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Hie Walclmu?i and Southron Published Wednesday and Satur day i>y Ostaen Publishing Company, : \ Sumter, S. c. ||| Terms: . $2.00 per annum?advance. Advertisements: . Oj>e ??.tiare,-first insertion .-$1.00 ^Every subsequent, insertion .50 Contracts, f?r three months Or longer will be made at reduced rates. p AH communications which sub "sorve private interests will oe charged Cop as ^advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re-j spect wifl he charged for. The - Sumtftr. Watchman was bonded in IS 50 - and the True Southron ift i 8 6 6.?. The Watchman and Southron now has the com bined circulation and influence of hoth of the old papers, and is man ifestly the >est advertising medium Iii Stfmte*. - A XKARIA WAGE A new plan for a minimum-year- j ly wage for the garment industry ! is" being considered by the Inter- j national Ladies' Garment Work- i ers Union. It calls for an unem- j j:'^?oyment fund to which both em ployers and employee would con % ifabuW^ofi the ground "that it Ls an .obligation of the industry to pro vide ,4or; the regular .-workers a guaranteed yearly compensation." It seems that the average work ??sfeiis^idle about 100 days a" year. The proponent of this plan believes .thai if it is put into operation it will help t? stabilize the trade, and will make it imperative for manu facturers to work out , means of making * it more regular and less seasonal in its employment. Thoughtful employers would be i ^lad to obviate the seasonal na-j ture/of the trade, because it would 1 sreatly- lessen the labor turnover j and utilize the machinery to better j advantage. Frenzied rushes fol lowed by idleness are good neither for a bu^ine.<s advantage nor for the human beings engaged in it. : WhetherJthe garment trades suc ceed in carrying out this plan to, a satisfactory concision or not, it! seems to have ? suggestion for the; equally , seasonal coal industry. Might not.the cor.slderat'on of the whole "coal- business on the basis! of a yearly; minmum wage ser\'e: is *a handle by which to take hold } of the situation ? *' ~ ANOTHER ALLIANCE j ? . - ? ? ' j Tm?r--arinonncemf^t that France i and ,-Belgium had concluded "anf airtight pact for joint action in no ( jfiatter what: circumstances" came j aV Another shock to people who h?%-e\hqped for an end of that sort of thing , 'How long ago it seems since the months of the war and the 'j^^dp?ii' after the armistice, ^eii^ralllions everywhere were. ^38Sm^?lt'"no more alliances or! balances? of power" but a general cogoje^p^n for the benefit of all!! To^injjft^he League of Nations of- j fe?i?d *p^mise of such a result, j confe^jjiting 'as 'it' did a sort, of ?J|ten?e-' of all countries which j WouJd: eliminate ~ partial alliances: i^^'g0?ji^B of powers, t Tjhaz'lfope- seems to have failed ? 3By'ftii''^4oSo:ig members of. the j Le?^^^-p'ledged to stand by each J otheiv.ajid ? supposedly guaranteed in their rights by virtue of their ra&khership, there has been one al Han?f?oWher after another! this ??^^Belgian pact' is- simply the "jfe?-?^gatns emphasis :.f rom thie j fact thai it Ts "the second alliance ar- j ranged since the opening of the i Genoa -conference. The German- : m pact was 'probably more! f?ci;nl and fu'l of potential; 'rouble. There is also a French- j Polish, ailiance, the alliance com-; prising Czecho-Slovakia, Jugoslavia,! &nS ffcoumahia and generally known ? as the "Lltle Entente", the Anglo- j S^tifteh aHiance ai:d others of minor! importance. One thing at least brings a note fc'f "cheer. It is the fact that these j Alliances are made* public, as pro- j tided 'by the Versailles treaty and j "as fte-jnanded by modem sentiment, | iriitead..of being kept secret ae-j cording to the dark methods of the j diplomacy. Still,-the American; public would rather not hear any j more/for the present. Every one ^f them-seems to postpone the gf-n- j eral getting together on equai j terms which forward-loo king pco- ! pie now regard as the most desi?- ? able way of handling international! - i affairs. THE DOPE WAVE Many people imagine that, be tfaulse- there has been considerable agitit'ons in this country against narcotic drugs and some corrective legislation has been exacted, the "evil is greatly reduced. There is Jtrtle evidence of such improve ment,- - ?:. The most convincing proof of the spread of deadly drug habits is the <?nsamption of opium and its products. ' It was bad enough back in 1909. when the United States \ used 470,000 pounds of opium, many times as much as all Europe together, and nearly 30 times* as much as Germany. France or Great Britain. Teh years" later, however, th? American consumption had risen to 730.000 pounds, and those who keep track of the traffic say the increase still continues. Ways have been found to get around ail of "the corrective laws yet advised. The "dope" is not only imported in regular ways and and then diverted to improper purposes, but vast quantities are smuggled in. Methods of sales manship are worked out with dia bolical cleverness. The worst phase of the whole ugly business is said to be the systematic distribu tion of samples of heroin, codeine, { or cocaine among school children. I They acquire the habit easily, and i then they are customers for life. There are hundreds of thousands i of recorded victims in the country,! and estimates of the total number I . ? ? x i run into millions. The evil ought to be taken more seriously by the pub lic, the press and legislative bodies than it has been taken so far. THE HEDGE PROFITABLE j A" nature Writer suggests ihat if I you are going to have a hedge you j may as well have one with money t hanging from it ready for your picking. He* proposes a hedge of currants, or gooseberries or black berries or raspberries. Some of the latter, nowadays, are "everbearing", and ? productive of desserts, even if not of canning quantities, right through the summer. According to the American For estry Magazine, a productive hedge may be as beautiful as a non-pro ductive one, and the non-productive hedge is always a liability. It has tc be cared f?r. mit and sprayed just tit? same a* the productive one. A berrj kedge along the outside of one's estate is liable to be a| temptation to' the passing small | boy, but if it is well cared for, it will produce enough for the house hold besides, and the hoy's good will is extra. : ' ? - ? STRENGTH OR GRACE? A public lecturer; director of an art school, said recently that physical education should aim at "strength for men and grace for women!" He objected strenously to what he knew of modern physi cal education for girls and Women in the high- schools and colleges. Why ;n th& world, he inquired, should girls do stunts on the rings, jump the gymnasium horse or twirl around on parallel bars? And still more, why Should girls play baseball? Esthetic dancing, training in posture and grace were what they required. Let the other things be left for the men. In discussing these statements a coAege senior who spends>:x hours a week in gymnasium activities, in cluding indoor baseball, said: "is there a real reason why a grace, ei woman should not knowj h^tr to think quickly and act promptly and understand-team co operation? Those are some of the things baseball teaches women." Said her father: "Is there any reasoh why the round-shouldered girl Should not have her muscles strengthened to a point enabling \ her to straighten her posture and maintain it correctly? As.I under- j stand it, that is what many of the : so-called stunts' enable her to do." j Almost any phyiscal education; teacher will say that girls love the "stunts" and spend their free time before class playing with ap paratus. They do not stand around j in corners practising graceful ges- j tures. But any physical education j teacher who is awake to the pur pose of her teaching, as well as its method, knows that health is the first consideration, and that every bit of apparatus work, every game and daneirg step, properly under stood and taught, does help to cul- j tivate not :>nly health but also grace both of body and spirit. GOMPERS Ai>f>-BOLSHEVISM j It is not surprising that Samuel j Gompers opposes strongly any rec- j ognitlon by the United States go - ! eminent of the Soviet government of Russia He has stood firmly against allowing the American Fed eration to be eaten through with Bolshevism. He has, at every turn, opposed Red-ism with American ism. It has not been an easy fight for the veteran, nor is it over. Mr. Gompers very wisely urges Americans to beware c i* "now-we are-good" propaganda "poured out of the Moscow machine into the ears of the world." He does not want the world to forget that it is hardly a month since Lenine said: "We encountered the fight against us by instituting terror* a threefold terror. If it becomes necessary again we will have it once more." In many respects,' though not all, Mr. Gmvers is on firm ground. And in fact, the agreement of the powers to assist Russia with loans and materials does not say any thing about political recognition. The important thin;; in the Rus sian muddle is to keep clear as to the exact situation. Nobody can oust the Soviet government but the j Russian people. Nor can they do i it until thev are on their feet, nor! - ?? . ? ! can they get on their feet without outside help. It's" going to be a ticklish course j to steer nations and governments j through the mess without recogni- j tion of the Reds as rulers of Rus- j sia, but perhaps it can- be done. Meantime, Mr. Gompers' warning | of the dangers involved comes not amiss. A Cleveland scientist who has been making' experiments with "ether drift" says his results cast doubt on the Einstein calculations. It's a hard world for ordinary, un scientific folks to grope about , in. If science isn't even positive that it is relative, what in space is it.! anyhow? j * * * I The. woman who is thought to ! ... . ? ? . i have killed three husbands to get the insurance money says she has j had three proposals since the death of her last husband. Some'men! will dare anything. i TOO FAT? i If you are a man of 30 years, and j you weigh 30 pounds too much, j your chance of living to be 100 is} only half as great as it ought to] be. So says New York's health com- I missioner, Dr. R. S. Copeland. "I know; absolutely how to live to be 100 years old. and I don't practise wmat I know. There are j in this country 3,500 men and wo men past iOO years of age, and there is no reason why the average man should not attain the century mark." The great trouble with most5 people is what Dr. Copeland con - | fesses?they don't practise what j they know. Surely there cannot I be any large proportion left who} have not yet heard the gospel of j fresh air, sound sleep, exercise and j wholesome food .in proper p'ropor-j tibns. A great many of them, in! fact, do not want to practise what! they know. They prefer the pres- j ent pleasure or the present indo- i lence to the more or less shadowy j future, with its very uncertain ben- j efit of living to be 100. More and more people every j year find out, however, that the present pleasure is greatly en- j hanced by good health, that present ? indolence is far less enjoyable than'] present exercise followed by well earned rest. The excess baggage which is a product of lazy living and uncontrolled appetites, is of no good to the carrier or to anyone else. When the pounds and puffs j have given way to leanness .and! power, when the will and character j have been strengthened by the ef- j feet, then life begins to be worth I living again. And whether it con-1 tinues to 100 is a minor detail, not J because today is bad, as it used to be, but because today is good. THE TENANT'S IXXTXG '. . I "Moving day" in New York is j said to have been a glum day for I landlords. There w as a great pro- j cession of tenants moving, with their effects, to the suburbs. Large i ?. . t numbers of flats are left vacant. I Landlords have been obliged to compromise oh rent and improve- j ments. i Likewise in Chicago, where there is a sort of strike against landlords, with tenants refusing to pay high rents and establishing tent colonies. J Likewise, on a smaller scale, all' over the country, wherever rents; have been so high as to arouse gen- ', eral resentment. The landlord has had his inning. Now it is to be Hie tenant's inning. I He insists, reasonably enough, that I rents must be deflated along with other costs of living, and the big j increase of building helps his j cause. Another year or two should j see rents quite reasonable again. If the tenant is wise, however, ? he will not press his advantage un- | duly?as many a landlord did? | when he finds fate playing into his j hands. What is needed in the real estate business is some general ; agreement, in -every section and j every community, as to what is a I fair percentage of return on prop- j erty. Then, with valuation < s- j tahlished, rents could *>c figured j out on a basis mutually.satisfactory ; to landlord and tenant. y*?ry much! as interest rates are adjusted her tween lender and borrower. - There's many a rough neck in a stiff collar. I BETTERMENT OF tl f CONDITIONS I *r? Business Situation Compared With That of a Year Ago ! London, April 15.?Trade and industrial conditions in this country on the whole are, in the opinion of experts, steadily improving though somewhat slowly. Xo big revival has materialized, but there has been a continuous betterment of conditions, a seem ingly healthy growth, that has sat isfied traders more than any sud den "revival" which might have been jbuilt on shifting sands and would have collapse, leaving matr ters worse than before. One outstanding indication of the trend of affair.-: is that money is easier and more is being loaned, which indicates confidence in the trade situation generally. Encouraging reports come from various trades, notably coal, tex tile, and pig-iron. General Jiving conditions have improved, com modities having dropped in price and there has been a decrease in unemployment, although it is still large. In seeking for an unbiased state ment regarding conditions from an authority, The" Associated Press turned to Robert Skinner, the American Consul General in Lon don. In response Mr. Skinner gave the following statement: "While governments undoubtedly continue to have their very serious difficulties of a political nature, there are signs of improvement in business which is much less de ? ' J'i pendent upon the activities of gov-j ernments than might appear to be the case. The recovery of trade! is taking place very slowly and un-1 everttfufly but to realize that it is recovering, it is only necessary to recall, for exa*mple, the state of this country just one year ago. "At the moment there was- much polit^c-rtl ? and industrial unrest, troops in large numbers were on active service, the coal industry'had closed down and dependent lines were necessarily affected. Prices were high, unemployment was much greater than at present and the psychological factors disturbed. "It seemed a year ago as though Great Britain had lost her foreign coal market, but today it-rs obvious that this has been ? recovered to a great extent. "The Manchester Chamber of Commerce tells us that hopes of a moderate revival of trade with In dia have been realized and that in quiries from India and China have been numerous. Egypt also has placed a fair number of orders. South America continues quiet. "India, for many years the great market for British " cotton goods, has become herself a manufactur er of such goods. "China has become more or less a manufacturing country absorbing, say, 100,000 bales of American; cot ton last year. South. America nota bly Argentine and Brazil have, be gun to manufacture textiles and generally all countries give signs of interest in domestic manufact ure. While this shifting of. pro duction from one place to another creates certain difficulties, on the other hand,. ?ar .from indi cating depression it suggests the reverse condition. Britain and United States ex ports: from.thercityiof London are suggestive. For the three months ended March 31, 1922, declared ex ports from London to the United States aggregated ?7,870.399 plus merchandise valued at .$1,272,589 j which was invoiced in American { currency only, as against exports j for the same period in 1921! amounting to ?7,201,675. "If we remember how prices have dropped since a year ago we shall at once see that not only has there been an increase in values but still greater increase in ojuantities. The large single items of these exports; which show increase are: leather, precious metals, gums, linens, scrap metal, aluminium, linseed oil, and copper concentrates. "One hesitates to pick out these cheerful symptoms for purposes of | optimistic discussion because it is j always very dangerous to prophecy j and yet he would fail to recognize j the prevailing indicatiors as most encouraging. - # ? ? .i. Boarders realize there's no place j like home when they see strawber ries on the market and prunes on the table. Some women brag about the men j they could have married because the fish that gets away seems the! biggest. Two married people can live cheaper than one single man in love. In England, a Ford license Is more than $100. They don't like a joke. Money doesn't talk as much as people who have mom y. For the sake of his professional pride, it's probably a good thing Jesse James died before our time. Some people think they are in tellectual just- because they skip tlit* sport page and read the scan dal stories. In some instances there is suffi cient evidence' to convict the wo man, and in others the woman is+ good-looking. Not enough married men leave, their business cares at ihe office, and too many leave their good manners there. Tbe equator, they say, is not ?ber?- it was." Perhaps it K<?t t<?o hot there. ? ? ? <"nst of living is said to be drop ping about one per rent a month. First loo months are the hardest. * ?:-wj~?m The man who has been kicking about the coid weather will stljbfrt"be kicking about tile hot weather. j To-day's Best Jokes ?ndStbries ? Hint to executives: Youp can't I develop a spirit of team-work and j your ego at the same time. I The most appropriate place for ja male person to wear a wrist ! watch is on his wife's wrist. Success is largely a matter of marrying the right woman and let ting nature take its course. - J The length of time between strike I and settlement depends upon the j length of time between meals. _ It isn't a moral sense that makes I flapper seem offensive. It is har I dening of the arteries. 1 Hell doubtless has its draw backs, but there probably won't be any smell of Turkish cigarettes I there. The average American never j feels truly impotant unless he is ! spending more than he can afford. What has become, of the old fashioned young man' who felt wild and wicked when he smoked a cubeb ? i It's much easier to impress the neighbors than to impress the man who makes the loans at. the bank. "Another thing that encourages us to awake and breathe the early morning air is the early-morning fly. ? ? "Habitual law-breakers are usu ally mental defectives." We some times fear this is true of habitual law-makers. ? Christ healed the woman with ah issue of blood. His spirit can h'en.l those who suffer from issues of liat currency. The financial wizard usually : winds up by getting free board and clothes, and that is considerable accomplishment in times like these. ! Willie Willis: "Pa, what do they ? mean when they say a woman is dressed in the 'height of fashion'?" Papa Willis: "About an inch above the knees, my son."?Town Topics. ' Boy to His Dad: "Dad, can you sign your name with your eyes shut?" \ .His Dad: "Certainly." Boy: "Well, then shut your eyes and sign my report card."?The Boys' Magazine. 1 . "Why the golf sticks? I didn't know you golfed?" *i don't. These are merely to im press a bank president. I'm going to strike him for ? loan."?Louis ville Courier-Journal. ?;. "How is it you have such a good memory, Norah?" her mistress in quired. "Well, mum, I'll tell ye. Since ine childhood never a lie have I told, and when ye don't have to be taxin' yer memory to be remem berin" what ye "told this' one or that, or how ye explained this or that, share ye don't overwork it an" it lasts ye, good as new, tell ye die!"?Chrisitna Advoeale. The conjurer was producing eggs from a top-hat. He addressed a boy in the front row. "Your mother can't get' eggs without hens, can she?" he asked. "Oh, yes," said the boy. "How's that ?" asked the con jurer. "She keeps dncks." answered the boy.?Rural Life. "Robert," said the mother stern | ly to her offspring who had -Just broken a window with a baseball, "I'm going ' to give you a good whipping?hot because you broke the window, but because yon broke your promise to me that, you would stop playing ball near the house." "Aw. ma." whimpered the boy, "can't yon do it for breakin* the window? Dadil have to lick some body for that.?American Boy. Mother (apropos of young son): Well, what's keeping you from tak ing hold of the youngster and mak ing him behave? I Father: No, no: not armed in tervention?an economic penalty. (Take away his dessen.?Le Rire !< Paris). I _ Mrs. Worth had just learned that I her colored work-woman. Aunt I Dinah, had at the age of seventy i married for the fourth time. "Why. Aunt Dinah." she exclaimed, "you surely haven't married again!" "Yassum. honey. T has.' was Aunt Dinah's smiling reply. ".Tes' as j of'en as de Lawd takes 'em. so will j I."?Ladies' Home Journal. i Mrs. Skinner (across fence): 'it il had the family skeleton you have jl wouldn't parade it before the ? neighbors." I .Mrs. Sapp: "No, you wouldn't, if ^'ou had a family skeleton you'd i probably sell it to a medical i school."?-Boston Transsrript. ; It was a wet day. and as the [.pretty girl entered the crowded I ear a man ros+? to his feet, j "No. you must not give up your I seat; I insist," said the y<>nn^r wo i man. j "You may insist as much as you i like, miss." was tin- reply. "Im get jlirig out here!"?Erie Review. !. "A" Operator: "Has -Marjorle j an.* education along musical lines?" j "Ii" Operator: "1 should say so! ; Name any record and she can tell you what's on the other side."? iTelephon?- Review. - j A Japanese h<>y came to the home !t>f, a minister in Los Angeles re ??cently and applied for a position. I Now.it happened that the house ; hold was already well supplied with I servants, so the rr mister's wife said, j "I am sorry. bu!.*we:* re'ally'liaven't j enough woi\ to keep another boy I busy." ; "Madam." said the Oriental po ; litely. "I an; sure that you must j have. You may not know what a j little bir of work it takes to keep : me employed."?Tokio Times. I Patron of the Arts: "Eighty i five franes? That's' rather expen ! sive for the work of a painter who's : still alive." j Art Dealer: "Well, you might ! give me the money, and T'll see 'what can-be done about it."?Le : Matin. t . _ i . - i The Boss: "I'm afraid you are j not qualified for the position: you don't know anything' about my business." Applicant: "Don't I. though: I ! am engaged to your stenograhper." I?Boston Transcript. "I want," said the very plain i girl, "a book entitled 'Cultivate j Your Natural Beauty.' " j "Here it is," said the clerk, who j wanted to be sociable. "Are you J getting it'for a friend?" ! And the very plain girl put her ? purse back into her bag and went ? right, out. ? Philadelphia Retail i Ledger. ? i \ Willie (to his father who had ' recently married the second time): I "Ther'fi a shop in the High Street j just like you. daddie." Father: "Shop like me? What I do you mean ?*" ' j Willie (getting near to the door): j "Why, it's under entirely new man I agement."?Edinburgh Scotsman. "You had a forty-dollar gas bill ! last month," said the dry agent, j '-The wife has-er-been doing; a i little canning," said the home dis j tiller. .? - ? ' "Hum. T want to sample -some of ;the stuff." "Wife," called the home distill j er. in quavering tones, "open a can j of salmon for the gentleman."? i Birmingham Age-Herald. P He (lingering in the hall): And, ? dearest, we shall grow old togeth I cr, you1 and J. i Her Father's Voice: Well; you J j needn't start doing it down there, j I need you??Boston Transcript. ? j "When Is your daughter think I ing of getting married?" i "Constantly.'?Tbe American Le ; gion Weekly. ': Mrs. Baring: "Do you know, | I Mr. Jolly, that your wife is the | j most tactful woman I ever met?" ? ! Mr. Jolly: "She's a mai*vel. j You'll hardly believe it, but she hasj managed to keep an Irish cook and ; j an English housemaid for your I years:"?Judge. ? ? * I ? "The slump in business doesn't t seem to worry MacTavish in the I least." ' ; ' i j "On the contrary, he's tickled to J j death because he has so much more I time- for golf." j Biltohr "What do you consider: j the meanest act a man can do a j woman?" ! Mrs. Billon: "Will her a fortune : payable at the age of C;V The latest fad in the United I States is for men to carry photo j graphs of their wives inside the I crowns of their hats.- An enter 1 prising firm is specializing in extra : large f rowns for the. State of I Utah.?Eve. Algernon (city cousin): "What ! has that cow got the bell strapped! 1 'round her neck for?" i I Bobb: "That's to call the calf [ ? when dinner's ready." ? Home | i Chronicle. 1 : . . - ..... I "So you've been speculating in j the market, have you?" "Not at all; I always lose my I I money on sure things."?Judge. ! "I wonder how China feels about j j the peace conference?" "All broken tip."?Judge. i ? First Italian: "Oh, looka data; j bird on da rubber plant!" ! Second Ditto: "Sure; he" gutta j percha."?Harvard Lampoon. "Papa, if I was twins would buy j ! the other boy a banana too?" "Certainly, my son." i "Well, pap, you surely ain't go- j ling to cheat me out of another; banana just 'cause I'm all in one; i piece?"?The Futurist. "A lobster in a hurry, waiter." "Yes, sir; I'll attend to you right ' away."?Boston Transcript. In a small town a man is known ; ! bv the things he tries to conceal. ! '- i As a rule, a grouch is just the; triumph of a yellow streak ovex ; ; good nature. ; _ It occurs to us that whatever; I may be the matter with the world! it isn't gray matter. _ \ Civil service enables efficient men ; to hold their jobs on and on until, tie* other party gets into power. j - j j Tb?? headlines indicate that thej list of hazardous occupations may j vet include that of being a husband. France isn't alone in her trouble.' A l<?t of credit men in the country ; know how to .sympathize with her.; -m~?~m Harding s.mokcs a corncob pipe.! Bet his wife is mad. ? 9 ? We don't know bow much edu- i cation there is: hm it isn't enough.I -1?mt ? m I Sutne of these new drivers think a train ought to take t?? the woods; w hen it sees them coming. WANTED?You to come to the! Service Barber Shop. Just been i put in repair. All new and clean. ? Opposite the post office. L. E. Cubbage, J. L. Mooneyham. j Funeral Held Pop . .Charles Wood. The following: is a clipping tak en from the Wilmington Dispatch. The deceased is a brother of Mr. F. A. Wood of Sumter: Funeral-service for Charles E. Wood, for 40 years a member of Wilmington's police force, who died Sunday afternoon following a stroke of apoplexy, was held from St. Andrew's Presbyterian church yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment was in Oakdale ceme tery. The service was conducted by Rev. .1. E. Purcell, pastor of St. Andrew's church, assisted by Rev. J. A. Sullivan, pastor of Calvary Baptist church. Mayor James H. CoWan, com missioner of puhlio safety, made a most impressive talk at the church. He paid a beautiful tribute to the deceased and he was profuse in his praise for the entire police force. Mayor Cowan had previously di rected a. letter to' the entire force calling Upon them to attend the funeral, and practically the en tire force responded to the notice. In addition there were hundreds of other friends of Mr. WOod who went to pay their respects to the memory of Wilmington's oldest po lice officer. Many beautiful flora! designs, in cluding one sent by the police de partment, were placed on the grave. The pallbearers were May or James H. Cowan, Commission ers J. E. Thompson and R. C. ?Cantwell and Chief Claude C. C?shwell, honorary, and apt.. W. C. Wo?l?rd, Sergeants W. R. Ap pieberry and E. J. Grimsley. and Officers S. H. Fulford, J. S. Bryant adn E. M. Sessoms. active-. Record er's court, which Was in session yesterday afternoon, recessed for the funeral hour. ? Mayor Cowan's letter to the police department with reference to the death of Officer Wood under date of May 7, reads as follows: "One of our comrades In arms has- fallen. One who yesterday was in our midst, companionable and apparently in the full bloom of health, has answered the final summons. "Charles E. Wood has entered info eternity. Last night attentive to duty, faithful to his trust and alert to- protect the lives and property of a gr^at city. Tonight he lies silent and lifeless. Truly, in the midst of life we are in death." '"He was a patriot to his duty, a brave warrior in the perform ance of that duty and a sentinel who was always alert at his post. Hfe was a credit to the Wilmington police force'and his memory is'not only sweet to us personally, but, in the manner in which he lived up to his trust', sets up an example worthy of emulation and adds lau rels to the history of the force, which we l?ve and in which we take pride. "A veteran in the service, yet he was always a youth in vigor and in spirit in the discharge of his duty; Whether in the heat of summer or the ' bleakness of the Winter-^and no matter the hardships, no.mat ter the danger. A valiant soldier has gone to his eternal slumber. "There is a great bond of friend ship and comradeship that links the brotherhood of policeman. Perhaps, it obtains its greatest strength because" they face dangers and endure hardships together and stand sh?ulder-to-shoulder in the front line trenches in protecting the safety of the public and in ad vancing the weal of the commun ity. Only those who have served in the great ranks can appreciate the difficulties that beset the path of the policeman, the obstructions that he encounters and must over come, the rigors of weather that he must meet. Yet he must always 'carry oh,' no matter the trying circumstances and no matter if people just fail to understand. For that reason' above all others, no doubt, the tie of brotherhood is stronger. So when the Grim Reap er makes his visitation a message of deep grief is sent to the hearts of the entire fore- and a remem brance of keen sorrow' is left with them. ' ? ? ? He. who always has a kick coming finds it eventually arrives. Generals' nam^s in the Chinese war sounds like a, juggling team. j SAVANNAH TO BE BRIDGED ! Chatham County, Georgia, Votes Bonds For Half Cost of Bridge Charleston. May 10.?Chairman R. G. Rhett Of the state highway {commission, today echoed the sitis ! faction felt here over the suecess | ful outcome of th'1 Savannah ( bridge bond election yesterday, as I This assures The Chatham 'county's i share toward the building of that I $600,000 span over the Savannah j river, an important link in the 1 coastal highway route. The Char j leston-Savannah highway, nrnst^ i ly sand^gravel, will, it is said, be 'completed before the bridge is ready for use. South Carolina and j federal aid will provide the rest "of J the- funds for the bridge.' * I ??'>' j Federation of Music Clubs Offer j Prizes to American Composers. j Peoria. Til.; May 4.??s a sfira i ulus to American composers, the j National Federation of Music Club?;" 'today announced a prize. compe Etition for musical productions, I which will be performed at the (thirteenth biennial festival of the organization at Asheville, X. C, in June. 1923. The prizes total $2.000, and are divided into ten classes including a lyric dance drama, for which ?1,000 is offered. $400 for the lib retto and ??;0O for the compo : sition. ] The competition is open to all ? American citizens, it was announcr led by Mrs. Helen Harrison Mills, of j this city, editor of the Official.'^Bul letin of the federation. Mrs. Mills istated that Mrs. Edwin B. Garri gues. chairman of the division of American Composers, Philadelphia, Pa., was sending out detailed infor mation concerning the competition. The list of prizes follows: Class 1?Lyric, Dance, Drama? j $1,000.00. ($400, Libretto?$600, Composition, open to Any American citizen). Class II?Chamber Music^-f500. (Poem, "Spring in Sicily" by Cecil Fanning). Class III?A One Act Opera? $500. I Class IV ? Women's Chorus? j $250. j Class V?Trio for Violin, ViOlin j cello and Piano?$150. * j Class VI?Chorus for Unchanged Children's Voices?$100. j Class VII?Violin Solo?$100.' j Class VIII?Federation ,-Ode? I $100. -? ' , j Class IX?Violihcellb Solo?$100. ! Class X?Song?$100. . s -, g ? - I Products of American Industry. Washington. Ma? ?' 4.-?American: productive industry's output reach ed the enormous total of $87,000, 000,000 in gross value in 1919, Cen sus Bureau statistics,^ x. , The [unprecedented total, undoubtedh^g I due. to some extent to the hig^H I prices prevailing in that year, ? O an increase of 186.7 per cent.? $56,600,000,000, over 1909 wM year's products has a gross vaiue^[ I of $30,400,000. The statistics of {productive industry, which em I braces manufactures, farm products I and mines and quarries products.^ as announced by the Census Bu-* reau for 1919, follow: ? . Manufactures, gross value, $62, j 418.078,773, compared with $20, I 072,051.^70 'for 1909. j Farm products, gross value, $21,425,623,614, compared with $8,494,230,307 for" 1909. Mines- and quarries products; gross value, $3,158.463,966, com-, pared with $1,238,410,322 for 1909. ? m m ' \ With a war in China, that fa > mous open door is marked "Exit." ! ?- ? ? O j Any boy can tell you that auap ? pie a day"v on't* keep the doctor * ! away if it is a green apple. j - --. I 666 Cures Malaria, Chills and Fever, Dengue or Bilious. Fever. It kills the* geraos. . CONDENSED REPORT OF THE CONDITION' O** ' THE FIRST NATIONAL-"BANK (ill OF SUMTER, S. C. At the call of the Comptroller of Currency at the close of business May 5. 1922 RESOURCES . LIABILITIES Loans and Discounts.?. 786,249.97 Capital Stock ___.__$ 100,000.00 Overdrafts . 1,667.96|e , t ??' United States Bonos.. 111.000.00 i S"rp,u* ? - 150,000.00 Other Securities_ 27.330.12 ! ^divided profits Banking House. 35,000.00 j (earned) ._ 25,650.63 Cash in vault and in ! Circulation -1 49,100.00 Banks . 160.148.15 j Deposits -._. 799,145.57 5 per cent. Redemp- ; Bills Payable. None tion Fund. 2,500.00 ! Rediscounts . None Total .il,123,896.20 j Total.$1,123,896.20 DEPOSITORY OF THE Cnited States, Postal Savings Fund. County of Sumter and City of Snmter YVe solicit Accounts of Corporations, Manufacturers, Merchants and Individuals. The National Bank of South Carolina Of Sumter, S. C. The Most Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY Capital $300,000 Surplus and Profits $280,000 STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE Give ns the Pleasure of Serving YOU. The Bank With the Chime Clock. C. G. ROWLAND, Pres. EARIJE ROWLAND, Cashier