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pertod ofr thitr livesthe training that
woe^d enable tha elttsens to step a*
000% easily and efficiently Into the
U will bo Qotfbed that throughout
thJej paper I hav% use* IM empifdhelnn
^^VaU'?-C
tloe> all over our country to esjebUsh
cereal |njp the* j
make whaV In" my
ent Would be
a fetal mistake. I would soy to those
cltjgeo*: IV nei etiaplo eewr own
pu(pc high school. Build up. If
Is fa wise to cripple an i'aetltutjton by
dlvtftng |he loyalty and swp'poit of a
roj*mo*#y jfcaj stolM belor g ex
etuffraly'ane* eftWety to thin hietrw
lien. Make sour hoys' high school
vigorous end* vWe; segrcguto the
ee*M: d? eveiytahit; to have a boys'
mxjt hooi i>4j to this end put the
mo j*y and IbVehy im* weubf. |to to
the wtaa|shX^ end ra*lntoeai?ce of
the propose?j aee^einy mto your pub?
lic ilvh uchoerAhe crystanxatlon of
the kits I of the democracy of oppor?
tunely. Why not giro every hoy In
tue community the *jVn? chance?
Wktf go back ty the oJdj>nce of <fc
wealth t Why Inaugurate special
srtrJMit Ist i|S &57
dividetne riling generation Into
classes, arising from snobbishness?
Why pauperise the public high |
ochpoJT I w m tiW%*M\\*> kit
whfk? not losing sight of the tremsn
oun esset of gentle birth and rear
tag. I do earofstly believe ht the
democracy of ojepctqnrty aisd in the
artetocracy of character and achieve -
1 should, perhaps, be thought f)|ib
ty ef exaggeration if I should tell the
auseber snd the extent of the in
entries that I have received relative
to military training to oar schools.
These Inquiries have come from every
section of our country. It Is that I j
might give a complete answer to
these inquiries that I have ajvalle^
myself of the generous offer ef The
Stair. I take occasion to thank it.
JKLL DEAD ON WAY HOME.
Mafia MeLaurtn, of f lorence, Stricken
by Apoplexy.
Storeaee, May 2J? ?This city and
eommantty was shocked yesterday
morning, when at an ear* hour U
wag reported that the lifeless be4y ef j
Mr,, Mitten MeLaurtn. a well Known
yeeMg ^oetness man ef this city, had
teem feeJa en the grounds of the new
Pe^t School In Bast Worance.
a|r. Met^arin on Saturday night
hedj gone to the Coast Uns station
aee) while there, it la stated, had
bean talking with Evangelist Baxter
McLendon about the meetings now
beleg conducted in the tabernacle,
and) which Mr. McLnurtn had been
attending quite regularly.
Mr. MoLaurtn decided he would go
to fhe Tabernacle and attend the ser?
vice and had 'phoned his home to that
eitert. At a later hour. Mrs. McLaur
In, because of his not coming home,
'Phoned Mr. Leslie MeLaurtn, his
brother, snd suked him to see if he
could find him.
Mr. Leslie MeLaurtn Immediately
wogt up town, but could find no trace
of him. Then a search began, in
which other relatives and friends
joined, but nothing was hesrd until
?*e*>eL? ee'jtc es* * * ?7^ .
after daylight, when a negro passing
through the property reported the
ending of the body.
Coroner Ounn wus soon summoned
and. after consultation with the coun?
ty physician and Mr. McLaurln's lam
try physician. It was decided tha t he
came to his death from apoplexy.
GOV. MANNING AT M Alt ION.
Denvers risnssiaii samt Address snd
^Ipsqenss l>r. Branson Preschen
Be rreta aerate Mormon.
Marlon, May 29?A masterly ser
mofi was preached by the Hev. John
A. Brunaon. D. D., of Humter to a
crojs?d?>a> aedttortirm yesterday morn?
ing on the subject of "The Question
ef This Age." or What Do You
Think of Christ" He treated It as a
question to be settled by each Indl
vidual. and appealed to the gradual
lag cjass to settle this question at
once ?0 far as they themselves won
concerned.
Commencement exercises were held
this morning In the gruded school au?
ditorium and Oov. Manning In s very
appropriate address delivered the dip?
lomas.
marriage License Record,
A license to marry mm boen l&*uo*
to Paul Tlndal and Cera A. Lincoln
Hhlloh.
First Lieut, lt. T Frown ban pom
pitted his examination for the offlci
of captain, to which fee was oleete<
by the members of the Susnter Ugh'
Infantry several weeUe sgo, and u
the papers have already been exat.i
ined by the examining, board, it l
probable that his appointment will b<
1 t< |\o4 at sosjUf tp.01 In the n< v f
lu*e.
mk
a I*. I. DOING AOHVE WORK.
Ceenpany Miomeor? are showlug Fine
^ Form end Much Interest in New Ex
The Sumter Light Infantry boys
are not waiting for the equipment
waich was ordered some time ago to
arrive, but are very rapidly getting
themselves In shape for service. In
addition to the regular drills and
week-end practice marches they are
showing up very well indeed in put?
ting bullets to the spot, *ihe officers
of the company point with pride to
[the fhct that so far not a single man
has failed to quality for the State
range shoot, the season tor which is
^ronj the first of April to the first of
August, and they expect to take off
several qualification badges when
they go over.
The following are the members
who have qualified so far: Lieut. R.
T. Brown, Lieut E. Bradford, Sgts.
J. a Chandler and A. R. Richardson.
Corpls. J. V. Morris, Walter J. Carr,
J. H. Owens, and Privates Bartow
Brunson, E. S. DesChamps, Jr., .Tqhn
Davis, Jas." A. Crelghton, Jerome
Bass, James Bradley. Wilton Adams,
Charles Newman, Hasel Hatfleld,
The members as a whole are taking
a great deal of interest in the work
of the company and the ulQoers have
just reason to expect to see some good
drilling and high scores made in the
contests that are to be pulled off soon.
The company did have a full mem?
bership, but eight men have recently
moved away and the first eight men
who can Pass the physical examina?
tion and who are up to the standard
will be enlisted. No trouble is antie-U
: pated In keeping the membership to,
the maximum now, for privates wi^
be paid approximately $1.00 par drill
and everything being run with the
exactness demanded by the govern?
ment, will make it a great deal more
interesting and instructive for them.
PORTRAIT OF MANNING.
Columbia, May 30.?Eugene von
Berger of Berlin, who has been a res?
ident of the United States for the last
six years, living most of the time in
New York or Chicago, delivered yes?
terday a portrait in oils of Gov. Man?
ning which he had executed under
commission from the governor's fam?
ily. The portrait was exhibited for
several days at the Mimnaugh depart?
ment store. He made a smaller por?
trait of the governor for Bernard
Manning of Sumter.
A GREAT CHARITY.
The Sumter Trust Company Starts
Dime Bank Campaign for Europe's
Battle-Blimled.
Five hundred thousand artistically
designed vest pocket dime banks, by
[means of which several million dol
llars may be collected throughout the
?United States to support and train in
I blind trades Europe's many thousand
battle-blinded soldiers, are being is?
sued by the B. F. B. Permanent Blind
Relief War Fund from the organiza?
tion's headquarters, No. 590 Fifth
Avenue, New York.
Several hundred of these artistic
pocket banks are being distributed lo?
yally by Mr. I. C. Strauss, president of
the Sumter Trust Company, who Is
the fund's sub-treasurer here. Mr.
Strauss alms to raise at least several
thousand dollars locally by thfj means.
He is distributing the banks among
acquaintances and also through the
co-operation of a local committee, and
through large stores and local Instltu
I tions.
j All money thus collected will be de?
posited in the Sumter Trust company
to the credit of the B, F. B. Perma?
nent Blind Relief War Fund. It will
then be forwarded to B. F. B. Fund
headquarters, to Mr. Frank A. Van
derlip, president of the National City
Bank in New York, who is honorary
j treasurer of the American section of
I the fund. It will later be forwarded
I to Sir Edward Holden, chairman of
[the London City Midland Bank, the
fund's honortary treasurer for Eng?
land, and to M. Georges Pallain, gov?
ernor general of the Bank of Frace,
who is the fund's honorary treasurer
of France. It wiil finally be distribut
jed under the patronage of the King
and Queen of England, the president
of France, and the King and Queen
of Belgium. It will be used to enlarge
the present blind institutions of Bel?
gium, France and Great Britain, to
build new modernized blind homes,
blind training schools, blind work
shops, blind employment exchanges
and to start various agencies for the
sale of blind-made products.
Many hundrd bank presidents,
throughout the United States, who are
sub-treasurers for the nation-wide
movement in their localities, are al?
ready distributing the dime banks.
Each bank holds about fifty dimes.
In addition to the banks, Mr. Strauss
and the fund's other local sub-treas?
urers are distributing leaflets and lit?
erature regardtng the vast human re
const'ruction work whieh the civilized
world must assume in order to make
Europe's thousands of the battle
biiiided soldiers self-supporting and
useful members of their communities.
Among the American organizers of
the fund are the Hon. Elihu Root,
Vincent Astor, August Belmont, the
Hon. Robert Bacon, Otto H. Kuhn,
Whitney Warren, Joseph Widener and
George A. Kessler.
The American vice presidents of the
fund now include more than 200 pub?
lic men, bankers, college presidents
and notable men and women through?
out the United States.
Europe's battle-blinded soldiers
number at least 12,000 at preseht and
the number win be increased by
many thousand more before the v u
is o\?r. The wounds ecu I i
blindness result from bullets, I ... b
nets, flames Of explosions, liquid i'.iv,
nervous shock, infeclion, and debris
and gravel thrown violently In the
face.
Among the Useful trades which the
iL, ? 1 "
blinded European soldiers will bo
taught are carpentry, boot repaivi:. ....
mat-making, chair-caning, typewrit?
ing, massage, telephony. poultry
farming and market gardening.
Mr. W. F. Shaw, Jr., has returned
home from Davidson College.
. _ * ?
Why You Should Own a
Comfort First, because it it a comfortable riding car. Plenty cf voorn for five
people; deep, soft cushions; springs made of the best spying steel,
scientifically heat-treated, accurately suspended and balanced. You
will always be comfortable in a Maxwell
Appearance Second, because the Maxwell is a trim, smart, good-looking car.
Many makers of heavy, high priced cars, as you kaq w, hqve copied the
general lines, the shape of the bqdy and hood of the Maxwell This is
more of a compliment than an mlringement.
Service Third, because the Maxwell, being a product of thirteen years evolution.
U so designed aiitf j^.uafactured that it gives unfailing, consistent and
and satisfying service to tiiousands of owners.
Maxwell can sue made of the best materials that money and brains can
buy?and th?y ?re mad* right. You, can get out of any car only what
is put kite it.
Low
First-Coat
Low
After-Co*t
Fourth, because you get everything in a M<eptweil that you can get in
any car anq you get it for less money.
The answer to this is that the Maxwell is a light car and it is built in
enormous quantities. The Maxwell Co. is one of the three largest pro?
ducers of high grade motor cars in the world.
Fifth, because the Maxwell will give you more miles per dollar than
any car built.
We say this without hesitation or doubt. It is our honest belief and we
are willing to prove it by Maxwell owners, by comparison with any
other car or by any other way you suggest or prefer.
The Maxwell wUl please you. We know it will. Let us arrange for a dem?
onstration and well take the responsibility of satisfying you completely.
eWf
Touring Car $655 Roadster $635
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T. N. GRIFFIN, Lynchburg, S. C.
GRIFFIN-JOHNSON MOTOR GO..
Sumter, S. C.
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