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The Watchman and Southron Fufriisbed Wednesday and Satur day by Osteeii Publishing Company, Sumter, S. C. Terms: $2.00 per annum?in advance. Advertisements: Oae Square, first insertion |-fl.00 Evgry subsequent insertion i. .50 Contracts for three : months or longer will be made... At . reduced raxes.. . 4. .... . ,.- , .: ,.v [ ? .Ail communications .cw-hlch; sub serve private interests will oe . Charged for as< advertisement^.. Obituarie* and tributes of. re spect wiH be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was i??n?ed in . 1S50..and- the True Southron in. is66. The Watchman and Southron now has the com bined circulation and influence- of both of the old papers, and is man ifest !y the best advertising medium In Sumter. tsse: seal issrE at herrin. It -has been announced by the Suthem Illinois Coal company* that as a result of the mine riots at Her^ rin and the destruction of the com Ztxy's strip of mines there, suits for damage will be started immediately against the Cnited Mine Workers of America. So the Herrin tragedy , is likely- to -furnish the hrst damage Suit brought under the supreme court decision rendered'm the Cor on?do coal case, folding that labor Asiens ihay be held responsible lor strike losses inflrct^d by;rhem. - This may be all right as far as ft goes: It *s weil enough to make a practical application of the ctmrt "rulmg," to show hew ft works; and it looks a? if the coal company" lhas ? pretty good case. But that is not the main issue-at Herrin. ? The public, everywhere, i3 think ing of something'?? more important tuah* reparation for property ?#5*s. It is thinking' of retribu laoa for murderers. Arfter'that or gy cf mob-madness, murder trials should take precedence over dara ." tage' suits. ? JtKY SYSTEM DEFECT. ... r. ? A celebrated - - ease ??> in -Chicago calls attention to an admitted de fect in the American jury system. The naif-million dollar;-suit of "May or Tilompsn* against the JChi cago Tribune is thrown out of court s?er seven weeks' trial because i&b jurorsr 'became, physically mcapa i>Te of discharging their1.duty. it .would be legal enough to h?ve the case decided by 10 jurors, pro vided both "partiesv??reed. Mayor Thompson's counsel, however, af ter?-a^r^eing to 11 jurors, oble'cte? wb-entkh* second juror dropped out. So - the ma 1 has to ?taxt aH over agsivn, ; and without any . assurance that the aame trouble will-' hot/rje eur. ' 5t is p??rt^d -ont : that a plan itStopted in Caliiornia gives at leadt ijartial' insurance againstJ such T a fiasco.-. For every trial . 13 Jurors are chosen,' and all of them hear the evidence. ' Then, if <?ne be1 comes, incapacitated, there are 12 left to decida the case. For more Adequate Insurance in hrg bases, there might be two extra jurors. Another possible remedy would be the adoption of the majority principle in jury "verdicts, Se th?t?a" valid vetdcit might be rendered* b5> Sve-sixths, three-fourths or some other fraction of the usual num ber. The Importance of one-or two jurors then would be so greatly reduced as to make their absence cf little consequence. This majori ty principle has* made cbnsider&ble headway already in civil cases, ;ih : afcveral of the ?tates. ? ? ? ? ' ? ?? ? *' careless vot13s In spite of all the progress that has been .made in the education of voters, there is still mue? to be done. In an eastern city where state primaries have just been held,- one- of the candidates for nomination to the state legislature was a man with a criminal record. He has served time as a bootlegger, is known as an associate of evil characters, and although a'cquifted of -a charge of murder is known to have been present at and had some hand in a particularly unsavory killing- He got 4.000 votes. Wh^o cast those 4,00 0 votes? The candidate hardly can have so many personal friends to vaunt their confidence in him. There remain two explanation*?ignor ance and indifference. ? Four thousand ignorant or in- ? r'-'tf-srent voters in a closely con tested election could swing the of ficial power into the' hands of Just stach undesirables and turn a city or state over to looting and law-1 breaking. PROMISING UNPOPULARITY ?Chairman Ben .Hoeper of the Railroad Labor Board thinks the President's suggestion that the sen iority dispute be referred to tho board is a 'safe and sane position of' fairness "and conservatism"' be cause both sides ill the controversy object to*ft. ft ir'hot bad reason ing, if neither side1'sees in the board the hope of a partial deci -eiofli -tiw -outlook for one fair to fyeth' sides is promising. Mr. Hooper believes, too, that once the question is referred to the board, adjustment vrill nor tie so difficult as has been feared. There is much work to be done which has been let go* Because of the strike, and the n*?ng tide of business pros perity will in itself make* place and provide promotion for many men. He feels that ottee the thing were under1-way, the question" of senior ity oh a very large number of roads would never arise . There' is a general- feeling thfat the question should referred to the board without further delay, khd that the board should* be "given greater'power,- so that. whatever ruling it - does make will be really effective. Mr 1 Hooper's optimism 4iffers -another reason for going ahead with the plan. IMPASSABLE TOWN'S One of the 'Hsost^npleasant facts forced upon automobile tourists, as they goabout the- country/ arid also" one of the' most incompre hensible- facts, is the failure of towns and cities to -co-operate in the big, fine state and federal road bui*diag work. It" is a.: comino? saying in many ^sectfons. that ,?the roads are fine until you-strike the towns." The tburist wHl howl merrily along a perfect country^ highway, and per haps brighten With1 pleasant anti cipation a*r he nears a town, and then?kerphmk I He hits a stretch of paving so abominably rough that tr?Vel suddenly turns "burdensome ;ahd irritating, and his only thought is- to: get "through, that ihhospitahle town afc^uicKiyas -possible and o*at into the country again. It is the same usually on both sides' ot tbwti:5.?Thore may be good paving in the down-town section, or on/the! residence- streets, but the approaches to the town are fre quently almost impassable and the Sray through is often- a -torture, making a mockery - of the "Wel come" signs. Why not pleasant and comfort able entrances .and exits? Surely citizens Who do not travel them selves should realize that. nothing -aik*re:-ceramew"te a ^y to "travelers than excellent pavements. Over ?ocfi pavehienls the tourist ; glides into town in a cheerful and ap preciative frame*of mind ready to e?$?"yand. prates' th?: place, and *??dy ro spend his money ' there. Poor pavementsi drive him away* ifrlth only ah, unpleasant .memory, ;a fcd keep 'other travelers away. ! It is very unfair; too, to -the rest -of the state'?.kd- country which fur nish so much of the money'for Iroads leading to the towns. There ; 'o?ght to be a provision in. every state and ? federal appropriation fcttlthat no town Should enjoy the 'hehefits of oustide help' in highway construction which does not Itself i continue the highways through its ?own streets. " ^MAt feERM-SCHSTING BUCKET According to tfhe Connecticut board of health, "practically all weite Where the old oaken hucket swinfcs from a rope, or even from a chain or a picturesque sweep, are polluted." Thhs with a single sen tence one more romantic relic falls under the1>ah of modern sani tation. ? The-verdict is the result of wfde' investigation and many tests. JCor Is the Well of questionable pu rity confined to Connecticut. It abounds in other states also. This fceing the case, it behooves the owfiers' of these "drinking places, and all casual visitors who seek the pleasant countryside, to be sure of the quality of the water before they drink. It is a simple matter to have a -test made to determine the purity of drinking water. It is infinitely cheaper and easier than curing the disease likely to follow the con sumption of that which is impure. Where tests are impractical or there is any reason for doubt, the only safe way is for native and ?tranger to boil the water before using if. . ? ? ? ., . SrBTIiE CORRVPTIOX It may be a ?*ase of professional over-emp'fiasls. and yet it is cer tainly worth thinking about, j "Take the jazz out of city dance ; halls," says Lynn B. Dana, head !of a musical institute, "and you've |got the **ity half cleaned up. Take joUt of your home the fafte records ;and the 'popular' songs which are | written about themes you wouldn't | discuss with your children and you'll have far lese reason to worry about the children's morals." Cynios and superficial folk can ? j smile at such arguments, but that [doesn't dispose of them. When all's said^ and "done, perhaps the moral i argument ?? against ja^z Is really j 'stronger than the:,esthetic argu l.ment. The two probably, hang to- j I. . i Igether. but ugly music d<wsn't! ] necessarily mean ugly 'morals. The j j fact, as psychologists are begin-! jning to see. is that there as a par- ! ; ticular form of musical ugliness.: j which by 'its-very nature tends to j j pervert ' nibral ' taste along with j j musical' taste.' The influences of music are far I J greater than most persons realize.. They work in the mind subtly but j {powerfully, for t-fi.od or ill. Physi I cians have discovered that insanity f often may be cured by music of the j right sort. Inversely, musfc of the j {wrong sort may drive susceptible I j V-', ' , "?"''./'" j j persons insane. j ? "The moral uplift that comes j j from fine' church music is univer fsallv recognized. Why then not t - . i recognize as clearly-that corrupt ? music, appealing insidiously to the j baser elements of human nature, may induce moral corruption? An ObServanfand honest -person who has studied jazz and its effects on human beings is likely to admit that it has such an effect, and agree with the musical authority quoted. SPIRAL PARKING. A brand new idea" in automobile. parking, and-also-a new idea inj architecture, is credited to an j Indianapolis engineer. For the! combined purpose of space conser- j yation. and convenience in down- j j town parking, he suggests a build- j !that would be one great spiral! j stairway. ' . ' Detailed specifications are not] given, but the idea, novel as it is, i seems simple enough. Imagine a spiral floor of very slight grade, winding ' upward. ? around and around, with every turn-just* high enough above the one below t?; ..... ? ?. ... i give clearance for autombile tops, j Cars could be driven up this inclined ? floor, -and -parked closely, facing the outer wall and leaving the inner,'smaller part of the spiral j free for a driveway. Getting" the j {cars in and out should be easier! {than it is in other parking systems, j There would be no troublesome 1 elevators, and a maximum amount \ of the available cubic space in the I building would be utilized. Now, who'll be the first garage j man to act on this futurist sugges ! tion ? m m m MORE NAVAL LIMITATION The League of Nations, consider- \ ins the military situation of its | members, has given favorable at- i tention to a proposal that the j j Washington limitation treaty be ex-1 I tended to the non-signatory pow-j jers. A report is to be made on the j j subject in September. ' j Nearly all.-of the nations that I 1 - i .did not engage in the naval treaty ] |are members of the League. It j {should be, therefore, comparative-! I- j jly easy to extend the operation of; ? the principles of the treaty through { j the league, if that body sees fit to j | go-ahead with the project. i There is no evident reason why \ I ... , ? ; 1 such action should not be taken. 1 . ! Certainly the United States is not j j likely to offer any objection, if the j \ league cares to adopt and promote, ; vi ? , .? . i I on a broader scale, a good Idea first j j suggested and put over by this j I country. And though America sees* j fit to remain outside of the league, phere is no logical reason why they j j two should not. cooperate for any - j good purposes when their objects [happen to coincide. WEATHER KNOWLEDGE ' . The Weather Bureau is giving a , ! course of lectures on meteorology J jfor the benefit of air pilots in Cal- j jifornia. This sort of instruction j [is particularly needed by aviators, j and presumably will be extended I 'sooner or laier to'all the regular! t . j j aviation fields in the country, with j | extension courses' for amateurs. ; The movement might well go I -" 1 ; further, for the benefit of the pub j lie in general. Weather is the one j j subject of universal interest and | 1 comment, and yet how few people, J j in these modern, city-dwelling : idays, know anything about it! It j should be e'asy to teach through the i [newspapers, radio and other means, j the main facts about temperature. I i ! humidity, air currents and air, ! I pressure, and what they mean, f Equipped with this elementary in- ! formation, and aided by a baro- j ! meter in thtr house, or office, al- j most anyone could learn to tell ! ? with tolerable ac<-uraov what the j - ; ! weather conditions would be for aj day or a day in advance, even with- j out the local weather reports. This i would be a matter not of mere j academic interest ?>ut of genuine *N '. ?'""-'- ? " - j personal and business advantage. i Ears are back In style and sur prised at what they hear. GROWING WKAI TH?HOGS! (By John A. Murkin. publicity Di rector, Southern Packing Cor poration. Oran^eburg. S. C.) Imagination boosts men to suc cess in breeding as well as in art and inventions. The breeder who has in his mind's eye the model hog and bends every energy and all his will to the aid of his imagina tion, combines this strain- of blood with the other, each one possessing some characteristic, that united,, will bring an approach to the ideal animal, will soonest become a win ner in the breeding game. Great as is the business of pro ducing purebred swine, it is in significant both in volume and in money returns compared with the production of market hogs. . ISow that the breed associations ind livestock associations have joined in the slogan ''Eat More Meat" it is to be hoped that ihe joint effort will be productive of a greater use of that most vital ele ment in the human dietary?me.^r. . Purebred livestock is the only kind worth paying premiums to, and all fair associations will ccme< to. this view sooner or later. Raise hogs! No other animal converts into meat so much food stuff that would go to waste! They will furnish meat, lard, bacon, and, many other dainties "that no other meat is so popular in supplying. There is a great demand for hogs at all times; the demand is always, greater than the supply. They are sure mortgage lifters, and will pay the farmer out of debt-if he will give them a chance. Hogs are easily raised; they will eat and thrive on weed?, nuts, and fruits of": most any kind. These, however;, are especially good: wild primrose, smooth and thorny careless weeds (pig weeds) wild plums, acorns, beechnuts, nutgrass, etc. The fol lowing choice food can be easily grown: sweet.potatoes, sorghum, millet, corn, velvet beans, cabbage, pumpkins, cow peas, soya bean*?, bermuda grass: also wheat, rye, oats and clover for winter pasture. The present situation in the south with reference to our agricultural' industry, demands that we turn our thoughts in some other direction for. a money crop. The infestation of the boll weevil has made cotton1 an uncertainty in many sections and has demonstrated very forcibly, that, heavy yields can not be de pended upon. The.resources of the south are many and we are fortu nate in this glorious land in having many other lines of endeavor equal ly as profitable as cotton if not more so. The south is a veritable "gold mine" and the progressive' and determined farmer will ^'aTg it out." He-will overcome the dif ficulties of making a livelihood by producing cotton alone an* will solve his problems in other ways, will, turn to other sources for a livelihood now that he has prac tically been forced away from the one crop system. The determined farmer is going to utilize as much of-his land as possible by putting i'. in gre.en pasture and growing,an abundance of grain, and. by so 4o-: ing, he is going to be able to suc cessfully raise purebred cattle and hogs.. Fortunately for the farm er, three of the most modern pack ing plants and stockyards in the south are located in Orangeburg, South Carolina; Beaufort, South Carolina, and Wilmington, Xcrth Carolina, which.will afford him..a market. every, season of the .year. The plants are under the manage ment of the Southern-Packing Cor poration. It will be found de?id edly more convenient as well as more profitable to market hogs and catile close to the farm than it is to make co-operative shipments and transport them several hun dred miles away. With these facts already settled, the farmer for his own welfare, if for no other reason, should be^in now to raise more and better hogs and livestock, now that these splendid markets are open to him for all of his surplus stock. The south can produce the highest quality of pork cheaper than.it can be produced anywhere else in the world. It furnishes year round pasture of the best quality; litters can be raised at any time of the year, and no expensive housing is necessary. It is only necessary for the southern farmer to take advantage of his opportunity and raise the quality of pork the world wants. Any farmer with available lands can grow just the kind of pork the packer wants, and there is a good profit in raising hogs when business methods are employed. Pork production under present conditions is of more economic im portance to the individual and to the country, than ever before. The south consumes an enormous aniout of pork in excess of what it annually produces. It is of vital importance that we produce more of our foodstuffs and one way in which this can be efficiently done is to raise more hog-. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON Yest&yt 0n?> Rtffh Ts?? Pirn** ? an.2(U?8 21.60 20.90 21.55 20.60 March_20.98 '21.60 20.91 21.57 20.62 may .. - 20.95 21.60 20.90 21.55 20.55 Oct. ? -- -21.10 21.77 21.01 21.70 20.70 Dec.21.10 21.75 21.05 21.73 20.72 Spots 10."> up. 22.00. NEW ORLEANS COTTON featdyt OpeB HUT1* <OW Cinftp r<!n?? Jan 20.45 21.25 20.45 21.22 20.27 March .. 20.48 21.17 20.48 21.17 20.25 May .. 21.03 20.11 Oct.20.60 21.34 20.55 21.28 20.35 Dec.. . 20.33 21.32 20.50 21.28 20.33 Spots 2."i up. 21.2-"?. Liverpool Cotton. January . I 1.48 March. 11.72 May . . 11.62 July . 111.56 Octoher . 12.00 December. 11.84 Receipts. : Sales. 6.0<?0; Middling. 12.7ft; Coud .Middling. 12.H.". Some of the best informed cot ton men and also many farmers fftimate that the totftl c-otton crop of Sumter county this year will not exceed 12.000. compared with 19,000 last year and 63,000 in 1920. ; President H a v i ii g Failed to Negotiate ? Settlement of the Railroad Strike De cides t o Transfer ? the Problem t o i Congress j ? Washington, - Aug. 15 (By the ; Associated Press).?Congress and I the country will be informed with ! in SG hours by. President Harding ' of 'every fact' in the railroad strike I Situation, as he views it, and a'so, I administration advisers said today, ; will be given an expression of his ? determination to give the full aid iand protection of the federal gov ernment to maintenance of railway j operations. There is no room for (further presidential efforts to j bring about compromise settle l ments of the shopmen's strike, a high official at the White House said, by negotiating between man agements and the unions al though the president does not wish to liinder att?npts of officials of railroad unions n.ot on strike to mediate for their associates. : Meanwhile there emerged today j from the .almost continuous meet ling of the transportation labor or r ganlzations' heads an invitation to ; the Association of Railway Execu tives to reopen negotiations for a -compromise settlement of the shop I men's strike, the five train service j brotherhoods of engineers, con j ductors, trainmen, . firemen and : switchmen acting for the striking ?crafts. Warren S. Stone, chief of ?, - fengineers, expressed the belief that ?;the"'executives would confer again, {meeting the brothrhoods' spokes [meii by Thursday, and press dis fpaiehes later confirmed his conclu sion. President Harding also moved to ! night to support the interstate com j merce commission in enforcing j lafety laws which will -shortly re ! quire withdrawals of locomotives jfrom service on important carriers, j With. the matter placed before him I'Py iQhairman McChord of the com ; mission. President Harding replied i that he knew of "nothing. to be ; done except to insist upon enforce ; ment of the. law," and said he Trusted that 'inspection, forces Jwcjuld exert?<*. themselves to. the [Utmost in order to be able to jpass upon safe equipment." j Leaders of the striking railroad ?unions now in Washington indicat ed, ^heir disposition to await the new ;peace efforts , of their asso ciates, but made public their letter ITejecting President Harding's final ?? proposals for a compromise settle | ment of the strike. Through B. M. Jewell, their chairman, they , also issued a statement contend ing^ that the railroad responses to .' the proposal had been a declin-. ation... The letter, in addition'to j declaring the president's proposals j "impracticable,7 asserted that the j Strikers would not return to work ; unless -assured of unimpaired seni j ority status. j - A protracted session of the cabi net and visits to the White House ! by. senators preceded the announce i ment that the president intended to jtake the country , and congress into ; his confidence through a message. ' The issuance of the correspondence ; on safety of equipment also follow ied a conference at the executive j offices, where Chairman McChord I and Commissioner Atchison, and ? Chairman Hooper of the railroad j labor board met with the. president, j It was the president's intention, a j high official said, to incorporate in, I his message the. facts as he had ! learned them in the industrial sit-: j uation, during weeks of confer ! ences and considerations with the ; men most intimately concerned. ? The terms of his communication ]to congress and the possibility that lit will contain, recommendations i for legislation to arm the executive j in coping with the .situation, it wjas ? said will all depend on .what events transpire up to the moment before i he. delivers the message, j Attorney -General Daugherty de i clared today . that reports to the J justice department indicated a se 1 rious situation in Kentucky, <iue to ? the tying up of many coal cars, but that in Illinois coal was being moved in spite of sporadic efforts j of mine strike sympathizers to "cut lout" coal cars, from trains. In the i west, he said, he had reports i'n I dicating that the. 'Industrial Work I ers of the World are quite active !in connection with railway strikes" land "very willing to take over I -some. of the responsibilities of the j government itself." What action j would be taken with reference to I Kentucky walkouts, and those in the bordering territory south of the I Ohio, the attorney general said the i department did not care to disclose at this time.' Chicago, August 16?The trans portation tie-ups in the far west ? began to unravel today as the rail road heads and union leaders look ed toward direct negotiations for ending the strike of. the rail road I shop craftsmen. The railway ex I ecutives here are pessimistic over I the success of the peace parleys. Although conditions on the roads . of the far west have been relieved ? by breaks in the strike of train : crews, the general situation remain ' ed in the critical stage reached many days ago, and the president's next expected move was to lay the whole industrial crisis before Con | gress. The man who thinks he was a !fool when he married has a wife who knows he hasn't changed. Saatee Bridge ..?_... j ? 5 j , i? progressing Causeways Throbgh Santee Swamp Are Beginning to Take Shape (News and Courier), j Reports indiente that the Santee .'river bridge is progressing quite i steadily and those who have viewed I this gigantic highway project have [ been profoundly impressed with, its ! magnitude. The bridge is about sixty miles from Charleston,, the span, connecting Williamsburg and Berkeley counties. .. .... . A considerable portion of the long concrete bridge has been vir tually completed and the work of } pouring the concrete is going for i ward as rapidly as weather and oth j er conditions permit. The build j ing <tf the causeways through the j Santee river swamp is also pro gressing. It is the hope of the commissioners and contractors that the project will be finished before another year. Some of the work at the river has been delayed bvscause of high water for a considerable period. Rains' have been heavy and fre quent during the spring and sum mer, and the excess moisture has interfered .at and near the stream. i' The great Santee river project j was designed by Mr. James L. Par ker, who has in hand the drawing of the plans and specifications for the concrete bridge across the Ash ley river at the foot of Spring street, the construction to^ cost about $500.000, half of which-will be supplied from United States highway funds. The Santee proj ect will cost in the neighborhood of $1,000,000; The sturdy concrete piles and beams at the Santee river look very much like great pieces of high j grade timber, the marks of the i molds -being plainly impressed. [Thesevarious uprights and sleep jers and all the other pieces are j thoroughly reinforced, of course, land the bridge is capable of with j standing a tremendpus weight. - . j In order to carry forward the j Santee project, it was . necessary j for the contractors to build several \ temporary railroads through the i swamp and across the stream, haul ' ing many hundreds of carloads of imaterials over these rails... To.be jgin with, the filling for the -long causeways through the swamp have i called for an enormous quantity of idirt, the temporary trestles being I filled, in. I Meanwhile, of course, plans are j ready for the highways on hoth" J sides of the Santee river, which: J are b ei ng built.- Ac r-oss 'Berkeley county, a first class high way is under construction, a con siderable portion of this being in active use already. Williamsburg, ! county has decided to build as di-' irect a highway as practicable. The i Charleston county link is the Meet-. I ing street road, which will have a concrete surface as far as the Blue House road; which is near the Goose creek causeway^ The true worth of the Santee river bridge is in its relation to a coastal highway and the various ; links in this road chain are being made steadily. The-last link to be completed will be the bridge across the Savannah river, arrangements I for which have been made, how lever. Within the next- eighteen {months, the. various important j streams on the coastal highway jwill be spanned by concrete or steel and concrete bridges. . The prin cipal streahis in the route include the Santee, the Ashley, the Edisto and the.Savannah. 'Tobacco Houses Open j Auction Sales' in No*tn Caro lina Light j Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 15.?-Tobac Jco market?; for the sale of bright i leaf tobacco at auction opened fo Iday in all parts of Eastern North. 'Carolina/ with1 receipts eompara 1 tively light. . Prices ranged from Up to.$25 per hundred pounds, an ?ncrease of from $4 to $6 per hun idred, as compared with sales on j the initial day. last season, f.. The.offerings were in "high or jder" because of wet ,weather, this I affecting prices to some extent. ' The quality, was reported rather [poor -ob some ^markets, the tobac J co being lightln weight, but of J good color, chiefly because of heavy j rains. i. At Willson, the largest leaf mar i ket in the world, 500,000 pounds j were sold at an average of from I $2.4 to $25 per hundred. Green Iville and Kinston sold nearly 1500.000, each with prices from j $20 to $25 per hundred- Rocky ; Mount, Goldsboro, Smithfield and j Farmville reported light sales, with ? prices from $17 to $22. j Members of the Tobacco Grow I ers' Cooperative Marketing Asso ciation he.ld meetings at Goldsboro ; and Wilson. The . cooperative 'warehouses will open the first of ; next week! President Has Message Ready I No Time Set For Putting the j Strike Facts Before Con gress Washington, Aug. 17.?President ; Harding, it is understood today ha3 (completed his message to congress dealing with the national coal and i rail situation, but no indication is given when he will deliver it. pre i vious plans being held in abeyance [because of the rail conference in ! New York today between railroad I presidents and union chiefs seek : ing a solution of the seniority i rights dispute. Washington, August 17?Presi I dent Harding today decided to de : fer tiif address to congress on the industrial situation until tomorrow i or later date. Mittle Committed ! < r tofJPea^ntiary | Order of' judge Mauldin j Granting Stay of Sentence' Not Legal or Binding _ t Columbia, Aug. 15.?E. X. Mit tie, former Greenville merchant, who was convicted of the killing of i J. H. Patterson, a civil engineer. I near Parier over a year ago, was \ arrested in Greenville yesterday j morning upon orders of Governor Harvey and brought to Columbia where he was placed in the peni tentiary shortly before 7 o'clock last night. The arrest followed the grantins? of an order by Judge T. J. Mauldin of Greenville staying the sentence j of Mittle for 90 days. When ?[ copy of this order was served upon Solicitor A. J. Hydrick of Oranger I burg he informed the governor of j the paper and declared that it could j have no effect over a matter already ? passed upon by the supreme court. ; Governor Harvey took the case ! up with the attorney general's of fice and the chief executive was advised by John M. Daniel, the as sistant attorney general, that the responsibility for service on "he j part of Mittle was on the chief j executive of the state and that the ' order pf Judge Mauldin was not ef- i fectiye under the circumstances j surrounding the case. The govern- j or immediately called in Sheriff Dukes and one of his state con stables. These officers were order ed to Greenville to arrest Mittle and . bring Jiim to the penitentiary. They reached Greenville early in i the morning and advised the gov ernor that'they had arrested their man. ; The first section of the paved highways to Mayeswitle ??and Man ning will be completed and opened to: traffic within a few weeks. Speed cops will be needed at once to protect the public against speed fiends and road hogs. 666 quickly relieves Golds, Constipation, Biliousness and Headaches. A Fine Tonic ?r FOB CONSTIPATION | BILIOUSNESS Headache INDIGESTION Stomach Trouble I -SOLD EVERYWHERE- Hp The* men who? are^electecTfo rep*> resent Sumter couny in-the' legis lature in eonjunction with the County Board of Commissioners; have a difficult and serious prob?* lern ,to solve in -framing the -budget. for county expenses next year.-The county government of Sumter. county is costing more than the people can afford and some way.* must be found to curtail* expenses and reduce the tax levy "tor county ' purposes. ~. ? ? ?? v Xo news may be good news; but no luck is bad luck*. FOR SALE?Three year old full? blood Jersey heifer, milking sincik: May. first -calf, . now giving ten, quarts a; day. H. G. Osteem ABRUZZI RYE?New crop -sef' lected : recleaned seed $2.50 pcr^ bushel. . Wheat: Selected Vir-i ginia. Blue Stem, Fulcaster ahdT: Leap's Prolific, $2.50 per busfacSCT Place your orders now and be certain to secure first class seed? Sumter Roilei; Mills. Purifies the Swat makes the cheeks rosy.so? ,.?..BAGGING ANJJ?. TEES; - ' I We haven't much of this material to offer, but what we have is or tBe besf grade eoiisistiEg of 3 Mi. NEW JUTE BAGGING. . ' 2 UB. NEW ?TUTE BAGGING. 2LB. NEW S'FGAR SACK BAGGING. NEW ARROW TIES. At the present price of cotton it pays to handle heavy tagging. Our supply.of 3 Ib.. is very limited. - ? Our prices are as usual RIGHT. Phone, write, or sec us- before buying. O'DONNELL & COMPANY August is the last month in which all State and County taxes due for 1921 ar? payable at the office the Couoty Treasurer, On September 1st, those not paid will; be turned over to the Sheriff and addi tional cost wadded, . Those wiwwish to avoid this will call t at 4>nce and make settlement with the County Treasurer, Don't Delay* J)og tax for the month of August is $1;33. . B. C. WALLACE COUNTY TREASURER DISCOUNT YOUR BILLS If our merchants would only take the time to figure up what discounting their bills, means to them, there are very few who would not take advantage of it. Take for example n 30-day bill, ft is usually subject to a discount of 1 per cent in 10 days which" is equivalent to 18 per cent per annum. If ybc have to borrow money from your bank and pay the maxi mum rate of 8 per cent, you are 10 per cent to the^ 1| good. Where can you find a better investment than * *r making at least 10 per cent on your own bills ? But this is not all. The man who discounts his bills al ways has a better credit than the other fellow. Let us talk it over with you. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF S1JMTER, S. C The National Bank of South Carolina ' Of Sumter, S. C The Bank With the Chime Clock. The Host Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY Capital $360.000 Surplus and Profits $300,000 STRONG AND PROGRESSIV? Give ns Che Pleasure of Serving YOC. C. G. ROWLAND, Pres. EABXE ROWLAND, Cashier . . ' vs.*