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WIMIMTION DUMP FIB KD American Artillery iHn'H Much ham? ate to t.crinuiu*?Still No Inrautn Action. With American Army in Krame, May 13 1 Hy the Associated Cress ? ?A big enemy ammunition dump ai ? uitijnv rrng m<ii i?y tin- American artillery this nooning. At the same time two Urea were star ed in Moni duller, followed by numerous gl ploHl.llS The weather i ontinues misty an I raln> There smi no Infantn act Ion todas and unl\ interiniltt nt mftl hin< gun and rille in* The position of tin Hermans in hemming none and toon intolerable while the A merb a ns ar entrenching tholi pogtttotn more firm ly. Any hopes the enem.N might ha\? hud of l i?;iking through in this IOC toi are diminishing. The Ani'-i n ms f;,ke nothing foi granted, hut return tin em my 11 r ? two to one, which la believed to set I new pa? e in ibis sector Whit gp prara to trouble the liermans most i that the Aim immmh ne\. r tuin bOCM when the enemy uses ?ua. They givi him I double dose of the Maine will, everything ehe the eneun tins. llll LAND is run \\ \K '"j*) l'ay" O'Connor IMUcis |eV drvas In \\ ashingtoii. Waahinyton. Mav I: T. IV O'Cort nor. the Irish Nation ah t leader. |n an address here tonight at a meeting atUnded b\ ui.in. mOgflhOri Ot con gTCSB. deehtied that hi- piity is in flexibly convinced ot the justness ot the allied 0A1 mil would presa fo? a vigorous prose. n11<>n hi the war i n td <iermany has been completely Ue f. U i Mi o'Connor explained that his eritlclam of the Irish conscription act Wae not inspire.I gj an\ hostility to the British people hut i. ulted from his belief that It would weaken ami got strengthen F.ngland in the con? duct of the war. With the establish? ment of an Irish parliament he be? lieved that there would be a change of sentiment In Ireland and that thi> and not conscription was the ben4 means of increasing the flow of Irish aoldi? rs to the front. better From franco. The following letter written bf Mr. Meyer Kats to Mr. I* Alpert, foi whian be Toi m. i I eleiked, will DC of interest to hi- frtondl in Sumter: France, April II, 1 1 7. Mr. U Alpert, Sumter. S. ('. Dear Friend: Mope by this time you received my postal of my safe ar? rival on er sea. We had a pleasant flip. The Nveatb er waa favorable for sailing. We en Joyed th#tnp. The V. M. C A. had their reprei. ntatlve on boat. lb- look* ed after oui reet cations. He was Ml hla Job. ami gave us something new every now and then. Then we landed in g beautiful spot in France where nvc too!; a long Sggfl in one of the Anno man restinc cumpN. The most interesting part of my trip waa a forty-eight hours trip tbiougb France I hid a good view of some of their cities. It's a great ruuntry. Deserves to be called .? i t.dein tMHMtry, thotigh they are hi hmd. tnoMlly In everything of on* I.t old I*. H. A Mow vac call It. Wtlli me hoNV is everything down south i am in the best of health and liml thing* better than I ggpOgt Sd. Our food Is almost g| good as nn ? used to gel in I*. S. A . thom h w e are thousands of miles away und out barracks are comfortable. Hope you are all well. With kindest regards to your family, gjge my beat regards to Miss Mvers 1 would write her a personal lottOff It 1 would only know she Is tit Sumter gf Italtimore. Not knoNving her exact address. I hope to be excused thb tuji.e. From your friend. Brivato Meyer Kntii < a A. Ibhirs Bn. < Sonera I Head.mai? lt rs. American F. F.. lo a m e. via New York. i oi tin- New Dntrnsttnrj. President Johnson has autliou/. I Ldwards ?r lleywurd of Columbia to draw the plans for the new dormitory to Ot ere, ted at Wllilbiop Col h gO, the building to cost $|i?u,iun. It Will be gfSJgfjgd at the end ot tin- ftotlth dormitory, to face Stewart avenue and will eonform to the sl> le of tie dormitories Construction fjroi k nviII begin next fall.? Bock Hill Record. Washington. May II The rOSttgl gj list today contained 7- name ; Kill ed in action. It; died of wounds. 7 died of disease, :{. wounded gllghtl) IS] mksHing in action, St. Sontln iii era Included are BOvate Wilhams I Handers. Converse S |' kille.| in a. tlon. Private Willie .1. Jones of :' ark Fla . died of wounds; |'m\ if. l ime H Carter of Currents. <hi . bounded slightly. A FT KR TU F VAGRANTS. < ?owriiinont Faim Help Specialis, \|i|M>als to Authorities. j. F. si it ih, farm help ?peclallal of the ofltoe of form management ?>t the Upited states doportmont of agricul? ture, sa\s tew ooom to realise the lm? portonco of the resolution Indorsed i? the Rlchland county Democratic convention ;>t Columbia on May 6 urging all cities and towns to enforce the VOgrOOCy laws, ami im-tructing delegateM to the state convention In use then- Influence to hove thai con rentlon indorse the same resolution le help the formers secure mors la bor? He says counties and oommitte?.<* are requiring every idler ami loafer l? work and urging- every person em? ployed at work not of war Important' to work near farms during the rush season^ and abandon Snturda\ hol Ideys. Mr, Sims says that the most tie mendOUS issue in all human hlstor) as/111 be determined on the west iron' - ! France, ami the part Bouth Cure Una win inks in making that hlstor> win ia- d< lermlned by the amounl 01 .i fuml hod our boys on that front VISIT T<) CAMP JACKSON. Mr. K, xv. Dobhs Writes ??r Interesting Trip. List Prldey at one o'clock we hit home for OreenWOOd to attend the marriage ol Lieut. Jog, McB, Dabh and Miss Jessls Armstrong, l was particularly impressed with the good promise Of wheat and the large area in wheat from saunter to Remborl Cre sed river hi i dles from home at l to 4.30, The road from the river to the Hlohlond OOUnty line was fear fOl, not Often was there two hundred a i dj of saioot h i oad in a place. Lumps and humps of the worst sort At Dent's Pond we turned to tin left and was soon in the environs of Comp Jackson. We kept straight ahead and soon found ourselves In a maie of trenches and sand hags so we had to turn round and go book to the forks of the road. After Olte or two Inquiries we found ourselves in the artillery section, ami then he gan the search for the quarters of mi son .lames. ( Lug? ns had left lot Greenville on the train preceding the w reck of the morning?. We found his room mi lO, Lieut. Jolly, wi 0 told us .lames was in the city. Rllde Lieut, Jolly's escort ws found the Y ' hut where Mr. and Mis. Real, are doing line work to help tin- enlist? ed men spend profitable ami pleasant? ly their leisure hours. It was eery interesting to sit and watch the long rows of men writing letters to mothers or sweethearts, 01 to BSC them walk up to the small li? brary, select a boo!< and go off to ;. quiet spot to read. Some were play? ing games, some the piano, some the graphophooe, i asked one fel low who stopped bj the grapaphon to sit dow n. "No" he said, "seem like I ?an not keep still. 1 want to h< going all the time. 1 am from Lou? isiana. When 1 get out of this \. , there are three thing.-, i never wani to see again, a piano, a grapnphom and a cow." I nsked "why the COW?" lie sold beeouot he hod lived on mils ior thirty days in the hospital. There were gomes going on out ol dOOra While WOtehlng some men make ? \t raordiun r> standing jumps I spied a face some thirty or fort> teet away through ;? window- that i thought was Willie Rhodes, He Was intent 00 a letter In- was writing and when he looked up did not look iu\ u \y, The uniform makes the sol dlerS look SO much alike that I asked lu nioks sure before going up to pOOh to him. He Is now in the vet erlnory department, looking alter the stock. Not so much drilling and he tys he likes it much Letter than in ib.- depot brigade where he was drill ed aii day, After seeing all that there was to ? - . we took a nde around 111 camp with Lieut. .Jolly to point OUl the places of interest. The nemo er, ion was tin- Jollies! port of tie' t amp WS SOW, Tin y Were singing and eating ice cream cones and as happ} as only the\ can he. The boss hospital is a village ia t elf, but we did not have llmO to examine it nor to go into the H?stes House m>r the Liberty Theatre; hot did we have time to go near tin remount station where there are UteroN) thousands of mules an ' horses. Going oul of the camp we passed the scene of tin- moinine Wreck, There have been vast im provements since i was at the camp in January? But to see it with um sfitlefactlon ens should hove his own e .:? a competent guide and plenty ol time. R, W. Da I ihs Hunk Statements ( ailed. Washington. May 1 I Tin- comp troller of tin- cuiM-my lodoy Issued ?> ,aii for a report on the condition ol i.ki at the elese of businssi Prldey. May loth. Chamber ol' Commerce Note?. The Chamber of Commerce oi Sumter believes that the brave and honorable position of drafted soldiei in tin- United States army should h< duly recognised and honored by th< I citizens ot the county of Sumter In every way consistent with militar.\ : discipline, Tin refore this organisation pro poses to see thai the appreciative ?-it ls< ns of the county ot Sumtes whib ami coloredi are given timely notic* of the departure ot every squad o ''rafted men and the opportunity of f/ered to hundreds of Sunder count: men ami women to pay the deparlin; soldiers the honor which they are en titled to as the gallant defenders o our homes, ami that a big crowd o eltisons assembles at the depot t< show the soldiers th.it Sunder COUnt* honors and loves them, and wish*3 them Clod speed and n safe return t< the* homes which they are offering t< make ami which many will gallantl? make the supremo sacrifice In dc 'lending. At yesterday's meeting of the Boar< of Directors ot the Chamber of Com merce, Director H. A. Moses was ap pointed with First Vice President E Booth, he being the mover of tin motion, as- chairman of o special committee to request the Sumter County Exemption Hoard to give thl committee at least Bcvoral days' no tlce of the time of departure of ovorv detail of drafted men In order thai this committee may take the neces ary itepa to notify the people 0 Burnt er and Sumter county so the the citizens will be able to assemble it the depot to show the proper re pect and hid our loved ones good-bye Chairman Moses was directed to as i h ct his own commltteemon, one foi "?ach Of the four wards of the city. In compliance with their requesl every director and officer of the Sum ter Chamber of Commerce will b? utilised by Chairman Moses and hh i ommlttce to assist In spreading th< news of the time of departure of th various details of drafted men until the necessity for the departure ol our soldiers teases, these officers be ing as follows: President A. C. Phelps. First Vice Prealdent?E. B. Booth Second Yu? President?-w. Percj Smith. Treasurer?11. K. Wilder. Directors II. K. VanDeventer, R D. cole. Ii. x. Forrester, J. Frank Williams, j, ss, iiearon, President He fail Dealers' Association; Secretary E. i. Reardon, As Captain of the Sumter Light In fantry Home Quard, A. C. Phelps re quested that his company be also al lowed to serve in the same capacit> in honoring the drafted men and fur nlshing honorary escorts to the de? parting Soldiers. Roc ret ary Iteardon was directed t< request Itev. 1. D. Davis, the chair I in Of the Sumter County QolOrOt Council of Dei, use. and Kov. A. .1 Andrews, the chairman of the Bumtei Township committee ot this Council to take the necessary steps to re quest Ithe County Exemption Hoard to furnish the colored people with the time Of departure of thi details ol colored drafted men and to see thai these colored soldiers are given tin same honors and ?Jod speeds Iron their race thai the white soldiers re? ceive from their appreciative whiti f< How ell Isens, The annual meeting' of the Sumtei Chamber Of Commerce w ill be held a' fl O'clock Tueada) evening. May -V it Chamber ot Commerce rooms, The officers ami directors roepoctful? ly request that every member of thb commercial body will arrange theli respective engagements so that the) can attend this annual meeting which will be Of more than ordinary inter est ami importance to the communit\ and the county. Three directors foi the ensuing three years will be elect ed by the membership during thi> meeting as it Is customary every yeai to select three directors to serve fOI i term (d* three years each. President A. C, Phelps, and his as lociates oi* tin- directors' hoard feel thai they have soi n 'hing worth whlb telling Of the gnat amount of WOrl ? lone by their organisation during tin past ii fteen months. Tin- Chamber of Commerce is it tine shape in every way number.-; ol new members have joined lately, i me from tin- agricultural districts and a number have voluntarily Join ed without solicitation from any one Practically' everj one of the former members seen by the committee, have renewed their memberships for 1918 und many have substantially Ineieas* ?their financial subscriptions, i ?nie having doubled and a few mote lhan doubled their annual cash SUb < lip t ions. Washington, May i i. I'otton eon limed m April amounted to .",11. .>..'.' running bales, exclusive of Unters, and tot Ilm nine months ended April [loth, 1,944,700, the census bureau an nounced today Bplndlei active Aprl ;:<'th wore \i,710,9^. 1 1 Ti 11; CHILDREN'S M ARK FT. Tu TAue Members of too Canning and TonmU) Clobi Of Sunder County. A committee of public spirited and patriotic ladies of the Woman's Com mittee of the County Council of De? fense, have established a Children's Market at the Court House in this city, where all the children may sell anything they have to dispose of, such is fresh vegetables, canned goods, chickens, eggs, butter, llsh or any? thing for which the children will re? ceive the money themselves will be sold. The Children's Market hay will b<> <?u every Saturday morning from 9 ('clock until 12 o'clock, A commit ee of lad I >s will be In charge to help he children in every way possible. Mrs. A. 1?. Darby, chairman, (phone ?17) will be delighted to furnish ad? vance Information, Should the Sat trday market day success justify It here will be tWO other market days. vat lily. This market is for all white hihlren of this county. Please spread this Information In your sections of i he county, You are urged not only to use tl i nnrketlng system to dispose of your urplus foods above mentioned, or any >ther funds you have to sell, fresh or preserved* or canned, hut we wish also to impress upon you the Importance the market value of putting your roods up in attractive, sanitary, and nerchantable shape. Have your vegetables fresh and free from dirt, your butter wrapped In transparent ly and dust proof paper,' your can? ned {mods neatly and legibly labeled etc. Neatness and sanitation, together with attractiveness of display COUnl 'or much In business circles, and re tnember that the Children's Market is a strictly business proposition. All ?hihlren under is are permitted to tell goods in this market. You are also aiding in the winning of the war by offering your surplus foods for sale as this means of utilis? ing home produced foods relieves the railways of hauling many ton^ of r00ds into home markets. The Bumtor county Home Dem? onstration Department and the Bum ter Chamber of commerce, cooperat? ing With the Women's County Council d Defense, and the children of Sum ter county, will gladly render any 08 dstnnce or Information you desire. Help to win the war by producing tnd offering for sale, plenty of home produced foods. Remember that 'Soldiers Win Bottles, but Wealth tnd Food Win Wars." Cordially yours, ANNIE O. KEELS, ALICE .T. MARTIN. Home Demonstration Agents A. c. Phelps, President. E, i. Reardon, Secretary, Chamber of Commerce The i hihlren'- Market. The Children's Market under the Luspices of the Council of Defense, ipened oh Saturday at a. m. on the Court Rouse grounds, ami from the success of the first day, the" commit? tee teeis confident that the Institu? tion will he permanent and of mutual benefit. Many children came, with their goods attractively prepared and .irrangod, and many grown-ups came to buy Of them. By 1 1 O'clock al? most every article had been sold, al? though the young folkft had brought .lowers, vegetables, plants, fancy work ind canned goods, and many of the thrifty ones fetched their knitting tnd piled their needles, as they vend ed their wales. Remember thai every Saturday morning the market will be open, and the ( hihln n will be looking for you. They need your Interest ami cooper? ation to encourage them. Southern Wholesale Grocers, Sumtcr was represented at the Southern Wholesale Hrocers' Con? vention In Louisville, Ky., by Abe Ryttenborg, L. R. Phillips and J. K Crosswell. it was one of the largest conventions ever held. Eight hun? dred wholesale grocers being repre Kented and 700 manufacturers and brokers, The membership has In Teased over 700 In the past year and now numbers 1,335, There wane rep? resentatives there from the Food Ad? ministration ;:t Washington, also Mr. Hoover's personal representative, who had just returned from France. They all made Interesting talks and gave interpretations of the food law ami distribution of foods, The asso? ciation is cooperating with the ad? ministration and it is not now n i|Uestion Ol prollts, but how they can host serve ami aid the government to help win the war, They also pur? chased $10,000 worth of bonds. Mr. Ahe Ryttenherg was again elected dl rector from South Carolina. Amsterdam, May 14. Rmperoi William has Issued a proclamation concerning Lithuania, saying that it r it umeii that Lithuania participate In the war burdens of Germany* rLOKD m najokl's visit. la re being made by local < oramHteem - ? Douglas M( Kay and Mrs. Fred Mun Will Deliver Address on The War in sell will arrange for tin- reception of six south Carolina Towns. the distfnguisbed Britisher in Cotum - bia. At Sumter, Lord Duamore will Columbia, May l'h? Interest In the he the guest of A. C. Phelps, and at approaching visit to South Carolina of Hpartanburg at Boa Hill Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Et, Qoodw i? rtain Lot d Dunmor Flaving Often visited America, Lord Dun more, the distinguished ihit lah soldier and statesman who is now on a tour of the United States. Is vyn f*(. tt will en iore%rl Charleston, growing 1-? ener as the time draws near; ami the State Council o:' De? Tense, through which organisation Lord Dunmor* s itinerary in this State is being arranged, is unable ??> stretch tin- six addreasea to be made to Include nil the places from which] requests have come, it is annoum by the Council of Defense, however that Lord Duntnore will speak at c< I, _ ,.11. .jimen are capable He will I lumbia, Sumter, Charleston, ami* Hpartanburg, and that the other two cities will probably bo selected from among Florence, Orangeburg', Lau-I rons, Anderson and Oreenwood. Lord ! mnmore will lie in knowing the American people and American Institutions, Lord Dumnore who b is served his country in the fighting line in tills war as well as in form? r conflicts, and who, in addi tlon, has performed eminent public 'service as a member of the House of . , i.eids. la enabled 10 explain the meaning of the present, great world struggle in a manner of which few bi bag a [message to the people of South Car oltnc ertlich will, it is believed by the Council of Defense, Inspire them to greater achievements in Cm winning ed the war. and. if m??ssary, to tn. ui UK- .nix. ?? neeessary, . I. ... greater personal sacrifices. Carolina from May 30th to'June sth " 1 it is stated, however, th.it he will de-i 1 liver only on<> address eneta d iy. 1 Washington, May 1 1.?Archer A. Receptions for Lord Dunmore will London, of Buffalo, was today ap probably be arranged in each of the pointed dire* tor of the divismn of pro citles to he visited. 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I I Our complete facilities are at their % command; the benefit of our exten * sive experience in the solution of % business and financial problems is I theirs for the asking. Consultation is cordially invited. I J. P. BOOTH, President. W. J. CROWSON, JR., Cashier. V; **|.****************************************** 4/++++