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Watchman and So?thron \ cd at tue Postoflice at Sum S. C as Second Class 3Iattcr. j PERSONAL. 5. M. C. Smith left this morn n a visit in Charleston and Drida. 9 . and Mi-s. Walten W. Row Jr., arrived in Sumter this ing as visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Rowland at their home on ington St. >s Carrie L. Jones who has spending the Christmas holi at home with her parents has ned to Columbia to attend Soweit Business College. . ? ' . ; ssrs., Jamison D. Cain, t>avid Jr., and Ernest Dunn spent ! sday on a hunting trip near ;etown on the Black River. report a very enjoyable trip :he bagging of a number of ? ? * ;? j ssrs. R. L. Scaffe, J. T. Atkin- j J. S. Scaffe and W. A. Scaffe -aed yesterday from a hunt in Vateree, River swamp, v. and Mrs. J. R. Johnson : returned to their home inj 5 after visiting relatives in the i They were accompanied home j [isses Lilah Smith and Pearl ? ns. v 3S Sibbie, Hill, of Cartersyille, j ating relatives in the city. ' s. S. L. Roddy - and small 1 hter have returned to Sumter ! a visit of several days in j icyville. . R.M. Warren leaves this af- j on on a business tr?p to Phil hia and other northern, cities, j J R. B. Hare, division super-; dent of the Atlantic Coast was in the city yesterday. . II. M. Stuckey has returned I e city. i and Mrs. C. L. Pemberton j daughter, Miss Louise, v have ned from Columbia where ? visited the parents of Mr. ! nerton. . and Mrs. J. C. Halford and I ren of-Columbia were the; -end guests of Mr. and Mrs. i cle Branson. . sses Caroline Richardson and, ? Knight returned from Man- ; this morning after a week-ertd ! to Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Rich-.j )XV ?. ? Styles Marshall left this ; fi.ing for Bennettsvilie after j ling a few days at his home ; imter. ss Lucy Johnson of Manning: ending the day in Sumter. ?. Zach Darr spent Sunday in ! -.ettsville. \ * ' ?s. M. L. Beddingfield, ofj nsboro, N. C, is the visitor of j Jennie Walsh at her home: '.endrick street. i -ssrs. M. L. BedxUngfield and | ?rt Scott of Greensboro. X. C i the week-end as visitors in :er. *. and Mrs. Graham- Bowman | t the day in the city, sses Nannie and Eleanor Rich- I m returned to Sumter this i iing after spending several with relatives in Summerton. \ W. R. I>arker spent Sunday riunibia. . /, In the City' Court. j ttse docket of the Court .AJon- ! appeared the names of; a i :>er of negroes, that had been | Lied in from about the town arious petit offenses. . j ael Hopkins was fined $15 lor j ^orderly charge for which h j I gxiitly. Israel seems to have cd quite a disturbance among ? ge number of the negro pop- j s gathered together Saturday i noon on E. Liberty street. Ii j s that he had some words with i lcr negro earlier in the after- I and had left the sccne-tsf^iis rbances only to return later the afternoon, presumably to l out.his fight. art Baldwin, colored, was j i a fine of $13 or thirty-days j ch ct two cases against her for j larceny. Pearl almost wast ?ssful in getting away with a j and a. pair of trousers' but j ; came. Mr. Carrigan and ar- j d her. i hl;y Gallachat, colored, was j or sentenced to serve 30 j on the chaingang for stealing-; om an old negro woman early i mot a ;rtg. e ccsc3 of Sewall Uwyer. col- j for carrying concealed weap- j Charlie Wells, colored, viola- j the speed law and Julia j :han, colored, on a whiskey i je. were continued "Until a ! hearing. ? , 1 icago. Jan. 23.?Sentences j ng from one to five days in j %nd fines imposed on Chicago I >1 board as result of oppose to administration of Superin- j rnt Chadsey, was affirmed by Bate court. Plays Confidence Game and Wins Negro Gets Away With Small Purse as Compensation For His Efforts On Friday. January 13, James Thompson, a negro man about 50 years oid. began the working of his game in Sumter which he was suecesful in putting through but with the realization of a very small amount of ready cash as a reward for his rather extensive maneuvering. The genesis of tln ?ttle confidence game and the ne cessary background for his oper ations was his vL.it to a local bank of the city. The negro, at all times very polite and smooth of manner, stated that he had an account of some $3,700. in the Miami Dank and Trust Company of Miami/ Fla. and that since he was going to make Sumter his home, he made the request that this bank draw the necessary draft on the Miami Bank in order that this amount be placed on deposit,to his credit here. The bank gave the. negro a memo randum slip showing where they would communicate with the bank in Miami as regarding the trans fer of the $3.700. Thompson's next visits were to several real estate agencies of Sumter., before wheih agencies he oleal*ty stated his case telling them that* he would not have his money until the neces sary transfer could be brought iJoout. a mauer of a few days. He told them that he wanted to buy a lot in Sumter and succeeded in interesting the real estate com panies to action. He was shown several lots and finally decided upon three connecting lots on Mc Duftie Street. He told the agency selling these lots that he couldn't pay until his money came but that in order to clinch the deal, that he would give them a small check which he requested that they hold temporarily. All well and good. His next visit was to a lumber com pany where he made out and placed his order for the lumber for the building of his house. He told them just to hold off on the de liveries of the lumber until his money arrived. The 'building per mit was bought and paid for on the 16th, day of January., he, stat ing that he was going to build a nine room, two story house on one of his lots and build houses on the other two lots later. He de parted.* slightly from 'the real es tate and building business &n his next move when he pureh^ed a tombstone for his dead*\vife. He told the same story about the mon ey not being here just yet and re quested that the tombstone be held for a while. Said that he had not decided upon the insription which he wanted engraved upon it. With stage laid, now was the time for action! He paid a return visit to a real estate company and to the eonce.-.i selling him the tombstone and ootained on .the strength of his previous dealings and his subtle slickness a^small' cash "loan", probably amtjaiitiiig to fourteen or fifteen dollars. The aftermath of the James Thompson story is, of course quite easy to guess. 'The re port of the M.?ami bank was to the effect that there was no such per son known to them and upon in vestigation. Thompson proved him self conspicuous by his absence. He had vacated. "Philathoa Reception. On Friday evening Mrs. W. E. Thayer entertained from 7:30* to 1" o'clock in honor of the Phfl athea class of the First Baptist Sunday School. A cake guessing contest afforded much merriment. Mrs. Lindsey was awarded the prize for guessing the greatest number. Musie on piano and victrola! throughout the evening was en joyed greatly and added much to the pleasure of all present. *~i>elicious refreshments of eoeoa. Sandwiches and cake were served. All joined in sioging quite a num ber of "ye (de time" songs after which wc bade our charming hos tess good night with gracious words of appreciation for the pleasant evening spent together. Marriage License Record. Marriage licenses have been is sued in the office of the Clerk of Court to tin' following couples: Mr. Jessie Holland of Sumter and Miss Josephine Johnson of Rem bert. Mr. Sammte Stafford and Lucile Harter of Sumter. Rub-My-Tism, a pain killer.? Advertisement. Toil Washington, X. V.. Jan. 2'.): ? Two children were burned in a fire which destroyed five buildings. PROTECT YOUR INSURANCE Our companies are calling on us to enforce the col lection rules strictly and to send them the premiums promptly when due. The fire record has been bad and the losses unusually heavy for several months past, and no one can afford to be negligent about his insurance, but should see that his premiums are c paid when due and so keep his policies from lapsing. The 25th of this month will be the last day for the payment of policies written last month. Are your policies protected ? Central Insurance Agency, Citizen's Insurance Agency, R. S. Hood, > Henry P. Moses Company, Riley and Company. South Carolina Insurance Agency, Sumter Insurance Agency, ' Walsh Insurance Agency. Boll Weevil Meeting Experts Heard in Splendid Meeting in Court House An exceptionally large audience, j made up for the most part of farmers, representative of every township in Sumter county and al so of Lee, Kershaw, Clarendon ' and Richl?nd counties, was present at the meeting held Saturday mom ling at the Court House. The meeting was truly one of the most splendid of its kind held in Sumter of late days and every j>erson comprising the large audi ence must truly have beeu benefit ' ed by the first hand knowledge i which was placed directly within I their grasp by the team of capable I government experts sent out over the country for ilw.- express"pur ' pose of telling the people of the latest known devices and methods of "Beating the boll weevil to it." i Following are s.?' akers and their j subjects: j Dr. ?). X. Harper. Director of the i Southern- Soil Improvement Com ; mittee. "Eighting the Boll Weevil i bv Proper Fertilization." ! xMr. J. ?. Taylor, of/the Delta ; Laboratories at Tallulah, Louisi ? ana. Government Boll Weevil Bx i pert. "Government Method ' of ! Fighting the Boll Weevil.'" Mr. C. A. Whittle, of the Soil ? Improvement Committee. "Earli fness in the Production of Cotton." Mr. David 1>. Long Soil Special :' ist. "The Question of Soil in Cot I ton Production." j Mr. F. H. Jeter of the Delta Laboratory. "The Practices Found Successful h\ Georgia and Ala bama-For Beating the Weevil." i All of these men have their headquarters at present in Atlan ! ta. Ga. t Death. Col.^ Richard D. Lee. who had I been in failing health for several j years and (critically ill for more . than a month, died at 2 o'clock i Friday morning at his home on j Warren street. i Col. Lee about four years ago I on account of failing health sev ! ered hfe connection with the firm : of Lee & Moise, of which he had been the senior member for more j than twenty years and with which he had been associated since 1S72, ? when he was admitted to the bar and began the. practice of law in this ciyt. He was the senior menv \ ber Of the Sumter bar and served : as president of the Sumter Par As sociation for many years until his i retirement from active practice. For a quarter of a century Col ' Lee was the admitted leader of the Sumter bar. and was of counsel in i a majority of the important cases, ! both criminal ami civil; that were : on the calendar of the cou^t of ! general sessions and common pleas : during that time. He was a man ! of untiring energy, a hard student and of great force and determina tion of Character, and these quali , ties, supplementing a keen, logical ! and trained intellect, and a mem j ory that was encyclopedic in its j exactness, his success as a law\yrv ?and business man is easily account ed for. Richard Dozier Lee was born August 5.XJS4S. son <<f Col. CScor^c W. and Susan Lee. He was grad ' uated from South Carolina College in 3N07. read law. was admitted ;to the bar in 3671', and began, his j practice at Sumter. He served dur . ing 1S83-S5 as a member of the I house of representatives from Sumter. He was also a prominent ! leader of the Democratic party for many years, being a member ( of the State Executive Committee, I State Constitutional Convention in [ 1.S95. a presidential elector in [1900, and president of the Demo cratic VJlcctorial College: in 1901. On April 21. 1ST,", lie -married Miss Mary Dozier, daughter of lion. Riehard Dozier of Georgetown, S. (V Me is survived by two sons. R. Dozier Lee, Jr.. and John D. Lee, of Sumter: two daughters; Mrs. Henry H. Coyington, of Norfolk, \'a.. and Mrs. Samuel R. Cartel-, of Ashland. \'a.. one brother. Mr. T. W. Lee of "Sumter. and three sis ters, Mrs. E. A. Dick of Charles ton and Misses Mary and Sarai; Lee of Asheville, X. C. The funeral'services were held in the Church of tin- Holy Comfort er at 1 o'clock Sunday. Death. Mis. s. J. Newman died Saturday morning at her home in Concord township, aged seventy-three years. She is survived by six children and nineteen grandchildren. The fun eral services were held at Con cord church at o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Sumter Lyceum Committee. <>j, account of the conditions the Sumte'- Lyceum Committee did [not arrange a program for Hits > ear. The committee remembers however, thai one of the numbers last year did not come up to the expectations of the committee on account of the* absence of the principal member of the concert company. In order to keep per fcctly good faith with tii ? subscrib ers, tin- committee took this mat ter up with the Piedmont Lyceum Bureau ami it has been decided to offer free of cost to the mem bers of tin- Lyceum, an attraction which is very strongly endorsed: The Kaufman Male Quartet. This quartet has some very discriminat ing ami very stronx recomnienda. tions. This number will be in Sum ter at the auditorium of the Girls' High school building on the even ing of the list of February. The only requirement for the mem bers of tlie Sumter Lyceum Asso < ictioe win be to ha rid in their names at the door. Those who are not members will 1..- admitted upon the payment of 75c. the reg ular price of He- tickets. The sub scribers will please keep in mind that this quartet will be in Sumter on tin- evening of the list of f-Yh Sumter Wins Game Camden High School is De feated in Fast Game The Sumter High school baske-1 Lall team mci the Camden High schon! team on tin- floor of the lo cal '"V" Friday night and toon from . the Camden quintet the laurel 1 wreaths of victory. Although uut I weighed by the team from Camden I the Sumter "Hi" team more than : made up for everything against j them by the speed which theyj showed and by their spirit, of ever morc than "getting into the. light."; The final score of the game ended with the victory on the Sumter side by i be score of 27*to 12. Boy kin. of Camden, probably j showed up best .for the visitors, j making ten of the total twelve; j points of Camden's score. : Green for Sumter made 11 points and Wray and Chandler followed ' IIiis lead by getting' S points each. The lineup was as follows: Sumter (21) Camden (12) I Chandler -- --F.Boykin | Green._F Kirkiandj I Blanding .. -_C .Whitaker j Felder.(I ^- Evans | Wray..(1.McKain i Substitut: is ? Sumter:* Skinner for Blandina - Meeting of Fidelis Class. The Fidelis Class of the First , Baptist Sunday school held its reg alar monthly business meeting with their teacher. Mrs. C. C. Brown i last Thursday evening. After" busi- I ness was transacted, as usual, an hour of socialibility atid recreation was enjoyed. The class will hold its next meeting with Mrs. Gainey, j [ and we hope , all of the members j ' will be present. I The parsonage is going to be used temporarily as a Sunday school building, and the Fidelis class has ( ; fitted up one of the large front ' rooms as their class room. They will be in their new quarters next. Sunday i .orning. and wc hope that j every member will be there and ? bring a friend. We desire to in- | ^crease our roll of membership to j one hundred or more. Come girls. . we want want you to join us, and enjoy the pleasures socially and re- : ligiously of our class. Officers for the ensuing six' months are as follows: President?Mrs. Robt Plowden. First Vice President?Miss Jen- , i nie Walsh. . Second Vice President?Miss Mary Jones. Third Y>ce President?Mrs. Jas. Shaw. , .Teacher?Mrs. C. C. Brown. Assistant Teacher?Mrs. Emma j Roper. , j Secretary-?Mrs. Ernest Brad-, jford. Assistant Secretary?Miss Maude i Waddell. Treasurer?Miss Margaret Roper. Sunday school at 10:15 Sunday inorning. Xo. H)7 E. Liberty St. Mrs. J>aura Lobby,* Class Reporten i ? ? ? Honor for Postmaster Doar. Ahnounc.emcnl has been rccerV-j ed by Posttnaster T..S. Doar of the j .Sumter postoffice that his name has I been placed on the Honor Holl 'and sdni to the Postmaster (Jener-: i-al at Washington as a mark of special distinction. The postmaster was an entrant m the postmaster, contest which , closed December "otst for Hie sale' of government savings securities. He competed with all other post masters of the same class offices in : the. Fifth Federal Reserve District and was one of the winners in this state. ? A bronze Honor Pin of attractive design, b<?aring the inscription "Honor Postmaster," has been con ferred upon the loc.il Postmaster by Howard T. Cree; Director of the Government Savings Organiza tion, Richmond, Ya.. as a reward for patriotism and faithful service. While the sale of War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps has been \ discontinued, the new Treasury Savings .Certificates offered the! public are so attractive that Post master T. S. Doar says. "1 believe this office will report much larger! sales this year than last year .as. soon as our people recognize what a splendid investment is open to them." Bought the Entire Business. ( Bock Hill Record. > .One of tin- new business changes :<?:? the new year was the purchase by T. H. and H. E Parker of Sum ter of the interests in the Parkcr Snmak Cluthing Co., of this city of S. R. Sinak, who has been managing the concern for some lime, .and of Mr. Bryan of Sumter. There were four stockholders, each, we under stand, holding a one-fourth inter est For tie- present, wc under stand that Tom .May Parker will manage the business. Mr. Smoak, we understand, has not ye; decided definitely what he v. ill do, whether he will engage in business here or elsewhere. COTTON MARKET new york cotton. Ojien lli^'h Low Close Close Ycstdya Jan. 17.75 17.75 17.43 J7.48 17.75 March 17.65 17.65 17.37 17.42 17.70 May 17.28 17.28 17.00 17.03 17.34 July |i>.84 16.84 16.55 16.56 16.8!? Oct. 16.22 16.21 15.89 15.94 16.30 Dec. 16.10 16.10 15.75 !5.75 16.12 Tone <;uict. Spots '?'?<> down. IT.TV new orleans cotton. Yestdys Op.-n Higli Low Close <"l.e>*? Jan. 16.70 16.71 16.50 16.53 16.86 March 16.65 16.68 16.35 16.35 16.75 May 16.53 16.58 16.25 16.25 16.65 July 16.24 16.2t 15.95 15.95 16.32 Oct. 15.60 15.63 15.32 15.32 15.67 Dec. 15.15 15.50 Tone steady. S|?..ts jr. down, 16..".?. Lr>?I :rpool cotton. January 10.12 March 10.10 May 10.06 July 9.98 October 9.59 December 9.44 Toil- firm la.ipts 6.0ttii Middling l<i^ i ?..! Middling lu '.<:< V.m'. cures Chills Adverl isement and Fever. - "Y" Quintet To Play Pacific Mills' Team Strong Team to Play Return Game on Local Floor Wed nesday Night The strung basketball team of the Pacific Mills of Columbia arc ready for their return game of 1 asket ball with Sumter \vhfch is i to be played in the "Gym"-of the I local Y. M. C. A. on Wednesday ?night. The game is to start I promptly ui 7:30 o**clook. The Pacific Mills tc; m has" played fif teen ganu ; so far this year and out of that number of games they have been the winners in all but two games. Sumter'has honor of out pointing them Fri one of their j unlucky panics and Spartanburg I copped the viotory -u their other i game lost. Pacific Mills will come aimed with determination to take back the victory and Snmter's b5g five are ready for the fray. so there you are! The men compos ing the Pacific Mills' team are va picked lot from the handlers of* the basket hall in Columbia and : have the reputation of knowingjLln game Sumter has been putting in some hard 'practice and believes ; that they are ready for their op-. ponents; Farming Program Schedule of Crops \Recom- j mended For Boll Weevil Conditions . After careful consideration, j the following schedule of crops for an average one-horse crop has been agreed upon, and Is recommended for use under n boll weevil conditions. It is ' intended, of course, that each individual farmer shall 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: C to 6 acres of cotton, estimated value (5 acres.$250.00 G ajcres of corn, with velvet beans,-at $o5._ 210.00 5 to C acres of oats and wheat, (1 acre wheat) followed by pcavinc hay, at $3u.00. 180.00 j 1 cere sweet potatoes. - 100.00 1 acre Irish potatoes, 'ollowed by peanuts'10?.00 I 1 acre snap beans, fol lowed by peanuts 120.00 V| 1 c&rre in sorghum, su- * gar cane al'ffl "Similar crops .--'. 50.00 ? 2 acres in tobacco, or some substitute money crop. 200.00 I 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 . 40.00 i Estimated total yield per one horse farm, under this plan _..$1,500.00 Claims Descent From Napoleon Paris. Jan. u.?One of the rag and bone pickers of Paris has just made known his belief that he may be a descendant of the great Em- j peror Napoleon 1. His name is Louis N;ipoleon Eugene Maximilen Laurent Musson. tl* is called "Xa- ! poleon" and gives as the reason for his use of that name Jth'c fol lowing explanation: "My father was a shoe cobbler! and secondhand dealer who used to I rescue dogs' and cats' bodies from the Seine to sell for making grease. , My mother was a traveling mend-! er of pots and pans. "My mother's mother was Ito salic de Mandle, of Spanish origin and noble. Her husband, my grandfather, named Pirmin, was from Ireland. They kept an inn I at Clethy, in the department of l'as de Calais, where c o a c h e s ' changed horses. "One evening the Emperor ar rived at Clethy and my grandmoth er warned him to go no further as there were English soldiers about. .My grandfather fled and hid in a ravine. My grandmother hid Xa- j poleon in the lower part of our two storied cellar until he could leave in safety. When my mother was horn: my grandfather always refused to recognize her as his child, declaring that Napoleon was her father. "You will Und a reference to Na poleon's stay at Clethy in Marshal Betrand's Memoirs with something about Hie child that resulted from it. "That's why I am better known aa Napoleon, and with reason." When the rum-runner went ashore-- that was a nervous wreck. Would you call them Congres sional stumbling blocs? Every day we hear of a Wall street broker getting broker still. When We .see Chalet htlttS parked on the piano, hubby is i>o.ss. However, we notice that the 3eost oi living isn't yet sufficiently high to mak<- it exclusive. Well, it France expects tit build submarines with her indemnity money, tin- world needn't worry. Most of tin- jails are located on tin- short eu' to Cas} Street. Meeting at Pinewood Formation of Marketing As sociation to He PresentcJ by Experts A very"important meeting of the farmers and other business men of Fulton and Calvary townships of Sumter county will be held at i 1 o'clock tomorrow, Tuesday. .Janu ary 2-J111 at Pinewood t<> formulaic plans for the organization of the farmers of that section into a truckers' association. cooperative farm marketing association, ami the building of a sweet potato cur ing and storage house. Mt\ Hoffman, horticulturist of Clemson College. County Agent J. Frank Williams, a marketing expert of. the United States government and j Secretary E I. Iteardon of the! Sumter County Chamber of Com-, merce will attend this meeting and i will assist, in the organization plans! until same are completed. The Sumter County Chamber of Commerce is pushing organization of the agricultural districts, ami wants every community in this j county to call on the commer cial organization to help put things over. The Chamber of Commerce is a firm believer in getting the agricultural sections functioning and producing other cash crops in stead of cotton, or rather while growing cotton in a limited way, planting other marketable and live tit home crops. The ctuestion of in- ; telligcnt, business-like and cooper ative marketing to protect the, farmers .and help them to secure; a Hying price for their products is j another important feature of local Chamber of Commerce endeavor. The Young .Men's Business League of Sumter is cooperating heartily with the Chamber of Com merce and the young men of Sum- : ter are doing much good to help i the farmers out. The scheme of having at leas: one and as many ; more milK cows as possible on ev- | cry farm, selling butter fat, and then feeding skim milk to pigs and poultry, increasing the number of j chickens to hundreds of thou- ? sands and producing eggs by the* millions, raising every pound of pork. wheat,'-trink, meal, grists, potatoes, beef, and furnishing all/ the canned vegetables and other] foodstuffs possible, and growing of all the hay, oats. corn, alfalfa, clov- i er. and ^othcr feedstuffs needed to ; supply,home consumption and sell' the surplus are among the now ; midnight summer dreams being enjoyed during the summer weath ? j er of tlie present by the Chamber ' of Commerce, the farmers and the j Young Men's Business League of j Sumter and Sumter county. ? .?;>. ? France Makes Friends of Moham-v, mcdans. Jerusalem. Dec. 23.?France has] achieved a great increase of her prestige throughout tin- Near Last by her treaty with the Turkish Na tionalists by her surrender to them j of the whole province of .Cilicia and by giving assurances of .the i moral support of the French' in : the linai settlement of the Near Eastern question. Mohammedans of Syria. Egypt rind Pulestine are W'-ginning to look upon France as having assumed : the role of champion of Islam in I succession to Great Britain and the' later efforts of Emperor William to become the 'Betender of the Crescent.'" Political observers here affirun that France has scored a. diplo- [ m"?*ic victory in the Near .'Cast as a result of the Angora pact ami that this means the end of Allied cooperation in handling Turkish i affairs. France, they say. never' forgave England for having turned over .Mesopotamia to Emir Feisal, , who was driven out of Syria by General Gouraud. They point out that France's latest action has placed a hostile nation on the border of Mesopotamia. Only yesterday the Mohamme dans of Syria. Egypt and Pales tine were all united in their con demnation of the French mandate and also in Syria. Today they are j singing loudly the praises of every thing French. The Moslem press ia devoting many of its columns in appreciation of the Angora pact j and the service it has rendered Islam in general and the Caliphate . in particular. Chiefs of Bedouin tribes, who inj past months have been a source o? trouble ko the Syrian administra tion on account of regular raids carried on in Syria., are now not only pledging their loyalty and good behavior but arc also de manding that they be incorpora ted under the government of Syria. A few days ago. a. great demon stration was held in the city of la-inn to commemorate the Anglo Turkish Treaty. About IO.OU0 Mohammedans took part in the event, speeches were delivered by leading citizens in all of which the key note was "long live France: down with England." A resolution was adopted calling Upon Mos lems in .all parts of the world to stand loyal to the French flag. SWEDISH AVIATRIX IS KILLED Stockholm, .hui. 23.?Elsa Ander son, the Swedish aviatrix. was kill ed when her parachute failed to open in a descent from tin air plum . To prevent a cold take (TG6.?? Advert isement. Japan and Russia Washington, .fan. The .Jap anese delegation declared that Japan had no territorial designs in Russia and would withdraw troops as soon as stable govern ment was established. Kub-My-Tism for Rheumatism Advertisement. Meeting of Taxpayers Questions of Great Import ance to Be Discussed Here Wednesday Extension of the time for pay ment of state and county taxes, the formation of a (temporary Organ ization to see about getting funds from the war finance corporation to aid farmers who can not secure sullicient money to prepare for 3 !ej2 farming and with which to purchase milk cows for creamery purposes and to go into the raising of livestock, etc.. will 1??- discussed at an important meeting in Sumter ut 11:30 o'clock Wednesday. Jan uary 25t h. This meeting will be h?dd in the eonfnty court room. If the senate hajs not already pass ed the income tax bill by Wednes day then the question of endorsing The South Carolina Taxpayers' As sociation bill fixing the rate of laxes not to exceed ten per cent of the federn! income tax will he present ed for discussion and action by this meeting. Delegations are wanted from every county interested in the two tax questions and Wed nesday's meeting will be open to the public. Secretary E. I. Reardon said to day that his organization has been receiving requests and telegrams from numerous taxpayers and'oth er citizens of Sumter 5nd from other counties also to do something about the extension of time for paying taxes, getting money from the war finance corporation and from- the South Carolina Taxpay ers' Association about the income tax legislation. The war finance corporation money proposition will be a maf ier for consideration by -Sumter and Sumter county citizens, while the extension of taxpaying time and the income tax legislation arc: state-wide matters and citizens of Clarendon. Lee, Richland. Ker-1 shaw, Darlington. Florence. Or angeburg and any other counties, interested are cordially invited to attend Wednesday's meeting anjdj discuss and vote on these two j questions. The Sumter Chamber 6ft Commerce desires a full and free1 expression .of opinion about 'alii three of these important questions) and the adoption of appropriate resolutions to cover public senti ment to be forwarded to the gen-: era! assembly. If the public*s in-' terested it will attend Wednesday's! meeting?if there are only a few ! citizens present it will be taken for granted that there is very little in-! terest either way and matters will be permitted to jog along and the ' legislature allowed to use its own! Sweet judgment without re.com-j mend at ion from the taxpayers of this section. -o~o?o Birthday Party. in honor of the fourth birthday i of her niece. little Miss Pretto Hal-1 ford of Columbia.' Mrs. Pringle] Brunson entertained at a little pink tea party Saturday afternoon at 4 ' o'clock. ? The little girls took their dolls* and enjoyed a doll tea party. Then they were invited into the dining 1 room where at a pretty pink tea j tl>:>!<- :i sweet course \v;is served. The guests present were: Little ! Misses Prett<?, Hetty and Maryi Louise Halford of Columbia, Mary j Caroline Bowman, Polly Anne j Levy, Gussie Williams. Virginia1 Williams, Sara ' Williamson. Mar-j garet Brunson, Jane Walsh, Mil- ; dred Brown. Sara Jackson, Cather- ; ine Bagnal and Nell Navy of Savan nah. C-'i I cures Bilious Fever.?Vdver- I tiscincnt. -m ? m The old Sumter Hotel building;! on the property of the China estate.; on Main street has been sold to ?!. J. Starks of Morris College, and is ? being torn completely down and j the luntber contained in the build- I ing hauled to the Morris College j property where a. number of bungalows are to be erected from this lumber. The building has late- I ly been used as an apartnieir* house i but is known by many as having been at one lim?-, one of Sumter's best commercial hotels. ??? , Protest to Legislating' Taxpayers' Association Does Not Favor Income Tax Bflr: Before Legislature Columbia, .Tau. '!'?>.?The South Carolina Taxpayers' Association is not in favor of the income lax bill now on I In- calendars of the gener al assembly, according to a state ment issued today by John I. Rice,, secretary of the association. The . rates of taxation, as proposed, in the hill, are excessive and would ?. cripple business in South Carolina, according to the statement today from the taxpayers' association. ? The taxpayers' association at its organisation in December ondors- -- ed an income tax for the state, not to exceed ten per cent of the fed eral income t.ax. The statement from tiie assoc:.ition'sx secretary to day brings bui, the fact that the proposed state income tax would impose u tax of from twenty-five per 'rent to, in some instances, one * hundred per cent, of the federal ? tax! Protest will he voiced before the legislature. The executive com mittee of t!ie taxpayers* associa tion will meet in Columbia Tues day, at which time a meeting will he here! with the finance commit- * tec of the state senate, t?? consider., the proposed income tax law. it Tin- income tax hill has already passed the house and has been sent to the senate, by which body": it has been referred to its finance committee. The finance committee will start hearings on the bill Tues day. C. W. Coker. of Hartsville. pres ident of the taxpayers' association, ' today issued the following state ment: . . iff "The proposed state income tax and excess profits tax bill, now be fore the finance committee of the senate, provides an income tax of from twenty-five per cent to, 'in some instances, one hundred per- - cent of the federal income, tax^ ' Tiiis hill, if enacted into law, will seriously cripple South Carolina industries und probably repel new" capital. Under present boll weevil' conditions in this state, our peo ple will have to rely more on in^' dustrial work than they have in past. If industries are discourag ed, our people will suffer. '"?"< ? " " There are five income producing bills before the legislature, thoSe'' producing taxes on incomes',' in - heritance, hydro-electric power.' gasoline, and corporations. TheiV' is also, it is understood, to be ait Occupation tax introduced. - - Last Day of Hunting Scuijcrn: ........... January 31 is the last da\" ;<m" which wild ducks and geese, c'?ojs??' ga?inules, and Wilson snipe or jacksnipe may be hunted any where in the United States undetjr the Federal law which prescribes seasons on migratory game birds.. This law. which is administered b>c ' file Bureau of Biological Survey of the United States Department Q? \ Agriculture. provides, however^ that the carcasses of birds killcfr during the open season may be pos sessed for" an additional period-uf 10 days following the end uf the \ season if Slate or local laws do not prohibit it. The possession of car casses o? wild ducks, geese, and other migratory game birds in > cold storage plants after February. . 1') renders the owners subject to.' prosecution in the Federal courts. ? 6GG quickly relieves a cold.?jj Advertisement. - ^v.. ^ Those who get in on the-ground . tloor usually come out on top. To break a cold take 666.?Ad-. vertiscment. Our new dollar was designer! by a foreigner: Foreigners always did have design on o?r dollars. -? ? ? <>66 cur.-s Malarial Fever.?Ad vertisement. ? m ? ? Washington. Jan. 29.?Sc %ret a. ry Hoover said improved business con ditions were shown by increased railroad orders. I The National Bank of South Carolina I OF SUMTER, S. C. ? The Most PaiascaJ?nx SER VIC* with COURTESY < I m 4 I Capital $300.000 Surplus ?ad Profit? $280trot j [ STRONG AND PROGRESSIV? jfr ? ! | Give as the Pleurae ol Serving IOC '< ? i The Bank With the Chime Clock. |j ?> I C. G. ROWLAND, Pre*. EARLB ROWLAND, Cashier J | i_._ The business of America demands at this time the best hanking service obtainable. FIRST NATIONAL BANK SUMTER, S. C. NE1LL O'DONNELL ARCHIE CHINA O. L. TATES President T*cc President Cashier