F ARM PRjOB LEM S AND THE FUTURE Address Delivered by W. W. Longr, Director of Extension s of ClemsoH Coliege, Before Press Association of South Carolina at Myrtle Beach .\ _______ * ? I shall discuss first what I con "sider our largest and most perplex ing agricultural problem which has been greatly magnified; and made ffiore acute by the presence of the weevil; namely, the fact that 57 per cent of our cultivated lands are in the . hands of an ignorant And shiftless class. Second, I shall point out briefly some of the achievements within the last thirty \ years of the scientific man in solv ing the many problems of; agricul ture, that af this time of our per plexity and bewilderment are mak ing it not only possible but assure tffFthat in a reasonable time our ag riculture will be on a broader and firmer basis for we will have gotten away from the one-crop system that Mraits knowledge, narrows citizen ship and does not foster home tuildiog, for we should remember that the keystone of American civi lization is She nome. Third. I shall undertake to show briefly how we - have within the last thirty years .been, growing more an of more in sympathy with agriculutre through legislative- enactment. .. In conclu sion,.! shall comment upon the po tential agricultural power of South Carolina. , Bn c"it t> the Farm Movement an? Tfie Increase of Tenamry t7p to the last 25 years or pos sibly longer, the minds of the Am erican people were largely directed to the development of the country along industrial, manufacturing and commercial lines. : little thought was given to agriculture other than to reap, to cook and to weave. /The problems involved in agriculture were not considered of sufficient value _and importance to warrant the s^fentific study of the scientists nor was there hope of profitable reward sufficient to' interest the capitalists; and the legislators made no effort to study and investigate and ascertain if there, was such ? thing in existence as a rural prob lem, either of production or econ omics. Notwithstanding that, even at so late a date ?s' 1880, when 70 per ceni of ; our people lived , in the coiiritry and 30 per cent in the towns end cities, it then required the efforts of these 70 per cent' to produce the necessary food arid raiment to feed and clothe the population of this country. As an evidence of the great progress that h?s been ma'de in agriculture, 25 percent of the people are now pro ducing on the farms more than suf ficient food for our consumption and use. In this connection it is interest Jngf to note upon what basis the much discussed movement back to . the farm is j u s ti fi a b 1 e; 25 . percent of our people.are now pro ducing the necessary food supply and raw material for our clothing along with* a surplus of each for ex port. If this movement assumes any proportions the natural result would be that the profit from the production and sale of farm pro ducts would be greatly diminished. The onJ"y alternative ii revolution ary reduction in farm living stand ards or this vanishing return to atgricnlture would manifest itself ?_ the. exodus to industry and the torther increase of tenantry, so let tzs desist from this cheap talk of Jback to the farm and let us rec ognize that our great rural prob lem grows out of the. fact- that 57 percent of our cultivated lands are C-^jthe .hands of an ignorant, shift less class. We in the south, in " South Carolina, if j-ou please, fully - realize that a prosperous, intelli gent and contented rural popula tion is therefore essential to our national perpetuity. The world's experience has shown that the best way to. secure this is to encourage the division of all the lands into email farms, each owned and op erated by one family.. We know the world's most im portant school is the home with the farm. We know this philosophy.to be true?yet, how are we to bring it about with 57 percent of our cul tivated lands in the ands of this shiftless class. Shall we encourage .them to buy our*lands and endeav or to impress upon them that there is a dignity in residing upon a farm with a fertile soil, modern iiuildings and an environment of education? Do we believe that piey will ever be able fo develop that ideal country life so beauti . fully pictured by Dr. Knapp when he said; "Let it be the high privilege of ^his great and free people to es tablish a republic were rural pride is equal to civic pride, where men of the most refined jtaste and cul ture select the rural villa, and where the wealth that comes from the soil finds its greatest return in I developing and perfecting that great domain of nature which God has given to us as an everlasting estate." The basis of all civilization is the ownership of land. If we are not willing to sell them our lands, then to whom arc we going to sell? Are we going to drift appreciating the fact that in 1910 they owned and controlled of our farm lands to the value of $92.000.000.00. and in 1920 $297,000.000.00. We can't get away from the fact that our old agricul tural system of necessity must be .readjusted. The boll weevil prob lem is largely an economic prob lem. There is no certain direct method of control. Under old con ditions the growing of cotton was a'fool-proof operation. Under boll weevil conditions the growing of c?tton becomes a highly specialized undertaking. The shiftless, dole l^ss, thriftless farmer's day is over. The large landed estates are in very great danger, comprising as they do the 57 percent of our cultivated hinds that are controlled by this shiftless class. The answer that the normal ex-I odus to the north will take care of the situation. I grant that eventual ly this will be true, hut the pres ? ence of the boll weevil has precipi tated a condition that is acute. We can not afford to have 57 percent of our cultivated lands lessened Inj value by unprofitable returns and ; thus tremendously weaken our en- j tire agricultural structure. Tlie Cditributioiis- of Scientific j t -Men to Agticultnre Within the ?? j Last 25 Years. ' There are no pages in American 1 history of achievements that stand ] out more, brilliantly than those that j record the contributions of our ? i scientific men witliin the last thirty j i years to our agriculture, and yet j j those men are today . pointed to as ; j being impractical,, visionary, and j j peculiar, and science itself referred i : to as being something beyond the j j understanding of the average manr j and as you know arid I "know that ] the very meaning of.the word Is the j application of commbri sense. The tremendous advancement of Amer- | ican agriculture is largely due to j the" unselfish service of the men of the laboratories and experiment fields. Let me call to your mind j a. few of the results of" their labor I that" come into the 'daily life of ! every successful farmer. They de ! veloped by plant breeding." new ya j rietles of practically all . crops ;' grown on the farms, especially j adapted to specific conditions. They . ! developed by plant breeding crops j that can be grown successfully oh I disease-infested lands. They have i explored all parts of the.world,and', j as a result of their explorations . j they have Introduced new crops j that have proved of tremendous ? value. The introduction Of Dur-. | ham wheat from Siberia has made ? it possible, for us to. manufacture j our maccaroni, heretofore import I ed from Italy.' They. have', intro duced Kafir corn, Milo and Fe I derlta, and by so doing have made [farming- possible ph millions, of j acres of land in the semi-arid west," where,"^vv-ithout these, new introduc tionsy the country would be unin habited. How- mahy of our farm ers in" South Carolina .realise that many of* the clovers and alfalfas that they annually seed w-ere intro ducedfrom France, Germany and j Russia? That Sudan grass", that is growing with us in popular favor, his a foreign importation? Our idea j ; of soil fertility has been entirely ! revolutionized by the introduction j praetfcaQy of all our leguminous } crops except c?wpeas. Such for ih?" ;stance as soy beans,. velvet beans, the clovers, the vetches, etc. The discovery o?,the little bacteria that gathers nitrogen from the air ceo'r , ; stitutes a new" source of wealth j that will last as long as the world j stands. How rriany of us when en I joying our morning juicy grape I fruit give a thought to the scientific men who patiently labored to "bring forth this delicious appetizer? How*' many of us realize that the; man who introduced the improved va> j tiety of figs, prunes and dates rode on the back of a camel hundreds) of miles in the deserts of the Far; East. Take your mind back for j twenty years and recall the charac- . ter of fruit then offered you, es-? peeially the peach and the apple. J They were small, wormy, knotty, and compare them with the peach and the apple of today and you will naturally ask why the differ ence. Easily answered because the scientific man has made it possible to control certain diseases of the peach and the apple by the use of a spray worked out by many j years of experimentation. The plant j pathologist of today is making as much progress in controlling the disease of our plants as the phy sician is making progress in con trolling and preventing the disease with the human family. j Let tis pass on and briefly state ; what has been accomplished in the development of our . animal hus bandry." Twenty years ago the? annual death rate in hogs from j hog cholera in the United States j was from 6 to .25 per cent?the I financial loss for the United States j in certain years amounted to a hun ; dred millions of dollars. The scien | tific man perfected a serum and ! virus that has practically made it ? i possible to control this disease, j Likewise tick fever and black leg ! can be controlled.' The invention of the refrigerating car has done more to increase the production and^ demand for meat than any other agency. Associations for the! registry of purebred livestock have j been., organized and maintained throughout the length and bread'th of the country. .In the matter of our dairy industry the Babcock* j test has been invented, a simple j method by means of which the j amount of butter fat in milk is de i termined. The..invention of the i cream separator which in a few j minutes separates the cream from j milk which in the old days requir i ed hours of time for such an op J eration. No country in the world j has made the progress that we \ j have in the control of insect pests. J In co-operation with engineers the! j development of spray and dusting ; machinery in the. last quarter of a j century is distinctly a great Amer j ican achievement. The orchardist j would, be at the mercy of the San i Jose scale but for the modern spray j pump and insecticides. The trucker ! would be at the mercy of various I leaf eating caterpillars and the va j rious underground pests. Our field I crops would from year to year be devastated by hordes of caterpillars, j grasshoppers, chinch bugs and a j j thousand other pests. Without \ ; modern fumigations and heat ap- L J plications our granaries, elevators, seed and packing houses of this | country would be impossible. The day is not far distant when j' every planter and farmer will be j ? so well instructed by the scientist j j that he will mold the soil to his ! profit and the seasons to his plans; I and he will cause the soil to become [ responsive to the touch of indus-; I try and the harvest more abund- ' ant to meet the measure of a larg- J ; er hOpe. [Legislation Enacted Favorable to Agriculture. The first official recognition of ag I riculture was in 1S31* when an ap propriation was made to the com- ' i missioner of patents of one thou- j ? sand dollars for the collection of j j statistics and distribution of seed. 1 In 1ST?r.. provision for a scientific I staff consisting of three investigat-! oi<: in IS^l' th<* establishment of a bureau of agriculture. Again in j ! lSf:2 the granting of thirty thou-j 'sand acres of land for each senator! land representative in congress to ... ? ? ' r ? j the; various states for the promo tion of industrial education. In 1887 the establishment of expert-! ment stations. In 1888 the Bu-1 reau of Agriculture was made a de- i partmeht. In 1890 an appropria tion of fifteen thousand dollars per year to be increased to twenty-five thousand in ten years, for insti tutions established by the act of 1862. It will be observed from the fore going that little was done for agri culture 'during the last century in the way of constructive legislation. In fact it is within the last ten years that the minds of the eco-j nomist legislators and the general! business public * have been focused j upon the heeds of agriculture, re-! suiting in the passage of the Smith- j Lever extension act, the Smith-; Hughes agricultural educational | act, the Farm Loan Bank, the Warj Finance Corporation, and the Fed- j eral Warehouse. . j During all this period of neglect, j notwithstanding the fact that Iiis I general viewpoint is one of doubt) and suspicion, the farmer remained true to the teachings of his 'fath> j ers, only occasionally did' he wapr j der off and become the willing"} pliant tool of the demagogue. To-1 day he is coming into his own for! the people realize now .as never be fore .if'there is to be ahy race bet terment of permanent value there must be a betterment of the mass es.. "A great nation is not the outgrowth qf a few men of genius but tHe superlative';'worth" of a great* common people." The Present Potential. AgricuUural Power of South Carolina. The potential agricultural power of South Carolina is greater today i than any time in its history.. -1! know this is a startling statement; ? of course, I appreciate the. serious ness of the present situation. Let me .sum. up briefly hiy rea sons for stating that the potential agricultural power of the state is greater today than arty time in its history: 1st. There has. never been . a time in the history of the world when there was such a store, of practical and useful, information for the guidance Of the farmer as today. * 2nd. There was never a time In recent history* when there was- a greater sympathy and a more gen eral understanding, of the farmers' problems by the general public than today. 3rd.' , There was never' as much favorable legislation enacted Of a . financial and economic character ifc the; Interest of agriculture aS-'there is today. 4th. .There is no soil that will respond to intelligent treatment more readily than the soil of South Carolina. oth. There is no country that can produce as many soil build ing crops :is>South Carolina and the j adjacent states. 6th. There is nd'country that can produce a greater^ number of nitrogenous crops for forage than South Carolina: 7Mh. There is no country that can produce "a greater number of j money crops than' South Carolina;*; namely, cotton, tobacco, * peanuts, ? soy beans, sweet potatoes, and prac- j tically all the truck crops in the I lower counties. 8th. There is ho ^ountry that; can produce pork' 'and dairy pro- ? ducts more economically that | South Carolina owing tQ our abil ity to produce such a variety of forage crops. '9th.' There is no country that! can produce more profitably! peaches, grapes, and small berries j than South Carolina. . 10. And "last, but by no meaite j least, now that the farmers have : at last determined to put the bus iness end of farming which is largely the marketing of farm pro ducts on a business basis, by or ganizing farmers' cooperative com mddity marketing associations: I admit it is one thing to pos sess the potential power and anoth er thing to develop and use it in telligently. But I have a sublime I faith in the fiber, the stability, arid j the ultimate common sense of our | people, for the agricultural record j they have made within the last J twenty-five years justifies this faith. Twenty-five years ago.the average yield of corn per acre was 11 bush els. Today it is 19. The average yield of oats per acre was 13 bush els, today it is 24 bushels. The average yield of wheat was 5 bush els, today it is 12 bushels." The aV- j erage yield of cotton per acre was j 137 pounds of lint, today it is 247 1 pounds. . The average yield of all \ the great staple crops of South j Carolina has increased within the j last twenty-five years, expressed in J percentages S5 percent, nearly! doubled. And we have just, scratch- ! ed upon the surface, the next de cade will ,see a further increase of 100 percent. But just think, gentlemen, what infinite labor it has taken to secure these results. For it must be re membered that southern agriculture 25 years ago consisted simply in a series of motions inherited from] Adam, and the time merchant and I factor were the only agencies the J farmer could turn to for financial j aid. and they demanded their' pounds of flesh expressed in the j usurous rates of interest ranging] from 50 to 150 percent. T Year after year he produced and year after year he offered his products below the cost of produc tion. I am as firmly convinced as I am J of anything that in a few years our | agriculture will be readjusted. Our i present anticpunted system of tax- ; ation modernized. A great and ef- j ficient school system established. A modern policy of highway de- j ve?opmcnt adopted. When these j great movements are accomplish- j ed our civilization will be of such a character that the philosophy of ? Dr. Van Dyke will be appreciated ! and become ;i part of the daily life of our people. This philosopher! so briefly and charmingly ex-j pressed: "Four things a man must learn to j do If you are tu k?? your record j true: j Think without confusion clearly: I Love your f? How man sincerely: j Act from honest motives purely: Trust in God and Heaven secure ly." i - Stylestf?i How Proposed T?MB^?fifects Your Pockefbookj . Unless a sudden shift in senti- ) ment in congress is quickly effect- | ed, the proposed tariff bill will be come a law, and the American pub- J lie will once mbre pay tribute un- ( der the guise of protection to a J number of American industries I which have long since grown out of their swaddling clothes. ? Though this, bill, has already passed the bouse and is now up for consideration in the senate, many protectionist congressmen and sen ators are apprehensive concerning the " effects of this bill, but are fighting a losing battle against the forces at work to push this bill through this session Of congress Among other duties which have been severely criticised, the bill provides for a duty of 33 cents a pound on wool, based on the scoured content of the pound. It is the highest tariff on wool that ha? ever been in force, nearly double the high water mark of wool duties under the old Payne Alcjrich tariff, which was the rec ord In its day. . The effect of this high tariff on wool seems to be little understood ancf appreciated by the members of congress; to them it is" but one item of hundreds?a paragraph of j small type awaV dowff in the mid- j die Of the doc'?ment. If they could ] fully realize what its passage! would mean to the country, to- the clothing industry, and to the peo ple who must buy clothes, they, would undoubtedly revise this pro posed rate to bring it within reason. S3? 1,000.000 Increase in the Cost of Clothing. It has been conservatively esti- i mate'd by experts in the clothing | industry that this extraordinary in- j crease in the tariff on wool will j add $361,000,000 to the clothing j bill of the country. It will make i every suit of clothes and every j overcoat cost about $4.00 more to the consumer; and the increased cost on woolen clothes for women and children will be proportionate.'; And to what purpose will this j great burden be added to the peo- j pie? . j The government will get an- j pr?ximately $74,250,000 in duty.] The American wool growers will j get about $41,000,000 in protection.! And the rest will come out of the! pockets?and out of the mouths? Of the people. A further proof of the inequal- j ity and injustice of this provision ? ?a' proof that it is not intelligent- j ly nor fairly drawn?is in the fact that under this bill, wool is wool?j regardless of the grade. The cheap-! er igrades, which now cost 12 j cents a p?und in foreign markets', j aihd the finer grades that cost 50 ! cents a. pound, are treated as one I commodity, and each would be! increased 33 cents a pound. The great volume of this $361,- j 0*00,000 would have to come out ? of the pockets of the masses who: are already under the economic) necessity of buying the cheap-1 er grades "of woolens. Only a Few Will Benefit Even the farmer who raises wool. on a small scale would find that j the increased cost of clothing, for j his own family would more than; offset any increase he would get in! the selling price of his wool. No one in America could possibly ben efit by this tariff but the compara tively few wool growers on a large scale?and even they would get a comparatively small amount of pro-: tection out of this vast increase in 1 clothing cost - to the people. Xobody in America, except pos- I sibly a few large wool growers! whose self interest would be serv-; ed at tin- expense of the great mass of peopie. could want this high tariff on wool. It serves no great ? purpose for the benefit of the peo- j pie, and it would add to the eco nomic burdens of millions who can-i not sustain it. It is a matter of inclaculable im-' portance that the voters of this country \yake tip at om-c ami bring such pressure to bear upon the senate before this bill is passed! .that they will realize how unfair' and iniquitous this high wool tar iff really is. ? ? ? - The Democratic club books elose ; Tuesday. July 25th. Those who do] not enroll will not be permitted to vote in the primary. Dashing bathing suits of- taffeta In two or three bright colors with embroideries in other colors will be proper costumes for beach sirens this season. Satin suits are in evi dence, too. ;t* ? 4 ?-???>vt'; tri?*./ra-Jss". s INCOMES IN SOUTH CAROLINA The number of federal. personal income tax returns for the calen dar Jjur"s? Taxes. (Dillon Herald). Once upon a time some wise man said there were two sides to every question, and it is worth noting that other wise men have not been able to prove that he was wrong. It is hard to make the av erage man believe there are two sides to the tax question because he has heard only one side of it. But j there is another side to this much j discussed question and lets take a look at it. The cry that the poor1 man pays the bulk of the taxes is misleading. A poor man is not sup- ; posed to own anything -and the man j who does not own property cannot! he a taxpayer. If anyone-will take the trouble to look over the coun ty treasurer's hooks they will find that the great bulk of the taxes are paid by wealthy men and men in moderate circumstances. We have an idea some demagogue raised the; "tax-burdened-poor-man" cry. and as the poor men outnumber the! rich men ten to one the cry proy- j ed so popular that it stuck. The poor man who pays a road and poll or small property tax is the very man who should advocate high taxes for public improvements. When he pays $1 for good schools and efficient teachers the rich man pays $100; when he is taxed $1 for building a modern highway the rich man pays $100. The poor man's children have the same privileges ? at the public school and the poor man hinise'f gets just as much benefit from a modern highway as the richest man in America. Nine-tenths of our taxes go to pub lic schools and good roads, and the politician who poses as the poor man's friend and preaches the gos pel of lower taxes is fighting tht j very man he is pretending to help. That is the other side of the tax question?but not as the dema- j gogue sees it. The regular weekly meeting of the Rotary Club was held at the Claremont Hotel Monday. The most interesting feature of the program was the report of George L. Bicker who attended the International Convention of Rotary Clubs at Los Angeles. Cal., j hs the representatives of the Sum- t tor Club. 1 With every Friday comes com munity singing. Always keep in mind thai th?- community sinking, excellent orchestra included, is held i .'veiy Friday afternoon at 6:3~0. Come out ami bring your friends Ice cream cones and cold drinks will be sold. ?road building Approximately $100,000,000 To Be Spent During Year? States Must Pay Half "Washington, July * 9.?Approxi mately $100,000,000 will be spent for good road construction through out the country during the fiscal year which began July 1. This wilT be "brought about "by the continuation* of federal ''aid for roads under recent authorization of an appropriation of almost $50, 000,000 for distribution among the several states Under the condi tions of the aid each state must match the sum allotted it. At the same time the postoffice appropriation bill, signed' by . Presi dent Harding June 18, authorized appropriation .of $65,000,000 for the same purpose to be.expended during the period,. if the states adhere to the stipulation and ex pend like sums, to $320,000,000. The funds will be administered j by the secretary of agriculture j through the bureau of good" roads. It is estimated that the- $190, 000,000 appropriated will result in the construction of more than 25, 000 miles of ro?d, which, added to the 46,000 miles that are expected to result from previous federal ap propriations, make a total of 71,' 000 miles, or nearly 40 per cent of the estimated 180,000 miles of good roads on the system of fed eral aid roads now being outlined. With the aid of the $350,000, 000 previuosiy appropriated by the government, 17,000 miles of road had been completed on last May 31 and in addition nearly 14,500 miles were under construction; in volving more than $287,500#00: of federal aid. To match this fund the states have appropriated ap proximately $380,000,000, making! a total of $667,500,000. The average cost per mile of all types of road constructed with federal aid has been $7,120, of which 43 per cent has been the cost to the government. . The new legislation, however, reduces the maximum participation on the part | of the government from $20,000 to j $15,250 per mile for the first j fiscal year and $15,000 thereafter. The appropriations are to be used on construction of a connected system of primary, or interstate, and secondary, Or intercounty, roads. It is further provided that the} states receiving aid must maintain I adequate highway departments, j must maintain the . federal roads j when completed, must construct! roads sufficient to the traffic antici pated, and must match amounts] allotted by the government. Other-1 wise, the federal funds for new! projects will be withheld.;, Plans for the proposed system j have already been received by the bureau of good roads from all but eight states, and the state systems are being coordinated so that when joined together they will serve the best interests of the whole coun try. In the meantime only pro jects certain to be. on the proposed system are being approved. The apportionment, to be made : to the various states for the fiscal year which began July 1 is ap proximately as follows: Alabama _,_$ 1,035,614! Arkansas.. 836,095! Arizona -- _ 702,188; California.. _ 1.641,3991 Colorado _ __ 894,11.7 Connecticut __ 320,599 Delaware.243,750 Florida_. 591,2171 Georgia_. .... 1,331,973 Idaho_ 625,691 Illinois. 2,164,187 Indiana._ 1,305,904 Iowa_ 1,401.915} Kansas. 1,401,521 Kentucky _._ - 944,786 Louisana ._ 664,660 Maine__. 643,440 Maryland. 427,086 Massachusetts_ 730,784 Michigan . .. 1,499,68S Minnesota -. 1,415,731 Mississippi. 863,271 Missouri __. 1,632,086 Montana .... 1,031,257! Nebraska __. 1,054,1261 Nevada -- -. 635,624 I New Hampshire -_ .. 243.7501 New Jersey . 6 ? 8,5 81! New Mexico . 793,216: New York. 2,464,299 j North Carolina ._ -_ 1,139:5561 North Dakota. 776,476] Ohio. 1.882,0031 Oklahoma. 1,168,226; Oregon. 788,443 j Pennsylvania _. 2.265,969 Rhode Island. 243,750 j South Carolina _ 707.492 South Dakota _ 802.707 Tennessee.- 1,098,461 Texas _. . 2,950,115 Utah. 566,278 1 Vermont_243,750 j Virginia._ -- 971,219; Washington -- 735,S06 I West Virginia_ 543,906 | Wisconsin. 1,263,211 Wyoming ._. 623,07.8 | Total ... ._$48,750,00.0 Georgia' hotel burns One Man Fatally Burned. Another Dies Hawkinsville. Ga., July 10.?One man was fatally burned and twen- j ty other guests at the Globe Hotel i here had narrow escapes early to- ? day when flames completely gutted j the hostelry. Robert Eired, 39. died | from injuries sustained when he! jumped from a second story win-J dow. He was also badly burned, i The other guests were unable to j save any Of their clothing, and j some, it is said, were slightly over- j come by smoke in making their es- j cape. The total damage is esti-1 mated at $$0,000. Th?? challenge given by the ICi- '> wants club to the Rotary club for j -i game of baseball was unani m?usly accept#3 Monday affer-1 noon at the weekly meeting of the j Rotarians. It is reported that Hie j game will be played Friday week. It will be looked forward to with i i great deal of interest. ' VETERANS MEET AT GREENWOOD *-? Rainbow Division Soldiers Being Royally Entertained Greenwood, July/ 10.?Green wood opened its doors today to veterans of the South Carolina Chapter, Rainbow Division, who are gathered here for thefr third annual reunion. The reunion will last through tomorrow. Approxi mately 100 veterans* of the famous division are expected before the convention closes. The heroes of Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel, MeuSe, Argonne and other noted engage ments were formally .welcomed to Greenwood at noon today by the heads of various commercial and civic organizations of the city. Fol lowing the formal welcome the veterans were carried to the Pow erhouse Park, where a delightful picnic dinner was served by. wo men of the different patriotic or ganizations of Greenwood. This afternoon the visitors were the guests of the Greenwood Base ball club at the game between Abbeville and Greenwood. An elab orate banquet was tendered .dele gates to the convention tonight by Rotary and Kiwanis clubs jointly, followed by. a dance in their honor at the .Oregon Hotel. Most of the program tomorrow will consist of business sessions. Little business was transacted today and the bulk of important business will be dis posed of tomorrow morning when the next meeting place* will be se lfectedt - > THE COtTNTY; S?N??Y ?gh??it CONVENTION Annual Meeting To Be Held at Oswego, July 25th The Sumter County Sunday School association will hold its' an nual convention at the Oswego Methodist church oh Tuesday, July 25, and the Sunday school people of all denominations in our county are invited to attend. A strong program of practical discussions and inspiring addresses on all phases of modern Sunday schob! work ' has been prepared. Leon C. Palmer, general superin tendent of the State Sunday School association, is expected to attend the convention. In order that all. the Sunday school workers of this county .may have an opportunity to attend the convention, no limit will be set on the number who may attend from each Sunday school. The conven tion will be in the nature of a county-wide mass meeting and not a delegated body, and all who come; will be welcome. Information regarding the con vention may be secured from Coun ty President E. W. Dabbs, Jr., Mayesville, or ^ County Secretary Conyers Brown; Oswego, or from Leon CV Palmer, state superintend ent, 714 Ajidrews^l?W Building, sVfert?nburg. \ MOONSHINER IS KILLED ? i i i 1 District Prohibition Chief Is Shot Belleville, in., July. 10.?Jomi Rinnberg, 54. was shot and killed^ and, Charles F. Short, 47, chief pro hibition enforcement officer for the East St. Louis district, was s:f; ously wounded in a gun fight la'.e today, when Rinnberg resisted an attempt Of a party of prohibiVon agents, armed with a search war rant, to search his home for illb-it whiskey. Leslie Farmer, a depuT prohibition agent, was slightly wounded. After Rinnberg had been killed the raiding party siezed a still aim ? quantity of whiskey and mash which they found1" in the ba?eineht of the. home- i ... U \ . ' Defends Tariff Bill No Excuse For Increase in Price, Says Willis Washington, July 10.?Clothhig manufacturers and dealers would not be justified in increasing their prices because of the wool rates in the pending tariff bill, Senator Wil lis, Republican, Ohio, declared to day in a letter replying to a pro test against the tariff. "If any 'such increase in price is contemplated by manufacturers and retailers of clothing," said Sen ator Willis, "consumers ought to understand that there is not the slightest justification or excuse for it in any tariff rate in the pendmj: bill. The unfairness and absurdity of claiming that the new tariff i-ale on raw wool justifies an mcreVse of J5 per suit of clothes is illus trated ny the fact that the tot.^1 amount on raw, wool, if it were added to the price, of the suit, wouli be ininety-ning? centg.", Pitcher Luther Married Columbia. July 11. ?4 *Punk" Luther, Columbia boy. recent graduate of Xewberry College, and now a pitcher on the Columbia team of the South Atlantic base ball association, made a home run Monday, though lie was not on the baseball diamond at the time. He motoi*ed to Xewberory Sunday, and Monday morning took a side trip to Little Mountain and with him took Miss Louise Haiti wanger. of Xewberry. At Little Mountain the two young people wore married. Rev. John J. Long performing the ceremony. Miss Haltiwanger is the daughter of Mrs. A. <\ Halti wanger, former Columbian, but now matron of the Xewberry Col lege boarding hall. Perhaps wars will end If the present epidemic of paper money continues, posterity won't have anything to write ultimatums on. W(to) DIES Two Sons. Aged 90 and 7 Mourn Death _ of Father, Age 134 Years Louisville,, .Ky., July 10? Among i the many mourners at.'the'funerjal. I of "Uncle"" John - Shell, .134 years i old, were his two sons', William, j aged ninety, and, Albert seveny'it became known here today when J news was received that the oldest I white man in the world nad died I July 6 at his. home at Greasy Creek, i Albert is the -offspring of a second marriage, "Uncle" John's first wife, I who is said :td .have been - two .years his senior, having died1 about ''ifoi years ago. "'" ''" The aged man retained full pos session of his" faculties to the l?gt and discussed , his funeral arrange ments with Mr. and 'Mrs. ; Samuel Creech, with whom he made his I home since he lost his own plate through the foreclosure of a mort gage several months ago. He was said to have been born in Tennessee; in .Sepember, 1?8S the son of Samuel Shell, a gambl er. ? ? ? Up until the time he was ^dis covered," about four years ago, "Uncle" John, It Is said, has led'a secluded life in the^mountairi couff try, but since. then he has travel ed considerably, exhibiting himself at state fairs. In 1919 ?. be -took;' his Srst air plane ride..., On' his visits to cities "Uncle" John" told- newspaper inter^ viewers thai. lie. remembered7 once . of havingse?n -Daniel \Booue, and' that he recalled the general nronrn irig" that followed' : the death of j George Washington. He saM he j was too didto*[enhst in the l?fe^? I can war. A- ? ?*..-.. Republic^. P?tropa^. penser For South Cal Has Trouble in Job For Himself Columbia, July lIc^A wariri i fight is being waged" in Washing ; ton, according to information -"J??r '' ceived in Corumtisu. ?nd this week will' probably see the final "push" in the: offefisiye. Tne fignt is cen tering' around the appointment of marsnall for the Western district ?f South Cafoirnau Joseph &" Volbert, national Re publican executive wmmitteeman, who ha? been nominated .by?he president ' for tne position, is i>r?r - paring to make his final stand be fore the senate- sub-committee appointed to'ihvestig?te him. mors ?f a 'split In the Tolbert tion are [being' circulated, while> is said that a large number/??! fidavits and" other data has been sent to Washington1 to be put be fore the committee in an efforts ip defeat the * committeeman. ThA term of Marshal' J. C. Lyon.. .of Greenville, does not expire until March, 19?4. Advices from Green ville received in Columbia state that he does not discuss the. mat ter publicly. He is interested .ln the outcome, it .is reported from the national .capital that startling disclosures may be made. ...... ?-? ??i -[ Save the Xavy lard. j (Charleston News and Courier) v The order signed by Acting Secretary of the 'Xavy ^oxjsetJelt closing the Charleston navy -yard f "as soon as practicable" amounts j to a denial and a. repudiation of ; the judgment of the . best -naval j opinion of the country as: itx/,the j importance and value of the- naval j station Jaii 'tnis^port Whenever Tin the past the question of .the valUe j of the Charleston yard as a unit^ef ! the n?tionaf *?efense has been^un der ' [review' ahd naval ofifeers charged with examining irita-t&e j matter have visited the station ne?e and studied"' its ? relation to -the ! wnole'scheme of naval defense, ! their verdfct has favored the r? ' tention of this yard as a base es j sential to the American defense sys j tern. Its strategic position with re jspect to th'e^ Caribbean naval the ater arid tne Panama Canal .antl I the fact that it is the only-deep i water yartt south of the -,storn|3r f waters off 'Cape H?tteras td wfclch J warships of large'' i?ze can come j have been decisive factors in, ita ? favor. |r\;The facts which "have led to the retention of the Charleston yard j in past years, sometimes In the I face, of deteifonrried opposition from v political foes, have not been ja2 ? tered. The need of a naval base. I afi' Charleston' is as great as it e\ier ' was*. The arguments for its re i tention /are /?st as sound arid con S viricing" as ever? perhaps mdre j convincing than ever now that de | str?yers and* other light craft have ! almost supplanted the battleship land now that t'.e Panama Canal j has assumed! even greater inipoH j ance than attached to it before a ? large part of the fleet was trans i ferred to the Pacific. There is no j doubt at all' that the Charleston j yard is a hundred times more irri j. porfarit to the defense system than j s?me of the' northern yards which apparently "Are to be retained?' ; yards which are distant rriariy nun- ^ ! dreds of mftes ironi the southern ? waters, as naval experts have I agreed, would be the thc-ater of op ! operations in any na\*al clash in ?the Atlaritic. and still further dis tant from the" Canal which is the ; vital link of communication be ! tween the two oceans, j Xo time should be lost in plac I ing the facts as to the Charfeston ; yard before the naval autho>rftte? ! at Washington and scouring, if j possible, a thorough review of tlSe ! whole situation which has resnlt i ed in Assistalft $Te"cretarj" Roose ? velt's action. A clear presentment I of the facts should convince . l?r. j Roosevelt of the value of the Char leston base- to the nation and pre* vent him from taking the step which his" order forecasts.* Our idea of good luck is th3 bootlegger failing to show up.