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1'HOYIBENCE SCHOOL ENTER TAIVMENT. An Enjoyable and Successful Pat riot U Meeting. P evidence School In Privatee. township was the scene last evening Of a large and brilliant combination .patriotic entertainment and meeting which was attended by about tw?. hundred ladies and gentlemen from different parts of the county, mort ?specially, however, from Privateei township. 1 The teachers, Mlsees Elizabeth and Aline Hay. and the pupils of thai progressive school had worked hard for days and their efforts were crown ed w.th success. The large schooi rooi i and stage were decorated in pa triotn colors and flowers. The reci? tations, tableaue, and the music, in? strumental and vocal, wero exceeding? ly fine. The Misses Telcher of Sum ter directed and participated in the musical program, and Mrs. J. A Schwerin. Jr.. added to the success and pleasures oi the occasion with two beautiful vocal contributions. Fifty two hundred dollars were subscribed by thoss present for Liberty Loan bonds, and a substantial sum was realised for the Providence School Liberty Loan bond. Mr. H. D. Tin dal presided and announced the num? bers and speakers after a cordial ad? dress of welcome. The program follows: Oenevleve?- Tableaux?By Teachers and children. "Annie Laurie." Address by Mr. Alex Tisdule of Sinn ter Boys* High School. Violin solo?Miss Isadore Teicher, accompanied hy Miss Telcher. Address by Mr. C. L Dennlston of Sumter Boys' High School. Song by Mrs. J. A. Schwerin, Jr. Address by Mr. E. I. Reardon. "Silver Threads Among the Oold"? Tableaux. 1 Joan of Arc?Tableau. Address by Mrs. Horace Harby. Address by M *. A. C. Phelps. America?By the audience. Liberty Loan subscription at Provi? dence School: H. D. Tindal.$1,000.00 W A. McDaniel. 500.00 T E Hodge. 600.00 J T. Brogden. 100.00 Mrs. J. T. Brogdon. 200.00 Sumte? D. Richardson .. .. 300.00 Mary Sue Tindal. 50.00 Mrs. W. M. Hodge . 50.00 Mrs. Bernice Osteen. 200.00 Mr. Burgess Pierson. 50.00 MF "IT" 3." McLft?d. 100.00 T. M. McLeod.\.. 100.00 Miss Bessie Hodge .. ???'#? 50.00 Er.ra Hodge. 60.00 Mm H. W. Cuttlno. 200.00 H W. Cuttlno. 200.00 C. T. Bell. 60.00 H C Stone. 100.00 I ri Rosa Hodge. 60.0 ) Mm. Retha Hodge. 60.00 M'sa Dorothy Hodge. 100.00 Miss Alma Osteen. 50.00 1 Miss Olive L Osteen. 60.00 M s. J P Richardson .. .. 50.0') 0 D Hetts. 60.00 1 A Kolb. 600.00 Ueo. O. Pierson. 200.00 W. M. McLeod . 50.00 E. D. Kodgers. 50.00 J. \ I lodge. 100.00 Khsha Hodge. 50.00 Freddie Hodge. 50.00 ll.ltt.tl Death. Bsnibert. April 10.?Robert Hey? ward, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. R L. Cato. died very suddenly at hin home, kemhert. Wednesday, Marcli 10th. about 11 o'clock. Hey ward has always been a very iellents Ohlbl. having a very weak heart lie was as well uh usual that i "tnuig. helping his mother plant some garden seed, always eager to help in every little task. Net feeling well enough to eat an^ > ? akfast. he decided he was hungry end gfOJM In '.he house, cut a slice of calf* and poured a glunii of mil'< l'l.m iqk bis lunch on taMc. he Stag gered and hill i mmune to his mother and gjandnsethet n*he bathed his faet in e.imphoi and water. l>ut (Jod ha?l rhonon thin little fellow to come It he. ever happy and peaceful honst whsre nuffering I? no more. He>whrd wuh only eleven yearn obi ami was very bright In his studies when a?>i? f.( attend seheeJ ami will he remembered by tho*?e who knew I M as a very kind and patient llttl lad. II?- w is feeiinn ho much better for the past month that it was I very *n* Hho< k to his many frienda and rela? tives. The funeral service* WIN ?..ndueted at New Hope P.aptist -hutch where hin little body was laid to rent. The NR?I covered hi? litt 1? hi a ve iml I In >s?' enl from 11i^ teat I e?. Mrs. Warren, and classmates in - i liter were very much appreciated New York. April 1! Another biff bieak in cotton o.cuned toda\ pfiiSji dropping four dollars a bale at ihr earlj trading. July touched If '. I WILLOW QBOVE MEETING. Negroes of state burg Subscribe foi Liberty Bonds. At Willow Grove School, Stateburg township Friday, ther* was an enthus? iastic gathering of several hundreo colored citizens to attend the patriotic ally at that place, and three thou? sand, five / hundred and fifty dollar were subscribed for Liberty loar. bonds. Rev. R. B. Curry, chairman of tht Stateburg Colored Committee of th< Colored Council of Defense, presided and delivered one of the best talk* made during the Liberty Loan cam peign in this county. There were patriotic songs, march o? and drills by the pupils. Dr. Sophia Brunson of Sumter de? livered an interesting and instructive health lecture, and she was followed by Mr. H. A. Moses. Mr. J. Frank Williams, Mr. C. J. Jackson and Mr E. I. Reardon who spoke for Liberty Lean, War Saving Stamps, Food Ad ministration, and organization for war workers. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Lenoir, Mr. W. M. Lenoir, Jr., Mr. J. M. Jackson, and several other of the white citiz? ens of that sections attended the meeting and with the speakers occu? pied seats on the rostrum. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jackson hospi? tably entertained the Sumter speakers and Mr. Williams at their home af? ter the meeting with one of Mrs. Jackson's excellent dinners which have made Stateburg famous. In Chairman C. J. Jackson's town? ship, Stateburg, there appears to be no slackers, or few If any. He is a hustler for leadership. Liberty loan subscriptions follow: Phillip Wells.1100.00 W. S. Williams. 60.00 James Alston. 50.00 D. R. Brown. 50.00 Lee Roy Brevard . 60.00 Anderson Howard. 50.00 A. W. Walker. 60.00 Samuel Campbell. 50.00 S. L. Harris. 50.00 Alllster Waters . 60.00 Grant Hope. 50.00 B. A. Allston. 50.00 James Hunter. 50.00 Robert Weathers. 60.00 Sarah Miller. 100.00 Rebecca Smith. 50.00 Frances Wright. 60.00 Paul Williams . 60.00 John T. Smith . 50.00 Adam Richbou. 50.00 Robert Atkinson.50.00 Paul Cornish. 50.00 Bill Riehbou. 60.00 Singleton Pringle. 50.00 John L. James. 600.00 Moses Brevard. 50.00 Jim Nixon. 60.00 King Krimm. 50.00 J. N. Nixon. 100.00 H. X. Spencer. 50.0^) Edward Nixon. 50.00 Charlie Singleton. 100.00 Thomas Atkinson. 100.00 William C. Wright. 100.00 A. EJ. 8now. 600.00 Douglas Belton. 60.00 O. A. Parker. 50.00 Simon Eavely. 60.00 H. Oalnes. 60.00 Wheeler Dinkins. 50.00 P. Moody. 50.00 March Weathers . 60.00 Eddie Roberson . 60.00 J. W. Brunson. 50.00 Willie Dinkins . 60.00 Walter Richbou. 100.00 93,550.00 Red Cross Shipment. The Sumter Chapter sent to Atlant i ?SStSrdsy I box of the following: II sweaters. 6 muff lei s, 4 1 pairs, of socks. 4 pairs of wristlets, 17 pairs of pa Jamas and 7H hospital bed shocts. Those Interested in knitting will be glad to know that wo have made an ord#T for yarn, khaki for sweaters and may for socks. You will be advised through the paper! of receipt of yarn. Annie Purdy, Secretary Sumter Chapter. The Jennlnga*Ostney Furniture Co. has l>eeri ehartered with a capital of 010,000 and will within the next 10 ? lays open a retell furniture busines 111 ths old stand of the Crslg Furni? tur?? Co. Masonic Temple building.I W.st Liberty street. The Officers Of the eompany ars l. i>. Jsnnlngs President; n. B. Hicks, Vies President and Secretary snd (' Oalnsy, Treasurer snd Manager, it i? the plan of the new company to entry a line of ?ine furniture ms well as the medium priced goods to be found in the irerngs stoi t Norman. Oklu.. April IB.?BStWOOS ;<? and boys\ aged 10 to IB, ail pa? tients, er ere burned le death In ? fire oi unknown origin which destroyed Ihree wards snd Ihe dining room of the Hi its Hospital i<?i Feebleminded Children esrly lodsy, A panic prevail* ed smoitf Ihe ehlldren snd it was t itii the kis?test difficult) ens ,,!' them were lescued. PLEASANT GROVE MEKTTH People of Sililoh Subscribe for LibWty k i Bonds. More than one hundred citizens ol Billon townshfp assembled at Pleas mt Crove School last Thursday even ng to attend the patriotic meeting The moctlng was opened by the schoo; jhildren and the audience Slnflnf 'America." Five Speechs were made by th? fol owing ladies and gentlemen: Rober: L. Edmunds. Jr., and Lloyd Cothran of the Sumter Boys' High School, Mrs. John R. Sumter of the Woman's ""ounty Council of Defense, Mr. D .D. Moise for the Liberty Loan Commit ee, and Mr. J. K. McElveen, chairman )f the Shiloh Committee of the Ctotfnty Council of Defense, Uns. F E. Hinnant accompanied the Sumte? party. Secretary Reardon of the Chamber of Commerce presided and ntroduced the speakers. While this was not a regular Lib? erty Loan meeting, nevertheless $2, 300 were subscribed during the meet? ing, and others signified their inten? tion of subscribing. After the meeting the local com? mittee composed of Mrs. W. W. Cun? ningham, and Misses Ruby Ragsdale and Berbice Ramsey, the two latter teachers of Pleasant Grove school, as? sisted by other ladies served delight? ful ice cream and cake for the bene? fit of the Red Cross fund. Mr. ano Mrs. W. W. Cunningham entertain? ed the visitors from Sumter with a sumptuous dlnper at their hospitale home opposite the school house. Among those who subscribed dur? ing the meeting to the Sumter Liberty Loan committee are the following: Phirmis Cunningham. $100; Mozel Cunningham, $100; Travis Cunning? ham, $100; Agnes Cunningham, $100; Mrs. M. E. Cunningham, $100; Mr. E. T. Minis, $50; Mrs. P. A. Mims, $500; Mr. eHnq.? s.EMaB ryKm m $500; Mr. Henry Keels, $50; Mr. Mel vln Phillips, $50; Mr. W. P. Player, $100; Mr. I. I. Coleman, $50. A great many others said they had already bought or agreed through the local committee for bonds. MR. M'ADOO APPRECIATIVE, sends Letter to Pupils of St. Joseph's Acadmey. The Secretary of the Treasury, . Washington. En Route, April 10, 1918^ My Young Friends: Let me thank you warmly for y^crr kindness and thoughtfulness in pre? senting me with the beautiful flower* on my arrival at Sumter. You gave me great pleasure by manifesting such keen interest in the Liberty Loan, the success of which Is the purpose of my visit to the South. Every little girl and every little boy and every big girl and every big boy in the United States can help their government in this great war and help our noble sons and brothers who are fighting this war for us by saving their money and lending every cent of it to the government. The govern? ment gives you a bond or an obliga? tion to pay the money back In full with interest. I want you all to save to the limit and lend to the govern? ment tot he limit of your ability. 1 want you all to make your mothers and fathers save to the limit and lend to the limit to their government. Every girl and boy. especially every little girl and every little boy, is, or ought to be, the boss of their mothers and fathers, and I know that if you make a patriotic appeal to your moth? ers and fathers to save money and lend it to the government to help our gallant soldiers and sailors who are lighting to save our liberties and our country, your mothers and fathers will listen to you and take your ad? vice. The future of the country, concorns the boys and girls of America more than the old people of America, be? cause the future is what you must take core of. Your seniors are trying to take care of the present in order that they may band down to you young people unimpaired the splendid institutions of freedom and democ? racy which our forefathers handed down to us. Let every girl do her part, let every boy do bin part, and let every mother and father do their part. and the military despotism for which the Kaiser .stands will be swept away by universal liberty and triumphant de? in oers cy. Cordially yours, (Signed) w. <;. MoAdoo. . Washington, April 13.?-The cotton consumed during March amounted to 571,202 tunning hales exclusive of Untere, the census bureau today an? nounced. For Sight months the con sumption was 1,400,000 bales. Washington, April 11, France to* day got another credit from tin* 11 e mm y of $!-''? 000,000, flink Inf France's total $1,504,000,000, and th" total credits to Sil the allies $5,285,' 800,000, i'frkral pood r eg u Ij atio s S. Attorney (General Advises on Food Laws. Columbia, April 13.?Thomas 1 i. Peeples .attorney general, yesterday advised A. C. Summers, secretary ol griculture, commerce and industries lhat provisions of the federal statute relative to weights of packages oi orn meal conflict, rather than eom >ly, with the State statute. The at orney general advises that the fed ral statute was intended as a war mergency and, as such, should have orecedence. The conflict was that ne of the statutes required the weight o be 48 pounds and the other 50 pounds to the bushel for meal and grits. The opinion follows: "Referring to your letter of the 9th ?f March and my reply thereto of tin 13th with reference to the conflict etween the State and federal laws in regard to the size of packages in which corn meal, grits, etc., shall bt old, I hereby recall the letter of the .ibove date and beg to advise that n my opinion, the better policy to be ollowed by you will be to follow the ederal statutes and rules of the food administration with reference to the andling of food in this State, regard ess of whether or not they conflic with the 8tate statutes. "Without passing upon the question of whether or not congress has the authority to regulate the size of pack? ages of food intrastate, the regula? tion in question being a war emer? gency measure, I am of the opinion hat the State law should yield where its provisions are in conflict with the ederal regulations regarding this sub? let. The above conclusions were ar .ived at after consultation and with Ihe approval of the governor." Pisgah News and Views. Pisgah, April 11.?Winter is sti:l lere and heavy clothing in use. No doubt there will be more cold before spring opens. As yet frost has not hurt anything nd the rains have certainly been a Jessing to the crops. Cotton planting is nearly over but 8 yet none has come up. The trees .re full of young peaches and it is loped that a good crop will be made V large effort is being made to raise vhat we need. Much attention is be ng paid to hogs and a big crop is n the ground. Labor is scarce. We lave too many white collars in the Aeek. A number of Httle fellows vant to be big ones and do nothing .nd that is one cause Of labor short ige. Little boys are plowing who lave to raise their hands to the plow handles. The. cause of education In certain lections is retrograding badly, as iome who try to teach are a miserable allure. In his fine speech at Camden on education, delivered March 31st. Dr. Chas. A. Jones, Baptist education .1 secretary, said this Sta?.- was in ignorance 47th, being beat by Lou? isiana, which stood 48th, the last in the Union on education. He showed he tine system of education the Ger vians have is one cause of their great >ower, being taught from early age. Here we have thousands of grown peo? ple who cannot read and bright girls by nature who neglect their educa? tion when it should Just be started. The:- act like butterflies that flit from lower to flower with no aim but tha*. If ?hat is following the teachings ol Holy Writ the writer fails to see it. What a pity to waste one's life on the frivolities of the day. For a century or more this nation has been the asylum of the poor and oppressed of i all peoples. Never for a moment thinking what the future would bring forth by having such people here ex? cept to help thorn. Of late an educational test was made and more care about admittance is practiced, but we have them here and thousands of them would destroy the country that is so good to them. These miserable spies and cut-throats that we have to contend with come from that class. Our own people are (ill right and can be depended on to flght and defend their country to 'J e last man. Who is it that does not love his country und be true to it that cur forefathers gave to us with ropes around their necks? Washington, April 13.? Reports of the district farm loan board at Co? lumbia. South Carolina. for March, show two hundred and seventy-three loans aggregating $589,000. Washington, April 11.?Orgeon was the llrsl st;i!?> to report officially the oversubscription of its Liberty loan quota, consequently it stands at the head of the nation's honor roll by States. Iowa also claims an honor dag for oversubscription bul has nol filed reports to substantiate its claim-*. Fargo, North Dakota, April 13. All wheat in the hands of fsrmei has been requisitioned by the govern ment, according to an announcemen of the State Pood Administrator. INDIANS STIRRED UP. Troops Ready to Entrain Frcui Fort Douglas. Ueno, Nevada, April 11. ?Officials' of the Indian service and the depart- I niont of justice believe the excite- | meat among the Indians of Eastern Nevada, and Western I'tah, caused by unknown white men. will soon be al? layed by local and State authorities, but announcement was made today that troops from Fort Douglas. Utah, were ready to entrain. Federal agents are looking for a white man who is reported by the In? dians to have given them arms and supplied them with poison and incited them to rebellion. STILL BOMBARDING BARIS. Shell Strikes I'ou ml ling Asylum; Four Killed. Paris, April 11.?The bombardment of Paris by the German long-range gun was resumed this afternoon. One shell struck a foundling aiv lum. The total victims of the bom bardment was four killed and twenty one wounded. ANANIAS CHARLES KX PLAINS I'mpei. or of Austria Wires Kaiser Bill Den; ing Peaee Proffer to Franco. Vienna. April 12. - Complete solid? arity exisvi between Austria and (Jet many and "we shall jointly enforce an honorable peace," wye Bhftneror Charles in a telegram to Emperor Wil? liam, denying the truth of the decla? ration by Premier ('lemenceau, of France, that the Austrian emperor i ecogn:::es France's claim just to Al? sace-Lorraine. New York. April 11.?The house of bishop of the Protestant Episco? pal Chrrch today accepted the resig? nation of Bishop Paul N. .Tones of the missior iry province of Ctah. The house ? f bishops requested the resig? nation several months ago pending an inquiry into Bishop Jones' alleged ut? terances of pacifist sentiments and his cone.ection with "questionable or? ganizations." Ottowa, April 12.-?The name of W. Carson, Buena Vista. Flori la, ap? pears today on the Canadian casual? ty list an having died. gJj^Nfa Thrift stamps* ^mm^m^ The First National Bank SUMTER, S, C. \ 'That Government Bond* You were going to buy ? did you get it? To-day there is opportunity! If you already own a Liberty Loan Bond, your pride and patriotism should cause you to want to own another?AND RIGHT NOW. In either event, come in ai d talk the matter over with our Ofticers. We attend to all details of subscriptions. iue lui bank nr mm J. P. Booth. President. W. J. Crowson, Jr Cashier. AN EASY WAY TO PAT FOB YDU1 LIBERTY BONDS CALL AT YOUR SANK, GIVE IT A CHECK FOR 10 OF YOUR SUB? SCRIPTION AND A NOTE FOR THE BALANCE. YOUR BANK DOES THE REST. DO IT TO DAY. The National Ban of South Carolina C. G. R0WLAN3. President. F. E. HINNANT. Cashier. I T T T BOOTH & McLEOD SAY: / Buy Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps ...FIRST... ? Send us an order next, and first, last and all the time "Swat the Kaiser"