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Bridge Party. One of .the loveliest bridge par ties of the fall season'was "given on Friday afternoon by Mrs. B. Fr?ser Dick at her apartment on<N. Sa Jem Avenue. The rooms were taste fully decorated with1 "masses Of beautiful chrysanthemums, garden lowers and potted plants. Dur ing the play delightful chocolate mints were served. At the close of 'the game Mrs. Perry Moses, Jr.. ' held the top score, who was pre sented with a dainty piece, of lin gerie which was the handiwork of the hostess. The consolation prizes were won by Mrs. W. ? W. Mclver. a' serving tray, and Mrs. WiUiam -Brnnm a hand painted vase filled with beautiful flowers. Mrs. Hal ila*by received an apple for the lowest score. *' Cards were then laid aside and the hostess assisted by Mrs. Pear son Dick, Mrs. Ewing Gibson. Mrs. William Bynum, Mrs. Lee Thom as and Miss Margaret Beaumont, served delicious refreshments con sisting of block cream, layer cake and coffiee. ? Those enjoying this delightful af ternoon were:" Mesdames John ..Sumter, Thos. Siddall, Sr.1 Geo. D. -rSh?re, Warren Burgess, Benj. Hodges. Ray Schw?r^ Wm. Rey nolds, Xieon Scott, I Archie Chinas Perry Moses, Jr., Ansley Harby, -R. C. Richardson, Lee' Thomas, S.. C-Anderson, W. W* Reese, Wil liam Bynum, Ewing Gibson, T. H,, Clarke,'Pearson Dick, W.O. Court- r -wHght, X K Walker, W- H. In gram, Hejrward Crowson, Arthur f IX?rby, F. McLe?d, Robert Mc? -Jbeod, Hal Harby, Lelan<l Moore, -ysjkfnia"Boyle, J. H. Morse. W. W. M4Slver, .M. H. Flaum and Gordon ?'Brkdieyi Misses Elizabeth White, Marion Gentry. Margaret Dick, COra~~Dick and Margaret Beau mOnt"1 Rotary Club Meeting ?-' - - The^-weekly meeting of the-Ro-f tary -Cluh' aft the Claremont Hotel "Monday was of -unusual interest and .there was almost a fulf attendance of members and a number of guests. After' the usual routine business had been disposed of the meeting was turned -over to Claude E. Hurst, Chairman of the Business Methods Commitee, who had charge of the program. N He briefly outlined the Rotarian idea of business methods and the piirpose of the business methods day that is being observed by International Rotary throughout the -world. TaBcs were made by C JF. Korn, C. G. Rowland, S. L. Roddey and Geo. D. Shore, on topics assigned to them by Chairman Hnrst. All of the speakers stress-f ed the^ldea that business methods, and all business, today must, to keep step with the spirit of the times, be founded upon-the Rotary' prjneiple of service before -self. " ?' 'The, next meeting of the dub! will be the Annual--Ladies day and wi? be held at the Claremont Hotel next Monday evening at 8:30t p. m." Dr. W. D^ Melton president of the University of South Carolina, -will be the guest of honor and will make an address. ' ? + ? Marriage Licenses Colored: ? * James Boyd and Rosa Seawright, Sumter, S. C. - 4- Henry Singleton and Corinne Jef 3^rsonr,Mayesville, S. C. Thos, Roberson^andr Julia Joh son, Eastover. S. C ?al! For Charity. * Mrs. C. F. Korn, Chairman Civic fceague Charity Department, has lasited the homes of a number of the charges of her department and ffnets that there is immediate need for warm bed clothing. She asks that anyone who will contribute 4> the reBef of'these needy people Will call phone 839-J. *r Killed in Auto Wreck ?Tommbta, Nov. 21?As a result of g.n automobile accident, which ec ?urred early yesterday morning on the Monticeilo road, about 13 miles from Columbia, Mamie Nora Jones, *S. 2130 Sumter street, was killed, ftebecca Jones, mother of Mamie, end Boykin Hudson, 182? Rich land street are patients at the Benedict College" hospital; Tena Swygert ?11 North Sumter street, wife of R. S. Swgert, is at her home with $ broken leg and other injuries and BL S. Swygert, the man who was thriving the seven passenger car at ??ie time of the accident, is suffer |pg from numerous minor injuries. Willie May Rosborough, 2128 Sum ter street, who was also in the car. Escaped with minor injuries. All parties are negroes. Married. .... .. . ~?... ......i 4 Pisgah, Nov. 21.?At the resi- j d%hce of Rev. J. W. Kenney and! by him November 20th. Mr. James Wood- of Blaney. S. C, to Mrs. Lillie V. Davis Of Kershaw coun ty. ? The cotton crop of Sumter county ! Ais year will be less than 10,000 tiaresr. The number ginned up to Jfovember 14th. according to an of ficial statement, was just a little over nine thousand bales, and ac cording to the same authority not more than two or three hundred ifjore bales remain to be ginned and reported. There is no chance of tBe total reaching the 10,000 mark ? ? 0 ? ? Fashion decrees women's win ter shoes must have loose tongues. Ojne cajls them her prohibition shoes r ? ? ? * 9 We have most of the world's au tos. Money made the mare go. j Nothing takes a man off his feet lik^~*e?*ftg a comfortable chair. QWNTY M?S I Report of Health Officer. The following is a summary of the activities of the health officer for the month of. October, 1922: Premises inspections, 109. Creamery inspections. 15. Meat markets inspections, '10* * Soda founts, 7. Grocery, store inspections, 7. Restaurants inspections, 12; Dairies inspections, 5. Complaints handlecl. 5? Materials' tT$?d. Disinfectant. 15 gallons on mos quitoes. Sold $1.55. Kerosine 10 gallons on mosqui toes. Crude oil. 2a gallons on mos quitoes. Fumigation. Used six fumiga tion lamps. Collected $1.00. Paper milk bottles. Sold, one dozen. Sanitary cans. Sold 12 at $1.75 each. f infectious diseases reported dur ing the/month: Chickenpox, white 2-; colored, 0. Diphtheria, white, 1; colored, 0. Vital Statistics. Births for October, 1022, white 11: colored 1'4. . Deaths for October, 1922, white 8: Colored, 16. Total births for i92f, white llg; Colored, #2. Total deaths for: 1922, white 54; colored, 112. ? M?k Inspection. Forty-three samples'Of milk were examined in October.- -The major ity of these were taken, from 'thie patrons supplying the creamery with raw milk. Some oC this-milk is too high in bacteria to be allow ed on the market even though it is pastuer&ed. ; Pastuerizatiori does not improve thfe quality of milk al ready bad. It kills moat disease germs and lowers the 'number of bacteria' in- the milk and that" it is all it does. - All of the dairymen furnishing raw milk to the city had low bac terial counts. Two samples were found to contain water as an adul terant- r ? ? - * - The following is the name-of the producer and the number of bac teria in a c. c. of the* sample ex amined. Samples examined being indicated by one or more: sets of figures: ?" ?? " Hall & Brennan, 1 $0,000. C. S. Anderson, 4,100. L/ E: Reaifcesi 170,000 and 70, 000. < ' W. J. Stafford, 9,20(1; '46,000. Sumter Crgamery, 16.7.000; 2.30, 004; 84,000'(City SciKKjV supply). Wi E. Brunson, 109,000; 24,000. Dr. J. P. Marion; 64,090. Hogan's Dairy, 28,000, Li E/Kirvin> 276,000. ?, D. S. MacD?nald, t7.200;-21,500. W. S^Reams, 20,300; 23.700. J. I. Purdy, 3>000 : (DeX.brme's Drujr,Stbre>. J.' G. L?ngsten, 48)500 (Mitchell's Drug Sf?re>. Pitts" Dairy, 23,000'; 11,500 (City Drug Store). Fields Dairy. 207,000 (Kandy Kitchen). A. H. Wilder. 1>2 705000; 40;(W)0. (Sberfs Drug Store). ' Gamecock Dairy, 38,000; 20,100. ^Palmetto-Cafe). D; China, 208,000. (Watson's Drug Store). Joe Qvaternak. 180,000. (Cen tral Cafe). " W.-F. Baker, 4,200. El H. Moses, 900. T. E. Bell, 76,500^ B. R. White, II6;O0O. W.-M. Bell, 8,900,000. Brown & Shipman, 190,000. Julian Bui kett, 10,400,000. L. D. Jennings, 50,000. W. R. Wells, $70.000. ' Very respectfully submitted, v D.- O. Browning. Light Drink is Legal: Strong Drink \ v - is Sold. Samuel Adams, president of the American Agricultural Editors' Ac sociation, has recently returned from a tour of European countries. Mr. Adams was commissioned by the American Farm Bureau Fed eration to investigate the' liquor situation in these countries, espe-. cially the so-called light wines and heer phase of the drink problems Mr. Adams made his investigation with an absolutely open mind on this question. In his report to J. R. Howard, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Mr. Adams says: The sale of light wines and beer was one of the subjects that I in vestigated for the American Farm Bureau Federation on my. trip this summer to ten European coun tries. I found that in the countries such as Norway. Sweden, Belgium and Finland, where the sale of whiskey, gin, brandy, etc., was pro hibited, or the sale was supposed to be controlled by a permit system."or sale allowed only in bottles not to be opened on the premises, that the strong alco holic drinks were sold illegally and freely at cafes, hotels, beer gardens, and other. places that were licensed to sell only light wines and beer. My investigations show that it is impossible to separate the sale of light wines and beer, from the strong alcoholic drinks, and that in the places where light wines and beer were permitted to be sold were to be found many immoral women who frequented them to secure their victims. In other words, the places that could legally only sell light wines and beer were flagrantly violat ing the laws of their country, and were securing a large part of their revenue and profit from the illegal sale of unlawful liquor. Visitors in Town. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Frost are in town in the interest of the big blanket sale at the Sumter Dry Goods Co.?Advertisement,., Dr. Truesdale t i Goes to Greenville Retiring Minister of Main Street [ Church Receives Handsome Present From Stewards Columbia, Nov. 20.?A congre gation in tears, heard the farewell sermon of the Rev. R. S. Truesdale, ipastor of the Main Street Methodist church, yesterday morning. At the ; recent session of the Upper South Carolina conference he was assign ed to the pastorate of St. Paul's church in Greenville and leaves this week for his new field. As a farewell token, members of thfe board of stewards of the church presented him with a handsome leather suit case, the presentation speech' being made by Colin^. S. Monteith, member of the board. Mr. Monteith told the retiring pas tor that he held the great love j and esteem of the congregation and that, the church would never for-' get the four years he had spent with them. The Rev. Mr. Truesdale and the j congregation were visibly affected and tears streamed from the eyes oif many in the: congregation. He declared that he regretted to leave the' Main street congregation and said that he >'ould always love the church. He bade the congregation to Extend a, hearty Welcome-to the new p^fitor, the Rev. W. B. Gar re tt, who" comes ^this week from St.' Paufs. ?huEch,? Greenville. - Plans and Work of the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary JiTfie meeting, for November of the American Legion Auxiliary held on Monday afternoon, was full of pep. Each committee was i ''there with the goods," made a good report and showed much pro gress in the work- allotted to it. A crate, of oranges, -a number of boxes of homemade candy, and ap-' propriate ornaments and decora tions were sent ^in due time to the soldiers' .hospital in. Greenville for their Hallowe'en party. Mr. Metro p?K with his usual generosity, fur-J nished the oranges at cost and | threw in a,ftve-poand box of candy j for good measure. A notice which. The Item has I Itindly inserted weekly,' has brought j a liberar donation of jellies from housewives of the city interested in I this work, in addition to the con tributions from auxiliary members, and a case of six. or eight" dozen glasses of jelly will be forwarded to the hospital for a Thanksgiving treat. * '???.??- ? j A number of ladies have been] busy with their knitting needles! ans have provided warni sleeping! caps -for the wintry nights. How- j ever,' a-great many more of these j are still needed. A pattern hasi been 'received of the foot-warmers I that the men like. These articles j are Inexpensive and easy to make, and add infinit comfort to out-j door sleeping at this season of the year. The ladies Want to send in a full supply of -these (thirty six of each article from each aux iliary TS desired as the men are di vided into sections of that number)! Then there will probably be Christmas boxes to get ready. There are five or- six hundred] sick and disabled ex-service war veterans at thisr hospital and It cheers and brightens their dreary days to get these little gifts and remembrances from the outside world, and there is intrinsic value] to them ih the . thought which ] they bring-that their unselfish ser-j vice has not, been forgotten. As the auxiliary is small as yet and the; needs of the men are many; thej public may be-given'- a further op-j portunity to do a bit for these boys j who were sacrificed in the.' cause of democracy. . I.A.BRYAN, Publicity Chairman: ] If there is anyone with leisure! time to help mrwith the sleeping caps and shoes, I shall be glad to furnish information in regard to same. Phone 404. ? ? ? ? - Senator D. D. Moise, Represen tatives Sk K. Nash, Jno.-R. Duffie and E. W. Dabbs, Jr., Chairman 1^ r>. Jennings of the Permanent Highway Commission. Secretary Reardon of the Chamber of Com merce, and several others, attend ed the mass meeting of citizens of the Shiloh section held Tuesday night, at the Shiloh High school, j to discuss the Shiloh road propo sition. The program of hard sur face road building that was out lined before and during the cam paign for the good road bond issu'e was ? discussed by a number of speakers. The consensus of opin ion of the Shiloh people was that they wanted a hard surface high way from the city of Sumter to the county line at Hudson's bridge, even though it should be necessary to issue additional bonds to pro (vide the funds. The general dis jcussion showed that the Permanent Road Commission has no other plan than to carry out the original road building program to the let ter, if it can be done with the funds available from the $2.500,000 bond issue and the funds to be ob tained from the federal road fund. When these funds are exhausted it will be up to the taxpayers to say if there is to be an addition al bond issue to complete the sys tem of paved highways to meet the demands of the sections that a?c not provided with paved roads fro..i the original bond issue. "High noses," says Dr. Wood, "indicate brains." We say they may indicate the neighbors are cooking cabbage. ? 4> ? Mackerel are so thick a Nova Scotia ship foiind sailing difficult. So boarders are out of luck again. Our most famous rich American hunters are chorus girls. COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION Annual Meeting .of Executive Committee Held November, 21st The annual meeting of the execu tive committee of the Sumter Coun ty Tuberculosis Association was held on Tuesday afternoon. No vember 21, 1922. In the absence of the chairman, Mrs. Solomons, the meeting was called to order by Mrs. R. B. Furman, temporary chairman. Mrs. Donald McDonald, ''chair man of the South Carolina Tu bercubosis Association, then ex plained the plans for the seal sales in -the various counties this year. She explained the condi tions under which a county would be allowed to retain for local pur poses seventy-five per cent of the proceeds of the sales. It was agreed that Sumter coun ty's organization comply with these terms and that the sale of the seals be undertaken as 'usual. To this end arrangements were made to organize more fully, to meet quar terly and to plan a definite pro gram for" the coming_year. The following officers ; were unanimously 'elected: Mrs.-XR/. B.. Furmap, chairman; Dr. Shaw, vice chairman; Mrs. Eugene McCoHunv secretary and treasurer and Mrs. Edward McColIum for the seal sale campaign. The proceeds., of this sale are to be expended in making a tubercu losis survey of * Sumter county, this survey to be made under the aus& pices of the State Tuberculosis As sociation, artd by a trained worker sent out by them/ ' Mrs. M. L. Parier, Secretary Pro Tern." ? - - ? ? a? Wateree Bridge v Now Completed Accepted From Contractors by Department (Columbia State). ?The Wateree river bridge has been completed and accepted from the contractors; -it was announced at the offices of the highway de partment yesterday. The structure is not yet open to traffic, as^the ap proach on the ^umter side of the bridge -is not finished. ' This approach^ will be complet ed within the-hext two months as work fs progressing- rapidly, it was announced,-; and the bridge will be Open to traffic early next year. - ' The structure, located at Gar ner's ferry on the road to Sumter, Cost approximately $150,000: and has been under construction for the last year and a half: When open to traffic the bridge will re duce considerably the distance..from Columbia to Sumter. It is one of the major bridge projects com pleted by the *= highway - depart ment this' year._ Allied Debts to Be Devoted to Schools? Dr. Finley's Proposal Gains Favor in Capital ? -. Washington. Nov. 23 (Capital News Service).?The proposal of Dr. John H. Finley. editor of the New York Times, that the allied debts/instead of being paid, be con verted into a trust fund, the inter est of which should be devoted to the primary education, first of the children of those who were billed or rendered unfit to earn by the World War, and later for the educa tion of all children the world over, is receiving much favorable consid eration from legislators % arid- edu cators in the National Capital. It Has been repeatedly said by those in authority in congress that no proposal by which the United States would "forgive" foreign debts would ever pass the elector ate of this country. At the same time many economists and finan ciers see no way, in this genera tion, at least, ' by which Europe can possibly pay anything- on the principal of the huge sums owed, even if they pay the interest. Dr. Finley's proposal' recalls the Boxer Indemnity Fund, which, in j stead of being turned back into the treasury of the United States, has been used ever since the Boxer uprising to educate selected Chi nese students in American schools and universities, with the result of spreading thei gospel of western civilization and ideals throughout all China. Just how much this generous use of this fund has been responsible for the awakening of China, it is not possible to say, but it is unquestionably very large. Should it be possible to work out a practical plan by which Dr. Fin ley's proposal could be put into ef fect, the cause of education and Americanization would receive an impetus, such as it has never had The interest payments of the allied debts would doubtless reach the huge sum of five hundred millions yearly, which, devoted to the chil dren of the world, would have an effect on the next generation im possible to calculate. ? ? ? . ? STATE HI-Y CONVENTION Columbia, Nov. 23.?Boys from all parts of South Carolina will at tend the state Hi-Y convention to be held In Greenville December 1. 2 and 3 The Columbia Hi-Y club will send twenty delegates. Drive on tax dodgers has start ed. Drive on taxi dodgers contin ues. All the men sitting in box seats at burlesque shows are not bach elors. Tt is strange how we put things off. In Kansas, a mnn needed a shave 30 years before he got it. THE HALL-MILLS MURDER CASE Witnesses Appear Before the Grand Jury to Unravel Mysterious Killing Somerville, X. J., Nov. 20.?The case which Special Prosecutor Wil bur A. Mott has woven out of the mystery surrounding the murders of--the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. _**ianor R. Mills had its first official airing today when 12 persons told their stories to the Somerset County grand jury. Mr. Mott expects to offer the evi dence of ten or more other wit nesses tomorrow. Three women are sitting on the grand jury. The proceedings today were more than usually guarded. A souad of state troopers patrolled the court house and surrounding grounds. Women, scores of them, came early. They hung over the dark, railed balcony, inside the court house on the ground floor in the hope that Mrs. Hall, widow of. the slain minister, or Mrs. Jane Gib son, who raises pigs and has be come the most important witness I in the case, would appear. The opening session, Mr. Mott, assisted by Azariah M. Beekman, prosecu tor of Somerset county, outlined to the grand jury the salient features of the case. S. J. Cardinal, a New Brunswick newspaperman, was called to tell how the bodies of the murdered pair lay when he first saw them stretched out under a crab apple tree on. the Phillips farm. ^ Dr. E. D. Loblien, a veterinary ian, an acquaintance of Mr. Hall,' was the first to identify the body of the dead man as that of the . .minister. * '\ The third witness was George Totten, Somerset detective, whose , testimony was followed by that of Daniel J. Wr?y, and Frank Denier, two more New Brunswick newspa permen, then Bogart T. Conklin, j farmer-sheriff of this county, and his deputy, Joseph Novatta. When Novatta left Totten was recalled and close on his heels came an order for Conklin to come back. Both were followed by James F. Mason, Mott's detective. A stir was caused when Pearl Bahmer, who was with Raymond Schneider when the bodies were found, came i through an underground passage {from the jail to the grand jury room. She vwas on the stand only j about fifteen minutes. ' Dr. W. P. Long, the Somerset 'county coroner's physician, who failed to report that Mrs. Mill's throat had been cut, was then next called. He fidgeted with the" door* knob as he entered, but once he was before the jurors his story was soon told. Mrs. Grace Ed- . wards, of New Brunswick, was the fast witness. She told how Schnei der came to the Stryker home to telephone to the police. Mr. Mott refused to discuss with reporters his plans for tomorrow's session ^of the grand jury nor would he say whether Mrs. Hall would be a wit ness. While the grand jury was in * , session a New Brunswick newspa- ' ; per printed ? a letter from Mrs. George Sipe?; wife of a farmer of Middlebush, which said her hus band, George Sipel knew nothing of the murders but declared that Mrs. Gibson, the pig woman, was trying to bring him into the case. Sipel when seen tonight by vre portcrs, admitted Mrs. Gibson had talked to him about the case. He said, however, that all he - knew was that he had seen a wagon on Easton avenue the night of the shooting. Last Saturday, he said, Mrs. Gibson asked him to swear to something but he asserted she was told she was talking to the "wrong type of man." Somerville, N. J.. Nov. 22.?The grand jury investigating the Hall Mills murder is expected to adjourn tonight until Monday. The mem bers are mostly farmers and want to be at home at least three days weekly. James Mills, husband of j the dead woman and two maids J from the Hall home are. among I those summoned. j .? '? ? jLUTHERAN j SYNODS UNITE j All Churches in State Now in One Organization .I i..i. ! Columbia. Nov. 23.?An event ! that is epoch-making in the history i of the Lutheran church in South I Carolina took place at the meet jing of the South Carolina Synod of j that denomination in Prosperity yesterday, when the body took ac tion that will unite in one body all the Lutherans of South Caro lina. The nineteen churches in South Carolina belonging to the North Carolina Synod were reoeiv ed into the South Carolina body. Most of these churches are in the central part of the state. Dr. S. .J. Derrick, president of Ncwberry College, welcomed the new churches, and Judge C. M. Efird, of Lexington, responded. FARIES PLEADS NOT GUILTY I Columbia, Nov. 23. ? Interest j throughout the state centers in the I 'ral of William C. Faries, York man, who was arraigned on a [charge of murder yesterday, and whose case will begin Friday. He I replied to the arraignment yester day that he was "not guilty of wil ful murder." Former Governor Blease. of Columbia, is attorney for Faries. who is charged with having killed several members of a. neighbor's family at Clover, on September G. Seems as if the backbone of sum mer is about broken. ? ? ? Wiiat makes you want to go somewhere like not being invited? The package suggests it Your taste confirms it The sales prove it Over 7 billion sold yearly CIGARETTES' LiGGTTT & Myers Tobacco Co. President Backs Education Week Says People Should Be Train ed to Vision of Public Needs ?Dec. 3 to 9 Set Aside Washington, Nov.tT9.?President Harding In a proclamation made public today at the White House sets aside the week of December 3 to 9 as American Educational Week. He recommends to the ap propriate state and local authori ties that they give cordial sup port and cooperation and also calls upon parents to enlist them selves in behalf of closer under standing between the school and the home. The text of the proclamation fol lows^ "The ideals of democratic gov ernment and democratic education are planted simultaneously in our country: The fathers rightly be lieved that only a people trained to vision of public needs and du ties could develop and maintain the institutions- of popular gov ernment. The system of universal education, established in the begin ning, has developed with the coun try and become one of the charac teristic features of our life. In it we have laid the. foundation of that 3ystem of American culture which has enabled us to absorb and as similate millions who have come to us from many countries, bringing the traditions of widely varying institutions. "In order that we may keep in mind the need constantly to im- j prove our educational system, :t is proposed that the week of Decem ber 3 to 9, inclusive, be set aside for special observance as American Educational Week. It is recom mended to the governors of the states that they cooperate with j the educational civic authorities of their commonwealths to make the j week a period for revival of in terest in the broad work of nation- j il education. j "It is gratifying to know that in j a, tithe when public burdens have I lain very heavy upon the people ] there has been everywhere a de- J termined purpose to maintain ed- j ucation unimpaired, in order that; the coming generation may be aquipped regardless of sacrifices in the present, for the increasing re sponsibilities, which it must bear "Without vision the people per ish. "Without education, there can be little vision. Of education it may be said that 'it is twice blest: i^, blesseth him that gives and him that takes.* It will be greatly worth the effort if, as incident to the ob servance of educational week, we can impress this thought upon the young manhood and womanhood of' the nation and direct their iter- j est and their seal to the idea of j making a proper contribution to educational work. It is regrettable that so few young men and women equipped for such service, are now adays not disposed to give their time to teaching. There is no school of discipline more effective than that in which the teacher goes to school. We could do no greater service then by convincing those young men and women who have enjoyed educational opportunities that they owe a reasonable share of their time and energies to teach ing. "The strength and security of the nation will always rest in the in telligent body of its pcoi.le. Our education should impart concep tions of public duty and private obligation broad enough to envis-J age the problems of a greatly dis- [ traught world. More than anything j else, men and women need the ca-i pacity to see with clear eyes and j to contemplate with open .unprej-1 udiced mind, the issues of these j times. Only through a properly mo- j tivated and generously inspired j process of education can this be ac complished. "In view, then of these and many other considerations, I here by proclaim the week of December 3 to 9,- as Americaa^Educational j Week, recommending^) the appro-1 priate national, State and local au thorities that they give their cor {dial support and cooperation to i making its observance inspiration al and beneficial. Civic organiza tions and religious bodies may render special service by their co operation, and particularly it is recommended that parents enlist themselves in behalf of closer un derstanding between the school and the home, with the purpose of mutual helpfulness." Orangeburg'is Fighting Weevil Orangeburg. Nov. 20.?Thou sands of acres of cotton stalks have been destroyed by farmers i of this county in an effort to keep down the early weevil infestation j next spring. Farm Demonstration Agent L*. S. Wolfe says that ap proximately 75 per cent of the old fields have been cut before frost and that many of these fields have been put in cover crops. Farmers here, are determnied to make cotton another season and are going to try every method sug gested. The most progressive are using approved methods, while others will try anything once. Much publicity on boll weevil control has been given here by the j farm demonstration agent and he j has had the hearty cooperation of the local press. Each paper has given much space to this informa tion both in their news and edi torial columns. This splendid ser vice has made the work effective as most of the farmers are taking advantage of the information given them. ? ?? ?-? [state college press association ; Columbia. Nov. 21.?Every col I lege in the state will be repre sented at the convention of the South Carolina College Press Asso ciation, to be held in Columbia Wednesday. Thursday and Friday of this week, and a gathering of i much distinction among college I folks is at hand. The University, } Columbia College and Chicora Col lege are the hosts to the conven tion. A number of strong speakers arc on the program, including Presi i dent \Y. D. Melton, of the Univer sity; Prof. Yates Showden, of the University faculty: R. Carlton Wright, publisher of The Columbia Record; Dr. Stanhope Sams, of the statt of The State. Columbia, and others. An automobile ride over the] city, a reception at Chicora Col-: lege, and a banquet at the Jeffer son Hotel are social features of the convention. Blanket and Comfort Sale. Fine blanket buying weather. Read the Sumter Dry Goods Co's ad. if you appreciate a substantial saving in these necessities.?Ad vertisement. State Election Returns State Board of Canvasers Will Meet in Columbia Saturday Columbia. Nov. 20.?The result of the general election of Novem ber 7 is likely to be known this week, the state board of election canvassers having met Saturday noon to begin the tabulation of 'the returns. With ten or more coun ties not yet having reported the election figures, and others having reported only partially, the board could do little more- than organ ize and canvas the votes sent in so far. It adjourned to next Thurs day when the work will be com pleted, if all figures .have been re ported. Attorney General S. M. W?lfe was elected chairman of the board. Other members, as provided by law, are: Secretary of State W. Banks Dove. Comptroller General Walter E. Duncan, Adjutant Genera al Grant, State Treasurer S: T. Car ter, rtnd the chirman ofi the senate committee on elections and prlv* ileges. This committee chairman-, ship, however, being vacant, the state officials who are members constitute the board this year; There were* no election contests. There had been rumors of a con test from Charleston, over the race for congress, Rev. S. L. Blomgren, Republican and Hon. W. Turner Logan, Democrat, having been can didates for the seat. However, this was not reported by the Charleston county election commission in -re porting its voting results, and no contest Ciin now be heard^ it was announced. County office election returns alone are in so far, and ten coun ties arc missing on these. - Practi cally no other returns have been reported. "Charleston county cast the largest vote in the general elec tion, 3,068 votes having been cast," this number going to A. W. Todd. elected senator; to F. M. Whaley, Tom S. McMillan, T. H. Kennedy. W. T. Harper, M. J. Moorer, Lloyd Ellison. A. R. Marshall, and J. S. Whaley. for the houscrto Frank M. Brown, probate judge, and to Ju lius E. Cogg^well. elected register of mense conveyance. The second heaviest vote w?:is cast in Greenville county, according to the report of the 'vote for county offices, the only returns so far made, in Greenville 2,491 votes were cast This number went to A. F. McKis sick, J. W. Moon. J. R. Bryson, B. M. Lindsay, Raven I. McDavid and I. A. Gresham, elected to the house, and to Mrs. Fannie Scott, probate judge: Hon. M. F. Ansel, county judge: Walter L. Miller, treasur er: M. L. Gullick, auditor and E. Inman, master. . -? Hogs as Money Crop Already eighteen cars of hogs have been shipped from Orange burg county this season, and it is estimated that before summer Or angeburg farmers will sell at lesat 200 cars. A representative of the Southern Packing Corporation tells the Orangeburg Times and Demo crat that not only is Orangeburg vapidly imcreasing its production of livestock, "but there has been a no ticeable change for the better in the quality." The county which feeds itself and has meat to sell is bound to prosper, weevil or no weevil.?Xews and Courier. ? ? ? Three of our most beautiful words are "It's a check."