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Published Wednesday and Saturday ?BY? OSTEEX PUBLISHING COMPANY S?MTER, S. O. 4 Terms: $2.00 per annum?in advance. Ac vertisements? One Square, first insertoin _$1.00 Every subsequent insertion_ .50 Contracts for three-months or long er will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for Its 'advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect Will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found ed in 1850 and the True Southron in 1S$6. The Watchman and Southron pew has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, \nd is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter._ GOD'S SECRET. Life and death are strange things. ... fnxspite of Science, God keeps his secrets. A man of 70, who had had his youth renewed by the thyroid gland treatment, and expected to live on indefinitely, was found dead in his j bed on the eve of the day when he J was'to lecture on his restoration. It is said his death was due to heart failure. When, this man returned to his home in London, after the operation in :Paris, his frifends were amazed \ at his apparent vigor. Tlie profes sor'who performed the operation 1 Traa, tp take photographs of him per forming incredible gymnastic exer cises. These were to be exhibited ?j.Widely, to prove the sound ess of the theory. Now the man is dead, just as any person of similar years might . die,Trpeacefally in his sleep, of heart I failure. ? ? - What is the answer Perhaps the %iautopsy will show. Perhaps not. -"Was the heart too old to withstand tbetdemands of the rejuvenated body? ?vBeyend the ordinary measures to pre :'{ ?ii&e tfee health, is it all in God's \ hands, anyway ? And now that he "has actually entered eternal life, f^what. does this man think of his ef ' loiss to grasp its shadow here? - ? . ? TOBACCO SENTIMENT. Smokers who have been fearing a constitutional amendment outlaw . ing tobacco may take heart?a to bacco heart, if they like. An inquiry made by the Tobacco Merchants' As sociation of the United States seems to show such an overwhelming pub lic sentiment against anti-tobacco legislation that there Is ?xttie hope for federal prohibition in that line. The inquiry was evidently impar tial. Questions were sent to 13.000 newspaper editors asking them whether they themselves favored the enactment of laws prohibiting the personal use of tobacco by adults, and whether their communities fa vored such legislation. The name of the organization did not appear in the letters of inquiry, and most of the editors did not know whether those conducting it were for or against to baceo. Nearly 8,000 replies were re ceived- Ninety-five per cent of the -editors replying expressed the opin ion squarely that their communities were against tobacco prohibition, and | only Z per cent reported any consid erable sentiment for it. That ought to settle the matter. Yet it may not. Every wise man knows that nothing is ever settled un til woman has had her say about it. Nearly all of the editors happen to be men with a masculine point of view. They may possibly miscon strue the women's point of view about tobacco, and underestimate women's capacity for innovation and reform. The women have hardly begun yet to % express themselves politically. Will ? th^y tackle tobacco, when they get fairly started >- THE KEY TO KNOWLEDGE. . Mr. Edison questions tested a fac ulty of picking up and retaining sep arate items of general information. If .Mr. Edison wanted men with this pe ,-culiar alertness and retentiveness in ihia work, then the questions were a fair test of what he wanted. Edu Gators, business men, people in gen eral, however, seem to be agreed that ?they did not in any way test power, ability or real knowledge. LGeneral discussion ?>f the matter sled many people to inquire what constitutes worth-while knowledge. What is education? What is it for? Hqw. can you tell when you've got it ? These inquiries ought to prove fruit ful. There was a time when the "hu manities'* were considered all-import ant. They were merely the study o^ classical languages and literatures. Lrj'the last century science assumed th^ supreme palace. Now it is seen tb5t science, leading to material wel fare without the qualities of mind necessary to enjoy and utilize that welfare for^happiness and service, is ?vain. The swing toward culture has begun again. - Standing between science and the arts is language. Lately the study of laagFuagtes has been somewhat look ed down upon by advocates of both, j Yet here, and only here. Is the key which unlocks life. Only by the study J of the past can the future be fore cast. Only through languages can one know the peoples who spoke them. The study of language is the study of humanity. To succeed at science, one must be able to read the languages in which other scientists have recorded their discoveries. To succeed in applying [or enjoying any form of art one must I know the soul of the people who pro I duced it. j The study of language also includes <, things which make other studies val- J uable. It calls forth reasoning, memory imagination, constructive power. It is said that only one American of the many at the Peace Conference, was at home with the French lan guage. What an indictment for a !>epple who want to consider them selves great! Languages are the necessary tools of human intercourse. Surely a large part of education should be the study of languages. Without the study of other tongues, in fact, one never becomes master of his own. j THE COUNTY COt7RT A member of the Sumter bar has stated one reason why the county court should not be established at this time, which should convince a majority of the voters that it is both wise and expedient to cast their bal lots against the proposition. He says there are hundreds of claims in the hands of attorneys for collectior. j on which suit has not been enured, (because of the congested docket of the court of common pleas. The men against whom these claims are pend ing are nominally solvent, and, but for the extraordinary financial situ ation during- the past few ? months. would have paid these debts in full. If given reasonable time these peo ple will be able to pay their creditors, but if they are forced into court and judgement entered against them, they will suffer great loss and will be put to heavy and needless expense. The only persons who will be financially or otherwise benefitted will !>e the lawyers having the claims for collec tion and who wish to obtain quick judgements and force settlement, re gardless of the hardship that this course would inflict upon people who have property, but cannot obtain the cash to pay their debts. This lawyer estimates that there are a sufficient number of claims of this character to keep a county court busy for months, even though it re mained in session continuously. The lawyers making a business of collect ing claims would reap a harvest in funds and commissions, but the peo ple whose property would be seized and sold to satisfy these judgments would suffer loss out of all propor tion to the debts they unfortunately owe and now cannot pay. The congested condition of business in court of common pleas, in existing circumstances, has been the salva tion of many an honest debtor who would pay now if he could and will yet pay if he has time to adjust him self to the changed conditions of busi ness and finance, brought about by the policy of deflation that was sud denly put into operation last fall by . the Federal Reserve Board. Of course, it is admitted that the creditors have lights that cannot be ignored; and they are entitled to every possible consideration, but ex traordinary conditions call for un usual methods for meeting the problems that unexpectedly arise. Governments occasionally, in periods of financial panic declare a mora torium on all debts to save the debtor class from utter ruin. This policy, in the end, works out to the benefit of all concerned?the creditors ulti mately collect their claims and the debtors save their property from ruthless sacrifice. Sumter county is faced with the necessity of a temporary and limited moratorium and it so happens that this has been brought about by the congested docket of the court of com mon pleas, which precludes the rail roading of a suit to enforce payment of a debt, if the county court is es tablished there will be a regular orgy of lawsuits and the county will j j be worse off rather than better. I Therefore, purely on tin* grounds i of immediate and pressing expedien i cy, we havei decided to oppose the j establishment of tin- county court at this time, and we advise every oth er voter?whether he is a debtor or I creditor?to do likewise. The rural carriers of Sumter eoun | ty wilt have a meeting at tie- Court i House on .May 30th. Refreshments will be served, and all of tin- rural mail carriers are invited. Washington. May 2Z.?An ag. ce ment to vote Thursday on the nomi nation of J>avid H. Blair, of Winston-j Salem, to be internal revenue commis sioner was reached by the senate. The action today was postponed because! of absence of Senators interested inj the case* I WEEKLY MARKETGRAM. V. S. Bureau of Markets For Week Faded May 19. Hay. Receipts continue very light. Prices fluctuating with local demand. Few shipping orders being received by dealers in distributing markets. In creased loadings at country points re ported in central West. No. 1 tim jothy quoted May IS, New York $28.50, Cincinnati $22, Chicago $22, Minneapolis $19. Memphis $25; Xo. 1 alfalfa. Omaha $20, Kansas City $23, Memphis ?2S.50; Xo. 1 prairie. Min neapolis $15.50, Chicago $ls, Kansas City $15.50. v Feed. Wheat mill feeds steady on light production. Demand remains limited. Cottonseed meal about $2 higher. Other feeds dull at prices practical ly unchanged from last wenc. Spring bran quoted May IS. Philadelphia $25.25, Minneapolis $1C. Chicago $19; hard winter bran. Kansas City $17.50; soft winter bran. Cincinnati $23; standard spring middlings about $1 below spring bran; cottonseed meal, Memphis $29.25, Atlanta $2S.50. Chi cago $32.50, Cincinnati $32.25; lin- j seed meal, * Minneapolis $2*, New York $::*>: gluten teed. Chicago $26.50. ; Philadelphia $31.71; hominy feed.; Cincinnati $26. Philadelphia $29; al- j falfa meal, Kansas City $17.50. Grain. Prices fluctuated within narrow limits during the greater part of the j week. There were numerous upturns due to unfavorable crop news but re actions invariably followed. Only real strength for week shown on isth ac count bad crop reports and large ex port business. On the 19th wheat went to 34c over July but high points subsequently lost on reports rain in Kansas and Nebraska and weakness in coarse grains. Heavy undertone to corn market. Country offerings to ar rive more liberal and show signs of increasing as corn planting nearing completion. In Chicago cash market Xo. 2 red winter wheat $1.58; No. 2 hard $1.60; No. 3 mixed corn 58c; No. 3 yellow corn 5Sc; No. 3 white oats 3Sc. For the week Chicago wheat up h 3-4c at $1.53; May corn down 1 7?c at 59c. Chicago July wheat up 4 3-4c at $1.20; July corn down 2 3-Sc at 60 5-8c. Minneapolis July j wheat up 4 l-4e at $1.25 1-4; Kansas City J' .y 5c at $1.13; Winnipeg July 5%c at 5 J.60. Fruits and %'egetablcs. Northern sacked round white po-, tatoes up 10c per 100 lbs. at shipping points, closing SO to 9C r. Chicago carlot market steady at $1 to $1.10. South Carolina No. 1 Irish Cobblers $7.5 to $S per cloth top slat barrel to jobbers New York. Texas sacked Bliss Triumphs down 50 to 75c per 100 Is. Chicago and Kansas City at $3.50 to $4. New York cold storage A 2 ^> Bald- ' win apples selling at slightly wider range in eastern markets; $7.50 to $8 Baltimore; $0.50 to $7 New York; S7 to 57.50 Pittsburgs: $6.50 to $6.75 Philadelphia. Medium size Extra Fancy Northwestern Winesaps steady Chicago at $3 tu $3.50; small sizes $2.25 to $2.75. Texas yellow Bermuda onions $1.40 to $2 per standard crate com mercial pack in consuming markets; prices steady at shipping points around $1 for sales on wire orders, carloads f. o. h. shipping point ac ceptance. Maryland and Virginia Klondike strawberries 20 to 25c per quart New York. Tennessee Aromas $6.50 to $7.50 per 24-quart crate Chicago. Florida watermelons, average weight 22 to 25 lbs., 50 to 60c each to jobbers Pittsburgh. Crop in Cen tral and Northern Florida will he materially increased account recent 4 to 6 inch rain. Crop yield in south ern Florida has suffered 5o to 70 per cent reduction account drouth. Dairy Products. Under influence of increasing pro duction atid quality hardly such as to warrant heavy storage butter stocks have accumulated and prices declin ed 7c at eastern markets the past week. Buyers are. buying little as prices continue downward. Closing prices, 92 score: New York 2S%c; Boston 29c; Philadelphia 29%e; Chi cago 2 Sc. Cheese markets have held weak, ] and trading is lb tie better at present! although prices in Wisconsin range 13 3-4c to 14%c; at Chicago 14 l-4c to l.r> l-4c: in eastern markets 3 6c to 17c. It seems to be a case of dullness with no active factors to give life to market. Live Stock and Meats. Chicago hog prices declined 15c '> 20c per loo lbs. the past week. Beef steers, feeder steers and butcher cows and heifers practically un changed. Veal calves up 75c-. Fat lambs practically unchanged. Year lings up ">0c to $1.25; fat ewes 50c to 75c. May 19. Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales. $S.:'0 to $s.7U: medium and good beef steers $7."?0 to S9; butcher cows and heifers $5.25 to $9; feeder steers $7 to $8.50; light and medium weight veal calves $5 to $9.75; fat lambs $9.50 to $12; feed ing lambs ?; yearlings $S to $10.75; fat ewes $5.7.-> to $7.r>0. Stircker and feeder shipments from eleven important markets during the week ending May l :j were: Cattle 31,723; hogs 1.919; shepe 7.4."0. Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices excepting those for lamb ranlfc - 1 steady to $1 lower. Beef down 50c to $1; veal, mutton and pork loins practically unchanged. Lamb advanced $2 to $:>' per 100 lbs. in some markets. .May 19 prices good grade meats: Beef $14 to $16; veal $ 1-r. to s l 7; lamb $24 to ^H: mutton $15 to $18; light pork loins $J1 to 24; heavy loins $15 to $19. Cotton. Spot cotton prices declined IS points, closing at 11.51c pei lb. New York May futures down 10 points at 12.1 Sc. Trezevant, Tenn.. May 2:b?Fire al most wiped out the business district here last night. The loss was one hundred thousand dollars. Two banks and the postoffiee were destroy I I Home Demonstration- Department. Schedule: -Monday?Jordan Poultry club and office. uesdpy? Dalzell G. H. D. C. Wednesday?Gen. Sumter H. I). C. Th u rsday?Provid ence. Friday?Baker. Saturday?Office. EBstory of Tomato crop 1920 by winners of scholarship to Winthrop for June. 1921: On the visit of the demonstration agent to our school in February 1 de Icided to become a member of the gardening (dub for the year and so went home and began my prepara tions. On February' 20th 1 fixed a hot bed in the garden close behind a build ing' so that it would be protected from the cold winds. I dug" up the soil thoroughly and put in stable manure for keeping th<> bed warm and fer tilizing my plants. I laid off rows and planted my seed covering them Y2 inch dec]>. 1 then spread sacks over the bed. 1 sprinkled the bed with water on bright days early in ! the morning but never on a cloudy day. After the plants came up and ?began to obrow : removed the cov ering. On March 4th, 1 had my plot se lected and turned under. The plot was 9 by 4:P? feet. This soil which ; was 5 inches deep was a chirk sandy with a stiff subsoil. 1 had it turned ! with a two horse plow and then j thoroughly harrowed, then laid off I the rows with a large plow which j we followed with an application of! ! 50 pounds of 8-3-3 fertilizer. This [was turned tmder 1hen the-middles ! [ burst which left a nice bed. 1 did not transplant my tomatoes I to a cold frame but put them in the! ! field April 20 and 2Ch. 1 dug Indes I two feet apart set plants deep and j [pulled the soil around tight. 1 hoed them in a few days and applied some ; nitrate of soda. 1 hoed every four days and plowed weekly until they j were too large to w'ork. ? The only trouble that I had with insects was the boring worm, i pick- j ed a good many f the first tomatoes 1 with blossoms end rot but again T j picked off the affected ones and de- | stroved them. On May 12 1 pruned the plants first set out and the others on May 24. j 1 continued the pruning weekly as long as was necessary. The staking- I did on June 1 and IV. 1 used sticks 36 inches long, drove them down close to the plants and tied them up with strings. I found the first blossom May 24. ' the first fruit May ::i and the first j ripe fruit June 30. J served toma- | toes raw. in soups, made catstip. j paste, and puree, and canned them. ! 1 canned 11 the family garden and orchard. Following is my income from year's I work in my garden: Fresh tomatoes sold. $11.70: to matoes canned. $43.25. Total, $54.95. Kxpense raising, $14.00. Net profit, $40.95. (Signed) Sallie Gardner. Club Meeting!?. The Oswogo G. If. D. C. held its | regular monthly meeting at the 1 school house on Tuesday, May 10. The president called the meeting to j order, the secretary called the roll, I and read the minutes. Had a very j interesting program. Miss Truluck gave a demonstra- ! tion on eggs and milk. They were j very good. Our regular meeting was 1 Friday but as commencement was I Friday night we asked Miss Truluck j to come Tuesday. We discussed our I camping trip. We are all very anx ious for that time to come this summer. Have planned to cook meat for next time. Katherine Andrews. President. Agnes White, Secretary. The Providence Girls' Home Dem onstration club held its regular meet ing May 5th. tit the school house. Af ter the business meeting Miss Tru luck took charge. Bulletins out- j lining one year's work were given to j the club members. Demonstrations j were made in the following ways: j Poached egg. plain omelet, deviled j egg sandwiches, milk toast and boiled j custard. The meeting adjourned to meet again in June. Concord Girls' cooking club held their regular meeting on May 11. Club was called to order by presi dent and then roll called by secre tary with every member present. Minutes read and approved. Song by club and then planned where we have our next meeting and when. Then Miss Truluck gave us out lesson w hich was egg and milk dishes. Then members dismissed. We hope to have more successful meetings now than heretofore. Daisy Hart. President. Clarice Glasscock. Secretary. Spring Tonic*. Xow thai spring is upon us. it seems very timely to stress the im portance of keeping our bodies physi cally "in trim". In order to do this I we need a liberal supply of iron, cal cium, and phosphorus. Green vege tables, fruits, and milk are our liest sources for these three important minerals. To quote Dr. MeCollum in his "The American Home Diet": "Many will recall how our grandmothers insisted on the frequent treatments with sul phur and molasses, the periodical dosing with bitters, and the efficiency of sassafras tea in the spring as a means of "thinning the blood", which was supposed 10 become impure and thick during the wilder. Among our pioneer ancestors the idea was gonci> ally accepted that there was. a need j for spring medicine of some kind. There can be little doubl that this be j lie! rested on common experience. We know that in the early settlement of many of the states. I be people suffer ed ^ro.it hardships. With little capi tal and 1 food reserve, their winter diet was generally very simple and monotonous, and there is good reason to believe that it was chemically un satisfactory for the maintenance of health". There are still some of us who have this belief, that we neel "Spring Tonic", in the form of medi cine, in order to become physically fit after a long winter. We lose sight of the fact that often our diets have! been confined to seeds, tubers and ce real foods. Dr. McCollum further says: "It has! been found impossible to nourish lnb-j oratory animals satisfactory on any diet which is derived entirly from ce reals (wheat, oais. corn, rice) and other seeds: tubers such as the pota to, turnip or beet, together with meats which are derived from the muscle tissue of animals (ham, steak, etc.) Even when fed a diet containing wheat flour, corn meal. peas, beans, potato, turnip, beets and round steak..1 young animals have always failed to grow to more, than two-thirds of their normal adult size, and they grow more) slowly Chan they were capable Of growing. The same diet with a liberal supply of milk added producted a re markable contrast in similar group of; animals fed at the same time. The! above described diet of cereals, peas,j beans, tubers, roots and meat is also! remarkably improved by the addition' of such leaves as celery tops, spinach.! cabbage, turnip tops, and other green! vegetables. It is obvious from these! results that there is some remarkable j difference between the dietary proper- ? ites oi leaves or of milk as constrasted with any of the ordinary seeds, tubers, j roots, and lean meat which are so ! commonly used as food for man and j animals." With these convincing evidences in ! mind, we cannot stress too much, the j 'importance of milk, fruits and vege-J tables, particularly the leafy vege tables in the diet as sources of tbe.se i important minerals, iron, calcium, and j phospohus. Iron tor regulatory pur poses, calcium for its bone building qualities and phosphorus for its I function in helping build bone, nerve and cell tissues and to aid in regu j lating the neutrality of the blood. For I iron, eat fruits and vegetables, for J calcium, drink milk. eat celery.! string beans, cabbage, cauliflower, i carrots and spinach; for phosphorus j dink milk, eat eggs (youl.) spinach.! j onion, and whole wheat cereals. ; Forest Fire Protection Week ' I ??? ! Clemson College. May IS.?Forest; fires at this *eason 01* the year are especially destructive, and as we fre [quently have dry smells during early summer, it is especially important thati every precaution be taken to prevent such fires, says Prof. H. W. Barre, di rector of the South Carolina Experi ment Station, in calling attention to j Forest Fire protection week, .May 22- J 2S. as proclaimed by President Hard ing. Prof. Barre adds that every ef-i fort should be made to bring our people to realize the serious effects of; j fire on our rapidly disappearing for-j jests and he urges the press and other! agencies to call attention to Forest! ! Fire Protection Week. I The following extracts from the let- 1 j ter of the Secretary of Agriculture j to the governors of the various states (emphasizes the magnitude of losses [ from forest hres and the importance 'of protection against such fires. "The President on April 7 issued a proclamation designating May 22-28! as Forest Fire Protection Week, and i urging the governors of the various' states to set apart this week for the purpose of such educational and in- ? struetive exercises as shall bring be-j fore the people the serious effects of j the present unnecessary waste by forest fires. "Adequate provision for the safe guarding and renewal of our forests is of vital importance to the nation. The magnitude of the area burned over during this period. 56,4SS,000 j acres, is startling; it represents an area greater than that occupied by the State of Utah. Of the 160,^00 fires that occurred over SO per cent were due to human agencies, and could have been prevented by care and vig ilance on the part of citizens. Boss of life was not infrequent, as in the Minnesota disaster of 1918. where nearly a thousand persons were either I burned to death or suffocated. In de- j tecting and suppressing forest fires j the Forest Service of this department i spends over a million dollars each: year, and states and private individ- ! uals an even greater sum. "We have been thoughtlessly per mitting the destruction of our forests ! by fire. This spells disaster unless the j rate of burning is materially check j ed. The menace of a future timber i shortage threatens to become a pres i cut economic fact. Xot only as sour ! ces of permanent supplies of timber I but also as conservators of water. ! forage, and other natural resources, jour forests are essential to our in t dustrial and social welfare." j There an millions of acres in South Carolina that would reforest them selves within a few years if forest! J fires could only be kept out. As ; long as these areas are' burned over each year, they will never be reforest- i ed. Card of Thanks. J 1 wish t<> thank those members of j 'our sister, churches, ami others, who j so kindly entertained some of our j j delegates to the council of the Epis- | j copal church, recently held in our j j city. It was greatly appreciated, and jj trust that Cod's blessing will rest [upon you for your Christian charity i [and kindness. J. Bent ham Walker, Rector Church of the Holy Com-' ! fort er. J Sioux City. Iowa. May '21.?Bernard J Coyne, said to have been the tallest man in the world, died yesterday it? Oto county. He was known as the youthful giant. He measured eight feet one inch and weighed three hundred pounds. Columbia, May 23.?Columbia wlil Monday evening tender a supper and other attentions to the party of twenty-five Spartanburg men who compose the Appalachian highway tour, Charleston bound, in the inter est of the highway from their city to the state's main port city. Paris, May 23.?The allied high commission in Upper Silesia has sent delegations to intervene with both Germans and Poles and to endeavor to obtain a cessation of all military operations. Each delegation is com posed of representatives oi France, England and Italy. NOT READY FOR CHURCH UNION Presbyterian General Assembly Defers Action St. Louis, May 19.?Action on tha proposed unification of the five creeds of Presbyterian churches in the United States was deterred until next year by the 81st general assem bly of the Southern Presbyterian church, which opened here today. The Rev. A. V. Curry of the Second Presbyterian church of Memphis was elected moderator. In delaying action on union, the assembly indorsed the recommenda tion of a committee appointed lasu year to form later a constitution for the proposed amalgamat n. which requested another year Mo consider the plan, explaining no >*ss of time would be entailed as t?vo of the synods have not yet met and final decision could not be re tched this year. The committees suggested also that delay would give additional time for smoothing out differences of opinion-between the churches. The Rev. Thomas H. Lt*w of Spar tan burg. S. C. was ree'i'Cted stated clerk and ex-omeio tre surer for three years. The eiectiob was the first under the rule limiting the term. The Rev. J. D. Leslie ofiCisco, Tex as, was reelected permanent cleric. Julius S. Sibley of \Vaycr<< ;s, Ga., was appointed reading clerk and the Rev. L U. Lyon of Clinton, S. C., tem porary clerk. Manor officers of the assembly will be elected tomorrow when commit tees are appointed. \ A gavel given the new moderator is made of wood from the First Pres byterian church built in 1S53 and bears a silver plate made from the first communion cup of the church. The new moderator lauded the work of his predecessor, the Rev. Walter L. Lingle of Richmond, Ya. The retiring moderator, as well as his successor, emphasized, the im portance of developing f reign mis sions. Stressing the importance of a com prehensive evangelistic program the Rev. B. P. Hill of LouisvUle asserted workers should become intimately acquainted with the youth of the churches and the youthful viewpoint. "If you don't know anything about 'Baby Ruth* buy a newspaper and read the sporting news." He condemned present tendencies in women's dress, charging there is "to much georgette and too little godliness." CAPITA! NEWS From the Capital City Columbia. May 21.?A new organi zation of the Episcopal church of South Carolina is being out into ope ration this week, following the elec tion of the new executive council at the diocesan meetin gin. Sumter last week and the voting of the new canon for the work of the church. Six de partments are starting operation, as follows: Board of Missions: Rev. A. R. Mit chell. Greenville; Finance: IL P. Du vall. Cheraw: Xation-wide Campaign: Rt. Rev. K. G. Finlay, Columbia; Re ligious Education: Rev. W II. K. Pen dleton, Spartanburg: Christian Social Service: Rev. O. T. Porcher. Bennetts ville: and Publicity:" Mrs. Y\\ P. Cornell. Columbia. In the Fall the heads of these de partments will have a j >int meeting to discuss their work. If the division of the diocese, which was favored by the diocese meeting in Sumter is ap approved by national convention in the Fall of 1922, these department will be duplicated for each of the di oceses. The Sumter Council voted for the division of the diocese. The final de cision rests with the 1922 council, and is then subject to approval by the national convention. The division will in all likelihood be put into ef fect, but it cannot become effective until the national convention author sizes it. he next national convention is in Portland. Oregon, in September of next year. The two n posed dio ceses must show that Uey are nu merically and financially strong enough to warrant the division. Columbia. May 21.?What is de scribed by federal and state officers today as a "wide open" bar was raid ed yesterday, when the officers visit ed, on orders from Governor Cooper, the Eagle's club, of Columbia, on one of the principal blocks of Main street. Twenty-seven quarts of whiskey were seized: bar fixtures, poker chips, and other accessories were taken into custody,^and W. G. Martin, manager of the club rooms, was arrested. Columbia. May 21.?The famous Columbia canal case was argued be fore the supreme court '-ere Friday. Attorney General Wolfe and J. Fr?ser Lyon, represented the state. William Elliott, Beverley Herbert. Campbell Me Lain and J. B. S. Lyles represented the Columbia Railway, (ias & Electric Co., owners of the ca nal property, which company appeal ed the decision of the %ower court, which ordered* that the property re vert to the state. Columbia. May 21. ? Governor Cooper has appointed Dr. 1). L. Wil liams, of Sumter, as a member of the stale board of examine; s of opto metrists and opticians, to succeed Dr. John T. Wise, of Orangeburg. You Will Save Money by Purchasing YOUR TOBACCO VlUES At The Sumter Roofing & Sheet Metal Works Office and Works 11 Council St. Phone 1074