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Wednesday and Saturday ?BY? V PUBLISHING COMPANY SUM TER, S. O. * Terms: $2.00 per annum?in advance. Advertisements. febe Square,'"first, insertoin_$1.00 subsequent insertion _ .50 Con tracts for three months or long er will be ma.de ,a,t reduced rates. All communications which subserve i private interests;?-wi 11 be charged for as advertisemejjts.. Obituaries, and tributes of respect will be* -charged^ for. Tie Sumter Watchman waj found* ed in 1-8-5-Q &aA. the True Southron in 1866. 2-he ^Watchman and Southron sow has?'tfie -combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, I \hd is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. 11 ihm ? ??? CAPITALISM IX RUSSIA. How ;are the mighty fallen! Lenine the Russian dictator, yields to cap italism and condescends to .. In mon ey. True, the capitalism he accepts i not the "fj^ee capitalism" of the out er world, but. only Estate capita'ism,' and he is coining only silver money not accursed" goST. - But these half steps surely mean* much in a land where the boast; has been that cap italism -in -every .-form was dead, anc that money was to be abolished for ever. Worse still, Lenine proposes t( establish savings banks, accepting ?private deposits and paying interest on them. No wonder - the dictator finds it necessary to defend these innovation.1 and api>ease extremists of his owr .party. He argues that the "prole tariat dictatorship'' is still a fact but thac it is necessary to yield some what for sake of ultimate triumph. **The proletariat," he explains, "must solve the agricultural problem a. whatever cost, and not permit the in terests "of the whole laboring class tc be sacrificed for. the privileged po sition of a small :group." It is the peasants, the Russiar farmers,-who have driven Lenine u these concessions by stubbornly refus ing to -raise and ? deliver crop/ fo; mere slips of printed- paper. The peasants are a majority in Russia, and no .government can eat or surviv. without them. To save itself Bol shevism has to pay them real monej for thgifrcrops,vand, guarantee that money in their hands shall earn them itiore "money*'as it dees in less enlightened lands. Naturally the proletariat is dis gruntled. Sacrificing its "privilegec position" in the %iterest of "the whole laboring class',' is exactly what it does not want. But Lenine is' com ing on,- and Russia is coming on. Th -economic law still goes, even in lius sia, and the economic clock is not tc W-set back 4,000 years, after all. THE WATERREE BRIDGE GUARANTEE For ^the information of Mr. Dabo* and other citizens, who are interest ed in the conditions of the guarantee given hy the Sumter County legis'a tive allegation to Richland Countj Board- of County Commissioners t< provide ail the money necessary t< construct the approaches to the bridge on the Sumter side of the riv , the following unofficial explana tion it* ventured, on the strength ol the statements made, respecting this giiaraiitee, by Messrs. R. B. Belser and Ii D. Jennings. .-t -r?. ? .i ' - lhe -^mte?.etnfnty legislative .dele gation gave a written guarantee that the necessary;' rutifds would be pro vided *"-fo construct the approaches on the Sumter side ?f the bridge, it be ing necessary to put the guarantee in official form to make it legal and 'binding, and acceptable to the Rich land Board of Commissioners. Tht delegation gave this guarantee on the pledge of certain financially respon sible citizens to raise by subscriptions all thb money necessary to construct the approaches. The greater part of the necessary fund has already been pledge*! and will be collected when needed. The balance is guaranteed by those who have already mad pledges. It is the understanding of the legislative delegation, and they are tfiemselves individually obligated thereto, that riot a cent of public money wHKbe-'balled for to be spent on the approaches to the IW^teree bridge. The agreement originally en tered'into that the county of Sumter j tirli'J be asked to. appropriate from the Pliblic treasury no more than $37,500, j the sum necessary to secure the Fed- j eial appropriation of $75,000, for the building of the bridge, will be carried out in good faith. When the bridge and approaches have been completed j according to the specifications of the j State Highway Department they will be taken over and maintained by the department, and will therefore m>; thereafter become a burden on th? county. This is strictly in accord with the agreement formulated at the mas? meeting last year, a: d those who-were consenting,.parties to the agreement now have m> just ground for complaint. The- Daily J&em -haS~never been an J enthusiastic advocate ate construction oi thv ry causeway and bri< there are other highw? more importance and value . county that could be given >? erence, but as a decided majoritj v... those citizens who were sufficiently interested in the matter to attend the aeeting specifically called to discuss the proposition, voted to undertake the construction of the bridge at th earliest day possible on the terms and conditions set forth in the agreement, we have not further opposed the un dertaking. We do not believe in cap tious antagonism, for selfish or otn er reasons, to any meritorious public enterprise that receives the approval of a majority of the people. \\'hi e we do not believe or admit, that the majority is always right, for the re verse is often the case, we concede that the majority is just as apt to be right as the minority, and when the majority decides that a certain course is desirable* for the public, the wisest policy for the minority is to acquiesce with as good grace as possible and to do, its part to make the under taking a success. Factional fights and bickerings never benefited any '.'ommunity, and if we \\?:A to get mywhere or accomplish anything j substantial in highway development in Su.nter county we must work to- ! gether. If we cannot get exactly what we want instantly, the best thing o do is to heip the other fellow get what he is determinec to have and ;hen call on him to help us get what we want as soon as possible. We would much rather see money spent on a bridge across the Santee at Pinckney's Landing, with a good road leading thereto from Sumter, i than on a bridge at Garner's Ferry', but as the Pinckney's Landing bridge is an impossibility at the present moment, there is no sense in blocking the Garner's Ferry undertaking. - LOWER FREIGHT RATES. ? ? ?n May 13 there is to be a joint j conference held in Washington of J railway executives, the interstate i Commerce Commission and the coun- j ry's biggest producers and shippers. ? The conference was arranged, with he president's help, by men repre senting the manufacturers of build ing materials. The latter insist that :t is chiefly freight rates that are holding up construction everywhere. \n effort will be made to persuade :he commission to sanction a reduc- | .ion of rates on the principal mater ais used in building. All the evidence points to the de sirability of a reduction not only in :he rates referred to but in many )tht-rs. The high rates have proved j o be revenue-destroyers instead of J revenue-builders. Chairman Clark of .he Interstate Commerce Commis- ! sion admitted recently that raiiroad | ates were at their peak, and "any effort to increase rates will result in less revenue rather than more." He tnd his associates will probably ac knowledge, in due course of time, that the effort of last year which es tablished the present rates has al ready had that disastrous result. Secretary 01 Commerce Hoover has declared that rates in many case are far too high, and have disor ganized many branches of transpor ation. Transcontinental ra.] trans >oitation has suffered a severe blow cecause, as a result of the high rail ?ad freigilt charges, the hulk of the rafiic between the two courts is now ;eing carried by water, through the "unama Canal. Many citizens will lot regard that as necessarily a mis "ortune. but it shows how far the present freight rates have come from accomplishing their professed pur- ! pose. The railroads are not expected to j oppose a judicious lowering of rates, and if they are permitted to lower wages there may be a general rate reduction. PINEWOOD VS. WEDGEFIELD Pinewood Ball Team Wins Bv Big Score Pinewood. May 10.?The Pinewood hish school baseball team defeated the Wedgefield team at Pinewood this afternoon by the score of 17 to 9. The game was interesting through out, and the large score was due to the wet diamond, caused by a light rain just before time for the game. Batteries: Pinewood, Barwick and DesChamps; Wedgefield, Brice, Net ties, and Guliedge. Tin- sane- teams play Friday at Vedgefield. Oppeln, May 10.?Insurgent Pol ! ish forces have crossed ever and e;i[> ? urvd the town of Kohela after hard fighting. The population is fleeing in panic Numerous casualties are re ported at Krandrz in the railway sta tion where the Poles drove out the vbu mans after three days continuous fighting. Gr< ece would like to get ho d of the gink who started the st.uy that Tu k ey was "the sick man of Europe.**? Richmond, Ind., Item. How happy Yap could be with eith er, were 'tother dear charmer away. Chicago News. 666 cores Biliousness. o ve Tuesday .cements Being lertairixnent of iMtJt ??nile in City?Com mittee of Ladies Named Sumter is to play the par; of hos tess on next Tuesday evening, May 17, when the 135 men from Green iville, the personnel of the Greenville ! Business Men's League, are scheduled j to arrive in our city at t'.40. Com I mittees have been appointed and all ? necessary arrangements are being made for the entertainment of this I representative body of business men I from "The Mountain City." The la I dies of Sumter have shown an es pecial interest this coming season and are truly doing their part towards the keeping up of Sumter's reputu ;' tion for typical southern hospitality, j The following is a list of ladies wie? j have been named as a committee on entertainment und who have express ed their desire and willingness to he.p make the stay of these touring Green ville men one of the most, if not the | most, pleasant stop of any through- j j out their trip in the state. Mesdames A. E. Gregg, A. C. | Phelps, D. G. F. Bultrnan J. .J. Wi. liams, E. J. Karrick, Walter Minis, j Misses Bessie Hood, Elizabeth Osteen. Caro Truluck, Martha and Louise Williams, Beaumont. Alice Moses, Na pier, Tisdale, Reba Spann McKiever, Obenchain, Guntbr, Kristianson, F. Teicher, May Flemming, A. Purdy, I Mesdames G. DeLorme, Walter Boyle, j Beaumont, Scott Cain. W. D. Boykin. j Begin. Ceo. Hutchinson, Kendrick i Wilder. Ernest Huff, Brooks Huff, O. j Blanding, A. Stubbs. Eugene Stan- j sill, Harry Parker, C. F. Osteen, Fred Nigles, Brooks. Carroll, Ferd Le\ i. ? Ceo. Levy. T. W. McCollunr, Berg, Hood. Kraker, Lern King, Ed. Mc- I Caiium. Refuses to Give Up Auditorship?! - ? ! T. Hagood Gcoding Keeps Of-. fices, Reports Declare i A'.lendale, 'May 11?Reports from! Hampton county are that T. Hagood ; Gooding had reiused t'? turn over the ! office of county auditor to Jesse j Thomas, who, clothed with a commis- ! sion, made demands upon him yes- ! terday morning. Mr. Thomas was re- ; commended for the office of county j auditor for Hampton by Senator W. Fred Lightsey before the close of the i last session" of the General Assembly, j His name was sent to the Senate for j confirmation by Governor Robeit A. j Cooper and he was appointed. His ' commission, however, was held up ;iT the time by the Chief Executive in or- j der to give'---Mr. Gooding a chance to clear up the charge brought against j him by Hampton county authorities i and the State Tax Commission. The second hearing in the matter i was concluded about ten days ago j and Thursday the Governor rendered ; his final decision, in which he declined ? to reappoint the former auditor. 1 Hagood Gooding. When tin Governor j reiusod to apoint the former auditor j and issued a commission to Jesse J Thomas, it. was thought by many in ; this section that the matter was at an j end. but the muddle continues. Mr. j Gooding refuses to give up the office I of auditor, it is reported, to his sue- j cessor. Steps have been taken, it is j said, to force Mr. Gooding to turn j over the office of county auditor to j the newly appointed auditor. The \ methods to be used have not been dis- ? closed. Seven regular members of [the Hampton County executive com-; mil tee and three men carrying writ- ' ten proxies from other regular mem- j bers met at the court house Monday, j for the purpose, it is said, to take | such action as is necessary to con- I serve and protect the interest of the; Democratic party. The meeting was! called to protest against the action of Senator Fred W. Lightsey in re- j fusing to recommend the appoint- j mont of T. Hagood Gooding as conn- I rty auditor after Mr. Gooding had re- j ceived a majority of the votes for the ; I office in the primary of lt>20. It is reported thai .Mr. Cooding ad dressed the members: that he charged 1 Senator Lightsey with breaking faith ' in not sending Iiis name to the Senate j and it was finally agreed to hold an | other meeting May l? at It) o'clock. I NEW YORK COTTON. Last j j Month Open ITijrh Low Pl?*?s* cioh? ; j.Jan.. ..^4.1? 14.1? 14.02 14.02 14.2J ? Mch.. . .14.40 14.45 14.:>2 14.22 14.55 I May. ..12.77 12.77 12.5S 12.60 12.S0 , July.' ..13.20 13.23 13.00 13.03 13.24 j Oct.. ..13.75 13.7$ 13.55 13.57 13.SO [Dec. ..14.10 14.11 13.90 13.90 14.13! Spots 1U up, 13.15. NEW ORLEANS COTTON Lust vonth Onon Hferb TjOw runs* Close Jan.. . .13.5$ 13.5S 13.52 13.52 13.71 Mch.. . . 13.SS May. ..12.33 12.13 1 2. - 0 12.23 1 ir.-i ?i [July. ..12.s.*> 12.S5 12.?7 12.<;S 12.SS Oct.. .. 1 3.37 13.37 1 3.2i> 13.21 13.42 Dec. . .13.52'13.54 13.45 1 3.47 13.66 Spots 3 0 Up. \ l.SS. LIVERPOOL COTTON. j January. S.63 March. 8.72 I May. 7.95 (July . $.24 j October. $.51 December . .. S.59 The only clue left by the Wall street bombers was a horseshoe. \ui now a suspect has been arrested but the accounts do n:>i state whether or not the shoe tits him.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Europe seems to thin,k that America should always stand a loan.?Nor folk Virginian Pilot. Man refused a kiss, shoots himself, lie probably acquired less powder that way, too.- -Bridgeport Telegram. 666 cures Chills and Fever. BAD WEATHER ! FOR COTTON i - Decidedly Unfavorable in the Southern States Washington. May n.? Decidedly [ unfavorable weather prevailed dar ling last week f,,r ctton throughout I the southern states, the national I weather crop bulletin announced to ! day. I "It was uns asonably cool,*' the ? bulletin said, "especially during the I first halt' of the week, and heavy j rains occurred in most localities from [the Mississippi Valley westward at I its close. It has been necessary to I replant much cotton and the cool 'weather has prevented satisfactory germination of the replanted seed; consequently the stands are mostly I poor. i "Much cotton has been ki'led in (Georgia, while the crop is. reported as making poor progress in the Caro linas; warm rains are needed in the I southeastern portion of the belt. * Planting is now-about two weeks late in the northwestern portion, as a re jsuit of the continued unfavorable weather for this work. "'Cotton shows seine improvement in southern Texas, but the crop made j poor progress in (ither portions of the j state. Local improvement was re ported also from a few places in Ark- j ansas. hut the crop deteriorated in i many places.*' Roads Here and Elsewhere. Salem, Black River, May ?i have just taken a 330 mile trip by auto to visit my daughter, who is one of the teachers at Flora McDonald Col lege, Red Springs, X. <'. Some of my impressions and observations may be of interest to readers ol lie- Item. A broken spring near Mr. W. 1). Rhodes' made it 'necessary to detour by Florence. The road via Lynch hurg, Cartersville, Timmonsville and Ebenezer is one of the worst for a continuous succession of bumps that 1 have traveled over in sonv* time* of course there are short s*. -tches oi good road just this side of Timmons ville and just tills side of Florence. \ We saw the large ditching machine ! at work between Cartersville and Timmonsville; they are building a Co foot road between these two points. The hard surface road into Flor ence had men at work repairing,.it I in two places, and we saw probably 50 places in two miles that have been i recently repaired. It.is not perfect ly even and I look for it to go to | pieces under heavy traffic on account j of the uneven surface. 1 From Florence to Darlington the j read is good, but the Florence part j of it is too clayey, was rough and will cut up into ruts and mudholes during wet weather. Darlington and Cheiaw do not seem to have much travel judging by the wornout condi tion of the road between the two low ns. About three miles of good ro'au Pads into Cheraw. The road from Cheraw to Dennetts vilie and McColl across Marlboro county is good, but better from Aic Coll to Red Springs across Robins county, X. C. Tuesday we took a party to Fay ettevilie, 29 miles from Red Springs. Hood i-oad near.y all the way and ?fine for 7 miles into Fayetteville. Hay wood street in Fayetteville just to the northwest oil the A. C. station is cue of the prettiest residential sTeets 1 ever saw. Seven miles tit's side of Fayette ville the road crosses Eig Rock Fish and little Rock Fish creeks on two concrete bridges 4o feet above the j water that have a cont.nuous para- \ pet on the south side, and a wide j opening on the north where the road j to Hope Mills leads off between the two creeks. These beautiful clear- | water sand hill streams have almost precipitous sand banks thirty to sixty feet right up from the water and have a thick growth of mountain laurel in every place a hush can grow, j About a mile below the creeks come together and live miles below empty into Cape Fear river. Except for the sand hills near Fayetteville and some sand hills about Little Fee Dee river beyond McColl in Xorth Carolina, the coun try and farming looks like Sumter. Florence and Darlington counties south o fthe railroad from Sumter to Darlington. From Darlington to Cheraw we cross the sand hills. 1 think the country around Maxton Red Springs, McColl and Laurinburg shows signs of better farming than our county. There are certainly more line country homes and well kept out buildings an ding churches. Coming hack through Laurinburg the Court House town of Scotland COUnty we were impressed with the t beautiful towns and line residences. 1 Numerous cotton mills at McColl ami ["Laurinburg. Several water mills on i this route. We struck S or 1U miles j from Gibson tow.n il Cheraw where the road is being widened, and what I we saved in distance was more than j lost in mud. ; Between Gibson and McLaurin's ; water mill is some very poor coun Itrj and some fine lands; the develop ment is not anything like so advanc ed as (-n tin- Ben-nettsville road. Cheraw streets are so wide that !they will never be more than country Iavenues, and it is not so clean a ! looking town as several of the oth ; eis we saw. but it has some line I homes, and is worth w hile because iof its historic associations. Darlington is straightening and building a M> or .'?<) foot road to La ; loa r. Tin- corn and oat areas are larger, i but there is still too much cotton ev< rywhere. 30 or 40 bales of blue I cotton is tied up in sheets and piled 'haphazard. Some in the weather ?just as hauled from the Held ta Mc j Laurin's Mill. E. W. D. ' "The modern girl is bo der h .t is ?the same sweel ^irl underneath." says a writer. Lnderneath what, pre.'.' ' A k ron I leacon Journal. The resumption of cocked hats by naval officers not only means a fur jthcr return to normalcy, but to a nor jmn'oy that is just as ridiculous as i; I usVd to be.? Indianapolis News. I C66 cures Rilious Fever. CITY COUNCIL MEETING Appropriation Voted For Enter tainment of Greenville Boost- I ers. Milk Ordinances Introduced Council convened in the council I chamber Tuesday evening at S o'clock Cor the regular meeting, there being present Mayor Jennings and Council- j men McCallum and Ralheld. Mr. M. Goldberg, chairman of the ! entertainment committee for the j boosters from Greenville stated to council that the approximate cost for J such entertainment would be around j five or six hundred dollars, and want- j ed the city to bear\ one-half of such actual expense. Mayor Jennings and Councilman M'eCalluin favored the request, but Councilman Rafneld op posed, for the reason that he did not think it proper to spend the city's frnds for a n atter of this kind, and while he favored 'he coming of tin boosters and their purpose, he felt that the expense should be borm from funds received through privat? subscription. Mr. Raffield's objection was overruled, two to one. Mr. Eartow Walsh, president, and Mr. C. M. Hurst, secretary of tin. I Protestant Cemetery Association wer'"- present by request to discus* | with counei! matters pertiiining t< j the laying of water mains from th< ] city limits p.? the cemetery gates: tin | rate to be charged by the city for water, and whether the water pipe should be laid b\ the city's force und paid for by the association, or let b\ contract to a plumber. It was deem ed inadvisable for the city to under take this work for the reason that i. now has work enough ahead to keep busy for some time to come. Council men McCallum and Rafneld both fa vored making the association a rate of 1:? cents per 1.000 gallons withoui regard to a minimum, while Mayoi Jennings opposed, stating that while he was personally very anxious foi the cemeteries to get water and at the very lowest rate it could be fur nished by the city, he was not pre pared to pass upon the rate to be charged until i; was ascertained what the cos;, would i>e to furnish the wa ter. His opposition was overruled two to one. and the rate of 10 cents established. The Sumter Roofing and Sheet Met al Works was granted permission to uspend a sign in front of their plac< of business on Council street, subject to the approval of the City Manage! as to its safety. lb" minutes of the regular meet ing of April 26th and special meet ig of May 2nd were read and ap proved as corrected. Council ordered a refund of $4.50 street taxes to Mr. .J. M.. Chandler and $3.00 to J. W. Williams, both ot these parties having paid taxes be yond the age limit as prescribed b\ the code. Tlie reports of the police depart ment and Civic League for the month of April were read and received as information, but no report from the city physician. A letter was received from Mr. Wendeli Levi, Scout Master Troop No. p. expressing the thanks of tin I'oy Scout Troop to the city for th' use df one of its trucks on ;i recent trip to Florence. and enclosing i. check for ?7.00 to pay for two days' alary of the driver of the truck, bu in view of the creditable showing made by the Boy Socuts of Sumter. and the disposition to aid this organ ization as far as possible. Council or dered that the amount be refunded t( Mr. Levi. The matter of tax exemption foi the Acton Lumber company pur chased by the VVm. M. Lloyd Co.. was again discussed by council, and in view of the ruling made a! a meet ing of council on January 30th, 11* 19 at which time this concern \va: granted the usnal>five year exemption from taxation, this ruling still holds good, dating from the original exemp tion. The report of the City Manager set ting forth the locations where addi tional street lights are needed was again presented for discussion. Mayor Jennings and Councilman McCallum were in favor of Installing the light: with certain changes relative to arc or, post lights, but Councilman Raf field, while accepting the report and the necessity for sind lights, fell tha only f><> per cent of such lights should l?e installed for the present, and tin balanca after July 1st. B. 1). Hodges. 11s;.. was nominated by Mayor Jennings and elected by council as a member of the board oJ health to til! the vacancy caused bj the resignation of lu*. E. S. Booth, which was tendered on April LSth. The clerk was directed to publish a notice that on and after June Is 1921, the ordinance prohibiting th? riding of bicycles a! night without a light will be strictly enforced. Councilman RafTie!d moved that the Sumter Hardwood Company be granted the usual live year exemption from taxes, which was carried. In the matter of electric cook stoves and other electrical cooking] facilities. Mayer Jennings was in fa- | vor of the city keeping a stock and Sellin", to pa rons at actual cost. !>ut. I Councilmen McCallum and Raffield were opposed for the reason that they did not think the city should go to the expense of laying in a stock of .his merchandise to be sold at cost, and as most of this class of merchah- j dise is sold on the in stall men; plan: j further, thai the city would be com-i pelled to keep on i!s pay r dls addi tional linemen to look after the in stallation of such stoves, etc.. and also i to look after any trouble which might arise. The move was defeat- ; ed. Two ordinances in referencs P> in-I -peetioq of milk. cow s. cte.. had their j irst reading. Council then adjourned. Gabriele D'Annunzin is married.. Oh well what could he do? Italy re fused to fight with him. ? Seattle Post ! ntellig< neer. The hum of industry has subsided! into a **H*m!"?Boston Herald. 666 cures Malarial Fever. SUMMER TRAIN ING CAMP Camp Jackson Wili Give Young Men Opportunity to Obtain Military Training Columbia, May ?One- month of free practical training will bo given t<> a limited number of patriotic youths th's summer at Camp Jack son. Rased on the congressional ap propriation for this purpose oh_y, 1.200 applicants will be tended this training in each one of the nine corps areas. This makes possible the train ing of approximately 10.000 young men throughout the country, and in what will be known as :he Citizens' Military Training camps, which, in principal, embodies the plan of the Platsburg camps, which proved <-o popular and practical in 1913-14-15. Young men who attended the Fourth Army corps training camp at Camp Jackson will come from the stat<-s of North Carolina.. South Carolina, Geor gia. Florida. Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana, and the camp will open on J' * ISth. side-ration of his time ?e taught According to the p 'he gov ernment pays all oxpen ,i train ing, n return the cam e in con five of the most cssent principles of American citizenship "irst, ho* to serve his country i. ace am war. Second, how to i care of his body, build up his health, and live a happy vigorous dfe. Third habits oi self-control, resourcefulness, self-reliance, and other eemnts of a manly character. Fourt disciplin-. precision, and a sense of order. Fift" , cooperation and team. work. The patriotic young man; eager serve his country and make the m- s of himslf, will naturr'ly want to ta te advantage of this o. portunity. Ca. - didates must be citizens ox" the Unit ed States of good reputation, betweei. the ages of sixteen and thirty-five years, and physically able to meet the requirements of normal training. Pro vision will be made for all necessary uniforms, equipment, arms and am munition, whieh will be furnished by the army without cost. There is no exense attached to the training. The railroad fare or mileage er route to the camp and the return of the can didate to his home will be provided by the government. There will be an abundance of at- j tractions. Camps afford moving pic tures, libraries, and recreation halls for dancing and entertainments. At tractive hostess houses are available for use by the candidate for his visi tors, friends and relatives, should he desire to entertain them dduring his stay in camp. Physical instruction will stress the value of "Mass*' train ing in athletics as recently introduced at the West Point Military Academy. There will be no standing on side lines or watching the "stars" from the bleachers. Instead it will be every one in the game and a game for all. The general plan of athletic training is to bring out the latent physical and mental ability of each man. Lads who ""just* ne ver could" will be taught "just how," so that upon re turning to their homes they will have sufficient knowledge to introduce mass play in their schools or on th<? "home lot." It is believed the bene fits derived by candidats at the cit izen camps during their p::od of in struction will act as an incentive for their comrades to attend a similar vamp the following year. A brief re sume of the 1021 program of train ing for the red course or junior grade comprises infantry drill, rifle ? marksmanship, guard duty, camping and marching, care of equipment, personal hygiene, military courtesy, athletic contests and military cere monies. Interesting demonstrations will he '?endue.'.d at camps where men of the regular army are stationed, in order to give candidates an idea of the various branches of,the army. Airplanes will maneuver, field artillery batteries will be seen on the march and in action; engineer and signal corps equipment will be explained and experts of the infantry will demonstrate the use of their machine guns, grenade trench mortars and one-pounders. In brief, the purpose of the Citizens' Training camps is to increase patri otism, develop self-reliance and add virility to the manhood of the coun try, to bring together young men of all types, both foreign and native born; to develop closer national and social unity, to teach the privileges, duties and responsibilities of Ameri can citizenship. Application blanks and information regarding Citizens' Training camps can be obtained by a letter addressed to the Corps area commander. Fourth Corps. Fort Mc Pherson, Atlanta, Ga. Labor Fails To Produce Letter Chicago. May 12.?RaiKvay labor today formally admitted before the railroad labor board that it had fail ed in its efforts to prove the authen ticity of a letter alleged to have been written by a Pennsylvania railroad of ieial ordering defamation of ?abor or ganizations if necessary in obtaining [he desired information and request ed permission to withdraw the let tor from the board's records. Speaking oi relativity, why is it that (has stick so close to a dog and rarely bother even the meanest men ?Tulsa Tribune. Chaunccy Depew reached ST Satur day on strong bull trading and ?s expected to go to par.?Chicago Post. You Will Save Money by Purchasing YOUR TOBACCO FLUES fd The Sumter Roofing & Sheet Metal Works Office and Works 11 Council St. Phone 1074