bank (deferred credits) .-------.---. 9,175.67 2."?. Cashier's checks outstanding.2,978.59 Total of Items 21. 22. 23. 24. and 25 12,154.26 Demand deposits (oilier than bank deposits) sub ject to Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days): 20. individual deposits subject to check_._ 196,873.76 Total of demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to Reserve Items 26, 27, 2S, 29, SO, and 31 . 196.S73.76 Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 days or subject to 30 days or more notice and postal savings): 33. State, county, or other municipal deposits se cured by pledge of assets of this bank or otherwise GS,811.16 34. Other time deposits._... 521,176.^9 55. Postal savings deposits_._ 129.40 Total of time deposits subject to Reserve, Items 32. 33, 34, and 35 . 590,117.55 Total....$1.123,896.20 State of South Carolina. County of Sumter, ss: I. O. L. YATES, Cashier of the above-named bank do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge ami belief. O. L. YATES, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn u> before me this 9th day of May. 1922. DAVID DOAR, Jr.. Notary Public. Correct? Attest: ? NEILL O'DONNELL, H. N. FORESTER, GEO. F. EPPERSON, Directors. (SEAL)