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REGARDING G?XJ>ENTtUL& SALES DAYS *Bifi* Berg Writes an Interest ing Letter ?r?ra Pennsyl vania The Item is in receipt of-a letter from, Sir. Wm. Perg, formerly con M neeted with the. Wreck Stoe of this city who - is >now situated at Sun bury, Penn. Mention . of Golden Rule Day.whieh was being contetn * plated in Sumter and being'advo cated by an agent of the Seaboard Railroad was published several days ago. It may be interesting to Suonter merchams to learn how the "plan is working at other points. The letter follows: "I have read in The Item of April 26th that - the Sumter merchants are contemplating running The -Golden Rule sales days. Ttse merchants of Sunbury; Pa., * .have just put over their second Golden Ru-e sale yesterday, and are going to; run this sale every month. If every merchant in Sumter goes in to this plan it cannot help but .be a success, as it has proven hero in Sunbury. *. . This, plan is not an idea to give the merchants a .-chance to get rid of stickers or old merchandise, but it is what the name implies, a Gold f en Rule day, .where each, merchant jwits one or two new things on -i-ale; at or below cost,, not to sell to, the town trade but to the farmers , of their particular com jnunity. I ha*ve n? - doubt that if this sales plan is worked right that it yedk prove of great benefit to the farmers in the vicinity of Sumter. . . j. . Respectfully yours, - ^ -r- -- WM. BERG. Sunhury* Penn., April 27. . Sumter High Meets Darlington Messrs. Wright, Rivers, Shaw, Wilder, Brunsen, Fehler. Davis, Edwards, Crawford and Wheeler, ? members of the Sumter High School -baseball squadron, accom panied by Coach Herman F. Dun can, left Tuesday morning for Darlington. S. C, wh-esee they are to have the pleasure of ? game of ball during the afternoon with the Darlington school team. The Sumter High School team of this year has done mighty beautiful work, having copped nine victories * out of their possible ten games. They are not* proposing to lose their game of Tuesday afternoon, whieh is to be the last game of the sea spn., for the Darlington aggregation. Samter has one more game on her v<8chedu!e.' This is a game with "'jorence, the date of which has not jjj'been fixed but it is known that c-> game is to be played in Sum ^..^sf^r. This presents one more oppor tunity for Swmter's citizens to come pxst and redeem themselves and to * witness Sumter's-.: team in batting 4 -prime and in the pink of condition. ?Ehe High.School Ball Club has not Tcceived the support of the fans of Sumter which has been worked so hard for and indeed is merited by them. Watch for the date of the 1 final game and. be amofig those present. ? ? ? Story Hour Grace Baptist Church. .Editor Daily Item: I wish to commend to the inter t?\ of the people of Sumter the Story hour that isjto he held at the -Grace Baptist church on Sunday, May 7th at 4 o'clock, at which time there will be an ^offering for the Sts^te Sunday School work. It is estimated by competent au thorities that there are nearly ? 709,000 young people- in South Carolina, who are receiving no re ligious instruction whatever. One ^o? the main objects of the State Sunday School Association is to see to' it that every child in our com monwealth should receive instruc tion in the fundamentals of re ligion. It is a cause, therefore, that should appeal to every citizen who is looking to the real up-build ing of our state and nation. I have seen the details of the program and they will prove interesting, but the real cause of general interest is the purpose that the Sunday School Association has in view. Cordially submitted, ? S. H. EDMUNDS. Attention Confederate Veterans. Apply to either of the under signed for identification cards for purchase of rate tickets to reunion at Darlington, May 17th. ISth. W. O. CAIN, SR.. Commander Camp. E. Scott Ca*son, Adjt. Memorial Day. . May. the tenth will be observed as usual as Memorial Day here by Dick Anderson Chapter. United Daughters of the Confederacy, and this year the American Legion and its auxiliary will join in this ob servation. Joint exercises- will be held in front of the Girls* High school, Wednesday afternoon at 6 o'clock, but prior to that the graves, at the cemetery will be decorated. The Legion, Auxiliary and U. D. C. chapter will accom pany the little girls of the city to the cemetery for this purpose. Be sides the graves of the Confederate Soldiers, the grave of every soldier who lost his life in the World War will be decorated in this county. It is hoped that every one who has flowers will give them fer this purpose. The place and time to send flowers .will be announced bi ter. ?. ?? ? ? ? The mile of experim<*ntat j?r:iv<?l roadway on the Moses Rood is standing up well under traffic and weather conditions. S?WY NEWS I ?? ? ?_ MINSTRELS SHOW PLEASES LARGE AUDIENCE Decided Hit Made by Local; -Talent Show on Their Second Appearance The performance of the "Old Home Town Minstrels" which was given on last evening in the audi torium of the Girls' High school was in every way very highly en tertaining and greatly enjoyed by the large audience assembled for "An Evening in Melodyland." This was the second showing of Sum mer's minstrely in our city and this occasion was marked with equal success of the initial appearance of this show. The show of last evening was especially adapted for the featuring of song hits rendered, by the exceptionally good talent found among the personnel of the company. The presentation was abbreviated to a one-curtain per formance and possibly punctuated by the single division at the ap pearance of end men specials, Messrs. Harry Hoyt and G. W. Mc Carthy. Mr. G.-R. Moon is business man ager of the local organization and ? deserves much credit for the suc cess. Mr. LeGrand Dixon acted in the capacity of director and in terlocuter last evening. 3 he following is program car ried out last evening: Comedians?Hoyt, Hi, McCarthy G. W., Folsbm, W. M., Black, L. B., Gallagher, R. P., Bradford, H. M., Ellis, F. K., Bynum, Al. . Vocalists: Moore, W, E., Cut atino, D. W., Daughtrey, W. B., Kavanaugh, C. C, Cribb, Jesse, jBrunson, J. W.: Nettles, Sam, Sin- - gleton, Cl as., Dickson, E. L. Old Home Town Quartette: Cut tino, first tenor; Dickson, baritone; Kavanaugh, second tenor^ Cribb, bass; accompanist. Miss Mary Kennedy. "Give Me That Sultan's Harem" ?Black. "My Carolina Rose"?Cuttlno. "Love's Sorrow"?Brunson. "01 Carolina"?Moore. "Davy Jones' Locker"?Dickson. "I'm the Man," "Sunny Tennes see":?Hoyt. '.'Mother's Evening Prayer"? Kavanaugh. "01dcPaJ"?Nettles. "Send For Me, That's . My Line" ?McCarthy. "When the Bell in the Light house," ''Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep"?Daughtrey. . Closing choruses. The selections were all good, and many among those in attendance were heard to express surprise at the wonderful home talent which we have. Mr. McCarthy, one of the end men,, wrote his own song, j to which the music was arranged by Mr. Charlie Curtis. They have composed several songs of late and will have they shortly from the music publishers. The Quartette was also enojyed ^and their rendi tions were credible. ? ? ^ Russia Has Made Many Treaties. Moscow, April 1.?Soviet Russia.! despite its isolation, has signed 75 j voluntary treaties, agreements and j conventions with foreign powers ? since the revolution of 1917, it is j announced by an official state ? publican recounting the ^.progress i made by the Bolsheviki toward I world recognition. This list does jhot inc'ude three compulsory con j ventions *uch as the treaty of I Brest-Litovsk, which were conclud ! ed under duress. i The treaties are arranged in j three groups, the first of which j were concluded with the so-called j independent Soviet republics: the second with states bordering on Russia, and the third with states of Western Europe, including Eng land and France. The only agreement between Soviet Russia and the United States j is the one signed last August with the American Relief Administra-1 tion for ;he feeding of Russia's starting millions in the famine dis tricts. Twenty-one treaties are embrac- ! ed in the first group between the j Soviets and Armenia. Azerbaijan. | Bukhara, Georgia. Ukraine. White! Russia and the Far Eastern Repub- j ? lie. In general, according to the I j official publication., those alliances j .provide for the unification of vari-; ous departments of tTTe several gov- ! em meats with Russia. Treaties between the Soviets and the border states comprise 31 ; j agreements concluded with Fin- I land, Esthonia. Latvia. Lithuania.; i Poland, Rumania. Turkey. Afghan- J j Lstan. Mongolia and Persia. The : ! most important of these, the pub- j j lication declares, is the treaty with i j Persia, whfch provides that Rus- j j sia may send armed forces into i Persian territory should a hostile 1 nation at any time attempt to at- ! j tack the Soviets from that quarter, j Repatriation of military and civil j : prisoners and re-establishment of j ! trade are dealt with almost ex- j ! clusively hi the third group. Trade \ agreements have been concluded between Soviet Russia and Eng I land. France. Germany. Sweden. I Norway and Italy, as well as agree- '? ! ments of one kind or another with I Austria. Belgium and Hungarv. ; - Dry chief says bootleggers are ! on the run. Spring business'/ Any amateur Burbank can cross! ; wild oats with' extract of corn and raise an enormous crop of cain. The season approaches when the I I family must c hoose bei ween <(x ' pensive graduation dresses and new ! casings for the rear wheels. Judge says a m.in can marry on j jsiuo a month He can if she j doesn't know about :*.. DELIGHTFUL CONCERT RENDERED Large Audience Enjoy Annual Concert and Reception Given by Woman's Afternoon Music Club The music loving populace of our city were again given the oppor tunity and the distinctive treat of hearing Sumter's best musical talent, when a most delightful concert was rendered last evening in the auditorium of the Girls' high school by the members of the Woman's Afternoon Music Club of Sumter. ? In response to the kind invitation issued to the public by this club to attend its 'annual open night, a large and very appre ciative audience made up of repre sentative citizens availed them selves of this opportunity and were most highly and enj< vably enter tained by the delightful and care fully arranged numbers on the splendid program which was pre sented in excellent style. The ap proval of the audience was ever manifested by the spontaneous ap plaud on the part of everyone at the conclusion of each number and by the numerous verbal expres sions and the passing of many very beautiful complements and msot favorable remarks. The la dies forming the personel of this extremely fine club of music work ers deserve the highest of praise for the big things that they have accomplished and for their zeal in the perpetuation of all that is big and fine in the. reim of music and it is the wish of those interested in this art that this club will continue to expand and to grow, in order that even greater things may fall within, the realm of its accom plishments. A few well chosen opening re marks were made by Mrs. H. M. Stuckey, president of the club, which give some slight idea of the work which is at present being done by the club. Mrs. Stuckey stated to the audience that, "The purpose of these open meetings are to entertain you, and to show you what progress the musicians of your town are making in their chosen line of work. This program gives you no idea of the literary part of our study, the excellent pa pers on the lives of the composers, stories of the operas, and current topics of interest in the musical world, given at our monthly meet ings. Our club has grown to 30 members. We belong to the State Federation, and the National As sociation of Music Clubs. This year we have studied French and Italian opera. Our efforts are di rected toward performing good music, surp'ressing jazz with its demoralising and degrading influ ences, encouraging.young musicians and cultivating their taste. We gladly offer our time and talent to every good cause, whether civic, ed ucational or religious." Following is the program which was carried out: Piano duet, Overture to Wil liam Tell. Rossini?Miss McLeod and Mrs. Hearon. Quartette, Bendemeer's Stream, J. Sherwood?Mesdames Lee, Mc Knight, Misses Haynsworf and Smith. Violin solo, (a) "Perpetual Mo tion,"?B?hm; (b) "Consolation," Baldwin?Mrs. R. J. Alexander. Piano, Staccato Etu^> Rain, P. A. Yon?Mrs. Stuckey. Voice, "The Wren," J. Benedict 1?Mrs. Lee. Reading, My 'Ain Countree, E. Mumford?Miss Brunson. Qu?rtette, "Nea>.h the Autumn Moon," F. Vanderpool?Mesdames Lee, Di?ard, McKnight, Miss ?Smith. Voice, (a) "Sing On," Lugi Den za; (b) "Carolina." Words by M. F. Wickliffe, music by Mrs. H. M. Stuckey. Pres? nted for the first time on the Fine Arts Night pro gram at the State Federation of Woman's Clubs, Columbia, April 20th, 1922. Chorus, (a) Love Song; (b) Farewell, E. Nevin. Sopranos: Mesdames Lee, Brown, Whilden, Miss Haynsworth: Altos, Mesdames McKnight, Diliard, Mis's Smith. Accompanist: Miss King. "Carolina.*' CM; F. Wickliffe). Carolina, how we love thee. For thy sunshine, rich and rare, For the soft and fragrant air, For the skies that bend above thee And thy every charm so dear. For ?hy plains, thy swelling hills, Purple-shadowed 'round their crests; For thy broad and fertile fields And thy cool and deep forests. Oh: there's not a land so fair In this wide world any where. Carolina, we adore thee For thy peerless history, For thy deeds of bravery. There tire none who stand before thee In acts of chivalry, For thy mountaiun peaks so blue. Piercing upward through the light, Emblems of thy sons so true. Ever standing for the right. Oh! there's no land any where That would dare with thee com pare. The following ladies acted on committees and assisted ably in the receiving and in the handling of the audience. Receiving at the doors were: Mrs. Bruce Lynam, Mrs. Mitchell LevL Mrs. C. B. Epps, Mrs. M. V. Whilden, Mrs. John D. 'Lee and Mrs. J. C. Brown. Acting as ushers were: Misses M. Bland ing, P. Haynsworth. Mrs. ('. D. McKnight and the Misses Stuckey. In the matter of civil service jobs, nebody seems able t<? dis tinguish between the good of the service and the good of the party. New tariff increases the duty <??! sa rdines. i '< >? >r fish ! Some of ih<- lien eggs this spring arc nearly as big as hailstones. OFFICERS TAKE STILL One 50 Gallon Copper Still Captured and 600 Gallons of Mash Destroyed in Raid of Tuesday j Sheriff C. M. Hurst. Deputy Sher j iff H. G. McKagen, Rural Officers. ? Sam Newman and Hamilton Bby ' kin. of Sumter and Officer Henry I Minis, of Pinewood, spent the ' greater part of Tuesday in the ; swamps of the "Big Bay" section ! in the search for stills and for the I manufacturers of illicit whiskey. ' The officers were rewarded for ! their labors in the finding of the location of a still at the head of the old Weeks' mill pond, at a j point from .Sumter of some 15 I miles off of the Pinewood road, j The still at this point could not be located and it is believed to have ; been very recently moved. Four barrels of mash, however, were found and destroyed. This mash was getting in very good shape for the run, having already been I sweetened to its proper consistency as was observed from the empty sugar sacks found lying near. A fifty gallon copper still, found complete and ready for operation, was captured by the officers at ! "Bear Pen Ridge," some five miles j from Pinewood and about 20 miles I from Sumter, in the "Big Bay" dis | trict. Twejye barrels of mash j were found with this still and de i stroyed by the officers. A number I of fresh tracks were found leading i away from this still in the oppo ! site direction from which the still j had been approached by the offi | cers and it is believed that the site of this still had not long been vacated before the arrival of the rading party. Before getting into I this swamp a shot was heard fired ! from a shot gun. When the offi t cers came back out of the swamp j the negro man who mid fired the I gun was located .?.nd stated that he had only shot at a ' abbit. The big still together with its worm were brought to Sumter Tuesday after noon and are at present on dis ! play ia the Sheriff's office. TO ADDRESS ROTARY CLUB _ Dr.Huber W. Hurt, Chautau qua Lecturer, to Speak on Boys Clubs at Weekly Luncheon j The weekly meeting of the Ro tary Club yesterday was one of the best in both attendance ar.d inter est that has yet been held. There ! were only four ai..?:entees and t\: o ! of these were out of town and the \ others were prevented from being j present by illness. Interest in Ro tary is developing rapidly in Sum | ter and the members look forward to the weekly luncheon as the most I important and most enjoyable event I of the week. President S. H. Edmunds having j announced at the previous meeting I that it would be impossible for him I to attend the annual meeting of I Rotary clubs to be held this year in i Los Angeles, California, June 5-7, on account of the dates conflicting with commencement week of the city schools, an election of a dele j gate to represent the club was held. ! George L. Ricker was elected and j Dr. E. S. Booth alternate. Both j of these Rotarians will attend the ! Los Angeles meeting. The election of officers by the di rectors, who was chosen at the pre vious meeting, was announced and confirmed. The officers who will serve the club for the year ending April 30th. 1023, are: President. Sam H. Edmunds: Vice President, Hubert G. Osteen; Treasurer, Geo. L. Ricker: Secretary, S. Lanthan Roddey; Sergeant at Arms, Edward S. Booth. The directors are: Sam H. Ed | munds, Hubert G. Osteen, George IL. Ricker, Charles G. Rowland, j George D. Shore, Davis; D. Moise, S. ! Lanthan Roddey. The appointment of the following standing Committees was announced by the president: Public Affairs: Jennings, Belser, j Witherspoon, Williams, Booth. I Education in Rotary: Mood. I Dick, Smith, Boyle, Walter; O'Don nelL Fellowship: Rowland, C. G., Dunn. Parrott, Riley, Moses, Henry. Publicity: Osteen. Boys' Work: Phelps, Hurst, Moise, Cliff, Lemrnon, Boyle. Ed win. Entertainment: Ricker, Propst. DeLorme. Folley. Rowland. Simon. ?Correspondent: Ryttenberg. Program: President. Sam H. Edmunds; Secretary, S. Lathan j Roddey. ! Chairman A. C. Phelps. of the I Committee on Boys' Work, stated ! that arrangements had been made j to have Dr. Huber W. Hurt, who j has a national reputation by rea j son of his work with the Boy I Scouts, to speak to the Rotary ; club during his visit to the city ! with the Redpath Chautauqua next i week. As it wuold be more con venient for Dr. Hurt to speak to ! the c lub on .Monday it was decid I ed to change the time of meeting : next week to Monday, and Dr. I Hurt will be the guest of the club [at tin- luncheon, which will be held at the usual hour. 2:45, next Monday, and he will then deliver ; an .address on the Boy Scouts and ; boys' clubs. After a man buys his first lot he feels like he owns the earth. Well, why nut use our idle ships to carry tourists? Apparently that is tie- only i hance to lei them have another crack .it the taxpayer. Fortunately; however, the conn try doesn't depend for its t'?>??>? 1 up on ilie agricultural knowledge 01 tti.- agricultural Moo. Where does Mr. Bryan get the notion th.ii he <:in Iii? ro.sa?ln.r -lT.etoi a vi-.ii while bobbin: down a seal in the senate? ! HOME DEMONSTRATION DEPARTMENT MISS ( AHO TRULUCK, County Agent. ; WAYS OF USING STRAWBER RIES. St ra wherry Pi'eserves. i None l>ut the freshly picked br>r i ries should be preserved- Practi cally the same methods an- to'be I followed in the preserving- of all i berries. Berries should be gather jedin shallow trays or baskets, and i not in deep vessels which allow ! them to be bruised and crushed. I They should be uniform, ripe, and j sound: only large firmberries should be selected for preserving. All ber I ries should be carefully sorted and i lightly washed by placing in colan | der and pouring water over them j rather than putting them into a j pan of water. Recipe Xo. 1?Especially fancy j pack but nto as economical as recipe No. 2. since a considerable i amount of extra syrup is usually I left over to be canned separate. The following proportion is rec ommended: 2 pounds of whole berries?2 1-2 pounds of sugar?1 pint of berry juice. If the best possible color and flavor is to be secured for the fin ished product, the syrup for pre ; served berries should be made of I berry juice, obtained by crushing, { heating and straining the softer j broken berries. Boil together the I berry juice and the sugar and skim j and cool the syrup before dropping j the berries into it. to prevent I shrivelling and toughening the j fruit. Return to the fire and bring ! slowly to a boil in a covered pan. j Remove the cover and cook until j the fruit looks clear, being very I careful not to overcook: the ber ! ries should remain whole. If a j thermometer is used the cooking I may be finished ar. 222 degrees to j 224 degrees Fahrenheit. Skim ! and cool in a covered pan. If ber j ry preserves are covered for five i minutes before removing from the j tire and the vessel left covered i while cooling the product will be more plump. The fruit will be bet ter if allowed to cool in shallow trays or pans and stand in the j syrup over night; it improves the j shape and flavor, as the berries ab j sorb more of the syrup, become i heavier and pack better. Lift the berries out of the syrup carefully I and pack cold, filing jars, previous ly boiled for 10 to 15 minutes, i with berries before pouring the I syrup over them. A good pack rc ? quires more berries than syrup, j Cap, process pint jars for 10 min utes at ISO degrees Fahrenheit, j seal, and store in a dark dry place. ; Packing syrup for berries should ! have a density of 50 to 55 degrees ! Balling. Receipt Xo. 2?2 lbs of berries, 1-2 cup of berry juice, 11-2 pounds of sugar. Wash, cap. and stem the straw - j berries. Make a syqrup of the su j gar and juice and add the berries. Cook to 222 degrees Fahrenheit or 105 1-2 degrees centigrade, or until the syrup is very thick. Cook quickly, pack into jars, previously boiled for 10 or 15 minutes, and ] seal as for preserves. More of the I natural flavor is retained by using ?this method, and no syrup will be left over, which means a saving in sugar, but the yield is not so great and the fruit does not remain j whole and plump as in the first method given above. Sun-cooked Preserves, j The berries should be washed, i capped, stemmed, drained and ! measured. Allow a: equal weight j of sugar for fruit. For each two I pounds of berries measure onc i fourth cupful of berry juice and I heat with the sugar. Cook and j pour over the whole berries in j shallow trays. Stand in the sun for i three or four days, bringing indoors [ each night. Dampness is a great 'foe to successful sun cookery. Al j low the fruit to remain in the sun j until it is well plumped and the ! syrup has thickened almost to a jelly. If the sun fails to shine, 'keep the preserves in a cool oven. I Pack in sterilized jars and seal. Strawberry Shortcake. (Serves 5 j. I - cups sifted Hour, 3 teaspoons : baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 j tablespoon sugar, 4 tablespoons ; shortening (preferably butler or butter substitute. 1 egg, liquid I about 1 -2 cup of milk >. i Bent the egg thoroughly and fill the cup with milk until 2-:\ full. I Sift together the Hour, baking pow der, salt and sugar. Cut in the [shortening and mix lightly with .the liquid until like biseuit dough. Divide into two equal portions and roll each into a sheet about 1-2 inch thick. Bake in shallow pan, jone sheet upon the other, after 'spreading the lower lightly with ! butter. Or. cut the dough after jelling into rounds, as for biscuit, ; placing two rounds upon each oth \ er separated by a t: n layer of but ter. After baking in a rather hot oven 'about 15 minutes, separate the two i layers. Spread each with butter ?and well-sweetened berries. Serve [with whipped cream. For further information apply to Caro Truluck, county home dem onstration agent for "Ways of Using Strawberries." ? ? ?? The co-operative marketing plan is an excellent thing?it has been a financial success where efficiently managed and loyally supported by members of the association. The success of the rotten marketing as sociation rests upon two things? efficient management and loyalty of members. Then is i:<> rush of candidates ;o enter the lists for county offices ;ind seats m the legislature. The senate and three representatives are to be . leeted. After a girl finishes her educa tion, her mental equipment en ;:i-l?vs h?-r ii> annex <>!.? <>:" rlio boys? u ho di oppi?d oni at i he nini h grade. SUMTER TOBACCO ! MARKET Director Young of Cooperative j Marketing Association Ex plains Attitude Toward Sumter Mr. T. B. Young. Director of the [Tobacco Growers' Cooperative As sociation, has sent a very satisfac tory reply to Mr. E. I. Reardon and his letter shows that the Tobacco \ Growers' Association is working in j cooperation with the Sumter Tobac : co market and will have buyers on ; this market. This letter from Mr. ; Young completely does away with I all reports to the effect that the ! tobacco association would not per i mit its member tobacco growers to I sell on the Sumter market. Sumter i is friendly to the association and Mr. Young's letter means that the ! campaign for signing up additional ; tobacco association members in ! this county will have the continued j support of the tobacco warehouse i owners and other business men of j Sumter. Florence. S. C.. May 1, 1922. i.Mr. E. I. Rcardon. Sumter, S. C. j Dear Mr. Reardon: Yours of April 29th received today and came ; to my attention too late this after noon io answer at any length. You i are drawing your, conclusions en j tirely too rapidly about the associ j ation boycotting the Sumter mar j ket. This is far from our idea. We j have been having correspondence j with some of your business men (and are shaping things in regard i to your market. We had expect ! ed to get to your market before [ this in regard to definite arrange j ments but have had many matters ! to take care of in connection with j the association, but have already i written to some of your business i men stating that we would be in j Sumter at no distant date to per ; feet plans in regard to that market, i and you may rest assured that we i will be there at the earliest possi ' ble date and we will advise you j beforehand. In the meantime we ! deeply appreciate all your efforts, j You have always been our friend j and I am sure we can still count I cn you. We have the warmest [ friendship for Sumter and feel on j the other hand that Sumter has i the same for us. We plan to make I Sumter a bigger market under the I cooperative plan than she has ever I been under the auctioneer plan, j Assuring you that we will get to ! see you just as quickly as possible. I Very truly yours. Thos. B. Young, Director. ? ? ? Play Clothes As much attention is paid now tc the youngsters* play clothes as U their delightful toys. Theso late models are called "jazz" clothes They are made of amazingly bright colors. o ?? ? Looming Lights. Howevei dark the night might be. With grief, despair, and sorrow. The sun that set. you're sure to see. Will shin.- again tomorrow. However black the storm clouds seem, That hide our skies today. Tomorrow's sun. with radiant gleam. Will drive them all away. However deep the grief might be. That stirs our hearts with sor row. There are sure to ring for you and me, The joy bells of tomorrow. So let us trust, and hope, and wait. The day will come a-dawning. For the sunshine's waiting at the ga t e. To bring another morning. When the sun will shine resplend ent And the birds will be a-singing, \nd we ll pass out through the darkening night, To bear those joy l>?-lls ringing. ? Rev; E. W Reynolds. May 2nd, l!>22. COURT DISMISSES GAPPINS' APPEAL j One of Three Convicted of Murder of Taxi Driver j Columbia. May 2.?In a percur iam order handed down late this afternoon, the State Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of .Jesse Gappins, one of the trio of murderers of William C. Brazell, a young taxi-cab driver of this city, now und'-r sentence of death 'in the state penitentiary and re manded Gappins to the Court of j General Sessions of Lexington 'county for resehience some time this month. The two other convicted mur derers. S. .1. Kirby and C. O. Fox have appeals before the Supreme Court, and Solicitor Callison. of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, an nounced that he shortly would re quest the court to dismiss thern also. The appeal of Gappins was on the grounds that the grand jury which brought the true bill against him was not sworn and therefore his trial was illegal. During the course of the argu ment on the case before the court this morning Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary took occason to warn at torneys at the bar against bring ing appeals on trivialities in an ef fort to defeat justice. He said that with the crime wave sweep ing the state, attorneys who take advantage of minute technicalities were arranging themselves with the "forces of lawlessness." Pie said that when criminals from other states are coming into South Carolina stealing automobiles and committing burglaries he pro posed to use the uttermost dili gence in granting bail and giving them no oppotunities to defeat the law. "It is the duty and the province of the courts," he-cleclar ed, "to do everything in their power to see that the fortress of the law and the civilization of the state are not breached by criminal ad vances." The chief justice issued a sol emn warning from the bench that if it is necessary to stop appeals on frivolous technicalities, offending attorneys would be haled before the supreme court to answer cause as to why they should not be dis barred as unfit practitioners of their profession. The killing of William C. Bra zell occurred on the highway be tween Columbia and Lexington last summer. It was proved at the trial by the testimony of the ac | cused that Brazell was hired to j drive Kirby, Fox and Gapp:.ns, and j that they murdered him to gain possefsion of his automobile. The j brutality of the crime and the ghastly circumstances surrounding it caused an upheaval of indigna tion and several mobs attempted to lynch the accused men. They were !l sentenced to death by Judge Thomas S. Sease at Lexington, but their executions have been stayed by appeals. I The following is the order sign ed by the full personnel of the court this afternoon, destroying the last hope of Gappins: "This is an application by the j solicitor of the Eleventh circuit, under rule No. 30. to dismiss the j appeal in the above stated case, j upon the ground that the excep ! tions above are manifestly without I merit. j "The sole ground of appeal is j that it docs not appear from the i record in the office of the clerk of court of general sessions of Lc:: I ington county that the grand jury ] winch found the true bill against j the defendant was not sworn. Aside i from the well established ruie that { all things are presumed to have . been done regularly unless the con ?; trary appears, which would alone j be sufficient to show that the ap j peal is manifestly without merit. \ the authorities are overwhelming I that a motion to quash the indict ! ment upon such ground must be ; made before plea and trial on its ? merits. (Sec State vs. Boyd, 59 S. j C, 382: State vs. Edwards, 08 S. I C. 318: Stale vs. Smalls, 73 S. C, ! 516). "In *the case of ex parte Wil j son. 140 1'. S.. 575. it is said: 1 " *A defect i. the construction or organization v.a grand jury j which docs not prevent the pres ence of twelve competent jurors by I whose votes the indictment is [ found, and which could have bc<u cured if the attention of the court I had been called at that time, or I promptly remedied by the empanel I of a competent grand jury, is waiv ed. If th.e defendant treats the I indictment as sufficient, pleads not ! gulity and goes to trial on the merits of the charge' ?'The motion is therefore, grant ed and the appeal dismissed. "It is further ordered that the case be remanded to the court o' General Sessions of Lexington county for the purpose of having a new day set for the execution of the sentence which has heretofore been imposed. Let the re.mttittur be forthwith transmitted to the clerk of the court of general ses sions of Lexington county." ? ? ? - Inspection of Penal Institutions Columbia. May 4. ? In each county of the state the State Board of Public Welfare has named a "local committee," to make quar terly inspections of almshouses. jails and chaingangs, with a view tu improving conditions where they are found to be defective. Tlie board has received inspection reports from only eleven counties, Allendaie. Cherokee, Borehester. Fairfax, Greenville, Hampton. Hor ry. Kershaw. Marion, Newberry and Orangeburg counties. Tin- local committees are creat ed by provision of law. and are em powered to aid the county authori ties to maintain their institutions on an efficiency basis. Man named Mark paid e.xi COTTON HURT BY EXCESSIVE RAINS ? >- . .. . Cool Weather Not Good For Best Gemmation of Crop Washington* May 3.?Conditions affecting the cotton crop during the week ending yesterday were described as decidedly unfavorable by the weather bureau today in its weekly weather and crop review. Reports summarized by the bu reau hi its review said that gen erally it was too cool for best germination and growth of cotton and this was combined with exces sive rains west of the Mississippi I river. ! "Cotton made fairly good prog ress in a few Southern Texas counties where chopping' out was underway," said the review, "but elsewhere the advance was poor and the unfavorable conditions for germination will make much re planting necessary in both Texas j and Oklahoma. The weather was j somewhat more favorable east of I Mississippi despite the rather low [ temperatures, and planting made I fairly good progress in most dis ; tricts, although there was some de lay hi portions of this section also. "Beneficial rains occurred in Southern Georgia and much early planted cotton is up to a good stand in Southern Alabama, but the condition and progress are poor generally in Florida. East of the Mississippi river planting pro gressed nearly to the northern limits pf 'tffce* belt." Rains, in Florida, the review said, [ improved citrus frut in some lo I calities, but the fruit is dropping ! heavily, in the central and southern j portions of the peninsula. South j eastern Virginia strawberries are j going to^ market. j Tobacco showed improvement in j South .Carolina, but it was too cool j in the, lower Ohio valley for- any i marked improvement there. Truck crops were retarded by cool weath er in the southeast. ?'. ? ? Plant Some Soy Beans. Clehison College, May 2.?A few farmers make a success of raising a new crop the first time they try it. It "is quite likely that next year* a great many farmers will want to try some new crop, especially where cotton fails this year, says**Prof- C. P. Black we'll, agronomist, who sug gests that the soy bean is one of the most promising crops and be lieves" it would be a good idea for any farmer to plant a small*acre age of soy beans this year, in or der to.learn the method of handling this new crop. It is not an expen sive crop to grow as it does not require a heavy application of fer tilizer; it may be cultivated with a cultivator almost entirely, requir ing little work with a hoe; and it may be harvested by machinery. Thus one man can handle a large acreage. It is a crop which ha^i many .'uses, as it may be grown as a soil building crop, as a cash crop, or as a forage crop, j The safest variety to plant for i seed production it the Mammoth I Yellow,.which should be planted in j rows about 2 1-2 to 3 feet apart [and at the rate of about 39 pounds, [per acre. It will generally be best I to fertilize with about 150 to 200' I pounds Of acid phosphate per acre j On land that is known to be very J low in potash a small application I of potash may be necessary, but no ! heavy application of potash is j needed. Oh most soils it is not j necessary to apply ammonia, j though on very light sandy soils a i little ammonia would probably in ! crease the yk d. Being a legumin ous crop, soy beans take nitrogen j from the air and as a general rule i make. then- best seed yield when ! not fertilized with commercial ,' ammonia. j On land where the soy bean has I never grown, inoculation is advis ! able but on land where it has been '? grown in the past, the soil will be already inoculated. Most of the soils of this state are inoculated or ! soon become inoculated when this ; crop is planted. ? '-? Mr. Morris C. Lumpkin of Co i iumbia. State Commander of the American Legion, and former As sistant Attorney General, will ae liver the principal address at the memorial day services. The temporary advance in the : price of cotton should not encour age anyone to plant a single hill of I cotton. There is more than enough ! cotton already planted to feed boll J weevils. A man often gets knocked cold while taking a drink to warm him up. ' _ Conan Droyle tolls us what hea ven is like. Cuss your wife's folks to lind out what hell is like. "All mankind feels an urge back to the wild.'* And as we study the headlines, it occurs to us that.it hasn'i far to go. Chant auqtin Week Here. May Mh to May 10th