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The Watchman and Southron ?:- ?._ <*ubiisbed Wednesday had Satur gF day by Osteen Publish;!.- Company, Surmer, s. C. Tern**: ^- $2.1)0 per annum?in advance. ? Adverttsenwnls: One Sqohre, first insertion __$1.00 Every subsequent insertion .?O CcrXitracts for three months o'r longer will be made at reduced rates. i .-? ? \ All communications which sub serve, private . interests will Je charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of" re spect will ? he charged for. , The Sumter Watchman was founded in -and the True ??m&s??i in IS66. . The Watchman ?u& Southron now has the com bined circulation and influence of fco&h of the old papers, and is ?na? ifesriy the best advertising medium ro Sumter. ? - . -. SALOON BUSINESS AT SEA . I: has been common5 knowledge ?9T ?s?st, the fact was never concealed?that" liquor was sold on American ships outside of the thrt^mile line where the open sea begins. Those who knew it mostly took the situation as a matter of c curse, - and the Shipping Board diu net think it necessary to shout the truth front the housetops. "The ~oper. sea is international, and. -American ships are competing there with' the shi^s of other na tiers in k frenzied effort to make tlpIS euds meet, and the ships un der other flags carry and dispense i.oucr. and: passengers gladly? buy 5t. and the profit helps to reduce tier'.cirs. Bu< now that it has be czise ? hctly debated issue, it is Ipupossi'cle icr anybody to dodge the truth about the matter. -The truth is, as most people seem" to see it, that it is unjust dis \*rix&inati?n to let liquor be sold .- >:rlr-r the American flag at sea ;.';:c;u k- Cannot be sold legally uht e'er that flag ashore: also that the ?Lloon business is not' exactly a nice business for the United States government to be engaged in. ABTIXTCIAX BREATHEVG.. " The Safety Institute of America wants the "prone pressure" system of artificial breathing taught in the pufeiic schools. It is the best ?jftactical method known for reiv ing "victims of drowning, suffoca ties or electrocution, if they have any life left in their ' bodies. &ow1?dge of it is especially desir >le at this time of year, because bi 'the large number of drowning case?. ? The principle is simple. The vic tim, is placed on his stomach, with his mouth open and free for the passage of air. then there is'Tegu lar pressure and withdrawal Of pressure oh the ? small ~ Of ?'the vic tim's back about as rapidly as ' normal breathing. The rescuer straddles the pa tient's hips, with his own knees just below the patient's hip bones. H&. places the palms of his hands on' the small of the patient's back* with his little fingers just' touching the T?wesf rib!?. With arms held straight?' he leans "forward gently but firmly, forcing the weight of his body gradually *!on the patient's t-ack, 'and then slowly withdrawing his pressure taking .? four or five seconds for the downward and up ward movement combined: This i should be continued until natural! breathing begins, and Resumed if j the jaatncai breathing stops again. "Patience is required. Sometimes j anv apparent miracle will occur;; and' iife reappear/ after a victim j bus been seemingly dead fcr half j as h??'r or more. SEEING THE ELEPHANT. Human nature is a funny thing. It has to see the elephant. Then ii goes home satisfied, and seldom cares whether or not it sees him again. The band may play, the tclown may do all his funnv tricks, the lady may jump through the rings, the ponies may vaunt their cleverness. The elephant, per haps j?st ambles slowly and with ungainly tread around the ring af?d out again. But the elephant completes the show. Does this not explain much of the wild oats sown by young folks of both sexes in the past few years? 8b women reaily enjoy smoking? A few acquire the habit. But of the many who try it do not most seen stop? Thev have seen the elephant. They have proved their 7 ability to be wild; why bother fur ther? Is not the same true of the risque shows? The first ones were :~Id of with bated breath. Every one wanted to see how bad they, were. Worse ones appeared. Everyone wanted to know how bad a show really could be. They at tracted while the novelty lasted. But after everybody had "seen the elfphant" they came to the con crurfon that they didn't care to j watch him wa'ddle art.und ilie riftg] j forever. $ Tney ? wau* od a little wholesome drama in their'shows, . a little* real thiisic in their- operas, i The same was true of ??petting". i Evervbodv wanted to know just t . " : how sloppy the other could he. In js?fiie cases these experiments end | ed disastrously. In others they ? merely caused the natural revul jsion of sound youth against silly ! sentimentalism. Petting lived its ! ;addish Hfp"ohi and" is *now oh the I wane.- It's no Inoger smart to pet. j Speeding has more of- a lure. But j {even speeding ;is becoming mod-j j erated. Having found out what it] j-felt like to push'the-old car to her j jlimit, the disadvantages of if' j I nervous tension begin to contrast | I j j^rifarorably with ' the comfort Of j [driving easily. I . American life has sunk into no j j hopeless morass. The American,! j with his customary pep, insists up ; on seeing the whole show, includ ing f he - elephant. Having seen Shim, he goes home and goes ro ? work as usual. AMNESTY FOIfr SOVIET PRIS- j " ? OXER'S I. &mi4 ?! ! Russians, and friends of the! I Soviet system- at that, are com- j j plaining because the Russian g?v- S ernment puts citizens in jail and j keeps them there for expressing ufipleasanf opinions about that i j same government. ! It appears that in the glorious j 'freedom of Soviet Russia, there is j [ freedom of speech and press and j [assembly jusr as far 'as the' written j i and spoken 'word and : Concerted j ' action are favorable to the system j j established by Lehine. Any ut- j jterahce criticising the policies or acts of the Red dictator and his select groups of counsellors is just ?s much lese-majesty as was ever ' the case in Cza'rist Russia or Bour--) ! ? i j bon France or Hohenzoilerji Ger-i j many. !' The New Tork World, observing j this-example' of the liberty that i the Soviet" regime has brought to j the Russian"people, delicately sug i gests that American friends of that I-regime,: led by Eugene V. Debs, * might' start a movement to obtain ploitical amnesty for Russian pris oners. '-*-? v ; **' . TO CONTROL FLYERS Secretary of War Weeks should j have strong support from the pub- J lie, as well as from the President I to whom he has' appealed, in hisj I efforts to hasten the federal con I trol of aviatidft. ' j There' is coritrol now of the army j and navy aviators, by their respec- j itiYe departments, but there is noj ijurisdiction over civilian flyers and} ?; ?". - ...... 1 I there are no rules for their con- i idnct. Both are sought in a bili: ? pending hi Congress for the ere- j ! alien of a bureau of aeronautics I j I ! within the Department of Com-; hherce. The ? bureau would est ab- | ; lish rules for the air, license pilots j j and exercise supervision'.over all j [civilian flying. This measure is j 'stuck in the legislative jam, and: j there is little prospect of its early j ! enactment unless the President or i the public, or both together, insist I [strongly on its passage. The United * States has been! strangely slotf in taking such ac- j tion. Nearly all European coun-; Itries of any importance in aviation J [have already established the nece's-j jsary control. THE DIAZ REVOLT There is news from Mexico again ' j of the old, familiar' sort. A rebel j ? - "t ?. . } j movement is afoot. Gen. Felix ! ; Dias, nephew of the President j i Diaz who'was ousted when this! [interminable "Series of revolutions j I began is in Guatemala, just beyond | the border, and is expected to I (move into southern Mexico and; ! put himself at the head of an J ?army of 15.000 soldiers and a lot) of generals. One of his loyal \ ! henchmen is Gen. Carlos Green, i" 1 _ J . , . ;deposed governor of Tabasco, who, j ought to add pep to the under- j I taking. This may mean fighting and ; ; counter-revolution, with the oust-] jihg of President Ohregon; and j [again, it may not. Americans are; ?not likely to be greatlv impressed [by this latest enterprise of the! j doughty Felix. It ? but the last: of many attempted coups nn hisj part. Mexico is quite accustomed; [to the pretensions of this little I ! nephew of a big man. Felix's mil- ! iitary pranks so far have been tol-; ierated rather good-naturedly. But ;the aspiring young: man had bet-1 jter be careful, and not take him-] j self too seriously . Otherwise he : ? may find himself, one of these i fine days, shot at sunrise against i : an adobe wall or given the ley de | ? f uega. I ? ? ? The youngsters can't see much I difference between '"senescence" land "3ans sense." J CROWING WEALTH. r, r ?- ?i_ r ) '? (By John A. Murk In. Director Publicity. Southern Packing Cor poration, ?rangeb?rg. S. O.) v The farmer who has 10 to 100 good hogs on his farm at this time, should feel mighty proud of the fact as they arc growing into money every day. The hog always puts a bigger smile on the farmer's face than, any other product from a farm because he knows he al ways has a ready-market at a good price for his product;1^ Hogs have saved many a farm by ? paying taxes, interest and have kept it running. The farmer who stays by the brood sow y?u- in and year out and gives the business thought ful attention has no cause to wor -r.y. . v i .; The one feature of the great swine business, most oustanding is; the noticeable fact that good sireis | have been the greatest means , of I progress , in any of the several j prominent breeds. Under any con- I ditions a good sire is.half of the! herd and a poor sire is all the herd.! (The poor sire will affect every lit ter unfavorably to some extent no matter how good the dam.) The good sire is essential even with good sows for the best results in mating. During the last few weeks the breeders have been very' busy get ting their show herds ready for the shows this fall. They have, watched their hogs at every feed-i ing and.have wondered which one would bring home the bacon from the fair. The beginner in the show ring shouldr't be discouraged if he doesn't , win a prize. He should not be disa ppointed by this, but should consider that the advertis ing that his herd received while at the 'show was a great advancement to- his herd. The greatest sport in showing is when you are defeated to go home with determination xhai you will not be defeated an other year. That word "determi nation" has spellecl success for many of our big breeders of today. Farm Demonstration Agent L. S. Wolfe, at the big farmers' meeting held this week at the Southern Packing Corporation's plant at Orangeburg. S. C, stressed the'im portance of raising hogs in ; South Carolina, and cautioned the farmer not to use peanuts as a hog feed be cause hard hogs, the kind the pack er wants, can not be grown on peanuts. * j The ultimate end of the "pork er" is the pork barrel- Regard-1 less o- his lineage, regardless of! blue ribbons he may carry, . &nd j the aristocratic blood that mn-yj course through his veins, in the! e^rid he is apt to meet a tragic death and his carcass go to fill rthe larder of a hungry world., Granting that the preceding statements are true, then the fol' lowing ones become equally true: that the .??"?v'fnate aim of the pure bred breeder should be to produce a type of hogs with fhe breeding back of it that will --ost economi cally convert- raw products of the farm into the finished article, ready for the pork barrel. I say breeding ? back of the type' because e^rery breeder knows that he has in his herd certain blood lines, or certain j individuals which produce uniform-j Jy largo, strong, even litters of pigs! that.will go into the feed lot and make hogs of themselves in less time and more economically than other pigs of the same age, and under the same identical conditions. Too often we lose sight of this im-, portant factor in our consideration of pedigree. Just now. when we are down to rock bottom in all lines of busi ness, is an opportune time for the breeder to thoughtfully and se.i riously Size up his herd and ask | himself these questions: "Am I producing hogs that will go into the feed lot a,nd outfeed my neigh bors grades or cross-breeds?" "Will my purebreds reach a mar ketable age on less feed and sell | for more dollars per hundred j pounds than his? "If these .ques tions cannot be answered in the af- j firtnaiive, the breeder is not doing j a service to his community and be- j come:s a real detriment to the ad- j vancement of his breed. And the! business that does notser\-e, wheth- j er it be raising hogs or selling shoes, must ultimately fail. We i must produce the hog the feeder j wants, the hog the packer wants. I Not the all legs, fish back, slim bodied, rarsor back, extreme type, but the strong backed, deep sidea*, active, smooth, well-boned type j with well sprung rib, deep wide' chest, and strong heart girth. With such type, good breeds of- hogs will easily retain the supremacy in the feed lot and be acclaimed as the mortgage lift er-of the farms. There has been a radical change ,? in the character of hogs produced j in the Southeast during the< past few years. Cood breeding and conformation is showing itself in every section. Most of the hogs are well finished, and the quality of meat has been vastly improved, j The farmers are rapidly passing up j old time methods, and going at the ! business in the right way. The' Southeast is destined to become the greatest hog producing section of { the Cnioii. because farmers in this section can produce hogs cheaper titan they can be produced in any other part <>f the country. Climatic conditions, inexpensive houses, and cheap lands make it possible for the hog industry to become one of the biggest assets of the South> east. It has been Said that the hog is the "farmer's gem" and the farmers are rapidly realizing that tin* is imp. Raising good hogs should br> the ambition of every farming com hi unity. The Southeast is making gr?>ar progress toward the production of feed crops, necessary to maintain the livestock herds, which are rapidly becoming a big part of the farmers' business in this section. It is not necessary tor the farmers to worn" about the boll weevil or anything else, just so long as they [can grow an abundance of corn j and i'orage erops sufficient for a1i the hogs, .cattle and sheep they j | can raise. The farm without hogs j (and livestock is lacking In one of. | the most essential money making, j | links of the chain of industry be-! longing to the farm. To deprive the | | farm of good livestock is a business 1 i mistake of any farmer, which the | 'year's receipts will show. It is a good profitable business | transaction to have every farm j carr>* a good stock of good pork ; producing hogs, raised and devel-1 oped on the farm. This does not} mean to exclude other livestock, at i the same time there is no other farm animal that will make the | annual increase as rapidly as the I hog. Hence, the hog is the farm- j er's most valuable cash producer j on the farm today. _ ! Now comes the report from fed- j eral investigators that, in addi- ! tion to milk. eggs, vegetables, and I the other foods which have been ; announced vitamin-bearers, thatf pork is relatively rich in vitamins. \ The same is true but to a iess de-; gree of beef, veal, mutton and Iamb. Meat is one of the most im- j portant foods, and it may give! some satisfaction to know that we i are ? consuming such valuable nu- \ tritional elements when we enjoy j our delectable chops, steaks, and i roasts; There is no country today where the swine get as pure and health generating feed as in the United States. ? The best and cleanest grains, wheat. - shorts, middlings, corn meal/alfalfa, and clover hay and the sweetest of pastures, are fed them: also charcoal, clean j ashes and lime, all of a character j to insure the production of thei highest quality of meat. '? j " The opportunity of every town [ Jies in the surrounding eountn'. j The country can get along without j the town, but r.o town will be pros- j peroiis where the land is poor.: There is but one permanent town i or city builder, and that road leads to the country. "When the harvest-] fields smile, the town is happy.] Corn, wheat, pork, cattle, poultry, \ these are the builders of great j towns ? and cities. Former Secre- j tary Houston, of the United States j Department of Agriculture, in one of his reports said: "We have been-; so bent on building up great in- j dust rial oente'rs?that we have: overlooked the very foundation of j our industrial - existence?AGRI- | CULTURE. Southern Shopmen j Stand Fast at Spencer None of the Seventeen Hun-j dred; Strikers Have Re-! turned to Work ! Salisbury, X. C Aug. 24.?Strik fag shopmen of the Southern rail-: way at> Spencer are standing pati ifor a national agreement, and not; a man of-the 1.700 who left the' shops on July 1, has left the ranks! of the strikers, according to om- j cials of the-unions involved. Picket work goes, on Unabated, j though most of the clubs carried j by the pickets a few days ago! haVe disappeared. Meanwhile the; j shops are running full time and j 'new recruits are being received! !daily, a .contingent having arrived! I today. The railway officials claim j !their position is growing stronger daily, and that the shops, are j I rapidly filling with new men. While j trains are somewhat delayed, inj i some instances several hours, the | movement holds up well and mails' are making good time, according j to railroad officials. Officials of Central Methodist! Ichurch. of which the Rev. T. P. j Jimison is pastor-today wrote aj letter to CoL Don Scott, in com- j mand of the eight companies of j troops here, thanking him for hisj offer oft military guard to be placed] at the home of the minister, but advising him that troops will not be needed for this purpose. The offi- j cers of the church Tuesday night placed a number of guards at their! pastor's home, following receipt of j threatening letters and the attack j made upon the preacher by John ! Sloop, postal clerk. Monday. Colonel Scott issued a statement j today assuming full responsibility! for placing troops on guard duty j here and at the Spencer shops Monday night and saying that the I guard was not required either by j railway officials or by union lead-j ers- "I considered I had informa-! tion enough at hand to order the j troops." said Colonel Scott's j statement. "Xeither Mr. Ellis: (president of the State Federation j of Labor) nor the Southern rail-! way requested that troops be sent." j The troops were withdrawn from; guard duty in Spencer Tuesday at; the Southern's request. Seven companies of guardsmen j are encamped three miles from 1 Speh<ver, while one company re- i mains oh guard duty in Salisbury j at the Southern passenger station; and at the postotfice where Sloop' is emi?oyed. ? A Texas man walked 800 miles to j marry a widow?but Texas is a vast stretch of depopulated dreari- ! ness in spots and widows are mighty scarce there?San Francis-! co Chronicle. I '?Some of our mos" influential; people." said Uncle Eben, "pays too j much attention to landscape gar- \ denin' an' not enough to gettin'! rid o' de grade crossings."?Wash- j ington Star. m <+> -i? Iii several southern states fish are. being turned loose to eat mos-! quitoes. Poor fish. The only thing you can say for ? the present state of chaos is that it may make us a nation Of good ; marksmen. ?? Two reasons cur young people j seem worse are rubber heels. COLUMBIA FORECAST OF THE PRIMARY Second Race Between McLeod and Blease i s Generally Pre dicted ? Superin tendent of Educa tion in Do?bt Columbia. Aug. 28.?A second race between Thos. G. McLeod, of Eishopville, and Former Governor Cole L. Blease candidates for gov ernor, is the general prediction among political observers here on the, eve of the primary election of Tuesday. Interest in tomorrow's contest is keen and the heaviest vote the state ever knew is ex pected. The addition of the wo men's votes is expected to largely add to the ballot total. In the governor's race'there are three candidates who are expected to poll heavy votes, McLeod. Ble?se" and Senator Laney. Laney is gen erally expected to stand third in strength. There is much discus sion' of Blease's strength. It is generally predicted that he will poll his entire strength in the first race. In the second, if there is a second, the combined opposi tion, is expected to be largely against Blease. Some observers predict, a heavy vote for the former governor; others do not expect him to show anything like his old-time ' vote pulling power. Second in interest among, the state candidates is the race for superintendent of education, with varied predictions as to the out come. Many expect .one of the women candidates to win while others prophesy the re-election of State Superintendent Swearingen. A second race for this office is ex pected, with the wise ones pre dicting that Swearingen and Mrs. I Drake will be the fun-over candi-. dates. Another race in which there is considerable interest is" that for: attorney general. Attorney Gen erar Wolfe'is w;earing a black ring] around his eye, as the result of the fight at a recent campaign meet-j ing in the Piedmont, inflicted by! D. M. Winter, after the attorney general had resented forcefully! charges of irregularity against his j administration. Mr. Wolfe's re-: election on- his record is freely j predicted. Observers who have watched thej campaign closely and who know) the state's political situation pre>j diet also the re-election of -Wij Banks Dove as secretary of St?t? and the re-election of Walter rt., Duncan as comptroller general* I The re-election of B. Harris as] commissioner of agriculture . 'is j predicted by the same forecasters. ?There is much uncertainty as to the ! outcome Of the races for lieutenant j governor, and adjutant and in-j spector general.- State Treasurer i Carter is unopposed. ? ! > - ? ??&*. ' Columbia. Aug/ 28.?Twenty-! eight life insurance claims for! over $10,000 were paid in South! Carolina last year, The largest was to the beneficiaries of insur ance held by Ira B. Bunlap*. of Rock Hill, amounting to $33.G0O. The others were: D. S. Henderson,] Aiken, $16,934; Fleming Charons, Allendale. $10.000; Lee G. Holle-j man ''Anderson; $19,382; Davis B; j Rawl, Batesburg, $19,062: Jas. A. Inlow. Batesburg, $10.000; W. M. i Shannon, Camden. $10.000: L. J. Welch, Carlisle, $10.000; of Char leston, Willi?m B. Whaley, $15, 346; W. H. Shingler, $15,000; R. L* Clement. $12,000; of Columbia, James McCutcheon, $10.000, and John L. Mimhaugh. $10.000; H; K. Upham. Florence, $10.000; P. W. Rullivan. Hohen Path, $12,500: Geo. S. Mower, Newberry, $13,-] OflO; L. C. Lipscomb. Ninety-Six, $15,000; Jas. ? M: Cherry, Rock Hill. $20,000: H. A. Raysor, St. Matthews. $17.001: Max Cohen. Suthter. $12:678: Jas. H. Fant, Union. jlO.000; R. R. Jeter, Whit mire. $27.905; places hot given,! M, M. Platt, $16,669; W. W. Dfes Champs, $15.000: J. R.? Smith, $10.312. and C. E. Spencer, $10, 000. These figures were made public in Columbia today by the Insur ance Press, a New York insurance journal. REPLIES TO TEXAS CHARGE Dallas. Texas, Aug. 24.?A mes- j sage from former President Wood- { row Wilson, denying charges that I he . "handed out to Catholics 85 per cent, of the offices while he whs president," has been received here by R. C. Merritt. local at- j torney. The charge was made by the Rev. A. C. Parker, admitted cycl?ps of the local Ku Klux Klan, in a -political speech last Tuesday j night. "You don't know that the great j unsuspecting Woodrow Wilson) handed nut to Catholics 85 per; cent. Of the offices while he was i president, do you?" the Rev. Mr. j Parker said. Shortly after Mr. Parker's ! speech. Mr. Merritt wired the for- j mer president, asking if the state- j ment was true: The text of Mr. Wilson's reply follows: "Of course, the statement is grossly false. I thought it incon sistent with the principles of our government to consider the church collections of any one appointed to office." It was signed "Woodrow Wil son." ! IS STARTED IN MEXICO j - Gen. Murguia Steps Over the Border From Texas to "Be gin C ampaign Against Obre^on I San Antonio. Texas. August 27? i Reports that Gen. Francisco Mur jguia, former Carranzista general : in the Mexican army, with a. band of officers including Gen. Candh?o ? Aguilar,- son-in-law of the late President Carranza, had left this city last Wednesday, crossed the Rio Grande at a point below Brownsville and were met on the Mexican side of the fiver by a" band of more than 580 "-revolutionists, were confirmed today by Mrs. Fran cesco Murguia. wife.Of the general at the home of the general in this city. ? Another band ' cooperating with Murguia crossed, it is said, near Laredo. 4-I know .that they left-here and have crossed hte river. I have received a icken''from my husband since that fells me he is in Mexico and is well," said Mrs. Marguia. ' ? Mrs. Murguia tonight also con firmed the personnel of the party It is reported that General Murguia n,nd his band had an ?greeement to work in harmony with -Gen. Car los Green and his force of 1.400 men and Gen. Guan C?rrasco and his 2.700 men in the state of Si noloa. Murguia, it is behe,ved. is headed toward the oil fields of Tampico. He issued a manifesto as'Soon ?s he reached Mexican soil and ah alleged' copy of this mani festo giving the reason- for this movement* was seen in San Anton io today. San Antonio, Texas, August 27? According to reports here Gen! Francisco Murguia and ? staff of eight, well armed - and; provisioned crossed the.'Rio Grande 14 miles below Brownsville Friday night and joined by 578 men with the avowed purpose of ! overthrowing the-Obregoh government. ?<5eneral MurgUfa is said to have left San Antomo; Thursday by au tomobile accompanied by his sec retary and Gen. Cahdido Aguilar. Brig. Gen. Edward Berhbandez, Col. Rafael Pracillrib, Col. Alber to Salinas; Col. Antonio , Romero, ohief of staff of General Murguia. I>ieut. Col. Ablardo ? Abrego;' five doctors. 14 telegraph operators and three wireless operators and a com plete radio receiving and broad casting station- It was said that the party left San Antonio with campiiig equipment and fishing poles alongside the car posing as tourists and that the centraliza tion point, a ranch 14 miles below Brownsville, was reached wihout incident. They were met there, the report added, by a well equipped band of 587 men, jack mules and all equipment including machine guns, ammunition, arms and sad dles. Telephone calls made at the home of General Murguia on the Corpus Christi roadi Gen. Aguilar at . Gfoveland .Park, and at the homes of Col. Rafael Pracillino and others elicited the information that they were "out of the city." El Paso. Texas, August 27? Troop movements are taking place in Juarez' but military authorities refuse to give their destination. Current gossip, however, is' that bandits have made attacks on the Sierra Madfe railroad: Atlantic Coast Line Bridge Damaged By Dynamite Jacksonville. Fla.. Aug. 25.?An attempt presumably was made to wreck a south-bound passenger train on the Atlantic Coast Line Railway near here tonight at Fish weir creek. The train sped across the bride "spanning the creek a few minutes after' a dynamite explo sion. Several crossties were splintered and other slight damage done, but j *:he bridge was not rendered un I safe, according to officials who in | vestigated. ' j The' explosion occurred shortly 'after 10 o'clock. Train No: 83. I a passenger, left the union depot at 10.08 for Tampa. J Seated on the front porch sev eral blocks from the bridge were members of the Spencer family, in cluding a barefooted youngster of eighteen. The family immediate ly placed the loud reports as near the bridge, and, too, though of No. S3. "Jump on the horse and head off the train." Sammy was told, and with little ado he complied. Sammy raced across the vacant lots inter vening, riding bare-back, and ap proached the bridge just as the train went across. Two other trains passed over the bridge at intervals shortly afterwards. I The explosion mounted to five ! the dynamiting instances in con nection with the strike the last two days, the most serious of which was the attempt to wreck the home last night of J. A. Williams, a Sea* board Air Line Railroad shop fore- j I man and a member of city council. Gloves. j Elaborate embroidery and fancy i stitching are seen in the hew j gloves for fall. White turnover i cuffs are introduced on dark gloves. ? ? ?' *m I Illinois hermit' who killed four I men and then himself got the right j man at last. { Some of the fiction magazines I are intelligently edited, and some are designed to improve your ?mind. - H MAY REVOKE UNIOfr CHARTER * - *i ? ? j j V Head of Trainmen's Brother hood Disapproves of Un authorized Strike Cleveland, August 27.?Members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen who walked out on the Chicago and Alton .at'Roodhouse are in danger of having their char ters revoked unless they return to work and remain there until prop er strike action is taken, W. G Lee, president o? the organization declared here tonight. Mr. Lee said he hkd sent a tele gram to the officers of the lodge No. \4 at Roodhouse advising them against the illegal action of the ?embers in violation of the broth erhood constitution, "which must result in the loss of their member ship." The telegram was in reply to one sent by the lodge to Mr. -ee. -Announcement that the head of the "Big Five" brotherhoods would meetr herfe ? Tuesday to discuss the! shopmen's strike as it affects their j organizations were madeby.War -en S. Stone president of the Broth -hood of Locomotive Engineers. *I wired them that if it is true, the strike is contrary to our law," Mr. Lee said. -*T told them if they go out illegally, 1 will have to en force our laws. I also advised against any action of the members in violation of the constitution of the brotherhood, which of neces sity must result in the loss of their membership." The trainmen's constitution pro- j vides that in cases of grievances, ' the system general chairman must j call a meeting Of the executive! committee for the system. - The ex ecutive committee may vote a strike which must be sanctioned by the president: Rbodhouse. 111-. August 2.7?No trains have been moved out of Roodhouse over the Chicago and Alton road since 6:45 o'clock last night when company officials mann ed a train that- left for Blooming ton. Chicago & Alton employees who have refused to l?ke out trains, de claring conditions have been "un safe." had a meeting here today, but snid afterward there was1 no statement to? be' given out. Be sides the shop crafts forces who j have been on strike, other unions not working include the firemen, trainmen and clerks. Epginemen are not working because they ciaim they have" no qualified fire men. Conductors say' they are ready to take out rains if crews are provided. Accroding to union men, 350 have quit work. They maintain that they are not striking but are refusing to operate trains because they believe conditions are not safe since explosion in the yards several days ago, which, union men say, was caused by bombs, but which railway officials* attributed j to-fire crackers. j Twelve passenger trains and! about 25 freight trains operated in j and out of here daily over ' thej Chicago & Alston under normal j conditions. The yards here are \ filled with pas?enger -and freight] trains. About 300 passengers who} were stalled here when train ser-' vice was stopped have succeeded in getting to their destinations, some traveling Over other roads and'others making their way tOj nearby points in cabs.' Harrisburg, VaV. Aug. 27.?Al bert Grim, aged 19, was killed and his father. Milton Grim/ aged 45, wounded in the neck last night by unidentified persons who fired { through a window of their home, two miles from the Norfolk &| "Western railway shops at Shenan-j doah. where they were employed. ? "William Offenbacker and Ber-j nard' Lamb, striking shopmen, { were arrested today in connection { with the shooting after witnesses had testified at the coroner's in quest that they had made threat ening remarks to the Grims be-j cause of their work in the shops. An affidavit also was presented at the inQueSt, signed by the younger 10* They are GOOD! Crim last Monday, which stated that Offenbacker had threatened to shoot hirri if he ' returned to work. Spencer, X. C, Aug. 27.?Reports in circulation that Southern rail way shopmen were to meet at Spencer Monday to consider with drawing from the national body' and forming a new organization were emphatically denied tonight] by J. M.' Bills, head of the shop-* men and president of the State Federation of Labor. . SLUMP IN ' .INCOME TAXES rath Carolina Pays Sixty-, three Per Cent I>ess Taxes Than Previous Year Washington. August 27?Internal revenue collections fell Off $1,"3&8, 000,000. in the fiscal year 1922 as compared ?Verth the year before, re flecting the business depression,, which swept over the country: Costsr to the government of collecting the taxes went up 43 cents for every $100. Total collections of $3,197,000.-* 000 as compared with $4,595,000,-^ 000 in 1921 were reported in a pre liminary statement issued today by. Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair. The cost of gathering this sum was $41,435,000 or '$1,30 vfor* each $100 as against 87 cents for* Kfech $100 the year before,: Income and profits taxes total led $2,08S,OO0,0O0, a decrease o? -$140,000,000; estate taxes, ?H9f 006,000, a decrease of $15,000,000; "imsurance : $210,000,000, decrease $111,000,000; beverages of all knds $73.000.000, decrease $62,000,000; tobacco $270,000,000, increase $16, 000;000; admissions and dues $80, OSO-,900, decrease $16,000,000; ex-^ -eise taxes $174,000,000. decrease* $55,000.000; special faxes $91,0$0, ?000, decrease $2,000,900; sramp taxes $59.000,000,.decrease $134O0tL 000; employment of child l?bor^* $15,000. decrease $9.000: miscellan eous collections, including recfei?ts under the prohibition act and through customs offices $7,355,000, increase $159.000. Only the District of Columbia of all the states and territories show ed an increase in income and pro fits taxes paid, its total being^S, 713.000 or 21 per cent, more than' in 1921. A professor says the natural way^ for man to walk is on ^all-fours. This may be propaganda put out, by shoe manufacturers.?Reading News-Times. Damad Ismail Rakki, who mar-" ried the daughter of the Sultan c? Turkey, has been divorced. His mother suggests that his m-Iatsn!? are^calling him names.?Louisville* Courier-Journal. Short skirts and silk hose ? ap pear to have given the world the impression there is nothing to^ girls but legs.?Cincinnati Saquir-f er. It must be fine "to be a policeman and always at a considerable dis-^ tance from where the trouble is. DISCOUNT YOUR BILLS If our merchants would only take the time to figure up what discounting their bills means to thenv 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 ?f 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. 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