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The Watchman and Southron j Pahfcsfced Wednesday and Satur day by Qsteen Publishing Company, Sumter. S. C. .a- Terms: :" $2.00 per annum?in ad ranee. Advertisements: One Square, first insertion -.$1.00 ? Every subsequent insertion .SO \ Contracts for three months- or ; longer will be made at reduced j rates. Ail communications tchtr.h sub-i . serve private - Interests1 trill 'de ] rx^arged for as advertisements. ! Obituaries and tributes of te-j Speof wsa be daubed- for. The Suroter Watchman . was i founded fn 1350 and the . True: " Southron in iSSS. The Watchman j "'tind Southron now has the cont bh?vj? circulation and influence of j Loth of the old papor*?. and is man- j i?esrty the best advertising: medium j in? :Sumier. - ? /', - :'??'??'? PRACTICAL PRICE-PRDTESTS A business observer who has just j made a trip through the Middle] West speaks of a noraole increase ? in the popularity of Her>ry Ford-as\ e recult of that manufacturer's' fight against the high cost of coaL-j He found that coal for which a ten was being asked three or four] weeks ago is cow selling for $5; a ton. He doesn't profe?*- to know | jasi "who is responsible for the "drop, j but the public gives Ford tbej credit, and no doubt is at least part-- j iy right. Ford threw a scare into the coalj 'profiteers and shocked pnhhc an-, thorities into action by a sudden, bold stroke. Hisspectacular clos ing, of his plant, throwing nearly | 2 0jft,0 Ot) men, out of work i directly ] ard threatening indirectly the yobs ot hundreds of thousands more,] vs-oke everybody up to the coal sit uation and gave consumers ? rally ing: cry. * It was a fine piece ?f miWcity work, if nothing more; Ann Mr. Ford, while 'acting pri marily, or possibly altogether, for "his own selfish- interest, thus act ed; also for milKons of" others. It sVas a practical deed worth 'more than any quantity of mer? preach . ing and protest. Similar boldness and practicality on. the part of leaders in business, profession^ life and" public life TirouM cut short extortion-~in many other lines. ^Profiteers usually away with it" merely because nobody calls their blttlf. :-;>. K AII.P.QAD -CROSSINGS f^&ate suggestion has been made tSisi the railroads as a part of their ^careful crossing" campaign should lake part of the burden of safety vf?on their ov/n shoulders by placing wirning signals far enough from railway crossings so that motor ists, will have time to check down before reaching the tracks'. It is a good suggestion. It is pointed out that in spite of the' change it methods of transpor tation the railway companies still content themselves* vrhh placing warning signals light'at the track ^ujt as they did when old Dobbin burnished Tht* motor power for road ^mcles. In some localities private interests or s-aie highway author ities have improved matters by put tfng warning signs 100 yards or more from danger. pejnts, but the iiaiorlty of crossings in this coun try are still marked as they were 50 years ago. \ In many 'nuances these signals are hot vfcinje cither by night'or ! day until the motorist is f-airry up on the tracks. They need to be im proved intrinsically a/id placed hi least 500" feer from the crossing. The railroads :r. their safety cam paign lay great stress on careful criv-ng. AS a" matter of fact there ere. far nicr*> careful" drivers than there are reekie-s ones. If warning signs were pteetc* far enough from the-tracks to permit control of a car driven at average speed, the number of crossing accidents would drop accotdiasrly THE CANADIAN WAY. : "That his labor'and service are required in Canada." The3e nine words contain the new Canadian immigration regula tions. They set forth what any American citizen entering Canada must be prepared to prove to the satisfaction of the Ministry of Immigration and Colonization. They constitute the provision which the Canadian government has wisely rr.r.de for the* control of the immi gration and for the prevention of an influx of undesirables. It is worth noting that the inter est* of Canada and *he Canadian people come first. There is no in timation thai the Dominion is re garded as "a land of opportunity" for all who come, or as "a haven ?t&- Hie oppressed of every nation.'* There is no snes'estion of an obliga tion to welcome with open arms all liird any who may wish to try their Juclf in a new land. :Ihe Canadian people it seems. have made up their minds pretty definitely in regard ro what races make the best Canadians and what occupations within the Dominion need strengthening at this Time. Canada wants formers, laborers, female servants: the first class if they have "sufficient funds to be gin farming in Canada", and the others if they have "reasonable as surance of employment." Canada does riot want those who will inevitably drift to city slums and sweatshops, and she has no hesi tation about saying so. The Canadian program will look good to most Americans, if only for the-simplicity of; it. and the good '.^n'se?but what a storm' of protest the very suggestion of such a policy w*u!d raise in ihe Congress of the United States from half-baked idea lists who belt eve this nation is obligated to throw its doors wide open to all who may not be satis fied elsewhere, arid from shrewd politicians who are quick to raise the cry of facial discrimination! We can envy Canada, easily enough, but we can hardly hope to follow her example. The business like policy of adrriirting only those "whose service and labor are re quired" is not for us. Couirty Fair Notes --? Meeting: of Pageant of Pro gress Oomnift tee At. ten o'clock tomorrow morn ing. Tuesday. October the 10th the numerous ladies and gentlemen of The several committees of - the big Pageant of Progress Parade are invited to meet in joint session with the ofificers and directors of the Sumter: County Fair Associa tion at Chamber of Commerce quarters. Letters have been sent out from the Chamber of Commerce to every committee member and county fair officers and directors notifying them of tomorrow's meeting and it. is hoped that a full attendance will be oh hand to complete the organ ization for the biggest day Sumter county has ever had. Any citizens having any suggestions or who are interested are also invited to be at the meeting tomorrow morning which will be open to the public The school district committees in .the rural districts have been re quested to meet and get their ! schools and districts in line. ' Up to Saturday not a man or I woman had declined service on any j of the committees, a nd ma ny have jsaid they will be delighted to serve i and do their little very best. The ; several committees are open to arid 1 invited suggestions .from any one ; that might, help to make this event ! of county-wide importance more i interesting or more valuable,. these : suggestions to be made either direct !to the committees or through the j Sumter papers or by those who are [-sufficiently interested to attend to | morrow morning's ' meeting and intake their recommendations, ; This Pageant of Progress Parade j and County School Day event will i be' a Sumter and Sumter county i affair, it is- to be- no "one man" or j "one organization" proposition. : hut everybody in Sumter county is ; heartily welcome to say anything I or to put in any recommendations j for extension of the program of S amusements arid cooperation, and : the interest and cooperation of ev : ery. one irrespecive of whether they I are members of committees or not . is deeired by the several commit j tees fio far appointed. This Pag f eant of Progress Parade is to be for i the benefit of Sumter county, and ? is, not intended as a money mak ; ing affair for. the Sumter County ; Fair Association, the fair associa ; tion is cooperating and giving thou ; sands of free admissions to the fair j to city and. rural pupils and teacb | ers. and is otherwise doing its i best to. help make this approach ; ing event what it is intended to be ;?a Sumter and Sumter county bet j ter acquaintance, and a pull alto j gether between city. . town and ; country for Sumter county. Sumter Defeats Manning i -:*r High School Football Team Wins by Score of 39 to 6 The Sumrer High football team defeated Manning Friday afternoon ? In the opening football game of ; the season by the decisive score of I Z9 to 6. The honte team resorted ?to op^n attack throughout trie !gnmc. completing many passe*. ;The visitors' score was made by an : intercepted forward pass. Wright iatid P.ivers ran well with the ball 1 while Wray, at end. scooped i \ three passes for touchdowns. Mc Leod and Eacfon played good baU for Manning. During the last quar rier rain fell, slowing up the play. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON Yestdv? Opfn Hljrb Low elfish rjnse Jar, 21.85 21.8$ 21.65 21.75 21.4c jMa/**. 21.S7 21.58 21.78 21.85 21.60 ?Lay 21.85 21.94 21.77 21.80 21.55 iu?y . 2I.6? 21.75 21.57 21.60 21.42 Oct. 21.45 2t.62 21.45 21.57 21.30 Ott. 2t.S5 22.02 21.80 21.95 21.61 : Sf*>?!? 25 m>. 21.80. ?CW OltLEAtt? C0TTC? ~. ,> i . Ye*frivs On*?n ffijrh Low Hose ("lose Jan. . 2J.30 21.50 21.24 21.27 21.06 March . 21.46 21.55 21.33 21.33 21.13 May. 21.32 2I.V> 21.27 21.30 21. iO July 21.77 21.34 21.23 21.23 20 95 Oet - 21.20 21.40 21.20 21.22 21.03 Dee 21.20 2145 21.20 21.22 21.02 Sfmw* 3:. no. 21.13. LIVERPOOL C0TT0H January. 12.27 March . 12.20 May. . 12.11 , July. ? 2.0(1 ' ftefofeur . 12.41 December. ... 12.3(1 ; Jt*celnM 2.?flfifi: Stetes. ?aOA; Hiddlln?. . 12.oS: Good Jtirldlinj;. I?.99. i You can look up to these girl* i It. longer skirts. Improvement in I ? f Business Trend Favorable Outlook in Domes tie Situation Helps New York, Oct. S.?With the. Turkish crisis apparently yielding ;to negotiations, business sentiment showed a distinct recovery lasi Tweek. A sharp rally in security prices was a factor, but a greater: disposition existed to look at the I favorable aspects of the domestic: situation. Car loadings for the week end- j ijag September 23. the. latest statist] tics available, total ?73.000. cars, e. j v?*w high record for the year. The ? Bew figure is almost exactly l'?0,-(. 00ft greater than the corresponding j ?week a year ago and is only 35,000 j lsmaller "than that for the similar, week in 1920, when the greatest j uaffie movement in the country's j history was under way. . Bituminous coal production con- j txnuedc lose to 10,000,000 tons a ?week. It would be greater if cars i were more plentiful. Nevertheless; the amount being mined seems to, be reasonably adequate for the j present rate of industrial activity,! since the steel industry reports) ithat coal shortage is no longer a] limiting factor and since the price! of soft coal has shown a tendency! to recede slightly. ; In the steel trade the loss inj blast furnace capacity occasioned j [by the August fuel shortage has! been recovered. Pig iron prices.; a* well as those of coal, are easier: j I the supply or" iron evidently isj meeting the demand. Where this! industry now feels the pinch is in the supply of freight cars. The | grain trade, too. is meeting with I some difficulty in moving its pre-i-i nets both from the farms and the i seaboard. Prices continued to hold: all the better levels attained dur- j ting-the recent war scare, although! crop prospects are not materially j changed. Cotton prices also have; iadvapeed well, partly in response! I to the recent bullish government! I crop report and partly because of \ j trade buying, which seems to have j jbeen delayed pe/iding a clearing) up of the Turkish crisis. The an- j tteipated car shortage has arrived, i Industry is going ahead about as[ rapidly as the country's transpor-| tation facilities will permit. For- ! tunately this permission is fairly; liberal. Financial circles are now interested to see whether the im-1 provement in the amount of freight* moved will continue. Money rates remain slightly higher. The increase so far amounts j to about one-fourth of 1 per cent and is considered to reflect fairly ; j well the increased loans and the j j volume of commercial paper and ' j bankers' acceptances outstanding i jI which has accompanied the prepa- i j rations for fall trade. The reserve j iratio of the combined federal re-j !serve sjiftem has now fallen 3 per ! cent below its high mark, reached: j in Angust. but is still some S perj j cent above the level of a year ago. j I Banking circles now stress thje I j need for a stabilizing of the Ru | ropean situation as may be seen j from the speeches delivered at last I week's convention of American j Bankers' Association. k- \ ; Supreme Court Convenes Tuesday ! Appeal of Columbia Taxi Mur i 4 defers to Be Heard } Columbia, Oct. 9.?The South ; Carolina supreme court will con ivene in Columbia Tuesday. All of ithe justices are expected to be pres I ent at the opening day. j A number of important appeals j are to be heard, but possibly the ?two that have, attracted the largest j amount of attention are those of J F. M. Jeffords and Ira Harrison,. , two young Columbians, now in the 'death house, pending the outcome j of their appeals from the Richland [jury's decision, which sent them to ithe death house under sentence of ? electrocution for the murder of J. [C. Arnett. filling station proprie : tor. The case is set for argument i before the high tribunal on October ? 23rd. ' ? ?- ?fr I FOOTBALL \ " " AT CLEMSON Clemson College, Oct. 7.?The i Clemson Tigers today defeated .the jXewberry Indians to the tune of !57 to Q: The game started in an ! excessive heat but before the first j quarter had elapsed Clemson had 'scored 20 points. The only thing j to mar the game was the d??wn i pour of rain immediately after the j first half, which undoubtedly kept jthe score from running up higher ?than 57. The team was cheered j on by the student body, who as a !whole stood in the rain and rooted [their team to victory. The Tigers' next battle will be ? with Presbyterian College Friday. S The cadets were agreeably sur 'prised to hear that our rat team j held the strong Piedmom College j team to f? to o tie. The senior dance last night was ; a great success, in spite of the rain. ! Guard Kills Negro I Orangeburg Man Shoots Con vict Trying to Effect Escape Qrangeburg. Oct. s.?Louis Birch. :i negro convict ab?ut 22 years old. was shot and killed Thursday after - j noon by W S. Brown, a chaingang (guard, when the negro attempted j to make his escape and refused [to atop when Ordered to halt. About two weeks ago Birch was convicted }of highway robbery, having held j up on August 25 a young boy in ithe Providence section of Orange Iburg county, and upon conviction by a jury, was sentenced to serve !t\vo year*. It is stated that Birch I declared that he did not expect to (serve the term if he could get I away. The shooting took place on [the road that is being constructed Ifro'm Orangeburg to .Norway, about ; nine milts southwest of Orange i burg. AMERICAN I SHIPS MUST BE BONE DRY Department of Justice: Hands Down Im-j portant Ruling on; Prohibition Law Washington, Oct. 6.?By the j Associated Press.?-All vessels.! American and-foreign owned, are.i prohibited from having liquor on board in American territorial wa> | ters under an interpretation of the j prohibition amendment and the en- i forcement act handed down today j by the department of justice. Moreover, the transportation or sale of. intoxicants on American craft, wherever operated, was held to be -inhibited. . ? American territorial waters were construed to include those not -only within the three mile limit of conti nental United States, but also those within the same, limit of the Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands anu j Alaska. The law would not ??p ply in the Panama Canal 2<eue as that zone is specifically exempted! by the statute itself.. ? 5 So far as American ship ; are j concerned, the* sale or transj?orta-j lion of;liquor will cease at ones, or as soon as those vessels r^ach their home ports. In. the. ca* z of foreign shrps, the decision will be come- operative as soon as the acc essary regulations can be preo.^r ed and promulgated by the?: treas ury .department; ^ ? Court -.action:, looking . to.a final determination - of the- applicati* -n. oi Amerioa n d ry laws to < foreign: i ships i entering American ports was fore seen: by both Attorney C^/retral Panghsrty and Chair-man Lasker < f the shipping-' board. Mr, Da?r?b> ^rty said he ha^d already sd vised that ac.case was. about <to be filed which would bring the issued io the supreme court. . .; ? ':?>? ' Chairman. Xasker was of tht opinion that the first move of for- ! eign lines- Would be to; seek an; injunction restrainingithe govern^; ment from enforcing the law:\ He \ said it was reasonable to sunpose j that the courts would grant such an injunction with a result that for eign ships would continue to urr've; with liquor on board until ther? was a final decision by the highest court. The attorney general said his department would co-operate in every effort to expedite a ruling by the supreme court. Publication of the opinion of the department of justice followed a White House conference, to which President Harding summoned Mr. jDaugherty. Secretary Hughes and ! Secretary Mellon and Chairman [Lasker. Various phases of the sit j uation were discussed, including the ( possible results of enforcement <npr on the international relations of I the United States, j High administration officials ex I plained there was no course for I the executive branch of the govern i ment except to enforce the law as ; interpreted by the legal depart ! mem. The interpretation was bas I ed upon recent decisions of the su ?preme court in a case involving the i authority of the United States to ! interfere with the transfer of. a li ! ouor cargo from one foreign ship '? to another in an American port, j In a divided opinion the court '.confirmed the authority of prohibi tion agents . to prevent such a transfer, and the view of the at I torney general went so far as to 1 hold that the Eighteenth amend | ment and the Volstead act repeal . ed a prior existing treaty with Great ; Britian. Chairman Lasker pre j dieted that enforcement of the Law ' would operate to an immediate dis j advantage of the American mer chant marine and would make j more necessary enactment of the ship subsidy bill if the American j flag was to stay on the high seas. He believed the ruling would have great influence in congress when the subsidy bill was taken up. An undoubted effect of the en : f01 cement. Mr, Lasker said, would be to hamper the board in its> ef forts to build up American shipping to the Orient and South America. He expected Vancouver, B. C-. to j profit at the expense particularly of Seattle and Portland in the j Oriental trade and Montreal at the expense of >?*ew York in the South American trade. Also he looked for Montreal to gain over Xew York in the trans-Atlantic trades. Irrespective of the. decision of the :supreme court, the shipping board : chairman said, foreign shipping i would have an advantage over j American lines. As an illustration he said that even if the court should hold th.it foreign ships might not bring liquor into Ameri can territorial waters, they could sell up to the three mile limit on their inward voyage and dump overboard any remaining stocks. In discussing the opinion Mr. Lasker emphasized that he was viewing the filiation as it existed ; and neither as "a wet or as a dry." The sale of liquor on shipping i board vessels was based on an (.Opinion of the general counsel of the board, who held that it did not (contravene the prohibition laws, i Opening of the ships* h;ir.s was or dered on a vote of the board, with Commissioner Frederick I. Thomp , sou casting 11 jonly dissenting , vote. Orders for enforcement of pro hibition laws, as ronstrued by Mr. Daugherty. were issued by Presi jdent Harding late today. In a let I ter to Secretary Mellon the presi dent requested that due notice be , driven to the masters of all private ly owned ships operating under [the American flag and that regu lations for the enforcement as to foreign ships be formulated and that such noth-e be given to the agents of foreign lines "touching Aniericah ports' or docking therein j as becomes the circumstances and ? commit.-, us to the full enforce ment of the law." 1 Writing to Mr Lasker.. the exe icutive said the transportation and [the seryiee of intoxicating li quors on all ships, owned, operat ed or leased by the shipping board, ?'should be. prohibited at once, .and sell transportation ? either as cargo*] or 'ship's stores, must cense at' once on ships now in homo por;.-*. i and on ships at sea or in foreign ports immediately after docking in! home ports." "This will enable the disposal of! ships' stores for the lawful var-1 poses contemplated under the stat-j utes." the letter added. "The ?ee- j retary of the treasury will issue equivalent notice to private ships j under American operation." Quoting the supreme court to the! effect thai the intent of the national! prohibition policy was to ''stop thej whole. business" of trafficking- in j intoxicants, the attorney general' said the scope of the statutes <z&fi acted to carry out that policy un doubtedly must include all "terri-j tory subj.ec* to the jurisdiction ' of j the United States; Under such in-j terpretation, he held. American i ships wherever they might be "o-.j cated would come . under the na- j tin na! laws. ? The opinion was supported by numerous quotations from decis-! ions of the supreme court and jri- j terpretations of organic law. "I am of the opinion." Mr. j Da ugh er ty sa id; ' 'tha t A merrca n j ships, wherever they may be are :r- i eluded in. the terms of the '3 8th| amendment,; 'territory subject [to; the jurisdiction' of the United! States so thai manufacture, trans portation or sale ef intoxicating li quors for beverage .purposes is prohibited thereon. To construe otherwise would, in my opinion, violate the unmistakable intent in its adoption, such intent-, clearly ad duced .from a study of the circum stances out of which: It grew, and voiced by the supreme;;, court in the Walker and Auchor Line/cases ??"This-., interpretation . is , further supported.by the many authorities that have held ships to he. 'con structive- territory' of the. country whose .flag they. fiy... Such . decis ions undoubtedly extend the pro tection as> weli.as the inhibitions of i xhe country's laws. . /"The national prohibition act is j a n act of general jurisdiction in i force ^wherever, the LStb. ame nd ment applies; and the courts of the- United .States- have jurisdiction ! to punLsh its* violations on the high ;seas*.v ? .. i ...t .- . . ...... .; "I am forced to the opinion, un s der i he ruling of the Walker and I Anchor Line decisions that , foreign i slfips carrying intoxicating beverage 'liquors as ship stores or otherwise, j within the three mile limit of our i shores are violating the provisions j of the national prohibition act, pro j hibiting possess) on or transporta tion of liquor for beverage, pur ; poses. "The supreme court therein has /held that it is not material that the I UqUors may not be intended for 'beverage uses within the United j States.". The ruling published today was in an.-wer to a request*from Secre tary Mellon, dated June 23. 1922, !for advice as to whether the prac tice, of selling liquors on Ameri ' can ships on the high seas was per missible, and further whether pos j session of intoxicating liquors by I foreign ships in American waters iwas in violation of the prohibition j laws. b Mr. Daugherty replied to the first :: question in the negative and to the ?second in the affirmative. A LITTLE BIT OF BROADWAY / On behalf of Dick Anderson j Chapter U. D. C.. I desire to thank 'all . those* whose co-operation } brought about the success of "A U4ttle Bit of Broadway." There j could not have been a more loyal : troupe, than those who took part j in this production, for they came ! regularly to rehearsals and did so j cheerfully everything that was ask ] ed of them it was a pleasure to i work with them. We could ha\*e done nothing at all without our faithful musicians, those who play led for the morning, afternoon and ! evening rehearsals as well as for Ithe performances. Our sincere j thanks are also due the press, the ' Y. M. C. A., the Rex Theatre, j those who generously loaned prop jertjes to be used on the stage, ail ; who assisted in any way including j those who contributed to the pro gramme and the public who .at ! tended the performances. I As it is a. satisfaction to those ' who helped to know just what was j accomplished by the two weeks i hard work, the following statement ? is published:. I Receipts from selling spaces i on programme..$83.00 j Admission receipts. 546.50 ! Contribution . .01 1 Cross receipts__.$620.51 Kxpenses. j Theatre bill, including rent, rehearsals and ticket seller.$00.2(1 : Board for Miss Burkheimer 21.75 ! Printing, including program, j 'ick^to. posters, dodgers.. 37.5(1 'Advertisements_._ 4.00 j Stage properties, make-up, ' prizes_-. 9.82 i Breakage. .4? ! Total expenses . .$172.67 ! Xet receipts.-.$456.S4 I Th.-refore the chapter and Miss ! Burkheimer each receive $22S.42. The chapter has still to collect $2.50 of its share. ; As it has been announced this j fund will be used for ?.he scholar Ship work of the chapter, towards i the expenses of the two girls hold | ing the Dick Anderson Chapter j scholarships. i Left hi the dressing rooms end i now in the possession of the under Signed are a white silk scarf and a I child's hand bus. A nun's collar j pin was found at a rehearsal. The I owners will please < ome claim these articles. ; Boxes of candy awarded for se't iing tickets went to Mis>es Armida ! Branson, Ann Crowson. and the j third divided between Edna Wood ! and Nell Ard. Armida Mose?, Chairman U. D. C. Fiay. Accidental Shot ^ ? to?ig Man Heyward Nettles Receives Load When Putting Gun in ing Desperately Near Florence, Oer. 7.?The body of: Keyward Nettles, who shot and* killed himself accidentally as he j and his father. R. M. Nettles, and! H. B. Gbodson were breaking camp j after a. hunting and fishing trip on Black river near Kingstree. arrived here today and the funeral services will be held at Mount Hope ceme tery Sunday afternoon. Nettle*? was ? 21 years- old. He. was very popular here and the news of . his tragic i death was a blow to many. There j were no, eyewitnesses to the trag- j edy. The young man had been de tailed to place the guns in the au- I tomohile and it is believed that the! trigger of one of them caught. He j received the full load of large shot, in his arm and side and died almost! .instantly. He is survived by his! father and several brothers and 1 sisters. - mm* School Children Injured by Auto* Marion. Oct. 8.?Lillie Davis. Ed na a nd Leo Harrelson. of Rains commtinity were all painfully in-1 jured Friday afternoon when run! down In front of Raine school by a j roadster driven by Alice Smith. : School had :*ust turned out and the! children had started, home. A---! cording to reports the driver of th**| car iti an effort to dodge one group of children ran into the Harrelson children. I Davis sustained a fractured left j leg* while Edna suffered three j breaks, in her left leg. Both chil dren were vbadly bruised-..and lace rated. .Leo.had no broken bones nut was considerably bruised and scratched. Teachers at Rains school brought the children to Marion as qpickly as possible. They were.; given first aid attention at .the of-i fice of Dr. ?. M. Dibble and later I removed to the Howell hospital. ; ' ? m m > STATE FORESTRY j CONFERENCE '-?1 i Columbia. Oct. 9.?The forestry I conference, called by Governor! Harvey, will be held in Columbia ! Tuesday. Approximately a hun-! dred delegates, from all parts *ofj the state.have been invited and a good attendance is assured. A large number of those -invited to the conference have advised the i chief executive of their intention I to attend. J. Kiryen Peters, of | Washington, representing the de [partment of the- interior, forestry (division, is to be present and ad dress the conference. Plans for j conserving South /Carolina's for ; ests. and the need of legislation to j this end will be discussed. ! AWARDSWO DAMAGES Manning, QcL . S.?The second week of the Clarendon county .court has closed, with Judge De Vore presiding. ? The most..important case tried i was than brought against Claren , don county for $10,000 on account I of accident while crossing Johnson j bridge, near Salem. It. was shown j that the/accident occurred on* ac I count of the horse backing the ! buggy to which the horse was at ! tached over the bridge into the ; river, throwing, two children, two j and three years old, into the river i and drowning them. The county j was exonerated. Columbia. OcL 9.?A verdict for ithe defense wax returned; at 8 I o'clock .Saturday night by a Rich i land jury in the case of Williams ! against the Standard Oil Company, ?In which the father , of Madeline Williams, little girl of Lexington : county, died because of injuries I received by his daughter from the j explosion of a kerosene lamp> The ;jury had the case from 1:30 Sat urday; to O'clock. The suit was i one of several resulting from the ;same accident, in which damages j were asked totaling $1,250.000. I . i 11? ?; it ' i Tbe Ctaeus. ; "Hold your horses, the elephants I are, coming" can no longer he the I cry to penetraie the air on circus .day and no doubt, will have to be ?changed to "park your. car. the i elephants are 'coming." h No. longer are the horses tied i about the. circus lot while . their owners enjoy the spasms of mlr*b '; afforded by a visit inside the big tent, but in their places.can.be found lines of automobile". Time certainly has changed Old Man Custom and with, the change j outside the big top. there are the 'many changes inside. When the ma jestic Hagenheck-Wallace Circu." ! pitches its tents here Saturday. October 14*h. there is promised to ; be proven that the time-worn phrase. "Every circus is alike." ?cannot be implied to this show, for !much money and efforts have b'?en ! used in creating new features and novelties for this season. Expenses are declared not to :hav?.* been spared in the preparing of the trained animal acts. The best of trainers were obtained and their skill is denoted through ihe feats being performed by tlie ?hen sis. And many wild animals have been added to the big me nagerie that now ranks among the 'largest in the world. Careful choosing of equestrian acts is said to he repaid by the sin-cess they are meeting in every city and among these features are to be found famous performers of Europe and this continent. A downtown ticket office will be opened during the show's stay here for the convenience of the public at Sibert's Drug Store, where the same price will be charged as o>) the show grounds. At that, it is better to be hard boiled than eoft-soaped. ICE CREAM FACTORY PROJECT The First Big Result of the Movement To Make Sumter Cotmty Da?ymg Genter At next week's meeting of City*ers of Sumter were given the job Council a committee of the Sumter j of getting such a building and on Chamber of Commerce will request ]Thursday the Owners and managers exemption from ordinary city ta:re->;of this new enterprise which has for . five years for a new emer-ja main factory in another state, prise for Sumter that will mean the j notified Secretary Reardon that investment of about thirty -t ve i they had closed with the owners of thousand dollars, .according to: the building they wanted, through statements made, and the employ-; Riley & Company, and *was further ment of quite a number of * men j requested to ask City Council to and women, and if prices of whole] make this exemption, when the milk are-right and in competit on]promoters will then start imme with other points, will mean the jdiately for western points to pur purchase of many thousands of.chase and ship the necessary ma gallons of milk annually in tike jchinery onsisting of a large re manufacture of ice cream The : frigerating plant, churns, shipping Sumter Chamber of Commerce has jeans, milk cans, etc. In view of been negotiating with this ne-A" en-[the new enterprise shipping most terprise for about thirty days, and jail of its products out of Sumter. the only question invoWei after a? - stating that. Sumter's unexcelled other requirements w?re met was; railway distributing facilities ? give the securing of a suitable building j them a remarkable fteld; Car dis convenientiy located, wini a guai- tribution, the secretary felt that antee of exemption of ordinary eky j he was safe in guaranteeing co taxes which the commercial o:r-i operation of City Council in exemp ganization made. Riley & Com- : tion of taxes- as provided by city pany, well known real estate deal-4 ordinance. K ILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Rochester Family Slaughtered Anderson. Oct. 6.?Today about 1 o'clock Tubor Cqoley of New Britain. Conn., was killed when the car .which he was driving turned oyer at Major's Mill, about mne miles from Anderson, ^between this city and Hartwell. The young man was picked up by kthe Harte-ell bus soon after the accident hap pened and taken to Hartwell, but he died when in three miles of Hartwell. Miss Daisy Holcomb of St. Petersburg. Fla., was riding with Mr. Cooley, was only sligluly injured. The parents of Mr. Cooley? Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Cooley and Mrs. E. B. H,olcomb of St. Petersburg, Fla., were riding in another car fol lowing the car which the ? young man was driving.- Mr. Cooley was just 18 years of -age, and was graduated from the high school in New Britain .this year. This is a very dangerous curve on the Bankhead highway, and two other young, men have been killed a*, this same point. , The body of the young man will be taken to his home from Hart well. The car was completely wrecked. r Mr. and Mrs. Cooley and th-?ir son were on their way to St. Peters burg to spend the winter.. ; Demented Man Drowns dren in Bath Tun ! Rochester. X. Y.. Oct, 9?The i bodies-of William Wheeler and his three children lay side by'side in an undertaking establishment. \The children were drowned in a haih. tub in their home; by their father, who fired a bullet into his" own\ brain. Despondency said to have been caused by his inability to ob tain employment was the- motive. the nplice said. WANTED?Ladles to come and see my pne of hats. Hours 9:30 a. m. to 7 p. m. I have ffew stock. Mrs.; C.v W. McGrew, cor ner Magnolia and Myrtle Sts. Phone 879L. The oldest doctor in the world has just celebrated his hundredth birthday. His case is regarded, as a triumph for Nature over medi cal knowledge.?Punch (London). ?SOLO EVERYWHERE r ft * pap- ; NOTICE FARMERS! We will furnish cows to any responsible farmer who has sufficient feed to care for them. Om> terms: 20 per cent cash, and a lien on cows, unt? their product has paid for them. The farmer to keep one-half of cream or milk checks to sustain himself and the other one-half to apply to the debt. J.P. MORRIS, Manager TEN YEARS HENCE WILL YOU BE PROSPERING in BUSINESS or LOOKING FOR A JOB ? IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE STARTED TO SAVE. First National Bank of Sumter 1 INDICATIONS WORTHY OF YOUR CONSIDERATION Our large Capital Stock and Surplus indicate cur Ability. Large Loans and Discounts?our Liberality. Large Deposits?the Peoples' Satisfaction with our Service imd 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