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TOWN ?ND C Bishopv?Je News Items. Bishop ville. Sept. 25. ? The weather has been very favorable for picking; cotton and gathering hay, and oar farmers are making good use, of . it. Nearly all of the cotton ? is out of the fields. The hay crop is unusually good. The corn crop . also is very good. Pinders are fine and being gathered. Potatoes promised weil, but the dry weath er will cut the yield. The old veterans and the girls of the 60's were delightfully entertain ed at the elegant home of Mrs. M. j Rv McCutehen by .the U. TX C.'Sj from 4 to C p. m. The exercises j _ were opened with prayer, by Dr. ? Melver, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Among the honored} guests was our next governor, the' Hon.'T. G. MeLeod. who made us an excellent address. Then we en joj-ed most excellent music, both vocal and instrumental by accom plished musicians, after which de lightful refreshments were served, Sl| ox which we enjoyed to thej fullest and our old hearts were! made glad. Among the visitors were Mrs. J. J. Dargan of . State-j burg and Mrs. C. C. Reid of Char-i It was very pleasant to meet j ?ome of our old friends and a.c-' i^uaintanceS'. whom we had not met for years. A number of the moth ers and daughters were debarred from attendance by age and in-! firmitie*. .. 1 Wa.sre holding- ovtr third, pri- \ Tsi%ry today to elect one member of the house. The race is between Mr. Chewning and Mr. Moo.'e, . which will scon be decided: Court, was of short duration here this..term., only lasting one day. .. Our schools have the .largest at tendance we have ever had, and do ing, excellent, work. - as a result of the election to day Chewning was .elected over L, .A. Moore by near 4Q.G majority. Three, boxes to be . heard from, which will not affect the.count very ..much. ... . The. competition between the gianers was so great that they are ho?iC ginning for one dollar per bale | ? without, or two dollars with "bag- j ging and ties added. . Mr. L. P. Harroll of Cheraw ] ? visited at the home of H. W Scott today. He is an old traveling ma.n and reports business as improving. Most of our people are very much pleased at .the. result of the .elec tion. The Sfimtcr County Fair. (By "E. I. R.") The Sumter County Fair Asso ciation has purchased a large tract pt land just outside the city, limits on "West. .Liberty street for the .Greater Gamecock County Fair, but jx?f jthis land is leased until Decem ber 31st, 1922, and the directors 3iat being able to make satisfac tory arrangements with the party leasing this land whereby imme diate possession can be had, it has fceen decided to hold the annual }$22 Sumter County . Fair at the present fair grounds in Sumter, November 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24 th. Beginning January 1st, .3$23, the buildings will all be mov ed to the new fair site; additional buildings for cattle, horses, mules, hogs; and a race track for horse end automobile racing, and per **9*anent foot ball and baseball ^grounds will be constructed. ?%* The capital stock will be increas- J 5ed to thirty thousand dollars. SPitenty-two thousand dollars have 1 hiready been subscribed, including! jfche original capital stock of seven j thousand dollars, and only about | eight thousand remain to be raised i Which wilt be done. The Sumter Chamber of Com- j Jwerce. Young Men's Business j League, Kiwanis and Rotary clubs, j Retail Merchants' Association,; Home Demonstration clubs, County Agent, Civic League, City Council! and other organizations are back- | log up the fair association, and the i farmers of Sumter county and their ! families wilt be in line also. Fur- | ther particulars later. Watch out! for some interesting details. ? ? ? The concrete bridge at White's j ; Mill is nearing ? competion, but j bridge work in Scape O'er and j Rocky Bluff swamps, on the Mayes- f ville road is stilt far from comple- j ficn. f Sumter county has no school at- i tendance officer to enforce the j compulsory school law. and the I iSuty of enforcing the law devolves i jupon the.trustees of the respective! pchool districts. Unless the trus tees pay strict attention* to the pro vision of the school law requir ing them to enforce the attendance of children of school age, the en rollment and average attendance will fail off. The Sumter Gas and Power Co.. have moved their office and show room front South Main street to their new office, recently completed, on West Liberty street, I next to the Anchor Motor Co. The new "office is well equipped and the show room presents an attraoth'e appearance. Mr. L. D. Jennings shipped a | car load of hogs from his farm toj Baltimore a few days ago, Prepa ratio ns for the annual; Sumter county fair are being j speeded up and a first class fair will' be held. It is planned to* hold thej fair .on the old grounds on West: Liberty Street. 666 Cures Malaria, Chilis and Fever, Dengue or Bilious Fever. It kills the germs* Minutes City Council. The regular meeting of council was held in the council chamber at six o'clock Tuesday, there being present the mayor and both coun cilmen. The minutes of the call ed ..meeting of September 19th were read and approved as.correct ed. The paying*ond ordinance was given its, second reading.: . In connection with the work of paving to be,done in accordance) with . This ordinance,, it was de- j eided by council to advertise forj bids from engineers, euch bids to be received up-.to 6 o'clock- p. m. of October 10th, .1922.. The following resolution was of- , fered by,,.Councilman Raffield and approved by council; ..'"Whereas,, God,V in His infinite wisdom, has removed from our midst Mr. .August Schilling,, and Whereas, Mr.. .Schilling, has for many years discharged. with ..faith fulness his ..duty . as pumper . in charge of the municipal .pumping station .of the city of Sumter, therefore, be it resolved: . .... ? . First, That, in the death of Mr. Schi'ling the city, of Sumter has lost a valuable employee who was ever faithful to his duty, and whose loyalty to his employers and fidelity to duty we would .com mend. . ? - Second, That a copy of these resolutions be. made a,part of.the minutes, of this .meeting ? of City Council, and .that a .copy, attested by the clerk, be sent to the family^ of Mr. Schillmg. . ... ... The clerk was authorized to ex change the Wales, adding machine now in use in the clerk's, office,, for a. new machine of the same make, to cost $360, les3 an allowance. o? $100 for the old machine, and 2 per cent, discount for cash, In connection with the. collection of taxes under execution by the chief of police, council directed; that the chief of police be placed under a bond of $1,000.00. . After, a discussion of other rou-.; tine matters, council adjourned. A FallWedding. (Columbia, State). One of the . foremost society events of the .autumn is heralded by invitations which were, issued.: yesterday by. "Mr. and Mrs. Eugene j C. McGregor to the marriage, of their daughter, Margaret Wells, to Thomas Belton Boyle, of Sumter, at Trinity church on the .evening of October 12 at 8:30 o'clock,. This will be the second, big wed ding in Trinity . that; week, Miss Grace Gibbes! to Raliph Nesbifc of Georgetown being two nights be fore. The two . bricjes are close friends and Miss McGregor is to be one of Miss Gibbes* bridesmaids. Attending Miss McGregor will be her sister,. Miss Daisy McGregor, as maid, of honor, and the following briaesmaids: Misses Adele Westoru Isabel- Wells," Neel Reynolds . of Greenwood, Mary Grier of Green wood, Gulie Melton, Leila Elliott, Elizabeth Heath and Marie Mat thews. Barnes Boyle of Sumter will be his brother's best man and the oth er men of the . wedding party will be Roland Boyle of Sumter, an other brother; Edward Tat urn of McColl, Carlisle Stuckey of Dalzell, Richard Singleton of Columbia, Gray Moore of Greenwood, George B. Wells of Columbia, A. T. Moore of Ridgeway, O. B. Simmons of Laurens, George Carlisle of Roc/c Hill and Henry Fair, Jr. The wedding will be followed by a small "reception at the home of Dr. and Mrs. McGregor on Pick ens street. Forfeits Fifty Dollar Bond. Daisy Harris, colored, who was arrested on the charge of storing and selling liquor and released on $30 bond, failed to appear for trial in Recorder Harby's court Tues day, and the bond was declared forfeited. Council of Farm Women. The Sumter County Council of Farm Women will hold an imr portant monthly meeting at four o'clock, next Saturday afternoon, September 30th at Sumter Cham -ber- of Commerce at which mat ters of more than ordinary im portance will be presented for conr sideration. Mrs. L. E. Leavell, president of this council urges ev en' member to be present. The Sumter County Council . of Farm Women is a very valuable organiza tion and has done some mighty fine work in helping to solve do mestic, social, and general eco nomic problems. . The system .of* hard surfaced highways that are now being con structed in this county will, when completed, extend to every section of the county, ten roads radiating from Sumter to the county line. The system as planned will have between one hundred and one hun dred and thirty-five, miles of pay ed roadway. The roads are being built with a width over all of thirty feet from ditch to ditch, with an eighteen or sixteen foot hard-sur faced roadway in the center. On either side of the hard surfaced roadway, the road is filled with earth, sloping gently to the ditches. The weak point of the road is.the earth fills on either side of the paving and unless they are sodded down with Bermuda grass as quick ly as possible there will be the necessity for constant repairs when the soil washes away. It would rost something to get the grass, but iL would be economy in the long run. The books of registration will be open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. October 2nd. 3rd and 4th. It is the duty of every unregistered Democrat to apply for and obtain a certificate of registration. SEARCH FOR j ! SMUGGLER j Judge Seeks to Eh-j I force S u s p e n d-j ed Sentence on! Charleston' Man i Charleston, Sept. 27.?Efforts of ; process servers have been futile all | day, it was said tonight in state, prohibition law enforcement cir- j cles here, .in officially serving M. S. j Sullivan, wealthy machinery sales agency man, with a copy of an j order issued by Judge John S. Wilson in the court of general ses- j sions requiring Sullivan to show; cause next Monday why he should j not be required to serve a four ! months' suspended sentence grant- j ed him in an alleged liquor law! violation case in February, 1917. ! Sullivan is charged in the United) States district court for the East- | em district of South Carolina with j being a party to a conspiracy to smuggle into Charleston recently about 7,000 quarts of whiskey, j camouflaged in burlap covered .po-i tato barrels. Condemnation pro- j ceedings were - instituted by Dis- j trict Attorney J. D. E. Meyer here; ^recently also in the name of thej federal government against the Swannanoa, ? handsome yacht own- j .ed by Sullivan,.'in connection wiihj the- liquor case. survey' of u **v navy yards Washington, Sept. .27?The Sec retary of the Navy Denby has sent the following official instruction to| Rear .Admiral Hugh Rodman, chair-1 i.man of fbe recently appointed spec- ; I ial board, which is called to meet i j here next Monday, to consider and make" recommedations concerning the shore .establishments of the! navy. : .' ' j "A board of which you are sen ior member, and which Rear Ad-j mirals. Ashley H. Robertson, W. V. j Pratt, John D. Beuret, and v Cap-j tains A. & Willard, J^ T. .Tomp-! j kins and R. E. Bajkenus, United' I States Navy, are members,, and Ralph M. Griswold, commander U. j S. N. Recorder, will convene, at 10 j o'clock a. m, October 2, 1922, at! the Navy Department Washington, ] D. CT.. for the purpose of. consid- j ering and making recommenda tions concerning . the shore estab j lishments of the navy with a view I to the fixing of a definite and sta.- j j ble policy in regard thereto, j *The. board will recommend the j j basis, yards and stations it con-! I siders necessary to the mainte- j [nance of ,the efficiency of the fleet j [and its effective operation in peace and war. It will report specifically j its recommendations as to (a) the. I shore stations and parcels of im-: j proved and unimproved real estate I j now in the custody of the Navy! j Department which it considers wiilj i not either in peace or war contrib- ! I ute to the maintenance of the effi I ciency of the fleet or .to its effect- I ive operation. i "(b) The shore stations that un-j I der present conditions it considers j j should be kept in operation for the i efficient maintenance, and effect ?ve! ! operation of the fleet. I "c" The shore stations that j ! should be retained but kept closed j i or on a reduced operation basis,! [ yet ready for service in the event! i of an emergency. . . j j "d" Shore stations in addition to i I those recommended under "b" and I (c) above that are in the opinion] of the board necessary for the ef- j fective operation of the fleet in j peace and war including reccm- i mendations as to their location and ] j characteristics. * ' "e" Shore stations that mty be j closed, reduced or disposed of when j j the shore, stations recommended 1 i under (d) have been created. . | j "The recommendations of the I 1 board should be accompanied by a \ I complete statement. of consid era- j \ tioms governing its conclusions. "ShouJdi the-general plans of the; i shore establishment recommended I by the board contemplate the con ; struction of floating dry docks,. it ] is directed that the report of the j board include Specific reeommen- j j dations as to the. number and i i size. j *"The board will exclude from I consideration shore stations lo-! jcated in insural possessions where I under the limitation of armament ; i treaty the status quo at the same j of signing of the treaty must be j j maintained." A. A. GERALD IS WINNER I ( \ - ? ;. : | j Columbia, Sepi. 26.?With up- i j proximately 75 votes still unreport j ed A. A. Gerald, of Columbia, was j today rcaominated tp the house1 j of representatives with a majority j j of S.4f> votes over his opponent I j Whiter Evans, of this city. Oer- j :ikl received L',?mS votes and Evans; 1,-833. Representative Gerald is one of the labor lenders of Columbia and j is president of the local street car [ men's unions. He has had exten- ! sive legislative experience as chair- '' jman of the railroad committee of j the house. Mr. Evans operates a I filling station here. ? ? ?? Los Angeles, Sept. 2 A.?Insanity will l?e the defense of Mrs. Clara Phillips, charged with beating Mrs. Alberta Meadows, twenty I year-old widow jo death with a j hammer, was disclosed when her ?counsel submitted copies of. inter i rogatories addressed to residents in jTexa* regarding the alleged lapses j.of sanity on the part of the de i fondant TURK LEADER WILL RESPECT NEUTRAL ZO Kemal Pasha Sends Conciliatory Reply to Allies But His Troops Proceed to Dig EhtreirfehtnentS; Constantinople, Sept. 27 (By the Associated Press).?Possible war. between Great .Britain and Turkey was. at least temporarily avertei this afternoon by an 11th hour dec-; .laration of., the Kemalists that, they would respect the. neutrality of the straits, pending an armis tice conference. The declaration relieves the sit uation, which even the British had admitted was critical.. . In a message to Kemal Pasha at. Smyrna. General Harington urged an early, meeting, of the British , and Kemalist generals at Mudani-:i. or Ism id as the most effective way of reaching an amicable under standing in the present difficult sit uation created by the.Kemalist ad vance in the Dardanelles. Th2 message, which was most conciliatory in tone, declared ir would be a pity at the present juncture to allow local occupations on the straits to jeopardize peace. Prior to announcement that' the Kemalists would respect the neu trality of the straits. Hamid Bey, the Angora, representative, said to the correspondent: "The Kemalists ? naturally will come across the so called neutral zones, but they have, not the slightest intention of firing upon the British occupying those zones. If however, the Brit ish move against us, we will be forced to reply." General Harington replied to Kemal Pasha, thanking him for the declaration that he would re-1 spect. the neutrality of the straits and that he wished to avoid 3 conflict. The British commander added that the destruction of which Kemal complained was prompted by military necessity and declar ed that no shot had been fired against the Turks in anger nor [would be except under his orders He concluded by expressing readi ness to meet Kemal at any con I venient place to discuss an under j standing. . - Smyrna, Sept. 27 (By the Asso-' ciatedj Press).?Yussuf Kemal Bey." the Nationalist * foreign minister,' left for Angora today with the ' draft of the Nationalists' reply to the allied peace proposals. It is understood to embrace the follow-' ing conditions: 11 Prior to the opening of the I peace conference the Nationalists j shall occupy all strategical points in order to achieve the provisions ! of the Nationalist pact regarding j Thrace. ^ j 2. All British forces now' en ; route shall be recalled and the j British shall abstain from fortify ing the neutral zones. ... 3. The Nationalists shall oceu Ipy Thrace before the peace c?n | ference. 4. The Nationalists reserve the right to contest certain other poinls in the allied proposals. 5. The Nationalists object to the demilitarization of Thrace and Mar mora, but no objection is raised to j fortification of the Dardanelles. 6. Soviet Russia, Ukraine, and j all countries bordering on the Black I ! sea shall be represented in the! j conference. . . j j 7. In the event of acceptance! j Qf 1 he foregoing conditions the j [Nationalists agree to an armistice: conference at Mudania with the al-j I lied generals. S. Three days after the Mu jdania conference the proposed I peace negotiations shall begin - at | Smyrna. , j ; Isma Pasha, commander-in-; j chief on the western front, will [represent the Nationalists at che [armistice conference, while Mus-! jtapha Kemal Pasha will be spokes-' man at the Symrna conierer.ee. j ????? Constantinople, Sept. 27 (11 P. M., By the Associated Press).? Kemalist forces have occupied, without opposition, positions in the regions of Dumbrek, J-xmpsaki,! I Yaghjilar and Sangakeli, all in the I [neutral zone of the , Dardanelles.; 'This is the fifth violation of the, j zone. j Remonstrances by the British j I officers failed to stay the advance j [of the Turks. British flags were j [posted throughout the invaded ter- j ; ritory. j Turkish cavalry from Eren Keui j (with reinforcements is advancing] (to the northeast upon Asmali ITehe, apparently to cut off the! j British advanced post at Kephez. j I A British column supported by I artillery has left Chanak to coun-* iter the threat. Ahmedabad. British India. Sept.! 27 (By the Associated Press)?A] j large meeting was held today at [ which resolutions were adopted protesting against Great Britain j sending forces to Constantinople and the Dardanelles. Threats were made to aid the Turks by joining: ibeni on the battlefield if war was declared against Turkey. I Thomson. Ca.. Sept. 28.?Beneath! a clear sky and blazing sun thel I body of 1'niied States Senator Thos. I E. Watson came home and was' laid to rest in the soil of McDuf fic county as hundreds of his eoun-1 trymen from Georgia's backwoods, united with the prominent officials in paying the last tribute to his memory. Brief und simple were the funeral services ;<i the Watson [home, but every honor within the, province of the town was paid to the departed senator. War Scare Fails To Shake Markets] ? ; l t >? ' '? j ^Developments During Weekj Reasonably Satisfactory? j Wheat Prices Higher . ?i. New York. Sept.* 24.?Despits | nervousness in the security mar- j kets, domestic industrial and finan-j ? cial developments.during the past} week continue reasonably .satisfac tory. .. Talk of war in Europe over Turkish troubles, which conserva tive quarters, considered over- . drawn, was a disturbing influence, i 'but sorved to rally grain prices ap-j preciably. December wheat rose? as high as 1,0:9 .3,-8. tencenr:s above the recent low. This advance.. was j accompanied not only by. a changeJ in speculative sentiment, but by considerable foreign buying, wWoh.j is quite natural at at this season, j further gains have been reported j by the steel industry: More blast < furnaces have been, placed in op-j eration and. steel making has. in- j creased to approximately .65 pen cent of capacity.. This .recovery.! .which is better than had been an-*j ticipated, ha? been accompanied by! .a settling down of the steel market j in prices. Recent, extreme pre-} miums for quick delivery, are dis-j appearing and a more stable basis j of business developing-. The presr ent rate of production while.below war expanded capacity is greater than in any year, before the war. The improvement in steel .oper ations has - been made possible by j an easier coal situation. 3itumin-< ous production has been pushed well beyond, ten million tons... a week and supplies, are now fairly comfortable;. Recognition of this fact, appears in the Interstate. Com merce Commission's lifting of cer tain of its priority restrictions. ^ Car loading statistics also:, are satisfactory, indicating that the railroads are still expanding in traffic movement to. new high lev els since the fall of. 1920. While j the number of cars loaded duringj the week ended September 9, is* nearly 100,000 less than in the pre vious year, the loss is more than accounted for by the Labor Day holiday. . Taking the figures as they stand,, however, the movement of general , merchandise . and mis cellaneous freight was 408.000 cars greater than durTng the corres ponding week a. year ago. Disregarding a rise in the sensi tive call money rate on the .New York Exchange to 6 per cent, which seems to have been due to tax col lection operations, the tone of the money market has become slightly firmer. Bankers' acceptances com mand one-quarter of 1 per cent ;more now than a few weeks ago. The explanation lies, partly in the' increase, in the volume of bills. { which has been contributed to by, heavy importations, , which are sea-I j-sonal and 'some of which have been j in anticipation of the change l:i the tariff. At the same time it would appear that foreign balances have, been .withdrawn from ihi3 market, probably for use in pur chasing grain and raw .materials. "No sharp rise in. money rate? is, ? however, anticipated. Confirming previous indications, the bureau of labor's .indes of wholesale commodity prices for Au t gust. shows no change.. Fuel and ! metals were practically*the only j groups to advance, and the. effect of these increases was offset . oy I losses in food and farm products.: Death. j - ? ? j Mr. John A. Scarborough died} ;at the Tourney Hospital Thursday j morning after a long illness, aged] about sixty-two'years. He was a* i son of the late Xewell B. Scar I borough of Elliotts and spent his j early life in Bishopville and vi Icinity. but had been a resident of this city for a number of years. He. is survived by one brother.: Mr. W. W. Scarborough of Elliotts' and one sister, Mrs* Theodore! Richburg of Clinton, S. C. He;wasj twice married, his first wife who! I was Miss Hattie Rogers, of Horns-1 [dale, Pa., living only a year after! j marriage; his second wife who was! Miss Alice Spencer, died in 1920.1 ?The funeral services will be held j iat the. Bishopbille Presbyterian I 'cemetery at 11:30 o'clock tomor-{ row, Friday, morning. ? ? ? Sunday School Officials. Spartanburg, . Sept. . 23.?Hugh Magill of Washington, D. C, a; prominent Methodist layman and professional educator, has been selected general secretary of the' [International Sunday School organ-1 fixation at its recent quadrennial j I convention and has accepted the! j position. Marion Lawrence, for] i mam' years general secretary . of j 'the association, has been elected consulting general secretary for life land will cooperate with Dr. Ma gilt I For several years past Dr. Ma gill has been field secretary* of the j National Education Association land is well known in the educa Uional world. His election as gen jeral secretary of the International Sunday School work is considered an accession to the Sunday School Association work and is meeting with general approval. State Su perintendent Leon C. Palmer of thej South Carolina Sunday. School As sociation expects to have him visit this slate at an early date. Marriage License. i Colored.?Louis Murray and Phil-j Iis lit'e.se. Stateburg. ? ? m ? Washington. Sept. 28.?A pen sion increase from fifty to seventy two dollars n month for civil and Mexican war veterans was planned by Republican leaders in congross. The bill for providing the increases has passe dthe senate. Senator Bur sum. Republican, of New Mexico, the author, says it has been prom ised that it will be passed by the house soon after it convenes. ? ? ? ??. There is a big prune crop. Heaven help the boarders. SHOUID EXTEND THREfMILElaMIT Attorney For Anti-Saloon = League Gives Opinion Washington," Sept. 26.?:-The at tention the officiate of the Anti Saloon League are giving the ac tivities of the prohibition navy out side the three-mile limit is evi denced by the dissemination from league headquarters of an opinion of Wayne Wheeler, general counsel, supporting the "right, of the Unit ed Suites to extend the Three-m*.le limit to prevent liquor .smuggling." Washington, Sept. 26.?The cab inet decided to restrict, prohibition enforcement operations within the three mile, limit, except where ships beyond are in communication with the shore. BEQUESTFOR THE ROPER HOSPITAL Charleston Woman Leave? ( Part of Estate F^r CItaritj* Charleston. Sept. 25.?Thewill of Mary Jane Ross, a wealthy woman of this city, who died August 1C, was filed for probate today, and its feature was the provision made for Roper hospital of Charleston, which is bequeathed through the .Medical society of South Carolina % 100,000 in cash for the construc tion of a branch to be known. as the Ross-Henry branch of Ropey hospital; the surplus income from property of the estate, in this city, after certain payments are made in maintaining the Ross Memorial,-* public museum to, be. established at the Ro3s residence on. tfye bat* tery,. and in addition the hospital is to get one-h'alf of the residue, which. is said to. be very large, on? unconfirmed report estimating the total.value :6f the estate at.around $2,000,000. The. Presbyterian j hos pital at Philadelphia gets. '$20,00.0 and the other half of. the residue* Other bequests include $25,000 to the South ! Carolina. Historical so ciety, $25,000 to the Historical so ciety of Philadelphia;,, and 5100, 000 or so to individuals. No official estimate of the value, of the estate was available today, but apparent ly Roper , hospital will eventually benefit Impressively. .,Alfred Huger of Charleston is one of the execu tors, the two others being a. Phila delphian, Charles Sanderson, and a trust company of that city. The asphalt paving was finished on the Manning road Saturday and the contractors shifted their asphalt workers to the Bishopville road Monday morning. The laying of the sheet ashpalt on the Camden Statebnrg road is progressing * rap idly. The asphalt work was start ed at Shot Pouch branch and is proceeding toward the city limits. ; . - Married life in~a ilat has a tend ency to become that ,way. RUSSIAN REDS WARK ALLIES Moscow Soviet Demands That They Have Voice in Near East Settlement Mosfipw.' Sept. 26.?Soviet Rus sia, in a note addressed to Eng land. France, Italy. Greece, Ru mania, .Tugo-Slavia, Bulgaria and Egypt, proposing an immediate conference designed to find a solu tion of the. Near East situation, warns the European powers againsr ignoring the interests of those. I countries directly interested in the freedom of the Dardanelles. The note., which was dispatched I by Acting Foreign Minister Kara khan, declares that, as none of the j European powers is taking prope.* 'steps to prereat developments ! which appear likely to draw the ; entire series of countries address - I ed into war. the Soviet government : considers thai only an immediate 'and powerful intervention can lo jcatize the affair and possibly save ! southeastern Europe fron^ a new j outbreak of bloodshed. The note reiterates that Russia i will refuse to recognize any de jcision unless she is'a party to the agreement.. "The Soviet government," says the note. ? "considers the basis of events in the Xear East hinges on the. question, which is recognition for the Turkish people's right to the actual restoration of Turkish sovereignty over the Turkish cap ital of Constantinople and ths Straits." /. "The freedom of the Straits," the note continues, ."is necessary pri marily to the Black sea ports,, to Russia and. her allied republics, jancl embracing the.greater part of i the Black sea coast." The note details the Russb-Turk iah agreement of . 1 921, which de clared for the international statue of the Straits foil trading purposes. About the.time this agreement was reached. It adds, the victorious pow ers of the world .war had recog nized only their own interest so far as the Straits were concerned, ?ts \ regarding. Russia altogether. ? ? <9 m j Marder Rather Than Pay Taxis I ?. ? Fare. ! Columbia, Sept. 26.?"Startling j announcements" are promised by i oflicials in connection with the ar i-rest of two white men here, eharg led with the murder of a negro taxi ; driver, Cannon,'in March 0^1921. The two men are Andrew Roberts and Jesse' Cooper, the former a nine-months convict in the peni tentiary, the latter held how-in the Richiand jail, have both confessed to the killing, but each says the other fired the fatal shot. They killed the driver when the3r found they .did not have $15 with which to pay the taxi bill- they had ac cumulated oh a long ride with. him. in search of liquor, which they expected to sell. TWO KILLED IN co: .????**. WITH TRAm Two Cfcarfotte Men Lose life ih Automobile Wreck v* i - Charlotte; Sept."' 26.^Ti^^?r llotte men. Robert G.. Hajgs, 2X5 i West Tenth street and 'George ? Blum. 703 Worthington avenue; ! were killed when the-automobile .; ! in which they. were riding was I struck by Southern passenger train ? rj |Xo. 37, near Lin wood Crossing, be ; tweeh Spencer and ;I^singiOB elE^y i Tuesday. Their Liberty automombile, ..be ; lieved to be owjied by Bhim, wa3 [entirely demolished. I The men were, identified by let I ters. and other papers in., their ; pockets. . ' / ? It was reported at the office^''&??:'. jthe Southern- Railway, here I persons..standing near the. e/o^s^tJT .tried to stop th% ai^mc^et : their warnings were seenr too VUe . ''to be heeded. 1 Mr. Hayes-was killed out-right Sand. Mr. Blum died white?$&h&. - taken to a hospital,in.Saiisb^ryv"...:*.--v The identity of Blum, was ^ab-^ I lished through the records aj:'tjie. ? city hall of the automobile .^enW: I numbers. The machine ^bore^X j Charlotte license No. 4225;y'^jSS?t ! was purchased by Blum. ,. ..." Jl: \ Mr. Blum is agent for .the,..TrYt'.-: ? umph Electric eompany, of ?fai-. ! ci.nnati, and the Packard JBjcgstfe^ ; company of Warren. Ohio,. ,H^haarv I office . space in the Electrica .C?jh^r ' I struction company's building a?.2S ; West Fifth, street:' ' Ho left. Charlotte Tuesday jwi':^ i ing oTiro?te io* Greetisborj*?^^?^ j was . ex peeled-to\ return *?r^3^ ^ ; morning, ir.wasjstate^. az3ti&~ i fice that "some one ? from Ch ! was to make -.-t^^trlp- ??^i?i^j^pi^ i but the ' man's '. name/ was; :iiOt j known. 4 - \ ?..'.' ' ? . ,'?/ .. i The paiientsV and- jairs^sv^ oJT; : Camp Alice wish. to. tha?k*t&^p^ I who so Ji-berally contributed*tfitfhh%} : chair fund." 1 mi Prof! Becker has wr&teh a i tory of our. ^dependence. One-maa calls it ajn ancient historst. Oh; what is so rare- -as ^'ijp&K* day in Ireland? >-. I?BLljS V 1 -w ^TOk^ ^mm Stomach Tri^^ Si For Many Years We^HaVe Been Agents in Sumter County For The H. C. Godman Shots These are solid leather shoes of medium price, but of wearing quality equaf to high grade shoes. Every pair guaranteed and at prices in reach of all. Children's Shoes__,._-_-$1.50 TO $2.50 Misses' Shoes - ??-$2.00 TO $3.00 Ladies* Shoes_--$2.50 TO $5.00 Boys' Shoes-$2.00 TO $3.50 Men's Shoes_.__._?_.__?-$3.00 TO $4.<X) SEE THAT YOU GET THE GENUINE H. C. GODMAN SHOE. , OUR GUARANTEE GOES WITH EVERY PAIR. The Q*Donnell Dry Goods Company