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Don Blanding Elected Captain Quarterback to Lead 1923 High School Football Team At- the annual football banquet of the Sumter High school team Friday night! Don Blanding/high school' ouarterhack, . was elected Saptain of the 1923 team.' Practi cally a full team of regulars will return, to school next year and a very successful season is expected/ Friday night's banquet was . held at Charlie's Cafe, John Riley act ed-. *as toast master and called on the following members of the graduating class to give parting advice to their younger brothers: Captain Rivers, Kirven, McMil ien. McLaurin, Wray. Bull, Cato and B. Rivers. All made enthus iastic talks on the prospects of next year's team and warned their fellow players against unsports manlike play and. enccuraged team work instead of individual effort.. Coaches Homewood,: Burns, and; Shaw spoke of the encourage nient received from the work of the team this year and the appre ciation of the coaches for the hearty cooperation of the players a.t all times. T*he team unanimously , adopted resolutions thanking the ladies and; men of the town, who by. their un tiring efforts, have made athletics possible.', at the" hfgh school- . The banquet day. was also the* one of Guy Warren's initiation into the use of long trousers and he was required to parade on th* table in front of a committee of very criti-. cal style, experts. ., Coach Shaw then presented the following, men with certificates showing that they had been awarded Sie Block S in recognition of their services to the team: T. Rivers, Branding, McMillen, Kolb. "Dick, Flake, Cuttino, McLauriri, "Bryan, Wray, Bull, Chandler, Ca fe, Kirven, and Wright. Death of L. Alpert. ? News was received Friday of the d^atH..of L- Alpert at the-Hebrew Hospital in Baltimore, where he died after undergoing an opera tion for cancer. Mr. Alpert, who has been a resident of Sumter for a number-"of years has been in. pnor. health for some time and went to Baltimore for treatment several weeks ago. His death was ??-shrdeJs. to many friends who had hoped he would soon return to his home in better health. He leaves a wife and three, children. > Interment will, be at Baltimore.' Legion Auxiliary. -?At the call meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary j held "on" Monday afternoon at the Girls' High school, all the Christmas ?boxes needed from this unit for the soldiers' hospital at Greenville -were planned for. These boxes are to be uniform and are to con tain ? comb, a razor, pair of hose, handkerchief, bachelor's house wife with scissors, thread* needles, etc., package of cigarettes, cigars, and a number of other , little arti cles which will make for the ?comfort of the sick men.. The auxiliary has also arranged 4o---send a little token of remem ?brance ?t Christmas to the sick and disabled ex-soldiers of our own county here. . A number of . knitted sleeping caos and attractive foot warmers have been turned in but a great jonahy-more are desired. There were a number of ladies during the war owho helped in this kind of work; and .we are sure that many of - these will gladly give us as tistance- in getting these articles ready fo? the men before the severe weafher starts in. If you will do so, phone me at 404 for directions patterns, etc. The articles are very simple in construction and any one can make them. ' - I. A. BRYAN, , , , Publicity Chajynan. Funeral of LA Edwards. The funeral of Isaac A. Edwards was held. Monday morning at 11 q'clock at the residence of Mr. Jas. Cuttino on N. Church St., and was largely attended by friends and relatives. His body was laid to rest in the city cemetery beneath a wealth of floral tributes. Mr. Edwards leaves a young wife, who was Miss Dorothy Schilling of this city. His mother, Mrs. T. B. Edwards, lives in Sumter as well as his young brothers, James M., T. B. and M; W. Edwards. Three other brothers survive him. Dr. J. B. Edwards .of Swansea, Paul B. Ed wards -of Washington. His only sister is Mrs. James Cuttino of this city. ? The funeral services were con ducted by Rev. W. E. Thayer and Rev. Jf B. Walker. "The Little Sewing Club." The Little Sewing Club met with Miss Louise Auld Saturday morn ing, December 9th. 10 to 12 o'clock. After about an hour spent in fancy work and conversa tion light refreshments were serv ed. There are eight members, five being present: Dorothy Hester, Annie Rowland, Alice Smith, Lou ise Phifer and Louise Auld. The club then adjourned to meet with Miss Annie Rowland Satur day, December 16. . AH members are urged to be present then. Bill Hays says motion pictures promote culture so do you mind if we call them pro mot ion pictures? Home helps: A splendid way fo make a husband stay at home at pight is to stay there with him. <3> Chamber of Commerce Notes i ........ ?' . Campaign to Increase Tobacco Growing in Sumter County It 'appearing- very doubtful that the money will, ever be forth coming to employ a tobacco demon i strator or to buy seed "for ' free distribution in time to Help out any on the 1523 tobacco crop, and the [time to plant tobacco beds having about, arrived,' the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce has secured 'some seed for free distribution to 'those' farmers who have decided [to produce tobacco for ' the 1923 ^selling "season and who not having j planted tobacco, in 1922; conse quently did not have opportunity to1 save seed from this year's crop. But "the Chamber of Commerce can only ""supply free seed to those who will guarantee to sell their tobacco onu the Sumter tobacco- market in 1923 to either the Cooperative To bacco Growers* 'Marketing Asso ciation or the. Independent ware houses. Just as. long as the Cham ber of-Commerce, can manage to secure seed it will distribute same .as above mentioned to those who .call-in person for the seed. No . 'seed will be snarled to "any one and no attention will be paid to postal card or letter appu'eations. : '.-A ?ri**e to increase ..the acreage i of tobacco in Sumter.. county is be ing made by the Chamber of Com merce which has, been working along, this line . for years. and es pecially within the past thirty days among the farmers of this county. - One especial . feature of this movement b4s. been, the effort to ' disabuse the minds of our.. **es- ' tern Sumter county farmers of the idea that the lands west of Sumter are not suited to tobacco culture. Experience has time . and again proven by the production of as good tobacco as was ever produced ?in the lands west of Sumter and numbers of tobacco buyers and every tobacco warehouseman that has ever done business here state that western Sumter county lands are splendid for first class tobacco production. The mercantile, banking and Other business and ? professional concerns of Sumter and the coun try merchants and large land own ers can greatly assist the Sumter Chamber of Commerce in this movement by trying to get tobac co planted all over Sumter coun ty--'' .? Should, ? tobacco- demonstrator be. employed he should be, put to work now so that. those who are inew at the tobacco planting busi I ness will have some one who can. ] instruct them regarding prepara j ti?n of tobacco beds, and if -this Idemonstrator is put on in time to 1 do this it is" reasonably certain ? that the Chamber of Commerce :can supply this demonstrator with seed for free distribution under certain conditions. Of course a tobacco demonstrator who has had actual experience himself in the production, harvesting, and curing of tobacco and especially in the grading and tieing of tobacco to increase the quality and marketing value will be worth thousands of , dollars to the county in 1923?but the preparation and care of the tobacco beds is the primary effort in successful cultivation of first class tobacco. The Sumter Chamber of Com merce is getting ready for a mon ster celebration early In January or as soon as the approaches to the Wateree River bridge are , thrown open. The object of this celebration is two fold in purpose. First to advertise to the world that "this famous cross country. , and inter-state highway from the north to the south is open and that Sumter is the hub of trans-conti ^nezital automobile transportation, via the Wateree River bridge and Sumter-Columbia hard surfaced highways in Sumter and Richland counties. To show the kind of hard surfaced highways that Sumter and Richland counties are put ting in and will continue to put down for years to come. Second: It is probable that a.; j Sumter business men's, booster trip I will' be run to Eastover and other I eastern Richland county points to put Sumter into closer touch with the hundreds of splendid farmers and their families of those sections. The Columbia Chamber of Com merce has been invited by the Sumter Chamber of Commerce to j join forces in making this, a dual j county celebration with our friends and neighbors of Richland, Or angeburg and j Calhoun. counties j joining in with Sumter county cit izens in celebrating the bridging of an heretofore impassable barrier) between Sumter and the Pee Dee I counties and numbers of Carolina 'counties just across the river. Just what shape this big event will take, when and at what point it will be held will have to be fig ured out by the commercial organ izations of Columbia and Sumter. jand it is sincerely hoped that the I Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, auto I mobile associations, and other civic l and business organizations of both j of these cities and the Young Men's j Business Deague of Sumter will interest their organizations in j thinking up something worth while, j The picture of this celebration isj j gradually shaping itself up in the j Sumter Chamber of Commerce and j sketches thereof being sent over to I Columbia for inspection and in-1 j spiration. I Babe Ruth, former baseball play- i I er, says he likes farming. We don't j know what Babe's trying to grow ! unless it is famous. <> ? ? - What this country needs is heavy underwear that will not Itch, Meeting Permanent Road Commission ?????? Routine Matters Attended Toi at Session Held Thursday * Regular meeting Stornier County j Permanent Road Commission, held this 7th day of December, 1922, at Chamber of Commerce offices, Sum ter, S. C, at 10 a. m. Present: Commissioners L. D. Jennings, J. P. Bo6th, G. A. Lemmon, Stanyarne Burrows, I. M. Truluck. J. F. Bland, S. A. Harvin, J. B. Britton, E. E. Rembert. Meeting called to order 10:20.a. m Minutes of meeting November 2nd were read by secretary and or dered approved. Monthly bills totalling $155,688. 19 were submitted and ordered paid. Notice from United States Bond & Mortgage Company, Baltimore, Md., calling attention to interest -item due . on bonds was read, and chairman was requested to have same paid, if in order.. Secretary reported attachment proceedings for $6,000 on funds due Adams Evans Company were:serv ed on him by county sheriff, and was instructed to. withhold this ?um from amount due them, pend ing satisfactory adjustment of the matter. Letter from Mr. I.^C. Strauss was read.by secretary relating to route of .proposed roadway to Paxyille, an dreceived as" information. Commissioner Booth called at tention to; complaint received from Mr. Curry on the Mayesville. road in regard to condition of ditches. Engineers advised th?y would im mediately look into this matter. C?tnmissip^er Britton ? stated he would like a full discussion of the force account proposition. This was gone into very fully, and.it was decided that it was to the best in-[ terests of the commission to letf the engineers handle this force ac count matter as they have, been doing.: Agreement between the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company and the Sumter County Permanent Road Commission in regard, to erec-. tion of overhead bridge at Swifton: Siding, prepared by Atlantic'Coast Line Railroad company and ' sub mitted by them for execution, was read very carefully and con sidered;- it was found entirely in accordance with the commission's agreement and was properly exe cuted. Revised agreement covering Fed eral aid for entire Mayesyiile road between Sumter and Mayesville was received from State Highway De partment; found entirely in order and was signed. ' Matter of straightening the Shi loh road through Brunson lands at a point where it crosses the Bre% ington road was discussed. Engi neer's location, which is opposed by" the owner, was approved by the board, and it was decided to insti tute, condemnation proceedings to secure necessary rights of way. Engineer Murray brought to] board's. attention the matter of j maintenance of roads, explaining] that the sum of $13,921.82 iSj available from State Highway" De-! partment for 1922 automobile li-j cense charges. The question of best method to employ in handling this maintenance proposition was' discussed at length, and on motion of Commissioner Burrows, duly sec onded, it was ordered that the board's standing committee, com posed ' of Commissioners Jennings, Lemmon and Booth, confer with Lee, Pennell, Murray & Company, engineers, work out a plan for this maintenance proposition, and sub mit it to the board at next meeting. Chairman Jennings read letter from Southern Bell Telephone com pany in regard to replacement of polls on the Pinewood road, and secretary was instructed to reply thereto. Location of Sumter-Camden road between Little Rafting Creek ^and Remberts was brought up for dis cussion. Mr. Gillis, one of the own-, ers through whose property the new location .passes had requested certain changes in the alignment, but after a full discussion the com mission decided to adhere to the original location. Commissioner Burrows advised the board it was his opinion this was. the logical time to award con tracts for the extension of the Bishop vi lie road from B oss?r d Cross Roads to DuBose Cross Roads at the Lee County line; and also from Bossard's Cross Roads to Du Bose Siding. Matter was fully dis cussed and vote taken, with the result it was decided to award these contracts to C. D. Rigsbee, Dur ham, N. C. who is building section "B" of the Bishopville road, at the same unit prices which he is receiving under his present con tract for section "B" Bishopville road. Commissioner Booth dissented, stating in his opinion the road be tween the swamp and DuBose Cross Roads was in good condition and, did not need paving at this time. On motion of Commissioner Rembert, seconded by Commis sioner Burrows, it was decided to award to Mallard Lumber Company a contract for grading approxi mately two miles?from Moore's Avenue at Dalzell. to present grad ed new road at Ballard's Hill, so ordered. Commissioner Rembert suggested that this road be straight ened as much as possible. Messrs. D. W. Cuttino. S. F. and D. E. Stoudenmire appeared before the board in regard to a strip of land reported sold by Mr. H. J. Harby to Mr. Cubbage, on the road to Myers* Store, stating this little piece of land completely blocked them from reaching hard surfaced road. Commission advised these gentlemen they had no jurisdiction over this matter and suggested they rake it up with the County Board of Com missioners; that they were in sympathy with their complaint. Engineers explained' that the old public road could be kept open by the installation of a pipe line over a large ditch on the right, which would give these gentlemen access, to and from their property. Boart instructed 'the* engineers to have] this pipe .installed mmedlately. PaxrUte Road. Two delegations ? from' the Pp calo-Tindkl-Pinewood sections \ ap-j peared before the board. Mr. M. H. Beck presented * petition from a number of citizens in that section to the commission; urgiirg construc tion of paying, on the present , used road. ; I \'r ' Mr. H. Di'Tlndal with delegation presented, petit (on from' a.number of'.citizens " in' 'his. ? section to the commission urging construction of paving a road running 'parallel with' they North " Western railroad'to the ?pointwhVre, the old r?ad now crosses the Northwestern . railroad j at Jones Siding.,1 This w?s discussed*by the com mission vVry fully, and .vote taken to construct this. road the route suggested in the Tindal petition:] Ayes: , .Commissioners Truluck, Booth, 'Burrows,', Jennings, Rem-f bert, HaryinV V No:' Com'ril^ssipner^Britton. Com missioner' Bland :didrnot vote. 0wego Road ?"ro?fet. pri ./the ?sweg? road; which wohld leave'the^ i>resent used road at'the corner where the1 long distance tcl.eohbnei ;line; starts acro|s the swamp, hitting the ?swego road again at Clark's churchy was decid ed 'xipon .fof tHis roadway. '" It .was decided to adopt; a loca tion de^igriated ;;oh the plans *as location V'B,J wWch/wpuld; p^s.ti'alf^ way b'fetwen :tftV present road and ^.-Pirfs*/r^ old ro"^\;i|g^h^'at: ;a line. 'between the Moses and Staffed \ -properties, 'i^^^[^oxi^'^e[\pXA 'raid' to the Singleton ^obre: land ?i the woods, and' frpm'; this; point going' in a straight'; Ufte across' the field ' to Cane s?va'hnah; Station? and from Cane Savannah' Station tb Wedge fietd, staying, on north side of the j rallrpad and running parallel with same. . . '. ' ' '., ?" ' Commissioner Bland stated- 'he ?wanted it underwood in having vot ed for. the two extra* roads, to be erected by Contractor Rigsbee on the Bishopvilie road, that it would npt delay \mgsp%'e\ work//pn \ his Mayesville ^contract. _ Engineers were ^nstr?cted to See"' that' Con-,' tractor ^Rigsbee .".does'' the work on] these two roads' simultaneously. it was. decided to. hold next meet- ? i'ng of the cPmmission on Thurs day, December^ 21st. 2:45 p. m., meeting adjourned*. J, J. BRENN AN, . .. v - . . secretary. GOV. HARVfelP A VISITS CtEMSON Columbia, X>ec. 8. ? Governor and Mrs. Harvey will return to; Co lumbia Sat?rdaiy after a two-day trip, into the Piedmont section. The special .objective point in the' trip was .Clemson College where at noon Fn'daV the governor"'review ed the cadets. He spoke, at..the chapej. exercises and he lunched in the mess 'hall with ; the students. The Harveyif were guests of Presi id'ent and Mrs. Riggs of Clemson. On. their way back to Columbia they stopped at Anderson, Konea Path, Abbeville and Greenwood. Friday" eveping the governor deliv ered an address to the people * of Greenwood at a meeting udder auspices^ of ihe League of Women Voters. The'governor and Mrs. Harvey' made the trip by automo bile. . j ">. 7 ? v' ;!- : ? The State Ajnerican Legion. Auxiliary "requests . Jthat.' the school children make scrap books and wash, cloths for the sick sol diers in the hospital at Greenville. It is the desire of this organization to! have the; scrap books sent ?s a New Years' gift from the school boys of South' Carolina, and the wash eloths'from the little girls.of the state. The Sumter unit, is eag er to have a large number of these articles to send and the teachers of the schools . of. the city and county are urged to cooperate. The books and cloths should' be sent to Mrs. Mitchell Levi, President of the Auxiliary at as early a date as practicable.. . ??? ' ; The Federal Conrt Charleston, Dec. 8.?S: B, Mer rimon, charged with ? violation of the anti-narcptic 'law,' entered a' plea of guilty yesterday. After a strong representation' 'by ' friends. Judge Smith suspended sentence in the case so that the defendant may take a treatment ...for the drug habit. The removal of old electric light poles from. Main street proceeds apace. The telephone poles will be removed .from Liberty street in a short time. ,f . ' .'r' \ i ??'<r>,;.i; ,ii ' A definite program for'the con struction of paved \highways in Sumter county was agreed upon be fore the bond election was held and ! a large majority of the citizens of ? the county voted in favor of the f bond issue on thebasis of this pro- | gram, which included' the paving} of certain specified public roads. Proposals to alter this program, in some particulars, are being brought before "the commission with considerable insistence, and the members of the board have several knotty problems to solve. The people of Sumter are look-: ing forward with anticipations of! great pleasure to the .coming ofj "Enter Madame". This play was j enthusiastically received in Colum-j bia and it will be received in Sum ter with at least the same degree of enthusiasm. The play is com ing under the auspices of the Asso ciated Cliarities and the High School Athletic Association. The friends of these two organizations will till the opiera house at 8:15 on the evening of December 10th. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Educational Addresses Made By Several Church Leaders ; Rev. A. G. Townsend. district superintendent of the Sumter dis trict, presided at the night session. The services opened with an an them by the choir. Prayer by Rev. Shelton, after which another very beautiful selection, Hark. Hark, My Soul, was rendered by the choir. Dr. Shelton was introduced and said that he came to bring a mes sage, from the church that every body who was willing to work for it could secure an education. Fac tory life, drove him from the in fluences which gave .him a desire for an education but through the influence of a Christian minister he received this message from the board of education and he would emphasize three things: Industry, a willingness to work and appli cation. He said it was his privilege to study the life of Booker T. Washington with a class of young men. He asked -them what had they learned from that study and he said the most capable among them replied. They found out that they would have to work harder after they had succeeded than they had before. There is no greater stimulus than the Christian j religion. He. gave a. good text for in educational sermon, "Nurse the child and I'll give thee wages." Dr. J." W.. Bowen was introduced and said "Give us the young and we will make a new civilization in one generation." He told, a story of an African tribe who though j small hi numbers got it into their naind/that they wanted to conquer | a,.nation. Their prince began, with, these Zulu babies to train 'them and by the time they were grown tSey were trained and gave 'many nations much trouble and they were never conquered. He made 5^. new nation in one generation, this has been done and can be ?bhe again. The biggest job America has is to train the weaker races. If she would do this, she would jump up. If she would put the price of a single battleship in ther training of the black race. The training of the negro membership af the Methodist Episcopal church is the church's biggest job. Money cannot be better, spent than in training negro boys and girls. They must be educated and trained to be able to fully appreciate what is be ing done. Dr. Wade, secretary of the board of conservation was introduced and said he would have his say on Fri day. Then he-would practically illustrate the Christian education t)f the church. ;, Prof. Henry Pierson, dean of Ch?flin said that Claflin believes in the education, of the child 40 years before it is born, and what is giv en in' money to Claflin, we will give it back" in manhood and woman hood, for Clafln believes in the highest development possible. Claf lin quartette sang very sweetly, ac companied by Prof. Hunt, instruc-j tor of music at Clafln. ' j President J. B. Randolph of Claflin was introduced and "came to the front amid cheers. He said, "I came to this great conference that I have heard so much about to bring greetings and thanks in my humble way for the privilege of rendering service to you. I sin cerely thank you for this oppor tunity. In the Texas conference when we have done our best, South Carolina still keeps ahead. She ought to, she is old enough. It is 118 years old: it is worth being proud of. Every negro should be proud of its history. Yes, we 3hould be proud of a conference where more than 170 answered to roll call the first morning. I want to congratulate you because not withstanding you had the burden of building up the church, and the Sunday schools, you did not forget the educational cause. I am hap py to come into your ranks to add my feeble bit to assist in this good work for the uplift of humanity in any way that I can. I realize that Claflin is wrapped up in your en tire life. It has your love and like real lovers you are jealous of tier, and you have a right to be inxious about her welfare as far as my own ability is concerned. I tremble when I look at her record. [ do not come as Dr. Dunton's suc cessor. I am not worthy of such isperation. but I feel confident with Sod's help and the South Carolina conference behind me that you will lift me up and push so that the ivork is bound to succeed. t-I like Dr. and Mrs. Dunton, am willing to give all that is within me to the building up of this great institution, (t has been said here that the work Lo elevate one people has many iandicaps and a note of dtscour igement once and a while is at :ended. Very different to our past -eputation as a people who in form er years wrestled and waited pa tently on God. We must still continue our fatih in God for if mything at all is worth while it is Christian education. He spoke of a beautiful poem by Mrs. Johnson, he title of which CT Can't let you n") suggest the sentiment encir cled, illustrates the feeling of a irery cultured negro woman the iuthor on account of the situation confronting the negro child of to lay. Some wonder if it were bet er that they were not born. The >nly hope we have for these and >ther similar conditions is Christian education. Let us, as has been said >y a previous speaker "Nurture the hild and I will pay you wages." !t is our earnest prayer that the rreat M. E. church will do this. Dr. King, one of the foremost ora :ors among the younger men that ve have, he bids fair to excel some >f our grand old orators of the oast. He is logical, eloquent, prac ical and thoughtful, and any jhurch might be proud of such a >roduct. Dr. King: said by way of ntroductipn that he used to have me sermon and many toxts. but low he has one text ;ind one ser V mon. And that Is the South Wes tern Christian Advocate. We re gret that we can give only a very incomplete outline of Dr. King's remarks. He said that the Meth odist Episcopal church had popu lized and democratized Christian education. This he proved most successfully. He believed that the negro should not only be trained to work but they should be trained how to work., and to be trained how to do, both barwn and brain, must be trained and developed that they might pull together. The thing that brought success and made the Methodist Episcopal church superior in her educational work was the phychological prin ciple that she recognized the ne gro a man, not a white man, a black man, a red man, no simply a man. The meeting was indeed a great one. Many prominent educators were present and the church was taxed to its^ fullest capacity. December 8th at 10:30 through the kindness of the Second Pres byterian church the Laymen's As sociation met and held a splendid meeting. Some prominent laymen attending were, President N. A. Cornell, who gave a very enthusias tic talk. Hon. E. J. Sawyer, Dr. J. S. Levy, Rev. A. . J. Andrews, Rev. S. J. McDonald^ C. Wr. Cald well and.many others of the laity. F. W. Anthony? EDUCATION WEEK RALLY Meeting Held in Girls' High School Was Attended by Teachers, Trustees and Other Interested Citizens The closing meeting of the cam paign' throughout the country that has been in progress this week in the interest of education, was held. Saturday morning in the auditor- j ium of the Girls' High school. | There was a representative at-j tendance of county and city teach ers, school trustees and interested citizens. Dr. S. H. Edmunds pre sided over the meeting. The program arranged by the i Educational Week committee was ] carried out as follows: I. Attendance: 1. Length of term; 2: Regular ity of attendance ? Prof. A. P. Bourland of Winthrop College. 3. Compulsory attendance and attendance officer?'H. G. Osteen. 4: State aid; 5: Consolidation 'of schools?E. W. Dabbs, Jr. II: The teacher: 1.. The essential qualifications 7j 2: The manner of selection; 3: Compensation and tenure of office ?Dr. S. H. Edmunds. Ill: The pupil: 1. The fundamentals of the curriculum; 2. The social side of school life?Prof. A. P. Bourland. I 3. The physical well-being?Dr. H. A. Mood. At the conclusion of the stated program Messrs. E. I. Reardon and E. W. Dabbs, Sr., made brief talks, j The following resolutions werei i offered and adopted: j Be it resolved that it is the opin- j ion of the citizens of Sumter coun ty attending the Educational Rally held in Sumter, December 9 ,1922: First, that the length of term in all schools of Sumter county should be not less than eight months. . Second, that we endorse all ef forts to promote regularity of at tendance. Third, that we believe that the compulsory attendance term should extend throughout the whole school term in each district, and that an attendance officer-should be em ployed, who shall also perform the duties of an assistant county super intendent of education. Fourth, that we request the County Board of Education to con sider carefully the matter of con solidation of schools, conferring with the patrons and trustees of communities concerned. * Fifth, we also request the County Board of Education to give the matter of state aid careful consideration, and confer with the legislative delegation as to their findings. v Sixth, that we heartily endorse the suggestions made by Dr. Mood relative to the physical examina tion of pupils, and request the County Board of Education to. take i such steps as may be necessary to i make practical application of this. Seventh, that the chairman ap point a committee of three to pre sent these resolutions to the legis lative delegation. Eighth, that we wish to extend our thanks to Dr. Bourland for his presence and helpful suggestions. The chair appointed the follow ing committee to present this mat ter to the legislative delegation: Miss L. C. McLaurin, Mr. H. G. Osteen. Mr. P. G. Bowman. ? ? ? 3Iccting of B-Sharp Music Club. The monthly meeting of the B Sharp Music Club was held at the studio of Miss Louise Siddall on Thursday afternoon, December Trh. The secretary- made her report, after which a sketch ot Bach was read by Miss Edna O'Quinn. and current events was discussed by Misses Susie Gregg and Nell Com mander. The following pupils rendered musical numbers: Misses Helen Mc Coy, Harriet Hirsch. Katheryn Mel lette. Hattie DuRant. Louise Smith. Jacqueline Stoudenmire. Virginia Warren. Elizabeth Rose. Bertie Lee Beek. Pauline Lee, Esther Osteen and Mr. William Baldwin. Delightful refreshments were then served. The entire program was enjoyed, and the members of the club are looking forward to the next meeting with pleasure. What are you going to give year husband for Christmas? Let us suggest a dozen nice alarm clocks. If you can make your socks hold out a few more miles you will get some new ones for Christinas. HARWNG'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS President Takes Up Transportation Sit uation, Prohibition Enforcement and Farm Credits Washington, Dec. 8.?Presi dent Harding addressing, congress in person today, on the state of the union, placed the transportation situation, prohibition enforcement and farm credits in the forefront of the national problems pressing for solution. Also he took occasion to reply directly to those whom he said had assumed that the United States had taken itself "aloof and apart, unmindful of world obligations." He declared these gave "scant cred it" for the "helpful part" Ameri ca had assumed in international relations, referring particularly to the arms conference. Of the prohibition situation the j executive asserted there were con ditions of' enforcement "which sa-j vor of nationwide scandal." He made' no recommendations on this score but announced his purpose! to qaU an early conference of the governors of the states and terri- j tories with the federal ?uthori- j ties to formulate definite policies of I national and state cooperation in the administering of the laws. Declaring there was no prob- i lem exceeding in importance the \ one of transportation, Mr. Hard-j ing told congress there was need to begin on plans to coordinate all I transportation facilities?rail, wa- J ter and motor. As to the relief of j the railroad problem he suggested | merger of lines into systems, a,fa- j cilitated interchange of freight! cars and a consolidation of fa cilities generally. Turning to the recent railroad strike, the president proposed that the federal tribunal dealing with disputes between the carriers and their workers be given ample au thority to enforce its decisions. He voiced a preference for abolition of I the railroad labor board and the j placing of its functions under an enlarged interstate commerce com- ( mission. Should the decision be to continue this board in exist ence, however, he suggested that the partisan membership be abol ished to the end that the tribunal be impartial and the headquarters moved -from Chicago to Washing ton so there might, be direct con tact with the commission. The only specific recommendaT tion of the executive for enact ment of legislation, at this, the J short session of congress, related to the permanent establishment of widened farm credits. He .both advocated ample farm production credits and enlarged land credits through* enlargement of the pow ers of the farm loan board and reminded congress that special pro vision must be made for live stock production credits. ? Other recommendations includ ed: , Registration of aliens. More' rigid examinations of im migrants at embarkation points. Federal assistance in the educa tion of aliens. ? A constitutional amendment giv ing congress authority over child labor. A constitutional amendment re stricting the issue of tax exempt se curities by the federal gbvernment, the states, municipalities and counties. A study by congress of the wide spread difference between produc tion costs and prices to consumers. The survey of a plan to draft all the resources of the nation, human and material for national defense. A fostering interest by the na tional government in constructive measures calculated to promote the unification of steam, water and electric powers in the Eastern in dustrial region. Favorable consideration of rec lamation and irrigation projects where waste land may be made available for settlement and pro ductivity. Cooperation between the federal government, the Various states and the owners of forest lands to the end that protection from fire should be -made more effective and re planting encouraged. With this session limited to less than three months, there was a general realization that congress could deal between now and March I 4 with only one or two of even the most important of the problems presented by the president. To what extent this situation would bear on the ultimate decision of Mr. Harding as to an *?xtra session of the new congress was a mat ter of some conjecture at the cap itol. Leaders of the agricultural groups in the house and senate are determined that recommendation of the executive?that dealing with farm credits?shall be translated into law at this session. They also are anxious that there should be some solution of the railroad problem that would bring about lowered freight rates, but Chairman Cummins of the senate interstate commerce committee said legislation along the lines rec ommended by Mr. Harding could not be had at this session. Senate Cummins, declared he "was perfectly willing" to adopt the president's plan of transfer ring the functions of the railroad labor board to an enlarged inter state commerce commission. He added that he had believed from the first that an impartial tribunal with power to enforce its decisions was preferable to a trx-partite trib unal such as the railroad board. As the president outlined his PROTEST ATJTJRKEy Russian Representa tive a t Lausanne Highly Dissatisfied Lausanne, Dec. 9 (By the Asso ciated Press).?Proof that Bolshe Russia is highly dissatisfied with Turkey because Ismet Pasha has abandoned , the Russians on the question of the Dardanelles was found today when if. Chfchehh, the Soviet foreign minister, issued an urgent invitation to the Turkish journalists, and in the course of a long speech warned them of the dangers of placing their trust in the allied nations. M. Chicherin did not want .to say? anything in the way of criti cism of the Turkish plenipotentiar ies, but thought the Turkish peo ple at home should. know x>f the trend of things at Lausanne. He had a distinct impression, he said, that war between Turkey and the * powers was still going on. Usually wars were fought on the battlefielc, but at Lausanne the war was" being waged around the green table and the goal was to separate. Turkey from Russia. Afterwards the great powers would defeat Turkey and Russia separately. Chicherin charged that France . had abandoned Turkey in favor of England, and the consideration probably was some concessions* on the reparations problem from Eng land. "But it remains t? be seen,*" be continued, "how far Frnacc and England will agree w-hen. the Br us- ? sels conference is. held.'" . . He rejoiced that Turkey and Russia had finally' come together because they were vitally import ant to each other; their interests , were the same. "The independence and strength of Turkey is security for Russia,-" he added, "and Turkey can not be strong and independent unless the straits are closed." The Bolshevik leader declared that to allow foreign warships to : pass through the straits would mean th*e handing pver of Con stantinople to the nation with the strongi?st navy. Naval units would * seize Constantinople, then at tack Russia. Therefore, if Con stantinople was in danger, Russia also was_ in terror. Turning his attention to-Eng land, Chicherin told the, Turkish - correspondents that Great Britain had her eye on northern Persia. The way to. northern Persia was * througn the Caucasus; the way to the Caucasus was through tire Dardanelles. ' He asserted that thn Russian program at Lausanne waa, based on a community of interests * between the Russian and Turkish peoples and he hoped that the end of the conference would find the two countries nearer together. fflGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Charleston Defeats Batesburg Leesville and GalFney Downs Fort Mill Orangeburg, Dec. S.?Batesburg Leesville stood Charleston off for ? the. first. half but cracked wide open in the second and the Bantams won the championship of the low er section of the state by defeat- * ing the Twins, 40 to 0, here this afternoon. .'This victory, gives; Charleston a place in the. final game to "decide the state cham pionship to be played in Colum bia a fortnight.hence. The cham pions of last ? year did not. strike their stride in the first half and the ? intermission should have found the score 0 to 0, for the officials erred in ruling a pass legal when it should have been a touch back. * , Charleston, however, made' up for the sluggish'first, half when play was called for the second. The Battery boys marched to a touch down from the kickoff and made another in short order in the same period. Three touchdowns were scored in the final period and the - Champs were, in th? midst of "an other offensive when the game ended with the ball in Batesburg/ Leesville territory. Spartanburg. Dec. 8.?-Fort Mill high school went down before Gaff ney high school by the margin of one touchdown this, afternoon, tlto Cherokee lads winning, 6 to ?. - * * * "Clay makes new complexion." If that is a common property of soil, Little Bobby should develop into a prize beauty. *r -;?,? -? ? If you sit down and think you will realize these lower skirta are merely for higher education. recommendations in an address of' a little more than an hour to mem bers of the senate and house, as sembled in joint session in the hall of the house, he was applaud- ? ed again and again. There was a full response from the floor and the pa eked galleries to the discus sion oi* rural credits. When Mr., Harding launched into, his discussion of prohibition en forcement there was a general stir with applause 'for one of his dec larations on the subject?that sug-^ gesting that "rigorous and literal enforcement of the dry Uvw will concentrate public attention on any requisite modification." Mr. Harding's recommendation on the Americanization of aliens also brought manifestations of ap-v proval, and more particularly his declaration that aliens coming to American shores must respect American institutions while enjoy-g ing the country's hospitality.