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EUROPE IN NEED OF MUCH COTTON W. B. Cooper, Just From Europe Says Cotton May Reach 50 Cents (Wilmington Dispatch) "If Europe could provide sufficient credits for the cotton needed there is ; every probability the staple would :.; reach fifty cents per pound" Senator W. B. Cooper told the London corre spond of the New York World - upon bis arrival in that city from ;his continental trip. The World cor respondent has the following to say as a result of his talk with Mr. Cooper -and other Americans who have been on the continent for several weeks: "American cotton men who have been in Germany and have just re turned to London, en route home, >told,-*Ihe World correspondent today thatsm Bremen and Hamburg Ger man business men are straining to the utmost to arrange credits for American cotton. Six Bremen business men were able to provide a $5,000,000 credit for cot ton 200.300 bales of which will soon be shipped. It Is thought they mort gagee!" their spinning works to obtain raw cotton for manufacturing pur poses, "These* Americans returned from Germany with the conviction that ' the.; majority of the people are de termined once more to place the ..Fatherland on its feet. As compareu with labor troubles in the Allied ? countries resulting in a reduced out put, it is stated that German workers *in Bremen and Hamburg are willing " to work nine and ten hours daily to "give once more their country a chance to regain her position among i world nations. The first cargo of . American cotton was unloading at Hamburg when these cotton men were there. It represented $.2,500,000. "Knowing that cotton will not be obtainable until reliable credits are .found. German financiers are forming groups to obtain it. Potash, which is needed by cotton growers in the Carolinas and some other States, prob ably will be exported in exchange for cotton; German manufacturers also are reported as not losing a minute's time in getting representatives start ed out for a world trade. . "The American cotton men met a number of them en route to neutral and allied countries to sell at low cost whatever goods they could find ? market for, and hoping that Amer ica would be one of their best cus tomers. "W. B. Cooper, one cotton exporter who has just reached London from a continental trip, said to The World: " 'If Europe could "provide sufficient' credits for the cotton' needed., there is every probability that cotton would reach fifty cents a pound. 5 Europe wants more eptt?n than we can sup ply I ! have traveled from Italy to Holland and it is the same tale every- j jgrhsre. They want cotton. " It will be impossible to fill' our; Jctwn demands and meet anything like the European demand.' .. "Cooper and other cotton men re port that Dutch interests are buying American, cotton and reselling it to American cotton and reselling it to Cternaany at higher rates. Being close at hand they are enabled to keep a eioser supervision upon goods export ed into Germany and arrange for col lection." Real Estate Tansfers. Shiloh Township. " July 12.?T. L. Green to W. T. Green, 117 1-2 acres, $3.500. GOVERNORS EN- ; LIST FOR FIGHT j Will Assist Federal Authorities in Campaign Against Profiteers Washington, Aug. 29.?New impetus! was given the government's campaign j to reduce the cost of living at.a con ! ference here today which assured the ! closest cooperation betwen federal j I and State authorities. Six governors.! I Gardner of Missouri; Milliken of; j Maine; Burnquist. of Minnesoota; j I Campbell of Arizona; Sproul of Penn-j [sylvania and Cooper of South Caro j lina, and Lieutenant Governor Mc j Dowell of Montana, representing the ; National Conference of governors, spent several hours studying the situ ation with Attorney General Palmer and then called at the White House j to offer .President Wilson, the full machinery of the States in the effort to restore of normal price level As a result there was great opti mism in the capital tonight over the j outlook than has been evident in many days. With the far reaching State! organizations carrying the mes sage of economy and increased pro duction into every county and aiding the federal authorities in bringing to j j justice- hoarders and profiteers offi- j j cials believed excellent results could j be obtained in the next 90 days "After our meeting to'day with the president and the attorney general "the committee of governors an nounced" certain facts are clear: "1. That all the people of the na tion and all organizations should im- I mediately cooperate for the purpose! of increasing the-production of the! ? necessaries of life. "2. That economy in consumption and care in purchasing the neces-1 saries of life are equally important with production. "3. That every agency of the feder ; al and State governments should co \ operate forthwith to prevent profi le teering.. "The attorney general has assured j us that he will pursue under existing; and proposed laws all profiteers. "The suggestion of the attorney i general that a fair price commission- j er be appointed in each of the States | and fair price committees in the dif-j ferent localities of States upon the J nominations of the governors was in- j dorsed. "While the attorney general ex- j pressed a desire to reply upon the as- j sistance of community efforts in the j direction of the elimination of profi teering through local fair price com-: mittees. he gave assurance that when j such efforts Were not forthcoming and "results were nto satisfactory, his de partment would handle these ques tions directly. "The attorney general was assured that every State agency which could be of .service in this emergency was placed at his command and he was at liberty to call for any information and { assistance he desired for the State J authorities." Results of the conference here will j be communicated to every governor by Miles C. Riley, secretary qf the i national conferenc. along with certain J other recommendations. -_:_._ Marriage Licenses. White?Mack Avin, Tindal and Su san Barwick, Tindal. Colored?J. G. Gamble. Shiloh and Georgana McCoy. Shiloh. Hamp Thompson. Sumter and Maggie Richardson. Sumter. Ernest Garkall, Manning and Re becca Wells. Sumter. I'm After the Storekeepers! Mostly my business is with the farmers.. But this week I'm after every storekeeper in this county. I want o?e dollar from every one of them?-for a year's subscription fqr Why? Because in the very first issue that you'll get, if you hustle your dollar right over to me, there is the beginning of a series of articles called Big Country Merchants. There will be ten of these articles, telling how ten men in ten towns sue ceeded in making them selves known as the biggest country mer chants. There's no secret of their success that isn't open to every storekeeper in this country. Don't you want to?et into their class? Don't you want increased farmers* business? Of course, this article is only part of all the help in the September 13th issue?there are a lot of other articles and stories about farmers and farm ing for storekeepers and for farmers and farm women, for gardeners and orchardists and poul tryn.jn. And yet 52 big vital issues cost only one dollar, about two cents apiece! Why "hold out"? Order ? Through Me ? Today John S. Richardson Box 86 Phone No. Y. M. C. A. Sumter, S. C. The Centry Geetleaan 52 iwiiM UM Tbe Ladies' Home Jcvroal 12 ?b?-S1 .75 Tke Satarday Eremrtg Pott S2mmm-UM FEELING BLUE LIVER LAZY TAKE ?CALOTAB Wonderful How Young and En ergetic You Feel After Taking This Delightful Nausealess Calomel If you hax'e not tried Calotabs you have a delightful surprise awaiting you. The wonderful liver-cleansing and system-purifying properties of calomel may now be enjoyed without the slightest unpleasantness, for Calo tabs are calomel with the liver benefits left in and the sting taken out A Cal otab at bedtime with a swallow of water, that's all. No taste, no nausea, no salts nor the slightest unpleasant after-effects. Yo.u wake up in the morning feeling fine. Your liver is clean your system is purified, your ap 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 l)ver a thorough cleansing with a Calotab. 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.) BOXES FOR SOLDIERS Dick Anderson Chapter Re members Convalescents at Camp Jackson It does not seem to be known gen erally that there are still convalescent soldiers at Camp Jaqkson, but there are and just about one hundred fifty of them. The U. D. C| chapters of the State have been sending boxes to these soldiers every week, two chap ters at a time, twice a week. Last Thursday was the day for Dick An derson Chapter of Sumter to send. The Chapter is a large one but very few of the members were in town. Only those at hand were called upon and they generously contributed the contents of two boxes, seventy-seven pounds, which left Hot camp on the eleven o'clock train Thursday morning. In the boxes were ten cigarettes apiece for every man, two large chocolate cakes, a large pound cake, small choc olate and small pound cakes, jellies, preserves biscuits, sweet chocolate and chocolate peanut brittle and matches. Some of the jellies and the matches were contributions from the Sumter Canteen Service. The following letter has been re ceived in acknowledgment of these boxes: Miss Armida Moses, President Dick Anderson Chapter, U. D. C. Dear Miss Moses: Am writing to thank your chapter in behalf of the convalescents for the lovely boxes of nice things which you sent to them. They were received yesterday, in per fect condition and a part of the con tents were given to the boys on the^ir return from a trip to town last even ing. The rest I will distribute in the wards this morning when I can as sure you it will be most gratefully re ceived. These boxes were among the nicest we have gotten. Again thank ing your chapter, I am, Very sincerely, Mrs. W. G. Harrison. House Mother A. R. C. Con. Home. COLUMBIA WINS S. A. PENNANT Defeats Charlotte in Morning Game?Scoggins Pitches Brilliantly Special to The Daily Item. Charlotte. Sept. 1.?By winning the morning game today Columbia cinch ed the South Atlantic Association pennant, the score being 5 to 0. The game was hard fought throughout but the Hornets were unable to solve the delivery of Southpaw Scoggins, he letting the hard hitting Charlotte ag gregation down with five scattered hits. The score: R. H. E. rolumbia. 5 12 0 j Charlotte. 0 5 4 I Batteries: Scoggins and Rawson; ; Eldridge and Taylor. Umpires, Clark ! and Franklin. POSTMASTER AT ! CAMDEN RESIGNS i SERVICE OF MORE THAN 20 YEARS Camden. Aug. 30.?Chas. L. Shan non, who has been ihe popular and 'efficient postmaster at Camden for more than 20 years, has tendered his resignation to lake effect the 16th day of September. Mr. Shannon's last commission does not expire until the 23rd day of next March, but owing to impaired health he will give up the office and has sold his home on Haile street and he and Mrs. Shannon will ?oon move to Jefferson in Chester field county. Mr. Shannon has held the ofh>e con tinuously since Augusl 1. 1!*'.'2. Prior to that time he he-Id the office for four years when the office was located on old Law, Range. Tin* late <'r. G. Alexander succeeded him and Mr. Shannon again received the appoint ment. Mr. .J. I). Pendleton, who has hern in. the aviation service tor more than two years, with the rank of First Lieutenant, serving as instructor at several of the training camps, has re turned to this city and is again with the Sumter Telephone Company in the capacity o? manager. ^^?1 Cigarettes made to 1 I SMjSSlM meet your taste! I Camels are offered you as a cigarette entirely j|| ^^MA out of the ordinary?a flavor and smoothness Lffi never before attained. To best realize their qual- J|| ^ compare Camels with any cigarette in 11 1l\ world at any price! 1} 1 Camels flavor is so refreshing, so enticing, it will fi!| | jjj^^ win you at once?it is so new and unusual. 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Hl Im H * ^ *** J* REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO? Winston-Salem, N. C. H ST. MATTHEWS TAKES THIRD Game Cocks Defeated in Last Game of Season In a game of baseball that was not as good as the previous ones, St. Matthews defeated Sumter here Thurs day 5 to 3. St. Matthews gained the lead in the first inning when Banks, first batter up, secured a double off of Pearson's offerings, went to third on a bunt and scored on Gressette's single to right field not for once dur ing the entire game did the visitors drop behind in the score. Banks came back strong on Thursday, after a poor' showing Wednesday, and se cured two of the visitors' scores. The locals netted two runs in the third when Nunriamaker walked and scor ed on Johnson's home run, which was the only one of the game. Pearson, who was on the mound for Sumter, was no puzzle to the St. Matthews hitters. He was hit fre quently and consistently when hits were needed. "Bill" Clarke manag ed to keep the locals' hits well scat tered. He was decidedly the better of the two pitchers and deserves the victory such-as it was. k i The feature of the game was the playing of Banks for St. Matthews and Burns and Johnson for Sumter. Both pitchers were gievn the proper kind of support that would enable them to win. The longest drive of the game was that of Banks to centerfield in the fourth inning and netted only two bases. Second to this lick was that of Johnson over the leftfield fence for a home run. While t^.e game was not as good as some previous games, still it cannot be called a poor game. It was the first defeat for the locals in the last six games and still leaves Sumter as the best amateur team in this part of South Carolina. The baseball season has most prob ably ended in Sumter. The last se ries will be that with Cheraw in Florence next week. Chemw if about the only strong team that Sumter has not defeated. We predict that the seines will place Sumter as the un disputed champions of this section of fhe State. Florence was chosen as the meeting place on account of the crowd that will attend and it being a neutral town with a good diamond. Just who will be in the lineup for Sumter is uncertain; However, the twirlers will most likely be Rufus Clark. "Babe" Adams and DeP.erry. while Luther. Gibson and Sowell will probably work for Cheraw. The se ries is expected to take place on next Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs day. Sumter people are urged to at tend. ? Score by innings: St. Matthews.102 ^0 100 5 Sumter.002 /100 000 " Batteries: Clark and Hanks: Pear son and Burns. Umpire Jackson; Scorer, Winn. NO MORE RATS or mice after you use RAT-SNAP. It's a sure rodent killer. Try a pkg. and prove it. Rats killed with RAT SNAP leave no smell. Cats or dogs won't touch it. Guaranteed. 25c size (1 cake) enough for Pan try, Kitchen or Cellar. 50c size (2 cakes) ..for.. Chicken House, coops, or small buildings. $1.00 size (5 cakes) enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage buildings, or factory buildings. Sold and guaranteed by SIhert'* Dtii - Store. O'Donnell & Co. and Du rant Hardware Co, Sumter, S. C. Car Hits Motorcycle. A peculiar accident was that which happened about 3.30 Wednesday af ternoon at the intersection of Cal houn and Washington streets, when Miss Howell of Greenwood hit and knocked over Mr. DuRant of Sumter who was riding a motorcycle. The affair was purely accidently and could not have been helped. Mr. Du Rant was thought to have had his leg broken but fortunately he did not. After being carried home where his ! bruises were attended to he came back and got his motorcycle. Home Service Department. It is nearly a year since the signing i of the armistice, and the home service i department of our Red Cross chapter 1 is still hard at work. At the present time more constructive, or regular social service work is being done, as there are not so m nayinciuiri'es for al lotments as heretofore, these having been straightened out in the early days after the war. There have recently been appointed two public health service doctors: Dr. H. L. Shaw and Dr. H. M. Stuckey. When notice comes from the Atlanta headquarters to Miss Chandler that a certain discharged soldier is disabled i or needs any medical attention what j soever, she sends him to one of these j doctors, who examines him and sends I a report back to Miss Chandler, j Then the home service department I takes charge of the soldier; he .is sent ! to a hospital and given proper med I ical aid, all of which costs him noth ! ing. j Soldiers, discharged or still in the i service, have a great respect for. this I department of the Red Cross. They ' have seen the good it accomplishes,, i and how it places before everything else the needs of the discharged sol dier. . - It is hoped that, in the near ?u ture, the department may be extended [ to cover all phases of social service {work. Mr. W. J. W. Skinner has sold out j his farm near Cordele, Ala., and has j returned to Lee county accompanied ? by Mrs. Skinner and the younger I boys. Mr. Skinner says no one can describe the destruucion of the boll weevil. One has to see this destruc--* tion to form an adequate idea of what they do. He says he is now j prospecting and does not yet know i where he will pitch his tent?Bishops 'ville Vindicator. ?79 YOUR farm land, subdivided into small farms and sold at auction by our method will pro * duce quick and profitable returns for you. Many South Carolina owners realize the advantages of our me thods and are selling their farms through us. Here are a few. South Carolina Sales made last year. > Date of Sale Owner Location Aug. 31/18 _C. O. Dixon, Esq._Near Mullins, S. C. Sept. 10/18_H. N. Singletary,Esq.__ Sept. 11/18 _Durant, Horton & Floyd Sept. 13/18 _Mrs. Mary J. HarreII._ Sept. 14/18 _J. D. Coker, Esq_ Oct. 1/18...F.L. & John WiIcox__ Oct. 9/18__.W.T. Willems, Esq.__ Nov. 19/18.YorkReal Estate Co.._ York, S. C_ May 7/19___Catawba Real Estate Co. Rock Hill, S. C. - Lake City, S. C " Manning S. C " Darlington, S. C. . " Hartsville S. C.?. " Timmonsville,S.C. Kingstree, S. C.__ Am't Sold For .$42,999.16 _ 66,723.66 . 35,294.62 . 25,134.56 _ 10,116.20 . 71,589.85 _ 19,206.72 . 11,331.25 . 17,500.00 South Carolina Farms can be sold to better advantage now than ever before. Money is plentiful and there is a demand for small fr.ms. Quick Action?Satisfaction to Seller ?Satisfaction to Buyer are three principles that have made our organization the largest and *nost in demand for celling city, farm and ?uburban property. We have hundreds of endorsement letters that emphatically express the sati>f?.ction of our customers. Write for copies of these and booklet ( explaining our methods. Farm Lands Our Specialty ?Territory Unlimited Atlantic Coast Realty Company "The Name That Justifies Your Confidence'* f<S&l^-\ Offices Petersburg, Va. Greenville, N. C. Reference: Any bank in Petersburg, \ or Greenville, N. C.