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W. M. U. MEETING Program of Sessions at the First Baptist Church Friday Evening Session. ' 8:00 P. M.?Address;?Rev. E. A. Jackson, South Brazil. Offering. Benediction. Saturday Morning. 10 A. M.?-Sunbeam program? Miss Hettie White presiding. - Song?By Sunbeams. Devotional?Jesus and the Chil dren?Mrs. David Brittob. Welcome. Response?Lillian James. Song by Salem Sunbeams. RoU Call of Bands. Recognize A-3 Bands and Mis sion Study Certificates. Solo?Louise Phifer. Report of Sunbeam Superin tendent. Demonstration?Local band. Y. W. A. and G A. Session? Mrs. Jas. Shaw presiding. Song?Salem G. A.'s. .. Devotional?Anna Leize Walsh. Prayer. Talks on the points of Auxiliary Ideal: 1. Louise McElveen. 2. Ruby Bullard. 3. Wedgefield G. A. 4. Nellie Sue Hook. 5. Wedgefield G. A. $. Elliott G. A. 7. Hattie Chandler. S. Mary Cuttino. Vocal Solo?Maud Waddell. Roll Call of Auxiliaries. Report of Associate Supt. Conferring of Honor Roll Badges. Demonstration?Our Talents. Helen China, Catherine Wilder, Julia Melver, Kathleen Costin, Janie Bland. i Message from Mrs. Geo. E. Da- | vis?Genevieve Lindsay. j Prayer. Closing Song?O' Zion Haste. Noon Hoar. 3 P. M.-R. A. Program?Mrs. T. C. Howie presiding. I Devotional. Roll Call of Chapters, Two Min utes Response. j Recognize A-l Chapters and; Mission Study Certificates. Report of R. A. Supt. Demonstration?Bethel R. A.'s. j Address?Miss Azile Wofford. Report of Standing Committees:! Personal Service ? Mrs. J. N. j Brown. Training School ? Mrs. John Blachwell. Literature?Mrs. M. L. Parier, i Margeret Fund?Mrs. Joel E. I Branson. Report of Committee on Time and. Place. Report of Committee on Reso ? lutions. Adoption of Associational Policy Election of Officers. Closing Service. Kivvanis Club Meeting. The Sumter Kiwanis Club held its regular meeting Thursday night at the Claremont Hotel. This meet ing was of special interest for the reason that the charter of the club was presented by Kiwanian Alva M. Lumpkin, Lieutenant Governor Carolinas District. Shortly after 8 o'clock the Ki wanians and their lady guests were -admitted to the dining room where a delightful supper was served. Kiwanian Dr. H. L. Shaw presid ed as toa^tmaster in a very grace ful manner and with the assistance ef Song Leader D. L. Pearce kept his audience in the best of humor throughout the evening. During the progress of.the supper a num ber of songs by the club was led by Song Leader Pearce, after which he read "Pedro at the Ball Game." much to the amusement of those present. 1 In addition to the lady guests of the club there were present Kiwan ians Alva Lumpkin, G. Friz Press ? Eey, Geddings Crawford. Walter Love. Frank Broadnax. Joe Mardre. Holmes Simons, H7 Gordon Kenna. Carl Allen and R. H. Mc Donald of the Columbia Club, and Kiwanians O. F. Crow, J. H. Shel ley, R. B. McDonald, C. T. Hayes and F. E. Hinnant of the Hartsville club. Program. Invocation?W. E. Thayer. America?Kiwanians and Guests Address of Welcome?R. D. Epps. - Response?O. F. Crow, Harts vxlle, S. C. Vocal Solo?D. L. Pierce. Charter presentation ? District Lieut. Governor Alva M. Lumpkin, Columbia. S. C. Acceptance of Charter?H. L. Scarborough, president Sumter Club. Vocal Solo?Charlie Pierce. One Minute Talks?Visiting Ki wanians. Song?Till We Meet Aeain?Ki wanians and guests. The Sumter Creamery is making it comparatively easy for farmers throughout Sumter county to es tablish herds of dairy cows. The financial assistance guaranteed in the purchase of cows and the as surance of a market for all the crea*ui products should encourage hundreds of farmers to turn from cotton to cream as a money crop. A few farmers may be able to grow cotton profitably as a main crop, but the rank and file will go bank rupt unless they have a supplemen tal money crop. The day of the all-cotton farming system is over in Sumter county. Those who pur their reliance in the cow. the sow and hen. with grain, hay, tobac co, potatoes, truck, tobacco and cotton as side lines will be the first to win out under boll weevil condi tions and regain prosperity and in dependence. Apparently France has tried ev erything except a collection agency. The road leading to Easy Street is littered with the trimmed re main of easy marks. mm news I ><?><e><?x3xg><e*$><?K$^^ HEALTH CAMPAIGN DOES GOOD Oswego Neighborhood Decides to Have All Cows Tested As a result of the public health campaign meeting held at Oswego; school last Saturday, October 30th. j at which a very impressive two reel j moving picture was shown regard ing the importance of having dairy cows tested for tuberculosis, and keeping only accredited herds ofj cows, with federal and state test] guarantees of healthfulness, Mr. J. j R. Terry, of Oswego came to the i Sumter Chamber of Commerce j Thursday and stated that numbers | of farmers and others in that sec-' ticn had met and decided to re quest the State Board of Health to send a veterinarian there to test their cows, and requested Secretary*! Reardon to have this government j expert to go to Oswego as early as i possible. Mr. Reardon has requested the! Clemson College Livestock and Sanitary office in Columbia to com-! ply as soon as possible with the re- j ?liiests of the farmers of Oswego \ and vicinity. The Sumter Chamber ] of Commerce sincerely hopes that j every community in Sumter coun- | ty will hold meetings and decide.! like Oswego did, to keep, purchase. | milk and sell only tuberculin ctest- j ed and accredited dairy herds. Any j communities or even groups of j farmers or city dairy cow owners j who will consent to the regulations i for free testing are invited to take j this matter up with Secretary E. L Reardon at Chamber of Com- \ merce. Comments on the Schools* Con densed Financial Report. Editor Daily Item: A very kindiy and constructive critic has said to me that he was unable to get from the financial statement of the schools published Friday the original cost and actual present value of the buildings be longing to the city. We endeavored to make a state ment short enough to be read with- j out great effort and simple enough j to be easily understood. It sterns, j however, that we sacrificed clear ness for conciseness and feeling that others might find the same difficulty that our friend found, I j shall take this opportunity of com menting upon the report and ex panding its inferences. We are always glad when an opportunity is given us of constructively dis cussing our school affairs \nd we are glad of this chance to do so. It is a very simple matter to pive the original cost, but difficult to determine the present value of property. One method Is to give . 4fce accepted insurable value, es i pecially when this value has been ! fixed by the careful inspection of a i representative of the State Insur jance Department. While the iamount of insurance carried on a [.building is not the determining fac tor of its actual value, it is cer-! ? tainly a contributory circumstance, i The statement in the report was! [specifically made that this method [ j had been employed in determining* j the present value of our school i i properties. When it is known that each of !the cities of Florences Spartanbarg. j and Greenville has one building 'that alone cost $300,000.00, it is j not a violent assumption that Sum i ter's six buildings as reported Fri !day have a combined value of $25*>. j 000.00. Sumter was more fortu S nate in the selection of the time for j ! its building activities, but having | j the buildings on hand certainly j ! does not deprive her of the advan-1 tage that has accrued through en j hancement of values. There has j been no depreciation; on the con trary, great enhancement in valuo on account ot increased cost, j It will be a matter of interest to [give the first cost of these buildings, i with any additions that, have been j I made since they were erected, j The Washington School building j 'was erected in 1501-1892 at cost of! j $16.000. This building has been! very greatly improved, making the j i total cost up to date about $30,-! 000. j The Hampton school building was ; i ready for occupancy in the spring \ ['of 1904 and cost $15.000.00. The Calhoun school building was j jused first in the beginning of the: ! year 190s and cost about twenty five thousand dollars. The Girls' High school building! j was begun in 1915 and was erected j (at a time when both labor and ma- ] 'terial were very cheap and abund jant. at a cost complete of about thirty thousand dollars. The Car ; negie library was erected at the ! ! same time at a cost of $10.000.00. I j The Lincoln school building and j I annex have been improved and add- i Jed to from time to time and have j cost in all between twelve and; j fifteen thousand dollars, j The sum of these costs is less than $130.{-j0; but to rebuild all ofj I these buildings today would mean] very much more than this amount, j j Since the question has been j asked, we shall have our properties i valued by some one whose expert [ judgment will he unquestioned. As j soon as this is done, we shall let j the people know: for they are nat urally very greatly interested in : their own property. Cordially submitted, . S. H. EDMUNDS, Superintendent. The Carolina Products Co., for [jnally opened their doors for bu^i , ness at their new quarters. 14ti X. : Main street Thursday. The com j pany will buy mid sell country Iproduce and also groceries and feed3, at retail. The new quarters opposite the court bouse have been repainted and refitted with store : fixtures, etc.. and now present a very inviting appearance. Mr. Jas. jC. Bryan is in charge of the busi ness. County Fair Notes Committees Being Organized to Arrange For Amuse ment and Pageant Feature At 10 ' o'clock next Tuesday morning. October 10th at Sumter Chamber of Commerce the central executive committee and all city of Sumter committees connected with the big Pageant of Progress Parade 'for Sumter County School Day, of the lf*22 Sumter County Fair. No vember 21st to 24th. inclusive, will meet with the officers and directors of the Fair Association. At this meeting the organization of city forces will be completed and a con certed and continuous drive will be put on to interest as far as possible, every manufacturing, mercantile, banking, real estate, insurance, pro fessional and other business con cerns, fraternal orders, social and commercial bodies and clubs, labor organizations, associations, and in fact everybody in Sumte j- in hav ing a float or a decorated car in this exposition of Sumter's and Sumter county's greatness. In ad dition to the rural schools and home demonstration clubs of this county that have been invited to partici pate in this mammoth parade, the incorporated towns of Mayesville and Pinewood have been invited to put in special divisions for their communities in the shape of floats, decorated cars,, and schools and lodges, and by individual and busi ness concern participation. Every individual and business and every farm in Sumter county is urged to have a float or a car in this parade. This is a Sumter county affair of better acquaintance and pleasure, and a stimulator of county pride and never say die spirit. Now ^ is the right time for all business concerns to begin planning their best prize winning float or car to show what a wide-awake con cern their establishment is. Don't wait to see what "the other fel low" is doing or to find out wheth er your competitors will be in this big parade.*Don't take any chances. Just start right now getting ready yourself to beat the other fellows to it. The "other fellows" will be there this year just like they were in last year's pageant of progress, only more of them. The following letters show how much interest the business and professional men of Sumter mani fest in the Sumter city schools, our rural schools, and our teachers of city and county, and of the teach ers and pupils of St. Josep's Acad emy, and the earnest desire of our business men to see these schools participate in the approaching Pageant of Progress Parade. Sumter, Oct. 6th. Dr. S. H. Edmunds, Superintend ent of Sumter City Schools. Sum ter. S. C.x Dear Dr. Edmunds: I take great pleasure in handing you herewith two letters from Dr. E. S. Booth and Mr. P. M. Parrott. the respective president of the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, and the Young Men's Business League of Sumfer regarding participation by the Sumter -city schools in the approaching Pageant of Progress Parade on County School Day of the 1922 Sumter County Fair, Friday. November 24th. The letters re ferred to being addressed to Mr E. I. Reardon. Superintendent of Amusements and Publicity. In behalf of the executive com mittee of this Pageant of Progress Parade, and the Sumter County Fair Association, and I will per haps be permitted also, as City Manager in behalf of the city and my fellow citizens of Sumter. 1 most respectfully request that you immediately take up with the Sum ter City Board of Education, your school faculty and the school pa trons, the question of participation by our Sumter city school girls and boys and teachers in this year's County School Day Parade. I have designated our Mr. E. I Reardon to appear before your weekly meeting of teachers, and present to them and to you. the de tails of this important county-wide demonstration of co-operation and friendship between city, town and rural districts. It is unnecessary for me to re peat, having already, expressed through our newspaper*, and to you in person, how very much we ap preciated and how proud we all were of your hundreds of pupils and teachers, marching in com pany with thousands of our rural school children and teachers, and with those children of St. Joseph's Academy, last November, and how they all, jointly, and by divisions reflected such glory on Sumter and Sumter county. Cordially yours, (Signed) S. O'QCINN. Chairman Executive Committee of Pageant of Progress Parade. Dear Sir: As the-Sumter County Fair Association well knows, the YouUg Men's Business League of Sumter. since its organization of not quite two years ago has dem onstrated the interest of and our willingness to eo-opt-rate with the County Fair Association to the ex tent of our ability and resources, therefore I will perhaps be pardon ed for making this suggestion. I am sure that I voice the unani mous sentiment of the Young Men's Business League when 1 say. that the decision of the County Fair di rectors to have repeated on County (School Day of the 1*^2 Fair, the | Pageant of Progress Parade similar to the parade put on ''vring the I'.'i'l fair. .is. in my opinion, a very commendable movement of much jintere'si and value to Sumter and Sumter county. Perhaps, after all the magnifi cent spectacle of thousands of our I school children, ami hundreds of our teachers participating in such ; a parade appeals most to every [public spirited and patriotic citizen of our city and county. Will you therefore kindly allow me to s\iz : ^est that Mr. Samuel O'Quinn, the ! chairman of the executive commit tee, and yourself will, at your (earliest convenience convey to the j City Board of Education, Dr. S. H. (Edmunds, Superintendent of Sdu i cation, ami the teachers and pa trons of the* Sumter city schools 'the hope that our city schools will 'again participate in the lfcji* Pag [ eant of Progress Parade. L You will kindly let it he widely known that the Young Men's Busi ? ness League of Sumter sincerely [hOpes that our rural schools, and j St. .Joseph's Academy, of. Sumter ?will again, with the Sumter city schools, and other interests of our city and county participate and reflect the same credit and afford the same pleasure in the ]i>22 Pageant of Progress Parade as they did in the similar events of 192-L Cordially yours. P. M. PAR ROTT. ' President The Young Men's Busi ness League of Sumter. Dear Sir: In behalf of the Sumter County Chamber of-Com ! merce and allied interests of Sum ter and Sumter county, permit-me j to state that 1- have read with j much pleasure and interest of the desire of the Sumter County Fair j Association to repeat the Pageant I J of Progress Parade held on Sum ter County School Day of the 1921 County Fair, a nd that a most j prominent and pleasant feature of i this approaching parade will be,! it is hoped, and provided that the! interest of the teachers and school j patrons are such as to warrant the! I participation therein, of the pupils ! j and teachers of the Sumter city! [?schools, and of the rural schools of j j Sumter county, on County School j Day of the 19,22 Fair, Friday, Xo- i [ vember 24th. i I am therefore taking the lib- ? i erty of suggesting that you ? rite I Dr. S. .H. Edmunds, City Superin tendent of Education, and Mr. j j Samuel O'Quinn. chairman of the j Executive Committee of Arrange j ments for this parade requesting j I them to immediately take the nec {essray steps which in their opinion will secure the cooperation and fur ther interest of the City Board of! Education. School patrons and! teachers in having our city schools again participate in such a splendid] pageant of progress parade, which! was last year a most beautiful and inspiring demonstration of county-; wide co-operation and friendship between city, town, and rural sec-j : tions. j And furthermore that, in behalf! of the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, and all other business and professional interests of our, city and county, the necessary steps' be immediately taken to secure the; participation of every rural school! in this county, and of St. Joseph's; j Academy of Sumter. Assuring you I my hearty interest and that 1 will be ready to personally do my best in any way that I can to help make! the Sumter County 1922 Fair the kind of a success and pleasure it; ought to be and no doubt is going1 j to be. Cordiallv vours, r E. S. EOOTH, J President Sumter County Cham j ber of Commerce. ! Recollections of the Jenkins Fam j Recent occurrences have brought jto mind some facts in the history of this family, a little remarkable Lind may be interesting to the liv jling ones of that family. There are ! five living grand sons representing j five children of Frank Jenkins of ! Sumter county, who died in 1S57 in j ripe old age. Going back a* few ! years, around A. D. 1S/>G we find ! the figure three very tenacious in eight of the families of that name. Samuel Jenkins, who lived about that time, had three sons and three daughters. Mallard Jen kins, his son, had three sons and .four daughters. Samuel Jenkins, (his son. went to Georgia and was I lost to us. The elder son of his, i Frank Jenkins, the grandfather of the surviving rive grandsons and ! finds him with three sons and three I daughters, and five of them mar j ried. Samuel, the elder, had three j living sons and no daughter, and . L. Vv\ Jenkins of Sumter is the I only survivor. Frank Jenkins had j three sons and no daughters, and ! R. M Jenkins of St. Charles is jthe one living. Robert Jenkins I had three sons and no daughter, and Robert Jenkins of Columbia is living. Margaret Jenkins Brown had three daughters and seven [sons and Summers Brown of Bir ! mingham, Ala., is the living one. ? Mary Jenkins Michaux had three j daughter-; and four sons and Ma jrion Michaux of this county is liv ?ing. That three is still prominent j in the families of these grandsons jand great grand sons. The living decendants of grandfather today 'number one hundred and fifteen, land are scattered over South Car ?olina. Georgia, Alabama and North ; Carolina. Some are good, some are better and some are best, and all j in good standing as the world I sees them. Our grand old father i was a staunch Christian Methodist j of old time type, and a nephew 6f ? Rev. Uncle JImmie Jenkins of (former days, of saddlebag times. All of his sons and sons-in-law and i three of his grand sons were in the [confederate war and made good. One of the Survivors. !? * m m ! Winthrop Daughters' Benefit Pic ture. On next Friday afternoon at the Rex theatre a special picture will l>?- run for the benefit of the Win throp Daughters' scholarship fund. This picture has been se lected to appeal particularly to the children, and is the very kind of picture they ought to see. [f it is well received it will be followed from time to time by other pic tures for children. The Winthrop Daughters will receive one-half of the proceeds from the tickets which they Sell. SO be SUfe to buy VOU1' tickets from some one representing .hem. These tickets have already been printed and will go on sale Monday. You can't afford to miss, or b t your childre-a miss seeing "Tom Sawyer." Watch the papers for information concerning where you may get tickets ami the hours of the shows next Friday. If a woman has a puncture on the highway, all the equipment she needc to get it fixed is a lyetty face. TWO DAYS ! IN THE AIR! Aviators Make a New Record1 For Non-Stop Flight - j San Diego, Cal.. Oct. 6.?Lieuts.j John A. MacReady and Oakley j Kelly, who had been flying ov?rj San Diego since 5:56 yesterday inj the monoplane T-2. landed at i Rockwell field at 5:11:30 today, j having broken all records for sus tained flight in a heavier than air Hying machine. They were in the air 35 hours. IS minutes. 30 sec-1 onds. The aviators were well tired out j but willing, they said, to have con-j j_itinued their flight except for their! desire to reach the ground before! [darkness should making landing; more dilficult. The landing of the big plane was the signal for a mighty chorus ofj whistles from the vessels in the' I harbor. When the airmen circled! down to the field a small army of; spectators was waiting to greet! them.1 (."apt. II. G. Erwin, commandant: of Rockwell field, soon after the' flight ended, gave out the time the! aviators had been aloft as 35 hours, IS minutes. 30 seconds. The official I time of departure yesterday was : set down in the Roekwell field rec ord as 5:5?, a. m. instead of "5:56j a. m. as unofficially given out, and; 'the time of the landing today' was j given officially as 5:11:30 p. m. ! j The aviators were begrimed with; oil and grease when they stepped! j from the big: machine in which! ;they had remained aloft, circling! [over the city for virtually two] [ days and a night. That did not ? ?stop Mrs. Benjamin'. MacReady. i Smother of the aviator, from rushing! j to greet her'son. She kissed him full on his grimy cheek and when; I she turned around, smiling gladly,; j her lips were black with grease[ and oil. j , Lieuts. MacReady and Kelly join-; |ed in making the following state-; iment: ?*lt was the wonderful Liberty ?motor which kept us up. There Is . no question that this flgiht proved j the motor to be the best and most' efficient in the world. It is due to I I the development of army aviation., tThe primary purpose of the test, it j should be said, was to test the mo- ? ; tor in the United States army trans'- J ; pdrt T-2. and the result was all! 'that could be expected. "We are going to make the flight! ! from San Diego to Xew York in! 'November and we tire confident that ] : we shall "be successful." * - i LIBERTY MOTOR BEST IN WORLD; ! San Diego, Calif.. Oct. 7.?While I j Lieuts. John MacReady and Oak- i I ley Kelly were catching up some j fof the sleep lost while flying over) j this city for over thirty-five hours j I to smash all- records for sustained: ?ght, the officers and men of Rock- j j well field echoed the praise the j j fliers gave the ' powerful Liberty.| j motor which carried them on their . ; record breaking flight. I AGAINST W. P. G. | HARDING! ! - ! j Heflin Does Not Want Bank-! ers to Endorse Him t ? ??.-.??.*?':????.?' . . ? , .1 1 j Washington. Oct. 5. ? Senator j Heflin, Democrat. Alabama, today) made public a letter to President j ] Thomas B. Adams, of the Ameri- ' ican Bankers' Association, urging What the bankers in convention in ! Xew York should not adopt a res- j ! olution endorsing W. P. G. Hard i ing of Alabama, for reappointment ,to" the Federal Reserve Board. ! Mr. Heflin said he had heard a j j rumor that Governor Harding and friends had been 'active for weeks trying to select delegates to the American Bankers* Association ! who would favor the passage of a (resolution endorsing him for re- 1 ! appointment.'" }' "If they should attempt to do I such a thing," Senator Heflin ? wrote. "I trust that you as the j honored of a great American insti ! tution will use your great influ j once to prevent such action. I can i think of nothing that would so in i jure the great banking fraternity ; of America, with the masses of the I people as a deliberate endorsement , by your convention of the defin ition conduct of W. P. G. Harding, j Senator Heflin's letter reiterated j his charge in senate speeches that an alleged credit deflation policy while Mr. Harding was governor of ? the reserve board had "paralyzed I business, drove millions of wage learners from employment, caused j thousands to kill themselves and j destroyed property values by the i billion's." Autos Registered Motor License Fees Collected by the State Columbia. Oct. 5.?Motor license fees collected by the state through September 30 amounted to $725, 699.63, according to a statement to day by the state highway commis sion. Of this sum $580.559.70 will be expended in the counties where paid, under the SO per cent clause of the highway act. In September S'.?0 new auto mobiles were registered, it was stnted. Rich land county, w i t h !<>::. I<-u m the September licenses, while the other leading counties were Spartanburg 94, Greenville 74. Charleston *J7, Anderson 46 and Florence 42. Greenville leads all counties in the amount to be received under the SO per cent clause with $53.890.29. The location of an ice cream factory in Sumter is probably the direct result ol! the movement, launched last year and success fully continued since, to develop the dairying industry in Sumter county, one industry leads to an other. When war clouds hover, nothing so cools the fevered brow as a de ficit. GIANTS MAKE CLEAN SWEEP OFYANKEES Favorites in World i Series Dope Could I Not Take Single Game New York, Oct. f>.?Gaints. rat ed, even by the most conservative experts; to have had nothing morej than a lighting chance of winning one game, battled through the fin ished "superplay" of the Yankees, and won four games, tied one, lost none, and are still the world's champions, as the result of yester day's five to three victory, in the concluding game of the world's se ries. Once More Giants Are Champions New York, Oct. S.?The New York Giants are once more cham pions of the world. They reached that pinnacle qf success for the second consecutive year in a fu rious uphill fight this afternoon that flunsr *hie Yanks to defeat. 5 to 3, and crushed disgushted pitcher, "Bullet .)oe". Bush. It was the second successive trme the Yanks had bucked the Giants in a world series and failed. This year they went down ingloriously without the solace of having cap tured even one of the five games that comprised the battle for the title. All r.he Yankee:- could do was to tie the second game of the series. The Giants won the other four. In all the annals of the game only two clubs ever triumphed in a world series in such a decisive fasioji. In -1*9.07. the Chicago Na tionals won four straight victories over the Detroit Americans after fighting a twelve-inning first game tie, 3-3. Seven years later the Boston "Braves wrecked Connie Mack's superb Athlerisc four games in a row. The final downfall of the Yanks was that of a house momentarils divided. Miller Huggins. the head of the household which was then enjoying a 3 to 2 lead over the Giants, differed with his pitcher, Joe Bush i." his strategy for block ing the onslaught of the ehampfen? in the eighth inning. Bush became angry, and before he could calm himself, long Ceorge Kelly had smacked one of his curves so hard and so far that one Giant >*a<-ed across the plate with the run that tied the Yankees and another Giant trotted in wit hthe score th.tt beat them. ? ? ? Organization of New Diocese Episcopal Churches .of Upper South Carolina Send Del egates to Columbia j Columbia, Oct. 9.?The organiza | tion of the new Episcopal diocese in South Carolina is to be set up at a meeting in Columbia Tuesday, to be attended by the clergymen and j lay delegates from twenty-two j counties in the upper part of the i state, the territory to be under i Bishop Kirkman G. Finlay, of Co ! lumbia. j Bishop William A. Guerry, of j Charleston, will open the exercises, j which are to be held at Trinity ; Episcopal church. He will turn the jchair over to Bishop Finlay, and ! the r.cw Bishop will then proceed ' to direct the organization of the j diocese. Officers will be elected. ;and committees and an executive i council will be selected. A name ! for the diocese will also be decid ed upon. Rev. B. T. Kemerer, field secre tary of the national church will deliver an address on the mission of 'the church and program of the ! coming triennium. j Wednesday and Thursday morn i ing will be devoted to sessions of [the diocesan institute. Mr. Kremer S er will preside over these, when the I fall campaign of the diocese will j be mapped out. ! READY TO* CANCEL DEBTS . Senators Return From Trip to Europe I _ i Washington. Oct. 7?Cancellation ! of allied debts to the United States j was proposed unanimously today l by three senators. McKinley. Re j publican, Illinois. Spencer. Repub lican, Missouri, and Harris. Demo S erat. Georgia, in discussing their j impressions of ar extensive tour ! of Europe where they were Ameri can delegates at the iriter-Parlia i mentary peace union, j All three agreed on their arrival ! here that there was much suffer I ing and economic distress in Eu rope, but that the American gov ernment should make no more loans there. They hold that Ger many should work herself out of her present difficulties. As to the League of Nations the two Republican senators differed somewhat from their Democratic colleague. Senators McKinley and iSpencer declared the United States should not be in the league, but Senator Harris said affairs both in Europe and America would be iiei ter today if America had become a member at the stai t. ? my mj . Non-Union Miners Are Assaulted Iniontown. Pa., %Oct. 9.?State troopers were searching today for a crowd of men who attacked six nonunion mineis near here and administered a severe beating. Merchants Protest Against Tax Burden State Retail Merchants' Asso ciaton Start'Fight For Relief Columbia. Oct. ?A desperate fight for lightening the tax burden on the merchants of the state has been launched by the South Caro lina Retail Merchants' Association, according to .1. .J. Hope, its presi dent, who returned to Columbia yesterday afternoon from Green wood, where he and other offi cials of the association addressed a meeting of Greenwood merchants. "The merchants are being taxed unfairly, heavier in proportion, than other property owners of the state, and we want fairness done for us." Mr. Hope said. "We are working to have the legislature produce the remedy." Mr. Hope stated that the mer chants* greatest protest is against the tax commission's system of tax ing them on their inventory of stock, rather than on the capital invested, Mr. Hope stated. "'A mer chant may have $3,000 capital in vested, but may have a stock of goods valued at many times that amount," Mr. Hope explained: "much of his stock being on con signment or on open account, -so that the inventory -does not repre sent the property he owns." Mr. Hope stated that the associa tion is against the tax commission's methods of assessing mercantile stocks, because it makes the mer chant pay a heavy burden of taxa tion, whereas other classes of prop erty, real estate prominently among them, being assessed at far lower proportionate, values." Mr. Hope stated that 'at the Greenwood meeting, when he and J. W. Kirkpatrick. of Greenville, former president of the association, and L. H. Wannamaker. secretary of the organization, spoke, resolu tions were adopted urging the co operation of all merchants of the j state, through the association, in the fight for an equalization of the ! tax burden on the merchants. "Wo are not trying to escape taxation," Mr. Hope said, "and we do not want any other tax payers* burden in creased, but we do want fair treat? . ment. Wc^helieve the tax com mission will see our side of the I situation, when it is properly pre sented to them, and to this end and j to the end of presenting the mat i ter to the legislature, we urge i the co-operation of all the mer | chants of the state. The resolu | tions of the Greenwod gathering j were to this effect." j [Probe of Grain j Speculation j Prominent Grain Dealer Be j fore Federal Trade Com mission _ ; New York, Oct. 6.?Jesse H. Livermore. stock and grain mar i ket operator, appearing as a wit ! ness before the federal trade com j mission investigating speculation in j the grain market declared today ; that he had never known of any j "manipulation" in the commodity i market and stated that he did not j think the operations !of any indi viduals influenced market prices of commodities. He declared that the grain mar ! ket was an institution beneficial ! both to the farmers and to the j consumers, stating that a market ; for futures was necessary in order : to allow the farmers to dispose of ; their products. But for the mar j ket. he stated, three or four large [elevator corporations would con i trol grain prices at their will. Mr. Livermore defined a rspecula ; five investor as a man who "sizes ! up" future sets of conditions and j who trades oh the basis of his conclusions. He declared that both ; speculator and gambler, who took short flying chances, were stabiliz | ers of the market. , "I don't know of any manipu ; lation in the commodity markets; : "he declared. "I do not think i there are any attempts at manipu ! lation. Manipulation is only a j newspaper creation because it is i easy explanation of market move j ments and makes good copy. Fiue ' tuation in prices is caused purely by supply and demand. There may ; be manipulation in the stock mar iket. but never in the grain or ; wheat markets. The last time I ; heard of an attempt was eight or nine years ago in the cotton mar ket. Socalled combinations like jthe Palm Beach group or the Waldorf Astoria group are mere I newspaper myths. . Personally, I j play a lone hand ." Death of Aged Colored Woman. Aunt Linda Gaiilard. one of the '? oldest residents of Sumter. died j Tuesday last, aged S2 years. The funeral services were held at j Emmanuel Church Thursday, the interment being in the Sumter col ored cemetery. Aunt Linda was fan anti bellum servant in the1 fam ily of the late Col. John S. Richard son. The permanent highway com mission considered routine mat ters principally at the meeting held Thursday. A o\ legation of citi zens from the Wedgefield section appeared and urged that the hard ?surfaced road to YVedgeiieid he ? built at earliest practicable ?inte. The commission decided that the contracts for the Wedgefield. Os wego and Paxville road would be the next to be awarded, but no definite date for the award was fixed. "Masher fined for pinching guTs cheek." Probably one of those . boobs who must feel fresh paint to see if it is fresh. It becomes increasingly evident j that discussion as to who won tho war is purely academic. Offhand, we can't think of any ? more convincing argument against i war than Austria. Seizure of Liquor in American Ports New Order Effective Today Demands Vessels in Ameri- * can Ports to Remove or Surrender A3S Liquor Aboard Washington. Oct. 7.?Masters ?2 'shipping board vessels were-$od__y j ordered by Chairman Lasker, by di rection of the president and accord-* ; ing with Attorney General Daugh erty's liquor opinion, to remove or surrender to the treasury de partment officials, all intoxicating - j liquors aboard suc h ships. The or* : der became effective immediately i in respect to vessels now in Amer ican port:-. It is also effective to those at sea upon, their arrival at3 American ports. Eight Million Dollar Forest Fire j Loss of Life and Property irf Canada Terrific I Xorthbay, Ont., Oct. \.?The property loss in the forest fire I which swept many towns of North : ern Ontario will probably aggre jgate seven to eight million dollars. ; The loss of life is expected to j reach forty. The towns of North j Cobalt, Thornloe. Heaslip, Chart I ton and Unopark were destroyed Mine Outrage in Pennsylvania j __________ Mine at ConnellsviHe Blowi* Up With Dynamite j Union Town, Penh., Oct. 7.?The j mo-^t serious dynamiting in the ; ConnellsviHe coke strike region j within several months occurred ! when three heavy blasts closed the pit mouth of the Provant mine, de-* ist roved, the tipple and demolished. ! the fan house. Plans had been ! made to open the mine Monday I with nonunion labor. Another advantage the bachelor has is that he can use his,own judgment about changing to heav ier union suits. Too darned many of those who travel the straight and -narrow paths have minds just as narrow."1 Only Big Circus to Give Street Parade. la Mi &S6 W 'M h BS ??1 SHOWS |2_?-8E_l FUNNY CLOWNS! THSWORl?SGRi CONGRESS AND ARENIC D/SP?AY\ [100 Superlati ve Acts] 60Aerialists * 60 Biders 8 Bands 3 retoiOOOPgopkj Seats on Sale Circus Dav at, SIBERT'S DRUG STORE. Prices: * Adults 75c. Children 50c. War Tax Included. Same Prices as at Show Grounds. ? 5sSSSHB