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- . ^he Wat?hman and Southron t- -?-: P^ifcSShcd ^Wednesday and Satur * day by i Ostecn Publisiiiiis Company, > . Sumtcr, S. C. f Terms: ?$2.00 per amium?in advance. ;\dvertisemcuJs: One Square, first insertion _.$1.00 livery .subsequent insertion ... .50 'f'J* Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced . l&ies.. - fc AU Tcommunicatic-ns which sub serve private ? interests will .x* charged for as advertisements. I Obituaries and tributes of re spect will be charged for.. r'-jThe S.fmter Watchman was funded in 18^0 ,and the True Southron in 1S6G. The Watchman i?pd. Southron, now has the com l?h?ed circulation and influence of l*>'t? of the old papers, and is man ifestly the best advertising medium i'fc . ?umter. ? * -- ? ;-? tmiE PREVENTION RLXES. B C A few-."rules for preventing fires in homes or other buildings have I "Ween suggested to the public by the f Josten Fire Department. J r Neveri put hot ashes in wooden Varrels and never hang clothing dvei -a' stove or stove pipe. Chil dren should not start or go near 3*on?re3s without the presence of a ; .:?sponsiMe grown-up, and matches lould be kept -oyond their reach. 2?o^one should enter a clothes eiocet with a lighted match, candle o^tamp. The use of gasoline, naptha or benzine in a room with a'rr/cpen Same?either gas li^ht or to.ve?^s taboo. A<i fire escapes and stairways ^should: be kept free from obstruc ?tlon. All conditions liable to cause j 1 re should be reported to the near- , Vrt fire station. Every member of ; family shouid know the loca- ; 'Mka ot the nearest lire alarm box : njel nqrw to uso it, and be able to j r^niwuiate haTndy fire extinguish-': ?B?- ; The list is old and famihar. Yet j I^.'y?O lives were lost through fire | i.V. the United States'in 1920. If; >-a -know the rules and practise : th?m, then teach tliem to the rest j cf the family. ????? I :? liTJkTLE PEOPLE S Gt?XS. '''' '? ~~ . ' ? The-Kttle nations arc all very i sure that the big nations ought to \ disarm: " * j - They are right, too. in principle, i It is necessary, for the easement | -o? national burdens and the peace ' t?:th,e.world, that the big powers; should cut their armament. But j ^^anriament is no less important: for the little countries, i f-;,?fftst of the European wars of! ' - ? i the 'past century have been started by little nations. The Balkans, out I f>i^^'Jii<kh the World War grew, are j >riously a breeding place for \ |#ars. It is the usual thing for lit- i Ele fellows to start a fracas and the big fellows' i%. There is j >re ehance of that right now than J il, because nearly all of the I small countries of Europe?several the old ones and a crowd of new j is^-are armed to the teeth and ; ill of ffeht. Roumania, Poland, Czecho-Slo- i fakia, Jugoslavia, Greece. Albania, and others arc maintaining military j establishments ; far heavier, for ; Lljeir population, than anv of the1 - ?.??.> ?. ' ? . - ?\ ;~powers. And they are armed : in self-defense against the big jJowers so much is against eae** other. Disarmament should start ith them. -r LADIES AND I^AEXDRIES. ;..The Laundry Owners' National ; Association invites women patrons visit the lau; Jries in their com munities and see how the nation's ! >ts and shirts are washed, and 1 ?gister their approval "or disap >roval. j The invitation is to hold good all .year round, but the laundrymen san to specialize on open house | ing the week of October 24. - " The American housewife could to y.-orsc than accent the invitation. ! .? fnt theory the public laundry is the tl solution for one of the most ifficult problems of the house hold. In practice prices have usu lily been too high and standards >' low, in the opinion of thrifty housekeepers, to justify patroniz ? the laundry regularly or exten iv.ely. Most laundry work is ex iHent, but sometimes it is very bad. Closer contact between the *>??? - - ? women who send the family linen | eo bo washed and the powers that tor work might remove these . ie<rualities and bring laundry randards up to home standards, ?^higher-. CHILDREN'S PRIDE. - v 'I A woman truant officer who had been looking up young absentees found that many were staying : away from, school for lack of proper clothing. Their garments were so shabby or so grotesque that the children ran away from achpol rather than face their school 1 fellows. It shows the pride which I is one of the strongest character istics of childhood, yet is often laughed down or ignored. There Kis false pride, t?red in false standards, but children sel dom suffer from that. Their pride is an honest thing which bids'them stand fair with their associates in appearance and ability and which makes them miserable when they can not. This sort of pride is a good thing. Jt is based on innate self respect and should V*-' fostered as carefully as mere vanity should be repressed. The child must be clothed, any way. In most cases only a little extra time or money is needed to clothe him so that he may be set free from torturing self-conscious ness. Evei^' child is entitled to the outjvard requirements of self-re spect. * God g^yes him the mward urge. ??-' . ? m m TIIE ARMY ON THE RHINE. The expense of- the American army on the Rhine during these three years since the armistice is given as $27$,000,000, somewhat less than the French army but more than the British and a good deal more than the Belgian and Italian armies. It may be all right for the Allies, remarks a critic, "but what about this country compelling bankrupt Germans tp pay that much money for these support of our soldiers on jrerman soil after the war ended*? LeaW out the question of decency, which is disregared in war. What about the common sense of wasting $278,000,000 German gold dollars to keep our men forming idle hab its over there, doing no good?" AS regards "idle habits" and '?doing no good," those American troops on the Rhine would be at least/ as idle and doing as little gvod if they were at home instead of in Germany. Also, if they were here, we should hc.ve to pay for their keep. And how about Germany? Well, Germany without*. provocation forced this country to spend about $30,000,000,000 on the war?and it may be $30,000,01)0,000 before, we get through. Germany is get ting off easily enough for the few millions required to keep some of our soldiers on the Rhine to help see that the fruity of our victory are made sure. ? m * AIR LAWS. As soon as an adequate system of automobile regulation has been worked out in this country, au thorities must turn, their attei.tion to air traffic. Or perhaps they had better Rot wait. The air prob lem is becoming insistent. As yet nothing has been done. Jtbout it, although there are said to be 1,200 commercial airplanes in use and their total flight over American soil this year 'will be equal to 300 times around the earth. There will have to be reg ulation soon, for the. safety of the aviators themselves and still more for the safety of other peo ple. "We do not want airplanes tumbling about our heads. Europe is ahead of us in this matter. In England, Germany and France there are rules gov erning the licensing ef aviators, the inspection of planes and the establishment of routes and traffic rules. Workingr Par : - One Big Union New York, Oct. 13.?Members of the independent textile unions throughout the country voting on the proposal to amalgamate as the Federated Textile Unions of Amer ica, one hundred and fifty thou sand workers are involved. The organization is based on the one big union idea, according to union officials. ? ? ?. tlreenville. Oct. 13.?The federal rourt jury returned a verdict of guilty in the Mann act violation case against Dr. J. Franklin Wil liams, of Roebuck, and Mrs. Maude Mr A bee of Woodruff. Williams was fined one "thousand dollars and sentenced to thirty months ahd the woman was sentenced to one year and a day. Washington, Oct. 13.?The house ful** committee today resumed the investigation of the Ku Klux Klan, expecting to glean further details I from its founder. William J. Sim mons, of Atlanta, imperial wizard. Death. Bertie Elizabeth, th* little daugh ter ef Mr. and Mis. M. E. <'apell. who lire just outside of Sumter died on Tuesday night at the age of nin* years. Interment was made yesterday evening at Borden. Omar Up-to-date. A copy of Whiz Bang beneath the bow, A jar of Torn.' a loaf of bread and thou. Singing beside me in the wilder ness. Oh' Bine wood.'' were Paradise ? enow. Prices need shaving every day. Farmers To1 v Meet Saturday Plans For Anti-Boll Weevil Farming Beginning to Take Shape \ At 12 o'elock, noon, next Satur day, October loth there will he ' held an important meeting of farm* j ers and other business men at the j Sumter Chamber of Commerce to i discuss truck growing and selling. I Every citizen of Sumter and Sum ter county is invited to attend. I For several years past the Sumter ; Chamber of Commerce 1 has been \ holding county mass meetings and I there have been hundreds of com ! munity meetings all over this ! county at which the farm ctemon i stration and. home demonstration : agents, and the secretary of the I ! Sumter Chamber of Comm .rce, j i with specialists, men and w omen : I from the United States department I of agriculture, Winthrop and Clem- i i son colleges, the state department 1 I of agriculture, and others present [ ; to discuss necessary cr< diversifi- j i cation to get ready for the boll r weevil.' Boll weevil experts and; j others warned and pleaded with j j the farmers to be ready for this ! ; cotton exterminating insect. , J Last April the Sumter Chamber i of Commerce held a largely attend I ed mass meeting at the Girls' High j school in Sumter at which a com j mittee was api>ointed to organize | I a marketing^corporation with Mr. J I R. B. Belser, chairman of this j ' committee. Sinpe that time this j I organization has held two or three I county-wide mass meetings in I Sumter at which plans for tiding I over the temporary "hard times" j and preparing to substitute some ! thing or a number of cash crops I for cotton were discussed and ! plans outlined, and various com j mitte es appointed. Everybody j knew then that the boll weevil j could and was going to ruin our ! prosperity. Now the time is here fro begin ! to do something concrete and deli ; nite for next year's farming meth i ods. Chairman Belser is about j ready to launch the marketing cor I poration. Other well defined plans j of the Chamber of Commerce and j the determination of the numerous ; discussions are ready to be sprung. The time is ripe "to begin getting j busy with new farming and busi | ness methods. We can't wait until j planting time in 11)22. j Will the farmers of Sumter coun ! ty listen now to the warnings of j the federal and state governments, : agricultural experts, and commer ! cial and banking associations? The [ farmers know now beyond doubt j what the boll weevil can do, what it ; nas done. The merchants, manu i facturers, real estate dealers, bank I ers, insurance men, automobile 1 dealers, live stock and agricultural : machinery dealers, all, everybody ; knows what the boll weevil can I do to paralyze business of every : kind, and taken in connection with j general deflation of prices of com ? modities, the slump in cotton par ticularly and the general stagnation and industrial agricultural and bus iness lines, what to expect in the future unless the agricultural dis tricts can be made to produce mil I lions of dollars worth of saleable { commodities other than cotton. I The Young Men's Business j League of Sumter is working with ! the (Chamber of Commerce and ! with the farmers and with every j other working agency to try to get j someting done. Lack of interest in ["the plans and efforts of the men ; and women who are tiwing to ? awaken t.he people of Sumter coun I ty to the menace confronting us is , practically criminal, and the man ; or woman who is selfishly or lazily ! indifferent is a slacker as danger | ous as were slackers of all kind j during the great world war. Sumter county and eastern Car ; olina have a big fight, a war , against adversity, against human ' suffering, against a common enemy i or. a number of enemies. Every man and woman is needed in this I fight. Attend the mass meeting ! on October 15th. Attend every j other meeting called,for trying to l unite our people, we can overcome ! our present and immediate future ? roubles if we but work, and all I pull together. We are going to pass i through a period of trying times, \ we will have to stand for much j that we are not accustomed to, l and do things we have not been \ doing, but do these things wc must i beyond any doubt. But Sumter : county with its natural advantages, \ unexcelled climate, fertility of soil, '?? intelligent citizenship, railway fa '< cilities for distribution for our pro ! ducts, opportunities to produce : many millions of dollars of corn ! modities always in demand, can, by pulling together, show that peace hath its victories no less renowned I than war- ? Scholarship for Musicians. New York. Sept. 24?American composers have just been invited to I submit musical compositions in a jCOmpetftton for the Frederick A. Juillard Fellowship at the Ameri ! can Academy in Rome. This ('.rand Prix de Rome is open to j unmarried -mien of American citi Izenship and the Winner will have 1 the rpivflege of three years resi dence in Rome with the opportu nity of six months travel each year. He will receive, in addition, an an nual stipend of $1,000 and travel ling expenses not to exceed $1.000 a yea r. Notices of the competition has been issued by C. Grant La Farge, of New York. Secretary of the Academy. It is anounced that the prize will be awarded only to a musoian of exeeptionar creative ability with adequate theoretical training. -m + ? Washington, Oct. II. A demand for the investigation of the Ku Klux Klan was made before the bouse rules oommittee by Repre sentative Tague. Democrat of Massachusetts at the tirst hearing , on a number f resolutions calling for a congressional inquiry. Court of General Sessions Convenes Judge Mauldin Charges the j Grand Jury at Length Th<; court of general sessions convened Tuesday for its fall , term with his Honor Judge .1. T. Mauldin, of Pickens; presiding. The usual routine business prior to the opening of the court was en tered into and dispatched as speed- j idly as possible. Eleven indictmnets were placed in the hands of the foreman of the grand jury, after: Judge Mauldin had outlined, in a| very clear manner the specific du ties which came under the juris- j diction of the foreman and mem- j hers of the grand jury. Judge Maul- i din. in his charge to the grand ; jury, stated that he did not know whet her or not it- was at all neces sary for him to enter into a long discussion or make a lengthy \ speech to them regarding their du- ; ties to the court, lie stated that j they should be entirely familiar; with the workings of the court, they having served in the capacity of j grand jurymen during the spring and summer terms and at which; time they had been expressly charged respecting their duties. He stated, however, that he would like to call -their attention to the fact that just at this time the law was being somewhat brought into dis repute and that there have been indirect and direct charges that those in charge of the enforcement of the law were not doing their entire duty. He stated that juries j have been charged with a failure to j do their duty. He said that he had j no charge to make against either the court officials or the jury mem bers. Jury members, he had found" to be for the most part good men, j men who strive to do those things which they think are right, and men who seem to have the good of their country at heart. He stated 1 that, from his observation during ; his seven years on the bench, he had noticed that jurors, sworn to try a case, made less mistakes in j their province in the discharge of their duties than do the judges in determining the law, which is their I province. He stated that the j lawyers who represented clients: were under a most solemn duty to ! do all within their power, within ; the scope of the law. to protect that client/. Judge Mauldin made the statement that he had never| been brought to the conclusion that any lawyer has wilfully tried to fool or defraud any of the court officials or jurymen. His honor! further stated that it had come1 under his notice that in cases where there, was a miscarriage of justice I that the fault seemed to lie greatly in the testimony as obtained from ! the witnesses in the case. Many' witnesses, he stated.*come into the courts obsessed with the idea that they should not tell all they know I regarding the Case. To this and i to false witnesses he laid the blame i for lack of justice rather than the. holding to blame the jurymen. ? whom he held generally filed a ver dict In aceorancc with the testi- j mony as presented. A prisoner. Judge Mauldin stated, was held and ; regarded innocent until the courts had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty. It is the prisoners duty to defend himself. It is a defense of'dignity. He stated to the members of tho grand jury that just because a prisoner was indicted was no sign that he was | guilty. It was the duty of their ; body to examine all indictments j closely, questioning the witnesses | and to see whether or not there j could be made out a true bill or no ; bill. The members of the grand ; jury are general supervisors of the [ whole county in addition to their ; especial duties of examining the ,' indictments before trial. A special charge was given the grand jury that they look into the matter of the care of the poor in the , county. Conditions are not as they were two years ago and i consequently the members of the 1 grand jury must look well into all ! cases of poverty and the condi- j tion of the alms house. It is the \ duty of everyone, stated Judge Mauldin, to do the best that he can with an earnest, honest endeav- | or. The indictments were placed j into the hands of the grand jury j after Judge Mauldin had gone over j carefully and defined what was meant by the charges in each case. I The following true bill's were! found by the grand jury: State vs. Joe Hill, charged with '. assault and battery with intent to kill. State vs. W. P.. Smith, charged | with assault and battery with intent ; to kill. State vs. Sam Smith, charged' with obtaining goods under false ! pretenses. State vs. Harry Willis, charged | with grand larceny. State vs. Harry Willis and Joe Maurer, alias Benjamin Dollison. i grand larceny. Case now being tried in the | court: State vs. Robert Gardner, charged with grand laceny of a bale of cotton. In the last session | of this court Robert" Gardner was j tried and convicted of the theft I but the verdict of the jury was set aside on a technicality of the law ami Cardner was granted a new! trial. The court of general sessions en tered into its second day of business Tuesday morning ami has made a \ fair degree of progress in the ??learing of the fall term docket of cases. The ease of the State vs. Robert Gardner, a negro charged with the grand larceny of a bale of cotton, was tried Monday afternoon (Tardher was adjudged not guilty by the jury. Jake Miller, a young m-gro boy plead guilty t<> the charge against him of assault and battery and was sentenced by Judge Mauldin to a reform school for colored youths. .Terry MiU?-r, colored. plead guilty to the larceny of live stock ' charge against him .ami was sen tenced to serve six months at hard labor. Jerry seems to have gotten j hold of a Jersey hull that wasn't exactly his. Gary McDuffie. eolored. charged with house breaking and larceny.; plead guilty to his charges and was! sentenced to one year. In tho case of the State vs. Hen ry Johnson, colored for grand larceny, Johnson plead his own case. The case was rather a clear i one against him. He was found guilty by the jury and sentenced to i a term of four years at hard labor, j on the county gang or to serve a like term of years in the state pen- ? itentiary. Tom Lock wood and his son Wil lie Lockwood, colored, plead guilty to the charges against them of! violating the prohibition law. They; were both sentenced to serve a term of three months at hard labor; or to pay a fine of $100. The sen- j lence against Willie Lockwood was i suspended upon his good behavior. I Thomas Sanders, colored, was j found guilty by the jury of the! charge of grand larceny of a suit of clothes. Case now on trial. Joe 11 ill, col- I ored, charged With assault and bat- i tcry with intent to kill. Hill is j alleged to have attacked a negro j named Isaac Walker with a ham- I mer. The fight occurred on or about the 19th of August of this year. I The following true bills were ? found by the grand jury: State vs. Thomas Sanders, grand larceny. State vs. Jake - Milier, assault and battery with intent to kill. I State vs. Caesar Myers, William i Green and Herbert Lee "Wilson,; highway robbery. State vs. Gary McDuffie, grand! larceny. State vs. Harry Johnson, grand larceny. State vs. Jerry Hanaball, larceny of live, stock. State" vs. Robert DcLane, grand larceny. ? State vs. Tommy 'Robinson and .John Robinson, murder. War on the Boll Weevil. (From the Greenwood Index Journal) Mr. Ira Williams boll weevil ex pert of the Georgia State Depart- j ment of Entomology, has recently made some interesting statements on the boll weevil situation which need to be promulgated widely. His opinion that we will see a much j larger crop next year is merely an opinion, and while we believe, too, j that next year's crop will be larger, it is only a belief in either case. As a matter of fact, however, his observations on how the weevil can be held down are different an^l have more value than his and our 1 belief that the crop next year will be larger. In some sections of Southwest Georgia this year. Mr. Williams says, the cotton crop is actually larger than it was the year before. And in all such sections it has been shown that the farmers were active last winter in "cleaning up." They did not leave so many places for the weevil to hibernate. Plowing up I fields '"where cotton was grown was done, of course, but that was not enough. The weevil finds his fin est winter quarters under stumps, logs and dead trees. These places were cleaned out and the result was that there were far fewer weev ils in those sections this year than last altnough the weather condi tions this year were more favor able for the weevil than they have been in years. In addition to the good one may do in destroying the winter resorts of the boll weevli. one could add i greatly to the fertility of one's soil by putting litter from wood on the soil. Millions of dollars' worth of ; fertilizing and humus-making stuff is wasted every year in the South I by failure to use pine needles. ; leaves and other masses of vege- * table mater left in the woods and places to rot. It should be made to , rot in the fields, where clean culti- i vati'on has robbed the soil of an j element that is essential to fertility. ; A clean-up campaign is needed j on the farms before winter comes j on. It will show its'value in next : year's crop. . i ' "? Motor License Fee ; _ i Funds For Third Quarter Dis- j tributed to Counties Columbia. Oct. 13.?A total of j $581.530 has been sent to the ! county treasuries in the state by j the state highway department, from the proceeds of the automo- ; bile license fees for the first three j ou?rters of the year. This is 80 | per cent of the fees, the counties' j share. This total disbursement of | the highway fund will be reported j to the state highway commission j at its monthly meeting in Colum- i bia next Tuesday. The fees for j the last quarter have totaled $23. "?57. Greenville county received the ; largest amount. $49,135. The sec-j ond largest total has been Riehland county, $45,697. The third largest j total has been paid Spartanburg. j $38.693! Charleston has received ! for the first nine months of the year $37.s:;:;: Anderson. $33.846; Or angeburg $23,490. Florence $19. 511: Darlington, $18.623: York; $16.708: Greenwood. $lt;.42?;: Lau-j rens $I6.0S2: Sumter. $15,185. oth er counties have received smaller i amounts. ; Tips To Motorists An auto expert claims that more unpleassant delays, when on tour, arc due to neglected motor cat springs than to any other cause. He says springs should be exam ined at b-ast once a month and the spring < lips tightened. The thread of the !>oli should be examined for signs of stripping and where be gun the part should be replaced. Taking babies to movies to make them stop crying doesn't seem to; succeed. In this free co>.itM'*y, every boy can aitai i to prominence and have his yolf s. me printed in the new spa pei s. Predict 25 Cen? For Cotton Prominent Cotton Brokers of New York' Warn South Against Being Deceived By the Insidious Prop aganda of Eastern and English In terests Now York. Oct. 12.?Under the caption of "The South Should Awaken to The Present Insidious Bull Propaganda" Oliver & I lough ton, eotton brokers of 5 :?-?;.! pearl street, made public today a state ment of unusual significance. This is the firm which came in for con siderable attention last August be cause of their exclusive prediction that a big upward swing in the price of cotton was imminent. Their statement of today follows: "Right now the south is confront ed with the problem of avoiding gigantic financial losses despite the fact that it holds all the high cards. To us it looks as if there is a little*game being worked by cer tain eastern and foreign combina tions who are "Bears' merely mas querading in 'Bull' clothing. Bc j yond all question of doubt the cot ton crop of this year, combined I with the carry over, is not any i where near enough to meet world ; requirements. These people know this just ?s well as they know they are alive. They want all the cot ton in existence?must have it in fact, but they do not wish to pay a i legitimate price if they can avoid it. If the soutlf will but sit steady and call their bluff every time it will win as sure as fate. Other wise, otherwise! "There never was a more des picable and questionable piece of bunk pulled off than was recently witnessed right after the last gov ! ernment condition report was is sued. It was sheer ruthless slaugh j ter?unjustified and cruel beyond I words. The 'interests' had careful- j i ly, cunningly and persistently fed j ; public with 'a condition of under \ j forty' propaganda: When the con- j I dition was announced as 42.2 they ; ! purposely and maliciously broke j j the market 1 i)3 points (2 cents per I ; pound) in less than three minutes. 1 ; Xow. in all reason, what difference i : did this slight increase in the pre dicted figures make? None, ab- j I solutely, none! The actual facts j ; were that the second smallest crop [ i since the civil war was assured, yet ! it was made to appear as though I something dreadful had happened. "Now. listen carefully! Here is | j their little game. They run the j market up two or three hundred; j points, hold it there for a brief J j time, spread a great deal of bull j ish information to induce outside buying?thus making the market j I technically weak, and then in an i unguarded moment hammer prices | j cLnvn suddenly and shake out the ! timid holders. This has been done j j over and over again during tfie [past two months purely for the pur- j j pose of leading the south to be I lieve that it is cherishing a delusion I ! in hoping for much higher prices, j and that its cotton better be sold i between 19 and 20 cents while the | opportunity is offered. In this man ner the south is being discouraged j ! and its faith and confidence in its ] own inherent strength is being un- j dermined?even destroyed. We say , to the southland in all seriousness ] ; ?"Hold on! Be not deceived! You ; have a literal gold mine in your ! possession. Your fleecy whjte [ staple can and should be turned ! into fat bank accounts. Do not be misled and wheedled out of your j i heritage by those who "spin not, . neither do they sow,' yet who, like hungry Jackals, are waiting for you to drop your highly valued cotton into their greedy maws. Be stead fast and patient a little longer. 1 Make them pay and give no heed to I any price under twenty-five cents per pound.' " -? ? ? Dalzell News Notes. Dalzell, Oct. 13.--Mrs. B. Mc Laughlin, Mrs. K. R. Mobley. Mrs. S. E. Crossweil. Mrs. C. L. Stoney, Mrs. L. T. Northcutt and Miss Lila Northcutt attended the annual meeting of the W. M. U. of the San tee Association at Graham Baptist I church. ^ I Mrs. Ida Cole of Lynchburg is visiting Mrs. T. L. Northcutt near Dalzell. t Mr. J. M. DuBose has moved to Sumter. .Mrs. Ann Bradley of Sumter | spent the week-end with friends' last week. Miss Annie McMillan of Sumter I is teaching music in the Dalzell school this year. Mrs. E. H. Cranford of Lydia is visiting her brother. Mr. T. M. Crossweil. Misses Meta and Annie Mae Boy kin are spending some time with friends in Georgetown county. Miss Gussie Raffield who has been spending some time with her aunt at St. Charles is home again. . m m ? Indigestion and Commuting A physician, who has* practiced \ both in New York City and in a j suburb near the metropolis, claims j that suburbanites suffer from indi gestion to a greater extent than do the city dwellers. He says the hab it of bolting the breakfast, which the commuter is forced to do. in many instances to catch his train, is responsible for starting the day wrong and causing indigestion. ? ? ? ? Cosi Of Mosquitoes According to the New .Jersey De partment of Conservation ami De velopment more than $">00.000.0oo would be added to New Jersey's in dustrial values in the next twen ty years if the mosquitoes were e iiminated in that state. The de---' partment claims that a million dol lars spent in a period of five years Would rid the state of the pest. ? ?? ? If we persuade nations to disarm they will owe us another clebt. j The Story of Mr. Ishido. should* n-epair to the upper room |and hold a little service. It was a Walter R. Lambuth. business hour, hut he had sent for Our pairty had not been in the 'several Christians who lived near city of Vladivostok. Siberia an by. Aftwr a cup of tea served by hour before we received a call from i his wife, I had a few verses read Mr. O. Ishido. a well to dojapa- j from the l?th chapter of John and nese merchant. Having never met j added a short talk concerning him. I was uncertain as to bis er- | fruit bearing in the Master s name rand, but he at once enlightened us and friendship through the Master's by saying that he was a Christian ; presence. This was followed" by and hearing that we wer.- mission- ' an earnest prayer by Mir. Ishido arics coming to preach the Gospel himself, after a prayer in English of Jesus Christ, he at mice repair- land in Korean, so that in this little ed to our hotel to pay his respects | circle of the friends of Jesus, the and give us a cordial welcome. 'great Father of us all was spoken Through a Korean gentleman j to in three different languages, who spoke Japanese, and who had j How blessed it is that he under a prominent place in the Hank of Chosen, we learned the following story, which was supplemented here and there by Mr. Ishido him self, in order to fill out the details. Some eight years ago. a Christian woman by the name of Mrs. Wade, much disturbed because of the weakened faith of the few .Japa nese church members in the city, arranged for a meeting of three of stands us all. With the prayer, Ivthought the service ended. But Mr. Ishido arose and said,' "1 have a few words to add. It was a Christian woman of my own 'nation. Mrs. Wade. who first calTed us to repentance and to reneweS' faith in Jesus Christ. She under God. was the spring or fountain of this church. I have faith. biif'I want more faith. I the men. and told them what was I want faith that will remove moun on her heart. She rebuked them I tains. My friend. Mr. Ishii of for their unfaithful lives, appeal- j okayama. _ Japan, who supported cd to them for a renewal of their I his orphanage by prayer, taught me vows and loyalty to Jesus Christ 1 what faith was. My missionary and urged that the three or four j teacher Mr. Petty, gave me an ex ?t least should m^et regularly in a ample of faith in his life. He has little service for Bible study, pray- ! gone to his reward. This good wo cr. and the strengthening of their ? man. Mrs. Wade, who reminded us faith. The narration reminded I of our lack of faith, helped us to one of Barbara Fleck and Captain I realize our need My friends, my Webb in the early days of Method- ' one request for this church is, pray for us that we may faith in God". have more The above story is the last writ ten by the'bite Bishop Walter Rus ism in New York City. The earnestness of this good woman deeply impressed the three men and especially Mr. Ishido. The meeting was held and continued from week to week until Mr. Ishi- [ do's conscience was so deeply stir- i South- recently died red that he refunded a large in. j hama. Japan. It will be read with debtedness which he had made in \ much interest by his many friends another city some time before. This j in every syate m tac union. was done to the astonishment of i \ ? ? t? his creditors for they had given j Observance of Armistice Day. him up as a hopeless case. One j - man remarke'* upon receiving sev- ? Columbia, Oct. 12.?Every busi eral hundreu dollars that he had ness house in Columbia and every never expected to g, it. It was as j individual too is to be asked to stop good as picked up and instead of; work foivtlve minutes at an ap usirig it himself, he donated it to i pointed hour on Armistice Day, out a school. I of respect to the memory of the At the expiration of about four I mon ^ho- lost their lives during the years. Mr. Ishido was in his office ! 'var which-ended in the armistice lone dav in Vladivostok, with his j of November IT. 191?. This plan I brother and a clerk. An unknown j J* boin& Pomoted by the Columbia I assailant entered the office, shot his i Civic League. ... j brother and the clerk dead, and f. ^e,Cnic League is also launch ithen wheeling round aimed at him \ in~ a l,lan 't0 plant V\Q** alon- J and shot him through the jaw. The j certa^.jb^levard, to be approved ; murderer fled and left him welter- ! ; ing in his own blood, which was I pouring out through a sevared ar l tery. Believing that his end ' had j j come, and there being no witnesses ! ! he rolled over on his face, dipped j Columbia, Oct. 12.?Sixty-two j his index finger in the crimson . and eight-tenths of the population I tide that was pouring forth and ; 0f South Carolina of school ages j wrote the word "God" in Chinese | attend school, according to census j on the floor and after it the sen- i figures.received in Columbia from ! tence. "I have been killed by a j Washington. Sixty-two per cent ! Russian". He then fainted and j of the white population of the state only came to consciousness in the of school ages. 5 to 2u. and sixty hospital ward. For a month he j per cent of the negro population hung between life and death. Dur- ; between ? and 20 are in school. I ing the next few months, he was ! There are 423,740 children in the I in a hospital iixJapan to which he I schools of the state, according to I had been transported, and recov- '. the census. There are more girls I ery still continued uncertain until ! in schools than boys, by a very 1 the end of that period. With re- } small margin] and a larger percen ; stored health, he came back to tage of the urban population of. I Vladivostok, reopened his office, j school ages attends school than of , and announced to his friends, that the rural population, having been snatched from the jaws of death, he would henceforth live for God and humanity. by city council, in memory of the j men who died with their faces to j wards the Hun. ? ? + School Attendance. COTTON MARKET i He began by starting a little Sun day School. He searched for Jap- \ .anese children and brought them ; January in. He visited 19.10 every Japanese ' ^arcft. , , ... . May J3.D3 Christian whom he could hear of, ! jU|y 18.15 19.50 December . 19.45 Spots 25 down NEW YORK COTTON. Open High Low Close Close IS.I9 18.80 18.85 19.08 19.00 18.65 18.65 18.90 18.58 18.24 18.25 18.43 S8.I7 17.80 17.80 18.00 I9.5G 19.00 19.07 19.33 19.55 19. II 19.15 19.40 middling 19.35. hoping thereb; to strengthen their i October faith. He furnished an upper! room above his office, with a plat- j form, pulpit, benches and New j HEW ORLEANS COTTON. Testament and hymnals. There for ' four years, he has been carrying Open High 18.88 ?8.99 Low 18.48 18.3? 17.81 17.35 18.35 18.58 Ystdja Close Close 18.52 18.30 17.81 17.35 18.35 13.63 ,January on religious services with a little j March . 48:60 i8.73 group of twenty members, made up \ May 18.05 18.25 of representatives of various de-j 0^ber nominations. During our visit, he ! Detcmber .: 18.95 19.10 sent ah urgent invitation to call at - his office. 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