Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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She Watchman and Southron Sctered at the Postoffice at Sum **** aLCU as Second Class Matter. PERSOX?J?. ; "Irs. George Hatchel and daugh ? '?r Miss Seima went to Florence Sunday to see Mr. Hatchell. who is : i be, s Florence hospital. Mr. lla?eh.?l is reported to be improv P.'v. W. E. Dibble and family, tjie new pastor for Trinity Meth odist -church, arrived Wednesday corning. **. ;;Miss Marie White has returned ->o (he -city after spending two y et ks with her brother. Mr. Wil Sa$H White in Florence. Dr. E. R. Wilson has returned from NewFYork and will spend the Solid ay season at homo. r Mr? George W. Branson, of Chi cago, who has been spending a fgW days with his brother, City Gierk J. TV". Br?nson, left Thurs day for .Camden where he will sp^nd. the holidays. Mr. Brunson was for a number of years editor *r,& manager of the Greenville \\-ws, .but is now engaged in the ~ov?rtising business in Chicago. W. R. Wister, of Philadel phia, is in the city on business. * MFrank P. Burgess of Man ;(:r:<< was in the city Thursday. i^c.ld. BobberyMonday Night. .One. of thei boldest criminal acts ihkt has been recorded lately was committed Monday ' night about g*4h o'clock when three negro men appeared at the store of Mr. Bill Oostin on East Calhoun street and inquired as to the whereabouts ot :?,rr".'-* Costfn. Being, told by a kuly and. gicl -who were in the > ere, that Mr. Costin was out, one of the men said he wanted to see s&rse overalls, one wanted sonfe ? hcese ..and. crackers, while the jSr.c-r . insisted on 'their keeping V^ry quiet' wrhile he helped him self. to. the cash .from the drawer, taking about $30; also a pistol that v. '.i? Hanging on .tbe^aH; behind The counter/ After thjs joperation they made their. way*MHLt the door ?nd passed into oblivion; and .so far nothing has bec#i heard of themi - ? ?>?-* Cocnty Fair Stock- Confections. 'in order "to finish pacing for the r ev.- site of; the -Sumter County ?f^air'Association and begin moving t^e b^iklings from* the present "ceased site by January 1st, 1923, start building the* race track, foot ball grounds^ arid new cattle, horse, :rt--'.e-and hog buildings, putting xip the fences." ete:, in order to be aes dy for -thec 1923 Sumter County Fair and "Homfe Coming Week, it is necessary- to collect at once 60 r;^r cent-of; the increased capital *i?a i"on?of ? this association. The -board of directors have in-' stmcted "Secretary Ek L Reaidon to \ rr> Tned iately "call on every stock *hoJ*der for this" amount, payable by 'January 1st, 1923, if the associa ??"Oori is to 'carry out the 1923 fair r rram . as it should be carried ? $0 Mr. Reardon will, like the lit : e old ? flivver," be found jogging ?long "and .expecting every stock holder to greet him with a cordial ?senile of-welcome with their check books in Jtheir hands and wishing hi m a JMerry Christmas and many rns of the day. Don't pm>him off of ask so many questions about . wir?rher the "other fellows" have ? p? I'd Up yet or riot, because if ev erybody waits on the other fellow ?jfcflet directors will-" not^M?' able to nur. up the necessary money to start th<s Greater Gamecpc,k. Coun ty Fair.' <t'JJ ? li takes money to do these things wirb arid those whb have subscrib ed should be prepared to pay rbe?r sixty, per cent immediately because in a short while it will be ? rorty per cent more, at lea3t twen ty per cent and the more you pay :>-v.r the less you will have to payi Jwhen the secretary smilingly greets ; you on the.next go round. Those who have paid nothing j ea r> send their checks for sixty j jh?. ?ent if they care to facilitate ? *'oyections-i-and these who have; psid twenty per cent can send j ?-heir checks for forty per cent of! ?fee amount subscribed andvma-; \^:r.l]y help out in collecting this: rrr^ney. Make checks payable to] ? w>'- er County Fair Association .and mail/same to E. I. Reardon. Chamber of Commerce. Sumter. C . . Death. ?"Mr. Johnny Harper died W?d netjclay "night at 10:20 o'clock of! pneumonia after an illness of ten! ^ays, aged.twenty years. He was; fbe son of Mr. J. W. Harper and j had been <a resident of Sumter; ?since -early boyhood. He is sur-j v: by his wife, who was Miss j Ar.ru Mc'Kenna. of Aron, Long ? ?^and," feis father, and three sis ;ers. ."'isses Jessie and Carrie Har- j )>:?':? of Sumter and Mrs. E. L. Glov- ] er pi" .Tohnsonville, S. C. The fun- j era! -y-ryices will be held from Mr. J. V.. Harper's residence. Broad I ?trees at 3:30 o'clock Friday af-j Tjhe canning factory may not have paid-' big dividends to the F^oekSlolders this year?the first ycznr ir was in operation?but it certainly and positively did pay to ?he merchants of Sumter. For sev ? ?vA months the payroll of the ..inning factory was quite large ?nd: hundreds of people who would j otherwise have been idle were giv- | en steady employment. The i wares. these people received went] ^r.t-o the trade channels of Sumter. every week, and this money heip- j ed along in the dull season. Th^ j inning factory was a good thing for. the merchants and landlords. T;:;>: town needs to keep all the' concerns that have a payroll that ?t row has and get as many more. 3S possible. The early bird has to sit around wait for the worm to get up. ; GOOD ROADS CONFERENCE [Largely Attended Meeting in Columbia Manifests Great Enthusiasm For State Highway System ?? I Columbia. Dec. 12.?The enthus- j iasm ? manifested at the highways j 'conference in Columbia ^Mondayj [afternoon came as a surprise to; j those primarily interested, in the; meeting, and is taken as omen of j the success of the movement set on foot for a large bond issue to I pave all the main roads of the [state. The attendance was even more than had at first been anticipat ed, about two hundred men, rep I resenting all parts of the state, and entirely representative of the public opinion of the state, gath ering in the hall of the house of repres en tati v es. .South Carolina appears to have been fired by the example of >7orth Carolina, which state last year voted a large state bond i3sue for! roads and is now talking of an ad ditional issue. The leadership j j taken by Richland county in pav ing all her main highways is also partly responsible for the onrush ing enthusiasm over the plan to hard-surface the highways of the state. The' committee named to steer through the proposed highway plan will meet the first week in j January, at which time its plat form will be drawn up. The meet ing will be held in Columbia, just prior to the sitting of the legisla ture. A. B. Langley, of Columbia, a member of the state highway de partment and who was elected chairman of the convention of ?Monday, is ex-officio chairman of! the committee. There is a member j from each congressional district, i and the** committeemen will can-' jvas the public sentiment of their j j communities, with a view to in Scorporating the state's need and to ? insure a solid backing of public j sentiment on# whtaever is done. ? Some opposition is expected, as! j usual, but there is an increasing I sentiment for hard-surfaced roads and the prospects are the bond ?issue, if authorized by the legis I lature. will pass. The plan is for a large bond j issue, to be taken care of possibly : by the proceeds of the state gas joline tax. An issue of fifty million ! dollars was proposed at the Mon !day meeting. One speaker sug gested $60,000,000. and Kon. L. D. ? Jennings, of Sumter. one of the ?prominent leaders of the confer ence, advocated between $50,000, >00 and $100,000,000. However, j the committee named by the gath j ering will determine upon the j amount to be proposed and also the details of arranging the issue, j with respect to its maintenance :and its retirement at maturity. It 'is believed this can be done with | out heavily burdening the tax-pay : ers of the state. The committee named to steer j through the road program is com j posed of A. B. Langley, Columbia, chairman exofficio: W. W. Smoak, WalterbOiO, for the first district; Capt. W. D. Black. Williston, sec ond; Senator E. P. McCravy. Pick jens. third; D. H. Peace, Greenville, [fourth: Col. T. B. Spratt. Hock j Hill; Col. D. A. Spivey. Ccnway; j Claude N. S?,pp, Columbia'. j Will End Partnership [Woodrow Wilson WiH Leave ; Law Firm Soon New York. Dec. 12.?Bainbridge j Colby, secretary of state, in Pres ident Wilson's cabinet, announced today that his law partnership with the former president would terminate December 31. at the ex-; piration of their co-partnership [agreement. The announcement was j made from the local offices of! [Wilson & Colby. Beyond saying that the former I president "is turning his energies ! once more to subjects which have i j long invited him." Mr. Colby made j no statement as to Mr. Wilson's; ?plans for the future. It was announced that Mr. Col- j by would continue the practice of j law here. Young Lady Painfully Burned, j Miss Elizabeth tinkler, who is attending the city schools and makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Manning Brown, on Church j street, was very painfully but not! fatally burned Tuesday night about I 0:30 o'clock and Mr. Brown's hands were painfully burned while extinguishing Miss Sinkler's burn ing clothing. Miss Sinkler's dress! caught afire while she was stand- j ing in front of an open tire place, j and almost instantly her clothing j was ablaze. Mr. Brown made j immediate and successful efforts to smother the blaze, but in doing so his hands were painfully burned, j as stated. Miss Sinkler was taken to the! hospital for treatment and Wed-j nesday is said to be doing ar, well ! as possible. Removal of an Old Landmark. - The old Dinkins home ??n the] corner of West Liberty and Sum-! ter streets is being removed to ! make way for a gasoline filling sta tion, which is to be erected for the Standard Oil Company. The! Dinkins house is probably the old- \ est residence, standing <>n t J?? original site, in Sumter. It has stood on the lot the corner of West Liberty street for approxi- I mately one hundred years, been j practically unchanged, and always j the horn" of the Din kins family un til the death, a few years ago. of Miss ririca Dinkins. It is stated that this house was the first in j Sumter to have glass in the win- j dows. which indicates that it was I erected in the primitive days of Sumter. CHRISTMAS SEAL FUND Official Statement as to Di vision and Distribution of Funds The following letter to. Mrs. Ed ward McCallum. Director of Christ mas Seal Sales for Sumter county explains how the money derived from the Christmas Seal sales is distributed. The county organ ization retains 75 per cent of the gross sales, the state organization receives 20 per cent and the nat ional organization 5 per cent. The letter does not state, but it is a fact, that this division of funds applies only to the first $500 rais ed in the county. The local or ganization retains for use in anti tuberculosis work within the coun ty 100 per cent of the proceeds of the seal sales exceeding $500. The letter follows: Mrs. Edward McCallum, Sumter, S. C. Dear Mrs. McCallum: Since r.umter has a Tuberculosis Associa tion with duly elected officers and a program for 1923. the State As sociation turns back for use by the local committee 75 per cent of the gross proceeds of the seal and bond sale. You understand that 5 per cent of the gross returns goer, to the National Association which more than repays us in field service, investigation, nation al legislation and expert campaign assistance. The State Association gets 20 per cent with which it finances the campaign, runs an of fice as a center of operations in the state, helps standardize the. work, and develops programs in the counties that have no organ ized campaign. Last year our' work in these counties was through general education by speakers, lit erature, films, etc., and by hold ing free clinics with a trained so cial worker in territory hitherto unworked. We hope to develop this work further next year. Also we work . for state legislation, the en larging of facilities at .the state sanatorium,j the stimulation of counties to build their own camps, and the raising of funds to support indigent patients who need sana torium treatment. Your county and some of the others have this difficulty to face. They have funds held .from the seals that are not sufficient to car ry out the plans that they have made. We are offering this year to keep a state worker who can serve in such counties for as long a time as the funds hold. We transfer her from county to county and are enabled by the combined finances to keep a trained worker who would otherwise not be avail-: able. We are delighted that Sum ter county is going to use its mon ey in promoting the free clinics. This method of fighting the disease is considered the most satisfactory by all the associations over the country. We must find the patients in time to help them and this is the only way that we have been successful in this purpose so far. The ignorance of t! e disease is so widespread that people are not go ing to doctors as soon as they should for examination. For trrat reason we are not getting incipient cases under treatment. With the clinic campaign goes much educa tion through posters, literature and talks that arouse the public to a realization of the fact that this really is a preventable, cur able disease and that. the way to stamp it out is by finding ' it Mirough early diagnosis. We chink that the work of your lovely san atorium over there would be help ed immensely by the plan that you propose carrying out next year. If you care to use any or all of this in your newspaper publicity, we shall be glad to have you do so. With thanks for the splendid re ports that are coming in from your work over there. I am; Sincerely yours. Chauncey B. McDonald. Mrs. D. McL. McDonald. Execu tive Secretary. ? ? ? SEND MAIL EARLY. To insure Christmas gifts sent by mail reaching their destination without delay, the postmaster of Sumter has published a sched ule showing dates on which par cels destined for the several states should be mailed. Parcels destined to the following states should be mailed not later than Demeber 15: Washington, Oregon. California, Idaho. Nevada. Montana. Wyoming, Utah. North Dakota South Dakota. New Mexico. Arizona, Oklahoma. Nebraska, Kan sas and Colorado. Not later than December 16: Wisconsin. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. Michigan, Minnesota and Arkansas. Not later than December 18: Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Con necticut, New York. Ohio, Illinois, Indiana. Missouri, Texas and Iowa. Not later than December 19: Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Mary land. Delaware, Kentucky. Louis iana, Mississippi and Tennessee. Not later than December 20: Virginia. Alabama and West Vir ginia. Not later than Decnmbcr 21. 22 or 23: North Carolina. South Car olina, Cfeorgja and Florida. The postmaster also calls atten tion to the fact that there are two Sundays between tin's date and Christmas, a fact which should speed up mailing. Robert 'J. Lassiter & Co.. v ho have the contract to build the sec ond section of the Manning road, extending to the Clarendon coun ty Jin*'. have their forces organ ized and are assembling material to push const t uet ion to rapid com pletion after January 1st. The best place to make money is always some other place. Winter wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the cold weather. WORLD NEU Richmond. Dec. 12.?The ar raignment of Thomas Pollard, a real estate man charged with shoot ing Mrs. Thelma Richardson, a former stenographer, has been postponed until Thursday. The woman was shot during an argu ment last night.' Washington. Dec. 12.?The grad ing and stapling of cotton under government supervision are rec ommended by Census Director Stewart in his annual report made public today. He says there is a demand for cotton statistics that cannot be made reliable otherwise. He estimates the cost at thirty to forty cents per-bale. He also wants all leaf tobacco dealers to report quarterly. Chicago. Dec. 12.?Four bandits robbed the Logan Square Trust & Savings bank messenger in the business district today and obtain ed $iy,ooo. Middletown. Ind.. Dec. 12.?Wil liam Schaffen a farmer, and his wife, were found murdered here to day. The woman's head was cut! off and the man's split, apparently with an-axe. ? \ Valetta. Malta. Dec. 12.?Mason! Mitchell, of New York. American consul at Malta, was shot and ! wounded today near Baracca. His assailant escaped. Augusta. Dec. 12.?Georgia and South Carolina cotton farmers and bankers in this section today met here to consider a uniform meth od of combatting the boll weevil. Washington. Dec. 12.?The cold wave that is gripping the north [ west moved into the middle west J today, the weather bureau an j nounced. The frigid wave will; I reach the greater portion- of the Atlantic states, from northern Georgia and northern South Caro lina northward within the next twenty-four hours. The lowest temperature today was thirty-four degrees below zero at Havre. Mon tana. Casper. Wyoming. Dec. 12.?A woman suspected of being ?Jr3. Clara Phillips.- the escaped Los Angeles hammer murderess, is held here. The police say she answers nearly every detail of the de scription. She was arrested when she left the train. She refused to, aid the police in identification'. _'-.3 Cleveland. Dec. 12.?The confer ence for progressive political ac tion today adopted the credentials committee report barring the workers party of America repre sentative "from the meeting. - -This i action was taken as the result of j charges that the party* principles i failed' to harmonize with the aims* ! of the. conference. j . ? - ? - New York. Dec. 1$. ? Georges Clemenceau sailed for France to j day. He received a congratulatory message from Woodrow Wilson or j the results of his tour. - . < Washington, Dec. 13.?Aaron Shapiro, general counsel for sever-' al co-operative marketing associa tions today told the senate bank ing committee that the coopera tives will oppose any new system i agricultural banks. They want [the federal reserve system adapted I to the needs of the farmers allow loans to farmers extending over the production period. He approv ed the Lenrcot-Anderson bill In its main features. ! Marion. 111., Dec. 13.?The trial; [ of five men charged with mur der in connection with the Her-! rin mine riots last June, resulting in the death of twenty-three per sons, opened here today. Otis Clark. Bert Grace, Joseph Car naghi. Leva Mann. Peter Miller, are on trial charged with the mur der of Howad Hoffman, a non union miner. The trial is expected] to last until January 1st. Camaguey. Cuba, Dec. 13.?The j ruins of the. Estrella sugar central are being searched today for the bodies of six persons believed to be beneath the ruins of the structure which was wrecked yesterday by a boiler explosion. Thirteen dead and fifty injured have already been removed. Washington, Dec. 14. -? More cotton was manufactured during November than in any month since October. 1917, the census bureau announced today. The spinning industry has shown an increased activity for several months. No-, vcmber consumption runs as fol lows: Lint, 577.561 bales; linters, 55,122. The total number spindles active in November were 34.664, 036. of which 15.859.962 were in cotton states. The cotton states plants consumed 363,813 bales. Washington. Dec. 14.?Robert Lassister. of Charlotte, has been appointed a Class C director of the Richmond Federal Reserve bank, the Federal Reserve Board has an nounced. London. Dec. 1 1. -Germany is near a complete collapse. Premier Bonar Law told the house of com mon;; today. He said this was the only information be could give. Richmond, Dec 1 }. Mrs. Thel ma. H. Richardson was shot by Thomas Pollard, the coroner's jury said in its verdict today. Pollard a former employer of the woman, is held under a ten thousand dol lar bond, pending th^ bearing on December 23rd. Philadelphia, Deo. 14.?A thou sand people from all walks of ilfe did homage to John Wannamak er today. The body of the noted fS IN BRIEF I merchant lay in st;ite this morn ing: in the Bethany Presbyterian church, where he worshipped. Lone Iinc3 of people marched by the casket. Runs Up Board Bill "Lost Prisoner" Cost Orange burg County ?1,200 Columbia, Dec. 12.?David Bran num. negro, the "lost prisoner" who had his sentence to the elec tric chair commuted recently by Governor Harvey after spending four years in the death house at the state penitentiary, ran up a prison board bill of $1,200. it was revealed here today, penitentiary authorities announced today and forwarded the bill to the Orange burg county officials, as Brannum was sentenced from that county. CHRISTMAS SEAL SALES ; The following have bought Tu ! berculosis Health Bonds. Watch the list grow. National Bank of S. C. $25.00 :First National Bank- 25.00 j City National Bank-10.00 [ Peoples Bank _. 5.00 !C. F. Korn. 25.00 rCity Meat Market. 10.00 fEfird's Department Store. __ 10.00 B. J.' Earnett -- -. 10.00 Rex Theatre.--. 10.00 D. J. Chandler Clothing Co... 10.00 Ducker and Bultman- 10.00 O'Donnell and Co. 10.00 O'Donnell Dry Goods Co- 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Harby 10.00 Central Cafe. 10.00 Durant Hardware Co. 10.00 Schwartz Bros. .- 10.00 Bake Rite Bakery- 5.00 Boston Candy Kitchen- 5.00 {Lee and Moise_ 5.00 Levy and Moses_ 5.00 Stubbs Brothers. 5.00 Sibert'3 Drug Store _ 5.00 McCollum Brothers . 5.00 Palmetto Cafe._C. 5.00 Dr. D. O. Browning.. 5.00 Miss Teresa Chandler_ 5.00 C. M. Brand . 5.00 G. A. Lcmmon. 5.00 M. A. Doughty. 5.00 Mrs. O. H. Folley -------- 5.00 Carolina Filling Station_ 5.00 Miss Lou Honaker _... 10.00 Walton Bultman. 10.00 j Mrs. Edith Dickinson._ 10.00 j Mr. Albert Aycock _ _ 5.00 |W. H. Strickland _ 5.00 fH. C. Bland Motor Co. _ 5.00 AYalter McCoy ..._ 10.00 Frank Jeppi_._. 5.00 James C. Bryan _. 5.00 R. B. Belser.5.00 Sumter Dry Goods Co. 5.00 iC. T. H?gan._ $5.00 ID: R. McCallum __ ._ 5.00 j Imperial Cafe .. .... ?__ 5.00 Economy Store ... __ 5.00 Sumter Buick Co. 5.00 Anchor Motor Co. __ _ 5.00 O. H. Folley.?_ 5.00 Coca Cola Bottling >Co. .. 10.00 jS. A. Haryin __ _. 5.00 fClaremont Filling Station 5.00 jExide Battery Service_ 5.00 jBen H. Harvin. 5.00, Mclnvail & Zeigler _. 5.00 Dee-Lite Pastry Co. 5.00 French Dry Cleaning .. .. 5.00 Dr. W. E. Thayer _. _ 10.00 L. D. Jennings ._.? 5.00 "Liberty Filling Station .. 5.00 Sumter Filling Station1 __ 5.00 J. C. Brown Battery Co... 5.00 j Sumter Steam Laundry 10.00 Shaw & McCollum _. 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Ricker 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. L C. Strauss 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Moise 5.00 Bultman Shoe Store._ 5.00 Harby. Nash & Hodges .. 5.00 Epps & Levy._. 5.00 John Lee __ 5.00 H. D. Moise _. __ _. 5.00 Ladies' Shop .. __ _ 5.00 Joseph Chandler Clo. Co. 5.00 Hearon's Pharmacy .._ 5.00 Moses Green._ 5.00 R. C. Williams. 5.00 Boston Store.._. $5.00 Planters Mule Co. 5.00 Sumter Planing Mills. 5.00 B. L. Montague ._._ 10.00 Rowland Warehouse _ 10.00 S. R. Young_ 5.00 E. H. Marks_. 5.00 T. W. McGrath ._ 5.00 Chero Cola Co._ 5.00 T. H. Siddall ._ 5.00 B. L. Witherspoon_ 5.00 H. L. Witherspoon _ 5.00 Union Lunch Room... 5.00 Mrs. Alston Stubbs 5.00 J. E. Logan.;_ 10.no Imj.trial Hotel. 10.00 Goldberg's . 5.00 Williams Motor Co. 5.00 Total Bond Sale --..$665.00 Seal Sale to Date.$127.57 Grand Total _.$792.57 Perhaps some of the automobile owners who did not find it nec essary or convenient to obtain a 1922 license tag will get one for 1023. Some cars are still running around without any license 'plates while others have done business all the year on 1921 tags. It should be the specific duty of some oflirer or officers to enforce the motor li cense tax law. Remember the mass meeting of Sunday schools is to be held in the Presbyterian church Sunday ;ifter noon to raise the annual Christ mas fund. A party of Sumter sportsmen are spending a few days ;it fh<? Waccamaw Club. Radio amateurs are beating all records, including phonograph rec ords. Our treasury says sohl coins make fine gifts. They are high though. Two can live as cheaply as one until the blis start coming in. R?T?RY CLUB LECTURES Dr. Barker Charmed and Deeply Impressed Three Different Audiences Monday Only those who heard one or all of the three lectures delivered Monday by Dr. Cbarl.es E. Barker, who came to Sumter under the auspices of the Rotary club, can appreciate the importance and the value of the messages he brought to the high school boys and girls, the mothers and the fathers of Sumter. In the morning he spoke to the entire student body of the High scKoois, in the afternoon to an audience, composed of mothers and high school girls, that very nearly filled the school auditorium, and. at night to a crowd of men numbering approximately four hundred. II is to be regretted that the invitation of the Rotary club to the people of Sumter to attend these lectures was not ac cepted by numbers sufficient to. tax the seating capacity of the audi torium to the limit. Those who availed themselves of the oppor tunity to henr Dr. llarker were well repaid for he presented facts for the consideration of mothers and fathers that they can never forget and cannot .daye ignore, if they wish to discharge the duties they owe their sons and daughters. The impression. .that Dr. Barker made upon his several audiences was so favorable and so decided that if he should ever return to this city, those who'had -the privil ege of hearing him this time will hear him again and will carry with them all their friends who are interested in the real things of life and seek to know their re sponsibilities and the manner in which a worthy parent and a good citizen should set about doing the duty tha tstands at the head' of the list. ...... Dr. Barker also was- the guest of honor at the weekly luncheon j of the Rotary Club and made a most striking and worth-while j talk on the^ "Hall Mark of a Ro j tarian," which gave every Rotar I ian a fuller and clearer concep tion of the responsibility that a man j assumes when he- accepts mem bership in a Rotary club. A solid train, consisting of 41 cars. loaded with D?Rant and Star automobiles passed through Sumter over the A. C. L. railway at 2:10 Wednesday. Six 'car loads are to be delivered to Columbia, the bal ance . going to Augusta.,. Atlanta and other southern points. This train was made up at Long Island City, and is one of the largest shipments made at anv one time. - Star traveling 2,500.000 miles an hour has been discovered. That is almost as fast as Christmas is coming. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS r mow d'?wm'y, if daddy says' 60ih0 out some place after This evehin<v i want You to gc Hifci- ill Put your hat amd co here ?m the stairs amd y<?0 them om and make him tax Vou v.mth him - do you understand? ^ f^~f '< ^ \ HIM ^NOw LISTEN,DANNV VOU CAN'T go WITH DADDY THIS Tl ME - yov GO BACK IN THE HOUSE LIKE A GOOD LITTLE BOY AND DADDY WILL DO SOMETHING NO LIMIT TO SKULDUGGERY The Harrison Case Illustrates How Lawvers Pbv Horse With the Courts When It Suits Their Purpose HAHBERL?IKC TABLETS 0 Columbia, Dec. 12.?One electro- ! cution for December 32. three days before Chrisimas, appears certain. \ F. M. Jeffords, convicted of the murder of J. C. Arnette, Columbia filling station proprietor, who was beaten to death in his Main street j _ place of business one night last! ] ^ May, but Ira Harrison, who was!stated that his apparent state'.'of. FOR CONSTIPATE BILIOUS] Headache INDIGEST1Q] Stomach Troujbie -SOLD EVERYWHERE^ one of Jeffords' partners in crime, will not likely die on the 22nd, the date set for his execution, as his attorney. B. B. Evans, of Columbia, has indicated that he will appeal again and the appeal will auto matically stay the execution. The new appeal will be a new angle in the case. The appeal will be taken from the decision of Judge Mauldin last week, in refus coma was feigned. To the decision; of the court, in refusing to wait," that the man might be Jexamined,-. Mr. Evans says he will appeal. - Harrison's lawyer has ten days in which to serve notice of afppeall. He^, has after that thirty \1 days in which to perfect his appeal, so. . that ere this all transpires, the'date" set for the execution will ha?re-H. passed, and Harrison wfltll hav?>. to ing to grant a motion for post-1 be again sentenced, unless ? some ponement of the sentencing, that a | court decision upsets the verdict of commission of alienists might, in- the first court, which! sentenced vestigate Harrisons sanity. Har- him to suffer the legal punish rison went into an apparent state'ment for the crime which he, on ttf of coma on the day before he was sentenced. He was brought into the court room on a stretch er, and laid on a table, as though unconscious of what was going on around him. he was sentenced to die in the chair on the 22nd- He gave no form of response to the words of the judge, dooming him to death. His lawyer, before the sen tence was pronounced, moved that the sentence be postponed, that Harrison's mental state might be investigated. The judge called! three specialists, prominent Co lumbia doctors, J. Heyward Gibbes, P. E. Payne and R. T. Jennings, the latter the prison physician, 1 who testified^ to ? having examined Harrison in the prison, applying well known tests, and they pro nounced him of sound mind, and the witness stand, confesses having committed. Jeffords*, case has taken no such turn. He appealed directly to the United States supreme court, and that tribunal refused to review the case, thereby closing the defend ant's last door of escape. New safety razor works like lawn mower.* Now we -need clothes brush that works like ' street sweeper. SOME BARGAINS Await you at the great 1-3* Off Sale of ready-to-wear atid hats. Come early an select from Sumter's largest and best stock, i Schwartz Bros. EVERETTTRUE flyConde 6:0o R M# " _3 4Cc Right, mrs T^Oe.^ I'll 7Mt-?C*r IN 6:o5 RM. - ? >v BY ?LLMAN