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KEEPS UNCLE SAM S MONEY. I1MT NATIONAL HANK OF THIS CTTY WINK IMsTlVt I HONOR. <?ne of tl?e Few Hanks In South Caro Uia Wime Application for Keep? ing on Deposit (,o\eminent Fund* We* \< ?*? i>i?mi in Accordance With lv.<viu Ruling of Sccr?tar> of the Treasury. Uncle Sam has shown his faith in Burnt* r and a Sumtcr hank by de? positing about ten thousand dollars of publh fumls in the First Natloual Bank of thin city, and It Is no-wlble than an even larger amount of gov? ernment money will be placed on de poeit later. This follows the recent U k-Apre-ie.i ?>) inion of Secretary of the Treasury atcAddn, that Instead of neaeentrattng government deposits In a few large Northern banks and charging no interest, deposits should be made In certain National Banks throughout the country which had a sufficiently high rating to warrant their having the care of government money, end interest should be charg? ed at Che rate of 2 per cent. While many national banks have handled euch government deposits as postal savings, as In the case with the First National of this city, only a few of the large northern banks, as has been sta? ted, have been used as depositories of the public moneys, except where government disbursements are made ?*. f??r Instance, in a city possessing a custom house. Naturally, when Secretary of the Treasury McAdco gave hta ruling in regard to Ihe keeping of national funds, many of the national banks throughout the country were extreme? ly anxious to have government money placed la their care not only for hon? or Involved in being a government de posrfaVy. but for the opportunity of? fered 'Of securing money at sue ?4 a t uausnatly low rate of interest. Out of the few applications from national banks for this money, that were accepted, was that of the First National of thia city, and, as already stated, about $10,000 is now on de? posit as the result. In the State or South Carolina only about half doxen applications for money were accepted, so thstt naturally the First National Bsnfc and oi 'ens uf Sumter genera ry should feel proud that this bank Is of eueh a high standing. As a further evldencr of the high standing of the First National, it is erestlng to note the position given | ?m tn the "Roll of Honor." a flnan l publication in New Yoik City, ly bank* whose surplus and profits < ?xceed then capital stork are plueed oa this roll of honor. Only about l h of the banks In the United States are on this roll, and only ti in Sout.i Cerottun?Via: t In Charleston, 3 in Oreenvllle and the r*trst National Rank of Sumter. The excess of the First National's surplus and undivided profits over the capital is 20 per cent. LOSnJ MVF.S IN WHIRLPOOL. Two Lada <.<> Oeds1 Rapids at Niagara Oil!' 2^ \Wufu Fails. June 22 ? Donald Roacoe, 10 years of age, and Hubert Moore. ? years of age, bo?h of ! ' agara Fails, went to their death in a small boat this afternoon. In the whirlpool rapids, wh'ie hundreds of men watch? ed helplesa from the shore. The b< ys were playing in a flat bottom scow half a mile above the rapids when the. r<d>, b'ddioK the b.?at broke and they were carried out Into the stream and down the river. I'ntil the boat reached midstream it made little progress. After It passed the bridge the current carried it swiftly towards tr.a rapids. The bridgemen did not eee the boat until it was close at hand. Then thvy called lire I-ompanles, and two companies of llremen were sent to save the lads If possible. Hundreds swarmed to the river banks In a vain effort to rescue them. The boys realising their fate, stood Up as the bout 11 ared the edge of the roaring whirlpool and shook their hands In farewell A sec ?nd luter they were engulfed bf a greed wave In the rapid? The boat shot out of ?tght. hi.f Hal was seen for a moment struggling in Ihe rushing waters. Neither bodv has ?>?-?? 11 recov? ered. Never at any time was there a ?faanet t?> anee the i>..\* nooros ol passe fixers in the cars ub>ng the tiort? rgejte watched the hopeless struggle of ihe beyi nf did hundreds Who hud gathered at the waters Sdgl Men beeame byetertcal and noenen passengers on tb. cars wept and prayed in distress al the plight of ? he Inda who wen- standing ?n the tNiat calling for help. Marring* Mcense Kc< ord. A license to marry w;>s issio d Sat urdsy to Mr. T It Hodge of Tindal and MKi Kassie Hill el HttWttei A Iben??* was also Issued to R ? u| ored e?>uple t'htren ? Witlkei \\ edgi field, and Lula Da\K Prlvateef? ITA MAN FARM CO-OPFRATION. Lesson* of Value Learned by Agrlcul turul Commission ul l'tuccnxu? runners Own .iii.i QpofOlQ u ( at? tic Pond Mill, u rOHIMmi Factory, u Storage Warehouse und u Hunk? All or Them are Sucvcssful Muter prise*. Plaeenza. Italy. June 20.?A $150, Hi plant for manufacture of phos? phate fertilizer, a storage warehouse for distribution of farm implements, ami a plant for manufacture of corn cattle food; all built through co? operative effort and financed through credit co-operatively obtained, were ' shown to the American Commission on Agricultural Cuoperution here to? day. The manufacture of compressed corn cakes was an impressive dem? onstration of the utilization of ev? ery asset which Is a characteristic feature of European agriculture. The country about this city does not pro? duce any corn. Cattle are raised, I however, and so corn has to be bought from other districts. In the corn grain there is an oil which has ab? solutely no nutritive value. It la a waste. Rut in Italy the corn la plac? ed in hydraulic presses und this oil is squeezed out. The oil is sold for the manufacture of soap and the corn is preased into cakes which are dis? tributed among the members of the co-operative institutions. The same plan has been attempted in the Uni? ted states, Put was not found com? mercially successful. There is not profit enough in the sale of the oil nor in the sale of the corn cakes l.i competition with the grain. Hut in the enterprise visited by the com? mission profit is not considered. So [ long as there Is any saving at all it is sufficient reason to adopt the plan; for the entire work is carried on up? on a co-operative, non-profit seeking basis. In the manufacture of the phos? phate fertiliser it is evident that the farmers have gotten down to raw material prices at every point. Iron oxide is bought and roasted. The freed sulphur Is employed In the manufacture of sulphuric acid. The natural phosphate rock is bought and treated with the add for manufacture of the fertilizer. In this way the farmers buy for themselves only the raw material and conduct every step !>f the manufacturing process them lelves. It Is a large undertaking but I t has succeeded. The product of the 1 ? laut supplies fertilizer for farms of 115,000 acres about the city. The actual demonstration of the i iblllty of a community of farmers to thus Initiate and conduct economical? ly a manufacturing business of this ilse was the most convincing lesson ! >1 the practicability of agricultural i ?o ..perutlon which the commission < has yet seen. The enterprise Is carried on by the ?'ousortio Ac rail, an association of i landowners. In this part of Italy the -oil is mostly owned by large land? owners, and Is farmed through a tenant system on a share basis. Con? sequently co-operation us it would have to be practiced in the United < States is not to be seen here. The men belonging to the association are landowners and the smull farmers re? ceive only indirect benefit from the co-operative associations without en? tering Into their management. In such an enterprise as the one seen by the commission In Placenza It Is clearly shown that an association of farmers or landowners are capable of L giving an economical administration j to a business enterprise. Thero is no j paternalism nor leading strings con? nected with the project. It Is such a business undertaking as would be ?vorthy of the best of American enter? prises. The association hus erected u large warehouse for storing farm imple? ments. A majority of the machines lire of American manufacture, but the assertion so often made in the United states that American ma? chines can he bought at lower prices In Europe than at home did not seem to be borne out bj comparisons in prices made by tne members of the commission with the managers of the warehouse, although ihe prices quot? ed at the warehouse wer?' practically wholesale prlees. sit.no RO profits are sought la the sale of Implements to members of the co-operative institu? tions. Credit for operations nf this enter? prise are ahtalned through ? local OO-operatlVS hank, hut not one of H rural type, it is a oo-operatlve bank organized among the small trades? men or the town as well a ?? the tarni ?th, und though much of Its busi neos is to decentralise credit for the lredet'men and so help ihe small dealer, It pursues the polio) nf grant? ing every posnllde privilege to a^ri culturel enterprise. The notes of the agricultural ??eolation are dis? counted and also the notes of ihe farmers themselves on purchases made through the association when guaranteed bj the association. "I know money Is hard to get" says President J I Mill, of the Northern Pa< it' Thnl Is nothing new tu the ivt rag? ms Ii \N Hminglou Star T \ it I.out HOOZi: THK LATEST. In Maine They l urry Boer, Whiskey und MlX?d Drinks in Vest Pocket. A Maine sheriff might hnd a bar? rel of boor, or even a jug of whiskey, bill he can't lind B beer lozenge or a cocktail tablet, and over that glad fact the thirsty of this State are re Jolclng now. For the tabloid boote drummer has come to Maine and is doing a rushing business In condensed drinks Of all kinds, from plain whiskey to eoektnlls and from beer to gin ftS see, says the Bangor (Maine) cor? respondent of the Now York World. The drummer carries a considerable stock of tablets with him for imme? diate demands and arranges for fur? ther supplies by mail. Many bars In selling tabloid drinks today, while a Hungor, Lowltton and Portland are great many men who just must have their whiskey or beer when they sTant it, have obtained their own sup? plies and make their liquor at home while they wait?and the wait is not long*. Nobody here knows anything about the constituent elements of the tablets, but nobody cares so long as they produce something that looks and tastes like liquor. The tublets come in little paper boxes or glass bottles of a dozen each, and the price varies. A small phial of one kind of tablets, costing 13 cents, dissolved in a gallon of water, with other ingredients, costs 50 cents, makes a gallon of what passes for whiskey?total cost 03 cents. It is not whiskey that would uppeal to a connoisseur, for it burns und bites all the way down, but it is as near to whiskey as a good many people are able to get in some parts of Maine, and it "goes." other tablets. costing each 35 cants, make half a win! of whiskey of a somewhat bette? quality. This tablet requires only to be dissolved in wuter, which takes ?ut a few min? utes. If the man is in a hurry for hia drink he can hasten the process by stirring. Cocktail tablets make one drink each, being dissolved in tWo-thlrds of a glass of water. A cocktail made hi this way costs 20 cents. Beer tablets, costing 20 cents, make a pint of something that looks like lager, with a high "col? lar." A good many tabloid drinks are now coming in by mail and prohibi? tion is up against another piece ot ough luck. A great advantage of he tablets is that a man cun con? ceal a morning eye opener in u cor? ner of his vest po-jket or even in his ihoe. Testimony as to the efficacy of the Webb law in keeping liquor out of Maine is very conflicting. It is known that liquor has very lately SOtne into liangor in large quantities, me dealer having a few days ago re? ceived I full car load of beer, which s/as catted at night through the streets of the city und across the bridge to Brewer, where it was con? cealed. This beer has not as yet been discovered by the raiders, al? though IN barrels of beer belonging to another Bangor dealer and con? cealed in Brewer were seized a few days ago. From the Kennehec River comes reports of dozens of motor boats en? gaged in bringing liquor up from Bath to Qardiaer, Hallowell and Au Kustu. It is suid that large quanti? ties of whiskey and beer have been brought to Maine ports in motor craft. The sheriffs and their depu? ties are now standing night watcher to capture them. The railroads and Steamboat com? panies announced some time ago that they would deliver no liquors "in? tended for illegal sale,'' but it is known that liquor Is still coming, both by lull and bout, in large quan? tities. The Atlantic Coast Dine Offers Very Low Round Trip Rates to The Points Named Below. KNOXV1LLE, T10NX?And return. |10,30, Account of Summer School of the South, June 24th to August 1st. Dates of sale June 22nd. Mrd, 24th. 28th, 30th, July 5. I, 12. and 19, lyl:t. with llnal limit til teen days alter date of sab unless extended by the payment of u fee of $1.00 and depositing with the Ticket Agent at Knoxville. WAYNB8V1LLB, X. C?And re? turn. $7.2."). Account of Laymens' Missionary M. R. Church. South. June SBth to July 10th. Tickets on sale June u:{ to 88th, 1913, with final limit July 13th. ash I,a n I), va.. AND CHARLOTTKS V1LLK, VA 111.00. Account of Bummer Hchool, University of Vir gin la, June It, August 7, 1013. Tickets on sale June L'1 fh 2s, 1013, with linsl limt tit te n days from ?Ii?t?? of sale unless extended b\ deposit inc. with ticket agent at Ashland, Vu , and the payment u| a fee ol $ l <?'?, which then the lim? it con be pxti tided to and neptt in her 30th, 1013. For further Information ? nii on or u rite, nilVIDDK V. PLAYF.lt, Ticket Agent, Kiimter, B, C ( ?i '\ I' White (1 I' A Wilmington, N C. FARMERS' UNION NEWS 1'iactical Thoughts for Prartloal l'Wmers. (Conducted by K. W. Dubbs. Pres? ident ?. C. Farmers Union.) ! ; FARMERS' UNION MEETING. _ *1 Will be Held with Jordon Local at Cain's Mill on Friday, inly 4th. The County Fanners' Union will hohl Its next regular meeting with th Jordan local Friday, July 4th, at Cain's Mill. As has been the custom ol* late, a subject was decided upon for discussion, How May we Increase ! the Efficiency of the Union Broker age Co? Especially along the lines of selling what is termed county pro-! Idtice. The Brokerage company is, only doing half the business for which I it was organized. The hall that it ?is doing is following along the beaten j paths of commerce. The other half is something new, that of finding a ' market and collecting the produce and) shipping it In bulk. This re? quires a great deal of planning and confidence in all the members who I are entering into such a co-operative movement. This is a pertinent ques? tion but it is one that is sure to bob up. Will our farmers in Sumter coun? ty put in the same grade of an article, when that article is lost algflht of in a car lot und shipped in the name of the Union Brokerage Co., as they would when shipping Individually In their own names? Plant dlaeaaos are compelling the rotation of crops. It is only the un ,progressive farmers now who plant either cotton, corn or oats year after year in the same place. Such a fann? er may still make some money, but ( I If he does he makes it by the way she manipulates his labor and you hear such a farmer all the time com* plaining about labor conditions. Now when we grow only a third of our , farms in cotton we are going to have more produce for sale than our hone markets can '-onsumc. Herne the necessity of coming together and try. I ing to find a market, j There will probably be a govern- ; ment market expert at this meeting. J. Frank Williams. County President. I_ SUMiMFKTIMF IN SUMM FUTON. 1 Something Always Doing at This Sea BOO of the Yeni*? Personal Men? tion. Special to Daily Item. Summerton, June ?A retrospec t of the last few months reveals the fact the colurins of your paper have been noticeably devoid of any correspond- | ence from Summerton; and while, of OOUrae "no news is gocal news," you j may expect occasional letters from j this source during the summer j months, for "there's always some? thing doing in the good old summer time." This Is especially true of those towns and cities that,hove gain- J ed some recognition as summer re? sorts, and our town claims that dis? tinction. A half century ago Sum- j rnertQU consisted largely of residences built by planters down on the river tu be used by them as summer homes, hence the name "Summer-town." Applying the laws of evolution, it might now be Bald that the name gives evidence to the fact that it la "Sorne-town." lie that as it may, it seems to be attracting quite a num? ber of summer visitors. Miss Annie Gentry and Mr. Con? nors Gentry have as guests for B few days Misses Marguerite and Luclle Walker of Greenville, and Miss Tru luck of I Hanta, and Mr. Morgan of Greenville. I Miss Annie Hlrchmsn of Manning is the attractive guest ol Miss Nod die Briggs. I Miss France* Connell of Philadel? phia, Pa., Is visiting at the home of Mrs. Wallace Mathls, having recently returned with her. SCUFDULFS Southern Ballwuy?Premier Carrier of Tin? South. N. B.?Schedule figures published as Information only and are not guar anteed. Effective May Jr.. IS13. Departure from Bumter: (F.xcept Sunday): As;u 140?6.20 A. M for Columbia. < Charleston and way stations. I 142?:Ui> P. M. t?u Columbia, Charleston and way stations. Arrival: (Sxoapt Sunday.): No. 1 11 10.20 A. M. from <?har leston, Columbia and way Stations. No. i 13 D i?- Pt M from Ilharles ton, Columbia and way Stations, W. IL Caffey, D. P. A. Charleston. W. R. MoGee, A. O, P. A. ColumbU S. C. in police Boelety the) say a man Is somewhat inebriated. In prohibition territory they say he is drunk, which Is the blunt old Kngllsh foi it Wll mliuftoii Stai M W ONE ON III M Preacher Had Xevor seen Kucti ? SriIptural Paw-age. Payettevllle < >baerver. "At th<* protracted meeting at First IJaptlst church Wednesday night the preacher asked those, in tin con* gregation who would do no, t<? quote their favorite verso of Scripture. A number did so, ami then a gentleman arose and requested prayer for the Mayor, chief of police, the police force and the Recorder's court. The preach* er said he had never .seen SUCh a pas? sage in the Bible." Coorgia and the Georgians. Atlanta Journal. This Stab- is one of the only six in (ill tie- union thai have no provision whatsoever for compulsory school at? tendance, Thai Bad Is not only u dis? grace hul :i .serious Injustice to our citizenship. In behalf *d the Stale's good name and the rights Of its chil dn it. let some edecjuate measure of this kind he enacted Ihil summer. ? "Undo Toe" Pennon \sas \isting bankers around town recently, in the olden days the hankers visited "Uncle Joe." Times have changed.? Washington l'ost. Stubborn Case "1 was under the treatment of two doctors," writes Mrs. R. L Phillips, of Indian Volley, Va., "and they pro? nounced my case a very stubborn one, of womanly weak? ness. I was not able to sit up, when 1 commenced to take CarduL 1 used it about one weeK, before I saw much change Now. the severe pain, that had been in my side for ycjfs, has gone, and 1 docil suffer at alL 1 am feeling better than in a long time, and cannot apeak too highly of Cardii." TAKE Jh. WomarfsTonic if you are one of those ailing women who suffer from any of the troubles so common to women, Cardtni Is a builder of womanly strength. ConipueW of purely vegetable ingredients, it ads quickly on the womanly system, building up womanly strength, toning up the womanly nerves, and regulating the womanly system. C?rdui has been in successful use for more than 50 year& Thousands of ladies have written to tell of the benefit they received from iL Try it lor your troubles. Begin today. Writs to. Ladies' Advisory Dept. OuManoaa Meaner Co,. Onrtaniim. Tsnw tor Sptclal Instructions, and 64-page book. " Home Treatraniloir WoBses,* atcxOW JM The Clemson Agricultural College RNROLLMENT OVER MO VAU'K OF PROPERTY OVER A MILLION ANI? A THlBD-OVEft M TEACHERS AM) OFFICERS n^nrAA PmifiMi Agrlcultoro, (seven coorsss). i bemlstry; Mechanical i^egree courses. utMl Blscutcu Engineering; run ffoginoiiloi; Textile Industry; Archlteetural KOftOfOrlOg? CL--i pAiifafit? <>ne Year Course in Agriculture: Two-Year COOJSS in J,l?ri V^OUr?C5. Textile 'ndustry; l ou i - \N ? eks WtOtSf Course In Cotton Orudlug: l-our-NVeeks Wiuter OourM for Farmers. f^rt.f.. Gout per eOMloo of line months, lueludinjr all fees, heat, lltfht. water, v^osi. board, laundry, arid two couplet* uniforms, IISJL4S. Tuition if sols to pay. jto.Ot" SXtra. Total COat p'*r session for the one year AKrieultural Course, ?H7..rK>; Four-Weeks Course, all exyeuses, ?fin.ixi. Scholarship and Entrance Examinations: ?ains%%?rosr Agricultural and Textile>e hol ar.sn i p.s. and.'d one-year Aurieultural scholarships. Value of Scholarship* 1100.00 pet se?*lou and Pros Tuition. tStodsnts ,tshohasp attended OleuMon College, or any other Coth ss or University, an* out ellK'iWie for the scholarship* unless thsrs are no othsr eligible applicants.) Scholarship add Krit ranee K\aininat ions will be held Uy the County Superiu tsndont of Educotlon on July nth. at n.-uu a n . Next Session Opens September 10, 1913 Write at once to W. M. RIGGS, President Clemson College mi Catalog, scholarship Blsukt, Etc If you delay, you may be crowOed (Hit. He Was From Xenia, Ohio. {| A man who became weai t ly by saving money?just a little every week?until a few judicious investments with his ready cash put him on "easy street." t( The same thing can be? is being done, right here in Sumter. Cf Put your money on de? posit with us. and watch the savirjs grow. The Bank of Sumter