The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 12, 1922, Page PAGE 6, Image 6
f GERMANS
ARE CRYING
FOR HELP
People Who Thought They
Could Rule the World Can
not Manage Their Own Fi
nances
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Washington, July- Sj?Germany,
facing a political and economic
situation generally admitted as
most serious, must in-the view of
American officials as expressed to
day look across... the Rhine to
Prance for necessary relief.
France, it was stated -today . by
one official in close touch with de
velopments in Europe, must loosen
her grip upon the reparations sit
uation to lighten Germany's finan
cialy burden, or utter collapse of
the former strong. Central Power
may result and a racial regime
arise-from the ruins.
. Help from the "United States,
.it generally is maintai-d by offi
cials here, only can be given Ger
many in the form of loans bf pri
vate capital and Germahy can ob
tain loans only through the offer of
sufficiently protective security to
attract investors. Under , the pres
ent reparations scheme it appears
to officials here that, all of Ger
many's resources are bound to the
wheel of allied payments and held
close by the hand of. ^France so
that unless Germany ; can obtain
concessions to permit of. the pledg
ing of some of the^. potential
wealth as security all hope of fin
ancial assistance from without
must be abandoned.
The suggestion was . made in an
informed German Quarter today
that there must be recourse to the
Russian system of barter if Ger
many is to go on at all. Unable
to pay the American cotton grower
and the copper miner in any kind
of acceptable currencywand with
out coin, the German manufacturer
must offer in return ifor the raw
material a certain proportion of the
finished product into which it is
made up. It is fully realized by
the Germans that any?-such plan
would encounter bitter opposition
from the labor "interests of the
countries with which Germany
seeks to barter. Rut that in their
opinion as obtainable: here " is the
cnly course open to the mainte
nance of German industries. If
they close down through lack of
- market for their products, it is der
clared that the result will be a tre
mendous addition to the unem
ployed classes in Germany, result
ins*, in great dissatisfaction and the
probable overturn of the present
government and the substitution of
a more radical regime. ?
TROOPS ON DUTY
IN STRIKE ZONE
Railroad Strikers Call en the
Public to Assist
Clinton. 111.," July 9l?With three
companies of state troops on duty
here, Clinton was quiet today after
yesterday's disorders, which re
sulted in -the dearth/ of % 12-year
old youth and the* wounding "of his
father and another striking railway
shopman following a clash between
striking shopmen and guards em
ployed by the Illinois^entral rail
road.
Officials of the Federated Shop
Crafts demanded today that local
civil authorities request Adjt. Gen.
Carlos S. Black to withdraw the
soldiers while William F. Smith,
state's attorney, said that yester
day's shooting will be investigated
by the regular grand jury meet
ing September 11. He. said it might
stir the smouldering sentiment of
resentment to a dangerous pitch
to call a special grand jury.
- Three shots were fired, in the di
rection, of a sentry on duty near
the Illinois Central round house
here 'oday. The soldier reported
to Major John O. Smith, in com
mand of the troops, that he heard
two bullets sing past his head and
heard, the report of a third shot.
The firing was- traced: to a garage
r.-*ar the round house. Major Smith
said. Two men in uniform were
seen near there earlier in the day,
he declared, and advanced the the
ory that they may have been radi
cals, masquerading as soldiers, fir
ing the shots to stiriH-feeiing.
While union officials wanted the
troops withdrawn, public opinion
expressed a different sentiment.
Sheriff John W. Persons of Dewitt
county, said he would not recom
mend the withdrawal of troops for
several days.
TheJocal maintenance of way or
ganization held a meeting today
and decided to return to work but
to protest against working with
armed guards on watch.
STUDENT IS
HELD IN JAIL
Charged With Murder in
Whiskey Case
Athens, Ga., July 9.?Briggs
Carson, of Tiftcn, Ga.. a student
at the University of Georgia Sum
mer School, is held in- the Clark
County jail on a charge of murder
of Benny White, a negro, here,
early this morning.
According to information fur
nished a coroner's jury Carson and
five other university students
hired the negro to buy whiskey,
giving him money. At an early
hour this mornins the negro ha?i
failed to return. Then the students
started out in quest of the negro,
it is said, and located him. White
ran and Carson is said to have
fired.
The negro was wounded in the
right shoulder. He dfcd at 10
o'clock this morning.^ Offeers say
that Carson stated, he fired to
frighten the negro. The crooner's
jury ordered Carson b.cld on a
charge of murder.
Tourists in Europe say (hey are
ov**rchar;r?-d. Well, they went over
to hit the high spots. '
I MUST ENROLL
NOW TO VOTE
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How Citizens May Qualify For
Democratic Primary Elec
tion This Summer
j All Democrats, men and women
j alike, must enroll now for the
Democratic primary this summer
or they will not be allowed to vote.
It does not make any difference
how many times a man may have
enrolled in the past, he must re
enroll for this election. Clubs are
reorganized every two years.
I The Democratic club books will
[ be closed Tuesday, July 25.
County registration certificates
have nothing whatever to do with
the primary election. The only
way to qualify for voting in the
Democratic primary is by entering
one's name on the club books,
j The rules of the Democratic party
j describe that the qualifications for
membership in any club of the
party in South Carolina and for
voting at a primary shall be as
follows, namely: "The applicant
for membership, or voter, shall be
come so before the succeeding gen
eral election and be a white Dem
ocrat. He shall be a citizen of the
United States and of this state. No
person shall belong to any club or
vote in any primary unless he has
resided in the state two years or in
j the county six months prior to the
j succeeding general election, and in !
I the club district sixty days prior j
to the first primary following his j
I offer to enroll: Provided, that
i public school teachers and minis
| ters of the Gospel in charge of ' a
{regular organized church shall be
j exempt from the provisions of
j this section as to residence if other
jwise qualified."
The applicant for club mem
j bership must enroll in the ward in
which he or she lives. Anyone
jwho can meet the qualifications
i above can and should join a Dem
ocratic club, and thus qualify to
iote. All that is necessary is to
put one's name on the books.
COTTON " '
MARKETING
ASSOCIATION
t ???
j Organization on Business
i Basis Nearing Completion
Columbia, July 10.?With the
administrative officers elected and
the general manager and other
technical officers named the South
Carolina Cotton Growers' Coopera
; tive Associaiton will soon be ready
to function.
j Last week the board of directors
; made further progress towards the j
i completion of the organization of
; the association. WT. R. Scarbor- j
I ough, cashier of the Bishopville'
j National Bank and oi*e of thej
I best known bankers in South
j Carolina, was elected treasurer
j and Arthur Mazyck, of Bennetts
J ville, manager of the Pee Dee Rivr
i-er Cotton Company, was elected
j general sales manager,
j Mr. Scarborough in addition to
I being one of the best known and
j one of the ablest bankers in the'
j state, is also a large planter and
! is himself a member of the asso
j ciation, having been one of the
j first planters in Lee county to sign
j the contract.
! . Mr. Mazyck is regarded a3 one of j
: the best cotton salesmen in Amer- j
; ica. He has been in the cotton
; business Jfor the past twenty-five j
[.years. He was in the Mississippi
Delta for seventeen years. Eight
I years ago he came to Bennettsville
i and later accepted the position of \
j general manager of the Pee Dee;
j River Cotton company and due to |
i his ability as a salesman that com-!
! pany has made a wonderful record, i
; Messrs. Mazyck and Scarborough j
i will enter upon their new duties at;
j once, it is announced.
Applications for membership ini
j the association have been coming j
; in steadily during the last ten i
j days, it was announced, many j
farmers having decided to join af- I
j ter seeing who would conduct the j
j affairs of the association.
m, -m 0f
PROSPEROUS
ERA COMING!
'
Industrial Survey Most En-!
couraging
, Washington. July 9.?The United j
: States is "striding vigorously to- j
! ward industrial prosperity." ac- j
j cording to the economic summary j
j for the month of June issued today j
j by the United States employment j
service of the department of la- '
i bor. ? i
Employment is increasing, the j
; survey said, despite unsettled con- \
> ditions in the coal fields and cotton :
texttle industry and the railroad j
controversies.
Of the 65 leading cities of the
I country. 52 reported increased em
: ployment while 13 reported de
| creased employment during June.
A noteworthy feature of the
survey, the department said, was
? that all industries but the stone,
i clay and glass products, indicated
increases in employment. In these
j three industrief, it was said, the
; decrease was largely due to sea
! sonal layoffs.
i
Director General Jones of the
employment service declared "the
! country is steadily but surely forg
; ing its way toward a period of in
' dustrial prosperity in which it is
j possible that the labor supply will
j not equal the demand."
i A note of optimism, be added.
; pervades practically eveiy indus
try in every section of the country.
The survey indicated, according
i to Mr. Jones, that building activ
| ities were developing so that a
? shortage of skilled building crafls
- men was becoming apparent in
. many sections of the country.
Casements are yawning for next
I winter's coal and that's about all
: the min?* operatorse are doing.
When in Rome do as the Rom
' r>r:s do: hut when in had don't do
1 as th<* bad *nws do.
IWORK IS STARTED
IN STRIKE ZONE
Operations Under Way in
Coal Mines?Plan to Break
Walkout
Pittsburg. July 9.?Coal was be- :
ing cut yesterday in two important
pits in the Pittsburg bituminous I
district, the first serious attempt on i
the part of the Pittsburg Coal
Producers' Association to break
the strike, which for fourteen
weeks has kept idle every union
mine in the region. Deputy
sheriffs were on guard and there
was no semblance of disorder.
The woik of cleaning up the
mines began last Wednesday and
had reached a point yesterday
where the cutters were put to
work-. Several days will be re
quired before enough coal will be
available to warrant operation of
the ^hoisting machinery. Railroad
switches have been filled with
empty cars and it was stated at
the mines, shipments are expected
to begin about the middle of the
week.
At the Hendersonville plant of
the Henderson Coal and Coke com
pany in Washingt6n county, there
was no sign of activity of the sur
face, but it was stated that a force
was busy underground. Twenty or
more deputy sheriffs, each armed
with a pistol, were quartered in one
of the company's buildings on the
main highway between Pittsburg
and Cantonsburg. There have been
no evictions, and many of the com
pany's houses are still occupied
by strikers, although it was said
numbers of families have moved
away, while many of the strikers
were working in harvest fields in
the vicinity.
A more important move, strik
ers and company officials agreed,,
was at Montour No. 4 mine of the
Pittsburg Coal company. . Here
coal ..cutting, i* was said, was in
active progress and preparations
were being made to put the mine
at work with an increased force.
About fifty deputy sheriffs are on
guard.
-'- "Our men are being given an op
portunity to go to work," said one
of the men connected with the
company, "and I don't think we
are going to have any trouble, but
these mines are going to be oper
ated and our preparations are with
that end in view."
The strikers had nothing to say
other than reiterate that the men
had ho intention whatever of go
ing to work, and if the company
expected to operate the mine before
an agreement was made with the
union it would have to bring in the
workers.
Arrangements are being made
to place a nuniber of other Wash
ington county mines in operation,
it was learned.
CANDIDATES END !
FIRST LAP OF TOUR
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About 800 Voters of Orange
burg Hear Speeches
OrangeUirg, July 8.?Eight hun
dred voters of Orangeburg county
today heard speeches from the state
candidates but there was very little
spontaneous applause. The major
candidates, as at previous meet
ings, contented themselves with a
plea for lower taxes, ' but con
tended that there should be no
curtailment in the efficiency of the
various departments and bureaus.'
The Contenders for minor offices j
made* their usual speeches and the i
various disputes which have been j
engendered during the pa3t week
did not depart from their average
interchanges.
"OPEN" LETTER
WRITTEN!
Union Officials Demand Re-j
moval of Soldiers j
? New York, Julv 9.?The general j
strike situation in the New York
district today remained deadlocked,
with both sides claiming gains.
Averaging the claims of both sides,
it would appear the strike is be
tween 60 and 8U per cent, effective. I
but this only means that a corre- i
sponding portion of the men have ?
quit and remained out. Delays in ;
train service in the district today
were negligible, so far as reported.
Returning holiday trains were!
ag#.in handled promptly, according I
to station officials.
What union men said was prob- !
ably the first letter ever addressed j
to a public inconvenienced by a
strike was written today "to the I
commuters on the Erie Railroad"'
by the New York district strike
committee. This was an "open"
letter, written following the an
nouncement of the withdrawal of a
score of trains in the New Jersey- :
New York district by the Erie, to
explain the position of the strikers.
The letter claims the strike was
the last recourse, as the Railroad
Labor Board's order reduced the
shopmen's earnings "to les;? than
$1,700 a year." It charges the
board violated the clause of the
Transportation Act requiring: its
wage decisions "to be based on the
cost of living." The same act took I
note of the "right to strike,'' the
letter declares.
Regret is expressed "that the
strike is causing trouble" to the
Erie commuters and that "it will
cause ;m increasing amount of
i trouble." Hut "neither you. nor
any other honorable man could or
I would have acted .otherwise." the
' letter savs.
j There is comparatively little in
I terset in county politics and there
j has been thus far little discussion
I of prospective candidates. It is
igenerally understood that Senator
j D. I>. Moise and Representative
: Heiser. C. J. Jackson and J. B.
[Britton will probably stand for re
i election, but no other candidates
j have been announced. Superin
tendent ?tf Education Haynsworth
(and Judge ?>f Probat?- Richardson
j :\r<' expe^t**d to stand for re-elec
! tion.
Clemson College
Trustees Meet
Plans Made For Further De
velopment of Technical De
partments
Clemson College. July 6.?The
regular July meeting of the board
of trustees of Clemson College,
which is the "budget" meeting of
the board, has just been concluded
here after consideration of the va
rious matters regarding finances
and appropriations for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1922. The
action of the board included be
sides appropriations plans for
equipping a first rate civil engi
neering laboratory, a radio station,
two new positions in extension
werk, and one in engineering, the
creation of a division of markets,
and various minor matters.
At the outset of its considera
tion of fiscal matters the board was 1
confronted with the fact that the
fertilizer tag tax is the lowest in j
15 years; namely, $126,118.07, the;
next lowest having been in 1914-j
1915 when the tax was $155,859.- j
76. In view of this fact the trus- j
tees will have to take advantage, j
announces President Riggs, of the j
authority granted' by the last leg- j
islature to borrow money for the!
fiscal year now beginning.
The board gave considerable at-j
tention to the matter of providing!
for equipping at once one of the j
most complete civil engineering!
laboratories in the South. To thisi
end, a new position, that of as-1
sociate professor of civil engineer- j
ing, was created, this position toi
be filled by a specialist who will
have charge of the civil engineer
ing laboratory, which hopes to do!
much of the testing for the state
highway commission. The college j
expects with these increased facili- 1
ties to give as soon as practicable
the degree of civil engineering.
The plans already made looking j
towards the establishment of a ra- j
dio outfit at Clemson were approv- j
ed by the board, provision having i
been made for a radio station on a i
much larger scale than that at
first planned. The station will
serve the entire state and will be
of particular use in connection
with agricultural matters.
To meet the news needs in cer
tain lines of extension work!
brought about by changes in ag- j
ricultural conditions, provision was
made for two new specialists in the i
extension service, one to be knownl
as specialist in tobacco growing and
handling, and the other ?s special- \
ist in peanuts, soy beans, and cow- j
peas.
The request of Prof. L. A. Sease,!
assistant professor of English, for!
a year's leave of absence was!
granted in order that Prof. Sease
might accept the position of teach
er and supervisor of academic
work of the federal board students
now being trained at Clemson Col- I
lege.
Dr. W. H. . Mills, who for the
past year has been in charge\'t of
federal vocational training work,;
in addition to his work ?s pr?fes-j
sor of rural sociology has given j
up the vocational training work j
and will become instead special-1
ist in rural credits in co-opera- j
tion with the United States depart- j
ment of agriculture bureau of farm j
economics and farm management, j
He will of course retain his col-i
lege work as professor of rural i
sociology.
A new division in the agricultur- j
al department was created to be j
known as the division of markets,
and Mr. F. L. Harkey, now exten- ]
sion specialist in marketing, wasj
elected chief of the division, the I
creation of which enables the col- j
lege better to carry out the pro-;
vision of the act of the 1921 leg-!
islature establishing grades and \
standards for certain truck crops
and placing the responsibility for]
the enforcement of these upon
Clemson College.
The study of the English Bible
was introduced into the curriculum
as an optional cultural subject.:
This subject will be taught by Dr. |
W. H. Mills. !
In order to maintain excellence j
in the college band, the board au- I
thorized the appointment of a band'
leader to give regular instructions,
to the members.
Members of the board present at j
the meeting were M. L. Donald- i
son, Greenville; J. E. Wannamak- j
or. St. Matthews; TV*. W. Bradley.
Abbeville: R. I. Manning, Colum
bia: A. F. Lever, Columbia; R. H.
Timmerman. Batesburg: IT. C. Till
man. Greenwood; W. D. Barnett. j
Columbia: L M. Mauldln, Colum-1
bia: R. M. Cooper, Jr., Wisacky. ]
Governor Asks
For Stricter Law
Enforcement
Columbia. July 10.?A program
of stricter law enforcement was
outlined by Go\-ernor Wilson G.
Harvey, in a statement issued to
the press Monday, in which the
chief executive tells of several steps
he is contemplating, looking to a
more rigid observance of the laws
of the state.
One of the steps the governor is
considering is a change in the sys
tem of employing state constables.
Instead of having state constables
assigned permanently to certain
places in the state, the governor
proposes to use the men as "float
ing" officers, sending them wher
ever in the state they are most
needed.
The governor is also hot in be
hind the magistrates of the state
for their cooperation in law en
forcement. The executive stated
today that if he finds magistrates
that are not cooperating fully in
enforcing the laws, he will take
whatever action is available, even
to the point of revoking commis
sions, if necessary.
People who h?ng for the good
old days would hate to drive a
horse.
Brown-rot is causing great l?>ss
to local peach growers, and there
Is no known remedy for this dis
ease.
COTTON ACREAGE
IN STATE SMALLER
Georgia and South Carolina
Only Places Where Cut in
Acreage Noted
Saluda. July 9.?The division of
crop estimates of the United States
department of agriculture shows
by its report of July 3 that there is
a 15 per cent reduction in cotton
acreage in South Carolina, as com
pared with the revised estimate of
last year, the acreage planted and
standing on June 25 being esti
mated at 2,230.000 acres, against
2.623,000 acres in 1921. Condition
oh June 25 is reported at 60 per
cent of normal, as compared with
67 per cent on May 25 and 75 per
cent the average condition for the
past ten years on June 25.
The acreage planted and stand- j
ing in the entire cotton belt on j
June 25 is reported as 34.852,000
acres, against 31.678.000 last year.
Condition on June 25 is placed at
71.2 per cent of normal, as com
pared with 69.6 on May 25. 1922.1
and 69.2 per cent on June 25, i
1921, the ten-year average on June
25 being 76.9 per cent.
Condition of cotton in South Car
olina on June 25, 1921 and 1922,
by counties, follows in table below:
-Condition
June 25, June 25,
Coumy. 1921 1922. j
Abbeville_- 66 62 j
Aiken_65 61 j
Allendale -__ 59 .56
Anderson. 68 70 j
Ban-berg .. 63 60 |
Barnwell_ 59 57 j
Beaufort.. ._ 56 55 ;
Berkeley. 64 57 i
Calhoun _ __ 61 54 ;
Charleston _ 60 60
Cherokee. 70 73 j
Chester. 64 64 I
Chesterfield __ _ 59 60 |
Clarendon __ 61 55
Colleton _. __ 59 54 i
Darlington_ 71 66
Dillon._= 68 60
Dorchester __ __ 55 56
Edgefield _ ___? 66 57
Fairfield. 61 57 j
Florence. 65 58
Georgetown .... 55 50 |
Greenville. __ 68 70 j
Greenwood _. ._ 65 63 j
Hampton_ __* 58 53 {
Horry __. 68 55 .i
Jasper ______ 55 55 |
Kershaw. 62 62 !
Lancaster. 60 63 !
Laurens ___..- 67 66 ;
Lee _._ 70 65 j
Lexington.. __ _ 64 58
McCormick __ __ 61 57 |
Marion.__ 65 58
Marlboro _. _ 73 ?1
Newberry. 63 61
Oconee. 67 71!
Orangeburg _ _. 6i 56 j
Pickens ______ 67 71
Richland _. _ 58 51
Saluda.6? 54
Spartanburg . .. 68 71
Sumter ______ 61 57
Union _ 60 61
Williamsburg_ 63 57
York ._..62 66
South Carolina shows ? reduc
tion of 15 per cent in acreage and
Georgia 3 per cent, while the other
states show an increase, as fol
lows: Virginia. 50 per cent; North
Carolina. 13: Florida, 75; Ala
bama, 32: Mississippi. 20; Louisi
ana, 10: Texas, 10;. Arkansas,- 18;
Tennessee, 28: Missouri, 50; Okla-j
homa. 12: California, 20; Arizona,
12, the averag3 increase for the
United States being 19 per cent.
The acreage for each state is re
ported as follows:
Virginia, 51,000 acres: North
Carolina. 1.6O0.000: Georgia, 4,
129.000: Florida. 122.000; Ala
bama, 2,925.000; Mississippi, 3,200,
000: Louisiana. 1,311,000; Texas,
12,312.000; Arkansas, 2,853,000;
Tennessee. 812,000; Missouri, 156.
000; Oklahoma, 2.840.000: Califor
nia. 210.000. which includes 128,
000 acres in Lower California; Ari
zona, 105.000, and New Mexico,
46.000.
Condition in other states on
June 25 was as follows: Virginia,
85 per cent: North Carolina, 7C;
Georgia. 58: Florida. 75; Alabama.
68; Mississippi, 76; Louisiana, 69;
Texas. 72: Arkansas. 80; Tennes
see, 83: Missouri, 92; Oklahoma,
76; California, 91; Arizona, 85> and
New Mexico, 85.
B. B. HARE.
Agricultural Statistician in South
Carolina.
Death
Mrs. Sarah A. Caldwell. aged 84,
died Saturday. July 8. at 5:50, at
her home in Wedgefield.
It is reported that sometime ago
Mrs. Caldwell had a fall from which
she never did recover. She had
been ill for a long period and Sat
urday afternoon at 5:50 she was
called to her heavenly home. She
was loved by everyone and will be
greatly missed by her relatives and
many friends. She was buried on
Sunday afternoon in the Wedgefield
cemetery. She is survived by two
sisters, six daughters and two
sons.
Mr. G. B. Kitterell. who has a
farm near Mayesville came to
The Item office Saturday and told
of his success in ridding the boll
weevils from his farm. Mr. Kit
trell says he has nothing to sell
but will be glad to give anyone
the ingredients and the mixture
he has used with such success. He
further states that he will be will
ing to come to Sumter and without
expense demonstrate publicly the
effectiveness of his remedy 7;>y rid
ding an acre of badly infect-d cot
ton of the weevils in a day or two.
Mr. Kittrell's postoftiee address is
Mayesville. R. F. D. 1.
Two years ago only 655 citizens
registered in order that they might
vote. t*|> to the present time this
was the largest number that ever
registered. The registration books,
which were closed on July 8.
showed that 1.1?0 had registered.
Women are responsible.
What has become of the old
fashioned woman who was raising
a husband and ten children?
Everybody will be back at work
s?.i>n ex'-ej.t. the chaperones.
[CLOTHIERS
TO MEET
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i Sessions to Be Held in Hen
de?spnviilc Soon
Columbia, July S.?Members of
the South Carolina Retail Cloth
j iers' association are looking for
ward with pleasant anticipations to
the annual convention which will
be held at Hendersonville, July 12
13th.
While considerable business will
be transacted .at this meeting and
officers for the year elected, the rec
reational and the social side will
be stressed especially and the trip
will be somewhat in the nature
of an outing for the members.
Many will likely make the trip in
their cars and will take with them
members of their families.
Several speeches will be made
during the convention. The ad
dress of welcome will be delivered
by J. Mack Rhodes, mayor ,of Hen
dersonville and the response by
Sol Kohn of Columbia, president)
of the Clothiers' Association. J. O. I
Eell, representing the Henderson- j
ville chamber of commerce, will'
also make an address and a rep
resentative of the national associa
tion is expected to be present. The
invocation will be offered by the
Rev. A. W. Farnum, rector of St.
James' church of Hendersonville.
Thomas M. Watts, Columbia,
secretary of the association, said
yesterday that it was planned to
have a dance complimentary to
the ladies present the evening of
July 13. Other social features will
mark the convention.
The officers of the organization
are Sol Kohn, president; B. O.
Evans, Anderson, first vice presi
dent; D. D.Witcover, Darlington,
second vice-president; Thomas M.
Watts, Columbia, secretary-treasur-j
er: Charlie C. Wharton, Green
wood, national director.
COTTON MARKET
? KFW YORK COTTOM.
Opts Hlgb Lew Clew CIos*
Jan_ - ?21.65 21.77 ZI3.7 21.37 21.97
Karen _ _ 21.56 24.69 21.26 21.26 21.83
May _ .. ?21.43 21.43 21.14 21.03 21.59
July - ?22.3* 22.30 21.68 21.83 22.48
Oct.... _ ?22.30 22.25 21.76 21.82 22.45
Dee..-21.95 22.08 21.62 2i.S2 22.25
Spots 65 off. 22.10. i
NEW ORLEANS COTTOM.
Yeetdyt
ODftB High LOW C1n<M) ('InW
Jan__ - ?21.12 21.32 20.90 20.90 21.50
March _ .. 20.98 21.03 20.73 29.74 21.30
July - ?22.04 22.13 21.70 21.80 22.44
Oct_ - ?21.59 21.75 21.28 21.31- 21.97
Dee_?21.34 21.52 21.07 21.10 21.80
Spots 50 off. 23:00.
Liverpool Cottas.
January .... ?.. _....? ._ . _ 12.11
March .;..-?.. ..?? _ 11.96
May ?.._ 11.85
July ._ ._ _ 12.87
October... .?. 12.44
December.... .. 12.21
Receipts, 6.000Sales. 10.000 ; Middling,
13.45; ouud Middling, 13.35.
Morning Cotton Letter.
New Orleans, July 10.?Liver
pool was due 4 to 11 down by New
Orleans, 7 to 10 lower by New
York, most on nears. Southern
spots Saturday were unchanged to
25 down: Dallas 25 lower; mid
dling there 22.50; sales at Dallas
715: all told 4,406 bales vs. 5,849
Friday.
Recent weakness in Francs and
Marks probably due to report Ger
many will be unable to meet her
reparations payment, due July 15th.
Even if Germany fails to meet her
obligations on 15th effect not likely
to be reflected very much in the
cotton market; as the allies will
probably resort to some new ar
rangements concerning Germany's
indebtedness. Meanwhile sterling
exchange is ruling steadily.
Weather, developments over the
week-end and weather outlook for!
the immediate future likely have
much influence on values.
Semi-monthly crop condition re
ports are about due. Last month
national ginners was issued on the
12th. Giles report on 13th and
report of Watkins on 14th.
Census report on consumption
during June in the United States
due on 14th. Returns will run
against 496,000 lint consumed in
May this year and about 462,000 for
June last year.
Sentiment remains divided, for
while the weather of late has been
favorable for growth of plant,
damage by weevil may have pre
vented crop from improving very
much, if at all.
McLcod on Taxes.
'(Dillon Herald).
In his campaign for governor Mr. J
McLeod has adopted a unique but!
effective method of enlightening the
people on the tax situation. He
takes up the supply bill for each j
county in which he speaks and
shows the people item by item how
their tax money is spent. By this
method he is proving that the tax
problem is a local problem which
each county must solve for itself.
The state levy is only a small part
of the general levy and the bulk
of the tax money goes to schools,
roads and bridges within the coun
ty. The supply bill for each coun
ty is made up by the county dele
gation and is enacted into law up
on the recommendation of such
delegation. For example: The
supply bill for Dillon county, car
rying a certain levy for all pur-1
poses, passes the general assembly!
in the form in which it is present
ed by Dillon's delegation. The oth
er members of the general assem
bly do not care whether the levy is
large or small. It is purely a local
matter and they have no interest
in the bill. If taxes in a certain
county are too high relief must
come through the county delega
tion. When the people get these
facts into their heads they will be- j
gin to have an understanding of;
the tax problem.
The candidates for state offices;
have a holiday this week. The j
next campaign meeting will be held !
in this city next Monday, July 17. j
The meeting will be held at the!
court house, as usual, and will j
open about 10 o'clock.
Interest in the approaching city j
? lection is steadily growing and a j
close race between McCallum and
McLeod is predicted. . i
Hilda James, 17, Europe's gret
America to compete in the Joseph
Aug. I. She's now in Iiverpo6L:
INCOME FROM
MOTOR LICENSES
Some Counties Are Running
Ahead of Last Year
Columbia, Jiily 8.?-The total col
lection from the sale of automobile j
licenses for the year to date, inciiid- j
ing figures for. June 30, was an-j
nounced as $689,277.66 by L. H.!
Thomas, secretary of the state high - !
way commission, yesterday. At
the same time Mr. Thomas an-,
nounoed that the accruals to the j
counties so far this year, including !
June, under the .80 per cent, clause. ?
was $551,422.12. " ;
In the amounts to be returned '
to-the counties Greenville leads the
state with $51,449.97 and inciden- j
tally this figure establishes a rec- i
ord for all counties. Greenville has j
so far .had more money returned
from the sale of licenses for the N'
six months of 192.2 than any coun- j
ty for a full year during any, past
12 months. Among v the other
larger amounts to go back to the
counties for six months may. be
mentioned Richland with $45.452..- !
52, Spartanburg with $41,137.69,1
Charleston with $39,511.33 and An-\,
derson with $34,753.96.
The total registration of motor
vehicles, ircluding June. was. 77,
833 automobiles, 6.616 trucks, 39 j
trailers, 497 motorciycles and 422 j
dealers. Last year the registration
was 83,349 automobiles, 7,197
trucks, 59 trailers, 756 motorcyles
and 669 dealers. These were the
figures for the full 12 months.
Another interesting fact brought
out by the figures of v Secretary
Thomas was that for all of last
year 1,394 registrations or trans
fers from one owner to another
were recorded, while for the first
six months of this year only 785
had been recorded. This would in- j
dicate that fewer used cars are I
changing hands.
Beaufort. Charleston. Cherokee,
Dorchester. Greenville. Oconee,
Pickens and Spartanburg have al
ready received more money from
the motor vehicle license fund for j
the six months of tl\is year than j
they did for the full 12 months of I
1921.
While several of the counties J
have made progress and gone ahead
of last year's registrations, a num
ber are still behind and doing
practically nothing to increase the
revenue for themselves. The. state. |
department has urged the counties
to enforce the law and to employ
inspectors to apprehend the vio
lators. Several have done this
and they have been rewarded by
additional cash in the county cof
fers.
South Carolinians bought 821
"brand" new automobiles during
the month of June, which would
-ndieate that a little money is still,
icfl in the state. The figures were
compiled yesterday by the state
highway department. This num
ber _?f new machines were regis
tered with the department during
the month.
In this list of new registrations
Richland led with 135. while Green
ville was second with. 82. Spartan
burg had 73 and Charleston 71
with Florence registering 38. Jas
per and McCormick tied for the j
boobv prize with two each.
-
If it's in liquid form somewhere !
in America there is a stomach that j
can handle it.
. 1 I
Some men tell their wives every
thing, and some love the dear
creatures and covet their good opin- j
ion.
The prophet who said jitneys j
would empty the street cars can j
sympathize with the one who said
prohibitino would empty the jails.
We can believe that man was J
made of dirt, but we can't under- j
stand why so many of the popular j
novels are.
Many a wife wonders if hubby
is at a summer resort catching
speckled beauties or freckled
beauties.
A man who tells all he knows j
seldom knows all he tells. -,
Tt takes a lot of sense to get by
without knowing anything.
o Seek ?. S. Trophy
itest - woman swimmer, will come, to
P. Day cup race? in New York Bay,
State's Live Stock
ralues For Labt Year inSontlr
Carolina Slow, Total For
Hogs, Sheep, Horses,
and Mules to Exceed
of Cotton
Columbia, July 10.?The, hye
tock industry in. South .Carolina
during-last year exceeded in. total*
value that .of the state's cotton
crop. ? This interesting,, and soine
wnat startling statement was made
yesterday by-Dr. TV". K. Lewis, state*
veterinarian . and: inspector - in
charge of live stock. and sanitary
control work. Figures for ; live
stobiv,. which includes . cattle, hogs,
sheep, horses and mules, total $84,
000,000; while the . 'cotton crop, m
taking the state . department- of*
asricultpre's estimate of- 776,1)00
bales -and-allowing the high aver
age, price of-20 cents per .'pound,
values. $77,600,000. ? ^
B Jj|The * above statement will - come
as an. eye-opener to -many- South
Carolinians who. had no; idea that
the live-stock industry in this-state
had grown to.such proportion.
fes'r-Dr.'? Lewis, who represents both
the federal government and fea
state in -the. control- of disease*
among animals, attributes this con
dition to three things: Tick eradi
cation, 'hog cholera work, and the
advent of -the boll weevil. He be-"
lieves that' the solution of the boll
weevil problem is in live stock rais
ing and sees for South/ Caroline,
great possibilities in this' industry.
Since 1914 when the legislature V
made an appropriation to fight the
cattle tick, thus eliciting federal*
support to the extent of giving
South Carolina a separate district,
great work has been done in. elim
inating the principal drawback,,
tick. The federal government has
raised its quarantine entirely and
the state quarantine rests only on
the coastal plain. Hog cholera,
too, has gradually been cut down
through the preventive treatment
unjil today the loss through .this
disease is. estimated to be only
$50.000 a year. Dr. Lewis has been
in charge of the South Carolina"
office since its establishment and
to the untiring.efforts of him and
of his force, ] South Carolina . can
attribute an actual and potential*
saving of about $2.000,000 a yffor*.
not to speak- of the increase nbteVi
in live stock. In 1914 the farmers
of the'state took an. actual and po
tential loss from the cattle tick -of
$1.500.000 and from hog cholera
of $500,000. Gradually these itehsji >
have diminished.
Referring to that strip of coastal
plain which the ;state still holds- in^
cattle tick quarantine. Dr. Lewis"
was asked what could be done to
eradicate the tick there also. "Ob
servance of'the statewide stock act
will hasten the entire eradication"
more than anything I know." he
said. ?
Dr. Lewis' department is known
as the Clemson college live stock
sanitary office. In 1921 it'.was
made a part of the college with
Dr. , Lewis'?s director of the_*?te- v :
partment. v .
-v mt ? m* . .? ? ; . v
Professor iVTavor has learned to
change the sex of unborn - flies..
Now if he can arrange to remove
the sex from unpublished novels.
Enroll if you want to vote for
state and corihty officers.
Maybe when a restaurant in
France wants to act highbrow .it
prints the menu in English.
If overwork caused baldness
some men would never have to
shave.
- ? ? m
And \t frequently happens that'
a 'specialist is merely an ordinary
craftsman who has learned to
charge more.
They are'trying to find how jazz
started. Since they can't locate
one end they Icok for the other.
? ? ? v
Radium is down to $13.125.000
an ounce. Look out for profiteers.
Every now and then you see ar
man who could, get more miles
out of hi^oar than in it.