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1t*g^ Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday and Satur day .by : Osteen Publishing Company. Suroter, S. C. Terms: ?{S2.00 per annum?in advance. Advertisements; Ose-;SQuare. first insertion ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion .50 ^Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced Kgesr All communications-ertlich sub? serve private interests will oe charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re spect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman .was founded in 1850 and the True j Soathron in 1866. The Watchman ! and !Sbr>ihroD now has the com bined circulation and influence of ' both of the old papers, and is man ifest iy the best advertising medium in Sumter. THE COUE SYSTEM ? ?It may. seem silly to repeat the formula of Monsieur Coue of Paris: j ?Tm getting better every day; "I'm getting, better every way." j But iC works. Those who believe; the . kindly little old psychologist, j and do what he tells them, do get: better. j Ke takes an old woman, whose kaeo is bent with rheumatism, and has her" pass her hand over Iter ance, repeating to herself, "It passes, it -passes." After about 20 - ? t minutes of that, it does pass; and she_ stands up and walks away. He makes a bunch of cripples start j blinT after him, around a table, ? and tells them they can move just as nimbly, as he can; and in a 'few. minutes he has . them running around like children. They stay; ^5fe,"t>5o?as long as they believe ths^r .jaimhlehess. . j A'ml isn't that just about what"^ world"~rieeds today,- in "every \ IprT-^y?.?""Just plain optimism and, fakb in its own recuperative pow- \ ovja^io replace . the deadily pessi jii??*i*fa?tnd cynicism that have- been ? <~r:-f*p}*Rg men's minds and spirits; jffiB*" Aj "* i ^^^oji^t'-optimism and faith may; Temtrelves cure evils and] sol^j^cblems. they provide con dittoS^tha^make cures and s*olu-1 XM^gjQ^ATION OR MACHINERY ?\good many Americans are get-, ting, worried about the labor sup 'pl^ That is natural enough. There is $?3iG?L?city m parts of the country, and-it is undoubtedly des-" t:nk&&> grow worse in the next year CT'twor if immigration is held down; to Tits present level. liai it docs not follow that there should-- be an excited demand for * - - ? ? admrttmg-another horde - of immi grantrf or for making any special eftoirt^toj .bring in foreign workers , if ifieyid? not come voluntarily. A labor shortage that actually pinches and-restricts productions and in- j corpulences employers of allj kin^?.-;?Say-really be a good thing. | For it'wIH hasten what Americans have talked.about so long?the Agej or Sf?fchinery. i When a. manufacturer cannot geti l ch*ajf>-J?abr?r. he demands machines j to'dovtJuTTwork, and the machines,1 are ~?o?w forthcoming. When aj housewife1--cannot find domestic) help>-s*re-goes into the. market fori labor-saving devices whereby shej can' take -care of the work herself. I TfrjtsTis ? natural process of develop- ! ment. which is retarded by a plen*-j titude of labor and hastened by a scarcity. Machines - multiply man-power,! increasing efficiency and produc-l tioc. f he more machines, the! more; one man can accomplish andj the^xnere -?oods there- are to go around. Thtre need be no worry, ' as there used to be in the early days of this industrial age. about ma chinery displacing men. There will still be plenty of work for available hands?running the machinery. FRANCE AND THE REUNELAND The French government plans to occupy the Ruhr and ahn take over tlie civil administration of the Rhrrrertan:? If Germany does not pay ihe sums due by January 15. And evidently Germany cannot or will notvgaxr T#i$;-French idea is to take and op-yhic the coal mires. levy toll on '?? ? mdustrir.-s and impose various kinds, of civil taxes. . But it is don^iuC?:hiither France, can make up the reparations in that way. Moafr -wtoide observer^ seem to agree that such action will merely cripple the ability ef Germany to -pay*the allied war claims. If "That is true. France must know it 4^vell as anybody. There is a beli??34 many quarters that France wo^?j^rather have the Rhineland, withYtl?eL Rhin^ itself for a perma ner?jaulwark against invasion, than the-awon-e.v. due her. With the ad ditional territory, resources and de fenres.-she might hope to make her self so strong, and Germany so weak, as to compensate her for the' lest billions.. . It might work that way, but in all probability it would not. There would be merely another Alsace-. Lorraine, with Germany cursing a wound in her side and all the bit terness, it entailed, until the time came for revenge. Seizure of pure ly German territrry can hardly mean anything but new feuds and new wars. Not to take drasac measures against a sullen, reluctant and dodging debtor would mean an un derstandable sacrifice in France's present mood. Yet France's friends cannot but wish that for the sake of her own future as well as the peace of" Europe and the world, she could bring herself to make that sacrifice. LIBRARIES FOR FRANCE A movement has been started in France, largely through Ameri can" inspiration, to establish public libraries throughout the country. Five young Frenchwomen are now studying in- America, preparatory to spreading the gospel at home. . While France hasrsome of the , finest reference libraries in . the world, they are in university centers and available only to students or persons holding special cards per mitting them access to the books under guard. Such-a-thing as the typieaI>Aroerican open-shelf library | is. practically unknown. The few which have been established - in I Paris and the devastated regions | since the war have found instant 1 popularity. In France as in Amer ica, the leaven spreads. . It is coming rapidly to be a world of people who read. In the ex change of literature and ideas pro moted by. increased access to read ing matter, more of the old barriers will be broken down between peo ple of the-same nation and of dif ferent nations. It isnt any use to try to treat this reading/thinking, growing world like the old. bookless world, with its hraited outlook. ? * - -?? CmCAGO'S Et/GEXIC TEST ?_ . The Chicago health department is acting. informally with the marr riage. license bureau to encourage the practice of physical, examina tion far* all persons applying for raarriage licenses. It is hoped to rottse public opinion to the benefits of this policy, and obtain data oa which to base legislation" making such examinations cempuisory. - A -medical official is stationed at the license bureau.. He explains to men and women applying for mar riage permits- the reasons for med ical examination. Although there is nothing compulsory about It, within one week over 308 agreed to the tests. Undoubted** as the public becomes educated to the idea the percentage will- increase* It takes time to teach people that what seems like a direct - infringe ment upon their personal affairs may be greatly for their personal advantage and. that of their prog eny, but it is a form of education which should be forwarded. So-j ciety has been very slow in- com-1 batting a perfectly well-known evil along broad? sensible lines.) Chicago sets a goo* example. ???. ? I XAVAIi DISARMAMENT ? ! !-\ I The French parliament is still; [ holding up. the naval disarmament1 5 Jreaty signed at the Washington j conference last winter. Premier jPomcare has professed te be for it, j but there is no action. And France's 'delay is holding up the-Operation j of the treaty as far as the four [other naval powers are concem jed. There has been considerable j dismantling of old battleships, and ? new building projects contem j plated before the conference have! j been largely held in abeyance, but j j the full effect of the treaty is far j j from being realized. . : j It would be understandable, I j though not .convincing, if France I j explained that, having seen this j ? country refu>?e to ratify two treaties! j in which France Is vitally inter-! jested?the Versailles peace pact! .and the three-power treaty in which i j Great Britain and America were to f I pledge aid to France in case of: ?attack?France feels perfectly free' I to turn down a treaty in which j I America is especially interested.! I But France docs not put her re J fusal on that ground- The only ex- j [planation forthcoming is that the; j treaty is a victim of domestic pol iltics. with a party holding the bal j ance of power using the treaty for j mere trading purposes. A more plausible explanation might be that the French govern ment itself wants to do some trad f i "rag with the United States govern ; men and will ratify the treaty for! j a sufficient consideration. In any event, delay is b?id. and 'the ??ther powers cannot wait for-*' fever. Tf France fails t?> ratify the *?;% i treaty shortly, there is no evident reason why the United States, Great Britain. Japan and Italy should not go ahead without her,! making it a four-power treaty, and| putting it into immediate effect. I 52 EDUCATION WEEKS One of the things which should be learned: during the seven days of "Educational Week" is the fact that every one of the 52 weeks of every year should be an education wjek. Sound and' wholesome education means more to this country in the long run than all the material j prosperity which could possibly come to it. In fact, .without educa tion the material prosperity would not be assured. Even life, lrberty and happiness would be less hope fully pursued if education were lacking. There has been much quarreling j about education in recent years. Whether it should be made more practical and whether this theory or that should be carried out are questions which have occupied much of the attention of educators and laymen alike. But even the quarreling will be beneficial if it helps to keep education out of ruts. FRATERNAL PUBLICITY Since agitation was started to compel publicity for the member ship of secret societies, in order to! drive the Ku Klux Klan into the open, representatives of several Beeret 'orders have announced that their organizations' would not ob ject. Some of them say that they are actively in favor of such ac tion.. The idea would be merely to place the names of members on record and make them ac cessible to the public. ; The president of - one society, however, emphatically opposes public/registry. If this were done, lie says, the members "would be come, the prey of every fake pro motion schemer in the country and invite twisting by irresponsible in surance agencies." Here is an angie to the proposal ?n q?e"?tion that must be taken into -* consideration, to be sure. It would be a cruel and unusual reform that would, turn the membership lists &t- fraternal orders into mailing lists for the advertising matter of any but their own brethren. EXPLORING WITH MOVIES - An expedition which has recently returned to Peking after five months of research work in northern Asia has made interesting discoveries! and' had many adventures. The explorers covered about 4,000 linear miles and mapped out an area-of i 1.-000 square miles for further, de-i tailed exploration. They found the j skeleton of a hitherto unheard of; prehistoric animal and a fossil j field rich in specimens. They en countered tribes of natives who rhad j never before seen a white man or, anything like the automobiles and, huge motor trucks used by the party. In addition to the many facts of keen interest to scientists and his torians, the explorers brought back with them a complete record ? of their trip in the form of more than 20.000 feet of motion picture film. Not every one who desires can travel and explore to his heart's ? ?-. - content. But thanks to the de velopment of ? the movie, nearly every one can at some time sse life like and fascinating pictures of re mote regions and peoples. !' A NEW CAPITAL. ? A Chicago'publisher who was visiting in Washington the other day predicted that before long the national capital will be establish ed in some appropriate location in the Mississippi valley, more ap proximately the heart of the coun try. - ?' ' . " ? : ? ^ The speaker. Col. William Boyce, said that there is great discontent In the regions west of the Alleghen Ies oxer the assumption of pow er by eastern factions, because the< capital is located in the East. He explains that congressmen elected from the West and serving over a period of years eventually become imbued nth the eastern viewpoint and that much legislation partial to eastern sections of ihr- country ris the result, to the cost of the Middle West and W?'s?. If the cap ital were tituated more nearly in the center of the country, be b?* jlieve? that the congressmen would (remain more under the sway of I their own constituencies and leg islation would be more justly ap portioned. The relocation of the capital is not a new idea: but after all that has been done to beautify Wash ington and make it a national j shrine, the establishment of a new political center would bo attbrid f ed with great difficulty. What is j really needed is the removal of'sec tionalism from men's minds, and the idea that what benefits one I part of the country is necessarily a detriment to another. When congressmen learn to think as patriots and not politicians, and the nation learns to think as a j unit instead of in divided areas, it will make no difference where the I capital is located. ? ... - DOUBLE DECK STREETS "The only saturation *point in the automobile industry." says an au tomobile man, ' is the capacity of the highways." In city streets and in highways near Jarge cities, he remarks, capacity has been reach ed already. It is possible, but ex pensive and difficult, to broaden or multiply thoroughfares in built-up sections. What then? "Double-deck streets is the;< answer." he says. It is not a new idea. Double deck streets have been long fore seen as the ultimate solution for dense traffic. But the advent and rapid increase of the automobile has accelerated the crowding pro cess and hastened the demand for a remedy. We shall see it. no doubt, before i, I ? i. long?this new type of street, with < the. lower level given up mainly orV wholly to vehicle traffic and the upper level providing balcony-1 sidewalks along the walls of office buildings, for pedestrians. The in- I novation may come so gradually as to attract little attention, but in a i generation or so people may wake up all at once to a realization that j the whole face of our cities has been : changed, thanks to the insistence of the ubiquitous motor car. FILIBUSTERING Senator Watson of Indiana thinks some way should be found by Congress to dc away with the fili buster. He doe6 not favor "gag methods", but does believe that regulatio7is should be established which, will enable a majority of the Senate always to -carry on business with a decent degree .of speed. The senator thinks that much of the public dhsalisfaeton with Con gress and much of the ridicule to, which it is subjected arises fromj disgust at this old. established'" method of delaying legislation*,^ practised habitually by minorities of both parties. He points, out that dignified debate, confined to the measure under consideration. [ has no relation to the filibuster,! which consists largely of idle chat- { ter on irrelevant matters simply for, the purpose of killing time and j putting off a final vote on the pending issue. " i These sentiments will meet with j general approval. The nation is sick of the dilatory tactics in which j 'congress had indulged so much. Itj ! would welcome any measures which I I i tended to speed up the nation's i .t ! business and restore congressional I procedure to a dignity worthy of: I public confidence. Such measures should be equally welcome to the ! legislators themselves. It Is dif-j Ificuit. though, to see how the pur-.j pose can be attained in the Senate; without a cloturc rule to limit de-; bate. Eur^Trimmed The fur-trimmed bathing suit is [the very latest. Here is Miss Dora Brown, California bathing beauty, whose beach costume shows the result of reading newspaper stories of chilLweather In the East.. Height of ignorance is shining: (?;.!? sI'uks t" listen to the radio. JAPAN ., GETS OUT OF CHINA Shantung Province is Restored by Japan to Chinese Govern ment > Tsingtao. Shantung. Dec. 10 (By the Associated Press)?The terri tory of Kiachow was restored to China at noon today with a strik ing lack of ceremony. The Chi nese flag for the first time in 24 years was raised over the admin istration building, which had been used by the Germans and later Joy the Japanese who seized the ter ritory during the world war. iA small group of Japanese and Chinese officials exchanged formal addresses and drank mutual toasts before handing over the. final doc uments which completed the trans fer. A Chinese gunboat in the bay fired a salute at noon and "then the Japanese police headquarters were taken over by the Chinese. General Vuhi. Japanese govern or genera! of Kiachow, and the re-j maining Japanese troops in the ter-! ritory will depart December 14.! The staffs which have been on the' docks and wharves will remain ten : days longer, then be replaced by Chinese. A thousand Shantung troops ar rived here before the territory was taken over. Wang Cheng-Ting, foreign minister, who received the territory from the Japanese, said j he was confident there would be no trouble from the bandits. He de clared that now the only possibility of danger is from Japanese roughs. Minister Wang, in an interview, repeatedly expressed his inability to understand why the arms promised by the Japanese for the police had not arrived. Japan, he said, has postponed the delivery of the arms three times. He had/2,700 police troops within the city and 10,000 troops on the boundary. He said he did not wish to ac cuse Japanese authorities of double dealing but he asserted relations existed between the Japanese sub- j ordinales and the bandits. Wangi denied there was friction between) himself and the Shantung Tuchung.! Peking. Dec. 10 (By the Asso ciated Press).?The province of Shantung was restored to China at noon today by the Japnese. Peking, Dec. 10 (By the Asso ciated Press).?The ; government announces that it has effected an arrangement by which the bandits in the. .province of Shantung have been temporarily appeased. The bandits have received $100,000 on condition that they refrain from violence after the withdrawal of the. Japanese." One thousand bandits have been incorporated in the Tsingtao police force. The central government, without military power, was com pelled to make this compromise in order to avoid the appearance of being unable to administer the re stored .territory.. . SWEETPOTATO MARKET POOR Young Makes Arrangements to Dispose of Crop Florence, Dec. 7.?B. S. Meeks, of the Atlantic Coast Line Bail road company, and T. B. Young,! president and general manager of J the South Carolina Sweet Potato j Association, and Mrs. T. B. Young, j have returned to Florence after! a ten days' visit into the markets, of the north. Mrs. Meeks remain-1 ed over in Buffalo for a visit. They report having found the \ sweet potato market in perhaps! the poorest condition that it has' been for a number of-years. They! found a great quantity of surplus j sweet potatoes, particularly on j Xew York market, where they were! being offered freely at 50 cents "perl bushel hamper with no sales re-j suiting. They state that one deal- j er showed them a large lot of sweet I potatoes in bushel packages fori which he was trying to get 50 j cents per package and had only been offered 25 cents. These sweet potatoes were good quality and well graded. They found the East ern Shore Virginia sweet potatoes^ on the markets being sold as low as $1.25 per barrel, delivered, New York city. '> They state that to go on the market in the usual way offering! the South Carolina sweet potato, which is practically unknown, against the already established supply from other sources, would mean practically an impossible task to market' the South Caro-j lina supply at enough to pay freight and crating. These were found to be actual existing con ditions and any one investigating the markets or attempting to make sales of the South Carolina pro duct through the usual channels for selling sweet potatoes would in evitably meet with failure. How ever, the South Carolina Sweet potato Association, which controls practically all of the South Caro lina product, has inaugurated a rather unique idea for selling its sweet potato trade and seemed to have impressed the trade very fa vorably. As a result satisfactory connections were made covering almost the entire territory avail able to South Carolina. Tbis env ois the larger part of Eastern Cnit ed States. Thrill in planting a narcissus bulb comes when guessing if it will be a Chinese lily, jonquil or onion. Why doesn't some beauty shop advertise "Permanent waving hair ..?t?td for and delivered." BLAME NOT FIXED FOR COLLISION - . I _ . ! Condition of Injured: Men is Reported, at Hospital to Be Satis factory Charleston, Dec. 11.?After mak ing a preliminary investigation into the rear-end collision of passeng er'trains at Hanahah flag station Saturday morning at 7 o'clock, Messrs.* Frank W. Shealy, chair man, and John C. Coney, of the South Carolina Railroad Commis sion, left yesterday afternoon for j Columbia. They said that the blame for the wreck has not yet | been fixed and that the inquiry j will be renewed when Mr. W. A. Williams, engineman on train sec ond SO. is sufficiently recovered from his injuries to appear before the commission. An inspector for the Interstate Commerce Commission was ex pected here yesterday to begin his inquiry into the collision, but it was said that this official would! arrive today, having been delayed in leaving for Charleston. He will! go thoroughly into the matter of! the condition of the equipment in service on both trains, 52 and sec ond ? 80. ' When second. SO piled into the rear of train 52, Mr. W. M. Smith, engineman for 52, was under his locomotive attending to a hot box. He had, of course, no premonition of the impending collision. By instinct., he grasped braces and was carried in this position for - 482 j measured feet, trainmen marvel ing that he has escaped with his life. It was commented yesterday that this fearful collision had occurred on a stretch of railroad which is! equipped with "great protective; measures," a double track and au- J tomatic signals. The fact that the automatic signals were passed has! been attributed to the foggy con-i ditions. It is declared that when j second SO piled into 52, the engine! on the former had not been shuti off- and that the brakes were oni the wheels of the former. Railroad men yesterday were! free to concede that a steel coach | at the rear of train 52 had saved j many lives, for this coach, thai Pullman sleeping car Gaspard, bore the terrific impact from the on-1 ! rushing locomotive. Had this been an ordinary wooden coach, the lo comotive would have ploughed [through without perceptible slack ! ening and none in the coach would have escaped. [ By the force of impact, it has j been established, train, 52 was I broken in twain, the locomotive land three coaches being hurled I forward a distance of 482 feet, f practically without leaving the I rails, while the two rear cars were i shoved 158 feet: The fact that the day coach was crashed and shoved to one side probably accounts for the breaking of the couplings. Four of the' injured are siill in I the Riverside Infirmary' and four in the Roper Hospital. It was said last night that the condition of Frank R. Putman, express mes senger, and Seth W. Scruggs, mail clerk, was satisfactory, that of R. j J. Tallon, mail clerk, and W. A. i Williams, engineman on second SO was fair, and that of Samuel B. Whaley, passenger; Hayes Miller,: porter, and A. P. Beard and Sam Pinckney, passengers, was good. Service on the Atlantic Coast Line was not interrupted, as all trains were operated on the south bound track while the northbound track was blockade by the wreck. A large wrecking crew was assign ed by the superintendent's office to clear up ? the wreckage, good I progress being made by these men. j The general comment of people j who inspected the wreck is that [the wonder of it is that more peo jple were not killed or injured, for [the impact, of train second 80, a i heavy express, on train 52, a com [ paratively light accommodation I train, was terrific. Those who in- j j spected the Pullman sleeping car i Gaspard and the day coach to which it was coupled appreciate the tremendous force of the blow. County Coroner John G. Mans- j field will hold an inquest, as a result of the death of Mr. Isaac A. Edwards, of Sumter, and it I may be that this official investi jgation will result in establishing [the blame. The coroner has al- j i ready taken steps toward getting iat the facts of the collision. -1?^? Bazaar. j The ladies of the Ascension Par i ish, Hagood, will give their an nual bazaar at the Rembert school j house next Friday evening, Decem I ber 15th. .at 6 o'clock. Supper I will be sold also. A program will I be rendered during the evening. {The public is cordially invited. What this country needs is pipes that will stay lit without puffing. Lady With Large ~ Acquaintance who is employed in a ready to wear department or who is dressmaking can become established in her own business and create a worth while thchdme without competition. We will send you from fifteen to fifty new style dresses suitable for all occasions, every month; constantly exchanging unsold models for new t-lyles. Applicants who cannot give bank references, will not be considered. PEGGY O'NEIL Creator of Popular Priced. High Cbiss Presses. 2? West :'?.">th si. New York City Gen. Wood Stays in Philippines A nnouneemen t- Made - That He Will Decline Post With the Pennsylvania University Washington, Dec. 7. ? Major General Wood, governor general i of the Philippine islands, win re- j main at his present post and de cline to accept the offer of the University of Pennsylvania to be the provost of that institution, ad ministration officials said today they had been informed. An offi cial announcement to this effect is expected from the war department tomorrow. Previously General Wood had re quested of the university an ex tension of time before assuming the office of provost in order to see ? the completion of the legislative program he had sponsored in the Philippines. It was expected that the Philippine legislature would pass certain legislative changes but it is understood that the leg islature and other government de partments have failed to pass cer tain legislation as was expected. Certain features of the program were put forward by General | Wood. General Wood said he was cori-j fident the university appreciated the great importance of work to j be done in the Philippines, "not j only to the Philippine people but | to the United States, and that I j did not come hers either for / pleasure or profit, but in compli-j anoe with the repeatedly express-[ ed wishes of the president to do a certain work and in response to what I considered an imperative call for service, which past ex perience has perhaps particularly fitted me to render." General Wood added that he had pushed forward the legislative pro-1 gram which he asked for the Phil-i ippines as rapidly as possible but? the situation was more complicat-1 ed and' critical than he had pre-' viously expected. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 7.?The I information from Washington thatj General Leonard Wood had deeid- j ed not to become the head.Of the! University of Pennsylvania was re-! ceived with surprise by university j authorities.' The general was ex-j pected here early next year.' No! word of General'Wood's intention! had been received. General Wood was elected head of the university by the trustees in April. 1922. He was to be the executive head and his duties were to be specified when he actually assumed the office. He accepted the place on condition that he be granted a leave of absence to go to the Philippines. The leave was later extended until next January. General Wood was expected to lead a drive for a-$10,000,000 en dowment fund for the umversity. The office of provost of the uni versity has been vacant since June, 1920, when Edgar T. Smith resigned. Dr. Josiah K Penni man has been acting provost since that time. Florida Negro Burned at Stake Perry, Fla., Dec. 8.?Charlie Wright, negro accused of the mur der of Miss Ruby Hendry, young school teacher was /taken from the sheriff and burned at the stake at the scene of the crime early to night by a mob estimated at sev eral thousand men. Perry, Florida, Dec. 9.?Perry was peaceful to^ay, following the burning at stake during the night of Charlie Wright, negro, by a mob of several thousand men. He was alleged to have confessed ' to slaying Mi. s Ruby Henry, a school teacher. The police said the mob dispersed quietly. One senator proposes a bonus be raised by a tax on beer and wine so the soldiers can pay it them selves. -??? BLOCKADE ON XM AS LIQUOR Prohibition Officers Propose to Put on the Lid in Florida Jacksonville, Fla:, Dec. 7.^-Pro hibition Commissioner '.. Roy* A. Haynes today brought his message of enforcement of - the Eighteenth amendment to' Florida, which he cause of its long string of coasts has been described as a prickly thorn in the matter of his work. At a. meeting this morning be tween Mr. Hayn es and federal forces from throughout the state plans were laid for a stringent blockade against the flow of Christ mas liquors. At three-other meetings, arrang ed by public spirited bodies', the commissioner refuted' assertions that the prohibition enforcement was not succeeding, and pleaded for cooperation towards an ulti mate' attainment of 100 per cent, enforcement. Reciting progress made by the prohibition forces, he stated that smuggling of liquor had been reduced by 66 per dent. It would really be a poor com mentary on the American people*, so powerful in everything, if they could -not enforce a statute they had written into the law of their land, Mr. Haynes, declared. He. told of the educational cam paign being carried on by his de partment. In this connection he stressed how the public can help in the power of thought. When an enemy of prohibition is en countered, he said, in the home, at the office or anywhere, who makes light of prohibition enforcement, he should be confronted with facts. The department has the facts for the asking, he added. The commissioner deprecated what he termed the insidious par lor gossip. The man,who refers jocularly to his private bootlegger should be challenged, to hi?* worth as. a citizen and not laughed at, the commissioner argued. The party, which besides, Mr. Haynes, include Col. D, G. Nutt, chief of the Held forces; Judge James M. Britt, chief counsel for the department, and Sherman A. Cuneo, publicity \agent, left early tonight for Columbia, S. C. -? Tm. Radio messages traveled 5200 milei- in four minutes and 18 sec onds but Christmas comes faster ? than that. ( "Score Clemenceau**?Headline. I That reminds us- after this winter j baseball starts again. r ; :\; :. ? ;:? r-<:-- """" (TO RENT?Two or more horse farm, one mlie from Wedgefield on public highway. Good pas ture, abundant water, inexhaus tible amount well decomposed ; vegetable matter convenient. F. M. Dwight, M. . D., J Wedgefield. S. C. '. WANTED?To sell milk cow in fine fix. To freshen next month, for fourth time.' Cheap for prompt sale. F. M. Dwight, M. D.* Wedgefield. S.'cC_ NOTICE?t win sell at Dalzell. S.. C. on' next Saturday, December, 1922 at 11 al m., one bay horse, and one black top buggy, both [ taken up on my pl?ce on Jiine j 11th, 1922. Rev. Hl J. Davis. j Sumter, S. C, R. F.. D. Ho. 4. 1 Box 25A. r~-!-;-;-1-~ WANTED?Several small tracts of good pine timber from 1-4 to.5 million feet. We also payxcaah for No. 1 .nine logs 14 inches and up in diameter delivered to i our new band mill at Denmark, } S. C. The Zickgraf Company, J Denmark, S. C. 1 ?-"-; WAITED?Hardwood logs. We pay aighest cash price for choice Ash, Poplar, Caress arid White Oak logs of standard specuScar j tions, delivered fo Sumter b^ rail r j i or truck. We buy logs twelve ? months in the year and give preference to loggers equipped to \ bring in a steady supply. What y Ji$v? _ ypju ._ to offer.? Sumter 1 - Hardwood Co., Sumter, S. C. FACTS WORTHY OF YOUR | CONSIDERATION ^ J? Our lance Capital Stock and Surplus Inrtirmt* our Ability, Large Loans and Discounts?our Liberality. r, . . Large Deposits?the Peoples* Satisfaction with our Service and Confidence in our Protection. We offer yon onr Service and Protection and want your Account. The National Bank of South Carolina The Bank With the Chime Clock. WILL YOU BE PROSPERING in BUSINESS or LOOKING FOR A JOB ? IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE STARTED TO SAVE, C. G. Rowland, Pres. Earle Rowland, CasLier. First National Bank of Sunuter Plow yonr cotton stalks in now.