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The Watchman and Southron Publlsbtfri., Wmtncsday and Sutor " ~daj by Osteel? Publishing Company, - Suwtcf, S?. C Terms: S2.00 per annum?in advance. Advertisements: One Syuare^ first insertion -_$1.00 Every>siio^e<iuent insertion .50 Contracts for tb fee months or longer will be made at reduced rates. * All Communications which sub serve private interests will oe charged for as advertisements. Obituariei and tributes of re spect will be charged for.' K The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in The Watchman and Southron now has the com bined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and.is man ifest ly the best advertising medium in Sumter. DOFB3LE SHTRKFRS A change in the "system of draw ing juro.rs is sought in one city where jury lists have been made up from the files of registered voters. It was found that many voters of both sexes stayed away from the poils because it lessened their lia bility to be summoned for jury ser vice. ? system is sought under which no voter, registered or riot, shall escape summons for jury duty in-his due turn. In most localities the solution lies in the pages of the local direc tory, and recourse to this or some other comprehensive list of citizens skould be had. There is no public i*titv in which it socms to be more diiScult to arouse people to a sense cf personal responsibility than that 0? jury service, nor one which sr-ould be pushed, more actively. When the laggard citizen takes to *?iJrfcIfig hie duty as a voter in or der to evade Iiis responsibility in the administration of justice, he ^needs reformation doubly. THE TIGER Clemeneeau has nothing new to tell the United States, but that is no reason for discounting the tilings he 'says:. Among other things the Tiger warns that political and economic affairs in Europe are approaching a crisis^ that the friendly support of the United States may avert a crash, and that if the crash is not ^avertecL^ then the United States win be forced to more active parti cipation? than otherwise would be necessary. The Tiger asks nothing but "stay by". " He makes no concrete sug gestion of what we are to do. But be seems to think that a cause that sifS? I :>r enough to die in unity for is urg enough to live in unity for/and fhat in some way the nation which tde the war damage should be lade to pay for it. Clemenceau makes no pretense being- here in any official capaci . He -is just a private individual speaking for a cause near his heart. -J.'.e seeks to remind Anaerica of facts to 'which she was very much alive four years ago, but to which she seems to have become a little dulled. Nb harm should come " from his speaking. In a country dedicated "to free speech he should b" accorded a courteous hearing. If he advances, the settlement of v.orld problems by one sentence, he ill have accomplished something: w crth while. KU KUUX~ ERRORS It is not likely that much will be accomplished against the Ku Klux Klan by starting out with the"! assumption that that body is es- j s. ntially a, criminal organization,! whose members have criminal pur-, poses. . It is true, unfortunately, that there-are numerous members shel-j tcred within the organization who stem deliberately to use it as a cloak for evil deeds; and its great J weakness is that it lends itself sol easily to abuse. Eut such men are 1 the exception. Most of those who; have joined the Klan have evi dently done so sincerely believing that they could thereby benefit their community and their coun try. Speaking in general, it is the head rather than the heart of the | Ku Klux movement that is wrong. Its leaders and members simply do not understand the spirit, history and traditions of this America j v hose highest interest they profess j to serve, and so they misrepresent: and pervert some of its fundament- \ id principle?. j It is on this ground that the Klan j can be and should be fought. It should he rnade plain "to all that genuine Americanism knows no! such thing as racial and religious j intolerance, judgment passed on' citizens by secret tribunals, censor- j ship made effective by threats and ' violence and the setting up of an un Cikial, and irresponsible super government, and that the evils re smiting from such lawl*>ss innova tions are worse 'than those the honest Klansmen seek to remedy. ??-: TO WIN THE PEACE Clemenceau says his present ap peal to America is necessary be cause there is in the world "a crisis which has not been settled yet/' "How it will end," he adds, "no body knows. If you (the Ameri cans) take the wrong side?then the war counts for nothing, and we may have to go to war again. If the right thing is done at the right I time, then it will be one of the i greatest steps for the civilization of mankind." - :'? -- This distinguished visitor may be ; j right or wrong in his particular view of what ought to be clone at this time, but he is everlastingly right in holding that something has got to be done, if the vast sarcrlflee made in the war is not td be wholly wasted, and that America can and should play aii important part. The victory on the field of battle has been half Jost already in a chaotic and quarrelsome peace. America intervened in the'war and won it, when the Alliesi were help less and the fate of civilization hung in the balance. Will Amer ica also intervene jto win the peace? That "seems the big question now. "" ? # ? ? ; " " WORSHIP BY RADIO * ':y' :Ur >?r: ' On a recent Bunday a million j people are said to have "listened fih" on a church service in New j York: ' * " j The Church of St. Thomas?, on [Fifth Avenue, was, equipped with a jcomplete radio sending outfit, in ] eluding nine microphones placed in j different parts' of' the buil ding. The 'service enUne?music, sermon, an j nouncemehts, congregational throat ? clearing andr.skirt-swishrrig and all [other familiar and incidental noises ? ?was carried to Newark ana" there : broadcast "for whoever cared 1 to give ear. -'Phus the service was spread. over an area of many thou sand square miles, reaching alike the stay-at-home in .the big city, the rural recluse and . the lum^ berjaek in the distant forest. It is an excellent thing, this vast extension of relfgious services madV possible by the ratlio. Yet it may ;well be dotibte^d whether the v? } carious worship thus' ma?e possible i is as wholesome and effective.as.the jgbod old-fashioned kind, where j every participant looks his pastor j and fellow- worshippers iri the face, ?in an atmosphere made sacred by j long association. t ? ? ?. j THE BEST CURE ? A London aoctor speaks a word j for cheerful thoughts and conver jsation at meal time as' the best j preventive of. dyspepsia. It is a : good thing to think about when J.winter closes down with its pre dominance of heavy food, intense application to business, hurry and lack of customary exercise, j * Gfcod food and good teeth con tribute toward good digestion, ac cording to the doctor, and an ordi ; nary amount pt chewing aids the ; digestive processes, but far most 1 important is ? mind at ease while [food is being taken.; The iusiness jluncheon, he points out, may be a good' thing commercially, but gastronomically it is not. I ' Haste, worry, the discussion of jdisputed or vexatious topics or i anything which tends toward un Idue mental excitement, must be [avoided if good digestion is'to wait I on appetite, and health on both. He who'takes times for his dining, eats in pleasant company and' talks of other things than his worries or his labors will not be seeking dys pepsia remedies, no matter how hard he works and thinks, between meals. EFFICIENCY HIGH POIJSTS Anyone who Imagines himself too tired to continue his work at any time of any day should con sult the efficiency statistics com piled in recent years before giving up. Scientists have been making a great many tens of accuracy, efficiency, speed and general ability under varied weather conditions and for different hours of the day. Other things being equal, it has been found that brain power and physical ability each rise to a high point about 11 a. m. Each j drops considerably around noon. Brain power then returns to a max imum about 2 p. m., while physical ability reaches its high point again somewhere between 3 and 6 p. ra in comparing speed and accuracy tests it has been found that accur acy is better in the lorenoon, speed J in. the afternoon. These conclusions indicate that efficiency is a cumulative quality.} One may start out in the morning after a good nights sleep and a wholesome "breakfast vand imagine he is at his best immediately.' Yet the tests show that it takes two or three hours to work up to the high point of efficiency, mentally or physically. Fatigue doesn't have much effect around 11 o'clock in the morning or 2 o'clock in the j afternoon. Of course there are factors which jmay enter and change the situation [entirely. Meals which are diffi jcult to digest, too little sleep and recreation over a prolonged period or indulgence in needless worry would probably upset the efficiency schedule." Genuine fatigue, too, pulls down efficiency. ' . Nevertheless, with these inter esting discoveries in mind? the brain'or hand work should guard against imaginary fatigue at those times when a little extra pluck or ^ determination would permit him to work at his very best. HOPE. FOR THE "IXTEIXECT ? ? At last the intellectuals are com ing into their own. The latest Paris housing' sehe m e, originally intended only to provide suitable homes lor the laboring classes, has been broadened to include the erec-. tion of moderately priced dwell ings for professional people. Teach ers^ artists, doctors, writers, musi* ci?ns, scientists and x people of kindred occupations will benefit. By their talents and efforts these classes make great contribution to! the life and progress of any nation. In' almost^ every'country their fl-l nancial recompense is inadequate and their special needs are ignor-j ed. They are the people to whom; the world most truly owes a living and who have the most difficulty in1 collecting something on account. It is encouraging to see one need of--.this great group recognized, in one city. Perhops the gospel will spread, not .'only in the provision of decent homes within the range of their incomes, but even in the pro vision of decent incomes with which to maintain the homes. - HONORING PIONEERS . , ' * ? . ?'? *'.-"-. - A group of Rocky Mountain "'Pilgrim Fathers" are to be hon ored in Colorado on Thanksgiving Day, in'accordance with the proc lamation, of *rhe governor of that state. Pioneer Fathers is a better name for them. They are the men who went to Colorado in 1855 or earlier. It is reported that there are only 30 living persons who qualify. This is a new note in Thanks giving celebrating, but It xis one worth ' developing. The Pilgrim Fathers of New Ehigland deserve much credit and honor for their courage and perseverance in the face of many serious obstacles. Their example was followed by the pioneers who struck out westward from the Atlantic seaboard to dis cover, explore, settle and develop the vast areas beyond the first set tlements. The history of that sec tion ot the North American conti nent which is the United States would have been very different if the pioneers from the original 13 colonies had not done their heroic part. As Christmas is a day for chil dren, so Thanksgiving is a day for. the elder ones who have borne the' brunt of early hardships and carried oh in order that there might be progress, peace, health and happi ness to be thankful for. EARTHQUAKE^ AND MAX '? QU?KES1 ' That must have been a tremen dous earthquake in the South Pa cific, from the evidence still coming In from' Chile . it "battered a thou sand miles' of coast with mountain ous waves, smashing shipping and docks and low-lying towns, in addi tion to the destruction wrought by the earth movements themselves. There were at least 1,500 people < - - %?' i ? .. ? ? (.? . - I killed and the property~damage will run into tens of millions of dollars. And when all is said and done, the loss in human life and property to gether will be far less than the. damage from any one of dozens of battles fought in the recent war. Nature in its worst moods is de ?tructlve enough, but mfen himself Is incomparably more destructive.j Man is a*worse enemy to man than; fire, storm or earthquake. Only one thing is more deadly to the j human race than its own violence. That Is the Invisible and uncon qiiered army of disease germs. LOXHOX YOGS Poor old London has been hav ing worse fogs than usual this ftfll, and Americans visiting there are discouraged about it. They can't see anything. They cannot even breathe that "soupy" atmosphere. More interesting, however, is the ianalysis that London" scientists have been making of the fog. They find it composed of moisture and soot?billions upon billions of tiny particles of soot, each furnishing a nucleus to which adhere fine particles of water. They are even estimating the number of millions of soot particles a hu^man breathes in the course of a day while gasp ing and groping under the tog j blanket. They say there are 50 to 100 tons of 300t suspended in the air. In analysis there is hope. From American efficiency experts those Londoners may learn that soot is unnecessary, even where soft coal is burned. L<*t them put in Ameri can smoke consumers, and they may get rid of their bally fogs and j draw free breath and see what the i little old town looks like. FASCISTI PRINCIPLES ? Most Americans realize that the new Italian government, headed by Mussolini, represents a middle-class revolution and the1 defeat ?f So cialise/. Few, however, have much idea of what Fascism really stands for. Here are its principles, as stated by an-Italian-American.: Opposition to all international ism. Legal establishment of the eight hour day, with due reservations for agricultural and certain other sea sohial industries. Representation of the "workers" in the management of every indus try. Opposition to the "industrial 'stale". v Abandonment by the state of all' industrial enterprises. . Self-discipline for organized la bor. (This to combat proletarian dogma). Italian expansion in the^ Mefliter-1 rr.hean. Economically it seems to be a rather tolerable coraprbmise^with radicalism. In its domestic ap- . plication, however, Americans are j hot much concerned with it, when once assured that Italy is not go ing Bolshevist. The items of re^al interest'here are those touching foreign policy. There is nothing very . reassuring about them. ^Italian expansion on the Medi-j terranean*' cannot be achieved: without taking territory fro irksome-j, body else, and that means trouble! in Europe again. "Opposition to all I internationalism", if it me; is any- \ Itmng, means'opposition to co-ope- ?* rating with other nations for the! general good. J Aggressive nationalism may be even worse than Socialism. WANTED?GOOI> ARCHITECTS j With the .great home-building era fairly upon the nation, a Wash-] ington writer pleads for good archi-j tects to design tHe homes. He points' out that a house of artistic Exterior costs no*more than one of bad lines. As an investment it is more valuable, being sold more easily and commanding a better price. |. Most people who contemplate! building have a good idea of whatt they want inside the house, but:, when it comes to fitting an exter ior to their plans, the home-made result tob frequently is painful. . The good architect could take those same ideas and mold them into a form calculated to please both those who are to live in the home and those who arc to gaze upon it from without. He will do it with an economy of space and material which will more than pay for his services. And as for fee, not all; good architects are high priced, j "By their works ye shall know them." Whether an architect is employ ed or not, reading, observation and the study of pictures will help to assure an artistic home, and it is infinitely better to plan one which will increase the immedate proper ty value and that of the neighbor hood than to waste money on one of unfortunate design. Honolulu, T. H., Nov. 24.?Pa roles for 19 more inmates of the Kalapaupau Leprosarium on the islands of Molokai, some of whom have been confined at the settle ment for more than twenty years, have been recommended by the territorial board of health as the consequence of the successful re sults that have attended their treatment with ohaulmoogra oil specific, evolved by Dr. A. L. Dean, president of the university of Ha waii. The latest paroles, to sixteen men and three women, brings to nearly 200 the number of person* ; who have been treated in Hawaii ' since 1919, when the specific was discovered, according to a health < board announcement. Persons released on parole are not considered to be cured, but the i examining physicians believe that ' the disease has been checked in < their cases sufficiently to permit < them to mingle with other persons < without danger. N0 MM SCRAPPED Great Britain Will Keep ' Warships in Fighting Trim Until Other Nations Carry Out the Washington Agreement By the Associated Press London, Nov. 29.?The British will discontinue scrapping warships under the Washington disarma ment treaty until other nations have acted and scrapped their quota. Eyres Monsell, financial secretary to the admiralty, assured a questioner in the" house of com mons today. France Plans to Act Paris. NOV. 28 (By the Associat ed Press).?What action France intends to take with respect to Ger man reparations, in the event the Brussels conference falls through, is not officially disclosed, although de tails of the supposed plan of the government are published very ful ly by \>he Paris newspapers. Two important meetings have been held, one yesterday at Elysee palace! at which President Miller and presided, and those present ?included Premier Po in care, Lours Barthou, president of the repara tions commission: Marshal Foch, | vari ?us ca bi n et min Isters and ex- j perts and the other, a full cabinet j council today. ' An official Communique issued af- j ter the. cabinet council met, says: j ?"M. Pofncare informed the eal>>- | net about the meeting held yester- j day. at Elysee palace, with regard j to which the most inaccurate in formation has been published." The foreign office, taking eogni- j zanee of these reports, has author- j ized the Associated Press to make I the following statement: ?The information given in the j Frerj-ch newspapers this morning i relative to the discussion at Elysee | palace-yesterday is very inexact/ As? a matter of fact no decisions werej taken in regard to what action j France would take'if she failed to; obfain; Satisfaction at Brussels. "Whiat'7 actually took place at yes-^ terday*s "meeting and at today's cabinet-session was an exchange of views, in preparation for the Brus sels ' conference. There was " no question of the cabinet giving its approval of the plan this morning, as reported." The foreign office would disclose no details of the two meetings Paris. Nov. -28.'?< By the Asso ciated -Press).?Although the ma jority of the members of the rep-j aratiohs commission are opposed to j Premier Poincare's plan for direct j action^ for the collection of the I German-indemnity, there is a grow- j ing feelmg that the French govern- I ment will soon be in a position! where it will be forced to take in dependent measures against Ger many. * This impression is based on the uncertainty as to whether the pro posed . interallied financial confer-, ence.at Brussels will actually take place "and the still greater uncer tainty-over the prospects of agree ment if the meeting is called. Following the announcement of the cabinet's plan for occupation of j the Ruhr district in the event ] France does not obtain satisfaction j before January 15, the meeting* of j premiers, which will probably be held in Paris early next week has assumed considerably more import ance.. The presence of Prime Minister Bonar Law at the conference now j seems assured, but the participa-j tion of Premier Mussolini of Italy is not yet confirmed. M. Poincare has a definite plan j to place before the premiers, and especially before Bonar Law. This j plan, which was approved at the j cabinet meeting today, provides for j a reduction of the German indem- ! nity to a reasonable figure, in re turn for cancellation of the French debt to Great Britain. ? Tt also contemplates raising a large international Joan, half to be: devoted to stabilization of the Oer- j man mark and the remainder to payment o? reparations to France, j A moratorium of several years j would be accorded Germany but the most rigid guarantees would be exacted and a commission on reparations would exercise com plete control of Germany's finan-j ces. The Associated Press was inform-; ed tonight by members ' of the | French delegation to the commis- j sion that unless such a plan is sub- j stantially agreed to by the allies. France will "take the only other course open to her, namely, seiz- j ure of the products of the Ruhr and absolute control of the French Rhineland." Naval Reduction Throws 7.000 Out of Work. Tokio, Oct. 30.?Approximately' 7.000 workers in the naval arsenals were dismissed in October due to lack of-work following the naval j reduction agreed upon at the Wash-! ington Conference. Retiring al lowances granted these men by the government totalled 3,500;000 yen., The dismissal will be followed by j the retirement of at least a thou-j sand warrant officers. To rind re-employment for these ; men is a problem facing the gov- i ernment. The municipal authori-i ties are absorbing as many as they fan by starting work on street and I othe,r improvements. All Workers dismissed by the navy arfli army] Will receive bonuses. | j Edition Wee!? Iii Sumter County Committee Organized and Be gins Work on Program For Observance of Important Movement j December 3-9 has been desig ; noted as National Education Week this year and the Citizens' Educational Association of this ! State. at a meeting held in Co lumbia November 11 and 12, ap ! pointed committees for every j county to supervise and celebrate j this week. In Sumter County the committee [appointed consists of Mr. Brfce j Waters, chairman; Dr. S. H. Ed j munds, Mrs. Horace s Harbv, Rev. J. P. Marion. Mrs. Jake Brogdon, Miss Irene Bryan, Dr. J. Herbert Haynsworth, Miss Armida Moses. This committee met Monday after noon, in the library of the Girls' High school. Dr. Haynsworth was appointed secretary of the commit tee. ? A programme for the week i outlined by Mr. Waters was dis !cussed in detail and : adopted in j full. j The, ministers of the city and' county are to be requested to de liver a' sermon on Education on ! Sunday, December the third, as a I fitting opening of the week." As the I time for preparation is so short, j however, the ministers may find it preferable'to close the week with their education sermons- on the I tenth. j Thursday, December the seventh has been set as Rally Day for the rural schools, and on this day pro grammes will be arranged for all county schools and an effort made to bring Out all the' parents and patrons to visit the schools then. In the city, it was decided to have Dr. Edmunds'write a% series of articles, to appear in the local press during the week, setting forth the needs? Of the city schools- as itlw best Way of reaching the pub Ilk* ?? ?' ?' ?'? ? ? By way of joint celebration of Education Week for city and rural schools, Saturday, December 9th; has been appointed as Rally Day for the whole county. On that day a meeting will be arranged with interesting speakers, to be held in the auditorium of the Girls' High school, at eleven o'clock. The following committees have been appointed to carry out the schedule for the week: To obtain speakers for Thurs day's programmes at rural schools, Mrs. Horace Harby, Dr. J. P. Ma | rion, Mr. Geo. D? Levy, Miss Irene' Bryan. To fix the hour of these meetings, ?provide places and make all other necessary arrangements, Dr. J. H: Haynsworth, Mrs. Louise Brogdon. Mr. H. D. Tindai. To provide transportation for speakers. Mr. S. L. Roddey. Mr. P. M. Parrott. Publicity Committee, to adver tise meetings through press, j schools and churches; to ask- Ro | tary Club. Kiwanis Club,- Civic ! League, American Legion, to give j a programme at their own meet ; ings during Education Week; to I request preachers to preach on ed I ucation, Mr. H. G. Osteen, ehair j man: Dr. E. S. Booth, Miss Armida Moses. Committee on Programme for the Rally in Sumter, December 9, Dr. S. H. Edmunds, chairman; Dr. J. A. Mood, Dr. J. H. Haynsworth, Mr. E. W. Dabbs, Jr. BROADCASTING PLANNED Radio Station is Being Erect ed at Clemson Clemson College, Nov. 2G.?Good progress is being made now on the Clemson radio station with the two steel towers up and the building practically completed. Within a few days the wjres will be up and the Work of installing the ap paratus in the building will begin. The towers, which are to sup port the antennae, are x?f structu ral steel, one being 115 feet high and the other 128 feet, the two be ing 1G0 feet apart. The building'to house the rest of the radio outfit is a one-story brick structure, 24 by 18 feet* and will contain three rooms?one for the tranmission ap paratus, one for the motor gene rator set. and one for the micro phone, this last to be sound-proof ed as nearly as possible for the more effective sending of messages. The station is to be a 500-watt station, which should give excellent service to all parts of South Caro lina under ordinarily favorable conditions; It has the same watt power as the Atlanta Journal and Louisville Courier-Journal stations and it is hoped to secure practi cally as effecient service as those well known stations give. Certain ly ^very precaution is being taken in the erection of the Clemson sta tion under the supervision of Prof. W. E. Godfrey, of the physics divi sion, and Prof. S. R. Rhodes, of the electrical engineering division, to make the station . first class in every particular. Prof. Godfrey in speaking today; of the progress of the work, stated I rV?at he hoped to have things ready j in a few more weeks for the pre-! liminary testing out of the station, and that by early January the formal opening of the station for] service should be possible. In this connection he says that he would be glad to hear from | owners of receiving sets in this; State who would be in position to; cooperate with him in the prelim-i rnary testing out of the station toj determine the daylight range. * ?? ? A Kansas horse has won the j horse-jumping championship. An-! other triumph for Kansas auto! speeders. Utah has eight feet of snow in t places, so Utah coal men are happy, j i A Remedy lor Piles Ask your Druggist (whom you know) what he knows about PAZO OINTMENT as a Remedy for Itching, Blind, Bleeding er Pro* trading Piles. 60c. Propose Xew Series of School Lessens. Sunday .Canada Provides $40,000,000 For Good Roads. Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 24.-:-Forty million dollars is being spent on {good roads in Canada this year. 'Highways construction has ' been i carried on on a larger scale this year than ever before and the ap inntions have not been satisfactory | pPOpriations for ^ork are the high Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 14.? I Holding that the international se J ries of Sunday school lessons in Protestant churches of all denom i and that the study fails to elective method of give a connected i est on record, /according to A. W. I Camobell, commissioner of high ' wavs. ! knowledge of the Bible, the world's j fundamental Christian Conference1 r committee has recommended that j "Of the total sum spent, $15,000, j the international series be drop- j 000 will be used on Federal aided ped and' a new series adopted. j highways, of which $?,000,000 will Action of the committee to ere- j come but of the Dominion treas ;ate a new Sunday school Bible j Ury," said Mr. Campbell. "Exoen course, will have a nation-wide ef- | ditures being made by the prov feet and will result in extended j inCes and counties on roads not re discussion throughout the world by j ceiving 'federal assistance will [ those refusing and those who adopt j amount to about $25,000,000." i> [the new study, it was said here hi* j There are now 1,000 miles of per , J. Frank Xorris, chairman of the. manent paved road in Canada, or committee, upon conclusion of the sufficient mileage .to extend one work, j third of the distance between th? Agitation for the change was ev- Atlantic and Pacific coast, according ident for several years past and at; to Mr. Campbell, who added that the last Fundamental Christian j this mileage is being increased' as convention in Los Angeles, which < rapidly as possible, iwas made up of representatives! from every Protestant denomina- J The Dominion government has j tion in the United States, Canada j appropriated' $20,000,000 "to be and eight foreign^ countries, the | used in construction.of main high committee which recommended the important change was appointed to j formulate a new series, according j to Dr. Xorris. ? ? "It no doubt will provoke com I ment," Or: Xorris declared, "but ways and market roads, calculated to cover a period of five years. This is divided among the -provinces on r the basis of population. Under the. terms of the grant the provinces carry out the road building, and the new lessons will teach a whole j the government, on approval of th<* plans, contributes "40 ^per cent of the cost. This guarantees .stand" ardization of roadways and places only 60 per cent expense on the provinces. Highway improvement has been ( connected version of the Bible, not .elective parts as heretofore, and (the growing generations wrill be j not satisfied with a partial, if not j emasculaied gospel." ; The committee-advises that be | ginning January 1 and through j especially rapid in the west, due to j September 3 923, the studies bejthe rapid development of the ! given in* the Gospel, and Epistles of]I great agricultural districts by the iJohn. I influx of new settlers, states Mr; Campbell. Farmers are doing much of their marketing with-mo Xaming several reasons for its j action, the committee declared the ! prevailing methods of Bible study jnow in vogue are not satisfactory !to the most effective Bible students iof the world nor to the Sunday) tor trucks and crops <u?e quicWy transported to market over the/ modern highways. School public at large. "The elec-1 pn>pose to jtive method has too often resulted Tin unrelated lessons and conse quently has failed to give a con nected and comprehensive knowl edge of the World," the report reads. ?The greatest single reason, how i ever, for this action," the report I continues, "is in the interest of i truth ? as opposed to falsehood." j. ?-. m m m ?- ? 1 The reported-shortage of winter i vegetables indicates that husbands ' will receive their usual apportion i ment of Christmas cigars. ^SeYtle New South I Wales. . Sydney, X. S. W., Oct. 30.?A pro ject holding many possibilities to ward settling Xew South Wales wii:h desirable immigrants has;been lormulated by local Boy Scout au thorities and Is approaching conr summation. The plan, which has received en couraging support from, the". Im perial headquarters, is to bring hundreds of Boy Scouts from Eng land and place them upon farms in Xew South Wales. "We are in the market at all times for large or ? %? ,;* small quantities of pine logs and green pine boards. Write or phone us if you have any of this stock to ? offer." Sumter Planing Mills & Lumber Co* SUMTER, S. C. TEN YEARS HENCE WILL YOU BE PROSPERING in BUSINESS or LOOKING FOR A JOB ? \ IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER X>R NOT YOU HAVE STARTED TO SAVE. First National Bank of Sumter Plow your cotton stalks in now. FACTS WORTHY OF YOUR CONSIDERATION Our large Capital Stock und Surplus Indicate our Ability. Large Loans and Discounts?our Liberality. Large Deposits?the Peoples' Satisfaction with our Service and Confidence in our Protection. ? ? We offer you our Service and Protection and want your Account. The National Bank of South Carolina The Bank With the Chime Clock. C. G. Rowland, Pres. Earie Rowland, Cashier I