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GERMAN TRADE DEFICIT
Figures on Germany's foreign
trade' suggest that German asser
tions of inability to make repara
tion payments are by no means all
s Llttff.
German exports have fallen off
enormously. In October they\were
only a trifle more than half as
large as her imports, with the ratio
against her increasing.'
This means that Germany is be
coming more of a debtor nation, in
stead of less, on the basis of cur
rent business. Instead et" collecting
a profit from her foreign trade, as
she expected, and as she did for "a
little while after the armistice by
the sale of marks as well as mer
chandise. *she Is obliged to pay' a
profit to other nations. That leaves
no balance' to help liquidate her
war obligations.
Clearly, 'Germans' can not pay
foreign debts' in money without
selling abroad more than she buys
abroad. She could not" do that un
less she had gold mines or was able
:o manufacture gold.
The fact that Germany herself
is responsible for this plight doesn't
change the situation. France may
move into Germany and start
forced collections, but France can't
collect gold that isn't there.
The only visible asset the Ger
mans possess that might profit her
foreign creditors is man-poweV?
ability to work. That is to say,;
Germany can make reparation in
labor, utilized directly for the re
build ingy of devastated areas in
France and elsewhere, or indirectly
in the production of goods for her
creditors. The Allies .vill probablv
agree, to that in the end.
FOOLISH HFXT1XG
When the federal bill to regu
huntrng and protect migra
tory Inrds came up in the Senate
the other cay. one of the senators
hoUy attacked the measure on the
ground that it interfered with the
citizen's " right to hunt".
Evidently the senator regards
that as one of the inalienable
rights guaranteed by the Declara
tion of Independence and the Unit
ed States Constitution. Possibly it
is. There is something in the Con
stitution, anyway, about the right
to "bear arms", and bearing arms
probably presupposes the right to
use them. It might never have oc
curred to the Fathers of the Con
stitution to limit an American citi
zen's hunting.
But times have changed. The
air. land and water are no longer
lull of game. Civilized man ha5?
encroached more and more on the
wild life that orfce filled the conti
nent, until many valuable species
have been wholly destroyed and
many others are doomed to extinc
tion unless there is a change in the
policy and practice and birds,
beasts and fish are fostered as
"natural resources".
There may be a constitutional
right to kill any living thing. There
may be even a moral right to do
so, though that is open to question.
But if the people who insist on un
limited freedom in that respect
were to have their way, before long
there would he no longer anything
left for them to kill. America
would be stripped even of song
birds, as Italy has been.
CLEMEXCEAC'S CASE
Clemeneeau's self-imposed mis
sion is over, end it is possible to
appraise its purpose and effect.
The purpose is dear enough, in
spite of the very informal and
rather rambling addresses in which
the aged French statesman has
put his case before the county. He
has made a sincere plea, straight
from the heart of a French patriot
who has spent a lifetime in his
country's service and fears for her
uture. His cry is the famous Mace
? nian cry of Paul, in his old age:
ome over and help tis!"
hat is. the gist of it. Cl^menceau
not lay down any specific pro
for his country or our.. He
speaks, or tries to speak, from the
heart of the French people to the
heart of the American1 people. He
?
wants the old friendliness and sym
pathy. ' He thinks that will lead
to understanding, and with under
standing America will support
France, now ?nd hereafter.
As far as Clemenceau is con
cerned personally, he seems to
have won this country. As far as
France is concerned, as a benefici
ary, he may have failed. There is a
somewhat friendlier feeling toward
France, no doubt, around the coun
try and in Washington. But there
j is little more disposition to support
j Franc e's international policies than
j there, was before.
j Americans respect and like
jClemenceau, but are not persuaded
j that he is an infallible judge of
[international affairs. As regards
France, whose attitude Clemenceau
seems to assume is necessarily right
and wise, the American public still
waits to be "shown".
Yet Clemenceau may be right in
his main idea-?that if America
would take a more active part in
international affairs, and would
approach France in a friendly spirit
?el co-operation, the whole business
might be worked out to the ad
vantage of both countries and the
world in general.
CHRISTMAS TREE SOURCES
Train loads of Christmas trees'
are speeding over the rails, ship
loads docking at the wharves-and
occasional stocks appearing in lo
cal markets. It is not too soon for
the prospective buyer 10 inform
himself of the source of supply
which appears in his particular
neighborhood.
The growing of these festal trees
is a regular industry in many inr
stances, arid represents no waste,
[for plantings follow cuttings. Con
| servatio/ialists urge that no dealer
[should be patronized who .cannot
jporht to such an origin for his stock,
I.for over against this thrifty meth
^od there is a great dfah of Christ
i mas free cutting which represents
I damage only, taking no thought of
1 future growth. This sort of supply
j should be rejected so that those
^responsible for it may learn a lesson
j in forest conservation through the:
j refusal of their wares,
j Above all, *he Christmas tree
! thief, should be guarded against
} publicly and privately. In one city
oh a single short street six beautiful
evergreen trees "were cur down and
tajjen away from private dobryards i
----- ? . I
in-one holiday season. They werej
traced and it was found they had j
l been sold to other citizens who had
i taken no pains to know anything
I about their Christmas trees or their
! dealers before buying.
THE PRICE OF EQUALITY
Under a decision just rendered
by the Wiscohsin Supreme Court, a
I woman's equality under the law
j with her husband makes her equal
I iy liable with him in her separate
I business or property when she en
! dorses his note or assumes other
financial responsibility with him.
The case Involving the decision
: concerned a note tor $8,000 tender
i ed by a^ Milwaukee man to one of
! the banks and endorsed by his wife,
j He is unable to meet the contract, j
j and she is held.
This is a situation Which must j
be accepted by women if they de- j
I mand absolute equality of rifcht and
j privilege under the law with men
It should not necessitate any hard-,
ship if wome| will take pains to
inform themselves of just what
responsibilities they assume in as
fsuming their rights. Otherwise
[ many a woman counting oh her sex
i as her protection in , business or
finance will be surprised and
chagrinned;
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RAILROAIV CONTROL
In asking for a stronger Rail
road Labor Board, acting in con
duction with, or as a part of, the I
j Ir terstate Commerce Commission, j
j President Harding has given offi-;
eial sanction to a change suggested '
by many disinterested observers of,
che railroad situation.
It has always been recognized as
rather absurd that one federal |
body should be charged with the'
?ixing of railroad rates and another
bodv, with no connection, should i
X . . 1
ffe chargf-d with authority to fix;
wages. Rates and wages depend
much on eaeh other, and should!
be kept in continual adjustment.
That calls for the final judgment of;
a single body, even if separate bod -'
ies work out preliminary details, j
The Interstate Commerce Commis-1
sion, because of its established au
thority and influence, is the natural!
body to invest with this power.
Such a centralizing of railroad
authority should help in itself to
prevent interruptions of operation, j
It may be, however, that an ex-'
-tension of authority to the extent
j?f forbidding: strikes, apparently
favored by the President, will be
found advisable eventually, if not
now, in such ? vital public utility
(as the railroads, however distaste
ful the idea is at present to or
ganized labor. It is clearly impos
sible to control the railroads and
_ insure steady and efficient opera
: tion by controlling: railroad capital
alone.
BE PATIENT WITH IRELAND
Americans keenly regret recent
developments in Ireland. Just as
the new Irish Free State is formally
[inaugurated, and an eminently fit
ting Irish leader is chosen l^y the
British King as governor-general,
there are new outbreaks of Repub
liean rebels, with reprisals and
counter-reprisals. Simultaneously
there is the announcement of Ul
ster's secession from the Free
State, which was originally intend
ed to include all Ireland.
Yet" it is a time for tolerant un
derstanding, in America as well as
in Ireland. There,*is no need~tc
indulge in bitter flings at Ireland
for the apparent unwillingness of
the various sections of the Irish
people to embrace immediately and
trhariimbusly the good fortune
within their grasp.
As far as' Ulster is concerned,
its action- awakens no surprise and
calls for no particular criticism.
The Irish settlement establishing
the Free State reserved for Ulster
the right tb secede from South Ire
land. The Ulster action is there
fore legal and, under the circum
stances, not unnatural. The Ul
sterites prefer, for the present at
least, to, go their own wTay. If they
[are to be won over to a union with
[South Ireland, it will through a
prolonged demonstration that
South Ireland, it will be through a
self-government and fair dealing
with> her northern ^neighbor.
The fighting is IJad. Yet it might
be worse. And there are plenty
j of precendents in '"other lands now
j highly critical of Iieland. That is
[a delicate matter for Americans,
especially, to criticise. Some Amer
icans seem to forget that there was
a good deal of civil Warfare and
guerrilla fighting in this . blesised
land, before it was knit into one
firm Union.
CHRISTMAS
MASS MEETING
A tendance Was Large and
' v Collections Greater Than
Last Year
The annual Christmas fund mass
meeting, whicn was held in the
Presbyterian church Sunday afterr
noon under the auspices of all the
Sunday schools of the city, for the
purpose of raising funds for the
Christmas distribution of gifts to
the poor children, was "attended
by a large crowd, despite /the in
clement weather. The program pre
viously announced was carried out.
The fund collected to provide
Christmas cheer for the needy
children of the city was greater
than that collected last year.
I The following committees were
[appointed to cooperate with the
j central committee:
' First Baptist ? Mrs. Jno. I.
jBrunson, Miss Caro Truluck.
Grace Baptist?Miss Lula Hayns
| worth, Mrs. A. D. Rogers.
I Presbyterian?Mrs. H. M. Stuck
ey, Mrs. Fred Gregg.
! Broad Street Methodist ? Mrs.
Barnes. Mrs. J. .K. Boykin.
, Lutheran?Mrs. J. D. . Shirer,
Miss Constance Bultman.
St. Anne's Catholic?Mrs. Willie
Bultman, Mrs. E-. H. Mose?.
Sinia^Mrs. Kraker; Mrs. H. D.
?Barnett.
Christian?Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Hug
gins.
Episcopal?Mrs. Jv H. Guthrie,
Mrs. B. D. Yeadon.
Trinity Methodist?Mrs. E. W.
Vogel, Mrs. H. P. Bruner.
Salem Baptist?To be named.
The collection reported by Treas
urer R. L. Edmunds were as. fol
lows:'
Ducker & Bultman (gro
ceries) _ -- --$25.00
St. Anne's Sunday S. 25.00
McCpllum Bros. 10-00
O'Donnell & Co. 25.00
First Baptist Baraea-100.00
McLeod-Wesley Bible Class 50.00
K. K. K. No. 25 .. 25.00
Men's club. Episcopal - 20.00
Trinity Sunday School- 25.00
Philathea First Baptist... ltkOO,
Claremont Lodge A. F. M. 25.00
Knights of Columbus? .. 10,00
Knights of Pythias .. 10.00
Sumter Shrine Club 25.G0
Kiwanis Club .. 15.00
Tenth Grade boys. 5.00,
Sumter Dry Goods. 20.00
American Legion. 10.00
Christian Sunday School.. 10.00
Lutheran Sunday School .. 20.00
Graduated Nurses T. H... 10.00
.Jno. ilaynsworth .. .. 5.00
Intermediate C. E_ ._ 5.00
Primary C. E. .. 5.19
First and St-eond C: E. .. 1.84
Sinia Sunday School .. 7.50
Mr.*and Mrs. .J. F. Mallard 5.00 j
Henry Burnett. 5.50^
Eastern Star. 5.00 j
Mens Bible Class Presby
terian church _. 15.00 j
Ceo. L. Ricker .. .. 5.00
R. C. Williams. 5.00
Interest on Mrs. L. B. Du
? Rant be<Luest.70.00
Pledge s collected. 92.13
Total
$70(i.t>ti
HERRIN MOB
VICTIM ON
THE STANU
Dan 0. Rouke, Who!
Was Shot by Mob;
and Left in the Road
Comes Back to Face
the Butchers
By Die Associated Press
Marion, 111., Dec. 18. ? Dan
O'Rourke, one of the men shot in
the Herrin riots and left for dead,
toda# returned to testify at the
trial of the five men charged wnti
murder in connection with The
riots. He is kept under heavy
gua)rd. O'Rourke was one of the
six men witnesses have testified
i were shot down near , the Herrin
{cemetery after being marehd
.through the town by the mob. The
{prosecution says O'Rourke was
one of the six men left by the road
side together with a rope around
their necks. They claim O'Rourke
was one of the two found still
alive, the other dying afterwards.
Witnesses last week testified to
seeing'non-union workers taken
from Strip Mine by several
hundred persons, many *<of whom
carried guns, and later finding
fourteen dead and wounded in the
trees nearby ancT six near the
cemetery. The defense attorneys
did little cross examination. Theyj
j expressed confidence that they j
I can prove an alibi for the defend- j
ants.
FIGHT AGAINST
BOLL WEEVIL
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Secrtary of Agriculture Wal-j
lace Optimistic Over Sue- j
cess of Experiments
Made by Experts
Washington, Dec. 17.?Steps tak
en by the department' of agricul
ture to combat the cotton boll
weevil have brought about a sit
uation "more favorable than ever
before." Secretary Wallace inform
ed Senator Harris of Geon&ia in
fa letter made public today'by the
senator.
Mr. Wallace declared his depart
ment had found effective- the Oust
ing method and also the new meth
od- developed in Florida and- had
; requested the cooperation of the
war department in the further
testing of the possibility of ail%>lane
dusting.
"With these two major and
highly promising developments of
the past year to thoroughly test
out the coming season," the sec-1
retary \\rote, "the scientific" forces
of the department will be fully,
occupied and those who have been
studying the problem feel very cort-j
fident that out of these methods
and the ones now in usek will-be
found a satisfactory combination j
for practically all conditions." j
The agriculture secretary's let- j
ter was in reply to one from Sen-;
ator Harris, inclosing a communi
cation from a constituent, who ex
pressed the belief that "half had
i not been done by the department
which should have been done.'-'
"The damage from the cotton
boll weevil varies considerably
from year to year and this letter
coming as it does just at the close
^ one of the most seriously in
jurious seasons experienced in re
cent' years," Mr. Wallace wrote,
!"no doubt truly represents the state J
of mind of a great many people inj
the south. Those, \ however, who
have been closest to the problem.,
realize the difficulties with which:
the scientific workers have had to
contend in the development of con
trol measures for this insect and
consider rather that the advance
ments have been more than could ?
be expected.
"Jjj fact, just at the present;
time the situation is more favorable;
than ever before. The dusting
method has in the face of heavy
infestation of this year proved it
self capable of satisfactory pro
tecting the production of cotton
in large areas of the south. This
method seems to be especially
adapted for the more productiye
areas and where the staple cot
tons have been developed and in
those regions where the yield per
acre is half a bale or more the
method has been proven satisfac-jr
tory.
"Just recently, as you no doubt
know, Dr. Newell and Mr. George
Smith of the Florida, experiment
station have published a bulletin
giving a complete and detailed
account of a long series of experi
ments in the use of another
method of control, which appears
to be peculiarly adapted to meet
the conditions in the Florida re- \
gion and in other regions of the
south in which the cotton produc
tion per acre is relatively low.
"The fact that the Florida
method has been carried out suc
cessfully by the ordinary share
croppers and the cottpn production
pra<f .cally is that before the wee
vil invasion seems to warrant the
conclusion that this will prove to
be a cheap and efficient method
over a large area in the south. The
department is just at this time re
questing cooperation of the war
department in the further testing
of the possibility of a-eroplane dust- |
ing.
"The remarkably successful re
sults obtained elsewhere by this
method seemed to abundantly
justify the additional expense that
will be incurred in a much more
extensive test to be carried on this
year, .which should determine con
clusively whether these machines
can be depended upon to mater- 1
ia'Jy assist in the control of this
pest." i
Agricultural Depart
ment Issues Report
ori : Production and
Value of Staple
Crops
_ i
Washington, Dec. 15 (By the As
sociated .Press). ? The nation's
crops this year are worth $7,572,- j
890,000, hased on their farm value]
as of December % the department j
of agriculture announced today in
its final crop report of the year.
Their value is $1,842,078.000
more than last year's crops, re
flecting improvement in prices for
farm products prevailing now as
compared with a year ago and in
creased production in some crops.
This year's farm s production is j
worth about the same as that of
1916 but is lower than 1920 by
about $1,500,000,000, ( and lower
than any year since 1915, except
last year. It is only a little more
than half as much as the record
value , year of 1919, (
Record production was made this
year in rye, white potatoes, sweet
potatoes and hay. Other bumper
crops this year were rice, the third j
largest production; tobacco, with!
the fourth largest , crop in history, I
wheat with the fifth largest pro
duction, 'and corn with its seventh
IsLrge'st - crop. Cotton this year is
the fourth most valuable crop of
tliat staple ever grown, although'
?: small crop in point of produc-|
? Corn, as. usual, is the country's |
most valuable crop being worth this j
year'$700,000,000 more than last
year with a total value of $1,900,-j
287,000. Cotton stands second with j
$1.238.517,000, the lint rteing yaS-l
ued at $3,190.7.61,000 and the cot-!
ton seed, $177,750,000. Hay is thej
third most valuable crop with a!
tofarbf $1,331,679,000. .No other j
crop reached a billion dollars in
value this year. Wheat was valued
at $864,000,000, standing as fourth
most valuable crop of the country h
In today's, fiual estimates, based {
on revision to conform with the I
census bureau's decennial crop j
production statistics the prelimi-1
nary estimates of production an
nounced last month were some-1
w.hat changed. There was a re-i
dhction in the corn crop of about
6,000,000 bushels. Increases were
shown* for other crops, including:
Winter#wheat, 45,000,000 bushels;
spring wheat 1,700,000 bushels;
oats, 14,278,000'bushels: rye, 15,
S74;000 bushels; buckwheat. 1,-j
407,000. bushels; rice, 2.806,000 <
bushels: potatoes, 17,280,000 bush
els, and hay, 4,055,000 tons.
Govv Harvey Refuses to Show!
Partiality to Certain
; Convicts ;
Columbia, Dec/ 18.?Governor
Harvey is being flooded witl\ 'pe
titions for Christmas paroles, but
the* governor will not grant:
Christmas paroles. He made this j
known yesterday. The petitions set
forth that the prisoners want to i
dine with their relatives, but the
chief', executive says that though
some of these appeals come from
worthy prisoners and touch his
sympathy, yet he makes the an
nouncement in advance, so the
friends and relatives of prisoners
might know his stand, that there
will be no instances of executive
clemency because of the petitions, i
Yet the governor will likely give
freedom to one prisoner, not be- j
cause of a Christmas petition, but I
because Governor Cooper, before j
he left office six months ago,
practically: promised the prisoner J
sole lucky prisoner is - Norman ? H,'
.-?uivur. ? jLKjilivar. IS a yuU?^ j
white man who was sentenced i
five years ago for rape. He was i
sent from Orangeburg county. He
is book-keeper for the chair fac-.j
tory at the penitentiary and has
made a good prisoner. Because
of his good behavior two pardon
boards have recommended that he
be pardoned.
There was an understanding that
Governor Cooper had Issued a p.-v
role, to take effect December 24,
next Sunday. However, the change
in. governor's left- Bollivar in the
penitentiary. "Governor Cooper's
pardon board recommended, clem
ency for Bollivar, and the new
board named by Governor Harvey
has, made similar recommenda
tions. Governor Harvey has had
tfie matter under consideration for
a long time, and he stated yester
day that he feels somewhat under;
obligations ^o pardon the man. He {
has, reached no. final decision, butj
he announced yesterday that he {
would probably take some action:
in the next few days.
Regarding the petitions for |
Christmas ?parolesf the governor!
Lakes the position that to allow
some of the prisoners to spond
Christmas with friends or rela-1
lives in Columbia or other parts |
or the state would be showing fa- j
i-oritism. To let, say, a half dozen i
spend Christmas outside the pris-,
oh would not, he says, be lair to
the remaining 490. Xor could he,;
ihe governor says, let out fifty or j
more, as this would be detrimental.!
"The governor stands for abso- j
lute humaneness," says a state
ment issued by him yesterday,
"but "he believes in punishment
ivhere there are offenders, just as;
children have to be punished if:
Lhey violate the ordinary rules of j
dome life."
Governor Harvey says he re
gards the prison as a place of
punishment, and the verdicts of
?ourts should be carried out. with
>niy such exceptions as are proper*]
md right.
THE ST?RY OE
BUTCHER
ATJERRHi
Witnesses Tell of Mas
acre of Non-Union
Miners by Mob - of
Strikers and Atro
cities Practied
Marion, 111., Dec. 15 (By the'As-j
sociatea Press).?The attack on
the Herrin, "strip" mine, the death
march through the towrf with, the
captives and the hunting down of
a few fugitives, were described to
day by witnesses at th,e trial of
live men held in connection with
tjne killings.
All but one of the defendants
were named as having been seen i
with a gun during the progress of
the rioting but all the witnesses,
so far heard, have declared they
could not identify any persons
they had seen in the act of shoot
ing at the victims.
.In an argument between oppos
ing counsel regarding the exclusion
of a. portion of the testimony . to ?
which .the defense objected. Judge!
D. T. HartweU, ruling in favor of J
the prosecution said. "I want the i
whole thing to come out and I do
not want to exclude any testimony
on a. mere technicality."
.. The defendants who have been
pointed, out .by witnesses as having
been seen carrying guns during the
rioting are Otis Clark. Bert Grace, j
Joseph Caranghi and Levi Mann, j
The name of Peter Hiller, the fifth i
defendant has not yet appeared 'in j
any of, Lhe testimony.
! Donald M. Ewing a Chicago'
newspaper man who wrote the first
account of the killings for the As
jsociated Press, picked out Grace
from among the defendants as a!
man who had threatened him with !
a gun when he attempted to bring j
a drink of water .to two injured!
men who were lying on a sun bak- i
ed road surrounded by a crowd of |
armed men just outside of Her-1
rin. i
The witness said there were six j
^dead or wounded men lying in the j
road, all of them bound together j
by a single rope tied about their;
necks.
"Grace put his foot on one of |
the wounded men and pushed." the;
witness declared, and quoted the |
defendant as saying with a curse: j
"You'll get no wafer here."
Another witness, Henry Graves,!
a mine pump man, said he had1
seen a group of armed men pur- I
vuing two fugitives through the
field near his house.
"I heard the sound of shots," he
testified, "and could see the bul
lets Kicking up the dust behind the j
fleeing men."
Shortly afterwards, he, said, a!
wounded man had taken refuge on I
his rear porch, but two men who j
said they were "officers" came and
took him away.
Fred Harrison, a student at the
University of Illinois, testified he
had seen Bert" Grace near his fath
er's farm on the outskirts of Her- j
rin the morning of the riots. -
Young Harrison said he had then j
taken a walk to a nearby clump'of |
woods, where he found four bodies, I
one of them hanging from a tree. !
William Goodman, a faVmer tes- j
tilled that he-had been nea* the]
"strip" mine where the riot start-!
ed and had seen several hundred j
men coming from the mine with \
30 or 40 prisoners. He estimated j
the crowd about the mine at 1,500 j
persons.
.At the close of the afternoon;
session Judge Hartwell announced
an adjournment of court over Sat
urday and Sunday.
EFFORT TO
DEFEAT JUSTICE!
Effort Made to Stay Harrison's'
Death Sentence
Greenville, Dec. 15.?B. B.
Evans, lawyer of Columbia, ap
peared before T. P. Cothran. as
sociate ju.stice of the supreme
court, today and moved for a
stay of execution in the case of
Ira. Harrison, under death sentence
for the murder of .1. C. Arnette. 1
Justice Cothran took the mat
ter under advisement and has not
announced his decision. The mo
tion for a stay of execution was
yria.de on the grounds that an ap
peal iias been taken from the de
cision of Judge Mauldin in refus
ing to appoint a board to inquire ,
into Harrison's sanity.
John R. Dixon Dies I
Death Comes From Influenza;
Complications
Columbia, Dee. IS. ? John "R.
Dixon died at fi:2<) o'clock yes
terday morning at his home on the
Childs plantation. Bluff road. He
had been ill for two weeks, death !
resulting from influenza eoinpliea-!
tions.
Mr. Dixon had been overseer on j
the Childs plantation for two years, j
crying there from Lexington coun- '
ty. He was capable farmer, a
man of high character, and had. a
wide circle of friends to join with
the family in mourning his death.
He was 7,3 years of age.
Surviving are his widow, who j
before marriage was Miss Emma
MeGrew, and seven children.
Funeral services will be held at
3 o'clock this afternoon at Mill
creek church, in the county, con
ducted by the Rev. A. Kennedy
of Tabernacle church. -Mr, Dixon
was a Baptist.
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Do you want a present for an
enemy? Give him a cigar lighter.
MORE HOPEFUL
GtffiOOKAT
! LAUSANNE
Reports That America
Will Assist in Re
habilitation of Eli
rope Arouses Opti
mistic Feeling i n
Conference
By the Associated .Press
Lausanne, Dec. 18.?The Near
[East peace conference has grown
more optimistic with the circula-J
tion of reports that America is I
considering lending assistance to j
the economic rehabilitation of Eu- ',
rope. As the meeting%entered the!
fifth week, three "of the biggest!
t problems still were unsolved. The |
Mosul, oil regions, control, the j
Turkish plan to deport the Greek I
patriarch and capitulations are j
causing trouble. The Dardanelles;
question is believed to be about j
solved.
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TO ORGANIZE
NATIONAL BODY
Council cf Cooperative Asso
ciations in Making. To
liandle Problems
Washington, Dec. l(t.?Pernia- !
nent organization of the' National i
Council of Farmers' Cooperative:
Marketing Associations was author- \
ized today in the closing session!
here of a three day conference of j
representative farmers' associations j
in all sections of the country. The!
purpose of the council will be to j
.handle common problems of co- j
operative marketing bodies with
out conflicting with activities of
other associations and acting as
their mouthpiece.
? Modification of present agricul
tural loan system to give farmers j
nine months' credit paper instead
of six months, and to increase to
$25,000, the maximum basis of
loans from farm land banks, was
recommended in resolutions unani-j
m?usly. adopted. Amendment of
the federal reserve law to meet the
special requirements of farm credits)
and to permit the financing of;
farmers and their cooperative so- j
cieties was also favored.
The general policy for the coun- j
oil was laid down, favoring the lo
cal banker as the primary reliance
of the farmer for ^production and
marketing creditc.
Erection of a farm credits de
partment in federal- land banks,
with capital suuicient to issue farm
^creditto the maximum of $000.000,
000 was another project indorsed
by the conference. This depart
ment would discount or purchase
agricultural paper and make loans
1 to cooperative marketing associa
tions and to agricultural coopera
tive credit associations. None of
the farm relief measures now
pending was indorsed by name,
but the house'- and senate banking \
and currency committees were re
quested to incorporate the confer
ence recommendations in one ru
ral credits bill along with accept
able features of the nine credits
bills already before congress.
The conference, in its formal
declaration of policy, held that the
cooperative associations should
;isk nothing from the federal gov
ernment other than enactment of
legislation to permit farmers and
their organizations, file same ac
cess to the federal credits sys'tems
that all other industries now pos
sess.
The interstate o.on>roerce com
mission was requested by the con
ference to institute hearings for the
purpose of opening the whole
question of revision* of freight
rates, with the view to possible
lessening the burdens borne by
shippers of primary commodities.
Sounding the gavel for adjourn
ment. Carl Williams of Oklahoma,
president of the American Cotton
Growers' exchange, declared the
conference to have been the most
important move in American his
tory for the betterment , of the
fanner.
Not only will agriculture bene
fit, he declared, but, the consumers
of farm produce everywhere will
share in the reforms , expected to
come from' the discussions here.
BLIZZARD ON
LAKE SUPERIOR
Winter Season Takes Heavy
DeattL Toll
By the Associated Press
Chicago, Dec. 18. .? A dozen
known deaths and the x probable
death o% twenty-seven others, is.the
toll of the freezing weather on
Lake Superior during the past few
days. A- dozen died when, a Ca
nadian steamer pounded to pieces
at the mouth of the Portage Lake
ship carnal. The others are miss
ing from the tug Beliancefi wreck
ed last Wednesday on Lizard Is
land. Nine big ships are now
known to be fighting their 'jvay
down the lake. Navigation was
kept open after- December 1st be
cause the coal and railroad
strikes had cut down northern
coal supplies.
Federal Reserve
Truck Robbed
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Three Bandits Secure Two
' Hundred Thousand in
Currency
By the Associated Press
Denver. Dec. 18.?Three ban
dits today .robbed a federal ee>
serve bank truck of $200,000. in
currency in frent of the United.
States mint here. Charles Linton,
a guard, was probably fatally
wounded. T,he robbers seized the
currency' as it was being loaded, in
a truck. The guards inside the
mint opened fire as the robbers
fled in an automobile. The entire
Denver police, force' was called out.
The bandits were armed with
rifles.
Six tons ?f - cranberries were
burned in a New York fire. Cook
ing steadily it would take 100 brides
two weeks to burn this many.
ATTENTION WOODMEN ? The
regular monthly meeting of the
W. O. W. will be held Wednes
day, December 20th at 7:30 p. m.
sharp. We have 5 candidates for
introduction. The election of of
ficers will be held and we would
like for you .to be present with
. us? May we look for you? R.
. S. Hood, Clerk._.
WANTED?Several small tracts of
good pine timber Yrom 1-4 to 5
million feet. We also pay cash
for No. 1 pine logs 14 inches
and up in diameter delivered to
bur new band mill, at Denmark,
S. C. The Zickgraf Company,
Denmark,.S. C.
WANTED?Hardwood logs. We pay
highest cash price for chQice
Ash, Poplar; Cypress and White
Oak logs of standard specifica
tions, delivered to Sumter by rail
or truck. We buy logs twelve
months in the year and give
preference to loggers equipped to
bring in a steady supply. What
have yoU to offer? Sumter
Hardwood Co., Sumter, S. C.
TEN YEARS HENCE
WILL YOU BE PROSPERING in BUSINESS or
LOOKING FOR A JOB?
IT DEPEIsTDS ON WHETHER OR NOT
YOU HAVE STARTED TO SAVE.
First National Bank of Sumter
Plow your cotton
stalks in now.
FACTS WORTHY OF YOUR
CONSIDERATION
Our largo Capital Stock and Surplus indicate our* Ability.
Large Loans and Discounts?Our Liberality.
Large -Deposits?the Peoples'. Satisfaction with.our Service
and ConfideAce in bur Protection. ?
VYe offer you our Service and Protection and want your
Ac< mint. ^ ?
The National Bank of South Carolina
The Bank With the Chime Clock.
C. G. Rowland, Pres. Earle Rowland, Cashier