The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 09, 1922, Page PAGE 2, Image 2
The Watchman and Southron
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spect "will be charged for.
The" Sumter Watchman was
j founded in 1850 and the True
Southron in 1866. The Watchman
and Southron. now has the cpm
bmed circulation and influence of
both of the old papers, and is man
ifestly the best advertising medium
in "-Sumter. _'
VETO FOR SUPREME "C?UKT
The proposition submitted at the
Federatien of Labor convention,
tcaX the Constitution be amended
giving Congress authority to over
rule decisions of the Supreme
Court, is not likely to win much
popular - favor. Certain decisions
? of that court have aroused a good
j' <ieal of criticism lately, but it does
not -foirow that the critics want
"the-court reduced" to impotence. -
Anyone; who thinks the matter
?ni clearly cannot help seeing that
if Congress were given the power
"ingested, Congress would become
the sole, sotfrce- of governmental
authority in this country, and the
Constitution wculd be a dead let
\ vvhat else could happen, with
Congress made the final judge of
l the constitutionality of its acts?
fckat system, which happens to
werk well enough in Great Britain,
might-not work at all inytfeis coun
_try, even if the nation were willing
to abolish our three-fold plan of
divided authority.
? The proposition to'place- Con
gress above the Supreme Court is
particularly 'uninviting, in view of
the admfcted deterioration of Con
gress in recent years. Whatever
"the deficiencies of the; judicial
branch of government may be, the
public today has-, more respect for
it than for the legislative, branch.
THE WINNING TOFRIST
? It-must be fine traveling in some
parts of " Europe. An American
^newspaper man tells of getting, in
f*xhiQn*hte Vienna restaurant^ a
T4s& breakfast, nicely served, for
fgour cents, a sis-course luncheon
for two with wine for 30 cents and
a big dniner for two for 40 cents.
One of the best rooms in the hotel
cost 40 cents a day. An evering's
?35tertainment for three in a glit
tering cafe amounted to eight cents,
and the head waiter was immensely
impressed by a: two-cent tip. A
?'barber came to his room and shav
ed him for two cents. The best
ficagars purchasable were two cents
T-Jiaplece.
All this was possible because
$20 in American money was ex
changeable for. 420.000 kronen, and
/Austrian prices had not advanced
rapidly enough to keep pace with
the-depreciation of Austrian cur
? ttxtcy-.
? -r-^Fine fcr the visitor?yes: but for
any- such one-sided economic ar
rangement somebody has to pay.
It is not so. fine for Austria. If the
- re3stauranteurs, hotel men and mer
chants lost nothings the loss falls
inevitably .on the masses of the
^Jjreople who produce the food and
goods and upon whom the whole
... artificial system rests. -
Austria will never get on her
feet while these prp^es prevail, be
tcause her people are not getting
what their work is worth, and so
can scarcely'live, not to mention
getting ahead.
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~J^T&E ANTI-LYNCHTNG BELL
?' J**t,w ? .... ........
t "A good many people have been
surprised - by the Senate judiciary
committee's favorable* report on
the Dyer anti-Iynching bill, which
provides among other things that
the federal government may as
-?a*r.e prosecution of lynchings in
cases where state authorities fail to
prosecute. It was generally*1 sup
posed that the meastire would be
allowed to linger indefinitely in
<*6mmittee because it roused such,
bitter feeling in the House. Its pas
*&ge in the Senate is considered
doubtful.
There always must be grave di
versities of opinion when any
. .proposal is made that the federal
government shall assume control in
state affairs, but in a civilized na
tion it is difficult to believe that
fhere can be any true diversity of
- opinion on the subject of lynching
itself. ~
If every locality where such a
thing occurs would act promptly
and drastically to stamp out the
-evil, there would be no n?>ed of
federal c ontrol and the abuse would
jv"? ii should. But mob rule
wh-iefc is permitted t" flourish u?
j checked in any part ? of a nation
I sooner or - later spreads until the
j entire body is affected with the
j poison. Then the question cannot
be considered as pureTy local but
becomes of wider concern.
ECONOMICS AXD HUMANITY
When Lincoln declared that this
nation could not exist half slave
and half free- he was stating \ a
great economic principle as well as
one of -humanity, although senti
mentalists stress' the latter idea
[ rather than the former. Economic j
[ principles do not sound idealistic
as motives for guiding the human
race forward, and for many years
they have been regarded as mostly
dry theory for specialists to labor
over.
? Recently there has- been a change
in the popular attitude toward eco
nomics, and a growing thirst for
knowledge of this subject has been
noted in every quarter. It is a
good tendency. The spread of such
knowledge will hasten the solution
of many apparently unrelated prob
lems. A better understanding of
fundamental economic facts on the
part of capital and labor both will
lessen the" breach between those
} two groups'and demonstrate their
true community -of; interest. A
keener understanding of economic
principles on the - part' of Ameri
can farmers has already been of
great benefit to agriculture and to
the whole nation.
A number of-prominent corpora
tions have established special de
partments ? for the study of eco
i noraics, passing along the results
of tliis investigation to employees
and public with notable benefit to
all concerned.
The dust-should be pretty well
shaken from the books on this
I subject, for it has been discovered
t that common" sense ^ and 'economic
j principles work together exception
; ally well. " ;
I
Some Facts About
The Public Printing
I Editor Daily Item:
j I respectfully' request space in
j your valuable paper to give a few
[facts and figures, compiled from
. the public records, in regard to the
[work of the. joint committee on
{printing. "
The committee was established
j by law in 1916 as a result of an in
1 vestigation of a special committee
f of both hoifses,' the findings of
which, showed that the method of
handling the state's printing was
careless and inefficient, and that a
more efficient method could be
j made to yield large dividends for
a small investment of expense.
These conclusions' of the special
committee were well founded, a*i
|subs?ksuent * developments have
j proved. Gradually the work of
the committee has expanded until
I tod'ay not only the public printing
I is handled by it; but all office sup
?phes and printing for all depart -
j ments- oif the state government are
purchased through the committee
and the total net savings aggre
gate a considerable sum.
The average annual cost of the
; public printing for the six-year
I period from 1911 to 1917 was $32,
t 901.81, while for the six-year pe
| riod from 1917 to 1923 the average
annual cost is so far $28%108, with
i the permanent code of laws of 1922
j still to be paid for. which will
'make a general average of $32,
444.66 a year for the past six years,
i though this average will be re
jduced by refunds from the sale of
jthe 1921* code. This reduction of
I the., average yearly cost has been
! attained despite the fact that with
j hi the past few years the cost of
j printing has more than doubled
j and the "deflation"' in this indus -
[try has not kept pace with that in
pother lines. (The price of book pa
i per of the. grade used for the state
(printing is now 8 1-2 to 9. cents
!per pound, as against 4 and 5
; cents per pound in 1914 and pre
jvious years. At one time it reach
I ed 15 cents. Wages, which in
j creased an, average of about 100
I per cent, have not declined at all).
J The figures of cost for public
? printing for the years 1911 to 1922,
! both inclusive. are ns follows:
First Pertod.
iim._$25,000.00
fl912.43,606.41
! 1913._. 30.341.45
11914._41,115.59 j
j 1915._ 25.000.00
' 1916 I..- 32.347.44
Second Period,
t (It was here that the committee
began its work).
1917._$18.658.37
'1918_ .16.519.07
! 1919.18,177.16
11920 . 25.800.00
! 1921_ .48,353.80
[1922 (includes permanent
{ code, estimated) 67,060.00
j It will be noted that during the
' first three years of the committee's
j existence the amount spent for
: public printing was practically cut
: in half. This wars accomplished
j by reducing the volume of repons
printed by state officials and by the
j elimination of much useless dupli
; cation in the public printing. The
increased cost for. the past fevvye;n*s
J has been due to advanced prh-es
^for printing apd to the inclusion
: of both the temporary and pernia
i nent code of laws, which the con
istitution requires to b*> printed
: twice at each recurring period
'of ten years. Under the contract
; made for the publication of the
! permanent code this committee will
I receive a considerable sum from
! the sate of the code to members of
the bar and others. This money
j will b*? r*?fun?>d to the state treas
I ury and should be deducted from
the appropriation of 1922.
Comparing 1914 and 1922.
In order to make an accurate
comparison of 1914 and 1922 it is
necessary to make somewhat of an
analysis of the 1922 appropriation.
Of the total of $76,851 appro
! priated this year S49.274.52 will be
I expended for public printing prop
!er as against $39,495.59 for 1914.
I Reports of boards, commissions,
I etc., created since 191.4, changes in
j the law which required payment
! from public printing funds instead
j of from department funds, together
j with, reports of special.committees
! authorized by the general assembly
j accounts for $5,833.58 of the dif
! ference, leaving actually spent for
(the same work only $4,487.49 more!
i in 1922s than in 1914, when every-j
j one knows, or.can easily ascertain, I
I that the cost of printing is now j
j practically doubled what it was in
1914. Had there been no joint!
committee on printing in 1922 the!
probabilities are that the appro- j
priatioh would have been consider- j
ably in excess of $100,000.
In comparing the years 1914 and j
and 1922 the extra session of 1914
has been included. If it is believed |
that this is unfair the following
figures will show that in volume
of work over which the committee 1
could have no control the com
parison is, if anything, unfair to
1922.
The acts of 1914. both regular
and special sessions, contained 788
pages whereas'the acts of 1922
contained 948 pages. In 1914 for!
both regular and special sessions,
there were printed 4,492 pages of
bills, while for the session of 1922
there were printed 4,240 pages of
bills.
There was also appropriated for
the operating expenses of the com
mittee for 1922. $4,991; for equip
ment, $1,800; and as a revolving
j fund to purchase office supplies, j
! $3,000. Of the amount for opera!- I
j ing expenses several hundred dol- j
lars will probably be unused and |
I will revert to the treasury, which j
j is likewise true of the amount for (
equipment. This equipment will \
practically pay for itself in 1922'
and as its probable life is five orf
six years there is a considerable j
net gain to the state.
The revolving fund is exactly I
what its name implies. It is used
to purchase office supplies for the
various departments. These sup
plies which, before this committee
j began ta act as purchasing agent,
j were bought at retail prices in I
I small quantities, are now bought at j
[wholesale, entailing a saving of
t practically $3,000 for 1922. This
j money is refunded to the "state
treasury as the different depart
ments settle their accounts.
I There is another phase of the
! committee's work which has been
: productive of lowered operating
j costs for other departments of the
\ government. Contracts for all job|
printing for the various depart- f
ments are awarded through this of-'
i fice. A considerable'sum has been
j saved hot only by securing the best I
j prices by/ cvompetitive bidding, but
expert advice in the use of paper
j has saved a great amoun| of mon
jey. Besides there is a tendency
! towards coordination and stand
jardization which has often pre
! vented the printing of unneces
sary forms.
The small expense tb which the!
state is put for the operating ex-j
penses of the joint committee on
? printing is returned many times *n j
! the economies which the commit
! tee has been able to effect. The ]
! committee is the one department of j
? government which was instituted '
I simply and solely for the purpose j
! of economizing. That it has more;
1 than fulfilled the mission which j
[ the authors of the act creating it I
j had in mind is clearly demonstrat- i
? ed by the figures given abows, j
J which are taken from the public
[ records.
Niels Christensen, j
j Chairman Joint Committee on j
j Printing. i
! Beaufort. ? *
The Woman Tote, Again.
(Xews and Courier).
Yesterday The Xews and Courier j
j called attention to the fact that in i
j York county and in Clarendon J
county the enrollment on the part j
I of the women had taken place j
i mainly in the larger towns. An ex^
j amination of the enrollment by
j precincts in Sumter county and in j
j Barnwell county indicates that the j
j same condition prevails both in j
; Sumter and in Barnwell. Here are
j the enrollment figures for Sumter:
Precinct. Men. Women. Total
?Sumter. Ward 1 124 58 182
j Sumter, Ward 2 _ 570 309 879
i Sumter. Ward 3. 294 101 395!
j Sumter. Ward 4 162 61 223
j Concord __ __ 82 17 99
jDalzell._ 111 45 156
I DuBose_"47 8 55 j
j Earle. 62 13 75 j
? Farmers .._ 43 7 50 j
|Hagood._ 46 21 67 j
I Manchester_. 9 3 12'
i Mayesville _ _ . 82 10 92 j
iOswego. 44 17 61 !
31
iPisgah_ 23 8
: Pinewood _. 107 27 1341
? Pleasant Grove _ 36 3 5 51 f
i Privateer_ _ 109 17 326!
j Rafting Creek . 64 5 69]
I Reid's. 43 ? 43 j
j Salem. 26 12 38 j
I Shiloh ...... 50 7 571
Stateburg __ 60 15 751
Taylor's_ 77 27 104;
Trinity_.... 43 5 48 j
Wedgefield_ GS 36 104 j
Zoar.. ...... 82 23 105!
Total .. .. _.2 4'54 867 3331 j
1 /
An examination of the foregoing:
table will show that of the 867 j
women voters in Sumter county 529
are in the four wards* of the city;
of Sumter.
Figures for Barnwell ?-ouniyi
tell the same story. The Barnwell;
County People points out that in
1920 there were 1.881 men en
rolled in ?arnwejl county as com
pared with 1,867 men enrolled j
this year. Barnwell county has a I
total enrollment this year of 2?
8<>2. The increase has been en-1
tirely due to the enrollment of wo- i
men voters.
The Barnwell figures by pro-,
?inets. giving the enrollment of
s
TOBACCO
Co-operative Associa
tion Receiving To
bacco of Members
To-day?Both Inde
pendent Ware
houses Sell at Auc
tion
The Sumter tobacco market is'
booming, a great deal of tobacco1
is being brought in from Sumter
and other counties and prices are
ruling higher than for several
years past.
The Sumter County Tobacco
Farmers* Co-operati\*e Marketing
Association began receiving tobac
co of members Monday at their
warehouse in one of the old mag
neto factory buildings, facing on
Magnolia street. At 11 o'clock
about twelve to fifteen thousand
pounds of tobacco had been re
ceived and it was still coming in
at that hour. The prospects*were
that during the day the receipts
would approximate twenty-five
thousand pounds or more. As
rapidly as the tobacco is received
it is weighed and graded by the
expert and experienced tobacco
men that the association has em
ployed. The member who delivers
tobacco is given a receipt for his ;
tobacco, which show's the weight
and grades. He is then allowed a
stated amount per pound, accord
ing to grade, and the tobacco will
be held by the association until it
can be sold to advantage, and when
the pool is closed out the farmer
will receive the balance of the sale
price of his tobacco. The advances
to be made for the various grades
are shown on a large card posted
on the wall of the warehouse office
and each farmer can see fpr him
self what he is to receive for his
deposited tobacco, as soon as it has
been weighed and the grade tickets j
made out. An idea can best be
obtained of the advances made by
quoting a few of the grades: The
highest and lowest advances on the
various classes of tobacco is given
?there being many grades under
each classification:
Wrappers, $22.7o?$17.50.
Cutter smokers, $15.05?$7.00.
Cutters, $15.75?$7.70. >
Smoker primers, $6.30?$1.05.
Primers, $6.00?$1.05..
Independents Boosting. Prices.
In both independent warehouse*
auction sales were held Monday,
total sales aggregating thirty!
thousand pounds, estimated. The ]
prices ranged high, the top grades j
bringing $65 and the average fori
both houses being aroimd thirty
cents!
Some of the prices received hy i
individual farmers at the Banner'
Warehouse will give an idea of how j
tobacco sold Monday: ? j
W. F. Rush, Turbeville: 192 lbs.
at $65.00, $124.80: 174 lbs. at $55,
$95.78; 518 lbs. at $46, $238.28; 130
lbs. at $27, $35.10. Total 1,014 lbs.
$493.88. average, $48.70'.
W. T. Kennedy: 444 lbs. at
$42.00, $186.48.
Rush & Joy: 30 lbs. at $30,
$9; 160 lbs. at $37.00, $59.20; 144
lbs. at $50, $72.00. 334 lbs, $140.20
J. M. Floyd: 218 lbs. at $30,
$65.40; 250 lbs. at $43. $107.50: 18
lbs. at $60, $10.80; total 406 lbs.,
$183.70.
Many a pair of shoes were sur
prised today when they saw their
first sidewalk.
-% ? ?
We shot at George's soldiers sev
en years before they all got mad
and went home.'
And ever since the British have
been getting even by sending lec
turers over here.
Every Fourth of July we take a
day off and some people take a
few fingers off.
"Keep one foot on the floor" is a
good rule in shooting pool and a
better one in kicking.
men. the enrollment of women and I
the total enrollment for 1922 and j
that for 1920. are as follows:
1922. 1920. j
Precinct Men Women Total Total j
Barnwell _ 376 191 567 375
Blackville 312 174 486 316;
B.Springs- 52 23 75 50 j
D. Ponds . 6 18 84 491
Dunbarton 69 29 98 115;
Elko_ 122 68 184 103!
Four Mile 34 15 49 411
Friendship 70 14 84 52!
H.Springs 32 29 61 4.91
Hercule3 . 105 35 140 99!
Hilda_ 85 31 116 831
Kline _ _ 92 52 3 44 651
Red OaK . 48 14 62 M
R. Branch 53 IS 71 53
Rosemary 73 45 US 64 j
Siloam . . 48 16 64 45
Williston . 230 169 399 270!
Totals .1867 935 2802 lS81j
In Barnwell county 935 women!
arc enrolled and of these 191 are;
in the town of Barnwell, 174 in the!
to\Vn of Blackville and 169 in the1
town of Williston. a total of 531,
or more than half the entire en-!
rollment for the county in these!
three towns.
This year it is, very plain that la
general the women living in the j
rural districts have not enrolled to!
any considerable extent. The en
rollment on the part of the women j
has been mainly, as we have stat-l
ed, in the larger ^ent*>rs of popu-'
lation. The total enrollment of
women will be well past 50..000 for:
the state: probably 60.000 or more
and the woman vote, the vote of
the women who live live m the,
towns will this year determine the:
election.
Who, then., will doubt the result?i
To-day's Best iokes
and Stories
Heresy: The act of being a mi- j
nority.
Our own opinion is that soprano
is used in Heaven only to balance
the alto.
"A skin you love to touch" is
one that doesn't get slippery in
this kind of weather.
About the only way to keep a
law from being unconstitutional
is to attach a rider levying a tax.
The easiest way to be reconciled !
to age is to observe a few young j
simpletons trying to act smart. j
' Still, the man who tells his wife j
everything may be trying to tempt
her to exchange confidences.
If we can save daylight by5 mon
keying with the clock, why not
tinker with the calendar and retain
the bloom of youth?
In one particular we are not be
hind other nations in preparedness.
We have a fine big pension office.
In congressional districts where
the majority is a little radical,
politics makes strange red fellows.
A rich man could be happy if he
could overcome the suspicion that
his friends have designs on hi3
purse.
It frequently happens that the J
man who says he will think it over j
means that he will ask his wife
about it.
Correct this sentence: ''The man
had a splitting head and a miser
able taste in his mouth next morn
ing, but he made no good resolu
tions.*"
The Ford boom appears to have
the muffler on.
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i . , .
Everybody seems to have the in
alienable right to quit work except
mother.
Vacations would be rather nice
! if we had sense enough to stay at
home and enjoy them.
Wonder how a passive buck" pri
vate feels while poor oppressed
strikers are sniping at him.
The reason so many young peo
! pie are skeptics is because faith is
the product of thought.
Number one on the list of haz
ardous occupations for the sum
j mer is that of trying to kiss .a girl
jin a canoe.
Strange how rough-neck outsid
ers are always doing things to dis
! credit strikers and .the klan.
! Poor old Wilhelm. If he but liad
!his former authority, he could
[ make every German buy his book.
The operators reflect that even
tually every striker^ will take a lit
tle job for the stomach's sake.
The three gentlemen who now
boss Russia may learn from history
that triumvirates go before a fall.
h \ . k-? ? ?>
Machine Gunners
Are Ordered Out
To Protect Prisoner in North
Carolina Penitentiary?
Man Shot in Breast
Raleigh. Aug. 4.?As a matter of
precaution, due to the presence in
? Raleigh of a large number of au
tomobiles from Moore County, a
detachment of the "Durham Ma
chine Gun Company, of the North
Carolina National Guard, has been
ordered to Raleigh to guard three
negro prisoners rushed to the State
prison here this morning following
their arrest in connection with the
attack on a white woman and the
shooting of her husband near
Southern Pines this morning,
j "We do not contemplate any
[trouble, though the circumstances
j justify every precaution," declared
I S. J. Busbee, warden of the State
j prison tonight.
I A. E. Ketchen, of Miami. Fla..
\ who was seriously wounded while
j attempting to defend his wife from
j attack, was taken to the Carthage
j Hospital where it was said to
night that chances for his recov
ery were good.
En Route to New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Ketchen who were
j en route by auto from Miami to
New York had encamped last night
j on the road near Southern Pines.
Their tent was invaded early to
day by three negroes who demand
ed money, according to the story
told by the husband, and when he
reached for his pistol, one of the
intruders opened fire. Ketchen was
wounded in the breast, and was
unable to assist his wife when she
was pursued by the negroes.
Twenty minutes after Sheriff
Blue arrived here with his prison
ers, a detachment of seven dusty
automobiles drove up to the gates
of the State penitentiary. They;
were filled with men who asked if
the sheriff had arrived, but made
no attempt to interfere with the
guards when answered in the af- j
firmative.
During the afternoon, other au
tomobiles, apparently from the dis- I
trict where the outrage occurred, i
continued to arrive in the capita! j
and the authorities decided that it
would be best to have the State
troops on hand to supplement the I
prison force during the night.
Senat?' has started an open air
restaurant. Xow. when eating spa- j
ghctti, the sky's {he limit.
Maybe a barber shaving himself;
says "Your hair needs washing, j
sir."
SHOPMAN
ASSAULTED AT
FLORENCE
_
j Strike-Breaker Captured by
Four Men and Severely
I Beaten
Florence. Aug. .3.?Search is be
ing made today for four white men
who are charged by J. A. Jones,
who came here yesterday morning
to work in the Atlantic Coast Line
shops, with having forced him into
an automobile, taken him. outside
of the city, and then beaten him
I up and thrown him into a ditch of
water yesterday afternoon. This
morning Mr. Jones made the fol
lowing sworn statement to the of
ficials of the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad company:
"State of South Carolina, County of
Florence.
"Personally appeared before me
J. A. Jones, who on oath says:
"I live in Branchville, and came
to Florence this morning, (August
2) for the purpose of going to work
for- the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road company, on instructions of
Supt. R. B. Hare. I was instruct*
ed to report to Master Mechanic
15. J. Smith who gave me a letter
to Foreman Hedgepath in? Colum
bia under whom I was assigned for
i work. About 11:30 a. m., I went
ito a boarding house for dinner, one
i of the strikers who I did not know
saw my tool chest and of course
suspected that I was going to work
[with the railroad. This man then
I went'to the proprietor of the board
1 ing house, whose name I. do not
know, and* after he conversed with
[him a few minutes, the proprie
tor came to me and told me that
i he could not keep me any longer.
I was later picked up by four
white, who* took me in an automo
bile down the road out of town,
when I was taken from the car
and beaten and then thrown in a
ditch of water. I am a stranger in
Florence, and do not know any of
my assailants.
"J. A. Jones.
"Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 2nd day of August, 1?22.
"R. C. King,
"Notary Public for South Caro
lina."
This is the first disorder of this
kind authentically reported in
Florence in connection with the
strike of the shopmen. " No founda
tion could' be found for other re
ports of disorders of this kind.
Other points have had such dis
orders' and much worse. To date
j the-only other trouble arising from
f the strike was the shooting at Capt;
George Rollins by two men alleged
to be Alvin Broach and R. J.
Revell, strikers, who are under
bond now charged with the-attack.
Investigators of the Jones case
state today they had -identified
the boarding house where Jones
had stopped ?s the place belong
ing to John Scarborough, who *s
among the striking shopmen. F.
W, Willcox, attorney, made the in
vestigation at the house. He said
when he called he found Mr. Scar
j borough away from home but talk
ed to Mrs. Scarborough. He says,
she told him Mr. Jones had stop
ped, there yesterday morning on
arriving in the city and that la
ter he had become known as ?
strikebreaker, when her husband
J told him he could not remain long
ier. ?
Mr. Jones told Mr. Willcox that
on leaving the house he took his
kit of tools across the street .to
a store, operated by Mr. Gasque,
'and left them there till he should,
be able to find another boarding
house. While he was out looking
for another place, he says, his
tools disappeared. He says Mr.
Gasque informed him that a crowd
of white men came into the store
jand got the tools and carried
! them away. He has not recovered
j them. While looking for the tools.
[ he says, the four men w;th an auto
j mobile took him into custody, witn
'the results stated hi" his affidavit. \
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Harding Making
Best of Bad Situation
Washington. Aug. 4.?The major
purpose of administration inter
vention in the rail strike was ac
complished, a White House spokes
man 'declared today, when both
rail executives and shop crafts un
ion leaders agreed to consider au
} thority of the railroad labor board
i as supreme in future controver
j sies.
This aspect of President Hard
ing's proposals for a settlement of
the strike is viewed by the admin
; istration as paramount. The fact
that the executives rejected the
j president's further proposal that
j to end the strike, strikers be taken
j back by the carriers without im
; pairment of their seniority status
j was said to be secondary in the
. White House view, since the suc
i cess or non-success of govern
j mental mediation efforts in indus
I trial strife could be considered a
i small matter compared with main
| tenance of the integrity of legally
[established agencies of the govern
| ment itself.
! This outline of the administra
j tion's attitude was made available
i today after the cabinet session
j which was occupied for more than
j two hours with consideration of
I industrial difficulties in coal min
! ing and transportation. 7X
i strengthened the belief that fcr
the moment no further government
! move affecting the conduct of rail
! roads was to be expected.
A rumor that president Hard-1
ing's proposals on seniority as
originally presented to T. DeWitt j
Cuyler. chairman of the Railroad I
Executives' association, differed in
form from the draft rejected by
the meeting of the asscoiation met
with denial at the White House.
Xow that soft coal prices are
fixed at ihe mine, you can get some!
coal if you will "fix" the selling!
acent.
Transportation rates s h o u 1 d ;
come down again. Coal is a bis:
item of expense, and that is being
eliminated.
Republican Party
in South Carolina
New Clubs Being Formed
Throughout State by Anti
Tolbert Republicans
Columbia, Aug. 4.?Joseph W.
Tolbert, Republican national com
mitteeman for South Carolina, may,
be the active head of the G. 6. P. i
in South Carolina, and the party
that follows his oft-assailed lead
may be recognized as the Republi
can party of the state, but the
fact remains that there is a "clean"
Republican party in South Carolina,
and all it needs to attain a place
of usefulness in the state, accord
ing to its leaders, is national rec
ognition. This new, white Re
publican party in South' Carolina is
a dormant body today, with a large
membership, and waiting to take
a place of honor in national poli
tics, state its leaders.
A year ago there was taker an
advanced step for South Carolina
politics, when under the leader
ship of the late David Anderson, of
Marion, and with the support of
the late C. O. Miller, of Washing
ton, secretary of the national Re
publican committee, a new Re
publican party was launched.. And
it was well launched too. There
are today thirty Republican clubs
in South Carolina, in as many dif
ferent communities, and these clubs
are banded together in a state
party, of which the late Mr. An
derson was president, when Mr.
Anderson died and when national
Republican forces chose to recog
nize the old negro Republican ?
party, the activities of the new
party rested, and today it stands
at attention, waiting the word of
national leaders that will give it
recognition as a state force.
According tc leaders of this
party in Columbia there are today
thousands of good South Carolin- i
ians ready to join this party, and
hundreds have already joined clubs,
that are its units. In Union, in
Sumter, in Charleston, in Green
ville, in Spartanburg and in other
parts of the state there are Re
publican clubs, making up the
frame work of the new G. O. P. for
South Carolina.
In this connection it became
known here today that George B.
Lockwood, secretary of the national
Republican committee, will be in
Columbia during- September, -for a
meeting with the state executive
committee of the Republican party,
the Tolbert faction, when plans for
the party's future ? will be made.
Whether any changes in personnel
or policies or practices are to be
made is not known.
A leader of the new Republican
party in the state stated here today
that resolutions adopted by the
Sumter Republican club recently,
repudiating the Tolbert methods in
the recognized party, were endors
ed by the "new Republicans" of
the entire state. .
REDUCTION
REQUESTED
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Germany Sends Note Regard
ing Private Debts
Berlin, Aug. 4.?In a supple
mentary note sent to Paris to
night the German government re
affirms the position it assumed in its
original payment communication in
regard to payment of pribate clebts
contracted with Frenchmen before
the war. The note declares the
German government does not pro
pose to default in carrying out the
payments, but merely requested a
reduction of the amount to be
paid.
The note calls attention to the
British and Belgian replies and as
sert sthat neither the Versailles
treaty nor the London agreement
i provides for punitive measures be
fore August 15, on which date the
next instalment of the debt pay
ment is due.
It concludes with the hope that
action will be deferred until the
reparations question is regulated.
The note is accompanied by
statistical data on German fin
ances ancl economics.
FOUND DEAD ^ 1
INROCMi
Pencil Vendor Dies at Spar
tanburg? Relatives ?n
known
Spartanburg, Aug, -3.?1
jwis, a pencil vendor, who makes
Spartanburg every month, -spend-;
ing several days here on eacir trlp^
was found dead in his room .in
Magnolia street boarding houso:;
yesterday afternoon. The man was
a cripple and went on . crutcbe*/
He left nothing to indicate, wl?erer
his family is. His body was: taken
to the undertaking, parlors of John
F^ Floyd to be held until his. fam
ily can be communicated with, bat
so far there is no clue to wherp
they live. - ' ?> .
. Mr. Lewis was well known -afcth&r
boarding house, but- was - never .
heard to mention his- family. Xes
terday morning he- went io~ - the
kitchen and aasked for some wate?.
to shave with. He went to--, his
room and when he did not turn up
for lunch a lad was sent to. call
him. The boy found the nian .lyj .
ing on his face on the floor ?jjsQTl
went back, saying that he ?ould
not wake him up. Investigation
disclosed that he was dead. IV'wtx
apparent that he bad been- dead
but a few* minutes; \
??m ? ? _-r
Dead C?ii^^sm?n
Given Ndmiiiati??
Lemuel P. Padgett Carrfe&Six
of Ten Counties in rp~""~
see District ,
Nashville, Aug. 3.?Despite thev
fact that he died yesterdair; v-ga^P
Lmer Congressman Lemuel' Pi jpad.
fgett of Columbia-has been renomi-'
I nated 'for congress from tlie^Sev
I errth congressional district- He-, de*-,
feated his competitor, William C.
Salmon, also ?f. CoIomWa, "by ji^ .
majority of between 1,000 ; ami;
1.500 votes, according to ixecom-i
plete and unofficial returosw-TJteso
returns show that the deceased;
congressman carried six of the t
counties in the district.
The movement to nominate: ^r.
Padgett for his 12th term,
the fact that he is dead, took f?:
yesterday afternoon when his?
friends formed hasty organization
and made public an appeal to
for htm.
What effect the nominatioit^?fl
the former congressman .will have
is problematical. The purpose* ot
it was to force a new election; and.
permit other candidates to enter
the race.
A critic says the railroad labor
board's decision should be .-more
elastic. Also more adhesive, if
they are expected to stick.
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lected recleaned seed $2.50 pe*
bushel. Wheat: Selected Vir
ginia. Blue Stem, Fulcaster t*nd
Leap's Prolific, $2.50 per bushd?B
Place your . orders now; ?and
j certain to secure first class seed/
Sumter Roller Mills. - - - IB
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HE HAS A FORTUNE.
We mean the hoy who has one hundred dollars that he
himself has made and saved, he feels like a iriillionaire.
He has learned many a lesson by this. He has caught the
thrift habit He has learned to do without tinnecesaary
things. He ceases to squander his money. His Judgment
of values is better. He is all in all a much better boy. .How
about your boy. Has he got the habit yet? If not better
- . y
get him started at once. This bank will be pleased to handle
his account.
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OF SUMTER, So C.
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Of Sumter, S. C.*
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