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3&e Watchman and Sovthron Entered at the Postomce at Sam ^5#r, S. ?w as Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. * Mrs. G. E. Beetham and daugh ter, Gloria, are visiting Mrs. R. W. Crouser in Greeleyville. Miss Julia Obensehain has return ed from the western coast where she has spent the last five or six weeks. 4 Messrs. Henry Spann, Frank T^borae, George Wilson, Howard Jones, and "Bully" Haryin attend ed the dance in Darlington Mon day. * Misses Claudia Eraser, Mamie and Margaret Edmunds went to Congaree today to attend the wed ding Wednesday evening of Miss Lila Edmunds. Misses Mary Stuckey, Vermelle Pitts, and Lucle Dibble went to DarSngton Monday to attend the dance. Mr. Charles D. McClary of Sum merton was in the city Monday j-yisiting friends. Miss Josephii e Fraser returned ^Georgetown M onday after^spend ing about two weeks with her sister, ^Irs. J. M. Dick. Mr. and Mrs. Seaman Richard son of Manning returned to their home Monday after having spent ^Sverai days with the parents of ? the former. Mr. L. E. Xirven left Monday for Eufaula, Ala., where he Will T^sit friends. Mrs. Solomon Blatt and son, Sol Jr., returned to Barnwell Monday . after several days visit to-her fath er, Mr. Moses Green. Mr. L. L.. Brunson went to Bish opville and Camden Monday and reports that the crops looked fine. Mrs. A. iL. Jones of Columbia is visiting Mrs.1 Middleton on Oakland Ave. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Staley of - Norfolk, Va.i are visiting Mr. and -SKrrs. E. M. Staley on Oakland Ave. Since the adjournment of the Press Association, Mr. H. G. Osteen and family have been spending a few days wtih the Folley's at Mur relTs Inlet. Mr. Barnes Boyle of Greeleyville returned to his home Monday. Captain P. P. Finn and wife re ^jrned from Columbia, Monday where they have been for some time. ' Miss Audrey' Schwerin returned ^Monday after a visit of several uays to friends in Bonneau. Mr. Thomas Monaghan returned from Bonneau Monday, where- he ha3 been visiting friends for sever al days. Miss Katie Roessler is visiting Miss Juanita Weeks on W. Liberty Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Laws on and Mr, J. Harold Lawson have return <o?r ? from an automobile k trip j^rbugh North Carolina, "Virginia and Washington, D. C. While in North Carolina they visited Miss Thelma BUltman ni Greensboro. Mrs. Harry Green and little son, Harry Jr., have gone to Florence to spend sometime. - Mr. Clarence C. Ridge has re-j turned to his home in North Cam-' hug. after spending several days j wtth his brother, Mr. Lisa Ridge. Mr. Liss Ridge left Sunday with $gs brother for Norjh ? Carolina where he will spend two weeks with relatives and friends. Messrs. James Boney, Dyer Bar num, Manning Rape, and Walter Britten returned Tuesday night from Savannah, where they went on an automobile trip. :}% * Mr. A D. Harby went to Colum bia Wednesday on business. Mr. T. Scott DuBose of Oswego wa\3 .in the city Wednesday on bus iness. Mr. L. D. Jennings left for Co lumbia Wednesday on business. Mr. Dabney Bethea of Bishop vlUe was in the city Tuesday on business. Mrs. B. A. Harmon, two sons and her sister. Miss Louise Led dihghani, of Cohrmbla, formerly of this city, passed through Sumteri Tuesday on their way to Chandler? Siding, where they will visit their I lather.' Mr. DeSaussure Edmunds went .,?*?? Congaree Wednesday to attend] the wedding of Miss Lila Edmunds! Wednesday night. Mr. C. H. Barnum returned ? from Columbia Tuesday, where hej 'went to visit his wife, who is sick.! .The many .friends of Mrs. Barnum | .will be delighted 'to know that she ? is somewhat better. . Messrs. R. D. Epps and J. A. j McKnight left Wednesday by auto ] for Stone's Lake, near Greenville, 1 where the T. camp is being held, j They will bring back several boys| Friday, when the camp comes to j Jp close. ? Mr. D'uane Wannamaker, gener- j al western manager of all Hen derson publications, in Chicago? is' visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. j A N. Wannamaker. . Mr. Raymond Stansill left Wed- j ne3day afternoon for Washington, D. C, to visit Dr. Godfrey Arthur j Lang before returning to his i home in New York. Mr. C. J. Westberry and Miss I Thelma Carr have returned from j fhe capital city. Mrs. D. W. Green and children j left Wednesday for Mullins, where j they will spend some time. Messrs. Edward and James K. j Wilson of St. Charles were in the! ?ity Wednseday visiting friends. Miss Eloise Barren of Rock Hill i passed through Sumter Wednesday j en route to Society Hill, where she; will visit friends. Mr. Robert Lee of Florence j passed through Sumtre Wednesday on his way home. Mrs. Sidney Burgess and children ! left Wednesday for Florence to j visit Mrs. Everett Lucas. Mrs. Harold Bowen and children | of Augusta, returned home Th?rs- ; day after a visit to her par- j ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. McKagen. ! Miss Virginia Sumner of of So- ' qiety Hill is visiting Misses Emma and Grace Reynolds on Hampton j Ave. Mr. M. F. Reid was in the city j Wednesday on business. Mr. L. C. Warren of Edgefield, representing the Fisk Rubber Co., j I j is to spend several days in the city on business. Mr. H. C. Culbreath spent Tues day in St. Charles on business. Mrs. Mabel Mason of Bishop ville arrived in the city Wednes day to spend several days with friends before going to points in North Carolina. Miss Annie Anderson of Rich mond is visiting her sister, Mrs. Samuel Sanders. * Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Allen and daughter, Virginia, and son, John, who has been working for the Item office for some time, will leave Thursday night for West Palm Beach. Fla., where they will make their future home. ? ? Miss Bernice Haselden of Georgetown passed through the city Thursday morning en route to New berry, where she will visit friends. Mr. J. B. Trenhel, engineer of roadway. A. C. L,, wa3 in the city Thursday on business. Mr. John I. Blanding, of Bland Motor Co., returned Thursday from Columbia, where he has been visiting friends for several days. Mr. W. Q. Jeffords, general road master, A. C. L. passed through the city Thursday morning en route to Columbia. Miss Anna Fishburne of Bishop ville passed through the city Thurs day morning enroute for her home, having spent several days in Co lumbia with relatives. Mrs. Rosa Duffie left Thursday morning for Darlington, where she will visit relatives for several days. Mr. Harry Ryttenberg is in Har rison, Maine, having accepted a po sition as one of the camp instruc tors at Camp Wigwam, for the sum mer. Miss Sally Lou Wilson arrived in the city Wednesday to spend sev eral days with Misses Eloise and Evie Wilson at 107 Broad St. Miss Edith Evans will leave for New York Thursday afternoon, where she will take post graduate work for two or, throe months at 'the Presbyterian Hospital.* Mrs. F. E. Renfrow and son, F. E. Ji . have gone to JSoston, where they will visit friends for sometime. They will join a party in Boston, and will motor to Can ada, visiting points of interest alpng the way. Mrs. Bell Grant and Misses May Griffin and Lou Holliday left ! Thursday morning for* Bellevue I Hospital^ New York City, where I they will take special training for four months. Mr. E. S. Booth returned Tues ? day from Los Angeles and San Francisco, where he attended the ' Shriners' convention. ? ? ? QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS [From Specialists'. Correspondence Wjth Farmers What can I do for tomatoes that have blight??S. W. R., Greenville. "'. There are two tomato diseases technically called blight, or wilt and [jgt number of others which are so called by many people. Since treat ment appropriate for one would not be for the others, we cannot advise you what to do without seeing spec imens of the diseased plants. What kind of basket should be used for packing grapes for local market? The grapes may be packed in 4 I quart peach baskets for local mar- j ! ket If they are to be shipped by express the regular grape basket j must be used. This basket has a rigid bottom and a rigid top, with a wooden handle. For small bunch grapes such as the Delaware use 5-pound baskets. Large buncn va rieties like the Concord should be packed in eight-pound baskets, i Please advise me in regard to j growing late cabbage for market. J. D. C, Lynchburg. Cabbage seed sown in the middle of June and transplanted in August will produce heads during Novem ber and December, according to the eariiness of the variety used. Use the Charleston Wake?eld and Suc cession. The Succession will come in after the Wakefield and will re main in good condition throughout December ^nd unless very severe weather occurs, the greater part, of January. What is the matter with the ac companying tomato plants??A .W. P., Columbia. The tomato plants are affected with fungrus wilt. The best control measure is to plant a resistant va riety such as Norton, Marvel and Arlington. What is the matter with the bean plants I am sending??'Mrs. M. O. C, Travelers' Rest. They appear to be affected with dry root rot. This is a compara tively new disease which has not yet ! been thoroughl ystudied. Eventual- j iy w' will probably have good va- j I rieties resistant to the parasite, but I at present the only one or two re jsistant varieties are not desirable ; for other reasons. Please advise me how to control j fleas??A. F. L.. Rock Hill. I Bathe the dogs and cats in a 3 i per cent solution of one of the coal 1 j tar products, chloro napthoieum, ! j kreso, zenoleum or creolin and soak j i their bedding. Then make up a 10 j j per cent solution and spray the j places frequented by fleas, such as around the house, pig pens, eto Please tell me what variety of Irish potatoes to plant for fall and when.?H. E. B.. Camden. You may plant potatoes in late July and early August and have them mature before frost. The Lookout Mountain is the best va | riety for this purpose. The other I varieties do not sprout well in the late summer and the yield is there fore never satisfactory. ? ? ^ "Do we think less of our homse?" asks a worried reformer. Well, we I stand a little less in awe of Sher ! lock Holmes. j That physician who says the [shimmy causes skin eruptions may I be right. Doubtless the skin I thinks it is volcanic action. Sometimes a man can't stand to see his wife do all the work, so he ' goes to town after supper. One sad sight is a fisherman with bis arms so full he can't tell about wnat got away. I WORLD NEY Washington, June 27.?Indica tions were given at the White House that the government would soon be able to make an announce ment on the coal strike situation and that the step contemplated was a move to bring the leaders of the miners and the operators together for the discussion of wage differ ences. Washington, June 27.?The sen ate today concurred in the house amendment to the army bill con taining a seven and a half million dollar appropriation for the work on the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals. McCumber agreed to lay aside temporarily the tariff bill that the senate might consider this measure. Washington, June 27.?The house p?st?ffice committee voted today to postpone the consideration on the Kelly bill for the reduction of second class postal rates until the December session. ? Washington, June 27.?The house j passed by a vote of two hundred j and eight -to seventy-six the Cap per-Tincher bill to supplement the I future trading act to meet the re i cent decision of the supreme i court, which asserts federal con jtrol over grain markets. I Mexico City, June 27.?Manuel \ j Barcena, the Mexican lawyer who j was kidnapped together with A. i ? Bruce Bielaski, near Cuernavacaj Sunday, has been released and I news is momentarily expected ofj Bielaski's release. Latest reports from Cuernavaca said that Biel aski is safe and that negotiations with the bandits were under way. San Francisco, June 27.?Inland j valleys of California are in the throes of a heat wave with a max- i imum temperature of a hundred j and ten reached at Redding, in; the upper Sacramento valley yes- j terday. Panama, June 27.?Death an nounced today of Dr. Ciro UtiioiaL, j former president of Panama. Xew York, June2 7.?The New York Consolidated Stock Exchange today announced the suspension of E. M. Fuller and Company. j Cincinnati, June 27.?Mrs.. Nich i olas Longworth, aged 77, mother of Congressman Longworth, of Ohio, and Countess B. E. Chambrun, of I Paris, died here today from pneu i monia. Tokyo. June 26 (By the Asso ciated . Press). ? Prince Yorihito j Higashi-Fushimi, scion of one of j the oldest princely families and ad miral in the Japanese navy, died this morning , at Hayama.. The 1 prince is believed to have been suffering from cancer, complicated by an attack of influenza. He was 55 years old. Washington, June 28.?Charging that, the people of Williamson county, Illinois, had apparently given their approval to the massa cre of non-union miners at Her j rin. Senator Myers, Democrat, de clared today in the senate that here was an instance of one entire "hundred per cent" disloyal to the United States and the constitu tion." Washington, June 28.?Action by; congress in appropriating seven! and a half million dollars for work on the Wilson dam means that the "completion of Muscle Shoals de velopment now is a certainty," Representatives of Almon, Ala bama, in whose district the shoals are located declared in a state ment, Washington, June 28.?A reso- i lution in the house for adjourn- j ment Saturday wan temporarily j blocked in the senate today pend-1 ing a consultation between Demo- j cratic leaders of the two houuses. I Lynchburg. Va., June 28.?E. L. ; Chappell, United States deputy j marshall committed suicide this morning by blowing . part of his | head off with a shot gun. Columbia, June 28.?Mrs. C. Y. Reamer, chairman of the League [Of Women Voters legislative com mittee, is urging the women to en roll on the club rolls. A registra- j tion certificate, she warns, is not alj the women need for voting. Los Angeles, June 28?Search is being made for an unidentified ship which was last night reported as burning off Ventura, Cal. The steamer Humboldt is reported as I steaming back and forth in the j fog 'hunting for the burning ship. Berlin. June 28.?Three persons were killed and twenty-five wound ed at Armstadt yesterday when po lice fired in a crowd during a dem- j onstration in connection with the j assassination of Rathenau. ! Chicago, June" 27. ? Raliroad j managers today indicated there would be no peace overtures made j to the four hundred thousand shop men whose leaders declared in an | j ultimatum last night a strike is j certain as a result from railroads j to ignore the wage decision of the railroad labor board effective July 1st. Lincoln. Neb., June 2S?Two per sons may die and several others are said to have been injured when the Chicago Flier and a Rock Isand train went into a ditch today at Alvo. The engineer and fireman were probably fatally injured. i Cheraw, June 28.?Joe Lindsayl and John W. Justice have made application to the secretary of state; for a charter for the Cheraw Pub-! lishing company. This corporation will do a gener- j al printing and publishing business, includin gthe local newspaper, the j IS IN BRIEF I Cheraw Chronicle, which will be come part of the assets of the com pany. Quite a number of promi nent business men are behind the concern. Washington, June 29?The Mex ican rebels who seized Aguada Camp of the Cortex Oil Company in Tampico region and holding the property and forty Americans for ransom of fifteen thousand pesos, withdrew Monday without damage or injury to the employes, Consul Shaw at Tampico today advised the state department. Frankfurt, June 29?Ernst Tech owa, a student aged twenty one who the police declare was the driver of the motor car in the assa ination of Minister Rathenau, was arrested in the vicinity of this city today. Washington, June 29.?The sen ate commerce committee ordered a favorable report on the rivers and harbors development bill. Marion, June 29. ? A special grand jury will begin July 10th to investigate the Herrin massacre, Circuit Judge Hartwell announced today. Excavation of the strip 1 mine started today following ru mors that numbers of bodies were j buried at the mine. ! Washington, June 29?Secretary of Labor Davis announced that bituminous and anthracite coal op erators had accepted the invitation extended last night by President Harding to meet at the White House Saturday with the miner's union officials to devise means on which negotiations for settlement of the coal strike could be initiated. Tokio, June 29?The associated ! privy council passed the national treaty as adopted at Washington Arms Conference and submitted it today'to the prince regent for rati fication. Dublin, June 29.?A battle be tween Republicans and provisional free-state forces continued all night, and firing is still proceeding vigorously today. The list of cas ualties is not yet available, but it is estimated that at least fifty were ! killed and wounded. ! SAVE THE MELONS Prevention of Stem-end Rot Simple and Inexpensive , Clemson College, June 27.?The greatest source of loss in. water melons shipped from southern points to the northern markets is stem-end rot. This is a rot which gains .*, entrance to the melon through the broken or cut end of the stem and causes the melon to decay in transsit. Large propor tions of whole carloads are often destroyed. Proper treatment of the stems will prevent this condition. This treatment consists of two things: 1. Recutting the stem of each melon in the car. 2. Applying a good disinfectant while the cut surface is still fresh A satisfactory disinfectant is pre pared as follows?Place 3 1-2 quarts of water and 8 ounces of bluestone in an enamelled vessel and heat to boiling. Mix 4 ounces of starch with a pint of cold water till a milky mixture free of lumps is obtained. With the bluestone all dissolved and the solution boiling, pour the starch preparation into it in a slow stream, stirring con stantly to prevent lumps. Con tinue boiling till the preparation is of the consistency of thick paste. It is best used fresh but can be kept a week or ten days if placed in a g)a:-s or earthen vessel. If commercial paste is used it should be carefully prepared ac cording to directions on the pack age, and when ready to use should contain C percent of bluestone. Notes and Cautions. 1. Cut the melons from the vines with as long stems as pos sible, so that there will be plenty of room for the recutting. Take special care not to break stems off entirely. 2. Do not treat the stems with out -recutting. The fungus which causes the disease is very active and is apt to gain entrance to the tips of the stems before the melons get to the car. These infected stem tips must be cut away and further in fection prevented by an immediate application of the paste. 3. The length of the stems after recutting should be one or two inches, so that the paste can be ap plied with a small brush without smearing the melons. 4. It is not worth while to treat dead or shriveled stems. More detailed information con cerning this treatment can be se cured from the Botany Division. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS ml t TOM, come up HEf?e > walk with M&-DOK" ^8ehjnd- tOOK at V? .You're losing v< -garter-?ys pra6g PL MARKET NEWS (Furnished by MacDowell & Co., 18 South Main St.. Correspondents of H. & B. Beer, Members New York and New Orleans Cotton Exchanges.) COTTON MARKET NEW YOBX COTTON. Yestdyi Open Htffb Low Close Clone Jan__.21.35 21.35 21.07 21.21 21.13 March .. - 21.26 21.26 20.93 21.06 21.03 ayM _ 2Q.88 20.83 July .. . ..21.75 21.82 21.48 21.68 21.62 Oet.-21.75 21.82 21.50 21.65 21.57 Deel.. - . 21.50 21.61 21.30 21.45 21.37 Spots 10 up,. 22.20. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Yeatdyc Open Higb Low Clone Onv Jan.. _ _ ..20.69 20.86 20.59 20.65 20.65 March. .. ?20.50 20.67 20.35 20.48 20,45 May _ _ _ 20.28 20.30 July _ _ 21.56 21.65 21.24 21.48 21.63 Oet. 21.09 21.35 21.01 21.17 21.13 Dec- ~ . 20.84 21.05 20.72 20.85 20.82 Spots unchanged, 21.50. Liverpool Cotton. January ._ _ . ?. 12.04 March ._ _ 11.88 May .... _ .. ? ._.. -. 11.75 July._ ._. 12.74 October . _. 12.39 December. _ .. .. _.. _._ 12.15 Receipts 11,000: ales. 10.00P- Middling, 13.19; Good Middling, 13.64. Woman as Working Power Told by the State Presidents Chautauqua, N. Y., June 27.? Today was marked by even great er business activity than usual. Several important committees re ported. The nominations commit tee gave its report and elections are to take place Thursday. The credentials committee reported a total of 1,228 delegates, with Il linois having the largest delegation 108. The southern states have the following representatives: Ala bama 6, Kentucky 31, Maryland 13, Florida 33, Tennessee 12, Virginia 13. South Carolina 5 and Texas 43. A resolution in regard to putting prison labor and prison labor pro ducts on the open market was re ferred to the committee on reso lutions after much discussion. A plea in behalf of the Indians was made by Madame Gertrude Bonnie, an Indian princess. "Amer ica, the Beautiful," was adopted as the general federation song. Some of the speakers of the day were Martin E. Buroughs, ex-Gov ornor of Pennsylvania; Arthur Dun ham, head of the Philadelphia ex change; Miss Mable Wilcox, direc tor of Volunteers' Service, Wash ington; Mrs. H. A. Atwood, Cali fornia, and Miss Julia K. Jaffrey. This evening w;as given over to the state presidents. Woman as a working power, the keynote of the convention, was illustrated by each state, president, who gave a three minute address on the outstanding achievement of her state. Education with one accord was the note propounded by all the states?education in regard to leg islation, of child welfare, . public opinion and American citizenship. Alabama's president struck the keynote when she said "Civiliza tion lies in education." Wyoming has twenty out of thirty-one county superintendents of education. Florida is waging a fight for health and education. South Dakota's individual clubs have donated parks to communi ties, and Indiana has a woman for attorney* general. Mrs. Winter for President. Chautauqua, N. Y., June 27.? Mrs. Thomas C. Winter, of Min neapolis, Minn., was nominated for reelection as president of the General Federation of Women's clubs at the biennial convention in session here today. The remaind er of the ticket, all of which is un opposed, includes: Mrs. William S. Jennings, Jack sonville, Fla., first vice president; Mrs. Wallace T. Percy, Glendiveat, Mont., second vice president; Mrs. James Has'S, Atlanta, recording sec retary; Mrs. Florence Floor, Cle burne, Texas, treasurer. The election will take place on Thursday. The corresponding sec retary will be appointed by the board. Two resolutions concerning mo tion pictures were considered to day by the resolutions* commit tee. One resolution, sponsored by the Georgia Federation of Women's clubs, endorses the "better film or ganizations." The other, advanced by the federation chairman of mov ing pictures, Mrs. Woodalleh, New York, recommends: (Will all organizations interested in improving motion pictures). Under the rules discussion of the resolutions went over until tomor row when Will Hays, president of the motion picture producers and distributors, is expected to speak before the convention. Today's program called for con ferences on industrial and busi ness relations, institutional rela tions, Indian welfare and social erv'ce. THERE ! SHOWING [WHITE MAN KILLS M'CORMICK NEGRO Richard Sims Shot by W. T. Wood Yesterday McCormick, June 26.?Richard Sims, negro, was shot and killed this morning near Parksville by W. T. Wood, a white man. Mr. Wood, according to the testimony offered at the coroner's inquest this morning, shot in self-defense, draw ing his pistol only after he had been attacked by the negro. Mr. Wood's left arm was broken by a blow from a shotgun, wielded, witnesses sti% by "the negro Sims. Mr. Wood came to McCormick after having his arm dressed and this morning surrendered to Sher iff Leroy. The coroner's jury, in vestigating the killing, brought in a verdict that the negro came to his death by a gunshot wound at the hands of W. T. Wood. The dead negro was considered a des perate character. The killing grew out of an at tempt on the part of Mr. Wood and W. T. Self and W. P. .Langford, two other white men, to settle a dispute between the negro Sims and John Lee, another negro, living about one and a half miles from Parksville. The wives of the two negroes quarreled yesterday and Sims, according to the negro Lee, threatened yestreday to kill him, and this morning, Lee said, carried a gun to the field with the avowed intention of carrying out the threat. From information received here the Lee negro lived on the farm of W. T. Self of Parksville and Richard Sims went into the field this morning armed with his shot gun to await, the arrival of Lee, whom it was alleged, he swore he would kill on sight. Lee on learn ing of the presence of Sim3 in his field went to . Parksville and report ed the matter,to his landlord W. T. Self. Mr. Self, in company with W.. T. 4Wood. and M. P. Langford, went to the field where the negro Sims was waiting and tried to get him to go to the home of Lee to talk the matter over and get their differences settled. When the three white men reached the field the ne gro, they say, ordered them not [to approach him and drew his gun on them. They assured him that they had not gone there to create a disturbance but to get the dif ferences between him and Lee set tled and they succeeded in getting him to put his gun. down and talk with them in an effort.to reach an adjustment of ttie differences. When Sims put his gun down Mr. Langford picked it up and unloaded it. Mr. Wood then took the negro by the arm and started in .the di rection of the negro Lee's home. As they proceeded down the road Mr. Langford, it was testified, overtook them, carrying the negro's gun in his hand and walking along beside Mr. Wood, and on the off side from Sims. The negro, witnesses said, suddenly reached over, grabbed the gun from the hands of Mr. Langford and began beating Mr. Wood with it. The Sims negro is about 30 years of age and stronger than either Mr. Wood or Mr. Lang ford, it was testified, and succeed ed in striking. Mr. Wood several blows with, the gun barrel, one of the blows breaking Mr. Wood's left arm just above the wrist. The ne gro, witnesses said, continued beat- ' ing the white man and Mr. Wood drew his pistol and shot the negro to death. Mr. Wood came on to McCormick after having his arm dressed and gave himself up to Sheriff Leroy. Scaley-Leg Mites of Chdcks Clemson College, June 28?The mite commonly remains on the feet burrowing through the scales and causing their enlargement. A crust of loose tissue is formed above the burrows, and intense itching re sults. When scaly leg is-left un treated, the feet often Becomes badly distorted, and in some cases the fowls can scarcely walk or get up to the perch. Controlling scaly leg is by soaking the legs in warm soapy water to loosen the scales, and then applying kerosene oil on the leg- with care not to get It on the feathers. Treatment should be immediate when the disease is discovered. One thing funnier than a man who can't whistle is a woman who can. The Fairmont express was rob bed in the daytime. These nights are too short for robbers. . Some of our gardeners have had vegetables. You can tell by the empty cans in their gardens. They are hunting the 12 greatest women. How about the one who can bait her own hook? ' Losing your temper is a sure sign of bad luck. 666 quickly relieves Colds, Constipation, Biliousness and Headaches. A Fine Tonic. tE GOES OFF OH ' STREET YouBiG&oc DIDN'T YOO; THAT HAT r WHY DONT' WHERE W ru KNOCK > BLOCK LEWIS CONFERS WITHOUT RESULT Head of Miners Visits White House. Talks of Strike Washington, June 26 (By the Associated Press). ? Administra tion efforts to bring abour a set tlement of the bituminous coal strike met a preliminary check t?? day. After a conference with President Harding ?nd Secretary Davis, John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, an nounced that the union policy still was unaltered and unyielding in its insistence that a new wage scale must be set up for the strike ridden mining districts by national or semi-national conferences with operators. The meeting between Mr. Harding, Secretary Davis and Mr. Lewis, which took place at the White House, was the last of a se ries of conferences into which Sec retary Davis look Mr. Lewis to day. Officially no statement was j forthcoming, though Secretary j Hoover also was called to the White House immediately after Mr. Lewis left. Mr. Lewis was first invited to Washington last Tuesday and upon his arrival Sunday was taken to Secretary Davis' apartment for a discussion running several hours past midnight to be renewed later today at the labor department. "We talked over the general problems of the bituminous indus try and the strike," Mr. Lewis de clared on leaving the White House. "With relation to the present strike we considered the matter of a joint conference of operators and miners, especially proposals to hold) ^district joint conferences between operators and miners for wage set- j tlements as compared with a joint conference in tne central compe titive field, or a national-conference of all fields through representa tives. No definite plans affecting the strike were decided upon. The strike situation is unchanged. "The country," he added, "will be facing a serious shortage of eoal within a few weeks and if the strike continues the railroads will be unable to transport enough to take care of industries and con sumers." There were no indications of what further steps might be taken by the government after-the meet . ings had been concluded..-. When one man carries an um brella and one doesn't, the weather has a hard time deciding whether to rain or not.: : .' If you are well bred, after eat ing onions you will "keep your mouth shut about them. Bootleg, whiskey doesn't; appear to have lightened the' burdens of anybody in America except the fool killer. '? : EVERETT TRUE | IT 's I/6XT to imp* . THIS m4m l?M HAS Of Sees (e= z F< v. ' - ' BARNWELL M VOTERS HEARk Candida? . * ? ? - CrowdyToo- Large for Co?jrt House-?Adjourns to Vamp Theatre \ ; ; 5?S ?? Barny^L June 26.?About <00 BarnwejE??&'nty voters heard here today the more or less impas^c?*jBd pleas o*v the_ 'candidates for state offices ffcr'thV votes of the "dfere peepul.^f The meeting- was called to order in the court house Jay. County^fiairman Edgar A. Brown? who presided throughout the day and in his usual happy way intro~_ duced the aspiring office-seekers-to their perspiring audience. In a short time, however, it be came apparent that the capacity of the fc?urt house was not syQgr, cient to*1 accommodate the large crowd and after the candidates-for commissioner of agriculture one candidate for governor spoken the meeting adjourned?***) reassemble" at the Vamp Theata* the user:dY^which was offered1^/ M. C. Diamond, the owner. ? The number of' women ' present almost equalled the men And best of -?rder prevailed through^ out the entire meeting, in welcome, contrast-to several stormy Session? in the past. Factionalism was "no-7 ticeable -by its. absence and ejtch and every, candidate received a"re? spectful hearing, and a generous amount of -applause.' Interest centered ch iefly , m 410 candidates for governor. ? John^5? Duncan -came to the bat first scored wlien" her declared "that Cole L. Blease was no political'menace this year. ?< Many people' in evftigr county do not approve of-a third term and where Mr. Blease cout? ~ point to one recruft, he (Duncan) . can fin4 ten ? deserters, he. said.-;*: Mr.. Duncan/dubs Mr. McLeoti "the orator of the campaign pattyr - beside whom . Demosthenes agad Cicero we*e--not In" it." Fight Ends With One Dead, Onp Hurt and One in Jail. Moultrie, Gar, June . 26i?Molly [Walters,:;26, is dead, and; Florence ; Walters,1 ^S, is seriously wounded at her hbme here aftre a knife -batr. tle between the two ; s^s^E?rs ~ 4KEf^ Mrs. Sarah Greech, 26, all white, :iate this* afternoon in the subi' , of this city. Mrs, Greech is j fined in the Colquitt' connty_ j [on a: charge^ of murder.* '- ^ -Mrs..Creech said tonight she> forced to use a-knife upon "the sisters when v ?hey attacked: She intimated -that - ' jearousy^i Lt.he cause, of the fight, Itis-cla* ' ed that the dead woman also had -a knife: ' ' . Fforene^y Waiters - is badly' hedabou^tne/breast, but physicians ty she will recover. ?? ! Wonder-iiow this man with, two' j wives in one house" found a"pl|i?r ito hang his. c&rthes. ?sStG?*S "TO ~1. BY ALLMAN 4 t suppose she \s SORE ATMEtfOW JOST AS TROUGH 1 COOU>] HELP IT- SHE DOESN'T ASK WE TO WALK V?TH . HER N?W*