The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 20, 1922, Page PAGE 2, Image 2

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-The Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday and Satur day by Osteen Publishing Company, i '? Sumter, S_. Terms: ; . $2.00 frer annum?in advance. Advertisements: One. Square, first insertion -_$1.00 Kreiy subsequent insertion ._- .50 . Contracts for three months or longer will be made --at reduced r?ties. AH communications which sub serve, private v interests will oe charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re ject will be charged for. -The Sumter Watchman was founded hi 1S50 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman Southron- now has the coci hined circulation and influence of hhth of the old papers, and is man the best advertising medium [""Sumter. & BIG MAS .What is happening in Genoa, is important. What is happening in Washington is important. At feast, diplomatic and governmental do irags areT much talked about. Yet perhaps what :s happening in ita Rosa., Cal., is more import it than any of the contemporan eous events that fill the eyes and ?a.rs oi the world. - There. Luther Burbank, aged tr?t $etive:as ever, is going ahead tjuietiy with his work. A newspaper correspondent drifting in to see him . the other day learned that Bur haiak has a new variety of oats, superior* to: any yet produced, with no "jacket" and therefore no waste. There must.be bilhons of potential value'in that. His new wheat, for which he rc J ceived $4,000 for a single bushel, has been awarded first prize in j . Canada. It is unquestionably the i finest wheat ever grown. More i i . billions of value for the future. His famous potato has been ofj more value to mankind, he thinks, than anything else. He has a new barley, too, and many new fruits^ He has produced, in 10 years, a walnut tree whose j wood' is worth 10 times as much as j that of the ordinary walnut. He ! "chtas developed walnuts with shells I So thin that the birds ate them, j I and he, had to thicken them again lQ? .protection. ?. ' Food is the* primary <need of the human, race. Burbank. working unobtrusively for future genera tions., mabe greater ifhan all the ; statesmen and warriors whose deeds >:" and words bulk so large now in ^'hitman estimation. Standards of ~ judgment, are usually queer, and the world has seldom recognized its ?*v hwaefectors. 1 ??- ft ? - JKjQ^WTSG A PUBLIC CAREER , Something new in American life is ^revealed in conection with the death of K. P. Davison, the Xew York., banker. ^ He himself divided his energies between two fields of activity, fi """".nan?e and public servdee, tending rr?ore and more to emphasize the latter in his latest years. With two s??o.to inherit his fortune, he gave gg -each a choice of careers, pointing out that public service had better ?\' ^ Uncomplicated with business. The- younger son., H. P. Davison. ,Si., chdse to follow in his. father's footsteps as a banker. The. elder. F- Trubee Davison. much to his ?' >? . -?' lather's satisfaction, declared for ? pub.**? serv'ce, with- the under standing that he would never be as rich as he might become in a Isoney-inakiug pursuit, but would have enough to live on in comfort able, independence. What this amounts to is the en '^owment of a public career, in the ca?e of a young, man considered exceptionally gifted and well qUal . -ified for such service. F. Trubee C Dfivison is alreadj'.in the Xew York legislature- Il? all accounts of -iJiiim are correct, he may go far. The example is an admirable one, as regards both father and son. Tlv-re * " is nothing that America needs more ' 'today than the dedication to her service of capable, high-minded young men of what, in other coun "tries, is sometimes called "the rul '> ing class." * - SPEED ARITHMETIC Somebody with a head for figures - has worked it out that driving six - miles through a city at 30 miles an hour only gets you where you V ^"an.t to go five minutes sooner than driving at 20 miles an hour. The difference in danger between 20 and 30 miles an hour in traffic n -&t all heavy is very great. And ?f ter the speedster has saved his five minutes, or. less, what is he going I to do with it ? Master Douglas China. Jr.. re ceived a broken arm on Wednesday afterc'/on in-the old fashioned \.a>. ' &e was* cranking a small racing automobile. "Dug" states that he knew just what to do for a broken \. arm as this is the third time thai he ha.f carried one in a sling. chamber of ^ COMMERCE NOTES Secretary Reardon of Cham ber of Commerce Makes Announcement . An important meeting of the di rectors of the Sumter Truck Growers' association will be held at 6 o'clock- tomorrow, Friday evening, May lath, at -Sumter Chamber -of Commerce and every director is urged to be present. Sev eral matters of interest to the pro ducers of truck have to be discussed and attended to. such as, securing a place for receiving, grading and packing, and also the question of securing shipping containers - must be looked into, as beans will be moving in a week or more from this county in quantities. 'The directors of this* association are expected to cooperate in helping the farmers to market truck as well as to market the truck produc ed- by the directors themselves. Cooperative marketing means get ting together : and ^helping each other out by . mutual action and mutual selling and by mutual pur chasing of shipping containers, etc. Every township has a director who is expected to look after his section of this county in getting the truck growers organized. for profitable marketing. Teh Succes sor failure of the truck business this year means -much to Sumter county in the future, and the directors of the Sumter Truck Growers' associa tion are among the heading farm ers and business men of this city and county and much depends upon their leadership atod* their advice and cooperation to assist their fel low, citizens in marketing - their truck to the best possible advan tage. Trucking' and dairying are going to he big- ieatures in agricul ture, together with poultry, hogs, grain, potatoes, fruits, and other products to largely take the place of cotton. The Sumter Truck Grow ers* association which was started on a modest scale, rather late for this year's selling possibilities it is true, is nevertheless an important institution which " must be kept functioning, and every director of. this association and every member has an opportun, ty by doing his part to ma&e- this -association and to make the truck?? industry fit in well and profitably with dairying, hogs, fruits, grains, and poultry, eggs and other marketable pro ducts. & - ~ ? ? : ?? NOTABLE ORGAN 5 RECTTAIi. Dr. Baldwin Delights Audience at Winston-Satem. ' The organ recital at "West End Methodist church by Dr. Min?r C. Baldwin, famous concert organist, was one of the outstanding events of a musical nature in recent years in Winston-Salem. Considering conflicitng evepfs; the audience was a large one and everyone who heard the remarkable program rendered by Dr. Baldwin was de lighted. Most of those in last night's audience knew of Dr. Baldwin's great fame as ah organist. The others immediately realized as soon as the first'number was ren dered that the instrument was in the hands of a real master. Every number was given with consum mate skill and artistry and the whole made up a program was re markable. # ? ' "I have heard organ recitals be fore by noted musicians but I nev er before heard anyone get the Wonderful effects secured hy ? Dr. Baldwin," sadd a; local music lov er who is much interested in the organ. And others expressed themselves in a simliar way. In a program of such excellence it is difficult to pick out any num ber as better than the rest, but among the outstanding features of the' program last night were Bach's "Great Toccata:" "Scher zo," by Bo'ssi: "Reverie" and "Consolation.* by Dr. Baldwin; "Adagio et Minuet," by Haydn, and Schubert's "By the Sea." The ef fects secured by the organ in the last number were' no less than marvelous. Dr. Baldwin's own numbers were received with much enthusiasm.?Twinj-City Sentinel. "Winston-Salem. N. C. j Dr. Baldwin will give two organ J reeitals in - Trinity Methodist j church Sunday. May 21st. one at :3:30 in the a^Crtt?otf and one at [8:30 in the evening; . i COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON. Yestdjs Open High Low Close Close .19.9? 28.08 (9.84 19.95 19.94 j March .. _ 19.75 19.89 19.65 19.84 19.70 May .. .. 21.25 2J.4C 21.13 21.386 21.27 July .20.35 20.54 20.20 20.39 20.35 Oc5..20.(5 21L37. 20.00 20.18 20.17 Dec.20.07 20.26 (ft,93 20.09 20.08 Spots 3 up. 21.63. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Yestdys Open High Low. Close Close jJsm.19.25 (9.44 19.2( 19.25 19.25 I March _ (9.07 19.20 I8.9A (9.02 19.07 May .. _ . 29.09 20.02 19.82 26.02 19.90 jhily .(9.92 20.23 19.85 (9.99 (9.90 ;0ct.(9.70 19.85 (9.56 19.67 (9.68 Dec.(9.48 19.68 19.39 19.52 19.50 ! Spots 12 up. 20.Of). Liverpool Cntton. ??nu*nr ._ . M.36 I . I (.23 jfay . H.86 iu,>' . 11.76 ; December ? ? 4, I Hcrcipts jo.ooo: SaU-s. 15.000; Middlin-' .12.00: Good Middling. 12.4.1. A mad dog was shot Thursday j by police Officers Lawrence ; and H. DuRant. The dog had got I ten after a small dog on Hampton i avenue and was found by the offi j eers at the corner of this street land Church street. The dog was ja common brown curr and seemed 1 to have been in need of a few ; j^ood meals. j Belfast. May 18.?At Past four ; were killed and others wounded a* j the result of a wild night of fir ; ins: in the Marrowbone district. ! with police and soldiers battling [with gunmen. The shootintr eon i tinues. To-day's Best Jokes and Stories ;_ "An intensely ' human sex play." Oh, well, man wa^ made of dirt. Apparently the Irish will never finish fighting until they have a fight to a finish. _____. Well, why shouldn't a man give ! his wife an allowance? Heaven knows she makes allowances for him. ?: Life is a funny proposition, and j about the only women who can't j afford a maid are those who need | one. Tn Ireland there is too much re-! ligion in the politics, and over! here there doesn't appear to bej enough. { We're at a loss to understand how anything so practical and sen sible as radio ever became a popu lar fad. Very likely the photographer gets the joyous smile on Taft's face by reminding him that he isn't presi dent now. This put-and-take craze is be- j ginning to affect the collection plate. Too many put a nickel and j take a quarter. The nations arc inclined to be generous, but Germany is warned that , the line of least resistance is a chalk^line. The total amount of hate in the world that isn't occasioned by envy is something less than one-half of one per cent. Well, if the public should keep up the highways for freight-car j rying trucks, why shouldn't it keep up the railways? After government devises a way to control sound waves, it may feel encouraged 'to take a lit-; tie interest in crime waves. If it's hard for a rich man to get to Heaven the tax collectors are pretty good evangelists. ' The chief fault of philosophy is that when you are climbing you don't need it, and when you're go ing down hill it won't work. We can understand almost every thing except the argument that world conditions should make a $1."> apartment rent for $60 the month. Finding a man big enough for the job is merely a matter of placing a mere mortal in charge and letting responsibility do the rest. If it takes but a few years to make an alien a proper citizen, why does it take 21 years to make a proper citizen of one native born? As they say in the large town to the northeast, "if you live anywhere outside of New York you are only camping out." Of course a large percentage of these ignorant 'peo ple have never been outside of New York but nevertheless it is this same spirit that has helped to make New York as it has other large cities. If you live in a town boost it. If you like it. darn it. boost it. If you don't like it, damn it, leave it. And while we are on this boost ing subject may we mention a word about the price of cotton. Look what it did in the past few days when they learned up north how Sumter county had reduced acre age, 3tarted a canning factory and a creamery. * A Gory Order. A young woman who was not familiar with the language of railroad men happened to be walking near a depot where a freight train was being made up. As the freight train was being backed up, one of the brakemen shouted: "Jump on her when she comes by, run her down beyond the elevator cut her in two and bring the head ? nd up to the de pot." Screaming "Murder!" the young woman turned and fled from the spot for dear life.?Pacific Mutual News. It Pays to Laugh. Mandy?"Is you all the reper bate judge?" His Honor?-"I am the judge of probate. Mammy." Mandy?"Ise come to you all 'cause r*se in truble. mah man? he's done died detested and I'se got t'ree little infields, so I'se cum to be appointed der execootioner." A Personal Inquiry. A negro boy walked into a drug store and asked permission to use ' the telephone; then he called up , Mr. Jones and the following con versation took place: ' j "Is this you, Mistah Jone's?" j "Yes." ""Well, Mistah Jones. I saw yo' ad in de paper the other day and yo' wanted a boy. Did you get one?" ?-Yes." "Is he giving' perfect satisfac tion?" "Yes: he's giving perfect satis faction." "Well. Mistah Jones, provided this boy don't giw perfect satisfac tion, you call me at ">04." The boy turned and started out and the druggist, who bad over heard, remarked: "You didn't do any good, did you'.''' "Yes. sah." came the reply. "I'se de boy what's working down there, Us jest checking up to see how 1 stand."?Forbes Magazine. Help. Help! j Haverhill writes: "I am writing A':0 ask if you will kindly let me I know how 1 can make my husband (take a bath. Doctor, he has taken only two baths all summer, and now when he is near me I can smell that terrible body odor, i am ashamed to think T am so near one I love dearly who can be jo dirty. I bathe myself and the children always when he is home to show him how nice and clean we are. but it does no good." Reply. There is no law on the subject j and the government cannot help ybu out if they wanted to. Are i you and- the children strong enough to catch him and scrub him? That's the way you would handle a dog.?The Signature. From the Chestnut Tree. "Was the dinner cooked to suit you?' ' "Yes. all but the bill. Take it back and have them boil it down." ?Xew York World. ????? j First Surgeon?"What did you operate on patient No. 2 for?" Second Surgeon?"Five hundred dollars." First Surgeon?"You don't un derstand. I mean what did the patient have?" Second Surgeon?"Five hundred j dollars."?Life. VACANCIES AT UNIVERSITY j ;_ New Marshal and Professor of j Engineering to Be Elected j Columbia, May 17.?A new mar- j shal at the University of South Carolina will be' selected by the faculty on recommendation of the president of the institution, at the June meeting of the faculty, the new marshal to succeed Ben Haile, who was killed in a double tragedy at the institution two weeks ago. For the time being E. B. Smith, who is connected with the proper ty department at the University, is acting as marshal. The selection of a new professor of engineering, to succeed the late Prof. M. Goode Homes, killed in the same tragedy, will be a matter for the board of trustees. No ac tion is expected in connection with this office for several months yet. It is understood there are num- j erous applications filed with the j University authorities for the two j positions. MAYOR COLEM AN TALKS STRAIGHT New Mayor fo Columbia Tells People How to Help Sup press Lawlessness 1 'V Columbia, May 17.?The new Columbia administration began yesterday. \Y. A. Colcman was sworn in as mayor, and M off at. B. Du pre and Sam L. Sweeney were sworn in as councilmen-elect. Re tiring Mayor R. J. Blalock admin istered the oaths. . The hold-over members of the council are: Fred I D. Marshall who is mayor pro-tern t under the new regime: and F. S. j Barle. Mr. Coleman will have I charge of the police department, j In an address to the people of the ! city on being inducted into office, j the new mayor called on the public to aid in the enforcement of laws. "Quit buying l?juor." he challenged, "for when you do you know you are disregarding the law, thereby arraying yourselves with the boot ; legger in his war against God and j mam - Stop serving liquor in .your j homes, stop drinking it at clubs. I parties and dances, and in a short time the bootlegger will go out of j business." ; ? jLake City-Scranton Shipping Beans I Florence. May 1C.?The Lake j City-Scranton section of Florenc? j county is shipping 12 to 15 carloads of green beans to the eastern and I northern markets every day this ! week, L. H. Lewis, extension ser I vice specialist in marketing, re j ports from his headquarters in I Florence. Lake City is moving ifrom six to 10 cars of beans every I day while Scranton is moving three I to five per day. The movement commenced the last of the past week, during wh .a several carloads were forwarded. The peak of the movement will j come this week. j This section of the county has j made an excellent bean crop, gen erally speaking, according to the best reports obtainable. It is be ing marketed through local organ ization, with the assistance ,of the marketing specialists of the exten sion service. The success of the Lake City jScranton section is demonstrating j that Florence county is not de j pendent upon cotton and tobacco j She can grow truck and get a good j market for it too. 1 BAPTIST ' ' CONVENTION ASSEMBLES Jacksonville. May 17.?Jackson ville today became the chief Bap tist city of the nation as thousands of members ;md visitors to the Southern Baptist convention ar rived from eighteen states for the opening session of the sixty-sixth [annual meeting. E. Y. Mullins, of ; Louisville, was re-elected president, i Rev. J. .J. Taylor, of Leaksville, ? X. C. was named as one of the four vice presidents of the Baptists. Reports coming from 111 * - section I of Clarendon county, about four : miles beyond Manning, which was 'visited on Sundav bv a terrific hail j storm, art to the effect that a great 1 deal of damage was occasioned, j One lady of that section reports the l<?ss of eighty-five chickens in addition to other damage. Much orits and :i good many acres of tobacco were totally desti'oyed. One j little boy, it is stated, gathered up [ at about o'clock tin- following morning, a bucket of hail stones that had remained upon the ground even until that hour. Some men succeed in lit*-Others ca rry umbrellas. CRIME RAMPART ON IN CHICAGO Labor Gang Set Fire to New Building as Evidence of De fiance of Authorities Chicago, May 16.?Open defiance of the efforts of the police to check an outbreak of labor warfare which has terrorized the eitj for two months, was seen tonight in a spec tacular fire which partially de stroyed a 70 apartment building under construction at 7711 Sheri dan road in the heart of a wealthy residence district. Starting at several points on the first floor the flames spread rapid ly through the $500.000 structure and practically all fire fighting ap paratus in the northern section of | the city was called before it was J brought under control with half the building in ruins. Workmen on the structure were j employed under the Landis wage' award, and police declared that the j fire was but another step in a cam- ! paign of terrorism directed against the award which was made by for- j mer Judge Landis sitting as medi- ] ator in a wage dispute between the ! building trades workers and con- j tractors. The award was accept- j cd by the contractors but has been I actively opposed by several of the unions which were dissatisfied with its terms. The fire followed several days of quiet during which the police have been checking up much evidence seized last week in raids on union headquarters, the arrest of more than 150 labor leaders and the in dictment of ei^ht including Fred Mader, president of the building trades council, in concction with the i slaying of two patrolmen by four bombers who escaped in an auto ; mobile. Letters were received last week j by assistant state's attorneys warn- j ing them that if "Big" Tim Murhpy j and "Con" Shea were not released [ fires would be started in buildings j under construction. The letters set ?the time limit for the release at last | Saturday. I Investigation of the fire showed j that it was started simultaneously | in several places and had been pre ceded by the explosion of a bomb. : Two women in an adjoining build ing told police they were warned by a man shortly before the fire was discovered that the next build j ing would soon be in flames and j that they should flee. [' "Get out. This building is going I to burn. You'll hear an explosion in a minute. To h? with the Landis (award." the man shouted to Mrs. j Mary Corbett after calling her to j the door of her apartment. He then hurried to the apart I ment of Mrs. P'rances Choate. wife j of an off icial of Sears Roebuck & {Co.. and repeated his warning. Mrs. I Choate was bewildered by his words I and asked him to repeat them. In ! answer he attempted to pick her i and. then fled. j Squads of patrolmen armed with i li-ifles ?vere rushed to the building 'and a search begun for the man. j The loss to the structure was placed j j at |200.000. i STATE OPTICAL ASSOCIATION - i j [Miss Hannah Kristiansen, of | Sumter, Elected Vice President Columbia, May 17.?Sam Katz. of j Greenville, was elected president of { the State Optical association, which j i adjourned its annual convention I here yesterday afternoon. A'iss [Hannah Kristiansen. of Sumter. was ? elected first vice president; W. C. j Ezell, Spartanburg. second vice j president; Felder Smither. Green j ville. secretary - treasurer. The 'members of the executive commit tee are: John T. Wise, Grange burg, chairman: C. J. S. Parsons, j Charleston: G. M. Williams. Rock Hill: R. A. Brown. Greenville; George F. Mints. Edgefield. The man who scans the headlines thinks Mont Reily in Porto Rico is an active volcano. Winthrop Athletes j Get Great Welcome j Misses Goldbold and Kennedy! Met by Representatives of College at Station Rock Hill. May 1G.?A befitting welcome was accorded Miss Lucile God bold and Miss Margaret Ken nedy, on their return today from New York, where Miss Godbold took individual honors in the elimi nation meet Saturday and won the distin *ion of being one of seven j American women chosen to rcpre- j sent the country at the Olympic j meet in Paris next August. HeadeJ by Pres'Jent Johnson I and members of the faculty, about j 200 students were on the recep tion committee that met the return ing-athletes at the station. Gaily decorated automobiles were used as the mode of conveyance and President and Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Bartletl. head of the physical training department, took the two young women in charge. At chapel the hour was given I over to the young women, who: told most interestingly of the trip | and of the meet Saturday. They stated there were large representa- j tions from various women's schools! in the north and east, each of the j contestants being accompanied by coaches and trainers, who would cover them with blankets and rub them down at the conclusion of each event. The attention given them amused the South Carolina girls, who at the conclusion of each | event stood calmly awaiting the j next. They said.they felt somewhat lonesome in the mist of such a gathering, there being thousands assembled for the meet. Under the rules the college send ing a contestant to the Olympic pays half the expenses and the Na tional Track association the other half. Winthrop's part of Miss God hold's expenses was raised in half a minute during chapel hour this morning. Miss Godbold won two firsts, two seconds and one third out of the seven events on the program, at the meet. She totalled 17 points, making the highest individual score and putting Winthrop fourth in the contest. CLOSE RACE IN PENNSYLVANIA i - Philadelphia. May 17.?Com plete figures will be necessary to j determine the Republican nomina I tion for governor in yesterday's pri mary. Nearly two-thirds of the state heard from says Attorney General George E. Alter is leading iGiffoi! Pinchot, former state for-; t ester by twenty-five thousand. The j last estimates, however, showed i Pinchot leading in sixty-one of I sixty-seven counties in the state, j Senator George Wharton Pep per, the incumbent who was ap pointed by the governor, won by a substantial majority over Congress ' man-at-Large William J. Burke for nomination to be United States senator to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Bosie Penrose. Senator Pepper's Democratic op ponent in the. November election will be;Judge Samuel E. Shult. NEW STATE BANK I EXAMINER ! Columbia, May 17.?Gov. Cooper j yesterday announced the resigna | -.ion of James H. Craig. state bank i examiner, and at the same time an j nounced the appointment of W. W. ! Bradley to succeed Mr. Craig. Mr. Bradley will assume his new du ties this morning. Mr. Craig resigned to accept the posiiton of treasurer of the Tri State Tobacco Growers* association of South Carolina. North Carolina j and Virginia, a responsible position j Mr. Craig will continue his asso ciations with the banks of this state in his new work and his family will continue to reside at Ander son. Mr. Craig and Mr. Bradley have been associated in the state bank 1 ing department for something more than seven years. For nearly four years Mr. Craig has been chief examiner and at the head of the department. CONDENSED REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, S. C. j At the call of the Comptroller of Currency at the close of buei?esa May 5. 1922 RESOURCES I LIABILITIES j Loans and Discounts.$ 786.243.97 Capital Stock _$ 100.000.00 I !iV??d?*}*t --------- 1 .?? 96 SurpllJ (earned)_ 150.000.00 j United States Bonds. - ill.000.00 ! Other Securities_ 27.330.12 Undivided profits Banking House_ 35.000.00 (earned)-. 25.650.63 (ash in vault and in Circulation - 40,100.00 Banks _ 160.148.15 Deposits -. 790,145.57 5 per cent. Rcdcmp- j lVlUs Payable- None lion Fund. 2,500.00 Rediscounts - None Total..$1,123.800.20 j Total .$1,123,890.20 DEPOSITORY OF THE United States, Postal Savings Fund, County of Sumter and City of Sumter "We solicit Accounts of Corporal ions. Manufacturers, Merchants and Individuals. I The National Bank of South Carolina Of Sumter, S. C. The Most Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY Capital $800,000 Surplus and ProMs $280,000 STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE Give : s the Pleasure of Serving YOU. The Bank With the Chime Clock. C. G. ROWLAND, Pres. EARLE ROWLAND, Cashier Sumter, S. C, May 16,1922 Editor, i Dear Sir: j The time has come, at last, when we can announce to you, and ail our friends that after many months oi hard strug - gling, we have succeeded in settling with our creditors, and [will soon be ready to start business at the SAME ? OLD STAND, 22 South Main Street, Sumter, S. C. j In order to conduct business on. safe and conservative methods,, we have come to the conclusion to discontinue J- : r .... - * ..... - .. " -. v.tj our branches at Manning, Bishopville, Summerton and other places and con centrate our entire forces at Sumter and Lancaster. We have moved all the . merchandise from all the branches to Sumter and have assembled one of the largest stocks of dependable merchan dise under one roof, and one of the best ever seen put out at a public sale. Thus being very much overstocked with goods, which must be disposed of in order to make room for doing busi ness and in order to raise the ready cash to pay up the banks and others who had faith in us and furnished the money to carry out this transaction, we are going to put on an EXTRAORDINARY Sale just as soon as our large clerical staff is able to sort out the goods so that it can be put on sale, the date of which will be announced later in this paper. Now, Mr. Editor, you know we have had a hard struggle for the last eigh teen months, we, like you, and everyone in the south have lost heavily. But we want to tell you that we have not lost courage or hope in the future, and will work hard to solve the economic jg problems by hard work and cooperation with our friends, without outside help. With this purpose in view, we are ready to accept payments IN FULL, for ail our accounts appearing on our books owing us, at the same rate we have set tled with our creditors, provided pay ments are made on or before the first" day of August this year. We are sure our friends will appre ciate our efforts of fairness in modern merchandising, and be with us, as they used to be in the past. Watch our special bulletins as they I appear on our windows from time to time. Very truly yours, THE BATTERY, 33 S. Main St. Sumter, S. C. Next Door to Hotel Royal, Lancaster, S. C. THE SAME OLD YELLOW FRONT.