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-a ri'ear .t?-g MWBpfacfr; Srst i; 5 0 cems s^-anch. each si >inssg^ & ? -Li beral? rates p# .'monthly coatracts. & of incivMtiai. or'' busi cfea^ged foe as ad - 5r,? of public :r>-' ... ; .signed., viU. al K--.1.-.- in the eolumns 01 :The name of the aeaomj?any every- coin ion aot -puoMeation. ?! an ^vid?ice of ,-goad\ faith.j :T^Ut&!Kes -.should u e ; zzmm&. OSTSEX. : JJg|feneraI Manager. ^^^Hpta^nes- and nevs ^BBRura-ly. .opposed to |HBra---as.ap^2ie'd to se iss/.j^^fltge".* By ".the zone 1 eyifrpay tire..; cost - of car-1 i^?p?birea*tiqns to the re-; ?^ens of the-.conntry, wall old. y-i' rate the, govern >c-t'e?t'.tfce .Mil. The news and ; ubiieations of local ion', ander the bid fiat rate iii&k vaore"-than ? the cost Asides-having to con competition of na ils tor advertising in their own home ^ jrf. tul> should stand attorn and every news- j igazine should pay f necesary to pay the to'deliver it. It is not to charge a flat rate Icatjons that is great service costs and at ime charge others the [sat; on aconnt of the mces the mail/matter ransported. is far less Under the old rate Sg^ magazines of national ion cost the postoffice de it milions of dollars an L- MOVEMENT CLUBS ^drives" and "campaigns" have been sweeping the from- the border to border jce the declaration of war are equalled in number r the clubs and committees ed and appointed to reme ng conditions and meet al eeds. latttr" how serious or how ;he suddenly discovered civ aat is, an investigation must snded by an organization for the purpose, while ; ^roup prepares itself to ?altering things for the bet is fine to have a communi ce to its own needs and eag j-operate in fulfilling them, ? is possible that the s" and '"clubs" and "com " and "societies" have most as overdone as the and campaigns and special %? The citizens trying to it his own affairs is pester ?eas to join and pay a dol lo sign a petition. Too" of y are time and money was iter in Goilier's Weekly has less useful of these or ions the happy title of Movement Clubs", and ad te reader thus: v next time yon are asked C something?don't." s good advice. Action is the things most needed here in the world today? uiet, thoughtful action, las been too much talk, too: bjpeking about conditions, j ill-considered t suggesting j ?s. If every ad alt citi-! o his own job a little he has been doing it, ipart in promotion of relfare as a matter of fefeerai confusion would with amazing bene t concerned. of McCormick coun part in the lynching lunday did more to rlessness than they it crime. The negro ^yond the shadow of >rding to published fdicted reports, and tave been tried, punished by pro fcvithout delay, as the lerai sessions for the scheduled to con FeguJar term on Monday. that put the negro to ithout process of law may action by claiming that mted justice in a rough manner, but as .a matter ihey yielded to a violent less impulse, as surely as brute was impelled to ! in outragemis crime by .instincts. , [muel Gompers is ousted >resideney of ihe Feder foor by Lewis, there be a split m the rants labor before many re passed. read a great deal loys of a eomrauter's half has never been >t an eight hoar job, tngeburg and sleep A.generous donor is building a church in Pennsylvania which is .to be a "Church of All Christians." It is to. contain three movable al -tars, one for the Roman Catholics, one for the Episcopalians and one | for . the other denominations. All | the faiths have agreed to use the j church and all seem happy about | "die idea, Much has been said in the past few years about the desirability of uniting churches, especially* in small communities. It has been so absurd for four or five tiny con gregations to go through the mo tions of supporting as many; churches and pastors, none of them j well supported, when . one build ing would house them all, and in many cases one minister serve for two or three of the congregations. This, however, is the first time | that any effort has been made to! unite all Christian faiths under j one roof. If it succeeds, as it well J deserves to do, this church willi have many successors. ! Uniting all Christians in itself! seems a vast step ahead. But the fancy insists upon going further. Why not,- next, a church of All Be lievers? Religion is a matter of! mental attitude rather than of dogma, after all . Why bar out the Theo3ophists or Buddhists? Why the Jews? Many spiritually-minded people: have dreamed of such temples of worship, where every group seek-' ing fuller life of the Spirit may| join to use the ritual they find most comforting and enlightening, , where every man who looks upward ) for' help may find strength and peace. ? - ?. ' THE SANE FOURTH President Harding is Ohe of the j advocates of a safe and sane Fourth of July, and has so express ed himself in a letter written to the head of a Baltimore committee j Drep&ring for such a day in that > city. . . The object of the Baltimore cele-1 bration is "to inculcate the princi-j pies of the Declaration of Inde-; pendence and to conserve life and! limb from the reckless and ignor-: ant use of fireworks." This j sounds a good note for celebra tion generally. In many places the non-explo-j sive Fourth is now compulsory, but ( in many others tie unrestricted; sale and use lirearms and ex- j plosive toys goes on. Where this is. true the casualties of the uay will roll up as usual. The better plan makes the great* national holiday a civic and patri-j otic occasion in which, if fire-! works are used at all, it is mere- j ly to close the ceremonies with a I public display, carefuly safe- j guarded to prevent accident to j the onlookers. Such a celebration is especially j appropriate this year, for the; world is struggling as never before j to free itself of the obsession of ; arms, of which the explosive toy: ist the sign and symbol. ''--?~ TRAVELING -MAN PRAISES SUMTER\ Impression That Our\ Town Makes Upon a j Transient Visitor Editor of Daily Item: know that all of us are pleased i to hear nice things said of our towni I am enclosing an extract from a letter this day received from my son. who includes your State in his territory. Will* ask that you keep name on: of any item you make of this, as sonie one might think it is written for business; but I can assure you not j and he has no idea that it will j ever be known by any of your people. Only wish he could" say half as much of his home town. Respectfully. i Salem, Va., June 16. 1921. 1 ______ ' ; I wish some of the Salem pro-! I moters could see the -sown of j Sumter, S. C. Population about 10,000 and they have many miles of paved streets, fine shade trees and the streets kept spotlessly clean. Wish the same could be said of Salem. Florence, S. C June 15, 1'921. Solicitor F. A. McLeod spent Monday in Bishopville in attend ance upon the summer term of the Court of General Sessions, which convened that morning. There were practically no jury ca-^s and all the business on the docket that could be taken up at this term was disposed of by coz ftinuance, or otherwise, in the one I day. The only matter of particular f interest was a complaint to the grand jury that Sheriff Scarbor | ough was not disposing of contra band liquor in the manner pro vided by law. The sheriif claimed I that he was issuing* :he liquor for medicinal "purposes on j-rescrip : tion. Judge John S. Wilson 1 charged the grand jury ;?t some I length on the matter and Solicitor [ McLeod quote! the law relating j to the manner in which contra j band- liquor- shall be destroyed, l There appeared to be a conflict in I the construction of the law and no action was taken bv the court. -ry? . j The Salvation Army says: **A ! man may be down, but he's never I out." A newspaper plant may burn down, but still came out? and otu of town at that. Mrs. Peter Gaiagher aas gone to Annapolis. )ia., to spcrna sonic time with ner sons. Mrs. .1. P. Mellett hai returned h?rne alter an extended visit to ner daughters in i^aureus. Miss Jeannette White has been appointed playground worker ana wul De at tne park every day from 4:30 to 7:30. Misses Beulah Hunter u?J Ma dalie Hicks spent ttie week end witn irienus in Florence. Friends of Miss Fannie White, who was operated on iur appen dicitis at tne Tuomey hospital .Monday morning will ue glad io know tliat sne is doing weh. Miss Lourine Cummings spent Sunday at her home in (^swego. Mrs. A. E. Tern of Columbia is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Carr of this city. Messrs. K. P. Foresterj'and Ray Blanding are visiting friends in North Carolina this week'.! Mr. Jack Skinner of Elliotts spent the week end with friends in Suniter ? Mr. and Mrs. E. A. ; Wheeler have returned to their 'home in Florence after visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lemmon of this city. Miss Minnie GofT spent Sunday ! with her sister in Bishopviile. Master Samuel Mothner of Au- j gusta is visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. Goldberg of this city. Miss Frances Kraker of this city is visiting friend? at Man ning. . j Miss Harriett Hirsch has return ed from Camden where she has been visiting friends. Mrs. Wm. Berg and daughter j left Sunday for Dalton. Ga., where | they wil visit relatives. _ i Mr. J. D. iKng and H. .0 Bright- I well are attending the laundry convention in iWlmington. Mrs. Robert W. Beaty and daughter Ruth left yestreday for j Charlotte, N. C where they will ; viist Mrs. Beaty's mother. Miss Wilma Bates has return- j to Eastover after visiting rela- j tives in the city. Julian S- Wolfe of Orangeburg spent the day in Sumter on busi ness. Solicitor Frank A. McLeod left I this morning for Eutawville. I where he will spend several days. Mrs. -McLeod and children have! been visiting her parents at Eu-1 tav, ville for the past two weeks. FATS VERSUS LEANS \ Editor Daily Item: j 1 am very much interested in the game of baseball that is to j take place between the Fats and ? the Leans of Sumter. especially in-1 terested on account of the Afso? . ciation that is to r-3eeive the iinuu cial benefit. I am delighted to se^ that the proceeds or' the game will; go to the treasury of the Sumter High School Athletic Association. \ It has made us a little envious | when we noticed from time to. time that other communities were ! giving benefit attractions for their 1 high school athletic associations, i Chester raising by one a:traction as much as $600 for her high! school boys. The Sumter High School's deri cit is due to the game of foot ball j .that was played with Charleston..] This wasa very expensive game; but. in spite of the expense, noj loss would have been sustained j had it not been for the\*ains thai continued all day. Whatever the, reason, the deceit is the stubborn I fact that has to be met. It is. j therefore, a source of genuine sat-; isfaction that the men of Sumter.; who have always takeuvso much I interest in the ath'etic-Jnctivities1 of our high school, are* now ? de-' termined to' do what th'fy can to ; life the deht that has -been op pressing the Association Jsince last j November. i The cause, however, is not the! real source of interest in'the game' that is to take place on the after noon of the twenty-eigth of j June. The contestants will fur nish the source of pleasure. Both sides are determined to win. , Each side has declared that the game will go the full period I of a regular game, it matters noi j how long it may take. Each side! has a pride in the sort of men rep- \ resented. It is individual and j class pride. Nothing is more dis- j tasteful than a burlesque pur-' posely staged. If there is to be j any interest, ir will come from j each side doing its best, and the burlesque resulting in spite of the most vigorous efforts to the con trary. Baseball enthusiasts may count upon seeing 18 men doing their best. If the game should prove a travesty, it will not be because every man on the team has failed to do his best t > make, it a real game. ; Aside from the interest that these players have in baseball it self and in the cause ifor which ?;hey are giving the beneiit per formance, there will be a very vigorous contest betwefen the fat and the lean. The fats realize that nothing great was ever accom plished without enthusiasm and they believe that they will win ?hrough their enthusiasm. The leans have heard all of their lives that it takes a lean dog for a long race and. while much has been accomplished by enthusiasm, what really counts in the long run is the quality of endurance. Men who are rotund, ruddy and rosy to meet men who. like Cas sius of old. have a lean and hun gry look. It is a contest between la-itude and longitude; between enthusiasm and endurance; be-' tween avoidupois and agility. It is more than a baseball game; it is a battle. While side will tri umph? The battle alone will de termine the issue. You must be there when it is fought, confiden: that right will prevail. Cordiallv vours, x S. H. "Edmunds. Superintendent. The new addition to the W. B. ! Burns store is now completed and ?in use, giving the firm almo-st nouble floor space. A feature of the new part at the rear of thei saore is the large door driveways on either side, wihch allows a car or truck to drive thr ugh. Convicted Man Would Have Been Hung* en j July 8 TWENTY GUARDS WERK USELESS j - Killed Victim to Keep Her From Telling of the Assault Moultrie. Ga., June 21. -John Henry Wiliams, negro slayer of Loreha Wilkes, i 2year old white girl, was burned to the Stake Fri I day by a mob after lie had Deen convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to be Hanged July 8. The prisoner was tai^/i y.jrn the officers as lie was i;eir*? es corted from the court room and was rushed to the scene oi his crime, where he was tied t>> the stump of a tree. Wiliams calmly smoked a ciga rette as the match was applied to the fuel around him .tnd he made but little outcry as the dames slowly burned him to death, it was reported that he made a full confession. The mob quietly dispersed after the lynching* and thus far no ar rests have been made. Williams, who at Iiis trial de nied his guilt, is allege-.: Lo rfave made a full and detail;'! con fession to members of the mcb. eevn telling bow the girl begged him to spare her life. It was when he saw the girl pass his house on her way to a store at Autreyville. Ga.. thct he planned crime, he is said Lo have declared. He cut her throat with a knife and then dragged her body into a shallow pond and weigh ed it down with watersoaked logs, according to his alleged conces sion. The negro waded out into the pond and showed mob mem bers where he had hid the body. He appeared little disturbed. The mob stood quietly on the banks of the pond and listened to his story. It was to a big stumu near the edge of the pond that" Williams was chained and burned. Wood was piled around him and gaso line was poured on it. Jus: before the match was applied the negro asked for a cigarette and it was put in his month and lighted for him. He was calmly puffing smoke when the match was applied to the slake. As the flames flared up and found their way to Williams he made little outcry, but his body went through horrible contortions. Finally the wind veered, blow ing the smoke and flame-" away from his head, making it possible for him to speak, and the negro began to sing, continuing until the smoke stifled him. When tne 20 armed officers with Williams in their custody a*> peared on the steps of the court house there came shouts "Let's get him!" Immediately ?&hat seemed to be a multitude pressed in on the officers. The deputies were powerless. News of the seiz ing of the negro spread rapidly and throngs rushed to the scene of the crime. It was' more than 30 minutes af ter the arrival at the pond before Williams was chained and barn d. It was when he saw that death was at -land that he mad" his con fession. '"The devils put the crime into my head and after I had com mitted it there was nothing L'or me to do but to kill the ^i:-! to keep her from telling." the negro is said to have stated in t< Hing vvhai prompted the deed. Williams was brought to Monl trie from Columbus L'or trial early this morning. The trial began im mediately. *r--Aftejr being oyt/ondy a minute or two the jurv returned a verdict finding Williams guilty of two capital crimes;, ojtie dt which was murd< r. T?e lynching of Williams was averred the day of his arses'; by Sheriff Beard, "of Coiquitt" Coun ty, after a wild ride oj more than 60 miles during which he was pur sued by nearly 100 automobile.-.. He managed to reach Thomas ville. and later went to Cairo, whence he was forced re go Io ; Bain bridge, where he chained his prisoner in the woods. The :: - I gro later was take:: to Cuthbert and then to Columbus. Reprisal seekers in the An rey I ville section during the week ; burned many negro homes and churches, whipped several ne groes and shot one. This is the first lynching in the history of Coiquitt county. Moultrie. Ga.. June 21.?Hun dreds of people have vieitcd the scene, where John Henry Wil liams, negro, was burned to a stake Friday by a Coiquitt county mob after he had been tak en fro ma strong guard in front of the court here. Williams' charred remains was still chained to the stump late this afternoon. Williams was convicted and ; sentenced to hang for the murder of Lorena Wiikes. 12 year old i white girl. The Autreyville section of Col I quitt county, which lias bee:: a ? turmoil since last .Monday the day I the little girl was slain. w,^s qniec ! tonight. Prominent white citi i zens. especially those residing in the Autreyville section, startec taking up a collection today a? (rebuild the negro churches. lodge buildings and homes destroyed during the week by reprisal raid ers. One negro was shot and sev Iera! were whipped by mobs. r The chimney of the Mohawk i Hotel, on Bartlette street, was j struck by lightning Sunday af i ternoon. during the rainstorm, I which was accompanied by quite ': a vivid electric display for a few j minutes. Xo great damage was ;' done, but the inmates of the hos ! teiry rushed out?-or to express ; the idea in i more forma! raan j ner-?they emerged precipitately ; from the edifice with every in dica i tion of haste. Those who observ ed the performance expressed the opinion that some of the emer gants were silghtly alarmed A hi?h wind, almost cyclonic in nature, passed over the section near Mr. S- J. White's home 0 i the Manning road Saturday. Xo buildinc; was damaged but 3 number of large trees were un rooted. ; ?ffilfl HHP ! Iff HE STATE $400,000 Bis'httjiUed by Superintendent of Edu cation Swearing-en ' ?RANGEBITRG GETS ONLY ABOUT $2,200 Many Other Counties Wore in Need of More Assistance Columbia, June 20.?Under Die equalizing law guaranteeing a seven months' term State aid in the sum of $384,422 was paid to day to 603 districts in 39 coun ties. The distribution could not be undertaken until every appli cation from every county had been filed with the 3!a;e Superintend ent of Education and had been carefully checked. Tb?- legislature of 1921 appro priated $400;000 under this law. Districts participating in the fund \ must li;-;;: levy a special local tax of eight mills to pa yteachers'sal-I aries. must enroll not fewer than 25 nor more than 50 pupils under each teacher in each class room .and must maintain under each ? such teacher in each such class room a regular monthly attend ance of not less than 15 pupils. For the scholastic year 1919-20, 342 districts qualified under the equalizing act. The increase dur ? ing the- last 12 months, therefore, is 16 j districts?76 per cent. Horry leads with 72 districts while Greenvillej comes second ! with -In districts "and Spartanbarg 'third with 46 districts. In the seven counties of Beaufort. Cal horn;. Charleston. Cherokee. Fair ?! dd. Jasper and Marlboro no dis tricts qualified under the law. Ap proximately 20i? applications could not be approved because !h":-je districts failed to observe !;?-<- requirements as to enrollment and average attendance. Com i munities wishing :u employ teach ers with an enrollment below 25 pupils or an average attendance ; heiow i ? pupils must pay for this : excessive type of education out of local funds. The State standard ' is exceedingly liberal. Its main tenance is the only hope for the [seven months' term for ;he rural schools. The growth of the im mediate future will doubtless add 300 additional districts to the first of 603 for the current year. Every approved claim has been paid in full. The distribution of this fund will enable some 1,500 [teachers to receive their too Icng delayed pay. Nine counties received upward j of $20.nun. si:: cctr.ities received between $10.U:M) and $20,000 each, one county received $6.000. a second county $5.000. a third county $4.000 and a fifth county S3.GOO. Payments among the re maining 2:1 counties ranged from ?3.000 dowr. Below is g -u the list of cpun ties showing the number of-dis i tricts participating and the amount of State aid paid in each instance: Xo. of District S 4 .\a;np of (nuntv ?Abbeville . . Aiken : . . Allendale . . Anderson . . Hamberg . . Barnwell . . j Beaufort . . Berkeley . . Calhoun . . Charleston . Cherokee . . Chester . . . Chesterfield . Clarendon .... 5 Colletbn.32 Darlington ... 4 Dili on . . .4 .Dorchesterf- 3 Sdgefield .... Fairfield .... ? Florence . George to wh . Greenviiie .. . Greenwood . Hampton . . Horry.72 Jasber.? KershaV . . . . 2-" Lancaster .... 22 Laurens.25 Amount $ 4..">u2 973 1.275 13.4 4 6 i.067 S36 1.926 ?1 Lee .... Lexington . McCormick . Marlon . . . Marlboro . . Xe .-.merry . . Oconee . . . Grangeburg . Bickens . . . Rich land . . Sa in da . . . Spartanburg Sumter . . . Suniter . . . union . . . Williamsburg Vor!: . . . . 1 46 46 1 :o 11.684 23.920 17.453 6.453 11.85 4 :;.2.';s 5.442 6.264 26.799 2.200 14.9 01 ,442 21.50 0 29.066 29.066 253 1.4 31 13.750 1.647 603 $384,432 POCALLA THIEF CAPTURED Proprietor Beck Did Good Detective Work in Running Down Robber Through some fast sleuth work and regular Sherlock Holmes de diiction by Mr. Beck at Pocalla. the >arties who lost their jnoney and watches Sunday afternoon a./e in possosion of them once more. The robbery of envelope con taining the valuables was traced to a young man or boy about sev enteen years of age living in the country a. few miles from Sumter. When confronted with evidence showing he had taken the envelope, he first denied any knowledge of it. but later owned up and gave up all but a few dollars which ho had already spent One of the watches he had hidden behind a rafter in a *<a >rage and the other he had given ; to a colored transfer driver for [safe keeping. The boy is now out [under a twenty dolar bond. Mr. I Beck deserves a good deal of credit I for unraveling the mystery wich very lew clues to work upon. Mr. .7. M. Green of Columbia was he*e on business yesterday. fan DLES NEGRO Was Tied to a Tree and Shot to Pieces by An gry Men SEARCH LASTED SEVERAL DAYS I McCormick. June 21. ? The posse that Saturday in 'ning be , gan the hunt, for Herben Quartes. I a negro, charged with criminally assaulting a while woman, one i mile west of Plum Branch, caught | I negro at Z o'clock Sunday after- j ' noon and put him to death. There 1 were probobly two thousand tuen ' in the search. The negro was founa hiding under some brush, about, tifteer. miles from the place I where he committed the crime and , [about one mile from where he waa \ (raised. When those finding him : were in about ten feet of him. he i jumped up out of the brush, hold ; ing his hands up in an effort to ! ! keep from being shot. Hundreds I of shots were fired in the uir as | ,'an alarm by those near the spot.?.' The news spread rapidly and the ' I posse soon gathered on the scene. I Men from Greenwood, Saluda, Edgefield, Aiken, Abbeville. New- \ berry and Lincoln county. Georgia joined in the hunt. From the spot where Quarles j was found he was taken to the j home of his victim, and whilej there was no doubt ok the part of those finding him about his be- j ing the right party, the crowd i was cool and orderly and they im- j mediately agreea to take him back to the scene of the crime and to the victim for her identification, j Not only were those in charge oi'i him sure of his identiy. but the negro himself admitted having committed the crime and while! he gave no reason for committing j the deed, he said: "Tell all the! colored people that this is the wrong thing, and tell them to try ' and be better people and nevei j try the deed that I treid." After being identified by his vie-, tim and making a full confesison. the negro was taken to a point within the Robinson graveyard, inj the clump of bushes where the deed was committed, just 100 j yards from bis home and about two hundred yards from the home j of his victim, and with a plow line \ around his neck and a trace chain around his body, he was directed ! to climb a cedar tree. He broke the limbs and climbed the tree about fifteen feet. When he had reached this point, some one wentj up and chained and tied him to , the tree. When all was in readi ness a volley of probablv five1 j thousand shots were fired. He was j I left hanging to the tree. This is the first lynching tnai has ever occurred in McCormick { : county, and although the regular ; June term of the court of general ; sessions for McCormick county I commtneed here Monday, the j ; appeal of the officers and those ; ; who do not favor lynching fell cs i deaf ears, as the men'went about j their work. j ? ? ? ! WHO WILL BE NEXT i ADJUTANT GENERAL COLUMBIA, June 21.?Three i names have already been ad vane- | ! ed as possible appointees to the j ? office of adjutant general, ?made j ?; vacant by the death last Thursday i : evening of Adjutant General W. i W. Moore, Governor Cooper will | : make an appointment of a suc : cessor, following his return to the city in about 10 days. R. W. Grant, assistant adjutant | general; Former Assistant Adju l tant General John D. Frost, ot Spartanburg. and Major Frank W. 1 ? Glen, of Columbia, property and ; j disbursing officer of the National j ySu4rd, have ,all been mentioned, i Major |G2en $as' i <re<3iei?ed ; &dOFsjemenj"ss from a^sa^in- j Sif Officers-frt? MMMld ?qua' The'- gby j hold office until the election of j I 1 922 names another adjutant gen- ] ' era!. . Col. T. E. Marchant. of Colum bia, the new commander of tne: First Regiment, today received his [ ; commission as colonel and he an- j 1 nounced several appointments. , Rev. J.- W. Oxner, of New Brookland, has been named as: j chaplain of the regiment. Onan A. Hydrick, of Orange-' 1 burg, a member of the Orange-! ; burg delegation in the house of; I representatives, has been named ; ; major, and will have charge of the j i machine gun units of the regi-; i ment. j Geddings H. Crawford, of Co-: I lumbia. has been appointed regi-: ; mental adjutant, with the rank of! captain. John A. Rice, of Colum | bia. is made regimental supply of- j ; tier, with rank of captain, j E. C. Von Tresckow, of Camden. | Iis lieutenant colonel; Harry 0. i Withington. of Charleston, * and i ; George Morgan, of Greenville, are I j majors. An election for another j I major is to be held this week.! ? Murray Mack, Fort Mill and A. M. i McLeod. Camden, are tne candi i dates in the race. , The only other officer yet to be appointed is a first lieutenant, a staff officer, who will have charge of regimental training. Candidates ior the Citizen's I Military Training Camps to be es- I tablished throughout the eoun-1 try this summer will be given free j physical examination bv any phv-1 sian connected with the United! Public Health Service. This Ser vice has 140 stations. Any young ; man who desires to attend one ( of the training camps may secure j the necessary physical test by tak ing his apolication blank to the ' nearest Public Health Service sta- : tion. This arrangement was made in order, that candidates might be saved the expense of a physi cal examination by civilian phy sicians. Arrangements are being completed whereby candidates may be examined by officers of the Medical Reserve Corps. Ex- j animations are also given at any j military camp, pest or station. ,. .. , ? + . An examination will be held in the office cf the County Superin- ; tendent of Education oil J'uly 8th to fill the vacant Sumter county scholarship in the Citadel. This scholarship is good for four years , and offers an opportunity for a j boy to obtain a college education | at the expense of the State. BUYING POWER OF FARMER LOW Only Two-Thirds of the * 1914 Level GAMBLING MANIA Sweeping Country Says Reform Head By Ji it. Hunt VV ASH] XG TON, June 21.? T wo gray-haired messengers, long ia Uncle Sum's service at the Navy Department, were discussing Ad miral Sims' latest clash with his department chief. ''That man." declared one. sut tinly am hard-boiled. He's spent 'bout half his life in hot water." Transcontinental railroads have made a proposition to Pacific Coast fruit growers which Attor ney General Daugherty should watch with care. The roads promise, to reduce rates on transcontinental fruit shipments if the shippers will agree not to patronize the refrig erator boat lines that have been undercutting the railroads on coast-to-coast shipments. In other words, the railroads propose a definite agreement in restriction of commerce. 4 * * Relative figures covering what the farmer has to buy and what he has to sell, show that his buy ing power today is only two-thirds as great as it was in 1914. These figures have given the administration new impetuf; to ward more active relief for the farm relief. "It is agreed that on the before the-war status, the farmer did not have, on the average, to exceed 10 per cent profit." one administra tion authority explains. "With his buying power now C7 per cent of what it was in 1914, measure.) in terms in the price at which he sells and the prices he must pay it is evident that one of two things is happening. "Either his standard of living, is being reduced, or he is being forced more deeply into debt." * * * ''Reconstruction" has not pro gressed as rapidly the past three months as administration heads hoped or expected. "I think things will hit a defi nite upgrade next month," said one cabinet member this week. "You know." he added, "when you're going by a graveyard it's always cheerful to whistle. I'm trying to keep whistling!" A new epidemic of gamb.ing mania is sweeping the country, ac croding to Rev. Clarence True Yv'ilson. general secretary of the Board of Temperance. Prohibition and Morals of the Methodist Epis copal church. Even in government offices in Washington, gambling on races and baseball was found flourish ing to such an extent recently that drastic steps had to be taken to stamp it out. A number of employ ees?women as well?were dis missed, others were . suspended and the rule laid down that any employee discovered gambling would summarily lose her or his head. DECREASE IN MILK OUTPUT Los of Nearly Four Hun dred Million Pounds Washington. June 20.?Milk production in the United States last year amounted to 89,(5 38. OoO.OOO pounds, a decrease of approximately 400.000,000 pounds as compared with 1919. the de 4>artm'ei}t ofi agriculture an nounced tocljay. The 1 number of. cows'ion farhisSad920 5-was-. 2$S> 000;less than.in 1919.,.'Per.ca?)it>; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Burns. Jr.. returned Monday from Atlanta, where they have been visiting friends. They were accompanied on the home trip by Miss Marga ret McDonald, a sistre of Mrs. Burns who will be their guest for a few days. i I Raise Your Own . 360 Boars, Gilts, Pigs ai Bargain Prices to I and Meet fi Our Herd Boars were sired by Inter national and Atlanta Grand Champions. Our sows are big type, hardy and pro duce big litters. Every animal ad vertised has been im munized for Hog Cholera. Visit my plant and make your own se lection. If you can not come, write, and your inquiry will re ceive personal atten tention. L. D. JEr Sumter, Sou conoN UNION IS AT MEMPHIS Delta Planters to Meet on June 29 PLEDGE MAN / BALE 16 Cotton States Now in the Plan MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 21.? Delta planters, growls oi me greater part of all long staple cot ton raised in the united States, will meet, here cm June 29. :<> com plete organization of a cooperative market organization! Representatives from the' I? cotton growing states ia confer ence here recently voted in favor of uniform marketing organiza tions for handling and disposinj of future Jcotton crops. Ten of the states have already adopted the plan and now are or ganizing marketing agencies. Oscar F. Bleclsoe, Jr.. Green wood. Miss., has b^en selected president of the marketing assoc iation of delta planters. Other of ficers will be elected ;;c the cod ing conference. The organization will be known as the Staple Cotton Cooperative Association and will be chartered under Tennessee laws, although its membership w?i be made up of the largest plantation owners and cotton growers in the South. The association will be perfect ed under the act ot legislature of 1917. authorizing the forming of cooperative associations for mar keting purposes. Objects of the association will be to finance and sell the enor mous amount of staple cotton produced in the delta. The orga nization has no capital ;:tock. but financial arrangements are to 1)3 made through the banks, the pa per used by the agency being se cured by cotton held in pool in name of the association. Farmers already enrolled as members of the Staple Cotton As scoiation have pledged 200.000 bales of the coming crop. Members have signed five-year contracts, agreeing to sell their entire product for the next five years through he association. Keeping Children SC;TC? Every state now has a compul sory attendance lav, according to ! information recently furnished by I the U. S. Department of Labor (through the Children's Burear?. The Bureau has just completed an i analysis of education laws affec: i 'ing- child labor, the results of ! which are published in a chart ; entitled "State Compulsory Schoo! Standards Affecting the Employ I ment of Minors." . In live states atiendafece is re i quired until 18 years of age. in I two of these in certain districts only: in 3 until 17; and in 3 2 un til 16. One state reo^i^es attend ance until 15. six others and the District of Columbia until 14: and one state requires attendance until the age of 12 years, bit* ap plies to illiterates only. Unfortunately the exemptions in the majority of states are so ; numerous that they grcatlv limit the application of the law. The most common exemptions are for employment, or upon com.sinion. " of a specified school grade. Four states specifically exempt for work in agricultural * pursuits. 3 with no age provision. The laws of 14 other states certain loosely worded provisions exempting a child at any age, which might be used to cover absence for farm work us well as for many other purposes. Several states exempt a child whose services are necessary for the support of himself or orhe.rs. without any age or educational provision. The amount of attendance re quired is ill unsatisfactory in ' many states, several demanding only.*12. 16 or 20 weeks in a year. Even in states where city chil dren must attend for <S or 9 monjtfis, theamount- of attendances ieq,u*red%}in*"rural sekoM- districts is sometipies considerably less. h V Mr. A. H. Harrison, formerly of Augusta, who has had charge of the agency of the lccai office for | the American Railway- expres.: j company left Saturday night for his home in Augusta where he has been transferred as messenger be tween that city and Florence. Mr. Harrison made many friends while in Sumter who regret to sec him leave. 4> Registered Duroi nee nd Shoais For Sale at ntroduce Our Stock he Demands. i i <9> Clip this coupon and mail to day. L. I). JEXNIXG?, Sumter, South Carolina Please send me price list, description and g-uarantee about the Registered Du rocs that I have marked with an X below, all without obli gation to me. Name_ Address?P. O._ R. F. I). _State_ Boars For Service $50 to $150 Young Boar?. $20 to $50 Bred Gilts $50 to $150 Ycung Gilts $20 to $50 Purebred Barrows $10 to $16 Crated FOB Sumter WINGS th Carolina