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Obttoarteo and tributes of respect
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The Sumter Welch men was fouud
nl aa lilt and tho True Southron In
litt. The Watchman aad Southron
new baa tho combined circulation and
taluence ef both of the old papers.
Lad la manifestly tho boat advertising
anadlum In Sumter.
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The great need now in a season of
fair, dry weatner In which to harvest
the ?mall grain crop and get the corn
and cotton out <>f the graaa
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There to apparently flttl* local In?
terest in the election on 8tate-w?de
prohibition tl.\t is to ho held thin full.
It Iff accepted aa a foregone conclusion
that the Stet* will vo? e for prohibition
by a larce majority and nobody l??
worrying about It.
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Orangeburg baa a flour mill and ele?
vator In readiness to handle the wheat
?two of that lection. The mill, which
ha* Juat been cosnplotcd. waa erected
by enterprl-dnj: Arm?, who believe
that a flour mill will prove a profitable
undertaking. If a flour mill can bo
made a paying Investment in Orange
burg county a mill would be profitable
likewise In Sumter county, aince there
ta ?a much wheat planted in this
count.* aa In ? ?rangehurg.
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The German aubmarlnea are making
entirely too many mlstakea in their
attacka on American merchant ships
for one to believe that they are not
deliberately seeking to provoke the
United States beyond endurance.
Within tho past few weeka. the dish?
ing. Qulfught und Nebraskan have
bee attacked, and today comes newa
that the iMxln.i has been aunk off the
French coast. When the idea was
flrst advanced that Germany waa seek
?Jtna; to provoke the United States to
* ir 11 seem ?d prepostnrous. but rccm
developments all Indien? tb.u Ger?
many hrts nJ ipted n policy oi'c :'utcd
to for. ?? the United States to abandon
the policy of neutrality and Join the
Alllea In crujnmg that country. The
German war clique that plunged Eu?
rope Into war. probably has at last
come to a full realisation of the In-'
e vi table failure of the conspiracy to
overrun Europe and become dictator
of world po1PI~s. and seeks to save Its
face by adding the United States to
the array of Oermany'a enemies, so aa
to bo able to claim that Germany wna
defeated only by a coalition of all
great powers of world against the Aus
tro-Germans. On no other hypothec*
can Germany* i v iolation of all wel! es
tabllahed rules of civilised warfare
and the continued deliberate affronts
offered the United States be explained
If Germany Is pursuing a deliberate
and calculated , dlcy of fastening a
quarrel on th* United States that
cannot bo settled short of war, even
?Woodrow Wilson cannot hold this
country to a neutral attitude very
much longer.
Will. GHAIU ATI-: UHOM VWAIMi
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Hammond IW.wmsii Take* High Stand
at Naval \cndomy.
Mr. Hammond Howman. a aon of
Mr. P. G. Howman. will be grduaated
thin week at the United Statea Naval
Academy. He has a high rank In hh
claaa. receiving during the past acad
eentc year only two demerits and.
therefore, ranks second in hl? class ii
conduct. Hn has already been assign
i.. ime nf th? new Sjgf ?'ul I WPM
battleahlps. the Delaware. Ilamm<>iu
bun made a line record f'.r hlmsell
and will paaotVe the congratulations of
his friends upon his return.
< ..IU go student* Coming Homo.
Qunlte a number of college students
reached homo during the latter part
of the weide lust past and more of
them are coming nearly every day
now. With their coming many social
activities will be springing up among
the younger folks, who ulwuya do
their bent to make their vacation*
lively. Amon^ the students returning
home were those In attendance at Da?
vidson Collere. undergraduates of
Winthrop t'.db-ge und some from (i.
F. r. and the University, the hitter br?
ing at home to rest up a few days af?
ter their examinations before com
mencement.
I>. V It Meeting.
Humter home chapter D. A. It will
meet at the residence of Miss Kat.
Moses on Thursd?y aftcrimoii. June
J, at t oclock.
keep in fighting TRIM.
Some llculth llulcs Which Every Por
"ii Should Observe for II 's Good
??ml That of the Community.
In a pamphlet entitled "Fighting
Trim," issued bf the United States
Public Health Service, Surgeon J. M.
Kager lays stress upon personal en?
deavor of every individual as of the
highest public Importance 'n the or?
ganised war against disease. The
wonderful victories that have been
won in combating infectious maladies
have had a tendency to divert popu?
lar attention from the equally import?
ant personal fortification against dis?
eases of all kinds. The question of
prepared nes: against onslaughts of
the enemy, a query prominent in the
minds of every one in these days of
warfare is put in a special personal
bearing as relating to the dangers
threatened by disease, the permanent
enemy of mankind. Arc you personal?
ly prepared, it Is asked for the hand
to-hand encounter with disease that
you are sure to he forced into sooner
or later or in which perhaps you are
already engaged? Unless you are
willing to succumb without a strug?
gle, fight you must, no matter how
feeble your fighting proclivities are.
The inevitability of the battle against
disease is strongly insisted upon.
Peace between nations, it is stated,
may not be an unattainable hope, but
even when the much desired era of
human concord comes and armed
strife among men has ceased, there
will still be an everlasting battle to
tight, a ceaseless struggle for a few
more years of health and life, a des?
perate conflict against a foe who, as
far as victory over the individual
tighter is concerned is certain in the
end to win?the battle against disease.
In the defense against disease two
things are necessary?a systematic
union of fighters, the sanitary organ?
isation, and personal preparedness,
the product of intelligent and diligent
personal snajh ai Personal prepar?
edness ie the patriotic du*y of every
citizen as an aid to national sanitary
defense. No man as a member of so.
I
clety is morally free to live un
hygienlcally or to acquire disease
through lack of personal care, lake a
slovenly aoldier, the person who neg?
lects his health risks imparting to
others his loose morale, or even trans?
mitting disease to the whole com?
munity.
"Health ia a man's most valuable
possession. Without it be cannot
hold or enjoy anything else rha* falls
to hli lot or ?hat he win* Jn tb* bat?
tle of life. Witho it heai .ii he I? a I
burden to himself and, unless he pos
seaaes marked compensatory qualities,
an encumbrance to his comrades.
Though as victims of life s 111 chance,
they are entitled to the most sympa?
thetic consideration, it is a sad fact
that the sick cannot but be consider
ed as impedimenta in the conflict of
existence. Their place is in the rear.
Often. Indeed, as easy marks for the
attacks of disease, they become tar?
gets drawing the fire of the enemy.
Wealth, position, friendship, ability to
help others arc largely discounted by
physical infirmity."
The health making attitude of
mind Is represented as a profitable
talent and fortunately one that can
be acquired. Doctor Eager calls at?
tention to the large available mass of
literature on health subjects?work,
exercise, relaxation, sleep, fresh air,
proper temperatures, food, cooking,
cleanliness, etc., that should he ju?
diciously selected a:id studied. Every
person must learn for himself what
peril threatens In his special place* In
life.
Studies of health subjects in schools
and clubs, Its exposition .n public lec?
tures, newspaper articles, and bulle?
tins, have the salutary tendency, it ts
atated, to promote wholesome prac?
tices as an habitual exercise and de?
velop the procioua qur.llty of auto?
matically choosing in every action and
habit of life those courses that con?
duce to bodily soundness.
Notice Potato Growers!
Hurrels have arrived. All who gave
orders for same please call at Nation?
al Hank of Scmter and pay for same
und get order to Union Brokerage
? 'oinpanv, win will deliver to wagons.
Please be prompt as no storage ar?
ranged for and all partial are
serving our association gratis.
Secretary and Treasurer Sunder
Truckers Association.
Graduate From Cnrolliui.
Among the graduates from the Ulli?
versity of South Carolina next week
will be from the department of law
with tho degree of bachelor of laws.
.lohn it. Dafne, John 0? DinaJna, Ray?
mond Schuartz; from the collegiate
.1. iMitno nt is Robert Lee Dougherty
With the decree of bachelor of alts.
Tlnssloro W. Itrallsford Dead.
l'inewood. May It, -Theodore W.
Mi-ailsford, awed 7s years, a highly re?
spected citizen of this communUy,
died at his home .four miles south of
Jo if, Thursday night. The body was
taken to Manning for interment.
Chas. U Cuttlno,
CIVIC LEAGUE REPORT.
Tiic President Makes Annual ltci>ort
of Aetivities and Achievements of
< >rgnnlzutiou.
Members of the Civic League of Sum?
ter:
I have the honor of submitting this
my first annual report as your presi?
dent.
We have held eight regular meet?
ings, at five of which I have presided
While the average attendance is bet?
ter than it was, there is much to be
d eel red in this line, as encouragement
and enthusiasm is created by full
meetings. What we need most to ac?
complish the ever-growing work
ahead of us, is more help and co-oper?
ation. This organization stands for
tho betterment of conditions In our
town and our homes, and we should
have 500 instead of 125 members in
this club. We cannot give up the
things we have undertaken to do, the
call is too Btrong for them, and the
best proof we have that the Civic
League Is an institution which has
come to stay, is its ever widening in?
fluence, and the support given it by
the best citizens of Sumter. I am sor?
ry t? state that our finances are ex?
tremely low at present, there being
only $04.00 in the treasury. On ac?
count of business depression caused
by the war, it was deemed best not to
have the annual entertainment from
which we have formerly raised mon?
ey for our needs. In place of this, we
have tried to have the separate com?
mittees make enough to carry on their
department until more prosperous
days dawn for us. The library com?
mittee, and especially the energetic
chairman, deserve much credit for
their faithful and uphill work. Funds
were raised for its upkeep by an ama
teum dramatic performance last July
and by a traveling art exhibit in
connection with a silver tea In Febru?
ary. There are about 1,000 volumes
in the library and two cases two cases
which have been given to the State
library containing 75 volumes each,
and which have been kept in circu?
lation in this county. We feel that we
have taken a step in the right direc?
tion when we arranged with the City
Council to share the expenses of the
library. They to pay $15.00 per
month, we to continue to furnish mon?
ey for the books and manage it, there?
by making it open to the public,
which we hope and believe will prove
a great benefit, and esneclally to those
unabu* to procure reading matter for
themselves.
One of Ihe greatest factors for good
is the v ork that ll lteing done in *het
Mothers Club, We have itad monthly
meetings regularly since last June,
except in January and February
when it was not practical to hold
them. The greatest benefit is being
derived from these meetings which is
shown in better care of their homes
and children. The mothers attend In
large numbers and enjoy the social
side as well as profiting by the instruc?
tion given them.
The Civic Improvement committee
has continued the care of the triangle,
assisted with the care of station
grounds, and has held two plant ex?
change days when large quantities of
seed and plant0 were given and ex?
changed, and have also planted cannas
bn the play grounds. One of the
things accomplished of which we are
very proud, is the establishment of
play grounds for the children. Funds
were raised for this purpose last
spring and in July they were turned
over to the city with Utting ceremo?
nies. The place was thronged with
the little ones all season, and we
hope to make It as much of a success
during the coming vacation months.
The play grounds committee made
money last season to assist the league
in defraying expenses, and we are now
planning to have an entertainment as
early in June as possible, the pro?
ceeds to go towards paying a super?
visor and director of play. For the
present, Mr. White, of the Y. M. C. A.
?will give us a part of two afternoons
a week, Tuesdays and Fridays, and
will direct the play on the grounds.
The garden contest will be conduct?
ed as formerly.
Our most important department,
that of the visiting nurse, continues to
tlourish and bring the very best re?
sults. We are fortunate in being able
to rotain the services of Miss Gibson
in charge of that work. In February
we had a very successful mass meet*
Ing at which funds were subscribed
towards this cause. Subsequently do?
nations have been asked from those
who were not present upon that occa?
sion and we hope to be able to con?
tinue the splendid and far-reaching
work as formerly.
In addition to the regular dally
rounds and routine work of the nurse,
we have been the means of restoring
to health and usefulness a young
man sorely atllicted with tuberculosis.
Through the constant attention of
our nurse, under the directions of a
physician who prescribed the use of
tuberculin?and I must not omit the
ever responsive help of and charity
of our townspeople) we were aide to
carry this family over months of need
aftd suffering.
We base also found a home for four
itttie ones in an Episcopal orphan
age In Yorkvillc and only last month
received the request of a dying grand
moher that we tlnd a home for her
two little orphan charges, which we
will endeavor *.< do.
We have cooperated with the Cham?
ber of Commerce in establishing a
Curb Market which was very success
full until it became necessarv
to have a screened place for carrying
on the business. We hope to have a
fiy-proof shed sufficiently large for
all needs in the near future.
A committee from the League met
with the City Council last week and
requested them to pass an ordinance
that all fly-breeding places be screen?
ed. Also that they investigate and
purchase if possible a garbage incin?
erator. This they agreed to investi?
gate at once and to grant this request
provided practical arangements could
be made.
We have also agitated the question
of meat inspection and together with
the efforts of the ever active and wil?
ling health officers, who are glad to
cooperate with us at all times, we
have the promise of a sanitary. ab
batair and cleaner markets.
We are also delighted to state that a
subject long agitated in the League,
that of the introduction of a course of
domecstic science in the public
schools, has borne rich fruit and the
term just closed has marked the first
and very successful year's work in
this branch.
Through our petitioning the mer?
chants agreed not to hold their cost
sales immediately following upon the
rush of the Christmas business, which
made it so hard on the clerks, and
we hope that this custom Instituted
just a few years ago will not be re?
sumed.
We have contributed the annual
$10.00 to the Winthrop Scholarship
Fund, and have paid up our assess?
ment to the endowment fund $30.76.
Our club has expended in the past
year $501.50 for general expenses and
$964.00 for the nurse work. In
March we celebrated Reciprocity Day
and had the pleasure of entertaining
representatives of six other clubs, and
had not the weather been so incle?
ment, would have had many more
from the county clubs. We had the
honor of having with us upon that oc?
casion the president oi* our State
Federation, Mrs. J. W. Allen of Spar
tanburg, who made an inspiring ad
address.
In closing I wish to thank you my
en-worker* for benrlner so patiently
me through 11 la my flrsl year i i
your praaldent. Although a charter
member of th< LeagUO and having
kept up an active Interest in all Its
?voi-kiiifci* i .calizc that in the ca?
pacity of president I am quite a pio?
neer, and that the mistakes that I
have made have been from inexperi?
ence rather than lack of desire to do
what was best for the welfare of our
club, mistakes of the head rather
than the heart.
Respectfully submitted,
Nina M. Solomons, President.
BRITISH WILL PAY FOR COTTON.
British Foreign Office Announces
That it is Ready to Satisfy Claims.
London, May 27.?The foreign of?
fice announced tonight that the gov?
ernment had informed the represen?
tative of American cotton interests
whose shipments of 17 vessels have
been purchased by the government
that it was ready and anxious to make
payment at once. The representative,
however, admitted his inability at
present to make any definite claim In
respect of any o*ne of the cargoes on
these vessels, but he has undertaken
to obtain the necessary information in
order to present his claim as soon as
possible.
.The representative of the shippers
of cotton on another vessel has been
similarity informed of the govern?
ment's readiness to madte immediate
settlement, but he also acknowledged
he was not at present in a position
to put forward his claim. Cargoes on
six other vessels are being dealt with
similarily.
"Whilst most anxious to satisfy all
claims as promptly as possible," says
the statement issued by the foreign
office, "it Is obvious that the process
of arriving at speedy settlement is de?
layed by the necessity of establishing
the real ownership of each consign?
ment, and of ascertaining whether it
has passed from the shipper to the
consignee and who is the right per?
son to receive the payment. The ques?
tion is complicated by the fact that
Swedish consignees of a number of
cargoes have instituted proceedings
here with the view of preventing the
purchase by the government from
American shippers of cargoes, which,
it is alleged, already have been
bought and paid for by these Swedish
consignees."
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Daily by Ernest Field,
Cotton Buyer. *?,
need Middling s :?-4.
ddllng 8 5-8.
8 1-2.
W Middling 8.
Hing 7 1-2. V
otton, Nominal, j
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Bank Account. Opportunity is ready for the man,
woman or child who is ready for it. The ash-barrels
of history are full of people who were unprepared for
Opportunity when it came their way. Have you the
cash to avail yourself of opportunity when it comes
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President. Vice-Pres. Cashier.
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This will necessitate a bank
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on your part*
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ESTABLISHED 1889
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