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_ M dernier. H O, M fJMXMftd (jrjkMM Matter. Cadet* Kugene Jones, Kenned] I .win,in. Mai k Stubb.-.. Hughes Brad ley. James Sanders and Bam Banden of the Citadel spent Thanksgiving at homo. Mr. J K. Bradford, Jr., of Rich? mond. Va is in the elty for u few <la>s visit to his father. He is ac eeaapaated by ale frit ad, Mr. James M. Morgan, of Fnll River. Mass. Mr. und Mrs. C. C. Hepburn, of H?rem . , are visiting their daughter. Mrs VV. K Hrunson. Messrs. It. C. grTSdM and J. \V. Crotner, of Newberry are lit the city. Mr. J. A. James, of Summerton. spent Thursday in the city. Mr. Clarence H lynsworth, of Oreenville, Is in town 'or a few days. Captain S. C. liaker. Medical Corps. Camp Wheeler. Macon. (la . is at horns on !? i ? f of abagaog for ten days. Mr (ir.diim Cowman is at home from Wofford College for the Thanks? giving holiday. Mr. Perry M. Brown, who is station? ed at Camp Sovier, Oreenville, has been promoted to tirst sergeant. Ser | aat Brown was captain pf the Sum ter Light Infantry for several years, but resigned sometime before the i National Guard was ordered to the Texas border in 1916. He enlisted at that time and served with the Second Regiment on the border and went with the regiment to Greenville. Conductor M. 8. Chase, who has been on the passenger run between flumter and Bennettsv lie for eleven years, has been transferred to the run between Hartsville and Floyds. Con? ductor McDonald has Icon transfered from the Hartsvllle rail to the Sum ter-Benncttsvlle run. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Renneker, of Wilmington. N. C, were in the city to attend the marriage of Mr. Harry Ittfl and Miss Pauline Dove Wednes i day afternoon. Mrs. L, W. McLemo *e, of Sumter, S C., Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. ?? \1 M K. nnie on First Street ?The Dally Progress. Charlottesville, Va. Lieut. Clarence E. DesChamps, of Ciimp Jackson, and wife, are in the city visiting Lieut. 1 ?? ? ?< hamps' par? ents. Mi i.id Mrs. 10 s. DesChamps. i.leut. DesChamps was recently com? missioned at Port Oglcthorpe, but ns he registered from Tennesee his name ? hi not appear in the list of officers ?TOBreWtsd to South Car dlna. Miss Berna Elna Ramsey is spend? ing a few days at home from Lynch long, srhers she is teaching school. Mrs. A. U t uK . house and daugh? ter, Mary, of Baden, N C, are visa? ing Mrs. gjlma Ramsey. Mrs Fredei u k Moore, of Columbia, is visiting Mrs. B, Bonny, on Church street. Mrs. J. .1. M\":-. of Congurec, is visiting her daught? r, Mrs. J. H Johnson on Broad Street. Mr. B. J. Myers, who has been at Oglethorpe. la spending a few days with his sister. Mrs. J. II. Johnson. Misses F.I la I Mine und Lola Halle Hitton. of Westvllle. S. C. spent Thanksgiving with Miss Leila and Lila Smith of this city. Misses Alme and Miud I'.radham are spending the week-end in Colum bta. H. C. Mrs. K. M. Blehatdson and dattgh ler. Miss Ums. of ? let rgetown. ure visittiig Mrs. M H Flaum. Mr. and Mis Claude RUame of Cape Charles. Va., ure visttng :cla tivcM in the city. Mrs. Is D. Ivey will leave on the fourth to spen i few woeks with ? friends and relatives in Philadelphia and New York. Mr Thos. H Homert, who moved Into the Stateburg section about Jhrce years ago to establish his flock of tsfgjftt White leghorns has heel' called to Washington, ?. C. to jeport at once in connection with Bureau of Animal Industry in Extension poultry work. He came with a splendid flock of chickens, many bine ribbons and some sweep-stake ggedJg and won many prises in our local poultry ?hows. He leaves that most ideal sec? tion of the county, ma nly because he sees a bigger future for his energy In a broader field. The Atlanta Journal of Sunday eon. tnlned an all-Southeri football team m. 1. . f. .1 I,. ? ?n II .ike and Kalph r loui i of this i it\ u.,h named as right half back Flowers was the out? standing star of the lavidson College team this season and was the sens i tlon of the South C< o h Heisman In picking an eleven composed of men from S. I. A. A teams stated that had Davidson been ? member of the as ? latkm both flowers and Burns would gjgjfg been clion'ii. Si?ann has been named as all-North Carolina io u t ? rh.K k The.,- i . men. with ixing. comprned the ? ntlre attack ol the Dbvldson eleven Humttf people nrf proud of the record I hens boyi have made. AN A <. KI c IimTRAL lMliiui National Hunk of Sumter Will Main tain Pernutiiciit Exhibit 111 Haul I/ohhy. The National Hank of Sumter lift decided to in.nut mi a permanent mi ricultural exhibit of the resources o Sum t er county in the ipt>e|OUI lobb of their hanking building. Cashier \V. J. CruwHun, Jr., has sen out through the sumter chamber o Commerce, hundreds of letteis invit ing the men ami women, and the bOVl and girls of this county and this cit> also to Irring in specimens of vege tables, fruits, field crops, canned am preserve! products, etc.. to complete this permanent exhibit of Sumtei DOOnty s "live at home and help wir the war" thrift and industry. This la a good move in the right di? rection. Misses Mary Lenimon am Annie Keels, home demonstration agents, and Mr. J. Frank Williams farm demonstration agmit, approve nl the plan and will cooperate with the National Hank of Sumter in making this a very creditable exhibit and cooperative educational enterprise fo< tills county. si MTER SOLDIER DEAD. I'rUatc .lohn A. Mitchell Succumb* tu I*nciimonla at ( amp Scvlcr. From The Daily Item, Dec. 1. Private John A. Mitchell. 118th In fanty, died at Camp Sevier, Green? ville Friday of pneumonia, following measles. The body will be brought to Sumter for interment, arriving on the 7 p. m train this evening. The funeral services will be held at the cemetery at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The decease 1 was a mem? ber of Co. I . (Sumter Light Infantry) 14 S. C. Hegiment, and when that reg? iment WOg disbanded at Camp Se? vier. was transferred to the 118th regiment. He volunteered for ser vli e shortly before the Company left here and accompanied the 2d regi? ment to Oreeiiville. He was a son ol the late John Mitchell of this count> and a nephew of the late B. D. Mit? chell. Ho Is survived by one brother, Talmadge Mitchell, who now lives in Columbia, v here is employed in the pootoAoe. I.aid to liest. The funeral services of Private John A. Mitchell, listh Infantry, who died at Camp Scvlcr, were held at tin Of metery at 10.20 o'clock Bottom) morning with several hundred people In attendance. The services were conducted by Rev. J. S. Rice, pastoi of the Broad Street Methodist church of Which the deceased was a member Mr. Riot paid a feeling tribute to tin young soldier whom he had known in? timately, as a man, as a Christian and as a patriot. The grave was covered with the many handsome floral trib? utes sent by friends, comrades ami relatives. Death. Mr. C. H. Ardis. formerly of thb city, died suddenly at Durham, N. C. Sunday morning. The body will ar rive on the D.30 train tonight and the interment will be at the cemetery at 11 a. m. tomorrow. The deceased was a son of Mr. Abrain Ardis and a brother of Mr. A. D. Ardis of the county, and was Its years old. He is ?i.reived bf hll wife. The cause of death was not stated in the telegram received by his brother, Mr. A. L Ardis. but the supposition is that i*. was the result of heart trouble. H< WOO ttt the employment of tho Ely Construction Company, with which In bad been connected for the past three v ears. ?UMTEH COTTON MARKET. P. O. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer, t Corrected daily at 12 o'clock Noon C.ood Middling 29: Strict Middling 28 3-4. Middling 28 1-2. Strict LOW Middling 28. Low Middling 27 1-2. NEW YORK COTTON MA UK KT. Open l^gb I'OW Close ( b,s< Too*wn 11. . . I0.0C If.ff 11.61 2?.!.2 80.02 Jan . . It.H 29.22 ll.fl 28.?17 2?.h:iS Mch . ,11.11 lf.il If.SI lf.fl 10.09 Wil l, oppose IIARDWTCK, Win. J, Httfrll lO Quit Fede ral Trade ( ominl^slon. \tlanta. Dec. 1 William J. Harris I b Irmon Of IhO Federal Trade Com mission, gill resign that position .it an early date for tile purpose of op posing Thomas W. Ilardwh k. Of Geor? gia, in the rOeC fOf the Cnitcd State gOIIOtOi according to ? statement mad* public- lure today by Mr. Harris. Iff Harris will return to Washing ton lOBHOrOWi the statement said, ami [jminedlotoly engogs himself In gottlilt the gffttln Of I he commission In sucl sh..p.' that he will be enabled to re ilgfl that post and return to Ccorgi; i ;,s party BS possible and actively 0001 l i i impolgn foi in? sonote, Iv NIGHTS OF PYTHIAS ACTIVE. Ait* liaising ? Grout Pythian War He? llet' rund?All knights Asked to Contribute One Dollar or More. A call to tlie colors has gone out from the Bupreme Lodge Knights of Pythias and thi meat army of lilue, follow and Red i* being mobilised In the spirit of charity and for the pur? pose of giving. Many gallant knights are already on the tiring line and in the training camps ready to make the supreme sacrifice. Families left at home will reunite assistance. To meet the demands that have been made upon the order, a Great Pythian War Relief Fund of live hun? dred thousand dollars will he raised. No unwilling dollars can he receiv? ed, but each true Knight is expected to be willing and able to give one dollar, or more, promptly to the cause. Game Cock Lodge No. 17, of Sum ter. S. C*i is expected to raise, and will raise, two hundred dollars of this amount The committee appointed for this work in the local lodge is- composed of J. O. Berwick, Chancellor Com? mander; J. A. Middleton, Jr., Viet Chancellor, and Jas. C. Bryan, Keep? er of Records and Seal. The local keeper of records and j seals has sent out a letter to every j member of this lodge, pointing out the opportunity that is offered each Knight to exemplify the tenets of the order and to prove their patriotism nui PythlanUgn. The responses that come from wil? ling hands and open hearts show tin loyalty and unsellishness of the j Knights of Pythias, one of the grandest fraternities that has brought j to humanity a mission of love and 0 devotion to God und country. Jas. C. Bryan. Keeper of Records and Seal. '1 FREE TOBACCO SEED. Lessee of Tobacco Warehouse WHI M Furnish Seed for Distribution. ! John W. Moore, of Durham, N. C. ! lessee of the Sumter tobacco ware I hOUSi for the IMS selling season ! writes that he will forward this weeK j - an ample supply of tobacco seed t< the Sumter Chamber of Commerce for ,( ttee distribution to t'je planters Oil this and adjoining counties, who art : regular customers of the Sumter to 1 baCOO market, or who expect to ggll on this market next year. Mr. Moor- ( will also provide the commercial or- j gnnizatlon with printed instruction: j for distribution with the seed inform ' ing farmers v. ho never planted to baOOC before jus! how to prepare to? bacco beds, sow seed, protect beds 1 I and how and when to set out the to- , < bacco plants. The seed will be here < and distributed from the Chamber Ol 1 Commerce by next Saturday. The Importance Of planting tobac? co as an extra cash crop, along wit!, wheat und other grain, oats and core * particularly, and planting of soy and j' velvet beans, peanuts, etc.. ami tin raising Of greater numbers of hog" and chickens is being urged by the Sumter County Council of Defens- ' and the Sumter Chamber of Com M msres, as a guarantee against short-'1 age of money in the event that tin ; next cotton crop should be short o. cotton prices go down, and in orde: 1 that farmers will have plenty to oa( ? and sure money with which to pay foi M food that can't he raised and which will cost war prices. Thousands ol farmers scooped in big piles of mono on their tobacco crops this past sum men and paid their debts with to bacco money, leaving their cotton money BS surplus cash. The out lorn I for high prlcss for tobacco next year are about as ?night as this year owini to the increased demand for and the Shortage of the tobacco supply. ANOTHER SUMTER FLYER. Harry Hoyt, Jr., Passes examination ami Fitters Training School. hast May when the navy recruiting OflloSf came here and asked for vol? unteers as wireless operators, Harr) Hoyt, Jr., was the only hoy to accom? pany him when he left Bumter. ii seems as though Uncle Bam ne d him 111 a more dangerous position After studying at the Brooklyn Navj Yard for about one month, Harry, along with others, was sent to Har? vard Unlvorsly to entei the Radio School, About three hundred boys have completed the course at Har ird, and obtained tludr rating, but only fifteen have successfully stood the rigid physical examination r< qUlsltf to eider the school ol* avia lion. Harry being one of the number. The boys will now enter I he avlsi : lion school, and after taking a ten weeks' COUrSS, they will be sent t I some port In Florida, where short ' flights will be* made. I _-_ Washington, Dec. i. Fair weather ' with seasonable temperature the flr* h tif of the week, beginning tomorrow 1 is forecast for the South Atlanta States, Local rains probably W'ed nesday and Thursday. THE WRESTLING MATCH. TURNER AN D ROSS EXPECTED TO DRAW LARGE HOUSE. Treat in Store for The Mat Fans or Sumter Next Thursday Night. All the wrestling fans of Sumter county are expected to attend the bout at the Academy of Music on Thursday night when Joe Turner, world's champion middleweight, and Jack Ross, the Greek Roughhouse, of Columbia mix-up on the local mat. Never before have the fans in this immediate vicinity had the opportun? ity of seeing a world champion in this city and the local promoter went to considerable expense to bring the champion to this city to workout for the fans. Rosa is considered one of the headllners In the game, and was the best man the promoter could get to book with Turner. Those who have followed the game think a great deal of Ross' work and feel that he will give Turner a good, hard battle to pin his shoulders* to the mat. Reserved ringside seats will he on sale Thursday at Mitchell's Drug Store, and mail orders will he given special attention. A large crowd is being arranged for, and one of the best bouts ever put on In Sumter will be staged at the Academy of Music on Thursday night. Mail orders should bo. sent in as early as possible.?Advt. TWO SOLDIERS KILLED. Army Motor Truck ami Passenger Train Collide Near Town or Wood? ruff. Spartanburg, Dec. 1.?Two soldiers were killed and four injured when an irmy truck hauling wood was struck by a northbound passenger train at i grade crossing near Woodruff, S. twenty miles south of Spartanburg ihortly before noon today. All the tien were from the 4 7th infantry. Tin lead are: Private Joseph F. Curtis Company A, home address 21 Spencer itreet, Drooklyn, N. Y.; Private ChOO. vlartin, Company A, home address 131 Voll street, Drooklyn, N. Y. The injured are: Corporal Andrew \. a Hwang. Company A; his skull is 'ractured and his condition is serious. Corpora] Jonathan Hoyt, Truck Com? pany 331, both his legs are broken md his condition is serious. Privat Mto Rechner, Company A, minor In Urles. Corporal Thomas J. O'Noil. Company A, injuries slight. Another Soldier Killed. Spartanburg. Dec. 1^--Private Marshall G?ll, I02d supply train twenty-seventh Division, r. s. a vas killed this afternoon by a South? ern Railway passenger train at Grov ir, N. C. He was driving an army ruck and hauling wood to Camp iVadsworth. His home is Nashville. Penn.. but he was living in New York iml enlisted with the troops of that Itate when war was declared, Th? tody was I nought here tonight. TWO MORE DEAD AT SEVIER. Greenville. Dec. I,?Two death: vere reported yesterday at Camp Be? rlar, both from bronchial pneumonia, 'ollowing measles'. The dead are Tracy v.. Tyson, Headquarters Com >nnv. One Hundred and Nineteenth nfantry, home. Greensboro. X. C, and lohn \v. Kelly*, Company I?. ?^ne Hun Ired and Eighteenth infantry, home ?dunning. FOR RELIEF OF JEWS. New V.nk. Dec. 2.? More than $1 , 100,000 was pledged for Jewish wai ( lief and Welfare work at a dinner ?iven here tonight by Jacob 11 Schiff o open the campaign to raise $6,000, 100 in this city. The largest gift ol he night tame from Mr. BOhiff, who mbscribed $200,000. The total subscriptions- at th<3 Ml |f the dinner were $1,QS0,000. Other arge contributors besides Mr. Schill Aa re: William Fox. $40,000; Nathai Strauss, $80,000; Mortimer Schiff Walter K. Sachs and Felix M. War? burg, each, $25,000, There were n ioxen pledges of $10,000 each. A letter of Indorsement from Pres? ident Wilson was read. Death. W. KistlOl McCoy Of St. Charles died in the Tourney hospital Thurs? day, November 20. The funeral was ?add Friday afternoon and the Inter i,lent was made at Bethel) Church aear Oswego. Mr. McCoy had passed 65 years of his life in that part of the County, Ills Old home place being near SAvimmim; Pens. He was a success? ful farmer, highly respected, promi? nent In Sumter and neighboring coun? ties. Ho Is survived by nis wife and ton children: Three sons. Wesley, Wofford ami Ashby McCoy; seven daughters, Mrs. M. <\ lelk. Misses Mary, Julia. Sarai;, Rvelyn, Margaret and Alberta McCoy; also six brothers J, W. Mn'oy. a. D. McCoy, R. P. \lc Coy, w g. McCoy, s. M. McCoy and J R. McCoy, and two sisters. Mrs. J. i Lesesne of Sumter and Mrs. w. w Skinner, RED CROSS REPORTS. Society Toll? of Kffort to Alleviate Suffering in War Stricken Countries Of Europe?Ristribuliou of Contri? butions?Total Membership Five Millions. Washington, Dec. 2.?Six month! of effort to moot the most far reach? ing appeal! for relief In history is de? scribed in a report to the American people made public tonight by the war council of the American Red Cross It is the council's lirst semi-annual re? port and it tells how more than $40, 000,000 of the $100,000,000 war fund contributed by the people has been allotted for expenditure at home and abroad. Demands fron. Europe con? tinue to increase and on the recent basis- of expenses the council esti? mates that the war fund will not last much beyond spring. So far about $88,000,000 in cash has been p lid into the fund by the subscribers. Of the $40,272,657 appropriated by the council, $7,059,000 has been ad? vanced by chapters for purchase of material and will be refunded. For work abroad $27.885,816 has been appropriated. $25,601,240 of the amount going to France. For work outside of France, e xclusive of $750, 000 recently sent for emergency relief in Italy, the following appropriations I have been made: Belgium, $720,001; England. $1, 066,520; Italy, $214.000; Russia. $1, .159,440; Roumania, $1,518,398; Scr via, 496,203; Armenians and Syrians. $1,800,000; others, $11:;,013. The report describes in detail how all this money has been spent and tells of the vast organization set up by the war board since its appoint? ment. It records the formation of the Junior Red Cross, naval auxiliary the camp service bureau ,the sanitary service bureau and other divisions and describes the membership cam? paign which brought the number of Red Cross members beyond the 5, 000,000 mark. The great aims of the war council are set forth as follows: 'First. To be ready to car: for oui BOldiers und sailors on duty when ever and wherever that care may ao need? ed. Second. To shorten the war by strengthening the morale of the allle peoples and their armies, by alleviat? ing their sufferings in t e period whic h must elapse until the American army can become fully sffectlvi abroad. "Third. To lay foundatioi for at! enduring peace by extending a mes? sage of practical relief and sympathy to the civilian population among our allies, carrying to them an expression Of the finest side of the Ymeriean character." Pisgah News Notes. Pisgah, Nov. 2s.?if tin pressnt cold Is a forerunner of the Vinter w. arc going to have a cold on? sure. A number of people here would Hivt WOOd to the deserving poor of Sumter if they could get it. It Is almost im? possible to get labor in the country at present. The government worlu have demoralised it. They want pal? ace prices- for small work. Wheat and oat planting is going on Some have planted more and others It BS, than last year. It is reported that a number of people will plant ill cotton next year and get monej while cotton is high, running the risk ibout the future prices. A number ot papers are continually {peaking about so much money in the lOUntry. What money went to pay tor two and three prices for provis ons and other things. The crop Is ihort, shorter than Is now known. If icople have so much money there will >o no need to borrow any next year. \iut watch the banks and see if peoph borrow any. Before asking the people to econ >mise so much for the benefit or the world, the government should set a Worthy example In economy. If re? ports are correct the soldier camps are perfect spots of extravagance .md waste. No one wishes to deprivt the soldier boys of anything for their comfort and maintenance, but eeon >my should be practiced In the camps is well as In the country, especially when we have the world to feed. The lesons of Washington and Marion should be well taught ami practiced. Jackson whipped Tanks. French and Shields, ?>ne after the other and his soldiers had scarcely anything but mutton corn to eat. The people In Europe don't know how to fight. Dee. Grant, Jackson and Hampton could take either side and whip the other In a short time. Mr. J. B. Dul're leaves next Monday for Kork Hill to attend the Baptist State convention. Sumter Roy Davidson's Contain. News has been reeeived here of the election of Alvin Burns of the Junioi jlass as captain of Davidson Colleg football team. The new leader Is s rou of Mr. w. B. Rums of this city. H? has played fullback for the past thn years and has been one of t ie main sta\s of the Presbyterian eleven. Hi many friends here and elsewhere con gratulate him. 360 apticl .5 360 illustrations BETTER THAN EVER ISc a copy Al Your Ncwode; der Yearly Subscription $1.50 Send res* our new free cat' ahg of mechanical books Popular l^echanics Magazine 6 North Michigan Avonue, Chicago a. c. l. cdkrks rrtvrx. Agent Waters Boo orders to l*iaco I'very .Van Who Return-. Columbia, Dec. 1.?The railway clerks connected with the Atlantic Coast Line lla lroad Company will re sums their p< litioni this morning, so the strike is -ettled. Agent D. S. Waters said t int he received a tele cram yesterday authorizing him to place every < rk that applied for his position. Tlie clerks left their stations on Oc? tober Hi and a number of conferences wore held, but the grievances could not i " settled Last week President Wilson requested the president of tho Atlantic Coast Dine to reinstate the clerks and set de the differences. Yes? terday the notice came hat the clerks would be offered their former posi? tions. LKN1NE DEPRIVED OF POWER, Report of CtlBiSjB in Russian Rovcrn mcnt 1: aches Knvjand. London. X. v. 30.?The govern? ment of Xik< ai Denine has fallen, according to i Petrograd dispatch to The Daily Chi nie.? dat. 1 Wednesday. It has been s iCCOedod by a coalition cabinet of a vanced Socialists, in which, howc r. the Rolsheviki are represented. Ratal into Aeeidont. Cohunbta, Nov. no.?William w. Cll rk, of Columbia, was fatally in? jured and Douglas Harbison, former manager of the Columbia South At lantlc baseball team, was badly hurt When Mr. Harbison's automobile coN lided with a Btroot car on Beat (Jcr irais street abOJt ?'. o'clock this morn? ing. Another 1 tan, a Mr. Wcston, was Lin- third occupant of the majh.'ne, but lie was m< rely temporarily stun sod. The three men were the timo keepers at Ca up Jackson for the construction forces working thero and were on their .vay to the cantonment when the aeeidont happened. Mr. Clark, who wc about thirty years of ago. sustained a basal fracture of the skull, from which injury he dc-d shortly before 7 o'clock tonight. He was the son o' Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Clark, of this city, by whom he is survived. TWO brothers. C. Ray Clark and T. \V. Clark of Columbia, and one si.;ter Mrs. IMward a. Wat kins, of Idol?- ee. also survive. Mr. Harbison's injuries are thought to be serious, out not dangerous, but their extent cannot he determined un? til he is placed under an X-ray to? morrow. He is resting POST tonight. Following the accident he went to his room, where his friends found him in great pain ami rushed him to a local hospital. Married. Miss Paulino QbVO ami Mr Harry I'd is were miricd at the home of her brother, 'dr. l-:. P, Pitta, 3?:> w. Hampton avenue, at ?'. o'clock Wed? nesday evenl g, the ceremony being performed b\ Dev. J. D. Marion. Only relatives ami a few close fjtonds of the bi lde and groom were present. Mr. and Mrs Pitts Teft immediately alter the ceremony for a short trip and upon their n turn will make their home in I M'a ' t.eburg. Kewton D. laker, secretary of war, will be the !. tool of Governor Man* ning upon bi visit to Colombia Sun? day. Secretary Baker will stop on his i et urn from locksonville ami will i take an inspection of Camp Jackson. roi: s \ <?. r. oars, Cheap Jackson, stable manure; very little straw, c.u load lots only. Chemi? cal and Fertilizer valve rated very high i y (" imeen coNego. a. a. BtraUOBi Sulater, S. C.