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, The Sumter Watchman was
founded in -and the True
??m&s??i in IS66. . The Watchman
?u& Southron now has the com
bined circulation and influence of
fco&h of the old papers, and is ?na?
ifesriy the best advertising medium
ro Sumter. ? - . -.
SALOON BUSINESS AT SEA
. I: has been common5 knowledge
?9T ?s?st, the fact was never
concealed?that" liquor was sold on
American ships outside of the
thrt^mile line where the open sea
begins. Those who knew it mostly
took the situation as a matter of
c curse, - and the Shipping Board
diu net think it necessary to shout
the truth front the housetops. "The
~oper. sea is international, and.
-American ships are competing
there with' the shi^s of other na
tiers in k frenzied effort to make
tlpIS euds meet, and the ships un
der other flags carry and dispense
i.oucr. and: passengers gladly? buy
5t. and the profit helps to reduce
tier'.cirs. Bu< now that it has be
czise ? hctly debated issue, it is
Ipupossi'cle icr anybody to dodge
the truth about the matter.
-The truth is, as most people
seem" to see it, that it is unjust dis
\*rix&inati?n to let liquor be sold
.- >:rlr-r the American flag at sea
;.';:c;u k- Cannot be sold legally uht
e'er that flag ashore: also that the
?Lloon business is not' exactly a
nice business for the United States
government to be engaged in.
ABTIXTCIAX BREATHEVG..
" The Safety Institute of America
wants the "prone pressure" system
of artificial breathing taught in the
pufeiic schools. It is the best
?jftactical method known for reiv
ing "victims of drowning, suffoca
ties or electrocution, if they have
any life left in their ' bodies.
&ow1?dge of it is especially desir
>le at this time of year, because
bi 'the large number of drowning
case?. ?
The principle is simple. The vic
tim, is placed on his stomach, with
his mouth open and free for the
passage of air. then there is'Tegu
lar pressure and withdrawal Of
pressure oh the ? small ~ Of ?'the vic
tim's back about as rapidly as
' normal breathing.
The rescuer straddles the pa
tient's hips, with his own knees
just below the patient's hip bones.
H&. places the palms of his hands
on' the small of the patient's back*
with his little fingers just' touching
the T?wesf rib!?. With arms held
straight?' he leans "forward gently
but firmly, forcing the weight of his
body gradually *!on the patient's
t-ack, 'and then slowly withdrawing
his pressure taking .? four or five
seconds for the downward and up
ward movement combined: This i
should be continued until natural!
breathing begins, and Resumed if j
the jaatncai breathing stops again.
"Patience is required. Sometimes j
anv apparent miracle will occur;;
and' iife reappear/ after a victim j
bus been seemingly dead fcr half j
as h??'r or more.
SEEING THE ELEPHANT.
Human nature is a funny thing.
It has to see the elephant. Then
ii goes home satisfied, and seldom
cares whether or not it sees him
again. The band may play, the
tclown may do all his funnv tricks,
the lady may jump through the
rings, the ponies may vaunt their
cleverness. The elephant, per
haps j?st ambles slowly and with
ungainly tread around the ring
af?d out again. But the elephant
completes the show.
Does this not explain much of
the wild oats sown by young folks
of both sexes in the past few years?
8b women reaily enjoy smoking?
A few acquire the habit. But of
the many who try it do not most
seen stop? Thev have seen the
elephant. They have proved their
7 ability to be wild; why bother fur
ther?
Is not the same true of the
risque shows? The first ones were
:~Id of with bated breath. Every
one wanted to see how bad they,
were. Worse ones appeared.
Everyone wanted to know how bad
a show really could be. They at
tracted while the novelty lasted.
But after everybody had "seen the
elfphant" they came to the con
crurfon that they didn't care to
j watch him wa'ddle art.und ilie riftg]
j forever. $ Tney ? wau* od a little
wholesome drama in their'shows,
. a little* real thiisic in their- operas,
i The same was true of ??petting".
i Evervbodv wanted to know just
t . "
: how sloppy the other could he. In
js?fiie cases these experiments end
| ed disastrously. In others they
? merely caused the natural revul
jsion of sound youth against silly
! sentimentalism. Petting lived its
! ;addish Hfp"ohi and" is *now oh the
I wane.- It's no Inoger smart to pet.
j Speeding has more of- a lure. But j
{even speeding ;is becoming mod-j
j erated. Having found out what it]
j-felt like to push'the-old car to her j
jlimit, the disadvantages of if' j
I nervous tension begin to contrast |
I j
j^rifarorably with ' the comfort Of j
[driving easily.
I . American life has sunk into no j
j hopeless morass. The American,!
j with his customary pep, insists up
; on seeing the whole show, includ
ing f he - elephant. Having seen
Shim, he goes home and goes ro
? work as usual.
AMNESTY FOIfr SOVIET PRIS- j
" ? OXER'S
I. &mi4 ?!
! Russians, and friends of the!
I Soviet system- at that, are com- j
j plaining because the Russian g?v- S
ernment puts citizens in jail and j
keeps them there for expressing
ufipleasanf opinions about that i
j same government.
! It appears that in the glorious j
'freedom of Soviet Russia, there is j
[ freedom of speech and press and j
[assembly jusr as far 'as the' written j
i and spoken 'word and : Concerted j
' action are favorable to the system j
j established by Lehine. Any ut- j
jterahce criticising the policies or
acts of the Red dictator and his
select groups of counsellors is just
?s much lese-majesty as was ever
' the case in Cza'rist Russia or Bour--)
! ? i
j bon France or Hohenzoilerji Ger-i
j many.
!' The New Tork World, observing
j this-example' of the liberty that
i the Soviet" regime has brought to
j the Russian"people, delicately sug
i gests that American friends of that
I-regime,: led by Eugene V. Debs,
* might' start a movement to obtain
ploitical amnesty for Russian pris
oners. '-*-?
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TO CONTROL FLYERS
Secretary of War Weeks should j
have strong support from the pub- J
lie, as well as from the President I
to whom he has' appealed, in hisj
I efforts to hasten the federal con
I trol of aviatidft. '
j There' is coritrol now of the army
j and navy aviators, by their respec- j
itiYe departments, but there is noj
ijurisdiction over civilian flyers and}
?; ?". - ...... 1
I there are no rules for their con- i
idnct. Both are sought in a bili:
? pending hi Congress for the ere- j
! alien of a bureau of aeronautics I
j I
! within the Department of Com-;
hherce. The ? bureau would est ab- |
; lish rules for the air, license pilots j
j and exercise supervision'.over all j
[civilian flying. This measure is j
'stuck in the legislative jam, and:
j there is little prospect of its early j
! enactment unless the President or
i the public, or both together, insist I
[strongly on its passage.
The United * States has been!
strangely slotf in taking such ac- j
tion. Nearly all European coun-;
Itries of any importance in aviation J
[have already established the nece's-j
jsary control.
THE DIAZ REVOLT
There is news from Mexico again '
j of the old, familiar' sort. A rebel j
? - "t ?. . }
j movement is afoot. Gen. Felix !
; Dias, nephew of the President j
i Diaz who'was ousted when this!
[interminable "Series of revolutions j
I began is in Guatemala, just beyond |
the border, and is expected to I
(move into southern Mexico and;
! put himself at the head of an J
?army of 15.000 soldiers and a lot)
of generals. One of his loyal \
! henchmen is Gen. Carlos Green, i"
1 _ J . , .
;deposed governor of Tabasco, who,
j ought to add pep to the under- j
I taking.
This may mean fighting and ;
; counter-revolution, with the oust-]
jihg of President Ohregon; and j
[again, it may not. Americans are;
?not likely to be greatlv impressed
[by this latest enterprise of the!
j doughty Felix. It ? but the last:
of many attempted coups nn hisj
part. Mexico is quite accustomed;
[to the pretensions of this little I
! nephew of a big man. Felix's mil- !
iitary pranks so far have been tol-;
ierated rather good-naturedly. But
;the aspiring young: man had bet-1
jter be careful, and not take him-]
j self too seriously . Otherwise he :
? may find himself, one of these
i fine days, shot at sunrise against i
: an adobe wall or given the ley de |
? f uega.
I ? ? ?
The youngsters can't see much
I difference between '"senescence"
land "3ans sense." J
CROWING WEALTH.
r, r ?- ?i_ r ) '?
(By John A. Murk In. Director
Publicity. Southern Packing Cor
poration, ?rangeb?rg. S. O.) v
The farmer who has 10 to 100
good hogs on his farm at this
time, should feel mighty proud of
the fact as they arc growing into
money every day. The hog always
puts a bigger smile on the farmer's
face than, any other product from
a farm because he knows he al
ways has a ready-market at a good
price for his product;1^ Hogs have
saved many a farm by ? paying
taxes, interest and have kept it
running. The farmer who stays
by the brood sow y?u- in and year
out and gives the business thought
ful attention has no cause to wor
-r.y. . v i
.; The one feature of the great
swine business, most oustanding is;
the noticeable fact that good sireis |
have been the greatest means , of I
progress , in any of the several j
prominent breeds. Under any con- I
ditions a good sire is.half of the!
herd and a poor sire is all the herd.!
(The poor sire will affect every lit
ter unfavorably to some extent
no matter how good the dam.)
The good sire is essential even with
good sows for the best results in
mating.
During the last few weeks the
breeders have been very' busy get
ting their show herds ready for
the shows this fall. They have,
watched their hogs at every feed-i
ing and.have wondered which one
would bring home the bacon from
the fair. The beginner in the show
ring shouldr't be discouraged if
he doesn't , win a prize. He should
not be disa ppointed by this, but
should consider that the advertis
ing that his herd received while at
the 'show was a great advancement
to- his herd. The greatest sport in
showing is when you are defeated
to go home with determination
xhai you will not be defeated an
other year. That word "determi
nation" has spellecl success for
many of our big breeders of today.
Farm Demonstration Agent L. S.
Wolfe, at the big farmers' meeting
held this week at the Southern
Packing Corporation's plant at
Orangeburg. S. C, stressed the'im
portance of raising hogs in ; South
Carolina, and cautioned the farmer
not to use peanuts as a hog feed be
cause hard hogs, the kind the pack
er wants, can not be grown on
peanuts. * j
The ultimate end of the "pork
er" is the pork barrel- Regard-1
less o- his lineage, regardless of!
blue ribbons he may carry, . &nd j
the aristocratic blood that mn-yj
course through his veins, in the!
e^rid he is apt to meet a tragic
death and his carcass go to fill rthe
larder of a hungry world.,
Granting that the preceding
statements are true, then the fol'
lowing ones become equally true:
that the .??"?v'fnate aim of the pure
bred breeder should be to produce
a type of hogs with fhe breeding
back of it that will --ost economi
cally convert- raw products of the
farm into the finished article, ready
for the pork barrel. I say breeding ?
back of the type' because e^rery
breeder knows that he has in his
herd certain blood lines, or certain j
individuals which produce uniform-j
Jy largo, strong, even litters of pigs!
that.will go into the feed lot and
make hogs of themselves in less
time and more economically than
other pigs of the same age, and
under the same identical conditions.
Too often we lose sight of this im-,
portant factor in our consideration
of pedigree.
Just now. when we are down to
rock bottom in all lines of busi
ness, is an opportune time for the
breeder to thoughtfully and se.i
riously Size up his herd and ask |
himself these questions: "Am I
producing hogs that will go into
the feed lot a,nd outfeed my neigh
bors grades or cross-breeds?"
"Will my purebreds reach a mar
ketable age on less feed and sell |
for more dollars per hundred j
pounds than his? "If these .ques
tions cannot be answered in the af- j
firtnaiive, the breeder is not doing j
a service to his community and be- j
come:s a real detriment to the ad- j
vancement of his breed. And the!
business that does notser\-e, wheth- j
er it be raising hogs or selling
shoes, must ultimately fail. We i
must produce the hog the feeder j
wants, the hog the packer wants. I
Not the all legs, fish back, slim
bodied, rarsor back, extreme type,
but the strong backed, deep sidea*,
active, smooth, well-boned type j
with well sprung rib, deep wide'
chest, and strong heart girth.
With such type, good breeds of- hogs
will easily retain the supremacy in
the feed lot and be acclaimed as
the mortgage lift er-of the farms.
There has been a radical change ,?
in the character of hogs produced j
in the Southeast during the< past
few years. Cood breeding and
conformation is showing itself in
every section. Most of the hogs
are well finished, and the quality
of meat has been vastly improved, j
The farmers are rapidly passing up j
old time methods, and going at the !
business in the right way. The'
Southeast is destined to become the
greatest hog producing section of {
the Cnioii. because farmers in this
section can produce hogs cheaper
titan they can be produced in any
other part <>f the country. Climatic
conditions, inexpensive houses, and
cheap lands make it possible for
the hog industry to become one of
the biggest assets of the South>
east. It has been Said that the
hog is the "farmer's gem" and the
farmers are rapidly realizing that
tin* is imp. Raising good hogs
should br> the ambition of every
farming com hi unity.
The Southeast is making gr?>ar
progress toward the production of
feed crops, necessary to maintain
the livestock herds, which are
rapidly becoming a big part of the
farmers' business in this section.
It is not necessary tor the farmers
to worn" about the boll weevil or
anything else, just so long as they
[can grow an abundance of corn j
and i'orage erops sufficient for a1i
the hogs, .cattle and sheep they j
| can raise. The farm without hogs j
(and livestock is lacking In one of.
| the most essential money making, j
| links of the chain of industry be-!
longing to the farm. To deprive the |
| farm of good livestock is a business 1
i mistake of any farmer, which the |
'year's receipts will show.
It is a good profitable business |
transaction to have every farm j
carr>* a good stock of good pork ;
producing hogs, raised and devel-1
oped on the farm. This does not}
mean to exclude other livestock, at i
the same time there is no other
farm animal that will make the |
annual increase as rapidly as the I
hog. Hence, the hog is the farm- j
er's most valuable cash producer j
on the farm today.
_ !
Now comes the report from fed- j
eral investigators that, in addi- !
tion to milk. eggs, vegetables, and I
the other foods which have been ;
announced vitamin-bearers, thatf
pork is relatively rich in vitamins. \
The same is true but to a iess de-;
gree of beef, veal, mutton and
Iamb. Meat is one of the most im- j
portant foods, and it may give!
some satisfaction to know that we i
are ? consuming such valuable nu- \
tritional elements when we enjoy j
our delectable chops, steaks, and i
roasts;
There is no country today where
the swine get as pure and health
generating feed as in the United
States. ? The best and cleanest
grains, wheat. - shorts, middlings,
corn meal/alfalfa, and clover hay
and the sweetest of pastures, are
fed them: also charcoal, clean j
ashes and lime, all of a character j
to insure the production of thei
highest quality of meat. '? j
" The opportunity of every town [
Jies in the surrounding eountn'. j
The country can get along without j
the town, but r.o town will be pros- j
peroiis where the land is poor.:
There is but one permanent town i
or city builder, and that road leads
to the country. "When the harvest-]
fields smile, the town is happy.]
Corn, wheat, pork, cattle, poultry, \
these are the builders of great j
towns ? and cities. Former Secre- j
tary Houston, of the United States j
Department of Agriculture, in one
of his reports said: "We have been-;
so bent on building up great in- j
dust rial oente'rs?that we have:
overlooked the very foundation of j
our industrial - existence?AGRI- |
CULTURE.
Southern Shopmen j
Stand Fast at Spencer
None of the Seventeen Hun-j
dred; Strikers Have Re-!
turned to Work !
Salisbury, X. C Aug. 24.?Strik
fag shopmen of the Southern rail-:
way at> Spencer are standing pati
ifor a national agreement, and not;
a man of-the 1.700 who left the'
shops on July 1, has left the ranks!
of the strikers, according to om- j
cials of the-unions involved.
Picket work goes, on Unabated, j
though most of the clubs carried j
by the pickets a few days ago!
haVe disappeared. Meanwhile the;
j shops are running full time and j
'new recruits are being received!
!daily, a .contingent having arrived!
I today. The railway officials claim j
!their position is growing stronger
daily, and that the shops, are j
I rapidly filling with new men. While j
trains are somewhat delayed, inj
i some instances several hours, the |
movement holds up well and mails'
are making good time, according j
to railroad officials.
Officials of Central Methodist!
Ichurch. of which the Rev. T. P. j
Jimison is pastor-today wrote aj
letter to CoL Don Scott, in com- j
mand of the eight companies of j
troops here, thanking him for hisj
offer oft military guard to be placed]
at the home of the minister, but
advising him that troops will not be
needed for this purpose. The offi- j
cers of the church Tuesday night
placed a number of guards at their!
pastor's home, following receipt of j
threatening letters and the attack j
made upon the preacher by John !
Sloop, postal clerk. Monday.
Colonel Scott issued a statement j
today assuming full responsibility!
for placing troops on guard duty j
here and at the Spencer shops
Monday night and saying that the I
guard was not required either by j
railway officials or by union lead-j
ers- "I considered I had informa-!
tion enough at hand to order the j
troops." said Colonel Scott's j
statement. "Xeither Mr. Ellis:
(president of the State Federation j
of Labor) nor the Southern rail-!
way requested that troops be sent." j
The troops were withdrawn from;
guard duty in Spencer Tuesday at;
the Southern's request.
Seven companies of guardsmen j
are encamped three miles from 1
Speh<ver, while one company re- i
mains oh guard duty in Salisbury j
at the Southern passenger station;
and at the postotfice where Sloop'
is emi?oyed.
?
A Texas man walked 800 miles to j
marry a widow?but Texas is a
vast stretch of depopulated dreari- !
ness in spots and widows are
mighty scarce there?San Francis-!
co Chronicle. I
'?Some of our mos" influential;
people." said Uncle Eben, "pays too j
much attention to landscape gar- \
denin' an' not enough to gettin'!
rid o' de grade crossings."?Wash- j
ington Star.
m <+> -i?
Iii several southern states fish
are. being turned loose to eat mos-!
quitoes. Poor fish.
The only thing you can say for ?
the present state of chaos is that
it may make us a nation Of good ;
marksmen.
??
Two reasons cur young people j
seem worse are rubber heels.
COLUMBIA
FORECAST OF
THE PRIMARY
Second Race Between
McLeod and Blease
i s Generally Pre
dicted ? Superin
tendent of Educa
tion in Do?bt
Columbia. Aug. 28.?A second
race between Thos. G. McLeod, of
Eishopville, and Former Governor
Cole L. Blease candidates for gov
ernor, is the general prediction
among political observers here on
the, eve of the primary election of
Tuesday. Interest in tomorrow's
contest is keen and the heaviest
vote the state ever knew is ex
pected. The addition of the wo
men's votes is expected to largely
add to the ballot total.
In the governor's race'there are
three candidates who are expected
to poll heavy votes, McLeod. Ble?se"
and Senator Laney. Laney is gen
erally expected to stand third in
strength. There is much discus
sion' of Blease's strength. It is
generally predicted that he will
poll his entire strength in the
first race. In the second, if there
is a second, the combined opposi
tion, is expected to be largely
against Blease.
Some observers predict, a heavy
vote for the former governor;
others do not expect him to show
anything like his old-time ' vote
pulling power.
Second in interest among, the
state candidates is the race for
superintendent of education, with
varied predictions as to the out
come. Many expect .one of the
women candidates to win while
others prophesy the re-election of
State Superintendent Swearingen.
A second race for this office is ex
pected, with the wise ones pre
dicting that Swearingen and Mrs. I
Drake will be the fun-over candi-.
dates.
Another race in which there is
considerable interest is" that for:
attorney general. Attorney Gen
erar Wolfe'is w;earing a black ring]
around his eye, as the result of the
fight at a recent campaign meet-j
ing in the Piedmont, inflicted by!
D. M. Winter, after the attorney
general had resented forcefully!
charges of irregularity against his j
administration. Mr. Wolfe's re-:
election on- his record is freely j
predicted.
Observers who have watched thej
campaign closely and who know)
the state's political situation pre>j
diet also the re-election of -Wij
Banks Dove as secretary of St?t?
and the re-election of Walter rt.,
Duncan as comptroller general* I
The re-election of B. Harris as]
commissioner of agriculture . 'is j
predicted by the same forecasters.
?There is much uncertainty as to the !
outcome Of the races for lieutenant j
governor, and adjutant and in-j
spector general.- State Treasurer i
Carter is unopposed. ? !
> - ? ??&*. '
Columbia. Aug/ 28.?Twenty-!
eight life insurance claims for!
over $10,000 were paid in South!
Carolina last year, The largest
was to the beneficiaries of insur
ance held by Ira B. Bunlap*. of
Rock Hill, amounting to $33.G0O.
The others were: D. S. Henderson,]
Aiken, $16,934; Fleming Charons,
Allendale. $10.000; Lee G. Holle-j
man ''Anderson; $19,382; Davis B; j
Rawl, Batesburg, $19,062: Jas. A.
Inlow. Batesburg, $10.000; W. M. i
Shannon, Camden. $10.000: L. J.
Welch, Carlisle, $10.000; of Char
leston, Willi?m B. Whaley, $15,
346; W. H. Shingler, $15,000; R. L*
Clement. $12,000; of Columbia,
James McCutcheon, $10.000, and
John L. Mimhaugh. $10.000; H; K.
Upham. Florence, $10.000; P. W.
Rullivan. Hohen Path, $12,500:
Geo. S. Mower, Newberry, $13,-]
OflO; L. C. Lipscomb. Ninety-Six,
$15,000; Jas. ? M: Cherry, Rock
Hill. $20,000: H. A. Raysor, St.
Matthews. $17.001: Max Cohen.
Suthter. $12:678: Jas. H. Fant,
Union. jlO.000; R. R. Jeter, Whit
mire. $27.905; places hot given,!
M, M. Platt, $16,669; W. W. Dfes
Champs, $15.000: J. R.? Smith,
$10.312. and C. E. Spencer, $10,
000.
These figures were made public
in Columbia today by the Insur
ance Press, a New York insurance
journal.
REPLIES TO
TEXAS CHARGE
Dallas. Texas, Aug. 24.?A mes- j
sage from former President Wood- {
row Wilson, denying charges that I
he . "handed out to Catholics 85
per cent, of the offices while he
whs president," has been received
here by R. C. Merritt. local at- j
torney. The charge was made by
the Rev. A. C. Parker, admitted
cycl?ps of the local Ku Klux Klan,
in a -political speech last Tuesday j
night.
"You don't know that the great j
unsuspecting Woodrow Wilson)
handed nut to Catholics 85 per;
cent. Of the offices while he was i
president, do you?" the Rev. Mr. j
Parker said.
Shortly after Mr. Parker's !
speech. Mr. Merritt wired the for- j
mer president, asking if the state- j
ment was true:
The text of Mr. Wilson's reply
follows:
"Of course, the statement is
grossly false. I thought it incon
sistent with the principles of our
government to consider the church
collections of any one appointed to
office."
It was signed "Woodrow Wil
son."
! IS STARTED
IN MEXICO
j -
Gen. Murguia Steps
Over the Border
From Texas to "Be
gin C ampaign
Against Obre^on
I San Antonio. Texas. August 27?
i Reports that Gen. Francisco Mur
jguia, former Carranzista general
: in the Mexican army, with a. band
of officers including Gen. Candh?o
? Aguilar,- son-in-law of the late
President Carranza, had left this
city last Wednesday, crossed the
Rio Grande at a point below
Brownsville and were met on the
Mexican side of the fiver by a" band
of more than 580 "-revolutionists,
were confirmed today by Mrs. Fran
cesco Murguia. wife.Of the general
at the home of the general in this
city. ? Another band ' cooperating
with Murguia crossed, it is said,
near Laredo.
4-I know .that they left-here and
have crossed hte river. I have
received a icken''from my husband
since that fells me he is in Mexico
and is well," said Mrs. Marguia. '
? Mrs. Murguia tonight also con
firmed the personnel of the party
It is reported that General Murguia
n,nd his band had an ?greeement
to work in harmony with -Gen. Car
los Green and his force of 1.400
men and Gen. Guan C?rrasco and
his 2.700 men in the state of Si
noloa. Murguia, it is behe,ved. is
headed toward the oil fields of
Tampico. He issued a manifesto
as'Soon ?s he reached Mexican soil
and ah alleged' copy of this mani
festo giving the reason- for this
movement* was seen in San Anton
io today.
San Antonio, Texas, August 27?
According to reports here Gen!
Francisco Murguia and ? staff of
eight, well armed - and; provisioned
crossed the.'Rio Grande 14 miles
below Brownsville Friday night
and joined by 578 men with the
avowed purpose of ! overthrowing
the-Obregoh government.
?<5eneral MurgUfa is said to have
left San Antomo; Thursday by au
tomobile accompanied by his sec
retary and Gen. Cahdido Aguilar.
Brig. Gen. Edward Berhbandez,
Col. Rafael Pracillrib, Col. Alber
to Salinas; Col. Antonio , Romero,
ohief of staff of General Murguia.
I>ieut. Col. Ablardo ? Abrego;' five
doctors. 14 telegraph operators and
three wireless operators and a com
plete radio receiving and broad
casting station- It was said that
the party left San Antonio with
campiiig equipment and fishing
poles alongside the car posing as
tourists and that the centraliza
tion point, a ranch 14 miles below
Brownsville, was reached wihout
incident. They were met there, the
report added, by a well equipped
band of 587 men, jack mules and
all equipment including machine
guns, ammunition, arms and sad
dles.
Telephone calls made at the
home of General Murguia on the
Corpus Christi roadi Gen. Aguilar
at . Gfoveland .Park, and at the
homes of Col. Rafael Pracillino
and others elicited the information
that they were "out of the city."
El Paso. Texas, August 27?
Troop movements are taking place
in Juarez' but military authorities
refuse to give their destination.
Current gossip, however, is' that
bandits have made attacks on the
Sierra Madfe railroad:
Atlantic Coast Line
Bridge Damaged
By Dynamite
Jacksonville. Fla.. Aug. 25.?An
attempt presumably was made to
wreck a south-bound passenger
train on the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway near here tonight at Fish
weir creek. The train sped across
the bride "spanning the creek a few
minutes after' a dynamite explo
sion.
Several crossties were splintered
and other slight damage done, but
j *:he bridge was not rendered un
I safe, according to officials who in
| vestigated. '
j The' explosion occurred shortly
'after 10 o'clock. Train No: 83.
I a passenger, left the union depot at
10.08 for Tampa.
J Seated on the front porch sev
eral blocks from the bridge were
members of the Spencer family, in
cluding a barefooted youngster of
eighteen. The family immediate
ly placed the loud reports as near
the bridge, and, too, though of No.
S3.
"Jump on the horse and head off
the train." Sammy was told, and
with little ado he complied. Sammy
raced across the vacant lots inter
vening, riding bare-back, and ap
proached the bridge just as the
train went across. Two other trains
passed over the bridge at intervals
shortly afterwards.
I The explosion mounted to five
! the dynamiting instances in con
nection with the strike the last
two days, the most serious of which
was the attempt to wreck the home
last night of J. A. Williams, a Sea*
board Air Line Railroad shop fore- j
I man and a member of city council.
Gloves.
j Elaborate embroidery and fancy
i stitching are seen in the hew
j gloves for fall. White turnover
i cuffs are introduced on dark gloves.
? ? ?' *m
I Illinois hermit' who killed four
I men and then himself got the right
j man at last.
{ Some of the fiction magazines
I are intelligently edited, and some
are designed to improve your
?mind. - H
MAY REVOKE
UNIOfr CHARTER
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Head of Trainmen's Brother
hood Disapproves of Un
authorized Strike
Cleveland, August 27.?Members
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen who walked out on the
Chicago and Alton .at'Roodhouse
are in danger of having their char
ters revoked unless they return to
work and remain there until prop
er strike action is taken, W. G
Lee, president o? the organization
declared here tonight.
Mr. Lee said he hkd sent a tele
gram to the officers of the lodge No.
\4 at Roodhouse advising them
against the illegal action of the
?embers in violation of the broth
erhood constitution, "which must
result in the loss of their member
ship." The telegram was in reply
to one sent by the lodge to Mr.
-ee.
-Announcement that the head of
the "Big Five" brotherhoods would
meetr herfe ? Tuesday to discuss the!
shopmen's strike as it affects their j
organizations were madeby.War
-en S. Stone president of the Broth
-hood of Locomotive Engineers.
*I wired them that if it is true,
the strike is contrary to our law,"
Mr. Lee said. -*T told them if they
go out illegally, 1 will have to en
force our laws. I also advised
against any action of the members
in violation of the constitution of
the brotherhood, which of neces
sity must result in the loss of their
membership."
The trainmen's constitution pro- j
vides that in cases of grievances, '
the system general chairman must j
call a meeting Of the executive!
committee for the system. - The ex
ecutive committee may vote a strike
which must be sanctioned by the
president:
Rbodhouse. 111-. August 2.7?No
trains have been moved out of
Roodhouse over the Chicago and
Alton road since 6:45 o'clock last
night when company officials mann
ed a train that- left for Blooming
ton.
Chicago & Alton employees who
have refused to l?ke out trains, de
claring conditions have been "un
safe." had a meeting here today,
but snid afterward there was1 no
statement to? be' given out. Be
sides the shop crafts forces who j
have been on strike, other unions
not working include the firemen,
trainmen and clerks. Epginemen
are not working because they
ciaim they have" no qualified fire
men. Conductors say' they are
ready to take out rains if crews
are provided.
Accroding to union men, 350
have quit work. They maintain
that they are not striking but are
refusing to operate trains because
they believe conditions are not
safe since explosion in the yards
several days ago, which, union men
say, was caused by bombs, but
which railway officials* attributed j
to-fire crackers. j
Twelve passenger trains and!
about 25 freight trains operated in j
and out of here daily over ' thej
Chicago & Alston under normal j
conditions. The yards here are \
filled with pas?enger -and freight]
trains. About 300 passengers who}
were stalled here when train ser-'
vice was stopped have succeeded
in getting to their destinations,
some traveling Over other roads
and'others making their way tOj
nearby points in cabs.'
Harrisburg, VaV. Aug. 27.?Al
bert Grim, aged 19, was killed and
his father. Milton Grim/ aged 45,
wounded in the neck last night by
unidentified persons who fired {
through a window of their home,
two miles from the Norfolk &|
"Western railway shops at Shenan-j
doah. where they were employed. ?
"William Offenbacker and Ber-j
nard' Lamb, striking shopmen, {
were arrested today in connection {
with the shooting after witnesses
had testified at the coroner's in
quest that they had made threat
ening remarks to the Grims be-j
cause of their work in the shops.
An affidavit also was presented at
the inQueSt, signed by the younger
10*
They are GOOD!
Crim last Monday, which stated
that Offenbacker had threatened
to shoot hirri if he ' returned to
work.
Spencer, X. C, Aug. 27.?Reports
in circulation that Southern rail
way shopmen were to meet at
Spencer Monday to consider with
drawing from the national body'
and forming a new organization
were emphatically denied tonight]
by J. M.' Bills, head of the shop-*
men and president of the State
Federation of Labor. .
SLUMP IN '
.INCOME TAXES
rath Carolina Pays Sixty-,
three Per Cent I>ess Taxes
Than Previous Year
Washington. August 27?Internal
revenue collections fell Off $1,"3&8,
000,000. in the fiscal year 1922 as
compared ?Verth the year before, re
flecting the business depression,,
which swept over the country: Costsr
to the government of collecting the
taxes went up 43 cents for every
$100.
Total collections of $3,197,000.-*
000 as compared with $4,595,000,-^
000 in 1921 were reported in a pre
liminary statement issued today by.
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Blair. The cost of gathering this
sum was $41,435,000 or '$1,30 vfor*
each $100 as against 87 cents for*
Kfech $100 the year before,:
Income and profits taxes total
led $2,08S,OO0,0O0, a decrease o?
-$140,000,000; estate taxes, ?H9f
006,000, a decrease of $15,000,000;
"imsurance : $210,000,000, decrease
$111,000,000; beverages of all knds
$73.000.000, decrease $62,000,000;
tobacco $270,000,000, increase $16,
000;000; admissions and dues $80,
OSO-,900, decrease $16,000,000; ex-^
-eise taxes $174,000,000. decrease*
$55,000.000; special faxes $91,0$0,
?000, decrease $2,000,900; sramp
taxes $59.000,000,.decrease $134O0tL
000; employment of child l?bor^*
$15,000. decrease $9.000: miscellan
eous collections, including recfei?ts
under the prohibition act and
through customs offices $7,355,000,
increase $159.000.
Only the District of Columbia of
all the states and territories show
ed an increase in income and pro
fits taxes paid, its total being^S,
713.000 or 21 per cent, more than'
in 1921.
A professor says the natural way^
for man to walk is on ^all-fours.
This may be propaganda put out,
by shoe manufacturers.?Reading
News-Times.
Damad Ismail Rakki, who mar-"
ried the daughter of the Sultan c?
Turkey, has been divorced. His
mother suggests that his m-Iatsn!?
are^calling him names.?Louisville*
Courier-Journal.
Short skirts and silk hose ? ap
pear to have given the world the
impression there is nothing to^
girls but legs.?Cincinnati Saquir-f
er.
It must be fine "to be a policeman
and always at a considerable dis-^
tance from where the trouble is.
DISCOUNT YOUR BILLS
If our merchants would only take the time to
figure up what discounting their bills means to thenv
there are very few who would not take advantage
of it; Take for example a 30-day bill, it is usually
subject to a discount ?f 1 per cent in 10 days which
is equivalent to 18 per cent per annum. If you have
to borrow money from your bank and pay the maxi
mum rate of 8 per cent, you are 10 per cent to the
good. Where can you find ? better investment than
making at least 10 per cent on your own bills ? But
this is not all. The man who discounts his bills al
ways has a better credit than the other fellow. Let
us talk it over with you.
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OF SUMTER, S. C.
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Capital $300,000 Surplus and Profite $300,000
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