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jjjSSr-- '. 1 .? The Watchman and Southron gpP^c-Iiibed Wednesday and Satur day by Osteen Publishing Company, Sumter, S. C. Terms: S2.C0 per annum?In advance. Advertisements: One Square,Vfi^ .'insertion ..$1.00 JSvery subsequent insertion .50 . Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which "snb _serve/ private , interests will ae c&arjred for asw adve rtisein e n ts. Obituariea and tributes of re spect will be charged for. ,^Tfce Sumter Watchman was founded, in Jl$50 .and the True - South3ron in IS66. The Watchman . - and Southron now has the com bined circulation and influence of bpth of the old papers, and is man - ifestiy the best advertising medium " Sumter. ? ' ? ' ., . r : TESTING CANNED GO?>DS ? Food canning processes are now so perfected-and so well understoqd febta, by .th^ housewife and the com mercial canner .that the waste and danger from spoilage are greatly - .decreased over former years.. .Nev ertheless, as long as there are arcificially - preserved foodstuffs jhere will be need t of warnings - ?against spoiled goods. The. con sumer, may always be safe from sickness, from, any such cause if. he Sfj?l i?Uow common sense rules. . In . the f?rstxplace,rithe outward * appearance of the container is.,, a .. partial., guide in sell-protection. Both ends of a tin can should -be flat, or slightly curved inward; neither end should . bulge,, .snap b&ck when pressed* or fefl lopae; all-seams sho?ld be tight and clean, .with. no. leaks/ -Glass jars should L.|ia.ve finnh..flat, or concave covers, with* seam, collar band, .and label clean and free from- all leak; the i<-&*aZa ehoujd appear free from mol?V. ^?A^ntegratipn cloudiness, oiscloration, or other abnormality, paly caas .or jars.in nrst-class. cqn 4&ion .should be accepted. ,# .i tWiiep the container is opened a ilight suction inward is a good, sign >?at the contents are in good con cision. An-, out-rush of.. gas or spurt of liquid show deterioration, Snere ? sUpald,. be no trace ot.fqr eieo^or, cbjectionable- odor?rthe ^- -.oapr should be characteristic of the >.f r,qauct-r-no _ disintegration, no ?p$d ?nd . no other abnormal ap j pe^rance. liquor, enough to cover the; food is desirable. The inside V?i.ihe tin f-an.should be.clean and *T" bright, or . well - lacquered, net i^kened or corroded. v . the ^ food .is obviously spoiled. - vsvif it is at all suspicious, destroy - it If there is an honest doubt, add half the volume of boiling: water - ^nd boil thoroughly. . These precautions are easier to Jcar^fiy out. than to tell about. There "is jjir excuse, for sickness or death i|from the use of spoiled foods.. ~ _??i?. tTJ A LABOR VIOIJEXCE LAW A bill providing for the deporta tion of ahens not fully naturalised who take parr in labor violence w?X be presented when the House -."." reft&nvenes in August if , Repre sentative Edmonds of. Pennsylvania ?bis-his way. rt^ -^yhet-bill would exact the de poVtation of the alien and his faro even though his participation took.the form, merely of personal ayendance upon jbe scene of vio lence. < Trial and conviction would be necessary. before the. sentence couejl be, enforced, -v A history of labor disturbances paves the way for some such leg . _ islation^ but_ it .must be carefully conceived and still more carefully executed, in order to be tolerable. Otherwise the e?ort to curb license will result in. shameful interference wuh the very principles of liberty and equality upon which .this na tion is .founded, and the abuses engendered in - the law will be <.- -???? >-.-- , ' , " sweater than the ones which the ?a*; is intended .to control. ? ?? ? - CRIMINAL BEFORM Criminal<-reform .is. passing into a new stage. It is not that welfare league*, and honor system have failed, but that the new idea of -~ reformation has broadened. out from them. Thomas Mott Osborne'a experiments at Sing Sing and at the Pprismo.utb . Naval Prison were based on the assumption that the criminal is much the same as ? other men and will,develop self yefqrmation. if. given . the chanqe. Under , the guidance of a man of great and sympathetic qualities this system is safe. Present-day privies, however, base their newer methods on the principle that the \ criminal is not like other men be cause he lacks certain inhibitions and self-control essential to civili sation. In order to transform the criminal into a normal social unit they must help him to acquire such inhibitions as will restrain his de structive impulses. They seek to do this through education. The Deer Island House of Cor j rection i?-B?*ton~ has --been con j ductirig jits reform work according I to thjs ,,. pl&a- , It . has , eyeaing j schools in which the elementary j branches are taught and the fund amental principles of good govern ? ment. Many of the institution's j teachers are themselves prison in [ mates. Yet their leadership has ! proved to be of a very fine type. ! It,looks i as though,, the t.two j systems?the cwelfare , league ..or ? self-government, plan and the defi i nife educational wojqk?might very . [ well be used. in combination. Each I ' one has shown many instances of j .reiharkabl? .success in character- ] t^an^ormation and. in the building j of social conscience and self-re- | spect. Those are the achievements I ior which our. .correctional insti- ' tutea*. should .work.. In. the long I run they, are vastly more import- j ant to SjDciety than, punishment. { ' ??-' CHINA'S LABOR UNIONS ? The Chinese 'coolie, lowliest of i the world's toilers, has discovered \ what, collective bargaining may ?. . ... ...... mean for him, and a labor union movement is. sweeping over the so- i called republic , and changing its whole industrial system. The first formal strike was called less than-'a year 3go,. but. today, ; in Canton j alone, toe ..carpenters' painters, j school teachers., butchers, street! j sweepers, .and city employees genr \ I erally are on the verge of another ] | walkout....... .. In Macao a ger.eral strike is on; .which, has, thrown the. city into aj veritable, state ol siege and the! | '? -? ?? ? ? ? > icasualties to date number r more' than fifty killo-4 and 200 seriously-' injured. As I ,i result business is j .Qompleicly. demoralized and the public health is seriously endan gered. . . Not the least interesting aspect of it. .all is the fact that throughout all South China, the beggars and thieves- have formed unions which they are using, effectively for polit ical purposes. ..although, as yet, neither has called a strike, nor is such actipn to be anticipated. . All ,the. same, it is .hard to. call ;;he Chinese , a backward people, under these circumstances. Statement by Mr. Belser. To the. People of Sumter County: For the past 12 years, with the exception of two half terms. I have iserved as one of your representa tives in the house', and it is with real regret that T find that it is not practicable for me to offer for re election. i My own business interests and the "interests of clients for whom I have loaned money on farm lands, under existing unsettled conditions, demand my attention here during the months of January and Febru ary. Furthermore I want to be free to help work out a successful agricuithre forthis section under boll weevil conditions. I believe that this" problem ' can be solved and solved satisfactorily. We have an intelligent and resourceful peo ple and a fairly fertile soil and 1 see no reason why we should al j low the boll weevil to put us out of j business in a farming way. I pledge 'my best efforts to the satisfactory I solution of this problem and I in jvite and count on the cooperation j Of all interests in the community, j To the many friends who have j urged, me to stand for reelection land'for their kind expressions, and ! to those who have supported me in ] past elections I desire to extend my j sincere thanks. [ R. B. BELSER. ICAIAJIDTO % ABBEVILLE Abbeville, Ju^' 29,.?The, Rev. John A. McMurray has accepted j the bail to* the Abbevile Presbyter ? lan church and will move to Abbe '? ville with hi?. family in the near j future. Mr. McMurray was born j in Corsicana, Texas, but spent his j boyhood days near York. He is 'the son of the Rev. John A. Mc r Murray, who was7 for many years j pastor of different churches of the ! Southern Presbyterian church, and if Or'a long time was a trustee of I Davidson college. The Rev. McMurry was gradu iated from Davidson college in 1909, ! and afterwards^ from the Columbia ! Theological seminary. One of his : first pastorates was Bethesda, of which the late Dr. J. Lowrie Wil j son was pastor before coming to i Abbevile. From Bethesda Mr. Mc ! Murray went to Princeton and itook a post-graduate course. He !then accepted a call to the High land church at Fayettevlile, N. C.r j where he has been tor the past ! five years. j Mr. McMurray married Miss ; Beaufort Brand of Sumter. ? On Saturday night a burglar en ! tered the home of Mr. R. D. Epps. I but was soon frightened away. He : visited several #other homes dur j ing the night, among which was that of Mr. W. E. Brunson. Mr. Lewis Bryan, Mr H. S. Smith and jMr. Horace Emerson. He met his I greatest opposition while visiting j Mr. Emerson. Mr. Emerson dis covered the man in his house and ishot at him three times in the ; house and once on the outside, but j got four clear misses. The bur I glar returned one of the shots i while in the house. As yet the man ih?s not been captured. However, 1 three negroes were arrested and j two pistols found on them, but ! none of them proved to be the j right m&n. ? ? m> ? m ? We saw a man with sideburns ] laughing at women's styles. Improvement in i $ Cottoft Outlook < -?7?? rtl Xew York. July 30 ?The fol lowing story regarding the out look of the cotton crop will appear in the Xew York Journal of Com merce tomorrow. From a careful survey into cot ton conditions .undertaken by the Journal of Commerce, for July, it will be seen that generally favor able weather has brought about further substantial improvement. According to reports received - by this paper, under an average date of July 24, there has been an. in crease in percentage condition of 1.7 per cent to 74.1 per cent. This represents the opinions of more than' 1.600 competent corre-, sporidents, compared with an esti mated condition of 72.4 per cent of a month ago, 71.8 per cent at the end of May and a ten-year aver age of 75.3 per cent Moreover, it is an advance of 63. per cent over July, last year, when. cotton condition had fallen to as low as 67.8 per cent. In 1920 the per cent condition averaged 74.8 per cent, in 1919, 70.1 per cent and 77.4 per cent the year before that. With 'one exception, in 2 920 when per cent advanced 3.3 per cent, it is the largest increase for July in recent years, and contrasts very favorably with the years 1919 and 1918," which sustained declines of 1.3 per cent and 5.7 per cent, re spectively. In view of prevailing uncertainties regarding the cotton situation, very few correspondents are as yet venturing upon predic tions as to the size of the crop. Taking a condition percentage of 74.1 and following the govern ment's method of calculation, an aereage^of 34,852,000-indicates un der normal conditions a yield of 12,125.000 bales, which compares with an actual production of 7, 953.641 bales in 1921, 13.439,603 bales in the year 1920 and 16,134, 930 bales in the high record year 1914. Estimates put out by the cot t?n authorities and private con cerns as to the number of bales range from 11.088,000 to 12,229,000 bales. Nearly all of the improvement is directly traceable to the more favorable climate conditions which prevailed during July over a large part of the cotton belt. Several -weeks of fine, clear hot . weather with occasional showers, brought about a great change for the better, and reports have poured in of rapid growth, healthy, well-formed plants with Unusually heavy fruitage, fields generally clean and well worked, and weevils being held in check, though still , a menace. Inquiries directed particularly to root conditions, revealed very few complaints of lateral roots. A sub stantial majority reported at least a* fair tap root. All of this applies more especially to cotton in uplands and hill sections. Low land cotton and on the bottoms has not "been as fortunate! From these sections complaints have been very general of poor tap root, rank growth, plants running to stalk and poorly fruited. Drawbacks, such as ex ! cessive shedding, black rust, boll rot ; and inability to cultivate because of I the . sogginess of the soil have all j combined to render outlook very [favorable. Furthermore, weevils at I the points in question, are already I proving troublesome, though else | where damage is thus far compara tively slight. On the other hand, ; drouth Iii certain parts of Texas I threatens to somewhat reduce the j favorable showing made by the i stale. Replies to the questionnaire sent [ out for the purpose of ascertain ing what means, if any, are being [used to destroy the boll weevil, brings out some interesting facts, j It develops that notwithstanding ' the alarming increase in infestaiton j owing to the open winters of 1920 21, and the prolonged rainy season I this year, no reallly concerned or ; successful effort is being made by j farmers in general to rid themselves I of this pest. v i According to most correspondents I the reason for this seeming inertia j is unwillingness or inability ' to i'mak'e the financial outlay necessi tated by experimentation. The con census of opinion still seems to be ! that no really efficacious remedy has yet been found, hence planters hesitate to expend money and labor ! for what may turn out to be totally ineffective. It is no exaggeration to state I that the rakn and file of farmers ' are depending unon the weather to come to their aid in checking wee I vil activities. It is an indisputable 'fact that hot, dry weather can do j more to render the weevil harmless than any artificial means of de | struction, but it is also true that if j weather conditions are unfavorable j cotton production is likely to be materially reduced by the weevil I invasion. There are, however, some farm i ers who are courageous and dili gently attacking the weevil prob i lern for themselves. Of the rem j edies being tried that are most in [ favor is calcium arsenate, a mix I ture of molasses and arsenic, which j when properly applied is reported las affording moderately good re sults. A few recommend the burn 1 ing of dry sulphur. Others, no ; tably in Georgia and some parts of ; Texas, speak of a new preparation ! manufactured by a concern in Ma ; con. (Ja. Still others who have lost faith in poison remedies are using me chanical devices, such as weevil traps, catchers attached to culti vators and the like, while a fair proportion intimate that they are finding frequent cultivation very helpful. There are also those who advocate picking up and burning punctured squares. When all is 'said and done, however, it still re mains a fact that weevils con tinue to increase and under suit able conditions will work havoc with the cotton crop. Thus far the {damage is far less than feared, cer tainly less than at this time a year j ago. j Should August prove favorable : it may be possible to bring up I even late cotton to a stage where I it is immune from weevil ravages, I but in the event of a resumption of cool, showery weather or pro longed heavy rains, very serious losses'seem almost inevitable. One prominent authority writes that the boll weevil infestation is now 83 pei? cent, against 77 per cent at the same time last year, and 55 per cent in 1920, but with much ! smaller damage than reported at ! this date a year ago. While a hopeful tone is observ I able in this month's returns, many i correspondents stress the fact that ! the crop has still to face the most : critical month of the entire grow | ing season, August, so often a pe j riod of showers, storms a.nd heavy I deterioration; It is aTso stated that the crop averages two' to ! three weeks late, according to lo ! cality, which raises the question, of ; losses through early frosts. That '! the plant lacks a really good tap j root is generally realized. While I a second and more destructive, crop ! of weevils has also to be reck i oned with, so that it looks as if j young cotton had a rather poor j chance except under exceptionally j favorable weather conditions. To sum up, the great need at the j time seems to be good rains. ,in j Texas to relieve drouth, and an | other six to eight weeks of warm, sunny weather elsewhere in the Jbelt with just sufficient moisture to insure normal growth. Published private estimates plac ed conditions from 75.3 to 71. Sev en reports showed gains varying from 3.1 to 1.6, while three reprot ed declines from 1.6 to .2. !Acts of Tolbert Blight ?h Party j To the Editor of The State: I . The very brief editorial "What i Republicans Would Do" in The j State of July 27th has fallen under ; ray observation. j I am not disposed to question i the accuracy of your statement if i reference is intended only to such j Republicans as make up the skele I ton party known as the Republi i can organization in thii state. { You must know, however, that j there are Republicans in South ; Carolina who beg to differ, a j school of Republicans who have j nothing in common with the "or ganization;" who do not desire the laws abolished that separate the races in the industries, nor any in terference with white supremacy here. The fact that in North Carolina there is a strong and respectable Republican party, which shows no j inclination to do the things you {predict would be done here, might j swerve as an answer to your fears. In substantiation of my state j ment, r inclose a copy of a reso lution adopted by the Sumter ! County Republican club on July 6, I which I request be published in [The State/ : Geo. D. Shore. Sumter, S. C. The resolutions follow in full: "Whereas, the Sumter County I Republican club has been informed that the organization of the so j called Republican party in this I state is attempting to obtain prom ; ises from applicants for federal j positions to bring about the resig nation of negroes in their respec itive localities as condition precedent j to the indorsement of the organ ization of said applicants for fed I eral positions. ! "Therefore, be it resolved, That ? this club regards the activities of j the said organization and of Joseph ! WT. Tolbert, the national commit : teeman, as a deadly blight upon \ the growth of a respectable Re j publican party in South Carolina, ' I and if persisted in, as "a likely j cause of disrupting the kindly re ! lation now existing between the I white and colored races here, as ! similar policies have heretofore J rendered nugatory all efforts of ? those Republicans who desire ? i healthy, decent and growing party. I and "have certainly worked no good i to the negroes themselves but have proved of benefit only to designing , men whose purposes are the coi? , trol of delegates to coventions and the barter there of delegates' votes for control finally of federal pat ] ronage of the state. \ j "Be it further resolved, That jthis club hereby repudiates such ; I state leaders and all their works." KILLING IN ! AIKEN COUNTY ! fx _ I ... . . . . 4 . j Aiken, July 30.?Following a bit i ter argument over politics Balfour i Gregory, the mill hired constable j of Warrenville, Horse Creek Valley, 'shot and almost instantly killed Cary Hatcher, a contractor for well boring, this morning about j10:30 o'clock in front of the mill's j polatyy store at Warrenville. One shot was fired, it entering the back i of Mr. Hatcher and piercing his heart. There has been much bit terness over the placing of the registration roll in the Warren ville manufacturing office instead of in some other more convenient i place, these opposed stating that I the bookkeeper in the office did not j keep hours that were suitable to ? many workers in the village, and j it is charged by those opposed al:so j that coercion was used in compell i ing women mill hands to sign the j roll who did not desire to do so. i This morning in arguing over the I matter Gregory is alleged to have i called Hatcher a vile name, that ! Hatcher resented it with a blow ! and turned to walk off when Greg I ory shot him to death. I Hundreds of excited people gath ; ered from the mill villages in the ! valley about the dead body of I Hatcher and were loud in their con i demnation of the slaying. ! Gregory gave himself up to Dep | uty Sheriff Nollie Robinson short I ly after the killing and is now in ; Aiken jail. He asked the sheriff j to leave arms with his family for j protection but was told by the of ! cers that there was no need of I doing so. It is claimed by E. L. j Craig that Gregory drew his pistol i at him threateningly after the kill ! ing of Hatcher. All boys are born barefooted and naturally hate to wear shoes. To-day's Best Jokes and Stones j Correct this sentence. I always : feel so proud," said the bride, j.*'when I ask my husband for j money." At any rate, the war made the world safe for ultimatums. It must be fine to be good and feel superior to everybody. . When in doubt, tell her she has a fascinating personality. At any rate, the Volstead law has I teeth enough to occasion endless i rag-chewing. The average man's purse is just I a port where a pay check stops for I sailing "orders. *'.". j A woman's suffering is nothing, j compared: with .that of the. man \ whose wife calls him "honey" in I public. If Conan Doyle can arrange it, we should like to hear a few. crit ical remarks from the spirit of '76. An old-timer is one who remem j bers w.hen the girl sat demurely j neutral and let ' the man do the I love-making. ( Some men- make fools of them ! selves at intervals, and some never j have an opportunity to meet pret I ty women. i When a man finds a fat purse ; with the owner's name in it, he I can't help wishing he wasn't so i darned honest. I The train's delay would be less j annoying if .railway employees i would look a little more tenderly j sympathetic. ; If prohibition had been a little ! more careful about. emptying the { jail*, perhaps there would be few er bootleggers. j . We can't/ all whiz about in auto ? mobiles. Somebody must .stay in ; the garage to fix the darned i things. Still, the high-priced car has lit tle better luck than a jitney when it disputes the right of way with_a telephone pole. One bad fault of the typical American is that just as soon as he learns the language he begins .to discrimniate against aliens... There still are patriots among us 1.willing to sacrifice incomes of $800 a year to take public, jobs paying \ a miserable fife thousand. It may be noted in passing that j England once had a corn law to j protect. the English farmer, and j poor people went hungry in th.e I cities. It may be that the Irish are leaving no stone unturned to win freedom, but they appear to be making little use of the blarney j stone. j Thrift is the art of persuading jthe wife that she looks her best in I gingham. ?? ? ? ? ? j Nineteen Year Old Negro FouridDead ] Tindal, July 29."~Se\veral'white i boys went down to Osteen's old mill j race to take a swim. Upon arriv I ing they saw three colored boys J dressing, apparently having ' been i in swimming. When they were ? dressed they left. When the white boys went in I they noticed somebody's clothes i lying on the bank, but thought nothing of it. However, after hav ing remained for some time and seeing that no one came for the j clothes, they became alarmed, and 'immediately went up to Mr. H. B. Hodge's and Mr. Betts. Both had gone to Manning to attend the campaign speaking, but returned ; about four o'clock and immediately j went down to the mill race. 1 When they arrived, there was no ! evidence of the supposed missing ! body. Mr. Betts cut a long pole and ; fished around until he found the j body, which proved to be a colored J boy of about nineteen years of age. : Later some one in the crowd iden tified him as Henry Smiling., broth er to two of the negroes that the ! white boys met at the mill race. [Henry Smiling was seen going to the mill race at about 11 o'clock, j and his dead body was discovered j at four thirty. On account of not i being able to secure the .'two j brothers the inquest was postponed j until Monday, 31st. ! Dr. Burgess examined the dead ! negro and stated that he was mur i dered. The negro's nose was brok j en and his ears were cut and ! bleeding when his body was found. Enrollment of Snmter County j Democratic Clubs. i Precinct Men Women Total jSumter, Ward 1. 124 58 182 Sumter, Ward 2. 570 309 S7S 'Sumter. Ward 3. 294 101 395 iSumter, Ward 4_ 162 61 223 (Concord 82 17 9S jDalzell. Ill ~45 156 ? DuBose _ 47 8 55 i Earle. 62 13 75 [Farmers.. 43 7 50 ?Hagood. 46 21 67 ! Manchester_ 9 3 12 IMayesville- . . 82 10 92 Oswego _ 44 17 6;: :Pisgah. 23 8 31 I'inewood .- 107 27 134 I Pleasant Grove - 36 15 51 ? Privateer .... 109 17 126 Rafting Creek 64 5 69 i Keid's _ 43 ? 43 I Salem 26 12 38 jShioh . 50 7 57 : Stateburg .... 60 15 75 ' Taylor's _ 77 27 104 I Trinity. 43 5 48 :Wedgefield_ 68 36 104 'Zoar. 82 23 10;> Total ...--2464 867 3231 [Moving Toward ~ J Strike Settlement (President Harding is Prepar ; ed to Submit Definite Peace Proposals Chicago. July 2S (By the Asso-| j eiated Press)).?With President ! ? Harding prepared to submit defi-: ! nite proposals to end the railway j j shopmen's strike and. B. M. .Jewell,1 j head of the shop crafts and his in- j ternational presidents hurrying I back to Chicago after" conference ! j with Mr. Harding, the fourth week I I of the walkout ended tonight j j while both executives and union j heads viewed optimistically the' j possibility' of an e&jcly settlement. I j - Strike headquarters here report- | ed early tonight no call for a! meeting of the shop craft's execu- [ tive committee had been.issued but; Mr. Jewell announced in Washing ton the meeting will be held herei Tuesday. Railway executives al ready have issued a call for a meeting in Xew York next Tues day when the peace proposals are expected to be submitted. While rail executives and union! leaders showed no open inclination i to recede from their positions on J I seniority it generally was conceded j that wages and working rules dis putes?two of the strike issues? j would be settled by the labor ("board, while the. contracting* out I of shop work?the third issue on which the shopmen struck-?has, j according to the labor board, al j ready been adjusted on practical j ly all roads. There was considerable specula tion on both sides as to what dis position would . be made ' of the union's request for a national board of adjustment to decide dis putes. Regional adjustment boards have been suggested in labor board circles as a compromise. Separate agreements between the strikers and the individual r?ads? the other plan to end the walkout which has been most considered since the announcement, several days ago that the labor board had ceased its peace efforts?received a setback today when .the .striking j shopmen of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, refused to accept the rail road's proposal for settlement. ' Disorders in connection with the strike became more pronounced today. The entire city of Denis?n, j Texas, was placed under martial j law> . while in . various sections I cIashesT. - between workers .a-nd j strike, sympathizers' were reported, j Court action against the strikers {.continued. :- >*??-" i conference ! on coal strike ; I Philadelphia, Jury 28.?Efforts j to bring about an interstate joint I conference of miners and operators j to end the soft coal strike were j continued today by certain infra ! ences, according .to leaders of the I United Mine Workers, who are I here conferring with' John L. Lew jis. their international president. Mr. Lewis stated he had every rea son to believe such a conference would be called within'a few days. ' The union. leaders scanned with much1 interest reports coming from J the central competitive fields. of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi j ana and Michigan on the attitude j of the coal operators. One leader i said Information was driftingin Jthat operators who had been j standing together (against an in I terstate conference "were break j ing up in spots." This, he said, \was a hopeful sign of an early] /conference. j j What is looked upon as a rather I t important conference will be held j tomorrow with the presidents of all j the districts in the central com jpetitive fields. President Farring ton of Illinois miners, will be here and William Green, international secretary-treasurer, is expected. It was said the meeting will be devoted to complete review of the ! situation in the Middle West. It! J was also stated Mr. Farrington will J j be asked to explain what impelled j him to call a special convention, of j the Illinois miners one day . and j rescind , the call the next, j Mr. Lewis said definitely today I there would be no settlement in trie j anthracite regions until an agree j ment is reached in the central ! competitive fields. Wheii that is I brought about,, he ..added, there I will "be a settlement in the hard : coal region "forthwith." , . i The miners' chief today refused the request of the governor: .of. Michigan to permit, the production of coal in that state to -supply j state and municipal institutions.. .-? ? ? iBuck Passed to j1 ; Sumter County ; Columbia. July 30.?State high- j J way officials have requested the ! : Sumter county road authorities ' to j i execute the contract for the Wa-: I teree river bridge approaches in j j Sumter county, Simmons & Mayrant | j of Charleston having submitted the ? j lowest bid last week. Xp contract I has yet been awarded, but the de- j ? partment believes rhe Sumter of- j ficials will go ahead with the work. The Columbia chamber of com- i } merce guaranteed $10,000 of the! j money, but up until, yesterday no J : cash had been received from the i I body. However, it was indicated j j that the Sumter officials might go i j ahead with the project and accept! I the pledge of the chamber .of com merce., ? ? ? j Motorists wishing to make the j trip to Pocalia, will be glad to know that the Manning road has | been opened up all the way j through. ? ? ? ! The worst villain in the movie? j sticks gum under the seats. _?:-:-!-? i ABR?ZZI RYE?Xew crop se- j lected recleaned seed $2.50 per bushel. Wheat: Selected Vir- j ginia. Blue Stem, Fulcaster and j Leap's Prolific, $2.50 per bushel. j Place your orders now and be certain to secure first class seed. Sumter Roller Mills, CAMPAIGN ? ^ MEETING . A crowd of between two hundred and fifty and three hundred turned out Friday night to hear the three candidates for congress and the two candidates for solicitor explain their reasons for seeking the suf frages of the voters of Sumter county. Congressman Fulmer was the first speaker.. He briefly re viewed his two year record in the house of representatives, citing in sta aces in which he had been able to serve^ his constituents and the people of the south in a practical and business-like manner. He said that he asked for the office two years ago as a business man, thatj he had given his best efforts toi serve as a business man and that i his record was his best recommen dation to the people. He asked re-election on his record... . Mr. McMahan made a strong and scholarly address, in which he dis cussed economics and finance, and. traced the present depression and the unsatisfactory, condition of all lines of industry, agriculture es pecially, to the.unsound and selfish policy of the dominant forces in j control of the national government. I He asked that he be sent to con- j gress so that he might . have . an | opportunity to make an effort to j change the conditions that exist,! and therefore give the people eco- j nomic freedom. Mr." Bethea made an energetic and .forcible, appeal for election on the ground that rotation in office is the fundamental principle of a true democracy. He had been secretary to a. governor, lieutenant, govern or and ,oode commissioner for j SouthCarolina, and he. was nowj ready to rotate into the office of I congressman. He outlined a. num- j ber pf. measures that he would ad yocate if sent to -Washington and! promised to. make good there as he) had.in the. other.offices he had held. j Mr. John.G. Din kins, of Man ning, opened the .speaking 5 in the! solicitor's; race.,. He, introduced; himself to ith? people of Sumter by \ giving a, brief biographical sketch, and then outlined .his idea of the servic.e that a prosecuting officer' should render. He . said that it is I now i Clarendon county's turn to h?ye this office, .since. Lee, Wil liamsburg and Sumter had each had a. representative to fill the of fice of'solicitor- since the nineteen year term of .John S. Wilson had been terminated by his elevation to the,, bench.. Mr. Dinkins made a good, speech and created a fine im pression.. . Solicitor Frank A. McLeod was the lastv.speaker of the evening. He was somewhat handicapped by a bad cold and was rather hoarse, but he, as usual, quickly.got into sympathetic touch with 'his aud ience apd by a mingling of humor, dry wit, and sound sense, held the attention fo the crowd.* The^foun dation of his address was h^is of ficial record, and", he asked the people to re-elect him on the' ground that he had made good. The people knew*. what he had done in office and could safely forecast what he would .do in the future. Therefore he could see no reason in trying an experiment by putting a new. and. untried man in the office in place of. one who .had proven himself. . ? ?. ? ? ? John Gary Evans , A Candidate . ? i . Spartanburg, July 29.?John Ga ry Evans, former governor of South Carolina and national Democratic committeeman. today announced fiis candidacy- for the house, of rep resentatives from Spartanburg county.. The entry lists lor county offi cers do not close, until Monday and last'minute announcements, it is thought, will still further swell the list of candidates for various, coun ty offices. . ... :. ? m ? About the orrty-thiBg you can say for the mosquito family is that tbe female does the work. The farmer ^ isn't the only one who. .gets his living out of. dirt. There is the. modern .novelist. 10? 1 They he GOOD! WOOL TARIFF BEFORE SENATE ? J Fight to Place B Tax on All Who W< Clothes Washington.. July 2S.?Assault^ on the wool. schedule of the.j bill were continued today from h< sides of the senate .with, pxopoi eats striking back vigorously winning out on each of the: roll; ca lls taken during the sev? hours' session. Discussion was extended that committee ^ ai ments, in only one paragraph disposed of but. the senate W2 ready for a vote on another' para^ graph at. the. finish and. leade* were hopeful, but not at. aH coapj fid en t, that . consideration of . thir schedule could be. completed t?| morrow. .... - j Senator Lenroot (Republican) ?T Wisconsin created something of J stir early in . .the day by: asserting that there was unmtencionaily oon cealed protection..in the schedule for manufacturers of woolen cloth; while late. m the day Senator Nefc?: son . (Republican) of. Minnesota made a characteristically vigorous attack on the wool rates in ,part?2 cular and the whole hill in genera^ ? Onslaughts from the Democratic" side were, made by Senators Wafe&V of Massachusetts, Simmons of Xortij. Carolina and Pomerene of Qhidi Calling attention that the firetncjfr committee majority upon reaching the wool schedule had ceased te make appreciable cuts in rates as it had done with, a number r* ot&i er schedules.- Senator Simmoa^ said wool was "the very keystone^ which had bound the Republican? together m "hard and fast com pact," that if the rate on raw wool were cut down hellion on the part of the rural bloc; lookout for the slaugh* ter of your high rates upocy manufactured articles,* Charging that Senator G< (Republican) of Idaho wa? master mind fn connection with-: wool schedule, Senator Simmons. \clared, "he forced terms upon Republican party in the senate he is- not going to let them out.! Defending the protective dot proposed on cloth Chairman.; Cumber of the finance conaait said they were lower than the tai commission and other experts calculated would be necessary equalize conversion costs in tl country and abroad. Senator Smoot of Utah, charge of the bill for the mittee majority, defending the on cloth, for men's suits and coats exhibited . samples of ci< and showed how prices had decreased, due, he said, to coi Ution ip the industry. He d? the. protective duties proposed necessary to keep the woolen dustry alive. Amendments by Senator Lenrc which, he asserted, would _ at least part of the "concealed pro^ tection" for the manufacturers of woolen cloth were approved by.thi senate, after they had,^ been ac* . cepted by Senator Smoot for th? committee majority. Under the& full compensatory duty of 4$-. cents a. pound would apply oaJy A 'look out for re^ H|3 HAS A FORTUNE. We mean the hoy who has one hundred dollars that he himself has made and saved, he feels like a millionaire."" * '?? He has learned ma-ay a -lesson hy this. He has caught the thrift ha bit. He has learned to do without unnecessary things. He ceases t? squander hit money,: His judgment of value* Is- better/ He Is all in all ? much better boy. - Hotf at cut your boy; Has* he got the habit yet? If not better get him started at once. This bank will be' pleased to hand!* his account. ? ' * TBE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, a C The National Bank of South Carolina Of Sumter, S. C. The Bank With the Chime Clock. The Molt Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY Capital 1800,60* Surplus and Profits $300,000 STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE Give ?8 the Pleasure of Serving YOU. C. G. ROWLAND, Prix. KABLE ROWLAND, Casbte* 4 i.