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The Watchman and Southron P?bltefced Wednesday and Stxivr m . :\ day by ^?Osteen Publishing Company, Samter, S. C. Terms: $2.00 per annum?In advance. Advertiserne&is: One Square* first insertion . .$1.00 Every -subsequent insertion ._, ?50 Contracts for three months or longer will be. made at . reduced rates. All communication* which sub serve private tnteresta WiU oe charged tor as advertisements. Obituaries and trtbutee^of re spect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was | founded in 1.850* -and the True i Southron, in i 86?. ^The Watch man and Southron now has the com? Lined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is man ifestly the i*;Kt advertising medium In Sumter. * . - ?*?-J ~ '- ?] THE COTTOX MARKET The year's cotton crop is a small one?larger than last year's by barely 2.000,000 bales, and the yield of 1921 was the smallest in a dozen years. But the cotton is being ginned and finding its way; to market at a rate almost unpre cedented. - ' Although they might reasonably look for a stronger market some months hence, in view of increas ing domestic consumption and 33uV ropean demand, the farmers are selling for cash as fast as they can because they need the money, and already the South is feeling the business improvement which this' practice has made possible. j Cotton is the big money crop to.j which 20.000,000 pepole look, and j when they get their money the | effect, is felt throughout the na- i tion. ^Fhe cotton growers mighcj have profited more by holding out j tor-high er prices, perhaps, but as j 'i. ie the whole nation is profiteer-| ing in a business way because of) them. - i \ MONKEYING 'WITH NATURE 3h Los Angeles there is, a new kind of a farm. The owner. Mr. { Gav, "raises lions for,circuses, mo-! tion: pictures, etc. With our snake . farms^^fOx farms, ostrich- farms; ] pheasa|Bt^farms, wild dpcfc farms j and others, we are, in a small way, retarding the rapid- extinction of j the world's wild life. (T^oTpjgists can tell of the many f0J^^l<^--^n*aV insect life - wh^h hayepassed out of existence^ j For sonjtgXof these endings they hai'e surmised the cause. The! others may always remain a mys tery. Nature is complicated. Every , thing depends on something else, j The=-httle fishes eat worms. The! big- -fishes eat the little -fishes, "the j birds eat the big fishes, the animals; eat . the birds, we ear the animals I an$t Jhe worms eat us. j Or 4? we ehange to a vegetable diet, the1 vegetation hass to mtthi r^^tj^gl^replace itselt To do this it ih: ^^vis dependent on the bees " for. fertilization. Without the bees, ] the tr^esj and plants would"; die j and -there would be none, to take j their^Shiee. Perhaps that is why ' God gawe man his liking for honey,1 so'thaVthis ~ould gusupantee man's ] protection. of the bees ^hd thusj insure^their perpetuation. ? So it goes in'eternal circles of ] eating^ breeding, dying, being eaten i in^urn and fertilizing the-soil. The ! circles, mingle and ? cbuntermingle, disappear and re-appear. We make way'on "mosquitoes and rats and j flies,, but in killing them do wei destsoy also hving matter which tsj beneficial to us' and whose loss " will j be harmful? ?We can only progress blindly, and if Mr. Gay with his lion farm. Dr. -Amaral with his snake" farm | and: Clones; Brown and ?mith with] their various animal iarms are doing a work whieh providence has pr^jared ior the good of the uni- j verse.-the .world, should wish them; success. . I "PKErXZVBHSSG&S PART $Tben asked "What do you ex pect "from an audience?" an Amer ican orchestra leader replies: "That the men and women com posing it should not have eaten too'j much before coming to the concert that they, have had sufficient rest before the time for beginning the! program in order to be in the mood j to receive what the conductor has ? to offer: tor be partakers in the per- j formance?to lend themselves; thereby sending to the conductor a j magnetic quality of life and com- j prehension of what is going on. It j is-not a question of applause, but rather -of- the subtle something which a conductor gets or does not get and which inspires or depresses i him as the case may be. -An aud ience' has much to contribute." Here is something worth consid ering by the individuals making up audieiice.c. not only musical audi ences but dramatic and lecture audiences and every other kind, including church congregations. The audience that merely sits' back and waits passively for; musician or defiantly for actor or orator to entertain it not only puts j a "damper on the spirits of the en-, tertainer but bars itself from pleas ure and instruction. All entertain ment is a mutual thing, and en tertianer and audience are both at their best when they do their best |o help each other. The practical suggestions about not coming to an entertainment too full of food or too worn out from worlf to appreciate what is offered are good. : American music and drama have sunered much from *he *^ired business man" evil, due as much to over-eating as over-j working. - * Surely any concert or play or lec ture worth going to at all is worth the effort to have mind and - body fit for intelligent appreciation. . ' - * -": THE CONVENIENT FUEL Natural gas production decreases rapidly in all too: many sections, but the American housewife who has known >its blessings declines to return ro-the use of wood or coal in the kitchen range. Production of manufactured gas, checked now and again by the abundance of the natural fuel, is sotting new-records Sfith?-"every month. A^ Per capita consumption of arti-j ?ci?lgashas increased 80 per cent j in .the last, ten years and three-; "fourths of it goes for lighting or other domestic:- purposes.* Despite thV advantages of the- electric-cur rent, nearly iff per cent of the to tal is used for illumination, but it is the kitchen that is the really dominant factor in the change: Convenience is what counts, and the coal scuttle and wood box, to gether with their dust and- ashes, are on their way. It may be that men werk harder nowadays than did-their fathers, although this may: be? questioned: It- can hardly be doubted that succeeding genera tions of womenfolk find household duties simplified with every year. ^- ? o ? ? PRIDE AND HOUSEWORK "It is hard to understand a sex," says the Brookville Record, "that is too . proudVto do -'house work at $15 a> weekl butrwitfc marry and do it fur. nothing:" Not so"' Jmrd^aiter j wheti one .considers it as the ? d ifference be tween- being a- slave--and having, a business - of one's, own-. --Many a' man who, as an employee,:thinks he is abused if after five- easy eigjht hour days the" bossr&slcsirim to- put teT-an-' extra, hour or -two Saturdajy afternoon, finds wlreu he. starts his. own businessv^at iwelve or four ?iseii .^ours a day s?k days a week and an occasionalbreak into Sun day are merely fun. The house maid has no easy eight "hour day. -/There remains, however; -under the fun in the Record's remark, che sting in the serious fact that only when women iearn to-be good employers will other women cease to be "too proud to do housework." 1 It is not the work itself that causes j difficulty?it is the employer's point of view. The- woman who treats her em pioyeea as she would wish herself or her daughter to be treated un der similar conditions seldom has "trouble getting help". The woman, who is afraid of "spoiling her maid" by- a little human consideration, or 'who doesn't-know how to organize? her household routine on an or derly basis must expect a high la bor turnover and constant trouble. ? m ? CHILD LABOR -AMENDMENT Previous federal laws to regulate child labor have been declared un constitutional. The National Child Labor Committee has now pledged its support to the McCormick Sen ate resolution which proposes to amend the federal Constitution so that the labor of children under 16 j years shall be prohibited. - Hasty and ill-considered amend-! ing of the Constitution of the Unit- \ ed States is by ail means to be avoided. But that groat document was intended to be a bill of human ; rights, and with the exception of j two or three routine matters it has not been amended except in the di rection of extending human liberty. Even the eighteenth amendment, construed otherwise by some peo- j pie, is in reality directed toward the abolition of a slavery just about I as bad- and more widespread than that abolished by the thirteenth. The nineteenth amendment is concerned with the rights of wo men. The resolution proposed as I a twentieth is an-attempt to safe guard the rights of children. If men are people, if members of the colored race are people, it women, tardily recognized, are people, then surely children are people and en titled to every protection the Con stitution can throw around them. The proposal to prohibit the labor of children in any commercial way under the age of 16 deserves thoughtful consideration from every point of view. It is the duty of every citizen to study the child labor situation in accordance not with the theory that "a little work doesn't hurt a child" but with the facts of the cruel and stunting la bor performed by thousands of children who are not protected . in loving homes. The National] Child Labor Committee has plenty of facts to supply for anyone who cares to go into the matter. To those who have spent years investigating-this condition and try ing to remedy it. the only solution semes to be the federal amend* mem. ? ? ? .. , - 1>1SFKAN?HISED CITIZENS No doubt it matters little, in di rect results, whether or not Woodrow Wilson has a vote. His vote "would hardly decide an 'elec tion in New lorsey or Washing ton, D. C. Yet his disfranchise ment gives unusual emphasis to an injustice and absurdity of long standing which affects hundreds of thousands of American citizens. Having removed his residence from his state, Mr. Wilson cannot vote there. And having estabiish ecf his residence in the District of Columbia, he does not -acquire a right to vote there. Residents of the District?which means, for practical purposes, the national capital?cannot vote. They have no voice "in either local or national government! It is" hard to understand why Congress has so long allowed this anomalous situation to continue.. Surely that problem is not beyond >the power, of the human inteb lect. This is supposed to- be a re public. The people who live in Washington would like to ?ee their home city made a part - of the United States in practice as it is in theory, and so would the-rest of the country. ? --.-.V ' HIGH SCHOOL MILITARY WORK ?. . - . . . ., ,? ... - ....-?- . . . .Thirty-three high schools in the United States have taken advantage of the provision under the Nation al Defense Act of 1916 to give, mili tary training under ? the Federal army to high school boys: The ] work has been particularly ' sue-' ?cessful in Cleveland. ? ' ???? The plan in operation- requires^ every boy in the luth and 11th! grades unless nhysicalh/ unfit, or unless his parents are "'eonscienti- J ous objectors," to take four:school periods of training a week. There are three periods of military train ing and . one of physical training. In addition to' infantry drill and various manuals, there are lectures on the army, military courtesy, the rifle, physical training, military hygene, sanitation and first aid.; Signalling, scouting, bayonet work; and woodcraft receive some atten tion. An annual field meet, at the close of the school year, when all. the high schools of the eity com pete shows what has " been done. No boy can graduate from a Cleve land high school without this train ing. Those opposed to military train ing feared it would create, a spirit of militarism, snobbery, contempt for law-and order, v and perhaps' encourage criminal-instincts. The; ?general opion of today is that the. course has improved the boys phy -sically and morally, given them ? sense of responsibility, not obtained otherwise and raised the quality of their citizenship. Most of their parents express approval of the eourse. The physical education side of this military work is its most im portant advantage, in the estima tion of most < i*zens.; But the mili tary training in discipline, quick ness of action, prompt response to authoritative command, and so on, teaches valuable lessons for youth ful citizens to learn. ? ? ? KEEPING GEORGE OUT Nobody need pity Lloyd George. At the present time he may be down but he is far from being out. j As to Mrs. Lloyd George, she is glad her energetic husband is pro vided with enough enemies in pol- | itics to use up his abundant fight ing spirits away from home. Not that he is a wife-beater or any thing like that, but just as a safety valve to keep him in good humor. "He loves a fight and his spirit goes up and his health improves; when there is a fight going on." J says the ex-premier's wife." I am-, always pleased when1 there is a '.ght because he gives me far less trouble. A fight i? like to tonic to him."* Many women will echo her sen timents. Fighting in both cases ficsxs constant, absorbing work. They know that an idieMnan in the house is more trouble'than six chil dren. They find this out when their husbands are home with k eold. or in between jobs, or in the first year of retirement from ac tive work. Men are but grown boys, and a man's work and a boy's work serve the same purpose, namely, to keep him out of mischief. The best doctors do not advise a busy,. j active man to retire -shortly :and i merely because he has' 'rehehed the age when men are supposed to j retire. Such, retirement has been found to be surprisingly -anfortu nate. Many such men f,die within a year of stopping work., chiefly because of the abrupt let-down of their accustomed activity and a morbid stagnation of their vitality. ? So it is easy to see why Mrs. Lloyd George likes her husband to, be well occupied. This little Welshman, who is the very essence of action, would be a trying per-:j gon : to manage- continually within the four walls of a home. 17 BALES iiN Dr. Durley Explains Process of Fighti?g Weevi* in Tennessee (Memphis Commercial-Appeal) t . Can cotton be made profitably amid the ravages of the bplLweevil? Yes, by cool-headed,; systematic methods, says Dr. Howard Durley, .Whitehaven .physician, .who is the owner of 17 bales of Foster cot ton produced oh . 20 acres, this .fall ?the biggest yield per acre in Shelby County that has been, re ported to County Agent W. M. Landess. The Durley cotton patch at Whitehaven lay along the high way through that thriving /little, suburb and. thousands of passers by -paused during the summer to wonder at the superb cotton crop that was making all the way up despite, weevils. ? County Agent Landess selected the.20-acre plot as a demonstration ! field in the spring, and, finding put |Dr, Duriey-s- determination to make, a test, permitted-him to do so un-. | der-.the Usual jnethods with xmly< ! a little advice now; and-* then. The county.:agent watched^ the. crop closely and >4sv authority for -the record yield of Shelby. Coimty. In 1921 the- same land was 'in. corn-xand peas. ^Ifl the. winter: of I :I?22, *he -land was broken deepi with ^wo-horse. plow* and., eight! l?cres -of It were listed and bedded j imfche spring; m brdeT".to determine*.] j the difference in"fefeed beds.' TJ-fere ( t-was no .difference- in production.] fJDr. Durley says, this year, r? ;, HeJ listed the flatbroke land and ked-j ded it out with a middle husten, j : i Feed PlowOltew "I < used *20? pounds V of acid .phosphate ? ?and 100 pounds of hi-; tr?te, of soda to eaohr acre" -re ports Dr.--Durley; was'applied with a small distributor in a fur row ? in the' bed- \ jtre,t ? before ? *? j tbefj planter and' a common;' harrow, ! which made a smooth 'bed for the j seed: The cotton Was"- planted from I April 18 * to 23, using Foster on 12 vacres and Sprowl big boll on- 8 ?acres. I' began to cultivate with a one-horse "Gee-Whiz" harrow just | as soon as the cotton . was up, plowing it with this plow, and- a; cultivator every week. I saw that every row was plowed and that it was just as shallow as possible. Plowing continued to August 15. "The cotton: was left just as thick as a 6-inch hoe would leave itr with one to three stalks in a hill, i started the last" of June j picking up punctured 4sp|^s, :do I ing this three times in as many weeks. Theri. Ii used "tj^o. applica tions of calcium ^.arsenate everv j fifth day until the .drouth, and northeast winds began' and then f stopped!; ?'. '. fashion news. 1'". ' ? . ???>' For Mourning., ... Paris, Oct.. 25.?Velvet today is even, being, used for mourning,. a custom contrary to the ...formerly strict French rule which , prescrib-. ed nothing more attractive than serge, cashmere or garbardine. The black velvet is trimmed with, wide borders of black crepe. The lines are simple to. the point of severity.. Touch of Lace. [ Paris, Oct. 25,?Only the mer est, touch of lace is permitted on lingerie at the moment. The ten dency is toward very simple up derthings in pale tints, the chief decoration being buttonhole stitch ery in a contrastign shade, or a few embroidered medallions. Protest Skirts. London, Oct. 25.?There are still heard voices today raised' in pro test against longer skirts.--- or. in deed, against skirts of any sort. The magazine "Health" declares a skirt jerks the body at every step and would cause a strong man to be come exhausted if he walked ' a short distance in one: Knickers, on. the other hand, ''make a wo man feel so shamelessly young that she can hardly keep her heels on the ground." > Sub-Deb. I New York, Oct. 25.?A scrutiny of crowds at recent football games j proves that the sub-deb wears a [costume which accords with the at ! mosphere of the afternoon and also with that of the informal dinner party which inevitably follows. She selects a gay costume that utilizes the fancy coat blouse in some bright combination of shades a sports length fur coat of benver or raccoon and a close fitting h?t-of metallic cloth. NOTICE OF ELECTION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, . .County of Sumfer. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for State and County Officers will be held at the foting 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''ji>oll 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 colleet such Sap? 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, is follows: One ballot for Rep cesehtatlves in. Congress; and one 'ball?t for Governor, Lieutenant 'Governor, State officers,. Circuit Sdl'ieitors, members -of the House of Representatives, State Senator, Sourity officers^ and one ballot for ail Constitutional amendments and special questions, each .of three said Tioxes to be appropriately labelled; which ballots shall 6e of plain white paper and of such'width and length' as to contain the names of "the officer or officers and. questions ??to pe ! voted, for or upon, clear and even cut, without ornament, des ignation, mutilation, symbol or mark of any kind whatsoever, except the' name or name.*, of the person .or persons voted for and the office to which, such person or -persons are intended to be chosen, : and, all. special questions w'hich name or names, office ,or offices, question or questions shall be writ ten or printed or partly written or partly printed thereon in- black ink; and such ballot shall be so folded as to., conceal the name or fhames, question or questions thereon, and so folded, shall be die posited in. a box to be constructed, kept and disposed of . as herein provided^ by law, and no ballot of any other description found in either of said boxes shall be counted. . On all special questions the bal lp^, shall state .the question,, ur kju&tibns, and shall .thereafter have 'Che words , "Yes*' and 'tNo*';'in -'se'rted so-that-the. voter/may indi *cate' his# Vote by striking out one or the other of such words on said ballot, .the ^wprd not so stricken put ro be counted, I ^Refore the hour fixed for open ntg tb& polls, Managers and Clerk? mast' .ialte and subscribe the Con stitjational oath! The Chairman .of -trae Board of ' Managers can ad-. - minister the oath ^to. the other members and to the derk; a No *tary/- Public:-'must' administer the oath to the Chairman. The Man agers elect theirChairman .and Clerk.; ; ?v; f^t , Polls at each voting place must. be1 opened at' 7 o'clock a. m. and closest*at 4"b'elbck'Pvm. 'except in. .the 'City of 'Charleston,' where: they .shah be: opened :at T .a. m; and cdos 'ed at .6 p. m. ' The Managers h'dve the power to'.fill ? vacaucy, "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 elee ;tibn.'. ... . .. 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 adjournment 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' the 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 of the Constitution so ?s to--Authorize the Town of Greer .to Assess 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, liebt 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 Vin 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 13-A. Empowering County Au thorities to Assess Abutting Prop erty for Permanent Improvement [of Highways. A Joint Resolution to Amen.! 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 j ', ? . . Section 5, Article 10, of the Con stitution Relating to Limit of the Bonded Debt ?f 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 Districts by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the School District of the City of. Florence in Florence County, South Carolina. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 7, Article Vm 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 Section. 5 of Article XI of the Con stitution "Relating to the Forma- \ tion of School Districts, Etc., by ad.ding. a Proviso as to . Certain School Districts in P-ickens county. . .A Joint Resolution to Amend Section .VII\ of Article VTJI and Section V. ofArticie X of the Constitution so as - to Ex empt the , City, of Sp?rtanburg from the Provisions Thereof. A Joint -Resolution r.to Amend Section 7, Article VIII, and Section 5, Article X,. of the Constitution, so a? . to Exempt the City of .Union from ther-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 J-rL. E. White, L. W. Jenkins, Edgar Skinner, Ward 2?J. M. Fogle, A, W-: Moseley. E. L, Dncom... o Ward 3?J,. A. Calhoun, Major j Shelley. J. S. Kennedy,. . .Ward 4?A. L, Gibson, G. E.. Richardson, S. F. Stoudenmire. Concord?H. D. Brunson,. Albert. Brogdon, L. W. Warden, . Providencer-:S.r. F. Moore, C. J GaiDard, Ben Carlisle.. ... , . .DuBdse?:M. R... Rivers, T. S. Du-. Bb?efi-.Jr;,. Marion Dprnr :. .. ; .Manchester?S.. M. Coulter, E. R. Williams, F. M. Coulter. . . Mayesyille ? Russell. Dear, C. Taylor* J. C. ParneH, . Oswegp?W.-J3. McLeod, M. M.. Brown. J. R.. Terry., . . , Priyateer.-T-.R- H. Broadway, Harry Hodge, G. A. Nettles. Pin e wood?A. P. Ragin, L. * A. Graham, W. D. Epperson. Rafting Creek;?L. S. Vin3on, J. A. Reames. J. K. McLeod. . Stateburg?P. C. Kirk, F^ K. Bull, W. W. Sumter. Shiloh-T-Wi W-. Green, J. C. Mc Elyeen, T; J. Keels. We'd&efield?J; J.' Geddings', E*.' L. Bifrrest^ 'W. L. Dew.. . %e\m'anagers: at each precinct harnied above are requested to dele gate oae. of their, number to se cure1 boxest and ' blanks* for the eleetion from E. F.' Miller, Clerk, 11?-N. Main St., on Saturday, No vember'."*; ir922. - ' L. e. WOOD, R. M. JONES, ? T. E. H?DGE,; ' Commissioners ?f . State :and Coun ' ; ty Elections for Sumfer .County," j. s; c. ; . ?. : : ?? ? ? -October 24, 19.22.^ " [ NOTICE OF ELECTION STATE OF SOTJTH ?AROUN?, I . :County of Snmter,.. k.. [" Notice is hereby given that the (General 'Election for Representa jtives in Congress will .be held/at. Xhe voting precincts fixed by. law in. the Co^nry. of. Sumter on Tues-< day, November 7. 1922, said .day being. Tuesday following the first Monday., as prescribed by the State ?Constitution. . The, quahfications for suffrage 'are as follows: j Residence in State for two years, in the. county one year, in the poll ing precincf in which the elector offers, to. vote, four months, and the payment six .months before i.any election, of any poll tax then due and payable. Provided, That ministers \ in charge < of .an orgauiz ed.. church and teachers of public schools shal,!.. be entitled to vote after~six months' residence in the State, otherwise qualified ? Registration -?Payment of alt I taxes,. including poll tax, assessed land collectible during the previous [year. The production of a . cer tificate, or the receipt ?f the officer [authorized to collect such taxes [shall be;, conclusive, proof ,of the .pajpnent thereof. '?' ' ? ( I . Before the hour fixed for open ing .the polls Managers- and'Glerks [must take and subscribe., to. the (Constitutional, oath. The' Chair man of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to the . other Managers and to the Clerk; a No tary Public, must administer the oath to Chairman. The. Managers' ;elect.their .Chairman and Clerk. . .Pells at each voting, place/must ibe opened at. 7 o'clock a. m., and j closed .at 4 o'clock p. .m., except tin the City of . Charleston, where, they 8hall.be opened at 7 a. m., and closed at 6v p. m. The Managers have the power !to. fill a vacancy; and if none of jthe Managers attend, the citizens ? can appoint from among the quali fied voters, the Managers, who, af ter being sworn, can conduct the 'election. i At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot box and count the ballots therein, and con-' I tinue without adjournment until j the same is completed, and make ;a statement of the result for each j office, and sign the same. Within i three days thereafter, the Chair-' ! man of the Board, or some one ?designated by the Board, must de | liver to the Commissioners of Elec j tion the poll list, the box contain ing the ballots and written state '? m.ents of the result of the election. Managers of Election?The fol lowing Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the elec tion at the various precincts in the said county: Sumter, Ward 1.?A. K. Berns house, Henry Strother, W. D. Owens. Sumter, Ward' 2?E. W. McCol lum. C. C. Cooper, E. E. Seale Sumter Ward 3?J. M. N. Wilder, Silas Mellette, R. L. James* Sumter, Ward 4?A. F. Boatneld. i John Wallace, John Garry. Concord?B. W. Brogdon, W. L. Brunson,. L- -J. Newm?n. Providence?A. C. Thompson, A. | C. Burrows; Curtis Edens. DuBoee?W. E. Dick, John Riv- j ers, William Burrows. Bloomhill?M. A. Coulter, H. B. Barkley, F. M. Coulter. Mayesville?Henry Weldon, H. L. Thomas, E. E. Alexander. Oswego?F. W. Andrews, Russell Lee, S. M. McCoy. Privateer?W. O. Cain, Henry Troutman, D. O. Pierson. Pinewood?D. R. Lide, B. C. Mims, A. G. Stack. Stateburg?Nelson Murray, ?. G. Simmons, J. L. Frierson. Rafting Creek?Harry McLeod, Corley Gillis, D. K. Lee. Shiloh?S. B. McElveen, S. W. Truluck, W. F. Green. Wedgefield?E. E. Aycock, W. H. Ramsey, C. W. Chandler. The Managers at.each precinct j named above are requested to del- j egate one of their number to se cure the box and blanks for the. election from E. F. Miller, 115 N. Main St., on Saturday, November 4, 1922. BARTOW WALSH, T. B. KENNEDY, STANYARNE. BURROWS, Commissioners -of. Federal Election i for Sumter County, S. C. ^October 25, 1922. WEAK MIND TOBEPLEAi Of Mrs. Phillips Charged * ??? ^With Murder : Los Angeles, Oct. 31, ? The ?prosecution rested this afternoon in the trial of Mrs. Clara Phillips for the murder.: of Mrs. Alberta Meadows. \y Mrs. Phillips is a "moron subject to epileptic convulsions" and has ?'the mentality of a child," her at torney, Bertram Herringtqn. de clared today In opening the : de fense: The attorney asserted he would prove that the defendant did not wield the hammer with which the state contends Mrs. Meadows was beaten to death. He declared, it would be shown.j that Mrs. Phillips' every action that .day was "guided by Peggy Caffee," eyewitness, who testified she saw Mrs. PhiHfp8 ~ striking Mrs. Mead "ows with the hammer. . Herrington declared he would show, that Mrs. Meadows was. slain ?after an "altercation-and -fight herj tween her and ...Mrs. Phillips, in .which the. latter's. little . finger .was practically broken and she appeal ed \o Mrs. Caffee for ;aid.. .ft. was [Mrs. Caffee, he suggested ?who brought, the hammer, not Mrs; Phillips. ? : . . . h i Referring to; his. client's- mental ^condition; Herrington said- her fa ther .and several other near-- rela-i ! tiv.es had. .been,; meptaliy-iraesppn-i j csfbje. ;?..?:... .. ? ...... ? .. ? . ?. > .? !? , ..\ ?-? ? ? VICTORY FOR ! Dallas, Oct. 31*?:The civ? court; of appeals this afternoon .ordered set aside, the temporary restrain ing order granted by Judge ?A~ M. Blackman Saturday .to keep the name -of Earle B. May fie Id off the= ballots as the Democratic-/senator rial. candidate. Secretary of State S. L. Staples and .W. A. Keeling, attorney gen eral, .were cited today to appear j'in .the fifth court of civil appeals Jionday. and show cause why they, should hot be adjudged in contempt of court. The citation was made following a- motion of. counsel for the plaintiffs in the action for in junction to keep the .name of May field off the ballots. The case orig inally was filed* at Coriscana Texas. ..... It was alleged that Matyfield's name had been certified to the county election boards by the Sec retary of State - who had advised .with the attorney general, before ?nal disposition of the injunction .case pending in the court of-" ap j.peals. . _ . . : MEXICAN CONSULATE i CLOSED President Obregon Suspends < Business Relations With New York New York, Oct.. 31.?Loeal^ firms , doing business. with. Mexico r* and the various "departments;, of ijfche Mexican government were unab^.'/ today to determine Jkjw far .Pres-. ident Obregon's .order to suspend *' all commercial ? relations with - New York business , firms., would affect their Mexican...business. Most of the firms .furnishing. steel and railroad supplies to f t&e Mexican government have . only local offices here. Officials of okH and mining companies doing, busi ness in Mexico and having .their v headquarters here refused to com* ment on the order until tbe3' h?d received from Mexico City official ? confirmation of the government's intention. ' -.. ? . ; Export firms doing business vjth. Mexicans ' as individuals. sale ? the : order would not affect ~their..ref lations so far as they, could determ- ? ine at.this time. -. .- ?>.>. Sgm The Mexican. consulate, which . was cldsed last. Friday as a protest ^ by the Mexican government against the grant by -New York, courts -of a writ of attachment against --.its funds in. connection with -a suit ^. for damages of the. G?.ver Ameri^ can Trading company, still remain- : ed closed tonight. The orders va cating the- writ of - attadraseftt against the eon.inlate v/as furnish ed the attorneys for the Mexican government today, and it Vfasrstal ed that orders to reopen the con sulate were% momentarily expected > from .Mexico City. I? the mean time, the usual business of -the consulate was. - referred to >rfeex Mexican consul at Philadelphia for * disposition; ' ?? ' The view was expressed by a:*per son familiar with negotiations leading up to the imerna*$??ai Mexican debt agreement /for - the - present the agreement for the set tlement of Mexico's- external'debt would not be affected by the pos- r sible suspensio-i of commercial se- ^ lations ? between the Mexican gov ernment and New York business^; firms. .' ^ Attorneys for the Mexiea? gov- S ernment here refused-to'say'any thing in regarO to President Obre-'^ gon's reported action:-:g -.? ?. ? ?. IN JAIL AT ST/^O?gEj 5*.'??'<. 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