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D. Bull, who for tlio JBnt tat to year* has filled the position efteeatstaat reeeer of St. John'? Pariah B? lata <*ty and more recently rector Church la St Steph? ana" Christ's Blatt aaa the mission ti aa as o eat id the flatter it rector of the Charlestor, win he sail nie tin with the Weep. Mr. Ball bee had for earns time to one of the Oieenvllls hat oonoluded to fa te Chat ha la well known ami Ob Sunday aus. at lenJon service at BL $mm\% at the morning service at1 anarch, Mara Bluff and In St St. John's again ha of. I areeihed. later btddln? aeiwwetl as has host of) Mends la whess beet so wtth Mm into ale now fleht Caesas, June 1.?The closing exer ttaag at the Shlloh school were nnlah m Jew) abjtnrday. May IT, wtth a ate of prtase wore awarded ?ttendaeefs. elee for schol eeaat rmrvthg evw for beet are. the foiUowing. prtae. Ray Green, second prtss, May Player: third prise. Wll Johnson. and fourth prise. ' Miss Lyaa ^ ~je erinnere wert attB Miss Min ' Bb> May Green and Bay Gteen. ^The deelalmcra eeetteat waa vary la^ wanting. This an del waa won by hfMs Myrtle Lee flayer. wluMo Johnnie MwBirsaa wag a efeee etwond. The jeweee were Mr. Alleen Ttuluck. Mr. letsv Flayer asm Mr. Horn. .1 leaner wan served In the grove at 1'4'eloeft. All present had plenty to IB* ieet thins on the programme ejati a fame of baseball between Tur BBtttJe east Olanta. Iwa Dee District United Daugh earn of the Confederacy offers a at Wissen ? i College SltS and tattsen good for a dneea ooarse itor the atett ISle-lT. 11ns la to be awarded ay n enne of the Winthrop entrance and com eettttve examination at the county eee rt bouse July T to a descendant at* a Confederate veteran In tlie fob oss sues: Chesterfield. Dar DtUon. Florence. Georgetown. Marian, Marlboro. Sumter and are no application blanks. Te apply, applicant writes a person hi letter, stating her ags (must be IS years or more), gives an account of her Confederate ancestry and for? mer schooling (must be prepared to enter freshman class), show her In ebtlt'v to pay for a collage course, and sands a latter of endorsement from s president of a chapter U. D. C. sll this to bs in the hands of Miss Ar mtde Moses, chairman of education, Sumter. 8. C. before the date for the examination. gives FARWWKM; SKRMON. Alcolu, May I?.--The Rev. H. K. Williams, for three years pastor of the Clarendon Baptist church here, preached his farewell sermon here yesterday and will leave tomorrow morning for Bssley. Picken? county, where ha has accepted the panto rate of the First Baptist church. At the wiornlns service the Rev. and Mra Wtlltams ware presented with a beau? tiful cheat of silver from the congre S*tlon as a token of tbtir apprecia? tion of the faithful service they ren? dered during their stay here. They SO from bora with the prayers and beat wishes of this church. Dr. R. W. Lide, of Darllnston. has aasepted the call to this church and will fill the pulpit hare on next Sun ATTENTION SUNDAY SCHOOLS. WlUrtwtod Sunday School Campaign for Sumter County. The whirlwind campaign beginning Sunday, Juno 4th, should receive the attention of every person in Sumter County wha is Interested in Sunday School work. Six meetinga in three daya la Intended to reach every Sun? day School in the County and if every Sunday School In Sumter County le not represented at one of the six meetinga we are going to hold the meetinga over again and again until every Sunday School ie represented at the District Convention. The order of District Convention are as folio we: Providence Church, near Provi? dence Springs, all day 8unday June 4th. Wedgefleld Baptist Church 8 P. M. 8unday, June 4th. Graham Baptist Church, all day Monday, June 6th. Preabyteiian Church at Sumter, Monday night, June Ith. 8 P. M. Shlloh Church, all day Tuesday, June ?th. Presbyterian Church at Mayeeville. Tueeflajr night 8 P. M. The) seagram at each meeting will ha practical^ the same, with euch changes as are required to meet the condition* of eaoh meeting; but as far aa possible the following program will be adherred to. Devotional services by the pastor of the Church. Duty of the Church to the Sunday School, and the School to the Church. Dr. R & Trueedale. Measuring the Sunday School on the District Chart By R. D. Webb, Secretary State Convention. The Organised Claas at Work, Prof*, a H. Edmunds. * The Teen Age. H. L. Blrchardi Primtry and Cradle Roll Classes. Miss Mamie Chandler and Miss Agnen Ravenel, Elementary Superintendent and sflfcMl 'Secretary of State Sunday Sehe* Affectation. Wiest iah* School haa Done. Mrs. H. W. Beall. Soul Winning in the Sunday School. Dr. Jno. A. Brunson. Statistical reports and business. Adjournment Chas. Ia Cuttino, President County Convention. CVop SltaaUoei Improved. Drencrdng rains have feilen during lie week over the northwestern coun? ties, and moderate showers only have occurred ov*r lv r'.. .tal plain, where much more 4111 needed to ef? fectually hruuc the revelling drought C?n the whole, the general crop situa? tion haa Improved materially, and corn, truck, gardens and pasturee are becoming vigorous. Cotton Is coming to a good stand nearly everywhere, and some planters have begun chop? ping. The oat harvest continues, and wheat reaping will begin aeon. To? bacco la backward, but Improving. Sweet potatoes are being transplant ad. A Backward Glance. IeVfa*) News and Courier's black wareT gtanoee of fifty years ago the Issue of June 1, 1888, has the follow? ing, which Is reproduced by that pa? per today: "Use Seuntcr News." "Yesterday wo received the first number of a newspaper beariug the above title, published at Sumter, S. C, by H. I* Darr. The sheet ie a neat specimen of Mr. Darr*s long experi? ence in the typographical art, and we have no doubt that it will be edited with ability, as the proprietor has been many years connected with the editorial management of the Sumter Watchman, and other papers In this State. ? ? This paper afterwards became The True Southron, which afterwards in in 1881 united with the Sumter Watchman which became the Watch? man and Southron, under which name the paper is published now. Mr. W. H. Shelley this morning received a telegram Informing him of the death last night of hie broth? er. Charles W. Shelley, at his. home at Fair Bluff, N. C. Mr. Shelley was a prominent farmer of that place. Mr. W. H. Shelley leaves this afternoon for Fair Bluff to attend the funeral > services. Paxvllle, May 31.?Archie, the five year old son of Mrs. Mary Rldgill, died Monday night. The fnueral ser? vices were held yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock at the Paxvllle ceme? tery, conducted by the Rev. M. J. Ky ser. flat short course institute for the ? Club girls of Sumter county will he held about tbe middle of June iinsas> the direction of Miss Mary l>mmon. An effort will be made to ?mtertain ?11 of the girls for the four lays they will be in the city, and t hose who have spare rooms will be helping a most worthy cause if they will entertain one or more of the girls I during the Institute. WHEN CANDIDATES WILL SPEAK STATE CAMPAIGN OPEN:* IN SPARTANBURG JUNE 20 AND CLOSES IN WINNS BORO. Columbia. May 29.?The county-to county canvass of the candidates in the Democratic party will open at Spartanburg on Tuesday, June 20, and wind up at Winnsboro on Saturday, August 26. The itinerary was given out here today by a sub-committee of the State Democratic executive com? mittee. The last day for filing (ledges with the State chairman, John Gary Evans, and paying the assessments to the treasurer, Wllie Jones, at Colum? bia, will be noon, on June 19. The campaign opens at Sparta nburi; on the 20th, goes to Greenville the next day, and then to Pickens, Wal? halla, and closes the first week at An- ! derson, on Saturday, 24th. The party will tour the western and upper sec? tion of the Piedmont, then Western. Carolina, swing through the Pee Dec and the low country, and wind up in the right edge of the Piedmont sec? tion. The first primary will be on August 29, three days after the coun? ty-to-county canvass closes. The campaign party will speak at each of the 45 county scats in the State. The sub-committee of the executive committee announced the following assessments on candidates to enter the Democratic primary for 1910: Can? didates for congress, 1200; for gov? ernor $100; for railroad commission? er, $76; and for all other State offi? cials. Including solicitors, $50. The schedule of the State campaign meeting for South Carolina: Spartanburg, Tuesday, June 20. Greenville, Wednesday, June 21. Plckens, Thursday, June 22. Walhalla, Friday, June 23. Anderson, Saturday, June 24. Greenwood, Tuesday, June 27. Abbeville, Wednesday, June 28. McCormlck, Thursday, Juno 29. Lau r ens, Friday, June 30. Newberry, Saturday, July 1. Columbia, Tuesday, July 4. Lexington, Wednesday, July 5. Saluda, Thursday, July 6. Edgefleld, Friday, July 7. Alken, Saturday, July 8. Bernwell, Tuesday, July 18. Hampton, Wednesday, July 111, BeaufOrt, Thursday, July 20. r Ridgeland, Friday, July 21. Walterboro, Saturday, July 22. Charleston, Tuesday, July 25 ti\ George, Wednesday, July iC. Bamberg, Thurnday. July 27. Orangeburs, Friday, July 28. St. Matthews, Saturday, July 29. Sumter, Tuesday, August 1. Manning, Wednesday, August t. ' Moncks Corner, Thursday, Aug. 3. Georgetown, Friday, August I. Kingstree, Saturday, August 5. Florence, Tuesday, August 8. Marion, Wednesday, August 9. Conway,, Thursday, August 10. Dillon, Friday, August 11. Darling* mi, Saturday, August 12. Blshopvllle, Tuesday, August 15. Bennettsvllle, Wednesday, Aug. 16 Chesterfield, Thursday, August 17. Camden, Friday, August 18. Lancaster, Saturday, August 19. Union, Tuesday, August 22. Gaffney Wednesday, August 23. Onry Grand at 0* Panama yr&s granted to WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL! VOR SBMriority of Educational Merit This new creation answers wkh final authority all kinds of puzzling questions such as "How ia PrzemytX pronounced?" "Where is Flan dent" "What ia a continuous roy qpf " "What is a IwwitzerV *4 'What is white coal?" "How is riot pro? nounced?" and thousands of others. Mere than 400,000 Vocabulary Tanas. 30,000 Ooogrspeicsl Subjects* ^ 12,000 Mogrepeical Entries* Over 6000 Mas* Mob* 2700 feget. The oar* diction? ary alts the divided page-a stroke of genius. Essarsslheh PasvEBtfoss, Writs for speci? men pace*, il? lustrations, eta Free, a set of Pocket Maps it you name this paper. O.?C MFJtfilAM CO York, Thursday, August 24 Chester, Friday, August 25. Winnsboro, Saturday, August 26. NOTICE Sumter County Summer School for Taechers. Session begins June 12th, and lasts for four weeks. The school will be in charge of Mr. L. C. Molse and Miss Linnie McLaurin, and will be held in one of graded school buildings in Sumter. The course of study will include the following subjects: Algebra, Arith? metic, English and Writing. No tuition will be charged. All teachers, who desire to Improve their scholarship, and whose certificates' need to be renewed, should attend. For further information, write to or see the county superintendent of education. J. H. HAYNSWORTH, County Superintendent of Education. NOTICE. In accordance with the rules of the Democratic party, notice is hereby given that the Books of Enrollment for voting in the primary elections for the present year, will be opened by the Secretary of each club, or by the enrollment committee, at such places as the several clubs have heretofore been accustomed to vote, on Tuesday June 6th, 1916, and will remain open for the purpose of enrollment until the last Tuesday in July. JOHN H. CLIFTON. Chairman Democratic Clubs of Sum? ter County. Sumter, S. C, May 31, 1916. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Dally by Ernest Field, Cot? ton Buyer. Good Middling 12 7-8. Strict Middling 12 6-8. Middling 12 3-8. STBct Low Middling 11 7-8. Low Middling 11 3-8. HEW YORK COTTON MARKET. Yeat'dye Open High Low Close Glos? Jan. jv .12.97 13,07 12.89 . 89 13.00 MchV .13.10 .27 .05 .05 .13 July, .12.59 .80 .56 .59 .66 Oct .18.T8 .94 .66 .69 .81 Dec* . .12.93 1 3.09 12.83 #3 ' .86 | Try the Connelly Mineral Springs Resort The only Mineral Springs di? rectly on the railroad in Western North Carolina. Modern hotel, comfortable rooms, baths, elec? tric lights and call bells. Superb mineral water. No fog or mos? quitoes. Resident physician. Low rates for the Summer Season. May, Jone, September and Oc? tober, $6 to $8 per week;July and August, $7 to $9 per week. Low? er rates by the month and to parties and families rooming to ?ether, Write for folder and in ormation to Wm. JEFF DAVIS, Owner and Proprietor CONNELLY SPRINGS, N. C. NOTICE. Write me and I will explain how I was cured in 4 days or a severe case of Piles of forty years standing without pain, knife, or detention from busi? ness. No one need suffer from this disease when this humane cure can be had right here In South Carolina. R. M. Josey, . Route 4. Lamar, S. C. 4&> Geo H. Hurst, Undtrtaktr ni Eililstr. Prompt Attention to Day or ?IfMColl? ATI. 0. Cralf Old Storni. N. SJaln Phones S$%, Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. BOOTH & McLEOD, Succtttora to Booth^Shotof I jnbsr 8c Supply Co. Geo, Epporoorx's Old St Opp. Court Houso II The Bailey-Lebby Company II Machinery, Mill and Plumbing Supplies. Automobile Supplies and Accessories j G. & J. Tires and Tubes VEEDOL Oils and Grease CHABLESTOIT, S. C I TMnnMiH>>nMnininMiii?MnnniH?Minininn;iiiiiiiiiiMiinMiiiniiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiig I "How Much Money ! Must I Have? You can start an account at the People's Bank j with any reasonable sum. In the experience of jj the officers of this Bank they have seen many jj very small accounts grow into thousands of dol j lars. Beginning with a small account here?add? ing to it from time to time you can build-up a ! large account. May we have your account this week ? THE PEOPLES BANK. LOOKING OVER OUR BOOKS We find the people using a check? ing account to excellent advan? tage include Corporations Farmers, Firms, Merchants, Lawyers, Doctors, Dentists, Teachers and Salaried Peopl of many occupations, xiave you a checking account ? If not we invite it. The National Bank of Sumter, ESTABLISHED 1889 "SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS" The National Bank ol South Carolina The Bank with the Big Clock Correct Time and Correct Methods None more anxious to please, or better prepared to serve. Leaders: Capital Surplus and Volume. Your account we want. C. 6. ROWLAND, H. L. McCOY, Pres. Acting Cash'r. ? ???????????????????? f l ? ? < ? ??????? ? ? ? TOTtt ? SRHMHj EVERY DAY We are adding new accounts. If we B have not already succeeded in hand- ;: ling yours, come in and let us talk it } over. We might make it to your } interest. I The Firsft National Bank | SUMTER. S. C. The Oldest Banking Institution in the County aAAAAAAAAa a a