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The Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday and Satur day by Osreen Publishing Company, Suinter, S. C. Twins: $2.00 per annum?ia advance. Advertisements: One Square, first insertion -?$L00 ; Every subsequent' insertion .50 j Contracts for three months or i longer will be made at reduced ] rates. All communications which' sub- i serve private interest* will *>e j charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re- | ?pect will be charged for. The Sumter "Watchman was] founded' in 1&5? and the True j Southron in 18$ 6. The Watchman j and Sonihron now has the com fcined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is man? Ifestly the best advertising medium j In -Sumter. A-GOOD SPEECH A certain American mayor who j go? ? his early training as a police- \ xnan, and w cordingly is a more j fluent walker than talker, promis- 1 ed recently to make at a picnic | 'the best speech of his public ca- i reer." When the time came, hej ? .arose with due ceremony and de-; livered the following address: Tm glad I'm here, and I hope i you have all had as much fun as! A careful sjndy of this, oratori-j cal. effort should convince, any. com- [ petent critic that the mayor made! good.' He must have surpassed him-| sen7. He certainly surpassed by an enormous margin of, excellence the j average public speech for which! this country is more or less famous, j The piece is respectfully recom-: mended to public men. in general} as a, model for emulation. If! speeches in Congress, in state leg- J Matures, in courtrooms and on the j stumpy could be. held to .16 well] chosen word's, wouldn't. it; be a ; bl?ssed thing for human sanity and j progress? ... . j AST OLD TT.OTJXD RE-OPENED A review of the whole subject! of war atrocities and the trial of.' ? - - - j war criminals may he made in the: near future. The council of allied] -Ambassadors has notified' >Ger-; jnany "that it is defeply dissatisfied \ with some of the verdicts reached j . by 'ine_I.eiR^- court... . . ' ' .r ' ,' The" ctanniiuncation ser^edi fur-1 ? u-? < ' . t S v t ther noilce. o>. /G*-rn\auy. that the: eouncItTreserves to itself the right j of ."j^|c|?$rv^G^Jon; under"" th^ Ter-j ?ai^s .treaty but it- did^ot in?i-.{ cate what"a^t?oh would'taken-i The council has a right under the 1 rrearv to set ur? a court of its own ? and try the cases? over agav.o. . Haw mtirh could be' accomplish- \ #6 fey a re-opening of the subject j si ibis late 'date' is hard to * pre-i f Sict. The^ difficulty of locating the I ?ccUsed. of finding" reliable wit-j cesses and establishing the author- j ity-^for adequate punishment of; . ? ? ? ? ~ ? . ? j those- found guilty 'would be. great, j It is recognized, however, that ac-j tlvities m the matter thus far have j contributed little to the dignity of j justice, and offered little .assurance.) of future-safety in this tried world, j ?irST PrXISH3*lE5T Gne genera! chairman;--three 3o- i cad f chairman, and eight?.?-officers of subordinate lodges of the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen of California have lost their offices j as a result of the recent desertion J of several train loads of passengers j in the southwestern desert. The | officers concerned were charged; with having authorized the walk -, out In defiance of national head-; quarters, and were removed accord- i ingly, after an inquiry, ;by their; national president. This action is good?as far a.s it; goes. It tends to restore public > confidence in the leadership of the j railroad trainmen and to strengthen ; ... . . j the central authority of all the* .railroad unions over their mem- ? bers. Punishment f.~>r such an- inex-! cusable offense, however; should ? not be confined to disciplinary I measures within the labor organi-j zatioa itself. It was an offense ag?trist public safety and in defi-1 a?ce of public decency as much as} an ^ggnse. against union rul?>*. and j the men responsible should be, punished .accordingly in the name of the entire public. If there is] r.o uaihority vested anywhere forj such, action. rherer ought to be. CHTRCH SINGING At rhe Episcopal conference at; Portland. Ore., a plea was mad*i for I better church singing. It was| suggested that trc.'rung in church i music should be par; of thr eduea- j tion of th*- clergy. ;-nd that choirij and congr?'ga:?'>???? 1 ..Haging in their i Turn could be brcuglit to higher j jrandards through education and j study. The tendency toward high- } ty organized and paid choirs was j deplored a little as tending toj j commercialize, singing among a ! few. while relaxing the interest in it among the-rest as a vital part of worship ~ to b<= commonly in dulged in. . There are few congregations of any denomination in which singing could nor he improved and in which a general knowledge of and , appreciation for the better elnss of j sacred music could'be fostered with j pre?t ? -STot only tile standard of music j as a whole needs bringing up in j most places of worship, but the J training of the young as a part of! their religious education merits especial attention. The boys and girls who whistle, sing and strum their interminable jazz and their songs of questionable taste and know nothing of the fine old hymns, chants and chorals which have come down through genera tions in untouched beauty are miss ing a great deal musically and spiritually. AT HOME VOR THE KTDS ;.. - ;r-? I ..... An editorial on knowing your} own children tells the story of a j father and mother who awakened suddenly to the tact that they knew almost nothing of the mates with whom their daughters studied and played. To remedy matters they inaugurated the custom of keeping open, house for the girls, and their friends one evening every week. s : Thei - occasions were".made very informal, the word simply being passed around that <qn/ a certain evening the- boys and girls would be welcome at the home in ques tion. The youngsters came hesi tatingly and in small numbers at first, but. later the functions be came the most popular in town. Xo\y other parents are trying the open door policy , as a means for knowing their children's friends. ' At each home the parents stay on the job and join in the fun. Games are played and refresh ments arei ot ^he..-simplest- type. The -gang goes ..home; at: 9:S0;.:The.. nawhoiesonxe features ~<xf youthfulii soc?^J^^J^Srye' been; i>racf ieally; - eiinahia^r^rh that tjbwn. . ^ch>?v. aMnlion of the" question of. w%at thj^Voung; people ?o. with ihieir rfe&eZbr v^om thev associate uitlv- 4s* letter: c*h?ti\ many TecfnresJ or ^involved ;psy^h.?>ogical discus-j ssons.pn the; subjecJ "> ' .- * ?nSMBMHHIB^nB BOB \ An ./^^erjcait \ Indtay, V George ?Vbitewing. of th^-WtiTcebago-^bK \ has. chosen as 4?is ?4i?et*w,or& thr-J :b^nti?gwouf..-andi ^etta^r.- dewvp.-^ ?n\ pepmanea> f or.cr* \sfir the^yeriginaTl .primitive' incUaa..nins^.i?:l WfutetI ?ce"^in*est conservatories'" of murtej in this country. * ? ~ - * "Whether or not this modern Indian becomes either rich or fa mous, he will perform a great ser vice for the world if he accom plishes his purpose. s There have already been many musical compo sitions based on Indian themes, i But Often, though they have been melodious and lovely, they have wandered far from the true tribal^ ?mttftic :? ' ? ? TVA . .-. yV " ? Th* true Indian music,I according to this student, is" rimansttc; *^i.*ed" in the first .placed to express senti ments, ideas and purposes undec. stress of emotion. Some, of it con tains a spirit of worship and ex altation akin to that of the psalms. . Again "it reflects moods of love? \ of friendship, of hatred or defi ance, and always it is closely knit with an instinctive love of nature. America is not supposed to possess any True folk music of its own. although the cowboy songs of the western planes, the negro melodies of the early south -and these same primitive Indian strains have sometimes been .called the folk music of the United States. All of them should be preserved in forms as nearly natural and true as possible. Less than 4,500 bales of cotton j had been ginned up to September] 2f>th. The prospect is for a total; crop not exceeding 12.000 bales. J Some crop estimators who claim to] be well informed place the Sum- : ter county crop at approximat*^- j i n.ooo bales. Quite a falling off j from 63,00 in 1920. Last years' total was less than 19,000. bale?. ! The Clarendon county crop in } 1?2?> was about 38,000 bales, last j rear S.ooo bales and this years'! crop is estimated not to exceed "?.- j 000 bales. ? ? ? Our first woman for foreign dip-j lomatic service has been chosen.' but they are all diplomats at home. { One man Who chewed tobacco 82 years has quit because his wife chewed the rag about it. South Carolina Mountaineers shooting at a navy balloon may have thought it was. the Turks. "Work is th 'j only road to suc cess" writes one successful man i and blasts many a hope. . i Ginning Report Of Big Interest War News and Other Influ ences Hai Their Effect During Week '\ Xew Orleans, Oct. 1?War news and ginning operations weakened , the cotton market last week and j prices were depressed, except for j a gain above the preceding week's | close of nine to seventeen points j in the opening session. After the middle of the week a considerable | show of strength was made at times j on a'greatly strengthened technical i position, but on the close weakness ; was renewed because of the unfa-j vorable tone of Near East dis-j patches. The elose was at net i losses of eighty-eight to ninety- j eight points, after prices had gone ?s low as net declines of 100 to 125 j points. December traded as high j as 20.95, as low as 19.55, and .Closed j at 19.74. ' : ? ' ? Spots lost twenty-five points on j middling in the net results, that | grade closing at 20.25, against 20 j on the close of this week last year, j Hedging sales against the new. j crop were extremely heavy at ttmjj* j and were in evidence on all hard spot-. They were accepted by some traders, however, as ..an important factor in strengthening the technir cal position, and moreover, they were taken to mean that there was Steady absorption of cotton in the interior by large spot interests in spite of the rather' quieter-tone off most Southern spot markets. "While j it appeared that spinners and ex pbrters were to an extent tempo- ! rarily out of the market, it seemed j fairly certain that large spot con-j cents: continued to take1 cotton from j the growers wherever the latter, j were willing to sell. '" The dry weather over the belt, j' highly favorable, for gathering and [ ginning the crop, was something of a bearish, argument, and later in the week claims , of a lower spot basis at some-points in the interior wa>:! also wed against the market. The' unfavorable private bureau crop re ports of the week, averaging around 50 per cent for. condition and.slight ly under 10,000,000 bales as the in dicated crop, were a support. While war news must play an im- i portant part in the market this week, bureau day events are likely to dominate for a while at least. The government now announces j thHt bureau day will .be Tueaday. t instead of "Monday, and the census | bureau will, issue it* second ginri ning: report of the .season at 9 r*?J m.. New Orleans time, while the j Department, of Agriculture . will I issue its final: condition ? at . 10 ? o'clock. * ; ? i j Governor H?tvey, Peacemaker I Enmity Between Edgefield ??ounty Officials Removed Columbia.' .Oct. -2'.?The story.- ot\ how Governor Harvey reeently j brought peace out -of .a bad situa- j tion in Edgefield counts rJfu^t J come to light, folldwihg' publica1-* tion in an Bdg?fi^3 p^iieri of a re port of the peace-paakin^" A'.pesspnai ^Iffic^ltyV took place, between Sheriff Swearihgen . and ! Supervisor. Edmunds,, of, Ed^efieh| j county. For weeks a condition^ of strain exited''between the. two of ficials, and there was much con cern in Edgefield county over the relations between the two men and the possible outcome. Quietly Governor Harvey took action. He realized that the situ ation should not continue. He wrote to the two men and asked each one if he would not call at \ the executive office On a certain j day. He asked the two to call at j the same time and lie stated in his | letter to each that he had asked-! the other of the two to come at i the same time. After a : certain j amount of correspondence, the | governor affected an arrangement j whereby the two men came to. his. j Office and he talked over the mat- j ter with them, as man to man.and-i as friend to friend. ; The governor j made :it very plain .that he was aj friend to both of them: that . hel wanted to see them make friend:-?, j In the interest of law enforcement, j as well as for personal friend-; ship. . j The governor's kind and yet j manly position impressed the two '? men and the result was they be came friends of each other again. ; And both we.it away with the j kindliest feeling towards Govern-j or Harvey. The troubled ? waters j "have been 'smoothed- over; the! two men are friends: Edgefield J eounty thanks the governor for his ! work as peace-maker, and the arm | of the law is strengthened, where i if the difficulty between the two ! had been allowed to continue, the I governor told the men, it would I have tended to weaken the-public's j respect for law. ? 1 ? It seems That the man who' names Pullmans names apartments < also. Police tell us that ginger ale I often has the accent on the first j syllable. _? ? ? People who think are scarce, but : people who think they think equal1 our census figures. During the hunting season a cow that acts like a deer is worth i money to her owner. Early to bed and early to rise, '? and you'll be healthy enough to hold down :i job ;it 42 cents :uj , hour. It js difficult to see a ray of hope ; in y laiid where love i? blind i?.id ? justice is blind :u?rl the t^e;-:; are | blind This time last year we were urg ed to buy coal. HEP FOR AUSTRIA ! AT LAST Geneva, Sept. 30 (By' the iAsso- t dated Press).?Optimism"; over i the success of the league-of' na-j tions' plan for the restoration of i Au>?ti*ia was voiced ut the closing i session of the third assembly of; the league of nations today.' Earl} Balfour declared that the~worfd no j longer could tolerate any derelict j state and it was the obligation of j the league to see that Austria-'was; put on her feet. "The league, he j added, would see to it thai/ it was j done in such a way that no spe- j cial interest would lay its hand on | Austria. . i Lord Robert Cecil asked whetb- 1 er all the documents would be pub lished if the Austrian relief plan ? should fail, evidently referring to Italy's objections to the nomination f of a controller for the / proposed loan to Austria instead of ? com mission. LOrd Balfour said he did j not anticipate failure, but if it did i come the full details would be, made known. In his closing address as presi dent ?f the third assembly, Augus tin' "Edwards, "the Chilean minis ter to Great Britain, emm^a'sized the] importance of the admission of Mexico into the league and' paid tribute to Argentina's <ound judg ment as regards the uhh-ersnlity of th el.institution. ^ , ,* 'The' league is' growing* day by dayj*/1 he" said,' '"many at "hi-st be lieved it Omnipotent. They expect ed too much of an institution they ' hoped would'reform in ? moment the "age did customs of peoples.' but when hope is abandoned in the? chancellories and darkness seentx lo fall on (he spirits of men the lights of Geneva illumine ? the way and re-establish confidence in the fu ture." N Referring to the decision to in* crease the non-permanent mem bership of the^ council, Mr. Ed wards said: "It is to the satisfaction of everybody that the council has j been enlarged in such a way as to | give in turn to all of the big fam-j ily of nations which compose the j league the representation.'which is] due : them. The enlarged. counc.:l "j mark^s in the history. of, Qur league i a big ste'p'jpw?rds the d'emocrati- j zation ? of its charter and the] strengthening of its "authority.,. x ^ *ln" ! the . judicial \ sphere .the] third aA^mbly\has ^developed the] masfer. thought, of ; a. covenant j which seeks th"$; peace, .of" .nations I by lefery possible;, ayenue^ offering, f to Mates haying gopd will. . thj| mje?n? of concifiatibii.. . In "response ? to the. suggestion. of northern * Eu^i ropean countries'/the third assem-? bly has just placed", at; the disposal I of The'''world *;i .'neW^mlscK'ahis'frt;.! wholly, ihij&egn?ted w3th/the baste/ idea' that the leagu& ^pt'fh&tions js riot ?a^s?pef-institu??n a cehV ter where all good "will, anid peace ful lr desires* of all 'nations can' con-'-., ^erge.' ! '.'?"' ?*"" "Let -us have faith in the' desti nies of the league," said the presi,-. dent fri' conclusion, ' "because all that is great,' all that' 6eeks the good "ttf mankind and tends to ward perfection is Imperishable. The* origin of humanity is divine and its end in the beyond is divine: perfection must therefore be the goal. "When the whirlwind has pass ed that hate laden cyclone loosed over the world by the breath of the great war then will end, and the mechanism of the covenant will be more clearly perceived and the sore, limpid atmosphere in which the league had its beginning will become more apparent." j Piygan News and Views. ?' Pisgah, Oct. 2.?The', Indian J summer weather that generally fol-j lows a-wet summer is here! It is dry sure, and we have hd'jturnips and other fall vegetables. The hay crop Is. all saved and it is one of the1 most plentiful we ever had. The' other crop? are Very spotted, owing to the seasons and'.'"manore used. The executive committee of the Kershaw Association met at. First Baptist church of Camden Satur day and mapped out work for the future. It was an interesitng ses sion. Sumter and Lee counties have ill young men in the legislature. Mr. Claud Ch'ewhing, recently elected in Lee county, lives here and is a self made boy. He is now attend ing the South Carolina college. Europe is at her old tricks again. Fussing and fighting. Would we he in a'fix to be again mixed up in their quarrels and fusses. Hen ry Cabot Lodge was recently elect ed by thousands of Democrats vot ing lor him with the Republicans as a reward for keeping th'js. coun try out of the League of ""Nations. H*- had a big majority that his party could not furnish ,so the rads of Massachusetts say. Prof. Burns and wife who wll \ teach the Pisgah public school here I arrived Friday afternoon, and the j patrons and friends of tne school ( gave them a hearty and 'warm re-j ceptibn at their home. Toe school! will open today. 1 notice some of the yellow iour-i nals are predicting a bolt in thisi State. 1 wonder wh.? will starr it?J Probably they will themselves. Every voter ought to go out and vote for Mr. Fulmer and give him a big vote. An opposition vote! can be used to unseat him or de clare his seat vacant and we Will have ho congressman if that is done. f'Each houxe is judge u? the election of. its own members") and that tells the story. Blessed are the pace makers, for' they shall get a raite. i SYNOD TO MEET IN CHESTER :, . ?*??-u - '* < s - $ % ? I Presbyterians of State: Con-: ? yene in Annual Session ........... . South ' Carolina Presbyterians are* manifesting great interest in ! the meeting of .synod that will eon- ; vene i -'in Purity ' Presbyterian \ chirrch.' 'Chester, this Tuesday! evening; October 3, at 8 p. m. The synod Will open with a . sermon- by r>r. J. B. Oreen. professor of theol ogy. Columbia Theological Semi nary. Dr. Green has been re quested to deliver this sermon in the'^'hsence of Dr. W. H. Hudson, the moderator, who sailed a few we.efc- ago to resume his missionary activities in his field jn China. . The syiiod of South Carolina is one ';df "the most active and pro gressive synods of the Southern Presbyterian church. It now ha? oh its roll 172 ministers, 293 churches, 34367 members, and con tributed to all causes for the sup port ( of the church, the past year ?S 6-3;7 ?>."?. The sessions of synod will continue through Friday, Oc- j tober 6, and all of the churches r.re : entitled to representation. Included in the program of this j meeting will be inspiring and help-! fiil .conferences and popular meet ings.in connection with.the synod's; committees on foreign missions, home' missions and stewardship. Di\ Alexander Sprunt. of Charleston will present the report oh foreign missions, and an address will be^ delivered by Dr. Egbert W. Smith, executive secretary, on the African mission field.' Dr. .Smith has just returned from a. stay of several months, in. Africa and is thrilling audfe^ces. all over the church with his ..description of the work that is being .^trcomplished. The assem bly /si .committees and the progres sive .program will be represented at synod by Rev. T, E. Simp son,.^ assembly's stewardship coffii ! mittee. ? . j An- interesting and encouraging report will be made by the com mittee on educational institutions of -the synod, calling attention to the-raery decided increase in the con tributions of tlie churches during the*>year to the cause of the synod's' scftbnls? over the contributions of 1 lair**'year. This increase amounts I to sbmething like $6;000, and. the I remarkable thing about it is that during this year which in some re-! spects has been the* worst year j financially , in. the history of the j syri?d'; the increase over the preced- [ ing^ear "should be" greater than ariyT.mcre?se ip:the years past since rhe"' educatfohai Institutions were put in the budget These contri butions, from ^ the churches are meeting the daily'expenses of insti tutions and not for endowment, but rfeprgsen?what .would be interest Ion the..endowment/'.". The ^general ed.u-1 eatr^n board regards these contrir J butiong from therchurjches as. the' most valuable of5 all the college as-1 sejts^j Each of. the synod's four in-j stitytions'.is .full to/capacity., The] Pfe^bytejriap College.at Clinton.is{ laying. plans:. ?or the - erection of a.| dormitory, for which. ?.n , offer, of; $2.%ft00 - has- been received , re ?oently.. ? to \ take. -?a~e. -of. the Jarg.e increase, in, students. . rChicora Col lege$Columbia;, has. had to purchase ?ddij^onal .buildings:; and enlarge! those they already own. to ac.com- ; riibdate the largest freshman class in it?. history^ The Theological Sem inary has had to rent numerous quarters outside the grounds to care, for the largest enrollment in \ its history. . ThornwelP Orphanage j is always full and there are hun- ! dreads on the waiting list that could j be taken in if there were room to) accommodate them. Purity Presbyterian church in I which the sessions of synod will be! held is one of the most active churches of the synod, with a splendid histpry for service,, dating bacfe to its organization in 17S7. Sewn sons of- the church ?* have | enteted the Gospel Ministry; there j are . three candidates for the min-'i istry now in college; five young Ia-?j diesi of- the^ church have recently ! given their lives to Christian ser- j vice, one "of tvhom has taken up ? her work in China.v Dr. Flournoy! Shepperson is pastor and' his mini i istry has been wonderfully 'bless- j ed of God. He is greatly beloved j ]vy his"people .and under his posi tive preaching of the'word over 100 have joined the church since his I pastorate began: * ? ' ' " Court Operates Effectively; Laurens, Oct. i.?The fall term: of court, which .convened last Mon- ? day with Judge Hayne F. Rice of] Aiken, presiding* recessed today) until next Tuesday morning to con- j tinue through the balance of thej week. Approximately one-half of the j cas#^ on the docket at the begin-! ning>.;pi.\ the present session have : been, ^disposed of this week. This; probably means that the roster will! be Reared up in the two weeks as.j many eases are being settled out- J side of court. There have been 27 convictions! or pleas of guilty entered this | week. Fourteen of these were on j charges of prohibition violation, j Twenty-one prisoners have been j sent jo the chaingang, thus increas ing tbe force to 63. Four of the new recruits are white men. In | only one case has the judge given ' a fine,, and this sentence, was agreed \ to jifter the defendant had been .; givejo a straight time sentence. F, B. Workman, who was ron-I vie ted on a charge of violating the prohibition law and given a two- j year' sentence, after a new trial was! denied him, has appealed his case to the supreme eourt. Bond in the | sum of $1.-08.0 was granted last j night. He was remanded to jail, j however, until the bond can be ar-' ra nged. * ? *" May we call the Dardanelles des- j pexate straits? Thanks. 1 COUNTY HEALTH \ CAMPAIGN! Mr. R. N. Covington Repre senting Stale Board of Health Appreciates Co-operation Through the courtesy of your paper -and in behalf of the South j Carolina Board of Health. I want to thank the citizens of Sumter j county for their splendid interest j 3nd cooperation in: the Sumter j County Health Campaign which \ closes with Dalzell ' school meet -1 ing at-8 o'clock .tonight. Practically two. thousand at-' tended the nine meetings already1 held.- A - majority. of ; whom were j from fifteen ? to seventy years of j age. I desire to especially thank the! Sumter Daily Item. The Watch man and Southron, The Sumter; Herald, The Manning Times, Miss. Caro Truluok. your county home! demonstration agent and her home j demonstration club members: Dr. i J. A. Mood. Dr. S. YL. Edmunds.1 Dr. H. L. Shaw. Dr. Milton Wein-] berg. Dr. T. R. Littlejohn, Dr. D I O. Browning and" Mi*. Oscar White, j manager of the Lyric Theatre and j Mr. "H. L. Tisdale, chairman of the' Sumter Board of Health for liber- j a! publicity, - cooperation and foz j addresses delivered at these meet- | ings. ? ... I would ;feel ungrateful if .I did j not. mention the. part played by' Mr. E, L Reardon. secretary of the! Sumter Chamber of Commerce, j ajid a former health officer of; Sumter. The attendance at these , meetings ,. >-rea$ unquestionably largely- due to his earnest and en thusiastic efforts Jn writing nun-.; dire4s . of letters -to the. rurab citi- ! zens,. his daily, interesting reports oY meetings held and to be .held, andr.hJs interviewing personally, and calling up .hundreds-of rural men and., women, and . getting their co- j operation' in advertising, the meet- \ ings. He ga,ve: half of his time, j attended eight meetings and lee- | tured at six meetings. ; The campaign has been a grati- : fying success*. , ' R. N. Covington: i ? ? ? COUNTY HEALTH | CAMPAIGN; Oswegd Has Bfe Social Time! at Health Meeting t . A, large-. , a nd[. apprecterive aud- /, ience. greeted;.the foiit" reel mov ing picture health Vnterjtainme'nt .}. at Rembert. school las't Saturday. night. Dr. S.. H., Edmunds, and Dj.' J. A. .Mood pleased/:thf?._ .two hundred Rafting Creek \ township, citizens with their spieridH talks, on public and personal * hygieae.' At Oswego school Saturday night' the public health meeting was sup; piemen ted by a delightfup soCia)tj affair in which the ladies seryedf de-: licio?s ice cream and , cake, .and.! there was a spectacular cake, walk1 [ and some fine instrumental and' j vocal music. At least 15 6|* myivj women* boys and girjs' participated..! Rev. Felder of the ?swejgo..;.MethV j odist church in a shprt .^b'ut im-.j presjsive talk thanked Mr. R. X~\ Covington, of the moving picture! j unit of the state board, of..health,*; and Secretary E. I: Reardpb, .the j latter making the health lecture of j the evening, and Rev. Felder urged j community cooperation in '? im proving sanitary conditions in thej rural districts. ! The city of Sumter. in so far as \ the adult -population goes, showed practically no interest in the mov ing picture and health lecture ' at The Lyric theatre last Saturday 1 afternoon as it is said that less! than twenty adults attended. SUm ter is the only place ..of ten meet ings in Sumter county where the adult population was almost total ly disinterested in State Board of Hea 1th efforts to increase interest in public health work in the pres ent Sumter ? County Health Cam paign. About two .hundred..boys and girls however were at The Lyric and from their, hearty ap plause and laughter they enjoyed-1 the pictures v,ery much indeed. [ Dr. Milton Weinberg kindly deliv- [ ered a very interesting and instruc- j tive lecture which should have been heard by a much larger number of j Sumter citizens. A huge swarm of flies invaded i' Boston. It is thought they wanted | a taste of culture. If you like foolishness: Caba- ' rets open all night are the latest [? things in New York. A Maine hunter who crawled/ through a fence with a shotgun [' was found six days later. Now the ex-kaiser says he will j marry in November. That's the P way with a young author. Not so long ago every man in *a checked suit was a gambler. WANTED?To contract with party ' to cut one million f^et of timber. 1 Party to furnish mill outfit. : mules, carts, etc. Write or see ? J. M- Shaw, Mayesville. S. C. LOST?Saturday afternoon ninety j dollars in currency between Car olina Machinery Co. and City National Bank on Main Street. Reward If . returned ..to Mrs. W. !? H- Lowman. Jr.. :l4.r? W. Liberty, j Phone 2ZS. ' j WANTED?Ladies to come and J see my line of hats. Hours j 9:30 a. m. to 7 p. m. I have new ! stock. Mrs. C. W. McGrew, cor- ' ner Magnolia and Myrtle Sts. ? Phone 879L._ WANTED?Tobacco farmer, truck farmer or dairyman. Will offer inducements. This la*">d grows j a very high grade tobacco. If interested, come and see me. M. H. Beck, Pocalla Springs. 1 ftfffWlwlH h?iMi iii?ii Ii 'Hilm wiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiwTBr?^ZTT^IU ^fiSpj?lr* Bfa^b^fcrWaS^^Girt-ns which '^^^^-SjaBa^.^eS^. - vnrday, -October 14th. ' ? - . , , V - , ; GLUBGiRLS - The'' regular shoot .was. -"lield*; Tlmrgday -,. with the following;; re-:. Stiltsr Prize Winning Girls of the V;h. \ju Tisdaie _ Pee Dee iDistrict Meet ! Robert sheior. . \ , m SUHlter I ^IterJBoyle - ? ?? . ? , ,. jE. R-., Cordon ... Home Demonstration Club girls j ? ^y^ng from, the counties of the ? Pee'Dee j ^ q. Moses. district held their annual - district j.Tliomaff Tisdale . T contest in biscuit making at 11 j ?- M; - Parrott o'clock on Saturday morning-in the }S^''JF: W^ht Girls' High School building.; " V j ??ykin - - This i<* the eh'max of the grls* i.J- 5V.?e ? ? \'f club work for the4 year.-: The bestj^lth y-"^ biscuit maker from each coun^v ?n B risaa.e. this district was present. The best sewing and canning exhibits from: these counties were also on display j ji/ji ;-\fJ<^s and these i were - 'juflged . and : caffrh Shot : .50 Broke -75- \ri% . 32 J. W; Brunson A. E.. Tisdale prizes: we're ^iven ' by <the S'juth Carolina Bankiers' Associationand {= thev State ? i? Fair ASsoclstioa* :?The district -agtent 'and' > specialist^ from tv"irtthi*op- *?oItege-"-aeted jf as ?'? "the judged- ? ? * ; Man>? irfteresteS 'visft?rs " were G. E. Haynsworth -50 . 25 , 25 50.. 25 25 75. 50' .50 2.5: 25 25 25 50 25 25 25-: COTTON jMARaCBJT .2* 2-2 19 :M ?45 22 "* 22 15 18 . 23 - .?'.' knt York c0tto? ? Open HipfrJjow CtosefCtose-:> Jo_., - ,-2&80 2*82/ 28.^ , ?.33 2J?^ . . _ ? Marek _ 28.86' 20.88 20.4*. 20.40 jffi; pretfeht to see these young girls* gay _ .. ?20.76 28.78 20.35 28L?-2fc2* comiifete mT thiJ5! most ^ene^ciM*-W*r:^ 2M? 23i &2r?2^ wor^.-T^;^ :_"^S8 2098 ^-flS^MF izingMn 1xif?Cuit matfirfgfor the pa^tt; :Spets..-l8 uD^2e.4.l:- ..ol' f -> o:..v nine . months^'" ' The a Warded "*as foil bws T :Thira l>^ize, Mary^ Mil^ pi^on t: spots ;25 off/28c county: '' " * ,1 * . Vl.',4"- ?? - ? * tt Fbnrth:. Tprize.S A'ltliW' Hu'mp^ries, LIVER fo 0 L c a TT 0 N -riUI The older-a. maxt gets the mbie~ young "people there are. :Fffth'prj^j^VAlta. JRo^rs^ ;Lancas-4 ?ty ~. ?1 ter county, "glyen by Mr.: HVinburn-1 Sj^lt.. ~ / t -~ of SunVter..;../ ,. .V,.. .-i-tMentar' ".."..-..J*T1 Sowing. - . . .Recelpte. s?les^ ru?;, ^irst;.prj2e. Jesua HHU Darling. ?: ?ood./Md??;. t ton county. . * Second.^: Addie Carter, Dillon county. -. Third prizej Agnes White, Suni ter county. Fourth prize, Lou Richbourg, tee| county. - . , ? Canning. ' First '.piize, Annie ' Parnell, Lee county. Second prize, Naomi Rivers,-Ches terfield county. Third prize, Annre Rouse, Dillon! county. ? . . : . - FouKth: prize, Hope Wilttams, Sumter-county:!:. The. use of the splendidly equip ped ^laboratories of the Sumter High vschool have been most grac iously given for these contests for the - past * two years. ' - > FOR THE RELtEf Of i j Pain in the Stomach and Bowels, Intestinal Cramp Couc Diarrhoea - SOLD EVERYWHERE - Our Savings Department As shown by our statements from time to tii&e it* will be seen that we carry the largest savings ac count of any bank in the city. We appreciate this mark of confidence on the part of our patrons, and will do everything in our power to continue to mdrit it. Even though your money may be deposited in. our Savings Department for a fixfed period, it is al ways available for you when you want it. j First National Bank of Sumter INDICATIONS WOfcTHY. OF YOUR CONSEDERATI?N Our large Capital Stock and Surplus Indicate our Ability. Large Loans and Discounts?our LiberaJity. Large Deposits?the Peoples' Satisfaction with our Servie* und Confidence in our Protection. We offer you our Service and Protection and want your Account. . The National Bank of South Carolina The Bank With the Chime Clock. C. G. Rowland, Pres. Earle Rowland, Cashier