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The Watchman and So? thron Entered at the Postoffiee at Sum v?er, S* C as Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. Mr. Jos. M. Chandler is spending sometime-in Chattanooga, Tenn. . Mr. Horace Louis Darr left for Atlanta, Ga... Friday where he has accepted a position with the Unit ed States navy. There were seven ty-one applicants and only .thir teen out of the seventy-one passed the examination, and 3Jr. Darr was among that lucky number. . : Miss Elizabeth, . Pridgeon of DelcOv N. C, is spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Darr. Miss Coline Campbell is spend ing: some, time in Columbia, with friends. . v . Rev. J. P. Marion has returned from Clinton, where he has been attending the Workers' CopferejK'e - of the Presbyterian church, which is in session this week at .the Presbyterian college. He says that the-conference .was most success ful, more than a hundred repre sentatives of churches being pres ent*. Miss Irene Gentry of the S^umterrcburcb and Miss Workman Of Salem. Black River are attend ing-the conference which will con tinue through Sunday. Dr. H. L. ' Shaw1 and Mr. J. A. Raffield of the Sumter f church, are expected to go up..tQ Clinton for the week-end- : Miss Opal Thompson of Olanta is the guest- of Miss Sophia Wells. I Misses Gladys and Mellie Welts axe visiting friends and relatives at - Crest on and. Orangeburg, a Mr;, and Mrs, R. H. Stephenson are spending sometime at/Ocean View. . Mr. W. E. Scarborough went to Florence Thursday afternoon on business. .., Mrv I. E. Auld and children of Columbia,; wno..have been visiting friendsv in the city for--the^ past few, days returned to..their home Thursday afterppon. Miss^ Margaret. McKeiver went to Charleston Friday -morning to spend several days-with relatives. . i. Mr. S. M. Pierson went-to Marl boro Friday morning on business. Messrs. Donald P? Kirven and .S. Henry Edmunds, Jr.. returned on Thursday night from Camp Mc Clellan, where they attended the R. O.- TL\C. camp for six .weeks. Charltoa DuRant Esq.,. and S. O. O'Bryan, Esq., of Manning, spent today in town. - Mr.. Thomas Boyle returned Fri day: morning from Greeleyville where- be- spent ..Thursday, with friends. . Mr. W. S. Manning of Spartan burg was in the city , Friday, on j business. . Mrs. JSdwin Boyle Vent to Dar lington Friday morning to spend several days with.friends. . ? >: j Mrk Alfred Scarborough went to Clyde Friday, morning where be is to-make an address on co-operative marketing at a farmers* picnic. f Miss . Antonia- : Pitts went to Campbello Friday morning where she has a position as principal, in the school which opens. Monday. Mr. Adell .Player has returned to <SSfcrfotte after spending a fewj Gases-;with his parents on Kendrick Street. : ?5*Mr. Howard Jones left for Hen dersonville Saturday morning. Mrs,. S. J.. - Turner : left Friday lor. Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, X. C. . Mr. L C. Strauss went to Co lumbia Saturday on business. Mr.. Alfred Scarborough of Eastover returned to- hrs home Saturday morning after spending several days in the city. . -Mr. Arthur Knight went to Co lumbia Saturday morning on. busi ness. Mr. L. Strauss went to Bates-j burg Saturday mornings to visit relr j atiyes.. . j Mr. M. M. Weinberg returned j from Charleston Friday morning j after a business trip of several days, j . . Mr. Clinton Wheeler . returned Saturday morning from Orange* burg, ^ter a two days* visit to friends, "'. Messrs. Stanley Weinberg, Henry Snelor, Samuel Pierson and - My erS: Skinner returned Saturday morning from Winnsbora where ' they played in a series of base bajl games. 'Mrs. W. Y. Spann, Miss Reba^ Spann, Mr. Alva Spann, Mrs. Geo. j Foxworth and Mr. Marion Fox- j worth have returned by auto from! Pawley? Island, where they en- j 3oyed a stay of several days. - j Mi*. Peter Gallagher of Annapo- j Jis, Md., is here on a 10 day visit j to his-mother. - Mr. James Raffield returned Fri- I day night from Camp McCleiian, j -where he has been attending the" i ?.X>. T. C. camp for the past six! -weeks. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Dollard! have gone to Sullivan's Island for! several days. \ | - Mrs. H. A. Dollard and little daughter, Thelrna, are spending some time on Sullivan's Island Miss Juanita Weeks left for ?rangeb?rg Monday where she will visit friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Branson and children have returned- to their home in Marion. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Branson left Monday for Marion, where they will visit their son, Mr. Emmett Branson. Mr, W. P. Barrett, of Draughan's Business College spent the week end at home, returning Sunday evening. Mrs. P. F. Finn and children left for,. Asheville Monday morning. s. Jack McKiever has gone to Sul livan's Island for a week. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hunter, Jr., and little daughter, of Columbia, visited their parents last week-end. Mr. A. J. Ard has returned from his trip to California and other points west, and reports having had a successful land enjoyable trip. Mrs. J. L. Ward, Miss Leilah Blanche Thames, Miss Glenn Brown and Mr. A. C. Carrigan have re turned to their home after spend ing Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. W, Thames, of Florence. Mrs. Joseph Serans and daugh ter, Perla, of Clio are the guests of Mr. an? Mrs. laa&c St raus s>. Rejoices at Election of Harding arid I Over throw of Wilson De mocracy. Eifd?rsfed Colbert For Boss Washington,. Jnly.3ff.?A copy of the Cole L. Blease .letter to Joseph W. Toibert, Republican boss ., of South Carolina, dated. Columbia, S. C? May 21, 1921, was received here today. In the. letter Blease stands by Toibert in his ambition to secure control of Republican patronage in South Carolina,, rejoices at the victory of Warren G.. Harding over James M. Cox, Democrat,. and over the downfall of "idealism." . The copy in full follows: Tours of May 16,. asking for cer tain information,, received". I^will answer you frankly. ? As to.C. C. Campbell of Colum bia, S. C, the common remark I hear around. here, and have heard parties make from .other parts of the state is: ? "Some people, in South Carolina may want to go into a new party, but they are. not going in as followers' of Campbell, who is a Yankee;-for .you remem ber that it was the Xorthern ren egades and . scalawags who took the; nigger and used him that gave us all of our troubles from 1865 to 1&76." Therefore, you will: see that his leadership .will, not-go far in South Carolina. , As to J. L. McLaurin, I presume it is unnecessary- .for me to make any, remarks.: His record;, in. the senate of the United States, the Archbold letters, > his attempted deal;;of 1912,..his complete break down as a candidate, for. governor in, this state recently, ami his gen eral ! political, .record, are ;as well known to the people in ?Washing ton, as they .are . to; the. people of South Carolina. It w.ould. be ab solutely impossible .for Jum i to huild up any following in this state of -any . considerable proportions. If .the patronage., in this state should be given to Campbell -or. Mfe Laurin, or Campbell and McLaurin, they could not build up a. corpor al's- guard, that would, go outside of the Democratic primaries, where they would be deprived of .voting for their county, officers as well ;as their United States .senators .and congressmen and .their state offi ~cersv to follow those people into the Republican party. Consequently, as...far as I have been.able to learn, very little, credence is; given to .the Campbeli-McLaurin talk; in fact it is looked upon as a joke by those who .have any.influence.and who. know that these men. can not break into the Democratic ranks. I, eertainly .can state that, you have been, a lifelong .Republican; tha-t you have gone through stren uous times, and that your life has often been at stake, . and . that through it all you have been tried and true; and if, after .all these years of service and devotion to your party the Republicans would now kick* you put, . I can. hardly think they would have . much , of an opportunity to, get .any one here to follow them, because, the people here would, realize that no matter j how devoted, the service they; might render, their labors would not be appreciated., I. can harly see how, after a thorough investigation, it could he possible ..for you to be turned down, as the .leader of the Republican^ part;?,, in ?bia state, and as for .the forming of a new party with Campbell or McLaurin, or both, such talk-is. a- myth, ? a farce and. plain damned foolish ness. . , . Ks ... ? v : ? You are at liberty to read this letter to whom you please, or pubj lish it if - you wish, as I presume everybody knows that I speak, what I think regardless of consequences. I have written you freely as you requested me to -do. I am a. Dem ocrat; nota. Wilson socalled Dem ocrat, but a Jeffersonian. Democrat, who rejoiced at Harding*s election and the downfall of. idealism, which gave us- nothing but fresh I made graves, widows, orphans and billions of dollars taxes, under the I guise of liberty. We have less lib ; erty now than we have ever had ; and fewer privileges aa a result of I Wilson and his henchmen. . If you see my. friend, Jim Da J vis, secretary of labor, give him my love, and. tell him that if Cole ! Blease can do anything for him, to ; "holler" and he will hear and j answer. j Very respectfully, (Signed) Cole. L. Blease. ? ? ? Oklahoma City, July 31?The I Ku Klux Klan issue today still held j the center attention in tomorrow's j primary election. This was espe cially true in the three cornered race for the Democratic guberna torial nomination, with J. C. Wal ton, mayor Oklahoma City, R. H. i Wilson, state superintendent of j public instructions and Thomas H. I Owen, former justice of the su ! preme court, as candidates. . Wil j son's name heads "model ticket" ! purported to have been drawn by j the invisible empire and distributed ! generally yesterday. ?>?,.., Columbia. July 28.?Ira Harri ison. in the death house of the peni ! tentiary. as one of the murderers I of J. C. Arnette, Columbia filling i station proprietor today filed with j Solicitor Spigner papers in his ap ; peal. Harrison makes several ex j ceptions to the charge of Judge Townsend . The solicitor is pre ! paring his case and will likely take ? some action at early date towards ; having this appeal dismissed and ! that of F. M. Jeffords, the other I party to the Arnette murder, who (haii also appealed from his death ' sehtenoftt BOOSTER TRIP TO REMBERT -' i * Z l i i . Cordial Invitation to Business Men of Sumier Extended by-People Rembert Editor Daily Item: ; I have seen . a great deal in Sumter and other newspapers about the-.- big gett.oge.ther between Sum ter. and the rural sections-.booster trip and picnic dinner at Rembert on Wednesday, August 9th. It ?\?:ould seem ? that Sumter is quite enthusiastic about this approaching -event. Perhaps it will be well if your readers and the Sumter peo ple know how Rembert and other western Sumter county people feel about this big day of social eon tact and co-operation. Our people at Rembert and ad jacent sections are looking forward with equal pleasure to the visit of our good friends from Sumter and J other sections of our. <.ounty. We (really do think, that such meet ings and discussions as we will have here on August the 9th do a great deal of good for both the city, and the country districts and for the smaller towns, also. r The business and . professional men ?nd women of Sumter come into very frequent contact in .a business way, but neither side has the time and the opportunity to know each, other in a social way, or to .cultivate personal fiendships and create good will and co-operative understanding. We invited the citizens of Sum ter to visit us as. our guests when we learned from your Chamber of Commerce secretary that you were to put on your annual booster trip to the rural districts. There has not been a booster trip to the western sections of Sumter coun ty in about e}ght years, the last I one being at Hagood which was a j very pleasant success, in every j way. I .The good women of this town ; ship and other sections are getting ! ready to serve our visitors with a j tine picnic dinner. We are going j ? to give our visitors a royal wel | come and we sincerely trust that j every business and professional es- | J tablishment in your city will be represented at Rembert on Wed nesday, August 9th. Mr. Reardon j informs us that. J he Young Men's j Business League has held a special! meeting to endorse and do every- j thing within the power of these j [hustling young Sumter business: j men to back up the Chamber of J [ Commerce and other interests in seeing that Sumter has a. big- rep-' j resentation at Rembert on the j 9th of August. This is a~ fine spirit ; of cooperation, and we assure you j that Rembert although not as large! as Sumter, is . putting ? forth the same spirit of mutual cooperation j i to create a better understanding [and a closer friendship between! j city, town .and country, j We just wanted to. let our Sum |ter men and women., understand j I that we want them to visit us and j that we are going to do our full part in making ? this ?gettogefher event the kind of a success and j the source of pleasure it is intended \ to be. ... ' - . .." j Yours truly, J. L. GILLIS, L.:S. VINSON. SR., L. S. VINSON, JR., T. J. BROWN, J. C. GILLIS, Committee of Arrangements at Rembert. u Rembert, S. C, July 31. The Booster Trip. ... ? ? I Responding to the Invitation of [the good people of Rembert. the j Young Men's .Business . League of Sumter has determined to join, as a unit, in the contemplated Booster Itrip to Rembert. . { This expedition is in recognition I of the friendly spirit existing be ! tween the business men of Sumter ! and the citizens of Rembert and its I surrounding communities, and is j intended to bring town and county i even more closely together for the j common .good. ^ The ladies of Rem jbert and its vicinity have consent I ed to furnish a good old-fashioned i country, dinner for the crowd; j speeches will be made, and a happy i day is guaranteed to all who at f tend. . August the 9th is the day. Each i group captain in the Young Men's j Business League is requested to canvass, the members of his group ; and report to President Parrott the names of those who will be able to go on the trip. Full, representa tion of League Members is; expected ? and desired. F. E. GIBSON, j Secretary Young Men's Business League. . ... A WILD NIGHT f ' IN MACON j Macon, Ga., July 29.?Hundreds j of people, headed by sheriff's depu ties and the police . are combing the negro sections of the city, the river banks and the railroad yards tonight for "Cocky" Glover, a sporty negro, who tonight shot and killed Walter C. Byrd, deputy sheriff. Byrd was shot in the back after deputies had searched a negro pool room in quest of a negro criminal. In a free for all shooting affray jthat followed three negroes were j wounded. Glover escaped through a window but was trailed to the river bank. Every police officer in Macon and every deputy knows him and his arrest is expected be fore morning. Numerous arrests have been made; an entire city block was closed, it being declared forbidden j ground to negroes. There have ?be?*n spasmodic outbreaks in sev | eral sections of the city but the j police have averted general rioting thus far. The shooting occurred at a negro I pool room adjoining a negro the ater on Bioadway, a half block from Cherry street, the principal business street. Byrd and Deputy Raley and a negro deputy, Will Jakes, entered the pool room at 6:10 o'clock. I IP NE? Paris, July 28.?The French government made it known today that? it .has received what it con siders absolutely , trustworthy in formation that an attempt agninst the life of Premier Poincare. is be ing plotted in German monarchist circles. Dublin, July 28.?All the main towns in the Connemara district are now cleared of insurgent troops and rapid progress is beyng made by the national .force:* in the w.est and Munster Province, pays the official report today. Chicago, July 2$.?Coal opera tors continued today to deny any knowledge of any scheduled peace meeting, such as menrioned by John L. Lewis, the union miners' president, and the strike seemed little nearer settlement. Mean while Secretary Hoover is receiving assurances from governors that the federal government will receive every aid in prevent.'ng retail profi teering in coal during the strike emergency. Canton, July. .28.?Fighting be tween .the troops, of Sun Yat Sen, deposed president of the Southern republic here and those . of Chen Chiung Ming, the leader supporting the central republic, in Peking, has been resumed, after two days re spite, near Chiuchow, about one hundred and fifty miles north of Canton.: , ? Peoria, 111., July 28.?The fun damental issue that is being fought out. in. the railroad shop men's strike is that of arbitration, declared O. Dunn, of Chicago, ed itor of the Railway Age, in ad dressing the Rotary club here to day. He predicted that the. out come of the strike would promote peaceful settlements of railroad la bor disputes in future. Belfast, July 28.-^-The ambush of a party of free ^>tat.e troops is reported today from Glentis, Coun ty Donegal.. Three free statera were, killed and four of the attack ing republicans were captured. Columbus, , Ohio, July 28.?Gov. Davis today appointed a commis sion that will have full control of coal distribution to people of Ohio during-the coal strike. Bluefield, West Va., July 29.? Frank and Will Brown, aged 14 and sixteen are in jail here charged with killing their father as he was- sleeping in a cabin near Bradsbaw. The lads told the depu ty sheriff that their parent had abused them and when he fell asleep they killed him. Washington, 1 Ju'y 28.?Three coal : carrying railroads?the' Nor folk & Western, Chesapeake & Ohio and I the Louisville & Nashville, have declared . embargoes over their lines against the acceptance of any freight, except foodstuffs, livestock and fuel. ? Chicago, July 29.?While'" offi cers and miners of the union insist ed that plans for the conference between operators and miners, to end the soft coal strike were pro gressing, federal state officials con tinued preparations for the dis tribution of coal under government supervision. Washington, July 28. ? Army dirigible C-2 arrived at the Aber deen, Md., proving ground at six o'clock this morning, concluding the* return trip of a nonstop flight to New York to which the diri gible left Boiling Field here at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Washington, July 29.?Investiga tion of charges of certain senators interested financially in rates of duties proposed in the particular schedules of the tariff bill were proposed in a resolution today by Senator Caraway, of Arkansas. He read from an editorial of..the New , York Herald charging that certain senators were interested in the production of wool, resulting in a warm cross fire of debate. . Los Angeles, July 29.?The jury I in the second trial of Mrs. Mad |alynne Obenchain for the alleged I murder of her sweetheart, J. Bel jton Kennedy, last August was still ' undecided early today after having had the case since four o'clock yes ! terday afternoon. ! Los Angeles, July 29.?All twelve I of the submarines enroute irom Los Angeles to Hampton Roads ' under the convoy of Tender Beav I er, were said at local submarine ! base to be accounted for this j morning. . Early reports that four J were missing were denied by Cap jtain Miller at the local base. ! Berlin. July. 29.?Four persons, one of them American passenger, R. H. Murrill, were killed in the wreck of a German postal airplane, which crashed near Boizenberg yesterday. Murrill was from Char | lotto, X. C. Savannah, July 29.-?Gov. Hard j wick and members of the Georgia I legislature are here today as guests I of the city to inspect sires selected j by Savannah as a state port in the i event such an enterprise is provid ed for by an act of the legisla l ture. Chicago, July 29.?Two striking ! Illinois Central shopmen were j wounded this morning in a fight i bewteen 75 strikers and a squad I of United Sates deputy marshals at i the Burnside shops. j Columbia, July 28.?The majesty 'of the law was victorious in a J peaceful way today when Solicitor ; Mack King, of Anderson. tele ! phoned Governor Harvey and ad ! vised him that he had decided to comply with the governor's request land turn over to the state peni tentiary Ed Wilson and Will I IN BRIEF I Hayes, two Anderson prisoners, who have been held in Anderson, whereas the sentence of the court j was that they should serve their) sentence in the state penitentiary, j The men will be brought to Co- i lumbia next Monday. Columbia. July 31.?Will Hays and Ed Wilson, the two Anderson county convicts, sentenced to 15 j years each in the state prison, were landed in the penitentiary) here at noon today, brought by an j Anderson county deputy.. These i are the men about whom the gov ernor "went to the mat" with Su-. per visor King, of Anderson, last week, the supervisor having conr tended that he had the. right to keep the men on the county gang. The governor won his point, but J there was .no unpleasantness, the j Anderson officials seeing that the j viewpoint taken by the chief execu tive was correct., _________ Athens, July. 20 (.By the Asso- i eiated Press).?A note sent by the j Greek government to the allies re specting intentions of . Greece in Asia Minor emphasizes the view that the occupation of Constan tinople is the only means of bring ing about peace, and says Greece has made arrangements with that purpose in view. Constantinople, July 30.?British troops, are today being transport ed across the Bosphorus from the j Asiatic to European side, crossing ito Constantinople on the way.tp [the Tchaialja line to reinforce the {French troops. , Washington July -.21.?Requests j from governors of states "for. coal J have already begun to come into ! the Federal- Fuel Distribution Com mittee. Secretary Hoover stated to-, j day. He said the states asked par i ticularry for fuel for public; utilities, j Fuel Distributor Spencer today is effecting the organization of re gion committeees in the producing fields. It is expected that orders could be forwarded to all districts within forty-eight hours. Philadelphia, July 31.?Chair man Cuyler said "it's not true" that (the railroad employers are giving j assurances that they will support I the president's proposal for end ing the strike. - Belfast, July 31.?Harry Roland, formerly representative of the Dajl Eireann in the United States is in a critical condition in a Dublin hos pital as the. result of wounds re ceived inN attempting to evade capture by National Army troops. Richmond, July 31.?The last minutes claims, of managers for Senator Swanson and Former Gov ernor Westmoreland Davis, candi dates for senate in the Democatic primary tomorrow ? featured the closing hours of the campaign today. Swanson's headquarters claims that he will sweep the state by forty to Bixty thousand majority. David's lieutenants claims the state by I twenty -thousand. Washington, July 31.?Chairman Ben Hooper, of the labor board, arrived here today from Newport, Tenn., for a conference with Pres ident Harding on the strike situa tion. ! New York,. July 31.?The price j of German marks dropped to four j teen and a half cents per hundred, j a new low record, in early dealings in foreign exchange today, but ral lied later to fifteen and a quarter. Atlantic City, July 31.?Fifteen cafes along the boardwalk and in other sections of the city were raided yesterday by a flying squad of prohibition agents. Liquor val ued at ten thousand dollars was j seized. - ? ^ j , ? * ? ! Chamber of * i.\. .?. Commerce Notes The National Bank of Sumter i has mailed out through the Sum | ter Chamber of Commerce the foi j lowing letter to many of the busi j riess and professional men and wo men of Sumter. Mr. W. J. Crow son, *(T.; cashier of that bank has in this letter expressed some fine sentiments regarding the impor tance of our business establish ments cultivating a closer person al friendship with the splendid citizenship of Sumter county's rural districts: We note with a great deal of interest the annual Booster's Trip j to Rembert is scheduled for Aug | ust 9th; It is said that the good I people of Rembert are making j great preparations for the enter ! tainment of the Sumter visitors j and it is expected that everyone - fortunate enough to attend will {have a big time. We believe that j meetings of this kind do a great ; deal to promote friendly feelings j between the people of town and j county, we get a lot of valuable { business from that section and we I have no doubt but that we would I all like to know the people from i there better in a social way. We i come in constant contact with them in a business way but we do not have the opportunity nor the time to cultivate personal, friendship which is a valuable asset to any business man. We hope that you will be able to go on this trip, while you will doubtless have an enjoyable time yet we wTould not count it as a day given over to recreation only for we believe that if yon go out and mingle with the people of that section you will further cement the friendly rela tions already existing between Rembert and Sumter. Cordially yours, W. J. CROWSON, Jr. Cashier July 23, 1922* Young Men's Busi ness League and Sumter's Future A Communication From P. M. Parrott \ Editor Daily Item: j I read with interest President H.; ; A. Moses "Review of the year's! 'work and achievements" of the J j Young Men's Business League in j j your issue of the. 23rb, . and asl l the league has honored me by j I placing , me at the head of this ! live organization, for the ensuing j term, beginning August 1st, .1 feel I that a few words at this time might not be amiss. I am deeply interested in the welfare and prosperity r,l Sumter and. Sumter county and I heartily endorse what he' says .as to the great need 2'. this time of the "live at home idea" (and I may say the necessity of this idea being put into actual practice), as it seems certain that we can no long? er depend upon a .crop of cotton each year to furnish our people with sufficient cash to buy the ner cessities of life. It is the purpose of the Young Men's Business League to .ever keep before the.-people of Sumter and Sumter county the necessity of raiSr ing on the .farms more and rmore produce, and bending our efforts to see to it that there is a ready market for every chicken,. bushel of corn and potatoes; beeves, pork: in fact everything that can be raised by our farmers, and I am ! sure there is nothing that grows j that cannot be grown in Sumter, j and adjoining counties, , for we have without question the climate, J the.soil, and I am- sure, the men. I might mention the dairy in dustry also, which is fast;growing (and first agitated by the League) ] not only in our own county... but adjoining counties and which to my j mind promises to be one of the biggest factors in our community: towards bringing prosperity to our people. The Sumter. Cream ery has purchased and distributed to farmers in the past few weeks three car loads of good milk cows with orders for as many = more. These farmers are furnishing but terfat and milk to the creamery at highest market prices, and with the establishment of a. second creamery or butter manufactory by Mr, E. H. Moses and others, more farmers will be encouraged to add j more cows and sell more.milk and! cream.. This means many dollars in the pockets- of o?r farmers and business establishments of Sumter. So let us not forget to encourage the consumption of home made butter and other products of our creameries. .Call for it when you j place your orders with your go cer. r As I said, the Young Men's (Business League has seen fit to. give me the honor of serving them I as president for the ensuing year I which begins August 1st. It is I hardly necessary for me to ask the j co-operation, of group captains and committees and individuals of the league,, as our members have always , shown interest and do not fail ? to do their part. I shall en deavor with this - co-operation to keep working, and . pulling for I Sumter and Sumter county, so when j L shall turn my office over to my successor he will take charge of a live' organization with all offices fuctioning, with- the traces tight, and that we have moved further up:the road to prosperity.and hap piness. Respectfully, P. M.' PARROTT; President-elect Young Men's Busi ness League! Five Killed in Anto Accident Detroit. July . 30.?Five persons were killed and one injured when a driver of an automobile occupied : by the five, attempted to avoid col lision with another machine and ! was-.-croweded.-in front of a speed j ing Detroit and Pontiac interurban i car,: just north of here today. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS ~^TPADDV, LOOK AT.THfS / PICTURE OF NIAGARA \ GteE/ftlAT MUST BE A F-JNE PLACE TO SPENC A VACATION I ?T?M/TrIERE ISA VJOtfDERFU fMOVIE UP TO THE CORNER. ?7KEAT??-IT SHOWS SOME. |It?lWE PtCTORCS OF SEA T~~ 0AT?lWGff7J?c JOHN j. MCMAHAN FIGHT TO A FINISH Irish Irregulars Must Sur Ii render Unconditionally ; Dublin, June 2S (By the Asso ciated Press).?The cabinet at a : meeting today decided to refuse to i consider the suggestions advanced j at the recent meeting in Cork for Ian armistice in the south. The i government will assent to nothing I short of unconditional surrender by the irregular forces. The principal*, fighting in the South at present is taking place around Kilmallock, and today's news would seem to indicate that the town may, fall at any moment. With Kilmallock in the hands of Free state troops. Mallow and Fer moy may be the scene of the next irregular stand, in which case both flanks would be endangered. The irregulars are expected to fight desperately tp ayoid such a ca tastrophe. Miss Roddey Guest of Honor On Saturdayy -night JMiss.J4arie Nash gave a . party iiL.-honptr ot Miss Luctfe Roddey of Lancaster^ who has been, her -guest- for. the ,iasi several days. | Dancing .and conversation were enjoyed .by all present. . During the evening -delicious ice cream .-and cake, was served. .. . . ' Only too soon th<> time.. for> de parture came, but everyvono 'Went, away delighted. . - i Candidates Cards - $ FOB CONGRESS. ? Chicago, July 31.?Strike lead ers are arriving from all parts of the country today . -for Tuesday's meeting, called to consider Presi dent Harding*s% plan for the settler ment ;of the railway strike, and hopes are: expressed that the men will be back at work before the end of the week. . I hereby" announce- ^myself a candidate for Congress from the Seventh Congressional District, aabr ject to the rules of the Deznpcrati^ party. I also wish to take this i portunity to say that if /eleeted I shall endeavor to faithful^ xus charge the duties, of the office and to merit the confidence and ."Sip port of the people. ANDREW J. BETHEA, f . Candidate for Congress: For House of Representatives. c I hereby announce, that T.-am -*i candidate for the House of:Repre~ sentatives subject to.the rulesof thV Democratic'Party. E.-W. DABBS,' JR. \ EVERETT TRUE Cove mg aw Mo Re (t^c - nee) BY ?Lil?AN: