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LOW BATES ON StOREt) COTTON Lots of Ten Baies and Less Insured at $2.40 Columba, July 3,0.?Farmers hav-J ing stored ten or fewer bales of cot-j ton can now insure it at $2.40 peri $100 of insurance, according: to an en-I nouacement made yesterday by W . i McSwain, State insurance commissi _ . er, 'after a conference with W. F. j Bunbar, manager of the Southeastern 1 ^Cfiderwriters' - Association. ? j Heretofore the rate has been $3.85 ] Pfer $100 of insurance, but by the ar . rangement announced yesterday the . rate1 is reduced, to $2.40. This new I rate applies only to lots of cotton in ^?n^r^fewer bales stored by farm-j ... era in barns. When the number of _ -bales is greater than ten, the rate is the same as that charged for a cot ton warehouse," which is s 3.8 5 perj $100. - ? The new rate will result in substan tial savings for the farmers of the State. In discussing the rate yester day Mr. McSwain said: "I hope the new rate will induce many more farmers to take some means- of protection from fire in the cotton holdings. Few farmers, com paratively speaking, with ten or few-' er bales in their barns, carry any msurance at all. Only a few days ago, we. saw wher 120 bales near Silver Street: were struck by lightning and S?pbOBsamed. There was no insurance on this cotton. I feel sure that there are hundreds of: other farmers in tne State who have also failed to protect :thexnselv*s in case of fire. The new rate m4?y serve to increase the number of farmers who take out fire insurance on'-theirsmall lots of cotton." SHIPPING BOARD SEI^_VESSELS One Hundred Built at Great Lakes Washington, July 31.?One hundred steijDa^hfp3*ho?Jr ohr-the "Great* Iaake? dut?ng the war have been sold by the shipping board to- the Anderson Over seasCorporation of New York for ap proximately $80;000,000. This .is prob ably the largest ship-sale on rec ord; the .board said in'announcing the* ?ik deal tonight and the vessels will even ^>iuaHy; pass into French and Italian ownership. * ????} ? delivery of the ships w?l commence August 10 and proeeed at the, rate pl^tisa. or more a week until com ? pieted, Chairman Hurley said. As the sale . is made on a partial payment basis^ the board w?i keep a measure of^cehtrol to assure provision of in surance protection and freedom from license. The ships range from 3,300 ^':5^600 dead . weight tons draft t Mr; Hurley1 made the announcement %oxfe?iin$. the sale a few -mimitesjse. forj&.iie1' left hist-office as ^chairman of/the. shipping' boaidt, - for- the -last tune.^omor?ow ibe. retm^/to prryate 185e% leayhtg-: for rhis:ifarm' inl Hlinois/ * ?g^B^ Hurley shook* hatfdV with'" ?n^sat? .^ood^bye to nearly' 2rp0? men and*young-"women employees of the board. Earlier in the day:.'the retiring chairman caUed at the White Hfcuse and -bade good-bye to President Wilson; Hej was- closed ed .with the president r for afcous an 1 hour. ' The lpres^ent : thanked- Mr. Hurley, for the 'aid he had rendered . during the past two years. ;; - Mr. Hurley tonight. was given a; farewell dinner by- Washington 'news-. j paper men Who have "covered" the shipping board during his administra- 1 tion-as chairman. Germany Must Fay! ** 1 There Was-always the unmistakable dilemma: A Germany conciliated would - be a Germany escaping pay ment at the expense of the nations she had sought to ruin. A Germany com peted to pay would be a Germany un reconciled- The Paris Conference chose the only course open to it. As a consequence we have, not a peace of conciliation, but a peace of justice, and the Germans remain as hostile as before the armistice. But would they have been less hos tile -to any treaty that one can con ceive of, which did justice to the French, the Belgians, and Poles? In point of fact it is the Polish phase of tLe treaty, on the territorial side, and the French and Belgian phase on the financial side, which most anger the Germans. Poland has not been treat ed-generously by the allies, Far more Poles have been left under German rule than there will be Germans un der Polish domination, but Ger many, in losing Posen,-West Prus sia, and perhaps Upper. Silesia and Po ?sh-speaking portions of East Prus sia, suffers what seems to ail Ger mans a fatal mutilation. I doubt if there is a German alive who would regard the restoration to Poland of the lands stolen by Prussia in successive partitions as a possible preface to a peace of conciliation. Nor would it be easier to find a German Who could be reconciled to repaying to France and Belgium losses incident to German destruction. Yet how can anyone justly criticize these two acts of restoration ? * We have made peace with Germany based upon the .facts of the German e?nduct of the war. It is not a peace of vengeance. It is not a peace of violence. It takes from Germany no territory to which she had a clear ti tle, so far as Europe is concerned, and no territory outside of Europe in Which the substitution of another sovereignty is not a palpable gain for the natives. We have made Germany pay, but not the costs of the war-?only sums which everyone concedes will be in sufficient to restore Northern France and Belgium. Indemnity, in the serse that Germany levied indemnity upon France after the war of 1870, has not been exacted. As for the vast debts piled up by France and Britain, to say nothing of the United States, in defending themselves against Ger man attacks, they remain for the - French, British, and American tax payers to liquidate?From "Peace with - Germany." by Frank H. Simonds, in the American Review of Reviews for August, 1919. VOLCANO ERUPTION B WR??GHT RUIN Awful Scenes ftevailed in Java When Kalut Erupted Singapore, June 21, via Tokio, July t 2.?The awful scenes which prevailed wLen the volcano of Kalut in Java burst into rruption on May 20, de s'royed 26 villages and. caused a loss of. life estimated by some at 50,000, ?iv vividly described by Miss E. W. ?Granen who has arrived here from S?urabay?. A river of boiling mud and lava which overwhelmed the village of Blitar where Miss Cranen was stayr ing, she says, was ten miles wide and four feet deep. The first symptoms of the. coming eruption, Miss Cranen said, were sounds like thunder and vivid flashes in the sky. Enormous boulders were flung from the volcano into the low lands around it for immense dis tances. There was pitchy darkness owing to a rain of ashes. Then came, warning to the occu pants of the hotel at Elit?r that the river of lava and mud was approach ing. "We were almost beside our selves as to what to do to avoid a hideous end," she said. Twenty-four of those staying at the hotel escaped death in the boiling mud by fleeing aboard a motor car driven by the wife of the Assistant Resident Commission er. According to Miss Cranen the river of .mud ran for three hours and wrought fearful damage to life and property. It covered the railway sta tion, buried the locomotives and cars and destroyed virtually every house in Blitar, Wlingi and Srengat A Mr. Boekhont managed to rescue his wife ar?d some of his children, but owing, to the velocity of the mud river was unable to save two of his little ones who perished before his eyes. One European, while in bed in his house, was carried away and deposit ed miles distant. A Sourahaya paper which places the total loss, of life at 50,000 says that 15 Europeans perished, and that after- the- volcano* subsided- the arms and legs of the victims were seen pro truding through the mud all over Kediri district, in the vicinity of Kar lut. Many thousands of persons are reported missing. , It is1 learned that three lava streams ?flowed from the volcano all taking the same course as in the eruption of 1901. One of these destroyed Blitar. Government geologists who ascended to the crater of Kalut after the" erup tion found it empty. The Dutch governor of the devas tated district reported that 5,100 per sons'were killed in the eruption of Kalut AMERICA'S OUT POST IN PACIFIC Naval, Base?; at Pearl Harbor Protects Entire We?t ??'V- .??^--^v^Ceast ? ? '. . ?v ? . ? . Honolulu, July . 14.?War against the United States will be made almost prohjhitfvte .for any Oriental nation throughthe establishment at Pearl Harbor base here of the greater part of the" .new Pacific fleet, according to naval authorities. The arrival of the fleet late in August, it was declared, would make Pearl Harbor one of -the greatest naval bases in the world and the most important to. the United States. Naval authorities have said Hawaii affords the only possible location for a strong naval base in the Central Pacific ocean for a distance of 4,000 miles. It lies approximately 2,500 miles off the American coast. If Hawaii were, in the hands of an ene my, according to local authorities, that nation *could harass and threaten the entire Pacific coast. To guard the Pacific coast against an enemy occu pying Hawaii, the United States would be compelled to keep a fleet many times the size required with Hawaii as an American base, it is declared. With the United States in control of *he islands an Oriental nation mov ing against the United States would be compelled to work from a base ?, 000 to 8,000 miles from the American eoast instead of the Hawaiian coast only 2,5-00 miles off. Pear* Harbor, where the base is situated, is considered one of the best, if not the best, natural harbors in the world. It has an area of 10 square miles and a depth of more than 60 feet. It is landlocked and ships with in the harbor are out of view from the sea. The great new drydock just completed will be officially opened by Secretary of the Navy Daniels when he arrives with the fleet. It is 1029 feet long, is 138 feet wide and can handle any ship afloat or contemplat ed. The war department also has ample sites at the channel entrance and al ready has engaged on the construc tion of protecting defenses. A consid erable army force also is maintained in the islands. She, Too? William J. Burns, the noted de tective, said in a Scranton lecture: ' "To a well-trained detective, every incident is pregnant with significance ?-yes, every incident is as full of meaning as?well. I am reminded of a story: "A young man sat in a parlor, alone. To him a beautiful girl en tered. Thereupon the young man arvse, took six cigars from his upper waistcoat pocket, laid them carefully on the piano, and then advanced to ward the girl passionately, his arms outstretched. "But the girl drew back. " 'You have loved before." she said."?Los Angeles Times. Harp or Pitchfork? Host?"Won't you try a piece of my wife's angel-cake?" Guest?"Will it make an angel of me?" Host?"That will depend on the kind of life you have led!"??London Blighty, I NO TIME FOR INDEPENDENTS Newberry Paper Says Appeal to Negroes Means Trouble Under the caption "No Time for In dependents." The Newberry Herald and News, a newspaper that has here tofore been staunch supporter of Cole L. Blease, .this week published the fol lowing- editorial article: "We regret to see in the papers that I Governor Blease has announced that j he will be a candidate for congress in the Seventh district as an independ ent in the general election. This is no time for an independent. It is a time above all others in the history of our State when the white people should stand together as one man. Independentism means an appeal to -the negro vote. That means trou ble for the negro and the white man both. "We can not see how Governor Blease can square his present position with the. many speeches he has made over the State denouncing the inde pendent and the Haskellite and all that sort of thing. "We do not believe that he will find many of his former supporters who will indorse his present position. And when we consider that the people of this State have honored him with the highest- position in their gift we can J not understand how at this time he can. find-it rig-ht to announce that he will no longer trust the white people who are in charge of the government., and become an independent candi date for congress. "We can not believe that the mem bers of the State democratic executive committee, however much they may hate him personally or his politics, would fail to give him a fair deal if he went into the Democratic primary, but that even does not justify an in dependent movement, . and we feel sure that fhe good people of that dis trict w?T put their seal of condemna tion hard down on any such attempt to divide the white people." AMERICAN LE GION OF S. C. To Organize Post in Every County in the State Columbia, Aug. 2.?The American Legion of South Carolina, has opened State headquarters at room 30 in the National Loan and Exchange Bank building, in Columbia, and is con ducting a. drive for the organiaztion of ? post of the legion in every county in South Carolina. A great deal of j interest is being shown and a number of posts have already been organised and charters asked for them from the national organization: ' The American Legion was organiz ed in Paris in March, 1919, by a thou sand officers and men who were dele gates from all the units in ithe American. Expeditionary Force. The league held a caucus in St. Louis in May, 1919, at which national officers were elected and plans made for or ganizing in the States of the Union. ?'- The first convention of the Ameri can Legion of - South' Carolina was held in Florence on July 16, 1919. The meeting was an enthusiastic one and since it w?s held the American Legion of South' Carolina has been growing rapidly . .. . I Under the constitution of the Amer ican Legion any soldier, sailor or ma rine who served honorably in the great war between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, is eligible for membership. Membership dues in the State organization, including dues in the national organization, are only one dollar1 a year. The purpose of the American Le gion are admirably stated in the pre amble of its constitution: "For God and country we associate ourselves to gether for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a 100 per cent Amr-I nan ism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the great war; to inculcate a sense of in dividual obligations to the commun ity; State and nation; to combat the autocracy, of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and transmit freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness." It is expected that the American Legion of South Carolina will have hundreds of members in a short time as soldiers and sailors in other States deem it a privilege and duty to join. The officers of the American Le gion of South Carolina are the fol lowing: Julius H. Walker, State commander, Columbia; Guy A. Gul lick, vice State commander, Green ville; Irvine F. Belser, State adjutant, Columbia; W. D. Wilkinson, State finance officer, Abbeville; Sam J. Roy all, State historian, Florence; Jubai O. Williams, State master-at-arms, Liberty; Rev. J. W. Fraser, State chap plain, Spartanburg; Charles S. Gardn er, State publicity officer, Florence, and W. D. Workman, State insurance officer, Greenville. Baptist Campaign. Greenville. Aug. 3.?Apportion ments for the thirty-eight Baptist Associations in South Carolina in the Baptist 75 Million Campaign, togeth er with the association organizers and publicity directors for the great drive, were announced today at State head quarters here. South Carolina's share of the great fund is, in round figures, five and a half million dollars, which is to be raised between November 30 and De cember 7, this year. In exact figures, however, the total of the apportion ments for the associations is $5.688. 874. The apportionment for the Santee Association to which Sumter belong* is $295.266. Organizer. Rev. W. M. Gordon. Summerton; Publicity Direc tor, Rev. J. W. Guy, Lynchburg. THE COUNTY FAIR Board of Directors Making Plans for Big Fair The board of directors of the Sum ter County Fair Association has com pleted plans for a systematic co-oper ative campaign between city, town, and rural agencies for porhaps what will be. if the ideas and hopes of the directors, materialize, the biggest, most instructive and at the same time entertaining county fair this fall ever pulled off in South Carolina. The 1910 fall lair will run for four days on November 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st, and will be open during the'early evenings as well. The directors have invited the hearty cooperation of the farmers and their families, the home demonstra tion agents, Misses Alice and Nan Mar tin, county Agent J. Frank Williams, Sumter Civic League, Superintend ents of Education of city and county, Dr. S. H. Edmunds and J. H. Hayns worth and their respective city and county boards of education, the home demonstration clubs, canning and to mato clubs, domestic science clubs of town, city and country, boys' pig and corn clubs, farmers' unions, citsr, town and country schools and city and town and country school teachers and trustees of schools, business and professional men of the county and city of Sumter, and all public spirited men, women, boys and girls, in mak ing the 1919 fall fair truly represen tative of Sumter county. ? The Sumter County Chamber of Commerce and its twenty-one direc tors, from every township in the county, from Mayesville and the ?;ity of Sumter, and its entire membership of farmers and other business men have been urged to use the organized advertising and cooperative efficiency of that organization in building up the fair association. The position of manager of publicity has been cre ated and E. I. Reardon secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has been elected and has agreed to see to the spreading of the good news, far and wide, and otherwise assisting Secre tary H. L. Tisdale and the manage ment of the fair association in every way within his power. The board of directors of the Chamber of Com merce and the business men of Sum ter have unanimously agreed they will go the limit in helping make things go. The '1919 premium list has been increased about thirty-three and a third per cent, in the live stock, agri cultural, poultry, horticultural, do mestic science, household art, manu facturing, and in every department. The City Council of Sumter and the entire city government., as usual, can be depended upon to do everything withm their power as all of them are enthusiastic county fair supporters. There will be very liberal policy re garding amounts offered for prizes and honor awards for school and club contests of every kind also,. The amusement feature^ for the 1919 fall fair will be the biggest and at the same time most spectacuiar of any fair heretofore held in this State in asmuch as the directors have appro priated about eight hundred dollars especially for a high class line of spe cial amusements in addition to the regular shows usually to be seen- at county fairs. All in all in so far as enthusiasm and cooperation between city, town and rural districts, everything has a very happy and prosperous outlook in county fair circles. All of the agencies and ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls above mentioned are invited to join in making this year's county fair a great success and a fair that will reflect great credit on our county, and at the same time be a source of much pleasure and instruc tion to thousands of our citizens. The premium list will be published short ly for general distribution. In the meantime Mr. H. L. Tisdale, secretary of the fair association, Misses Alice and Nan Martin, County Agent Wil liams, and Secretary Reardon will be pleased to f urnish any one with what ever information it is possible to give out at this time prior to Completion of the splendid premium and amuse- j ment program for the greater 1919 county fair. Baptist Campaign. Greenville, Aug. 2 (Special)?An effort to have the Baptist Courier, the official organ of the South Caro lina Baptist State Convention, placed in every Baptist home in South Caro lina is being made by the Leaders of the Baptist 75 Million Campaign in this state in connection with their work. Baptists are being encouraged to subscribe to the Courier, but all who do not subscribe will receive the paper for the next four months free of charge, as it will be sent to as many Baptist homes as are known, as part o( the publicity compaign for the great drive. Many churuies are ordering the Courier on the budget system, the amount of the subscrip tions of all members being paid out of the current expense fund. Greenville, August 2, (Special)? Great encouragement to them in their work was given state leaders of the 75 Million Campaign here today when they were informed by Dr. John E. White, pastor of the First Baptist church of Anderson, that his church had voluntarily voted to raise its ap portionment from $80,000 to $100, 000. "The members of church feel that they are able to give more than the apportionment assigned us." said Dr. White, "so they took thn action, hoping to set a precedent fo?- other churches of the state that are well able to exceed their apportionments in the drive." The apportionments for all associa tions and the churches of each asso ciation will be announced from state headquarters here within a few days it was stated today to representatives of the press. No Prohibition in England. Mrs. Russell?"What is your hus band's average income. Mrs. Harper?'" Mrs. Harper?"Oh. about mid night"?London Blighty. TRIP TO EXPERI MENT STATION Sumter County Farmers Will Go to Florence in August A letter from Mr. R. E. Curren, su perintendent of the Pee Dee Experi ment Station at Florence, to Secretary E. I. Reardon of the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, received yes terday, says that Mr. Curren will be fully prepared for the party of Sum ter .county farmers who will visit that station on next FMday, August 8th, regardless of how many are in the party. County Agent J. Frank Williams, who is away for a few days visiting his old home at Easley, S. C, will be back by next Tuesday evening ready to act as conductor of the Sumter county tourist farmers. In the mean time/he has left Secretary Reardon temporarily in charge of the arrange ments for the trip, and the secretarj' has been paying special if indeed not exclusive attention to the details of the. splendid dinner that Superin tendent Curren will serve the Sum ter party. The secretar;\r says the best breed of hog is cooked hog any way you can figure it out. And the same practi cal application or test applies to chicken and "trimmins'." Superintendent Curren wants to know not later than August 5th, if possible approximately how many will go from Sumter county so that he can prepare ample dinner for every one. He says that the crops are pretty grassy just now but he has sufficient'data of many kinds to give the visitors a splendid idea of what the experiments have brought forth for several years. Those who are going should notify County Agent Williams, R. F. D. No. 3, Sumter, or Secretary Reardon, Phone 200, Cham ber of ? Commerce^ Sumter, not later than the early afternoon of August 6 th. Are the Treaty Terms Just? To me the terms, so far as Ger many is ' concerned, seem just! They are weak where they create condi tions like those which will exist in the Sarre Basin and Danzig, because in both cases they leave to the future the settlement of questions which, unless we are on the threshold of a new age, may precipitate new con permit anyone to deceive himself into believing that a peace of conciliation has been made, but how could such ? peace be made? Certainly there was only one way to make such a peace and that .was to let Germany go scot free. This would have meant a bankrupt France and a 'ruined Belgium. It would haye meant that Germany by destroy ing her neighbor's machinery and cities, had disposed of competition and, with her factories intact, her fields unravaged, could proceed to harvest prosperity atv home, having sown destruction abroad. There nev er was any middle ? ground?either Germany had to pay, and this meant a sullen, bitter, vengeful Germany) or' she must be placated, and this meant a ruined France.?From "Peace with Germany," by Frank H. Simohds, in the American Review of Reviews for August, 1919. Executive Officer (as ship is com ing to anchor)?"Leggo that star board anchor." Recruit (just aboard ship recently) ?"I ain't got ahold of it, sir."?Sol. fiicts. The terms combined Innocent. ; J. FEELING BLUE LIVER LAZY TAKE A CALOTAB Wonderful How Young and En ergetic You Feel After Taking. This Delightful Nausealess I Calomel If you have not tried Calotabs* you ? have a delightful surprise awaiting I you. The wonderful liver-cleansing land system-purifying properties of ! calomel may now be enjoyed without i the slightest ur pleasantness, for <2aIo i tabs are calomel with the liver benefit! j left in and the sting taken but A Cal I otab at bedtime with a swallow of I water, that's all. No taste, no nausea, j no salts nor the slightest unpleasant ; after-effects. You wake lip" ip.' 'the j morning feeling fine. Your liver is i clean your system is purified, your apr ' tite hearty. Eat what you wish, no danger, and no risk of salivaton. The next time you feel lazy, mean nervous, blue or discouraged give your liver a thorough cleansing with a Calofab. They are so delightful and effective that your druggist is authorized to re fund the price as a guarantee that you will be dilighted. For your protection, Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, price thirty-five cents. At all drug stores.?(adv.) NO REASON FOR IT. When Sumter Citizens Show a Way. There can be no reason why any reader of this who suffers the tor tures of an aching back, the annoy ance of urinary disorders, the paini and dangers of kidney ills will -fail to heed the words of a neighbor who has found relief. Read what a Sum ter citizen says: Mrs. A. N. Skinner, 208 W Oakland Avenue, says: "I Cert. ... *> can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills. T had kidney trouble and I was subject to headaches and dizzy spells. Some times I haid to hold on to something for fear I would fall over. Tired spells often came over me and I would feel languid ' and sleepy. My kidneys acted irregularly and worried me a great deal. I knew I would have to get something, so when I heard of Doan's Kidney Pills, I got some. Two boxes of Doan's cured me of all the trouble and I think they are splendid." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same, .that >frs. Skinner had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.?Advt 72 I Tobacco Warehouses to Report Columbia, Aug. 3.?The State de artment of agriculture has sent put blanks to all tobacco warehousemen for a full report of last montii's sales.. The warehousemen have until thV?ftlr o feach month to report the preced ing month's business. Failure to. n>eet the requirements of this statute. is punishable by a fine of not less than 3500. The of North Carolina USES AND ENDORSES Our Service READ bis letter reproduced below: 1 8- Bcyii or. V!e?FTttldai THE BOARD OF TRADE SHELBY. N. C ?October.istht-1918 Atlantic Coast Realty Co. ?Pe tars burg, Sirs. '?On yesterday your agents, under-the~dife?tion of icr7ri'7ff^ Ferrell, seid my fain near Shelby, and in tins connection X aa' pleased to state mat the sals was entirely satisfactory and nore>' than equaled zay expectations . I was particularly impressed witaj1 your business-lzfce netnods and preliminary advertising campaign^/ previous vo the sale, mere na.3 notnisg sensational or exoltlngj about your methods and the public was pleased ?Ith tne aanner in which the sale *ss handled. Z unhesitatingly recommend your coa*} j>any as being absolutely reliable and thoroughly_effloitat,ia_ta#J line of work in wnich it is engaged. 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