The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 02, 1922, Page 4, Image 4

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THE BOOSTER TRIP Secretary Reardon Outlines Fart of the Program Harby and Company, Inc., of Sumter. have notified the Cham ber of Commerce to put their firm down for a splendid float for the big get-togther and trade exten sion booster trip of the Sumter bus- j mess establishments with the ru-; ralites of western Sumter county at j Remberts on Wednesday, August! the . 9th._. Harby and Company's i float-will consist of a big appro-1 priafedy decorated truck equipped j withmachinery and other appara tus--and a demonstrator showing tie, farmers how to properly ap ply-calcium arsenate by the dust ily method to control the boll wee vit ?? ? ft-A number of other business con cerns have also notified booster trip headquarters that they will run c#rs, and have advertising matter prepared to show that Sumter is tne" best place in which to trade, tx?; market farm products, and to do banking. The Sumter Creamery is going to do some pretty good advertising on this trip also. Decorated cars wi,th/ advertisements of firms it ap pears are going to be numerous on tbi? 4yrip. But decorated cars are not a requirement, although very good advertisement. Any one may . ijsiiter his or her car, decorated or not dolled up, just as they prefer. 3?he general public is invited to participate and every one, men and women will be cordially welcomed by the committees in charge and by tne hospitable men and women of Hemcert and other western Sum ter county citizens who are prepar ing one of the finest olden time .country picnic dinners with which to welcome the Sumter boosters. . *; Rev. R. S. Truesdale, now pastor of Main Street Methodist church of Columbia, for four years the pastor of Trinity Methodist church of Sumter will deliver a splendid, optimistic and eloquent address ap propriate to the times and the oc casion. Honorable L. D. Jennings, Sum ter's hustling mayor and chairman ; of the Sumter County Permanent ^Roacs Commission has accepted the joint invitation of the commit-. tee at Rembert and the Sumter committee to make a talk, and he will telU among., other things, sbmthing about^the hard surface main highway system of Sumter cuonty now being constructed. Gun Club Shoot. . - Interest continues to grow in the shooting, and we are having quite ,?' number, of spectators'. This is a. clean, good sport and the club invites you to come out on Thurs days. Shooting will begin at 4:30 o'clock instead of 5 o'clock, on account of increased number of shooters. Shooting grounds locat - ed across street from Sumter Ice & Fuel company plant. The following results k were ob tained at Thursday's shoot: Shot Broke W. K. Wright .. .. 25 20 . Harold McCoy __ 25 16 G. 2. Haynsworth 25 ? 20 Perry Brown_25 19 Dr. C. B. Epp3_ 50 40 David Cuttino. 50 40 P. M. Parrot*. 50 40. -W. J.Crowson, Jr. ..50 24: T>r. H. A. Mood_ 75 46 W. G.; Moses . 50 26 1 B. X Haynsworth .. .25 19: Jake Harvin_75 . 57 J. E. Stoudenmire .. 50 26 S. R. Young. 50 37 T. H. Parker_-_25v 20 A. C. Phelps..25 16 Robert Shelor_^_ 50 48 W. O. Staley ._ ... 25 22 Gabe Bradford .... 50 43 ' J. C. Pate. 25 10 I5r. E: P; DuRant_ 25 23 D. Epps .!_ 25 19 Pnugla.s" Moses .... 25 22 A. Er Tisdale. 25 15 H. Moses. 25 15 W- E. Pulley.. _ 25 24 Boy Knocked from Bicycle. '. Tuesday morning little Richard Zee El?m was riding his wheel on . Broad street when a man driving a Ford car ran past him, knocked him off, broke his wheel and didn't have enough consideration to stop and see how much damage he had done or if he had hurt the child. Although the boy was not hurt, only jarred a little from the fall and scared the man could have stopped and investigated. City Enrollment Figures. Women Men Total Ward 1 . . 58 124 182 Ward 2 . .209 570 879 Ward 3 . .101 294 395 Ward 4 . . 61 162 223 " Totals . .529 1150 1679 Death. y CBishopville Vindicator) Mrs. Selina Wilson, a life long resident of the Spring Hill com munity died Monday and was bur ied Tuesday morning at - Spring Hill Methodist cemetery. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Frank Jones of Chester and Mrs. Arthur Mose ty of Camden, and a host of rela tives and friends. Rapid progress is being made on the first section of the hard sur face highway to Camden and Stateburg, from the city limits to Myers* store. It is stated that, the weather permitting, the paving will be completed and the road open "for traffic within approxi mately thirty days. Mr. C. W. Schmolke gave an ex ceedingly interesting lecture Thurs day night at Girls' High school building, on South Africa, and the Boer War, t oa very attentive aud ience. The lecture was preceded by a piano solo by Miss Marguerite McLeod, and a violin solo by Mr. Haghdcn Green* O?NTY NEWS AMERICAN LEGION BANQUET ????? * Enrollment of Eighteen New Members The members of the Sumter Post, American Legion, enjoyed a rolal goo dtime at a banquet which was spread at the Claremont Hotel Thursday evening, there being over 75 members and ex-service men j present. During the banqueting hour a four-piece orchestra consisting of Messrs. Slick Williams, Charles Curtis, Julius Stubbs and Zach Darr, discoursed sweet music. A colored quartett also . rendered some excellent songs. Interspersed with the speeches that were made after the supper were song* by Messrs. Prank Gep j pi, Bill Owens and D. W. Cuttino, Jr. Col. J. Monroe Johnson, of j Marion, an eloquent speaker, made j an excellent address on American | Legion affairs. This was followed by interesting talks by Messrs. Joe Chandler, Zach Darr and others. The meeting was presided over by Mr. W. H Bowman. The. meeting was also a success ful one from a financial point of view, as 18 new members were dur ing the evening signed up, making, this post over a hundred strong. The officers expect to increase this number to 200 before the end of . the year. . "(AM j The executive . committee will j have a meeting within a few days and then will decide as to whether they shall have a meeting every month or shall make it once in two .months with a supper in connec tion. Sumter Post American Legion is one of the most progressive of its organizations to keep alive the love, good will and esteem of the members which was born on the fields of FlanderS in the great struggle for the liberty of the world j and the rights of all men. Mayesville Personals. Mayesville, July 28.?Mis3* Mar garet Cooper is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Thomas on Oakland Avenue, Sumter. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Riser, of Blackville, have joined their little daughter, Elizabeth, at the home of Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Thomas for a short stay. Miss Johnnie May McElveen, of Lynchburg, is visiting Mrs. D. M. Boykin this week. Miss Jannie Gamble of Kingstree is visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Fort this week. Mrs. Essie Mahoney of Los Ange les, Calif., is visiting her sister, Mrs. D. A. B.erry this week. Miss Louise Gaston, of Spray, NT. C, is visiting Miss Mary Cooper this week. Mrs. R. F. DesChamps and fam ily are spending a few days in Lykesland with Mrs; W. M. Burn side. Mrs. Hattie Wells, Mrs. Hector McNeil and children of Florence are visiting Mrs. R. C. Mayes. Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Parrott, of La mar, spent last Sunday at the home t of Mrs. D. A. Berry. Mrs. Addie Reid is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. G. Thomas. Mrs. R. L. Grier and Miss Mary Claussin Grier are visiting their father, Capt. Marshall at Rock Hill. Mrs. H. W. Cooper is spending the summer in Europe. Little Miss Frances Bland enter- j tained a number pf her friends at a porch party one morning last j week. Dainty refreshments were j served. Miss Xell Brown after spending j two weeks in Greenville has re turned home. Miss Annie Louise Mayes isvisit ing friends in Sumter. Miss Marvel Weinberg is spend- I ing a while in Georgetown with j relatives. [ ?Mr. Robbie Mayes is at home j after spending awhile in Charlotte. Mrs. U. V. Weinberg is visiting her sister in Whiteville this week. Mr. J. F. Bland left Friday morning for a stay of two or three j weeks at Myrtle Beach. Master Roaber Wright of Mem ! phis, Tenn., is spending a while at j his aunt's, Mrs. D. A. Berry and j later will go to Fayetteville, N. C, j ! to spend awhile before his return j i to Memphis with another aunt, ' J Mrs. J. Van McGougin. i Shimmy's Record Still Unsurpassed j Misses Clara Jordan and Irepe Bryan of this city, Marie Duke of I Columbia, and Lillian Gentry of Florence, have returned from a [ trip through the country to Wil- j mington and Wrightsville Beach in Miss Bryan's Ford "Shimmy." This j is the same car that has been J from Florida to Canada, but she j sustained her reputation as a good j traveller by making the trip up j through the Carolina swamps via j Florence, Marion. Mullins, etc., and j the return over the hills by Ham j let and Cheraw without a mishap, j Road bilding is being done all (through this part of the country jand it is a matter of touring and ! detouring when one sets out on a trip these days; however, this only I serves to make travel more adven iturous and thrilling. For instance j ! at one point a detour of fifteen { ; miles through a river swamp was: i necessary in order to avoid aj ' marsh where forty or fifty cars | were stuck. At another place aj I temporary bridge over a branch had j i been washed away and there was aj I three-foot hole across the road, out j ! of which each car had to be pulled, j Shimmy is not much for looks but! j she is a wonder car on a trip and j i her owner wouldn't trade here for! !a Packard. The Boy Scouts of Lamar, are i ' camping at Pocalla for a week un- ! ; der the supervision of Scout Mas- i i ter, jU H. Cook. YOUNG MEN'S BUSINESS Review of the Year's Work and Achievements Editor Daily Item: The first year of the Young Men's Business League closes with this month, and as a retiring official I think I can say without unbecom ing vanity that we of the league feel in its record a pride that we think justified. The league has not accomplish ed wonders; it has not built new factories, nor has it founded gi gantic enterprises. It does claim, however, that in a quiet way it has plodded along in its field of en- j deavor. and that its efforts have not entirely gone to waste. The press i has been kind to us, giving space, time to time, to our work, and this j not to be a history nor a review i of the twelve months gone by. In the late winter the league turned-its attention to the matter j of home products for home con- j sumption, and home money for home circulation. We put forth considerable effort along that line, and we believe that our work told to some extent, and that it accom plished Some good. "We feel, how ever, that so much can be accom plished in this field that the ef fort must be regarded as having only started. Agriculture is the chief indus try of our county, and is the main stay of our town. Since one j house was added to the already ] one house at the cross roads and! thus the settlement of Sumter wa3' started, this has been so, and for j generations yet to come this will be j so. Sumter 'county consists of' rich farming lands; its other nat- j ural resources, except timber, are, nil in comparison with the value Of the soil. The city of Sumter has many sizable industries, yet the city prospers or the city declines along with, and to the extent that its surrounding planters progress j or retrograde. It pays us all then, to do our bit to try to help make prosperous the farms of Sumter's trade territory. Sumter was the centre of a great cotton .territory. Was! Sumter still is the centre of that same territory, but it would take an un usual optimist to describe it now as being strong oh cotton. The one great money crop having fail ed substitutes of course must be found and it is far better that the word is substitutes and not substi tute?we have had enough, of a one- crop system. The "answer naturally is diversified products. Having varied articles to sell, sales are made at varied dates; the sell er has a succession of money re ceipts and he pays cash for his purchases as he goes along instead of buying on credit nine months of the year. Embarrassed by want of cash all that time he has to pay out during October, November, and December the receipts he gath ers only to be obliged to make credit anew the succeeding Janu ary. Sumter county could and should feed Sumter county; not absolute ly, to be sure, but to a quite great extent. We do not make sugar here and molasses is not quite so nice in one's hot coffee or ice tea, though maybe it would do just as well sprinkled upon ones's straw berries and cream. That same cof fee and tea, most probably, had better be bought outside, although our old Confeds tell us of substi tutes they used, and we sometimes suspect that we run across these same substitutes in various eating houses. There is no reason, though why all of our beef and all of our pork should not be raised right here at home, and moreover, there should be plenty extra to ship away to bring back money for cir culation here. It is almost a crime that we should have to send good Sumter dollars out of the county for eggs and poultry, yet such is a fact many months of the year. South Carolina will never, we sup pose, compete with Minnesota as a wheat state, but are you con vinced that Sumter county cannot raise wheat enough for all the flour that Sumter county eats? In a grocery store you will find pickles and preserves from this place and that, but they are no better than the pickles and preserves that Sum ter county women can put up. The outside product, however, is there1 where it can be seen, and in a convenient form ready and handy for the customer. The home made, article is not. j There is no use to go through the whole list, item by item. Try this: if you are housekeeper, or if you are not the housekeeper get the housekeeper to, keep for a whole \ month a -list of every article of food used in the house for that month, and the cost of it. Take that list to your grocer and your meat shop and to any other shop involved and see how much of what you bought originated in Sumter county, and how much out side. Next, scan your list and see how much of the outside list could have been produced here at home. Then, how much of your money went away that might have stayed at home. You might make a cal culation and see if that is the case with you for one month what it might be for a year, and if so much of yours goes away unneces sarily during the year what it amounts to for the whole county for the year. During the summer of 1915 I saw frequently a certain- farmer of i Richland county. He told me he' sold for cash, products from his fawn every month of the twelve, j Probably some few Sumter coun ty farmers do so. but only a .very few. During the fall, winter, and; first spring months fresh vegetables! are at a premium, and they are! brought here from other states. Some few gardeners here, in the city and in the county, raise green vegetables the year round, which proves that it can be done. The money income of the ; Sumter county farm can- be distributed over the twelve months period, but I some work to bring about that condition. and The produce for c and buy1 at home idea needs the aid of pub* jJicity; it needs constant thought) and constant talk. When the j shopper for the home table goes to his grocer he or she should ask j for Sumter goods. When the pork j is being cured some should be j shaped up for the merchant; when, the preserves or the pickles are be- j ing made on the farm a few dozen J should be put into glass contain ers and offered to the grocers for their shelves. Poultry and eggs, mutton and meal, flour and fruits, potatoes, syrup, nuts, all the food that the farm produces should be put in just as marketable and just as attractive a shape as is similar articles that are offered to the public. Home products then can j compete with outside products on an even basis. It's a two way proposition?if the purchasers will seek Sumter food I products, the producers will supply their demands; if the producers will put the products on the mar-1 ket the consumers will buy their j wares. Fifty-fifty; neither should i wait for the other. The Young Men's Business League has worked along various lines to encourage such efforts to bring about such results. The League asks help in this work, for it is too big a proposition for any j one set of men; all our people should join in the movement. When instead of leaving the coun ty for the north and the east and the west Sumter money journeys around and around again, from the farmer to the merchant, from the 1 merchant to the doctor, from the [ doctor back to the farmer, making j business and leaving a profit every where it touches, when Sumter j county is filled with a farm popula- i tion living- at home and feeding the j city man and the non-food pro-1 ducers, when we keep . here the j hundred thousands each year sent I so needlessly away, then will Sum ter county be truly rich; then will it prosper as it has never prosper ed before. Herbert A. Moses, i President Young Men's Business i League. Engagement Announced. (Columbia State, July 27). The engagement of Miss Mar garet Wells McGregor, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Eugene C. McGregor, to Thomas Belton Boyle of Sumter was announced to a group of the I bride's girl friends at a luncheon j given yesterday by Miss Adele Wes ton at her home on Bull street. No j plans for the wedding were dis- j closed other than it would take place in the fall. The secret was out when the! guests entered the dining room and beheld, in the center of the bea?- j tifully appointed table, a dainty j doll bride holding the announce- ]' ment card. Pink and white bios- j soms. in a center basket and two vases adorned the table and the place cards were in bridal designs, the favors being pastel colored fans with an exquisite white feather one for the bride-elect. All through the menu wedding conceits were introduced and the ices were j moulded into wedding bells, bridal j slippers and cupids. The guests were: Miss McGregor, j Miss Daisy McGregor, Miss Grace! Gibbes and her house guest, Mrs. i Harold Crowder of Florence; Miss Gulie Melton, Miss Leila Elliott, Miss Elizabeth Heath, Miss Marie Matthews and Miss Martha Mcln tosh. Miss McGregor is the eldest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. McGreg or and is one of the winsome and attractive girls of the young so ciety sex. in Columbia. After grad- j uation from the Columbia high I school she attended Converse col- J lege for two years and was last I year a special student at the Uni- f versity of South Carolina. Her ap- I proaching marriage will be the in- j spiration for an amount of enter raining in her honor as soon as I the summer absentees return to the city. Mr. Boyle was graduated in 1921 from Wofford College. Scout News. \ The Scouts of Troop 1 held a j meeting Wednesday evening at S j o'clock at the Y. M. C. A. with j fifteen scouts present and Scout- j master A. C. Phelps. The topic for discussion was the summer camp and a hike for next week was also discussed. On account of rain there were only a few present, and the meet- j ing adjourned to meet again Fri day evening at 6:30. We wish ev ery member to be present at this meeting as the hike for next week, and the summer camp will be defi nitely decided upon, the troop will be divided into patrols and patrol leaders assigned. We expect to see you boy, will he be there? James Brown. Scout Scribe. In The Recorder's Court. At noon Saturday, at the Re- i corder's Court. James Wright, ne gro, was fined $30 or 30 days for shoplifting at the Sumter Dry Goods Co. Shoplifting has been attempted before at the Sumter Dry Goods J Co., and the thief has succeeded in escaping, but James *Wright, al- J though he endeavored to escape, J had no such success when he was j caught in the act of stealing a pair of hose Friday afternoon. When j a clerk was trying to fill Wright's order for a small article. Wright took advantage of the opportun- ' ity and took a pair Of hose, but j upon seeing another clerk watching him, he dropped the hose on the] counter and attempted to make j his escape, but all in vain. He was . searched and it was found that he did not have one penny, although he had already ordered an article. He was fined $30 or 30 days at the ; Recorder's Court today at noon. i _? ? -_ I ? ? - The jury received the case of i Gibbs Machinery Co. vs. Parker Lumber Co., Friday at 5 p. tn. At 9:45 o'clock Saturday morning they had failed to agree, having been locked up all night, and the case: was pronounced a mistrial. Stingiest man on earth refuses to laugh at his own' expense. A WARNING Messrs. Pierce Gibert and C. R. Sprott. Jr., inspectors of -weights and measures, under State Department ot Agriculture,* were in the city Friday "doing their duty" and rhey found that such an . inspection was badly needed. They inspected the ice measurements Friday and found that, with one excep tion, all ice-men were giving short weights. They went to a mimber of houses immed iately after the ice had been delivered and reweighed it and found that short .weights had been given. They dis covered one wagon with '?guessing , scales," that is, no scales at all. Seven ice-men were arrested and were charged with violation of weight and measure ordi nance, and were fined $25.00 ?ach. They will return shortly and inspect scales, liquid-and dry measures and every other kind of measurement. The law* demands standard scales and measurements. The housewives are re quested to co-operate and r eport any short weight of any description to Police Department County Executive Committee Meeting Enrollment Books Verified and Irregularities Noted The County Democratic Execu tive Committee met in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at 11 o'clock Saturday morning with a large majority of the members present. The object of the meeting was the inspection -and verification of the club rools and the correction of irregularities. Very few irreg ularities were found, these being of a minor character, such as the omission of the age, residence or occupation, or the failure to sign the full name. The. secretary of the committee will give written notice to each person, as the rules require, of irregularity in the sig nature, and the person so notified has ten days in which to make the neeessary correction. If the cor rection is not made within the ten days the name will be stricken from the club rolls. A few persons had enrolled in clubs other than the one of the district in which they reside, and these persons will be notified that their names will be transferred to the proper clubs. The roll books of all the clubs were in the hands of the commit tee, save that of Oswego, and this will be delivered Saturday after noon, the member of the commit tee representing the Oswego club having been prevented from at tending the meeting by tire trouble that delayed him on the way. The matter of assessments on candidates was brought up and discussed. A motion was made and adopted that the assessment for Superintendent of Education remain at $75 it there is only one candidate, but if more than one the assessment shall be reduced to $50 each; for senator the assess ment shall remain at $100 if there is only one candidate, but if there are more than one the assessment shall be $60.00 each; for Judge of Probate the assessment shall re main at $50 if there is only one candidate, but if more than one the assessment shall be $40.00 each. Thfc assessments fixed at the last meeting of the committee remains unaltered as to other candidates. The total enrollment of the clubs of Sumter county, Oswego, excepted, is given below. The en rollment of the Pinewood club in 1920 is not given as the figures are not available, due to the fact that Pinewood was a part of Claren don county in 1920. The enroll ment of Oswego is stated unoffi cially to be 55. If this be cor rect the total this year is 3,347 greater than in 1920. Total Enrollment for Sumter County. 1922 1920 Ward 1. 182 130 Ward 2 . 879 ? 390 Ward 3 . 395 232 Ward 4_223 136 Concord. 99 71 Dalzell. 156 93 DuBose_ 55 40 Earle. 75 74 Farmers 50 56 Hagood. 67 48 Manchester_ 12 10 Ma'yesville ._ 92 59 Oswego __. 25 Pisgah. 31 25 Pinewood-134 Pleasant Grove -51 35 Privateer_ _- 126 85 Rafting Creek 69 46 Reids. 43 48 Salem.- 38 26 Shiloh ._ . 57 26 Stateburg. 75 43 Taylors _ 104 -73 Trinity _. 48 38 Wedgefield_ 104 64 Zoar.--- 105 74 Total_3270 1978 Sumter Creamen* Chartered. Columbia. July 2S.?The Sumter Creamery of Sumter was charter et! by the secretary of state yes terday with a capital stock of $20.- | (iimi. Om<-ers ate: L. \). Jennings, president; .1. T. Morris, vice presi-j dent: H. L. Tisdale. treasurer; C. W. Schmolke. secretary. Authority to decrease its capital stock from $90.000 to $40,000 was granted the Carolina Machinery eompany of Sumter. There are only two candidates announced for the three seats in the house of representative. The time for filing pledges expires at j 12 o'clock noon, Monday, July 31st. I LOST $63 ON THREE CARS OF MELONS j Ehrhardt Farmer Writes Let ter to Senator Smith j _ Washington. July 27.?From S. W. Copeland. of Ehrhardt, S. C.. Senator E. D. Smith has received a letter in which vouchers were en closed showing that Copeland "had paid $63 for the privilege of giving Xew York three carloads of water melons." The writer said the condition of which he complained is genera) this season in both Carolina and Georgia, and he appealed to Sen ator to do something to. remedy it if possible. The vouchers showed that the three carloads of melons were sold in New York for a total of $395, while the freight paid to the rail roads for carrying them was $418 land the commission to the seller] j was $40. j "The railroad got theirs," said the shipper in his letter, "the com- ; mission merchant got his; and me and my hands sweated over these melons for months, and was then called on to pay $63 in addition to losing the fertilizer, seed and all the work done." Senator Smith read the letter to the Senate and expressed indigna tion at the state of affairs which allows such a condiiton to exist. He remarked that he and others in Washington are having to pay as much as 20 cents at restaurants for an eighth of a watermelon. The key of the difficulty as to railroad rates the South Carolina Senator found in that phase of the Esch-Cummins Act, which bases rates on the theory of 6 per cent, profit to the roads of the country. Senator Watson, of Georgia, in terrupted to call attention to the fact that the Southeastern States have no representation on the In terstate Commerce Commission. Senator Smith deplored this, but j held that whatever the make-up of j the commission might be, its func tions of rate regulation would be controlled by the Esch-Cummins ; law. CANDIDATES ! FILE PLEDGES! From The Daily Item, July 31. J Candidates for the senate, hause? of representatives, judge of probate, county superintendent of education! and magistrates for the eight dis tricts in Sumter county who have filed pledges and paid the assess ments levied by the county demo cratic executive committee are as! follows: Senate: Davis D. Moise, House of Representatives: E. W. Dabbs, Jr., ' ?j John B. Duffle, J. L. Gillis, j C. J. Jackson, Robert Muldrow, S. K. Nash. Judge of Probate: i Thomas E. Richardson, j County Superintendent of Educa tion: J. H. Haynsworth Magistrate at Sumter: M. J. Moore, M. A. Wilder. Magistrate at Wedgefield: W. H. Ramsay. Magistrate at Dalzell: R. L. Burket. j Magistrate at Mayesville: Geo. T. DesChamps, L. C. Tisdale. ? Magistrate at Pinewood: j Geo. J. Aycock, j A. P. Lide. Magistrate at Shi loh: H. T. Goodman, J. C. McElveen. Magistrate at Rembert: L. S. Vinson. Magistrate at Privateer: J. A. Hodge. The time for filing pledges ex- j pired at 12 o'clock today, and at j the last minute there were four' entrants for the House of Repre sentatives, bringing the number of candidates contending for election ! to the three places to be filled up j to six, there haying been two can j didates already in the race. Senator Davis D. Moise, who is I a candidate for reelection has no ! opposition, and Superintendent of j Education J. H. Haynsworth, and j Judge of Probate Thos. E. Richard- j I son, who are also seeking reelection, j j are likewise unopposed. Three t j magistrates, who are candidates for j reelection, W. H. Ramsey at Wedge- j field, L. S. Vinson at Rembert and | J. A. Hodge at Privateer have no opposition. The county campaign opens at Rembert tomorrow and it is ex pected that all of the candidates, j save magistrates from other dis- j tricts, will be present. The meet ing will be called to order at 11 o'clock. The next meeting will be I held at Privateer on Friday, Au i gust 4th. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON YendYi j Odu HtfH Urn Clot* CIom Jan.21.08 21.11 20.00 21.04 21.21: I March .. . 21.04 21.06 20.85 20.96 21.18! i May _ .20.95 26.95 20.83 20.85 21.05 I Oct .. .21.25 21.30 21.10 21.21 21.42 iDee.21.23 21.25 21.05 21.18 21.35 j Spots 23 off. 21.45. NEW ORLEANS COTTON featdyt ! Owm Hl** Iiov ?ose CIom : Jan. _ ..20-70 20.74 20.58 20.67 20.81 March . 20.50 20.58 20.47 20.00 20.75 I May 5 20.43 20.60 . Oct._20.S0 20.90 20.73 20.81 20.96 Oec. . 20.73 20.79 20.63 20.71 20.85 Spots 25 off. 2Sg5. Uvtrsff! C?tt?a. January .... j? .? ....1. 11.78 March... . 11.71 1 May ._ . 11.60 July. 11.49; October . 11.99 ; December .11.85 Receipts, 6,000; sales. 5.000; Middling, 13.00; Good Middling. 13.39. ? ? ? Marriage Licenses. Colored: Abraham Wright of Borden and Ella Parker of Rembet. James Scott of Sumter and Rosa Belle Westberry of Oswego. Our Tiireateued Cotton Supply. (News and Courier). It is a striking and a significant fact that almost contemporaneously with the action of the United States senate in imposing for the first time a tariff of two cents a pound on white arsenic, the one preparation which has proved use ful in destroying the boll weevil and preventing its destructive rav ages on the cotton crop, the Brit ish parliament, acting under pres sure from the cotton spinners of Manchester should have levied an import duty of six-pence per 500 pound bale of cotton upon all cot ton brought into England, the money thus raised to be used to promote cotton growing in the British empire. The policy of the American congress is directed, in1 effect, toward rendering still more difficult the maintenance of cotton production in this country. The policy of the British government is directed towards assisting ef forts now under way by Lanca shire spinners to create new areas where cotton can be grown. The British spinners, as this ac- j tion clearly indicates, are genuine ly alarmed over the prospect of a cotton famine. The spokesmen for the bill, which had only one op ponent in the House of Commons, pointed out that both the Egyptian cotton crop and the American cot ton crop had been materially di minished since 1914. The British spinners are convinced, it was de clared, that it is imperative to de velop new cotton supplies, in the Sudan, in Tanganyika and else where. The sixpence per bale levy upon all imported cotton" is to be turned over to the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation to be used in "bringing these new sources of cot ton supply into existence to redeem the deficienceies of the old." In this country, outside of the South, the general public does not yet appreciate the seriousness of i:he cotton situation. As a matter of fact, it is questonable if the people of the south are generally as fully awake to the situation as they should be. There is a disposition in some quarters to regard the talk of a possible cotton famine, as propaganda designed to boost the price of cotton. The attitude of the British spinners should be il luminative to those who incline to this view. The fact is, as Sir E. Mackay Edgar, Chairman of Cross es and Winkworth, one of the great cotton authorities of the world, says in an article published in the Lon don Saturday Review, on July 15, **the gravity of the present situa tion is only just beginning to be realized." Reviewing the informa tion which he has gathered-and di gested in America Sir E. M. Edgar says: "Next year the boll weevil will probably increase its ^consumption to 50 per cent of the cotton grown in America, which means that as sumng the production of other' countries remains the same, the 150-miIlion spindles of the* world can only get sufficient cotton for about 70 per cent of that number, should they work full time. In Lan cashire 42 million of the -58 mil lion spindles spin American cotton; and Germany, which nearly cap tured the coarse yarn trade ? from Lancashire before the war, has about 9.000.000 spindles to employ; the- United States have approxi mately 35 million spindles; France has 9,900,000: Italy 4,500,000. In addition, India has 6,500,000 and Japan 3,500,000, both taking a con siderable quantity of American cotton. Since 1920 these figures have increased, especially in Ja pan and Germany and the U. S. A. Russia in 1920 had 8,000,000 spin dles, but for what proportion of these she will in future require cot ton depends greatly on her poli tical position. Great Britain for the year ending July 31,1921, con sumed 1,587,000 bales of American cotton, and during that time Lan cashire was experiencing a depres sion only equalled in 1903. The takings for the season ending July 31. 1922, according to present con sumption should be 1,9^5,000. The United States of America consum ed 5,246.000, and although they have suffered from strikes their takings are estimated at 6.318.000. Similar figures for the Continent show 2.858,000 for 1921. and 3, 733;000 for 1922. India, China and Japan are also consuming more raw cotton in proportion." In the opinion of Sir E. M. Ed gar, "when the shortage is felt and the demand is urgent cotton will be grown throughout the empire, be cause it will be profitable, but un til that hapuens the world will have to continue with a precarious supply, and in the famine, which in his opinion will come shortly, will have to put up with a very reduced supply." He recalls the predictions of some American ex perts that future crops in this coun try will only amount to an average of six millions bales per annum, and says: "America will require this entire amount for her own indus tries, and. of necessity, to protect that supply will in all probability impose a high export tariff or pro hibit export altogether." This is the view of the most ex perienced cotton people in the world, as relates to matters of sup ply, and this is what they are say ing openly week after week at the very time when the framers 6f the McCumber-Fordney tariff bill are undertaking to make the produc tion of cotton in America still more difficult and hazardous by increas ing enormously the cost of the one poison which will kill the boll wee vil. Could there be a more fool ish or shortsighted tax than this which the Republicans in the sen ate are proposing to put on white arsenic, not for the purpose of rais ing revenue, because very little revenue will be secured from this tax. probably not over $150,000 at most, but solely for the purpose of putting some fifteen or twenty millions into the pockets of the Guggenheims! If the production of cotton in America drops so low that there is no raw cotton for export?and this is now a serious possibility? the whole United States will be af fected adversely in many ways and the whole country, not simply the South, will suffer. Why make the uphill fight of the South to main tain cotton production harder thap it is already? At best, as the fact? and figures cited by the British au thorities quoted above show, tn?" outlook for cotton in this section is already sufficiently precarious. THE TOBACCO" ' MARKET The statement made in a news, item Friday that the Co-operative Tobacco Marketing Association would begin handling tobacco brought in by members on August 1st, - he date of the opening of the independent warehouse, was incor rect and based upon unofficial" in- ' formation. The Co-operative Mar keting Association will not be ready to receive tobacco August 1st, but will be prepared for busir ness shortly, the opening date to be announced later. Death of Dr. Frank Hall Wri^h*. Editor Daily Item: . Many in our city will remember Dr. Frank Hall Wright. who con ducted a series of evangelistic ser vices in the First Presbyterian \ church about three years^ ago. The following notice will bring sadness/ to many who enjoyed the p?vil ege of knowing and hearing tie; Gospel message of this man p? God: '. '?Rev. jfYank Hall Wright, D. D., died at Muskoka Lakes, Ontario* Sunday morning,. Juir. 1?. The .cause of Jxis death -was. heart. Jailr ure, produced by the overstrain ?$ long and intense evangelistic work. Dr. Wright was in his sixty-thirjd.: year. He. was the son of the Chief of the Choctaw tribe of Indian?, and in his early life succeeded nip father. He also served under^p- . pointment of the United States gov ernment as governor of the Choc taw nation. His father Was a min ister and the son was led into an early consecration to the ministry. He was educated at Union College, Schenectady, New York, and re ceived his theological training at Union Seminary, Xew York. As a minister of the Dutch Reformed church in America, he went as~ar missionary to the Blanket Indians.: After serving in this capacity lor five years, he became a general evangelist, devoting praeticaHy all of his time to the churches of tfto Presbyterian assembly, U. S.. Av A part of each year he would re-^ turn to preach the Gospel to the Indians. He retained his memfcei? ship with, the Dutch Reformed: Church.throughout his life. He: is survived by his wife a?d one daugh ter. Mrs. Charles B. Harrison, St Louis. His only' son,: Lieatenant Frank Wright, lost his life-m^the^" United States aviation service dur ing the war. The- funeral servic* was conducted at Westminster church, St. Louis, on July 20^-tor Rev. William Crowe, D. D. ..' Th# death of Dr. Wright removes one of the leading men from the ser-, vice of our ? church. He was known throughout our assembly for his great talents ,as a preach er and singer of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His death w?i 3>f ? mourned throughout the south." The voice of the sweet singer , if hushed on earth but his influence abides. J. P. Marlon. ? Hunter-Jacobus. Summertpn. July 29.?-The mar riage of Miss Rebie Carolee Hunter and Dr. Arthur Forest Jacobus, which was celebrated at ZzZQ \ o'clock this afternoon at the home i of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Hunter was ! an event of more than usual inter ^. est in this community, the many ; friends of the young couple vieing ; with each Other to make the occa sion a briiu&nt as well as a happy i mile-stone in their lives. Thecersr fmony wa3 performed by Rev.* % iM. Morris?, the couple standing ne t neathi an rarch of fens and flowers, ; the arch being the center of the decorative scheme of the spacious rooms which were beautifully 'adorned with a wealth mot fern$ j asters, zinnias and other summer ! flowers. The bride, who was at i tired in a bridal dress of zesh crepe j de chine and carried a bouquet of asters and ferns, entered with th$ maid of honor, her sister. Min M?nfie K*unter, whose dress W?S of I peach organdy, trimmed . in- tur quois blue. The groom was at tended by his best man? Mr. Rich; ard Richardson, of Summerton, met the bride at the improvised altar beneath the arch. The wed ding march was played by Miss Annie Churchill of Sumter. Pre ceding the ceremony Miss Pearl Davis sang, *Thou Art So Like a Flower." and "At Dawn;", and Schubert's Seranade was played while the guests were bei: r usher* -ed in by Misses Sarah . fay and Elizabeth Hunter, sisters of the j bride. Following the ceremony refresh jments were served. Miss Martha I Pitts presiding at the punch bowl, j and a pleasant hour was spent before the bride and groom left 'for Sumter to take the 6:20 train for the north. They were accomr I panied to Sumter by a large num ber of the wedding party who wished them bon voyage on their life's journey. Mr. andj Mrs. Jacobus will spend a few days at his parent's home at Red Bank, X. J., before leaving for Seattle, where tfcey will embark on the 19th of August for Souchow, China, where.Dr. Jacobus has ac cepted a position as dentist on the staff of the hospital of the Souchow University. Dr. Jacobus has many friends in Sumter, having made* his home in this city for several months a few years ago, at that time be ing associated with Dr. A. Wein berg. He later located in Summer ton for the practice of his pro fession, and there met and won.his bride. Among the . out-of-town guests who attended the wedding were; Mrs. A. F. Jacobus, of Red Bank. X. J., the mother of the groom; Mr. Andrew Hunter, of Asheville, N. C; Mrs. Oliver S. O'Bryan, Mrs. G. L. Dickson, Mis3 Fannie Davis and Miss Leila Dickson OJ? Manning; Mrs. E. C. Croskrey, -of Wilson,-Mrs. A. E. Hunter of Sum* ter, Miss Virginia Brawley, ' of Gastonia, X. C- ? - . - ?