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?fet SRslcbnran snb .^cutliron. PKIUtONAL. Lieut. J- I> Pendleton. of the avlu? ll qa ?ervice Im in tho city tor the day. Laut. Pendleton loft Butnter last August snd after taking the prelimi? nary course at Georgia Tech wan sent to Kelly Field, Texas, for training aa e flyer. He completed training and wua commissioned about the I)ret of January, snd was then detailed as an instructor at Evarte Field. Lonoke, Ark. Private Edward D. Dorhman, of the Quartermaster corps, has return? ed to Camp Jackson after spending a few dsys with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dorhman. Mrs. D. J. Auld and children have gone to the Florida east coast to spend the summer. Mrs, T. B. Jenkins and children Of Riehmond, Ind., are in the city for several weeks' stay. Rev. snd Mrs. John A. McMurray snd lUUe daughter, of Fayetteville are visiting st th? home of Mrs. S. A Brand. Mr. Clarence H. Haynsworth left Tusoday for Columbus, Ohio where he enters training for service tn the svlstion corps. ? Mr, Ose. G. Tweed has returned from a business trip North. Mrs. C. M. Hurst and her daugh? ter, Miss Mildred, left this morning -foe Savannah. Gr.. on a visit to Mr. snd Mrs H. L. lljhbard. MChs Agnes Corbett, of Greenville, is visiting Mrs. C. G. Kowlsnd. The msny friends of Mr. Fulton B. Creech will be glad to learn of his safe srrlvsl overseas.. Mr. Creech holds a responsible position in the Quarter? master corps which wss formerly sta? tioned at Camp Sheridan. Mr. J. Oliver DuHant. of Btahop vllls, wss In the city today. Capi, A. C. Pbelps has gone OB a business trip to New York. Miss Bdlth Evans leaves this even log far Camp Haw-Wan-Tab, Star Lake, K. Y., where ehe will spend the vummer R. L Scurry left for Baltimore to? day for s two weeks' visit to his broth? er. Misse?? Emmie and Esther Osteen sre visiting relstlves In Darlington. Mrs. O. V. Player and children, John. Kllenor and Orvllle, Jr., left this sfternoon for Florence whore Mrs. Player will join her slater. Miss NorvsJ Wheeler for a trip to all northern points for a visit of two weeks to relative*. Married At the Salem Baptist parsonage on Wednesday sfternoon at 5 o'clock Miss Sal lie Tucker was united in mar? riage to Mr. Carl Benton. Quite a concourse of friends and relatives of the contracting parties were present to witness the ceremony. Mr. and Mra Benton are both of Sumter and will moke their home here. \FW (SUGAR ORDER, Consumption of Sugar Limited to Three rounds a Month IVr Person. The following telegram to G. A. I.mnmon, County Food Administrator from Wdllam Elliott, State Food Ad? ministrator was received today: "Sugar shortage acute. New order leuulrca consumers to use not more than three (3) pounds, per person, per month. "Sugar for canning as at present. Retailers, eating places, and bakery required to apply for sugar certificates before allowed to purchase. Details to follow by mall, but please give these general facts all publicity pos? sible. "Wm. Elliott." FOURTH OF JULY PARADE. ( hairman M? I.aurin Appoints Mar? shals and Fixes Order of Parade. H. J. McLaurln, Jr., chairman of the Foot Parade Committee has des? ignated the following marshals for the Ith of July celebration: Organization and order of parade: I. Mounted Police. 2. Visiting Officers. 3. Sumter Light Infantry Reserves. 4. Confederate Veterans?Hi p. Hill. 5. High School Battalion?G. L. itlcker. 6. Boy Scouts?E. H. Wilson. 7. Band?O. G. Tweed. 8. Red Cross?W. L. Boyle. 9. U. D. C?W. C. Boyle. 10. ?D. A. R.?Edwin Boyle. 11. Women's Service League?S. o'Qulnn. 12. Camp Fire Olrls?H. N. For? rester. 13. Girl's Service League?C. J. Jackson. 14. Home Demonstration Clubs? M. L Parier. 15. 8chool Children?H. M. Mc? Laurln. 16. War Savings?H. P. Moses. 17. Food Administration?R. M. Hildebrand. 18. Magneto Factory?J. F. Duf? fy. !9. Rallroud Employes?E. P. Pitts. 20. Chamber of Commerce?Ju? lian Levy. 21. Fraternal Organizations ? J. W. Jackson. 22. Council of Defense?J. A. Mc Knlght. 23. loyalty League?J. J. Bren nan. 24. Unorganized Citizens?S. L. Krasnoff. 25. Foreign Born Citizens?James Montalbano. Wcdgeflcid Committee. Mrs. J. R. Ramsey and Mrs. W. H. Ramsey, of Wedgefleld, have been added to the Mlddleton township com? mittee for the Fourth of July celebra? tion. Mrs. E. C. Haynsworth is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. E. Drevenstedt, at Salem, Ohio. South Carolina Taxes, In chiding Floating Debt, Have Doubled in Five Years. Get these farts in your mind and keep them there. R. A. Cooper ?aid in his speech at Barnwcll. and again at Hampton, that he could not. and would not prom? ise a reduction in taxes. John L. McLaurin says that he can and will reduce taxes, by doing away with useless offices and useless machinery of government, and using the same broad-gauged business understanding that inspired him to give South Carolina the State warehouse system. Get Your Name on the Club Roll -JL QUEOTlONNAIIUM MAILED TO CLASS OF 1918. All Men Who Registered on or After the Firth of (his Month Should Re? ceive Their Questionnaires Within the Next Ten Days. The Ix)cal Hoard will begin today to mill out the questionnaires to the t la.v of IIIS. One hundred will be mailed today, one hundred tomorrow, and sixty-three on the day following. The questionnaires will be mailed out in the order of registration numbers, and as the names of the registrants were previously published in The Item in the same order, each regis? trant should be able to tell on what day his questionnaire will be mailed. If any registrant should fail to re reive his questionnaire within one week from the day upon which it f hourld have been mailed in pursuance of the above schedule he should im? mediately go to the office of the Local itoard and make inquiry concerning it. By doing so he will avoid serious difficulty. COTTON LOAN CONTROVERSY. Federal Reserve Bank Has Changed Its Unfriendly Policy. The cotton meeting in Columbia yesterday brought out the change ol policy of the Federal Reserve Bank on cotton loans due to correspondence instituted by commitee of the form? er meeting. The letters of Director Ckker to Oov. Seay of the Richmond 1 ank, and Gov. Seay's reply thereto, and the telegram of Mr. W. P. G Harding of the Federal Reserve Hoard read to the meeting yesterday : how that we can still count on the support of the Reserve Bank. It was brought out yesterday that Mr. Thos. Marshall, Jr., assistant eashier of the Richmond bank ha:: l een called down by his superiors for his assuming to dictate to Southern bankers what loans they should make, and his sarcastic criticisms of Southern farmers who borrow on cot? ton. Mr. Coker's letter and the re fjty thereto should have the widest publicity. Delegates to New Orleans meeting on July 1-2 appointed by Chairman Smith arc: Dr. Wade Stackhouse, Dr. A. C. Summers and E. W. Dabba the former committee in charge of cotton seed and cotton mat? ters, and D. R. Coker. Mr. Wanna maker, E. D. Smith, W. F. Stevenson i nd A. F. Lever. Mr. M. Lee Jenkins died at Ashe vllle, N. C, Monday afternoon aftOl ??weral months' illness. The body will he brought here this aftrnoon and the iuneral services will be held at Bethel churchi oswego, at 11 o'clock tontor row, Wednesday, morning. The de? ceased was forty-eight years old and unmarried. He is survived by two brothers, R. M. Jenkins of St. Charles and John F. Jenkins, of this coun? ty . Winthrop Scholarships. The Sumter Chapter of Winthrop Daughters had two of its scholarship students to be graduated from Win? throp College this June. The club is igaln offering a scholarship at Win? throp, valued at $100 and free tui? tion. Applicants for this must stand the entrance examination held at thr county Court House, Friday, July 5. Prior to this they must make appli? cation for this scholarship in their own handwriting, stating their age. and sending a testimonial each from a recent teacher and a prominent person in the community in which they live. They must further show that they could not attend college without this assistance. Application: Ih01l|d be sent Miss L. C. McLaurin chairman. Miss Grace Randle or Miss Annldu Moses, committee on scholar dhips. Competing for this scholar? ship does not prevent an applicant trying for any number of other schol? arships. Mr. BdWln F. Miller. Jr.. and Miss Annie Huckabee. or Camden, wer?' married Wednesday night at ft.SO :?t the home of Mr. R. L. Ib-nton. Cam den. S. C. At the same time and place, Mr. QCO. Wilson of Camden ami Miss Baby Davis, formerly of Sum? ter. were married, Rev. S. W. Hensoti officiating, Mr. J. G. Ferguson will take charg? Of Broad Street Methodist Church or the flrsl Sunday In July. Mr. Fergu son graduated from wofford College at the recent commencement and i I promising young man. He Is reg Istered In Chester county where hit home i? i?ud while waiting for hi nail will genre this ohurch. After hit service in the army is completed h< expects to join the Methodist Itincr ant ministry. Hi* first sermon n 1'wnd UtreH will be preached nt 1 o'clock on the first Sunday in July. Death. Mnvricd. SF.NI) NO MONF.Y. Pay No Attention to Chain letter So? liciting Contributions. The Daily Item. On June 10th, I received a chain letter from one of my friend* etat? ing that for every eighteen thousand dollars raised by the American com? mittee, two thousand dollar! would be given by the lted Cross to equip one hundred beds in France, for the treat? ment of those wounded in the face and jaw. The letter further requested that twenty-live cents be sent to Mr. Heritree, French Consul, at Seattle Washington, and that six letters be sent to as many friends, and also further stated that when the chain number reached Number 100 the con? tributions would cease. I sent a copy of this letter to a cor? respondent in Seattle, Washington, and he writes me as follows, under (3 tte of June 15th: ' This is an old chain letter used when Mr. Heritree was consul, two ; ears ago. The chain is broken. French consul says send no. money," and adds that the French Consul "does not want anyone to pay any at? tention to this chain letter." Do me the kindness to publish this for the information of all concerned. 'I he amount asked for is small, but good causes may be hurt by requests a judiciously made. R. 0. Purdy. Selectmen Ijeave for ( amp Jackson. The following white men recently called into service by the Local Hoard left on the 9.30 train Tuesday for ?anip Jackson: Esaw henenhalcy. .John K. Bradford, Jr., Allie M. Oed? ings, Willie F. Hudson, Beecher B. iackson, Harry F. Jackson, M. B. dims, Walter W. Moore, Forter Riv rs, George D. Wilson. Mabry F. ? iraham. The men were in charge of Valter W. Moore, who saw service at he Mexican border as a member of he S. I* I. This call com pletes the ? iuota from this county under the June call. The men were all in the best of spirits and were enthusiastic and '.etormlned to give the best in them t?> he building up of the army. Columbia Boy Scouts at Lcnolr's Mill. About forty Boy Scouts from Co umbia, in charge of Mr. and Mr* It. Alexander, are camping at Lonoir's Mill, near Hagood, for a week. They have named the place Camp Lake wood and are reported to be having a :oed timo. DORMITORY FOR WOMKN At The University of South Curolinu. The University of South Carolina will offer for the session 1918-1919 unusual advantages to the young wo? men of the State. The number of wo? men taking the various courses of study at this institution has been in? creasing steadily every year. Lust session the number enrolled was six? ty-lour. Though the University has been co-educational for less than twenty-live years, it has graduated many women of prominence, who have held influential positions in the State, especially in the educational world. In view of these facts, the board of trustees decided in June to increase the accommodations for women and establish more courses of study that make an especial appeal to them. The western, and if necessary, the eastern wing of DeSaussure College will be used for a woman's dormitory next session. This three story build? ing is being thoroughly renovated and will be ready for occupancy in the fall. With now flooring and win? dows, steam heaegthot water, and all modern conveniences, DeSaussure will he the best equipped dormitory on the campus. The lower floors will be devoted to the matrons in charge of ;he tenements and to parlors, one in each wing; the two upper floors to dormitories. As DeSaussure College 1.1 in easy reach of the library, class looms, and laboratories, the young women of the institution will be bet? ter situated than ever before to enjoy all the advantages of the institution. Quartern In DeSaussure will also be assigned to the recently formed Lit? erary Society, the ijypatian, which co? operates heartily with the Clarioso hic and Kuphradian Societies, among the men of the University. There is such a demand for busi? ness women at present that the Uni? versity will offer next session courses in typewriting, book-keeping, steno? graphy, and mechanical drawing. The tSUal war courses in Red Cross and ivilian Relief. Food Thrift and Die eties will be given again during the oming session. All the other courses ?ffered including law are open to women. For the first time in the his? tory of the State, two young women were graduated in June with the de? cree LL. 15.. and in accordance with he recent act of the legislature, will ' a allowed to practice In the State if .hey so desire. Nowhere in the South are better op ortunities afforded young women to equip themselves as teachers. Every year they are graduated with the de? grees A. B. and A. M., and secure with? out difficulty good teaching positions. Few institutions offer so many ad? vantages at such small cost. The to? tal expenses need not exceed three hundred dollars, or two hundred and fifty dollars for all who are granted tree tuition by the State Board of Charities. WE HAVE IN STOCK?In our ware? houses in Sumter Nitrate of Soda, Mixed Goods, Meal, Acid and Lime. Kindly call or write us for prices. Southern Brokerage Co. FOR SALE?F. O. B. cars, Camp Jackson, stable manure; very little straw. Car load lots only. Chemi? cal and Fertilizer value rated very high by Clcmson college. A. A. Strauss, Sumter, S. C. MILLERS' CERTIFICATES?Can be obtained at Item Office at reason? able prices in lots of 100 or more. i Candidate's Cards. For Congress. I hereby announce myself as a can? didate for rc-elcction to Congress from the 7th Congressional District, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. A. F. LEVER. Thos. G. McLcod, Bishopville, S. C candidate for member of Congress, Seventh District. For Solicitor. I hereby announce that I am a candidate for the office of Solicitor for the Third Circuit, subject to the ac? tion of the Democratic Primary. FRANK A. M'LEOD. For Probate Judge. At the solicitation of many of my friends, I have decided to enter the race for the office of Probate Judge lor Sumter county, subject to the l ulcs of the Democratic party. If elected I would discharge the duties of the office faithfully and to the v i est of my ability. All who enter the office, if I am elected, will be met with a smile and hearty shake of the hand. JOSEPH R. SINGLETON. Sumter, S. C, Route No. 2. Palm Beach And Mohair Suits Over $800.00 Worth Just Arrived We Have Just Received a Delay? ed Shipment of Palm Beach and Mohair Clothes The wholesale price! on these goods have soared skyward since we bought these Suits, but we will sell them nt the old prices. We Have a Suit in This Big Ship? ment to Fit Most Any Size Man. Come in and make your choice while the line is complete. Observe how cool your neighbor looks in a Palm lieach Suit and straw hat, then come in and get one yourself. Everything in Correct Furnishings for Men - 15he ================== D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. Xohe Home *f Hart ?o\affrvcr (Si Mo^rx Clothes