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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.
?$3F6& itt?ddlemen and retailers are
n%t. affected. -There may be a lot
oTTHSpeculative and monopolistic, toll j
;ta^en ^before the coal reaches chej
consumer. ?? ? j
But the question uppermost-in
the -public mind is. why should
-&3te.qecessary-to take any such ac
:iiOn irt a time of peace, when hear
-..Sy ?B-fbe machinery of business .and
^governiaent is functiomng normal
ly-again?
v Why must there be a coal strike
at all ? Or why, -after a. strike has i
^eceurred,* caust it xrontinue morej
^than iwo months with no sign of!
conclusion ? . i
v- . Why should this great nation j
take- such, an- unnecessary interfer-1
e^jE .with normal life and work asj
?an--act. of God, not to be question
id, and content itself with merely
^empor??ng and trying to mitigate
ija, evil results?
. WiwttL^the, public wants to know
can't -the strike itself be.stop
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A RteLlGIOrS WAR
. ^i^rfortnnate,Ireland seems to bej
iaxincfeed into the- horrors of a re-'
2js^ns;.war. j
'ynits were supposed to bej
Iwfer.ra Grange and almost ineom-j
CSfe^nsible phase oi a past civili-'
iSBSion. They have been anarchroh-j
4wns- for /two, centuries. .. Yet here:
mt&:North and South Ireland ready |
Wfiyrat.each others' throats. j
jTaere are those who- will deny
tart-.the designation, "religions
^ar!*, fe correct in this case; and,
y^t, if war comes, it will be notfr-j
-f&fct^ess... For after all is. said i
k^o&t economic, racial and politi-j
^J(3l3 ?ifierences between the peopled
ro? Ulster and those of South Ire-'
,4&?d,^ the fact remains that their j
"tun^?a^Rental trouble is religious!
^1K^Gl?pat^b*Hity. It is Protestant
feT^.^dt^Catholicism against each
'Sfti^-?g&m. perhaps in their last
ItU^eo^siand. And it is a spectacle
^o^make all Christendom weep and
alf^iwrthendom laugh in mockery.
^Strictly speaking, there never
.fc$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.
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#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.
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'Mast everything has been deflat- j
ed^now .except political oratory. .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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,
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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."
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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.
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If you can't find the business re
vival, advertise for it.
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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
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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.
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