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The Sumter "Watchman was
founded In and ' the True
Southron in 186?. The Watchman
and Southron now hag the com
bined circulation and influence of ?
both of .the old panew, ante is man- j
ifeetly the, best ad vertising medium
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AIR TRAINS
The whole civilized world hast
been interested in th-j success of?
the gliding planes recently demon- I
Berated in Europe.- Yet. while!
they were regarded as opening an j
entirely - new. branch of.. aviation j
and as rather marvelous achieve-*
ments in themselves, few persons
believed they would ever come
be ?f asvy practical use.
Glenn K. Curtiss. an American
leader in _ airplane development,
has suggested two possible uaeefor
tfcejsriider. One is the small motored
r?ane' which would make use of
gUding possibilities as well as of
its . comparatively small engine^.
Such a plane'would cost less than |
Sl.OOo andvwould be suitable for
very.,gener3? ;use, for -sport- and j
commercial purposes. ?
The -other suggested develop-;
menx is the air train. Mr. Curtjss j
hW been experimenting: recently j
with sea gldrers. Towed by a speed
b?->at.. a 'glider rose from the'water
s,nd reached a height: of ;3& feeL |
While, the glider ig.: in" the, -airr the
nig' on the :ow line is not great.
In one fligat. when the tow-line j
was cut the plane stayed' up 49
seconds,, thou aiighteAy.garacefuliykj
and: safely on the^ water. ? J
Air. Curtiss believes..tha^ this, is!
the. forerunner- of the> air ir^ain?-a i
series of- gliders towed ??by;: a ilrvsdror j
plane, starting' from . Vtbe' water i
level andx rising as higii as-neJc^-j
sary. foUbvuig the motorrxr pia^ej
Easily and -fclfehting safeifr r?t'- the
end of the trip. Thib^r may be
tii^ ^^iders ] tt^^^^tr^ .j
?places.
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? Gilding experiments; ,aVe' so hew
that it^fs rmpossib.le- to prophesy
their "fujl future development: .. It
is more than likely, however, that
the! successes so far achieved have 1
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been, merely beginnings." opening j
the% eyes and minds of inventors and;1
a^-e^gineers. to; a big new .field of j
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OTttiWREX ASB BONFIRES j
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Four little girls trers burned to
deajh_ wi?biin three days in, :one J
city* recently. They were playing j
ground -bonfires and their flimsi j
clothing ignited. j
Children love to play, around : a
fire, and help tend it. just as their
elders do*,.hut they should not be
allowed t?-indulge this passion ua
Irrss? there is some ; older person
present to look out for them. Even
then they should be suitably dress*
e<! for their employment. Their
clothing preferablv should be of j
wool since this is the least inflam
mable. ?rirla us ^eil as , boys
should be cltfd io close knickers j
or overalls. The little girl's flut- j
tering skirt is an ever-present men* j
ace around a fire. - j
The fall reason with its bonfires}
of leaves, and garden rubbish isj
especially -lear to young hearts. It j
can be passed with a minimum of !
casualties aud th?* children can j
have their full ?bare. of- glorious*
fun if the dangers are-? not over- j
looked. -
The Turk used to be called "the
eick man of Europe." There was a j
certain appropriateness in that j
title, because the Turkish govern-j
ment was always ailing. It failed
if* function as a modern govern- \
ment. Its finances were aick. Itj
was never, able to take care of a.|
government's proper . business, 1
7, hieh is the welfare of its people ]
I
and decent treatment of its;
neighbors. It was always as sick
m morals and mind as in. body, and j
was always giving diplomatic in- j
factions to other nations.
Yet the name really failed to de- I
g. ribe the Turks as a nJkfton. and it j
certainly comes for short of de- i
scribing them noti'.
The Turk, iu his-national or po- j
- H
litiral eapaciry. is rather a m??ron
than an in\-alid. He has never \
grdwn up. In nearly everything!
that constitutes .development and i
progress, he is still in the old
tribal stage.
dther' barbarians have grown;
rap idly i nto the -spirit and habit -of j
civilization. In the case of the!
Turk, civilization has - never,
"taken." in spite of long-continued
contact.. The upper classes of Tur- j
key have assumed a veneer of cul
ture, but nothing more. The Turks
in general, as a nation and as a
government, have kept their anci- :
ent. crudity, and merely taken on
some of the vices of civilization as
they lost some of . their soldierly
virtues.
Their ideals are still of the camp
and;..the .foray. And as they have
lost the ptetuirsquehess . of their j
ferddatory life in -medieval times, j
thej-.have .turned '.into... modern I
gunmen, .
The present-day Turk is the gun
man of civilization, and like our
city1 gunmeh-r--morbns o^ a criminal
tendeney^-he fh?u^t he rounded
up and dep.ri?ed;.pf his weapon
and put where: he can do no more
harm. .
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THE B^^E^ ?PTSOBLKM
-w-,:. : -?
The President's announcement
of a prospective deficit of $650,
POO.000 . for the present fiscal, year
has been particularly^ disappoint
ing because of the public hopes
aroused, by the-new budget system.
So huge a deficit for tJie first.full
year of operation doesn't look very
weH, on the face of things. ; for
such a system, ev**n in its infancy.
Two big "factors are said to have
been mainly responsible for this
deficit. First, the revenue fell off
Hier* than was anticipated, as a
resul: . of? business . depression.
Second. Congress failed to keep its
i^p^rcpriaiions within .bounds.
L It is generally recognised that
the budget bureau did! its best: ;o
cun^.I expenses by eliminating
duplication and waste in the vari
ous . administrative departments,
^and met- withr reasonable, co-opera?
lion among -department heads. So
far as there is shy blame to'be as
signed, it seems to belong mainly
to,Congress. -;:
The weak parr of the budget
system is that the branch of; gov
ernment . preparing the budget is
hot the branch that--appropriates
the jjfcMiey. It- is of little use. for
the-^executive. department to plan j
ho,w much shall be spent, in sum|
arid in detail, tf Congress will not;
do its best, to litfe up: to the plansI
and specificat-O^s.
, Foreign v governments usually j
have better machinery for bal
ancing their" . budgts' because the J
same "government''?that is,* pre-j
mier and ? cabinet-?that . prepares j
the budget-has charge. of -the leg
islative program and' directs the
expenditures. It is doubtful wheth
er our: government: will ever suc
ceed- in- balancing its budget reg
ularly as: long t as , our legislative
branch 4acks- such -executive direo
tion and la free to order the spend
ing of whatever sums it peases. . .
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A WAttOTiO F#9*A T?YLAXI)
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Word comes irom Berlin that
Germn-Christmas toys will be more
expensive thai ever before. Prices
cannot be, forecast with accuracy,
but it is predicted that ;an increase
of-150 per cent in the cost of many
articles may be expected.
America has advanced so rapidly
in the making of satisfactory toys
thai the conditions governing the i
foreign supply affect us less than;
formerly. .Then, -too, German toys
are not so popular a<?" they were be
fore the war, and if the Teuton
prices soar too. high, the dealers
will- -find their, stuff , neglected . in i
peace just as it was- rejected in war
times.
The situation carries its warn
ing, for all that. It reminds all
and sundry that Christmas, is com
ing, and there will he-toys "to pur
chase, of one kind ox another. This
oeing the ease, it is.a-good idea to
look into toe Christmas budget.
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THK CROP BALAXCK
The American corn crop this sea
son is valued at more than $1.000,
00O.Q0O. So is the cotton crop. So j
is the hay crop.. The wheat crop,
of which so much is made, is in- I
ferior to all of this royal trio, but 1
*hould bring three-quarters of a]
billion. The value of all agricul- j
tur&l crops together is estimated j
at $6.600,000,000, which may look;
?mall compared with war-time val
uations, hut is a billion and a quar-:
ter larger than last year.
That ex:ra billion and a quarter,
put into circulation, is. going to be;
one of the biggest factors in re?
establishing American prosperity
after the sad slump of the last year
or twp. That is-?-if the farmers
are able to market their products
at the estimated prices* it is go
ing to be very important to do
nothing, at home or abroad, tend
ing to increase the difficulties of
finding a market.
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Owing money is dangerous, it
makes you lose your memory.
Health Offices j
Mdhthl^ Repprt i
The following is a nummary of |
the "activities of the City Health
officer for the* month of July, 1922,: [
Premises inspections.- 58. j
Creamery inspections, 9.
Meat market inspections, -3.
Soda Fountain inspections, 1. .
Grocery stores inspections. 2.
Complaints handled, 15.
Condemned !0 pounds S3 usage.
Used two gallons disinfectant.
Sold. 1 1-2. .gallons disinfectant.
Sold three sanitary' cans. ' Fumi
gated eight rooms.
' 'infectious Diseases "Reported: j
"Measles, white. 1; black . 0.
Diphtheria, white. 3: black tr.'
Scarlet fever, white 2; black 0. j
Typhoid fever, white 2: black 0. j
Tuberculosis, white 0> black 1.
Vita! Statistic^:
Births month of; July, .1922: j
White 18, "black 13.'
?J. Deaths month of July, 1922:)
White X: black 9. v
Total births for 192.2: Whitest
j 76 black 65.
..Total deaths for 1922: Whites 32: |
I blacks 79. . v ? .. . . j
Bacterial Report of Milk Analysis. |
? W. F. Baker,'. 5;600 bacteria per j
c- .cl' " <; -t
Pitts' Dairy, 109.500 bacteria]
per c. c. j j
M. B. Bultman, 10.300 bacteria!
V-- ?. j ' (
per c. c. - I
J. I. Purely, 2,500 bacteria per:
C- C . . . ' s i ? ... ?
W. T. Brown 16,300,000 bacteria
per c. .c.
The following is a report of the
City Health Officer Jfior. the month
of August, i"u22:
Xumber of inspections of prem
ises^. 125. . .
Xumber of inspections of Cream
ery,*!.
Xumber of inspections of Meat
Markets, 9.
Xumber of inspections of Sodaj
Founts, 3.
Xumber of inspection of grocery |
stores, .10.. . . . . j
Xumbev oic ii$spe.e?ipns of dairies, j
2. ? " ' : : i . !
Xumber of complaints, 10.
Used seven gallons disinfectant
on mosquito eradication.-. ,.
Used five gallons disinfectant on
contagious diseases. . .
Sold 3 2 sanitary cans.
Infectious and contagious dis
eases reported:
Scarlet fever, white 1; black 1.
Typhoid, fever, white 3; black I.
Diphtheria, white 1; black 0.
Tuberculosis, white 1; black ?
Vital Statistics.
Births month of -August, 1922:
white 22; black 13.
Deaths month of August, 1922:
White 8; black 8.
: Total .births for 1922: White
9S;-black,78.
Total deaths for 1922: White j
40.; >lack. S7. .
Two newspaper articles *>ublisn-j
ed.. ' ? ' .. . . -.?ir r. ; . '
One patient taken, to Camp Alice.
piled sand, (raps in * t&e storm
drainage, system once. ,
Bacterial report of milk analysis:
W. J. Stafford, 5,800,000 bacter
ia per c. c
W. T. Brown, 2.450,000 bacteria'
per c. c
,.L. E. Reames, 2,500,000 bacteria
per c. c.
Sanitary Dairy> 3,000,000 bacter- I
ia per c. c.
Gamecock Dairy, 54,500 bacteria ]
per c. c . j
.Pitts' Dairy, 15,400 bacteria per{
c.c.- . ? ?'? . '. ? 1
D. O. BROWXIXG, I
City Health Officer.
STEADY DETERIOATIOX
Xoted in the Condition of Cotton;
Crop
Waabingtpn. Sept 27. ^- Whi|e
asserting that weather condtions
were exceptionally favorable "to.
the picking "and ginning of cotton
ni the lasti week," the weather bu
nsaji in its weekly crop review is- 1
sued tonight reported "a steady de- j
terioration" in the condition of the I
crop in the northeastern section of j
the cotton belt. "Persistent dry
weather and the weevil" were re- :
ported as the chief factors in tlje j
damage reported.
Little or no rain' occurred" the j
review added, "and there was!
abundant sunshine with moderate j
temperatures which were excep- j
tion?lly faborable for picking and j
sually rapid progress. Picking was j
about three-fourths completed inj
the southern half ?f Texas and}
iiearly half done in the northern |
part and was much further ad- J
vanced than iwual for the season I
in Oklahoma. ]
"The bolls had nearly all open- !
ed in Arkansas and Louisiana. The j
staple was clean and in good con- \
dition in the latter state, but the j
fibre was generally short in the |
former because of dry weather.
Harvest was well advanced in the
Ea.st Gulf states with bolls near
ly all open to the northern limits
of Georgia and mostly open i" I
Southern Xorth Carolina."
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COTTON MAK&KT
MEW YORK COTTOft '
YcftAyt j
Ow MSgSm Urn Oom CIom !
Jan. 20.40 20.50 20.1! 20.41 20.50
Marth .. 20.48 20.57 20.21 20.47 20.55
I May.20.45 2C.54 20.20 20.48 20.50 !
! July - .. 20.30 20.34 20.00 20.26 20,30 I
I Qct_ . .20.35 20.40 20.00 20.31 ?0.40 j
1 Dee.20.60 20.66 20.26 20.56 20.66 ;
j Spots L*. off, 20.".."?.
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?KW SRLEAKS C0?T0B
TMtdJt ,
On?i Krt OIom Cloa? i
Jan. . f 9.90 20.04 19.57 19.95 19.07
March . .. _ 19.95 20.05 19.64 19.97 26.00 \
May 19.90 20.00 19.68 (9.95 20.00 ,
July . 19.75 19.85 19.75 19.85 20.00
Oct 19.85 19.95 19.50 19.89 19.93
Dec - 19.90 19.99 It.55 19.93 19.95
Spots ?5 uff. 20c>
Liverpool Cettcn.
January .. 11.71
i March. 11.62
I May . . .. 11.51
j July. 11.36
lOetaaer 11.95
j December ... .... .... 11.76
j ffilieccipts. 2,000: ales. rt,0y0: Hiridliim
It:63: <iood MMcMus:. 12.9:'?.
The bonus bill rates another i
; wound chevron.
SAYS HE DID
NOT VIOLATE
CONTRACT
F. W. Fairey, of Kmgstree,
Replies to Injunction
Proceedings ?
Upon my return home from the
bedside of my sick wife, who had
for five weeks been desperately ill
in Hendersonville. N. C. I'was as
tonished and mortifiedr to learn
that, during my absence;-the; To
bacco Growers' Cooperative- Asso
ciation had commenced proceed
ings against me . .alleging the
breach of my pledge as one of its
pifnibers and asking for aaCfnjuhc
ti?nvt'o restrain "me from selling
my tobacco on the independent
markeL and was shocked and hu
miliated to ascertain that the as
sociation had given to their action
so much unnecessary publicity
through the newspapers. 1. there
fore, in behalf of myself and in
consideration of my friends
throughout, this section of the state,
take this means of explaining the
matter,.
I. am not ^conscious of having
in any way violated my agreement.
I. have ! not sold ope pound of my
1022 tobacco in an independent
warehouse. . The x only * tobacco
which was grown by. me in IA22
that has left my farm is S56
pounds,, which I delivered to the
association in. Kingstree. The bal
ance of my tobacco "is now stored
on my farm, being graded and
prepared for delivery to the asso
ciation and will be delivered a:* soon
as it is in proper shape.
L have a great many, tenants-on
my place who rent my land and
who are furnished by me. Some
of these are members of the asso
ciation and some are not. One of
them. a. negro, Nero Chandler, ?
member of the association, in good
faith, pursuant to his agreement
brought 1,020 pounds of tobacco to
the association. It was graded
and an advance of $22, which is
supposed io be one-third of the to
tal valuation, was tendered him.
He was dissatisfied with the grad
ing and took it to Lake City and
sold it on the independent floor for
$174.2.3. and offered to pay the as
sociation the 5 cents per pound
penalty. The statements in the
complaint are made upon infor
mation and belief, and I presume
the above is the information upon
which the action is based. The
negro\s agreement with the asso
ciation is entirely independent froin
mine and the association has done
me a great , wrong in bringing the
action charging me with a breach
of my contract and ?- having its
charges published in the two
leading daily newspapers of the
state and a number of county pa
pers!
I have not breached my con
tract in the slightest respect. t?<&6
not think that the association will
promote, the cause of the ^farmer
or. do itslef any good by bringing
suits . on. unreliable information,
against men who have not violated
their agreement.
F. W. Fairey.
Kingstree, S. C, September 21.
WHITE FIREBUGS
SENTENCED
Three White Men Sent to the
. : Penitentiary to Serve
'.? Fifteen Years
Orangeburg, Sept. 27.?William
J. Collins, aged 51; his son, Clifton
Collins, aged 20, and Joe B. Shuler,
aged 21. were tried for arson and
found guilty with recommendation
to mercy. Each was sentenced to
serve 15 years.
After midnight on the early
morning of August 0, W. J. Col
lins, Clifton Collins and Joe H.
Shuler, it was testfiied. went to tho
premises of Walter Gleaton, some
three miles from Orangeburg on
the Ninety-Six public road, and
se? fire to Gleaton's house. It was
stated that Gleaton traded his dog
with Clifton Collins* for a gun that
William Collins, the father, later
came to Gleaton, claimed and took
the gun, whereupon Gleaton asked
for the return of his dog. This
dog. a witness related returned to
Gleaton's house by following
Gleaton's son. Gleaton worked at
a saw mill and it was thought that
the Collins and Shuler thought
Gleaton was away from home and
they went to Gleaton's house for
the dog, coming Upon the porch
and stating that they had come
for the dog and were going "to
burn the house down on them, in
which house Mrs. Gleaton was quite
sick following childbirth and five
small children sleeping, it was tes
tified. A fire, was set tothe house,
the. men jumping down to the
ground. William Collins and Joe
Shuler. each tiring a pistol a.nd then
leaving. Mr. Gleaton extinguished
the tire before much damage was
dorn-.
Red Springs, 2i. C., Sept. 2 S?Joe
Kemp, riiarged with killing Daniel
McNeill, here forty-four -years ago.
has been arrested at St. Augustinp,
Florida, according to ad vices. Kemp
is understood to have waived re
quisition papers.
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Washington. Sept. 28?Secretary
Denby announced that the twelve
destroyers ordered to proceed from
Norfolk to Constantinople to pro
tect American interests are the Hat
field. Giimer. Fox. Kane. Hopkins,
Bainbridge. McFarland. Overton,
Sturtevant. King. Barry, Goff. Tin*
dat?- of departure was not an
nounced.
Athens, Sept. 2S.?^Reports;/ are
current thai tlx- second revolution
ary army is imbued with the idea
of a. republic, and that the acces
sion of King George may be ac
companied with some difficuties. An
impivssive pro-Wni/.elist demon
stration occurred last night. Tim
revolutionists have entered the city
and occupied all su-ategic points.
BANK ROBBERS
WIPED OUT
! Citizens of Arkansas Town
[ 2 Xiive Randita Red Hot
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j " jEufeka Springs. Ark.. Sept. 27.?
i Five'bandits'heavily armed rode
[into'this mountain town in two au
tomobiles at 11 o'clock this morn
' ing to rob the First National bank.
ITonight the bodies of two of them
jare in ah undertaker's establish
ment, one bandit is so badly wound
ed'his death, is momentarily ex
pected.; and two other members
of the gang. with less severe
j.wounds, are in the guarded .jail,
Jas'the result of a battle between
I the bandits and citizens of Eureka
[Springs.
j The dead robbers have been
t identified as Sid Wilson, 40, and
George Price 40, both of Crooks^
towp. Ok la. Charles Price, brother
.Of George Price, is the man not
I expected to live and Mark Hen
jdricks. 45, Park Hill. Okla.. and
Sam. Cowan, driver of one of the
bandits' automobiles, are the men
in ;jail. Cowan is believed to be
a resident of Joplin, Mo. Charles
Price was operated on tonight.
Oncentering the town the men
drove directly to the bank. They
made the usual'commands, which
were; obeyed by the* bank em
ployees. . f
The robbers looted the bank
vaults, securing" $95,000 in bonds
and' $25,000 in cash, which they
place^d in sacks. W'hile they were j
at their work E. G. Smith, cashier
of the bank, stepped on a but-;
ton which sounded an alarm' sim- j
i ultaneously in five business houses
j The citizens were ready when \
\ ihr. ouintet emerged from the
I bank with their sacks of loot.
[Front places of vantage gunfire was
'directed at the robbers, who re
I turned the hail of lead.
Ernest Jordon, jeweler, whose
place of business adjoins the bank,
killed one of them instantly and
wounded a second man. Joe Mc-r
jKinney, attorney, fired from an ur>
per 'window of a building across the
street and he duplicated Jordon's
feat-. Except that Jordon received
powder burns, not a resident of
? the town was wounded in the bat
tle.*
Dtte to the fact that the town
is biillt on a mountainside, the
streets are hot on a level, steps
leading down from one street to
another. The citizens took ad
vantage of this and occupied po
sitions on a street on higher level
jthati-'the bank, firing downward at
j the bandits.
, Tit April of this year, Henry
jSmfV,*'notorious bank bandit and
Joutfaw, paid a visit to the Harri
son'-bank, Harrison. Ark., 20 miles
east 'of Eureka Springs, and met
i.his death from a rifle shot fired
I by the president of the bank
i s'htfoting from concealed loopholes
?in the vault.
iTRYING TO
?DEFEAT JUSTICE,
Columbia, Sept. 26. ? B. B.
j Evans, attorney for Ira Harrison,
one of. the convicted murderers of
J. C Arnette. yesterday hied his
case^.and exceptions with the clerk
of ,the supreme court, this being
preliminary to the hearing of the
appeal by the court this fall.
Only four 'exceptions are made \
by Mr. Evans, two being on the |
basis that the lower court erred {
in not granting a severance of the i
case when they were tried. A third
exception is that the judge erred in
charging the jury on implied malice
and the fourth, is that the court ?
erred in the charge on conspiracy. ?
Frank M. Jeffords, another of j
the convicted murderers of Arnette, j
filed his case and exceptions last j
week. Richland county cases are J
to be heard, for five days beginning I
Monday. October 23 and the J*?f- I
fords and Harrison appeals will j
likely be among, the first to be j
argued, they having the right of j
way over civil matters if the soli- ;
cito'r wishes to push them.
TWO MEN
: ARRESTED
Rocky Mount. N. C. Sept. 27.?J. j
L. .and (5. E, Daniels, brother.--,;
were, arrested here today on ]
charges of assault -with deadly
weapons as the result of several j
shots being fired last night at the I
guards employed by the Atlantic
Coast Line raUveay at its pummng
station in this city. The guards are
said to have returned the fire but j
no one was injured. The Daniels j
were released on bonds of $:";.?C0 I
each and it was understood they;
would be tried in municipal court)
tomorrow.
NEGRO
LYNCHED
IN GEORGIA
C '- I
Sandersrille, Ga.. Sept. 2S.?Jim .
Joh$vson. a negro, was lynched j
while being carried to Wrightsviile [
'for .trial, according to a report of
the. sheriff. Johnson was charged;
j with, assault on a white woman I
{and according to information
I reaching here. -4ie confessed be- <
fore,, h.e was put to death. The!
body was hanged to a tree and'
riddled with over two hundred!
bullets, fifty men being in the :
parjjy.
Lwndon. Sept. 2S.?Government t
circles, took a grave view of the
situation in the Dardanelles, be-i
in^ regarded so critical as to over-!
shadow th?> revolutionary develop
ments in Greece. The opinion is
expressed that ;i greater prospect of
lighting between the Brtiish and j
Turkish Nationalists exists than of i
any previous time.
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It: is not true that Guy Oyster,!
Gompers' secretary- is good only)
during months with an :r/'
IS. C. Tubereulosis !
^ Association
' ?i
Educational Campaigns Con-;
Li ducted
?- !
! During the past two months the j
j South Carolina Tuberculosis Asso-j
[ciation has conducted educational!
[campaigns in connection with tu-J
iberculosis surveys and free clinics!
in EdgefieTd, Colleton, ?conee,
Pickens and Horry counties.
'At the six'clinics held 773 per
sons were examined and 177 found
to be actually of suspiciously tu
berculous. These cases were given
instruction as to treatment for
themselves and protection for their
[families, application and; provision
I made for many of them to enter
! sanitorium for treatment, . while*
j others were referred to local doc
tors for home treatment.
The surveys in. Oconee. and Pick
ens counties, were, conducted by
Miss Elsie Gudger, executive secre- ,
tary of the Anderson County Tu
\ berculosis Association, who had the
j subject of. tuberculosis presented at.
S public meetings, placed over I.-1
<i.)0 posters, distributed 3,000 pieces
Of literature, secured. s publicity in
t he county papers continuously j
and ran films in the moving pic-,
ture houses. Clinics were conduct
ed at Walhalla, EaslCy and Seneca,
;at which 318 examinations were
' made and 68 cases discovered. Miss
Gudger is now working up a
clinic in Horry county.
In Edgefielil and Colleton coun
ties. Miss Anne Murphy, formerly
with the Bureau of Rural Sanita
tion, conducted the' surveys. Talks
were made at 10 public meetings,
over 300 pieces of. literature dis
tributed, 100 posters placed. 150 j
letters written. 54 homes visited, j
Clinics were held .at Johnston, i
[.Edgefield and Walterb'oro at which j
j 431 persons were examined and j
4!> cases of tuberculosis found!
In addition to the number of I
new case^ of Tuberculosis found, j
one of the striking results of the J
clinics was the' surprising number j
of bad teeth and infected tonsils.j
A large number of persons werer
suffering from ill health due to
these causes. These were advised
as to treatment.'
Dr. Earnest Cooper and Dr. Bon
i ner of the State Sanatorium at
tended these clinics and made the
examinations with the assistance
of local doctors. The United States
Public Health Service at Gcvern
jment Hospital at Greenville also
; assisted, at the Easiey clinic,
j According to Mrs. Chauncey
[Blackburn ifcDohald, ' executive
[secretary of the South Carolina Tu
berculosis Association, the people
of these counties were 'most gen
erous in supporting the campaigns.
The doctors, business men, wo
men's clubs, county agencies, news- i
papers .?.nd neighboring Tubercu-,
jlosis Associations contributed
[much toward' "the. success of .the
surveys. '
The South Carolina Tuberculosis
Association is a voluntary agency
I for combating the ravages of fu
? bercurosis in this state. It de
l rives its financial support entirely
I from the sale of Christmas seals
i except for a small sum received
froni membership dues.
The officers are J". Nelson Frier
son. Columbia, president: < Dr. R.
N. Pollitzer ?f Charleston and Dr.
Earnest Cooper pi Columbia, vice.
[ president; Reed Smith of Colum
bia, secretary; A. S. ^Manning, Co
lumbia, treasurer.;
SHERIFF TO BE
PROSEC?TED
I Columbia, Sept. 28.?Governor!
! Harvey yesterday afternoon wired!
j Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh, at I
I Hampton, to proceed . with the j
j prosecution of Sheriff W. B. Acker- j
! man,, of Colleton 1 county, charging J
j him with shortage in the finances |
I of his office. * A true -bill was found }
! against the sheriff by'the Colleton t
I grand jury Tuesday* The governor [
j stated that he was acting under
I the requirements ? of the constitu-,'
i tion, and it is likely that if no oon
I viction results, the governor will
I take further action, as he may j
i deem necessary..
The sheriff was found by an
audit of his. books to be short $2,- j
307. and affidavits of the shortage j
have been submitted to the govern-1
or. The amount , of money invofv-j
led in the shortage is said to havej
been . collections from delinquent j
taxes. The'sheriff,- it is understood i
here, has agreed to make the
shortage good.
The charge against the Colleton]
sheriff is malfeasance-in office.. j
?? ?? m* ? m> c .
Spezia . Sept." ? 28.?The entire J
naval garrison of ?Falconara Fort,]
near here, is believed to have been [
killed in an explosion caused byi
lightning which destroyed every- j
thing within a radius of ten miles. \
Seventy bodies have been recover- j
ed. Fifteen hundred tons of ex- j
plosives were stored in the tunnels |
and the entire hill top was blown |
away. No estimate as to number j
of dead aifd wounded.
British Diplomat
IPM ??\\$'m Hughes
i 53 :
Near Eastern Situation Dis
cussed, Is Belief?Amer
kan Aid Sought .
Washington. Sept. 25.?Sir Auck
land Geddes. British ambassador
?was among Secretary Hughes' call -
ers today,, the latter's first daj'
back at his desk after an absence
of several weeks. wfhile n,o state
ment as to the nature "of the'con
ference was forthcoming, there
were indications that the Near
East situation was discussed.
Unofficial advices from London!
have indicated that the British |
government would welcome Ameri
can participation in proposed con
ference to determine the final dis
position to be made of the Dar
danelles and the Bosphdrus. It was
regarded as probable that the Brit
ish ambassador had sought to
learn from Mr. Hughes whether an
invitation to send a representative
to the conference would be ac
cepted by the .Washington govern -
ment.
? American intervention in * the
Near Eastern situation has been
strictly confined to "relief work at
Smyrna. It is obvious, however,
that with a growing merchant ma
rine, the' Washington government
has a very material interest in arty
question involving freedom of thfe
Dardanelles and the Bosphor?s to
merchant craft of alienations.
.American-Turkish Treaties.
Another matter in which the
American government might be
come interested'*very particularly
as a result.' of any settlement";
reached by the Allied . powers Th j
conference with the. Kemalists . U j
the status' of the treaties of cap- j
it?lati?n between the Turkish gov-j
ernmentrand the United States'in-]
volving the extra territorial rights
of Americans in the former Turk
ish e*mpire u nder which they, are
subjects to - trial beforp consular
courts only.
The United States never has rec
ognized the_ rights of Turkey tc
terminate these conventions of its
owrr motion, as the Constantinople
government endeavored to do in
1S14. The express point of the t
treaties of capitulation js not .cov
ered in th,e so-called national pact
adopted by .the Kemalist govern
ment as its statement of princa-'
pies. One of the .principles of that
pact, however, appears to touch'
the; question in its assertion oi;
"judicial" ?s well as socail. ajid
economic independence for Turkey.
In any event, 'there are important
American consideration involved in
the State Department's treatment
of the Near Eastern crisis. The
subject, it is thought, may .'well,
come up at "the cabinet meeting to
morrow, 1 now that . . Seicret?ry"
Hughes' is back in the Capital.
.: ' '
Constantinople^, Sept. 2.8L-HRorni-.]
er King Constantirie. of, Greece j
abdicated yesterday,* was reported |
imprisoned &y the i^voluUouarle^J
in Athens.
John J., Butler, was--killed while
shaking a rug. -Show>this to yonr
wife next time.
Grove's^ ;
Tasteless
Chill Tonic
Old Standard Remedy for
Chilis and Malaria. see
Public Welfare Board
Many Applicants For Post of *
Secretary JJa^e Vacant by
; Resignation: of Rer: G,
c .Coft^fgfEttS
Columbia* Sept. 26.?The special &
committee ? from the et ate hoard
of public welfare assigned.. thV v?
task of selecting a, successor to
Key. O. Croft Williams as secretary 4J
of the board, is being flooded with,
applications. ? A secretary, will
likely be selected at an early date. .
Mr. Williams recently became, ad
junct professqr/ of ? (sociology, at the
University; and also rector of , the
St; John's 'Episcopal church: -
Shandon, of this city. Ellison Cap>' >
ers, who was field agent of, the
board, has recently been made asr
sistaht secretary, to succeed H. C.
Brearley, who resigned. Fred W. s
Groome, of. Charleston, succeed^
Mr. Capers as field agent. Hie wljl
work large with the reformatories
of- the state. -v- , .
HEAVY DELIVERIES
OF COTTON TO Tfffi
CO-OP. ASSOCIATION ?
Columbia, Sept. 26.^Heajry\ dej %
liveries of cotton were . reported
Tuesday xr.ojh every.section of the.,
state to the South Carolina Cotton
Growers* Cooperative Association;,
the officials of that organization
said today.^ Over 150 <arJloads of
cotton^came in yesterday to the asi ?
sociation's. . local-. compress* 4hes4
having come, '^om >oints where :
the association has no warehouses:
Heavy deliveries were, reported- y
from GreehvHJte and; Spartaufcurg v
where; the association is also cope,
centratlng cotton, and; from local
warehouses over the' state. ??
Officials of the association said
today that the-Amount which the
association had. paid out in advances
to its members had gone < well be- *
yond one m?Jion dollars. The^aisr *
sociation isr*d^ne^ng .12 cents fa
pound on short- staple and is' cents
a pound ..on long staple, and '?
average .of well oyer f ld0,ft?^ is'he- v
ing paid out daily in advance*. < .
? Hundreds members'.-afcet tnrn:
ing over their old /co^on..to. rthe
association,- ? ?ndw^lae-'? terms of
the cohtcact. thisiis:xtptidn^ ?/>ver
12,000j K%tes of oldf eottoa h^s aV -
ready " been ' turned over, ho^ev^r:?
? m V;/. ; y :.
, Forr the, ^land;sv}?e,., paar^^he
farmers fp^ their crops!.;; ;
NEW LINE HAT&irtAnd
children's hats/ Al:^ hand -mad*
v hats. Come and see what I have/
' Mrs; C. W. McGrGew, corner *
; Magnolia and Myrtle Streets, ?V?
? - ?
As shown by our statements from time to tii&e it
will be seen that we carry the largestsayings ac*
count of any bank In tiie city. We appreciate this
mark of confidence on the part of our patrons, and
will do everything in our power to continue to merit
it; Even though your money may be deposited .in r
our Savings Department for a fixed period; it is al
ways available fo|you when y?? want iL
First National Bank of Sumter
INDICATIONS WORTHY <>F Y??&
CONSIP^^
Our large Capital Stock and Surplus Indicate our Ability.'
Large Leans and Discounts?our Liberality.
Large Deposits?the Peoples' Satisfaction with our Service
and Confidence in our Protection. .
We offer yon our Service and Protection and want your
Account.
s. ? ? ? "?? ? \
The National Bank of South Carolina
The Bank With the Chime Clock.
C. G. Rowland, Pres, Earle Rowland, Cashier
I I I II ???II??!?.!!?>?! . , I, )
R. I McCARLEY
BROKER
Carryiay Broker:
H. & 6. BEER
325 Baronne St.. New Orleans. La.
Established 1872
MEMBERS OF
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Beard of Trade
New Orleans Future Brokers'. Ass'n
Mew York Produce Exchange
New York Coffee & Sugar Exchange.
Associate Ment.bs. Liverpool Cotton
New York Curb Market Association
Inc.
Ass'n
Cotton. Stocks. Bends. Grain.
Provisions. Cotton Seed
Oil. Sugar and Coffee
Member New Orleans Cotton
Exchange
16 1-2 S. Main St.. Upstairs
Phone 10'.
G. A. McKINNEY
Manager
Fast Private Wire to New Orleans
New York and Chicago
Special Attention Given to the Execution
of Orders oh alt Exchanges
?TT*
When Yea Have Orders to Place. Open
An Atceuni Mrita Us
Daily Market Letter Mailed on Request
SUMTER, S. C.
