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Endorse Swearingen For Gov ernor. That John E. Swearingen, state su perintendent of education, would have no lack of backing in school cir cles should he cast his hat into the gubernatorial ring this summer was made clearly evident at the meeting of county superintendents of educa tion held in this city. The resolution which was adopted almost unanimously by the county superintendents of education, has just leaked out and yesterday when Mr. Swearingen was asked about it hs expressed the wish that nothing be said about it, as he has yet made no announcement that he would run for governor and he said he feared the schools might suffer from the ru mor. It has been the custom of Mr. Swearingen for a number of years to assemble the county superintendents .of education in Columbia sooi. after the close of the meeting of the legis lature, so that he might discuss with them the new laws which had been passed with regard to the public schools. These meetings have been found very helpful and have been well attended. This year every county in the state, except about ll, had its superintendent of education at the meeting. It is understood that at one of the conferences a county superintendent arose and proposed that the meeting of superintendents go on record as indorsing Mr. Swearingen's candida cy for governor should he enter the race. At the time Mr. Swearingen was in the chair and he at once ruled the motion out of order and it did not come to a vote. Later during the meeting, when S. J. Wall, superin tendent of education of Marion, took the chair, the matter was again broached, and the resolution was adopted heartily. Since M.r Swearin gen had not announced any intention of running for governor, it was agreed, according to rumors on the street, to make no mention of the resolution through the public prints lest the schools should suiter. When Mr. Swearingen was. ap proached yesterday and asked about the rumor, he was found willing to talk about the schools of the state and their prospects, but would say little as to the possibility of his run mmcer oi words nor is ne reticent as to expressing his opinions in re gard to various issues.-The State. Green Sweet Potatoes. Clemson College, April 10.-The growing of sweet potatoes for early market, to be sold "green" in July, August and September (especially July), instead of being placed in storage for later sale as "cured" po tatoes^ a matter well worth consid ering by those farmers who can grow early potatoes, suggests the Exten tion Service in calling attention to the report of a committee appointed Tecently by Directtor W. W. Long to draw up a policy for developing the sweet potato industry in South Caro Ji?a. That part of the policy commit tee's report which deals with green potatoes is as follows: "Where climatic and soil condi tions warrant, there is an opportu nity to grow early sweet potatoes for shipment green in July and up to Au gust 10. But it must be remembered that a large volume of early sweet potatoes is shipped from North Caro lina and Virginia, commencing about the first of August, and that on ship ments to Eastern markets South Car olina will have to compete with the above mentioned sections in August shipments. "The majority of markets prefer to buy green sweet potatoes packed in standard barrels. The other con tainers are the bushel hamper and the standard crate. "A minimum car is considered to be around 500 bushels or 180 bar rels. The shipper should be certain that he has a carload of potatoes be fore attempting a car lot shipment." In. order to get potatoes ready for July and August shipment, it is nec essary to phnt early, and while it may be that comparatively few grow ers will be able to ship green pota toes this season, the possibilities of this phase of marketing potatoes should be kept in mind. Growers who can not ship in car lots individually may be able by co-operating with neighboring farmers to make up car lot shipments. ' Only One "BROMO QUININE" lo s< t the genuine, call for ful? name, LAXA T1VE BROMO QUININE. Look for signature of E.W. GROVE. Cure? a Cold in One Day. Slops .*?&zb end headache, and wer ka efl sold, 25a Denied His Lord. Rev. Dr. Abernethy of Washing ton, who opened the Disarmament conference with prayer, is no doubt sorry now that some other minister of the gospel did not have that "hon or;" for he is "catching it" from all sides, and justly, because, in obedi ence to some one "higher up"-Gov. Cox says it was Lodge-he "deleted" the name of Jesus Christ from his prayer-out of "respect for the presence of followers of Confucius and Mohammed in the conference. That was a spectacle for men and angels, wasn't it? Dr. Abernethy is sorry enough now for his weak com pliance with some slack-twisted Christiaan's request or suggestion; but he has not the manhood to ac knowledge his error. On the contrary he tries to defend it by such spe cious arguments as- any Christian man ought to be ashamed of; such as "I am willing to bear the entire re sponsibility for it myself"-which he will have to do, anyhow, for it would be no excuse to put the blame on his prompter-that would make his own case worse because the bare sugges tion of leaving "Christ" out of his prayer ought to have been so repug nant to his feelings as to make it ut terly impossible. So he did it, not un thinkingly, but deliberately. As one has expressed it he "denied his Lord" as Peter did. But he has not shown Peter's honesty; his sorrow comes not from genuine repentance for his de nial but from the revulsion of feel ing that has manifested itself in the hearts of others-not sorrow for his act, but sorrow for the way Christian persons regard it. He attempts to defend himself by such sophistry as this: "I believe that I can pray in the name of Christ with out mentioning the word." Of course he can. There need not be any word at all in prayer-"prayer is# the heart's sincere desire, uttered or un expressed," but neither Dr. Aber nethy nor any other person can de liberately and publicly suppress the name of Jesus Christ "out of cour tesy" to Buddhists and Confucianists, or anti-Christ of any name or nation, without by that act denying his Lord. If Dr. Abernethy had acknowledg ed his wrong there might have been some respect and sympathy for him. TT.-ij wioiro a firtp missionarv .--v.... \>L cue sj-iieu uia Salvation Army. New York City has a $500,000 drive on for their work. The chairman of the commit tee, Mr. James Speyer, is head of the banking firm of Speyer & Company. Mr. Speyer is also one of the vice presidents of the Associatoin Against the Prohibition Amendment. When the newspaper reporters in formed Commander Evangeline Booth that Mr. Speyer was a "wet," she said: "Mr. Speyer is an old and es teemed friend of the Army, but I think he will have to change his views if he is to continue as chairman of our drive. Our stand with respect to prohibition is what it has always been, absolutely tee-total." Because of this consistent attitude the "wets" are trying to punish her. She refuses to recede, and will stand regardless of costs. One of New York's great politicians who'has the power to do what he says, has practi cally threatened to withdraw the Sal vation Army's permission to solicit in the streets, on the ground that this utterance of Miss Booth is "politics." Miss Booth's address is 120 West 14th Street ,New York City. We cannot and must not forget the splendid work of this organization during the war days. Then they sacri fi ed and rendered glorious service for the brave men at home and on foreign fields. The thirty organiza tions that are opposed.to National Prohibition are certainly desperate when they resort to such measures. Let every ex-service man that appre ciates the services the Salvation Army rendered during the great World War, send encouragement to Commander Booth. Fair play must win. JE. M. LIGHTFOOT. Columbia, S. C. Notice. In the robbery of the Bank of Trenton, the night of October 19th, 1920, a certificate for 10 shares of stock in the Bankers' National Life Insurance Company of Orangeburg, S. C., dated December 9, 1919, in fa vor of the undersigned was stolen, and notice is hereby given that at the expiration of legal notice, I will ap ply to che company for a duplicate certificate of stock. WALLACE W. WISE, 4-5-6t. Trenton, S. C. I The Scrap Book HAD TO HAVE ALL OUTDOORS Excellent Reason Why Shoemaker Had' Not Got Down to Work on . Those Clogs. In a Yorkshire village lived a man whose feet were Immense. He had ordered a pair of new clogs, but the dogger dallied about making them. Time-after time the customer,, called at the tiny shop, and time after time they' were not read^? "Tha sees, Jim," said the dogger, "there's been noa. weather." "Weather!" said Jim. "What weather to do wi' my clogs?" "Well," was the retort, "tha sees, Ah can't start a Job o' that size, in side t' shop." LITTLE DEMAND FOR SNAKES Rattlers Now Bring Only Eight Cents a Pound, According to Dealer In the Reptiles. The rattlesnake catchers of the Brownsville, Texas, district are going through a period of severe depression^ as live snakes at present are bringing only 8 cents a pound, according to T. Gilbert Pearson, president of the Na tional Association of Audubon Soci eties, who has just returned from the work of staking out a proposed 150, 000-acre tract In the southern tip of Texas as a game and bird sanctuary. The greatest rattlesnake establish ment in the world is maintained near Brownsville by a dealer named King, known as "Rattlesnake King." He had more than 100,000 rattlers in stock during December, Mr. Pearson said. These are sold to zoological gardens, I?nake charmers, circuses, naturalists and snake lovers all over the country, but the demand has recently become low. Many Mexicans earn their living catching rattlers and are glad to get even 8 cents a pound for them. Mr. Pearson's mission was under taken at the request of the depart ment of agriculture for the purpose I of mapping out a great game preserve., in the extreme south of Texas, where a stretch of sandhills exists ou which are found between twenty and thirty I species of birds, including game birds IIUTV built 200 miles of roaus uunng the campaign in Palestine against the Turks, but the upkeep Is very costly. The best material for repairing them used to come from east of the Jordan, which is now known as Transjordanla, and ls peopled by nice Bedouins who spend their time watching their wives work and planning midnight raids upon the Zionist camps across the sacred river. THE UNCERTAIN RACE8 "When I go to the races I get tho lady I'm with to shut her eyes and Jab her hatpin through a name on the programme. Then I play the horse." "Trouble Is, even that system Isn't infallible." ' _ The High Cost of Honor. Nobility orders and badges of honor in Germany hitherto, upon the death of the owner, have been left os sou venirs to his heirs, though only upon payment to the state of their bullion value. Now the prime minister an nounces that because of the Increased value of gold he ls compelled, In the interest of the state, to increase by 100 per cent the prices of all such decorations. It does not appear that this applies to the Iron Cross, though lt has been so numerously awarded, one would think, as materially to affect the sup ply of that most useful metal. The Secret. In a certain social set they were one day discussing the remarkable success of a rich but ill-favored girl's mar riage with a spendthrift clubman. Now ho one could understand thc thing, which at the outset had seemed to bode so ill. But one matron shrug ged her shoulders and said: "The girl won't let her husband touch a penny of her principal, and that, you see, keeps up the Interest" No Idle "Buddies" In Louisiana. Through the efforts of the American Legion employment bureau in Louisi ana every ex-service man has been given a Job. A recent search for un employed ex-service men was without success. The headquarters of the bu reau fa Yu New Orleans, and from this place lt has placed the men in various parts Qf the state. NOTICE OF MASTER'S SALE State of South Carolina County of Edgefield In Court of Common Pleas I The Bank of Edgefield, Plaintiff Against W. F. McMurrain, et al, Defendant. Pursuant to a decree in the above entitled case, I shall offer for sale at public outcry to the highest bidder before the Court House, Town of Edgefield, County and State afore said, on Salesday May, 1922, the samev being the 1st day of said month, between the legal hours of sale the following described realty, to wit: All that lot of land, with all improvements thereon, in the town of Edgefield, County of Edgefield, JState of South Carolina, measuring a distance on Simkins street on south of Eighty-six (86) feet and three {?) inches, be the same more or less, lind running back towards the North on the line of Miss Tillie Youngblood a distance of three hundred and eight (308) feet and three '3) inches on the East side of it, J* stance of Eighty-six (86) feet the North side, pr back side, arA d North by lands of the estai Tomp kins, deceased ; West o? tai. > of Mrs. Grace Ennett and in part by lands of the estate of.D. A. Tompkins, de ceased, a distance on that side of three hundred and eight (308) feet, said place being known as the Wal lace Tompkins place. TERMS OF SALE: One-half cash, balance on a credit of one year, with interest from date of said sale, or all cash at purchaser's option; the cred it portion, if any, to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises. Said bond and mortgage to provide for inter est from date, and ten per cent, at torney's fee, in case same shall be placed in hands of an attorney for collection after maturity. Purchaser to take out and assign to Master an insurance policy on premises for at least $2500.00. If purchaser at said" sale shall fail to comply with the terms thereof, within one hour from the time of said sale, said premises, upon direction of plaintiff, or his attorney, will be re sold on said day at the risk of the for mer purchaser. Purchaser to pay for papers and ciation. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insurred $17.226,000. 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