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The Watchman and Southren Entered at the Postoffice at Sum ter, S. Cl, as Second Class Matter. > " _ ? " "" PERSONAL. Mr. F. F. Converse, of Asheville, is in the city for a few days. Mr. H. J. Lawrence is in Green ville visiting his daughter, Mrs. C. W. Cofield. Mr. J. B. Brogdon, of Mulberry, Fla., is visiting his niece, Mrs. Daisy King on Hampton Ave. Mr. Marion Myers left this morn ing for Columbia, where he will spend a few days attending the fair. Mrs. Geo. W. Floyd returned this morning to her home in Charle ton afer having been the visitor of her sister, Mrs. Bruce Lynam, for several weeks. Mr. Howard Jones returned to Columbia this morning after a short visit in Sumter. Mr. George Bultman will be a visitor in Columbia this week. - . Mr. Leland Edmunds returned this morning to P. C. after having spent the week-end in Sumter. ? Among the United Confederate Veterans who are attending the . convention, being held in ,Chatta nooga are: Jud&r.T- E. Richard- ; son; G. W. Mahoney and J. E. Brunso*. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. S. Singleton are also among those at tending the reunion. Misa^ Mary Evelyn McLeod, of Rock Hill, wbc has been Siting Miss Cora Buffie, left yesterday for Cheraw where she - will, visit friends. CoL ^. C. Scarborough, of Sum merton, spent the 'day in town.. Mrs. H. D> Bamett and daugh ter^ Lucille, have returned . from New. York, after a stay of several weeks. l rMiti Hagh WiUifred of Rocky Mosnt, X. C., is spending a few days in Samter. Miss Charlotte Brown returned to- her home in Beaufort, S? C. this morning after having . spent several week? in the city as a visitor of Mrs. Manning Brown on Church street. Miss? Bessie Hood returnedto r Sumter this rooming after a short visit in Columbia. Mr. BaJj& Flowers is spending a short while at his home in Sumter while on his way to Columbia-from Atlanta. Mrs. R. S. Hood left for Columbia this morning where she will spend a few days. Mr. A. Lee* Jones returned to Sumter this morning fvom Manning + where he has been on a . short ! \1s? to relatives. , Mr. W. J. Crowson, Jr., return ed to the city yesterday at noon from a deer hunt^in the Wateree swamp. Sir. Frank A. Girard returned -to Sttmter yesterday after having spent; several months in Zanesville, Ohio; teaching music. Rev, Ji P. Marion and Mr;-i>/'M. Blanding are attending the fall aon of the Harmony Presby which is being held at the ih Presbyterian Church at ita. Dr.R. H. Dixon, of Wilmington, Dei,- is visiting his sisters on Blanding street. Mrs. Percy Smith and Miss Frances Smith, who spent the sum mer in AsheviHe,- have returned home. Miss- Ellen -Smith of Georgetown, is the guest of Miss Frances Smith. Mr. S. K. Rowland returned last night from Atlanta where he carried his little daughter, Ar nie, several days ago, to undergo . an operation npon her feet by Dr. - Hoke, a specialist. Little Annie is getting ? along very nicely indeed and will beT able to return to her home in about ten days. Mr. Joe Coleman spent a short t while in Sumter, leaving this morn ing for Bishopville. Mr. Perry Moses returned this morning from New York where he has been for some time on business. \Mr. L. D. Jennings is a Fair visi tor in Columbia today. Mrs. W. M. Hammett has re turned to Sumter after a Visit to her mother, Mrs. S. C. Rembert in RIdgeway. *+13$?Qm\ Messrs. Frank and Jimmie' Cain motored-N to Columbia yesterday af , ternoon to take in the fair. Mrs. W. W. CUmmings ha3 mov ed to Si'mter from Oswego and will make her home here with her daughters. Misses Lourine and Edith, at 201 S. Sumter St. ' A party made up of Misses- Eva Chandler, Margaret Beaumont, Adxier r txRant, Mamie Brogdoir and Ruth Lyons left this morning for Columbia where they will attend the State Fair. Messrs, T. B. Sims and John B. Du ffie motored to Columbia yester day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Graham Bowman are visitors in Columbia today. Mr. Sammie Y. Dinkins is spend ? ing the day in Columbia. P Miss Coleen Campbell is spend ing the day in Columbia. Miss Cora Duffle left this morn ing for a short visit in Darlington. Mr. E. S. Buck and daughter, Eiss-Gene, are attending the Fair. Miss Kell Folsom left this morn ing for Columbia on a short visit j that'city, Mr. George Nofall was among iose\ who migrated to Columbia i today. Among;those of Sumter who left lis morning for Columbia to at-* md the fair and be present at the Hemson-CaroKna game are Messrs [enry Spann, Bernard Siddall, Pos sum Parham, John Blanding, Jas. Pwrdy, z homas Siddall, Hugh Green, Frank Shalor, Clifton Dorn, O?ver Sholar, Herman prief and Frank Jeppi. Mr. J. A. Scarborough left this \ morning for Greeleyville on busi ness. Messrs. George D. Levy, II. C. Bland and B. D. Hedges are visi tors in Columbia today. Magistrate M. A. Wilder left this morning for Columbia where he j will spend the day. Miss Mildred Hurst is spending! tbe^day rn Columbia today. Mr. Edmund Murray who has been laid up for several weeks on j account of injury to his knee and i hand by the fall of a piano, which he was assisting in handling, was able to be on the street yesterday. Messrs. Doc Bonoy and Goat Sho lar left for Columbia this morning to take in the Clemson-Carolina I game. \ Mrs. Eloise Laneau of Bishop ville has returned to her home af ter a visit to Mrs. W. M. H?mmett on Wright St. Mr. H. L. Scarborough *?*l spend today ai the state fair. Mr. Ralph Flowers Of Georgia Tech. is attending the Clemson Carolina game. Dr. Carl B. Epps is a visitor in Columbia today. Mrs. William Watkins of Rocks burg and Miss Annie Watkins are the visitors of Mrs. S. K. Rowland on N. Washington St. Dr. Archie China is making a re turn trip to Columbia. Miss Louise China and Master William Thomp son are accompanying him on this trip. Miss Tingie Hoyt left this morn ing to spend the day in Columbia. Mr. Joe Heriot of Woodrow pass ed through Sumter this morning while on his way to Columbia. Birthday Party. \ Mrs. R. L. James entertained Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 at her home on S. Sumter Street in honor of the third birthday of Catherine Cummings. The young guests were entertained with music and various games were played. At 5 o'clock the children were invited out on the side veranda where the birthday candles were blown out by the little guest of honor, and refreshments and sweets were serv ed. The color scheme of pink and white was carried out in the re freshments. * Mrs. James was assisted in en tertaining by Miss Sarah Julia Cummings, Felthan James and Miss Nellie Sue Hook. Those present were Catherine Cummings, Lavinia Hancock, Pearl Newman, Virginia Durham, Ather tbn Cummings, Jewell Cum mings, Ethel Durham, Florence. Newman, Mae Louise Cummings, Elizabeth Griffin, Master L. B. Cummings, Jr., Weldon Hancock, Lafayette Adams, Thad Newman, Carl Epps Cummings. ? ? ? Negro House Slightly Damaged by Fire. A small negro house, No. 42 S. Purdy street, suffered slight dam age from a small fire which was discovered about 1:20 Thursday af ternoon. The fire when found was in its infancy and by the speedy re sponse of the fire trucks and the effective use of the chemical out fit on the Reo, the damage done by the flames was very slight. The fire is of , unkonwn origin and seems to have caught behind the door in the bed room of the house. The house is owned by Sarah Nel son and was being occupied by Wesley Moore. Auto Takes Sidewalk. An automobile of the transfer line suffered the damage of a brok en wheel and a badly bent front axle when it left the street at the corner of Liberty and Sumter streets and resorted to travel on the sidewalk. The car is of that make which requires no horn, the inscription on its name plate be ing sufficient; anyway the car seems to have sustained its in juries when it was trying to turn the corner and Dodge out of the way of the fire trucks en route to the Purdy street conflagration. The steering apparatus managed to lock on the short turn and there was no other alternative than to strike the curbing of the side walk. Mothers* Club Meeting Postponed. On account of the State Fair the regular meeting of the Mothers' Club has been postponed until Thursday. November 10. 1921. Mrs. John Wilson, Secretary. There was a meeting of the Young Men's Business League held at 8 o'clock Wednesday night in Chamber of Commerce Hall. The ! meeting was called primarily for the discussion of the virtues of a canning plant. Real first hand information was obtained for the enlightenment of the twenty-five young business men present at this meeting, by a short talk by Mr. J. O. Jones of Easley, who has b*?en conducting a private owned can ning plant for quite a number of years. Mr. Jones outlined his method of working the plant and gave a number ,of facts about its operation and about the growing of truck which were surprising in the extreme.1 He stated that he only planted yearly between six and eight acres of produce and that from this small acreage planted he was able to can in the neighbor hood of 30,000 cans. These can ned good Mr. Jones disposed of each year in the local | markets of Spartanburg and I Greenville. He stated that he usu- I ally has contracts for these goods ; as far as a year ahead. At the j conclusion of Mr. Jones' talk a i number of questions were asked I him and his answers further clear ed up many points of doubt. His j statement that on a single acre of land, if properly attended, as much as a thousand bushel3 of okra might be grown, caused quite a' number of exclamations of sur- i prise. e ? m The plans and specifications for the laying of a mile of gravel road, beginning just outside of the city limits on the Oswego road, were presented in the State Highway Engineer's office yesterday and ap proved by the State Engineer. There are yet some few matters to be passed upon before the actual commencement of the road. Ac cording to the latest figures worked out by Engineer Jeffords this mile of road can be laid at a cost of 600. The road has already been widened to 2.r> feet, and the gravel according to the specifications, will have a ten inch compaction at the ; center and will taper off to a six inch compaction at the shoulders. I Armistice Dsy Exercises Secretary Reardon of Cham ber of Commerce Arrang ing For Program In view of the fact that the Sumter High school is arranging a very interesting and appropriate program to be carried out honor ing the heroes of the world war, living and dead, as the Sumter high school did last Armistice Day by appropriate exercises, a prelimin ary conference was held this morn ing between Dr. S. H. Edmunds, su perintendent of Sumter city schools and Secretary E. L Reardon of the Sumter County Chamber of Com merce to start a movement for a general observance of armistice day by the entire public of Sumter and Sumter county. These two citizens agreed to re quest Dr. E. S. Booth, president of the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, to appoint a commit tee of citizens representing the city council, the American Legion and other world war veterans, who are not memoers of the Legion, the Sumter County Board of Com missioners, the Sumter City Board of Education, the Bumter County Board of Education, and other of ficial, civic and patriotic organiza tions, in order that the general pub lic will be represented in arranging the details of the exercises. This committee will be called to gether this week arid will have charge of the arrangements. Sev eral ladies and gentlemen of this city have suggested that the pro gram now being formulated by the Sumter high school boys and girls and faculty be made the main fea ture of the occasion with other features to be added as desired as it is scarcely possible that any im provement can be made on their plans which have been rehearsed ' I already and are being made ex-1 j ceedingly appropriate and enter- i l taining. The general public will be invited to participate and there is no doubt now, with the prelim inary steps already taken that Sum ter and Sumter county will honor the world war heroes and Armis tice Day in a manner that will re flect not only our high esteem and j gratitude to the heroes of this war, i j living and dead, but will reflect | j credit upon Sumter and Sumter | j county. ? ? ? The Story of The Fire Alarm Box. j - After being out of service for j several months due to defective wires or wires on which the insu ! lation had become so worn that j short circuits could be occasioned i at almost any time, the fire alarm I boxes all over Sumter are again in j first class working order. Several 'miles of new copper wire have re placed the old and worn wires and the boxes themselves have been thoroughly tested out. Boxes Xo. 23, at the corner of Main and War ren Streets, and 24 at the corner of Calhoun and Washington streets were sent back to the factory for ; repairs. Three new boxes have , been ordered and these are to be placed at the corner of Salem and Broad, Purdy and Hampton and at the corner of Bartlett Street and Salem Avenue. Box Xo. 57 which was at the old buggy factory has disappeared from its idace on the pole and no trace of this box can be found anywhere. These fire alarm boxes cost the city $105 each at the present time. The cost of the boxes has been up as high as $150 per box at one time. ? Engagement Announced. Mr. and Mrs. J. "L. Xunnamaker of Sumter announce the engage ment of their daughter, George Bonnetta to Charles Homer Gold smith of Greenville, the marriage to take place at home, in Novem ber. ? ? ? Attendance Banner at Sumter School of Methods. I A daily attendance banner will be given at the approaching School of Methods for the highest percent- j age of attendance based upon the j quotas of the various schools. The ! School of Methods will open Fri-i day afternoon, October 2Sth at i 3:30 o'clock and close with four! simultaneous mass meetings Sun day afternoon. October 30th. The basis of award of the banner is absolutely fair for all as the school quotas are based upon the totol number of officers and teachers plus fifty per cent. Everyone is invited and it is expected that some of the schools will qradruple their quotas when it comes to attend ance and it is hoped that no school j will fall below its quota. The leading speaker at the school { \ from outside of the State will be j Dr. M. A. Honline of Chicago, who j is one of the most popular speakers | on the American platform and con- j sidered as one of the leading au ! thorities on psychology and child study. The othor speakers will be Governor Robert A. Cooper. Dr. John W. Frazer. Mrs. S. X. Burts. Mr. and Mrs. Leon C. Palmer and Marshal Woodson. '?. The Friday and Saturday. Octo ber 2Sth and 29th, sessions of the I School will be held at the First Presbyterian Church. The four \ simultaneous mass meetings for 1 Sunday afternoon will be held as [follows: Men's Mass Meeting. First Presbyterian church; Women's 'Mass Meeting. Grace Baptist; Church, Young People's Mass Meet- j ; ing Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter. Children's Story Hour: ' at Christian Church. -? o ? : Judge T. J. Mauldin passed j through Sumter Wednesday en route to Columbia from Kingstree I where he has been presiding over a j i term of the court of general ses sions. Solicitor J. Frank McLeod and Mr. !>. K. Stack, court stcno ' graph* ]1, were also in attendance j at this court. !t is stated that I there were fifteen criminal cases tried and conclusively disposed of during ibis session of the Kingstree court which convened on Monday morning and adjourned on Tues day night. Fruit Trees For Farmers Farm Demonstration Agent Will Purchase in whole sale Lots Looking ahead several years, get ting ready to have Sumter county a fruit growing county, is the work that County Agent J. Frank Wil liams, Home Demonstration Agent, Miss Caro Truluek, and the Sum ter County Chamber of Commerce are devoting no little time to at present. Following a number of commun ity meetings held over this county a while back, at which Miss Tru luek and Mr. Williams secured names of a great many farmers who agreed to go into the peach apple and grape producing indus tries, many letters and order blanks were mailed out thsi past week by Secretary Reardon for these two agents to the fanners who want to order trees, and special efforts are being made to get thousands of fruit trees and grape vines growing in Ulis county. Any parties interested can dis cuss this matter with either Miss Truluek or Mr. Williams or with Secretary E. I. Reardon. Orders left at the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce will be attended to promptly. The following is a list of varie ties suggested. Mr. Williams will advise further as to quantity and any other information if reuuest is left at Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, second floor of city hall building. Sumter. S. C, or by writing to Mr. Williams or Miss Truluek: Commercial peach trees: Elber ta, Georgia Belle. Home orchard peach trees: May flower, Greensboro, Snead, Hiley Belle, Carmen, Geo. Belle, Elberta, Chinese Cling, Fox Seedling. Grapes: Concord, Brighton. De3 awarc, White Niagara. Apples: Early Harvest. Red June, Wine Sap, Yates. Prices: Peaches?14 cents each. Grapes. 14 cents each. Apples, -3 cents each. m ? ? Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been is sued to the following couples: Colored? Guy Seym ore and Margaret Stewart of Brogdon. Julius Canty and Mable Wilder of Sumter. James Holiday and Mrs. Nora Baxton of Paxville. Hazel Flemming and Grace Harris of Mayesville. Arthur Conyers of Silver and Mittie Bowman of Sumter. James Nelson and Mrs. Mary Wilson of Sumter. Jerry Lindsay and Almeta Grant of Sumter. ? ? ? B. Y. P. U. Association, An associational B. Y. P. U. of the Santee Association was formed at Manning Sunday, October 2*3. The following churches were rep resented: First Baptist church, Sumter, four delegates: Home Branch church, two delegates; Manning, twenty delegates; Mayes ville, one delegate; Providence, five delegates: Bethel, four delegates. W. P. Richardson, president of the Manning B. Y. P. U. was elected temporary chairman of the first convention. The following were elected as officers for the term of one year: President, H. H. Williams, Sum ter; Secretary and Treasurer, Miss X'oline Campbell, Sumter; Junior Leader, Mrs. Harry Davis, Graham Church; vice president, first dis trict, W. B. Wilkerson, Sumter. An address of welcome was giv en by W. P. Richardson, Manning, And responded to by H. H. Wil liams, Sumter. R. L. Baggett, State B. Y. P. TJ. secretary, of Columbia, gave a very inspiring talk. Mr. E. C. Kolb of Lynchburg gave a personal testimony as to "How the B. Y. P. U. had helped him." The evening session was taken up by a demonstration program given by the Manning B. Y. P. U. Rev. J. A. Easley, of Manning Bap tist church, addressed the conven tion on 'Training of Young Chris tians." The convention voted to hold their first quarterly rally at I Paxville on the last Sunday in Jan- I uary. A very delightful supper was served by the Manning B. Y. P. U. i Paris. Oct. 2 7.?The Council of Ambassadors have decided that ex Empercr Charles and Empress Zita will be placed immediately on a British cruiser in Danube pend ing a final decision. -+ ? ? Washington. Oct. 26.?The tropi cal storm passed into the Atlantic between St Augustine and Titus ville at midnight, moving north east warn, according to weather bu- | reau reports. The wind reached a 1 velocity of sixty miles an hour at i Jacksonville. ? ? ? "Congressmen betting on race horses." says a news item. What 1 do they know about speed? Dr. Archie China has returned to Sumter from a visit to the State Fair in Columbia and his accounts of the various exhibits are extreme ly glowing. He states that, to those who are disheartened and yet under- the impression that "cotton is king.*' the wonderful exhibits minus the cotton will go a long way toward a cure for the cotton blues. The possibilities of our state are limitless in regard to the produc tion of almost any form and variety of produce. Dr. China thinks the exhibits of this year unusually good and is convinced that no one will regret the time and money ex pended on a visit to the fair. ? ? ? The Sumter Brick Works have recently received requests for sam ples and priee quotations on Dixie Texture brick from Montreal. Can ada, and Los Angeles, California. Attempt to Kill Babies Cruel and Unnatural Parents in Oconee County ?* Walhalla, Oct. 22.?Silas Ridley, a farmer residing 18 miles north west of Walhalla on the Toll Gate road, early yesterday morning while out on his farm, heard cries of a child. After a considerable investigation he discovered that the cries came from an abandoned well. He. with the assistance of some of his neighbors, entered the well and found two babies, twins, age about six months. Both of the' little fellows were removed to Mr. Ridley's home, and Mrs. Ridley took charge of them. Mr. Ridley then came to Walhalla and report ed his discovery to Sheriff Alexan der. Early this morning policemen arrested a couple near High Falls who gave their name as Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Hall from Fountain Inn. This couple was brought imme diately to the county jail where they are alleged to have made a full confession. It is said Mrs. Hall states that she was advised by her father and her husband to get rid of the children. Several days ago the couple with four children are said to have been seen to pass over the Stump House mountain road walking, accompanied by two small children, and that these were twin babies. A day later the couple are said to have returned riding on a truck and that the twins were not along this time. Mrs. Hall is said to have stated that when they observed this well, to which was attached a bucket, rope and windlass, that she lowered her children into this well under the Instruction of her husband, and when this was done they began to wend their way backward toward Fountain Inn. Dr. H. F. Thode has made a trip to the Toll Gate to attend these abandoned babies and says that a hip of one of the babies is broken, but that the other child is in good physical condition. It is believed that the abandonment and expos ure of the children will not cause their death as both of the little fel lows readily take nourishment. Hagood News and Views. Rembert, Oct. 24.?Mrs. S. W. Allen and Miss Courtenay Atkin son called on Mrs. W. J. Spencer Thursday afternoon. She sustained some painful injuries in the man agement of the pony she was driv ing. She is able to be out although she can not yet wear a shoe on the injured' foot. Miss Courtnay Atkinson and Mrs. H. C. Bethea spent the day re cently with Mrs. J. L. Jackson of Hagood. Mrs. Jackson has recent ly returned from the infirmary in Columbia much improved. Mrs. T. R. Moody and Miss Courtenay Atkinson spent the day Wednesday with- Mrs. D. O. Mc Leod of Rembert. G. H. Lencir and wife of Cam den, S. C, were in our commun ity yesterday, Thursday. Mr. Victor Emanuel of Marlboro county is visiting in our community. Mrs. W. J. Spencer spent yes terday, Friday afternoon, with Mrs. II. C. Bethea.. Xn company with Rev. Gary Arant, your correspondent called on Mr. W. H. Freeman Thursday afternoon, who has been quite sick and is glad to report his condition quite hopeful. William Freeman, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Freeman, whose term of service expired in the navy early this summer, has reentered, serving on surgical arm at Paris Island. James Thompson, son of W. S. Thompson, is at Clemson College. Quite a lot of syrup has been made in our community, some as fine as you could wish to eat. All cotton is about gathered; needless to say, a short crop. The corn crop is not abundant, and sweet potatoes are very ordi nary. We heard of a farmer in lower Kcrshaw county who planted forty .??.'?res cotton from which to date lie ha* gathered one bale, and expects i" g< a half more. The latest we have seen. Sell bonds to build roads to give em ployment to the unemployed. Potato digging the order of the day, soon gyud old hog-killi;ig will be here. "Hagood." Honlim? at School of Methods. Dr. M. A. Honline of Chicago, will be the leading speaker at the approaching "School of Methods" to be held in the First Presbyter ian church for workers of all de nominations, October 28, 29, 30. Dr. Honline is considered one of the leading authorities in America on child study and religious educa tion and it is expected that many parents as well as Sunday School workers will avail themselves of this opportunity of hearing him. The editor of the striking para graphs in the Greenville Piedmont, who is said to be quoted by the Literary Digest more than any other paper in America said of Dr. Honline: 'i consider him the greatest speaker on the American platform today. He is unique in that he speaks in succinct paragraphs. Fach sentence is so crammed with thought that one cannot afford to miss a word. He is a master teach er." The School of Methods will hold sessions both afternoon and even ing of October 23th and 29th. ses sions at ::'.i> and Tr30 p. m. Octo ber .?,<nh. which is Sunday, will be given to four simultaneous mass [meetings all beginning at 4:00 p. [m. Governor Robert A. Cooper I will address the men's mass meet ing which will be held at the First .Presbyterian church: Dr. M. A. j Honline will address the Women's j mass meeting at Grace Baptist ' church. Marshall Woodson will j speak at the church of the Holy ! Comforter, and the Children's Story Hour will be conducted by Mrs. S. IN. Burts at the Christian church. Chamber of Com merce Meeting Resolution on Strike Situation Prepared by Committee At a railed meeting of the Sum ter County Chamber of Commerce this morning which was attended by a number of representative citizens connected with the farm ing, mercantile, banking, manu facturing, and other business in terests, and several railway em ployees of the train service of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad com pany, these employees being mem bers of the railway unions, this meeting for the purpose of discuss ing the pending railroad strike with a view of adopting some plan to minimize the inconvenience, suf fering, and financial losses as far as might be humanly possible in the event this nation-wide propos ed strike does occur, the following resolution was unanimously con curred in by both the represen tatives of the public and the rail way union men. "At a meeting of the committee Sumter Chamber of Commerce, and other interested citizens, the im pending railroad strike was dis cussed from many standpoints, sev eral railway employees being pres ent also and gave their version of the reasons for the proposed strike. Farmers and others present dis cussed the effect the strike would have on their and other occupa tions. It is Therefore Resolved, That it is the sense of this committee that such conferences between the general public as represented by the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, and employees of the railroads should include also high executive officials of the railroads, and should be held with more or less frequency without waiting for the imminence of a strike. Resolved Further, That we be lieve that with such conferences all over our land, conditions would never arise that would call for threats of a strike. With these preliminary state ments we pledge ourselves and the good citizens of the county to co operate to prevent any suffering of our citizens in case of a strike, and we pledge ourselves to use every legitimate effort to prevent a strike and restore normal railroad condi tions in case of a strike. (Signed) legitimate effort to prevent a strike P. G. BOWMAN, J. FRANK WILLIAMS, V. BALDWIN, E. W. DABBS, S. W. WALKER. Committee of the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce. Attest: E. I. Reardon, Manager Secretary. Mr. S. W. Walker and Mr. V. Baldwin of the above committee are locomotive engineers of the At lantic Coast Line Railroad com pany, and members of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Engineers. They, with other railway em ployees present were invited to at tend the conference Monday. Mr. Walker gave a very interesting and conservative version of the posi tion assumed by the railway unions and created a better feeling and understanding between the public representatives attending Monday's meeting, and the railway unions which led the meeting to believe that if the general public could get together oftener with the railroad executives and the railway unions', that both sides would be more in telligently presented to and inter preted by the general public. Mr. Walker stressed the fact that the authorized strike, effective October 30th, was not a strike for keeping up wages as it is a protest against present working conditions, and prospective detrimental working conditions of the railway employ ees, with consequent financial loss es out of proportion to the extra ordinary high freight rates allowed the transportation companies. He said that Cue local Atlantic Coast Line railway employees do not want a strike, and hoped it will be averted with due regard to the rights of the public?the railroads ?and the railway employees, and that this is possible so far as the railway unions are concerned. The meeting was strongly oppos ed to the authorized strike, but ex pressed itself that necessary ad justment and reductions to be made both in railroad rates and employees' wages if anything like normal degrees of prosperity and business revival are to be realized, and they must be realized as quickly as possible. Among those who discussed va riousp hases of the question under discussion were Mr. Neil O'Donnell, president of the First National Bank: Mr. G. A. Lemmon, presi dent of the City National Bank: Mr. C. G. Rowland, president of the National Bank of South Caro lina, of Sumter: Mr. E. W. Dabbs. a farmer: Mr. J. Frank Williams, farmer: Mr. P. G. Bowman, cotton buyer; Mi-. R. A. Bradham. presi dent of the Commercial Bank and Trust company. Mr. V. Baldwin, lo comotive engineer of tho Atlantic CoM*t Line Railroad company. Dr. j E. S. Booth, president of the Sum- j tor County Chamber of Commerce j who presided. The meeting directed that copies of the above resolution be for warded together with report of this meeting to the newspapers i with request for publication. to . Governor R. A. Cooper, and to the j general managers of the Atlantic j Coast Line Railroad company, the I Seaboard Air Line Railroad com- : pany. the Northwestern Railway company, and the Southern Rail way company, the four railway sys tems controlling the nine railway ' lines entering Sumter. Mr. P. G. Bowman took occa sion to say that Sumter's railway employees, in every craft of the service are as tin^ citizens as can be found in the world: they are loyal, patriotic, public-spirited and socially first class, being church, V. M. C. A., Sunday school, and Chamber of Commerce members and supporters, and they con tribute liberally .to all worthy causes. E. I. REARDON, Manager-Secretary, Sumter County Chamber of Commerce. Cotton Crop Forecast No New Estimate Will Be * ? Issued by Bureau Washington, Oct. 24.?Represen- j tative Fulmer of South Carolina j announced tonight that he had been informed by officials of the j crop reporting bureau of the de- I partment of agriculture that con- j trary to some earlier reports to the j effect that a statement would be j issued November 1, showing a larg- J| er cotton crop as of October 25 j than the estimate of October 3, no j such new estimates will be issued, j The statement follows: "In view of the circulation of a i report to the effe' that the crop j reporting bureau of ..he agricultur al department will on November 1 j issue a statement as to the condi tion of crop as of October 25, and that it will show a larger crop than j the esimate of October 3, I have j conferred with the officials in charge and have been assured that i such new estimates will not be is sued and furthermore, while a questionnaire was sent out, the de- j partment stands to its former esti mate of a total crop fo 6,537,oU0 I bales. "This estimate by the depart ment will be quoted by Director ! Wie Tlireelnsepara&feg One for mildnessYlRGINIA One mellowness, BURLEY One for aroma,TURKISH The finest tihaccos perfectly aged and blended OOforlS * HI FIFTH AV?. Stewart in the ginning report to be jstate Riffhts 0pposing cfentralfefeci issued tomorrow, covering the gin- | ControI Qf j^iiroate. ' - ning up to October 18, as it is ex- ! pected that his enumeration will j show an abnormally large ginning, J due to the crop's maturing unusual- j ly early this year and picking and | ginning being more advanced than ever before. "A canvass of the cotton belt made by experts of the American Colu.nbia, Oct. 24.?State rights is to l e the subject of a fight be ing launched in Washington - this week against the centralized con trol of railroads, and Frank Shealy, chairman of the South Carolina Railroad commission, is in the capital to help launch the war Cotton association brings to light; fare. Mr> ShcaIy is attending a certain facts, which will prove I startling to every line of the cot ton industry." Can't Reduce Service Judge Smith Issues Order in Railway Case Charleston, Oct. 24.?Judge H. A. M. Smith of the federal court to day issued two orders of interest. He refused to restrain the South Carolina railroad commission from putting into effect its order declin ing permission to the Augusta Aiken Railway & Electric company meeting today of the committee on [federal litigation and legislation of j the national association of railroad and public service commissioners; which is considering proposed amendments to the present trans portation act. The main amend ment sought is one which will give state commissions power to regu late internal state railroad mat ters, taking these powers out of the hands of the interstate commission, where they now rest with unbreak able dominance. Keeping It In the Family. Owing to the slack times in New ' York City a man keeping a' small- '*. retail store was forced to go out of. * for an increase in its zone fare j business. His brother-in-law is .a from 5 to 9 cents, but restrained member of the Prohibition forces the commission from enforcing I cleaning up the big city. The mer that portion cf its order which re-{chant consulted with him on^how duced the service on the Augusta-{he could make a.living and what Aiken road by half. Judge Smith holds as to the rate of fare, that if the rate fixed by the commission is not sufficient, the company has the remedy of discontinuing operation and liquidating its affairs. Judge Smith also issued an order of tem porary injunction restraining the !goods to fill them with? Isn't that business he should go into. On thS Prohibition officer's advice the merchant became a boot-legger and former customers, who would not buy from him once upon a time, keep him busy day and- -night -fitt ing orders. Where does he get the. i . Marlboro cotton mills from en forcing a judgment of $121,492.05 which it obtained against the Fire stone Tire & Rubber Co., in court of common pleas. Public Notice. Notice is hereby given that the Compulsory School Attendance period for session 1921-22 will begin in Sumter county, on the first day of November. All children be tween the ages of 8 and 14 years of age are required to attend school during this period of four months In District No. 17 (City of Sum ter) the attendance is required for the full term of school. Penalty for violation of this law: Minimum fine of $5.00 ("five) or imprisonment of five days for each offense. C. S. Hutchinson, Attendance Officer. It is extremely easy this time of year to mistake partridges for doves?especially if there is no game warden in the vicinity. a foolish question when it was ex-, plicitly stated above that he went into the boot-legging game on his b-other-in-law's advice and said brother-in-law belongs to the de partment enforcing prohibition ' ? ? ? i 1 1 One way, and probably the best; to build up a home industry is for/ ? home people to patronize it. One* way for a home industry to culti vate home patronage is for the home industry to give home peopls the benefit of at least a part bi the saving on freight. _. > . NOTICE?We are fully equipped with press machinery, etc.', to 3? your cleaning and pressing, and our prices are reasonable. ? Give us your work. Phone 113, No.. 9 W. Hampton Ave. Revill & Mc Daniel. -,.?, . -?? ? ? FOR SALE?About two thousand stalks of ribbon cane for seed at 5c a stalk. Parties wishing to buy must come for it before kifling frost. J. B. Warren, Mayesville, S. C. * ? 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