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T&?? Watchman m?d Southron Published We<*r**sday and S&tur Ossein rttbtbdmig Cum(*ut?. :?umfeK'iS. G. Twrs: *2.<*0 |>er annum?in ?dv.we. ; Advertisements: One Square, first insertion. .^$*LQ0 EVery subsequent insertion .SD -Contmets for three months or IcibgeiL will be made at reduced r^tes:'*4 ??' t *Ali communications *wJuch ??b- ! sej^e . private interests wi? $*j charged for as advertisements. 1 Obituaries and tributes of re- ! epect will be charged for. - -j The- Sumter Watchman was j founded in IS&O and th? True ; Southron in 186B. The Watchman j and Southron now has the- -???'! bined circulation and influence ;qT j - both of the old papers, and is;man- j liest*ry the best advertising .medium i 5? Sumtcr'. ? justice i>?XAyKi> Jt is discouraging to learn that.! the Supreme Court of the United : States, beginning its fall term, faces a docket of 630 cases, which It can not possibly get through with inj less than. two years. This, means ] that any now ease must wait two j years or more for a hearing. ! It should be remembered, loo,, that lawsuits do not come directly j to the Supreme Court, .Host*, of! the eases arriring there have had. 4; lengthy history already. As a re- ; s"jlt of trials and retrials and ap-.j peals, it may .be four, or five years j from the inception of k lawsuit: to I ;i i final, dttermination by the Ittdgh.- : (sM cCUrt. . ; ,!Ji:si:ice delayed is justice de- : nied." The involuntary denial. of ?; juiiiee in this way is acknowledged : to be d-ue to two causes. -> :j ; First- there* is the ?act, attested,* by. termer Justice Clarke, that a! ?reat many of the cases carried to ! the Supreme Court have no busi* \ ness there, iuvolvinjr. as they do A merely routine questions that could j easily be decided by the . lower.! court*. ~. ?"Fighting a ease through-: to the Tijghcst court*' .te b^come .i; vice in American jurispr^ence. As. a result... the highest state, and fed--' erjil courts are so overburdene^. j v. Rh petty business that they, can--j . r?-->t do jusitee to the more import-i int. matters* AU of. the court's are' - clogged- j wkh ca-sea. but the highest courts j which should be most free. . are i cogged the worst. . And this .. etM ? seems to be due mainly t? thV4ax ify with which, retrial-and abpea^s ; a*e p-a?tcd, for slight cau?e or pet- ' rv technicalities. ih> the lower ^ixit*. .-I It wa? to seek a remedy for this' sowing down of. Americas judicial; rvacnifiery that Chief Justice Taft: recently went, to England, where] our fundamental Jiaw . <u3ginatcd*.j a^d" where court business, admit led* 1 ly is handled, with far more eipedi* j tfbft^Son>ething ought to come; fre^i&r. Taft's efforts. I ^ERIC.VX ovss FOR TUXIXS : It *&? something of- a shock for ' Americans to hear that the Turks: who burned Smyrna, massacreing; thousands of no^conibataht Christ tens ar.c\ driving others into the sea, i were cm tired largely in Athericaa ' uniforms and armed with Ameri-j can guns. An American observer: i - I vetches* for- that statement. Tt ap-? pears that^numcrou* Turkish regi*: meufs^w 7 facing the '.thin r^dl hae^Lof ?riUsh troops defending the < Da^aheiSesiare. carrying those same j doughboy guns. If;hostilities -break ; ow*r- British Tom mie& ?ill be killed j a ad*- =otbcr -jnoncombatants vtill be nr|(wacrcd with American bullets. 1 . TC^xthcr the American govern- ? m'^D^nor American muukion manu^ ? fac^?rers are to be blamed for thin.! .It3pCnoi;Anierican3 who. have, been] *wj$^ing Oie Turks with weapons1 and supplier. It Is the French^ to; w {jom the s United States govern - nient soid^its mllRary \ -equipment j after the-war. - j ^^ tfti&y use of the stuff, wa^ ever; contemprated or imagined in this! colfnTry. V was felt that in eel ling j surplus arms, ammunition and uni-j forms to France en easy terms, the ( U-aiU<wi..SUitts was not only solving a: practica I problem of its own but doing a favor to an ally and help'- j ing European civilisation .to assure its futirre defense againh aggres-; fion.^ France, for political reasons, ttf?sed that equipment over to ..the. T.i&'ks with the results note seen. It Js n ?t a pleasant story. ?; : S?.r 3ir IN PIC&LCS -Am-rican pickle manufacturer.?. are', looking sour. Th- pickle in dustry k? having the worst year in. if? "history. The average pickle cansumptivti fur TrS2 is only 10 jjjckles i>..?* pers'm. In normal The^^itre a good many reasons which ^mignt account for the situ ation. -Food chemistry and house-; j-Kold economic*; have come in for I a deal of .study lately, and in se | curing the. greatest amount of > nourishment for. the leasi expense. I the pJclile. however delicious, plays i bu* a-small part. People cat more [salads and green stuffs and fresh j fruits, too, and that -works, against j the more pungent relishes. r "Maybe, though there are no ! ?gurea tit hand to prove it. defla 1 lion has not reached the price of j pickles as it should to create a popular demand. -Maybe, too, the i. - : industrial . depression and the great striken which left so many ^feuckefes idle, on the shelf affected the pickle market just as they did oyery other industry, and with re turningr- prosperity the pickle will come inio its ewp ?nee- more. FOREIGN <?0-OPERATIOy ? "We believe." declared the.Amer ican Bankers' Association in eon \-ention at Xew Tork, "that the time has come^forthe government of our country to formulate the principles which it wjlt bo able to ?eo-'Pperate with other nations to bring about > the needed rehabilita tion of; European .countries and pea?e ;n th?: world.*' * I l?.ia; an TtmaM ^ihiEg to have this . defcoerate statement from such a bjCidy of i men. .11 is given as the almost un^imous.<jj^onrp? Amfcr frcan- baplters. . ?ad bankers are usnally regarded as speaking, more ?"pliy. then any ether! class of bus Ices* :*neh ea? d<5, for the nation*^ tn?httss interests. ; There, are many intimations that ; tfci* Jjentiment represents the dorn K?ant> isofitimcnt of-, the American i public today. There are also sug t-e^-ions that it represents the opin ion of. the governrnehlL ""There is recognition on .ail- sidefe of the re lation that foreign conditions biar to our iiwn prosperity and welfare j;,''.-.t'"< " . * ??.," .' ? ?'? ? ' . ".- . ' ? - - ' ahd it srpwfag disposition to play as large -a- 'part.; ?s can properly, be '? pl^yeid,. in iftier national aftairs. This purj?ose ;is" primarily pr?c ! tiea*. h>tepd?d $?r ihe;pi?tection of [ Ajmwciin '^iercstis. : But it is also ; i?fiiilstic/.4)ccapsfe Anp?rica. can not participate in in^rnationa^ cdunci j wfthotut '-using her. in?^?ce & for measures, bene6c!ai to the rest -of j the worldv .- . . j .?'? pastels. who wo uid Kk.e to go to an o^?tsidrira! mpyie has given [ ft i$p, because . they are tmabte to tbe<sb o-w.*r-'the music when | ihey ' r&*>i 06$ people % who | talk:,, the people who ^pownjand the t child who.. a?ks . <jacstiop$ erery [other.numiti* I^'tre.hecpme-feoo ob-, struciive.. They take the centor-of \ fche?, ?tage, .so to speak, and reduce music,-and movie to-a more back ground. , . . . . i 3hen there are the people who j lore motor-eamping or jcvoods pic nics, . who have-;found every -pleas ? "' i ; aht stopping pteee along the roads. i Uttered with. tin cans, and papers! and debris o? ail kinda They used to clean ttp-> after the sloppy i pk- ! pickers, betot e getting ?tit their own ! luncheon, but nowadays -there, are j so hiany sloippy pieaickers that it i baa become too discouraging. j A . great many automobile acci- j dents,.are dtie fo.the same lack of manners. ,t The attitude of caring! for nobody's comfort, but their. owp which is disgusting, in the the- ; atre and on the picnic grounds be- ] I comes, with - the power,, of \ a gas j engine 'in its control, not only dis ?rjstj!ig;b;ut dangerous. . ? What f#ie Hung it would be. if. I he ill-mann ?ed oaics would begi-n j ? to .take thought for other.* and | jthus be enabled to realize that in ; serving the - comfort \ of ;^ their j 1 neighbor* * they were at t he same j time rnim^t^rittg to^heir own. I MORE >^k-OtlE AMERICANS j .Th-e Deparlment, . of -Coinnxcroe j I figures showihg a lower death rate :ajftd higher birth'rate. for. last year j .are interesting'for their,bearing on , ; the population -problem. With aj j birth, rate m/jr? ;han t^ice as high : as . the- .,dea? h. ra; e. obviously there ; need-be no fear of racial extinction I jfpr some time ye*t. even if we cea.se :altogether to depend -on immigra | tion for..nusaeAcal increase. I Already our mcrease. from for eign sources has becora'r negligible, (prescrjt the net .gain of immi grants over emigrants is said to i be not more than lOU.OOO a year. The :e*c?S3 of births over ft-aths last .rear in the registration area ?cOnlainin^ a little o*.cr TtbOOO.U?u ; peoblt was. S7G.0?0. From these ffigures .il. may be asEitmcd that the net increase, of resiJent popula tion Was around 1.300,^0^. j Tb us frpm 'this. source aione.? t h e f birth jof children on American soil ?if is evident that the population !s gaining" rapidly enough to insure Steady ' national expansion and in creasing- strength. And the nature [of this gain should not be over l looked. It means 13 now native !'"???"*n Americans to every alien ad mitted* i? the present immigrant' restriction continues?and from ; ; present Indications, that restriction ' is likely to be tightened rather than } ? j i loosened. I Keep this up for i?0 years, and ! j.we shall have a larger proportion j of native Amcrcians in this coun-' try than we have had for 200 years. A foreign-born citizen will beeome ! ;a curiosity, t ??? ??< *sm m -? j RUSSIA'S RYE I" ' ' ? ; ? ? '_'- ' . J Russia isn't quite sure yet,, but! V. - j j she has begun to have a sort of! j hope that when the harvest is alU j in she may have an excess of ryevj i'and be able to export several mil i [lion bushels. This does not sound; j much like the 4^1d days, when Rus-: fsia was counted on by the world as! lone of the chief exporters of f obd j ^grains. But it docs mark a very j great advance over the last few'! years. - It means that Russia is on 1 the mend. . .'. ,.| There will still be .need of thei ! services of the American Relief ; Administration, this winter, for the | j country as a whole is not yet able | j to. produce all it needs. But if the j ; increased productivity continues, [ ? another year or two. will see the end ; iof Russia's dependence. ?i-i. J ! No thanks arc due ' the Soviet! j government for this increase.; ! Thanks, are due only to the com-i i mon sense of the Russian peasant j } and the beneficence of nature. J. . The peasant, who.refuses, to grow/' j crops one year, out ot a feeling that i-boyeott may'improve things, I by a second year is forced to real-.. |iae.that food must come out of thej ! brown earth, government or no i government revolution or no rev (clution ; . j The Soviet government itself has! begun to learn some of the cle* i mental truths? of production and I ; existence, hence its . many . depart; ' ures- from its original political and economic" program. Political con victions come to seem of little im-i jport?nce when brought right up iagainst the eternal necessities of seedtime and harvest. t MORE FREXZIEI* FINANCE ? , . ' .... .? ...... . ?:'.) ? ? ' i ! To Cassie phadwick and Mr-., ;i*onzi; as exemplars of frenzied ?- j nance, mey now be added -George 1 'krause and his wife. Susau! i ? [Krause, of Fomeroy, .O... ? .. Krause is-a coal miner. Appar ently he lived for more than GO j years without any financial adven-j j tures .mare pretentious . than draw- j 'log and spending-his-^week's wages.; ? The?, it is charged,- he and his j j wife started borrowing money from \ j their friends and church associates ?on the promise of big returns. j j In connection with an embezzle- j I ment suit now pending, this old j ! couple i are - declared to have bor ! rowed altogether $2t?0,?00 to SSff?.- | food in the last two years, in sums; I running from a couple.of hundred ? [dollars up to $2 00.000. ^ They are j SveiT reticent about their mode of j procedure, but the woman is said j : ify have represented that the funds j I were invested by a brother in ? Indianapolis. Strict secrecy was ? ciijoibed in every case, and every: I tnvestor believed that he was the oniy oue favored with the oppor tunity. .Thus desitc for big profit is said to have impoverished ivi?ov.s and ? orphans, wage-earners and modest | capitalists; in the old fat >{?iliar tviy. It the .old story of! tredulous people imagining that money can be made in unusual. amounts, by s?oire miraculous pro cess, and lakiug -M blind chance in-j Stead of putting their savings into ; investments which are neither se- | eret nor spectacular, and pay only j j a modest return but pay it regular- . ;!>.. without endangering the princi- ] ^pal. nvxyj^;o away i Wild and rugg^dK j?l!ent and so-i- i .fury, for two year.-; the.ft.rests of ; :7vuaI t'ounty. YVi*.. have given shel ter to .W'iliain Powers, former, j , first violinist in ?he Kosten Syrn- ; ? phony orchestra. j Powers' went to,Rusk county two j years apto and obtained employ^ 1 ment as a bookkeeper for a loin-! hcr:.comnany. His wases. were less; than those paid to a lumberjack. Why b**.staved nobody knew and ; nooeoy ;:slied. On rare occasiens. tt .s raid* he played a viloin owned by ene-of the woodsmen. The in .?Ilyftmen'. was one of the cheapest ef cens:\;ju. biit-it? music never fa?led f'- draw and hold, .an audi-1 t N?'-w- be. returning \<j civili- I tation and his o\vn violin. His actions imit? speeulation. | What was he running away from, j and what did be seek to find?j Psychologists tell us that repulsion.: and revulsion are two. predomina- j ring instincts. The unpleasaqt things* we cannot thrust away from us we] unconsciously try: . to run ?way \ tvuin. The -causes of this form 'of ? fear are not at all uniform with: all people. An object or condition ; may be tolerated or even enjoyed ! by some persons, which would j cause utmost discomfort and annoy a nee to others. The blessings and J cruelties of nature are inconipre-1 hcnsible. - P.robably. however, the motive of j Powers was simple- enough. He! wanted rest-from noise and excite- | ment. wanted air and space and the j smell, of; the woods and the building j up they give to tired .nerves. He j got his rest and strength and goes j back to his real work again. The j really strange thing is that action j in accordance with the dictates of j common sense should be so'rare as: to seem mysterious. ST?fc?S AC3?SE tO CLOSE An agreement to suspend busi ness for one hour during revival services. City of Sumter. Com-! mencing October IStb, 1922 and | ending October 27th, Saturday ex* j eluded. Realizing that all of our strength : and every blessing comes from j God, and that it is a privilege to' honor and-worship him. and inas-j much as there is a simultaneous^ revival service being carried on In seven of the churches in our city at this time, the hour of service being from ten to eleven o'clock, the mornings, and the evening ser vk-e from" seven forty-five to nine. j which revival service will continue ; up to and including October 29th.' and whereas the Ministerial Union j of'our city has asked that business j be suspended for the morning; hour, i. e.; from ten to eleven each; day during this service, not In-j eluding Saturday, we the under- ] signed do gl?dly hereby promise ! and obligate to close our places! of business to conform' with the! reouest of the Ministerial' Union: j Mein wail *r Zeagler Fur. Co. I E. L. Floyd, - j Mitchell's Drug Store. , j vv*. K Burns & Sons, j Bultinan Shoe Co.. Lucius DeGrand, . - . j W. M. Folsom Co.. ' j Duekcr & Bultman (if ail gro ? j eery stores close). Mose? Green (ff all grocery- stores j 'close4); : . - ?? - i The Sumter Dry Goods Co., j The Sumter Nothing Co., (if otb ers close). Cash; Dry Goods CO. ?" ' j: Hcarbn's i^armaoy. ??? >ire j Shaw & McCollum M. Co., \ DeLorhie's Pharmacy, ?. ?. | {?; L. Krashoff, . ! Rrystai Optical Co., optional, j Singer Office, optional Oxo Gas Co. *H. A. Hoyt . j The ILadies'- Shop; v The Uemmon "Dry Goods Co.. Mrs. H. A*. Boykin. Riley & Co, ? . . . ! , Ralph HiH, .j Booth-Hoy ie Co. 'f' ; W. B. Boyle Co., effir.? and hard-! ware. ' ?r. M. Phifier. Jim Richardson, \ \3. W. Vogel. - v ) R: D. Weatherford, W. L. Ue^icr, George S. Nofal. DuRant Hardware Co., J. B. -Folsom. Sumter Railway. & Mill Sup. Co.) B. D. Montague, : B. C. Wallace. Bryan's,' Inc. j The O'Donneil Dry Goods-Co. Joseph M: Chandler. Stubbs- Bros. , Geo., B. Hurst <fc Sons, Carolina Products Co. Cuttiuo & Cain Auto Wrecking! co. ; : ? f Geo. F. Epperson & Sons. J. M: Fr?ser. Brown's Seed Store, M. B. Randle. Ti. B. Belsen. W. II. Shelly & Son. Schwartz Eros. 1 ?evi Bros- ' H. Gl Mctropur. People's Grocery Co., The Cherry Co. D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. h: ? Alpert. * * Goldberg*. v G. C. Cooper. O'Donnell &' Co. Eeyy &. Moses, McCoIlum' Bro3. The Sumter Drug Co. ? H. Siegel, V. Gazes. *"e.n Slovis. . W. H. Strickland. - Efird's Department Store. ' M. Aver buck. liudnalt ?& Thgipen. ! The Misses Wilkes. j Henry P.- Moses Co.. ? McCallum Realty Co. Harper's Grocery. J;. C. Brown. '' Gamecock Cash and Carry, Kin* & Bradford. ? , Sumter Package Co., Lynam Electric Co. Southern Baking Co. NMhcld & Cato. - Central Insurance Agency. ; H. S. Smith. Jennings Furniture Co. City Drug Store. L. C; Griggs. Auderson & Co. Jennings Motor Co . H. C: Bland Motor Co. Sumter Bulck Co., Anchor Motor Co. Williams Motor Co.. U. I.. Tisdalc, War by & Co. Inc.. Suann's Cash Grocery. Rex Theatre. We cordially invite our friends n the country to come in and wor hip with us. X 1 n . I SPEED RECORD IN AIRPLANE Gen! Mitchell Flies at; Average of T w oj Hundred Twenty-1 four Miles Mt. Clemens; Mich.. Oct. 18.? j Brig. Gen:. "William. Mitchell, as-j sistant chief of the United "States' army air service,", today set a new j official. 'world's speed- record when } he.flow over one kilometer coarse at -?Seifridge fiel dat an average speed of 224.05 miles an hour in; four heat:?. The test was timed by! re present a it ves of the federation, aerooue internationale, this making ] the record official. General Mitchell drove the army, Curtiss plane which last week won j the Pulitzer speed trophy and ;n j which Lieut. R. J. Maughan lat^i-j drove unofficially at a speed of; 248.5 miles an 'hour! While Lieu-? tenant Maughan's speed at that' time , was faster than that of lo> : day and was' under United States j army regulations, .no reprewenta- j lives of the Federation Aeronau-1 tque internationale were present. I a fact that prevented his mark I standing as- an official (world's? speed record. The former world's record, rcco'g- ! nized by the federation, was made t in France last year by Sadi Lej Cointe. who piloted his machine at! an average of 205 miles an hour/ Gcnerla Mitchell in the tests to- | day flew twice With and twice against the wind. ? On the two tests with the wind he averaged j 243.94 and 241.83 miles an hour! respectively. Against the wind his; average was 204.29 and 20G.15! miles ah hour. Commenting on his great speed, j General Mitchell said it might now! be considered "an ordinary feat"; for an aviator in one of the mod-' ern high power planes to attain a rate-far in excess of 200 miles an j hour. Only mechanical develop- i ment with increased*"protect*on for | pilots* was necessary ? he believed ; to register even faster flights than; have been made. general Mitchell's leather hel-l me?.-'..was split by the wind during: hi^/rush through the air. This! showed, he said, that the aviators j headgear must be re-designed be-j fore the high speed could be main- j ;taihed with safety.. An inelosed j cockpit might also aid in solving ; the- problem, he* said. The force of the wind at the: speed attained . today. General' Mitchell !added. probably would be I great enough to break a pilots; arm Ayere he; to thrust out his! hand' during ?ueh a' flight. /-To set. the new official^ record. General; Mitchell drove an army Curtiss bi- : plane mounting a 400 horse power. CUrtiss engine. Secretary of Commerce Hoover i witnessed the flight and congratu-j lated army and navy and" civilian j engineers on their great strides in [ aeronautical' development. Belter Walkers. -Yankee Y^tor?^Tes. srree. in J Amurrica our hotels have elevators \ td carry us straight up to our bed- ! roome." Sandy?"Rut you'll no Peed-these | contraptions noo, wi' problbeetion." , ?The Passing Show fLondon). Worsb. ! One traveling man to another in j Thompson's restaurant: "What':* the matter. Bill? Von j are only eating crackers aii2 :niik.< Are you on a diet?". "No, on commission."?Tlu> Har- ! risonion. ? n .... I?. , ? , The chap who wrote the music i for our national anthem appears. to have sounded = a higher note of} patriotism: \ " Things are getting brighter. Even j the leaves are turning. ! - * ?? ?fc- - Some towns are lucky. Two St. Louis insurance men are missing, i It is perfectly proper to act fool ish if you do it wisely. ? ? ? "Bar Rum On Ships'*?headline. [ They have always had bar rum. j The two principle causes of di \orce are men and women. ? Any man can prove he has good j sense by saying that you have. Only reliable thing about some ; people is their unreliability. Will- Allen White says use j "damn" in place oT "very." Very flne in some cases, but we'll be very ; if it always'goes. ' - i The world isn't really getting belter. It just seems that way be- j cause we don't see so many efll- I ciency experts. Tiie horse that loses the most races is the charlcy-horse. Every once. in a while you see; something original in a comic week- j iy that hasn't been printed in the j newspapers weeks before. It's a poorly adjusted system that saves scratchy underwear for a season when there are no mos quito bites to scratch. The most vindictive man in the t\orhi is the on*' why hopes the! growing masculinity of women will j eventually grow whiskers on 'em. , You" judge a politician by his j record in office, but you judge a private citizen by ihe records in ; Iiis phonograph cabinet. } IfflLL SC??OL V CONDITIONS State Supervisor Shealy Sub mits Annual Report Columbia, Oot. IC.?Tbo year's work among mill schools of South Carolina has been encouraging and considerable progress has been made, according to the report of W. A. Shealy. state supervisor of hull schools, made today to state superintendent of public instruc tion Swearingen. He recommend ed however that ten school be abandoned and declared that the "idea of supporting a separate school for -mill children was wrong in principle as well as practice'' and that it "'often results in a poor school:' ? Declaring that the contention that mill children will not attend the regular district, school is ijl founded. the supervisor said th;/: eight mills in: Anderson: five in Charleston:' seven in Gaffney. tn<? in Bfacksburg. one in Chester, two at Hartsvitle; two at Green rille: one at Simpsonville;" one at (freer, one in Lexington. Batcsburg, Ma rion. McColl and Westminster, two in Orangeburg: three in liberty; three in Columbia; five in Sp^-tan burg: three in York and one each in Rock Hill, Landrum, Inma.n, Well ford. "Cow pens, Clover and Fort Mill do not have mill schools. He r.econimonded abandonmen' of the following schools, the chil dren to attend central schools; Honca Path. Williamston,. Darling ton. Edgefield, Greer. Ninety-Six, Walhalla, Jonesville, Chesuee and Woodruff. Thirty other mill schools operate schools at the mill which are a part of and under supervision of the town .schools, be said. High school buildings are being constructed in Abbeville, Anderson. Beiton, Bamberg. Charleston, Gaff ney, Great Falls, Winnsboro, Green ville, Greer, Camden, Kershuw, Lancaster, Walhalla, Orangeburg. Easley, Columbia, Spartanburg, Landrtim, Inmah. Cowpens, Union; Clover. Rock Hill and York ho said, while modern buildings are badly needed at VaudusO. Warreri vilie. Autun. Ware Shoals, Seneca. Cateeehec. Fingerville, Tucapau and Buffalo. ? Speaking of the Charleston schools the supervisor said: . "Four years ago there were four teachers with less than 200 chil dren in school in the North Char leston section. Today there are over tJOO enrolled under fifteen teachers, occupying two splendid, new modern brick buildings which cost $75,00$ each. Seven acres of beautiful grounds are owned by each school. These two schools are the Chicora and North Charles ton and serve the following com munities: Navy. Yard North Char leston, General Asbestos and Rub ber Company, Port Terminal and the rural section, beyond. I do not fchow of any section that has de veloped so rapidly and the school; development has kept7 pace .under the wise leadership of county su perintendent. H. H. MeCarley. lie is- now planning to establish a high school to care for the chil dren, from these schools." At Winnsboro the school board has appropriated $25.000 for a school and the mill company' has contributed $8,000 and four acre? of land. . - Under the heading "Greenville situation" he says: "Remarkable progress has been made to clear up the congestion around the city of Greenville since my last report. Three brick build ings have been completed, each containing six standard classrooms and an auditorium: viz: City View, Park Place and Sans Soucl. City View and Park Place schools were organized during the year and Sans Souci will open in September. Wltile all three buildings are too small, these schools will an'swt-.'* a very pressing need, and will great ly relieve the overcrowding in the following schools: Woodside, Mon aghan. Poe, Samson aud Blcach ery. "The Brandon building is too small and out of date. Woodside ueeds four more rooms. The over crowding at Mills-Duncan is acute. The jjhse of the building should be doubled. Conditions at Judson are ideal. Monaghan is perhaps Com ing nearer to meeting the needs of her pupils than any school in the state. "Instruction is given in ail these schools through the -seventh grade. Stich large, numbers from these communities entered the Greenville high school under the state law that the city board has decided that the burden is too great, that $3 a month per pupil paid by the state, is not ample; so Greenville will charge all outride pupils tuition the ensuing year. "This action has caused a move ment to establish a high school In the center of the area attected. The plan is to consolidate districts SA. SB. SC. SU and SE into one dis trict: to levy a special tax of 17 or PS jirillH and bonds sufficient to: provide buildings to meet the reeds of the 5.000 children now in these Schools: to establish a Central high school to be organized along mod; ern lines. "This new district will emb'-ye the following schools in addition to the new high school: Mills-Dun can. JUdson. Brandon. Woodside. City View. West Greenville. Mona ghan. Poe. Samson. Bleachcvy. Park Place, and San? Souci. The proposed area has an assessed val uation of over SS.00U.000. With the exception of Charleston. Co lumbia. Greenville and Spartan burg, it will be the richest se'iool district in the sta;*-. The prop erty valuation will be higher than any one of the twenty-eight poor er counties of the state. Thirty one counties have fewer white chil dren than this section now enrolled. It will have more v.*bite children in school than any school district in the state. "This new district will embrace nine ?<r' the largest cotton mill.-; in ; the state, several smaller ones a I number of other enterprises, five j large Greenville suburbs, and a j large rural section, kdded to these 'are exceptional railroad, interur j ban, street car and highway facili ?' tics, which will contribute to the i enrollment of the iicv high school. ! The enrollment should reach 1? j OOrt within three years. This is the I biggest sin?le school proposition ha j the state today." J "As at Winnsboro," says the re j port on Camden, "the 'Camden i board provided a very satisfaetory I school building for the mills a j year earlier than the one in town j was erected. This school is built i halfway between Hermitage and 'Wateree and serves both mil's ! through .the fourth grade, after : which the children go to the Cen S tral school in town. The school is supported and controlled by the district board." j At Lan<'ai?t?*r a bond issue of ' S160,0'.io is providing- new nuild | ings for which * tO.yoO irfii- be <?* ! peuded on the mill school. The jMoHohan school in Newberry is j part of the city system and cost $30.000. At Easley the town board has taken over the three mill schools and a $50,000 bond is sue voted to erect additional build-' ings. Under the heading {'Spartanburg; j county" the* report says: ? , " ? "The mill schools of Sparta'nburg i county are easily holding their own j ; with the rest "of the state. During', j the year Pacolet mill school w*mt' I into a splendid new building, which ?cost $125.000 and is one of the best j ? equipped schools in the state. v "Clifton Mills occupied a n??w $75,000 building, gathering in attj of the 500 children from the three ( mills in one splendid school. These; i children had heretofore been taught , ! in five miserable nooks and corners.! flu addition to the school house, [the teacher's home- and a bunga low for the principal were ?'built, f j The ,<ite is large and ideal. A high . t school will be developed here ] ? within a few years. Both these1' [splendid plants were the gifts of [the mill's. ? "The big new high school i:. ? jSpartanburg will be enjoyed b'yi ; scores of miH children from a doz- ! i en big milks in and around the ; I city." - ? " j 'Tve got you at last,-' he cried, r i"move if you dare, move! It's! j taken me many years, but at last j ! I've got you where I want you!' "Now I dare you to move!" I '^'ep, you're right," implied his f I friend, "it's the first game ofj 1 checkers you ever did win f roni1 j me."?Treat 'Em Square. j . "You can notice the days getting j longer already," said the suburban j j philosopher. i "Right you are," said his neigh-j jhor. "Another -month, and we'll, j be able to stand out at night and | j wait- for a car by daylight."?To- j jronto Telegram. i:' What is sadder than a poor imi jtation of being happy? You can't get on your foot again; ?by sitting around. J ?- ? About the only difference be-! tween the girl of 1900 and the girl! j of 1022 Is 22 years. * , COTTON BIARKET ??? ? j NEW YORK QOTTO? - ' ?. ? Opes High L*w Close Close ' IJsuV" .. - .22.9? 23.10 22:70 22^87- 22.9ft, March _ - 23.00 23.2 J 22.8* 22.9? 23.07 May L - . 23.00 23J/ 22.75 22.9* 22.95} i July _ - -22.72 22JJ9 22.50 22.62 22.75; ?Ort_.22.72 22.90 22.00 22.78 22.78 Dee - .. .23.05 23.30 2251 23.65 23.09? Spots unekanged, 23.05. I g*l?a?* von on :< Yestriys Open High luvt Close <-I??3* [Jan- 22.40 22 66 22.27 22.4T 22.43 ?Marc* .- -22,48 221T* 22.32 223? 22.55 May _ _ ..22.45 22.66 2231 22.50 22.52 July .. - . 22.52 22.53 22.14 22.24 22.31 > !0?t. - ... 22.35 22.60 22.2J 22.00 22.42 j j Deo.. . .. . 22.33 22.66 22.25 22.47 22.45 i Spots unchanged. 22.30. ! LIVERPOOL COTTON ! January . . . 1259 | > Marek ........... 12.851 {May.. 12.73 [ hiiy ,.. -.-. ??.58ij October .c .... ... .^ .13.32 I I0ee*ntker _. 13.67 I ..Receipts., pony: -Saks.. JlS.OOOj Middling,\ '13:76:'Good Middling, "f 3.931" 1 SAVED FROM DEATH CHAIR Negro Prisoner Under Death. Sentence Left in Prison Four Years by Official Neglect Columbia. Oct. IT.1?-Governor Harvey will grant a commutation ? of sentence to the . "lost'' prisoner in-the penitentiary, David Brajj num, of Orangeburg county. Bran---' num has been in'the state? prison" m for four years, under sentence of. " death, for an alleged attempted rape. Members of the. jury have, petitioned -the governor to grami - clemency to the .negro, and the - governor states that he finds noth^ ing in the testimony to indicate that the negro is guilty of the of fense alleged. - The negro has spent four years in the pen. under sentence of death, years that must have been, the gov- . ernor says, worse than arry-ordinary years, where there is no such: in>v pending doom. Governor* Hajvev - takes the position that the negro" V mus tcither l>c electrocuted, as the court stipuUV*d. or e'se bis sentence must be chine I. Jt. be Is not. guilty, he sh > lid net d.\-i, thf/exe- - utivc hold*, a.itl th-* g??verror is convinced thu he is not g^ilrj of attempted rape. The governor- -may let fc'ra. out or he may change the sentence to six years, four of which have al ready been served. \" . Brar.num w.as prosecuted hy Ed; - C Manm then solicitor, and w*.& ?. represented by A. J. Hydrick, n<y.i.. solicitor. Mr! Mann, became Gohv* pressman and Mr. Hydrick l??trce solicitor, aud the appeal wss nfevfr'-.-; rkerfect^d. nor was the defer.daer ? ever taken back to ;the county \o be re-sentenced. He has; been "lost" in the penitentiary , ever since. The speed lim jt in Sumter is K fifteen miles and the majority of car drivers act ?s if this was' theV' minimum, rate permitted. Thert^ is entirely too much fast drfrinfi; in Sumter for the safety 'of cae ^ public. A politician on a speaking^ tour * makes many speaking detours: -*' * " - ? -Women smoking is a " great boom to the match business. In Russian, a ''look-in*' meahi^ a way out. -.,., ? - An actress is known by the busr* bands she divorces. * In Russia, retail trading is don&" wkh wholesale money. '-v FRANKLIN"?Touring car in -first-:. . class condition, cheap for cashT_ K?r particulars" Phone 16. . ? FOR SALE?One six " ' fc^ s%o^: case. Retails at $21.fl& "'W^j^; sell for $J_2.0u. In -good crdeifv B. Y. Gailiard. DaTzefi, ?: cV , FO R S?LE7-N ? w line of hate rx. velvet, felt: dui-etyn; vnovclty line'just received. Also' orirte/. meats for dresses. Come if you need anything in my line. -Mrs? C. W. McGrew, N. Magnolia a nd Myrtle Sts. - - - f PAZO (SNTMSKT instantly R&- ? r Beves ITCHING Ptt?ES ?nd yon , can get restful sleep after the first application. All druggists are authorizsd & icfand money if P?20 & MENT fails to Cure any case of ITCHING, BLIND, BLEEDING or PRGTRUD?fG PILES.- Cor? ordinary cases in 5 days; Uac T wofst cases in 14 days. ^$9c^ t^o? mDMTIQNS WORf^ OF YOtjR CONSIDERATION Our large Capital Stock and Surplus indicate our Ability. Large Loans and Discounts?our Liberality. Large Deposits?the Peoples' Satisfaction with our Service and Confidence in our Protection. We offer you our Service and Protection and want yoor . Account. ? .?- ? >-.:. ' v v ?< S-W ? /- ... The National Bank of South Carolina The Bank With the Chime Clock. _ - C. G. Rowland, Pres. Eadc Rowland, Cashier j TEN YEARS HENCE WILL YOU EE PROSPERING in BUSINESS or LOOKING FOR A JOB ? IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE STARTED TO SAVE. First National Bank of Sumter " ? ? ?? ".t>i