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TOWN ?ND C . > ---- ..-:> >>-??* Recorder^ Court ; Bfistrial in Gase: Against Jerry White For Reckless Driving - The case against Jerry White, eoiorod. charged with reckless c"" driying. as the result of which there-was a collision between the * Ford he was driving and the Sedan - pf Dr. TT. " A. Mood, occurred on >v South Washington street Saturday ifterwobn was heard in the Re ! '?order's Court Tuesday morning with a jury. Ceo. IX Levy, Esq.. ' represented the prosecution and'S. ~ K: Xash. Esq.. the defendant. The, E*-r?sult was a mistrial, it' being" stat-. e^ that the jury of six was evenly dtvided?-three' for conviction and : three for acquittal. The case will " be up for the second trial Th?rs? day. Meeting Chy CbunciL A speciar meeting of council wa sheld in the council chamber at 12 o'clock; noon for the' pur pose . of receiving bids, for the purchase Of $100,000 paving bonds recently authorized; The mayor and both councilman were pres-. - ent. The following bids were re ?' cerved: . ? . . ? j Stacey & Braun (by O. L.;Yates) j ^.Annual interest; $98,500.00. : ? ' ; Spiteer-Rprjck & Co.,. annual j interest), $9?/63MKOO. . Weil, Roth v& Co., (annual in-, terest), $97,120.00. . ..?>; , Hibernia Securities Co. Inc. (an-, nual" interest). '$100.-800.vfh Hibernia Securities . Co. Inc.. <se3in-anRuaI interest); ?l00,225;00rj After the reading of the bids, . council went into executive ses sion and awarded the bonds to the j Hibernia Sec?ritise Co. Inc., on the? annual interest plan for $100, 225.00. v. The* following ordinance had its] second reading and was passed to toe "third reading: An ordinance of the city of j Su?tter to raise supplies for the j year commencing January 1st, 1922, and ending December 31st. \ 1932. The mayor and both members! ' of council voted in favor of the I ordinance. The City Manager brought upj ' the matter of distributing the cost I ? of the water mains to be laid to the abattoir, and it was directed 1 that the water department should be charged with the cost of extend sion to the city limits, and that vtae rest of the cost should be charged to the abattoir, that is", from the city limits" to the ab attoir. Council directed the clerk to take up with various banking ihst> | tutions of the city" the matter of' distribution of the funds derived j ^"IfoTtfrthe sale of the bonds, with a: E view towards receiving from them I a bid for interest to be allowed oh \ the daily balances for the whole or a-portion of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds. Council then' adjourned. Sunday ^Gobf. It is stated on godd authority that Sheriff -Hurst has received in struction from the grand jury to arrest Sunday golf players for 'vioA latron" of the Sabbath observance] law. . r.-__ T^cli^stion of law was submit ted *to the attorney general for a ruling. He replied quoting the j statute bearing on the subject but gave no opinion. It is said that arrests will be made and a test case taken to the courts. Golf playing on Sunday has been the custom for years in a ?umher of South Carolina, towns having golf links and there has been no interference by law. officers. If a test case is jrfade in this county it will be watched, with interest by golfers! of. alf >sections> of the state. **? ** a? ? . - _ *^ r v--. > ? * ? Henry "Pogue, young colored man white riding a bicycle Monday af ternoon t collided with a Southern Aatd/Service Co. truck, receiving | injuries which at first were thought would* Jprove fatal.. The accident happened at the corner of Main and Hampton avenue and was wit nessed * by several people. Pb^ne^ who was: riding east on Hampton avenue met the truck which was going south on Main at tbe ^?rner and was riding at such speeick at the time he was unable to s\op,,r,i and plunged into the rear,wheel of the truck, hitting his heaef ion one of the iron cross beams.*.. He was rushed to the hos pital where at first it was thought there-, was little chance for his life but",reports received Tuesday say that'he-has good chances of re covery. Pogue is an employee of the ' Seaboard Railroad here. Those who plan: to make the trip; by auto to the State Fair next week sh.uId bear in mind that hard surface road construction is in pro gress in both Sumter and Richland county. The road to Columbia is not'in the best condition for trav el at presenL A special term of the Court of Common Pleas will convene next Monday. There are a large number of tax executions in the bands of the sheriff, but many of the executions are against persons who are dead or have long since removed' from the county. There phouflJ be some efficient .system of eliminating from the tax books the names of people who are no longer resident tax payers. ? World's series gateman offered to whip Jack Dempsey for nothing and that is why Jack wouldn't ffght, County Fair Notes. Mr. John Buck of the commit i tee on floats arid decorated cars I reports that the Chero-Cola Com pany of Sumter. and Levy & Mo ses, well-known grocers, have agreed to enter floats in the bis I spectacular pageant of progress parade on County School Bay, No vember the 24th.' Who will be the next to enter? Names will be published as reported by ihe ; members of this committee. Secretary K. I. Reardon, by In vimtlon of Dr. S. H". Edmunds, j Superintendent' of Sumter 'city i schools made a short talk to the j teachers of the city schools at their ! Weekly meeting Tuesday regard I ing the part the teachers are cx jpected to'play in putting Sunieer's public schools in the big parade. It was evident that our Sumter teach ers who, with their thousands of pu pils reflected so much glory on Sumter in the 1921 pageant of pro gress parade will repeat them j selves again on Friday, November i 24th. Dr. Edmunds later inform ed the secretary thjt the Sumter schools- Can be depended upon to be in'the procession. That means that the parade is going to be as great if not greater than it was last year. , - . . .i. , Reports received at Chamber of Commerce indicate that numerous rural schools will be 4n the pa rade.- Thousands of letters are go ing out weekly to home demonstra tion" club''! members about com innBify -boothsand Miss Caro Truluck, and Mr. Reardon, com mittee on -community booths are putting in. hard work to" induce inany commmnnities to participate, while County Agent J. Frank Wil liams is combing the woods for individual farm booths. Other committees in charge of diiferent departments are working enthus iastically but are not yet ready , to report. Notice to .American Legion Auxili ary Members. in spite of the fact that "the " day was dark and cold and dreary", j the American Xegion Auxiliary had j a" spiendid mertmg~both aa^ t?. at-1 tendance and morale on Monday afternoon: E\*ery member pres ent ePtered with interest into the discussions of thev various matters coming up and all were ready to help with the carnations and duties lying ahead. An'invitation to the "Hallow'een j party-to be given the disabled, sol- j die'rs ?t the V. S. Veterans' Hos-| pital in Greehville'was extended tof the members, though in this case,! their "presents," not their "pres ence,"-were solicited. The auxiliary was glad to help fix-for the-party, and a crate of organes, a dozen little boxes of homemade candy, and'a*'number of Halloween caps ami decorations, ?s desired, will be sent in ample time.. '. There is also 'a request for jel-1 lies tor the sick* men and' a* case j of these are to be shipped by Thanksgiving, a number of' " jars having afready been promised. "With winter coming on, they also heed some good, warm, knitted night caps. ' , All the "auxiliary members who were unable to attend the meeting will doubtless want "to have^a hand in'this work, so we are taking this opportunity to get tWis'information ^before them. But you'do hot have to be a qualified' member of the auxiliary to contribute to this cause.. The opportunity to give is open to anyone touched with the vision or these sick and disabled ex-service men shut up, many, for life, with in hospital watts, and the why of it all. After ail, .it is so little that we" can- give, compared with their great sacrifice for us. Surely we will gladly spare these little things that are-needed to bring them aj little comfort and cheer. i So if you make good jelly, send i us in a'glass or two, ? box of fudge, or perhaps you could knit a warm cap for a baldhead.- Phone Miss Bryan at 404 and someone will call for yur donations, or "deliver the goods" to Misr Mary Owens, 2 OS N. j Magnolia street. ^ j Perhaps the most/ satisfactory, feature of the meeting ^as the j election, by unanimous vote, of i Mrs. Mitchell Levi als president to succeed Mrs. E. W. Dabbs, Jr., who resigned last spring. Under her capable, interseted and tactful leadership, it is assured that the organization will go forward in its (growth, development, and work. BisbopvHle News Items. Bishopville, Oct. 18.?We have had a long spell of wet weather. J rain every day for four days, but ? this is a beautiful day, and we (hope it will continue for a while. I as. the earth is sobbed. Most of j the,cotton crop has been gathered, I ginned and sold, except that owned j by members " of the association, j The farmers will now go to gather j lag their corn and potato crops, ? which are very good. Mr. L. A. Moore lost his dwell i ing' on Dennis avenue a few nights jago by fire. The house was in jsured but he had a nice lot ?>f nice furniture and a valuable lib rary, most of which were burned. The Synod of the Presbyterian church is in session at Mt. Zion j church this week. The new Bap jtist pastor. Rev. Mr." P.each. h;is entered upon his Tabors here. He will move, his family to the par 1 son age in a week or "so. Football is the rage these days. The game is very rough and dan gerous. Tu ?? of ' our you rig men were badly hurt l?st Saturday, and T hm surprised that more of them are not irjured. News is very scarce. ! CITY NURSE I CALLS FOR HELP There Are a Great Many Sick Who Need Nourishment Miss Antonia Gibson, city nurse, j reports a great deal of sickness j in town and that she is very much In need of nourishment daily for four families and for those who have no one to care for them. The supplies needed are: broth, soup,; buttermilk and eggs. Anyone who" will give some, of these supplies wilt kindly notify Miss Gibson or one of the undersigned as to when i and where these are to be called for: Mrs. Horace Harby, Presi dent Civic League: Mrs. Hugh C. Haynsworth, Chairman ' Nurse Committee; Mrs. L. J). Jennings, Mrs. R. S. Hood, Mrs. John T. Green, Armida Moses, Members Nurse Committee. Onions For Market Large Acreage to Be Planted at Wedgefield . One of. the few new crops that Sumter county farmers experi mented with last season and found profitable was onions. ' Several farmers of fhe Wedgefield section planted a few acres of onions, each last fall. and. the yield arid mar ket price were both satisfactory. The average return per acre was $150". according to figures obtain ed by'Cbanty Demonstration Agent J. Frank Williams, The profitable result of the ex periment with oniojis. as a money crop; has encouraged those who planted onions last fall to increase their acreage , and a number of their neighbors have decided to plant onions, this, fall also. The totaf acreage to be planted in onions; at Wedgefield will exceed one hun- j dred and fifty acres, according to! information received by Mr. Wil-j liams. All of the farmers will plant the same variety of onions? Brown Australians?which seems well adapted to the soil and \cli-1 mate of this section and for which j there is a ready market. To bb-; t?in best results the seed should j be planted this month or early in! November, and they must be lib- j erally fertilized and carefully cul- ! tlvated. "' >?< " ? "? Paxville Items. Paxville. Oct. 17.?The Paxville! graded school began the new school year Monday morning, -the 9th, with a very large enrollment. The school has as principal Mrs. John K. Breedin, of Manning, as-! sisting are Misses Margaret Broad way of Paxville, Florence Sack of Plnewood. and Maud Sprott of Manning. The opening exercises were presided over by Mrs. Breed in, with scripture reading by the Rev. M. J. Kyzer, and prayer by the Rev. G. W. Dukes of Pinewood. Inspiring talks were, made by- each of these. Mrs. Breedin, and Mr. W. R. Keels, chairman of board of trustees. "The patrons of the! school are very much interested in the work being done as was man ifested . by the attendance of a large number of them upon the opening exercises. Miss C. E. McLaurin of the Home Branch school spent the week-end at the home of Mrs. S. E. Curtis. Mr. T. R. Owen of Adams Run was here for a few days last week on a business trip. . Miss Florence Felder left Sun day to resume her school duties near Kershaw. The Rev. W. G. Elwell, of Heath Springs, filled' the pulpit of the [Methodist church on Sunday morn ing. [ Mrs. W. L. Adams and children recently visited at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. I Corbett' before leaving for their net^home at Gaffney. Mrs. Leslie Brunson and chil dren of Oswe'go were also recent ! visitors at the home of Mrs. M. B. i Corbett. Mrs. F. S. Geddings will go to I Newherry Friday to . attend the W. C. T. U. convention. Messrs.. Marion Graham, Fritz Graham and. Miller are moving their families . to . Florence this week. f Mr. and Mrs. Luke Ridgill are ! back from a few-days visit to rel latives at Summerton. . j Mr. Eugene Brown of Colum I bia* recently visited his parents, i Mr. and Mrs. X N. Brown. Pisgah News and Views. Pisgah. Oct. 17.?The rain fell here yesterday by the wholesale and still coming down today. If it fell in' the upcountry like it has here there will be a large fresh ! in the Wateree river. Peas, potatoes and corn are to gather yet and'thls- will throw back the gathering. The exodus of the colored peo ple still goes on. Sumter county will lose some 'fine labor which J going north. From all accounts over a thousand or more will leave the county, hundreds have left about here. The farmers j don't seem to care. Many acres of jland will not be cultivated next (year and houses will be empty. 'This will deplete " our future wealth. Levy Fletcher, an old col ored man. died here recently. From the be*t evidence ho was 113 years old. He could tell you about the Mexican war. Its gen erals and-other prominent men. I His statements are verified by his ; tory. He was ;? good man. highly ! thought ??f by all. Worked as ilong as he was ;ihle; but suffered [during his last years for the w jcessith-s of life, which he was not fable to get. The lt. V. P. ('. of Pisgah church j will have a l???x supper ;ind other {refreshments at the Pisgah public j school bouse ?>m next Friday even ing. L'Oth inst. This is for the i benefit of tin- church. The public j is cordially invited to attend and j have a good time. GOVERNMENT RECEIVES DEATH BLOW AND [Conservative Members of House of Commons Vote to Appeal to Country PREMIER AND CABINET RESIGN King George Returned to JL^ndpn and is Ex pected to Summon Conservative 'Leader To Form Government London. Oct. 19.?The Lloyd.?errative leader to form a goyern George coalition -government re---"?*"ent*-' ceived its death blow at the hands ' 0ct ?ovefn_ of the "conservative members ff^peni of Premier Lloyd George re thc house of commons and goy- signed this afternoon. King ernment ministers voted -186 to xr'&or%e.-vrli6 has been on a holiday .' V l it ? ai- Sandrigham palace returned to to appeal to- the country as the*. T. . x , , v . London immediately. It is expected Conservative party. This creates tiKlt Llojd George will be received a situation of the sreatcst political by King. George late today. Austen confusion and uncertainty tho^!1111"^1*1*1'11 and other cabinet . T ? * ? members-conferred with the prc country has known m many vears.: - . . ,. v , . f-' ,^ . mier immediately alter the Lmon The next move that is certain ***t meeting. to be made will be. the resignation * ***** 7a"dience *M . - . King George. Lloyd George return of Austen Chamberlain, and his ed to Downing street where he re associates. Lords Baifour and ceived a delegation of miners. Ac Birkenhead," from .the ' cabinet: It cording to the'head of the delega is expected that . Premier ' Lloyd tion. the premier said he could not George will then . present his res- consult them' as' premier, since he igriation to' the king." ahd' advise had resigned . and that the i King his majesty to summon the' con- had accepted his resignation. ' The Diocesan Council Ministers to Cooperate in Every Member Brive Next Month Charleston. Oct. IS.?At thej meeting of- the executive council I of the Episcopal DiOcese of South' Carolina held this morning the list j of speakers who are to. deliver ad-1 dresses in the diocese in. connection j with the "'every member canvass" ] to be held on November 26. when | pledges will be taken for the 1923 * program of the diocese, was decid- j ed on. the program for the year! calling for the sum of $5S,070. This j covers, the budget and the priori-! ties and is the amount to be'con-? tributed to the general church and j to diocesan activites. The speakers, 1 all of whom are ministers of the] diocese, will tell the congregations j of the church's program foi* next [ yeay. and at diocesan institute} conducted today by . the ,? -Ttev. | B. T. Kemerer. field secretary of 1 the national council, the ministers J were told in detail of the v plan of activities for 1923-1025 and given! instructions and information inj connection with the messages they) are to convey. The institute to-1 day followed upon the sessions of! the convention of the diocese yes terday and today's program open ed at 7:30 a. m. with a eeiebra-: tion of the holy communion. At 9:30 o'clock the executive council met in the parish house and the' institute was formally opened at i 10:30 o'clock in the parish house! by the Rev. Mr. Kemerer. After; a recess at 1:30 o'clock, the insti tute went into session at 3 and re- j cessed at 5-o'clock. The program concluded with a mass meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at Grace-; church, when the Rev. J. p. Wing of Savannah spoke on "The Pro gram of the Church for?the Next I Triennium." Dr. Wing is rector [of Christ church of Savannah and is an able and interesting speaker j and one of the leaders in the i Georgia diocese. At this morning's session of the executive council the offer made ! by the parish 'of St. Philip's of a ! room in the St. Philip's Church home for use as council head qtfcarters was accepted and Miss Henrietta P. Jervey was made heado.uarters secretary. The coun cil fixed upon the financial pro gram for next year $58.070. to cover the budget and priorities, in cluding the maintenance of the dif I ferent institutions supported by ! the diocese or to which it con j tributed. and also advance work, j The money is to be raised by ap i portionment among the. different churches and will be subscribed on j November 26; when the "every ! member canvass" is to be con-1 j ducted. The council held a session yes j terday afternoon and reorganized, several new members having been { elected. The committees in charge j of the six departments are as fol lows: Diocesan mission: The. Rev. A. S. Thomas, chairman: the Rev. S. !C. Beck with, the Rev. Harold jThom.-is. Walter Hazard of George town. W. W. Shackleford and Mark j Reynolds of Sumter. i Field department: The Rev. S. C. Beckwitb. chairman: the Rev. j H. l>. Bull. .1. Addison Ingle, and' j R. W. Sharkey of Florence, i Finance: William Godfrey of jCheraw. chairman. and Messrs. I JTilghmwn of Marion. Legnick of 'Beaufort and Jenkins ofcharles-l j ton. I Publicity: The Rev. Walter Mitchell, chairman: the Rev" Wil-1 i liam Way ami Mrs. T. H. Coker of Hartsville. j ! Religious education: Tb*? Rev.] Jf. W. Starr, chariman: the Rev.! A. S. Thon):is. the Bev. Walter' Mitchell. Mrs. T. H. Coker. Social service: Miss Clare Jer-1 j % vey. chairman: the Rev. It. May-1 ; nard Marsball of Beaufort and1 : Walter Hazard of Georgetown. This is a fine country, bit! Nor j way hsa a law making girls learn i to took before they marry. HINTS FOR FIGHTING THE BOLL WEEVIL Destroy your cotton stalks right away. Q. Why? A. To perish the weevils to death before frost. _ Q. How? A. Cut them with chopper and completely root up. Q. How does destroying stalks now effect weevil? A. He can only feed and breed in the fresh squares and tender shoots. If you destroy your stalks h'cVwill have no place to lay an j egg. and will die or go elsewhere: I Q. Why should my neighbor! destroy his .stalks? A. Because the weevil will leave j your field when you cut. and go to \ your neighbor's, only to get you j again before summer is over. Q. Ha\-e you any figures to! prove the effect of destroying stalks? A. Louisiana experiments, over a long period, have shown as fol-; Stalks Destroyed .... Per Cent of Weerils Appearing X<?xt Spring ( On October 15 or before 3 per cent.! October loth to 27th 15 per cent] November 1st to 25th 22 per cent j Xov. 30th to Dec. 7th 2S per cent! After Dec. 15th, 43 per cent. Q. Have you any evidence like that in South Carolina? A. Yes. We" notice two things 1 very striking. The counties last year that made poor crops ?and de- J stroyed stalks early, have beat j neighboring counties making cotton j this year. Also, we have seen many cases of fields' where stalks were | destroyed last fall apd compared j to others where stalks y/ere left.; have made two and three times a's j much cotton. Two fields, for ex ample, in Colleton county, as fol- j lows: 1st. Nine acres?stalks destroy- | ed last fall, six bales this year. 2nd. Ten acres?stalks destroy-j ed this spring, three bales this year, j The ten^acre field had always j produced better crops heretofore, i Both fields were treated exactly j alike, worked by the same man j on same farm. The Pee Dee Experiment Sta- j tion's results this year show as follows: On S-acre field, no cotton last j year, therefore no stalk. Percen tage of infection July 23rd was 6 j per cent.: yield of cotton, 1,280! pounds per acre. Another field, | just across ditch, had stalks turn-j ed tinder during December. Per centage of infection May 15th was; 30 per cent.: yield of cotton,. 651 j pounds per acre, with dust. Last, but not least, try to get? some cover crop on the tract just as soon as you you cut the stalks. It helps the land and hurts the: weevil. The weevil cannot live over winter surrounded by a green! growing crop. He must be in dry litter: Clean up your ditches snd hedges] and all surplus trash around thei premises. We do not recommend mowing I down the stalks and hauling to! the barn yard. We think you Will I have a mass of weevils emerging! from your barn yard next spring.! Then. too. you have a double cost} of hauling both ways and.it is worth just as much turned under! in the field. . We venture to say that had i Florence county cut down all her; cotton stalks last October, wie] would have made twice, the cotton! we have made this year. Do we want to double our; chances for next year's crop? Ifj so. do it now. and do it quiek. St;irt your chopper today. For further literature and ad-; vice, see the county a^ent or write; to the Extension Service. ? ? ?? - ? 1 Civilization is Ju-**t n business I man in quest of a profit. ? ? ? * Gossiping is an indoor sport that; develops the jaw. ? ? ? A Boston undertaker has been convicted of selling: booze and we can prove it. THE LEGION IN NEW ORLEANS Col. Forbes Leaves j New Orleans. With-| out Explanation?j Was on Program! For Speech Today New Orleans, Oct. IS;?Having paraded with colors flying in their i annual review, voted to continue! the fight for adjusted compensa-1 tion, received an. embossed mes sage from the British Legion sign- | ed by the Prince of Wales and an | ivory- gavel from Alaska legion-1 naires. the election of officers wasi almost solely occupying the atten-j tion of delegates to the fourth i annual convention of the American ; Legion in. session here. . j The election due to be held Fri day. promises . to be one of the hardest fought in the history of the | Legion's four years' existence.) With nine states running favorite sons and each One claiming suffi cient votes to give strength- to their candidates, delegates who at tended all the national conven tions admit they are at sea as to the final results. It was definitely announced by the Texas delegation today that the name of Alvin M. Ousley of their state, and now chairman of the j Americanism commission, will bei formally presented to. the conven tion with the state endorsement. ; Something of surprise was! thrown into convention circles late! today when it became known that j Col. C. R. Forbes, director ofi United States veterans' bureau,; \Xho came here upon the invita- j tion of Hanford MacNider, nat- j ional commander of the American Legion, and who was scheduled to address the convention tomorrow morning upon the work of his or ganization, had suddenly left New Orleans and returned to Washing ton. Colonel Forbes took with him his entire staff. He made no public statement as to the reasons for his departure nor did he in timate whether the action was taken solely on his own responsi bility. It has been openly charged by William E. I>eegan of New York, commander of the legion in his state and announced candidate for national commander that Colonel Forbes had actually come to the convention by direction of Presi dent Harding in an effort to pro-1 cure the selection of a man for j national commander who would! maintain a lukewarm attitude to-1 ward proposed . national- legisla- j tion for a soldier bonus. Ha good's News and Comment. Rembert, Oct. 16.?Mrs. J. R. Corbitt of Hagood, who has rc-j turned from the infirmary in Co- j lumbia, is quite weak. ! The Woman's Missionary So- j ciety of Bethesda church, meet ing at the home of Mrs. S. W. Allen Saturday, October 14. on acTcount of inclement weather, was slender in attendance. Miss Edna Davis of Horatio^ i who has been yi.dting in the Rem- j bert community is at home again.! Mrs. D- C. McLeod of Rembert j spent .the week-end with Miss Ed-j na Davis of Horatio. On accoihit of the bad weather! there were no services of any kind i yesterday, Sunday, at Bethesda j church. s I asked a young woman: "Doj you love him?" "If he loves me,* j was her reply. Another song "Ij love him with all bis blight." ^hich was a near approach to sincere love. Our good neighbor, W. J. Spencer, who has been quite feeble i? able to be up again. Miss Emma Allen of Columbia, at her brother's home, is slowly improving. - Mr. and Mrs. Archie Shaw of i Darlington, arc visiting in our com munity. Mrs. T. R. Moody of Horatio, who has beon spending some time with her daughter. Frances, ail school in Charleston, is expected I home shortly. S. W. Allen is endeavoring to | establish a creamery route in the: community. We .sincerely hope he j will succeed. Every community ought to have one. Some people used to be foolish enough co think it somewhat a; disgrace to sell hams, eggs, but-1 ter, etc.. but that is about a thing! of the past. Some folks are turning the soil preparatory to seeding small grain, j We look for u wet, cold winter. | The times are certainly evil with j famine, of such intensity that they are eating one another, and that among whites, on the increase in the world, the terrible Turk given right of way. the Bolshevist on the rampage it certainly seems that we have fallen en evil times. "Hagood." ANARCHY AT VLADIVOSTOK Approach of Victorious Red Army Causes Reign of Lawlessness Tokio. Oct. Id.?Lawlessness! reigns in Vladivostok as the re sult of the approach of the victor ious "Red"' army, official dispatches say. The French consulate wasi attacked, and foreigners have ap- j pealed to their governments for i protection. Smyrna is said to he the birth place of bridge whist, but thai isn't why the town was burned. UNDERPASS CASE SETTLED Suraler County Highway and Coast Line * Reach Agree ment on Pine wood Underpass Columbia, Oct. IS.?The rail road commission this afternoon announced that officials of the Sumter county highway depart ment and of the Coast Line Rail way had settled a case which they brought before the commission this morning, to determine the share of eac h in the cost of a proposed underpass On the new Pinewopd road neaii Swiftoh Siding. Argu .mems were not even presented to the commission. Situation in Cuba Political and Financial Crisis Has Safely Passed Washington. Oct. 10 (By the As sociated Press).?The crisis in Cuba is over and an era of reform is under way. Dr.' Carlos Mantle! -de Cespedes, Cuban minister of foreign affairs and for several years minister to this country, declared today in a statement to the Asso ciated Press. Dr. de Cespcdes has come to "W/a^hington to arrange for transfer of the legation here to his successor and at the same time avail himself of the opportunity to confer with Secretary Hughes. "The dangerous period of the Cuban situation is over." said Dr. de Cospedes. "and. although as ev erywhere in the world today, there are grave problems pending. I am optimistic that we have entered a new favorable period. The crisis has had the l-esult of unifying the Cuban people as never before and the government is being support ed by the public opinion in its task of reformation.'' ""Four months of good govern ment have righted the affairs of Cuba," the minister declared, add ing that many of the serious dan gers, with which the situation was fraught when the present cabinet came into office, have been re moved. The cabinet took the people into its confidence, he said, and began employing efficient methods, econ omy and open diplomacy "with the result that Cuba is now on her feet again and faces the future in the best of spirits and full of. confi dence." "I believe/' the minister added, "that we are on the eve.vbf a revi val of prosperity in the' commer cial relations with this great na tion." Liberty, peace and honor reign throughout Cuba, Dr. de Cespedes asserted. The government is meet ing all its exterior and interior fin ancial obligations, according to the minister, and the congress has pro vided means with which to" pay the floating debts as well as carry out some important public works. The sanitary situation was described as good throughout the islands. Dr. de Cespedes declined to com ment on the effect of tariff on the Cuban sugar industry. ? Belton Man Hurt Quarrel on Highway About Money Due f Belton. Oct. 1G.?Clark Shaw shot and painfully wounded John Banister in the leg Sunday after noon, in the Bethany section. It is alleged they were traveling in the road together with a brother of Clark Shaw- when a dispute arose over some money Shaw claimed Banister owed him, which resulted ir. Clark Shaw drawing his gun. His brother knocked the gun down and as he did so the gun went off, shooting nim m the leg. shattering the bone, as far as km.wn here no arrests have been made. INJUNCTIONS CONTINUED Raliegh. X. C, Oct. IS.?In junctions restraining the members I of the Tri-State Tobacco Growers' ! Cooperative Association from sell \ ers to outsiders were this after ' noon ordered continued by Judge j Frank Daniels in substantially the I same form as the temporary in junction whic h were secured by the Icooperaitve several weeks ago. The i order was signed by Judge Dan | iels at Plymouth, where he is j holding court this week, j He heard the cases argued at length by opposite counsel at a I hearing in Nash county court last I week but withheld his decision un [ til today. I Z. A. Harrell. Edgecombe coun ity farmer, and W. T. Jones, Nash j county farmer, both of whom sold tobacco outside of the association S under the order are permanently I restricted from selling their to I bacco outside of the assoeiaiton. The suits were instituted by the co-operatives who have won a com plete victory in the first round of ; the legal battle establishing the I cnforcibility of. the membership I contract. !SAN FRANCISCO GETS 1923 CONVENTION OF AMERICAN LEGION ! New Orleans, Oct. IT.?San Fran ? cisco was awarded the con i vention of the American Legion J by acclamation. "Belgium will never forget what 'America did." said Jeanne, president of the Belgian veterans. "Neither will she ever forget what [the Germans did. Germany must j pay for the damage inflicted dur 1 ing their occupation, not as venge ance, but simple justice." In Goshenj Ind., a boy could riot sr..p laughing. Perhaps his schoo: teacher broke her neck. i THE ROAD ? MAINTENANCE % PROBLEM State Highway Commission Looking For Means to Keen Roads in Condition Columbia. Oct. 17.?Discu?si ? of the need for maintenance fund'? ?fin a large number of counties of >the state and of the continued ab use of the demonstration plates by automobile dealers will be two im portant subjects I?efore the state highway commission at its month. I ly meeting here today. I Frank Gibbes and R. D. Lambert 'representing the Columbia ".Auto mobile association, are expected to (appear in behalf of local dealers, j The commission recently an; [ nounced that next year no dem I onstraiion platck would "be issued hcie;.:use of the continued abt?te try denIcr.-. An effort is being made to arrange for some plan where by duplicate plates can be 'kjsiied without the opportunity for such a general violation of the law an? privilege granted by the commia I yinn. ' * W? , Maintenance funds have been exhausted in sever;.I, counties "a^S I the- upkeep work is being'hamp ered due to the lack of funds, ft was said. Tho commission will take this matter under advise ment with especial reference to j getting more money next year. In j some of the counties locai funds j have been provided and fblis is Uiding the situation over. Howcv I er. some general plan must- be ; adopte<l if maintenance wbrtc is I to be satisfactory. It has been j suggested that the funds from tfce j gasoline tax be used for-this pur [ po.se and an effort along this dice j is to be made as authorities" see clearly that the money from.the I sale of licenses will not be suth I cient. The gasoline tax Would be .more popular if the money wa? [spent on the roads, it is believed j by some of those 1 interested. - Claim by Virginia 1 -??; ? ? ., ? ; Old Dominion Takes Hand in Rate Figat ! Asheville, N. C, Oct. 16.?Charge j ing that gross injustice ^ahd "uis I crimination against Virginia inter | csts had resulted from freight, rate i adjustments which threw North I Carolina's^ trade over the gateway ; on the Ohio river, former Ooy. ' Henry Carter Stuart, of Virgmis, ' appeared today before the inter I state commerce commission ritte j investigations here as the' initial ; witness in what he termed , .*V$r- ' : ginia's fight' for a fairer adjusts I ment of class rates from .the Ohio i iriver crossings, the Middle West*as between Virginia and North Caro lina points." He characterized as in practicable the proposed plan of one section-of e Southerri-Traific league" se^?sfese::. a uniform mileage class rifte sca?e i snch as that now proposed by the ; railroads. Virginia's location" upon ; seaboard and between North and j South Atlantic states and between 'the Ohio river and Eastern - port i cities, entitled her to; the advan i fcage of rate levels of Eastern trank ? line territory, he said. T. M. Henderson, represehtiaff the traffic interests of NailiyRIe, Chattanogoa. Knoxviile and.Seer* tary Moltett of the traffic buietxT j of Knx\-ille, gave technical ^ testi : mony regarding rates with Vir? iginia cities and tc Ohio grossing 9? I well as other Southern points. ? mm*" " " " Appeal of C. WaHStce-Hewd Tuesday Afternoon. ' Columbia. Oct. 17.?The appeal j of J. C. Wallace. Sumter. 4jottaty ? man, now under sentence of death f: ' on conviction of- assault upon a young girl, was heard by the i supreme court this afternoon. " A. ; S. Harby represented Wallace, j while Solicitor Frank A. Mclieod i appeared for the state. This case j took an interesting turn a few [month* ago when N. B. Cocter-eV ? an important witness for the state \ came to Columbia and made an j affidavit here to the effect that lais ! statements on the stand had been j.false, and then went back, to : Sumter and made another affdavit : t othe effect that his affidavit iu ?Columbia had been made when, j he was under the influence of a^ c >hoI and trhat he had been ihadle. ? drunk by persons interested in the : case, and had been induced to sign the affidavit, when he was under ? the impx-ession that be. was sitfn I ing petition for clemency for Wal lace. These aflidavist were sub nutted to the supreme court as : part of the arguments.of the state. Two Special Days. Columbia, Oct. 17.?Two special days are proclaimed by Gor. Har ivey in official proclamations issued j today* "Forget-Me-Net Day", Nov. ? 4. when disabled veterans of the : World War w:ll be reTOembered. and *Navy Day", October 27, when I the work and value of the navy will in- stressed all over the nation. ; "Navy Day" will be observed espfe ciallyat the State Fair, with exer* ! cises" stressing especially the lvalue of the port of Charleston and tfe^ Charleston Navy Yard to South Carolina ami the Southeast. Re garding the thought of "Forget-Me Not Day", for which the for?et-me {not flower has been designated as j emblem, the governor urges c?- . i operation of all South Carolinians : in any effort that may be put forth i on that day for the disabled ea> i s - vice mar?. TURPENTINE PRODUCTION^ 5 DECREASES Washington. Oct. 19.?-There was a slight decrease in the total "pro duction of turpentine and an in ? reuse in rosin production during the season ending March 'ST, com pared with a year :?go, the census bureau announced.