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Thr Watchman and Southron gfttbiteued Wednesday and Satur * . - . day by - fc| Osteen Publishing Company, 7 Sumtes S. C. Terms: ,$5T.O0 per annum-?in advance. - - r Advertisements: 2 One Square, first insertion .-$l.t>0 Every subsequent insertion ;S0 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced - States: r All communications wHlcK sub serve private interests will -ae charged for as advertisements. T "f. ?bituaries and tributes of re spect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in 18SS. The Watchman and "Southron now has the com bined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is man ifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter._? -: . ?? ?? GOOD HEALTH AND 1iOOB TEETH Care of the teeth to prevent de cay is important. Still more im portant for growing children is a diet which will make good teeth to. start with. A suggestive list is offered by an authority. "A quart of milk each day per child, at least one fresh fruit, one cooked leafy vegetable, two plain salads, grains like oatmeal, .Whole wheat and barjey, eggs, breads but ter and a small amount of^ meat:** It is just a plain, wholesome, nourishing diet, noticeably devoid -of sweets. Thi& is the kind of food which promotes good health, and good health promotes good teeth. While the list is intended, primar ily for children, it will bear per . ,.u?al .hy the adult who wishes to ^preserve his oral furniture intact to bid-age. He may want to lessen; the milk portion and increase the meat, but even here he will ^o - cepef?Uy.' It is a pretty well l>al -aneed ration just as it stands, even for peojple who'have\cut all their ^teeth, including the wisdom va ""WetyV .. ? < ^ ?'.- ? 3 WOMEN JUHOKS -A." recent .canvass of the situation revealed that. 27. states, and the District of Columbia still deny wo men the right .to serve on juries. 3t is a phase of sex discrimination ; difficult to understand. Where women are admitted to ? jury service they have shown mark ed ?vbi2ijy, and it is'stated in many ? quarters that the administration of * justice has been improved. It is difficult to conceive of a GBBe such as calls for jury, trials in which women have not a legitimate Interest as members of society, or oh which they are not as well fitted to pass judgment as the aver age male juror. In addition to their right and fit ness to serve, the experience and responsibility are good for women .rTndividually and collectively. A /nation which has given t&em the ? baljfct cannot consistently deny -them one of the most important - -and educative opportunities of cit izenship. A JUNIOR SAFETY CODE ^ The child who goes to school gets /? instruction in safety. The child . who- is too -j'oung to go to school -but still Is big enough to play in the yard or on the sidewalk should have his training at home. Many \" ' '? Of these little ones are numbered amongttaffic accidents right along. "Here"are four simple rules which T may be taught the youngest tod ". dler: Cross the street at cross-walks -only; look left, then loolc right. Never run off the sidewalk or out into the street after a ball; ?"-slow up and look. Hitching behind wagons or auto : 1 mobiles is dangerous; stop it. Play on the sidewalk, in a lot, playground or yard; not in the street. -A suggestion to parents may be -added. .Teach your children from trreSr earliest play-days to roll or ?(nsg balls, run their coaster wagons iut& other conveyances, and do T_jtheTr other playing parallel to the ?street, not in the cross direction. habit once formed will save many a dash out into the traffic. ?? ? i m ?? ? SMALL BANK DEPOSITS If (s round advice that Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has been giving to l anks on the subject of small deposits. It is a mistake, he says, for banking institutions to refuse to accept accounts of less than ST 9". as many do, particular ly in the larger cities. The secretary speaks from ex perience. The problem was threshed out in his own bank in P'iusT-jirgh. It was rroved that the Ptna-ll accounts were desirable, be ea.use they cost little to handle over nd above the inevitable overhead Cjspcnse, and because while they MOVE CAUSE UNEASINESS Although Defeated; in Her .First; Demand Turkey's Plea For Neutral Zone Em - barrasses-Allies Lausanne, "Nov. 26 (By the As [ sociatcd Press):?A review of the first week of the Lausanne eon-, ference shows Turkey met signal defeat in her first demand, namely, ' for a plebiscite in Western Thrace i which she maintains is overwhelm-' ingiy of Turkish population. The Turks, however., have placed on the diplomatic boara" a proposal which is affording great embarrassment to all. the powers*, they want a: neutral belt marked out along tb.e entire European frontier from the Black sea to the Aegean and they want the ix>wers to guarantee that it shall be kept neutral. This unquestionably is a! move calculated to secure peace in. the i Balkans; but Europe' hesitates' to' itake over -direct responsibility" ?concerning Balkan .territory, where so mwj- wars have been foughV and where the "national aspira tion?" arc still a powerful factor for discord. v Similarly. Turkey asks that the Aegean islands which lie near her Anatolian coast be demilitarized and an autonomous form of gov ernment established. ThisJs an ex tension to the sea o'i "the neutral belt proposal, suggested for the Balkans. I When it conies to a settlement of Itbe straits controversy Turkey will I undoubtedly demand additional strong guarantees against aggres-' sions by Christian Europe. Ismet Pasha appears to be looming up as an astute statesman. I The Bulgarians are angry over j the viriitual decision to make Dcd I eaghatch merely a Iree port, in stead of a sovereign Bulgarian commercial center/ The Bulgarian delegation has issued a "broadside to the press condemning Greek objection as* voiced by Venizelos; jit insists that-an outlet for Bul i gar,ia to the Aegean sea would be' I effective only if. its access were l assured through territory either j Bulgarian or autonomous and de i clares that any other solution j would be palliative, entailing dan | gerous consequences with respect j to Bulgarian tradel It concludest* ''Bulgaria, though defeated and humiliated, has at least the right to refuse this gift" which reminds j her too much of the old tale of Da i naos, so thoroughly in conformity ) with the Hellenic traditions of the days of Troy." In other wdrds. Dedeaghatch without absolute possession, if is j j considered, would , be a left-handed . present of doubtfui value ' in the event of new Balkan intrigues, or j ?conflicts. " i Lausanne, Nov. 27?Lord Cur-j izon. British foreign secretary, to !day authorized anofficiai statement ! j that England supports the Ameri i can open door policy in Turkey, j and regards the San Remo agree-, i ment for the division of the [ Mosul oil district as void. The 'Turkish delegates to,;the Near East j conference began preparing for a j fight for the abandonment of the j special privileges enjoyed by for ; elgners in Turkey, .distributed ; copies of the national pact, which ; insists that complete independence j j is necessary for Turkey's develop- j i ments and asserts that every ju Idiciai and financial restitution im j posed from outside will be oppos ed? ' ' _ j Rakowsky; president of Ukraine republic, said Russia backed Turkey in all that she asked regarding open or neutral waterways. Americans will get their first chance when the. time conies for Turkey to* grant concessions in ?the Mosul oil fields, Dr., Riza .Nur, i ! one of the Turkish delegates, told j |.a correspondent". v Pte believes i j Americans are disinterested and i won't try to mix into Turkish j policies, but will attend to.business, j He declared that the' ^nationalists ;arc trying to modernize Turkey. I . ( . .. . ... . . j Now is the time to begin to get ready for the County Fair for 192?. [Here is a suggestion: . Why not j make next fair week-"Home Com ing Week" for all S? niter folks no matter where they now make their jhome? Begin at once to send out i the call for a home-coming and ! then arrange a program that will jpull the expatriaHed Sumter folks ;from the far corners of the coun-j jtry? j A Mitchell car driven, by Mr. T. j W. Player and a Ford coupe driven | by Miss Annilese Walsh collided I Saturday afternoon at the corner j (>t Magnolia and Calhoun streets. J the coupe being quite badly dam- i [ aged. Neither party was seriously j hurt, although Miss Walsh was j quite badly shaken up by the shock. r " '- ? I showed no-profit in themselves, I many of them grew into large and j profitable accounts. The matter is worth considering, j t"0. from the other side. Many a ! potential depositor refrains from j opening a checking or savings ac- I ! 1 count because he thinks it isn't worth while with the little money he has available at the time. Itj '3 very much worth while to start J an account, however humbly, be cause of what it may grow Into when thf banking habit is form ed. SATURDAY'S Citadel Victor in Flor ida*: FSarman* Downs CteHison. Harvard Beats Yale Lakeland. Fla., ;J?dv. 25.?In an interesting but one-sided game of football' Citadel defeated Southern college this afternoon by a score of 33 to 0. At no time was the goal of Citadel in danger, and al though the two teams were about evenly matched as to weight, the Bulldogs' from South Carolina out classed their opponents in every department oT the game, Citadel winning the . game by line bucks and end runs, coupled with forward passes. The Florida team was able to negotiate but two first downs,' both via the serial route 'for l o and ten ''yards"Ibach, after which the Palmetto' team was ahle to fathom the forward passing attack at will. However, the attack of the Citadel in forward passing was solved, apd only one was successful in ten tries. The successful one being the second .touchdown of the . game. The Florida team negotiated four but of 17 tries. The Citadel line held firmly. For the Citadel' the Work of Covington and White in open field running was"spectacular, as was also that' of Weinberg and Fuller, while the open field running of Monteith substituting for Full er was of a high order. Watts at quarter for .Southern ran his team .well..and., in forward passing was as accurate as he was while on the Florence high school and oh "Porter's. Lbtt and Town send who substituted for him at end, played ? star game for South ern, while Rhodes and Bell prov-j ed the best. tacklers for Southern. The Citadel boys were .driven around Lakeland viewing orange groves and the sights of Florida by tbe Kiwanis club of Lakeland. They leave tonight . for home r after a pleasant trip under the care of Ma jor Raines and Coach Rogers, af ter making a good impression on the. people of this city and state.. Citadel (53) Southern (0) Cant'ey __LE 'S. l l Lott Wagner _. LT .. J?rns Sh'eppard ._LG* .. Walker Temple.Zjc Crowley Howard RG .;.3B. Norton Peterkin ._ RT.. C. Norton Lee '.- -- RE -. _ Cole White (c) QB._ ? 11 Watts Covington - -LH (c) Lester Weinberg .. - .RH.-.. ... Sanders Fuller . . ._FB. _. 1,. .? Bell . Touchdowns. Covington.,(3). .Mc Dowell (2 >, Weinberg. White (2). Goals from touchdowns, Weinberg C2), McDowell,(2). Covington. .Sub stitutions.: Citadel.. Zeigier for Templer, Holmes for. "-Sheppard, Cbrley for Howard, Benson .for Lee, McDowell for Covington, Mon Lcith for Fuller, Covington, for! Mc Dowell. McDowell for Weinberg. Southern,. Rhodes for .Sims, Flood for C". Newton, Chappell for Rhodes". Jerri 11 for Lbtt, Town send for Terriil. Referee. Mc Quillan (North Dakota). ] Umpire, Collins (Wisconsin). 'Headlines pan, Gctzbff (William and Mary). Timekeepers, Raines and Apple gard.* Time of quarters, 13 min utes each. Clemsbn Defeated Twenty, to Six. Greenville, ?fov. 2a!?-Showing a complete reversal . /of form from that exhibited against the Univer sity of South Carolina two weeks ago, when they' lost to the Game cocks by the score of 27 to 7, the ?P'urple Hurricane of Furman uni versity played top notch ball here: this afternoon and defeated the Clems?n Tigers by the score of 20 to 6." in a game which, heldi 'the-in terest *of the some "7,000 spectators who Saw the game from the. first kick off to the last whistle. This de feat lor. Ciemsoh made a three cornered tieup" of the Palmetto championship with Furman, Caro lina and Clcmson the three lead ing state teams. ~ Hanard Takes Baltic Froiii Ya&. New Haven, Conn.! Nov. 24 '(By I the Associated . Press).?Harvard defeated Yale today. 10 to. 3. win ners with the odds against them in a game which in exposition of play and in scenic spectacle took high rank in the. long line of the annual contests!.. ' " West Point Beats Annapolis. ' Philadelphia, Nov. 25.?Playing true to their season's form the Army football eleven defeated their old rivals, the . Navy, pn Franklin field today by the score of 17 to 14, in one of the hardest and eleariest gridiron struggles seen on the Pennsylvania^field in a long FIGHT ON?FOR- (\ SUBSIDY BILL Administration Wilf Have to Rally Full Strength ot Put Jt Through Washington. Nov. 27.?The first r?:il test of strength for the shin ping bill was looked for today when measure was laid before the , house for amendment. Many pro- j Posa Is for changes are expected be- ! fore the final votc.is taken Wednes- : day. night. The Republican lead ers are confident of its passage without material amendment. The opponents of the bill declare the ; administration will have to have I its entire -strength present to force j its passage. In Memphis a sheriff wanted to, take Representative Herrick s j plane because he had an attach ment for it. ROADS MEETING Report of Discussion at Mass Meeting: Held* November 27th The "meeting"of the Shiloli citi zens on Tuesday night, Noveni-. her 21st. called for.the purpose ot \ securing information ;.from the per manent road commission as to what: thfeir plans were in" regard to the j distribution of the. hard surface on the several rpads of the county, especially to find i>ut if it was their I intention to., build . a -paved road j through Shiloh section to Hudson's j bridge,, desiring such information because it has been rumored that! we Will probably get the Shiloh* road paved'from. Sumter to or near : Black River only. For this reason the chairman of the Permanent Road Commission, Mr. L. D. Jen- ! pings,! was. invited. The Sumter j Cop nty , d elegation was . also re- j 0. uested to be present, and Mr. E.-j 1. Reardpn, secretary Sumter Cham ber of Commerce. The meeting was well attended, and all of the gentlemen above referred to were, kind enough to be present. Tlie meeting was called to order by Mr. W.'Green. "Mr. E. "W. Babbs, Jr.,' was" selected to preside. The Chairman called on Mr. "W.. W. Green to'state the purpose of the meeting, which he undertook to do. Mr. E. W. Dabbs stated that inas much as the chairman of the Per manent Road ' Commission was present he thought it was in order to hear from him first, as he could state what has been done, what was being done and what their plan's were as 'to continuing the buliding j of the paved roads throughout the cuuntv. and afterwards ' we would hear from the delegation and any others. Mr. Jennings spoke at length, stating how he had worked in sea son and out of season to get the commission to begin the building <>. the roads of the county' and of his efforts to get the commis sion to rush the building program, to contract for long nuleage of roads, etc. as it was his opinion that.it was an opportune time to sell bonds and also to build roads economically as material for buil'd mg. was'"reasonable and labor was reasonable. He told of the mileage "of paving that had been completed and what had been con tracted to be built and telling of how delighted the people were where , the roads had been built,: stating that one gentleman told' nim that he had hauled to his home over the paved road a load of lime with his" team/that it would have taken five trips to have hauled oh the old road, and that with heavier wagons and four horse; team a farmer could haul what fer tilizer he would use on his farm! at one trip over the paved roads.. He stated in regard' to the rumor, that the Shiloh road would be j slighted that the statement _was made by some member of the board thaUthey 'would let out con tract on the Shiloh road tp Black; "River and they would stop, that the roads on the other ?ide of the riv- j er was good enpugh, and that they were not, traveled hm,ch any way,-; that the grass \ya? growing up over | the. roads, but . he was .sure that; ho. such thing was ever meant, and that he spoke .up at the time: and stated'we will build the road' on through 1 Shiloh to Hudson's bridge as well as all.the roads to Oe counts; line and that the rea-1 son that grass grew on. the roads oh the other. side of Black river. is that the land is rich over there. He stated that we could count on him to work, in season and out ofj season to ,pav^ the road through j Shiloh to Hudson's bridge and all] of the other roads on the program j to . the connty line, and . he was Convinced that practically all of1 the commissioners, a majority of them at least, were with hiip on | this issue! He also stated that he had attended "all of the meetings of I the State* Highway Commission at his own expense, which was.more; than some of the other commis sioners could stand. One member had presented an expense account for one trip over there but was not paid as there was no provision for such pay. tie said thej' had secured over two hundred thou sand dollars federal aid already, that he expected, to" stay on the job and he believed that they wculd be able to get around seven hundred and fifty thousand from federal aid' before they were through and that he believed all of the roads could be completed to the county lines at ah additional cost of two to three hundred thou sand dollars, certainly not over half, million dollars.. He also stated that it was an important matter for the county delegation to pass an act empowering the commis sion to issue bonds to complete the system of , hard surface roads throughout, the county and that he hoped that the meeting would go on record approving such an act.. Senator Moisc told of educational advantage of paved roads through the intermingling of the city and county folks, etc.. as well as the savings on wear and tear of ve hicles, curs, gas bills, etc.. stating that it was a blessing to the good women of the country as well as to the men folks, that sinee th?? days of .good roads and motor ve hicles he yaw so many more of tho ladies from , the country' in town enjoying a few hours recreation, whereas in the old times they had no such advantages: lie stated lie stood for the building of the en tire system of permanent roads to the county lines and that he would assure; us that he would vote for an, act autboriziiiK the commis sioners to issue bonds sufficient to complete,all of the reads on the program to the county lines, if it was needed, while he was serving the county as senator, and that it most likely would, as the roads would be built inside the next lour years. He stated that we had a committee of goon* men and he be-( li?vc1 we could fiepend on them to pave the whole system. Mr. Shepard Nash thanked the people of Shiloh for their splen did vote and stated that he had been elected on a platform of econ omy and lower faxes and now, it seemed that the people of Shiloh wanted him to vote for ah act to issue/.a half million or maybe a million dollars worth of bonds, but I that he felt like we knew what! we were doing, that he thought! the money spent on paved roads! a good investment and would vote for the act if such amount was not over one-half million dollars. Mr. J. B. Duffle said he believed I in being frank and that he didn't 1 like the" idea of. ' passing an act providing for the issuance of bonds i without submitting same to the ! people* but if it came up while he was , representative and the amount was not overUwo or three hundred thousand dollars he would probably vo^o for same. He* also thanked the people of Shiloh for their splendid vote.. ) Mr. E. W. bahbs, Jr., stated that he didn't feel like. he was bound by any pledge of a previous dele gation, that he from principle was opposed^ to any act authorizing any commission to bond the county for any Indebtedness, but that he stood for the completion, of all of the roads on the program to , the coun ty lines and that he was open to conviction .in this instace,. provid ing the issue was not too large. . Mr- E.. W. Dabbs complimented the commissioners, on the work, saying fhat he differed with, them on some /things but'that they \vere good men, that he believed they would build the entire system of roads to the county' lines, the road through Shiloh to Hudson's bridge included. Mr. Dabbs offered, the following resolution; . Whereas, .we the citizens 6t <Shi toti section, have heard the chair man of the hard surface road com mission and the legislative delega tion on the subject of the road program, and whereas we believe that there has been some misunder standing of the question, Now, Therefore,', be it resolved that we. do urge the hard surface road commissioners to completely lay at rest the rumors that we will not get a. roa4 to the county line at or near Hudson's briete by at once sending out their engineers to locate the road through to Hud- { son's .bridge and put the plans and j specifications in reach of bids for the construction of this road as j fast as is practicable. 'Resolved that a committee of thr?e or five be appointed to present these resolutions to the hard surfaced road, commission. Mr. Jennings offered as a substi tute for Mr. Dabbs* resolutions: That the citizens of Shiloh section I here assembled request the county legislative delegation to support the pledge made by a former dele gation ;by passing an act at the next session of the legislature au thorizing the permanent road com mission to. issue bonds sufficient, to complete the hard surface roads on {he program to the county lines and that the. permanent road com mission be requested to jjave the Shiloh road to Hudson's bridge, as well: as all the others to the county line, j After quite a. good deal of dis cussion in which many ^material facts were brought out about pre vious promises by E. 1. .Heardon, the secretary of the Sumtcr Cham ber of Commerce and others, Mr. Jennings' resolution was practical ly unanimously carried and the following committee was appointed by the chair to present them to the Permanent Road Commission at their next meeting: Messrs. J. C. Truluck. Bryant Smith, Gamble Moore. R. W. Green, T. J. Keels and W. W- Green. b ^Signed) W. Wl -Green. .? % '? : .? pc . ' ' ? Neglected Subject Only 1M60 White feiiHdren ! Studying State's History (From the Greenville Piedmont) Of the total of 226,406 white children in public schools in this-j state last year, only 19,460 studied] the history of South Carolina, ac cording to the report of the state superintendent of education, j At the same time, 12.062 negro i school, pupils were studying the j I history of this state, so that only 7.398 more white pupils were studying it than negro pupils. . On the other hand, 35.852 were i studying the history of the United States and 6S?583"were studying drawing. Obviously, it could not be exr peeted that every school pupil should every year while in school study this state's history but it does strike us that the proportion study ing it ;s small indeed. It seems to us that these con I siderations explain to some extent j the wide-spread and, in many . in stances, pathetic eagerness of South Carolinians to learn some tiling about the history of their state. Whenever The Piedmont publishes a bit of South Carolina history, there are many expres sions of appreciation of it. often of surprise and "I never heard of that before." Yet no state in the union has such a picturesque, dramatic and momentous history as South Caro lina. Every young South Caro linian ought to know it before he enters upon the duties of citizen ship, for he is bound to be a better citizen with the examples and ex periences of the past before him -ms a guide and stimulus to patriotic endeavor. County Engineer J. E. Jeffords has the main chain gang at work on the Sumter-Columbia highway below Stateburs hill and the Southern Hail way tracks where the approaches to the Watcree river bridge begin. This section of the road will be put in good condi tion for travel by the time the ap proaches through the swamp are completed by the contractors. Simons-M a yrant Co. A Hard Fought Game) on the Athletic Field of High School Re sulted i n Decisive Victory For Home Trains S'irnfer. celebratpd the playing | of her first football game on the new athletic. Held by taking a hard fought game from Columbia High, 9 to 6. To mention Sumter's stars would be to name the whole team as they fought as one. man. The local players were greatly out weighed, as much as fifteen pounds to the man, but weight was naught against the spirit, of- the younfe Gamecocks. The Sumter line, with a few .exceptions, stopped the rushes of . the big Columbia backs, the -visitors' principal gains coming from end runs in the first half. Parks was their chief gainer, while BeaJl forward passed with great accuracy and scored the capital city lad's-only touchdown. The brilliant defensive .work* of Chandler and .McMillen brought applause time and again from the spectators: McMillan on one pc casion blocking Columbia's kick for point after touchdown. Bland ing used good judgment in running the team, especially in the la3t half. He also made the two longest runs of the game, one on a fake for 20 yards and the other a run for 20 yards after receiving a. pass from Chandler for 20 yards. Kirven and Cato bore the brunt of Sumter's of fense and showed tremendous driv ing power. The local players were in good condition, their, play im proving as the game progressed and clearly outplaying the visitors in the last half. A large and en thusiastic crowd witnessed the j game, many declaring it to be the} best high school game played here j in years. I . j Colombia received the ball on its j 30 yard line near the end of the j first quarter. Parks clipped off 8 yards around end, several line plays and another end run by Beall produced a touchdown. McMillen blocked Shillito's try for goal af ter touchdown. Score 6 to 0 -for Columbia. Near the end of the third quarter Beall punted to his 30 yard line and Sumter began its march to the goal. Kirven made 7 yards off left tackle and then made a first down by the same route. Blanding then raced j 20 yards around left end on a fake j and the ball was on the 3 yard i line. In two line bucks Kirven took the ball over for a touchdown and Blanding kicked goal. Score, j Sumter 7, Columbia 6. About the r middle of the last period Beall fumbled near midfield and Chan dler recovered for Sumter. Kirven] and Cato rushed a first down and then Chandler passed to Blanding who was downed on his 10 yard line. Blanding and Cato made sev en yards and then Kirven fumbled the ball, Columbia recovering on the two yard line. Beall went back of his goal line to kick, hut the pass was bad and by the time he had picked up the ball Cuttino had thrown him for a safety. Score, 9, Columbia 6. The lineup was as follows: Colombia Position Sumter Davis __LE.Rivers; Thomas ._ LT._ Flake} Glenn.LG___"I.Dick j Joyner.C._ McMillen Henderson_RG _ McLaurin McNeil.RT.Bull Brewer RE.Cuttino Sfailiito.Q-- Blanding' Matthews __ ..LH.. Chandler Parks.RH.Cato Beall _-FB_Kirven Columbia substitutes: Bradley for Matthews; Bruton for Shillito; Roseberry for Da-ds; Fulmer for Glenn: Allen for Brewer; Shil lito for Bradley; Rogers for Bru ton; Davis for Allen. Sumter substitutes: Wray for Cuttino; Bryan for Rivers; Kolb for. Bull: Rivers for Bryan; Cutti no for Wray. Referee: Homewood, University of North Carolina: Umpire. Reaves, Clemson; Head linesman, McKnight, Wake Forest. Periods 13 minutes. After the game the High School crowd held a hilarious celebration down town and later in the even ing continued the celebration at the Fair Grounds. The attention of Mr. Lewis Ellis, proprietor of "Bingo" was attracted and he add ed to the joy of the occasion by presenting the team with a hand-, some Sheffield plate pitcher as a memento of the day. Manager Oscar White, of the Rex invited the team to attend the evening performance as his g-uosts. ? 4> 4) , The electric light poles on Main street are being removed gradual ly and in time the White Way will have full scope, to illuminate the business district. It is not too late to plow under cotton stalks, clean up ditch banks and hedge rows and get ready to make a winning fight against the boll weevils next year. The County Fair, proper, closed j last night, and today the exhibitors have been dismantling their booths and removing their exhibits. The carnival shows and other attrac tions remained on the grounds and will continue for the night per formance. The road to wisdom has never i>??imi mapped. ? ?? ,^ I ^ Rabid Socialist Who Was Pardoned - foy President Harding Declares His Undy ing Emnity to Amer ican Institutions Chicago, Nov. 26 (By the Asso- '. ciated Press). ? Eugene Debs,, leader of the Socialist party, made; his first public speech since leay- ; ing Atlanta penitentiary here to day and was given.an ovation that' i aelayed Uie start of'his address , for more than an hour. 1 Jean Longuet, French Socialist..j< in whose honor the meeting, wasil held, was overshadowed by the n ?emonstration accorded Debs. Huge J ] baskets of red roses tied with red ribbons were given Debs by his ad- , mirers and after the, meeting the , Socialist national committee was j ] forced to conceal Debs in a sma.71 ], committee room for nearly an hour - to keep the waiting crowd from carrying him away. With teaxs j coursing down his checks. :Debs j begged the committee to let him go out and shake hands with the j crowd and once he forced his way' to the platform despite their pro- J tests that his strength would not permit. He said in .part: 4T opposed the war and 1 still' : oppose war, I would not go to war at the commanid of any one. f ; would have saved the lives of sixty j thousand American boys who per- ( ished on the battlefield of France . to create 30.000 new millionaires J in this country. I spoke at Canton from a d$ep sense of conviction ahel after all ten years is a very mod est sentence for having,Jan opinion of your own in the . United States." He praised the nineteen commu- , nists including William Bi?ss \ Lloyd " whose conviction under the < Illinois anti-syndicalism law was ; upheld a few days ago and at- - tacked the act under whdeh they were found guilty as a 'disgrace to any State." Likewise, he said he stood behind the twenty commu nists who are slated to go on trial at St. Joseph, Mich., tomorrow un der a similar law and would fight for the freedom of the 68 war time prisoners "mostly members of the I. W. W." who are still in federal prisons," "I am almost ashamed," Debs said, "to be out of prison while those men are back of the iron bars. Their continued incar ceration is a high compliment from the government of the Unit ed States, a government so cow ardly it fears those 68 men will overthrow it." , "I would far rather," he contin- j ued, *'be in jail v(ith my self re-j spect than on the streets with a! gag in .my mo?th. 'I despise and defy their laws. I am not a citi-, zen of the United States despite the j fact that I was born and reared in j Indiana, because T obey ray con-j science and lost my citizenship 7>ut I would far rather have it that way \ than keep my citizenship, and lose ' my conscience." ... . . i ,g J >ix People Buteh^jpeoS and Burned in ifieir Home , Bristol. Va-Tenm, Nov. 26.-~ James W..-Smith', 50. a grocer, his wife, their two year old daughter. Ruby, and their niece, Mrs. Deline Burchfieid, and hef son. Charles. 13, were found: dead here. early this morrang, the house ;in ^hicb. they lived bu rned over their heads. Ben BurcirSeid, 41, hushand <? the dead woman," was arrested at Johnson City this aftefim?n* and is [>eing held in cohnectfon with tia srime. He protests his innocence but officers say'his shiri"an3 trous ers were <JOvered with blood when tie was tafcen The crim was discovered about. 4 o'clock this morning when the .fire department was called to the com- . binatioh residence and' grocery store of Smith * ?nState" "-stjfei? Wiien. the flames habt been " ex tinguished the charred hodleis of the frVe were found, in the ;ri?ns ?k the 'structure. They evidently had been beaten to death \yrth: an axe or some other '/heavy implement and the he use set afire to hide any traces of 1he crime/ "* Burchfieid and his wife had been, separated, and he 'is said to^t?ve made threz-ts against hef. The po lice say he came to them and said his . wife was com^emptal?ng"* "3l ^di? vorce and he would rather seeder dead than to J&SVf,. . one ^else have her." . *\ ^ Dir ncr at. Manning. I The Jewish ladies of ^ahning whi serve a 'five course dmnfer on Tuesday. November 28th. *fr?m 12 o'clock hocn until 8: p. m.~at :a vacairt store "room in the business section of that city " There 'will also^ be for sale~ salads, cakes ano needle work.'"' Sumter p^t^oh?ge will be appi -eciated. ; This sah^ls fp#. th^ purpose of raising money help' in the;"building" :of '' a small synagogue there; "R?hbr Hirsch of Sinai Temple here visits Manning twice a month. .. . -..,..; WANTED^-By teacher of escp^ri ence, position in Sumter .county^ beginning- Jam 1, I?23. Can fur |v: ;nish be? Of references. Address, ''Experienced Teacher", care; of Paily Item. ..._ . .? *' LOST?One red speckled or spot ted ' hound;' dog,' named Wheeler. Fender *w ire, phone1' or Write Th\ M. L. - Parier; Wedgefield. S. a, and receive, reward. \, ... . ?-?- '" . " ' * WAN^I^p^HaxdwOod logs. We pay highest :cash price''' for';- choie? Ash, Poplar, Cypress and "v^Tiite Oak logs of standard spe^ihea^ ti'ohsv delivered to Sumter by>raj? or truck. We buy logsC twelve months in the year ahd> "give preference to loggers' bring in a steady' supply". have '] you' Up offer? j^nmter Wr$Z0.9<* P.?,, Sumter; & G. ? LAND FOR RENT We have some desirable land for' rent. I, 2, an d S horse farms with comfortable houses and good out-buiTdlnss. We will hot consider any applicant who has' hot sufficietit provision to feed his family and livestock. Neither; win.-we consider any applicant who will not agree to put up a* good fight against the boll weevil by picking weevils and'squares. We will' help any tenant who complies with our require- . ments to the extent of a reasonable amount of fertilizers, as we don't believe in planting a .crop, without iL HORSES AND 1HULES. We have several good second hand horses and mules that we are anxious to dispose of and any one in need of livestock" will do well,- to-see us ^ef ose buying. . .. ^. . ^ . O'DONNELL & COMFANt 2, . ? FACTS WORTHY OF YOUR CONSIDERATION Our large Capital S>c~-k and Susplup Indicate our Ability. Large Loans and Discour ts?our Liberality. v , Large Deposits?the Peoples' Satisfaction with OUT Serrlc* and Confidence m our Protection. - . K- l & We offer you our Service and Protection and want yo? Account. The National Bank of South Carolina The Bank With the Chime Clock. ., % .. C. G. Rowland, Pres, Earle Rowland, Cashier WILL YOU BE PROSPERING in BUSINESS *r LOOKING FOR A JOB ? . IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER ORJfOT YOU HAVE STARTED TO SAVE. First National Bank of Sumter Plow yonr cotton stalks in now.