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The Watch mJin and Southron i * in ii ? i ' ' Published Wednesday and Satur day by Osteea Publishing Company, Sumter, S. C. Terms: . $2.00 per ananm~-in advance. Advertisements: One Solare, first insertion ?$1.0? Every subsequent insertion ..50 Contracts for three months or longer wiU .be made at reduced rates, All communications' which sub serve private. interests *?tfH oe charged for as advertisements. Obituaiiea and tribdte* of re spect will bfe charged for. The Samter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in, 1865.. The Watchman and Southron now has the com bined circulation and rafmence of both of the old pap^rsi/ and laman ifestby the best advertising medium in Sumter. WITHDRAWN C^A5IPAjpX 5 ? if .xi>s A. Columbia University prof es* sor, member of the American Bar Association apd authority oi tax ation, suggests* that the public, par ~\ ticulariy business men. could get ?prompt action from Congress in the matter of reducing federal ex penditures, by the, simple method of refusing fo-make any more po fitical-: campaign donations- until Coiigress -had taken the desired steps in economy! .. * The pubh\i is accustomed to<beh toM, that -all;.its troubles are its own fault, and' the remedies- lie in a: ~wiser use of rthW; voie. - Jt ? a. newer idea tfiat withdrawn paign contributions' would- werl faster than ^well-f?led ballot boics. It Js-a.i difficult to see that gov ernment expenditures . "remain pretty high, and that taxes might be comfortably lowered.^^:'A^d>may ce-..tSe'*anSiwer is ? yawning and empty CAxnpaigh purse for each of Mtk hig political parties. .. S?lfiv that visn^t the -a-ay? do -tilngs ' ih this ci-iniitry-. wouldnTfc ft taks just ^o^t as to ed^ueateValT poss^e:" cami contrfbators in the wi?bm of^ united action as it would tak"e tc educate^. Voters in the effective use oX the vote? ' * *? " ? >> TSE; KAISERS i ^-Tftf-dat* has been set' ior-f *K? bedding -of the iptji^:: fi??aiir. 6fec$ that individual baa been r< gated to the status of ^ less than 1 private citizen, the amount - of teirtionpaidto his nc?v venture is father wxrprisin#; Doubtless :tiiis As'-a-raiatter of fact; this" mar riage is ot the utmost r?iimpOTmhce cave .for one ^hing. It is. another indication, of fhe' humiliating fail ure e^those who won the war to retain the fruits of victory. * There is'hardly a home fn all the civiHze?t w^rid which has not been up^et- socially' and fmanciallj*. grief striO^^w'm. some- Other way: ad versely ;~a^ and / Which does not st?r-suffer to some degree, -be cause^ of the war which Winiam of Germany started.' ^The > nations yrhich. comprise these homes are far removed from peace and order. Jtnd in .'the midst of ail the rock ing turmoil for which he is primar ily responsible, the &ea&' Of the Hohenaollerns calmly weds his young bride and establishes. a new home life in' which t? pass his re maihirtff ^days more .completely sur rounded by comTOrt and luxury. ' w*- ?-, THE BAD-MONEY DISEASE "What does H matter -what the foreign rate of exchange is. Except to the bankers'?" some people still ask-U^eil. it may matter a good "deat't? thV farmers and -manufac turers "and everybody' else. Con sider these" facts about the result in England from the fall of the German mark, given "out by the U. &. Department of Agriculture: - The British market has -been flooded with German potatoes, in spite of the fact that there was ? bumper crop in England;'-In.con sequence; "potatoes are selling at almost shy price the purchaser will give. V-tvM The British market,.too. is flood ed with Danish butter, to the point of demoralization. That comes about because Germany, which normally buys much Danish butter! can buy it no longer on acctur . of the' worthlessness of German money, and so the supply seeks an outlet in England. likewise appies and many other agricultural products ^re coming into Great Britain in vast quanti ties from Germany and other-, con-1 tmental countries whose money is badly depreciated. The disors/am*nation of British markets by this Hood of iinports is not the OJdy factor of interest. It is to he holed that while Britain does not need the products, in most cases the countries sending them need them badly. Thus "the Ger mans themselves could use the po tatoes their' farmers are shipping abroad. They cannot v buy them, however, because their *money is so inferior to English money. ~The whole interwoven economic j System of many, nations, seems to be upset whenever any important nation. tamper* with its currency. It is like tampering ignorantly with the mysterious giands that control the functions ?f ^he human body. j the stork and the hos pital Quite ? flurry was caused in New I York the other day* by the an j houncement Of a hospital organi Izfetf?h' that "an unprecedented j number of babies would be born j In the next three months/' When i the smoke had died down if proved j that no uhusdal number of visits ; from the 3tork were impending, but that more of the babies com ing would be born in hospitals. Whether it be in New York' or ! any Pther coniinUnity, an increased ] tendency "to seek the npspita! in j maVertiity cases is "a gbdd ; thi ng. [Even Tvhen no untoward complica I tion arises,- childbirth is- a difficult [process and fraught' with many rdangeTS. if compKcatiohs do arise, 1 the.hospital otters the best possible ' means for meeting them quickly [and safely. Many a mother : and j child have been saved in these in-j \ stitutions who "would have been lost j had the case been taken care of at i home. , ' ' The hospital has all sorts of ap | p?a?ces usu?l'^ahd : ?h?s??l; there ! are extra nurses and' doctors ready 'to aid on a moment's notice. There is a-i'?ller range of medical and surgical supplies than, any' house hold eould anterd, and'ail.the iacili f ties forprompt, relief. no matter I " ? ? ?' ? ? ??? ?.?-:-.-/ ? --:.?'. what condition may arise. j ? The pity of it is that where hos jpital service; is. available, all ma i tornity cases 'do not niake* use ? of it, S?ll more tragic is* the situa j tion iwhere such service is" sorely needed, and would' be patronized eagerly, but fs inoh-eiu^tent ?; - - I vgm i . / . / 1 Tt develops that the disarmament treaty: negotiated at% Washingtoin j last winter,;* to the: very great satis faction r?f the American" people) is as yet far from peing.: effective.} ilost^Ajm^^nsu? perhaps; ^^'la^-. I nkti?ns ' "hav'e fulfilled" their' :part of the obligation,' As a matter of fact, two of them, France, and Italy, have not' begun to do so. j THey have not even ratified the j treaty. '??'. i The United Stages, Great Britain ; and Japan appear to have gone ; ahead, in-good faith, reducing their naval tonnage according to agree thenf: Atleast; they have all m?de considerable progress in that .di [rectioh. But France and Italy have continued delaying the matter oh one pretext and another,- and are now justifying their delay by point ingto the perils m the Near East ? situation. j pTfa?t excuse is not convincing, jftis' the'BTitish- liavy that is beaf jing the brunt of the Turkish men j.ace," not the French or. . Italian ? navy- and *? Britain seems to i think j herself quite capable of handling I the' situation .without using ;war ? ships" marked by th^ treaty for the {scrap heap. The "Turks and their' I neighbors have no -ravies. Moreover, the way to disarm is to disarm. ' There tvill never, be any real disarmament unless, a start is made, and this is as good a time to j (start ?s there has ever been or ever will be. a Business necessity ! The British debt-funding- com i mission will come to this country shortly, and soon after that a con- i jferehce" will- be called in Europe j to consider otice more the question J j of reparations and war debts. The j t subject of American participation j } in ^his ',conference will arise inevi- \ 1 ' - 1 'tably. There is a growing feeling tbat-wherr it "assembles, this coun try should have an active part in u. : All persons both in Europe and (America really conversant With j the situation admit that reparations j jand war debts are inextricably in- j jterwoveh. Foreign nations directly j (concerned in war reparations, and j unable to adjust their finances in j dependency of them, owe this i country $11,000,000.000. It is just J as sensible to propose that the i i - ; United States kc^p .out of a con ! ference on th??*? matters as it ! would be for the ehie'f creditor of ia private business concern to re 1 ? ... ?. . ifuse to take part in a creditors' I ' ' ! meeting where payment policies i 1 were being considered. it is strange that business men Who would be the first to condemn such inactivity in a private business deal should insist*oh ai policy of alertness where the financial in terests of ther nation are- at stake. The president and the members of bis cabinet are. convinced that the time is not far off when the ac tive participation of America fn European economic counsels should be undertaken. Many congressmen also- are beginning to see the light. Public opinion should throw its, weigfct in the same direction. BUSY FREIGHT CARS Railroad activity usually tells the truest tale of business conditions, and railroad activity is shown best by the movement of freight cars, V In. the worst phase of the busi ness slump there were more than 500,000 idle cars in the country, wifh 15,?OO-,0(rO tons of carrying capacity. Early in September this surplus bad fallen, to 43.000 cars, with 68,000 cars wanted by ship- i pers which for various reasons could not be furnished at the time. Thus the half-million surplus of idle cars "is altogether wiped out. There is now an actual car short ige, which is gr?wibg in business accelerates its pace and the de mand for transportation increases. Busy -cars mean' bu&y people. The labor ??rpitfs also, is practically tripod out. Such unemployment as 3till exists is local and' fragmentary, and the few idle'men! like the idle cars, could find instant employment if .it' 'Werfe possible- to get them where'they are wanted. " \ So it looks, like full speed ahead for the coming Winter, .; ;~ ;,; v. ?'% ?' Payment of Taxes Taxes For 192^ Wail mt Be ?ne Until November 15 Columbia. Oct. 0.7?Time for the payment of 1^2 taxes, due Octob er 15, has been extended, for one month, or tintil November 15. ac cording to a statement issued today by "Walter E. Duncan, Comptroller Seneral, with the approval of Grovernar Harvey. The law allows this, extension. The Comptroller Creneral stat ed that because of- the heavy R-ork entailed Oh the officers- Of the county auditors and treas urers in ftbe execution1 of: 1921 taxes, payment of which was successively extended until Oc tober 1~5, and the 'delay of the j state ...tax- commission in fOr-j B?rding the assessments, of cor porations, caused the ..county tax igenc es to be 80 " overburdened that the extension, was found necessary. : ; .. . '??bji'i. 1 . ,?:?>.*??.?? .? ki TUi% to Bk?d Cotton Men Want ftriee to Reach! 30 1-2 ?etit$ , Columbia. .Oct. 2'.?Flans for a movement to hold spot, cotton off th? market Until the price reaches ? 1-2 cents a pound w'li b? dis- j cussed at a'convention .of farmer's, ) bankers and business men of South | Carolina to be held here October 11, it was. announced her? today, j The meeting was called by the South Carolina division ? of the American -Cotton Association. The 30 1*2 cent, price was de cided upon, at a recent meeting of j the .executive committee of the} b*outh Carolina division. The price is based^ it was stated, j 3Xi estimates of the cost of. pro- j iuction.of this year's crop. The committee also passed a j resolution calling, upon the cotton j association to immediately begin 1 an active and persistent campaign j Cor greater crop diversification. j HOME DEMONSTR ATION j j DEPARTMENT . ? ->-v , gsfejj: - . . i OlSS CARO TRVhVCK, j - County Agent. - Schedule For Week of Oct. 9-14. j Monday 10 A.,. M.*?Jordan Poultry Club, j 12 M.?Brunson Poultry Club. j 3:00"P. M.?Salem .Poultry Asso- j ciation. 8:00 P. M?Concord Poultry j Association. ' j Tuesday - 1:30 P. M.?Pinewo?d G. H. D. c.. . ......... Wednesday 1:30 P. M.?Wedgef ield G. H. D. v* *j?*? -. . j Thursday ! &:3f> P. M.?Wedgefield H. D. C.J 1:30 P. M.?Providence G. H. D. J C. . j . 3:30 P. M.?Pronderice Poultry: Association. * .1 Friday 2:30 P. M.?Stateburg G. H. D. C. I 3:30 P. M.?Horatio H. vD. C. ! Saturday Office Egg Laying Contest Awards? j 'September'. I 1st Mrs. J. S. CObb. Hens in flock ; 12. Egss produced 187 Average! 15 7-12. 2nd Mrs. Hattie Evans. Hens in j flock rj. Eggs produced 180.! Average 15. | 3rd Mrs. D. E. White. Hens in flock 25. Eggs produced 333.' Average 13 8-25. 4th Mrs. J. A. Blackwell. Hens' in flock L'7. Eggs-produced 214. \ Average 10 3-19. -? ?? ? . < Where Marks are Ea-*v. Departing New Yorker?"I'll be! glad to get out of this, topsy-turvy ; land. One of my chauffeurs has bought a German castle."-? Sim pliciysimus <MunichY. The proof of the bud 'ling in in the after-effects. m Co-operative Assoeiati Advances to Mem Tobi -Florence, Oct. 2.?"In the favor- J able- course of developments- and the satisfactory deliveries of to- ? bacco : the* association will 'make further substantial advances; to its' members in the course of the next; few weeks," stated T, B. Young, j who returned yesterday froh; a di rectors' meeting of the Tobacco i Growers' Cooperative Association { in Raleigh. The general feeling j among all the directors was one oft great satisfaction at the excellent [ condition and the splendid pro- j gress. the association has made; since its-organization. All of the; departments of the association j rbade splendid showings in -ttit'ir.' reports and the progress pf the j sales has been excellent, stated Mr. \ Young in the course of his talk. Continuing. Mr.. Young said: '. "While the association has. .made > large sales of redried tobacco, orily a pajft of.it as yet has. been de-j livered. It is a fact tfiat while the [ bulk of. the. South Carolina. crop j has been sold, comparatively few orders have been conipleted'in- de livery, and" It will" be to the p^em-j bers* >advaptage to 'rush their tp-f bacco. on hapd to delivery.' in or--j der that these tobaccos may .be de livered,. thereby enabling'the. as-; sbeiation *to jnake ?s" early and as I large as possible a distributioii off turther money. ; In the favorable J course of developments and the' eiuisfactory deliveries of tobacco the association will, make substan tial, further advances to its mem-1 bers in, the course of the next fewj weeks. ... . j ?"There, have been cases called, to j our attention where certain, crops have been split between .the land lord and tenant the landlord, put ting his -half through the associa tion and the non-member tenant taking his and selling on the auc tion floor, and claims are made. County Fair Notes ???:-; . Arrangements For. JCotanty School Day and Parade . ," ? ? -IP order to ' faclitate rapid or ganization of the rural school dis tricts for, parficiplitT6n"in',the big Spectacular sPageant . ofv Progress^ Parade, on . County. * School Day*! Friday'. Novemberf 24th. 1S22. thiT paper", has been requested to pub lish; thenames of the following: schopl. district committees-' to-whorn fetters, will be mailed with 'com* plete information as soon as pos sible by the central executive com mittee being now formed'in S?m ter. '' " ..Ever school trustee- and every teacKer is 'a member of the respec tive, school 'district . committees: Teachers.(and'.trustees are earnest^ requested to. immediately hold joint mee?ngs"" ^ oT' trustees and J tvtchers meetings and -decide on putting their schools in this pa geant of progress. . Then have some one immediately write to E. 1/ Reardon, Secretary . Sumter Chamber of Commerce, Sumter, S. C, who will turn the letters over bt the central executive commit tee. . The. committees for Sumter are being rapidly formed. Mr. Sani uel O'Q?inn, city manager of Sumter, who so successfully served as chairman of the executive com mittee of the 1921 Pageant of Pro gress. Parade has been again ap pointed and Mr. O'Quihri has kindly- agreed to serve as chairman again for the 1922 pageant, of. pro gress. His acceptance, is a guar antee that there will be something every minute from how ?h'. : jScho?l District Committees?Or. jr.; H./Haynsworth, county super intendent of education; general chairman. ' .? '? Sumter District No. F. Miller, '?Tonn i\ ^Burkett;- Willie Shaw and all the teachers. Concord District. No. 2?C. TV* Brunson, J. T. Glaescock, D. L. Smith, and all teachers. Privateer District. No. -3?J. M. \ Kolb. S. D. Cain,. M. R. Jackson j and all teachers. Middleton District. No. 5.?M. L.J Parier. A. E. Aycock. M. M. Mel- j etto and all teachers. Providence District, No. 7.?S. j W. Hatheld, John K. Jennings and^ all teachers. Rafting Creek District. No. 8? T. J. Brown. J. H. McLeod. R. M. Hildebrand and aH teachers. Providence District. No. 9?A. C. \ Thompson. A. C. Burroughs, J. B.; Rafiield and all teachers. Stateburg District. No. 10?N. B. J Murray, W. S. Thompson. R. M. i Moore, and all. teachers.. j Stateburg District, No. ..11?Geo. L. Mabrey. R.C. Richardson.' John L. Frierson- and all teachers! Shiloh District. No. 12?~W. W~1 Green. S. VV. Truluck. Martin Mc Elveen, and all teachers. Shiloh Pistritt. No. I07-J. cM Truluck. W..G. Moore. Mr. A. H.! Truluck, and all teachers. Shiloh District. No. 14?T. J.j Keels. A. y. Minis. C. V.' Greeo. and all teachers. Mayesvjile District. No. 1%?E. W. Dabbs. Jr., L. (\ Tisdale. J. H. Wilson, and all teachers. Sumter District, No. 1? ? F. W Andrews. J. K. Terry, Marvin Mc Coy, and nil teachers. Mayesvillc District No. IS?-J. F. Bland, R. F. DesChamps. HL L. Thomas.,and all teachers. Providence District. No. IVi? Marion Dorn. J. Walter Marshall. J. M. St??key and all teachers. Shiloh Distric t. No.' 20.?S. J. Wilson. J. Wilder Baker, and all teachers. Sumter District. No. 22.- .K W. Odom, U. E. Evans, Willie Mo m Will Make Further bers on Delivered j iCCO and in some cases substantiated by i actual jfigures, that the prices ob - I taihed on the . auction floor , have been several times that which the landlord received for has portion as an advance through the asso ciation. , There is no; doubt there has beep .a number of these cases, and it. is very evident that all,'of I this.' has been done to discourage the members in the association and in.ah attetnpt to break the morale of the membership. . *nFor example, a farmer came to us; a few days ago with, the fol lowing observation?a pile , of to bacco was being sold op ,the auc tion floor, had beenv knocked off to the bidder .for thirty scents per pound?.when someone.punched the warehouseman and said 'split .to bacco' whereupon . the . warehouse map.;,called/back the auctioneer raised the bid. to sxity cent -:. and the .pile k was finally sold .for six ty-five cents per pound. Many, such cases come to our attention. . "It. might aisp in all fajrnees. .be said jtfeat ,a number, of, cases .have been called .to our attention where the fifst. advance given.-the asso ciation's .members have^been equal id amount -to what .the. same to bacco brought in full through the tenant on tKe; auction, floor. . ''According, to an announcement given ' out by the officials ?f the leaf' "department" of the associa tion, the following markets will re main open for several weeks yet to receive the members' tobacco, all other receiving points having been closed down in order to use the warehouse forces and.. graders in Virginia and North Carolina? so as to hold downt extra expenses to the association: Florence. Darling tony Timmonsville. Olantk. Lake City, Kingstree, Hemingway, John sohville, Marion. Mullins, Latta. Dillon, Conway. Bamberg, Chad b??rn,''N. C, and Fairmont, N. C. Leod, and all teachers. ^Providence District.. No.. 23?T. Scott:D.uBose, Stanyarne Burroughs. jR,w..jS....DuBose and all teachers. /Privateer District, No. 24?T- E. Hodge,. TL Drane Tindal, j. T. Brogdon, and all?teachers. ...Rafting Creek. No.- 25.?J.- T. Watson,' J; L. Shiver, AJ. T. Dennis, and ail teachers. .Ardis District. No. 26.?B. T. Ttoib. L, E. Avin, Robert Ardis, ?nd .all teachers. . .jHnewood District. No. 27.?D. R. Lide, R. C. Richardson, J. ,Rol lin JSolb. D. JU Tindal, . and all teachers. ; Concord District,. No. ? 30?Joel Dax-is. W- J. Lawrence^. Jr., J. C. Brogdon. .and aH teacheirs. i JEWELL ISSUES STATEMENT ON ' % RAIL STRIKE Chjcago, Oct. 4.?Eighty-three railroads of the United States, op erating approximately 6.5,000 miles and employing between 125r000 and 130.0.00 members of the. federated shop crafts, have settled the shop crafts' strike with their system federations, according to a special bulletin sent today to all members of the organization over the signa ture, of B. M. Jewell, president. The latest addition to the settling roads being the Fort Smith &. Western, the Georgia, Florida & Alabama a"nd the Chicago Great Western. - .Replying to ,numerous requests for an interpretation of the Balti more plan, upon which" the strike leaders claim the settlements have been,'made, the circular states three reasons actuated the executives in accepting the agreement basis. It give& first, a split in the.Association of Railway Executives?one group agreeable to a settlement and the pother bent on destroying these or ganizations;" second, willingness of the liberal group to negotiate na tional agreements and lay down a b?sis for settlements on other roads; third, that no justification could be found for keeping 125, 000 men on strike who could re i turn to work and assist in .financ [ing those who;remained idle. Justification for the action of the policy committee, the- circular dc-: clared, is seen in the fact that 31 other carriers, in addition to the original 52, have agreed to the Baltimore plan. . A second special circular to the membership contained in detail an interpretation of Federal Judge Wllkerson's decision on the In junction bill filed against the or ganization by Attorney General Daugherty. It was supplied by Donald R. Rich berg., attorney for the shop crafts. "We can not interpret the tem porary injunction, drastic as its term's are," said Mr. Uichberg's [opinion in part, "as in any way [restraining or preventing the offi I cers a:nd other representatives of the shop crafts' organizations from doing "all in their power to main jtain orderly discipline and conduct j of the lawful work of the organ izations, to continue to call, for jand expect to receive the loyal sup port :of each and every member, to continue to work in harmony and 'with a common lawful pur pose to advance the common inter ests of the organized ehopcraft em ployees." Mr. Jewell, accompanied by Mr. I Uichberg. arrived today from Washington, where they conferred with Attorney General Daugherty regarding the submission of Judge Wilfcerson's decision to a higher court for review. Attorney General Daugherty assured them of his co operation in so far as it is possible for him to act, they said. Tin- silver lining to all domestic clouds is payday. supremem m court in 1 session Justice Sutherland Succeeds Justice Clarke on the Bench Washington, Oct. 2.?The su preme court reconvened today, af ter the summer recess, for the-Oc tober term and after inducting in to office Former Senator George Sutherland of Utah to fill the va cancy caused by the recent resig naton of Associate Justice John H. Clarke , of Ohio and admitting to practice. 35 . attorneys, adjourned to call at the White House for the usual visit of respect to the. presi dent. . When the court headed by Chief Justice Taft entered at noon the old senate chamber in the capitol where the sessions of the eourt have been held for years, the cham ber was crowded, while a long line stood iii the corridors seeking ad mission. Justice Sutherland, in his robes, remained behind the screen at the rear of the bench, while the chief justice explained that a vacancy had occurred during the. recess and that the judicial oath would be administered to the pew jus tice. Stepping to the patform be side the chief justice, Justice Sutherland impressively repeated the obligation, enunciating the' clauses after the chief justice dis tinctly and with emphasis. The chief justice then formally welcom ed the newcomer to the bench, and he was conducted to- his seat at the end of the left of the chief jus tice, where he was again .weleom !?<??; this, time by Justice McRey nolds, who. occupies the nest seat. Justice Pitney was. the only, ab sentee, being confined to a sanitar ium near his home in. Morristow^, IX. J. Hie colleagues upon the I bench are apprehensive -over his (condition, which is serious, accord ing to reports, teaching them. At the White House the mem bers of the court were ushered into the Blue, room, where, formed in horseshoe, line, they were joined ?y the president, whp fornutfiy greeted each ami laying formality I aside, cordially engaged, in. a rtm ! ning conversation -in. which several of the court -members joined. ! The court. tomorrow will enter upon its task of hearing motions and arguments. The cases set tor hearing . during the- day are those brought by William W, Knights tc challenge the constitutionality oL the Massachusetts income .tax , law iand*five brought by the cons?l 'general of Portugal, arising out of bills for repairs to and supplies fur nished vessels which, he. contends, j should have been settled through I diplomatic negotiations instead of (the courts. v . In the Massachusetts case the j lower, courts, upheld. the validity of the state income tax -law. while in (the others the lower court held [that Portgu.al has waived its sov ereign immunity and that they : had /jurisdiction. . ... Counsel for. Illinois and the Chi cago drainage district tomorrow will ask . -court. for leave to file an answer to the application of the state of Wisconsin for an. injunction restraining, the diversion of water (from Lake Michigan intc.the ChuV cago river .in. such quantity, as wotdd continue present conditions, which Wisconsin contends amounts to mterfer*nce/twitb navigation....v new dog tax law Noh-Payntent of License Ta? is a Misdenreamor Columbia. Oct. 3.?dR. A. Pa gan, auditor of Richland - county, and W. M. Mobley-, county trep* ?rer, have received, copies of a cir cular letter issued by the comptroU er general, approved by the. .at torney general, in which the license ta.X;on dogs is so .explained as to be uniformly administered in all parts of South fcarolina^ The dog tax act became operative on March 15. 1922. and the circular letter indicates that considerable confus ion arose over the .collection of the license fee of $1.25. . . Richland county officers seem to ;be pleased, with the.clear cut expla nation sent out by the comptroller (general and no further trouble is (anticipated. The following., state-r I ment from the state officials is in [ teresting . news to county- officials |ond dog owners: ( "Dog tax is payable during Janu jary of each year. February 1 is the last day of payment..... ' A dog is liable to this tax if six months old or older-on January II A dog born on June 30. 192.2, is liable to .the tax January. 1923. ; ..''This tax is. in lieu of all other taxes or licenses on dogs, either I county, municipal or otherwise.. I "Dog license tax payable Janu iary. iy23, the tag issued by the ;treasurer should bear this inscrip tion "Dog license .1923." It should [show the serial number and name I of county. "Tax not to be charged on audi tor's duplicate nor carried on the ' ordinary tax receipt. Separate re ! ceipts are necessary, j "Do not turn this tax over to (the sheriff for collection. Nori? ; payment is a misdemeanor anu 'punishable by fine or imprison j ment. See Section 4 of said act. ! "It is the duty of school trustees I of each district-to see that this fax is collected. "The treasurer is to retain 25 cents for each tax sold to reim burse bun for keeping the records and paying for the tags. The coun ty pays for printing the receipts.-" The Only Trouble. Griggs?"Did that little deal of yours turn out a paying invest ment?" Briggs?'"Oh, yas,. but I wasn't the pay?.e"-T->Bostvn Transcript. Not Uqual to Father. The King of Siam. whose father has 300 wives, has just marriea his first. It looks as though he would never be the husband his lather was.?St. Paul Pioneer Pre**. J?ttle Leopard's new arrival in the zoo of the H^enbeek-"WaEace ? -Circo? which- will be-in Sumter. Saturday, Octpbw i4th. *A -Little Bit of Broadway.' \ audience with .her. attractive singV-. -:- I ing in the cabaret-scene. All was in readiness for the cur- j Messrs. George Vaughn and Ver i-tain to ascend on "A Little Bit of^non Lawrence made most-,accept-. Broadway" last night at 8: 30, but; able waiters and Mr. Dan-Vogel was ' the audience was pouring in, -in j such a good Nunpdian - Slave he '-such.-numbers, at that hour, there j could not be::recognized. had to be a few minutes delay. The: The dancing was a beautiful fea h<wse was./ull and attested its j ture,ofthis artistic, production, t?s pleasure, throughout . the evening; done .by^, the> Spanish Senpritaa,^ with/irequent applause.. Oh-ail j Misses Mitciie41..Evans, Cuffl?ping^; sides today the verdict has been; Coline .and ??' Elizabeth . McKagen; "As good as a good professional. "Little Bit of Broadway ?horus^v. show" and "how could Miss Burk- j by Misses -Vogel,- Briggs, Vaughi? heimer\have trained them so .well; Schwerin, Ard.->. Tucker, Gasten? in two weeks '' ! Witherspoqtn,- Carr.: Midnight BoySL The J?rst act depicted, a cabaret ? Messrs: Harrjr- Jij^enherg, ^..AikeV in. Jsew. York in full swing of /un j Kennedy. Harpld ...Moise, Marion*; and pleasure. % Paul, the French j Ard,,George .Yaugo^'atidrt&e^cliiJ^^ proprietor of the.Strand Roof, was; dren composing ?.ihe.vtipy ^.haOet admirably portrayed by Mr. Frank ! dancers, vtpe, "Follies" and "Moon eppi. In the seconijPact he is dis-? beams." Finished.an^^^artis^c^jbiy guised as a Chinaman and with his j dancing, was executed.byyttiefl^v chorus of Chinese .Coolies made qtfe j year-old Jeniue puim,_\by jli?je j of the biggest hits of the evening 1 Misses Lelja Brennap and Edna in his-song! "Melicari Papa." .Ba- [ Wood;; wht>.^ere th^.perspnifiQatio^. ! bette apd ; Niche.tte, two - dancing I of grace. j girls, of the cabaret, Masses*. May j "A Little Bi>eT"^roadway*rwas j Blanding and Elizabeth McKagen,! on the wholea %more ambitious., respectively,, did their parts to per-1 production than has usually, been j fection and were delightful in their 1 presented . here by ., amateurs, bat I "Dahse ExcentriQue." ; there, has certainly never bees j ? Miss Derita Moise was most pro- j better or rrfor?- fimshed- voiie... Mis% - I fessional ift her portrayal of Anita [ Bessie Burkheimer of Wilmington IBdra,. the cabaret-star. She said in her role,. "It Is Anita's > desire , to please,' *. and she - certainly' made . that wish come true. She was ! showered with flowers after her j wonderful "Death Dance, of <?leo j patra." . *. j The group around whom .plot j of the play centered -was composed of r the'-v "Honorable ."". Archibald Brown," Mr. G. Herman Grief, his daughter "Betsy," Miss -.Elizabeth L^sesne. ^Winnie" aaid. "Sybil," , Misses Lucy " Wilson .. and ^ Arniida; } Brunson, . Betsy's '.' friends,., and ? "Miss 'Penelope S^mythe,"-. .-M.i ss j Nancy Carroll, the easily, shocked ! chaperone,. who go .. frppi Sumter } to visit. New Yprk,,.and%they were j a very interesting. group indeed, i They were, every ope of them texcel | lent.. The Honorable Archibald had very little fun out of his trip, j though, he kept the audien.ce con | tipually laughing at his numerous I troubles, ending .with his falling, a 1 victim: to Miss Penelope's cleverly {acted wiles. TI?" three young la dies wha^acted .^Betsy," "Winnie,*' and "Sybil" were well ..chosen for the parts of/sweet Southern girls. Playing opposite . "Betsy" was* "Harry Gordon," a New York multimillionaire. George Bultman. and these two . presented many charming .scenes, their last song, "Didn't You Believe" captivating the audience. . A group of lovers, who were al I ways "on the job" of love-making was "Maurice.*' Mr. Hugh Brown; ^'Donald Elliott" ]?r.. Harry Hoyt, t ''Mpntie Clairbone.'/ Mr. David Cut- i tino?; Their voices are well known in Sumter and were very much en-] joyed ou-this occasion. . .Miss Pauline '. Haynsworth, an other favorite vocalist, was cabaret singer who led .several, songs. ^ Mrs. W. E^ Neve, of-Savannah ..made her first appearance before >a> -Sumter. who wrote and produced this mu sical comedy i? indeed .deserving qf : a great deal of eredit. ..": v: LO^T?One .black";hand bag,,-.con taining a ladies' gold ..-watcjs^ Elgin.... moy^nieiit, with,. Ma G.. Eruner engraved, in back case. One gold band bracelet,,;$<_ small go.Jd. brooch and ja . sm^J,^ ' morocco, card-case with . .3tV' annual pass.an~diSniaU amount of money- . Liberal . reward ?fpr fha., ?' '^ttprR-JOt. ,i^^,.rthin^b _ or any in.-, formation concerning thezn to Mrs. G. ; E. Bruner, .l?6*.^.*.Har?v vin St' ; ? ' ? . .-? * ?- ?* WAjn*ET>--Iiadies to come a?$ fc see my lipe of bats.'. Hours 9:30 a. nu.to 7 p.. pi. I liaye-nssr stock. Mrs. C. W. McGreTsr, coi ner Magnolia and Myrtle % Phone 879L. WANTED?To* contract with-party ^ to cut one million feet of timber. Party to. furnish -inill outfit^ - mules, carts, etc. Write or see Js M- Shaw* Mayes^liev.5. C. U \ T??LLTS J \ 1 ??-*? * > -FOR ''? -?i .. CONSTlPATijW BIUOUSNESS INDIGESTION Stomach Trouble ' -SOLD EVEAfilH^t Our Savings Department As shown by tiixr statements from time'*&>1ix!?it will be seen that we carry tbe largest savings ?t> count of any bank is the city. We a^-ceciate ibis, mark of ccmfidence on the part trf our patrons, and will do everything m our poWer^^cohtinue to irierit it. Even though your1 money niay be deposited in our Savings Department for a fbced period, it is al ways available for you when you want it. First National Bank of Sumter INDICATIONS WpiRT^y OF'YOUR CONSIDERATION ? v ??? l-i--.r r >. ?? . -. >f . ?? .k. ' Our large Capital Stock and Surplus indicate our Ability. Large Leans* and Discounts?our Liberality: Large Deposits^he Peoples* Satisfaction with our Service and Confidence in our Protection. ? We offer you our Service and Protection and want your Account. .. 2 The National Bank of South Carolina The Bank With the Chime Clock* C. G. Rowland, Pres. Earle Rowland, Cashier