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THE PREDICTED FAMINE
Sir W?liam Beveridge of Eng
land,, who computes weather con
. dStiohs over long periods, says that
if fels'figures are correct, 1923 will
be a* year - of terrific floods and
famine. It. seeins ,that there are
four- drfferent weather cycle's af
fecting crops, and all these com
' bine' in a "maximum unfavorable
phase-indicating heavy and harm
ful deluges (in. northern Europe,
itt"anj? case) during the period from
February to September, 1923." The
conditions on which this prediction
ir. based cover SOO years.
The Abbe Moreux. of the Bourge*s
Astronomical observatory, and
Bruckner,' the Swiss meteorologist,
^plot sun-spot periods on to gen
eral 'e?m?tie conditions of the tem
perate regions^ and discover 17
years of-dry weather followed by
17 ye'ars^of wetness." The results
worked out by these two experts
appJj?.to?3.4 American stations, to
gether with the British Isles, Bel
giuin and France.
T5ie Abbe Moreux does not say
that 1923. itself will be either dry
or wet. but what he does insist up
on is that "at the end of 1935V the
total, rainfall for the preceding 17
years will-be greatly lower than for
the- years of the wet cycle from
1901 to.1918."
v '"vxs?H?us' other meteorological ex
pef*ts agree to some extent with
these prophecies, although Sir
WiiUam^BeYcridge. with his four
cycles<&*temperature, rainfall and
meieeseiogjea't artd astronomical
datar^aff* pointing wetly fo 1923,
j&theL.ohe, who feels most sure of
jie? year's floods.
However one may feel personally
t?- regard to prophecies of floods,
famines or anything else, a little
f&rlft 4n-fhis year of plenty might
?sot- be a -bad thing. With the
Bftrhs and cellar full of staples,
with neat rows of cans and jars on
the .'shelves, and with the figures
in tS?e old bank book running a
Etfte-liigher than they ever were
before, one can await disasters with
coxftMerable peace of mind*
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?i?r-? . ...
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'ISfea? a boy join a college fra
ternity^" inquires a magazine" writ
er. X-Just let him get a bid, and
Watch him!.
: ' * * *
If wjSj&^comes to worst, those
Amerrcari Ships might be allowed
to choose" between a government
Subsidy and their saloon privilege.
* * *
What-we would like to know is
just what the chairman of the steel
trust regards as "humane compe
tition". 1
* * *"
?X'xb?rse the House of Lords
w6?'fc4et women in. It's ? men's
6lub.
* * *
Observing that the A. F. of L..
ha* unanimously rejected the "one
big^nran'Y one wonders mildly
<**Wa ?ar> -
-whfl*^ha*-become of the I. W. W.
7 Z '~' * * *
"No message received yet from
Mars." says MacronL Good enough!
Wes?T?. heard too much already from
duffer.
,~ ^ * * *
J^nssell Sage Foundation ex
Pfc*3!"35^ate that when New
Yo4?1fajs o&OOO.OOO population, the
deai?sV:; from highway accidents
wi!0E2^a?:to 10.000 a year. It's a
harrowing thing to contemplate;
but would anybody foolish enough
to live in a* city of 50,000.000 people
deserve any .better fate than being
run over?
* * *
After the coal supply has run out
and -ail the industrial machinery
has fun down, somebody will do
something about the coal strike.
J/OYAL TO THE KING
The Anglo-Irish treaty and new
Constitution are upheld by the
Irish election, and Ireland, appar
ently, is to follow the course
marked^out for it in London, being
erected frit o a self-governing Brit
ish domfnion. But there is much
discontent with the constitution
because it provides, as the treaty
doesi for an oath of loyalty to the
It is easy to understand how
distasteful any such oath must be
to large numbers of Irishmen, who
remember only too well what their
ancestors have suffered at the
'hands of British kings. Neverthe
less it should be evident that the
' objectors are fighting the shadows
J of the past rather than facing the
^realities of the present,
j "Loyalty to the king" is today
j merely a form of words, meaning:
! not at ail what it once meant,
i when kings had power to tyrannize,
j Nob.Qdy need expect any tyranny
from King George, nor from his
sucoessors. The British king is but
a, symbol. His office is the key
stone of the arch which supports
a remarkable union of self-govern
ing nations. The oath of allegi
I ance is merely a formal recognition
i that the citizen who takes it is rec
j ognizing that his country belongs
to the union.
The Irish will be as free as the
Canadians, South Africans and
Australians. The majority of
Americans, understanding how
large that freedom is, have little
patience -with those who would
throw it away to grasp at ? shadow.
Report of the
Health Off ieer
The. following is a summary of
the activities of the health officer
for the month of May, 1922:
. Premises inspections, 250.
Dairies, 7* meat markets, 18;
soda founts, g; creamery, 11; res
taurants, 14: complaints handled,
?15; pathological examinations, 1.
Contagious diseases reported,
chickenpox. white 2; diphtheria,
white, 1; smallpox^ colored, 1.
Vital statistics since last report.
Births, white, 14; colored-, 10.
Deaths, white, 8; colored, 24.
Total births for 1922, white* 42;
colored, 33. Total deaths for
1922, white 21; colored, 60.
Sold 21 sanitary cans, 2 gallons
disinfectant. Used 5 gallons disin
fectant for mosquitoes. Five gal
lons poison for ?ies.
Meetings held, one. Newspaper
articles published, one.
The fruit and grocery stores
have agreed not to display food
stuffs on the sidewalk. .This has
made a great improvement in the
appearance of; the = business sec
tion-of the. city as well as carrying
out a health measure.
AU soda founts are using hot wa
ter for sterilizatior; purposes.
Milk Inspection.
GameCock dairy, butterfat, 4.5
per cent; bacteria 2,060,000 per
c. c
Creamery, butterfat, 4.1 per cent;
bacteria, 60,000 per c. c.
Hogan's Dairy, butterfat, 3.8 per
cent; bacteria, 120,000 per c. c.
W? F. Baker, butterfat, 3.5 per
cent; bacteria, 145,000 per c. c.
D- S. McDonald, butterfat, 3.3
per cent;'bacteria, 16,000 per c.-c.
Joe Kvaternik, butterfat, 4.1 per
cent; bacteria, 24,000 per c. c".
Gamecock Dairy, butterfat, 4.7
jper cent; bacteria, 28,000 per c. c.
i J. G. Langston. butterfat, 4.2 per
j cent; bacteria, 16,000 per c. c.
J. H. Strong, butterfat, 3.3 per
cent; bacteria, 800 net c. c.
W. J. Stafford, butterfat, 3.5 per
cent; bacteria, 235,000 per c. c.
L. J>., Jennings; butterfat, 4.4
per cent; bacteria; 29,000 per c. c.
W. S. Reams, butterfat, 5.5 per
cent; bacteria, 13,000 per c. c
L. E. Reams, butterfat, 4.4 per
cent; bacteria, 39,000" per c. c,
One patient -taken to Camp Alice
; for . treatment for tuberculosis.
Several deaths among infants
have occurred during the month,
Gastro enteritis being the cause.
The following is a summary of
the activities of the health officer
jfor the month of June* 19^2.
; Premises inspections, 108; cream
' ery, 9; meat markets, 9; soda
i founts. 9: dairies, 1; pathological
?examinations, 5; grocery stores, 2:
i restaurants, 7; complaints handled,
ju.
! Condemned 30 'pounds fish, 60
jpounds fiver.
I Oiled storm drain system sand
j traps once.
! Contagious diseases reported:
j Typhoid fever 1 colored. Small
; pox, 1 colored. Measles, 1 white.
I Vital statistics since last report:
; Births, white, 16; births, colored,
)19.
Deaths, white, 4: death's, color
led 10. Total births for 1922:
S White 58; colored. 52. Deaths,
[white. 25; colored, 70.
? Sold 14 sanitary cans and two
/ quarts disinfectant. Used seven
j gallons disinfectant for mosquitoes.
Two patients were taken to
j Camp Alice for treatment for tu
| bereu losis.
Milk Analysis;
I Gamecock Dairy, butterfat. 4.3
j per cent; bacteria, 34,000 per c. c.
W. F. Baker, butterfat, 4.2 per
i cent; bacteria, 91,000 per c. c.
[ C. W. Jones, butterfat. 5.7 per
;cent; butterfat, 160,000 per c. c.
J. I. Purdy, butterfat, 4.7 per
cent; bacteria. 18,500 per c. c.
Sanitary Dairy, butterfat. 3.5 per
'cent: bacteria, 13,000 per c. c.
I (morning's).
i Sanitary Dairy, butterfat, 3.4 per
jcent; bacteria, 13,000,000 per c. c.
j (night's).
! W. T. Brown, butterfat. 3.7 per
I cent; bacteria, 13.000.000 per c. c.
L. E. Kirven, butterfat. 3.4 per
'cent; bacteria, 700.000 per c. c.
I Creamery, butterfat. 3.6 per cent;
J bacteria, 119,500 per c. c.
I J. I. Purdy, butterfat, 4.7 per
jcent: bacteria. 3.000 per c. c.
W. VV. Mellette. butterfat. 3.5
[per cent: bacteria. 103.500 per c. c.
Gamecock Dairy, butterfat, 5.0
i per cent: bacteria. 52.000 per c. c.
D. S. McDonald, butterfat, 3.4
'per cent: bacteria. 1 1,700 per c. c.
W. S. Reams, butterfat, 4.5 per
cent; bacteria, 50.000 per c. c.
M. B. Bultman. butterfat. 4.1
per cent: bacteria, 14.500 per c.
c. (? ooled).
M. B. Bultman. butterfat. 4.1
per cent': hrtotoria. 42,500 per c.
e. (not cooled).
f>. O. BROWNING.
Health Officer.
j Darlington County Sunday School
Convention.
.. The .annual 'Convention .of the
Darlington County Sunday School
t Association met at Coker College,
j Harstville, AVeirnesday7'"with deio
{gates present from all denonsina
j tions. Several Sunday schools had
! from fifteen to thirty delegates
I each, the attendance banner going
to High Baptist church with thiffy
| eigt delegates coming twenty-four
i miles each to the convention Pab
j mctto Union Sunday school with
I an average attendance of nineteen
! was a close second, having ii
delegates present traveling nearly
! twenty-five* miles each to the- '?on
' vention. ,
j The feature of the convention
was an address by Dr. Watsf.n B.
Duncan, the well-known Methodist
minister and lecturer, on "The In
ternational Sunday School Asso
ciation Movement." Speaking in
high praise of this movement,
which he said included Sunday
school leaders of all denominations,
he said: "There are just two
things that America needs to do
in this day of crisis. One . is to
Christianize our nationalism and
the other is to internationalize our
civilization; and I know of no or
ganization better adapted to help
j do this than the International
:Sunday School Association. Through
j this organization Christians of. all
? denominaitons can present a com
j mon front. It is. the embodiment
? of John Wesley's dictum, T desire
a league offensive and defensive
with all friends of the kingdom, of
God.' " Dr. Duncan's address was
received with the closest attention
and cordial approval.
Dr. E. W. Sikes of Coker Col
lege spoke on "By-products of the
I Sunday School Movement," and
j State Superintendent Leon C. Palm
I er of the South Carolina Sunday
j School Association spoke on "How
to Double Your Sunday School."
For the coming year Rev. Henry
I G. Bedinger of the HartsviHe Pres
| byterian church was re-elected
I president, with' C. M. Ward of
I Darlington, secretary-t r e a s u r
i er. Plans; were made to bring the
! county up to the banner standard
j or: the state organization.
Vacations.
I The chief pleasure of a vacation
lies in the anticipation.
On March 1 you begin planning
your vacation and you enjoy this j
vacation immensely right up to the '
j time you start.
! But there is no vacation in the
j world that lives up to its advance
notices.
When you get to the vacation j
point you begin comparing it with j
home. You think of the dear old
electric fan, the large, cool movie
houses, the delightful ride on the
car.
j If you take your vacation- early |
j you are sore all the rest of the
'summer because you didn't take it
j later.
If you take it late you are sore !
j all summer because it is so slow
in .coming.
When you get back home with
mosquito bites and an earful of
chiggers and sand flies, the first
thing you do is to go and bury
your clothes and then sit down and
figure what you could have bought
j in the way of an automobile with j
j the money you spent at Sleephurst. j
j the resort where you could do |
everything but sleep.
Vacations are sometimes most I
j enjoyed by the, members of the j
j family who stay at home, but to '
j those who go there is always one |
L consolation. . j
j\ There is always something, to j
j look forward to?the getting back j
to the old apartment with modern? j
conveniences.
This is written by a dyspeptic j
cynic who does not get a vacation. J
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How Your Hootch is Made.
j Editorial, Jackson (Miss.) Daily
News.
i This editorial is primarily for
i the benefit of the man who drinks
j moonshine liquor. Others who are
! not thus engaged in poisoning their
i bodies will tind it of interest.
The most inveterate hootch J
1 hound in Mississippi, if he could I
j but see how the stuff he drinks is j
, made, would swear off forever.
Hardly a drop of the moonshine
j whiskey being sold in Jackson Came
I from a place that bore, any re
I semblance to sanitary surround
ings.
On the contrary, the average
j moonshine still is a place of in
j describable dirt, filth , and squalor,
j The Daily News has, with the
1 permission of Prohibition Director
: M. H. Daily, examined some of the
j written reports submitted to the
j federal government by prohibi
i tion enforcement officers describ
!ing the stills they have raided dur
jing the past few weeks.
J At one place not far distant from '
;Jackson the officers found a dead;
j blacksnake, about six feet long,
i badly decomposed, in a barrel of
j mash from which the liquid had {
i been drawn.
j At another still where the barrel
[of sour mash was buried in the}
!ground, a decayed bullfrog was!
; found floating on top.
! At a still of large capacity the
I cap of the still was so filthy that
hit had been fly-blown and infested
{with magots. The plant was in
I operation, and the "white light
I ninpr" was being filtered through
'The magots.
Up in Director Daily's office you
I will see scores of liquor samples i
[taken from stills which showed, on
? chemical analysis, that concentrat
ed lye was used in the clarifying;
; process^
These liquors are manufactured |
; by men who are ignorant of the j
first element of the laws of fermen
tation or the rules of sanitation.'
[They concoct the deadly stuff by
main strength and awkwardness, j
so to speak, the sole and only aim !
being to evolve something with a!
powerful kick in it, and they give j
never a thought to how danger- j
ous or poisonous it may bo.
When a gossip meets a rumor tho
recording angel writes shorthand.
DEBS SENDS
MESSAGE
TO LENINE
American Socialist Leader
Cables Bolshevist Dictator
Chicago, July 27.?Eugene V:
Debs, the Socialist leader today',
sent a cablegram to^ the Russian
Soviet Premier Lenine protesting
agrainst the execution of twenty
two Social revolutionits., now on
trial at Moscow. ...
THREE BOOZE
SHIPS SIEZED
Prohibition Agents Capture
Rum Running Vessels
New York, July 27.?The seiz
ure of three alleged rum running
boats overnight was declared by
federal prohibition agents today to
indicate a resumption of activities
by liquor smugglers, who have
been uncommonly quiet for several
week's.
PAY DAY AT
FLORENCE
Florence, July 26.?Today was
pay day for the Atlantic Coast Line
employees in Florence. It was
short about $S0,000 of what it
would be in usual times due to the
strike of the shopmen;
This is the second pay day which
has come on since the strike, the
first being a week or so after the
strike happened. The sum of $80,
000 in circulation right now would
add tremendously to the stimulation
0f business in Florence.
Japain's Cabinet Trouble.
Tokio, June 20.?The resigna
tion of the Takahashi cabinet
brought out the fact that the con
stitution of Japan does not pro
vide a means whereby a prime
minister can insist upon the resig
nations of members of his cabinet,
no matter how unpopular their
policies are, nor how far they
may be out of sympathy with the
views of the premier himself.
This, is because after the forma
tion of a cabinet the members
thereof are responsible to the
throne and can be removed only by
an imperial order. As in modern
Japan the emperor or in this case
the prince regent would not jeop
ardize his own popularity by dis
missing the ministers who Premier
Takahashi wished to get rid of,
there was nothing for the premier
to do as the ministers would not
voluntarily resign, but to hand in
the resignation of the whole
cabinet.
The recalcitrant members, Mr.
Motoda, minister Of railways and
Mr. Hakahashi, minister of edu
cation, had been under fire from
members of their own party, tTie
Seiyukai, the former for his failure
to carry out promised educational
reforms and the latter' because of
the general dissatisfaction of his
administration of the^railways.'
The premier had had clashes
With other members of his cabinet
particularly with General Taman
shir minister of war, over, propos
ed reductions in the army, but a
compromise was arranged and it
was hoped that with the elimina
tion, of Messrs. Motoda and Naka
h'ashi a strong ministry could have
been formed which would have
been able to carry through the pre
mier's proposed' general retrench
ment policy.
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Moustaches and Cigarettes.
Chicago, July 25.?Black mous
taches may have disappeared from
the face of America' but the lay
public today is as insistent as ever
before that its' fiction and movie
villains wear them.
This and other popular concep
tions of "bad men" were pointed
out here-* today by Tom Peete
Cross,, professor of comparative
literature at the University of
Chicago, who was one of the judges
in the selection of a $10,000 prize
winning scenario from the; 27,
000 that were entered by amateurs
in a picture-play contest recently
conducted by The Chicago Daily
News.
"Smooth-shaven faces have been
the style e^er since nine-tenths of
the amateur writers were born,"
said Dr. Cross, "but the great ma
jority of the contestants specified
in their stories that their scoun
drels should have bold black mous
taches. The idea that dark hair
across the upper lip denotes wick
edness is an ancient one. handed
down in folk stories from the
Northern European peoples.
"Those blond races have im
planted popular beliefs and ideas
in the United States today, inheri
tance telling their superstitions to
us over and over again. Their folk
and fairy tales are ours. They were
always at war with peoples of the
southern European nations and
grew to associate the black hair
and moustaches of those enemies
with general villainy and wicked
ness.
"They terrified their children
with stories, myths and legends of
black whiskered maruaders and
murderers. Sea raiders and buc
caneers of a later period cultivated
the sweeping sable moustache a^a
spreading terror. So thoroughly
ivas this superstition implanted in
the popular mind that Americans
of nearly all races today uncon
sciously adopt it.
"Another popular idea about
villains as shown by the 2 7.000
writers is that cigarettes today are
tokens of weakness ;wid untrust
worthitiess. that cigaus are sym
bols of ruthlcssness and harshness,
l)Ut that pipes are indications of
sweetness of character; tolerance,
strength, manliness, gentleness of
?bul, simple honesty and general
heroism.
"This may seem odd in a day
when cigarette smoking is very
general, but il is the survival of
*tronjr and violent opinions taken
hy the public fifty- years a pro nnd
ivhioli fives on in the race's uncon
scious views and come to light ir.
its writings.
To-day's Best Jokes)
and Stories
j Fable: Once a man got a letter
I marked "two cents due," and the
1 letter was worth the two cents.
The chief task of conservatives in
labor unions seems to be to con
serve the unions.
I If Government can outlaw a un
j ion, it 'seems strange that it hasn't
! thought to excommunicate Gom
I pers.
j When a corporation employe
speaks of public service, he always'
make.-; it sound a little like "serve
us."
j It must be fine to be a Senator
j and have nothing to do but call
j some other senator a liar at in
j tervals.
Th<-.re are some things .a man
? can drive while under the influence
of whiskey, but a bargain isn't one
of .them.
The- fact may not be significant
but the mouth cf the female alli
gator js larger than the male's.
And now, when a crisis appears
breathing fife, the statesmen mere
ly yawn and go out for another
J round of golf.
A noiseless typewriter, as we un
derstand it, is one who has learned
to chew her gum with the muffler
on.
The theoiy of strikers seems to
be ? that a wage cut heals more
readily if the patient loafs for a
few weeks.
I Baseball men believe in luck, and
! there are time's when every man
| ager yearns to knock on wood with
j a stuffed club.
i ., Our. idea of a first class essayist
iisvone who can manufacture an an
cient Indian legend to illustrate
his point.
Correct this sentence: "The man
! .had - an unpleasant day, but at
night he was very courteous to his
wifer"
. Hirt to statesmen: Crises, like
the-"Kingdom of Heaven, are with
in you.
is ? rj ? .
It might be worse. Suppose the
fiy and the mosquito had the same
working hours.
???.
.-A boob is one who thinks fl?w
i ery -'beds of ease are developed
j from-: politcal b?nk.
*-r"
I What mankind needs just now
?is a little less talk about evolution
and a little more of it.
j It .-tiust be fine to be ?h oil man
f in Mexico and have nothing to do
! but be held for ransom. i
!? . ?? -; ". ? . !
? i We wonder at times if ' a he- '
flapper does-nt yearn io dress in
something that will reveal his an
kles.
The first step in the task of ete
j vatihg a people is to fill its stom
fach at reguiur intervals.
j About the only thing more un
? lovely than a cold fried egg is a
wilted collar after the picnic.
If the saltation of the wbrld de
pends upon any one nation, it cer
tainly is not assassination.
Tho chief fault of the typical re
former is his conviction that his
I opinion makes it unanimous.
We make friends by. concealing
our' faults, and fater prize them
because they don't mind ??r faults.
j ?s we observe men scurrying
about in a frenzy, it occurs to us
that laziness is not so much a vice!
as a g:ft.
It is rather fortunate that some j
: people are bad enough give j
[good people something interesting!
I to talk about.
j We can't name the twelve
greatest women in America. But
I we suspect *that the other eleven
have red hair, also.
It is always much easier to get
your mind back on the serious
things of life after the home team
loses.
If mob violence continues, Euro
pean ruins won't attract tourists.
They can stay at home and look
at our institutions.
The reason some men never win
a great victory is because they
waste too much energy feeling
good about a small one.
The trouble is, if he has dis
cretion enough not to write her j
letters that can be used in court, j
he doesn't love her enough to be;
convincing. i
The lesson in the Russian ex
periment is that people who will;
swallow anything soon have noth- j
ing to swallow.
The rose by any other name
would give some people hay fever.
The objection to an Anti-Nut
league is the difficulty in getting
those who are not nuts to join any
thing. .!
A hotel room at a summer re
sorr would be much like your
room at home if it were ten de
grees cooler.
? ? ? ? ?
"A man can live at the North j
Pole" says Amundsen. If this is \
true, that's our new address.
About the only chance a para
grapher has to shine' in this world
is to wear a blue serge until it
gets that way.
Candidates at
Conway Monday
Only About Four Hundred in
Horry Audience?-Not Much
Interest
Conway, July 24?Horry county
today provided the smallest crowd
for a campaign meeting held thus
far in the Pee Dee. There were
about 400 persons present and lit
tle enthusiasm or interest was
manifested.,
Several of the candidates were
absent today. T. B. Marshall, can
didate for adjutant and inspector
general, has a lame foot, wihch
gave him much trouble most of last
week. He could not attend today,
S. M. Wolfe, attorney general, and
Georg- W. Wightman, candidate
I for commissioner of agriculture,
were also among those missing.
James C. Dozier, of Rock Hill, is
a native of Horry county and had
many warm friends at the meeting
today
Candidates for governor were
near the top of. the list this morn
ing and a number of the people left
after these had spoken, to return
when i he two women candidates for
the office of state superintendent of
education spoke. This procedure
obtains in some degree almost every
day.
Thomas G. McLeod was the first
of thi gubernatorial candidates to
be heard and was the only one who j
got much applause when he was
introduced. Mr. McLeod ? made an
earne.'.t' appeal to the women to en-i
roll tor the primary and then to
j register for the general election.
Whether they were for suffrage or
not the duty had been imposed and
it was a patriotic duty which ought
to be performed.
Mr. McLeod made his usual ap
peals for constructive tax reforms'
and for education, but reminded
that above these was the supreme
issue of l?w enforcement. Tire
crime wave could only be staved
by a cnief executive who held sa
cred the verdict of juries and sen
tences of court's. The liquor traffic
was the greatest cause of crime.
He pleaded with" the people to
stand by their officers and courts
in an attempt to wipe out this
cursa
Cole 1a. Blease again made a com- \
i parison of the items'of the gen
eral appropriation bill of 1914 with;
those of 1921, emphasizing the in- j
creases since he went out of the
office of governor. He made his
usual charges that, the state tax
commission was worthless and
said that it should be abolished,
criticised the state board of pub
lic welfare and the budget com
mission, was opposed to seeking
new sources for taxes, as advanced j
! by Messrs, McLeod and Laney to
relieve the buren of real estate and
personal property. He would abol
ish als useless offices and. stop ex
travagance and thus reduce the
general appropriations Trill.
John T. Duncan asked that a man
be elected governor who would be
the servant of all the people and
j not their boss. He referred to
I Blease's war record saying that
j "Blease was so disloyal in the
! Worl I war that is own brother took
[the stump to counteract his influ
! ence." He also told the voters that
i when the former governor came
land talked to them about the^ne
i groes to remember that "he goes
j to. th>; negroes and talks about
j the whiles." He reviewed the
(candidacy of Mr. Blease for con
igress in the Senevtnh district three
j years ago saying "Blease could not
deliver the split then. Even the
tdecen.' negroes did not vote for
Jhim."
! State Senator Laney said some
of the . newspapers were attempts
ing to make it appear that taxation
was not the chief issue. .He begged
to disagree with them. He review
ed the tax measures of the last.gen-r
eral assembly and hoped that the
policy established then would be
continued until all revenue for
i state purposes would be thus pro
i vided, leaving each county to econ
omize to any limit it and its dele
gation might determine.
! Senator Laney said that despite
the statement of Blease that the
Chesterfield senator was just "prac-:
i ticing* he was mkaing the race to
win. The former governor should
know the roads pretty well,-as he
had . been around'. the state eight
or tea tliies.
The meeting, tomorrow will be
in Maiion. ,
Skeleton TJncarthed With Chains
Attached. j
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New Smyrna, Fla., July 25.?r
Removal of part of an inconspic
uous mound from a lot adjacent
to the Dixie Highway on the out
skirts of this city for the earth it
contains has developed thatvit was
the burying place of either a prisT
oner of war or a slave of the Eu
ropean or Indian inhabitants of
Florida of more than one hun
dred years ago: The mound, about j
five feet in height and of small
area, has been a familiar object
since as far back as the oldest in
habitants can remember and tall
oak's and palmettoes are growing
upon it.
A real estate dealer Who had the
property listed rfoticed recently
that some unauthorized person had
been removing earth from the
mound and upon investigation he
discovered \vh;?t he at first believed
to be a shell of peculiar form. It
was identified later as part of a
human skull and further excava
tion disclosed the skeleton of a j
man who was about six feet in j
height. Rusty chains were about I
the neck, arms and legs, with all
sections of the chain joined to
gether.
The body had been placed upon
the level ground and the' earth
had been heaped over and around
it.
In China. Dr. Sun sets alone.
666 !
Cures Malaria, Chills and!
Fever, Dengue or Bilious
Fever. It kills the germs* I
Injunction Surprises
Florentines
Deputy United States Marshal
Arrives in Gate City With
. Some Seven Hundred
Copies
? Florence, July 24?Announce
ment that the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad company had procured
an injunction against the stiking
$hopmen at Florence appears to
have been received here with' gen- i
I uine surprise, since the company;
was safd to Have abandoned such
a move early last week. As every
thing here has seemed to be more
quiet and orderly than usual, this .
action was the less expected. The
shop crafts will employ counsel to
represent them at the hearing July
31. A meeting h'Us been called for
tomorrow to discuss the new situ
ation. Deputy United States Mar
shall Murphy of Charleston has ar
. rived with about 700 copies of the
federal court order. Inasmuch as
the unions are not incorporated,
service upon the officers is not suf
ficient, and every individual mem
ber of the striking unions will have
to be served. Officers of the union
have .urnished. the deputy with an
auto and are giving him all the
assistance possible in reaching the
men to serve the papers. Sheriff
Burch, Deputy Sheriffs Connor and
C. L. Magilis accompanied the mar
I shal on his rounds this afternoon.
Servi'.e was^ accepted in a very cas- [
ual manner by practically every- :
one of the men seen, whose leadersr
decl?red they have never had any
intention of breaking any law or
creating any disorder in connection
with the strike, and as far as that
was concerned the injunction made
rib difference. It is true they'said
that two men have been'at each
picket post where only one was al
lowed but the extra man was being
kept (here Only as a witness in case
anything should happen.
Local union officials maintain
that tfirere has been no disorder or
Other act here which would sustain
the injunction/
~ Causeway
Contract to Be\ Let Wednes
day .?for Approaches to
Wateree River Bridge
' Columbia, July 25^?Contract is
I to be" let Wednesday by the state
I Highway Commission for the con
! str?ction of the approaches to the
{Wateree* River bridge, between |
Rich land and Sumter-coimties. This j
means the be^ifihlng of the last;
step in the connection of he two
important bounties. v
The c?ntrac't, for which bids .
will be received' "Wednesday, will
I include' 25,257 e?bie yards of em- .
bankmehf; 13,484 feet of ditching; .
[ IO'.OOG yards of gravel surfacing,
and piling, lumber and the like.
At noon on August 2, the highway
depaUment will receive bids for
the paving of the Columbi?-Cam
defc highway, ' the "Two-Notch
road-,'* fr?m'Cbl?mbi? to the coun
ty line, a distance of 15.1 miles.
This job will iiiclude 27;000 "cubic .
yards of excavation*. 161,000 square^
yards of hard surfacing, together ;
with the construction of shoulders
and other phases "of the highway
"--??'?'? 4T< wt'm> ???
Glacier Park, Montana, July 27. t*
-^Temporary control of a part of
the newspaper world was acquired ,
last' night by the Blackfeet In- J]
I dians when ttob hundred members
of the National Editorial Associa
tion p?'?sed here long enough to
I "join up" with the tribe.
I. *; ! -. I - 0JT 0* ?" *-==?
I If the coal! miners stay out, there
will be a slate shingle shortage. ;
5 <r- "?"'?i
Most of the European crises sire
being "Made in Germany."
Restaurants arg selling corn-on
the.cob and string-on-the-bean.
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Wonder, if Ireland talks about
our peace as we do about hers?
?- >m
t We know a henpecked husband
who lost his voice and didn't find
it,out until three days later.
be?-?-?-?
Grove's
Stops Malaria, Restores
Strength and Energy, m \
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Demand Paymepg , ;
of Damage Claims >
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Underwood's Defense^?*
Chemical Foundation Brings ?
Attack
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Washington, July 24.?Reptrtjfr
can and Democratic senators'today
joined in demands for'prompt pay
ment of American damage claims
agains'*: Germany and Austria .but
differed as to" procedure in several .
hours* debate on the bill of Set*
ator Underwood of Alabama, Dem
ocratic leader, which proposed ajaT
American, claims commission.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
the Republican leader, indicated hie
favored a joint claims comrnfesom
Senator Lodge, however, agreed
with Senator Underwood that, prpp- '
erty seized by the alien property ^
custod:an probably would be used.gr
to pay American damages,
such a method of payment was'd^
posed by Senator " Wah% Demo-,
erat, Montana. ? "?>
The discussion' was opened,Pf
Senator Underwood with a state- ;
ment in support of .' his. bill In
which incidentally he denied
charges in connection with acQtu^
ition by the chemical. founda^on
of 5,030 German chemicai patents
new the basis of a government
suit. Wide.discussion of the ?hem- *
ical foundation affairs was precipr
tated,. Chairman Nelson of the ju
diciary committee, attacking. Sep- .
ator Underwood's . position ami -
charging that the foundation wa^s.
spreading propaganda, while" Sen
ator Undervropd ^declared ?iat ffc^
foundation was an elem.?s*eB?ry.
concern, with profits limited
designed, to develop American
chemistry. ., >??.
The Underwood hill was referred
to a judiciary subcommittee he?d^. 1,
ed by Senator Cummin's, Repubtf- j*
can, Iowa, which will begin Ife?^:
ings next Thursday." Thomas ".W," ?
Miller, alien property custc*Iiai?
and hrs rjredecessors in office; dfdr^- ^
mer Attorney General A. Mtfchfll"
Palme- and ^ Francis P. Garyja^.
the latter now president , of tJW ;
chemical ' fouhdation,a?e to "to
among the early witnesses.
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Fe?tteoiigh
Glass Do@r
John J. Earicj, Columbia Laflg -
yer, r Victim of Accident
Col umbia, July : . 26?John ~ 3fc :
Earle a prominent . Columbia law
yer,- yesterday suffered an attatjli:-v
of vertigo, while standing in-- t?e ????
lobby of the National Loan and;Ex? *'
chanc e Bank here, and fell throdgii-.
the plate glass* in an inner door,, ?
and also , through a- second .giass
window, which was directly h^fcdftt^
the door. He was badly wounded
and is today in a hospital, suffering
from his injuries, but these are.ttbt '{
considered'serious. A lady customer -
who was in the bank at the time?'\.
saw Mr. Earle.fall and she scream^ -
ed and then fainted.
All small boys who like pie don't .
become politicians.
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We see where a man caught a
fish as big as he was. Wonder "how .
big a fish the man was?
Looks as if Germany had* glv^r
up the goose-step fbr the side-step. ?
ABRUZZI RYE?New crop jse
lected' r^cleaned seed 52.5*9 psjr
bushel. Wheat: Selected Vir*
ginia. Blue Stem; F?lc?ster iartd
Leap's Prolific, $2.50i^er busnetf
Place your orders now and" t>?*
certain to secure Jfirst class see? ?
, Sumter Roller Mills.. . ,
' : ' H i ' ''VC '. ?-. ~ ?
HE HAS A FORTUNE.
W* inean the boy who has ose hundred dollars that he
himself has* made and saved, he feels like a millionaire.
He has learned many a lesson by this. He has caught the
thrift habit. He has learned to do without unnecessary
things. He ceases to squander his money. His judgment
of values is better. He is all in all a much better boy. How
about your boy.- Has-he got the habit yet?-..If? not better
get him started at once. This bank will be pleased to handle
his account.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF SUMTER, S. C
The National Bank of South Carolina
. . . - - T -T V
Of Sam ter, S. C.
The Bank With the Chime Clock.
The Most Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY
Capita] 1390,000 Surplus and Profits $800,000
STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE
Give as the "Pleasure of Serving YOU.
C. G. ROWLAND, Pres. E ARLE ROWLAND, Cash?er
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