The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 13, 1920, Image 3
(Jeticral rainier
Scathingl} Critici?al
i^ijftf? Anderson l>c Urea In
Court That Otilm in F*?ft
Coal Capci Yc:-ge4 on Con
fS}% Um?,i of Ourt
Indlauiipnllx. Nov. S.-^AttornO)
? eneral palmers order.* limning ihe
???vrrumi-nl'ii evidence to b? used In
the ?oft real conspiracy cases
ej^glnsi It*! operators and min? ra in
tt>dtan*. Illinois, Ohio and western
tVatteylvanla were criticised oy I , d
*tt?l Judge Anderson In the ITnlttd
rHst??? district eottii herd todaj aa
'? Ufl ?tmngely close to the com?
pounding of a felony" and also "dan
near contempt of court".
Trial of lbs esses was *< hcduled tu
o*gtn todav hut government counsel
sefd It wa* not ready to proceed. Uc
iert f?entlng the contlnusnce naked
as; the government conns*!. Judge
Aadjreon undertook an InvestIgatlq.i
%w Utr \itr rnfy general> orders re
s/4rd?DM the eases, ending irltti his
er.?-, are of Mr Palme i ?? i onduct.
The court set next January 10 as
Iht dste f>r ?a".)ng the trist* asain
anfungftng fUmt the megnftme "Will
give n* time to ?et our bee rings .not
???t find out woe tax i we i. to
go v. eg by law oeVsfcy peraof) "
? >TV ?? lv f ? ,. th? |<i lire had dee! n ? <1
that Mr Palmer's altitude In the
egaea was th?*r of 'personal govern'
.nan* not government by law."
Th* attorney general v a* n?d i
rot * ?he Investiert Ion. but C P.
Agaga. former chief unslstant to Mr.
^gimer. explained that Mr. Palmer's
orders, had I'Tn misunderstood by
government cnun???l who. testifylnK
at |h-> iMv^tipiMion, said the orders
svaftrt+lv nullified the prosecution.
JhMge Andereon's statement re
tardine Mr. Palmer'* eopdwrt came
ifter hearing most of the teatimony
the court leading up to his asser?
tion with a series of questions J
whether the attorney general had
authority to agree not to use certain
evlgetpr
Mlt la ?4 range I y mar to *he eoro
poundlna of s felony." said Judge An
dfgeSn in th s connection. "1 nm not
-av'ng It is 1 am saying It is
strangely near It."
gtmiiaiK (hs Judge discussed the
eldthenra cnnetitutlng contempt of
enuri. h ? purpose luring, he an Id. to
>oe> how dangerously near thVs ggg'<
tleinen hao *<?t himself t.. contempt
ef thbi court "
'he a*-n? ef this court is b?ng."
lodge Anderson said "and has hi
?rnwn to reach farther than Waoh
?ngter, I sin not suggesting what
lUgv e>r rnuv not b#? done. Mr. Pal
flktr ta the attorney general and
thtte ts ? aortal n ntnonnt vf conoid
erstem that I sm Ik and to pay to bis
oflkial poeifion n 1 do not pay 1* to
htm Mwir
t> opening the investigation. Turn
W. gtmms ?'? Lnfayette, Ind.. said he
"dbju'd ia agrfial araatuattor in the
'SOW* because he s-.td ths attOi*ue\
SteirfaVs order* would prevent use
~ .i #iaa?taVrw?o thai was the basis of the'
>t Injunction ease la*'
af> against the coal ??rise, sod the
'*f??r renteWnit procedlngs for *fct
le^ed violation 01 the ch url s order,
dtrecxfng cancellation of the strike
order. Mm liar testimony was given
he T. Krt Black, soother special pros?
ecutor and trv D'strlct Attorney Van
Kula
tfr. Ames, however, said Mr. Pal?
mer interpreted his orders to mean
? elimination of evidence th;i?
the t..?si? of lb- ? ontrmpt I"
cSexitng and pointed Olli that Iftgot
!?forced Inzn were tiegun at a dato
Uier thin that covered by the uil' gi d
< onselr?e\ Mr. Anves also said thai
he attorney generul has the right
id e??.rt whether the govermeut
would groseeute Its caect as civil or
criminal matters, and thai having I
chown s ci\'?| \*rr*c+~6*r>tt In t)i^ strike,
Air Palmer did net oelievf'ilt fain le
proceed - r mloalty aftet hAVtng <?b
t|l?e 1 the miner*1 cmnpllanee nlth
? Semri order Mr Ames als?t said
'he depei-tmen? h id cooperated whole
hegVtmlly In the prosecution snd had
nof Interfered m anv way wllh the ac- 1
tiojg r?l the* government'a eeati ial eo.n,
?el in the preventution of ttte conspii -
ecy ?aa#s.
'Shinaton Nov. I.?Attorney
?lenerel Palm? r declined tonight to
. f?B?m*m on St.i ?? ir ? nt<? of Fed
JUdae Andr-fon at Indnnspolis to
?.ay dHh resrect t.. the cftxiri Inquiry
!retr? the ?**? general's ponne.c
tlon wnh the syft coal conspiracy''
? ages. Depart men I of .itint'ce ot
fvoials aaid however. It had been <*X
oeetrd that C. U Ames, who went to
lodiannooln as the d? pat tment's rep
? eatfltative. would 'read Into the
? otirt record all ??f the Instruction? In
?ueetlon ' Whether the court had
*?!i ad vis? d of ths plan was un?
known at the department, hut pend?
ing developments In the controversy
officiate were silent
The statement was reiterated nt the
ortom* \ uenersl's Office lh;it the
orlly iio?tructions sent by Mr Palmer
^or? ?ho-^e 'ont.nncd In a letter to
r?sti W : ?mms and wh'? h re??u!ted in
bt? roajguailon.
Tb'> letter has ??incr been made
PUhlie
Dick (Jets Position
Surteedn Lewis aa County Super?
intendent
?
t'ohimi'ia. Nov. S - Oovernor i'?e?p- i
er. thtoogh the otlhe of the state su?
perintendent of edticatton. ytstetdav
appmnted L W l>kk of II it die.
snpervlscr of edu< alloc for Durllnuton
eountv. \i< ?? I? 1?. Ia?\\ h. resigned.
WaHhln^r. u. S> \ > >*eer./:?irj/
IMine!? neTered latt rt'tarsr t'oii.v ,% \ ir
?idp tor bis floiith. American trip
New/V -rk. Sov. ^ -?'brlst> Mut?
ibewsefn. th?> former star major
haguej is r-cuvri ri-. from iut?fu
l-.sia gt Haranac I.Mke and In-* phy
aktan? Hii\ he n.ahi a C?U??pb?te
reiesjwV)
Farmers Break
All Records
Corn, Tobacco, Rice, Pear and
Sweet Potato Crops?Others
Show Increase
Washington, Nov 8.?American
fu'iin i ??. broke produti ton records of
live crops this year. Preliminary es?
timate* announced today by the de?
partment of agriculture show the corn
tobact o. rice, sweet potatoes and pear
crops surpassrd In siKc those of any
prc\ loua year in the country's his
tOf)
In addition very large crops ap?
proaching records, Of oats, harlc>.
rye. potatoes, ??pples and hay. The
buckwheut production record, how?
ever, has a?ood uime ISC6. with this
year s crop more than S,000,000 bush
ehi tnulor it. Final crop production
figure* will i>e announced nc: month.
Corn, king of all crops unit <"
which the United States grows no .??
tbun 70 per <-e.it of the world's out?
put, reached the enormous total of
Mit,134,004) bushels That la 75.000,,
oot? hneaels none than ever before
grown In an) year. Tins is the tiiird
[eom Crop tO exceed |,<>04.t00,606
I bushels, ihe previous record having
ti'. n made In l.?12, while the crop of
lfilT was ihr second largest.
'I I,, tobacco crop UUs year, placed
at 1. l7H.-t44.ono pounds by the prelim
Inary eetimjtte, is s7.ooo.ooo pounds
111910 than prown lav: year when all
previous iceoi ds w* re broken. Vir?
ginia. North Carolina, ami South Cart
hu i. ^-\< aetted then- laHt year's pro
ductlon, while Kentucky's crop tub.
year is 3G.0ou,0v>O pounds less than a
year ugo/
I ioductlon of rice thin yeur tX^snnf*
tjy l'J.Ono.oOn bushels the previous
largest crop in 1*17. The output this
year is placed at 5ir 208,000 bushels,
almost Imlt ?d \hi-h was grown li
Louisiana.
Ths sweet potato harvest will show
10r..?;7?.<>00 bushels which iH 2.0M0,
oou bushels more than grown last
year, when the crop exceeded ull pre?
vious yea is' production. Alabama V
output Is larger ihuu any other state a
The crop ot pears this year le piaeod
at ir?,G5H.00o bushels. The previous
largest crop was thai of 1917, when
13.281,000 bushels were produced.
California produced more than 3.000,
000 bushels, while New York's pro?
duction Lm almost 2.250,000 bushe s.
Preliminary estimates of this year's
production of wheat, outs, barley, rye,
hey, rice ami peaches were announced
last month.
Prodin lion of ot*h?r crops, as sie 0? li
by the preliminary estimates today,
follows:
Hurkwheal 14,331,Q00 bushels, com?
pared with t?.592.Odo bushels forecast
last month und 16,|oi,ooo bushels
produced last juu\
Potatoes 121 252,000 bushels, com?
pared whh 414.0S6.00O last month atiJ
057,tf0l,0i>0 last year.
Fla\eee<l i0.',3H,00o tushels, com?
pared with 1J.704.000 last month and
8,*)'.?.000 last year.
AppU*? )S6,il7,4pt bushels, compar?
ts! {rttft 227.o78.aoo iHHt month and
r4T.457.000; las' year
Sugar beets H.R12.000 tons, compar?
ed with S.'.?.O.00O lasl month and C,
421 000 km? y, a,
Peanuts 3i,4oo,0"0 bushels, com?
pared with 3fr.9t7.IMQ last month an i
33.26.I.000 la*t year.
Ihe preliminary estimate of the
production of corn in southern stales,
follows:
Virginia 46.6'j(.000 bushels; North
Carolina '63.440,004; Georgia. 6f>.V>:>.
Ooe
Tobacco, v I r gi 0 1 a 1 ft,653,000
pound.. North i'nrolli.a. :;s;i.022.o?o;
South Carolina s7,7e0.tOO; Florida. I,
?16,140.
pi f. as a\t t.novi: xirtvs notes.
J.mm hbmg, s. C It K. I)., NOV. I
M"SSI's. 3 ft. Goodnuin and .). II,
Ulcks are attending the ?smumIiu
at Graham church Itaiti week as deb ?
gai^ frou* i'basai.t Grove Baptist
church.
Mr. v'ernon Lee. of DaUell. was a
visitor Ivr? last Sunday.
II1. 11 T. 11 m.di-. , 11 ir all sii. I,
'his week. 1< s Iwhis, a lv?> and
gltl
there will be an oyster *upper
at Pleatat (iro^' school next Frldaj
nigh?. November 12 The public lr
cordially Invited. Come n:,d bring yom
friends. Von x,e hmiii d a good Ilm
Mrs. Annie Good 111011 U sb-1 til th--.
Willing. WY hope She will BOOH ! ??
out again
.Miss Grace Phillips ;?f this place and
Mr. Duncan <>i Tlmmonsxllle.
W*re ?iiilOily married at the home o
the bride on*' du> las; wiek. We ex?
tend our hem conm at ulallons.
There will be Sunday school apd
preaching at Pleasanl Gryvc next
Sunday mot iilng Hl 10 HO ?od I 1.36
respo? . ?> l'i\er\b(d> iS inv.t?'1.
o\i: MII.MON MAHR.
Gaheston. Nov. H?f'otton rc-ecipts
a? I la I vest on panned the 1,000,000
mark for the 1430-31 season when
toihiN's receipts brought the io,ui of
1,001,367 bales LtTlvlng al tlie porl
i;nce Anrrust I Ins?. Last season the
million bale DI rll tr POttOII receipt**
was li"' ifiiehed until heccmber 1.
Exports of roii-in since August I io
laled 779.77?! bules,
Distinguished
Service Medal
Military Honor Won by North
Carolina Man Tor Service in
dir man Camp
Washington, Nov. 0... -i-;,h:ar X.
I Hulyhurton, or Ti..??<-?? ?-. He. n ?' .
Kergeont of the I6.| Infantry. u'..s
Otrfay awarded the d a .<xni?dt.-d .-. r
Vice medal foi services while in a
lilermun prisoil i.aiop,
I llotl^i dam. N .- !i |(, |,,,, t? h.ive
1 been reeeived of .?11 Underground i.ul
I r*?ad In I to (hi fd for reiurniuui '?
[ported Isilshevlki agiuio.ni 1,, \oo ii
leu. la-nplti a ( ord?)n '?I guards 011 ?In
(German fmnlb?r I lie Kus <i ins ? ,.ni a.iu
1.0 h nan ihv boui.da.-..
STATE NEWS"
OF INTEREST
Negro Fanner in Newberry
County Cuts His Throat on
Account of the Low Price
of Cotton
NIGHT RIDERS IN ANDER?
SON COMMIT OUTRAGE
Ginnery Burned at Batesburg?
Woman Appointed Bond Clerk
in Stale Treasurer's Office
Fkitegbttfff. >:ov. 8?The pin house
find contents .,f VY. K. , Shcaly. one
*nih en st f mtetburt;, was deetroy
^ '\v fro Thursday afternoon, en
tolling f\ '-?ss of between $10,000 imd
119,000 > ith no insurance.
Mr. Bhotity was operating a ono
sland plantation gin. using ? kero?
sene trar-tor for power. The fire ori'
ffinatcd in the fuel, and wos acci?
dental.
Anderson. Nov, 8.?-LV've Benson
and Sam ih nt.oti. two negroes, wore
riruely b?ateM last nlehl by unknown
parfie<. They say th.v thev were'
Walking :'I^Mr the pav*ed hlghwrrv no.
far from their homey.weet of the city
four men in an automobile enme
alonK and grabbed iln-m and placed
(trova to an unfrequented place ami
tnoh them out and gs/ve them a
boatinr. After 'be- they w re drlv-1
?n to Royston. fja., hut when the um ti
ffot there, thev earned to change
th< ir to'i and turned .?round and
drove booh md put th" negroes out
;n about a mile from their home.
They live on the Wyrum place. Mr.
Byrupl said that (lice came to his
plane about 3 o'clock title morning
and were ?*?? badly beaten and in
such a p'ttublo condition that he sent
for a physician.
Th i ncgiocs refuse to ?\y who
their assailants were but my there
erere two white men and two
negroes and that, thy were told that
it tiny gave any names that they
would bo UilPd. Thy are afraid to
tell.
Tho officers thought that the
negroes mi^ht have been beaten on
aoooojti of the raid recently made,
but they cunnoi account for the two
wh te men. Often are Wotting on
some clues.
Columbia, Nov. %?Collections by
the ?t?te game warden for the month
( f October reached a t^tal of $18,073,
45. according to W. H. Globes, state
came Warden. These figures are for
the ?ale of licenses and funda from
fines collected hv magistrates. Consid?
ering the fact that the dove season did
o| open until the middle of October
the roUectl'.ns have bevn hue. Mr.
iJ'bes said >ewlerday.
teuren*. Nov. S.? Private" "Iloseoe
Williams of the Eleventh Infantry.
Camp Jacknon, Columbia, was found
detid in his mom at the |<aurcns
hotel this morning. The auto pay hv
local physicians showed that the sol?
diers death Tvas caused from a dope of
Carbolic^ acid which from all the
evidence was self administered. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict to
#iMt effect fblMgring the InquetfP to
.; ]_'.
Nowhorry. Nov. S.- -Walter Ruber,
if mgro about 2.*? years oX age.
knocked Hottete (iallman. a negro
about 2H. in <ht head with rtn axe
Sunday morning on Tom Tleden
haugh's place, g* the house of Tteck
ey Downing, a negro \vom:?n. Xo one
saw the Killing.
The sheriff .'?rrester1 HubOr Sunday
and committed Mm to lall GaUmtin
died Sunday night and the Inquest
waa held Monday morning at
o'clock. Suber has been committed,
to Jail on tho charge of murder.
Newberry. MOV. 8.?Sump Herbert
a well Known negro of galuda coun?
ty, near Colemans, about 14 miles
fiom Newberry. attempted suicide
with a razor at his home Sunday
?l.cut it o'clock. Me used a sharp
raaor with which he cut both sides
of his neck, the imdrumenl going
clean through his throat, but did not
reach either jugular vein.
The cause ?>f the rash act, accord?
ing ?o Herbert hltttself wat the low
price of cotton and Ir* inability to
pay his debts. He is about ?;*. years
off age and lives on lands of Harry
St rot he i.
Herbert died it! Ihe Good?Sauiai'?
tan hospital m Colyumbla early last
nl?.ht. He was brought hero for
treatment Sunday night, and an op
eratlon was performed yesterday af?
ternoon.
Columbia, Nov. fl?Rich land coun?
ty officials am Mill i r.eatigatlng tK
burning ?d' a gin at James Crossing. 11
miles from Columbia, early Saturday
morning The fire is believed trt have
been of Ineandlory origin. No fire had
been In the engine ol the ginnery for
two or three days. This and the hour
of the conflagration lead to the Iman
[diary theory. The gin belonged to
Postell Hopkins und J C. Turner. No
trouble had boon expected bet?re the
flic
Columbia. Nov. 9 M'ss Mary Elian
b< th 1 iobei (son of Wlnnsboro was yrr
| terday appointed bond clerk in tho
ntan treasurer's office, succeeding ll;n
late .1. Kulmcr Lyon, who deid !h-t
Kridav afternoon at 6 o'clock. Man
r.obereton has been In the treasurer's
Offict I'ot a number >f months as a
e'eih and stenographer. Sh>' ia I'ami -
i i?- with i he w o'. I. and \> ill I??' .? a i h >*
? in e? : M i tu I lutI.VOIi.
Columbia. Nov. u. South Carolina
I has . ornpleted all its plans for calht ??:
j Voi bids on thi bridge across the Sa
Ivjittuah river .' Sand ISai ret ry and fis
j soon as ih" Ili'dinloml eouiifx ottlciahi,
J hi ? nop? rat . a W II h ti Ii s:at?i high
\\\ \. i:>m?it.?! i ?:i <??' t'ooj compute
-?-.-^TT??. . 1 r ' ? -~
their plans the structure will be un?
derway, highway department authori?
ties fcid yesterday.
All documents and details of the
brlge have been completed by the
o,1h Care Jin. a highway commission
nd turned over to the Georgia com?
mission. These plans have been with
the Georgia body to. some time and
consequently the work has been de?
layed for a short period. Georgia
will soon? be ready to Start work, it
Is believed, und ther the contract
cun be let.
Two Years in Exile
Wiliam Hohenzollern Now En?
joying Life as Fear of Extra?
dition Has Been Removed
iDoom, Holland, Nov. 9.?Two years
ago tonighi William Hohenzollern ar?
rived at the Dutch frontier, a refugee
Emperor. Today he is leading in this
little village the life of a Dutch coun?
try gentlemen, doing jnst about as he
pleases and going almost where he de?
sires, about the countryside, so hum
as he stays within the territorial lim?
its prescribed by the Dutch govern?
ment.
The (Af'socated Press correspondent
has b?-en told by those in close touch
with the former emperor that during
Ihe past few months William has
found milch contentment in the life
on his new estate litre. He is said,
to feel certain that no further de?
mands for his surrender will be made
upon the Holland government.
New County Movement
Part of Horry County Wants to
Re Set Off in New County
Columbia, Nov. 10.?Gov.y Cooper
Tuesday afternoon decided to order
an election on the question of annex?
ing Floyd township. In [lorry county,
to Marion county, this being the first
step in settlement of the new county
fight which came to n climax In the
governor's office Tuesday, when sev?
eral st ore citizens of Ilorry county ap?
peared, representing both sides In the
controversy.
I An effort Is being made to form n
new codnty out o* a part of Horry.
, with Loris as the county seat. One of
the large delegations to the hearing
before Gov. Cooper Tuesday was In
favor of this plan, and a petition has
i l>een presented by Ther.-1 to the govern?
or for an election ou this question. In
what is said to be an-effort to head off
this now county move, citizens ofo
Floyd township, Horry county, have
petitioned for an election on the quc:.
tlr.n of annexing their township to Ma?
rion ocunty.
I After the. question of Floyd town
jr-hlp'a secession from Horry has been
voted on by the citizens of that town?
ship the matter cf the election on
lormatlon of the now county will be
I acted on.
?_
Government Gives
Ginnery Figures
Washington, Nov. 9. -? Cotton
ginned prior to November 1 amount?
ed t*? 3,471,352 tunning hales, count?
ing round as half bales, which num?
bered 160,743, and Including -,47V;
hates of American-Egyptian and D62
bales of Sea Island.
Ginnlngs last year prior to Novem?
ber 1 were 0,305,054 running bales,
including 70,42? roiind bales, 14,080
bales -\of Amertrna-Kgyptian and
bales of Sen MtJund.
tear 1920 1019 1918
Ala. . . 41 l;404 491,2S5 5o-f .U?2
Ariz. .. 30,014 21,665 9.565
Ark.. . 510,438 350,060 632,384
Calif. .. 19.11)2 19.220 18,10?
Pia. . 10.707 13.047 16.964
Ga. .. 804,004 1,313,876 1,469,773
1*. .. 270.19.'? 180,584 3*0,402
Mi-*. . 4 7 8,<MH 51.4.52;t 689,343
Mo. . . 26,763 ?0,0! t 25,282
N. C . 365.157 49fr,<iS3 415.343
Okla. 470,068 808,041 3S9.905
S. C. . 868.715 1,052,523 974,036
Tfenn. 114,347 113,983 152,129
Tt-x. . 2,905,718 1,300.402 2,163,392
Vs. . . 8 10.771' B',391
All oth?
ers ....2,6*4 1J05 1,924
r. 8. to
Nov. .7,471.352 0,305,054 7.777,159
V. 8. to
Oc.t 16.5,712,057 4,929,104 6.Sil,351
Oct. 18
N'oe. I.. 37 5,950 1,375,950 966,808
Crop lint 1 1.o'V> 11,906,000
H. ? B. Beer.
Priest's Home Bombed
Foreigners Take Strong Meas?
ures To Got Rid of Unpopular
Pastor
Struthers, O., Nov. to?The parish
house of Holy Trinity, a Ozecho-Slovak
Catholic church, wa~. dynamited last
night. The porch wae blown off but
nobody was Injured. The house was
occupied by Rev. .lohn Frena. the re.
ecntlj installed priest, whose appoint?
ment was protested by members of
the church and for a time nn armed
guard was maintain* d to'prevent hi^
taking possession.
Xewbern. N. C. \o\ m.?The John
iL. Poper Lumber company todaj an?
nounced that the plant^ would be
closed Friday because of lack of lum
her demand.
Popallo, Italy. Nov. 10.?Italy ha*
submitted whnl is consuiered an
ultimatum t<> Jugoslavia over the
pending negotiation;; oti tin Adriatic
onestion, stating Italy's minimum
claims.
Constantinople. N<>\ '.< The bol?
shevik forces are iittenmtlrg t<> crush
iGenerul Wr.mftc'.'s anti-bolshevik
jnrnvj befor?. svintei >.is in when the
baders r? ;?r ihe bolshevik will become
demo) alized,
Washington, Nov. !' -Over produc
? ion in (he Pnited Stales is reason
(assigned h> the liritish oil companies
for the uuevp- ? h'd rcdiiotion in i he
prh d ,,, i ..)in in I i i ? a I Pi 11 ?in.
Fair Week Notes
Secretary Reardon Enumerates!
Some of the Leading
f Attractions
Telegrams, special delivery letters,
telephone calls fron far and near i
ore keeping the Sumter Chamber of
Commerce office force busy answer?
ing inquiries about Sumter's Big Bar?
gain and fiala Week in connection wtih
the Greater Sumter County Fair, Nov. j
ISth to 19th, inclusive. Hundreds are
ask big about exhibits of fancy work. .
poultry, livestock, household exhibits,
concessions, etc.
Many are inquiring about the spec?
tacular and gorgeous trades and auto?
mobile display parade in which two
two hundred fifty dollar grand prize
are offered for the best decorated prl- ,
vat" owned automobile, and for the j
best decorated (commercial owned au- j
lomobile?two separate and distinct '
prizes of two hundred and fifty dol- j
la i s ? ach offered by the Sumter Au
tomotive Association.?this event to j
occur at 3:30 Thursday afternoon.'
November' 1 Sth,
Lieut. Ceo., T. Wright, the greatest
aviator in the world has been heard |
from and has guaranteed his four day
appearance in his death mocking leapt
from one airplane to another going'
af eighty miles an hour, and his para?
chute h'aps from ah planes, loop the
loop, nose dives, etc.
A grand open air hall will be held
November 18th at in o'clock.
There will be up town also a won?
derful wire walking act daily furnish?
ed by The Krause Greater Shows.
Tiie Royal Scotch Highlanders hand
of twenty five pieces with their spec
ail singers and Bobby Brolller, the
world renowned Scotch tenor, and a
prima donna lady soloist in daily dou?
ble open air coneert^ at the fair?the
Delemeade Sisters in their aerial ferris
whet! and revolving ladder aerob;?1 ie
and sculptural posing stunts?double
daily performances at the fairgrounds
-- the football game between Florence
and Sumter High Schools on Novem?
ber 19th?and other spectacular exhi?
bitions.
The Sumter men bants are stag?
ing the greatest carnival ot price cut?
ting of the times, unloading hundreds
[of thousands,of dollars of bargains
in all Imaginable lines of business.
The Greater Sumter County Fair
Will he the biggest ??nd most varied
county fair ever pulled off in South
Carolina Sumter is going to keep
up its reputation as the "champion
fall festival city of the South" next
week. Sumter Invite sthe world to
attend Its'"open house" program of
entertainment, bargain getting, edu?
cational and' amusement week. No?
vember 16th to 19th inclusive.
Unemployment in
I 4, New York
vMore Than Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Have Been Thrown .
Out of Work in Last Three
Week
New York. Nov. 10.?Nearly one
hundred and fifty thousand members
of the United Hebrew Trades associa?
tion in New York were thrown out
of work during the last three weeks
because of the "steady business reces?
sion," the secretary of the association
announced.
Starvation Will
Help Huns
Hardships Will Force Them to
Increase Production and Im?
prove Methods
i.crlin. Nov. 10.?Food Minister
Hermes said that? starving will bet?
ter Germany's food situation by in?
creased production and Improved
methods of handling importations.
New York. Nov. 10.?Sixty-one un?
desirable aliens have arrived at El?
lis Island from the west for deporta?
tion.
Congressman I
Representative Garreff t
nessec Locked - Up For -
less Driving and Drun
ness
Washington. Nov. 10 - After spei
ng the night in th precinct i>?n1
station Kepresent; live Garrett el
Tennessee appeared in police court
ihis morning to answer charges x?t
colliding with > car while operating:
an automobile while under the In?
fi nonce of liquor. The police charge
that th<? congressman's maehirte
knocke?! down Miss Olive M. s- i,o
field on the r.treet. resulting in a com?
pound fracture of the hip. The po?
lice said Congressman Oarrett drelln
ed to furnish >.iil. Tis c:ise was con?
tinued until November 24th and Con?
gressman Oarrett was released ou dvs
hundred dollar/t?niI.
Daughters Hold
Memorial Session
T
U. I). C. Convention Suspends
Business to Pay Honor to
Memory of the Hero Dead
Asheville, Nov. 10.?The business
^< ssions of the general convention of
he United Daughters of the Confed?
eracy will be followed by a memorlai
session this eftornoon
Price Fixing For
Farm Products
Head of National Crange Pre
diets thai National Marketing
Association Will Be Formed '
Boston. Nov. 10.?The e?tabltsh
I nient of a nationalised selling organ
: in a ion which rholl fix the prioe of
farm products, it the farmer does not
I receive the samo pay for Lb*1 same;
j hours work that others receive wo?
predicted by Sherman J. Lowell, mas?
ter of the National Orange of the
patrons of husbandry at the conven?
tion here.
-?
; Car Shortage Broken
! Interstate Commerce Commis?
sion Says Country Was on
( Brink of Disaster During
j Summer
Washington. New 10.?The back of
the car shortage has been broken.
Clyde B. Aitchtson. of the interstate
commerce commission declared before
the convention of the national asso?
ciation of railroad and utilities com
| mis* ionors. He said the public would
! never know how close the rail and
I water transportation systems came to
I complete cessation in industrial ceu
11? rs as the result of strikes in April
and continuing through the ?um?
mer.
Gen. Nivelle at
Annapolis
(French General Reviews Mid
i 4
shipmen at Naval Academy
I
j Washington. Nov. 10.?Oen. Ni
i voile of France today reviewed the
I midshipmen at tho Naval Academy,
las the guest of Secretary Daniels*
I Washington, Nov. 10.?Secretary of
j State Colby leaves in two weeks for a
I visit to South American countries.
New York, Nov. 10.?Dealers in
eld clothes, on curb of the Bowery,
declared that the passing of the "ex?
travagant buying" had hit them hard
and th? slashing of prices falls to en
I liven business.
NIJILL 0*DONNELL
f resident
O. L. YATE8,
flashier
Earned Capital Moet Dependable.
"Come easy, Go easy" is an expree
sion that is appliable to a gneat many.
The fellow who inherits money as a
rule "Blows It In" whereas the fellow
v ho has to "Dig Down" for It has
formed habits In thrift and economy,
by which ho will succeed when the
other fellow fails.
"We prefer doing business with the
thrifty fellow who knowe the value of
a dollar. We have many such ac?
counts in our Savings Department
but we have room for some more. If
you are not already one of our de?
positors, you could not select a better
time.
The First National Bank
The National Bank of
South Carolina
of Sum tar, ft. Q.
Heaoutceo tft.tOO.OOO.
Strong and Progri sat?e
1%e Moot Painetaktng HKimner
with OOUKTQSY
Gtve ae the PWenre of ftrrvtng Tor
The Bank of the Ran
and File
a G. ROWLAND,
BARLE ROWLAND.