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Th^Vi4tU4u>i:?n and Southron l*ufc^beti WeducMito and Satur * day by J0xt***n l*ub!ij*hinjr Gcwnpa*i>. Sumtcr, S. C. Terms: $2.00 per ammm?m advance. Advertisements: On> Square, first insertion ..$1.00 Every sttbaequent insertion .50 Contracts for three months or logger will be made at reduced rates. Ail communications which sub serve private interests will oe charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re spect will be charged for. The Somter Watchman was founded in IS50 and the True Southron in 1866. The^ Watchman and Sovthron now has the com-' bined circulation and infhienee- of both of the old papers, and is man ifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. ? : PROTECTION FOR MEXICANS ?~???? Secretary Hughes was obliged, after protests from the Mexican government, to wire the governor of Texas urgently requesting "that adequate., measures be taken im mediately to afford complete pro tection "^for Mexican citizens at V * ft.V j> VC . , Breckepwdge." .The lives of Mex ican residents had been threatened and the Mexican consulate had complained that the mayor, pro fessed to be unable to protect them.i That is in northern Texas, far froiiTthe usual area of internation al friction.. In southern Texas it has been wor^e. In Hidalgo Coun-' ty Mexicans have been lynched. It was reported the other day that the entire Mexican population of one-4.ojcn 4^ad fled for the border j in terror. ? Nor-yec* forgotten is the compli cation caused in the Herrin, 111., massacre, hy. the incidental killing or fwo Mexican citizens, and the inability "otOhe United States gov v.^ment-to^-do anything about it. Thcs. government finds it very dif ficult, to-lniervene in such matters, amfc the* states have a way of dodg ing- their-' responsibility .. The re ?~t>oh> is embarrassing to interna tional relations, Especially v rela ? . - ? . tions* with"a country like Mexico. .,, - How often have Americans com p}af$ed indignantly' at similar out rages perpetrated against Ameri cans- o?* Mexican soil! Sometimes thexelseenrto be two sides even to the*-Meaacan question. , THEr^lOSS GRAPE CURE. Many- Americans are said to be seefcing the "grape cure" in Swit zerland for gout and liver trouble. According to a new? item on the ? j>ufl$ect the cure has proved itself to be of great value when follow ed hnder proper medical super vision. So far-as-the reader can glean from the dispatch, the cure con sLst4..qf rising early in the morning, visiting the'vineyards in person and cutting one'^s - own portion. or- dose of grapes from the \1nes. There'-s-something mighty at tractive about this cure. Probably in (>thcr frtrit seasons it would be found almost a< helpful to the dis eased patient to rise early in the morning, take a healthfur "walk to pcaeb>or apple orchard or berry plantation und gather for himself a wholesome portion of the sun riircTTCTT^Truif;. Or perhaps if the orclfkifd^icere not available, the frui?_could be procured somehow and* eaten at the end of a walk in the early morning. In such .a method of treatment, however, half the fun would be lost, tiie walk would become a mere duty to -health and the early rising utterly-distasteful. The'Swiss doc tors are-wise-to combine their re quirements in so charming a way and to call the whole thing by the euphonious name of "the grape AMERICAN ROT?LTY Theoretically America has no royalty. Practically an aristocracy is b?ildiftg^up and .steadily increas ing *n jfop?larity. At Kansas City late-*in November the American Rcyat Live Stock Show will hold its 24th annual exhibit. All the kings and queens and rojal fami lies of American stockdom will be rei.ro-cnted. There are to be prize beef and milch cattle on view. The horse shows aw expeced to outrival those of New York or Chicago. Swine and poultry will be included this year for the 'first time. About 250 prize sheep are entered. Studenjs;; from state agricultural eoilCg/^ Srt"over the country will be ?pftV t'i; the show to study the exhibits.,help in judging and get all the :information they can on the I reed^pg of fine stock and the diffi cult bustne^s'of keeping the breeds goo?t and s*ill unweakened by too much inbreeding?a fault which the titled among human kind have largely forgotten to guard against. This wfa sort of royalty which it nays a democracy to develop. *'If equal pains had been taken in rais ing the human family to combine the highest physical perfection with the finest qualities for ser vice, history would have been differ ent. MAKING SPEEDERS UNDER STAND [ A Michigan judge is offering I something different as a cure for 'speed bugs.' j Not content with imposing fines and jail sentences on speeders, af ter'the courtrsession he personally conducts the offenders through the hospitals where traffic accident.; eases are being treated. j The speeders see little children! crippled for life, old people who have been turned from feebleness to helplessness, and the mainstays of families become dependents, every, one because some driver, perhaps one of the inspecting par iy, was heedless. Almost without exception the offenders end their journey in tears of shame and sor row." Indifference and defiance, vanish as they realize the" sort of havoc their kind of selfishness creates. Like' Thomas, having seen the wounds, they believe. Such a lesson lasts. 4,Men are only boys grown tall." ?dulta arc just like children. It is seldom enough simply to forbid, or to ad minister abstract punishment. The false ideal miist be replaced with ? true one before lasting reform is accomplished. . JUSTICE AT HERRIN Nine-tenths of the indictments resulting from the mining massacre at Herrin, n? last summer, have been dismissed. The five men left are being tried for murder. Natur ally enough, there is difficulty in getting a jury. The first panel of 100 veniremen has been exhausted and the second: 100 called. There may be another" hundred or two needed before a dozen eligible men can be found. Jurymen are sought, properly, who live at a distance from the scone of crime and are touched as little as'?possible by its" hot preju dice. There was ah effort made to. keep all union miners off the jury,, without success.. It is a most dif ficult case, which Will; be .fought bitterly, and may end in failure to convict anybody-?or punish any body, if there is conviction. Tai somebody killed two dozen ?^fKiieless miners, and such kill ing is murder, and this is a civ? ized country. If the crime goes unpunished, that'failure' of justice wfVk be" hardly less criminal than the. original crime. SAFETY FOR THE LITTLEST ONES Authorities interested in safety instruction urge the co-operation of the home in the prevention. of traffic accidents to children.. The< schools in most communities have classes for safety instruction, but the home must do* its share, par-j ticularly in trainihg and watching] the children below school age. In one city, of 15 persons killed in traffic accidents in one month, eight were children. In only one or two instances did blame rest even remotely on the driver of the car. j j It is possible to teach'very small [children to be careful, but eternal I vigilance on the part of their eld- j crs is necessary too. It is a good deal of trouble for a busy mother jto look often to see that little ones , are safe in the yard or on the j sidewalk, but when death removes ; the responsibility, how gladly it would be welcomed again! It costs something to build a [fence and put up a gate with a lock too high for little fingers, but there are other expenses which j would be harder to meet for every reason, . - .?, . . THE SPEECH CLINIC As a part of Its better speech j training for pupils, one high school Jhas established a clinic for all per . sons whose speech Is hampered j not by ignorance of good English, ;but by physical defects, nervous jness, nasality and twang, foreign 'accent and other curable difficul ' tics. j ? . 1 t. . . . j This clinic is free to the whole public. Voice and throat tests have already disclosed that in a major : ity of cases the defects could be (corrected by speech education with | out medical aid. Some cases re | quire surgical or dental attention. t - t . ? .A great many of the difficulties are 'directly caused by mental or ner jvous disturbances. These are treat 'cd to relax muscle tenseness and to j develop new habits of nerve con trol. General vitality, poise and mental control are emphasized, for j they are very helpful to articulate, !agreeable and effective speech. Patients who nttend the rlinir i may have individual, confidential attention if they desire. Thorough examination, followed by expert advice and full instructions as to procedure arc, frequently, enough to set the boy or girl on the road to improvement. Where acute cases demand systematic, scientific and extended care, that may be ar ranged for. Here is a practical service to the community which many schools could offer. Although not every teacher of English or of public , speaking has the knowledge and Straining to do this work, it would jnot be an impossibie standard to ; require one such expert in every [ community. . . . , .. AX OVER-MAN NED INDUSTRY The November bulletin of the, National City Bank of New York, commenting on the coal industry investigation, pertinentiy says: "It does not require' a govern ment' commission to find out that j consumers of coal cannot afford to pay f?ll annual wages to miners for working only 200 days a year. Its finding no doubt will be. of value, but we know already that unless a great deal more coal is needed, a large working force should be transferred out of the bituminous coal industry, as a means of correcting the irregular ity of employment, and wages re adjusted accordingly." This is mere common sense, which doubtless will be duly re flected in the report of the able commission appointed by the Prcs ident. It will be unfortunate, how ever, if elimination of the funda mental evil of the coal industry has to wait upon a deliberate fed eral inquiry and still more delib erate congressional action to fol low. The simple fact is that coal min ing suffers from too many miners. The miners are paid well for the time they work, but do not work j enough days in the year to make aj decent living. If about 100,000 of them should enter other industries, the labor situation in the mining industry might straighten itself out. Fortunately such a transfer may happen automatically, in some de gree at least, because of the grow-i ing shortage of labor and demand for men in other important indus tries. LABOR IN POLITICS j Though conservatism wins in j England, labor shows unexpected strength. Labor is also developing jnew political strength in the United States. It claims 23 friendly sena tors in the next Congress and a; large group of representatives. It! lit possible that there will be a "la-j bor bloc" wielding a balance of j power and going after class legis-; lation as the farm bloc has done.! The two blocx may combine. Most Americans will be sorry to see the European bloc system go^ any further in this country. re-J ,gardless of the merits of whatever I policies organized labor chooses to [urge at this time. Our nation has [.been committed from the bcgiii-J ning to the two-party system, and; has had pretty good success in' giving representation to all classes under this system. The Federation of Labor itself has recognized this [fact for many years by consistent ly refusing to seek governmental action except through the astablish cd parties. Is it possible that we' jhave come to the turning of the road? ? ? ? , CRIMINAL SELF-DETER3IINA TION . Virtually the entire Christian population of Asia Minor, except males between 19 and 55, is on the 'march toward the coast, according to advices of the Near East Relief. From all indications there will soon be nothing left to relieve. The Turkish Nationalist govern 'mcnt issued an order recently "per mitting" non-Moslems to leave the i country before November 30. This has been taken everywhere as an ultimatum for the Christian resi dents to get out of the country, un der penalty of being massacred af-j jter the date set. as the Greeks were; massacred at Smyrna and as 800,- i ; 000 of the total 1.100,000 Armen ians have been since the armistice. | From Samsun. on the Black ScaJ comes a typical picture: "A great trek is in lull flood on all roads converging at Samsun. The refugees have deserted homes, farms, everything they could not ! bring away on their backs or on oxcarts. All are anxious to reach the sea. i "Samsun already has 10,000 of its jOwri Christians wailing to sail, and ships are in sight for only 20u. There are an additional 40.000 ref J ugecs headed this way and they cannot possibly gf>t a way within tin* time limit of November 30. As the I ? ?; '&\ v.. ft' ? ? 'V. military are preventing the de parturc of all men from 1!) ? to 55, 'only women, children and the in firm arc reaching Sarnaun. I "Thousands who survive thej (hardships of the migration to thej coast will perish of starvation in the winter. I am told 30,000 wo- \ [men and children are hiding in the i mountains." j "Nationalism" is a fine thing, butj [here is a nationalism gone mad. j Here is self-determination turned criminal. Yet it is'on this'princi-.: pie that Kemal Pasha and his fol lowers profess to base their cause and justify their acts. ... ! They should be taught, by force if necessary, that no nation has a right to any sort of self-determina-} tion that involves crime against another nation or a denial of thei universial claims of civilized hu-j mahity. Nor was the principle as; originally enunciated intended to' work,in any such criminal manner. FOREIGN INSOLENCE The Hon. John William. Fortescue. president of the Royal Historical Society of England, had been in vited to address the West; Point, cadets on Armistice Day. The in- , vitation was recalled, by order of j the Secretary ? of War. (Secretary I Weeks based his action on a recent! book written by Mr. Fortescue in which occurs this statement, among many derogatory to., the United States: .. "Americans, esteem a good bar gain, even if gained by dishonor able means, to mark the highest forni of ability. The United States cannot engage in any form of com-j petition with us. from athletics to1, diplomacy, without using foul play. They must win, if not by fair skill then by prearranged trickery 'orj violence; If not by open negotia-! tiori's, then by garbled maps and I forged documents. There is thej fact. It may bis unpleasant; 'but' it cannot be denied." It is unpleasant, and it. is de-; nied. The American people will rise up as one man and deny it.; The Hon,..John William is entitled to hold such opinion's, though thcyj are certainly curious opinions for, a president of a.historical society.! But certainly dry foreigner hold-j ing them has no business^ address-" ' * - - ?. ? '< / v.t p?? ing any . representative, .hody d?; American youths, especially, array , cadets. Americans are notorious^ 3 ly tolerant of foreign lecturers, but the line .must be drawn somewhere. - ?? * ? ANOTHER COAL STRIKE? Representatives of the soft coal miners and operators, meeting in! Chicago after long preparation,.] have had trouble in agreeing on a method whereby they can get to- ! gether later to figure out next year's wage scale. When there is so much difficulty with a mere preliminary, what will they do when they face the ac-' tual wage question and the real tug of war begins again? . .Will} there be the same old deadlock, j with nothing to replace the present agreement when it ends the first of] next April, and a consequent shut-j down of the coal industry.Jndefi- j nitcly, while the miners and? opera- j tors try to starve each other out j and really do starve out the inno cent public? | If there is any more of that kind j of business in the coal industry, thej demand for government control of, the mines will become overwhelm ing. The country is in no mood to repeat the experience of the present JW. .? I ! ; S _ j Deaths . From Cancer j Officiak Repdri for South Carolina Columbia, Nov. 20.?There were 588 deaths last year in South Car olina from cancer and other ma lignant tumors, according to in formation received in Columbia from the bureau of the census in [Washington. Of this number 36G were among whites. 222 among negroes. These figures are more than; those for the last two years, j though the deaths in 1920 were' sligtly less than the totals for 1911*. j The trend of the cancer death [rate throughout" the nation is up I ward, t he census figures show. In ?1921 the rate was 86 per 100.00<> of I population; for 1920 it was -S3.4. The death rate for South Carolina is -lower than that of any other state. 47;G for-19-21'. Massachusetts j had the highest. 90.6. j ? Greek language has not changed much in 2000 years. Not even when Greek waiters speak Eng lish. j With so many other things to i worry ahout some men insist on: wondering if their hair is combed. i Children are a great handicap in (doing the things you shouldn't do. I Ther*? is something naive and charming about Lloyd George's in-' sinuation that this is no time to" ? i'tit in nti inferior man. j LAWS FULL OF LOOPHOLES {jev. Harvey Issues Statement Calling For Remedy ?\ Columbia. Nov. 22.?Governor Harvey today issued a statement in. which he declared that the crim inal laws of the state are full of loop holes and need remedying. He predicted also the passing of the ; parole system. ? The governor's "statement was his first expression since the supreme court's opinion this week, reversing the governor in the case of Grover Crooks, of Oconee, whom the governor had had; rear rested on a charge of vio lating the terms of the parole is sued by a. former governor. The governor stated that the reversal was. "an impersonal matter for j him,; that he had acted for thej public, but that he is glad the! matter is determined definitely. "It means that the parole system asj previously understood," he says,' "Will. practically, .be abandoned." J Buys Valuable Plant j Single Strawberry Plant Sells; For $50,000 - __ .'! -Three Rivers, Mich., Nov. 21-?! Fftsty*;thousand dollars for a single] strawberry plant was paid today by J Frank E. Beatty. president of the -R. E. Kellogg Company, fruit growers. *.r^he plant is to be known" as "R?ck Hill" in honor of its breed er^.'Barlow Rockhill, of Con-ad, Iowa: ./The plant boars in early summer ajud begins.again in the late sum mer and bearing continuously un til fr"ost comes. .."We are paying the price, nof frpm. the idea of making a profit but as an incentive to growers and breeders of plants to develop. new varieties," said Mr. Beatty. - ' ? ? - ?'MAKE PEACE , j BY CHRISTMAS" / IS SLOGAN ^Lausanne. Nov. 22.?Although "make peace by Christmas" is the slogtfn in the Near East peace con ference circles, indications today are that the work will be scarcely beguh by that time, if the delegates deab^horoughly with its problems. Th6-?oOnference has been organiz ed ited ready to get down to work. Thc?*meetings were held in private, j Ambassador Child in a statement j&rid that the American delegation claimed the right to be heard on equality, with the others but with- j put the right of voting or any ob- j Iigation to take office or sign j agreements or reports. Issnet-Pasha today laid Turkey's cl?im-to Western Thrace before the ! conference. He claimed all terri tory,erabraced. within the frontiers ; of 19J-3.- Venizelos for Greece at onee opposed this claim favoring the maintenance of the Maritza riv er boundary line. The Syrian dele gate- who arrived today demanded the independence of his country. High Tide. ? __. . Greenville, Nov. 22.?When a cow fell into a deep well near the city, this afternoon and her own ers had exhausted all other means of j extricating her, the city fire department was called out and ef fected.her rescue by filling the well with water, the-cow floating to the top and walking out unharmed. ? The poor we have with us al ways, but the rich are often against us. Plow under the cotton stalks and kill the boll weevils. 0 - .'A' wise * man never falls in love this, closer to Christmas. PAROLE DOES NOT SUSPEND .SENTENCE Supreme Court Renders De cision That Prison Sentence Runs Concurrently With Parole Columbia, Nov. 21.? Holding that the sentence against a pris oner out under a parole from the governor continues to run while the prisoner is at liberty, the supreme j court yesterday morning handed! down a decisiorr ordering Col. A. j K. Sanders, superintendent of the i penitentiary, to release G rover Crooks from his custody. . Crooks was convicted of assault j and battery in Oconee county in j November, 1916, and sentenced to serve six years. . He was paroled December 22, 1921, by Governor Cooper '"during good behavior" and September 13, 1922, Governor Har- ! vey revoked the parole because Crooks, he said, had violated its terms. In the decision handed down yes terday, written by Justice Marion and concurred in by Justices Watts, Frascr and Cothran, the court says that the parole granted to Crooks did not suspend his sentence, but that Crooks remained in contem plation of the law as if in legal custody and continued to serve his sentence. Chief Justice Gary dis sented from the opinion. Crooks'; sentence had expired . by virtue of 1 the operation of the law on April j 5, 1922, and there was no further i service due the state by the peti tioner, the court holds. The court draws a distinction between "suspended sentence" and "conditional pardon" along with "parole." The governor could grant a conditional pardon or suspend a ! sentence and a prisoner would be liable to complete the remainder of his sentence if the governor saw fit to revoke his act giving clemency, the court says. Crooks was in the custody of the sheriff of Oconee county at the time his parole was revoked, being under charges of breach of the peace. The court orders him re turned to the sheriff. The case was argued before the court on a pe tition for a writ of habeas corpus, taken out before Justice Watts, but returnable before the full court. The decision yesterday was of far reaching effect. It applies to the Reed Shaw case in Anderson, Judge Prince having released Shaw under habeas corpus pro ceedings because he held that Shaw's sentence had expired. The court, while not considering the Shaw case, upholds the action of Judge Prince. Shaw's parole was revoked by Governor Harvey after his sentence had expired, consider ing that it ran concurrently with the parole and was not held in abeyance, as was' decided in the opinion yesterday. Several other cases are likely to develop within a short time. Marriage Licenses White: .7. Arthur Haynsworth of Sum ter and Miss Susie S. Kirk, of Ha good. ' k- *: ? T>r. J. R. Dunn of Camden and Miss Annie M. Nash of Sumter. Colored: Lewis Johnson and Sadie Wil liams of Sumter. Harrison Jenkins and lEstelie Haynsworth of Dalzell Thomas Fullard and Fannie Belle Laws, Lynchburg. ? ? ? Russian Soviet government is five years old now. Like all young sters it has never had enough to eat. Former kaiser gave his bride a costly present, which comes under the^nigb cost loving.._ COTTON FUTURES ACT IS ATTACKED ????? Senator Dial Speaks Before j Southern Commercial Congress ' I Chicago. Nov. 21.?The present' cotton futures contract law "never | the laws of common sense and the customs of merchandising" by per- ! mining the seller to deliver anyone of ten grades to the buyers, Sen ator N. B. Dial, of South Carolina declared today in an address be fore the Southern Commercial Con gress, j He urged amendment of the act! to give the purchaser rights to j equal those of the seller. Under the present system, he ? said, " the j grower suffers because purchasers sell out their hedges rather than accept delivery of inferior grades and the consequent heavy sales de press the prices. He cited figures to show that in 1920 only 13.340,000 bales of cot ton were grown . in the United j States, while there were contracts j sold for 128.907,500 bales. From August 1, 1920, to July 31, 1921, the actual number of bales deliv ered at New York was only 267,700 and at New Orleans 106.600. Not Sold at Right Value. "Under the 'present practice," Senator Dial said, "even the lowest grades of cotton are not sold at their value because you have not brought the right parties to gether. * "Furthermore, the prices quoted on the exchanges do not reflect the! price of the market. For example. On March . 23, 1920, March con tracts in New York were 36.52, spot 40 cents a pound in July spots 43.75 contracts 36.50. "Artificial supplies- are created at the pleasure of the sellers of contracts without enlarging the de mand. The law of supply and de mand is thus hobbled. Who i ever puts up the most margins can carry prices his way. I am not endeavor-j ing to legislate value into a com modity. This could not be at tempted. To my mind, the forego ing clearly demonstrates the in equality of the present law. and its unjust operations, against the grow er. Three Remedies. ^ "I suggest either one of three remedies which I am satisfied will greatly improve conditions, but urge the last one, to wit: "First, require the specific grade to be specified at the time the con tract is- made. "Second, allow the purchaser and the seller of a contract to each select half of the quantity. But in order to avert the possibility j of a corner either up or down, leti them divide each half equally in two. or even three grades. "Third, do away with the mid-.j dling fair as one of the .grades ten-1 derabie an<T divide the other ninej grades into three classes?A. B. and C, with three grades in each class and make the middle class the basis, with a discount for a grade below and a premium, for a grade above. "I have introduced amendments in the Senate along the .lines sug gested above, but I am told that the task is too monumental to be I accomplished, and that it would cause a revolution in marketing. I I believe in revolutions when they l !are necessary * toaccomplish jus-, tice." . ??? ' j Some towns are so lucky. In Washington it is considered proper for girls to pay their own way. ? J ? " j What's in a name? Will Plant j is a famous walker and not a j gardener. ; The hardest part aboutv being a , professional politician is keewng I fat* 2ft "ig r?^t'is-' -.- '. ?? - ? ?? . ' Grove's Chill Purifies the Blood and makes the cheeks rosy. 6oc FORESTRY * FOR fSOUTET CAROLINA Special Agent For United States Forestry Depart ment in the State Columbia. Ney.-2.1,?A cordial reception in Sotith Carolina is being given Mrs. Daisy Edgerton, of Washington, agent for the forestry department, who is in the state-in the interest of the forestry ^ob servation program of the newly or ganized forestry association. She; is in Columbia today, but goes this week to Charleston and"Cheraw. tb address' various, organizations oft the forestry conservation program. During her stay she is the guest of Mrs. Wilson G. Harvey,.; at the Governor's Mansion. Yesterday Mrs. Edgerton. ad dressed a. gathering of women's or ganization-leaders, of Columbia, -as^ sembled at the Governor's Man sion._ A series of meetings for No vember 27-29 were arranged^ Sun day Mrs. Edgerton <^ke before the Kershaw county law enforcement, league, and she reports * today that she was given cordial welcomes lost week at district Conventions of. the fedeiation of women's .clubs, held at Hartsviile, St. George and Fair fax. From many parts of the state demand is being made for Mrs* Edgerton's services, and she has numerous engagements for the coming weeks. ; "South Carolina's . leading in dustry," said Mrs; ! Edgerton in speaking today of her work. , "is ag riculture and it is dependent In many ways upon the products"*'e? ,5 her forests as well as forest in fluences in soil and water. ,T^e state's Piedmont section factories are dependent upon the. protection" of her headwaters. The destruc tion of : the "state's forest resource, however gradual; will work in creasing hardships. The time 'is at hand for legislation and co-op erative effort to check threatening conditions at hand. ft a I * * ?> -' WORKING AGAINST^- 'T Gov. Harvey Refuses to- Bfe Drawn into Controversy $ Columbia, ^ov. 22.?Governor Harvey Wednesday refused "to ^ef'. drawn into a controversy regarding tli? Ku Klux- Klan, in response ?) a wire from the New York' Tribf une. Governor Harvey sent the fol lowing telegram: "If the;;Klanver any-other body of men singly: or collectively, violates the law,, Icwiil use every official means to'punish such offenses." . The governor's telegram was in reply to the . following message from the New :York Tribune:: , "In connection with Governor Pafker*& appeal for United States -aioU?;' controlling Ku .Klux Klan, wi?l 'ycm^ please wire collect^-at "your esLrl iest convenience, situation in yc?x state, and whether you will. re> spond to Iiis plea for co-operation of all governors in suppressing the. klan." ? V - Living is expense but. worthy'it-. Bargains In Blankets! Complimentary to the Visitors Who Will Attend the Big This Week, Wc Have Arranged the Most Attractive lahket Sale Sumter has seen in several seasons* Our window display is an index of the splen did values to be offered, including 100 per cent Wool Comforts, Down Comforts^ Slumber Robes, Infants' Crib Blankets, Steamer Rugs, and all subject to the special liberal discount to be offered this week. < (Regulators of Prices for Sumter)