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DISTRICT MEETING OPMASONS sr .. ?-i ? f v\. v At a "meeting held in Camden last summer the. Masons of the Nine teenth District in which" Claremont is located, effected a permanent or ganization, and win hold annual meetings tinder the auspices of the various lodges in the district. This year the honor falls to Claremont Ljpdge No. 64, the invitation to ?-? meet here having been extended by }he * Master of the lodge'; at the -<?*md.en meeting and unanimous ly accepted. ''1:.'; The officers of the Nineteenth District Association are Robert. T. Qoodale, D. D. G. Mv, President, and George D. Levy.\ -secretary. These officers, in conjunction -With Dr. E. P. DuRahtv'W. M., of Claremont Lod,ge, have 'arranged * the following program 1 for the meeting: ./ Thursday, 3v^ *$&th.. 11:3$ a. m.?Meeting of the dele gates at Masonic Temple.'/' '22 o'clock M.?Convening of the ? District Meeting. Most Worship ful Robert T. Goodale, D. D. G. M., -..presiding. 2:00 p. m.?Dm ner "In" honor of lv"the^visiting delegates..' Afternoon session from 4 to ft. p; tn'.: at Masonic Temple, Dr. E. -P. DuRant, W. Mv /ClaremoEt " Lodge No. 64. presiding. ; " Five minute talks by one repre ? tentative from each lodge1; on some Masonic topic. ; ? Address by the District/Deputy. - Evening Session^1; Master's degree 'conferred on ih'e feliowcrafts at 6 p. m. (The \wcfck df?ne by the 'Past// ^Masters* club of Claremont Lodge),"'. .' Adjournment. The feature of the I meting will be the conferring of the.. Master 'Mason's degree upon. 'five* fellow - grafts by the Past Masters'. Club of tjia'remont Lodge. This'work will commence promptly at. 6 ' o'clock - p. m., which will, give ample op portunity for all of the local Ma sons to be in. attendance. . The work will be done by the fol lowing Past Masters filling the .sta tions as below indicated: George D. Levy, W. M., (first and second sections). : W. R. Parker, W. M., "(third aection). :. . . Dr. IT. L.' Shaw/ sK, W; George C. Warren, Jr.. W.; <35L. M- Jones. Sr. D.? W. I. Whitehetad;. Jr. D.; H. P. Moses. Steward,-A. A Phelps, Steward; J. ,C. Pate> ^Secretary; Abe Ryttenberg, Treasurer; W. D. Owens, Tyler, Dr. W, .E..- Thayer, rCVaplain> Floor work in charge of Jco. S. Buck. Traditional . Characters: J. C. Pate and Dr. C. P. Osteeri* Bartow 'Walsh, L. I. Parrott and J. A. Mc jRaight. Claremont Lodge ha3i. twenty , Past Masters on its roster. They i are enthusiastic and hard workers; and since the formation af the club [f&fy have been very active in th^ a/fairs of the lodge. There will be a large attendance Et the district meeting* the twelve Jpidges will be officially represented |>y their Masters as follows: Ker jsha^w .No. 29, Camden> >by W. F. Kettles; Claremont, No.: 64, Sum-' |*r, by E. P. DuRant r Bishopvllle No. IQ 4, Bishop vilie, by C. R. Kilgore: Flat Rock No. 178. Ker "sfiaw, by R. B. Faulkenberry; Spring Hill No. m.-:BJenibert. by .i>. J. Hatfield; Lynchwdod< No. 197? Bethune,. by Jno. A. McCaskill; Abney No. 211, Kershaw. by L. D.; Simpson; Lucknow >fc>.-212, Xuek Bpw, by C. B. Pate; Manville No. _ .232, St. Charles, by' R. Hat field; Antioch No, 293;-liucknow, j by W. R. Davis; Patesville^No. 295,1 Bish<kjxyille, by B. Z. Gilbert? I Utopia No. 303, MayesvllteV'by J. M. j Kohn. . ??: j _Besides the presiding Masters of I the Lodges named there* will be a.] . large number of Masons lhere not | only from the Lodges in this dis- ] ,' Xrict. hut from a number of the j neighboring cities. The: '29th wlM ] ':be a red letter day for the Ma-j eons of this section of the state. -. ? ? Mr. R. R. DuRant waj^ In the ..city Tuesday with some very hand- j ? some-peaches from his1'farm onj .Black' river, about 14 ml^e3 from ?umter and 7 miles from" Alcolii. I He--ha* a fine young orchard which '.has" been cultivated according to! oerwet methods. He'' offers to .make "good any peaches" from his ?-treefi--tn -which worms' are fou*?d. .His.address is Alcolu, S. C, Box 39. '? The completion of the system of hard surfaced high way s.^in Sumter county within the next year or two will be followed by an. increase in -the enrollment of the,city, schools particularly in the high schools. _A1 * ready there are a large, number of high school pupils from the county districts .and with better roads, fa eHitating transportation,. the num ber of pupils from the country will steadily increase. The school build ings are now taxed to capacity and "the City Board of Education is fac ing' the problem of providing addi tional school buildings to house the children and an augumented corps of teachers. The present buildings are scarcely adequate for the school population of this city, and the na tural growth of the city, -based up on the steady growth during the past decades calls for additional school buildings, and this alone is ? problem that is difficult to solve Since if ia primarily a problem of finances. Where is the money to come from to provide new build ings and pay a larger teaching force? But with steadily growing influx of pupils from the country districts the problem becomes a greater and more complicated one. ' Spring chickens are scarce and high in price. There is.a market for chickens and the boll weevil does not interfere with the chick en crop?forty cent cotton was the pest that knocked the bottom out pi the poultry business OUNTY NEWS Report of Last Meeting of the Sumter Golf Club A meeting: of the members of the Sumter Country Club was held in the Chamber of Commerce hall last Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock, in accordance with the notice which had been published several days previously. Mr. Moore, the president^ of th-* club, made a report of the action that had been taken by the board relative to leasing land near Shady Side for a club -site, stating- that the directors had' concluded a lease for the land to give the club occupation at once and to- con clude with December 31, 1923. ASso that the Greens Committee had been authorized to spend an amount up to $500.00 hi getting the land in suitable condition for golf. After some discussions, both in Opposition to and in favor of the action of the directors, their action was ratified by the members. Inasmuch ?s some members had joined the club with the expec tation Of there being other fea tures than golf, an opportunity was given for those me'iribers to request a refund and the refunds were made immediately.'.' A motion was then carried to the effect that, whereas, all requests for refunds made in accordance with the pub lished notice were granted and no "further requests'were* made, it is hereby moved thar' no furtfa'eT re funds will be made. : : The Greens Committee was in structed to proceed with the work at once, and Mr/ Moore 5 is: now undertaking* to get in' communica tion with an instructor in golf who will give instructions to those wish ing it. Work will start* at once arid it is very probable that with in the next four or five weeks, or sooner, the;Sumter Golf Club will have become an established tact. Miss Nell Folsom t Entertains Miss Nell Fobx>rrf entertained a number of her friends at .her home on Monday evening. The recep tion hall and parlor being taste 'fully decorated with hydrangeas, potted plants and smilax; the Color scTieme being carried out in blue and green. Misses Louise Bate man and Iva Belle Folsom presid ed over the punch bowl through out the evening. " Progressive con versation and dancing were en joyed by all. Those present were: "ftannah White, Edna Mae "McDon ald, Elizabeth CrOwsop, Ruth Blandihg, Ruth: Flowers, Margaret Dick, Juanfta Weeks, Elihor Craw ford, Lois Shirer, Theresa McMil lan, Mary Thorne, Mable Hurst, Rosalie Xeyle, Elizabeth Porter, Wilburn Bateman, Samuel Pierson, Roland Miller, Marion Foxworth, James Felder, George Dick, Oliver Sholar, Leon Chandler, Albert Al derman, James Fogel, Truesdel Moseiey, Oliver Harris, Raymond Burgess, Norton Marshall DeSaus sure Edmunds, Charles' Hayns worth, Alva Spann and James Mc Millan. Death of Infant Sara Margaret, the five-months old daughter of Mr. T. H. Brock ington, 27 S.; Washington street, died Tuesday morning about four o'clock, after a period of illness of about ten'days" duration. The body will he carried to Manning and will be buried there at five o'clock Tuesday "afternoon. 1 Special Meeting of County Board of Commissioners. Meeting was called id order and roll call showed that all members were present. Then they turned to the business of the special meet ing. Tlfe chairman stated that the meeting was called at the instance of the chairman of the Permanent Road Commission to consider get ting a practical detour around the hard surfacing now being done on Manning avenue. The detour in question "was across lands of Mr. !C. L. Stubbs. Mr. Stubbs appear j ed before the board together with his attorneys, Messrs! Harby and j Nash arid stated that he was oppos ; ed to the road being opened up [through his land. Mr. Weinberg ; appeared, respecting the perma nent road commission, and to gether with the attorneys for Mr. j Stubbs argued and explained the law as it affected the case. The j members of the board and interest ed parties went out and looked over the ground, seeing the site of the new road which it was supposed to open up. and also going over j the detours which are now being used. It developed that in order to make this new detour, consider able expense would be incurred for j the county, in condemnation pro ceedings, grading and building a I bridge across a branch. The i board thought that the present'de I tour through Shannontown was [the practical one, and In view of i the expense involved In making the j new detour, decided against this It instructed .the county engineer to put: up necessary, signs along the i Shannontown route so as to advise {the public of the most practical j wav. There being no further business {the board adjourned. ! Mr. J. M. DesChamps, who lives j near Pine wood and who was a candidate for governor several i years ago. was charged by Mr. ! Paul Hodges, who also lives near j Pinewood. with throwing nut grass J into his cultivated fields. It seems that the motive for Mr. DesChanips' action was because of nn old grudge iand ill feeling he had towards Mr. I Hodge. The preliminaries were held j Thursday in the magistrate's of j flee. It was decided to send the I cast* to the upper courts THE CITY ABATTOIR The Building Will Cost $13, . 750 and Equipment About $11,000 City Council at the regular meet ing Tuesday night awarded the contract, for the construction of the building for the municipal abattoir! to G. P. Knowles. His bid was j $13,750 and the bid of J. W. Harper & Son was $15,949.20. The bids did not include the machinery and equipment, which will cost, it is estimated, about $11,000. The Columbia city abattoir cost $65;000 when established about eighteen months ago, but it is the opinion of Councilman Marshall that it would now be built for $35, 000 to $40,000. The cost of operation per month has been $1,884.66, and some months have shown a profit of $500 to $600. Councilman Mar shall who was in charge,' says if there is plenty of meat to butcher the abattoir can be run at a pro fit, but if there is only a small: amount of meat it will show a loss. The question is, will there be business enough in Sumter to pay operating expenses, to say noth ing of interest on the investment. j RED CROSS HOME SERVICE I-;-_ Report For May. One hundred fifty-five families received some form of aid from the Red Cross during the month, 16 of these being new applications in May. Thirteen ex-service men receiv ed assistance in applying for cer tificates in lieu of lost discharge certificates, or for unpaid allotment. Eighty-two disabled ex-soldiers were aided in filling out the long papers and preparing the numer ous affidavits required by the gov ernment before hospital treatment at government expense, compen sation for disability, or vocational training is awarded. Sixty civilian families received food, clothing, medical attention or some other service. Two hundred seventy-four visits were made in connection with the work, and 133 interviews were held in the Red Cross office. The financial report for the month is a3 follows: Office expenses- $3.05 Car expenses __ 8.73 Direct relief _ 73.25 S$S5.03 HELEN WHEELER, Executive Secretary, Red Cross Home Service. A Surprise Party ; \ "?!-. ; Mrs, Davis-Moise gave a delight ful surprise party Wednesday night in honor of Miss Dorita Moise. who recently graduated at Winthrop College and Ensign Alva Solomons, graduate of U. S. Naval Academy. The two honor guests were invited over to meet a friend from out of town who never showed up, but instead, they were greeted by the following guests, who were in league with the hostess and bent upon making the surprise happy and complete: Misses Jeannette White, Sadie Mimms, Emma Pinekney. Molly Bowman. Frances Smith, Helena Bultman, Doris Moses, Frances Hayne, (guest of Mrs. Louis Williamson), Messrs. Harold Moise, Charley Pierce, Ma rion Ard, George Bultman, Julius St?bbs, Lawrence Brunson, Jimmy Cain, Perry Moses, Marion Moise, Harold DeLorme,, James Bradley, Grief, Isbell, Clifton Moise, Hen ny.' During the evening beautiful vo ? cal solos were given by Mr. Charley a Pierce in his usual appealing man I ner. Instrumental solos were given " hy Mr. Clifton Moise, Miss Sadie jMimms and Mr. Marion Ard to ! whose music; also, tripped the light feet of the dancers. Punch was j served throughout the evening J from frosted bowls on quaint an tique tables in lighted hall and j shadowed porch. And soft laugh j ter; floated through the fragrant j gardens. Ice cream and cake were also served during the evening, j Everyone reported a delightful j evening. SOCIAL EVENTS. j Miss Mamie Tucker entertained j a number of her friends on Tues I day evening. Mrs. G. L. Jackson presided at the punch bowl. Pro gressive conversation and danc ing were enjoyed by even-one un tiT a late hour. Refreshments of ice. cream ami cake were served during the evening. Those present were: Doll Bult j man. Miss Powell, Rita Heriot, j Foxie Turner. Nell Ard, Helen {Commander, Lucy Burns. Baynard PiUs, Ellen V. ' Stuckey. Lydia Ryttenberg, Elizabeth Baker, Se rena Evans, Juanita Campbell, Audrey Schwerin. Rosa Mae Spenc ! er. Camilla DuRant. Susie New ! man. Katherine McKagen, Louise j McKagen, Lillian Hill. Lois Thomp | son. Mary Elizabeth Wysong. Clint I Wheeler. Mr. Parrott, Leo Dick json, Edward Booth. James Felder, Leon Chandler. Edward Buck, J Charles Crom be, Frank Sholar. ; Hamilton Boykin, Tracy Evans, j George McKfever, J Miller Fraser. I Elbridge Kennedy, Harry Rytten j berg, Alva Spann, Raymond Bur ; gess. Oliver Sholar. George Dick, James Burns, Carlton Whilden, J. IC. Cooper, Reese Joye, Frank ! Clarke, James Fogle, .Julius Pitts. j Sam Dow. alias Scarborough j Hammond, negro, was arrested ! Wednesday by Policemen DuRant and Lawrence, for forgery. tVhen ! Dow presented bis check in O'Don I nell's grocery store, ir was remem j-bered tbat he bad forged a check j of $8.00 there some time ago. so 'the police department was called land they soon discovered that the presented check of $7 was also a forged one. They arrested him and placed him in jail, where he will remain until his case i:s tried at a higher court. -Newest Evei Rate Cut Should Bring Higher ? Rail Wages The Brotherhood View of the Railroad >Vage Problem ; When the Interstate Commerce J Commission on May 24th ordered I the railroads to make a rate cur averaging: 10 per cent on all freight except farm produce, it did more to solve the problem of satisfac tory wages for railway employees than have all the conferences and commissions since the war. The railroads have been gradually starving themselves to death. They sought and- obtained permission from the Interstate Commerce Commission to advance rates to a level never before known in this country. Rates were set so high ' that they often exceeded the valuer i of the articles transported. Farm j ers left their potatoes, fruits and j vegetables to rot in the field, or I even dumped them in the river af-j i ter they were packed, because 1 freight charges'exceeded what they would receive for their produee. In brief, in their desire to make greats er profits, the railroads overreach ed themselves and charged more than the traffic could bear. Facts recently collected for the Intcrr. state Commerce Commission show that American railroads received last year on every ton hauled a j mile a greater return than any j year in the last forty years; and I yet the volume of freight lufbdled {by the roads was so small that I many of them faced actual' bank iruptcy. The tonnage carried dur ing the first half of 1321 as com pared with the first six months of the preceding year showed a de crease of nearly a quarter of a bil j lion tons. At the same time the I roads carried nearly 74,000,000 . fewer people, because every trav j eler had to pay an average of .1.13 \ cents a mile as against* 2.C cents in "I ?20. Increased fares and rates will never solve the transportation problem. Even the railway execu j tives are now convinced that a \ heavy traffic at reasonably low ! rates is far better than little traf S fic at a high rate. Rate Cut Saves Railroads The extortionate freight rates of I the last two years have not only : crippled the railroads and ruined I the farmers, but rhey have also j paralyzed' American industries. Manufacturers have had to boost j prices in order to pay the freight on raw materials. These price* in creases were passed along by the jobber, the wholesaler and retailer j to the consuming public. Every {article of clothing we wear and j practically every bit of food we eat ' has paid its share of this exorbi tant tribute to the transportation companies. These higher prices j made it impossible for many con jsumers to buy. Retailers and ? wholesalers accordingly cancelled j their orders. The wheels of indus | try stopped. Untold thousands of workers were thrown out of em ployment because their industries could not pay the freight rates de manded of them. The 10 per cent rate cut just or dered by the Commerce Commis j sion is the first genuine step back to normak-y occurring: linder the present administration. It is not a large decrease in comparison with the freight rate increases of 25 to 40 per cent granted two years ago, yet it has already stimulated in dustry and commerce and started preparations for important crop movements from the western ware houses. There can be no question but that the income of the rail roads will be enhanced and the prosperity of the country greatly improved by the 10 per cent rate i cut. \ .lust as the exorbitantly high i freight rates of the past two years have so crippled railroad income that the executives asked for wage decreases., so lower nuos will in crease traffic to the point where railroads will find it to their pro fit to raise wages in order to se cure the pick of the best human material available for the opera tion of our transportation system. Under an honestly managed trans portation system there is an in verse relation between rates and I wages. Lower rates sho?ld mean j higher wages, tin- same as higher ; nites brought ;i demand for lower I wages. This is equally true in in dustry. Henry Kord, who makes the lowest cost automobile in America, pays the highest w;-ges. because he has found that high wages attract and hold competent men. that competent men mean increased efficiency. :iml t ha t In creased efficiency invariably lowers cost. Those railway officials who are now agitating for wage cuts are ling Gown The newest evening trown is- a Irapea tunic of lace" covering ? itraight and severely plain sHjTof netal clotn?silver; gold or shaded faintly with orchid, rose or ?lue? as short sighted .as they. were , two years ago in pleading for exorbi tant freight rates. Railway wages were not increased during the war to anywhere near the level received by other-workers in other indus tries. The general wage slash or dered by the,Railroad Labor Board last July took one-eighth out of the pay envelopes of the railroad j employes, thereby saving the rail roads '$400,000,000 a year. In con sequence of this cut many of the most efficient railway employes left j the service for' more satisfactory ! pay elsewhere. A further wage cut I now would not only be unjustifiable, ! but it would demoralize the na tion's ? transportation system and place it in the hands of the least competent employes. No other in j.dustry in the nation demands such extreme carefulness, such devo tion to duty, such continuous con centration Upon the task in hand as does railroad transportation. A poor piece of workmanship or a moment's carelessness may cost a hundred lives. The men engaged in train service are charged with the moral and legal responsibility for the safe handling of billions .of dollars worth of property?the .[commerce of'the nation. If Henry Ford finds it pays to hire high Class labor to make low priced au tomobiles, surely the bankers who control the railroads, which carry oyer 1.000,000.000 - human being-* and 2,300.000,000 tons of merchan dise a year, ought to realize th'_? i expensive folly of cheap labor. How Railroads Can Promote Pros perity More than any other group, the the railway executives now have it within their power to'hasten a , restoration of our national pros [ perity. Business is picking up. .'Lower freight rates are setting ! dormant industries in motion. This, I in turn, means more employment, more business, and more produc tivity for the entire country. It also means more revenue for the railroads. If they keep this rev enue for themselves,- only a few ; stockholders will benefit. If they (distribute a generous share of this i increase in the form of " better jwages to their employes, they will j add to the spending power of 2, ! 000,000 railway workers with 8, 1000,000 women and children de ? pendent upon theni. The merchants j of every community in which these j employes live will prosper with j them. The industries 'from which j these merchants buy ' their goods J will expand to meet the demands f of this incresa^d buying power; I and as industry needs more mater i ials and has additional products j to ship, the railroads themselves I will profit from the wave of pros perity which they have set in mo tion. On the other hand, if a de sire for selfish ? gain leads the I railroads to beat down wages and decrease the spending power of the workers, the merchants throughout the nation will suffer, the indus tries whose products they sell will ?suffer with them, shipment will be curtailed, and the railroads will be the victims of their own greed. The prosperity which yesterday j was just arojund the corner is now j in plain view. The railroads have j it within their power to help; us I overtake it if they will.?B. L. E. ( Bulletin. ! ? -?v ! Coach Johnson To Visit Sumter I ' !-~~!? I Coach Walter A. Johnson, of the : Pfesbyterian college of South Caro i lina, will arrive in the city at 6:20 j this . afternoon. Welcome to our rcity. Coach! Married In Virginia Mrs. Fannie E. Mellwaine has been informed that her son, Mr. Wm. A. Mellwaine. has completed the law course at the University of Virginia and has received his di ploma, with the B. L. degree. Of interest also is the announce ment that Mr? Mellwaine has now a Virginia bride. The bride was Miss (5retchen Lee Savin of Char lottesville. Va. She was extremely popular with the society set of the university. Mr. Savin is quite prominent in railroad circles throughout Virgin ia. The announcement of the mar ring*- will doubtless come as a great surprise -to the many friends of Mr. .Mellwaine. -? + ?- . There are more customers than bootleggers. We hear about old maid reform ers; but who wants to reform an old' maid'.' An ideal life is working in the ice house in summer and firing a boiler in winter. i Paraguay: Land of Women and War A country whose population was ' almost wiped out of existence, but I which has "come back" successful ly; where women outnumber the j men several times over: where cat tie graze the year round under I palm trees; and where bearded j cowboys wear bloomers?such is, the Paraguay of today pictured in a] bulletin from the Washington, D. C, headquarters of the National j Geographic Society. The bulletin j was issued following news dis- j patches which state that a revolu- j tion has broken out in the little I South American republic. . \ ? "Paraguay, which has refused the] offered mediation of foreign -dip-] lomats and has" announced that its j army will take care of the coun try's latest revolution with rifles and cannom is living up to the mili tary traditions which has given it the most tragic history of all thej countries of the, Americas," says] the bulletin. [ War Nearly * Depopulated Country j ' "Next to the smallest republic } in South America, with an area' ! only about as large as that of the j state of Wyoming, Paraguay in j 1865 had a population comparable j to that of extensive Argentina and \ ! huge Brazil, and thanks to the! I military ambitions of its dictator, i Francisco Lopez, the most powerful J army in South America. Lopez | j believed himself destined to be the Napoleon of the Western Hemis phere, and in 1865 confidently led the army of his little country j against the combined forces of Bra- j ziL Argentina and Urugauy. ''The five-year conflict was so bloody and the Paraguayans were defeated so signally that between two-thirds and' five-sixths of the population perished. Of a popu lation that may have passed the million mark, only about 200,000 women and less than 30,000 men? mostly old men and young boys? were left. The losses were heavier, probably, than those suffered by any other nation in modern times. Even today Paraguay is largely a land of women* the men being greatly in the minority. A "Church-State For a Century "Paraguay's history has been fill ed with conflicts, violence arid un usual situations from the first. To begin: with there has been ? slight er admixture of European blood than in any other South American country, and the fire of the old Indian blood has been preserved. A little band of Spaniards sailed up the Plata River and Paraguay Rive?' in 1536 and in the heart of ?South America founded a settle ment. They took Indian wives; They and their* descendants be came the ruling power in the land, eventually establishing great haci endas on which the Indians work ed. ^"Missionaries who went to the re gion in 1609 brought the Indians together into settlements of their own and taught them to carry on agriculture for themselves. This was resented by the . half breeds and the situation was further com plicated by the arrival of other mis sionaries who destroyed the early settlements. The first comers arm ed the Indians, expelled the Span ish governor and the later arrivals and wrote the second unusual chap ter in Paraguayan history. For more than 100 years they conduct ed a sort - of 'church-state/ Later ! Spanish governors, who cruelly op ,1 pressed the people, came back into power. "After independence from Spain . was gained in 1810 Paraguay en . tered upon a period of dictator J ship and beeame the hermit nation , j of the west. Trade with outside . j countries and the presence of for , [ eigners was strictly prohibited and ? the country came to be entirely a ; self reliant unit. A sort of com munism was established for marry years, a portion of the land being ; worked for the state, the proceeds ; being used for the benefit of the people. De Franchia, the first and j most benevolent of the dictators, ; I was absolute despot of the country [ for 25 years. When he died there : was a short period of fighting and t turbulence from which Carlos Lo j pez emerged as dictator. After I him came his son, Francisco, uri |<ier whom the population suffered I its greatest losses. Like an Inland Florida. 1 "For some of Paraguay's great - I est troubles it is a case of 'cher i chez la fern me.* Francisco Lo I pez, who was educated' in Europe, was accompanied on his return by I a woman who beecame the Du Barry of South America. Lop?z was completely under her control, ; and through him she ruled impet uously and recklessly. "Paraguay of today is a -sort of inland > Florida of fertile soil, equable climate, and an abund ?ance of fruits and food products, j On its rich grass lands vast herds of cattle graze the year round un | der palm trees tended by cowboys ) [ who, instead of the 'chaps' of our ] western plains, wear loose, baggy j bloomers. Only Argentina with its ? i more extensive plains surpasses [?Paraguay as a cattle country. Re cently a number of packing plants I have been established by North i American interests. . I "The Paraguay River has a [ greater flow than the Mississippi, ( and Asuncion, the capital of Para guay, though nearly a thousand ] miles from the sea is a busy port ! for trade with the outside world. "Paraguay had its 'after-the-war j problem' a long time before it was (forced on the rest of the world; i and the little republic has largely J solved it. It was necessary for j the women left after the war of ! lXfTf) to bring the country hack to j prosperity, and their marked in j dustry did it. Today there is a de j gree of general prosperity in the republic that compares favorably with that in most other countries. But it still has ist revolutions. The i present is one is the seienrh since i 1!H?7." If there isn't any money to pay j the bonus, how do they expect to j pay for the tariff? i A sure thing is when daughter j decides she is going an* how. A man doesn't have to be absent minded to forget Himself. Calcium Arsenate-Molasses Seems Effective Mixture As boll weevils are now reported in greater or less quanti ties on nearly every farm in the state and as the weather thus far has been ideal for their propagatron it looks as if there is small chance of producing a fair cotton crop unless some cheap and effective method of checking them is found and put into effect immediately. I Jiave heretofore recommended that the farmers experi ment with a mixture of calcium arsenate and molasses, hav ing both experienced and heard of good results from this - treatment and knowing that the expense of the use of this mixture is so small that failure to secure results would not mean a heavy loss. During the past few days I have become thoroughly con vinced that this treatment is extremely effective. On Friday, the 9th inst, on our Pedigreed Seed Farm eleven live active weevils were placed on a few stalks of cotton upon which a few drops of the molasses mixture had been placed. A few hours later our experimenters found eight dead weevils and no live ones on these stalks. On May 30, Mr. J. W. Goodson treated half of a field with this mixture and on June 5 he ? care fully examined this field and found hundreds of weevils on the untreated cotton and VERY FEW on the treated cot ton. He is absolutely convinced of the great value" Of this treatment, as are Messrs. Randolph Gillespie, Geo. Newson, and Geo. W. Threatt of this section, Mr. A. H. Rogers ot Society Hill and Mr. R. Lee Bass of Lanes, all of whom have . made tests with this mixture. In fact I know of no test that has been made which failed to result in killing a high per cent of the weevils on the treated cotton. ' I believe that if every farmer will make ah application of % the calcium arsenate-molasses mixture this week he will make a great deal more cotton than otherwise. Weevils are already: puncturing the forms on the old cotton and these should be carefully picked up. Additional applications of the molasses mixture should be applied s.t least once per week for the next four weeks and oftener if washed off by rain. Take two pounds of calcium arsenate, mix thoroughly with one-half gallon of warm water and then one gallon of mo lasses (the cheapest black-strap is best), applying to the cot ton with a mop. A drop or two in the bud of each plant is sufficient. A very small quantity appears to be as effective as a large quantity. The main thing is to get it on at once and get it properly distributed. After the cotton is two or three feet tall a mixture of two and one half gallons of molasses, seven and one half gallons of water and 10 pounds of arsenate cal cium may be applied with a spray pump. We got good results, with this mixture last year using an. orchard spray pump with 5 nozzles, easily covering 40 acres per day. For some reason the Extension Bureau, is not recommend-. ~ ing the use of the calcium arsenate-molasses mixture in fight ing the. weevil althuogh a circular issued by B. R. Coad of Tallulah Laboratory and dated July 6, 1921, shows this method to be a most effective means of early season control under certain conditions and although the dusting 'method *' recomemnded by them produced most disastrous results in some instances in this section last year. In view of the abundant evidence of the effectiveness of the calcium arse*|H nate_molasses treatment and especially in - view of the fact that its use only involves an expenditure of 10c to 20c per acre for materials per application and can be mixed, and ap plied by any tenant farmer. I cannot understand their attitude which is still more difficult for me to understand because the k> dusting method recommended by them involves a cost of sev eral dollars per acre for poison, art expensive machine and night work, a combination which is/ under' present conditions, entirely outu of the reach cf the average tenant farmer and of - many land owners. - With the evidence at hand I think it probable that if the calcium arsenate-molasses treatment is applied to every acre of cotton in the state four times during the next month, it may result in an increase of at least a quarter million bales to the crop of the state this year. DAVID R. CO KER. Hartsville, S. C., June 12, 1922. College Men Here Selling -Maj;a . zinc ! Ten young men with manly bear j ing and courteous treatment are I in Sumter canvassing subscriptions jfor the Pictorial Review in an ef j fort to help earn their tuition and S j a bit of cash to help pay their way I through college next session. These young men have no bed of roses strewn along their pathway for I there have gone before them many j yo?ng men and women many of the female of the species being charter members of the flappers' so ciety and the public has been "stung" in many instances. How ever the straightforward way in which these boys put their appeals leaves little doubt that they have a straight proposition and that those j who subscribe to the magazine will! not be the victims of frauds sach as have been perpetrated on the public heretofore. t The team which expects to be jin Sumter* for about another week land who have the stare-of South i Carolina a^ their, territory Is as follows: Harry Roye, supervisor; S. Snoddy, team captain, University of' Alabama; H. Gurtman, Emory Uni versity: S. Williams and L. Rollins, Atlanta Southern Dental college; H. Jordan, Emory University. The colleges and universities referred to. are the ones which the young men wish to enter next fall. MaiTiage license. Colored:" Willie Smith and Ger trude Willis, both of Sumter. John A. James of Philadelphia, Pa., and Hazel Johnson of Sumter. Colored: George Parker and Lizzie Johnson, both of this city. Mr. Andrew.J. Eethea, of Colum | bia, is in the city today. Mr. Be ithea, who is a candidate for the nomination as Representative in ! congress from the Seventh District, ! served the state as lieutenant gov I ernor for two terms and was a j. andidate for governor in 3 918. He J at first intended to enter the n?ce for the governorship this year, and had filed his pledge as a candidate for that office, but subsequently de- i i cided to stand for election to con- I j gress. and accordingly withdrew i his pledge in the gubernatorial race j and filed for congress. In a local j note a few days ago it was stated fthat Mr. Bethea had been "several i times a candidate for governor," I which statement was based upon j the fact that he has been men- j ! tioned in political circles as a pros-1 i pective candidate for the governor- j [ship in several campaigns since his j retirement from office at the ex ? piration of his second term as j lieutenant governor. As a matter of record Mr. Bethea has been a 'candidate for governor in only one ! primary?that of 1918?and this i correction is cheerfully made in (justice to him and to keep the rec j ord straight. The error was due, : as stated, to the fact that Mr. Be jthea had been so frequently and I prominently discussed as a prob-' I able candidate in former years, al | though he was not actively a can ! didate. After all, this may be the end cf ci\-?i2aUon, But which end? Emortaiument by- San!??? The Mission Band of Sunbeams of the First Baptist church, Miss Hettie White, leader, will give an entertainment in the church, audi torium on Thursday evening, $ie 15th, at 8 o'clock. The little ones have practiced faithfully, and we will be glad to have any one in terested in children's mission Work, to come out and enjoy the exer cises. Those who have never thought much about this wer*? will have a good opportunity to find out what the children are doing along this line. The program will consist" of songs, marches and recitations, and a little sketch will be given entitled "Mother Goose and Her Family as Mission Workers." No child taking part in the exercises is over twelve years old.' High School News. Mr. Wv H. Dargan, the principal of the Boys' High school, ^spend ing his summer vacation studying chemistry at the Uni\ersity of Iowa. Mr. Dargan's special branch in the high school is chemistry/ and he has developed this depart ment to a high degree of efficiency. His special study of chemistry for the next twelve weeks will be highly beneficial to himself and through him to the schools of Sumter. * The discontinuance of the morn ing passenger train "between Co lumbia and Sumter will prove,a great inconvenience to the travel ing public. The Columbia" Cham ber of Commerce has filed a pro test against the discontinuance, but so far as is known no* action' has been taken by the local business . organizations. ^ The store of Messrs. Morris and Fuddin on W. Hampton Avenue was broken into Saturday night Cigars and chewing gum were the only articles stolen. The thieves were not cauight Sunday, but Monday morning-Wil bert Powell was seen selling cigars and was arrested. Powell stated that Joe Gardener was his partner? thereupon Gardener was . arrested but stated that he knew nothing of the theft. Finally, both acknowl edged that they did break into the store and will be held tor the crim inal court on a charge of house breaking and larceny. If any of the taxi murderers?-? Kirby, Gappins and Fox?are par doned, South Carolina may as well shut up the criminal courts and quit talking about letting the law take its course. These three blood thirsty fiends were convicted ?>a their own testimony, there is not the shadow of a doubt, reasonable or otherwise, of their guilt of as brutal and mercenary murder as ever committed in this state, and they should pay the extreme pen alty. Society is not safe with such men living. The only sure way to remove them is by the electric chair. Commutation of sentence to life imprisonment would mean their release within a few months. The S. O. S. Europe is sending out now means Same Old Scare*