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Propaganda Secretary Reardon Now Hopes to Ik Sucossful in f?rwTntition of Industry T|m* flumter Chamber of Com? merce, through newspaper publlcty has connected up with the interest of outside capdul 'hat appears to bs wilting 10 take a JMock of etock In the Pft'opoeed steam laundry etock com pan> . rate -this enterprise. ?tar) Keordon Is now trying to goone* t up with the outsider's money, as well as with his interest, to m \ la with stiffitient Humter capital to this proposition Over. The out of t?>wu party read In the newspapers he says. of the mimter Chum bei of Com more* trying to organise a stock eomany to put up a gren.m laundry. The oat- o* town captltalists have bean Invited by the Clinmher ?t Com? er tp visit Humter to talk the matter over with a committe?? of th? sanitation, and as soon aa information ts received as to when the out-?*f-town parties will come to Hmnter, If they dech> to come hare), a meeting of Interested Sumter ctfl gang will be railed to confer about this mach needed enterprise. A great deal of Sumter money Is betng weekly aent out ot Sumter to othvr towna for laundry work, many Sumifr men apd woaayn are thrown out of work because of the destruc? tion or the, only steam laundry Sum? ter had The business Interests of Humter < I en ik AM every cent of am?sier ?iionev l>egag kept In Sumter that it ts poasibktate seep here. *? Men an{| women out '?t work mean more or age* huslnea* stagnation, not to mention-' the inconvenience end 'he additional atb*T and worry necessarily put upoaklid) housewives and other women jpolk In hundreds of Sumter home*. It experienced and successful Jaundry Vivvueg.-ui. nt, with -utlh ient capital to'wofrant their businesn-llks) management. f?f a^steam laundry can be securgdf ftn-n the promoters of the steam iiwedrt would du well to ae cure Ihlft etpenen i financial an?) working cooperating. But Sumter will of course have te demonstrate Its own conftdeVfce In this possibilities of Its own enterprise by putting up a lot of the necessary oapltal also, ' Besides Sumter money Invest* 1 In a Sumter laundry should and doubt leas will mean a gerat deal , of -Sumter support in the bualnea* the laundry* will get. Just show outende enpltgl th if Sumter tv.pie want an enterprise badly enough, and that the busiucM'Is sufficient to warrant Sum? ter capital betng Invested In an en t? rpriae, and more than half the bat? tle ha* been won. Te Democrats FujsfJtf Needed to Finance The Campaign The Democratic party sorely needs r?uids? to conduct tha national cam? paign, according so a telegram i e . ? ived ted>iy at the l?ol?ur Democracy campaign from Jarrp4? W Qerard, na? tional gnanc? chairman end former smbasandor to Germany. In -his telegram to Joe Sparks, financial dtreetor ot the camfaign in ; South Carolina Mr C.eisid says. Ttfe party Is setnally without funds to conduct 'his campaign. It in Hithotu pledges which would enable ft to borrow money. NVver in its his? tory hss Its financial < ondltlon been so bad in the middle of a presidential campaign. Please do everything that vou can to avert actual disaster. On behalf of a candidate who has been righting a remarkable fight, consider? ing that he has been without arms or ammunition. I appeal to you for smwiedapts and substantial aid. P louse convey this message to the Houth Car democracy and urge every dem nie roan and woman In the state to oome to the aid ot the party In its distress." Rvery Democrat In South Carolina ie urged to respond to the appeal of the national finance chairman. Kvery Democrat l* urged to give aa much aa on* dollar and more If they ar*> abl*. The campaign for funds for th* national (?emocratlc par'y is to be panted vigorously In South Carolina. Th* odunty chairmen have been asked to form strong organisations for the of money. The call la in it and every good Democrat In the tat* Ie urged to get back ot the naovemant CommlMe??* ?r<? botgej funnel in many counties ot the stste to can? vas* for funds. -1 Earthquakes in Italy r*iecepts**e Shocks With Casu altes In Tuscany Rome. Sept. 7 - Veary marked earthquake b um ks are reported at 'frwany. Moms casualties resulted nun) aid haa been sent. Gompers Endorses Cox Sav - fr&vernor Votes "In Inter? est of the People" < lumous, Ohio. Sept. f>.?In a ha-l bor day speech here Haimn-I Comp ?re. president of the American l?Vd erat ion o< Labor, today champion* d *a* candfdaey of t lover nor Cox for president. He said Governor Cox'* congress had voted favorably on all legislation "IfJ (In- interest of th* people" and h.id lent hla Influence In passage of < ?oiHtruetivv legislation %i rernor of Ohio. MacSwiney Growing Weaker London. Sept I - TIN Irian p*H da ts**nlnath>n league has Issued a bul? letin aaymg that Mayor IfsrSwlney'i relatives have t?es>n forbidden to vl*il him and that he ts much weaker. Vast Increase in Cotton Mill Business More Capital, Employees and Output Columbia, 8*'pt. 7. A vast increase in the cotton mill business tor the year ending August 22 is shown in a report Issued Saturday by the state department of aKricultutv. commerce and industries. The report shows ftfj increase In capitalisation of cot t mills of $30.856.3 16. The in ctease in the value of the product of COttoi] mills was $52,950,205. The report goes Into detail in ro gaid to the progress of the cottbn mi?l industry of the state. During the year ending id August the cotton im Mis of the state increased their spirdlcnge 49.763. the number of looms 671. The bales of cotton con? sumed foicroased 13,152. The num? bed of employes increased 4,ir?8, of whom 1,20s were white males. iHu nun village population of the stau increased by over ?.000. Tiie amount of money Invested in cotton mills in? creased $22,268.8*4. The ;<cport also shows the extent to which steam power for industries of South Carolina is giving way be? fore Vater power. The horsepower generated by water increased in the ? it by 1.687. The horsepower by steam decreased 3.113. Horsepower by hydro-electric power Increased 3.960. Btetaveieotrle power increased 8,053. The total rset gain of horsepower was n?,t,s7. nearly ten per cent. Since 1014 hydro eHctric power has in? creased lo South Carolina from 68, '898 to 93.697. Boycott in Argentina Labor Unions Impose What They Term Private Export Tax Buenos Aires, Sept. 7.?Unions of lahorers connected with port activi? ties in Buahos Aires and other ports of Argentina have Imposed upon ex? porters 'Ihelr own private export tax" as a means of maintaining ex? tensive boycotts now In force against exporter* and shipping companies, according to a complaint made by packing house estahlishnu titi* here to Minister of Finance Salaberry. At the present time than more than 100 exporting firms are under boycott, In addition to the powerful Mihanovich < Minpany, owner of most of the river and coastwise shipping of the coun? try. > A committee representing meat and hide exporters told the frnance min? ister that the dock laborers were re? fusing to load their overseas ship? ments unless the shippers made a contribution toward the support of the union of |7 for each 2oo bales of wool and $3.50 for each 100 casks of tallow and like products. The delegation pointed out that these contributions could be called 'extraofticlal Vxport duties," and that some of them have been de? manded* since last May. It was stated that before any shipment can be made, application must be made to' the labor union officials and that sev? eral days often elapse before the re? quisite "authority" Is allowed for om* barklng. The ministen was told that' In some cases the unions have de? manded to oee the exporter's books in order to make sure that none of th* produce to be exported came from any tlrm under boycott. A Hst of 10? exporters under boy? cott was submitted to the government and it was pointed out that while there are more than 22o,0o0,000 pounds of unsold wool in the country and more than 1,000.000 hides, most of the leading exporters of these pro? ducts, whose services are needed in relieving the congeatton, are not al? lowed to do business on account oV boycotts. The boycott of the Mihanovich com pany has held over. 200 vessels In port for six montl>s. Efforts of the gov erbment to settle the differences be? tween the compnny and the workers have not met with success. Meantime the losses to domestic commerce have h?-?-u enormous. Speaking In the chamber bf depu? ties, a representative from the, prov? ince of Entre Kios, largely dependent I upon river transportation, declared i that the apparent object of the muri ttme?workers was to obtain control of the country's water transport. "They publicly announce." he said "that the boycott Is not a strike over wages or hours of labor. They talk about the social movement, especially that in (lermany and opplaud the one that has taken place in Russia, declaring that the maritime strike hus nothing less for its object than the socialisa? tion of the transport services." i During the months of the boycott the Mihanoveh company has been unable to return to service a few of its boats by transferring them to the Uruguayan or Paraguayan (lags. Sev 1 eral eases of violence against the members of the crews of the vessels so chain*' d huvo been reported. It is said that among the damages in? curred has bfen ths hms of a large part of the orange crop from the re? gion along the Parana river. I No Formal Note Sent ?> State Deparment Merely Make? Representations to Mexico Washington Sept. V. The state de? partment Maid no formal note had i.n di*pat< bed to Mexico, .ilthcugh embassy had instructed to make for? mal representation* to Mexico against certain oil land policies. Louisville. R>pt. 7 .--Several south? ern states ar?? tu the grssip of a very acut? car shortage and producers' of esjsjl, lumber, agricultural and manu? facturing products have been tinabl. CO till their shipping orders. Tho ? Meuthern lUillWuy announced that the ' Interstate commerce lommlssioi ma> be asked for relief. Need Not Fear Jury Duty Mrs Munsell Issues Reassuring Statement to Women of State Colombia, Sept. 8.?The women of South Carolina need not four jury Juty and for that reason retrain from registering, according to a statement issued today by the South Carolina League of Women Voters, through the president, Mrs. F. S. Munsell, of Columbia. The statement urges that women register, even if they are call? ed on for jury duty, "for there are certain cases where women on the juries would be an advantage, such as imjK'K involving the right of women and children, and matters of public concern." The statement also says that the jury list of 1921 will be made up of citizens who register after De? cember, 1920, so that persons regis i' now will not be liable by rea? son of their registration, for jury duty next year. Thousand^ of women of the stale have iv is ered, according to reports n-aching ilie capital. The books close in every county on Thursday of this week, that lieing the last day on which voters In this year's election can se? cure registration certificates, entitling them to the ballot. A' SweetT?tato Exhibit 4. , i Cltntson College Exhibit Will Visit iumter September 20th Columbia. Sept. 8.?A sweet potato exhibit, to be sent over the state by | Clemson College, will visit Sumter on September 20. The exhibit will occu? py a special car gnd will be shown for the beueilt of planters interested in this commercial crop. Experts from Clemson College will accompany the train nod will give demonstrations in harvesting, handling, packing, grad? ing, storing and preparing fur market of sweet potatoes. The special potato exhibit is sent nit by the extension department of Memson College, the railroads of the state furnishiraj. the car. In the car will be a aWeet potato storage house, various Hypes of crates, posters, bul? letins, lantern slides and other meth? ods of instruction in the cultivation of sweet potatoes. ' . The schedule tor the potato exhibit follows: Columbia, September 18; Sumter, 20th; Manning 20th; Kings tree. 21st; Florence. 21st; Dillon 22nd; Darlington, 28rd; BennettsviUe 23rd,; Kllorev, 24th; Orangeburg, 24th; Fair? fax, 26th; Walterboro, 27th; Andrews. 28th; Georgetown. 28th; Charleston. 29th'. Bamberg, 30th; Williaton, 30th; Aiken, October 1; Trent op, October 1; Ridge Spring, 2nd, and Hock Hill, Oc? tober 4th. Loss to Learning Budapest, Sept. 7.?"I as a scholar regret deeply the refusal of the United States to accept the mandate over Constantinople because the learned \\o; Id lost a unique chance to have an American library In Turkey which would have brought out ihe still hid? den treasures of mediaeval Turkish' literature, Korean commentaries and Arabian Philosophy," said Professor Ignatius Culdziher, famous oriental? ist who has just celebrated his 70tn birthday. The studio where f5oldzi her recvived the correspondent of the Associated Press is in itself a com? plete library of oriental science. "Either old Turkey must be re? established, or vise the nationalists must totally modernize it which would be a pity," continued professor Goldzi her, "The Turks are hhe most hon? est people of the east. When a Turk pledges his word, you can rely upon it. which is hardly the case with their neighbors, lint when they come into touch with western civilization they get spoiled. "A Turk generally picks up the ntyle of the Parisian boulevards but is out of sympathy with the culture of the west. And! they must not aban? don their national customs. It Vas one of the tricks used by the Germans to delude the Turkish nation by th^ false hopes of a mock-civilization dangled before their eyes. The strength and value of the Turkish people is In their racial peculiarities, in their simplicity, honesty, poetical ability and one of the greatest bless? ings of America's control over Turkev would have born the preservation of these rational qualities. "According to the uews I received from Germany, Oriental studies thoro have come to an end and the well known Oriental Academy in Berlin Is closed. But I sincerely l>elieve thoi gtip will be filled by American men of science who are aware of their re? sponsibility to save the science of tho Orient if its nations are doomed to de? cay." -1 Cox Furnishes Evidence Chicago, Rept. R.- The lirst evidence supporting Oov. Cox's charge that large quotas were assigned the print Otpal (dties by the republican cam* paign fund committee was introduced in the senate ocmmlttee hearing when Dtibley S. Rlossom who helped to raise Cleveland's quota testified that < 'ox figures of four hundred thousand dollars for Cleveland were correct. I Forty teams of six men each were or? ganized for the drive, he said. Blossom said A. A. Protxman, sab! to be the agent of the national com mit tee was present when Cleveland": quote <>f lour hundre 1 thousand war announced and he helped direct the raising of the money. lilossom could not say If the nation? al committee had anything to do with fixing tho quota. Strike in Brooklyn New York, Hopt. 8.?While efforts are being made to arbitrate the Brook i Ivn Transit strike today an automo? bile raeed alongside a train and shots were fired into the cars, injuring no? body. Hunting For More Cars State Railroad Commission Mak? ing Effort to Secure Cars For Shipment of Cotton Columbia, Sept. 8- The state rail? road commission is making further efforts to get ears for the shipment of cotton, cotton seed and other South Carolina Commodities in a telegram sent' yesterday afternoon by Chair? man Hhealy, of the commission, to the car service commission at Washing? ton, a serious situation is revealed so far as industry in this state is con? cerned. Mr. Sltealy's telegram fol? lows: "The shortage of box and open car equipment la very acute. It is impos? sible to obtain equipment of rhis kind. Impossible to move cotton, and cotton seed, which deteriorate. Building activities are at a standstill, paving and improved roads impossible. In? dustries are closing down, employes are without work. Situation causing great loss and will cause suffering. Cars not qualified to handle grain would be sufficient In any instance. 1 Absolutely neoersary for immediate relief." Chairman She?.ly sent the following telegram to the^ Intersttae Commerce ? on mission: "The Soujh Carolina Railroad com? mission is besieged with requests for cars; industries closing down; con? ditions critical. Impossible to move cot|on, cotton seed, building and pav 1 iug materials. Absolute necessary for some relief Immediately." Councils of Defense Campaign Being Planned Against Bolshevik Propa? ganda Kansas City, tfept. 8.?Secretaries of all atate councils of defense have been called upon to meet here Sep? tember 13 and 14. In an effort to con? solidate more than 5,000 organiza? tions In different parts of the country who claim'as their object the combat? ting of "red" propaganda. Call for the meeting was issued by J. J. Met calf. of Des Meines, Iowa, secretary fo the Iowa state council of defense during the war and by J. C. M?hler, formerly secretary of the Kansas council. Many of the state councils have ceased to function. The object of the meeting here, it is stated, Is te de? termine as far as possible what alleged piptriotic organisations are deserving of support, as well as to formulate "Americanteatton" plans. Prohibition For Doctors No Liquor Allowed on Naval Vessels For Medieinal Pur? poses ] ...Washington, Sept. 8.?Splrltous li? quors' were Anally divorced from na? val vessels today in an order pro? hibiting their net even Mov medical purposes. New England Primaries Senator Moses Opposed B> League of Nations Advocate Boston, Sept. 7.?Statewide pri? maries were held in Massachusetts and >few wHamp9hire today, interest centering in Senator Moses' contest for renomination in New Hampshire. Huntley M. Spauldlng, favoring the league of nations., with reservations, and woman's auftrage, is opposing high Strike in Alabama Thousands of Miners Idle in the Coal Region Birmingham, Sept. 3.?Thousands wore idle in. the Alabama coal mines today, while conciliators arc endeav? oring to halt the strike which began at midnight. Both sides admitted that the Hit nation is grave. Jack Dempsey's Winnings Prize Fighter Received $55,000 For Seven and a Half Minutes Battle Benton Harbor. Sept. 7.?.lack Dempsey received fifty-five thousand dollars for battering Hilly Miske sev? en and half minutes yesterday, Pro? moter Fitzsimmons said today. ) Two Hundred Drowned Tidal Wave Reported in Sagha Hen Tokio, Sept. 7 - Two hundred per? sons were drowned in a tidal wave which swept the barracks at Sagha lien island, a report says. Marine Off icer Arrested Buffalo. Sept. 8 - Major Henry S. Crcen, of the murine ct?rx>?. who sur? rendered here Monday, hhs been tak? en to Quant I co, Virginia, under guard. He riisappcured alter reporting that twelve thousand post exchange funds had been st<den from him. lxmdon. Sept. 8.?lteports from the Italian earthquake regten say the number nf dead ami Inured discov? ered is Increasing hourly, the Kx change Telegraph says. The towns Queriela, Motassa and Turaako were wiped out und the population is camp? ing in the open. Bandits in Syria Travel in Asia Minor as Unsafe as in Mexico Constantinople, Aug. lf>.? Robber bunds of Chetes, who have for months made travel In Syria unsafe and have held up American relief workers twioe within 1<? days, are operating uiuler the orders of Turkish nation? alists and of the Arab government, according to information received bV Dr. R. A. Lambert, director of Near East relief activities at Aleppo. Dr. Lambert says he has received affi? davits to support this charge. He be? lieves it was one of these bands that last February murdered two Ameri? can Young Men's Christian Associa? tion secretaries near Aintab. The circumstances which lead to these conclusions are described by Near Bast relief agents as follows: The tirst holdup o? Americans oc? curred In .Iune when two motor trucks In charge of John O. Brian, a relief worker, that were carrying 19 Armenians was halted between Ain? tab and Kill is. Though Brian and all American property were not molested, the Ar? menian men and all of their baggage were taken off before the trucks were allowed to proceed. Only Brian's re? peated pleading saved the women from a similar fate. The convoy con? tinued its way to Aleppo after the men were removed. While relief officials were negotiating for release of the Armenians, the prisoners were hasti? ly set free-by orders of the Arab au? thorities at Aleppo. Mwting the leader of the bandits in Aleppo lat-er. Brain found him wearing the uniform of an officer of the army of Prince Teisal, who was elected klnj* of Syria. The Che tea ?expressed to Brian a feeling of firm friendship for the Americans and the British but a bitter hatred of the French and Ar? menians. On making the same trip a little more than a week lat>er, Brian was again slopped, this time or* Turkish territory, by Chetes un? der the command of a young Turk? ish officer, who angrily refused to be? lieve Brian's statement that \ta was an Affnerican and compelled him to walk for more than three hours to the headquarters of the commander of the Turkish nationalist forces In ^hat region. This officer apologized for the de? lay that his men had caused Brian, declaring it was necessary however, because the French had used Ameri? can flags on their ammunition trucks. Another officer that Brian talked to 'wanted to'know why the Americans did not drive the French out of the countryV He said the Turks let the, French come in because of President Wilson's assurances and complained that the president had forgotten all 1 about them. Women of State Register Ruhland Ladies Have First Vote Columbia. Sept. 7.?The women of South Carolina' are registering this week, Monday, Tuesday and Wed ^ n-esday. The women of Bichland county were the first in the state to have the privilege of registering and they will be the first to have the chance to vote. Because of local bond elec? tions, the registration books have been open for a wfek or more, and there will be a school election fit one of Columbia's suburbs, Kau Claire, Tuesday of this week, and a paving bond "election in Columbia on the 16th. The women are interested in both elections. More than a hundred women have registered in Columbia, but there will be a large number to register this week. Included In the number are about a half dozen negroes. A good many negroes have been refused, be? cause they fail to measure up to the educational and property ownership qualifications. Legislature Will BC Twe Millii Columbia, Sept.. 7. million dollars will be achjoolB of the state next legislature will be asked priate about this amount, to estimate reached by th? I of education in a two-day j which adjourned Saturday ati report of which was issued | secretary \>f the board. J. E. ingen, today. The enlarged be made necessary by the needs ? he f.chools and the increased 8it*?n4 ance tinder the compulsoxf school' law. The state board of education decid? ed that hereoftei high school diplo? mas would be awarded |o pupils com? pleting fifteen units. The board tilled -our vacancies in county super intendenoies of educa? tion. "W. C. M< Arthur was appointed for ?'herokee county: K. H. Aull, nominee for the plac e, was appointed for Newbeny county; W. P. Bowers, nominee In Hampton county, was ap? pointed. The nominee in Oconee county, where there is a vacancy, can? not assume the oltice of superinten? dent of education right away, and Oov. Cooper and J. R. ^Swearihgen, state superintendent, were instructed to find someone to take the office temporarily. The date of teachers examina? tions for this fall was set as Octob? er 1. All papers are to be passed J on by the new State board of teachers examiners. Several appeals from school districts on various school questions were disposed of by the board, and the scholarships for state institutions, recently announced, were awarded. Santee Bridge Corporaten From The Daily Item, Sept. 7. The members of the board of cor? porators for the proposed coli pant to lie organized to erect a bridge* across the Santee river at Plnckney's Landing, who were selected at the rnass meeting held in Summerton ^hout three weeks ago, met here, to? day with all members present, ex? cept Mr. D. D. Jenninga, who was called out of town unexpectedly. Messrs. C. M. Davis, of Summerton and Charlton Dultant, of Manrgsig represented Clarendon county; Mr. ft. B. Belser, Sumter, and Mr/ Irvine Belser, of Columbia, representative at large. The represent vaLvfs of Or angeburg and Calhoun have not yet been serrated. Alter discussion of the several ten? tative plans it was decided to organise a corporation with a capital of $100, 000, which sum will be sufficient t? erect a steel bridge across the river and steel bridges and creosote rl piling where necessary in the swamp, all above high water, and a causeway at other points through the low ground and swamp above all bigh.water, ex? cept freshets such as occurred in 1008 and 1816. The cost of this type of bridge end approaches will exceed the cost of the m.nimum estimate of the engineers and will not be as grcntl as the maximum estimate which was for a bridge and crossing above the highest flood stage at all points. The lowest estimate was about $330,000? and the highest estimate more than $600,000. A meeting will be held in Orange burg on Friday September 10th to complete the organisation And to ob? tain subscriptions to the capital stock of the company, as was done at the Summerton meeting. A meeting will be held in Manning on September 23rd4 and at Elloree at a date to be appointed. Stock subscriptions will be taken at tjhese meetings and there alter a regular campaign will be put pn to raise the entire capital stock proposed. Boston. Sept. 7.?After having been pronounced dead nine Mines on pre vioua occasions M. D. Cranberry died in a hospital here today. He wan nearly buried once. NULL 0'J>ONNKLL PiWdent O. Ii. YATES, Cashier ON TIME DEPOSITS The First National Bank SUMTER, S C. The National Bank of South Carolina of Bumter. B. C. Reeouroea $I,t4M),000. Strong and Progniaelte The Moat Pataetakln* ?JBRV10* with COUKTE8Y ?We ?je the Pleaaare of Herrin* YOU The Bank of the Rank; and File C. <*. ItOWIAM?, KAH1.K ROWLANh, Cashier IMIIMIIIIiMIMMMII IMMftf Ml IMI IMIIIIMMMtl