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The Watchman and Southron ?tfubiifibed Wednesday and Satur day by Osteen Publishing Company, Samteis S. C. . Terms: $?.0? per annum?in advance. Advertisements: Q&. JSggtase,. first Insertion .-$1.00 ?i^e^ V^se^ent insertion_.50' yCbntra^C8 for three months or longer will be made at., reduced j rates. . Alt communications which "sub serve- , private interests will oe cfeaia?edl for as advertisements. .Obiruarie3 and-tributes of re ?peet wiH be charged for. ^-i-Sjtae* Sumter .Watchman was s?ettB&ed:in-1850 and the True rj Sputhron in 1866. The Watchman jand. Southron now has the com jb^^d circulation and influence of both'of the old papers, and is man ?sites* ly the best advertising medium COAJL PRICES. -If the coal strike is to continue j nnt? a fuel famine develops, it \s eg- excellent, thing for Secretary; ^?ver r? restore the wartime de-j 3vice . of maximum prices . at the; -amnes.-' >j >3&tat is good as far as it goes, al- j thongh it;goes less than half way.! :UnJsssr: further restrictions are im-i -p?Sed, there-is no telling what may happen to prices, in a famine time, ^fie>^ the fuel has left the mines. ?$3F6& itt?ddlemen and retailers are n%t. affected. -There may be a lot oTTHSpeculative and monopolistic, toll j ;ta^en ^before the coal reaches chej consumer. ?? ? j But the question uppermost-in the -public mind is. why should -&3te.qecessary-to take any such ac :iiOn irt a time of peace, when hear -..Sy ?B-fbe machinery of business .and ^governiaent is functiomng normal ly-again? v Why must there be a coal strike at all ? Or why, -after a. strike has i ^eceurred,* caust it xrontinue morej ^than iwo months with no sign of! conclusion ? . i v- . Why should this great nation j take- such, an- unnecessary interfer-1 e^jE .with normal life and work asj ?an--act. of God, not to be question id, and content itself with merely ^empor??ng and trying to mitigate ija, evil results? . WiwttL^the, public wants to know can't -the strike itself be.stop -? ? 9 I*'-' A RteLlGIOrS WAR . ^i^rfortnnate,Ireland seems to bej iaxincfeed into the- horrors of a re-' 2js^ns;.war. j 'ynits were supposed to bej Iwfer.ra Grange and almost ineom-j CSfe^nsible phase oi a past civili-' iSBSion. They have been anarchroh-j 4wns- for /two, centuries. .. Yet here: mt&:North and South Ireland ready | Wfiyrat.each others' throats. j jTaere are those who- will deny tart-.the designation, "religions ^ar!*, fe correct in this case; and, y^t, if war comes, it will be notfr-j -f&fct^ess... For after all is. said i k^o&t economic, racial and politi-j ^J(3l3 ?ifierences between the peopled ro? Ulster and those of South Ire-' ,4&?d,^ the fact remains that their j "tun^?a^Rental trouble is religious! ^1K^Gl?pat^b*Hity. It is Protestant feT^.^dt^Catholicism against each 'Sfti^-?g&m. perhaps in their last ItU^eo^siand. And it is a spectacle ^o^make all Christendom weep and alf^iwrthendom laugh in mockery. ^Strictly speaking, there never .fc$s been a * "religious" war, because .contrary, to the teaching of %1^-religi?n. It is especially con %js|ry to, the teaching of Christian!-1 J?t3fc in. Wfhose name misguided de-. j *#tiifce8fi^haVe fought so often. There has been so much im P*l*veiaent in working efficiency] that^rsost anybody nowadays is ?wflhng to do a day's work for a ?cQr and a half's pay. k :? ?-: * * * ?Wnat profiteering business and Profiteering labor need , to do Is to down to brass tacks and sir on Z&ti for a while. * * ? #3&j>pers wouldn't mind all the criticism so much if they didn't; rkttO\TO perfectly well that they're ! .perfectly all right. * * C j 'Mast everything has been deflat- j ed^now .except political oratory. . * ? * ? . May<be the best solution would oet?SL^et the English and Irish rule ea^K other. WORKING EFFICIENCY JSEo*e' interesting even than the st?fttei of record automobile pro /dz^attjm are figures showing the itf?fcuctiyity of labor at present compared with the boom period. ? JJ^tfoit' dispatches say that the Fgid plant is turning out more cars than ever before, with a much sojafler pay roll. The Dodge plant is ? said to be making as many cars a;day with 15.000 men as it used to irt^tn : 24,000. Other plants report ajaimilar situation. . '^Cfeis is not peculiar to the auto I j mobile industry, either. It "is true of mdusrry; in genera^ and has .at tracted specijaUnotiee in the, build ing industry. The improvement is partly, no doubt, "the result of econoniic pres-~ sure. "When work became, slack and jobs became competitive again, it was natural to work a little hard er. Business and professional men have done -the same thing,, nndej" the stress of .neee^sity;- But .-such speeding up is probably for. the most part unintentional and uncon scious?a phas?vof :the news pychol I ogy of a more, wholesome business situation. -: Everybody works hard er now It ia in the air. As faras,.the workmen are con [ cerned, it is. unquestionably the j way- of prosperity. Nearly all ! classes -of workers are Still getting Images considerably .-higher, than I those beforfej the war. ' The way to I keep those wagesv and to gain new increases rather thkn to. safeer de I creases, is to produce more. ! r ? fr ? -?? cmNESE fxtox President Hsu Shih Chang, ten dering his resignation as-president of North; China* calls upon Prfesi-. dent Sun ?Yat Seh-of Sotflh <?hma to. do the same. President Sun will no doubt be very reluctantu to accede to this request. r Her hiay pleadv wiih good reason, that the circumstances are uot at all the same. He is general ly considered to have made good on his job, whereas- President Hsu hasn't. He has established a pro gressive .government, at Canton on the western model,.? His capital has ibeen rebuilt and Improved omtil it is said to suggest an American city. He - is the original republican revo lutionist ox China, wje.il educated in western as w^ as "eaMe? learning, and, is considered a strong, man. His power does-not seem to be ser iously, disputed J in spite of jnmor attempts at revolt -Pi^deht.Hsu, on the other hand, ? regarded -as a weak man and- a reactionary,, and. -.has;, been- virtually squeezed out of his office as an ihcideni: of the civil war in which Gen. Wu.Pei Fu has defeated <^n. Chang Tsp. ian. . ?: ? Nevertheless there may be gen uine . patriotism in the Peking president's suggestion; and ; if it would really result in the.:unity of. aH China, the Caiifcoa president; might well el&c4<&iipSelf. China is a huge country, in area and pop ulation, yet so homogeneous in race and institutions thai> it seems no more suited tx>'division into two re .publlcs ^than the United .States. -Its chief need: now is ? ieadW capable I of ?ffecttog^a reiinlon.' ? j . . -? s? . ?'? . j ?' ? '?? ?,. i The announcement that an American -had discovered, quite .by ehanr-e* six unknown islands in the , Pacific near the Hawaiian "group, and that he had claimed them in ithe name-of .the Uhied States, af forded only ~a. flight thrilL It was ^ac^m^pahled, -lay "the bored stiite ! ment, that there was very little.ex ploring left, to > be, done on tjjis old earth. With both /the 2sTorth and South P^Jes definitely located, and .witih every one who ever, explored or read of exploring, writing vol umes of detailed .description , of every visited e&sier of the globe, little has seemed to be left to ex cite the imagination. of future ex plorers. It began to look-as it there were nothing out of the Ordinary leTt to learn ?b.out our whirling planet. .... .. .The fact remains, however, that tftere is stillplenty to, discover. While much has been learned of tjbft Arctic and Antarctic,, and many false conceptions of the polar re gibns have -been done away with, ! the actual conqtFest or those places |rts." still very far from being accom plished. .Hardship and danger, are j sftiii to be endured Ui many .-parts of the earth, and treasure undreamed of no doubt remains to be located. ! Sven after all the far lands have I been visited and studied, and cata [ logued.- there will tetiH remain pos | sible such explorations as those of j John Burroughs,. Luther Burbank, \ and Jean Fabre. \ t m m ? i ? i j ?ISCSPI^?^TiD AND NEW. I Among . ils other creditable j achievements the juvenile court Is i largely .responsible for the general change which Is coming over cor ! rectional institutions throughout j the country. Today there are insti | tutions representing every attitude j toward correction from the most ! repressive and archaio to the most I enlightened and constructive. The juvenile court points the way for ; the latter. j The juvenile court idea is that j no child is to be deemed a criminal or treated as a criminal. .Where punishment and discipline were once the leading motives in the I management of reformatory or j correctional school, welfare, ad j justment and education are now the j chief purposes. Three things are suggested by a I juvenile court worker as funda mental in correctional institutions: 1. - Care, custody and discipline should be, as nearly as may be. that which would be given by par "~enTs. Welfare of the child is the reason of the commitment. 2. Behavior of the child must te studied as a thing caused. Treat ment or adjustment is a scientific process. 3. The child is an asset to the community and unless handicapped by irremediable mental or physical defect j should be restored ? to the community. ' j, Sunshine, fresh air, attractive sur jroundings. kindness, a balanced {mixture of work and play?these i things are no longer regarded as the crazy demands of sentimental ists. They are- the surest means of transforming a "bad" boy or girl into a "good" one who can take an active and self-respecting part in the work of the world. m ? m-' -? Coast Line Would Di^htiitue Trains Railroad Commission Petition ti For Permission to Discon tinue the Sumter-Cohrrnbia Train Columbia, June 8-^The Atlan-; tic Coast Linej "Railway is making an effort' to; reduce its local train j service _ in \ several parts of the j state. All loca-1 trains have been' hard hit by" automobile competition j ? and the railroad commission is fre quently petitioned for the discon tinuance of short line trains. At the commission meeting on. Wednesday the commission was asked by the .Coast Line for au thority to discontinue one train on the. Clio branch, where there are how four trains a day, two each way. The 'train which it is pro posed to 'discontinue has been op erating at a cost of 91 cents a mile, the commission* was shown; the: revenue from the train has been II cents ? mile. The Atlantic Coast Line is also asking to be allowed, to discon tinue one train on the Walterboro- j Ehrhardt branch, a petition that has. been made before but disal lowed. . This same road also gave notice to. the railroad commission Wed nesday of its desire to discontinue trains ,68 and 69 between Coium ibia and Sumter. This petition was made.some months ago but the matter has been hanging fire. The officials advised the commission that posters, advising the public of I the, plan to discontinue the train, have' been placed at all stations between Sumter and Columbia served by these two trains. This train leaves Columbia at 8 o'clock in the morning and returns, reach ing Columbia at 8 o'clock in the" evening. Sweet Potato Association Meeting. We are calling a meeting of all the Sweet Potato interests in . the state, including the present mem-, bership of the South Carolina! SWeet Potato Association and such , \ "other interested parties who may wish to join the Association, or who are vitally interested* in its success, to meet in the regular an-i nual meeting of the association to' be held at the Jefferson Hotel, at 11 o'clock on June 14th. Columbia,! s. c. : r j This meeting is for the purpose! of electlhg n?W officers, board of, directors/ ?nd also for the purpose j of deciding the form of contract ko \ be .used for next season, and the j pBan of pooling for next season, and any other points of interest to the association.- The future of the South Carolina Sweet Potato As sociation Will rest oh the results! of this meeting, and every one interested in the sweet potato | industry in the State is earnestly] requested to be present and par-j tlcipate. A full report of the past j season's business will be made and | also recommendations for the fu- i ture. Depending on your presence, we are, "Very truly yours. South Carolina Sweet Potato As sociation, by T. B. Young, Presi dent. Pisgah News Notes. -e ? . '? ? Rembert, June 6.?A heavy! rain fell here Sunday which dam- ; aged the crops a great deal. Many cut oats are damaged in the shock. Crops are fairly good, but small. Miss Annell Elmore, who has been visiting Rev. J. P. Dendy"s family at Bishopville, has return ed home to the delight of her miny friends. She is one of our most popular young ladies and we miss her when she is_ gone. Miss Lois Elm?re, of the Pisgah school never missed a day" in sev en months. Deportment 100, rat ing on examinations from 90 to 1?G. I How is that for making good use j of time. , The health of our section is very good indeed. We will have some peaches and other fruit, so in this line things look bright. Our section is on the up-grade in religious activity and education al lines. Every now and then I some man gets some girl to live J with him, just like you did, Mr. j Editor, and me, too. ? ? * Columbia. June 8.?The state su preme court ended its spring term I at noon Wednesday. A number of (important cases have been heard during the term and these the court will consider during the coming weeks, rendering opinions in de cision. j Babe Ruth is. out to break his j own suspension record. Most of us can be glad we don't get everything; coming to us. Hint to brides: Next month has jfive pay daya. i To-day's Best Jokes I and Stories Moonshine and a high-powered car are a had combination when the moonshine is on tlie inside of the driver. But there is something new which comes from the New York Tribune in a special dispatch from Spray, X. C. In a half column the correspondent tells of a well educated young mountaineer who has invented a carburetor 'which will handle moonshine for fuel instead of gasoline. In the back of the car, as the story goes, was a little copper still which made the; moonshine with which the car was run. All he needed was a little corn meal some sugar 'and yeast arid he found no trouble in mak ing from 30 to 40 miles on a gal lon." Two big automobile con cerns are figuring with the ihven-' tor, the story goes on, for the purchase of the invention which, if j it makes good completely revolu tionizes the automobile industry! as well as add a few gray hairs to I the equipment of 'the prohibition i agents. The story is ? good one, i but there are many people who I j were born in Missouri, or very ?e?r'j the line, who would like, a little! more information. For Men Only Another Sumter . industry,' the Sumter Cigar Co., which was re-1 cently established here by Mr. H.'j S. Josey, who moved the business from South Georgia is now in op- j eration and going well. The firm i is making at present three popular .priced cigars and has already in the short time they have been on sale in local stores built up' a nice busi- j ness, which is rapidly increasing; each day. The "Made in Sumter". ! brands are named "Josey's Bir?sh," "Eumter Special" and "La Vasca" and retail for 5 cents, $ cents, two for 15 cents, and 10 cents,- respec- i tively. As a cOnoiseur of seegars, ] having smoked something like cenN million or so of them in the past J fifteen years, we will say that the; "Made in Sumter" cigars are all.tp the good, and certain to win. large favor by their flavor among, the; followers of "My. Lady .Ni<?tine'\ ! The "Sumter Special" we. think is<j ! an exceptionally, good product for ! j the price. Of course, we all have different ta'stes. This one hits us I just about right, where another might appeal more to you. It. will, be worth your while to get as-r-j quainted with them. | . . -! ij The Retort Courteous. Two young men seated in a. trolley car were discussing the j prodigious size of the nose of a. [man seated across the aisle and., said, "Pardon me, sir, but would you mind telling me. why-your hose is so extraordinarily lairge?". " N The man addressed lowered his, newspaper and,.glanced kindly/ at. his inquirer. "Not at all," he re sponded; "it's very simple. I/have always kept it out of other people's, business, and let it grow."-^Bx. This is the time of year when, we go to the mountains or sea- i shore for a change and a rest. The waiter gets the change and the. hotel gets the rest The new office boy entered the office of the busy , business man, walked up to the desk and said: "Hey, Bo, I'd like to. get off this afternoon to go to the ball game. How about it?" ?"fhat's no way to approach ah employer for a favor," replied the I man. "Let me show you hew it should be done. I'll be' the boy | and y?u be the proprietor." Walk- i liijsr from tlie room, he returned i and rapped on the door ?s he en tered. "Sir, I wish to get off -from work to attend a ball game this1 j afternoon. May I have your con- i [sent t? do so?" "Sure," replied! j the boy, "take this quarter and go ! ahead." "Which Weeds are the easiest to I kill?" asked young Flickers of [ Farmer Sassafras, as he watched that good man at his work. "Widow's weeds," replied the j farmer, Who was a man of solne! experience. "You have only to say l to them, "Wilt thou?" and they | wilt."?Exchange, '. *' And when they finally find "the I perfect lover" they go and shoot j him. Oh, woman, woman! Through the Pearly Gates. A man who was asked; to give a recommendation for a patent med icine said, "It is the best medicine that I have ever tried. I bought a half dozen bottles for my moth er-in-law, who was at the very gates of Paradise when she began taking it, and it pulled her th rough."?Exchange. j The doctor coughed gravely. "I am sorry to tell you," he said, looking down at the man in the bed, "that there is no doubt you are suffering from small pox." The patient turned on his pillow and looked at his wife. "Julia," he said in a faint voice, "if any of my creditors call tell them that at last I am in a position to give them something. The very small boy with the j very large gun was standing in a country road. "What are you hunting, bub?" i asked a passerby?" "I dunno," he replied frankly, j "1 ain't seen it yet."?Ex, Naughty Pup. i "Your Honor," said the prose-1 i outing attorney, "your bulldog has (gone and chawed up the Bible." \ j "Well," grumbled the Judge, j j "make the witness kiss the dog; j we can't afford to adjourn court ; just to get a new Bible."?Ex. The New Saloon. "Was it your craving for drink that brought you here?" asked the sympathetic prison visitor. The prisoner folded his arms. "Do I look the sort of man," he said, "who would mistake this kind of place for a saloon?" ?Ex, PROPOSED Senate Bill Introduced by Finance Commit^ tee/Will tast Coun try $3345,^9,481 Washington, June 8?The soldier bonus bin was formally presented 'in the senate today. by Chairman McCumber of the finance commit tee, with an accompanying report placing the cost to the. government at $3,845.659,481, spread* over a period of forty-three years from next January .1st. This is approx imately $250,000,000 less than the house bill. The.senate bill esti mate were prepared by treasury experts on the theory that seventy five per cent of the four million, four hundred and fifty-eight thou sand one hundred and ninety-nine veterans eligible for compensation would elect the adjusted service cer tificate option, twenty-two and a half per cent the farm, home, land settlement plan.' After presenta tion the bill went to the calendar. The Genoa Conference. The Genoa Conference has defi nitely shown that international economic reforms cannot be ex pected from ministers whose po litical caree'gs depend on their success in advancing the irrecon cilable demands of*their own coun tries, the National Bank of Com me're in New York believes. It is also evident that Europe appears unable to readJudst her internation al debts without the cooperation of the United States. !. '"It is too soon to know what the ultimate effects of the Genoa, con ference will be/* the bank says ?in its magazine, Comnierce Monthly, 'for June. "Three facts, however, 'stand out. In the first place, it now appears too much to expect that the ministerial heads, whose po litical life depends upon maintain ing the. confidence of a majority of their constituents, Will endanger their control at home for "the sake of practicable international eco nomic programs. At least it may j be said, that an approach to coop ; eration by political representatives !of?governments, sufficient to. ac j cotiiplish a practicable settlement, appears extremely doubtful so long as the claims, of important Euro pean Countries are so irreconcil able- as they now appear.,'... J [j "Until, a broad campaign of ed jucatioh can bring to. the masses of [ voters a comprehension of the. "ut ter, impracticability of the full eco nomic and financial claims of the several nations, we cannot expect a political solution of the. European problem. "Indeed the striking way in which.this truth has been brought to light/at the Genoa Conference raises the question, whether after all the greatest accomplishment of .that conference may not be. the final, recognition that the great problems must be worked out chiefly by. conferences of economic and-.financial experts. It is now expected that numerous smaller conferences of experts .will follow the Genoa conference, the most interesting of which is that of .the representatives of the great banks of issue. The me^-ting of these.ex perts offers the, ,most promising ] step toward a. solution of the great European.-problem. "The second outstanding result of the Genoa conference is the re newed confirmation., that a. very large part of the difficulties that are responsible for present political ir reconciliation is found in the in ternational financial obligations. No plan approaching practicability has ,yet been proposed ? that does not involve a readjustment of these ob- | ligations. "The third outstanding fact is H that Europe appears unable in her self to accomplish the readjust ment of the .international debt sit uation. No comprehensive plan of readjustment has been proposed that does not involve either co-op eration of the United Spates in the readjustment of these obligations or large loans from this country to Europe. "Just how or when the United States will 'find in Europe. condi tions which will render it practi cable . for her to lend all needed help cannot now be foretold. How ever, the prospect that American financiers of high standing are to enter into conference with their colleagues in Europe is reassuring. "Notwithstanding the magnitude of the differences which have ap peared at Genoa, there is still hope that the effect of the conference will ultimately be to clear away some bf the uncertainty that has blocked earlier agreement. The j history of the conference, however, shows that in the past we have J 'not exaggerated the magnitude of! the European problem and that | the solution will call for the great- j est possible degree of cooperation j oh the part of all nations, including j the United States." '?~? I "Eve was the first flapper," says: a professor who may have been! looking at her pictures. With winter clothes put away moths are making the fur fly. The girl with dreamy eyes is usually wide awake. Water wouldn't be cussed so much if more of it would keep out of milk and gasoline. -? m ? ?? If you can't find the business re vival, advertise for it. ? ? An open mouth isn't a sign of an open mind. Cures Malaria, Chills, Df}|} Fever. Bilious Fever, ; D Colds and L&Grippe. Schedule of Campaign Meetings Arranged and Assessments on Candidates Fixed Enrollment Books Opened' | ] - <l The County Executive Commit tee of the Democrat-* ' party met in court house Tuesday at 11 o'clock at the call of the chairman, H. G. Osteen. Practically all of the twenty-six clubs were represented when the roll wras called by the secretary. Hatters relating to the primary were first taken up and it was de cided to have a county campaign this summer as usual, the itinerary adopted being as follows: August 1?Remberts. August 4?Privateer. August 8?Wedgefield. August 11?Mayesvill?. ? August 15?Shiloh. August 18?Dal2ell. August 23?Pinewood. August 25?Sumter (night). The Shiloh club was granted per mission to. reorganize, this club having failed to reorganize before the convention held in May. The final time for filing of pledges by candidates was. set as six o'clock on Monday,..' July 31st. The matter of financing the pri maries, was then taken up and dis cussed at length. It was brought to the attention of the committee that only two county offices, that of the judge of probate and tlie superintendent: of education, would J become vacant and successors nec I essarily having to be chosen, j A i schedule of assessments of various candidate's was worked out and 13 as follows:. Senate" $100. "~ Legislative representatives (each) $50. Judge of probate, $50. Superintendent of education} $75. Magistrate at Sumter (without opposition), $50; (with opposition) each "$40. Magistrate at Wedgefield (with out Opposition), $25 (with oppo sition), each $20. Magistrate at Dalzell (without Opposition), $20; (with opposition) each $15. Magistrate at Mayesville (with out opposition), $25; (with oppo sition), each $120. Magistrate at Pinewood, $15.00 (with opposition), each $12.50. Magistrate at Shiloh, $i5,rtwith opposition), each $12.50.. .? . . Magistrate . at Rembert, tiSJO^ (With opposition), )each, $12,50... Magistrate at Privateer, Vl5:00, (with opposition) each' $12.50. The 1922 books of enrollment were then distributed among the various executive eommitteemen to be turned over to the enrollment committees of the organized club* throughout the county and they are now open for signing by\.Demo ; cratic voters of Sumter county; Tn order to place one's name oh the club rolls the rules provide among other things residence in the state for a period of two years, in the county six month's prior to the succeeding general election and I in the club district sixty days prior to the first primary. The books will remain open until Tuesday, July. 25th,,at which time they will be closed and verified by the execu tive committee. United States May Be Mediator I Washington, June 7 (By the As ! sociated Press).?The Chilean Peruvfan conference brought its differences to so delicate a stage today that some of those in closest contact with the negotiations con ceded privately that only mediation by the United States could avert an open break. Chile, replying at last to the Pe ruvian proposal for arbitration .of the sovereignty of Tacna and ?ri ca, maintained her.:rradf?onal de-^ termination that a plebiscite must j be held in the disputed provinces ' as provided in the treaty of Ancon and consented only to arbitrate the conditions under which the election j should be carried into effect, j The Peruvians not only flatly re i jected that counter proposal, but I declined to transmit it to their [government. Charging again that [.the provinces had been denuded of I Peruvians since the date in IS94 i originally fixed for the plebiscite, a Peruvian . spokesman declared to accept the Chilean plan would be nothing short of "a humiliating and shameful surrender for Pe ru. Confronted thus With a-situation which had all the outward appear ances of a deadlock the delegations adjourned their joint session with out date, each side declaring it*had nothing further to suggest now and that the next move must come from the other side. The only point on which an agreement was reached was thatj the United Stat s should be the arbitrator, should a method of ar bitration henceforth be found. That suggestion was made by Chile in 'j her counter proposal and imme-j diately accepted by the Peruvians.] In some quarters there was a dis position to look upon this sole af firmative result of the four weeks of, negotiations as opening the door for mediation at once by the Washington government. Ko steps to ask for an exercise of **good of-, fices" had been taken tonight, however, and state department of ficials remained quiet as to their; intentions. There were many evi-: dences. however, that should both sides show their willingness, Secre tary Hughes would step in and try to bring the conference back to a definite basis of negotiation. NEW WHITE "WlfnOR SUITER Latest Lighting Sys-| tern Foi* -Main and Liberty Streets to Be Installed at Once. Big Improvements! .For City At a special session of the city j council held Tuesday afternoon the plans for a new street 'lighting sys-'i tern, or white way were approved! and passed and the order for the j lamps and posts placed with the j Westinghouse Electric company j through their local representative, I Mr. M. R. Handle. The ''white j way" will extend from Bartlette j to Calhoun street on Main street, j and from SunAer to Harvin street j on: Liberty. "When the new sys-j tern is installed all the light poles) Will be removed from the streets and supplanted by the beautiful white way lighting posts in this area, which will be a big addition to the appearance of these streets as well as in lighting efficiency. It is said that work of installing the new lighting system will be-j gin at once and that it should be completed by September. A called meeting of council was held in the clerk's office Tuesday afternoon, there being present all j members of council. The meeting j was called for the purpose of re ceiving bids from the General Elec tric Company and the Westing house Electric and Manufacturing j company in connection with the material to be furnished for 'the; construction of the white way which was authorized by council at a previous meeting. The bids were carefully analyzed and the con-, tract , awarded to Westinghouse Electric .& Manufacturing com pany, whose bid was the lowest. Councilman Raffteld stated that his position in the matter was the same as when the white way was voted on: that he was not opposed to a White way, but Would vote for the postponement of erection or award ing the contract, due to the present financial condition" of the city and the urgent necessity for Improving our water system as well as pav ! "frig certain streets now ?hder con sideration. Mayor Jennings and Councilman McCaHum voted to award the contract at once, the work to commence as soon as pos sible. The manager of the light plant was authorized to advertise for bids for the installation of the electrical system, the successful ?bidder to furnish a bond to the city of Sumter, said bond, to be is sued by a reliable bonding com pany for 50 per cent of the amount of xthe bid. It will .also be neces sary for each bid to be accompan ied by a certified check for 10 per rcent .of the amount of the bid, the checks of unsuccessful bidders to be returned Immediately after the contract is awarded, and the check of the successful bidder to be.re-j turned immediately after compli-j knee with all. conditions. Council next entered into the ap- j proval of current bills, and after a I general discussion of routine matT j ters With the city manager, ad-j jo?rned. The B. Y. 4?. TJ. of Pisgah. . Rembert, June 6.?The church Will have a play and serve lunches in trie public school house on, Fri day evening at 8 o'clock, Jun-e 16 at Pjsgah church. The play will! be by home talent. A small fee of 15c for adults and 10c for. chil dren will be charged to meet ex penses. The public is cordially in vited to attend. Mrs. Daisy Bar field, Mrs. G. W. Elmore, Mrs. Eva Shiver, Miss Sadie Rogers, Miss Essie Hawkins.^ . . ^^?-^ The objection to vacation love af fairs is some play for fun instead of playing for keeps. BUDGET OF NEWS FROM \ yr. Supreme Court Bi& misses Petitionv tif Joli'n T. Duncan Against W. A^Clark ?Car Dynamited Columbia. June 7.?The supreme court yesterday dismissed the mo ton of John T.. Duncan, of ColumV bia, for disbarment of W' A. Clark, on the ground, as alleged by Duncan, of. forgery and perjury, Duncan's allegation being that Mr. Clark'offered forged papers in evi dence in a reference. The eourjt gives several reasons for dismissing the motion, the fact that the pe tition ".Was "not verified,' that the charges .were not endorsed by tire bar. that Mr. Clark is not'now .a practicing. attorney; that the charges against Mr. Clark had not been proved in a court; that the federal court, where the offenisfc was alleged to have been commjt^ ted, Should have first chance !to hear the case. , Mr. Clark is one of Columbia*^ leading backers and most proj^M^ nent citizens. .'. He is head of t?e Confederate Veterans of the 8tat<?' The petition made by Mr." DuiacKU ! followed a hearing over certain I land embraced in the Camp JacVr. I son'site." Tolbert's Plum. Considerable interest is "taken, here in the announcement ^rom Washington as to appointment .of Joe.'W..yolbert..o?<Ab^v^i^l?i^ office of marshail of ...the^westefca district, Political, observers^ hejrtf. say they are at a loss stand what Toiberfs means.^Tolbert was the tor of patronage for the claimed, and yet he gets small plums, .For a.long^. was rumored that he would.be^col lector of interna^ revenue^ but jSfa jor Jones,, of Blacksburg* receiv ed that plum. -? Car Dynamited. Columbia officers-are investigat ing the dynamiting of av streei car early Tuesday, -and several clues are. .being followed, which > # ^ is said, may lead to an arrestrT&a. car was dynamited on a suburb line, near the ijtate hospital, but ?within the city limits. The,car was badly damaged and was; blown from the .track- The rails ..were out. There were no passengers in the:car at the time and there were no fatalities. This is considered re markable. ... Augusta-Aifcai Rates... . - Interest-attaches here ^^the- de cision of the federal court of ap- . peals at'Richmond in allowing the; Auguta-Aiken electric; railway11? increase its. rates. The railrcaS commission refused the rate ? i crease; but allowed the reduction of service. ? Shorter schedules, have been ia effect in recent weeka* - COTTON MARKET HEW Y08K C?TT?L B Open Lotf Close March ~ .. 20.90 21.62 20.85 21.23 fflv. May.20.75 ?.00 20.S8 21.1? ' my _ - ...21.25 21.91 2038 ?2I.S4 2!.? ftfci_-21.38 21,85 21?? 2IS3 21.22 ?c- - ...:21.2i 21?5 ?S8 21.43 7I.IS spots as op, ??.?3. c. ^ ? .v r ?FW ORLEANS C0TTOH. " Tmtdy* Open Elgh Low Clow Oos* JM_2057 21. IS 20.4C 20.78 -29.52 Warch _ . 28.29 20.99 20.24 2AM 2fc37 July - - .21.20 21.86 20.9J 21.45 TSLm% -Oct. _ _ J?S0 2K55 2&S7 ZfcflT- -?<??? Dec .. 20.65 2t.4t 20.48 20.33 -3Q.t?S Spots $2 up, 21.50. .~ r J~-i-y Liverffeat Cottoa. ; January .- ..._ lUft* H?rcfc 1. :i_ IM4 ; -_ fjg^ December ...._ __i yft&k' Receipts 1 i,000 : Sales, 5,000; HfS??ag, 12:8<rr Goo? MlddHng 12.75. > in firm) n Tu. n^TtnrHi'-rrrnm rn ? The National Bank of South Carolina *?*w&m?LM s. c. The Mart Painstaking SERVICE wttk COURTESY Capital $300,000 Surplus and Profits ?300,000 STRONG ANB PROGRESSIV? Give us the Pleasure of Serving YOU. The Bank With the Chime Clock. C. G. ROWLAND, Proa. EARLE BORLAND, 1-1 -aZ isydnzffsi fa rai lafSE?aBi!] na i 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 t?eir stockholders, but are a protection to the public We not only guarantee you 100 per cent safety but we "Will aHow 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 BANK OF SUMTER, S. C