Mist? Vsrmsllo Tills left this morn
Ifig for a week st Pawlevs Island, as
life tuest of Miss Julia Riser.
Mr. D. P. Kelly left last night for
Henderson vllle, Vhere ho will spend
a couple of woeVs with relatives.
Mrs. Frank Pstton snd daughter
hate gone to Flat Rock to spend the
remainder of the summer with rela?
tivem
UV. E. M*. Hall has gone to Now
fork, Boston and other points on his1
annual vacation
Mine Alma Del each of Edge field h
visiting Miss Kathleen Walsh.
Ctopt. Emlle P. Moses, U. 8. Marine
CoYeti, and Mrs. Moses, are expected1
to strive In the eity this afternoon to'
vtstt his mother, Mrs. ARamont Moses
Capt Moses has been stationed at
Oudtfi and In the Philippines for the
past three years.
Mr. and Mra H W. McCollum snd
family have gone to Oreenvllle, where
they ixpect to spend their vacation.
Meiers. Claude and Brooks H?ft
spent Sunday In Lomar, the trip over'
and bach being made through the*
eeunti-y In s car.
Mrs W. R. Phillips snd her two
sons fnft Sunday night for Ervlngton.
fcjr.. a here they will spend some time1
?MrtlOvf Mrs. Phillips' old home.
Charles Fish burse, of Columbia, b
etsttlnt at the home of Mr. D. M
Branding.
Dr. B. A. Muckenfuse. of Charles
ton, who has boon visiting his daugh?
ter, stti. W. A. Brown, has returned
home.
"fers. Brooks Huff, who has beer
vlstttng In Lamer, has returned to the
city.
lbsACCD PRIME WALKS.
Hundred Dollars to Be Dbt
IrtwoVd Among TMbeeco tiro Were.
The test three Weeks, beginning to-1
dajr add ending Friday, August 17th.
Wlfl be rod letter days on the Sumter*
tobaccc market, If the plans Of the
feamtSr Chamber of Commerce, and
Mr. J. W. CTfinn. manager of Glenn's |
WVthcu**, prevail according to their
OHShee. Three hundred dollars will
Ml distributed to prises. Eighty-five
a week, with forty dollars ex
next Fftday, August t. making]
to be swarded In prises thiej
basinets establishments of Sum
fcsWt) ft lo tlletr power to do good
for the Sumter tobacco market
hg the next thres weeks by hav
g ropreaentatlves at the tobacco
Oalea every day to greet the tobacco
sutlers, -Alk up the Sumter tobacco
market, and also talk the planting of
tobacco In Sumter county for 191*
adjacent to tho Sumter warehouse,
Aby establishment in Sumter Is
free to advertise Its business at the
WS rehouse and to offer any special
bargains in goods dur.'ng the next
three weeka Souvenir', of business
houses can be distributed. The next
three weeks o? gh* to be a time of
boosting tobacco growing and boost
ifig for tho Ru nter tobacco market.
All of the buyers hsvo agreed
to do their patt and pay the highest
possible prices.
1
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Recorder's Court.
A large number of spectators wore
prevent this morning st the Recorder's
Court to hear the trial of Sidney
\ Whtto Snd Carroll Simpson, who had
engaged m a fight Sunday evening In
the rear of Mitchell s Drug Store. Af?
ter hearing the evidence, the Record?
ed allowed Mr. Simpson to go, but a
See of fit was Imposed upon the oth?
er defendant.
Tho only other case In court this
morning wss that of two negroes who
Were charged with molesting the car
df one of the negro hack drivers. A
penalty of $2 or 4 duys was placed up?
on each.
?e> damsel .4 ?
miWTttH CtiTTON MARK KT.
SV q . t ,
F. O. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer.
(CoererMrf dslly at It o'clock Noon >
1 Ooon Middling 11 1-t.
Strict Middling tl.
Middling 11 7-1. .
8trlct Low Middling IS 5-8.
Low Middling tl 1-4
RatW f ORK COTTON MARK KT.
e*-T . ? Tesfdys
Open fllsfl I?nw Close CPnae
Jan . fill II.Tl 13.3? 1* 71 13.60
det . . tS.lt 14.04) 11.11 23.ft II.Hi
De? . . 13 66 11.11 13.60 23.81 23.63
New Yerk si>ots, 14.60
Jim Howard, one of the town
gardeners, brought eight Ilremmer to?
matoes to The Item offlci? today that
almoMt tilled a peck measure. The>
Were ss fine specimen* as are ever
seen outside of a seed catalogue.
? i* i ? > ?!? i i i -
The entire sale st fttOtMft Tobacco
Warehouse today averaged f27.a2 per
hundred. This is beyond nny doubt
the htrh#et average made by any mar?
kst tbi? yesr.
WORD Flu?! BASF LI, DICK.
First News Revolved In Eighteen
Months.
After waiting more than a year and
a-half without recivtng any word from
his son. Huscll II. Dick, who has been
In tho consular service for several
years. Dr. George W. Dick, postmas?
ter at Sumter today received a wire
from Frank L. Polk, acting secretary
of Stute, announcing Mr. Dick's ar?
rival in Berne, Switzerland, fron.
Turkey, July 23. Since entering the
consular service Mr. Dick has been
stationed at Yokohoma, Japan, und at
Jerusalem, Palestine, Turkey, with of
licos at the port of Joffa.
Dr. and Mrs. Dick received their
last letter from Mr. Dick dated Jan?
uary 3, 1916. In May, 1916, Mr.
Lansing, the secretary of State, wired
him at Jerusalem, matting inquiry as
to his health, etc. It took 12 days to
answer the telegram through Con?
stantinople. Though short, it convey?
ed all necessary Information in two
words, "Well, happy."
In May, 1917, Mr. Lansing received
a dispatch from Constantinople saying
that "Mr. H. H. Dick and party had
left Jerusalem for Constantinople." A
few weeks later' the minister to
Sweden wired that he had arrived in
Constantinople and was awaiting a
permit from Austria to go through to
Switzerland.
The telegram received today by Dr.
Dick Is as follows:
"Washington, July 25.
?Dr. George W. Dick.
"Sumter, 8. C,
"American minister Berne. Switzer?
land, telegraphs H. H. Dick arrived '
there safe from Turkey July 23.
(Signed) "Frank L. Polk,
"Acting Secretary of State.*'
r*-1 ?.
CORONER'S INQUEST. 1
ii i ]
Verdict Rendered In tho Matter of the i
Death off Moses Dlxon.
Coroner Scale held an Inquest this 1
morning for the purpose of officially ?
determining the cause of the death i
of Moses Dlxon, the ftegro who drei at <
the Tourney Hospital yesterday after?
noon from the effects of injuries re?
ceived in the wreck of a Ford car
Tuesday afternoon at the railroad 1
crossing on Bast'Liberty street. There
were a number of witnesses of tho ac- 1
cldent. but only two were called on <
to testify. The facts brought out 1
were substantially the same as here- 1
totere printed in this paper. All the <
ntt Henaus agree that tho car was behig i
driven In a reckless manner at exces- <
?Ire speed, and that when It struqk ?
the railroad crossing the tires explod- 1
ed and the car turned over, the two <
men in the car being thrown out.
Dlxon being fatally injured. Dr. I i
A. Mood, who attended Dlxon, test)- 1
fled that Dixon's skull was crushed In i
on one side and that he never regain- *
ed consciousness, dying about I I
o'clock Thursday afternoon. Th-j ver- <
diet of the Jury was: "Mose Dlxun 1
?ame to his death by injuries received I
)y being thrown from a Ford aute- i
-mobile driven by Meritt Keels on July
14th, 1917, at railroad crossing on i
East Liberty street, city of Sumter. I
by car turning over."
RECRUITS .VOH THE ARMY.
Yesterday's Results Totalled 2870 for
Regulars.
Washington, July 2?.?Regular
army recruiting brought in 2,370 men
yesterday. New York with 237 men
obtalifed during the day needs only
thirty-one to fill its quota of 18,23,6
and several other States are ncaring
completion of their apportionments.
A total of 161,377 have been enrolled
since April 1, leaving the army on|y
about 22,000 short of Its full war
strength.
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GERMANS CONTINUE OFFENSIVE.
Determined Effort Being Made to '
Break Through In West.
The Germans are continuing flieh?
st rong effort to break through on the
western front, with both Paris and
London reporting activities. Paris
says that after a heavy bombardment
on the Aisno front, the Germans di?
rected an Infantry attack but were
repulsed with heavy losses. Ixmdon
for the first time mentioned the
heavy bombardment on the northern
part of the western line, which ttye
Germans have recorded for several
days past. London reported that tge
Germans are showing considerable ar?
tillery activity. I i
News dispatches from Petrograd
any the city is outwardly more cMpl
than in months. Today's report car
Hid nothing to show that the retreat
of tho Russians on the Eastern <5ali
etai line has been checked.
The big three weeks' prize tobacco
selling Htarts next Monday, July 30th,
at Glenn's Tobacco Warehouse. A
number of the business establish?
ments have promised to have repre?
sentatives at every days' sale for three
weeks to help welcome the tobacco
sellers and to whoop up Sumter to?
bacco market. Every business house
In Sumter should work to develop the
Sumter tobacco market.
AIjLIKS' WAIl AIMS.
Paris Meeting Renew* Declaration
That Entente Will Fight Till Prus?
sian Military Menace Is Subdued?
Cun Trust Greece Now.
Paris, July 27.?The allied powers
yesterday concluded their conference
after announcing a decision to con?
tinue tho war until the object for
which they arc lighting is attained.
The entente powers decided to with
draw their troops as soon as possible
from ancient Greece, Thessaly and
Eplrus.
The allies' declaration, which was
made unanimous before separating
reads:
"The allied powc*-??, more closely
united than ever for the defense of the
people's rights, particularly in the
Balkan peninsula, are resolved not to
lay down arms until they have at?
tained the end which m their eyes
dominates all others?to render im?
possible a return of the criminal ag?
gression such as that whereof the cen?
tral empires bear the . responsibility."
"There was unanimous agreement on
all decisions reached during the meet?
ings. The ministers of appointments
affected will meet In London to draw
up the executive measures.
The following announcement re?
specting the decision pf the allies con?
cerning Greek territory now occupied
by their military forces was publish?
ed today:
"Prance, Great Britain and Italy,
simultaneously and as soon as possi?
ble will end the occupations thety have1
been obliged to make in ancient
Greece, Thessaly and Eplrus. Mili?
tary occupation of the triangle formed
by the Santa Quaranta road and the1
Eplrus frontier will be maintained'
provisionally as a measure of secur?
ity, Italy and Greece to agree as re?
gards reestablishment of the civil ad?
ministration under a commissioner
appointed by Greece. France, Great
Britain and Italy will preserve during
the war a naval and military base
du the Island of Corfu, the Island re?
maining under the sovereignty of
Qreece."
FOR MARKETING OF COTTON.
Elans to Hold Conference on Subject.'
Columbia, July 26.?Plans for a
world conference on the marketing
of cotton to be held immediately at
the close of the war, and at
which plans for a scientific method
9t handling of the crop would be de?
mised are In the making. The Nation?
al Association of Cotton Manufacture <
srs is the original sponsor of ? the
movement, though the cooperation of
Dther agencies has been enlisted.
Col. E. J. Watson, commissioner of
igriculture, was communicated with
be/ Rufus W. Wilson, secretary of the
association, in an effort to find the i
lentimcnt of tho Southern Cotton Con?
gress of which Col. Watson is presi?
dent. On June 21, the commissioner
srrote Mr. Wilson his earnest wish to
further plans for such a world con?
ference.
The following reply from Mr. Wil?
son indicates that tentative plans ar'
being mapped out for the conference
"It was a pleasure to receive your
letter of June 21, and to note the
keen and intelligent interest which it
manifested in the International cotton
conference proposed by this associa?
tion, and to be held at some con?
venient point In the United States, im?
mediately upon the close of the war.
Preparations for it are still in a ten?
tative stage, but, in the end, the con?
ference will in all probability, assume
proportions which will make it the
most Important meeting of this kind
ever held In Europe or America.
"Tho stabilizing of the prices of
cotton as well as better methods of
marketing are among the vital ques?
tions sure to be considered by such
a conference. In view of this fact, it
seems to the officers of our association
that the preliminary arrangements for
the conference might very properly
be handled by a Joint committee com?
posed of representatives of the Na?
tional Association of Cotton Manu?
facturers, the American Cotton Manu?
facturers' Association, and of the
Southern Cotton Congress. A com?
mittee of this association, headed by
Mr. James R. MacColl, will recom?
mend to our fall meeting that prep?
arations for the conference be under?
taken at once, and, looking to cooper?
ation of the right kind, it has been
suggested, and the suggestion unani
mously approved by our board of
government, that you be invited to ad
I dross tho fall meeting of the asso?
ciation on "Cooperation Petwcen the
Cotton Grower and the Cotton Manu?
facturer."
"The meeting will he held at Spring
Held on October in, 19 and 20, and if
you could arrange to be with us. you
would be scheduled for the principal
address at the session held on the
morning Ol October 15b We should, of
course, be more than glad to defray
any expense entailed by your Journey
to Springfield. Can we hope to hear
fr??m you regarding this matter, at a1
early dute?"
I Mr. and Mrs. I,. H. Dens have re
1 turned from their bridal trip.
TO CREATE SHIP BUILDING RE?
SERVE.
Sum tor Men Will Enroll to Help In
the Building of Ships If Called on
by the Authorities.
Ships, more ships, and yet more
ships were the most urgent need of
.the allies and the United States as set
forth by Lloyd-George, the brilliant
commoner so ably guiding the English
administration. B. F. McLeod of
Charleston amplified and explained
this statement last night when he ad?
dressed a meeting of Sumter men at
the Chamber of Commerce.
The government of the United States
has called on thu Chamber of Com?
merce of the United States to aid in
finding men for the work of turning
out shipping tonnage to the extent of
five or more times more than this
country has ever built before. The
body appealed to immediately set to
work to comply. R. Goodwyn Rhett
of Charleston, the president, called on
eleven men in different parts of the
Union to take up this work. They
are doing it without compensation and
at their own expense; Mr. McLeod is
touring South Carolina, Georgia, and
Florida explaining this undertaking.
The unlimited resources of this
country cannot help to win the war
unless they can be placed where they
are needed. The men of France, worn
to frazzle trying to save their land
and their women from untold hor?
rors can not hold out unless food and
supplies can be taken to them. The
men of South Carolina and of the
other States of the Union now at the
front and those yet to go nvust be sup?
plied with all they need?otherwise
we at home are contributing to their
murder. The German submarine,
creeping like a shark beneath the sur?
face of the water where he cannot be
seen Is destroying shipping at the rate
of 500,000 tons a month. America
must build ships as fast.
There are more ship yards now at
work than ever before, and more ar<
to be put in operation. Ten times as
many men will be needed to work in
these plants as are now at the plants
These men) must come from every?
where. It is the wish of the authori?
ties that labor conditions be not dis?
turbed anywhere by drawing from any
one point so many men that It will
hurt that place. If ten plumbers arc
needed, say, at Charleston it would not
Ao to take all the plumbers from
Sumter or from Georgetown, but one
from each of these places, and one
f-om- ?eaeh of eight other places in
the State would be all right. It is to
list and to card index all the men who
will be willing to go If called upon
hat the local committees are asked to
undertake, and no one refused.
The committees appointed by Chair?
man Phelps are H. R. VanDeventer,
chairman of the central committee; H.
s>. Moses, chairman of the publicity
committee, and E. L. Witherspoon,
chairman of the labor committee.
These With J. M. Harby and T. H. Sld
iall compose the central committee.
The other members of the Publicity
Committee are H. G. Osteen and F. D.
Knight, and the other members of the
Labor Committee are W. F. Carr and
Danny McKiever. An immediate or?
der for enrollment cards was placed
and Mr. McLeod instructed Secretary
Rcardon to write to the Ship Building
Committee for 200 ship blunders' re?
serve buttons. As every man signs
up to go to this work if called upon
he is given the button to wear.
The committees will go Immediate?
ly to work to explain to all carpen?
ters, plumbers, mechanics and painters
the plan of voluntary enrollment for
future calls. No employer should be
antagonistic to this work, for it is to
put into operation a plan whereby
only e^ small proportion of his men
would be taken?if any at all?In?
stead of, perhaps, many of them get?
ting the moving fover all at one time
and leaving him In a bunch. The
men should like it because they will
be performing just as patriotic a duty
as if they were enlisting for the front
and yet they will be doing congenial
work that is giving them a new ex?
perience. All who desire will please
give their names und addresses to any
member of any committee; it will be
impossible to find everyone.
At the close of the meeting Mr. J.
Urn King volunteered his services
whenever needed as he had had two'
years experience in a shipbuilding
plant
A Soldier's Prayer.
(By Harold MacGrath of the
Vigilantes.)
Lord, give me this day my man?
hood to stand straight Lead me Into
battle with a clean heart and a sober
mind. Deliver me from blind hate
;1nd wanton ruthlcssncss; give me only
that white anger that lends lightOOUS
iichmHo battle.
Il-elp me to preserve the Idea of my
forefathers.
Let me keep my mother's face be
fore me and the feel of my father's
bund Upon my shoulder; and strength?
en tbetn against the day when I shall
return nomornsg.wllnntnVI c . Ittnm
return no more. Amen.
GAME WARDEN GIBBES.
Appointed, for Third Time by Governor
Columbia, July 28.?Wade Hampton
Gibbes of Columbia was appointed
chief game warden of South Carolina
by Gov. Manning last night for the
third time. Mr. Gibbes was first ap?
pointed on February 20 to succeed A.
A. Richardson who had been appoint?
ed four years before. However, M**.
Richardson was not commissioned un?
til March 7, 1913 so Mr. Gibbes was
again appointed on March 8.
Mr. Richardson declined to turn
the office over to Mr. Gibbes on the
ground that he had not been recom?
mended by the Audubon Society the
course provided by law. The ques?
tion was carried to the courts by Mr.
Gibbes in an effort to oust Mr. Rich?
ardson and occupy the office. Judge
DeVore, hearing the case, held that
the office was vacant and for the last
few months South Carolina has been
without a game warden. Following
Judge DeVore's decree Governor Man?
ning called on Dr. E. C. L. Adams,
president of the Audubon Society, to1
call a meeting of the society to rec?
ommend the name of a person suitable
for appointment as chief game war?
den. The meeting was called and
developed into a stormy session,
charges of irregularities being brought
As a result of the meeting the name
of A. A. Richardson was forwarded
by the society to Gov. Manning for
appointment. The governor returned
the recommendation as unsuitable.
Later President Adams held a ref?
erendum by mail and forwarded his
own name to the governor for ap?
pointment. This was also returned bv
the governor as unsuitable.
On July 18 a meeting of the Audu?
bon Society, called by Dr. C. W. Bar
ron, vice president, was held and the
name of Wads Hampton Gibbes sent
the governor. President Adams an?
nounced that this meeting was ille?
gal.
The Girl He Will Leave Behind.
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
TJndcr the selected draft; law the
first drawing has been held. Over
600,000 men will be sent, before many
months have passed, across the At?
lantic to join our fighting force in
France.
The boys are eager to go. They soc
a picture of glory waiting to be paint?
ed. They hear the glad shouts of vic?
tory and the chee~s of friends on
their return home.
In their eagerness to follow the call
?
to colors these ambitious youths, like
their fathers and grandfathers, forpet
tho mother, the sister, the sweet
heart, the girl they will leave behind.
It was at the great reunion of the
Blue and the Gray held on the field
of Gettysburg, on the anniversary of
the battle fought 50 years before,
that veterans of the vanishing armies
held a campflre session. Old com?
rades who had met on the bloodv field
before became closely knit together
in the inseparable tics of brotherhood
as they exchanged stories of the little
episodes, of a personal nature, that
occurred at the time.
Old bitterness was forgotten. The
end was in sight of all. Each one
present seemed to realize that their
days were numbered and because of
this they talked with greater enthus?
iasm of the days of the sixties.
Toasts were offered filled with senti?
ment to great commanders, living
and dead. Toward midnight one old
veteran in gray addressed his com?
rades of both armies in a voice that
trembled with emotion.
"Boys," he said, "there is one senti?
ment I want to give you. In the
goodtimc we have had here most of
us have thought of home as it is now
and it was 50 years ago. You ull"1
recall, as you lay on this very ground'
50 years ago, waiting to go in battle,
that your thoughts were about the
folks at home?the wife and the
baby that you had kissed ?ood-bye so
tenderly when you marched away to
war. It was the memory of the girl
he left behind him that kept many a
faltering fellow straight in the path
of duty. Now boys, we arc nearing
the end of life, and before I leave I
want you to join mc in a tribute to
the girls we left behind us 50 years
ago."
Every gray head within the sound
of the speaker's voice was bared. Then
the old man, his eyes wet with tears
and with upraised hand, said, "Some
of them lie in their graves, but some,
bless God, are spared to go with us
to the last camping ground. They
aro bent and gray, like we are, but
they are just as dear to us as they
were 50 years ago. Boys of the north
and of the south?Cod bless the girls
we left behind us."
Our boys of today are leaving for
the same patriotic purpose that our
fathers of the sixties left for. Our
boyS of today will go to the front
buoyed with contldence and in many
cases they will dream in the trencher
of the girl they have left behind.
Will?after a lapse of 50 years
they think as this veteran of Oettys
burg thought so reverently and lov
Ingly of the girl he left behind?
SIX LI FI 'TEN A NTS DISCHARGED.
Fail to Qualify in Recent Examina?
tions.
Columbia, July 28.?Advice from
the adjutant general of the South?
eastern Department, United States
Army, to the adjutant general of South
Carolina yesterday was that six of?
ficers of the South Carolina National
Guard have failed to qualify in recent
examinations and have been discharg?
ed from the service. The officers fail?
ing to pass the required examination
are: First Lieut. R. J. Ortman, Jr.,
Company A, Second Infantry, Charles?
ton; First Lieut. George M. Bennett.
Company G, Second Infantry, Colum?
bia; First. Lieut. A. R. Richardson.
Company L, Second Infantry, Sumter;
Second Lieut. W. E. King, Company
C, Second Infantry, Charleston; Sec?
ond Lieut. George A. Knebel, Com?
pany D, Second Infantry, Charleston;
Second Lieut. W. L. Hart, Company
E, First Infantry. Union.
The telegram from Adjutant Gener?
al Evans to Adjutant General Moore
was as follows:
"The department commander di?
rects that you be informed that Sec?
ond Lieut. W. Lb Hart, First South
Carolina Infantry; First Licuts. R. J.
Ortman, Jr., G. M. Bennett, A. R.
Richardson and Second Lieuts. W. E.
King and G. A. Knebel, Second South
Carolina Infantry, having failed to
qualify recent examinations are dis?
charged from serrice."
Death.
Mr. William Brearley died at his
home near St. Charles Friday after?
noon, after a long illness. He was
about 66 years old and had lived
practically all his life in the Mt. Zlon
neighborhood. He is survived by one
brother, Mr. A. A. Brearley, and one
sister. Miss Lizzie Brearley. The fu?
neral services were held at Mt. Zion
church at 11 o'clock today.
diamber of Commerce Notes.
Several hundred letters were mailed
out to farmers of Sumter. Lee. and
Clarendon counties by the Chamber
of Commerce today, notifying them of
the cotton growers' selling association
meeting in Sumter next Friday. Au?
gust 3, at Glenn's Tobacco Warehouse.
Buying on grudes calls for something
on the part of the cotton grower as
well as the buyer.
If the cotton growers want better
prices for their cotton, and desire also
that local cotton buyers be In better
position to pay better, prices the cot?
ton growers must do their part to
improve the kind of cotton grown,
picked and packed. If the cotton
growers wish government money
spent for their benefit they must co?
operate with the government, the
Chamber of Commerce, and the Sum
tre County Committee of Public Safe?
ty, in organizing for improving condi?
tions surrounding gathering, ginping,
and packing of cotton, and in having
cotton properly bagged according to
business-like and standard methods.
Owing to an oversight on the part
of the secretary, the Chamber of
Commerce failed to include the name
of Mr. Henry D. Barnett who con?
tributed five dollars to the tobacco
premium fund published a few days
hgo. The original subscription list
was misplaced through having it
handled by different parties and the
secretary made up the list for publi?
cation from memory. No collections
were made and nothing lost by the.
loss of the list. More money is need?
ed and those desiring to subscribe are
requested to hand or send their sub?
scription to Mr. G. A. Lemmon or
Secretary Rcardon.
The report that First Lieut. Allen
Richardson of Company L., had been
discharged from the service was a
great surprise to Sumter people gen?
erally for It has been understood that
he had made good on the border and
that he was in every particular an ef?
ficient and ambitious young officer
who would rise in the service. This
being the general impression there
was naturally many inquiries as to the
cause of his discharge from the ser?
vice. Capt. It. T. Brown, when ask?
ed for an explanation of the discharge
of Lieut. Richardson, stated that the
order of discharge was based solely
upon the failure of Lieut. Richardson
to pass the rigid physical examination
in one small particular. He passed
all the mental and technical examina?
tions with credit?in fact he made an
unusually high average on all branch?
es. But for a minor physical weak?
ness he would have continued to hold
his position with Company L.
New Honey.
I am now extracting the new crop
of honey and am selling at the old
price, cents per quart, on draught,
or in glass jars, 4 6 cents per quart.
Have a limited supply of white
l comb honey in sections, about one
pound, that 1 am selling at 110 cents
per section.
Send to my residence, 320 West
. Hampton Avenue or Phone No. 2.
N. G. OSTEEN.