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tKit to W.n'thv War. *+* There's a lot ot loyal people, In this bright and sunny land, That ure out to win the war At the cost of heart and hand. They are standing by the Stars and Stripes, And the powers that bo And they say. We ll whip th? Kaiser And we'll make the people free. 1 Ml there's a man among us), Who says he's tried and true. Ills proper name in kicker, He's always In a stew. He kn ked at heutless Morula)?. Bays Hartleld's off his base. A dollar blurs his vision, And he's hindered in the race. He kicked at wheatless days and says That Hoover's all gone sour; That meat )? good for pigs and fowls But we must have our flour. His greatest trouble Is plenty. He's always lived too high. A dollar blurs bis vision. He's blind, he can't tell why. He soys it's right to fix the price On wheat and other grain. I hit when congress mentions cotton. He simply "raises coin." He claim* he's patriotic, A slacker, no not he. A dollar blurs his vision, Nothing noble can he see. When we speak of feeding the Allies And our boys beyond the sea. He pulls his hat und shouts aloud. Three ( beers for our country free. Hut by bin constant kicking He's helping the Kaiser win. A dell.ii blurs his vision. BelhahnesB Is his sin. For want of a better name, we said We'll call Mai kicker, true, Hts other name is legion You'll find him our eountry through. He's doing bin bit. In selling us out Poor fellow. hasn't counted tie cost, A dollar blurs his vision, He's helplessly and hopelessly lost. But when thin cruel war is o'er With quiet and peace restored, And the Kaiser descends to that low land. To receive his Just reward He ll meet with the kicker who help ed him on A traitor to his own fair land. No longer blinded, his chances gone, They 11 |>a\ their penalty, ht.nd ir. hand. ?J. C. Lee. Fort I_iwn, A C. Attention! Patriotic Women of Sum ter. <>n the Keil Cross membership drive last spring many women ex BMSjSjed n desiie to help With the H*'W Ipg, but said it was impoesible to come to the Ked Cross rooms, or even to semi after the work, as they did then own work and looked after their Hinall children. Tor the convenience of those who arc willing to facilitate the war work, and whose circumstances do not permit them to leave home, even :? part of the day, a Ited Cross motor 'wrps has been formed from the members of the Junior Chant) Leagio- These girls will be in reg? ulation uniform und drive their own cars They will deliver the cut out garments mi Monday und call i >< ihem on S itumI i There Is work piled high or til shell as snd e\ ?-i s worn in in town should feel personally responsible for this sewing und wish to see It shipped ti? th?- hospitals m Franc? i BOoa ss possible. The awful Cerniari drive now In progress makes the need for these articles absolutely impera? tive. There Is saareely a woman in town whp i anrml sew an hour or two a Week, and we ask every woman S/tlO reads this to consoler this a direct il lo )>? i patt lot Ism, ami turn In ss her share at h ist min finished gar? ment a week There are many patriotic women In t?iwn who work every day In tin surgical ?I reusing department This sjseemd totes their rising early and ar> ranging their household affairs so the> can l?o ghsent Tills w?u k can not be tuken out. but the sewing Is ouite as Important, md will be left st your door. The motor corps girls will bring a sitmpli fj the llnlsbed garment, and gladlv Blee \<>u any inhumation in.-, have un?ilertabea le peosatoa the I CreSSJ anpervlsor as tlodr sum iner'e work |#J garments a week u Iii gssj help Usess, make ?hin pi sen |t?C good ' If so. phoi ? Ilss Kthel ? ireen, ehatrmsn, or any BBaaV her of thin commltbo, which will be puldUhed in full later. your name street address ami number of gar? ments wanted, l?eforo Monduv. .lune :t Mia )l ML Stuckc\ Bubserlbe to The Dally Item. Onlf lue per week, delivered. j -?t" Revenue Officers tu Kein! Out Notices. Taxpayers Should Mako Payment ?'roniptly. Columbia. May 29.?The collector of internal reevnue advises thut the notices for income tiixea, both individ? ual ami corporation, which were pre? pared by , the . department at Wash? ington, have been received in ids Office, end are being sent out with the h its' peeajbhj delay. All of these no? tices should be out within a couple of days at the most, and should be in the hands of the taxpayer by due course of mail. Attention is called to the fact that these taxes must be paid on or be? fore June 15, 1918, otherwiso pen? alties will accrue, and In order to avoid tin* probability of checks being delayed in the mails, the collector urges that the taxpayer remit imme? diately upon receipt of notice, if con? venient to do so. This will also as ?1st the collector's ofllce in taking up these payments, for if all taxpayers wait until the last few days to remit these taxes, this will, of course, con? gest work in the collector's office and it is desired that these taxes be taken into the accounts of the government as soon as possible. It is also desired, whenever conven? ient for the taxpayer to do so, thai remittance be made in the form of New York or Columbia exchange or postortlce money order, as this form of remittances can be handled rendi ls l?y the banks at par, and such re mittanees do not have to be deposited for collection before being creditcJ to the taxpayer. If the taxpayers will render wtinl assistance they can In these dirts] lions, it will be greatly appreciated by the department, and will assist materially in the handling of th? he taxes. < olebrate Golden Wedding. Marvin, May 28.?Mr. and Mis John I, Brogdon, of lirogdon, celc- ( brated their golden wedding today at 1 their beautiful home on the Sumter- 1 Manning road, amidst the assemblage 1 of eight children, sixteen grandchil- ' dren. one brother and six sisters, and 1 two sisters respectively. The chll- ' dren: Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Proc? tor (nee Gillie Hrogdon) and daugh? ter Mabel, of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hrogdon of llarvin, two chil? dren (Sam John and Lillle Eudora); 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. Eddie Hrogdon o: ' Montgomery. Ala., and five children, Misses Lucile, Myrtle, Alice and Ed wina; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Brogdon and daughter Ethel of Florence; ' Mr. and Mrs. Julius L, Hrogdon of 1 Hrogdon; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hrogdon of Charleston and son Cecil; Mr. and Mrs. F. A Wells (Mrs. Wells nee Su- 1 sie Hrogdon) and children, Inez and Frank, of Sumter; Mr. and Mrs. J. Darby White and five children, Darby * INI die. Sei ma, Jno. I. and Addie, ol Sumter; and Mr. and Mrs. Jake 1. Hrogdon of Hrogdon. Brothers and sisters, respective^ Mr. W. T. Hrogdon of Brogdon; Mm. Polly Jones. Mrs. Louise Cook, Mrs, Margaret Curtis, Dr. and Mrs. J. A Mood and Mrs. H. J. Lawrence o Sumter; Mrs. J. J. Wideman of Way BrOBUj Ga.. and Mrs. Anna Black well of Manning. Mrs. Lizzie Davis and Mrs Howard Jones of Brogdon (two last sisters of Mrs. Brogdon.) There were a few invited guests. The color scheme was beautifully nary led out, the floral doe orations he ing nastuitiuni. Dinner being an? nounced Mr. and Mrs. Brogdon and their eight children were seated at gsji table and their brothers and sis? ters and invited guests occupied seats ;it another. The da] was clear and Ideal, indi entire Of Ihg lift and character of those in whose honor this festive >c casion was arranged. Mr. and Mrs. Hrogdon are among the oldest and most respected residents of Sumter County, Mr. Hrogdon owing his home and other property within a mile 01 D of the Spot wheer his gramlfnth 01 Battled many years ago. Mi: Brogxtoa was miss gnaan Rebecca m. lmnald of Gourdln, Willlainsbure. counts , this State. Ben II. llarvin. At Her Word. a maiden lady of uncertain age bean an rory Indignant when the eon sum lake! asked how old she was sou see tin- Kiris neaj door," she aahed 'he Hill twins'."' ??certainly' " replied the census man. "And did they tell you their age?' 'Yes." -Weil." sin- mapped, "I'm just as old aa they are. "Oh, very well," said the census man; and he wrote in Iiis book: Sar ah Stokes, hi old as the hills" Washington star. A boy digging in the back yard Is not neoaaaarlly b sikh of a war sar den lie BIB] h?* going *t fishing. Audersou Mail. I'.vbl tit kin <*r'*Wrldn*s' rflglrwuys. (By George K. Annes, Division Fngi goer Florida State ROJld Depart? ment. ) Twenty years ago there were prac? tically no roads in Florida worthy of mention, it is true that some of the cities were paved, and all of the towns were connected by trails, but it was quite an undertaking to try to drive from one county to another. Today there are nearly 5,000 miles of hardsurfaced roads in the State. These highways, along with other ad? vantages, are making Florida famous, and tourists are. coining here in great numbeis to spend their winters. At the same time the residents are real? izing more than ever what good toads can do for a community, nnd they are now rapidly enlisting In the army of progress. About 35 or 40 years ago the two great empire builders, Flagler and Plant, extended their railroad lines in a regular network throughout the peninsula and built great palatial ho? tels, thereby inducing thousands of people to move into the State. With the advent of these new set? tlers the people found it necessary to spread out. More land had to be brought into cultivation and a great interchange of business with the sur? rounding towns was gradually built up. This latter caused the birth ot the agitation for good roads, and ac? cordingly a meeting was called in Orlando and the Florida t.ood Roada Association was formed. The purpose of this association was to promote highway building and the improve? ment of all the roads in the State. The greatest factor of all, however, in the promotion of good roads hue booa the automobile, and it is nothing unusuul now to find merchants trans? acting business in several countief ?luring the same day. For several years after the agita? tion for good roads began.the county officials were confronted with some vary perplexing problems. Only r few men in the State had ever had experience in road building, add it was therefore impossible to secure experts in this line. Fach county Was * law unto itself and each set of coun? ty commissioners felt that they knew more about road work than anyone fdse in the community. Very gener illy they were right, too, for not many' Df their fellow-citizens had given much thought to the matter. The big problem was the matter of inanclng. The general fund was not sufficient, in mosj cases, to even star; road work. As a solution to this problem the method of bonding was: adopted. This was patterned, more or Itfss from the railroads, but it did j not occur to our county fathers to fol? low the railroads' lead any further. The lawyers' work was finished as soon as the money was raised, and a little thing like the location or the construction could be handled by any? one. No such word as "maintenance" , was ever dreamed of, for the roads would be built and it was expected that they would "stay put." It was therefore not to be wondered tit that great mistakes were made, for i who was there to show the way? The highway engineer in the 1'nited States la a very recent addition to the ranks ot the profession, except in extremely small numbers. After a few years of experimenting the people woke up to the fact that Iheir money was being woefully wast? ed. The roads were not holding up, no maintenance' funds were available and the bonds were* rapidly matur? ing. The poor county commissioner had to stand the brunt of the numer? ous indignation meetings, with the* usual result of tho election of an en tlrely new board. The Florhla legislature' was finally petitioned to provide for a State high? way department. After several ses? sions of this body of lawmakers a bill creating the* State? Road Department was enacted, In the fall of mir? Qov. Trammel] appointed live of the beat' known good road hooste rs in the State* to serve as a COmmleslon. These men all se rve' without pay and they devo-tc a great deal e>f their time te> the* cause-. in May, 1914, the* commissioners se? lected Win. F. Coeke of Virginia to serve as state- road commissioner, or snglneer, Mr, Coeke assumed his ne?w duties m June, ami for the- next year his work was nearly :?n advisory. He mapped oul a plan of procedure, how* ever, and Iben he* had t?> wall for the next legislature to pass bills permit* ting the department to do some real work. The- r.iiT legislature was very fa vorable to the- road department, and they passed the- following bills and amendments: An amendment authorising th?> ?h> partmenl t<> enter Into eontracta for the construction, and maintenance of ii. 1 ! Ighwaya and bridges ;?s may by law or resolution of any board ot eount.v commlesioners he* placed un? der its aupervlalon, A law giving the' department tin liKlit lei designate* certain roaels Iis Stute or State-aid leiads. A law providing lor the acceptance of-the f?deral trUd Tor YtirWkrrtlr>?j*Jf tai routes. . i A law creating a convict road force and giving the authority to work cer? tain prisoners on same. A Uiw providing for the protection of roads. And last, but not least, a law pro? viding for the registration of automo? biles. The main feature of this last law is the collection and the distribution of the money received from the sale o! license tags. Something like $300,000 will be received during the year, and this money has to be distributed as follows: After deducting sufficient funds to pay for metal tags and incidental ex? penses, 15 per cent, of t^e entire fund is set aside for the maintenance of the State Road Department. The. remain? ing 8G per cent, is to be spent cm Ihe roads in the several counties, in proportion to their assessed valuation. This money lias to be spent under the direction of the State Itoad Depart? ment and is to be generally handled on a fifty-Mfty basis. That is, each county will put up an amount equal to or greater than the amount of the automobile license money that is to be spent within that county. The department has worked out a general plan for a ayatam of roads connecting all of the county seats and important towns with one another. The missing links in these main roadH will first be built and then attention will be turned toward widening all of the narrow roadways. Two trunk lines have been designat? ed as Federal-aid projects. One of them will be a highway from Pensa cola to Jacksonville, following the Old Spanish Trail, across the northern part of the State and passing through De Funlak Springs, Marianna, Talla? hassee, Dive Oak and I^ake City. The other will start at the Georgia line and run southward through the cen? ter of the State, passing through Lake City, Gainesville, Oeala. Idenburg, ftustis, Orlando and Arcadia. During the past three years the traffic on our roads has increased tre? mendously. What was considered the best type of construction a short while ago simply will not support the heavy motor trucks, and more permanent paving is now required. There are several very acceptable forms of paving in use, among which are the Dunn wire-cut lug brick, with cement grout filler; bituminous con? crete; asphalt, in its several forms, properly laid on a good foundation, and concrete constructed of some hard rock. The concrete, however, has been found too expensive, as hard rock has to be brought here from other States, because our native lime? stones are too soft for wearing sur? faces and the local deposits of flint are too small for general use. % Most of the brick used in the State for paving comes from the Birming? ham district, with a fair percentage being shipped in from Tennessee and Georgia. The freight rates make it quite expensive, so only 12 of the !>4 counties have adopted that type of surface. In the sparsely-settled sections sand-clay roads are giving satlsfac- i tion, provided they are properly main? tained, The best example of that class of material is in I*ake county, near Leesburg. County Commission? er A. B. Lees and Iiis road superin? tendent, H. W. Tompkins. have work? ed out their maintenance problems until it is worth going a hundred miles out of the way just to drive over their roads. The majority of the county com? missioners are now beginning to real? ize what the Road Department means to the State, and a great many of them are seeking advice and instruc? tions at every opportunity. Some of the counties are turning over their en? tire trunk-line work to the depart ment. and it is now up to the engi? neering staff to secure results.? Manufacturers llecord. Croix Do Guerre tor a Chaplain. The first American chaplain to re celve the croix do guerre from the French government is the Re\\ Walter S. Danker, of Worcester. Mass., an Episcopal chaplain in the (me hun? dred and fourth United States Infan? try. The Living Church announces thai Mr, Danker's name beaded the list of 117 Officers and men of the regiment who a/ere decorated for bra very. Moreover, the regimental col? ors were officially decorated in hon? en- of the bravery of the entire regt-? ment. The clash between Col. Roosevelt and George Creel, being one of words,) nevei will come to an end because ol lack oi ammunition on either side Louisville < 'ourler-Journal, If George Creel looks like the pictures printed of him, who blames congress. Add Borglum.?Lancaster News. Only one religion today, that ol following the Hag And only one po Ittieal party the American party. Zanesvills, Ohio. Tiinoi?Recordar< Take Care of Your Tires America's greatest need is for ships more ships. Every available vessel is being utilized in government service. Many ships that have been carrying rubber from Sumatra and Brazil have been taken for active transport duty. The number now left to bring rubber to this country is extremely limited. This will necessarily force a temporary curtail? ment of tire production. So, make the most of the tires you have. Use good tires. Take good care of them. Keep them in perfect repair. See that they are properly inflated. Increase their mileage by careful driving. Keep out of car tracks and away from bumps. Don't scrape the curb or apply brakes too suddenly. Get every mile your tires have in them. Only in that way can you be assured of your car's contin? uous service?and remember, your tire is a vital war-time necessity. So again, ? take care of your tires. United States Tires are Good Tires 'f/jco ' Tread A complete stock of United States Tires is car? ried by the following Sales and Service Depot : SUMTER MOTOR C?. Flowers for Soldiers. SUMTER COTTON MARK ETI, The C. B. coin mit tee which sends lowers to the base hospital at Camp laekson wishes to thank those who esponded to its request for Howe is ast week. Practically all lb w eis now n season, nasturtiums, daisies, pop ties, sweet peas. etc. are suitable tor tending;, as they go by Bpectal deliv? ery and are on the way only a short (me, Please semi flowers to thj tome of Mrs. R, L. Bdmunda, Cal ioun street, by 9 o'clock on Thurs lay morning. i Corrected dally at 12 o'clock Noon ) P. O. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer. Good Middling tfl. Strict Middling SI 3-4. .Middling 26 1-2. Strict Low Middling 25 1-2. Red fit km Notice, duly < >ot l tec XI.\V YORK COTTON MARKET. Yea'dys Open High Low Close Ci?me 84.7? <i 14.71 2e.tt 24.ss 23.r.fi 24.41 2.1.II 24.37 23.70 23.40 21.23 23.40 24.IS 23.4$ Bring all old newspaper.', to Red' i'loss headquarters. They are verj MttS.tmtir.ttHmtUtrttirtttt::: nuch needed In surgical dressings de- | jj ?artment. Annie Purdy, Secretary, Sumter Chapter jj Notice Housekeepers. - iL The menu charts that were order-js ftl at the Chautauqua from Mrs. | Frederick have come and may be ob? tained from Mrs. 11. M. Stuekey. Price 25e. We don't believe we ever knew two ions In the same family th;it re lembled each other less than DoUgla* >nd Charlie Fairbanks.?Ohio state Journal. We hopr that the next American ambassador to go to Berlin will be len. "Jack" Pershtng. Mew Orleans States. As a sort of last trump, the Huns ire threatening to throw Mackensen nto the game on the western trout Chattanooga News. Nobody can undertake t? weaken me of the Allies without weakening ill. Including tie- United Btatei buffalo Enquire. ! I j We Grind Lenses, examine the Ej eyes scientifically and fit eye? glasses perfectly. I^et us work for you. Wc have all prescriptions on tile. Broken lenses replac? ed promptly. Graduate Opto? metrist and optician in charge. r? I W. A. Thompson, IHWHsjH A OPTOMETRIST. ;::i::nn:;mnn?nwimimiw|