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SUMTER
ELEVEN WINS
T?nmansville High B?ws Af
ter Putting Up Hard Fight
.Timmonsviile, Sept. 29.?Th*
Sumter. Gamecocks defeated Tim-,
nionsviile High school this after
noon by a score of 7 to 0, the
game was a good one. both teams
being in fine shape for a first
Hg^me. Timmonsviile had the best
of it the first half, twice, nearly,
making a touchdown. .Sumter,
.however, got in its work in the last
?uarter. W. McDaniel,. Ben and X
White Savareneet~ Simpson an I;
Sims for -Timmonsviile, and Kur
ven, Wrigh: and Wray of Sumter,
were the stars. Kirven.was hurt,
but -not seriously during the
game.
, ,Timmon-sviIIe, S.s C.. Sept. 29
-The Sumter High School foot ball
team defeated the* Timmonsviile
High School team today 7-0. Al
though the Sumter lads were great
ly outweighed they - held their
ground remarkably welL .The
score., was. made in the last three,
jcainutes- of -the game.
. -Sumter will play their next game
Friday, October C. Let's all b&fl
there-stud support the team.
Jr., - of j
Marriage Licenses.
White?G. W. Dukes,
?Pinewood. S. C, to 3Tiss Evelyn
Dicks of Williston, S. C.
?\~??o!ored?Philip Johnson of Pax
jyifce.to. Cassie Stukes of Paxville.!
bounty Treasurer Wallaco issuec
tax receipts for 1921 taxes it
approximately $4,000 on Saturda;
the *ast day before the* books
closed and executions delivered u
the sheriff.
The farmers .of this secti<
Should need no urging to plant the
largest * possible acreage in smal
grain-^his fall, either wheat, oats or
?Abru22i rye, as a more profitable
'?top, when followed by pearh
5say, than cotton.
Only Big Circus to
fiive Street Parade.
4
saows
CLOWNS
WOMOTCk_
TRAINED ANtMAL
CONCRESS AND
<?0Aerialists
Riders
8 Bands ?
IN?UITS?SPECB!
MIGHESF CUSS
circus m EARTH
Jv-f ? . . - I : :<
" iSeafs on Sale Circus Day at
SIBERrS DRUG STORE.
Prices:
Adults 75c. Children 50c.
War Tax Included. Same
Prices as at Show Grounds.
** : -' s ? ' *?? ''' ?:?.-} i
t .^S.-r. . %. ..... ... ?.
O?NTf TO j
BISC?1T "
MAKING
v CONTEST
j Pretty and accomplished young
ladies of thirteen counties of the
! Pee Dee District Home Demon
jstration department girls' clubs are
I in. Sumter today in the biscuit
? making contest beings -held at the
j domestic science department of the
Girls' high, school. Exhibits of
(canning, preserving, and sewing,
j prize winning demonstrations of:
efficiency by the girls-of fifteen
'counties are at the , Girls'. High
school aud show that home dem
onstration work* is worth every
dollar and rcany more than it.
costs.
-^Berkeley county?Gladys Platt.
Darlington county?Aileen- Mc
Enville. ? - ?
Dillon.county?May -Milteri ?
Florence county?Nora Mae Mc
Millan. .
j Georgetown county?Zula Mc
Swails.
Horry ?, county -? Minnie , Bur
| roughs.
} Kershaw county?Mae Burgess,
i Lancaster county?Alta Rogers,
j Lee county?Atlie Humphries,
i Marion county?Beatrice Dick -
j ens.
Marlboro county?Ida Louise
Ash by.
Sumter .'County^-^-Sarah Murray.
. "WUliamsburg county ?-Bessie
Locktfer;
The lo?owing lady specialists of
Winthrop; College are assisting:
Mrs. Theodosia Pl?wden, Pee Dee
District Home Demonstration
agent1 in the contest:und-'instruc
tive sessions; Mrs. Dora-Dee Walk
| er. Miss Loney Landrum, Mrs; Har
j riett Johnson, Miss Lola Snider, and
j Miss Caro- Truluek; Sumter County
!Home De-monstratibn Agent.: Miss
Henrietta Dargan also assisted
while Secretary E. I. Reardonwas
. accorded the honor of welcoming
I the girls and the Winthrop special
lists to "Sumter and thanking them
! for honoring Sumter by their pres
Ience,
. THE GAS
RATE CASE
j Two Motions - toc Be, Bteard
[ Tuesday in Judge Smithes
!? V Court ' ? . - .
j: Messrs. R. D. 3?pps, A. W. Harby
I and B.B.; Hodges, reprf sen ting the
[city :of .Sumter,' .. and Mr/ $Et? O.
'. Purdy,. -representing;- the * Sumter
!'Gas :and Power "Co.,. went to
[Charleston Tuesday 'morning to
j appear in the federal court in the
{'case of the City*-of*Sumter vs. the
'. Sumter Gas & Power" Co:, involving
the rate charged /"gas* consumers.
-The attorneys ' representing ' the
city will present a 'motion* asking
j Judge Sinith^to*"issuean order re
i QuirirtgJ'the^SdniTer 'Gas*'& Power
!Co/to ref und to cu&oniers of the
company the amounts collected by
the company Over -and above the
j franchise rate. . Ih' the original or
I der issued by Judge Smith the gas
j "company was permitted" to collect
j a higher rate than that fixed in
j the franchise until the appeal
j taken to the United States Court
rot Appeals had been determined,
i the gas eompany giving bond to
j refund all overcharges, in the event
1 the court the decision was adverse
I to the" contention of the gas eom
?pany. 1 \. -
j Mr. Purdy, for the Sumter Gas
! & Power Co.. will present a peti
tion requesting permission' to
amend the bill of complaint, the
petition being based upon an act of
the legislature placing its . regula
tion of rates of j all public utility
firms, corporations or individuals
in the hands of ,the railroad com
mission. The act specifically ex
empts rates fixed by contract, and
the point in issthe is whether or
not the City* of Sumter is. a cor
poration within the meaning of the
act. . ;
i. ? ;? m> ?
Hagenbeck-WaUace Circus.
Circus day has been set for Sat
urday, October 14th when the ma
jestice Hagenbecjk-Wallace Circus
I will exhibit hern. Bright, flashing
j posters'are now heralding the glad
; news.
\. The advance car Xo. 1 has al
I ready been here and the men in
i charge say the exhibition this sea
json will surpass \aU former pro
j grams. The shown will exhibit on
!?the lot at Sumter.
j From Mnformatioht received in
advance from citb?s wherein the
i circus has already ^appeared this
! season, it is said' t"4te trained ani
j mal acts contain n&any new fea
tures. The trainers ispent the win
J ter months in drilling these beasts
j to answer their command and have
i accomplished wondefrs heretofore
j unknown.
? Further information declares the
j equestrian acts are ciomposed of
j European headliners. and daring
j American performers.. .There will
jbe the funny clowns, fj&mous acro
! bats, bewi'dering aeirialists and
j many unmentionable^ features
j that are proving decided hits. ,
I A menagerie containing a mem
j ber of every living :<wflld animal
! family is being carried a nd is said
' to be one of the largest '{collections
in the world. The doorfc will fcfie
opened before each performance.
both matinee arid night, so that a
i thorough visit to the coenagerie
; may be enjoyed;- During tlhe.show's
: visit here a downtown ticket office,
I where the same price 'will be
! charged for tickets as on the circus
] lot, will be opened at Sibei^'s Drus
j Store. ?
?? ? ? '
The Supervisors of Registration
will be in the office xo nion^pw and
j Wednesday.
Dispatchers Appeal tb j
v, Labor|Board For;
/Cl^sification
. ?. i
Chicago. Sept. 29 (By the Asso-j
dated Press).?Arguments on thej
status 01 chief train dispatchers?;
whether they are officials or sub
ordinate^ officials t? to determine
their right to inclusion in the wage
and rule agreements between car
riers and ttie American Train Dis
patchers' association, occupied the
attention of the United States rail
road- labor board today.
While the board was hearing ar
guments by the roads' executives.
John Higgins of the Western roads;
John G. Walber of the Eastern
carriers and Dr. C P.- Neal of the
Southeastern group. Ben W. Hoop
er,: chairman of the hoard, was
-closeted JwithD, B. Robertson, head
.of the railroad firemen's organ
ization. ..President Robertson asfc
;ed for the conference with Chair
man Hooper to discuss pending
rules disputes with all the 202
class one carriers of the United
States. They have been before the!
board for several months. The!
two main issues in dispute are the |
union's request for two firemen or;
automatic.stokers on all engines of j
over 2Oft,00^ pounds and expenses
.while .away?..from,- the. home..
At the same time John . Scott,
secretary of the .federated shop
crafs,: announced: that B. M. - Jew
elL had .signedr.agreements with ad
ditional roads on - the. Baltimore
: peace plan, bringing the grand to*
?ial~to .74^ ; Other conferences .ar
ranged by Mr. Jewell, assisted by
Daniel -Willard, president of the
Baltimore & Ohio,..were pending,
Mr.-Scott,said.
All representatives of the rail- j
Toads before the board today op- '
posed the.' demands of the dis-j
patehers'. organization for two \
weeks' vacation a v year with *pay
and -the classification - of chief dis
.patchers as . subordinate officials.
Under the ,terms of the transporta
tion: act, subordinate .officials are
'governed by its = provisions, while
?officials are not; -
\ The question of vacations ' was
'overshadowed in importance by the
controversy over the status of chief
i dispatchers. Mok of the day was
ghren to arguing' the duties and
powers and whether, they' are suf
ficient to. class them as officials.
? ' President, Robertson's" visit ] with
Chairman Hpoper. today was' re
garded as 'ai\.effectual sincerity of
any. riimors that the Big Tour
. broiherhoods are attempting to
dodge the! labor board. The. rules
'tie .discussed, .with Chairman Hoop
er were - first' placed before the car
"?'rieiys in y..'later, taken up by a
.mediation bjoard, - during federal
control and ^s^seojuently caried
to the labor board, in I?2oV "
jt js Although no official;, announce
ment was: forthcoming, it. was un
. derstobd.that,the.board\.has left the
-disputes, undecided.-at the request
of the firerae-i* who were nego
j tiating with the carriers.. Xo de
icision on these rules is expected,
however, until the return of board
members. ..
' Tiie board,is expected to take
up for decision in executive session
the case of the-. United Brother
hood of Maintenance of Way Em
. loyees on Monday, the same day
that organization will be in con
vention in Detroit.
Chicago. Sept, 2J3L ? Seventy
iour railroads have signed the.
Baltimore agreement, which the
?federated railway shop crafts rati
fied in Chicago September A 5, to end
tiie shopmen'^, strike. John Scott,
secretary of the railway employees*
department of the American Fed
eration of Labor,- announced - today.
These-included-the 19 roads which
with their subsidiaries were among
; the earliest, of the roads to reach
ja. peace settlement. Mr. Scott said.
iB- M. Jewell, president of the
shop crafts, still is in the East con
j'ferring with rail executives, and
j-Daniel Willard, president of the
; Baltimore & Ohio railroad, is
[aiding in the conferences, the sec
retary said.
As part of the American Fed
eration of Labor's nation-wide pro
test against the use of the injunc
tion in labor disputes and a de
mand for impeachment of Attorney
General Daugherty1. the Chicago
and Illinois labor federations will
hoM a meeting Sunday night at
which United States .Senator Wil
iliam B. Borah of Idaho has been
! invited to speak. Senator Robert
jM. LaFoltette, who was to have
ibeen a speakeg. telegraphed toda;'
[he would not be able to attend,
j John P. Frey, editor of The In
ternational Moulders' Journal of
Cincinnati^ B. M. Jewell and Don
ald R. Richberg, counsel for the
federated railroad shop crafts,
are among the labor speakers. -
RADIO IS HEARD
***f\Amtm OCEAN
Wiretes Fhohe Carries From
Newark to London
XewaYk/ Oer. 1.?Officials of
radio station-Wbr here, today an
nounced^, receipt of a wireless mes
sage declaring that- the voice, of a
, woman singing and the strains of
an orchestra that were broacasted
from Newark last night in an at
tempt at transatlantic communica
tion had been heard in London.
A message broadcasted by Sir
[Thoraas Upton did not carry across
\ the ocean,, however, the London
I message mentioning only the mu
sic strains and the woman's voice.
Sir Thomas, it was announced, will
make A second attempt next week.
>_ _
cotton crop |:
reports hot
favorable
Average Condition is
Placed at Only .52.5
Per Cent. -Respite
Increase in / Acre
age, Yield ; ft-Not
Be Much Greater*
York. Oct.-. f 1 --^Reports of
the cotton crop for the month of.
September are not favorable and
indications point to still another
cut-in yield. According- to the la
test returns, .gathered under an-'
average date of September 24, esti
mates of percentage condition have/
beep lowered 7.5 to 52.5 per cent."
This figure, which represents the
Opinion , of more than l.,6uG com-'
petent correspondents of the Jour- ?
na! of Commerce, compares wi.th'
44.7, the low record figure estab
lished a year ago, and a ten-year
average of-62.4 per cent-. The Sep
tember 1020, per cent. condition
was estimated at 63.9; 5.6.8; the year
before and 58.1. in 1H$. It is, in '
?fact, the lowest level.'with the'ex
ception, of last year, in mofe than
twenty years, although not the""
j largest drop. ?-,;
At this time in 192.1 the per
cent condition had fallen 10.4; the
; year before there, was a. decline of
8.7 per cent and in .1919 8.1 per
cent. In view of the above it has
[again been necessary to revise es
timates of production and a condi
tion of 52.5 following the govern
ment's method of calculation and
using the government acreage of
34,852,QpO. indicates a possible yield
under, normal" conditions of ap- ;
?proximately 10,533,600 bales. This
compares with last year's actual .
yield of 7,953,641 bales, 13,439,
?03 bales in 1920, and 16,134,930 i
bales in the banner year of 1916.
Other private estimates of cotton \
condition range from 49-0 per cent
? to .52.4 per cent.
r -An examination of the foregoing
[ shows losses were far less drastic
! than last month. For instance, the
[-Oklahoma condition declined .12
I per cent against a previous loss of
20.4; Mississippi, 6.3 against 15.7
and Texas only 6.8 against . .15.3..
Next to Oklahoma. the largest re
duction was Tennessee which fell
1LI with Arkansas a close second
. at 10.3. The. smallest loss was re
ported -in Alabama,: namely. 5.1. j
South Carolina, with a^ decline of
7:4 shows the lowest condition re
port,. 41.6. while the highest is i
?Missouri at 10.0.- - ' U j
Very little of the hoped for im
j provement "has taken place.'Here {
and there reports have been re- j
ceived of refreshing showers in io-i
calities where drouth had prevailed j
jor else of;.a '. cessation of the'
j drenc^jing rains complained of at!
i other. . places. At these points j
j conditions. are undoubtedly better]
! but over probably the greater part I
1 of .the . cotton belt excessive "heat!
j^and drouth have persisted- Many;
. correspodents declare that no cot
ton has been made- since early
August.
i There are some counties where
jthe drouth has been unbroken
i since last. July. Coming, after an
.'excessive wet spring, the effect
has been distinctly bad. ..Lacking a
good-tap root the plant has proven
extremely vulnerable to - untoward
j conditions, and alt hough earlier re
ports-indicated well-grown plants
[heavily fruited, the yield is turn
! ing out to be shorr.
?j Shedding has been very heavy*
; while from nearly all parts of the
j belt have come plaints of pre
mature opening. The result of this
is cotton that fe immature and of
poor quality. Bolls are described
as small and knotty and the linr
[yield very.Jight. To- this must be
j added the depredations of weevils!
land other insect pests.
? It is conceded that the hot, dry \
weather of August and September j
j helped to check weevil ravages, but j
f in . a great many instances the ex- j
j tent of; the damage wrought ear
jlier in the season is proving worse ;
\ than expected. Even half-grown I
j bolls, though perfect, have been
I found to be punctured. In parts of
j Texas, leaf and boll worms, also
I caterpillars, have added consider
i ably to the sum total of the loss.
! top crop prospects are regarded as
j negligible. Only a poor, middle
j crop is expected, which leaves lit
| tie more than the bottom crop, to
be realized.
Summing \ up, correspondents
generally express the opinion that
j notwithstanding, the increase in
I acreage, production may not be
; very far in excess of last year. '
; Turning from these gloomy fore
| casts, not a few call attention to
j some more favorable features. Un
usually line weather over nearly
all of the cotton belt during the
last half of September has greatly
facilitated picking, which, as a re
sult of the cheapness and avail
ability of labor, is being pushed at
record speed.
At the date of these returns
picking was estimated as 56 per
eent completed, or the highest av
erage since 1915. At this time last,
year 48 per cent was picked, but
in 1920 only 24.6 per cent and
2.7<> per cent the year before.
Keyer hefore in recent years has
the crop matured and been - pick
ed in such a short .spare of time
In sections where eotton has suffer
ed most all of the crop has been
gathered in and marketed. At oth
er points practically everything will
be made in one or two pickings.
However, except where serious In
jury has been caused by. prema
ture opening cotton is said to bei
clean and of fine quality and like-J
ly to frade well, a factor of con-'
nelles to Be Settled
at Armistice Con
ference gt, Mudania
4^.<tfantihople. Oct. 2-^-W.ith
the>.arm.is5tice conference definitely
fixed' for-tomorrow: at Mudania, a
peri] of war between Great Brit
ain and Turkey appeared less, men
aciife. Britain's recession from the
neutral zone controversy caused no
little surprise and disappointmen:,
but it was,generally admitted this
step was, the only thing which
cou^ld have stayed Musrapha* Kern
st! Pasha's hand. .
. Constantinople, Oct. 2?An im
mediate mutual agreement to sus
ipencl all movements of- troops is
expected to be the first outcome of
the Mudania armistice conference,,
which meets-tomorrow. The allied
policy at the conference will be
decided upon at a meeting jn.Goifc
stantinpple this afternoon o? the al
lied;, generals, admirals, high epm
n^siopers and .military, attaches, in
extraordinary council.
Mine owners
to meet miners
Cleveland;-Oct. I l.^?b?ut lone
hundred representatives of bitu
minous operators and miners from
five states will meet here tomor
row to consider matters pertaining
to the coal industry, which have
been subdued since the mine strike
ended and to arrange for a con-!
ference in January, when. miners']
wages for the fiscal year beginning
April 1. are to be set. Another
purpose, of the conference will be
to initiate, an investigation of the
industry concurrently with that to
be carried on by the fact-finding
Commission to .be appointed, by
President. Harding. ....
*The conference may recommend
.representative union officials and
operators to be placed on the pres
ident's coal commission. The hope
has been expressed on ,bo,tjh sides
;tha.t the conference will reach some
agreement, which will. avoids anoth
er o&tional .coal strike...
iThe conference was provided, for
in the agreement which brought
the coal-strike to -an, .end :in t)ie
middle of August. The area of the j
:bituminous coal fields to be. repre- ]
sented tomorrow will .be larger than
thAt^coveredr.by the-Cleveland^ con
ference. Scale committeemen from
all the operators* association of
Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvan
ia and West Virginia dieaiing with
the United Mine^ Workers-of Amer- j
ica are; expected." Members of the
rPittsburgh Vein Operators' Asso-j
ciation of Cleveland, many of!
whom seceded from the August j
, conference, will- participate individ
ually. ,_ ? / ? > ? ? ? 1
. *
The fall term of the .-court of
general sessions will open Monday, |
October 9th for a two weeks* ses-1
sion. v _ v' . . i
sidcrable importance when it comes
1 to Computing final results.
With very - few exceptions* cct*
I ton is being sold as fast as gin
ned. The principal reasons.for. this
are the farmers' urgent need of
j funds wherewith to pay off bank
! loans, ? also the high prices pre
vailing. In some states there are
a-few reported as holding 10 to 25
per cent back. -
Inquiry into the activities of co
operative .growers' associations
> shows that these are most effec
tive in the Carolinas, Georgia and
j Mississippi. .At. other points,:, es
pecially Texas, Oklahoma, Ten
nessee and Arkansas these organ
izations are not in- favor. How
ever, even where they have most
members the general belief Is. that
they will-not prove much of a fac
tor in the .marketing of the crop.
In only a . few isolated cases are
they said to be handling, as much
as 25 per cent of the cotton gin
ned. -
In analyzing this month's re
turns the feeling paramount seems
to be one of keen disappointment
at the failure to realize the splen
did promise of last spring. Coupled
with the ever increasing inroads of
I the boll weevil, rendered doubly
formidable by two open winters
and then excessive moisture
throughout the spring, weather
i conditions have been consistently
j unfavorable to cotton growing and
i many farmers are showing signs
'of extreme discouragement. This
! is indicated by numerous reports to
I the effect that planters are phtn
ining either increased diversifica
jtion in their crops or else give up
the attempt "at cotton production
altogether.
In view of all these considera
tion* it is perhaps not altogether
unreasonable to presuppose that
a rather-too pessimistic attitude is
being taken. Some usually well
informed observers point out that
last year, with fully as manv draw
backs as this, nearly two million
more bales were produced than es
timated. It would not be at all
surprising, therefore, if this year's
' spotted"' crop should turn out to
be less of a failure than is now so
widely believed. At all events
with the constantly increasing de
mand for the staple and high prices
i realized coupled with lessened
costs of production there is very
little likelihood of the south aban
doning its struggle to raise cotton.
It is far more likely that new and
more effective means to control
the weevil will be essayed next;
year. '
RUM RUNNER
CAPTURED
High Powered Car Especially
Fitted For Hauling Liquor
Being Held inr Augusta
Augusta, =Ga.,:Sept. 27.?A high- j
powered automobile, apparently es- :
pecially constructed .for transport- j
ing liquor, and a negro driving!
the car were captured shortly be
fore f> o'clock yesterday by Officer
Radford, .who said that he had
been "tipped off* that the machine
was en route to this city from South
Carolina. The officer stated that
tiie car originally bore a South
Carolina state license number, but
that the negro driver , had stopped
the car at the Center street bridge
and changed the tags, placing *a
Georgia state number on. the ma-!
chine. . ..
Some parties, crossing the bridge!
detected the negro in the act of j
changing the tag.and, upon seeing
Officer,.Radford,, informed him that !
the car would arrive in Augusta in j
a-few minutes, When the machine:]
reached the: Georgia side oi the'j
bridge, shortly after, the negro was
placed j under arrest and sent to.!
police hea.dqnarter? for investiga- j
tion.
IJpon investigation it was found
that the machine, a high-powered
Cadillac touring car, was construct
ed inj such a manner as to be able
to .haul, at least .300 quarts of. li
quor. . The seats were camouflaged'
to .look natural, but the padding,
an4 springs: had been removed .and.
in their place was a-box-lik.e af
fair in which a number, of. bottles
could, be stored. The partition be
hetween the front and. rear seats of
.the car was also -constructed, for
hauling purposes, and small .doors
were cleverly concealed which led
to the hiding places..;
..- A- thprp?gh inspection -of the
car' was .made by officers yester
day morning, hut no whiskey was
found, and even though the odor
of liquor was Strong and some
straw coverings of whiskey bot
tles were .found, the authorities
stated that they are without au
thority, to confiscate the machine,
inasmuch as.no liquor, was found.
The negro driving the machine
gave his name to the local.authori
ties as John Hibbs, and said that
his. home was, in Columbia, S. C.
He told the officers that the ma
chine beonged to P; G, Kanelos,
a white man, - at Columbia, and
jstated' that "he' was just taking
a trifr to Savannah." The authorl -
[ties here are of the belief that the
[C?r vwas en "route to: Savannah for
; other'.? purposes,' however, and the
I owner' of the machine has been
I notified' to .come to tbisi city, for the
[car. ' ' " :, " .
['. In searching the negro, -following
his arrest,. Officer John Vaughn
found..a pistol ^on Jjis .person, and
charges of. curving, a Pistol without
a: license, .and., carrying* concealed
weapons.... . have been . .docketed.
against hiuu, ? ..." r , ... ..
Florence Needs
Expense Money
Not Enough In; tfe Treasury
to Run Until January 1
Florence, ^Sept. 28.?A resolution;
directing .the county, attorney to
prepare ? bond issue for, % 3 5.0,000
for Florence County, to be voted
upon by the people in the general
election in November, was one of
the important matters disposed of
today at a joint meeting of . the
j.past indebtedness and governing
I commission and the new county
j delegation. The funds derived
j from this bond issue will be used
jto handle the councy's past nidebt
jedness to date and pay the running
{expense to January 1, 1923. This
'will leave the county with a clean
j slate with the beginning of the new
! year. The- bonds are to run for .a
j period of twenty-years.
Another matter taken up was
i that of raising the necessary funds
for running the county expenses,
the . remainder of this year, -there
being only some $10,000 in the
treasury at present - for all county
? purposes. - It was estimated that
} additional funds amounting to $23,
000 will be needed and unless this
is secured all county work will be
closed down and- the courts sus
pended, with the exception of the
Criminal Court, which meets next
ihonth. It was decided to accept
the suggestion of Ashton H. Wil
liams, Senator-elect,- to find out
the amount necessary for .running
(expenses for the remainder of the
[year, and get the. members of the
J old delegation to authorize this ap
propriation, the new delegation not
j having authority to authorize it. If
i this appropriation is . authorized,
the new delegation is bound by law
I to appropriate the amount at the
{next meeting of the .General As
sembly.
If the old delegation refuses to
authorize this amount, the activf
; ties of the county will be closed
down and the county convicts
probably sent to the State peniten
tiary, it was stated.
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There, is much complaint that the
detours around the sections of pub
lic roads now being hard surfaced
are unnecessarily long and that lt
tle has been done to make them
: reasonably fit for use.
? ? ?
Farmers of various sections of
j Sumter and Clarendon counties who
j were in town Saturday, almost with
! out exception reported that cotton
picking was practically completed
this-week and if good weather
j continues-.next week the crop will
j be cleaned up. The concensus of
j opinion is that the total yield will
j fall considerably below that of
j last year which was less than one
third of a normal crop.
County Treasurer B. C. Wall ice
was quite busy ^.-Saturday willing
tax receipts for those who availed
themselves of the last opportunity
to pay their 1921 taxes before exe
cutions are issued.
Abandon Steel
Merger Plan!
Bankers Unwilling to finance!
in Face of Government
Opposition
. , ? ?
Washington, Se.pt. %% ? i he pre- j
posed merger of the Inland Steel j
Company, the Midvale Steel and ;
Ordnance Company and the Re- i
public Iron and Steel Company will j
not be effected, it was announced j
today. The situation arising from
the action of the federal trade
commission in declaring that sue i
a merger would.be illegal, was do-'
clared responsible for the decision
The decision to abandon the
three-company consolidation, which
was to have been known as the
North American Steel Compar.v. j
was strengthened, ?t w;>> =aid- by]
the. uwillingiiess of bankers to j
finance the merger in the face of j
the federal trade comrojssion's \
ruling.
While the commission's action
was expected to result in a mod
ification of the original merge.'
terras the actual, abandonment of.
the plan came as a surprise in the
financial district.
The original plans for an inde
pendent steel merger involvec!
seven companies, the Republic,
Midvale. Inland. Yoiiagstown Sheet
and Tube,' La^kawanna Ste?ri.
Steel and Tube of America, and
Brier Hill Steel companies. Ex
ecutives of the seven . companies
made a tour of the plants involv
ed late last spring. Shortly after
they returned to this city, ;he
Lackawanna company withdrew
from the negotiations and announc
ed that tentative plans had been
completed for its absorption, by the
Bethlehem. Steel company. Soon
afterward the. Youngstown Sheet
and Tube company withdrew be
cause ?f d i s s a ti s f ac i i a n wit h
the capital readjustment plan,
feeling that their plant was not
being considered at its true valu
ation. After a series of conferences
two. more companies dropped out
and it was finally decided to go
ahead on a'three-company plan.
The merger plans were attach
ed by the Lock wood legislative com -
mittee investigation hdusing con
ditions and later both the federal
trade commission which gave out
a decision that the combination if
effected, would constitute an il
legal monopoly. Promoters of thei
merger called attention to the facti
that the ? combined1 output of the]
-three companies-was more than 20';
per 'cent of the ? country's ; total!
steel production:- They also claim
ed to have the arcoipey gene&LFs
?approval of their project;
COTTON '
" r ^SSO?iATK)N
New. ttntracts \ pouring into
Columbia Headquarters
j : ..Coiumbia^ S. :?^,.Sept.. 30.-^Indi
j eating ;the outward sweep- of cooper -
}at|ye: marketing of cotton- in South
?Carolina, a^telegranf was received at
[the. headquarters of the South Car
i olina . Cotton- -. Growers ' Association
r from Lv L. .Rice, of'-Anderson; stat
|ing. that J.. J. Pretwell, one of-the
1 largest farmers, bankers and busi
ness men in the upper' part -of the
state, had signed 'the contract. Af
! ter- watching the * progress of the
organization, Mr. Fretwell made up
j his mind this morning to affix his
^signature to the contract,
j Notwithstanding the cotton sea
jsoa is on? dozens of contracts are
I pouring into association headquar
ters. r daily. Yesterday over fifty
new contracts were received. Cot
ton is also pouring into the associa
tion from aU sections of the state,
j Yesterday over 200 cars were eith
? er in the yards here or enroute over
j one railroad alone, the Atlantic
j Coast Line. Other roads also had
heavy incoming shipments. So
i heavy was the traffic that a report
igot in circulation over the state
? that an embargo had been placed
ion the association's. cotton. This
j report was denied by both.asspcia
?tion and Coast Line, officials. It
was admitted that shipments, to the
association were exceedingly heavy,
! but denial was made that an em
j bargo^ would he placed... Railroad
I officials: are cooperating with the
j.associatipn as closely as possible in
j moving the cotton.
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j Conference Declined
General Manager of Coast
Line Refuses to See
Shopmen
I Rocky Mount, N. C, Sept. 2S.?
? "There can be no subject for dis
i cussion or negotiations and the rc
i quest for a conference has- been
I declined." said P. R. Albright,
j vice president and general manager
j of the Atlantic Coast Line, when
I questioned concerning the appeal
jmade by officers of the Atlantic
i Coast Line shop crafts for a con
j ference with the management with
I the view of effecting an individual
j settlement of the strike on tha i
' railroad.
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Sultan Quits, Report
Paris. Sept. 28. ? Mohammed
i YT, Sultan of Turkey, has ajbdi
j cated in favor of the heir apparent.
; Prince Abdul Medjid Efiendi, ac
? cording to a report sent by the
j Havas correspondent at Coiastan
'. tinople- The news, he add>\ has
j not yet been officially announced.
j' Prince Abdul Medjid. who is a
?cousin of the Sultan, was born in
11S6S.
Quite a number of Sumter peo
ple attended the centenary district
rally at Boykins' Mill Thursday.
Some of those in the party were
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Daniel, Rev.
|and Mrs. E. L. McCoy, Rev. J. G.
I Ferguson, Mr. Robert Brown and
[Mrs. E. W. VogeL
french policy
...RMAimSAMJ!
)vernment is Concern?l
Over Athen^ Report ^
Paris.: Sept. -2&. (By the Asso
ciated Press).?France's policy in
the Ne3r East, as laid down in the
note she sent tn Kemai Pasfc/t
jointly With the other allies, has
-not been' modified by the overturn
in'Greece, it was announced after
a cabinet meeting today. '
The French ' government w
greatly concerned over the report
ed- "determination of., the - new
Greek government to defend
Thrace.; Such a decision, it-is" be
lieved, would be . certain td . reaet
unfavorably on the Keinajists and
the dispatch' of Greek forces to.
Eastern Thrace would ^almost cey- ~
tainly be followed hy a belligerent
move on the part; of ."the Turks in
Asia Minor and disturbances in.Con
stantinople.' The situation,' it is
thought, wiir have;. the - ..effect: of
delaying Kemal's reply to' the al
lied note several , more days. ,
M: Frankjin-Bou?in, the Franm:;
emissary to ? the Nationalists, is
expected to see Kemai at Smyrna,
-today or tomorrow. ? .He , will use
the entire ihflpence.iof his gdverrf
liient to try and keep the Nation
alist leader from taking any action
with regard to Thrace until the in
tentions "of the Greek government
are clearly established. -
After his interview .with',: ifce
French diplomat Kemai, it is un
derstood, will leave irame&iate|r
for Angora, where the NatS?JiaJ*st_'
'assembly will formally vote on the ..
allied communications. The. fear is
expressed that if Greece!" nieajl-;
time' begins plans for the de^ipjfc
of Thrace'the assembly wiU .reSise
to'accept the atfied terms. .
There was said today ?o be: fctQ
intention of modifying, the n?kd
attitude toward Greece "in view of
the abdication of Constance 1'he
'allies Will make the jstrpii&e^t <e?
forts to have the Greeks - retire
from Eastern Thrace undi^r the
terms made to- Kemai. . AiJi??d; ob
servers, however, admit" that %
popular revolt in Greece f?r.the'de
fense of Thrace could not be stop
ped by allied "diplomatic pressure.
governor"
revokes
: Back to Prison
.;.?(Columbia,.- Sept. : r????G?*?Tttor ;
Harvey :yesterdayr af?ernoot>?ie*ok- v?
ed the,j5argle-.of..Reed^afeaa^^iba
^Andersen, man, iconvteted-n&saarr- -f.
? slaughter,.; bjut, wiip. 'ainee^ .feet^T
\ paroled . has been:>jreport^->to7ilie -
? governor. a-s having* grioiitfidi^she
j.faws. < ,Shaw..,..was, conxiattjdr^ot
|.manslaughter-.. a*d.. ' seat; . ?to -{"ae
\ penitentiary. sor. -seAT<en ^sears. viia
May, I I,.. 1920, he; was caroled dur
ing his good behavior*. A r eesat
investigation of his ,behavipr. pw
I duped , ^or -. .thegovernor e^teaee
(:to show that ,he; has nojt beeut^?v
Ling up .to,the condition- of<*?-^a
-rgie, and, th>; clemency was :re?
pked. - ../. ? ? ? j- jr>
Beaufort OM WH?
Given first Honors in Biscuit
Making Contest
Columbia., Sept. 2S.~Missr E3j*f*
Mae McDahieis. of Beaufort, wbn
first honors here todays in- the_ hte
cnit making contest, with * con*- :
'*petitors entered from Aiken, A2
\ lendale, Bamberg, Bamweltr Eea?
i fort, Hampton, Lexington^Orim^e
"burg and .Richland counties. Miaa
j Iva Thomas, Hampton, was see--'
j ond; ? Miss Mary Shealey, "Lexuyf*
j ton, third and Miss Ailiene i?t?b
Uli, Barnwell, fourth. *
j Miss Annie Ruth 'Carter^ Bam?
?berg, was awarded first"? place in
jthe ? canning exhibit, and-Miss
iGenievieVe Smith. "Lexington: 'fciqgfc. :
j Elizabeth Curran, of Richlaiid,
were next in order. ? '
Engagement Announced.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas-B.'-Ca?dfe ;
.'announce the engagement of their*
j daughter, Miss Evelyn Austell
Caudle to Mr. William J. Crowson,
j .Tr:, the wedding* to' take* pla*?
j about the middle of November;
Much interest has been occasion
ed by the announcement for Miss
i Caudle is one of. the most popular
? members of the younger set in
i Sumter, while Mr. Crowson as eash
! ier and director of the National
!J5ank of Sumter, is one of the best
j known young bankers of the stete,
{besides being prominently identl
ffied with civic and social, orgafc
! izations in the city ajul. conntyt
A* special term of the court . of
common pleas will coaTene on
Monday, October 23rd for a two
weeks' session. The order
signed today by Chief Ju
Gary at the request of the Sumter
ftar Association. The special Judge
who will he named tp preside ov^r
tMs court- has not been announced.
The Sumter tobacco market clos
ed for the 1922 season Friday. The x
E&nner warehouse closed on .the
22nd, and the Farmers* Warehouse
and the Co-operative i ec-eiving *
warehouse closed Friday. The to
tal receipts of tobacco at the Sum
ter market during the season ap
proximated .1,300,000 pounds. -?
Bishop Collins Denny of Rich
mond, Va., was the guest on Wed
nesday evening of Rev, and Mrs.
E. L. McCoy. On. Thursday, tfce
bissop delivered a great address
to the preachers and a large nusa
b^r of laymen of the Sumter Dis
trict at Baykin's Mill where a pic
nic dinner was served. i
Why shouldn't the ex-kaiser
marry ? He has enough wood cut
co last biru all wintert

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