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SUMTER WINS BY LONE POINT - Darlington Defeated on Local Grounds in Stow Game :,' ; ' . Outgeneraled and outplayed. Sumter managed to win from Dar lington in football Friday after ?noon by a single point. Sumter played the poorest game she has played this season and narrowly escaped defeat at the hands of a team that she should have de feated easily. Darlington scored first in the beginning of the sec ond quarter, driving to Sumter's one yard line on line bucks and short forward passes. Here Sum ter showed her only real defensive play of the'game: three times throwing the Darlington backs for losses. On the fourth play how ever, Darlington forward passed * over the goal line for a touch down. The Sumter back field should have broken up the pass easily. The try for point failed. Taking the ball the young Game cocks recalled ? little of the spirit of other days and carried the ball for a .touchdown in a few minutes, of; play. . Bianding'.kicked goal and the scoring was over for the afternoon. During the second half, Sumter was on the defensive for most of the time, seemingly content to let the vistors have all of the fun. The game was marred by wrangling on both side3 and from a spectator's standpoint was a very poor exhi bition. Brown and Coker played great ball fbr Darlington, while the work of- Cuttino and Kirven stood out above the mediocre play of their mates. The score stood 7 to 6 for Sumter at the end of the contest. Richard Wrigh.t one of the best of the local players, had two bones broken" in his left hand early in the game and will not be able to play for several weeks.. ;' Coach Shaw stated after the game tha tfor the next two weeks hard work would be the program in preparation for the game with; Florence here on November 10th. Florence is being coached this year by Lee Rhame, former Furman star and boasts one of the best teams in the lower part of the state". CASSINA TEA FACTORY -Federal Cameramen Are Mak-| ing Scenes of New Industry ! (Charleston Post). j The story of Cassina tea is to be j told jn motion pictures, and to thisj end, there are now at the factory, established and operated by Geo. F. "Mitchell, government tea ex-, pert near Mount Pleasant, two j 4?-earner =men,' federal film experts, j | --vho are making exterior and'inter j> lor views of this fascinating enter prise, and further scenes will be >made in Washington, including ' some of the early Indian phases of ^ the story, so that it should not be ? many weeks before the whole sub ject will be placed before a great audience of people interested in Cncie Sam's scientific men's f achievements. Messrs. Evans and Cramer ar rived- yesterday from ' Washington with their cameras to make the ?-cassina tea scenes. They have al ?ready outlined a dramatic story of this interesting experiment, amd i with a historical setting, and t some magnificent scenic touches, \ the whole story is going to be of special appeal to the public, it is assured. Mr. Mitchell's demon 1 stration of the commercial pos , sibilities of cassina tea and cas . sina syrup is beginning to attract T^ide attention, and his visitors in . elude scientific men. capitalists and - farmers, as well as casual callers. . As a tea expert. Mr. Mitchell is nat ionallyv known and when he de ; clared that the Christmas berry ( plant or cassina leaf contained \ caffeine> to the strength of roasted coffee, and less tannin, much less, i than tea, while the leaf could bei cured and brewed into a beverage j or converted int oa syrup base of . superior qualities, with a com merlal value worth while, his! [ words not only attracted much at- I . tention and respect, but secured j proper supprt financially from the! powers that be, and for several months, he has been scieatfically j /manufacturing cassina tea, both; black and green, at low cost, near! '. Charleston. Mr. Mitchell has produced some ?.000 pounds of this new tea,, wHIch will be shortly placed on the market, both locally and about the country. Some of it will find its way into South America, to com pete with teas there. Srfany; Charleston people have sampled this new beverage, and have found it very palatable. It has advan tages over ordinary tea. As an iced beverage it is particularly pleasing, and hot cassina tea is fragrant and mild. \\ The Christmas berry is very plentiful in this section of the Country, and is easily grown. It is believed that Mr. Mitchell's cas sina factory is going to induce a more general production of the cas sina tree, and mean the establish ment later of factories at con venient points. Just as soon as it becomes generally known that the tea is marketable and can be cheaply produced, this new indus try should find many backers here. The fire department responded Thursday afternoon to an alarm from the corner of Manning Ave nue and Bee Street. A small house on S. Harvin street, near the city limits was on fire. The roof was damaged before the flames were extinguished, but the loss was not OUNTY NEWS j COUNTY FAIR PUBLICITY - Merchants and Others Asked to Advertise Sumter County Fair Secretary Reardon in charge of ! the publicity and amusement de partments of the Sumter County Fair Association requests the state ment made that merchants of Sum ter can do their own business .a great deal of good by mentioning the Sumter County Fair, Novem ber 21st to 24th, in their adver tisements in the Sumter and out of-town papers. It doesn't cost the merchants anything extra to do, this and they are helping to boost our fair. - And help advertise the merchants at the same time. The special fund for advertising Sum ter as "? Good Place to Trade" provided by a number of Sumter business concerns could do a lot of good by getting out a special fair advertisement and incidentally in vite their customers of Sumter and adjoining counties to' come to the Sumter county fair. Invite all the rural schools and home demon stration clubs, "boys' pig and corn clubs, farmers, and others to march or have floats in the spec tacular Pageant of Progress Pa rade, on Sumter county school day, Friday, November 24th, and to put up community booths and individ ual farm exhibits at the fair. This line of advertising is largely used by merchants and other business men of Columbia for the State Fair and by business establishments of Orangeburg, Lee and Florence counties in boosting their county fairs. Common Pleas Jury _ Petit Jurors Drawn to Serve r Week of November 13th B. O. Canty, ^W. B. Daughtry, Harold Moise, J; M. Jenkins, Wilson Greem J. R. Tates, Edwards Bradford. H. G. Stone, S. R. Young, A. A. Howell, P. G. Bowman, J. Burchell Richardson, H. D. Anderson* C. M. Ryan, .J. O. Barwick, E. W. Hurst, E. Is. Brown, E. B. Muldrow, G. W. J?nson, J. M. James, T. M. McLeod, Isaac Holliday, A. L. Northcutt. A. M. Brogdon, B. O. Wilder. A. E. Aycock, L. J. Leonhirth, Mott Lawrence, W. M. Truluck, T. L. Moyer, S. M. Nabers, L. Alpert, W. L. Gibbes, J. K. McLeod, E. M. White, J. W. Spencer. Marriage Licenses. White: Mr. John A. Hughes and Miss Dora Frances Smith, of Sum ter. Mr. T. B. Gillespie of Greenville and Miss Mabty Roberts of Green ville. Colored: Levi Hawkins and Arthemia Green, of Pinewood; Matthew Rivers and Alberta Spence of Claremont; Ransom Rembert and Louisa Walker of Borden; Robert Stukes and Mary Hodge, of Sumter; George Wilson and Rosalie Wilson. Wedgefield. Ice Cream Factory for Sumter Assured Fact. Mr. L. J. Corning, president of the Buttercup Ice Cream Company, of Hamlet, N. C., the concern that is to establish the ice cream factory in Sumter has left for northern markets to buy the refrigerating plant and other machinery and equipment for this new enterprise. A building has been purchased and other arrangements being made to be ready for business early next year. Secretary Reardon is still seek ing information about how much coal cinders can be had in Sum ter. but he doesn't want the cin ders to put in ice cream, he wants to locate a cinder concrete block factory here, but. it looks like no one in Sumter has coal cinders, not for sale any how. He doesn't need any money for this proposed enterprise as he has all the mon ey he needs, and is a good bor rower from banks?just cinders are needed. Housekeepers can help a local enterprise and get in line with the "Buy at Home" campaign by speci fying Sumter tomatoes, when or dering canned goods. The Sumter Canning Co., packs first class goods and it can be built up into a big business. Local people should lend it a helping hand by creating a local market for home grown and home manufactured products. If the Sumter Cannery could sell all the canned tomatoes, canned beans and canned sweet potatoes consumed in Sumter it would have a pretty fair business without ship ping a case. The cannery furnishes a market for farm produce and Sumter people should furnish a market for the Sumter Cannery. The same argument holds good with respect to the products of the Sumter Creamery. Sumter butter should be given the preference by Sumter housekeepers. COUNTY FAIR PUBLICITY Committee on Floats and Dec orated Cars Address Bus ness Concerns The following is an appeal from the committee on securing partici pation by Sumter's business and I professional establishments in the big: and spectacular Pageant of Progress Parade on Sumter Coun ty School Day of the county fair, I Friday, November 24th: j To the Business and Professional Establishments and all Organiz ed Bodies of Men and Women of j Sumter. Greeting: We. the undersign ed, have been appointed a commit tee to interest every mercantile, manufacturing, banking and all business and professional" concerns and organizations in having a float or decorated car in the mammoth Pageant of Progress Parade on Sumter County School Day, of the Sumter County Fair, Friday, No vember 24th, 1922, or in marching in this parade. See information as to cash prizes for floats and dec orated cars. As a matter of city and county pride, having in view the object of uniting the city, town and rural districts in co-operative and diver sified progressiveness and educa tional advancement, we are ap pealing to our fellow citizens to participate in the county-wide event. Think this, over and be prepared to help put the "Sumter Spirit" on dress parade and show what Sum-" ter and Sumter County are and that' "Sumter is a good place to visit, a better place to live, the best place for you.". Cordially yours, Miss Hannah Kristiansen, chair man; P. M. Parrott, W. A. Bryan, Patrick^ J. Gallagher, S. L. Krasr noff, John Buck, Mrs. E. J. Kar rick, committee on'Floats and Dec orated Cars E. I. Reardon. Supt. Dept. Pub licity-Amusements, Sumter County Fair Association. Commercial' or Advertising Divis ion?Best Float or Car. First Prize .$25.00 Second Prize ... 15.00 Third Prize.10.00 Xon-Commercial. Xon-Advertising Division. First Prize .$25.00 Second Prize _.15.00 Third Prize __ 10.00 ; At Sumter Chamber of Commerce ( aref.a few thousand large enve-1 lopes with information printed j thereon advertising the Greater 11922 Sumter Counyt Fair, which the fair officers would like for business concerns in Sumter to use, and which will be furnished 1 free by Secretary Reardon -if any concern will phone for same'. Promiscuous distribution of these envelopes which cost money, with out any assurance of the envelopes : being used is poor business. Hence any Sumter firms desiring to help [advertise the Sumter county fair can secure. envelopes, delivered di rect to their places of business on application. Phone No. 200. ???? i Mrs. W. M.. Lenoir. Jr., and Mrs. i James Simmons, teachers of State burg No. 10 school, near Horatio, have written that they are indig nant over the report that their, school will not be in the spectacu I iar Pageant of Progress Parade I on Sumter County School Day, Fri day, November 24th. These en terprising ladies say that all you have to do to see a rural school that believes' in cooperation between city town and counrty. is to watch out for ?Stateburg No:. 10 on Sum ter County School Day, in the big j parade. You will see something. Hurrah for Mrs. Lenoir, Mrs. Sim mons and the pupils of Stateburg j No. 10 school; And a hurrah fori the school trustees and school pa- j trons also while we are at it. This school is twenty-four miles from Sumter, yet it will come to Sumter to cooperate and help the county fair. Mr. John J. Brennan has some thing up his sleeve about the pag-.. eant of progress parade or partici pation in the "Made in Sumter" or "Buy it in Sumter" division, or rather those hoped for and much to be desired divisions of the Sumter County Fair, whichever it is going to turn out to be, no man knoweth until the fair opens, which John will not release for publicaiton un til next Monday, so he says. He was to tell the hot air artist about it for publication in today's Daily Item, but postponed giving it out until Monday. Dr. J. A. Mood, chairman, Mr. H. D. Tindal. President of the Sumter County School Trustees' As sociation, and Dr. J. H. Haynsworth, county superintendent of educa tion, the committee in charge of awarding that costly, beautiful and elaborately inscribed rural school banner for the school making the best appearance in the parade are anxious to hear from rural school trustees and teachers about their schools. While it is conceded that j a big majority of the rural schools will be in the parade, nevertheless J information is wanted as to approx imately how many and what schools ) will participate. Fire at Navy Yard I Small Arms Ammunition De stroyed by Flames Charleston. Oct. 28.?Fire broke I out this afternoon in the ordnance I dock of the navy yard, a consid | erable quantity of small arms am j munition being destroyed. The i blaze was quite spectacular . and [for about an hour there was con stant exploding* of cartridges lor revolvers and rifles. The caut.e of the fire is not known. The small building used as a magazmo was! destroyed but the money loss was not reported. NEW WITNESS IN NEW JERSEY MURDER CASE Officials Proffess t o Have Evidence That Will Fix Responsi bility For Killing New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 27. ?"The Hall-Mills case is complex, but it is not a mystery." This was the statement today of Special Deputy Attorney General Wilbur A. Mott, who has taken over for the state the investigation of the double murder of the Rev. Edward Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, choir singer, on the Phillips farm six weeks ago. With an assertion by Mr. Motf that he had found a witness to corroborate at least part of the story told by Mrs. Jane Gibson, farmer, who claims to have wit nessed the double shooting and identified two members of the death party, this cryptic statement con stituted the chief development of the day. In connection with this mention of a corroborating witness a flurry of excitement was caused by the appearance in the case of a mys terious witness, a pretty girl of 21, who, in company with state troop ers, spent an hour near the scene of the murder. Whither this girl came and whither she departed re mains a mystery. The troopers admitted that they had taken her to de Russey farm, leading to the Phillips farm, at the direction of Mr. Mott. but they declined to say the purpose of the journey.. Mr. Mott questioned Mrs. Gib son for a long time today. Introduction into the case of this sturdy farmer-woman, who re tired as a. bareback rider to raise pigs, has caused a crowd of curios ity-seekers to descend on her farm, eager*, to catch a glimpse of her. To protect her from the cu rious a state trooper was sent to her place, blocking efforts 'of news paper men to interview her. She claims to be a native of Gibson, Ky., and related to the Gibson formerly in the distilling business. It is understood that her father was an officer in the Con federate army. Woman Wrept by Body. New Brunswik, N. J.. Oct. ? Four hours after she witnessed the shooting of Rev. Hall and Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Jane Gibson returned to. the scene and saw the woman she says was present during the firlftT ing bending over the body of, the rector, weeping. Mrs. Gibson Itoldfj Special Attorney Mott that Mrs.] Mills escaped her assailants but af-j ter the rector was killed she .was' dragged back and shot three times. ? ? ? Mrs. Hall and Brother Charged' 1 With Murder New Brunswick. N. J., Oct.. 26.? Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow of the slain rector of the Protes tant Episcopal Church of St. John | the Evangelist, and her brother, Henry Stevens, are the man and woman named in the sworn state-; ment of Mrs. Jane Gibson, self styled eye-witness of the double slaying of the Rev. Edward Wheel re Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Rein hardt Mills on the night of Sep tember 14, last. This announcement was not made by the authorities but be came known tonight through the issuance of a statement by Mrs. Hall's attorney, Timothy Pfeiffer, denying Mrs. Gibson's account and declaring that neither the rector's widow nor her brother were on the Phillips farm on the night oi the double slaying. "Mrsl Gibson's statement is con tradictory to the facts." Mr., Pfieffer said. Mrs. Hall was in her home all evening. Barbara Tough, one of the maids, was out that night and Louisa Geist, the other maid, was on the back stoop, j There was no one else but a little seven-year-old niece in the house with Mrs. Hall. But there may have been one visitor. "Henry Stevens identified as one of the o.uartet seen on the farm is also contrary to fact. Henry was at Lavallette, N. J., all that night," Mrs. Gibson in her statement, itj is known, declared that she had seen four persons on the night of, the murders under the crab apple | tree where two days later the bodies of the rector and the choil J singer were found. * \ Mrs. Gibson also said in her statement that she heard the man whom she alleges she saw fire a series of shots at the rector and the choir singer addressed by hisl companion. The cries of Mrs. Mills, which Mrs. Gibson declared "still ring in my ears at night" had hardly ) echoed, the woman farmer said,! when the second woman in the quartet screamed in a terrified tone: "Oh Henry." The semi-annual teachers' exami-; nation will be held November 3rd and 4th. The Duroc hogs entered at the State Fair by the Jennings Hog Farm won two third and five fourth prizes. The Foxhall Farm j of Cantonsville. Md., won both j grand championships, botfy second championships and eight first prizes. When an almost stranger slaps you on the back grab your money. Talk is ehr-ap because it is made out of nothiag. GOV. HARVEY CALLS FOR FACTS Daily Reports Requested Fro& Superintendent or tne Penitentiary Columbia, Oct. 26.?Governor Harvey, in line with his interes'; in the efficient conduct of various state, institutions, yesterday after noon made request of Superintend ent A. K. Sanders, of the state pen itentiary for daily reports of food and punishment given to prison ers in the state penitentiary. The governor requested the su perintendent to furnish him with records of all punishment, includ ing corporal, if any, bread and water diet, solitary confineme nt j and other forms of punishment. I The governor also asked for diiiy records of the menu of the pris on, all three meals of the day. The reporst are requested daily; until further notice. NAVY DAY CELEBRATION Place of Honor Allotted To Theodore Roosevelt Washington, Oct. 27.-?Deeds of valor of the American navy were recalled to the public today by the joint celebration & Navy Day and the birthday cf Theodore Roose velt. School, church and other festivals over the country'stressed the high place Roosevelt holds in j American's hearts. The navy paid; a tribute to the former president j when Admiral 'Hilary P. Jones, j commander of the Atlantic fleet J laid a wreath on Roosevelt's tombj at Oyster Bay. Naval Fliers Killed Airplane Crashes to Earth at Hampton Roads Norfolk, Oct. 26.?Lieut. Ed ward Lewis Ericsson of New York city " and Lieut. Roger Franklin Armstrong of Rochester, N. Y., and Norfolk, naval aviators, were kill ed instantly at 1.17 o'clock this afternoon when, an airplane crash ed to earth with them near No^ 1 hangar at the Hampton Roads na val air station. Their bodies are at,the. naval hospital awaiting ad vices from relatives. The badly crushed bodies were dragged from the wreckage, by a dozen men who witnessed the fall. . The fliers had . themsleves con structed or rebuilt the plane in which they took their last flight today- It was the JN-4 type and a land machine,* and they were making a test of its strength this afternoon. . . .The plane had been in the air only about ten minutes when the crash came. Men who saw .the fall said that the "flippers'- were out of control. The naval board of inquiry called to "-investigate. the. accident had lit tle to work upon, because the plane was so thoroughly wrecked.. Lieut. Ericsson- was in command of-the squadron of seaplanes which "attacked'' ships of the Atlantic 'fleet last month with torpedoes hurled from the air. ?' He was scheduled to have com mand of six-torpedo planes in a flight over Norf oik tomorrow morn ing as a feature of the Navy Day celebration. FOR SHORT WORK DAY John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in Favor 8-Hour Period New York, Oct. 27.?(By the Associated Press.)?A sweeping statement declaring his personal stand for the eight-hour day in in dustry and condemning the 12-hour day and the seven-day week as "unnecessary, uneconomic and un justifiable." was issued today bv John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The statement appears in the form of an article signed by Mr. Rockefeller in the current issue of the Survey Graphic and follows an arraignment of working conditions in certain oil fields of Wyoming in the same magazine by R *S Lynd, who spent three months in vestigating conditions. The ^statement js the second within a week Mr. Rockefeller has given out in behalf of the laboring men. The previous one, issued last Wednesday took up the cudgel in the interest of local miners in Som erset county, Pennsylvania, and particularly those employed by the Consolidation Coal Company of which he is a stockholder. "I believe that generally speak ing the 12-hour day and the seven day week should no longer be tol erated in industry, either from the view point of public policy or of industrial efficiency.'* "While the adoption of these standards may and doubtless will at first entail increased costs of production, I am confident that in the long run greater efficiency and economy will result, and that from the outset public opinion will sup port any industry which installs them." GETS $500* VERDICT R. L. Stokes Sues City of Orangeburg for $30,000 Orangeburg. Oct. 27.?The cose of R. L. Stokes against the city of Orangeburg resulted this afternoon in a verdict of $500 for Mr. Stokes. Mr. Stokes alleged that his Vttle boy ran over a chain to which a cow was tied, the chain being j across a street in the eastern sec- i tion of the city. The boy was rid ing a bicycle and later died. Suit in the sum of $30.000 was filed. Messrs. L. A. Hutson, W. C. Wolfe ^.nd R. M. Raysor represented the plaintiff, while Sims & Sims and j A. H. Moss represented the city. | Jury Against Texas Candidate Unusual Political Muddle De velops in Texas Senatorial Race Coriscana, Texas, Oct. 26.?The jury which heard the injunction suit to keep the name of. Earle B. Mayfield, Democratic nomniee for United States senator, off the bal lot in next month's election to night returned a verdict against Mr. Mayfield of 12 of the 21 ques tions propounded by Judge Scar boroughs The temporary injunction re straining Secretary of State Staples from placing Mr. Mayfield's name on the November general ballot will remain in force until the case is finally disposed of by the state su preme court where it is now on appeal, according to a statement made today by Judge Scarborough when asked by * the Associated Press what effect a verdict unfavor able to Mr. Mayfield would have, j Judge Scarborough in instructing the jury to bring a verdict against i Mayfield told the jurors that the! "undisputable and uncontradicted j testimony showed beyond doubt" that the six questions upon which the plaintiff attorneys based their request that the jury be instructed in its verdict -should be answered against the defendant. After the jury had been instruct ed Judge Scarborough said the "uncontroverted evidence" show ed that a large amount of money was spent in Mr. Mayfield's be half in the primary campaign. The court presented figures which to taled $40,500. The law provides that only $2,000 may be spent by a candidate for the senate in a pri mary campaign. . ! The figures show, the judge] said, that in addition to other sums. Mayfield spent $10,000 and the Dallas Ku Klux Klan $12,000. Judge Scarborough said that none bf these expenditures were denied nor contradicted by the testimony. The jury up to the time -Judge Scarborough instructed them to re turn a verdict had steadfastly said they were unabie to agree. This afternoon they asked to be dis charged but were sent back by the judge. Although Judge Scarborough did not ask the jury how the ballot stood before the verdict* was finally reached, foreman Melton declared that the count stood 6 and 6. on all of the questions. Other jurors, however, gave conflicting reports as to how'the ballot stood. RIOTING IN ROME Parties of Fascisti Attacked in Workmen's Quarters Rome, Oct. 30.?Rioting broke out Sunday night when parties of Fascisti, using workmen's quar ters, were fired on and one .attack er was killed ? and one Fascisti wounded. Two were captured. ! HULL PREDICTS ! GREAT VICTORY| Democratic Chairman Tells of, Coming Election - Washington, Oct. 29.?Cordellj Hull, chairman of the Democratic,' national conference, declared to-j night in "a forecast of the senato-| rial' and congressional elections' j that "a Democratic victory is now j assured at the elections Novem ber 7. "The only question of doubt re-'j maining," Chairman Hull's state-1 ment added, "is the extent of the j victory. Practically every section, of the United States will contribute* a share of that victory and every class of voters will be largely repr esented among the victors. . Referring to reports of so-calleJd apathy among voters, Mr. Hull as serted, is what is "due to the fa?t that the great mass <.i voters have already made up their minds defi nitely and finally," and had decid ed to "rebuke the Republican pacr ty for its failure to keep its elec tion promises." Declaring the question had be*m whether Republicans would stiay away from the polls "or turn to tfae Democratic party for relief," ?fr. Hull said: "If the stay-at hcrne Republican votes should be larger than* antici pated by Democrats there will, nevertheless, be a very substantial Democratic victory. "If. on the other hand, the pres-. ent tendency of Republicans 5n re i volt to actively support the Demo cratic ticket is general, as there I is reason to believe it is, the Dem i ocratic party on Tuesday, Novem ! ber 7, will register one of the most I sweepng victories it has hiad in (many elections." .. : . - ??-b Court of Common Pleas. The Court of Common PUeas cbn I vened Monday morning for, the. sec j ond week of the special term, that j is being held at the request of I the Sumter Bar Association. Frank A. Miller, Esq., of Harts ville, ? is presiding as special judge under appointment of Chief Justice Gary. Mendel L. Smith, Esq., of Camden was originally appointed to preside this week, but owing to the i fact that the Court of General Sessions of Kershaw county is in j session this week, it was impossible j for him to accept the , appoint- \ ment. The first case taken up Monday morning was that of J. C. Pate v& ithe Western Union Telegraph Co. suit for damages for failure to de liver an important message. This case will probably be concluded [Monday afternoon. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 30.?The : national-conference of railroad men to devise ways, and means of af fecting the amalgamation of the sixteen standard railroad organ i izations will be held iri - Chicago December 9. O. H. Wagner, sec retary of the committee on the 'amalgamation has announced. UN/iTED STATES , TO BE INVITE? To Participate Officially in th$ , : , Near East Conference ? ________ i ?- ' S'aris, Oct. 26.?France, Italy and ' Great Britain have agreed to in?v vTf.e the United States to particj pfcite officially in the Near Ea^? T,>eace conference at Lusanne, Switzerland, November 13_ The suggestion that the United , _tates be invited came from Lord Curzon, the British secretary for foreign affairs. The invitation wi*i be handed to the state department in Washington probably tomorrowja by the French, British and Italian embassies. . Official Observer. Washington, Oct. 26.?The Unit ed States probably will be rep sented at the Near East peace conference by an official observer, r?' There is virtually no chance that . the Washington government witf^ participate directly however, or bev' a signatory of the treaty of peace to be evolved. Decision of allied governments to invite American participation asl^ party to the negotiations, it can be said on authority, finds the atti tude of the Washington govern* g ment unchanged. While the reply ~~ can be formulated only after it has been received, there is no rea son to doubt the nature of t_*~. American answer. The American policy of standing aloof from Eu ropean political tangles has un dergone no change. . Paris dispatches indicate that the invitation is to be presented ?to Secretary Hughes through the British, French and Italian embas sies in Washington. r That it will be met with appre ciation of the importance attached by these powers to their proposal that the United States share in th?f difficult task before the Lusanne conference, is to be expected Al the same time, however, the em-1 bassies will be very fully advised that as a non-belligerent the Uni ted States feels that it can not have any direct share in a peace conference. American interests are too deep*!* involved in the " final solution of the problem of the Turkish straits; however, and also in the; immuni ties that American citizens shafc enjoy in Turkish territory, both in commercial and religious mat ters, to permit the -Washington government to ^tand wholly aside. ?-?' m m ' ? Cars Ordered Home^ Washington, Oct. 29.?Railroads west of the Mississippi were in-? stracted today bv tue America^ Railway Assoc;.i?ion t?? discontinue loading freight cars owned by Eastern roads, and to return them to home lines as soon as loads could be , found. Eastern lines were re cently ordered to return Western* equipment immediately as a meawis of clearing freight connection. THE LAST STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! ? ? ? ? l^^^l flJ STARTING WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1ST AND UNTIL WHOLE STOCK IS SOLD of THE BATTERY, &?? ONE OF THE BEST STAPLE STOCKS OF MERCHANDISE WILL BE PUT ON THE BLOCK. TO BE SOLD REGARDLESS OF COST QUALITY OR REPLACEMENT VALUE. READ Our large double page SALE Circu lar. We have mail ed one of these cir culars to every house in 3 counties. If you fail to get one?Please write, phone or call for one at our store. It will save you dol lars. SALE STARTS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER FIRST ' AT 9 O'CLOCK AT THE BATTERY 33 S. MAIN ST. SUMTER, S. C. RAIN OR SUNSHINE i WATCH FOR OUR ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS PAPER NEXT WEEK AND GET READY FOR THE BIG EVENT WE ARE GOING TO SELL OUT. STOCK, LOCK AND BARREL