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Attorney General In Favor of Sease? Spartan barg Man May Be Nomi nated for Federal Judge, De pending on Senators' Atti t . tude - "Washington, July 10.?With the re-j . turn of the president the judgeship ? situation in South Carolina excites j greater interest, the general belief be- ? mg that' the attorney general will by the end of the week make his recom mendation. Oh good authority it can he stated that the attorney general has- been very much impressed by the indorsements of Judge Sease and ap parently favors him. His position, however, is that he will not recom mend to the president any man whose . appointment would not be confirmed! because this would bring embarrass- j ment to the president. He wilt, there- j fore, endeavor to ascertain from the j senators whether they wouid confirm! Sease If he is appointed. If they state they will not or if they decline to commit themselves the attorney gen eraJ will then recommend some other mal:'whom the senators will agree in advance to confirm. 'If-the attitude of the senators pre vents Sease's appointment those most prominently mentioned today as be ing considered by the attorney general and who the senators would doubt less, agree to confirm are Featherstone, Todd, Wafkifis and Glenn. It is cer tain that the attorney general will try to get rid of this matter by the end of this week, but it is not known what position the senators will take j asV to the Sease recommendation. . The name of Former Senator Chris-' tie Benet of Columbia was mentioned] Sere today as a possible successor t& ?Sgpreisentative Lever in the event the" latter leaves .the house. Mr. Behet has- mahy friends here who would, welcome him back to Yv ashirig tou. official life. ? .,\ - ..4.. *>>??"- '_ Big Dirigible Makes Fast Time R-34 Shows Speed on Record Trip Washington. July 10.?Aided by a Westerly wind that sometimes reached velocity ^ of 4$ miles' an hour the Britisfedirigible:R-34- was well out over the Atlantic on the return trip to East Fortune, Scotland, after a stay of ?6 hours1 in America. A mes sage from the airship,, received late today by the navy department, gave her position at that time as 650 miles due east of Bar Harbor, Me., and more than 1,000 miles from Mineol?, B. t; from which she started last mid night The dirigible, according to wireless reports received by the navy depart o^lbent' throughout the day. averaged more than 60 miles an hour for the * first IS hours of the return flight and at times the big airship's speed reached between 75 and 80 miles an hour. The dirigible thus was making better time than at any period of the dight to this side: of the Atlantic and if weather conditions remain favor able, naval officers here believe Maj. G. H. Scott,v commander, and mem bers of the R-34's crew will see British shores' early Saturday. . The first word heard from the R34 after the big dirigible left American shores, this morning, was a radio message sent at 4 a. m. giving the ship's- position as IS a miles due~ east from Long Island. Direct communi cation was maintained with the navy department thereafter. At 16 a. no. a message said the dirigible way then ! making-good 5?c knots an htffr, equiv alent tc ubout*^4 lahd miles. An hour later the -K34' signalled that the wind was becoming stronger and that the dirigible's-speed had reached 80 miles an hour at times. ? Two .messages jof thanks to Amer ican officials were sent today by Major Scott. One to Rear Admiral J. H. Giennon, commandant of the third naval' district which includes the Mineota Field where-the R-34 landed on its arrival in this coup try. thanked the officers and men who assisted in mooring' the big dirigible. Another was to E. H. Bowie of the United States weather bureau and thanked him for weather reports. A request was sent to the weather bweati late today that weather rc pbrtar be sent to the R-34 regularly during'the trip to England. Another radio' mesaige asked all reports from the vessels along the path being fol . lowed by the R-34 be wirelessed. The last weather report to the R-34 from here- tonight said that a storm center over Newfoundland was mov ing northeast and* that another ovei Ontario was moving toward New foundland. Strong westerly winds were predicted over the western At lantic as far east asthe 50th meridian and probably much farther. The j weather report compiled by Fore caster Bowie concluded: "You will have strong westerly winds next 21 to 36 hours with some clouds and a falling- barometer. My advice is to keep well south and take advantage' of westerly winds attending rapid eastward movement of disturbance! north of latitude 45. Good luck and i a quick trip." London. July 11.?-The British | dirigible R-34 was in direct touch by wireless with Clifden Station at four o'clock this morning. Greenwich time. Tf gave its position as forty-three de grees and forty minutes north latitude and forty-six degrees west longitude. The speed of the craft at that time being 45 knots per hour. Miss Dorothy Burns -Complimented. .Mrs. James Burns charmingly enter tained on Wednesday evening in com pliment to her niece. Miss Dorothy Bums of Sumter. The evening was passed in dancing and the hostess ?erved delicious refreshments, consist ing of ices and cake.?Camden Chron icle. .Amsterdam. July l>.?The first chamber of the Dutch parliament has Adopted a motion to introduce woman suffrage in Holland. _,\_ _ World Cotton Conference British Spinners Begin to See The Light (Correspondence of Associated Press) London, June 10?Misgivings Lancashire cotton men had regarding the World Cotton Conference to be held in New Orleans in October have been pretty well dispelled by the com mission of American cotton men which has visited this country. At first the j Lancashire people could not see any reason for having a conference at that time and no reason at all for holding it in America. It seemed fori a time that there would be no dele gates from the various organizations in England. The Americans have pointed out to the British that as the world relies mainly on American cotton most of the problems of handling it arise there and it would be a good thing to discuss them on the spot. They also maintained that, although the Ameri cans were the first concerned the in terests of manufacturers and spinners were not inferior to those of mer chants and plants. These arguments have prevailed and Sir Herbert Dixon. chairman of the Fine Cotton Spinners' Association, has consented tD head the delegation. The Liverpool Cotton Association has decided to send delegates and it is virtually assured that the Manchester Chamber of Commerce will do like wise. It has been sugested at Manchester that British spinners might get along with empire cotton and in this con nection James T. Broadbent, one of the members of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce who met the American commission, spoke as fol lows: "You may just as well get go ing with the other English-speaking people who helped to safeguard the liberty of the world and let us- keep control of the cotton. The question of where it is grown should be only incidental." Potash Injury Trouble Traced to Trona Potash Clemson College, July 8.?Clemson College authorities have investigated the potash situation which has given trouble in the Pee Dee section, and have traced the matter to its source in the use of Trona Potash, which con tains impurities injurious to crops. Mr. Bright Williamson, a prominent banker and farmer of Darlington, arid John M. Napier, county agent of Dar lington county found trouble with pot ash in that county recently and re ported the matter to Clemson College. Prof. C. P. Blackwell, agronomist, and Mr. J. L. Seal, plant pathologist, went immediately to Darlington arid Florence counties where they met Dr. W. W. Garner, chief ofi. the Office of tobacco and plant nutrition inves tigations. The three studied the sit uation in the fields of Darlington. Florence, and Dillon counties. They agreed that the very erratic seasons hare caused poor crop condi tions in parts of Florence county which some have erroneously attrib uted to potash. In Darlington county, however, where Trona Potash from Searl Lake, California, purchased through a Charleston broker, was used, very serious injuries were ob served on a number of farms. The Clemson and government ex perts were convinced from field ex amination that this Trona Potash h responsible for the trouble. Thousands of acres of crops in Darlington have been destroyed. Other sources of American potash have given good results so far as in vestigations show. Since nearly all the soils of the coastal plains section of the State are in need of potash, it would be unforunate to have all pot ash indiscrimnately condemned along with this one source. Director Barre announces that ex periments will begun at once at .the Pee Dee Station to obtain all possible information on the effect of this ma terial on plant growth. Further study will be made in Darlington fields to assist farmers in securing data upon which to base claims for damages. These investigations will be. reported as soon as the data is available. The legal aspects of the case will be con sidered by the Board of Fertilizer Con trol. There has probably been injury to crops from this same source in other sections of the State, and if farmers think they have this trouble they should consult their county agents, all of whom have been posted about the matter. Late in June Director H. W. Barre, of the South Carolina Experiment Sta tion attended a potato conference on Long Island to examine tests of all sources of domestic potach. Trona potash showed marked injury to po tato plants, and the conference de veloped the fact that similar trouble was being experienced in North Caro lina with cotton, tobacco and corn. Srhilar trouble seems to have been ex perienced in several localities along the Atlantic coast. For the guidance of farmers Prof. Black well gives the field symptoms as follows. In the case of cotton and corn scormination is retarded or pre vented. Soon after plants which do germinate are above ground, they turn white or yellow and die. Tobac co when transplanted turns light and soon dies. The roots arc found to be undeveloped and many dead. The trouble is worse where tobacco beds have been knocked down. :is this brings the roots in closer contact with the poisonous substances. With! all crops the trouble is worse on J light sandy soils than on heavier soils.! Pers ighin - Freema n. At x.:;o o'clock Wednesday evening. July f?th, at Salem Baptist parsonage. Miss Marcella Persighin ;ind Mr. Frank Freeman were united in mar- i riage. Rev. E. W. Reynolds officiat-1 ing. We wish for this young pair thai j the Fates may be generous to them j favoring them with the choicest bless I ingsand benedictions held within theirj power to bestow. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman will makel their home in Surater. To Indicate Malaria Public Health Service and Inter national Health Board Assist Counties in Driving Out Malaria Columbia. July 11.?Important steps looking towards the further control of malaria in South Carolina were taken yesterday at the meeting of the executive committee of the State board of health when it was resolved to cooperate with th?- United States puhlic health service and with the international health board for the control of the disease. Hy the arrangements perfected, the United States public, health service will, upon the request of a town, send two engineers to make a survey of the town without expense to the com munity. These engineers W*H later report to the authorities what steps arc necessary to eradicate the dis ease and the approximate cost of the work. The town itself is expected to pay, in part at least for putting into effect the recommendations of the engineers, but in case the com munity can not meet the bill, the in ternational health board and the State health board will cooperate with the town authorities and furnish financial assistance. The cooperation of these three health bodies means much for tin State in the eliminination of a disease that has for years lowered the effi ciency of thousands of her citizens. At the meeting of the board bids for the erection of the Palmetto Sana torium for the treatment of negro tuberculars were opened, but as the lowest bid was greater than the ap propriation made for the structure all bids were rejected. The legislature appropritaed $10,000 for the building and the negroes of the State have con tributed $?.000, making a total of $lft,000. The lowest bid was $23,000. The matter was left in the hands of the State health officer. Dr. Hay no. Mrs. Annie I. Rembert. field secretary, and C. C. Wilson, architect. Bids for portions of the structure as originally contemplated will be called for in the near future. Dr. C. V. Akin, in charge of the bureau for the control of venereal diseases in the State, was made assist ant to the State health officer. During the recent illness of Dr. Hayne. Dr. Akin discharged the du ties of the office and yesterday the executive committee expressed their appreciation of his work. Claiming that the health of Blen heim, Marlboro county, was being en dangered by the increase in malaria due to the cutting down of the trees in Three Creek Swamp by the Whip pel Timble Lumber Company of Drake's Mill. Dr. J. L. Napier appear ed before the board and asked for re lief. It was claimed that about one-half the swamp was cut over last year and that an increase in malaria occured: this year the other half is being cut. it is claimed, and the citizens fear a further increase in malaria. The situa tion at Blenheim will be personally investigated by the State health officer and a sanitary engineer and steps taken to protect the health of the people if it be endangered by the swamp operations. Miss E. W. Grieshaber. stenographer for the department, was appointed clerk to succeed Miss Julia Tomp kins. who died a short time ago. Suitable resolutions to the memory of Miss Tompkins will be drawn up and a page in the minute book inscribed to her memory. She was a loyal and faithful clerk in the department for ten years. The board then adjourned. Hitch Over Treaty Ratification by German Assem bly Not Sufficient Paris. July 11.?The ratification of the treaty of peace by the * German national assembly at Weimar may be held not to be sufficient, according to The Petit Parisen. New German con stitution provides that in cases where territory is ceded the ratification of the treaties by the States which lose j the territory is necessary, in addition j to approval by the central govern- j ment consequently independent action i by Bavaria for the Sarre basin and by Prussia for the territory restored to ! Poland may be required. Information for Soldiers. There has just been published a booklet entitled ? Where do we go from here?"' This book contains the answers to a vast number of ques tions which every discharged soldier has been worrying about. It covers very thoroughly the matter of insur ance, allotments, the "Soldiers Settle ment Act," compensation. Liberty Bonds, vocational training, employ ment, civil service, the Homestead Laws, and other items of vital import ance. To obtain the book, the discharged soldier should call at or write to the | nearest Army Recruiting' St.-iiion. or the Recruiting; Officer, Army Recruit ing Station. 3"> Barnard Street. Savan nah. Ga. Miss Maggie May Seale Mannes Mr.! .John A. Owen. Wednesday evening at S.?0 o'clock J Miss Maggie May Seale. the oldest j daughter of Mrs. W. H. S<*ale and Mr. j John A. Owen were married at the home of Mr. M. B. Handle <>n Hamp ton Avenue. The ceremony was performed by Dr. E. W. Thayer of the First Baptist ! church of ihis city in the presence of the immediate families of the bride j and groom. The popular young couple were thej recipients of many handsome presents.] Mr. and Mrs. Owen left on the 9.30 train for Oklahoma where they will j make their future home. New Bank for Lyncnbnrjr; The Peoples Bank, of Lynchburg.i has been chartered tvilh a capital] stock ot $3f?.tMiui im: ollicers being W. j ?7. MeLeod. president: S. L. Tal Ion. vice president, and K. II. Mims, on*h j The Booster Trip Caravan of Business Men Tour Tobacco Region _ i Twenty-seven automobiles carrying fully on-' hundred boosters, among them about fifteen or twenty ladies, were on the 1HJannual tobacco market booster trip and pleasure tour of the Sumter business men on las! Thursday to Sardinia, New Zion. Turbeville. and Trinity sections of Clarendon and Sumter counties. Several a?tombiles with the rural I friends of the business men accom- j panied the boosters to the delight of] the business men. A combination of circumstances was: against the booster trip, as the circuit j court being in session had quite a j number of the leading business men ? on the jury lists, and kept, a number of attorneys from going, as well as court officials. And many business men and thej employees of business establishments [ are away on their summer vacations, i The rain in * the afternoon broke up i the meetings scheduled for Shiloh! and Trinity, although the boosters visited those two places, and came j home in a downpour of heavy rain. j The first stop was at Sardinia in Clarendon county where a number oi ladies and gentlemen of that section met the boosters and gave them a most cordial welcome in behalf of Sardinia in a short but cordial talk and called upon E. I. Reardon. Secretary of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce and Mr. J. K. McElveen, also of Sumter for talks, and both responding. At New Zion there were many farm ers out to greet the boosters. Mr. Hicks welcomed the visitors and re quested Secretary Reardon to preside, j He introduced Messrs. Newton ofj Kott & Newton, of the Banner To bacco Warehouse of Sumter. Mr. John W. Moore of Meore Brothers of the Sumter Tobacco Warehouse, and Mr. Young Todd. general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of Sumter. all of whom made short but interesting talks. At Turbeville a big crowd had col lected and a three horn stop was made there. Mr. J. Frank Williams, county agent, presided at this meeting and called on Mr. S. L. Krasnoff, Mr. Young Todd and Mr. E I. Reardon. ali three of whom responded in happy vein. Mr. Williams thanked the la dies of Turbeville for the cordial wel come and the delightful dinner. Messrs. Dan and John Turbeville were particularly cordial in their welcome talks in behalf of the Turbeville citi zens. The ladies of Turbeville certainly maintained their reputation as charming hostesses and as culinary ex perts. The delicious dinner was com posed of more good things to eat than can be remembered, but among the delicacies and substantiate were chick en fried, chicken pie, chicken cooked with rice, Turbeville ladies half-moon biscuits, the kind of biscuits where [ the first bite forms a half moon im pression, and the second bite produces a total eclipse, so anxious is the eater to hurry up and grab another biscuit, country cured ham, sweet potatoes candied, salads. macaroni, lemo: pies, apple pies, apple tarts, custard tarts, chocolate cake, plain cake, lay er cake, and all other kinds of cake and pies makeable. ice tea. etc. Coupled with the delicious dinner was the real unadulterated hospitality of the people of Turbeville. and th" friendly gracious manner in which*the lady hostesses made their visitors feel at home. The boosters are under many obli gations to Prof, and Mrs. F. A. Oirard Mrs. S. E. Miller, and Messrs. Burgess Bultman, UuPre Rhame. W. K. Searls. and Andrew Varalls of the Re,x Brass I?and for furnishing the splendid mu sic throughout the '-mire day and for so generously rendering so many spe cial numbers Cor it he pleasure of the boosters and tin.- people at the points visited. Messrs. George VV. Hutchinson. M. Goldberg. John VV. Shaw and ?'. 1-3. IJurst. the committee of arrangements for the booster trip certainly deserve i the thanks the boosters foe the sue- j cessful booster trip. The Sumter tobacco market and in- j merous Sumter mercantile, banking. I and other business concerns were very I generally advertised on the booster] trip Thursday, and sever;.' of the bus iness men who went on the trip ex pressed themselves to the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce as being' well satisfied and hi favor of another] booster trip early in August, or if j deemed advisable, about the twenty fifth of July and said they would have their firms represented on the second trip. A number of business men who | were unable to so on the first booster , trip said that they believed the ad vertising Sumter received was well j worth while and hoped that another! trip would be run as early as possible, j in order that their firms might be able j to participate in the advertising cam- j paign. They believe in advertising. They believe in going to hunt up new j business and new customers for Sum- j ter. While the tobacco growers were too j busy to come out in great numbers to ; greet the boosters of the first 1919 trip, nevertheless those who did meet the business men will carry the mes sage to hundreds of others about Sum- j ter no longer being a one warehouse tobacco market, but a market with j two warehouses well able to handle j every pound of tobacco brought h^re from Sumter, Lee and Clarendon coun- j ties. Many thousands of sheets of ad vertising matter, booklets, and souve nirs advertising Sumter as a splendid tobacco market, mercantile, and bank ing place were distributed over a large territory by the first booster trip. The Chamber of Commerce will put on another booster 'trip just' as soon as enough interest is manifested and sufficient automobiles guaranteed to make the second trip as successful as the first one appears to have been. It has been suggested that Pinewood. Swnnierton. Paxville, in Clarendon county, and Privateer township in j Sumter county be the places visited next Those sections, on previous j oooster trips have given Sumter'sl roosters cordial welcomes, fed the | boosters in first class style, and those sections turned out big crowds to greet the visitors. Comrade, Adieu. (To the memory of Dr. J. H. Wilson) He's gone. Like the quiet setting of the sun. His life ebbed out. his race was run. All alone. The grim monster came to claim his own. The mortal died, the spirit back to God is down. Comrade, adieu. t'ou slipped away and left me in the night. But I know where you are, and all is right. I'm coming too. Some day, comrade. I'll cross the gold en bar. And rest with you where God's im-! mortals are. How soo"? I cannot ell just when He'll call mc jl JEJome. . ? .? i The next time you buy calomel ask for The purified and refined calomel tablets that are nausealess, safe and sure. Medicinal virtues retain ed and improved. Sold only in sealed packages* Price 35c? And T no more my earthly way shall roarh. The silver moon? May shine jus't like it did last night. When you, comrade, began your home ward flight. Till then, I'll walk n lonelier way than other wise, Since you have winged your flight be yond the skies. I'll mix with men, But none will move along with finer grace. Nor fill in sweeter comradeship'your vacant place. In many ways. I'll miss the golden comradeship so fine,' . That for two brief twelve months I counted mine. In coming days. I'll hark back along the trail of mem ory dear. And linger in those golden days when you were here. But now good-bye. Comrade, beyond the sunset's radiant glow. You will greet me at my coming, this I know. Comrade. I'll try. So hard to meet you at the city's pearly gate. I'll bide my time, and toil, and trust, and wait. Rev. E. W. Reynolds. Sumter. July 11th. ; Marriage Licenses. Colored?George Nathaniel of Pri vateer to Clara Wilson of Privateer. John Smith of Sumter to Nancy Potts of Sumter. ' ' Anderson. July 11.?B. B. Gossett, president of the Chamber of Com merce of Anderson, appointed the fol lowing committee to investigate the local cotton market: G. P. Browne, chairman: A. S. Farmer. W. A. Wat son, J. Fulwer Watson, S. R. Parker, Elias McGee and E. P. Vandiver. These men are appointed "to investi gate the cotton market in Anderson, and if possible determine whether the price here is or is not as good as that of surrounding markets, and if not, why notr; ? .. , -^-:-gg=> 18 cents a package Came/5 ?re 90M ifvcryvrherc in Hcientificflly z*alrd packages of 20 cigarettes; or ten package* (200 cigarettes) in a glassrne - paper covered carton. We strongly ri?c onimcnd (hi* carton tor the home or office supply or vchen you travel. They Win You On Quality! Your enjoyment of Camels will be very great becp^se their refreshing flavor and fragrance and mellowness is so enticingly different. You never tasted such a cigarette! Bite is elimi nated and there is a cheerful absence of any unpleasant cigaretty after-taste or any un pleasant cigaretty odor! Camels are made of an expert blend of choice Turkish and choice Domestic tobaccos and are smooth and mild, but have that desirable full body and certainly hand out satisfaction in generous measure. You will prefer this Camel blend to either kind of tobacco smoked straight! Give Camels the stiffest tryout, then compare them with any cigarette in the world at any price for quality, flavor, satisfaction. No matter how liberally you smoke Camels they will not tire your taste! ^ R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. Wiiuton-Salem, N. C.