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Th^Vi4tU4u>i:?n and Southron
l*ufc^beti WeducMito and Satur
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Sumtcr, S. C.
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logger will be made at reduced
rates.
Ail communications which sub
serve private interests will oe
charged for as advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes of re
spect will be charged for.
The Somter Watchman was
founded in IS50 and the True
Southron in 1866. The^ Watchman
and Sovthron now has the com-'
bined circulation and infhienee- of
both of the old papers, and is man
ifestly the best advertising medium
In Sumter. ? :
PROTECTION FOR MEXICANS
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Secretary Hughes was obliged,
after protests from the Mexican
government, to wire the governor
of Texas urgently requesting "that
adequate., measures be taken im
mediately to afford complete pro
tection "^for Mexican citizens at
V * ft.V j> VC . ,
Breckepwdge." .The lives of Mex
ican residents had been threatened
and the Mexican consulate had
complained that the mayor, pro
fessed to be unable to protect them.i
That is in northern Texas, far
froiiTthe usual area of internation
al friction.. In southern Texas it
has been wor^e. In Hidalgo Coun-'
ty Mexicans have been lynched. It
was reported the other day that
the entire Mexican population of
one-4.ojcn 4^ad fled for the border j
in terror. ?
Nor-yec* forgotten is the compli
cation caused in the Herrin, 111.,
massacre, hy. the incidental killing
or fwo Mexican citizens, and the
inability "otOhe United States gov
v.^ment-to^-do anything about it.
Thcs. government finds it very dif
ficult, to-lniervene in such matters,
amfc the* states have a way of dodg
ing- their-' responsibility .. The re
?~t>oh> is embarrassing to interna
tional relations, Especially v rela
? . - ? .
tions* with"a country like Mexico.
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How often have Americans com
p}af$ed indignantly' at similar out
rages perpetrated against Ameri
cans- o?* Mexican soil! Sometimes
thexelseenrto be two sides even to
the*-Meaacan question. ,
THEr^lOSS GRAPE CURE.
Many- Americans are said to be
seefcing the "grape cure" in Swit
zerland for gout and liver trouble.
According to a new? item on the
? j>ufl$ect the cure has proved itself
to be of great value when follow
ed hnder proper medical super
vision.
So far-as-the reader can glean
from the dispatch, the cure con
sLst4..qf rising early in the morning,
visiting the'vineyards in person and
cutting one'^s - own portion. or- dose
of grapes from the \1nes.
There'-s-something mighty at
tractive about this cure. Probably
in (>thcr frtrit seasons it would be
found almost a< helpful to the dis
eased patient to rise early in the
morning, take a healthfur "walk to
pcaeb>or apple orchard or berry
plantation und gather for himself
a wholesome portion of the sun
riircTTCTT^Truif;. Or perhaps if the
orclfkifd^icere not available, the
frui?_could be procured somehow
and* eaten at the end of a walk in
the early morning.
In such .a method of treatment,
however, half the fun would be
lost, tiie walk would become a mere
duty to -health and the early rising
utterly-distasteful. The'Swiss doc
tors are-wise-to combine their re
quirements in so charming a way
and to call the whole thing by the
euphonious name of "the grape
AMERICAN ROT?LTY
Theoretically America has no
royalty. Practically an aristocracy
is b?ildiftg^up and .steadily increas
ing *n jfop?larity. At Kansas City
late-*in November the American
Rcyat Live Stock Show will hold
its 24th annual exhibit. All the
kings and queens and rojal fami
lies of American stockdom will be
rei.ro-cnted.
There are to be prize beef and
milch cattle on view. The horse
shows aw expeced to outrival those
of New York or Chicago. Swine
and poultry will be included this
year for the 'first time. About 250
prize sheep are entered.
Studenjs;; from state agricultural
eoilCg/^ Srt"over the country will
be ?pftV t'i; the show to study the
exhibits.,help in judging and get all
the :information they can on the
I reed^pg of fine stock and the diffi
cult bustne^s'of keeping the breeds
goo?t and s*ill unweakened by too
much inbreeding?a fault which the
titled among human kind have
largely forgotten to guard against.
This wfa sort of royalty which it
nays a democracy to develop. *'If
equal pains had been taken in rais
ing the human family to combine
the highest physical perfection
with the finest qualities for ser
vice, history would have been differ
ent.
MAKING SPEEDERS UNDER
STAND
[ A Michigan judge is offering
I something different as a cure for
'speed bugs.'
j Not content with imposing fines
and jail sentences on speeders, af
ter'the courtrsession he personally
conducts the offenders through the
hospitals where traffic accident.;
eases are being treated. j
The speeders see little children!
crippled for life, old people who
have been turned from feebleness
to helplessness, and the mainstays
of families become dependents,
every, one because some driver,
perhaps one of the inspecting par
iy, was heedless. Almost without
exception the offenders end their
journey in tears of shame and sor
row." Indifference and defiance,
vanish as they realize the" sort of
havoc their kind of selfishness
creates. Like' Thomas, having
seen the wounds, they believe.
Such a lesson lasts. 4,Men are
only boys grown tall." ?dulta arc
just like children. It is seldom
enough simply to forbid, or to ad
minister abstract punishment. The
false ideal miist be replaced with ?
true one before lasting reform is
accomplished. .
JUSTICE AT HERRIN
Nine-tenths of the indictments
resulting from the mining massacre
at Herrin, n? last summer, have
been dismissed. The five men left
are being tried for murder. Natur
ally enough, there is difficulty in
getting a jury. The first panel of
100 veniremen has been exhausted
and the second: 100 called. There
may be another" hundred or two
needed before a dozen eligible men
can be found.
Jurymen are sought, properly,
who live at a distance from the
scone of crime and are touched as
little as'?possible by its" hot preju
dice. There was ah effort made to.
keep all union miners off the jury,,
without success.. It is a most dif
ficult case, which Will; be .fought
bitterly, and may end in failure to
convict anybody-?or punish any
body, if there is conviction.
Tai somebody killed two dozen
?^fKiieless miners, and such kill
ing is murder, and this is a civ?
ized country. If the crime goes
unpunished, that'failure' of justice
wfVk be" hardly less criminal than
the. original crime.
SAFETY FOR THE LITTLEST
ONES
Authorities interested in safety
instruction urge the co-operation of
the home in the prevention. of
traffic accidents to children.. The<
schools in most communities have
classes for safety instruction, but
the home must do* its share, par-j
ticularly in trainihg and watching]
the children below school age.
In one city, of 15 persons killed
in traffic accidents in one month,
eight were children. In only one or
two instances did blame rest even
remotely on the driver of the car. j
j It is possible to teach'very small
[children to be careful, but eternal
I vigilance on the part of their eld- j
crs is necessary too. It is a good
deal of trouble for a busy mother
jto look often to see that little ones
, are safe in the yard or on the
j sidewalk, but when death removes
; the responsibility, how gladly it
would be welcomed again!
It costs something to build a
[fence and put up a gate with a
lock too high for little fingers, but
there are other expenses which
j would be harder to meet for every
reason, . - .?, . .
THE SPEECH CLINIC
As a part of Its better speech
j training for pupils, one high school
Jhas established a clinic for all per
. sons whose speech Is hampered
j not by ignorance of good English,
;but by physical defects, nervous
jness, nasality and twang, foreign
'accent and other curable difficul
' tics.
j ? . 1 t. . . .
j This clinic is free to the whole
public. Voice and throat tests have
already disclosed that in a major
: ity of cases the defects could be
(corrected by speech education with
| out medical aid. Some cases re
| quire surgical or dental attention.
t - t . ?
.A great many of the difficulties are
'directly caused by mental or ner
jvous disturbances. These are treat
'cd to relax muscle tenseness and to
j develop new habits of nerve con
trol. General vitality, poise and
mental control are emphasized, for
j they are very helpful to articulate,
!agreeable and effective speech.
Patients who nttend the rlinir
i
may have individual, confidential
attention if they desire. Thorough
examination, followed by expert
advice and full instructions as to
procedure arc, frequently, enough
to set the boy or girl on the road to
improvement. Where acute cases
demand systematic, scientific and
extended care, that may be ar
ranged for.
Here is a practical service to the
community which many schools
could offer. Although not every
teacher of English or of public
, speaking has the knowledge and
Straining to do this work, it would
jnot be an impossibie standard to
; require one such expert in every
[ community. . . . , ..
AX OVER-MAN NED INDUSTRY
The November bulletin of the,
National City Bank of New York,
commenting on the coal industry
investigation, pertinentiy says:
"It does not require' a govern
ment' commission to find out that j
consumers of coal cannot afford to
pay f?ll annual wages to miners
for working only 200 days a year.
Its finding no doubt will be. of
value, but we know already that
unless a great deal more coal is
needed, a large working force
should be transferred out of the
bituminous coal industry, as a
means of correcting the irregular
ity of employment, and wages re
adjusted accordingly."
This is mere common sense,
which doubtless will be duly re
flected in the report of the able
commission appointed by the Prcs
ident. It will be unfortunate, how
ever, if elimination of the funda
mental evil of the coal industry
has to wait upon a deliberate fed
eral inquiry and still more delib
erate congressional action to fol
low.
The simple fact is that coal min
ing suffers from too many miners.
The miners are paid well for the
time they work, but do not work j
enough days in the year to make aj
decent living. If about 100,000 of
them should enter other industries,
the labor situation in the mining
industry might straighten itself out.
Fortunately such a transfer may
happen automatically, in some de
gree at least, because of the grow-i
ing shortage of labor and demand
for men in other important indus
tries.
LABOR IN POLITICS
j Though conservatism wins in
j England, labor shows unexpected
strength. Labor is also developing
jnew political strength in the United
States. It claims 23 friendly sena
tors in the next Congress and a;
large group of representatives. It!
lit possible that there will be a "la-j
bor bloc" wielding a balance of j
power and going after class legis-;
lation as the farm bloc has done.!
The two blocx may combine.
Most Americans will be sorry to
see the European bloc system go^
any further in this country. re-J
,gardless of the merits of whatever
I policies organized labor chooses to
[urge at this time. Our nation has
[.been committed from the bcgiii-J
ning to the two-party system, and;
has had pretty good success in'
giving representation to all classes
under this system. The Federation
of Labor itself has recognized this
[fact for many years by consistent
ly refusing to seek governmental
action except through the astablish
cd parties. Is it possible that we'
jhave come to the turning of the
road?
? ? ?
, CRIMINAL SELF-DETER3IINA
TION .
Virtually the entire Christian
population of Asia Minor, except
males between 19 and 55, is on the
'march toward the coast, according
to advices of the Near East Relief.
From all indications there will soon
be nothing left to relieve.
The Turkish Nationalist govern
'mcnt issued an order recently "per
mitting" non-Moslems to leave the
i
country before November 30. This
has been taken everywhere as an
ultimatum for the Christian resi
dents to get out of the country, un
der penalty of being massacred af-j
jter the date set. as the Greeks were;
massacred at Smyrna and as 800,- i
; 000 of the total 1.100,000 Armen
ians have been since the armistice. |
From Samsun. on the Black ScaJ
comes a typical picture:
"A great trek is in lull flood on
all roads converging at Samsun.
The refugees have deserted homes,
farms, everything they could not
! bring away on their backs or on
oxcarts. All are anxious to reach
the sea.
i "Samsun already has 10,000 of its
jOwri Christians wailing to sail, and
ships are in sight for only 20u.
There are an additional 40.000 ref
J ugecs headed this way and they
cannot possibly gf>t a way within tin*
time limit of November 30. As the
I ? ?; '&\ v.. ft' ? ? 'V.
military are preventing the de
parturc of all men from 1!) ? to 55,
'only women, children and the in
firm arc reaching Sarnaun. I
"Thousands who survive thej
(hardships of the migration to thej
coast will perish of starvation in
the winter. I am told 30,000 wo- \
[men and children are hiding in the
i mountains."
j "Nationalism" is a fine thing, butj
[here is a nationalism gone mad.
j Here is self-determination turned
criminal. Yet it is'on this'princi-.:
pie that Kemal Pasha and his fol
lowers profess to base their cause
and justify their acts. ... !
They should be taught, by force
if necessary, that no nation has a
right to any sort of self-determina-}
tion that involves crime against
another nation or a denial of thei
universial claims of civilized hu-j
mahity. Nor was the principle as;
originally enunciated intended to'
work,in any such criminal manner.
FOREIGN INSOLENCE
The Hon. John William. Fortescue.
president of the Royal Historical
Society of England, had been in
vited to address the West; Point,
cadets on Armistice Day. The in- ,
vitation was recalled, by order of j
the Secretary ? of War. (Secretary I
Weeks based his action on a recent!
book written by Mr. Fortescue in
which occurs this statement,
among many derogatory to., the
United States: ..
"Americans, esteem a good bar
gain, even if gained by dishonor
able means, to mark the highest
forni of ability. The United States
cannot engage in any form of com-j
petition with us. from athletics to1,
diplomacy, without using foul play.
They must win, if not by fair skill
then by prearranged trickery 'orj
violence; If not by open negotia-!
tiori's, then by garbled maps and I
forged documents. There is thej
fact. It may bis unpleasant; 'but'
it cannot be denied."
It is unpleasant, and it. is de-;
nied. The American people will
rise up as one man and deny it.;
The Hon,..John William is entitled
to hold such opinion's, though thcyj
are certainly curious opinions for,
a president of a.historical society.!
But certainly dry foreigner hold-j
ing them has no business^ address-" '
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ing any . representative, .hody d?;
American youths, especially, array ,
cadets. Americans are notorious^ 3
ly tolerant of foreign lecturers, but
the line .must be drawn somewhere.
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ANOTHER COAL STRIKE?
Representatives of the soft coal
miners and operators, meeting in!
Chicago after long preparation,.]
have had trouble in agreeing on a
method whereby they can get to- !
gether later to figure out next
year's wage scale.
When there is so much difficulty
with a mere preliminary, what
will they do when they face the ac-'
tual wage question and the real
tug of war begins again? . .Will}
there be the same old deadlock, j
with nothing to replace the present
agreement when it ends the first of]
next April, and a consequent shut-j
down of the coal industry.Jndefi- j
nitcly, while the miners and? opera- j
tors try to starve each other out j
and really do starve out the inno
cent public? |
If there is any more of that kind j
of business in the coal industry, thej
demand for government control of,
the mines will become overwhelm
ing. The country is in no mood to
repeat the experience of the present
JW. .? I ! ; S _ j
Deaths . From Cancer j
Officiak Repdri for South
Carolina
Columbia, Nov. 20.?There were
588 deaths last year in South Car
olina from cancer and other ma
lignant tumors, according to in
formation received in Columbia
from the bureau of the census in
[Washington. Of this number 36G
were among whites. 222 among
negroes. These figures are more
than; those for the last two years, j
though the deaths in 1920 were'
sligtly less than the totals for
1911*.
j The trend of the cancer death
[rate throughout" the nation is up
I ward, t he census figures show. In
?1921 the rate was 86 per 100.00<> of I
population; for 1920 it was -S3.4.
The death rate for South Carolina
is -lower than that of any other
state. 47;G for-19-21'. Massachusetts
j had the highest. 90.6.
j ? Greek language has not changed
much in 2000 years. Not even
when Greek waiters speak Eng
lish.
j With so many other things to
i worry ahout some men insist on:
wondering if their hair is combed.
i Children are a great handicap in
(doing the things you shouldn't do.
I Ther*? is something naive and
charming about Lloyd George's in-'
sinuation that this is no time to"
? i'tit in nti inferior man. j
LAWS FULL OF
LOOPHOLES
{jev. Harvey Issues Statement
Calling For Remedy
?\ Columbia. Nov. 22.?Governor
Harvey today issued a statement in.
which he declared that the crim
inal laws of the state are full of
loop holes and need remedying. He
predicted also the passing of the
; parole system. ? The governor's
"statement was his first expression
since the supreme court's opinion
this week, reversing the governor
in the case of Grover Crooks, of
Oconee, whom the governor had
had; rear rested on a charge of vio
lating the terms of the parole is
sued by a. former governor. The
governor stated that the reversal
was. "an impersonal matter for j
him,; that he had acted for thej
public, but that he is glad the!
matter is determined definitely. "It
means that the parole system asj
previously understood," he says,'
"Will. practically, .be abandoned." J
Buys Valuable Plant j
Single Strawberry Plant Sells;
For $50,000
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-Three Rivers, Mich., Nov. 21-?!
Fftsty*;thousand dollars for a single]
strawberry plant was paid today
by J Frank E. Beatty. president of
the -R. E. Kellogg Company, fruit
growers.
*.r^he plant is to be known" as
"R?ck Hill" in honor of its breed
er^.'Barlow Rockhill, of Con-ad,
Iowa:
./The plant boars in early summer
ajud begins.again in the late sum
mer and bearing continuously un
til fr"ost comes.
.."We are paying the price, nof
frpm. the idea of making a profit
but as an incentive to growers and
breeders of plants to develop. new
varieties," said Mr. Beatty.
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?'MAKE PEACE , j
BY CHRISTMAS"
/ IS SLOGAN
^Lausanne. Nov. 22.?Although
"make peace by Christmas" is the
slogtfn in the Near East peace con
ference circles, indications today
are that the work will be scarcely
beguh by that time, if the delegates
deab^horoughly with its problems.
Th6-?oOnference has been organiz
ed ited ready to get down to work.
Thc?*meetings were held in private, j
Ambassador Child in a statement
j&rid that the American delegation
claimed the right to be heard on
equality, with the others but with- j
put the right of voting or any ob- j
Iigation to take office or sign j
agreements or reports.
Issnet-Pasha today laid Turkey's
cl?im-to Western Thrace before the !
conference. He claimed all terri
tory,erabraced. within the frontiers ;
of 19J-3.- Venizelos for Greece at
onee opposed this claim favoring
the maintenance of the Maritza riv
er boundary line. The Syrian dele
gate- who arrived today demanded
the independence of his country.
High Tide.
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Greenville, Nov. 22.?When a
cow fell into a deep well near the
city, this afternoon and her own
ers had exhausted all other means
of j extricating her, the city fire
department was called out and ef
fected.her rescue by filling the well
with water, the-cow floating to the
top and walking out unharmed.
? The poor we have with us al
ways, but the rich are often against
us.
Plow under the cotton stalks and
kill the boll weevils. 0
- .'A' wise * man never falls in love
this, closer to Christmas.
PAROLE DOES
NOT SUSPEND
.SENTENCE
Supreme Court Renders De
cision That Prison Sentence
Runs Concurrently With
Parole
Columbia, Nov. 21.? Holding
that the sentence against a pris
oner out under a parole from the
governor continues to run while the
prisoner is at liberty, the supreme j
court yesterday morning handed!
down a decisiorr ordering Col. A. j
K. Sanders, superintendent of the i
penitentiary, to release G rover
Crooks from his custody.
. Crooks was convicted of assault j
and battery in Oconee county in j
November, 1916, and sentenced to
serve six years. . He was paroled
December 22, 1921, by Governor
Cooper '"during good behavior" and
September 13, 1922, Governor Har- !
vey revoked the parole because
Crooks, he said, had violated its
terms.
In the decision handed down yes
terday, written by Justice Marion
and concurred in by Justices Watts,
Frascr and Cothran, the court says
that the parole granted to Crooks
did not suspend his sentence, but
that Crooks remained in contem
plation of the law as if in legal
custody and continued to serve his
sentence. Chief Justice Gary dis
sented from the opinion. Crooks';
sentence had expired . by virtue of 1
the operation of the law on April j
5, 1922, and there was no further i
service due the state by the peti
tioner, the court holds.
The court draws a distinction
between "suspended sentence" and
"conditional pardon" along with
"parole." The governor could grant
a conditional pardon or suspend a !
sentence and a prisoner would be
liable to complete the remainder
of his sentence if the governor
saw fit to revoke his act giving
clemency, the court says.
Crooks was in the custody of the
sheriff of Oconee county at the
time his parole was revoked, being
under charges of breach of the
peace. The court orders him re
turned to the sheriff. The case was
argued before the court on a pe
tition for a writ of habeas corpus,
taken out before Justice Watts,
but returnable before the full court.
The decision yesterday was of
far reaching effect. It applies to
the Reed Shaw case in Anderson,
Judge Prince having released
Shaw under habeas corpus pro
ceedings because he held that
Shaw's sentence had expired. The
court, while not considering the
Shaw case, upholds the action of
Judge Prince. Shaw's parole was
revoked by Governor Harvey after
his sentence had expired, consider
ing that it ran concurrently with
the parole and was not held in
abeyance, as was' decided in the
opinion yesterday. Several other
cases are likely to develop within
a short time.
Marriage Licenses
White:
.7. Arthur Haynsworth of Sum
ter and Miss Susie S. Kirk, of Ha
good. ' k- *: ?
T>r. J. R. Dunn of Camden and
Miss Annie M. Nash of Sumter.
Colored:
Lewis Johnson and Sadie Wil
liams of Sumter.
Harrison Jenkins and lEstelie
Haynsworth of Dalzell
Thomas Fullard and Fannie Belle
Laws, Lynchburg.
? ? ?
Russian Soviet government is
five years old now. Like all young
sters it has never had enough to
eat.
Former kaiser gave his bride a
costly present, which comes under
the^nigb cost loving.._
COTTON FUTURES
ACT IS ATTACKED
?????
Senator Dial Speaks Before j
Southern Commercial
Congress ' I
Chicago. Nov. 21.?The present'
cotton futures contract law "never |
the laws of common sense and the
customs of merchandising" by per- !
mining the seller to deliver anyone
of ten grades to the buyers, Sen
ator N. B. Dial, of South Carolina
declared today in an address be
fore the Southern Commercial Con
gress, j
He urged amendment of the act!
to give the purchaser rights to j
equal those of the seller. Under
the present system, he ? said, " the j
grower suffers because purchasers
sell out their hedges rather than
accept delivery of inferior grades
and the consequent heavy sales de
press the prices.
He cited figures to show that in
1920 only 13.340,000 bales of cot
ton were grown . in the United j
States, while there were contracts j
sold for 128.907,500 bales. From
August 1, 1920, to July 31, 1921,
the actual number of bales deliv
ered at New York was only 267,700
and at New Orleans 106.600.
Not Sold at Right Value.
"Under the 'present practice,"
Senator Dial said, "even the lowest
grades of cotton are not sold at
their value because you have not
brought the right parties to
gether. *
"Furthermore, the prices quoted
on the exchanges do not reflect the!
price of the market. For example.
On March . 23, 1920, March con
tracts in New York were 36.52, spot
40 cents a pound in July spots 43.75
contracts 36.50.
"Artificial supplies- are created
at the pleasure of the sellers of
contracts without enlarging the de
mand. The law of supply and de
mand is thus hobbled. Who i ever
puts up the most margins can carry
prices his way. I am not endeavor-j
ing to legislate value into a com
modity. This could not be at
tempted. To my mind, the forego
ing clearly demonstrates the in
equality of the present law. and its
unjust operations, against the grow
er.
Three Remedies. ^
"I suggest either one of three
remedies which I am satisfied will
greatly improve conditions, but
urge the last one, to wit:
"First, require the specific grade
to be specified at the time the con
tract is- made.
"Second, allow the purchaser and
the seller of a contract to each
select half of the quantity. But
in order to avert the possibility j
of a corner either up or down, leti
them divide each half equally in
two. or even three grades.
"Third, do away with the mid-.j
dling fair as one of the .grades ten-1
derabie an<T divide the other ninej
grades into three classes?A. B.
and C, with three grades in each
class and make the middle class
the basis, with a discount for a
grade below and a premium, for a
grade above.
"I have introduced amendments
in the Senate along the .lines sug
gested above, but I am told that
the task is too monumental to be
I accomplished, and that it would
cause a revolution in marketing. I
I believe in revolutions when they l
!are necessary * toaccomplish jus-,
tice." . ??? ' j
Some towns are so lucky. In
Washington it is considered proper
for girls to pay their own way.
? J ? "
j What's in a name? Will Plant
j is a famous walker and not a
j gardener.
; The hardest part aboutv being a
, professional politician is keewng
I fat* 2ft "ig r?^t'is-' -.- '. ?? - ? ?? . '
Grove's
Chill
Purifies the Blood and
makes the cheeks rosy. 6oc
FORESTRY
* FOR fSOUTET
CAROLINA
Special Agent For United
States Forestry Depart
ment in the State
Columbia. Ney.-2.1,?A cordial
reception in Sotith Carolina is being
given Mrs. Daisy Edgerton, of
Washington, agent for the forestry
department, who is in the state-in
the interest of the forestry ^ob
servation program of the newly or
ganized forestry association. She; is
in Columbia today, but goes this
week to Charleston and"Cheraw. tb
address' various, organizations oft
the forestry conservation program.
During her stay she is the guest
of Mrs. Wilson G. Harvey,.; at the
Governor's Mansion.
Yesterday Mrs. Edgerton. ad
dressed a. gathering of women's or
ganization-leaders, of Columbia, -as^
sembled at the Governor's Man
sion._ A series of meetings for No
vember 27-29 were arranged^ Sun
day Mrs. Edgerton <^ke before the
Kershaw county law enforcement,
league, and she reports * today that
she was given cordial welcomes lost
week at district Conventions of. the
fedeiation of women's .clubs, held
at Hartsviile, St. George and Fair
fax. From many parts of the
state demand is being made for
Mrs* Edgerton's services, and she
has numerous engagements for the
coming weeks. ;
"South Carolina's . leading in
dustry," said Mrs; ! Edgerton in
speaking today of her work. , "is ag
riculture and it is dependent In
many ways upon the products"*'e? ,5
her forests as well as forest in
fluences in soil and water. ,T^e
state's Piedmont section factories
are dependent upon the. protection"
of her headwaters. The destruc
tion of : the "state's forest resource,
however gradual; will work in
creasing hardships. The time 'is
at hand for legislation and co-op
erative effort to check threatening
conditions at hand.
ft a I * * ?> -'
WORKING
AGAINST^- 'T
Gov. Harvey Refuses to- Bfe
Drawn into Controversy $
Columbia, ^ov. 22.?Governor
Harvey Wednesday refused "to ^ef'.
drawn into a controversy regarding
tli? Ku Klux- Klan, in response ?)
a wire from the New York' Tribf
une. Governor Harvey sent the fol
lowing telegram: "If the;;Klanver
any-other body of men singly: or
collectively, violates the law,, Icwiil
use every official means to'punish
such offenses." .
The governor's telegram was in
reply to the . following message
from the New :York Tribune:: , "In
connection with Governor Pafker*&
appeal for United States -aioU?;'
controlling Ku .Klux Klan, wi?l 'ycm^
please wire collect^-at "your esLrl
iest convenience, situation in yc?x
state, and whether you will. re>
spond to Iiis plea for co-operation
of all governors in suppressing the.
klan." ? V -
Living is expense but. worthy'it-.
Bargains In Blankets!
Complimentary to the Visitors Who Will Attend the Big
This Week, Wc Have Arranged the Most Attractive
lahket Sale
Sumter has seen in several seasons* Our window display is an index of the splen
did values to be offered, including 100 per cent Wool Comforts, Down Comforts^
Slumber Robes, Infants' Crib Blankets, Steamer Rugs, and all subject to the
special liberal discount to be offered this week. <
(Regulators of Prices for Sumter)

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