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Wednesday ?ad f titordny ?BY? PUBLISHING CO HP ANY 8LMTfc H, S. O. Termi: per iwruni?In advunce. Adv*rtb?em?aHai ?guare, first insertoln .$1.00 ?ulMKHiuent insertion .60 (Streets for th. e montha or long be made at reduced rates, ftsamunicatlons which lubserve l.'s interest* will be chained for irtleementa ttuarlee and tributes of respect be charged for. te Snmter Watchman wan found h 1150 and ths True ?outhron in The Watchman and Southron the combined circulation and ice of both of the old papers. Is manifestly the best advertising tum la fihimtor. B^gdBgSgsHBHSSg?5BH-fJ?LJ_LJl J? that the two pariiea have got 'forma for the candidates to atand Use next thing Is to get inters to for them. see Germany truly repen ant for i?" aska a magaslne writer. 10 the silly season. Americans may not be producing ItOvMta. but they're certainly pro tbe price. see t>i O'V get so wrapped up In politics it all tha bugs and wormi in the rnekfhborbood bold a convention in *poyr vegetable garden. e e * Clothing la still reanon.il I; prlcrd ben a aesaon'a half over. No ea for not being fashlonaoly dress is* last part of the summer, st e e o rtlng July 4. there ought to be a i Hm vacation from politics ees} Pear eld Ireland' Tl? rear home .plan gives hsr two aenates! snsaWBeasaossssaswsass* IKE ?WJAOTKD WORLD Wtoo soya the world Is n?t getting bette - T A dealer In music snd mus teal i net mm en t? predicts the down gall <f ths Jaas. and says thai 'he slide tftreglMoe and othe- long-winded In stimmen t a which have tortured the pUoHo ear for the last few years are gftvLnif way before demands for the gidwr and mandolin and the type bt song which csn be sung to them. It seems too good to be true, but who should hjaow it not the dealer? tOt a nurse whan be goes on to pre? dict a revival of the harp. It gets mare difficult to believe?that would be too heavenly. But it ire guitar and supersede the trombone, and the Vglw* nee River crowd out Dardanel? les ehy the. price of sugar can come dt " f and rents go back to normal. If JsM of one kind Is out, surely the ?a are on the way. Heaven speed untested world! BgeaeeensBasseassesessai GOOD IN ALI. Ol' I S ar reading all the good things Republicans said about them? selves at the Chicago convention, and gjVfn* hard things they said about the nfctnoerats, snd sftsr readlpg all the gftod things the I>ea?ocrats slid about that* solve* at 8nn Francisco and all t|e hard tblugs they said about the R( Um hiih. and deducting the nec sgccby percentage from es?*!?, one Is fere** to agree with the charitable otil formula: ? "There Is so much good in the worst of uv and so much bad In the beat SO* Ua. thai It hardly bchoov.-a any of sja) to talk about the rest of ua." Instead of an exceaslvc ei logy und parfjnan mud slinging, if we might ogly have all the good that Is In all Of us devoted to ourposes of pure ami llfJeh cltlsenahip. organised .n har |y for obtaining the big test good of the country I e e e The records of both Conventions wdl make fine scrap-booka. MOTOR MAD AM KB It'*. The Engliab writer who soya Amer? igo la "motor-mad" is about right. It raaay be something for the trade to ossat of. but it is something for the rest of ths nation to think about. There are* many desirable and praixe worthy fsaturee about having morn automobiles in this country than all the real f the world has tot/ether, but automobiles are not an unmitigated sewing. s?vsry family may have an in ?laaoable right to own a car; tor It hi a moat convenient aaeani or trans port at ion. and surely trai *portution Is a fundamental human right, lint ?rfrVt of the millions, of fainilicH thai any cars before they can afford tbess. or buy more es pensive cars gggOa they can afford ' Nearly every MWZy wants a bigger car and a faster aer The natural dealr?? to be aide to ??gel about' develops into u desire to "go fagt". and to be alwaya going. The nation seems to be developing * t writable motor-mania, a state of n>'? d winch wanta to it* moving rap Idly rewardleas of direction or object, a** leg cannot keep still, which re fards mere motion ae a desirable thing. The continuous physical mo? tion in itself tends to create a corre? sponding mental motion?a state of mind lacking repose and power ol concentration. This result is certainly ai bad as the accompanying extruvugence and the discouragement of home life, it is, in fact, largely responsible for thorn. A mind not at rest cannot properly estlmato real values and enjoy the things that give permanent satisfac- 1 tion, such as old-fashioned family life. lit?ratuie, music, art, fine social intercourse and the study of nature. This last item would be worthy of extended comment by itself. The "nvotor-manbic" cares little for na? ture, and sees less of it, however he may rave over the landscapes that rush past his .speeding car. GaS-en gines have little to do with nature. The owner of a magnificent touring car doubtless has something very tine; tut the man, or woman sitting quietly under a tr< e or beside a stream may have something worth more than all the. automobiles on the world's highways. A WOMAN IN RlSIMlss A woman in business is usually re-j ferred to as a "problem", but in most cases she is rather a settler of problems, civic and personal. One woman whose home was lo? cated near the center of a small town noticed tourists looking In vain for a comforable place to park. She is doing a good business now by al? lowing them to park around the drive in her big, shady yard. Since the town Is short of good eating places, she serves simple refresh? ments, home-made bread and butter, cookies, lemonade and hot coffee or tea. Her guests come, stay an hour and are gone, but the fame of her yard, her food and her kindliness has been carried far ant wide. She has put her town *>n the map in her quiet way, and done the world a good turn, even as she wiested her living from It. * SPORTSM \NSHIP _ a There appears to be about as much Interest as ever in the international yacht race, but with it there Is less rivalry. What rivalry there Is ap? pears to be rather that of genuine sportmanship than4 of mere partisan? ship. "May the best boat win!" is a sen? timent heard far offener in connec? tion with this contest than with most contests, whether for local or world j championships. And a rather sur? prising thing about it is that so many Americans seem to hope that the Shamrock will prove itself the "best." The attitude of the American peo? ple toward Sir Thomas Llpton Is wholly friendly and admiring, be? cause of the man's clean sportman ihlp proved In so many unsuccessful contests. There is less antagonism toward Great Britain, too, than there was before the war. and a more tol? erant altitude toward foreigners in general. This aplrit is showing itself similarly in regard to the Olympic Games soon to he held In Antwerp. If the other nations represented in those gnmes manifest the spirit of the American athletes and their friends, there will be no less emula? tion, but there will be less bickering and bitterness than on former occa? sions. In sport, at least, the nations are learning to know and like each other. IJBF.KTY BOND BM'FFFaUS It is rather disillusioning to find, after all the glory and enthusiastic patrotlsm of war times, that so large a number of Liberty Loan buyers huve left bonds, only partly paid for, at the banks. Boldly they displayed the buttons in their coat lapels, gloriously they displayed the posters In their win? dows, p (?ving to admiring neighbors and fin nds how much they lOVOd their country, how thrifty they Were, how we'l off. They still laisk In the sunset glow of that effulgence?but ihey haven't got the bonds There may have been good rea? sons why some of the buyers did not finish plying for theJr bonds. There are alw iys people who by reason Of sickness, death or some emergency, find themselves unable to carry out their plans But normal causes do not account for anything like the number of people who tnudo first payments and never did anything further about the mater. They have just been careless, for the moat part. With the ending of actual warfare, their feeling of urgent necessity left them, and uhder the stress of rising prices tor peacetime commodities, they have believed ? hcmsflves unnbV to cover the remaining payments. That u little self denial would enable them to pay up. however, the war years amply proved. Why not a little seh denial now b> i?d.-tn their rep utat ions as people of their word, and at the same time to make iv little provision for the future? Americans are too happy-go-lucky. They live too much Iii the lay, too littlle to they turn their miiuls to the days to come. Fair weather dOes not last forever. The Liberty Bonds should be taken up without further delay. Condition of Rural School Trustee Takes Issue With Re? port of Grand Jury Commit? tee One of the easiest things in tho world to do is to tind fault with other people, and the rural schools committee of the Grand Jury, of? which Air. Irving Ryttenberg is chairman, seems to tind peculiar pleasure in "doing up" the schools of the county. According to their report Sumter county, outside of the city, which is rich and prosperous, has no school advantages and conveniences worth mentioning and if their idea is to paint so black a pfcturc as to drive people away from the farm:?, they would likely succeed. The teachers though, should thank their stars that the committeo did not see fit to make any report ubout them, or they too. might be painted in as dark colors as their schools have been. The commit? tee m?kes one fling at them, however, of which it ought to feel very much ashamed. They say: "The pay is very poor and no doubt the service ren? dered is in proportion to the pay." I can not speak for the trustees of other districts but so far as school district Ifo. 1 is concerned, we have as good teachers as can be found any? where, teachers who love their pro? fession and who give good, efficient, conscientious service regardless of the amount of sularv received and who would scorn the low Ideal set up by the committee. They are poorly paid but they are honest ard do good work, re? gardless of what the committee may think about it. And right here. I wopld say that Messrs. W illie Shaw und J. T. Burkett, my fellow trus? tees, ure men who feel as much inter? est in the schools as the rural com? mittee of the grand jury and they are expending the limited amount of mon? ey at their disposal in the manner which seopis beat to them ami when there is not enough, of course, some detulls have to be neglected. We pave always furnished watef at the schools and there is abundant Water, at' the Singleton school, notwithstanding tho report says there is none. The teacher of the Jordan school tells me that tho ground! were cleaned up regularly during the school term! but since the school closed the grounds uro iiot so well kept, she supposes. No committee visited that school dur? ing the past term. School trustees receive no pay at all and busy men find it very hard to keep In touch with all the little de? tails around the school grounds, not even having the opportunity to visit the schools at the expense of the coun? ty, as the committee may have done. The Winn school building; is not a; "shack", but a neat school house, that Is tit for even the children of the ru? ral school committee to attend, though It may seem very "mean" to men who live in tine houses with plenty of money to keep them up. Our desk supply is reasonably suf? ficient and no children sit on the Moor is reported. It does not seem to have occurred to the committee that the sountry population in some sections s constantly shifting and a school may start off with more than enough dosksj only to find Itself short of them before 2lose of the term. We have not enough money to provide for those sort of contingencies, but hoj>c to levy an cx .ra amount this summer for such pur? poses and for increasing salaries. In he meantime, the committee can do 10 good by captious, wholesale, criti dsnt, and may do great harm. Gentle men if you can't help us, don't hinder I js. Respectfully, E. F. Miller, Trustee District No. J. The police department has asked the Item to help them with their parking llfficultics by ashing the autoists of lUmter |0 park their cars more can - fully on the streets, According to tin: ?ustoni now. tars may he seen on Mu n street that are taking up twice is much room as they should. If ov ury one would park his car close to he others and would take up as little room as possible, a great many more jould be put on the streets anh thus mve some the inconvenience o] hav? ing to put their curs on a side street, mine distance from the place they >va nt to go. Wslk Around a Ring. A Tennessee Investigator made n series of more than fifty experiments for the purpose of disproving 'die as? sertion that blindfolded persons walk In circles, but he was unable to do so, for nil the persons In the tests depart? ed from the b.falght line as they walked away from the starting point. Awful Thought. At Sunday night supper, after Frank? lin and his parents had boon out riding with some friends, his mother re? marked that getting so n uch fresh air ?ii.ve one a big appetlt;?, whereupon Franklin observed: "Qooj mother, wouldn't you hate to cook for a buucli 9f aviators?"_ Road of Frights. In the central part of China there Is I very str?ngt; road, which leads to the famous Ming tombs. On each Ilde of the n\*-nue are huge figures of ulephnnts, camels mid glruffes, liOLA, etc. Knch animal Is carved out of a solid piece of stone. They are prob iblj BOM Ihnu GOO years old. Extraordinary Values at the Sumter Dry Goods Company On Monday morning we will place on sale a beautiful assortment of colored Voiles, Silk Shirtings and Novelty Silk Shirtings, all at a little more than half-price. No obligation to buy if the price doesiv t look right. Also an attractive lot of Voile and Organdie Waists. ^The prices beginning at $1.00. Call early if in the least interested. The Sumter Dry Goods Co. Hatist?Corner One Of the loveliest weddings Ol ths nonton was solemnized on Weanesd u evening at S.oO o'clock when .Miss Ei? leen Hurst became th bride of Ed? ward o. Comer, the marriage taking place at the home of the brldeip par ents, Mr. ami .Mrs. M, Hurst. "i> Washington strict. Tune, house had boon beautifully and tastefully decorated in rotfes and pot ted plants. The French doors permit- 1 ted the front rooms to be thrown into | one apacious hall. The bridal part) entered to the strains of Mendels* sohn'fl Wedduif March, pikyed by Mrs. Robert T. Brpwn. First came alias Sibyl Comer, sister of tue groom, who was beautifully attired in white organ? die and taffeta, carrying t- bouquet of pink rof*es. Next cam6 the maid of honor, Mies Mildred Hurst, sister of the bride, who wore a dress of white organdie and luce, also carying a bou? quet of pink roses. Then entered little Gladys Hurst Hubbard, a niece of the bride, dressed h. pink organdie, hearing the ring in a silver tray. The groom entering from the right with his best man, Mr. Archie Wilder, was met at the altar by the bride who en? tered from the left upon the am* of her father. Here under a canofS/ of white, tulle, roses and wistaria, the oepsmony was performed by Rev. .lohn A. Itice, pastor of Trinity Methodist! Church in an Impreslvi manner. The bride was attired in a travelling suit of midnight blue ,vith aceessorh'4 to match, carving a bouquet or' bride's roses and lllioa of the valley. After the ceremony a light course was served* Only m< mbers of the families of the contra? ting patties were present. The young couple received many handsome gifts. After returning from their honey? moon iti the mountains they will be at home to their friemls In Florence S. <\ where Mr. Comer is engaged in a, prosperous business. On Thursday afternoon, July s. Mrs. Rotiert Brown gave t miscellaneous shower at her loom on Batem Avenue, in honor of Miss Eileen BUI <t. Th. house was tasefully d? corated in cut Mowers and potted plants, the color scheme being yellow. Tables were arranged for heart Idee. In the canter of each a kOWpia doll dressed in yellow stood on a large heart. The highest score waa made by Mis< Ellen Blddall, tho prise was a. (i ilnty handgercMef, which she in turn presented to Um guesl of honor. The gift from the hostess was an exquisite piece of lingerie. After a delicious aweot course waa served, a basket mied with useful und attractive articles was brought in aod presented to the bride-elect. Bpartanburg, July is Orgauiza t on of the South Carolina Traffic I ca^tie may take plac< tomorrow at the meeting of freight committeemen from all sections <?i the atate. Mat- 1 i lew Hah1., president ,,f the South At luntlo States'association, Is in the state now and will !??? present .'it tie confer? ence. District meetings have already been held ami with the statewide, confer? ence Tuesday, as announced by Mr. Hale, some definite result expected!1 t ? be had. I \. it <'.;. chairman 11 for this state of the Bouth Atlantic It states association, will probably rc-ji present Columbia at the gathering Better Off Than His Pad. 1 Nowadays ? rnun thinks he hi hnv ipg n rough time when be baa to help , move the furniture around a nit, for- .. getting that his glorious dad used to < spend a week out lu the back yard hentinp the dUft out of carpets nnd h thought UOtblhJ of it. NOTICE By order of the Democratic >?? cutive Committee of Bumier county campaign meetings will be hold at the places named below on tho dates spec? ified for tho purpose of affording op? portunity for the candidates for offlci Ito meet and aOdress the Democratic j voters of the county. Ail meetings will open :it 11 o'clock a. pi., unless other j w ise specified. The meetings arc a* follows: v ! Privateer, Wednesday; July 28. VYedgeQeld, Friday, July so. Shiloh, Friday August $. Mayesville, Wednesday, August 11. He nbert, Frida y, August I Dalaell, Friday, August 20, Bumter, Friday, August 80, g p. ni. Sumter, Saturday. August 21. Tire following assessments have bet n levied on candidates: Clerk of Court, $100, Sheriff, $0*0. Auditor. $4<>. Treasurer, $40. Coroner, $20. representative, $3$. Magistrate. 1st district, $5. Magistrate, 2nd district. $5. ofagletrate, 3rd district. $2:?. Magistrate, 41 h district, $5. Magistrate. f,th district, $16, Magistrate, 6th, district, $10. Magistrate. 7th district, $5. Candidates are roQUlred to tile tin* pledge required by the rules of tho party and to pay their assessment to the County Chairman on or before 12, O'clock, 1100 ^. July 27th. j. H. Clifton, County Chairman. Rev. lath Joins, the nOtod Meth? odist evangelist who conducted the evangel ist ie services daily during the six weeks Centenary Celebration at Columbus, Ohio., has been secured by the South Carolina Sunday ISchOol Association fnr b series of evangelistic conferences with paatora. superinten? dents and Sunday Schoo) teachers during the fall. The places and dates of the meetings will he an? nounce,! later by General Superinten? dent. Leon C. Palmer, of the State organization. The state-wide campaign of Sun? day School evangelism, of which these meetings will he a part, is un? der the direction of a npecinl com? mittee of the Association, of which nr. W. .1. McGlothtln, President of Furman University, and president of the General Hoard of the Baptist state Convention, is one of the lead* Ing members. All denominations are represented on this committee, which contains twenty-five members. Bdgcflcld, July is Through the ef? forts of county demonstration agent, A. B. Carwilo, ami the home demon? stration Bgent, Miss Patti .Major, a very successfnl sh<?rt course of threO days 1ms been held at Rdgofield for tin- hem til of the boys and gills of the county wln? havi been engaged in club work. Darlington, .1 ily 1 11 has l>< ? a announced that this city Is to have a. vi. it August :>. from Governor Grough id* Arkansas and several hundred busl nose and agricultural cltise,na of that stat Tie visitors come t" look into Agricultural condition and methods in 11n 1 county. Thej ail staj oni\ pne da) ind thai 1 bei maj s? <> t lie most in this limited time the business people of the ? Ity are makinc arrnngo ments to give them ample? means <>f leoing, Committees ol th< chamber ft commerce have been appointed to iee th^it the visitors are Well entertain? ed and that the,- have ample transpor ntioti ovt1 t h< county. COTTON LETTER (John P. CJurk & Co.) New Vork. .hily 1!??Tie Htrengih1 in cotton toduy came from abroad; Liverpool sent over strong c titles with i i enl i nd a half advance in soots and' they boggfat quite heavily in this market on the opening, but loJHf turned seller. The map was too wet i?i lh< 'custom section and helped hold October around ;J5 cents. There v. as no negrs except weather and cables and no particular improvement In outside speculation. Sentiment Is rather against following Iho ad? vance as most traders think the crop is makin?; good progress. NEW YORK COTTOX Y'st'dv's Month Open High Low Close Close duly . 11.00 41.60 41.00 41.78 11.10 (>ct .. ..35.00 3n.21 34.85 35.02 34.72 Dec .... 31,60 31.00 33.16 33.28 33.08 Jan .. . 32.70 32."8 32.41 32.50 32.28 Mch .. ..U.fl 31.08 31.68 31.7S 31.53 XFW OULFAXS COTTOX Y'st'dy's Month Open High Low Close Close July .. 37.25 37.30 37.25 37.20 37.00 Oct ..34.70 34.83 34.22 34.25 34.83 Dec ..33.50 33.50 32.88 32.93 32.81 Jan .. ..32.00 32.70 82.10 12.30 32.15 Mch .. ..31.su ;;i.st5 31.49 34.49 T1.40 ?c 1 i ? it LIVERPOOL COTTox. Cjrbse: Jan. 22.45; Feb. Mch, 21.Kl; .May 21.15; July 2S..68; Aug. 25.41; Oct 23.99; Nov. 23.41; Dec. 22.85 NE11VK8 "OX FlK.l . ? ?Umtor People Will rind Oieonragc mcnt i i the Statement of a Sunitcr Resident. Are you weak, nervous, depressed? Peel dill, shakyi tired? Ate your kidneys working right? Nervouaneeo often hints at kidney rcaknoae-kv" Kidneys that fail to filter th<? blood. Poisons gather and harm :he nerves. Kidney weakness c auses r latvy ills? Backache, d i/.ziness, headaches, lack )f llesh. Don't neglect kidney trouble. There is danger In delay. Use Doan's Kidney Pills. Follow tho example of this Sumter ?esident. Mrs. B. P. Cuttlno, 109 IUanding Street, says: "Six years age 1 liad iu lammntlon of the bladder md I sygg n bed With severe backaches and leadacties. 1 was in bad :sh.\po and ny nerves were nr.; trung. r tried dif Srenl things to get relief, but didn't eours any benefit until i used Dean's Cidney Jails. Two boxe? of Doun's lircd me and 1 haven't be00 boiher .1 since." Price 50c, at nil dealers. Don't imply ask for a kidney remedy?get loan's Kidney Pills, the cants th.-u fra, Cu tiao had. Foster-Milburn Jo., Mfgra, Buffalo, N. V. -Advl. (6S) 5tree1 Rejoins Other Aviators Scanion, Pa.? Julj IT -Cspt. 8ttO0t. rmy aviator en route from Mtneots to daeka, eff. ft v Brie this morning to ^in three other army aviators. I'apt tree! was lorced to land sehr hero esd crday,