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Plans of South Carolina Devel opment Board Outlined to Citizens HUNDRED AT TEND BANQUET Public Spirited Men Band Them selves Together To .Work For Development of the State. By Wyatt A. Taylor.* Columbia, June 15.?"Let's do it!" j , - {was the keynote of the "Do it for. South Carolina" dinner here last even- ! iistg when the 200 prominent men j from all. parts of the State who-are j to lead the ex'pansion campaign of j ; the South Carolina" Development | Board, gathered .to take counsel with] each other' and . put the finishing i touches cm their plans. After Gov. Robert. A. Cooper' in > speaking on '"The State of South Car- ! olina" had told why he had accepted j : the chairmanship of the State com- I mittee in charge of the campaign and had gone somewhat into detail as to \ the unquestionable demand of South j Carolina for a union of the people on . a program which will develop and I utilize the vast resources of the State, j : Senator Niels Christenseh, the presi- j dent of the development board, gave .an .outline of the history of the organ- j ization and an insight, into its plans j ancu purposes and its methods of op- j eraQon. \ His talk was illustrated by j a number of concrete examples of j work that needs to oe done for which j there is no existing agency of accom-.j plishment.*. . j ?Then former Gov. D. C. Hey ward i told why he had selected the topie of < y'**IseVs do it" for his talk. He had j been impressed by the slogan of thei ^?drive, "Do it for South Carolina." j which he felt was now known to a ] great majority of the people of the ! ?> State. If was not enough, he said, ^ to say "do it;" the/thing now was to go out and do it. All of the talks met . a responsive sentiment in the minds ! . of the company .and the sum of the ! ' expressions of the men who attended j the Shatter was that "we will do" it."" j The dinner was in many ways one i of the most notable . events held in i '^o?th Carolina. Every*article of food ! >j>l?eed before the guests was a South j ^JG^piina product. The subjects of j the speakers were South Carolina and j Various phases of its.development and j ^'".upbuilding. The determination at the j close of the evening was to make.! South Carofiua the finest State in thtvj .union and-then go out and tell it to j j the world. Four essentials compose the ground- j r ework of the movement, for the ufili-j ? rsiiion of the resources of South Caro lina, according to members of the j Stale committee which has assumed ? the responsibility for the State-wide! expansion campaign of the South Carolina Development Board. These' four are: A program of activities, ai representative and influential mem-j bership. the necessary income, effi- ? cient management. "The last named of these we may; regard as assured by the character! and standing of the men whod have j accepted^ the temporary leadership in \ the. movenient." it was said at the j ? headquarters ki Columbia. "No' one i will dyul>t,that before Governor Coop-| er. former Governor Manning arid.? ''.the 23 other South Carolinians whoj compose the state campaign commit- \ tee. accepted those positions, . they > satisfied themselves that the develop ment board was already and would remain in competent hands. In each of the ten districts into ' which the state has been divided -for the pur- } . poses of the campaign and in each of the 46 counties, other men have j formed district and county commit-1 tees ifecause they too were certain of j .the continued efficient management'? . of the board'* affairs." Taking up the other three essentials. " n: was pointed, out that the. develop-. . snent board has a program of the.| mo?$t definite eharacter; The itemsj 'composing this are* largely those] which have b?-en urged upon it he-i cause of its acomplishments in the j "tear of its aetivitv. ~ !? "We have tentatively proposed the creation of IS commissions." it was! seid. These have be<*n suggested be- j cause They represent undertakings | for which th^re is a general demand ; ?r.d n?. existing means of carrying on i in the s:at<-wide way. which ;hel people want. In this connection, j emphasis .should be gfven to the' fact : ? 'that the functions of the South-Garo-M 'ina Development Board, are mainly j 'educational. Let us think of the! istab ishment of a home cash mar-j ket as an illustration. "The Board has already collected! alQl the information there is on this! subject:, dt has' thoroughly digested j the information and evolved a plan ? of organization and adoption which is exactly suited 10 South Ca r-?liha con- M ditiors. it has already created' a de--9 sire in a number of i oniiiu:hities"f?r jl the establishment of such markets,] and will soon set about the task of i .putting ih^m in operation. The' board canm t of itself set up these; markets: that is, organize and finance; lh? m But it will-show the people of; a community how to do it. and will advise and foster a market until /-the 'I local management is able to carry i" on unaided. "So with other projects. The board cannot lend money on live stock, for j instance, but can encourage the live stock industry by creating a-.fle- fB uiand for live stock loans by banks, M by cooperating with Clemson College jl m the production of suiiable.rgrains. jl grasses and forage, by advertising j South Carolina as a live stock State. *;The board cannot of ilsH!' aM.er the iaws relating -to assessment and' taxation. Flui it can carry on an edu^fl ? afional campaign whhh will hav<- rhe^jfl effect of inducing the constituted 1 - -? ' ^ Citizens Discuss Advisability of j Building Link in State High- j way System at This Time _- " * j DECISION IN FAVOR ! OF BRIDGE j- -? i . ? *_ . ? - I ??*T???1?? j Strong Opposition to Expendi ! ture of County Funds at This j Time- for Swamp Causeway and Approaches.?Individual . Subscriptions to Finance! Causeway. ( \ ! Thti muss meeting: of the citizens of ISumter county. at the court house [Tuesday afternoon.:was called to or Ider at 5:0o o'clock . by Secretary ;Reardon, of the Sumter Chamber of (Commerce, who stated the* object of !the meeting: and requested Mr. W. I Percy Smith, vice president Of the j ! Chamber of Commerce to preside^ j Mr. E. W. Dabbs.# was the first speakS ! er. of the occasion who discussed at !s?>me length the proposition before the j : meeting. lie advocated the building of [ Sumter's roads before spreading out.'] TJie roads in some parts of the county' jare so "bad that the citizens have to I go to other county seats to do their jlaw makers to amend the existing ;aws. if that effect is found to be a de sirable thing to do. The board can ! not build good roads, but it-can eo 0{>erate with the State Highway Com mission to the end that mo**e good r??ads wiil be built. ?These ai-e- all educational pro % sects; calculated to help bring South Carolina up to that condition which Governor Cooper has described as put mg our house in order for thev expected gi-vs: ?making South Caro lina, the best State in the union and then telling it to the world. "California proved that .she could; raise oranges, prunes and raisins "be fore she undertook to sell land to men in other states; Washir o^ and Oregon planted thousands of acres of apples before they'sent agents to the cast to sell orchards. South Carolina must do similar things, except that being an older state, she must elim inate those'artificial and natural .con ditions, which have been her most] serid*us handicaps. **Xow it will .je apparent that sueh j a program while, it-remains on paper j is merely pretty to look at and dream ' about.- Hence the need for lifting it j ?out of the realm of theory and put- j ring it into practise. That requires men and money. "It is quite' possible that the pro-j posed activities of the South Caro-{ iina Development Board could be soj presented to a small group of thej State's leading men that they. would*' gladly provide it with the required ] .esources. They would do this as a I business proposition, in the'belief that] the promised betterment of the State; w aid be reflected in their net in comes. As a matter of fact we have j been t?>ld by business men that we are too modest in <>ur financial goal; that we ought to have $500,000 a year instcadof$250.000. "But a membership #*f this char acter would defeat one the prime purposes of the organization, it would lack both- numbers ami influence. I Stu b a program as we have outlined j ouiiht to have not less than 5.000 to j 2.0.'?00 citizens of South Carolina ac-;| tually enrolled and supporting it. for j then it will be representative and dem-j ocraiic. and will express the senti-.j ments of the state as a whole. An<>th-j er consideration is the momentum which such numbers will .provide. "Practically every one m the state will have an understanding of the aims and purposes of the South Carolina Development Board and therefore we shall have a united citizenry behSnl j every worth while project we under-j bake. Such an influence will be both j potent and rapid in the establish ment of conditions which will place South Carolina in position to capital-] r?? its now latent possibilities. '.\ow as a program is of no value until it is taken up and put to work, so is the combination of a program and numbers behind it?sentiment.} in other words?ineffective without! resources. Therefore, the develop- j ment Board must h<iv* a sufficient in-; con^e to do the things it has laid out for itself. The goal of the expansion! campaign which will he made from j June 23 to 23 is $250.<M0 ;t year for] three years. This is a conservative.] sum. we believe, when we think' of j Souili Carolina ?s having 4<* eoun> ties, in every one of which there is some work to be done of the highest importance to the state at large. The-] money will be apportioned under a! budget made by the directors. Xo; parr of ihe funds will be used in (he! conduct of <-ornmercial enterprises. \ Mo mem '"f ;l commission or on*i-j "cer. <>r- other persons except office em-] ployees. will receive any compensa-j tion for services. i "The three-year clause in the pied-! g?>s of support has been adopted sin ; ord? j to ;is*vivf the permanance of the' movement; Xn undertaking of *iis \ s <rt can hope to complete its initial! program in one year. Xi.r can Efln I terru-pl its activities once a year to1 finance i:<e!f for another 12 monthsl< Movements :'?f this-character have been I in existence in other states for many: wars, all becomin. ronger with the passing of time, !x,ne South Carolina j I'Taii. as the development hoard's pro- J gram has been named, long before! its>hird ye.tr will hftve established it'-? self so firmly as a voluntary state in-! sfitutioh that its permanence wil-i"* be beyond question. Also l>y that t i tue J i h.e world wiil know and appreciate the effects of a whole state united be-j hind a slogan like ''Do it for South I Carolina!" ' trading. Some people of the county j have been promised roads ^or years i and have been denied them on ac- j count of the lack of funds. But as] soon as Sumter had funds in sight j the authorities began to plan for al highway to 'Columbia instead of giv- j inir roads to their own peo]?le. Man ning. Orangeburg. Bake City, want us to build the bridge so they canj get to Columbia and still take the' trade that is.-going to them from Sumter county and adjacent counties" on account of present roads. Logic, reason and justice should compel Sumter to build her own roads before branching out into something that will bring no material benefit to the county. After the reading of a letter from Mr. H. J. McLaurin, Jr.. chairman of the County Board of Commissioners by Mr. K. I. Reardon, Mr. E. 4E. Rem bert m'uv:-d that the meeting appoint a committee to advise with the coun ty officials, as there was nothing that the citizens could'db right now. : SuniTer, S. C June 12th, 1.926 :)r. E. S. Booth; ; ?i.'Mltlt*'!'. S. C. Dear On my return to town last night, 1 note in the Item of the tenth a call - meeting of the Chamber of Com merce for a hearing in the interest of the'public, in connection with the Garner's -Ferry Bridge. This notice does not carry a request to the County Commissioners to be present to submit any information that we may have. I regret to state that, in accordance with previous en gagements, it will be_ necessary for me to be in Orangeburg County that date. 1 may state, however, that the Board of County Commissioners is not in position to give full and com plete information with reference to the Garner's Ferry Bridge proposi tion, at ihis time. We are working on this as diligently as possible, but it will be three weeks, orj. thirty days, he-fore we can obtain-complete infor mation to submit to the public, at which time it is the intvntion of the Board of County Commissioners, when all facts are in band, to call one or more meetings, in order that the advocates and opponents of the proposition may be given a full and complete hearing. At that time we hope to submit to thetn concrete in formation that will enable them to arrive at a wise and intelligent con clusion. We have an understanding with the State Highway Commission that our Board of County Commissioners is . to be heard after they get their complete data in hand; in the mean time they are surveying about .four (1) different routes, and will have this infomation in hand for our join~ conference. It appears to me. that it will be wise to defer action on this matter until all the facts are in hand, , and the public is permitted an opportun ity to arrive at an intelligent conclu sion. In the meantime, the matter is being hurried in every way pos sible. Yours very truly, H. H. J. McLAURIN. Jr. Chairman County Board of Com missioners, i Mr.. H. G. Osteen objected to this motion, saying that formal appfica-j tion for Federal aid had been made and that the citizens of the county should go on record on the proposi tion. Unless action is taken right now the bridge is going to be put through as planned. He said that he would, be delighted to see the bridge built, but it was a State and not a county' proposition. Sections of our own county are cut off from Sumter for lack of roads and at the present time it is not just, fair or good business; to take this step, committing the county not only to the bridge, but) also the construction of the .nvamo j causeway. . ? i Mr. \L. D. Jennings was the" next J speaker. He differed with Mr. Osteen| saying that because there/was a few! miles of swamp on one side of rtye nv- I er and none on the other that it made the swamp a state proposition and the other a county one. He cited places where the river had been bridged by counties. He said that he had no land that would be affected* by the building of the bridge but that pro gress demanded the step. "What an opportunity have we now!- Let a Ijttle yellow river separate us from otyr capital city? No! The pro gressive citizens of . Sumier county' will go uown into their pockets and piy for it it there are any extra funds needed. Some say that trade will be taken away from Sumter by Columbia if this project "goes through; well if the business men of Sumter are not the equals of those, of Colum bia, th'-n (he trade should go to Col-, umbia. . 1 have confidence in the bus iness men of Sumter, and i do not f^ar ftnj- such thing." He told his hearers that this was a progressive age. and we could not afford to stop now afn-r the progress we have made. Mr. Jennings believed that a majority of the citizens of the county would | favor the bridge and in this time of ?}."> cent cotton, $2.?0 potatoes and like crops, we cannot afford to lei a little riwr cut us off from the world. we cannot afford to shut ourselves up in a little shell, but we must go for ward. Mr. Jennings then offered io give $1,000 Llmsclf and began call ing for other subscriptions. Three others offered $1,000. Here th? ! point of order was made that M;.j Jennings was n<~>t discussing th -| proposition and was out of order, and considerable confusion ensued. Mr j R: l'.. Reiser urged the citizens t*j lonk at ;he matter not selfishly, be: with big vision. He discussed the lav; concerning Federal aid ' at som-: length, saying trnii unless the fund. | now available were user] soon. the; would he lost to other states. He j would not favor spending of a j large sum of money on this bridge j by the county, but if it will only! cost r?Di) for the bridge and $'jr>. j 000 for a causeway, he thought tha:j the money of the comity could no! j !e- invested" more wisely. Mr. T>. D. MoiSe mad,- an elo- j ciuehl appeal for the bridin.': of the river, saying that we could not afford o fall down in our forward pro gress. We cannot be like China; and build a wall around us. We must en large our vision.* There are fine people in Columbia and we should get tequainted with them, we are proud of our capital-'city and .we should cet in closer touch with them. Mr. R. D. Epps spoke next and did not favor the construction of the bridge at the present time. He refer red ' to Mr. Moise's fine Columbia people but said that if we had goad roads in Sumter county and could ,'et. around, we would ^find out what fine people we had in Sumter Coun ty. He said that the talk of ??pro pres." "patriotism," etc.. was not on '.he subject. We all are in favor of progress but we differ as to what is he next step in progress. We don't want a ten month's road to Colum bia, as those favoring it said could be built for $25,000 extra. It would take 5300.000 to build a road that could he used all the year and this was the , "road the people wanted when they could afford to build. Mr. H. C. Hajmsworth moved that i box bo put at the polls in the com- I ing election and ?ee how all the j people felt. Mr. J. Lern King who was against j he proposition when he came to the! meeting said that after listening to Mr. Belser he *vas in favor of it. The ?auseway Mr. Belser had described, was in good condition now and it would not cost so much to fix it up. j He was down there when Dr. Lemmon ; .scot lost in 1916 and there was a big freshet on that night and there was :?hly a little water on the causeway. |Mr. C. M. Jackson interrupted him at vhis point and said that he was ,.lown there at the same time and :here was no freshet at all, just a rain. Mr. King said that he had heard that it would cost $600.000 to build the causeway and bridge, but he did not j believe that and he would favor that, j There may be a railrokd strike an/I ,ve would be in bad shape if we could nof get food on account of roads. . Judge R. O. Purdy-'said that the! ??ommissions should have consulted j he people before taking any action, but a principal could withdraw, the -tction of his agent if not legally and morally bound. The bridge is not necessary-. Only a matter of senti- j ment. Only pleasure ^seekers want) ?he road and they can wait awhile. Lie read an interesting Jetter from Mr. T. S. Sumter against,the propos ed bridge. Mr. J. H. Clifton was op posed to any expenditure by the county until the county roads were pt in good shape, but-if the people, the citizens of the county, will ?. in dividually contribute to the extra cost of the causeway then the bridge] should be built. There is plenty of Urne to collect/the subscriptions be fore the bridge starts. Motion of L. D. Jennings and, J. j Lern King, the following resolution l was finally adopted: Resolved that this meeting ap proves the action of the County Board of Commissioners in securing the public funds of the Federal Gov-j eminent for the construction of the \ Wateree river bridge.-But it is the! -ense of tins meeting that the J Board use no county funds in con structing the approaches to the bridge, and the, same only be built when there is enough private sub -cripiions in hand, to build the same in full. And provided further that the County Board of Commissioners be requested to begin at once the build ing of the Goodwill or TurbevUle Short cut road and the- new road in Cower Privateer township which have been requested for some time. There were several representatives of Columbia present and ,they were called on to express their views on the proposition. Mr. E. O. Black, rep resenting the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, made an earnest argu ment in favor of the construction of the bridge, which had long been needed to open up communication between sections of the State that have- been separated by the river. He said that the Garner's Ferry road would benefit both -Suinter and KichTand Counties and also .the whole State. He pledged substantial support by the business men of Col umbia, who felt that the towns of South Carolina must link themselves together by every means possible and work together to build up the busi ness of the State and to be able . to compete on an equal footing with j the progressive and aggressive trade I cent< rs of North Carolina on one side land Georgia on the other. Mr. S. B. McMaster, of Columbia, also made a strong speech in favor of the plan to build this essential link in the State highway system, and to build it now when Fe'? "il funds are available to pay one-lwf the cost! Of the bridge. Mr. E. O. Black, a director of the' i Columbia Chamber of Commerce, i?flid president of the temporary or , gahization of the South Carolina 'Chamber of Commerce, who repre sented the Columbia Chamber at last nights meeting in the Court House, culled on Secretary Beardon of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce this morning, and said that he want ed it distinctly understood that there ar<- numbers of Columbia ami other Richland County citizens who are ready to put up money by popular subscription to finance the building of^the approaches to the Wateree river bridge, and that Columbia will not take second place with Sumter m putting up the necessary money. He said that Riehland county offi cial money can not be used to build the approaches on the Sumter coun ty side, but that Riehiand county personal or private funds can be used, and that Columbia and Rich land have the money by popular subscription to help Sumter countyr build the causeway and lesser br<id- j! ges on the Sumter county side of the |1 river. ;1 Secretary Reardon told Mr. Black!5 to go to it in getting up the Columbia'1 and other Rich land county popular 1 subscription money and let it be]* known right away how much is sub-j' scribed. '1 Mr.* Black further said he .desires it understood ?that Columbia doQ? rot care what route over the Water-' ee swamp and river is selected, that any route will suit Columbia, thjitj that Stale Highway .engiineers agr^e upon as the best route. All that Columbia wants is that Suniter and Columbia be connected with bridge across the Wateree river in order that both cities can become distri trjbuting points for South Carolina in their lines of business and be placed in position to compete with North Car olina and Georgia cities. Sumter and Columbia have the -finest kind 'of railway transportation facilities, now both cities should be linked together for business Cooperation in ?very way and in the quickest possible man ner by dfrect automobile transpor tation from North to South, and to draw trade.*from all over South Car limv WWIST0NREC0R? Commissioner of -Jj^cultvxe Harris Reviews Conditions-in Cotton Belt After Inspection SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEST CROP Mississippi Valley is Suffering From Excessive ? Rams and I, Texfts Crops Are Being Aban ! doned -from Lack of Labor? j Acreage Reduced. Columbia. June 15.?"The worst crop condition' the South has ever iknown" is the report of B. Harris, [.commissioner of agriculture, on his I return to his. of See yesterday after a ?trip through Georgia, Alabama, Mis sissippi and Louisiana, to the cotton fields of Texas and Arkansas and back through s Tennessee . and North Georgja. Mr. Harris went to Texas fpr. two reasons, first to aid in the organization of several branches oi the American Cotton Aseociatioiu* and seeorid, to make a:?tudy -of .crop con ditions, and to this end he .made the trip to Texas through the Gulf State?, stopping at a number of points en route, and returned Ah rough Arkansas and by way of -Mem phis. H,e was i away from^. Columbia for almost a ! month. - . T ' r I Mr. 'Harris states that if the West } has two more heavy rains it wilt [ work ruin to the cotton. He says Jthat the crops in South Carolina, while not in best condition, are in better shape than those of any other Southern State. In Texas the farms are suffering for want of labor, the farm, hands being attracted to the oil fields where large wages are paid. In the Mississippi river delta sec tion of Mississippi .and Louisiana the I lands are overflowed with water from/ the excessive rains. In all parts of [ the South the heavy rains have made } the weeds and arrass grow, so proftu^Iy that much of the cotton is beyond sav ing, in some places. Mr. Harjre says, he found the grass standing higher than the cotton. Much of -the cotton will have to be abandoned, Mr. Har ris says,. because of its poor condition. Thousands of acres will be abandoned altogether. ? Mr. Harirs states that his ihvestiga-. trons in Louisiana disclose the fact that the sugar cane acreage jri that state is much reduced this year. There is also less acreage in cotton in some states. Mr. Harris expects a! small crop and high price.. He says the need of the South Soday is for more diversification of crops', afnd he states that if the cottohowners will hold, they will get a higher price for the staple. Mr. Harris hold- a f orae- j what gloomy view of lie situation in the country, as regards the supply of' food and the necessities of life. The j country faces a food -famine, he says, and in many sections feed for .stock; is unobtainable. "The need is for more producers." says Mr. Harris; "there should be a 'stay-on-the-farm' move ment." Meetings of Boys and Girls Clubs Chamber of Commerce Enter tains County Organizations Saturday The Sumter Chamber of Commerce entertained the boys and girls of the' county who are members of the boys', pig and corn clubs and the girls' can-' ning and poultry clubs, Saturday, in1 the Chamber of Commerce rooms. After a short entertainment the speaking began-- Mr. Frank Williams, county agent, acted as chairman of j the meeting, and introduced Mr. E. .1. j Reardon, secretar of the Sumter j Chamber of Commerce, who made the.j address of welcome.. Dr. Hayns- j worth, county superintendent of edu cation, made a talk next which was enjoyed very much. Mr. B. O. Wil liams, brother of Mr. Frank Williams., assistant State superintendent of the boys' corn and pig clubs, made an in teresting talk. Miss Truluck, the effi cient county demonstration agent, was the next speaker and what she had to say was well taken by the audience. Mr. L. L. Baker, State su perintendent of the boys' corn and piig club made a very forceful talk to the boys and girls on the subject of "stickability". He urged them to stick to the task they had set them- " selves to. not to drop out whatever 1 the difficulties that might be encoun tered. Training is the only way to " ?oiccess in farming or any Other busi ness, and the boys and girls should lot start this work and then drop out is soon as the work becomes hard: t loin the clubs, and then stick to hem and make a success of it. Mr. iBaker .Uriel of the ^short fi?uxi^-^?^ are offered at ciems'on/tbss.^^mj&r and the 'way' one ?co^rd^t?^joyy che benefit of these courses. Those in charge of the meeting are-v^'g^te^. .fill- -to ^lessrs. Herman ?'M^^:[Ju Brunson and C- S.- J^?tchins^fi^^h^ left their business on -Saturday went up to .Claremoont .and brougii; back Miss Truluek and five girls who j had been attending the .short -course at Winthrop. If it had not been for the kindness of these men, these lad ies could not have been presentsj^t;: the meeting. After the talks ^der Ughtful refreshments of lemonade, ice cream and cakes were served, those attending the meeting. After this, the entire crowd was taken to the movies which ended up a"yery pleasant and profitable occasion ^pr t he boys and girls of Shatter county. About Ah . boys and S5 girls and 35i parents enjoyed the hospitality :o?thae; Chamber of .Commerce.; Mrs. Ei .J. Harrick and Miss Edith .Stroupe rend ered very efficientservice hi.arrapg-; ing the entetainment of the vjs&pr?. in the absence of Miss Truluc^ .who j was at Winthrop. Their services were greatly appreciated as were;those of Messrs. Lion and 'Hjttchinsop, whoi helped with -the entertainment. Washington, June .16..--r-Probibi tiohists will ask the Democratic ha-; tional convention to adopt a plsmlt for the rigid enforcement of Vtho eighteenth amendment and -the -e-a forcement of the act, .and wiU-'pre-. sent a solid front against Governed Cox," Wayne Wheeler general eouns^ for the anti-saloon - league. ?ec&r??: l>ere today. Wheeler _said itha^ A?o^: was. the last hope of the wets:?o/; program for the nu llitication and | his record makes him ah impOsal if mationial prohibition is -to.35ej ively sustained and enforced.' I Tokio, June 16.?The Japanese-;; [serted an article in the Ahglo-J^i [nese alliance pact of'1911 to-"" i any risk of England bee?riimg volved in any dispute tetweeh . United tSa.tes and Japan, ifisffi Ka to, former foreign minister d< clared today in an interview? the renewal of 'the treaty. JLXXWNWABJD, COURSE ? Fast Being Realized by Suniter^Peoj A little ^backache at first. j Daily increasing 'til line btfck j lame and wealc Urinary disorders may quickiy foI<? low; Dropsy and often Br^gh^'s cu^easje>. . This frequently if the d?wntwatd course of kidney .ills. - Don't take this course. Follow t?e . .dvice -of a Sumter citizen. ? Mrs. T. C. Owens, 110 South Magnolia Street, says: "?tooui 1 thri|?i years ago I had .an attach of . kidney trouble and \ could hardly -bend over. I couldn't stand the.least noise, as'it would ma>^ me nervous and excited. Dizzy spells bothered me :?at tinieV and it seemed as tf the room were whirling around.. I sorted faking Dpan's Kidney Pills .apd x>ne box gave me the best of relief." _ Price 60c, at all oealecs.. Dom't. simply ask for a kidney remedy?-fret Doan's Kidney Pillsr^t-the ^satine that Mrs. Owens had. jFoster-Milbnrn Co.-, Mfg'rs.. Buffalo. T,-^d^-"--:-<-^V Candidates' Cards. ?For Clerk of Court, x H. L Scarborough hejsehy aa*, nounces Idmself a candidate vfor re election tojthe office of Clerk of Court for the ensuing term, subject to the Democratic party. For Treasurer. I announce myself a candidate for re-election as Treasurer of Sumier" County, subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. ?' B. C. WALLACE" Coming before the voterff witk moro than-twenty years actual experience in accounting I-announce .myself a. cafn-' didate =for the office, of County. Treas urer, and I promise 'loyalty and s?p-; port and to abide by the rui^-g&y-/ .erning the Democratic party, also ef ficient service if elected. - MOSES J. MOORE. Pi-esent incumbent 3rd Magisterial District : For S ieriff. Having scry?d the County as Depu ty Sheriff under the 'late; Sheriff Brad ford. And desiring. to-haye-ihy record inspected With.a view ;to promotion, I. -hereby announs.e^ my4?lf as .canffl date for the ?f$?e of Sheriff of Sum ter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. "? fi .JACK ?. FORBES. I .hereby announce myself as a.casK; didate for the office of Sheriff, sub ject to the rules of the Democratic party. JOHN R. SUMTER. I hereby announce myself a i^ai'di date for the office of Sheriff in the ?P'r preaching Primary electibtvs of the Democtatic party -in Sumter County, subject to the rules governing ,3uch elections. * *v e. m. ?uRsr. ^ Sumter. May 4th. 1820. I announce ?iyi?clf a candidate tfor the officf f -Sheriff of Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic pari v. " ' sam ?mn'.