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TUR ttVMTKIl U ATUUMAN, KstablU CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, Ii BOLL WEEVIL COUNTY FAIR Secretary Reardon Tells About the Success of Last Fair and Forecasts the Coming Event REASONS WHY IT SHOULD BE A BIG OCCASION Farmers, Business Men and Wo? men of Town and Country Should All Heartily Co-ope rate Lest Septemocr whin the boll wee? vil was found in Sumter county the Sumter Chamber of Commerce got to- I Aether a tiumber of hualnesa men to moot the directors of the Sumter County .'air association at once, ilesers William Herg. M Ooldberg end U J. Marsch wert appointed a eupimttWc to interview Sumter's bua? lneea men about cooperating for the biggest county fair Sumter ever held. The ills fair was th*T greatest sue ease In county fafr history in point of attendance, interest, exhibits from the 1 fat in. homes, miuuita during, mer- I coniur. uml other allied intorests, and In bringing together thousands of people of every line of business to work together, It an educational *uce?ws The committee of *he Cham? pee of Commerce easily raised onaj thousand dollars to help the fair as? sociation put on the famous ltoyal Heotch Highlanders band and the wonderful [>ctemead* Slaters in their aerial acrobatic and sculptural posing performances, the buafneas men deco? rated sis blocks of Main and Liberty at met a. and there were numeroua beautiful decorations of store fronts best lea to help advertise the county fair. Thousands of visitors were here fu several daya Much money Was aeceegarily spent In Sumter. . Ctemson 'Collage and the 1'nit cd j States department of agriculture and | Winthrop College were requested to send eiperta and prominent govern? ment officials here to talk bell weevil flghvtaej and to put an bob weevil ex ahMte, etc all of which were done sod well done *t that. Jjysejaaad iate, aa* 1? aUata}!ku4M)R (if aaid erope, pur? bred livestock, planting of grain of all Kinds, kncreaa tag wheat and sweet potato, corn, vel vet beans, peanut acveagea,'extra pro d net ion of poultry, etc.. followed but stare not aa great aa ahould have been, because nearly every farmer aald * 1 Will make one more big cotton crop at forty ceata a pound in 1920,' and they did it. as far the big cotton crop, but they are not getting forty cents a pound Just now though they might get that much for a big portion of the good grades of the Is20 cotton crop if they market it slowiy, and In bus? iness style, and if the. stand by and With the American Cotton association as every farmer and avery other busl rsens man should stand by this aseocla lion Now the bell weevil Is In Sumter eoanty. is here in auvh quantities that every man ran a* a what to expect t\ III -not a doubting Thomas can bv teaiot The Sumter Conuty Fair aa sedation, and the Chamber of om merce, and the farm und home dem? noairation departments aie working hard to get the quickest possible co? operation bei ween the fa rulers, the bankers, merchants, rival estate deal? ers, farm and city land and property owners, to prepare for the 1921 fifty to possibly seventy-five per cent weevil lose of cotton, all owing to weather condition*, end to get reduction of cotton acreage, more wheat, corn, oats, velvet beans. peanuts, hogs, poultry, sweet potatoes, and genera] diversification of farm products to tight the boll weevil from now on. Throughout the t inted States, and particularly in boll weevil territory, the county, stsle, And community fairs era being used to educate the people along the line of cooperative endeavor and bettering their conditions. Fairs are mo lodger experimental preposi tleae anywhere. County fairs pay the cities and towns m which the) are held, usually the county seats, * big percentage of Interest or prottt on the money Invested to help bring thou? sands of visitors to the county seat to see the county fair. Ueetdea the thousands of regular ? latomerw m the home county who at? tend the fair, there ure hundreds of fair visitors from other counties and from other states who have to spend much money In the fair towns und eitlen. gome inert hanta. In certain lines, complain that they do not do much bualneea during fair r.eek, they say tbn visitors are out for a good time and not to buy the necessities of life such aa clothing, shoes, groceries and that fair visitor* do net carry home with them tons of fertiliser, horses, mulea and agricultural machinery, au? tomobil??, etc. But money spent for feed lodging, til is gag info clicula tlon and la redistributed even nullv among bualneea establishment* of every kind. However, tho merchants who get busy for c oo u n t \ fair week business generally land the bnrl. Mi ? t.est of all us far as the Sinn? er rounty 11SO fair Is concerned. w< need all or moat of the farmers to get together as oftfn and as early as pos? sible to show each other what the other felow is doing to fight the boll we*v.l. To exhibit What progiesaive ihed April, l&SO. "Be Just m. TOBACCO PRICES ARE TOO LOW Virginia Farmers Refuse to Sell at Prices Offered at Opening Of Danville Market BIDS HALF OF PAST YEAR'S PRICE Tobacco Monopoly Giving the Virginia Growers the Same Treatment that Carolina Farmers Have Had Danville. Sept. 20.?Scores of tobac? co growers took their tobacco back to theli barns on the opening of the mar kmi here today when the bids were only half of last year's price. Wild Cat Division Reunion Between Three and Four Thous? and Former Soldiers Gather in Columbia Columbia. Sept. 20.?Between three mid four thousuni. former soldiers of the Eighty first division are expected In Columbia by Monday afternoon, to attend the first annual reunion of the "Wild Cat Veterans' association," in Colombia Monday and Tuesday, for which elaborate plans have been made by the city of Columbia. Already the men are pouring Into the capital city. The first delegates were registered Suturday morning. There Is to be no formal program, with long-speeches, but a general good time is to be given the men. A large circus tent is erected on Senate street, just off the . capitol grounds, and here the men will be served a chicken dinner by the women of Co? lumbia Monduy. Both evenings there will be dunces for the men in man) parts of the e!iy, and the theater! are issuing free tickets for them, foi Monday ami Tuesday. Monday afternoon an address ot welcome will be delivered to the "Wllu'jcta" by Governor t'ooper. and on behalf Of the city by Mayor Blu loCk. Major General C. J. Bailey, Who commanded the dlvialon. will give the response. He will be introduced by Assistant Attorney General M. C, Bumpkin. A reception at the state In'us.- will close the first day of the big gathering. On Tuesday the world war heroes will be taken to Camp Jackson, where thev will be addressed by Col. H. B. Lee, acting commander of the camp, by Col. C D Roberts, who was chief of staff of the Slst division, by Gener? al Andrew Moses, Who eommanded the 15?th artillery, and by Former Governor It. 1. Manning. Tuesday's dinner will be served at Chmp Jack? son and that afternoon there will be a big boxing bout. The reunion will close with several social affairs Tues? day evening. Warning of Bomb Plot Internal Revenue Receives Post Card Saying New York Cus? tom House Will Be Blown Up New York, Sept. 20.?A postcard warnlrg that an attempt will be made tomorrow to blow up custom house, was received in the mail today by col? lector of Internal revenue Edwards. The department of Justice officials re gaided the note as the work of a crunk. Less Booze Consumed Poople of United States Drank Less liquor Last Year Washington, Sept. 2th?The con-, sumption of wines and liquors in the United States last year was the small? est since 1H70. being !M7 gallons per capita, against 22.78 In 1911, the de? port men I of commerce announced to? day. France's Next President Premier Millerand Consents to Become a Candidate Paris, S?-pt. j?o. Premier Miller;, ml agreed today to become a candidate for president of Prance, I "live at borne* farmers h."\e aceom * pllohod The Sumter business establishments, and every **umter man and Sumter woman are more Interested in the 192(1 Humter county fair, or should be than In .my previous county fair. Supose we all start right now boosting the ll?2? sumter county fair, getting ready lo put on a sr .es week, entertain our frtondi and customers. make new customers. Offload BUHlter'fl trade {( r (rltory, help the fa im er* to solve their boll weevil problems which are Just as much the merchants and the bank ers piobloms. The county fair Is the place and the time lo do these neces? sary things. If Humter must have a County fair wbv not make it the blg i geut and "best ever" of county fain. and Fear Not?Let all the ends Thou I SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESI RADICAL SCARE IN SCOTLAND Westminster Gazette Prints Sensational Report From Vi? cinity of Glasglow SEIZURE OF , MINES EXPECTEl Leaders of Scottish Radical* Said To Have Sensational Coup Ready to Be Sprung I London, Sept. 20s? Extraordinary{ rumors are circulating throughout Lanarkshire 'that leaders of the Scot-i tish Communist movement have plan-! ned a sensational coup to be sprung! at Hlantire, near Glasgow, says a Westminster Gazette. A dispatch] from Hamilton. Scotland, assertH that the seizure of the coal pits is rumor- j ed to be imminent, and the police are not skeptical. New Thought Allianc* Religious and Metaphysical Free] For All Discussion Staged at Kansas City Kansas City, Mo.,-Sept. 18.?A "free for-all" discussion of religioustand metaphysical ideas is to feature the' seventh annual congress of the Inter-} national New Thought Alliance which meets in Kansas City tomorrow and continues until the following Sunday,' September 26. Leaders and delega? tions representing thirty-six different cults from every part of the United States and from Canada, England,. France and Mexico, claiming over a million followers, are expected to be, present. The Unity School of Christianity, the headquarters of which is located in Kansas City, will act as host to the gathering. The congress, according to Royal Fillmore, secretary of the Unity .-?ehool, w'll be an open discussion of religious and metaph>slcal research. As the affiliated organizations hold /widely divergent views, it is the pur? pose of this year's gathering to sift, through a maze of conflicting theories and attempt, through the interchange of ideas, to reach a program detlnite upon essential points. There is to I*? no attempt, however, to weld the various cults Into any tightly-bound organization. Co-ordi? nation along principal lines is the chief tiling to be sought. Mr. Fillmore ex? plained. Freedom of expression is the llrst point all are agreed upon and every element Is to have Its say. This is the first congress since the Cnity School and the Colorado College of Divine Science, two of the largest organizations in the movement, be? came affiliated with the alliance. The larger affiliation was brought about by the elimination from the alliance last year of some of the teachings consid? ered by the more spiritual element as being objectionable, and by the fur? ther definite declaration upon the part of the alliance of the Christian standard as a principle, said Mr. Fill more. This chahgo of policy at the last congress, which was held at Cincin? nati, also brought out a strongly sup? ported movement to ehange the name of the congress, as it was declared by some that the name "New Thought" I did not convey any particular meaning and that a name should be adopted, consistent with the present Ideals of the movement. This subject is expect I ed to be taken up early In the conven? tion this year. The alliance, according to Mr. Fill more, is a group of metaphysical ehools seeking to learn the opera? tive laws behind- physical expression and to teach these laws and use them to the advantage of humanity. "The alliance does not exercise any administrative functions over the membership," he said, "but simply re 1 quires thai the members bring their 'teachings up to the Christian stand? ard. "The world has never yet had a real I Christ movement, which gives us the golden opportunity to have one now. Driven Out of Galicia Poles Make General Advance and Drive Out Bolsheviki Forces Warsaw, Sept. ::o.- The hol: hcvlkl have been driven from eastern Gallcla by a general Polish advance along the southern front. California Man Pre? dicted Explosion He Is a Disabled Soldier Who Saw Service in Russia San Francisco, Sept. 20.?Duncuri Mutthewson, captain of detectives, has announced that he had the name ol the man declared to have predicted ihe big explosion in Wall Street on the |fith. He said his informant was a disabled soldier, and the man named had been a V M. C. A. worker in Itus sia. Vims'! at he thy Country's, Thy (iod's a >AY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1920 HIGHWAY FUNDS F0RC01MIES One Hundred and Fifty Thous and Dollars Alloted by State Highway Department TO BE USED FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION i _ Division Made for Only One Third of the bounties?Fundj Derived From Automobile Li? censes Wyatt A. Taylor Columbia, Sept. 20.?One hundred and fifty thousand dollars was today "distributed by the state highway de? partment to one-third of the counties of the state for road construction be? ing that p?'t of the automobile license money re\?rting to the counties which have already put their mads into the state system. In addition to this amount, the highway department re? tains nearly forty thousand dollars of I the auto license money, to be used for maintaining highways in* these counties. Kichland county gets 123,091 from ?the auto license money, of which $2, 000 is to be Used for maintenance, the remainder for highway construction. Orangebur,? county's share of the auto fund is $17.777, of which $9,400 is to be used for maintenance,'the rest for construction. Lexington's has $10,928 accruing from the auvo money, of which $300 is for maintenance, the remainder for construction. NewberryS share of the auto money is $8,310. of which $1,900 is for main? tenance, $6,320 for construction. McCormiek county apportioned $2,-* 738, all of which is for construction, none for maintenance this year. Laurens county gets $11.900 from the license money, ot which $8,895 is for highway maintenance. Lancaster county's auto license money, mailed to the county treasur? er in form of a check is $5,113, ot which $1,800 is for maintenance. Kershaw *:ets $0.075 of the auto [highway money, of which $500 is tor maintenance, the rest for new roads. Abbeville ooonty gets $5,732 of the ''auto money, nil of which is for con? struction. AH of the money sent *o Florence county. $1,4.060, goes to con? struction, as does all of Dillon's sham, $7.179, and all of Darlington's money, $12,696. Charleston's auto money to? tals $18,706, all going for new road Vi?rk. and all of Anderson's goes for c? instruction, totaling $25.780. Cherokee county's share of the mo? tor license money to date is $6,220. s'll! of which goes to cover money al? ready advanced by the highway de? partment, with a deficit yet unpaid of $1,460. Horry's share is $4.272, but to this county has already been ad? vanced $4,0,11. Rockefeller Estate I Under Guard j Twelve Armed Men Patrolled Tarrytown Roads Last Night i , Tarrytown, N. Y.. Sept. 2o.?Twelve extra guards, armed with ritles pa ! trolled the roads adjoining the estate i J of John I). Rockefeller during the | ? night. Xo statement is available re , garding the village gossip of a threat J ening letter received by the oil mag j nafe. Two boys reported that some {strange man had been inquiring about j Rockefeller's home. Suspect Not Leroy - Morris Fox Held in Montevideo Convinces. Police that He is Not Detroit Murderer Montevido, Sept. 20.?Morris Fox. who has been detained here, suspect? ed of being Rugeue Leroy, who is 'charged with the minder of the De It rolt trunk victim, proves, not to be i Lieroy and will , be released, it is an Inounced. - Land Deal Cancelled Purchase of Big Tract in Ar ? gentina by American Forbid- j den by Government _ Buenos Aires, Sept. 20.?The pur? chase of sixty-four hundred square | . miles of public lands in Santiago Dele- j stro province by an unnamed Atueri ! ran has been stopped on orders of j the minister. This is an area larger than the state of Connecticut. Cox in California i_ Will Make Address on Japanese Iimmigratiort 1 San Francisco, Sept. is. -Governor Cox faced a busy day with three 1 i i.i i speeches before the civic league, com? mercial club and in Oakland cit) The nominee leaves tonen row for Los I Angeles, lie is expected to devote fur- , Iber attention In today's address to ' Japanese Immigration which is the burning i&su* In California. 1 GRAND JURY STARTSJNQUIRY Effort To Be Made to Find the Fiends Guilty of Bomb Ex? plosion WITNESS ARRIVES FROM CANADA] Attorney General Palmer Ex-! pected to Take Personal Charge of the Investigation j New York, Sept. 20.?The Septem? ber grand jury convened to investigate the Wall street explosion today. Ed? win F. Fischer, who is said to have sent warnings of the diseaster, has arrived from Canada for examination. Attorney General Palmer is expected to return today to resume personal charge of the investigation. The body of the last victim cd* the explo? sion has been identified as Klmer W'allace Kehrer, a young chauffeur, | upsetting the theory that ho might be an anarchist. Fischer reiterated his statement that a premonition warned him of the ?explosion and that unseen powers have been communicating with him. The police authorities have released Alexander Rrailovsky, the Russian Journalist, who was detained pend? ing investigation. Kidnapping Case Unsettled Assistant Attorney General Will Move to Dismiss the Case Against Mayfield Columbia. Sept. 20.?Assistant At? torney General Lumpkin announced today that he would make a motion for the dismissal of the "kidnapping ease'' by the state supreme court on I he first day of the court's fall term, which convenes on October 5th. The case has been appealed to the supreme court, despite the fact that W. D. Mayfield, Henry B. Sandifer and Jas. Breedln, the three Hamberg county men charged with the kidnapping of iwo negro farm hands from their homes near Wadesboro. N. C, on the night of July 21, last, have been tried and two of them sentenced, the case having come up in circuit court at Wadesboro last Saturday. May held was lined $300, and Sandifer $150. but I judgment in the case against Rreedin was suspended, I Tim three men have appealed from part of the recent order of Judge Townsend dismissing the habeas cor? pus proceedings and freeing them. They appeal from that part the judge's order which says they were given their freedom on orders of Gov. Cooper. They contend that their free? dom came under the habeas corpus proceedings. The action of the three Hamberg men in going to North Carolina and pleading "guilty," immediately fol? lowing their appeal to the South Caro? lina supreme court came as a surprise to those who have followed the case closely. They went to Wadesboro vol? untarily last week and were tried be? fore Judge P. A. MoElroy. Mr. Mayfield took the stand and told of his trip to Wadesboro to get the negroes, who. he said, owed him mon? ey when they left Earn berg county, where they had been in his employ. The Hamberg men were assisted in the arrest of the negroes of J. F. Tice. of Wadesboro, a constable. He admitted that they were armed when they went to the homes of the negroes, hut stated that the negroes returned to South Carolina with them willingly. The negroes testified that Mayfield's party gained admittance to their house by representing themselves to be rev? enue officers. This Mayfield denied. The negroes also denied that they re? turned tt> South Carolina willingly, but said they were handcuffed and brought against their wiU. In addition to his tine, Mr. Mayfield j was required to give bond in the sum ! of $1.000, for appearance at the next term of Anson county court, to show that the cases which were brought against the two negroes in Bamberg county and for which they have been out on bond, have been dismissed. The Mayfield party, I n c I u d i n g friends, relatives and lawyers, return? ed to Hamberg Sunday. Finland and Sweeden To Arbritrate Accept Proposal From League Of Nations s - Pari.1, S? pt. is. -Finland and Swed? en have agreed to accept the invila tion of the league of nations for the ! settlement of their disputes over the possession of tho Aland Islands. Tropical Storm Coming -? Weather Bureau Issues Warn? ing to All Vessels in Gulf of Mexico Washington, Sept. 20.? The weather bureau says that tropica' storm is near the north coast of Yucatan moving north ami northwestward and caution ed ail vessels in Gulf waters. 1LTHRON, Established June 1, VOL. LI. NO TO MAINTAIN STATEROADS Agreements Signed With Four? teen Counties ; _ ] COUNTIES TO RECEIVE SHARE OF LICENSES Highway Commission Plans to Have Complete System of Roads Over State Columbia, Sept. 17.?Maintenance agreements have been signed by the state highway department with four? teen counties of the state. By these agreements the counties will receive their share of the automobile license fee money for road maintenance, where there are state highways to maintain, and where no roads in the counties have been brought up to state standards, the money will go to building new roads. This automobile money augments the proceeds of the two mill tax levy collected in the counties and also whatever federal aid I the counties get. Richtend county's agreement turns over two roads to the state depart? ment for maintenance, the Winnsboro I road and the Garner Ferry, totaling three miles. The slate highway depart Imcnt is turning ov??r to the county $*. 10U0 for automobile money for t?*e I maintenance of these highways. In addition to maintaining theBe, the Two Notch road is to be constructed and also the Wateree River b/idge. in oranyreburg county twenty-three miles of road are to be maintained, this being from Orangeburg to the Hamberg line, by way of Rowesville and Branchville. The sum of $9,000 is turned over to the county, from the auto licensje money. Twenty-one miles of road is to be constructed, from Or? angeburg to the Bamberg line, by v*uy of Rowesville and' Branchville. The sum of $9,000 is turned over to the county, from the auto license mom?y. Twenty-one miles of road is to be con? structed, from Orangttburg to the Oor rhester county line, by way of ik>w man. Abbeville county's agreement covers three miles to be constructed, bi'i none at this time for maintenance. Newherry's contract calls for tho maintenance of 6-6 miles, $l,9?o being turned over to the county frem the auio fees.^The Little Mountain and the Chappels roads are to be con? structed. Charleston's contract calls for no maintenance, as no roads In that coun? ty measure up to the stave standards, and only one road is to be constructed at once. Laurens county's agreement covers 34 miles for maintenance, $8,X1)5 be? ing turned over to the county for the purpose, ami two roads to1 be con? structed. In the Anderson agreement th^re is no maintenance provided a* yet, but twenty miles ot the Pendleton road, including the Alford biidge, are to bo constructed. In Horry there are ten miles for maintenance, with $4,614, and part of the Myrtle Beach read to be built. Cherokee's agreement covers 31 miles for maintenance, with $7.680 of auto funds; and one bridge to be con? structed. Darlington's agreement covers' no mainteance but the Society Hill road for construction. Dillon's covers one construction project; Kershaw 23 miles for maintenance and one road to be constructed; Lancaster 17 miles for maintenance and one road for construction, Lexington, 3 mi.es for maintenance, two roads for construc? tion. Big Sweet Potato Crop South Carolina's Output Fore? cast as 8,066,000 Bushels Washington, Sept. 16.?Sweet po? tato production this year pro irises to be only about 2.000.()0a bushels smaller than the record crop of last . ?ar, according to the department of agriculture's forecast, with a total of 101.7 70,000 bushels, and Alabama hading the states, with a production of about one-seventh of the crop. Ala? bama's output is forecast at I4,io7.00o bushels; Georgia. 13.737,000; North Carolina 10,130.000; Mississippi, 9. 320,000; South Carolina? 8,066.000; Louisiana, 6.&27.00U; Florida. 4,277. 000; Virginia. 4,193,000; Tennessee, 3,865,000. Houston Makes Statement Extension of Credit by Govern? ment Not Warranted Washington, Sept. 17?Secretary Houston stated today that further extension of credit by the government does not seem warranted and he said that much of the present clamor for more money was gradually clearing. Harding Attacks League of Nations Marion. Sept. 17 Harding pro? nounce.I the lea cue of nations as be? ing Irreconcilable with the American, constitution in i constitution day ad dress fron? hta porch today.