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Citadel Experts to Repres? State at the Camp Perry Matches. South Carolina will be repres?] at the annual National Matches 1921 at Camp Perry, Ohio, by ft teen men from the Citadel to cont for rifle and pisftol marksman: honors, against the picked teams all other states in the union, Army, the Navy, the Marine Co the National Guard, the R. O. T and the rest of the best perfora in small arms firing in the wi country. The M'. C. S. C. team has been lected from among all the member the Military Colleges and rifle org izations of the state, as the most pert shooters, to uphold South Ci lina's honor at the event of the y in small arms firing proficier Will Name Team. The governor of the state, throi his military representative, B: Gen. W. W. Moore, the Adjut General of the state, will commiss the team with the authority to go Camp Perry, Ohio, in August, to A for the state the highest possible sition in rifle and pistol efficiei against the crack shots of the Uni States and its territorial possessio The choice of fourteen men w compose the^eam, has been made ter exhaustive tests carried out the local rifle range at Mt. Pleas* during the last three months. Fr< over three hundred men firing, tw< ty remained by sheer .excellence markmanship scores, to furnish t first team of a captain, a coach, t firing members and two alternat Also a second team of substitutes, case of unavoidable absence of a members of the first fourteen. T men have all signed papers stati that they will be present as chose barring accidents of serious troubh The fourteen men going to Car Perry to compete in the nation matches will probably have had t most thorough schooling of any tea that was ever sent from this stat The men have qualified for their p sitions on the team by their superi knowledge of small arms, both tl service rifle and the service forty-fr army automatic pistol, and by the ability to hit the bulls-eye at ar range and keep on hitting it. In kee ing with their other ability, fini specimens of physical manhood wou be hard to find. To qualify in the rifle game as shi at Camp Perry during the famous n: tional matches needs all of the aboA . virtues and then a few more. In qualifying these men as shoote: Col. Stogsdall and his most capab! staff of fellow officers who direct tl Citadel's course of action put the me through the new regular army qual fication course of firing during th encampment recently held at the rifl range at Mt. Pleasant, thereby brinj . ing to the front ranks the expert rifle men, sharpshooters and marksme which the whole command contain; Experts on Team. The experts compose the last twen ty firers who have faithfully reporte at the range every week since the en campment, and have received th finer instructions which a nationa match team must know. Under the guidance of Cadet Capt Edwin C. Perry and Coach M. B Paine, and with the help of the farm er national match team members fron last years' Citadel team, the men wen taken though the difficulties of al ranges, two hundred, three hundred five hundred, six hundred and one thousand yards, rapid fire, slow fire and the pistol course of twenty-five yards. s The scores made and the work done on all the ranges were very gratifying and the men improved rapidly up to the last stages of the game, the two hundred yard standing off hand and the one thousand yard range, the "ultima thule" of the riflemen's ex ertions for supremacy. The two hundred offhand standing position fire with the service rifle is particularly difficult and much knack, patience and practice is required to fire the rifle at the proper instant when the position of the sights is such as will give bulls-eyes. Special Mention. In this qualification especial men tion is made of Cadets Asbill, Byrd, James, Evarts; Hutchins. Scores of 46 out of fifty were made by some of these and the average of all of the team was well over forty out of fifty. The winning score of the last national matches was 48 out of 50. The work of these same men at the one thousand yard range was even better as good number of 49's out of 50 and many 48's, 46's and 45's denote to a knowing rifleman that such scores with ordinary service am munition, is a sure sign that there is a sure enough shooter back of the rifle. It takes a real rifleman, an extra fine starguaged rifle and special am jnunition to better these scores, and these men going to Gamp Perry will have the latter two, so their records will be heard about. The making of the winning scores contains many angles and combinations, not the least of which is the men who attend to the targets and see to it that each shooter gets good service and correct marking of just what he shoots, and right here may be mentioned the very loyal, faithful and commendable work of the 22 or more men who pulled the targets and signalled the hits to the men behind the guns, during the team try out at Mt. Pleasant. These 22 men deserve credit and thanks for the way they stuck to their work to the last shot on the last day, and through the heat of a summer sun, rnd the wet of the summer showers, they raised and lowered heavy iron frames with enormous thousand yard tar gets and strained their eyes and nerves to show accurately to each shooter where the elusive shot hole was. Without their good' work the best shooters in the world would have had their efforts set at naught. To the Citadel's success at the national matches at 1921 will be a word of thanks to the boys in the butts for faithfully helping achieve it. The Team. When the last shot was fired and the records all in on May 28th, and the evidence had all been carefully weighed by a thinking committee the team resulted as follows: Major LeTellier, in command, M. B. Paine, national match instructor as coach, Cadets Edwin C. Perry, captain, alternate; Clarence H. Hutch ins, assistant captain; David S. As bill, Thos. W. Williamson, Norman F. Evarts, B. R. Fuller, Jr., Ralph M. Byrd, Hugh M. James, Quincy Gasque John L. Gramling, Whitfield W. Wat son, Carl F. Ende, Francis P. Mood, Abe Bannett, William H. Barnwell, James B. Edgerton, Hartford P. Gon gaware, Cadets Pegues and Peterson. Fourteen of the above men will go to Camp Perry, Ohio, from August 27th to September 26, 1921, to par ticipate in all matches to which they are eligible. This team with others of the Citadel and resident members of the N. R. A. have been enrolled as a rifle club affiliated with the Na tional Rifle Association of America. The Citadel has this year succeed ed in winning the state rifle team match for the fourth time, and with the wonderful material in the present team under careful guidance and in struction jshould make the highest scores ever made by this state in a national match. M. B.' Paine is Coach. The team in its local range prac tice has had the help of Mr. M. B. Paine as coach he having been rat ed by the war department as a nation al match instructor in small arms fir ing. Mr. Paine has participated in national match- work before and was personally suggested to the Citadel by Brig. Gen. W. W. Moore, the vice president of the National Rifle Asso ciation of America, and on the board of directors of the national matches. Mr. Paine evpects to go with the team and be with them through all their work in shooting the coming national matches. The management of the team as a whole hy Major Le Tellier will as sure a co-operation of effort in striv ing for a high standard bf efficiecy in every respect in keeping with the renowned reputation the military college of South Carolina has for the military standing of its men. Charleston American. Daniels Says Harvey Has Slan dered America. Anderson, S. C., June 3.- "Not in the history of diplomatic relations has any man so slandered the Ameri can nation and people as th<? present ambassador to the court of St. James, when he ?ecently S:\i-i in London that America entered the war not to save bleeding Europe and the world for democracy, but to save her own interests," declared former Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, in ad dressing young women graduates of Anderson College commencement ex ercises last night. "It is a slander aimed at every. American mother who sacrified and worked that her son might go to the .vont to fight the foes of democ racy, freedom and equity among na tions of the earth." he continued, "and my heart is glad to see the American press, the people and the party of this man are not behind this scandalous statement." "Our boys in colleges are weigh ing the constructive idealism of Woodrow Wilson and measuring it with President Harding's opposition to the theories and practical tasks for practical America," Mr. Daniels as serted. "Failure of the United States to ratify the peace treaty is responsible for the anxiety in America today, de pressed conditions and the low price of cotton," he said. , NOT THE GIRL OF HIS HEART For a Moment Lonely Youth Had Hopes, but Alas! Joy Was Not for Him. It is not good that a man should live without a ( woman in his heart And on that particular spring daj one of blue and gold-T hore a strange ly sorrowful heart because of ray ut ter loneliness. I sat at my window, and stared out without seeing any thing. There was no one in the house but the landlady, myself and the land lady's daughter-a beautiful, brief thing, whom I called the "Pongee Princess" by reason of her blonde hair, an acquisition precipitated through a reckless use of peroxide. She was calm, pretty and silent The more I .thought of her, the more she intrigued my fancy. I remem bered she was downstairs at this very minute rearranging the pillows on the davenport that seemed to have spent a sleepless night. I thought to my self: "Ah! if she were only here by my side that she misht pass her cool, white hands over my eyes, my depres sion would be lifted as if by magic." I was interrupted by a yimid knock on the door. I was startled for a mo ment It was foolish to think that and yet I called eagerly: "Come in." It was the landlady with my waste paper basket-Iowa Frivol. NOT HARD TO WIN SUCCESS Mistake to Imagine lt Calls for Ex traordinary Skill and Cease? less Endeavor. There is a glamor about success and the men who have succeeded, but both also have a dark side, which is too often emphasized. It has been our observation that from their elders the young men and women of today have received the impression that success ls difficult to attain and comes only as the result of extraordinary skill and ceaseless endeavor. Hence the cry: "The world is against me!" 0/ the pitiful wail: *.T wish I could uo something big, but I can't." As a matter of fact this Is an easy world to get along In. All that Is re quired of any one Is a willingness to work and to learn. To be honest, to be cheerful, to be patient in adversity and kind to the troubled; to be fair with your neighbors and true to your self are not difficult tasks, yet these are the guide posts to happiness and success. Most of our leading men and wom en are ordinary people who have done all these things -well and have borne their responsibilities to the best of j their ability.-r-Detroit Free Press. ALL HE HAD IN HIS HAND Pat Certainly Held Vio Weapoff^of Offense, but lt Was Deadly for His Case. In the courthouse an Irishman stood charged with stealing a watch from a fellow citizen. He stoutly denied the accusation, and brought a counter charge against the accuser for assault and battery committed with a frying pan. The judge was inclined to take a common-sense view of the matter, and regarding the prisoner said : "Why did you allow the prosecutor, who is a much smaller man than your self, to assault you without resist ance? H;id you nothing in your hand to defend yourself?" "Bedad, yer honor," said Pat "I had his watch, but what was that against his frying pan?" - London Ideas. Balky Pegasus. An attendant, perspiring freely from sundry trips to the flying field to car ry gas and oil for the planes, had reached the end of his patience. Each trip he had been delayed by inquisi tive persons who bombarded him with foolish questions, Nos. 1-1.000, In clusive. Finally an old lady stopped him: "Young man," she. said, "what do you do when a machine gets Up In the air and runs out of gasoline?" "Confidentially, ma'am," he replied, "that's just what's happened now. There's a couple of them stalled up there and we've got to take gas up In the emergency balloon to take them down."-American Legion Weekly. Transgression. The youthful Softlelgh seemed so depressed that his friend Moreleigh was moved to ask the reason. "Alice has broken our engagement," said he of the downcast look. "Sorry to hear that," said the friend. "Why did she break it?" "Because I stole a kiss." "What ! A fiancee object to her fel low stealing a kiss from her!" "The trouble was," Softleigh ex plained, "I didn't steal it from her." Information Bureau. A man sent his bumptious son to col lege and in a month or so wrote in quiring how he was getting along in the grind of knowledge. He got this characteristic reply : "Fine. Write often and ask me any thing that puzzles you."-Everybody's Magazine. Spellbound. "Why don't you go on writing my speech?" said the orator. "I am spellbound," replied his typ tet "Has my eloquence such an effect?" "Yes. jlr. I never worked for a man who used so many words I can't j spell."-Boston Transcript ? pipe tongue ' Prince Albert ia sold in toppy red bass, tidy red tins, handsome pound and half pound tin humidors and in the pound crystal glass h rmi dor with & nge moistener topi Copyright 1921 by R. J. Reynold* Tot .?co Cc. Wias'.on-Selcm. N.C. won t burn your V if you smoke RA.! Get that pipe-party-bee buzzing in your smoke section! 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Greenwood, S..C. , January 1, 1921; Notice. On the night of October 19th, 1920 the vault of the Bank of Trenton, Trenton, S. C., was burglarized and the following certificates of stock covering stock owned in the Trenton Fertilizer Company, was stolen and the public is warned not to accept any of these certificates as application has been made for duplicates: Certificate No. 2 for 3 share owned by F. P. and T. P. Salter. Certificate No. 24 for 3 shares owned by J. W. Miller. Certificate No. 25 for 3 shares owned by J. W. Miller, Executor. TRENTON FERTILIZER CO. ' Trenton, S. C. 6-l-6t. ' . , When you have your Ford car re paired never let any other parts, ex cept the genuine Ford parts, be used. It means a saving of both worry and money. We use nothing else but the genuine Ford pats in reuairs. YONCE & MOONEY, i IT S NOT WHAT OU MAKE UT WHAT OU SAVE THAT COUNTS Cooyricht 1909, t>y C. E. 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