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The Watchman and Southron -Entered at the Postoffice at Sum ter, S. C, as Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. Dr. D. W. Green has returned to the city from a stay of several weeks in New York. Dr. H. M. Stuckey ar.J Dr. Milton Weinberg1 left Friday night for Hot Springs. Ark., where they will at tend the Southern Medical. Asso ciation convention being held there this year. Miss Mary Ellen Blackv/ell and Mrs. J. G. R. Wilder returned Sun day night from a few days' visit to Miss Eva Bennett in Latta. Miss Bennett accompanied them home and will be the guest of. Mrs. Wilder for "several days. "Mr. Cecil Brearley passed through the*city Monday morning while on his way to his home in St. Charles from Society Kill, S. C. Mr. Brearley will return to Colum bia where he is a student >?jt' the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, after a brief visit to his home. Mr. Hudson Hart of Hell}- Hill was a week-end visitor in Sujn%er> Mr. Fr?ser B. Dick spent the week-end in Columbia, joining his wife, who. is visiting relatives .in that city. Judge J. T. Mauldin of Pickens, has arrived in Sumter to preside over this term of the court of com mon pleas. ??; ?;' Mr. J. P. McNeil of Florence is in Sumter to attend court. SUMTES HIGH LOSES ARMISTICE DAY GAME ,^_Charlestpn High school outclass ^JJHSwmter. High Friday, defeat ing the home club 3$ to 0. The Bantams-^used straight football, | scoring six touchdowns and kick- ' ,;%Jrig two goals.. The driving power ? x>i Weeks, Kilpatrick, Holcombe and Brinker was too much for the Hmexperienced Sumter line to with stand. ;5 Rephan, who replaced Brinker when the latter was injured, also ran well with the balL Sumter was ? unable to penetrate the Charles ton defense making only two first downs during the entire game. Wheeler was the principal grpundgainer for the Gamecocks, while Rivers' work at end was tne brightest individual performance of the day. Time and again he tackled the heavier Charleston men v for losses and covered punts splen didly. The game was stubborn ly contested and was a harder fight than the score indicates. Lineup: Charleston 3S Position Sumter 0 Right End. ;;^:0rbwota ?.Kirven, C. Right Tackle. Long . . .Brunson, A. "Right Guard. Seabrook .Dick Center. ' 1 ''' ' j ?JefewttTrr^ I. _ . __? Kin-en, M. lieft Guard. Haleyv...Flake Left Tackle. J Doyle .. Brunson, F. P. 'i ' - Left End. Youngbloo^ .. -. .. _. Rivers -Quarter Back. .Weeks, (Capt). Wheeler, (Capt.) ^ Right Half. Kilpatrick ._ _ Shaw Left Half. Brinker Iii- -.Wright Holcombo _ _.Cato Sub.stitutions, Charlestons-Reid for Johnson, Taylor for Weeks, Re phan for Brinker. Sumter: Pitts for Flake, Crombe for Shaw. Officials: Referee, Spann ^Da vidson) ; 'umpire, McKnight (Wake Forest): head linesman. Shaw (Wake Forest). Time of periods, ,12 minutes each. The Farmer and the County Fair. ?V, The County Fair in my opinion is a great institution of learning for the farmer, if the farmer 'Qocld come to realize the rullfcmean ing, and value of the County Fair. Then the Fair would prove to him this year mere than ever before a great blessing. The farmer has r^ajways looked upon the cotton crop as the only means of money mak ing. ~"While this has been largely true in the past, the farmer will t' have to adjust himself to a new condition^. Cotton cannot be made now as it once was, what little can be made^will have to be made at a greater" cost than ever before. The farmers of Sumter county will find as other farmers where cotton cannot be made as it once was that there, are other crops an<i means of making money besides planting so much cotton. -What others have done, and are doing we can and must learn to do. Now those who have done this are ready to help others. They cannot go *o every farmer in Sumter county and show him what he has done. But he is witling to go to the County Fair and there put on display what he has. done. Therefore if'we are foing to profit by these new ideas ye will have to change our views about the Fair and the purpose of It, and learn to look upon it as a place to go to learn new ideas If hew IH do this, we will find no exhibit that which will help him in adjusting hmself to the new con ditions. And then he will find as I .said; to be an institution of learn ing. Therefore, let every farmer go to the Svunter County Fair next week and learn how to live with out cotton. , A Farmer. ? m m-_ Case of Mrs. Margaret Kirkland vs. The Southern Railroad Begun. The case of Mrs. Margaret-Kirk land vs. The Southern Railrdad Co. was filled Saturday. Mrs? Kirk land has brought suit against the Southern Railroad for the sum of $80,000. Captain J. F. Kifklaml, Jt is remembered, was killed .ip the Southern yards in May, 1921, "while jn the discharge of his duty. The plaintiff is represented by the law firm of Epps & Levy. As'a rule, the fruits of victory contain the seed of another war. CONFERENCE HOLDS ITS FIRST JEETING; Statesmen and Diplo-j mats From Nine j Powers Gathered to j Confer on Limita tion of Armaments j i Washington, Nov. 12 (By the As sociated Press).?Fraught with un- | told possibilities, the armament j conference assembled today. Gathered about the table were chosen representatives of the five great world powers?the United States, Great Britain, Italy, France and Japan. Seated with them were repre sentatives of the nations which will participate in the discussions of the Far Eastern and Pacific questions ?China, Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal. v In the background were the many technical advisers who ac companied each group ? several hundred in all?representing the army and the navy as well as the fiscal and economic aspects. In world importance, the gather ing ranks with the Peace Confer ence of Versailles, the conferences for disarmament at the Hague, and j going farther back the Congress of I Vienna which thought it was work ing to preserve the peace of Eu rope. ? The work of the "Washington conference naturally divides into two principal phases: the limita tion of armaments and the settle ment of questions in the Far East and the Pacific which statesmen fear may have in them the making of war. Which will be consid ered first, the conference alone can determine, but there seems to be little disagreement over statement j that 'the two questions are indis- J solubly linked, and that neither can j be disposed of without relation to the other. In the viewpoint of the Ameri- j can government, an agreement on j the-Pacific and Far Eastern ques- j tions will point the way to a so- ; lution of the armament question j I because with probable causes for j ! war out of the way the need of j I heavy armaments will disappear. I Japan, however, leans to the feel- j I ing that the armament question i \ should be first disposed of, and j I that some of the subjects contain- j ed in the progiam of discussion of j Far Eastern and Pacific affairs \ should not come before the con- j ference but rather should be dis- j posed of in negotiations between i Japan and the countries concern ed. . No one can forecast how that part of the program will be worked j out. And upon how it is worked 1 out depends much of what will! [ come oi the conference, j The American viewpoint, as it j J had been expressed by those with j j authority to speak for the g?vern I ment, is that the United States en- i jters the conference asking absolute- I ly nothing for itself and seeking j j only to relieve a tax-burdened : j world, now making a great eco j nomic waste in fear of war. The , ! American government, it should be I j said, denies no nation its "place in j the sun," or its opportunity for ex- j pansion; neither does it have any j notion of asking any nation to dis { pense with the means by which it : assures its reasonable safety, j It seeks only, it may be said by the same authority, to remove troubles, which although now little might in the future grow great, and by doing that makes heavy preparations for war unnecessary. ) Having done that, if it can be ac i complished. America hopes to I point the way to a reduction of j armaments which will be fair and ! just to all. When the call for the conference was issued, :'t was followed by a I wave of public feeling that com j plete disarmament was the object j of the United States. This, how ever, quickly was corrected, and it was Secretary Hughes who pointed out that the proper designation of i the affair was "a conference on the limitation of armaments," with j emphasis being placed on the word j limitation. Almost immediately af | terward there v ere evidences of a j considerable pressure of public [thought in direction of complete J disarmament on the ground that if the United Stares were to point the way the remainder of the world j would be forced by its public opin ' ion to follow, and swords would be beaten into ploughshares. The I United States, it may be said on [ the highest authority, has no ! thought of proposing a complete j disarmament although there are in j dicalions that it will lead off with j proposals for reduction which may I be startling. The first few days of the sessions J are bound to be taken up with offi ; cial formalities and organization ! work, including the appointment of i committees and the divisions of the j conference intc sections and sub sections which will work on the va rious questions and report to the ; full conference for action. The late arrival of Lloyd George, the British premier, may cause some things to be delayed, although work of a , preparatory nature upon them can ; proceed in his absence; and the short stay of Premier Briand of France may cause some little delay ? in the necessity <>f his colleagues consulting him by cable and wire less. The Christmas holidays, how ever, promise to see the conference in the midst of its work. How long it will continue in session ; cannot !?? forecast. The delegates i may experience a Washington sum i mer. i Today's opening proceedings were I entirely of a ecremonial nature. In Continental Hall, home of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, th?> delegates assembled about the great green bo.ize table which makes a square U, ami heard President Harding standing one side make his address, of welcome, while S e c r e t a ry Hughes who according to custom and precedent will be chairman of . the conference, stood at the other! with the delegates of all nations, seated between. Besides two hun dred seats reserved for newspaper correspondents, the few seats which; remained after setting apart a space i for the delegates were given to high 1 government officials, members of J diplomatic corps and distinguished visitors. According to program, the prospects were that the first ses sions would be brief. When the conference has dispos- | ed of its first business of organiza tion such as the formal election of I Secretary Hughes as chairman. 1 and the sel-i-ction of another j American as secretary general, it will be faced with deciding to what extent its deliberations will be open to the world through the newspapers. There is a great pres sure of public opinion for open \ sessions: there is also a great deal 1 of conviction among those respon sible for the conference that some of its deliberations necessarily must be confidential. It was former i Premier Clemenceau who remarke 1 to Former Pre*sident Wilson: "You 1 can't make peace on a street cor ner." American officials recognize the public demand for information of i the workings of the conference, ; and they have said they will try \ to satisfy it in every way. They say at the same time that some of the conference proceedings neces sarily must be confidential. One of them who is in position to speak j with authority put it this way: "If all these deliberations are | public there is the possibility that somebody will not get up and say , what he ought to say because he i wouldn't want to say it in public: j there is also the possibility that somebody will get u and say some- J thing he ought not to say, because he yields to the temptation to say j it for public consumption. If the delegates find that they cannot j get up in the conference and say ? what they want to, say we soon shall find them having back stairs conferences with A meeting B sec retly and 'fixing it up.' They will I have C and D very much put out because they were not consulted, I and in the end the whole thing will be done secretly." Tiie American delegates are j working to find a way that will pre vent'such, a situation. The prob ability is that a large number of the meetings will be in the open? ! perhaps a greater number than the public expects. There will also necessarily be committee meetings ' in private, and of course executive meetings of the whole conference but the results of those meetings ; wlil come out later in the open svs sions. i The official program as proposed j by the American government lists i first the question of armaments.! and second the Far Eastern and Pacific questions. It may be that : the Far Eastern questions actually will be discussed first m the con- \ ference, possibly by some such j ans as this. j ! The question of armaments will ( i finally be settled by the conference j j only after receiving the reports of I experts. These will come only af ! ter long work and discussion. But I I to get the subject into the hands j j of experts it firs?v is necessary to , : bring it before the conference. It ! ; might be brought up and referred j j to committees and appropriate sec- | I tions, and then while they are at I ! work the conference might go on j i with the discussion of the Far East- j I em and Pacific problems. This is i only one of the suggested ways in j \ which it might be done. The con i ference, of course, will make the [ J decision. In discussing the Far Eastern ' i and Pacific problems, the confer- j j ence will have a straight-away j ; statesmen's subject. The experts i j who have to wrestle with the ques- I tion of armament will have a knot- ' ;ty problem difficult of approach. ! Their search is for a yard-stick, as I it wert?a common denominator i ! which can be applied to all the na- : tions, for the whole question of ; armament reduction is said by the | i experts to be entirely a question of j relativity. There is doubt they say j that it will be put on a "flat rate" j because of the well recognized and : peculiar situation of the various i nations. It couldn't be considered ? from the viewpoint of financial ex } penditure, they say, because of the : various values of money in world j exchange and the variations in la j bor costs and standards. It couldn't i be considered in number of guns, ' the experts say, because science i might make a small gun more de i structive and efficient than a largo I one. Neither could it be consider I ed in number of war ships alone, I the naval men say, because the j merchant marine which always is an auxiliary to any navy would have to be taken into consideration. If the taxable resources of a nation were to be considered, the eco | nomic experts say, it would . be j found that the cost of a dread : naught weighs two and a half times j as heavih on Great Britain as it does on the United Mates and j roughly nine times as heavy on Ja I pan. ; Then there is another form of armament little thought of some ' limes but highly potential, the ex perts say. to be considered. lf is . the material resources of a nation : which can l>e turned to the account of wur in the quick and decisive fashion that the United States or ganized for victory over Germany. A cash register factory, for in stance, became the grea* st small I arms plant the wor ever had I seen, dye-stuffs plants became pro ducers of high explosives over ! night, steel mills turned to the quick production of engines of war, : wool anil cottor mills turned from j their peaceful courses to clothe armies, even the farmers* barn j yards turned to the business of sus ; taining troops in the field. Arranging these facts before them, the American viewpoint us it has been expressed from time to time is that the prospect for limi ; tation of armament lies rather in 1 a desire for peace expressed in deeds which will remove the causes for war. That done, their view is a limitation of armaments becomes a simpler problem. All Roads Lead to Rome. (University Weekly News). It* you asked a dozen thoughtful men '"What does ?South Carolina need mostyou would get twelve different answers?and all would be correct. "Cood roads," one would say. Our roads are a disgrace. We need a hundred million dollars worth of well-graded, hard-surfaced roads, j Why, when I was in Florida last i year" (or maybe "Massachusetts or California), and then you would! hear of a good roads paradise. 'AVhat South Carolina needs j most." another would say. "is not j material things like good roads, but a more sympathetic and scientific way of dealing with our dependent i and defective classes. The state is j not doing its duty in organized i charity and social welfare work. ; Too much is left to chance and to individual effort. The strong arm of the state must be stretched out mightily and intelligently to protect the weak and the helpless, to give the underprivileged a fair cance and a square deal." '"The greatest need of South Car olina." a third would say. "is in creased court facilities and prison reform. For Jack of judges and j court machinery justice is delayed | for months and even for years. And j our penal system is medieval and j cruel. We look not at the crimi nal but at the crime. We punish by hard and fast rules, fitting the criminal to the punishment, not the punishment to the criminal. The criminal is usually a man who is socially sick. We should try to cure him and restore him to society, in stead of hounding him down as we would a mad dog or a wolf." "Why ask?" another would say. "Everyone knows that the state's! chief need is education. As was hrought out at the recent Educa tional Conference in Spartanburg: "l. South Carolina has the small est number of citizens who can read, with the single exception of Louisiana. "2. South Carolina spends the1 smallest amount per capita for the education of the children in public schools. "3. South Carolina has its pub lie schools in operation the small est numbers of days in the year? no. "4. South Carolina has the smallest percentage of boys and girls attending high schools?2.2 per cent. "?. South Carolina has the smallest number of free libraries? 1 .9 per cent. "ti. In all educational lines South Carolina averages the low est in the country?occupies the 48th place. Thus is our beloved state adver tised to the entire world. The Palmetto flag flies over more men tal darkness and ignorance to the square inch than exists in any other state in the union, save possibly on e." Now, which of all these needs could be declared necessary? Put it to a vote till over South Caro lina and you would get a unani mous verdict in favor of all of them. What is the trouble then? Why don't \? e get them ? The trouble is that they all cost money, much money. That is all, Out it is enough. Find a way to double or treble the state's incor't and all our troubles would vanish But the only source of income the state has is taxation. And taxa tion is a sore subject. Nobody wants to think about it. talk about it or hear about it. "I'll discuss education with. you. or good roads, or prison reform, or the League of Nations, but don't bring up the sub ject of taxes. The only thing I know about taxes is that they are j too high and I want them reduced." All of which brings us right back to where we started from. The tax problem is the key problem of South Carolina. Solve it, and of necessity our other problems will solve themselves, and not before. It is largely a matter of dollars and j cents. You can't get an automobile for the price of a wheelbarrow. I Nor can you conduct, efficiently and [progressively, 'he expensive busi I ness of a modern sovereign state j without paying for it, either in , money or in failure. -? ? ? i DcT.orme's Pharmacy Entered by Thief. Sometime late Sunday night or 1 early Mondya morning a thief en i tered DeLorme's Pharmacy on S. Main street by front door and made his escape the same'way, carrying with him about fifteen dollars i which he extracted from the small ; cash register of the soda counter. I Dr. DeLorme states that when he I came down this morning to open I the store he found the front door I open. lie then went to the rear of I the store but found that door i locked as usual. He looked at his <ash registers and found one or j them slightly moved from its orig inal position. This was the register ' from which the money had been stolen, the other register was un I disturbed. Nothing else was miss ed from the store. The lock of the door was bent and the hasp brok I en. The work of this thief was probably swift and sure. From ap pearances he broke the hasp and darted into the store, emptying the first money till that he came to and [then making.a quick getaway. -??> ?? SOUTHERN WILL ISSUE BONDS Washington, Nov. 12. --The I Southern Railway company has asked permission of the interstate eomnn roe commission for permis ssion to issue live million two hundred and twenty-tive thousand in four per cent, bonds. Those for< igners who prate about I the impetuous haste of Americans might have occasion to revise their opinions if placed in the position of the country newspaper man trying to collect his subscriptions. Tobacco Growers Sign Contracts Twenty Per Cent, of Neces sary Quota Now Pledged By Cooperation Effort Florence. Nov. 11.?Close to 2 0 per cent, of the quota required for the Tri-State Tobacco Growers' Co operative Marketing association may be signed up now according to the indications of preliminary information headquarters had to night in beginning its compilation of contracts. The total contracted now is around 3,500,000 pounds, ac cording to the estimate of officials. Secretary. Young returned tonight from Dillon, where the campaign was opened today with* a m.\ss meeting. He reported a good start with about a quarter of a million pounds signed up. This includes two warehousemen, several bankers and other prominent planters. Among the signers of the contract were F. Watkins, warehouseman: T. A. Dillon. 40,000 pounds; Dr. J. H. David, L. S. Rogers, banker , of Lakeview, signed for 3;",,000 j pounds; L. J. Mills, banker and 1 warehouseman, also signed up. ? m ? Tax Reform in South Carolina Effort.Will Be Made to Get New Laws on Books Columbia. Nov. 12.?Tax reform in South Carolina, the greatest is sue of the day, will make another \ effort at getting into the law books, I with the introduction in the 1922 j legislature, which meets in Janu ary, of several revenue producing measures, which it is said will solve the tax problems of the state, if the legislators will let them become laws. vV. G. Querry, of the state tax j commission, in speaking today of the needed legislation, stated that j bills will be introduced next year to provide income, inheritance, gaso line and occupation taxes. "Wheth er these measures become law re mains to be seen." Mr. Querry stat ed, "but they will relieve the state of the present evils attendant upon the property tax and will put part ; of the burden of local and state government on property that is now escaping taxation." A bill to provide a tax on gaso line was introduced in the 1921 leg islature, and it passed the house, but died in the senate. An income tax bill was also introduced, as was an inheritance tax bill, but the two didn't get very far. They are still on the calendars. These measures will be pushed .again next year, and in addition a bill to provide a state tax on various businesses will be introduced. It is not known as yet who will father the measure. They will like ly meet with some opposition, though the success of the gasoline tax bill in the house last session in dicated a desire on the part of the representatives of the masses for tax reform and additional sources of state revenue. Truant Girl Captured Alcolu Girl Charges Her Father With Cruelty I Columbia, Nov. 11.?"I'd rather ! kill myself than go home to my i father," said a young girl of Alco I lu, Maud Windham, in Recorder ; Kimball's court here this morning, j the young girl having been brought ? in by her father, who had her ar ' rested as a runaway girl. The girl told a pitiful story of how her fath ; er beat her, and explained that ; that was why she ran away from home. She said her father had i beaten her half to death twice be I fore. : The young gi*d was seen by a de fective at a certain industrial <plant : where she was expected to arrive I Thursday afternoon. When she saw I the officer, she fled in the taxieab ' in which she had arrived. The of ! ficer chased her and she was ar j rested in Brook land, across the j river from Columbia, j Two neighbors who had accom ! panied Mr. Windham to the city j testified that the father would not j treat the girl cruelly, agreeing to ? see that his promise to this effect i was carried out. They discounted j the girl's story and the court or I dered her to return with her dad. ! As she left the court room she ? threatened to kill herself. ? ?? o I Public Meeting of Wade Hampton Literary Society. i On Mondav evening at the Girls' j High school building at 7:30 there j was held the first quarterly public i meeting of the Wade Hampton Lit I erary society. The program is giv ! en below: 'song.. _._ __ _. Society j Dream of Fair Women _. .. I Reader _ .Mamie Tucker i Helen of Troy_Armida Brunson Iphigenia..Lizzie Brogdon J Cleopatra _ Rita Heriot Jephtha's Daughter .. -- j. Marguerite Harby Jeanne d'Are ..May Willis Osteen I Fair Rosamond ..Mary Alderman Eleanor.Mamie McCollum Eleanor of England.. .- . i ...Marguerite Roper J Chorus. Fair October. .. ._ ..Boys and Girls Alphabet of Errors. ..Girls of the Fourth Year !Song._ _. __ _:__ Marion Foxworth, George Xofal. j Myers Skinner. Alva Spann. ? Power of Words .. .. .. .Dr. S. H. Edmunds Song... _Society The Sumter Dry Goods Co. will give one-third off on all coats, coat suits and dresses during fair week.?Advert isement. As a last resort, distressed and worn-out conferees usually decide in desperation to be reasonable. Senator Advocates Poultry Breeding Dial Points Out Work in East Tennessee District?Oppor tunties Are Many in South Carolina Washington. Nov. 10.?Senator; Dial, just before leaving for South ; Carolina the other clay, expressed ; the hope that since great interest had recently been shown in poultry : raising in the Palmetto State, that the people in that etate and in the ' south generallv would continue : their efforts to raise more of the products which we use at home. Among three things which Senator Dial expressed were the following: More poultry of various kinds, the j growing of grapes and the produc tion of Cassaba melons. The senator said that recently he was in the neighborhood of Knox ville, Tennessee and he saw not lit erally carloads, but trainloads of poultry of different kinds going to the different markets and he was certain that whatever that section could produce, could be done in j other parts of the south. He also said that recently he was in Rhode Island one Sunday and saw what splendid success in poul try-raising had been achieved there. He saw. he said, poultry raising in its best form. "Much, of course, had been devoted to this industry and the very best of poultry for the markets was being produced with excellent results. These facts so impressed Senator Dial that lie again hopes that our people will turn their attention along this line. As to grapes, Senator Dial said that when the prohibition amend ment was adopted, the California growers of grapes feared that Their industry would he seriously inter fered with, but on the contrary grapes are now bringing better prices than they did before prohi bition went into effect. There Is a splendid opportunity in the south for grape growing, the senator said, and there are so many varieties that the demand for them has greatly increased. It was re ported very recently that more than one thousand dollars had been secured on one acre. As to the Cassaba melons, Sena tor Dial hopes that our people will turn to this industry also. The de partment of agriculture recently made an investigation of this mel on. The Cassaba melon has gained popularity rapidly during the past six years. The cultural methods followed are practically the same as for cantelouttes, but that the growing period required for the Cassaba melon is much longer. This carries the ripening season well into the summer. It is stated that the Bidwell variety is the best g*own and has become well known during the past two years. The Cassaba melon is a late mel on and would come in after the canteioupe has been taken off the market and just at a time when summer vegetables are also going off. It is a delicious melon, is easi ly grown, provided climatic condi tions are suitable, and bring a nice price on the market. Senator Dial further stated that there are many acres in the south which undoubtedly are suitable for the production of the Cassaba mel on and the grapes, and this with more industry in poultry raising, would give our 'people not only something to sell, but two delicious table fruits, and the poultry as well for meat. Persons interested in ascertain ing the scientific production of eith er the melon or grapes, or who de sire further information as to the best plans for poultry raising in va rious lines, may secure bulletins from the department of agriculture, or Senator Dial will be glad to give such information as he possesses upon request. In recent years the Casutba mel on has made a great hit in the west and will undoubtedly be a big pro ducer there in the near future, and there is no reason why, with a splendid climate, a good rainfall and a long-growing period, the same results could not be secured by the south. ?? ? ? Peace Officers in Pistol Duel ; Policemen and Deputy Sheriff Fight to Death at Abbeville Abbeville, No. 11.?Policeman i H. E. Cannon is dead. Policeman C. j W. Crawford is shot through the j neck and Deputy T. L. Cann is se riously wounded, as the result of a pistol duel at midnight last night ; on the steps leading to the second , Uoor of the city hall. The inquest j was held tonight in the city hall ; and the verdict was that Mr. Can 1 non came to his death from gun j shot wounds at the hands of Depu I ty Sheriff T. L. Cann. It is alleg I ed that Mr. Cann had caused some ! disturbance at the theater and that j Policemen Crawford and Steven ; son were trying to persuade him to I go home. Mr. Stevenson says he heard Mr. Cann say '"Don't touch ! me. Crawford." and almost at once the shooting began. Mr. Cannon was shot through the body and in the right arm and hand, dying instantly. After the shooting Mr. Cann walked home, j where his wounds were dressed. Ili.^ I physician states he was shot four i times, one shot penetrating the right lung. Mr. Crawford is in the ! county hospital. Mr. Cannon, the policeman kill ed, was about t?0 years old. He was well liked by everyone. His wife survives him. -? ? ? j Rig Saving on Rcady-to-Wcar! The Sumter Dry Goods Co., will j save yen your fair week expenses it : you make a purchase from their i ready-to-wear department during ! fair week. Splendid values are be | ing shown in all lines with one third off without reservation.-?Ad I vertisement. Law As To Tax Payments Supreme Court Renders Im portant Decision on Rule as ! to Pre-requisite to Voting j Columbia. Nov. 10.?Payment of all taxes due and collectible, in cluding poll tax, within the dates specified by law or between October 15 and December 31 is a prere quisite to voting in any election in South Carolina within six months thereafter, the state supreme court held yesterday in handing down a decision in the Chester county an nexation case. The case, listed by the court as W L. Abernathy, et al. vs. Samuel M. Wolfe, et al., arose out of a special election held in Chester when it was proposed that a part of Chester county annex to York. The election carried, but the Ches ter county board of canvassers de clared the result to be null and void because 97 voters cast their ballots when they had not paid their poll and other taxes before December 31 as required by law. I The election was held January 11. ; 1921, and the board of canvassers i met January IS. The original vote j was 147 for annexation and 66 j against, but 07 of these were de ? clared illegal. Following the null and void de | cree of the county board of can ! vassers, an appeal was taken by j proponents of the annexation i scheme to the state board of can | vassers. headed by Attorney Gen i eral Wolfe. The state board af j ?rmed the action of the lower i hoard and the proponents appeal j ed to Judge Ernest Moore. Judge Moore heard the case carefully and then upheld the action of the state j board. The proponents then ap pealed to the supreme court from the decision of Judge Moore. The supreme court says the de cree of Judge Moore was correct and for the reasons assigned by the circuit judge affirms the lower ; court's opinion. Judge Moore de j clared the election null and void I largely on former supreme court j decisions which, it is said, have ; held that the payment of poll taxes ? and other taxes are prerequisite to : voting at any election, whether I general or special, within six ! months after December 31. i Justice Watts wrote the opinion j and the entire court. Chief Justice i Gary and Associate Justices Fraser i and Cothran, concurred.. The court also affirmed the judg ! ment of the lower court in the case j of W. S. Wilkinson, John S. Rainey j and J. X. Quinn as highway eom i missioners of Broad River town \ ship, York county, respondents, vs. i the Planters' bank of Sharon, ap j pellant. This action validated ; bonds of the township, which were I contested by the bank. Judge : Watts also wrote this opinion, and j for the reasons assigned by Judge I Hayne F. Rice, the court upholds I the circuit court. The opinion was i unanimous. It is being reported that the ; friends of Mr. Davis D. Moise have ; been urging him to offer himself as a candidate for the unexpired' ! term of Senator Clifton. While we i have had no statement from Mr. ! Moise relative to this matter, the ( report is current that Mr. Moise ? has decided to yield to the solict ; tation of his friends, and that his : announcement as a candidate w:U ! shortly appear. A committee composed of Messrs. i S. L. Roddey. P. M. Pitts, R. B. I Belser met Saturday and discussed j in general the progress of The j Sumter Creamery company. Mr. j Schmolke. dairy extension agent of ; Clemson college, will be in Sumter I on November 25 and will make a ; short talk before this committee ! and all other interested parties. j The Sumter Dry Goods Co. will i give one-third off on all coats, j coat suits and dresses during fair i week.?Advertisement. Personality will help you on your , way, but personalities won't. South Carolina Should Get in Line Determined Effort to Be Made [ to Sign Up Cotton Farmers and Organize Association _ J Columbia. Nov. 9.?Meeting in I Columbia Tuesday the organization committee of the South Carolina , Cotton Growers' Cooperative As : socaition determined to press for ? ward with all possible vigor the ' campaign for signature to the cot J ton cooperative marketing con tracts. A report was made on the j progress made and the committee, j expressed itself as well satisfied. A strong determined effort will j be made to sign up the 400,000 '? bales necessary to make the con tract effective by the first of next January, it was announced after j the meeting. The committee has \ until May l next to complete the i campaign but it was decided to i make every effort to wind up hy j the first of the new year. This will ! give the association plenty of time, i it was explained, to make its ar j rangements for handling the 1922 1 crop. ' C. O. Moser, secretary of the < American Cotton Growers' ex | change, the overhead organization of the various statewide coopera ? tive associations, was present at thei j meeting. He congratulated the j South Carolina organization on the j results accomplished and assisted in mapping out the plans for the I intensive campaign this month and ; in December. Mr. Moser told the committee of j the wonderful success the Texas j and Oklahoma organizations arc ; meeting with in selling their cc i ton this year, emphasizing the fact j that the members of these associa i tions are receiving more for their i cotton than are the non-members, ! their profits on each bale being j from $3 to $15 net higher than ' the non-members. B. D. Dargan told of the enthus ' iasm in Darlington county for the ? movement. The receipt of con I tracts representing 2,000 addition i al bales received from that coun j ty yesterday sent its total to over ! 5,000 and it now leads all other j counties in the state m the number ; of bales signed. I [J. C. Talbert reported that the j movement was gaining ground rap I idly in McCormick county and he } felt sure that his county would j sign up its quota easily. ! The committee passed a resolu ! tion calling upon every interest in j the state to assist in the campaign, j '"We believe," says the statement, J "that no moie important move ? ment has ever been launched in be i half of the farmers, of the state I than this one and anything that ; benefits the farmer benefits every' ! other citizen of the state." Speed Causes Death ! Two Lives Lost in Automo bile Wreck Near Anderson Anderson, Nov. 11.?J. E. Barton of Andreson and his little daughter, Jennie, were instantly killed $his ! afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock j when the automobile in which j they were riding overturned at a I point about three miles this side of ! Piedmont. Miss Nellie Barton, who is teach I ing at Anderson college, arrived- at the college infirmary shortly after 3 o'clock. She is in a serious con dition. They were going to Green-r ! \ ille, and the car contained, be-: { sides Mr. Barton and his daughters, j three other teachers from the ??l? j lege, Misses Daisy Daniels, Lucille. I Burriss and Adeline Jonesi. j A car driven by R. E. Cochran ? j had passed them and Mr. Barton j had speeded up to repass the oth i er car when the machine turned I over. The three teachers is^re not i seriously injured. Remember the big black goods ; sale at the Sumter Dry Goods Co.? j , Advertisement. Necessity: Anything the neigh bor has. The National Bank of South Carolina OF SUMTER, S. C. The Most Palnstajrtng SERVICE with COURTESY Captia! $300.000 Surplus and Profits $280>00t STRONG AND PROGRESSIV? Give as the Pleasnre of Servfxtff YOU The Bank With the Chime Clock. 3 > 4 ? C. G. ROWLAND, Pre*. KARLE ROWLAND, Cashier < :_1 A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss. Neither does a rolling dollar. Interest is what you want, that is what rcakea your dollar grow. 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