; T!W4^unty Fair
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The An||al 'Exposition, of;
tomfni^ and Industry
(By E. jJ^^ko.rdon. Manager of
?g^blieity).
. Swet pctatp. growers will do well!
to see th$demonstration on har- j
vesting^ iid?d&cg, crating, storing, \
and marketing of potatoes at the;
fair ground? *this week by a Unit
ed States department of agriculture j
expert. ?Find .Out what to .do with ;
your potitees: after you have pro- j
duced thifn^and best of all lind out J
how to market them.
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Let's gbi^-^Where and how. Why (
to the Suait^vcbunty fair, and then j
let's kee^r.-aging with some speed j
behind tlfe^"motion to exterminate!
pessimism > ^and bury Old ~ Man |
Gloom, aw*Old Man Hard .Times. j
We are gok$g*to give both of . these j
v^nerabS?"j&fJd fellows a decent and;
somewha^jspectacular funeral in
Sumter 4wd4 Sumter county during j
this week's fair, and then forget |
them. ? i
Don't forget to hear Dr. Clarence
Poe,1 o^i&rf of The Progressive j
Farmer,Dr. W. W. Long,-: di- j
rector of farm- -extension ot Gi?m- j
son Colklp at opera house, at 11 a.
m. WednKikjyi November l&th on
eo-opera^B.e.1 marketing and the
best methods to pursue in read
"- justment of farm and other busi
ness coaditions under boll weevil j
problems.*: ^ i I
Hr* - (
The Pageant of Progress Parade j
at 11 a. ?Tr?a?y, November ISth, \
Sumter County School* Day is doom- j
1 ing up like a JRingling Brothers- cir- 1
u?? c?s parade iri" size and spectacular ?
psgeantrj|iiX^'~Sumter business es-'.
tablishmeni can afford not to have
a' decorated automobile, truck or ,
in t&3"bag get-together, coun
wide, co-operative, Sumter c?un
motion picture advertising
erne. _,We are* to spend a lot of
>riey to" have this motion picture
made to show the world what
mter and Sumter county are. No
e business man can afford to stay
:d" on Friday, Xovember ISth.
r We are out looking for dead ones
^.asiwell as.-live ones on that day.
The Young. Men's Business League
is going to bury all of the "dead
busmesst and professional men" on
Wednesday, November 16th. The
Chamberr' of Commerce and the
Fair Association are going to ex
hibit the live ones on Friday, No
vember l-Sthv
v-.'-The Sumter Creamery Company
going to* show you at the county
fair hocr-t-hey put up sanitary but
ter and milk and cream and how
( they are helping you to make Sum
ter county money work at home,
% board at- home, and live at the
same place until it gets to the vot
ing age. ! That is the "simon pure"
way to keep your dollars at .home?
j^odTQiW^rv^at- Sumter county needs
"""to e3t, and then buy Sumter county
products.'*o ?
There as little business judgment
in spending hundreds of thousand
of dollars operating "better citizen
ship factories" in the shape of pub
lic schools, and turning out the
iinest linished product of human
ity in the shape of educated, train
ed boys and girls if we have to al
low these boys and girls to hunt
jobs in other places, to use their
education and their training that
we taxpayers paid for in our coun
ty, for these boys and girls, to help
build up other places. Keep our
money at home as much as possible
to furnish jobs for "our boys and
our girls." .
The Royal Hussars Band will
liven things up this week a couple
of times each day of the fair "up
town" and at the fair. No charge
lor stepping the light fantastic toe
or shimmying on Main street when
the band begins to play. If any
prematurely old men trip up while
responding "terpischoreally" to the
musical numbers,'why we have a
bang up and up to date Red Cross
chapter* that will furnish first aid
to the injured. Get as lively or as
kittenish as you like. Just get op
timistic and hopeful, forget your
troubles and join the procession of
progress.
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Every business ?man who is dead
but just walking around to save
the high cost of dying will kindly
report to the Young Men's Business
League or the Chamber of Com
merce for a fine, free, spectacular,
honorable and glorious funeraliz
ing on Wednesday, Xovember 16th
at 3 p. m.
While building or getting ready
to build canning factories we find
it will pay to go into the under
taking business for one day to give
every pessimist an opportunity to
pass away without cost and with
high honors. We don't promise^ to
erect any monuments to the dead
pessimists because we want to for
get, not remember that kind of our
citizens. ?
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Jews Massacred
in Bessarabia
Hundreds Shot Down at
Frontiers While Fleeing
From Country
Kishinev, Bassarabia, Xov. 14.?
Hundreds of Jewish families were
shot down while attempting to
cross the Bessarablan frontiers to
escape an" anticipated clash be
tween the forcete of General Petlura
and the soviet.
Tile Trust
Pleads Guilty
Combine of Tile and Mantel
Manufacturers Violate.
Anti-Trust Law
Xew York. Xov. 14.?Seventy
corporations and individuals, com
prising what is known as the tile
and mantel combine, pleaded guilty
to the violation of the Sherman
anti-trust law in the federal court
Sesuit
of th?
GOODYEAR
WELT
REPAIRING
SYSTEM
HOE
REPAIRING
Is a Dollar
Saving Habit.
Why Throw Old Shoe?
Away When We Can
Make Them Good as
New.
We .are equipped to do any kind of Shoe Repair Job
and do the Best Work at Reasonable Prices.
Work Guaranteed.
I - BARNETT'S SHOE SHOP
3 East Liberty Street
d
CITY
STORE
??? : \V.n
Cor. Main and Hampton
"The Cfeanest and Newest Drug Store in Sumter''
SOLICITS
* "i -X
YOUR
TRADE.
VISIT OUR FOUNTAIN.
A Complete Line of CIGARS and CANDIES.
Greatest Step To
ward Disarmament
Senator Pomerene Endorses
i
American Naval Holiday
Plan
Washington. Nov. 14. ? The
American armament limitation pro
posal "is the greatest one step
1 ever taken toward disarmament,"
? Senator Pomerone, Democrat, of
'< Ohio, told the senate today.
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Saunders-McCovm.
Stateburg. Nov. 13.?The historic
! little Church of the Holy Cross of
: Stateburg was the seen- of a love
j ly wedding Thursday. November 3,
at ?":30 o'clock, when Miss Mary
; Saunders, the daughter of Mr. and
\ Mrs. George McCall Saunders, be
? came the bride of Joseph Wynans
1 McCown, Jr.. of Florence.
I The double ring ceremony was
! performed by the Rev. J. B. Walk
! er, rector of the Church of the
i Holy Comforter, Sumter.
j The church was beautifully dec
i orated, the tall Gothic windows il
! luminated with cathedral candles
I and graceful sprays of smilax. Pal
mettos and smilax formed the back
I ground for the bridal party. The
I altar was massed with white
1 chrysanthemums and gleaming
j candles.
Mrs. McKenzie ^foore of Wedge
| field rendered Mendelssohn's wed
; ding march, the march from Lo
j hengrin being used as a reces
S sional. During the ceremony
"Traumorai" was played softly.
! The bridal party entered as fol
j lows: Charles M. Emanuel of
' Sumter and Thomas M. Ross of
j McOormick, ushers, carrying the
: ribbons and followed by the brides
i maids and groomsmen. Miss Mig
! non McCown. sister of the bride
, groom, with C. Frank Williams of
I Camden: Miss Elizabeth Caldwell
of Greenville, with George M>Call
i Saunders, Jr.; Miss Bessie Saun
I ders of Greenwood, with Robert
I Carrigan of Society Hill; Miss Su
j sie Kirk of Hagood, with Isaac
j Saunders of Hagood.
! Mrs. Thomas Moore Ross, sister
I of the bridegroom, was dame of
! honor. Following her came the
! maid of honor. Miss Frances Saun
i ders. sister of the bride.
1 Preceding the bride came the
i tiny flower girl, Louise Emanuel.
j The bride entered on the arm of
j her father, by whom she was giv
j en in marriage. She was lovely in
i a\i imported robe of Chinese crepe,
? hand embroidered, en train, with
j veil of tulle wreathed with orange
I blossoms. Her bouquet was of
j bride roses, showered with valley
j lilies and maidenhair fern.
j The bridegroom entered from the
j vestry with his best man, Charles
J W\ Strikeleather of Florence.
At Tr.'io o'clock the reception
; was held at "Grove Hill," the home
; of the bride's parents. The guests
j were greeted at the doer by Mrs.
Thomas Eberhardt of Chester and
i Mrs. Julian Emmett Sanders of Ha
i good.
i Receiving with Mr. and Mrs.
j George Saunders and the bride and
? Bridegroom were the bridegroom's
I parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wy
pnans McCown. Miss Frances
i j Saunders, Charles W. Strikeleather
!? and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore
II Ross. ?
lj Punch was served in the living
|; room by Miss Nancy Brice of Ches
1! ter and Miss Mary Kirk of Hagood.
i'The guests were ushered into the
I dining room by Mrs. William L.
1 Saunders and Mrs. Tom Polk San
1 ders.
\ The bride's table was decorated
i; with a graceful basket of enamel
j'<-d wicker filled with Los Angeles
31 roses and asparagus fern, the long
I handle tied with pale green tulle.
j| White vtapers in ^silver candlesticks
1 ornamented the corners of the
? table, the feature of which was
( the bride's cake. Much merriment
' was caused when the wedding
I party drew the symbolic emblems
? from the cake, which was wreath
II ed with ferns and roses and dec
; orated with a chariot driven by
; cupids.
A salad course with mints and
j almonds was served. As the guests
; entered they were presented souve
|i nirs of tiny silver wedding bells by
: Mrs. Charles Emanuel. One room
? was given over to a handsome
: display of wedding gifts.
?J During the evening the bride and
i bridegroom left by automobile for
i
: a wedding trip to Florida.
Among the guests from Florence
were: Mr. and Mrs. George Mc
} Cown, Mr. and Mrs. John Mc
: Cown, Mrs. John Reese McCown,
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. McCown,
Mrs. Bessie Spencer, James Spen
cer, Mrs. L. T. Barnes, Mr. and
j Mrs. L. A. McCall. Miss Mary Mc
lntyre. H. P. Col-, S. J. Cole and
Mrs. J. C. Crowell.
Planning Program
For Conference
Heads of Delegations Met To
| day to Consider Procedure
I
Washington, Nov. 14.?The heads
of the delegations to the armament
conference hoped to agree on a
tentative program of procedure be
fore the seedhd general session con
venes I omorrow.
The hi ads of the American, :
British.. French, Italian and Japa
nese delegations met this morning
to discuss The armament n -gotia
tions program, which meeting will
be followed by a meeting of the
heads of all nine delegations to con
j sider the procedure for the Far
Eastern questions.
The delegates continued to study
! Secretary Hughes' proposal for the
I immediate reduction of Meets, and
a ten year naval holiday.
The only thing harder than liv
ing within an income is living
j without one.
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Wonder if this move t<? suppress
; prohibition jokes is aimed at pro- i
hibition enforcement?
Garment Work
ers Strike
Sixty Thousand Quit Work
on Account of Piece Work
System
New York. Nov. 14.?Sixty thou
sand garment workers today began
a strike against the piece work
system, and the increase in the
work week from forty-one to forty
nine hours.
The Atom Theory
Chemists^of Harvard Trying
to Find What the World is
Composed of
ent investigator at Harvj
bean chosen for the inte
Committee on atomic wei
Cambridge, Mass.. Nov. 10.?The
atomic weights of nearly forty of I
the ninety or nrare chemical ele-j
ments out of which everything in I
the universe is built have been defi
nitely determined by Harvard j
chemists in the course of investiga
tions begun 33 years ago and ex
tending up to tlie present time.
Attention was called to this pro- j
longed research today by the an- j
nouncement that largely on account [
of Iiis work in this field. Professor
Theodore W. Riehsards, Nobel prize ;
winn'-r in 1914 and director of the;
Wolcott Gibbs Memorial Labora- i
tory at Harvard, had been appoint- !
ed a member of the international
committee- of scientists on ele- i
ments, while Profsesor Gregory P.
Baxter, formerly a pupil of Profes-I
sor Richards and how an independ- ,
Harvard, had j
international j
,-eights.
The Harvard research is said to |
to have thrown new light on the j
perplexing problem of the nature of'
matter, while data obtained aie be
ing used daily by thousands of
chemists throughout the world.
The* atomic weights of the ele
ments are described as the relative
weights in which these elements i
combine with each other to form
the countless substances of which '<
the universe is constructed. These !
weights have usually been found to |
be amazingly constant. Silver j
from all parts of the world and i
from many different ores has al
ways the same atomic weight. Cop- :
per from Europe is identical in this '
respect with that miner under the ;
bottom of Lake Superior.
Professor Raxter's work long'
since proved that iron and nickel)
which fall from the sky in meteor- j
ites coming from the spaces fari
beyond the earth's orbit have ex- j
ac-tty- the .same atomic weights as j
iron and nickel from the earth, a j
fact cited as indicating in one re- I
spect, at least, the unity of the uni- j
verse.
The most important single re- j
suit of the Harvard study of ato- j
mic weights is said to be the dis- !
coycry. first proved definitely j
j some years ago by Professor Rich- \
jards#and still holding good through
recent careful tests, that there ex- \
ists at least two kinds of lead in- !
I stead of one. It was found that!
lead from radium minerals, while j
] it possesses properth - exactly sim- |
; ilar to those of ordinary lead, has |
[ a distinctly smaller atomic weight,
I 20C.1 as against 207.2. /
The l^ad from the radium miner- i
als is supposed to come from the 1
i decomposition of radium. Why its j
; atomic weight is different from that!
! of ordinary lead, whether ordinary j
I lead may not itself prove to be a
mixture of lighter lead with r j
j heavier variety perhaps due to the i
? disintegration of the element thor- !
ium, and whether other elements,
.hitherto supposed to be final and!
j indivisible, may not also prove to
j be mixtures and thus open up a I
i whole series of new problems as to !
I the composition of matter, are
j questions to which the answers are
I being eagerly sought by scientists
! over the world today. I
Professor W. D. Harkins of Chi- I
fcago has strong evidence that ordi- j
; nary chlorine is a mixture, and F. '
\V. Aston of Cambridge, England, !
: by n entirely different method, in- I
dieat s that many other elements '
art probably likewise composed of \
atoms of different weights. Harvard
chemists are working at present to
try to find out more about these !
two kinds of lead, but they are;
hampered by the fact that once
mixed, the two kinds cannot by any j
ordinary chemical methods be sep
arated.
Arbuckle Trial Begins
i , j
Fat Comedian Faces Jury To
i
' Answer for Death of Vir- j
?' ginia Rappe
j
San Francisco. Nov. 14.?Roscoe j
Arbuckle this morning went on
trial on the charge of manslaugh- j
t<-r in connection with the death j
of Virginia Rappe, on September:
9th. Scores of witnesses awaited j
call.
Fatal Tenement
House Fire
Nine Burned to Death and
Many Injured in New York
New York, Nov. 14.?Nine per
sons are believed to have perished
in n tenement house lire. Two men
and one woman were seriously, and
thirty others slightly injured. Eight j
bodies have been found. Fifteen
families occupied a five story!
building'.
If his telephone voice has the
sound of a hard-boiled egg. he is ?
probably a dried-up little runt with
a yellow streak.
In this generation we are breed
ing ;.i lot of line up-standing Amer- ?
i- ans who don't look scared in the j
presence of a but ler.
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A large rhubarb crop is reported ;
but we may have better lu<.k next |
Common Pleas Courf
Convenes For Term
Judge T. J. Mauldin Presides, j
True Status of Roster As
certained
The court of common pleas con- j
vened Monday morning at 9:30
o'clock with his honor. Judge J. T.
Mauldin presiding. The roster of
cases was gone over in order to
ascertain the true status of the i
cases scheduled to come before this i
court. A number of cases were by
consent of the Sumter Bar Associa
tion allowed to be continued until j
the next court term or subsequent
term. These were cases in which
Mr. .John H. Clifton was the leading j
counsel and which no other coun-J
sei had been ? mployed due to his i
so recent death. The first case of
this court is to be called for trial
at the session this afternoon.
The uncompleted business of the
fall term of the court of general
sessions was next entered into. This
court was by agreement of the de
fendants, both counsels and Judge
Mauldin, allowed to stand op^n
until this date when its business
would be brought to a completion.
The two cases allowed to be con
tinued until this court session was J
the ease of State vs. Willis Jones |
indicted for murder and that of the j
State vs. J. C. Wallace indicted for j
an attempt to criminally assault a i
young girl. Both of these cases j
had been tried before the court and j
verdicts reached by the juries try- j
ing either case. Notice of motions i
for new trials were also filed in
both of these cases.
The motion .for a new trial in the
Willis Jones case was this morning
withdrawn and this case first taken
up by the court. Short arguments
were heard from the council for
the defense in which the court was
reminded that the verdict reached
by the jury in this case was guilty
of manslaughter with recommenda
tion for mercy, and also to the mat
ter of the boy's tender years. Judge
Mauldin, after hearing what the
defense had to say, stated that
this case had given him a great
deal of concern both at its trial and
since that time, lie stated that it
seemed <o him that the case had
bexm very thoroughly tried and
that every phase of the case had*
been gone into. He asked young
Jones if he realized the gravity of
his condition and if he was sorry
for what he had done. To both of
these questions Judge Mauldin re
ceived an affirmative answer. The
sentence of the court was that Wil
lis Jones be confined in the State
Reformatory at Florence for a pe
riod of two years.
Willis Jones, it will be remember
ed, was tried for the murder of
John Scott, which murder-occurred
on the 8th day of March, 1920, at a
school house about 5 miles west of
Sumter. Willis Jones was then 16
yqears old and his school mate
; whom he killed was 1 7.
The arguments for a new trial
in the Wallace case were next gone
into by the counsel for the defense
j in -this case. There w.ere eleven
I grounds made out upon which the
I motion for new trial restock The
i majority of these grounds' were
I covered by the irrelevancy and in
compatency of the testimony allow
! ed during the trial of this case. The
j hearing of tins motion was con
i tinued until the afternoon session
of the court.
The Fence Law?An Opportun'ty
For Cheap C attle.
Clemson College, No. 12.?Jan
i
uary 1. 1022. will see the closing of
: the last free range in the state. A
I great many people do not realize
j that this means that thousands of
head of native cattle must be
)thrown upon the market. This is
no: encouraging to the owners of
cattle when they reflect that people
all over the country are being ask
ed not to sacrifice their cattle now.
An abnormal condition exists at
present because many farmers
have felt forced to sell their ani
mals to raise a little money. This
condition makes the price of beef
j cattle very low and especially is
this true of the thinner classes of
cat tie such as these native animals
i are. ? J
i Undoubtedly much of this froe
range stock will be sold to be
slaughtered, but this is not neces
sarily true of all of it. When we
consider that native cows crossed
on purebred bulls will produce j
calves which will weigh on the av- I
erage two hundred pounds more at i
two years of age than those from |
native bulls; that the pick of these j
cows can be bought very cheaply; I
that the quality and uniformity of I
their calves for sale insure a higher
price per pound: and that the
price of purebred bulls is less than ?
ever before, is it not well to con
sider the advisability of keeping a
goodly percentage of the best of!
these females on the farms of the j
state? Much of our land is good for j
little else than grazing, and at the !
price required, the purchase of :
these animals, if properly manag
ed, should be a paying investment.
The low price of feed at present
should encourage those who have j
it to buy up some of the good, j
young thrifty animals at the low j
price for which they must he sold, j
thinks S. D. Sims, extension live- '
stock specialist. There is usually a I
very close margin in feeding cattle,
but seldom can feeder stock he |
bought at one to five cents per
pound, the price at which the com- :
paratively thin native cattle are
selling. These animals are accus- i
tomed to rustling for themselves
and can be used to harvest velvet |
beans or corn and velvet beans to
advantage. It is highly important
that they shall not be literally given
away.
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Some folks ^et png noses from
butting them into other people's
business.
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The world owes us all a living, !
and is usually as prompt in settling
up as we are in giving to the world j
what we owe it. 1
Home Brew, Hootch
and Moonshine
Jt's All Wrong Algernon.
Several millions of American citi
zens have been laboring under the
impression that the United States
had gone dry. was more or less dry
at the present time and would
continue to be dry but it isn't -so
at all. The saloons have been nut
out of business but prohibition does
not exist.
This is according to the report
made by Charles H. Sitch and .John
Davison, labor members of the
British parliament, who came to
America to investigate the work
ings of the prohibition act during
the late summer, and who have
filed their report with the. British
law-making body.
"People who know," says part of
the report, "call America the
bootleggers paradise. We were
driven to the conclusion that tin
resultant consequences on the mor
als of the people bode ill for the
future, particularly as regards the
rising generation."
When Sitch and Davison were in
New York City they made various
and sundry attempts to procure li
quor from various sources, but
from their statements at the time,
they were unable to do so. It is a
question of whether the amount
they were able to secure on their
passage back to dear Ole Lunnon
may not have had something to do
with coloring their report.
Is Prohibition Catching On.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
in a statement he recently issued at
Washington claims that the peo
ple generally are coming around to
helping enforce the prohibition
law. In this statement he says
motion picture producers are cut
ting out drinking scenes in the
films and that some .newspapers,
heretofore regarded- as favoring
the "wets," are now refusing to
print cartoons and editorials de
riding the amendment. He claims
that the movement has gained
ground because good citizens feel
the law must be respected.
Held: Wife's a Bootlegger.
The Michigan Supreme Court has
upheld the decision of a lower court
that a man is responsible for the
bootleg ?-':ng activities of his wife.
The court laid down .the rule that
a man is master in his own home
and is guilty of violating the pro-'
hibition law, if his wife, with his
knowledge, sells liquor.
The ruling was made because
"the husband is the head of the
family and has the right at com
mon law to regulate his household,
his expenses and visitors, and to
exercise the general control of the
family management."
Alcohol Silk the Latest.
A new use of grain alcohol has
been discovered by the chemists ? i
the war and agricultural depart
ments in Washington. It is being
used to furnish the proper stability^
to artificial silk, so that it can be
woven into cloth ami so that it will
stand up as well as the g"iiuine
article made from the material fur
nished by the silkworm.
As one imbiber remarked when
he heard of the proce. s: "The al
cohol being sold nowadays, if used
en the silk cloth, would mak it
strong enough, to hoIU up an ele
phant."
!t is claimed the artificial silk ?
treated with alcohol has all the
qualities of the real article. It is
being manufactured at the pres
ent time and will soon be ready for
the market.
Bartenders' Union.
The Volstead act was supposed
to abolish the old and sympathetic
profession of bartending, but ac
cording to r-'ports from Massa
chusetts The members of nine bar
tenders' unions in that state are
continuing as active organizations.
The members are making their or
ganizations more or less social
ones, as none of them are working
actively at their former trades.
New Smuggling Device.
Secret compartments m built into
railway coaches are the latest de
vices of smugglers, who are bring
ing liquor into Washington from
Canada. Recently Federal prohibi
tion agents arrested .several rail
road men and an express messeng
er on this charge and on the charge
of stopping their train near a fash
ionable country club of Seattle,
while they delivered smuggled li
quor to the club attendants.
Rustle C.iMlc for Booze.
The high cost of booze has turn
ed many cowboys into cattle rustl
ers to get the money for liquor, ac
cording to George T. Donaldson, of
Greensburg, Kan., and former pres
ident of tiie Kansas State Live
stock Association. Donaldson lost
43 head of cattle recently and in
his search for them he discovered
tiiat rustling has become more
prevalent than it was formerly.
Donaldson traced the hides of his
cattle to Detroit and their bodies to
Chicago, where the rustler who
disposed of them had drawn only
$200 of the money coming for
them.
"The cattle industry cannot stand
the present conditions plus boot
leg booze at $1"> a quart. $l,0G0-a
night crap and poker games and
the high price of hotels without
something happening," is Donald
son's way of explaining why rustl
ing is prevalent.
In this hyphenated land, a news
paper r.till can print jokes about
Siam without offending any of its
influential subscribers.
There is something about the
feel of winter flannels that reminds
the doughboy of an experience he
had in the front line.
Let's see,'what kind of argument
was it the labor agitator used be
fore bombs were invented?
? ? ? ?
The ad. writer who said: "You
remember the quality: you forget
the price," wasnt talking about
war.
Great Victory
Memorial
Corner Stone of First Build
ing of Institution Laid
Today
Washington, Nov. 14.?President
Harding. General Pershing and Ad
miral Coon, the chief of naval op
ei at ions, were among the speakers
at the laying of the cornerstone of
the new Victory Memorial here.
Secretary Weeks officiated. The,
final cost is estimated at ten mil
lions, and over a million has already,
been raised. The erection of the
building begins the fulfillment of a
bequest in the will of George
Washington for the founding of an
instit tit ion "to disseminate learn
ing, culture and a proper under
standing of the right principles in
government1.**
It was assumed Jhat several days |
would be required for the naval i
advisers of Great Britain and Japan
to prepare estimates of the accepta
bility of the American proposal
Thousands of messages of praise,
and approval have been received by
Secretary Hughes and the White
House. Publicity for the conference ',
was among the u.ucstions consider
ed by the head of the delegations
at the meetings. The American
positions understood to be for open
meetings in principal, with fre
quent executive sessions, the con
clusions of which will be presented
in open session.
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A country without roads is a
country without civilization, and a
country without good roads in this
era is a country that is doomed to
I fall behind in the march of pro
gress and prosperity. A combina
' tion of bad roads and boll weevil
j will prove the ruin of Sumter"
county and those who are fighting
. tin- road buiMing program are put
ting the krtife into the one thing
that will make diversified farming
I possible and profitable. Without
; transportation and good transpor
tation facilities at that, farm pro
' ducts cannot be marketed at all
I seasons, except at excessive cost in
: time, labor and wear and tear on
vehicles. Good roads cost money,
, but it is not a prodigal waste of
I money, but an investment that will'
. pay big dividends.
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The office cynic calls it the fair
sex, and then grades T.*e male sex
i as good or excellent.
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Almost anything can happen
I now. A Topeka plumber has been
; arrested for speeding.
i There are homes for cats, and
j every woman lias acquaintances she
! would like to send there.
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The philosopher who says our
j trouble is largely mental is al
most right. It is armamental.
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An alarm clock went off like
corks popping would get most men
out of bed.
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