Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TOWN AND ( PETIT JUORORS DRAWN JULY 1 -I J -_ To Serve July 17th, at Ten ? O'clock I J. R. Wells, City. ? J. B. Jones, City. 3 S. W Allen, Rembert. J:7. T. White, City. <; H. R Hodge, Tindal. -VR. E. Rembert Rembert. ?j W. H. Strange, City. - L. J. Newman, Suniter, R. 5. ? G. W. Costin, City. H. V. Boyce, Mayesville. IC. P. Myers, Hagood. & J. A. Warren. City. v-H. W. Sholar. City, * A. H. May es. Mayesville, ' *^Sv. M. Pringle, City. jg H. X. Bcykin. DalzelL . ? R. Wade Brice, Wedgefleld. :.f M. R. Rivers, Oswego, R. 1. W. T. Brown, City. V E. M. Brogdon,'Sumter, -R. 5. <? T. D. Brohum. Wedgefleld. ^/D. T. DuBose, Oswego, R. 1. J, G. Parxrell, Mayesville. ^ T. E. Hodge, TindaL *?' John T. Green, City. / C B. C. Chandler, Mayesville. . .B. Kennedy, City. T. J. Kirven, Jr.\ -Sumter, R. 3. *H. E. Parker, City. '. ? - ?m J. T. K?dge, Sumter, R. '5. * ^J. G. Crawford. City. : E. DuRant, City. V W. Ms Wolfe, City. g M. E. Capeli, Sumier, R. 4. . ^G. Taylor,-Mayesville. ^ P. B. Brnner, Sumter, R. 4. ?-? ?. tbe Short Coarse for Women at . Winthrop College July 10-32. Tim Short Course for women is tcting a great deal of attention, I, -judging from * reports, letters ! inquiry:, and best of all actual irollment up to date, there will ;,a larger number of women in at iance this year than ever before, is urged that women who expect attend and who have not reg :ered their names for room reser vation at-the college, do so at once. ^Trite Miss Leila A Russell. tThe following is a bare outhne of e courses offered: ^Citizenship ? Miss Marie les, Field Agent for the Nation Jjeague of Women Voters. Chid Study?-Miss Minnie, Mac ^.Chemistry of Home and Health? 'DrV Roy Z. Thomas. ^English?A short study of Brown f*g~-Mr. John Thompson Brown. History?The Making of Public Jnion?Dr. J. E. Walmsley. History?Some rambles in South ern History?Mr. W. S. Morrison. "*f Home Nursings-Home Hygiene ahd Care of the Sick^-Miss Jane -j^raser. . Household Science ? A course aneeting the needs of the group-r Miss Maud Chaplin. i=? Household Art?Mrs. Rembei -Barrett. Methods ofSteaching adult illiter ates to read-^Miss Mary Eva Hit< Tj? Parliamentary Law?Mrs. Emi 1 Fox. ^.Physical Education ? Game ^esthetic dancing and swimmingr ifcsses1 Bland and Perkins, -yf Social Science?Miss Mary .E. IJrayser. . At the noon hour Dr. William ^ "Dodd. head of the department history^ Chicago University, and Mr. Edwin Minis, head of the de tent of English, Vanderbilt iversity, will each give a series, ^lectures. Mr. Homer Rhode ?jjteaver. Billy Sunday's, song; leader. T^ill conduct community .singing ring one. week. Miss Jessie B. ttenhouse. one of America's fore xfeost women in the art of poetry, jstill lecture and -be at the college |fcr two days. The Devereux Play ers will present several plays. 2 '?'?"??>'?- ,.. ?~Dr .R. C. Reed, professor of <^hurch history in Columbia Theo logical Seminary and moderator of file General Assembly of the South ?gTi Presbyterian church, preached gtvo ^delightful and inspiring ser mons Sunday at the First Presby tjwriah Churc h. :O?NTY NEWS ! I FREIGHT TRAIN KILLS TWO Brewer Brothers, McLeod ? Badly Hurt !- i j The two sons, Messrs. Ben and William, of Mr. James C. Brewer,; Who lives near Pinewood, were j killed Sunday night shortly after 10 o'clock at Broadway Siding by aj freight train. Mr. William Clifton , McLeod. who was with the two j boys, and who also lives near Pine- j wood, was very severely hurt. His I leg was broken in two places, and he was sent to the Toumey Hospital Monday morning. William Clifton Brown testified sa follows before the coroner's jury. Monday: After 10 o'clock p. m. July 2nd, I left Jas. Brower's house with Ben and Wm. Brewer. We just walked out to the crossing at Broadway Siding. I started to. go (m home and the boys called me back. I j went back and sat down on the j rails with my feet top inside of j jtrack. The two Brewer boys laid ; down between rails. I guess we went \ to sleep in about six or seven min utes after we go.t in this pos?iicn. When I wake 1 up I was cfi. to cn.e side of the track ? and don't know how I got ther?r. W-s wei e on trao: just about the end of the boards on crossing towards Sum'tr. Joe. Ar - dis left us at siding: We drank al! the whiskey before we . left thej i house. We were .'it house when j passenger train to Augusta went b>*. I I am certain that we were all; asleep and I don't know what had happened when I woke- up and j found myself away from tracks. 11 didn't know that I was hurt untli J 'j felt a numbness in my legs. I; didn't hear any train and didn'.t j know anything after I went to sleep until 1 woke jap about 8 or j ten feet from the tracks and then | I found my leg was broken. The coroner's jury returned the! following verdict: "That the said Ben Brewer- and j Wm. Brewer were killed at Broad- j way siding in Sumter bounty, July j 2nd, 1922, by being run over by an j Atlantic Coast Line freight train." ! ? ? ? Scurry-Everlngton. ? MjT. Pate Everington and Miss; Kathleen Scurry were united in j marriage Tuesday, July 4th at 5 p.,j m., Dr. D. W. Daniels officiating. There were just a few members ?f i the family present. ; I The bride wore a lovely na\*y ! blue: traveling suit, wtih hat and gloves to match. Miss Scurry is a charming young lady of S\iinter. Mr.. Everington is a man of fine character. He was formerly of Sumter, but now holds ! a responsible position in the Com mercial Engineering Laboratories of Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Everington left on the northbound train for Washing-: ton, D. C, where they will Spend a few days before going on to their future home in Wilkinsburg, Pa. " The young couple were sent oh ' their way with showers of rice and good wishes. Mr. H. P. Love, manager of the local store of Efird's department stores, reports very' gratifying re sults from the annual sale of his store which closed recently. In fact Mr. Love states that the sale for exceeded last year's in point of dollars and cents, which must be gratifying to the local manager. The Efird stores, are liberal ad vertisers and some of this suc cess in annual sales must be credit ed to their liberal use of printers* ink. Efirds, unlike many others during these stringent times have not curtailed their advertising space: in fact the local store has increased their lineage over la?t year. Advertising is essential to day as it ever was. and its liberaf use in proper channels will do as much to restore business tc nor malcy as any other factor the modern business man has at his command. p TOBACCO FARMERS ? Banner Warehouse (Independent) Will open for sale of Leaf Tobacco at Auction Tuesday, August 1, 1922. Bring us a load for open ing sale and get the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE, CASH ON THE SPOT. Our force is the best to be had. Make our place headquarters when in town. ? % Yours to serve, > BANNE WAREHOUSE G. E. McDanicl, Auctioneer. W. T. Harn3berger, Prop. I SIGN YOUR ! CONTRACT Joining Tobacco Growers* Co operative Marketing Asso-| ciation The contracts for joining the To bacco Growers' Cooperative Mar keting Association have been left at the six banks in Sumter and can be signed also at the Sumter Cham ber of Commerce. Ever;- business establishment in Sumter is request ed to assist in signing up members of the association during the next two weeks. If the business men j and their employees will ask every farmer who enters a place of busi ness the question, "have you joined the. Tobacco Growers' Cooperative ? Association?" and if not go to any ! Sumter bank or to the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, second floor of city hall building and sign up before you* leave town" many more members will be secured for the association. Every town and city in the to bacco belt of South Carolina has its business establishments working for the association: Sumter can not afford to be outside the procession of co-operation in a movement which has already caused tobacco growers "to receive twice as much I on an average for ? their tobacco than they received last year under the old time auction method of sell ing tobacco. > I Tobacco is the chief cash crop from which thousands of our farm ers will get money to spend with our merhants this summer and early fall. Therefore every busi ness establishment that helps to double the prices paid our farm [ ers for their tobacco is simply ! doubling the amount of money that j ! farmers will have to pay old debts j with and with which to buy goods. . ? ? ? . No Definite Answer j Peruvian Delegation Receives j Message j Washington, July 4?Another re- j sponse from the Lima foreign of- i fice was received today by the P?; ruvian delegation here, but it ap- \ parently was not interpreted as j either a complete acceptance or a, complete rejection of the. Tacna- i Arica compromise proposed by the United States and accepted nearly j two weeks ago by Chile. Although the American sugges- i tions was said in the main to have i found final approval in the Pe- j ruvian capital, officials there are | understood to have approved a res-; ervation which it was agreed gen- \ erally might greatly complicate the j negotiations.. The exact nature of the reserva- j tion was not revealed, but it was ? understood to relate to the third j clause of the American formula, j dealing with the course to be adopt ed in case no plebiscite is held in ! Tacna-Arica. The Chilean delegates! have Indicated that they were not j disposed to accept . any material j modification of this clause, and the j more pessimistic in conference cir- i cles predicted that another dead- j lock might develop before the end | of the week. In Peruvian quarters, on the! other hand, today's note from Lima j was accepted as a favorable de- j velopment, since it apparently i softened the attitude of the Lima! government as it previouly had j been understood here. A previous reply, which reached Washington last Friday, coupled with news dis patches from South America, has led to the impression in many quarters that Peru might reject the American proposal altogether. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTGK. Ones Hfxh Ixm Close Closa Jan_.22.10 22.13 21.81 21.81 22.31 (March ?22.00 22.05 21.70 21.70 22.18 I May_21.75 21.75 21.67 21.67 21.92 i July .... _ . 22.60 22.70 22.34 22.34 22.90 ! Oct. _ _22.75 22.75 22.33 22.33 22.90 I i Dee.. . _22-45 22.50 22.10 22.10 22.65! I Spots 60 off, 23.70. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Yeatdyi ! j Open Hi*h Low Close Clou* i !Jan_ .. ?_2I.65 21.78 21.40 21.40 21.95 [March .. _2f.50 21.53 21.07 21.07 21.62 i 'May _ _ ..21.18 21.25 21.18 21.18 ! July_22.74 22.74 22.40 22.40 22.85 j Oct . .. - . 22.35 22.35 21.85 21.85 22.45 i Dee.22.05 22.05 21.55 21.55 22.13 Spots unchanged, -2.30. Liverpool Cotton. ; January ._ 12.32 ! March . 12.13 I i May . _ .? . 11.99 ) July .__. 13.12 i October ._ . 12.72 i December . 12.43 Receipts. 8.000: Sajes. 24.000: Middling. 13.62; Good Middling. 14.07. If you want to vote you must register. In winter it was "the gun that wasn't loaded." Now it is "the | water that wasn't deep." ?, ? m ? ? ? j The seventh district congres- j j sional candidates have arranged j for a series of campaign meet- j I ings in every county in the dis i trict. The Sumter county meet j ing will be held in the Court (House at 8 p. m.. Friday, July ?Sth. jThe three candidates H. P. Fulmer. jA. J. Bethea and J. J. McMahan i will attend this meeting. ? ? ? j The regular bi-weekly meeting of the Sumter Kiwanis Club will be IheM Friday'night at 7:30 o'clock I at the Claremont Htoel. The at ! tendance prize for this meeting? ! one case of Georgia Cam* Syrup? ?has been donated by Kiwanian ?Roy Wallace of the Atlanta Club 'who is connected with the Geor gia Syrup Company. Special prizes for each member present will also jbe distributed. Field Representa tive Ceo. A. Selig will be present land have charge ,of the meeting. This will be the first gathering of the club sinre its organization meeting on June 20th. j When a man kisses Iiis wife's toil-hardened hands. St. Peter 'turns to the debit page and erases ithe record of seventeen of his sins. Too many people cljng to the theory that a liberal contribution to the preacher's salary covers a multitude ?f pins. Military Record Cleared Up War Department Issues Or ders Certifying to Service of R. H. Rembert Headquarters Fourth Corps Area. Office of the Corps Area Com mander. Fort McPherson, Ga., June 24, 1922. Subject: R. H. Rembert, Order No. 1766, Local Board for Coun ty of Sumter, State of South Carolina. To All Whom it May Concern: 1. Under date of June 19, 1922, information was received from the war department that the charge of desertion which stood against R. IT. Rembert, Order Xo. 1766, a reg istrant of the local board for the county of Sumter, State of South Carolina, has been set aside. 2. The draft records show that this man was issued Delinquent Order No. 2076, directing him to report to the Adjutant General of the State of" South Carolina for miiftary duty not later than April 9, 1918, and that because of his failure to report as directed, he was certified to Hhe Adjutant Gen eral of the army as a deserter. The records of those who served during the world war show that he en listed in the United States navy, under the name of Robert Heriot Rembert, on December 13, 1917, and that he was honorably dis charged on May 4, 1918. 3. This man's name appeared upon the published list of alleged draft deserters as the result of the final report of the draft officials showing him to be a deserter. There is no record of hp having notified his local board of his en trance into military service as was required by the draft regulations, and his service was not discovered in the check of the list against the records of those who served in the navy during the world war be cause of the fact that at the time of his registration he gave his name as R. H. Rembert, whereas he served under the name of Robert Heriot Rembert. It is to be re gretted that the many and urgent widely published solicitations invit ing all registrants, or those inter ested therein, ivho believe that the draft record of any registrant may be incomplete or faulty to prompt ly take up the matter with the war department, were not heeded. However, in view of the additional evidence brought to its attention, the war department is pleased to remove the charge of desertion in this case, thereby permanently rec ognizing the honorable status of this registrant. 4. It is requested that this notice be given publicity identical with that given the) original list of the local board for Sumter County, South Carolina, on which Mr. Rem bert's name appears. W. H. GORDON, Brigadier General, U. S. Arniy. Curing Under Way Tobacco Crop Has Shown Marked Improvement Kingstree, July 4.-;?Tobacco cur ing is well under way in this sec tion of the tobacco belt and many farmers have their third curing or gathering in barns. During the past three weeks the crop has shown marked improve ment, and if there are no long heavy rains it is believed that the crop will be far superior to that of last year. It appears just now as if the old method of marketing in this place is a thing of the past Williamsburg county has almost solidly signed up with the associa tion and the tobacco crop of the county will be handled through the Co-operative Marketing association It is not planned to have an open or independent warehouse operate here this season. Red Cross Home Service Office Closed Temporarily. . On May 30th an open meeting of the Sumter Chapter, American Red Cross, was held to put before the public the financial condition of the chapter, and to devise means for raising funds if. it was decided to carry on the Home Service work on its present basis. The American Legion pledged their support, and resolutions were passed requesting the County Boai^i of Commissioners to appropriate $'250 per month for the support of the Red Cross Home Service Sec tion, and asking the banks of the city to donate 1-10 of 1 per cent of their capital. The County Board of Commis sioners at a recent meeting de ferred action on this proposition, and expressed doubt that they could make such a contribution as their funds are exceedingly limited. The following banks have con tributed $100 each to the work: Sumter Trust Co., Peoples' Bank, City National Bank, and First Nat ional Bank. The American Legion also con tributed $100. These donations in addition to contributions from other organiza tions and from individuals were sufficient to clear the chapter of indebtedness up to the present time, but there is no prospect of receiving a definite monthly in come. In view of those facts, the execu tive committee of the chapter at a meeting on .July 3rd with Mr. L. D. Jennings, Mr. Henry P. Moses. Mrs. A C. Phelps and Miss Annie Purdy present voted to accept Miss Wheeler's resignation as Home Ser vice secretary, and to ?lose the home service office temporarily un til plans can be perfected assuring a regular and sufficient income to carry on the work properly. Annie Purdy, Secretary. Little Miss Ceila Brennan is en tertaining the Misses Alice Calder, Margaret Jarvis, Jeannette Lowry and English Riley, from Charleston, at a house party this week in her home on East Liberty Street. A se ries of entertainments have been planned, and no doubt the party will pro\o? n most enjoyahJo one. Duncan's Charges Feature Meeting Ridgeland, June 30?The calm' paign meeting .for candidates for state offices in Jasper county today was featured by the charges by j John T. Duncan, candidate for gov I erridr, that one of the men in the ! race had made speeches for Hard J ing in the presidential campaign I two years ago. "There's a man in I this race who spoke for Harding, j the Republican candidate for pres I ident, two years ago, and this same I man is now running in the ! Democratic primary." Mr. Duncan j said. Mr. Duncan was the first speaker i and gave much attention to the liti { gation concerning the Columbia ca | nal. Attorney General "Wolfe, the [speaker said, was being fought for [reelection because the attorney gen eral had pressed litigation to save the property recovered by the state. I The voters were reminded that ! former Governor Blease was seek ing a third term. "He knows he can't be elected," Mr. Duncan said. "Why he didn't carry but three counties four years ago in his last campaign and has been getting I fewer and fewer votes each year I he runs. He will corral a few votes from those who are glued to j him." ; State Senator George K. Laney I of Chesterfield gave some atten tion to the canal question. Mr. ! Duncan had claimed that if the state will develop the canal prop ; erty enough revenue will be pro | vided with which to meet the ex penses of the state government. I Mr. Laney denied that the canal I commission had offered to sell the j canal property at a small sum as ' charged by Mr. Duncan. If the j United States supreme court, where the case is now pending, de ; cides in favor of the state, the next [general assembly will determine i what disposition shall be made of j it, he said. The Chesterfield candidate re ; viewed the measures of the last i general assembly by which the state j levy was reduced five and one-half i mills, and said if the succeeding [ general assemblies continue this j program there will be only a few j years until the full state levy i3 ! thus provided. Then county levies ! will be left for schools and roads i and may be placed at any figure the people of the respective coun l ties and their delegations in the 'general assembly may determine, j The state income tax, the inheri f tance tax, and the gasoline tax en | abled the general assembly this j year, Mr. Laney pointed out, to ? shift nearly one-half of the state '? levy to shoulders which had not I be6n bearing their proper share j of tax. And the shifting program > had just begun, he said, i ' Mr. Laney again today laid par ! ticular emphasis on the importance j of law enforcement. "Civilization ; will be destrayed unless the people j get behind their governor and their j county authorities in the enforce ! menl of the law," Mr. Laney con j eluded. Mr. Laney's utterances j were warmly applauded. Thomas C-. McLeod followed Mr. ] Laney and again today preached j the doctrine of local economy. If I people are sincere in their demands j for tax reduction, he said, they must cut in the counties. In Jasper county 63 per cent of the taxes paid is expended in the county, j while only 37 per cent, goes :for j state purposes. Therefore, Mr. i McLeod said, two-htirdo of the I problem rests wholly upon the j shoulders of the people themselves j and their delegations to the gener | al assembly. Problems following j the war and the invasion of the i boll weevils would be met in the i same way that people were meet ! ing their private business prob j lems. Mr. McLeod thought. There i would be the practice of rigid j economy and reformation in. plans land policies, but there would be no j destruction. I Mr. McLeod said he was running ; on his own responsibility. He did not represent any class or group of men and if elected he would at tempt to be the governor of all the i people of the state. He invited in {vestigation of his character, both i as to private and public life. The ; Bishopville candidate warmly de j fended the effort of the last gen | eral assembly to seek new sources j for taxes that the burden might be j shifted from real estate and per : sonal property. The income v tax ! touched men who paid no other j taxes, just as did the inheritance ; tax and the gasoline tax. Mr. Mc jLcod was given much applause. i Cole L. Blease was the last of ! the candidates for governor to be j heard. The former governor said j it had been a long time since the ! people had heard about law and ! order. When he was governor, Mr. I Blease said, the people had been i told to get rid of Blease and there would be less crime and during the l last eight years South Carolina, he I said, had led the nation in the mur j dcrs. the thefts and other crimes, j He had also warned the people j would be bankrupt if they elected ? certain people to office and now, j he said, the people and the state j were bankrupt. This was due, Mr. j Blease thought, to the creation of I useless offices. The government i has become a government by com ; missions and is no longer a gov j ernment of, for and by the people, j The state tax commission, the tax board of review, the budget com j mission and the board of charities ? and corrections were particularly criticised. When he was governor, j Mr. Blease said, he held the taxes I down below one-third of what they I were today. If the general assem bly did cut down the state levy five and ??ne-half mills last session, it was done only because it was elec tion year, and the amount will have to be made up next year if ;the appropriation fell short, Mr. ? Blease said. The meeting today was held at j the court house and was attended ! by 100 voters. The meeting tomor I row is in Walterboro. 'Monday the candidates will be heard at Moncks Corner. i Dr. .1. I'. Marion preached the I iwpning sermons on Sunday at the Assembly's summer Sunday School ? Conference at Montreat. N. C. MRS. JULIA BUSBY HURT IN ACCIDENT Seriously Injured When Car Turns Over in Ditch? Blinded by Headlights Greenwood. July 4.?Mrs. Juli? Busby of Bath. 87 years of age. is probably fatally injured as a result of an automobile accident near Ninety-Six last night when a car in which she was riding, driven by E. M. Corley of Greenwood, turn ed over in a ditch. Mrs. Busby suf ferde a fractured arm and leg. a deep gash on the face arid other injuries. Physicians hold out little hope of recovery According to persons in the wrecked car. they were meeting a 1 car driven by a woman who did not dim her lights. Blinded by the ! lights of the approaching car. Mr. Corley drove too near the edge of the road ancUturned over. In the \ car were Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Corley. their two children. Mrs. Corley's grandmother. Mrs. Busby, and Mr. and Mrs. Rhett Lowe of Langley. Mr. Lowe was slightly injured The two children were thrown out but were not injured. Fall From Bridge Kills Young Boy Shock From Live Wire Causes Harvey Turner to Lose Bal ance?Funeral Yesterday Piedmont. July 4.?Harvy Tur- I ner, 17 years old, was killed here yesterday afternoon when he fell from a bridge arch to the concrete j flooring. 15 feet below. The boy had climbed the super-! structure of the bridge and was in- j tending~to-dive-into-the -stream un derneath when he accidentally came in contact with a live wirej and, etunned, was thrown back on the bridge below. The fall frac-! tured his skull and the boy died a { few minutes later despite the ef forts of physicians who were sum- j moned immediately. The funeral was held at 3 o'clock this afternoon, the funeral ser vices being conducted by the -Rev. A. N. Smith. Surviving young Turner are: Mr.1 and Mrs. S. T. Smith of Piedmont, grandparents, with whom he was; living: a brother, Talmadge Turn er, and a sister, Miss Ina Turner, j ? ? ? ? ? ? FATALLY HURT IN AUTO SMASH William B. Cox Dies at Hos pital From His Injuries ? Charleston, July 4?As the result of a collision shortly before mid-1 night last night, on the Meeting: street road, three or four miles I from the city, Mr. William B. Coxj sustained a fracture of the skull j and died sOon afi:er.being taken] to the Roper Hospital: Mr. Cox J was said to have been* in an auto mobile at the time and the colliding vehicle was thought to be a truck. < S About an hour after this accident ! a minor collision was reported as j having occurred at Meeting and I Calhoun streets between a truck and another vehicle, and the po f lice arrested the occupants of this ; truck and also held them in connec tion with the fatal accident on the Meeting street road. The driver of the truck, Henry Boderick, anjd three other occupants, were ar i rested. The truck was described as car [ rying the name "South Atlantic i Company." : Higher Clothing Prices! It's Vp to You. j The tariff bill in congress pro i vides a flat duty of 33 cents a j pound on the scoured content of ! wool?an excessive and unwarrant ! ed drain on the pockets of the people. It will make a suit of clothes or an overcoat cost you about ?4.00 more; and a proportionate increase on woolen clothes for women and children. j Wool is only one item of hun ; dreds in the bill, and congressmen are busy people. Through a mere oversight they can add $361,000. 000 a year to the cost, of clothing in America. That bill has already passed the ! house and is now up to the sen jate. If the senate overlooks this j big dariger point and lets this bill j become a law it will work a hard j ship on the American people for j many years to come. : Write or wire your senator to ? avert this danger. Act at once or it j may be too late. ? ? ? j Mayor of Columbia Instructs Police in Matter of Strike. j Columbia. July 3.?Mayor W. A. j Coleman. of Columbia, has given I orders to Chief of Police Strickland j for a strict enforcement of laws I during the pending strike of rail ' way shopmen. The mayor's letter j of instructions to the chief calls at I tent ion to the fact that the city I takes no sides in the strike: that i its principles are not the business i of the city or its police department. ! but that enforcement of the laws is I a matter for the police department, j "In the event the strike goes on." the mayor wrote the chief. "I wish j to state to you that you as police I chief, as well as myself as mayor, j are not the judges as to the merits j in the controversy. We are only I interested in seeing that law and ! order prevail in Columbia." Marriage Licenses. ! White: Mr. E. T. GuHedge of j Horatio and Miss Lucy Coulter of i Wedgetield. j Colored: Wesley Blackwell and i Mary Green of Wedgetield. ? .About 50 Hi-Y girls left Monday ! morning at 6 o'clock for Paris j Mountain, which is about 10 miles I from Greenville, where they will j camp for two works. York Woman Faces Trial For Murder Mrs. J. P. Hudgins and Albert Zimmerman Charged With Killing J. P. Hudgins York, July 4.?For the first time in more than 25 years in York county, next week a white woman will be tried for her life. She is Mrs. Effie Hudgins, 30 years of age, charged jointly with Albert Zimmerman, 24 years of age. of killing her husband, J. Pink Hudgins. on the outskirts of York the night of November 6. Mrs. Hudgins and Zimmerman are tex tile workers and J. Pink Hudgins was also a former mill operative, but at the time of his death was keeping a smali store. Mrs. Hudgins is an inmate of the York county home, having been denied admittance to the home of her father, whose wife by his sec ond marriage i3 the mother of the slain man, when she was released from jail several months ago on $500 bond. She is the mother of an infant three months old. Her older children are living with rela tives here. Zimmerman is in jail and has never made an effort to obtain bail. As a textile worker in recent years he has followed his occupation in Rock Hill, Lancaster and other nearby towns. At the time of the killing he was living in Shelby, C in which town he was arrested a few days after the tragedy. The murder came to light the f morning of November 7, when the dead body of Hudgins was found on the roadside near his home with a bullet wound through the heart and a pistol by hfs side. The cor oner's jury held Zimmerman, who was known to have visited the Hudgins home the ' night of the tragedy, responsible for the kill ing and a day or two later Mrs. Hudgins was also arrested, charged with complicity in the crime. They were indicted for murder at the November term of court and a true bill found against each. The case was postponed at that term at the request of the defendant's attorn ey. It was postponed at the April term because of the state of Mrs. Hudgins' health at that time pre cluded her appearing in court. Evidence brought out at the cor oner's inquest indicated that do mestic troubles led to the killing. The tesimony was that Zimmer \ man had for years been a source of j contention between Hudgins and | his wife and that while living in ! Lancaster some years ago they had j separated for a time on account o:* him. The most damaging testi mony against the two defendants I was that given by Arthur Hudgins, 11 year old son of-the slain man and of Mrs. Hudgins. _ ^ _ Court will be presided over by Frank P. McGowan of Laurens, ap - ,' pointed special judge for this term. ! The other causes to be tried are rel RAILHEADS DENY CLAIMS OF UNION: Many Shopmen Failed Obey Strike Order to atively -unimportant. Tobacco cufiHg"~ls well under way throughout the Pee Dee sec tion. The crop is reported, rang ing from good to very poor. New York* July 2.?While leaders of striking rail shop crafts today claimed that the walkout in the metropolitan district of New York city was 100 per cent, suc cessful, rail officials declared that not more than 15.000 of the 23,000 men in the district had obeyed th call. Recruiting the strikebreakers continued at railroad and private agencies. At noon several roads reported that vacancies created by the walkout at 10 a. m. yesterday could be "more than filled." To this statement operating heads of the New York Central Penn sylvania and the New York, New Haven and Hartford, the three roads in this district most vKalls affected by the strike, added that numbers of old employees who joined the strikers yesterday re ported for duty this morning. n Dependable data on the extent oi the .strike will not be available un til Wednesday, both sides agree. Fragmentary reports continue- to come in from outlying shops, yards and terminals* but neither rail of ficials nor union leaders have -at-s tempted to tabulate returns. The full result will be known Wednes day morning when the holiday pe riod will end and shop3 will attempt, to resume on a normal week day" basis. Three shipments of strike breakers, most of them avowed mechanics, today were recruited for service in the shops of TFes tern and Southern railroads, it was reported, it was estimated that 800 men accented jobs. A score of private detectivef guarded the strikebreakers unt? they-boarded-trains for out of town destinations. Before being engiag-v ed they had to pass muster before experienced employment managers* sent' here by the various railroads. Train service, having successfully borne the- excessive burden of pre holiday traffic imposed yesterday by record crowds of travelers, today relapsed to normal schedules with out experiencing any delays as ;* I result of the strike. Peace reigned along the right of way and in ther shops, but police patrols, assigned to extra strike'duty, remained on guard at all strategic points. ' ? ? ^~^p? * *?? Marriage .Licenses. White: Mr. D. C. Felke! and Miss Bessie Daniels of Sumter. Mr. Harmon Ardis and Miss Leila Galloway of Sumter. Mr. James Pate Everington and Miss Agnes K. Sc arry of Sumter. t Mr. R. P. Yates, who has. been with Mr. J. C. Brown for the past twp 'years, j doing auto electrica fc, work, left 'Saturday afternoon for Wilkenburg, Pa., where he expects . to do experimental, work in. con nection with Messrs. H. R. Yan Deventer and B. H. Slag, who have been there, for th?= past four months. Charter No. SS09 . Reserve District No. ft REPORT OF THE CONDITION ?F THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER * AT SUMTER IN THE STATE OF S. ft At the Close of Business on ?Tone SO, 1922. RESOURCES: 1. a Loans and discounts, including redis counts, acceptances of other banks, and foreign bills of exchange or* drafts sold with indorsement of this bank (except those shown in b and . * c)_._.$ 781,584.36 Total loans .-?-? !. Overdrafts, unsecured $1,142.32-1;1 4. C. S. Government securities owned: a. Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. bonds par value) -50,C00.H b. All other United States Government Securities (including premiums, if any) __ ? -.._._.'._ 61,600.00 Total __ ?.-1.---. Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc.:??? Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures. Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank Cash in vault and amount due from national banks? 11. Amount due from State banks, bankers, and trust com panies in the United States (other than included in Items S, 9, and 10).^_. Checks on other banks in the same city or town as re porting bank (other than Item 12)--" Total of Items 9. 10, 11. 12, and 13 134,686.63 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer_ o. 6. 8 10. 13. 15. 781,584.36?. 1,142.83 111,600.09 28,380.IX, 35,900.6$ 37.446.45 126,295.44 80.00 i 8,361.19 2,506.0$ 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Total.-----.$1,131,739.88 LIABILITIES: Capital stock paid in.- 100,006.00* Surplus fund_ Undivided profits 23,709.09 26. 30. Circulating notes outstanding.?-__. Amount due to Federal Reserve Bank (deferred credits) -.?-i Cashier's checks outstanding. Total of Items 21, 22. 23. 24. and" 25 6,655.0S Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) sub ject to Reserve (deposits payable within 30"days): Individual deposits subject to check?_ Dividends unpaid.^ Total of demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to Reserve Items 26, 27, 28, 29, . SO. and 31._-. 193,939.06 Time deposits subject to Reserve/ (payable after 30 days, or subject to 30 days or more notice, and postal savings): State, county, or other municipal deposits se cured by pledge of assets of this bank or otherwise 150,000.00 23,769.6? 50,6O0.0?v :. 999.17 5,745.8* 187,939.06 6,ooo.or 68,766.46 34. 35. 36. Other time deposits-._ 536,649.20 Postal savings deposits._*_ 129.40 Total of time deposits subject to Reserve, Items 32, 33, 34, and 35. 665.545,06 f United States deposits (other than postal savings), including War Loan deposit account and deposits of United States disbursing officers_ 1,891.64 Total .-:--$l,131,7S9. State of South Carolina, County of Sumter, ss: I, O. L. YATES, Cashier of the above-named bank do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge anft belief. O. L. YATES, Cash??r. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of July. 3 922. A M. BROUGHTON, Notary Public Correct?Attest: NEILLODONNELL, H. N. FORESTER," H. D. BARNETT, Directors. (SEAL)