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? le Watchman and Southron! i ? < :. ; ? ? ' " , ' r itered at the Postoffice at Sum-; sr, S- C, as Second Class Matter. j ? v ?*-.'.'/ * ? ? . ''. \ PERSONAL. Miss "T>oll'* Bultman has return- j from Columbia after spending j tew days with friends. Miss Mattie Riggs returned, to home in' Asheville this morning :er a visit of several days to ends /in the city. Misses Nell and Laura Beden Ugh, of Florence, are visiting J e$r sister, Mrs. Henry Lowry on mdrick Street. Mr. Clifton Knight is spending /eral days with his parents at ?Uy Hill, S. C. Mr. Francis Kir? has returned >xn Sutawville, S. C, after a very ?asant visit during the holidays. Among the students who return today to their respective schools ,er spending the Christmas holi ys at their homes in Sumter \ <fe: Messrs.* Leland, Henry, J^e- | ssaure and Robert Edmunds, j mes Raffield, Frank Clarke, mry McLaurin, Harold Whiiden, bn -Shaw, Donald Kirvin, and vian Weldon of xjhe Presbyterian | liege at Clinton; Miss Alden Gar J of Converse College, Spartan \rg; Miss Donna Mims of Lime me College, Gaffney; Messrs. j nkins Kjriight and W. R. Phillips; WOfford College, Spartanburg; j ?srs. Edward Buck, Charles ttino, Herbert Wells, John R., d Charles Haynesworth, Clinton r^rew. Jack Chandler and Ernest lar, of Clemson College; Mr. .Pre Rhame, of Furman L'niver y, Greenville; Messrs. Clifford ? awford and Julian and Harry; ice of Davidson College; Miss i i^beth J^essesne, of Randolph | tbon College, Va.; Miss Lillis Mc- j Hum of Chicora College. Colum-' .; Mr. Aaron Green of the Univer- i y of South Carolina, Columbia; 1 d* Misses Sarah Till, Mildred j unson, Meddie Mae Nunnamak- j Cornelia White, Dorita Moise, j me Dick, Annie Laurie Booth,; net White and Frances DeLorme, j Winthrop, College, Rock Hill. j Messrs. J. B. Brown, of Oswego j d J. K. Wilson, of St. Charles j ssed through Sumter this morn- j ;? while returning to the Pres- j terian College at Clinton , after ; ving spent the vacation at their j mes. \ .V.iss Marion Satterwhite has re- ! *ned to her position on the Win- l 'op College faculty after having j >n the visitor of Mrs. O. Ii.. Fol- ; ?*at her home in the city. and Mrs, W. G. Stubbs, Miss i ttie Stubbs and Wilbur Stubbs ' t this morning by motor for i irfda. where they will spend the. j ater. Messrs. A.^. Stack of Pinewabd. I iph -King, of Manning, and j ady Dowling of Dariington pass- J i through the city this morning ! ?le en route for Spartanburg j jere they/are attending Woffor,d ' liege. ?r. J. H. Stokes, of Timmons- \ le passed through Sumter this ? Cfling. while on . hk way. to art an burg, S. C. . \ Mrs. R; L. Scaffe and daughter j ? visiting in Jacksonville, Orlan- ! . and in Tampa, Fla) Hiss Mabel Witherspoon . left J s morning for Greenville to. re- ? no her studies at G. W. C. Misses Annie Fishbourne and \ ?ne Dixon of Bishopville .passed j aough the city this morning while j Urning to Winthrop College., ! vlisses Susie Moore Lindsay, and i zabeth Mattherson of Bennetts- ; e and Helen Timmerman of Lan- j liter are spending the clay in enter before returning to their j dies at Winthrop College after ving spent the Christmas .vaca- ! n at their homes. Vir. Jack Skinner has returned . the city after a business trip to ' >rence, Ilartsville Bennetts.ilie 0% Darlington. <dr. W. B. Stuckey has returned | .the. University of South Caro- j a. to finish his law course at the Jversity law school. j tfrs. H. W. Hood and her sen j >ert Hood have returned to their | me in Mullins after having been ? visitors of relatives in the city, tfr. Harry Hood left this morn r for Clemson College after hav- j f been a visitor in Sumter for the j ristmas holidaya Vir. Red Wilhans. of Clio passed | ough Sumter while returning to : '/olina. Vir. Bones Montgomery, of: ogstree. passed through Sumter; lay while en route to the Pres- \ rerian College at Clinton. Vfrs. Clyde Benson, after spend- j ; the Christmas holidays with ; and Mrs. W. B. Cosfcin in the y, has returned to her home in i arleston..S. C. 'Miss Ethel Bateman left yester- i y to resume her studies at Win- J ?op College after spending the lidays at home. ?Miss Gladys Wells returned to r home near the city Sunday ; ?ht after spending the Xmas I lidays with friends at Walter- \ ro. Mr. Richard Wells returned to ?mson College Wednesday morn r? accompanied by his friend. Mr. n Sahjtleben of Jamaica, after j mding the Xmas holidays at his me near the city. Miss Sophia Wells returned to nthrop College this aftrenoon af spending the Xmas holidays home. Miss Meddie Mae Nurfhamaker 3 returned to Winthrop Colleg er spending the holidays ar me. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Homer Tldsmith have returned to Green le after spending Xmas with h Mrs. Goldsmith's parents, Mr. I Mrs. J. L. Xunnamaker. **Iisses Ethel Bynum and. Ida wards returned to Columbia liege Tuesday night after spend ? the Christmas holidays at trn ir ?nes in the city. vliss Dorothy Burns returned to -SIB, S. C. Tuesday after spend ? the holidays at her home in the dr. W. F. Montgomery spent last | ? ht in Columbia with his brother the University of South Caro i. Wk Miss Annie Churchill, after en joying: the holidays at her home in Sumter. returned Tuesday to Brun son. S. C. where she is teaching: this school session. Miss Marie Nash returned to Co lumbia College this morning to resume her studies after having spent the Christmas holidays at her home in Sumter Misses Sarah Miller and Eliza beth Jackson, of Bennettsville pass ed through the city this morning whiie returning to Winthrop Col lege at Rock Hill. Mr. R. B. Hare, of Florence. Su perintendent of the A. C. L. rail road, passed through Sumter today while en route to Columbia. Mrs. Clarke Waring, of Colum bia, is the visitor of Mrs. E. S. Booth at her home on Hampton Ave. Mr. Burgess Bultman returns this afternoon to the Catholic Uni versity in Washington, D. C. after having spent the Yuletide vaca tion at his home in Sumter. Miss Dorris Moses returned Tues day to Randolph Macon College. I Va.. after enjoying the Christmas vacation in Sumter. Miss Lalla Reynolds returned this morning to her home in Green ville after having been the visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Reynolds. Miss Xadine McDougall of Co lumbia, has returned home, after spending the holidays with Miss j NeH Folsom. ! Mrs. J. J. Fox, who has been visiting friends in the city has re- : turned to her home at Lexington, j S. C. Mrs. C. B. Smith and children j returned to Oakley, S. C, after, spending several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. J. Smith. She was accompanied home by Mr. S. R. J. Smith, where he will spend awhile. Mr. and Mrs. J .W. Ivy of Flor ence spent Wednesday with Rev. and Mrs. G. L. McCoy. Mrs. C. A. Ward has been call ed to her home at Boston, Ya., on account of the serious illness of her father. * Mr. Claud McLeod * of Oswego has returned to the Wofford Fit ting school at Bamberg, S. C, af ter having spent the Christmas holidays at his home. Rev. D. S. McDonald is spend ing the day in Columbia on busi ness. Mr. H. A. Heriot of Great Falls, S. C, passed through Sumter this morning while en route for Co lumbia on business. Mrs. J. F. Kirkland left this morning for Charleston where she will be a visitor for several days. Mr. A. L. Lachicotte of Char leston's spending the day in Sum ter on business. Mrs. C. H. Dorn left for Ben netlsville Wednesday where she is to be the visitor of Mrs. F. G. Hol lis. Solicitor Frank A. McLeod and Mr. L. E. Wood returned yester day from Manning where a special term of court has been held for the last three days with Judge. Shipp of Florence, presiding. Mr. L. E. Wood acted as court steno grapher in the absence of Mr. Stack, the regular court steno grapher for this circuit, due to his sickness. Judge Shipp will be the presiding judge over the next term of court which is to convene in Sumter on the 13th day of Febru ary. Death of Mrs. Gulie Elma Corbet t. Mrs. Gulie Elma Corbett, wi dow of the late Mr. James X. Cor bett. died at 4:40 o'clock on Wed nesday afternoon after a severe illness since Christmas day. Mrs. Corbett had attained her S7:h year and although an invalid for a number of years, she was known to her many friends as the possessor of one of the brightest and most cheerful of dispositions and many hearts were from time to time lightened from its load of care by encouragement or mother ly advise from the lips of this de vout. Christian woman. Mrs. Corbett is survived by four sons, .Messrs. H. D. and J. Knox Corbttt of Los Angeles, pal., Dr. L. (I. Corbett. of Olearwater. Fla., and L. W. Corbett, of Santa Paula. Cal.. three daughters. Mrs. W. E. Mims. Mrs. C. O. Rowland and Mrs. R. S. Hood all of Sumter, and her adopted daughter. Mrs. W. S. Reynolds of Sumter. The funeral services will be con ducted this aftrenoon at 4 o'clook at the First Presbyrerian church, of which chu.ch Mrs Corbett has been for some time the oldest member. The interment will take place at the city cemetery. County Board of Commissioners Pay Tribute of Respect. The annual meeting of the County Board of Commissioners was called to order at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, January 5th. with the following, members pres ent. J. B. Britton, II. J. McLaur in, E. T. Mims. W. M. Lenoir and B. M. Oliver. The death of Mrs. Gulie Elma Corbett. mother-in-law of Mr. C. G. Rowland, was report ed and the board as a mark of re spect for irs chairman, adjourned, to meet at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, January 7th. ? ? m> ? The Reopening of the Public I Schools. The public schools 0f the city re opened yesterday under the most favorable auspices. The weather I was ideal The attendance was re markable f.-r its excellence. Quite a number of the < lasses had not a single absentee, in one of the buildings one-half of the classes had a perfect attendance. Through out ail of the schools the attend ance was unusually fine, there being very few absentees. The health of the pupils apears to be excellent and they have come back to their work refreshed and invigorated by their period of recreation. Alto gether tie* first (jay was favorable in every respect and holds out the hope for an unusually successful ? session for tin- rest of tin- sehoo? year. Norfolk. Jan. "..?The steamer Cristobal, bringing ;i congressional party of one hundred from the Canal Zone arrived here today. Boll Weevil Meeting Agricultural Experts and Fer-1 tilizer Men Will Tell Farm ers How to Beat the Pests Mr. F. H. Jeter, agricultural ed itor of the Soil Improvement com mittee of the 'Southern Fertilizers' Association of Atlanta, Ga., was in Sumter this week and after a con ference with Secretary E. I. Rear don it was decided that und-r the auspices of the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, with the co-operation of the Sumter County Committee of Progress and the Voting Men's Business League of Sumter a county mass meeting will; be held at Sumter Court House at 10 a. m. Saturday. January 21st. Dr. E. S. Booth, president of the j Sumter Chamber of Commerce presiding, at which prominent southern agriculturalists and gov ernment experts will discuss various methods of how to beat the boll i weevil, necessary changes in the farm program under boll weevil conditions, how 'he farmers have fought the boll weevil successful ly, in other sections, soil and fer tilizer factors in fighting the boll weevil: place of livestock on the farm, dairying, etc. Government experts who have successfully fought the boll weevil in every infested southern state, and prominent southern agricul tural workers, have planned a South Carolina campaign begin ning January IG. 10 a. m., at Aiken. S. C. The object is to tell South Carolinians how to tight the boll weevil with success. Instances will be cited of how farmers in South Carolina and Georgia put up a successful fight last season. The success attend ing the werk of government boll weevil expert:- at Fairfax, S. C. 1 and Wraynesboro, Georgia will be recounted. ! The campaign will deal with the I problem of growing cotton under i boll weevil conditions under two I main headings. First, how to get ; a large bottom crop set before the ; weevil becomes dangerous, in j other words, "How to beat the ! weevil to it." Second the campaign j will tell of the methods that are to \ be employed in directly oombat : ting and controlling the weevil so I that a full crop can be grown. I Xo greater authority on lighting ? the boll weevil can be found in the I country than Geo. A. Maloney a i government boll weevil expert. He I brings a message of hope. He will 1 teli how the government has fairly i tried out every known or suggested ' means of fighting the boll weevil and what the government has ! found to be the best, j An agriculturist well known to j the South Carolina farmers is J. X. j Harper for many years director of j the South Carolina Experiment sta ' tion and now director of the Soil I Improvement Committee. Prof, j Harper will tell of the changes in : the farm program under boll wee i vil conditions. ? ' How to beat the boll weevil to : it," will be the subject of an ad : dress of C. A. Whittle for several '. years prominent in agricultural ; work in the south. "How Farmers Have Fought the : Boll Weevil Successfully" will be j the subject of F. H. Jeter a South i Carolinian who is widely known as I an agricultural writer. ; "Soil and Fertilizer Factors in , Fighting the Boll Weevill" consti : tutes the subject to be handled by ! David D. Long. Soil Specialist for j many years in the Soil Survey work ! of the U. S. Department of Agri ? culture. "Place of Livestock on the Oot i ton Farm" is assigned B. J. H. De ; Loach, a cotton belt product, form i or director of the Georgia Station i and author of a book on cotton ; growing. ; Another prominent agriculturist l*will probably be enlisted. Business men, bankers, cotton factors, fertilizer men as well as : farmers are urged to attend the j meeting which will he held here I January 21st. Meetings to lie held in South : Carolina and the dates are as fol lows: Aiken. January 1G. Blaekville, January 1 7. Barnwell, January l 7. Allendale, January is. Denmark. January IS. I Orangeburg. January 19. St. Matthews. January 29. Sumter. January 21st, 10 a. m. Manning, January 23. Bishopville, January 20. Florence, January 2 4. Darlington, January 24. Cheraw. January 2?;. Bennettsville, January 27. Dillon. .January 2 7. Marion. January 28. Basket Bail On ! Roller Skates Messrs. .1. B. Swann, David I Owens. Alvin Caddin. Horace Darr. Robert E. Thames, Thomas ('a:o and Herman Johnson, comprising the Sumter Roller Skating basket ball team with its utility men. Ief1 ! for Columbia this morning for the purpose of talcing on a similarly or ganized skating team of the Co lumbia Skating rink. Some days ago tiie Columbia team made the challenge to the Sumter team and of course they did not have to go very much further before they had the game ail scheduled. The slogan of tin- Sumter skating quin tet is "watch our smoke" rind they say that they intend to liter ally w ipe up the floor with the Co lumbia boys on wheels. Every basketball player will 5.quipped with fiber roller skates built for speed. Army trousers will be the uniform and a lew pads are sug gested. ? i -??o Washington, Jan. ."?.--It is re ported Italy lias declined to accept tin- Root resolution prohibiting at tacks by submarines on merchant ships, pro> ided Fj a nee do. Money Talks, hut not as nun h a; we tall, money. Albert H. Weeks Dies in Columbia Funeral Services to Be Held This Afternoon For Sum ter's Former Police Chief Columbia, Jan. 5.?The body of; A. H. Weeks, a veteran who died! yesterday at the Confederate in firmary, was taken to Sumter to day for burial. For many years, be was chief of police of Sumter. j He was member of Co. K, Twenty third South Carolina regiment in the civil war and had a fine rec ord as a soldier. He is survived; by two sons, Harry Weeks, of Sumter and Sam Weeks of Savan- j nah, Ca.. and two daughters. Mrs.1 Katie Beach of Charleston and j Mrs. Janie Hatch ell of Sumter. The funeral services for Mr. , Weeks will be held at the city cemetery this afternoon at 5j o'clock. The following members ; of the police department are to act | as pall hearers: Chief J. M. Bar- ! wick, A. J). Owens, A. C. Carri- j gan. J P. Shock ley. W. H. John son and J. D. Chandler. The city bell will bo tolled at o'clock this afternoon in Honor of! Mr. Wekes, who served faithful ly on the J'olice Department of Sumter as an officer and as chief of police for forty years. Sumter to Play Hyatt Park The Sumter High school basket- ! hall team will take on the strong quintet of the Hyatt Park school in Columbia as its first honorable opponents in the beginning of its basketball season of the year 1922. The game is to be played in the local y. M. C. A. gymnasium on j Friday night, January 6th, and the game will be called promptly at 7:30 o'clock. The Sumter High team has been putting in some considerable amount of time in its practice in the anticipation of making a good record for themselves as ringers of the baskets during this approach ing season and they think they have the goods. Be on hand if you appreciate a game chuck full of pep from start to finish. You can spare the two bits. . -? o o Sixty Gallon Still Taken Deputy Sheriff H. G. McKagen and Rural Officers Sam Newman, Alex Nona's and Hamilton Boy kin returned at three o'clock this af ternoon from the raid of a still in the swamps of the Tindal section about U miles from Sumter. The captured still, which was of 60 ga lions capacity, was brought to Sumter and has been placed in the sheriff's office. Nineteen barrels of CO-gallon -rapacity and i-ten gallon kegs of m?sh were found with the still and destroyed. This still is said to he the largest solid I copper still that has been captured in Sumter county for some time. The siiil was captured with worm and with all equipment complete and a number of galvanized buckets and other utensils were also found with the still. The location of the : still was in a swamp behind the house of Imck McLeod. Hearing in Pinewood Case. Secretary Reardon. of the Cham ber of Commerce, received a tele gram Thursday front Gov. Cooper stating that hearing of petition of certain citizens of the i'inewood territory, annexed to Sumter coun ty last year, who ask that an elec tion he ordered in a part of Cal vary township in the question of voting about ?>~> square miles back into Clarendon county, would he held Friday morning. It is stated that a delegation of citizens of Pinewood who are op posed to the election .and wish all the territory annexed to Sumter county last year to remain in Sumter county will attend the | hearing, and will he represented by j Messrs. D. 1>. Moise and L. I >. Jen- j rxings. A delegation from Calvary township, who favor the return j of the territory to Clarendon eoun- i ty will attend the hearing, with! members of rhe Manning bar rep resenting them. Secretary Rear don will also attend the hearing. -*>*>?> Report of lbe Carnegie Library For December 19*1. i New members._ 14 Previously reported -. 1.7:57 Total.1.751 No. hooks h-nt this month.. 1.355 i Previously reported _4 r?. l s S i _i -i Total. ... 46.543 [ No. magazines lent this month _. 120 j Fines, rental fees, and rural membership.$20.00 January 4. 1 !?22. Financial Report. Balance December 1. I U21. 29.?4 i < 'hecKs: A. 1.. A. for booklist .... 2.00 - *:!7.S4 Deposited in bank January. . _._. 20.00 ! Total.*:.7.X4 j J ESSJ10LYN SM ITH. Librarian. London. Jan. '<. J. J. Walsh, a Dial Eireann member is quoted by tie- Central N'ews as saying i hat t iie : reaty will l?e defeated by a I lea.-1 two votes. Dublin. Jan. The Dail Eire anti ne t this mornini; and adjourn ed until afternoon to give mem bers an opportunity to discuss De Yalera's alternate proposal to the peace treaty. --?>>-**? The wood of which lie- Ark was l.iiili has been identified by many scientists a cypress. Japanese Duplicity Openly Exposed Secret Treaty With One Fac tion in Siberia Part of Plan to Control Country Washington. Jan. ?conies of an alleged treaty between the .rap- I anese army in Siberia and Russian officers connected with Admiral Ataman SemeneofC, the anti-Bolshe-1 vik leader, whereby the Japanese; agreed to support with arms and money an offensive against the i army of the "Far Eastren republic.] of Chita, were made public to- ! day by the special delegation of the Chita government now in Wash in gf o it. One of the clauses declared that when a stable government was es tablished in the Far East, Japanese! subjects should receive preferen-j rial rights in Siberia for hunting, fishing, forestry and n. : g con cessions. The Chita delegation in making public the alleged treaty declared that it proved the Japanese were' in league with Russian bandits, that ! they were making it impossible to stabilize eouditions in the Russian i Far East, that the attack of Ear-; on Ungren-Steinberg from Mon-; golia against Chita was organzied by the Japanese and that the .Jap-, anese were aiming, under the guise of establishing a democracy, to: create a government which they j would practically control, assuring an economic grip upon the Far Eastern republic and special privi leges and concessions. At the same time that the al leged treaty was made public, See rtary Hughes in a letter to M. Sarraut. head of the French dele gation, said he was "glad to ac cept your statement that the docu ments in question were not authen tic." The letter, was written in reply to one from M. Sarraut offi cially stating that documems made I public by the Chita delegation Sun ; day concerning an alleged agree : ment between Japan and France i for a protectorate over Siberia i were false. Existence of any such under standing between France and Japan was described as ?"news" to the j state department today by depart | ment officials, who made positive ; statements that no documents or re ' ports on such documents as made j public by the Chita delegation Sun day were in the department's files. ? ^ ? ** \ Poor Married Man.*' All who witnessed the play en titled "A Poor Married Man." at tae Jordan school last Friday : evening, were highly delighted. The ! acting', though done by amateur j players, was of a very high char acter; The play, with the scene ! in one of our college towns, was given: in three acts, which may he ; summarized as follows: Act I. j Professor John B. Wise has just married and with his bride is ex I pecten on the morning train. The ! students are preparing a reception j for him. Everybody mistakes the ' mother-in-law for the bride. Act II. I Professor Wise discovers Billy Blake's love for Zoie. his bride. Dr. Graham brings his daughter to I college, and the professor, favor ; ably impressed with June, the doc j tor's daughter, attempts to arrange a wedding between her and Billy. Zoie. believing marriage to be a i failure, departs to obtain a divorce. Act IV. Two Years Later. Professor Wise and June now married. Dr. 1 Graham is trapped into marriage with Mrs. lona Ford, the mother > in-iaw, and the woman who caus ed the professor's former trouble. For awhile everything seemed to he in a weh beyond untangling, hut worked out so happily that all pronounce marriage a distinct suc CeSS. This play is full of fun. and all the way through there is a big laugh, for an hour or more, which makes one forget his own troubles, and is guaranteed to make the thin grow fat. Mrs. V. R. Dtnkins, the teacher of the Jordan school, is to be con gratulated on the success of this play, and the full house, who wit nessed it. thank the phiv-rs. all home folks, for the spa ndio enter tainment. Mrs. Dinkins would he glad to interest other schools in the coun ty in this little play, and make sonic dates in the. near future to have it shown. She can guaran anree an entertainment full of fun. and more than doubly worth tin- small admission charge. Von. of course, would like to know who are the characters in tiiis play, and the home folks rep resenting them. They are as fol lows: Billy Blake .Louis Pitts Rosalind Wilson Lydia DuRant Jupiter Jack.-ou _<>;to DuRant Mrs. lona Ford ..Mrs. Onsrud l.'rof. John B. Wise.-Robert Mel ierte. Zoie (the bride).Vugusta Jen nings. Dr. .Matthew Graham_Baynard Pitts. June Graham_Ernestine Smith Liza Jam- _.11. J. Jones. Music by Miss Flowers. Marion Myers. Mrs. Onsrud may be said to have been the chief luminary, while every other player was a star. The mu.-ic was excellent. Don't fail to see "A Poor Married Man" on the date next advertised. -?? ?? ? Death. Mi-. Richard S. Compton, aged 7". years; di**d at his residence Xo. Railroad Avenue. ;,| ;, o'clock Wednesday afternoon alter having !h . n in ill hea It h for sonn- t ime. Tin- funeral services will be held from the residence m | o'clock the- afternoon and the body buried .it tin- city cemetery. The Xansch Ski Club will have i dog race. At the present writing no husbands have entered. College Student Attacked George Green Victim of Mys terious Midnight Ad venture Columbia. Jan. 4.?George Green, a student ur the University of South Carolina, returned to his home in iiis father's automobile shortly af ter midnight and when he walked into the house he fell in an un conscious condition. It was several hours before he regained con sciousness and tit late hour Wed nesday morning he was still in a state of semi-consciousness and no effort will be made to question him as to what occurred until he has shown more improvement. It is not known whether young Green was attacked before he reached home or after he had put his ear up. He drove the car into yard and walked into the house. His hands were somewhat bruised, indicating that he had possibly been trying to resist an attack. Green is a student at Carolina. He is membei 01" the football squad having shown considerable prom ise- in the training season, but 0:1 account of injuries he did not par tici] ite in any games. He was a star player on the Wofford Fitting School team in the season of 1920. acting as captain of Iiis team that year. His father. James M. Green, Sr.. is a prominent Columbian, be ing secretary of the Columbia Au tomotive Trades Association and prominent in various events, such as Palmafesta and other sueli oc casions. ? ? ? Meeting of Coal Operators Off Indianapolis. Jan. 4.?A meet ing of the coal operators and the United .Mine Workers officers at Pittsburgh Friday has been call ed off by union President Lewis, who said it was done because the operators refused to meet the min ers. De Valera Still Fighting Treaty Dublin. Jan. 4.?A new version of l)e Yalera's amendment was dis tributed in the Dail Eireann pro posing a treaty of amity and asso ciation between Ireland and the governments of Great Britain and other states of the British com monwealth. ? 00 Mob Murder in William sburg Crowd Shoots Negro to Death Near Florence County Line ^Florence. Jan. 3?According to reliable information reaching Flor ence today, one negro was killed outright and another was probably fatally wounded by a mob of un known white men Sunday night in the Dlark River section of Wil liamsburg county, near the Flor ence county line. ' The body of the dead negro was riddled with bullets. In his pocket were found a number of letters from a white woman with whom he had been accused of having inti mate relations. It is stated that the woman had been driven out of. Williamsburg county recently on this account and had moved over the line into Florence county. The negro man is said to have goiv to Kingstree and boasted thai he was going to see that woman. Saturday night he was surprised at her home by the moo of men. Leaping into a buggy he and an other negro man with him attempt ed, to elude the mob which followed in hot pursuit, firing volleys into tln hack of the buggy'. one of the negroes was found dead later while the othi r is known to have been wounded. With baby in arms, the woman escaped into the woods anl spent j the night there, going to Kings tree when the sun rose and asking; for protection. She was given suffi cient money to pay her railroad ! fare to Hartsville. It is stated that the negro man as well as tin- white woman had been warned of danger should they he seen together again. The i?-ad negro was armed with pistols and a Winches.or rifle. He also had a quant iyt of ammunition on his pe rson. When asked today Slu riff Burch 1 stated that he had no; been noti fied of the lynching and was with out any information concerning it. -~~- * Smallpox on Warships Portsmouth. Ya.. Jan. 4?Yellow Hags are fluttering from the mast heads of the destroyer Branch and submarine tender Bushneil, which are berthed at the local navy yard. Members of the destroyer's crew occupying the sick hay on the Bushnel! have been removed to the hospital with small pox symptoms. Both vessles are quarantined. Flood at Panama Panama. Jan. 4 ?Two villages in Darien province have been in undated by the flooded river Tui ra. Two lives were lost, and heavy property damage resulted from the flood. Newport .News. Jam -t -Yaielna and Xorthhnmpton are the rich est e.?!)!:! :< s in Virginia. New York. Jan. 1. Kst imated freight rate reduction's on farm prod acts \\:U cut down the rail road revenifs throughout the conn ! r> by eight \ million dolla rs. Boston. Jan. 1 Tire battleship North I 'a kota . olh'ded w i; !i t he British schooner 'I'. K. Bent ley off i'ape <<<d last night. Nu one was injured. The Farmer in Russia Ho! For Donalds jl n6i e is Still Desperate Need For American Charitv Washington, Jan. 1.?"There is desperately urgent n -d for the people of America to ^iv--. sp^dily and generously, ro save the chil dren of Russia, notwithstanding the gram of $20,000.000 made by congress and the ?10,000.000 given by tli" Soviet government,*' says a statement issued by the Commit tee on .Mercy and Relief of the Federal council of Churches. "The most recent cables from Col. Has kell. in charge of tin- American Re lief Administration in Russin, de clares that :it least $50.000,000 is imperative, of what avail will it he to save the children for the winter and lei them die when the spring comes." The appeal to the churches of the country by the Federal Council is being made in response to a re quest from Herbert Hoover, as chairman of tin- American Relief Administration. The Christmas season, with it snore of sacrificial giving, was made the occasion for beginning the campaign in the churches in behalf of the Russian children. Tile month of January, however, is to be the time of spe cial emphasis, as the peak of fam ine conditions is now being reach ed. Though money is being received nt the rate of .>2.<>uo a day there will have to be ;i vast increase in this amount if tin- children are to be saved, according to former Governor Carl E. Milliken. of. .Maine, treasurer of the fund, whose address is 105 E. 22nd street, New York City. The Place With Few Girls and a Surplus of Marriageable ' Men Atlanta Candy Factory Burned Atlanta. Jan. 4.?Fire destroy ed the Wiley Company candy fac tory last night. The loss is esti mated to be over seventy-five thou sand dollars. Death List at Belfast Six Persons Killed in Recent Disorders Belfast. Jan. 4.?Six deaths have resulted from disorders here. One of the casualties was a baby in its mother's arms. i Columbia. June 3.?The South Carolina town which is at present getting the largest percentage of publicity is the village of Donalds. News was recently spread through out the country, by the newspapers, that there is a number of mar riageable young men in Donalds; bur no marriageable women?none of tiie proper age. or so few that they do not count in comparison to the number of men who are "on the carpet." And now the town of Donalds is having the time of its life, according td Don alds citizens who have been " fh Columbia lately and Columbian's who have been in Donalds. H. c. Hooker, of Columbia, sec retary of the state cotton associa tion, has just returned from a visit to the Donalds section., he being a. native of that town. He states, a* do others, that the young men who are of marriageable age in Don alds are being "Hooded" with "ap plications." from women living fn all parts of the country. The young nn-n are getting photographs and letters and all sorts of offers from women in various sections, and a delegation of women from Chicago is expected in Donalds in Febru ary, to look over the husband-ma teriah * 'V The1 young men are all "spruc ing up." .Mr. Booker says, in an ticipation of the coming of the wo men of the west. He says too. tha; the people of Donalds are having a huge time over their publicity and its results. Most of the letters of the would-be wives of the Don alds bachelors have been sent to James Johnson, a-prominens man of the town, a leading druggist, his name having been mentioned, in connection with the publicity re garding the bachelors. Mr. John son, it is said, passes the letters around and distributes the photo graphs and recommendations among the "candidates." Others see the letters too, and the mis sives have come to be almost com mon property. The Donalds "peo ple are having a lot of fun over it. Storm Hits Tulsa Killed While Hunting Hartsville, Jan. 3.?Julian John son, aged 15 years, was accidental!" j killed yesterday by his cousin. Harry Johnson, a boy about the: same age. Julian, the son of Mr. , and Mrs. Joe Johnson, lived with j his parents on Coker's Highland j farm, two miles north of Harts ville. Yesterday afternoon between , 4 and 5 o'clock the two boys went ' for a hunt. Harry thinking his gun was unloaded suggested to Julian that they load up as they; might kill a rabbit. In attempting to put in a shell and breaking the ? gun the loaded shell already in the gun exploded and the entire load of shot entered Julian's left side. The wounded boy walked about three-quarters of a mile to his home. Doctors from Hartsville were summoned and Dr. F. H. j McLeod of Florence was called.' Everything possible was done and ' a trained nurse was employed. The boy lived until 3:30 this morning. , He was conscious the whole morn ing' and called his cousin to his bedside and told him not to wor-; ry. telling him "You could not help; it." Harry is overcome with grief. : The funeral will be held tomorrow nt Beaverdam church, near Harts-, viile. -i Tulsa, Okla.. Jan. 4?Extensive damage was done early today-by u storm that wrecked store fronts, power lines and littering the streets witht debris. ? ?-? ? NAVAL EXPERTS HAND IN REPORT Washington. Jan. 4.?Naval ex perts completed their report for.the arms conference and the. Chinese committee has agreed on .? five' per cent tariff. SCORE INJURED IN TROLLEY WRECK Cleveland. Jan. 4.?An mterttrff ban car was derailed here,, injure ing a score of passengers, some se riously. The passengers were pin ned under the wreckage. HARDING DISCUSSES EUROPEAN CONGRESS Washington, Jan. 3.? President Harding and cabinet discussed the; European economic situation with j the consideration of the possibility that the 1'nited States might he | called into the conference dealing! "a ith f ho Subject. Winthrop College Has Enrollment of 1.235 Columbia. Jan. 3. ? Winthrop. College is this year asking the leg islature for less money, in stare appropriations, than last year, ac cording to Dr. D. B. Johnson, pres ident of the institution, who is in Columbia, having come to tile, -his budget of requests with .ther goy-. ernor and to put his annual report in the hands of the state .printer-. Dr. Johnson says the smaller re quests are made in spite of an en larged enrollment, larger than 1020-21 by 182 students. The to tal enrollment is 1,235. Washington. Jan. 4.?A uniform rediscount rate in all federal , re-' serve districts will be compulsory, under a bill introduced by Senator Harris, of Georgia. If many more shake hands with Foch he will be the first disarmed^ I * I The National Bank of South Carolina J! OF SUMTER, S. C. \\ ?1> The Most Pa! as takln* SERVICE with COURTESY Capital $300.000 f orpins aad Profits $2&0,CO* STRONG AND PROGRESSIV* Give nt the Pleasure of icrvlnf YOU The Bank With the Chime Clock. C. G. ROWLAND, Pre*. EARLS ROWLAND. Caahler Our biggest asset is the good will of our customers and we sincerely value the business given us during this past year. .May wo all in the Xew Year bo bigger, better and busier than ever before. FIRST NATIONAL BANK SP3ITER. S. C. NEILL OPONNELL President ARCHIE CHINA Vice President O. Ii. YATES Cashier