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Watchman and Soithron Ottered at the Postomee at Sum ter, S. C? as Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. t _; Mr. E. L. Efird of Winston-Sa ?^n> X. C, secretary and treasurer :. Bt the Efird chain, and Mr. J. R. ^^Sficd, of Columbia, vice president, spent a short while in Suniter- Fri day. Mrs. L. W. McCutchan, who has been visiting her son in Dillon, 9. C., has returned to the city, Mrs. Geo. S. Morrison and. son of Columbia, S.. C.? are spending ^ihe week-end with relatives.) - Dr. "EL R. Wilson and Miss . Maay "Wilson have gone to. New ; York, and are to be away , for a week or ten days. Mr. L. H. Deas returned to Sumter from Charleston Saturday after a short visit in that, city luring which time he and; Mrs. Deas, who is yet a visitor in Char leston, attended the Saint Cecilia, ball. Mr. and Mrs. T. TV. Sessions and family- of South Lynchburg spent yesterday in Sumter. Mr. U. C. Haynsworth is spend ing the day in Columbia on .busi ness. i Miss Daisy Yeadon left this morning for Greenville where.she; is to be the visitor of Mrs. R. H. Earle for several days. Bpf. Dr. E. ,S. Booth is a business Visitor hvColumba today. Ill Miss Irene Dick of Winthrop Col lege spent the week-end at her home in the city. Mr. James C. Parham returned this morning after visiting in Pino- ; polis. i . Mr. J. T. Hooker of Spartarfburg is a visitor in Sumter. - Mr. Willie Bult man has returned ? to Sumter after a business trip to 1 New York. ? Miss Mable McLendon of :?,?jin- j sy-lvania is . the visitor of Mrs. W. I E. -Thayer; at her home on East j Calhoun street- ...... Mr. Stanley Weinberg of the | Citadel basket ball team, spert j .. Sunday at his home in the city i before joining his team mates in j Columbia where they have a game ! of basketball with Carolina tonight. | Messrs. L. D Jennings and R. D. i Epps are in Columbia today where ; they were called to appear in a; rase t.f the city (Sumter) ys Geo. | W. Waring. The case is resultant | of the failure of the contractors j building the streets, to carry out j their part -of the contract calling j for the replacement of defects for 'a five-year period of time. Mr. "Cecil Brearley passed i through Sumter this morning while ! returning to the Presbyterian The- j oTogical Seminary in Columbia, af- j tet- having spent the week end at! his- home in St. Charles. i Miss Bertha Chandler has re- j turned to Sumter after a visit of: several days in New York on busi- j "Hon. Davis D. Moise returned to] Columbia -this morning to attend' the meeting of the legislature. Kirs. Bradley Entertains for Miss Watson. One of the prie*tiest parties of last week was a miscellaneous shower given by Mrs. Gordon Brad ley for Miss Louise Watson, a bride the near future. Four tables ijrere arranged with pencil and pa per for each w?.o sat at the four sides of the table. The letters a, e, i. o, u, n, t, 1. s. w, o, and s, .(the letters contanied in the name of Miss Louise Watson) were, at the top of each sheet and the guests w'ere told to make as many words out of these letters as they could in thirty minutes. Just at the con clusion of this contest, a delicious salad course was served. In a short time after this, there was a knock heard at the door and "The old womaii who lived in a shoe with so many children she didn't kuow what to do," arrived and was Invited in. After giving some, of the children a."sound spanking." she called the bride-to-be and began handing out beautiful gifts from the top- of a mammoth black shoe thirty-eight inches long, and mounted on pink wheels. Little Elizabeth Rowland was the typical old woman with her glasses, bon net and shawl. Master William Thompson had charge of .the out fit. After counting the number of - words formed from the given let ters, it was found that Mrs. C. S. Anderson had formed the greatest number and was therefore present ed with the prize. Mrs. Lula Yates was the winner of the booby prize. Both prizes were gracefully presented to the honored guest. Bible Conference at .Alcolu. v Dr. Leon Tucker of New York city, editor of "The Wonderful Word" magazine, and noted con ference speaker and Bible teacher, will conduct a Bible conference at the. Clarendon Baptist church. Al colu, S. C. Feb. 21st to 2tJth inclu sive. Meetings 3:30 p. m. and 8:00 p. m. daily. The public is cordially invited to attend. Marriage License Record. A marriage license has been is sued to Mr. Roscoe D. Newton of Sumter and Miss Frances E. Griffin of Pine wood. Washington. Feb. 13.? Existing -contracts between the government and the Alabama power company make it impossible to give title for warrior. Alabama Power plant to Henry Ford, should congress direct the acceptance of Ford offer for Muscle Shoals, Major J. H. Burns of'the ordnance department, told the house military committee. Prinking to excess is considered a vice; access to drinking a \ ir tue. vThe most serious operation is Laving your pay cut. COURT BEGINS THIS MORNING ; Judge Shipp Announces That Chain Gang; Sentences Await Those Convict ed of Making and Selling Liquor i The court of general sessions for ; Sumter county convened Monday ? morning at 10 o'clock for the spring [term of two weeks, with his Hnn j or, Judge S. W. G. Shipp, of Flor ence, presiding. On account of the absence of ; Court Stenographer D. R. Stack, I due to his illness. Mr. J. J. Bren j non. of Harby & Co.. was appointed i to fill this position for this session of the court. At the roll call of the grand 'jury, drawn to serve during the : year of 1922, all members were I found to be present and ready to I take upon them their duties. Mr. j E. H. Khame, Sr.. was appointed j as foreman of the grand jury. Judge Shipp, in his charge to the ' grand jury, stated that he was i pleased to again be in Sumter and ; to assist in the holding of this [ court. He expressed his sorrow at j learning that since the last time he j presided over court in Sumter, that several members of the Sumter bar had died. Judge Shipp, told the foreman and grand jury that they had been selected as a body to have general supervision of the county during the year, and that it was their duty to look into every department and office of the county and to see that each officer is properly dis charging the duties of his office and that all the business of the county is being properly conducted. Pie stated that it was no reflection upon any of the officers, nor could they take exception, since this was the direct duty of the grand jury. It is the duty of the grand jury to look into the school affairs of the county and to see tnat the schools are being properly conducted and that every child in the county is having proper educational advan tages. He stated that should the grand jury find any mismanage ment or evil that it was their duty to have attention directed to this evil in order that it might be eradi cated or corrected. He stated that the recommendation of a grand jury, always has great weight. That the people iook up to and respect the members of this jury, which he considers the most import ant position that a citizen traced as originating within the grand jury rooms. Judge Shipp stated that of course it was not ex pected that the grand jury could discharge at once all of the nu merous duties imposed upon them, but that they had the entire year in which to perform these investi gations and to make disposal of all matters. His Honor stated that at the : present time there seemed to be a wave of crime over the state and ? that the criminal docket was ? crowded with cases of murder, lar ; ceny and particularly with liquor i cases. He stated that the blame i for this wave of crime has been ! placed upon various brunches of ! the court. Some place the blame j upon the judge, some place it on i the courts and others on the ju ries or grand juries. Still others placed the blame on the delay I which is sometimes occasioned in j the courts. Judge Shipp seemed to ! think that this of all other named : causes was probably in part to ? blame. He stated that he did not ! think there would be so very much : crime in the county if everyone ? knew that a speedy and certain punishment awaited the perpe ; trators of the crime. Judge Shipp I stated that he had served on the ; bench as judge for fourteen years I and was now commencing his ' fifteenth year. From his observa | tion during his experiences as ?: judge, he states that a vast maffor ; ity of cases that come into a court ! are directly descended from the il ' legal sale and handling of whisk ; ey. The penalty on the statute j books for the conviction in these leases is that the offender must I serve on the public works of the county. The person convicted must serve at least one month and the remainder of the term may be sus I pended upon the payment of a fine. Judge Shipp expressed himself as being heartily for the sentencing to the chaingang of anyone con victed on any whiskey charge in ; which the selling of liquor was con cerned. He stated that to make [a person who has been manufae ; turing whiskey for selling purposes. ' pay a fine is only to make that pet - son pay the line and then laugh at yon. "As long as this law is on the statute books," said Judge ?Shipp, "I will not violate my oath." He stated that a case of this na ture would not get off with tin- pay ment of a fine: but would have to serve on the chain gang. A number of indictments were placed in the hands of the grand jury after Judge Shipp had explain ed the law governing each case and Mhe terms "no bill" and "tnie bill" were defined. The hours for the court sessions I were fixed as being from !':" in ? the morning until G in the evening with a recess for dinner from 1:45 to ?>: 1 The following true bills were found: The state vs. Julius Curtis, lar ceny of live stock. Tried during morning session of the court. Found guilty by jury. The State vs. Willie Jenkins, larceny of. bicycle. Case now being ; tried. The State vs. Willie Fisher, housebreaking and larceny. True bill. The State vs. Willis Laws. lar ceny of live stock. True bill. The State vs. Bennie Coolie, lar ceny of bicycle. True bill. The .State vs. Fred William grand larceny live stock. True bill The Slate vs. Carl llaynsworth. i ? violation of prohibition law. True I bill. The Slate vs. William Lowry, violation of prohibition law. True i bill. I The State vs. Albert Qui-im. grand larceny, true bill. The State vs. David Burroughs. . housebreaking and larceny. True j bill. The State vs. Willis Vinson, vio I lation of prohibition law. True I bill. The State vs. Steve Ashley, vio laiton of prohibition law. Time bill. The State vs. Xed Davis, house breaking and larceny. True hill. The State vs. Joe Brown and Evans Burroughs, violation of pro j hibition law. True bill. TOBACCO MARKET ING ASSOCIATION Florence. Feb. 11.?At tin first meeting of the board of direc tors of the Tri-State Tobacco Grow ers' Cooperative association held in Raleigh. X. C, the following five directors were chosen as their , executive committee: Geo. A. j Xorwood. Goldsboro, X. C presi dent: Bright Williamson. Darling i ton. for viee-president from South j Carolina; Joseph M. Hurst, Black ? stone. \*a., vice president from Vir ginia, together with J. M. Galloway, j Cireensboro. X. G., and H. J. Wat ! kins. Jr., South Boston. Va.. as ad : ditional members: M. O. Wilson of I Keysville, Va.. was elected secre tary and treasurer. The association j was incorporated at Raleigh. The board adopted by-laws and ; attended to other detail matters ! incident to forming the permanent I organization. The reports from the i Kentucky hurley association, reach ! ing the Florence headquarters : daily, are most gratifying and en couraging. It is reported that the i Kentucky organization has just : closed several large deals, one of \ which was to one of the large com : panics for twenty-two million : pounds at very satisfactory pr: es. ?These tobaccos are being delivered tat the warehouses of the associa tion direct from the growers, j Mr. James X. Kehoe of the ex ; ecutive committee is reported as 1 saying in an interview th... "There ! seems to me little probability that I we shall have to hold any consider ! able portion of the association crop j for longer than a few weeks at the : most." This is encouraging news to the Tri-State Association for it does away with the overhead ex pense of re-drying and storing. Docs it Pay to Advertise? Editor Daily Item: The author of the slogan, "It j pays to advertise" unfortunately j omitted adding the one word "ju 1 diciously." For every thousand i dollars spent on good advertising ! there ai'e thousands spent on poor advertising and that means, money i wasted. The only ones to benefit [by it are the salesmen of same, the manufacturer or the printer as the j case, may be. If you don't believe it. stand in the postoffice any day around mail time and see the num ber of circulars that.are thrown unopened into th ewaste baskets, put there for the purpose. It ^s sim j ply an example of misspent effort. A good advertising director would ; know how to spend the same mon ey to good advantage. A Sumter : merchant advertises in the local ; papers to attract the attention of I local readers, not the residents of Kalama/.oo. If these '?ads" an- at tractive they arc. sure to bring re sults. This applies likewise to ad vertisements appearing on tin screen in the local picture shows. But of what interest would it be to Sumter merchants to advertise in the Kalamazoo papers unless i: were for a manufactured article. : for which there could he a national demand ? There is not a person in Sumter ?who is a greater believer in ad vertising of the "right sort" than ; the writer, who has also given i! some study. As I fail to see where in Sumter as a city, Sumte)- mer i chants, or Sumter residents are to I be benefited in the moving picture to be made this week, I-ani writing for information. 1. Aside from those doing the ? work and receiving the pay, who is benefited'.' 2. It is human nature for every one to like to be photographed. Aside from gratifying this, what do ? we g< t Out of it ? Admitting that a good pic ture can and will he obtained? where are you going to show it? 4. Would flu- picture theatres I throughout the country change their programs to show a picture of Sumter. just because it was Sum ter, or how much will it cost'.' ?7?. Who will pay tiiis cost? Does the filming company guaran tee any Certain amount of cricula tion and showing and if so. of what does tin- guarantee consist'.' C. Who wiil it reach and in [what way will it ?>ring retain- to 'Sumter? Just to say advertising Sumter does not spell anything. 7. What became of the picture of Sumter on which so muc!) time I was spent filming, several year's ago? Did anyone move from Sum ter to Oswego on account of it? 8. During *fai?" week tic- Iufer nattonal Xews, I think it was. had a man lo re to take pictures that would ha\e had wide cireulatiou, ami at no cost to Sumter. Why was not sufficient interest shown then. io clear Main street of ihe automobiles parked in fhe eenfer. so a decent picture could have been miide ? :?. If Sumter is :<? be filmed, why is it done now. v. In n she looks her worst? Why neu sixty days from now when the trees and (lowers and everything is ::S :: best 7 1". i las the boll weevil att.e ;.. d Sumter s s?mse of proportion? I".-, eryone blames everything on th< boll weevil now. so win should reu I V Vours truly. Advor? .. : . Home raised girls don't grow Aild. WAVE YOUR HAIR FOR THIS i You must have hair. ]<>:s of it. softly waved around the faro if you would wear collared gown becomingly! This Doris Ural frock : for spring is collared and sports an edging of French braid. The irregular line is effected in the wide sash which swaths the figure at the waist line and falls below the edge of the skirt. Rubber Bath ins: Suit for Winter Miss Persis Tuma, of Riverside Drive. New York, has the winter tourists at Atlantic City agape with her new bathing suit. 1: > made of rubber. She says it retains the body heat and is just the thing for enow plunges. She didn't say the open work stockings retain the heat. "Imprisonment gives me a chance j Rill collectors have little knowl fo find myself." says Madalynne j edge of good manners. They al Obencbain. She knows where she' ways call again without an invita is at. . I t ion. Consider the little pin?its Cat j ^prarently the only way some po< pie can save money is to have ? the stuff charged and folget to npliment is mere- !1 ;,v for iK head never sees the point. As :i rule, a ly the cloak a man uses to conceal his real opinion of you. o o Somehow or other, operating costs always manage to climb high The New Workers Party of Pnotigh to keep on a level with a America is not, we trust, another i tariff wall. partv to work America. -o- ? o i -* *" ?- Things look brighter in Ireland. There are no goose-stenning now that the black-aud-tantalTzers 1 , ? stones to greafm-ss. are gone. The Belle of Buffalo Irene M. Frechette is now haded as tie- "Belle of Buffalo." She recently Avon ?1G0? in a beauty contest and is also an accomplished musician. Editorial Code of Ethics Oregon Editors Adopt Guido For Journalism Eugene. Ore.. Feb. G.?Setting a standard based upon truth, sin cerity, thoroughness, justice, mercy, kindliness, and moderation, the Oregon Stau- Editorial Association adopted recently at ;? meeting here a code of ethics intended to be a guide to the profession of journal : ism in the state. The code was prepared by Dean Colin Dymem oi' the University of. Oregon, at the direction of tin- as sociation, and was unanimously [approved by a representative gath ering of Oregon editors and pub lishers who pledged themselves to adhere to its precepts. There arc seven sections to the code and they g<> in detail into all practices and relationships of jour nalism. Tile first is headed "Sin cerity and Truth" and declared for accuracy in editorial, advertise ment, article or news story. ?('are. Competency. Thorough ness" is the caption erf tin- second section which includes among its declarations the following: "By ? study and inquiry and observation. j we will constantly aim to improve ourselves, so that nur writings l may be more authentic, and " of greater perpeetivo, ami more con ducive to the social good." , Protection, within reason, of the j rights of individuuals mentioned in public documents, regardless of the effect on "good stories" or upon editorial policies, "is a principle in cluded in the section devoted to "Justice, .Mercy. Kindliness." This section also declares against mak j ing "privileged utterance" a cloak ; for unjust attack, or spiteful vent ing, or carelessness in investiga tion, ift the eases of parties or por sons. "We will emhavor to avoid the injustice thai springs from hasty conclusion in editorial or rcportor ial or interpretative practice" is a principle laid down in section 4, devoted to "Moderation. Conserva tism. Proportion." This section also provides against distortion of . news by improper emphasis, skill ful arrangements or by devices of typography or rhetoric. The section declaring against partnership and propaganda sets forth the following "We will not permit, unless in exceptional cases, the publishing of news and editor ial matter not prepared ?. by our selves or our staffs, believing that original matter is the best answer to the peril of propaganda." "So man who is not in ethical advance of the average of his com munity should be in the profes j sion of journalism," is a declara . tion in the section devoted to "Pub lic Service and Social Policy." "We I will keep our writings and our pub lications free from unrefinement, except so far as we may sincerely , believe publication of sordid details to be for the social good," says one article of this section. On advertising and circulation [ the code pledges the Oregon news ! papermen to cooperate with those special agencies whose business it is to raise the ethical standards j of advertising', and to bar such ad j yertising which the publisher has reason to believe will deceive the reader. ? "Wo will not advertise our own . newspaper or its circulation hoast . fully or otherwise in terms not in harmony with the clauses of this [code of ethics," is another pro vision of this section which con i eludes with the following: "We will ; not make our printing facilities ? available for the production of ad vertising which we believe to be I socially harmful"or fraudulent in its intent." "Made in Germany" to Be Revived Berlin. Jan. 23?The trademark "."lade in Germany" soon may he i stamped again on German export i wares, for the agitation to revive j this trademark, which was known j in three-fourths of the market icities of the world before the war, j has been increasing in industrial and commercial circles. Arguments that the anti-German sentiment which resulted in wide spread boycotts followinggthe war is subsiding and that many mer chants again would welcome the trademark have had noticeable in fluence with manufacturers, who now are investigating the probable result of its renewed use. It is almost certain the words will shortly be used for articles which cannot be imitated or for which there are no substitutes in ot her count ries. Some of the reports said to have been received from foreign mer chants say many would [welcome the sign again if only t<> prevent tradesmen from selling German goods at higher prices than neces sary, under the representation that they wen- made in Switzerland. America. England, or elsewhere. It is known that immediately af ter the war the German merchants and manufacturers made use of the Swiss tr> market German-made wares which were boycotted. Advocates of the "Made in Ger many" trademark also insist its use would protect German mer chants themselves, for they hope to "revive the respect for this mark until in no market of the world ?will ihe finality of the goods bear ing it be questioned." The woman who pushed her bus Pa till into the river was trying to ! r?>\\ n her t roubles. _??? ? The best scenery isn't along the I ..'id to success. The most chased lady on earth i* one on the new d<dla r. Wii.ii iv.- so rare as a June day a pel ?} ua ry V -??? ? ?. Summer is coming and we'll see hat i he git Is ha\ e up their Opposed to Luxury Tax Representative J. B. Britton Voted Against Placing Tax on Gasoline- Tabocco, Etc. Editor Daily Item: X notice in your issue of 10th inst. my name as. one in favor of the so-called luxury tax. I voted against this tax every roll call and did in my feeble way all in my power against it. I don't consider the item mentioned a luxury, the whole hobby was to help the poor farmer, the items they eall lux uries will not help this class of people, the small amount of taxes they save him would not amount to what his tobacco, cigarettes, and the few 01 her items mentioned would cost him. T would be in fa vor of a luxury tax, provided they would tax the real luxuries of life. 1 will guarantee any farmer or business man up to a ten horse farmer, or a business to the amount of $50,000 per year, that his taxes will next year cost him more than in the history of his life, when he pays his taxes on gasoline, tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, soft drinks. et<\ I think this so-called poor man is entitled to some pleas ure, and don't feel that these e.-ms should be classed as luxuries unless you go further and tax the real luxuries of life, which are many. J. B. BRITTON. -? ? ??? Should Go to the Roads. There is a world of common sense in the following from the Spartanbu rg Herald: j "Unless the gasoline tax is go i ing to the maintenance of the roads j of the state, it should not be im i posed. The automobilist is now j paying a property tax. a state li i cense tax. he will pay a luxury ms j on his ear and on top of that a , gasoline tax. And under present [ bills in the legislature only the tax i he pays for license goes to the : highways. The property tax goes to the general fund, the luxury tax : goes to the general fund and as yet ? there is no certainty that the gas i oline tax will not go to the same ; place. Under the program which is be ; ing jammed through at Columbia I the commercial and industrial in | terests of the slate are being call ; ed upon to bear a heavier load ol I taxation than has ever been placed j upon them before, heavier, we are ! afraid, than many of them will b? i able to sustain. It is of vital in : terest to the commercial and in ; dustrial life of the state that the highways be maintained. Nothing i else coming within the purview ot ; the legislature is of larger imme diate importance. A gasoline ta> | would assure the highway situation i This rax unquestionably belongs tc the roads. If the roads are allowed to go t< pieces in the next twelve months j as they will go to pieces unless definite provision for their upkeer : is made, the outcry which will fob i low from the people who have tc pay the gasoline tax will be such as to awaken echoes from the moun i tains in the sea.?News and Cour? I ier. -1? + ? l Grifliii-Ncwton. Miss Frances E. Grijflin, oi Pine wood, was married on Su nda\ evening to Mr. Roscoe D. Newton of Sumter. The wedding was sol emnized in Pinewood at the par sonage of Rev. Ferguson, who per formed the ceremony. Members ol the family of the bride and a num ber of friends of the couple'wert present at the wedding. Mr. and M$s. Newton are tc make their home in Sumter where they will be at home to theii friends at No. .'Ml' W. Hampton Ave. Mr. Newton is formerly of Geor gia, but has been living in Sumter for the past two years during which time he has been in the em ploy of Mr. J. C. Drown, of the VVillard Battery Service Station. Mayesville / pj News Notes ! Plans Under Way to Light, the Town With Current.... From Sumter Mayesville. Feb. 10.?Mr. A. I Mazursky, one of our leading mer chants is on a business-'trip to Co lumbia this wee!:. The flu is still pseyalent and is ; taking one to three" of the pupils' j from school each day. One or the iteachers remarked it looked as if j they may have to close the school if it continues much longer. There : is a whol** family in bed and hard ! to get help from ih?? outside f?ir j them. j Mr. O'Quinn and'two of his engi ! neers from Sumter were over j Thursday evening looking about for I favor?of the Mayesville people for j connecting an elec-iricline for light" j from Sumter to our city. All at ! the meeting were Highly in favor j of doing this immediately and elected two men. Mr. P. M. Tiller, |and Mr. B. C. Chandler on a oora ' mittee to ascertain amount of cost - j of said line and a petition from all ! freeholders, and voters in order to I show that all are in line, then call' an election and vote for bonds to (cover the vost. Xow it looks as if i I Mayesville has woke up and our* I little city will come to the front, i Mr. Gloom hiked front Mayesville. j We notice and also have had the experience of trying to travel the ; road just across the first swamp i from Mayesville zp ?^imter. where the road forces are at work they ?have dug down and completely ruined that part of the road for ; automobiles. We are all getting stuck now. Why did not the road . force let us have a place on the out side of the old road where we will \! not have to pay half'dozen negroes ' to push us out ? j \; Mayes" Bros., one of our grocery '{stores closed their doors today. ' j They have not fully come to the \ i conclusion of bankruptcy, but will [jremain closed until further advica.. .' can be sought. Information Wanted. .j Mr. H. D. Ilowell, General Man >; ager of the Adventure Film Cor- ' ; poration, of New fork, stopping'at ' ? *tho Claremont Hotel, desires > to l know of features in and near Sum ?; ter that can be incorproated in the ? movies of Sumter to the advantage ; ; of this city. He has learned of a [ : number of salient features me*e > i ly by accident; there must be num i: erous things that have not been ? brought to his attention. For iiv ? . stance, he learned only today that ?! the mayor's livestock farm offers' ;? i an exceptionally valuable shot: that *: the lumber industry*, is , of real ? \ scenic quality; that the county pro: : I duced three congressional medal ? men in the great war. These and > other features are being prt?t?osvd : for the m?vies; some of them jcan^ >-| be taken advantageously:, /if you * . know of something unusual in. or v near Sumter, Mr. Howell will ap >: hreciate the information, immedj ?' ately as the picture will be started >' next week. w ' i i ? *? *> - There is an opera called "*>qe.og-.. ? ourotchka." Surely by any other name it would sound as swee.t.? . . ' New York Post. ... Rumor is defined as a "flying report," but that "f" in. flying seems superfluous.?Greenville \ (S. C.) Piedmont A politician who keeps his ear to the ground gets it full of dirt. j Our latest fake' yellow peril is synthetic gold. ? ? ? ? . ! "Sawed His Way Out of Jail with a Freshly-Laundered Collar" is a headline we've been confidently .ex-... peeling. As a rule, the man with a wiak I chin wags it enough to keep it j weak. *.*""" ' With affairs in Ireland as they are, the things Pat says to M.ike " i are no longer a joke. I The National Bank of South Carolina I OF SUMTER, S. C. The Movt PalBfUklng SERVICE with COURTESY l Capital $200.000 torplas aad Prottt &S?0,e4t I ITRONG AND PROGRESSIV* Give ?f the Plcjunre ot Serrtng YOU I The Bank With the Chime CtodL j> C. G. ROWLAND, Pre*, BARLE ROWLAND. CaAMt [_ The business of America demands at this time the best hanking service obtainable < FIRST NATIONAL BANK ST?TER, S. C, \ 'F&X NE1LL O'DONNELL ARCHIE CfllNA O. L, TAT*? Vresident Vice President Cmahlef