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FHT jjfljg es. HARD WOHK AND INTENSIVE IN. STRUdflON MONO RKS?LTH. for ComanisMion* In Nut uro learning How to by Practical Expert null Notes About Sum ihe Casanv I to The Dairy Item. Officers* Training Camp. Font Osjlethorpe, Qa . Juno 2 ?This has rthc hardest week the candidates commUalone In the offlcers' re aerve corps have had yet. This Is said even when the fact Is taken Into con tkm that Wednesday?Decora ^ Day?was observed ss a holl <i*# and besides attending; memorial sar?lues, there was nothlnf else in ihe duty to be performed. This In? dicates? an a measure what was done on other days of the week, end that the rain fell on three mornings and stopped drill for a while, but a hen the companies went out, they a than made up for lost time. Today Is Saturday?another week rolled around and. while It has haen only three wecke since we gr rrrsc' hare on a Monday morning, it av?sms as If It has been ss msny years that we havu been hers. What we have her* Is very different from what any of us, except s fsw who went to Plattsburg, have ever lad before. The werk hi the camp?that cf men to become army officers, as. tu the opinion of the writer, pro with wonderful rapidity. Of there are a few dullards In every company who handicap the oth? ers to a very great extent and pre? vent their proceeding with the rapid sty they would otherwise attain, but the rate Is fast enough as It Is and the dull ones will be weeded out as tau werk proceeds. The weeding out aisiesa has been going on all the Urns, but will be mors rapid here The drill the peat week has been from 7 to 11.JO a. m and from 1 SO to I p. i* When after bayonet exercise. Or rag exerciser. Close order drill and extended order, ending with a charge af half a mile over rough field is over, a fellow feels Ike rest and la quite ready for dinner. Friday la "march day." This week the *!ke was for ago hours with full parks. After our return at 9.30. we went out for a hard drill until the sain pet an end to it at 11.R0. In th<? afternoon the drill was doubly stren? uous, ss none of the companies had shown up In the competitive drill of the morning, ss the company com maaders wanted them to. Saturday Is an easy day. Inspection and drill to it and a holiday from then on to 10 p. m Sundav night, unless the poor ur fortunate has gotten in bad and has to do extra duty on Saturday after neon The work In our camp has all been practically completed. Some sew? er lines have yet io be completed. In digging the ditches much blasting haa to be done. At first the men found tbaes sudden explosions very dlscon eerung. but now they do not mind them at all. Oood training for the future battle front. The work on the army cantonment ahout half a mile away from here Is proceeding with ex amortflnary rapidity. It already has almost as many buildings as our camp. Thirty thousand men?three divisions ?are to ba housed there when secur? ed by the conscription meaaurea. Probably the officers will come here from other officers' training camps aii't the officera appointed from this camp will be aent to other parts of the country. That seems to be the system the army has decided on for training men. Wednesday, Decoration Day. waa observed. Brief, but sppropriate ad? dresses were ms.de by chaplains of the regular army It was an imposing sight to see the two regiments of reg alarm. Infantry, one of cavalry, and our regiment of candidate officers drawn op la a square a ?out the speak ere etand. The reaulara have excel lent bands for each regiment. We had to use their banda. Wedneaday night the Y. M. C. A a big roomy one-story shuck, the only painted building In the camp, was dedicated and given over to *"ol. Klo eum. our commending officer, for the men In camp. Several nhort talks wars made, the army men emphasizing the Importance of the T. M. C. A. to the sovvlca. If one loked Into the building at any time and noted how the men make uae of Its writing tables, (stationery la provided free) and other convenlenrrs, he would know that the T. VI C A. wss really a verv much appreciated branch of the service, as one of the army officers stated In his reenarka. The building Is used by the men at all Mine* they have the op? portunity to and I do not believe IhU Viet rota hs* ntopped five minutes dur ? ing the day between 6 a. m and 10 p. m. eines the' building was opened Resides the building, the assoctaMon Is' to have services?religious?and give moving pictures, besides other com? forts and amusements?thus keeping the men from becoming homesick, wMch one of the regular army officers saya causes most of the desertions in the army. I^ast night D. Kelman, a chaplain in the British army, Just returned from Flanders, made an address about the' life of "Tommy" in the trenchea, and he brought the trench life In France pretty near home to us. He was embued with hit subject and en? thused his audience so that he could hardly proceed for the applause at times, and once or twice the great crowd rose to their feet with shouts and cheers. Next week Lieut. Bow? man, the Hedpath Chautauu.ua man, is to address us. It may be of Interest to many read era of The Item to know the person? nel of the Sumter contingent In the training camp. Men of several occu? pations tond professions are represent? ed. Home of them are holding offices, but most of them are high privates. T. D. Ravenel la the only one who has thus far secured his commission. He stood the examination early In April or tho luttcr part of March. Tho men are divided up among fourteen of the companies, the engineers hav? ing no representative from Bumter, although Gerald L>. Ryan, formerly of Wedgetteld, is in the company. The following men from Bumter and vicinity, or well known at Bumter, are registered in the camp, in the fol? lowing companies. J. P. Brunson. (10); L. C. Bryan, (10); H. P. E. Bultman, (12); Joe S Chandler, 4); W. Norman Chandler, (6); Jack H. Forbes, (15); James C. Hood, Wendell M. Levi, (3); Geo. D. Levy, (J); Bernard Manning, (2); W. L. McCutchen. (9); DeSassure p. Moore, (3); Joe Morris, (14); R. O. Purdy, . \, (15); W. H. Purdy, (4); T. D. Ravenel, (4); Irvine M. Rich? ardson, (10); Earle Rowland, (5); L?. I. Strauss, (5); W. B. Stuckey. (13); Ed. E. Wright, (ll); I. M. Belser, (2); Columbia; B. W. Dabbs, Jr., (14); Mayesvllle; J. M. Edens, (9), Dalzell; T. Carltale Herbert, (6); Greenwood; J. A. James, Jr., '7), Summerton; H. C. Jennings,'(10), 3ishopvillc; E. t>. McCoy, (10), St. Charles; J. M. Weeks (11), Pincwood; W. N. Wells, (14), St Charles: Wade H. Willlford, (6), Hartsvllle; R. E. Wilson (12), St. Chailos. This make; twenty-thr" ? from Bumter county loft here. Those who came from Bumter but left for various reason were, Messrs. H. l>. Bppa, Hen. 1). Hodges, William M Winn, Bddle Bird and i>. A. Wrenn, the latter two having been sent here as members of company L., N. Q, B. C, by Col. Springs upon recommenda? tion of Capt. U. T. BfOWn. The Sum tor men in camp all regretted the de? parture this week of Ben. Hodges, who will he much missed in future? more than would any other man in the Sumtcr contingent. Besides the men mentioned there are four from Manning, Messrs. In? gram Wilson, Charles Wells, H. T. ! Ellerbe, and Henry Curtis. Sumtcr still has left a good con? tingent and at present all of the men are getting on well, although it is now impossible to say how many of them will remain the three months out with the more active elimination being put into effect through drills and physical examinations. The former will be put into active operation next week and the physical examinations are now in process. As stated all are doing good work at present and bid fair to be? come excellent commissioned officers. Death <?r Miss Tallon. Lynchburg, June 1.?Miss Margaret Tallon died at the home of her broth? er, William A. Tallon, near Lynch burg Thursday evening about 7 o'clock after an illness of several weeks. ||In Tallon had been in poor health for several years and her death was not unexpected. She was 72 years of age. She is survived by four brothers: W. A. Tallon of Lynch burflj, J. T. Tallon of St. Charles, J. IJ. Tallon of Bishopville and J. S. Tal? lon of Columbia. The funeral and in? terment services were held Friday af? ternoon at 4 o'clock at Wells Meth? odist church, of which Miss Tallon had been a member since childhood. THRIFT Living is a lifelong affair, Earning is a matter of a few years. To live independently your full life, live on less than your income during your earning pe ^ riod and invest the difference in a Savings Account. Your account invited. 4 i interest, 100 i safety. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK The Oldest Banking Institution in the County A Car in Which the Usual What are your mental procsses In making up your mind motorwlac? What channels do your thoughts take In seeking to determine which mo? tor cat la to be your motor car? isn't it Just barely possible that you allow this or that record established by a single car teat to over-In? fluence you? ?? Isn't it a fact that your hopes of what your car will do are often colored by what thla or that car, "tuned to the minute." haa done In a "stunt" test? Surely a safer, fairer way to estimate motor values Is on the averoge per? formance of thousands of cars of each make. Then?and then only?can you feel certain that the car you settle on will live up to your hopes. By all this we do not mean to imply that there is no value In single car tests. We ourselves from time to time have acquainted you with re? markable feats performed by Saxon "Six." Once It was when Saxon "Six" won a noted hill climb In the East agalnat many far higher priced cars. Once It was when Saxon "Six" de? feated by fifteen minutes over a 500-mlle course a train which la the pride of the West. Once it was when Saxon "Six" thrice vanquished costlier rivals in speed, acceleration and in hlll-climblng at the San Diego Exposition. But we merely cited the*3 notable events as Instances where Saxon "Sixes" had gone higher than their price class and yet triumphed. And although you might safely form your decision in favor of Saxon i "Six" on the basis of these feats? for they were accomplished In each case by stock model cars?still wo would prefer thut you concentrate :?our consideration on the averages of all Saxon "Sixes." /.s* yourself in what other car of like power and size 23 to 24 mllea per gallon of gasoline wouldn't be unusual? Yet recently 20G stock model Saxon "Sixes" in a 300- mile non-stop run proved their average to be 23.5 miles per gallon. In what other car wouldn't accelera? tion fromsstanding start to 50 miles per hour in less than 30 seconds be a remarkable feat? Yet this is tho average acceleration for Saxon "Six." The latest figures show that so far the average cost of repair parts for all Saxon "Sixes" in use during the past two years is $8.50 per car. Wouldn't that he an unusual endur? ance record for a single car careful? ly driven and cared for? Yet it is the average mind you on thousands and thousands of Saxon "Sixes." I So it goes throughout Saxoin "Six." In every phase of performance you'll find that Its average would be note? worthy and unusual If established by another. Saxon "Six" A Big Touring Car for Five People It is true, too, In regard to Its speed Its power, its quietness of operation, kitd its smoothness of power-flow. You know how desirable is a con? tinuous power-flow. You know how disastrous is a power-flow with intervals between Impulses. For that Involves vibration and vibration spells shortened life to a motor. Only recently in a test a certain well known car of less than six cylinders showed 1512.72 power impulses per minute at a speed of 20 miles per hour. Under the same conditions Saxon "Six" showed 2993.925 Impulses per minute at equal speed. Simply told there is the story?Saxon "Six" developed nearly 98 per cent, more impulses per minue at that speed. Consequently each impulse was far less severe on all moving parte at any given time, vibration was re? duced to a minimum, and nearly absolute continuity of power-flow was obtained. In terms of acceleration it means that this car of fewer cylinders will pick? up fron, a stand 22 per cent, slower than Saxon "Sfx." And it means, further, that as com? pared to this less cylinder motor. Saxon "Six" will develop far greater pulling power with no noticeable difference in smoothness. Savon "Six" is $865; "Six" Sedan. $1250; "Four" Roadster, $495; f. o. b. Detroit. Canadian prices: "Six" Touring Car. $1175; "Six" Sedan. $1675; "Four" Roadster. $665. Price of special export models, "Six" $915; "Four." $495, f. o. b. De? troit. CAROLINA SAXON COMPANY HOLMES SIMONS, Treas. & Gen. Mgr. 1218 Hampton Avenue Phone 647 Columbia. S. C. Some Good Territory Open for Live Aengts