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Rotary Club Meeting The weekly meeting 01 the Sum ter Jtotary Club Monday was de-j voted to the observance of Arr.eri-j can Education Week, and D.irector j W/. W. Long, of the Farm Exten-j sion Service of South Carolina,] made a. most interesting and en- j lightening talk on agricultural con- j ddtions, national and international, j and the effect that the demoralized ~i condition., of Europe, industrially, j financially and in every other re- j spect, Jhas had and is having up j on. the fortunes of the farmers of"! America in general and of the'j South in particular. Beginning' with a brief review, of conditions I abroad, the speaker traced the ef-.j f ects upon the agricultural inter-j est.s of every section of this coun-J try and indicated in general .terms j how the -farmers could rega?i;^ measure of financial independence" by adopting a program of regulat ingr production to meet the greatly* restricted foreign demand, at the* .same time producing as nearly as possible everything required for the * support of: the farm and to supply the ;local markets. Dr. Long out-; lined in general terms a program that conditions indicate ? as. the log-' ical procedure for farmers and . landowners- .At.the request of the_ club Dr. Long will furnish I the manuscript of his address, for pub lication and it will be printed in' -this paper Within a-few days. Following the luncheon a confer-, ence .was. held by Dr. Long with committees representing the. Young Men's Business League and the Ro tary Club and members ' of", the County Board of. Commissioners C and Legislativg delegation.in refer-', ence to ..the/proposal x>f the Young Men's Business League, which has the endorsement of the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, and Ki wanis Club, that two full time farm; demonstration agents be employed by Sumter county "to direct the campaign against the boll weevil and to develop other profitable lines of farming to supplement cotton growing. . The matter was discuss ed at length, and while there was some difference of opinion as to details, the meeting ?was .almost | /unanimous in endorse!ng the 3>rop-' osition, and the matter will be for- j mally and officially presented to both the County Board of Comixiis- ; sioners and the legislative delega- j tion, with the' request that the1 necessary funds be appropriated to secure the services of two dem onstration agents. :/ Bridge Parties. Mrs.^Wm. Reynolds and Miss Julia Reynolds entertained ?t bridge last. Saturday, afternoon' at. their horn* on .Calhoun street. Mrs. J. H. Guthrie won the prize, j a lovely piece of china and 1 Miss Mears..cut the conolatiofi, a bunga-i low apron. * Jl. salad course with coffee was .served-... .Those invited were: M^esdames Guthrie, Morse, -Stubos, Richardson, Moore, Boyle, ?Cpt1:K Hodges,' Flaum, Smith, Ba ieri Reese, Tom Sumter, John Ssmifir. .Crowson, Converse'o^ Flor ence;, Anderson. Schwartz, Hayns worth. Harby, Shore. Dick, Moore, ?McLeod. Burgess, Miss Mears, Miss .Pullen,. Miss Doar. Mrs. George D. Shore was hostess .Co a .-number of her friends last Thursday afternoon.- Bridge ?was plained. Mrs. R. C. Richardson won 4he prize, a lovely basket and Mrs. Reynolds cut the consolation, a box of powder. A sweet course was served. Those playing were: Mesdames Wm. Reynolds,! Hedges. Reese, Sumter, Boyle, Moore, Tom Boyle, H. M. Crow son, Hearon, Horace Karby, Hayns .WOtth,, Siddall, Hubert Osteen, Percy. Smith and Dick. Mrs. C. S. Anderson entertained a number of her friends Friday af ternoon. Seven tables were ar ranged for bridge and after several games .were played it was found that Mrs. L. B. Phillips had the largest score and won a lovely .bowl. Mrs. H. M. Crowson won second prize, a hand painted wait er. Mrs. Ingram cut. the consola tion, a basket. A (sweet course with coffee was served. Those invited were Mesdames Yeadon, Dick. Hodges, Reynolds. .Crowson. Frazer Dick. Ingram, j Reese, Sumter, Burgess, Hayns-! worth, Siddall, Harby, Smith, Mc- S Leod, Rowland and Edmunds. Wouldn't Work on That Basis. A short time ago when our por-: ter was taken sick and unable to! work, yours truly was delegated tof find a substitute to help carry on; the good work. After skirmishing! around the streets for a while wej finally located a colored boy, aJ stout likely looking specimen, who elucidated to us that he was very; anxious to work, infering also that lie was on most agreeable terms j with same and much in need of a lew green backs. So he was forth with sent to the shop to report for duty. Arriving there he was told what he would be expected to do t in the way of manual labor, which j seemed to be entirely agreeable and j to his liking. He appeared anxious! to get started without loss of timej as soon as he could run home and; get a pair of overalls, when he j suddenly stopped and brought upj the all important item, of compen- j sation. "Boss,, what does I get! fo' dis work," he asked. And thej answer was, "Well we'll see how; you get along and pay you what ever you are worth." Then he left; to get the overalls, but we haven't j seen him since. Now you can j draw your own conclusion as toj how much that boy thought he; was worth. -? ? ? What this country needs is socks guaranteed for 10,000 miles. OUNTY NEWS PAXVILLE NEWS ITEMS _ ? Paxville. Dec 4.?r-Thanksgivin,., day passed off very quietly in Pax vflle.' The p?st?ffice, bank, and some of ahe . business houses were I closed. A large number of the men went hunting. There was not the usual large number of turkey din ners served, but our people realize that while the-past year has been a trying -one, they -have much to be thankful for in that they are rea sonably prosperous ,and; the com munity has been blessed with good health.. Misses Ira Geddings who is teach ing at Hemmingway, and Lucile Geddings, of Columbia College, spent the Thanksgiving holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. F: S. Geddings. Me. T. R. Owen, of Walterboro, -visited relatives and friends in the community this week. Messrs. Claude McLeod and Wal ter Brown moved their families to Florence last week. Mrs.r C. K. Curtis was unexpect edly called home last Monday on account of the illness of her broth er, Mr. Lesesne Craig, of Cheraw. He is reported now as being im proved. Mrs.' Elina Tisdale and son, Wil liam returned to. thelr^ home at Sumter on Sunday after a few days -visit with relatives. Mr. Steve I^ambert, of Hemming way, was a week-end visitor at the home ot Mr. F. S. eGedings. ! . Mr. C. H. Broadway has recently j bought, the dwelling vacated by Mr. : T. R. Owen and .will move here this week. Miss Florence Felder who is .teaching near Kershaw. spent the -holidays with her parents. There will be a light supper ser ved at the Home Branch School building on next Friday evening. The menu will consist of salads, as sorted sandwiches, cakes, coffee, cream and milk. Cake walks for ! young and old. Come and enjoy an evening of merriment. Pro ceeds for the benefit of tho school Hagood News and Views. f ' Rembert, - Dec. 4.?In a recent issue you said some hard things respecting the Ku Klux Klan. I am not sufficiently. posted no say they were justifiable. . This very many believe.' that a lot of things are done by irresponsible parties in the name of the Klan, who have no connection with, it whatsoever, and some of these, things are done perhaps to bring t?e Klan into .dis repute, done in hostility to it. % :i suppose you- know the slogan j of the Klan: "America for Amer~| leans," and they mean every word1 of it. For this reason they stand j stolidly for our institutions, the j public school, for instance where English will be taught to the chil dren of ^aliens, etc., for our form of government, putting allegiance to that before all else, all of which looks pretty good. Besides this they are bitterly op posed to anything in any way, shape or form, that bows first to some other authority wherever or how ever that be, I. am no Kl K. K. and never ex pect to be. but I see other organ izations that are avowedly openly opposed to free schools and do not give the government first thought and support I have in mind particularly at this moment the Knights of Columbus. I think it nothing but right; now that you have inveighed against the Klan to have somewhat to say about the Knights. I believe I can give "the chapter and the verse" for the above and more but hope it will not be called for because there are some things that do not look sc good in the light. (The Ku Klux Klan may be al: that its organizers and friends claim -for it, -but our-chief objec tion to it and its methods is that it operates under cover, that its members wear ' masks and that there* is no way of fixing responsi bility for its acts. We do not ap prove of night riders or Uny or ganization that conceals the iden tity of its membership by the \vearing of masks and disguises.? Bd.). Mr. Robert Atkinson, away inj the Old North State, is expected home this week. H [ We hear our neighbor, Mr. W. S. Thompson, is quite feeble. Al! the Methodists hereabouts are in the air as to who will be their pastor. Labor is a bit scarce in our com munity, due in small part to the fact that some have gone away, but largely because of road and other public work. This is fortu nate for tke laborer and many a tenant, some of whom were in dire straits. When one has traveled several miles through sand with horse, ruule. car tugging and puffing and' strikes a hard surfaced road his antagonism to taxation for road, building gives way in large meas ure. - Robt. E. Atkinson and big-Tom Williams, colored, each lost a horse lately, a. severe blow in these times of stringency, But the tire that burned tho! home of James Diggs, one of our j best colored citizens, was a blow that paralyzed. Never was our community more shocked perhaps than by the re cent : death of little May. eldest i child of Dr. and Mrs. Tom Moore. "Hagood." . ? ? ?> riiristinas Spirit. The Christmas spirit is generat ing at a rapid rate at The Sum ter Dry Goods Co. now, and it ap-j pears; judging from the daily throngs in this store that the Christmas shoppers :m* learning ihe wisdom of shopping early.-? Advertisement. South Carolina Conference Opens Bishop Richardson Preaches Introductory Sermon at Morning Session in Em manuel Church The 58th session of the South Carolina Conference of the Meth odist Episcopal church, convened at Emmanuel M. E. church, ^South Main street, December 6th, at 9 o'clock. IU. Rev. Ernest G. Richardson, the presiding bishop, gave a most beautiful talk to the ministers on sin, which was most appropriate .and of great benefit to all who heard him-. He took as the subject of his discourse "His Name Shall be Called Jesus, for He shall save the people from their sins." He urged his hearers to keep from sin, not because of its consequences, but to so be per meated with love for Jesus that sin would have no attraction. The holy communion was cele brated and quite two hundred partook of the blessed body and blood of Jesus. A befitting memor ial was engaged in for those who had passed to their reward, after which the conference went into organization, electing the follow ing to office: Secretary. Prof. J. O. Gibbs; Sta titician, Rev. J. D. Whittaker. Af ter quite ah interesting contest between, two. Rev. Harrington was elected .conferencetreasurer. Mr. W. W. Wilson, a represen tative from the M. E. book concern was presented, and after very timely remarks "by him he present ed to the conference a check Of $13,000 as the dividend due this conference from ..the net gains of the book coneern. ., A splendid welcome was deliv ered by District Superintendent A. G. Townsend. After the disposi tion of .many smaller, matters the reports of the District Superin tendents were called for. Three dis tricts, were heard from before ad journment. Points noted, Charles ton District, Rev. A. R. Howard. First report was excellent. Every; detail was couched in splendid lan- j guage. There was not pessimism, but all was hopeful. A magnificent sum for centenary $3,500 reported from his. district. He reported splendid cooperation with his men but regretted to state the low stan dard of education. He said there were places where there had been no school for .three years.. Rev. A. G. Townsend, reported for Sumter District, which includes a part of .three counties. Hearty cooperation of .the pastors, excel lent .educational facilities, and op portunities, .Sumter county having several, institutions of higher learn ing and an energetic supervisor of county schools; eight** new school buildings, five of which are Rosen wald (modern). He reported membership lost through emigra tion. New churches, built Sunday schools in good condition, the spir-i itual condition excellent. Rev, W.. S. Thompson reported his district as covering a part of { nine counties, (The Greenville Dis-i trict.) about forty-nine churches, much migration to the north, good revivals, new churches and parson ages, about 4,577 members, forty nine S.unday schools, increase in the centenary. Rev. J. D. Whittaker led the dis trict in centenary. People eager to get an education, school facili ties getting better and better, self help is very evident. The men of the three districts. made their re ports individually on centenary con ference claims, .episcopal fund, ac cessories and converts. After intro ductions and announcements the morning session closed at 1 P. M. F. W. .Anthony, Reporter. Jeffords and. Harrison Petitions Dismissed.' Columbia, Dec. 6.?Chief Uus tice Gary dismissed the petition of F. M. Jeffords and Ira Harrison, convicted of the murder of J. C. Arnette, Columbia .filling station proprietor, for writ of error, on which to appeal to the United States supreme court, according to an announcement made by Harry McCaw, clerk of the state supreme court, here today. This disposes of the appeals of these condemned men so far as: the state supreme court is concern- ! ed. It is presumed they will now go before some United States su- I preme court justice and ask for a j writ on which to appeal. Unless such is granted, Jeffords will die on December 2? and Harrison will be resenfenced at the next term of criminal court in this city. - - ? ? ?-? Charlotte Churches Sold for City Taxes. Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 4.?When 75 pieces of property were sold here today at public auction for street assessments, the city of Charlotte acquired two churches j which were included in the lot. The "Westminster Presbyterian \ church and the Dilworth Meth- { odist church were those which i went over the block. The Rev. W. j B. West of the Methodist church j said his church would be redeem- I ed immediately. The Presbyterian j church was said to have been sold by a fluke as the money to pay the street assessments was collected some time ago. There are continued complaints that the detours on the highways under construction are not proper ly marked, that -proper barriers are. not placed to prevent traffic running into open excavations, and that the detours are not put into reasonably passable condition for the ordinary traffic. Every one naturally expects too endure con siderable inconveniences while the roads are being built, but the trav eling public generally feels that they have been subjected to need less and avoidable inconvenience and hardships. The big apple crop wc reported j recently is a big cider crop now. I (THE NEAR ' EAST PEACE CONFERENCE American Representa tive a t Lausanne Advocates Freedom of the Straits to All Shipping Lausanne. Dec. 6 (By , the As sociated Press).?A strong Amer ican plea for freedom of the straits with the right, of warships to pass, to and from the Black sea was the outstanding feature of the Near, Eastern conference today, which received from the entente nations a definite project for the future con trol of? this great world waterway. The Russian -plan for the exclusion of all - hut Turkish warshi ps fro m the straits received a blow by the; all ied - proposal. Richard Washburn Child, the American ambassador, adopted the broad standpoint that the very in terests of the countries bordering on the Black sea made it imper ative to keep the straits open! The United; States >n common .with-ev ery commercial nation, wished ac cess ;to , every free -body of water in the,.world and .^America would - not be._ satisfied .if her ships of war could not ^pursue their peaceful er rands wherever American citizens a.nd merchant, craft -were accorded that privilege.. ? The . entente nations . presented a.. comprehensive plan for ? restricted opening .of .the straits which was designed, to prevent any one body from acquiring mastery there; they suggested demilitarization of the entire straits territorial zone and. proposed the appointment of an international commission 'to guarantee observance of freedom ; of the straits., J . George Chicherin, the , Russian Soviet foreign minister, ridiculed Ithe allied proposals, .saying it j meant resumption of international rivalries, but Ismet Pasha for Turk ey; informed the Associated Press j that he considered the entente j propositions suitable basis for fur- j ther discussion,, which will be re-'; sumed Friday. . * In addition to the plan present ed today, the" allies are arranging j for the formation of a committee of experts to work out detailed reg ulations for protecting Constanti- j nople. i Put briefly the allied .proposition for controlling the straits is as fol lows: > / ? In time of peace there shall be complete, freedom of passage for the merchant ships of all nations, but the number of warships. shall not be greater than that of the most powerful of the. littoral pow ers of the Black sea existing in the Black sea at the .time of pas sage, v If,.however, the Black sea pow ers should abandon all their na val forces, individual powers would still have the right to send through the straits a fleet of three ships,* but only one of these ships could exceed a tonnage of 10,000. If war occurred, in which Turkey was neutral, there should be complete liberty for the powers, with the same limitation as to the number and tonnage of ships as in time of peace. If war should break out and Turkey was a belligerent, neu tral warships could pass through under the same restrictions. The plan for the demilitariza tion of the straits. territorial zone prohibits fortifications on either j side of' the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. The zone includes the Gallipoli peninsula, which was the scene of the great English-Turk ish battle tin the great war, and takes in the islands of the Sea of Marmora and the grdup of islands in the Aegean which lie at the en trance of the Dardanelles. A significant feature of the de militarization is interdiction of all submarines in the territorial wa ters of the demilitarized zones and islands. As a special protection for Con stantinople the project authorizes a garrison not exceeding 10,000 men, but no armed forces shall re main or move in the demilitarized zones. \ . Lord Curzon who lengthily ex plained the allied proposals in an address before the conference, said the international commission of control would have, a Turkish permanent president. The United States would be a member. The exact procedure whereby the com mission will be constituted and j whether it will work, under the league of nations has not yet been j decided. j In attacking M. Chicherin's plan! to close the straits to all except the Turks, Lord Curzon referred to the Panama canal. Under inter national law he said Russian and Turkish warships have the right of; free passage of the Panama canal, as well as the Suez and Keil ca nals and othe rstraits. But M. Chicherin wanted to deny the rights to other nations with respect to passage between the Mediter ranean and the Black sea. He de clared the Russian scheme for closing the Black sea would place [ the other countries bordering on that sea at the mercy of Russia be I cause possessed of the strongest land forces. He insisted that the allied proposals gave no special ad- ! vantage to the allies hut were I framed to secure a durable and i equitable solution of one of the| most vexed and Complicated prob lems of international policy. "If we settle this problem we will merit the thanks of the world," he concluded. The British and French military! and naval experts held forth this" afternoon at the conference hall, j telling the delegates of all the' countries just how the allied plan,1 would work and answering a fire of questioning concerning techni cal details. The general impression tonight is I that today's developments have, given a distinctly hopeful atmos ; phere to the' conference. 1 MORE GOOD ROADS BUILT Greater Interest Manifested ~ the Last Year Than Ever Eefore . Washington, Dec. 6.?Greater progress was made on the nation's highways during the last year than in any similar period-in the history of. the country and there is now apparent a real public appreciation of the importance of maintaining the: roads that are built, Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the bu reau of public roads, stated in his annual report to the secretary of agriculture made public tonight. ' "Industrial and financial condi tions were better during the year," said Mr. MacDonald, "and as a consequence remarkable progress has been made in highway con struction under the states and counties as well as under the joint control of the government and states. Ten thousand miles have been added to the federal aid roads alone, and doubtless more than ani equal, mileage has been constructed without federal assistance. More; significant, however, than the pro gress in. the physical work of road construction, or any other accom plishments of the year, are two developments,.the results of which are not immediately apparent, j and .which . can not be measured in miles and dollars and cents, but which promise results for the fu ture unequalled by any develop ments, of the quarter century high ways activity. "First of these is the passage of the federal highway act with its plan for a connected system of roads for the whole nation; thej second is the extraordinary activity in economic and physical research in connection with the financing,] location, management, and design i of the highways. For more than j two , decades there has been in progress a slow but certain devel opment of highway construction from a casual activity in the hands of unskilled local officials without plan or program, other than to maintain.an established minimum of facility in highway transporta tion toward a reasoned industry in the hands of state and national of ficials, supplemented by intelligent local aid, the aim of which is to provide complete and economical highway transport service through out the nation. In this develop ment the adoption of the federal afd highway system provided fori by the federal'highway act and the significant researches of the past j ycfar constitute the greatest for ward steps that have ever been made." During the year, 7,679 miles of road projects were completed and 17,973 miles were under construc tion, which were estimated as 50 per cent, complete. Federal aid earned by the states on complet ed and uncompleted projects amounted to $194,560,135, of which $16.669 has actually been paid. The roads brought to completion j averaged over 200 miles for each state. Texas had the largest com pleted mileage, 933, while Arkan sas. Georgia. Iowa, Minnesota and North Carolina each completed more than 500 miles, Montana and Wisconsin, 400 miles and Louis iana, Maryland, Massachusetts and Rhode Island made very substan tial increases. ) Texas received the largest payment of federal aid, amounting to $5,915,046 and earn ed nearly $2.500,000 more. Other large payments were made to Il linois, Iowa, Ohio and Pennsyl vania, each receiving from $4, 000.000 to $5,000,000 during the year. JOS. TOLBERT OUT AGAIN ? - Anderson, Dec. 6?Nelson R. Green, former sheriff of Anderson county, took the oath as United States marshal of the Western Dis trict of South Carolina here at 3 o'clock this afternoon and immed iately assumed the duties of office, succeeding Joseph W. Tolbert. The term of Mr. Tolbert, who was not confirmed at the recent special ses sion of congress, expired with the closing of the extra session and Mr. Green -was appointed today by Federal Judge Pi. H. Watkins, who was advised by District Attorney Cochran -that the United States at torney general had informed him that the ? judge* had the power to make the appointment to fill the vacancy. Mr. Green will hold of fice until his successor is appointed j i,y President Harding. INGRAM TRIAL POSTPONED Columbia. Dec. 7.?Mrs. E. O. Ingram, Columbia womafi, indict ed for sending obscene matter through the mails, having written letters to prominent Columbians in connection with a recent promi nent wedding in this city, will be brought to trial at the next term of federal court In Columbia, be ginning January 16. The case against her was called in Charles ton this week, but was continued on motion of the government, and over protest of the defense, which preferred trial in Charleston than to postponement to the Columbia; term. . j Old-fashioned statesmen must pine for the days when the win ner ?>!' a war would win something else in addition to the war. By the Associated Press PvOekefelier says save it. and Ford says spend it. Perhaps it is a fifty-fifty policy that keeps us all poor. v CITY COUNCIL MEETING A Loan of $125,000 Author ized by Council At a special meeting of council held in the - council chamber on December 5th. there were present the mayor and both councilmen. This meeting- was called to take j the place of the deferred regular meeting of November 28th. The minutes of the regular meeting of October 25th, and special meeting of November 7th were read and approved. Reports from the police depart ment, Civic League Nurse and City Physician for the month of Oc tober were read and received as information. Council authorized the borrow-; ing of $125,000 for the city of Sum- I ter,- payable January 24th, 1924. The store room in the city hall building was leased to Ducker & Bultman for another year begin ning January 1st, 1923 at $100 per month. Council directed that in future no automobiles will be parked on Main street between Dugan and Oakland, except in the center of the street, that portion of Main street also to be marked off by the police department. Council next went into the mat ter of approval of current invoices ready for payment. Council then adjourned. ? ? ? Dr. Barker Coming Interesting Lectures to Be Delivered by Dr. Barker j Next Monday The Rotary club of Sumter has procured the services of Dr. Charles E. Barker for next Monday. Dr. Barker is ?one of the best known lecturers in this country on the question of keeping physically fit He lectured in Sumter several years ago under the auspices of the Redpath Ghautauqua. He has delivered lectures all over the United States, and wherever he goes the impression that he makes is most lasting. On next Monday morning at 11:45 Dr. i Barker will deliver a lecture to the boys and girls of the high school at the Girls' High school building. It is to be regretted that the pub lic cannot be invited to this lec ture as the two .high schools more than hTf the present auditorium. That afternoon at 4:15 Dr. Barker will deliver a lecture-to the moth ers and their ? daughters in the auditorium of the Girls' High school building, and Monday even ing at 8:15 he will'deliver a lec ture to the fathers and sons. The Rotarians have given to the people of Sumter a rare privilege and it is believed that they will avail themselves of this attractive opportunity. No charge for ad mission. ! WEINBERG I MUCH BETTER! [Citadel Player May Yet Re*j gain Use of Hand (News and Courier). Stanley Weinberg, the Citadel football, baseball and basketball star, who fell down Thanksgiving Eve, breaking a bottle containing shaving water which he held in his hand and cutting an artery and every tendon in his right wrist, may be able to use his hand after all. The popular student now can move his fingers and hopes for him regaining the use of his hand are high and the news will be of much gratification to his scores of friends, not only in Charleston, but throughout the Pee Dee, where he is widely known. The glass severed an artery and .every tendon in his hand and while the doctors spent more than an hour working on his wrist, Wein berg did not take an anesthetic of any kind. His nerve and grit on the gridiron was only too well known and he "was being counted on as a star for the cadets next year. If he regains the use of his fingers and hand he may play again. There will be no chance of his playing anything this year. ?:? ? ? ? ? Needlework Guild. Wednesday, December 13, is Distribution Day for the Needle work Guild. This is the third year that the organization has been able to help in taking care of the poor of the community. Under the able leadership of Mrs.. N. Solmons and about twenty-four directors, many useful and much needed garments have be.en distributed. Each direc tor has ten helpers who furnish two new garments each and at least one money donation. These arti cles are given to the Tourney hos pital. Camp Alice, the city nurse, and the charity league, who in turn use them as the needs are present ed. The response has been most gen erous these last two years and as the need this year is more urgent than usual we urge the cooperation and assistance of all who are inter ested. If it so happens that one of the directors does not call on you, won't you send or bring your dona tion Wednesday morning to the Y. M. C. A ? At this season when the spirit of j charity and the sentiment of good J will toward all fills the hearts of j everyone, this worthy cause should j appeal to the people of Sumter. j The Supervisors of Registration were in their office in the Court House Monday, as required by law, but there were no applicants for certificates. The books of reg istration are open every first Mon- [ day. ?' o ? ? Autos are not as thick during the rush houis as some of the drivers. ?(H LAWS ARE?RGED Governmental Com mission Proposed at Memphis?Effort to Aid Growers Memphis, Dec. 4.?Plans for the organization of a permanent gov mental cotton commission with representatives from every cotton producing state for the purpose of recommending legislation by the states which will aid in solving problems now confronting the in dustry, were proposed here today at the second annual meeting of the cotton commission, composed of delegates named by the governors of twelve southern states. Under the plan suggested by A. W. ^McLean, of North Carolina, which will be, acted upon before adjournment Wednesday a uniform act may be formulated for presen tation to the legislatures of cotton producing states, which will pro vide for a permanent commission, the members to be named by the governor or legislature of each state. The necessity ? of uniform state legislation which would enable the cotton producing sections of the country to work together in con trolling . and eradicating 1 insect pests, and the adoption of better methods of marketing and ware housing the staple was strongly urged, not only by government and state experts, but by a number of other speakers connected with va rious branches of the industry. Tomorrow H. C. Wallace, sec retary of agriculture, will deliver the principal address, outlining- the work which the department has done and is prepared to do for the cotton growers. The act providing for a per manent commission as proposed by Mr. McLean should. by its terms, he declared, confine the action of the commission "to matters of common interests and about which there shall be no conflict of inter est" and should provide, he de clared, that all actions of such a commission should be recommenda tory only "unless and until the various states concerned, shall, by legislative act, give affirmative sanction to the measures propos ed by the commission and provide the means of making the same effective." Mr. McLean said that the most pressing and urgent cuestion now facing the cotton industry in the south was the control and eradi cation o'f insect pests. Estimating the total damage to the crop from the weevil in recent years at several billions of dollars he said: r "It would seem that unless some, more intensive and exten sive' measures are employed, the boll weevil, aided by other pests may eventually destroy .the great cotton industry of the United States." Insect pests control, particularly as it involves the boll weevil "must not be considered from a mere local or community stand point nor from a sectional stand point," Mr. McLean continued> "It is a great problem of both na tional and international concern which can not be solved without the combined effort and resources of our federal government, the gov ernments of the cotton growing states, as well as the brains and resources of the planters and busi ness men of the whole nation. Mr. McLean advocated a cam paign of publicity and education in order that the best methods or solving the insect pest problem may be carried directly to the door of every planter in the south. R. E. McDonald, state entomolo gist, of Texas, outlined legislation already enacted in that state for the control of the boll weevil and for quarantining against the pink boll worm.' Similar legislation in other states was recommended by the speaker. He said that quaran tine measures which had been tried out in Texas had proved effective in preventing the spread of the boll worm. W. D. Hunter, government en tomologist in charge of southern field crop pests investigation, strongly urged enactment in south ern states of a uniform act which will furnish the necessary legal authority in handling outbreaks of insect pests with a view, either to eradication, prevention of dissemi nation, or prevention of entry into the state. Early action was stressed in view of the spread of the pink boll worm. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida, Mr. Hunter said, al ready have legislation which is proving effective, while the pink boil worm law in Texas would be strengthened by such legislation. Special authority for the estab lishment of non cotton zones with some provision for the compensa tion of farmers for losses incurred was advocated by the government expert. Closer cooperation of the state .governments with the United states department of agriculture in pest control and eradication was also urged. After suggesting the most strin gent quarantine measures for the control of the pink boll worm, which he said was as yet in its in cipiency, Mr. Hunter said the time for measures to prevent the spread of the boll weevil had passed and the problem :~ now simply one of control on individual farms. He suggested community action in planting cotton as simultaneously is possible and the removal of the plants in the fall. "An individual farmer who does riot follow proper methods may breed enough weevils to nullify the 1 4 efforts of his neighbors" Mr. Hunt-^ ier continued. "It therefore appears that some system of' enforcing community action by law/is desir able." * Tiie need: of such a law in Ala bama, Georgia and the Carolinas was stressed by the speaker. Mr. Hunter then described in de j tail the work of the department, (of agriculture in devising methods j for control and eradication of cot ton crop pests. KILLED AT GRADE CROSSING Dr. W. D; Wright, of Langley, Victim of Collision of Auto With Southern Train - ? ? ? Ai ken, Dec. 4.?The death of Dr. W. I). Wright of Langley today at the Margaret Wright hospital in? Augusta, following the collision of the car driven by Dr. Wright and the Southern passenger train from Columbia near Bath, comes as a dis inct shock and loss to this?com tunity. , Dr. Wright was about 50 .years of age and was a native.of Wathal-* bat had made his home at Langley for many years, where he had practiced medicine. He was prominent throughout this section' and "was known .as one who loved his fellow man and who willing ly ministered to the-suffering with. out renumeration. His friends are,, many. Dr. Wright.has for many'years been employed by the Southern railroad as a physician. His wife,, who before marriage, ^ was Miss Nannie Keister of Roanoke, Va., j survives, as do .bis father and . mother, the Rev. and Mrs. John N. Wright of Aiken. The Rev. Mr. Wright is a retired Methodist minister. W. R. Kennington Icoroner ofl^Couaty Has Passed Away Bishopville, Dec 4.?-W. Kennington, coroner of Lee coun ty, died at his home, six miles from | BishG pyille,' in the Cedar j section, at- 4 o'clock Saturday af jternoon. The end came very sud denly and was a shock, to many friends -tlHSQughout county. Mr. Kennington [ seventy years of age and was a known resident of the I Creek section. He was elected ? coroner six years ago over several opponents and was re-elected two [years ago with several others j again in the race. The funeral services were held at Cedar Creek Baptist church ! yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. He ihad teen a member of this t for forty years. Epidemic of the fife School at Olaitta For One Week Olanta, Dec. 4.?-By order of fht trustees of the Olanta school, wocfe of the same have been stopped for bat lesist one week on account of the prevailing epidemic.'of the flu. Repoits show that over sixty pu pils were absent yesterday.. If fc?e epidemic continues to. prevail.afier the end of this week school witt not open again until after Cfcrfcit *mas. MAY ABANDON FAIR Greenville, Dec. 4.?-Unless plan for raising several thoi >dol!ars working capital at Green ville County Fair Association can be devised within a few-days, the organization will liquidate ?nsae diately and plans for next year's fair abandoned, it was announced today by officials of the associa tion. At a meeting of stockholders day a resolution to liquidate and go out of business was offered imt definite action was stayed pending another. meeting December 14, at which time it is expected the .or ganization will disband unless soxfi* plan is presented for procuring the needed capital. ? ? ? "' ?' BATTLESHIP SILVER SERVICE Columbia, Dec 8.?Gov. Harvey has been advised that Congressman Byrnes has introduced in congress a bill to have the silver service of the battleship .South: Carolina pre sented to the Daughters of the American Revolution in South i Carolina. Three months ajgb Governor Harvey gave his. receipt to the secretary of the navy for this silver service, and it was delivered to the D. A. R.'s of the state, thte secretary of the navy stating at that time that he would have to have the governor's, receipt for the service. The bill of Mr. Byrnes, if enacted, would transfer peraaa* nently to the Dauhgters the valu able relic. The service is now held by tfee Rebecca Motte Chapter, D. A. R>, of Charleston. When the govern or received it he designated Mrs. F. G. Cain, of St. Matthews, state regent of the D. A. R~, as custo dian, and she in turn entrusted the service to the Charleston chap* ter. Congressman Byrnes* bill, would make permanent the hold ing of the fine old trophy, which was brought to the state through the efforts of Governor Harvey. _y It will be remembered how much pleasure "Enter Madame" gave in Columbia. It gave so much plea sure that the play was repeated! several times in order to satisfy the demands of the public. Mrs. Peterkin who takes the leading part, made a splendid impression upon Columbia, and, of course, ehe will be welcomed here even more enthusiastically as she is a native of our own city. "Enter Madame** wiii be y presented^ at the Opera House on the evening of Decem ber l?th.