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?sfflfe Watchman and Southron ; .Published Wednesday and Satur day by Osteen Publishing Company, Snniter,. S. C. Ter ma: $2,00 per annum?in advance. ; ^ Advertisements: -* One Square, first insertion ..$1.00 " Svery subsequent insertion .50 - Contractu for. three months or longer wiii be made at reduced 5 rates. . . - .. All communications which sub serve private interests will ^c ; th&rged for as advertisements. . Obituaries and tributes of re spect .v*ill_Le charged for. Tiie Sumter Watchman was " fourided in 1850 and tiie* True vSou|hro?- in- 1866. The Watchman r>Lnd Southron now has the com bined circulation and influence of ??' hoih of the oki paper*, and is man ifestly- the b^st advertising modluin. in, Sumtcr. i$de' vicroHiors wkeml. !Last year the cotton weevil re duced the American cotton crop by 3.1 per cent., costing the South more S, 0 0 u, 0 00 i>a tes - of cotton and creating an economic loss of. at least .$3G<C.OCe,dO0. This year, the Diire^ti of enxomologj' reports an ?tSnusually serious infestation of the weevil in the cotton area east of the Mississippi, including Georgia v?nd South Carolina. . and admits -that the loss may be more than 50 per cent. The weevil has only been ?iaiowc within ike borders of the Cnited States since 18 ?2. In that year the pest first crossed. ;h;e. Mexican. border and began its ?Inroads on Texas cotton fileds. Last veer h reachedOforth Carolina for the first -time. The cotton dis tricts as yet uninfested embrace , -prac:ieaiiy 15 per cent of thje grow ing, area cf the nation, but they pro duce less than 6 per cent of the r area's. crop and, unfortunately, there .seems small reason to hone ?.ha: zhey will long he immune. . The unusually serious .ravages of the pest this year are credited to the mildness of last winter,: which "SSTe'TirgInsect an early start. The '. j^yernment is ? still hoping for a , spell of hot dry weather, which will '-Stimulate the cotton growth while -d-iscoiiraging the--pest, but hoping '.Seejns re be about the limit of pre ventive measures. Spraying does "Increase the yield, but insecticides ..are* -expensive and the South has not yet recovered from the setback -auipred two years ago. More Over, it hae not yet been demon strated that spraying is -actually .profitable in dollars and cents ^at .present prices for raw cotton. . :-T.^>* South will, make money on '/Jss li\i2 cotton,*but the profits will " if ? <? ? . L^i compare wiilT- those which! ssight have been earned had not rtbjEf weevil coc^ over the.-border. ^Th e - entomologists - of -the depar||| ije^t of agriculture still have a big j?o ahead of them. . : ? ? ? r WCAiEX.r$ POLITICS. Bbdncthing Vew in Mississippi :> peiitics is the appointment of Mrs. . ?.? "H?w&rd S. Williams, wife of the ??editor of the Hattiesburg .American member of the state Democratic '^committee. Mrs. Williams has been a leader in women's-activities for masr years and is expected now to tiSfifeis: <i similar leadership-in men's r^SCairs, in the common, realm of , politics. Xerer before has any wo man held a political party office in Mississippi, but it may be safely prophesied that women will hold UMtn-y-such offices hereafter. - The notable thing about such an i appointment is that it is made in a -Kate and a -section that strongly^ "cppofc^d the entrance of women into, politics. The South is now /finding, along with other sections r of the country, t ha t women not 'Merely have a right to political . a*!!-expression but that they have natural gift for playing the po litical game and can teach men -some fine points about it. A FfXISH PEACE It is naturad, perhaps that capi -tai and . IcJx r both should desire tie. ? finish fight'" which is discuss ed informally everywhere, but nev er mentioned in formal negotia tions... It is even natural that they should prefer it, at the. present -time, to peace. Both sides haw a ?feeling that until it is over with, n.a peace worth the name can be ?sfcabiished. They have been jfcirapising and skirmishing for years, first one side and then the other winning a few feet of the debatable ground. They are tired -oi fhis futile fursing. What they 7&art is a.solid decision that no one C.&r^ .question. I^or this no one can LLame iheoi. But do?s that decision have to czrr.o by means of finish fight? ?Both sides want the fight because vach thinks of it as resulting with iweif as -.vinntr. What of the Irser^ Will he humbly accept his iadkire. ahu stay put for the rest of his days? Xot if the writer \ ? 1 i know*, anything about; human na^i I ture or human rhistory.- - H<> will jstay put. only so .long as it takes | ! him .to rally and get a little; re-j .'serve strength, and then he will go j j after another finish fight of his! 1 , * / . " 1 ;own. | The point is, no finish fight real ly finishes anything. It just post ; pones. Whereas a finish peace, now, might get somewhere. ?. If both sides rootild leave their I interests in the hands of a disin terested body,, preferably a public j body, and if that body could make ? a just decision, allowing much lee- j j way for what the future might j ?bring, .and-.hoth -sides would accept I | the decision?that might really be i | the finish of all fights. Because ! ? while neither side would win all j jit hoped for, neither .would either I side be left the loser, sore and \ jbeaten. . .Moreover, and this is the biggest hingr?ea'-h side would ?? end re specting the other's rights, and .each side would end, feeling that' jthe precedent of peaceful-adjust f'ment had been established. ? War weakens -everybody. Xo ^body really wins. The World War should have made that very clear. |Both sides spend their money and [their time, and whichever gets the ; j territory gets it only after a great j {drain on its resources. , j Why not try out The great prin- j j ciple of the Finish Peace ? HOW GKHMAXT CAS PAY j j - ._ \ j The last and most hopeless of all! the indemnity - inquests held . over j I Germany's remains adjourned without accomplishing anything! whatever, and evidently without ; any future . plan. In what might j [seem almost a spirit of- sardonic ?humor, the conferees announced ;that they were going home for a I period of "reflection". As if they t had not had ample time to reflect, ! in the last two years! j>> If the allied statesmen?with-j \ particular reference to the French | statesmen?really do indulge in a little serious and open-minded re l flection, possibly an idea will occur i-to them that is perfectly plain to j most of the plain people in the ? world. It is this: Germany could nay her reparation, bills- easily \ !enough, and apparently would be; j glaci to pay them, if France and j ! the minor creditors would consent: ?to payment, in the only possible j.way, .which is not^in gold but - in | goods and labor. What has* become of all the ; "re?jaration in kind*' that so much | wa? made of a year or so ago ? j Germany was to furnish materials land men to rebuild, herself, the, i devastated .regions of France. Has jthat come to nothing? And if the j effort is really started, why not go ] through with it, and extend the scope of it? Moral and economic: j considerations alike support stich a ? policy. . Are there any obstacles j other than war prejudice and false I economics? j It is impossible to believe that ' such a policy, properly directed, i : would result in ruin for allied in iduslry, ia France or anywhere \ else, except in such partial and minor phases as could be ignored * ?"VSHSHVMI^HIIMHBHHiBHHIl^^l i in the great mass of benefits gain ! ed. And. the same considerations! j apply, with only a little less force.! ito the'war debts owed the United' j States by the Allies. WILD ENGINE AT ROCK HILL : Locomotive Breaks Away I From Train After Collision j and Runs Away Rock Hill, Aug. 17.?Exciting ; times in local railroad circles to- \ i day followed a collision between a ! southbound freight and a local I ! work train near Carhartt station, t four miles north of Rock Hi!!. I i when the engine and caboose of the ?work train ran away and dashed through Rock Hill at a speed of 40 ] miles an hour. A local shifting j crew in the city yards took after ? the runaway and captured it. the! j iron monster, a couple of miles j south of the city. Engineer Marvin Crouch. Co- ! ; lumbia, on the freight. Xo. 53. j j jumped and broke a toe and suffer- i i ed a cut. on the face.* Fireman; ; Miller was bruised on the hip. The ! engine turned over and a mass of j wrecked flat cars of the work train j blocked traffic for a number of j hours. The work train. Engineer I , MacFennell at the throttle, was going north after dirt, the flats ! being ahead of the engine. The ?trains had seen ea<--h other ap I proaching and were slowing up. The rrew of the work train : jumped at the collision and the! 'engine was knocked loose from t{ie i fiats and it started back to town,' {.gathering sp^ed at every turn of the drivers. The crew tried to over- ! Uake it. but failed. Luckily the' ' main line was open and the sever al grade crossings happened to r?e : clear. It had a down grade route: ! after leaving Rock Hill and was] i steadily gaining momentum when] [the shifter overtook it and backed' close enough to it to allow a mem 1 ber of the crew to jump to the' runaway and close the throttle. * ? BAM?ERS~ES?MATE COTTON I ; BELOW THAT ?F 1921 Hock Hill, Aug. 20.?An estimatej based solely <m reports received i of the cotton crop of South Oaro-jfrom bankers in the various c?un lina this year is 553,2.64 bales, as. ties. Advices received by the Peo compared with 770.GG1 in 1921. or] pie's Xatior.al Bank from private. 72 per cent of last year's crop, j but thoroughly reliable, sources. This estimate was obtained by the| within the last two days are to the People's National Bank from banks j effect thai the yield in many conn in every county in the State as of ties will be less than is estimated August 12. In sending.out a ques-fin the table below. For instance, tionnaire. one going to every bank'reports from Bamberg County, in. the State, the officials were ask-1 where the yield is estimated at 102 od to be as conservative as possible j per centCompared with the 1921 in filing the returns. Some of the| yield, are to the effect that the ?officials write that .they believe the [yield in their county will be less than is estimated ..in their answer. Without exception the answers in dictate that the boll weevil is doing increasing damage. rain3 of the.last county will produce?, less cotton than last year. During the past four months the rainfall has been double that of normal, and the ex cessive moisture had caused deter ioration in the. cotton and other ten days Fn many parts of the State, crops. Likewise, the wet weather being most favorable for weevil j has caused increased damage from propagation. j the weevils, .bolls as well as A tabulation of the replies re- > squares being punctured. Reports ceived from the banks shows that! from. responsible sources in in ten counties the estimated, yield i Orangeburg. Darlington and Marl boro counties indicate a much smaller yield than is estimated in the reports from banks. The questions asked and from the answers to which the results were tabulated, were as follows: What percentage of cotton in your county is infested by the boll weevil? Es timated damage to cotton crop caused by the boll weevil to Au gust 12? What do you estimate the yield in your county will be this year? Is damage from boll weevil on increase or decrease? The tabulated results by coun ties follow: . j is more than last year. In_ three it is the same. The counties showing an increase in yield are: Aiken, I Allendale. Bamberg.. Barnweli, Clarendon, ? Colleton. Hampton, Lexington. Orangeburg and Rich land. In some of these the weevil ' practically took the e-iitire crop last year, In Oalhoun, Edgefield and Fairfield the yield is estimated at the same as last year. In. every county boll weevil infestation, was j reported, the damage ranging from light in a few counties, to extreme ly serious in others. ' , 1 As stated above, these figures are ! Yield of Cotton for South Carolina for The Year 1922. as Eestimated by South Carolina Bankers. County r_ . - . Estimated Yield Yield 1921. 1922. Percentage. Abbeville._ 37,037 22.500 74 Aiken -.__/-._ 13.883 19.850 243 Allendale. _. .?M25 5.000 113 Anderson.1 62,854 40,200 64 ?Bamberg -- -- -- __ 4,003 6.500 162 Barnwell._._ 7.905 10.600 134 Berkeley. 1,083 , j 500 46 Beaufprt __._ ... . 1,000 jCalhoun._ 5,331 5.331 100 ;Cherokee. 3 4,900 10,500 70 i Chester_. 26.383 15.000 57 j Chesterfield. 24.426 16,583 68 Clarendon_, -_ 8,138 12,000 147 Colleton..- 2,035 2,500 123 I Darlington _. 22,700 12,970 57 Dillon._ 34,560 - 14,200 41 Dorchester .1 . 1,682 , (*) (*) Edgefield...'. - 7.528 7,500 10.0 ! Fairfield._1_ 10.143 10,200 100 I Florence ...._>._.__ . 21,641 12,420 58 j.Oeorgetpwn _._ 470 400 85 [Greenville.?.I_ 41,945 27,900 "65 | Greenwood 14,051 12,800 91 'Hampton. -3.03S 6.000 190 IHorry._ i-_ . "3.941 3,000 .76 ; Jasper. 1,200 . ? [Kershaw _.._. 12.646 12,250 .97. [Lancaster. 36,196 6,000 37 jLaurens _ ._ 35.683 20,650 5S -. - 19,451 16.300 84 \ Lexington.- 9.184 13,600 14-S IMcCormick. .4,381 2,000 45 ; Marion.-I. 11,961 -8,000 67 (Marlboro .' 50,416 24,300 48 fxe wherry. 19,037 12,500 65 iOconee. 21,746 12*860 59 I Orangeburg _. 18.425 19,800 107 j Pickens. 22,314 14,500 . 65 j Richtend .__ . S.390 10,750 1.28 jSaluda __. 9,1.88 5,750 62 [Spartanburg. 79,766 43,000 60 !Sumter _.- ... 18,538 15.000 31 . :Tnion._... 17.249 14.560 .8*4' Williamsburg _. __ _. _. ... 7,47.9 4,750 64 |York .... 41,092 25,100 61 I All others_'_- 1,417 ._ Total-.l%\ 770.661 553,2.64 - I (*) Xo report. < * *) Per cent of; 3 921 crop, i in i- . ' " :THe CO-OPerative j prosperity of their section can tol ; erate such opposition is hard to un M?vement d?ratan^ ; _ ? . i There is no quarrel with the i0 ~.x_ . . 3 \T ! fair and open competition of in j Senator Christensen Urges. dependent buvers, nor with the Farmers to Stand Solidly t farmer who exercises his right . to i Behind Movement f**11 where he pleases, though we do I , ; not approve, his judgment, but Florence. Aug. 20.?Good prices when they attack the co-operatives I for tobacco and the atmosphere of ft ^hard to exo"se tl\em'. ; The larmer who sells widepend j confidence and relief make this; entiy if ne has anv intelligence, section of the state a pleasant onejkmws tnrtt nls inCreased prices are to visit, according to the view of |due t0 the ^-operatives. So even Senator Neils Christensen of Beau- |if ne can convince nimse]f that he fort. -He is here today to meet | should stav on the outside l0 get , the directors of the Florence j a? the ben(.fits without sharing the Chamber of Commerce and discuss. burdenx vet ne snoM have senS? certain activities of the South Caro-; enough to see that it js his inter. j'lina Development Board, of which j ftgt tQ have lhe co.oporative in the ; he is president. . f\e}(\ \ Mr. Christensen reports that j But your folks know all this bet I there is no tobacco in his end ofjter than I do. and they may feel ;the state as they are taken up with j that we outsiders are too free with truck. But he is intensely interest- advice. . But I have this excuse, the ed in the co-operative movement. J co-operative movement is the hope Asked for an interview, he offered \ of all the farmers of all sections, the following suggestion: jand we truckers want it to succeed "Good prices for truck down our j for tobacco, and cotton, and sweet way has been greatly helped for j potatoes, and livestock. You tobac over six years by our Truck Grow-jCo people are on the firing line to ers' Association. They are not all! day and we want you to know the in it: but all benefit by it and ree-. rest of us are with you. It is our ogni'/.e that fact. So, two years ago : battle too." when the Clems?i College Exten- j m *m w sion Service, through Dr. W. W. i Long, showed me a proposed co- j BEIlk ClOSeS DOOFS operative marketing act, it at once ? ._ enlisted mv support. The Develop- \ ^ ,? _ _ ment Board put itself behind the Georgetown Institution in the effort, and we got the bin enacted! Hands of State Examiner into law in 192'?. Since then) ?7 several co-operative organizations! Georgetown. Aug. 18.?The doors have been formed, but the Tobacco! of the Farmers & Merchants' bank Growers are the first to market un-! failed to open for business thus dc-r its provision. -morning and a notice posted on the It is of the greatest importance j front announced that after an ex to the whole oo-operative move-lamination of its affairs the direc rnent in the south that their tobac-jtor? had decided to place the bank co association makes a clean cut in the hands of the state bank ex success, a miner. Loyalty to this farmers' organiza- Full confidence is felt in the of tion is needed. Loyalty, active , ficers and directors of the bank and loyalty; by every man, woman and j while the closing is a shock to many child who has any interest in crop financially interested and other prices: by bankers, merchants and; wise it is hoped that a basis of re professiona] men as well ax farm- ! adjustment will he effected so that eis. the bank will resume business with Organized buyers under the old in a. short time. Inability to realize system are hound to fitdit you. on outstanding loans is declared to Certain truck eomrnission houses i be the cause of the bank's sus have fought our farmers' truck as- ! pension sociation. They have done it per- ; ? ?^ ? sistently and without"quarter. 1 ;*m ( Our idea Of being out of work told that certain tobacco manu- is this bunch trying to prove Sher faeturers are doing that here. If!man didn't say war was what it is. they succeed prices will go down. : ? * How it is possible that any farm- ; There are more fortune hunters er er anyone dependent on the than fortune finders. Dial Digs into 1 4S Cotftri Figures Defends Last Report?Calls on Trade Commission to Act on His Senate Resolu tion ' ? ? 1 Washington,.. Aug. 16-?Senator j Dial said today that he bad so j-many ^inquiries about the last ag i rjeultural report as to the estimat i ed erop of cotton that,.he decided I to make the following statement: "Notwithstanding the agricultur jal department ha:s been very much ; criticised, and, sometimes justly, [yet T hope it serves a useful pur jpose. and believe, that the people ! should be a little bit, indulgent in getting the facts. "I have had so many inquiries j about how the last report was ar j.rived at, and how the. August re port could be reconciled w^th the July report, because the condition report in July was 71.2 and the estimated yield was 11,065,000 bales and the next report, to wit, on August 1, showed a condition of 170.8, with an estimated yield of JM.449,000 bales, therefore it w;ill j be noticed that upon August show ing a less condition, a greater num ber of- bales would be produced. I- "I was unable to understand this. |*and took the matter up with the [department, and told them that I ?could not work out the sum ac-: [cording to the ordinary rules of j arithmetic. They explained to me las follows: to wit, that the cal .cukition was not made according to j the usual rules, but-that they took fas basis the ten years' average J and since . the deterioration, .the t two reports mentioned were less ? than the ten years' average, and j the estimated production was a nat ?^ural consequence. \.'. "In order..that my constituents may understand the method-of .the jagricultural department in pur | suing the .matter, Lam making the I above statement for their informa tion and .for(what- it- is worths".. J ^ In ibis connection Senator Dial I made ^public .the following . letter j,whiph..he has just written to. Nei ,4oo. B. . Gaskill, chairman of the ] federal trade commission, relative to., his resolution now under con sideration by the commission for I an. investigation of the .cotton .ex ; changes as to their methods em ployed in cotton future .contract, j trading. , I August 14, 1922. '"Hon. Xelso'n B. Gaskill, j "Chairman, Federal Trade Com ! mission. - . . ... - I "Wasington, D. C. ''Dear Mr. Gaskill: j w.'.'Regarding the resolution which II introduced last March calling ?upon-your commission, to make, an j investigation as to the, causes . of ! the present depressed, price of cot ton, which resolution is now in jypur hands for consideration and j for such recommendations as it may see fit to make- to congress, j I am taking the liberty of calling your attention . to the great need j of ouick action.. As you. know the j cotton boll weevil. -has done hun . dreds of thousands of dollars dam age in the cotton belt. this . year. i,ln spite of this and the probability j that the crop this year will be ; small, the price of the staple re | mains low. Whenever there is a j government crop report there is j.a little trading, if the condition is ^/'bullish" but. in a day or two this stops, or practically so, with the . price remaining .low. "What I especially desire to bring j to your mind is this,, that what j ever action the Trade Commission j. means to take in this, matter should j be taken now. The -people in my ?state and-.all others .of the cotton ! belt are suffering greatly because ; of the unfairness of the present ; cotton future contract law and in j my opinion, they will continue to j suffer until this condition is reni jedied. ; j "As I have stated several times i oh the floor of the senate the-pre* ;ent law is one of the. most unfair ! pieces of legislation of., which: I j have, ever known. There is neither (equity nor justice in iL .Its whole [tendency is directed toward, niak iing.the cotton producer, the man I who actually toils and makes the ; crop, accept for it what he can j get and not what his crop is worth. am so thoroughly convinced ? that my resolution is- laid . along i the proper .lines and. that until our ! commission thoroughly considers it and makes its recommendations to ! congress in accordance therewith, [which I feel assured.it will do, I jsee no way of the.cotton producers ? getting, out of debt in the south, j Besides this. the. bankers all over ithat section have, large loans out ! which they cannot collect, the lien i and furnishing men also have much ; money due them, and, many land ! lords are hard put to it. largely : because of the unfair, unjust, and ; inenuitable future contract law ; no wworking. against their inter i ests. As long as this law con [ tinues I see little relief ,in sight. "May I not ask that your com mission take up this matter for de cision at as early a date as may I be possible in order that the pres ent wrongful condition of cotton I trading on the markets may be '. done away with and such trading j made fair to all parties alike. "Yours very truly, "X. B. Dial." Death. - i Mr. Leonard Brown, a small boy j of Darlington, died in ,ihis city j Sunday night while on his way | I home. ! Leonard Brown had been to ! [Willingtcn to school, was being] brought home by a Red Cross i nurse. Leonard was very ?ick on j ! the train and the lady in charge of j him was advised to get off. in Sum- j ter and take the bpy to the. hos- j pital, which she did. When Leon-j ard was being taken from an au- j tomobile to be carried into the j hospital, he died. Hie body was sent to Darlington Monday morn- J ing. j GERMAN" - ? ? ""'ftNANCIAL 1 ^ SITUATION ! Reparations Mission Returns ; From Paris to Berlin i ?_ j Fans. Aug. 19 (By tue Asso ciated Press)?The departure of the , renditions mission for Berlin to ! night marked the beginning of the final effort of the reparation com mission to find a .temporary solution of the German indemnity problem acceptable, to both French and British public opinion and thereby prevent, the threatened independent action by France with a conse quent breaking up of the entente. Sir John. Bradbury, British^ mem ber of the commission, and his as sociates left Paris at 7:40 o'clock i and will arrive at Berlin tomorrow {night- They have an appointment J to see Chancellor Wirth Monday j morning. j. Relative to the departure of this I mission, French official circles have j renewed with increased vigor the j French plan for a comprehensive reparation settlement which Pre I mier Poincare would have present ? ed at London but for the refusal ! of Lloyd George to permit discus-, j j sion of the allied debts, j The ? reparations commission is j being unofficially urged to take up (the plan, now that the governments [ themselves have failed to. solve the problem. Briefly, the scheme pro j vides for a reduction of the. inter j est bearing reparations .to ..fifty [billion, gold marks, including both j cash, and . merchandise. ..and . the j gradual cancellation of . the re jmainder of the. 132.000,000, mark {indemnity. , _ j This. S2.000.000 gold marks would I be cancelled proportionately, as the j fifty * billions are paid by Germany j and as the inter-allied delgs^are I cancelled. The plan leaves the j United ,States. claims in abeyance" j.for adjustment later, the point be , mg . made that the. allied debts to ! the United States can not at this ? time be considered with the general ? reparation settlement. - , New Injunctions r ??am&t Strikers Southern -Railway Obtains I ^Orders From-Comrt- to Pro* teet Property a?id* Workers : Washington/ Aug.' Iff. ?" An nouncement was made tonight from ! the headquarters here of the j Southern railway that temporary j restraining, orders ip fayor of the jroad and, against interference of ; operation by strikers jkad been is [ s.ued. ? today- in the federal courts, (for the. Eastern district of Vir , ginia .and _the Southern district of [Georgia. .. .:?. .> .. . | . The- announcement also gives a I complete-list of injunctions to, date ! aSectiog the Southern, which, in ad j dtion j to, those. issued today were iwith dates of issuance as follows:, j August 16, applying to lines., of j the, Xew Qrle^ns and Northeastern t in Louisiana; August .16, applying ,to Jines in the Western district of j Gepr&a.; August 0 and 17, apply ing to. Southern lines and subsid iaries in Tennessee; August. I ?3. ;ip j plying to New. Orleans, .and north ? .eastern lines in Mississippi: August j 18, covering Southern lines in the ; Northern district of Gc-org'a, and : August 17. applying to the entire [line.of Cincinnati,-New Orleans and iTexas Pacific., a subsidiary iu ly-n j^ueky.-..* . - . j j Jacksonville. Aug. 19 ?Judge Nn- j ithan P.. Bryan of the Filth United I iStates circuit court of appeals /to-1 \<dtiy signed a temporary restraining 1 order.directed against striking,em jployees of the Georgia, Southern (and .. .Florida railroad <Soatht-rn prailwey system) making the- oxder j returnable > at .Macon, GaN August j ; wh. ? - Federal Judge Barrs't of the [Southern district of..G*Oj'gH is on j vacation. ,\ Federal Jndg?? C$.11- <ti \ the Southern, district, of Florida is [ill and. Federal Judge Clayton of j j Alabama^ who has : been .presiding. j>iere in. the absence of Judge Call, :i? out of the state. Junge.Bryan, jwhose home is in this -ity, was the j only authority competent .to issue La restraining order,and attorneys 'for .the railroad appeared before ?him. It is understood here the. .or jder applies, .both to . the .Southern j district of Georgia and the South-j ? ern district of Florida. The rail ' road operates through a part of i Florida, to Jacksonville and to Pa j.kuka,. .-. ! Wilmington. N., C, Aug. 19.?Or jders authorizing the placing of ad ditional, deputy marshals at. Wil j mington and Rocky Mount to. en force the provisions of the repent J injunction granted the Atlantic : Coast Line., against striking shop ! men and adjudging E. L. Merritt. ; striker, in. contempt for using abu ; five language to an employee of the railroad, were signed by Fed eral Judge Pr G, Connor in the United States district court today. Many a man who can't afford a vacation has a bootlegger who can and that is just as good. A good swimmer thinks every day is Saturday night. We know a. girl-who has a tonj of coal in Jier hope chesL A wise man never tries to un-j sr-ramble an. egg or find the mean- j ing of the feminine "because." i FOR SALE?Three year old full blood Jersey heifer,, milking since May. first calf, now giving ten quarts a day. H. G. Osteen. 1BRUZZI RYE?New crop se lected reeleaned seed $2.50 per bushel. Wheat: Selected Vir ginia. Blue Stem, Fulcaster and Leap's Prolific. $2.50 per bushel. Place your ordere now and be certain to secure first class seed. Sumter Roller Mills. Chamber ?f j ? Oimmerce Notes i Secretary Reardon Writes About' the Cotton Mill j Proposition - Regarding the movement to get j ; a cotton mill for Sumter for which i a postponed meeting will be'held in j ja few days, this other meeting or dered by a rumber of Sumter bus*- j I iness and professional men at a j conference held at the Sumter! i Chamber of Commerce last Friday J evening. Secretary Reardon gave j j out the following statement today: i ! A number of Sumter citizens met '? i last Friday and after discussing: .this matter gave the proposition j of .attempting to get a cotton mill j jfor Sumter thorough consideration and indorsement, the method of I be pursued being, left open fori consideration at a subsequent, me^t- j Ling, the date .of which will be an- ? nounoed very. soon, j Perhaps it will not be amiss for j me to say that quite a number of i rS?mter citizens have assured me I I that they would have been at least j ; Friday's meeting but were pre- i Invented, from attending for various I reasons, but told me not to 'let j : their absence or the "hon-attend-j I ance of numerous other Sumter j I men be construed as indifference; j to or opposition to a cotton mill j [ for rhis cit>v It has come to me j |that a gentleman of this city said j that other parties had in view "he ? building of a cotton mill in Sumter j and.that they construed the calling! of a meeting by me for this pur-; pose or for the purpose of taking; steps to get joint Action between I Sumter and outside (capital, as "a butt in" after they iuid started or i thought of getting started, I am not ; quite eure which. I just want to i .say.that I never heard of any effort i />n the part of any. man or men to j do anything towards securing a j cotton mill for Sumter. If I had j heard of this I certainly would not i have called the meeting for last Friday. In the meantime if there -is any such movement on foot and the gentlemen who are the leaders will just come out and say so. I am quite certain that those who have ; met about this matter, and also ; those -who have encouraged me to ? keep up the attempt will withdraw in favor of those who started l?rst and that all of us will give them our hearty cooperation. In the present economic situation con- j fronting Sumter and Stimter coun- ? ty, which, however, is not by any j means hopeless or impossible ?>f solution satisfactorily if apprached j in the. proper way and solved by ! cooperation, there are plenty of t things to be done by every man and woman in Sumter and in the .doing of the many things necessary to be done to reestablish normal ' conditions of prosperity .in Sumter and Sumter county, each and every one of us can find a very wide .field of usefulness, working individually and collectively and. there will be glory enough to go, around if we just try to do the things we are going to have to do. Personally I have been trained to either lead or to. follow in team work, and I am just as good at pushing as I am at pulling. . In.civil life and its cooperative activities so necessary just now, a man who has never learned to fol [low well will never make a good I [lead horse .in, a pulling team,, just] I as in military-, activities in war? '', times, "he who has not first learned [to obey is not fit to commajid".! j Wheel horses are just about as nec- j essary as lead horses in Sumter j right now and for some time, to | -come. ? ...... [ . Put me down as a "pusher" and j a . high private in the rear ranks, j but put me down to. do something S in any old place in which I am needed.. just. so long. as men are needed in Sumter, and I will do my little very best. i A goed pusher is a very valuable j institution right now - when .you i ?take an automobile ride on Sumter county roads. . A man can. inherit dollars hut not sense. . cigarettes They are 10 I? Bay this Ggarette endSave Mmey ?00L BEATS INDEPENDENTS - Outside Growers Beginning to Kick About the-Market and Prices ? ? ? ? ??? V*. Olanta, Aug. 17.?Prices decline, farmers kick, tobacco too nigh- in *rder to bring good price*, and bad ? tuck in general is what tobaccp" growers of this community are be ginning to say to the open -ware houses. Tobacco averaged only eleven cents Tuesday and Just- aa? bad Wednesday. Poolers are better pleased , .no?* than on opening- day of the pool. Their advances averaged nearly as much Tuesday as prices paid in full* by open warehouses on the same day. Reports from the pool show^ that to date 70,000 pounds of to bacco have been pooled in the la5t. five receiving days on the Olanfe, market. . .: COTTON MARKET HEW YORK COTTON ' T?Ktff Oswm Hieb Low Close Jan_ __? ..22,552276 22&r 2Z^*22M} March .. .. 2155 22.77 2242 22.7ff 22? May_22.46' 22.70 22,2ft 22.62 22.10 Oct._22.80 23.00 22.50 22.95 22.42* Dec. J22J8Q 23.00 22.49 2Z96 22.42 Spots 50 up/ *3^e: NEW ORLEANS COTTON Ops* His* i-ow CIm* o<r** Jan.. - 22.64 22.64 21.93, 22.3?'?.?Si Marc_22.30 22.45 22.00" 22.30" 22.? Hay - _ . 22.00 22.31 2J.8S 22.17 21.95 ?ct_22J5 22.30 2225 2240 Dec.. .. - _22 f*S 22,70 72HZ 22.51 22.?" Spots 75 up, 22.63. January .. Hatch ... Hay. July . October _ December Liverpool Cotton. J&53 12.45 1243,. 12J22 12.82* _ iZ$$ Receipts. 8.000: Sales. 7,000; Mtdrffttajr.' 13.70 f'^Good ^Iddllcg, 13.95. r There was a^g^aeral smashing up * Sunday when J; H. Taylor, driving a Dodge down Liberty street met R. P. Gallagher, driving a, Nash,, with three other men in the car. . The car of Mr. Taylor ran into that, of Mr. Gallagher with such force J that the Nash was considerably \ smashed up and was turned up-_ side down. Xo one was seriously hurt, although all .four men in the Xash were thrown out,- the-car pinning Mr- Horace Bradford to the ground.. Mr. Bradford was carried* -to the hospitaUbut found that'hO ' bones were broken however, some what bruised. The case hasfceen postponed until Thursday. \ ? 1 . FOR THE RE4JEF OF Pain in the Stomach artd BoweisJntestrnai Cremp Colic, Diarrhoea | - SOLD EVERYWHERE?? ? 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 a 30-day bill, it is usually subject to a discount of. 1 per cent in 10 days which is equivalent to 18 per cent per annum. If you have to borrow money from your bank and pay the maxi mum rate of 8 per cent, you are 10 per cent to the good. Where can you find a better investment than making at least 10 per cent on your own bills ? Bat 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 SUMTER, S. C The National Bank of South Carolina Of Stutter, S. C The Bank With the Chime Clock. The Most PaSnftattng SERVICE with COURTESY Capital 9300,000 Sorphas and Profit? $200,000 STRONG AND PROGRESSiVB Grve ub the Pleasure ol Service YOU. C. G. ROWLAND. Pre*. EARLS ROWLAND, Caehlex