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?sfif rastet* OM advertising ?at it u| ? m :ftf>?t|a*j ?r peasant beaj Mm? 010] wrXtOI' the Jews)* U merely g/ab^%(j 4*ta 0*ettvalAac an/ a* rat ghw*. It that ^ tON*!! 1^ Isjo^reef. 801 |rttf' ttt Kitwian ms* loa? ruA, the mi< wUlaeat hun. ?jj|fr'{tre^e U flns\ tta wow end pari I. and government til-fad, eng H la hard the arfnjr. The peas gat, hha to aoM food to tho I V they haao it. for tho iovtat fcr Voo good to thetn. They>M1 ts&a foo4 for anybody they Jis~ ?feilt) t*t* glaftke tho ttttaole |We| group . f* ?o aat osoerfsaruy (the the ?sei e( Pe4eh*vUm. Delikts*. med* each heidway let arnilea. falietj, be? an* depised the e?ltlv*Usg thoir hK 4 latter nrrUteo hint by y oosoi on the ooeaalon >f the <r> rg*raaiaeOi. and, reoemly pub A< ssOkes that clear; Denlkine I Its vktocteO la tho Herd, hut I ho hast woo territory ho had ?Off pert from the rural papula' gud pvovaton* were withheld I b VOL to Iiis victorious ?rmlos Od away. rsafel Ig wiser. Ho cultivate* peasant*, and aj trusted by them i *iwt is probably tho most hope |ti Op about him. end one of the SO ?gos*? why France gave hi in glitten, though moving from Ooglsainirs.' coot rolling as yet SOU segment La the Crimea, wta tho aettvo support of pel rotation he may event al Russia. UtlUUAXD the present Brit recogslsed by rvere a* gain lly. It seeme y of coercion t by Uoyd _eu hott tUtex Ireland, e Irish ginn out *eun correspondent whose obeerva ?re presumably disinterested. 'pMi*? otjt tho hard, distasteful (ash the British army has ahead of it "I know", he says, "the military Obmiminden* piuyed the government, would maae a positive offer of do minion home rule, and none curt> Ulster's selfishness and Lloyd George's! evldeut disdain for Ireland more than! tho army which mutt carry out his orders. Now begins a long, tense struggle In the attempt to seise, and court-martial Volunteer leaders and suppress tho Sinn Fein courts and) councils, which means an attempt to | rocoraiuer Ireland. It will not sue coed, dealer* the republicans. The government can hardly ?rpect t > break down the Volunteer*. -Every Irishman if v potential! Iflna Feiner, and It is Hail Ml Will be, aftsr the next two months' op ?ruastmV From today the situation pmctioedly will he this: All Irishmen in revolt on on e side, an 1 the British Amy mt Occupation, rying to re*i press them, on the ether. Ihriqbntiy it It no trivial revolt that Great Britain has to deal with this t?*">e. It looks wort like another A^ogrssan Revolution. . There la a| "flpirll of Tl" abroad in ireland, gnd with all, the Ulster opposition, per? haps an much unity gainst England an there we* in this country when the struggle for our own independ Ogee started The British army, an vug ,$he case with America, has little U fur **? taatc. flave the British any more, And Lloyd George | ?Atting moat Warne for th? InUpjlssn firm he . aspire fa| f^Mrrge llXT ? WtOi UHT PRICKS DOWN. Lie tie by Utile prices are coming denen, and tue reduction Iii general. Fsiwt one oonssnodlty showed it, then' somber. Jn IM ?oeuiree of a few get iths people *hoold ke buying thfe] haH^searVes] fft Hfe gt somewhere near te> flgtjrsJs." ^?tg*t Ojfcey'" * Ihe danger point, flunking ,,hm ''anon the future fairly sscuro, the oonsumnr 11 likely to re? lax hie vigilance and economy, toj rising he need not hive been ao iilfajped at the high coat of every tionjr, that he made an undue amount j frt fun*, and that above all he need got have dropped so suddenly from bin (roe and easy, extravagance into cautious buying. Ali wrong! It Is precisely becau* polpW did get the acetro of tfreir ttteo) and fly Into a ??ge of protest, and stop buying at profiteer prints) the thing* they needed and wanted tnat thoae prices ers tumbling. Moreover tho good work, is only Just begun. Exactly as the buyit public retains IU self-control of'the prW Situation. Normal needs should he> provided for in' a normal way gnd no more. To feel that the srtHrii tiling Was a tempest in a lea POt and go back to extravagant buy? ing wilt send prices up with a rush] gr.f put heart into tho now fainting tpjffta of the proimar. svsBgessssgssssssjBgtesnss Sumter County Pop? ulation Announced | Fourteenth Census?Preliminary Announcement of Population?Subject to correction. ?amter County South Carolina. mo ioiq is*o1 msmter cduntj . .41040 88473 oust Ooncord township 3193 2900 2W2| Manchester* . 700 043 700 Mayesvills township tncl'g MaeevUle 1037 2607 0011 Mlddlston * 2112 2114 2338 Privateer* . 0190 3220 8174 Providence* . 4240 3240 280? Rafting Creek ..... 3084 3098 3813 fthlloh* _ (. 8004 271? 3002 ttatesburg* . 8101 8408 3762 Sumter* including ? gumter City .18791 18*61 0184 tttshepvjtls, Car? ters Crossing. Lynchburg. Mt. Clio. Spring Hill and Swimming PO?* .. 18347 Incorporated Place Mayesvjlle* . 889 7S1 711 Sumter city ?608 8109 607*2 Sumter City by ward?. 1920 Sung er City . 96?8 Ward 1 . Ward 3 . 3018 Ward 3 . 3540 Ward 4 . 2034 ? townships, i City School Note?. The superintendent wll be In his off flee on Wednesday and Thursday of this week between the hours of 10 and 2 and 4 and 0 to glv* certlflcatea to the pupil* who expect to attend school for the hist time. The public Is asked to bring the < bildi *n on these two days, In order to save any confu? sion on the opening day of school [Tuesday, September *1. Chicago, Aug. 80.?The senate com? mittee that is investigating campaign funds began work toduy on president? ial c andidates' expenditures. The com? mittee has been spurred to action by ^Governor Cox's charges, and is pre Better Schools For Your Kids "Every boy and girl in this country is entitled to an equal chance and should have the right to attend a good school." That program is the basis of a counts wide series on1' Good Country Schools'' starting next week in TRe COUNTRY GENTLEMAN In this series Mr. A. B. Macdonaid graphically presents the growth of the consolidated schools, using a little Ar? kansas town as illustration. If you have children or if you arc interested in the future welfare of tins community, it will pay you to read each of these articles. The first one, which appears next week, contains helpful sugges? tions which can be ap? plied right here at home. But that is only one of the many good things in this particular Huee. There's an enlightening review of "The Railroad Tangle," including the rate advance;: a timely article on farmer cooper at km; a review of the Holstein recent census; corking stoHes and?but why go on? Surely you'll get two cents' worth in each issue. And for less than two cents a week 52 big numbers of :his Great National Farm Service are yours?a o >py ewry Thursday. Srnd me your check for $1.00. A National Service That's Also Neighborly JNO. S. RICHARDSON Phone No. 328 Sumter, S. C Box 86 mn ?aebertaed subscription representative of laet^aatryCianaaai fte?alW Hs*mJeesaat TVeSaturday Ereaiaf Put O aasas~ll.it 12 issnta-fl M 52iasaaa-ta.se Mystery 8olved. Mrs. A * "You say yon kept a cook far a whole month. How In tho world did, yoo romiage It?" Mrs. B: "We vaste cruising oa a houseboat and she couldn't swim. Migration of the flat. The yat was carried from Tndin and fcerrlo to Eostood !t< 1727. by 17G0 had tnade Its way to Franco and thence HUT I ml throughout Europe, On^uly 28, 1838, Oeueral Zachary Taylor, afterward president of the Waited States, requested the govern? ment to tarnish him with bloodhounds to bo osed In hunting the Semioole In d(nns of Florida, lie was furulslied With tha doesL Aberd?*n s City of Granits. Aberdeei, Scotland, Is popularly khown as the Gr&nite City, from the ?ct that it bus more hoildlngs of sol? lt} granite than any other c.ity of Its ?tao m tho world. Faunding of Siberia. 10 t582 Yermak, a Cossack chieftain, with chosen warriors set oat to subdue ? powerful Tartar tribe east of the TJrals. Tiger Iren IV sent orders for the expedition to re*^rn. But It was too lots; T vim ok sod his men cap? tured; the city of Slb.'r, the stronghold of the Tartar chief, end this dty be? soms the nucleus of Siberia. Or Should Be, j Tht vgl oc ot experience is estimated In gouge imthtr man in doUare^Bos ! von Transcript -,-1 f?eeolfar Will UpheM. ; Ao elderly Frenclnusn was found [ dead in his house et\ Doupiely In tho Ardennes. A search among his pa? pers failed to reveal any will .until, oader his bed, a place of sheetlron was discovered, with these words written oo It In white chalk: "1 bequeath all toy proj^rty to% the borough of Ar? dennes on condition that the mayor fives ?1? to the local fire brigade for a beapfest, (Signed) -.M The rel? atives disputed this queer and very brief will, but the local court decided that I? was valid._ Columbus' III Fata. On the twentieth of May, 150ft, Christopher Columbus died at Valla doltd, Spain, at the age of seventy. His whole lifo had been devoted to ex? ploration and discovery for the ag graodlsemenf of Spain, yet his last years were embittered by the in? gratitude shown him by the notion. ft Is laid that hatpins to match tha color of the eyes are to be worn this year and will be very fashionable. "Indeed," said Brown, as he read the foregoing to bis wife, "then I won't hove to bare green hatpins stuck Into toy blue eyas." Beetles' Blood for Warts. A Peruvian doctor states that the blood of certain beetles found In Pe? ru ha* been used from the Immemo? rial by the natives for curing warts. Uuder It these growths turu white, gs if ciulerUed by an acid. Dago of War. Thankful for That. 3 , A Nincompoop. "Nincompoop" lg a most entirely sat? isfying and refined way of calling a person a fool or blockhead or a sim? pleton. It Is a corruption of the Latin phrase "non compos mentis"?net sound of mind. Besides ^elpg satisfy? ing and refined it has a classical origin in addition. ' Qrest Man's Tribute to Mother. A wii? mother and good books en *bM nte to succeed in life.-?Henry Clay. Analogous. Spending a dollar befo-e it Is earn ?d is like eating today the egg that Is* to be laid tomorrow.?Boston Tran? script For, Age Computation. To compute the age and-birth month of a person ask the person to think; of his age, multiply by 10, add 25, multi? ply by 10, add the number of th| month in which he was born, subtract 250. The first two numerals will be the person's age and thai last two tho month in which he was born. Comparison of.Tires. Mauling a rubber-tinnl vehicle on an average roadway and a steel-tired rehlcle on a track require about the same amount of power, as was demon? strated recently In, a court trial. To Rem vate Old Oil Pnlnttngs. When old oil paintings "hAV3 tear eome jiark and, cracked they may \H made to look like new by the folio* log process, says tie niustratid World : Pour'alcohol In a dish and put the picture over It, face down ward. The fumas of the alcohol dis? solve the paint of tlie picture, the cracks close up and thd color becomes more fresh. Caution Is absolute!/ necessary, as the paint may becoms so soft as to run together, thus spoil lug the Whi*U nio*>vr?. Missing His Opportunity. The conductor of a band, giving AH >pen-alr concert, beat time very ener? getically, leaning now toward one pan of the, band and now to nnoth 3r, and stamping his foot apparently in paroxysms of musical fervor. Mike, In the audience, watched him, fasci? nated ; but at the end of the selection, with u disappointed air, he turned to leave. "How did ye 1 ke it. Mlker asked his friend. "Com* away!" said Mike, in disgust, "Ol've been watch in' him for half an hour, and ho hasu't hit oue of ?Mm yett" .. ,,?.,?,.~-. A Real Hero. Self-respect will sometimes do as tauch for a man as real physical, courage. The man who wants to run and doesn't Is a hero.? St. Louis Globe Democrat. Peruvian Idea of Dignity. The mayor of the smallest town In Peru feelH that It is ncuaibent upon him, in order to make the proper dis? play of oflicfa] dignity, to be accom? panied hyja band of pipers whenever he appeal* on any state occasion. These musician! have instruments which consist of a series of reeds sitting together and make a weird music. . COUNTY BOARD HOLDS MEETING - Will Borrow Thirty Thousand Dollars HAYNSWORTH APPOINTED L)EPUTY COTTON WEIGHER EJoard or Permanent Road Com-, mission Can Spend Auto Li? cense Funds At a special meeting of the County 1 Hoard of Commissioner^ held Satur? day afternoon ail members were pres? ent except Commissioner Minis. The board adopted resolutions au? thorizing the borrowing of $30,0('0 at T 1-2 per cent., which had been secur- ! ed by Representative Moiae in Colum? bia, acting upon request. Mr. Moise \ was thanked for his services and ask? ed to render bill tor expense account in connection with the matter. The board received as information the appointment of Mr. Bert. J. Haynaworth as deputy cotton weigher, by Cotton Weigher John It. Hayna worth, during the latter's temporary absence on account of sickness. Representative Moise advised the board that he had consulted with the attorney general relative to the re? sponsibility lying between the board and the Permanent Road Commission as to tie expenditure of- the funds arising from the auto license fees, spe? cial state 2 mills levy and special county 7 mills levy und that the at? torney ger/erul held that either of these bodies could legally undertake these expenditures, provided'the other body delegated Its authority to it. Whereupon it was moved and car? ried that fonda derived from above sources together with any federal ild funds, less the $37,500 agreed upon io be spent on the earner's Ferry pro? ject,, be put'at the disposition of th* Permanent Roads Commiaison to be used on the roads, ultimately to be ?hard-surfaced, In building permanent bridges and doing otner preliminary work as it might determine. Chvir-> man Jennings of the lvi nnnont Rood* ('urnmission , waa present i.nd said he would call commission together at once to put this work undov way. Application was received from Tash Burgess, a decrepit, for admission "to alma house. This was granted and the county physician was directed to give him necessary attention. wM-it '? '.. \ : '-. ; "-<" -1 Would Release MacSweeney Lloyd George Receives Many Appeals For-Clemency _______ London, Aug. 30?The hunger strike of Mayor MacSwoeriey r>r Cork has 'progressed so far that food would not aave him. the Brixton prison doctor says. A change for tho worse is exj? pected In 24 hours. The mayor's wjfe said he was sti!l conscious, but unable to speak. * - , ?-?i " Belfast, Aug, ao-^RTottag and de? struction Of property Was renewed today, serious disorder occurring in the Unionist quarter. Further grave devlopments are apprehended. Shops were wrecked in the neighborhood of lQwarts road, and troops opened tire from an armored car critically iwoundirg a woman and man. There was great excitement in other sec? tions and crowds gathered. 4.. Pel fast, Aug. 30.?Today's rioting is said by the police to be the worst Bel? fast lias seen. Feur deaths are kno^rn to ha ve occurred, up to 1 o'clock* this afternoon and numerous persons have been treated at the hospital for bulb I wrour.ds^ One hundred and thirty-five 'ights have occurred since the disorders beg**. A girl-in a green blouse led the Sinn Fiener attack 0 > Yoke su eet and numerous Batton charges were made by the police. j Steel Markers Placed Safety First Signs on the Lin . coin Highway . . - , Detroit, Mich.. Aug. 25r-Before win? ter corned enameled steel markers will huve been placed at every tfonfusing turn and crossroads on the Lincoln Highway Trom New York to flan Francisco, inakipg what is said to bo tho longest highway In the world with stich guide marks, acording to an? nouncement from headquarters of the Lincoln highway commission. Tho road from Omaha to San Francis? co already'h?8 such markers and work of marking the highway from New York to Omaha now is in progress. The LlncQln Highway is 3,223 mile* long. Tt passes through Phila?i phla, Pittsburgh. Canton, O., Fort Wayne and South Bend, Ind., Clinton, Iowa, Omaha, Salt Lake City, and Car? son OHy, Nev., among other yoints.The Highway never haa been permanently marked between New York and Om? aha. IT'S FOOLISH TO SUFFER. Whew So Many Sumtes* People Are Poiuting tlie \Vay*Oin. You may be brave enough to stand backache r^r headache or dizziness. But, if, la addition urination is disor? dered, look out! If you don't try to fix your sick kidneys, you may fall into the clutches of dangerous disease before you 2:now It. But if you live more carefully and help ;.our kidneys with Doan's. Kidney Pills, you can ?top the pains you ha,ve and avoid fu? ture danger as well. Don't experiment ?ose the remedy Sumter people are publicly endorsing. Ite&d this case: Mrs. A. D .Owens, 204 S. Council St., Sumter, says: "About eight years ago I was down in bed with kidney trouble and my back lelt as If It were broken. 1 bad headaches and dizzy spells, so bad, T dimply can't tell bow 1 Seit! I vvaa nervous, too and the slightest excitement would upset me. I felt languid and wanted to sle&p most of the time, tut couldn't', on ac? count of the pains. Finally I used Doan's Kidney Pills and it wasn't long before I was out of bed and cured of all the trouble.*' Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pille?tlu same that Mrs. Owens had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y.?Advt. (58) COTTON LETTE?, i _ (John F. Clark & Co.) i New York Aug. 30?The heavy cov? ering on last Friday and Saturday left the market in very much easier position technically and prices gave way today under renewed pressure from Liverpool? the South and eom J mission and professionals. There j was sorme trade buying but not of sufficient volume to absorb- the of ? feringfc. Prices declined 180 to 200 } points. Trade is looking for the gov? ernment report on Wednesday to i show in the nogihborhood of ?7 to ! 69, but weather forecasts the com-, j ing week are favorable. This togeth J er with the stringency in the money. I market and continued unfavorable , textile reports both here and abroad are restieting buying. * '.0 i-If* ? k NEW YORK COTTON Y'st'dr'a Month Open High Low Close Cloa? Oct ..29.26 29.25 27.70 27.70 29.71 Doc .. 27.40 27.45 26t80 25.80 27.So Jan ;26.45 26.45 28.16 25.15 2.5-15 ?M?hv.. 2*5.90 20.00 24.60 24.70 25.75 May <.. 2.5.75 25.75 24.60 24.40 2C.40 NEW ORLEANS COTTON T'st'dy's Month Open High Low Close Close Oct 28.00 28.05 26.45 26.45 28.4r, Dec .... 26.50 26.50 24.50 24.85 26.94 Jan ,. . 26.05 26.05 24.59 21.59 26.59 Meli . 25 00 25 60 24.15 24.15 26.15 May .. 25.05 25.05 23.75 23.75 25.75 LIVERPOOL COTTON. Close: Jfin 19.41; Men 18.92; May 18.47; July 18.16; Oct 20.32; Dec 19. 7?. . ' 1 ?? >;y' . m Armenia Has Food. Palis. Aug. 10?The Armenian re? public now has sufficient grain sup? plies for eight months, according to a telegram to the United States Grain Corporation executives here from Colonel William N. Hnskell, Allied High Commissioner to Armenia, wh?/ has left that country to come Paris with his staff of America i army officers. The telegram says that the grain supplies will come largely from the harvest, there being a small amount remaining of 40,00* tons of flour sent from America, Jtio H?s Housing Problem. -.e - Klo De Janeiro, Aug. 6?In a spec? ial message, just sent to Congress, President Pessoa point* x>u% the ur? gency of solving the houeing problem in the Federal District He depre? cates the actual busjding of houses >by the government, but recommends indirect assistance by the granting of Joans to private building companies and individuals at a- low rale of in? terest. , 4^ Quite u. large crowd of farmers and others interested in methods for right? ing the boll weevil attended the dem? onstration of dusting machines at Mr. Isaac Strauss' form, near Pocalla, to? day. FORDSON. TU ACTORS?We have just taken over the celebrated Fordson Tractor linef and Imple? ments for same. Call and see \? for demonstration. Shaw Motor CO. HEMSTITCHING and piceting at? tachment, worlds on all sewing ma? chines. Price 32.00. Personal checks 10 cents extra. Light's Mail Ordei* House, Box 127, Birmingham, Ala. . WANTED? First grade certilicate teacher, experienced, wants posi? tion . State length of school term, salary, price board, and, if possible date of opening. Can teach music. References. Address "D", care Item* otnoe. FARMERS ' Light your Giir with Delco-Light We have small outfits for Gin Lighting. Place your order early. Thousands being sold. Call at 10 E. Liberty St., or Phone 649-L. ' T. M. BRADLEY. Dealer. _._ !