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MENORDEREDTO LEAVE MANNING Anonymous Letters Received by Carey Smith, Dick Davis and a Mr, Burkhalter Manning, July 6.?The planning postmaster, Carey Smith, has been warned to leave town by an anony mous letter received last Sunday morning. . The letter stated that Mr. Smith was warned to leave town by Mon ; 'day night at 8 o'clock and if he was in town after that time he could not say he was not warned. There was no name signed to the -letter. j Mr. Burkhalter and Dick Davis of hear Manning each received similar letters to leave their sections with out any further v .warning. Apart from rumors, no cause can be at tributed to the act of warning. The letter was read by the sheriff, but no official information has been received today. The men have not left town and nothing has j followed the writing of the letters. r U ? :r ? + m" ? Calhorn Farmer Takes Own Life Halt Hecke) Shoots Self in - ... Heart With Shotgun St Matthews, July 6.. ? Halt Heckel, a farmer, one of Calhoun's ? .oldest and most respected, citizens from the Congaree section. of the county, committed suicide by shooV ing imself in the. heart, with a shotgun. Mr. Heckel lived alone, a! short distance from the home , of his SOP-" / ? . ?? V.U w This morning about daybreak his son, Maynard Heckel, said that he heard a gunshot some distanee from : the h.ouse_;hut paid no attention to it. Later when his father was. call s ed to breakfast there was no re sponse and... an inspection of the house showed that he. was not there. A search was instituted and ?the body found some, distance .from tfie dwelling with a shotgun lying hear. Death had been inflicted by placing-the gun over his heart and pulling the trigger with a string. The entire load took effect and made a ghastly wound. Dr. Dreher, the attending physician, stated that death was. evidently instantaneous.; Mr. Heckel had been complain- j ing of feeling unwell but his phy- j -fcician saw no signs, of .serious ill I health. He. lost his wife about two ! years, ago. and since that time has j been melancholy. He was 68 years of age and is -survived by a wide kinship. ARIZONA WANTS MEN Columbia. July 6-?Mayor Cole ?han and .W. x. Wilhngham, head pii. the city employment bureau, are awaiting anxiously telegraphic advices from. Washington on the subject, whether farmers of. Arizo na, will, .defray ..transportation charges of men who, the govern mental labor bureau wired here, Were needed, 4.000 strong to gath er the, cotton crop* This informa tion will be important to several hundred idle men- of both races; who have crowded the city em ployment bureau offices in the. city hall, daily since the fact was pub- ! ?shed that farm hands were, .need- I ed ; out West. The large number \ tof callers at the office indicates] that there is considerable idleness | in the state. A Discouraged Artist. London. June 19.?An income of i $?o0? in four years from the paint ing of pictures has been confessed" by C. R. W. Xevinson, an*artist known both in England and in the . United States. Seeking an expla nation, a representative . of the London Morning Post heard some "hard things about art from Mr. Xevinson, both in this country and America. Across the water the study.of art 1? most discouraging, worse than m England, Mr. Nevinson declared. "Was there ever a country with so | many hundred thousand million j art schools?I am never any good j jtt American noughts?and so few ! artists," he asked. "Xo wonder the American public only buys the giltedged dead masters, and sec ond-hand junk from European auction rooms. America is admit "tediy only interested. in the dead f and the antique, so she might as welL close .her art schools.'*. ?Land Ownership in Mexico to Be Restricted. Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, j Mexico. July 2.?About 200 Amer- j icans owning more than 10,000,000 acres of land will be affected by the j new land law which has been ap- ! proved by the state legislature. Nobody in Chihuahua can own more than 1.000 hectares of land, (about 2.300 acres) that is entirely under cultivation, the law provides. ^Nobody can. own more than 2,000 'hectares of land that is half irri gated, or more than 4,000 hectares of dry farming land. However, holders of the foregoing amounts j of farm land may hold as much as 46,000 hectares of grazing lands. Under the law, within the sixty j days from now (about September 1) persons holding more than that! permitted by the law. must make a j * selection of what they desire to keep, and the balance must be par- j celed out under government super vision and offered for sale. Con tracts of sale must allow the pur chaser 20 years in which to pay, under partial payment plan. In terest must not exceed five percent. One can't help wondering what Babe Ruth's thoughts are as he re ceives his salary check Humility isn't essential to sfate manship. Political pie goes to those who have the crust. ? *? ? * The rich are a pretty good sort. They realize thftt the poor are happier, and yet remain patient martyrs to their bank roily. I IRISH READY TO FIGHT Great Response to Call to Arms in Dublin Dublin, July 6.? (By the Associ ated Press.)?There was a great {response today to the Provisional government's call to arms and at {the % Wellington, ? Portobella ' and j Beggar's Bush barracks, as well as at the city hall, long lines stood waiting to join. The men are be ding segregated into their own areas. Besides members of the volun teers offering themselves, there were large numbers of ordinary citizens for recruitment in the vol unteer forces x as preliminary to j transfer to the actual service list, i During the day great crowds i visited the scenes of the fighting, but a cordon was drawn to pre vent approach to the buildings, only 1 the shells of which are standing j and are in danger of fallnig at j "any moment. From the ruins from j time to time an explosion is heard1 ?this caused by ammunition aban doned by the insurgents. . The fire men's efforts prevented the fire from destroying the Sackvlle Street club and the Nelson Pillar, ' but some of the new buildings in I the. unburned part of the street bear many bullet marks. The banks reopened today and the stock exchange will open again on Monday. Liverpool steamers for England will leave tonight with ?almost normal cargoes. . There is still no definite news 1 of Eamon De; Valera. The Even ing Telegraph says it was freely rumored in Bray, a suburb of j Dublin, last night, that De Valera ! has been wounded; credence was given by the fact that Father Dom inic, chaplain of the Republican guard, passed through the military i hues .in Bray Tuesday night in a motor car flying the redress flag. Father Dominic is reported to have visited De Valera's. house at Grey stones. The same paper says reports from the provinces, that over the greater part of the 26 county area complete calm prevails, although here and there some fighting has occurred, but nothing comparable | to the magnitude of the struggle j in Dublin. The White Man's Challenge. (By Judge Andrew J. Cobb, Ath ens, Ga.) The government of this country is in the hands of the white man. This will continue and it is best for all concerned that it should. . ' This imposes a great responsi- j bility upon / the white man. It is a shame when an injustice is done I a negro either in the court house I or outside of it ] r If we have-the power to do jus tice and fail or refuf? to adminis ter justice, we are unworthy of the power. I -see no warrant in the consti tution of the United States for an interference in the administra- j tion of the criminal law of a state. I say however .if the state does not function through its constituted tribunals and become efficient in the protection of the right to live and the right to be deprived of life only by due process, of. law, there will be. interference. All thoughtful people wish a government that governs. If the state government abdicates, the j people will look to another gov- i eminent, and if another govern- I ment appears that is efficient, its j authority will not be closely scru- j tinized. Usurpation will be pre- j ferred to anarchy. I. wish to see a public sentiment so sound and so strong that no band of ruffians, blackguards or brigands would dare to tender a jail to take therefrom a person lawfully confined therein, or take the life of a human being without authority of ,laws no matter what crime he. is charged with or might be. guilty of. I have but express ed the sentiment of all right think ing people. I wish to -see a sentiment so j strong that injustice will not be I done, or if done will not be toler ated in court or out of court Such a sentiment and such a sen timent only will save the state from interference? by an outside power. ? ?? '?. ? ' ? Government to Protect Life and Property Washington, July 10.?The. gov ernment, through the appointment of deputy marshals will make sure that law and order is preserved, and property and life protected and the transportation of mails con tinued despite the strike of shop men, Attorney General Daugherty announced today after a confer ence with the president. He said he was already authorized to ap- j point a number in the middle I west. .... ANDERSON- ! BOY DROWNEDj Falls From Trestle to Mill pond Below Anderson. July t>.?A little boy three years of age was drowned in ! the pond of the Anderson mill Wednesday afternoon. The child | was a son of Mr. and Mrs. A,. L. j Boykin. and he and his older brother were walking across a j trestle of the Piedmont & Northern railway when the little boy fell between the crossties. The older' boy gave the alarm and help hur ried to the scene, but th*> body could not be recovered until the pond was drawn off, which was done immediately; The child was under water about. 30 minutes. Some people let a telephone rinj; ;is if they didn't know anybody. m m> Still, if Pandora hadn't opened that box. what would we do for a Senator Watson? i WORLD TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP 'Suzanne Lenglen, the French j Champion Defeats Mrs. I Mallory j' Wimbledon, July 8.?Suzanne ' Lenglen, the marvelous French j girl, and holder of the world's j championship for women, playing ; like one inspired, won swift and ! certain victory over the American ! champion, Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt I Mallory, this afternoon. She dis I posed of her opponent in two sets, the score being 6-2. 0.-0. This was f the event which the tennis world j has awaited with the keenest inT I terest ever since the match between j these two rivals in the United f States last year, which came to a sudden ending through the col lapse of Mile. Lenglen. Vast crowds packed every niche of the ! great center court . amphitheater; j the gates to the enclosure had long [since been shut and barred. The king and queen of England were there, the Earl of Balfour, him self an ardent exponent of the game, Former King Manuel of Portugal, many lords and ladies and all the followers of tennis who could by reaching.the scene of the 'battle early, by persuasion, coer cion or other means find their way I to within sighting distance of the courts. Outbursts of applause gave evi dence of the overwhelming parti ality for the American woman fi nalist, but the French girl had many supports who grew in num bers as she showed her. mastery of the sport. It is agreed that the American champion played excellent tennis and showed pluck and sportman ship throughout but so far as the contest today was concerned, it is further agreed by the critics that she was outclassed and did not suc ceed even in getting under way. ?When the two faced each other across, the net which they did smil ingly the. rain had ceased. Mile* Lenglen had the service in the first game and in this Mrs. Mallory failed to make a point In three of the games of the first set the American player held the vantage point, but at these critical stages Suzanne surpassed herself. With remarkable generalship Mile. Lenglen controlled the posi tions of both players; she took no unnecessary risks, only thumping across hard shots when an ace point was required. After making a hole in her opponent's court, the French girl repeatedly sent over a drive which could not be reached. Sometimes Mrs. Mallory was brought to the net by a ball drop ped over so close that she was un able to get back; then her oppon ent put across a clear winning pass. At times, Mrs. Mallory. too, made wonderful placements, occasionally putting the ball beyond reach, but she could not keep the pace long enough. She hit bravely through out but strategy told. Those who expected some show \ of nerves on Suzanne's part, in [view of her American experience. I were disappointed, for there was [never a moment when she lost her (self control in any sense, and she faced the critical gallery unflinch ingly. On the other hand, Mrs. Mallory showed considerable ner vousness at. times and misjudged shots which ordinarily would have given her no trouble whatever. The match was grimly business like, neither player evincing any emotion, annoyance or distress. When it ended with only two games to Mrs. Mallory's credit, both smiled and shook hands over the net while the applause from the multitude conveyed the onlookers' verdict that the best woman had won. . TOBACCO ASSOCIATION ;: MEMBERS Lists Will Close July 31st and Farmers Who Do Not Join Before That Date Cannot Sell Through Association Raleigh, July 8.?Soutn Caro lina tobacco growers, who do not join the Tobacco Growers' Cooper ative Association by July 31st can not market their crops through the association, according to an an nouncement issued today from tri state headquarters here. The heads of the leaf, finance and warehouse departments of the association say that it is necessary to close the campaign for new members early enough so that they can deter mine how much tobacco is to be handled in advance of actual -de liveries. Warehouse Director T. C. Watkins, A. R. Breedlove, of the leaf department, and Secretary M. O. Wilson, are now in ?outh Caro lina making final arrangements for opening the association ware houses. In company with C. O. Dixon. manager of warehouses for South Carolina, they have visited most of the important market centers in South Carolina during the past week. Arrangements are made for a final series of meetings to b?.< held at twentyrfive points, covering the entire South Carolina tobacco ana, within the next two weeks. This series of meeting will offer the last opportunity to tobacco growers to join with the more than 75,000 oth er farmers who will for the first time be free from the clutch of the auction system. These meetings will be address ed by leaders from the three states including Dr. D. V. Joyner. W. I?. Hill, J. A. Broun. K. T. Bon du rant and J. K. Blanks of Kentucky. At limes Borah reminds us of I ? the juryman who complained that Iiis fellow jurors were eleven of the stubb?roest men he over saw. Th?> children usually run every thing around home exceni errands. Give a politician enough ropes j and he will get elected. When Mer McCIellanvffle Wants Railroad Town Meeting to Stir Efforts For Such Service McClellanville, July 4.?A meet ing of the McClellanville Develop ment Association was held June 27 at the Masonic "Hall. J. A. Lof ton is president and T. W. Graham secretary and treasurer. The obr ject of this meeting-, as stated, by the president, was to .take the necessary steps and "do our part" in getting railroad connection with the Seaboard Air Line at James town, or at some other point, and Mount- Pleasant. The meeting was largely at tended by citizens of McClellan ville and St. James, Santee Parish, both men and women. The motion* made by H. T. Morrison requestr ing the legislature to grant the authority to bond the parish * to help in the construction of such a railroad was unanimously # car ried, and a committee was ap pointed by the chair to get up a. pe tition for the . purpose signed by the freeholders. A railroad traversing the entire length of the two adjoining par ishes, St. James Santee and Christ Church, would afford connections by rail and water and develop one of the best trucking sections along the Atlantic seaboard for a dis tance of forty miles. While the trucking industry was being de-, veloped this road would be util ized in handling the timber of this section, of which there is more than 2S0.000.000 feet. The A. C. Tuxbury Lumber company owns a large part of this timber and prob ably would haul it over this line, a's the proposed road would run through and near its holdings for a distance of about fifteen miles. CHILE ACCEPTS PERU PROPOSAL Arbitration For Tacna-Arica Controversy After Forty Years i Washington, July 8 (By the As-| r.ocated Press).?Chile has ac-i cepted the latest Peruvian propos- j al for arbitration, of the Tacna-j Arica controversy, clearing the way! to a successful termination of thej Chilean-Peruvian conference which began here eight weeks ago. The Chilean reply was commu-! nicated to the Peruvian delegation! tonight by Chilean Ambassador, Matbieu after the receipt of in-1 structions from the Santiago for- i eign office. It was indicated that aj joint session of the conference! probably would be held Monday to j put the agreement into final form, j As it now has been accepted by both sides, the agreement provides for arbitration of the 40 year old controversy by the United States in the following manner: That.the arbitrator decide wheth er a plebiscite shall be held in the: disputed province of Tacna-Arica. as originally provided by the treaty of An con: Tat in case a plebiscite is de cided on, the arbitrator shall fix the conditions under which it is to be held. That if the decision is against a 1 plebiscite, Chile and Peru will en ter into direct negotiations to de cide to whom the province belongs; and That in the event these direct negotiations do not result in an agreement within a specified time both sides will request an exer I eise of "good offices" by the United States to aid in a settlement. Except for, the final clause, this is the compromise formula suggest ed by Secn*t;iry Hughes after the ! Washington conference had reach led a deadlock on June 7. The final j provision, providing for an oxer jcise oi* "good offices.*' was added I at the suggestion of Peru, whose j representatives regarded it as nec essary to complete the formula and m:iU<' ?*t-!t;iin that all possi bilities of further controversy on the subject w? ;?<? eliminated. There is very little justcie in a world where the occupants of the hack scat :ir<> smashed and the fool driver escapes without injury. Perhaps you have noticed that the man whose religion won't let him fight can make more insult ing remarks than (<-n lighting men. As congress says of the bonus "Eventually, why now?" cury Sizzles Calico has come back into favor !or. dresses to wear when the mer cury hits 30. Figured batiste, ging iam and dotted Swiss also will be vorn. CLEMSON LIFE TRUSTEE Mr. B. E. Geer, of Greenville, Elected to Fill Vacancy Clemson College, July 6?Mr. B. E.' Geer, of Greenville, has been elected a life member of the Board of Trustees of Clemson College, and the college authorities are delight ed to receive Mr. Geer's acceptance, according to announcement made here today by Dr. W. W. Riggs, president. The election of Mr. Geer, filling the vacancy among the life trustees caused by the death of Senator B. R. Tillman in 1918, was by unanimous vote of the iife trustees, with whom it is a rule that no vacancy in their membership shall be filled other wise. Mr. Geer is known over the Pied mont and the entire state as one of South Carolina's really able men, with w'ide experience in the educa tional and business world. He "was for a number of years professor of English at Furman University, Greenville, and is now a prominent cotton mill president and a lead er in other business activities. His addition to the Clemson Board of Trustees greatly strengthens' that body. The other life trustees of the col jlege are Col. Alan Johnstone, New ? berry; Ex-Gov. R. I. Manning, Co jlumbia; Col. M. L. Donaldson, Greenville; Mr. J. E. Wannamaker, [St. Matthews; Mr. W. W. Bradley,) I Abbeville. . . . mM i ! FORD SEEKS PRESlDENCY| I He Will Be a Candidate With- \ out Party Backing j - { Washington, July 8.?Political ; Washington takes cognizance today j of the fact that Henry Ford is a J candidate for the presidency of the j United States. Ford headquar i ters have been opened in Chicago. I For the first time the picture of the manufacturer appears in news paper advertisements throughout j the United States. His issue will ; be "Muscle Shoal a specific in f stance of the Republican party's f unwillingness or inability to legis late in the interest of the people j against the dictates of the masters of big business." Ford is running neither as a ! Democrat nor a Republican. He. entered both the primaries in , Michigan when he aspired to a seat in the senate. Party govern i mcnt like history. is "bunk" to : Ford, and party rectitude is ana I thema to him?like the Jew, it is ! said. j Both Democratic and Republican ? headquarters in Washington have j heard that Ford will offer "as the j friend of the people, as one who has ? always bucked the trusts, as one ! -ivho having grown rich, desires to ! divide his monev with those who I have none. ; Under ordinary circumstances, : both Democratic and Republican I headquarters would scoff at Ford's ! pian to "fiivvcri/.e" the government : just as they scoff at his financial i scheme of issuing currency with ? natural resources such as Muscle : Shoals, rather than gold, as a ba S sis. But the circumstances are j not ordinary. Politically, they are I revolutionary, and it is known that ' Ford has acquired a hold on the j imagination of the people. It is ! known that many of the people. \ farmers and Laborers, believe that j he could do with government just i as he has done with the automo \ bile. So old strategists of both ! parties do not scoff. They are in j dulging a passion for watchful i waiting. The third party bugaboo has not lost its terror for the Re publicans, and the Democrats are \ uncertain whether a candidacy for Ford would aid or hurt them. i \ Warsaw, June 4.?The Jewish press of Poland is alarmed over the 1 proposal of the United States gov . ? rhment to extend its immigration restrictions to !025. This, accord ing to the Jewish Courier of War saw, "means disaser for the Jewish : emigration of Kastern Europe." A fund of 150.000,000 marks (about $37.500) has been organized by the Jewish. American Committee here ! for the building of quarters for Jewish refugees, thousands of whom are penning into Poland from I Russia. The cynic doesn't believe the ma jority will go to hell, lie merely thinks it should. Sales Manager of Cotton Growers Arthur Mazyck, of Bennetts vilie, Named For Important Position Columbia, July 6.r<-Arthur Ma zyck, manager of the Pee Dee River Cotton Company, of Ben nettsvilie, has been elected sales manager for the South . Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative Asso ciation and will enter upon his of cial connection with that organ ization about August 1. Announce ment of his election, was made by the board of directors tonight. . Mr. Mazyck has had twenty-five years' experience u in the cotton business, seventeen: years in. the Mississippi delta and eight- years in South Carolina, and is a finished classer of both short and long staple cotton. The directors of the Co-operative Association felt that his long and. wide experience and success as manager of large cot ton businesses and his wide con nections in this country . and abroad fitted him for the position to which he has been eleeted. Mr. Mazyck was for several years connected with Barn well & Co?.of Memphis, Tepn. Bight years ?go he came to South Carolina as man ager of the Pee Dee River Cotton j Company, of Bennettsvilie. The success of.that company has been! remarkable, due, according to ofli-! cers of the company, to Mr. Ma zyck's ability as a salesman / and j his wide connections. Considerable progress has . been j made this week by the directors of j the association in the-matter, of completing the organization that ,is to handle a very large, percentage of the state's cotton .cooperatively. The announcement of the election of W. R. Scarborough, cashier of the Bishopville National Bank, as treasurer was made Wednesday; Members, of the board of direc tors attending the sessions Wednes day and Thursday, .were, besides President Kaminer, B. Wallace Evans, of Bennettsvilie, J. Wade Drake, of Anderson; J. . S.- Craig, of .Laurens; J. P. MO'air, of Aik en; B. F. Williamson, of Darling ton; A. Victor Bethea, of Dillon; R .C. Ham er, of Eastover; A. R. Johnson, of St. George; L. .D. Jen nings, of Sumter. . and J. B. John son, of Rock Hill. : Boll Weevil Poison Amusing Incidents Told by President Wannamaker St. Matthews, July 4.?J. Skot towe Wannamaker, the National Cotton Association president, finds that all the joy is not taken out -of j life by the weevil. Occasionally lit tle things grow out of the exasp^r- j ating life that weevil is . causing j him to live and he is always open to a spirit of levity when chese bright litlte things come his way. Two choice bits of story. came to him today. He finds that the un educated, laborer, once fearful that the weevil was the hand of God upon a wicked and perverse gener ation, and refused to kill him, as now by force from sheer.hunger,.yss. inventerate bug murderer and all he wants to know is how to swat him successfully. . Teaching him is in many instances an arduous tas?i. Some days ago, ^weary of conduct ing a continuous school in the posioning business, a graduate of a college came in looking for in struction. Relying upon his-mental ability to grasp the idea T?thout; going into detail, the poison was supplied with instruction to put in the poison, horn and shake it in the middle of the cotton. . A day or two later the bright one came in and advised Mr. Wannamaker! the job was; neatly done. He had i distributed the beautiful white stuff Eh the middle furrow and careful- j ly plowed it in and reported that the cotton was showing signs of marked improvement already. Another, less sophisticated, hav ing been apportioned his sack of poison, took it home and carefully laid it upon the back porch. The i baby began to cry with heat. The j wife, thinking that the big new j sack was flour, proceeded to whit*- i wash the crying babe therewith. A] day later when the skin began to j whelp, a doctor was needed to ad- j rise that the youngster had got an over-application of bug killer. He will develop into manhood with j several new patches of skin, when i he gets well.' Clothes 800 Years Old Found in j Greenland. Copenhagen, June 17.?Men's costumes of the 13th and 14th cen turies have been found in Green land. They are in an excellent state of preservation, and re semble the clothes worn by Dante ] in the published pictures of the J Italian poet. They are not yet apen to public view: but may be j exhibited at some future date. These interesting finds were made by Dr. Noerlund, a Danish j scientist, while excavating in an-! ?ient burial grounds in the south- j western part of Greenland. They j ire the only existing specimens in the world of garments worn by | men in the 13th and 14th centuries. Being deposited irr the frozen earth for about 800 years has preserved j them from destruction by moth and age. The garments are now in Copenhagen and deposited in the Danish collection in the Museum | housed in the Prfnsen's Palace. Dr. Noerlund has found also sev- j i^ral old wooden crosses in the \ frozen earth. They are covered i with inscription:- in the Gothic rune script, and are considered by seien- j tists to be of great historic value. ? - After all. it isn't difficult to earn i living. The hard part is to get ; lU _ ???^-?? Man learns from bitter experi-i pm-e that the root of all evil is j the one the dentist has to exca vate for after- breaking off the j tooth. -? ?. ?- . When night, fails, it usually! breaks a lot of good resolutions; made in the early morning. j MEETING OF RETAIL MERCHANTS _______ First Step Toward Organiza tion of Local Association A preliminary meeting of the retail merchants of Sumter was held Thursday at the City Hall. Representatives of every branch of j the retail trade were present. . After having several remark's on the general attitude of the mer chants on collective publicity, mu j tual intercourse between the mer chants and the shoppers, relations I of the merchant to the community, j mercantile ethics and many other 'interesting subjects, the following I committee was selected to arrange j for an information luncheon at one i of the hotels in Sumter in the very near future: W. B. Burns, Jr., H. R. Love, Ralph Hill. G. C. Cooper, W. E. Brunson, Jr., Willie Bultman, E. H. McCollum. Mr. Wannamaker, of the South Carolina Retail Clothier's Associa tion is expected to be here and sev eral other prominent leaders in the retail trade are expected to attend, and an enjoyable affair is antici pated. The retail merchants, of Sumter realizing the benefits of mutual co operation, and the beneficial results obtained by close study of general ne#ds of the community in which they live, have also, come to.the j realization that in order to obtain ! better results it must be done by [mutual and friendly collective un dertakings, hence the retail xner chants of Sumter. are ready to demonstrate, in fact/ the Sumter spirit that knows no defeat. Resolution Passed by The United States Railroad Labor Board, tJoly 3rd. Whereas, the. mx organizations comprising the Federated Shop Crafts have notified the Railroad! Labor Board that a very large ma jority of \the employees which they represent have left the service of the carriers, that the. members of said organizations are _? longer employees of the railways, under i the jurisdiction of the Railroad La bor Board or subject to the appli cation, of the transportation act,, and Whereas, the Brotherhood of Railway and: Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Exuress and Station Employees, United Broth erhood of Maintenance of Way Em ployees and Railway Shop Labor ers,', International Brotherhood of" Firemen and Oilers and Brother hood of Railroad Signalmen of America have also made known to fhe board that they have put out i strike ballots on all or a, part of the carriers which may rseult in the classes of employees which they respectively represent leaving the employ of the carriers, and Whereas, in the future submis sion of disputes involving . rnles, wages and grievances of said class es of employees of the carriers, it ?will be desirable if not a practical j necessity, for the employees of each ! class on each carrier to form some sort of association or organization j to function in the representation -of j I said employees before the Railroad j j Labor Board, in order that the ef ? fectiveness of the transportation iact may be maintaine'd. j Now, therefore be.it resolved that : it be communicated to the car- j ricrs and .the employees remaining I in the service and the - new. em- ! . ployees succeeding those who have } ! left the service to take steps as j j soon as Practicable to perfect on j each carrier such organizations as j ! may be deemed necessary for the+ j purpose above mentioned, and ? ? . j i Be it Further Re_olved, That, on; any carrier, where either-of the! above named organizations, by rea-' son of its membership severing their ]connection with the carriers, ceases to represent its class of em- r ployee3. procedure similar to that; above suggested in the case of'the I shop crafts is recommended, and Be it Further Resolved, That; the employees remaining in the j j service and the new ones entering j \ same, be accorded the application land benefit of 'the outstanding. j wage and. rule . decisions of the | ! Railroad Labor Board, until they j are amended or modified by agree jments with said employees* arriv ed at in conformity with the trans j portation act, or by decision of this j board, and Be it Further Resolved, That, if it be assumed that the employees who leave the service of the car ! rier because of their dissatisfac- j tion with any decisions of the La- j bor Board arc within their rights in so doins. it must likewise be con- j ceded that the men who remain in j the service ant7, those who -enter it j anew are within their rights in ac- I cepting such employment, that tlwy are not strike-breakers seeking to] impose the arbitrary will of an em ployer on employees: that they j have the moral as well as the legal j right to engage in such service of j the American public to avoid inter-; ruption of innir.pensable railway j transportation, and that they are ; entitled to the protection of every department and branch of . the gov ernment, state and national. It is suggested that carriers bul letin this resolution which was adopted by the majority action of! the board. By order of United States Railroad Labor | Board. Ben W. Hooper. Chairman. i L. M. Parker. Secretary. Women Not Wanted in Polish Army Warsaw. June 4.?Women are not wanted in the Polish army by the peasant members of the. nation- ] al parliament. Recently they ad dressed a protest to the Ministry of War against women volunteers. During the war of 1920. when the Women's Legion was organized, thousands of women served both as officers and in the ranks. Too much of woman's emancipa- j tion appears to have settled in her trigger finger. ? y ? A man can be happy without a! home if he is staying away. Moral Standard Q^OY^Ag Weaker Jn Address;; af Marion Persa mg Deplores Tendency to Disregard Law Marion, '?hio, July 4.?The-Spirit of patriotic ':'Ahi?ricanism that "made men and women -by the mil lions" seek. opportunity to serye-tke nation during the war was iavoked by General .Pershing today,, speak ing at Marion's centennial celebra tion, to combat the present. "dan gerous . -tendency . toward disobe dience, to law.'! ? . TMoral standards have become materially weakened," he. said, "and the- criminal elements of so ciety are less cautious in their ac tivities. .It, is time for all citizems who eherah? our heritage: of, free government'.to assert themselves and cry out against.lawlessness and immorality. We must stand for. prompt enforcement of the law, or concede ?that. free government i* a failure: '?? ' "Open adherence to ? the lofty ideals is quite'as , essential now in the postwar days as during war time, when, -impending danger in spired . everyone ? to unselfish devo tion and service." Speaking of the signs of relaxed standards, General Pershing.said: i : "Underline . constitution ,. es$ry man is guaranteed the right to live, enjoy liberty, and pursue hap piness, but: there are. those wno defy these/guarantees and seek to deprive others of these sacred privileges. :; . . .<. ? "Where; vhoie communities opeii ly .sympathize with ruthless mur der of inoffensive people: in the exercise of the right to earn ja.h've lihood. and; where wholesale mur der goes 'unpunished, it is imper ative that jptiblic opinion, should de* mand that the strong arm of the law? under feartess official's,, take positive action. 'Overt and inexcus able acts of-this character not only debase, the- participants, but lower the whole moral- fabric of the na tion and strike at the vJeery ex istence . of self -go vernmenL" . General:Pershing also dealt with the question of military prepared ness. r ?uto i t - -. .? ? ?/ "The wiefcofr-the blatant pacifist is- .again heard in - the. .land," . he sard. "The -unreasoning, ..the^ah thinking mad *those who will not learn from'.-experience continue to , advocate the theory that complete disarmament will.prevent .war. In the knowledge that, our-army is of the people, and in the face of the loss of life.- and the ? cost in. money that we du^selves have. recently withstood as result of neglect of the most ^feeble -preparations,- they pronounce, against any . sort: of military training or preliminary organization and would so reduce as to matte expansion impossible within any. iwasonable period and possibly again compel- the eflorv mous expenditure of life and treasure under which the country is suffering today. .... VI venture* to . say. that' few,^ if any, of.tfcS&e who would, destroy our small army and navy in times of peace were found in the ranks with thosehrave* and patriotic mpn who foughfc to-destroy the armies . of our enemies -on the Seid of.h?t Itle." ?/ 5i*# s=fK--''V*'f |-i I ? s BIBLE SERIAL I New and Popular Newspaper Feature - ' - - . ?"f Topeka,, JKana, . July, Jt%^-7-;la printing > tWcB*ble. a good newspa per feature*? TrVill the avejrage per son read the Bible, if published*in this .way-?. .: . vv After printing, a weejcly. serjal from the Bible for three months. Arthur J.: Carruth, managing edi tor .of, The topeka State Journal, declares ihat-the-publication of-the Bible has proved to be the" greatest success of any feature ever printed by The Stake Journal.' ''Moreoaer. it. is being} v&d. by many subscrib ers as faithfully, as would, be the installments, of a popular, ?oyel, Carruth states. "The publication of the Bible ie rially has. had a marvelous . effect,'* said .Mr.. ?arruth. ? "It has shown that the subscribers are sincere; in their demand. for reading matter of I?. religious .character, and also has shown to,the public that the news paper* do not print only.the sensa tional, thai they do not attempt, to appeal primarily to the masses, and that they ^o not neglect the church." . As an indication of the interest taken in the publication, of the Bible, Mr. Carruth stated > he-ha* received inquiries, from every ..state in the nation, many letters from Canada and a number, of communi cations from foreign countries. A number of Kansas newspapers have taken up-.-the publication. of. the Bible since the- Journal startedvit, Mr. Carruth stated, ?e eaid out of about sixty ministers in Topeka, he has received communications from all and? that in only two "or three cas^s had they criticized the publication. The publication Gf the Bible was undertaken by. The State Journal at the suggestion of I>r. CharlesL^M. Sheldon, of Topeka, editor of The Christian Herald and well known author. Each installment includes about 3.000 words. The Weymouth text of the New-Testament, a trans lation in everyday English, is used. Aheady publication of the Book of Mark has been* completed and the Book of Luke is well under way. Relatives: The people you visit when the weather becomes so hot that you wish to avoid-doing your own seeking. ?'? ?r? With the average man. philoso phy is little more than the ability to thank Gbd tshat he is hetter Off than the ttther .fellow. After the hardest day at the.of fice, the ordinary man needs only thirty minutes -at- home to brag himself into a good humer. . : One explanation of everything" is that too many people -think ef ficiency consists in rushing madly to and fro about nothing.