The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 30, 1921, Page PAGE 4, Image 4
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Southron in 1866*. The Watchman
and Southron now has the coxn
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ifestly the best advertising medium
Sumter, " ;" .
THE BUSINESS CYCLE.
liberty Bonds are rising steadily
.other gilt-edged securities, both
and bonds, show similar
The change is, first of all,
indication of the accumulation
funds available for investment,
it means much more, it
that business is definitely on
up-grade again,
^aesentry we shall note activity in
w construction and new financing
every line. This, in turn, will
to a bull market, a logical re
bf mcreasing employment and
larger payrolls, for industrial stocks
always respond when the public
has money to spend.
The next succeeding step will be
the broadening. ^ of wholesale and
retail activities, and. a natural in
crease alike in loans and prices.
Business men win require more
credit to finance their operations
and, presently, the depletidn of
loanable funds and the increasing
interest rate w?> check the rise in \
fcond prices. Th^? as prices pro-{
Ijgress ?and money grows scarcer,
??nd prices will slump and new
construction work will be reduced.
': Payroll*cuts -vviH follow, of neces
sity. Wholesalers and retailers will
reduee their orders, manufacturers
w$n be less active ?n? business
stagnation set in until, in good
time, hank loans have been reduc
ed and thrift has restored again
the. supply of loanable f unds. Again
wilFresuIt the broad investment in
bbudsv'the rise of government and
other securities, ancL the cycle is
complete.
"The- American people have had
few* better opportunities tb see the
Is go round than recent years
afforded^ The greater the na
tion's thrift, the more rapid will
be . the improvement in these next
; months. The more persistent that
thrift, ttt# farther removed will be
period of financial, indus
?
trial and commercial depression.
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COSTLY TRUCK .HAULAGE. /
Harold McGee, consulting engi
neer for the Akron, O., municipal'
research bureau, disagrees with the
policy of building expensive high
ways to facilitate truck traffic.
He points out that the heavily
loaded trucks vrere out the best;
pavements long before the bonds
which build the roads are paid:
The public pays in road taxei. the
difference between haulage of these
heavy loads by ' truck and their
haulage by rail. Instead of being
an "economical proceeding, he says',
St is unreasonably expensive.
As a counter proposition Mrl Mc
Gee advocates the distribution of
road funds to make good side roads
of macadam or gravel as well as
main traveled roads constructed to
bear ordinary traffic. Then he
would have the heavy hauling turn
ed back ,to the railroads which are,
suited for it.
I Before the $ 1Z ,0 00.000 'federal
appropriation and the big state ap
propriations are disbursed for road
construction throughout the coun
try it would be well for all authori
ties concerned, including the tax
payers, to study the McGee sugges
tion.
BASS GUARANTY IN OKLAHO
MA.
Ten state banks in Oklahoma
have just been granted national
charters, some cf them by tele
graph, so anxious are they to
change their status. Fifteen more
have made application to the
treasury department, and still oth
ers are contemplating similar ac
tion. State bank charters, in
Oklahoma, seem to be regarded as
handicaps just now.
, The state guaranty of bank de
posits is responsible. A bad busi
ness year has laid unprecedented
burdens on the banks .operating
under Oklahoma laws, and there
seems to be a general desire to
avoid the necessity of protecting
the customers of institutions which
fail to stand the strain.
Under the Oklahoma law, all
state-chartered banks are required
to deposit collateral wfth the State
Banking Board as security for war
rants which are drawn against
them in the event of the failure of
another state bankv This fall
Oklahoma has had more bank
failures than any other state in the
Kansas City Federal Reserve dis
trict, and bankers are complaining
that, however conservatively they
may conduct their own institutions,
they are penalized for the careless
ness of their competitors. Surren
der of their state charters and en
teriiig the national banking sys
tem seems their only recourse.
State protection for bank deposits
appears to have been made good in
many jvestern states, but the un
prejudiced observer cannot'but sus
pect that there is some weakness in
the Oklahoma system of regulation
and operation when complaint such
as this arises. ?
JAPANESE OBSTRUCTION.
The United States proposes a 10
10-6 battleships ratio for America,
Britain and japan, and Britain
immediately agrees.* ' japan "ac
cepts in principle/' and then an
nounces that a navy, 60 per cent
as big as burs is'not^^rge enough,
and haggles for more dread
noughts. ?*
Great" Britain sets ? fine ex
ample of sincerity by ordering
work suspended at once on the
ships now under construction, with
out waiting for formal signing^ of
the agreement. Japan, on the con
trary, orders construction rushed
in her naval shipyards, so as to get
certain uncompleted battleships
finished quickly and uave.a more
plausible argument for their re
tention. ' ' "':" ' ' ' ^ "
'''' And" then Japanese statesmen
insist that -they cannot understand
why Americans should suspect
them, of all nations; "df insincerity
or militarism.
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;THE CHINESE !TEST.
The acid test'of the sincerity of
?he powers represented at "Wash
iagton i& what they do about Chi
na. Bo far there is no certain indl
eation what that is to'be.
China'submitted her "ten points,"
which, if accepted in good faith
would have meant .that'Japan had
to surrender her famous' tw'enty
one-poihts; and get out of China;
and the other powers* with her:
The powers concerned all' accepted
China's program "in principle,"
which means much or little.
The American delegation has
supplanted, those ten points with
a set of f?ur principles, which ap- j
parently Include about everything:
of Importance in the ten points,
but that does not settle everything.
As Baron' Katb blandly' remarks,
"perhaps there are many wayerof
interpreting these principles."
.ThV first bf them obligates the
powers **to respect the sovereignty,
the independence and the territor
ial and administrative' integrity of
China." That is*fine. Butf- every
agreement the - powers have ever
entered Into aboui China has prom
ised substantially the same thing,
and the powers have helped them
selves to China just the same.
China is promised "the fullest
and most unembarrassed oppor
tunity to develop and maintain for
herself an effective and stable gov
ernment." Will the powers/ then,]
permit China to levy her own im
iport and export taxes and control;
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her own transportation routes and
regulate her own other governmen- :
tal functions that they have taken j
out of her hands? |
The powers agree to establish
[and maintain "the principle of'
equal opportunity for the com- j
me^rce and industry of all nations
throughout China." They have
promised that glibly no less than .
130 times since John Hay iniro
ducedUthe '"open door," and they
have never lived up to it.
They promise to "refrain from
taking* advantage of the present
conditions in order to seek special I
rights or privileges which would
; abridge the rights of subjects or
citizens of friendly states and from
I countenancing action inimical to
the security of such states." And
will they give up special privileges^
; obtained in the past by coercion or J
fraud, and in dealing squarely with j
j each other in China will they also J
deal squarely with China herself, !
owner of the resources they seek
to exploit ?
If the American delegation,
whose sincerity is unquestionable,
can right the wrongs of China,
there will be a far greater diplo
matic achievement than the limi
tation of navies. There is this, at
least, to be said?the moral pitch
of the Washington conference gives
more cause for hope than that of
any of its predecessors.
Raleigh, Nov. 26.?George Cath
ey, who taught Georgia, and North
Carolina schools for eighty years,
celebrated his hundredth birthday
at the North Carolina hoihe for
Confederate soldiers. He was cap
tain in the Civil war.
Auxiliary Conference
Of Harmony Presbytery Soon
to Be Held in Sumter
Harmony Presbyterial Auxiliary
will hold a conference at the Pres
byterian church, Sumter, S. C, on
Wednesday, November 30, 1921.
The president (or her substitute) of
each Auxiliary and all executive of
cers of the Presbyteria! are urged
to attend. There will be two ses
sions, morning and afternoon. The
morning session will begin at 11
o'clock.'' The ladies of the Sumter
Auxiliary will serve lunch at the
church. The executive committee
will meet at 10:30. All officers will
please bear this in mind.
(Signed) Miss Bettie Aycock,
Recording Secretary.
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News Notes From Mayesville.
Amongst the most elaborate of
the Thanksgiving festivities was a
course dinner' served and enjoyed
by the members of the Congenial
Coterie on Wednesday evening. No
vember 23rd at the attractive home
of Mr. and Mrs. C.?> E. Mayes on
Lafayette street. The rooms were
beautifully decorated in chrysan
themums and autumn leaves.
The dinner consisted of all the
substantiate and delicacies of the
usual prescribed Thanksgiving
menu, from cocktail to coffee. Af
ter full justice was done to the
tempting Viands the guests re
p?ired to the drawing room where
they engaged in the all-absorbing
game dir cards, until the hour of
Thanksgiving Day was struck.
Among those present were the
host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. C.
E: Mayes; Mr. and Mrs: B. C. Chan
dler, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Spencer,
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Corbett, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Tiller, Misses
Edna and Nettie Mayes, Messrs. Joe
Witherspoon and W. D. Rhodes.
All present voted the entertain
ment a perfect success.
Mrs. B. C. Chandler entertained
the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club
at its last meeting. '
The popular /game of rook was
played and a delicious salad course
was served..
The Ladies' Missionary .Society
of the Presbyterian church will,
hold its annual reception -on Friday
afternoon, December 2nd at the
home of Mrs. 'R. F. TJesCh'amps.
Miss Emma Mayes arid Mr. A. H.
Mayes are on a visit to their sis
ter, Mrs: W. B.vChandler of Dillon.
Misses Anriie and Thelma
Mazursky, of Barnwell, are visiting
their sister, Mrs. T. L. Kahn of this
place.
Misses Coleman, Summers, Rog
ers, Bates, Beasley and Profs.
Brunson and Knap r our corps of]
efficient teachers, have gone to their!
respective homes forv Thanksgiving
holidays.
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Afternoon Party for Miss Bess
Hood.
The second of a series of pre
nuptial parties given in honor of
M*iss Bess Hood, ? popular bride
i elect, was the "Take and Put"
I party given Friday afternoon by
.Mrs. Pringle Brunson at her home
on N. Washington street. YeHow
chrysanthemums were used in. pro- i
fusion to decofete the entire lower
j floor where the guests were enter-,
jtalned.
j"''* Att?ched to each score card was i
j a dainty miniature trousseau hat.
TO the guest of honor's card were
attached a wee bride and groom
in full dress. \
After a very spirited game, a
dairity salad course was served.
Upon each plate was an attractive
little candy corsage: To Mrs. M.
S. Boykin as winner of the highest
score, the hostess presented a bot- j
tie of Coty's perfume. The consol
ation, a hand-painted coat hanger, |
was cat by Miss Martha Williams, j
A lovely piece of lingerie was' pre- j
sented to the honbree .and to Miss
Elsie Dowd of New York, a hand
made hankerchief.
Mrs. Brunson's invited guests
were: Misses Bess Hood, Martha
and Louise Williams, Grace Rey-J
nolds, Elizabeth Osteen, Carolyn |
Richardson, Teresa Chandler, j
Dowd, of New York, Mesdames Rr
S. Hood, W. E. Mims, Paul Aughtry,
R.. A. Bradham, A. Weinberg, R. C. ?
Williams, Archie China, C. G. Row
land, Earl Rowland, Robt. Plowden,
W. S. Reynolds, M. S. Boykin, L.
H. Deas and W. D. Boykin.
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Campaign by Women Voters for
State Maternity Legislation.
Columbia. Nov. 28.?Members of
the South Carolina League of Wo
men Voters are rejoicing over the
success; of the Sheppard-Towner
bill in Congress. They are now
preparing their campaign for the
enactment of state legislation to
match the federal legislation. Each
state must appropriate money, on
the dollar-for-dollar basis, to match
tderal appropriations for carry
ing out the provisions of the new
law. The act would provide in
struction as to maternity for the
young womanhood of the nation.
Congressmen Logan, Byrnes, Stev
enson and Fulmer voted for the
bill.
Scouts to Hold Meeting.
f The Boy Scouts of Troop No. 1
? will hold their regular meeting at
the Scout rooms in the Y. M. C. A.
promptly at 7:45 Tuesday evening.
Mr.' W. H. Bowman who has served
for a numlM-r of years as an officer
jn the U. S. Naval service, will ad
dress the scouts at this meeting.
Mr. Bowman will undoubtedly have
something of exceptional interest in
store for the scouts and a full at
! tendance is expected at this meet
ing]
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Thf- program to beat the boll
weevil <alls for at least one acre
I of wheat to each plow.
There is comparatively little in
terest in the approaehing election
for senator and one representa
tive.
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Womeyi farmers in America num
ber more than 2(JO,0oo.
LaBruce-Carraway.
Georgetown, Nov. 27.?One of the
most beautiful weddings ever wit
nessed in'Georgetown was solemn
ized Thanksgiving evenng at twi
light when Mrs. Esther Richardson
LaBruce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Smythe Richardson of Sum
ter, became the bride of J. Herman
Carraway.
The beautiful and impressive ring
ceremony of the Episcopal chureh
was used. The Rev. John S.
Lightbourne, rector of the parish
of Prince George Winyah, officiat
ing, assisted by the Rev. John E. H.
Galbraith, rector of AH' Saint's
church on the Waccamaw.
The entire lower floor of the
home was thrown en suite and was
beautifully and appropriately dec
orated throughout with masses of
Southern smilax and yellow
chrysanthemums and lighted by
numbers of yellow candles. In the
drawing room, where the cere
mony was performed was an im
provised ''altar, made of smilax,
ferns and yellow chrysanthemums
and shaded by soft yellow lights.
Just before the marriage vows
were f?ken Miss Emily Murphy
sang "Until" py Sanderson and
"Thy Beaming Eyes" by McDowell
in her usual charming manner.
Then to the strains of the wed
ding march from Lohengrin ren
dered by Miss Ruth Carraway, sis
ter of the-"bridegroom, the bridal
party entered and took their places
before the altar.
First came Lawrence LaBruce
bearing the white satin j^llow, fol
lowed by the maid of honor, Miss
Katie W. Smith of Surnter, attired
in a most becoming gown of sunset
taffeta with "silver trimming and
carrying cream chrysanthemums.
She was followed by thef ring bear
er, Esther LaBruce, little daughter
of the bride, bearing the ring in
the heart of a pink chrysanthe
mum. -
The bride came down the stair
way on the arm of her son, J.
Louis LaP-Uce, by whom she was
given in marriage, meeting the
bridegroom and his best man, E.
H. Carraway, in the ceremony
room. Hei*e the vows were spoken
in the presence of -the immediate
families.
The bride wore fan exquisite
gown of oyster white chiffon and
velvet entrain with draperies of
oyster white chiffon and silver lace.
Her only'ornament was a platinum
necklace, a family heirloom. Her
bouquet was fashioned of bride
roses and maiden hair ferns.
Immediately following the cere
mony Mr. and Mrs. John S^nythe
Richardson entertained at a 'large
and brilliant reception at the home
of the bride.
Mr. and Mrs. Carraway left by
auto for a wedding trip to points of
interest. Mra,.^ Carraway ?w'ore a
handsome tailleiir of Malay brown
duvetyn trimmed with mink, top
ped by a close fitting hat of the i
same material.
The'bride, by her charming, per
sonality, has endeared herself to*
a host of friends who are glad. that
her marriage does not ta*fce' her
away from Georgetown to live.
Mr." Carraway has made his
home in Georgetown for a number
of years and is a well known and
popular young business man of this
city. *"
The out of town guests at- *-he
' wedding were: Mr. and Mrs; J. M.
Richardson 6f Hartsville, Mr. and
Mrs. M. J. Bullock of Conway, Mr.
and Mrs. H. D. Oswald of An
i drews, Misses Katherine Richard
! son of Sumter, Laura Baker of
! Sumter and Katie Smith of Sum
| ter.
News and Views of Pisg?h.
PisgahwNov. 25.?The winter
looks ?s if it is going to be as warm
as last year. A number of hogs are
ready to kill but will have to wait
until the weather turns cold. A
quantity of meat was spoiled last
year by the hot weather,
Oat planting Is going on. Many
acres are being sown. VvTheat is
planted, more than in many years.
The seed can't be furnished as fast
as wanted. This will help next
year.
ThanksgiYing day passed off
very quietly here. A little "hunt
ing was all to disti*rb the quiet of
the day.
Mr. Dendy, the Pisgah pastor,
preached?-a fine sermon yesterday.
He went for those who dishonored
the request of the president and
governor* Ho observe the day in re
ligious work by giving thanks for
I blessings received. There j$ is no
I doubt but the time honored cus
tom of Thanksgiving day by going
to"church and have religious ser
vices 2nd looking after the poor is
disregarded. A few churches in
cities and towns observe it, bjit the
great mass of churches in the coun
I try don't do so. Mr. Dendy went
i largely in the history of world for
i ages past, showing where tAe wick
j edness of people were punished.
He cfted many instances to show
how it paid to be good by both
people and nations.
According to a decision of the
supremo court very few can vote
in the election on 20th December.
The great mass of people paid
' their taxes sinoe January 1st, so
I their tax receipts are no good. This
; is bad news to the candidates, for
all of them have friends .who
would like to support them.
Unless all signs fail, the cam
paign next year will be 150 per
rent of that of 1890. High taxation
will be the basis upon which the
i candidates will run. Let it come
j without gloves. With thousands
! who can't pay last year's taxes.
? and certainly not this year, things
j look blue and black for the peo
ple.
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Anr al State Boys' Conference.
Columbia, Nov. 28.?Francis
Kirk, who is president of the Sum
ter Hi-Y club will be a member of
the delegation attending the third
annual State Boys' Conference in
Columbia, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday of this week, as announced
today by B. A. Schnell, county work
secretary who is booking the vari
ous delegations. Sixty-thre? towns
and communities will be represent*
ed at the gathering here.
Rape in Aiken County
Arm of Y?ung Woman Brok
en. Also Painfully Bitten
by Assailant
Aiken, Nov. 27.?Curtis Frank
lin, negro, was arrested near Wage
ner this afternoon and rushed to
the penitentiary for safe keeping.
Franklin is charged with criminal
ly assaulting a young white woman
yesterday afternoon. All last night
and' this morning Franklin was
sought by many persons, and to
prevent possible mob violence, the
prisoner was* hurried away imme
diately after his arrest. Franklin
was apprehended by Mike Knotts,
chief of police of Wagener. The
negro is about 3T> years old.
The victim is in a serious condi
tion. One arm is broken and she
was also bitten in the face and
otherwise badly bruised about the
body.
Columbia, Nov. 28. ? Curtis
Franklin, negro, charged with crim
inal assault on a white woman in
Aiken county Saturday night, was
brought to the penitentiary for
safe keeping last night, Aiken offi
cers and their prisoner reaching.the
state prison at about 8:30 o'clock.
John Vcrnon, Aiken county jailer,
with County Road Agent Crowe
driving the car, brought the negro
through the country in* an auto
mobile. There had been a crowd
of men participating in the hunt for
the negro Saturday night and Sun
day morning, the officers said, hut
apparently no effort was made to
follow the car with the prisoner on
the trip to Columbia. Franklin
was captured in the woods near
the scene of his alleged crime.
Miss Chandler Entertains for Miss
. ' Hood^ /
Miss Teresa Chandler,entertain
ed Wednesday afternoon, with a
miscellaneous shower, compliment
ing Miss Bessie Hood, popular
bride-elect whose approaching mar
riage to DesSaussure Boykin is to
be one of the most interesting
events of the season. Tables were
arranged for^hearts dice and after
a number of games an interesting
contest ensued. Miss Theo Gregg
won the prize, a dainty box of
powder, which she graciously pre
sented to the guest of honor. Miss
Hood received a pretty piece of lin
gerie. 'Advice to-the Bride in a
Nut Shell" was read by each guest
which caused much interest and
amusement. \
All were invited into the dining
room, where yellow and white
tapers softly lighted the room. Yel
low was the prevailing color and
chrysanthemums were used in pro
fusion. The lace-covered table was
graced by a vase of mammoth yel
low ' and white chrysanthemums,
and at intervals were candlesticks
holding yellow unshaded tapers
tied with a bow of white tulle.
The color scheme of yellow and
white was attractively carried out
in score cards, favors and refresh
ments. After' the refreshments,
consisting of an ice course, the
bride-elect was simultaneously
showered with gifts "from the ceil
ing fan under which extended a
beautiful yellow butterfly, and rice
concealed in minature orange blos
som baskets?favors to each guest.
The hostess was assisted in enter
taining by Mesdames E. W. Mc
Callum, C. J. Lemmon and Edward
Wright. Those in attendance were:
Misses Bessie Hood, Grace Rey
nolds, Louise and Martha Williams,
Theo Gregg, Pauline Haynsworth,
Marion Gentry, Mesdames R. S.
Hood, E. W. McCallum, C. J.
L'emmon, Edward Wright. Paul
Aughtry, H. N. Forrester, J. L.
Haynsworth, J. Pringle Brunson, C.
H. Wilson. W. E. Bynum, W. E.
Mims, C. G. Rowland, Earle Row
land, Robert W. Plowden, James
Shaw and R. J. Bland.
Bishopville Letter.
Bishopville, Nov. 2G.?The Lee
County Fair closed yesterday.
Everyone speaks ot it in most fav
orable terms. The exhibit of horses,
cows, hogs, and poultry was ex
cellent. The farm and garden ex
hibits were of the highest order.
AI30 the flowers. The school
booths showed a great deal of
painstaking, and effort to excel.
Good order prevailed throughout
the whole time. I have not heard
of the finaficial success. We wero
favored with delightful weather,
and good attendance.
[ Thursday was observed in a be
coming manner. All the stores
were closed, and considering the
crowd in town everything was very
quiet, and orderly.
There was an early service held
at the Methodist church for the
town which was attended by a fine
congregation,-to render thanks tc
God for his many blessings to us.
The services were conducted by our
pastor. Rev. W. V. Dibhle, who was
equal to the occasion.
Our town was called to mourn
the loss of one of our most excel
lent citizens in the death of Mis?
Lucile Cunningham, who died last
Sunday morning. She was a most
lovely character. A long and pati
ent suifer, and died as she lived.
She was buried at the Presbyterian
cemetery. Services conducted at
the home. Rev. Theodore Law as
sisted by Rev. W. V. Dibble, con
ducted the services. Truly a nobb
and cxempla;y woman has beer
taken away from our number.
They are putting tin- finishing
touches to our new depot, which If
quite an acquisition to our" town.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Scott oi
Columbia visited the home of then
parents this week and took in ttu
fair.
.Mr. Eugene Hearon is able t<:
ride around again, and to walk or
crutches.
Bees have been trained to star!
and stop work at the sound of c
gong by a breeder iti England.
Some optimists are just too laz>
to kick.
These movies with hidden mush
believe in safety first.
Fire at David
| son College
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Charlotte. X. C Nov. 2S.? His- ,
I toric chambers building at David- |
! son College, used as dormitory, was
j destroyed by fire last night. One |
j hundred and thirty students saved
I most of their belongings. Woodrow
Wilson, while a student at David
son, roomed in this building.
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New Home Burns
I _
Manning, Nov. 26.?The resi
dence of David Beatson on the,
suburbs of Manning was burned
Thursday evening about 6 o'clock. ,
j The family was away from home :
I spending Thanksgiving day, conse- i
I quently none of the house furnish
ing was saved. How the fire orig- I
inated is not known but it is pre- j
slimed that robbers entered the
house and then set it on fire. The
newly built bungalow was securely
locked when the family left. The
building was insured. This was
j the second fire to which the fire
j department was called Thanksgiv
j ing day, the first being at 2 o'clock
! in the morning in the business sec- !
! tion of town. A store was broken
j into, robbed and set on fire.
Peurifoy Called Home
Bennettsville, Nov. 26.?Judge J. j
E. Puerifoy, presiding judge of the
court of common pleas, was called
home Thursday on account of the
death of his grandchild, and illness
of his daughter. The bar met this
morning and rearranged the roster
for next week, but wired Judge
Puerifoy not to resume the work
Monday if his presence was needed
at home. A message from Judge
Puerifoy this afternoon says his
daughter is .pot out of danger, and
that he accepts the suggestion of
the bar. Therefore no jury cases
will be heard next week. He will
return for a day, the latter part of
! the week, for equity business. ,
One More Parole
Columbia, Nov. 26. ? Clarence
Geddings, convicted of forgery in
Sumter county in February of this
year before Judge PeUrifoy and
sentenced to serve one year, was
yesterday paroled during good be
havior by Governor Cooper. The
; trial judge, solicitor and pardon
I board recommended the parole.
Home Demonstration Department.
Miss Eula D. Atkinson, poultry
.specialist from Winthrop College,
will be in Sumter county next
Thursday and Friday, December
1st and 2nd, in the interest of the
poultry plans for another year. Miss
Atkinson believes that the poultry
business offers immediate financial
relief to ;hose who are willing to
give some time and attention to
j this. From some reports concern
' ing the shipments into Sumter of
l poultry products it seems certain
that money could be made by tak
ing care of the local needs. Meet
ings have been planned ' at the
I places as listed below. Men, wo
men and children who are inter
ested are urged to attend one of
these meetings and hear the plans
presented. The Young Men's Busi
ness League stands ready to help
us in any way possible and I be
lieve that a profitable marketing
arrangement can be made if we
have the products to market.
Thursday, Dec. 1st, Salem, 10:30
a. m.; Mayesville, 3 p. m.
Fridays 'Dec. 2nd, Bethel, 10 a.
m.; Providence, 1 p. m.; Concord,
4 p. m.
The public is invited to attend
any meeting.
CA HO TR?LUCK,
County Home Demonstration
Agent.
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Better Prices For Tobacco.
To the .Tobacco Growers of Sumter
County:
The campaign for signers of the
Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Mar
keting Association will be launched
in your county Monday, November
"28th, 11)21 at 11:30 a. m. at Sumter
Chamber of Commerce, second floor
of City Hall building.
All tobacco growers are urged
to attend this preliminary meeting.
The business men and bankers
are also urged to attend. Mr. E. T.
Bondurant who will discuss this
subject of cooperative marketing
organized or assisted in organizing
the tobacco growers of Virginia, is
a tobacco grower and "one of the
boys" who helped put 1he plan
"over the top" in different tobac
co growing states. Seventy-two per
cent of the tobacco growers of Vir
ginia, more than fifty per cent in
North Carolina and seventy-live per
cent in the hurley tobacco growing
sections of Kentucky have signed
up. Will Sumter county be in line
for intelligent and profitable co
operative marketing?
Come to next Monday's meeting
and help to start the campaign for
a square deal for yourselves and
your fellow farmers. Every busi
ness establishment and every bank
in Sumter county is vitally interest
cd in what the tobacco growers get
for tobacco, and what every farm
er gets for his other farm products,
so it is a question of all pulling to
gether for mutual welfare. South
Carolina is being organized and this
county must be in the front ranks
of the procession of progress for
protecting the tobacco industry
against the methods of the tobac
co trust and the "pin-hookers."
The Sumter County Chamber of
Commerce.
K. L Rearclon, Manager-Secty.
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Quite a number of farmers are
increasing their acreage of small
grain?oats, wheat and ryt?but
the sowing of wheat is not as great
as it should bo under existing con
ditions. Sumter county ran and
should produce sufficient flour for
home consumption. It is not good
business to buy western flour to
feed farm hands when the wheat
can be grown on the farm. One
of the surest means of making
farming profitable under boll wee
vil conditions is to produce on the
farm the food supplies needed
for use on the farm.
Shooting at
Negro Dance[
Nine Reported Wounded in
McCormick
McCormick, Nov. 25.?As a cli- i
max to the Thanksgiving day cele- j
hration of 15 or 20 middle aged'
negroes, who gathered at a vacant J
house on the farm of F. A. Fruit, L
near Mt. Carmel, in the upper sec- j
tion of McCormick ' county. last j
night, nine negroes are reported j
by Sheriff Milton R. LeRoy to be i
in a more or less serious condition,
suffering from wounds inflicted by I
weapons of every kind and descrip- |
tion in the hands of parties un
known. It seems that in order to j.
fittingly observe the day, the ne- !'
groes assembled in a vacant ten- r
ant house on the farm of Mr. Pruk
for-the purpose of having plenty of
room to dance the old fashioned
square dance of days gone by. when
it took more room than it does for
the more fashionable dances of
modern times. In addition to the
musical instruments, many seemed
i to have carried weapons customar
! ily used at hot suppers. Sheriff
! LeRoy wal on the scene early this
j morning, not upon special request
I of any one. buj; upon information
i leading him to believe that a cele- !
; hration had taken place in that vi
cinity last night. He sought in vain
to elicit from those in bed suffer
ing from gunshot, pistol and rifle
wounds, some of whom are report
ed to be just alive, to get them to
say who some of those in the par
ty who did some of the shooting
were, but none seems to know,
j One negro who was badly woune
ed told the sheriff that during the
! second cotillion some one blew out
j the light and with an oath some one
j began shooting hot lead across the
! room when others joined in the
! shooting and soon every one in the
! room had been hit either with bird
j shot, a pistol or rifle ball, some
slightly and others seriously wound
ed, but no one blames any one else
with the shooting as they all say
that they do not know who is toj
blame. At any rate nine negroes of
that section of the county are shot
and Sheriff LeRoy has gone back
this afternoon, to make further in
vestigation and is likely to bring
back with him some of those at
tending the party.
Planting More Grain
"We are sowing about twice as
much wheat and oa.s this fall on
the state farms as we have sown
before," Col. A. K. Sanders, super
intendent of the penitentiary said
yesterday. The penitentiary farms
have had a great year4 this year in
raising corn and other foodstuffs,
although the cotton crop is far her
low past years. The fall planting
of grain is practically finished.
The farms have raised approxi
mately 175 bales of coton this year,
which is much smaller than last
year, Colonel Sanders said. The
boll weevil ruined the cotton. How
ever, the two farms have produced
record breaking corn crops and
other food crops are also well rep
resented as well as the pork crop. .
Horse Cut and Auto Damaged by
Collision
A horse, the property of a negro
named Henry Vaughan who lives
on the farm of Mr. P. M. Pitts,
four miles west of Sumter, suffer
ed a severe cut in the chest when'
it' was driven at a fast rate of speed
into a Studebaker automobile at
the corner of Council and Liberty
streets at 7:30 o'clock Saturday
night. The automobile was being
driven by Mr. Jake Brogdon. . It
j is stated that Mr. Brogdon had al
j ready made his turn from Liberty
street into Council street when the
horse crashed into the rear of the
automobile, damaging-the automo
bile to a replacement damage of
25 or 30 dollars. The impact ofr?
the horse against the automobile
was with such force as to cause the
motor of the automobile to stop and
also to throw from the bijggy, to
which the horse wah hitched, both
of the occupants. The horse was
taken to a veternarian surgeon and
a number of stitches taken in the
cut.
Three Killed in Wreck
Columbia, Nov. 26.?Three men
were killed in a wreck of Seaboard
Air Line, northbound freight train
No. S6, two miles south of Youngs
ville, N. C. at S:15 o'clock tonight,
according to information reaching
the Seaboard offices here. The
dead are:
Engineer Gerow, Brakeman Mur
phy, woth white, and Fireman
Jones, negro. Nineteen cars were
reported to have been derailed
while the engine, according to the
advices, exploded,- causing the three
deaths. All trains to Raleigh are
being detoured via the Southern
and Atlantic Coast Line railroads.
j It is stated that the Sumter
i cannery will make a specialty of
j canning spinach.
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The only arguments some people
. listen to are their own.
COTTON MARKET
NEW YORK COTTON.
Ystdys
Open High Low Close Close
January 17.25 17.70 17.11 17.65 17.57
March S7.32 17.62 17.09 I/.60 7.55
May 17.10 17.36 16.83 17.32 I/.28
July 16.54 16.85 16.33 16.85 16.70
October 15.88 1 T..98 15.50 15.95 15.85
December 17.38 17.90 ?7.28 17.90 17.65
Spots 20: up middling 13.20.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
Ystdys
Open High Low Close Close
January 16.60 17.11 16.40 17.09 16.84
March 16.75 17.15 16.52 17.14 16.95
Mav ?6.56 16.97 16.35 16 "3 16.80
Ju,y (6.18 16.40 15.94 It 40 16.35
October 15.30 15.50 15.30 15.39 15.40
December 16.56 16.93 16.33 16.93 16.70
Spots 2."> down; middling 17.00.
L1VEP00L COTTON.
January. 10.57
March . 10.52
May . 10.47
July . 10.40
October S.95
December. 10.58
Tone easy. S.-ttes 6.000. 5,300 American.
.Middling 10.97; Good Middling tL'i
Live Stock Loans
Farmers Hold Conference in
Florence?Adopt Reso-\
lutions
Florence, Nov. 25.?Farmers of
the, Pee Dee district of South Car
olina took definite steps today to
avail themselves of the federal gov
ernment live stock loan through
the War Finance corporation. Fifty
of the biggest and most progressive
farmers of the district convened in
Florence, upon invitation of W. W.
Long, director of state extension
service, to discuss this matter.
Four specific resolutions were
adopted and are being forwarded to
J. Pope Matthews in Columbia as.
chairman of the state board, which
represents the War Finance cor
poration. The first of these re
quests that the board add a rep
resentative banker, who is . recog
nized as an authority on live stock
in this section, to its membership,
inasmuch as none of the commit
tee now profess such qualifications.
Bright Williamson of Darlington is
suggested for such appointment
since group six of the South Car
olina Bankers' association in cre
ating a committee for this specific
-purpose designated him chairman
of it. The board is urged to frame
as definite a plan as possible, a
soruof standard' paper on which
money may be borrowed On live
stock. The fourth resolution re
quests Mr. Long to appoint com
mittees of such number of persons
as he deems advisable, in every
-co.iu.uy in the Pee Dee,' to cooper
ate with the war finance board and
.local banks in fixing the values aiwfr
.Collateral for live stock loans and
to aid in informing^ J.r.e farmers
how they may apply for and pro-;
cure aid from this fund.
:? Mr! Long opened the meeting
r'witft a statement that this money
j is available but the farmers ar
slow taking advantage Of it.for two
reasons. First, they do not under
stand the terms or conditions under
which money may be procured
frqm(the board, and second, local
banks generally do not understand
i handling live ?stock papers, thougl
|Hfey:are adepts with cotton papei
I Emphasizing this fact,- Mr. Sheal
j of Clemson college announced
finance corporation already has
iVanced $2,500,000 in South
j link; ? Of this one loan was on
i stock, and it took ZZ days to
j goti?te it': because neither the
' plicant nor his banker nnderstt
> how to make up live stock papers,
j D. R. Coker of HartsviHe said
j undoubtedly the people of South
: Carolina today are groping in dark
| ness for a solution of the agricul
i tural problems which arise before
i them out of their old one crop sys
tem. He made a very strong plea
that means should be provided for.
Pee Dee farmers to share the bene
fits of this fund.
Walter J. Johnson, secretary
the Florence chamber of, com
merce, said he now has m?ny ap
| plications for aid to buy dairy cat
I tie. incident ro-th^a^rrouAGemei^'*^
the Colonial Creamery company Is
opening a plant here, and the banks
underwriting the development of
;.production. He showed from these,
letters that many farmers today
are ready to use this fund" if they
only knew how to proceed.
. The meeting was thoroughly rep-;
reseritative and interested in the
subject. Leading citizens Individ^
j ually invited come from neariy
| every point in the Pee Dee di
J trictv It was intended only as a
j conference and not as a mass meet
i ing. Discussion was general
f reflected very genuine interest in
! advancing the live stock interest
! of this section.
I Following the conference Mr.
i Long expressed himself as gratified:
i with the development and results.
With converting plants being built
in this section for taking care
surplus live stock products of
\ farmers, he stated production mi
be encouraged to support the
dustries.
Asks For Joint Deb;
Col. John J. Dargan Wishes
Meet Candidates For Sei
tor on the SI
Editor Daily item:
I am very anxious indeed
haarte a public meeat?g and m<
j than, one if practicable, to be
? dressed by the candidates for
i senate and house. The quest!
j that I am pressing to the front:
j not one of easy1 solution and ti
voters need to have it exami^
ivom every standpoint.
1 am asking to be sent to
senate with the distinct purpose
introduce a bill providing for
j election of a defendant's attot
j in every- criminal court where
is a prosecuting attorney, said
. fendant's attorney being paid
I same salary as the prosecuting
I torney, and that no officer of i
! court shall receive pay for _
; his' services from private sot
I have Kone over this STOU
, over and often in the newspapers,
j and 1 am offering for the senate ttf
j have it discussed before the pca^e
?thattin-y may understand." Myf
j-oniy dir.-.-t request of the voters'is'
j to send me to the senate to bring
? the whole matter before the peo
; of tin whole country. It is one
imperative importance and my thn
; for service in regard to it is not ?s
long as it used to be, so L am urging
mat discussion and decision co
i as s?o? as possible. The evP to
corrected is dreadful enough to
list the most earnest attention
ed.
JOHN J. DARGAN.
X. R.?The Court Hg?Vs* ?hm
used next week for
and timely notice will be
Church Bazaar. .
The two Guilds of the JSiscopal
church will hold a bazaar
Liberty street, December ?
From 10 a. m., fancv'
cakes, etc. ,
>4tmicken stew 12:30 p. m.
Waffles and coffee, 4 to