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The Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday and Satur day by Osteoi Publishing Company, Sumter. S. C. Terms: $2.?4> -pear annum?in advance. Advertisements:, One^SQUare. first insertion ..$.1.00 Every subsequent insertion .. .50 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub vt3X*t private * interests will ne Charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re spect win be chained-for. The Sumter Watchman was touted in 1350 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the com bined circulation and influence of both of the old papers., and is man jfS^kj&' the best advertising medium in Sumter. '* MORE CLOSED CARS " Sight years ago 2 per cent of the potion's output of passenger aju to^nobiles took the form of closed c^rs. This-year, if present pro portions in production hold good, the closed car will be more than 3$ per cent of the total. And the demand is far. from satisfied. . Bodymakers everywhere are /^rking to capacity, and deliver ies-of ciosed- cars are much more difScult to obtain than of road tjjtg&fejuid- touring cars. Motor car bm&?ers believe that the closed car percentage. ...which made its first big :jump in 1919-26; will continue to:;Increase until more than one of the country's automobiles &ra-;bf this- type. *3?fet 4ibB least interesting phase Cli marked tendency is the demand. for the lower priced en closed cars. Approximately 30 per cent-of. this year's Fords will be e-nelosed. as against 23 per cent last, yea?, 18 per cent in 1920 and ssiy 8.3 per cent in 1919. The closed car's popularity may logi be expected to-make winter ?ax^ing .much moire general every ?^heire and this, in turn, can hardly ^ail to stimulate the whole auto SS^gjaSe industry in its inmsnerable i^nifications. *? ' TOLSTEAD AND SXAKIMBFTE ; lot of New Jersey people are said to be .highly indignant be cause, when a' young, man. was bitten on the righMeg by a copper ^Miad- snake, it was impossible to gM.-any-whiskey. r>?. . ^Kie^case, however ; was not hb^eleas1. The accident happened at . the base of the Palisades, on the ,Hudsoa, opposite Yonkers, N. "iV .. That gave the rescuers .an They knew that there was re plenty of whiskey in New J5p they rushed.-the victim the -Hudson, obtained and s^ministered the traditional rem e^T'and got the bite %eauterizej?. :? \ TJie patient is expected to re cover. And no doubt the whiskey *e given ail the credit. Med ical authorities have been saying i? ^reoent years that more snake bi^en people have been killed by tbe whiskey poured into them than tgj??take venom, but you can't |xneot such a radical idea to find ^e^ral acceptance In one genera uW.. DOGS IN SUMMER t;.'-Mid dog- time is approaching. paper .suggests to. the local au thorities in- its own community, tdatr all dogs be muzzled when not cwrftned -to their own door-yards. Thes is one precaution which helps, .course, but it is invariably fought by a -few dog-owners, and it -'difficult to enforce. The is often done before the authorities have discovered that an unmuzzled dog is at large. ..'There i s another precaution which parents need - to emphasize fjaamgly.. Children should learn t?at it is both dangerous and un kind, to tease a dog. They should b? taught not to fpndle stray dogs. Sxtreme .hot weather is difficult enough for human beings to en dure, although they can lighten their clothing, procure water to drink or to bathe face and arms ffSth whenever they need it. and Qo other things to alleviate their discomfort. Ex-en then they are often ?h?rt of temper. How much mete difficult for the dumb ani mals on city streets. Give them plenty of water, but don't pester them with attention. THEATRE WEATHER . :A musical comedj* now playing in New Tork has been chosen as a basis for experiments and investi gations in the effect of weather conditions on human behavior. It has been observed by theatrical persons that a normal audience -respond heartily to a show on one day and another similar audi ence at the next performance will remain cold and unmoved. Applause. says the scientist conducting the investigation, is a physical as well as a mental, re action. If a person is feeling pretty good with plenty of energy, he is more likely to applaud promptly and heartily than if he is tired out or depressed. That's where the weather comes in. weather sometimes exhilarates; and it sometimes depresses the vic tim. When standardized audiences have been defined .and their nor ! mal reactions to a given line or show under .various weather con ditions have "been discovered, then it will be- possible <o foresee more accurately the play's possibilities as a success or failure. Slight alter ations may be prepared, ready to insert with the weather's chang ing, a This may mean more enjoyment j for the theatre-.goer, or, perhaps, ;.it may only preserve- longer than they deserve some of those shows which rare j?nedest4aed and de servixigly, to fail. What Oifford Pinchot has to look .out for now is political forest fires. Maidens at Vassar played a ["baseball game with fathers as part of the commencement.; fun. - It is sad for the cause of feminism to have to.'report that the fathers won. Life in the old dad yet. ? ? . Soviet Russia Desires Help j '* The Hague. June 29 <By the As sociate* Press). ? Soviet Russia wants to win the world's confidence so that tangible 'help may come from the outside world. Soviet Russia, without awaiting assistance from abroad, is itself laboring to improve Russia's finan cial condition and has achieved re sults. ' " These were the two main con structive thoughts which the Bol shevik delegates tried to fix in the public niind today. Maxim Litvin off, head of the Soviets, apparently impressed by the firm attitude of the European - experts, assured them, that the Russian delegation ; would welcome any program calcu lated t o reach an early solution of the problem of restitution of the property of foreigners: in Russia. He promised to,submit propositions, intimating that of course Russia did i not thereby abandon communism. These propositions have yet to be elaborated, and it is too early to say if they will prove satisfactory. M. Sok'olnrkoff, deputy commissioner of finance, addressing the newspa per men tonight, "said that the stern measure of economy adopt ed by the Soviet had already con siderably Improved the financial situation and had paved the way for extending commerce -with for eign countries. Wheat, the basis' of everything, was falling in price.'and the gen feral cost of living was moving downward. The harvest gave good promise and famine would - cease. The value of paper rubles had ris en. Government employees had been reduced by 35 per cent; re forms had been instituted in taxes and customs; the receipts of the faHroads, posts and telegraphs and j increased because the people must now pa y to use them. "We are successfully combating the evil resulting from the issue of {paper money,** M: Sokolnikeff de [clared, <tfand are even planning to [get Russia back to a gold hasi3." He explained that the govern ment contemplated the issue of bank notes based on gold to the extent of 25 *per cent of their face {value. These notes would possess 'the value of gold rubies and were ; designed to facilitate and encourage j commercial relations with foreign j lands, which, he hoped, would be an outgrowth of the Hague con | ference. j The Russians were trying to dem onstrate here that their govern ment had not failed and that eco jnomic help was justified. . .. ... ? Mrs. Hugh Brown -Entertains. On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Hugh Brown entertained at .cards com plimenting her house guests, Mrs. Hubert Josey and Miss Lucile Dib ble of Orangeburg. " In the living room three tables were arranged jfof bridge. At the conclusion of jtHe game a sweet course was serr ied. - ' ? Those enjoying Mrs. Brown's hos Ipitality were: " Mesdames Hubert ! Josey. Dessau re Boykin. Jno. Riley. ! Jack -Skinner. John D. I>e, Max !well King. W. M.'King. H. L,. Har ?vin. Misses I/Ucile Dibble. Mildred I Brunson, Vermelie Pitts. Mary Stuckey and May'Blanding. There is a place for everything. The place for some bathing suits seems to be is underwear. Rex'olutionists in Mexico are hav ing their annual spring outing. The man who' is driven to drink usually has to. ride back. The house without fly screens doesn't need an alarm clock. Being sorry for yourself makes it unanimous. The ex-kaiser's memoirs will be published in September. The mel ancholy days are coming. The strangest thing about radio is they have found no way to broadcast from C. O. D. In Mexico City employes of the light plant are striking. The out look is very dark. The ice man can't claim this cli mate doesn't agree with him. Doyle says there isn't any hell Better play safe though. INSURGENTS GIVE UP FIGHT IN FOUR COURTS 1 ? - I One Hundred and Ten Included in Those Taken Inside Build- j mg and Marched Away Four Deep Under Strong Guard Dublin, June 30 (By the Asso ciated Press). ? Rory O'Connor, Lriam Mellowes and the other lead ers of the dissident Republican army troops at 4 o'clock this after - noon surrendered the Four Courts building, which had been the *cene of a siege carried out by forces of the Free State army since last Wed nesday morning. All those inside were made pris oners by the provisional govern ment forces. Lined up four deep along the quays the prisoners were:marched away under a strong guard. Altogether there were 110 of them. One waved the Republi can tricolor while many others were singing the "Soldier Song." ? Father Albert, a Capuchian monk, who was jailed when .Gener al Macready, the British command er was fighting the Sinn Fein, moved among the prisoners shak ing hands with them. Lieutenant General O'Conneil. j ?assistant chief of staff of the gov | ernment forces, to the kidnaping of jwhom by the O'Connorites is at [tributed the attack of the govern | ment on the Four Courts, was ! among those who came out of the building after the surrender. He had been imprisoned in a cellar, out of reach of the shot and shell that had raked the building since j hostilities began Wednesday morn-? ing. The surrender was made to Brigadier General O'Daly. It had been preceded by negotiations for a truce, made by some of the leaders of the dissident troops at the instance of a priest who was with them inside the building. Some time prior to the capitula tion therev were deafening explo- j sions that shook the center of the city. The detonation sent up a huge cloud of black smoke, filled! with debris and portions of burning documents. Then it was seen that the building was on fire. Portions of the papers picked up in the streets showed that they once had belonged to the offices of the land registry and the registry of deeds. The fire brigade promptly turn ed out, and, on the understanding that the firemen would not be fired on by either side, volunteered to as sist in removing the wounded from the building. Every available ambulance in the city, was requisi tioned and were whizzing through the streets of Dublin throughout the afternoon. Between 25 and 30 wounded sol diers were awaiting medical atten tion when the doctors from the nearest hospital and the ambu lance men hurried to the scene. Republican Editor Flogged in Florida Windier Also Tarred and Feathered and Told to Leave Winter Park Orlando, Fla., June 30.?J. H. Wendler, publisher of the Florida Post, a Republican newspaper at Winter Park, a few miles from here, was taken from his home at that place tonight by a band of unmasked men. Hogged, tarred and feathered and advised to leave town within a week. Wendler told newspaper men who called at his home within a few moments after he had returned that he did not recognize his abduc tors. He expressed the belief, however, that the attack was oc casioned by an editorial in a re ! cent issue of his newspaper per I sonally assailing Eugene G. Duck j worth, candidate for reelection as j mayor of Orlando, j After he was placed in an auto {mobile by his attackers. Wendler [ said, he was taken somewhere in i the country, how far the automo ! bile traveled he did not know. Ar i riving at what he said appeared i to be the spot chosen for the oc j casion he was flogged, then strip , ped to the waist and the tar and feathers were applied. He said he was then lectured and warned I that it would be best for him to leave the city. 1 Wendler has resided in this state | i for several years. About six months J ago he began publication of the*! J newspaper, which he announced , j was the organ of the Republican i (party in the state. It is the only) i paper of that political affiliation in I Florida. I COTTON* FREIGHT I RATES SET ASIDE I i j Interstate Commerce Com mission Rejects Schedule j of Railroads ! Washington, July 1.?The entire fabric of the new rate schedules on cotton moving from the Missis sippi valley to consumption trough ! seaboard ports and northern cities, J j which the railroads prepared and i j attempted to put into effect last j j fall, was set aside today by the in terstate commerce commission. i Autos have dimmers. Summer (dresses need them also. It must be annoying to be born I rich and never have an opportunity ? to brag about your bumble start. Misery loves company. They ; come and go together. m ? m A man of the hour in China only j i lasts a few minutes. CROCKER SPENDS LIFE BTPR1SON Jury Recommends Mercy to Slayer of J. V. Davis. Out Two Hours Columbia, July 1.?"Guilty, with recommendation to mercy" was the verdict returned last evening by the jury which had heard the testi mony in the case against John Watts Croker, who was tried in the court of general sessions on the charge of murdering the Rev. I John Vincent Davis, well known i minister, and, at the time of his death, superintendent of the Rich land county home, of which Crock er was an inmate. The tragedy oc curred May 28. The echo .of the words: of the ver- j diet had hardly died in the court room when Judge Townsend, after asking Crocker if he had anything to say, to which he replied in the negative, sentenced the prisoner to serve the remainder of his life in the state penitentiary. The con victed man, after asking for, his hat was at once taken from the court room and spent the night at the county jail. Today he will be transferred to the rtate peniten tiary to begin the . service of his life sentence. Crocker is 64 years of age. The Rev. Mr. Davis was 72 at the time of his death. Crocker heard the verdict and the sentence with no show of emo tion. When the jury returned to the court room with its verdict, he walked slowly to the prisoner's dock, placed his hands on the rail ing in front of -him and raised his eyes wearily to the judge. He ; seemed exhausted. After sentence had been passed, he asked for his hat and was at once taken away. The trial of the case was again followed closely yesterday, the tes j timony and the arguments of the attorneys holding the attention of the spectators in the court room. When court reconvened in the j I morning, the defense presented wit | nesses who told of having known I Crocker for several years in Spar tanburg county. Among these wit nesses were Joe Fowler, J.* F f Brown, G. A. Brown and Dr. W. A. [Smith. . . The, state, in. reply to the testi- j j mony relating to insanity, recalled [ to the stand Dr. Oscar LaBorde and j also placed on the stand Frank [Williams, Harry DesPortes, J. B. Scott, E. L. Horter and W. F. Medlin. The defense made efforts to con vince the jury that Crocker was of diseased mind and body and the st?te contended that he had suf ficient mentality to distinguish be tween right and wrong. The taking of testimony-was con cluded at 11:20.o'clock and the ar guments of attorneys at once be gun. The case went to the jury at 5:35 o'clock and a verdict was returned at 7:25 o'clock. Crocker, who was an inmate at j the county home, shot and killed j the Rev. John V. Davis, superin tendent of the home, on the morn ing of May 28. He had absented himself from breakfast on that j morning and later when Mr. Davis started to ascend the steps leading I to the house ^occupied by Crocker, j carrying with him some tobacco, I he was shot by Crocker, two balls entering his body. There had been some words between Crocker and Mr. Davis before the crime, Mr. Davis having: spoken to Crocker about Mrs. Crocker working in the kitchen. The testimony was that on the day before the tragedy Crocker had told Mr. Davis that he,' Mr. Davis, would "leave here before the setting of tomorrow's sun." The defense produced testimony showing that several of Crock-er's relatives had been insane, some of them having been admitted to the state hospital. It also produced evidence to show that CrcJker had been a sufferer from pellagra and had been considered of unsound mind by acquaintances and it based its case on a plea of insanity. . The Rev. Mr. Davis was widely known in this section and had many friends in this community, and his death was generally de plored. DESTROYED BY FIRE Barns, Stables and Mules Lost in Barnwell Blaze Barnwell, June 30.?O. H. and M. C. Best, proprietors of the Best pharmacy at Barnwell. suffered a loss early Tuesday morning when fire destroyed their large barn and stables, together with two mules, a horse, farm machinery and a large quantity of feedstuffs on their farm on the northern edge of the city, on ] the Barnwell-Williston road. The blaze, when first discover ed at about 3:45 o'clock, had gain ed such headway that it was im possible to save anything and but for the fact that the wind was blowing from the south a tenant house nearby would doubtless have been consumed. The loss is esti mated at about $4,000 with no in surance. The origin of the fire is unknown. ? ? fr, m POLICE RAID CHICAGO CLUB Eight Hundred Men Arrested at Indecent Exhibition Chicago. July 1.?Eight hundred men. guests of the Emil Zola club, where an entertainment, included a veil dance by four young women, clad only in scant pieces of gauze, were arrested by police raiding par ties early today. All were booked on a disorderly conduct charge. To-day's Best J?kes and Stories Very likely the editorial "we" was tirst used to discourage rough persons who might feel tempted to lick a single editor. A used car is just as impressive as any if you move to another neighbcrhood where people will think you did the using. Some little girls have a good time, and .some have mothers who are afraid they will freckle. Giving Europe moral support is much like standing on the bank and cheering the fellow who is yelling for a rope. Ford may poll a heavy vote for president if the election is held in hot weather when, the things are easy to crank. A great many people would feel a more profound reverence for Christ if He had made a few mil lions in some slick fashion while here. Boob: Anybody who takes Hen ry. Mencken's tirades against boobs seriously. Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands cuss about the taxes. Some men live to a ripe old age, and some start somewhere with a pay roll. Too many politicians don't care a .darn which way the world goes just so they can lead it. We know a little bird that has agreed to eat all the striped suits placed on war grafters. The trouble with France seems to be the lack of some quality to make her a loveable winner. The modern man thinks he is roughing it if he walks in the park wearing a soft shirt with the collar open/ ? A well-trained conscience Is one that! keeps its mouth shut when there, is a profit to be taken. . Another fine thing about Heaven will be the harps-, playing endless ly unaccompanied by saxophones. Ford says our rolling stock is too I heavy. It does seem to have an unfair advantage of a jitney at a crossing. Sound waves are broadcasted great distances by means of send ing stations; crime waves by means of filling stations. Prohibition: The theory that a people funking illicit hootch is j more righteous than a people j drinking legalized beer. It is an interest in fatted calves that makes the modern sen prodi gal. At times we wonder why courts can't order mistrials in the case of mem who have money.to spend and save the expense of juries. "It is a great thing to come from a state of poverty" says an indus trial magnate. It is if you come far enough from it. Mediums admit that ? nearly all spirits are liars, and this would in dicate that death doesn't change folks much, after all. A producer says that only the sophisticated few would under stand intelligent films. Well, isn't that true of wicked film3? One hesitates to discourage the dear girls, but it may be remarked ki passing that rich husbands fre quently are poor husbands. Civilization doesn't improve the j odors much. About the time man; learned to take a bath, he learned j to smoke Turkish cigarettes. -. ? ? ? - Cooperative Plan Meets With Favor .< < r Half Million Pounds of To bacco Signed in South Caro lina Yesterday Raleigh, X. C. June 30.?A half million pounds of tobacco was sign ed up in yesterday's meetings in South Carolina and the association has doubled its strength in that | state by winning the citizens in a j large majority of towns from which i committees of bankers and mer chants are preparing to push a house to house canvass for new members until the lists close, ac cording to reports reaching Raleigh headquarters Aoday. ? Today was the last day of the whirlwind cam- j paign. The Farmers' warehouse ' of j Danville has signed up with the Tobacco Growers* Copoerative as sociation, according to announce ment made today by T. C. Watkins. Jr.. manager of warehouses for the association. R. R. Patterson, general man ager of the leaf department of the Tobacco Growers' association, to day issued instructions to the or ganized growers of South Carolina relative to handling this year's crop. The message of Mr. Patterson will reach 75.0(H) tobacco growers next week in The Tri-State Tobac co Growers, the monthly publica tion of the association. A deserter from the Rhine army tried to sail for home. Some people are never satisfied. Sometimes we think everybody is a .Tune bug. In j jumping at conclusions you. seldom grab a good one. LABOR LEADERS REF?SET? HEAR^ REASON Effort of Federal La bor Board to Pre vent Strike Defeat ed by Obstinacy of Jewell Chicago, June 30.?Federal in tervention by the United States Railroad Labor Board .today failed to halt the strike of 400,000 rail way shopmen called for 10 o'clock tomorrow . morning. Flouting, ac cording to Chairman Hooper, the board's efforts to effect a, settle ment, of the shopmen's grievances before the walkout took place, B. H- Jewell, head of the shop, crafts union and. the six international union heads, refused to appear for an official investigation of the strike by the board. No further attempt to forestall the strike will be made, Chairman Hooper said, in adjourning the federal body's in quiry. A threatened strike .of 400,000 railway maintenance of way em ployes was at least postponed, however, by the board's interven tion. The strike of this group, which had been expected to parr allel that of the shopmen, will not be announced at present hut will await further action of the organi zation's executive council, accord ing to the announcement of Presi dent E. F. Grable before the board today. President Jewell's failure to at tend the peace conference brought severe condemnation from the ! chairman of the board, who in clos ing the inquiry declared the rail union .chiefs blood was "on his oivai head." < ; "Mr. Jewell has flouted a .gov ernment tribunal," concluded Chairman Hooper," charged with the duty and responsibility to in vestigate this matter, not only in the interests of the public but in the interests of his own organiza- I tions, the interests of the carriers and the railway transportation sys tem of this counrty.-' "He has shouldered the respon sibility of his own volition and the board desires to pursue the mat- : ter no further." Neither Mr. Jewell nor any of the shop crafts heads answered \ the board's summons. Instead they sent a letter maintaining the right of the shopmen to strike and ex pressing the belief that the boards hearing would but result in "a confused and disorderly strike movement, lacking authoritative control and almost inevitably, re sulting in a mob-like action preg- j nant with grave possibilities." Timothy Healy, president of the Stationary Firemen and Oilers likewise failed , to appear when , the board's hearing convened and sub poenaes were issued forthwith sum moning both Jewell and Healy he fore the board. Mr. Healy arrived just before the close of the ses sion but Mr. Jewell was not found, and it was said that he had left the city until after the hour set for the walkout of his men to- morrow. In contrast to the complete fail ure to throttle the shopmen!s strike the labor board's inquiry met with ? marked success in the case of the 'maintenance of way employes and the contract cases of the twenty three railroads, also cited to ap pear at today's inquiry. Twelve railroad representatives turned the session into a testimo nial meeting as they arose one after another, and announced their wIU ligness to cancel all existing contracts for the performance. of railroad work ,by outside firms. Practically aid maintained it was their legal right to contract such work, but expressed a desire to comply with the board's rulings, if, thereby the strike crisis might be relieved. Three other union heads, in ad dition to President Grable, of the maintenance of way brotherhood, gave assurance to the board that, although their unions were taking strike votes, no call to quit work j would be issued immediately. The announced delay of the, maintenance of way strike calL! which had been expected tonight j from the headquarters in. Detroit J came after a lengthy discussion j between Mr. Grable and Chairman j Hooper. Mr. Grable told the board that more than half of the 228,000 votes had already bees canvassed the results thus far showing "a big majority" in favor of a strike. The employes' grievances, he ex plained, included the $50,000,000 pay cut which goes into effect un der a board decision tomorrow;, the contracting of track labor and re7 moval of the eight-hour day through several rules changes re cently issued by the labor board. If the men could have some as surance of a re-hearing on theso greivances. Mr. Gr?bel said,, he volunteered to "use his influence" to prevent a strike. The power to sanction" a walk out, thi chief says, lies in the exe cutive committee of five men. A meeting of that committee will be held in Chicago July 3. Mr. UNDERTAKING THE CHERRY CO 18 N. Main Street Motor Equipment KELL BRUNSON Licensed Embalmer, Night Pnone 798-L. I ..??. ? .... Grable said, and at that cirae a thorough reconsideration of the situation will be made. Touching on the wage cut. Air. GraiKle declared that the cost of living, as shown by government .statistics had actually risen in the face of the impending wage cut. Xh airman Hooper immediately agreed that, whenever facts war ranted, the board would readily re consider wages in the. light of changing conditions. Mainly upon this assurance of renewed consid eration of his men's wages, Mr. Grable agreed that no strike call would be issued tonight. To Remain at Work. Detroit, July 1 (By the Asso ciated. Press).-r-All maintenance fA way. forces throughout the. United States were instructed to remain at work, pending the outcome of the conference of officers of the United Brotherho'?>d of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shep i Laborers,, in Chicago July 3r.in telegrams sent out from the gen eral headcuaiters of the organiza tion here early today over tthe signature of E. F. Grable, - grand president, it was announced from headquarters at 1:40 o'clock this I morning:. BEING REDUCED North Dakota Senator May Be Defeated ; Fargo, N. D., June 29 (By the As sociated Preess).?Porter -J. Mc Cumber, United States senator from North Dakota.and -chairman of the senate finance committee, had a lead -of 4,8-00 votes over Lynn J. Frazier, Non-Partisan, in the Re publican contest, when-tabulation of. returns Crom yesterday's pri: mary .ended for. the night. - I? the gubernatorial race Gov ernor- Nestos. Independent,, main tained his lead of mere than 20,0(19 over B. F. Backer, the Non-Partisan league ehoice. Only on these two contests had returns been tabulat ed tonight. Senator McCumber after drop ping down to a 3,54)0 lead, mace slight gains early tonight when a number of precincts in anti-league territory made belated reports but the downward trend started again as additional precincts in the wes tern part, of the state?league ter ritory?-^came in. A total of 107, 571 votes -had been counted for in the senatorial contest. It was estimated at tabulation headquar ters hexe that the total Republi can vote would not exceed 165*004). The tabulated returns are virtually from, every county in the state but the greatest number of missing precincts are in territory that has always favored league candidates in previous elections. A total of 1,122 of the state's, 2,064 precincts have rep ort ed and give McCumber .5.6,1S 7 and Frazier 51*384.- In the guber natorial contest 1.128 precincts had been accounted for and those gave Nestos 67,315 and Baker 46,155. Fax,go, X- D., June 29 (By the Associated Press) ^?Returns com piled at 1 o'clock, this morning by ^Ton-Partisan league state head quarters from 1,256 precincts from Wednesday' primary election give lyjm J. Frazier a lead of 848 for the Republican nomination for United States senator over Porter J. McCumber, incumbent The vote in these precincts is: Frazier 57,808; McCumber, 56,$60. The same ..precincts give B<?rt F. Ba ker, league indorsed, candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nom ination, 49 *9?2 to Goy. R- A- Nestps' 62,110, a. lead jjf. 13^18 for Nestoju ? . ? ? ? Candidates Cards FOR CONGRESS. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Congress from the -Seventh Congressional District, sub ject to the rules of the .Democratic party. I also wish to ta&e this op portunity to say that if elected I shall endeavor to faithfully dis charge the duties of the office and to merit the .confidence and sup port of the people. _____ ANDREW .J. BETHEA, . Candidate fox Congress'. M'CUMBER MAY BE DEFEATED FOR SENATE Belated Reports From Primary in North Dakota Indicate Nomination of 'Frazier Fargo. June 30. ? Belated re ports today from Wednesday*sr state-wide primary in North Da-, kpta seemed to bear out early indi cations that Lynn J. Frazier, non partisan, bad captured the Repub lican senatorial nomination by a majority of lc*s than 30,000 votes. ' While Porter J. McCumber. the state's senior senator and chair man of the senate finance com mittee dropped behind Frazier in returns tabulated today, *. reports from a number o? the scattering precincts favorahle to McCtamber tonight cut down to less than 2, 000 the margin that separated them. Friends of McCumber here, eonr 1 ceding his. defeat, admitted that most of the missing precincts un doubtedly would be favorahle. to Frazier, but insisted the latter's plurality would fall considerably short of the 15,000 to 20,008 mark league quarters have forecast. Meanwhile Governor R. . A. Nestos, independent, had a Jead of 1-6,000 over B. F. Baker, non-par tisan, in the Republican guberna torial contest, and independent headquarters declared tonight % there seemed no reason to ^Iter its prediction of a 10,000 plurality for j Nestos. - -+++ Boys Return From Camp. Thirty-eight boys returned Fri 1 day from Greenville. where they I have been on the annual Y. M. C A. camp- - It was a remarkable ex perience for all and for the hoy? to go-through a two weeks' period without any serious injuries causes all of them to be mighty thanfcfoX The boys .of. Samter made quite an impression on the people of Green \ ville. . . ? ? ? -. People who stay at home -don't go broke. . When a man acts like a live wire he, is bound to shock somebody. RUPTURE EXPERT HERE Seefey, Famous in Tfiis S$w- > atiiy Called to Sum ter - F. H. Seeley, of Chicago and Philadelphia, the noted truss ex-r pert, will personally be at the Claremont Hotel, and will remain ?. in Sumter this Sunday only, July 2. , Mr. Seeley says: "The Spermatic Shield will not only retain any case of rupture perfectly, but eon tracts the opening in 10 days on , the average case. Being a vast *' vancement over all former methods! ?exemplifying instairtaneous ef fects immediately appreciable an3 withstanding any strain or position, no matter the size or loratioh. Large or difficult cases, or incls sional rup&Qjres (following opera tions) specially solicited.. This in strument received the only award in England and in Spain, producing results without surgery, injections, medical treatments or prescrip tions. Mr. Seeley has documents from the United States government, Washington, D. C, for inspection^. He will be glad to demonstrate without .charge or fit them if de sired. Business demands prevent stopping at any other place in ifiia section. . S.?JE very statement in this no tice has been verified before the Federal and State Courts,?F. H. Seeley. . Home Office, 117 Xo. Dearborn St; Chicago. The National Bank of Sooth Carolina Of Sqaiter, S. C. The Bank Wit la the Chime Clock. The kost Painstaking SERVICE with COTJRTESY Capital $300,000 Surplus and Profits $SeG,?40 STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE Give us the Pleasure of Serving YOU. C. G. ROWLAND, Pres. FARLE ROWLAND, Cashier >. . - ? - - -_._, .. ^....., . x ..? ^, Acorns Produce Large Oaks. The same is true of a bank account. Many people wonder why we are so anxious to secure small accounts, some of which are started with deposits so small they do not pay th? cost oi handling. Our answer to this is we are building for the future for. we know many of these accounts will grow and in time become very profitable. The small depositor may be one of our most valued customers in the future. The boy who starts a savings with a dollar may grow in a few years to be a business man of commercial importance. We would like to have you boys get in the habit of bank ing with us now, so that we can count on you in years to come. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ?F SDMTER, S. C