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PRICE OF GASOLINE Sec^ty Reardon Puts * the Question to Dealers 2 3?any gas users are wondering if \ tho price of gasoline in Sumter will ; drop-two cents per gallon as it has ? ij} other places since the Standard j Oil- Company voluntarily reduced j the price to dealers, and if jiot why j not. The gasoline question in Sum ter is causing much talk and a movement is on foot to settle this ^fcsstion one way or another. HJfany gas users are contending \ thkt Sumter charges more for gas tfbhe than other cities and towns similarly situated "as to freight rates. Is this so ? The gas users 1 ojtght to know. They should prove t$tis charge. . One traveling man who gets about in his automobile has called attention to the Sumter prices in ! excess of other cities and towns j?id" says that little matters in get p ting trade for a city cut ice to con siderable extent very often because i -outsiders who want to trade in SMmter will conclude that if Sum ter charges more for gasoline than x?her cities, Sumter will charge a little more for other things Sum tier has to sell. ^^Several gas users have requested Secretary Reardon to ascertain from Sumter gasoline dealers whether they will cut the price of gasoline two cents or simply drop the price one cent and why Sumter cjanhot sell' gasoline two cents cheaper since the price of- the "deal ers"-has been reduced tvco cents. ?- ;An opportunity will first be given the Sumter- gasoline dealers to show what they are going to do of t?eir own accord. In the meantime there ~akn be no possible doubt that many car owners are going to sup ply their needs whenever possible from places where gasoline is sold cheaper "than Sumter, provided of course that this charge that Sum ter asks more than other places is t fjeuhd to be correct. Those whc. ?pjay.the freight are the ones to -first! ^bstantiate charges of unfair dis- j 'crimination and then they can ex- : pect comwrted, organized efforts to j . remedy any excess prices or alleged * profiteering by local dealers. In the ! 'meantime the Sumter gasoline dealers, might publicly disprove these charges if they are unjustly accuseds Then, again, Sumter's S*^lhte dealers may be paying higher freight rates than they j ought to be paying, and if so, Sum- | ^er should, help to get their- freight j rates adjusted to meet competition I and put Sumter gas on a parity in | prices with other places. ' Are Sumter filling stations giv ing superior accommodations and free service in water, air and other courtesies to warrant an extra cent or'cent and a half per gallon? If fiCthe Sumter dealers should prove j -and-publish this to warrant any! excess profits on gasoline. i Jgasoline Prices ~" in Columbia! (The State, Aug. 4). The price of gasoline dropped 2 ! ?^eents the "gallon in Columbia yes- j "terxlay. -The general retail price is: ?9:<?nts and the wholesale price 26 i - .cents in the city today as compared i ?*jffth - the former price of 32 and j ?#? i-2 cents respectively. Gun Club Notes. ._ Interest continues to grow in the i fhooting. tn*s Dein& the largest j ishoot cf the season. _-_The. public generally Is taking ? more interest and the crowds are larger, each week. ' The public is cordially invited to , attend tjhese shoots, which are held j every Thursday afternoon, begin- i ning 4:30 o'clock. ^.JThe following score was made j " at yesterday's "shoot: Targets S.hot Broke ! Sqnad 1, Douglas T~Moses. Captain . 250 201 -Squad 2, Robert -Shelor. Captain __ 250 229: Squad 3. Ned Leav "el..Captain ? 250 189 | ~Sr~" * Individual Score. - Targets ^ Shot Broke j ?P. M. Parrott __ '50 48 ? Dr. E. P. Du Rant 50 46 j H. L. Tisdale_ 75 59 W. K. Wright _ 50 36 Douglas Moses.. 50 34; Robert Shelor_ 50 50 E. H. Moses ..... 50 47 G. 'E. Haynsworth. 50 44 : i^fac Boykin 50 44 1 Willie Shaw _: 50 44 j Gabe Bradford. .. 50 44 Dr. D. W. Green .. 75 4?3 ?;E. Fields . 50 41 S. R. Young. 50 35 Ned Leavel_ 50 33 T. M. Bradley _ 25 11 Dr. H. A. .Mood 75 50 J. C. Franklin .. ~_ 75 67 J. E. Stoudenmire. . 25 1 r> R. D. Epps _?_ 5'.? * 37 W. G. Moses .">0 38 Harold McCoy_ 25 14 J. V. Plowden_ 50 44 W. R, plowden ... 25 21 W-. E. Pulley .. 50 3'j W. O. Staley .. 50 3:> B- R- Compton_ 50 4'? .E.'-M. Staley .... 50 39 David Cuttino_ 50 41 A. E. Tisdale .... 25 17 Dr. C. B. Epps 25 20 TJake Harvin.? 25 21 Marriage License. White: Harry Alexander Trouble field and Susan Evelyn Alsbrooks Of Wedgefield. APPROACH WORK BEING HELD UP Blandina Discusses Matter . With Officials (The State). D. M. Blandina, clerk of the Sumter county road commission, was here yesterday conferring with ! ?state highway department officials and Richland road authorities in j an effort to perfect plans for gat ing the $10,000 promised by the j Columbia chamber of commerce to- I ward the Wateree river bridge ap proaches in Sumter county. The contract for the building of the approaches and swamp road is being held up pending some defi nite assurance, that the $10,000 will be furnished. Simons & May rant recently submitted the low bid for the work, approximately $34, 000, but this bid may be with-, drawn after August 15 and much time lost unless the contract is signed before that date. Unless action is had within a short time the Wateree river bridge may be a fine bridge spanning the water with no chance to cross it because of no approaches. Mr. Blanding conferred with Charles H. Moorefield, state high way engineer; L. H. Thomas, sec- j retary of the highway commission; Senator Tom B. Pearce and others, J and it is possible that some plan j may be developed whereby the j money can be raised. One plan j discussed was to let Richland coun- ! ty guarantee the money and acr i cept the pledge of the chamber of | commerce. Birthday Party. Little MiS3 Maude Minter Turn er delightfully entertained a num ber of her friends Wednesday af ternoon at her home on West Hampton Avenue in, honor of her third birthday. Dressed in shell pink ogandie, the little hostess re ceived her guests on the porch. After a merry hour spent in play ing games on the lawn under the supervision of Mrs. R. B. Allen, the children were invited into the din ing room. . ^This was artistically decorated in pink and white. A beautifully appointed table was centered by a snowy cake on which gleamed three small pink candles. Cakes, ice cream, and mints were served by Misses Junelle Williams, Sophia Vogel, Foxie and Sibbie Turner. The favors were dainty, pink baskets filled with pink and white bon bons,.and pink caps. Others assisting Mrs. Turner were Mesdames John Wilson, B. M. Staley, J. D. Heidtman, J. R. Sum ter, Gertrude Sistrunk, T. D. Evans,1 Pratt, J. A. Brown, L, J..Leonhirth>! and Misses Grace Reynolds and I Mamie Tucker. j The children iEvited for the af- j ternoon were little Misses Sarah ! Alexander, Esther Barfield, Hassiej Booth, Jean Boyle, Frances Brown, Pattie Brown, Madeline Conway, j Mary Epps, Emily Gantt, Kathleen Heidtman, Dorothy Pate, Phoebe Louise Phares, Dorothy Platt, Vir-, ginia Sholar, Marie Haynsworth, Perra Frances Johnson. Lotus Hoi iaday, Jean Sory, Mildred Brown. Catherine and Marion Palmer, Agnes and Sarah Harvin, Margaret and Henrietta Rose, Mary Louise Blanchard, Vivian Ray Cooper, An nelle Roddy, Edna and Dorothy Pratt. Sarah Caudle, Ida Wello.v Howell, Jane Evans, Virginia Jef fords. Legare W'omble and Janie Shupe. and Masters Judd Alexan der, Richard Allen, William Boyle, B. O. Cantey, Carl Epps, >Dick Forester, Hudson McCollum. W. D. Sheridan, Hoyt Grant, Franklin McLeod, Roy Bland, Vernon Wil son, Junius Leonhirth, Junior and .Bill Carr, Marvin Brown, Robert Cooper, Avery Howell, Norwood Middleton, Cordes Palmer and Irving Till. Death. Mrs. A. A. Strauss died in Charleston at 11 o'clock Saturday night after a long illness. The fam ily, who were with her at the end, are returning to Sumter tonight with the remains. The funeral ser vices were held at 11 o'clock Monday at the Synagogue on Church St. The funeral services of Mrs. A. A. Strauss were held at the Syna gogue at 11 o'clock Monday morn ing in the presence of a concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends that filled the edifice to capacity. Th?* services were conducted by Rabbi David Marx, of Atlanta. The floral offerings were exceptionally numerous and beautiful, friends of the deceased lady here, and in this and other slates sending the most beautiful flowers as their last trib ute to a good woman and esteem ed friend. Among the relative:- and friends who were in attendance were: Mr. Lucian Strauss of Clio. Mr. Carlisle Strauss. Sumter; Mr. M. A. Straus?. Meridian, Miss., Mr. Isaac C. Strauss, Sumter: Mrs. Rosenfeld, of Atlanta: Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Benjamin, Charleston: Miss Mary Pearlstine, Charleston: Miss Emilia Sternberg, Greensboro, X. C; Mr. Edwin Pearlstine, Charleston; Mr. Milt??n Pearlstine, Charleston: Mr. and Mrs. 'flyman Pearlstine. Al lendale; Mr. and Mrs. Tom JVarl stine, <*Jio: Mr. ;ind Mrs. E. Stern berg. Greensboro, X. <".; Mrs. Da vid Marx, Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. A. WeinlM'rjr. Darlington; Miss Bertha Weinberg, Mrs. A. flyman, Darlington; Mr. and Mrs. S. Wein berg, Wedgefield: Sam Weinberg, Mayesviile; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Keiss, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Strau'ss, Clio; Mrs. Somerfteld, Atlanta; Mr. Isidore Brown, Rlaokville ;Mr. Lou Cohen, BarnweU: Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Cohen, Florence. Maybe these reformers could stop the Hsh from bitinir oh Sur)-; (lay. Delightful Musical Entertainment The Woman's Music Club | Gives a Charming Program j - Mrs. J. Z. Hearon, the president j of the Woman's Afternoon Music Club, and the other officers and ! members of the club, have every I reason to be greatly gratified by j the success of the delightful pro gram of music that was given | Thursday evening in the auditorium j of the Girls' High school building. TJie program was well balanced, was long enough to satisfy without: surfeiting-, and every feature of the program was an added pleasure. It is remarkable how quickly the orchestra has developed its power j to produce harmonious concord of j sweet sounds. However great the j skill of the director may be, such charming ensemble effect can be achieved in so short a time only by trained musicians. The work of the orchestra last evening reflects great credit up.on the skill of the direc tor and upon the musical ability of the members. The instrumental solos, piano, violin, and xylophone, were all a source of delight to the appre ciative auditors, as were the vocal chorus and quartet. The ladies' ex cellent voices blended in delightful harmony. While the whole program was replete with charm, showing the unusual musical talent that Sum-, ter has and promising^to our peo ple a series of entertainments throughout the fall and winter, still the piece de resistance of the evening's entertainment was the singing of Miss Ellen Blanding of Paris, Kentucky. Miss Blanding has a lyric soprano voice of unusual sweetness and flexibility, cultivated to that high degree of perfection, wherein the art essential to the production of ; the desired effect is no longer man ifest and yet managed even in the most difficult passages with an ease that is altogether pleasing. Sumter has a right to claim a share in Miss Blanding's success; for her parents belonged to Sumter and the names of Anderson and Blanding have long been household v^ords in the county's vocabulary. It is certain that the audience that was present Thursday even ing will so advertise the concert that was given as to insure large audiences at any entertainment that may be given hereafter under the auspices of thfe Woman's After noon Music Club. NEWS FROM WEDGEFIELD Barbecue Dinner Will Be Served Campaign Day Wedgefiekl. Aug. 4!?Qn last Saturday, a mad dog bit three ne groes in a |radius of seven miles, before it was killed. They are taking the Pastuer treatment: Revival services. will be held in the Baptist church beginning Sun day, August 6th, continuing through the following Sunday- The pastor. Rev. Wm. Haynswortb, has se cured Rev. J. K. Goode, of Clem son College, to assist in the meet ing. Tuesday is campaign day here, and the school improvement so ciety has decided to serve dinner and barbecue for the benefit of the School. The candidates for solici tor and congress are all expected to bflf here. The frequent rains > are interfer ing seriously with the poisoning of weevils, and they are doing con siderable damage to cotton. The officers and directors of the Sumter County Fair Association who have made a bid of $50,000 for the removal of the State Fair from Columbia to Sumter, have started something that they should follow up with energy and persistence. The whole town and county of Sumter should get in behind the movement and get the State Fair if to do so the bid must be raised to $100,000. The State Fair has been for thirty or forty years one of the very biggest assets that Co lumbia has had, the business men of that city, as a whole have done little or nothing to make the fair worth while. They have seemed to regard it in the same light as the legislature, the hospital for the insane and the penitentiary? state institutions?that had to re main in Columbia, regardless of the support and co-operation of the community, extended or withheld. Sumter could use the State Fair very nicely and it could be made a profitable asset to the business community. The State Fair docs not belong to Columbia and if Sum ter can bring about its removal to this city by doing the things to make it a worthwhile institution that Columbia has faiied to do in the long time it has dragged out an existence in the capital city, then let's go after it and get it. Thursday night home of Mr. A. A. Chriner, which is about two miles from Sumter, was completely de stroyed by fire. Mr. Chriner was not at home when the fire took place, but on arriving home, found the house buned to ashes. Neighbors, who were watching a tobacco barn, first saw the fire on the roof. They immediately went to th** house to arouse the oc cupants. They could get no one. to come to the door, so they proceeded to break in. which aroused Mrs. Chriner. who lyid re tired. Thn fire spread very fast, and Mrs. Chriner ;ind h?M- children had a very narrow escape. Mrs. Chriner attempted to go hack into th>* house, but upon doing so. a portion of the ceiling fell and she was badly burned on the foot. Ab solutely nothing was saved. The house belonged to Mr. B. C. Cook. In the country they are thresh ing wheat and in town they are threshing wild oats. . - ^- ? Boys leave the farm because they hate to plow through life. DINNER FOR ! MERCHANTS I Local Retail Merchants' Asso ciation Organize j On Friday evernner the Retail Merchants of Sumter met at'the ! Claremont Hotel to discuss the ad ! visability of organizing a local Re j tail Merchants' Association. After enjoying a most delight j ful and elaborate' dinner prepared ! by the arrangement committee, Mr. Alfred Bryan, who presided over the meeting, made a few* in ! troductory remarks, stating the purpose of the meeting; then he ' introduced the speaker of the oc | casion, Mr. L. H. Wannamaker of j ! Columbia, secretary of the South j Carolina Retail Merchants' Associa j tion. After a short introduction of the question before the meeting, Mr. Wannamaker said that the re 1 tail merchant should know what j S such an organization can do for j him, and what it has accomplished | j in the past. He expounds upon j the association's accomplishments.! and first sights the case of the lux- j ury tax and tells how the associa- i tion prevented the passing of this i ! bill, thereby saving the retail mer- j (chants the hardship of being tax; j collectors. He said that such aj ! tax would run thou'sa nds of dol- ! ! lars from the state, owing to the j ! fact that no other state has such j a r.ax. He said that the association did not do all that was done to i stop this bill, but the greater part of it. He said that the associa-1 tion was not trying to impede the! progress of the state, but it was the principle that they fought. He said the association was now word ing for a better law against giving bad checks, that the bill had been, put up before, and was blocked in the senate, owing to the fact! that a large number of senators were not present. He has no doubt; that the bill will go through. He said that we should have lower fire insurance rates in this state; that there should be equalization of taxes, that merchants pay heavy j taxes on articles. He 'said that there were a few Sumter mar chants in the state association, that there were associations in Greenville, Spartanburg, Charles {ton, Columbia, Anderson, Cheraw, ? Orangeburg and a number of other ! places. He gave a welcome to any' j who wished to come into the state ! association. Mr. Wannamaker [then turned to the local organiza tion and impressed the fact that you must be optimistic in the of j ganization of a local association, j He continued, saying that business j associations are absoltely neces j sary in such times as we are hav ! ing now; that without cooperation iwe can accomplish nothing. All I other professions are organized, iwhy not the merchants? He said {that merchants in this state have I been slow in seeing the good and i advantage of such an organization; ' that Greenville and Spartanbug I have the best local associations in jthe state. He said that coopera i tion was the source of progress {and that the merchants were the jbackbne of every community. He then named the activities of a lo cal association, giving examples of lhethods that had worked success fully in different cities. Mr. Wan ! namaker closed, saying -that he i hoped the merchants would do j something tangible, and offered the j support and assistance of the I South Carolina Retail Merchants* ! Association. Mr. Bryan thanked Mr. Wanna j maker for what he had said, and ! spoke highly of the work of the j South Carolina association through ' the efforts of Mr. Wannamaker. j Mr. Bryan then called on Mr. S. L. j Krashoff to say a few words, he, j Mr. Krasnoff having attended the j meeting of the South Carolina Re i tail Merchants' association in Co j lumbia. Mr. Krasnoff spor.ce of his inter 1 est in the association, stating that j he had learned many profitable J things since he had been a mem I ber of the association. He gave , his reasons why he thought Sum ; ter should have an association. Mr. Bryan brought up the ques ? tion, whether Sumter is to have I a local association and threw the j meeting open for discussion. He [ called on difference men for their j opinion. Mr. Sam Sanders said that j he was in favor of such an or j ganization. Mr. G. C. Cooper said j that there should be no doubt of j organizing the association; Mr. I Hutchinson said that this was the J logical time for such an organiza I tion: Mr. King expressed himself j favorable to the association. The ; question was put before the meeting S and it was unanimously passed that i a local organization should be j formed. A committee for the i nomination of officers was appoint J ed, consisting of Messrs. Frank j Chandler (chairman), Sam San i ders, Hyman Love, P. M. Parrott, j W. M. King. G. C. Cooper, F. T. j Mein vail and Dr. J. G. DeLorme, which committee submitted the I following nominations for officers: i President. T. H. Clarke: Vice Pres J ident, R. K. Wilder; Secretary and i Treasurer, D. G. F. Bultman; and i the following directors: Messrs. I Ceo. W. Hutchinson, Bennie Fol i som, Willie Bultman, J. Z. Hearon, j W. H. Shelley and S. F. Stouden j mire. These nominations were I voted on collectively, and were [ unanimously elected, i President Clarke thanked the I members for the honor which they ! had bestowed upon him, and prom ! ised to give the association his j best. Vice President Wilder ex j pressed his optimism and enthus iasm in the new organization. -? ? ? j How to Fall in a Dairy 1. Don't weigh your milk?you ! might have to figure and think. I 2. Feed the cows hulls?they make good mattresses. 1 3. Keep the barn hot?cows jlike < ool quarters in summer. ' 4. Don't have any windows in j the barn Lhe hired man might look Olli. ! 5. Don'l go near the barn; turn lit over to a negro?he loves to I work. iREMBERT INVITATION APPRECIATED i _ j Sumter Retail Merchants Ex ; press Thanks For Invitation j Editor Daily Item: I On behalf . of the Sumter re ! tail merchants, I want to thank ; our Rembert friends for their in ! vitation to the Sumter people for j that booster outing on the 9th of ! this month. It is very evident of the spirit of progress and mutual intercourse 1 that has characterised Sumter I county for so many yean?, which i even the world war and the boll weevil could not eradicate, and I hope that every one in Sumter county will be there, " to shake hands and exchange greetings with his fellow Sumterites. The pro gressive citizens of Rembert have show*n us the way, let us respond in the same spirit of co-operation and neighborliness so, aptly ex ! pressed by the gentlemen in charge whose names appeared un der the invitaiton in The Item. I am confident the Sumter retail merchants will be there in full force and show the people of Rembert that we appreciate their kindness and friendship. What is good for Rembert is ! also good for Sumter, and what is good for Sumter is also good for Rembert and any other part of I Sumter county because we are all in Sumter county and are am [ bilious to make Sumter county the ! county of counties, not only in j South Carolina but in the whole j world, arid the only way we can i do .it is for all of us to put our ! shulders behind that illuminating j wheel called Sumter. In connection with this I want to express to Mr. Reardon the ap plication he so deserves for I boosting Sumter in all kinds of ! weather tinder any conditions and j at all times. Cordially. S. L. Krasnoff. j Sumter Y. M. C. A. Adds to Its Staff. i" ' i j At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the Y. M; C. A., last j night Mr. Gifford Shaw, well known j'to Sumter and especially to the i boys and young men was elected to 'assist T. C. MdKnight with the ] werk of the Y. M. C. A. for this j ye.rr. Plans were proposed and dis | cussed that will make the Y. M. ! C. A. more effective in its effort to serve the young men and boys I of Sumter. The Board of Direc : tors fell indeed fortunate in being j able to secure the service of Gif ! ford Shaw. For the past two sum ! mers Mr. Shaw has attended the ! Southern Sumemr School for Y. M. ! C. A. men at Blue Ridge and has j 1 bf-en very much interested in the! j wxu'k. I The Sumter Y. M. C. A. is plart ! ning to extend its work out into i every part of the city nad take a j definite part in shaping the lives ? of the boys and young men of our I community. Scout News. ; The Sumter troop of Scouts went to Poealla on an overnight hike on ? last Thursday afternoon. Reach j ing Poealla about six o clock, the J Scouts pitched camp and went (swimming for a short time. After j supper a camp fire was built and ?the boys sat around it to tell j stories, and to listen to some talks ? on various subjects by the Scout 'Master. The next morning the ; boys went in the water early, ate ! breakfast, and then listened to a j talk on camping, taking care, of ,the feet and body while on hikes i and camps, and such kindred sub jects. After this some of the I Scouts stood various tests in j Scoutcraft. The following Scouts ; passed their tests in estimating (es i timating the weights and numbelfc : of objects, their distance, height, width, etc): Harry Bingham, Frank Strange. Broadus Smith, j George Williams. Robert Palmer, L?. Weeks. j Scouts who passed the fifty-yard; (swimming test are: Leon Barwick, i ! Robert Palmer. Scriven Doar. Gra ham Hill, Finley Williams, B. R. j j Compton, Frank Strange. Leroy j iDixon, Carlisle Booth and Braodusj 'Smith. ; Scouts who passed the fire ! building test arc Harry Bingham land Frank Strange. j After dinner the Scouts went in! 'the pond for another short swim, i I returning to town at 3 o'clock. The! } boys report that they all had a! (great time. Scouts who went on the hike are: % Broadus Smith, Frank Strange, George Williams, Scriven Doar, Claude Epps, B. R. Compton. Robt. Palmer. Carlisle Booth. Leroy Dix- | an. Luther Weeks. Graham Hill. Harry Binghnm. Finley Williams, and James Brown. It is hoped that more boys will go ??n the next hike and on the summer camp, to he held at Paw ley's Island (provided 'H) Scouts go). The probable cost of the) camp will he about .">1"> for 12 days.! Khvanis Club Mooting. The Kiwanis Club held its usual j semi-monthly meeting Friday at j 2: ?? ,-it the Ciaremont Hotel. Af-i ter luncheon was over, and the! usual business matters had been ; attended ? te> President JScarHor| ough turned the meeting over to.1 Mr. S. F. Stoudemire. After ??? five minute talk by Rev. j W. E. Tbayer. the principal speak-j er of the afternoon, Mr. K. M. i Cooper of Wisacky was introduced. Mi-. Cooper spoke of sto<;k raising and its possibilities in South Car olina, and outlined the plans for! reorganization and rebuilding of th" South Carolina State Fair, stating that South Carolina <ould I and should have a state fair, sec-j ond to none. This meeting was. as usual, a \ very enjoyable <>n?'. ? o - Maybe Ireland is fighting about! paying herself an indemnity. 1 WARNING ISSUED TO POSTAL CLERKS j Assistant Postmaster General Tells Them Not to Be De ceived by Propaganda Washington, Aug. 6.? Postal em ployees have been cautioned by As sistant Portmaster General Bartlett not to be misled by "propaganda or misinformation," designed, it was said, to create unrest among the nearly half a million workers of the service. The caution, contained in a state ment made public tonight, was! occasioned, it was said, by a dec- { laration of the National Federation of Po'stoffice Clerks?that the pos tal service was not properly ob- j serving the eight hour law as itj was "cheaper financially to work regular clerks overtime than to em ploy substitutes." The statement addressed to "All ! postal clerks" said the department j welcomed the co-operation- of pos- i tal organizations and invited con structive criticisms and suggestions, but that nothing could be more harmful to the postal system than "a series of misunderstandings founded on misinformation.*' The federation charged the de partment. Mr. Bartlett said in his statement to the clerks, "with a violation of the postal laws, and in addition to this general charge, it goes on to state that "we are vio lating the law for the purpose of saving money." "If it were true that those at the head of a great governmental de^ partment were violating the laws of the land deliberately for any purpose, it woufd be ground for re moval," he added. "It is about the worst charge that could be made against high officials.' We wonder if you, our postal clerks, realty mean to make this charge, or to indorse the statements of those who make it. "We do not save money work ing our cl.erks overtime; and. we do not do it to save money, but in emergencies when we are obliged to resort to such a practice, the de partment has full and complete au thority in the law." HESTER'SANNUAL COTTON REPORT ?:?.? . :j Crop of 1921-22 Less Than Twelve Million Bales New Orleans, Aug. 5.?Secretary; Hester's annual report on the com mercial cotton-crop of 1921-22, j announced here today, put the to-! tal commercial crop of 1921-22 at] 11.653.133 bales, ari increase of j 275,815 over 1920-21, and a de crease under 1919-20 of 790,047 bales. The commercial crop of Texas, Secretary Hester . said', is 942,001) bales under last year. The group j of "other states," embracing Lou-| isiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Ten-1 nessee, Oklahoma, Missouri, Ari-j zona. California, Kansas and New Mexico have 396,000, while the At- j lantic states, including Alabama,! North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky and Virginia have increased 1,614,000 bales. The report pointed out that the average grade was middling and that the year's production, was* one of the most even> running growths on record, due to rapidity of pick ing and ginning.' Mr. Hester said he had made an extensive investigation into thej character of the carryover, his quiries being-of about July 15. He said Texas has little nonde script cotton and that there were| practically no "bollies" in this: year's crop. Oklahoma has been! pretty well combed of everything below strict low middling, to mid dling values, and the supply re maining in that state is good spin- ! pnable cotton, showing a higher average in grade than at any end' season for the last ten years. Louisiana has .little or no unmer- j chantable cotton. Arkansas reports not over 1 per cent, of unmer- j chantable cotton. Mississippi re-! ports most of. its carryover of fair! grade, spinnable cotton and the! Atlantic states show a very small percentage of undesirable descrip- j tions. The report placed the exports of i cotton to foreign ports at 6,322,- j 470 bales, against 5,797,590 last year and 6.5S8.091 year before' last, an increase Over last year of! 524,SS0 and a decrease urtder the; year before of 265,621 bales. Cotton consumption in the south j was placed at 3,942,000 bales of American cotton, while consump-! tion in the north is given as 2.293; 000, a total of 6,234,000 bales, in-! eluding linters. In addition the re- j port said American mills have con- i sumed 298,000 bales of foreign cot- I ton, making the total consumption of American and foreign growth by American mills of 6,532,000 against' 5,399*0*00 last year. Mr. Hester put the world's con-! sumption of American cotton at; .12.804.000 bales against 10.330.000 | last year and jL*,?i7J,000 the year j before. j Protracted Meeting at Pisgah. Pisgah, Aug. 5.?The protracted meeting at Pisgah church closed j last evening. It was interesting and , instructive all the way through. Mr. Turner, who aided the pastor is a very pleasant man and able preacher. He made many friends here who will always be glad to have him come again. Hq is from Darlington County, pa'stor of Mt. Klon, one of the large churches th?*re. nine miles from Bishopville. .\t the close of the services a nice purse was handed him col-1 ??cted by Misses Lois Klmore. Lu- t a Baker and Mamie Barfield. The congregations were fine all ! the week. Some additions to the j church. Behavior at all the ser vices fine. Very few children succeed in I getting born into a ri?ii family. j STABILIZATION OF PRICES Agreement For Government Action tc Regulate Market Prices To the Editor of the Daily Item: Permit an argument for gvern ment stabilization of priese of sta ple products, in lieu of the present "laissez-faire" practice of leaving the supply of the world to the un organized activities of uninformed individuals, driven by suffering from fluctuating prices due to dis regarded and therefore violated laws of nature. My point is that we should use enough science in our government to promote the general welfare by guiding pro duction and marketing so as to assure the supply of what the world needs and to insure a profit to the producer instead of leaving the mass of the people to suffer constantly from the inexorable pen alties of supply not proportioned to demand and not financed and marketed to meet the demand as it develops. In short, it should not be necessary to wait for de pressed prices to force men and money from unprofitable into re munerative lines of business activ ity, but by proper provision of government all business activity should at all times be remunera tive. The propaganda of agricultural papers and of politicians that tlae farmers should be kept on the farm has long pained me as a tragedy of impotency of leader ship. ? They will stay on the farm if |hey can make a living on the farm. Living conditions cannot be elevat ed as rlong as industry and econ omy go unrewarded. "The laborer is worthy of his hire," hut the farm laborer, if not a wages hand, has ho pay-master: nor is he in the for tunate condition of the railroads with the government guaranteeing to him a reasonable interest on his investment an*d wages for his labor. - j It is a principle of political econ omy that prices and profits in dif ferent occupations are readjusted by the natural movement of men and money from a depressed in dustry to prospering industry. When the inflow of workers and of captital into a prospering indus try surpasses the reasonable de mand and brings depression there, then, a new. exodus must take place to escape suffering and even star vation. ? The ? impoverished workman or unprofitable capital must seek an industry wherein the prices are remunerative, and can never know how long they will remain so." It always seemed to' me that this ceaseless blind pursuit of a work' that will afford a decent living ought, in this. period of so-called science and enlightenment, to be no "longer "tolerated " by organized society. It is a relic of an older period before the birth of science and before the widening of the scope of government to care for men in ? humanitarian way and not merely to hold over them a po liceman's stick. There is a school of economics and of government taught by some intellectuals and extreme individ ualists that" it is a perversion of the functions of government to in terfere to help men to escape the penalty of these natural laws. Un wittingly these doctrinaries play into the hands of the money power and would deny to the masses of the people" the chief'service of en 'ligtitened democracy. m Mere polit ical freedom is not the end-all and the be-all of democracy. There is no adequate option in the freedom to take your choice between being idle or being industrious and poor. Political freedom should be exert ed to bring economic freedom. John J. McMahan. Football Schedule of Presbyterian College Announced Coach Walter A. Johnson is very enthusiastic about P. C's football season this year and expects a big opening on the fifrJi of September. The following schedule has been ar ranged : Sept. 29?Davidson at Clinton. October 7?Carolina at Columbia. Oct. _137-Clemson at Clemson. Oct. T9?Erskine at Greenwood. Oct. 2&?The Citadel at Charles ton. Nov. 2?Wofford at Spartan burg. Ndv. 10?Dahlonega in Georgia. Nov. 17?Trinity at Durham. . Nov. 30?Xewberry at Clinton. HOMICIDE IN GREENVILLE Jess Fuller Fatally Shot arid Left Lying in Yard . Greneville, Aug. 5.?Jess Fuller, about 33 years of age. died about 7 o'clock this morning at the city hospital. as a result of wounds said to have been inflicted about 1:30. o'elock this morning in West Greenville by Cole Dodson. who is being held without bail in "the coun ty jail. Fuller was found early this morn ing by officers, lying in a semi conscious condition on the ground in a yard at West Greenville, with a bullet in Iiis abdomen. We. was rushed to the hospital for treat ment. Don't Talk Too Much. Moderate exercise is good for everyone. This also applies to jaw -bone exercise. Some girls chase boys until the poor darlings (boys) are so out of breath that they have to lie down while the pursuing flapper gently fans them back to life. Baseball umpires who are hailed before a judge ought to be used to being called a thief. Coal Situation in South Carolina* i State Railroad Commission I Making Every Possible Ef-' fort to Distribute Coal to I Best Advantage Columbia, Aug. 7.?The Soirtfe Carolina Railroad Commission has been forced to take charge of the* I coal supply coming into the state,, i and already many cars have beeur I diverted from their original desti j nations and allocated to other con-** I sumers. The commission is" m?k I ing every possible effort, according j to its chairman, Frank Shealy, to i handle the situation to the best pot- v : sible advantage to all people of th^ state, but with less than enough coal to last two weeks, Mr. Shealy regards the situation as rather, se rious. The railroad commission haV' made Spartanburg its point of di vision of fuel. As a large part of the coal used in the state conje* in through Spartanburg, over I Southern and the C. C. & O., the j commission has provided that these j roads make reports to .'it twic* ! each day as to the amount of coal j received. These two roads ^nake j telegraphic reports every morn ing at about 9 o'clock and every afternoon around 4 o'clock as.fco t the. number of cars on hand ,;3*t ' Spartanburg. Yesterday afternoon, these two roads reported to the commissio? that they had forty cars at Spar-4 tanburg. In some cases cars had jto be diverted from original dfs I tinations and sent elsewhere, tp points where there was a shortage of fuel for industry. The roads a?* Spartanburg are not allowed to ship j coal anywhere in the state without [authority o%the railroad^ommif~ sion, and they are told -wbert-' j every car of coal is to be shipped. ! The railroad commission had ! not received any further instruc | tions regarding the use of coal for j domestic purposes, up to Saturday I night. During the emergency the* j orders of the interstate commission j at Washington and of Herbert , \ Hoover's fuel administration office j have been.against allowing the ?sei> of coal for. domestic purposes. The commission is endeavoring to sup ply the needs of industries through ! out the state, and while the; ?t> ! uation is regaded as serious, there i have been no reports of su^erinrjfr*. 'as a result of fuel shortage. The railroad commission .is bs- \ jing flooded with appHcationa for \ approval of coal orders. ? AH or-s* ; ders for coal, according . to H&f j commission's instructions, are , tf ; first be approved by it, befolge coal ?can be received. + ? ? ' " SHERIFF TROUBLE -'02 Warfare Threatened in Lafc*T City When Man is Pat pit of Tcfcacco Wareltoose Florence, Aug. 5.?Only the prompt mterveigjjon. of Deputy Shei^ff I^or^/. ^reh, officers/say, I is believed %o have averted serious j trouble in Lake City yesterday af ! temoon, resulting from aversion ofv j independent tobacco wstrehouse; in j terests to the growers* pool, j According to the information ? gained, through the sheriffs office; s j d?ring^he sale on one of the floors 'Thursday the. auctioneer observed i an Qlanta citizen, named Proctor, ! who seemed to vhim^to be soliciting* I everyone else on the floor. Tbs I auctioneer is said to have suspsc? ! ed that Proctor was working th$ ! trade for the pool and to have jfot-? j ten a couple of friends to aid Iran j ih putting Praetor off the floor, i They are said later to have used j Proctor- very roughly. Resenting the treatment, Proctor, ! who is understood now to be an j irisurnce agent and was soliciting j policies at the time the auctioneer * ! thought he wars working for thf J j pool, gathered some of his friends ? and returned to the floor yester i day. When this fact became known ' friends of each commenced to rally - ; to their respective men. Deputy 'Larrie Burch happened to be in Lake City on some other easiness. Seeing the way the .sit uation was developing, he called via long distance for Deputy Masy ! Burch, with Deputies Connor aiaid. \ Sims to come to his aid at one*. : He was able to keep the two wasv j ring factions apart till aid arrived j and then the threatened outbreak j was averted. . Sheriff Burch said thi? after 1 noon he understood all of ,th? ? principals have been placed und?r , arrest and bond to keep the peace and a hearing will be held by th'3 Lake City Magistrate. This after- * noon the trouble was reported ad quiet and he does not look noir for any further outbreak. WARFR?AD ? INDICTMENTS Washington. Aug. 7. ? Indict ments were returned today by t*n# special grand jurj- that is invasti gating alleged war frauds against Ernest C. Morse, former director of sales of the war department, t Everly M. Davis, president of the E. M. Davis Chemical company Off New York, and Alexander W. Phil lips, associated with Davis, chai"f-?,. ing them with defrauding the gov- * eminent out of more than ? million dollars in connection with sales of war built plant of the Old Hlclcv^ ; ory Power company, near Nash-*\ ville. Tenn. Anti - Prohi bltionist. What's become of the hard-fc boiled, know-it-all-type of man who refused to believe the wjfiaen would ever be given the right tp\ vote? Still, isn't it rather unethical for strikers to hold up trains ami usurp the rights of the regular7 hold-up men?