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? Tim RATE CUT.
~ The Eastern railroads have an
noUnce? their acceptance bf the
fstg cut "ordered by the Interstate
^^^^ttnerce Commission. The rest,
somewhat more strongly op
:ar? expected to follow suit,
^rais*. is wise. The cut is by no
m^ans drastic. In fact, it amounts
W^nst&erabry less than it is gen
understood to be. The 10
per 'cent, reduction covers only
of freight that were not af
by th* last set of rate reduc
Its actual effect, therefore,
" to be no more than a 5
r ? cent, cut on the total volume
J^?road freight.
;>5^"ife generally agreed that the
?
fsSf?iett stand this without seri
'COT;i"bes "during the summer months,
mlarty when counteracted by
? cuts announced and expected,
ytuki the increased volume of
ij?^^tiit, the fall will easily make
^?Bfe.temporary loss of income.
'Os&kR&L STORAGE FOR CROPS
-'Sapp?se the government were* to
f&BovSr Thomas A. Edison's sug^jes
tien;-^or\ agricultural relief, build
ing warehouses ai) over the coun
fry in which the farmers could
their products and, giving
ifceni ere?it for half its value. How
wo?lff ft work out?
rr^^ry-Sc-ell for the farmers, in
all/ probability. They would be
*?>ld their crops for higher
. ;Bixt it would certainly re
^^re^pdiriy strict control on the
;^4Bt''ot;the government to hold the
jjTfii' system down to legitimate
keep the organized farm
^Ki-cf/tke "nation from erecting a
^igxicnltural monopoly, with
? i
ater possibilities of oppression
any from which the public
suffered- Prices would be
but they might be
#fci!ized at oppressively high
level^ :
'MsOy 'iS this were done for the
iarming introstry, would there not
be a demand for similar govern
ment help, in tiding over other in
and enabling them to store
products, at the expense of
nation, jn time of over-produc
br slack demand ?
>"0 SOOfER DTTLLSBSS,
flftitaeSs' is~ usually expected to
be.?'"dull in the summer. Naturally
is* an expectation of more
*the|usual dullness after a
^fi^jwniter. It is pleasant, there
ap&JtQ: find a competent business
'?tfM!^it$ announcing that very
^Pp?^ the approaching summer will
mot bs/duli at all.
P^Hfe is moved to this hopeful view
ey many considerations?the boom
"In^fcBe building and automotive in
3f&$iies, the steadily increasing
IffeKB^nient in nearly all Hnes, the
mpti?n of buying by farmers,
rising of stock market prices,
renewal of suspended dividend pay
ments,' the deflation of railroad
tables and the great merger move
rlaifnt In the country's leading in
J$ti^6"ies: * The enthusiasm for
inirgers alone indicates a wide
. spread beBef that a new era oi
J?^fasess activity is beginning.
if business is destined to be real
ly" good during July and August.
?riainly there can be no doubt as
to whit is going to happen in the
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ifel>EPARF>fEXT OF DEFENSE
'President Harding is reported as
-f^oHbg a pian of cabinet reor
ganization along business lines
wirfeb deludes, as itr. most striking
iisCm, ti*e merging of the War De
-^rtxaerst and the Navy Depart
^?ent.' These two would constitute
a single department covering the
?#hoie field of national defense. It
Js 'said to recommend itself from
t?e practical experience of Great
Britain and other foreign powers,
?ae well as from the testimony of
A^?ricari business experts based on
similar handling of private enter
prises.
' The idea has been discussed for
years, but there has never appear
ed to be so much chance of its
adaption. The president is expect
ed to submit the matte r to rohgressC
which alone can authorise the
change. " '
There -would be one cabinet offi
cer instead of two, a "secretary of
national defense",, with the-opodfie
work of each'branch of the depart
ment att ended to by ?nder-secretary
for war and another for the navy
It would make no great change in
the routine conduct' .of the de
partments, but they* would be more
closely' co-ordinated.
The recent war showed the need
of such co-ordin?t?m. The army
and navy are obliged to act togeth
er in war, and ought' to act togeth
er' likewise in peabev for efficiency
and economy both, instead of going
their separate ways, overlapping in
functions, duplicating effort, com
peting for appropriations and being
at loggerheads half the time on
questions of policy.
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THE KAJSEB'S^SOUIi.
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Admiral Von Tirpitz's'announce
ment that the former Kaiser is go
ing crazy on rehgioh is* quite cred
ible. ' It would"'be a natural deve
lopment. Wilhelm's mind never
was well oa^ajsced," and he always
had a strongly 'religious bent.
, Only too well' remembered are
i his grandiose , sermons and pro
-phetic revelations during the w^ar.
in which he seemed to identify God
wholly with the Hohenzoiiern cause,
as an "any** some where hear equal
. to* Wilhelm: himself. Indeed, - with
his absolute monarchist and "di
vine right" theories, Wilhelm often
seemed to confuse his'own identity
with that of the "Deity. ''.
That "ally" seems to have desert
ed Wilhelm'in his "hour of greatest
need. Wilhelm thinks s?, at any
rate. His God was a God of battles,
not a God to be wbrsl?pped _ in pi
ous humility."": In ' the castle " at
Doom, therefore,, exalted egotism
has given way" fo 'gloom and" de
spair. There are rid battles to be
? .. . . - ...' ... .. <
fought at Doom, except those of
WflhelnVs 'inmost'' heart, and it
seems to be very'dar* there.'
There need' be' ao further talk of
'?punishing the war criminals." The
supreme war criminal, at least, is
getting his punishment.
A SOCIALIST REVTVAL?
The Socialist party announces
that it is going to wage a fight in
every congressional district in the
United States-this year.* The lead
ers are hopefuL A statement is
sued from New "Fork says:
j 'H")ur reports mdic?te a wfdef
spread' Socialist*sentiment, ?s well
as indignation among the masses of
workers over the failure of the
; Democratic ' and Republican ' par
jties to deal effectively with the un
i employment problem, the wave of
?wage reductions and the shortage
of homes.'"
t These signs of life are interest
i ing because of the obscurity into
j which American Socialism has fall
! en since it polled "NHKOOO votes in
j the 1912 presidential campaign.
During the war the growing move
ment suffered almost a death blow
in public esteem as a result of the
espousal of the German cause by
the Socialist organization. It has
6hown no convincing sign of re
covery sfoce " "armistice. To
unpleasant war memories has been
added the disillusioning effect of
the Russian experiment. Millions
who once felt more or less friend
ly toward Socialist ideas have
learned a lesson, from the conspic
uous failure of Marxism as applied
by Lenine and Trotzky.
Can it be true that the revulsion
and indifference are vanishing, and
Socialism! is becoming a word to
conjure with again in America? It
is hard to think so."
As for the r??asons given for the
alleged revival, surely Socialists
should be able to see that unem
ployment has been an economic
problem of worldwide scope, which
they themselves have hot been ablej
to solve; also that wage reductions j
i were inevitable, in a time of neces-1
|sary deflation, and that one of the;
j chief causes for the shortage of
gnomes has been the insistence on
high wages on the part of the very
workmen to whom the Socialists
j make their chief appeal.
Commencement Notes
j Commencement . of the High
I School wiJI take place on the even
j hags of the sixth and seventh of
jjune at & o'clock in the Academy
- of Music. As is customary, ? seats
' will be reserved for the parents of
j the graduates. The boxes on the
j left will be reserved for the mem
j bers of the City Board of Educa
I tion, and for City Council, and for
?those who are-to present the med
j als.
As is customary, an admission
I of 25c will be charged to defray
the expenses of the Opera House,
j and to provide, a ?mall fund for va
j ried equipment for the different
I school buildings. It has been the
? custom for a good many years not
j to have any presents sent to the
! stage. This has proved to he an
I excellent custom and will continue
J to be observed.
CettoniOtttkfefcr
Very Uncertain
Increase in Acreage Placed at
: 1A .Per Cent.?Weevils Are
Spreading
New York, May 31.?The Jour
nal of Commerce will say in its is
sue of tomorrow:
Generally unfavorable weather
throughout the cotton belt during
the month of May tended to pre
vent any further Increase in acre
age. According to . estimates of
nearly ;1,600, competent and trust
worthy, correspondents ; of this
journal .under an average date of
May .24, the increase in acreage is
now placed at. 8.4 per cent, asj
against 11 per cent indicated last
month. This showing compares
weil with -that of June 1, a year
ago,; at which time a reduction of
27.9.per cent was reported, but is
a disappointment to those looking
for ;a large, -increase since it indi
cates approximately 28,747,000
acres planted. With the exception
of* 1921, when there was a dras
tic cut to 25,598,000 acres, it is the
smallest acreage in several years.
In 1920, 35,504,000 acres were
planted in .1918, 37,207,000 acres,
and 36,0 acres in 1916. Large
?acreages were planted in the years
191.3?-and 1911,. amounting to 37,
45?,000 and 36,681,000 respectively.
The next smallest to the present
estimate was in 1915, with a total
ot 32,10 7,000 acres.
Just what may be expected from
this acreage, is a much discussed
topic, and estimates. - range from
8,000,000 bales to as high as 12,
500,000 bales, although, at this
time, such estimates are manifest
ly little more than guesses, espe
cially as planting is not yet com
pleted. Following the govern
ment's method of calculation the
indicated yield will be about 9,
564,511 bales, based on the final
official estimate of acreage which
compares with an actual production
of 7,962,530 bales last year, 11,
[329,755 bales in 1911. 12,040,532
bales the year before that, and 16,
134,930 bales in the high, record
year of 1914. However, it is be
coming increasingly evident, ?s
pointed out in our last report that
this crop will be quite as difficult to
guage as its immediate predeces
sors. Notwithstanding the lateness
of,the season, which now averages,
i fifteen days late for the entire belt,
farmers in many sections,.are plant
ling and replanting steadily in a de
termined effort to obtain a stand.
Should the weather clear, it would
I undoubtedly mean a considerable
larger increase in acreage than is
now apparent. On the other hand,
? the. cloudy, showery conditions
of the past few weeks persist, pres
ent, estimates may have to again
be reduced.
As to percentage condition the i
outlook is more encouraging and
the average for the, belt is 71.8 per
cent, as against 68.8 per cent last
year and 68.0 per cent in 1920. It,
however, compares with a ten-year j
average of 76.6 per cent, and with-i
the two exceptions just noted is the j
poorest, since 1907, at which , time
a'per cent condition of 69.0 was j
reported. In: the corresponding!
month of 1919 percentage condition'
was estimated at 78.5, and in 1918
21.2; for the year 1913 the condi
tion figure was 80.5 per cent andi
83.8 per cent in 1911.
A careful persual of the month's
returns leaves little room for doubt
that the chief cause for lowering!
instead of adding to the estimate of
acreage is the extremely unfavor-'
able climatic conditions encoun-j
tered thus far. Complaints from
practically all parts of the cotton
belt have been either of intermit
tent showers or heavy, continuous
rains accompanied after by unsea
sonably low temperatures and here
and there hail and wind storms. To
this must be added the overflow
from the Mississippi and Arkansas
rivers, also in part of Texas ad
jacent to the Brazos, which has re
sulted in the flooding of thousands
of acres of valuable cotton lands.
Large areas .of the valley sections
are still under water, and it is an
open question as to whether these
conditions can be remedied in time
to plant any cotton at. all. Farm
ers in those parts are said, wher
ever the land is at all workable, to
be planting a second and even a
third time, but there is beginning
to be talk of the possibility of hav
ing to abandon large tracts of this
flooded ground unless the situation
improves radically in the next week
or two.
AU this seems to add materially
to the weevil menace. Many cor
respondents are extremely pessi
mistic on the subject and assert
that enormous losses are almost in
evitable. At present writing nearly
all indications are for greatly en
hanced weevil damage, partly be
cause of the lateness of the crop
and partly because infestation is
earlier than usual this year. In
some parts of Georgia it is reliably
reported that the pests are already
attacking: jroung cotton. On the
other hand, farmers are likely, as
a result of the more profitable
prices for the staple, to use evory
possible moans of combating the
evil.
Opinion seems qu-ite general that
the weather will continue to be
the determining factor of the cot
ton crop, both as to the acreage
planted and the final yield. Should
the cloudy, showery conditions of
the last two months last much
longer the chance of a larger pro
duction will be materially lessened.
If the weather clears as seems al
most certain after so long a period
of precipitation, it is not too late
to make up for much of the time
lost. A factor which seems very
generally overlooked amidst the
present flood of dismal reports and
still more gloomy prognostications,
is that cotton is essentially a wa
ter-plant, that it can stand a great
deal of moisture without actual de
terioration and that a few days of
warm sunshine would completely
change the outlook and effect wide
spread improvement. The excellent
subsoil moisture which is present
nearly everywhere should insure a
good taproot and thus make for
quick growth and good fruitage
and a greater degree of resisting
power for possible heat and drouth
in the late summer. .Moreover,
considerably more fertilizer hns
been used this season than last.
Labor is plentiful arid usually
j working well at much lower wages,
and last, but not least, bankers,
owing to the Improvement in the
demand for cotton are evidently
more disposed to finance cotton
planters in their operations. Thus
it seenu< not altogether unreason
able to look, weather permitting,
for better results than some cor
respondents just' at present deem
possible.
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To-day's Best Jokes
and Stories
Early Training.
A pious old deacon attended a
weekly prayer meeting, where he
fell asleep.
Presently he was called upon to
lead the meeting in prayer. When
his wife nudged him in the ribs,
the old deacon grunted: "Darn
you Betsy, get up and light it yer
self."?Exchange.
Cave Man.
He seized her in the dark and kiss
ed her;
I For a moment bliss was his.
["Oh," he said, "I thought it was
L my sister!"
She laughed, and said, "It is**
?Exchange.
Death Rattles.
j They say jazz is dead. We-thought
j it was dying from the weird noise
j it made.
I .. . Our PtsxzHx^ Language.
Four year old Dorothy listened
i attentively while her mother tele
I phoned a grocery order. The last
item in the list was a new one to.
her. And she inquired: "Mama,
did you send for some corn starch ?"
. "Yes, dearie."
"What for? Is you goin' to laun
der your corns?"
. . ?Exchange.
Such Ignorance.
A lawyer was conducting a care
in court, wherein one of the wit
nesses, a negro, confessed to being
engaged in a crap , game with the.
defendant. Immediately the law
yer said, "Now, sir, I want you to
tell the jury just how you deal
craps."
"What's dat ?" asked the witness,
rolling his eyes. .
"Address the jury, sir," thun
dered the lawyer, "and tell them
just how you deal craps."
"Lemme outa heah?" cried the
witness, excitedly. "Next thing Ah
know dis gemmcn's gwmeter ask
me how Ah drinks a ham sand
wich."
Wasted the Best.
"I want you to teach my son a
foreign language," said a lady to a
teacher of languages.
"What shall it be, madam?" the
teacher replied. "Would you like
Polish, Gzechoslovakian, Armenian,
or perhaps even Arabic ?" ,
"Well," mused the lady, "which
is the'most foreign?"?Exchange.
"And? now," said the monocled
gentleman who had borrowed 'a
match from the traffic cop, "I sup
pose you would like to know who
ram?'!
"Sure."
"I am Sir T. Willy Rockinghorse,
Knight of the Bath, Knight of the
Garter, Knight of the Double
Eagle, and Knight of the Golden
Cross."
"And I," said the . cop, "am Jas.
Murphy, tonight, last night, to
morrow night, and every other
night."?London Answers.
Brains.
A. "moonshine" .vender was ar
rested . in Omaha? Police Judge
Wippick made him this offer: "If
you drink a glass of your own
hooch I'll turn you free."
'Til go to jail," the bootlegger
decided quickly.
There always were more real
brains behind the bar than on the
brass rail side when it came to
? liquor.
j A negro preacher called at the
! county superintendent's office and
applied for a job to teach school.
The superintendent began his
examination, and asked him to
make a sentence with the word
"epistle" in it.
The negro with his pen and
tablet began but looked embarrass
ed. The superintendent finally dis
covered the negro was making no
progress and asked what was
holding him up. He said nothing
in particular, and the superintend
ent then asked if he knew what an
"epistle" was.
The negro scratched his head
and said he thought he did. He
said ain't an "epistle" an apostle's
wife?
. An editor wrote a southern Mis
souri subscriber, named Bill Jeff
rey, advising him that his sub
scription had expired. A few days
later the editor received his own
letter, across the bottom of which
was scrawled, "So's Bill."
A man "butted in" at a wait
ing line before the railroad ticket
window at New York and the men
who were in a hurry glowered.
"I want a ticket for Boston,"
said the man, and he put 50 cents
under the wicket.
"You can't go to Boston for 50
cents." returned the ticket seller.
"Wcl\ then," asked the man,
"where can I go for 50 cents?" ,
And each of the 14 men in that
waiting line fold him where he
could go.
In going through a drawer con
catining some old papers yester
day, we found a copy of an old
newspaper dated April 3. 1775,
which you will admit is going back
some. The name of the 3heet was
The Mercury, issued at Newport,
and as large type on the front page
proclaims, "printed by Solomon."
Although rather hard to read on
account of the old time spelling,
the ink is still.a3 legible as ever on
all of the four pases. At the bot
tom of the lost page we find fur
ther information regarding the
publisher in a line which reads,
''Newport, Rhode Island. Printed
and published by Solomon South
wick, in Queen Street, near the
Middle of the Parade: where may
be had all kinds' of blanks -com
monly ufed in this colony."
We gather from this that Sol
omon was right in the swim in
those days, "right in the middle of
the parade.'
. Another interesting article re
garding a runaway slave reads:
"Ran away on Tuefday Iaft, from
the fubsriber at Newport, ? mo
latta man, named Mofes, about 4
feet 7 inches high, ? fhort' well fet
fellow, of a yellow complexion
with a bufhy head of hair, fome
what different from a negro, fpeeks
exceeding good English, and had
on, when he went away, ? new felt
hat and a blue cap, a red daffi
great coat, a green ratteen jacket
and a thin cotton one underneath, a
buck fkin pair of breeches, a light
colored pair - "of worsted stockings,
and fhoes about one half worn;
whoever will apprehend faid Mai
?tto and deliver him to the fubfcri
ber, fhall have a "reward of four
dollars, and all neceffery charges
i paid by John Dennis."
."John" was sure putting out a
..description of the runaway. We
fonder if they ever caught 'Mofes.'
The Competitive Drill
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Very favorable comment has
been made upon the excellent
showing made by the eighteen boys
who participated in the competitive
.drill that was held last Friday af
ternoon. Men who have been wit
nessing .the drills for a good many
years agreed that this was one of
the best in every way that they
had ever seen. The four boys who
stood at the end of the competi
tive drill were on a perfect parity
and the judges named them to par
ticipate in the exhibition drill on
the first night of commencement.
After this had been determined,
these four boys continued the i
competition to determine who is
the best drilled boy in the bat
talion* as shown by the several
competitive drills. This has been
determined; but the name of the
.winner of the medal will not be
announced until at the end of the
exhibition drill. This exhibition
I drill will continue for exactly ten
. minutes. It has been found nec
essary to make this change on ac
count of the fact that the drills of
the past few years have become so
prolonged as to cause weariness
among the members of the aud
ience who were not intimately in
terested in itKe result of the contest.
j The four boys who will give the
I exhibition drili on Tuesday evening
are: Morris Averbuck, Charles
"Crorabe, Alva Spann, .and Sam
j Wells.. , " . ..
COTTON MARKET
NEW YORK COTTON.
. Testdys
Open Higb Lew Close Clog*
[Jan. _ ..-19.93 26.02 19.79 19.81 20.15
March _ _ 19.82 19456 19.67 19.67 19.97
Jirfy_20.50 20.52 20.20 20.25 20.63
Oft... _ .20.25 20.25 20.03 20.08 20.41
Dec_20.85 28.18 19.94 20.00 20.25
Spots 40 off, .26.75.. _ .
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
I Testdys
Opes "High Low Close Close
Jan. . .19.28 19.42 19.22 19.22 19.61
March _ .19.00 19.18 19.00 19.02 19.34
July_20.12 20.24 20.05 20.09 28.50
Oft. - - -19.68 19.71 19.48 19.54 28.08
Dec.. _ .... 19.25 19.52 19.23 19.34 19.75
' Spots 12 off. 20.38.
Washington, June 5.?A bill au
thorizing Secretary Weeks to ne
gotiate the sale or the .lease to
Ford of the Muscle Shoals prop
erties, under the terms of the offer
made by Ford was amended by the
house military committee to elimi
nate the Gorgas plant and will be
Introduced soon in the house by
Acting Chairman McKenzie of the
committee.
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REUNION AT
RICHMOND
Confederate Veterans Will Be
Granted Special Railroad
Rates
Richmond, Va., June 1.?All
members of the United Confederate
Veterans, Sons of Confederate Vet
erans, United Daughters of the Con
federacy, the Confederated South
em Memorial Association, ? sponsors
and maids and matrons of honor
who come to Richmond for the
Confederate Reunion, June 19-22,
will have the privilege of traveling
at reduced rates of fare. General
Jo Lane Stern, Chairman of the
Reunion Committee, has completed
negotiations with Southern - trans
portation systems whereby the vet
erans and accompanying members
of their families may travel at the
rate of 'l cent per mile. Members
of affiliated organizations will be
given the' beneiit of the round trip
to Richmond and return at the
rate of a one-way fare.
The city is making preparations
to entertain not less than 5,000 of
the surviving 45,000 Confederate
soldiers, although this number of
visitors will be increased several
times by the presence of the Sons
and Daughters of the Confederacy,
other affiliated organizations ajid
sponsors.
The opening date for the actual
reunion of the veterans, is June 20,
although the Sons and members'of
the Confederated Southern Me
morial Association will start their
program one day earlier. AH of
the' organizations will close their
meetings simultaneously, or on
June 22.
Preparations have been Com
pleted to take care of the veterans
in fine style. I Many will stop at the
hotels, others will be the guests of
relatives' and friends, but the ma
jority of them will be comfortably
accommodated in private horned
and at reasonable rates. The cost
of lodging and breakfast in private
homes will range from $1.25 to $2.
Dinner and supper, with the com
pliments of the city of Richmond
and Commonwealth of Virginia,
will be supplied Confederate Vet
erans on June 20, 21 and 22. In
formation about accommodations
may be had by addressing Major B.
B. Morgan, Postoffice Box 685,
Richmond, Va.
The' program of exercises and
entertainments indicates that this
will be one of the most elaborate
reunions in the history of the
United Confederate Veterans. One
of the most impressive features dur
ing this reunion will be the laying
of the cornerstone of a monument
to Matthew Fontaine Maury; the
"Pathfinder of the Seas," and one 1
cf the heroes of the Confederate j
Navy. ? - j
AUGHTRY GETS
FIVE YEARS
Columbia, June 1.-?Theodore W.
Aughtry, oh trial here for the mur
der of Silas Gladden last April,
had a verdict of manslSughter-with |
recommendation to mercy rendered
this morning after the trial jury
had been out all night, and he was
sentenced to serve five years in the J
state penitentiary. He is sixty-1
three years of age!
The killing arose over'a dispute
between the Aughtry and Gladden
families of the interchange of a ta
ble and a dishbbard. Aughtry
pleaded self-defense. .
Judge "W. H. Townsehd, presi
ding, fixed the bail of Aughtry at
$2,500 in case his attorneys de
sired to appeal. - ^ .>
A QUART OF WHISKEY
FOR ONE DOLLA R.
If we could advertise and sell a quart
of whiskey for one dollar our store
would be over-run with customers.
But we are not in.the whiskey busi
ness- We have a very large stock of
staple and dependable merchandise, in
Men's and Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, Dry
Goods, Shoes, Headwear, Underwear,
Hosiery and Notions, and we can under
sell anybody in this section, because it
was taken over from the TRUSTEE IN
BANKRUPTCY under a composition
settlement. We need the money and
we need the room and will sell regard
less of value.
SALE STARTS THURSDAY.
JUNE EIGHTH
: AT THEvOLD STAND OF
THE BATTERY
33 S. Main St Sumter,S.C.
.LOOK FOR THE YELLOW FRONT.
4
Coopergtion^of:
City and County
One of the greatest pieces of con
structive work that has been done
by the city schools has been the
welding together in strong bonds
of friendship the people of the city
and the country. For years the
boys and girls of the country have
been attending the city schools.
The High Schools now have in the
country a' large number of gradu
ates and the result is that the tie
between the city and the country
has been made very strong. It is
difficult in Sumter county to stir
up any general feeling of antagon
ism between the city and country.
The pupils below the High School
are required to pay tuition fees.
They are allowed to attend the
High School free of charge be
cause provision is made by the
State of South Carolina. This pro
vision is not adequate, and an
earnest endeavor was made in the
legislature to double the tiution ap
propriation allowed by the state for
High School students not residing
in the district. This fight was vig
orously led by Senator Davis Mo
ise of our own county, and it is
strange that the majority of the
legislature was unable to see the
wisdom Of such an appropriation.
If the legislature" wishes to benefit
the whole citizenship of the state
it could not be more justly done
than by making an 'appropriation
that would take care of the High
School students from the rural dis
trictsi 'The benefits are'obvious; in
the first place the primary ' and
elementary schools of' the" county
will be able *to give a great deal
more attention to the pupils of the
elementary grades, if they do not
have to devote any of their time to
the High "school ptfpils. One illus
tration will serve to make this
clear. A few years ago a teacher
who had a school within two miles
arid a half of Sumter came hv one
day to consult with the superintend
ent of the city schools. She said :
"This is my problem: I bav* 22
pupils in my isehooi. 19-in the pri
mary and elementary- grades, and
three in the High School. On ac
count of the subjects that the pu
pils are taking in the High. School
I am forced to give one-half of my
time to them, while the other ? 3 9
simply sit and wait for me to get
through with the high school stu
dents." The: superintendent sug
gested that she should go to the
county superintendnet of education
and the trustees and ask pennission
to send into the city schools the
three high school students whom
she had been teaching. Thiss per
mission was readily granted, and
the result was that for the rest of
that year she could deVote 100 per
cent, of her time to the remaining
19 pupils.
One strong reason has already
been mentioned: cementing the
cordiality between the country and
the city. There are other reasons,
but.these two are enough to con
vince thinking men that the state
legislature could not make a wiser
appropriation than to provide for
the education of the non-resident
pupOs in the High Schooi.
In ? the .primary .and elementary,
schools the-pupils are so distributed
as not to necessitate - the employ
ment of additional teachers, In tbH
High Schooi there are over 75- pu
pils ? from schools outside of the
district of the city of Suznter. This,
number will become larger -from
year to year; and the. state-legisla
ture s<?eing that this condition pre
vails la every county'of the State,
of Soutth .^Carolina w? <most as
suredly ? make the necessary appro
priation, N. .~i
IN
ARGENTINA
Buenos . Aires. June 5.-?Eighty
persons are believed to have perf
ished in t3ie sinking yesterday of
the steamer Villa Franca on the
Parana river near Posadas,- where
the river fSorms the boundary be
tween Argeintina -and Paraguay. ,
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, uxiYESRSfrr of south %
carolina
Entrantce Examinations
Entrance. exa minations - to, the
University of] South Carolina wi? be
held by the County Superintendent
of Education at the County- Court
House, Friday, July 14, 1922, at '9
a. m. - -V-; \'i
The University -offers varied
courses of study in science, litera
ture, history, law- and - business?
The ? expenses are moderate and
many opportunities for self-suppo^
are afforded. Scholarships are
available.
For, full* particulars write to
President W.S. Currell,
University, of South Carolina, ?
Columbia, S. C. -
WANTED?Country hsm? sXttp:
pay best prices. Ducker & Bult
man.
UNDERTAKING
? oyt ? . ??
IS N. Main Street
Motor Equipment
KELL ER?NS?N
Licensed Embalmer.
Night Phoae 798-L.
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Your friends have retired from the .hard labor of
patching tires.
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Why don't you now while this sale in going on, yon
will have to as the weather is getting hot.
1920 1922
;Pr*ce Price Price
32x3% Plain Tread X.$24.66 -? $ 9.O0
33x4 Plain Tread _.__ 35.35 < ' ? ? 13.00
32x3% Chain Tread. 26.75 $ t?.15 12.77
32x4 Cham Tread.87.40 25.40 1?.*4
33x4 Chain Tread.S9.25 i 20.75 17.94
34x4 Cham Tread_ 40.10 27.33 1S.1S
34x4% Chain Tread. 53.25 80.20 24v20
u3c?, Chain, and Nobby Tread, all fully guaranteed
by ?. S. Hre Coitfpany.
J. H. McCOLLUM
202 South Main Street s . Sumter, S. a
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The National Bank of South Carolina
Of Sumter, S. C.
The Most Painstaking SERVICE with CO URTEXT
Capital $368,000 Surplus and Profits $500,000
STRONG AND PROGRESSIV?
Give off the Pleasure of Serving YOU. ^
The Bank With the Chime Clock.
C. G. ROWLAND, Pres. EARJLE ROWLAND, Catbier
DO YOU REALIZE IT
There are so many people who keep their money at home
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.
Banks are established not only to make money for their
stockholders, but are a protection to the public.
We not only guarantee you 100 per cent safety but we will
allow you interest on your deposit. Is this not worth your
serious consideration?
Think it'over and bring in what you have. It matters not
how little.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BAM
of sujfter, s. c.
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