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Ute Walchic an and Southron Entered at tiic Postoffice at Sum ter, S. C. as Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. Miss Armida Moses has returned to her home in the city after hav ing- attended the National Conven tion of the D. A.'R. in St. Louis and having visited in that city and in other cities for several weeks. Mrs. Mack Boykin has been ap pointed as chairman of the Tuber culosis Xmas seal sale for this year. The sale is to begin on the first day of December and will be continued through Christmas day. Miss Ruth Eldridge, a recent graduate of the Battle Creek San atorium Training School for Nurses, is visiting Mrs. W. C. El dridge at her home on S. Washing ton St Mr. W. J. Crowson, Jr., left this morning for Columbia where is to attend a banker's meeting there today. Mr. H. L. Strange of Bishopvflle Is' spending the day in Sumter. Rev, D. S. McDonald, pastor, of the Christian church, left for.- Co lumbia today where he is- to at tend a State Board meeting of .the Christian church. Mrs. R. C. Richardson and Miss Caroline Richardson left for Co lumbia last night on a short visit to Hon. R. I. Manning. Miss Cora Duffie left this morn ing on a visit of a few days-in Dar lington. ? The friends of Miss Virginia Haynsworth regret to learn that she has had to undergo an opera tion for appendicitis at the Tourney Hospital this morning, but are re joiced at hearing that she is get ting along very nicely. Mr. George Coleman left for Bishopville this morning on busi ness. ' Mrs. H. M. Stuckey and daughter. Miss Ethel Stuckey, left last night for Washington, D. C, to visit friends. Miss Thelma Bultman has, .gone to Greensboro, X. C, to accept ' a position with the Jefferson* Stand ard Life Insurance Co. Mrs. O. J. Bond of Charleston is visiting her sister Mrs. L. O. Atkin son on E. Calhoun street for a few days. 4 j Mr. Wade Williford, formerly of Sumter. has been a visitor in the city for a few days. Mr. Williford is now with the Coker Cotton Co., at Atlanta, - Mr. Watt Nash of North Carolina is visiting in the city for a few days. . Mr. E. G. Sory will arrive in Sumter tonight where he wiil join his wife, who has been visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. - W. S. Reynolds. Mr. and Mrs. Sory and baby will leave immediately for their home in AtLwi:ta. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Belser left Tuesday night for Selm?, Ala.; ' .Capt: A. C. "Pheips ieft last night_ on a business trip to New York . and Wisconsin. Mr.' Scriven * Brockington left this morning for Eastover on a short business trip. Mr. W. O. Jeffords, general road master of the A. C. L., Florence, spent yesterday in Sumter. * Mr. j; P. Booth left ihis morning for Latta oh business. Misses Ethel Bynum and Marie Nash have returned to Columbia college after spending a short time at their homes In the city.' Me. T. E. White, road master, A. C L.. at Orangehurg, was a visitor j in Sumter yesterday. Mr. Jake Harvin left this morn ing on a hunting trip at Harvins. Miss Marion Knight has return ed to her home in. the city after ! finishing her studies at the Bower. Business CoUege in Colum bia Mr. Oscar Hoist of Charleston is spending a few days in Sumter on business. Mr. Gus Vlahas and daughters, Dora and Viola, Mr. Thomas Stephens and sister, Miss Mary Stephens of Augusta, Ga., spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Cris G. Chokas of this city. Miss Edith Evans left this morn ing for Spartanburg on account of the sickness of some of her family. "Faming rnder Boll Weevil C^. ditions." Clemson College, Nov. 29.?To help meet the present situation in farming the Extension Service of Clemson College has published Ex tension Bulletin 48, entitled "Farm ing under Boll Weevil Conditions," and this important publication is now ready for distribution. The publication is divided into four or five sections, all hinging, however, upon the importance of learning thoroughly new methods and prac tices for successful farming in the presence of the boll weevil. In the introduction farmers are warned against plunging into new untried crops and urged to make their farms self-supporting, so that the growing of cotton and other money crops may be on a safe ba sis. There are sections discussing the production of cotton under boll weavil conditions, the making of the farm self-supporting, system atic soil building, adjustment of re lations between landlords and ten ants, cooperation, and the need for specific county programs. The pub lication discusses with sufficient fullness each of these subjects, but does not give voluminous details. It is therefore easy for the average farmer to get from the bulletin definite information and suggestions to meet his needs. Copies of the publication may be had through the county agents or directly from the Extension Service, Clemson College. S. C, and all farmers are urged to obtain copies. ? <9> < The planet Mercury has a year S days long, making Thanksgiving come every three months. Have you . seen the Christmas seals? Get yours now and avoid the rush. - # ??? ? - Most proohets are valuable be cause the dppbsite. usually happens. Farming* Program Schedule of Crops Recom mended For Boll Weevil Conditions After careful consideration, the following schedule of crops for an average one-horse crop has been agreed upon, and is recommended for use under boll weevil conditions. It is intended, of course, that each individual farmer rhall make such minor changes as the needs of his farm require. The number of acres of the given crops and the number of cows, sows and poultry, should be multiplied by the number of acres in your farm. The acreage and estimated average return, and the num ber of livestock per one horse farm is as follows: 5 to 6 acres of cotton, . estimated value (5 acres.$250.00 6 acres of corn, with velvet beans, at $35.- 210.00 5 to 6 acres of oats and wheat, (1 acre wheat; followed by peavine hay, at $30.00_180.00 1 acre sweet potatoes.. 100.00 1 acre Irish potatoes, followed by peanuts 100.00 1 acre snap beans, fol lowed by peanuts __ 120.00 1 acre in sorghum, su gar cane and similar crops *-. 50.00 2 acres in tobacco, or some substitute money crop .j. 200.00 And live stock as fol lows: 1 cow, increased to two as soon as feed is available, estimated value of milk and cream, one cow_. 150.00 1 sow and pigs_100.00 Flock of poultry, 20 to 25 .2 .- 40.0,0 Estimated total yield per one horse farm, under this plan _$1,500.00 Some Hope Still Left Complete Collapse of Irish Parleys May Be Averted London, Nov. 29.?An anxious day in the negotiations designed for the pacification of Ireland ended tonight with the hope that a com ; plete collapse of . the parleys might j still be averted. I Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster, declared before the North I ern Parliament in Belfast that 1 Ulster had absolutely refused to accept any all-Ireland parliament demanded as a solution by. the Sinn Fein delegation. But he announced Ulsters willignness to discuss other proposals for an Irish settlement 1 if they .were submitted by next Tuesday. Premier Lloyd George immedi ately summoned the Sinn Fein del egates to consult with him and his ministers and discussed to them new proposals which, if they meet with the approval of the Sinn Fein, will be presented to the Ulster of ficials before next Tuesday. The situation still is very criti cal owing to the double deadlock? ! Ulster refusing to enter an all I Ireland parliament and the Sinn Fein steadily refusing to yield on the question of allegiance to the crown. The negotiations, however, have not been broken off and may be continued on a new basis. Eamonn de Valera has left Dub lin for a tour of his constituencies. -? ?? <? Death at Tindal. Tindal. Nov. 30.?Mr. R. M. Rogers, aged 80 years, died at his home near Tindal. Monday morn ing at 12 o'clock, No-ember 28th, j after an illness o* several months, j He leaves his wife and one daugh j ter. Mrs. Josephine Caples. one sis j ter. Mrs. Eliza Hudson, to mourn j their loss. The funeral services j were held at his residence, and ! the body laid to rest in the old .family grave yard, known as the Hodge burying ground. The pall bearers were "IV. R. ! Simpson, Geo. D. Betts, E. J. i Hodge, Jim Osteen, Richard j Pritchard and H. B. Betts. I A large crowd of relatives and I friends attended the service, i Mr. E. J. Hodge attended his ; brother's funeral in Savannah, Ga. ! a few days ago. He met his un j timely death by an accident on the . train. SCHOOL MEN MEET IN BIRMINGHAM Birmingham. Dec. 1.?The Asso ciation of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States this morning began the twenty-sixth an ; nual meeting. j VIRGINIAN KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE St. Augustine. Dec. 1.?Walter ! K. Coontz, asred G9, of Fred^rieks i burg, Va., died Tuesday night at j the result of injuries receiveu when i an automobile struck him. CLARKE CASE , GOES TO JURY Orlando. Fla., Dec. 1.?The case of Lena Clarke, former postmistress at West Palm Beach, and Baxter Patterson, a chauffeur, jointly charged with the murder of Fred A. Miltimore, a former employe in Miss Clarke's office, is expected to go to the jury late today. Composi rs certainly <io put on airs. That's their business. 1 / Mary Garden says she will mar | ry an oil king. Wonder if Mary {knows which one yet? Chicago teamsters are probably sinking for less autos. Experts Figuring On Naval Strength Questions Raised by Japan Prove Puzzling to Delegates "Washington, Nov. 30 (By the Associated Press)?Experts of the "big three" naval powers agreed today that they could not reach an accord on the basis of calculation to be used in measuring Japan's existing relative naval strength. They gave up the task and turned the problem back to their respec tive delegations to the arms con ference. Upon its solution hangs the fundamental principle of the American naval limitation propos al, the "5-5-3" capital ship ratio. The experts were substantially in agreement as to the accuracy of estimates of naval strength of each power originally submitted by the American conference group if *he American plan of including all ships actually under construction in arriving at the ratio was fol lowed. The Japanese experts, however, insisted to the last that this was not the proper basis of calculation, proposing instead to disregard all ships now building by either power in determining relative naval strength. The plenary delegates of the two powers will continue the discussion from this point, illuminated by such light as the studies of the ex perts have be?y<i able to throw on the technical questions involved. Firm determination of the American delegation to insist upon the 5-5-3 ratio and inclusion of ships building in any estimate of naval sirehgth was reiterated to night on authority. The purpose of the Japanese delegation was not disclosed. Since no call for an executive session .of the conference delegates or for further meetings of the ex perts was issued, it was assumed that an attempt to settle the point by informal interchanges between the American and Japanese dele gates themselves was in progress and might last several days. There was a strong feeling in ?American and British circles that Japan ultimately would accept the American method of calculation and the "5-o-3" ratio not insisting upon a "10-10-7" ratio instead. This was based on the definite con clusion of the British and Ameri can experts that the Japanese na val officers had been unable to* show any sound claim to a 70 per cent, status on the.basis of figures they have been able to present. There was expectation, however, that to any offer by the Japanese group to accept the "5-5-3" ratio would be coupled a condition as to an agreement ch naval bases in the Pacific.. That question has not been injected into the/conference "as*yet in any form. As a matter of fact, the sub con, mittee of naval experts quit where they started at the capital ship ratio. It is known that in two weeks of technical discussion they have not touched upon any other point involved in the Amer ican plan of limitation. All such items as the ten year holiday, sub marines, proportional allotment of tonnage in auxiliary craft of va rious kinds and the bike, were de ferred until the capital ship ratio problem was solved. The confer I ence of limitation of armament still stands tonight, so far as its major ! objective, the naval agreement, goes at that point. In Japanese circles urgent pleas to support the Japanese claim for a 70 per cent, ratio were put for ward, but they were based almost wholly on questions of national se curity and not upon claims as to present strength of the two navies. The only compilation of figures ; presented to support the 70 per cent, estimate was that already au thoritatively rejected by the Amer ican delegation?exclusion of all ? ships under construction from the calculation and inclusion by Ja pan of predrcadncughts more than 20 years old. I While there was no vote taken today in the subcommittee of ex ! perts the British and American [ groups were in full accord that the j Japanese proposal was not sound J and that it constituted a question j of policy and not of fact. It was i this situation that ended the ex j perts' deliberations, for they were I charged only with examination of facts, not with the shaping of poli ! cies. The delegations alone may ; formulate these and the matter ; went back to them. I For the American delegation the i situation was described as an I agreement of experts as to points I of difference. These ineluded mi j nor questions relating to percen tage of completion of ships under construction, whether battleships j over 20 years old can be included j in estimates of strength of modern i navies and similar points. All of these in i he American view are j minor because they are questions of fact and can be resolved beyond j disagreement.. ! The major point of difference, jhowever, the Japanese proposal to ! disregard ships under construction I in the calculation of naval strength, i is viewed as a matter of policy and a suggestion that is not open to ; debate so far as the United States ; is concerned. Neither the Ameri can government nor tin.- American J people will consent, it was stated authoritatively, to scrap 15 capital j ships averaging 50 per cent, com | plete and upon which more than i $330,000,000 has been paid out as i the equivalent of .Japan's four new ships to be scrapped. The enor mous sacrifice the United States government has offered to make, it i was stated officially, must be re flected in the fleet ratio to be es tablished with Japan. There was said to be :.o room for argument on that point. On every other possible basis of calculation considered by the ex perts. Japan could show not even the C<0. per cent, ratio. If existing 'auxiliary craft were included in the [computation on any basis, from to i tal naval tonnago to inclusion of any selected particular type of ships, in addition to capital ships, she would have far less than a 50 per cent, ratio. The United States has an overwhelming pre ponderance in all auxiliary craft, yet sought no advantage in the j agreement from that fact, it was j said. I On the highest ratio Japan could be allowed by the tigures presented that include ships under construc tion her ratio was 59 per cent, and ! to reach that she would be permit j ted to include two old predread j noughts more than 20 years old, ! while the United States would dis card all ships over 20 years old. Various tabulations were gone over by the experts and in every case Japan's ratio fell below 60 per { cent. To meet this condition the Japanese put forward their sug gestion that only ships afloat be counted in estimating naval strength since in tnat way alone their estimate of 70 per cent, could be attained. Both American and British experts balked at this and final recasting of the tabulations by the Japanese presented today added nothing to the situation as it bad already shaped itself, so the subcommittee quit to await in structions from the delegates. The head of each expert group so re ported to the chief of his delega tion. Admiral Baron Kato, active lead er of the Japanese delegation, re fused tonight to throw any light on what his group planned to do. In view of the authoritative state ment from the American delega tion that the 70 per cent, ratio suggestion, or the Japanese pro posal as to the basis for calculat ing capital ships' strength, would not be entertained, it appeared likely that compromise offers from the Japanese group were in order. - I Why Farmers Should Join Association 1. Because most other lines of j business are organized and com j petition eliminated in so far as it j is injurious. This being the case, j the unorganized business, such as J selling farm crops by individual I farmers, suffers the penalty nat : urally attaching to the most poor j ly conducted business in the coun j try. j 2. Because individual farmers can never hope to control the earnings or even the numbers of middlemen who work for them in ! distributing their crops, j 3. Because individuals can not attain the perfection in grading, standardizing, and packaging that is possible through co-operation. This frequently means that indi j vidual producers are unable to sell Ltheir commodities for anything { near cost. 4. Because individual farmers can not hope to adjust marketing to the needs of the world so as to j prevent "dumping." This means [ that crops can net return full value j to growers, on account of the in ! evitable price cutting which goes J with dumping. ] 5. Because some lines of farm ; ing can not exist successfully with : out "co-operative marketing, witness the fruit and truck growers all over the country. C. Because co-operative mar keting associations grade, stand ardize and merchandize farm pro ducts and get for growers the j market price less actual cost of op ! erating the association, j 7. Because co-operative market j ing associations tend to stabilize I farm conditions in the territory I where they operate. ? ?? ? ! All of Sumter County Invited _ Mayor Jennings has received the i following invitation from Green ' wood: ! Mayor L. D. Jennings, Sumter, j S. C. Greenwood invites you. your I city and your county to come to ; Greenwood on December 9th and I take part in welcoming Marshal : Foch to South Carolina soil. Kind i ly give the widest publicity to this I invitation in order that South j Carolina's reception of this great i leader may indeed be a worthy j one. JXO. W. MOORE, : Chairman Invitation Committee. I Nine Thousand Murders in 1920 - I Xcw York, Dee. 1.?Homicides in i:?20 approximated nine thou I sand, which was live hundred un j der tthe 1919 record, according to a computation by Frederick L. Hoffman, third vice president and j statistician of the Prudential Life insurance company of America, j The figures, published in the Spec ; tat or. showed that the southern i states, with a large negro popula I tion, had the highest rate. j Brewers Start Fight in Courts St. Louis. Dee. 1.?A suit at j t-.cicing the constitutionality of the anti-beer law has been hied :n the federal court by the Falstaft Cor i poration, a local brewery. -<???<>? Prevent the spread of tubercu losis. Invest in Christmas seals. From the high rents one would I hink houses are being bootlegged. - ? ? <? Congressman Fordney has gone deer hunting and tariff payers may follow him. Promote the crusade of health In your county. Ho your part. Buy j the Christinas seals. Four billion dollars will be spent in running the government and taxpayers next year Boston women, who can't vote unless they live with their husbands are greatly handicapped. Education Week I Effort in Interest of Better Educational System in South Carolina In order to arouse and organize public sentiment throughout South Carolina for greater efforts for the total removal of illiteracy and the upbuilding of the public schools, the executive committee of the Citizens' Educational Association of South Carolina, the American Le gion of the State, and county and city school trustees and superin tendents are endeavoring to have "American Education Week" Dec. 4 to 11, observed in every county in the State. The executive committee of the Citizen's Educational Association of South Carolina, formed last July at Spartanburg by several hundred citizens from all parts of the State, has addressed a letter to ever coun ty school superintendent, request ing him to have the school district trustees of his county call together the citizens on or about Dec. 10 to organize a county branch of the Citizens' Educational Association. This movement is in co-operation with the circular recently issued by State Superintendent of Educa tion John E. Swearingen asking the school superintendents to ar range an observance in each coun ty of "National Education Week". All white citizens interested in the improvement of education are cordially invited to attend these meetings and enroll as members of the Citizen's Educational Associa tion of South Carolina, no member ship fees or contributions if money being required. The Association is not of school teachers alone but is primarily of, by and for citizens unconnected with the schools. In each county the citizens as sembled in these mass meetings are requested to petition the legislature of South Carolina to do three things at its next session: 1. To create and appoint a commission to conduct a thorough educational survey of the entire State. 2. To present to the p-ople pro posed amendments to the chapter on education in the State Constittf tion which will clear the way for educational progress. 3. To institute such tax reform measures as will enable the State to make the public school system what it ought to be in every re spect. In order to secure co-operation for the superintendents and trus tees in working up meetings, the following groups have been asked to participate: The American Legion posts; the alumni and aiumnae of colleges and universi ties; women's clubs; Kiwanis and Rotary clubs; churches; civic and fraternal organizations. Members of these organizations are asked at once to confer with the local school superintendent as to ar ranging a meeting, program, etc. The following rough outline- of program for a meeting during "National Education Week" is sug gested: 1. Explanatory address by the county superintendent or others whom he may designate. 2. Enrollment of members. 3. Topics to be presented by special speakers: (a) Education, the greatest investment for community, \ state and nation; (b) The community's re sponsibility toward the school. j 4. Discussion and decision by I vote on the three proposals of the j executive committee of the Citi i zens Educational Association of South Carolina outlined above, j 5. Election of delegates to the I meeting of that association to be j held in Colum bia during the legis ; lature?time and place to be an nounced. Twice as many delegates as there are representatives from the county in the legislature should be elected. } 6. Election of president, vice president, secretary and executive j committee of county educational i association. It should be distinctly under ! stood that this movement is not a j drive for subscriptions or contri ! butions of money from citizens, but ? simply an effort to organize and energize public sentiment for a 'better educational system.in South j Carolina. Any further information will be ! gladly supplied by J. Rion McKis J sick, Greenville, S. C. Sumter Boys Co to Columbia. I Twenty-seven boys will represent j Sumter in Columbia at the State , Older Boys' Conference held this year in Columbia on December 2, 3, and 4, by the State Y. M. C. A. These boys are practicing songs and yells and several are on the program for speeches. Any city or community could feel j proud to send a representation , such as the following boys: Henry i Ligon, Francis Brunson. Harry ; Shaw, E. Kennedy, Marion Fox ! worth. Alva Spann. Bayard Pitts, Reese .love, Adam Young. Francis ; Kirk, Lorain Dwyer, Don Blanding. I Richard Wright, Charles Green. Charles Wray. Hugh McLaurin, G. ! C Cooper,. J. C. Cooper, F. Young- ? j blood, W. Bateman, Jack Jackson. ' Ceo. Dirk. Robert Walker. Dartow : Shaw, Carl Dixon, Harold Wanna-; I maker, John Ys'tiherspoon. T. C. McKnight, j Leader, j ? ? o People trust banks because they keep money safely, and then scold j them because they persist in keep- j Ing it. -? ?a ?? There is no national bird to be | sacrificed at Christmas time, but old Dad serves about as well. -? - - Once let the world cheer madly when a peace advocate passes by j and the business of war will be ended. A soft answer doesn't turn away as much wrath as a hard look. City Getting Championship Game Not Yet Known Definite Offer Requested of Sumter Regarding the Play ing of Final Football Game Here A communication has been re ceived here from J. O. Van Meier, chairman of the Athletic Board of the University of South Carolina in which the request is made that Sumter put down in writing to be submitted to the board, a definite j proposition regarding the staging in Sumter of the final game of high school football which is ro be play ed between the upper and lower state champion teams. Through the Young Men's Business League and the Chamber of Commerce the effort was made to get this game for Sumter after it had been heard that there were some objections to the game being played in Co lumbia. Through these two in stitutions of Sumter the invitation was issued for the playing of the game here. In the communication received it was further stated that besides the invitation by Sumter the Board in Columbia was in re ceipt of like invitations from Cam den, Orangeburg and Florence. The matter has been taken up again by the Young Men's Business League and the Chamber of Commerce and their answer to the Athletic Board will be made shortly. This game will P'.ely be played on December 17th, a* a in all probability the con testing champion teams will be Charleston, of Lower-State and Chester, of the Upper-State. How Fields Got Awayj Penitentiary Officials Think j They Have Clue How Es cape Was Affected Columbia, Nov. 30.?A new chap ter was written Tuesday to the story of the escape from the state penitentiary of Jack Fields, Spar- j tanburg county _ white man, who took "French l&ave" of the state's bastile without saying goodbye to anyone. According to a statement issued today by Col. A. K. Sanders, superintendent of the state pris on, Fields made his escape Monday night or early Tuesday morning, whereas it had been thought that he escaped by. hanging himself un der a motor truck which was haul ing chairs from the penitentiary chair factory to the outside busi ness world. Col. Sanders stated today that early Tuesday morning it had been I discovered how the man got away, j Leaning against the penitentiary wall was a board,' and on the ground was a rake. Over the out side of the wall, above the waters. of the Columbia canal, hung a rope. It was evident, beyond doubt, that Fields got away by climbing up the wall, with the assistance of the board and the rake, and then let himself down on the outside. Fields was first missed when the nightly roil was called last Friday evening. An extra heavy guard was put on the premises, with the belief that the man was hiding about the prison yard or buildings. For three whole days a diligent seaich was kept up. Monday af ternoon it was concluded that Fields got away under the motor truck, and that he was not within the prison enclosure, and so the extra guard was relieved. That night the prisoner got away. Where Fields was hiding all the while. Colon..1 Sanders states he is at a loss to know. Where he got food for those three days none knows. A close investigation is be ing made and officers of the law are being asked to look out for the man. Marriage License Record. Marriage licenses have been is sued to the following colored couples: Harry Barfield and Rebecca Da vis of Alcolu. Robert Witherspoon and Julia Pierson of Sumter. George Wilson of Stateburg and Alisa Taylor of Brogdon. Harrison Smith and Clemen White, Sumter R. 1. i Louis Dukes and Rosa Woods of Oswego. Marion Joe and Lithia Singleton of Oswego. Daniel Williams and Marie Car- i penter of Sumter R. 2. Eivin Spain and Hannie Wil liams of Mayesville. William Lewis of Oswego and Viola McKnight of Sumter. Ezekiel Coleman and Ella G. White of Sumter. Solomon Spencer and Martha Green of Sumter. Porto Rico Has Pink Boll Worm. San Juan, P. P., Nov. Iii.?As a' preliminary means of combatting , the pink boll worm which has been j found here, cotton tields are being burned over and places where seed or cotton might spread infec tion are being disinfected. No steps have yet been taken, how ever. which are considered dras tic enough in view of experience | in the United States and elsewhere, j One suggestion made has been that all cotton planting be suspend- : ed for a period of three years. The cotton crop of Porto Rico \ is worth approximately $400,000 a j year, and planters are opposed to j having a ban placed on growing. For sale at all local drug stores j Christmas seals for Christmas i mail. "City Fathers Declare Wur on Trash." This will be .hard on the new novels. Our own diagnosis is that 90 per cent, of the world's trouble is jumpy nerves. Memorial Ser vices by B?r Tribute of Respect to De ceased Members of Sumter Bar At the opening of the court of common pleas this morning Judge Mauldin announced that court would suspend business at 5 p. m. on Friday, December 2nd for the space of one hour, in respect for the memory of Senator John H. Clifton, and Lucian W. McLemore. Esq.. former members of the Sum ter bar. At that time memorial exercises will be held and resolutions pre sented by the bar. .<> <a? ? Letter from Bob Jones Extends Congratulation Upon Success of Sunday School Campaign Mr. Leon C. Paimer, Allen Law Building, Spartanburg. S. C. Dear Friend: I have just receiv ed from some friend t a. clipping from the Sumter Item, telling of the success of the Sumter County Sun day School Association's exhibit at the county fair and the recent School of Methods held by*the As sociation. I wish to take this opportunity of congratulating you and of express ing my great gratification at the good work that the Sumter County Sunday School Association is doing. I never knew finer people than live in that county and I have never been quite so attached to any com munity as I have to that place since my evangelistic campaign held in Sumter several years ago. I am so glad I had the privilege of visitirg my friends there in your great Sunday School Evangelism cam paign. The spirit of co-operation upon which the Sumter County Sun day School Association, as a mem ber of the South Carolina Sun day Scshool Association, is based appeals to me as economical, effec tive and Christian. I believe in the work with' all my heart and I re joice with you in your prosperity in your good work. With all good wish??, I am, Your friend, BOB JONES. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 23. Common Pleas Court. The two cases of R. F. Bradley and H. F. Capell vs. the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company were tried together by consent. L. p. Jennings;/-"Reynolds and Reynolds, D. McKay. Verdicts were found in favor of the defendant. In the case of W. A. Bowman vs. Northwestern National Insurance Company and P. G. Bowman vs. Northwestern National Insurance Company, verdicts were directed in favor of the plaintiffs by the court after the evidence had been taken. The amount of the verdict directed was the sum of $696.S9 to be paid each of the plaintiffs. In the suit of J. M. Currie vs. Walker D. Hines, Director General Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., the plaintiff received a verdict by the jury of $10,000. The suit arose as a result of the plaintiffs having been refused an entrance through the gates of the railroad station in Florence and was thereby caused to miss his train. The plaintiff is alleged to have been roughly and insultingly treated at that time by the gate keeper. A verdict for the defendant was found in the case of Clifton Fay vs. the Atlantic Coast Line Raliroad Co. Verdict for the defendant was also found in the case of Seaborn Rose vs. The Southern Railway Co. In the case of L. D. Jennings vs. J. B. Payne, etc., a verdict was granted in favor of the defendant. Case now being tried, Henry Mickens vs. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. Most friends are good house keepers. They keep all we lend. Cotton Gin ners' Report Figures Given For South Carolina Washington, Nov. 29.?The de partment of commerce, through the bureau of the census, announces the preliminary report on cotton ginned by counties, in South Caro lina, for the crops of 1921 and 1920. The total for the state was made public at 10 a. m., Monday, November 21. (Quantities are in running bales, counting round as half bales. Lint ers are not included). County 1921 1920 Abbeville.. 15,115 24,644 Aiken ._._ 13,232 37,014 : Allendale. 4,207 11,947 Anderson ... 56,830 62,383 j Bamberg _ 3.816 18,194 Barnwell.' 7,724 26,210 I Beaufort 897 . 192 j Berkeley ... .. 823 5,732 Calhoun. 4,844 28,791 Cherokee 12,906 13,974 Chester _ 22,577 24,468 (Chesterfield ... 21,254 21,653 Clarendon 7,976 35,226 iColIeton_ 1,972 5,783 j Darlington_ 20,334 23,265 ! Dillon.. .. 31.223 26,126 ! Dorchester .... 1,535 8,052 j Edgefield .. .. 6,977 21,364 iFairfield. 9,339 19,101' j Florence_ 20,122 27,063 ! Greenville_. 37,422 31,903 . j Greenwood ... 12.540 ' 30.372 Hampton _. _'_ ' 2,706 6,449 I Horry. 3,066 4,566 j Jasper _. 681- 791 I Kershaw. 11,181 2 '8 j Lancaster. 13,408 A ? ! Laurens. 32,236 47,071 Lee. 18,400 33,320 Lexington_ 7,908 23,338 McCormick_ 4,006 13,115 Marion . 10,790 13,022 Marlboro .. ... 44,630 47,628 Newberry 16,372 33,259 Oconee_.. 19,743 15,063 Orangeburg_ 17,014 69,598 Pickens .__ 19,39.9 12,832 Richland_ 7,710 27,025 Saluda . 8,152 23,844 I Spartanburg _.. 60,219 58,171' j Sumter.17,791' .41,649 I Union._ 14,529 18,211 i "vVilliamsburg .. 7,02? 22,271 I York_ . _. 33,967 29,071 j All o-.her .... 526 2,990 Total for state 684,617 1,099,*43 ? ? ? How to Keep Young. New^York, Nov. 30.?Reading newspapers will help one to keep young. This is the opinion of Dr. Stephen Smith, founder of the New York Health Department, who re | cently celebrated his 98th birthday, i" "Read all the news - in the papers," he advised.' "Read even the murders. I get six papers every day and read them all I through." Up to two years ago. Dr. Smith j walked eight miles every day. ?? He still takes his daily constitutional, but has cut down the distance. A bull may not be very intelli gent, but he understood the Red Flag long before the rest of the world.?Wheeling Intelligencer. Never write a paragraph about marriage vows. Some married compositor is certain to make it ? read "rows." ' ?? ? ? You see, by reducing navies we can save money enough to build far-cruising and heavily armored - aircraft. A fo^ I and his money are soon envied. t Casus belli: "I believe I could lick that chap." One of the great advantages, we infer, of "reading it in the morn ing when it is new-s," is that you can then intelligently read it again in the evening when it is contra? dieted.?Toronto Star. The woman who once spanked her son for smoking cigarettes" now spanks her grandson for steaK' ing her cigarettes. ? Johnstown Democrat. The National .Bank of South Carolina < OF SUMTER, S. 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