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TBE StTkTEER WATCHMAN, Establii ^xisoiidated Aug, 2,3 RECEPTION _ Jtfrs.38ng Entertains For Grad uating Class of Mayesville School One of the most- delightful social events, of the season ja the hospitable and progressivelittle .city of Mayes / ville, was the reception by Mrs.' M. B. King;, at her beautiful home, following the commencement exercises last Fri day "evening, complimentary to the . graduating class. The occasion will long be pleasanV >... ?yremembered by the ten members ?f the. 19^? class and numerous other ladies and gentlemen who were so forf innate as to be included among the guests In their charmingly hospitable and gracious manner, Mrs. King, assisted by >Mrs. J. F. Bland, Mrs. H. - Lee; Thomas, and Miss Summer cordially greeted the guests and made each and every^e-ne happy with that. friendly spirit of welcome whi9h adds so much to the .pleasure of such occasions. ; Mrs: J. M^ Curry and- Miss Carrie , Anderson graciously and cordially presided- over the destinies of the fruit punch bowl and dispensed liquid hosi pitality, devoid of *SkiclC:: but full friendship to the. thirsty - but delight! ;;"^ed quests;-.:. -~?B ?Many yoting ladies and. gentlemen were p.resent and the spacious veran das "and drawing rooms, the' wide lawns were filled with-hapfry young sters, while the ^middle-aged" there being ro old folks present, equally ehe '".."i-j^ed each others company.. ' The popular hostess is one of M'ayes v?Ws most charming and- public-spir ited citizens, one who takes peculiar mterest and pride in Mayesville'fl school and other institutiohs.and gen eral welfare. - - Among the out-of-town, guest?; who were.so fortunate as to be remember^, ed by Mrs. King, and so delightfully entertained - were Dr. J. H. Hfryns worth, county superintendent of ed& catiba; Professor C. S. Hutchinson, a& " sistant county superintendent of edvj&T cation, and. B. I. Reardoh, manager secretary of the Sumter, County Cham ber of Commerce. M??RE WILLBE CANDIDATE Eon to Succeed Himself as -Adjutant General W; W. Moore,-tnex Adjutant Gent al^ announced yesterday that he woul be in-race to. succeed himself for th sifcth consecutive terra as head of tht J3tste military department. He is be . ing opposed by. Capt. AV H. Marchant, of Orangebnrg, a world war veteran. ? ~-? " . ? ? Liquor Knocked Out _ - Supreme Court Declares hibition - Amendment Con stitutional Washington, June 7?The prohibi tion amendment was held constitution al today by the Supreme Court Thf Court also held the prohibition en forcement . act constitutional. The court dismissed the .petitions filed by Rhode Island and New Jersey to have . JTederal officials enjoined from en forcing prohibition in those States. The injunctions restricting prohibition ogicials from interfering with cer tain brewers in the manufacture of beer will be solved by the court. CONFERENCE AT SPA POSTPONED Officials Cannot Prepare Mater ial Before July Paris, June 7?^-Postponement of the Allied-German conference which was scheduled to meet at Spa. June 21, is , -considered certain on account of the inability o'f officials to prepare the Kp?'materia! for discussion by that time. The officials indicated that the confer ence will be held about July 6. ELECTION RETURNS IN GERMANY J ? j. . First Republican Reichstag Will Be Controlled by Socialists Berlin, June 7:?A majority of soci alists were elected to thirty-four seats in the first Republican reicstag. ac cording to the latest returns from yes terday's election in Germany. Inde pendent socialists will hold twenty four seats, the German peoples' party twenty-five. Democrats sixteen, Ger man rationalists fifteen, centrists four teen and communists two. CONGRESS AD JOURNS TODAY Washington, June 5?With the sine die adjournment set for 4 p. hi.. both house of congress have 1 l busy sessions. Many important b. have beesi cleared away-in night sessions. Measures, Readers said, that are cer tain to fail of passage,.are the reguiai ing of the meat industry, .the tariff, cold storage, sugar embargo, the alien and the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant bills ahed April, 1850. "Be-Jost 1881. I SWEET POTATO CONFERENCE Growers, Storage House Owners And Others Called to Meet V June 29. Clemson College, June 8?Appre ciating^ the fact that the sweet potato will play an important part in the ag j riculture of. South Carolina in meeting boll weevil conditions, says W. W. Long, director, the extension service of Clemson College, and the United States Department of Agriculture have thought it wise to call the- growers, (storage house owners, (and other inter ested parties to meet in Columbia on June 29th et the offices of the South Carolina Development Board, Liberty Bank Building at 12 o'clock. j.The fololwing problems are to be dis cussed: 1. The proper harvesting, grading and packing of the sweet potato crop. 2. The proper storing and curing of the crop. 3. Arrangements for marketing the {1920 crop and for securing and distri bution of disease-free seed of standard { varieties tor the-crop of 1921. When it is understood that "this meeting is for, the purpose of making jthe sweet potato crop one of great j commercial value to the people of our State its importance must impress it self upon all. If South Carolina is going to make a success of sweet potato growing^ it is absolutely necessary that all these .problems be solved and , the industry placed on a firm founda tion. This can be done only by per f fecting a working organization. Oth erwise, there may be serious loss gorw ng out of the fact that a great major ity of the people , are ignorant of the ?j handling of potatoes through storage^ warehouses. Let me beg of you not to fail to come'and attend this meet ing. . Mr. Tenney of the North" American Fruit Exchange, who has handled suc cessfully for. the last five years the as paragus crop of the .South Carolina Asparagus Growers* Association, will be present ard will discuss the sub ject of marketing sweet potatoes. The North American-Fruit Exchange has. 120 sales offices throughout the Unit ed States and is one of the most reli able-concerns in the country. h Columbia May Be Headquarters! Son* t#j Select Headquarters City Columbia, June 7?-South Carolina's! capital is in the race for the location of the headquarters of the American Cotton Association, against Augusta, j Ga., Atlanta, Boston, New York, Bal-| tim?re and Norfolk. The location of-] the headquarters, is to be decided at! foine future date, this haying been \ agreed at a meeting of the executive and finance committees of the Asso ciation in Atlanta- last week, from j which the South Carolina members have j?st returned.- '?) The selection of a general manager 'if the Association, whose office "will [.be in the headquarters' city, is in the hands of a special committee of tho organization^ to be selected after this committee has visited several business centers to investigate men under con sideration. The Cotton Association committee at its Atlanta meeting authorized each j State division to appoint two delegates J to attend a conference at an early1 date with New- England spinners, this I conference to be held at an early date, j Harvey Jordan, of Atlanta, was re- j elected secretary of the Cotton Asso- ] ciation; Joe'McCabe. of St. Matthews,! was elected assistant secretary, and. Miss Helen Campbell, of Atlanta, was! named treasurer. B.' F. McLeod, of ? Charleston, was elected chairman of I the finance committee, to have charge j of ail financial matters. Thomas A. Shackelford, of Athens, Ga.. was elect-J ed attorney, to have headquarters in j Washington. ? j Germany Will Pay For Occupation ! Bonds Will Be Used to Pay Ex-! penses of American Expedi tion ! j Paris. June 7?Of the United States' ; I shane of twenty billion marks in rep-I j aration bonds that Germany is re- j i quired to issue under the Versailles; j treaty, about $5oo.(?00,000 will be. j spent to pay for the first twenty j I months of occupation of the Rhine; {land7 bv American troops. -: I President Wilson i In Good Health Philadelphia. .June 5?Reports cur-; r^nt that President Wilson's condition i had taken a turn for the worse were; i denied today by Dr. Dercum, who j [frequently was called in consultation, j "They are silly rumors.'" said Dr. i>er- ? !eum."> "When I last saw the Presi-j i dent he %vas in such good condition I that 1 didn't think it necessary to re I turn and discontinued my regular vis- . i its for the present." _i Columbia. June 4?<?Th<> Wateree i river bridge between Suinter and i Riehland counties, and the election* j of a secretary and a chief engineer, [will be principal matters before the ?Strte Highway Commission in its j second monthly meeting in Columbia ! tomorrow. and Fear Not?Let'all the ends Thou 4 ? _ ? SUMTER, S. C WEDN [Deadlock Promised > j At Chicago ! Contesting Ddegates Will Be I Heard Again Before Credent I tials Committee Chicago June 7?The emminence rof the Republican convention, which be-j gins at noon tomorrow apparently; worked today to' further becloud in- j stead of clarifying the question of who j shall be the nominee for President.! Wood, Lowden and Johnson support- , ! ers are working hard for "advantage j land all are-claiming gains as the bai-j ja'nce of uninstructed delegates arriv^j j ed, but the best claims for any of the | j three amounted'to little more than; ! one-fourth of- the total delegate] strength on the first ballot and it takes a majority to nominate. the prospects of a deadlock are be coming better hourly. . Favorite sops and "dark horse" possibiV'ties ^ u| creased their activties and further tangled the situation. The outlook so helped ij enliven the squabble over] the contested convention seats and t$e j struggle over the permanent organiza tion of the convention. At least soitfe and possibly all of the 137 co-itsetsdeY pided by the Notionarl / Committee, will be brought before the credentials committee for a rehearing and a few may be decided finally on the con vention floor itself, according.to indi cations today. ? The League of Nations plank, over which one of the bitterest eonventio^ fights is predicted, might :,oo?i be gi^-' en the approval of all th^ leaders ex cept a small group of mild reserva tion senators. |r Lucy Page Gast?n, the only wom an in the presidential race, ;-.nnou?v*ed today that her name would not be- pre I sent-ed befbfe the convention: She j said she would withdraw in favor of j .anyone' who will indorse the moral re- j forms she stood for. She entered the! Dakota primaries.on a platform which I included an anti-cigarette plank and clean morals. - PASSENGER SHIP % CATCHES FIRE , New York. June 5.-?The. Norwegian I steamship Bergensf jord, bound froih i New York to Norway, with a Iarg$.! number of passengers, radioed to New L-York today that there was fire and a& \ explosion aboard while off the eastern end of Long Island. She first asiied fog'?assj^anee; but. later .repjaiteck4SSt^h the fire was controlled and she was pj'oeeeding on her voyage. PLAGUE SPREADS IN VERA CRUZ Vera Cruz June 5?Six new cases of j bubonic plague have been discovered and two deaths are reported. An ap ! peal has been sent to New Orleans for j medicines. I Commerce Commission I Appropriates Millions i ?_ To Promote the Movement of Cars and Lend to Carriers Washington, June 7?An immedi ate appropriation of $125,.000,000 of [ government funds for the U3e of the j railroads to purchase new rolling stock I is announnced today by the Inter-State I Commerce Commission. .The ppro [ priation for additions and betterments ' arid to promote the movement of cars ; is fixed at $73,000,000; to meet ma nuring obligations, $50,000,000; appr opriations for . loans to carriers, $12, ,000,000. Dr. Marion Preaches Forceful Sermon, : -j-, Taking as his subject. "Our Leisure Hours," Dr. J. P. Marion deliverd a forceful sermon Sunday at the Pres byterian church on the present-day problems of the young people^. He j point-ed out the fact that only the I ^working man or woman can have leis- i uro hours. The professional loafer does! not know the joy of working and then j having a few hours of rest and leis- j ure. These hours of rest are neces-*i sary for hn individual and it is the | way this time is used that determined j the character of a man.. They may be j used in dancing, playing cards, or like I amusement, this is only throwing time j away. The wise man or woman uses j these hours for development. There: are three ways of development, phy- j sically, mentally and spirtually. The wise man develops himself physically; by games, by taking walks in the | woods, by healthful exercise, not by j dancing or sitting around doing noth- j ing. We can develop ourselves in I these hours mentally by the use of. good books and conversation. Dr. Ma rion mentioned the modern flapper a-1; a thing to be avoided. He advised the '? young men to talk to a real woman if; he wanted ? to lift himself, to higher! t.bings. The spiritual development j also can be aided in these leisure I hours by the reading of the Bible and I reflection. It was a strong :iml timely sermon and ?eil delivered. Dr. Marion will i preach a series of sermons this month for the young people and next Sun- I day will discuss the question of amuse ments. A Coming Marriage. ? Mrs. G ry Stokes Garrett has issued invitations to the marriage of her daugther, Edmonia Preston, to Mr. Earle Rowland, at the First Presby [erian church, Laurens. S. C, Junes, 16th at 8:30 o'clock p. m. ' jms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's a ES DAY, JUNE 9, 1820, Churches Approves :! World Movementj _* * Presbyterians and Methodists Give Their Approval to Or ganization Columbia Jhne 7.?Five of the great j bodies of protestantism in .America, meeting in general session in recent] Tveeks have approved the . proposed i oplicy of the Jnterchurch World Move-" -ment for the coming year, according*; to the headquarters of the movement! Secretary. Brock, of the Columbia of-j fice of the Movement, states that these endorsements have proven a great stimulus to the work of the or ganization!, v Heretofore the Interchurch move ment has had to depend upon the j endorsement ?'. ' of only individual churches and church agencies for its existence. Now, however ,for the first time. the. seal of the highest governing bodies ? of large denominations . have jgiven. it, approval and future organi zation* and progress of its work is therefore assured, it is stated. Contrary to previous statements is sued from Philadelphia, during the meeting of the General .Assembly ofi. -the Presbyterian church in the U. S. A., the northern ? Presbyterian . body has voted/to continue co-operation in 4he movement; The general conference of the Meth odist Episcopal church, meeting at Des Meines, Iowa, endorsed the re-or gahization <plans of the general com mittee. Of the-movement as did the Reformed church. ' Similar approval was voted by the Methodist Protestant body, . meeting at Greensboro a few weeks ago. . * *" The Southern Presbyterian church at its recent General Assembly . at Charlotte adopted the majority report of its special committee, giving its ap proval" of the movement and offering continued eo-operatiom /The General Mission Board of the Southern Meth odist church previously reaffirmed its endorsement and its determination' to utilize Inter-Church agencies. OREGON DOCTORS BAN THE KNIFE Portand, Ore., June 5?^-Operations for the removal of *the vermiform ap pendix are going out of style, accord ing to the views of the Oregon Medi cal Association convention in session here. , ... . Base ha 1? for Samter ??_ ? " According* to plans ""announced by the. managers of the Sumter baseball team, which is now- organizing, and the first game of - the season iwll in' all probability be on Monday 14th. There will be three games that week and the Gamecocks hpoe to get a running start this season by win ning the first three in a.row. Games are being arranged with the leading towns in the State , and Sum - ter is sure to see some real. baseball this summer; out at. the fair grounds. There will4 be several out of town players on- the team this year. The management is negotiating with Scofe Campbell and Ryan Chandler, who were fast in fielders last year." It is thought that McKeithan, who hails from Rae ford, N. C, will be on hand to help Out in-'the pitching line. Mc KeithanJ has the reputation of being one^ of the best pitchers in the Tar Heel State and great things are expect ed of him this summer. Several other fast players are on the string and these will with .the. addition of the local tal ent give-Sumter what might be called, "Er team." Captain Burns is holding, daily .prac tices and there is a lot of promising material coming out every day. The team will be greatly handicap- ? ped by the loss of'Buck Flowers this year. Buck will be out of the gamc| on account of an operation for appen-! dicitis and ii is going to be hard to fill his place w>ith a man like him. j The diamond at the fair grounds is being rolled and c>ayed and prom- j ises to be in such condition by the 14th that it will be one of the 'fastest dia monds in the State. A score board 10 by 2f feet is being erected and every thing being done to make a real ball parkx It is hoped that the people of Sumter will suport the team this sum mer by coming out every game and boosting t. ? home team. This is notj a money-making project, the manage- j ment only want to-give Sumter'some j real baseball t.iis summer. Do your! bit Be on hand the first game and ev- j ery other game during the summer. Death Mrs. Florence Spann Dinkins died! at her home in the Oswego neighbor- j hood at 4. o'clock Sunday morning. | Mrs. Dinkins had been ill for some! time and her death came as no sur- i prise to her many friends and relatives;; She was the widow of the late Win- j field S. Dinkins, who died several years; arro. Mrs. Dinkins was born about (54 | years ago at "Forest Home." near Os- ! wego. the home of her father, Willis | Spann. Before her marriage she : taught school and through the ac quaintances "made this way and her wide family connections she was inti- ' mately associated with many people. M She was a devout member of the j' Methodist church, retaining her mem-'! bership in the Rombert church and < attending Trinity when living in Sum- i ter. Willis Y. Spann, of Sumter, is i her nephew and was reared in her Ii home. He and many other relatives, < survive her. The funeral services < were held at Rembert church Monday (] morning :it 11 o'clock and \the body 1 b?i?:ed in the family burying ground 1 there. 11 tnd Truth's." THE TRUE ? County Executive Committee! ?~? Representative of Democratic Ciubs Arrange for Campaign . - and Primary The County Democratic Executive Committee met in the court house at 12 o'clock .today with a majority of the clubs represented. County Chairman J. H. Clifton presided. A resolution was adopted that the>| county campaign open on Wednesday, j ? July 28th, and that meetings be held: :as follows: ! i Privateer, Wednesday, July 28th. j j Wedgefield, Friday, "July 30th. Shiloh, Friday, August 6th. \ . 3Iayesville, Wednesday, August 11th ; j Rembert, Friday, August 13th. Dalzell, Friday, August' 20th. -' . \ j Sumter,'Friday, August 20th, 8 p. m. Sumter, Saturday, August 21st, 11 j tem; ??) ,\ AH meetings to open" at 11 a. m. ex cept the meeting at Sumter on Friday night, August 20th. *The time for candidates to file] (pledges expires.at 12 o'clock noon,; July 27th, the day before the first | j campaign meeting. I The question of primary election ex- j j pehses and assessments was discuss- j ed at considerable length. It was, fin- j I ally decided by unanimous vote to levy j 1 the following assessments on candi- j [dates: - j Clerk of Court ...-.......... $100; Sheriff.$ 60, I Auditor ?..... $40 (Treasurer .._.i-.. $fr:4<*. Coroner _...... .......... $. 25'^ 1 Representative.5-25.! I Magistrate, first-district ...... ? 5^ ! Magistrate, secona" district ..... %5 ! Magistrate, 'third. district ...... % 25 Magistrate, fourth district 4... $ 5 Magistrate, fifth distrit.$ 15 Magistrate, sixth district 10 Magistrate, seventh district .... 5 It was decided that the Committee will meet at^ 11 o'clock a. m. Wednes day, August .4 th, to receive" the en rollment boo^s, to hear any " com plaints that may be filed and to trans act any other business that may be necessary. Committeemen who have not al ready done* so were requested to furn ish to the Secretary at once or as soon as they can do.so, lists of the enroll ment committees of their respective clubs, and lists of managers andt Clerks who will serve . at ,the primary election. . Executive, com imiteem^whowere n^t^resent at .the naeeting^ire reb^uested to send in these, lists at the earliest date possible. Managers will be paid one dollar a day each for serving at the primary and the manager who comes for and returns the boxes will be paid five cents per mile or the distance travelled coming fo*- and returning the boxes. The club enrollment books have been received from the Secretary of the State Executive Committee v?.\d are in the hands of County Chairman J. H-. Clifton. The secretary of each *ub or an authorized representative, is requested, to . call without delay otr County Chairman Clifton for" the en rollment book for his club. The en rollment books should haveheen open ed on the first* Tuesday of Jun4, but as the books had not been received at that time it was impossible to deliver; j them to the secretaries of the clubs. I They are to be kept open iu the tus- j tody of the secretaries and enrollment! committees of.the" several clubs until the fourth Tuesday of July and then within three days delivered to the County Chairmen. LABOR MEETING - IN CANADA Gompers Leaves for. Chicago, To Demand Political Reform Montreal, June 7?The American \ Federation of I^bor, meeting 'for the > second'time oh foreign^ soil, opened | its fortieth annual convention here to- j day. More than 500 delegates were; registered when Gompers called thej convention to order. Gompers goes to j Chicago tonight to lay before the Re- j pubilcan resolutions commitee organ-1 ized labor's desires in American politi- j eai reform. Apology For Flag Burning, _. Washington. June 7?Secretary Col-, by, on behalf of the American govern- ; ment, has tendered a verbal apology m to the Britfsh ambassador for the j burning of the British flag here last;; week by Irish women. j < i :-??? ! i WILSON CRITICISES ji PRESENT CONGRESS c ???? ; I Washington, June 5?President Wil- j \ son in a telegram sent to the Railroad Brotherhoods' officials today criticized j c congress for its failure to act regard- I ir.g the high cost ot living, the conclu- j r sion of peace, and important domestic >c legislation. The telegram was in reply : cl to one asking the President to prevent \'i the adjournment . ot* Congress. "I j t have no reason, whatever, to hope that'. a its continuance would result in con-jl structive measures for the relief of s economic eondtions to which-you call; t attention," said the President. "It \ must be evident to alt that the dorn- j i; mating motive which actuated this j ti Congress is political expediency rath- j v ?r than the lofty purpose to serve the j fc public welfare" The ,President said :t that he had accptcd some legislation c because he despaired of anything bet- e Ler. a ^UTHRON, Established June U^?&m voll. wo.34^ Boosting Outweighs HardFactst California An Example of What' Persistent and Cooperative Advertising: Can Do (By J. K. Breedin) Somebody said the other day that our State should be better known as a place of opportunity. He was right. Another thing he, said proved the le'ed of advertising. ,AI did not know * that South Carolina's agricultural: products exceeded in value those of California by $*5,000,000 in" 1919." .. Nor did you, Mr. Ordinary Man! Well, what difference does it make anyhow? Boosting has made of. California * rich State far beyond other States older and with more abundant oppor tunity to capitalize their opulent re-. .1 sources. . ' ? How does California get that way?:-/'' as the soldiers used to ask. .Welt, I here is a bit that I know of: ": : J ! The department of citizenship'of the?^' army overseas projected a .number*^ ! institutes throughout the territory [occupied by the American Exp^&coi-r iary Forces for the pres^maU^ ia*d [ discussion of international aJa^rsi in- r [dustrial relations, agriculture^ ^ete. [ I had charge of the. first regular instil ot; ! tue?that;. held -at Is-sur-Tille. Nife i officers j were sent as specialists to. present the subjects. One gentleman,;; was on the program to tell of oppor .{unities for soldiers on government;:, land. "But it' all jsim-raered down - to o California Bay after day, for "week^C he presented California by l?C??res^. ' oral-and pictorial; for he was equip'-' ped abundantly with slides showng everything. I grew so tired of that one-^i?& presentation of California as ttie l&n&& of agricultural oppor unity that I daily invited the men to-tell of their home " communities; They didn'l .Uaye .^fe' facts. I did my best to present S?ath ? Carolina 'and the South,^ telling'.? of thingsTknew, (I was a ccunry hews- ? paper man once.*, citing the usual in stances of good farmings not the'fex-? S' ceptional record of. prodnc?oft. per acre where a prize stimulate*: - i he' far- ' mer to unprofitable cost of produc tion. . On. the basis of-ny statements eyeit; my .California associate alnjittedf that the South is the1 land of opportunity., How 1 d?d wish for facts and>f4ides and other data to pjresent tne^SKfi0 my own State of -Soutli.CaroK^/ , Hey/, many of .us >?ip^v; the. ? * serf.*';-' ; lent annual reportsof the Suite. Der ]4>a*t^e?t : o?^^ $jT Banks- has produced?it is an'aar a book of information that evefjf^&H ft-ary. '?d?i^j&^; and evefV . nt.sr.-. hess man should keep W&hin reach I<et..us get. the facts 'and ? then put s them before the world. . A business man of N?w York ref marked of;;South Carolina^". Mit is most advertised State, politically, and the least known State, economically^ ': in the Union." While listening to a;Caiifornia comr j rade one day, a Soutft Carolina cap??i j tain who had tra^eied in nearly ev i ery State remarked ai mtervafe: "We ( raise more of this. that, orthe'other {'than California^ or the whole" West ': [ together." He" was' right, hut^-ahd '?% here's the rub?the California^. vsere/* out proclaiming their State and its re- : sources* and doing it as. ardently :kst: though it would1 bring a new dispeh .sation.-- *: "" ? . " . v; One man asserting" with' confidence and enthusiasm the greatness and:: grandeur of his State can sweep a multitude of uninformed men off their feet. That is what Californiana have done. . ';. ' One. night. I spoke at the Hotel .'.; Mediterr?nnee in Paris,^ and. in the introduction the chairman said some nice things about, California Nb^.v; where do you suppose he came from ? I In London I went to" a movie?and saw a picture of a-negro trucking bales o$ cotton about, and under thet picture."Cotton in the Imperial Val ley, California. Raised 33.000 bales^ last year." - Do we realize that California is- ad- - vertising its cotton on the screens and | in the great magazines? Some day a . Frenchman wilt ask, "Where is ze cot* ^ ton raised?" And the> answer will be "In California." And Ora,ngebur? , couaty produces more, cotton ' than does all the West, probablj-. Recently there were four men on a train from Sumter to Manning. Ode man was from California. Did we just guess that? Oh. no; he gave facts, figures illustrations. He* told, how many cars of each kind: of fruit were shipped from. California last year. It came easily,-, almost torrei* tially from his booster-trained lips. And that lone Californian here in South Carolina backed the three of its iown. How? He had facts or what passed for facts, about California; we^ iust guessed or had .no facts as to* South Carolina. South Carolina is truly a State of >pportunity. but the average Carolin ah doesn't know-it and the rest of the vorld doesn't even imagine it What do you know, Mr. Carolinian^ >f your State? What of the great to ?acco industry? Did you Greenville ' nen ever hear of the Special quality >f "Puddin". Swamp tobacco? Atjd lid the low country man ever ' think lefinitely of the textile enterprises of he Piedmont? What of the trucking, indvfertiHzer interests, of the fisheries! umber and fruit, of the cattle '?*<! tock awakening", the cotton seed oil a ills, etc. i <' ' \ . William Banks has collated this nformatiou. and put it in cold type; iow let's all'of us animate it and vil ' ify it to the enhancement of the well >eing of our home State. I am glad o see that the South Carolina DeveJ ?prnent Board is going to help us quip ourselves to tajk intelligently bout South Carolina.