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Tfee Watchman '?n? Sot?hron Entered at the Postoffice at Sum ter, S. C, as Second Class Matter. ? PERSONA^. Miss Catherine Lupo has? return ed from a short visit to^relatives and friends in Columbia. She was accompanied home by her -sister, Mrs. A. D. Thompson, who'will be -?ere for the fair. W'\ 3|r. and Mrs. J. D. OHver of Or angeburg: are spending the day in town. Mrs. Frances Kline, Home Dem onstration agent of Florence,* is in Sumter today. Miss Julia Elizabeth Brunson of Florence is visiting Misses.? Thelma and Inez- Carr on Hampton Ave. Mis-Janet Plexieo of Columbia is visiting Miss Tindy Hoyt Mrs. S. C. Baker, Mrs. William Moran and Miss Sdith DeLornie at tended the D. A. R. convention held this week in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bowman are in the city today. ?*. Among the young Tadiea of Orange burg .spending Friday in Sumter attending the -; Stymter Orangeburg f o o t b a f 1 game were: Misses "Lou Alice She cut. Mo:garet. McNamaxa;. Syael Wannamaker, Mary Ellison Brant ley,' Annie Lee Dantzlerv SueSp?hr, Kathaline daffy, Julia D?kes, Mar garet Sturckey, Alice Towies, Ella Hill. Agnes Pearl Smoak.. Mildred Oliver. Ruth Nowborne and Miss "Steele. Among those spending the day in Sumter . Friday and attending the County Fair were: Mr. and Mrs. R? O. Richardson and family v= of Pinewood,. Mr.. and Mrs* Manning Richardson of Clarendon. Mr. and Mi?. R. S.. Richardson pf^-Claren don, Mr. and- Mrs. Guy Nelson, Mr. Oe?arge Mabray and family.] Mrs. B^ ^JP?ierson, Mrs. James Pagan, Mrs. Syiivan, Mrs. James Pinck ney and^trs. Julian Barn well of Statehurg. . . iv: : Mr. W. M. Berg left last night for New York where he will be for the next ten days on, business. Mr. J. O. Goodwin of Dalton, Ga., is yisiting friends in t"ae*eity. A party composed of ikr. and Mrs. Strauss, Mr. Hubert - Morris and Mrs. M.' Goldberg ^?notored through the country yesterday to Batesnurg. '? Mr. J. W. Harper has left for Rieam#nd> Va., where hejsta re main for several months at work oh a large building contract. v Dr. W. EL Miley, of ? Charlotte and Rev. J_ T. Hooker of Spartan burg, who^have just brought to a close a meeting in Mayesville, pass ed, through Sumter this morning while on their way to, Aliendale. Miss Reese Chandler, was. the weekend visitor of ;Mjss Mary Brunson of Florence... :' Mr. J. B. Felton of..;the State Department of Education at Co lumbia, is spending the day .in the county among the Rural.schools. Mrs. Annie L Rembert >ot Colum bia ,|^*^fTy?sterday in.-the city. ^M^Jmjna Reynolds iB spending several days visiting in Charleston. Miss Reynolds will attend the Thanksgiving dance at the Citadel. Mr. CarroU Culbreath left for Camden for several weeks' on husi aess. ??- ?? - ? Dr. H. M. Stuekey has returned from Hot Springs where he has been attending the Southern Med ical Association Convention. Mrs., W. W. Boatfield of Colum bia, is visiting her mother on Oak land Avenue. Haynsworth- SiddalL MSss Mary.Charles Haynsworth and Mr. Thos. H. Siddall,. Jr., were married Monday at the home of the bride's parents? Mr. and Mrs. JE. C. Haynsworth on E. Calheun street, the Rev. Wm. Haynsworth, uncle of the bride, performing the ceremony. The marriage was a very quiet affair, only the families of the contracting: parties being present. Mr. and Mrs. Siddall went through the country to Columbia, frrom which point they will go to Florida for a short stay. Mrs. Siddall is one of Sumter's most charming daughters, nad has & kost of friends her? who unite in for her. a most happy fu ill is a popular young "In^an of the city, and has "wngratiflations of his many ?toods. *R*&m Heed*Coming Probably the most p?r?lai opera evcr^produced in this country was "Robin Hood" as played by the famous. Bdetonians in all of the larger cities of the United States. The old Bostonians are no more, but Robin Hood lives on and will al ways be popular with lovers of god music. . Manager Ryttenberg has book ed Robin Hood for the Academy of Music for an early date. It 13 booked for all of the larger cities of the South, and Sumter is for tunat*_vin having been given a one jaigh^' engagement. The manager "writes Mr. Ryttenberg as follows: Mr. Abe Ryttenberg, Mgr. Academy, Sumter, S. C. My dear Mr. Ryttenberg: We carry no No. 2 companies, you receive the same organization complete, that Washington, Phila delphia, Baltimore, Richmond* Nor folk, and Atlanta gets. In conclusion I wish to say?If "Robin Hood" does not prove to be "the greatest singing organization ever brought to your city, you, may devote tlie entire gross receipts to any Local Charity you may desig nate. Looking forward to capacity business with, you, I am very cordially, Ralph M. Dunbar. Durham, *. C, Nov. 4, 1921. ???>"?? ?* Belfast, 3?ov. 21.?One was kill ed, and another w newal of rioting in East-Belfast which begin yesterday with a eUb of rival factions. Sumter Witnesses Trades I^ade Pageant of Progress Parade of School Day Largest Ever Friday the city aad county of Sumter got together and produced on the streets of the cjty a parade unrivaled by any previous similar one.. Practically every business house in the city was represented j by a float and there were numer I ous private cars superbly and pain i stakingly; decorated. The school I children, of about; fifteen of the j largest schools of the county marched k: the p?rade and formed ] a picture long to be remembered by j the enormous crowds that lined the J sidewalks all along the chosen route of the parade. The Sumter city ?schools were represented by its host of children, dressed different ly for. each grade in the line of march. The school battalion of the j boys' high school, with drums ! beating were last in the marching i order. The parade was led by the Royal Hussar band mounted upon a big truck and immediately follow ing came two of the fire, trucks. The police force was well repre sented in the line. The decorated floats in the parade were indeed as good as ever seen in Sumter and all . presented a most pleasing spectacle. . The floats taking the prizes were as follows: First prize, Cherry Furniture Co. Second prize, Sumter Dry Goods Go. Third prize, Sumter Marble and Mantle Co. , A slight discrepancy occurred in awarding the prizes for the deco rated automobiles; in. that the first prize was awarded to a decorated car but hearing a sign, "Say it With Flowers, Mrs. Agnes Bogin." Tihis car should have been judged in the dais of floats, as no adver tising, was all?wed on personally decorated cars. The second prize was awarded to the "Red Cross Ambulanz" the third prize went to Miss Krist'anson in her Paige roadster. The line of march was from Ca I nat street south down to Main, to Liberty where it swung into West j Liberty to Salem, thence south over j Salem to Oakland, and back to I Main, and north over Main to Ca naL where it disbanded. This pa rade was a credit to the city of Sumter, and those who worked s* hard in getting it together and those who made it a success by en- i tering their* cars and floats. It is just a mild demonstration of what Sumfer. folks can do when they get, together and do it. The judges who kindly officiated were the following: Mr. W. B. Mc carty, ?f Saluda, S. CY, Mr. Carl M. Allen of Columbia, and Mrs. Geo. j BL Burbage, also of Columbia. The judges were purposely chosen from out of town. .r' f ??fr ?r ' - ? WorkingRuies For Shop Crafts t* .. *X- ?? - : Railroad Labor Board to jliake Announcement Soon?Will Affect 500,000 Men ? m Chicago, N?v. 18.?The United States Railroad Labor Board an nounced tonight that the new working rules for the* six shop crafts probably will be completed and issued in time to become ef fective December 1. issuance of the rules, under a re cent decision of the board, paves the way for consideration of re quests which may be filed by the roads for revision , of the shop crafts wage schedules. , The new shop crafts rules will affect approximately 500,000 men on\ all Class \ 1 railroads in the country. Only, nirfety-four rail roads are directly concerned in the present case,, the others not having their submissions in proper shape when the case was taken up, but board members anticipated that all i the Class i raijroads will probably carry out the decision without fur ther hearings. The board's statement issued to night said: "Such satisfactory progress du ring the past week has been^made in the consideration of rules and working conditions for the six shop crafts that it is altogether probable that these rules wiU .be completed and will become effective December 1." The board members said tonight that the new rules have been prac tically completed within five months, while the national agree ment, which they supersede, requir ed the attention of railways, gov ernment and labor representatives and experts for seven months be fore it was completed^ The labor board's werk on 1 he rules was interrupted by the threat ened railroad strike, which was av erted October 27. A few days pre viously the board announced that no further wage reductions for any class of employes would be consid ered by the board until working rules and agreements in dispute j for the crass of employes had been passed upon. , The board, it was indicaied to night, will next take up for consid eration the rules and working con ditions for the maintenance of way . employes. There are a large number of disputed questions re garding these rules already before the board, and statisticians have prepared^ most of the cases for pre sentation. The national agreement, which ! the new rules will displace, was {first brought before the railroad ad j ministration in January, 1919. It j was submitted to a committee of j twenty-eight men, fourteen repre jsentatives of the employes and four teen of the roads. This commit tee considered the rules for four months, after which the findings Were reviewed by the national board on railway wages and work ing conditions. Tne railway administration then passed on the ji-ules. Execution of Wallace Stayed Notice of Appeal Stops Exe cution of Death Sentence on December 16 A notice of an appeal for a new trial has been filed by the attorneys defending J. C. Wallace, sentenced by the court to electrocution on the sixteenth day of December. This appeal, to be heard before the su preme court, automatically stays the execution of Wallace's sentence. Sheriff Hurst is in receipt of a pa per from Governor Cooper granting -permission to the sheriff to keep Wallace here in the county jail un til a later date. Wallace was to have been carried to the state pen itentiary today to be placed in the death house. ? ? ? French Army Keeps the Peace Washington, Nov. 18 (TV the As sociated Press).?War would have broken out in Europe three or four times since the signing of the armistice had it not been for the French army, Premier Briarid de clared today in co.> /ersation with American newspaper correspond ents. The French premier was discussing his forthcoming speech Monday before the third plenary session of the arms conference which, he said, would not be an oration but rather an explanation. "I shall ask the American peo ple." said he, "to place themselves in the position of the French peo ple for three-quarters \of an hour and survey the European situa tion as we see it and feel it. "France does not Want a large army any more than you do. \Ve wish it were possible to reduce be low the minimum that we now have in mind, but we must, as we are alone, secure ourselves. France is not asking for any guarantees, she is not asking for anything. If it were possible for Great Britain, the United States and Italy to say, 'If you are attacked we will be with you,* then it would be possible for .us to disarm. But if you simply say, 'Do not be afraid; tran quilize yourselves, no one is going to attack you,' that is not suffi cient. "There is the Russian army of 1,500,000. You must say, 'Why do you mention that; Russia is not at tacking you? ' Poland is the only barrier. If France had not had a strong army last yeo.r, the barrier would have fallen. The soviet troops would have been in Ger many. There would have been anarchy in central Europe.' No, we must have an army to secure our selves and maintain order;" M. Briand turned to other sub jects. "We can not look upon the sub marine question in the same way as Mr. Balfour," he continued. "France must defend herself on three seas and we have possession^ remote from our country. Mr. Balfour said nothing respecting maintaining communications that would not ap ply to us. France abandoned her construction program of 1912 when the war came on, and nearly all of our light vessels were destroyed during the war. They have not been replaced. The French navy of today can not be taken as a pro portionate standard." i The French prime minister did j not go further on the submarine I question, although he was pressed i with questions. He replied that as th* naval experts were in process or' ; determinating limitations he must wait until they had arrived at con clusions. "I shall be sorry to leave at an interesting moment in the confer ence," continued M. Briand. "I left France when parliament was in full course. Several important and del j icate questions are being delayed ? by my absence, particularly the French budget. I have no right to remain away longer because, if I did, my valise would be overpack ed with too many difficulties. But I wanted to come and I am glad I did. I believe the principles of a settlement on Far Eastern ques tions and naval reduction will have been settled by the time I must leave. "These settlements will give us peace; but not only peace in the ordinary sense, but I hope, peace of mind?the atmosphere of peace. Neither Great Britain, the United States, Japan nor France have imperialistic designs on China. We shall, I trust, be able to form an j entente on Far Eastern questions, so thafChina shall have territorial integrity and political independ ence." Some one mentioned the war I debts; whether they would be dis cussed. "The debts are not on the pro gram laid before us by the Ameri can government," replied M. Briand. "Consequently the debts will not be .discussed. We are not j asking that they shall be; we take j the program as it is presented. We ' shall pay the debts. It was in a sense contracted for our common i purpose during the war and we shall have to have some time, but we shall pay- it." The premier did not indicate when he would return to the Wash ington eonference. During his ab sence M. Viviani, former premier of France, will be head of the dele gation. Triple Murder in Indiana Wilmington, Ohio, Nov. 21.? Mystery continues to surround the triple killing Saturday night at Cu ba, a village near here. Oliver Vandervort is held on a murder charge accused by the ten year old son of Oliver and Mrs. Jeff Whit low, who was fatally wounded, but the police are unable to find the gun used for the killings. Hertha Whitlow Vandervort. twice divorc ed from the accused and Howard Boscar, were also killed. j Stimter Beaten ? I By Orangeburg j - I Visitors Score Nine Points Against the Local High Team' - i The Orangeburg' High school I football team carried back the I laurels with them when, they took j I their departure Friday night for \ home town. The game was played j yesterday afternoon on a rough and ' ! rocky field off Oakland avenue, the j fair grounds field being otherwise i occupied. The game during the j first half bid fair to be the closest ! and most even game oi the high j school season and during the first I half of the game neither side had j scored. Orangeburg had the ad ! vantage in the toe work through j out the game, averaging probably I twenty;-five yards to the kick over ! Sumter. The Sumter team worked j well in the pinches and held Or ' angeburg for downs time and time j again during the first half. Or j angeburg probably had a little the best of the rub at the end of the half. Early in the third quarter Orangeburg placed the ball on j Suniter's 18-yard line by a series of I steady gains. From this positron a I drop kick was neatly placed J through the goal posts making the first score of the game and giving j Orangeburg three of their nine j ponits. Orangeburg got loose on Sumter's uncompleted forward pass ! and scored their touchdown. They I failed to kick goal making their total score nine points. Sumter certainly did not play a perfect ! game but at times they got into the fight and showed real stuff. Then out of a clear sky would come a fumble which wo ild again have Sumter neck deep in the hole. Rivers for Sumter was decidedly the star on defense, Wheeler play ed well on offensive and Cato in ! the line was steady. Orangeburg's I line consisted of the following men: j Pauling, c; Miller, rg; Jackson, j lg: Whisonent, rt; Thackston, It; Boinneau, re; Sykes, le; Will jef ! fords, fb; subs. Wannamaker, Al j bright, Mixon. Coach, Johnnie i Scovi 1. ? ? ? ?? Capital and Labor Agree on Wages Chicago, Nov. 18'(By the Associ ated Press)?Employees of Armour j & Co., 26,000 in all, today, through their plant governing committee, ! agreed with officials of the pack- ? j ing house that a wage reduction is necessary and fixed its amount. I The cut is effective November 28. j This is the first time in the his tory of the industry that a wage j 'reduction has been arrived at in | such a manner. Tonight officials of Swift & Co, | announced that after an all day j conference the representatives of the Chicago assembly of employees had voted that a readjustment of (wage was necessary,'had extended I I a vote of confidence in the man- j j agement and had voted to leave the j j wage reduction to the discretion j of the management. Reductions for various classes of ! employees of the Chicago assembly [ practically corresponding to those fixed by the employees of Armour & Co.. and effective on same date. November 2S, were then.announced \ by com.pany officials who said they j expected the other 16 assemblies of j employees to take similar action. Employees of Wilson & Co., and the Cudahy Packing company, who i are expected to accept similar re j auctions, and Morris & Co., has an ; nounced that it will follow the ex j ample of the others. All of the j "big five" except Morris & Co., last j spring inaugurated the "plant con- l gress' system of employees' parti- \ cipation in the management fo the j industry. The agreement between Armour j & Co., and its employees followed ! a two-day conference. Twenty- j ! four employees, representative of j the plant councils in nine cities, i ? met with an equal number of com pany officials. The books were j opened and the financial situation j of the company explained. The ! j question was put to a vote and the j j following reduction adopted: For piece workers, 8 per eqfit.; unskilled labor, getting 45 cents an ! hour or less, 7 1-2 cents; semi ' skilled labor getting 45 and 50 ce;?ts j an hour, three cents. A minimum wage of 25 cents an hour for adult I female labor is provided. The reductions apply to plants in Chicago, St. Paul. Sioux City, Oma ha, St. Joseph, Kansas City, St. Louis and Denver. When the reductions are applied to the plants of the other members of the "big five," 125,000 men and women will be affected. In the final result, a far larger number will be directly con<^rned as wages j in several hundred smaller houses ' are based on the "big five" scales. No change is made in working i conditions or the 40 hour week i guarantee. Today's action, officials said. I marked a new departure in Amer ican industry. While the '?plant congress" idea has been tried with varying success in other lines, the I packing houses were the first na tional industry to attempt this ! method of employee representa tion in the management. ? ? ? Death. Mr. John G. Brown, aged 77 i years, died at his home near Oswe ! go on Sunday. Mr. Brown was a I prominent farmer of that section j where he had lived for many years. The funeral services were held ; this morning at Bethel church. -? j Mena. Ark., Nov. 18. ? Eight members of the family of R. E. j Weems at Wiekes, near here, were killed last night when the house j collapsed during a violent storm. i Details are lacking as the wires are : I down. ? ? ?? j To paraphrase the immortal Lin- j ! coin, prohibition can't endure half ' knave and half spree. j . 1 Phillips De feats Clemson Great Football Player Scores1 j Remarkable Victory Clemson College, Nov. 18.?Dodo j Phillips, the great ErSkine fullback, j wound up his gridiron career in a i blaze of glory by scoring two touch- j downs, which enabled Erskine to defeat Clemson, 13 to 0, on Riggs j field here this afternoon. Phillips was the star for the day, plunging ? thi ought the Clemson line for prac- \ tically all of Erskine's gains, toss- | ing some pretty forward passes and i doing all of his team's kicking, j Clemson fought hard and came i very near scoring in the second j half, but the Tigers were held for downs on Erskine's four yard line and had several forward passes in-j tercepted by Phillips when they were in Erskine territory. The Ti-, gers made some beautiful gains but j seemed unable to take the ball any j further when they got nfttrly to the j last white line. The stars of the Clemson back- I field were Emanuel and Hollohan ! and Burton, these men doing a j large portion of the Tigers' gaining. In the line Webb at center and Spearman at end were the stars. Hollohan called signals and ran the team in great style. For Coach Dave Parrish's Seceders Phillips! was of course the shining light but | he was by no means the only man j on the team. Young and the Ken hedy brothers ga\e'him good as sistance in the backfield. while j Brice, Blakeley and Scoggins were the stars of the forward line. Scog gins particularly played a fine game j at center until he was hurt and re- j moved from the game in the second j half. Phillips, who was playing; his last game for the Seceders, ful- j ly lived up to his reputation as South Carolina's, if not the souths greatest back. He plunged through j the Tiger line almost at will for j gains of fron% five yards up. In ad- j dition he threw' some pretty for- | ward passes and intercepted a number of the Tigers' aerial at tempts. At the beginning of the ' game Clemson kicked off to Erskine, the Erskine man was downed on his own 23 yard line. From there the Erskine boys marched down the field to the Tigers' two yard line by means of Phillips'" running and one forward pass. However, Clemson's line held and the ball went over, the Tigers punting out of danger. Erskine received the punt on Clem son's 40 yard line and then drove down the field for a touchdown in five plays, Phillips going over for the counter and kicking goal. The Tigers then received the kick-off and carried the ball to Erskine's 14 yard line, where they fumbled, Erskine recovering and booting the pigspln back to mid field. After this neither side threat ened in the first half. At the beginning of the second half Clemson received the kick-off on her own ten yard line and car ried the ball to Erskine's 35 yard line, where she fumbled. Erskine recovering. Phillips' smashes then took the ball to Clemson's 23 yrd line. A forward pass, Phillips to C. Hood, netted 15 yards and from the 11 yard line Dode went around right end for the touchdown, but failed to kick goal. A little later Clemson took the ball to Erskine's four yard line but was held for downs. In the last period Webb thrilled the spectators by catching a forward pass on Erskine's 30 | yard line and racing the interven ing space to the goal line. The play did not count,1 however, be cause of the rule that only backs and ends are eligible to receive a forward pass; Clemson 0 Erskine 13. Gilmer -.Thompson! Left End Armstrong __ _..Brice Left Tackle Jackson __ ._.C. Hood Left Guard Webb-Scoggins Center Shockley _.. McDonald Right Guard Wilson ... .. __ Blakeley Right Tackle Spearman _. E. Hood Right End Burton __W. Kennedy ? Quarter Back Hollohan._ _. Young Left Half Wilhite.__ R. Kennedy Right Half Colbert.Phillips Full Back Score by periods: Clemson_._0 0 0 0? 0 Erskine ______ __7 0 ? 0?13 Erskine scoring: Touchdowns, Phillips (2). Goal from touch down, Phillips. Clemson substitu tions: Bailey for Wilson, Emanuel for Burton, Williams for Colbert. Erskine substitution: Caldwell for Scoggins. Referee, Padget (Wash ington and Lee). Umpire, Ham- I mett (Davidson). Lineman, Stege- i man (Chicago). ? ? - Marriage. Miss Bessie Reasonover and Rev. Paul P. Wood were quietly married i at the district parsonage on Wed- j nesday, November 16th by Rev. D. j M. McLeod. Rev. Wood is a mem- j her of the South Carolina Method ist conference in charge of Beulah circuit. The wedding ceremony, at J which a few of the friends were | present, was performed in Sumter on account of the illness of the father of the bride who is of Cam den. ? ? -o Ford is Nearly Stolen. The Ford belonging to William Brunson came very nearly to a change of owners on Sunday ni?:ht while parked in front of the Hos pital. Luckily Mr. Brunson and a I friend came out just in time to see ' three boys attempting to gel; thflj Ford started and on die ?.va... Br?.. son and company corralled two of the hoys but the third made good j his escape. The case against these | two boys, one of Sumter and th? I other presumably a member of the ] carnival bunch, will go to the gen- ! eral sessions court for trial. Stewart Thinks Dode Greatest Clemson, C<>lieg*1, Xov. 1 7^?"The greatest fullback 1 have ever seen on the gridiron." That is what Coach "Doc" Stew art of the Tigers says of Dode Phil lips. Erskine's so-called wonder man. who has the distinction of having crossed his opponent's goal line in every game this season. Coach Stewart and his assistant Coach Shaw, attended the Ers kine-Xewberry game at Due West last week, although this game was terminated because of the death of the father of the president of Erskine, it showed the wonderful work of Phillips. In the early part of the game Phillips carried the ball across twice, Coach Stewart stated, giv ing the Seceders a nice little lead. Newberry came back and register ed a pair of touchdowns, one of these being partly due to a fumble by ?Phillipe. Then the so-called wonder man, on 21 successive attempts, placed the ball across the goal line. No other player carried the ball, it was stated, and at the conclusion of the game, after Phillips' won derful feat, it was stated that the athlete was not even panting from his tremendous exertion. "I have seen football players in the East, in the South and on the Pacific coast," Coach Stewart said, "but I have never yet seen a full back that was the equal of Phillips. Many of the best the game has pro duced, including those who have played on professional teams in the North and East, have not been in Phillips' class. That boy would be a wonder on any football team in the United States today." The wonderful record of Phil lips, which has not been broken this season, may go unbroken as the Seceders have but few more games on their calendar. Next afternoon on the Tiger campus Erskine and Clemson meet and the young Tig ers, eager to earn their laurels on the gridiron, will make every ef fort to prevent Phillips from reg istering a touchdown. Should the young Clemson men succeed in this they will have done something no other South Carolina eleven has been able to do this sea son. Erskine has met Carolina, Furman, Citadel, Wofford, Presby terian College, College of Charles ton and Xewberry and not one of those elevens have been able to stop Phillips. Parrish and company, of Due West. Even the Purple Hurricane, last week crowned as champions, of the Palmetto state, did not prevent the Erskine outfit from scoring. ? 4 9 Twice Stolen Cow Places Thieves in Jail. John Robinson and Billie Daniel, colored, are in the County Jail awaiting their further disposal on the clear charges of the theft of a milk cow. The cow was stolen from Washington James, a negro living near Brogdons. This was the second time that the same cow had been stolen by the same pair of negroes. The first time the cow was stolen she was taken to Man ning and sold to a butcher there Wash. James, the owner of the cow, found out where she was and bought the cow back. This time the cow was brought to Sumter and an attempt made to sell her to Mr. Boyle. Wash got a bit tired of the joke and had word sent to Sumter to,-be on the lookout for a cow of a certain description. Officer Law rence of the city police escorted John Robinson and Billie Daniel down to the guard house and turn ed them over to Rural Officer Sam Xewman who placed them in the" jail. Wash again recovered the cow. + ? ? - Death of. an Infant. Little Henry Rembert, Jr., aged two years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry D. Rembert of Oswego, died at 3:30 Saturday afternoon after an illness of about two weeks with pneumonia. The funeral services were held at -1:30 Sunday afternoon at the home und the body buried at Hebron church. Many friends ex tend their sympathy to this be reaved family. ? ? ? Sumter Gun Club. To Daily Item: It having bjen brought to the attention of the officers of the Sumter Gun Club, that in all of our trap shooting we had been too ex clusive, never permitting outsiders to take part in the events, and as it is not the purpose of this club to exclude any good sportsman, in harmony with the "workings of this club from participating, it is here by authorized that at the regular club shoot on Wednesday, Novem ber 23, the public is invited to shoot. We have some 3.000 targets left, and as long as they last anyone may meet with us and contest for a high score. This invitation of course is in tended only for those who are white, and who will abide by the few simple rules of the club grounds?no drinking, gambling or obscene language allowed. Ladies often attend our shoots. ' J. Harvin, Secretary. OUR LAND?Is posted. All per sons are warned that hunting, fishing or entry for any purpose is forbidden, and trespassers will be prosecuted to the extent of the law. J. M.. A. D. and M. V. Plowden, R. C. Blanding, R. C. Williams. FOR RENT?Best place in Sumter county. 300 acres cleared land, six room dwelling, eight tenant houses, barns and stables. All high, well drained land in fine state cultivation: good labor. Will consider share farm respon sible party. See me at Wedge field or 202 S. Main, Sumter. L. H. Thomas. _ COTTON ?>:> CENTS PER POUND! F. O. I'.. Columbia. S. C, in ex change for tuition. Act quick. Bowen's Business College, Co lumbia, S. C. j The Canning j Factory Question I Secretary Reardon of the | Chamber of Commerce j Gives Out Letter From j Canner i _ I The parties with whom the Sum- | ', ter County Chamber of Commerce i has been in correspondence about : the establishment of a canning fac ! tory in Sumter have written to in quire whether some local stock I will be taken in such an enterprise, j j and the following from their letter j is given out by Secretary Reardon for public information and in or der to find out if the business men ' of Sumter and the farmers of j I Sumter county want a canning fac j tory of this size badly enough to : helj) finance same and to guaran- ! j tee to plant sufficient tomatoes, j I okra, sweet potatoes, string brans, j I peas, etc.. to keep such an enter-j i prise going practically t w e 1 v e I months of the year. The out of town parties who now ! ; own and operate a large and sue- . j cessful canning factory with an es- 1 i tablished business and established j reputation on their ^oods, write in j part: "I am figuring on a business that j j will pack about five hundred cases, j I 24 cans each, of canned goods daily, j and would expect to put in, say 100 ! days on okra and tomatoes. One hundred days on sweet potatoes, and there are a lot of other goods such as pork and beans, string I beans, peas. etc.. that would occupy j the remainder of the year, so that the factory could be kept running j practically all of the yaer. There i is now a great demand for okra and tomatoes, which are scarce. "Can tomatoes be grown succegs ; fully in your locality. If they can I j be grown successfully on a small '?? scale, they can with the same care i and attention be grown largely. \ Okra you need not inquire about as j ? okra will grow anywhere the seed ? I falls, anywhere that cotton and ; corn will grow. Sweet potatoes will grow anywheiv The main inquiry! is tomatoes. "Can assurance be given that three hundred to four hundred acres of tomatoes could be guaran teed for a term of years, the price to be paid for them being the same as the farmers in the tomato sec tions of Maryland and Virginia contract for each year. A price on okra would be agreed upon that would be profitable to the farmers. "Is there a building available j suitably located, preferably adja- j cent to railroad; or is there such a j site available upon which a suitable i j building could be erected, and how j can it be obtained. It will require j i a capital of fifty to sixty thousand j I dollars to finance such an enter- j j prise. How much of this can be j {raised by sale of stock." That a canning factory sufficient- j j ly large to handle many hundreds I of acres of tomatoes, okra, sweet potatoes, string beans, peas, etc., or better still several canning fac tories that will handle thousands of acres of these farm products is what Sumter and Sumter county needs?the canning factories work ing well with a milk cow on prac tically every farm and a big cream ery or if necessary, several cream eries, and with sufficient hogs, chickens, eggs, wheat, beef and j corn meal, grist, molasses and j syrups, and other "live at home" j products made and sold in Sumter i county to feed Sumter county, no i i one will doubt. I The question of excessive freight j I rates on grain is one of vital im- ! j portance to the farmers of this sec i tion because shipping rates make ! shipping of surplus corn and other I grain unprofitable. This matter is j being taken up by the Sumter] Chamber of Commerce with the railroads for possible adjustment. The question of a canning fac tory being now handled from two j angles of'loeal capital and local in fluence should be pushed to rapid completion. There need be no con ; flict between the Young Men's Bus i iness League and the Sumter Coun I ty Chamber of Commerce in the j canning factory matter. The two Ohe ThreelnseparaMes One i& m3d2Ks$yiRG!KiA One for arorna,T?RKISH The fhest tobaccos perfectfjr aged and blera&d A Iff FIFTH AVE. business organizations are working well together, and will no doubt continue to do so, and if necessary it might be possible to merge the co-operative and financial plans of both into one concrete and easily worked out proposition Of one large canning factory'Sufficient to handle all the surplus truck" within a ra dius of say fifteen miles of Sumter, to begin with the first year, or two canning factories in Sumter. The" business men and the farmers, however, must act and act quickly backing up both the Business Men's League and the Chamber of Com merce. Money, truck, working co operation and interest are needed to land one or more canneries for Sumter. ? ? < ? Parade Highly Praised. City Manager O'Quinn, who was at the head of the committee of arrangements for the parade yest erday has received the annexed let ter from Mr. Chester F.' Korn, pres ident of the Sumter Hardwood com pany, who recently came, to Sumter to give personal attention to the. large lumber plant that he has es tablished here. Mr. Korn had pre pared a large float for the par?dev but at the last minute Mh O'Quinn decided to rule it out, as it was so heavy that it was feared it would injure the paved streets. The float was a heavy truck upon which, wer-i piled three immense\popular loga and other material and products- of the Sumter Hardwood Company; Mr. Korn accepted the ruling of Manager O'Quinn in good nature" and instead of being "sore" was delighted with the parade, as his letter shows: Mr. S. O'Quinn, City Manager. Dear Mr. O'Quinnr'^T want to ! congratulate you and;; your com I mittee on the success of the civic j parade here today. If'is a striking ' I example of Sumter's co-opera&vt* I spirit. I have seen more elabor | ate affairs elsewhere, but surely i none more artistic. Mrs. Korn was very enthusiastic I in her praises, particularly as to the " school children's participation. Such demonstrations of civic prid* speak well for the peqpfe and I am proud to call myself a citizen of this place. Hoping the fair will prove a?" financial success and-that the bosi-" ness depression in th? ' community... today will be lost in forgetfulness tomorrow, I remain, Very truly yours, C. F. KORN. Sumter, Nov. 18. -m ? # Bedtime Story: "I-am going to get up early in the morning." The National Bank of South Carolina tv" ?' ' ?" - ..? ? i; OF S?MTER, S. C. / The Most P&insts-dnt SERVICE with COURTESY Capita! $800,000 Surplus and Profits f280,00? 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