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& C. DEVELOP MENT BOARD District Headquarters Estab lished in Sumter at Cham ber of Commerce Columbia, May 10.?Governor Rob ert A. Cooper has accepted the chair manship of. the State committee ?which : will have the active manage ment of the campaign of the South Carolina "Development Board. The vice-chairman is former Governor Richard I. Manning. Every section of the State is rep resented on the committee and every leading interest has a spokesman,^the agricultural interests being especially strong in the personnel. The oilier men who have assumed responsibility for the success of the movement to unite the people of South Carolina on a definite program of advancement are: ; C H. Barron, of Columbia; John B. Cannon, of Spartanburg; C. I. Cobb, of Rock Hill; Dr. George B. Cromer, of Newberry; M. O. Dantzler, of Or angeburg. B. E. Greer, of Greenville, B.B. Gossett, of Anderson, F. Baron Grier,-of Greenwood; J. Ross Hana hap? of Charleston, L. E. Hardin, of Columbia; John R. Hart, of Rock H?H I*. D. Jenningrs, of Sumter; A. B." Jordan, of Dillon; R. E. Ligon, of Anderson; W. R. McCuen, of Lau rehs; J. L. Mims, of Edgefield; Fred J. Harham, of Union; W. R. Richard son; Of Beaufort; LeRoy Springs, of Lancaster; J. T. Stevens, of Cheraw; . Horace Tilghman, of Marion; Mon tague Triest, of Charleston; J. A. Wannamaker, of St. Matthews; Pi A. t&lcoi, of Florence; B. B. Williams, Of-North, and Bright Williamson, of Darlington. Plans for the campaign are assum ing, definite shape. Representatives of the South Carolina Development , Board have opened district headquar \ ters at 10 points and are busy set s ting up their local organizations. ? Herman F. Lidh is in charge of this district, his headquarters being in the Chamber of Commerce Rooms. T^fea" district includes the counties of Sumter, Lee, Clarendon and Ker CARRANZA ON THE RUN Little Dictator of Mexico Fled From Capital and Has Not Been Caught Washington. May 10?With Mexico ^Hy?.* Vera. Cruz and Tampico in the hands, of revolutionists, American d^S|rpyers are en route to Mexican waters to await eventualis, and pro tect American lives., ..-""President Cr.r c?hi?-who fleoVhas not yet been cap tured. OBSERVE ME MORIAL DAY 7 Columbia, ?.C, May 10?South C^olina, N?rtii Carolina and Tennes see, are observing. Confederate Memor ial Day. : HERE AT HOME. Somter Citizens Gladly Testify and ; Confidently Recommend Dona's Kid racj Pills. It -is testimony like the following that has placed Doan's Kidney Pills so far- shore competitions. When people .right here at home raise their voice in praise there is no room left for doubt. Read the public statement of a Sumte:: citizen: W. T. Hall, blacksmith, 226 Salem Avenue, says: "I am glad to rec ommend Doan's Kidney Pills, for they have been of great benefit. There was too much uric acid in my sys tem and I was bothered a great deal with my ba^k. When I bent over, it was difficult for me to straighten up. I heard of Doan's Kidney Pills bein? such a good remedy and I used them. It only took one box of Doan's to make me fell a whole lot better." ' Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. Hall had, Foster-Milburn Co.. Mfgra, Buffalo, N. Y.?Advt. 76 Tested Seeds For Field and Garden Get our free Catalog which tells about the best varieties of Garde Seeds?for home use, canning and sbjppins---what field seeds to plant for heavy yields of grain or hay?which to sow for abundant pasturage. ? WOODS SEEDS are choice strains of the best varieties, re-cleaned and tested for germination and purity. Write for Catalog and "Wood's Crop Special/' giving timely information and current prices. Mailed free. T. W. WOOD & SONS SEEDSMEN, RICHMOND, - - - - VIRGINIA WILSON SOUNDS BATTLE CRY All Loyal Democrats Must Stand Fast Against Enemies of Treaty Washington, May 9?A call to the Democratic party to go into the cam paign standing four square in favor of the treaty of Versailles was issued tonight by President Wilson in a tele gram to Oregon Democratic leaders, made public at the White House. Declaring that the party had the "honor of the nation in its hands," tho President said that the Lodge reser vations were "utterly inconsistent" with that honor, as well as destructive of the role of world leadership which the United States must assume. The only true Americanism, the President said, was "that which puts America at the front of free nations and redeems the great promises which we made to the world." It would be a violation of such promises, he said, to attach reservations to the treaty, which "whittle it down or weaken it, as the Republican leaders of the Sen ate have proposed to do." The telegram was in response to the i following message from G. E. Hamak er, of Portland. Oregon, chairman of I the Multonohah County Democratic central committee. "Primary election May 21. Please wire whether you consider it impor tant to nominate candidates pledged to ratify Versailles treaty without Lodge reservations." The reply of the President follows: "I think it imperative that the par ty should, at once proclaim itself the uncompromising champion of the na tion's honor and the advocate of ev erything that the United States can do i in the service of humanity; that it 'should, therefore, endorse and sup port the Versailles treaty and con demn the Lodge reservations as utterly inconsistent with the nation's honor and destructive of the world's leader ship which it had established, and I which all the free peoples of the world including the great Powers themselves, had shown themselves ready to wel come." "It is time that the party should proudly avow that it means to try. without flinching or turning at any time away from the path for reasons of expediency, to apply moral and Christian principles to the problems of the world. It is trying to acconij plish social, political and internation al reforms, and is not daunted ^ any of the difficulties it has to contend with. Let. us prove to our late asso ciates in the war 4hat, at any rate, the great majority party of the na tion, the party- which expresses the true hopes and purposes of the peo ple of the country, intends to keep faith with them in peace as well as in war. They gave their treasure, their best blood and everything that they valued in order, not merely to beat Germany, but to effect a settle ment and bring about arrangements of peace which they have now tried to formulate in the treaty, of Ver sailles. They are entitled'to our sup port in this settlement and in the ar rangements for which they have striv I en. I "The League of Nations is the hope of the world. As a basis for the arm istice, I was authorized by ail the great fighting nations to say to the enemy that it was our object, in pro posing peace to establish a- general association of nations under specific covenants for the purpose of afford ing mutual guarantees of political in dependence and territorial integrity tc great and small states alike, and the covenant of the League of Nations is the deliberate embodiment of that purpose in the treaty of peace. "The chief motives which led us tc enter the war will be defeated unless that covenant is ratified and acted upon with vigor. We can not in honor whittle it down or weaken it, as the Republican leaders of the Senate have proposed to do. If we are to exercise the kind of leadership to which the founders of the republic looked for ward and which they depended upon their successors to establish, we must do this thing with courage^and unal terable determination. They expect ed the United States to be always th?i leader in the defense of liberty and ordered peace throughout the world. 1 and we are unworthy to call ourselves the successors unless we fulfill th? great purposes they entertained and proclaimed. "The true Americanism, the oriv true Americanism, is that which puts America at the front of free nations and redeems the great promises winch we made the world when we entered the war which was fought, not for the advantage of any single nation or group of nations, but for the salvation j of all. It is in this way we shall re deem the sacred blood that was shed and make America the force sue should be in the counsels of mankind. She can not afford to sink into the place that nations have usually occu pied and become merely one of those who scramble and look about for sel fish advantage. "The Democratic party has now' a great opportunity to which it must measure up. The honor of the nation is in its hands. Woodrow Wilson." Senator Lodge. Republican leader in the Senate, issued a brief statement after having heard President Wilson's message to the Oregon Democrats. "I cannot undertake to discuss it in detail^' he said. "but. politically speaking. I am very glad he has takon {the position he lias. It fully justifies all the opposition of the Republican party in the Senate and those who joined with the) Republicans." HEAVY BIRTH RATE American Population Increasing Rapidly and Death Rate Declines Washington, May 10?Births in the registration area of the United States, which covers about 50 per cent of the country's estimated population, during 1918 exceeded deaths by 34.4 per cent according to the census bureau. jSTAT? MARKET- ': ? i ING PLAN; State and Federal Agencies Unite To Establish Sys tem to Help Pro ducers _' , i ! i Columbia, May 8?For the advance-j ment ?l the agricultural .interests of the'State, a co-operative agreement, | entered into between Clemson College extension department, the United | States Relation Service, the Bureau j of Markets of the United States De-1 partment cf Agriculture, the State j Warehouse Commissioner and the j South Carolina department of the American Cotton Association tends, it is thought, greatly to stimulate the successful marketing of cotton and other crops in South Carolina. Under the agreement, which was en tered in a few days ago between the ] various agencies, machinery is estab- j lished for garding. warehousing and j marketing of cotton and other crops j through the medium of an expert cot ton grader and county marketing agent in every county in the State I when funds for warehouse facilities are provided and guaranteed. W. W. Long of the extension service of Clemson College, appreciating the I necessity of such a co-operative agree ment, devised the scheme which ap : parehtly is ready for fruition. The j tentative plan was presented to the j j executive committee of the American I Cotton Association, the State Ware house Commissioner, J. Clifton Rivers, {and the authorities of Clemson College jail of which passed upon it favorably, land it has been endorsed and approv ' ed by Secretary of Agriculture Mere j dith. { The plan has been endorsed by A. I Frank Lever, member cf the farm j loan board; former South Carolina [?Congressman; by Clcrence Poo, editor j of the Progressive Farmer and others. For the purpose of making the plan function, it is planned to put on a j Statc-^vice campaign about June 15. i j the opening meeting of which will be; held at Arderson at which Governor Cooper. Secretary of Agriculture Mere dith ah?5 -I. S. Wannamaker. president j of the American Cotton Association, i are scheduled to speak. The meeting ! on June 17 is to be held at Orange I burg. R. K. Edmunds, editor of the j Manufacturers Record. Governor ! Cooper and Mr. Wanamaker are on the ^program for addresses. The next day. ? Clarence Poe, A. Frank Lever and Mr. Wannamakcr will speak at "Kershaw. It is planned to have four parties, with throe speakers each, traverse the ! State, so that every county will have j at least three parties in it at different i times explaining the aims of the "Am | erican Cotton Association and the 1 means that organization is taking to j helo the South Carolina farmers. The full text of the agreement reads: "A. Upon the request and recom : mendntion of any county branch of i the South Carolina division, Amcri? i can Cotton Association; and with th* approval of the South Carolina diva? ' sion of the American Cotton Associa tion and the State Warehouse Com missioner, the extension division of the Clemson Agricultural College shall ap J point a trained cotton grader, approv ed for the purpose by the United , j States Department of Agriculture. ,tc , work in each county in South Caro . jlina, for which such request is made, j I for the purpose of demonstrating to .! farmers the benefits to be derived j from co-operation and the proper I handling, classification and ware hous ing cf their cotton. At the direction , i of such county branch of the South ,{Carolina division, American Cotton . j Association, such grader shall serve j also as the marketing agent of such Icounty branch for farm products oth er than cotton, but in the actual mar keting ot such farm products it shall . ibe understood that he is not an agent , j of the department of agriculture. ' The extension division of the Clem , son Agricultural College, in co-opera [ tion with the bureau of markets of the i United States Department of Acrricui , j ture. shall frnm time to time investi : Rate the qualifications and establish j lists of suitable persons from which j appointments of cotton graders and A marketing agents may be made as ! need. These graders shall be recom mended by the extension division of . ? the C'emson Agricultural College for , appointment by the United States De partment of Agriculture at nominal /salaries from the depratment of agr iculture, which need not exceed one t dollar per annum for each grader. The . j county branch ol the South Carolina .'division, American Cotton Association. ; in each county shall provide funds for the remainder of the salary of the cot .! ton grader and marketing agent in jthat county. ; "No cotton grader and marketing I agent shall be appointed under this . agreement for any county until suf I ficient funds or satisfactory guarantee ! thereof, shall be provided or his salary .land expense necessarily incidental to l the conduct of his work, and for the j lease or purchase or in case the exist ing warehouse facilities shall be in adequate for the erection of at least j one suitable warehouse. Such ware j house shall be operated under the j South Carolina State' Warehouse Sys ! tern or the United States Ware house Act or. Such cotton grader and mar keting agent shall be located at the" place, where such warehouse is or is to be iocated. He shall classify ;.?!! cotton submit ted to him on the ba:--; of the official cotton standard of the. United Slates and shall make such; reports concerning his activities under this*agreement as may be required by the extension division of the Clemson Agricultural College and the bureau of markets of the United States !>: j partment of Agriculture. ) "IT. The State Warehouse Coni-j mis ioner of South Carolina shall j I furnish any county branch of the' [South Carolina Division. American Col-j ton Association, which contemplates! the -erection of a warehouse, with plan.; and specifications for the build I ing ?>;* warehouses. Plans and speci ?eat-ons for warehousing farm prod I acts may be furnished by 'the exten Jsien division of the Clemson Agricul tural College. The State Warehouse w?M?Ha'iJJiwwi vm.mmj?UM tu wem??? Commissioner of South Carolina. as| provided in the State Warehouse act. agrees to issue negotiable warehouse! receipts upon surh cotton as may be) warehoused in.warehouses in the State warehouse system upon proper certifi cation by the bended warehouseman of the weights and of the grades as Betermhied by the cottonxgrader and: marketing agent under this agree ment. v j ".C -in%order to carry out this; agreement the county brand: of the ? South Carolina Division, American Cotton Association, in each county to j which this agreement shall apply snail! provide sufficient funds, or satisfac- j tory guarantee thereof, for the erec- j tion of the lease or the purchase and I the maintenance of an approved ware-j .house and for the storage therein ofj cotton and other farm crops and fori the grading of cotton; and for thej grading and sale of other farm prod- j ucts through and with the advice of; its cotton grader and marketing I agent. The privileges of membership in such county branch or of participa tion in the benefits of this agreement shall be granted without discrimina tion and on the same terms and condi tions to all farmers in such county. "It is contemplated by the South Carolina Division, American Cotton Association, that each county branch shall provide, with the aid and co- i operation of the South Carolina Divi- ; sion channels through which ware-! houses receipts may be hypothecated j at a uniform and minimum'rate of- in terest. : "The cotton grader and marketing agent covered by this agreement shall be under the supervision of the direc tor of the extension division of the Clemson Agricultural College, who shall report to and confer with the other parties to this agreement. "D. It shall be the duty of the county agent in each county to co-op erate with the cotton grader and mar keting agent employed under thi3 agreement in such county. "E. This agreement shall become effective immediately and shall con tinue in force until June 30. W20, un less terminated at any time by any party to the agreement by giving written notice to the other parties not less than thirty days in advance of and specifying the date of such ter mination excent that all expenditures lawfully incurred hereunder prior to the date"of termination shall be paid .as provided herein. "F. This agreement, by mutual consent of the parties hereto may be renewed from year to year on th*5 terms ;,nd conditions expressed here j in. provided that appropriations j available for the purpose are made by j the Congress of the United States and j the. necessary-, funds are contributed I from local sources." I SOCIALISTS FRAM ING PLATFORM New York, May 10?Socialists are i drawing up a platform preparatory to} 'nominating presidential and vice pre- j ; sidenlial candidates. j Pittsburgh, Pa.. May 10?Six men, j who attempted yesterday to speak at I u street meeting of the iron' and steel workers and American Civil Liberties T.'nion in DuQuesno were sentenced to thirty days in jail. You Are Getting Weaker Every Day Many Others Suffered toe Same Way UutUTkey Tried PEPSINOL You are trying to "keep going," just as lots of other people have done. . You are hoping you will soon feel bctjter, but you feel worse each day. Your strength becomes less and less. You arc nearing the breaking point. Arc you going to wait until you give out completely, when Pcpsinol is ready to help you? . / Pcpsinol is a wonderful tissue builder and strength "?^ker. It combines in gredients that strengthen digestion, stimulate the appetite and make rich, pure, nourishing blood. That is what [ you need?that is why Pcpsinol will ? help you. AMERICANS IN MEXICO Many Draft Evaders and Radical Fugitives Hiding In That Country Washington, May 10?The State, Department estimates that there arc j between six and seven thousand Am- j sricans in Mexico, including radicals! and draft evaders. VILLA LAYS DOWN ARMS; Bandit Chieftain Helps Revolu-j tion By Turning Men Over * | to Anti-Carranza I j Leaders Juarez, May 10?Visible relief was: displayed /by revolutionist leaders as j the result of the announcement that i Villa had laid down his arms and j turned his men over to the revolution- j ists of Chihuahua. SEC. DANIELS SCORES SIMSi Secretary of the Navy Charges! That Admiral Was Lick Spittle for British Washington, May 10?Secretary! Daniels made reply to Admiral Sims' I criticisms of the navy's part in the war j before the senate investigating com- ; mittce today. He declared that Sims lacked vision and belittled the work of the American navy in contrast to the British, that he coveted British decorations and aspired to become an honorary member of the British ad miralty. He praised the work of the navy. PIRATES IN BLACK SEA French Ship Captured and Am* erican Made Prisoner Constantinople, May 10?Pirates held up the French packet Souirah from Datum to Marseilles on which ?hrce American women were travel ing. French destroyers rescued the women. Candidates' Cards. For Sheriff. Having served the County as Dcpu ;y Sheriff under the late Sheriff Brad ford, and desiring to have my record inspected with a view to promotion, I hereby announce myself as candi date for the office of Sheriff of Sum ter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. JACK H. FORBES. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the office of Sheriff, sub ject to the rules of the Democratic party. JOHN R. S?MTER. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office'of Sheriff sh the ap proaching Primary elections of the Democratic party in Sumter County, subject to the rules governing &u?. ii elections. ; C. M HTJKSr. Sumter, May 4th, 1920. I announce myself a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. SAM NEWMAN.. Fol Treasurer. Coming' before the voters with more than twenty yeSrs actual experience in accounting I announce myself a can didate for the office of County Treas urer, and I promise loyalty, and sup port and to abide by the rules gov j erning the Democratic party, also ef | Sclent service if elected. j . ' MOSES J. MOORE. ' Present incumbent 3rd Magisterial District. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Blatt, of Barn well, spent the week end with Mr. and* Mrs. Moses Green._ FOR SALE?I have one hundred bushels of corn in shuck, $2.00 per bushel. A. L. Ardis, Box 29. :-?-,- ;? j FOR SAMv-r-At a bargain, One Colt's ! generator complete with all fixtures* It's all new and never been uncrat* j ed. Sjee J. P. Commander. ! . j HAVE A PEW Ford Starters that we j can install at once. If you have * j Ford without a starter, see ufc Shaw Motor Company. 1'/ ? - mmw HAVE CAR LOAD Ford one tbn . trucks in transit Still have onfe of two unsold. See us at once. Shaw Motor Company. "A man may be known by the enemies he makes." Eon. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney General of the United States and candidate for the Democratic nomination4?r^_ President, has made enemies of the following: Pro-Ger mans, the Reds, Profiteering Hoarders, Packers, Radicals, Labor Agitators, Reactionary Republicans. Why? Be cause as alien property custodian, he took enemy prop-A erty and used it to help America win the war; because he is driving the Alien Anarchists, Bolshevists, Commun-. ists and-I. W. W. back to Russia; because he is prosecut ing those who seek to extort unwarranted and unreason- - able profits from the consumers of the country; because he is arresting the hoarders and bringing out and forcing the sale of the commodities they are holding for higher prices; because he forced the big five packers to assert a court decree which limits their activities to the pro duction and distribution of meats and prevents them from monopolizing unrelated lines of industry; because he acted in behalf of all the people against radical labor ?leaders who sought to prevent the production of coal in mid-winter, thus endangering (he entire public to starva tion and cold; because he opposed the standpatist of re cctionary Republicans and fights for clean and honest politics. Mitchell Palmer is 100 per cent American and 100 per cent Democratic;, therefore, South Carolina, should stand for Mitchell Palmer and his candidacy. 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