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TWELVE^HEALTH RtXES
? The country is sup nosed to have
been' observing- 1 "Chiropractic
Week." That la-ct may have pass
euunnoticed by many people, ow
; iiig io the rather monotonous way
In which one ->week" leads to ah
ccner. The public, 'too, has
ssziajlier interest in this new system
^"th?c i; has in *ome other subjects
lift celebration. Nevertheless it is
worth whilero ndte the' twelve
rules- sei forth by* chiropractors,
ira'ey are:
. I. ..Keep ail your, nerves free
;, from .pressure.
"2. Learn how to breathe.
Z. Esx lightly.
i^arh how to use water, in
ws'rdiy and outwardly.'
? .5.'" Xearn how to exercise.
Study preventive science.
7. i.eara the science of right
;h:nkl:.g.
$} Sinile and be optimistic.
9. Ce^s^rve your nervous en
fvergy.''.. '
Sleep at least eight hours
c at. ?l 'every twenty-four.
. II/' Take no drugs into your
.jbooy.
. - ": 12. Do not trust your he?ith to
. your feelings!
* JCe?rly aH these rules instantly
commend' themselves to ihtelii
: '^fcht people; although ordinary
* medical 'practitioners'-"; and " most
laymen will object *hat the "first
. ^3. eleventh are undly emphasized.
- i.?.?- ? tp o ?
#> FARM BXESSiKGS
Farm life must he pretty good.
va|ier;-all, and farmers must be a
pretty good lot of men. There is
;>o other conclusion possible from
H^te results of a- questionnaire sent
out by a "western farm' nragazme".
Of many thousand women, more
> ihatB 90 per cent declare *hey
would mther have their daughters
^trnfy farmers than city men.
And why do they like farm life
ffer- iheinsels-es and their daugh
ters? Here are some of she prih
:?p*al reasons':
The farm makes better husbands
^Ieu-'the city, they say, and- better
neighbors.
It teaches children the value of
~feone*t. labor.
It "is more healthful for every
body, ' especially growing children.
It affords the -rare 'satisfaction
working with' nature's c?hstruc
Ive forces.
The farmer and his wife are
:armersf in a way that city couples
"seldom are. and it is good for *b<il
them.' i ? \
.MERGER D A X GER S
The Federal Trade Commission
"is doing weil to keep"an eye on*the
steel mergers that have been filling
Trso large-~a place in the business
"news-"It has announced that it
will test the legality of the Bethle^
hsm-I^ckawaiiha merger and the
proposed Midvale-Republic-In
- land' merger, and any other that
may develop. The commission ex
presses its fear that competition
?&!Tbe biridered by the new combi
nation*.
.?H^ompetition is to be preserved.
Vy ail means, as long as competi
tion remains the rule Of business.
.??"Hiit'.it is an open question whether
there is really any competition left
_.\n?sdlin--the steel business. The
"t25ed States Steel Corporation
has only about half the market.
Fu: if this biggest of trusts and
its supposedly "independent" rivals
-haVe really been* competing, there
is; not much evidence of it in recent
history.
;The iruBt has made no effort to
ruin its competitors by low prices.
It has not had to. Usually the in
dependents have cheerfully Tol
' lowed- the trust prices,' Instead of
trying"tcTur.dercut them. During
the boom they often charged more
than the trust, and got it. on the
ground cf quicker delivery.
', Possibly the Federal Trade Com
mission aims to restore, rather
?than preeerve, competition. If so,
i: is a worthy enterprise.'
More important, perhaps, than
anything that could be done along
that line aCthis stag! of the 'pro
ceedings, would* be/-to make sure
that in' the' new* mergei-s there shall
be no stoek'-wale'rifisr. under any
; guise, for future investors to al?
| sorb and the public to pay for.
! TMe public is now paying dividends
i on half a billion dollars* worth of
! stock that was worthless when the
f big steel trust was organized, and
I has been made good by surplus
i profits from :prices that need nev
jer have been charged; except- for
; such watering. Stocks represent
; ing no real "values, -when once
validated, must draw dividends
and remain a public burden in
definitely;
FEWER FLIES.
I It is pleasing to learn from the
j Department of Agriculture that
I through the direct ? efforts * of the
j Department the house-fly has been
barred .from 63,000 additional farm
homes in one year. Indirectly, no
doubt; the * accomplishtneht has
been far greater. And every gain
made in keeping disease-bearing
Insects1 out: of human habitations
j adds to the health, efficiency and
I longevity of the* nation.
At the same time It may be ob
served* that sufch work, as time goes
?h, becomes less necessary, because
conditions' themselves ire changing.
Fifes are still a pest" on' farms,
though by nd means" so great a. pest
as. they used 'to be; In cities, ex
cept for the most ill-kept districts,
rhey seem .to; he growing- almost
; negligible. - '
.'"' Cleanliness itself has much to do
j with the matter. EreryWhei'e there
has been more emphasis' On this,
j since It became known '*. generally
j that: the fry-vra^s an insect flour
j ishing only in a filthy environment. -
jB?t :perhaps most of the gain
I comes automatically from the auto
|mobile. ? ? ? ? - ? .
! - Horse stables ano streets kept
\ unclean by the presence' of horses
j provided ? ideal eondltjjons for the
t breeding . of house-flies. Not only
jdo' hVotor oars eliminate such en
j couragernent to fly propagation but
\by scattering oil everywhere, they
!Vfageractive;war on the pest by
killing the eggs and larvae. This
influence, too; is finding its way
more and more into the farmyards
and*thus adding its effect to that of
screens in''protecting' the farm
house. The'use 'of motor boats
is helping," in the same way, to
eliminate mosquitoes by the inci
dental oilirig of' bodies of water
where, they breed.
Credit these effects among bene
fits of the gas engine that are sel
; dorn recognized. '-?
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jPrXISHMEXT FOR LYXCHIXG.
Warfare against lynching pro
! gresses 'In the south. A - special
I grand: jury kiminoned at Macon,
>Ga., within "i0" days from its as
sretnblv returned five . indictments
I against persons charged'with par
Ititdpation in a lynching bee. There
j'i? n?'; reason' to *d6ubt that trials
'will follow with equal celerity and
j Impartiality.
' It Is not so very long ago that
in no southern state could any such
! thing have happened. There are
I still states in which it would be
1 Impossible to secure such prompt
action, because the people are not
yet convinced that there are better
ways at preventing and punishing
certain crimes than by lynching.
* I? spite *?f pri>gress there is need
for further' activity against this
particular'"form "of lawless justice
j But it must be remembered in any
j activity to secure anti-lynch legis
j latlon th?rthe stain for crimes
joT this type does -not rest wholly
? upon any section, and that en
lightened action tG ' wipe out the
practice is not confined to any sec
tion, either;
THE FOE WITHIN.
Those who warn that the real
j menace to unionism comes not from
; outside but from within the unions
j find justification for their theory
Jin euch acts as the abandonment of
j a train in the desert, the bombing
!of other trains, the blowing up of
! bridge"? and other acts of violence,
j It may be proved' of some of
j these acts that they were the work
! of outsiders, the easily inflamed
]disorderly element which takes ad
| vantage of any disturbance to cre
jate a disturbance of its own. No
ie?ch claim can be advanced in the
! desert episode.
Every such act weakens the cause
of unionism. It turns the public
\ cold toward labor organization
.1.. .
jarid it inspires a doubt about union
ism as an institution.
Those who hope to see union
ism prosper need'to heed especial
ly the old saying that a man's
; foes are they of his own house
' iiold, and to foster no policy and
. protect no member tending to bring
organized labor into difrepute.
f + m
j The American Bar Association
finds that 90 per cent of all crimes
are committed with pistols. Itfor
fire the pistols
IC?TTON OUTLOOK !
iHeavy Drop in Percentage!
! Conditions?Results Disap-j
j pointing
J New York, Aue. 30.?The New
j York Journal of Commerce will
isay in its issue of tomorrow:
Unfavorable climatic conditions j
lover iv large part of the cotton belt'
j during August have- apparently!
j been responsible for even more than j
j the* usual amount of ".midsummer" !
? deterioration, and reports of 1?0 j
J trustworthy correspondents of this |
! journal indicate a drop in percent- j
j age condition ? of -14.1 per cent, j
j These returns, gathered under an
J average date of August 24, estimate
'cotton condition as 60.0 per cent
against 55.1 per cent last year, and!
a ren-year average of 68.2 per cent.!
Since the above date there has prob- j
ably been some further deteriora- j
tion owing to continued unfavor- j
able weather. In August, 1920, per
cent condition stood at 72.6, 64.9 in!
j 1919 and 60.0 in 3 018. It further
I more is the most drastic reduction
J since 3 9iS.. when cotton condition
fell from 77.4 to 60.0. A year ago
the decline equalled 2.7 per cent, but
only 2.2 per cent in 1920. The next
largest cut was in 1916, when there
j was a-loss of 10.1, while the small
est decline is shown to have been i
1.2 per cent in the banner year of j
1914. i
While neither the lowest percent-i
age nor the largest decline recorded
.in the last few years, the results
are keenly disappointing, in view of
the brilhant promise of earlier
months of the year and the .world
j wide increase in the demand for
j cotton. Following the government
J formula of calculation and using
! the government acreage of 34.852,
000. a percentage condition Of 60.0
per cent shows that under normal
growing condition a crop vof 11,-1
! 122.000 bales might be raised,!
[which compares with an actual!
yield last year of 7,953,641 bales,!
13.439,60-3 bales in 1920 and 16,- j
?34,930 bales in the high record!
year of 3 914. Other private esti
mates of cotton condition range
from 62.f) per cent to 56:0 per cent.
All of the reports indicate reduc-j
tions. the greatest being 16.9 perj
cent.
Oklahoma Suffers.
Oklahoma suffered the most se- |
verel3\- having sustained a decline j
of no less than 2.4 per cent - to j
56.9 per cent. Mississippi comes j
next, with a loss of 15.7 per centj
to 61.4 per cent. Tennessee is a j
close" third, declining 15.3 per cent ]
to 61.4 per cent. A similar loss was]
reported in Texas, 15.3 per cent, to j
61.4 per cent. Other drastie ;cutsi
were 14.7 per cent in South Caro- j
1 in a and 13.1 per ce.nt in Arkansas,?
The lowest condition ; figure re-j
ported was for-South Carolina, 43
per cent. Georgia followed with a
decline of 11.2 per cent., to 51 per
cent. - The smallest loss recorded
was for North Carolina/ 6.9 per
cent,: and the highest condition,
Missouri 77.3 per cent.
Unquestionably the outstanding
cause of the heavy deterioration in
August has been the extremely un- \
favorable1 climate conditions ? pre-!
vailing a greater part of the j
month. A protracted period - of!
drouth accompanied by intense
j heat and frequently hot winds
J proved disastrous to crop pros
jpecte, and seems to have done-even
? more damage than weevils. -The
{explanation -is the super-abundance
j-of rains An the spring months ; of
{the year which prevented the for
mation-of a good tap root and in .
other ways rendered the plant sus- j
ceptible to adverse conditions. On j
the other hand, severe damage has
'been wrought, notably in North
jaod South Carolina, Georgia, parts
of Mississippi, Alabama arid j
!Louisiana, by continuous rains or
cloudy, showery weather, which j
caused abnormal shedding, rust j
and blight, or boll rot, and prob- i
ably worst of all, heavy. losses
through weevil depredations, in the \
Idry territory have been checked, j
I hut shedding is complained of, al* j
J so premature opening; while in J
j Texas boll and leaf worms have j
j been more than usually trouble- i
I some and destructive. Very little i
! top crop is looked for and in many
; sections middle and even bottom
i crops are being attacked. Should
I climatic conditions ? in' September ;
jturn out to be as disappointing as!
j those of August, there seems con- j
jsiderable reason to fear not onlyj
?that production will be materially!
j curtailed, but that the 1922 cotton!
jcrop will be a very short one, de-|
!spite the material increase in !
j acreage. j
Abundantly Fruited.
! As a partial offset, however, to!
j this formidable array of adverse |
! circumstances, it still remains true'
j that reports from nearly all parts j
jof the belt have shown cotton to j
I be vigorous, ? well formed, and
usually abundantly fruited. This]
[is regarded as partly attributable ;
to the increase in the use of fer-;
?tilizers, also to better cultivation, j
; Owing tn improvement in the la-i
'bor situation, cultivation is al
j most everywhere reported as ex-i
jeellent. with fields clean and in'
; line condition. Moreover, in nearly |
[ail of the cotton states, with pos- (
sibly the exception of Georgia and !
j South Carolina, many "good" spots !
j are reported where temperatures!
: have been normal, rainfall suffi-!
. cient. and growing conditions gen-j
j erally ideal. This at once leads j
to The belief that the crop will]
I again be uneven, and just as hard
?to gauge accurately as have beea
f those of the last two or three j
i years. There are not a few cor
respondents who claim that a good;
deal more cotton will be raised this
' year than is generally believed, and j
ithat the 1922 crop may prove al- j
! most as much of a surprise as that
i i
; of a year ago, nevertheless, it must
j not be overlooked, that while pick- (
iing is in full swing in many States, |
jand considerable cotton already I
] gathered, a good deal of the crop j
has still to be made, and that much
depends upon developments of the
next three or four weeks, as to
what the- final outcome will actu
ally be. Some observers claim that
mueh of The damage done is irre
parable, and that rain now would
only cause further damage.
THE HAMBURG
'MURDER
Killing of Railroad Guards
Near Augusta Was a Bru
tal Affair
Aiken, Aug. 30.?Eugene Feaster
of Bath and J. Reedy Booth of
Aiken were shot, sfabbed and
clubbed to death by six or seven
men about 5 o'clock this morning
at the Southern railway shops : at
Hamburg, where they- had been
employed as night watchmen dur
ing the shopmen's strike.
When the watchmen were found
about an hour after the attack,
Feaster was dead, but Booth was
conscious and was able to give
some details of the affair. He died
a few hours later at the University
hospital it? Augusta. Feaster's
body had been riddled with bul
lets from a rifle, pistols and shot
gun: three balls' from a high pow
er rifle had . passed through his
left side and there was a deep gash
in the light shoulder, severing the
collar bone. This wound appear
ed to have been inflated with some
bayoher-like instrument.
Booth said after being shot
through the thigh- he feigned death
to escape the murderous shots of
their assailants, who fired oh
Feaster after he was down. Booth,
after ' falling from the shot, was
brutally kicked about the face and
neck, > the back of his head being
crushed in as from a blow from a
rifle butt. He attempted to crawl
away from the scene after the men
had left and had managed to make
about 2ft yards when loss of blood
caused him to stop where he was
discovered by Special Agent Brtt't
and others. He was immediately
rushed to Augusta to a hospital. It
was thought at first that he would
survive, but weakened ? by the loss
of blood and the terrible blow 1 on
the head he died at 9 o'clock.
One or two clues have been dis
covered but. so tar not much is
known of the affair. About 4:30'
a. m., two men walked into the
yard and: were followed by the two
night watchmen. They were led
outside the yards a short distance,
where the four or five other men
were waiting and were fired upon
with pistols, shotguns loaded with
buckshot and rifles.
Eugene Feaster was 34 years ?f
age and formerly resided at Gran
rteville. He is survived by a wife
and one small child. J. Reedy
Booth was 23 years of age and a
young man of quiet ways and ster
ling qualities. He resided with his
mother and father. Mr. and Mrs.
James Booth, 'on upper La?rens
street m Aiken. He was a mem
ber of the Aiken post. American
r?egion.
Funeral services for Reedy
Booth will* be held tomorrow morn
ing at the First Baptist church in
Aiken. Interment will take place
in the family plot at Philippi
church near Johnston.
Augusta, Ca., Aug. 30.?No ar
rest has been made in connection
with the -killing from ambush at
5 o'clock this morning of E. M.
Feaster and Reedy Booth. South
ern railway special watchmt-n, on
duty at the Southern railway's
yard and repair" shop just across
the Savannah river from Augusta,
Ship Owners Demand Firmer
Stand.
Kobe, Japan, Aug. 10.?"The
government seems deplorably with-,
out any fixed policy towards the
ever declining shipping enterprise
of the empire, since the restora
tion of peace. If the country
would maintain its position as at
present among the world's powers
in ?this line of enterprise, more
positive efforts should be made by
the authorities for the improve
ment of the situation."
This is the resolution passed by
a general meeting of ship owners.
The meeting appointed a commit
tee of nine who will shortly ap
proach the government authori
ties in Tokio with the above resolu
tion.
Deadlocked Financial
Policy Wrecks Ministry
Tokio, Aug. 5.?In the solution
of the deadlocked financial policy
of the old ministry the "Oriental
Economist" finds the only raison
d'etre of the Kato Cabinet. What
ever the ostensible profession, it
was on its deadlocked financial
policy that the Takahashi min
istry was shipwrecked, says that
paper. In order to avoid treading
in the same footsteps, the new
ministry ought to make it its first
duty to effect financial improve
ment. '?afg2B
The aim could be attained only
by its faithful pursuance of a
strictly negative financial policy,
The pinnacle of which lies in the
depreciation of commodity price.
The question is, in the journal's
estimation, how .to lower the ab
normal level of price. After refer
ring to the unfavorable effect of the
prevailing anomalous price on the
general state industry, the monthly
suggests cessation of loan flota
tion, drastic military reforms and
the removal of the ban on the gold
export, as the most effective means
of attaining the object in view.
These are policies, however, that
require every resolution and cour
age for execution, thinks the jour
nal, "because with such a per
sonage as Baron Kato who seems
to have never had any opportunity
of studying finance and economy,
as the head, the new ministry is
unlikely to succeed where its pre
decessor has failed."
Our objection to having a
pretty stenographer is shaving
every morning ruins your face.
BOOSTER TRIP
TO PISfEfjpOOD
[Pushing and Pulling Boosters
j Wanted for Booster Trip to
! Pinewood, Friday. Septem
ber, the 8th
Are yon a "Poshing Booster" or
are you a. sood "Pulling Booster?"
You ask why? Oh, "Just because."
But it makes no r*af difference
which you are in team work to
j keep the home fires burning and
jto welcome Miss Prosperity whom
j the optimists claim is lurking
j "just around the corner," when she
[takes a notion to visit Sumter and
j Sumter County.
i " The Young Men's Business
(League of Sumter claim to be
? ?"good pulling" lead horses, and
j furthermore allege thaf they are I
j just as good at pushing as they'
r are at pulling when it comes to'
' boosting the old band wagon of :
I prospective prosperity in the "Pull
jing and Pushing Boosters' Pro
; cession of Progress." or in plainer1
j English, in the big booster trip and
(get together meeting between
JSumter's business and profession
al men and women and our good
[friends of the rural districts and,
' smaller but '?humdinger* just the
isanie" towns of Sumter and Clar
I endon Counties, at the hustling:
{-town of Pinewood, on Friday, Sep- I
tember the 8th.
Xow. lead horses are mighty;
fine, but wheel horses are also
very essential in pulling a load up !
or down the hill. Sumter wants'
every "pushing booster" it can
muster up for September the 8th
in case of a "blow out" or a "sag"
in the band wagon machinery.
Tlie young men want to show how
they can pull as lead horses, and
many wheel horses and pushers
are wanted to keep the old wagon
running on the high gear and make
the young fellows keep the pace
and sweat -before or by the time j
they reach Pinewood. No one!
doubts these young men will be
there when the general roll is call- j
ed for dinner on September the1
5th, but they want everybody mi
Sumter to help them pull the load j
and show that Sumter and Sumter:
County are still on the ? map in!
capital red letters, and then some.!
The business and professional
establishments of Sumter ^profes
sional men and women are invited
and expected to furnish cars an<?
representatives for this big event.
1 Employees as well as employers
[are invited and urged to partic
ipate. This booster trip is open'
j to every body in Sumter and Sum
I'tef county. Our good friends of
j'Clarendon are also, invited and are
urged to meet Sumter county at
I Pinewood on Friday, September
I the Sth. A committee of the Young
I Men's Business' League wHl inter
view business establishments about
! representation. Probably John J
j Buck will be the main guy in thisj
i interviewing proposition because j
the booster trip to Rembert had!
about the largest number of carsjj
promised through John's hypnotis-i
ing efforts ever promised in Sum-!
ter. j
When it comes to "bucking the!
buckers" it takes John Buck to
buck them clear out of Sumter and
back to Buokersville in Jonah
Land. ? ?
E. I. R.
SECRECY IN
HERRIN CASE!
Marion, III-, Aug. 29?The veil j
of secrecy that" has been thr?wrij
around the grand jury investigation
of tire Herrin mine war that took
place June 21 and 22 last, causing
26 fatalities, was drawn tighter
[this afternoon, not even the natnes
j of the witnesses being divulged: j
|3 This stringent action followed the j
report that one witness had de- j
clined to testify or answer ques-!
tions put by the members of the j
investigating: body. The witness'
whose name would not be given j
out, was turned over to the sheriff, j
. but given an opportunity until to- j
morrow, when he'll be called before j
the grand jury. Officials in close!
touch with the inquiry expressed i
?belief that this witness would notj
he as reticent tomorrow. In thlsj
event, they said, no further action
would be taken against him. - - J
More than two score of witnesses!
were called before the grand jury|
during the day. the chief witness j
being Alton P. Findlay of Chicago, j
la timekeeper of the Southern Uli- j
|nois Coal company. The then ow
ner of the strip mine, who was
constantly guarded during his stayi
in Marion. Findlay was shot twice;
during the massacre that followed!
the surrender of the mine em
jpioyees and only his presence of.
jmind saved him from certain;
death, when the "clean up" squad)
j of the mob went over the battle ,
j ground and found Findlay apar-:
jently dead.
Findlay was the second man in;
I line when the "death march" be
jgan, and it is understood that he j
(furnished the grand jury valuable j
j information as to the apparent j
I leaders of the attacking mob. j
j Employees of an electrical rail-j
. way running between Herrin and ;
I this city also were among the wit- j
' nesses today. Rumors coming)
i from authoritative sources describ-!
led the testimony of some witnesses!
?a* disappointing to the officials;
jwho are conducting the inquiry, inj
jthat the witnesses seemed to have!
forgotten facts which the prosecu- j
ftion had relied upon as being the !
basis of the inquiry.
! These witnesses, it was expect-1
ed. were to furnish a clue leading,
to the identity of the leaders of the|
mob that stormed a hardware.'
store on the night preceding the
j massacre and also were believed j
j to be able to give direct testimony j
as to the happenings on the bat
[tie ground.
jSacre
;Special Grand Jury
Begins Investiga
tion of Butchering
Mine Workers by
Marion, 111., Aug. 28 (By the
Associated Press).?First witnesses
were called today before the grand
jury investigating the Herrin mine
war of June 21 and 22, after-the
jury had received its instructions
I from Circuit Judge D. T. Hartwell.
; Today's witnesses included em
I ployees of an electrical railway
I running between here and Herrin,
j who were said to have been eye
I witnesses of the man hunting
I battle, and the owner of a\ hard
I ware store from which ammuni
i tion wa? taken during the prepa
| ration for the battle,
j The actual investigation began
jth'is afternoon when Sheriff Melvin
Thaxt?B, against whom there has
been considerable criticism since
the massacre, was called.' He was
followed by his1 deputy, S. E. Storm.
Considerable time -was then given
to '? examining CoL Dan Hunter of
|the Illinois National Guard, who
i^was in* close touch with the ac
j tual conditions on the first day of
! the riot than Sheriff Thaxton, -who
Shad been called away to Carbon
dale. -
?Hardware Merchant Called.
The- first' civilian; called"' before
[the grand jury, after Coroner Wil
liam McCown had been examined,
was T. A. Cox, a hardware mer
; chant from whose store a mob
forcibly took a quantity of am
munition. He had been' warned of
the forming of themob' and had
removed his " rifles and' other
weapons from the store, he testi
fied, on previous1 occasions, but on
the evening preceding the battle all
ammunition was staken from the
store after a: mob had forced him
to'open his place of business: His
son, Harry, followed him into the
grand jury room.'
In addressing the grand jury,
Judge Hartwell pointed out that4 a
fair and complete investigation
should be made "and that "all
guilty should be hrought 4 before
the bar of justice In order that' the
guilty may be-punished'for the blot
stamped on Williamson : county's
records by a lawless element."
In defending Sheriff Thaxton in
his address. Judge "Hartwell ' said
this official has voluntarily stepped
aside and left the selection of the
jury to the state's attorney.
Sheriff Steps Aside.
'Tt is a* matter ' ofv common
knowledge, the judge stated/"that
we have been charged with being
in league with crime and criminals,
that all of the public officials have
been cowed and intimidated; that
the county board would select men
as grand jurors, if we waited for
the regular term' of court and
would not indict any person re*
gardless of the evidence that
might be produced. -' ?
? ?The sheriff has been charged
with a gross failure of duty and
every official of the community in
general has been -branded as one
great body of law" breakers. The
officials' have "been pictured as.
members of '? political machine
placed in office and kept in power
by the voters of 'a lawless mob.
'T mention the above in order to
inform you that the sheriff volun
tarily consented to step aside, and
to have nothing to do with-the se
lection of this'special-grand jury J
?He har voluntarily censented* to
appoint such deputies as the state's
attorney and the attorney general
desired.
<;The sheriff took the position
that regardless of what he might
<3o. he :wo?W be charged with the
failure of duty, and I think it ;fe
not out of place for me to say right
here that the deputy sheriffs have
all been selected by the state's at
torney, with the approval of the
attorney general." ?
?? ? ? ? ? .
Freight and Pa ssenger
Traffic Increase.
Tokio, July 20.?The returns of
the railway for the last three
months put the total number of
passengers at 147,045,000 and the
freight at 15,158.000 tons, the pro
ceeds from the former amounting
ta 66,800,000 yen and the latter to
45/950,000 yen. Compared with
the corresponding period of the
preceding year the above is an in
crease of 20,600,000 passengers and
of 2,-200,000 tons of freight. The
proceeds from passengers increas
ing by 10,700,000 yen and freight
by 5,436,000 yen.
Willing to Oblige.
An Englishman on a walking
tour in a remote part of the Scot
tish Highlands came, says the
Argonaut, to a lonely inn. Being
ravenously hungry, he entered and
asked the landlady for some
poached eggs.
The landlady shook her head.
"We haven't any eggs, sir," she
said. -But," she added, lowering
her voice to a whisper. "I dinna
doot that I could get you a fine
dish of poached salmon!"
STRAYED OR STOLEX?Friday
night, light red cow and dark
red calf. Cow has four white
feet, and blaze face. Black spot
in hock of hind leg. $5-00 re
ward if returned to X. W. Moses,
Cor. Penn & "LaFayette Sts.
666 quickly relieves Colds,
Constipation, Biliousness and
Headaches. A Fine Tonic
NO AGREEMENT
:py?||??R|TIONS,
French and British Continue
Fruitless Discussions of
Indemnity Issue
Paris, Aug. 28 (By the Associ
ated Press).?The reparations
commission met again this al'ter
j noon in an*effort to reach unani
! mous agreement regarding the
German request for a moratorium
on her indemnity payments. At
the end of several hours of dis
cussion the British and French
viewpoints were still widely at va
riance, with the Italians and Bel
gians merely trying to find some
proposal- which would meet the
ideals of France and Great Britain.
Two projected solutions were se
riously discussed. One of them
was known as the Belgian plan
and the other was an amplification1
of a last minute suggestion offered
by Germany just before Sir John
Bradbury and Eugene Macleur,
British and French members . of
the commission, left Berlin for
Paris last week. The Belgian plan
has been unofficially offered by the
Belgian delegation as a means of
preventing a break between Eng
land and France on the repara
tions issue. -Under its terms Bel
gium would accept long term notes
in place of the remaining cash
payments due this year, amounting1
to 150.000,000 gold marks. As a
guarantee of uitimate payment of
these installments, Germany
would deposit 210,000.000 -gold
marks from the reserve of - the
Reichsbank in the Bank of Eng
land. France has not definitely;
declared herself on this proposal,;
and M. De La Crofct, Belgian num
ber of the commission, -and M. !
Duboise, president, are confer
j ring in the hope that it might
j provev satisfactory. ? England and
Italy already have approved the
i proposition.
The German plan which proba
bly will * be the'subject of conver
sations between the commission!
and" German officials ?on Wednes
day, would meet Premier ? Poin
care's demand for allied control at]
German state mines and forests by,
a guarantee* to France' of the pro
ducts of these resources during the
. period' of -the moratorium.
* Failure to ? promptly ^deliver the
stipulated timber and coal would
result in" the seizure of certain
mines which would be designated
in the agreement. British approval
is behind this 'arrangement, which
is regarded: as giving France the
prouctive guarantees she tseeks
Without ? actually turning over po
litical control of the mines and
forests. :
The British continue to empha
size th' * belief that ? Germany is
doing everythmg she can to meet
the French point of view and
would be willing to give the pro
ductive guarantees which M. Poin
care demands in return- for a mo
ratorium if such guarantees are of
a strictly business character,, and.
not politicaT.
The French official position con
tinues to be that full control of
the German mines' and forestsj
must be handed over to the allies
In return for a moratorium. How-;
ever, there is considerably less
talk of threatened isolation action
'and more of the desire Of France
to reach a'unanimous decision in
the commission through a compro
mise.
/*H AM BLR LAIN
V T?BLLTS
FOR
CONSTIPATION
BILIOUSNESS
Headache
INDIGESTIO
Stomach' Tro
-SOLD EVERYWHE?f
Mail Door-Slot or Receptacle Be
quired.
Washington, Aug. 25.?On ac
count of the delays caused to car-- '
riers at dwelling houses, where n?
door-slot or mail recepxacie |fe;
provided, and the fact that a larger
majority of dwellings are thus -
equipped already, it se^ms^ tinife^;}
within a reasonable period to re>
quire all who are to receive mail
by street carriers at their dwellicgs
to provide such accommodation^
the expense of same being small.
Postmasters are therefore ' th?$
instructed. The length of notice
should not exceed four months, a?
though there may be exception?r
cas^s where postmasters use rea
sonable-discretion or ask for iB3%
struct i Ods. ^
It is not the department's desire,
of course, that any shall be de-s
prived of delivery by this require
ment, but rather it is earnestly
hoped that all will see the reas?ti-;.'
ableness of it and its advantage
themselves as well as to the: ear^
riers. But if it finaliy beconaes.
necessary mail delivery wili be di?-~.
continued where no door-slots'
I (preferably) or mail receptacles;
are provided.
John H. Bartlett,
1st Asst. P. M\ Gen.
?-? -
Sydney Has Largest Tennis Courts
? ?- . t
?Sydney, X. S. W., Aug. 5.?The
new grounds of the New South
Wales Lawn Tennis association,
comprising ninety courts ultimate*
ly at Rushcutter's Bay, less than
ten minutes from the heart of
Sydney, wrill be among the largest
in the world when completed; Ten .
courts are ready for play at present -
and within a few months, between' >
50 and 60 more will be available. .
The site was purchased by the as-:
! soeiation from the government ??
September and the clubhouse and
grandstands are nearing compler .
tion.
A Poor Scoot.
i
j Wife?Did you notice the chin
I cilia coat on the woman sitting in
i front of us at church this mom
ling? -
i Husband?Er?no. Afraid I was
dozing most of the time.
Wife?Urn. A lot of good the
service .did you.?(Toronto Globe.)
Destroys Malarial Germs
in the Blood. , 60c
BAGGING AND TIES.
We haven't much of this material to offer, Jwt what we
have is of the best jrrad? consisting of
* LB. XEW JfCTE BAGGTXG.
2 LB. SKW JCTR BAGGING. ?
* LB. NEW SUGAR SACK BAGGING.
NEW ARROW TIES.
At the present price of cotton it pays to handle heavy
Our supply of 3 lh.. Is very limited.
Our prices are as usual RIGHT."
Phone, write, -or see ns before buying.
O'DONNELL & COMPANY
The National Bank of South Carolina
Of ?umter,S. C
The Bank With the Chime dock.
1316 MOfit Plfoatsfrlng SERVICE ?Ith COURTESY
Capital *30?,?00 Surplus cad Profits *soo,000
STRONG AND PROGRESSIV?
CSve ui the Pleasure of Serving YO?,
C. Q. ROWLAND, Pres. KARLE ROWLAND, Cashier
DISCOUNT YOUR BILLS
If our merchants would only take the time td
figure up what discounting their bills means to them,
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 of 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 a better investment t?m
making at least 10 per cent on your own bills ? Bui
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.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF S?MTEE, S. C.
