THE SCMTER WATCHMAK, EfetabKä

Consolidated Aug. 2,1

UNCOVERING !TAX DODGERS;

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Agents of Tax .ommissionjFinding Many Thousandsof tJnreturaed Property

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Columbia, June 3..Thousands of;dollars are. to be put into State, coun¬

ty and municipal coffers tbis year a$Ja result of the enlarged work of the jState Tax Commission, according to an jexplanation- made to the press by;Commissioner Querry, of the commis- Jsiox, today. j

Mr. Querry made public a report:made by one of the two * new field Jagents of the commission, authorized |by the 192D legislature, as to work

;."n accomplished during the past weekor so in Spartanburg county. In this

\ .one county the agent found unasses-

&ed property which now goes on thetax books, producing taxation enoughto pay the field agent's, salary and ex- jpehses for the entire year. The same ]thing will be duplicated over and

'¦over.-again:throughout the State.The report of assessment work done

in recent weeks in Spartanburg was

I. made/ by I. Ö Wilson, of Spartanburgcounty, one of the field agents of thetax commission. During his work in

Spartanburg county, Mr. Wilson foundproperty on w:hich returns have beendelinquent to the vahtev-of $718,595. Healso "made necessary adjustments in

returns, which will add to the total» taxable property the sum of $73,702.^He found and put on the tax books;

*' property heretofore unassessed at all,valued at $195,225, making a totalvaluation of $98S,5"22 added to thetaxation values in Spartanburg countyalone. This will be assessed on thebasis of 42 per cent, $415,179. TheState levy alone twelve mills, whichmeans added. revenue for the State,from this one county alone of $4,982.In addition to, this the work of thecommission means added income, forcounty andccity.

In Greenville Mr. Wilson foundeven more property escaping taxation.The same work is being done in everycounty in the State. The agents are now

at work on the figures for' Richland. county and the city of Columbia. Thiswork will eventually, it is stated,mean a lower tax levy.. ,.'--¦

BARGAININGand Shoe Manufac¬

turers of Rochester HaveFound It a Prevent¬

ive of Strikes

Rochester, N. T., June 3.Collec¬tive bargaining is the method adoptedby the clothing industry in Rochesterto solve.its labor problems. Manu¬factures declare that it has "been .sosuccessful here that the National In¬dustrial Federation of Clothing Man¬ufacturers has been formed to dealwith a national organization j of x^eworkers. In a time when strikes have"been frequent in other .industriesthere has been peace in this industryhere, except in one plant which is not:a party to the agreement between the,employers and workers.-Shoe manufacturers of Rochester

have adopted the plan and ended a

strike by an agreemht similar to thatin the clothing trade.Under these agreements, the strike

and lockout are believed to have beeneliminated and the open shop pre¬vails. The union relinquished itsclaim for. a closed shop. One of thelabor managers, representing theemployers, says that the' union saffer-.ed no loss by doing so but that on

the contrary the number of clothingworkers organized has increased from.50 per cent of the total employed to90 or 95 "per cent. ^1As the collective bargaining plan

derates here, the more general agree¬ments between the workers and em¬

ployers are made by\_a local joint;board, composed of representatives of:the clothing manufacturers and the

. workers. Working conditions are

formulated by a labor adjusting boardcomposed of representatives of bothsides. Its decisions become the lawsof the industry. Appeals can be tak-,en to a court presided over by an im-

/ partial^judge whose decisions are ac-jcopied by both sides as final.

In the shops labor managers rep-resent the employer and the shop jchairman the unions. The manufac-turcs have their price commoditiesland time-study men and the unionsretain their local business agents.The plan had its conception as the

result of a threat of the workers to jgo «5n strike. In its adoption the man¬ufacturers obtained the advice of Dr.Meyer Jacobstein, of the Universityof Rochester, who has been teachingmethods of service management.

Johnson and Hard¬ing Reach Chicago

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Contesting Delegates Still Press¬ing Their Claims Before

Committee

Chicago, June 3 . Johnson and ;Harding arrived in Chicago today,their arrival marking the beginning ofthe-active days of the pre-conventioniperiod. Ttie advance guard of thedelegates are beginning to arrive andby Sunday will be pouring in. The!National Committee still has the.claims of the delegations contesting!for Mats befort it, j

hed April, 18»0. "Be Jnst i

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PART OF RAFTINGCREEK UNSATISFIED- .- ¦'. ".

-;-:.Another Meeting Held at \Rem-

berts.Votes for Annexa¬tion to Kershaw

Pisgah, June 1.A large and enthus¬iastic meeting was held at Rembertschool house last night to take defin¬ite action4 whether we should hold an

election to join Kershaw, or remainwithout action for the present.Judge W, B. DeLeoach, Hon. * T. J.;

Kirkland, Supervisor. M. C. West and IHon. W. R. Hough, of Camden were]present by invitation, and Wade elo- jquent addresses, showing the financial}condition of Kershaw county, which isgood and assuring us that a warm andhearty welcome awaits as if we go toKershaw.

Mr. Kirkland gave the iaw on howto hold.such elections. Judge - De-Loach spoke of the Close business andsocial relations betwen this section andKershaw. Mr. Hough spoke on taxa¬tion and Mr. West on roads. Afterwhich Rev. J. W. Kenny made" a fineaddress in advocacy of going to Ker¬shaw. Other remarks were made, af¬ter .which, on motion of Messrs. Thos.D. McLeod and James E. Rembert, itwas unanimously resolved, by a ris¬ing vote, to hold the election at once.The meeting held in Sumter last

week "did not bind or reflect the sen¬

timent of the people here.The banking and cotton business

.has gone to Camden .from this sectionand the people f«eel that they bad.rather go to a county where a coun¬

tryman can be elected to office andnot a city, man every time.The ladies served a nice luncheon.

Mr. J. E. DuPre presided over themeeting.

J. E DuPre.

wmraROP CLOS¬ED FOR YEAR

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The Graduating Exercises HeldTuesday Night.Address

Delivered by Hon. J.A. Berry

Rock Hill, June 1.The scholasticyear of Winthrop College came to a

close tonight with the graduating ex?-ercises in the auditorium, which was.filled to its capacity. The address to

the.graduating cia^ was delivered by-Hcn, J. A." Berry, of, Orangeburg, on

the subject, "The New Ballot"The. following awards of honors

were announced: -jScholarship awards were, announced

.as follows: A. Markley Lee scholar-jship, Miss Louise Geddings, Sumter, R. jF. D.. This is awarded each year tothe janior completing the work of herclass, and who is judged as excellingmorally, mentally and physically. Thehonorary scholarships were awardedto students, on recommendation of thefaculty, who have completed withoutcondition, the-work in the four yearcourse, scholarship and deportmentbeing taken into consideration. Theawards were:

Juniors: tMiss Sara Clowney, Col¬

umbia; Miss Ruth Gunter, Wagner;Miss' Mary Love McClure, Chester.Sophomores: Miss Katherine Fräs¬

er. Georgetown; Miss Anna Sullivan,;Miss Faye Ford', York, R. F. D.; Miss !Lucia McLees, Greenwood.

Freshmen: Miss Elizabeth McLure. jChester, Miss Louise McFadden, Ches- !ter; Miss Eleanor Wallace, Sumter; jMiss "'Virginia Marshall. Anderson; jMiss Gertrude McLaurin. Mullins.' jGraduates with honor were: Misses!

Meynel Clowney, Marie Tedder, LilaFoy, Carolyn Plowden, Julia Wilson.

Distinctions were:

Seniors: Misses Helen Baiiey, Ever1 lyn Boozer, Clara Burdine, Lottie Car-j roll, Meynel Clowney, Alma Cook, jj Pauline Cook. Bessie Dunlap, Lottie j

j Fitts. Lila Foy, Matha Glass, Eliza- j[beth Goff, Emmie Hicks, Sarah Jack-'json, Beulah I. Johnson, Annie Kinard, jI Cornelia McLees, Pauline Marion,Eloise Nonns, Carolyn Plowden, Rek-ah Richards. Grace Sease\ Ollie Simp-son, Margaret. Elizabeth Stewart,Marie Tedder, Edna . Tindal, ElizaWardlaw. Julia Wilson, Mary Woods,

I, Juniors: Misses Maggie May Bry-jant. Sara Clowney, Helen Derrick,Clyde Doar, Louise Geddings, RuthGunter, Arnette Holloway, Ida LouHunter. Bessie Levin. Mary Love Me-Lure, Elizabeth Stover, Ada LeeYoungblood.Sophomores: Annie Barksdale,

Mary D. Blackwell, Frederica Cullum,Mamie Dantzler, Anna Edwards, jFaye Ford, Katherine Fraser, Thelma'Harvin, Garland McCutchen, Lucia jMcLees, Pauline Cates, Anna Sulli¬van.Freshmen . Misses Louise McFad-;

den. Gertrude McLaurin, Eleanor Wal- jlace.

Specials: Miss Ellen Richardson,Miss Hascal Vaughn.The Markley Lee scholarship was;

announced by D. S. Henderson and jother scholarship awards by J. E. jBrezeäle, with the distinction by D. W. |McLaurin. The huge auditorilm wasjinfcu'fficient to seat the huge crowd;present for the exercises. A special jtrair leaves tomorrow morning at 7:30

o'clock for Columbia bearing stu-dents and visitors here from all over

the State.

PRESIDENTSSHEEP SHEARED i

jWashington, June 3.The Presi .

dent's fK/ck of '-eight prize sheep!were shorn toda.. Nearly 200 pounds!of wool were realized and will be siv-en to th* Salvation army. i

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Mmaid Fear Not.Let all the ends Thou i

SUMTES,, S. 0., SATU

RELIEF FORPOSTAL CLERKS

Committee of Congress Recom¬mends Substantial In¬

crease In Pay

Washington, May 31.Increased sal¬aries for postal employees amountingto approximately $33,000,000, for thefirst year, effective July 1, were recom¬

mended in a report to. congress todayby a joint congressional committee.

Increase of from $150 to $250 an¬

nually for postal clerks and lettercarriers with $400 for supervisory of-fificers were recommended. No in-*creases for first class postmasters re¬

ceiving $5,000 a year were proposed,however.

Estimates by the commission placethe increase of the postal payrool atabout $38,000,000 for the second yearand $43,000,000 for the third andfourth years.For rural delivery carriers the com¬

mission recommended $1,800 for a 247mile route and an additional $30 foreach mile in excess of that distance.Motor route Carriers covering 50 mile^or more would receive not in excessof $2,600. The pay of village deliverycarriers would be from $1,000 to'$l,-200.Should the recommendation of the.

commission, based on hearings held invarious parts of the country, be adop¬ted, clerks at first and second 'classpostoffices. as well as city carrierswould be divided in to five classes withthose in first class receiving.$1,200 an¬

nually and $100 added- for eachclass. Substitute, and temporaryclerks would receive 60 cents an hourwhile special clerks would be paidfrom $1,900 to $2,000 annually.Watchmen and messengers and la¬

borers would, be divided into twogrades, the first receiving $1,350 andthe second $1,420.

Clerks in the postal mail servicewould be divided into six classes withthose in the first class receiving $1,-600, those in the sixth $2,300 and theothers graduated between.

Services for all clerks, the commis¬sion's report recommended, would beon an average of eight hours per day306 days per year. Division superin¬tendents in the postal mail service un¬

der the commission's recommenda¬tions would receive $4,200 annually,assistant superintendents $3,200; chiefclerkte $3,000 and assistant inspectors$2,300.A graduated increase was proposed

by/the ¦commission for first class post¬masters receiving less than $5,000 an¬

nually ranging from $200 to $400 forpostmasters now receiving $3,000 to.$3,700 annually $400 to $500, for thosenow getting between $3,700 and ?3,-700, $500 to $600, for'those whose paynow is between $3,900 and $4,000.Second class postmasters whose

present salary ranges from $2,300 to

$3,000 would receive an increasefrom $100 to $200. Assistant post¬masters would receive $50 for eachgrade up to $2,150. Third class post¬masters would be increased $300,from basic salaries, each, the salariesranging from 11,000 to $2.200. Thecommission also recommended thatfourth class postmasters be allowed140 per cent, on cancellations of $75per quarter and less; 115 per cent,from $75 to-$100 of cancellations perquarter, and in excess of $100 perquarter. 100 pier cent on the first $100,75 per cent, on the next $100% and 60per cent, on the remainedr.The commission recommended a

graduated scale of pay based on officereceipts for- supervisory officers infirst frclass postoffices. The scale rangesfrom $2,200 "for assistant postmastersand $2,^00 for superintendents ofmail in offices with receipts between$40,000 and $7-5,000, to $4,600 for theformer and.$4.400 for the latter whenreceipts are above $1,000,000 annual¬ly. ; - ."; ..

Fifteen days' vacation annually withpay for all employees and sick leaveof not more than 30 days a year withpay, also were recommended.

Eills providing for carrying out thecommission's recommendations will beintroduced by Senator Sterling, actingchairman of the commission, and Rep¬resentative Moon. Action on the pro¬posed increase before the national con¬vention is considered unlikely. In¬creases, however, if granted laterwould be retroactive to July 1.Members of the commission ap¬

pointed more than a year are SenatorsSterling, Moses, and Phipps, Republi¬cans; and McKellar, Tennessee, andGay, Louisiana, Democrats; and Rep¬resentatives Madden and Stephenson,Minn, Republicans, and Moon, Belland Rousek, Democrats.

Committee ReportsWilson Petition

House Will Vote Tomorrow OnArmenian Mandate

Washington, June 3.The senate re¬solution declining the President's re¬

quest for authority to accept the Ar¬menian mandate was reported out to¬day by the nouse foreign affairs com¬mittee. Chairman Porter said that hedid not expect to ask the house for ac-1tion» before tomorrow.

CLERKS TO LOSETHEIR JOBS

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' Washington. June 3.Five thousand jclerical employees of the War Depart-ment are to be-discharged by July 1ston account of crtigressional reductionof appropriation. 1

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RDAY, JUNE 5, 1930.

CHARGES MADEAGAINST PALMER

Republican Tells Congress ThatOperi Appeal Was Made

To Liquor Interests

.\ Washington, June 2.Charges that jthe campaign for nomination of Palm-

j er, Democratic candidate for the pre- iIsideney, was conducted in Pennsyl-jvahia with open appeal to distillery ;and brewery interests in the State were !made? before the senate investigatingcommittee by Eugene Bonniwell, ofiPhialdelphia.

jCOTTON ACREAGE ISAME AS LASTYEARPercentage Conditions Poorest

la Thirteen Years.LaborSituation Worse

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New York, June 1.Es!**mates ofcotton acreage by special correspon¬dents in the Journal of Commerce for.May, received under an averag-j dateof May 25, sh ow thai-the acreage wiilbe the same, a* that of a year ago,which contrasts with our .estimated, in¬crease in, April of 2.03 per cent," and"hdtcates that the acreage plantedprobably wiir .'not exceed 33,960,000,.last-year's total.' Per centage, condi¬tion also reflects unmistakably the badweather of the past two months, andis the poorest in thirteen years.68,against 78.5 the previous years, 81.2in 1918 and 69 in 1317. The ten-yearaverage is 79.3. -

Undoubtedly this showing is disap¬pointing; but it must not be forgottenthat, while the outlook is unpromis¬ing, it is not too late for considerablerecuperation.' It is generally admit¬ted that a few weeks of warm, dryweather would go far in reparing theearlier damage and improving cottonprospects generally. Farmers' are fac-ing «not only the handicap of a hack-ward -season and unfavorable growingweather, but the labor situation issteadily becoming worse. Only idealweather for the remainder of the sea¬

son can prevent complete loss of cot¬ton planted in some sections and seri¬ous depreciation throughout the great-

I er part of the cotton belt *

I As against this it should be noted{that. the presenpe of imple sub-soilmoisture in sucjh States as Georgia,Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama islikely to prove valuable in withstand¬ing possible drought conditions interin the seansonv and that m portions ofTexas, where drought has so serious¬ly retarded operations, refreshingrains have fallen over large, areas, so

that cotton is reported to be comingup satisfactorily. Elsewhere it hasstopped raining and planting is being

I pushed rapidly to completion. Missis¬sippi is still more tha i three weeks;late and feeling the ill effects of con¬

tinuous nains and low temperature. InArkansas arid Tennessee the same

general conditions prevail.Many fields are flooded and seed in

some sections is rotting in the* groundwith the- result that .much replantingwill havt» to be done. However, sine*the writing of these repovts, materialimprovement has Taken place and it isstated that cotton,. especially .in; ihe.uplands, is'doing well.. The Carolinasare in better'shape so far as crop.orospec?s a*v coinoiuil while.in Ok¬lahoma a substantial gain :n acreageis reported, 9 4, with p,vr centage con¬

ditions at 74.0, against 75.0 a year ago.Texas shows a in veage of :;.:>and Alabama 1.5 though condition inboth cases is poor, 68.5 and 61.6, re¬

spectively as compared with. 77.5 and81.1 last year. Florida showed theheaviest cut in acreage, namely, 7.7,with condition 72.5, against 78.0. Geor¬gia came next with a reduction of 5.5and a per centage condition of only63.8, against 82.9 in 1919. In otherStates, such as Arkansas. Tennesseeand Mississippi, the condition is farbelow that of a year ago and in eachinstance small losses in acreage are

shoWn.Taken as a whole the report is not

satisfactory. In the opinion of mostI experienced observers, warm dryweather during the first half of June

j is essential if earlier drawbacks are to! be overcome. Farmers are greatlyj handicapped by the inability to obtainlabor! Farm labor is not only scarce ibut often unreliable and very ineffi-cient. Many correspondents pronoun¬ced the outlook the worst ever seen

and report farmers in numerous in¬stances to be turning their attention

j to the production of fo< and forage.crops. Owing to the late start andcold wet spring, serious damage is exi-

pected this year from boll weevil,which in the usually infested regions

! are apearing in unusually large num¬

bers for this time of the year. In thisconnection, however, it is interestingto note that still more energetic stepsare likely to be taken for the eradi¬cation of this pest, j

According to the government re-

port, indicated yield will be approxi-jmately 10.800,000 bales, based on the!final official estimate of acreage. This'compares with an actual production inj1919 of 11,399.755 bales, i2,040,532 in1918 and 16,134,930, the banner ycariof 1914.

TO BURN VERA iCRUZ HOUSES:

_ m jDrastic Measure to Be Adopted

to Suppress Plague \]j

Mexico City, June 3.One-third ofj;the houses in Vera Cruz will be burn- :

ed on account of bubonic plague, in-'fectien« i;

aid Truth's." THE TRÜB &

PLUM PLAN IN¬VESTIGATED

Manager of Pram Plan LeagueSays His Organization Is

Not Supporting AnyCandidate |

Washington, June 2.The commit¬tee that is investigating campaign ex¬

penditures today examjned Edward:Keating, manager of the Plumb PlanLeague. Keating said the League hadnot contributed to. the campaign fundsof any candidate of either party; tak¬ing no part in the campaign, orify dis¬tributing information through itsweekly paper, "Labor." ChairmanKenyon suggested that he rather gath¬ered that the paper was supportingMcAdoo for the Democratic presiden¬tial nomination and Johnson for theRepublican. Keating replied that, thepaper had probably been more Criticalof other candidates than these, butreiterating that it was taking no partin the campaign.

Comer AmendmentIs-EliminatSff

President Wilson Signs JointResolution AmendingyAg-

ricultural Bill

Washington, June 2.President Wll-[spn today signed the joint resolutioneliminating from the agricultural bill(the Comer amendment affecting op-tion on futures grades, which througha clerical error was included in theoriginal measure signed yesterday.

PLANS FOR G. (t P.CONVENTION

Nominating Speeches Will Prob¬ably Be Made Thursday

Chicago, June 2. .-Nominatingspeehes will probably come Thursdaywith balloting Friday, Secretary Han-ly of the arrangements committee, an¬

nounced, .following keynote speehes ofSenator Lodge, temporary chairman,and appointment of committees Tues¬day. Hanly said the convention wouldprobably adjourn until Wednesday forcommittee work.

FIGTING ATBLARNEY

Sinn Feiners Make Unsuccessful''

Attack On Barracks

Cork, June 2.An unsuccessful at¬tack on the police barracks at Blarneywas made last night. There Were no

casualties, although the fighting lastedan hour.

MEXICO'S NEWPRESIDENT

La Huerta Sworn In As Provis¬ional President

Mexico City, June 2.Adolfe De LaHuerta, provisional president of Mexi¬co, took the oath of office late yester¬day...

STRIKERS AREORDERED BACK

Railroad Clerks Walk Out With¬out Authority

Chicago, June 1.A grand lodge of¬ficer has been sent to Atlanta, Ca., toput striking members of - the unionback to work, E. H. Fitzgerald, presi¬dent of the Brotherhood of RailwayClerks, freight handlers, express andstation employees, said today."No strikes are now on with the

authorization of this union,'* said Mr.Fitzgerald, who was attending a ses¬sion of the United States' Railroad La*bor Board. "We have our case before jthis beard and we are abiding by the Ilaw."

President Fitzgerald mentioned in jparticular a walkout which hac oc- jcurred without sanction on che Cen¬tral of Georgia Railway.He added that J. W. Nelson, a vicexJ

president of the union with heacbruur-ters at Cincinnati, was the official sentinto the Southeast territory.

DEMOCRATS OFNEW MEXICO MEET

To Elect Representatives tc San!Francisco Convention

Roswell, N. M., June 3.Democratsmet in their State convention here to-day to elect delegates to the conven-rtion, the national committeeman, and jthe State ¦chairman.

CONGRESS WILL AD¬JOURN SATURDAY;

Washington, June 3.Congress willend the present session Saturday, un¬

der a resolution of adjournment adop¬ted today by the senate after assur-jances were received that the- Presi-dent did not intend to call a specialsession during the summer unlessa grave emergency arose. i

3ÜTHRON, Established June 1, 186«.

V61.L. No. 33.

BO YS' A NDGIRLS' CLUBS

Members to Be Entertained Sat¬urday Afternoon, June .

-Twelfth. "IMr. Shepärd K. >~ash, of Sumter has

voluntarily and kindly sent his checkfor $5 to the .Chamber of Conhnerec^to be applied'hi the entertainment of Jthe boys and girls of the canning,-pig and'corn, and poultry clubs ofSumter county on Saturday afternoon; /June 12th.

In his letter Mr. Nash commendsthe home and s

farm. demonstration >

work of this county in the following:expression."The work of these boys and girls, "

under the direction,of the two demon-stration agents, should be commendedas well as assisted by the public gen¬erally. We know that their effortsare well directed,' and every tMnggJJthat tends to educate our future citi-;jzens along the lines of endeavor to/ '

r which they aspire, yill be of im- :

measurable benefit to our county."Miss Caro Truluck, our home'de¬

monstration agent, and Mr. J. Frank.Williams - our. farm demonstration $agent? are grateful to Mr;"Nash*/ for. ;,his contribution towards -put^g^j^njjthe best possible program /of enter- .-,

tainment during i^^Sßja^ij^iiä^ä^^meeting of the boys and girls, of faeg%county a clubs; aiso. for his words of-commendation of the work. h

. About 200 of the boys and girls of ;^the rural clubs of the county, are tbs&assemble on Saturday, June 12th, at; i

the ChamEber of Commerce hall at 2;o'clock where they will be addressed?-^by officials of the home demonstra-;tion and farm demonstration depart^V*ments of Winthrop and Ciemson» coKleges,in short talks about co-operativeendeavor,, home economics and extra¬ordinary production during a very v-

brief, business session. The* greaterpart oi* the afternoon will be devoted^to social features^ such as music, sing- ]ing, games, serving of refreshments,and 'then all of the boys and g|rls "will ;^be taken to one of the motion picture^shows to wind up the afternoon's.en->tertainment.

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Miss Truluck and Mr. WiMiams say >

they wish it were possible to have an/aeroplane exhibition during the' after-.,Qnoon. If this could be arranged The^"City National Bank would permjtthe,entire crowd to view the ae^ianefrom the top of* the "skysc^pp«i|^"'; a/.,i

\ feature that would appeal imnaense^%ly to the youngsters. :v;Every club boy* and gril of the/ '

county.home derraonstration and^pf £bsL ?pig and corn clubs has "been inv4fe*d icjjr;.attend this social gathering. ;Jj£r> >*LirlÜ. Baker, state supervisor, and Mr. B.O. Williams, assistant Stet^^up^ery4sorvof boys* pig and "corn "clubs, are ex¬pected to be present,'and Miss Trur *"

luck hopes to have a lady representa-^tive of the Winthrop home demon-;?;stration department present ralso.

South CarolinaDevelopment IfoardE

Organization of District Includ-^ing Sumter, Lee, Claries- :

don and Kershaw

A meeting was held yesterday after^noon at the Chamber of Commerce by0;representatives of Sumter," iee ;aiid>vClarendon counties to oragnize the!district-for the South Carolina Devel'^opement' Board. Those present werevJ. Frank Williams, chairmanfor;Sumter county; H. A. Moses, I. J.Strauss, 33. S". Booth, El I. 'Reardon/H. G. Osteen; W. Al Stuckey, chair-,man for Bee county; T. G. McLeodlH. W. Woodward, Henly McCutchen;H. W. Sprott, chairman for Claren¬don county; Charlton DuRant, Gen., .

J. Clifford Foster,/ of Florida, .anil?Richard I. Manning, representing thorState Board and H. F, X.ion,/districtorganizer. .Kershaw county, "which isvincluded in this district, was not rep-.'resented, owing to the fact that coun¬ty Chairman Guion was-detainedyby äC¦.-previous engagement. Kershaw hast":perfected ä preliminary, organization:and is prepared to co-operate in the£-work, it was stated.

Mr. J. Frank Williams presided over. .

the meeting. Mr. Manning OLthae^-'the general purposes of the SouthCarolina Development- Board and/pointed out the necessity of ^uch an;organization m Souths Carolina and. ,,

other Southern States to deVelop our '

natural resources and to improve edu¬cational, health and industrial condi¬tions.

Gen. Foster made a statement inwhich he briefly reviewed the move¬ment that led up to the effort that isnow being made to create a Stata'-wictjaforganization that will have a well-,considered program for the developsment of South Carolina along, ration^al lines, by cooperation.in various lines:of endeavor. H<» explained in sorti£ /detail the program proposed by the?State and explained the plan, of* or¬ganization.The membership and organization

campaign will be put on simultatir*.eously in every county of the State-äuring the week of June 21-2$.The only business before the meet¬

ing was the election of the districtjhairman, and Mr. Thos. G. McL.eodt-;was the unanimous choice of the rep¬resentatives of the three counties pre¬sent-.

CONFEREES AGREEDWashington, June 1.An agreement

>n the $436,000,000 annual , .sundrj£;iyil appropriation bill was reacheft:oday by the senate and hc^se loafer*»es,