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SMALL GRAIN CAMPAIGN State-wide Meeting to Be Held in Columbia, October 11th President J. B. Johnson, of the i S?*?th " Carolina division' of the] American Cotton Asseeiaton nas: requested E. L Reardom secretary: ef. Sumte r Chamber of Commerce ? to .appoint fifty delegates to rep- j ?e^SEefit.ST^mter.county' at the state-t wide ? convention of ? this associa-J Hmtr of- farmers, inerchants, bank-- j era and allied interests to be held* a%- -12?;o'clock .noon, at- Columbia! ^**atre, Wednesday, - October . 11th. | The objeets-o>? this convention are;1 among- other things, to inaugurate an active campaign for increas ing small-grain acreage this fail and thereby bring about a drastic reduction* in* the cotton acreage for 1$23. to emphasize better prac tical methods for boll weevil con trpl",. arouse renewed interest in the educational work of the division, to urge the enactment of federal legislation for the. appointment of a special commission to investigate the entire cotton growing industry, to devise financial relief that IS-aid in the rehabilitation-of the dthral. . industry state r and The names of. the dele gates appointed have been sent'to Sfr. Johnson by Secretary Reardon who hopes that every man selected f Tpj^ do his best to attend ths con ven&Ohv -. - Dek-gaies Appointed. I. C. Strauss, Susater. C/G. Rowland." Sumter. Ot E. S. Booth, Strutter. . -X. B. Jennings, Sumter. ? Willie Shaw, R. 5, Sumterl is E.- Brown, Oswego. E. W ." Babbs, Sr-,, Mayesville. J. F. Bland, Mayesville. E. E. Rembert, Rembert. J. L. Gillis? Rembert J. L.. Jaekson, Hagood. Albert Aycock. Wedgefield. . W. H.. Hamsey, Wdegefield. H. M. McLaurin, R- 3, Sumter. .Sam Weinberg, Wedgefield. F. M. Coulter, R. F. B., Wedge field. f-, B, T. Kolb, R, 2. Sumter. .; , E. R. Williams* R. F. D., Wedge SeM. L M.- TrultKsk; R. F. D., Lynch bcrg. Gamble Moore, JR. F. D.t Ola nta. T; J. Keels. R. F. B., Lynch burg. ' J. B. Britton, R. 1.. Sumter. - -?.-L. Smith,. R. i, Sumter.. . ...^fi. J. Jackson, Horatio. -J. FranSt Williams, R. 3. Sumter. - W. Saunder3, R. 3, Sumter. S. A. Haryin; R. 2., Sumter. J. M. Kolb. R. 2, Sumter. E. W. Babbs, Jr., R. 1, Mayes vi?e. John B- Da ffiev Sumter. Shepard Xash, Sumter. Davis B. Moise, Sumter. H. D. Tindat Tindal. . ? Stanyarne Burroughs, Oswego. M C Burroughs,: Dalzell. . R. O. Purdy, S?mter. K. G. Osteen, Sumter, R. B. Befeer,-Sumter. NeiH- O'Donnell, Sumter.' George Wr Hutchinson, Sumter. B.*; G. F. Buitman. Sumter. A. C. Phelps. Sumter..; x, J. .P. 3ooth. Sumter. G. A. Lemmoh, Suhiter. H. --^ Scarborough, Sumte.*. EL L. Witherspooit, Sumter. R*. J. Mayes, Jr.; Mayesville. j O.- B. Harvin. Pinewood. B. R. Lide. Pinewood. K. C. Haynsworth, Sumter. i Ben Slovis, Sumter. ; S. F. Moored Baizell.* " . . ! W. M. Lenoir, Horatio. EV T. Minis, R..F- B.. Lynchburg, j J. J. Britton, R. 1, Sumter. / B. *M. Oliver, Oswego. Henry P. Moses, Sumter. M. Parrott, .Snmter. Hegeari?cik-Wattacc Cirrtts. The Hakenbeck-Wallace circus, which will exhibit here on. Satur day.'October 14, is suffering the impcr \ shortage which is also af fecting the newspapers throughout the country and is handicapped placing its outdoor advertisements'. | Like many newspaper, the bill-1 posting cars are billing the paper I as faist, ?s it is received.. Though; the many lithograph plants are well j filled with stock circus paper, the; H?gen beck-Wal lace people this! season are putting up a special line of" paper and the supply of fresh stock is inadequate in filling the needs. "The* flashy new posters this sea son herald the coming of many new features in the trained animal I acts, which compose a prominent! part of the program, along with! cream of features obtainable from j Europe, the headliners of this con- t tinent are being offered, making { an exhibition declared to excel all j of- past seasons." A street parade, more than one \ mile long, is promised as one of I the finest ever assembled. The | menagerie is larger than ever and : is said to be causing wide-spread I attention. ? ? ? Consistent to tlie Last. The great banker lay on his j deathbed. Many friends gathered ? about his bed. The attending phy- | Sioian whispered. "F.fear he is neur- j ing the Great Divide.'.* "Tell them not to divide tilP IJ get there." whispered the dying ? man.?Hours at Powers. Mortality Statistic*. Phineas Shark, the eminent sta-| tistician and mathematician, esti- ! mates that if all safety zones in! United States were placed side by ! side, there would still be pedestrians to slam! outside of them and au-| JOmobile drivers who would drivel thronsrb them. ? Detroit Motor; . Kews. ' ' ?UNTY NEWS Plans For County Fair i Spectaciriar Pageant! of Pro i grass Parade Ordered for 1922 County Fair m ? ? - p? ' At the weekly meeting of the officers and directors of the Sum ter .County Pair Association, at Chamber of Commerce Tuesday :morning<a great deal of detail work for the .1922 Sumter County fair. November 21st, 22nd,. 2?rd and 24th, was done. .Various com mit ?tees were appointed and depart ment superintendents-selected. The premium list was amended 4n sev eral particulars: The directors unanimously went on record as fa voring a repetition of the 1921 Pageant of Progress' Parade on County School Day of the fair, Fri day, November the 24th-. E^. L Reardon. was again selected as su perintendent ef the- department bj. amusements and publicity for the 1922- fair, and instructed to imme diately get the ball to- rolling for a bigger, and better, it humanly pos sible. Pageant of Progress ?Parade to be participated in by every white rural school- in Sumter coun ty, the Stti?ter eify schools and St Joseph's- Academy, and- by the merchants, manufacturers, banks, profess ional business establishments of Sumterand Snmler-county, and by all interested citizens-and fines of business. Hundreds of decorated cars:, and floats; are wanted. A general committee in charge, with headquarters M the Sumter Chamber of Commerce,: school .dis -trict- j comim ft tees, r and numerous sub'-cdmmittees will be immediate' ly named by Mr. Reardon and cull ed together at the earl? est possible date. * ? . It is planned and hoped to make this spectacular pageant of- pro gress and pleasure measure up with . the Madri-Gras i*agea-n?s of! New. Orleans, and to. bring twenty thousand people, to Sumter on County School Day with more than five thousand participating in the big parade. .? . Further particulars later. Just a word, or two; J?st'. thought of. Mr. Reardon.says he doe?>t want any slackers refusing, to serve on the committees . he .. will. name. When he calls* for "pl&y ball", get to the bat, and be ready to earn a 4 'high ball'' wfee? .-?ifee. - parade is over. ' ,v. '. < ? Sumter Boy? St ill Winning: -Fame its Athletics (News and" Courier).. ? The Citadel will^meet the Parris Island Marines .in their first game of the season On account of school opening a bit fate.the Cadets did net start with the other teams in the state. Just what Coaches -Prause and Refers arid MeQuarrie will have remains to be seen. ?The Citadel.. like - other hl&itations in the state, cannot play freshmen. The principal weakhess- will be at quarter probably,:. there .being no experienced, man available. The secondary ^strength of the eleven is : not what could be expected either. White.will tftfebably start at quar ter with Weinberg? Covington and McDowell or Fuller in the back field, Benson and Cantey seem to have the cam on the .othet. candi dates for the ,end positions. ; In- the j line Peterkin and Howard, are. good j men,; both tried and true veterans, f Sheppard is a bit green but coming j along nicely. The Cadets always fight hard and despite the impres sion among some ..Coach Prause fCels that the Bulldogs will not-be a team to be trifled with by other elevens in the state for the Citadel always puts cut a scrappy aggre gation. .Weinberg, the ^Sumter lad, j is showing up extra well.. He is] being counted on as: the backbone j o/ the baekfield. He is much heav- j ier this year, in splendid condition and can run well with' the ball as well as being a fine - defensive player. Weinberg is a product of the Sumter systertT which has put out same great players, including Bock Flowers. He is being count ed on as one of the mainstays of the Cadets. The baptism of fire which will be ; experienced Satur day should proveJof much benefit to the. Bulldogs. ? - - I ? ?, ? ?-? Prah-ae for Senator Dial. (G reen vill e ? Ke ws V . , The j Augusta Chronicle believes that Senator Dial 'i3;< one of the hardest working/and most capable men in the upper house of con gress." "He works early and latet and is doing a most constructive work in behalf of the south and the. country." it adds. What The Chronicle says about the junior senator from this state ha's been repeated many times.by individuals who have noted his steadily grow ing influence and ability in the senate. In Washington he is known h? an indefatigueable worker wno may. be found on the job all the time. He is punctual in attend ance and courteous to his constit uent:-* in anything.that is asked of him. Senator Dial does not pos sess the unfortunate affliction of many senators in Washington, ;>? j looking no farther than his own! state. He thinks of his state first, of course, but he has the nation [ very close at heart. South Caro- i lina has rarely had a congressional representative who took as much interest 1n national affairs anJ could digest them as intelligently. The people of the state ?boUld feel proud tlrat they have so capable a man in the upper body. . An Honorable Degree. Said th*? friend to the proud ] father of a college grauunte who had just been' awarded .<in A. M. j desrree. "I suppose Robert will be look- j ing for a Ph. D. next? "No. he will be looking for a J. O. TV?Thp Christian-Ev.niace list (St. Louis). ? ? ? j During the hunting season there! is a demand for wireless fences. i COAL MINERS STAND PAT ON WAGE DEMANDS War ^age Scale is the Price of Peace in the Bitinnmous Coal Fields, . Cleveland, Ohio. Oct. 4 (By the Associated Press);The policy com mittee of the United Mine Workers, of America in session here toJay reaffirmed * the demands -of the February, 1922, convention of the union- in Indianapolis, demanding the continuance: of the ^present ?wages, in;coal mines until 1925 and in addition,, the *^ix our day and five day week, time and one-half for overtime work and double time on [ Sundays and holidays. These de mands will be presented to the next scale conference of miners and op erators prior, to the expiration March 31. next, - of the Cleveland agreement signed.here last August, which practically settled the soft coal strike and which is now in" force. \ Today's decision. by . the policy committee to stand on their old demands makes it unnecessary for the. minersv union to hold a con vention between now atid next April, John L/< Lewis, president I of the United Mine -Workers, an nounced. The old schedule of de mands never was* presented to the operators because the producers' associations in the old central com petitive field, Ohio,. Indiana. Illi nois and western. Pennsylvania, re fused to . meet the union before the.miners' -strike began April 1. last. ^ Day laborers' wages in bitu minous- mines is $7.50 and this has been the scale since the summer of 1920. ,The policy committee's, meeting followed the.final session of a joint! conference of operators' and min- J ers' meeting here since Monday to take .preliminary steps toward wage negotiations next January. The joint conference, represent ing all important' union bitumin ousr coal producing districts in the .nafiorh agreed late today upon a method of selecting delegates to a conference to meet in Chicago No vember 14, to . formulate a methrj od of procedure to be, followed in\ bituminous coal industry in ' nego- j tiatihg a wage scale agreement -to j become effective- April 1. 1922. i The setting, up of - this commit- \ tee was provided^ under the terms ; of the ? Cleveland agreement snS leaders ) of both sides, declared it to be a highly important accom plishment. PhflP H- Penna, secre tary of the Indiana ..Coal Opera-, tors' association, and chairman of the joint conference, declared it makes possible a reconstruction of the bargaining machinery, which had been broken up before the recent coal strike. The representation on the com mittee selected today consists of! two operators and two miners I from each of: 15 mine union dis- j tricts throughout the country. Thej president of each miners* union \ district wilt be one of the miners'\ committee and the other' an ap pointee of his. Operators in outlying districts will. ;be privieged to .send delegates to. the Chicago conference if they so desire, it was.announced.. In the event of any such outlying district representation by the operators the miners in such districts will also be'given the right of repre sentation.. -; ? ? * We?tfter is Good For Cotton Crop Genera? Condition in Souths Carolina Continues Poor Washington, Oct. 4.?Weather conditions ' exceptionally favorable | to the* picking and"* ginning of cot-1 ton. prevailed' throughout the cot-i ton growing; sections* the last j week, the weather bureau's report I tonight in .Its weekly review of j weather and crop conditions. 'Con tinuation of warm weather togeth er- with virtually no rainfall has tened the. opening of bolls.^the ire view. said,, but reported that other wise the crop condition was prac tically unchanged. . "The week was generally warm in. the cotton growing states'' the review says, 'and sunshine was abundant. Very* little rain fell, ex cept for moderate showers in a few local areas. The general con dition of cotton was practically unchanged at the close of the week and the warm sunshiny weather caused a continued rapid opening of bolls. The crop developed fairly well in North Carolina despite the recent unfavorable growing conditions in that State and while the general condition of the crop continued poor in South Carolina it was yielding better than expect ed in the Piedmont section. ,The top crop was unusually poor in Oklahoma and but little additional growth was reported from Texas. "The week wa< exceptionally fa vorable for picking and ginning and this work made rapid progress. The. bolls were nearly all. open in Arkansas and were opening fast in Oklahoma, where picking was well advanced. The crop had been nearly all gathered in Southern Texas and picking had been nearly completed in Georgia except in the northern division of the state where premature opennig because of the drought was reported." Advice Co OWce-1 folder-. So live, O public servant??, that you never are obliged .<> announce in a voice choked with emotion that you court the fullest invesli traiton.?Ohio Stat<? Journal. When you see a man laughing he may he a coal dealer who has just looked at the calendar. SHALL WE j S?MTER CO? By J. FRANI Coanty Demon I This has ;been the most :di^astrous [ year for .'farmers, of .Sumter eoitn I ty in growing-.cotton . in^its history. It looks, now that we.shall make I from a fourth to. a thlif?i less cot-; ton /than .we. did las?*year. The price'is good enough^Ff; we were ! making anything like^K^rop. In. , the past it has heeh. a com mon saying that anybody could grow" cotton,\ butf that It took a good- farmer to grow - corn. That: has' been changed' now. Growing ectton under boll weevil- conditions is and always.will be a highly spe cialized art. Cotton can be grown profitably under present' condi tions.' I have seen a number of fields where a good profit has been made, this year, but this is the exr ceptiori rather than the rule. 'It will no' longer pay us to plant our poor.soil in cotton. The soil build--' ing problem is the. biggest problem^ in Sumter county.' Any farmer who- is. not planning to grow crops' to* build up his soil, unless he al ready has a highly fertile soil, or unless he ,expects, to apply large amounts^ of commercial fertilizers will Jose out.-.-. The future outlook for Sumter county farming looks ,av littje?^ dark'/ but,there are some bright spots. I; talked with Mr. J. FV Bland, of Mayesville, and he was smiling; as; usuaV'* 'He-told me that ..?n a^nei^ patch of his including ; eighty-two acres that he had produced a ban-" dred bales-of cotton* weighing five hundred pounds each. I came from' a county where there is scarcely a field, containing eighty-tw^ acres, and it-is hard for. me to reconcile the fact -that around . Mayesville. eighty-two acres is only a patch of cotton. . ZSfqw what can be done on a patch of cotton, can be done on a large field, if the same conditions, are-put into practice over the field as is used on the patch. ' Mr. Bland told me that nearly all of his ten ants were paying their debts and were getting in money over a thou sand., dollars to their part. It is needless to say that his tenants are well satisfied. T should like to say that Mr. Bland did this with out poisoning- his cotton, but he used all, of the other control meas ures. ? Here is one thing that Mr., Bland is doing that, every farmer should try to emulate; his example. He has already cut a great-many of . his stalks. I vbelie%'e that if every stalk of cotton in Sumter county, were' cut this week/vand next/ that we could grow three fourths of a normal crop of cotton another year. This destroying the stalks early prevents any weevils hatching out late and most of.-the Old ? weevils that go into winter' Quarters, will" die out before any forms appear for .them, to punc ture, and reproduce. Unless land owners are merciful to their tenants and permit them to retain a part of their crop where they have made a failure., we. are going to see such lands lying.idle without any income to the landlord to pay taxes. I know of instances j where the landlord is exacting I nearly everything that, the tenants pnave produced, for rent. True, i then, they are not getting any [thing like a normal.rent, but what are the chances,of collecting any [rent without a tenant. The labor I is leaving Sumter county and we. I cannot expect them to stay unless j we provide a living for them. I ! think that the ownership of land I carries with it the duty , of looking j out and providing for the tenants I who till the land. We have num bers of. farms . in Sumter county that will carry their tenants and laborers through this crisis, but there are others who are doing nothing to keep them, and after they are gone, they will wake up too late, and try to get tenants from those who kept them. Then the competiton will begin. v-A number of farmers have doub led their yields of cotton this year by. the use of calcium arsenate, but this adds, to the cost of producing cotton and is not at .all:: an easy certain method,of increasing the yield. The poisoning has to be done either at night or late in the afternoon, or early in the morning while the dew is on it. Also it will not pay to poison. cotton thai RPTT1 M'I.ATRV. a high wire ar Circus which will Ik* in Sun COTTON IN NTY NEXT YEAR ? i WILLIAMS, tstration Agent would make less than ? half of a ! bale without the weevil, . .. ! Out of all this uncertainty.-will ! e.rnerge some sure method.of: erbp j piijg in Sumter county. A certain : ]vercc7itage of the farmers will s?r : Vive; as they always do and come ?through more self-reliant, and bet j ter farmers. But those who are al jrteays complaining about the- little I reverses and blaming everybody but j-themselves, will drop out. of ? . the j game. Ten and twenty ySars-'from :.n?w-Sumter county will be a great fer';farming county than it is now. iSorne will succeed growing cotton, (some will be prosperous in - the ! dairy business, some will attribute j their success to other crops/ and i some will win in a variety of ways, j This is- no time for giving up. Grit j your teeth, I am going to grow hiore cotton on the same acreage i another year. What J. F. Bland i'eau do <5n a patch I can do-at some tJnie .in the near' future if not hext .year. Remember that we are* not due lo.aiways have* such 'seasons that- have befallen us for the' pres ent year and last year. Farmers Lose (Senator Smith Says Cotton" is Being Sold Befew Cost of jl* Production j With middling cdtton bringing ! around twenty cents a pound, the [iarmer Iosei5-$2u .to .$25 a bale, {United States Senator E. D.:Srai?h, j South Carolina, declared at. FPo'r . ence last ? Thursday,-in discussing I production cost and statistics com ! piled, he said; by department^.of.} j agriculture experts. ] The figures show that the average! > cost of producing a pound- of . lint1 j cotton-this. year, basing the aver age production at '200 pounds per; acre, which the senator declares isl a generous allowance and orie.that will scarcely be reached, is 22 cents a pound. ' ; . ** ! . In arriving-at this cost the de ! partmenr experts have hot included jthe increased cost . of producing icotto minder boll weevil conditions. J they haven't figured in the cost of [picking up souares.. extra cultiva tion and poisoning.; When this ad j ditionaj cost is added.;- says-' Sena tor Smith, the total average cost will amount to 24 to 25 cents, a .pound. This. bear, in-mind.1:based on the production of .as much as i 200 pounds to the'acre. I . Vit reouires but a simple calc.u j lation," declared c . Senator Smith, ? "to see that the cotton produced ) this year is selling below the', cost ; of production.' netting a loss of j from -S20 to $2r>' on every-bade <that i is grown in the < great cotton . pr? /dueing belt. The . figures are as astonishing as they are alarming." j declared Senator Smith. /'Therefore, at the present for (middling cotton, the cotton pro duced in South Carolina, and sold ?at present prices, is., according to ithe department's own figures, sold 'below the cost.of production for the ?J reason that a Jarge per cent of cot j to nmade and sold under boll weer j vil conditions is below middling land yet it costs.as. much to grow a pound of good ordinary, which Iis from three to four cents .a ! pound under middling, as it does to j grow middling. < Strict good ordi j nary, low middling, and strict low \ middling from.one-half cent to two j cents a - pound. The per cent of [the crop that is below middling j will at least average ? one-half, j Therefore when the average ? grad 'ers are taken into consideration, ?the farmer will get less than the in I dicated average price for the rea ison that the grades above mid i dling do^ not increase in^ price as Ithe grades below middling de crease in price, as compared'with i middling. . i "As middling cotton is now bring ; ing around , twenty - cents. a pound, jthe average run of grades of the j average farm .would bring . about { 1,8 cents, so that cotton that is ?costing from 22 .to 24? cents a ! pound to make, is bringing IS cents !a net loss, of from ?20' to-$25 a I bale," ' ' . Dancing is fine exercise. It 'is often done with dumb-belles.. list with the llagenbeck-Wallace iter Saturday, October 14. PEACE BY Thrace Must Be Evac uated by Greeks Within Ten Days Allies Must Get Out of Constantinople Constantinople, Oct. 4 (By the Associated Press).?The Mudania conference, it is understood this evening:, will probably reach an agreement on all points of the Turkish proposal upon which M. Franklin-Bouillon secured Kemaf Pasha's pledge to suspend military movement during the negotiations with the exception of the provision relating to the occupation of the western line of the Maritza river by allied troops. Argument on this point is still proceeding. The allies have agreed to tusm over Thrace to the Turk ish army in 3*> days. News received this evening that M; Franklin-Bouillon, the French envoy, and Hamid Bey, National ist representative, had decided -to return to Constantinople from Mu dania immediately, strengthened the hope of the successful issue of the conference. The delegates- agreed this after noon to - establish a definite line of d'emarkation between the British and Kemalist forces in the Chanak zone.- The.space between the op posing forces will be sufficient to place out of rifle shot, thus lessen ing the danger of- immediate con flict. .? General MombeHi. Italy, presid ed over the session today in accord ance with the arrangement by .which the allied generals will ro tate in occupying the chair. The keynote of today's proceed ings was "peace." The only serious hitch was on the question of the occupation of Thrace by allied de tachments. Jsmet Pasha, the Turkish Nat ionalist representative, insisted on this protection against a Greek flank attack on the Turkish occu pying forces. - The allied represen tatives p'ointed out the difficulty of their acquiescence because-of the small forces at their command. The Turks withdrew their de mand for the evacuation? of Thrace in eight days. The attitude of Greece and the Greek army as .represented by Col onel Plastiras. was the only cloud to peace in the sky. Plastiras let everybody know that the Greek army was a real factor and that its new chiefs were determined to re sist every attempt to reinstate the Turks in Thrace. The allied lead ers /were iralined to share ismet Pasha's apprehensiozv that Greece was still to be reckoned with. The Turkish- conditions referred to in connection with the propos ; ed amendment in the Mudania conference are as follows: - I 1. Formal guarantees concern ing the evacuation of Thrace/ 2.. Establishment of alHed*gar j risen in the larger towns of. Thrace. Occupation of ? Thrace by Turkish Nationalist gendar-merie. 4.. Transfer of the civil admin istration of Thrace to Kemalist ! functionaries^ I 5. Evacuation of Thrace within [eight days by the Greek army. . 6y., Occupation of the westerly line, of the Maritza river by allied I troops. . f Constantinople, Oct. 4. (By tne i Associated Press). ?r Conciliation thus far has marked the confer7 [ence between the allied generals jand the Turkish representatives in (Mudania. Ismet Pasha, who i speaks for Mustapha Kemal P.Tsha, i leader of the Nationalists, and also [for .the Angora government, has ! announced the government accept | ed the allied proposals in principle j and he took occasion to explain at the opening of the sessions that the ! Turks "had no intention of creat ing incidents with the English. ' The absence of the Greek repre sentatives from Tuesday's meeting made little difference because -the matters under discussion were ci a general nature-and had no imme diate connection with the attitude which the Greeks might assume. At today's meeting Ismet asked for a settlement of the Turkish ad ministration of Thrace and re quested that Thrace should be tree from all allied control, but he reit that at least one month would be required to effect the transfer. He also suggested tfiat there should be an. allied covering force on the Maritza river and that a neutral zone should be created west of that river. The allied generals explained that the proposed administrative meas ures must all be subject to the ap proval of the governments concern ed. Ismet then expressed a wil lingness to -meet the Creek dele gates. At the opening-of the proceed ings Tuesday General Harington. commander-in-chief of the allied forces, said the objects of the con fereiicb were threefold:: First, to obtain a cessation of hostilities, second to tix a line in Thrace be hind which the Greek troops would be invited to withdraw, to arrange the details of evacuation and to transfer the administration to the (Turks." the plans of which would I be submitted to the powers: third. I to pave the way for a future peace I conference. The Turks at first showed apa thy with regard to the details of jibe administration of Thrace until they had tested the sincerity of [the allies' desire to restore Thrace to them. It was then pointed out that restoration depended upon the Turks* acceptance of the joint allied note from Faris. Ismet Pasha declared definitely that the note had been accepted in principle by the Ar. ora ^ov cinment. Tt was, ; 'icrofore, thought best to consider :dminis \ ! TITLES TO 1 j MJ?RKS (Allied Representa tives Concede Prac tically All the Des mands Made by the| j Turks ;-^ j Paris, Oct. G.?The agreement, I which has been reached at the cor> J ference of allied and Turkish mili ; tary leaders at Mudania, Will be i signed soon, 'according to private ! dispatches. The main lines of agree I ment. says the Figaro, are tn.it j the British and Turks both with | draw from the neutral zo?e on. the ' Dardanelles. The Turks agree i that the allies shall remain in Con J stantinople during the peace r.e j gotiations. The Greeks are to j evacuate: Thrace within ten days. TURKS FIRE ON AMERICAN DESTROYER Washington, Oct. 5.?The report that an American destroyer was bombarded by the Turks while taking on refugees at Aivali, north of Smyrna, first carried in a Ren ter's dispatch from Athens, is re peated in a dispatch from Athens received by the Greek legation here; No details are given. ! GREEKS OBJECT ! ? TO AGREEMENT { Smyrna. Oct. 5.->-The agreement I which has been reached at the' j Mudania conference between the I allied and Turkish delegates, ac ! cording to a'message received here, i was communicated / to the Greefe delegates, who expressed dissatis ! faction, declaring themselves not ! empowered to reply and that they j must have instructions from- Ath J ens. ? i. * '.. . Constantinople, Oct. 5.?British general headquarters reports the appearance of Turkish Nationalist I cavalry at Kandra. sixty-five miles {east of Constantinople, in the nc u i tral zone. ! .- i . ? > ??? ? ; ;? . COUNTY HEALTH j;\ . CAMPAIGN i Large Crowd Attend Meeting ! . at Dalzell j Two hundred ? and twenty-five ?was.the number of the audience iji ! attendance at the Dalzell school 'health meeting Monday night", mak ing around twenty-three hundred ? people who attended the ten meet j ings of the Sumter County Health j Campaign, At Dalzell Monday j night Dr. J. A- Mood and Dr. S. j H. Edmunds delivered two lectures j that were well worth riding many I miles to. listen, to. Professor Wells, I principal of the Dalzeil school, at ? the conclusion of the addresses and the ; moving pictures, thanked Mr. R. X. Covington Of the State Board of Health and -Messrs. Mood and Edhjiunds. for coming to their sec tion and furnishing such an even ing of instruction and entertain ment. i There are a number of school i districts in Sumter county where jthe people want health campaigns ! put on, and the State Boar do f j Health will later take steps io j comply with these requests.' ; San Diego, Calif., Oct. 5.?At idawn the giant monoplane T-2, ! manned by Lieutenants John Mac j Ready and Oakley Kelly, array avi J a tors, faced eastward in an effort jto soar across the continent to 'New York.without a stop. They ex | pect to arrive Friday afternoon. j trative arrangements without de j lay. General Charpy thereupon drafted a proposal on which the ? discussion began. L The Smyrna correspondent of I the Oriental news' bureau, an of j ficial. agency of Mustapha Keraal, publishes a dispatch from Mudania saying that according tp- otiicial in j formation obtained , during Tues j day's conference; General Haring jton raised from- the beginning the ; question of the* straits and the j concentration of Turkish troops, i Ismet Pasha replied that the {Turks had no intention of creat | ing incidents with England and that i orders to avoid incidents had been i given and had been repeated. The question of Thrace was ! then taken up and for two hours j Ismet explained, the Turkish po i sition. He submitted various docu | meats dealing with alleged excesses j by the Greeks in Thrace. General i Harington declared he considered ' the charges unfounded. i Ismet then said Turkey could not accept any condition nor any I conference until assured of the ! fate of Thrace and above all, the ! situation of the Turks in that re gion: "Thanks to the moderation t of ? General Charpy and General .Moiii belli and the conciliatory attitude I of General Harrington." the ae> i count continues, "the conference ; rose at 2 o'clock, leaving in general ja most satisfactory impression" i t-?:?I-'? Grave's j Tasteless Chill Tonic I Makes the Body Strong. I Makes the Blood Rich, mc > 1 _?-1 FINS FOR PICKENS - CLUB BOYS ' ' ? '? -?? . . / Senator Craig Offers v aluaole Prizes to Encourage the Work Cemsorn College, Oct. 3.?Piekens county should have in 1923 one.o? the largest and most enthusiastic boys' club organizations in the state, because of the encouragement: tbjbe" offered the Pickens County young sters through the liberality of "Mr. John K. Craig, newly elected ?State senator from Picir'ens county. Jdifc Craig announces through Dr. Vf. W. Long, of the extension, serviced that he v'ill offer in 1D23 prizes of. $50.00 in each of the eight Picken* county tewnships for the best ciqp work, and a grand prize for the county of a gold watch. In. each-' township there will be first, sec ond, and third prizes of $25. and $ 10, Senator Oaig offers also-to pay" the exports of an encampment ? short course to last three days an attractive place in the mbna^ tains where the boys may have much pleasure as-well as m3trTac^ tion. ? The details concerning the- c0#- ' ditions and requirements ;for.-t-ne. prizes wi31 be'worked out^by^vthe Extension Service and Chesty Agent T. A. Bo wen, to be approved by Senator "Cratg. Special mee^inf? will l>e held in each- township-Rin the near future to get the deta&te of the pr ze offer before the boys of erich township and U> e^coara?e;i then* to- tiart rf^ht by growiaSg ; cover crops on the land to be.us^i for club work next year. ' ?. Senator Craig goes stX\X7ivntGs!^y and offers a.state prize of a.? ? gold watch, to be offered under-the conditions provided in the reg?lar cl?b work.- >. Northern Woods Swept ^ fire - < North Ray. Ont., Oct. 5.?Pear that upwards of thirty lives have I been lost in the fire that is swee? ' ing Northern Ontario is expressed i in The latest reports araiteWe.t i "Over five thousand are horaelesstl'" says a statement from railroads of ficial:-, and the' "loss of life aIrea<Sy \ considerable" is mounting." . Only Bi^ Circus to^ Give Street Paraded m m M We mwomim CONGRESS ?Superlative. Seats on Sale Circns Dav at *. SIBERTS DRUG STORE. \ Prices: Adults 75c. ?hiHreR:50C. War Tax Included. Same. Prices as at Show Grounds. %