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CLASS DAY r EXERCISES - ?- ? f At St. Joseph Academy Mon-. %day^Ewning On Monday evening, June 5th> at 7: SO the class day exercises of the class of 1922 were held in the pres ence of the juniors and the parents and a few friends of the students of the Academy. The spacious par sers were artistically decorated in the class colors, black and gold. The following is the programme i in full:" March of the Seniors?Piano? Miss Mabel Crombe. The prophecy of this distinguish ed class has already been delivered by the Prophetess, Miss Mabel ' Crombe, who visited the Seniors May loth, in the picturesque set ting of PocaUo. This evening's program will open therefore with: a reading by Miss Edna Maurer, after which Miss Susie Lanier Will give the interpretation of the class, colors. Class Song?Class 1922. Piano, Miss Andrena Moran. Recitation, Parodie (From Mac beth-)?The Class. Music?Miss Mabel Crombe. Class Play on Class Motto: **Non 'Palma Sine Labore." (Xo Victory Without Labor). Characters. Mary?Miss Marie Louise Bult-; man. Carol?Miss Audrey Schwerin, Arta-Miss Susie Lanier. Harmonia?Miss Edna* Maurer. Victory?Disguised as Labor Miss Pearl Barry. Spich: of Prophecy?Miss Ethel "Morrissey. The Class Will ? Miss Marie Louise Bultman. ?Song (Farewell to Teachers and Cpmiades). - . Piam>?Miss Andrena Moran. Paxv?le. News Items. Paxville,-June 5.?The prospects of the cotton crop in this section was never poorer at this time of. the year. Rain and cool weather, assisted by the weevil make it look as if there will be practical ly none made. On account of a downpour of rain last Sunday afternoon it was impossible to hold the ' Sunday school day service as was planned by the Methodist Sunday school. The superintendent, Mr. M. B. Cor bett, wishes to announce that the same program "The Sunday School and the Efficient Ghurch of the Fu ture" will be presented on next Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, to which the public are most cor dailly invited. ? Mr. and Mrs. Cuttino Pritchard of Tindal were among the Sunday visitors. Mrs. T. R. Owen went to Adams Run Friday to spend the weekend with Mr. Owen, who is lumbering there. Mrs. Eliza Tisdale of Mayeaville fc visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Pack. Miss Iva Geddings after teach ing in the Spencer, X. C, graded school for the past session, has returned home to spend the sum mer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Geddings. Miss Emma Brown went to Co lumbia Monday' for a week's visit with her brother, Mr. Eugene Brown. Mr. Preston C. Bradham of Mul lins spent the weekend at the home of Mr. L. Weinberg. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sprott, and baby, May Jo, are visiting rela tives at Walterboro. Mr. Charlie Sprott of Manning is taking care of the bank in his absence. . Miss Lucile Geddings is at home from Columbia College for the va cation. The Woman's Christian Temper ance Union will meet next Friday afternoon, 4:SG o'clock, with Mrs. Henry Harvin. This will be the regular meeting as well as an ob servance of Miss Jennie Cassaday*s birthday, . the . foundation of. the Flower Mission.? Any one in the community having flowers they would donate for this cause wouhl be appreciated. - Mrs. A. -S. Corbett of the Metho dist Woman's Missionary .Society has been elected a delegate to at tend the annual meeting to be held in-Manning', June 6 to 8. Mrs. Hampton Lackey is at the Tuomey hospital where she Is un dergoing treatment. A quiet wedding, but one of much interest to their wide circle of friends was that of Miss Ethel Corbett, of this community, and Mr. John L. Pritchard. of Sum ter, but for several years a resi dent of this town, on Wednesday, May 31st at the residence of Mr. J. E. Cooke, at Spencer, X. C. Only a few intimate friends witnessed the ceremony. The bride is a grad uate of the class of 1912 of Win throp, and is a very talented young woman. She has a host of ad miring friends, having taught in different parts of the state. Dur ing last year, she taught in the Spencer Graded School, and her services have given the highest sat isfaction. Mr. Pritchard holds a position as traveling salesman for Witherspoon Bros., of Sumter, and is held in high esteem by his busi ness associates and friends. The bride wore a stylish and becoming traveling suit of embroidered navy blue tricotine. over a canton crepe blouse of brown with oriental em broidery and brown accessories. Her floweVs were white roses and valley lilies. Immediately * after the cere mony the couple left for Wash ington, D. C, and other points, af ter which they will be at home in Spartanburg. where Mr. Pritchard h%s headquarters for the pr^sexrt. m m> m> The first cotton bloom of the sea son was brought in today by Mr. J. A. Kolb. of Privateer. This cot ton was planted in March, has made rapid growth and has thus far escaped the ravages of the boll weevil. i COLUMBIAN ?IES | George Waring Parker to Be ] ; Buried in ?mnter?111 Only j Short Time *? Columbia State, June <. The announcement of the death of Geo. Waring Parker, son of Mrs. Kate Scott and -the late George W. Parker, in Bowling Park Fla., Mon day, after a,.short illness will bring j sorrow, to .his many friends-in Co lumbia, where he was born.and liv ed until'about .15 years ago when he left to.go in the lumber business in Florida. Mr. Parker is survived by his mother and one sister, Mrs. J. A. S. Pike of Columbia, and a brother. William Richard Parker of Sum ter. Funeral and interment will be in Surater today on arrival of the body from Florida. . . HIGH sdfKK)L COMMENCEMENT [The Features of the Exereises j Last Night Were the Ex I Mbition Drill and Declaim j ers5 Contest I The first night's exercises of the j annual commencement of the Sum ter High Schools were held in the i Opera House Tuesday night with ans ? audience . present that taxed the (seating capacity of the auditorium jto the limit. j The outstanding feature of the i j program were the exhibition drill * by a picked' squad from the bat j tallion and the declamations by the ! contenders for the Rhame medal which is annually awarded for ex i cellence in public speaking. - j Another attractive and enjoy j able feature of the exercises was I singing by the trained chorus of ] the High Schools and the number rendered by the* quartette of the [Boys' RJigh School. The following medals were awarded: l .For Manual of Arms?Sam Wells. For Manliness (George L. Bick er Medal) Eddie McCaskill. For Exemplary .Attitude (J. B. Fols?m medal.- Cecile Lide. ."For Service (John J. Riley med al) Harry Lee Shaw. Eor Music ?- Catherine Timmer man. The Garland???Clinton Wheel er. . The winner of the Declaimer's Medal will be announced and the medal awarded' at the exercises j this evening. ? .'.: The program of the exercises fol-1 low^s: The Lord's Prayer, j Exhibition Drill, ten minutes? j. Morris. Averbuck, Charles Crombe, I Ah-a Spann, Sam Wells. ... Medal for Manual of Arms. Medals for Manliness, Exemplary Attitude, Service, and Music. The Garland. Hail, Ye Victors! Declamations; The Obligations of American Citi zenship^?-Louis Lyon, Jr. i . Voices of Autumn. ! America's Uncrowned Queen Harry Lee Shaw, Jr. The Two. Grenadiers. The Man They Cannot Forget? I G. Marion Foxworth, Jr. i The Match Game, j The Call of the Ages?Sandy! I Owens. j Quartet?Spann, Kirk, Crombe, j j Foxworth. i The United States for Permanent j i Peace?William Brody^ I (William Brody is not in decla- j j mation contest having represented j the school at the University.) Let Us Have Peace. ^Announcements. The National Anthem?By Whole j Audience. RECEPTION ! FOR GRADUATES I Superintendent and Mrs. Ed ! rounds Entertain Members j of the Graduating Classes of j I Boys' and Girls' High! School. .. i - Immediately following the exer ; cises in the Opera House Tues j day evening the members of the j graduating classes of the boys' and I girls' high schools attended a re | ception at the home of Dr. and Mrs. j J Edmunds on " East Calhoun St.! j No event of commencement week i J had been looked forward to with I ! keener anticipation of pleasure by j the members of the classes than J rthfs reception given in their hon I or by Dr. and Mrs. Edmunds, and ! j their brightest expectations were ! ; fully realized. For an hour and a i i half the spacious rooms of this ; hospitable home were the scene of | ! youthful gaiety. j Fruit punch, ice cream and cake i '? were served during the evening. Bridge Party. Miss Theo Gregg entertained r j ! number of her friends Thursda3 j ! morning at her home on Washing- i 'ton street, in hon?-r of her niece i i Mrs. Horne, of Beaufort. Mrs j Hey ward Crowson won first prize, j ja pair of silk hose, and Mrs. Edwin j j Boyle cut the consolation, a deck; j of cards. Ice cream and cake; J was served. Those invited were: j Mrs. Edwin Boyle, Mrs. Dick For rester, Mrs. C. 1>. McKnight. Mrs.: \ D. W. Green. Mrs. Wilson Green, j ; Mrs. Raymond Fowler, Mrs. Hey-! ward Crowson. Misses Margaret! ?and Jennie McLeod. Miss Cora' : Duffie, Miss Holly Brown and Mrs. j ; Horne. of Beaufort. i Germany claims we caused the I war but hasn't demanded repara j tions. HIGH SCHOOL ? ? COMMENCEMENT Diplomas Presented to Seven ty-five Boys ,and Girls?The Largest Glass in the History of the Schools The school year 1921-22 of.the Surater high schools closed Wed nesday evening with., accustomed ex ercises in Opera House, the out standing features of the program being .the papers read by the young ladies of the graduating class, the musical numbers, the announce ment of the awards of medals and the presentation of the diplomas by Dr. H. Edmunds. ' .The following medals were] awarded: , j D. A. R. History medal?Miss j Katherme McKagen. U. D. C. History medal?Miss] Marguerite Roper. Medal for Penmanship ? Miss May Willis 'Osteen. Medal for Spelling?Girls Miss! Lillian Burkett; Boys, Harry Shaw. Rhame medal for declamation Sandy Owens. Medal for declaimer who repre sented the school in State High i School Contests-William Brody. The program was as follows: "" The Lord's Prayer. Response to Prayer. Remember Thy Creator. D. A. R. and TL D. C. Medals. Diplomas and Medal for Pen manship. Prizes for Spelling. ; j Words of Welcome?Miss Mamie j Tucker. To a Hermit Thrush. The School Girl of Today. The Woman of Tomorrow?Miss j Mamie Wells. Happy Days, Strelezski: Double Duet?Misses . Emmie | Osteen, May Willis Osteen, Helen j Allen, Daisy China. A Crystal Gazer?Miss Inez Carr. j Instrumental Solo, C-Minor Im- ? promptu, Reinhold?Miss Cather-j ine Tim merman. Reading?The Black Killer?Missj Rita Heriot. A May Morning. Class Poem: A. Senior to Seniors] ?:Miss' Ellen Virginia Stuckey. - Quartet (by request)?Spann, Kirk, Crombe. Foxworth. Words of Farewell?Miss Helen Cuttino. < Our High School Song. Presentation of Diplomas. The Americans Corne. Medals for Declamation. National Anthem?Whole Audi ence. The graduates receiving diplomas were: Class of 1922 Mary Elizabeth Alderman Helen Allen , Nell Trueman Ard Elizabeth M. Baker Carson Blackwell Carl Blanton Edna Boncy Nancy Booth Anabel Brilxon Roy Britton William Brody .Liz Brogdon J. T. Brogdon, Jr. . Ansley D. Brunsb-i Francis A. Brunson Lillian Camilla Burkett Lucy Burns Kate Bradhani Campbell Nancy Inez Carr Daisy China Mary'Helen Commander ' Charles Edwin Crombe, Jr. Marion P. Curtis Ida' Tindal Cuttino Helen Howard Cutflno Leo W. Dixon James A. Davis Rosa Estelle Edwins ; Margaret Edmunds James C. Felder G. Marion Foxworth, Jr. j. M. Fr?ser, Jr. Rita Rivers Heriot Lillian Almena- Hill Linner Noreen Hinson Dudley Reams Hodge Joel Geiger Hodge Julia Dorothy Hook Julia Florence Hurst Daniel Rease Joye Elbridge Kennedy Francis Kirk William Coit Kirven Cecile Lide Henry W. Ligon Louis Lyon, Jr., Eddie McCaskill Katherine Lester McKagen Mamie McCollum Lois Catherine McKnight Annie Rosalie Neyle George A. Nofal May Willis Osteen Emmie Osteen Sandy Owens Baynard Yeadon Pitts Marguerite F. Roper Lydia Ryttenberg Harry "Lee Shaw. Jr. Lois Vernon Shirer Myers Skinner H. Alva Spann Ellen Virginia Stuckey I Catherine M. Timmerman Mamie Isabelle Tucker Toxie Turner George W. Vaughn Mildred W. Wactor Sara' Brearley Weld on Clara Haynsworth Wells Eliza Mary Wells Sam Wells Clinton B. Wheeler Carleton N. Whilden Mary Cornelia White. Married. Mi:^s Beatrice Sumter. youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas j Sumter, and Mr. Frederick F. i Converse were married at *):! "> j o'clock Tuesday morning ;it the j Church of the Holy Comforter, tne; rector. Rev. J. B. Walker, perform- j ing the ceremony, only the near rel- j atives and a few friends of the i bride and groom being present. I The bride entered with her^mother j to the strains of the wedding march.' which was played by Miss Siddall, and was met at the altar by rhe ? groom, who was accompanied by Mr. H. L. Tisdale. who acted as best man. Mr. and Mrs. Converse left immediately after the cere- j mony on a brief honeymoon trip j before going to Florence, where j thsy will make their homo* I Co-operation Paid j Oklahoma Cotton Growers! ^Got Real Market Value of; Cotton . j Clenison College, June 5.?The i Oklahoma Cctton Growers' Asso- j eiation now numbers over 35,000 j members, who sold their 192t cot- j ton crop co-operatively at an . av erage gain of $6.50 per bale over the street quotations, thus prov ing concretely the value of co-oper ation for selling. South Carolina farmers who have not yet joined the association now being organiz- ! ed in this state and who have any j doubt left as to the practical benefits of the organization should read the extracts below from the report of the recent convention of the Oklahoma Association and then lose no' time in joining: "Oklahoma cotton farmers are ahead' of the game nearly 3-4 mil lion dollars this year as a result of having- marketed their crop co operatively, according to figures made public by the Oklahoma Cot ton Growers' Association. The as sociation, which is a nonprofit, non stock, 110 per cent pool, co-oper-. ative' cotton marketing organiza tino. has a membership of thirty five thousand actual growervwho have signed legally binding con tracts to market all of their crop through the organization for a pe- i riod of seven years. "With approximately 15 pe*r cent of its members' crop yet to sell, the association shows a gain over the average street price of $6.50 per bale. On the one. hundred thou sand bales handled by the associa tion this year, this represents a to tal gain of $650.000. "The association is credited by those familiar with the Oklahoma cotton market In past yeara with having "discovered" good middling cotton. This grade was seldom found in the state under the old system of street sales, when the grower had no facilities for de termining the actual quality and sold on the buyer's grade and staple at the buyer's price. "The Oklahoma Cotton Growers* ! Association," said Eugene Meyer, j managing director of the Wax Fin ance Corporation, in an . address, "by finding a "fray to finance its product over the period hV'which it is to be marketed, instead of dumping immediately it is picked, j has exerted a decided influence to ward stabilized prices. This or ganization was also largely respon sible for the high price which ob tained early in the season." ; 'Through cc-operation on the i "Oklahoma plan" the cotton grow j ers of that state have for the first j time been able to borrow money in I'sufficient quantity to finance their crop on terms they were able to meet. "A considerable additional sav ing to association members has] been effected in the elimination of j 'country damage' or weather dam j age, as all association cotton is warehoused immediately it is de livered to the association by the member. "Cotton firms have found thati [they can come to *he association's j office and find samples of any | i quantity of any quality of cotton j ; they may desire. They have found I ! further that they can buy -uch cot-1 j ton at a fair price on the market j of that day. This saves them the expense of sending men into the in terior markets to buy perhaps 300 'bales of cotton from which they j ean sort out just the 100 or 200 i bales they want of a particular I grade and staple. The association j is performing a service for them j in offering them cotton, ready to ! deliver, in even running lots. , Nat j urally they are willing to pay a , j premium for this service, and the' association member benefits." ? ? ? ? 1921 Vegetable Crop Estimated Value of the Last I Year's Production j Washington, June 8.?Vegetables ?grown in the United States in 1921 ; had an estimated value of $1,104, 1000,000, according to the depart ment of agriculture. This was 15.7 per cent of the total value of ; all crops. The products of market ; gardens, which may or may not ; have been productive enough to be j farms within the census definition, j are not included in these estimates. The total value of truck vege- j j tables produced for sale, often call- i i ed the commercial crop, was esti- J {mated "by the department at $227,-i ] 000.000. j j The potato crop had a farm value i |of $385,000,000. and the sweet po-j itato, $87,000,000. Together, these; two crops comprised 43 per cent-of jthe value of all vegetables in 1921. The tomato crop of 1921 had a Ifarm value Of $60,000,000; the can taloupe crop was worth' $17,000, 000; the cucumber, watermelon j and cabbage crops each had a value of about $15,000,000. Farm gardens are a new item in the vegetable list and had an! estimated value of $405,000,000 in 1912. The value of the vegetable crop in relation to prominent single crops and to groups of crops has some striking ratios for 1921, a year when the values of the large j crops were low the department pointed out. The total value of the vegetable crop for 1921 was 85 per cent of the value of the great corn crop: il was almost as large as the value of the hay and forage crops; j it was nearly one-half as large as j the value of the dairy products: it was considerably larger than the value of .ill poultry products; 4i'> per cent larger than the value of the < ottcn crop: and 50 per cent larger than the value of the winter and spring wheat crops. Death. Rembert. .June G.? Mr. Isaac i Cato an old resident of the com munity died suddenly Sunday night. The funeral and burial ser vice were held today at New Hope church. The man with a grouchy look seldom gets a pleasant one. COTTON CROP CONDITION Weekly Weather Review Is sued by (Toyenuuent Teils v\ Rain und Cold Washington, June 7.?The cot ton crop was described- by the weather bureau today in its weekly weather and crop review as late 1 and in poor condition except in the f southern and .western portions of j the belt. Summarizing its reports on cot ton for the week ending yesterday, the bureau said: "Temperatures were mostly be low normal in the cotton belt, es pecially in the central and wes tern portions, and rainfall was heavy in many localities, particu larly in the eastern and the more western sections. The crop made fair to very good progress in Texa3. "The nights were somewhat too cool in Arkansas, but very good ad- j vance was reported in general from that state, although conditions va- ; ried greatly. The progress of the crop was very good in Tennessee and fairly good in the Carolinas, although field work was delayed in the latter area by frequent rain i fall. ? j "Fair progress was repdrted also from the southern division of I ! Georgia, although the week was j j generally unfavorable in that state j on account of excessive rainfalls, I the fields were boggy, the land! washed and farm work impossible, i "Conditions were unfavorable! alsb in Alabama, Mississippi and I Oklahoma, where it was too cool j and wet, and cotton made poor I progress in these states. The con dition and stand in Oklahoma are very 'uneven, ranging from very ! ! poor to very good, while the crop j is generally late >and mostly needs j cultivation. Some planting was done in the Mississippi delta where ! previously flooded. Weevil activity I is reported from many sections of the belt, including a few localities in southern North Carolina." g o . > i Cream Gathering I Stations J&rt Satis f?fctory or Profitable Clemsoh College, June 5.?A great. many communities in South Carolina in which there are not enough dairy cows at the present time to justify the establishment of a creamery have been led to be lieve that' a cream gathering sta tion would give* them the service that would assist the farmers in getting started- in the cream busi ness. A cream gathering station I is not the proper basis on which to I establish, our dairy industry in ! South Carolina*, for several reasons, ? as given below by J. P. LaMaster, I Chief of the Dairy Division. ?? First, they do not add anything to the value of the cream, yet they cost from three to five cents per pound of butter fat to operate. The next most serious argument; j against these stations is that they i lower the quality of the cream pur I chased in the community. At these! . cream gathering stations cream of all qualities and in all stages and conditions is mixed for shipment to a central creamery. Doing this, at the receiving stations, where there are no pasteurizing plants, re duces the high quality cream to the quality of the, poorest cream receiv j ed, which in turn means a lower J price to the farmers who are pro ducing good cream, and which also means that this cream when deliv-, j ered to the creamery is in such j I condition that no butter maker canj j make a high grade butter from it. j In order for the new creameries in i j this state to succeed it is necessary: [ for them to produce a grade of but-. I ter which will compete with the] j good Western butter now coming j into this state. ! The argument in'favor of a cream! gathering station is that it assists, the farmer with two or three cows] to get started. This argument is not - justifiable since the farmers] that handle cream most carelessly are those which produce hand skimmed milk from two or three cows. They get very little money from this amount of cream and thus do not feel justified in handling it in the proper manner. The best way to get our cream ery industry established on the right basis along this line is fori each farmer to ship his cream di rect to the plant making the but ter. This means that the farmer should have enough cows to justify the purchase of a cream separator and two five-gallon cream cans. Four to six reasonably good cows will pay for a separator in a short while. Where there are several farmers in a community interest ed in producing cream for ship- j ment. they can take time about de- j livering the cream to the railroad \ station. Each farmer in this way' will ship his own can to the cream- f ery. The creamery in turn can! grade this cream and pay the farm- i er direct in proportion to Its | value. The only expense charged to the farmer by this method is the express or baggage charges from his station to the creamery. When the cream arrives at the creamery under these conditions, if one farmer is producing a poor quality of cream, the creamery manager can advise him of the fact and he] can change his methods to correct' the conditions. When the creamery J receives a large volume of poor, cream from cream stations it is\ practically impossible to locate thei trouble. Direct shipping is the best plan' for the farmer and for the cream-! Death. Mr. W. F. Proctor, an old and respected citizen living near Os wego. died Tuesday morning at 10:30 at his home after a prolong ed illness from complicated causes. He was sixty-seven years of age. Interment will be made at Bethel church near Oswego at 4 p. .m. j Wednesday. i Xew Laws For . Farmera'. Loans. The need for better labilities' for providing credits of intermediate length to farmers seems well es tablished, the National Bank of Commerce in New York believes. In the June issue of its magazine, Commerce Monthly, the- bank de clares that although commercial institutions are amply able to sup ply short-term funds, there is a real demand for legislation by con gress to readjust the-machinery for making agricultural loans having a maturity of from six months to three years. The plan to amend the Federal Farm "Loan' Act for' this purpose and the ? temporary extension of the life of the War Finance Corporation, it believes,, merit serious consideration. "There are a number of bills pending in congress designed to im-' prove credit facilities serving the agricultural community, Commerce Monthly says, "Of course, these are only one class of the many pro posed measures which have grown out. of the difficult economic con dition. However,: agricultural leg islation especially merits considera tion, for ,the evidence indicates that the farming class has had to bear a very heavy burden during the period of deflation. In the general debacle of wholesale prices of 1920 and 1921, agricultural, products were conspicuous. The purchasing power of farm products, in 'terms of all other commodities,, was in April, 1921 but 63 per cent, as great as in 1913, which fact di rectly reflects the relative harsh ness with which deflation has borne, upon the farming class. * "Commercial banking agencies are in a position amply to provide for agricultural advances of a- ma turity up to six months, and >aper taken on^ such advances is redis countable at the federal reserve banks. However, commercial banks, are unwilling to take * any great amount of paper the maturity of. which is. for more than six months, partially1 because it is not redis-| countable. - It- is just here that some sort of rearrangement rec ommends itself. "That steps should be taken to" make financing of such activities easier is "one of- the conclusions reached by 'the Joint Commission, of Agricultural Inquiry. In its report on 'Credit' was included the draft of a bill which subsequently, was introduced into-both houses* of congress in the form of an amend7 ment to the Federal 'Farm'-Loan' Act. The bill is designed to- pro-! vide credit machinery which wflt meet this demand for agricultural' advances of a maturity of from six months to three years. Due to the press of other legislative business, this bill has received little atten tion in either house of congress. However, it seems to have been based upon a thorough investiga tion of the fundamentals of the problem and merits the serious con sideration which it no doubt war receive in time. "Another move in the way of legislation to cure agricultural ills is the extension of the life of the War Finance Corporation. The work done by the War Finance. Cor poration ^ together wiA continuing business" uncertainty no ? doubt" warrants the" extension -of Hfe for another" year of this temporary -or ganization." Regarding other proposals for remedial legislation which are be ing advanced at this time, the Na tional Bank of Commerce in New York says: "Some of these propose to put at the disposal of. the farmers huge, amounts through various existing banking agencies, the funds -ih-| volved to be advanced by the gov ernment. Other plans are; revolu tionary and would establish com plete new systems of rural' credit machinery. Notable among these is a bill provifllifg for the establish ment of a landschaft system which wculd advanee money on short term mortgages. .The plan as out lined bears - much resemblance to our present Federal Farm Loan System in function and organiza tion. " Such a duplication of ma chinery world appear wasteful up on its face. "Those who now propose the pending legislation should show that the experience of the last few years has established that the farm, loan system ?s designed and oper ating is deficient, and that there is a legitimate demand for addition al machinery to grant loans oh the baste "of farm mortgages. "Pending legislation -which pro vides for the ereeribn of extensive new machinery * for agricultural finance should be regarded criti cally. It IS certain that it will merit passage only' if and when a careful examination reveals that It will indeed- cure certain existing ills which present machinery cannot cure. ? The need for encouraging the granting of certain types of ag ricultural credits with a maturity of from six months to' three years seems well established. The pro-f posal of the Joint Commission of j Agriculture to extend the activities? of the farm loan system to achieve i this result has found favor' quite generally- This" and other pro posals will doubtless receive con sideration when congress has clear ed its docket of the tariff and sol diers' bonus. For this reason those who have at Heart the best interests of our rural communi ties should form an intelligent opinion as to the best method of improving credit facilities serving agricultural interests. The exist ence of such an opinion may well be an insurance against an enact ment which iii the end might prove but a wasteful or otherwise undesirable experiment." Death of Goo. W. Parker. George W. Parker, brother of W. R. Praker of this city died at 4 p. m., June 5th, at D?wling Park, Fla. Funeral wil* be held at Sumter cemetery immediately after arrival of train from Charleston at 9:40 Wednesday morning. The man who always talks In his sleep isn't as bad as the man who always talks when he isn't asleep. It would cost 10,000 rubles to have a shirt washed in Russia if one were ever washed. True Story Relating to the Capture of m JeffOTson'?avis By Dr.' TL: W. Sanders. (Greenville News). The capture of Jefferson Davis took place at Irwinsville, Ga., May 10. 1865. It seems impossible for sorhe'people ever to learn or admit the facts as related by truthful witnesses? concerning this event. I note in The Greenville News, March ?6, 1922, a sensational arti cle on the.subjecet, which is mis leading. And wishing the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, to find lodging in the minds of the people-^-especially the young people?I ask space in the columns of The News for some Statements. Dr. J. W. Jones, dis tinguished chaplain in the Army of Northern Virginia, was very inti mate with General Lee, General Jackson, President Davis and oth ers of like renown. By special ar rangement with and with consent of-Mr. Davis, Dr. Jones wrote what is entStied, "The Memorial Volume, Jefferson Davis, 1890." ? On pages 401-408,- Dr. Jones quotes the testimony of those who saw M<r. Davis at- the time5 he was made a prisoner, and who spoke out of knowledge of the facts. Ln the Portland, Me., Argus, Mr. James H. Parfcer, of Pennsylvania, said: "I am no- admirer of Jeff Davis. I am a Yankee. I have Yankee preju dice, bht I think it wicked to lie even about him, or for that matter, about the devil.' I was - with the party that captured Jeff Davis; saw the whole transaction from begin ning. I now say?<tnd hope you will -publish it?that Jeff Davis did not have on at the time he was taken any such: garment as is worn by women. "He did have over his shoulders a water-proof article of clothing something like a havelock. It , was -BO?.-irr the least concealed. He" wore a fat and did not carry a pail of says and quotes many interesting facts about Mr. Davits. Of course, I must omit them in "a newspaper article, but I beg to quote now some words from Mr. Davis himself, found on page 70, volume 2 of "Rise and Fall of the 'Confederacy." Anyone knowing the character of President Davis,' and being free from hate or preju dice, must concede his absolute truthfulness and "perfect honesty, and therefore cannot doubt the truth as given by him.. He says: "A silly story had got abroad that it was a treasure-train, and the 'auri -sacra fames' had probably mstigated these marauders, as it subsequently stimulated Gen. J. H. Wilson to send out a large cavalry "force to "capture the ' same tj?fcth "For the protection of my family I traveled with them two or three days, when, -believing that they had passed out of the region of maraud w?ter on his head, nor carry a pail, bucket or kettle in any way. "His wife did *not tell any person that her husband might hurt some body "if exasperated. She behaved like a 'lady "and he as a gentle man." ? Mr. T. H. Peab?dy, of St. Louis, one of the captors of Mr. Davis, in a y public address, : isaid: "Besides the suit Of men's uiothes worn by Mr: Davis, 'he had on, when cap tured, Mrs. Daviis* large water-^roof cloak or- robe, thrown on over his own fine-gray suit, and a blanket shawl thrown on over his head and shoulders. The story of the hoop skirt; sun-bonnet and calico wrap L"per, had no ^eal-existence, and. was started in the fertile brain oi! the reporters' and in the IHustrated'pa pers of that day." Col. William Preston Johnston, member of Mr. Davis' staff, says "Mr. Davis was dressed as usual. He had on* a knit* 'Woolen visor, which he had always -worn at night for neuralgia. He" wore ?' ieSvalry boots.*** "Colonel Johnston states further that-Mr. Davis' captors took from him his waterproof spring overcoat, similar to that of Colonel Johnson's own, except m color. He} ?ays: "I never heard of Mr. Davis* disguise until I saw it in a New York Herald." I Kx-Governor Lubbock. of Texas, in a letter to Major W. T. Wal halla, August 2, 1877, says of Mr. Davis' captors: "Upon taking the 'camp they plundered and robbed everyone of all and every article they could get hold of. They stole the watches, jewelry, money, cloth fng and all. '?? I believe I was the only one of the party rot robbed." -Oov. Lubbock was ""aide" to President Davis. Dr. Jones, in his "Memorial Volume" of 672 pages, ers. T determined to leave their encampment at nightfall, to exe cute my original purpose. My horse and those of my party proper were -saddled preparatory*' to a start when one of my staff, who had rid den into- the neighboring village, returned and told me thit he had heard that a marauding party in tended to attack the camp that night. This decided me to wait long enough to- see whether there was any truth in the rumor, which I supposed would be ascer tained in a few hours. My horse remained saddled and my pistols in the hostlers, and I lay down, fully dressed, to rest. Nothing oc curred to rouse me until just be fore dawn when my coachman, a free colored man, who faithfully, clung to our fortunes, came and told me there was firing over the branch, just behind our encamp ment. I stepped out of my wife's tent and saw some horsemen, whom I immediately recognized as cav alry, deploying around the en campment. I turned back and told my wife these were not the expect ed marauders, but regular troop ers. She implored me to leave her at once. I hesitated, from unwil lingness to do so. and lost a few precious moments before yielding to her importunity. My horse and arms were near the road on which I expected to leave, and down which the cavalry approached. It was, therefore, impracticable to reach them. I was compelled to start in the opposite direction. As it was quite dark in the tent, I picked up what was supposed to be my "raglan," a water-proof, light overcoat, without sleeves; it was subsequently known to be my wife's, so very like my own as to [ ^-,J- i be niisutken for it; as I stated my wife tnwgfitfully threw over my head a?d -a-hoaiaer.s a shawL - <f had gone perhaps ,3-5 or 20 yards when a trooper .galloped up and order ed me'to" nalt -and surrender, to which 4%tfve a-defiaat answer, and dropping the shawl and raglan from my. shoulders, ? advanced to ward him; he leveled his carbine at me. but I expected, if he, fired, he would miss me, and my inten tion was in;, that event to put my ihand uwder his foot, tumble him off on the other side, spring into his saddle and attempt to escape. My .wife, who had been watching. . when she saw the soldier aim his ?carbine at me,> ran forward and threw her arms -around *me. Suc cess depended on instantaneous ac tion, and,, recognizing that the op portunity had been lost, I turned back, and, the morning beii-g: damp and chilly, passed on to a fire'ne yond the, tent. Our pursuers ; had taken different roads and ^ap proached our camp from opposite directions; they encountered each other and commenced firing, both supposing they hadmet our armed escort, and some casualties result ed fronfi; their conflict with an imaginary, body of Confederate troops. During the; confusion, ? while attention was concentrated upon myself, except by those "who were engaged in. pillage, Tone"'of my aides, Col. J. Taylor Wood, with Lieutenant BarnwelL walked off unobserved. His daring - ex ploits on the sea had mads' him,'./. oh the part of the federar^overn ment, an object of sp^iat hostility; and rendered it quite proper that 4 he should avail himself ?f every possible means of. escape. Colonel Pritehard went over to their bat tlefield 'and I! did- not see him for a long time, surefc^ more, than an hour after my capture. He subse quently claimed credit, in a con versation with me, for the for bearance shown >y-nis men-in not shooting , me " when I refused to surrender. "Wilson, and others have uttered many falsehoods in regard is my capture^'which have been exposed in publications by persons there present?by .Secretary Reagan, by the members of my personal staff, and by the Colored coachman, Jim Jones, which -must have been ctm vinciug to all who were", not grv en over to believe a lie." The undersigned, like any other true patriot, south or north, wants truthful history and finding that some pe?pie are being misguided, the aibove.1 facts .have been. -careful ly coJle^edV/lt is high time that -the south' should come into her own in the writing of real history. Let us hold*'the "olive branch of-peace in one ^h?nd and record Eiifrtorical truth w^tn -^he other. And as no true minor Nvoman, north' or south, will want more fabrications mm: dreams about the War Beteveen the States, surely it is incumbent upon ^?ery American .>ci t i k e a, worthy of'His heritage as such, to I see tbtfts f??s, and not fabled, shall be" handed down as history. All newspapers interested are requested*to copy tfee above collec tion of statements. Robert W. Sanders. What Is the Best [ Clemsqn. College, June 5;-^it has ; generally; H^n>th"e" custom during the past several years that farmers J&ave paid considerably higfeer prices for organic sources of nitro gen than they have for mineral nitrogen, jsueh as nirrate--df soda <i>r suiphate. of ammonia. There has\-I ?often -been a question also about the relative . value of nitrogen secured from -green manure crops, such as cowpeas, velvet'beans, etc^, as com ?pared*wtth-stable manure-and min eral sources of nitrogen. The New Jersey Experiment Sta tion has t>een conducting a series of experiments along this line and Prof. A. W. Blair has recently re ported the results of some of die . work of that station in the Journal} of American Society of Agronomy for *Ma$y:!r922. As an average for :a ten-y^ar test slightly -better re sults were secured with . mineral , nitrogen than with organic nitro gen being furnished in the form of blood, fish scrap, and tankage. The mineral nitrogen was supplied fa the form of .-nitrate ef soda and sul phate of ammonia and calcium ni trate. There was very little differ ence, h?k?fee: reswlts indicate that the crtfanic^ nitrogen does- not lant longer iti fcfce soil than the" mineral nitrogear, ;ffnd that the ;Tartineral ni trogen does not leach, out readily as has -generally been supposed. The ; <oomi>ination * of- -one-naif nuneraj/jiitifogen and one-half or ganic nitrogen gave s?ghtry better results tnan iany single source when take alone. For example, with po tatoesi nitrate of-soda alone gave 2SI bushels per acre; fish scrap gave? 2*4 oOshels. and tankage jgave 241 bushels; -while a combination of nitrate' of soda and fish scrap qgave 25 " bushels per acre, in a five year test. ? A comparison was made" also be tween igreen manure crops when grown .regularly in 8t rotation, and stable manure. The result was that higher yields were secured from the green manure crops than from the stable niahure, and tliat the average gain per acre was from $10#6 to $12.00 in favor otttw-green manure crops, making due allowance for the phosphoric acid and potash in the manure and without Tegard to the larger yields secured from the green maure crops. This indicates the very great imp jrtance of the use of green manure crops for soil building purposes. These results indicate, says Prof. C. P. Blackweli, Agronomist, that here in the South we cart save a great deal of money -by planting* velvet *ean??, cowpeas. and soy beans afc sources of nitrogen in stead of depending entirely on 'com merciakn*trogen, for which .we al ways have to pav a verv high price. ? ? * ?-?. Aspii-^tion doesn't go Car without perspiration. A dollar is worth more than it was last year. . Try to make the . income tax man believe this.