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Following Letter Be of Interest To Many People - ? ?? ? Dr; ? & H. Edmunds, Sumter, S. C. ?V|)earvSir-: We. your pupils of the Sumter High school write Some to you . to let you know how i&tich we appreciate the military . training of the old Sumter "Hi" out here in ^camp, by which we will be Stole'.to hold up the reputation of Simter.; So far we have had a good record; nine out of the ten iflrhOcame cfut here passed a strict physical examination. " We are,all feeling fine, although a little- homesick. r. We are* your respectful pupil-: BuBose Rivers, Battery "D," Boli y?r; Bull, " Battery "C;" Norton" Marshall, Company "C,V 32nd Div.; Gj&orge - Dick, Company "B," S2nd X&?; Marion Kirven, Company "B" %$hd Div.; Coit Kirven, Company "B," 82nd Div.; Carl Blanton, Company "B," Eng.: David Gun x?ngham, Company *C," Eng.;"Wil bulrn Bateman, Company "B," 82nd Dir.'-"''-- - We will appreciate all letters. Camp'McClellan, Ala., July 30. Columbia Boosters Visit Zoar Church C The recently organized Epworth League of Zoar. Church was visit ed, by Boosters from Columbia on tsst Sunday. The day was success Ipl^in every way and the enthusi asm ; .shown by both* the people of Zoar church and the Boosters in sures a bright future for the young . -?^The-Boosters were the guests ef Mrr "and Mrs. Geo. W. Rawls, who served a delicious picnic dinner at the;camp\)f the above on the Man lUugx^ad. ^ftase who were indebted to the Stoir people for their generous hos werer Misses Daisy and Ton. Elizabeth Truesdale, White,. Chester DuPre, ifehinson, Floyd Goodman, s. L-.H. Thomas, Marion Park, Mr.-and Mrs. R. C. Smith. T?lbert - r. ? mm "Falsehood" T^hhe^ Editor of The State: ?*-T3se State contains today an in with- Joseph W. Tolbert, _ jlQBteenwood, * July 31. ^Ser^aifi references are made ^erj^i^td me, to wit: That there ise.no ;such. - organization as the ^^ite>. County' Republican club, ^er-denial^of the existence of such asror^anization is ? falsehood. StTplbert further states that I* am ?ore^h^cause he would not recom mend me for postmaster at Sumter. j T^aat','too, is" false. He did not have the .optJortu'nity, for I did not ask .jjjijB. support, directly or indirectly, in- that matter or a'ny other. >j It is-' -.false that I attempted to gejjr the'apppintmept as postmaster through the influence of relatives in Washington. . 'It is false that I tried to have my son appointed district attorney for . the ^Eastern... district of South Qajrolina. . ^Thff'fdsttfuation that I ever be -I^Ki|?rejd^to a. faction that put out a Igpried electoral ticket is false. In v jfp&* .every reference to me in the i?teview is a separate and distinct fjp?eeiipod. '.^Please publish in connection w^v-this letter the inclosed state ?e?t'-'frbm W. B. Daughtrey, sec -j*f?Jry of the Sumter County Re publican club. ? ' Georg? D. Shore. ; Siimter," ?ug. 1. i?? ?x... From: Repablican Club/ TO ^hV Editor* of The State: ^?pki Hfairhess to George D. Shore, S?.,\I wish to state that the fol iejwing gentlemen are officers of the i S?roter County Republican club: i ^Gte?rge,D. Shore, Sr., president: Daughtrey, secretary-treas- i igfer. ? ^Executive committee: George D. Sh?r^Sr^j. W. Carroll. George D. 1 Shore. Jr.. S. W. Walker, W. E. ' Moore. W. B. Daughtrey. sjThe above gentlemen are all j proponent in business and social circles of Sumter and enjoying the highest esteem of the citizens of this. city.. The club is compo^sed of '' white Republicans only. v ; v W. B. Daughtrey, Secretary-Treasurer. | '.. Sumter, Aug.' 1. Waiiam Charles McCall, Sr . Dead. ??, **-* * ,? -Florence, July 31?After a long ' aiid'patient suffering William Chas. ! McCaiL Sr., died at his old home j and birthplace near Ciaussen late Sunday afternoon. While Mr. Mc Call had been confined to his bed j for the past ten'months his frineds and., family did not give up hope ffcr"* his recovery, until recently Wh'en they realized that the end was. near.. j Cjtfr. McCall had a number of rela tives in Sumter and his wife, who survive^ him, was a daughter of the l?te Colonel W. D. Scarborough : of DalzelL Home Coming Day at Old Horeb Church. V.AU who have ever been mem- \ beTs of the church, the Sunday school, or have ever made it their! p^jtce of worship, and their friends; are especially invited to come home, and bring their baskets, to! dine with us. August 20, 1922. ; Third Sunday. .. -The Mallard Lumber Company, j contractors for the grading of new ; road at Ballard's Hill, have a large i force at work there and consider- ; able progress has already been: made. A force of hands is also j at work on the foundations for the reinforced concrete bridge at Rem- : berts* old mill pond. O?NTY NEWS *$>3><?><S><e><$^^ TOBACCO CO-OPERATIVE ASS0CL4TI0N Time to Sign-Up Extended to August 7th Florence, Aug. 2.?At urgent re quest of farmers* committee of board of directors have decided to open door for signers until Monday noon, August 7th. / W. E. LEA. m^mM*mmj Simultaneous Birthday Celebration A very interesting and unique celebration nas held in our city a few days ago. It happened that a grandmother, and four mothers, and four children had brithday an niversaries coming very close to gether, and it was decided to have one united party in celebration of all of these birthdays. The party celebrating the joint birthdays was given at the home of? Mrs. S. F. Jenkins. Those who participated in this celebration and whose birthdays were jointly commemorated werer Mrs. S. F. Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Jenkins/ Mr; and Mrs. C. B, Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Brock* ington, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brock ington, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. James, j and the following children: Misses Thelma and Eloise Jenkins, daugh- j ters of Mrs. C. B. Jenkins, Thomas and Edwin James, sons of Mrs. J. _T. James. The following guests were present and enjoyed very greatly this delightful and un usual entertainment: Mrs. Roberts of Atlanta; Mrs. Myers, Miss Mayme White, Miss Lucille Lundy, and the-following children: Ham mond Burgess, Agnes Burgess, Wal ter Mooney, Catherine Wilder, Frances Wilder, Mary Xlpert, Mar garet Bradford, Margaret Thome, Virginia' Thome, Margaret Wilder, Gaither Shaw, Frances James, Bernard James and Burgess Jen kins. A feature that added very great ly to the uniqueness and attrac tiveness of this party was the ar-1 rangement of the candles and the j "display of birthday cakes. Each of j the couples had a separate cake i and each/of the four children a separate cake with all of varying colors but a consistent color scheme j of green and yellow prevailing. On these cakes there were burning [simultaneously four hundred and ninety-eight candes which repre {sented the aggregate of the ages of ! those whose birthdays were being observed. Delightful refreshments of punch cake and cream were served. Al together the celebration was an unusual one and proved to be very delightful. What is to be done about the : approaches to the Wateree river ! bridge? The cost of the tempor ary approaches will be $34,000 and j the whole thing now appears to j have been put up to Sumter couri I ty. At the inception of the un j dertaking Sumter county, was ask | ed to put up only $37,500?one fourth the cost of river bridge, the federal government paying one half and Richland county one fourth. The original proposition was that the cost of the causeway and bridges in the swamp, consti tuting the approaches, would be assured by certain public spirited citizens of Sumter and Columbia, I and pledges were made?in words j only?at a mass meeting that the j necessary money would be provid j ed and forthcoming when needed, j However, the money has never been I guaranteed . or produced by the i pledgees, and the original propo } sition has dropped into the limbo i of things that are unpleasant to be referred to. The next scheme was for Sumter county to appro priate $10.000 of public funds, the j i State Highway Department to pro- i ivide $10,000 and. the Columbia I j Chamber of Commerce to put up j I $10,000. Sumter. county arrang-i [ed for its $10,000. the State High I way Department did the same, hut j [ the- Columbia Chamber of Com j merce has not made good its ! pledge. In this emergency the i State Highway Department request j ed Sumter county to assume the I responsibility of awarding the con | tract. As reported in the min [ utes of the last meeting of the j Counyt Board of Commissioners, I Sumter county deferred action un I til a hearing could be had from ' the Richland authorities. And there ; j you are;?a big bridge spanning the j I river and no way to get to it. There ! I is another phase of the matter.' I The proposed approaches to cost' j $:J4.000 are but temporary make- j ? shifts, not usable when the river is at flood stage. A causeway [above flood stage would cost, ac-i (cording to estimates of engineers | I from $200,000 to $300.000. When' , will the necessary permanent ap- J ! proaches be built and who will pay ifor them? Is this heavy burden to; be shifted to Sumter county also? '? \ - The first page of the August j I number of the Atlantic Coast Line j News, the monthly periodical is- j j sude Iji* the A. C. L., carries attrac- j ! tive pictures of the Sumter pas senger station, freight station and j j freight yard, with the following ] comment: ."These .are the first] I views of Sumter presented our readers. They are particularly in- ! ' teresting because this city is loeat- j ' ed in a part of South Carolina that has enjoyed unusual development ; during recent years. It will be noted the passenger station prem ises are well kept and the freight depot and yards are attractive to the eye. Our loci?l people at Sum ter are commended for the neat ap pearance and safe conditions pre vailing at this terminal, brought about through co-operation of all departments and the city authori ties of Sumter." NEWS AND VIEWS OF :j PISGAH ._. _ i John T. Duncan, the Star Comedian of the Campaign, Does Not Amuse Corre spondent j Pisgah. July 31.?It must be a matter of extreme disgust to every nice person to listen to the tirades of John T. Duncan in nearly every j election for governor. He knows by experience that he can't bo j elected and yet he continually; comes out for governor with his; disgusting talk. McLeod. Blease \ and Laney conduct themsleves \ properly and people can take: their choice as to whom they will ; support. The time is past when i intelligent people will be influenced j by such men as Duncan. They will' vote for the man they want and j that ends it. The large enrollment j in the state shows that at last the | voters realize their duty to vote as i the northern people do. Forecast j and reports of this man winning j and another losing ground or will' be defeated aren't worth a peck of | corn cobs. Cox said he would \ sweep the country over Harding, i The people know who won. An- j other healthy sign is that every j senator, brother Democrat and! Republican, that wanted the league ? of nations and voted for it hasj gone down in an overwhelming de- j feat. Good. Poor coat-tail-; swingers of Wilson, they are to' be j pitied. Washington's good advice ? is still heeded. The extreme heat of the last few 'days has been terrible on man i and beast. Crops are withering j under it, whether it will help to j kill out the boll weevil I don't ? know. The Sunday School convention of i the Kershaw Association met with! the Pisgah church on Saturday ! morning and had a two days' ses- i sion. The meeting was very inter- \ esting and instructive all the way j through. Quite a number of dele-j gates from the churches were pres-! ent. Miss Elizabeth N?ckels of I ?the Baptist General Board, of Co-! lumbia was present and delivered; two very interesting addresses on i Sunday school work. She is re- j markably gifted in her work. Mr. C. M. Shiver, chairman of the en- j tertainment committee saw that \ each delegate and visitor had a nice home and every one seemed j to be enjoying themselves. Mr. L. A. White of Egypt was! present and took part in the dis- \ cussions. His many friends were! glad to see him. The next meeting goes to Thorn Hill church," some miles above j Camden which will be more cen- ! tral in the association. Horeb j church Sunday school at Provi- j dence joined the convention and i its delegates, Messrs. H. B. Boykin j and A. W. Weldon were present, j The officers elected were J. DuPre, president and L. H. Cato of Kershaw. secretary. The protracted meeting at Pisgah commenced last evening and will! continue .during the week. The; pastor is aided by Rev. Mr. Turner. ? The hours of service are 10 a. m? ! 8:30 p. m., twice daily. J. E. DuPre. j TOBACCO PRICES RULE HIGH j The independent tobacco ware- j houses', which are being operated! this season on most of*the leading' 'markets of the State despite the; I organization of the Tobacco Farm- 1 ers' Co-operative Market i?ig associ- j jation.. opened the season Tuesday. [Reports from the various markets I indicate that tobacco was offered ' (for sale in large quantity on most , of the markets, that the quality of! tobacco was better than last sea-; [son and that the total quantity I sold on all the independent mar- j kets aggregated approximately one ' million pounds. The prices'ranged 1 (from two cents to fifty cents a I pound, and the average price on | the different markets varied be-j ! tween ten and twenty cents, j ? The Sumter market opened with j [more tobacco on the floors of the. jtwo warehouses?Farmers and i Banner?than was anticipated. The Itotal sales for the two warehouses; on the opening break Tuesday | j were between thirty-five and forty: j thousand pounds. The highest j price realized was fifty cents a ? pound and the average was seven-, teen and one-half cents'. The amount of tobacco on sale 1 today was not as large as on the opening sale, but the prices ruled | stronger. Buyers all express the opinion that tobacco will be high | this sec^wn, and the competition j and bidding are keen. The tobacco men on the Sumter : market predict high prices compar- : ed with last year, and keen com- : petition between the big tobacco companies. j The Banner tobacco warehouse, j under the management of Mr. ' Harnsberger had a surprisSingly good opening day. The prices ran up as high as 50c, and the 20,000 pounds which were bought on ! Tuesday had an average of iSc. j There is a good market for good tobacco, and the buyers are very anxious for good tobacco. The Fanners' Warehouse h< Id : its opening sale Monday morning 'on east Liberty street. Tobacco Isold good arid the !!<><.!? well filled.; Some of the tobacco brought as : hisrh as $30 per hundred. The ap- j ' proximate sales were 27,000 pounds: It is reported that after the Second Mill road is completed, Second Mill will l>c fixed up. bath houses and a pavilion built, and [will be ready for pleasure seekers 1 the first of next summer. Marriage License, j White: Edward F. Boon of Che- i ; raw and Georgia June of .Manning. J mt ? m* j That great silence is boys cheer- j ling because school starts soon. COUNTY BOARD MEETING Award of Contract For Wa teree River Bridge Ap proaches Awaits Action by Richland County At the regular monthly meeting of the board held August 1 there were present .Vice Chairman" Oliver and members Lenoir, Mims and Britton. The minutes of July 6 were read and approved^ Mr: H. M. McLauriri appeared relative *t> two mules of the estate of H. J. McLaurih, which the county had been renting and which had died. The board advised him: that insurance had been lately placed on the mules of the county j and that it would be in a position) to pay the estate one hundred dbl- j Iars on the last mule that died, j Mr. McLaurin offered to sell the re- I maining four mules to the county. | He stated that they would either j have to sell these mules or take i them brick. The board decided'! that since getting the tractor out-j fit. that the county could get along! without the use of these mules. Mrs. James Geddings came before] the board asking for assistance for] herself and children. The board j declined to grant this. Mr. J. H. Haynsworth appear- i ed and made complaint that some; trees which had been cut on the; road had been left on his land. He j was - advised that > the engineer I would have these move'd at once, j Mr. W. M. Seabrook, represent- j ing the Santee River Cypress Lum- j ber company came before the board with the deed conveying to j Sumter county a fifty foot right, of j way across the lands of said com- -' pany in Wateree river swamp, for j the approaches to the Wateree! river bridge. This deed reserved! to the company the right to cross'j such approaches with tram roads J or other roads in the furtherance j of their business: The terms of the J deed being satisfactory to the i board, he was requested to send it j to the company in Chicago for1 execution after submitting same to j county attorney for his inspection i and approval. Mr. Seabrook also j asked the county for a quit claim! deed to the old Garner's Ferry road j which was being abandoned in ex change for the new right of way j which the company was deeding to the county. The board thought this a reasonable request and order ed the deed referred to the county attorney for inspection and approv al together "with the deed of the new right of way, same to be exe cuted if in correct shape. The clerk called attention to the condition of the flooring in the county commissioners' office, and asked to have this repaired,. The board declined this at this time. Requisition for supplies for alms house inmates was received and granted. Reports were received from the rural policemen, home demon stration agent and cotton weigh ers. Complaint was received regard ing non-collection of a fine impos ed in Magistrate McElveen's court, and the clerk was directed to write Magistrate McElveen asking that this fine be collected. County Engineer Jeffords made his report for the month, stating that the gangs had been engaged as usual. The main gang having been at work in the northwestern sec tion of the county. He reported the loss of two mules during the month. He reported that rains during the month had interfered very much with the road work. Mr. D. T. Miller xame before the board relative to detoun which had been made through his place, using hi:- private road on his prop erty. He stated that the traffic was getting this road in bad repair in certain places, and asked the hoard to have this remedied. The matter .was referred to the county engineer for !his attention and ac tion. County Physician Andrews re ported on case of Minnie Parker, an inmate of the alms house, an*:! advised an operation. This was authorized. In'ahsence of Chairman Rowland the clerk presented the file of the chairman covering correspondence which he had had with the State Highway Department, and others, regarding award of contract for building approaches to the Water ee river bridge, and also results of his negotiations for rights of way. This showed that the State High way Department had advertised and received bids on the ap proaches, and advised the award of the contract to the Simmons Mayrant company of Charleston on a basis of |34,0?0 for the work, in cluding a gravel road to the South ern Railway tracks. The Highway Department requests that Sumter County execute and assume respon sibility for this contract Messrs. Moise and Heiser of the county legislative delegation are invited into conference with the board. As Richland county had obligated itself by promise for $10,000 toward the approaches on this side of the river, the clerk was directed to write to the chairman of the Rich la nil county board advising him of the situation a no', saying that the authorities here would execute this contract as soon as definite advice was had that Richland county funds were ::i hand and subject to the draft to proper Sumter county authorities. The deed submitted for right of way across lands of Powell House was considered and the members the board decided to go down to the swamp together with the coun ty engineer and Engineer Taylor of the Si:i!<- Highway Department, and Representative Reiser, and look over tii" ground generally. After approving claims the board adjourned. Marriage License. < 'olored: Clifford L. William and Lorinia AViliiams of Sjimter. Men's fall suits are termed "so ber." Xo hip pockets, maybe. j County Campaign Opens at Rembert < _______ j Candidates For House of Rep resentatives, County Offices I and Solicitor on the Stump j The Sumter county campaign I opened at Rembert Tuesday with ; all the candidates present save j two. Senator Moise and Mr. Rob I ert Muldrow, candidate for house, ! Senator Moise who is a candidate ! for re-election without opposition j was prevented from attending by ! business in court, and Mr. Mul drow could not be present on ac count of the serious illness of one of his children, j The meeting was held in the as | seihbly hall of the Rembert High | school, which afforded ample seat ! ing room for the crowd, and was, ! withal as cool and comfortable a ' place for sucfF a gathering as j could be desired. Mr. J. E. Du ! Pre. president of Pisgah club, ! presided and introduced the speak S erx. The candidates who have no op ! position were given the right of ' way and made their announce j ments in the following order: Thomas E. Richardson, candi date for re-election as Judge of Probate: J. H. Haynsworth, can didate for re-election as ounty Su perintendent . of Education; L. S. Vinson. candidate for re-election as Magistrate for a fourth term. Senator Moise who could not at tend owing to the fact that he was engaged in a case in court, sent the following letter which was! read by the presiding officer: | Mr. Chairman and Fellow Demo-j cvats of Remberts. Ladies and Gentlemen: I fully ! anticipated and- expected to be j present with you today but on ac- i count of important business in our! court, which cannot be postpon-1 ed. I am unavoidably detained, j I desire to express my sincere I appreciation of the confidence re-" posed in me by the citizens of Sumter county in niy re-nomina tion without opposition as senator. I fully realize the responsibility of I the position, especially during ! these trying times, and assure you ; that I will give my best efforts and i liberally of my lime in an effort to help solve our problems as they arise. I feel sure that the worst of our depression is past and that the future holds great things in i store for both our county and state, and it is only necessary for j us to press forward with renewed vigor to reap the reward of honest effort which is surely in store for our entire people. ! I certainly will be very happy ! to be with you on August 9th . at I your big "Booster Picnic" and only , regret that it is impossible for me ; to be present today. I I beg to remain with kindest re- j I gards to each and every one of j j you, i Yours very truly, DAVIS D. MOISE. i j The candidates for the house j j of representatives spoke in al \ phabetical order, Mr. E. W. Dabbs, j Jr.. being the first on the list, j Mr. Dabbs thank ?d the voier3 j of Rembert for the complimentary i I vote they gave him in the special; j election last fall. He said he, I came at. this time with no platform j w hich he claime dto be a panacea j for all ills, but he wo_ld outline' i his position oft certain outstand ing questions so thai those who; j voted for him would do so under standingly. He stood for law en \ forcement and believed that good [citizens should work unitedly to [see that all laws on the statute ? books are enforced. As to taxa tion he said that he did not be j lieve that we are paying too much taxes but'that we are not making ?enough money, owing to existing [agricultural and financial condi tions, to pay the taxes we need to 'support our schools, build roads fand maintain other needed institu-j itions. He said he stood for the J proper support of the Confederate' ; veterans, .of the state hospital for ; the insane, the school system and ? the building of a system of good roads. In the matter of taxation : he believed in a system that would j impose the burden upon all class es of property fairly and equally, i Where certain classes of property (is taxed too heavily he favored the shifting the taxation to other class ' es. especially to those classes that I have heretofore escaped taxation, life favored the building of hard 'surfaced highways to the county j line and the improvement of all i lateral public roads connecting ! with the main highways, so that all ! citizens might have the benefit of j good road's. He said in conclusion ? that he believed the great prob ! lern of the time to be economical production and an efficient system of markets, and this is what all should strive to bring to pass. He I promised to give his time and his j best efforts to serve Sumter eouri ; ty and the state efficiently, if elect ! cd. ! Mr. John. P.. Duffie introduced i l'himself to the voters^ of Rembert 'with a biographical sketch: Was ;]>orn in Sumter. attended the"Sum jter schools, Davidson College for four years and the Law l>epart j meat of the ?South Carolina Cni i versify three years, and had since ! practiced law in Sumter. except for [the time he was in the naval ser vice during the recent war. The j issues of the day he declared to be [taxation and law enforcement. Taxation in his opinion was large ly a local issue, for the reason that [of the taxes paid in Sumter county only .".1 per cent, are levied and . ollected i>y the State for State ; purposes, while the remaining t>9 per cent, are levied and collected and spent for county purposes. If j the people would reduce taxes ma terially they must cut out some of [the local expenses, and to do this .schools, loads and local institu tions must be deprived of the sup port that they now receive. He [was in favor of strict enforcement loi law as the best and surest means j of preventing and suppressing crime. Law enforcement is a I matter of public sentiment and if ' the people set their faces against crime and the lenient treatment of criminals there will be leas crime. He said he was hi favor of adequate pensions for Confederate veterans. -Mr. .1. L. Gillis. being^at home, contented himself with the brief j est announcement of his candidacy (and expression of the appreciation S he felt of the hearty support in former campaigns. Mr. C. J. Jackson said that he was standing for re-election on his record. The people of Sumter county are acquainted with the record he had made in the legis lature and he asked that he be judged by what he had done as a legislator and-what he had tried to do in the way of service. As to taxation he asserted that he stood for economy and efficiency in gov ernment but that he saw no way to make any great cut in taxa tion without crippling state institu tions. "You cannot reduce taxes and carry on our necessary state institutions. He had always stood I for good, schools, for adequate ! pensions for Confederate veterans, I improved highways and the sup port of state institutions. He had j made an effort in past years to serve faithfully and efficiently and he would promise the same for the future, if elected. For" Mr. Muldrow announcement was made that he was unavoidably absent owing to the illness of one of his children. Mr. S. K, Nash said that he would first of all extend a welcome to the women voters, he was glad to see them taking their place as citizens, and he urged that all of them exercise the right to register and vote, which is now their duty, j He said that as ? young man and :a newcomer in political life he j would introdOee himself by saying j that he was born in Sumter, a son of the late ^Shepard Nash, for I many years clerk of court for Sum ter county, was educated in the { Sumter schools and attended David j son college for* two years, but then j had to go to work. He worked in ?the office of the late John H. Clif ton and studied law at the same time, was admitted to the bar and for the past two years had been practicing his profession in Sum ter. He discussed, the matter of taxation, saying ?hat the situation is admitted to be serious, so much jso that the sheriff has in his hands .'more executions for unpaid taxes I than ever before. He believed that I the move to shift part of the bur den to other form's of property I than real estate and personal prop ! erty was a move in the right di-' j reetion and that the effort should. I be prosecuted to discover and put ] 'on the "tax books other property j that has heretofore escaped paying I its just share toward . the support j of 'the government. He said that j his motto as to taxation could be i briefly stated as "Lead us not into I extravagance, but deliver us from I taxation." He favored doing what ! ever is necessary for the support jand comfort of the Confederate j veterans. He said that he offered j j for election to the house of repre sentatives in the hope of being I elected so that he could be of ser^ vice to his fellow citizens. He wish ed to serve and would devote hiS| time and all the ability he possessed to serve efficiently. In closing he expressed his regret that Mr: R. B. ? i Belser had seen fit to decine to I stand fo reflection, for he felt j that this is a time that the ser vices of a man of Mr. Belser's ex perience and ability are. especially needed^ It was only when he learn ed positively that Mr. Belser I would not ask .for .re-election that he decided to enter the race. The meeting was concluded with the speeches of the two candidates' for Solicitor?Frank A. McLeod ,and John G.. Dinkins?both, of [whom, made excellent talks, along I practically the same lines that j they followed in their addresses at the meeting -here on the 2Sthw The candidates and visitors from other sectinos were'entertained at dinner by Mr. J. L. GIlIls and Mr. L. S. Vinson, and some of the can didates who are trenchermen of i note and epicures by profession 1 gave* expression to the opinion that j the'second period of campaign day j at Rembert was the better half, j Emmett Reardon . whoi went along ! just to be going, said it was the ? perfect end of ? perfect day. E^ep Weevils Out Farmers Should Watch Wheat Closely To the Editor of The State: - We have noticed in the wheat ! coming to our plant the presence j of weevils, and we want to call the J attention of. the farmers, through J your columns, to this menace. We can pot make good flour from j weevil eaten wheat, and it is very j necessary that the farmers use pre caution to keep the weevil out. ; Constant'sunning of the wheat, ! the use of air slacked lime or treat ! ment with bisulphide of carbon are ! the thre^practical methods of pre J venting ' or eliminating weevils ! from wheat. We consider the hi I sulphide of carbon treatment the I surest plan. This material can be ?obtained from the drug store or I from us. We have had some of our j customers tell Us that they put I tobacco leaves among their wheat land ran the weevils out. We have j some confidence in this and it may ! not be amiss for farmers growing ? tobacco to try putting a few cured, leaves in their wheat. It does not, injure the wheat. ? ' It is very important that the; farmers begin at once to keep the weevils out of their wheat, as two lor three week's work by the wee vils can materially injure the qual ity of the Hour and the turnout. You will render u.s a favor and [at the same .time the farmer a; ! favor to call his attention to this ! through you paper and in advance [for this courtesy we thank you. Darlington Roller Mills. - * < ? Marriage Licenses Colored: Ernest DeLorme and Esther Cap-1 pell of Sumter. Lots of people travel first class who evidently are not.' * THE BOOSTER TRIP Editor Daily Item: I see by the Sumter and out-of town papers that the Sumter Cham ber of Commerce has arranged to continue its policy of annual get together between Sumter and the rural section "Booster Trips" - as they are styled, and that August J?th will be a big day at Rembert in Rafting Creek township. As a -citizen of Stateburg township, sis ter and adjoining township to Rafting Creel: township and hav ing been for more years than I want to own: up to. very pleasantly and closely associated with the splendid men and women of Raft ing Creek and other western Sum ter?county sections, and loving all of our citizens of every township in Sumter county as well, I am go ing to take the liberty of sending through your public spirited and widely read and appreciated paper a message to the business and pro fessional men and women of Sum ter, our hustling county seat whom most of us love and are as proud of as we are of any other section of our splendid county. I also have read in.your paper that the enterprising young men of the Young Men's Business League of Sumter have appointed Mr. W. A. Bryan as chairman of a com I mittee to. devise plans for increas- j ing the trade of your business con-j ! cerns through systematic and con- j ! certed advertising methods to! j show that Sumter has the goods ? to deliver and has the advantage i j over some other of the ' larger! ! and . middle sized town and city j merchants in the variety of stocks j j carried and in competitive prices i ! also.. Xow will you permit me to sug I gest that this is in my opinion, I from the viewpoint of a country- j man and a consumer who pur-1 j chases his necessities in more or i less retail style that- this i_ splen- j ? did movement. Also to say that! I the Young Men* Business League j idea of advertising Sumter's busi ness concerns should be linked up with the Sumter County/ Chamber of Commerce ideas of* years prac tice of bringing the city and the country districts into direct, closer, and friendly elbow touch by the ] business men and women of Sum- j ter going to the country and meet- ! ing the rural men and women and j the boys and girls in the real i country districts, mingling togeth-i er, getting *much better acquainted, j talking over our social, agricultural | educational and general economic : problems, and at the same time, having a good time and knowing i each other better. Some people no doubt consider these annual visits of Sumterls i business and pofessional men and \ women to the rural districts as i merely "joy riders" and pleasure jaunts with no real commercial significance or benefits attached .thereto. ? I seriously disagree with any such ideas ? as these. You know that "breaking bread" toT gether is a well established and hos pitable indication of friendship and good will, and when seven or eight hundred people of any rural section meet and eat with several hundred people from Sumter, and then en joy themselves in various ways for a day and listen to a couple of good speeches on sound topics of the times, that there is a feeling of co operation, friendship, understand ing and good will created that stand for years between city, tqjwn, and country. Sumter has not the practical mo- i nopoly' of business that she enjoyed years ago before the days of rail roads, automobiles, and better roads. . Sumter now has much more competition from other towns and cities near the remote sections of; Sumter county, far distant from } Sumter but much -nearer to other I competitive points that carry good stocks, and competition m?>ch near er to Camden for instance as Ha good, .Rembert. Borden, Horatio and other western and extreme western Sumter county points are.. You know that the Wa'teree j bridge and approaches connecting Sumter and Richland counties will soon make; Columbia ?s close to these sections of our county as they are to Sumter. That Rich land and Columbia already has splendid hard surface highways al- j most to the Wateree river and are rapidly getting ready to complete a direct and magnificent hard sur-^ faced or gravel highway to con nect that bridge with the splendid hard surfaced highway leading from Eastover to, Columbia, and | that this road and bridge are going j to prove trade drawers for Colum- J bia if Sumter doesn't watch its} steps. Of course this bridge can j be made a good feeder for Sumter business concerns also, but that will depend almost entirely on which city, Sumter* or Columbia, does the biggest amount of real, business-like hustling for the trade ; of the people of the extreme wes tern sections of Sumter county, j and the eastern sections of Rich- | land county, and if Columbia goes | after this trade Columbia is going' to .get a lot of it. If Sumter shows j the western Sumter county men and women that Sumter is as fine; a place to trade, or better still, i the best place in which to trade, { also shows Richland county, and undertakes to show that Sumter wants this business bad enough to ride out here, spend a day. and get next to these consumers, why Sumter is going to keep all of its friends and customers of today and gain many new friends and custom ers as well. You can take it from me when I; say that E. I. Reardon, our com-! mercial secretary, and our Cham- j ber of Commerce knew what they have been doing for the past eight or ten years in having hundreds of county and community meet-! ings all over this county, and in ! getting thousands of Sumter men arid women to attend our hot sup- j pers, and festivals. Sumter has j. made thousands of friends and ] good customers by the "get to- j gether cooperation. There are hun dreds~of Sumter men, women, boys and girls who have become ac quainted with as many rural men, women, boys and girl3 through these visits of Sumter people to our rural districts, and lasting friendships, very often weddings have occurred as a: result of these meeting.-* I can tell you that "E. < I. R." as we call our Sumter secre tary, knows the countryman and his family as well as any man know of, and he has been the right* hand man; "hot supper booster and 1 advertiser" for our rural women and general all around "skirt boss ed" Junior Bull Moose' at the >? service of the women of this coun ty so long that we don't feel like any entertainment for our schools* and churches are set right unless the ladies order him to do- the boosting and get out the. crowds from Sumter to help us make these. t? affairs a success. So let Sumter 'fcr at'Rembert in full force on August 9th is my advice to your business men. As a friend of Sumter ?s weH a? Sumter county. I write this mes sage because I really believe that during these, "of all times that we have been throughi equally as much, of importance as during the greats world war, we need many get-tCk-^OT gether meetings and other forms of co-operation, in the counrty, and in the city, between the city and tfce ??, country. A3 a friend of Sumter I want to see the close friendly and. '. trade relations between Sumter and the people in its natural, legi*? timate trade territory^ kept up/ Let's get together for hi times. C. J. Jackson Horatio, Aug. 1. WEEVILS DO DAMAGE Activities and Numbers Increase in York York. July 31?That the boll wee* vil's activities and the numbers ar$ rapidly increasing was the informal tion brought here yesterday by- re presentative farmers from, every* section of western York. They re port the pest. is simply playing "havoc with cotton that-has reach ed an advanced stage of fruiting: It is only late cotton on which few weevils are found' according to . their statements. The majority of the farmers? ct western York are stiU depending on gathering and destroying the, *L punctured squares as a measure to* curb the. depredations of the wee-' Ivil. Many of the more energetic^ however, are gathering the real, weevils, which the3T find in the; white blooms in the morning. " . '> Poisoning is being tried -by some ? and is finding favor with those who have observed its results. Ad verse weather conditions, however,^ have militated against the efficiency; of poison. Colciunv arsenate with $ lolasses is the mixture used. i The Meitean Bean Bettle Clemson' College, Jujy 31?The Mexican bean bettle, as was report ed last fall, entered South Carolina * in 1321 in Oconee County, and spe cimens so far have been taken in Oconee, Pickens and Greenville counties. Its present range of inL Ii jury extends from the Georgip ^ boundary on the northwest corner of the state to approximately a line drawn through Westminster, Wa*V halla and Mountain Rest. But the' pest is rapidly spreading, and it .is expected that' before- fall the in sect will occur over a large area of the northwest 3art of the state, , ac cording to the Entomology division's > advices. The pest has' the Ability to hV<& in a wide range of climatic" condi tions, as well as in a wide range ct *% altitude! Jkt ther present time-his activities range from an altitude of 100 feet in Georgia to 8,000 feet in Colorado. ^His present range of ? distribution is through a latitude of 31 to 41 degrees "and he is ac tive through a temperature range from 30 degrees to 110 degrees F. This insect reached Alabama from * the west in 1918 and although it had confined itself mainly to table beans, it apparently changed ,its habits upon arriving in the eastern part of the cotton belt, and added to its bill of fare cowpeas, beggar weed, soy beans, sweet clover and ^ alfalfa, and is actively r&riag " from March to" November.. Its re productive capacity is great, one ffr . male laying as high as 1600 eggs. There is so far practically, no nat^ * ural control of any kind, and arti ficial control is not yet satisfactory. Every effort is being made to find effective- control ? measures, for .be^ cause of the capacity for damage so far exhibited we may well look upon this pest: with apprehension. Any serious pest attacking our le guminous crops at this time when . we are going through the demorali zation caused by the boll weevil proposition would-be most serious, because our s?H building is so* de- * pendent on our leguminous crops. Every one is urged to report t6 the Entomology Division the occur rence of yellowish prickly grubs oa beans in the garden. The full grown beetle is one of the trt|e * ladybird beetles, .having sixteenlg black spots on the wing covers. --!??? Columbia, Aug. 3.?Jack Schru- fc ma eher, the young man from El-JaB loree, who failed to return to the state penitentiary Tuesday whenr-^ the governor declined his father*fM request for a . full pardon for th?s young convict, is still at large and N is now regarded by Governor ??&r vey. as a fugitive, and subject to ar* rest by any officer of the law. The governor is directing a search for the man and expects, to find him and thrust him back in the Estate penitentiary. S . FOR THE RELIEF OF Pain in the Stomach and Bowels, Intestinal Cramp Colic, Diarrhoea SOLD EVERYWHERE - : i