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The Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday and Satur ? -* day by ; Osteen Publishing Company, Sumter, S. C. ~ ? . Terms: $2^0~ per annum?in advance. Advertisements: One Square, first insertion ??$1,00 Every subsequent insertion_.50 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates. - ? ? - ? AU communications which sub serve private interests will oe charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re spect will be charged for. The Su inter Watchman was founded In 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and .Southron now .has the com* brned circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is man ifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. SOVIET DEBT LOGIC The Soviet Russian government is very indignant at the suspension of* payments by China on the Boxer indemnity. Ever since the Boxer riots, about 20 years ago. China has been pay ing tribute to Russia, along with various other powers, by way of actual, or pretended reparation for damage done. The United States .cancelled its claims long ago. Russia's share has amounted to $5,000.000 a year. The Soviet gov erriment, In its poverty, prized that bit of income highly. So . did the Chinese government And the latter, evidently deciding that it has j paid more than enough already to i wipe out the obligation,, has an- j iiounced that it is done. Where upon the Soviet statesmen protest and . bluster and f threaten most fearsomely. It is a curious and entertaining situation, inasmuch as the Chinese seem to have not only essential justice, on their side but Soviet 1 precedent, too. The Soviet govern ment "itself has repudiated its.for etg?-Obhgaiions. most of which were for full value received, and j so more valid than the Chinese in demnity, and they have done it on the ground that the .debts were! contracted by. a former .govern-'; ment for whose acts they were not responsible. The Chinese can? plead that they, also, are. not re- ; sp?nsfble for the acts of the Pekings government which assumed the j obligations in' the first place. They cab argue, too, that if the present \ Russian government is not obliged : to pay the debts of its predecessor, ? neither is the present Russian gov ernment entitled to money due -Its predecessor. To anybody but a Itofeneyist it's a cinching argument. Somehow, we can't help wishing that we had ? borrowed money from the Czar. ^tTSIC AND MINDS A Chicago singer sang, the other day-te-the-inmates of a New York i?spital for the insane. "As she came upon the stage." writes .an observer, "a piping and crackling of-disordered speech- ran through the audience. But when-her clear, lyric soprano voice rang through the room, deep peace settled down.** v Tt is always that way when good music is provided for the insane. There seems to be nothing so heal ing to hurt minds. Alienists report ^hat.If'a "patient is at all- "curable", he~welcomes music and is almost invariably benefited by it Music reaches something that is deeper than the intellect, and is therefore more powerful than any merely mental appeal Practical]' psychologists may do much, but a: wiee musician may succeed in get ting; hold . of the patient's soul and p^ittgMthe shattered pieces of the mg^d together when the psycho lo^fails. ^Biit it has to be good music, based*, on border, and harmony, not the." stuff that over-stimulates and jangles, the emotions. Jazz and other .cheap stuff current nowadays crrve^sahe people crazy. IT SOUNDS REASONABLE "Prosperity, is the first step to ward racial degeneration." Tfius Professor Herman Lund boxg; head of the Race Biological Institute of the old Swedish Uni versity at Upsala, sets forth the convictions, created by a lifetime of study: And he sets up an interest ing case for his contention. Material prosperity, says the dilSllSguisfeed scholar, invariably br$tf^;4he gradual elimination of thif good o*d -middle class, and in ana -country this is a sure sign of { inevitable decay. And he goes on: | "Experience, past as well as present, shows that when wealth is suddenly increased it brings end less new needs. Luxuries are de manded, lassitude sets in and the interest in work and production falls off. Women begin to avoid maternity. All of these processes, beginning: in the-.middle and upper classes, gradually work downward and in time destroy the race. Thus thtiy arc as a menace-to a coun try as a powerful enemy." The argument is not a new one, nor is there general inclination to deny the correctness of Professor Lundborg's assumptions. The chances are that the Swedish sa vant is altogether correct in his conclusions. The fact of the mat ter is that , most people do not care as much about the future of the 'race as they .do about present com forts for themselves and the assur ance of comfort for their children. Rarely, indeed, does their interest reach beyond their children's chil dren. -. * ? m ? ? ' LEARNING TO. STUDY Northwestern University has a new system for the benefit of slow students. It involves a thorough inquiry into a. student's previous school life, health and home con ditions, and the help of a private tutor in cases which seem worth it. The.system may, prove useful in keeping students in: college who under a severer regime would be summarily dismissed after a few months. This may be wise, for many a slew student has proved more worth while to society event ually than his more brilliant fel lows.. But it points to the fact thai many students have never learned J how .to study before they reached college-and.-so have missed the main purpose of public school ed- . ucation. This .is not a matter of "home work!', entirely. Students who have to prepare all their lessons in school often .know better how to study than those who are required to perform long, tasks outside. It is a matter of learning to get to work promptly,: to concentrate on the job in hand, to stick to it un til it is finished. - Parents can help greatly by set ting small home tasks and requir ing i their - accomplishment with ] dispatch, undivided attention and accuracy. If home workjs requir ed by the. school, the child, should have a proper place, good light and regular, uninterrupted time in which to do ft, **???" -Vt3The child who has .not the ~ ? ?? - . ? chance to go to college-needs train ing in. how to. study quite as much as the ohe who has the greater opportunity.. -~ - - v j . ? MORE FOOD IN EUROPE In making up its budget for the Cummunity .Fund, for 1923, the city of Cleveland has decided it need no longer include a large sum for Foreign Relief. The Commun ity Fund Council says the time has come when such needs as arise can be met from individual giving. There is/ however, . a provision made for a contingent fund, from which may be met such emergen cies as fire, flood, earthquake or pestilence in any part o* the world. This is one of the minor indica tions thai,. in spite of much talk arid fussir.g, Europe- is getting it self together to some extent. There are still cases ,where: relief is need ed... Russia needs help over this winter, and there is acute -need of help in the Near East at the pres ent time.. .But . these needs will [ pass, and ithe fact that Russia has t much larger crops of food grains this year than last will help a great deal. Time has a way of settling these fundamental problems. And the healing influence works in more than one way. Hatreds grow dull er after the first suffering is allevi ated; then the attention turns more and more to building up one's own farm and graden. Attending to one's affairs helps in itself to dull hatreds. . A beneficent chain is created which makes for peace and , sanity. CO-OPERATION WITH LEAGUE It has been intimated at the White House that the government Will give at least a partial accept ance to recent invitations from the League of Nations to participate in the work of its commissions on white- slavery and the opium traf fic. The administration proposes to do as it has done already with some of the League's activities, and designate "unofficial repre sentatives" to the new commis sions. It has announced also that i It is considering the appointment | of an observer on a labor commis- j sion of the League which is con- I I cerned with the investigation of anthrax. All this is in the nature of what one Washington correspondent calls "a policy of semi-detached af filiation with the affairs of the League." There does not seem to he anything in such a policy to I which critics of the League can properly object, unless one ac cepts the doctrine that even the most indirect contact with the League, in any of its operations, involves contamination and peril. The United States commits itself to nothing, accepts no responsibilities, merely takes advantage of an. ex isting organization that happens to be working for certain reforms in which Americans are deeply inter ested. Membership in the League is one question; co-operation with it along lines held by all Americans to be desirable is quite another thing. There need be ' no controversy, therefore, about such activities. CHURCH-GOING AUTOMOBILES Instead of being a foe to religion, the automobile is a friend.- In stead of taking people away from church, it takes people to church. This is true in rural communities, at least, according to delegates at tending a big church council. And the thing sounds reasonable. "When -the motor car first .came into general use, the church people admit, it did lure neople into tak ing pleasure trips on Sunday in stead of attending service. But as the novelty^-passes, those who cared about church, return.- And with them come others who would not go to church at all except for the automobile. This- handy vehicle is said to have enlarged the radius of the average rural church parish from two to four miles, and this means that the- rural church now draws worshippers .from an area of more than 60 square miles instead of one-fourth that many. That makes. possible a larger member ship and stronger churches. BRITISH RECIPROCITY Ever since the British dominions i beyond the seas began to attain their increasing measure of. self government, . enthusiastic. support ers of the imperial idea have work- ; ed to bind the various possessions together more, closely by means of reciprocal tariff agreements. Now, after a generation's effort, their work bears fru^, Australia and New Zealand are j the first of the dominions to rati fy the new inter-empire tax They j have scrapped the old general tar- j iff rates which formerly applied to? each other's products and, in the; case of most commodities, have adopted the preferential custom of i the United: Kingdom. As a result these antipodean commonwealths expect a considerable stimulation of their mutual trade,, and it is only reasonable to expect that other countries, and especially the United States, will feel the effects of it. Lower duties in New Zealand, for instance, will give Australia a measure of advantage in supply ing rubber tires and other rubber goods, boots, shoes and leather pro ducts, canned and dried fruits and vegetables. Australia's corre sponding concessions will open' new markets for New Zealand pro- j duets, and Canada's expected con-; currence will work to the same end.! It becomes increasingly appar-.j ent that the British Empire is one "league of nations'' . that actually j functions. . ? . j The article on peach growing in j South Carolina by Prof. Musser. of Clemson College, which was print ed yesterday, contains information that is of value to peach growers,) present and prospective. Th>3 ! comparative temperature and rain- i fall statistics of the peach grow- ! ing sections of South Carolina and ] Georgia are especially interesting. The temperature record of Camden j is probably approximately . the same as that of the Stateburg and j Providence sections of SUmter! county, which are now being de- I veloped as commercial ' peach growing sections,- but there are j temperature and rainfall records extant, that would be directly in- j formative as to Stateburg and vi- ; ^inity. The late Dr. W. W. Ander- j son of Stateburg, kept a careful ! record of temperature and rainfall for more than forty years, and :n this he merely carried on the j weather observations begun by his father many years before. fh? weather observations made and j recorded at Statehurp: by the Drs j Anderson, father and son. both men of scientific" attainments; arc said to have been among the earliest and most complete in the United State*. In hix later years Or. An derson was one of 'the volunteer weather observers for the Weather Bureau, and th<* writer was told by Dr. Anderson that at the request r?f the Weather Bureau he had fur nished a copy of the records made by both hiself and his father. Tf this record could be obtained by Prof. Musser he could derive from it very valuable information ! for the guidance of the farmers ! who are now planting peach or- j chard's in the Statcburg section. New York. Oct. 2"?.?Busines?? in the Par East, Europe and Lat- ] in-America is steadily on the up grade, delegates to the convention of the American manufacturers' yVr?"?t *V??o<?j}?Hon were told today by Dr.-Julius Klein, director-of the i ?>!ted states bureau ot toreign and rlomeKtic commerce. MUTUAL FIRE If COMPANIES Born of Farmers' ?1 ments in Cooperati Farmers of Sout Than Half M (By W. H. "Mills, Specialist in Farm ?'Credits-'and Insurance). : The mutual 'fire insurance com panies in business in South Caro lina were organized for the most part in the early nineties?1890 to 1896. They are the outgrowth of the Farmers' Alliance and the spir it of co-operation' which ? it fos tered. Even if the alliance died, it left in the mind of the farmer the thought that he could organ ize to take care of his own busi ness, and save money. In some of the counties -in South Carolina the farmers' mutual fire insurance I companies practically dominate the | field of insurance on country prop- j erty. They insure against fire, j lightning and windstorm, and in- j elude dwelling houses, barns, and i their contents. The limit of in surance oh any building in most of j the companies is $2,000, so that If a nice country home is to be fully protected, additional insurance must be carried in an old line company. Written consent to this additional insurance is required by some companies, and should be requir ed by all, and given only after an inspection of the premises. The. co.it of this? mutual insurance has i averaged 44.3 cents per $100 of in surance in force to the policy holder. ? The companies operate both on the fixed premium basis, and on the purely mutual plan. On the fixed premium basis, they charge a rate previously agreed upon, which varies with the com- ' pany, but is as a rule from 40 ! cents to 66 2-3 cents per hundred j dollars of insurance. They collect | this premium in advance without 1 regard to the amount of reserve al-j ready on hand. In this way, these I companies have slowly built up aj comfortable reserve, amply large as! a rule, to pay their losses prompt ly, as they occur during the year. For instance, the Farmers' Mutual Insurance association of Darling ton county had assets on: June (30; 1921. p of $"21,774.64; the Ander son Mutual Fire Insurance com pany of'Anderson'county had* at the same time $,14,742.88, and the Farmers' Mutual Insurance com pany of York county- had $13, 557.1*9. The companies on the purely mutual basis sometimes bor row the money to pay losses during the year, then levy ah assessment at its close to cover the total' of these losses and the operating ex penses- By this method, insurance at actual cost is .furnished to policy holders. In practide, ' however, these assessments are so adjusted as to leave from $1,000 to $5,000 generally in the hands of the" treas urer, so that losses can be paid without resort to borrowing." All the companies have- the. right to levy pro rata assessments and have a; lien upon the property insured for these amounts, which can be legally collected. If there should be more damage than usual, the mutual raises its * assessment, or levies another, to take care of it. i Operating expenses are small. Usually there is one small office; and one. or at the most two, paid officers, a secretary and manager, or agent, who receives from $100 to $150 per month. The total Op erating" expenses will not average $2.000 'to the county. Losses p-iid vary from.$1,383 to $12,913, with an average of about $5,000 to the county. Insurance in force aver ages about $1,500,000, sb that an assessment of a'half of one per cent. 50 cents-on the $100, would yield about $7,500. These figures may be taken' ?s normal. A good county farmers* mutual fire insur ance association should have insur ance in force of not less than M.-i 0O0;000. It should levy an annual j assessment of not less than one-j half of one'i>er cent., and its op erating expenses should not exceed $2.000. Should it increase its as sessment to one per cent., it would begin in all probability the accu mulation of a reserve, which would enable it in a few years to low er its assessments, and at the same time assure prompt payment of all losses. The beauty of mutual in surance is that there are no divi dends on stock to pay. no expensive office buildings to maintain, no regents whose income depend prin cipally upon the amount of busi ness they obtain. Insurance is thus provided for the farmer at a figure j that nearly ? approaches actual ] cost. The Chester County Farm- j ers' Mutual Fire Insurance asso eation for the year ending June 30. 1922. had a loss ratio of 21 cents per hundred and an expense j ratio of 8 cents a hundred* which j it met by an assessment of 50 cents per hundred, thus carrying 21 cents per hundred to its reserve. The association of Darlington county on the other hand had a loss ratio of 54 cents a hundred amounting to $9.160,' and yet was able, be cause of good management extend ing over a number of years not only to carry Its members at a low cost of insurance, but to end the year with assests of $18.363.80. The security and worth of this mutual insurance are amply attested by the fact that the policies of the well managed companies are accepted by the federal and joint s'ock land banks operating in the state. The actual saving in money an nually to the farmers of the state is not less than half a'million dollars, for the average fire insurance rate in old line companies on country property is not less than $1.75, about four tmes as high as the average mutual rate. But the mutuaJs furnish windstorm insur ISURANCE i IN THIS STATE liance, These Experi 3n Have Saved the h Carolina More illion Dollars ance at the same time, for which the old line companies make addi tional charge. So that for ? the protection enjoyed by the farmer through his own company he would be charged a rate so high as to be practically prohibitive. In ad dition to the savings made by mu tual insurance companies, must be listed the fact that it furnishes th< farmer opportunity to Insure. Ir some of the counties it has not been easy to get insurance on coun try property at any figure. Wher ever there is a mutual company, this need is supplied and the form er breathes easier because his home and his barns are, to a very great extent, protected by that insur ance. The coast counties of the state are how the only ones without this insurance: the Piedmont and the eastern parts of the state are fair ly well supplied with mutual com panies. The most vital reform in mutual insurance is' that each company shall confine its business to its home county. Most of them are one county associations but a few do business in two or more coun ties. Experience in ' the state shows that it is best to confine business to'the home county. This is in line with all? mutual or co operative history, which indicates that successful mutuality in business depends upon a circle so' small that the members can know each other personally. The field of mutual fire insurance is by no means exhausted. Much new'business can be obtained in every county, and competent agents' can cut down the loss ratios by careful inspection and choice of risks. It is quite within their province to carry on a campaign Xo reduce the fire hazard among their policy holders. Probably no institution in the state excels these mutual companies in service" rendered ""at little cost., COUNTY FAIR PUBLICITY The public-spirited and well "known firm, the O'Donnell Dry Goods Company phoned Chamber of Commerce Thursday that they will be in the Pageant of Progress Parade strong and that they be lieve the big counyt-wide, get together parade is entitled to the co-operation of every business con cern and rural school in Sumter and Sumter county. St. Josep's Academy is already at work getting their special divis ion of this parade shaped up. Ev ery "one who saw last year's pag eant of progress parade remembers what a splendid part St. Joseph's Academy played in making the 192f 1 parade a thing to be remem bered in Sumter county. The good Sisters and their pupils and teach ers are going to repeat themselves this year and if possible excel last year's efforts, although this latter will prove very hard to accom plish, even for St. Josephs' -Acad emy, of Sumter, S. C Mr. D. R. Lide says that Pine wbod's big graded and high school is going to be in the parade, to make a showing that will be a source of pride to Pinewood school district and all of Sumter county put together. The rural schools and Sumter city schools are setting the pace that business concerns will do well to follow. Our good friend "Miss Mayesville" still declines to answer any letters or overtures made to her by Secretary Reardon for the committees although he j made love in the names of the en-j tire list of committeemen and com- j mitteewomen. and in the name of} Sumter county. Mayesville could get up a swell division that would be a credit to ' Mayesville and Sumter county, and that big and state-wide reputation Mayesville school eould and should take the lead for Mayesville and Mayes ville township in the parade. Professor H. H. Brunson, prin cipal of Mayesville school has a reputation as a principal and teacher that is more than State wide and he has built up a school in Mayesville that is a credit to South Carolina. And his corps of teachers are second to none in ef ficiency. Mayesville owes it to Mayesville and to Sumter county to show what kind of a school Mayesville has, and show it in the Pageant of Progress Parade on Sumter County School Day, Friday, Novembber 24th. London. Oct. 26.?King George signed the proclamation dissolving the patliament today at the meet ing-of the privy couacil. Tokio, Oct. 26.?Red army troops representing the Far Eastern re public of Siberia are in possession of. Vladivostok. The Japanese < facuated the city yesterday morn ing turning over arms and stores to the Reds ? ? ? ? ? ' ?Athens. Oct. 26.?It is reported that Prince Andrew, a brother of Former King Constantine, was ar rested yesterday at' Corfu, on the j charge that he contributed to the downfall of the Greek army in Asia Minor. He will be interned here. Washington. Oct. 26?Former Governor Harding, of the Fed?ral Reserve Board, leaves next week f6r, Cuba to study the financial sit uation with the view of assisting in the installation of n hanking sys tern similar to the federal reserve. NOTICE OF ELECTION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for State and County Officers will be held a.t the! voting precincts prescribed by law in said county, on Tuesday, No vember 7, 1922, said day' being Tuesday following the first Monday in November, as prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualification for suffrage: Managers of election require of every elector offering to vote at any election, before allowing him to vote, the production of his reg istration certificate and proof of the payment of all taxes, includ ing poll tax, assessed against him and collectible during the previous year. The production of a certifi cate Or of the receipt of the officer authorized' to collect such ta shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Section 237, Code of 1912, as amended by Act. No. 6, special session of 1914. Section 237. There shall be three separate and distinct ballots, ?s follows: One ballot for Rep resentatives in Congress; and one ballot for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State officers, Circuit Solicitors, members of the House of Representatives, State Senator, county officers, and one ballot for all Constitutional amendments and special questions; each of three said boxes to be appropriately labelled; which ballots shall be of 'plain White paper and of such width and lehgtfr as to contain the names of the On^cer or officers and questions to he voted for or upon,, clear and even cat, without ornament, des^ ignatioh, mufilationi symbol or mark ' of any kind Whatsoever,' except the name* or name.? of the person or persons voted for and the office tb which such person or persons are intended to be chosen, and all special questions which name or names. Office or" offices, question or questions shall be writ ten or printed' or" partly written or partly printed1 thereon in black ink;'and such ballot shall-be* so folded as to conceal the name or hames,' question ' or questions thereon, and so folded, shall be de posited in a, box to be constructed, kept 'and disposed of * as herein provided bylaw, and no ballot of any other description' found in either of said boxes shall be counted.1 ? On'all special questions the bal lot shall state - the question, or Questions, and shall thereafter have the words' "Yes" and "No" in serted so that the Voter may indi cate his vote by striking1 out one or'the other of such words oh said baltot, the word not so stricken out to be counted. ' "Before the hour fixed for open ing the polls. Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe the Con stitutional -"oath.' The Chairman of the Board of Managers can ad minister the- bath "to the other members and to the Clerk; "a No tary Public must administer the oath to the Chairman. The Man agers elect their CKiirman and Clerk. " Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at A O'clock p. m. except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be opened at 7 a. m. and clos ed at 6 p.' m. ' The Managers have the power to fill a'vacancy,-and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can appoint from among the qualified voters, ' the Managers, who; after being sworn, can conduct the elec-1 tion. ' ~ At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot' boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without iadjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each office and sign the same. Within three 'days thereafter,' the Chair man Of the Board, or some one des ignated by the Board, must de liver to the Commissioners of Elec tion the poll list, t he boxes contain ing the ballots and written state ments of the results of the elec tion.- ' *'? ? At the said election qualified electors will vote upon the adoption or rejection of amendments to the State Constitution, as provided in the following Joint Resolutions: A Joint'Resolution ; to Amend Article X 'df the Constitution so as to Authorize the Town of Greer to ?ssCss Abutting Property for Permanent Improvements. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 5 Of Article XVII of the Constitution Empowering the Gen eral Assembly to Regulate the Printing for the State. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 5. Article X, of the Con stitution Relating to the Limit of the Bonded Debt of School Dis tricts, by Adding a Proviso There to as to the Due West School Dis trict No! 38, Abbeville county. A Joint ? Resolution to Amend Section 7, of Article VIII and Sec tion'5, of Article X of the Consti tution, so as to Exempt the City of Beaufort from the Provisions Thereof. A Joint Resolution to Amend Paragraph 5; Article X of the Con stitution Relating to Bonded In debtedness of Counties. Townships, School Districts, Etc., by Adding a Proviso as to the County of Beau fort. A Joint Resolution to Propose an Amendment to Article X of the Constitution by Adding Thereto a Section to be Known as Section j 13-A, Empowering County au- i thorities to Assess Abutting Prop- j erty for Permanent Improvement { of Highways. A Joint Resolution to Amenl Section 5 and 6, Article X, of the Constitution. Relating to the Lim it of the Bonded Debt of Townships, by Adding a proviso thereto as to the Township of Christ Church Parish. Charleston county, S. C, as now Constituted Embracing in Area of Said Township the Town of Mount Pleasant. S. C. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 5, Article 10, of the Con stitution Relating to Limit of the Bonded Debt of School Districts by Adding a Proviso Thereto, as to School District No. 10, Cherokee County. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 5, Article X of the Con stitution Relating to the Limit, of the Bonded Debt of School District's by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the School District of the City oft Florence in Florence County, { South Carolina. A Joint Resolution to Amend i Section 7, Article VIII of the Con- \ stitution. Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the City of Georgetown. A Joint Resolution to Amend j Section 5 of Article XI of the. Con stitution Relating to .the Forma- | tioh of School "Districts, Etc.. by adding a Proviso as to Certain School Districts in Pick ens county. A Joint Resolution to AmerJd Section VII of Article VIII and Section V of A r t ic 1 e" X of the Constitution so as to Ex empt the City of Spartanburg from the Provisions Thereof. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 7, Article VIII, and Section 5, Article X, of the Constitution,! so as to. Exempt the City of Union from the Provisions Thereof. Election Managers. . The following Managers of Elec tion have been appointed to hold the election at the various pre cincts in the said County: Sumter, Ward 1?L. E. White, L. W. Jenkin3, Edgar Skinner. ' Ward 2?J. M. Fogle, A. W. Moseley, EI L. Ducom. Ward 3?J. A. Calhoun, Major Shelley, J. S. Kennedy. Ward 4?A. L. Gibson, G. E. Richardson, S. F. Stoudenmire. Concord?H. D. Brunsen, Albert Brogdon. L. W. Warren. Prpvidence?S. F. Moore, C. J. Gaill'ard, Ben Carlisle. DuBoee?M. R. Rivers, T. S. D? Bose. Jr., Marion Dorn. Manchester?S. M. Coulter, E, R. Williams, F. M. Coulter. .'Mayesville ? Russell Doar, C. Taylor, J. C. Parnell. Oswego?-W. D. l^cLeod, M. M. Brown, J. R. Terry. Privateer ? R- H. Broadway, Harry Hodge, G. A. Nettles. Pinewood?A. P. Ragin, L. A. Graham, W. D. Epperson. Rafting Creek?L. S. Vinson, J. A. Reames, J. K. McLeod. Stateburg?P. C: Kirk, F. K. Bull, W. W. Sumter. Shilbh?W. W. Green, J. C. Mc Elveen, T. J. Keels. Wedgefield?J- J- Geddings, E. L. Burress, W. L. Dew, The, managers at each precinct named above are requested to dele gate one of their number to se cure boxes and blanks for the election from E. F. Miller, Clerk, 115 N. Main St., on Saturday, No vember 4, 1922. L, E. WOOD, R. M. JONES, T. E. HODGE, Commissioners of State and Coun ty Elections for Sumter County, S. C. October 24, 1922. NOTICE OF ELECTION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter. N?tice is hereby given that the General Election for Representa tives in Congress will be held at the voting precincts fixed- by law in the County of Sumter on Tues day, November 7, 1922; said day being Tuesday following the first Monday; as prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualifications for suffrage are as follows: ? Residence in State for* two years, in the county one year, in the polr ing precinct in which the elector offers to vote, four -months,' and I the payment six months before j any election of any poll tax then due and payable. Provided,' That ] ministers in charge of-an organiz-i ed church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to vote after six months* residence in the State, otherwise qualified. Registration'? Payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed, and collectible during the previous mMMMJm V TABLETS - - FOR ~ CONSTIP?llOtf BILIOUSNESS Headache INDIGESTION Stomach Trouble -SOLD EVERYWHERE-' year. ' The 'production of a cer-'^ tificate or the receipt of th'e officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof-of the payment thereof. ;; : * ( * Before the hour fixed for open ing the polls Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe to the Constitutional oath. The " Chair man of the Bdard of Managers can administer the oath to the other Managers and to the Clerk > a Ko-j* tary Public must administer the oath to Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting place -must % be .ppened at 7 o'clock a. m., and closed at: 1 o'clock p. m.. except in' the City of Charleston, where they shall'be opened at 7 a. m., and .closed at 6;pYni. The Managers have the ' power to fin ? vacancy- and if hofe?* of the Managers attend; the citizens can appoint, from among thequali- * fied voters, the Managers; who, afe tcr being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the. Managers a nd Clerk 'must proceed publicly to open the ballot box and count the ballots thereih/and con tinue without adiburhmeht until the same ia completed, and make ! a statement of the result for each office, and sigh the same. Withiit * three days thereafter, the Chair man of the Board, orr some one designated by the '^oar?, must de-<? liver to the Commissioners of -Ele/ft^. turn the pOll list, the box contain-v" ihg the ballots and wntten state ments of the result of the electron. Managers of; Election?The1 foF lowing Managers* of Election have been appointed to . h did the'elec tion at the various precincts in the said county: 'Sumter,'. Ward 1.?AT K. Berns- * ' h'ouae, Henry Strother, W. IX Owens. Sumter, Ward, 2?E. W: McCoI lum; :C; C Cooper, E. E. Sealed : Sumter Ward '3?J. M. N. Wilder, i Silas .Meltette, R. L. Jambs'. Sumter; Ward 4?A-F. Boatfield, John Wallace, John Curry, j Conpord?tj3. W^Brogdon. W. L*. I Bninson, L-' J: Newrnam Providence?iA. C. Thompson, A. C. -BurrOws,' Curtis Edens. DuBose?W: E. Dick, John Riv ers,' William Burrows. ? ? ? Bloomhill?-St. ?l-CouIterV -K. B. 9 Barkley, F. M. Coulter. Mayesville-^-Henry Weldon, H. L. Thomas, E. E. 'Alexander. Oswegb---F. "W- Andrews, RusseH v Lee. s; M. McCoy. Privkteer? -W: O. Cain, Henry Troutman, D O:' Piersbh. Pmewood?-D: R. Lide, B. C, Mims, A. GV Stack. Stateb?nc?*Nelsbn- Murray, J. G. Simmons, JV L. Friersbn.' Rafting Creek?rlarry McLeod. Corley Gillis, D. K/Lee. Shiloh?S. B. MeElveen, JSr" W. *> Truluck, W. F. Green. Wedgefield?E. E. Ayc?ck, W. H. Ramsey,' C. . Wv Chandler. The Managers at each preciifct named above are requested to del egate one of their number to se 'cdre the box and blanks-for the v election from E. F. Miller; TT5 N. Main St., on Saturday, November 4 1922. : BART?W WALSH, T. B. KENNEDY. ' '" STANYARNE BURROWS. Commissioners of Federal Election / for Sumter County, S. C. October 25, 1922. After a drink of home-brewed stuff it is perfectly proper for the crowd to sing, "Oh, say^can you see?"" " TEN YEARS WILL YOU BE PROSPERING in BUSINESS or LOOKING FOR A JOB ? IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE STARTED TO SAVE. First National Bank of Sumter INDICATIONS WORTHY OF Y?U& 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 your Account. t \ ? ' ~ . ?? ? ... ? '. .;>??';?? ? . ? ? i ? ? ? ? 7 . The National Bank of South Carolina The Bank With the Chime Clock. C. G. Rowland, Pres. Earle Rowland, Cashier