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SWI?iNG SEASW?PENS ATPQCALLA w Many Improvements Added to Increase E&joyfiient of the Visitors at Popaiar Pleasure i&soTt of Sumter ???. -,. ,i .. -The swimming season is at hand and many persons have taken ad vantage of the warm. days, and have "broken the waters" of Po havecaila Lake, for their initial swim this year. The Pocalla of this season is ? new and a greater Pocalla, for additional .artesian wells have been hiored and the lake is now being fed by eleven of these wells which pour into it hourly some forty-one thousand gallons of pure mineral water. These wc4!s were dug dur ing: the winter znonths by Mr. R. LV Jackson, a man having had a great deal of experience in this ?ne^of work. The average deptn 6f these wells , is in the neighbor hood or 324 feet. One of the new wells has an extremely good flow arid is believed to be one of the largest artesian wells in this coun ty Adding to the amusement of the water lovers, a thirty foot slide has been conveniently placed and set up in the waters of the lake. This slide js"the first of its kind to be introduced here and should be the furnisher of many a thrill to the adventurous ones in acq?atic activ ities. - On- the "hin," the ideal picnic grounds of this vicinity, a veritable ch?*drer)*s play ground has been estabhshed. An "ocean wave" has been erected! a "giant stride/' ., ? steel horizontal ladder and a triple swing. Additional concrete ter races have heen made so that the grass lawns will be better protect ed/the slope going down to the Jbake made more natural and also better protection from surface drainage "water given' the lake. Ad ditional concrete walks have also been made on the brow and slope of the hill. Don't forget to look for "The Fountain of Youth." Ii is easy to find. Drink from its cool ing and refreshing flow. That Mr. M. H. Beck, owner and proprietor of this resort, is living up to his motto of "A little better each year," has been conclusively demonstrated. .-: ?? ? Books Arrive. Tfce- follow**^ books have been ^ftflftwd- at the Carnegie Public Obrary, arid "may TSe- borrowed at any time: For Children: first twelve of Rover Boys' series by A. M. WlnfielaV First eight of Corner House ?fHs by B. G. Hill. Ruth Fielding series by A. B. Emerson. j?ttle Colonel Series fcy A. F. Johnston." Hildegarde Series by R. E. Rich ards: ; |gg| Wonderful1 Adventures of Nils by fJelam Lagerlof. Yank Brown, Halfback, hy David ?t?ne.; Esters of the Guild by L, t?foprey. Center Rush Rowland by R. H. Bar-hour. JJeft Guard Gilbert by R. H. Barbour. --.Mysterious Island by J. Verne. Fifty Missionary Heroes by Johnston. New World Fairy Book, by iietter from Colonial Children Tapffeh. - Being a Boy, by Warner. Adventures of a Pebble, by Hawksworth. Song of Life by Moreley. Book of Golden Deeds by C. M. longe. Pretty Polly Perkins, by G. E. Jackson. Little Smoke, by Stbddard. A Book of Boyhoods; by Fryer. For Adults: The Greatest of These., by A. Marshall. " Many Junes by A. Marshall. 'Crimson Alibi, by Cohen. Across the Years by E. H. Por ter. - Four Feathers by Mason: SEppy IffcGee by M. C. Oemler. Green Alleys by Phillpots. The Daughter Pays, by Rey nolds. Then Came Caroline by Carolyn Wells. Rich Relatives by MacKcnzie. Gentle Julia by B. Tarkington. Wednseday Wife. My Son/by Harriss. Great Modern French Stories. Great M?derft American Stories. Great Modem English Stories. Modern Drama by Dewishon. ' Poems of Eugene Field. In Our Convent Days by Rep pner. Problem of the Nervous Child by Evans. Truth about the Treaty by Tar die?. American Government and Poli tics by Beard. State Government in the United States by Holcbmbe. Abraham Lincoln, a Play, by Drlnkwater. Mary Stuart,' a Play by Drink water. New Phychotogy by Tansiey. Famous Ghost Stories by Mc Spadden. Southern Highlander and his Highland Home by Campbell. Soul of a Child by Hichison. White Shadows of the South Seas-by F. O'Bryan. : The markets of the country are glutted with string bean3 and it is difficult to find a market at a price that will return even a small profit to the growers. Those who got their beans off early and ship ped' two weeks ago received high prices and the net profits were most satisfactory. tr ? # ???? In Boston, a neighbor's rent was cut. because the landlord's baby cri^d at night. Atta baby! mm news Iii jiV j''!! ? ' ' ' ' " j Local Organization I of Cotton Growers Association Perfected At a meeting of the farmers of Sumter county who are signers of the association agreement of the South Carolina Co-operative Mar keting-Association, which meeting was held in the court room at noon today, an informal perma nent local organization .was per fected. Mr. E. W. Dabbs, Jr., act ed as temporary chairman, stating the purpose of the meeting and seeing if it was the will of this meeting that a local branch of the association be "organized as Was the righ t and in accordance with ?sec tion eight of the association agree ment. It was moved by Mr. L. D. Jennings that such an organization be formed. This was seconded and carried. The selection of officers for this permanent organization was then immediately entered into after the adoption of by-laws for the organization calling for the election of a president, vice-presi dent, secretary and" treasure^- and two members, who, together with the officers Of the' :local' branch; would, form an advisory commit tee. The following men were: unani mously elected: E. W. Dabbs, Jr., president; C. J. Jackson, vice-pres ident; j. F. Williams, secretary ana treasurer; Julian Sanders,' of Hagood and E.C Brown of Oswe g?, memhers of the advisory hoard. With, the election of these officers the* local organization was perfect ed. ? * / Also coming before this, meeting was ther namihg of delegates to represent the'Sumter County As sociation at the District Conven tion which is to meet in Sumter on Tuesday, May 30th. This dis trict,' whieh is District No. 9, is composed" of Sumter; Clarendon and Wflhanisburg Counties. Sumter is entitled " to fourteen' delegates, Clarendon S and Williamsburg county 3, the number "of delegates privileged being'determined by the number of bales of cotton sighed up in each respective county. At this district meeting the names of two men. Will be decided upon, and by a post eard ballot, every mem ber of the district having a vote, one man will be selected to rep resent this district at the state meeting to be held in Columbia on Tuesday, June 13th. Following are the delegates named to represent Sumter County at the district meeting: Dr. M. [L. Parier, Stanyarne Burrows, L. [D. Jennings, Ev A. *Terry, G. A. j ?iemmon, P. 'r. Bowman, W. R. ! Wells, S. A. Harvin, C. M. Emanuel, E. W. Dabbs, Jr., C. J. Jackson, J. Wilhams, Julian Sanders and E. C. Brown. These delegates were empowered i by the meeting to fill any vacancies. E. W. Dabbs, Jr., was ejected chairman of this del egation. The meeting adjourned aJter a few remarks were made by Mr. E. W. Dabbs, Jr., and the reading of a portion of . an official letter, in whioh the necessity of getting the contract signed was stressed and the statement made that each con tract signed helps both the as sociation and the individual mem-' bers themselves. l. The object of the formation of this local brganizaiton was for the pushing of association membership and for the strengthening Of the organization. Sumter county has some 390 members signed up and these farmers are estimated to pro duce about 40 per cent of the en tire cotton crop of this county. : The meeting of this morning was ; well attended, representatives from j all sections of the county being j present. The judge and the jury did their j j duty In the trial of the three thugs I I who planned and carried into ex-! J ecution the murder of Arnette in ! Columbia about two weeks ago, but as soon as two of them were sen tenced to death and the third to hfe imprisonment some of their friends began running around Co lumbia with a petition for the com mutation of the sentence. Between j the lawyers who defeat justice by means of technical and trival ap- j peals and the friends of criminals i who circulate petitions, which are j sighed by thounsands of unthink I ing people the attempted enforce \ ment Of law is made a travesty. I Unless.the law is permitted to take j its course in the cases of Kirby, j Gappins, Fox, Jeffords, Harrison I and Treece, there will be little j use in going through the form of j trial with the next bunch of mur derers that fall into the hands of the courts. The commutation of the death sentence is but the first j step toward a ful? pardon, which j the friends of the criminals will j ( demand in due season and weak- j ; kneed or corrupt officials will grant, j The dairying industry has been j sold to the people of Sumter coun I ty and there are now a great many - j farmers who are ready and will-' i ing to go into the business of keep- j ! ing cows and selling cream to the I i creamery. Those who have the! j money or the credit are buying | ; cows, but there are many who j i have neither the money nor the: I credit to raise the funds, required I to obtain the dairy cows. Here is : where the business men and banks j can render valuable assistance in I promoting the establishment on a ! j firm foundation of an essential in- | j dustry. Cows are needed to turn : into money the grass that is go- : ? ing to waste on every farm and : every acre of waste land in the I county. When the farmers are I prepared to furnish the land and ; labor to create a new monc> mak i ing industry there should be some : plan worked out to finance the j proposition. Th*? creamery and j the banks of Selma. Ala., working i in cooperation succeeded in devel ! oping an extensive and profitable ' industry in that section of Alabama after the boll weevil had retired cotton growing as unprofitable. There is no reason why the same thing cannot l>e done in Sumter. RED CROSS HOME SERVICE Ths Sumter chapter of the Red Cross is facing dissolution. The chapter is -without funds (with which to carry on its work; the people of Sumter must con tribute to its .support or the chap ; ter must shut up shop. ! The Sumter chapter of the American Red Cross was born dur ing the world war. Its war record is familiar to all; the good it ac complished need not be recount ed here. Since the war the chap ter, has been continuing work. It has labored to relieve local want and distress. The Home Service branch has done this work of charity; also it has helped ex-ser .vice men with the multitudinous; papers to be filed with the govern-' ment in connection with claims j and requests for medical aid. The JunTor Red Cross labors in the field of childhood. Our local Junior ranks high in the organ ization as a producer of worth while results. \ Its . motto is ser vice and its slogan is ' "Happy Childhood the World Over." Its work has been splendid, its' achievements a matter of pride. After a long term of service Mr. 1*.- D., Jennings . has resigned as chairman. A head must be elected for the organization. ; The yearly "meetings of the Red ?Cross have been neglected by the -public^ Anyone may attend, any-, one may show his or her interest. Everyone will be welcomed - to join in the work A meeting will be* held early ? next week?time and place will be published.' If the Sumcer chap-^ ter of the American Red Cross , is to iive and is to continue to work the public of Sumter town and . Sumter" county must attend its meetings, muSf support its efforts. Carry on or quit? Wedgefield News Notes. Wedgefield, May. 22.?Oat har vesting' is * in full blast now, inter rupted by rains though. The wheat crop is practically a failure on account of r?st. Some bb!I weevils are" in' evidence ' but the ' f?nfiers here are determined to fight them and make cotton, if it can be done. We do not run any body away from here for selling his machines to fight the weevil. No one is in vesting in the high price machines, and most any one can afford to try one Of the cheaper machines. Miss Janette Thomas attended the reunion in Darlington last week as sponsor for Camp Dick Anderson, U. C. V. Mr. and -Mrs. Manlius Ay cock are visiting the latter's moth er in Portsmouth, Va. Mr. Alex Norris has returned from Florida where he went to 1 bring a prisoner for the county. The Wedgefield school closed a very successful session' with the customary exercises on last Friday evening. Miss Janette Thomas, teacher of vocal and instrumental music gave her recitar, the preceding week, which was ?s follows: Little Birdie (duet)?Wood? Norine Melette and Bessie Nunnery. The Swing?Willis?Iris Nun nery. Little Golden Locks?Lawson? Elizabeth Hammond. Swing Sing Song?Terry-Eth el Burress. The Robin?DeReefe ? Louise Nettles. Rose Petals (duet)?Lawson? Ethel Mellette and Eliza Nettles. Maypole Dance?Bugbee?Mary Burress. Four Leaf Clover?Ehglemann ?Frances Bribe. Voices of the Heart?Van Gael ?Bessie Nunnery. With My Pets ? King?Norine I Mellette. j Meadow Flowers ? Hewitt ? [Eliza Nettles. I Vienna Waltz (duet)?Schytte I ?Nellie Freeman and Eva Ged dings. Evening Song Valse?Greenwald ?Margaret Nettles. Springtime Dance ? Parker ?? Ethel Mellette. A Winter Frolic?FOrman?Mary Ramsey. j Serenade D'Arlequin?Almayrac ?Nellie Freeman. 1 Fantasie-Tarantelle ? Binet ? Esther Ramsey. Romance ? Zitterbart ? Eva ! Geddings. In the Palace Polonaise (duet)? I Eyer?Esther Ramsey and Mary Ramsey. ' The prize for first year pupils j was won by Marion Mellette. The F. E. Thomas medal for most im j provement during year by Eliza Nettles. , Six pupils of the high school de j partment as follows: Marion Ram sey, Marvin Parier, Whildcn Net ; ties, Nellie Freeman. RUfus Bur ress and Floride Coulter, entered the contest for the Robt. Sims Aycock declaimer's medal. This was won by Marion Ramsey. j The scholarship medal in the high school department was won ; by Marion Ramsey. The intermediate department by ' Willena Jackson. i There were no graduates as the eleventh grade was put on. [ For the first time in years the j teachers were all re-elected and ! accepted for another term. Prin i cipal, Prof. I. M. Coleman of Pac | olet. Assistants, Miss Margaret \ Wilkins. of Hendersonville. N. C.: ; Miss Hannah Montgomery. of I Bishopville; Miss Nell George, of j I>aurens and Miss Janette Thomas, j music teacher. j Mr. Oeo. T. Geddings spent Sunday in Columbia visiting his j brother, Mr. A. J. Geddings. I Miss Laura Whildcn, who bus j been engaged in some relief work ; at Connie Maxwell orphanage, at Greenwood, has returned home. Miss Tallulah Ramsey of Priv? | teer spent the past week-end here with relatives. Mr. .J. S. Dwighl is the latest addition to Henry Ford's army in those parts. Mr. E. L. Hurrrss h.-?s returned from Greenville where he has been for the past few months <>n pro fessional husiness. I Board of Health Notes, j ! At a recent meeting of several j merchants with the city health de ! partment it was agreed that the ! custom of displaying vegetables and fruits on the sidewalk would be discontinued on the ground that public health is endangered by this practice. In discussing this matter the j health officer stated that last year ! fifteen deaths were caused by tu I berculosis alone. These deaths do not include those occurring in san itariums where patients from Sum I ter have gone for treatment, which j it is estimated would easily bring the figure to twenty deaths. One of the many avenues of infection for this disease is through the house fly. In the business section of the city people with a tubercu lous infection very frequently pass, and some of them are careless j about expectorating. Flies visit I such filth and carry this infection j on their feet and legs to nearby \ \ fruit and vegetables or freely pass into the unscreened store con ! taminating the food within, and in [ this way it is conveyed to the susceptible human. The health officer also men tioned that the fly is not the onjy carrier of contamination, and prob ably the next in importance isr'the Human carrier. It is strictly a violation of the law for customers to pick over food stuffs, or to han dle them in any way before buy ing. The human is the Only ani mal, that can carry all of the diseases the human is heir to, ahd "by "IVfomiscuolis handling by the human agency makes the trans- j ferrefice of' disease from human to human easy through the con tamination of foodstuffs that are uncooked or Unpeeled before eat ing.* The public is here requested to- bear in mind these facts, and to use their eyes more, and their hands less in the selection of fresh meats, and of foodstuffs that are! neither peeled or cooked before j eating. /Remember this, the mer chant does not know who are car riers of disease and who are not.' Let everyone cease handling food- i stuffs and effectively block this; avenue through which disease travels'. Speaking of disease avenues, the! board, of health wishes , to . men-j tiori the glass at the soda fount. I The public is requested to insist; that the glass which is served them is a sterilized glass. Every fount living up to this rule is being given a white card. Take no chances, drink at the fountain where the white card is on display. ????? ?The health department is dis ! tributing to those desiring it, fly J poison free, and instructions for its Use. Also instructions for making fly traps, and other methods of fly extermination are given. See the health officer or his assistant j j for this information. Office on th-3 | ; third floor of the opera house. Of- j j fice hours from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. j Telephone 621. Let's swat the j fly. . . ? ? '?' i Ha good's News and Views. Rembert, May 22.?The second quarterly conference of the Provi dence circuit convened with Be : thesda church Saturday and Sun | day, May 20 and 21. All churches save. Wedgefield were represented, reports fair. Everything passed ! off pleasantly. The preaching by Dr. McCoy splendid. He is a good presiding officer. From Dalzell were Thos. Crosswell and T. Cum mings; from Providence Wm. Wei don and son; from St. James, j Robt. Dinkins and son. Besides j these as visitors were Mrs. C. J. j Jackson of Horatio, Mrs. T. M. j Crosswell and Mr. Cubbage and Mrs. Robert Dinkins. The other night a young man on I watch at Dinkins' mill suspecting I some one in the miller's house or- J i dered them out. Coming out they j J were ordered to halt, and upon j failure to do so were fired uponi j with No. S shot, the load .taking I effect from the knees down, it is j supposed. When they turned to : ; run up the dam a second dis- i j charge at the hips brought them j j w?th an outcry to the ground.) The next moment with the dis- j charge of a pistol a bullet passed j close to the young man's head fol- j lowed by two other discharges, j Having no more ammunition he j remained quiet and the' suspect! escaped, dragging himself away, an j escaped convict it is believed.' Mr. Foster Bundy and brother i William were guests of the W. J. j Spencer family last week, j Mr. and Mrs. Archie Shaw of I Darlington spent the week-end I I with Mr. S. W Allen, j Miss Emma Jackson is on a visit i to Miss Theresa Scarborough. Mr. Richard McKay is in our community. ? A few more days of wet weath j er and some folks will have a I grass crop. Small grain is ripening fast. ! Some has been cut for hay and I other is being cut. There is much complaint about | I the.stands of cotton, j When corn has followed corn i as a rule non est,- because of cut : worms, bill bugs, etc. i No man, but particularly the j I poor man. is independent. Mrs. W. J. Spencer, who has I been ouite sick is improving slow |iy: Mrs. S. W. Allen is again ailing j and in much pain. Never laugh at the exposure of j another's shame. Did not such laughter make the negro? "Hagood." RAILROAD WRECK IN ALABAMA iThirty-Two Persons Injured in Collision in Alabama - Birmingham, Ala.. May ' 25.? [ Thirty-two persons were injured, a j number seriously, when a trolley ; car was struck by '< freight train Ion the Alabama Great Southern I Railroad :ii Woodlawn. Confusion i in following the signals of the 1 crossing flagman is believed to I have caused the accident. National Careful Crossing Cam paign. Editor Daily Item: I noticed in your issue of the 22nd an item under the follow ing heading: "Danger ? Sharp Curve Ahead, You Might Meet a Fool." This is certainly an unique warn ing sign and one which should re ceive the serious attention of the traveling public. In this connec tion it may be of interest to the public that The American Railway Association has recommended that during the period June 1st to Sep tember 30th, 1922, there be observ ed and carried forward a National Careful Crossing Campaign, for the purpose of reducing the num ber of grade crossing accidents. The "Atlantic Coast Line, with oth er railroads in the United States, plans to enter into this campaign wholeheartedly, endeavoring to awaken the public to the serious ness of the situation through the means of posters, through the press, by the use of stickers on communications addressed by the railroads to the public, and to in fluence drivers of automobiles and other vehicle's, as well as pedes trians, to observe caution in ap proaching and crossing railroad tracks. It is claimed that during the four year's 1917 to 1920, in clusive, approximately 17,000 per sons were killed or injured in this country by such accidents, and we should not overlook a single op portunity to impress those around of the great importance of doing everything possible to correct this horrible situation. Quoting froni the item referred to above "Horsepower in the car and horse sense in the driver make the safe, combination," is the keynote to the whole situation. Yours truly, R. F. ROBTNSON, Commercial Agent. ' SumterV S."C., May 23. ?~ ? ?<>?? Truck Marketing Specialists to Assist Growers. Clemson College, May 18.?In view of the large acreage of truck crops planted and being planted this year by South Carolina farm ers, the Extension Service is deep ly interested in promoting busi ness-like marketing so that a pro fit may be realized by the growers !if possible. The proper grading, I packing and loading o't truck crop I frequently spells the difference be tween loss and a profit and inas much as there are so many farmers producing truck crops for the first time who have had little or no ex perience in grading, packing and j shipping, the Extension Service has secured three truck .marketing ! specialists, which Director Long announced last week would be em ployed temporarily for the purpose of instructing the truck and fruit I growers along these lines. These three men have had long experi ence in Florida and the west in j this line of work and should be the i means through which South Caro j lina farmers will gain quickly in | formation that it requires ordi I narily years of experience and much loss to acquire. The truck marketing specialists to be employ ed are as follows: Newton S. Franklin, of Mait and, Fla., has had two years' ex perience as packing house foreman at Orlando, Fla., with various crops land several years' experience in I Georgia. California and Colorado land on the east coast of Florida I with cantaloupes, tomatoes, cucum jbers, beans and potatoes. He is 28 ! years of age. Donald D. Wh* jmb, of San j ford, Fla., is 26 years of age and i has had twp years' successful ex i perience as field agent and packing house foreman for the Sanford Truck Growers' Association. W. A. Stringfellow, recently field j agent for the American Fruit Grow ers, Inc., in Florida, is the third man. All of these are expected to I be in South Carolina shortly and {available to assist local truck growers' associations and some in dividuals in preparing truck for market. The rain Tuesday afternoon was almost a cloud burst for several miles south of the city and in part of the City itself, but northwest of Cnlhoun street comparatively little rain fell. On Broad street and in the vicinity of Shot Pouch branch there was only a light shower. In the center of town and southward to Pocalla and beyond the down pour was unpreeedentedly heavy, various people estimating the rain fall to have been anywhere from one to five inches within less than a half hour. Exactly how many inches of rain fell the writer is not prepared to hazard a guess, but it was some rain and the streets and roads Were more like turbulent creeks than highways for a time. It is reported that some hail ac companied the rain in the vicinity of Cain's Mill. The remodeling of the building on Caldwell street for the Sumter i Creamery is being pushed rapidly ! an dcvereything will be in readi ness for the installation of the new machinery when it arrives within the next ten days or two weeks, j The creamery Is carrying on as well I as possible with the old equipment j and is taking care of all the cream ! that is offered from ttte local ter | ritory. When the hew plant has j been installed cream from all this I section of the state will be so | licited. The plant will be modern :and efficient in every respect and ? butter of the highest grade will be I produced. What Sumter county ; needs now is cows?and more cows ?to produce cream at the rate of : spveral thousands of pounds of I butter fat every day. in the year. ? m ? Indianapolis. May 24.?Indiana ! republicans who are meeting in I state convention, heard party lead I ers sound the keynote for the fall i campaign. Senator Watson present led tin- claim that efficient and wise \ management of nation's domestic and international affairs had j brought about substantial results I in relieving the evils of right years : of democratic misrule. I Harding has a baseball p.-is*: but we'll hr-i he has to send Coolidge i half ihe time. A FABLE. The Fable of the Georgia Cracker Who Had a Wise Guy For a Sou. Old Boll Weevil was a Wicked Old Soul. He feared neither storm nor fog. He called in his folks and they fed upon the boll, And put the cotton farmer on the hog. Cottor. had been King on the old Jackson Plantation in Georgia for so many years that Hiram Jack son, its owner, had come to believe it and to think there was no other crop worth the dignified efforts of the Southern planter. In the old days, before the price of necessi ties had sprouted wings and boll weevil with his horde of hungry willies had appeared to gyp the cotton planter out of the fruits of his labor, it was possible to get away with this king 'stuff success fully, but since boll's arrival the kingly ermine had become so frayed and moth-eaten that it would have made no hit at even a third rate fashion show, and the Jackson exchequer was in a chronic stage of inocuos desuetude.. He was hep to the symptoms of the approaching financial blow, up, but he hoped against hope that by some means he could beat the execution server to the post and save the old home from the Phil istines. He had just received a notice from the flinty hearted village banker, that his notes, against which he had bet his cotton crop, were approaching maturity, and it would take many guilders to ap .pease this modern shylock, who was fed, up on alibis and would be satisfied with nothing but the real jack. He summoned all the intes tinal investiture he possessed? which was considerable?and bold ly walked into the temple of fin ance to tell old Shy that he was passing , through a period of tem porary financial embarrassment and to let his notes ride awhile until returns from his cotton came in, when he would liquidate in full, which is a way of saying he was broke today, but would pay to morrow. All's well that ends well, but in this case the ending was not as Hi had anticipated. When the money changer had figuratively re moved his heel from Hi's neck, he felt the morning after a night out with home brew. No sir! Mr. Jackson must come across when the paper was due, was the ulti matum handed out by this guar dian of public wealth and he might as well have beaned Hi with a blackjack. It looked like a knockout,- as with cotton selling at 15 cents that had cost Hi 30, the identity of the goat was apparent. Now Hi was not a crepe hanger but as he stared the situation in the face he* had to admit to himself fh%t he ,was sure in dutch with not even ?l crap-shooter's chance of beating the game. By making successful touches here and there among a long list of friends, he managed io assemble coin enough to squire his L O. U.'s with old Shy and then went into joint session with himself to devise ways and means to avoid a repetition of this pain ful experience and at the same time lay by a few extra berries against a time of wet weather. Now Hi possessed a young son, Robert, who was living in the Twentieth Century and recognized the fact that the world do move. Though but 17 years cjd, Robert had plainly seen' the handwriting on the wall and knew that in fra cas with boll weevil, the best the cotton farmer could expect was the worst of it, unless he changed his i ways. He had taken a keen in terest in the pig club work in his county and had spent fmuch time trying to convince a doubting dad that their only hope for the fu ture was to raise pure bred hogs,! and diversified crops. His argu- j ments, backed up by an honest be lief in what he said, were convinc- ? ing enough to have sold red flan-j nel union suits to the devil, and j when he came home from the! county fair with a pig he had rais- j ed, decorated as for Madri Gras parade with prize ribbons, the old ] man was sold. He threw down his hand, and admitted that once he was blind but now he could see? and the fool killer changed hands I with his club and passed on to j the next farm where he had j singled out a hard boiled cracker who still believed cotton was king and refused to listen to the gos pel of pure bred hogs and diversi- j fied crops. The next few months were busy I ones on the Jackson plantation. The entire herd of razorbacks which had boarded with the lam-! ily for many years was sacrificed, j including the speed king of the; bunch. This baby was all to the mustard and neither Barney Old-1 j field or Tommy Milton had any thing on him. He sported a fly brush tail and a chassis that would j have aroused the sporting blood | of a pilgrim father. He could do a hundred yards in nothing from a' standing start, and at the end of j the course take a five foot fence j I as easy as pie and never turn a j j bristle. He was also a bear cat for j food and could store away more i vitamines and show less physique j than the living skeleton in a mu seum. Several pure bred sows were pur chased which in a short time pre- | sented their owner with families. I the size and quality of which would I j have made glad the heart of | i Roosevelt. The raising of cotton was cut out entirely and different food crops were planted to take | care of the rapidly increasing hog population and after one tight year things began to break easier for I Hi and he was off in a running i start for Easy street. Robert now a rah rah by in one | j of the country's great agricultural colleges paying the toll with jack he earned with hogs as a pig club; boy. Dad has a fine herd of bog-j [dom's aristocrats as can be found j in the south and he is anxiously waiting for Robert to get his; sheepskin, conn- home and put] 'some of iho modern theories on 'farming into practice on the old i ! plantai ion. | Incidentally III will never get [through talking about the young| county agent, who, through his bov, sei him right and headed him for an old age of affluence. Moral: Out.of the mouths of babes often issues the wisdom of the ages. -? ? ? What is Good Cream? Clemson College, May 19.?Many people have the mistaken idea that in order to make butter from cream the cream must be soured before I it leaves the farm. The chief rea son for this belief is the fact that practically everybody has the no tion that cream for coffee and ice cream purposes must be sweet but i that for butter making it must be sour, and there are actually people who believe that it is impossible to make good butter from sweet cream. Sour Cream Versus Sweet Cream It is true that cream in a large majority of cases is ripened (sour ed) before it is churned, and while it is also true that this can best he done at the creamery, it does not necessarily mean that the farmer is compelled to keep his cream sweet in order to ship it away to a cream ery. However desirable it may be for creameries to. receive only sweet cream, there is often a practical objection to be reckoned with and that is. where cream is produced in small quantities only, the expense of keeping it sweet and delivering it in that condition to the creamery is too great to justify its being done. The farmer often finds it to his advantage to keep his cream clean and in a reasonably good condition even though it may be slightly sour before it is shipped and sell at a slightly l?wer price. The creamer ies have no particular objection to such a method, because it is pos sible to produce a reasonably good euality of butter from sour cream of good quality; but it is absolute ly impossible to make the best quality butter from dirty and im properly cared for cream which has become absolutely too sour. It is therefore to the advantage of the producer, say the dairy specialists of Clemson College, to furnish to the creamery a good quality of cream from wliftch the creamery will be able to make a much better quality of butter, sell it for a much higher price, and therefore return a better price to the producer. Price Depends on Quality. To illustrate, the price for which butter seih? depends upon its qual ity and is generally based on butter scoring 92 points on a scale of a hundred. Within the last few year's the difference in price on butter scoring 92 points arid butter scoring S7 points has been as great as 10 cents and even more per pound in favor of the better but ter. In addition to this, the higher scoring butter finds a ready mar ket where the poorer qualities often go begging. Another reason for producing a high quality dairy pro duct is that it will help to increase consumption and thereby increase not only the demand but also the price for the products which the dairy farmers have to dispose of and in this way result in a double benefit*. - m V ? ? The Place of Sheep in South Caro lina. Clemson College, May 18.?The production of meat ..i South Caro lina has always been less than the consumption would warrant, and it Is now necessary to increase this production, because the purchasing power of man1' of the meat consume ers has been greatly lessened on account of the present economic conditions. The sheep offers one of the most profitable types of live stock to make this "increase, ac cording to L. V. Starkey, chief of the animal husbandry division, who thinks that small farm flocks of about 50 ewes should be seen on many farms. Sheep require less care than hogs and much less range than beef cattle, and in a thickly populated state of small farms, such as South * Carolina, they should prove a profitable source of revenue. Wool and Meat from Sheep. An average high grade sheep can produce a fleece weighing from rive to eight pounds, and raise a lamb weighing 80 pounds in a year. If necessary it can live without a single mouthful of grain, since our forage crops and per manent pastures will carry sheep the year round. Though in this section of the country grain is scarce, forage crops and perma nent pastures may be cheaply and easily grown, and she op will uti lize these crops at a profit. In fact, sheep have two important advantages over other classes of livestock. They require practical ly no grain and they destroy brush and bushes. Drawbacks May he Overcome. It is quite true that there are many drawbacks to sheep raising, such as dogs, stomach worms, poor fences. poor markets, etc.: but these difficulties may be overcome. For example, if the people in a community get interested in sheep they also get interested in elimi nating the curs and taking proper car- of the good dogs. If sheep are frequently changed from one pas ture to another stomach worms and other parasites may be con trolled. If a few neighbors go to gether and raise sheep they can pool their wool and market lambs by the carload. The best way to get into the sheep business is to locate and pur chase a half-dozen high-grade rwes. By saving the ewe lambs the flock may be gradually enlarged to the size desired. There is probably no breed of sheep better adapted to this state than the Southdowns. They are hardy, blocky sheep, well adapted to the production of mutton. Petition in Bankruptcy. Charleston, May 24.?Three of the creditors of the J?Ckson com pany, of Sumter. yesterday filed a petition for bankruptcy against the debtor, through Attorneys Lee Moise! ? ? ? - a soft anwser turneth away wrath; out a soft head draws it. ;" ;-?-? - ? ? Goliath Little Montenegro, most pictu resque of all the Balkan nations before/the World War,, has been thought dead, her independent ex i istcnce merged in the Kingdom of : he Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. But ; the ghost of the tiny never-con | qOered country refuses to be laid, I and has been "walking" at Genoa I lately, adding to the troubles of j Europe's diplomats. The country is the subject of the following bul letin from the Washington, El C, headquarters of the National Geo graphic Society. They Bid Not Pass "Montenegro, then smaller than Delaware, and sometimes with no more than 8,0UQ fighting men with j in its borders, is the one patch of j land in the broad expanse of the ; Balkan peninsula that kept ..itself free from Turkish conquest during the five and a half centuries since the Turks , crossed the Hellespont. The regions that are now Bulgaria, Greece;. Serbia and Albania, one after another fell before the excel lent Turkish fighting organiza tions, and settled down for hun dreds of years under a condition little better than slavery to Most lern masters.; Montenegro remained practically a Christian island in a sea of Mohammedanism. Only on its :wes:ern border was it in contact .during this long period with other Christian territory, a narrowv.strip :Of the Adriatic coast controlled by. Venice. "And because, in spite. of. its seeming insignificance, it was the one region to defy the Tuj*ks, it early became, the cherished dream of all Turkish leaders to bring the 'upstart Montenegrins' under their yoke to annihilate them. The re I suiting series of. well authenticated J facts that makes up Montenegrin j history-would not make good fic tion; it seems too improbable. Time land time, again the Turks-fitted j out tremendous armies that-might j almost. *he compared to the vast j horde .that Xerxes threw against } Greece,.and marched them against Ithe little, handful Of Montenegrins i in theirs mountains. And e?ch time j?sometimes, quickly and some times after painful retreats^?the mountaineers sent them reeling back with almost unbelievable losses,:.. In . one period of twelve years between 1424 and 1436 the records,s&ow4 that 63 battles were fought- resulting in 63 victories Ov i er the Turks. Fought From Rocks. "Usually the larger Turkish armies, penetrated some .distance, into Montenegro. But without having learned from .forrner ex periences-they usually found them selves;.sooner or later in some rock-hemmed valley of the end less Montenegrin hills. Then every rock gave up its straight-shooting mou\taineer who fired until his am. unition gave out and'then, with his cpmrades, fell on the re main ng"- Turks and slaughtered the . with his saber. In a number o' ach., battles the toll of life was f .v< nty. Turks for every Montcne gri l. ^hr.ee times Cetinje, the cap was. : overrun by Turkish o-ces;.. but the Montenegrins re iiid to, , the higher mountains, .aited j 3 their opportunity,. and . a ove the invaders out- Such an a mirer. of. the indomitable Monte ?rins was . Gladstone when he p died the * history' of their uh mal struggle that i*e declared: ? t he traditions of Montenegro ex ceed in^glpry. those of Marathon ,and TheimopOIae and all the war traditions of the world.' "Montenegro means' black nto?n tain.' Tf it'were 'gray mountain' ' the nafefe would be exactly descrip tive, for the country is a sea of gray ridges of rock, and'much of the area.-;is without growth of any kind or-even soil. Terraces of stone have been constructed on many of the hillsides to hold care fully collected soil that it may he ('cultivated. . There are a few val leys that are cultivated, but these j were for the most part accessible to the Turks and often had to be j abandoned. Montenegro was with jout a seaport until 1877 when the J late King Nicholas, then Prince, j captured Ahtivaria and Dulclgno from, the Turks. The excellent har bor of C?ttaro. which the Monte- ? negrins have always felt to be their natural, gateway to the sea, Was j controlled first by Venice and was i later taken by powerful Austria, j Successions From Uncle to Nephew "Montenegro's rulers have con stituted a unique phase of the i country's life. In 1516 the prince abdicated, gave his office to the ranking bishop of the Greek church in the country and sailed away. The ruler, whose title was i Vladika, was. at once prince, bish ! op, judge, legislator and com j mander-in-chief. The office was I hereditary, but since the bishop could not marry, the inheritance was from uncle to nephew. This odd arrangement continued until j the middle of the nineteenth cen jtury with a long line of what j Americans might be tempted to call i 'fighting parsons' as rulers. The J inevitable romance broke it up. j Young Danilo, who fell heir to the complex office, of Vladika, was in love with a Serbian girl. By a coup de'etat. he separated the ec clesiastical and secular functions, retaining the latter for himself and passing the former over to a church prelate. It was then pro vided that.. succession should be from father, to son. By an odd turn of fate, however, he died in j his youth .without an heir and the j throne as before went to a neph i ew, the We Nicholas. "Montenegro was an important factor {in; the dream of Russia for a pah-Slavic state. Peter the Great began a close friendship with the Montenegrins which his : successors carried on. . Montene jgro became in effect the Balkan j god-child of the greatest of the Slav states. Russia granted the j little nation an annual subsidy. : donated war materials, and ad i mitted a group of young Montene | grins to Russian..military acad j envy. Each of the later Viadikas made a trip to the Russian court." ! Taxis or taxes, they cost a.lot and don't go far. i ... i If you don't believe they still j>e!l bootleg, call the hospital.