The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 11, 1920, Image 2
?pM Program
Ctt Reunion
THE 8TAT?
46 New York To
Fi*ttnci?l Inter
Cotton
S.?Meeting at
w *>i a o'clock yester
oommtttee on the
arranged h tentative
two dys* convention
#9 of the Eighty
In Columbia Hep
hvUcaUoas ere
veteran* will be in
a decided yesterday
tatornieg be shent j? rcgi
4tne*- each regiment >r
?rfttAi command havng a
l* Wae re the men could
atyuaintauoe* # aud
u At noon, dinner
probably at a large
eerae convenient a pot.
the viel tor 8 will be
r eoine^t \home" by :he
H^F ae?l other j>rom
; Thai nigtU there wl|l be
Jan*, a Huge dame being
fcrJiietuel events.
itmm. Auemat > - with the
Of 11* cattle tick In
oeaaty ajM the advent of
hC'Mumm of the passe*? of
?*< b* the Ihet legtet at ure.
P for*tax to the front
flee stock tines. Many
to Invent heavt
aeahUur extensive
?ritieretfor for the cumin*
i reedlaatUn >*at the boll
?et lgfe|lajfl# curtain the
eeteosi ha* alee had e de- i
-:<?** these preparation..
*. - One hundred
. ems fertn^m and]
relthg* on a epeeiar
Pnliasane with diner
*1pars spent u?dsy 'in
latritnsjton conn tie*, and
J?heir atateenemX learn
about rent farming to
teems the richest state In the
f were gve*tr> hn pressed
fhrejfa /hey visited today.
hltesWd them deep**, but
I*> aehmUtteri that they hsve
ssteetfts* ef seeds the et?
il? IflteerUnt p*>t of plant
*M it hammer* that the
sfeomj hhs aMeei the natural
the lend* by planting to a
ml lyslfiflied seeds, partlcu
Uten tins} eers.
Pto). oi tloHth Carolina, returned to
Washington today ?<ter a brl*; vklt to
Jlew York wrnr* Im conferred with
some of the l-allng ftnain -in I interests
with regard to his rear's cotton uro*.
What the ft utth* Carolina senator
found In N'e\i York und his remarks
upon hie return here are deeply Inter?
esting and of much value to the cot?
ton people. In the South
Senator Dial <atd that he discovered.
J i sincere reellui; among the New York
I bankers to ussi-d the people of the
Sooth In securing a good price as well
as additional i not it able markets for
their rayf cotton. There is a strong
disposlrtoji. heu/ever. among ttu? big
moneyed men U> have the Southern
pcsple go further than the plan of
warehousing tBelr cotton. They want
more markets abroad.
Charfotoo. August ? .??Two German
boys. In their "teens. Were ?lven a
hearing here nday by tpe immigration
officer and oidered sent back to their
country, which luey left aboard a
atearnsh p entering Charleston jesler
day4 because they said they lacked food
a.t home The two youngsters worked
their passage over very willingly for
I the tood glv<u? them, end are sorry
they nave to return t'9 Germany. They
were discovered on lh?? ship two days
after she sailed from Nordhorn. .The
boys gave their names, as Otto J3tgen
ilorff and Frltr. Kalues.
Florence. August 6?The executive
committee of the .South Carolina To?
bacco Growers association met here
yesterday and took up many phases
for helloing the marketing1 of the to?
bacco rrpu uf this SJtrtte. An offttft will
be made to lengthen the selling sea
eon. It being realised that the mar?
kets of, this staf*' are open for too
abort a period during the year, not
giving tarmers tlipe In wplch to prop?
erly handle and market their tobacco
.crop The average price*of the South
,Ourollne crop lagt year was about 2ft
r<x*VR n ?M^md. e*hM? H1*1 in. ^orth
Carolin* and, Virginia h'ap n$put i?0
rents a pound, xge reason assigned
for Jp* okr^reocs tn prke, is Utat adl .
toigucxH? soJd fp Nqrft ^rblb^k and
Virgils arc grated >?,hUe .tfle et;pp
here Is nrt'tas?j?y dumped on thV
market dm mg t^e few Weeks the
warehouses are open. N
Coiuiubj*. August 6?Ohicora Col
>g? Is makyng pngpara^dns for the
fullest and most suc^safjul year since
its establishment. So trip of the col?
lege ofAcials nay that the prospect?
foe the conjjng year are without a
doubt the brightest that the college
has ever kmc wit
. Newborry, Aug. 5.?The army
worm has made ita appearance in con?
siderable fc^rcc op the fgrm oi Jno. C.
Natt, a mile or two southeast of the
dry, ftgtd is doing great damage to
the crops. The worms have stripped
tg> fodder olT Jhe corn over several'
acres, and began yesterday on the cot?
ton* T>ey were first noMced on the
grass, but soon devoured that, pnd
then went for the corn, and now^are
atUekin the cotton in,large numbers.
M*. >ea oatuwiUy olagreod *tt the
tt something is not done soon to ^heek
the Advance of the worms a large part
of his crops will he ruined.
Twenty-five tobacco warehouses
have,failed to make their reports to
the commissioner of agriculture as to
the amounts sold during the past
mouth. The time limit -expired Th?rs
day and yesterday tcWrams were dis?
patched to the warehouse dealers,
calling to thojt attention the need for
immediate action.
A t tiff penalty Is carried in the law
requiring all warehouses to make
monthly roports and unless the 1!5
companies take slens iuimcdialely
th?y wili likely face a serious sit?
uation. The July report was due by
or before August I. The blanks were
mail*'<l out from the department on
duly 22.
State banks' in South Carolina now
have resources of $203,165,344.93, ac?
cording to the called statements of
their condition as of June 30, issued
yesterday by James II, Craig, statte
bank examiner. The statement covers
the 8tS state banks. 16 branehes^snd
UUfC private bank.
l*?an* and discounts arc gJven .a?
tl5f.,6SH,0?6.63. while Liberty loan
bonds owrvd are (6tven as IM^eV
662.85. The total capital stock of the
banks Is $17.243,864.34 and the aur
plus is $7,628.333,67. The individual
dej.jsits subject to-, shook are 473,
603.714.60. .
The United States interdepartmental,
f board .of social hygiene, under whpse
auspioos *\*\. department of hygiene
was established and.maintaJned atOl*
University of South Carolina last yeaV,
has doubled its appropriation, per?
mitting the establishment of. a full
professorship of physical education
und several additions to the depart?
mental faculty Thut information is
contained in an announcement made
yesterday by Dr. W. .S. Curiell, presi
det of the, university. V
Sp?rtanbtirg. August 6 -Twenty
five clt|aciis of Campdhello spent yes?
terday here conferring ' with commit?
tees from ibej chamber of commerce
and th,e loc.Hl Moose porige with refer?
ence to seeming for Cam nobel lo the
proposed, $1.000,000 home for kged
members. /The t'amimbello defeca?
tion brought much data concerning
the advantages Offeree! ytiy the Campp-;
hello mineral springs, and it is be?
lieved bore that Camppbello will make
a stfpttg bid for the manniflcent
bojueC' The CRmpobello site is con
ueeftpd (o meet the rcquiremnts'*jf.
th'Loynl Order of Moose and the com?
mittee from Mooseheart. 111., will visit
Campy.bello, Saturday for the purpose
of inspecting the location offered by
the .Ciimdobello citizens.
Hock Hill., August 6?That the
South. Atlantic States Export corpora-;
tlou 19 u good thing and an organi?
zation that should .have the hearty
support of the industries of the South-;
erp states jra.* tfoe opinion expressed
by g miTOjbcr iff JFtock. Hill businjoee,
inen laut night after hearing Matthew
?Male, presidehf ; '(tf'ijh* CorpdrAtbn; sei
hteTid a inost cordial invitation ahd are exceedingly anxious for
^ to visit Charleston and inspect their st?ck of the best assorted
Wholesale line of high class merchandise on the South Atlantic
ast, at their expense.
We will pay every expense of your trip if you decide to buy
ttr fall goods from us, if not in excess of one per cent of your
irchases, and we have the goods, prices and temms which will
vince you that we can save you mQney and bririg you trade,
oare eiWrter tlian Jthe laiger markets and you will get your
gffcoiB fcromptiy and save time, freight and much jvorry.
& We offer the following standard and attractive line especially
Se lected for your trade. Buy how as some lines that are very low
^pTiced, we belief will positively be considerably advanced in the
wart tUirt^ we look for cotton to be muph higher,
and 32-inch Dress Ginghams, Domestics and Sheetings,
.pie Ginghams and Cham
iys,
Wool Serges and Flannels,
Novelty Dress Goods and Silks,
Ptnin and Fancy Outings,
Plaids ami Cheviots,
Complete line of Hosiery
Wen's, Women's and Chil?
dren's?in Silk and Cotton*,
Small Wares, Laces and tern
broideries,
Towels, Damask and Napkins,
Neckwear, Suspenders and
(dollars,
Underwear?Mtm's* Ladies',
Boys'* Misses' Fleeced and
Bibbed, Woo) and Cotton,
Dress Shirts?Dress Pants,
Raincoats, Para^bjs, UlnbreHas,
Work Pants, Overtrtls and a
Complete line of RELIANCE
WORK SHIRTS.
IF YOU CANNOT PAY A PERSONAL VISIT: Write, Wire
or Phone at Our Expense and our salesman will call and show you
cur exceptional line and will 'convince you we are right.
LET'S GET TOGETHER FOR OUR MUTUAL ADVANTAGE.
Respectfully,
nn
45-47 HAYNE
m
CHARLESTON, S. C.
.... , . r . ..
106-108-110 MARKET ST.
organization and the plana for future I
development of foreign commerce
t.hru.ue.fi the ports of the South At?
lantic states.
The, meeting was poorly attended
but those present felt fully repaid, for
while Mr. Hale talked for more than
an hour, it did not seem like but a
few minutes. Mr. Male gave nothing
but facto. He sat ahd talked In an
ordinary tone of conversation, but
there was a story to be told. f
Another new chair will probably be
created at Chi? University of South I
Carolina when the board of trustees
held their next regular meeting, Dr.
W. S. Currell, president of the uni?
versity,-has been notified by the Amer?
ican tted Cross that this great organi?
sation-will suport a professorship of
practical sociology at the state insti?
tution. The professor in this depart
! meiit, who will tie a regular member
of the university faculty, will be se?
lected by the university and the Red
Cross jointly.
Fort .M.U1. August 6?The record of
Fort Mill in the matter of -freedom
from petty thievery, so common lately
throughput the country, was broken
last night when thieves entered the
store buildings of the PatCerson Pry
Goods company anil the Fort Mill
[cooperative association and made
I away with goods to the value of prob
lably little mpre than. $100. Entrance
was cfleeted .Uy breaking a corner of
the large plate glass wihdovs in each
buUUlng and extracting gppd> only in
the show windows consisting of Silk
shirts and shoes.
l,)r. G. T.. Pugjv, president. otjfco
Uuubia college,, says that of the
rooms in the dormitories have been
. tilled for to?conning year and that
a waiting list has been start d. About
.260 girls wiU.be dmitted at the open?
ing of the college.
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BenngttsvUle, August f6- The Auk
aneas travelers, numberina:-i 5,2, reach?
ed Bennettsviiie last nig lit at, a late
hour. .Early this morning they were
OfinducVed to Uie Hotel Uvanson and.
to .Re.ctor's restaurant t$t breakfast.
Af.tci -that short talks of wvboine and
appropriate responses were made. A
pleasant feature of the ti Iking was
Jhe presentation of a gold watch to
Prof. J. N. Harper by H. M. Cgttrell,
director pf tbe parity, as a token of
appreciation ,of the members of the
party, fox the wpr.k and .*m vices o?
Mi*. Harper, who is at the head of the
Southern Soil ipjprovement commit?
tee. ,
-7?- . .
Columbia. Aug. ?.?Will you al?
low xae thrnujrh the cpjhuflmi of The
State to correct, an erroneous Im?
pression whi?h h^as had tome pub?
licity., bbtsh Jjjt Spvith. Carolina a,nd
JNorih {sC?xa\lfa as to the cause of
the doMJupf, Marvin jp. lUprrpw Pf
Blac^bnrs;, a C At first the
thought was that he had, taken his
own life and was so rsp?rtetl to
your correspondent at Gaffney, but
pn a full ihv^atlg?tlon. it could not
have beep suicide, as the proof Is
clear and convincing that it was
ajji accidental discharge of the pistol.
So ma-of tjhe-facts are so clear it
ooutd not have been .suicide. The bank
of BJacksburg, of whi<;u\ to? was
president and manager, la iu fine,
.prosperous condition. I have known'
TVir. ?Morrow fpr the past four years,
having been the pastor of his family
Jpr .three years and was the officiat
ing minister at his funeral and 1
,cpn say I never saw anything in his
mental make-up that would lead toj
.suicide. <
W?1 you please publish the above
in justice to hts name and for the
sake of his family.
? J. B. Tray wick.
Chester
Columbia. Aug. 8?With the ap?
proach of September sportsmen are
beginning to think of the old/haunts
eece again and not so many days
will elapse until the lav s will allow
I* f m to enter .the swamps and fields
for game. Contrary to tbe general
belief of those in the backwoods
who are accustomed to think of
dove hunting in August, the season
for those birds does not open this
month, hut on October ! 5.
The deer season, buck i only, opens
ou September 1, only s short time
off and also the fox season. Rails
and marsh hens, plover add yellow
Tegs, all may be hunted on and af?
ter September !?
Reed birds may be shot from Aug?
ust 16 tb November 15, Inclusive, fn
order to protect the rice crops.
Florence, Aug. ft?Florence county
is sow beset by two pests, the army
tworm and the corn ear worm, or
cotton t>oll worm, and the insects
hu\e bevn doing considerable dam?
age. A Gle^mspn college expert who
came here yesterday' to Visit some
of the Infested farr*s advised spray?
ing with calcium arsenate. the boll
weevil poispp. or with powdered ar?
senate pf lead, both of these to be
applied undiluted. Farmers are
warned not to use a bellows, but the
^naiid dusting machine, or "pole and
bag" method In applying the poisons.
Florepce, Aug. 8.-Chief State Con?
stable Eichelberger since January 1
has destroyed 110 stilln, confiscated
8.064 gallons of whiskey and mash,
and sent all cases up to the courts.
This work has been accomplished
In the eight months of the year. Mr.
Eichelbergers territory comprises
nine counties: Flbreme, Darlington.
Dillon. Chesterfield, Marlboro. Wil
llamsburg, Horry. Georgetown and
Clarendon. He Jhas Just returned
from Horry where he captured two
stills and arrested one man. The
constable expects his record this year
fo far exceed that of last year. He
was assisted by federal officers and
the officers of the counties In which
he was operating.
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Charleston. AU?. X- Fire entailing
a loss believed to exceed $250,000
destroyed two open, warehouses and
hundreds of bales' of cotton linters
at the ttr/ny supply base on the
Cooper ilve'r. beyond North ?Charles
Ion this afternoon, jppj. Ralph. T.
[Bills, U.' S. A., commanding, said
t'hm be was not prepared to makv
'an oiimate of the damage.
FINE CITY TWIGE DESTROYED
Antigua, Spin Ith Capital of Can trat
America, the Victim of Flow I, Fire
and Earthquake.
' *
. _Apt!fua, the flittering Sparlsh cap?
ital pf all Central America, arose high
OB the central platesu In the beauti?
ful valley of Almorongo. Its palaces
and chprchea, its monasteries and hog
-pttatg, Its sparkling fountains and av?
enues were unsurpassed In any part
of the new wortd, w&le eborf. all tow?
ered the sweeping outlines of the
great volcanoes known as the "Agua"
and "Fuego" ("Water" and "Fire")
which were destined to be her doom.
For twice Amtgttil wa? destroyed, the
first time In 1546 by a flood of water
from the crater of the volcaao which
was then appropriately called Agua;
and the second time In 17731 by lira
and earthquake, from Fuego. (The
Spaniards not being able hi remon?
strate with the recalcitrant volcanoes
Jn the same effective manner that was
employed in dealing with tho Indians,
other means ware resorted to, and
these mountains were solemnly bap?
tised "Agua" snd "Fuego," and taken
with due ceremony Into the arm* jtf
the church In the hope that they would
eschew their heathen deittei and re?
form their uncouth ways. NevertJha
-less, as a matter Of .tprreatrlul precau
ttoo, Jtjta capital cllty was moved 24
mu>* distant to a safer location, where
It Is neir eitugted. Strangs to say,
both Afua ana Fuego seen to have I
lived tip. to their now responsibilities,
with hot a few half hearted attempts
at backsliding, until the recent great
quakes* ihat in X?171$ ageln shatterM
the filr city ojf Otiat^msla ?Andrew i
Horton Blacklston In tie fco Ith Amer- |
tcan. I
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HAPE THEtR WAY TO FAVOR
Wertfe Banned eTttt* Years Ago Are
NoW by General Consent Recog?
nized as Pixpm\
purgatoripus In wi*lch are listed all
the tamptlng worls bannt jd at. the
I time of ttP compilation is to bad
usage, remarks a writer in the Hoine
Sector* It Is emunlng to read one of
I those lists, drawn up for a New York
newspaper tyo years ago. a long fUav
carde^d lift frowning on such words
as ayplrtji^ Wna> coll^led, com?
menced (for tre?UJbj, employe, endorse
(tor approval), humbug, iptore, Jeop?
ardise, lengthy, loafer, nation, pog*
ad (for Informed), predicate, prognoa
Ing, reliable (for trnstwarAy), row?
dies, taboo* talenftd and virlnlty (for
neighborhood). Moat of these are now
quite respectable and woulc have the
freedom even of those newspapers
! which once spumed them. Thus, as
ever dp the heresies of today become
the'gospel of toroorrow. Thus does
progress march, '
It happens In language, In econo?
mics, In politics. To-morrow conserva?
tives will be found stoutly defending
the program which yesterdays radicals
drew up. Perhaps an appreciation of
this fact h?ght to produce a philo?
sophic calm, hut It la quite us likely to
produce tamper. And yet It Is absurd
to awqar at ine copjaervailre man as
it Is to denounce the dam In the scream
and the brake' on the engl la
Gods of Anelerrt Roma.
"(Jojng to Church Ip Ancient Rome";
was the title of a lecture delivered in
Philadelphia in Houston hall by Dr.
George D. Hadzslts, who showed, a
number of views of temples dedicated
to Jupiter, Minerva, Mercuiy and other
gods. The number of godH becamo so
numerous In Rome towaid the last,
said the lecturer, that the **K>ple bad
t?' refer to a catalogue, There was
on? tor sowing, one for planting;, reap
luf, binding, housecleaulug and, in
tact, for every trivial detail of Ufa.
Ritual and ceremony choked true, de?
votion, he said, and th& eacriflrea
prayed over by the priests were mads
with or without the presence of any?
one else. Congregational devotion wat
alien to the spirit of ancient Rome,
Death of Goeths.
When the spirit of Johann von
Goethe passed away, March 2?, 1882.
all ??rope took note of the event and
pqpfierei on his last wordii: "I^et the
lightrenter." He was venerable wlfh
age and honors, a wise, manj-sldad
mind, and the greatest r.oet of Ger?
many. Marek said of htm that what
be lived was mare beautiful than what
he wrote; and his life, amid all iti
weakness and all Its sorrews, presents
a plctUPt of certain granleur of soul
which cannot he contemplated un?
moved.
, Growth of Planta
Among plants, after tte period af
growth in spring and summer there Is
a period*of dormancy before the coTd
weather, gets in, and if plants are
maintained arhlflcialJy at a high, tem?
perature this dormant period persists.
Exposure to cold is needed to activate
the plant for another period of growth
Perharjs the liberation of onzymes sets
on the stored starches, converting
them Into sugars, or the phenomenon
may be due to a change In the per?
meability of the cell-membrane.
Though normally the stimulus required
for a .renetfAl of growth is supplied
by cold, mechanical Injury or a period
of drying may have the same effect.
^The process occurs independently in
any exposed part of a plant, so that
If one or two branches of a* plant be
kept continually warm while the other
Is subjected to the usual winter chill?
ing, the former will not oSlveiop on the
return of summer tejmperature though
1 the latter develops(aa usual;
Two Killed in
Denver Riots
Newspaper Oftice Demolished
By Infuriated Mob
Denver. August t>?Two thousand
volunteer policemen are expected to
prevent a recurrence today of the ri?
oting of the street car strikers and
sympathisers which resulted during
the night in the killing of .two per?
sons, and injury of 34 and thousands
of dollsgs worth of property damage.
The rioting was ndt Under control tin
til long past midnight. Eight street
cars were wrecked and the Denver
Post ncwspoper office partly demol?
ished. The officials decided today riot
to call for federal troops.
Denver,' Aug. 5.?One man was kill?
ed and between 30 and 4 5 persons, in?
cluding Chief of Police Hamilton
Armstrong Mid eight or ten police?
men, were injurej, yeveral severely,
in rioting bUveen striking street car
men, their sympathizers and strike?
breakers tonight, l ive street card
have been wrecked and the plant of
tiie Donvei Post damaged by the
crowd. The dead man has not been
identified.
The mob at 10.30 p. m. was gather?
ing in front of the Tammany building
where ihe strike-breakers are housed,
but had attempted no violence.
Th rioting started this afternoon
when two cars manned by strike?
breakers were forced to slop by a mo?
tor truck on the track. While the .cars
were halted, a parade of strikers and
sympathizers who had been conduct?
ing a demonstration at the city hall
while a committee from the labor as?
sembly conferred\ with the mayor,
reached th* corner. There were one
thousand in the parade. Fighting im?
mediately became general and has
contninued almost steadily ever slna^
in various portions of .th city.
Denver. Aug. 6-^-Offtcial circles
later expressed a fear that the riot?
ing would be renewed.
Camp Gordon
Ordered Abandoned
Washington, Aug. 6?Camp Gor?
don, Atlanta, has been ordered aban?
doned snc the fifth division ordered
to Camp Jackson, S. C.
First Rale Brings
Big Price
Savanm-h, Ga.. Aug. 6?The nrat
bale of cotton for the 1920-21 sea?
son was sold at auction in front ' of
the Savannah Cotton Exchange
ttyis morning. II, brought a record
price of Mt30 a pound and was Id
after spirited bidding. The bale
graded strict middling and weighed
310 pounds. It was raised by J. K.
Lindsey, of Omega, Tift county. Ga..
and shipped to Harry White, a lpcal
ootton factor.
Ijondpn, August 6.?Reports that
Great Britian has ordered the fleet
to resume the Russian blockade re-1
ceive great emphasis ip the morning
papeis but no official sanction is
claimed tor the statement. A War?
saw da Hi mall despatch says the Po?
lish counter offensive has hurled the
Bolsheviki back 4 5 miles on the
southern front. ,'
London. Aug. 6?It Is indicated
that Britain will accept the Soviet re?
ply though it is not wholly satisfac?
tory. . -.?
Candidates9 Cards.
1 or the House of Representatives
1 hereby announce myself a candi?
date for reelection to the House of
Representatives.
C. J. JACKSON.
Vor Clerk of Court.
M. 14. Scarborough hereby an?
nounces himself a candidate, tor re?
election to the oiflce of Oer* of Court
for the ensuing term, subject to the
Democratic party. *
k or Treasurer.
I announce myself a candidate lot
ic-eleetion as Treasurer of Sumte*
County, subject to .the rules governing
the Democratic primary.
B. C. WAUUACE
Coming beforo the voters with more
than twenty years actual experience it
accounting 1. announce myself a can?
didate for the office of County Tieas
in er. and ? promise loyadty aadjpup
pon and to abide hy .the rules gov?
ern ng the Democratic party, also* ef?
ficient service \* elected.
MOSES J. MOORE.
Present incumbent 3rd Magisterial
District
1'or Shot Iff.
Having served the.County as.Depu?
ty Sheriff iimbo the late Sheriff.Brad?
ford, ard 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 Ihe
Demecratic Primary.
JACK H. FORBES.
I I hereby announce myself as a can?
didate i or the office of Sheriff, sub?
ject to the rules of the Democratic
paiiy. JOHN R. SL'MtUK.
I hereby unnounce my ?elf a candi?
date for the office of Sheriff in the ap?
proaching Primary eleetiot'J hf .*M
Democratic party in Soiu*ot County,
subject to the rules governing \ h-.n n
ele tions.
C. M UUR sr.
umter May 41h. 1S20.
T announce myself a candidate for
the office of Sheriff of Sumter County,
subject to the rules of the Democratic
tart?.
SAM NICWeUUt.