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The Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday and Satur day by Ostccn Publishing Company, Suroter, S. C. Terms: $2.00 per annum?in advance. Advertisements: One Square, first insertion -.$1.00 j Every subsequent insertion .50 j Contracts for three months or j lons^J :>wiH be made at reduced rates. > All communications -which sub serve private interests will oe charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re- ! ?pect trill be "charged f 4r. . ?he Samter Watchman was! founded in IS50 and the True! Southron in 1S66. The Watchman j and Southron now. has the com- j bined circulation and influence of j both of the old papers, and is man- | ifestly the" best'advertising medium ] in Sumter. .. ! THE GOAL OF COAX As the approaching crisis in the coal industry looms larger, on the horizon, the presentation of facts about the industry is bound to di vide itself into one-sided discussions showing the position of operators, of miners and, now and then, eveh of the public. If the whole truth were fully presented in every case the nubhc might arrive at a defi nite i-nd helpful solution. As it is, however, there is much confusion and inevitable beclouding of issues. The recent Graphic Number Of) the Survey, on. its editorial page, gives . a useful summary of the things about this situation in which .the public wHI interest itself, if it 'S? wise. The public ought to find the answer td.-SUch questions as, '?"What stands in the way of the f#ets? What are the immediate causes of the annual shortage - and ; iiigh prices in ccal? What are the \ evils which the coal owners state? j What are the ills the miners name? j How would an engineer character ise the industry?" The answere to thoise questions! would go a long way toward clear- J ing up the partisan mists surround- i sag the.controversy. After all, asj toe Survey says, ] ?The goal of the industry is a j steady supply of coal to the con- j sumer at a reasonable price; reg- j viar Tvork and an adequate annual ? income to the miners; a proper re turn to management in. a well or ganized industry and the safe guarding of coal for future ? gener ations." Surely such a goal is not perma- j xiently. unattainable! Yet the na- j tion wHl have to do some hard j thinkmg and generous re-adjust- j ing of more fundamental matters j than temporary wage scales or ope rators' profits. - 9 9 m AFR&Hp OP CONGRESS. Theodore H. Price, editor of Commerce and Finance, quotes the Ulead of a big commercial' house in j New York City as saying, a short j time ago* that the business future! looks bright enough, if the law- j makers at Washington "would only j let business alone' to work out its own salvation." According to his j view,, business expected nothing) actively helpful from congress, but j would be well satisfied if con-j gress would only refrain from dc- j ing: harm to the natural process of J economic reconstruction. He re- ? ferred. with special disapproval to bonus and tariff legislation. -This attitude seems to be pretty general It shows at least a cred itable and eelf-respecting spirit of optimism among the business men j of the country. It . hardly .speaks | so well for congress, when the; benefits expected from that body! are put negatively. It shows, too, a remarkable change, in the busi ness world's tariff views. That as- j pect ?f criticism is especially perT j tincnt just now, with the bonus j problem temporarily shelved and ! congress taking up the tariff for! definite action. Business men, according to prec edent, should now be down at Washington eagerly clamoring for higher protection on their goods. ! There is actually very little of that, j Most manufacturers and merchants ? seem frankly worried* lost congress j do too much for them in that re- ! gard. They realize how the war j has changed conditions and upset ? old tariff standards. They fear the i loss of still more export trade if j ? Importware unduly discouraged, j Business appears to have learned j more fro.mt the. war . than congress j has. -r- ? ? ! ?- j TURKEY CODDLED AGAIN. The lat4&t.arrangement made for ; Turkey, naturally fills Americans; with disgust. The foreign minis- j ters of the allies, acting as a su- j preraffccdjineil to determine the af- 1 fairs of* the Near East, have de- j elded that the way to settle the | Turkish question is to give back to Turkey nearly all the forfeited j possessions that she cares much j about. Accordingly Turkey is to; be restored to Constantinople? j the world-prize that was to be in ternationalized ? and guaranteed possession of most of. Asia Minor. Worse than that, Turkey is to keep her title to Armenia, although her technical rights of massacre and extermination are expected to be limited somewhat by the ex ercise of a League of Nations pro tectorate. . Worse still, if possible, is the restoration to Turkey of her European hinterland as far back as Adrianople with the wresting of a strip of territory from Bul garia for that purpose. So fades the western world's dream of freedom from the Turks, of Armenia free to work out its own salvation and of the consign ment of an uncivilizable Asiatic race to the distant and limited re gion where it belongs. Policy as usual has interfered with . lorality ,and justice. France, for her own exploitation of the Near East, wants to conciliate the Turks. Italy, through jealousy, helps the Turks to hurt Greece. Great Britain feels obliged to go easy with the. Turks in order ; to keep her Mohammedans in India from revolt. It is the same old game of diplomatic duplicity that the European powers have played Wit? Turkey for 500 years, and the only thing that has kept Tux-kish j power for evil alive until the pres ent day.. And America, however indignant, can have nothing to say, because America is keeping out of European affairs... French Reservations The sigh of relief heaved by the American public as the arms con ference treaties . emerge from the Senate may possibly.be premature. Ratification by the other powers is not yet an accomplished fact. They | have been waiting, apparently, to see what the United States would do. They have realized that if tlie treaties failed in the Senate, there would be no use in their acting or. them at allt and also that any material reservations made by the Senate mfcht change thei rown attitude toward the treaties. It appears now that there will be no difficulty, abroad except possibly in France. Great Britain seems satisfied, and can make the treat ies effective by a. mere *'order in privy council.'* Japan likewise can ratify by action of her small and exclusive council of peers, and is expected to do so. in France, how ever, the treaties have to be passed on by a legislative chamber corres ponding to our Senate, and the French deputies are in a truculent mood as regards America and in- ! ternational affairs in general. Tak ing their cue from American at tempts to attach reservations to the Versailles treaty, and from the Brandegee reservation to the pres ent* four-power P?eific treaty, French leaders are threatening to j assert the same right in giving their j "advice and consent." Some of them j threaten not only reservations but amendments, which would require reference back to the other powers for. acceptance. So a change comes over the spirit of treaty-making. It is not so sim ple a thing as it used to be, when any government could make an agreement with another govern ment and depend on its going through without interference. On the whole this is a good thing, but there are dangers in it. "Open diplomacy", admirable in theory and spirit, may yet become so open j and easily obstructed that it can't J accomplish anything. > business must serve It is common enough to find politicians "putting the people first", or pretending to do it. Here is a business man. and a very suc cessful one. preaching that policy. In an article in "System", he is j quoted as saying: "Success in manufacture is based j solely on ability to serve the con sumer to his liking." Wherefore he asks himself. "Am I able to make what the* people want better than anyone else?" And having made it. "What price can the con sumer afford to pay?" "A truly prosperous time," con tinues Mr. Ford, "in one when the largest number of people are get ting all they can cat and wear and are in every sense of the word comfortable. The function of the manufacturer is to contribute to this comfort. "We are too much concerned with bankers' conception of busi ness. The banker always puts the money side first. But business prospers only as it serves. . "Good business?large consump tion?depends on prices goin^' down. It's impossible to saturate a market except by having the price of what one sells above the price the people in the market can pay.'* Some business men will say this is a fin*- conception of business?, but 'one impossible in general practice. [Yet is it? Mr. Ford remarks that his car. is ?st. Hing for one-third ot .what it did is years ago, "but wc ! pay higher prices for material and have a belter product." Is Henry Ford the only American manufacturer who can do that? Not at all. American industry as a whole shows exactly the same tendency. Mr. Ford has merly been Quicker than ethers in recognizing the facts, and. holder in applying thorny i .-" ? i . 4 TEXAN TELLS OF COTTON CAMPIAGN J, D. Coghlan, a Farmer, Will Tell South Carolinians About Cooperation Columbia, April 1.?J. D. Cogh lan. a farme: of Ennis, Texas, ar rived in Columbia today and Mon day will begin a speaking tour in behalf of the cooperative market ing of cotton. He has come to South Carolina at the request of the South Carolina Cotton Grow ers' Cooperative Association to tell of the operations of the Texas Cot ton' Cooperative Association, of which he is a member. ; Mr. Coghlan begins his tour Monday morning at Timmonsvilie, where ho speaks at 10:30 O'clock. Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock he speaks at Hartsville. Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock he speaks at Mullins and Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Dillon. Wednesday he goes to Union county, speaking at Jonesville Wednesday night. Thursday he will spend in Spartan bury county and Friday and Sat urday in Laurens county. 'T am just a dirt farmer," said Mr. Coghlan today, "and make no pretense at oratory. I am delighted however, at the opportunity to come to South Carolina and tell the farmers of this state just what cooperative-marketing of cotton has already meant for Texas and what I believe it will mean for the cotton belt when an organiza tion has been perfected in each state, ?s will be the case before the 1922 crop i? gathered. 4T grew 100 bales of cotton last year and it wa sail turned over to the Texas associatino. Under the cooperative plan it has been sold at an average of three cents a pound more than'cotton of the same grade and staple has brought from the buyers on the streets Of my home town. I am glad to be able to say to the farmers of South Carolina that cooperative market ing of cotton is proving a great success in Texas and I know it will prove a great success in this state." Speaking of how the new method of fin?heing helped him, Mr. Cogh lan said. *T drew CO per cent of the value of my cotton, or about $50 per bale, when I turned my cotton over to the association. With this $50 per bale I liquidated at my bank. That slackened the noose ^ around my neck and it sure felt good. In a short time I Went back to the bank and asked if my remaining 40 per cent equity was sufficient collat eral and the bank's answer was an emphatic 'sure,' therefore I can draw full value of my cotton and at the same time my cotton is sold on the high peaks and not as dis tressed cotton. "On th? street in Texas the grade has always been too low, and staple is a word hardly known. This year I was astonished when I got re turns from the association and found that half of my cotton was one and one-sixteenth staple. I have sold cotton for forty years in Texas but this is the first time I ever knew I had so valuable a staple. The least average premium for my staple is 2 3-4 cents. "More than $2,000.000 were ad vanced to the Texas cotton growers through the Texas association dur ing the past season. These loans were all made under the coopera tive cotton marketing plan which Is to be followed in South Caro lina." The coming week will be one of great activity in the campaign in South Carolina, officials of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co operative Association said last night. In addition to the meetings scheduled for Mr; Coghlan over the state, Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, presi dent of Limestone College, speaks Monday morning at 11 o'clock at Union, and Dr. Clarence Poe, edi tor of the Progressive Farmer, makes four speeches on Friday and Saturday. Friday morning Dr. Poc speaks at Rock Hill; Friday after noon at Yorkr Saturday morning at Anderson, and Saturday after noon at Greenwood. Telegraphic reports of sign-ups were received at the association headquarters from almost every county in the state today, it was said. Polish Give Transportation For Russian Sufferer*. Warsau. March 11.?All relief foodstuffs and supplies going to Russia through Poland will hence forth be transferred at a reduetion of ",o per cent of tin: regular charge. The Polish Ministry of Railways has organized a special food train to carry Rumanian wheat from Ru mania to the Russian frontier, the Rumanian rolling stock having prov edins?fficieht to handle the provi sions destined for Hie Russian fa mine regions. Norfolk, Va.. April 3?The young woman's body washed up on the beach at Ocean View yesterday was identified a* Mrs. Ruth Mercer. The authorities are mystified as to how she met her death. Her husband been heard from, but his mother believes he has shipped ;it Balti more for a H ip around the world. Senator Lodge may now lake a squint down the muzzle end of a reservation. ?Dallas News. To-day's Best Jokes and Stories A government of groups, by groups and for groups. The American understanding of [the four-power treaty permits j standing from under. If Ananias had lived, it would j be rather amusing to hear him talk : about his golf score. The war at least taught us to j speak of individual races and' (states, instead of "Them Euro-) i peans." i _ j t j Dante lived too early. Think of j jthe price he might have received ! for the motion picture rights. i It is all right to take pride in Our j merchant marine, but apparently i we shall have to put something j else in. I The atmosphere of culture at a I ladies' tea could be improved by ! opening the windows to let the j j smoke out. It isn't altogether love that blinds I a man to the fact that his wife looks seedy in last year's spring suit. i _ . Considering the record, our guess is that the political fences con gressmen are anxious about arc defenses. There appears to be a concerted j effort to give tlie Lion's tail some- U j thing in the nature of a permanent :i I twist. : Automobiles wouldn't be danger i ous if the horse-power of the en gine was proportioned to the horse sense of the driver. The best way to Keep time from j hanging heavy on your hands is to 1 j put some callouses on 'cm. Living in the country has a hu- 1 I manizing effect. In the city you ; j don't know your neighbors well ! enough to. gossip about them. After visiting an auto.-nobile '? show, we know just how the fish 1 feels when he observes a nice fat 1 worm dangling in the water. j1 A tooth brush is a great conven-ji iience: and then, it is nice to have j j something on the place the neigh- ' bors won't try to borrow. 1 - 1 \ It's a little late, but it occurs to ' j us that the nations might have ' j saved money by giving the soldiers 1 ja bonus not to fight. i . ' j After close observation we con j elude that the minimum on which ' I a family of five can live is the sum | jthe provider happens to earn. , 5 Adam had his little troubles, but j he never had to estimate his spend- ? ing money and wonder how long his wife's relatives meant to stay. O, Liberty, what rotten hootch j the country buys in thy name. j Wc -warn infant republics to < I avoid paternal government. See j America nursed. The "nameless pchos" in the air \ ; of Spring isn't namcicss now. It's ! j yearning for new tires. i ?"'* ! Too many patriots claim to be ; supporters of the government when , i they are merely holding it up. Backbone won't get you any I where, however, if the knot at the I top of it is mad'e of the same] material. i Modesty is a virtue, doubtless, ( but the man who blows his own j horn usually is able to raise the) wind. j When a college professor can t [think up a queer theory, he can [ always get a little publicity by tell ! ing how wicked the students are. - The chief weakness of reform j ers is their disposition to think I everything enjoyable a little wick I cd. I The massacre of Armenians could ? be stopped if any nation thought j her hands clean enough to tackle i the job. The promise of little cha^Te in \ the styles would indicate that nothing new will be pulled off this season. i Beating swords into plowshares j is all right, but domestic peace rc I fjuircs using golf clubs as rug i beaters". Human vanity is a funny thing", land the man who heats his debts really thinks he is superior to a common thief. As we understand it. the prin- 1 cipal charge against Prohibition is thai it makes it so difficult to get < anything to drink. How a jazz-ridden world longs for the old days when there was no noise in the dining room except the gentle gurgle of the soup cat ers. "Here lies the hatchet" would sc<-ni more convincing if nations did not point to the Kar East and say: "There lies our future." The honeymoon is over when .she begin* to intimate that parking space in the kitchen is worth con siderably m?>re" than his company. one reason why the human race made slow progress at first was because leaders had no opportunity to ?' I their name* in the i>*'p< i. Seldom Travel But Often Migrate "invited to Russia and exempted from taxes atid military service be cause they could farm, then banish ed because some of them establish ed a communistic colony; obeying the laws of many lands but refus ing to take part in making or en forcing them: frowning upon sci ence, buttons, life insurance and tobacco ? such are various branches of the Mennonites. whose exodus from Canada to Mexico adds another chapter in the centuries old anabasis ol this quaint and goodly people. "While geographers are studying fiuman migrations on the basis of economic determinism, here is a considerable group who defy any such charting, and move about solely upon the basis of the best opportunity to follow their religi ous beliefs." says a bulletin from .he Washington, D. C. headquar ters <>f the National Geographic Society. South Dakota Their "Promised Land" "From Holland to Germany, j :hence to Moravia, Hungary, Ru mania and into Russia?so runs the earlier course of Mennonite wan lerings. From the steppes of | Crimea and the treeless banks of i he Molochnaia to Bonhomme j ?ounty in South Dakota was not do long a trail for the most j ionic-staying people in the world ?so long-as they are not disturbed. They seldom travel individually, lust before the war a trip to Washi ngton was offered as an agricul .ural prize to twelve young men; a* Lancaster County, Pa., one of' he oldest American Mennonite strongholds, and of the twelve vrnners not one had been outside iis own county before! "Now about 1500 Mennonites are reported to be leaving Manitoba I md Saskatchewan. Canada. for j 3urango. Mexico, and the produc ive loss their going will mean is mly slightly indicated by the esti-l natc that they .will take along with hem some $!.*>.000.000 worth of' roods, farm implements and cash.! schooling Begins at Three Years I "Compulsory education require- ] ?ncnts. including the teaching of j English, which could easily be ad-j usted by a more compromising j people, caused the migration from j Canada. In some branches of j heir church every Mennonite child nust begin his schooling when he s three years old. From that time tntil he is six the Bible and the dennonitc catechism are used for tis instruction. After three years; le takes up the 'Three R's.' but in he more orthodox branches of the diureh all science, as such, is 'rowncd upon. In farming, the! tfennonitcs are efficient and prac ical scientists. European coun rics have profited by their ex implc. and to them western Penn tylvania owes much of its pros-! )crity. "There arc various gradations of tolicy among the various groups, fach as the Hutterians.the Amish, he Wislar. the Defenseless and )ther branches. All hold against aking oath9 and to non-resistance, i vhich led to their exemption from i he draft without any such stigma I is attached to many types of 'con- j icientious objectors.' Their like-! less to the Quakers led William I ?enn to invite them to his colony! vhere they first established them- ! lelves at Gcrmantown, spreading,1 hence to Lancaster. Berks, and j ater into Ohio, Indiana and Uli- j lois.. Have Quaint Dialect "In 'Tfllie/ Mrs. Fiske disclosed; loitto of the peculiarities of custom ; md dialect of the Pennsylvania; Mennonites. Their adherence to j leaching German in schools is not; to much that they love that langu- I ige as because they fear transla-! ;ion would detract from the literal import of their founders' works. ! Their detachment from the world j s shoAvn by their curious use of j English. A caller at a Lancaster j liome rang the bell many times I without answer. Finally a woman i appeared at the door to apologize, j Oh. did you bell? It didn't make.* ; The women wear poke bonnets, re- : ambling those of the Dunkers. Men. woman and children avoid j ?olor.s, jewels or any grace of dress j :hat might betoken vanity. Women j follow literally St. Paul's injunc- j Lion about keeping their heads cov- | ?red in church. Life insurance and organized charity are frowned up L?ti. They have organized an uni- j corporated company which all I Mennonites may join. This com- j l>any reimburses the loser of prop-j crty by fire or storm, and assesses | its members at the end of each rear to cover these payments. No j salaries are paid to ministers. ! Washing <>f feet is practiced in | connection with communion ser- 1 rices. Bail Those Who Disobey "One important branch of the ihurcli; the Amish Mennonites. in-! ?ist literally on the 'ban.' that is he complete ostracism of members vho have been suspsneded from the jhurch. The 'Old Order Amish' icet lays emphasis on simplicity in IrCss. and requires its members to | LISTEN?We are overstocked on screen doors and windows. We are going to sell them now when you need them at greatly re duced prices -so as to reduce our j stock. Booth & McLcod. WAJJTED?To buy pair of mules, not over seven years old and; weighing about i.l'imi pounds.! Parties offering mules must have them in city lot in rear of opera House Saturday. April 8th at l 2 o'clock. S. < fQuinn. City : Ma nager. -.-j ?VANTED?To take orders at my , hom<* to make hats. If interest-! ed. call S7!<?L. Mrs. C. W. Me- j Grew, corner Magnolia and Myr tle ?i reets. ! j fasten their clothes with hooks and (eyes instead of with buttons, j "Most rigid of all the groups, i however, is the Bruderhof. or Hut terian Brethen, dating back to. Jacob Huter. a martyr of the 16th century, who insisted upon a com j plete communal organization of; j congregations. It was this group ' that had to leave Russia about the I time of our Civil War for evolving ' a communism which anticipated j j that of the Soviet government in ? many respects. Today they are settled along the James River, in I South Dakota, declining to cast a 1 vote or hold office or patronize a 1 store. They foreswear dancing, play-going, and tobacco. They are j or German descent, came here di- | rectly from southern Russia, and form a lave abiding, prosperous, self sufficient community. . "There are more than 50,000 Mcnnonitcs in the United States. Their communities are to be found in odd corners of the world where I they may follow the simple teach-' ings of their founder. Menno Sim- i uns. a Dutch reformer, horn the: I year that Columbus discovered f America." ? ? ? Columbia, April 3?Persons pay ing their 1921 taxes late, under the resolutions of the recent legis lature, which authorized postpone ment of taxes, will not have the right to vote in certain elections of this year, according to the opinion of the attorney general's office. The opinion of the attorney general was expressed in a letter written unof ficially to Cornelius Ott, of Spar tanburg, attorney for parties inter ested in a school trustee election in Spartanburg county, and while it was not an official opinion, it ex pressed the legal view of the situa tion as taken by the state's at torney. At the same time, the at- j torney general's office stated that the matter of the legality of a vote by a person who postponed paying his taxes under recent leg islation would have to be settled by the courts. The attorney general takes tbjjr position that the resolution of the legislature, which provided that late payment of taxes would not disqualify an elector, is contrary to the constitution, and he quotes court rulings to substantiate his contention. The constitution pro vides that as a qualification for voting all taxes for the year must be paid by December 31, or the elector cannot have the right to vote in any election for six months thereafter. The resolution of the legislature postpones payment of taxes with out actual execution by the sheriff until September, but with penal ties ranging as high as seven per cent, after May 1. There is a pro viso to the resolution which says than the payment of taxes under this resolution will not disqualify an elector from voting. The at torney general takes the position that this h contrary to the consti tution. The opinion of the attorn ey general's office was written by Assistant Attorney General Daniel, ' as unofficial advice to the Spartan- j burg school authorities. ? ? ? Jury discharged after fifty-six hours of deliberation in a Los i i Angeles murder case is said to I ha .*e "disagreed only on the ques- i tion of guilt or innocence." Prob ably it agreed perfectly on weath er, baseball, prohibition, etc.? I Cleveland News. The good cry young. j TemiK3*ancc Movement Eighty mighty for reform and had saH: * Years Ago. "May the winds of the heaven - never fill the :-;ails of any ship New London. Conn.. April 1? bearing rum to New London.*' Jo King Alcohol was vigorously as- siah R. .Steward, who was known , saulted ??i.trhty years ago in .Iiis among his townspeople as The seaport even with more vigor f'ian Spud, wanted all the names of since the coming in of the Volstead- grog dealers printed and when the ian era. Iiis enemies in 1S42 fought two newspapers would not d? this under the banner of the Washing- he issued a four sheet paper from ton Total Abstinence Society which time to time under the name of Our was kept aloft for many years. Organ and The Spud, and he had to But the time came when the ban- go to Norwich to have it printed. v ner was trailed in the dust and in- The records show tha: while the difference killed off the attacks. fight against King Alcohol waged In those days there were many merrily in 1842 and 1843 with pa sq-called temperance societies rang- rades, some of which were a mile ^ ing from the Washingtonians who long with military, escorts, the practiced total abstinence to Washingtonians a_s the remnant of the Rechabites who were com- -the liquor fighting host, expired in promising in nature, popular with 1845. the middle-of-the-road folks who -? * ? permitted the use, judiciously, of a Wireless telephones may be used little, beer, cider, wine and other to broadcast political propaganda. . light drink:-:. Rum. gin and whis- but political advancement will still * key were barred while brandy was dopend largely on wire pulling, only for use at the sick bed. * ? ? In 1843 with a population of Waukogan. III.. April 3?A venire 6,000 the Washingtonians had a has ?<?en summoned and witnesses ? membership of 2,000. By a cru- supoenaed for the opening of the sadc the number of open drinking trial of Governor Len Small, who places were reduced from 63 to is charged with conspiracy to em 31. The small children were en- bczzle state funds. rolled in theAcold water army" and ' ? ? * ' the parades?'ere of great interest. New York, April 3.?Agitated There were temperance revivals in because she had learned that hei places of worship and public speak- mother had heard of her plight. ? ers from abroad kept up the en- Oilivta M. P. Stone resumed the thusiasm. stand here today in her- trial for The Washingtonians believed in the murder of Ellis Guy Kinkead, moral suasion. former corporation counsel of Cin- r Two newspapers published in cinnati. those days' and found recently told ? ? ? graphically of the crusades. One Some people could say what they of these said that Elder Swan was think and still be quiet. Columbia Dry Bat teries work better and last longer ?for bells and buzzers ?for thermostats ?for gas engines ?for ignition on the Ford while starting ?for dry battery light ing an closet, cellar, garret, barn, etc. The world's most famous dry battery. Used where group of individual cells is needed. Faknestock Spring Clip Binding Posts at no extra charge U^TTptfV Columbia Dry Batteries are for sale at yo?r very door! You can insist upon and get Co lumbia Dry Battcnes,jA'hcrcver you live. Hardware and general stores, electricians, implcrrient dealers, auto supptfy shops, .ana garages seil Columbias. Universally used for doorbells.buzz ers, heat regulators,: alarms, etc.. for gas engine and trnctbr ignition, for quick starring ignition on non-sclf s carting Fores, and jvr eyery hdiiay need under the su}\. Insist upon Columbia. ?? ?? rertes ,?? ..... Tritey lzst hs&e?_ ^ Jl UNITED WE STICK: DIVIDED WE ARE ST?CK WE HAVE DECIDED TO STICK. W. A. Alston. R. E. Atkinson, F. W. Andrews. A. L. Ardis, S. W. Allan. J. R. Atkinson. R. B. Belser. N. L. Broughton. R. L. Burketto. H. D. Brunsbn, R. K. Brown. M. M. Brown. J. H. Burke. A. C. Burrows, E. S. Booth. J. ?. Blackwcll. Stanyarna Burrows, E. S. 8rown. R. A. Bradham, Jas, C. Bryan. J. P. Boom. Henry ?enenhaley. W. F. Baker. T. B. Brutison. Jr. J. R. Ball. W. T. Brogdon. A. M. ?rogdon. j. C. Brogdon. H. B. Barkley, P. K. Bowman, p. E. Brunson. J. J. Britten. F. P. Bradford, H. H. Brunson. B. W. Brogdon. Sr. S. S. Brunson. C. W. Brunson. J. A. Blackwell. John I. Brogdon. J. B. Britton. Cain Farm. A. B. Cubbage. I. I. Coleman. T. H. Utarke.. T. M. Croswell. Thos. Collier. j. H. Chandler, S. Cherry. E. B. Colclough. E. W. Dabbs. J. C. Dunbar. F. M. Owight, t. W. Dabfs. Jr., J. T. Deuni3. W. E. Oiek. R. A. Dennis. J. R. Bollard. L. C. Durant, i. H. Durant, W. R. DuBose. M. S. Davis. B. W. DesChamps. G. E. DuBose, Joel Davis. R. S. DesChamps. T. E. Edens, H. T. Edens. H. C. Edens. John L. Frierson, J. A. Frierson, J. M. Fogle, S. D. Fraser. S. W. Gardner, S. W. Gillespie. 5. P. Gaiilard. p. P. Gaiilard. W. W. Green. H. T. Goodman, M. Goldberg, j. J. Geddings, C. V. Gre?n. ; M. D. Gallachat 6. H. Goodman. W. G. Geddings. J. B. Gordon, T. W. Geddings, B. L. Holland. H. W. Harby. E. B. Hodge. Hugh C. Haynsworth. J. H. Hopkins. A. T. Hayhsworth, A. P. Hinson. A. W. Hearon. J. F. Horton. C. B. Hay. S. A. Harvin. Seymour Howard. J. H. Hammond. Ezra Hodge. R. W. Ingram, C. J. Jackson, L. D. Jennings. M. R. Jackson. L. K. Jackson. T. C. Josey. Gco. D. Jennings. J. M. Jackson. C. P. Josey. jno. E. Joy. P. L. Jones. Robt. M. Jones. G. Jones. Miss Annie Keels, J. Keels. J. A. Kolb, H. C. Keels, W. E. Kolb, T. J. Kirven. Jr. J. M. Kolb. J. T. Keels, E. R. Keels, M. S. Kirk. T. B. Kennedy. G. A. Lemmon. G. H. Lenoir, W. J. Lawrence. Sr. W. J. Lawrence. Jr. R. M. Moore. G. W. Mahoney, Thos. R. Moody. J. A. Mims. T. E. Mims, W. H. Miller. S. L. Mims. W. W. Moore. A. P. Mims. J. W. Marshall, F. M. Moise. E. B. Muldrow, H. M. McLaurin. j. H. McLeod. J. 0. McLeod. T. D. McLeod. B. R. McElveen. J. C. McElveen. W. D. McLeod. S. M. McCoy, M. McClam. B. McLaughlin, R. McElveen. T. M. McLeod. R. E. Newman. G. A. Nettles. F. A. Newman. J. D. Newman. L. J. Newman, Sam Newman. B. M. Oliver, J. B. Ostecn. F. A. Osteen. M. L. Part*r. S. 0. Plowden. R. 0. Purdy. A. C. Phelps. S. W. Pringle. C. L. Player, Robert Perry. A. J. Pringie. T. H. Parker. J. R. Prescott, M. V. Plowden. E. E. Rcmbert. J. A. Reams. W. S. Reams. J. H. Robinson, J,. H. Ry*?. W. H. Ramsey, Marion Rivers, A. R. Rollins. J. E. Sanders. A- F. Smith, tj. L. Smith. Leon Stuckey. H. L, Scarborough, , A. H. Sanders. J. W. . Stuckey. Willie Shaw. W. L. Saunders. W. J. Sanders, B. Singleton. W. S, Thompson. W. D. Tisdale. S. W. Truluck. W. D. Truluek. J. R. Terry, E. A. Terry. S. Y. Tupper, K. S. Tupper, M. E: Truluck. !. M. Truluck. Geo. Tindal. H. Truitman, H. 9. Tindat. A. C. Thompson. S. I. Thames. W. S. Tisdale. D. L. Tindal. J. Frank Williams, T. C. Watson, S. I. Wilson. J. J. Whikien. R. C. Williams, L. L. White. R. W. Westberry. J. T. Witherspoon. Hugh Witherspoon, S. J. White. S. F. Weeks, S. Weinberg. B. F. Wilder. B. R. White. J. W. Washington. F. M. Weatherly. Ratler White. E. A. Weatherly, S. W. Young, C. W. Young. J. F. Yarborongh, G. M. Zetgler, L. D. Welsh. S. N. Welsh. " mm ^i~^a to be stuck? Brother Farmer: Will you stick with us, or will you continue Ahe above contracts are actually in the office. If you have signed, and your name is not in the above list take the matter up with the County Director, Cham jer of Commerce. v ALL CANVASSERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND IN ALL CONTRACTS IN THEIR POSSESSION IMMEDIATELY. Over Seventeen Thousand Bales in the Office. We want not less than TWENTY THOUSAND. Who will put us over? 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