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The Watchman and Southron Published Wednesday and Satur dny by Osteem, Publishing Company, ^~Sni?ter, S. C. ""Terms: $X00 per aanmu?in advance. Advertisements: One-'Square, first insertion - ?| 1.00 Every subsequent insertion - > .50 : Contracts for-, three months or longer will be made at reduced rates. AH conmxunicationfi which sub serve private interests will oe charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re Bpex^^ttHte charged for. The Surnter Watchman was founded in 1S50 . and the True % Southron in 1868. The Watchman a*wi ^jrthron>"now has the com bf^^d circulation and influence 'of both of the old papers, and, is man ifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter> "'.'? ,, ? ,' THE 100 PER CENT CHRISTMAS " Christmas' plans are Well under way in family and community. It. is beautiful and encouraging to'. note bow many of them are based on the determination that the.un fortunate jshall share with the for - tunate. The world" has been through so much unhappiness in the last few - . - years, and even now there is so much that is disturbing on every hand? that there is the greater rea son for ; making Christmas nhai3i mous and seeing that no heart goes untouched ? by happiness; But this seething which \must be work-1 . *& out and planned for.. It cannot j Ue dfcne .In a day. 1 1 The lime ' intervening between j now and December 23 is short. Civic, ar*? ; private charitable organiza-i ticns will take care of the very j poor and! o? the people in the pub-] Ire institirtions. But between those i shorn lambs and those to whom a ipleasan: Christmas ? comes easily' there is a mighty -host of people ] often overlooked, poor, though not; ov-A-erty-stricken, proud, deserving, j lonely,, shy. Organized charity .is| hot for them. To find them out is; a task of the greatest delicacy, byfc if they are forgotten it "is; not a tOCh per cent .Christmas:' * ?? ? CHRISTMAS MILLIONS Depositors in Christmas- savings clubs in 51000 banks throughout the country received over $190,000, QQ'O before- December 10, according to authentic figures. It is a total so large asrio be conspicuous any-. ? -y, but it-rrs the more noteworthy because it~ represents a wholly in formal savings .move^tent consist ing in the main of very small =Wwxry deposits. While ?J?^money will go back to the depositors for their own use- ; the situation is illuminating. It] rerrre^ents the savings power of| but a small percentage of the cit*-] zens:. It has been~ accumulated hi a year of economic stress, in spite of heavy^-taxes and ordinary- eat5-: pensesr As an indication of whatj any ^national body of systematic ?avexs can do it Is significant. is ? nation which informally ""can h com pliah . such a financial vic tory in such a bad way/for its for mal monetary demands? Need ttj complain about unavoidable war! taxes or ir^Lst 'that govern mental; expenditures essential .to future progfessk-ichd development be. cur tailed unduly? TaJcejhis same savings accumu lation as an example in Europe to be applied to the payment of war debts and reparations. ' Fran?e? has just announced her Inability* even" to discuss paying what she owes-America. Suppose her popu lation of over 40,000,000 people saved three or four dollars apiece per year - for this purpose. It would* pay. the interest Suppose Germany, * with better than 55, 000,000 able-bodied inhabitant*, saved at a little higher rate to retrieve tttje honor of the nation. The main difficulty is to make people .juaywhere see national fl - ? .nancial responsibility in the same light - necessity for giving .i. - > '. _ Christmas presents. DECEMBER BILLS There is a tendency among people who run charge accounts to i lef -slide their December bills,; spending their cash for Christmas festivities and trusting somehow to pay the bills in January. This is; neither fair nor is it good business, j It ,is the movement of money which keeps business going. Hold-! ing up Peter to buy frills from Paul;does not. in the long run, ben- : efit either Peter. Paul or the buyer. The chances are that while Paul is the recipient of a little cash, he t*? going without the payment that James owes him, because Peter; owes it to James and the buyer had not paid Peter. The buyer's 'r'i'. in turn, goes down. The analogy is not so Bfiuch that of an endless chain as of a great river system. The main movement is lakes, river, sea, clouds, rain. ground, rivulets, lakes, river and so all over again. But the system is full of little unexpected brooks and pools and; waterfalls, and people forget, in letting the attention be caught by them, that if they dam up .too many tiny brooks, the great river languishes-and everybody suf fers. 2tfost people mean to be square - .icl honest, but they have not learn ed how t? Sane facts. The fact is, if they want their* own business to be good in January, February and March, they must pay their bills in December. - KINDS OF SHOES The women of the United States wear more than 1,600 different styles of shoes/ according to the "chlerf of the 'division of simplified practice of the Department of Comr merce.' Hundreds of thousands of dollars5 could be saved annually by the standardization of styles 'and of packing containers for shipping them. To any one who has noticed the prevalence of high-heeled pumps a little run over on the side among the f air sex as they?toddle along .th? street, it 'is a little difficult to believe that such great diversity in footgear exists. But' this gen eral adoption of a mode is purely; column'-y standardization. The j tendency of ther sex as a whole to resent all- attempts to enforce uni formity in their apparel will make : reform a slow business. If manufacturers and dealers, and simplified practice experts gen-] I orally can prove to the women that a fair proportion of those saved Hundreds of thousands -'actually wlll be reflected in the retail price Of footgear, the simplification -of styles will be accomplished more easily. ' ft% wort;d withott b"lind?pSS j Blindness wiH be unheard of and j spectacles vanish- from the earth I if people will give intelligent 1[ieed . to the [prevention of blindness. This is the message which Melania Dip-^ inska, a hlind Polish woman phy sician, brings to 1 America. Blind leaders of the blind have been con sidered synonymous with misdi rection since Bible times, but here is one leader, deprived of sight,J proposing to guide those who fol low her straight-into the full day light. Health* of parents is Miss Lip iuska's first requisite, with physical examination compulsory before marriage is permitted, to obviate\ the trahsmisision of diseases tend 1 ing to promote blindness. There must be also immediate care for ?the infant at birth, including' an : examination of the spine and other I parts of the body to insure that all [function cbrrectly from the start, I with no pressure or misplacement I to work havoc. She has found in J her-practice that many cases ofj [lost vision can be traced directly to" uncorrected spinal defects dating 'from birth. Proper diet and ex-j ercise she considers of the utmost, : inlportance, both in the prevention [ of lost 'vision and Its" cure. FIRE DRIIX PAYS .Nine .hundred- school", children marched out of a three-story j jschool building in a minuate and ai j half, the other day, when the fire' signal was given. There was no excitement'and no confusion, they (had done it many times'before. The! only difference on this occasion! was that the building actually was' on fire. This Is a'good example of what can he accomplished where fire drills are made a frequent feature i of school routine. - When the emer gency arose, the established habit controlled the action of teachers jand chHdren. j This isr as it should be.' The ! school needs investigation in which jthe training of pupils for swift,! orderly exit on emergency signal] [ is-neglected. I SIT DOWN AND SIMPJJFY ! Once upon a time there was a woman whose house ran badly be cause she was always getting rat tled. Then a change, came over .. .. t her and her environment. Little j [by little her life-straightened out.' ! her. house became orderly" and herj I days likewise. A friend, likewise : of the nervous type, always behind 'with everything she wanted to do, I asked her secret "It's very simple." said the se ^rcne friend. "In fact, simple is the ; word. When I get all fussed over [the number of things there are'to j do in a day. I just stop everything, ? sit down and simplify. I pick out ! the things that are absolutely hec | essary, and I arrange time for j those first. (Do not forget at this [point, that lime for enough rest of body-and soul to keep your own strength up and your spirit* sweet is one of the cdost necessary.) Then I scrutinize the rest of the planned activities with an eagle eye. If they can be cast off entirely, I do ?.o. I try not so much; to postpone | as to clear out. Postponing is apt to clutter up the future. "The first thing I know, all the necessary things are .done and the c.ay has a margin of pleasantness and peace. It's the unruffled mind that turns the trick. Next time you get yourself into a mess, just stop right "where you are, sit down and simplify." ?.. . ?<> m> m PROGRAM FOR A BETTER WORLD Glenn Franks editor of the Cen tury Magazine, says the" world needs a great spiritual and intel lectual leader to blaze the way to a finer .civilization. He submits these suggestions as to the main things needed: 1. "Political nationalism", ' by which he means, "flag-flapping flapdoodle," must give way td "cul tural nationalism"?intelligent pa triotism; ^without cheapness or arro gance. 2. Along with this'finer,nation* alism of the spirit there must be economic mternationalism. Z. Politics must be "rationaliz ed", with the bonk and catch words eliminated and ' government made scientific and businesslike. 4. Autocratic industry must be made democratic. 5:. Business . must be "liberal ized", the only sound business being sound socially. <x. Education must be practi cal,-making the student "at home in the world". \ 7. Religion must be as much at home in the office as in the ca thedral. 8. The race must be well bred, but without "the eugenics of the barnyard." 'V*Here is a rather large contract, calling indeed for a great leader if the world if is to be converted to it ail at once. But great transi tions are seldom sudden, and a superman may not be essential. The- world is gaining now, in air these directions, in spite of pessi mistic" statements that it is going to the devil. Society as a whole, not led "by one man but urged on gently by ten thousand inconspic uous men and women of insight and faith, may be its' own savior. ? The Kingdom of Heaven, if it ever comes on this earth, may come so gradually and naturally that people will hard L realize its ar-' riyah < y . / . -? ? ?? > ?'??> y TTIE FARMER'S MARKET . Gov. Allen of Kansas is quoted by; a New York newspaper as saying that there Is no prejudice among the farmers of the Middle West against American co-operation with Europe/ in solving Old World prob i'-ms. ' "On the contrary," he says, "the farmers are ready- to give intelli gent consideration to any proposal which President Harding may ad vance to reoptn their foreign mar kets through American help in restoring Europe. Whatever prej udice in favor of isolation may have txfsted two years ago has now dis appeared, and the farmers are re ceptive toward any proposal to help Europe straighten out her affairs."^ This judgment is corroborated by other observers. It seems to be' trie of farmers generally that they are taking an increasing in terest in foreign affairs, as they realize how much their own pros-: perity is bound up with the ability of the foreign market to buy their products. It was tn'i; *act which brought such a favorable reaction to Clem enceau's message?which was, in substance, an appeal for America to joinx In the counsels of Europe for the benefit of both. It is natur al that this attitude of the farm ing population is "reflected^ in creasingly at Washington. IMJIIGRATION REFORM A critic of the present immigra tion law calls attention to anothet case illustrating its crudeness. A few days ago, it appears, a Russian father and mother, who ordinarilyI would be entitled to admittance,' were deported from Ellis Island because their baby happened to have been born in Constantinople, where the father was temporarily doing work for the American Y. M. C. A. The baby, under the law, was arbitrarily classed as "Turk ish", and the Turkish quota hap pened to be filled, though the Rus sian quota was not. Similar cases are said to be occuring right along. "We will never go back to free and unrestricted immigration," says this critic. '"We still insist on strict limitation. But the pro visions of the law must be sound. They must be bas?-d on a thorough understanding of the needs of our country and flexible enough to prevent the cruel and unchristian acts perpetrated "so frequently at" our ports of entry." He also wants careful physical and mental examination-?not in our i ports, but on the other side of the j ocean, so that unfit applicants will j never arrive. President Harding', in his last message, asked for the same thing.- ' . * Everybody who has -studied the question seems to agree that the law should be revised; and made more scientific and less cruel, giv ing us immigrants Of better quality bur not relaxing the basic restric tion that keeps down the quality. The sooner Congress turhs serious attention to this matter, the better Jor the country, CROSSING WINNERS Fooihardiness, carelessness and selfishness cause most of the traffic; accidents. A little jingle now j making, the rounds in the humor: columns of many publications de serves serious attention as a warm ing to the foolhardy. "Here lies one who," for lack of brains; Much time consumed in racing trains To crossings. Now his life is dorr??-?*-: The 7:1? local won. \ j Sooner or later the catastrophe j comes. If none but the guilty suf- j fered, perhaps all the foolhardy; persons might be Hlled of f in time, j leaving a race of careful drivers and self-respecting pedestrians. Shorter Route From the North , ' l *?'' : ? j Proposed Coastal Highway is Reported to Be Meeting With Favor - 1 A despatch from Eden ton to the Virginian Pilet says: ' v A coastful highway- from New York city to resort points in Flor ida, passing through Norfolk, and 200 miles shorter than the present highway system farther inland, is' proposed by- local business men, cooperating with the Edenton' Chamber of Commerce, and- negot iations with other Chambers of Oommerce along the route pro jected will shortly be under way,J with a view to securing the- pav ing, of links in. the system; not al ready hard-surfaced. . $:.;"The road planned would follow j;iie eastern shore of Maryland and Virginia, through Accomac court house and Cape Charles to Norf oik*, and. thence through Elizabeth City* ?nd-Hardford-.to' Edenton. A ferryn fceiryice already in operation herd would furnish transportation con-1 nection with Mackeys; across Albe-; mr-He Sound." ' -From Mackeys, the . ^proposed highway would run through Wash'-I mgton, Jtfew Bern ami Wilmington and thence along the coast of South Carolina into Florit'i. :>. Advocates of > the highway point out that the paving of the North} Carolina segments of the road frorn\ Edenton to the Virginia line isal-j ready contracted :for by the State Highway Commission, and that a; third'. of It is already completed or, under construction. A similar hard surfaced road from. Mackeys to Washington, N. C.,.is projected, and the New Bern-Wilmington link is now being built as a part ;of the proposed highway from , the latter city to Elizabeth Vity via Wihton, N'. C. .. On the Virginia side, steps have' already been taken to build an im proved road from Suffolk .to the North Carolina line seven miles north of South Mills, N. C. Suf folk is connected with Norfolk by j a concrete ? boulevard. Two miles j south of South Mills, a paved road begins which runs to Elizabeth Cit3f. Advocates at the. coastal highway to Florida point out that in another year Edenton will' prob ably be connected with Norfolk by a complete hard-surfaced high way system, and this part of the | proposed road will be completed. The ferry here now operates on a twice-a-day schedule, with boats leaving this city at 8 in the morn ing and 3 in the afternoon. Re turning, the boa: leaves Mackeys j at 9:30 a. m. and 5 p. m. BIGHAM IS TRANSFERRED 3 f. & v.? s ? i . K From Death House to Main Cell Building Columbia, Dec. 18.?Edmund D.| Bigham, of-Pamplico, who hasj been confined, in the death house! at" the State penitentiary here for twenty mpnths, pending his appeal [ from sentence to death for the ki.ll-j ing of his brother, Smiley Bigham,) early in 1920, was transferred to-1 ^lay to the main cell building upon' orders of Col. A. K. Sanders, super intendent of the penitentiary who has announced that hereafter hoj prisoners under death sentence ex-| ce.pt those whose , execution date has been definitely fixed will be kept in the death house. Killeti at St. ^Stephens. Columbia, Dec. 19.?A tele gram received Jiere tonight - tells of the death of D. B. Miller, of Columbia, near St. Stephens, this afternoon, when an automobile in which he was riding was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line train. Mr. Miller was a traveling sales man. The only information avail able was that his automobile had .become, mired in mud and he had been given, a lift with some passers by and it was their car which was struck. No details were given in the telegram and it is not yet known here whether or wot the others were injured. Vice President Coo lidgej Delivers An nual Address a t Banquet of Charles ton. New; .England Charleston, ' Dec. 111.' ?: Calvm Coolldge,' ?vice president of the United States, left tonight for Penn sylvania, after attending the. 103rd anniversary of the New England society* of which he. was the princi pal speaker,". dwelling on New Engjandrs; features. W. D. Melton, president. . of the. Uni versity of I ?South Carolina, Rear Admiral A1-! beri P. Niblack, commandant of thei navy'yard and of the Sixth'naval ' district, and . Walter jB. Wilbur. of] the Charleston bar were other speakers at the dinner, the Rev. William Way, D. D., president of the New Ehgiandf Society, pres'id ing.;- . . Vice President Coolidge arrived early this morning and breakfasted at the residence of .Mr, and Mrs. Waring; P. ; Carringtoh. oh South Battery. .In the forenoon he brief ly addressed the faculty ,and stu dents of the College of Charleston and the boys .and girls of. the Charleston Qrphan house. He was j mformally, jntertained at the nome] of Edward W. Hughes before going I on ?a harbor trip with Admiral NibT lack and others. ? In the early it'i temoon the vi.ce president was Ad-j miral Niblack's guest at luncheon.; The vice-president wasintroduc-! ed by the Rev. William Way, D. D., I president of the New, England so-; ei^ty^t Charleston, as "a. man with a';;fieaft,';big: enough, to'.discern the1 entire nation and. ? man' big enough j td discern its' best interests," this bein(g the. language used in intro-: ducing -Daniel Webster to a like audfehce in'tfiis city- 75 years ago.! '^Mr. -Coolidge's speech was an eulogy ^ of New England principles apdi "at^ieyements. . He reviewed t% early. adventures. of the PH griras; 'described the part they,.had ip^itinnging about democratic goy eriim^ff,. told of their zeal for ed ucation and dwelt at leiigth upon ItK.e. effect which their work, and ideals had exerted,upon the history ;'o??mStfea.and jthe course of free government.,.... ."These men/', the vice president ;tdeclaredr. "were working in all that 'they did toward equality of freedom j-and;religion and government TheyJ Lw^^*'undertaking'to set up those [principles of life and of action that l ave- resulted in self government .and in a- recoghit* m of the -.sover 'eignty of the people. ' # j L .The development of the' charac teristic institutions of New Engr land : was traced by Mr. Coolidge step by step, first religion, then ed-. uca&'on.. then. th e humanities, then I in'dqstry; dnd commerce, then phil anthropy. He . declared that the Now .Englanders had been pioneers J always,, called the roll of "her great j sons W prove' this in first one field' of .endeavor and then another. | ?Jd Spirit Goes Oh. j "The old spirit," he declared, "is still going on, still making' its con-1 tribution to the welfare of the world and still in existence, in those six little states?states not great j in territory but great , in the in-j fluence they have wielded, and in the institutions they have establish ed great beyond any territory on the face ?if the earth." ' ' The. development of ideals fixes the standard of living and "forms; the foundation cn which , ciyiliza-j tion rests," Mr. Coolidge told stu 'dents of t?ie.College of Charleston.] He. spoke briefly at the chapel of! the college. . , "I never stand in the presecne of a student body," the vice president told the students, "without wishing to congratulate them on the great opportunities which, lie before the young manhood and womanhood ?f our country who attend the insti tutions* of liberal culture." "Tp learn to think," he added, "is one of the chief ends of train ing and education and it is a prac-| tical end. Nothing is more prac-| tical." The vice president advised studs of history as a means toward un derstanding of the government. Leaving the college the ' vice president went to the Charleston Orphans' house, where he made a| brief; talk, and then for a tour of the city and harbor. In commenting. on the necessity | for absorbing the proper ideals, J the vice president stated that the development of ideals "fixes durj standard of living, and forms the foundation on which civilization rests.'V ; , Mr. Collidge advised the students to read and study the. classics, "the standards of thought" of *any lan guages. . ^The opportunity , in a college to cultivate the classics is an inesti mable- privilege, he stated, the privilege of "laying your minds against the great minds that influ enced thought in theirs and suc ceeding ages." The importance of studying his tory was also stressed by the speak-; ers. It is through the study ot history, he stated, that one will become familiar with how our government was started, and what ; was 'its foundation. It will bring abpu'nt better appreciation of ourj form of government, a government which the. people should support.! seeing however, that it functions! properly, administers justice im-j partially, and furnishes stability and order in society?for stability and or^r :ire the first laws of civiliza tion. - Jn cloring his address the vice: I '"' ? . . ' ' . ? '-'? ?? / ??: president said that in speaking to I student, bodies in various* parts of the land he had^.corne to realize that there was. coming down .from the. higher .. institutions or learning sufficient moral and intellectual strength to maintain our ^civiliza tion. ? ? ?. Tobacco "Co-op" * Dir^tors Meet First Year's Operations ? of Marketing Association Sat isfactory Beyond Expec vf:: tations Raleigh, N. C.; De?. 1^?Some 23 men selected ironrT 60,000 organ ized farmers of the^ Carolinas and Virginia, or named by the govern ors of three states, today reviewed their first yearns work and found it good.. A year ago they were among the thousands of farmers who had strked,; their crops for five years on ? trial of orderly marketing.' To day they are directing the largest grower cooperative of America with over 80,000 members. "Less" than a year ago, without funds, without warehouses, without tobacco other than the contracts of their members, these farmer di rectors were entrusted with" the gigantic task', of organizing tho second largest agricultural indusV try of their states.' Today they manage the business of the ma ! jority of "tobacco growers in the world's richest .tobacco belt. They control a 'majority of the" v/are hj^uses in three states. They are disbursing miih'ons1 of dollars to make second cash payments, while tobacco continues to pour into their cooperative floors as the member growers of 'the Old Reit Kasten to make, deliveries which will insure the doubling of their first receipts early .in the new year. At today's meeting the" directors determined to > maqe a third pay ment to the member growers of South. Carolina who" have already received: more money from their j own organization f/>r this year's 'crop than for-their entire offerings !of 1921. According to the directors ? this third payment will be prepar fed as pfomply as possible follow |ihg the distribution of checks to [-member of the association through put ihe' Old Belt, date to be an nounced at January meeting of the Board." Over 15[000. checks have . now reached the cooperative warehouses Of 'Eastern North Carolina. To morrow will be a gala day" for the members of the association in Eas tern" 'Carolina, whose first receipts I will be doubled when they present the participation. receipts with which they were advised, by those ! opposing their organization to light I their cigarettes. According to the announcement ? of the directors at today's meeting the members ot the association at all. points are in structed to hold these participation rreceipts for a third and .probably a fourth payment from $ates of the millions of .pounds which are reaching the. . association centers weekly. . ?? *?? . Fire Pepartment Banquet Annual Supper of Firemen Held at Claremoht Hotel The annual banquet .of the Sumter Fire Department was held at Hotel Claremont" last night and was a 'delightful occasion all the way through, the bill of fare being one of the best that this hotel is famous for and the service excel lent. Roast turkey heading the list in abundance and other sub stantfals and' delicacies to match. At 7:45 o'clock the. firemen and their invited guests assembled at fire department headquarters on North Harvin street and headed by Fire Chief. R.. E. Wilder they all boarded two of the big fire fight ling trucks and rode to the hotel where the. trucks were parked un til after , the feast when all rode back again to the headquarters where a song service "was put on, [cigars and cigarettes passed around land the boys enjoyed an hour of social pleasure. Owing to the ne cessity of firemen being' "on the job" every minute of the night j Chief Wilder did not permit time at ihe banquet for any speech I making, and told" the firemen and their guests they could do their I talking at the fire department head quarters. It was a sou roe'of much regret that Captain A. W^ Suder, the //grand daddy" of the Sumter fire department, who was invited I to be there, was unable to attend j owing to illness. Mr. E. I. Rear jdon, one of the "old guard" fire men was accorded the honor of ! being for the occasion "acting [grand daddy" of the Sumter fire de jpar'tmenf and occupied Captain , Suder's accustomed seat at the !head of the table. Those present of the fire depart iment were Messrs. David Cuttino, j Smith Bagntl. Black McBride, S. W. McBride, M. L. Brown, T. C ? Jones, Horace Bradford, J. L. I Nunnamaker, L. C. McCollou.qh. |W. H. Gaston. Dick Gallagher, Ol lie H. McKagen, Little Ollie H. McKagen, the mascot of the Sum ter fire department attended the i supper and his appetite matched j up with any of the older firemen 'and he kept wideawake all of the J time. He came nearest of all to j making a speech despite Chief Iwilder's orders to the contrary. ! The invited guests were Messrs. I Patrick J. Gallagher- K. I. Rear i don. Eugene Chandler, G. R. ilVloon, Dick Chandler. I -_ I WANTED?Several small tracts of i good pine timber from 1-4 to 5 million feet. We also pay cash for No. 1 pine logs 14 inches and up in diameter delivered to our new hand mill at Denmark, S. C. The Zjckgraf Comnany, Denmark, S. C. r Piles Can Be Cured -? ^ (Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding) Many sufierer^have been made wry happy over the results obtained from the use of PAZO OINTMENT--60C at any Drug Store, v. (F???w the 'Directions <&refoliy>>; y 1>'; t i ? - ? -- ??- ? : > r CottonAssocfettott Gains Members More Than One Hundred Con-, tracts Received-This Month Columbia, .,Pecv . 21f. rr-:W~ Tolbert Heard ?i. By Committee Developments Not Favorable to South Carolinian Washington, Dec. 20>?^-Republi-l5 can National Committeeman Joseph . Co'ggshall of Darlington, one of'thje W. Tolbert" appeared before a sub- best known planters and business.?; {committee of the judiciary com- [ men .of the Pee Dee section of the mittee of the Senate today to an- ? state;' today'' signed'" the' mark'ting swer charges made by Senator Dial' contract of theSouth. Carolina Col and others against his .eligibility'ton Growers* Cooperative' Ass?cia- '~i for the. position of marshal, of the tion. Mr. CoggshaH turned over .'; western federal district of South ?' to the association a very; Iarglejlol Carolina, for which he has been | of'old cotton. Eef?re affixing'*hi# ; three times . nominated by Pre si- signature to. the contract be , hand ' dent Harding without action by the!made a careful study, of the operf. ' !Senate. Today's developments were? ations of the assoeiatidnv and".ha? not favorable to the nominee. !convinced himself . that it '#as ; Tolbert denied most of the'functioning to the benefit \of' its charges against him. The matter j members. " y r. of >hi& corrviction of his misuse of | D- T- McKeithan. Jr.. of Darting- " federal funds a number of years ton, aLso ha3 signed the. contract .' ago he explains with the statement and today turned over to the as;-.; that he used stamps to pay the sociation 252 bales of. cotton'. Iff. rent of the pbstoffice of .which McKeithan is aLso a large planter, : he was postmaster*the money being an<* after; watching the operationa owed by the government anyhow,! <* association is a strong yg~ . and the offense being a .nominal" Wovor init. V ?> . . . " . one arid' 'so recognized by the! deliveries to the associsJion:con court which let him- off with V.tinue ^ood despite the fact" that the ... fine of $50. ; season,is now very far advanced.; : Two witnesses, f. G. Harris and 'Muc>. o3d cotton is being turned j'J. P. Gray, appeared under sum-'over to the organization.. fej&y*); I mons before the sub-committee to letter received today from ? ! testify as to an alleged transaction Brothers of Latta, they staled"Jhat^.1 li'n conection with the postmaster- they had turned over 4f hales.of . jship at Woodruff. Harris, who was fId c*ton because "we are so anx-. ; ;an unsuccessful candidate for the. ^us t0 *ee th*. association a com ioffice; and Gray his relative tes-i^i^ff55' _> . Itlfied that $200 was put into a Frqm I^urens toda^came-. <he,; hotel, safe here for Tolbert by Gray ?c* ?* .Harris, o?gmy ? as Harris' representative: When ??^n% 'ot*h?' m^ *U<*!?^ Harris failed to land the job, it "^1' ^ -*?>^ ?' Ws testified he made several.de- ?Z^ZS^ , - Imands for the return of the mon'ey *We^:?Ve ^tracts sent;i^ by W. v >and finally recover^ ^j^^c^o^V ne^ denied all of this saying that ^he; have" already been" had not taken any money^or talked ^m. ^ J'lfecfem^ " about taking any money from any- CQ frQm : - ggv jbody in connection wnth the office'^ would inmcate very Wenerit V either directly or indirectly satisfaction with the operations of ' Senator Dial is understood^ to ti>e association," said^ H. G. -^Ka have made a terrific attack on Tot- [ bert'at today's hearing. No action! was taken by the sub-committee, which oontinued the^ matter. When marking up a price tag, al ia wys be sure the person who re ;ceives the gift will not exchange it miner,' president, - today. ? ? ? ? ? Dr. Barker Phampbletg. Those who ordered pamphle^; . when Dr. Parker "lectured here last' ? week may obtain them by'.caLBing on Mr. S. L. Roddey, at' Ritey & ?p., . [. Wine, women and song!, -De--;' office'at 123 South Main Street^? * ceased trinity. r- The. wine is gone^ and one can't sing, and the women-] ' are in politics. ! The housing problem wouldn't be so. difficult j_f the. people would j attend the movies in shifts. Roddey has: a few^xtra^ jcepies \ot'^ the pamphlets and those w?o oUd . not place an order can ofeta/h copr * .Don't forget and give an ^Jng;lish'- - man Irish linen handkerchiefs. V : . . - - .. -~ . ?? J?*? _ 1 .'"11 'J. .:; THE TO PLANT SPTOtf 11 ; :- SEE H/:A^;:^y^;;j:;U At Sumter Canning Cq/s .Office t In regard to Seed and Contracts for Spinach, Beans, * and Tomatoes. Spinach Seed arrived today. Advise to plant as soon as weather permits. : We are also getting in several thousand Fig Trees/ Celestial Variety. The best fig grown for canning or preserving, which we are selling whBe they lakt. at ^20.00 per hundred or 25c each, ik^k^s lOOi t^ , plant an acre. Why not start a fig orchard? . We found a wonderful demand for canned Carolina; ;< Figs. Ask us about them. ^ B .- -?: ? , '- ?? ? ? , , CONSIDERATION Our large Capital Stock "and -Surplus indicate our Ability. Large Loans and Discounts?Our Liberality. f * Large Deposits?the Peoples* Satisfaction with our Service W' and Confidence in our Protection. I1*-4 We offer you our Service and Protection and want yotir Account The National Bank of South Carolina i The Bank With the Chime Clpcfc. , C. G. Rowland, Pres. Earie Rowland, Cashier S TEN YEARS HENCE WILL YOU BE PROSPERING in BUSINESS or LOOKING FOR A JOB ? IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE STARTED TO SAVE.-. First National Bank of Sumter Plow your cotton stalks in now*