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THE JOYS OF THE SHORT COURSE For .Women at Winthrop Col lege, July 10-22 The women who attend the short course at Winthrop College, July 10-22* have numerous and varied pleasures awaiting them. To the housewife there comes the freedom from household cares. What a joy to lay- aside the perplexing* prob lems corniDg up in the round of every <iay life, no thought of "Wnat-^ shall - I haye for dinner," just, simply march "into the beauii ?iai,* -targe, airy college dining room and partaske of delightfully prepar ed,-'whoiesome food which some one. else- has provided. During this -course some of the most eminent lecturers in the-Unit ed -States wiii speak in the audi torium: Among these will be Wil liaxarfi. Dodd. head of the depart ment cf~ history in Chicago Uni tersity, author of the weil-knoi life of Woodrow Wilson; also Jes sie ~B: Rfttenhouse, one of Amei ca's leading poets, a writer anc publicist. Miss Ritienhouse at on< ^rnijgpwas an. extension lecturer froi CoJumhia University; having as ht ?Seid: mode'rn: poetry. ' But every one likes Simply to entertained at times, and so a s? rcesrof -moving pictures and enter tainments has been arranged f< zhe^dates of the short course. Tl DeT*ereuk Players will present sev easaT plays and one or two go< re^dersshave- been -secured. ?'C^mrauaity . singing is a great pleasure: It will unite a whole audatence in a bond of sympthai as ahnost nothing else will do. Who >?* better prepared to lead in tl ?aMB^-Homer Rhodeheaver, Bil rscaaday's-swag leader? He will at ihe college for a week darin? the--short course to direct com . munityrsingmg Paa?e:^un and frolic are not wanting.-during the time spent at this course. There are wa rt- parties, after dinner col -^eesv-automobile drives, swimmii etc; ete. - ? . - ; ;In .addition to all of the aboA there- is the great satisfaction anc pleasure'*-one has in meeting ole - friends and making new ones. Thi companionship for two weeks, this <?o*e erbowotouch with those wh< hkve-ccemmon interests, is an in spiration, ?nd one returns to her ; it)me with a-new perspective of life - an&with body and mind refresl - ed-^^An attendant upon last year's x>eurse-says: "I found..this coui *o very delightful that.J feel I ?Joi?gt? the women, a kindness to tel Xte&ai Ov Winthrop^ Short Course ?Bfr*-them." V - '^WomeB expecting _ to attend should '-write Miss Leila A. Rus **% Rock Hill, a C. _ScaSabag-Edwards. A; marriage of unusual interest to-thefr* ,many friends Throughout the state was that of Miss Dorohty Sendling, and Mr. Isaac Edwards, w%feh t??^^lacet at 7:30 o'clock Mo?&ay e^^jing ;&t the Episcopal B*c?ory; Rev. Mr. Walker of iS^fiiing. OfAy a few relatives and Jrseads heins present. Immediate ly after tb? ceremony the happy <J?Q#le Jefjcffor ar"short trip, after they-_will be at home at 544 *T. <^hurcht=5. <?i <L' ?L? ' Death. Mrs.-L^la. Harris Geddings, wife of'&r. S. *B. Geddings of Wedge SSfei^died Tuesday, June 2.7th, at fhe^hpme of her mother, Mrs. J. Mr ffiftfr-jfref this city. & Mrs. beddings was only 22 years of- ijgft, $u? had been ill for some timlr.'^ghji^was loved, by everyone kmere Ser and will be missed ^pe^J^l^^yer, her friends realize ^tfaajM^e/alas been eaJled to *her IkiBjRSJy^ome.. She- was a mem ber^ -of the Wedgefield Baptist churchiand was buried today at . the Beth el ^cemetery. Mrs. Geddings is survived by her Jiuspanjd/jipxl.. two small children, her* motiw^^nd. father, two sisters and Sve ieteers. Tfhfffe ^oJgcemen' Carrigan and Ctexamings ".vcre pa&sing the hos pital in their car Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock they noticed a negro with^a. -ri?e. - Having U been ? a:-ked what the ,trouble was he stated that he had been called to help re capture a negro who-<wa?.at that very minute hiding near Dr. Wein berg'? office. They first arrested the* negro with the rifter and then threw the lights of the car in the dir&ctien^ indicated and soon dis ?covfcrednegro chained to a bed. The negro, Ben Cooley. had already beeii arrest'ed, but was sent to the hospital *for' treatment. He was chalned^to^his bed, however he en deavored to make his escape by breaking the window and climbing curt, taking his bed with him. He fount!. an .axe . on the coal pile and was using it to free himself when he .was-discovered. He was re placed ih: the hospital, but later 3Puesday> morning- was placed in 5*41/ This .negro with the rifle stat ed ihat> the rifle had bene returned to hira *by a. friend who had bor rowed it, ^so after investigations -were made and it was discovered that he had no connection with the case he was released. The fire department was called out Monday at 5:10 p. m. to S. 3dain street,, where. Mr. Julius B?ogdon's .Essex car was on fire. * The damaite was very small, due to the promp^fiess of the fire depart ment. '** The Spanish*^ inquisition knew much concerning iji-stj-nments of tor ture. But it is unjust to accuse it ?f inventing the saxophone. t When pT?ople wish to praise a Congressman, they do not say: "He is .a^wise^ man;" but "Gosh, he's a slick one/T Aiid, that explains Jurors Drawn For Criminal Court The jurors for the criminal court were drawn Saturday, June 24th. The following is a list of the petit jurors, twelve of whom will serve July iOth at 10 o'clock. L. P. Turner, Sumter; W. T. Cooper, - Mayesville, J. Frank Williams, Sumter, R3, W.' R. Rembert, Sumter. T. R, Ingram, Mayesville, B. F. Ardis, Dalzell. C. A. Bradford, Sumter, J. J. Phillips, Sumter, I J. F. Tisdale, Sumter, j A. C. } Weatherly, Sumter, W. J. Stafford, Sumter, , W. A. Davis, Tindal, T. W. Nichols, Sumter, R2, Erae.<5t Benanhaley, Dalzell, Wv.D. Owens, Jr^, Sumter? J. S. Cain, Sumter, R. L? Cato, Sumter, R4, E. i. Reardon, Sumter.. E. R. Williams, Wedgefield. W. L. Wells, Sumter, ? C. F. McFadden, Sumter, P. M. Pitts. Sumter, R3, S. W. Yates, Oswego, Rl, W. Y. Spann, -Sumter,-" T. M, Pierce, Shiloh, R. D. Tisdale, Sumter, Rl, ' R. L. Grier, Jr., Mayesville, W. Burtman, Sumter, '. J. T. KTeels, Lynchburg, J. A. Dwight; Wedgefield, George G.' Pierson, Tindal, W. W. Mellette, Sumter, R3, Robert Muldrow, Mayesville; J. E M: Hodges, Sumter, R3, J. Wilder Boker, Lynchburg, . B. P. -Carlisle, Dalzell. Meeting City Council. The regular meeting of council was held in the council- chamber ? on Tuesday, the mayor and both ! councifmen being present. The ! minutes of the regular meeting of i June 13th were read and approv ? ed as corrected* Mr. Doughty, manager of the i light plant, was present and sub mitted a sketch olf the proposed white-way, showing the. location of the various lights; in each block on Main street betxreen Canal and the Atlantic Coast Line tracks, and on Li berty street between Sumter and Harvin streets, and in this connection the clerk was directed to address a- letter to the Western Union, Postal and telephone com panies in reference to removing at the earliest possible moment all poles belonging to them and locat : ed within the boundary above de scribed, except'such poles as must necessarily remain standing tem porarily- until the white-way con struction has advanced to such a point that these poles will no long er be ?required. The eierk read a petition signed by seventy-seven residents of Ward 4, offering objections to the.'erec tion of the city abattoir on the site . of ..the. old ice .-factory- which was. burned some time since, fearing that:the .odors-from sucit abattoir would be so ? offensive that Such residents in the vicinity - thereof would have to move, etc.- Council advised Mr. H..v L. Witherspoon who was present as 'a"'representa tive of such petitioners; that the final selection of a site for the ab attaoir. had ' npt been determined, ;and ^assured him that if the abat j toir offered any objectionable odors, jit would not be built on any site j near enough to cause -such dis j Comforts to-residents of the city, j Council authorized Mr. Tisdale, j chairman of the board of ? health, ! to invite an abattoir specialist to ] meet- with -council on the foliow j ing Saturday-for the .purpose of ad ; vising whether or ? not any objec ; tionable odors veould or would ? be j detected outside of the wall3 of the j abattoir thereby eausing a menace to residents of the city. Miss Catherine Carroll was au thorized to drive an automobile on the streets of the city. Request of Mr. Charles Ziekgraft for similar permit was refused.- Council au thorized the city "manager to ac cept the proposition of.-the Seaboard Air Line to pay-one-half of the coat of renewing the'terra-cotta storm drain running under the tracks of . -that road on - East Calhoun street which. was broken by the- constant ; jarring- et the-, trains of that road j passing: over -it, and after discuss I ing other routine matters with the j city manager^ couneil adjourned. ; Typewriter Awards to Sumter Girls It will be . of -interest to the ; friends, of. Miss Lillian Burkett ] and Miss Helen Cuttino to know that they have been, awarded by j the Underwood Typewriter' Com I pany of New York certificates of ; proficiency in typewriting, and also bronze medals for .unusual pro I fioiency. A beautiful engraved fountain i pen was awarded- to Miss LiUian j Burkett by the L. C. Smith Type j writer Company of Atlanta in rec i ognition of the splendid record ? that she made in Columbia in the ; high school typewriting contest. The whole, clas* in stenography and typewriting, under the direc jj tion of Miss Stoll did excellent work this past year, and it is very ; gratifying to know that these type-' '. writing companies have recognized ; the unuxual work of Misses Bur ? kett and ?uttino. Camp Jackson Land to ho Deeded to. Columbia for IndnstniaL Columbia, June 28.^?A survey I has been made, for the war depart :ment, of 1,192 acres within the Camp Jackson area, which will ! probably be deeded -by the govern : ment to the city, of Columbia, for 'the establishment of an industrial, j These acres, several tracts, are to be ; returned to the city in lieu of the I same amount of land given to the j government by Columbians when '? Camp Jackson wax established in j 1917. The Columbia Chamber of i Commerce is planning the establish I ment of a large industrial suburb. The world owes us a living; but i it pays on the installment plan. jTO ORGANIZE T?J5 RETAIL j 4' ?1ERGHANTS I Attempt is Being Made To ] Form a Retail Association j in Sumt er - i A movement of great importance to Sumter. is now . on foot to, or ! ganize the retail merchants of I Sumter into' an .effective; and use jful unit, working for the im | provement of themselves and the i community at large. ? There- is every need .for such an ! organization in v Sumter and. it is j ; hoped that the enthusiastic, work j er an That line, will: soon be able to I put Sumter merchants in a position ito be exemplified-by. the sister towns [ in this section.. j We have been, wondering why ithe Sumter merchants have not : been able to formulate such an j organization long. ago, whereby j their interests being, mutual, could i be elaborated , mutually for the j benefit-of all. If. the. Sumter re> | tail, merchants, know.their, own in j terests,. they, will surely not fail to j come together and .form a strong j organization that will be of inesti i mable .benefit for themselves and j the community as a whole, j Within the next few days some* j thing tangible will come o.Ut and we j have no doubt that if all shouldera I are: put together the wheels .of pro j gress will be going as in the days of* ! old. - Boy Scouf^ of j Rescue Orphanage The Boy Scouts of ' the Rescue Orphanage of Cloumbia arrived! in the city Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock from Pawley's Island, I where they have been camping, for"1 the past week. They made the trip in a-large truck. The party was composed of 30 Scouts and their scout master,; Mr. Levant, whose face shows .at once that he is a j gentleman and that he has a pleas- I ing personality, perhaps this ' ac-[ counts for his being' scout master, j He is rendering a great secrice, and ; all the scouts love him. Among the scouts of troop Xo. 12, there were 20 first class scouts^ 8' second class, 2 tender foot and 1 eagle scout. - They -possessed 100 merit badges. - And also ? among j them was an honor scout, the onty one in-South Carolina, He receiv-i ed this distinction from the nation- j al council for- saving ? child's lifej during the fire at the Rescue Or~\ phanage on January Sr. j They* would have igdne'on to Co- j lumbia Thursday - morning, without j stopping' here; if ' f>umter*s usual j hospitality had not been shown.; The public noticed that they stop-j ped here a long time./ They stop- | ped because, first; the Civic- "League j invited them to have breakfast. at | j Pocalla. Mrs. Horace ?Harby and I LMiss Antonia Gibson' represented j the League and' they saw to it* that a delightful ?reafcfast was served, j [When they arrived at Poealfet Mr. j Beck greeted - them asnd invited them to-take a swim before break fast. They accepted' his kind invi tation and enjoyed* a- 'delightful swiim When they returned from Po calla, Mr. White; of the Rex the-} [ atre-, invited 1 them ; to see "The j Bachelor Daddy." After they had j enjoys the picture, eaich scout was ! presented an ice cream cone as he passed out. The troop was then] assembled in front of the Rex and] a. picture taken. * ? They left - ? shortly- after one j o'clock for Columbia. They ? re- I ported that they enjoyed fheir trip j I to Pawley's and also- their visit to ! jour city. - I? Parent-Teaeher Association. 1 Editor Daily Item:" I have been approached fre quently with the suggestion of the organization of a Parent-Teachers' Association for our school. I was ? approached with th? same sugges tion a few days ago and call at tention to it now only because on the next day I saw "in The Review of Reviews for July an article on this question in which many may ! be interested. I have placed a copy [of The American Review of Re | views for July in ther library where ] the article may be seen, i We have really missed very ? much indeed a . Parent-Teachers' i Association in connection with our j schools, because a well organized i association of this sort can be ! made very effective. On the other j hand one that, is not carefully or i ganized and judiciously conducted j i can be made a source of great in i jury* to a school or to. a school sys ! tem. Only a day pr. two ago I no i ticed in one of the best educational j journals of this country this state 'ment: "After many years of ex ? perience and observation we have ! reached the conclusion: 3. There j is hardly a problem connected with ! a school system that cannot be sat isfactorily solved through the agency of a well organized Parent Teachers' Association. 2. There is hardly a school system however well conducted that cannot be ] thoroughly disorganized by a Par i ent-Teachers' Association, if a few j leaders are governed by selfish j and unwise motives." With the t proper personnel actuated by ' mo tives of real helpfulness a well or I ganized and wisely conducted Par- ! I ent-Teaehers* Association could be | j made of real help to our own com- j i munity. In order that those who ! are interested may get the benefit j ! of the expression of the results of ? ' long experience and observation. I j attention is directed to The Par-! I ent-Teacher Movement in the cur ! rent issue of The Review of Re j views. Cordially submitted, S. H. KDMUNDS, Supt. ! Judging from the personals re ' corded in today's paper, one readi ) ly sees that Sumter is in reality a railroad center. The volcano boiling over in Ha- \ 1 waii probably heard some of his i ancient Hawaiian music. . ' Tobacco Growers Send iii Contracts Mass Meetings Being Held in Many Parts of Belt -??.f i Lake City, June 27?With the fer vent spirit ot a crusade, tobacco farmers gathered with merchants and bankers of Lake City and dele gations from neighboring towns to day and opened a mas* meeting in behalf of the cooperative.marketing at the largest tobacco market in South Carolina with a prayer for divine guidance in their effort to win fair and steady wages for the labor of the growers. John -Blanks, of Kentucky, farm er and former tobacco buyer from the Burley country, who was last year a grader for the Burley To bacco Growers' Association, was in troduced by Mayor W. H. White head, of Lake City, who endorsed the Tobacco Growers' Coopera tive Association and said: ?'Funda mentally, we recognize that the principal of their organization is right." Telling the Lake City growers the low prices with which their market opened and closed last year were due to- their lack of organi zation, the Kentucky.speaker asked why 83 per cent of .North Carolina crops were mortgaged and why the farmers- are^ carrying a similar bur den of -debt in South Carolina, with the rich natural resources,1 of the South? - Blaming the outworn auction sys tem of selling tobacco for the pres ent condition ? on tlie< farms and pointing to cooperation as the only hope for change, Mr. Blanks said ??for the farmer ir means first the blotting out- of farm mortgages." To the merchants he pointed out that in the first year of the Burley pool the merchants of Kentucky are saying. "We've collected old debts, we: had given up as hopeless, and challenged his hearers to write any bank or any postmaster in the Burley tobacco belt of Kentucky. ? The men and women from the tobacco farms who thronged the motion picture theater of Lake City today were visibly moved when the Kentuckian said: "It's the greatest movement that the Southern peo ple have ever known. God pity the man who tries to block it." W. Wesley Singletary, ware house manager of the coopera tive. ( association at ? Lake City, prophesied a- heavy, signrup from the meeting. Beaching the big tobacco cen ters of the State and border mar kets the speakers from Kentucky, Virginia and the Carolinas held successful meetings at Dillon, Dar lington, Fairmont and Johns?h ville. Senator A. G. Brown, a director of the association from North Car olina, conducted a .'meeting at Mul linsi where stores were closed to aid the drive, the merchants and bankers fo the town forming -fa campaign committee to, complete, the sign-up. in their section nf Marion county.' - > . Darlington held an impressive meeting, where John Bell roused the- growers when he told them that the five-cent tobacco with which South Carolina opened her markets last summer warned the Kentucky growers ? of ? the ? fate which awaited them if they failed to organize '1 and hastened the suc cessful organization by which they were enabled s to double i the price for their entire crop within a single year. Many growers signed the contract of the association at the meeting in Darlington today. At Fairmont, N. C, mass meet ing resulted from the large gather ing of farmers who came to the big border market to hear South all Farrar. disrtict agent from the bright belt of Virginia. The only meeting marred by rain today was that in Johnsonville, where a number of farmers heard J. H. Quisenberry, another Vir ginian, tell of the successful opera tion of the famous sun-cured pool of the Northern tobacco-growing counties in his State. According to W. E. Lea, manag ing the campaign from association headquarters at ? Florence, enthu siasm and. success > surpasses all ex pectations as the long line of meet ings advance through the State. Increasing number of contracts are coming in daily. ?? Faithful Horse4 is- Retired on Pen ' - ? sion. San Francisco, Calif., June 2.0.? As a fitting reward: for his many years of faithful service "Tom" veteran railroad horse employed in the Southern Pacific company's mill at West Oakland, California, is to be "pensioned" and sent to a ranch to spend the remainder of his days in equine bliss. , To add to "Tom's" cup of happi ness, it has been decided to send him to the ranch of his former master, also a retired Southern Pacific veteran, F. V. Carman, for merly superintendent of the West Oakland mill, and well known in ventor, who recently retired from active duty after 47 years of service with the company. For 12 years Tom has diligently served the company by hauling shavings, lumber and doing odd jobs about the mill yard, but a small tractor now stands supreme in the domain where Tom formerly ruled. . Through his amicable disposition Tom is a favorite among West Oak land employes and children in the neighborhood .who often bring him lumps of sugar and other tid Dits. Carman's ranch is located near Modesto in the San Joaquin valley and Tom is to be allowed to frolic in green pastures to his heart's de light. . ? Justice is blind. All of us think we are eye doctors. Whenu they are dressed, it is hard to tell an old hen from a chicken. (Poultry It?m. not a fash ion note.) ,. A shortage of swatted flies is re THE SECOND OR \ FALL CROP OF IRISfi P?TAf?ES i - 'Better Safe Than Sorry"? I ' Do Not Plant Fall Irish Po j tatoes Too Early Clemson College, June 27.?The 1 early movement and individual | buying of Lookout Mountain po ?tatoes, together .with the. many in-i quiries concerning this crop, indi- | cate that .there, is danger of too j early planting, especially of the j Lookout Mountain variety, for maximum yields. Unlike the spring, planting, "the early bird does not catch the worm" in case of the sec- I . ond or fall crop. Therefore, farm- ! ! ers and gardeners should inform i [themselves and not handicap their J production by planting too early, j warns Geo. P. Hoffman, Extension j Horticulturist. j The South Carolina Experiment { Station recently conducted a series ! of experiments and found that best I results and maximum yields were j obtained by planting between July j 10 and August 1, depending upon the climatic conditions of the sec ! tion of .the state?warmer climates jcalling for the later planting. I Of the many varieties suitable for fail planting, the Lookout Mountain seems to be ? the most popular and is usually recommend-' ed as. being the best, not because of the superior eating quality but 1 because of its keeping ? quality. Substitutes for this variety may be [ such spring varieties as Gobbler arid Early ? Rose, both of which are good but not so good as the Lookout Mountain in keeping qual- | ity -and yield. The- same soil recommenda itiOns- applying to the spring crop j will - apply equally well to the fall crop. ? The Irish potato delights i I in and grows to perfection on a j rich, sandy loam soil underlaid by; , ? clay subsoil retentive of mois s ture.- Rut the absence of such soil should not be a hindrance in the growing of Irish potatoes for borne j u$e, as this crop adapts itself to a j great diversity of well drained soils. Xews of Ha good. I j .. Rembert, June 26.?Camp "Laff j a -Lot", became camp "Cry a Lot" j the other day when Miss Wardlaw ?took leave of the girls to go to New York, /As one batch of girls returns home another comes in. They have a great time. Dinkins' Mill has become a great reSort for pleasure-seekers, some of whom carry-it to an extreme. It looks as if we might as well- leave out'' that 'command: "Remember : the Sabbah day to^ keep it holy," etc. It's desecration has become so common that people have al j most ceased to . remark about it, land yet it was one of the grounds i of, complaint God made against his j chosen people. If they escaped J not, they, the chosen people, fcwhat i may we expect. . ? ! - Bid you know a negro woman was seen in public the other day in, ,.a bathing suit that was the limit. \ ! No,, no, they have, not come to that yet, possibly because they fear the consequences. Some one was seen traveling on the public highway so garbed, and the weather being very' .warm (?.) they were hanging out. It was not a boy. child - either. X man asked the question in the writer's presence "Are our women I to become as* vulgar as the [French women?" It is dirty talk ?the boys have about the French j women; and?enough said. This is plain talk. Will it do any good?, J Father, mother, what are you do jing? 1 I have been told that the prose- | f cution of Leo Frank was taken ad vantage of by another Jew to amass a fortune. Collecting money for the defense? > ? The boli weevil will impoverish, some, while- it will enrich other j people. Bud. don't be too credulous, j What Uncle* Sam. or Clemson says you can depend on. A lot of fel-! lows are scattering advice broadcast about the weevil. Ask Clemson first;- they have no axe to grind. ? Met an old Texan today, a Mr. Kennedy, visiting Mr. T. P. San ders, and he said that folks out there declared the-weevil the most difficult evil they know in farming. Miss Kate Lenoir, after an ex i tended visit to her parents has re j turned to Washington. Mrs. Ed' Kerrison- and children left Saturday for Charleston. Rev. Stoney, Episcopal, is visit ing in the community. Mrs. W. J. Spencer is up again. Miss Drusiila Ammons has re j turned to Clio. y- Miss Alma Ammons of Colum ? bia spent a few days last week ( with her aunt, Mrs. W. J. Spencer.. There has been material im provement in all crops, particularly [ corn, since dry hot weather set in. "Hagood." Notice Hi-Y Campers. ! All girls who are going to attend j the Girls' Hi-Y camp, which begins j Monday, July 3. please hand in I their names to Miss Margaret i Shaw before Saturday, as we must { know definitely as to the number j that are going. All information as j to the hour of leaving, etc., may j be obtained from Mr. J. A. Mc knight Saturday morning at Y. M. iC. A. -~~ Bank Pays Usual Dividend. At a meeting of the board of di rectors of The First National bank 'held Tuesday afternoon, the usual semi-annual dividend of 6 per cent was ordered paid July 1st. K. of C. Picnic. The Knights of Columbus of this city, enjoyed a genuine fish fry and stew Wednesday night at Po calla. Each Knight was restricted to bringing only one lady, ami notwithstanding the inclement j weather, about forty Knights and. I th^ir wives or sweethearts, were I present. The Knights arc indebted ? to Mr. Beck for his courtesy. ? ? ?-7 j There are too many flie3 that ? haven't been swatted yet. MEXICANS' KIDNAP WELL 11 KNOWN MAN Bruce Bielaski Being Held For Ransom After Being Seized in State of Moreles I Mexico City, June 26 (By the Aa isoeiated Press).?Alberto J. Pani, secretary of the foreign affairs, has been officially advised by the Amer ican embassy of the kidnapping yesterday of A. Bruce Bielaski, in the state of Morelos, and the i promise has been given that all j possible measures will be taken to i effect his release. The other person kidnapped was Manuel Barcena, a Mexican " at torney. Mr. Bielaski was chief of the bu reau of investigation of the United I States department of justice during j the war. It is generally believed that, instead of pursuing the.kid j napers to the point of endangering i the lives of ? the captives, Mexican federal troops who are searching for the captives'Will enter into ne I gotiations looking towards their re i lease by the payment of all or part j of the. 1-0,000 pesos ransom de I mandeci. ? j Shortly after noon today both the ' American embassy and the consu i late told the Ajs.iociated Press no word -has been received ? concerning Mr. Bielaski and that the facts-as published-in Mexico Gity this morn i ing were substantially correct. ? j The air of mystery which ' sur j rounded the kidnapping-last night rwas explained, -n* -authoritative [sources as an attempt - by' Mr. j Bielaski's friends to? have.the least j possible said about ther incident-un i til he was safe. - . . v- - Apparently there are no facts to ? support the theory ? advanced in some quarters that the -kidnaping was instigated b3r Mr. Bielaski's personal enemies. ' WfflE a Sdiooi- Pnpti Prom Our Town" or Cdnuty Winnie*-' i Grand Prize? j Every boy and girl in America ; has been invited to enter The American Legion National I Essay contest. The subject is "How The American Legion Can Best Serve the Nation." National prizes: First, $750; second, $50Q; third, $250. (To be used for scholarships In colleges in dicated by the winners). State prizes: ; First prize in each state wilL be a silver medal. Second a bronze -Tnedal. Other prizes will be awarded in the'di?-; ferent statee. ? hf+) ^ Rules: All gfrls and. -boys between the ages, of 12 and IS years; inclusive, are eligible to . enter this con test. ?: ' Only one essay to a person. Essay will not be over 500 words in length. ? ' ? i ?? p ? " Essay -to be' constructive and af firmative rather than negative. ? Only One side of paper -to be used. - ? - -? ??? A margin of one inch "must be allowed on either side ;of. paper. After essay is completed-paper should bie neatly folded; not roll ed. ? rv i ? V.-- ? ?<?'?' if&* . Spelling, penmanship and neat-' ness wlil be considered in-judging the. winner. . .. . Age will also be given full consid eration. Bate: , All essays must be in the hands of the American Legion posts not 'later than midnight- of- August > 1, I 1922. .. . - ;. ........ County Judges: j The county superintendent of j schools is asked to ? select three I judges whose duty it will be-? to choose the best essay for their re jspective county. The.' American ism officer of the county shall -co operate in every-way .-with-the su perintendent of schools and the i judges of : the contest. The win ? ning essay of that county 'Should i be forwarded to the , Department j Americanism , Chairman ef The j American Legion not ? .later than j midnight of..September 1, .1922.,-. Department Judges: i The state superintendent or school commissioner of ? the state i schools will-be asked to select three jjudges for his state. -The duties I of the state judges will be to select i the three best essays from the -win ners of the counties of the- state. ! These essas s shall be forwarded to 'the National Americanism Direo j tor of The American Legion, InP ! dianapolis, Indiana, not later than ! midnight of September 20, 1?22. ! The essays shall he enumerated I first, second and third. ? - - j The national winners will be an; j nounced a few weeks after Septem ber 20th. . ' Pledge: i At the end of each essay the 1 following pledge must be sighed: ! "I hereby pledge my word of , honor that I have written thi3 es >say myself. ? I.am-years old." j (Signed) Name of contestant Street Address Town I Date i __ Columbia Has Radio Club. j Columbia, June 28.?The radio ; fans of Columbia have formed a ra j dio club, the Columbia Radio Club. : Prof. A. C. Carson, of the physics j department at the University, is ; president. He is the leading radio authority of the capital city. ,M. ; L. Mann is vice president and I James H. Burrell is secretary. One i of the objects before the . club is [the completion of the drive for a ! broadcasting station in Columbia. j Berlin, June 5.?German athletes are being primed for their annual "Olympic" games to be held in the Berlin stadium during . this {month. Dr. Carl Diem and Hans I Borowick, both known to athletic j leaders in the United States, will * manage the tournament. ? ?? ? ? I Going broke is a short trip by I auto. - STATE I?RESS 1 ASSOCIATION Meeting at Myrtle Beach One Continuous Round- of Real Southern Hospit?fity P&i (Columbia State. June 25). The 47th annual meeting of the! South Carolina Press association,! which was . held at Myrtle Beach last week, was: acclaimed, by ail ; present as one of the best ist the i history of the organization...A hum- j ber of those attending spent Fri-.j ! day night in Columbia and left I yesterday morning-for their homes, j ? All the Pee Dee opened wide its j j arms and welcomed the* newspaper j men and master > printers. There j was one continuous round of real Southern hospitality and at every turn there was a.sincere welcome.- - Marion, where the-first stop was made, had the visitors for only ten minutes, I but in this brief. space of j time did the honors, in fine style. Standing orrthe steps of the public library, P. W. Johnson, editor of the Marion Star, spoke werde- of welcome and invited ?? the- -guests into the library where, under the general guidance of Mrs. J. E. El ?lerbe,..librarian, coffee was poured. Souvenirs, consisting of attractive post cards, were distributed by dainty Marion girls. The members of the association were met at the train at Marion by Con way citizens with automobil?; who, immediately after the .rlibrary reception, started to the Independ - ent Republic. -As the autmobiles passed int-o-Horry-county they were, met ? ? on < the -Little Pee Dee - river, i bridge by Miss Flora -Mae. Holliday, her:-father and- mother* Mr. and Mrs. George: Holliday; and a. bevy of j attractive girls; - who extended greetings. Miss Holiday, the queen of Palmafesta, shook -hands -.with every visitor and welcomed each to the- county and to her ; home town. Gallivant's Ferry. . On the | bridge was an arch of'green. Next the party came to the thriving - town of Aynor,* where the J hospitable residents served ice cold lemonade; i Various citizens spohe to the visitors and pretty young girls served the refreshing 'drinks. {Across-the-road was a large-sigia, "Welcome to-Aynor." Several miles farther down - the - road ? the party passed through Home wood, where a large .sign: read:; "Welcome v.o Homewood." Conway was the- real host to tlte convention, since it was at the bid- i j ding of- its ehamber of commerce that the meeting ?: was-taken to Myrtle* Beach. - " Cob way could not do too much.- for the editors. The ; town was - decorated, -a - band was playing-r - the?(hotels ? i were.: turned ove&'to the- visitors?aH ' Conway. did:overything one could wish^ /To cap she climax, the- chamber of; commerce, : of-< wich >M. A.-. Wright, j formerly a newspaper-man himself, j 1?-secretary, entertained at a Horry^ county luncheon. It was "produc ed by, Horry; farmers, prepared by Gonway; ladies^ and'served- by-Gorr way girls." And a wonderfully ap- , petizing meal- it was!- ?? During the meal *the-Garolina Serenaders play ed in their best jazz style and af ter lunch'several talks were made, the . speakers -being L. D; Magxath, mayor; R; B; -Scarborough, - form er member of :congresSv--Secretary Wright; -H. G.-Osteen, president of the press association, and j. Rion McKissick; editor -*t the -Greenville j Piedmont. - ? - j The menu cardsTor the luncheon had this interesting'message on the back: "Horry county, the Independent Republic, grows everything from j queens to spuds, from - the-fleet j deer to the lowly 'possum. She- has \ the sea with'its' Seafood, its -bathing and a summer resort surpassed no were. She- has miles of good roads and miles ot rivers and-riv- ? ers are full of fish. We live?sind'' iive long^in > Horry.' '? i A trip down the Waccamaw riv er on the Jeanette was* one- of the j pleasant features of the convention, j It' Was -by -courtesy of W. A Stilly j that this- boat was pur'at the dis posal of the newspaper men. j There were-nine-members of The State's family-present at the; con i vention; -eight of whom remained throughout the entire session. Both the Conway- papers. The Field and The Herald, got out high ly creditable -special editions be cause-of-the meeting. ? ? Every member of ; the party was presented with a "key to Conway." j These wer* distributed on the train by M. A; Wright Charles R. Scar borough and Mayor Magrath,- who boarded the train at Pee Dee. An attractive souvenir was dis tributed -by the Conway chamber of commerce in the form of a com bination key ring and bill case. j At Myrtle Beach the party was j shown every courtesy. In addition j to the meetings there were dancing, ( surf bathing, bridge, and a fine ! breeze to make the stay a pleasant j one. The party found the hotel a I gcud plaue. to stay, and 'left reluc : tantly Friday afternoon. The Myrtle Beach Yacht club, which was opened only about ten j days ago, extended many courte jsies to the visitors, including invi ? tations to the dance Thursday ? evening. The meeting over, the citizens of Conw?y transported the party from the beach to Marion. It is esti mated that including the trip Wed nesday from Conway to Marion to j Myrtle Beach and back to Conway; j and the one Friday from Conway [ to the beach to Marion and back to Conway; each Conway automo ? bile in the party traveled 220 [miles for the accommodation of j the newspaper men. It was a first class meeting and the fine hospitality will not soon be forgotten by those who were fortunate enough. to attend the souveatioa. ,. . CAPT. HAMiXTON EILLED IN CRASH Well Known Marine Corps Of ficer Falls to De&th&rvm Plane v Gettysburg, Pa.,.June.26.?Capt. George D.. Hamilton, distingui&ned service cross man and known as one of the most intrepid officers of the, marine corps, was instantly killed here today when : his. ' airplane crashed to earth .in a nose dire, near the .big monument. Sergt. G. A. Martin of Buffalo* his mechani cian, was fatally injured and-died soon after he; was admitted ta the local hospital. . Captain Hamilton's plane was one. of a number , acting a^ the advance scouting party for the long column of marines wending its way r. into Gettysburg after its hike a jweek from Quantico, Va. He- was only 4?0 feet in the air- when he pointed the nose of his airplane downward and then when about. 10fr feet from the earth-he -tried to turn it up. again, . but itrfaiied to respond, and the machine shd off to the' side, crashing. to- tfie^ round, a mass of wreckage. gtlSONERLOSTJK PEmtENTlABt Orangeburg Negro Watting 'Appeal Nearly Four Y^ai? Columbia, June 27.?Orangeb?rg ; county has af negro prisoner fm tfee mitentiary supposedly under sto- ' tence of death, but: the comity,; le solicitor^ the courts, and -eveiy body else' except the peniteo&iry )fficials seem to have *flost"'?. >&e negro. In fact, he is. a negro with- ~ out:a court, so rar as he knowsl The negro, David Alien Bran ham, was sent to the penitentiary'' in September, 1928, to be electro cuted, but a supposed appeal stay- '-? ed the electrocution and? nothing" is been heard l?nce^ then."' The-' prisoner has been here for * nearly four years and hasn't murmured, desiring ro "live as lorig as possible md< not worrying about .court de ays. Prison officials . said yesterday, that the negro was in the main ceiJl;? building with nothing to do hul:~ count his fingers. However, he ap- r pears to like this much better than - urging his supposed appeal. ' The:' officials think something should- be done-one way or the; other as--the* prisoner is '-'dead weight- on their >. hands and the board and. lodging bill is running up considerably for Orangeburg county. Prison officials have addressed t letters to Orangeburg conttty ?fcoot the negro, but nobody there .knows ; anything pr if they do th?y s-?t?eied t in "passing th? fcuekv" >The sohci- 4 tor, it is Understood, says he has no records*, in- the cafie.^'The negro is literally "lost" so far - as ' county* --is^ eoiweniedi v Attempted criminal assault is -the charger. SOLDIERS CLEARED ; IX FLORIDA COV&T * Lieutenant and Sergeant Found/ Not Guilty of First Dejrree MtW der Charge - ? ? H Jacksonville, Fla;, June 26.? L^eut. B. J. Tcoher and Ssrgt Kristjan Bredvad of the army air -service were found not <guilty of a. charge of first degree murder hy * 4ury in federal court here, today. : The case grew out of the killing^ofo F. B. Pitt at -Ptmta ^rda-ia^Apr?.i 1921, and -for: a time threatened to cause a ;cfash?' hetwefen mHitary~ and-civil-authorities: - ?? The trial today was unique in several respects; The acfcoaEhearr; ing lasted,less than -fiour honrs'and^ although the^case was heard in fed-:i era! court - the two - men- were de>- ? fended by - United States District ?Attorney W. M. Goner and his-y assistants, -while, the -state conducts ? ed the prosecution. According to testimony, Lieiifc j Tocher, "Sergeant -Bredvad and private were search?ng for two dev . serters the night Pitt was IfflM - They had information that tife 3 two men-^wereln hiding in-an Otttv - house of Pitt's homec- They -??sat there and rere witlwirawing Pitt fired at them in-the darJrniteBS; several buckshot taking eff*ctr-te >. Lieutenant Tocher's arm. Lieuten ant Tooher returned the fire, S?fiLng - Pitts instantly. The men had*been promptly exonerated by mihtasy authorities at<^strom--field, ?MA'. they were stationed, but a -Char*- < lotte county- grand jury indicted them. ? ???? -- To Represent Sr C. at Brazilian Centennial. Columbia, June ? 22.??B. EL Geer, of Greenville, cotton mill president, has been appointed by Governor Harvey to represent this -state ?t the Brazilian Centennial exposi tion, in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, in the - fall. Mr. Geer will probably tie accompanied by Mrs. Geer ; ? They go at their*own expense, on th4s basis each state in the union'Oe ing asked to send one delegate to the exposition. Rev. Dean Crane to Be Pastor of Columbia Church. Columbia,. June 27.?Rev. Dean Crane, Baptist. minister -of. Green ville, picturesque, preacher of the . mountains, has.accepted the call of the Second.Baptist church of Co lumbia, to become its minister, and . he will assume his new. duties Sep tember 1. Mr. Crane is now preaching ..in.. Greenville. He is a graduate qt ' Furman University, a. young; man of the "dark corner" section .of Greenville county, and one of the best men physically that ever stood in a pulpit. ?, ? ? ? Columbia, June 27.?A train of coal cars backing from a freight yard to the city gas plant, crashed into a street car here yesterday. * The end of the street car -was de molished, and the passengers were shaken up, but none was serto?$-:^ ly hurt. One woman had A to fee"' taken to *? hospital, to have small wounds dressed, but she declined to give her name to the police or to the press. The car men escapod*