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^s^n^^s^S^S^^C'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^P^1^1*^1^^^"* m I flft HEEft. IIM raJiY ar labor ?u-k. x 9AMJU to big business. of Industry That Tbo Ptt? ?e Urem, front? ei of Worhiagjncu on Ac Wer Condition*. tie City. N. J., Sept. 10.?Co of labor In assuring the got. that the production A sup will not be netted by strikes or during the war was invited Industry la resolutions today by the industrial rela el the wear convention of Amerlcar buelneee men. Tue wUl be put before the full teen arrow, it notion was taken after a ttir speech by Secretary Wii erke declared that the epirit of egge ieitrig hasting avea wan due tains meeeure to the gene al im that buelneee has been mak e peoAte la which labor to you buei Wlleon asked, the story has gone forth that ewe net patriotic; that you have r. and d>d It not occur that the working man has said ha wAl lennvt on getting totalere of the swag? aty posit-on is that ?here she?M be no wwsg? to you. lev labor that this le no i to Sat oa union recognltc n and hnnht on changes In labor But F also want to ray that this Is no tlmo an your prejudices, no time an nroSteering. Ton rvhould i nitietage of your country's to lest* an abnormal prof -/Us at thai time.'* ~ tUHtll of* Industry towards la? SeSiitl in the renolutions ap m en follows: ae atteaepts be made by bus? ts cSeuege labor conditions and ae efforts to force' er changes In ?tan there be no preStetrlng In !? grre rlac to labor unrewt. recommended to the itton of a government re* resreaeniiag labor, capital and aejMIe to settle all major dlaputes the hoard's decisions be blmi? en bath sides. Fant badnetry tall on labor tox co? in making It plain there win H no strikes or lockouts wttrte ad lenta are beeng ante government employment he developed and extend od heal appropriation. Industry institute a study of looking towards the sl? ot distress during times depression " AS originally drawn the resolutions. Si tttakm of eome mem bore of the onSSiieaee, sought to dictate to labor Is demanding compulsory arbitration ef ilosaifee. This suggestion was op? posed so. vigorously that, aa the res? olutions wers approved, they leave It to labor voluntarily to aubmlt differ so ess le the adjustment board that would he created. v| -We ars not hare." R. O. Rhett of Charleston. 8. C, president of the Chamber of Commerce of tho United Statee. declared, "to say what either Inbor or capital shall do. For ue to ime that would be to miss the en? tire spirit of this convention. We are hare to Improve conditions, not t dictate to any one." The next bond Issue may fall, said Prof. W. A. Scott of the University o ^Wisconsin, because of the failure of people gsnsralh/ to res I Us tbelr par* ef the government's flnanctsl respon eJbllhy and the Inability of the hanks to take war bonds heavily and meet the aeeda of Industrial expansion a the name time. Be real war profiteer Is the farm? er, declared Frank O. Watts of St Louie, who sold: ' The termer Is the real capitalist In? cised of tho banker. In the first ten months of It 17 the farmer ha* made s/ar profits In excess of the pre-war ten months of M.&OO.OOO.OOO. Yet nc serious attempt has boon made to tax him He is willing to bear his share of the burden I know, but he has Seen issetled." The section which discussed expor control recommended that ths gov? ernment be urged to maintain enon.rb inaee In the South American trutU* insure, the fres flow of trade in it section and that machinery be eetabllsksd to expedite ths issuance o." eaport Uoei Mr. I* J. Cooper died at his home In St. Psteroburg. Fta.. Tuesday. Sep? tember ISth. after a long Hintes, lie i a native of Sumter county, but resided In Florida for many years, le waa a brother of Mrs. Margaret Iregg tnd Mrs. Joe Sanders of thi rdtr. Mm W. T. Spann hat returned from Knoxvllle, Tcnn., after a stnv of stentel week a Meeting at Majre?vlUe. From" The Dally Item. Sept. 22. Mayesvtle, the second largest towi i in Sumter county, made the poorer showing In point of numbers attend? ing the township meetings of the County Council of Defense. In fact Mayesville hau evidenced comparative ly little Intenst in the public nplrited economic, and patriotic efforts of the County Council of Defense and the j men and women of Sumter county to 'do what the United States govern I ment, headed by President Woodrow Wilson, has asked those Sumter coun? ty men and women to do to help U j wlh the war. Not more than thirty ladlee and gentlemen turned out last night to heat* the addresses of tin representatives of the Red Cross Hoover Clubs and County Council of Defense. Rev. R. L*. ?irler, a member of the Mayesville Township Committee, and a resident of the town of Mayesville, haa been very active In County Council work, but is the only member of the committee from the town of Mayes? ville, who has responded tb the call of their country through the author 1 lied and official body?the Sumtei County Council of Defense. That the men, women, boys, an.' girls of the hustling, intelligent, am progressive little city of Mayesvill? j are ae loyal, patriotic, and public spirited aa the people of any othci section of this country can not be dis? puted, and Just why the business mer and others of that town exhibit prac? tically no Interest in general publb affaire of the county as a rule is ; mystery to those who for years havi triad to get Mayesville In close toucl with the county seat and other sec ttons of Sumtar county. Lack o community Organisation and enthus? iastic leadership perhaps accounts fo this to a largo extent. A naturally beautiful and healthfu town, a community of highly In tell; gent, cultured, and hospitable me and women, a town of conslderabl commercial Importance, and a con ?iderable cotton and mercantile an? banking center, with magnMcen churches and a splendid modern cit school system, and other evidences o growth and progress. It seems strang that so few people would attend ? meeting of the kind held there las night. The visitors who addressed Ian night's meeting were not there ? boosters of Sumter city, the count seat, seklng commercial or flnancta gain for this city, or for any othc particular portion of Sumter county. But they were men and women wh have been giving weeks and month of their time and spending the! money riding around Sumter count doing the patriotic work asslgnc them by President Woodrow Wllso and his official associates of the Unit ed States and of our own State go> ernment. Rev. R. L. drier presided over la* night's meeting and cordially welcom ed the visiting speakers and offtch representatives of Uncle Sam and ou own State government. Chairman A. C. Phelps. of the Sum ter County Council of Defense wu the first speaker. Mr. Phelpe follow? ed out largely his usual line of ta' explaining the objects of the Natlona State, and County Councils of De fense in their organised efforts to ai the national government in supportir the armies and navies of this coun try and our allies to win a war again? the autocratic aggression of German? He showed great Interest'in the wor* and aroueed the interest and enthu* kasm of the few public spirited me and women who partlc'put3d in tb deliberations of the meeting. He urge cooperation, and support of the go eminent Mr. B. W. Dahns, of Salem sectlo of Mayesville township, and chab man of that township committee, ver '?.terestingly and Instructively explalr ed the Importance of dlvcrslflcatloi ertraordlnary food production an conservation, and pointed out th value to the government and the pee pie of buying liberty bond.v to bei win the war and incidentally mm a investment to start the habit of m\ ing money. Rev. R. Ij. Grler spoke of the Im portancc of community coop *ratlo hitched up with county-wlde. stile wide and nation-wide coopenitioi linking the units together Into u com pact mass for the general welfare. Mrs. Nina Solomons explained i her interesting and practical munm the objects of the women's clubs t eliminate unnecessary warte In th homes, of the beautiful and neoessar work of the Red Cross chapters an nurses, and advocated organtzutto vt the women of Mayesville lnt< Hoover cluba for helping the govern ment to win the war. She arrange for a meeting at a later date nmon the women of Mayesville to forn such organisation. Dr. P. II. Edmunds explained th riiuse which led up to the entrance o this country Into the war, and show* what the results of victory by Oat many and her allies means to thi country and all other countries wlier freedom, liberty of tbought .'iml th right to enjoy liberty, roligious an - V ?? I - ?political freedom are, appreciated. He showed much of the dark side of the war as pract/ced by the Ger? man soldiers on helpless and Innocent non-combatant women and children of France and Belgium, and how the airships of Germany ruthh\s.;ly dro; death dealing bombs on sleeping non combatant people of England and France. The audience at last night's meeting was a decidedly intelligent and cul? tured body of men and women, and an appreciative one. Those who took the trouble and time to attend as speakers felt that their time and ef? forts had not been in vain, because it was very apparent that those of Mayesville who attended the meeting and welcomed the speakers intend to get busy organizing the men and wo? men of that community to do its full duty to their government. Once Mayesville is organized, look out for brilliant and patriotic work among its men, women, boys and girls. Graham Church Meeting. From Tha Daily Item, Sept 22. The community meeting at Gra? ham Church, Concord township, Fri? day night was small in numbers, but nevertheless interesting, and probably laid the foundation for future good work along the lines laid down by the National and State Councils of De? fense. The County Council of De? fense was represented by Messrs. J. Frank Williams, P. G. Bowman and Dr. C. P. Osteen, who made brief talks, as did Rev. Mr. Triplett, pastor of Graham church. Mr. Williams outlined the plans and >bjects of the Council of Defense and jailed attention to the necessity of all the people working In harmony with -his organisation to strengthen and fortify the country during the war md to put it on a basis to survive the reaction that will certainly follow th> ?lose of the war when every line o ndustry must undergo a complete re idjustment. He discussed agricul ural methods and save reasons why ;iverslflcation must be practiced by ah farmers to the end that this section >t the country may be not only self sustaining but contribute food for the tupport of our allies in Europe, lie explained the approved methods o .rowing wheat and oats and urged hat each farm havo at least one a<-r? jf wheat to the plow. He also states hat It waa Important that this sec lion raise bigger hogs if a market ti o he secured for them at top prices The markets demand hogs weighing iot less than two hundred pound? md this co'inty raises few hogs o .hat size. With the abundant co i ind velvet bean crop this year Sum? mer county waa now in a position t eed the hogs and make them gro> >igger. He also discussed good road: ind their relation to successful and profitable farming. Dr. Osteen talked of boll weevil am vhat would follow its appearance it. his State within the next three o our years. Ho advised that th* armers begin now to prepare fo .he revolutionary changes In farmin nethods that the appearance of th veevil would render imperative, an suggested that in live stock, especial y dairying, would be found the surc.s nethod of combatting the weevil an< j?ua ran teeing a profit from farmin jnder boll woevil conditions. Mr. Triplett expressed regret that he meeting was not more largely at? tended and explained that Friday night was the time that all the farm 9rs of the neighborhood settled with their hands for the week's cotto. picking and that consequently few o them could leave home to attend th< meeting. He heartily endorsed tin campaign that the Council of Defcns. s making and pledged his cooperutior. md that of the community. In refer once to the war he said that he wa> opposed to war on principle, but whei the occasion arises that a people mus' Ight In defence of their homes and .heir ideals of civilization and re iglon then he was heart and soul in avor of fighting a good light H< ould be readyXto do his part wher ?ver his country needed, whether ?: e on tho buttlefleld or on the farm Ie said that he could not sec how an> Vmoricen who had an intelligent ap >reriation of tho blessings of a free ountry could fail to rentier the Ut nost loyalty and the fullest rervice t he government In this time of streu md trial. Mr. Howman spoke of the causes o 'he war and the issues that are ttl Hake. He traced the development o< he German autocracy, based upor 'he doctrine of blood and iron which disregards the rights of otbe nations and the rights of iudlvidua'? He told of the attempt in 1870 to ?'.? story France, and how when that po' 'ailed, the Germans had labore.' through the years to build Up a wu machine that would not only destm. France but conquer the world. Th !Germans planned not only the over throw of the British empire, but the\ had their greedy eyes upon the riches of the 1'nlied States and all South America which they planned to con? quer and use for their own purposes. it is for ihis reason that America unsaBSaal8A^SB^SS??1^SEHKSHSHHSH must fight and fight to a finish, fur unless Germany is defeated America will know neither freedom nor hap? piness ^ver again. He warned his hearers to hear in mind the barbarity and cold blooded cruelty with which Belgium and France had been treat? ed and remember that this would be the fate of America if the German: won in Europe and set foot upon the shores of tho United States. He de? nounced :traltors and Pro-Germans wherever they may be found and urg? ed that loyal Americans make com? mon cause against these dastardly ene? mies who axe lurking in all sections of the country that afforded them a haven and a refuge from the oppres? sion of Europe. The Graham section is- one section of the county that has put into prac? tice the theory of live at home, and they have been blessed this year with bountiful harvests and they are able to live themselves and help less favor? ed sections out of the surplus. They will do their part to further the work of the Council of Defense and the Red Cross. > FOOD CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN. Mr. A, C, PUclps Appointed County Chairman to Organize Work. Mr. A. C. Phelps, chairman of the County Council of Defense, has been appointed county chairman to handle the food conservation campaign in Sumter county. He received the fol? lowing telegram last night notifying him of his appointment: "Services Council of Defense offer? ed Federal Food administration grate? fully accepted today. Yop therefore, are appointed chairman in your coun? ty to handle food conservation cam? paign. Success depends on your pa? triotic response. Please wire imme? diately collect if you will ?erve. "D. R. Cokcr, "Federal Food Administration." Birthday Party. I Mrs. Richardson Sander? entertain? ed a ?mall party of young folks at her home on Broad street Tuesday af? ternoon in honor of her little daugh? ter Gortude's eighth birthday. They played several interesting games and' also had a Bean Guessing contest. Miss Aline Tisdale winning the first prize and Elizabeth Baker being the winner of the booby. Cream, cakes and candy were serv? ed. The table was beautifully decor? ated with tlowers, the same numbei of candles burning as her years. The hostess Was assisted by Miss Mary Belle Burgess in entertaining the lit? tle folks. Home Demonstration Club. On last Thursday at the Girls' High school. Misses Lcmmon and Keels gave a very interesting demonstra? tion of the varioua uses of muscadine grapes. A beautiful, clear unferment ed grape juice was made, also a con serve of grapes, organges, pecans an< raisins. Delicious samples were pass? ed around, and the twenty-five ladle: piasent showed so much interest thai Miss Lemmon suggested that a Dem? onstration Club be organized in Sum tor. The suggestion met with favor. Miss Obenschain was elected presi? dent, and Mrs. H. M. Stuckey, secre? tary. Tho membership will be limited U the number that can be comfortably seated at the tables. There will b< one meeting each month. This is I greet opportunity for the many younger matrons to become proficient housewives, thereby avoiding man> disappointments in the hard school o! experience, though anyone can acquire useful knowledge by attendance o these classes. The only expense attached to mem bership Is price of the materials usec' in demonstration which will be ver> small. Lectures will be given on different subjects at cich meeting and notic< of October meeting will be publishe. Inter. Dr.isy Lee Stuckey, Secretary ~~ U. S. Euglnccrs on Rattle front. American Training Camp in France, ;^cpt. 20.? (By the Associated Press.' ? An American regiment of engineers lias taken over an Important line of French strategic rnilroads. While thev have not yet been under shell i fire, the Germans have attempted t< bomb the trains. The regiment is en tirely under the French and Is hand? ling supplies of ammunition to Frencl units. I'll bile Notice. Notice Is hereby given that the regular fall examination for teacher? will be held in the court house a* Sumter, Saturday, October fith, begin? nlng at o'clock. The examination will be taken from the books lifted i? the. public schools of the St .lie, J, II. HAYNSWORTH, County Superintendent of Education, Sumter County. COUNCIL OF DEFENSE. Community Meetings Held at Heid s i School House, Giuliani Church apd.l Mayesville. From The Daily Item, Sept. 22. The community meeting of Man cheater township, held at Heid's school house last night was not large? ly attended, but those who were there manifested much interest in the talks and the plans of the Sumter County | Council of Defense. Mr. J. M. Kolb, member of the Privateer township committee of the County Council of Defense called the meeting to order, and presided. Mr. S. L. Krasnoff, of Sumter, deliv? ered a unique and eloquent address in which he very clearly set forth the difference between living under an autocratic monarchial form of govern I ment, and living the United States under an enlightened and free democ? racy. He spoke very feelingly of his ex? perience in Russia from whenco he came to the United States, of his boy? hood days there, and what his parents and sisters and brothers and others of the non-aristocratic classes had to undergo in Russia compared to what America has done for him and his family. He showed very clearly and con? vincingly to his audience just what they had to be grateful for as free citizens of the United States, and com? pared Prussian and Russian oppres? sion to American liberty of thought and action. His interpretation of freedom of religious and political thought and action in this country, as compared with what the Russian and Prussian governments think a poor man or poor woman is entitled to, judged by his personal experience as one of the persecuted natives of Russia, ami as a fortunate naturalized citizen of the United States, so forcibly impressed his hearers that two gentlemen pres? ent, Messrs. J. M. Kolb and W. J. Ardis made Mr. Krasnoff's presenta? tion of the blessings- of American cit? izenship tho subjects of their talks al? most entirely. He said that native born cltiaens of this country owe much to their country. But that the foreign born American, looking back Into the years that thousands of them lived under the restricted and autocratic Prussian and Russian, and other similar gov? ernments, where they had no showing ; at all to make a living or worship God according to their own consciences, with no political freedom of thought, and with very restricted educational opportunities in some of the foreign countries for the masses of the peo? ple, these formerly oppressed nativee of foreign countries should be the most loyal and grateful supporters of the United State? and their allies for a continuation and widening of the opportunities and high ideals of a world-wide democracy. He advocated, eloquently hearty support of tho Red Cross work and the doing of everything possible to contribute to the comfort, pleasures, and glory of the brave soldiers who are going to fight, and thousands to sacrifice their lives for the preserva? tion of the purity of womanhood, and the maintenance of an unsullied and free democracy for the people of all nations irrespective of nationality, creed, or politics. Mr. J. M. Kolb spoke feelingly of the ideas advanced by Mr. Krasnoff, saying that perhaps Mr. Krasnoff was the first man in this county of foreign birth to put such views in just such a way before a Sumter county aud? ience. Mr. Kolb's views, as a public spirit? ed and patriotic citizen and hard worker of the County Council of De fonse, are so well known that it is useless to repeat what he thinks of the value of cooperation and loyalty to our government. He renewed his pledges of support for himself and for Privateer township. Mr. W. J. Ardis, member of the Manchester township committee of County Council of Defense regretted that such a small number attended the meeting. He felt, however, that It was not due to lack of interest, pa? triotism or loyalty on the part of his 'fellow citizens of Manchester, so much as the fact that there was not much organization or cooperative activities among the men and women of that township up to the present time. He is working, however, with others to bring about a closer cooperative inter est in his section. recruits for army. From The Daily Item, Sept. 21. The following men will leave at 9.40 tomorrow morning on the A. C. Im train for Camp Jackson, to go into training in the National Army: Bean F. Scott, Layton S. Thomas, W. W. Scott, Richard Oxendlne, Jr., A. J. Bradford, J. E. Hardin. J. Rich Brown, J. A. Branson. F. F, Telenor. lice County Court. The court of general aessior?* wai called last Monday at usual hour by Clerk of Court Singletary, but as Jude Frank Gary, the presiding judge was unavoidably detained by delayed train, the court was ad? journed until the 11 o'clock train when the judge would come in. So? licitor P. H. Stoll and stenographer came in the evening before. Judge Gary lost no time in gettinp* the court to work and stated to the grand jury that he would not take up the time of the court in charging then as to their duties inasmuch as they had been charged already by judges of the previous courts. The solicitor handed to the fore? man a batch of new bills to be acted upon. No summer term of court belny held, the docket naturally is crowded. The first case called was that of Eddie Spann, a little colored boy about twelve years old, for entering the depot at St. Charles and stealing money from the office. He plead guilty and owing to his age, was sen? tenced to three months In Lexington reformatory. Undoubtedly the little fellow was put up to do what he did by older ones and gave the name of a negro man who helped to put hint through the ticket window in order to open the depot door. The next case called was that of Slate against Arthur Hunt and Mar? tha Talton, mescegenation. The man was a negro and the woman white. They plead guilty of race marriage. The State vs. Frank King, police? man of Bishopville for assault and battery with intent to kill, created much interest. The prosecutor in this case was Mr. J. Z. Watson. The witnesses for the State were: B. W. Folsom, J. Z. Watson, S. J. Scarbor? ough, Frank Katz, M. B. McCutchen. Witnesses for defense were: Frank King, Mayor L. H. Jennings, W. B. Stafford, W. M. Reid and W. N. Mc Leod. State vs. Harrcson and Charlie San? ders and Alex Holme?, grand larceny. Found guilty. The State against Henry M. Atkin? son for killing his wife. Mary Atkin? son, was called and is bing tried as we go to press. McLeod & Dennis are assisting the solicitor. Mr. Thos. H. Tatum, Kelly & Levy and Hon. Proctor A. Bonham of Greenville are attorneys for the defense. The follow? ing jurors were drawn to sit on the case: J. E. McCutchen, J. R. Mc Farland, J. H. Hoyt, D. D. Grant. L. B. Watford, A. M. Rogers, R. M. Smith, A. P. Moxingo, H. W. Shaw, S. M. Beasley, W. F. Smith. Many cases will be carried over while many have been nol prossed. Presentment of Grand Jury. To the Honorable Frank B. Gary, Presiding Judge: We, the Grand Jury beg to submit our final report of the present term of court. We have passed upon alt bills handed us by the solicitor and have returned them to the court with our findings thereon. Our special committees have in? spected all county buildings. We lind the jail well kept and in good condi? tion. We find that recommendations made by ua at last term of court In regard to Court House repairs have not been carried out. We therefore recommend that the proper authori? ties be required to make necessary re? pairs at once. We recommend that request of ladies for use of Court House for ben? efit of Red Cross- society be granted. We recommend that all persons authorized to perform the marriage ceremony be urged to use caution as to the nationality of contracting parties. We learn with regret that our earnest solicitor who has been so faithful in the discharge of his duties for the past several years will at an early date tender his resignation to accept a more honorable position, and while we regret to lose so faithful, fair and zealous officer, yet we must commend him for the patriotism he has displayed, in this, the greatest crisis that we, free America has ever been drawn into?the great arorld war ?In accepting the honored position of judge advocate general. We desire to thank the court of? fices for the instructions given ua We also thank your hoaor, for courtesies shown us in the discharge of our duties. J. H. Ellen, Foreman. 4 After the presentment was read ?fudge Gary said he was gratified at the thoroughness of their work. In regard to their former report tor re? pairs on court house, which has not been attended to, he would order the solicitor to issue rule on proper llcer to show cause why the recom? mendation was not complied with. He joined them in their regrets at losing Solicitor Stoll from the circuit and paid the solicitor a pretty com? pliment for his faithful and conscien? tious work as a court officer. Mrs. O. A. Tiemmon and children have returned from Saluda, N. C.