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TAX FREE States Should Maintaii Such Securities ai Last Vestige o ^ (Manufacturers Record). Two recent significant items -in I .the news are to be read together, One is the announcement from | Washington that the administra- j tion will make a concerted drive inj favor of the proposed; constitution-j al amendment to do away with tax-free securities.; The other is a statement from Raleigh to the effect that Governor Morrison will ask the legislature of North Carolina to au * thorize the construction and opera-r tion by the state of steamships to ply between state ports and Balti more, Phildelphia and New York, **with the idea of decreasing what are termed excessive freight rates. North Carolina, almost ? entirely free of alien-born population, is ? one of the most prosperous, pro gressive and energetic states in -the union. The folks down there have a habit of doing things, big things, * and doing them in a big way. They have now, to illustrate, a tremen-. dpus -rpad-building program under way. They also have a governor * who thinks. Not long ago, in a very compelling way, he brought out the thought that it will be a great day for the commonwealths compris ing the union when they, begin to look to themselves for help and cease turning appealing ; eyes to Washington. .^He seemed to think ? that, tax money collected in* North Carolina for NorthCarolina could be used by: the government of North i Carolina with far more advan-] ^tage to; the citizens of the state ^th?V^o?H tax money-first passed! through the federal mill and drip- \ ped back, little by little, into. North I Carolina. The way to keep, fed- j eral taxes down was to stop ask-J ihg Washington to do all /sorts of I things which the states -could do I better themselves; . and if the de ?.manda from Washington were not so excessive, perhaps there would be something left for the state to collect on its own account, with ?out undue burdening of citizens. We do not think that ventures of any government into business .pay. It is doubtful if North Carolina, would be more successful in oper ating ships than the United States has been. We use ? the suggestion ?merely to emphasize the "point that the individual states will be wise to keep a tight hold of what mon ey-raising privileges they have, for -?none knows what; day - they may fce most urgently required. In deed, ft is not too much to say that States are already learning that ?ie "way to get something done is to do. it one's self, independently. A congressman may be progres 'sively ..blind, whereas , an individ ual state at the same time may be ^officered by far-visioned statesmen,! able to look the future straight in "the free and ^prepare for it. Shall their hands be tied forever by the erroneouseonception that Washing-; ton and Washington only should do things? - But if the states are to come back intovtheir own and resume that active management of their own af fairs which characterized their con * duct in the early days, if they are to - fight excessive federalization ?nef centralization by striking dem onstration of their peculiar abil ity to attend to their own busi ness better than it can be attend , ed to by anybody eise, how are they going to get anywhere unless They have high class credit facilities? And how high class will their ered ^it be, comparatively speaking, if *they are deprived of the one priv ilege the fathers were, so insistent they retain, that is the power to Issue their own credit instruments without their being subject to with ering or any other kind ol taxa tion by the federal government. Thi* power of independent financ ing, the very '-?eart and soul of state -sovereignty, is the only great j>ower left to the individual states. When they give that up. if they do, it will be folly thereafter to talk about staying \he encroachment of federal authority. Centralization v.-Ill have been completely achiev ed in everything but. name. I There seems to be an obvious ease against iax-free securities. The people have been told that they 'are the refuge of the rich, that they enable the rich to escape their share of the burden of government,1 and one might almost suppose that: ''the ?constitution, generations agoj was worded with such an object! in view, although, as a matter of j fact, only recently have income; raxes been constitutional. So pop-j ular leaders cry "away with tax free security and stop the rich from plundering- us!" Is it not.; *worth while to think a bit and ajsk : who, in truth, were the- first and ; are now the chief proponents of the abolition of tax-free securi-??; *ties? Why. trie bankers and brok- j ers in the financial districts. They] say they cannot to advantage float The bonds they want to sell when in competition with tax-free se curities. Note that these very rich men, whom it is assumed the non-exemption of state securities ^from taxation would particularly hit and hit hard, are the very gen-; tlemen. who are most anxious to get tax-free securities out ot ex istence. Why? It is simple "enough. Funds that go into state and municipal loans leave no high toll behind for financiers. TaxS free securities happen to prevent if the truth must be told a vast amount of conscienceless profit eering. When a great and repu table banking house can gouge out of s&y the Belgian government something more than double the "legal rate for a well-protected loan, it is more or less natural for that and other bankers to object when they American money going ?into-domestic loans at small rates. They would rather have that mon SECURITIES i i Their Right to Issue id Save About the f State Rights ey to handle for borrowers who are; in urgent circumstances and who j can be made to "pay through the j nose." ? j There is an enormous amount of j ?financing to be done in Europe byj American bankers, so the auguries I read and the prophet says. Before j that great adventure gets into full j swing it will be a good thing, think j the international bankers if com- j petition from American states and j municipalities is got out of the way. i It is argued that sums loaned to j states and municipalities is taken j from the productive enterprises, j The truth is. that public money is 'the quickest spent. The turn-over is very rapid. Of the billions that have gone into tax-free loans. It is safe to say that two-thirds -^-more ' than that?have already j found their way back into the] general capital asset of the nation, to be used all over again. More over, virually .all of these tax-free bonds have, one transcendent mer it?they provide for their own amortization * within a compara tively -short time. This is quite in contrast to much of the general financing of the day where earning power is capitaHzed rather than i%t- \ vestment, and the public's money; taken without any idea of its ever being actually returned. What would transportation rates be now, for instance; if all railroad bonds had been compelled by .law to car ry an amortization feature? But financing has . * been through re financing rather ? than by payment. We know of no money being in vested today;, ranywhere, that is more certain to yield byr dividends than the proceeds from tax-free bond issues for the construction of j permanent highways, 'drainage, waterworks, sewerage systems, etc. It is-charged that the privilege; of,issuing tax-free securities con-; stitutes a temptation to small po- \ litical units, all over the country to run- Into excesses and squander funds on unwise undertakings. We wonder if anywhere in the world there can be ;found more conser vative voters on a proposition in volving taxes than in the ordinary American community. The. farmers are so. hard pressed that they ex amine with the. minutest care any proposal for spending money. So do the smaller cities. Jn addition, there is a limit under the law, in most cases, as to loans which a. municipality can make, just as there-is a limit .to the character of undertakings in which a state may indulge. We take ^t as a truism that the spending of.money raised by local bond~lssues is _ more care fully guarded-^?beyond , comparison so?than is the expenditure of fed eral funds., If any farmer imagines that his own taxes would be decreased by denying hereafter to his own- local securities the tax-free privilege,,he is; sadly befuddled. He will be taxed to pay the inevitably higher interest on local loans and this ex tra taxation will more than bal ance any gain he might, supposit iousiy, make in federal taxes. Indeed,; we find nowhere any discussi?n as to benefits to accrue^ to:the states from the passage of a constitutional amendment. giving Washington the right to tax state issues. It will help the federal governments the cry. Aye. rob bing Peter to pay Paul! The ag grandizement of the national treas-' ury at the cost of the state ex chequers! ..... Many states voted for the income; tax amendment to the constitution' because they thought it would compel rieh communities to bear parts of their burden. The propos ed amendment we are writing about now couid" not conceivably have that effect. It would make the poor states poorer, even if it did not. make the rich states richer. There is nothing more dangerous in modern government than the j tendency toward centralization and j the destruction of local self-govern ment. The - temptation is insidious. Men ride into office on a platform of protest against this tendency, and before they have been in Wash ington a year bureaucracy has made centralists of them. Any thing that is likely to further cen tralization is deplorable. The Ro mans were the greatest governors of wide territory even*known, and their cardinal principle was a max imum of local svlf-government. Some of the most astute political students alive believe in their hearts, with all the sincerity of their souls, that complete central ization would mean ultimately and inevitably another civil war, in the United States. That may be an ex treme view, but history would sup port it. Quitj? aside, therefore, from any question ot* financing or any issue of taxation, we believe it to be the solemn duty the states to line up formidably against this latest effort to break through their great est privilege and defense. They ought to retain at all tost a meas ure of financial independence, such as the founders of the nation de creed they should have, and they should never put it in the power of Washington to tax out of existence their independent credit rights. "The power to tax is the power to destroy," was one of the slogans of the revolution, a fact establish ed in the blood of the patriots, uni versally admitted in the United States and never challenged since independence wjjs achieved. The power to tax the income of st;ite securities would, therefore, be the power to destroy state, credit. We doubt if thaf is a position which any state in the Union wishes to occupy. Many a dull man acts smart. FOREIGN TRADE SUFFERS LOSS America's Business is Hit Hard by Depression Washington, Xov. 5.?American foreign trade for the fiscal year which ended June 30, suffered in common with the general world depression, according to an analy sis issued tonight by the com merce department. The department however found the great decline in value from the previous year to be due. in a large degree to a fall in prices rather than in quantities. * The country's total foreign trade for the fiscal year 1922 was $6, 379,000,000, of which $2,608,000. 000 was in imports and $3^771-, 000,000 exports compared with $10,170,000,000 the previous year divided between $3.604.000.000 of imports and $6,53 6,000,uOO of the exports. The nation's favorable trade balance for 1922 was only slightly over $1.000,000,000 as against nearly $3,000,600,000 the previous year.w Decreasing exports of raw cot ton were attributed by the depart ment to various causes, chiefly short production but partially to the steady increase in cotton man ! ufactures in this country. Exports of agricultural produce, the de partment estimated, comprised 15 per cent of the entire crop value' ! on the farm, while exports of man ! ufactured goods were less than 4 j per cent of the country's produc : tion. ! "This last fact," the department j declared, "has much to do with our ability to shake loose from European economic currents in the manufacturing industries, and with the strengthening of employment in our home industries, we will, no doubt, increase home consumption in agricultural products." WINTHROP DAUGHTERS ??r-r?jr The following report was sub mitted at the District Conference of the Federation of Women's clubs held at Manning, Tuesday, November 7 by Mrs. Harry Parker, I secretary of the Sumter County Chapter Winthrop Daughters: The.Sumter County Chapter Win throp Daughters, with a member ship, of approximately 150, is one of the wide-awake members of the federation. For a number'of years we have maintained a scholarship at Winthrop. This year saw two important changes made regarding it. First, we raised the valtfe from ?100 to $1*5. We did this because we knew that, while $100 was a help, the girls who held scholarships of that value were often forced to borrow money else where to cover additional expenses. Also we. established our scholarship ion a-loan basis. After a few years jit will be self-supporting, and we l will thus be enabled to broaden the 'scope of our activities. We are much indebted to Miss Mabel Montgomery to whom we wrote for assistance in working out the de tails governing the scholarship lean fund, and who gave us the benefit of her experience of that phase, of the federation's activities. We desire to extend to her our sin cere-thanks. In addition to raising $175 for our scholarship, we were I called on to assist another girl. J"She holds a four-year state schol arship at Winthrop, and unless she could somewhere raise money for her uniforms and traveling ex penses would have to forfeit her scholarship. Our chapter imme diately pledged themselves to raise $50 for her which we did, and then enabled her to be in her place when college opened. With $225 to raise, most of which has been paid already, and all of which is in sight, we. have had to devote quite a lot of time, and energy to schemes for making money. It is a time-hon ored custom of the Winthrop Daughters to sell ice cream during Chautauqua week. We have a booth on a vacant lot near, the tent and every year make a substan tial amount in this way. This year we hit upon the happy scheme of having once a month, and always ion Friday afternoons, a story hour for children. We charge ten cents ad mission and always arrange a really delightful program. We have stories, recitations and jit tie plays in which some of the children take ]>art. These enter tainments are beneficial not only to the chapter, but to the, children as well, and are eagerly looked for ward to by all. The social activities of our chap ter are limited to a few large gath erings scattered through the year. On account of the membership be ing numerous and scattered as well, wo do not attempt monthly social meetings. In January of I this year we had our first ban j.quet, which proved a . great suc ! cess, and renewed our enthusiasm in a very wonderful way. in June we gave a reception in honor of the ! Sumter couty Winthrop graduates j of this year, and it. too. was a de llightful affair. In August we en tertained with a shower for our scholarship girl, which was :i great help to'her, and one of our very I happiest gatherings. la October 'we gave an informal reception for the Winthrop g'rls teaching in our town and county, and it. too. was thoroughly enjoyable. Due to the able feaderhip of our president, Mrs. Frank McLeod. and the loyal co-operation of our memberhip, we count the year now drawing to a close one of the most successful in the life of our chapter. ((Signed) .Mrs. Harry Parker. Secret ;i rv. Ohio woman was fined ?.">?? for pulling a neighbor's hair, but it may have been worth more. Mexico has at last goten an army together. Tile army of boll weevils they sent over her?- seems also weil organized. j CalleTraliforn] \ ? .V What's in a name? Sylvia Sonk i in for music and now she's called < j of ccrne?.playing .but, because, of Jk I ' -..... ~ ?? . - - . ! KILL XEXT YEAR'S WEEVILS JfOW. Destroy Cotton Stalks Thoroughly And Clean the F2ekls Well. j Clemson College, Nov. 4.?Clean | ing of the fields, the destruction/of i the stalks, and the planting of cover ! crops constitute the most powerful I weapons for weevil fighting now in j the hands of the farmer, says Prof, j A. F. Conradi, Entomologist, t who j says that by efficient fall farm man agement the farmer can dictate to j a. great extent how many weevils j shall pass the winter on the farm. ; j Though much warning has al j ready been given by the entom*?lr j ogists, and though county agents j are preaching stalk destruction I right and left, many farmers are j apparently not convicned of the \ need for immediate staik destruc j tion, says Prof. Conradi, and do not realize that this is pracically the ! most important single step in any j system of fighting the weevil, j Boll weevils multiply in cotton ! until frost kills it. Many thousands j of weevil may occur in each acre ; j of cotton. Weevils hibernate, that j is they pass the winter, only in the j full grown stage. Hibernation usu ! ally begins with the coming of the S first killing frost. They hibernate I principally in cotton fields, and' j standing stalks make for them j splendid winter homes, j The most favorable condition, I therefore, for the successful hiber nation for boll weevils is found in i fields .where the cotton stalks, j grass, weeds, dead leaves, etc., are j left during the winter. Under such j conditions the farmers may ex? ! pect the greatest number of weevils j to survive the winter. There is lit j tie prospect, for successful cotton gi owing under such conditions. The earlier the cotton stalks are (destroyed, the fewer the' weevils : that will survive the winter, and consequently the smaller the dam age to the next crop. As far as possible, the stalks should be de j stroyed two weeks before the first j killing frost. In some sections the stalks are j uprooted, piled and burned. This i method is a very serious, disadvan i tage in destroying a large amount j of vegetable matter which should } be turned under. Whenever the j farmer is equipped-with piows and j mules so that the stalks may be t turned tinder five to six inches af- j j ter they have been cut down with; 'the chopper, it is a very effective' plan.- A less effective method is to^ graze off all green cotton within a| period of a few days. Whatever method one employs, the destruc-l tion of stalks must be thorough, i The following are a few of the j many advantages secured from I j cleaning the fields and destroying! ! the stalks. I 1. A great many full grown1 j weevils are killed outright, i 2. Many young stages in the [.plants are killed. I The fulb grown weevils not killed ; ! are weakened by starvation if the | stalks are destroyed two to three] weeks before the first frost and i these will not have sufficient; strength to pass the winter sue- i cessfully. ? ? ! j 4. The removal of the stalks! j facilitates fall plowing and the : planting of cover crops. I 5. This fall cleaning program i is also of the greatest benefit gener \ ally in destroying the winter homes j and the winter food plants of oth | er injurious pests of the farm. ? ? o ' ! CHILD BADLY BURNED I Bishopville. Nov. 8.?Little four {year old Frank Boulineau came i near being burned to-death Satur day morning when Iiis clothing Icaugh; fire while in a room by ; himself. It se'exns that the little 1 fellow had just gotten up and was ! by the fire. It is supposed that lie got too close to the fire and his j clothing caught. When his mother j reached him, being attracted by his screams, all <>;" Iiis clothing was burned <>!Y of his body, except the ! little hand around his neck, which [was the collar on hi;: sleeping-gar I ment. Medical assistance was sum moned immediately and while tin I little fellow is still suffering his j * -??11 * I i t ion i~ not regarded as criti cal. Little [Trank is the son of Mr.! Frank Boulineau and is the same (child who came near being killed ' w year ago when run over l>y an j n utdmoblle. Cornet, 18, Sati ????^^^^^ie JaUforrila's nighlingale^not'beci.u r exfl?isite. soprano voice- . . Canadian Pulp Endangers Japa nese Market. Osaka, Japan, Oct. 13.?Although ?the pulp selling company recently established by the Japanese man ufacturers is trying hard to re lieve the industry from its present distress, the market is reported to have become increasingly depress ed under the competition of Ca nadian goods, which are unable to J find a market in Europe and are dumped in this country, says the Osaka Mainichi. "Should the{ goods be allowed to be imported without limit they will undoubtedly entirely capture the Japanese market,' 'the Maini jChi states. "The Japanese manu facturers, therefore, are now trying 'to persuade the Toyo Shokai,..tht [sole selling agent of the Canadian I pulp, to limit the importation to j-20',??-0 tons,per year, and in addi tion, they have begun a movement to induce the government to raise the import duty on pulp from Rhfs 2 to Rin 4 per pound. "It, is not expected, however, that the government will accede to the request, as the price read justment problem is so much to I the fore. The distress of the ?Japanese pulp manufacturers will [not only be mitigated, but, should theM importation of Swedish goods grdw active, the Japanese industry may be. given a final blow." , THE GOOD OLD DAYS j How often do you hear some re j ference to the "good old days," by some person as a complaint against ?the expenses of modern living. The ? comparison is easy to make when i memory of prices alone is used ?as the basis for their argument. y Although these^same people may ? have a telephone, automobile, elec j trical appliances for reducing and j lightening their work, ride a street jcar to work, have a telephone, live ;on a paved street, have access to the best libraries and hospitals, and ;yet have enough time to find fault ! with the price they must pay for I these conveniences of life. Life is I only an existence of a being, and the more comfort, pleasure and satisfaction which surrounds this short term of time should be the ceward of the cost we must pay. Let them have to do without the very things that they ar eusuniiy complaining of, and they would raise a howl that would scare the inhabitants of the African jungles. The "good old days" were all right in the "good old days" but the good old days are now, and we should thank God that we have these privi leges that would seem to.our grand parents like miracles.?Exchange. ? ? ? ? The "Living Wage" Fallacy. (Greensboro News). The railway labor board has once more had. occasion to take a fall out of the "living wage" pro posal. This viciously fallacious ar gument may yet be the means of bringing organized labor into such disrepute with tne rest of the country, especially with the farm ers, as to wreck its present pro gram and set back its progress by decades. The agricultural bloc is at present the most powerful single group in congress. If it swings definitely against organized labor, it can and will lilay the wiM with the aspirations of labor, even the legitimate ones. The farmer knows, just as the railway labor board knows, that no man is entitled to a living wage, or any other wage, until he has earn ed it: and he cannot earn it by doing half a day's work. Some la bor leaders are making preach ments which amount to an asser tion that the laborer confers an inestimable boon upon the world merely by living in it, and that the least that worid can do in return is to provide him with a comfort able living, whether he works for it or not. These leaders have perverted the doctrine of the living wage from its original presump tion, viz.. that every man" is en titled to a fair Aturn from his la bor and that any* industry in which dividends take so large a share of the profits that the workers nec essary to keep the industry going cannot live on t11?- res; of an un sound industry, into the entirely different assumption that the pro fits of every industry must be di vided among as many members of labor unions as they will support, regardless of whether or not so many workers are really needed to do the work of that particular. industry. Regulating by Law Paper f Suggests Compulsory Fight on Weevil (The Lauren:-? Advertiser). Several weeks ago The Advertis er suggested that to get an efficient working plan to combat the boll weevil it appeared advisable to have the legislature enact a law requiring that cotton stalks be plowed up in the fall of the year. The Advertiser realized that this was a radical suggestion, not apt to receive serious consideration at first, and that the plan might have obvious defects which would be recognized by those more inti mately connected with farming, Yet, as drastic as the suggestion might appear, the seriousness of the problem confronting the farm ers seems to us to justify some lee .sistive measure of relief. In this we find agreement in the Abbeville f-'ress and ..Banner, this paper, how ever, suggesting that the same measures be applied to poisoning, as we suggested being applied to plowing of stalks. Following a reprint of an editor ial from Cotton News, stressing the importance of; the cotton crop to the south, The Press and Banner spoke as follows Friday: ?-:? The man who has observed and who thinks must come to the con clusion: First: That cotton is and will con tinue to be the money crop of this section. This does not mean that other crops are not to be planted. As has been said so often before we must produce those things necessary to make the farm self supporting. Here and. there crops other than cotton will be gro\vn from which money may be obtain ed.. But after all, as it is in south west Georgia, in Alabama, in Mis sissippi and in. other states, cotton will remain king in South Carolina. It must be grown as the one great money .crop of the south. Second: In order to grow cot ton successfully it is . going to be necessary to? make a; consistent fight against the boll weevil. Just now the only known remedy against the destruction he brings is calcium yarsenate. Cotton must be poison ed with this poison, or no crop will be grown,, certainly not with profit. ? Third: One or two men in the community can not grow 'cotton successfully even with calciiim ar senate if their neighbors raise on adjoining lands.swarms of boll wee vils which at the period of migra tion go into fields everywhere and destroy the crops .being grown. No amount of poisoning by individ uals is going to save the country from the losses resulting from the attempt to grow cotton without universal poisoning, for the weevil. Fourth: We had as well come to it, because we must come to it, the growing of cotton must be reg-, ulated. The railroads are requir ed to take precautions to. guard the public against losses: from dangers incident to the business they carry on; sawyers are not allowed to pois on . streams against fish; fertilizer factories must respond in damages for losses occasioned by the- pois ' oned gases from their factories. No .man can keep an open well on his premises or a pond where it is at . tractive to children, without guard ing, these things . and. rendering them as nearly as possible harm less. And nobody should be al lowed in any community, to harbor a bull dog or other kind of ani mal, which must surely destroy property or threaten the public safety. When then should a man be allowed to neglect his, farm, to plant cotton and. not poison it and thus, make his fields a breeding place for boll weevils which at a given period invade the fields of the men who do make a fight against the menace, and there de stroy the results of the labor of the industrious and of thoughtful men. The general assembly will con vene in January. There will be time then .to provide by law rea sonable regulations for the grow ing of cotton in this state, so as to make it profitable to the grower, and so as to. protect , the indus trious and do away with the man who furnishes a harboring place for the worst enemy the farming interests of this country have yet come in contact with. Will the members of the general assembly have the courage to meet the sit uation? HAGOOD NEWS AND VIEWS Rembert, Xov. 9.?Messrs. C. M. Emanuel of Borden, C. E. San ders and others of Hagood mo tored to Columbia to witness the football game. Mrs. G. H, Lenoir ran up to Camden on Sunday to see her aunt, Miss Minnie Clark, who had a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. J. L. Jackson of Hagood is in Charleston for treatment of her eyes. Mrs. Edwin Kerrison of Charles ton, who has been spending some time with her parents, has return ed home. Miss Emma Allen of Columbia, not improving on her prolonged rest at her brother's, has returned to Columbia for treatment. W. P. Spencer has so far im proved as to be able to attend to his business. Dr. Ener, veterinarian of Clem son College, was. among us on Monday, November 6. Mrs. Archie Shaw of Darlington passed htrough our community on the 7th, en route to Columbia to be with her sister. Miss Emma Allen. The Woman's Missionary Society ol^Bethesda meets with Mrs. H. C. Bethea Saturday, ilth, at 3 p. hi. "Hagood." The clothing store collectors can name more promising young men than all the college professors in the world ever thought of. I County Board of Commissioners Routine Business Transacted at the Regular Monthly Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Board of County Commission- > ers met in the Court House No-1 vember 7th with all members pres- \ ent. The minutes of October 3rd were j read and approved. 1 Mr. W. A. Bowman appeared '? asking that the road between; Catchall and Burkett's store be worked and put in condition while j the gang was in that section. He stated that this road had* not been j given any attention in quite a num ber of years. County engineer stated that .he was now having this road repaired in places. The board directed him to get it in passable condition as early as practicable. Mr. D. A. Hatfield appeared asking that the board reconsider its former action in cutting off his appropriation, and stating that he needed help. The board- advised him to get a reputable physician to furnish definite information re garding his case, when- it would give the matter further consider ation. Supt. Nunnamaker appeared and made statement relative to the re port on the alms house from the public welfare board. This was received as information. ? Mr. Wendell Lev! appeared with his client, Mr. C. E. Dukes, rela tive to damages received by Mr. Dukes to his car when he ran into a gully which had been washed out after a big rain, on the Man ning road, and stated that after using all the old parts possible, in repairs that his bill amounted to $77.10. He asked that his client be paid this amount. The engi neer stated that he was informed of the circumstances of. the-accident, and that the culvert at this point had been in place ten or -twelve years, and had taken care of the water. The board advised that they would take this claim under consideration and obtain the ad vice of the coupty attorney rela tive to the law in the case. ? County engineer submitted his report showing the main gang in the northwest section of the coun ty. The jail-yard gang was being used in constructing -roads in the DuBose section, and repairing (bridges and culverts throughout the county. Shi loh and Pinewood gangs as- Usual in their respective territories. He reported that the Indiana truck had been damaged by being put to improper work during the month, and that Mr. J. H. Holland, who was responsible for this had been replaced, and his salary for the month applied to this damage cost. In view of the number of con^ yicts now on hand the' board thought.it would be well'to get rid of all "free labor being used and use only convict labor, although this would necessitate the purchase of two small cages for the housing of convicts in the Shiloh and Pinewood sections. The engineer submitted prices on these cages from the Paully Jail Company. Board directed that-prices be also gotten from local concerns and the information be given to Messrs. Britton and Oliver, who were ap pointed a committee to purchase. Chairman Rowland reported on cotton weigher's platform contract submitted by the Sumter Cotton Warehouse Company, and advised that he had conferred with the county attorney in reference to same, who stated that there was nothing objectionable legally in it. He objected, however, to a clause in this contract calling for payment of rental to the Sumter Cotton (Warehouse Company for. ? cotton weighed at points other than ? on its platform space> and recom mended that this be eliminated. The board ordered this done be fore contract was executed, a The clerk presented report re ceived from the public, welfare board on the alms house, jail and chaingang, which was received as information. A criticism of a member of the grand jury relative to certain con ditions obtaining at the alms house, was brought to the attention of the board, and the board direct ed that steps be taken to have this discontinued. Messrs. Rowland, Britton and Oliver reported on a trip to the Wateree river swamp , for the pur jpose of investigating amount of [ timber on right of way granted by i Powell House to the county. The i chairman stated that he had re ceived an offer from Powell House to aecept $180.00 in full .settlement for the timber on right of way,, without having same estimated as ! formerly agreed upon. The board i decided to settle upon this basis. I A bill was presented from J. A. j?awkins, special agent of the At lantic Coast Line, covering expenses incurred, exclusive of transporta tion in the apprehension of two negro boys who had broken into jcars on the Sumter yard, and which police officers of the Coast j Line had chased down into Georgia land captured. The board declined !to approve this claim for payment. The clerk staled that the treas urer reported some $12,000.00 cash on hand October 31st. inclusive of [outstanding checks for county or jdinary purposes, and advised that ! it might become necessary to make ;an additional loan to take care of 'November and December expenses. The board authorized that a loan be negotiated for such purposes, if it was necessary, at best available terms. A bill was received from Magis trate D. J. Aycock of Pinewood j amounting to $25.00 for expenses Connected with the apprehension (of a prisoner in his court. The j board declined to authorize pay ment of this. The county engineer stated that this prisoner had been turned over to the gang with a broken arm and was of no service to the gang, lie was advised to turn the prisoner hack to Magis trate Aycock. The resignation was received from, Mr. Henry G. Hill, cotton weigher at Sumter. This resigna ition was not accepted, but Mr. I Britton was appointed a commir I tee of one to confer with Mr. Hill regarding the matter. " * ! The clerk reported that there were three paupers on the i?ayroll who .were, in the territoj!*. received from Clarendon county, and after wards voting back into Clarendon county. These were ordered elimi nated from, the roll. Commissioner Britto?, reporting on the test of cotton scales, advis ed that the spring scales had been done away with,: and the old style lever scales were being used with satisfactory results. A requisition was received from the superintendent of the alms house for certain additional sup plies of clothing for the winter, and minor repairs to the bu?d ings. This requisition was author ized tilled. The clerk stated that Fred,Sin gleton, who had been put into the alms house temporarily and who was paralyzed, was. now being taken care of by his wife, who re quested an allowance of $5.00 per mont. This was granted.. ., ,. The clerk was directed to request J the secretary of Camp Alice, in ad idition .to financial reports, as. fur nished" monthly, to furnish the board with a monthly statement showing the number of patients i cared for each month, both, free and pay patients, the price paid by pay. patients, and the patient hours of days of the free patients hand led during the month. ... . Application for aid was received from,Amanda M. Wells and she was granted $3.00 per. month. ..<-. Reports from rural .policemen covering arrests and fines, and also j report; covering daily activities, j were received and read* as were jreports from home demonstration i agents and cotton, weighers. . Chairman Rowland stated that he thought some action should be taken towards getting children.of Mrs. M. J? Warfer in an -orphan age. The clerk stated that he had been investigating the case, but that he found it was ;impractical for these -children to be educated on account of their defective eye sight, and there was a possibility of getting them in a school for the deaf and dumb at Cedar Springs. The chairman and clerk were au thorized to. follow the matter up and take such action as was-.indi cated.- I ? S .nv. Chairman Rowland reported that he had offered sheet piling- for jsale but his offer had not been ac jcepted to date. . j. j Commissioner Lenoir stated that I he had received a request to slightly change the location of roads near the Episcopal church at Hagood, and recommended 5 "that i this be done. County engineer was 'recommended to do this.,<.?%* $ The board adjourned for dinner to. meet again at 3 o'ef^k. Re convened the board authorized the payment of $5.00 to one of the convicts for, services rendered. The county engineer was directed to engage doctors at different points in the county to attend con victs, if this were found., to be, cheaper than paying extra mileage to county physician* The board directed that the at tention of the Permanent Roacto Commission be brought, to the fact that work would probably be start ed on road, from Stateburg to Stateburg siding, connecting up with the Wateree bridge approach?, es, and asked its co-operation fn locating this road, as ^fo its'.ulti jinately forming a part of^.the {state highway system. I . After approving claims the hoard j adjourned. THE CAROLINA EOOTBAIX TE?M iCapt. Waite Returns td^fleam ?Snipes Still Out Columbia, Nov. S.?The incident . at Carolina, which resulted in the j dismissal of W. Eurie Snipes, known as "Rock," star fullback on; the University football "eleven, is said to be a closed cha pter. Snipes, it Is stated by University athletic officials, will not plaj; in the game with Furman Saturday, and while this fact makes the Car olina prospect slightly more gloomy than it would be otherwise, still the team is at work, preparing hard for the battle with the Vpuiple hurricane" Saturday. Alex Waite, j captain, who resigned from . the [team's pilot house, but who was Hater persuaded to return to the leadership, stated today that he would be in the game and that the trouble was all over and everybody on the team was' working hard, as one man, for the victory in Sat I urday's contest. . "We regret losing Snipes," he said, "but we are. de termined to win, even without him." Exactly why Snipes was dismiss | ed is not explained, but it is stat jed by officials that the reason was "insubordination." The main in : cident mentioned is his having left the field last Saturday, being out ?of the last part of the game with la bad foot. His leaving the field 'was followed Monday by words with j the coaches, and he was ordered jto go to the field with the * scrub" [team. After the practice, in which I he was not able to participate be cause of the condition of his foot, the coaches ordered him to turn in his uniform. j If one wasn't born every minute j the big towns would be small. Some women woir*t be happy in heaven if all the wings are alike. I We know a man that has some j cattle that have a finer pedigree than their owner has. More men are going to theaters now. Wkh-skirts longer they have no show on the street.