The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 13, 1921, Page Page 2, Image 2
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ide navahie to
HUBERT G. OSTEEN.
PIBITIOX IN THE FUTURE
LOld
?less
^Prohibition is here to stay",
John Fj^Kramer. former na
?nal prohioSBon commissioner,
will always be part of the
mtal law of the land. It
can be removed therefrom/"
man can ..read the future
farther than the end of his
bat to judge from contem
evidence and the usual
;ing of the human mind, this
?robably true. The benefits of
?tion, moral, physical, mental
J^cxm?mic, are so plain to any
i-mi^dea enquirer that it is
ly conceivable that any ration
ale should want to return to
regime.
Mr. Kramer adds, "it will
be changed or modified," he
convincing. Change and
"ication is the order of the
All human institutions
and are modified, with
and experience, and '-'never"
!k>25g time.
ren now there are defects in
prohibition system patent to
tost any observer. Conspicuous
>ng them is the widespread
aadency to "home-brewing" in
iced by the new regime. Some of
it is doubtless merely curious
experimental, and will die out
icsel? Much, however^ will not
out and cannot be stamped '0*$,!
as the present stringent
itions continue,
[t is not unlikely i&at at ?some j
time these regulatiorisr1* j
RHP? *- -?-: - -v J ? ? i ?* *fi tri: hU- r H11 i M t
Inch are not a part of the pro- j
onaTneuifcnent but-purely--a*;
oi* feterpretetive"Tlegis!ift-j
?will be reaxed, to permit the -1
and \ manufacture, pi .l hejer 1 and;
e of mild alcoholic content, tin-'
-proper regulation.
The prohibition movement waa,
?ily against, two. thisgs,.: the*
n and whiskey." It wdtild be a
strophe if either of/then^eyer;
e bade, in their old form.- - It'?
ul4 be mischievous and unfor
if even beer or light wine
re to come back, at this time
'hen the nation is in process of
from wetness to dry
No public verdict on the
jeet can be really dependable
after prolonged experience
th as great a degree of prohibi- j
?n as it is possible to obtain. Tenj
20 years from now the ques- j
of modification may become i
issue, and be handled intel
$y and decided conclusively.
insition
ib
live
FtARM ,Wp#E>?S OPPORTUNI
? ?? " TY.
^T^nf^jroipen are taking increas
ig' adhrantage of the opportunities '
presented right on the farm for
increasing their personal incomes.
In this outreaching the home cfem
>nstration agents sent out by the
Department of Agriculture are
proving to be a great help.
One woman raised garlic and
>ld 15,000 pounds at SO cents a j
Anofner manages her own
fields, A third sold $885
rorth of hogs and invested the
loney in milk cows. She expects j
make more than she did with j
the hogs. Butter and eggs no
>nger provide a little pin money,!
>2t are the sources of considerable
icomes. Nor does this list come j
anywhere near covering the field, i
It is said that the recent indus- j
ial experience will send many
>ple mack to the farm. The
wnnen should be eager for this.
The country offers more opportun
ty to the plain housewife with
outside training than the city,
is a better place, schools includ
,Jn most cases, in which to bring
up her children, and there is a
wholesome and friendly social at
mosphere unknown to the average
town community.
little
tOST BUT UNCALLED FOR.
cour
When you lose an article on the
train, do you just take it for grant
that the whole world is dishon
and make no effort to retrive
property, or do you make in
nry? Sometimes the latter
rarse pays. There are quite a few
lest persons in the world.
The superintendent of the Long
jiand railway was discussing the
zbject. "It is hardly believable,"
said he, "how relatively small a
percentage of patrons try to get
.back articles they leave in our
i waiting rooms and on trains." He
I said that over 7,000 articles were
left on his lines last year, and
only a few over 2,00U claimed by
the owners.
Yet this company, like most vi
zanizations, has a regular course
of procedure for handling goods
left with it by mistake. Its em
ployees are instructed to turn in
all such articles to the proper au
thorities. They in turn hold them
for 90 days as prescribed by law.
After that period, if the owner has
not appeared, the finder has the
privilege of claiming the stuff. If
he fails, in his turn, the companv
finally sells the things at well ad
vertised public auction.
The average list of articles cov
ers a motley range of varying
value and character, yet the
chances are fair for the recovery
of any one. It is foolish for the
losers to be either so distrustful
or so heedless.
A MOTHERS CAMP.
Four mothers who had gone to
a Y. W. C. A. girls camp on visit- ,
ors' day, to see how their 10-year ;
old daughters were getting along, j
were more than delighted with j
what they found. The camp was j
situated on a hill top overlooking a
pretty lake with small but excel- j
lent bathing beach. The tent were j
pitched in a grove of fine old j
trees. The mess tent and cook |
house were off to one side. There j
i
was shade enough for comfort in
the hot weather without shutting
out any of the wholesome sunshine
and breeze.
The girls were living under a
i mild military regime beginning
I with the quick dip in the lake at
7:15 in the morning and going
through the day with well balanced
periods of work and play, exercise j
and quiet.
The mothers approved, of course. [
Then one of them sighed deeply, j
"Fd give a good deal for a chance
like this. I wish some one would I
organize -mothers;, camp where
^tSPsild ^o'fer t^iHH^eks-or. even
a^iew da^'sVentire!^'free from the*}!
children and from household cares. !
Imaging,th,e,bliss of. a.^uiet ,hpur |
when one could read'or sfeep'with
^the tperfect assurance that _ no one [
?tt?lrtd * be*^5?ftfttetf 'to' tifettfrb; tmVf
until the signal was given from !
ltjie directors Wt'." ." u '
sr./Her idea.took.ait oncej The other',!*
'three' mothers elaborated on ' the j
pleasure of that particular sort of ]
.?campiagj- iwithjsome one else canny-j'
^rig1 We'fesjjQh^ilTty^'a codk1 pre
iPafing Cjie meals-, arid' fcl>e mothers ,
? hiking, or -boating' oir swimming or j
doing''whatever hhet .their re.rea- j
it'iqnal needs. j
[\ Itr is a happy thought. When
mothers go to camp it is usually!
to -look after the supplies and keep j
things running smoothly so that I
1 father and the children can fish or |
hike or frolic to their hearts' con-j
tent. Won't someone please start i
j camps for mothers exclusively ?
!
SECRETARY MELLOX'S WARN- j
IXG.
Secretary Mellon, in stating his ,
objections to the proposed soldier I
bonus legislation, merely said :
what all well-informed senators ;
! and representatives know but j
what few of them have had the I
courage to admit. /
As guardian of the United
States Treasury, and the man who !
will face the task of finding the
wherewithal to take care of the ]
bonus if it is voted, and of the fi- j
nancial confusion resulting there- j
from, Secretary Mellon has a reco- \
gnized right to speak, and should '
know what he is speaking about. !
He says, in his warning to Con
gress and the public the financial
consequences of the pending bill;
"Its direct consequences are in
escapable. It would involve grave j
dangers of renewed inflation, in
I creased commodity prices and un- j
' settled business conditions. :
'"The result would be serious in- j
jury and loss to the whole com
munity, and in the long run eve:,
toe veterans themselves would j
lose far more than they would gain.
I cannot bring myself to believe
that this would be adjusted com
pensation for a service that was
[ performed as the highest duty of
j citizenship and a sacrifice that can
never be measured in terms of
money.''
This has been said many times
before, by many people, but seid- j
I om so impressively. Congress may
(well hesitate, at least as far as the
, cash part of the bonus measure is
j concerned. As for the public, this
is the time for it to express its
j real convictions on the subject, if
j it has any.
-m o ?
! A gasoline station in Chelsea, X.
j J., was robbed of $2,400 the other
day. And yet the oil refiners say
! there's no money in gasoline. J
Chicago Bank Bobbed
! CHICAGO. July 9.?Bandits en
itered bank here, held up officials
land escaped with $15,000, accord
ing to police reports.
Forecast of Production
Made by Government
Corn Has Chance
Washington, July 9. ?Forecast
' oi the country*}., principal farm
j crops mad" today by the depart
; ment ot* agriculture from their
; July 1 condition indicate there
wlii be no record breaking pro
: duction in any crop, with the pos
. sible exception of corn. Condi
I tions during June caused a re
j duction in the production fore
' casts of every crop as compar
! ed with last month's estimates.
There will be a bumper corn
! crop but other crops are well be
1 lew last year's production and
: in some instances below the av
; erage production of the five year
period to 190. Tobacco produc
! tion will be one-third less than
1 last year and one-quarter less
! than "the five year average. The
I potato crop wjjl be smaller by
i 5*3.000.000 bushels than a year
! ago. Rice production will be
: only a little more than half as
i large as last year and apple pro
I duction will be less than half of
i 1st year's crop.
! The wheat crop showed a de
cline of 21.000.000 bushels, dur
ing June, w'^ter what showing a
reduction o^ 5.000.000 bushels
and B spring wheat 16.000.000
bushels and spring wheat 16,000,
Ooo bushels.
Corn this year was in the best
condition it has been on July 1 in
more than a score of years, it be
ing 6.5 points higher than a year
ago and 7.4 points higher than
the 10 year average. With t'a
vorable weather officials believe
the crop may surpass last year's
record breaking crop. The acreage
of corn this year is 4.1 per cent,
larger than last vear. There was
an increase in the corn acreage
in every southern state.
Rice shows the heaviest reduc
tion in acreage compared with a
year ago. it being 35.4 per cent,
while the tobacco acreage reduc
tion is 2 9.4 per cent., cotton 28.4
per cent, and flax 30.4 per cent.
"Washington. July 8.?The to
bacco crop this year promises to
be tne .smallest since that of
1911. today's forecast of the de
partment of agriculture placing
tin's year's production at 923,000.
000 pounds which is more than
one-third less than last year's
record crop. The condition of
the crop on July 1, which was
71.9 per cent of a normal was
lower than it has been on that
date in .more than 21 years. It
14*1012;points; below the ten year
jrverj?gft'condition on July l and
124 points below last year's July
average. : An average acre' yield
orf **497*.3 pounds is forecast al
most O-Ort -pou?d-s"tessr per ^reage
than - was. harvested ? last ? v-ea r-. j
? ?? Tbe-toba-ceo- acreage this year
has been reduced 29.4 per ce^t
below, last, y^ar with a ^total.of
l.SOHooO'a ?yeW* ago.' >? ?? ! -
.Georgia with 37 perjC-ent. show.
'oxi.'-the? largest * percentage of re
duction.
Tennessee reduction was 35, per
icent*,. Xortft\C3TOftha ti^pe; Cant..
Ohio. 33.' Virginia, 32,.^Kentucky
30.\Saurh Cavr^ihia 1% %m&5Penn
sylvania 4.' Connecticut's aver
age was the same as last year's.
AiTribute to "Miss Lucia P. Roach
We meet many along the pil
grimage of life who seems to
have caught the vision?who
seem to be looking ever onward
and upward. But seldom or never
are they able or courageous
enough to put into parctice the
teachings of the lowly Nazarene
as did the one to whom this tri
bute is dedicated.
With a heart overflowing with
sympathy and a profound love for
humanity she went forward. Of
ten misunderstood, often unap
preciated, it mattered not to her
for she had caught the vision. Xo
discouragement, not even criti
cism could change her creed of
doing for others. She gave of her
self, her time and her heart and
stood at her chosen post, faith's
sentinel. ? '
The winds of adversity often
blew-upon her but she . remained;
like a* rock amidst the eter-nal^ways"
She knew her.Guide-?He was heV*
Friend and nothing else mattered.
Her faith in Him was as unshak
able, unalterable and as fixed as
the stars. And because of this
transcendent faith, grasping the
J'nseen Hand she walked the brier
bordered oaths of lite unafraid
and undaunted.
R^cuse of this wonderful faith,
to have known her was a privilege
and her example in trying so un
ceasingly to follow in the foot
stens of the Master will prove an
eternal inspiration to those who
knew her best. In her was exempli
fied the words of the immortal Ed
ward .Marl: ham.
in spite of the store of the wise
and the world's derision.
Dare follow the star blazed road
rln re follow t lie vision.
Elizabeth Kerrison Kicker.
The hot weather and the price
of ice have served to raise the
temperature of a number of Sunn
ier citizens. When they read the
prices quoted by ice dealers in oth
er towns and cities they wonder
why the prices current in Subiter
are not brought more into line
with those rhat prevail in other
towns. It is asserted, bin the
figures have not b< en officially ob
tained to confirm the statement,
that wholesale price of ice fixed
bv the two ice factories? the
city plant and the Suniter Ice and
Fuel company is not excessive
and tiiat the retail dealers could
shave the price to consumers a lit
tle and still make a reasonable
profit. Re tbart as it may. the cost
of manufacturing ice now cannot
be anything approximating the
cost a year ago. when labor was
more than double what it is now.
when coal was costing seven to
eight dollars at the mines and
when prac'icallv every other item
entering into the manufacturing
cost of ice was much higher than
at present. This being indisput
ably true, it does seem that the
wholesale and retail juice of ice
should tie reduced so as to k'vc
the consuming public some little
benefit of the reduced cost of in m
ufactnre. What i;< The use of
having a municipally owned ice
plant if Sumtcr people are to pay
more for ice than people living in
other towns? Is it possible that
ice cannot be manufactured as
cheaply in Snmter a'; in other
towns similarly situated? Ice is
nor a luxury, but a necessity, and
in this sort of weather everyone
needs ice.
[FARM FIGURES FOR
CLARENDON
Census Report Shows
Great Increase in Farm
Values
Washington. July 6. ?The direr
tor of the census announces, sub
ject to correction, the following
preliminary figures from the cen
sus ot agriculture for Clarendon
county. South Carolina:
Farms and Farm Acreage:
Farms. Jar.. 1. 1920, 5.05S:
April 15, 191U. "..209; Increase or
j decrease, per cent. 2.1*.
Operated by white farmers. Jan.
II. 1920. 1.29$; Anrii 15, 1910. 1.
1394; Increase of decrease, per cent
?0.9.
Operated by colored farmers
January 1 .]92<?. 3.760; April 15.
191'.'?, 3.815; Increase or decrease,
per cent. ?1.4.
Operated by owners and man
agers, Jan. 1/1920, 1.553; April
15. 191U, 1.^44; Increase or de
crease, per cent. 15.6.
; Operated bv tenants, Januarv 1.
1920, 3.505; April 15. 1910.' 3.
S65; Increase or decrease, per
I cent. - -9.3.
I Land in farms, total acres. Jan
uarv 1. 1920. 235.509: Anril 15,
1910, 255,93 6: Increase or de
crease, per cent. ?0.8.
Improved, acres. Januarv 1,
j 1920. 145.045; April 15. 1910,
i 145.030.
Farm Values:
j Value of alnd and buildings:
I Januarv 1. 192<). SIS.093.657;
April 15. 1910. $7.815.2*2: In
crease, 1910-20, $10,278.415; per
I cent. 131.5.
? Domestic Animals:
j Farms reporting' domestic ani
mals. Januarv l. 1920. 4,764;
April 15. 1910*, 4.404.
j Animals reported: Horses. Jan.
1, 1920. 2.312: Anril 15. 1910, 1 .
$64; Mules. Januarv 1, 1920,
795; Anril 15. 1 910. 3.427: CattI-3,
Januarv 1 192<>. 9.522: Aar:! 15,
1910, 8.000; Sheen Januarv 1.
1920. 99: April 15. 19T0. 254:
Swine. Januarv 1. 192-J, 27.800:
Anril 15. 1910, 24.9S2. Goats.
J?nuarv 1. 1920. 353; April 1."?.
1910. 164.
Principal Crops:
Corn. 1919. 43.557 acres. S50.
276 bushels: 19u9. ."59.776 acres.
640.95S bushels.
Oats. 1919. 8.100 acres. 159.
453 bushels: 19o9. S.7'>7 acres.
182.404 bushels.
Cotton. 1919. 6 2.75S acres. 3S.
S09 bales: 1909, 64.2'?4 acres.
37.0 04 bales.
*The fieures for domestic ani
mals in 1910 are not very closely
? comparable with those for 1920.
j since the present census was taken
Jin January, before the breeding
! season had begun, while the 1910
i census was taken in Anril. or
about the middle of the breeding
\ season, and included many spring
! calves, colts, etc.
Mt. Zion Successful Revival
! Through Prof. R. \V. Westberry
I we secured the prophet.' R'ev. A
, R. Ross.' to .conduct revival hieft
' ing at . Mt.' Zh'o'n, Rap.tisl chnrjcfc j
i last week. The meeting, was fijoni
i every point., of view a success The
; attendance was very' 'good', fro-nj
: Sunday night until Friday night.-j
1 On Friday night:' there-' was }
^overflowing hum(T>er':i At the. coh
I elusion of the* revfvaC sixty-iim?
j were ad'dct! fo'rjJ^clrnrcTi- j T*e
; prophet is a powerful speaker, He
'makes a specialty .of: wini/fjig 'thr
i souls for the Kingctolif of God.'and'
[he never misses his aim.
; We, the pastors, deacons and
'members, wish to thank the rnnnv
: friends who assisted us in our
revival.
The pronliet has done great
good in ailing the Christian neo
pie of Sumter to destroy the king
dom of the devil.
I Yonrs truly.
William Dixon.
Benj. William-.
Pee ons.
Rev. D. J. Johnson. Pastor.
t -ix -it
Married.
j Of interest to many friend-; of
Mr. Charles Maynard Richardson,
: formerly of Sumter. is an account
of his marriage on June 25th. tak
en from the Washington Post of
June 2Sth.
A simple but very attractive
wedding took, .place" - Saturday.
jJune 25th at .St. Andrews 'Enisco
I pal church. Washington. 1>. C..
'when Miss Eleanor Louise Mc
I Donald, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
L. H. McDonald of SPesia. Mary
j land."became the bride of Mr.
! Charles Maynard Richardson, son
; of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Richardson
j of Sumter. S. C.
j The bride who was escorted by
j her father, was charming in a
; gown of ivory crene meteor trim
I med with rose point bice, Her tulle
I veil was caught at either side with
I tiny sprays of lilies of the vallev.
j She canned a shower bouquet o:
: bride's roses and lillies of the
I valley. Her only ornanrent was :i
i pearl broach, the gift* of the bride
: groom.
Mrs. David A. Tender, a cousin
; of the bride was matron of honor,
j Her gown was of pink organdy and
{she carried a bouquet of pink
(sweet peas and blue delphiniuinis.
iShe wo 'e a black picture ha:. Miss
Juliet Curtis, of Washington, an
! other cousin of the bride, acted
ias maid of honor. She vor" a
gown of green organdy and fillet
Tace with a hat of pink satin trim
jmed with green and silver. She
Icaried a bouquet of variegated
pink sweet peas. The bride's
brother. .Mr. Robert McDonald, of
Detroit. Mich., was best man, and
the ushers were Lieut. David A.
! Taylor and .Mr. Charles L. Cur
tiss. Jr.
A reception for tie* bridal parte
and relatives followed a; the home
Lof tiie bride's cousins. Lieut, and
i Mrs. David A. Taylor, at Fort My ?
; er. Va. A color scheme of pin!-,
[green and whit -, was carried out
i wirh quantities of pink and white
I sweet peas and southern saiilax.
j Laier Mr. and Mrs. Richardson
[left on a wedding trip, tie- bride
wearing a smart costume of dark
bin?* sjIk with ha' and v. rap :<?
match.
Alter July I Oth. Mr. and Mrs.
Richardson will be at: home i >
th*'ir friends at Xo. 1 Second Si..
Hartsville. S. C.
A loss of more than 35.ft00.000
in world population has been
traced to the world war by a com
mittee formed to investigate the
losses. The actual battle deaths
were more than 9.0 00.ft ft ft-, the
others were caused b\ war epi
demics, food blockades a'id star
vation. and the fall in the normal
birth rate.
Some spouges attain a diameter
of more than three feet.
Camel's thorn is much used for
find in southwestern Asia.
1MB. DA BBS GOES A
\VISITING IN SaLUD?
_
\Sununer Sojounier o/<
Tirgon Mountain Runs
Over to Call i n Sum
; ter Folks
Tryon, N. ( .. July 2 1921.
', Efiitoi Item:
j Yesterday wi made a few calls
J"on Sumter folks at Saiuda. Found
[Henry P. Moses busy giving his
chaps a shower hat.li with the hose,
i He has a comfortable home, for
? nierly belonged to YV. B. Burns.
I Mr. Moses has made some im
provements that add much to the
comfort ?of the home. Mrs. Colin
j AJcLaurin of Mullins and children
I are comfortably lixed in a cottage
of the Osceola Inn. H.:r father
ami inrther. Rev. Dr. Atkins and
Mrs. Atkins of Cuthbert. Ga.. are
with her. besides other guests.
David McCollum and family
came up yesterday hut I did not
see them. R. C. Ham er of East
over, president of the South Car
olina division of the Cotton Asso
ciation hailed me as we were
leaving Saiuda and insisted on
showing us the fine views from
his house. He and Mrs. Ham or
. and children had just come up the
I day before. They have tine views
j but none that T have seen so far
equal ours from the side of War
[ ricr mountain.
j Saiuda. being on the edge of
j the mountain plateau, of which
: Flat Rock is the summit, has
many good views of the distant
, mountains. Bur. none of the
; places on the plateau can equal
the rugged beauty of the Pacolet
j valley. Tryon. Melrose. Saiuda.
and Warrior Mountains all to be
i s<~*en from where I write this, let
! ter. Saiuda seems to be the fav
! oiite place of most of the South
Carolina folks that I know. Among
j the South Carolina folks we call
ed on yesterday were Mrs. Osteen
I of Snartanburs". formerly Miss
i "Barr if Greenville. I tried to find
j out what relation to the Ostens
of the Watchman and Southron
and Item, but they could not in
! form mo.
Among the South Carolin? folks
rat Tryon whom T have the erasure
j of .knowing are Mr. and Mrs. R.
: M. McCowu, formerly secretary of
si ate of South Carolina. Mr. and
Mrs. Cain from St. Matthews. Mr.
I C. J. Lynch of Columbia. Dr.
Jervey from Charleston. Miss
Ravenel from ''Pan ton" Edisto
and Charleston, .Mrs. Watson from
Bennettsville and her son. Mr.
Watson, a friend of J. H Myers,
; Mrs. Kennedy formerly Miss Doz
ier Jones of Marion. Dr. Andrews j
of Anderson. Dr. Grady of Green- i
i ville. Mr. Jas. Rion, son of Col. I
Jas. 1!. Rion, of Winnsboro of Civil j
war and Red Shirt fame. And |
; others whose names 1 cannot now i
recall, ail permanent residents of;
I Tryon. . ? ,
For a week without fail it rain-]
led at sometime each day. but we j
missed rain .-. Thursday a.nd Frt
! day tSTifl'Jir>T'f- to ?j-'js-. today. It
has*beeil a very hv1 nune. so hot
[tip"heite;in t:-e jnjou;i;-.:ns that we!
SvoKder how our neighbors down \
in Sumter have stocd it.
: . T^t -repor^. of, tl- IVnaj^rfeut
tig Agriculture on - fruit, rn tne
;? juateijiSt.-'-o \])'\ Ipvpest.iQn re
cht&. sdfite ?? -,v - <? r.ti some 11 per
. cent. af\d se-i^ 2 oerccentt-of ?
orHtiV * In *the tfc.-?>>mM' h^ft* MvMcv
and plums are very f?*w comoarefl
* with lest \"-.'r peaches "lontiful
but giving to. neavy hail, the day
; b?jore we '-awe v 1 May "Hrn. um
] pf so good Qu?litv as last year.
i raspberries have sold at the unnre
I cedentel price of 25 cents per pint
j basket.
it is gr?od news to know the
i Item an } Watchman and Southron
i will he printed from Sumter by
j the e;j(i of JlllV.
I E. W. Dabbs,
ADDRESS ON
CITIZENSHIP
Miss Brown of Missouri
To Speak to League of
Women Voters
.t
Mrs. Brown, a, noted- :lo.ctnn?r;
j from ..loplin.- jfo., wiU rtiko "; an:<
address on ^ilizen'sh.iuj.cinr Sul^.t'er/
! July 19th. at. 9-am -M.'?*?.?' t<j> -men
.and women. Mrs. Brown comes
as the gu;>sr of the Leaaue of Wo
; men Voters, a.nd the members are
.asked to meet at he Girls' High;
[school Tuesdav. July 12th, at 6.1,5'
jn. m. to make arrangements for]
the lecture.f Every member of the
league is earnestly recr-uested by
the president. Mrs. C. L. Stubbs,
?o attend 'his meeting Tuesday af
ternoon, Julv 1 2th at i): 15.
Scholarship Examinat ions
Friday morning the competitive
examinations for scholarships in
t'm> Citadel, the University of
South Carolina, and. Clemson were
given at the court house by Sup-j
erintendent of Education Hayns-:
worth. The examinations began
at nine o'clock and lasted until
late in the afternoon. There
Were live vacancies at Clemson
and there were five applicants for I
these scholarships. There was one;
applicant for the University of.
South Carolina ami one vacancy
There was one vacancy for the Cit
adel and three applicants for this
scholarship.
J>e\ eTo;>n?e:;}
Americans have come to expect
energy and enterprise in a new
country. Whv this is natural is
explained bv Frederick Mlgeod in
his book. "Earliest Man.''
H" says mankind developed
owgiuallv through l?oi>iu thrown
int ? a new < nvir mmen! which tax
ed all their resources, btti was not
harsh enough to defeat their ef
fort .
That's argument for immigra
tion of the capable. Immigrants
develop ability in a new environ
ment. That may help to explain
tie- strength of the Cui ed States.
< >verr;itiii?r
Germany lost Cue war and some
oilier things. Including gout and
diabetes. Roth diseases have be
come almost unknown in Ger
many, though one. they were com
mon. The reason i< that Germans
ha.! to giv" their stomachs such a
Ion- rest during the war.
We won tb*? war and gained
seme othor things, too. including
ae increase ja diabetes, kidney
diseases, artery diseases and other
div^ases attributed to living too
well during the rush years after
; lie a nn ist ice.
Any Orangeburg doctor will tell
you so.
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Ancient Rome was situated on
seven hills.
\CM1P LAF 1 LOT"
j WILL OPE S MONb U
[(ruh Expect to Hme a
} Great Time at Y. M h I
A Summt} Camp
' Gi i. ii.dki. July 7.? Camp * L. f
!a-Lot," tlie annual V. W. C. A.
(summer camp at Din kins VI ill near
! Hagood, will open Munuav with all
;-cents full. 'J lie members of the
AlcMaster, Taylor. Logan and
Waverly school Girl Reserves with.
; six Girl Reserves from the Ep
j worth orphanage will encamp |
there this summer.
Miss Minna Robertson and Miss
Lois Bass are to be the leaders of
these groups of girls.
The second week, beginnings
July 15. will heg iven over to the i
high school club, a group of Caro-;
' lina students and another grout) of
[six Epworth orphanage girls. This
! week's leaders will be Misses Lois
I Bass. Mary Elliott and Elizabeth
j Elliott.
Members of the Y. YV. C. A.
! clubs among the mills will hold
i sway the third and fourth weeks
under the leadership of Miss Irene
I Waters and still another group of
I high school and graded school
I girls will go to the fifth week.
[August 15 will mark the end of the
?third annual summer camp of the
? Columbia Y. W. C. A.
j Miss Mildred Peery. the Y. W.
! C. A. industrial secretary, will he
, in charge of the camp. The me
chanics of camping will be arrang
i ed by Miss Mae Copeland and Miss'
j Eliza Wardlaw will be recreation
!al leader. The most important
j side of the camp, the culinary side.
I will be most artfully and success
fully presided over by ?'Plumy."
, the prize camp cook.
The leaders and girls are look- I
I ing forward to a week of whole- i
I some good times and happy com-1
j radeships.
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Did You Know Th;-t? I
! The area of'the eanh is 196.-j
i 940.00m square miles?
Of this, 57.255.000 square miles
is land?
The Atlantic ocean has 41.321.
00 0 square miles of surface? j
The Pacific ocean has 6-8,634,
00o square miles? j
The Indian ocean base 29.430,-!
? 000 square miles?
! There are about 1.000,000
square miles of lake and river stir-!
face? I
j There are 1.910.000 square
: miles of islands in the seas?
j There are estimated to be 29.-!
j OOO.Oub square miles of fertile!
regions?
Area of steppes is said to be;
14.000.000 square miles?
Deserts are said to contain 4.- i
861.000 square miles?
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Wad dell Bell , negro, escaped
from the Reed farm in Kershaw
county Saturday morning, accord
ing to advices received, by hhe ,
state penitentiary and Col.,A; K. j
Sanders, superintendent of the;
prison, is offering $50. for his can-j
tare. :Bell was serving a-sentence!
of one<year forassault and hatttery |
and carrying concealed > weapons. I
having.-been-sent up from Rich-;
land countyL m i
? Sea water.'In general, ris iandre
, Mipnsparent tl^an, .fresh;; water.,,. ' j
Women' .taxi- 'drivers' may 'be
seen in Topeka. 'Kansas .?" !
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Kali Players .-irnv?
R g
as- ittg Ber?g \\ i j e
Five new piayers have arrived
al'O |Vp*?rVt?! " ?lit M.II "61 i bSc
ball club. Snmter will m^et La
mar here for games on Tuesday
and Wednesday, going 10 Eastover
for a game on ihorsday. Sumter
ha* her i^aui in fiat: trim, ana
Siiiotei fans v. ill Have an oppor
tunity to see some real good ball.
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Enemies
An army cf grasshoppers 15
uiiies it-ep i ud 20 miles long is ad
vancing through Colorado.
Wilu beascs once menaced hu
man-Kind. 'So longer. Now it. is j
insects. If it were not for what
scientists have learned in defense
of crops from insects, unchecked
increase of some kinds of insects ;
might cause widespread famine
even in the United States. i
; Without doubt che largest job
in the way oi ixy-acet^ylene weld
ing e.er attempted in ine state is
thac of a hug> casting oi a sta
tion. r> engine base tbat has L,ee:i
bent to the Evans Welding com
pany for repair; Th? base which
weigns several tons <^is acrack or
break which extends along the
side for about nine feet. This
break will be welded together and
made as good as new when the
jou is completed. The local com
pany nave made for themselves a
state-wide reputation by the fine
work they have been turning out.
but thej say ibis is che largest
one they have ever ;aekled. Any
one interested is welcome to call
at the plant and see how it is
ha ndled.
The gulf stream
J 50 miles wide.
is from 25 to
Experts on the subject of keep
ing cool in hot weather warn the !
/public to "stay away from the '
thermometer." If you. don't pav j
any attention to the instrument
and its lofty feats, maybe it will
get mad and sulk.?Cleveland i
Plain Dealer.
POP EVERY $10 you snend for
shade trees, fruit and shrubberv
you add over $200 to value of
place. Write or phone 596 for
catalogue. C. S. Curtis. Sumter
agent for J. VanLindley Nur
sery.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
SUMTER, S. C. I
We Give Value Received.
In ofering our services and facilities to prospective customers
and clients we are not offering something for nothing. We ex
pect ultimately to be repaid for the expense of handling every
account that comes to us.
Banks are money-making institutions and this one is no ex
ception. If we are to continue to go forward we must operate
profitably.
Our facilities for rendering real banking service, we believe
Sto be unsurpassed, and those who have money or deposit cannot
do better than come to see us.
NEILL O'DONNELL
President
ARCHIE CHINA
Vice President
0. L. YATES
Cashier
I The National Bank of Soutk Carolina
I . OF SUMTER, S. C.
I ON CALL OF COMPTROLLER, JUNE 30, 1921
I THE BANK OF THE RANK AND FILE
Loans and Discounts_$1,373,118.43
Overdrafts _ 1,256.71
Liberty, U. S. and other Bonds_ 337,586.45
Building and Fixtures_ 35,080.23
Cash and Bank Balances_ 104,022.11
f
? $1,352,233.93
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock _i_-: 300.000.00
Surplus and Profits_,_-.- 293,213.74
Circulating- Notes __._J_?_-_:_Tr_--;_- . s;199$&$0
Due to..Federal Reserve Bank on Liberty" Bonds - ? 115,000:00
Rediscounts_'__'__ll-ilzJ.* 122A11M
Deposits _t^l? t_ 810,637.31
U. S. Government Securities deposited -. 11,000.00
-. ? * ? - ' ? ' ? .-? 11. i e
:i ?>/! /id ': .>'!(.;?: ;?' i
...... . ? ' ?? $1,852.203.93
] i iQlve us'the Pleasure cf SERVING YOU.
C. G. ROWLAND Pfes.; , ' EARLE ROWLAND, Cashier
? ' ?/ , RESOURCES
The Balance of the Stock of
WILL BE PLACED ON SALE
Saturday, July 16th
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO BUY HIGH
GRADE MEN S WEAR AT THE LOWEST OF
BANKRUPT SALE PRICES.
LOUIS LYON, TRUSTEE,