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Cl? fli?it?ijman iuii ^outliroi fjitHHl St !?*? INlSloMce ?4 bui .i-. * C, M ifcBtMi ClaSS K?tl^r II 1 1 1 1 '" PERSONAL. I - Corporal S b Smith, of Co. I. II Inf. Camp Jackson, spent tho week? end with hie parents. Mr. and Mrs. 8. ft. J Smith. 28 Magnolia Street. Mrs. Lee Morrison, of Savannah Oa., t* vlsltina her parents. Mr. am Mm C. W. Klngman, on N'orth Wash lngton fit. \ rs J H. Johnson and little daugh? ter. Emily, are visiting relatives at Con gare?. Dr. Oto. B. Cromer. of Newherry. will arrl'-e in the city this evening, and will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs L. C. afolse. Married. 4* Mr. Kdward J. Karrlrk and Miss Annie R. Csrson were happily mar? ried on Monday afternoon. (Hitober 15. hy Itsv. f>, D. Dantxter at his resi dSJSts in Oranjroburg. 8. C. The groom Is a prosperous bu.-d r>-sn man of Sumter. The bride is a popular young lady of Cameron. Thev were sceon panted by several relatives and Interested friends, who witnessed the ceremony end extended congratu? lations an 1 best wishes to the happy pair. Secretary II. U Tksdale Is devotlns, a Isrse part of bis time to the Sumter County Fair, and If the fa r turns out to bo the big success that Is anticipat? ed to hlrn will be due the lion's share ot the credit. He Is doing good work at the sacrifice of his own business and to an outsider It seems that he should have more ot the at five co-op? eration of others who are officially coaaeeted with the Pair Association. The indications are that Mr. Tisdale will pull through and make tho fair a saoeesa that will be a credit to Sum? ter coanty. hut it is almost too much to expect one man to do everything pro bono publlco. The buildings are practically completed and the grounds are being put in order so that when the fair opens everything will be la read It ee*. \ Coming Marriage. Mr?. Martha M. Krinklcy has Is? sued invitations to the marriage of her d.tuchter. Helle, t > Mr. Hoyt Hel doa (Irant. Wednesday evening. Oc? tober 31st. 7 o'clock at tho Broad Street Methodist Chureh. ????? SI M?\Y SCHOOL ("ON V [\NTION. City of Sumter Sunday Schools to Meet Oet. 22. Tho Sunday schools o? tho city uf Suinter, will hold u convention on Monday) Ootobaf lltld, There will be two sessions, afternoon und night. Place of tneotlng\ the Presbyterian c hurch. I MIhm Mlllwoo Davis. State Rural :iiul clemontary superintendent, will will be with us it is desirous that every Sunday school of the city will bo well represented and assemble promptly. Afternoon wession begins 3.30, night session begins 7.3U. Following is tho program: Afternoon Scssiou. 3.30?Devotional services, led by Kev. J. P. Marion. Devotlonul Life of tho Su tday School Worker, by Dr. S H. Edmunds The Pastor's Relation to Sunday School, by Kev. K. W. Reynolds. Ten Points of Efficiency in the Modern Sunday School, by Miss 11111 wee Davis. our Aim for the Year, by Rev. It. J. Kolb, County President. Holl Call of Schools. Giving out Report Blanks. Adjournment. Night Session. 7.30?Devotional Service led by Dr. R. S. Truesdale. The Aims of our County, by Divis? ion Superintendent, Mrs. H. L. Ed? munds, Elementary Supt.; J. Hl Haynsworth. Secondary Supt.; C. B, Hurst. Adult Supt. Measuring the School on tho lbs trlct Chart, by District President. Ben;. P. Cuttlno. assisted by IftSi Will wee Davis. Pledges for Stute and County work. The Work of the Sunday School Superintendent, by C. E. Hurst. The Rural Sunday School, by Mis Millwee Davis. Questions and Answers on Sunday School Management. Mutters of BuHlness. Collection of reports. Adjournment. BenJ. P. Cuntino. District Superintendent WOI LD SAVK MICHAKL18. Amsterdam, Oct. 18.?With a view to save what the newspaper calls * his sinking chancellor," Michaelis, ac? cording to the Boersen Zeitung of Merlin, says the Kaiser offered Frei erich von Payer the vice chancellor? ship. The paper adds that von Pay I er, who Is a Progressive member of 'the relchstag, declined the position. SCHOOL REO CROSS. Auxiliary Chapter Organized tu the IIlull School. A school auxiliary of the Sumtcr chapter of the Red Cross was organ? ized this morning at the Girls' High School. Dr. Edmunds read the pres? ident's proclamation to the children j of the United States, aller which Mrs. Nina Solomons made a short I talk to the girls, telling them what j the work of the lied Cross is, and I how it offers an opportunity of service to all. She told them that the groat war now being fought is their war I and through this organization they Will be enabled to do their part In I i the most effective way. Miss Emmie Osteen read a report of the Red Cross work that has been done by the Seventh grade since the spring Tho amount of work accomplished by these grades under the direction of their teacher. Miss Harrington, should certainly prove an inspiration to all, and makes us realise how much can be done by concerted ac? tion and the organization of the forces of the whole school. This report will be published in full later. Mrs. Osteen then organized the chapter with Dr. Edmunds as chair? man and Mr. L. C. Molse as treas? urer of'the School Chapter Fund. Tho following teachers were asked to serve as an executive committee: Miss Harrington, chairman; Miss Lttinle MeUaurm, Miss Eudora Kirk and Miss Katherine Moses. ?geh teacher will act as chairman of her grade, and a secretary ami', treasurer will be elected from the pu- . pils. As soon as a membership fee of twenty-tlve cents has been collected for each pupil, the school as a unit will become the High School Auxii iry of the Sumter Chapter of the Red Cross and will display a special Red Cross banner bearing the name of the school. The pupils will then become Junior members of the Red Cross and are entitled to wear the Red Cross membership button. All funds collected by them will be used for the purchase of materials to be made up by them into supplies for the Red Cross, or the money may be given for other uses of the Red Cross by direction of the executive committee. No part of the fund will be diverted for chapter use or for gen? eral expenses for the Red Cross. The work of boys and girls for the Rod Cross will vary widely. Tin training of mind and hand which must precede effective concerted ac? tion for community relief and better ment is the goal of the Red Cross, no less than the relief of the sick and wounded. Such training involves all the duties of citizenship. The value of tho educational part of the work to the children themselves can not he over estimated. They will he taught the history if the Red Cross, its ser? vices to the nation and to other na? tions, and its present organization for war service. Short talks on first aid. home nursing and dietetics can he given to the older pupils, and work adapted to the ages of the children will be given them. It is hoped that a similar organization will he effected at the Boys' High School. The proclamation of the president follows: To the School Children of the United States: The president of the United States is also president of the American Red Cross. It is from these otlices joined in one that I write you a word of greeting at this time when so many of you are beginning the school year. The American Red Cross has- jus' prepared a Junior Membership with School Activities in which every pupil In the United States can find a chance to serve our country. The school is the natural center of your life. Through it you can best work In the great cause of freedom to which we have all pledged ourselves. Our Junior Red Cross will bring to you opportunities of service to your community and to other communities all over the world and guide your ser? vice with high and religious ideals. It will teach you how to save in or? der that suffering children elsewhere may have the chance to live. It will teach you how to prepare some of the supplies which wounded soldiers and homeless families lack. It will send to you through the Red Cross Bul? letins the thrilling stories of relief and rescue. And best of all, more perfectly than through any of your other school lessons you will learn by doing those kind things under your leather's direction to be the future good citizens of this great country which we all love. And I commend to all school teach? ers in the country the simple plan which the American Red Cross has worked out to provide for your co? operation, knowing as I do that school children will give their best service under the direct guidance and Instruc? tion of their teachers. Is not this per? haps the chance for which you have 'aeon looking to give your time and ef? forts in some measure to meet out national needs? ' (Signed) Woodrow Wilson. ' Sept. 15, 1917. President A Pr?da ma (ion. Rod Cross Knitting. Headquarters Acknowledges Receipt Of Bos Won Sumtcr Chapter. Miss Mary Wilson, Secretary, Ameri? can Red Cross, Sumtcr, S. C. My Dear Miss Wilson: We are in receipt of tho box of knitted articles sent in by your chapter and beg to state they aro very beautiful indeed. Allow us to thank you for this ship? ment. Very truly yours, Mrs. John W. Grant, Director, Woman's Bureau, Southern Division. Contents of box: 9 sweaters, 11 mufflers, 13 pair socks, 9 pair wrist? lets. An Approaching Marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Harby have issued invitations to the wedding re? ception of their daughter Aline Gomel and Mr. Robert Leland Moore, on Thursday, Novchiber 1st, at eight o'clock in the evening. Magazines for Soidicrs. All persons wishing to respond to the call for magazines for Camp Jackson will please vend them to the Red Cross headquarters at the Y. M. C. A. building as soon as possible. Council of Defense Fund. The patriotic citizens of the rural districts and smaller towns of Sumtcr County are responding nicely, so far, to the call of the Sumtcr County Council of Defense for funds to con? duct the Food Conservation cam? paign and other expenses of the County Council. From Oswego comes the following subscriptions collected by Mr. J. W. McCoy: S. M. McCoy.$1.00 J. ft. Terry. . 2.00 W. G. McCoy. 1.00 C. B, Hutchinson.50 E. C. Brown. 1.00 J. W. McCoy. 2.50 Previously published as collected, $35.25. Total to date. $43.25. Send in your subscriotions to cith? er G. A. Lcmmon, Treasurer or E. [, Reardon, Becetary, sumter, s. c. Mr. C. H. Wilson, representing the W. B. Upehur Agency, recently won a prize of $100 offered by the Jefferson Stundard Life Insurance Co., lor \he agent writing the largeat volume of paid for business during the months of April. May and June. He won a ?miliar prize last year. White School Statistics for First Month. The superintendent's report for the first scholastic month shows that there is in enrollment of one thou? sand, sixteen children in the white schools of the city- -th? largest first month enrollment in the history of the schools. This enrollment will grow, as the year progresses. The lines of the school district are coinci? dent with those of the city. In tho elementary schools- there are thirty-one more girls than boys; in the high school there are three more boys than girls; in the whole white school there are twenty-eight more girls than boys. The prcspect3 for next year's high school enrollment are very bright, as in the grade just below the high school, the grade before which so many puj ils leave school, there .are up to date one hundred fifteen pupils. This means thatt here will be a very large add lion to the high school of next year. It Is Interesting to note that there are In the Washington school build? ing, the ii 'st three grades, nearly one hundred more pupils than there were in the whole white school at the time of the first monthly report in the fall of 189 5. The pupils have never looked stronger and more vigorous than they seem to be now. This feature has been ;he cause of general com? ment. They have never seemed more ready for their school work. la North Carolina. In a eouaty not a thousand miles from here there are certain sections where the Grand Old Party of Lincoln and Hanra is strong. Efforts to arouse enthusiasm about the war have hitherto been attended in those re? gions with negligible results. Making the world safe for democracy is the phrase tha: sticks in tho way there, as it has been reported to do in a cer? tain other county. The inhabitants have never heard anything so outra? geous as that a rock-ribbed, dyed-in j the-wool Republican, a Republican from away back, should be expected to assist in making anything safe for the Democratic partv. And certain of the lead era, it is reported by a pat? riot who his been laboring without results to arouse militancy against the Hun, are declaring that Roose? velt, Taft and Hughes have all done turned traitor and gone over to the Democratic party.?Greensboro News*. Subscribe to The Daily Item. Only 10c per wsek. delivered. HALT! And Read ?????????????IIMWWWIBMIIIIIIIIIIIIBIIIIWIIII'llllill IHM? II 11? IMH IUI III I ? I IIIWIHIHil Wl IWIMMMW?H11 You need them and we have them, in the leading desirable Styles, Materials and New Colors. DRE5SES - COATS ? SUITS ?^w???. i i ?? in ii li ?? ? .? .?.? II i??????Mm? Every Week adds New and Attractive Models to our lines. Dresses from $10 to $35. Coats from $7.50 to $50. Coat Suits from $15 to $50. 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