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Those Long Winter Evenings your home warm and cosy with a pOLFC ORIGINAL W HOT BLAST HEATER Z "HE health of your family depends upon properly heated rooms ? warm floors. The maximum radiation, low base tf air tight construction, and Hot Blast Combustion insure even temperature in all parts of the room at all times. And ^"besides, Cole's Original Hot Blast Heater is guaranteed to consume one?third less Aid than any underdraft stove on the market ? guaranteed to hold fire for thirty six hours. Let i is show you yours today ? Sold by Camden Furniture Company, Camden, S. C. ?-* - Nfjro Children Kxceed Whites in School One of ill" uiost interesting stutisti ?ul In the annual report of the slite superintendent of education shows by comities the percentage of enrolled pipils in regular attendance. The rank of the HJ counties in this respect is a fine index to prevailing 4ehool condi tions. .1. IT. Swearingen, state superin totidaiit of Education said. Attention has already been called to the gratifying increase of 2i!.y per cent hi school enrollment. The number of white pupils increased .'15.007 or 18.7 jK?r cent. The number of negro pupils in creased 53,335 or 20.8 (per cent. In view of this heavy enrollment a falling attendance might have been anticipated: H,ut t^p compulsory education law lins operated not only to bring children into school, hill to keep them in the class ro mi. according to fho report. The parentage of pupils from hoth races ,111(1 hotli sexo.s in regular attendance was 09.34. The whites show 67.34 and the negroes 70.00. Thus the negroes ex coed the whites .by 2.0f> per cent. This may he due partly to tire short term of t hi* negro schools. '"In 1? much larger, measure {t in due to the ??agcrness and ?'urutstueMs of to keep th?ir children lu schjol," s?a,v.s Mr. H wearing ' V '? .? # vu. \ of tin- white jioUool r*uk (.??(>)?< ? i ? ?w ii county flrat with an Kvci I ." :( 1 1 IU'?* Of KO.Ob 1?'" ?' C'llt MIUI llarmvell county m*cond wlfti ait flwjr nii'iidaiivc of T6.W) pprtvllt Twmly 1\ ? < > 1 1 1 1 1 ios :t|t' al>o\c the I it* .nrla ?? In gP counties white aMendiue through-'' out tin' M?ssl??n wajj n how f0 i>'T rin*r?k?'v stands ut tlii- hoiton, ranking Itilli w i t U pft ?viit. while IHMUmi ? oni' s u??x< wi?h tw* sr. i ut cm < 'urtous !,v eiippgh (Jeorgotowu a'so ranks first in allmdaiit-o among the negro schools willi mi average of ST.^t per CUt, Tills Ik t|n? highest figure reported from any county for fltlH'r whites Or blacks riit. n^h ? > ''i,rii<>i'owii has m tartft* negro population, I'ickfns Rf0op.il with hi itvn itgeage for lt? negro pupils of 82.62 per cent. rick< us a ml T/at>oiuier ju?> >??>t h distinctive whiff eonnvh's. In lift cult u tie* ilio nc^vo 70 jx?r coat, Hampton stand* at the hot* toiu with an average of 111 .fit per cent. "In treating school figures id at is tint HPS outside the South use tfa coui l.iiioa totals for both races," says the report. "They seldom recognize <>r uii'lc island llu* necessity of our ilu?l system of public schools; I hey discuss ilu- oil (Ire population regardluaa i^f the color ilpQ and base their conclusions ou rli?' combined totals. Tie attendance for hotb races. in Georgetown eoupty was K-l.89 per cent Mild lu nerkeTey Dillon rauked lowest vv'lli an average of Gl.,11 per cent, while And is'>n stood next to the bottom With fi&f t I'I'I' cent. ( Those percentages am uniformly higher (bau during proceeding years. Nol .only'- Have more children entered *vhool, but the regularity of -attendance lias been improved. The energetic en forcement of the. compulsory attendance law during fhe session 192(V-21 ought to raise those figure* still higher, ac cording to Mr Swear in gen. An important contributor to scientif ic achievement luis beep made by Sis ter Monica Taylor, of the convent of V) V Not re Da mo in Glasgow, whose work has attracted notable attention In the world of science. She. 1ms discovered what many have sought, the method of breeding amoebae, lowly lying things which biological- students nro. sot to si ud j' oarly In their career*. Mrs Km incline IVtehik r^awr^nce, an 1-higliKli suffragist loader, noxt in dis tinction to the famous Mrs. 1'ankburst, is now in the l'nite<l Stat?N for the pur pose of making a tour of the principal cities in the interest of woman suffrage. GOODRICH TIRE SALE ' - ?? All Firsts, Fully Guaranteed 6,000 miles. No War Tax ? - We Pay It. Closing Out A Big. Stock At tlnheard-Of Prices ;U> X Smooth 30 X 3 Safety ; ; O X Smooth ;U) X :P/- Safety 32X$Vfc Safety , H2 X 4 Safety 33 X 4 Safety :WX4?/o Safety : $10.50 $12.50 $14.50 $15.50 $17.50 .. $24.50 $25.50 v...'. $32.50 This Sale Will Only Last 10 Days GEORGE T. LITTLE GOODRICH DISTRIBUTOR Camden, South Carolina. . -yVZ . ? ? : - . i .or- ' ? X .. . I ^ Advanced on Cotton SEE ME J. L. MOSELEY Making a vow twenty years ago tbut if slu- wver voted she would also smoke, a l.ewlstoii',' Maine, woman recently wiiifctnl Into a clgAr store and after parolmsiiiK a <-i **, lighted the weed hetfoiv tie* astonished proprietor. For tlio first tiro* in banking cir cles in Peril, a fioUi of employment in banking lias been opened to women, and the bank now miuita in It* staff a mmilier of ytmng woro?*n both American and Pernvian. COME to Sumter and \ . . Have A Good Time . b i* j Weil Make. .T w . You Happy FREE! Aereal Exhibition, Spectacular Parades, Grand Concerts, Foot Ball and other wholesome am usements. The beautiful Dele liieade Sisters in aereal acro batic and Sculptural Posing Stunts in free attraction at County Fair. ? . ' t ? DON'T FAIL TO COME! IN CONNECTION WITH THE GREATER-SUMTER COUNTY FAIR Free Attractions An Eastern Carolina exposition of resources, and stimulating pleasure. Lieut. Geo. T. Wright, the death mocking birdman and stirring, startling, sensational air devil in a double aeroplane leap against death from one airplane to another going eighty miles per hour and his^ (loath defying parachu e leaps. Only appearance of these thrilling performances in this part of United states. Gorgeous and spectacular automobile and commer cial trades display parade "with five hundred dollars in prizes (two $250. prizes) for best decorated private owned and arranged car and commercial car, under the auspices of the Sumter Automotive Association . This contest open to the world. The Royal Scotch High landers Band dressed in their Scotch kilties for open air concerts daily. The second greatest band in the United States. ? ?--* . " i Merchants Bargain and Gala week. A carnival of price cut ting. Every merchant and other business man will do r *9 his best to make your visit profitable and pleasant. Come to Su??ter for money saving bargains. Plenty ot clean educational, high class pessimism exterminat ing optimism producing entertainment. Symter will show you how to resign from the "Crepe Hungers Union" and banish your '"Grouch" to Jonah Land. Greater Gamecock County Fair Greatest amount of cash premiums ever offered at any county fair in Agricultural, Commercial, Livestock, Poultry, Household, Fancy work, Educational and Mechanical exhibits. ~ The great fight against the ~ Boll Weevil to be planned. Backing up the cotton Ex s port and Import corporation. * Midway Attractions Krausp Greater Shows and Wonderful Midway At tractions. A combination of Farmers,. ^Bankers, Mer chants and professional men and women to co-operate in Eliminating the imaginary "Old Man Hard Tijnes" and having a "Jolly Good Time." FORGET YOUR TROUBLES AND COME TO SUMTER, NOV. 16, 17, 18, and 19 - * O V ^ J I ^ V. * i ^ - V*