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The Watchman and Southron FuMlshed Wednesday and Satur day by ?steen rhiolishiiig Company, Sujnter. S. C. Tfcirttts: SS.uy per ^nauiti?in advance. Advertisements:. - One Square, first insertion ..$1.00 "?t-ery subsequent insertion .50 Contracts for three months-or longer will be made at reduced rates.- * c communications which ?cb Berve private interests will je 'charged for as advertisements. % Obituaries and tributes- of re spetc will be charged-foe. * ?The Sumter Watchman was fO'at de a in 1S50 aaid the True Soathron in IS6$. The Watchman i;r.d Southron , now has vthe com i-i?.ed-circulation and influence <of Iiroth of the old papers, and is man ifest ry the be^t advertising medium rti Sumter. TWELVE^HEALTH RtXES ? The country is sup nosed to have been' observing- 1 "Chiropractic Week." That la-ct may have pass euunnoticed by many people, ow ; iiig io the rather monotonous way In which one ->week" leads to ah ccner. The public, 'too, has ssziajlier interest in this new system ^"th?c i; has in *ome other subjects lift celebration. Nevertheless it is worth whilero ndte the' twelve rules- sei forth by* chiropractors, ira'ey are: . I. ..Keep ail your, nerves free ;, from .pressure. "2. Learn how to breathe. Z. Esx lightly. i^arh how to use water, in ws'rdiy and outwardly.' ? .5.'" Xearn how to exercise. Study preventive science. 7. i.eara the science of right ;h:nkl:.g. $} Sinile and be optimistic. 9. Ce^s^rve your nervous en fvergy.''.. ' Sleep at least eight hours c at. ?l 'every twenty-four. . II/' Take no drugs into your .jbooy. . - ": 12. Do not trust your he?ith to . your feelings! * JCe?rly aH these rules instantly commend' themselves to ihtelii : '^fcht people; although ordinary * medical 'practitioners'-"; and " most laymen will object *hat the "first . ^3. eleventh are undly emphasized. - i.?.?- ? tp o ? #> FARM BXESSiKGS Farm life must he pretty good. va|ier;-all, and farmers must be a pretty good lot of men. There is ;>o other conclusion possible from H^te results of a- questionnaire sent out by a "western farm' nragazme". Of many thousand women, more > ihatB 90 per cent declare *hey would mther have their daughters ^trnfy farmers than city men. And why do they like farm life ffer- iheinsels-es and their daugh ters? Here are some of she prih :?p*al reasons': The farm makes better husbands ^Ieu-'the city, they say, and- better neighbors. It teaches children the value of ~feone*t. labor. It "is more healthful for every body, ' especially growing children. It affords the -rare 'satisfaction working with' nature's c?hstruc Ive forces. The farmer and his wife are :armersf in a way that city couples "seldom are. and it is good for *b<il them.' i ? \ .MERGER D A X GER S The Federal Trade Commission "is doing weil to keep"an eye on*the steel mergers that have been filling Trso large-~a place in the business "news-"It has announced that it will test the legality of the Bethle^ hsm-I^ckawaiiha merger and the proposed Midvale-Republic-In - land' merger, and any other that may develop. The commission ex presses its fear that competition ?&!Tbe biridered by the new combi nation*. .?H^ompetition is to be preserved. Vy ail means, as long as competi tion remains the rule Of business. .??"Hiit'.it is an open question whether there is really any competition left _.\n?sdlin--the steel business. The "t25ed States Steel Corporation has only about half the market. Fu: if this biggest of trusts and its supposedly "independent" rivals -haVe really been* competing, there is; not much evidence of it in recent history. ;The iruBt has made no effort to ruin its competitors by low prices. It has not had to. Usually the in dependents have cheerfully Tol ' lowed- the trust prices,' Instead of trying"tcTur.dercut them. During the boom they often charged more than the trust, and got it. on the ground cf quicker delivery. ', Possibly the Federal Trade Com mission aims to restore, rather ?than preeerve, competition. If so, i: is a worthy enterprise.' More important, perhaps, than anything that could be done along that line aCthis stag! of the 'pro ceedings, would* be/-to make sure that in' the' new* mergei-s there shall be no stoek'-wale'rifisr. under any ; guise, for future investors to al? | sorb and the public to pay for. ! TMe public is now paying dividends i on half a billion dollars* worth of ! stock that was worthless when the f big steel trust was organized, and I has been made good by surplus i profits from :prices that need nev jer have been charged; except- for ; such watering. Stocks represent ; ing no real "values, -when once validated, must draw dividends and remain a public burden in definitely; FEWER FLIES. I It is pleasing to learn from the j Department of Agriculture that I through the direct ? efforts * of the j Department the house-fly has been barred .from 63,000 additional farm homes in one year. Indirectly, no doubt; the * accomplishtneht has been far greater. And every gain made in keeping disease-bearing Insects1 out: of human habitations j adds to the health, efficiency and I longevity of the* nation. At the same time It may be ob served* that sufch work, as time goes ?h, becomes less necessary, because conditions' themselves ire changing. Fifes are still a pest" on' farms, though by nd means" so great a. pest as. they used 'to be; In cities, ex cept for the most ill-kept districts, rhey seem .to; he growing- almost ; negligible. - ' .'"' Cleanliness itself has much to do j with the matter. EreryWhei'e there has been more emphasis' On this, j since It became known '*. generally j that: the fry-vra^s an insect flour j ishing only in a filthy environment. - jB?t :perhaps most of the gain I comes automatically from the auto |mobile. ? ? ? ? - ? . ! - Horse stables ano streets kept \ unclean by the presence' of horses j provided ? ideal eondltjjons for the t breeding . of house-flies. Not only jdo' hVotor oars eliminate such en j couragernent to fly propagation but \by scattering oil everywhere, they !Vfageractive;war on the pest by killing the eggs and larvae. This influence, too; is finding its way more and more into the farmyards and*thus adding its effect to that of screens in''protecting' the farm house. The'use 'of motor boats is helping," in the same way, to eliminate mosquitoes by the inci dental oilirig of' bodies of water where, they breed. Credit these effects among bene fits of the gas engine that are sel ; dorn recognized. '-? r i jPrXISHMEXT FOR LYXCHIXG. Warfare against lynching pro ! gresses 'In the south. A - special I grand: jury kiminoned at Macon, >Ga., within "i0" days from its as sretnblv returned five . indictments I against persons charged'with par Ititdpation in a lynching bee. There j'i? n?'; reason' to *d6ubt that trials 'will follow with equal celerity and j Impartiality. ' It Is not so very long ago that in no southern state could any such ! thing have happened. There are I still states in which it would be 1 Impossible to secure such prompt action, because the people are not yet convinced that there are better ways at preventing and punishing certain crimes than by lynching. * I? spite *?f pri>gress there is need for further' activity against this particular'"form "of lawless justice j But it must be remembered in any j activity to secure anti-lynch legis j latlon th?rthe stain for crimes joT this type does -not rest wholly ? upon any section, and that en lightened action tG ' wipe out the practice is not confined to any sec tion, either; THE FOE WITHIN. Those who warn that the real j menace to unionism comes not from ; outside but from within the unions j find justification for their theory Jin euch acts as the abandonment of j a train in the desert, the bombing !of other trains, the blowing up of ! bridge"? and other acts of violence, j It may be proved' of some of j these acts that they were the work ! of outsiders, the easily inflamed ]disorderly element which takes ad | vantage of any disturbance to cre jate a disturbance of its own. No ie?ch claim can be advanced in the ! desert episode. Every such act weakens the cause of unionism. It turns the public \ cold toward labor organization .1.. . jarid it inspires a doubt about union ism as an institution. Those who hope to see union ism prosper need'to heed especial ly the old saying that a man's ; foes are they of his own house ' iiold, and to foster no policy and . protect no member tending to bring organized labor into difrepute. f + m j The American Bar Association finds that 90 per cent of all crimes are committed with pistols. Itfor fire the pistols IC?TTON OUTLOOK ! iHeavy Drop in Percentage! ! Conditions?Results Disap-j j pointing J New York, Aue. 30.?The New j York Journal of Commerce will isay in its issue of tomorrow: Unfavorable climatic conditions j lover iv large part of the cotton belt' j during August have- apparently! j been responsible for even more than j j the* usual amount of ".midsummer" ! ? deterioration, and reports of 1?0 j J trustworthy correspondents of this | ! journal indicate a drop in percent- j j age condition ? of -14.1 per cent, j j These returns, gathered under an J average date of August 24, estimate 'cotton condition as 60.0 per cent against 55.1 per cent last year, and! a ren-year average of 68.2 per cent.! Since the above date there has prob- j ably been some further deteriora- j tion owing to continued unfavor- j able weather. In August, 1920, per cent condition stood at 72.6, 64.9 in! j 1919 and 60.0 in 3 018. It further I more is the most drastic reduction J since 3 9iS.. when cotton condition fell from 77.4 to 60.0. A year ago the decline equalled 2.7 per cent, but only 2.2 per cent in 1920. The next largest cut was in 1916, when there j was a-loss of 10.1, while the small est decline is shown to have been i 1.2 per cent in the banner year of j 1914. i While neither the lowest percent-i age nor the largest decline recorded .in the last few years, the results are keenly disappointing, in view of the brilhant promise of earlier months of the year and the .world j wide increase in the demand for j cotton. Following the government J formula of calculation and using ! the government acreage of 34.852, 000. a percentage condition Of 60.0 per cent shows that under normal growing condition a crop vof 11,-1 ! 122.000 bales might be raised,! [which compares with an actual! yield last year of 7,953,641 bales,! 13.439,60-3 bales in 1920 and 16,- j ?34,930 bales in the high record! year of 3 914. Other private esti mates of cotton condition range from 62.f) per cent to 56:0 per cent. All of the reports indicate reduc-j tions. the greatest being 16.9 perj cent. Oklahoma Suffers. Oklahoma suffered the most se- | verel3\- having sustained a decline j of no less than 2.4 per cent - to j 56.9 per cent. Mississippi comes j next, with a loss of 15.7 per centj to 61.4 per cent. Tennessee is a j close" third, declining 15.3 per cent ] to 61.4 per cent. A similar loss was] reported in Texas, 15.3 per cent, to j 61.4 per cent. Other drastie ;cutsi were 14.7 per cent in South Caro- j 1 in a and 13.1 per ce.nt in Arkansas,? The lowest condition ; figure re-j ported was for-South Carolina, 43 per cent. Georgia followed with a decline of 11.2 per cent., to 51 per cent. - The smallest loss recorded was for North Carolina/ 6.9 per cent,: and the highest condition, Missouri 77.3 per cent. Unquestionably the outstanding cause of the heavy deterioration in August has been the extremely un- \ favorable1 climate conditions ? pre-! vailing a greater part of the j month. A protracted period - of! drouth accompanied by intense j heat and frequently hot winds J proved disastrous to crop pros jpecte, and seems to have done-even ? more damage than weevils. -The {explanation -is the super-abundance j-of rains An the spring months ; of {the year which prevented the for mation-of a good tap root and in . other ways rendered the plant sus- j ceptible to adverse conditions. On j the other hand, severe damage has 'been wrought, notably in North jaod South Carolina, Georgia, parts of Mississippi, Alabama arid j !Louisiana, by continuous rains or cloudy, showery weather, which j caused abnormal shedding, rust j and blight, or boll rot, and prob- i ably worst of all, heavy. losses through weevil depredations, in the \ Idry territory have been checked, j I hut shedding is complained of, al* j J so premature opening; while in J j Texas boll and leaf worms have j j been more than usually trouble- i I some and destructive. Very little i ! top crop is looked for and in many ; sections middle and even bottom i crops are being attacked. Should I climatic conditions ? in' September ; jturn out to be as disappointing as! j those of August, there seems con- j jsiderable reason to fear not onlyj ?that production will be materially! j curtailed, but that the 1922 cotton! jcrop will be a very short one, de-| !spite the material increase in ! j acreage. j Abundantly Fruited. ! As a partial offset, however, to! j this formidable array of adverse | ! circumstances, it still remains true' j that reports from nearly all parts j jof the belt have shown cotton to j I be vigorous, ? well formed, and usually abundantly fruited. This] [is regarded as partly attributable ; to the increase in the use of fer-; ?tilizers, also to better cultivation, j ; Owing tn improvement in the la-i 'bor situation, cultivation is al j most everywhere reported as ex-i jeellent. with fields clean and in' ; line condition. Moreover, in nearly | [ail of the cotton states, with pos- ( sibly the exception of Georgia and ! j South Carolina, many "good" spots ! j are reported where temperatures! : have been normal, rainfall suffi-! . cient. and growing conditions gen-j j erally ideal. This at once leads j to The belief that the crop will] I again be uneven, and just as hard ?to gauge accurately as have beea f those of the last two or three j i years. There are not a few cor respondents who claim that a good; deal more cotton will be raised this ' year than is generally believed, and j ithat the 1922 crop may prove al- j ! most as much of a surprise as that i i ; of a year ago, nevertheless, it must j not be overlooked, that while pick- ( iing is in full swing in many States, | jand considerable cotton already I ] gathered, a good deal of the crop j has still to be made, and that much depends upon developments of the next three or four weeks, as to what the- final outcome will actu ally be. Some observers claim that mueh of The damage done is irre parable, and that rain now would only cause further damage. THE HAMBURG 'MURDER Killing of Railroad Guards Near Augusta Was a Bru tal Affair Aiken, Aug. 30.?Eugene Feaster of Bath and J. Reedy Booth of Aiken were shot, sfabbed and clubbed to death by six or seven men about 5 o'clock this morning at the Southern railway shops : at Hamburg, where they- had been employed as night watchmen dur ing the shopmen's strike. When the watchmen were found about an hour after the attack, Feaster was dead, but Booth was conscious and was able to give some details of the affair. He died a few hours later at the University hospital it? Augusta. Feaster's body had been riddled with bul lets from a rifle, pistols and shot gun: three balls' from a high pow er rifle had . passed through his left side and there was a deep gash in the light shoulder, severing the collar bone. This wound appear ed to have been inflated with some bayoher-like instrument. Booth said after being shot through the thigh- he feigned death to escape the murderous shots of their assailants, who fired oh Feaster after he was down. Booth, after ' falling from the shot, was brutally kicked about the face and neck, > the back of his head being crushed in as from a blow from a rifle butt. He attempted to crawl away from the scene after the men had left and had managed to make about 2ft yards when loss of blood caused him to stop where he was discovered by Special Agent Brtt't and others. He was immediately rushed to Augusta to a hospital. It was thought at first that he would survive, but weakened ? by the loss of blood and the terrible blow 1 on the head he died at 9 o'clock. One or two clues have been dis covered but. so tar not much is known of the affair. About 4:30' a. m., two men walked into the yard and: were followed by the two night watchmen. They were led outside the yards a short distance, where the four or five other men were waiting and were fired upon with pistols, shotguns loaded with buckshot and rifles. Eugene Feaster was 34 years ?f age and formerly resided at Gran rteville. He is survived by a wife and one small child. J. Reedy Booth was 23 years of age and a young man of quiet ways and ster ling qualities. He resided with his mother and father. Mr. and Mrs. James Booth, 'on upper La?rens street m Aiken. He was a mem ber of the Aiken post. American r?egion. Funeral services for Reedy Booth will* be held tomorrow morn ing at the First Baptist church in Aiken. Interment will take place in the family plot at Philippi church near Johnston. Augusta, Ca., Aug. 30.?No ar rest has been made in connection with the -killing from ambush at 5 o'clock this morning of E. M. Feaster and Reedy Booth. South ern railway special watchmt-n, on duty at the Southern railway's yard and repair" shop just across the Savannah river from Augusta, Ship Owners Demand Firmer Stand. Kobe, Japan, Aug. 10.?"The government seems deplorably with-, out any fixed policy towards the ever declining shipping enterprise of the empire, since the restora tion of peace. If the country would maintain its position as at present among the world's powers in ?this line of enterprise, more positive efforts should be made by the authorities for the improve ment of the situation." This is the resolution passed by a general meeting of ship owners. The meeting appointed a commit tee of nine who will shortly ap proach the government authori ties in Tokio with the above resolu tion. Deadlocked Financial Policy Wrecks Ministry Tokio, Aug. 5.?In the solution of the deadlocked financial policy of the old ministry the "Oriental Economist" finds the only raison d'etre of the Kato Cabinet. What ever the ostensible profession, it was on its deadlocked financial policy that the Takahashi min istry was shipwrecked, says that paper. In order to avoid treading in the same footsteps, the new ministry ought to make it its first duty to effect financial improve ment. '?afg2B The aim could be attained only by its faithful pursuance of a strictly negative financial policy, The pinnacle of which lies in the depreciation of commodity price. The question is, in the journal's estimation, how .to lower the ab normal level of price. After refer ring to the unfavorable effect of the prevailing anomalous price on the general state industry, the monthly suggests cessation of loan flota tion, drastic military reforms and the removal of the ban on the gold export, as the most effective means of attaining the object in view. These are policies, however, that require every resolution and cour age for execution, thinks the jour nal, "because with such a per sonage as Baron Kato who seems to have never had any opportunity of studying finance and economy, as the head, the new ministry is unlikely to succeed where its pre decessor has failed." Our objection to having a pretty stenographer is shaving every morning ruins your face. BOOSTER TRIP TO PISfEfjpOOD [Pushing and Pulling Boosters j Wanted for Booster Trip to ! Pinewood, Friday. Septem ber, the 8th Are yon a "Poshing Booster" or are you a. sood "Pulling Booster?" You ask why? Oh, "Just because." But it makes no r*af difference which you are in team work to j keep the home fires burning and jto welcome Miss Prosperity whom j the optimists claim is lurking j "just around the corner," when she [takes a notion to visit Sumter and j Sumter County. i " The Young Men's Business (League of Sumter claim to be ? ?"good pulling" lead horses, and j furthermore allege thaf they are I j just as good at pushing as they' r are at pulling when it comes to' ' boosting the old band wagon of : I prospective prosperity in the "Pull jing and Pushing Boosters' Pro ; cession of Progress." or in plainer1 j English, in the big booster trip and (get together meeting between JSumter's business and profession al men and women and our good [friends of the rural districts and, ' smaller but '?humdinger* just the isanie" towns of Sumter and Clar I endon Counties, at the hustling: {-town of Pinewood, on Friday, Sep- I tember the 8th. Xow. lead horses are mighty; fine, but wheel horses are also very essential in pulling a load up ! or down the hill. Sumter wants' every "pushing booster" it can muster up for September the 8th in case of a "blow out" or a "sag" in the band wagon machinery. Tlie young men want to show how they can pull as lead horses, and many wheel horses and pushers are wanted to keep the old wagon running on the high gear and make the young fellows keep the pace and sweat -before or by the time j they reach Pinewood. No one! doubts these young men will be there when the general roll is call- j ed for dinner on September the1 5th, but they want everybody mi Sumter to help them pull the load j and show that Sumter and Sumter: County are still on the ? map in! capital red letters, and then some.! The business and professional establishments of Sumter ^profes sional men and women are invited and expected to furnish cars an<? representatives for this big event. 1 Employees as well as employers [are invited and urged to partic ipate. This booster trip is open' j to every body in Sumter and Sum I'tef county. Our good friends of j'Clarendon are also, invited and are urged to meet Sumter county at I Pinewood on Friday, September I the Sth. A committee of the Young I Men's Business' League wHl inter view business establishments about ! representation. Probably John J j Buck will be the main guy in thisj i interviewing proposition because j the booster trip to Rembert had! about the largest number of carsjj promised through John's hypnotis-i ing efforts ever promised in Sum-! ter. j When it comes to "bucking the! buckers" it takes John Buck to buck them clear out of Sumter and back to Buokersville in Jonah Land. ? ? E. I. R. SECRECY IN HERRIN CASE! Marion, III-, Aug. 29?The veil j of secrecy that" has been thr?wrij around the grand jury investigation of tire Herrin mine war that took place June 21 and 22 last, causing 26 fatalities, was drawn tighter [this afternoon, not even the natnes j of the witnesses being divulged: j |3 This stringent action followed the j report that one witness had de- j clined to testify or answer ques-! tions put by the members of the j investigating: body. The witness' whose name would not be given j out, was turned over to the sheriff, j . but given an opportunity until to- j morrow, when he'll be called before j the grand jury. Officials in close! touch with the inquiry expressed i ?belief that this witness would notj he as reticent tomorrow. In thlsj event, they said, no further action would be taken against him. - - J More than two score of witnesses! were called before the grand jury| during the day. the chief witness j being Alton P. Findlay of Chicago, j la timekeeper of the Southern Uli- j |nois Coal company. The then ow ner of the strip mine, who was constantly guarded during his stayi in Marion. Findlay was shot twice; during the massacre that followed! the surrender of the mine em jpioyees and only his presence of. jmind saved him from certain; death, when the "clean up" squad) j of the mob went over the battle , j ground and found Findlay apar-: jently dead. Findlay was the second man in; I line when the "death march" be jgan, and it is understood that he j (furnished the grand jury valuable j j information as to the apparent j I leaders of the attacking mob. j j Employees of an electrical rail-j . way running between Herrin and ; I this city also were among the wit- j ' nesses today. Rumors coming) i from authoritative sources describ-! led the testimony of some witnesses! ?a* disappointing to the officials; jwho are conducting the inquiry, inj jthat the witnesses seemed to have! forgotten facts which the prosecu- j ftion had relied upon as being the ! basis of the inquiry. ! These witnesses, it was expect-1 ed. were to furnish a clue leading, to the identity of the leaders of the| mob that stormed a hardware.' store on the night preceding the j massacre and also were believed j j to be able to give direct testimony j as to the happenings on the bat [tie ground. jSacre ;Special Grand Jury Begins Investiga tion of Butchering Mine Workers by Marion, 111., Aug. 28 (By the Associated Press).?First witnesses were called today before the grand jury investigating the Herrin mine war of June 21 and 22, after-the jury had received its instructions I from Circuit Judge D. T. Hartwell. ; Today's witnesses included em I ployees of an electrical railway I running between here and Herrin, j who were said to have been eye I witnesses of the man hunting I battle, and the owner of a\ hard I ware store from which ammuni i tion wa? taken during the prepa | ration for the battle, j The actual investigation began jth'is afternoon when Sheriff Melvin Thaxt?B, against whom there has been considerable criticism since the massacre, was called.' He was followed by his1 deputy, S. E. Storm. Considerable time -was then given to '? examining CoL Dan Hunter of |the Illinois National Guard, who i^was in* close touch with the ac j tual conditions on the first day of ! the riot than Sheriff Thaxton, -who Shad been called away to Carbon dale. - ?Hardware Merchant Called. The- first' civilian; called"' before [the grand jury, after Coroner Wil liam McCown had been examined, was T. A. Cox, a hardware mer ; chant from whose store a mob forcibly took a quantity of am munition. He had been' warned of the forming of themob' and had removed his " rifles and' other weapons from the store, he testi fied, on previous1 occasions, but on the evening preceding the battle all ammunition was staken from the store after a: mob had forced him to'open his place of business: His son, Harry, followed him into the grand jury room.' In addressing the grand jury, Judge Hartwell pointed out that4 a fair and complete investigation should be made "and that "all guilty should be hrought 4 before the bar of justice In order that' the guilty may be-punished'for the blot stamped on Williamson : county's records by a lawless element." In defending Sheriff Thaxton in his address. Judge "Hartwell ' said this official has voluntarily stepped aside and left the selection of the jury to the state's attorney. Sheriff Steps Aside. 'Tt is a* matter ' ofv common knowledge, the judge stated/"that we have been charged with being in league with crime and criminals, that all of the public officials have been cowed and intimidated; that the county board would select men as grand jurors, if we waited for the regular term' of court and would not indict any person re* gardless of the evidence that might be produced. -' ? ? ?The sheriff has been charged with a gross failure of duty and every official of the community in general has been -branded as one great body of law" breakers. The officials' have "been pictured as. members of '? political machine placed in office and kept in power by the voters of 'a lawless mob. 'T mention the above in order to inform you that the sheriff volun tarily consented to step aside, and to have nothing to do with-the se lection of this'special-grand jury J ?He har voluntarily censented* to appoint such deputies as the state's attorney and the attorney general desired. <;The sheriff took the position that regardless of what he might <3o. he :wo?W be charged with the failure of duty, and I think it ;fe not out of place for me to say right here that the deputy sheriffs have all been selected by the state's at torney, with the approval of the attorney general." ? ?? ? ? ? ? . Freight and Pa ssenger Traffic Increase. Tokio, July 20.?The returns of the railway for the last three months put the total number of passengers at 147,045,000 and the freight at 15,158.000 tons, the pro ceeds from the former amounting ta 66,800,000 yen and the latter to 45/950,000 yen. Compared with the corresponding period of the preceding year the above is an in crease of 20,600,000 passengers and of 2,-200,000 tons of freight. The proceeds from passengers increas ing by 10,700,000 yen and freight by 5,436,000 yen. Willing to Oblige. An Englishman on a walking tour in a remote part of the Scot tish Highlands came, says the Argonaut, to a lonely inn. Being ravenously hungry, he entered and asked the landlady for some poached eggs. The landlady shook her head. "We haven't any eggs, sir," she said. -But," she added, lowering her voice to a whisper. "I dinna doot that I could get you a fine dish of poached salmon!" STRAYED OR STOLEX?Friday night, light red cow and dark red calf. Cow has four white feet, and blaze face. Black spot in hock of hind leg. $5-00 re ward if returned to X. W. Moses, Cor. Penn & "LaFayette Sts. 666 quickly relieves Colds, Constipation, Biliousness and Headaches. A Fine Tonic NO AGREEMENT :py?||??R|TIONS, French and British Continue Fruitless Discussions of Indemnity Issue Paris, Aug. 28 (By the Associ ated Press).?The reparations commission met again this al'ter j noon in an*effort to reach unani ! mous agreement regarding the German request for a moratorium on her indemnity payments. At the end of several hours of dis cussion the British and French viewpoints were still widely at va riance, with the Italians and Bel gians merely trying to find some proposal- which would meet the ideals of France and Great Britain. Two projected solutions were se riously discussed. One of them was known as the Belgian plan and the other was an amplification1 of a last minute suggestion offered by Germany just before Sir John Bradbury and Eugene Macleur, British and French members . of the commission, left Berlin for Paris last week. The Belgian plan has been unofficially offered by the Belgian delegation as a means of preventing a break between Eng land and France on the repara tions issue. -Under its terms Bel gium would accept long term notes in place of the remaining cash payments due this year, amounting1 to 150.000,000 gold marks. As a guarantee of uitimate payment of these installments, Germany would deposit 210,000.000 -gold marks from the reserve of - the Reichsbank in the Bank of Eng land. France has not definitely; declared herself on this proposal,; and M. De La Crofct, Belgian num ber of the commission, -and M. ! Duboise, president, are confer j ring in the hope that it might j provev satisfactory. ? England and Italy already have approved the i proposition. The German plan which proba bly will * be the'subject of conver sations between the commission! and" German officials ?on Wednes day, would meet Premier ? Poin care's demand for allied control at] German state mines and forests by, a guarantee* to France' of the pro ducts of these resources during the . period' of -the moratorium. * Failure to ? promptly ^deliver the stipulated timber and coal would result in" the seizure of certain mines which would be designated in the agreement. British approval is behind this 'arrangement, which is regarded: as giving France the prouctive guarantees she tseeks Without ? actually turning over po litical control of the mines and forests. : The British continue to empha size th' * belief that ? Germany is doing everythmg she can to meet the French point of view and would be willing to give the pro ductive guarantees which M. Poin care demands in return- for a mo ratorium if such guarantees are of a strictly business character,, and. not politicaT. The French official position con tinues to be that full control of the German mines' and forestsj must be handed over to the allies In return for a moratorium. How-; ever, there is considerably less talk of threatened isolation action 'and more of the desire Of France to reach a'unanimous decision in the commission through a compro mise. /*H AM BLR LAIN V T?BLLTS FOR CONSTIPATION BILIOUSNESS Headache INDIGESTIO Stomach' Tro -SOLD EVERYWHE?f Mail Door-Slot or Receptacle Be quired. Washington, Aug. 25.?On ac count of the delays caused to car-- ' riers at dwelling houses, where n? door-slot or mail recepxacie |fe; provided, and the fact that a larger majority of dwellings are thus - equipped already, it se^ms^ tinife^;} within a reasonable period to re> quire all who are to receive mail by street carriers at their dwellicgs to provide such accommodation^ the expense of same being small. Postmasters are therefore ' th?$ instructed. The length of notice should not exceed four months, a? though there may be exception?r cas^s where postmasters use rea sonable-discretion or ask for iB3% struct i Ods. ^ It is not the department's desire, of course, that any shall be de-s prived of delivery by this require ment, but rather it is earnestly hoped that all will see the reas?ti-;.' ableness of it and its advantage themselves as well as to the: ear^ riers. But if it finaliy beconaes. necessary mail delivery wili be di?-~. continued where no door-slots' I (preferably) or mail receptacles; are provided. John H. Bartlett, 1st Asst. P. M\ Gen. ?-? - Sydney Has Largest Tennis Courts ? ?- . t ?Sydney, X. S. W., Aug. 5.?The new grounds of the New South Wales Lawn Tennis association, comprising ninety courts ultimate* ly at Rushcutter's Bay, less than ten minutes from the heart of Sydney, wrill be among the largest in the world when completed; Ten . courts are ready for play at present - and within a few months, between' > 50 and 60 more will be available. . The site was purchased by the as-: ! soeiation from the government ?? September and the clubhouse and grandstands are nearing compler . tion. A Poor Scoot. i j Wife?Did you notice the chin I cilia coat on the woman sitting in i front of us at church this mom ling? - i Husband?Er?no. Afraid I was dozing most of the time. Wife?Urn. A lot of good the service .did you.?(Toronto Globe.) Destroys Malarial Germs in the Blood. , 60c BAGGING AND TIES. We haven't much of this material to offer, Jwt what we have is of the best jrrad? consisting of * LB. XEW JfCTE BAGGTXG. 2 LB. SKW JCTR BAGGING. ? * LB. NEW SUGAR SACK BAGGING. NEW ARROW TIES. At the present price of cotton it pays to handle heavy Our supply of 3 lh.. Is very limited. Our prices are as usual RIGHT." Phone, write, -or see ns before buying. O'DONNELL & COMPANY The National Bank of South Carolina Of ?umter,S. C The Bank With the Chime dock. 1316 MOfit Plfoatsfrlng SERVICE ?Ith COURTESY Capital *30?,?00 Surplus cad Profits *soo,000 STRONG AND PROGRESSIV? CSve ui the Pleasure of Serving YO?, C. Q. ROWLAND, Pres. KARLE ROWLAND, Cashier DISCOUNT YOUR BILLS If our merchants would only take the time td 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 t?m making at least 10 per cent on your own bills ? Bui 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 S?MTEE, S. C.