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The Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday ?ud Satar d?y by Oxifen Publishing Company. Terms: $2.0? per annun*?in advance. Cue Square, first insertion .-11.00 firery subsequent insertion . . .SO ? Contracte for three months or longer wiU be made at reduced 'rates. ' ? A? co?imunicartone wbJcb *ub Serve private * interests will ae charged for as advertisements. Obitutfrtes and tribute* of re spect will be charged for. The , Sumter Watch n*an was founded in 1850 - and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman ?ar?d Southron how "has the com bined circulation ^thd in?uence * of both of the old papers, iaid is man - ^?tlj* the best advertising medium ?m Sumter. / ; FOR THE ILJLKtJflTMATE CHILD I-egisiationv to . provide a square ucal for the "legitimate chilld will be pushed when Congress convenes again, ^nder the proposed law the- obligation for the education j and sunnort of such children will j be placed upon both parents.. The j tendency-now prevailing: to throw j the burden upon the public and" fhe mother, and. let the father -go j free w?l. receive ? needed check', j . If the law goes through.,the gov- j ernment will stand back of the j mother arid" child to insure-that the father ackdo^ ledges and fulfiHs- his < responsibility for the-support and, education: oi the.. child -during its j years of'dependency. Failure toi pay mop?}- for that purpose in ; ?ums - fixed by the court will : be j considereda eriminal offense.-, and j punfehed a3 such. . ."?-.! ? This Is Activity in. thV right di- j recUon.. ft seis no premium upon j . illicit love. It- offers the innocent, < e?d -a^ehahce to" which he' is- en> titledv the fact that' it throws' : r^sp^nspailfty where'? it belongs ft' it ay. tend* to lessen' the number of - cast? ot? the sort< \ .\i- ?. IATdUI> T?ICES. I * ?C.? ' - ? . : .? . V* -\..fa'.fc", .?% -li*'. ?"iV *;:.;;'? ; "^o' ^ud-talking in-the -hails''*- is j the jedict-sent.out by the heads of ! a b^ .high school. A similar or-3 der- ".probably - has been issued "in j e^ery school in the countty^ WThatl a tesswfiit wou^.-^be If the .mover, j w*atr couldSe-1 btoadened^- to - v ?" ' -v-. -. ?. - ? ?'"-? ' courage low.-rpiiched voices among:: children ipo their ^neraf conversa- j tf ohin schob*and out. I^.;hs*neither necessary uor tf&afcj s&-ab*e'ffeat the shouts -.-of pfoy&g.j ehil^e^ should he repressed,*'?? on |he/. other -hand there is everys t-ysuf?zi why the child .should ,be! trained ' in voice - pitch , -and^-thVi 4>;e??ant modulation of his speech, j An agreeable speaking. voice, is *: oot only restful--to the ear- It Is ? also a distiect business and .social j asset - for-, the- speaker.. It is a fact j too of te**-overlooked m tire child's i early training. The shrill Ameri- j can >*mce is notorious. If the eft ort | to suppress young, voices in.schools haifcrw^re- elaborated just a little^ ] the'timbre of the natiohal voice | cou?? be-c6anged-in a generation. A BtTTTKR ? WORiJ) To a good many 'people who! have beep following the. progress \ ot psychic research in the last few ! years.. ot$& great reason for skepti- j ciaxa' Hi,the lack Of importance of j the.^ message : received.v Never; ! these people say, haa -anything! really useful ccrae from beyond the veil; never anything- vfcleh could rot ha\?evbeen ipfoduxed la vr by minds stilt functioning on this side. ; There are.- however, for aH who can;.readA^ comr?vnicatiexns at hand everywhere^ '^fforn a better world than "we.iire. accustomed to find around...u*.^. This rthe world whers .ei'erj- school is perlect, "just the, schooi-tar your child.*' where every book is the best and moat in t c re-s ting-' and m ost original of tb e year. It is the world where ro maB^.0oTJrishe^^*^?th of the I.in<" and for adventure 'The Wild leopard Has Broken Loose,'' wSere efficiency is- acquired in ^Fifteen Aliautes a XJay." where "A Big Raise in Salary is iEiasy to Get." where "We pay him ?10 j a week" af*d his-brother completed- a high fcboo! course in two years. It is the world where one b?nk com bines the wisdom of age with the vigor of youth and another has never lost, an Investment, where car* ate^ trusted the wide world over, where teeth you envy are brushed this new way, where all the floors are of wood eternal, ex cep "tthoise covered with the most beautiful and everlasting linoleums, where all the homes are of endur ing satisfaction and all -the hard ware vombin'*s the practcial and artistic:* H is the world where? when it eumes to furniture and drape lies and hams ?nd canned, pineapple words fail* us, tlmnarh they never seem to fail the adver tising:, .writers. What a gay. colorful entertain ing world that of the advertising pages has come to be! What a va cation it is to stroll through its domains! Here is a world of joy, of beauty, of lasting comfort. Whether one can afford to buy those lovely things is not the question. -The poorer one is, the more pleasant to know they are in existence some where. The psychic effects are restful, rather than enervating and disrupting as those of the seance room are apt to be. And there is always the chance that the glow ing- tales are not too good to be true. - \ - - ? ? : -- THE GREEK ?EVOIitTION. .Correspondents ? who were on the ground describe the Greek rev olution as one "which will go down in history as one of the most capably organized aud one of the swiftest militaryv upheavals . ever affecting the nations of the world." The leader of the movement jus- i tifies it tbusr - . "We were misgoverned at home, and because of that we met mili tary disaster abroad, so we- decided j to come-home and-remove both ihej ktrig and the government?to put I our house in order. -We renipved j the king because he was au teua-l oarrassment in our foreign rela- j iions and-so we asked him to make way for his son." " -v '?? - - j The objective of the -new gov- j ernment he says will be "Collabo-: ration with the Entente' countries, the immediate . reinforceipent of the. Thracian front, active pushing of. the war against the Turks if that should be- necessary; and the uni fication of all parties at home, so long divided by hates." ? So far. so good.- It is an elo quent indication as .to what kings and perhaps other types of rulers may expect from now/on if their policies are -not pleasing to their people: While this I tendency to revolution .is not without its sin ister-side, the fact that it hangs in the air may have a salutary effect on those "*?ho govern. ; ?s far the revolution itself, there is .'this for those who engi^ neered it and those who cheer from I the sidelines to consider'.' It makes j little difference, why or how a rev- \ olutton is started-r--the - thing is- to kejep'it un&er control" a?d" properly direeted- Jwihen^ once it has begun, j ?sy foe Revolution started with such ! ^^t>prdraise in Russia bears wit ness. ; I v - ? - '-, - '-I"'-1 ^ ' ' A "WELCOME FOR THE AUO j -r . Former Commissioner of ? Im mi- i gxatiOD Wallis is lifting . his voice for.; better, conditioas at .Ellis Island, where the immigrant gets "his first experience-of America.:-. He feels that' Americanization work should start at that point, "Yon can make an .anarchist over night at Ellis Island," says Mr. Wallis. ' This is not the first time it has been suggested. that the situation at Ellis Island needed improvement. It is a pity, the suggestion needs repetition. It would.be a very..dif ficult matter to make conditions ideal, but much could be done to Hotter them. The trouble arises not because of the indifference of those handling - the immigrants .when they come in. but because the subject as a whole never has. been provided for-on. the big scale which its needs demand." * v First impressions sink deep and often are lasting. After handpick ing a*d sifting immigrants at the' foreign ports, the next best step toward assimilation and Ameri canization undoubtedly would be a welcome at the gates" of America which predisposed .the alien to be lieve in and trust the new land to which- he has come. If he leaves the port of entry ugly and disil lusioned, it is bad for him and bad for the country, which must harbor him. In the. general reform of our j Immigrant policy this point should j not be' forgotten. - - - , , ii " + m ? i ' NOISY HOSPITALS A query noted in a medical cor respondence -column asks why. I when quiet is ho essential m most UlnetfS. so macv <>f the be?t hos pitals-are .>Jr.co<l in the noisiest possible locations It is a fair question. The original idea of the hos pital was to care for emergency and accident cases and to minister to the poor who could not be cared ! for at home. F?#r this reason the hospital was centrally placed wb>rc it was easily accessible from many directions and where it ; could seres the greatest number, j In the days of slow transporta tion, convenience for the attend i . ... \ Irtg doctors was a sprious problem-, I too. The idea of the hospital as a j health center and ?for the general j treatment'of the ills, "of the entire ! community has come quickly and ; many a great institution now ser ! ving a broad purpose is merely an ' expansion of an old plant whose ! location was determinied by old I conditions. I There always will be need in the big. cities for the centrally located hospitals for emergency, clinical ?and dispensary purposes, but they I should be supplemented by outly | ing branches in more favored lo j cations to which patients can be sent direct or as convalescents from the emergency center. As for the ever-fortunate small er town, its hospital location can easily combine all the- points of convenience, quiet and beautiful surroundings and yet further the widest service. That is one more point where-the small town scores. THE WAY HE SHOULB CO "Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he ? will not depart from it.*' This is j the advice of the old Biblical pro verb. It applies just as much to health habits as it does to the child's behavior along other lines. The New York health, depart ment has issued a bulletin giving simple instruction to children on the best way to avoid contracting 1 the contagious diseases common to chHdhood. Here are some of the rules: . , . ? ..." i "Keep away from children who are suffering from severe colds.' oomplain of sore throats and say i they don't feel well. Without being unkind, you need not play with them, or exchange candy or gum, j fruit or food of any kind. > "Do not borrow or lend pencils at any time; and never put your own pencil in your mouth. "Do not- visit with playmates j who are not well; they may be com- j ing down . with diphtheria, scarlet j fever or measles;-and as a rule the ! early stages are the most danger- j ous. i "D? not go into any. house where j there is a warning sign pasted on : the outside. The only safe wa^' j is not to expose yourself knowingly. ? Take no: chances." ? The child who-is trained -to fol low these rules will have a basis for avoiding contagions all of his life. He will elaborate the instruc tions as his knowledge increases, but the main thing is that he will have formed the habit of health preservation through sensible pre cautions in his childhood, and "when he is old he will not depart from it." His knowledge in turn will become a legacy to his chil- j dren and his children's children. ? j Chamber qf ^ Commerce Notes Secretary- Reardon Wants In-J formation as to Coal j Supply . E. I. Reardon,. secretary ofj S?mter Chamber of Commerce is' anxious to know at the earliest pos sible moment whether or not Sum- | ter has a la**ge enough supply of; coal cinders, to warrant the es- j tablishment here of a cinder-con.-! crete block plant. He is negotiat- ' ing with outside parties for such a plant. Those who have coal ein- | ders in and around Sumter will, kmdiy let Mr. Reardon" know if | interested in selling same, giving! the approximate amounts on hand., and about what the weekly j supply would be. The amount of; cinders available'wilt largely de-' termine the vucstion of the loca tion of this plant, which utilizes as j the main ingredient in its products j waste coal cinder;-?, j Any official or employee of ; Sumter's nine railway .lines who | (will interest himself in approximat ing the amount of coal cindevs i j available from railroad yards will; I be doing Sumter a service if fiel witt Just take the trouble to find! I tills out and notify Secretary! jReardon because- the railroads I j ought to be a splendid 'source of j I cinder supply. '. Thirty of the?c plants are said to be already in Operation or i-i process of construction over this country. I It is also claimed that some of (these plants bave made from lu [to ?6 per cent, on the investment as the cinder concrete block makes j a ready' market for itself, two j thousand or more buildings hav |ing already been erected from these blocks. It is claimed that the ! cinder-concrete block is damp j proof, sound proof, frost proof and fire proof. Nails can be driven into the blocks, and for this r*a json wood trim may be attached [with little'.expense. :0oth stucco jand plaster 'can be directly applied [to the cinder concrete block. I Negro Bandit ! Makes Big Haul Sixty-Eight Sleeping Car Passengers on Santa Fe Road Held Up Chicago; Oct. I2.-^Sixly-eigbt Chicago bound passengers in sleep hag cars were robber! by a negro bandit who boarded the Santa Fe.'s California Limited train out of Kansas City last night, according to official railroad reports r^ceiv STATUE OF r EDMUND BURK Presented to the City * of Washington _ Washington. <><-t. 10.?The ?f;itu^ of Edmund Burke, member of the British Parlament arid staunci. friend of the American Colonists; [was presented to the eityof Wash ington and to tlie nation today bv j.-*i<i Stt?CT^Ve*Tnstitute of England. It is or bronze in- heroic size, ; wcighmg ' 'J.oVO pounds.- vuid u< <* (reproduction of the statue erected in inemc'-v of the beloved Irish man, at Bristol. England. It de picts Burke in an Impassioned' at titude in the midst of a speech. The site, on Ma'ssachusetts ?a%-.._ nue between Eleventh and .Twelfth streets; is on a triangular park' in the midst of the residential section; "Overlooking several historic, points, ?and lacing toward the Carnegie Public Library. The Sulgrave Institute is a body composed of Americans. English men and Canadians, whose pur pose is the promotion of friendly relations among those countries. It is the owner of Sulgrave manor, whence it gains the" name, the birthplace of George Washington's father, and long the home of tha English branch of that family. The impressive dedication exer cises were attended by a group of prominent English members of the ?-ociety, who journeyed to this country to present to Americans memorials to three" Englishmen famous in the history of that coun try and the United States. The three statues were given to Ameri cans by the society and erected at their expense, only the sites being given. President Harding was ask ed to receive the burke- statue in behalf of the nation. The other two memorials consisted of busts of William Pitt. Earl of Chatham, during American Revolutionary Days, and of Viscount Brvce. lor'r Ambassador of Great Britain in Washington. The Pitt bust was presented by ibc -society to the city of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, named in honor eff the Englishman who stood high in the" hearts of the early settlers oi* this country for his untiring work in the British Parliament to ease the tax burdens of his colonists and to grant them stronger powers of local 'self government. Pittston. Massachusetts, also was named in his memory Viscount Bryi-'e. historian, eco nomist and statesman, as well- as diplomatist, was the author of ra number of volumes on economics and history, and an authority on j American history and government. ; His extensive work, The American I Commonwealth, is used as a text ibook. not only in universities all ! over the world, but by lawyers and j >tatesiiieu. Edmund Burke is remembered, , sometimes not so fowdly by ydung ? er students, for his several ad I dresses before the parliament; fa ; voring colonial government .for' the' j Americans, and lessened taxation ; with some representation in Par ! Iiament. that body which imposed j the taxes without- allowing the colonists to be represented in its [arguments. His "Speech on Con ! dilution with America." is still a ' masterpiece and a text for Ameri j can school study. | The Pitt bust was unveiled in I Pittsburgh on September 14: the j Brycc statue Will be unveiled with ' appropriate ceremony in the cap jityl building here;"tomorrow. , ?; ?? ? ? y m . -. " Reception For Mrs. Vanderbilt Got. Harvey Will Entertain i For State Fair Guest Columbia. Oct. 12.?Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt, of Biltmore, presi dent of the North Carolina state fair association, will bo the spe cial guest of the state of South Carolina for the State Fair which opens in Columbia on October 23. She ai?d her party will arrive the opening day. They will have apart ments at the Jefferson Hotel; While in Columbia Mrs. Vander bilt will be shown- many attentions, chief of which will be the dinner party at the Governor's Mansion on the evening of the 23rd. at which time several former govern orn and their wives will be special :guests of Governor and Mrs. Har vey, together with the new nomi nee to the office, lion. Thus. G. Mc Leod. of Bishopville. Ft. M. Coop er of Wisacky. president of the state fair association, and Mrs. Cooper, will also be guests. The Harveys have iuvited Form er Governor and Mrs. John C. Sheppord. of Edgcfield: Former Governor and Mrs. John Gary [Evans of Spartanburg: Former [Governor and Mrs. Martin K. An 'fcel of Greenville; Former Govern or and Mrs. D. C. Heyward, of Columbia: former Governor and .Mrs. R. I. Manning, of Columbia: and Former < Governor and Mrs. K. I A. Cooper, of Washington. D: C. [This will be the largest gathering ;of former occupants of the gov ernor's mansion that the slate lias lever seen. Mrs. Vanderbilt has accepted jthe invitation of Mrs.-Harvvy and facceptances are awaited from the rother former governors and then I ? - ? ["first ladies., . JAPANESE ' ? ?? TO WITHDRAW Kiao Chow to Be Restored to China December 2 Tsing Tao, Shantung. <>??:. lu.? (By the Associated PrcssK?--Japan hu* decided to restore the Icase i'old on iviao Chow to China De jcember _. ?>n thai date Japanese troops will withdraw. <-ivil and [.military authority in K.-ih? Cbow district will b< handed over to [China and th* Chinese flag will be hoisted for the first tim* since Germany acouir^rt the territory in S. C. CROP A : CONDITION Statement by Agricultural De partment Statistician Lowest on Record -'Sa'luda. Oct. 7.?According to re-[ ' pGrt ?T B. B. Hare. Agricultural j j statistician in South Carolina forj ; the Division of Crop and Live Stock! j Estimates. United States Depart- j ' ment of Agriculture, condition of cotton irVv the state on September | j 25 was 35 per cent of normal. !-against. 46 per sent oh August '25 J 'and GO per cent on July 25. The] ! condition on September 25 last! I .rear was 40 per cent, the ten-year j ! average on the corresponding date j being"'62 per cent. The indicated ; production is 020.000 bales against i 755,000 last year and 1,639,000 in j 1920':. Speaking of the report Mr. j . Hare says: . "The condition figure] j of 38 per cent is probably the low- i j est of record and is due more toj j the excessive rains in June, July land early August than boll weevil i infestation, although the weevil j j did considerable damage in many i J sections throughout the state." ' j : Condition for the entire United j {States on September 25 was 50; j per cent of normal, compared with j ! 57 per cent on August 25 this year. I and-'42.2 per cent on September! !25, last year, the ten-year average! i being 59.5 per cent. The present j j condition f orees.sts a production of j 110.l35.000' bales, the production last I 'year being 7,953:641 bales; tw?j 1 years ago 13.439.603: three years; ; ago-ill.420.763 and four years ago; 11'2.0:40.532 bales. ?' Condition in other states is as j IfollowV?: Virginia 63 per cent; I :North Carolina 59: Georgia; 37: j j TTorida, 5?; Alabama, 55: Missis-j sippt. 54: Louisiana. 53;. Texas. 52; [Arkansas. 57: Tennessee, 56; Mis isouri; 70; _Oklahoma, 42; Califor j nia ?JJU, and Arizona 80. DIAL W?NT& DEBTS PAID Will Vote Against Cancelling Those Owed by Allies kit -~? Lauren?. Oct. 9.?Commenting on ?j the reported proposals of Senators j I McKinley, Spencer and Harris up-^ Jon their return from Europe to; ! cancel allied debts to the United * States'. Senator N. B. Dial, who is: [spending the recess of congress at ; home here, stated that he was ut I terlv opposed to any such propo | sitio'm and that he will vote -against jaVbittof this kind if it comes to a: j vote of the senate. He docs not be- j j lieve it would help the economic j isitu?tion. The thing for the Euro- j jpcan countries to do is to cut ex- j j penscs and provide employment for j the peoples over there, work hard and pay their debts like all good citizens and countries. Continuing the senator observed that the Unit ed St at ef did not bring on the war; was not ?'in any way responsible for it.. and that when this country did go -trie with millions of men and! Billions of money and ship loads of | supplies, America rendered a ser vice unmatchable. and one that can i never be estimated in dollars and cents, and he is of the opinion that the loans should be repaid, just as any. other business transaction. .Vs. a result of the war, the sen- j ator. said, this country today, es- j pecially the south, is in bad shape economically. However, he is opti- j nristic, provided the people " are I provided with employment and are | vwilling to work, save and econo-1 \rnize? i ? '? ?*?? } Hagood*s News and Views. ] I Rembert, Oct. 10.?Was out at Ha good yesterday. Monday, and saw "Cousin" Bob Moody, "Cous in" Ike Sanders and his daddy, "Cousin" Russell Atkinson and do j we say Caesar Augustus or Augus- j tus Caesar.? For the life of me I I can, tell which is flocter. (And! what is that?) Everything around H^good pur- j suing the even tenor of its way, as j the man said when he tried to be j j very , flocter. Some folks there j j claim to be making expenses on the j i far mi-but I <juestion it. The presiding elder of this dis- j tricti^did some good, strong preach- ; ing at Bethesda Methodist church j in. a, meeting of days ' last week, j well received. Our doors, church \ and other stand wide open to him. j "Whit Lenoir and wife, of Cam-! den,-.and Mrs. Blakney Zemp, spent the week-end with their par- j jents,'-Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Lenoir. j Emma Jackson, who is at school | in your city was out to church | Friday night. Miss Courtnay Atkinson, having ' accented a school near Chera'.v, I has gone to teach the same. Haynsworth Sanders is at school i in Spartanburg. Mr. W. S. Thompson - barely keep^s up.,. I ?Miss Emma Allen of Columbia is j ! recuperating ;it her brother's.4 S j W. Allen. A number of malignant cases of ! malarial fever in the community. About all the hay has been gathered in excellent condition. The j crop this year was tremendous. j j At last* the rain has come and | ' plowing in small'grain and seeding1 (gardens can be done. j j ... "Hagood." ! A; writer 'says the test of sophis tication is ability to fix the radio I set'. An even more severe test is tb,e ability to fix the dry agent. - j The funny part is that people I who one*- declared Germany :nea ipable of telling the truth now be ? lieve her when she says she can't I oay. ! Among other things, these sug Igcstive books suggest that th^ au thors know their public. ! . ? i Ton ;.? tich oi'>nan's yearning for, higher things is merely :i yearning! tor higher-priced things. A bachelor is a m?h who never; hns; .been pursued by a determined ! widow. Selling Tob&cco ( ;, $ to Other Lands Considerable Quantity Goes Through Charleston to Foreign Ports Charleston, Oct. 10.?The past week witnessed the real beginning of the usual fall movement of Carolina tobacco through this port en route to European countries. Charles ton for several years has been the outlet for tobacco grown in the Pee Dee section of this State and in the lower part of North Caro lina, large quantities being ship ped from s the markets by rail to this port and thence by water to Europe. The shipments this fall, have been delayed somewhat on account of the new system which is being employed in the South Carolina markets for the first time this sea son?the cooperative plan of mar keting. Under this form of mar keting the selling season in the Pee Dee markets opened virtually one month later than it did dur ing the auction regime and. as a result, the markets arc still busy, while at this time last year all South Carolina markets had prac tically concluded their season. Good rates have directed a large proportion of the Carolina crop en route to Europe through this port, and substantial rail shipments are arriving almost daily from the in land markets and are being stored pending loading aboard steamers for shipment to England and Con tinental points. The first large shipment of the season was car ried by the steamship West Har ! shaw, of the Carolina line, which I sailed for England on Friday with j fifteen hundred hogshead of the ; the value of this shipment being placed at more than a million dol lars. The steamship Marmeric, also of the Carolina line, will sail during the current week and her cargo will also include a heavy consign |ment of tobacco. The Magmeric f will go to Bremen and Hamberg, j The next shipment vof the weed ! bound for England will move on j the Carolina, liner Tulsa. scheduled to sail for Liverpool'and Manches ter in the near" future. Indications are that this season's tobacco trade through this port > will be.unusually heavy. 3,000 BALES DELIVERED* SATURDAY j Cotton Marketing Association j Making a Fine Record ? Columbia. Oct. 11.?The South i Carolina Cotton Growers' Coopera I ttye Association paid advances i Monday on 2,704 bales of cotton 'delivered to the association Satur | day at its. various receiving .stations ? and warehouses over the state. This , was the largest delivery made in a single day 'since the association began to function, although there has been a steady increase in the deliveries sihce*he first day of the association's operations, according to officials of the organization. The 2.704 bales on which the association paid the initial adv-ance I Monday do not represent the total j delivery Saturday. Many of the j members have not yet sent in their I warehouse receipts and bills of lad [ing. Officials of the organization i expressed confidence last night I that .over 3,000 bales were deliver | ed Saturday. This is believed to ! be the largest delivery to any as sociation Saturday excepting pes ; sibiy Oklahoma and Texas. The . Oklahoma association had a deliv ery of 3.195 bales on Monday, Oc tober 2nd. I A telegram received by the bf jficials of the South Carolina as isociation from C. L. Stealoy, gener [al manager of the Oklahoma asso ciation, said: ! "What is believed to be the greatest volume of business ever 1 done by'a farmers' cooperative or I ganizatiou in a single day was I handled by the Oklahoma' Cotton 'Growers' Co-operative Association Monday when 3,195 bales of cotton j were delivered by members. Ad j vances to members Monday totall ed S1S1.45G.97. The association is ; receiving ; move cotton every day ! than on the corresponding day last !year." The Oklahoma association t f u nctioned last * year. . - ' . m>+ m ! COL. SANDERS > SEEKS RE-ELECTION ... Columbia. Oct. 12.?Hon. A. K. ! Sanders. superintendent- of the state penitentiary, announced to ! day that he would be a candidate i to succeed himself, at the elec tion to be held by the legislature next .January. . One or two others I have announced their intention ot [seeking the office, but friends oi ' Col. Sanders are confident 'of his re-election. He has made an ex cellent state official and lias done much for the development of the state prison and for the promotion of proper treatment of prisoners. I " Col. Sanders lefi yesterday af [ternoon for Detroit, where he will ;atiend the National Prison Con ;givss. in session the remainder of this week. A London doctor says our girls work too much. Our experience [is they work tou many. This winter's coal shortage re : minds us of the saying'* Many are 'cold but few are frozen." Grove's Chill Tonic Invigorates, Purifies and Enriches the Blood, soc j County Fajpr> Parade and Pageant I Committees Hold Meeting and Arrange Program I An enthusiastic and well attend ! cd meeting of the several commit tees in charge of the mammoth ? and spectacular pageant of pro gress parade in Suinter on Sumter i County School Day, November the 24th; li>22 of the Greater Sumter; County Fair, was held with direc-. tcrs of the Sumter County Fair Association yesterday at Sumter' ; Chamber of Commerce rooms, j First it was decided "to permit the f girls of the county to compete with j 'the boys in the athletic contests.of this great day. and Mr. J. J. j Whilden and Miss Caro Truiuck 1 were appointed a committee to see j that the change is made in the [ rules permitting female endurance j J and strength to give the young j j males a run for their money, j Next in importance was the ap j propriation of one hundred dollars ! for prizes for the best decorated [vehicles such as automobiles, i trucks, or horse draw;i vehicles 'entered in the commercial division ? for purely commercial or adver- j j Using purposes, and in another di i vision of an individual or private ] J capacity, not intended for commer- j j cial or advertising purposes, as tol I lows: ' ' j Commercial or Advertising Division | [First prize ._ .. ... $25.00 | iSecond, prize._. .s. 15.00j j Third prize'.. 10.00 ] Individual Or Private. ] (Not entered, for commercial or ! advertising purposes, decorated ? an-< tomobiles, trucks, or horse drawn), j First prize.- ..... .$25.00 ! ^Second prize.? 15.00 j jThird prize.10.00 ; j AH rural or town schools, out-j jside of Sumter city, having floats; I or .decorated automobiles or horse I {drawn vehicles will be permitted' ' to comoeto in the non-commercial ror ? hon-advertising division. Xoj [school in the city of Sumter will; j compete for any prize in this! j pageant of progress parade, but j ?Sumter's city schools will he in this j j parade to the limit, and St. Jo- ! Iseph's Academy is practically ani I assured feature of the Sumter city {division of schools. i j Another and special feature of I [ tlie contest division of this' parade! j will. be the awarding ? of a costly, i ! beautiful, and appropriately in-! jVcribed school banner to the rural ! ! or town school, outside of the city j jof Sumter. making the best ap-1 ipearahce under rules to be pre-j [scribed by a special committee 1 j composed of Dr. J. A. Mood, chah* Iman of the Sumter Board of EduVj .cation: Mr. H. D. Tihdal, president ! jof the Sumter County Trustees' As- j jsociatioh, and Dr. J. H. "- Hayns- j ? worth, county 'superintendent of j ? education.- Chairman S a m u'e 1; jO'Quinn. of the central executive ; ! committee, and Miss Hannah j Christiansen, chairman of com-; i mittee- on decorated -tioatv-and: oth- I jer decorated vehicles were appoint- j led to select all of the judges in the j I contests of the parade; each judge* j to: be totally disinterested in any] i vehicle or school competing.' j Messrs. P. M. Parrott." Robert L. i 'McLeod, and W. A/ Bryan were re {quested to serve as a finance com-; 'mittee to secure funds for the j prizes and the rural school: ban- : j ner. etc. President W. T. Brown] j ? Secretary J. Frank Williams, and! j Director J. J*. Whilden of the Fair Aesbciaiton guaranteed the support i !of the entire Sumter County Fair: 'Association directors and stock-! j holders. ! ' ' ? ?. " ... ' "". . . ' ! Chairman H. D. Tiiidaf. of the ! Sumter County School Trustees' ! Association was present and spoke' enthusiastically of the rural school j participation; he heartily endorsed; j the pageant of progress parade as, [a very beneficial and co-operative! ! proposition and promised to work: jup. the interest and participation! [of the rural teachers, school pa-': i trons, trustees arid children. Dr.. i,7. A. Mood, chairman of the Sum-j j ter City Board of Education was a very enthusiastic speaker of the j [meeting who' favors this pageant! jof progress parade, and said it was} }a foregone conclusion that ali of i Uhe Sumter city schools Will" be in j this parade in hearty accord. Mr; Patrick .T. Gallagher of the com nuttee on float* and decorated cars said ixe was quite sure that St. Joseph's Academy, of Sumler, will do as mu<*h as this time honor ed institution of teaming did in last year's pageant of progress parade, and that was something splendid'. An .ens; those who spoke approv ingly of ami guaranteed their sup port and hearty co-operation 'dur ing the meeting, were Messrs. O'Quinn. B. L. McLeod, ^Johw. Buck. P. M. P?rrott, W. A, Bryan. E. I. Reardou. Miss Hannah Chris tiansen. Mrs. E. J. Kerrick, Miss Caro Truluck, while others ijent. word to count on theni even though they; for various reasons couldn't attend the meeting. Misse Hannah Chrisitansen, chair man of the committee on floats and decorated cars for .the .pag^ cant of progress'parade' has a.'tdt of information regarding prepar ing of floats and decoration of cars that she will he glad to furnish free of cost, to those who desire assistance along these lines. Miss. Christiansen is at the Krysta! Opf tical Parlors on S. Main St. In Kcply to Mr. Rcardon's C<mt nieots. \ \" Editor of The Item: \ I read, naturally with' keen in tere:?t. the communication from. Mr. K. J. Reardon relative to pu pils remaining out of school,;* tyfc: account of: their financial inability to purchase books or suitable clothes. ? Our schools this year are t/b % usua lly crowded is to * make us ' think that, all pupils belonging' are now in .school. ? At present we know of no pupil who is out of . school for reasons cited ' in Mr. Reardbn's communication. Through different charitable organizations, : in eo-opv-r?tion with the city nurse, books and clothes have beefr furnished to those pupils who" needed'them and ih some instances the schools have provided books: No child in the city of Sumter will l*e kept out of school tor want of books or suitable clothing. . ' If anyone knows of a' single, case where . help is needed,. I shall es- . teem it a real kindness to be" In formed at once^ through' a persbnat call, a line through the mail, or ? telephone message. It is the d<V-. light of fcjum'ter's citizens to " help each o.tfefcr. I have gone to. som\ of the rtferchants for clothes for IR tle boys and, after'they "had cheer fully made a*T contribution, "they said,. .with . evident Sincerity: f'W? are -grateful; jt? yo?'Tf?r' .doming ' t? us. If a similar ,need should" ever arise, we sjha^l; esteem, it a priyi(ege.. to be given ah opportunity of con tributing^ ? ? ?? " ? ' " ?1 beg that "any citizen may 'in form me'. jlU onoe, of?any child's being out . of school? because he is financially unable to comev .. . . Cordially submitted, SL, H.. jEDMUOTS; .J ' ** Superintendent.. "Just ray luck.'*. waiJed "Coliiba^,. bus. "Here's a" chance to 'iuake.' *?" killing, and. hot' ? darned movie camera, on board." . LOST?Blue speckledT hound dog. fotfr years^'Old. . Hair off " top of end of tail. Dr. Burgess. FOR SALE?New iirte of* hate in velvet,' felt, Douvitine; novelty line just received. Also orna ments ~foi* dresses. '* Come if y?t; need anything in my line:' Mrs. C. W. McGrew, X. 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