The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 03, 1922, Page PAGE 2, Image 2
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. '^3&et Sumter Watchman was
? ^c??ed in 1850 and the True
Southrjon In 1866. The Watchman
0^ SoothroS ;n?w has. the com
t^|? escalation and-influence of
JW^SS of tke old papers, and is man
i&fely^ilxe best advertising medium
Si^Si?nter,
? RE^OKTORIAIi HONOR.
"Willis ~Vickery. a veteran
of the Ohio bench, ad
a law school graduating
^bs^m"tega* ethics", held up the
aper. profession as a model of
jess, saying:
Jf VI' iave, been dealing with re
tire for nearly 40 years, and
&C? once have. I been 'double-cross
es* or had a confidence broken by a
They respect confidential
religiously. The attorney
iSbuld do likewise."
. c^ig is worth remembering the
\mit^iame somebody makes sl shal
few remark about newspaper men
being trustworthy.
*^Oiie of the most curious miscon
?cptU>ns about newspaper work is
/t&e; notion that a reporter or ..edi
tor always tells all he knows. If
Bl^wrspapjers did that, it might blow
? tife jq&isffL 'most any town. .
CfeSSES HERE AND ABROAD
Q3?uch improvement has been
~&fg^ in this country- in-the reduc
tsjih; of fire losses. One American
^laT^cf about- 1,000,000 people
;j|pti&j? it was doing pretty well
^fe^y?ar? in view of its rapid growth
r^a?^jnnitiplication of bxfiMings. in'
.$?w^ng only 3.801 fire alarms. That
& ft thought so until it learned that
I>osd?n, with several times its
IH9^?tion, got along last year with
fire alarms, and was all wor
^?^Cfvertie size of those figures.
cSj^'may be that Americans turn
ij^.Sre alarms on: slighter pre
tfaga the English do. Our fire
jents may be more of gen
ial ??irty organizations, to rescue
?r^>'*'aing boys and get the family
tat down from the top ,pf a tele
- i?feone pole, along with fighting
conflagrations and putting out a
t?oie m the garbage can. Still,
^ke tact ienrains that they have re
rsarkably few fires abroad, compar
-%3L'> with us.
^ Brick construction does it, some
^^fervers say.. But it's people that
$$art firfes; and a careless person
Can start.one even in a, brick house.
COIXEGE FOR Bl
\i j?&5 meat packers. are serious
considering a plan submitted by
Thomas E, Wilson for a packers'
co!5*ege. "a great national educa
Hofial institution, offering specializ
ed collegiate instruction to young
men "intending to enter the packing
industry, with a technical researcl
tjtate and an industrial mu
seam."
' '. ? * ?
. "The butcher business is cer
Jzfnly making progress. It isn'1
since "packing." was as simple
4* ft?oeking a steer m the he?
Sft an ill^smelBng country slaughter
Iswfce and hawking the meat aboi
^fee town.
^''Various industries," says Mr.
Wilden, "have their education!
ieeders, but the packing industry.
fchicn is the largest fo them, has
S*me."
-''That is true. and. suggestive.
"Ifee-"steel industry, the railroad in
ry, the automobile industry, t?*
mltural industry, the textile
r -
and chemical industries, and num
erous others, all drew heavily on
colleges and technical training
Schools. Why not the meat indus
try, then? Surely it is as import
ant to train people for feeding the
world as for taking care of its other
\ And along the same Hne the sug
gestion is not inappropriate that
jSdbfle in the business of creating
: new schools of specialized technol
it would be an economic sav
ing to have special schools for the
development and training of col
lege ., athletes^?football, baseball.
? *^k?t ball and tennis stars?who
wonlS not be handicapped in trie
effort to attain proficiency in their
chosen avocations by the necessity
Qf giving considerable time to class
work, as they are now supposed to
do in the regular colleges. Both
thb classical colleges and universi
ties and the students who attend
them, for the purpose of acquiring
fctook learning and scientific knowl
edge, from laboratory work, would
"be. enabled to specialize on their
courses. " Tue college presidents
would cease to be pUshed into sec
ond place by athletic eoaches, botb
on the payroll and in publicity de
partment, andthe students, who. by
hard study, achieved proficiency
would receive a measure of honor
and acclaim. When faculty and
i students desired to- obtain a thrill
from watching the gladiators per
form on- the gridiron or diamond
they could buy a seat on the
bleachers. The average college
wottld lose notbing by dispensing
with the sort of athletics that they
now encourage and permit to over
shadow the legitimate work of the
institution, and the average stu
dent?a large majority of the stu
dent body of a great majority of th%
colleges?would not be deprived of
the opportunity for necessary ex
ercise and physical development,
for, as is weti known, only a chosen
few, the gladiator types, now take
any part itt the athletic, activities of
the'colleges. The average student
sits on the grandstand and cheers
-they also pay admission lees to
see the games to help support the
teams that uphold the honor and
prestige of the college. This is a
day fo specialists, and it is about
j time to begin specialfeng on col
lege athletes, with separate and
distinct schools for the training of
fotoball and baseball stars. This
would eliminate the evils of pro
fessionalism in college athletics, do
away with ringers and other shady
practices in colleges and put sport
on a purely professional basis,
where it belongs. Then real college
\ student, who is training his mind
for a profession or business, could
'be required to take regular exer
cise, sufficient to keep him physi
cally fit. .'
"Reports indicate a short crop of]
Western, lambs," says a govern*
ment buiiietin; but there's no short- j
age of Iambs in Wall street.
Henry Ford wants to buiuld a
[street at Muscle Shoals 70 miles
long. And when it's finished, no
I doubt there will be a solid row of
flivvers parked on. each side for th*
[whole distance,
... * * . .*
Russia stiurf? juit on her offer]
to borrow money from any country
that will wipe previous loans offj
J the-slate. .....
I * * *
'Most anybody could buy about 1
as much for $75 now as he could J
jfor $100 a year ago, if he had the
$75. ;"
* #. *
May be a good way for the drys;
to discourage this agitation for
beer and light wines would be to
let home brewers seil their pro
duct for a. little while in the open
market
* * *
When the returns are all . in, the
allies will probably find that the!
j indemnity they've collected Trom |
Germany amounts, in round num
bers, to 000,000,000,000 marks.
CIVXLIZATIO X
It is expJaintd that the tragic
loss of life on the English liner
Egypt when rammed in a* fog was
due to the conduct of the Lascar
crew. The East Indian sailors ter
rified by their danger swept aside
the women and children and seized
the life preservers and lifeboats for
themselves. The result was the
death of scores of passengers who
might have been saved along with
the sailors themselves, if the latter
had kept cool heads and shown true
sportsmanship.
Compare this sordid picture with
that of the ship printer, a man
named Genner. as the sip was sink
ing. He had buckled on his life
belt when he saw a woman unable
to reach a lifeboat and possessing
no belt. He took off his own belt
and handed it to her, saying: "I
can't swim, madam; but no mat
ter. Tell my wife at Dover." The
[woman was saved, and he was
drowned.
It is the difference between civili
zation and barbarism. "Noblesse
j oblige". And because the white
! race possesses this quality in high
jest degree, the white race is su
i jvreme. "He that sa^eth his life
i shall lose it."
COTTON MARKET
NEW YORK COTTON.
j Yestdyi
Open High Low Clow Clo3?
;jan _ ?19.77 19.92 19.67 19.84 19.81
March .. .19.69 19.89 19.52 19.62 19.64
July _ .. . 28.65 20.89 29 35 29.46 20.65
lOct. _2C.20 20.34 19.96 20.13 20.25
?Dec. .. _ .20.02 20.17 19.83 19.99 20.04
i Spot? 2* off. 2I<*.
MEW ORLEANS COTTON.
j YeatcSys
? Opes High Low Clone Close
? Jan. .. _ .19.28 T9.43 19.15 (9.22 19.30
March _ i 19.89 4 9.14 18.93 19.00 19.07
July .. _ .20.55 20.63 20.16 20.16 20.50
Oct. .19.80 19.92 19.55 19.65 (9.84
Dec .. .. .19.48 19.65 19.31 19.40 19,50
Spots unchanged, 20.5$).
Liverpool Cotton.
i January ._ . 11.25
j Marek .. f f.io
: May ._ . 10.98
July . i -. 11.88
'? October.... 11.33
i December . ,_r ? . |f.32
Receipts. $.000: Sales 10.000; Middling.
; 12.1--.: Ciood Middling. 12.C0.
j Political pie is never humble pie.
jBethune Fantier
Commits Suicide
J. Clifton josey Fires Fatal
Shot into Head Because of
III Health
Bethune, May 31.?The com
rrronity was shocked this morning
when it was learned that J. Clifton
Josey, prominent farmer, who lived
about six miles below here, had
taken his own life/
Early this morning Mr. Josey
went o?t to his barn to milk his
cow taking his pistol along with
him. Within a few minutes his
son, who was a short distance
away, heard a pistol shot. Going
to\the barn, the son found his
father's body lying in a pool of
blood, the pistol lying beside the
body and the bucket of milk on
.the ground a few feet away. Mr.
Josey fired the fatal shot through
the head, the ball penetrating the
brain.
It is thought that bad health and
financial troubles were the reasons
.for Mr..Josey taking his own life.
He was about 54 years of age
and is survived by his wife and one
son.; - \ ; .- \ \
LIBERTY BONDS
REACH PAR
?
For First Time Since Date of
Issue?Much Trading Fol
lows
New York, May 31.?For the
first time since the date of issue,
all Liberty bonds today sold at par
or better. Heavy trading in Lib
erty bonds at highest prices and
transactions embracing several lots
of $1,000,000 were the outstand
ing features of the bond market.
Continued ease of money and in
vestment buying^ by individuals and
corporations in anticipation of June
interest and dividend disbursements
gave stimulus to the day's exten
sive purchases of these war flota
tions.
Maximum and minimum quota
tions of these bonds so far this
year afford ? interesting compari
sons. The high of 100.06 for the
3 1-2 s compared with a low of
94.48; the first 4's of 1932-47 sold
as low as 98.10 and as high as
100.10.; the second 4 l-4*s of
1927-42 ranged from 95.80 to 100;
the third 4 1-4's of 1928 from 96.82
to- 100.04 and . the coupon fourth
4 l-4*s, in. which dealings often
have been . very large, ? rose from
95.72 to 200.04.
At the low quotations of last
year most of these bonds were
yielding from 5 to almost 6 1-2 per
cent. On the present basis of val
ues the 3 1-2's net exactly 3 1-2
per;cent, and the 4*s and 4 1-4's.
from 4-to 4 1-4 per cent. In fine,
predictions of treasury officials
made-early in the year that all of
Uncle Sam*s-war flotations soon
would reach par, or better, have
been fulfilled.
ROPERTOBB
CHIEF DEPUTY
Major Jones Announces Selec
tion of Acting Head Deputy
to. Succeed Bradley
?
Columbia,-June .l.r?Maj. John
F. Jones, collector of internal reve
nue, yesterday announced the ap
pointment of W. F. Roper as act
ing chief deputy collector. Mr.
Roper fills the vacacny caused , by
withdrawal from the service of
W. R. Bradley, who held the place
for several years. When Mr. Brad
ley was made acting collector no
chief deputy was. appointed to
succeed him.
Mr. Roper has been chief of the
miscellaneous and sales tax depart
ment for a number of years and
is well fitted for his new work. He
has been with the revenue depart
ment for seven-and one-half years.
He is from Trenton.
CALL ON
PRESIDENT
[James H. Manning Out For
Reserve Board Job
Washington, May 31.?Senator E.
D. Smith called at the White House
today with former State Senator
James H. Manning, of Latta, S. C,
who is a candidate for the addition
al position on the Federal Reserve
Board, which was created by the
recent legislation initiated by the
South Carolina Senators. President
Harding was very cordial. He told
Mr. Manning that geographical
consideration might not weigh in
his favor in connection with this
position, but that his claims would
receive the most careful considera
tion.
Since they bring booze by air
plane, the upkeep of the overhead
is what makes it expensive.
Love laughs at knocksmiths,
I An Englishwoman has launched
'a crematiop campaign; but there
are lots of British not dead yet.
A rolling: stone can't swim
When a man goes fishing or
plays golf while1 his wife goes to
church you know who's noss.
As a general-thing the man who
says he hears the call of duty
means that he hears money talk
ing.
A Russian train arrived a week
late. They use a calendar for a
time table in Russia.
The "obey" is being taken out of
marriage rites. Some take it out of
the prohibition law also.
A hair breadth is .00017 of an
inch. That's the distance autos
are said to miss pedestrians.
Fish caught this year are not
as big as those caught last year:
hut they will bo next year.
To-day's Best Jokes
and Stories
Another Labor Shortage.
Two Irishmen died and. (because
of the lives they led) one went to
heaven and the other in the oppo
site direction. About three days
after their departure, Mike, wor
ried as to the condition his friend
might be in, called down:
"What are ye 'doing, Pat?"
"I'm shoveling coaL"
"Do you worruk hard?"
"Not very. We have, shifts. I
worruk only about three hours ev
ery day. What are ye doin' ?"
"Faith, an' I'm sweepin' off the
golden stairs."
"Do ye worruk hard?"
"Yis, very hard. About eighteen
hours a day. We're very short
handed here."
A certain judge, after passing
sentence, always gave advice to
prisoners.- Having before him a
man found guilty of stealing, he
started thus:
"If you want to- succeed in this
world you must keep straight.. Now,
do you understand?"
"Well, not quite," said the pris
oner: '*but if your honor will tell
me how a man is to keep straight
when he is trying, to make both
ends meet,.I might."
Somewhat Similar.
"Did you ever, hear anything so
. perfectly wonderful?'.' exclaimed1
the daughter of a Cleveland heating
and ventilating engineer as the
phonograph ground out the last
notes of, the latest thing in jazz.
"No." replied her father, "I can't
, say I have, although., I once heard
a collision between :.a trucklo?d of
empty milk cans and a freight car
t filled with live chickens."
Ethel has a powder .puff
That . lets, her put on just enoiign "
So Harold's, coat wpn't get . all
white
As they discuss the moon each
nighC
They AH Advertise*
A hen is not supposed to have
Much common sense or tact.
Yet every time she. lays, an egg
? She cackles forth .the fact,
A rooster hasn't .got a lot
Of intellect to show.
But none, the less, .most roosters
have .
Enough good sense to crow.
The mule, the most despised of
beasts. <
Has a persistent way
Of letting folks know he's around
By his insistent bray.
The busy ifttle bees they buzz,
Bulls bellow and cows moo, '
The watchdogs bark,, the ganders
. quack,
And doves, and pigeons coo.
The peacock spread's his tail and
squawks, . *
Pigs squeal, and robins sing.
And, even serpents know enough
To hiss before they sting.
But man, the greatest masterpiece
That nature, could devise,
Will often stop and hesitate
Before he'll advertise. .
f .,
A Lesson to Husbands.
The man had been out in the
cold all day and his feet were very
ehilly indeed. So he opened the
cook stove oven and put .his sock-/
feet inside.
Pretty soon there was a loud
snapping noise, and his socks
tightened at the toes.
Removing his feet from the hot
oven and taking off his socks ?s
rapidly as he could, the man found
large white, irregular-shaped ob
jects attached to his toes.
Ah ha! His corns had popped!
?Farm Life.
Retired But Tired
"I've farmed for thirty-seven
years," said Siwash Siltenborn,
"and spent my time at grooming
steers and coaxing tardy corn. I'm
calloused how on hoof and hand
and lame in back and mind; I'm
; weary of my square of land and this
(eternal grind. It's harrow, har
jness, haul and hitch, it's hammer,
hoe and hay: it's plow, and pull,
and pack and pitch, it's pail, and
plod, and pray.' I've earned my time
on Easy Street, my day on beds of
idown, so soon I'll turn my weary
feet toward softer times in town!"
So Siwash sold his ancient land,
its stubble, stock and sod, and
' banked in cash. I understand, a fair
and tempting wad. He settled in
a cozy shack with not a tap to do.
except to sally forth and back, and
smoke a pipe or two. He gets his
mail at ten o'clock, at or.e, and
three, and five, and drones about
the price of stock, of honey in the
hive. He stops in-at the black
smith shop, the lumber yard and
store, to tell the village clerk, or
cop. about the days of yore!
"That was the life!" he tells them
all. "Twas busy, full and free:
'twas pep and go both spring and
fall?it was the life for me? There's
nothing like the farm. I swear, the
pumpkins and the pens, the kick
ing colts and brindle mare, the
meadows and the hens! Search this
old globe from head to heel and
no better job you'll find?but this
old aimless loafing deal is sure an
awful grind!"?rJ. Edward Tufft in
Farm Life.
? ? ?
The hard surface roadway on the
Mayesville road will be completed
to the city limits before the tobac
co;season opens, but the section
between the. terminus of the city
asphalt near the tobacco warehouse
on East Liberty street and the city
limits where the county highway,
begins, will remain in its long
standing bad condition unless some*
thing is done to improve it. Is m
possible for the city to pavo thisj
section without next few months?
Would the abutting property o%vn
crs agree to have the paving done
under the same conditions that
prevailed when the balance of the
city paving was done? The con
tractors who are working on the j
Mayesville road could probably do
the work cheaper than anybody
else, being on the ground.
First MoveToward
Railroad Strike
Leaders of Union Getting
Ready to ? Call Oat Nearly
Half Million Workers
Detroit, May 30 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?The executive
councit of the United Brotherhood
of Maintenance of Way Employees
and Railway Shop Laborers this
afternoon unanimously adopted a
resolution instructing E. F. Grable,
the president, to send out strike
ballots .to all members of the or
ganization and all non-union work
ers of the crafts affected by the
wage cut ordered by the railroad
labor board Sunday.
President Gr?bel announced .the
ballots would be sent out immedi
ately and that if the workers de
cided to strike in protest against
the cut, the walkout would be ef
fective about July 5. He estimated
4.78,000 members of the union and
about 72,000 non-union workers
would be asked to vote, virtually
every railroad in the country with
the exception of short lines and
electric roads being affected.
The resolution adopted by the
executive council which is compos
ed of the officers of the union speci
fied the ballots should ask whether
or not the workers were willing to
accept the cut and declared if they
were not "the union will use the
full economic powers of the organ
ization to resist the reduction of
wages ordered by the labor board."
President Grable said afterward
he expected the returns would be
in by July 1, explaining in case of
a strike vote he was empowered
to cajl the men out and he fixed
July 5 as the tentative date by
which arrangements could be com
jpleted to put the'strike in effect.
The wage cut is effective July 1
under the board order.
Houston. Texas, May 30 (By the
Associated Press).?The convention
of the International Brotherhood
6f Locomotive Firemen and En
ginemen adjourned today until
Monday without having taken ac
tion on. the motion to authorize the
president and secretary to prepare
instructions for firemen to leave the
service in event the railroad labor
"board should hand down a decision
reducing their wages.
The motion, it was said, appar
ently looks to the future in sug
gesting that general chairmen pre
pare in advance instruction blanks
leaving blank the date for a walk
i out, the date suggested being the
time that any wage cut should
[become effective. The motion was
referred to the committee on the
protective department.
It was understood that the com
mittee has not reported to the con
; vention. Brotherhood officials
have indicated they are aware that
I discussion of firemen's wages by
'the labor board will not.be taken
[ up 'for several months. The motion
i states^ however, that the "major- >
ity of the board intended to cut
'our wages."
MEXICO'SFOR
EIGN DEBT!
?
New York, May 30 <By the As
sociated Press). ? Financiers Of
I Great Britain. France and the Unit
ed States arrived here tonight
aboard the Olympic prepared to
seek a settlement of Mexico's fin
ancial problems in conference with
Adolfo de la .. Huerta. Mexioan
minister of finance, "vrho reached
New York this afternoon. The
conferences will begin on Friday.
The participants who came on
the Olympic are Thomas. W. Lar
mont of J. P. Morgan & Co., who
has been in Europe discussing
Mexican finances with foreign
bankers; Edward R. Peacock, a di
rector in the Bank of England; J.
Chevalier of the Bank of , Paris
and R.. Mason of the Credit
Lyonaisse.
Paul van Schwabach of Bleich
roder & Co., Berlin, already, is in
New York ready to take part in the
discussions concerning readjustment
of the Mexican debt. The financiers
who accompanied Mr. Lamont com
pose the delegation of the internat
ional committee of bankers on
Mexico selected to, confer with
Minister de la Huert?. .
HOMICIDEIN
McCORMICK
McCormick, May 30. ? News
reached here this afternoon that J.
W. Reynolds had shot and killed
W. R. E. Winn, both white and of
the Rohoboth section of McCor- j
mick county, between McCormick
and Edgefield. about 12 miles from
McCormick. A double-barrel gun
loaded with buckshot was used and
it is understood from the effects
of two loads fired at short range.
It seems that there were no eye
witnesses to the shooting and it is
said Reynolds told neighbors of his I
act. Sheriff LeRoy and deputies
have gone to the scene with the
coroner where it is understood
that Reynolds will surrender and
an inquest over the body of Winn
will be held. There has been ill {
feeling 'between the two men for
some time growing out of domes- j
tic troubles and it is understood j
that shots have been passed be-}
tween the two prior to their meet-'
ing today.
Both men are prominent farmers
in their section and both have fam
ilies. '
A singing frog has been found
in Texas where they are asking
for more prohibition agents.
We listen respectfully to talk of!
"Jeffersonian democracy" if the
talker refers casually to his other!
*pair of pants.
The fact that Russians are eating j
itree bark may yet suggest some- j
thing to American manufacturers
of breakfast foods.
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i The typewriter is faster than I
handwriting, but you can't make a '
' neutral wiggle when you don't I
know how to spell it.
About this time of year the small
boy wishes teachers would strike.
KILLEZTIN ;
AUTO ACCIDENT
R. W. Spivey, Weil Known
Farmer Living Near Kings*
tree Meets Death
Kingstree, May 30.?Richard
W. Spivey.. a well known farmer
residing about 'eight miles 'from
this place on .the Kingstree-Man
ning highway, was killed about 7
o'clock yesterday evening when, his
automobile overturned at a point
on the road about five miles from
Kingstree. Mr. Spivey was alone
in the car at the time of the fatal
accident, but Alex Blakeley and
Wallace Mclntosh were following
some distance behind, going to Mr.
Spivey's place to look at his to-:
bacco. Suddenly they noted that!
this car. had disappeared and there i
was a cloud of dust ahead. Upon
reaching the point where the car
disappeared, they found that Mr.
Spivey's car had turned over and
his body was discovered in a
clump of briars some distance from
the road. They took him, out of
the briars apparently alive and
hurried to the home of a neigh
bor to phone for a doctor. When
they returned to him he was dead.
It was later discovered that his
neck had been broken. He is sur
vived by his wife and three chil
dren.
' ' -3.? U -
COOPER TO MAKE
NO EXPLANATION
Says Records of His Pardons
Are Open For Inspection
Greenwood, May 30.?"I don't
intend to make any explanation of
my pardon record or the recent
pardons which have aroused criti
cism in some quarters.'.' former,
Governor R. A. Cooper told a rep
resentative of the Index-Journal
j here today. The records are in the
j governor's office and anyone who
is interested may examine them
there, he declared.
The former governor said that he
believed it would be undignified to
: enter a newspaper" controversy as
j to the emrits of the pardons. Many
j of them were recommended by the
I prosecuting attorneys and other
j court officials and the records Upon
I which all the pardons were granted
are open to the public if they wish
? to examine them in the governor's
office, he said.
Former governor Cooper was
I here yesterday to make the literary,
address at Lander College com
mencement exercises. He is making
a tour of thVrfo'ith and Southwest.'
visiting federal land' banks.' "I have
not been in. this work long enough
to know how I shall like it," he re
plied when asked how he liked be
ing a. member of the Federal Farm
Loan Board..
chosen city
manager
Columbus, Ga., May 31.?:Henry
B. Crawford, a prominent contract
or of this city, was elected city
manager here late today in place
of H. Gordon Hinkle of Altoona.
Pa., recently dismissed, at the reg-!
ular meeting of the city commis-1
sioners. Mr. Crawford was sworn
in and entered upon his duties at
once.
Hinkle, accompanied by his wife
and his secretary, Miss Viola Lang
ham, left the city suddenly last
week, and his place was declared
vacant by commissioners.
Investigation was.continued today,
by city and county authorities of
the recent anonymous threatening;
letters sent to city and county offi
cials and the explosion of a bomb
at the home of Mayor Dimon, but
there were no developments, it was
stated. . .
clemson ? ? mm
RADIO PLANT'
Clemson College May 28.?The
authorities have decided to put in
a much larger radio phone station
than was at first planned. This
decision has been reached after the
return of ProL.W. E. Godfrey of
the physics division and Prof. "S. j
R. Rhodes of the electrical engi
neering division from visits to sev
eral of the best radio stations in
the larger cities. The advance^
ment made in radio broadcasting
since Clemson made her first plans
have been considerable and has
made readjustments necessary. It
is determined that Clemson college
shall have one of the strongest and
best broadcasting stations in the
south, for the service that the col
lege can render demands this.
. Equipment for the station has
been ordered and the work of erect
ing the outfit should begin early in
June, the expectation being that it
will be complete and ready for use
by September.
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New Corporations
Are Chartered
Columbia, June 1.?Former Gov.
R. A. Cooper is president and
treasurer of a new realty corpora
tion, chartered yesterday by the
secretary of state, for Laurens. The
concern is known as the Laurens
Realty Development Co., and is
capitalized at $20,000., C. I. Mar
tin is vice president and secretary.
The Columbia Holding Co., of
Columbia, is another realty cor
poration granted a charter. Its
capital is $1.000. E. R. Heyward
is president; J. C. Otis is vice pres
ident; R. A. Childs is secretary, and
U. R. Brooks is treasurer.
The Orangeburg Hudson Co., of
Orangeburg, an automobile con*
cern. was chartered, with capital
stock of $5,000. B. R. and A. B.
Bennett and H. W. Pearce are the
officers.
666
Cares Malaria, Chills and
Fever, Dengue or Bilious
Fever. It kills the germs.
nMchurc?
buildings
- (Manufacturers Record).
The south is. spending $.25.000,000
or more in the erection of church
buildings, and no better illustra
tion could be given of betterment
in business affairs and the conse
cration of the money that is being
made to the advancement of man
kind than the way in which this
section is pouring millions into ,the
building of churches and schools
and hospitals and kindred activif
ties, looking to the advancement of
humanity.
During the last eight months, as
reported from week to. week in the
construction department of the
Manufacturers Record, 360 church
buildings have been completed, or
started in the south, each involv
ing a cost of over $10,000, with a
total outlay of more than $23,000.
000. If to this were added the
improvements costing less than
$10,000 to existing churches, and
for building of smaller churches,
the aggregate would run to over
$25,000,000 as the record of the
last eight months.
Even these figures, great as they
are, do not begin to tell the whole
story, for there are many church
buildings large and small, for which
plans are being made and for which
a considerable proportion of the
money for construciton has been
raised. Indeed, plans have been
announced for scores of churches
involving an aggregate expenditure,
of millions of dollars which will be
under way in the near future, but
the cost of which is not included in
the foregoing figures.
baseball cham
pionship game
Columbia, May 31.?The high
school baseball championship of
the state is being decided this af^
ternoon in Florence, wiih teams
from McColl and Six Mile Acad
emy/ near Gaffney, meeting in the
hottest baseball contest of the high
school age of the year. Both teams
are excellent diamond aggregations
and the game will be a classic.
Large. numbers of people from, va
rious parts of the state are in Flor
ence to witness the contest. Rob
ert Kern, captain of the University
baseball team, and "Wild BilF';
Clark, coach for the University
nine, are the umpires. J. O. Van
Meter, head of the athletic: de
partment of the University, is rep
resenting that institution at the'
contest, the extension department
of the University being sponsors of
the high school athletic eoii tests.
A special train ran ffom McColl to
Florence this morning, and a re
port from Florence indicates that
an attendance of at least 3,000 was
this ixkormng anticipated.
car tukns over.
man is killed
Another Seriously Hurt in
Accident Near Anderson i
Anderson, May 29,?Luther El
lenburg, 30, is dead, and Ray Ash- j
ley, 18, lies seriously Injured ?n the:
Anderson County Hospital as the
result of an accident Sunday after
noon on Mountain creek road, in
which **a Ford car, going at a fast
rate of speed, struck a high bank.]
The car turned over on the occu-^
pants. Ellenburg was broken andi
crushed horribly and died after, be
ing, brought to the , hospital. Ash-!
ley was badly crushed and Is noti
expected to live. There were foar |
occupants of the ear, which' was<
a stripped-down Ford. Two were
thrown clear of the car and noti
hurt.
It is understood that they went!
down ? steep hill at a high rate of j
speed and at the bottom the driver j
was unable to negotiate a sharp
curve, causing them to crash into
the bank, pinning EHenburg and
Ashley between the bank and the
Trying to look like a tooth paste
advertisement is a fine way to go
crazy. *
The Honse. of Lords isn't very
polite. It refuses to give a lady
seat... . ,!
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FRANCE
HOLDS At
Paris, May 29 (By the. Associat
ed Press).?Premier Pomcare,
was stated in well informed qt
ters this evening, will recomme
to the chamber of deputies
France abstain from participatk
in the conference at The Hj
oh Russian affairs unless it is we
established in advance that :
conference is 'to discuss econcat
issues alone' and that ihe
sicn will take place between
perts as distinguished from .-di j
lomats.
The term experts, S3 imderst<
in this connection, excludes
! diplomats and political leaders,
is known, for instance, that
Poincare does not regard Fore
Minister Cfalcerin of Russia as
expert. ; &
Three eventualities are bei
considered by the French ,gov?
meat: Full participation in
the economic character of tlje 66i
ference is assured, provisional pa|F
f ticipation from' June 15 until' it aj?
pears from a week of eoriferei
whether it 'will keep out of poll
tics, with retirement before TF/
arrival of the Russians if politi
creep in,, and in this case thei
ing of air eye witness such as
United States sent to TJenoa.
It is expected that the cham!
will gjve Premier Poincare ?
hand with the assurance that
liament will support him ifise
that the arrangements' * for1
Hague meeting do hot give- sufikriei
guarantees that 'it will be a m
continuation of the Genoa
ence. , c
MRS. DANJ
MAY ENT1
. Saiuda, May 20.?Mrs. Wi -L.-J
iel of this place is.being* urgeft*
her numerous friends through
the^state. to enter the race for
superintendent of education
summer. It is pointed out
Mrs. Daniel is the logicaf w<
of the state for state s?g
ent. She is a Winthrop gradual
and has been for some time pres^V
dent of the Alumnae AssociatKm-of
this institution. Last ? J*nua|3r*ijB:?
Was unanimously elected a member;
of the board of trustees of Witftteo^
by the general assembly. She
thoroughly familiar with the wbi
of the state superintendent's o?
and school conditions
the state, as she served as presf*- ;
dent of the State Rural ^School ,-ImV
provement Association for tb*W&.
years and met with signal, stscoe? "
in the work. v -f
Mrs. Daniel . is reoogmzed^fcs
woman of unusfcai ability, and i4
view of her interest in e^mcation
and her knowledge of schoo* eo??jv ?
djtions'in the state her trfeads fe
that she is well ijualified to
this high office. She has the'mat
under serious x^>nsMeradtoft,
should she decide to enter the
St is- conceded that she >?ili make
formidable candidate.
? When a man^ says he can't do
thing that proves it
WANTED?Country hams:
pay best prices. Ducker &
is
boy.
He
what
Somewbete in this town
boy who is a "go-getter" spirit,"
of grit and ambition, and
Iy honest. We want that
will be the only boy agent
town for the ' famo?a
WEEKLY MAGAZINE,
work after school and other
time. "His pay will be '
makes" itr besides free prises
free Movie Tickets? When he
good, he will be promoted. It
are between 'l4 and 1* years old,
termined to ^'make^ good.'' a?d*
think you 'are" tfte boy for this*
then apply by letter to Mr. E.
Gilbert. "Personal,"1 3rd floor. V
West 40th Street, New York i
Give full details of any past sol
experience' your'age; parent's
name and business; your sch<
grade and at least tw<
DO YOU REALIZE IT
There are so many people who keep their money at homo
or carry it about on their person, without the least thought
of the risk they are taking, not only of losing their money,,
but their lives as well.
Murders are almost of daily occurence. the object in nearly
every case being robbery.
Ranks are established not only to make money for their
stockholders, but are a protection to the pub?c
We not only guarantee you 100 per ^cent safety but ^ve wfft
ajlow you interest on your deposit. Is this not worth your
serious consideration? v
Think It over and bring in what you have. It matters not
how little.
The National Bank of South Carolina
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF SUMTER, S. C
Of Samt er, S. C.
The If ort Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY
Capital $S00,00G
Surplus and Profits $300,000
STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE
Give us the Pleasure of Serving YOU.
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C G. ROWLAND, Pre*.
HARLE ROWLAND, Oatbier