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THe3?a??hman and Soutknif i*- ?WWW? tS?-^ ? ?? >fwa">>*?."?.- ?-? . ? m. ... ft . Pubaabed Wednesday and Satnsv '1 Ut* "?*dav by psteeh mbli?cbiiis Cornpan>, * ~>*umcr. S. C t Terms: Jjj?.O?' pe^annwra-?irr advance. Advertisement: ie Squared first insertion ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion .50 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced _. ? - ? ? .... rates. A12 communications which sub serve private Interests ' wfll oe Icharged for -as .advertisements. Obituaries and tributes, of re spect vtjill be charged for. The Sumter " Watchman was bounded in 1850 and the True South ron in 1 SS ? Th e "Watchman and Souihron *now has' the com med circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is man ifestly the best advertising medium rh Sumter. CHILD-REX'S RIGHTS Surely an American child has a right to his chance at Life, Liberty Iand the Pursuit of Happiness. But if he is made cr work eight or ten hours, a day frt snipping beans or -carrying bundles or performing one process on one machine, how near is he ever going to get to hailing j distance of any of ihe sacked} three? What is life io the child stick ing dots on veils for hours on end. without adequate food or sleep or any recreation. What is liberty to the child who never gets, a chance to play? What is the pursuit of happiness? ?bot'that 'is too 'cruel a question to be asked at all. Theye is in prospect an amend ment to the Constitution guaran teeing to children such rights as" srown^ups.-are supposed to have. Ssppor?ng it would not hurt the new-rgeneratl?n: ? ? ? THE- T7XTAXED STOCK DIVI-1 DEXDS It. _is doubtful whether the in-j come taxes the government is los-j ing by capitalists* investment . in j tax-free bonds are any greater than -thej-sums it is losing by the issu ance of stock dividends by ^>ig cor por&iien?~. ~ C~r The administration is seeking to stop the former leak by obtaining . a nW taw ^arbidding the issuance, of tax-free securities. It has been -asstjrmed that there- hvi^^remedy 'or - the latter, since the Suprein* Conr^rdejs*aj5:e? stock dividends non taxahife^.-. #,"? , *Shere,ma>' be a remedy, however, *7en for 4Jus. It is pointed out by a >?ew~ York lawyer that the pres ent^inoome-tax law, in Section 220. ~t ??5-' *-? puts a tax of- 25 per cent on net t ?? earnings, "beyond the reasonable ^?ec^s_of^hjej^usrness.'' It seems! r?>'i^SLej>T7t^tat. net earnings al-j totre^ t^aecu^culate as surplus, and j then distributed in the guise of bcook cividttds. are ' beyond the reaspnabfi!i?w*iids of the business." It *^h*g?<l?rth while to test the I aXorecaffir^Wion. - 3 ~- -;^yh, ? ? V l_^JREp??ROSS SEALS . ? sfM { ^^L-^^^T?basir*?r fancy Christmas j sea$ .thNe*|:t|h^ughtful shopper will] not FfcrgeTVfYe-Red Cross seals, every] one of which means added strength! to the .fight, against tuberculosis in! this country. The Red Cross Christ ma'jHsw^ffl¬ a very old idea, but it haS*ggi?|>ed rapidly until n?w| its ftigfyjg*sale represents a con side|^g5^Sfem of money set aside! for SQJf^SPecif ic work of healing j aD<C^Q5?enti^?. Themse sea&Zjnay be placed on the bacisof eo^SScpefe or on Christmas j packages soSSbng. as they do not] ? hie lie on> the face which bears the regular postage stamps. They may be put on the packages which j hang on the tree or are carried inj pers'ont to the receiver. Or they raajj be purchased simply as a means', of contributing to the anti tuberculosis work regardless of j their subsequent use. Tuberculosis can be tremendous- ! ly reduced if not wholly eradicated j in thi3 country, and there is no! simpler way of contributing to the ftjnds, needed to fight it than by buying the cherry little seals. ? EIGHTY AVD FIFTY "Why can't you let human beings aTone and let them die happy!" ex claimed C*le^rienceau in New York, when the doctors wanted to ex amine him. He is himself a doc tor by profession, and doesn't like to be prodded by his kind. Yet the Tiger rtood for the prodding. And'.after the doctors had over hauled - bimr^thoroughly they de-; dared him -"as fit as a man of j fifty/' j That te'Ternarkable. when one' ronsiffers^p?g^life Clemenceau has ir*'ed?a /SQG^as varied and stren uous aV thajQ>f Roosevelt, and far longer. - -Possibly chere is not an-; other man living who has seen, felt md clone as much an OTcmenccau ?net another man who has lived .'or so long a term in so big and vital a way. and expended so much energy of body and mind. Yet evi dently he still has much to spend. His speaking tour corroborates the verdiet of the physicians. How does he do it? Everybody will be asking him his "secret" of long life and good health. And maybe the quizzical old Frenchman ,,?..tex? them It is getting up be fore daylight, or eating onion soup for breakfast, or wearing a ! black shirt with a blue stripe, or falling in love, or hunting tigers. He ? is probably too wise to take himself as seriously as octogenar-; ians usually d?, and assume any particular credit 'for his virile old age. He knows that, when all's said and done, the reason why one man lives longer than another and has better health is usually that he was born with more vigor than others. Hygiene and common sense help, but it is natural endowment that counts, most. Yet. there is probably no ^chance iabout it. Long life or short life runs in families, and the ?vigor that N comes " as a heritage has been earned by a line of sensi ble, clean-living ancestors. ? ? ? ? ? -?i-ii-' "JAIL THE FLIRT" : L~"An Anti-Flirt Association has *een formed in New York Cityv "Jail the Flirt" is its slogan. It is hoped to interest other commun ities. .One of the chief aims of the association is the education of pub lic opinion so-that any woman who L<- insulted or annoyed on the street will feel it her duty to prosecute the-offender. The association will retain its own prosecutor to aid in bringing vengeance down upon the masher. It is ? movement which should be sponsored by decent people everywhere. It is natural for s nice woman to dread the publicity attendant upon bringing the offen der'to- justice, but she should not ?hesitate.' She is protecting her ;'self and; her sex when she aids in prosecuting the masher, and - will te; admired rather, than criticised ;f?r her courage. -When she takes ho step against him she leaves him ftpe to: annoy-some person perhaps rmore defenseless than herself. A LEAGUE OF HATE ? ^. ' One of the best comments on the Klan printed lately, is that of Hey wood Broun in the New York EWorld. Speaking from personal observation?for Ku Kluxism has become an issue in his own city;? he says: ''The formation of theKu Klux| Klan seems to us a happy develop- j ment in American life. Before the birth of this organization the bus iness of hating was difficult. There was no single group which in eluded all the illiberal elements in America. But now they are all to gether. We do not understand just what common bond fuses these di vergent factions?bigots, patrio-j ? ;- ? ? . j teers. hell-fire preachers,- Southern1 gentlemen, bullies, braggarts, busy bodies, censors?but there they are. For' the first time in the history of our country the fact has been es tablished that cussedness is not a' local issue." j The humorous irony of this sure- j ly ought to bite into the under standing of a lot of otherwise in telligent Americans who do not seem as yet -to see the real signi ficance of the movement'"in ques tion. The Klan does seem to be estabishing a veritable League of I Hate. - Wasn't there enough hatred in the world already? ? ' ' m tr -r ' ' * ! LIFE AND FUEL [ ? A mine disaster hke that at Bir ! mingham. Ala., attracts universal attention, but is really a small item in reckoning the total loss of human life that seems inseparable from the coal industry. Big losses are spectacular, but the little losses are far greater in volume. They go on j pretty str?dily, week by week and j month by month, amounting to 2-, | 000 or 5.000 a year. And the death of a miner means just as much to [bis family when he dies alone, kill led by a premature or delayed blast or b3' falling down a shaft, as when i he dies with half a hundred * bud ?dies" from a big gas explosion, j It is found that besides the ordi j nary cost of digging coal, on* human life goes vto the production of every 200.000 tons, not to men ! tion minor injuries that are ac ! cepted as a part Of the day's work. This inevitable sacrifice of life and limb is something that will be j taken into account more fully some day than it is now. in the mining industry and every other in volving special danger or strain. A baby born in New York was five feet tall. It was a giraffe. COUNTY ; ! BOARD j JEETING Proposal F o r T w o| Farm Demonstra tion Agents Submit ted, ?r- Board Ex presses Approval of Plan At the regular monthly meeting .of. the board of county commis sioners held December 6th, post poned from December 5th on ac count of a death in the family of one -of the members of the board, all members were present Mrs. S. O. Plowden, district home demonstration agent, appeared and spoke relative to the importance of the home demonstration work, in the county,' stating among other things that this work sought tpi accomplish for the women what! the farm demonstration work , was doing for the men, and that each of these works reacted on the other and should proceed pari passu. The board received her statement as information to be used in de termining the recommendation to the delegation relative to this work. Mr. M. H. Beck appeared and stated that there was a big canal in his field which ran out to the road, which he was enxious to get filled, but which could not be done with-1 out the use of machinery, and ask- j cd that he be allowed to rent the | machinery and men from" the coun- ] ty to do this work. After consid-j eration later the board decided that ! it had not the right to rent the county machinery, nor could the county spare the time from its own work to do this. A committee from the Rotary Club and from the Young Men's; EBusiness League appeared' before; the board in favor of employing an extra farm demonstrator for the next few years in the county. Mrl I. C. Strauss, representing the Ro tary Club, spoke at length advo-' eating this. He stated that the Ro- J tary club in this crisis thought it; was the duty of the board to sup-| ply as many farm demonstration j agents as the county could absorb, r with a view to teaching the average [ farmer to cope, with the boll' weevil situation, and to. learn to' grow other revenue crops success- : fully. They thought that the coun-' ty should have four full time farm demonstration agents, but if they , could not have four, at least two*!'! Mr. R. B. Belser also sn.oke by re- j quest of the Rotary Club, recom-j mending the 'appointment of two. full time farm demonstration agents in. the county for the next two, years. This was also favored by, Dr. E. S. Booth, Mr. W. A. Bryan,: Mr. Pi G. Bowman and Mr. S. L.; Roddey speaking for the Young! Men's Business League. Mr. Geo. D. Levy appeared be-: fore the board in behalf of the .reinstatement'"' of the appropriation, to- John McLaughlin. After con sideration later, the board decided) to allow McLaughlin to go to the j Almshouse. ; j Acting Postmaster Heidtman andi Major Bradford appeared repre- j seating the post-office department; relative to the condition of some of the rural routes. Major Bradford] stated that they had recently in-j spected the routes in the co?nty in: accordance with the requirements of the department, and found two [ of these especially in very bad con-| dition, these being on routes Nos. | 1 and 4. He .stated that the govern-j raent did not ask any special privi-j leges, but that it did require that; rural routes be kept passable. The -county engineer stated that brie of; ! these routes was now being work jed and that the other has already j been lined up'for work in the nearj future. They'also asked as'to the standard widths of the hard sur-j facer roads now being laid, saying; that the department " was having; isome disputes with its patrons as' j to the Jocatio'n of their mauV boxes, j I They were-edvised that there were. I no standard widths for these roads, j but that in the opinion of thej board these boxes should be placed! just off .the dirt shoulififcrs parallel-j ing the hard surfacing. . Mr. D. A. Hatfield appeared again before the board, asking for the, ! reinstatement of his appropriation ifor aid. A letter was read from' !Dr. Kirk stating that he was ac-| Iquair.tcd with the Hatfield case, jand that he. was in his opinion, iin iable to work, and needed assistance, j j After consideration later the- board; ;decided that Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield j could go to the alms house if they' tcar^d. i Mrs. Louisa Wells appeared be Ifore the board making application ! for aid. and presented a letter from ?the president of t lie - Associated. ?Charities as to her condition. Af jter fully considering the case the j board did not feel warranted in ! making the appropriation. I The minutes of the meet ins: of j November 7th were read and ap ;proved. Report was mad" on the C. E. j Dukes' claim to the effect that the I county attorney advised that in his! j opinion the county was not. liable j ifor any damages* and the. claim was ordered declined, j Chairman Rowland stated that! settlement had been effected withi Powell House for timber on right (of-way granted (he county in Wat leree Swamp for $120.00. A letter was read from Mr. John ! P?. Duffie recommending that an I other member be added to the board to represent the Privateer and Pinewood sections of the coun ty. The board took the position that the present law already made provision for this, and it was a matter for the delegation to make recommendation to the governor for appointment. Chairman Rowland presented a copy of ietter received from Mr. E. j W. Dabbs. Sr., addressed to Sena tro Moise, suggesting that a public hearing be had regarding the ap-. pointment of an extra farm demon stration agent for the coming year.' This was received as information. The county engineer- made his reports for the work during the month of October in detail. A copy of this report is annexed below. He' reported the loss of' four convicts during the month. Prices on cages; were presented from various con-j cerns and the engineer recommend-' ed the purchasing of two 18-menj cages instead of the small cages: previously agreed upon, with a: view to substituting the new im-j proved cages for the one* now in use with the two main gangs, and* using the old cages at Pinewood and* ShilohV The. board approved . ofj this and the chairman was added' to the committee already appoint ed to purchase these cages. The county engineer reported a correspondence with Superintend-, ent King of the Southern Railway,! asking for additional opening for water under the track at Stateburg Siding. He was directed to persue' the matter and ask the superintend-! ent or his representative to meet him there and agree upon the prop- j er thing to do. The clerk presented information relative to the establishment of the} farm demonstration and home dem onstration work in .Sumter county and the results which were being accomplished along this line. Af-; ter general consideration of the; continuance of this work in the. county and the proposition to put I on an extra farm demonstration agent for a limited term of years the board expressed itself in sym-! pathy with the movement if. a practical' system for getting results was devised. j. A letter from Senator Moise en closing application from a party, for the position of tobacco demon strator was received as informa-( tion. and ordered filed for refer-j ence. The resignation of Mr. B. J. Haynsworth as cotton weigher was. received and accepted. A claim wasreceived from Mr. ? W. W.'McKagen for $17.50 account of damage to the fender of a car resulting from a collision 'with a county truck.. This was' referred , to .a committee of Messrs. Oliver, and Britton, with power to actJ ' ! The clerk reported that ?ppli- i cation had been made to the South ' Carolina schools for deaf anJTblind/ for three of the Walker children. , ? A letter was received from Gov ernor Harvey asking the board to, appoint representatives ' to - State! Highway Road Conference to meet;; in Columbia. December 11th. Th<e' board thought that the Mcounty; would be very well represented at; meeting and received ? this let- ; ter as information. ? The board directed that the two foremen of the main chaihgangs give surety bond in the amount of $1,000.00 each. '" ' j A request was preferred ffeom the , trustees of the Sumter Cemetery j Association, asking that the road [ from the extension of Liberty street! to the extension of Oakland Avenue at the cemetery "be widened and re constructed to its original width of, 50 feet.' The engineer was direct-j ed to do this as soon as practicable, j The clerk reported the commit-^ ment of Amanda Wells temporarily j to the almshouse. ' The board ap- | proved the commitment and direct-' ed the clerk to see if any morel suitable arrangments could be ef- j fected. Application from the superin-j tendent of the almshouse for cer- [ tain bedding supplies was approv-1 ed. ... The clerk was directed .to advise j City Council that the small? amount; of cotton coming into thetmarket; for weighing at the present timej did not offer remuneration suffici-j ent to retai ntwo weighers, and to i advise it that for the present the county, expected to employ only one; weigher. J The request from Mr. Hammond { of the Stateburg section, to sell the; county feed supplies was: referred j to the county. engineer for atten-j tion. After approval of bills the board , adjourned. Report Month of November, 1922. j Road Forces. Gang.No. 2, C. .P. Barksdale, foreman?Engaged in working on; nine different roads during the month in the Stateburg-Horatio section. Hauled 1498 cubic yards of dirt, mavhined 17.5 miles sur face of road only, machined 22 j miles of road from shoulder to | shoulder, cleaned out 1300 linear; yards of ditch, cut 150 linear yards relief ditch, cleaned out 600 linear { ? c'i "relief ditch, cleaned out, I raised or lowered 23 pipes, instal-! led 4 new pipes; shade cleared-large J timber 800 feet, shade cleared sm.all timber 1 1.900 feet, scarified 32*5 linear yards, road reshaped 2.025 yards, road reconstructed ir,0 linear yards. Average number men per day, 20. Qang No. 2. W. T. Hough. Fore man. Engaged In working on fourteen different roads during the month within ;i radius of ten miles from Sumter; also the repair ing of bridges throughout the f cotinty. Hauled 81,0 cubic yards of dirt with teams and truck, ma chined T x. 1 7 miles of road surface, only. 10 miles of road from should er to shoulder, reconstructed six miles of road with tractor, ma chined IL' miles of road surface only with tractor, cleaned out 1950 Uhear ( yards ditch, cleaned out ?125 linage'yards relief ditch, in Istalled four new pipes, repaired It! bridges, cleared 800 feet largo timber and 10,150 feet small tim ber. Also engaged in cutting wood, at the county farm and hauling lumber one day. Average number of men worked per day. 2~>. A NEW ROW STARTED ON SUBSIDY BILL President Harding andj Ship Owners Object to Congress Retain ing Control of Ap propriations Washington,;. Dec. 6. ? Storms awaiting the administration ship ping bill in the senate were fore shaoowed during initial consider ation of the measure today* by the senate commerce, committee. Ttfe storm center in the com mittee was the Madden amendment ittached by the house making the shipping aid fund subject to an nual appropriations by congress. Advocates of the bill as proposed by the administration announced at the outset they were determine ed to eliminate the amendment and support of their stand Chair man '.Tones presented a letter from President Harding in which the executive declared he "would rather the measure should fail en tire1^' than t.o have one enacted which will bring to us extreme dis appointment because we have, en tered upon a program in a half hearted and rather indifferent way." Elimination of the amendment was immediately opposed by . a Erroiip of Republican committee members composed of Senators McXary of Oregon. Lenroot of Wis consin and Willis', of Ohio, who announced their intention of fight ng in the committee and in the sen ate for some provision giving con gress a measure of control over a fund from which shipping com panies may be extended ' loans amounting annually to as .much as $30,000,000. Discussion ranged { about this question throughout two sessions held by the committee and final ly the.matter wa*s put over untli after the committee had concluded its consideration of other sections Df the bill. Late in the day the McNary-Lenroot-Willis group put forward a compromise under which Lhe .approval of congress would be required only for any increase over the amount of government aid fix ed in the original contract en tered into* between the shipping boarcf and the private companies. Ihis compromise received scant favor'from Chairman Jones, who announced tonight that he stood una.uallfiedly with the president. Some consideration was given by the Committee today to the section Df the bill establishing a construc tion loan fund amounting to not more" than $125,000^000 from ivhich loans for construction pur poses'1 are to be made to shipping companies with interest at 4 1-2 per cent., but little process was made.; * In fact progress upon the pntire "measure was so slow today that: committee members would not venture ? prediction when the bill would1 be presented to the waiting ?enate; Supporters of the bill had expected that only a day or two would be needed for commit tee consideration but tonight it ap peared' probable the legislation would not reach the senate before next week. The president in his letter de clared the Madden amendment would "jeopardize the program by the threat of conflict in securing an appropriation from year to year." and added, "the thing . is worth doing right and with every possible effort for a definite policy for an ample trial, else it is scarcely worth \ doing at ,all." REPORT ON THE NEWBERN FIRE Fire Department Went t? Fire! Without Equipment - Raleigh, Dec. 7. ? The New Bern fire department went to the scene of last week's conflagration \ without a nozzle and when that | was brought it .was discovered that it had no wrench, the report of the state insurance department issued here today, says. The report also asserts that many high explosives were found in negro houses and even in a negro church. ; W. C. Scott, deputy commissioner made the report. The report says one aged, negress was burned to death. The loss is estimated at $2,550,000. fifteen hundred . dwellings being destroyed throughout an area of forty blocks, leaving six thousand homeless. Only thirty-five thou sand dollars insurance was car- j ried. So, Diego, Dec. 7?Officers are j searching Tijuna, Mexico, for Mrs. j Clara Phillips, but have reported: here not there. Gang No. 3. F. J. Geddings. Fore man. Engaged in working on ten different roads during the month in the Shiloh section; also the re pairing oC K bridges in that sec tion. Hauled tf7 cubic yards dirt, machined 2 1.5 miles of road sur face only, machined 34 miles of j road fron? shoulder to shoulder, cleared 5.200 feet small growtn timber. Average number of men worked. 4. i Gang No. 4; C. B. Dunlap. Fore man. Engaged in working on six different roads during the month in the Pinewood section. Hauled 231.5 cubic yards of dirt, machined 10 miles of road from shoulder to shoulder, machined 13 miles of road surface only, clean ed but 75 linear yards of ditch, cut 575 linear yards of relief ditch, scari.ed 50 linear yards road, reshaped S00 linear yards of road. Average number of men worked. 4. DENOUNCES ! RADICALS Force For Suppression' of Anarchists Ad-| vocated by Head of] Army and General Dawes Chicago, Dec. 6. (By the Asso ciated Press).?rGen. John J. Per shing was supported by Gen. Chas. G. Dawes, former director of the budget, in his plea for the sup pression of radicals and for more patriotism and a strong army here today in speeches at a lunch con in the Association of Com merce given in the former's hon or. General Pershing tonight re peated his plea of today via wire less telephone. Where he attended "ine. annual dinner of the American .Torse Show society. The sentiments of the general were accepted by 1,500 "men and women at the Association of Com merce luncheon with cheers. A resolution proposed by Mr. Dawes, [ that Gov. Lcn Small jhad "be smirched the fair name of the; state of Illinois and of the United States" when he commuted the entences of William Bross Lloyd, wealthy Communist, and 1& asso ciates, was adopted amid cries of "impeach him." Lloyd and his as sociates were sentenced to prison for alleged violations of the Illi nois anti-syndicalism act. The luncheon was started when Dawes read the resolution con demned the Illinois governor. "A move to impeach the govern or would do no good" General Dawes said when he could make himself heard. "He is too strong politically and it would be useless to attempt to dislodge him with the methods at our disposal. The governor, the resolution rea.d. has "invaded the judicial part of the government in thus re pudiating the findings of a jury of ?.he people, the judgment of the supreme court* of the state of Illi nois and the judgment of the jus tice representing the supremo court of the United States. "We feel that by such act he has besmirched the name of the people \ of the state of Illinois and of the United States and has belittled the force of national loyalty and foalt'f to the nation and in a great m-r*w ure discredits the cause for which many have perished and their ?h?r? tal remains lie in ' the- soil of France." Referring to congress. Dawes as serted: "Thero are a lot of dema gogues in congress who have given a lot of men the chance, little byj little to undermine the constitution ? of the United States. We must get j a new breed of men in .place of those cowards in congress who would murder their country for the sake of a few votes." General Pershing referring to Eugene Debs said: "When a man, who has been convicted and sent to prison for his seditious sentiments, proceeds,' af ter his release to. take the. public rostrum, and when that man, de fending the principles of soviet ism, is given an ovation by 3,000 or 4,000-persons, what have the people of Chicago to say about it? "Has the. Herrin massacre, ori the meeting of the communist party in the Michigan woods no meaning for us? Read the paci-| ficist pledge, signed by 1,800 men, calling upon the youth of America j to be traitors to her in her hour of | need. If we are wide awake we j will take action in a "case of th'sl sort. "Do not be misled by those cranks, who are always tamper ing with our constitution. Let the constitution alone and live up to it and we will have no further trou ble. ' "If you do not like the govern ment of Illinois or the government of Chicago you can change it." At the Speedway hospital Gen eral Pershing denounced radicals who arc "boring from within and declared they were working hand in glove with a - "lot -of cranks." FLU EPIDEMIC REPORTED Some Town Schools Closed on Account of Disease "Columbia, Dec. 7. ? Reports reaching the state board of health here indicate that the "flu" situa- { tion has reached epidemic propor- [ tions and in two towns the schools1 have been forced to close. The 1 largest number of cases to be re- j ported by any one physician was; irom New Brookland in Lexington' county. Dr. W. A. Oxner report- j ing 165 cases. The New Brookland schools will likely close in a few j .lays. From every part of the state there are reports of many cases, and it is stated by health authori ties that quarantine measures have aiready been taken in some places, j with prospects of such action being taken in other places soon. Mr. W. Alfred Bryan has been, requested to represent the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce at the meeting called by Governor W. G. Harvey at the capitol. Colum bia, at 11 a. m.. next Monday, De cember 11th for the purpose of discussing plans for the building and maintaining of good roads in i South Carolina. -*>; ?*? ? Dempsey may fight Wills and where there is a Wills there may be a way. Funny things just will happen. The mayor of iXew York has gone to Chicago bee?us?- ho needed rest. I * Three Busy-Sessions Held on Second Day; of Annual Meeting J ?Will Meet in Co-f lumbia Next Year - i Rock Hill, Dec. 6?Today's ses sion of the Baptist state conven tion consisted of morning, after noon and evening services with nu merous committee meetings and the j delegates were kept busy from early j in, the morning until the adjourn-' ment of the night service. The' attendance was larger than upon the opening day. a number of dele gates arriving last night, and thiSt morning. One- of the features of [ the day was the report on the $75, 000,000 campaign and conservation j work, while another was the. report j on the report of the missions com- 1 mission of the general board. The report of the missions com-; mission, cf which the Rev. W. T.! Derieux, D. D., is the executive j secretary, shows most encouraging^ progress >made in the state "during j the year just closed, despite the! fact that at the present time the i commission has no evangelist. There j were two evangelists at the begin. nings of the year, but one resigned} because of ill health, and the other | to .accept a pastorate. As a. re-1 suit of the efforts of the evangelists j in this state, during'the year there ; were around 5,000'additions to the ! churches, including the results ob-j tained from missionary endeavors/ The convention will meet in Co-! lumbia next year. . -~;o ?i * .-? Doll May Pole Dance. The annual may pole dance of ! dolls, will be held every day at the Sumter Dry Goods Co. Every lit tle girl in the city is invited to, come down between study hours/ and see the many new faces among the new dolls.?Advertisement. ? ? ?? ? " ' "vyi An appreciative audience attend ed the concert given in the audi torium of the Girls' High School last evening by The Mountaineers, a company of Italian musicians.' who came to this city under the auspices of the Kiwanis Club. The entertainment was given for the benefit of the Civic League milk fund, for which the Kiwanis Club has undertaken to raise an endow ment of five thousand Rohstes. The Mountaineers gave a varied and attractive program, the % selections including classical, popular and jazz music, both vocal and instru mental. The entertainment pleas ed the audience and the applause was liberal. One day Harding shook hands wiih 1450 people. This would pump 78 3 gallons of .water or milk..Hj cows.-- ? , - A ? 4 Grove's Chill Destroys Malarial Germs in the Blood. 60c JAY GOULDS' ADOPTED SON Lunatic; hv South Carolina State Hospital Makes Claim Columbia, Dec. 6.?"Claiming to have been adopted by the late Jay Gould> New York multi-mil lionaire, under the laws of the state of Virginia;' friends' of' Jay Gould Morrow, an inmate of the insane asylum in South Carolina are appealing to Governor Trinkle to use his efforts to establish" the fact that Morrow is entitled to share in the . Gould fortunes and that he is being, held, in the asylum unlawfully and without any c?use other than to prevent him from being included among the heirs." - Thus reads a paragraph from news advices from Richmond, and these continue:' 'Tn-a letter to the governor (Trinkle) today from a person who signs himself Paul T. Gadsdem a resident of Columbia,, S.' C, it is stated that Morrows has been kept in confinement - for the last eighteen years and that he is not of unsound mind." Governor Harvey stated today that he Ijiad receritiy . made investi gation of this case at the state hos pital, and that a report on it. is "to be made public at an early date." Mr: Morrow was questioned 'thor oughly- by the governor and oth ers who went with him to the" state hospital/ and' it is understood the state hospital's handling of the'Case was commended: ' 'Mr." Gadsderi," mentioned in the Hkhnaond advices, is a Charle^sfonian . and a former patient in the hospital here. N|? Marriage Licenses. White: H. P. Poole. Tindal and Mary McLeod Tindal. Colored: Sam>Jackson and Ka tie Spain, DalzeiL . ^ Henry Washington. and, Irene Woods, Sumter. " Ben Dargan and Martha Geddes, Dalzell. Aaron Abrams ' and Queenie Keith, Dalzell. - ? ? m-? Send the children down to see - the new dolls at The^ Strmter Dry Goods Co.?Advertisement. . ? ' ? - g WANTED?To buy 300. bushels slip shuck ear corn. S. O'Quinn, dty manager. . : ' _ WANTED?Several small tracts" of gp.?d pine timber from 1-4 to 5 million feet. We also pay cash' for No; 1; pine logs 14 inches and up in diameter delivered to our new: band mill at Denmark, , .S.. .C. .The ..Zickgraf.Company, ? .DeJinaarlt, .S.^-G. V-^H-. ? "We are in the market at all times for large or <J /v- - ? . - J small quantities of pine logs and green pine boardSc 4 Write or phone us if you have any of this stock to | offer." Sumter Planing Mills & Lumber Co. I SUMTER, 3. C. FACTS WORTHY OF YOUR ! CONSTOEI^ Our l*rj?e Capital Stock and Surplus Iudicata our Ability, Large Loans and Discount??our Libera?ty. Large Deposits?the Peoples* Satisfaction -with our Servic* 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. Earle Rowland, Cashier H. .! TEN YEARS HENCE WILL YOU BE PROSPERING in BUSINESS or LOOKING FOR A JOB ? IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT \ YOU HAVE STARTED TO SAVE, First National Bank of Sumter Plow your cottbn stalks in now.