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The Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday and Saior* - * * day by Osteeh Publishing Company, Sumter, S. C. Terms: $2,110 per annum?Id advance. * * Advertisements: * One Square, first Insertion _.$1.00 Every subsequent insertion __ .50 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates, ? AH communications which sub serve private ^-:kiter?BtsN-:-'?iW,'^ie charged' for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes ? of te~ spect will be charged for? The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1S50 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the com bined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is man ifestly the best advertising medium j In Sumter. "" ? i THE NEW CAR The successor to the late Czar Nicholas has been chosen. He is the Grand Duke Nicholas, a royal cousin, who will be remembered as one of the big military heroes of the World. War. It was Grand Duke Nicholas who, after the first debacle of the Rus sian Armpy, when the traitors and incompetents and profiteers re sponsible for it had been ousted, was put in command of all the Russian forces, and1 who gathered up the scattered remnants and won' with thm a remarkable series ?f^ victories against Austria. Later, af ter the revolution, he turned up hv the Caucasus as general of a dem-| ocratic army, and likewise won j signal successes there, against the Tii-~fc25, in the face of tremendous obstacles. Afterward he sank from vit;w. This mental and physical giant would" certainly make a far better czar than did poor little Nicholas,) victim of tlie revolution. It is { quite possible, too, that he would make a better ruler than Lenine.! -But inasmuch as his election was' held-at- Paris, and the electors'con sisted* merely of 60 noble Rus- j sian -exiles, it isn't likely that his! succession will have much effect on the course of human events. THE HOME "MERCHANTS - , "V : v's ? : **'???? ? :' ? ?? *? t With the Christmas shopping coming to full tide within a few days, it is timely to urge the pa tronage of home industries and the \ doing as much as possible of the holiday buying in one's owrj see-! tiori -of the town. j Z?v->ry merchant at this season! tfikes especial thought for supply-, ing his customers. If he knows of their desires in ti*i:e, he can add. thingi- to his stock which ordin?r!-} xy he would not carry even at the gift Season. Too often he is criti-} cised for not earring an extensive^ line when all he ne<-ds in the in-,' centrye. | Much of the home merchant's profit goes back into the town, j All of- it helps him to raise the ?,'?*'? ? . . ? i standard of bis service at all sea-j sons.' He gives of his best in or-: dinary time's. He should have first; call when spending is in order. ? JOB FOR A STATESMAN j Lloyd George, who has his mo- ! ments of vision, said in a recent ? speech: "The supreme task of statesman-' ship at this hour is the pacifica- [ tion of nations so that the people _ shall have leisure to devote tbem-j selves to the peaceful vocations of? life, to fill the depleted reservoirs j from which we all draw." ' So say we^all of us. But where j is the statesman equal to that task? < Or where is the nation ready toj support him. when he submits his { peace-making program?which will necessarily ignore old prejudices and wrongs and put the soft pedal! on narrow and short-sighted na-j tionalism? THE MOST HEAXTHFFL PLACE The secret of health and long; life is discovered, and also the| place where it is exemplified. Mod-j ern Ponce de Leons should seek it t in the South Atlantic, in the tiny j island of Tristan da Cunha. According to Dr. Macklin, mem-j ber of the Shackletort expedition,! which stopped there, the island is: a veritable Fountain of Youth.; There are only about 100 people liv-i ing there, descendants of ship-j wrecked mariners, but they seem > '?? ?. ? [I never to die. Centenarians are com a - mon, and people old in years look, act and feel young. It isn't all climate, either. Dr. Macklin attributes their longevity: chiefly to these factors: "Lack of alcohol and tobacco, absence of epidemic diseases, the hardy mode of life in the fresh air and the fact that their limited food supply com pels them to eat sparingly." Also absence of the speed and strain of our modern civilization. They have virtually no contact'with the world. Altogether, it doesnt" seem hkety that excursions will be run to Tristan da C?nha. Most people S don't care to purchase long life at such a * price. And they may~ be more than half right. "Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay." Better, perhaps, 40 years Oi' modern life, crowded with ex pedience and progress; than a I century of simple, 'unvaried exist j ence remote from the rest of man | kind. CIXBS AND GANGS ! A welfare worker especially in terested in the young told an audi ence recently that the gang spirit |te''die " worst menace in ' America I foday, and that the problem' of the American community is to substi tute the club spirit for it. Every community has the prob lem to some extent?its group of young toughs who need to feel that their city heeds them. The diffi cult thing is to get hold of these rougher hoys and bring them into the clubs and ' social organizations where their natural acumen and" love of activity" can be directed properly. The difficulty with - most club work is that it stops just short of these lads' or bars them out delib erately, x while providing countless interests for the boy already sup plied with sound home and social influences. ''Winter, which automatically tends to drive roaming boys to seek shelter, is an ideal time fOr establishing the club spirit'among them. They can be reached and made as much interested in the pro tection of their town as they now are in its disruption1. If they are not .reached while they are young, tips town' will be supporting them in" its p?na> institutions later, for in the gangs the crooks are bred: Ksg^h Ifews Notes -. ???_ . Row Over Division of Crops Resultshi Shooting ? h . Pisgah Dec. 4.?-Virgil Holley and Hudsotx HoUey fell out over the division of some corn. Virgil knocked Hudson 'on the head with a >ock. Hudson ran in his house and got his 'gun and ; made chase after Virgil who had taken refuge in a swamp behind a tree.TVhen he got m sight : of "him "he shot the lower part' of his abdomen away: The wound is a bad one and the the chances are: not\.good forhim . He is now in the Sumter hospital. Atter the shooting Hudson left for parts unknown and .his broth- '? er." .wh?'^vas 'mixed xriN If is now in jail. All colored people. Mr. and 'Mrs. Montague and chil- : drcn'and Mrs. Louis ' Rhame of i Su niter spent the afternoon here i yesterday<With Mrsl :. Montague's i fa^erf ??' The B. Y. P. U. of Pisgah church had'-a social at Mrs. Daisy Bar field's last Friday'. evening. Light refreshments were served. The evening was very pleasant. Mr. Claude Chewning fo Colum bia, Who is a member of the leg- 'i islature from Lee county, and who is continuing his studies at the South Carolina College, spent the Week-end with his parents here. He is a very fine young man and is worthy of his election. ' ? * Deatn. , . < May Moore, the oldest daughter i of Dr. and Mrs. Tom Moore of the , Hagood section, died at the Tuom-i< ey Hospital last Wednesday after a short sickness and was buried at ] the High Hill Baptist church oh Thursday morning after divine ser- j vices by Revs. J. W. Kenney and , Ararit. She was a bright little girl ; and the parents have the sympathy 1 of all in their sad bereavement. i MARKETING ! opcwroN; ?? j Situation to Be Investigated tiy Senate 4 t ,; - -' * ?* -' < Washington, Dec. 3.?The com- * mirtee oh agriculture of the Senate 1 has instructed its chairman to take : up with the Federal Tiade Commls- ? sion the matter of investigating the J cotton situation under Senate reso- 1 tution No. 336, introduced by Sen- 1 ator Smith, of South Carolina, and 1 adopted at the last session of 1 Congress. ? J The resolution contemplates in- ' vestigation of all matters pertain- 1 ing to the supply and demand and . marketing of cotton, with ? view of determining whether any undue methods or practices are being em ployed by the trade in restraining the natural operation of the law of J supply and demand. TRESPASS NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that tres passing of any kind, especially hunting, is prohibited upon the lands of the estate of Richard D. Lee, deceased, situate in Sumter county, and particularly the Lor ing, the DesChamps Mill, the Cor bett and vhe Barton Lee planta tions. The tenants have instruc tions to obtain the name of* any ' violator hereof, and vigorous pros ecution will follow. JOHN D. LEE, R. DOZIER LEE, Executors. Warns Physicians Klgarding liquor District Attorney Calls Atten tion to Matter?Must Ob tain Permit . Anderson, Dec. 2.. ? Asserting that physicians .who prescribe the use of liquor for persons without first having a permit-or without complying with the requirements of the law would be prosecuted in district court, District Attorney Ernest F. Cochran today issued a statement*in which he declared that in this section there appears in some instances t-o be a misun derstanding of the law and the rights of physicians under its re quirements. The issuance of the statement by the-district attorney was prompt ed by an incident which occurred this week in court when Federal Judge Watkins was about to sen tence a defendant for unlawfully having in possession intoxicating liquors. Defense counsel stated that the defendant claimed that a doctor had prescribed whiskey for him or had advised him to take it. The court then called the district attorney's attention to the matter and requested that he investigate and ascertam -whether whiskey had been prescribed by the doctor in question in Violation'of the na tional prohibition act. The district attorney said that the matter would "be investigated and the: proper action taken. ? Later the district attorney con ferred- with a newspaper man who obtained from him a statement to the effect that reports had reached his office that various doctors were prescribing whiskey. Mr. Cochran stated that there appeared to be on the part of some doctors in this district either a.misconcep tion or'ignorance of the rights of the doctors under this law/ He further stated that the national prohibition act expressly made it a criminal offense to prescribe liquor without first obtaining a: permit from the commissioner of internal revenue and that permits to* pr.e-i scribe liquor should not be issued] to any except a physician. *' In addition to being required to I first obfaih a p-ermit, the !aw fur-] ther states that no physician shall! prescribe liquor unless after carte"- j fui physical examination of thej persop for whose use such prescfip-' tion is sought, or if such examina tion is found to be impracticable,, then upon the best information ob tainable, when the physician in good faith believes the-use of such HquOr as* a medicine is necessary and will afford relief from some known "ailment.1 The law further says that the physician shall not' prescribe more than a pint to be taken internally by the same person within any pe riod' of ten days and "no prescrip tion shall be filled more than once. The law . further requires * every physician who issues a prescrip tion for liquor to keep a written record alphabetically . arranged in a book prescribed by the commis sioner of internal revenue, which shall show^ the date of issue, amount prescribed, to whom issued, the purpose of ailment for which it is to be used iind directions for Use. stating the amount and fre quency of'<the dose. That the law along this line and governing such cases would be rigidly enforced and its violation prosecuted, was the substance' of Mr. Cochran's statement. Another parole Ca$e Charles M. Martin Trying to Get Out of Prisoit on Habeas Corpus " Columbia, Dec. 4.?Much inter est centers around the case to be argued before Judge Mauldin, in circuit court here tomorrow, habeas corpus proceedings brought by Charlie M. Martin, Richland coun tv prisoner in the state peniten tiary, in an effort to gain his free dom. This is a new angle to the parole situation, recently decided in the Gr?ver Crooks case. Martin was convicted of assault and' battery, with interest to -kihV on January 22, 1921, and sentenc ed to three years. Two years of the three were suspended during ?ood behavior. While Martin was serving the one-year, he was pa roled *by Governor Cooper, "dur ing good behavior," with specia* conditions being inserted that he never again maltreat his wife or violate a criminal law of the state. His parole is dated July 25, 1921. On January 11, 1922, Martin was convicted of adultery and Gov. Cooper revoked his parole. Offi cers "did not locate Martin for some months ( and he was arrested dur ing the summer. Martin now al leges that he is held without cause at the penitentiary, and that the governor's revocation of his parole was without justification under the law. The habeas corpus papers have been served on Supt. A. K. Sanders, of the state peni tentiary. C. T. Graydon and Form er Governor Cole L. Blease repre sent Martin. Haid on Bootleggers. State Constable Hart was in town Sunday looking into the local bootlegging industry. 'He visited a number of suspicious characters, who are reputed to be retail deal ers in liquor, but at only two places found any liquor. From ETva Holmes and Epperson Holmes he took a half gallon and a half pint of corn whiskey and from Liza Farmer, four-gallons of wine. At another house outside the city limits where he expected to find Houor, he got none, but flushed a covey of white gamblers, who made a hasty retreat. The place was wHl equipped with faro tables and other gambling paraphernalia, it Is stated that it is Common re port that this gambling place has been in operation for months. HOME DEMONSTRATION 1 MISS CA HO TRULUCK, County Agent,! Schedule for Week Djecenjher 4. Monday?Lone; Oak H. DC Tuesday?Salem. Wednesday?Mayesville. Thursday?Providence^ Friday?Hagood and Stateburg. Saturday?Office. Cup Award for 1923. Records for 192-2 have been graded and "Baker curb won the loving cup for^1923 with a club record of 90r 2-3. Every member of the club sent in records and will receive certificates for the year's work. ' Y*.'\ Oswego came second with an average of .75 for the club. Scholarship Winners for 1923. . The following -girls won the scholarship trip to Winthrop for Short Course 1923: Agnes White, grade 93 2-3: Bell Evans, 95; An na Raffield, 92; Bettle Williams, 90. Insects and Winter Plowing:. Winter 'plowing is as much a garden problem as~ it is a farm problem, and when done proper ly it- will add very greatly to the profit of succeeding crops. There is no single place on the farm where insects are/so trouble some or .so abundant as in the gar den. Cfie of *the recommenda tions for insect control is winter plowing. If the garden is broken up and left rough through a few hard freezes, millions of" insects will be frozen and destroyed. Not only that, but much weed seed and Other troublesome pests will be> gotten out of the way. As a rule we think -of plowing the garden during the first ; three or four warm, days in the spring time. This is too^ late .to'gefbest results, as al ready stated. That is a job that shouid be done in the fall of . the year, except, of course, in the'case )f those parts of the garden that are in perennial or winter crops. Aside from breaking the garden soil, aid rubbish should be cleared up: along the fence both oh the inside, and on the outside.' This is another step toward insect control. ' Any manure that is to be used in the garden next year should'be cut this fall and permitted to de cay on the . soil or. in it ii put , out before the breaking is done. By all means see that no --water stands on the.garden. If these precautions are taken now. riext spring when the first warm days come, things will be in mighty fine shape to start the best garden you have . ever had, Ajnd perhaps there is-not a single year in history when a garden;- wiH count for more than next year's garden will. - AH rubbish and refuse remaining on "the garden following the crops of the year should- be cleaned. af? thoroughly and burned. .This will help to control both disease, and inspect" pests. Such diseases < as melon leaf blight, black > leg of cabbage, and others will live on through the winter in diseased plants and refuse if these are not destroyed. This rubbish Unless de- j stroyed- accumulates very rapidly! and sooner or later will make itj next to impossible to grow success ful'-garden crops. ?? ?*?>?? m m Judge Peurifoy Resigns Positioir Columbia, Dec. 4.?Strong eom-J mendation of Governor Harvey's: firm stand for law-enforcement is1 expressed by Judge James H. Peuri-j for.- of Walterboro, in -tendering to: the chief executive his resignation as circuit judge of the fourteenth! eircuk: ' ? ? "You will permit me to take this opportunity to thank you for the! 5pjendid ? support; you have given; and are giving, the judges in their efforts to uphold the law," Judge Peurifoy writes: "it is very heart ening-indeed: to have the acitve ind sympathetic cooperation of the, ?hief executive." Regarding his service as judge. Judge Peurifoy says: 'T have now completed the entire circuit of the: state and am deeply grateful for the many acts of ? kindness and iourtesis shown me by the people in every section, and especially to the court officials, solicitors, and the members of the bar in every county. I shall always remember :hem in grateful affection and trust that I may still be of service in my town, county and state." Judge Peurifoy's resignation is submitted to take effect January 20, 1923. -or sooner if the legislature ?an elect his successor by that :ime. It was presented, Judge Peurifoy wrote the governor, be cause of the judge's bad health. "I im moved to this action," he says, "by the advice of my physician, svho state that the condition of my health renders it necessary." The legislature will have to elect three circuit judges in January, Dne to succeed Judge Peurifoy, and two to succeed the late Judges Ernest Moore "of Lancaster, and Edward Mclver, of Cheraw, both of whom died during the present year. A large sedan, in which a party Df young people were riding, was overturned Friday evening on the Pinewood road at the point where Lne paving ends in front of Mr. E. D. Smith's place. There is con siderable drop-off from the paving to the old*roadway, and when the car struck this place at high speed It capsized and fell over on its side. One young lady was thrown through the window and fell into the ditch, the car falling across the ditch. No one was injured and after the car was righted it return " ed to town on its own power. Joy riders should watch the speed when they approach this place in the road?it's dangerous. UNTERMYER I Eight. Hundred Per sons Attend Dinner, and H^ar Speeches! ?La Follette Pre ._ 0 ?Washington,-Dec. 2.?Flans for promotion" of : progressive senti- j ment and policies throughout the nation were made today at conclud ing' meetings of 'the two-days' con clave of -progressives called by Senator La- Follette, Republican, Wisconsin, and -Representative Hu'ddieston, Dembcrat, under the auspices of the People's legislative service. ? Resolutions declaring for con- j tinuation of the new progressive movement, which is to be actively translated into legislation through the bi-partisan progressive bloc of congress formed yesterday were adopted during the two sessions today-of the public conference and addresses were made by a dozen leaders in liberal movements. ? Presentation of a detailed legis^ lative and economic program was not- attempted, but speakers at to day's "open * forum" and at the Closing dinner tonight, proposed a multitude-of reforms and^ flayed past and- present government -offi cials' policies'. A feature of the dinner, tonight, attended by about --persons, was another attack upon--Attorney General Daugherty by? San-me* Untermyer, New-York attorney. '.Senator La Follette presided over fijie ?7- ope*- - sessions today and speeches were*-delivered by Presi dent; Gompers, of the- American Federation of Labor; Governor Blaina, of Wisconsin; Senator Nor ris/ R*apublican, Nebraska;- Senator Brootehart, Republican, -Iowa; Sen ato?rs-elect Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, and Frasier, Republican1. North. Dakota, and Representatives Frear;- Republican, Wisconsin, and Sinclair, Republican, North Dakota.. ..Resolutions adopted unanimously] by the convention, declared that the movement was "non-partisan," and designed primarily to?promote pro gressive legislation. Other resolu tions"calied-f.or : extension of the direct'primary, including abolish ment of the electoral college and direct popular election of president arftd - Vice ? -presiden*. Another - reso lution called upon President Hard ing to release immediately alL/'free speech prisoners." The conference declared however, that it was im possible in a single day to formu late complete legislative** and eco nomic program. Appointment by Senator La Fol lette,. of a - non-partisan committee to: provide for national cooperation of progressives was suggested; At the''same time a date for calling another conference of progressives was left open, but Senator,La Fol .lette announced that a conference ?f progressive governors .would be held Jiext January. Attorney General Daugherty and Secretary Mellon -of the treasury drew the fire of speakers. At the dinner tonight Mt. Untermyer pre sented an "indictment" against the attorney . general characterizing him as "a cheap politician" and charging him with numerous al leged -derelictions. Mr. Untermyer urged an investigation of - the de partment of justice and the alien property "custodians office, and de- J clared that there was "camou?age" enforcement of prohibition laws by the department of justice. ? Mr. -Untermyer said Mr. Daugher ty was "conspicuously unfit" for his office and was appointed "sole ly on the basis of personal friend ship and, political service," forj President Harding. "He has made a virtual dead let ter of the anti-trust law," saw! Mr. Untermyer- "The war fraud cases have ended in a complete fizzle:" Improper conduct- in the General Electric.New Haven Railroad, United Gas and other cases also was charged against -the attorney general by Mr. Untermyer. who in addition suggested numerous leg islative reforms, including amend ment, of the .federal reserve act, protection of the public against fraudulent securities, regulation ot stock and commodity exchanges, federal licensing of interstate cor porations,- transfer of anti-trust prosecutions to the ?federal trade commission and prohibition of tax free securities. Secretary Mellon was attacked b3 Governor Blaine and Representa tive; Frear for alleged failure to collect taxes from wealthy corpora tions, and Representative Frear urged an investigation and "clean ing" of the-internal revenue com missioner's olfiee. ? During the convention Senator La Follette announced further de tails of the Progressive bloc's or ganization through appointment of an advisory committee. Those ap pointed were Senators Borah, Re publican,-, Idaho; Ladd, Republican, North Dakota; Ashurst, Democrat,, Arizona, and Sheppard, Democrat, Texas; and Representatives Wood ruff. Republican, Michigan: Beeket, Republican, Wisconsin; Col 1 ins. Democrat, Mississippi, and Logan. Democrat, Mississippi, and Logan, Democrat, South Carolina. The next meeting of the Progres sive bloc is planned early in the regular session of congress, with indications of its first fight being j waged against the administration ? shipping bill. America serves Turkey to-day; the Allies have been doing it for several \ve?-ks. This is the day wtten little Willie envies the cow. The cow has two stomachs. i ATTORNEY GENERAL JMS Says Movement to Im peach Him is Inspir ed to Protect Those C h arg e d With Breaking Law Washington, Deo. 3?Formal re ply of Attorney General Daugherty to the charges filed against him with the House judiciary committee by Representative Keller, Republi can, Minnesota, was made public to nightat the Department of Justice. It will be presented to the commit tee when it meets tomorrow to con sider the Keller resolution demand ing Mr. Daugherty's impeachment. Answering in turn each of the fourteen specifications submitted by the Minnesota member, Mr. Daugherty expressed his conviction that "this extra ordinary proceed- J mg is inspired more by a desire to protect those charged and those who will be-charged with violating the law than to aid- the Depart ment of JUstice in prosecution of grafters, profiteers and those who have ' defrauded their government i during-the emergency of war:" - The Deparemerrt of Justice vstands ready, Mr.- Daugherty said, to meet the demand of Mr. Keller for docu ments bearing upon specified cases whenever it is apparent that nei- I ther the government's interest nor | that of individuals who have im- | posed confidences in the govern- j ment' would be violated. OF D??GrlEtiTY DEMANDED Chief Justice Taft, Former Attorney General Wickers- j ham, Samuel Gompers j and Other Prominent Men Named at " Witnesses j Washington, Dec- 1.?Chief Jus-! tlce Talt was named today in ?t statement to the house j?aiciary | committee by Representative Kell er (Republican) of Minnesota as aj witness to be called in support of i his demand for the impeachment j of Attorney General Daugherty. I The chief justice wa?/ desired to testify, Mr. Keller wrote, in con nection with his charge, formally filed, that Attorney General Daugh ter;/ had appointed "untrustworthy, corrupt and dangerous men" to high office, knowing at the time I that they were men of such char-I acter. George W. Wickersham, former attorney general. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Feder- { ariori of 'Labor, and Guy Oyster, , Mr. Gompers' secret try, also were mentioned'by Mr. Keller as other witnesses he would ask the com mittee to summon as to this partic ular ? allegation. " Regarding the committee request tha't he give the names of all per sons whd? could testify as to'any of the charges on which he based a demand for, 5 impeachment, Mr. Keller 'wrote that he would not comply except in certain partic ulars, as he and his advisors re garded as safe. .Setting forth 14 specific grounds for ' impeachment, Mr: Keller al leged that Mr. Dangherty had prac ticed "fraud and deceit" on Mr."' Taft while president to' obtain the i release from prison of Charles W. j Morse and that on Mr. Morse's; failure to pay ; Daugherty's asso- { ciates in the pardon proceedings an agreed fee he "prostituted" the office of attorney general for "per sonal revenge" by securing an in dictment of Morse. In his letter- to Chairman Vol stead, ' of the judiciary committee, j Mr. Keller said the specifications J he inclost'd "set out and I am prepared to prove that the said Daugherty is guilty of serious mis conduct in office, highly prejudicial to the public interests; of grave abuse of his discretionary powers; f of wilful and repeated violations of his oath of office and of high crimes and misdemeanors in 14 particulars each one of which is supported by numerous instances." "If any of these 14 specifications against the said Harry M. Daugh-v erty ? can be said to be more im portant than any other," said Mr. Keller, "it is that group of speci fications that relates to the refusal and -neglect of the said Harry M. Daugherty to enforce the anti-trust laws of the United States of Amer- ? ica." - ' f Nature provides remedies, and! so far man hasn't been able to man-! ufacture a better col^. cure thanj timb. A forward-looker is one who loks forward to getting on the pay roll; a standpatter is orie who is | there. Neighbors protest' a grand opera singer practices late at night. The singer claims she doesn't. It may be tne wind. I TO CAROLINA LAND fM Hi*. Farmers From Western States Can Be Inter ested and Retained If Sought on Basis and (^mpeterifly ?dme?^ Organization to Handle ^lier ! > ~ J v is'guggested (By W. W. Long, Director of Ex-(lieve that this is a land flowing with tension Service). In readjusting oUr agriculture, we are passing through -the same* experience as the other southern states that have had to contend with the noil weevil, namely, the exodus of farm lahorers.. \ The abandonment of the farms by the laborers, in a great many localities of the state, is presenting: a situation most acute for next mlik and honey, as has been repre sented particularly by the railroad land'agencies and others, and then when settlers do come into the state, sell them .our lands at a reasonable price and appoint-* - a trained and experienced agricultur ist to advise with them as to their cropping systems; assist them :n their economic problems and give them general information as to ex-. year's operations and is raising a listing conditions. 'I beKevetfcat if 'some such organization-"-fjrjere -per fected to carry out" the-'policies above outlined, we could brings set tlers into South" Car??ua and in a few years they wowld fce'eome very serious question for the fu ture as to the use of large artas of our farm lands. The state can not afford to have these lands remain unproductive, therefore, the question arises?wha; j snccessfat farmers, are we to do with them? We can't i We can not-afford to let this sell them to our own citizens, u*n-| question drift. If we do, land less some organized effort is made i values are going to experience a to interest our best class of ten ants to purchase these lands and provide some way of extendmg long time credits in payment for the severe decline.- Many of out large landed estates will become bank rupt. Conditions * in South Caro lins, will require a longer -time to lands and some means of financ- become normal. ( ing themselves on a reasonable ba-' 1 trust that the suggestions that sis. j I have made will arouse- a sufficient Sett Ii n g the south with farm - ! interest to have this matter "thor ers from the Northern and Wes- ?ughly discussed and some *weH OT tern states has been a failure. The ganized effort made t?-solve tfcfs reason for this failure is not dif- j problem. .. ficult to explain. The farmer mov- j 5 '" ? ? ?? ing from the New England states, I VfiTTTFf t&faT*TKQ. New York- or Pennsylvania into! iW-l? ^l^Fll^ Iowa, Illinois or any of the We3- i tern states is moving into an agri- j culture with which he is thorough-! n , . ~ " ? ? , ly familiar, the growing of grain.! 2-*oy B^er grasses live stock ? x 1 sori?" .-seventeen, year old XJa-ffae** The Northern or Western farm- (convicted of : minrderinr ta^ er that comes into the s-?^ - I sja?$ Ls *^ow a fmsonerfe :fi* LiFf? TERM sta te* penitentiary, having this w* South is moving into an agriculture about 1 , which he is entirely ignorant. He j abandoned^ ?S" appeal to the-?? is unfamiliar-with our crops, es- IV*?* ***. begUn ***** ^ pecially cotton, our soil types arc i ?ta^ylif* sejlteIVC?; "? different, our methods of cultiva-f Henderson killed Frank and ti?h he is unfamiliar with, our 1%- Floyd ?irby* ^ *?ra bor can.not be managed by him aS?' ^ ?t*W-^* and unfortunately he starts azt'^ recommendation to mercy, with the idea that the southern Th1 deeJ? ?* ?* N^ farmers are ignoramuses and that ?nr*er' ~0' ^20 vHen?ierson gave he is going to show them how iG /notlC<- of app?al' an* <^**? farm. He applies Northern <.r! been in statu quo. Atonet*?e'?* Western "-methods to South Caro lina conditions and he fails, lie ?remains in the south until he is financially ruined, returns home and spreads this misinformation that it is impossible for a man to make a living on Southern farms. I was called upon a few years ago to address a number of Wes tern farmers who had moved into the state, and I made the follow ing statement: -You have-come into this com munity thinking to yourselves that you are going to show these people how to farm. What you see around you, in the way of well kept farms, makes you believe that these peo ple are entirely ignorant of good agricultural methods." I further stated: "If yoii apply- Western methods to: South Carolina condi tions I will give you five years to lose everything you have." One of the Western farmers asked me this question: "What, then, would you advise us to do?" I said, "Se lect the most successful farmer in this county and foliow his meth ods." This they failed to do and it is the same old story, they lost everything they had and returned West. Now I believe that settlers can be brought into South Carolina from the-Western states if any agency were established in some of the Western cities, put in charge of'some thoroughly trained and ex perienced agriculturist, who would' go out among the *? farmers and point out truthfully the advan tages of South Carolina and at the same time the disadvantages and not endeavor to make people be was brought to Columbia for obser vation as to his sanity, and State : hospital specialists- o*eciared him sane. He is now a fully registered, regular prisoner at the state pi? itentiary, which -means that his appeal is abandoned; and he is to spend the rest oY his young * life till old age takes him, in the state'* bastiie. ? '- : ' ^ Henderson was fifteen years o|? when ? he' committed the crime -of which he-was convicted. He is ao-sf a - littiir past seventeen, yotmg"; t? wear the -prison garb, but against his youth are charged the' lives'of two young Gaffney children, both under eight years of age when cold steel stopped the beating of their hearts. - Ex marks the place where Lloyd George got oft. ? Lady With Large who is employed in a ready to wear department or who is dressmaking can become established m her own business and create a worth white inchome without competition. We win send you from fifteen, to fifty hew style dresses* suitable ? for ail occasions; every month; constantly exchanging unsold models -for irew styles. * " " 7 x - Applicants who cannot give-flank" references," will 'not' be e? PEGGY O'NEIL Creator 'of Popular Priced, . Class1 I>r?s?e& * * *9 West 35th St.4 New York City FACTS WORTHY OF YOUR CONSIDERATION Our large Capital Stock and Surplus Iudicata our 4*^^ Large Loans and Discount*?cur Liberality. Large Deposits?the Peoples' Satisfaction with our -Service and'Confidence in our Protection. We offer you our Service and Protection and want your Account. The National Bank of South Caroling The Bank With the Chime Clock C. G. Rowland, Pres. Earie Rowland, Cashier TEN YEARS HENCE WILL YOU BE PROSPERING in BUSINESS or LOOKING FOR A JOB ? IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE STARTED TO SAV& First National Bank of Suxnter \ . ' <?>? v. Plow your cotton stalks in now.