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; T!W4^unty Fair ?___ r i The An||al 'Exposition, of; tomfni^ and Industry (By E. jJ^^ko.rdon. Manager of ?g^blieity). . Swet pctatp. growers will do well! to see th$demonstration on har- j vesting^ iid?d&cg, crating, storing, \ and marketing of potatoes at the; fair ground? *this week by a Unit ed States department of agriculture j expert. ?Find .Out what to .do with ; your potitees: after you have pro- j duced thifn^and best of all lind out J how to market them. * V f ? ? I Let's gbi^-^Where and how. Why ( to the Suait^vcbunty fair, and then j let's kee^r.-aging with some speed j behind tlfe^"motion to exterminate! pessimism > ^and bury Old ~ Man | Gloom, aw*Old Man Hard .Times. j We are gok$g*to give both of . these j v^nerabS?"j&fJd fellows a decent and; somewha^jspectacular funeral in Sumter 4wd4 Sumter county during j this week's fair, and then forget | them. ? i Don't forget to hear Dr. Clarence Poe,1 o^i&rf of The Progressive j Farmer,Dr. W. W. Long,-: di- j rector of farm- -extension ot Gi?m- j son Colklp at opera house, at 11 a. m. WednKikjyi November l&th on eo-opera^B.e.1 marketing and the best methods to pursue in read "- justment of farm and other busi ness coaditions under boll weevil j problems.*: ^ i I Hr* - ( The Pageant of Progress Parade j at 11 a. ?Tr?a?y, November ISth, \ Sumter County School* Day is doom- j 1 ing up like a JRingling Brothers- cir- 1 u?? c?s parade iri" size and spectacular ? psgeantrj|iiX^'~Sumter business es-'. tablishmeni can afford not to have a' decorated automobile, truck or , in t&3"bag get-together, coun wide, co-operative, Sumter c?un motion picture advertising erne. _,We are* to spend a lot of >riey to" have this motion picture made to show the world what mter and Sumter county are. No e business man can afford to stay :d" on Friday, Xovember ISth. r We are out looking for dead ones ^.asiwell as.-live ones on that day. The Young. Men's Business League is going to bury all of the "dead busmesst and professional men" on Wednesday, November 16th. The Chamberr' of Commerce and the Fair Association are going to ex hibit the live ones on Friday, No vember l-Sthv v-.'-The Sumter Creamery Company going to* show you at the county fair hocr-t-hey put up sanitary but ter and milk and cream and how ( they are helping you to make Sum ter county money work at home, % board at- home, and live at the same place until it gets to the vot ing age. ! That is the "simon pure" way to keep your dollars at .home? j^odTQiW^rv^at- Sumter county needs """to e3t, and then buy Sumter county products.'*o ? There as little business judgment in spending hundreds of thousand of dollars operating "better citizen ship factories" in the shape of pub lic schools, and turning out the iinest linished product of human ity in the shape of educated, train ed boys and girls if we have to al low these boys and girls to hunt jobs in other places, to use their education and their training that we taxpayers paid for in our coun ty, for these boys and girls, to help build up other places. Keep our money at home as much as possible to furnish jobs for "our boys and our girls." . The Royal Hussars Band will liven things up this week a couple of times each day of the fair "up town" and at the fair. No charge lor stepping the light fantastic toe or shimmying on Main street when the band begins to play. If any prematurely old men trip up while responding "terpischoreally" to the musical numbers,'why we have a bang up and up to date Red Cross chapter* that will furnish first aid to the injured. Get as lively or as kittenish as you like. Just get op timistic and hopeful, forget your troubles and join the procession of progress. ._ Every business ?man who is dead but just walking around to save the high cost of dying will kindly report to the Young Men's Business League or the Chamber of Com merce for a fine, free, spectacular, honorable and glorious funeraliz ing on Wednesday, Xovember 16th at 3 p. m. While building or getting ready to build canning factories we find it will pay to go into the under taking business for one day to give every pessimist an opportunity to pass away without cost and with high honors. We don't promise^ to erect any monuments to the dead pessimists because we want to for get, not remember that kind of our citizens. ? ? ? + Jews Massacred in Bessarabia Hundreds Shot Down at Frontiers While Fleeing From Country Kishinev, Bassarabia, Xov. 14.? Hundreds of Jewish families were shot down while attempting to cross the Bessarablan frontiers to escape an" anticipated clash be tween the forcete of General Petlura and the soviet. Tile Trust Pleads Guilty Combine of Tile and Mantel Manufacturers Violate. Anti-Trust Law Xew York. Xov. 14.?Seventy corporations and individuals, com prising what is known as the tile and mantel combine, pleaded guilty to the violation of the Sherman anti-trust law in the federal court Sesuit of th? GOODYEAR WELT REPAIRING SYSTEM HOE REPAIRING Is a Dollar Saving Habit. Why Throw Old Shoe? Away When We Can Make Them Good as New. We .are equipped to do any kind of Shoe Repair Job and do the Best Work at Reasonable Prices. Work Guaranteed. I - BARNETT'S SHOE SHOP 3 East Liberty Street d CITY STORE ??? : \V.n Cor. Main and Hampton "The Cfeanest and Newest Drug Store in Sumter'' SOLICITS * "i -X YOUR TRADE. VISIT OUR FOUNTAIN. A Complete Line of CIGARS and CANDIES. Greatest Step To ward Disarmament Senator Pomerene Endorses i American Naval Holiday Plan Washington. Nov. 14. ? The American armament limitation pro posal "is the greatest one step 1 ever taken toward disarmament," ? Senator Pomerone, Democrat, of '< Ohio, told the senate today. -? ? > Saunders-McCovm. Stateburg. Nov. 13.?The historic ! little Church of the Holy Cross of : Stateburg was the seen- of a love j ly wedding Thursday. November 3, at ?":30 o'clock, when Miss Mary ; Saunders, the daughter of Mr. and \ Mrs. George McCall Saunders, be ? came the bride of Joseph Wynans 1 McCown, Jr.. of Florence. I The double ring ceremony was ! performed by the Rev. J. B. Walk ! er, rector of the Church of the i Holy Comforter, Sumter. j The church was beautifully dec i orated, the tall Gothic windows il ! luminated with cathedral candles I and graceful sprays of smilax. Pal mettos and smilax formed the back I ground for the bridal party. The I altar was massed with white 1 chrysanthemums and gleaming j candles. Mrs. McKenzie ^foore of Wedge | field rendered Mendelssohn's wed ; ding march, the march from Lo j hengrin being used as a reces S sional. During the ceremony "Traumorai" was played softly. ! The bridal party entered as fol j lows: Charles M. Emanuel of ' Sumter and Thomas M. Ross of j McOormick, ushers, carrying the : ribbons and followed by the brides i maids and groomsmen. Miss Mig ! non McCown. sister of the bride , groom, with C. Frank Williams of I Camden: Miss Elizabeth Caldwell of Greenville, with George M>Call i Saunders, Jr.; Miss Bessie Saun I ders of Greenwood, with Robert I Carrigan of Society Hill; Miss Su j sie Kirk of Hagood, with Isaac j Saunders of Hagood. ! Mrs. Thomas Moore Ross, sister I of the bridegroom, was dame of ! honor. Following her came the ! maid of honor. Miss Frances Saun i ders. sister of the bride. 1 Preceding the bride came the i tiny flower girl, Louise Emanuel. j The bride entered on the arm of j her father, by whom she was giv j en in marriage. She was lovely in i a\i imported robe of Chinese crepe, ? hand embroidered, en train, with j veil of tulle wreathed with orange I blossoms. Her bouquet was of j bride roses, showered with valley j lilies and maidenhair fern. j The bridegroom entered from the j vestry with his best man, Charles J W\ Strikeleather of Florence. At Tr.'io o'clock the reception ; was held at "Grove Hill," the home ; of the bride's parents. The guests j were greeted at the doer by Mrs. Thomas Eberhardt of Chester and i Mrs. Julian Emmett Sanders of Ha i good. i Receiving with Mr. and Mrs. j George Saunders and the bride and ? Bridegroom were the bridegroom's I parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wy pnans McCown. Miss Frances i j Saunders, Charles W. Strikeleather !? and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore II Ross. ? lj Punch was served in the living |; room by Miss Nancy Brice of Ches 1! ter and Miss Mary Kirk of Hagood. i'The guests were ushered into the I dining room by Mrs. William L. 1 Saunders and Mrs. Tom Polk San 1 ders. \ The bride's table was decorated i; with a graceful basket of enamel j'<-d wicker filled with Los Angeles 31 roses and asparagus fern, the long I handle tied with pale green tulle. j| White vtapers in ^silver candlesticks 1 ornamented the corners of the ? table, the feature of which was ( the bride's cake. Much merriment ' was caused when the wedding I party drew the symbolic emblems ? from the cake, which was wreath II ed with ferns and roses and dec ; orated with a chariot driven by ; cupids. A salad course with mints and j almonds was served. As the guests ; entered they were presented souve |i nirs of tiny silver wedding bells by : Mrs. Charles Emanuel. One room ? was given over to a handsome : display of wedding gifts. ?J During the evening the bride and i bridegroom left by automobile for i : a wedding trip to Florida. Among the guests from Florence were: Mr. and Mrs. George Mc } Cown, Mr. and Mrs. John Mc : Cown, Mrs. John Reese McCown, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. McCown, Mrs. Bessie Spencer, James Spen cer, Mrs. L. T. Barnes, Mr. and j Mrs. L. A. McCall. Miss Mary Mc lntyre. H. P. Col-, S. J. Cole and Mrs. J. C. Crowell. Planning Program For Conference Heads of Delegations Met To | day to Consider Procedure I Washington, Nov. 14.?The heads of the delegations to the armament conference hoped to agree on a tentative program of procedure be fore the seedhd general session con venes I omorrow. The hi ads of the American, : British.. French, Italian and Japa nese delegations met this morning to discuss The armament n -gotia tions program, which meeting will be followed by a meeting of the heads of all nine delegations to con j sider the procedure for the Far Eastern questions. The delegates continued to study ! Secretary Hughes' proposal for the I immediate reduction of Meets, and a ten year naval holiday. The only thing harder than liv ing within an income is living j without one. -O <K O Wonder if this move t<? suppress ; prohibition jokes is aimed at pro- i hibition enforcement? Garment Work ers Strike Sixty Thousand Quit Work on Account of Piece Work System New York. Nov. 14.?Sixty thou sand garment workers today began a strike against the piece work system, and the increase in the work week from forty-one to forty nine hours. The Atom Theory Chemists^of Harvard Trying to Find What the World is Composed of ent investigator at Harvj bean chosen for the inte Committee on atomic wei Cambridge, Mass.. Nov. 10.?The atomic weights of nearly forty of I the ninety or nrare chemical ele-j ments out of which everything in I the universe is built have been defi nitely determined by Harvard j chemists in the course of investiga tions begun 33 years ago and ex tending up to tlie present time. Attention was called to this pro- j longed research today by the an- j nouncement that largely on account [ of Iiis work in this field. Professor Theodore W. Riehsards, Nobel prize ; winn'-r in 1914 and director of the; Wolcott Gibbs Memorial Labora- i tory at Harvard, had been appoint- ! ed a member of the international committee- of scientists on ele- i ments, while Profsesor Gregory P. Baxter, formerly a pupil of Profes-I sor Richards and how an independ- , Harvard, had j international j ,-eights. The Harvard research is said to | to have thrown new light on the j perplexing problem of the nature of' matter, while data obtained aie be ing used daily by thousands of chemists throughout the world. The* atomic weights of the ele ments are described as the relative weights in which these elements i combine with each other to form the countless substances of which '< the universe is constructed. These ! weights have usually been found to | be amazingly constant. Silver j from all parts of the world and i from many different ores has al ways the same atomic weight. Cop- : per from Europe is identical in this ' respect with that miner under the ; bottom of Lake Superior. Professor Raxter's work long' since proved that iron and nickel) which fall from the sky in meteor- j ites coming from the spaces fari beyond the earth's orbit have ex- j ac-tty- the .same atomic weights as j iron and nickel from the earth, a j fact cited as indicating in one re- I spect, at least, the unity of the uni- j verse. The most important single re- j suit of the Harvard study of ato- j mic weights is said to be the dis- ! coycry. first proved definitely j j some years ago by Professor Rich- \ jards#and still holding good through recent careful tests, that there ex- \ ists at least two kinds of lead in- ! I stead of one. It was found that! lead from radium minerals, while j ] it possesses properth - exactly sim- | ; ilar to those of ordinary lead, has | [ a distinctly smaller atomic weight, I 20C.1 as against 207.2. / The l^ad from the radium miner- i als is supposed to come from the 1 i decomposition of radium. Why its j ; atomic weight is different from that! ! of ordinary lead, whether ordinary j I lead may not itself prove to be a mixture of lighter lead with r j j heavier variety perhaps due to the i ? disintegration of the element thor- ! ium, and whether other elements, .hitherto supposed to be final and! j indivisible, may not also prove to j be mixtures and thus open up a I i whole series of new problems as to ! I the composition of matter, are j questions to which the answers are I being eagerly sought by scientists ! over the world today. I Professor W. D. Harkins of Chi- I fcago has strong evidence that ordi- j ; nary chlorine is a mixture, and F. ' \V. Aston of Cambridge, England, ! : by n entirely different method, in- I dieat s that many other elements ' art probably likewise composed of \ atoms of different weights. Harvard chemists are working at present to try to find out more about these ! two kinds of lead, but they are; hampered by the fact that once mixed, the two kinds cannot by any j ordinary chemical methods be sep arated. Arbuckle Trial Begins i , j Fat Comedian Faces Jury To i ' Answer for Death of Vir- j ?' ginia Rappe j San Francisco. Nov. 14.?Roscoe j Arbuckle this morning went on trial on the charge of manslaugh- j t<-r in connection with the death j of Virginia Rappe, on September: 9th. Scores of witnesses awaited j call. Fatal Tenement House Fire Nine Burned to Death and Many Injured in New York New York, Nov. 14.?Nine per sons are believed to have perished in n tenement house lire. Two men and one woman were seriously, and thirty others slightly injured. Eight j bodies have been found. Fifteen families occupied a five story! building'. If his telephone voice has the sound of a hard-boiled egg. he is ? probably a dried-up little runt with a yellow streak. In this generation we are breed ing ;.i lot of line up-standing Amer- ? i- ans who don't look scared in the j presence of a but ler. - A large rhubarb crop is reported ; but we may have better lu<.k next | Common Pleas Courf Convenes For Term Judge T. J. Mauldin Presides, j True Status of Roster As certained The court of common pleas con- j vened Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock with his honor. Judge J. T. Mauldin presiding. The roster of cases was gone over in order to ascertain the true status of the i cases scheduled to come before this i court. A number of cases were by consent of the Sumter Bar Associa tion allowed to be continued until j the next court term or subsequent term. These were cases in which Mr. .John H. Clifton was the leading j counsel and which no other coun-J sei had been ? mployed due to his i so recent death. The first case of this court is to be called for trial at the session this afternoon. The uncompleted business of the fall term of the court of general sessions was next entered into. This court was by agreement of the de fendants, both counsels and Judge Mauldin, allowed to stand op^n until this date when its business would be brought to a completion. The two cases allowed to be con tinued until this court session was J the ease of State vs. Willis Jones | indicted for murder and that of the j State vs. J. C. Wallace indicted for j an attempt to criminally assault a i young girl. Both of these cases j had been tried before the court and j verdicts reached by the juries try- j ing either case. Notice of motions i for new trials were also filed in both of these cases. The motion .for a new trial in the Willis Jones case was this morning withdrawn and this case first taken up by the court. Short arguments were heard from the council for the defense in which the court was reminded that the verdict reached by the jury in this case was guilty of manslaughter with recommenda tion for mercy, and also to the mat ter of the boy's tender years. Judge Mauldin, after hearing what the defense had to say, stated that this case had given him a great deal of concern both at its trial and since that time, lie stated that it seemed <o him that the case had bexm very thoroughly tried and that every phase of the case had* been gone into. He asked young Jones if he realized the gravity of his condition and if he was sorry for what he had done. To both of these questions Judge Mauldin re ceived an affirmative answer. The sentence of the court was that Wil lis Jones be confined in the State Reformatory at Florence for a pe riod of two years. Willis Jones, it will be remember ed, was tried for the murder of John Scott, which murder-occurred on the 8th day of March, 1920, at a school house about 5 miles west of Sumter. Willis Jones was then 16 yqears old and his school mate ; whom he killed was 1 7. The arguments for a new trial in the Wallace case were next gone into by the counsel for the defense j in -this case. There w.ere eleven I grounds made out upon which the I motion for new trial restock The i majority of these grounds' were I covered by the irrelevancy and in compatency of the testimony allow ! ed during the trial of this case. The j hearing of tins motion was con i tinued until the afternoon session of the court. The Fence Law?An Opportun'ty For Cheap C attle. Clemson College, No. 12.?Jan i uary 1. 1022. will see the closing of : the last free range in the state. A I great many people do not realize j that this means that thousands of head of native cattle must be )thrown upon the market. This is no: encouraging to the owners of cattle when they reflect that people all over the country are being ask ed not to sacrifice their cattle now. An abnormal condition exists at present because many farmers have felt forced to sell their ani mals to raise a little money. This condition makes the price of beef j cattle very low and especially is this true of the thinner classes of cat tie such as these native animals i are. ? J i Undoubtedly much of this froe range stock will be sold to be slaughtered, but this is not neces sarily true of all of it. When we consider that native cows crossed on purebred bulls will produce j calves which will weigh on the av- I erage two hundred pounds more at i two years of age than those from | native bulls; that the pick of these j cows can be bought very cheaply; I that the quality and uniformity of I their calves for sale insure a higher price per pound: and that the price of purebred bulls is less than ? ever before, is it not well to con sider the advisability of keeping a goodly percentage of the best of! these females on the farms of the j state? Much of our land is good for j little else than grazing, and at the ! price required, the purchase of : these animals, if properly manag ed, should be a paying investment. The low price of feed at present should encourage those who have j it to buy up some of the good, j young thrifty animals at the low j price for which they must he sold, j thinks S. D. Sims, extension live- ' stock specialist. There is usually a I very close margin in feeding cattle, but seldom can feeder stock he | bought at one to five cents per pound, the price at which the com- : paratively thin native cattle are selling. These animals are accus- i tomed to rustling for themselves and can be used to harvest velvet | beans or corn and velvet beans to advantage. It is highly important that they shall not be literally given away. -? ? ?? Some folks ^et png noses from butting them into other people's business. -? ?? ? The world owes us all a living, ! and is usually as prompt in settling up as we are in giving to the world j what we owe it. 1 Home Brew, Hootch and Moonshine Jt's All Wrong Algernon. Several millions of American citi zens have been laboring under the impression that the United States had gone dry. was more or less dry at the present time and would continue to be dry but it isn't -so at all. The saloons have been nut out of business but prohibition does not exist. This is according to the report made by Charles H. Sitch and .John Davison, labor members of the British parliament, who came to America to investigate the work ings of the prohibition act during the late summer, and who have filed their report with the. British law-making body. "People who know," says part of the report, "call America the bootleggers paradise. We were driven to the conclusion that tin resultant consequences on the mor als of the people bode ill for the future, particularly as regards the rising generation." When Sitch and Davison were in New York City they made various and sundry attempts to procure li quor from various sources, but from their statements at the time, they were unable to do so. It is a question of whether the amount they were able to secure on their passage back to dear Ole Lunnon may not have had something to do with coloring their report. Is Prohibition Catching On. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes in a statement he recently issued at Washington claims that the peo ple generally are coming around to helping enforce the prohibition law. In this statement he says motion picture producers are cut ting out drinking scenes in the films and that some .newspapers, heretofore regarded- as favoring the "wets," are now refusing to print cartoons and editorials de riding the amendment. He claims that the movement has gained ground because good citizens feel the law must be respected. Held: Wife's a Bootlegger. The Michigan Supreme Court has upheld the decision of a lower court that a man is responsible for the bootleg ?-':ng activities of his wife. The court laid down .the rule that a man is master in his own home and is guilty of violating the pro-' hibition law, if his wife, with his knowledge, sells liquor. The ruling was made because "the husband is the head of the family and has the right at com mon law to regulate his household, his expenses and visitors, and to exercise the general control of the family management." Alcohol Silk the Latest. A new use of grain alcohol has been discovered by the chemists ? i the war and agricultural depart ments in Washington. It is being used to furnish the proper stability^ to artificial silk, so that it can be woven into cloth ami so that it will stand up as well as the g"iiuine article made from the material fur nished by the silkworm. As one imbiber remarked when he heard of the proce. s: "The al cohol being sold nowadays, if used en the silk cloth, would mak it strong enough, to hoIU up an ele phant." !t is claimed the artificial silk ? treated with alcohol has all the qualities of the real article. It is being manufactured at the pres ent time and will soon be ready for the market. Bartenders' Union. The Volstead act was supposed to abolish the old and sympathetic profession of bartending, but ac cording to r-'ports from Massa chusetts The members of nine bar tenders' unions in that state are continuing as active organizations. The members are making their or ganizations more or less social ones, as none of them are working actively at their former trades. New Smuggling Device. Secret compartments m built into railway coaches are the latest de vices of smugglers, who are bring ing liquor into Washington from Canada. Recently Federal prohibi tion agents arrested .several rail road men and an express messeng er on this charge and on the charge of stopping their train near a fash ionable country club of Seattle, while they delivered smuggled li quor to the club attendants. Rustle C.iMlc for Booze. The high cost of booze has turn ed many cowboys into cattle rustl ers to get the money for liquor, ac cording to George T. Donaldson, of Greensburg, Kan., and former pres ident of tiie Kansas State Live stock Association. Donaldson lost 43 head of cattle recently and in his search for them he discovered tiiat rustling has become more prevalent than it was formerly. Donaldson traced the hides of his cattle to Detroit and their bodies to Chicago, where the rustler who disposed of them had drawn only $200 of the money coming for them. "The cattle industry cannot stand the present conditions plus boot leg booze at $1"> a quart. $l,0G0-a night crap and poker games and the high price of hotels without something happening," is Donald son's way of explaining why rustl ing is prevalent. In this hyphenated land, a news paper r.till can print jokes about Siam without offending any of its influential subscribers. There is something about the feel of winter flannels that reminds the doughboy of an experience he had in the front line. Let's see,'what kind of argument was it the labor agitator used be fore bombs were invented? ? ? ? ? The ad. writer who said: "You remember the quality: you forget the price," wasnt talking about war. Great Victory Memorial Corner Stone of First Build ing of Institution Laid Today Washington, Nov. 14.?President Harding. General Pershing and Ad miral Coon, the chief of naval op ei at ions, were among the speakers at the laying of the cornerstone of the new Victory Memorial here. Secretary Weeks officiated. The, final cost is estimated at ten mil lions, and over a million has already, been raised. The erection of the building begins the fulfillment of a bequest in the will of George Washington for the founding of an instit tit ion "to disseminate learn ing, culture and a proper under standing of the right principles in government1.** It was assumed Jhat several days | would be required for the naval i advisers of Great Britain and Japan to prepare estimates of the accepta bility of the American proposal Thousands of messages of praise, and approval have been received by Secretary Hughes and the White House. Publicity for the conference ', was among the u.ucstions consider ed by the head of the delegations at the meetings. The American positions understood to be for open meetings in principal, with fre quent executive sessions, the con clusions of which will be presented in open session. -!-? ? ? A country without roads is a country without civilization, and a country without good roads in this era is a country that is doomed to I fall behind in the march of pro gress and prosperity. A combina ' tion of bad roads and boll weevil j will prove the ruin of Sumter" county and those who are fighting . tin- road buiMing program are put ting the krtife into the one thing that will make diversified farming I possible and profitable. Without ; transportation and good transpor tation facilities at that, farm pro ' ducts cannot be marketed at all I seasons, except at excessive cost in : time, labor and wear and tear on vehicles. Good roads cost money, , but it is not a prodigal waste of I money, but an investment that will' . pay big dividends. ? ? ? < The office cynic calls it the fair sex, and then grades T.*e male sex i as good or excellent. m o ? Almost anything can happen I now. A Topeka plumber has been ; arrested for speeding. i There are homes for cats, and j every woman lias acquaintances she ! would like to send there. ? ? ? The philosopher who says our j trouble is largely mental is al most right. It is armamental. - ? ? ? An alarm clock went off like corks popping would get most men out of bed. For ? n SALE OF COATS COAT SUITS and DRESSES AT 1-3 OFF A showing of the new est Ladies' Wear that deserves your atten tion, at Savings you cannot afford to miss. cCollum Merc. Co.