The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 25, 1921, Image 2
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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?
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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.
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