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HM11?2C. chesurw of Lynch his brother, Mr. ?46, who. hai boon mai, N. C Uns re (tafeln and children. "' Mny, of Newbern, N. Mrs. R. T. Tollman on Mi. in Hoed, eon of Mr. R. 8. bee been with tho West ?mpaa^ et Pittsburg and tor severe] yea re. Is at the TrUntng Camp, Port RUey. Us hi a trnduete of the Jum eahool and; Clemson College. D. Jennings Is convalescing ? his long and severe ill htm been able to alt up for end yesterday afternoon at* Please In sn Invalid s As Patriotic Parade pass street. He Is still very It Is hoped that he will be to be on his feet In a *> ?? . p>. Doer of McClellanvllle Is hin daughter. Mrs. Qso. D. held Door, Jr., has returned after a very pleasant visit In MoClelianviUe, 8. C. and Gtn House on Or. Ossssnrs Farm Burned Thi* morning shortly after I barn, etablea, wagon shed nee and water tank and gin the farm of Dr. C. P. destroyed by fire, the of which has not been deter W Are was discovered In sometime after the hands Into the'field to etart work then made considerable It. spread rapidly to the indlngs, which, together with ly all their convents were soon to the ground. None of was lost, there being in only a brood mare and colt were saved. A consider itity of corn, pess. forage cotton, cotton eeed, ?ments, and the ginning bfsrned The loss wae con be* has not been definitely stock I ntligttoffKKX UK KD ON. BMsnbers of the Union Com first 8. C. Regiment, National who wars on sentry duty Atssattc Coast L.'ne railroad miles distant from 3um fired on last right at 10.30 by a man who was lying In to the thick ewamp near the Only one shot was fired, the striking the bridge Just above Heed of the sergeant who wss in Of the squad. The entire of seven men on guard duty bridge wae called out and i was fired Into the swamp fror> taA the shot had come, but so far %ad been ascertained at an early morning when Private M. who came to this eity te a report of the occurrence to istera* the party who did the ting escaped unhurt. WARN IN UK 8ENT OUT. secretary Reardon sent out from tmber of Commerce yesterday letters to the white members of Burner County Public Safety littee, and to other farmers, and W. West berry, chairman of the township public safety com In*, urging upon thorn the Im? sen of spreading among the of the rural districts between 21 II years of age the necessity of up to register for military duty June Gth. Hundreds of mon. and colored do not know that to present themselves for reg? ion, whether temporarily exempt military duty or not will lay llsble to Imprisonment under U statutes. It Is evident from fction with many white and men between the ages of 21 ^n)sa II that they do not take no . rlQUSly the orders for registration, v genoy misunderntandlng the luw and thinking; that they can safely registration and If caught can . avoid punishment by claiming they * MdJd not know of the lew." t ' Farm Demonstration Agent ,J, 9.1 j Williams received notice Tuesday ] fhrota Clemson College that the cold . essatber of nun week had killed a VajrgS part of the cotton crop In An Agreon and other counties In the up per part of the State, and that gen . era! repktatlng would be necessary. Tfcseo Is a shortage of cotton seed In S up-osnntry and Mr. Williams was ypgotsU to make Im med Is v inquiry tnot opted bo obtained jg this county WtUi FORM HOME GUARD. Sumter Ught infantry Association Completes cirffanizaUon and Com mltteo Named to Form Home Guard ? The Sumter Ught Inf up try Associa? tion entered into a permanent Organ? isation yesterday afternoon, when it adopted a constitution and elected of? ficers. These were: president. A. C. Phelps; first vii5e president, W. L. Lee; Second vice president, D. I*. Dick; secretary and treasurer, R. S. Hood. The Rules Committee was appoint? ed to further amplify the constitution and tb frame by-laws and rules to cover the details of work that the Association may take up. This com? mittee consists of R. 8. Hood, T. S. Doar and P. J. Gallagher. It was di cided to proceed imt .edl ately with the forming of the Home Guard. T. 9. Doar, ex-captain of the 8. L. I , C. B. Tendon. Spanish War veteran, excaptatn, of the S. U I., and ex-major of the Second battalion; Perry Mosen, F. W. Chandler and P. J. Gallagher compose this commit? tee. The Home Guard will be com? posed of those members of the S. L. I. Association who desire to enlist in this organisation, will elect its own military officers, will have regular drills as often as the company itself decides on, and will be as its name implies, a military organisation to be a protection at home after the regu? lar company leaves. This committee will meet immediately and begin on the work of getting the organization into shape. v Ths meeting Monday went on rec? ord, as did the last meeting, that the County Commissioners should pay over to the Sumter Ught Infantry without delay the $2r>0 already pro? vided for in the county budget for 1117, as enacted by the last legisla? ture. This money is used by the com? pany for the payment of rent of the Armory and other home expenses which the Federal appropriation does not cover. At the meeting of May 1C W. I* Boyle, W. L. Lee and P. J Gal? lagher were appointed a committee to meet with the. commissioners and to urge the payment of this sum. This committee was Instructed Monday to invite Senator R. D. Epps and Repre? sentative D. D. Moite to appear with them on the occasion of their visit to the meeting of the commissioners and to help them with this matter. The company has no funds, Is behind with the Armory rent, and is in urgent need of this money. Captain R. T. Brown of the Sumter Light Infantry was present by invita? tion add spoke of matters connected with the past and future of Company L Captain Brown said that whereas the strength of a company was re? quired to be 150 men, he now had less than 60. The ranks have been de? pleted by the mustering out of those whose terms have expired, of those who have dependents needing their support and of those who have been detailed from, the company to train? ing camps and other organizations. PENN - SUMTER FIRE. Roller Room Destroyed Wednesday Afternoon?Iioss About $5,000. The boiler room of the Penn-Sum ter Lumber Company was burned yesterday afternoon about 6 o'clock, causing a property loss of more than $5,000 and the shut down of the plan for several weeks, which will make the total loss more than double ttu actual damage by fire. The Are was contlncd to the boiler room, and the only damage done out? side of this building was caused by the falling of the big smoke stacks, which crushed sevoral lumber shelf across which they fell. The employees of ,the mill worked valiantly to pre? vent the spread of the fire, and as there are always an abundance oi well filled water barrels In all parti of the plant for use In such cases of emergency, flying sparks were extin? guished us fast as they fell and a general conflagration involving the entire plant was prevented. The clt> ! fire department responded promptl> to the alarm, and the 'lose wagon and auto-hose truck were quickly on the scene, but the water pressure was so weak that It was impossible to get ef? fective streams on the Are, althougn the firemen did the best they could in the circumstances. When It was found that the pressure was deficient, the truck was sent back to headquar? ters for the steamer, which is held in reserve, but by the time the steamer Ultras' and was ready for service the fire had practically burned itself out and the balance of the plant wus not in danger. AT WAR WITH < SKR MANY. Rio Janeiro, May 14.?Foreign Min? ister Pccanha declared in the coun? cil of ministers that it Is not neces? sary for brazil to doclaro war on Germany, because Brazil has beer, forced Into a state of war by clrcum i stances. Pccanha said the Brazilian i navy would probably cooperate with I the United Stales in policing th' , South Atlantic. THE COUNTY PAIR. ? Permanent Site Secured ami Commit? tee at Work on Premium List.. The Sumter County Fair is a per? manent event now. A permanent site has been secured and a committee has been appointed for making out a premium list. Last year we did not begin to prepare for holding a fair until about the time of the State Fair, and we could not have on exhibit such things as grain in the sheaf, as all of the wheat and rye had been threshed and nearly all of the oats had been fed away. Premiums will be offered this year for all kinds of sheaf stuff, such as rye, oats, wheat, rice and clover. Those who select the best for an exhibit and keep in a good dry place where English sparrows and rats cannot damage them will be the ones who win the premiums and will contribute toward the success of the fair. I think that the most import? ant exhibits we can have at this time will be those of velvet beans, wheat, rye. oats and corn. A pretty sheaf of wheat will look good to the people of Sumter county next fall. The fair that .ve had last fall was just a be? ginning and because of the lack of room there were a number of things that could not be emphasized. We have some as good beef cattle as there aro in the State and we are going to offer such premiums that will bring them out to be exhibited. Also we shall try to bring out the good milk cows in the county. Through the committees that have been appointed we hope to bring out such an exhibit of the resources of Sumter county that ail of those who attend the fair wlll .be filled with exclamations, and remarks that they did not know there was such In the county. The people of Sumter county do not believe in half doing a thing and I had far ratti? er never have attempted to hold a fair in the county unless our fair is as good as the best and better than all the rest. Any boy In the county between the ages of ten and twenty-one Is eligi? ble for either one of the three prizes offered by Mr. E. D. Cole, manager of the Coco-Cola Bottling Works of Sumtor for tho greatest production of peas on an acre, greatest production of corn on an acre, and the greatest production of velvet beans on an acre. Those prizes are $25.00 each and will probably be awarded during the coun? ty fair. The boys who are contesting for these prizes should send in their names to me about tho middle of June as we wish to know who are making tho race for these prizes. The names of the contestants will be published. Remember you can contest for any one of these prizes or for all three of them. All of tho members of the Boys' Corn Club will be eligible for the prize for greatest yield of^ cor** You can grow your velvet beans in corn and your peas also. It is up to you to decide how you may produce %he greatest crop for these prizes. J. Frank Williams, County Agent. ANNUAL DRESS PARADE. The annual dress parade of the High School Battalion was held on the school green yesterday afternoon In the presence of an unusually large crowd. The parade of the battalion was preceded by a new feature, drills and folk dances by the pupils of the grammar school grades and the High School girls. It was a very pretty and well executed spectacle and was lib? erally applauded. Tho battalion on parade made a fine showing and executed the usual field movements In fine style. Tho competitive drill to select three of the best drilled boys in the bat? talion to compete at commencement for the gold medal annually offered to tho best drilled boy in the school was as interesting to the spectators as it was exciting to the participants The picked squad was finally reduced to three: Aubreth Bradham. Leland Edmunds and Graham Bowman. Capt. Robert T. Brown and Lieut. Allan Richardson acted as judges. At the conclusion of the competi? tive drill Omar Patrol, of Bumter Shrine Club, gave an exhibition of fancy drill. After which the line of march for the Patriotic Parade was foi :ned. The concert given Monday evening lu the auditorium of the Girls' High Schol was well attended and the large audience thoroughly enjoyed the well selected and artistically rendered pro? gramme. The Philharmonic Club has made for itself a place In the com? munity that no other organization has ever occupied, for by bringing togeth? er the musicians and music lovers of the city It is cultivating the musical lasto of the public, and giving a great deal of real pleasure to our people who heretofore have enjoyed too lew opportunities for hearing and enjoy? ing good music well rendered. The purpose of tho concert was to raise funds for placing musical reference books In the new library, arid the silver offering that was taken ut tin door nclicd a considerable sum. PISGAH NEWS AND VIEWS. Crop Conditions arc Favorable?Some Farmers Have Fine Wheat?Local Items of IntcrcM. Pisgah, May 21?A "dry May for a good wheat and crop year" is an old adage and this year no doubt Will verify the old saying. An inspection around shows that G. W. Elmorc, II. J. Watson, J. L. Gillis, J. W. Kenney, T. D. McLeod, J. D. McLcod, J. A. Gil? lis and J. E. Gillis need not worry about the cost of flour another year, as they have good wheat. From Rem bert towards Hagood and up the Wa teree river arc line crops of wheat. This is good news In this time of need. There is much suffering in places with a number of people, so I am informed, owing to the high cost Of provisions. Very few went from here to the Dinkins' Mill picnic. Rembert grove at Rembert, S. C, is the best place for it. Mr. Rembert is always willing and delighted to have his friends meet in it. It is an ideal place and con? venient by railroad. We hope if the picnic is to be an annual gathering ii will meet there in the future. A number of the colored people st y they are not going to enroll under the president's proclamation as they don't consider they have anything to do with the matter. We will see. A number don't want to pay taxes. The graduates this year of the Rem? bert school are Hasel and Fannie Mc? Lcod, Wiley Jenkins and Lawrence Vinson. I hope for nil of them that this will be a foundation to erect a Arm educational structure. In the Pisgah school Miss Lula Gil? lis was successful in her examinations omitted in last reports for want of information. Henry Harllee who has been off at school has returned home. It seems to have agreed with him as he is con? siderably stouter than when he left. Miss Carrie Baker spent the week? end with relatives at Rembert. Dancing is epidemic about here. A number of church people engage in it. They evidently believe in "running with the hare and barking with the hounds." A lot of people don't believe In that sort of weakness. The intelli? gent world looks with supreme con? tempt upon a weak person in both church and State. People who can bo led by the nose into things they otherwiso would not engage in are to bo pitted as much as a true woman scorns a weak, cowardly man. After some days spent at Stateburg visiting friends Miss Sadie Rogers came home yesterday. She is always missed when gone. She reports a fine time. A MUSICAL FESTIVAL. Pupils of Graded Schools Entertain Patrons With Charmingly Render? ed Programmes. Excellent and resultful work has been done in the teaching of music in the grades of the city schools this year and the entertainmnets given yesterday afternoon and evening af? forded the patrons of the schools an opportunity to hear for themselves and to be convinced (hat the music course in the graded school is some? thing really worth while. Yesterday aftornoon the programme was rendered by the lower grades (3 at to 3rd inclusive. They gave mu? sical Cantata Mother Goose and Her C.iildren with remarkable precision and expression. The costumes were pretty, appropriate and manifesting great taste and hard work. In addi? tion to the cantata several exercises were given, one of the most interest? ing being the exercise in musical dic? tation; giving the tones corresponding tc the difforent syllables, giving the syllables corresponding to the differ? ent tones and singing songs in the syllables Instead of in words. The result of the year's training in music is said to have increased and quickened the interest of the chil? dren in the work of the school, to have given them a basic knowledge of music that will be a bource of pleas? ure to them throuKh life, and to have had a noticeable effect upon tho im? provement of all their welk, especial? ly their work In reading. Last evening the boys and girls of the High School rendered a Pro? gramme1 that was In every respect enjoyable. To those of the aud? ience who knew on'y that light singing was a part of the course In the school, the concert was a reve? lation, for they were r.ot prepared for, such excellence in execution and such melody from school boys and girls. The chorus w is full, strong, and sweet, the time fcood und the general effect most pleasing. The program was as follows: Star Spangled Bahner. The Torpedo and the Whale, a song from the opera Olivette, (> Tempora, O Mores, a rousing praise of "Dame Musioa" set to an old German melody. The Merry Heart, by Densa. A song that has all the characteristics of a folk song nnd one that has tho dlts flfWtlon of having been embodied in the symphonic suite of Richard Strauss. The Capital Ship. An old English song, sung'by the roys a'.one, requir? ing much speed and careful enun? ciation. Welcome Sweet Spring. A song set to the music of Mendelssohn's melody in F, by girls alone. Chorus sings the barcarolle from Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman. () Forest Broad and Sweeping, by Mendelssohn. One of the most beau? tiful songs ever written. Chorus san.^ this with true musicianship. Largo from Handel's Xerxes. This popular masterpiece has seldom been sung, as was originally intended in the first net of the opera, but is almost always heard as an organ number. During evening the director led the chorus and audience in the weil known songs: Maryland, My Mary? land, Old Folks at Home, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, Loves Old Sweet I Song, America, Star Spangled Ban? ner. This evening at 8.30 a cantata will be given by the girls of the high school. Between two of the numbers of the cantata Miss Ethel Green and Mr. L. C. Moise will play the allegro movement of the Grieg Concerts for piano. The public should feel it a pleasure and privilege to hear th'S cantata; for it is to be rendered by our own girls, and besides this it promises to be worth while. As there do not appear to be so many conflicting interests this even? ing, as there were last evening, it is hoped that the auditorium will be filled to capacity. PRESS CENSORSHIP NEEDED. Washington, May 22.?Decision of house Republicans in caucus today to oppose any newspaper censorship pro? vision in the pending espionage bill was followed by a letter from Pres? ident Wilson to Chairman Webb of the judiciary committee reiterating that it was imperative that congress grant censorship powers to deal with the few persons who can not be re? lied upon to obsei e "a patriotic reti? cence above everything whose publica? tion could be of injury." "I have been very much surprised." wrote the president, "to find serveral of the public prints stating that the administration had abandoned the po 1-;- ? sitinn which it so distinctly took and still holds, that authority to exercise^ censorship over the press to the ex? tent that that censorship is embodied in the recent action of the house of representatives is absolutely necessary to the public safety. It of course has not been abandoned, because the rea? son still exist why such authority Is necessary for the protection of the na? tion. "I have every confidence that the great majority of the nevspapers of the country will observe a patriotic reticence about everything wh^se pub* lication could be of injury but In. every country there arc some persons in a position to do mischief in this field who can not be relied upon and whose interests or desires Will lead to actions on their part highly dan porous to the nation in the midst of l war. I want to say again that it stems to me imperative that pow? ers of this sort should be granted." The house espionage hill carried a censor Ship provision but the one by the senate did not and this was one of the differences which sent the measure to conference, where it has been discussed for more than a week without an agreement. The president's letter caused some surprise because many members of congress and some administration leaders had understood for several days that no further effort would be made at present to put through any such provision. Sentiment In the senate is strong against censorship and unless the enn feiees agree upon a very mild form it probably will not be accepted there. Representative Webb announced upon receipt of the president's letter that he would wage a determined fight in behalf of the censorship amend? ment, written into the bill in the house by a narrow margin, Just before it was sent to conference. Complaints are being made con? cerning the condition of the Manning public road beyond Dingle's Mill. It is a fact that the road is in worse condition than It has been in a long time, but Supervisor White has his plans made to begin work on this road in the immediate future and he will endeavor to put this road in better condition than it has ever been. The road now is sandy and very difficult for automobiles. Help Your Country And Make Money For Yourself Uncle Sam must have the money QUICKLY to build thousauds of food aud munition-carrying ships, to raise, equip and maintain an army of 1,000, 000 men; to give us a smashing big navy ---in short, to enable our country to car? ry on its share of the great war for the FREEDOM OF THE WORLD. YOU can do YOUR part by lend? ing the Government some of your sav? ings. Invest now in one or more of the Liberty Loan Bonds. You will be help? ing vourself while you help your coun? try. The bonds pay 3 1-2$ interest and are as good as gold. There is an easy payment plan. For ex? ample, if you want to buy one of the ?50 bonds, you can make your payments at this bank, as follows ; 2$ when you buy the bond . . $ 1.00 18$ on June 28, 1917. 9.00 201 on July 30, 1917.10.00 30$ on Aug. 15,1917. 15.00 30$ on Aug. 30, 1917._15.00 ~$50.00 The bonds will be dated June 15, 1917, and will run for 30 years, when the Government will repay the principal. Twice a year the owner will receive interest at the rate of 3 1 2$ a year. Come in and let us help you to help yourself, your country and humanity The National Bank of South Carolina C. G. ROWLAND, Prey. H. L. McCOY, Assistant Cashier F. E. HINNANT, Carhier EAHLE ROWLAND. Ass't. Cashier WAR BONDS We will be pleased to purchase them for you, Free of Charge. j THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK j The Oldest Banking Institution in the County j j : !