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CIVIC HAfiOE WBRT4 ?m* ~! to wwi K? -h' ,i?? ftOU. NINA SOLOMONS II KADS OR? GANISATION FOR COMING YKAR. Her Ai nun I Report President Petals W) th Pride to Work Which | the League Hah Act-omplbdied ?ml ? Meutksta Other Ptaae* of Activity Wnkli Should be Pushed. Tho annuil election of the Civic League of itumter. held last Monday resulted aa follows: President. Mrs. Nina M. Solomons, first Vice President, Mrs. Jno. R. Sumter. Second Vice President, Miss Kather 1ns Moses. Treasurer, Mrs. Robert Oraham. Record in* Secretary. Mrs. 8. C. Ba? ker. Corresponding Secretary, Miss Julia Obenechain. ! The president's annual report fol? lows: I beg to submit this my second an? nual report to you aa your president. In so doing t feel first the desire to apologise for having been absent from my post for half the year, and sec? ondly, the desire to express my grati? tude to your vice president, Mrs. Sum? ter for havinf so capably and accept? ably filled th) chair during that time. Ws have hell nine regular meetings, at four of w sich I have presided. I am glad to report that the work has gone smoothly along. Each year we feel that the work of the league be? comes more i-nd more a well dcrltted factor In the growth and development of surater. its roots striking deeper, its Influence, ever widening. First la importance we consider the City Norse work, realising that so much dependi upon good health con? ditions. Ws devote much time in teaching the laws of health. We aro fortunate indeed in being able to re? tain the services of Miss Gibson, who has made a phenomenal sucoes of the work. She reports conditions as be? ing satisfactory, with the exception of en increess In the number of typhoid patients. Two years ago, ahe had only one. last year only two end MR to this Rme she has had seven. This,' of course, Is discouraging, but we hope that the ordinance recently passed re? garding the screening of all surface closets, still ,be speedily enforced, thereby doing away with the principal source of Infection. The number of tubercular and dysentery patients Is fewer than kUfi year. We have a pa? tient near eedtr treatment In i tuber? culosis camp , near Columbia ai a cost of $90. pet- month, which, is paid out of tho special fund for tuberculo? sis. This fund wea raised principally from ths sale of Red Cross stamps hers last Decei ib*'. By keeping her there we feel that we are probably savins her young children from con? tracting the disease, since wr. lie she was at acme site was dependent upon their ministrations entirely, while in her prostrate c mdltlon. The nurse nctlces a marked differ? ence In the promptness with which her patients send fer her, showing their anxiety to take prompt action in car? ing to their families at ths tirst signs of trouble, saw a new willingness to al'ow their sick ones to be taken to the hospital. We feel that ths Moth? ers' Club Is s natural outgrowth of the nurse work The club has held meetings monthly. The Instructions gives the mothers by physicians, nurses or health worker*, are closely followed up by Miss Gibson, and she is much encour.iged by the evidences of better conditions In the homes and In the care of children. The league cooperated with trie city doctors and nurses In having a Bet? ter Babies Contest here In March, and the first prise In the class from two to three years a as taften by a child who had been a constant charge of our nurse. We provided a rest room and refreshments for those taking part on this occasion. Deflnlt* progress has been made in the lib:?,; department durlnf; the year. Since the library has been made a public one tho Increased member? ship has made It necessary that we lasTssn the salary and the duties of our librarian. During the year we have lent out 6,4? 1 books and spent on hooks IS 1.17 and have paid the first Installment on the latest edition of the Encyclopaedia Hrltsnnlca. Wo bops before another year has passed that we will havo grown Into a Oat* nesle library. Th* health committee cooperates with the health ?> fleer, and Is ever on the slert to better the sanitary eon dttlons of the toe's. In this connec? tion ws hsd tslks by Dr. Howell. w ho la here In the government health ser? vice, and Dr. Ha) ne. State bacterlol oRhtt from Columbia, upon the oeejf ?ton of the celebration of Rgejsjfaelt) l>ay. held here Ir, May The Chil? dren's play grounds will be operate ! us usual this summer, beginning todny. und continuing through vacation months, under the direction of a trained supervisor. We trust that ifheg the next season opens we will have srrsnged fo* permanent piny I rounds, fully ectlpped, and deeded to the children ot' Sumter forever. We provided a reel room and aeeuted dn-ehe* eOAei?4esew-e*w4 of visitors on County Field Day, held here in April, .tt-mi assisted Miss I.emmon in arrang? ing the Canning Club demonstration .recently held here. The improvement committee has been handicapped in their work this spring on account of the street paving, but continues to look after certain plots. Plant Day was held In April. It Is a sour* e of regret that the Children's Garden Con? tent beret'* >re conducted by this c? has been abandoned this y? i to the lack of interest shown lasi season both by those enter? ing the contest, und by those whose | duty it was to look after the gardens during the summer and to report at the fall meeting. I would recommend another year that this branch be re? sumed under a different section of i management as it is a very important one and should bring rich returns. We have m .de our usual contribu tion of 910 to the Winthrop scholar? ship fund and although we had paid our portion of the endowment fund of the Federation, we augmented It with $3.50 to aid in making up the amount still due. Public confidence in our work has been shown repeatedly during the past year. When we de? cided to raise the salary of our nurse In order to retain her services, City Council came te our assistance with a monthly appropriation of $25.00. The Wreck Store kindly gave us 9 per cent, on all cash purchases in the store for one day and we realized $36.00. V gtft of $2*0.44 surplus from the Bob Jones fund was turned over to us; also $4.84 from Furman & Co. of New York through the Sumter Clothing Co.. Through the kindness of Mr. Miller of the Box Theatre we made $:{.'..00 for the library fund. ! By the timely aki of three of our public spirited citizens, who contribut? ed $25.00 each, we are able to operate the play grounds for the season, and last but not least we acknowledge a gift of $8.000 from Mr. H. J. Harby, the interest from which U to be used I for charitable purposes. Wo have used $$?.00 of this money this year in providing bread and milk lunches dally fer undernourished school chil? dren, and their teachers assure us that there Is a marked Improvement [both In their physical condition and their ability to do better work. I will not close the list of our benefactors without mentioning with gratitude the [continued kindness of The Daily Item, I the columns of which are ever open to lua and service of. which Is Invaluable. I Before closing this report 1 would [recommend that the members of the lleaguo wake up to their duties as 1 members, and realige the responsibili? ties resting upon them as citizens and Ihomemakers; realize that there Is so [much to be done, In so many ways, If we would only take advantage of the opportunities about us, and help to make our town and community the very best place in which to live. We are not lacking in intelligence, v/e are [not wanting in ambition or pride, and we appreciate and enjoy the good and beautiful things of life when they are bestowed upon us. But what we do lack woefully, Is concerted action, team work, unity of purpose, the I surest and quickest way to success. Let us adopt a motto like that of our own great nation: "In union there is strength." When work such as we have undertaken to do fulls upon a few, it rests heavily, and goes slowly, and truly our work has grown to such proportions that your president, supported by a faithful few, cannot do it Justice. She wants the keynote of this message to be a plea for bet? ter support and cooperation. Though the 'vork may. come under the herd of public service. It none the less has to do with our private lives directly. When wo make our city beuutlful we create a Joy for now and all time. In looking after the sanitation we pre? serve the health of one another. When we provide a public library, we furnish one of the greatest factors for uplift. The Children's Play Grounds affords a mooting place for hundreds of little ones through the long vacation days, where they are given the benefit of well directed pluy. It has been said, und I believe truly, that when there is a sufficient number of play grounds there will be no need of Juvenile courts. From an economic standpoint It pays to look after tho children dur? ing their play or leisure hours. In extending the hand of Interest and kindness to our sisters less fortunate than ourselves, wo a.re doing the kind of welfare work which brings the host lesults in teaching people to do for themselves prope rly, you teach them to do for each other, and that makes for the best citizenship.' There is one other recommenda? tion that I would offer, namHy, that the league go on reeord as approving tile establishment of a county camp for tubercular patients, also that It work toward tho consummation of this most necessary measure. Since we have ulways stood for heulth and the conservation of human life, this is directly In our sphere of, actlvily. I 1 alize that this is a big undertaking r-?iu!ring no end of work, organisa? tion and money, to carry through icreasfully, but other enterprises ns important have materialised from just ??eh agitation, end'the time Is rips to begin. It is with a sense of regret that 1 present my resignation as pres? ident of the league, because 1 have en Joyed the work, and feel that I will be lonely without the pleasant com? panionship of the office and its duties, which have been very close t,o my heart these past two years. But oth? er duties have intervened, and too, I believe strongly in rotation In office, placing the central interest in differ? ent channels. In closing I wish to as? sure you, my co-workers of the ap? preciation I feel for the kindness end assistance given me during my term of office, and to offer to my successor a pledge of earnest support. With all good wishes for the continued welfare and prosperity of this organization, which I deemed it an honor to serve, I respectfully submit this report. | Nina M. Solomons, President. NEW Alt MY ORDERS. Reassignment of Troops at Border Said to Forecast Appointment of Commander-in -Chief. Washington, July 3.?The war de? partment' has Issued new orders re? assigning tho command of troops along tho border which forecasted, ac? cording to some officials, the appoint? ment of a new commander In chief of all the forces on the border and in Mexico. Tho forces on the border are spilt Into three divisions to be com? manded by Gen. Punston, Gen. Per shing and Major General J. F. Bell. Gens. Pershing and Bell will report directly to the war department instead of taking orders from Gen. Funston. Secretary Lansing denies that Gen. Pershing's concentration of his forces nearer the border means that the troops are to be withdrawn. He says the policy of the government has not been changed. FIGHTING IN SAN DOMINGO. One Marine Killed and Several Wounded in Rattle with Revolu? tionists. Washington, July 3.?Col. Joseph Pendleton, commanding marines at Monte Cristo, San Domingo, reports that Private Mills of the Thirty-first marine company was killed in a bat? tle with revolutionists, when Ameri? cans were going from Monte Cristo to San Diego. Rear Admiral Caperton in another report says that Sergeant Barrier was seriously wounded and Lieut. Douglas B. Roben and Trumpeter Julius Goldsmith were slightly wounded in a battle the Second marine detachment bad with rebels while marching from Puerto Plata to Santiago. JUDGES ANNOUNCE WINNERS. Places Decided upon as First, Second and Third?Others Weil Decorated. From the. Daily Item, July 6. The judges this morning announced their decisions of the best decorated show windows of mercantile establish? ments in the city. The winners were: First, D. J. Chandler Clothing Com? pany; second, McCollum Bros; third The Ladies' Shop. The prizes as an? nounced will be given these places. The judges stated that there were several other places whose windows were hansomely decorated and espe? cially good, but these were decided upon as best. The docorated show windows of the stores has given to tho city a truly Fourth of July ap? pearance and added much to the pre sentabllity of the city during tho Wes? ley Bible Class Federation Convention. The Sumter County Gallants. (Adopted by Mass Meeting of the citizens of Sumter, June 30th, 1916.) To the Sumter County Gallants In the war with Mexico, 1916: I'm only row an "ex-Confed" Hut glory in the spunk Of the Sumter county Gallants Who know not how to mink. They follow In the foot-steps Of the braves of Forty-six, And will qualify as soldiers in the training camp at Styx. And with other Carolinians As Palmettos they will go To plant Old Glory firmly < >n the walls of Mexico. <>r to whip the vandals soundly So that they will ne'er forget To stay within their borders And behave themselves "you bet." Magnanimous as Bumter They will treat a wounded foe As the (lame Cock treated Wemys In the days of long ago. (At the flehdam ford in 1780.) And when the war is over They Will homeward proudly go Escutcheons Just as stainless As the freshly lallen snow. ?Thus. K. Richardson. June 30th 1916. There were quite a number of the members of the Sunder Light Infantry In the city yesterday, men who had i,ecur?d leave of absence to visit their homefolks for the day, nwv, u> l. m:\vi;s ordained. Becomes Evangelist Through Ccre moiiy at New Harmony Church? Hains Fall All Around, but None Full at Salem. Salem, Black River, July 1.?The iains seem to fall everywhere but here at Salem. There have been threaten? ing clouds every day this week and a few drops fell on us while the good rains fall somewhere else. On Wednesday at New Harmony church, there was a most impressive ceremony, when, the Presbytery of Harmony "by the laying on of hands and prayer" ordained Henry Lide Reaves to be an evangelist. Mr. Reaves preached his trial sermon in | the morning. After dinner Rev. L. L. j Legters of Bishopville preac led the most powerful missionary sermon that I ever heard. Then came the ordi? nation. Mr. Reaves will go to the foreign field just as soon as the Pres? byterian committee can send him. Money is lacking now. Rev. W. H. Mills of Clemson, whose early ministry was at this church, was present by invitation and took part in the services. James McBride Dabbs is at home for a few days until a tent or reading room can be erected sl\ Camp Moore for the Y. M. C. A. work that he has been engaged to do. Messrs. Creighton Blackwell and Eugens Dabbs have beei: going to Kurator every afternoon thi3 week to drill with those who propose te or? ganize a volunteer company, if there is a call for more troops. Mr. Daobs went on to Rock Hill on business to? day and will return Tuesday. Mrs. Alfred Andrews, Mrs. Anna Workman and Mrs. E. W. Dabbs are I at the summer school at Winthrop col? lege for this and next week. They report a delightful vacation, and a great deal of valuable help in home { making and community work, besides making many 'charming acquaint? ances. Mr. W. C. Mills of the Moore Dry .Kiln Construction Co. has just com* Ipleted a dry kiln of 8,000 ft. daily capacity for the Forester Lumber Co. on the McBrlde estate. Everywhere that a few car loads of lumber can be cut there Is a saw mill In operation. It will be literally true m a year or two that all the timber its gone. I DEVELOP KAOLIN BEDS. day Company Install* Plant at Blan ey. The State, July 3. Development of kaolin beds at Hor rell Hill and Blaney by the Southern Clay company include the recent In? stallation of a $50,000 plant for the preparation of kaolin products. The dally output will be from 75 to 100 tons of refined and crude kaolin*and from 15 to 25 tons of fuller's earth. The offices of tho company are in Sumter and has an organized capital of $75,000. A. C. Phelps is president. Maynard & Simmons of Atlanta are the architects and engineers. Three Negro Convicts Caught. Three of the negro convicts who escaped from the State farm on Fri? day night have been captured and were returned to the farm. They were Henry Martin, sent up for two years from Charleston county for lar? ceny; Robert Knight, Berkeley coun? ty, ten years for manslaughter; Pri? mus McAdams, life, Charleston coun? ty, for burglary and larceny. It was learned Saturday afternoon that two of the negroes had been seen near Dalzcll and the officers renewed tbeir search In that vicinity, but with? out success. Mr. John A. Boykin waited and one of the men finally came out of the woods and he took chArge of him. The other man went to a house at Borden to ask for some? thing to eat and was held up until the officers could roach the scene. Sunday afternoon Policeman Ward noticed Primus McAdams on Harvin street acting in a suspicious manner, lie at once arrested him and found him to be one of the escaped con? victs. He was dressed in old ragged clothes which he had evidently pick? ed up along the road somewhere. On Monday Mr. Ward took McAdams back to the State farm. McAdams is an old man. He told the officers that ho was sent up from Charleston county when quite young, hut that he had escaped and had been ar? rested in Georgia, where he served for 25 years. He was released, but ar? rested again shortly afterwards and returned to South Carolina, where he has been serving out his life sen? tence, until his escape Friday night. The* American Field for July 1 In mentioning likely looking dogs being trained by Gray W, Smith, profes? sional dog trainer of national reputa? tion, states that one of the best dogs In lot Is an English setter pup, Ku gene's Sport, a white, black and ticked Jog by Kollo BondhU 11 and Aurelta B. Hollo Hondhu was owned by M. B. 1 "ultman and Aurella B., is owned by K. H. Moses of Sumter, S. (\ Miss Emma Mood is spending two weeks with relatives in Summerton. (i(MH> 4-RORS 1\ liKK <XH'N*>?; j:. W. I>ul)bs Tells or Trip by Fowl to and From Kock Hill?Says Lee County Has Host Roads and Crops in Mue Counties lie Has Visited. Salem, Black River, July I,?T^ast Monday the writer took a party of la? dies to Rock Hill to attend the Club Women and House Keepers' courses of the summer school. We went by Ford and there were five of us and three sluit cases. We left home at 6:45 and reached Winthrop college at 2:15, a distance of about 115 miles. If all the road had been as good as the oO miles in Lee county the trip j I could easily be made in four hours, or I if the road in Lancaster had been as good as the Kershaw road the trip j would not require over 5 hours. From Kershaw nearly to Lancaster the road was being worked and it was a constant thing to low gear to pull through the mud, while the danger of skidding was so great that a speed of over 10 miles per hour was not safe. Beyond Lancaster the road was hard but very rough. We were told at Lancaster that there was a fearful hill going down to Catawba river, half a mile long with 60 per cent, grade and a bad turn at the bottom to the bridge. If we had not lost so much time by the mud be? tween Kershaw and Lancaster, or if the main highway to Charlotte had been what we expected, we would have gone 50 miles out of our way to miss this terrible hill. What was our relief when we reached the hill to find it not over 200 yards long and not too steep to stop the car at any point on it by the use of the hand and I foot brakes. Of course if a car were t oget away from the driver it would be a miracle if car and occupants were not hurled across the log railing at 1 the bend fifty feet over into the river. The scene was worth all the trouble land anxiety. From the bridge to I Rock Hill the road was hard and reasonably smooth, but too curved for a speed of more than 15 or 20 miles per hour. The next morning two of us left Rock Hill at 9 o'clock coming by way of Chester, Winnsboro and Ridgeway, crossing the Southern railway twenty times In a distance of about 50 miles. At Ridgeway we turned eastward, for J the 29 miles to Camden, coming through Longtown six or eight miles lof sand road along a ridge pretty thickly settled. On the left we could see the red rocky hills of Fairfleld and across the river Liberty Hill and the hills of Lancaster and Kershaw. On the right the sand hills of Kershaw and Rlchland. About a hundred yards from the line between Fairfleld and Kershaw we stopped for water, and the hos? pitable owner, Mr. Sanders, gave us some of the finest peaches we ever saw. We were surprised to find him and a neighbor so enthusiastic for the "shoe string" county that Is proposed to be set up from the Kershaw line to the North Carolina line and from the Catawba river westward to within 8 miles of Winnsboro, Chester and York court house. "Why man it is 60 miles from here to Rock Hil, what will you gain by such a change?" "Everything to gain and nothing to lose. Several roads have been aban? doned because the county will\ not keep up the bridges on big creeks that empty into the river. The chain gang has not worked the roads j through here in 16 years. A court house ring at Winnsboro takes all the offices and all the road work is done nearby." "Well, Rock Hill will do you the same way." "No she wont. Rock Hill does things. There will be several times the wealth In the ne {county per square mile than there is now in Fairfleld. We can not be any worse off and we expect to be much better off." They gave us the figures, but I have forgotten. They also said "you will lind the roads good in Ker? shaw county." A short time after leaving Mr. Sanders we ran Into the rains that we had been seeing off to our right aud left for an hour, and from there to three miles above Mayesville we came for five hours in the rain. Some places the water was running down the road or across it like a creek. We stopped an hour in Camden during one of the hardest of the showers, a half hour In Blshop Ville during another downpour, a half hour In Mayesville and a half hour be? fore the rain talking with Mr. San? ders. Reached home at 7:30, eleven and a-half hours from the time we left Rock Hill, actual running lime of 9 hours for 140 miles as near as we could count It. From Bishopville we came toward Sumter for a mile and then turned down by the McCutcben's and Mt. Klon church. In the McCutehcn neighborhood we saw the finest corn of the whole trip, there were three fields of 20 or more acres each (it was raining so we could not see how large they were) that looked good for 60 to 100 bushels per acre. Qood Sturdy stalks, close in the drill, nearly all silked out, one to two ears de? veloping, and so far advanced that the rain of Tuesday afternoon insures a crop. In the last two weeks I have been in Lexington, Rlchland, Fairfleld, Chester, York, Lancaster, Kertl?w,. Lee and Sumter. I^ee has the best roads and the best crops. Bishopvilie ought to be a metropolis (?) some ( day, for I have never seen any town so surrounded with fine lands and progressive farmers, nor with as good roads leading into it from four direc? tions. Next in quality of roads is Kersl aw, with York a close second. But for the poor road through the "black jack" section of lower York, I would put York ahead of Kershaw. The nation? al highway in Lexington, Richl.ind and Lancaster was a disappointment to me. Another disappointment was the lack of i*oad markers in York, Chester, Fairfield and .Sumter. We went up the road from Rock Hill toward York as far as old Ebe? nerer church. This is perhaps the prettiest suburban settlement in the State. Then to the Winthrop farm by one of the show alfalfa farms of Rock Hill. Soon after we crossed the river into York we passed by al? falfa patches and they are scattered 11 along through Chester and Fair Held. Camden, Rock Hill and Winnsboro have beautiful streets and handsome residences, but the only advantages saw over Sumter are in the width of the streets, the spacious grounds, and the undulating lands that open new vistas at every turn. I would like to mention all the good farming sections that impressed me, but tikis letter is too long. E. W. D. McLeod -Stoedly. Miss Lucile McLeod of Bishopville and Mr. B. B. Steedly of Spartanburg were married Friday evening, June 30th, by the Row J. W. Guy. After July 10th they will make their home in Sumter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Sanders on Church St. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Dally by Ernest Field, Cot? ton Buyer. Good Middling 13 Strict Middling 12 3-4. Middling 12 1-2. Strict Low Middling 12. Low Middling 11 1-2. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. Veet'dye Open High Low Close Oos* Jan ? . .13.31 .32 .17 .27 .28 Mch . . 13.47 .47 .34 .46 .46 May . . .60 .52 .60 .60 July . . 12.93 .84 .92 .88 Oct . . 13.05 .06 12.95 13.04 .05 Dec . . 13.25 .26 .15 .22 .22 Game Cock \s. Fox Terrier. Second regiment sportsmen delight? ed today in a bout between a game cock, the property of the Sumter company and a fox terrier owned in the Orangeburg outfit. The cTiicken finally chased the dog around the ring.?The State. [ Geo H. Hursts Urttrtrtir M jjWfe Pranst attssnes n Ost er NlffStCslls; AT J. 0. Crslf 0M Sftssi, H. nets Phones Silw^oi SEASHORE ROUND TRIP FARES From Sumter SUNDAY Excursion Fares $1.75 to Charleston. Tickets on sale for forenoon tralus on each Sunday from June 11 to Sep? tember 11, inclusive, limited return? ing on train No. 178 scheduled to leave Charleston 8:25 p. m., on Sunday the day of sale. WEEK END Excursion Fares $4.60 to Wilmington. $3.30 to Isle of Palms. $3.30 to Sullivan's Island. $4.60 to Myrtle Beach. Tickets on Bale for all trains on each Saturday and for forenoon trains an each Sunday from May 27 to September ll, inclusive, limited re? turning to reach original starting point prior to midnight of Tuesday next following date of sale. SUMMER Excursion Fares $7.10 to Wrightsville Beach. $4.65 to Isle of Palms. $4.46 to Sullivan's Island. $6.75 to Myrtle Beach. $13.10 to Norfolk. Tickets on sale from May 15 to Oc? tober 15, inclusive, limited returning until October 31. Liberal stop-over privileges. Schedules and further particulars cheerfully furnished upon application to O. V. PLAYER, Ticket Agisnt, Sumter, S. C. ATLANTIC COAST LINE The Standard Railroad of the South.