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The Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday and Satur day by Osteen Publishing Company, Slimier, S.: C. Term's: $2.00 per annum?in advance. i Advertisements: .? j?ne Square, first insertion_$1.00 Every subsequent insertion .at) Contracts for three months or longer -will be made at reduced * r%tes. All communications .which sub serve private interests will ae r charged for as advertisements. Obituarie3 and tributes of re spect will be charged for. . The Sumter Watchman was founded in .1850 and the True Southron in 1866, The Watchman and Southron now has the com bined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is man ? ifestly the best advertising medium %cl Sumter. _ EUROPEAN CH1ESTXCTS "'v Some sort of general remission of war debts or prolonged moratorium seems inevitable. Financiers in America and Europe are coming . ssrbre and more into accord oh that point Just what America's part - will be in such a plan cannot be predicted. America justly demands,; however, that Europe begin the good work herself. According to more than one well-authenticated- report, America is pictured abroad as a hard-fisted misei" because she does not cancel all the war debts owing her and ?fell Europe to go ahead with its tangled finances, national quarrels, heavy military expenses and what riot. Hard names will not get Eu rope .anywhere. Hard sense wilF/ American ?nanee is inescapably bound up with that of the nations overseas. Whatever plan they de vise will involve America and America will respond generously ~aiid in good faith not only for her own good but for the general good. TT*e principal trouble over seas is tirat everybody sees the need tor "generosity, but nobody wa:ats it j to begin at home. When the Eu ropean nations begin to show the Spirit of unity and of mutual con cession which alone can set their troubled .house in order they will find, that Uncle Sam will be the last one to throw them back in to confusion. The fact that Amer ica refuses to be the cat's paw to pull Europe's chesthvts out of the fire should not blind Europe to the . truth, . - ? -_* ( 1 ? ? ? SENSIBLE NATIONALISM v :_ \ '' One of the most reassuring ] things about the three small Baltic . republics recently recognized by "C&fe United States is the way they have learned, in their short period of probation, to work together. j At first, Esthonia, Latvia and j Lithuania fell into the same error 1 that has characterized, the small j . states of central and southern Eu- j rope and has been the curse of the ] Old World since the war. They j Tjfelt their new nationalism so in tensely, and" were so jealous of j their independence, that they over- j emphasized , their separatehess. ] They fomented old prejudices j against their neighbors and raised ] no unnatural barriers to trade and i ? ( communication. It is that sort I i of thing which has been the chief j obstacle to the economic and po litical reconstruction of Europe. But the Ealtic states unlike the i' ' Balkan states, quickly preceived ! that such a policy hindered their own development. They have mod- j ified their commercial and other restrictions and are now said, to be co-operating with each other for common purposes to an extent nev er known before. It is this same policy that will I save poor old Europe, if there is " any salvation possible for that dis tressed continent. PEACE IX THE BALKANS? j Belgium used to be called the I "fcoekpit of Europe" but for half a dozen decades the Balkan penin sula has been recognized as the powder magazine. The nations of those parts are quiet, now, for all that Greece is more or less at war with what is left of Turkey, but the age-old hat? of Serb and Bulgar still smolders, and the Albanian j tribesmen cannot be trusted far. Most of the world gives credit for what peace there, is to the j ' Little Alliance" of Czecho-Slo- ; vakia. Roumania and Jugo-Slavia which represents an intangible but j 9Efty real understanding. They have j Interests in common, for they have j &XI profited by the discomfiture of ! Hungary and Bulgaria and they j seem to work well together, not i only in the blocking of German in- j terests in that part of the world ' but also in the shaping of trade agreements*. The "Little Alliance," j bowever. can hardly fail to be a j Source of constant irritation to the j ?vanquished nations which lie be- \ I tweon its members. } . t Because of this, the theory of j Manikovich Jugo-Slavian Minister 1 of Interior, is 'particularly inter esting:. He does not believe that the "Little Alliance"* must always play policeman in Southeastern Europe. He even believes that the Serbs and Bulgars may one day be friends? on t>ne condition. The two little states have fought four particularly vicious wars within 40 years and the wounds still rankle. They were united once? in. 1912, against the Turk. M.an ikovfch believes the hope of endur ing peace between the Serbs and Bulgars rests on another Balkan union. To that end he advocates resumption of the .policy which pasitch' and the Greek Venizelbs followed so successfully just ten years ago. Considering what Serbs and Bulgars suffered at the hands of the Ottomansv it sounds reasonable enough. But France and Great Britain have just refused to ? let Greece march against Constantinople. What would they say to a new Balkan coalition which planned ? similar .campaign? . . ? - '?'-?-???:=? LOCOMOTIVES AXD liATJNDRY _' Thte Staten Island Railroad has 1 been arrested, on complaint of the New York City health department, because it made too much smoke. The interesting thing about the ac tion is that it was based less on health considerations than on a de sire for clean laundry. The house wives of Port Richmond had aroused the health department by complaining, that the smoke and soot from the locomotives ruined their washing. If similar action were taken wherever a similar offense was committed, the railroads of the country, with negligible exceptions. - ? \ would be kept busy appearing in court and "kept poor paying dam r?!5fes; Likewise the factories of the country. And soiled laundry is only one b? many offenses resulting from present methods of combustion in the development of power for transportation and manufacture. -The property damage done by 06ft coal smoke and hrf*by-products is vast. The waste of fuel is great. The health of the public is men- j *6et!. Vegetation is injured. Civic beauty is spoiled. The tendency is to eliminate this evil, wherever the use of soft coal is necessary, by the use of better combustion devices and more effi cient firing. The ultimate solu tion, no doubt, is the development of power a* the mines and its trans mission to the place where it is needed in the form of electric cur rent. issue on Taxes. (Laurens Herald). As the state campaign progress es and county campaigns begin, the issues on the tax question are being more clearly defined. There are those who helieve th?t the leg islature at its last session made a | beginning in the right direction j when under a program of tax re- j form the state levy was reduced from twelve to seven mills by find- i ing new sources of revenue, the ob- ! ject being to furnish a measme of j relief to those who were paying | what was considered heavy taxes on ! their homes and farms. XatUrally this plan aroused op- j position among those who were j called upon to pay what they con- ; sider the taxes of other people who I own homes or farms. And so the program for the new revenue which was to come from income, inheritance, gasoline, corporation, luxury and water power-taxes has become the main revenue issue between its oppon ents and proponents. The program was intended to be a measure of relief to the agricul- j tural classes but just what classes | are fighting, it remains to be seen.! 1 We understand that the candi dates for governor are divided on this program, especially the pro- ; posed tax on luxuries and it is prob- j able that candidates for the legis-! lature in the various counties will | likewise differ. Ex-Governor John Gary Evans j who is in the race in Spartanbu rg county announces these two planks j in his platform: "That the burdens i of taxation should be lifted from j the -shoulders of the producers and j equitably distributed upon all j classes. And that the minimum of taxes should be levied upon the j homes of the people and the maxi mum upon luxuries." Watch the campaigns and you ' will see this issue gradually de-; yeioping. r ? - FUEL FAMINE NEAR AT HAND Columbia, Aug. 10.?The shut down of many industries of the I state appears certain, unless im provement comes to the coal situa tion in a few days, stated Chair man Shealy. of the railroad com mission today. Members of the railroad commission, who have j been out over the state investigat-; ing the coal piles, returned to their: office here today, and they report that there is very little fuel any- j where and practically none being ? received. What's* in a name? The Irish j had a battle at Mt. Misery. * **' * From the way shoe laces break j it is a regular string game. t BIG DAY AT V REMBERT Booster Trip Under the Aus pices of Chamber of Com merce and Young Men's Business League a Great Success The first Booster Trip of the 1922 season under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce and the Young Men's Business League was made "Wednesday to Rembferts by several hundred business men, la* I dies and other interested progres I sive citizens. The trip was made by some of the boosters by rail, the Northwestern Railway* placing a special coach at their service, while many others motored to Remberts, despite the early morn ing reports that the roads were al most impassable, owing to the heavy rains of the night before. The trip was made successfully and pleasantly by both methods of transportation. The roads had dried off during the morning and ! there was neither delay nor acci dent to mar the pleasure of the motor trip, the Northwestern car ried the larger part of the Sum ter crowd and the trip was made on time. In addition to the delegation from this city there were a large I number of representative citizens of the upper part of the county present at the booster meeting I which was held in the large grove near Mr. E. E. Rembert's resi dence. A speaker's stand had been provided by the Rembert committee of arrangements and there were seats for the large crowd. Mr. J.. E. DuPre presided and introduced the speakers. The meeting; opened with an invocation by Rev. R. S Truesdale, of Columbia. Addresses were made by Mr. J. Edwin Rem bert, who welcomed the boosters in behalf of the people, of Rember;; Dr. E. 'S. Booth, president of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, President P. M. Parrott of the Young Men's Business League, Rev. R. S. Truesdale, Mr. H. A. Moses, former president of the Young Men's Business League, Hon. D. D. Moise, all of whom emphasized the outstanding fact that there is no excuse for pessimism in a country such as ours, which /has a wealth of natural resources that can.be turned to account to recreate prosperity for all our people. The remedy for hard times and busi ness depression is hard work, coupled with co-operation for the improvement of Kjppprtlnities and the development of economical marketing systems. This was the theme that served as the key-note of all the .. addresses, but . each speaker presented the subject in a different and instructive manner. The speaking program was in terspersed with songs by a chorus composed of members of the Ki wanis and Rotary clubs, under the leadership of Mi*. Pearce, and this part of the program made a hit with the crowd. At the conclu sion of the set program Mr. Pearce ' was called on and responded with j several of his inimitable dialect ! recitations. Secretary - Reardon ? announced dinner. The crowd repaired to the Rembert high school building, I where dinner was served by the la jdies of Rembert in the large as sembly hall. The dinner was an ! elaborate feast of good things pro [duced on the farms and prepared iin the kitchens of the Rembert I neighborhood, where living well I at home is a custom brought to 'perfection by long practice. I In the afternoon there was a ; game of ball on the program but a I majority of the boosters were j forced to leave for home before it j was concluded. Everybody who went on the trip pronounced the occasion a success ; from every point of view and: all enjoyed a very pleasant day, due largely to the cordial reception they received from the people. ? ? ? ?:?'.? ' Additional Contracts For Highway Work Sumter County Permanent Highway Commission in Session Tod?y The Sumter County Permanent Highway Commission in session Thursday received bids and awards ed contracts for the construction of the following sections of the Sumter county system of hard sur face roads: Sumter-Manning road, 6.1 miles completing the paved highway to the county line. Shiloh road, 7.6 miles from the city limits. Camden road. Section "6" 4.2 miles. There were a number of road contractors present and submitting bid:--, and the commission will be in session until late in the after-1 noon. The names of the success- j ful bidders will not be announced i until the meeting adjourns. Bids will be received and con tracts awarded for the construc tion of the second sections of the MayesviJle, Bishopville and Pine wood roads at a later d;?te. PUBLIC NOTICE. Notice is hereby given of a school election to be held in Man- j chaster School District No. 4. at! P.loomhill Thursday. August 24. be- \ tween the hours of 7 o'clock a. m. ;ind 4 o'clock p. m., for the purpose : of voting an additional extra levy; of two <2) mills, for school pur-} poses. Only qualified electors, with tax receipts and registration certificates, and who pay either real estate or personal property tax, may be allowed to vote. The trustees will act ;?s managers. [ By order of the Sumter County; Board of Education; V. M. COTT.TER. I Chairman School District No. 4. August 7, 1022. i SHOOTING AFPRAY IN GREENVILLE Three Killed in Giin Fight in Dark Corner j Spartanburg, Aug, 8.?Two men are dead, the third will die. ac cording to physicians, and a lad ten j years of age, the son of one of the j dead men, is wounded as the result of a desperate gun battle at the base of Glassy Rock mountain, the region of Greenville county known as the "dark corner" this after noon. The dead are: William Howard, 30 years of age, near whose home the shooting occurred; Thomas Scruggs, 40 years of age, and a resident of Spartanburg county; residing between Finger ville and Chesnee. The wounded are Alexander Sud duth, 30 ytears of age. whose home is on Glassy Rock mountain; Dal las Scruggs, 10 years of age, and Thomas Scruggs. The scene of the battle is near the home of William Howard,' six miles west of Gowansville and about nine miles from Campobello, j in the region the United States government rook over in the war days as an artillery range, and while it was early in the after noon, it was towards evening before even the local authorities were aware ...of the tragedy, and ah in quest was held by Magistrate A. B. Plumley of Gowansville. Immediately following the shoot ing Alexander Sudduth and Dallas Scruggs, the wounded, were brought to the General hospital in Spar'-' tanburg by Suddulh's brothers Sudduth is desperately wounded,! while the boy, it is said, will re cover, his wound being in the I shoulder. At 9 o'clock tonight Sheriff Ree-; tor and Coroner Vaughan, of Greenville, arrived at Gowansville. There they met Magistrate Plum ley returning from the scene of the shooting carrying in his car the body of Thomas Scruggs, which was deposited on the store platform i while the GTeenville officers wen' over the evidence before the mag istrate's jujry. It was generally inadequate and it is possible an other inquiry will be held. While the testimony does not include the statement, it was freely stated that the difficulty started when William Howard and Early Harff :son came .upon Sudduth, Scruggs ! and the boy at Scrugg's car left j on the road some distance from I Sudduth's house and proceeded to i look into a sack they carried, j which, it was stated, contained glass jars and four hot water bottles. The testimony of Early Har son is to the effect that Wil* ! liar Howard fired the first shot' jam Alexander Sudduth returned 1 the fire. Harrison says he ran jaway, but returned later to find the. two men dead and the two wounded- It is understood here j tonight that Sheriff Rector has ot-^ dered the arrest of Harrison. Shortly before midnight Sheriff Rector and Coroner Vaughan came to Spartanburg and obtained from Alexander Sudduth a statement re gardecLas his death bed account of the affair in which the sheriff; quotes Sudduth as saying: "Sudduth land Scruggs were sitting by the i side of the road. Scruggs had a !sack containing several hot water J bottles and several glass bottles j full of liquor, all in the sack. Will ! Howard And Early Harrison came jup. Early Harrison demanded ! them to halt and Will Howard fired ;a rifle, shooting Sudduth in the j bowels, and shot him several j times. Sudduth while falling re turned the fire and killed Will I Howard. Other, shots were fired latter Will Howard was shot down jand he thought that Early Harri json fired." I This statement was given Sheriff j Rector while Sudduth was under going a blood' transfusion. It is I understood the boy has made a statement in which he involved Early Harrison. Sheriff Rector said . hfere tonight deputy officers had been sent to arrest Harrison. j Cuba Requests Arrest j Two Men Detained by Au thorities at Key West j Key West, Fla., Aug. S.?Two j men who gave their names as Fred j Smith and James R. Burns, were j arrested at Cape Rebecca light ! near here late today by Deputy United States Marshal Lopez, act ing at the request of the Cuban authorities through the American i legation in Havana. The Havana police . requested the detention of hte men in connection with their investigation of the murder near that city recently of the captain and engineer of the Cuban motor boat Mugardos. According to information from , Rebecca light the men were pick- j ed up at sea from a drifting boat on August 3, by a Spanish fishing j smack commanded by Capt. Miguel; Estebez. Estebez landed them at | I the light and they remained there until their arrest. i The Cuban authorities since the murder aboard, and theft of the ? Mugardos have been searching for { two men known in Havana as Duke Stevenson and John Rosen- | baum. Capt. Estebez. whose return to Havana several days ago with his report of the rescue of Smith and Burns resulted in the formal request for their detention, said the i boat occupied by the men was I painted in various colors in a hap- j hazard fashion and that it bore no t name. Certain characteristics in his description, however, have led the j Havana police to believe the launch I was the Mugardos. Smith and j Burns were brought here tonight! by Lopez aboard the coast guard cutter Cossack and lodged in the Monroe County jail. ? ? ? There is a tendenc y to go to j sleep in political berths. -? ? ?? Money seems to go further when j von are after it. - I. Painting a house never costs as; much as painting a daughter. 1 To-day's Best Jokes and Stories j ? Lives of speeders oft remind as j we can break the limit too, and de j parting leave behind u*> what is left of our home brew. It might be worse Supoose jitneys burned coal Rail and -mine strikes depress I all industry except the manufac I ture of firearms. A man is getting old wften he j likes to sit out a dance and doesn't I like to sit in a game. With unionism abroad , in the land, there is a lot of difference between peace makers and piece workers. And yet there's probably enough coal on hand to supply those who have sense enough to buy it early. . When one. reflects that a savage isn't requried to wear a saw-edge collar, it is rather difficult to understand what makes his savage. , At first we wondered what the upshot of the strike would be; now we wonder how many will be shot up. Still,' mails delayed by strikers get there just as quickly as those formerly delayed by incompe tence. I ? The man who . says he doesn't Spare what the public thinks of him ! will probably lie about other ! things also. ,. Some people are virtuous because they are fed up, and some because they don't know what they are missing. . . "It is encouraging to find a j'modern young man with good manners," says a writer. Well, it probably would be. ... ,Unhappy. thought. Suppose we get to Heaven and find the people' we don't like holding all the high j offices. , ? If women did all the writing we might expect numerous caustic comments about the folly1 of crea tures who wear coats all summer. A . man doesn't . talk about his! humble start until he gets to a point where it is no longer neces jsary to.be humble,. j The difference between a rough.? j neck and a high-brow is that so j many more dul) things interest th? j. highbrow. As the days pass without a set I tlement, we have an uneasy feel }ing that our coal bin is going to be 1 a has-bin. - j _ j The yard men say; it is just as j easy to get a square plug in a [round hole as to get a square deal; in a roundhouse. I -At any.rate, there seems to be general agreement that good citi zenship requires, the Other fellow to obey the Volstead law. ??.??? ?Construction in South Carolina Wkb Federal Aid. Up to June 30th, 1922. there had been payments of $2,488,869.63 of federal funds on roads, and-$.302, } 761.-53 on major bridges, making a ! total of $2,691,631.16 expended- . There have been completed 410 i miles of road, on which the federal jaid has been $1,896.320.23, and ithe sum of $74,464.17 has been the ! federal aid to two major bridges completed. The total mileage under agree ment amounts to 990 miles, on which the federal aid will be $3,694,007.31 and the agreements on major-bridges amount to $650," 374.77. There has been allotted to road projects on which agreements ? have not yet been made the sum of S842.292.15 and to major bridge ! projects, $447,500. The aggregate j of agreements and allotments ] amounts to $5,592,681.35, leaving a ! balance of $142,685.49, from the j total of federal aid funds, $5,715, ' 366.84?From the South Carolina I Highway Bulletin. Those who are interested in the j status of federal aid in South Caro i lina will find facts in the above. I Of all the federal funds alloted to I the state it will be seen that appor ! tionments have been made to the I several counties and bridge pro- j jects. absorbing all but $142,685.-1 49. In 1923 there will be an addi-j tional allotment and again in 1924. j i Counties of the state should bear in j ! mind the three-year program of i I federal funds and be prepared to j J take their portion.?Spartanburg !. j Herald. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON j . YestdTt I Opfa Hlga ham CIom Cl om Jan _ 20.05 20.65 20.04 20.62 20 08 March _ .. 20.12 20.70 20.12 20.68 20.12 May . .20.10 10.68 20.10 20.65 20.10 Oct.. .. - .20.13 20.81 20.05 20.70 20.18 ; Dec.20.15 20.82 20.12 20.70 20.18 Spots 50 up. 20.93. NEW ORLEANS COTTON Op?a fllff* Low CIom Clou* j ' Jan_ .29.57 20.20 29.57 20.16 19.74 ' ' March (9.55 20.16 19.54 20.M 19.67 May .20.04 20.07 20.04 20.07 19.62 [ Oct.. .19.55 20.53 19.55 20.28 I9.fi! f Dec. 19.76 20.33 19.60 20.21 19.76 j Spots up. 20.7.". Llv?rH*1 Csttta. I January . 11.36 ! March . Il.35j May . 11.31 July. 11.27 October. 11.49 December. 11.40 Rec eipts. l.?0?: Sales. 4.000; Middling, i 12.10: MMdliuc. I2.40. ?'Plants feel".says Burbank. Then a briar patch feels stuck up. Now they claim Sherman didn't say "War is hell": but that dosn't change what war is. Industrial Tone m More Reassuring Gradual Tendency Toward Recovery?Improvement is Noted Washington. Aug. 7.?Despite the coal and rail strikes, there is a strong undercurrent throughout the country in the -direction of in dustrial recovery, the. department of labor announced today in an analysis of business conditions for the month ending July 31. An op timistic opinion prevails, the state ment added, that with the settle ment of . the two major controver sies the country will experience a rapid advance in industrial pros perity. ..Evidence to support this opinion, the department said was found in decided increases of employment in ten of 14 basic industries. De creases of employment in liquor and beverage plants and the to bacco industry were said to have been negligible. The survey indicates that the railroad repair shops of the coun try recorded the heaviest decreases in labor employment. Employment in the textile industry continued to improve, it was asserted. ..In many sections of the country building operations were said to be reflected in the employment in creases in the lumber industry. The, building boom continues unabated, it was asserted. Forty-four cities out of 65 cov ered by the industrial analysis re ported employment increases for the month. Many industries in Virginia have curtailed employment because of inadequate transportation and fuel facilities due -to the railroad and coal strikes, the review said. A number of industrial centers on or near the seaboard, however,, re ported increased employment, and harvesting: also was demanding labor with an ample supply avail able while a decided increase in textile mill. activity was recorded., Industrial conditions in North Carolina, were reported to be im proving with steady work and full time operation of plants through out t>?v state increasing and cot ton mills reporting a heavy in crease in employment. Agriculture was absorbing- a large amount of cotton labor. , The railroad strike caused slight setbacks in South Carolina but in dustrial conditions were. described ?s highly satisfactory with, more plants operating full time and Indi cations pointing to further im provement. As in North Carolin*, cotton mills were greatly increas ing their forces. Georgia reported improvement in. the employment situation ia iron, steel, lumber, leather, ve hicle and miscellaneous. industries. Florida reports, no - shortage cf workmen and phosphate mines and plants showed: increased em ployment, while much farm la bor no longer heeded for harvest ing w?s turning to road construc tion and other public work. An extensive school building program was affording employment to build ing trades wgrkers. The labor supply was termed adequate. '-, -s-^g-- - Columbia, Aug. 8.?Governor Harvey is closing up a number of gates through - which prisoners, convicted and sentenced, have been escaping punishment, and several convicted men are destined to begin serving their just punishment soon. David Brannum, the Orangeburg county negro who was convicted of criminal assault in 1918 and sen tenced to die in the electric chair, has never died; he's in the peni tentiary yet, and he's not worrying. Governor Harvey is this week be ginning an investigation of the case. The negro was-convicted; he appealed; he had been represented by an attorney named by the court; that attorney became a solicitor, and the solicitor who prosecuted him went to Congress. In the shuffle the case was overlooked. Governor Harvey states that he proposes to see something definite done about the negro's case; that the negro must die, as sentenced by the court, if that is his just due. Governor Harvey ^as also un earthed other cases when men have gotten out of serving their sentences, at least temporarily. In three cases men have been parol ed, because of alleged bad health, the paroles to extend until the county physician in each man's case reports that the man is able to return to the state prison or to the gang and. perform hard labor for the state. In such cases, it has been pointed out officially, the matter of the man's return to pris on is left with the county physician, a political office, and there is also left the loop-hole whereby the prisoner by failing to report to the county physician, would allow his parole to extend indefinitely, no provision being made as to who will call the county physician to examine the paroled prisoner, or no provision being inserted as to when the prisoner shall report to the physician. The three cases which Governor Harvey has investigated along this line are those of Tom Ford, of Anderson; Charlie Ferguson, of Laurens. and a man name Winn, of Saluda. The governor proposes to keep in behind these cases and see that the conditions of the paroles are carried out. as far as he can control the situations. rHAHBLRLAIHC V TABLETS J FOR CONSTIPATION BILIOUSNESS j Headache INDIGESTION Stomach Trouble j -SOLD EVERYWHERE SENATE DEBATES | RATES ON SUGAR Smoot ; Denies^ Offering to Trade on Tariff Washington, Aug. 7.?The block ing of efforts to obtain immediate action on the Harrison- sugar in vestigation resolution and an im passioned denial by Senator Smoot (Republican) of Utah that he had proposed in a letter to Major Gen eral Crowder. American representa tive to Cuba, a reduction in the duty oh sugar in return for tho limitation of this year's Cuban su gar crop to 2,500,000 tons, marked senate consideration today of the .sugar schedule of the tariff bill, j ? Senator Harrison twice sought j to call up his resolution but the first time objection was made by Senator Smoot, who then was waiting to address the senate, and later by Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Republican "whip." When Senator Smoot objected, Senator Nicholson (Republican) of Colo rado moved to defer action on the sugar schedule until there had been an investigation of what he declar ed were "serious Charge? contain ed in newspaper clippings read to the seriate^ Saturday by Senator Harrison. His motion, however/] was ruled out of order. Senator Smoot then proceeded \ with a detailed review of efforts j which had been made, he' said, to-| save the domestic sugar industryi from destruction by American su-j gar refiners and New York bankers, who, he added, were faced with losses with the dropping of sugar < prices. He asserted that the proposal to limit the Cubah\ crop had come from Cuba, and read a published statement by the president of Cuba, denying that American government officials had proposed a reduction Of the crop in. return for lower tariff' duties. The Harrison resolu tion proposes, among other t&irigs, an inquiry into charges that such proposals had been made. The Utah senator said his letter to General Crowder had been writ ten after Senor Portupndo of Cuba and General Crowder had called on him at his officer here on Janu ary 24, last, and Sanor Portuondo had proposed limitation of the Cu ban crop and an increase of 10 per cent, in the .fciriff differential in favor of Cuba. One might say the man who stole a cornet belonged to a robber hand. ??"T-^"??. < Bobbed skirts are. growing long er about as fast as bobbed hsir.' We don't know where Rockefel ler got his first dollar; but he gets many a man's last dollar. 666 quickly relieves Colds, Constipation, Biliousness and Headaches. A Fine Tonic. .~ Grove's _? -. _ 7i ABodyBuiMerforPal Delicate Children. 60c FLORENCE GAS PLANT SOI Purchaser of Utility at eftce Presumably Acts F< Bondholders Florence, Aug. 7:?The propel of the Florence Gas company bid in for $6,500 this morni when offered for sale by J\ Harry A. Brunsoh, under juGgmeri"| for foreclosure under mortgage eff 5107,000 -to secure bondholder^ Marion D. J.ucas bid in the prop--: erty, acting presumably as repr&l; sentatiye of the trustees for; \mj bondholders. He declined, after thjj' sale, to make any statement at thi time* regarding the sale Or his h tentions in the transaction. By further order of the the plant must continue to ope? andvno suspension of service is pecte? because of the sale morning. When Judge Branson called bids for the ? company* Mr. LiU< bid first $5,00t). Just as the th: ?nd last caii was being made; E. Austin of the Southern Gas Electric corporation of Baltimoi Md., announced that his corpor"^ tion is willing to take over, property, giving0the present $50,000 in 5 per cent ;bonds guarantee the interest on the The master ruled that cash only would be considered. Willeox reopened the bidding $6,000 from whicb Mr. L,ucas ed it to $S,500 and got it. -? m m Washington, Aug. 10 era tic leaders in the house i when it reassembles next to renew efforts to force an ment on a date for a vote on H ry Ford's proposal for the and purchase of Muscle Shoals Florida man who started out ttigf the time of his life is in jail for the} time of his life. 5? -.-;---i. WE WANT?To buy wood bj* the car load. Can use oak,gum;^a% pine mixed. Sumter Brief: Works. ABRUZZI RYE?New crop lected recleaned seed $2.50 bushel. "Wheat: Selected ginia, Blue Stem, Fulcaster; Leap's Prolific, $2.50 per bu Place your" orders now. and ? certain to secure first class Sumter.. Roller Mills. ? August is the last jtionth in which all v State and County taxes due for 1921 are payable at the office of the County Treasure**. On September 1st, those riot paid will fee tinned over to the Sheriff and addi tional cost added. Those who wish to avoid this w?l call at once and make settlement with the , County Treasurer. Don't Delay* Dbg tax for the month of August i& $L33. :A , . & C, WAIliCE .COUNTY TREAS?EER HE HAS A FORTUNE* We mean the hoy who has one hundred dollars that he himself has made and tttved, he feels like a millionaire. He has learned many a lesson by this. He has caught the s. thrift habit. He has learned to do without unnecessary things. He ceases to squander his money. His judgment of values is better. Ho is all in ail a much better hoy. Sow about your hoy. Has he got the habit yet?- If not better ? get him started at once. This bank will be pleased to handle his account. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OP SUMTES, S. C. The National Bank of South Carolina 1 Of Sumter, S. C The Bank With the Chime Clock, The Most Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY Capital $300,000 Surplus and Profils $300,909 r ' ? ?? - g? STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE - ? - *l Give us the Pleasure of Serving YOU. C. G. ROWLAND, Pres. EABDaB ROWLAND, Cashier