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The Watchman and Southron Pah?shed Wednesday *nd Satur day by Qsteen Publishing Conipeuy, Sumter, S. C * ?; v Terms: $2.?? per annam?in atiTance. Advertisements; On* Square, Srst insertion ..$1.00 Every* subseauent insertion ... .50 Contracts for three months or longer will 'be made at reduced Taxes. All communications which anb serve private interests will oe charged for as advertisements. V Obituaries and tributes. o? ? re spect will be charged forJ The Sumter "Watchman was founded In and ' the True Southron in 186?. The Watchman and Southron now hag the com bined circulation and influence of ? both of .the old panew, ante is man- j ifeetly the, best ad vertising medium m Snmter. j j AIR TRAINS The whole civilized world hast been interested in th-j success of? the gliding planes recently demon- I Berated in Europe.- Yet. while! they were regarded as opening an j entirely - new. branch of.. aviation j and as rather marvelous achieve-* ments in themselves, few persons believed they would ever come be ?f asvy practical use. Glenn K. Curtiss. an American leader in _ airplane development, has suggested two possible uaeefor tfcejsriider. One is the small motored r?ane' which would make use of gUding possibilities as well as of its . comparatively small engine^. Such a plane'would cost less than | Sl.OOo andvwould be suitable for very.,gener3? ;use, for -sport- and j commercial purposes. ? The -other suggested develop-; menx is the air train. Mr. Curtjss j hW been experimenting: recently j with sea gldrers. Towed by a speed b?->at.. a 'glider rose from the'water s,nd reached a height: of ;3& feeL | While, the glider ig.: in" the, -airr the nig' on the :ow line is not great. In one fligat. when the tow-line j was cut the plane stayed' up 49 seconds,, thou aiighteAy.garacefuliykj and: safely on the^ water. ? J Air. Curtiss believes..tha^ this, is! the. forerunner- of the> air ir^ain?-a i series of- gliders towed ??by;: a ilrvsdror j plane, starting' from . Vtbe' water i level andx rising as higii as-neJc^-j sary. foUbvuig the motorrxr pia^ej Easily and -fclfehting safeifr r?t'- the end of the trip. Thib^r may be tii^ ^^iders ] tt^^^^tr^ .j ?places. * ? ? : if*. i ? Gilding experiments; ,aVe' so hew that it^fs rmpossib.le- to prophesy their "fujl future development: .. It is more than likely, however, that the! successes so far achieved have 1 . ?? .... .1 been, merely beginnings." opening j the% eyes and minds of inventors and;1 a^-e^gineers. to; a big new .field of j experiment and progress^ - ' j OTttiWREX ASB BONFIRES j m i-% m\ Four little girls trers burned to deajh_ wi?biin three days in, :one J city* recently. They were playing j ground -bonfires and their flimsi j clothing ignited. j Children love to play, around : a fire, and help tend it. just as their elders do*,.hut they should not be allowed t?-indulge this passion ua Irrss? there is some ; older person present to look out for them. Even then they should be suitably dress* e<! for their employment. Their clothing preferablv should be of j wool since this is the least inflam mable. ?rirla us ^eil as , boys should be cltfd io close knickers j or overalls. The little girl's flut- j tering skirt is an ever-present men* j ace around a fire. - j The fall reason with its bonfires} of leaves, and garden rubbish isj especially -lear to young hearts. It j can be passed with a minimum of ! casualties aud th?* children can j have their full ?bare. of- glorious* fun if the dangers are-? not over- j looked. - The Turk used to be called "the eick man of Europe." There was a j certain appropriateness in that j title, because the Turkish govern-j ment was always ailing. It failed if* function as a modern govern- \ ment. Its finances were aick. Itj was never, able to take care of a.| government's proper . business, 1 7, hieh is the welfare of its people ] I and decent treatment of its; neighbors. It was always as sick m morals and mind as in. body, and j was always giving diplomatic in- j factions to other nations. Yet the name really failed to de- I g. ribe the Turks as a nJkfton. and it j certainly comes for short of de- i scribing them noti'. The Turk, iu his-national or po- j - H litiral eapaciry. is rather a m??ron than an in\-alid. He has never \ grdwn up. In nearly everything! that constitutes .development and i progress, he is still in the old tribal stage. dther' barbarians have grown; rap idly i nto the -spirit and habit -of j civilization. In the case of the! Turk, civilization has - never, "taken." in spite of long-continued contact.. The upper classes of Tur- j key have assumed a veneer of cul ture, but nothing more. The Turks in general, as a nation and as a government, have kept their anci- : ent. crudity, and merely taken on some of the vices of civilization as they lost some of . their soldierly virtues. Their ideals are still of the camp and;..the .foray. And as they have lost the ptetuirsquehess . of their j ferddatory life in -medieval times, j thej-.have .turned '.into... modern I gunmen, . The present-day Turk is the gun man of civilization, and like our city1 gunmeh-r--morbns o^ a criminal tendeney^-he fh?u^t he rounded up and dep.ri?ed;.pf his weapon and put where: he can do no more harm. . .... ,.m..m..m . . L.... ? . THE B^^E^ ?PTSOBLKM -w-,:. : -? The President's announcement of a prospective deficit of $650, POO.000 . for the present fiscal, year has been particularly^ disappoint ing because of the public hopes aroused, by the-new budget system. So huge a deficit for tJie first.full year of operation doesn't look very weH, on the face of things. ; for such a system, ev**n in its infancy. Two big "factors are said to have been mainly responsible for this deficit. First, the revenue fell off Hier* than was anticipated, as a resul: . of? business . depression. Second. Congress failed to keep its i^p^rcpriaiions within .bounds. L It is generally recognised that the budget bureau did! its best: ;o cun^.I expenses by eliminating duplication and waste in the vari ous . administrative departments, ^and met- withr reasonable, co-opera? lion among -department heads. So far as there is shy blame to'be as signed, it seems to belong mainly to,Congress. -;: The weak parr of the budget system is that the branch of; gov ernment . preparing the budget is hot the branch that--appropriates the jjfcMiey. It- is of little use. for the-^executive. department to plan j ho,w much shall be spent, in sum| arid in detail, tf Congress will not; do its best, to litfe up: to the plansI and specificat-O^s. , Foreign v governments usually j have better machinery for bal ancing their" . budgts' because the J same "government''?that is,* pre-j mier and ? cabinet-?that . prepares j the budget-has charge. of -the leg islative program and' directs the expenditures. It is doubtful wheth er our: government: will ever suc ceed- in- balancing its budget reg ularly as: long t as , our legislative branch 4acks- such -executive direo tion and la free to order the spend ing of whatever sums it peases. . . . ?' ..''.'j m ? ?. . A WAttOTiO F#9*A T?YLAXI) >- 2- ?-?.' ?. - . Word comes irom Berlin that Germn-Christmas toys will be more expensive thai ever before. Prices cannot be, forecast with accuracy, but it is predicted that ;an increase of-150 per cent in the cost of many articles may be expected. America has advanced so rapidly in the making of satisfactory toys thai the conditions governing the i foreign supply affect us less than; formerly. .Then, -too, German toys are not so popular a<?" they were be fore the war, and if the Teuton prices soar too. high, the dealers will- -find their, stuff , neglected . in i peace just as it was- rejected in war times. The situation carries its warn ing, for all that. It reminds all and sundry that Christmas, is com ing, and there will he-toys "to pur chase, of one kind ox another. This oeing the ease, it is.a-good idea to look into toe Christmas budget. i ? fit m m i THK CROP BALAXCK The American corn crop this sea son is valued at more than $1.000, 00O.Q0O. So is the cotton crop. So j is the hay crop.. The wheat crop, of which so much is made, is in- I ferior to all of this royal trio, but 1 *hould bring three-quarters of a] billion. The value of all agricul- j tur&l crops together is estimated j at $6.600,000,000, which may look; ?mall compared with war-time val uations, hut is a billion and a quar-: ter larger than last year. That ex:ra billion and a quarter, put into circulation, is. going to be; one of the biggest factors in re? establishing American prosperity after the sad slump of the last year or twp. That is-?-if the farmers are able to market their products at the estimated prices* it is go ing to be very important to do nothing, at home or abroad, tend ing to increase the difficulties of finding a market. ? ? ? Owing money is dangerous, it makes you lose your memory. Health Offices j Mdhthl^ Repprt i The following is a nummary of | the "activities of the City Health officer for the* month of July, 1922,: [ Premises inspections.- 58. j Creamery inspections, 9. Meat market inspections, -3. Soda Fountain inspections, 1. . Grocery stores inspections. 2. Complaints handled, 15. Condemned !0 pounds S3 usage. Used two gallons disinfectant. Sold. 1 1-2. .gallons disinfectant. Sold three sanitary' cans. ' Fumi gated eight rooms. ' 'infectious Diseases "Reported: j "Measles, white. 1; black . 0. Diphtheria, white. 3: black tr.' Scarlet fever, white 2; black 0. j Typhoid fever, white 2: black 0. j Tuberculosis, white 0> black 1. Vita! Statistic^: Births month of; July, .1922: j White 18, "black 13.' ?J. Deaths month of July, 1922:) White X: black 9. v Total births for 192.2: Whitest j 76 black 65. ..Total deaths for 1922: Whites 32: | I blacks 79. . v ? .. . . j Bacterial Report of Milk Analysis. | ? W. F. Baker,'. 5;600 bacteria per j c- .cl' " <; -t Pitts' Dairy, 109.500 bacteria] per c. c. j j M. B. Bultman, 10.300 bacteria! V-- ?. j ' ( per c. c. - I J. I. Purely, 2,500 bacteria per: C- C . . . ' s i ? ... ? W. T. Brown 16,300,000 bacteria per c. .c. The following is a report of the City Health Officer Jfior. the month of August, i"u22: Xumber of inspections of prem ises^. 125. . . Xumber of inspections of Cream ery,*!. Xumber of inspections of Meat Markets, 9. Xumber of inspections of Sodaj Founts, 3. Xumber of inspection of grocery | stores, .10.. . . . . j Xumbev oic ii$spe.e?ipns of dairies, j 2. ? " ' : : i . ! Xumber of complaints, 10. Used seven gallons disinfectant on mosquito eradication.-. ,. Used five gallons disinfectant on contagious diseases. . . Sold 3 2 sanitary cans. Infectious and contagious dis eases reported: Scarlet fever, white 1; black 1. Typhoid, fever, white 3; black I. Diphtheria, white 1; black 0. Tuberculosis, white 1; black ? Vital Statistics. Births month of -August, 1922: white 22; black 13. Deaths month of August, 1922: White 8; black 8. : Total .births for 1922: White 9S;-black,78. Total deaths for 1922: White j 40.; >lack. S7. . Two newspaper articles *>ublisn-j ed.. ' ? ' .. . . -.?ir r. ; . ' One patient taken, to Camp Alice. piled sand, (raps in * t&e storm drainage, system once. , Bacterial report of milk analysis: W. J. Stafford, 5,800,000 bacter ia per c. c W. T. Brown, 2.450,000 bacteria' per c. c ,.L. E. Reames, 2,500,000 bacteria per c. c. Sanitary Dairy> 3,000,000 bacter- I ia per c. c. Gamecock Dairy, 54,500 bacteria ] per c. c . j .Pitts' Dairy, 15,400 bacteria per{ c.c.- . ? ?'? . '. ? 1 D. O. BROWXIXG, I City Health Officer. STEADY DETERIOATIOX Xoted in the Condition of Cotton; Crop Waabingtpn. Sept 27. ^- Whi|e asserting that weather condtions were exceptionally favorable "to. the picking "and ginning of cotton ni the lasti week," the weather bu nsaji in its weekly crop review is- 1 sued tonight reported "a steady de- j terioration" in the condition of the I crop in the northeastern section of j the cotton belt. "Persistent dry weather and the weevil" were re- : ported as the chief factors in tlje j damage reported. Little or no rain' occurred" the j review added, "and there was! abundant sunshine with moderate j temperatures which were excep- j tion?lly faborable for picking and j sually rapid progress. Picking was j about three-fourths completed inj the southern half ?f Texas and} iiearly half done in the northern | part and was much further ad- J vanced than iwual for the season I in Oklahoma. ] "The bolls had nearly all open- ! ed in Arkansas and Louisiana. The j staple was clean and in good con- \ dition in the latter state, but the j fibre was generally short in the | former because of dry weather. Harvest was well advanced in the Ea.st Gulf states with bolls near ly all open to the northern limits of Georgia and mostly open i" I Southern Xorth Carolina." m~m m COTTON MAK&KT MEW YORK COTTOft ' YcftAyt j Ow MSgSm Urn Oom CIom ! Jan. 20.40 20.50 20.1! 20.41 20.50 Marth .. 20.48 20.57 20.21 20.47 20.55 I May.20.45 2C.54 20.20 20.48 20.50 ! ! July - .. 20.30 20.34 20.00 20.26 20,30 I I Qct_ . .20.35 20.40 20.00 20.31 ?0.40 j 1 Dee.20.60 20.66 20.26 20.56 20.66 ; j Spots L*. off, 20.".."?. . " 1 ?KW SRLEAKS C0?T0B TMtdJt , On?i Krt OIom Cloa? i Jan. . f 9.90 20.04 19.57 19.95 19.07 March . .. _ 19.95 20.05 19.64 19.97 26.00 \ May 19.90 20.00 19.68 (9.95 20.00 , July . 19.75 19.85 19.75 19.85 20.00 Oct 19.85 19.95 19.50 19.89 19.93 Dec - 19.90 19.99 It.55 19.93 19.95 Spots ?5 uff. 20c> Liverpool Cettcn. January .. 11.71 i March. 11.62 I May . . .. 11.51 j July. 11.36 lOetaaer 11.95 j December ... .... .... 11.76 j ffilieccipts. 2,000: ales. rt,0y0: Hiridliim It:63: <iood MMcMus:. 12.9:'?. The bonus bill rates another i ; wound chevron. SAYS HE DID NOT VIOLATE CONTRACT F. W. Fairey, of Kmgstree, Replies to Injunction Proceedings ? Upon my return home from the bedside of my sick wife, who had for five weeks been desperately ill in Hendersonville. N. C. I'was as tonished and mortifiedr to learn that, during my absence;-the; To bacco Growers' Cooperative- Asso ciation had commenced proceed ings against me . .alleging the breach of my pledge as one of its pifnibers and asking for aaCfnjuhc ti?nvt'o restrain "me from selling my tobacco on the independent markeL and was shocked and hu miliated to ascertain that the as sociation had given to their action so much unnecessary publicity through the newspapers. 1. there fore, in behalf of myself and in consideration of my friends throughout, this section of the state, take this means of explaining the matter,. I. am not ^conscious of having in any way violated my agreement. I. have ! not sold ope pound of my 1022 tobacco in an independent warehouse. . The x only * tobacco which was grown by. me in IA22 that has left my farm is S56 pounds,, which I delivered to the association in. Kingstree. The bal ance of my tobacco "is now stored on my farm, being graded and prepared for delivery to the asso ciation and will be delivered a:* soon as it is in proper shape. L have a great many, tenants-on my place who rent my land and who are furnished by me. Some of these are members of the asso ciation and some are not. One of them. a. negro, Nero Chandler, ? member of the association, in good faith, pursuant to his agreement brought 1,020 pounds of tobacco to the association. It was graded and an advance of $22, which is supposed io be one-third of the to tal valuation, was tendered him. He was dissatisfied with the grad ing and took it to Lake City and sold it on the independent floor for $174.2.3. and offered to pay the as sociation the 5 cents per pound penalty. The statements in the complaint are made upon infor mation and belief, and I presume the above is the information upon which the action is based. The negro\s agreement with the asso ciation is entirely independent froin mine and the association has done me a great , wrong in bringing the action charging me with a breach of my contract and ?- having its charges published in the two leading daily newspapers of the state and a number of county pa pers! I have not breached my con tract in the slightest respect. t?<&6 not think that the association will promote, the cause of the ^farmer or. do itslef any good by bringing suits . on. unreliable information, against men who have not violated their agreement. F. W. Fairey. Kingstree, S. C, September 21. WHITE FIREBUGS SENTENCED Three White Men Sent to the . : Penitentiary to Serve '.? Fifteen Years Orangeburg, Sept. 27.?William J. Collins, aged 51; his son, Clifton Collins, aged 20, and Joe B. Shuler, aged 21. were tried for arson and found guilty with recommendation to mercy. Each was sentenced to serve 15 years. After midnight on the early morning of August 0, W. J. Col lins, Clifton Collins and Joe H. Shuler, it was testfiied. went to tho premises of Walter Gleaton, some three miles from Orangeburg on the Ninety-Six public road, and se? fire to Gleaton's house. It was stated that Gleaton traded his dog with Clifton Collins* for a gun that William Collins, the father, later came to Gleaton, claimed and took the gun, whereupon Gleaton asked for the return of his dog. This dog. a witness related returned to Gleaton's house by following Gleaton's son. Gleaton worked at a saw mill and it was thought that the Collins and Shuler thought Gleaton was away from home and they went to Gleaton's house for the dog, coming Upon the porch and stating that they had come for the dog and were going "to burn the house down on them, in which house Mrs. Gleaton was quite sick following childbirth and five small children sleeping, it was tes tified. A fire, was set tothe house, the. men jumping down to the ground. William Collins and Joe Shuler. each tiring a pistol a.nd then leaving. Mr. Gleaton extinguished the tire before much damage was dorn-. Red Springs, 2i. C., Sept. 2 S?Joe Kemp, riiarged with killing Daniel McNeill, here forty-four -years ago. has been arrested at St. Augustinp, Florida, according to ad vices. Kemp is understood to have waived re quisition papers. ? m? ? m> , Washington. Sept. 28?Secretary Denby announced that the twelve destroyers ordered to proceed from Norfolk to Constantinople to pro tect American interests are the Hat field. Giimer. Fox. Kane. Hopkins, Bainbridge. McFarland. Overton, Sturtevant. King. Barry, Goff. Tin* dat?- of departure was not an nounced. Athens, Sept. 2S.?^Reports;/ are current thai tlx- second revolution ary army is imbued with the idea of a. republic, and that the acces sion of King George may be ac companied with some difficuties. An impivssive pro-Wni/.elist demon stration occurred last night. Tim revolutionists have entered the city and occupied all su-ategic points. BANK ROBBERS WIPED OUT ! Citizens of Arkansas Town [ 2 Xiive Randita Red Hot ! . . Reception . ?. . j " jEufeka Springs. Ark.. Sept. 27.? i Five'bandits'heavily armed rode [into'this mountain town in two au tomobiles at 11 o'clock this morn ' ing to rob the First National bank. ITonight the bodies of two of them jare in ah undertaker's establish ment, one bandit is so badly wound ed'his death, is momentarily ex pected.; and two other members of the gang. with less severe j.wounds, are in the guarded .jail, Jas'the result of a battle between I the bandits and citizens of Eureka [Springs. j The dead robbers have been t identified as Sid Wilson, 40, and George Price 40, both of Crooks^ towp. Ok la. Charles Price, brother .Of George Price, is the man not I expected to live and Mark Hen jdricks. 45, Park Hill. Okla.. and Sam. Cowan, driver of one of the bandits' automobiles, are the men in ;jail. Cowan is believed to be a resident of Joplin, Mo. Charles Price was operated on tonight. Oncentering the town the men drove directly to the bank. They made the usual'commands, which were; obeyed by the* bank em ployees. . f The robbers looted the bank vaults, securing" $95,000 in bonds and' $25,000 in cash, which they place^d in sacks. W'hile they were j at their work E. G. Smith, cashier of the bank, stepped on a but-; ton which sounded an alarm' sim- j i ultaneously in five business houses j The citizens were ready when \ \ ihr. ouintet emerged from the I bank with their sacks of loot. [Front places of vantage gunfire was 'directed at the robbers, who re I turned the hail of lead. Ernest Jordon, jeweler, whose place of business adjoins the bank, killed one of them instantly and wounded a second man. Joe Mc-r jKinney, attorney, fired from an ur> per 'window of a building across the street and he duplicated Jordon's feat-. Except that Jordon received powder burns, not a resident of ? the town was wounded in the bat tle.* Dtte to the fact that the town is biillt on a mountainside, the streets are hot on a level, steps leading down from one street to another. The citizens took ad vantage of this and occupied po sitions on a street on higher level jthati-'the bank, firing downward at j the bandits. , Tit April of this year, Henry jSmfV,*'notorious bank bandit and Joutfaw, paid a visit to the Harri son'-bank, Harrison. Ark., 20 miles east 'of Eureka Springs, and met i.his death from a rifle shot fired I by the president of the bank i s'htfoting from concealed loopholes ?in the vault. iTRYING TO ?DEFEAT JUSTICE, Columbia, Sept. 26. ? B. B. j Evans, attorney for Ira Harrison, one of. the convicted murderers of J. C Arnette. yesterday hied his case^.and exceptions with the clerk of ,the supreme court, this being preliminary to the hearing of the appeal by the court this fall. Only four 'exceptions are made \ by Mr. Evans, two being on the | basis that the lower court erred { in not granting a severance of the i case when they were tried. A third exception is that the judge erred in charging the jury on implied malice and the fourth, is that the court ? erred in the charge on conspiracy. ? Frank M. Jeffords, another of j the convicted murderers of Arnette, j filed his case and exceptions last j week. Richland county cases are J to be heard, for five days beginning I Monday. October 23 and the J*?f- I fords and Harrison appeals will j likely be among, the first to be j argued, they having the right of j way over civil matters if the soli- ; cito'r wishes to push them. TWO MEN : ARRESTED Rocky Mount. N. C. Sept. 27.?J. j L. .and (5. E, Daniels, brother.--,; were, arrested here today on ] charges of assault -with deadly weapons as the result of several j shots being fired last night at the I guards employed by the Atlantic Coast Line raUveay at its pummng station in this city. The guards are said to have returned the fire but j no one was injured. The Daniels j were released on bonds of $:";.?C0 I each and it was understood they; would be tried in municipal court) tomorrow. NEGRO LYNCHED IN GEORGIA C '- I Sandersrille, Ga.. Sept. 2S.?Jim . Joh$vson. a negro, was lynched j while being carried to Wrightsviile [ 'for .trial, according to a report of the. sheriff. Johnson was charged; j with, assault on a white woman I {and according to information I reaching here. -4ie confessed be- < fore,, h.e was put to death. The! body was hanged to a tree and' riddled with over two hundred! bullets, fifty men being in the : parjjy. Lwndon. Sept. 2S.?Government t circles, took a grave view of the situation in the Dardanelles, be-i in^ regarded so critical as to over-! shadow th?> revolutionary develop ments in Greece. The opinion is expressed that ;i greater prospect of lighting between the Brtiish and j Turkish Nationalists exists than of i any previous time. ? ? ? It: is not true that Guy Oyster,! Gompers' secretary- is good only) during months with an :r/' IS. C. Tubereulosis ! ^ Association ' ?i Educational Campaigns Con-; Li ducted ?- ! ! During the past two months the j j South Carolina Tuberculosis Asso-j [ciation has conducted educational! [campaigns in connection with tu-J iberculosis surveys and free clinics! in EdgefieTd, Colleton, ?conee, Pickens and Horry counties. 'At the six'clinics held 773 per sons were examined and 177 found to be actually of suspiciously tu berculous. These cases were given instruction as to treatment for themselves and protection for their [families, application and; provision I made for many of them to enter ! sanitorium for treatment, . while* j others were referred to local doc tors for home treatment. The surveys in. Oconee. and Pick ens counties, were, conducted by Miss Elsie Gudger, executive secre- , tary of the Anderson County Tu \ berculosis Association, who had the j subject of. tuberculosis presented at. S public meetings, placed over I.-1 <i.)0 posters, distributed 3,000 pieces Of literature, secured. s publicity in t he county papers continuously j and ran films in the moving pic-, ture houses. Clinics were conduct ed at Walhalla, EaslCy and Seneca, ;at which 318 examinations were ' made and 68 cases discovered. Miss Gudger is now working up a clinic in Horry county. In Edgefielil and Colleton coun ties. Miss Anne Murphy, formerly with the Bureau of Rural Sanita tion, conducted the' surveys. Talks were made at 10 public meetings, over 300 pieces of. literature dis tributed, 100 posters placed. 150 j letters written. 54 homes visited, j Clinics were held .at Johnston, i [.Edgefield and Walterb'oro at which j j 431 persons were examined and j 4!> cases of tuberculosis found! In addition to the number of I new case^ of Tuberculosis found, j one of the striking results of the J clinics was the' surprising number j of bad teeth and infected tonsils.j A large number of persons werer suffering from ill health due to these causes. These were advised as to treatment.' Dr. Earnest Cooper and Dr. Bon i ner of the State Sanatorium at tended these clinics and made the examinations with the assistance of local doctors. The United States Public Health Service at Gcvern jment Hospital at Greenville also ; assisted, at the Easiey clinic, j According to Mrs. Chauncey [Blackburn ifcDohald, ' executive [secretary of the South Carolina Tu berculosis Association, the people of these counties were 'most gen erous in supporting the campaigns. The doctors, business men, wo men's clubs, county agencies, news- i papers .?.nd neighboring Tubercu-, jlosis Associations contributed [much toward' "the. success of .the surveys. ' The South Carolina Tuberculosis Association is a voluntary agency I for combating the ravages of fu ? bercurosis in this state. It de l rives its financial support entirely I from the sale of Christmas seals i except for a small sum received froni membership dues. The officers are J". Nelson Frier son. Columbia, president: < Dr. R. N. Pollitzer ?f Charleston and Dr. Earnest Cooper pi Columbia, vice. [ president; Reed Smith of Colum bia, secretary; A. S. ^Manning, Co lumbia, treasurer.; SHERIFF TO BE PROSEC?TED I Columbia, Sept. 28.?Governor! ! Harvey yesterday afternoon wired! j Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh, at I I Hampton, to proceed . with the j j prosecution of Sheriff W. B. Acker- j ! man,, of Colleton 1 county, charging J j him with shortage in the finances | I of his office. * A true -bill was found } ! against the sheriff by'the Colleton t I grand jury Tuesday* The governor [ j stated that he was acting under I the requirements ? of the constitu-,' i tion, and it is likely that if no oon I viction results, the governor will I take further action, as he may j i deem necessary.. The sheriff was found by an audit of his. books to be short $2,- j 307. and affidavits of the shortage j have been submitted to the govern-1 or. The amount , of money invofv-j led in the shortage is said to havej been . collections from delinquent j taxes. The'sheriff,- it is understood i here, has agreed to make the shortage good. The charge against the Colleton] sheriff is malfeasance-in office.. j ?? ?? m* ? m> c . Spezia . Sept." ? 28.?The entire J naval garrison of ?Falconara Fort,] near here, is believed to have been [ killed in an explosion caused byi lightning which destroyed every- j thing within a radius of ten miles. \ Seventy bodies have been recover- j ed. Fifteen hundred tons of ex- j plosives were stored in the tunnels | and the entire hill top was blown | away. No estimate as to number j of dead aifd wounded. British Diplomat IPM ??\\$'m Hughes i 53 : Near Eastern Situation Dis cussed, Is Belief?Amer kan Aid Sought . Washington. Sept. 25.?Sir Auck land Geddes. British ambassador ?was among Secretary Hughes' call - ers today,, the latter's first daj' back at his desk after an absence of several weeks. wfhile n,o state ment as to the nature "of the'con ference was forthcoming, there were indications that the Near East situation was discussed. Unofficial advices from London! have indicated that the British | government would welcome Ameri can participation in proposed con ference to determine the final dis position to be made of the Dar danelles and the Bosphdrus. It was regarded as probable that the Brit ish ambassador had sought to learn from Mr. Hughes whether an invitation to send a representative to the conference would be ac cepted by the .Washington govern - ment. ? American intervention in * the Near Eastern situation has been strictly confined to "relief work at Smyrna. It is obvious, however, that with a growing merchant ma rine, the' Washington government has a very material interest in arty question involving freedom of thfe Dardanelles and the Bosphor?s to merchant craft of alienations. .American-Turkish Treaties. Another matter in which the American government might be come interested'*very particularly as a result.' of any settlement"; reached by the Allied . powers Th j conference with the. Kemalists . U j the status' of the treaties of cap- j it?lati?n between the Turkish gov-j ernmentrand the United States'in-] volving the extra territorial rights of Americans in the former Turk ish e*mpire u nder which they, are subjects to - trial beforp consular courts only. The United States never has rec ognized the_ rights of Turkey tc terminate these conventions of its owrr motion, as the Constantinople government endeavored to do in 1S14. The express point of the t treaties of capitulation js not .cov ered in th,e so-called national pact adopted by .the Kemalist govern ment as its statement of princa-' pies. One of the .principles of that pact, however, appears to touch' the; question in its assertion oi; "judicial" ?s well as socail. ajid economic independence for Turkey. In any event, 'there are important American consideration involved in the State Department's treatment of the Near Eastern crisis. The subject, it is thought, may .'well, come up at "the cabinet meeting to morrow, 1 now that . . Seicret?ry" Hughes' is back in the Capital. .: ' ' Constantinople^, Sept. 2.8L-HRorni-.] er King Constantirie. of, Greece j abdicated yesterday,* was reported | imprisoned &y the i^voluUouarle^J in Athens. John J., Butler, was--killed while shaking a rug. -Show>this to yonr wife next time. Grove's^ ; Tasteless Chill Tonic Old Standard Remedy for Chilis and Malaria. see Public Welfare Board Many Applicants For Post of * Secretary JJa^e Vacant by ; Resignation: of Rer: G, c .Coft^fgfEttS Columbia* Sept. 26.?The special & committee ? from the et ate hoard of public welfare assigned.. thV v? task of selecting a, successor to Key. O. Croft Williams as secretary 4J of the board, is being flooded with, applications. ? A secretary, will likely be selected at an early date. . Mr. Williams recently became, ad junct professqr/ of ? (sociology, at the University; and also rector of , the St; John's 'Episcopal church: - Shandon, of this city. Ellison Cap>' > ers, who was field agent of, the board, has recently been made asr sistaht secretary, to succeed H. C. Brearley, who resigned. Fred W. s Groome, of. Charleston, succeed^ Mr. Capers as field agent. Hie wljl work large with the reformatories of- the state. -v- , . HEAVY DELIVERIES OF COTTON TO Tfffi CO-OP. ASSOCIATION ? Columbia, Sept. 26.^Heajry\ dej % liveries of cotton were . reported Tuesday xr.ojh every.section of the., state to the South Carolina Cotton Growers* Cooperative Association;, the officials of that organization said today.^ Over 150 <arJloads of cotton^came in yesterday to the asi ? sociation's. . local-. compress* 4hes4 having come, '^om >oints where : the association has no warehouses: Heavy deliveries were, reported- y from GreehvHJte and; Spartaufcurg v where; the association is also cope, centratlng cotton, and; from local warehouses over the' state. ?? Officials of the association said today that the-Amount which the association had. paid out in advances to its members had gone < well be- * yond one m?Jion dollars. The^aisr * sociation isr*d^ne^ng .12 cents fa pound on short- staple and is' cents a pound ..on long staple, and '? average .of well oyer f ld0,ft?^ is'he- v ing paid out daily in advance*. < . ? 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