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PAGE 2 - * Watchman and S#uthroii Wednesday and Satur day by . _ Oateen Publishing: Company, Sumter, S. C. Terms: $2.00 per annum?in advance. Advertisements: One Square, first insertion _.$1.00 Every subsequent insertion _. .50 Contracts for three months or ionger will be made at reduced rates. * ... All communications which sub serve private interests will he charged for as advertisements. 2 "Obituaries and tributes of re spect will be charged for. ..The Sumter Watchman was foonded in 1850 and the Trr Sonthron in 1866. The Watchman ?Ja~d Southron now has the com . blued circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is man ifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. ' ? ??? ' IBELXSITS OPPORTUNITY. It is true, as Lloyd George said in his statement to De Valera pro posing' dominion rule for Ireland, that "there is not a part of the ? "world where Irishmen have made their- homes but suffers from our ancient feuds. No part of it but looks to this meeting between the British* government and the Irish leaders to resolve those feuds in a new'Ainderstanding, honorable and satisfactory to all the people in volved.** . In no country outside of Great Britain has the quarrel made so "much trouble as in the United States. This alien issue has in truded in Amercan life and Ameri cas, politics. The bitterness here has. increased with the bitterness across the sea, at the source of trouble. Both sides have conduct ed, their propaganda here with growing vigor. The Irish Nation - * alists particularly have insisted that America take a hand in the strug gle, through influence and financial "support and also through official governmental action. These ft.cts ! sorely justify America now in giv ing advice to the Sinn Fein with regard to the present British offer. . So far as American sentiment can be judged from recent expres sions, the majority of Americans would be glad to see Ireland accept Lloyd George's proposals. Those ;; ptToposals contemplate for Ireland as a. whole, or for north and south Ireland separately if they prefer, -rirtualiy the same political status ,es that of Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. The only .exceptions are based on the fact reland is linked to the larger island so closely by nature that certain precautions not insisted on with regard to the others are held necessary in h--*- case. These in volve British control of the sea for vital?purposes of trade, communi cation, and military protection. Britain also wants unrestricted commercial intercourse between the two islands. To most Ameri cans these conditions seem reason able, provided they are carried out in the liberal spirit which Lloyd George's offer seems to imply. ~r What is offered Ireland is far more than was ever offered before, and" ^ar more than the Irish Nat ionalists ever hoped to obtain, up to-a year or two ago. A LOST OPPORTUNITY. Gov. Cooper has lost another opportunity. He lost one opportunity last week to defend the dignity of the state by promptly asserting and exercis ing power of his office to suppress mob violence and apprehend the members" of the mob that kept the sheriffs on the jump dodging from place to.place. r ? The statement that he issued yes terday afternoon from his seat of authority in the executive offices in the State House, after a lengthy conference with the sheriffs of Richland and Lexington counties, sad other officials, is in line with the policy that he has pursued throughout the past two weeks in j not taking active and .vigorous steps ; to grasp the situation, suppress the mob and enforce respect for law. i No comment is necessary. The ;. i statement is an answer to Itself. , But? The governor ad mi's the fact i that there was a mob and that it was active and persistent in its ef- ? fort to carry out a conspiracy to I commit a felony, by taking from officers of the law certain prisoners. ; with the avowed intent ro put ' these prisoners to death in an un lawful manner. He says that his messages by telegraph and tele phone were communicated to mob sympathize^. Therefore there was a nriob^ of which the Governor was cognizant, just as the newspapers and other unofficial citizens were in possession of the same in forma'ion. Sheriff'Roof certainly had knowl edge that a mob was on the ram page, for according to uncontra dicted statements sent out from ... i Columoia, he admitted that he saw a niob search the, train on. which he traveled from Charleston to Colum bia after depositing his two pris oners in the Charleston jalL In the circumstances the grand- ' I iloquent gesture of the Governor in calling on the newspapers to fur nish evidence that there was a mob and supply facts upon which he and the sheriffs may proceed in bringing the members of the mob j to justice, is about as puerile and futile a performance as one can imagine the Chief Magistrate of a State attempting to. get a .vay with. The newspapers have not sland ered the State of South Carolina: they have merely recorded dis graceful facts and commented upon the failure of the officials, whose duty it was to prevent these law , manifestations, or. in the event j tnat they could not prevent the ! outbreak of mob violence, then to I use the power with which they ! are invested to apprehend and pun j ish those who defied the law and j brought disgrace upon the state. Apologize for printing facts that ! were matters of common knowl edge! That is a preposterous proposition for the Governor to ad vance. But it is not as rem; rkable as the further suggestion that the newspapers furnish evidence 'to bring about the arrest of a mob that the Sheriff of Lexington coun ty saw and suffered to search a train on .which he was a passenger. Gov. Cooper has made ridiculous a situation that was disgraceful. His attempt to "pass the buck" to the newspapers is a failure, and it is surprising that he should have \ imagined that he could put it across. ? ?? ? BUY AT HOME. _ "Live at home" has become a fa miliar southern slogan, meaning not exactly to "stay at home" but j to "get your living at home." It is! j a fine thing for the south partcular j ly, because it stresses diversity of j crops. It is a good principle for \ any family or community that gets j its living from the soil, because it i aims at economic independence. Now many southern towns are 1 adding the slogan. "Buy at home," \ j "Srfiich. is a principle no less broad j in its application. The idea is to ! j ?et behind the home merchants, in j the realization that with their busi j ness success is bound up the success of the community. Thomasville, Ga., has been emphasizing that I idea. The local paper says: j "This town is conservative, there fore safe. It is well fortified by clear-thinking and honest business men.' They are entitled to our bus iness and they have proven it time I and time again. We can make more for ourselves by trading at home and trading in the normal way than we can by all the glooms and i growls and hold offs that ever in | fested the body politic Get busy, j folks, and let's make business at j home the best business we have I anything to do with." This is economically sound. With j proper co-operation between small I town merchants and small-town j citizens, goods can be sold on a more economical basis than they j can in big cities. There is too much running to the j metropolis of every section for , goods that could be bought in the j smaller community to the mutual j advantage of dealer and custom er. Merchandise which is not in j the local stores would be there, if enough interest were shown by the consumers. With increased pat ronage, local merchants can sell at smaller margin of profit. It is especially desirable to buy, in any community, foodstuffs or j manufactured goods produced in j that community rather than similar j things from a distance. The con isumer always has to "pay the i freight," literally and figuratively. Why pay unnecessary freight, un necessary car fare and unnecessary profits because of a foolish regard i for the prestige of a big city? ?? ? ? EDUCATION AM> THE JOB LESS. j The growth of human intclli j gence is shown in tin- desire mani \ fested on everj hand for belter ed j ucation, and the realization that education is essential to getting ahead. The editor of a newspaper col umn devoted to the problems . of feminine minds finds that right now questions as to ribbons and hearts arc less common than ap peals as to how to improve the business outlook. < J iris who are out of jobs or engaged in those which j are distasteful want to know what and where to study so as to improve their efficiency. Many are ready to use their savings in acquiring fur ther education. A similar ten3< ucy has been noted among male work ers. It is safe to say that time and savings could be put to no better purpose than improving ore 's edu cation, general and specific. When hard times '"one-. th<- ignorant nod inefficient go lirst. The intelligent worker who knows Iiis job is kept on as long ?s there is a shred of anything for him to do. His em ployers know that In- is hardest to replace, and value him accordingly. One of the best things about hard ! ! times is that they make people think about such matters. Tie' lirsi question that the jobless one asks . himself is. "Why did it have to be me?" THhe second ought to bei "What can 1 do to prevent its hap pening again?" it is a hopeful in dication that so many persons are answering their own questions with , ... i the one word eaucation. -? ? ? The Matter of ! Gas Rates Mayor Jennings Slates Rea sons For Position That Gas Can and Should Be Sold | on Franchise Rate Editor The Daily Item: 1 notice in your issue of the 17th inst. that a suggestion is made by Mr. Cb-o. C. Warren that City Conn- : cil give the reason for their refus ing to allow the (his Company a rate of $1.<;"> in order that consum ers may be informed on that side of the proposition. The rate that the Gas Company is asking for now is $1.75, but if paid on or before the 10th of the month, it would be reduced to $1.65. I have no objection to giving my reason for voting that the Gas Company go back to their original franchise rate of $1.50. which would mean a five per cent reduc tion if paid before the 10th of the month. The statement of operations sub mitted to Council by the das Com pany for the first six months of this year, ending June 30th, shows income $33.S76.66 and expenses $27,543.66, leaving a net difference of $0,333. This was based upon the $2.tut rate; but included in the operating expenses is $152 a mouth paid to a bookkeeper at their home office in Baltimore, and ."?.-><> per month to their president who does not reside here, and $3,900 a year to their local superintendent. I see no necessity of paying a book-keep er in Baltimore :>!52 a. month to keep in the books up there the figures and facts which it is abso lutely necessary to compile here in their original form, and I am of the opinion that the party who made the original entries here could also keep the permanent books here, and I believe this is an unnecessary charge of $l,S-4 a year on the plant. I also see no reason why the president, who resides away from here, and performed no actual ser vices here in the operation of the plant, should be paid $50 a month a total of fHOO in 12 months. While during war times perhaps a salary to the superintendent of $3,900 was not excessive, yet I feel that since everything else has gone down, a salary of $3,000 a year ought t<> hire a competent man to operate a gas plant of the size of the one here. These three items alone, to wit. $1,S24 paid book-kVoper in Balti more, $000 paid president. and $900 excess paid superintendent, aggre gate $3.324. In addition to this, it appeared that the company was paying labor, some "o cents, some fifty cents and some forty-live cents per hour, or ??7.oo, $5.00"or $4.50 for a ten hour day. I feel that under present conditions that there could be at least a $25 per cent reduction in this labor, which would be a. con siderable saving, and that a reduc tion could he made along these lines and the gas company stiil earn a reasonable profit, and not allow the gas rates to re-main high< r than the franchise pricc,/in order that these expenses hereinbefore refer red to be maintained, hut I feel that these items should be cut down and the rate reduced and by so doing the company's net earnings would' be ahout the same .-is i; would be to allow these charges to remain and the rate to continue at .> 1.7.",. The company, according to the admission before Council. Ines only $156,000, in round numbers, in vested in tin plant here. There fore, a,uet income of $10,920 would pay 7 per cent on its investment. The company earned for six months of this year ??;..">'.'>'/, ov< r operating expenses; If this is reduced by 2", per cent and no more gas sold then tiny would earn for tin- next six months 2."? per cent less, or ?,.7.">i. which added to the $6,333 would make $11,084, which would be a little over 7 per cent on the invest ment. Let's see what will be the result by using the basis of eliminating the book-keeper at Baltimore, aim the $50 a month paid to the presi dent, ami reduction of $900 in tin salary of the superintendent. Amount of gas on $1.50 basis for 0 mouths _.$1,751 Book-keeper's salary, Balti more, for fi months _ 300 Reduction in Superiut? ndent's salary __ __ __ _ 450 Total._.$7,413 For !2 months tin's would be $1 1,821;, which would he something over nine per cent <>n the invested capital, and arriving . Iiis I have not taken into consideration any reduction in the seventy, fifty and forty-five cents per hour labor, nor have 1 taken into consideration any reduction in their buying coke and <>i! in the future at a price less thru: they paid for ti e first six months of t his y< ar. From tin- best information ob tainable 1 was satisfied thai the company for the next twelve, months would save not less than $5,000 on tie- COS? of coke and e:i over t he prec eding twelve months.! and for the next six months, this would amount i?i $2,500. Bused upon this reasonable ?ssu.u pi. ion. and the elimination of ;!;?? other items above m?**itior?ed. the com-! pany would e-:, for l1"- it CM sixvi months $:9.90o.i3 net I foiils, -a- j? the next twelve months $1 !?.S26. which would be about I t' per ceni on the invested capital, and this is not taking into c m side ration a re duction on the labor above refer red to. The public may not agree with me thai the company should elimi nate the salary of ;t book-keeper at Baltimore of $152 a month, tin salary of-the president -'it Baitimor? of a month, and the roductioi in the salary of I".;'' superintendent to $250 a monthi but if these item> arc eliminated it will make a saving to the company of $3,323 a year or $1.(><>2 for the next six months, and a reduction of 1?1 of the. gas rate will only amount to >i..".S"J This reduction, therefore, will off set the reduction in rates: and add to this $2,500 save*? in coke and oil and tie- company can .-Iii! do busi ness and make .as much, if not i more; pro Jit than any business con cern iii the city of Sumter at this [ time. My opinion was thai the salary of the book-keeper ai Baltimore should In- eliminated, the salary of the president at Baltimore should be eliminated and the superinten dent's salary should 1"- reduced :<> $250 a month, and the gas rate to t!ii- people should be reduced from $2.00 to $1.50 instead of letting the gas rate remain at $2.00 and iet the salary of tin- book-keeper ai Baltimore. ih<- salary of the pres ident ai Baltimore and the salary of the superintendent remain as they are, and also the seventy, fifty -and forty-five Cents per hour la bor remain. 1 have no fight whatever on the j gas company, and if the people i want to increase th" rates upon ; themselves they are a: liberty to re ' quest council to do so, but I am only giving the reason for try ac tion in voting.as ! did to reduce the fras rate, .-is Mr. Warren suggested the reasons to be given. 1 as sume Mr. McC?llum in vot ' ing with me to reduce the gas rates acted upon the same reasons I did, although he di>l not say so. 1 understand there are about 1 . 000 gas subscribers. Suppose G00 should request council to increase ; tin- rate to 1.7r.. Would it be fair j to the other 40 1 who are not will ? in^r for this increase to haw tin- in - crease put upon them because 600 ] of tin.- subscribers were willing to pay more than $1.50 for their gas? However, if 600 of the subscribers should petition council to increase the rate to $1.75, then I wo?ld at I least feel warranted in voting for the gas company to bill to these t;00 at th?- rate of $1.75. bet I do : not know whether 1 would lie jus tified in voting for the gas company to bill t<> the other 4U0 subscribers j at a greater rate than $-1.50 who were not willing to have their gas rates increased, i Council had the rep rose ntativ ess '? of the company before them on two l or three occasions and very care fully investigated the matter; and ' a majority of council thought that the time was proper to have the ? company go back to the original rate of $1.50, but. of course, as member of council, 1 have no ob jection to a subscriber for gas pe ! titioning council to authorize the gas company to send him or her j a f ill for a greater rate than $1.50. Vours truly, j.). jjbwraxcs. Mayor. -? -? + Bisliopvilie Nous and Notes. on. a recent visit t<? Columbia; [through the country. I * found the j roads from Camden to Columbia in fine condition. From here to Cam !den, we had to go around by Man i ville. as the direct read is all plow ed up as far as Cedar Creel';. The roads, though not very bad. are a little rough. The corn crops are ; very goo.l. but the cotton crops are very ordinary. The " boll weevil is in e.veidence along tin- whole route. I saw a man yesterday, who had made a trip from here to Myrtle Beach, going throe.-.!! Society Hill. Cheraw. Bonn ettsvi lie. Mullins, Marion aa l Florence, lb- says the crops look fine, but the weevil was doing its work all along tin- route. The Methodist church has grvvn its pastor. Rev. Dibble a vacation. He has gone to Washington, J?. <'.. to visit relatives, and friend-.:. The Baptist pastor will preaeh his fare well sermon here tomorrow week. Tin- f'resbyterians haw- not se Icured a pastor for their church so Tar. our town will probably be uitii uot preaching nexi Sunday; Tin- Win. Rogers' Bible '"las::. Conducted by Hon. '!'. <;. McLeod is doing well. MeBeod js an excellent teacher, and rnakes the lessons very interesting and in st ruct ive. Three or four of our merchants have gone into bankruptcy, and i fear there are others who will have to follow suit. - (?Id Mr. 'Ton Munn was married to Miss Louise Ilyat. at Lucknow last week. Mr. Hasel Dick of Columbia, hay bceii on our streets three or four days this week. We had a small fire last nighL only one small house was burnt. Mrs. .1. I-:. IJearon has been quite sick for a week, thought to have been broughon iron; p^o-main pois on. Sin- i:- still sick, though bet ter. Miss Lottie Cunningham and Mr. Willie Smoky's son. are both still quite sic!:. Mrs. Kllie DuRant who wen; to ;i hospital for- an operation, has re turned to h;r home, and is very much improved. August i:<. !,:?21. H?WELL-BR \DFORD .Mr. <A. lit. id ford v. a s married Lo Miss Bessie Mae Ho well Sunday moiTiing in ! leb net '.svilP-. Mr. ('. .\. Bradford is a prominent young man! who has bo. n living in Sum to!- f?)r a number of y.-ars. and Irolds a responsible positron wvih h ?< o* Dorm eil Grocery company. Miss How*-11 is very popular and veil known in Beo-j.-jtsville and will be gr.-aily irrisscd !?;. her runny : lends. Mr. and Mrs. Bradford will be mine Lo their friends a: ! !:0 South ?nniter S.t Bapf:st IMcide I*??t pori'.N*. The picnic of the First Bapt ist irnday School which was t?? h, ? ?1<I Thursday has fr? . n postp?>n>-d. '??tie,, will i>f -i,.-M Saturfirf;, u hen be pa ne- v. ill t;i ke place. m DIIDATTXG :\ STATE Orangehurg Times Sz Democrat ? South Carolina has not been hon ed |?v tii'- recent acts of a lawless I !m<'1> seeking to wreak vengeance I upon tin- slayers of a. Columbia I 'chauffeur. The dctcrmiha.lion of l the mob to take matters into its own hands reflected neither respect for the courts of tin ir state nor a . regard for the sovereignty and pew . . r of their comraonwealth. It was a disgraceful proceeding and one thai should be heartily condemned. The moli proceeded beyond the [?boundaries of the state, however, and technically "invaded" Georgia, ;a neighboring state. If this had happened between two separate sovereignties entirely Independent < a prompt apology would have been I demanded. Belter still, the mis i celJaneous mob would probably I never have gotton to the Augusta! stockade because troops of Georgia] would have met them at the River I nnd broke up their picinc. Nor did the travesty upon State's authority end. The Augusta offi cials sent the prisoners to Savan nah t" avoid the mob. and the po iiee authorities of Augusta took no ? steps to oppose the lawless inva jsion. Finally, the sheriff cd" Lex ington county goes to Savannah, gets his men. and instead of taking them to the State- penitentiary at ; Columbia, where they belong, he deposits theni in the Charleston iJu.ii. presenting the county officials with his burden, and departs for home. Xear Columbia his train was stopped by the mob and searched. In all these proceedings, shame ful to the iawabiding citizens of South Carolina, there are many lessons to be drawn and .many re flections which can be made. The ! firsi and foremost is that such law lessness must be cheeked, even at the price of bloodshed. Running from mobs and exhibiting fear of j the lawless is no way to bring about respect, for law and established methods of justice. Every agency of tie- Slate should he exvrled to ? <*roate tie- proper regrard for the Stale's authority. ;tri?I it" any mob attacked a sheriff's party, let the members take tin- consequences. Secondly, the motive for mob attacks are twofold. In many Cases it is racial prejudice and re !sentment for attacks upon women. But, titis does not answer mob ef forts against white criminals. I kick of this latter class of lawlessness lies a conviction that criminals se cure freedom and leniency too of ten from juries and courts. Law abiding men sitting on juries will have to begin punishing those guil ty of murders and other crimes so I thai in lines of excitement, the knowledge that the law will meas ure out punishment as earned will jact as a deterrent to mob action. Thirdly; the county officers en trusted v. ith tin- enforcement of tin law and the protection of prisoners must take a stronger dose of res olution and courage to defend those in their custody from any mob. The spectacle of a peace officer !ik-- a sheriff running all over the Star-- of South Carolina and Geor gia to avoid n lawh-ss group is certainly a reflection upon his oath to uphold the law and the dignity of tin- state. A determined sheriff with equally resolut? deputies, well armed, should face any mob, and pri vent capture of the prisoners. In so doing the sheriff would be carrying oul Ids duties, and per forming a nable- service. It might happ? ?? I ha; a few people would get killed if a. foolish mob rrict a brave sheriff, but in the long run our State will he well served, for law lessness must cither die. being root ed out entirely, or the State will suffer grievously as mobs become more and m? ??? lawless, lynchings follow upon slighter pretexts, ami state ami county officials yield men- to the lawh-ss element. (iov< rn??r Cooper should have in i formed Sheriff Roof to swear in the requisite deputies and bring his prisoners to the state penitentiary, and if any mob stopped hub to open fire on the rnob. That order pub licly given and publicly accepted I would have avoided .any trouble, it would have saved tie- State from i being placed in the humiliating and ridiculous position of (lodging aj mob in its own capitol' Blunting The .Mo!). 11 'olumbfa Record ). I Wi i e ;;i e j i.. ? t be renders of news-, papers ia the Xorth and West, who: used to note iiie e I re u la r-sa w teeth I in tip- law of South Carolina when* Ben Titlman and. before him. Wade Hampton, were governors, will be j mildly amazed to r< n.d an editorial in our esteemed contemporary, the Charleston News and Courier to the effect that "tie- Slat'- is run-, uing away from men bent on ink It.;, the lav. into their own hands." : 'oir Charleston neighbor points out tii.i; til-- way to meet force is with force, am.' adds that the authority and majesty of the law should be upheld f- av'e.sly at any cost. 'I ii'- lime wa.s when such editor ials never appeared in our leading newspapers in the Palmetto State, and tie- reason they did not appear is that they wer.- unnecessary. At that time ;!>?? supremacy of the law j was everywhere ae].;n.??wledged and ei :'? >r< ? ?>! to t le- I ?;; ? r. I Pit thnt j day app< am to he us far away from in- present as Columbia is from < ii>. Town. And the proof of the ! ;>??:.cling is in chewing tie- hag. !.a!'!\ lie- ;?? \\ /.pa pel's of South ''?i'-oina and or' tin- entire nation have i-arrie.J sensational hews j stories d-scribing tie- alleged mur of a rax driver named Brazil!. ?? cjtixen of i"olumhia. by three of Ids a.-. companions; The sus peetS W.elV- H rfCSt ed 1U <oo:gia and speeded hither and yon in that . omnto.uu . :i!; ?? by a sheriff of t ha! St;,;.-. v.l:o was threatened by mob j 1 violence from South Carolina. This happened more than a week ago and since that time, the in<>i> has been rock of. the walk every minute, while the State supinely side steps its duty and politely cautions, in the softest words ever whispered in a tea room, "that the law should take its course." At j which we imagine the mob laugh ed long and loud, and filled its blunderbuss to the muzzle. At any rate the newspapers have printed stories from day to day since that mobs have searched all tmir.s lead ing into Columbia daily in ouest for prisoners whom the law seeks to incarcerate in the Slate peni ! tentiary. The very fact that the law fails to stop these searches or make the outlaws afraid is unmistakable 1 evidence that the mob is bigger than the Stale. And if that is so. then we have no law, since legal statutes become a burlesque, if they only prevail when nobody ; wants to fracture them. It is nat ural that these circumstances move the News and Courier to say that '"this exhibition of helplessness in I the face of organized potential [ lynchers. operating under the very shadow of the State Capitol is cal ' culated to till with bitter humilia j tion all those who would like to believe in the majesty of the law." The Record no longer ago than j last Sunday, placing faith in the promise of Governor Cooper, calm : ly resting from Iiis arduous duties of State amid the cooling freezes of Paris Mountain, that he would I protect, the prisoners if it took the entire South Carolina rational Guard to do it. lauded him. That was a quoted statement from the governor, after the prisoners had been shunted .around from one ; Georgia city to another to evade mobs in this State. Ultima! -ly the P r i so n e r s were surreptitiously brought back to Charleston, on I their way to Columbia, where t he governor, with, all the temoeramen tal phraseology of Dame Parting ton, decides, according to the re porters, that they shall stay. The Record douUis tha.i such :i surrender on the part of the gov i ernor represents the manhood of South Carolina. It believes that ?' crimes like the Brazell murder are ' a direct sequence to laxity of law enforcement and apparent lack of backbone on the part of the state. I What else can we believe when j armed mobs search trains at will practically under the dome of the .State Capitol ami do it with the : impunity of the most daring outlaw band that ever held up a stage coach in the wild West? The governor's apparent lack of backbone in the premises lias un j doubtediy amazed newspaper read ers at a distance, and humiliated tin- rank and tile of South Carolina citizenship at home. Martial Law or Civil? (Columbia Record). South Carolina troops are vir tually under arms in Charleston to prevent two white men from being murdered by a mob. Mississippi state troops guard the court house at Centerville to pre vent a man on trial for his life I being murdered by a mob. Virginia state troops are ordered to stand ready 10 prevent a pris oner being taken from officers of the law and murdered by a mob. Florida troops are under arms to prevent a man being taken from j the jail at Jacksonville and mur dered by a mob. Xorth Carolina troops are on I duty at Concord atul Kannapolis to , prevent property destruction and : disorders by mobs. is civil government a failure? Is military rule needed in the South? Is the mob to be the final au | thority in administering the law'.' "Let the people think!" - - A "Moonshine" Village Savannah. Ga,, Aug. IS. ? A "moonshine" village. located on a canal bank deep in the Bryan county swamp along the Ogeechee, fell to prohibition officers yester day. The inhabitants of the village fled into the bush.es. Tie- village had every appearance of having been in existence for at least a year and distilling interests had apparently smothered out all oth ers. Ten big stills were in operation along the canal bank. There were L' 1 l fermenters, 1.500 gallons of "l eer" mad" of blackstrap and meal, sixty-five ^> and 10-gallon kegs of whiskey. Tin; illicit distil lers lived in tents. All the para phernalia was destroyed, but no one was arrested in the raid. A i'ill stock of groceries was found in one of the tents. The prohibition officers declared they had never seen ;i :,tilt so well equipped for production or better hidden. --j,?.j,. <j? Disarmament or Ruin Wii?amstowtu Mass., Aug. "Jo.? Fit rope faces the alternatives of re duction of armaments or ruin. Vis count .lames Byrei declared before the institute of politics. Europe is beggared now by the last war end will be ruined by n continuance oi n war scale of expenditure. -o ?? c MORE TROUBLE IN WEST VIRGINIA Charleston, W. Ya.. Aug. ??>'. Several hundred men are reported : to be assembled at Marmet to march into Mingo county where an irr.lust rial controversy prevails and which is under martial law. Deal Iis. William Alan, son of w. I[. and Terese Kattield. of Pisgah. died on Monday last and war; buried at New Hope i hurch on Tuesday after ser vices by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Stoney, aged about nine years. Etta, daughter of T. 11, and Mary Hatfield of Pisgah. died <m Wed nesday after a long sickness and Kas buried at Pisgah church on Thursday after services by the pas tor. Rev. Mr: D* ndy. aged about ten years. A large number were pres ent, and the little mound was cov ered with flowers. Death. Pisgah. Aug. is.? D-?d at the home of her broth* r, Mr. J. P. Ba ker, Monday morning. Miss Flor ence Baker, aged about years, and was buried Tuesday morning at Pisgah church, after devotional services by Rev. .f. W. Kenney in the presence of a large congrega tion. In early life she joined the Bap tist Church, and died in the lull enjoyment of her Christian faith leaving numerous relatives and friends to mourn her departure. In Memoriam. The following resolutions of re spect were offered and adopted by the congregation of the First Baptist church on the occasion of the memorial services for the Rev. C. C. Brown, D. !>., held last Sun day: Born at Bam well, S. C, Feb j ruary 2. J.852, died St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Richmond, Ya.. dun..- i }. : 1921. Baptized by Pr. W. D. j Thomas at Greenville, S. C, April : 1*71. Assumed the pastorate of ' the Baptist ch rch of Sumter, Jan : nary 1, 1ST.",, ^signed July 1, 1914. Sue)) is a .mief historical state I fit f : ment of one ffgGod's noblemen. To : be pri\"ileged serve his Master in one- church foSa period of 40 years is a distinetie? that comes to the life of fe\v mef. The brevity of Iiis [ biography is 'he most eloquent tribute to the worthiness of his ' lifo. He Iims not r?nly entered upon an ! im mortality b-yond stars, bur he ! has left behin* him an earthly im : mortality. fo>' one can never die who; lives in the hearts of his ! friends. Fie lives in the hearts of his , friends he^auw oi his? genial <ii^j?o ! sition. Iiis easy approach and Iiis loving heart. In order that we may record some of the specific qualities that so greatly endeared him to his friends, we h. ve written down at i random, those things which appeal ! ed most strom ly to us. An equally ; long list could hn made by many ' others fcf his friends who loved him i so well and Know why they loved j him. 1 He always treated his friends : cordially and. when one of Iiis ; friends asked him a question, he ; was sure- of a courteous reply. His heart overflowed with a con \ cern for human happiness, and he : had an abiding consideration for the rights and feelings of others. He was nev< r happier than when I rendering assistance to others, and j never more grateful than when he himself was the recipient of some act of kindness. I lie was aide to see to the very I heart of things and had a deep and dynamic discernment of the things of God. He was gifted in the power of I words, had a i Iear a.nd lofty speech : and a wealth of picturesque lan : guage: was .-: graceful letter-writ er; had a pleasing knack of expres i sion. a unique literary charm and a ? remarkable readiness of repartee. His genius shone in his conver sation, charmed everyone with I whon. he t;: <ed and fused'the J thoughts of Ahers Into his own. By his giff| of leadership and : power of peiwasion. he war at all j times the dmving wheel of our By alwaysrplacing the most fa vorable construction upon every act of the members of his congre gation, h" h< came to all of them a source of g. nuine delight. While his rharm of manner could not fail to de.Mght a cultivated aud ience, his candor carried conviction and disarmed his critics. Efficient in the highest degree and remarkably resourceful, he executed with fidelity and effec tiveness anything entrusted to his care. He had a quenchless zeal in be half of tin- old preachers and la bored for them unceasingly. He also toiled, unapplauded. among the poor. He advocated the education of the negro and worked stren uously to this md. His conde' nation of seme men ami certain a practices, while fre quently cau*?"", was always in goo.} faith and v. * the best intention. He was f^.olarly. accurate in word. thougS and deed, and was exceedingly ?gorough in everything that he mid. j| r?ok. He hail ;i Sissioh tor high ideal ism, was frei from covetousncss and avarice, v.is a great believer ia democracy and in mind and heart was a 'vorld patriot. Above all. ':" \v:is a man-of God. teaching and living tie- doctrine of our Lord and Savior. J*?sus Christ in simplicity and in truth. We cahhc'i too warmly express our appreciation of the great ser vice that he rendered our church and common ty. a: d wo desire now formally to .record this expression i>y t!e> following preamble and resolut ions; Whereas. We appreciate the Ion.; fife of See-,;... f Im t Dr. BfoWTl SO lisinterestedly gave for the ad ;. :e ? !:.-? ?:; oi fl?e Kingdom of God. as e\ . .j !>\ his devoted pastorate ?ind his spb udi I labors rh behalf >f those who had given their all for their Master: Ami Whereas. His Qevoted life las earned for him an earthly im nortaiify. as by grace through a Ith in his I ord and Savior he has received His eternal crown from his tighteous .1 udge: Ami \\ hereas. His long life serves an inspiration to those v. ho are ? trying to follow in the footsteps of their Lord: Therefore be it Resolved: First: That we pray for those whose hearts are bleeding the gift of " beauty for ashes, the oil ' of joy for mourning, the garment . of praise for the spirit of heavi ! ness." Second: That we acknowledge our gratitude to a Gracious God, who in His infinite mercy, permit ted us for so many years to profit by the privilege of sitting at the feet of this consecrated and schol arly Gamaliel and deriving the in spiration of a life dedicated to the ? service of his Master. Third: That we rejoice in spirit ; with our absent friend who is now sharing the glory of the King of Ki ms in a "realm where the rain how never fades, where the stars spreading out before him like the islands that slumber in the ocean, and where the beautiful be ings that or. earth constantly pass ed before him iike shadows shall remain in his presence forever. Fourth: That a page in our Min ute book be dedicated to his mem ory, that these Resolutions be in scribed therein, and that they be published in our religious and se i cular papers. Fraternally and cordially sub ; milted, S. A. Harvin. W. M. Graham, E. L. Withcrspoon, W. H. Shelley. W. C. Johnson. Committee. ?. ?> c?? I) uBosc?Hammctt 1 Oswego, Aug. 21.?A wedding of ? interest to their host of relatives ; and friends was solemnized Thurs day evening at Hebron church in ' Oswego, when Miss Kathleen Du Bose became the bride of William ? Arthur Hammett. The church was artistically deco rated with ferns and graceful vines, mingb d with the deep golden glow of early fall flowers. .Mrs. Du3ose Fraser, an accom | plished musician, and Marion .Myers, violinist, renedered several [beautiful selections prior to the ceremony. I As the forst notes of the wed ding march from Lohengrin were sounded on violin and piano, the us.h. rs. Theodore DuBose and Mal colm Rivers, uncles of the bride, mok their places near the altar. They were followed by the brides maids and groomsmen who. enter ing from opposite sides of the j church, met and formed a lovely. ' colorful group on either side of the altar. Every color of the rainbow ; was represented in the exquisite or gandie dresses of the bridesmaids, i Each young woman carried a ba? : ket filled with flowers used in the I decorations. They entered in the I following order: Miss Luse DuBose and John Rivers. Miss Kathleen Andrews and Marion Hurst, Miss Mary Anna Bowles and Pelham I Bradford. Miss Aline Hammett and ; William R. DuBose. Miss Lois Her riott and Edward Dick. Miss Mar ion Knight and Frere DuBose, Miss Lucinda Robinson and George Du Bose, Miss Kate Herriott and jTownsend Rivers. Xext came the matron of honor. Mrs. Malcolm Rivers, aunt of the bride. Following the matron of honor came the maid of honor. Miss Florence Jenkins. ! Immediately preceding the bride tripped the two little flower girls. Louise and Jennie DuBose, sisters !of the bride. They wore dainty little organdie dresses. 1 he bride entered on the arm of her father. William R. DuBose, Jr. She v. ore a handsome gown of shimmering crepe de chine with draperies of chiffon embroidered with tiny satin rosebuds. The lace trimmings on the shoulders were caught up with seed pearls. Her veil of bridal allusion, worn with /Orange blossoms, swept gracefully over the long court trrln. She was met at the altar by the bridgegroom and his best man. Fleet Lenoir. Then, while Mr. Myers rendered softly an appropriate musical se lection, the ceremony was perform ed by the Rev. W. B. Knight. Immediately after the ceremony the bride and bridegroom motored to Sumter where they took the tr.in for 'Charleston and other points. The bride is a young lady of charming personality, and has many friends. The popularity of the young couple was attested by the numerous handsome gifts they received. After the departure of the bride and bridegroom, the attendants ? were invited to the home of Mrs. .Mah-olm Rivers where they enjoy ed a dance. .Marriage Licenses. White?Willie A. Hammett. Sum ter and Kathlene DuBose. Oswego. Colored?Samuel Douglas. Hora tio and K'ise Osborne, Rembert. Elisah Hart and Mary Brisbon. Sumter. Soperton. Ga., Aug. 20.?Dan Davis was sentenced to life im prisonment for the murder of W. !) Hall, who carried life insurance with Davis as the benetieiary. ? ? ? ? An oasis is a bottle of hootch en tirely surrounded by a hip pocket. FOR SALE?Dort touring car. e iuipped with bumpers and snubbers. In perfect running order and looks practically new. Wiii exchange for ten bales mid dling cotton. II. L. Witherspoon. CLERKS ? (Men. women) over 17. for Postal Mail Service. $130 month. Examinations Septem ber. Experience unnecessary. For free particulars, write J. Leonard 'former Civil Service examiner). *44 Equitable Bldg.. \\ ashington. D. C. :.<cST Firestone tire, on clincher rim, 30x3 1-2, with rear light and license number At22 attached, between Rembert and Sumter via Dalzell. Liberal reward if re turned to .1. H. [Jaynsworth. at Court House;