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*!PS? Watchman and Southron Pu&B&hed Wednesday and Satur . day by Qsteen Pubiishing Company* Surater, S. C* Terms: .gear annum?>in advance. Advertisements: OttsrSquare, first insertion ..$1.00 Kvery subsequent insertion _.v .50 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at . reduced rates. . Alt communications which sub ?frvt> private interests will be charged far as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re tpect will be charged for. $he'_ Sumter "Watchman was ftratjdedinlSSfr and the True Southron in 1S66. The Watchman, a^d -.So^hrori now has the com bined circulation and influence of both; of'the old papers, and is man ifcstly the best, advertising medium hi ;sSitmter. TRILLIOXS OF RUBLES The more money the Soviet gov ernment prints, the less it has; and the mufc taxes it levies, the less it gets. * These two paradoxical facts are^shown with surprising clear ness m'? recent statement ma<*e'in the r^tw York World by John May nard Keyes; the British financial ex pjbrt, based on data obtained by him from the Russian representatives at : "After all that has been printed sl^fc* financialinflation in Russia, few people' have any notion of its v&stextent. The single ruble, nor mally wt>rth'half a dollar, has long stnee been ignored. Paper mdney ifc in units of thousands or millions of -ru&iesL" The notes outstanding rM the first of last April aggre gated 71,090,000,000,000 rubles? t^ai- te,'71 trillions, or 71,000 bil ]f?nsi?most of which has been is sisjif since the beginning of the ?? &3&. what -i* this cosmic sum Woiih in real money? According tb^Miv -Keyes, shout 5,000,000 pounds sterling, or less than $25, ?00,900. > "The enormous issues of paper money "have shaken confidence to ! sh^J? an "extent that depreciation' ]|s^ proceeded three times as fast as inflation. ^Coji^Quehtly; outside of the tewns; barter- still persists, much of the- revenue is collected in kind, a^:>rwe have the paradox of the g^rj^est. volume of note issue ever Irnbwn leading up to an insuffici ency- St money .7 There is'something for the advo- j cafes'of unsecured paper money in j thtti eountry," to relieve the short- ' ^ftp.'-.of currency/' to put in their ' pipes an 5' smoke. {"^i^Hy 'rastructive is the effect | oh the public revenue. It was j thought,' in "Russia, as elsewhere.! - : r that in the process of inflation the \ g^erhnre?t would be able to col j?t :?;larger amount of taxes. { VjF "factual value'* the Soviet ? Jthe'rV debasing power of at and calls it a "gold ? rubleOf those the Soviet, ac- | eordir?g to its'own figures, was able! tfrra?e ia 1918, 529,000,000 rubles: iD^?l9, 3SO.000.000 rubles, in 1920. ISS.fcOMOO rubles, in 1921, 145. , vW.000' rubles, ?_~>d in the first three rd^onths of this year, with currency volume multiplied six times, only ?f JOM^OO rubles, "jSurely here is' comDlete. con ritidtfig proof, to stanc" forever, of t?te fertility of any country trying t? -.make 'money by the process of printing unsecured paper. >D?E. CURIE'S INCOME _ After ? the gram of radium J had bsen presented' to Mine. Curie it was found that there remained afi&uV $50,000 in the' fund raised i$r the p?rebas of the gift. That money has now been invested in tax-free securities, the income from which will go to Mine. Curie daring her life. .Every one who knows anything ab?ut-i&lme. Curie and her husband. iLnd:.<xhetr 'discovery of radium, the f&r-reaching usefulness of which has hot yet been fully disclosed.! sho?ld'rejoice that this recognition j of her service has been shown ' [With the radium she now owns j si$er ckh continue her research for the. benefit of mankind, and the moderate annual income will in sure-her the necessaries of life j waick-' are not always forthcoming j tci those-*i?rho work for success in j science rather than for success in j wordly goods. . - : . ? *aT ? : 1 THE PAVING PATKOTj ' idea that the maintenance of i$ubli^. highways is no less im portant than their construction is making rapid headway. The fol lowing 'item, found is a motor news column of an eastern i>aper, shows the tVend of opinion: M3Bie patrol system of mainten- ! ancj^fcrt local county highways will ? he pat into effect this spring, ac-j cording to }>lans devised at a con- : ference of county officials and rep resentatives at the Automobile Club."* - l' - - :: Such a program implies regular road inspection and prompt atten tion to minor repairs, with proper cooperation between interested par ties and fair division of expense. The result should be more com fortable riding for the ti*aveler, much saving of wear and tear on cars and trucks, minimum of high way expense and roads kept open for traffic without interruption. When a road is allowed to de teriorate steadily* it becomes a menace to life and a wrecker of vehicles. Jt mur?t be closed off for long periods when repairs finally are made, and the ,cost of these is more than systematic maintenance would have involved. MORALLY" INSANE A prisoner, accused of murder, sets up a plea of "moral insanity". He is all right mentally, his law yers explain, hut at the time the crime was com mi ted he was "moral ly unbalanced and therefore irre sponsible. ? ' '? ' They may get a way with it. Many a clever lawyer' "has saved his client from punishment in sim ilar circumstances by the plea of "brainstorm" or some other verbal equivalent. The defense of men and women j accused of nrurder seems to be de veloping into a matter - of term irology, a question of what words shall be used to stand for the deed rather'than'an inquiry into the real nature of the deed itself. It is the old mistake, so frequent in law, philosophy and theology, of treat ing mere words and phrases as if they were facts. "Morally insane"? Very likely. Killing a human being is: such a mighty serious business that it is hardly thinkable that anyone could do it if he had not? for the time being. lost his moral balance. But what of that? All sins and crimes involve a loss of-moral balance and ,to the extent of their seriousness, an outbreak of "moral insanity'*, or a departure from the morally" normal. Minor lapses are punished; shall the major lapses not he? Or if punishment is the wrong thing, 'shall the offend er at least not-he placed perma nently where" his moral instability can no longer endanger the com munity? THE DINNER DRINKERS District Attorney* Banton of New j York is said to have shocked the guests ? at a hotel dinner given by the Harlem' Board or Commerce when he administered a drastic! criticism of "flask toters." If so, it was probably good for them,* just as the follow-up. shock he gave in an interview the next day is good for the public in' general. * "I'm getting sick;" he says, "of going to public dinners and hav ing some poor souse hang over the back of nay'yhair'and saturate me with w&iskey fumes." This feel ing is shared by thousands of other Americans. Along with his per sonal -isgust is a sense of moral outrage. "I am a great believer," continues the district attorney, "in not mak ing any distinctions in the law, and I am'trying to create public senti ment in New York for law and or der. Respectability should not be ? j badge of license for violation of the Iaw/r Commenting oh this episode, a New York minister remarks: A lot of otherwise good Ameri cans do not yet realize that this country is no longer in the hands of a select few who can act pretty much as they please, and that we have embarked on the enterprise of a democracy which guarantees to every- citizen an equal share in governing and obeying." Here is an aspect of the liquor problem that certainly needs em- j phasizing. UNCLE SAM'S INCOME The 1922 income tax collections are conservatively estimated at 40 per cent less than last year's. One statistician puts the loss as high as GO per cent. Personal incomes earned laH year evidently shrank a little less than 40 per cent, but corporation incomes shrank more than 80 per cent. A liberal allowance for such shrinkage of income was made in the national budg-:t. but so great a loss as this was noi; anticipated. The result is expected to be a $200. 000:000 deficit for the current cal endar year, even if Congress holds its expenditures down to those fix ed by the budget estimates. If there is not to be a deficit, therefore, or new taxes. Congress will hate to cut its appropriations lower than that body has yet ad mitted to be possible. But what is true of private economy is true I Of public economy?you never j know how little you can get along i on until you try it. RAILROAD RATES Shippers and consumers?and that means nearly everybody.?have much to hope from the conference that President Harding is to hold with a score of big railroad execu tives on M?y 20. j The conference is called to con sider a "railroad policy." This ' general term is taken to mean spe-* cifically a rate policy. As far as the public is concerned?and evi dently also the administration and the Interstate Commerce Com mission?the situation is ripe for a rate reduction. There was a reduction the first of the year, on certain agricultural and meat products, by agreement between the carriers and the ad ministration. That agreement ex pires the end of next month. The j lavir under which the carriers were f promised rates equivalent to a G per cent income expired March 1. The stage therefore is set for a new deal. Popular pressure for decreases all around has been great, it has been felt that freight rates should be deflated along with the freight j itself. Many transportation a? I thorities. too, have held that a con siderable rate decrease could be taken by the railroads without any loss of income, because it would greatly stimulate their volume of traffic and so increase earning power. The roads have been mak ing money again recently, and so may be in a more tractable mood. The Interstate Commerce Com mission is said to have worked out a lower rate schedule, but to be doubtful about its authority to put it into effect without the acquies cence of the railroads themselves, j The present law requires that any rates fixed must permit a "fair return" to the carriers, and it re i mains to decide what ' is "fair." j Perhaps that is the "po?icy" which tthe president has summoned the railroad executives to discuss. It is hoped that the latter will see the j situation as the public and the government see it arid, if the deci- j sibn really rests with them; will j take a broad and liberal view" and i and a supporting chance on defla tion. ? ? ? Potocaire and the Supreme Council ?r-.. . Paris, April 21.?Premier Poin- j care was quoted, before he took up [the reins of government, as char I ?cterising the conferences of the Supreme Council as a "moving pic ture show." He announced when [he took office that he disapproved \ot this sort of traveling caravan of allied statesmen around Eu rope. He. was obviously ill at ease on the occasion of Prime Minister Lloyd George's flying stop in Par- j is .on the way to Genoa to find him- j self cornered .with Lloyd George in j the compartment of a sleeping car with no curtains to shut out the gase of the indiscreet, no way of escape and dozens of cameras! levelled at him through the win- j dow. He gave unmistakable signs of j relief when the train pulled out I aiid gave little chance to photo-; I graphers or reporters. He jumped I to the platform and strode rapidly I to his automobile. Blimp A-4 Returns Hampton, .Va., May 11. ? The blimp A-4 arrived safely at Lang Jey Field about ? o'clock this af i ternoon. after having drifted about I over the ocean off Cape Henry for | [an hpur and a half with her en | gines dead. The engine trouble oc? curred at 3:30 and it wax some time before repairs could be made, j the blimp meanwhile drifting to J sea before, a four-mile northwest j breeze. All hands were safe when j she. arrived. Keeping in constant radio com- j munication with the disabled bal loon, army authorities were in I readiness to dispatch airplanes and other blimps on a moment's notice I in case of any emergency. Little I fear was expressed for the safety of the crew, however, as the A-4 i would have been able to remain in i the air indefinitely although there was no food and little water aboard. [ Officers at the field refused to i make public the names of the five j men aboard, as they felt sure they j would be able to bring the bag safely in or make a. landing in thej ocean and be picked up by a pass-; ing steamship. Lieut. Qlmstead was! at the wheel during the flight. - Where The Tea Came From. I - London. April 22. ? In Grace" church Lane, an obscure byway just outside one of London's busiest commercial centers; American tour ists may see over a grocer's store the 'Sign of the Crown and Three Gilt. Sugar .Loaves" that marks the location of the shop whence the tea was shipped in 1773 that ultimate ly went overboard in Huston harbor during the world's famous tea pa rty. Only the. sign, which was but re cently restored and which bears in big gold numerals "1650." the year the firm was established, is sugges tive of remote times. The gro cer's shop, conducted by descend ants of the firm's founders, over: which the sign lianas, is now bous- j ed in a modern brick building. In-i side nothing distinguishes tho place I from thousands of similar places of business. Indicted Among eight indicted at Chicago in connection with outbreaks in which two policemen were killed and buildings bombed are "Big Tim" Murphy (above), head of the gas workers' union; Fred Mader (center), president of the Chicago Buttding Trades Council, and "Con," Shea, head of the. theater janitors* union. AID TO RADIO SIGNALS Crackling and Buzzing Elimi nated by Invention Chicago, May 1?\?Elimination of the crackling and buzzing ac companying radio signals which have proved one of the greatest obstacles in the development of that science has been accomplish ing by United States army experts, it was announced today. The in vention, which separates all static noises from the radio signal was perfected by Major J. O. Mau borghe. signal officer of the Sixth Corps Area, and Dr. Louis Cohen, of George Washington University, consulting engineer of the war de partment after more than two year's experimentation. The separation of signals from static noises caused by the elec trical charges in the atmosphere is accomplished by a drain coil of wire, the length of which varies with the distance from which sig nals are received. The strength of the signal is not affected by the draining process, "according to Dr. Cohen, and the signals may even be amplified. Another recent invention is a re sonance wave coil by which a ra dio receiving set may be plugged into an ordinary electric light socket and radio signals received as well as with an aerial. This in vention, on which a dozen patents are pending, was perfected by Ma jor Gen. George O. Suuier. chief signal officer of the army. The muzzles that the dogs are wearing are jokes. They are evi dently somewhat uncomfortably and annoying to the dogs, but would scarcely prevent the dogs from biting anything they desired. The streets should not be pastures for dogs, muzzled or unmuzzled. All livestock", including dogs and chickens, should be kept on the premises of owners. Attention <>f citizens who have recently secured rey;' (ration certi ficates is directed to the notice of (he supervisors of registration. The Sumter High School base ball nine is truly u. the running for the championship pennant. Coach Herman F. huncan has thrown himself into the spirit of the thing and has develop*'.! the liest, all round baseball team that has ever been put out by this school. The learn has shown a. steady and marked improvement with each game played and with only the exception of one off day. Sumter's organization has estab lished a record of most enviable nature. Sumter will report to <.'<> Iumbia in the pink of condition and are expecting t?? line up with the best of the best high school tea ms of I his St 'it c. It is stated thai the region some four miles this side <>f Manning was visited by a hall storm at n.oon on Sunday. The hail is reported to have been rise size of hen's eggs. A very splendid representation of .Masons was present at the very fine and appropriate services held at 11:30 o'clock Sunday morning at the First Presbyterian* ehurch at which services a special sermon was preached by Itev. .1. P. Marien. To-day's Best Jokes and Stories Beauty is only skin deep, and j frequently its brains are equal1, j shallow. Good moral risk: Any man who j is in the habit of playing golf with the banker. At any rate, the man who called these early ones strawberries was a good judge of straw. If a man has never made an ass of himself, it is probably because nature heat him to it. Minister: Why arc you late for Sunday school. Tommy?" Tommy: "I was goin' fishin,' but farver wouldn't let me." Minister: "Ah. how excellent! Did he explain why he wouldn't let ycu ?" Tommy: "Yes. sir. He said there wasn't enough bait for two!" ?London Mail. "So you loved and lost?" "Well, no. I didn't lose exactly. You see, when she returned my presentst she accidentally put in 'some of the other fellow's."?St. Louis Christian Advocate. The enraged proprietor of the Gem Cafe rushed into the office shortly after the paper was out. His complaint was that his ad was signed, "The Germ Cafe."?The Maltea'ser. The woman was shopping and went into a shoe store, where she sat for some time waiting her turn to be served A middle-aged woman beside her, who looked as if she would in sist on having comfortable footwear for herself and her family, brought a smile to the woman's lips. "Do you have Romeos as well as Juliets?' she asked when the clerk I finally reached her. "Yes. madam," he said briskly, I "in the balcony."?Xew York Sun. Prohibition will remove wine stains from the tablecloth.?House hold Hints. Sunday School Teacher: Jimmy, do you count ten before you hit another boy? Jimmy: Xaw! De referee counts ten after I hits him!?Sporting Life. A contemporary states that it is not known why St. Andrew became the Patron Saint of Scotland. One theory is that he was the cheapest saint they could get.?Punch. Muriel: "Will you love me as much in June as February? Jack: More, darling: there are l two more days in June!?Judge. Jimmy, somewhat of a braggart, was telling his father and mother of his experience while out camp ing. "And all at once, I stepped right on a big rattlesnake'" he began. "How did you know it was a rat tlesnake. Jimmy?" asked his fath er skeptically. "I could hear its teeth chattcrin' the minute it saw me."?American Legion Weekly. Mother: "Whoever taught you to use that dreadful word?" Tommy: "Santa Claus, mamma." Mother: "Santa Claus?" Tommy: "Yes, mamma, when he fell over a chair in my bed room on Christmas eve."?Life. Lieut. Tale: ' They say Captain Jinks was very calm and collected after his accident this morning." Col. Spin: "Yes, yes, quite calm?he's still being collected, however."?Sun Dodger. "Do you 'share your husband's sorrows?" "Yes, he blames mc for every thing." ? Louisville Courier-Jour j nal. _____ She: "Kisses arc intoxicating." ! He: "Let's get soused."?Pan j ther. I felt his soft breath on my check I And the gentle touch of his hand, j His very presence near me Seemed a breeze on the desert sand. He deftly sought my lips My head he did enfold. Then he broke the silence with. "Shall the filling he silver or gold?" ?Iowa Frivol. "There goes Mrs. Final". They say every cent her husband makes she puts on her hack." "Poor fellow. He must have been out of work when that gown was made."?Houston Post. A negro charged with stealing a watch had been arraigned before the court. The judge was not I convinced that he was guilty and j said: "You are acquitted. Sam." "Acquitted." repeated Sam doubt fully. "W hat do you mean, judge'.'" "That's the sentence; you are acquitted." Still looking somewhat confused, Sam said: "Judge, does dat mean 1 have to give the watch hack? "? Christian Evangelist. "What are you blinking for. Elaine V" ?'Oh. George, you are so demi I mondainc. Blink is as vulgar a j word ;<s ha'sh is. One doesn't Mink. on<- gnashes one's lashes."?Har lyard Lampoon. Profiteer's Daughter: Daddy, I must have a couple of new piano pieces. Profiteer: Piano pieces! How you talk?you shall have a winde i piano!?Fliegende Blatter. ! '?! am afraid .lack's married life i is not going to h<- particularly hap "What makes you think so. '"I was watching ibe hrirle*^ fam ily i iir--i!*:li the marriage cere mony, and they looked tpo darned cheerful to sui;. me."?Judge. "Trim little craft, that wife of yours, old man." "Craft? Well, she's a revenue cutter, anyway."?Boston Tran script. "I know that the big boats are battleships." 'said the jane to her sailor sweetie, "but what are those small boats?" "Those arc tugs," said the gob politely. "Oh. yes: I've heard of them? tugs of war." returned the jane. Salior Times. "Have you broken off your en gagement?" "Yes. The wretch told me he was a bookmaker, but I found out that he was only an author."? Copenhagen Times. The Sultan of Zanibar and his! wives have landed at Durban. We understand htat the captain asked him to count' them carefully, as mistakes could not be rectified af ter leaving the ship.?Punch. In the spring a divorcee's fancy lightly turns to some other love. Pshaw! Xow Russia and Ger many must tear up that treaty and make a secret one. ! A combination in restraint of speeding is a judge who has nerve and a fool-proof jail. The newest addition to the list of hazardous occupations i's that of quoting Mr. Wilson. It's easy to form an eternal tri angle if the woman isn't square and the man is a rounder. The Allies think we have de serted them just because we don't get excited every time they do. Ours should be a stable govern ment. Congress certainly manu factures enough stalls. As a rule, community pride man ifests itself as an earnest effort to forget about the ugly spots. Business should interest itself in this put-and-take craze. Put up a fight and take a chance. j Gentleman (consulting direc ; tory): "Bookbinders?book-keep ers ? booksellers ? boots ? boot ! makers?r-" Drug Store Clerk: Maybe I can ! help you find what you're looking I for. "No use?I guess bootleggers I aren't listed yet!"?New York World. Bridegroom: By Jove! Emily, i wish we hadn't eaten that lobster salad. Bride: Still, darling, it's some comfort to feet that we're having dyspepsia together. ? J o k e r s' Weekly. Proud Uncle: And what are you going to be when you grow up, Billy? Billy (aged five): I'm going to an airman. Proud Uncle: And what is Maisie goinsr to be? Maisie (aged seven, sternly): I'm going to be an heiress.?Town Top ics (London). The Eskimo: Here it is, my dear, just what I promised you?a steam heated igloo. The Eskimcss: Where'll we get the steam? The Eskimo: From my wet gar ments.?Detroit News. "If I stole fifty kisses from you. what kind of larceny would it be?" asked the young man. "I should call it grand." sighed the sweet young thing, without a quiver of an eyelash.?Purple Cow. At the breakfast table Mary call ed her mother's attention to a hole in one of the napkins. "Yes," acknowledged her mother, "we do need new table linen. I have bought none since before the war.'.* Instantly the face of Odessa, the colored maid from Alabama, be came a study of astonishment. She eyed her mistress a moment thus. Then comprehension dawned and her face relaxed. "Oh!" she said, "yo mean d' last w?hl"?Harpers. She: "What color is best Tor a bride?" He: "I prefer a white one. my self."?The Boys' Magazine. People soon grow tired of cuss ing Hollywood. There was too much general condemnation and not enough horrible details. NOTICE The following Registration Certi ficates have been obliterated by ac cident and the number is all of the record that is left. If your certi ficate is one of the following num bers please bring or send it to the Board of Registration on Monday, June 5, so that your name may be placed upon the books. Numbers: 29*33, 2934. 2935. 2936, 293". 2938, 2939. 2941, 2942. 2943, 294 1. 2946, 2950, 2951. 2953. 2955. 2 956. 2957. By T. D. DuBOSE. J. M. X. WILDER, J. A. REAM ES. Board of Registration. WANTED?You to come to the Service Barber Shop. Just been put in repair. All new and clean. Opposite the postoffice. L. E. Cubbage. .1. L. Mooneyham._ ('ASH FOR LOGS?We pay the highest market price for strictly high elass ASH. POPLAR a,;u CYPRESS logs delivered by rail or truck to our Sumter band-mill. Write oi call for particulars. The Sumtor Hardwood i'o.. Sumter. S. C. GABLE ORGANIZE TO FIGHT 1 I On the 13th of May, 1922, a small but determined body of South Car olina farmers met at Gable and organized Association Xo. 1 of Boll "Weevil Exterminators. The chairman of the meeting pre dicted that thi,s may be the begin ning of the biggest movement start- j ed since the Boston Tea Party, and i that future historians would refer ' to it as such. He also reminded them that in a j recent speech before the Sage; Foundation Counsel in the City of j New Fork, Secretary Hoover called for action, and said. "Health, Liv ing Cost and Prosperity on a Wise Scheme." This association believes that the wheel plan of organization as out-j lined by Mr. L. I. Parrott, Attorney for the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, { of Sumter, S. C. is a wise scheme, i The scheme is to organize the farmers within a radius often miles in each direction by drawing a line J twenty miles long due north and j 'south, thus making a wheel of this \ territory by division lines like the spokes of a wheel, ten spokes make ! ten districts, each district works j undo** the direction of a captain, selcjc ed by the farmers of the! district. This association begins the year's j work under the command of the ! following captains. District No. 1?Paul McFaddin. District No. 2--T. Heywood Mc-1 Faddin. District Xo. 3?J. Scott Burgess. District No. 4?Hugh McFaddin. District Xo. 5?Leon B. McFad din. District No. 6?James H. Hodge. District No. 7?E. E. McFIveen. District Xo. 8?J. M. Montgom gomery. District Xo. 9?J. E. Millsap. District Xo. 10?L. D. Goodman. As an incentive for competitive co-operation, Christal store offered three prizes, as follows: to the ! district making the best showing in exterminating the weevil this year, first, prize, $150.00, second. $100 and third prize $50, the awards to be made by- a plan to be agreed upon by the captains of rthe association and the plan to be publicly announced and to go into the record of the next meeting, which will .be held at Gable, Sat urday, May 27th. Everybody in this bounds of this association, men, women and childrne, (within ten miles of Gable), are invited to attend and take part in-this meeting, and are also urged to bring as large crowd as possible. All of the colored people are to be members of thts association too, for if the white farmer is to get the benefit of any fight he makes on the weevil, he will have to have the co-operation of his colored neighbor, just the same as of his white neighbor, therefore, bring all of your neigh bors and have them place their names on "The Roll of Honor" Christal store offered a prize of $25 to the district showing the largest number above one hundred i farmers enrolled for the fight. This contest will close at midnight, May 27th, 1922, the records of the sec retary of the association to he the basis used in deciding what district wins the prize. Use the printed form below and an indexed card file will be kept of each district. All of the farm ers in territory, adjacent to this association are cordially inxited to meet with us at the next meeting, Saturday, May 27th. It is our hope that similar associations will be organized this season at Summer ton, Sumter, Florence and Kings tree, and that the spokes oC the Wheels may extend out from these cities until they meet the spokes starting today in their direction from Gable. Thus the boundary of each cap- j tain's district would extend until it j meets the boundary of another dis- j trict, and in combating the weevil j or any other common enemy under I this plan of organization, the farm- j crs will be fighting shoulder to shoulder all the way across from | hub of one wheel to the hub of an- j other imaginary wheel, the boun I dary linos would bp automatically blotted out whenever the wheels meet. leaving nothing of the wheels : except the hubs and spokes, j The farmers were pleased to j have with them at the meeting, j .Mr. R. J. Alderman, the largest j farmer in Clarendon county, who in a short but powerful address I told them why he is not planting ' any cotton this year because, no I profitable practical plan of com bating the weevil has been devis ed. Mr. Watkins of the extension ser vice, Clemson College, addressed the meeting and gave the farm ers all of the information he could about the college's plan of com bating the weevil. He also gave the farmers a number of Farmers' bul letins Xo. 1262. and promised as many more as needed. Also all of the advice, and assistance the college could render. Mr. Williams, demonstraitoh agent for Sumter county, gave' us the benefit of his experience and a promise of co-operation. Mr. L. I. Parrott, attorney for the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, the originator of the district wheel plan was instrumental in forming this association and will be with us again, May 27th. Mrs. H, M. McFadden, Secretary. ? ? "When the hard surfaced road way is finished on the. Mayesyille public road there will be a hiatus, , so to speak between the city pav ing and the country hard surfaced highway. The city paving ends on Liberty street just beyond the to bacco warehouse, while the county paving will begin at the city limits, beyond the Turkey Creek bridge. This section of the Mayesville road has never been anything to brag about, and if this gap of more than a quarter of a mile of. bad road is left between the city as phalt and the county hard surfaced highway the genei^l effect will be extremely unsatisfactory. What is going to be done about it? Is the city financially able at the present time to extend the paving to the I city limits? This same condition will exist on the Bishopville road.. The city paving on Main street ends at the corner of Live Oak street, while the city limit is at Mile Branch. On Manning Avenue, West Liberty and Broad street the pav ing extends to the city limits and there will be no section of unpaved roadway between the city paving and the county hard-surfaced high ways leading toward Manning, Wedgelield, Pine\yood and Cam den-Sumter. There is a great deal of cotton that has not yet been chopped out to a stand. . Xew York spots 110 up?that's some jump in the cotton market. "It ean't jump too fast or too high for those who still have some of that 42 cents 1919 and 1920 cotton 5 in storage. There was a heavy hail storm in the vicinity of Cartersviile yester day afternoon, and considerable damage was done to crops, it is said. The hail-stones were un usually large, many of .them being larger than hen eggs. UNDERTAKING THE CHERRY CO 18 N. Main Street Motor Equipment KELL BRUNSON Licensed Embalmer. <ff Night Phone 793-L. The National Bank of South Carolina Of Sumter, S. C The Host Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY Capital $800,000 Surplus and Trofits $2S0,000 STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE Give ns the Pleasure of Serving YOU. The Bank With the Chime Clock. C. G. ROWLAND, Vrcs. EAIILE ROWLAND, Cashier CONDENSED REPORT OP THE CONDITION OP THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, S. C. At the call of the Comptroller of Currency at the dose of business May 5, 1922 RESOURCES LIABILITIES Loans and Discounts.$ 786.249.97 Capital Stock $ H?o 000.00 Overdrafta -" " ' \ tii^SoJ S?n>lus (eaincd) .... 130.000.00 Lmted States Bonds.. 111.000.00 j Other Securities .... 27.330.12 | Undivided profits Banking House_ 35.000.00 (earned) - 25,65fc?3 Cash in vault and in : Circulation . 49,100.?0< Banks. 160,143.15 Deposits. 799.14.5.57 5 per cent. Redemp- BiIls '>;<>-!i,ic- None tion Fund_ 2,500.00 Rediscounts . None Total.$1,123,896.20] Total..$1,123,896.20 DEPOSITORY OF THE I'nited States. Postal Savings Fund. County of Sumter and City of Sumter We soVicit Accounts of Corporations, Manufacturers, Merchants and Individuals.