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?1 t?te Posto?c* as Saniier, fr <W *? Secoed ? Sto? Matter. PERSONAL. Dr. and Mrs. J. Grenville DeLorm? have returned from an automobile trip to Jacksonville, Fla. Miss Margaret Beaumont and Mi? May Bianding are visiting Mrs. R. B G?nnt in Charleston. ; ; ?;' Mr: and Mrs. C. A. . Murphy re turned home last evening after < pleasant .visit of several weeks a' their old home in Newberry. Mrs. Rowland Scaffe and childrer. are; spending the week-end in Colum bia. ' Miss Boucher BeLorme is visitinc her uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs Archie China. Mrsi ? R, K. Wilder and son, Rich ard, Mrs. W. F. Rhame, after some weeks of pleasant stay at Saluda, N. C, have returned home. Miss Marie Hammett returned hom( this morning after spending th< week-end in Columbia. Dr. W. R Mills, who was commis sioned as lieutenant several week? ago, left on Sunday for Camp Se vier, Greenville, S. C. Mr. ^r. E, Sweat leaves for Charles ton in the morning, where he has ac cepted a position at the St. John Ho " teL Mr. Sweat has been with the CSaremont Hotel in this city for sev ieral months, and his many friends re gret to see him leave. Mr. J. Rut McGee, manager of the OarcMna Farmer and Stockman, o: -Columbia, was in the city on businesf t*-: today. t^MMUNTTY MEETIN HELD. War Savings and Public Health Meet ing >at " Statebsrg Na 10 School? '-; Much Interest in Pablic Health and County Health Survey by Members Horatio, Stateburg township War Savings Club held a well attended y. meeting at the Stateburg No. 10 SchQpl House last Friday afternoon Mr. W. BE: Freeman, president of the ciub presided- The interest manifest ed in the W. S. S. work was gratify - j ing. The good work for War Sav ings will be kept up in this territory beyond doubt. The members of this W. S. S. club decided to make this -a combination patriotic and public health meeting, and they succeeded well, judging bv the interest and the attendance of the ladies and gentlemen, as well a; vthe boys and girls of that school dis trict i Dr. Sophia Brunsen, and Miss Alic Martin were on the regular program for public health discussions,' but Dr. Brunson was unavoidably absent. _having .been called to-Columbia for the day. The members unanimously Jnvited her to attend and address the hext meeting on matters pertaining to home and rural sanitation Miss Martin however very* enter tainingly and instructively discussed _j3al>ywelfare features; and showed -'xrausua! knowledge of the subject fn - deed. She showed in very compre hensive manner just how babies should be dieted at certain ages, and th.e care that should be generally ex ercised in theij- early stages of life, told of the diet that mothers should partake of and also of the diet thalj mothers should avoid in their own and their baby's welfare. - Miss Martin also touched upon san itation in the-home and the method? which modern sanitary science pre scribes^-^preventing communicable particularly enteric "Sis is among ^J?Idren, care bf fflpds to avoid eontaminffiEs?^ by d: bearing germs,- n< ; ness, ventilation, keeping "mosquitoes, etc. A great dea information she disseminate lyery- applicable to adult conservation ?of individual and public health. By request Mr. E. I. Reardon ad dressed the meeting and explained the offer of the International Health Board and the South Carolina State Board of Health to provide five : thousand lollars, a corps of sanitary \ experts and inspectors, and a sanitary i ga*0 drainage, engineer, carpenters,- il j. lustrated health lectures by sterop 'itican, slides, charts, instructions ire ?~ ;fche public schools about how to avoid contracting communicable and othe: diseases of a preventable kind, in-* spection of premises of white am colored to show just what there might be present which causes diseases and unnecessary premature deaths, etc. AR of these things if the county oi" Sumtef will just furnish two thou sand and five hundred dollars, and -^promise the cooperation of the peo ple in making the rural district: "more" sanitary, and a better and more desirable place in whi<-!. to live This health survey and educational campaign to last not less than twe months, and longer if necessary tc cover the entire rural districts of this count?". Miss Martin advoates the count:. . health survey as an educational meas ure, and from a humane point Of wiew to show people how to avoif contracting malarial fever through certain kinds of mosquitoes and ty phoid and other fevers and commu nicable, diseases through flies. Mr. C. J. Jackson being called up on said he advocated the county ^health survey and campaign of edu cation, and thought they should b< "gpat on by all means. Stateburg township is one of th< most patriotic and progressive sec tions of" South Carolina, its citizens white and colored being up-to-date i? their? ideas of suppotring the govern meht, they stand for the best publh ; schools obtainable, and for doing Something to make the rural district -modern in sanitary requirements und in all other ways which wil' make their section more desirable ir which to live. '?The Soldier Who Came Back' was produced in the Opera House las night by a capable cast and the larg audience evidenced its approval and appreciation of the play and of th< -work-of the company by enthusiastic ??applause. Young ladies acted as ush ?ers last night for the first time in th? local theatre and they acquitted them ?elves creditably of their task. I l'HE COUNTY HEALTH SURVEY State Health Officer Hayne Discusse: Sanitary Campaign in Snmter Conn ty. Dr. J. A. Hayne, State health of ficer^ in talking to the secretary o che Sumter Chamber of Commerce. About whe visit of Assistant Surgeo: *L: V. Zeigler, of the United State Public Health Service to Shiloh a fe\\ days ago to investigate the cause o j the -widespread outbreak of malaria fever in that section during 1917 an' 11918, said that he had requested th Washington authorities to send Dr Zeigler there because he had lots o experience in this State in the work af surveying rural territory, and tha he was glad that Dr. Zeigler hac made such favorable impression ii that section regarding the value o educating the people about the his tory, habits, and breeding places d the Anophele. or malaria spreading mosquito, and the great value of i county health survey and twelv( months cacapaign of education by ex perts of the United States Publi. Health Service, Dr. Hayne has never been able t< understand why a (progressive coun ty of intelligent men and women such as Sumter county is, should b;: so indifferent in accepting the-^ of fer of five thcusa?d dollars for the health survey and campaign of edu cation, when this county is only ask ed to provide two thousand and five hundred dollars, whiles the State and" the national governments do .all s o< the work, and actually furnish car penters and other laborers to do the work while the people only have to supply the lumber where sanitary ily-proof closets are erected. The government furnishes sanit?r j engineers to survey and show peo ple how to orain or to oil dow places to get rid of malaria spreading ana ail other kinds of mosquitoes, fur bishes expert sanitary inspectors to inspect premises and show peoph how to put premises in a sanit?r? condition to avoid typhoid, hook worm, dysentery, malaria, tuberculo sis, -and other communicable diseases, furnished hundreds of public health illustrated and demonstration lec tures* by means of sterioptican slides. charts, and thousands of illustrated bulletins of about fifteen different .-cinds, inaugurates teaching cf hy giene in public or private schools and these free lectures and public health meetings are held in two o. more school house and churches n every school district in the county and in white-and colored schools am. churches. This proposed health survey em braces other features of^ instructioi and practical, easily comprehended application of common sense rule of prevention against unnecessary disease and death. The fact that somebody will give five thousand dollars for two thou sand and five hundred dollars, and furnish trained officials and labo: to do work would, in any other lin tj'f legitimate endeavor be jumped at by hundreds of people and by th< county board of commissioners, anc legislative delegation, and the coun ty board of education. If any outside organizations offer ed two dollars for every one put up by the county for improved high ways, and offered to furnish in addi tion all of the expert highway engi neers, labor, and plans why the of fer would he snapped up in a hurry. But because the offer of the Inter national Health Board and the Stat-. Board of Health to give five thousam dollars and furnish all necessary ex pert engineers and sanitarians an-, laborers is for the purpose of merelj saving human lives and preserving human health, why this offer is sim fcly ignored by practicaNy' every on n^jM-^orne of the leading negroes o rm^ount3fc^3rjf,.o_ have raised and havi guaranteed six ^hundred dollars tc help raise the necessary two thou sands and five hur.dre?g^lars. Thousands of white^Hfca? yffit* be benefited by such a hef MreKTrveV. the county would be r^ut'^^^any thou sands Of dollars richer. Wsery -year b;. men an educational campaign, ant the two and a-half thousand dollar, would be returned three fold ever; year by the increased efficiency oi farm labor alone not to mention oth er benefits, such as avoiding loss of earning power, doctors and druggist bills, lost time, and loss of time bj individuals means lost lime by farm animals too; yet we fi/fd no leaders among the white people who are in terested in getting up the two and a half thousand dollars needed. Other counties in this and othe States grab at the proposition. Th< State Board of Health is making thii> offer a second time to this county be cause one man here has asked for another opportunity for Sumte county to put up the necessary mon ey for this great educational stum which means so much for thousand of boys and girls who can not help themselves, and so much for the men and women, white and colored of th? rural districts. There is nothing com pulsory in' anything the health survey calls for. It is purely educational and it is optional with all whethe* Lhey do or do not do what the pro fessional sanitarians advise them tc do. But that an overwhelming ma jority will gladly do so has been proved by the results obtained in th<" unit health surveys made in Bethel ?nd Dalzell school districts about two years ago. A leader among th< white people is, neeeded to start the movement to cinch this exceptiona. educational, health and life saving offer. Purdy and Shaw. A memoria'! song in honor of the above named gentlemen, composed >y Rev. W. M. Caldwell. has just ar rived in Sumter from the New York press. Th* song is a tribute of es teem ana lovinfr affection which South Carolina as well as Sumter will be de lighted to pay to two of her bravest and most patriotic- sons. The son;,' is on exhibition at the following places in Sumter: W. M. Folsom Dry Coo.Is Store, Sumter Book Store. S. 1! Kress. Musi$ Department and William H. Cobb Co.. Music Department.? Advt. NO HUN SAW HIS BACK. Comrade of Lieut. Robert O. Ftirdy, Jr., Writes of His Death. The following letter has been re ceived by Judge Purdy: Office Division Quartermaster, 1st Division, American E. F., France, Sept. 9, 191$. A. P. O. 729. Mr. R. O. Purdy, Sumter, S. C. My Dear Sir: Robert O. -Purdy. Jr., has left us, but the many hour* we spent together, worked together md lived together will never be for gotten. My dear Sir, he died.on the field of honor and he upheld the traditions of his people, and the bul et that tended his life struck him iull. in the chest No Hun .ever saw his back. Yes, Purdy died,. killed in tction oh July 21, 1918, and his death and the death of his comrades gave as "Soissons. He was killed by machine gun fire, leading his platoon across a wheat leid. He was buried on the 'battle field. To the father of Robert O. Purdy. I wish to say, Sir, your son gave his life for his country and for a great cause. i You asked me to tell you about his work in our department. It did not seem es work when he was about and he worked day or night, rain oi i mine, and the more there was to doj the better he could do it We all messed together, and no meal was right unless he was there. We were niue of us: Major Francis A: Ruggles, Field Artillery; Captain Johr A. Marmen, Q. M. C-, U. Si A., Cap tain Herbert L. East, Q, M., U. S. A.. Lieut. Michael McKenna, Q. M. C. CT. S. A., and Lieutenants J. L. Peters md H. A. Ruckel, Q. M. C, U. S. A and the writer. Many an hour afte: dinner we have chatted of the things over here and the happenings at home; and listened to Purdy tell o: his early efforts at the bar. We cannot give you back your son: but we salute you, Sir, and assure you that he will not have died in vain. The news of his death was a grea" shock to us all and particularly, t* those of us who were acquainted wit! his sterling qualities and winning personality. Any information that I can give rou or anything that I can do in you 're half, do not hesitate to call on me. I hope that it will be my pleasure to meet your son William and tel him about his brother as we knew him. Very respectfully, , Joseph D. McKearny, Lt. Col. Q. M. C, U. S. A. \ Division Quartermaster WRITES FROM FRANCE. Governor Receives Letter From Majot Bernard Manning. Columbia, Sept. 29.?Governor and Mrs. Manning have received from Major Bernard Manning a letter from j'rance, parts of which are as follows. **We reached France a week age yesterday, spent the day and -tiu night in one ot the (with us) famous t-feit camps, then entrained again. Af ter two days and nights we reacheu one of the large training camps. Wi marched out a couple of miles and xre now billeted in the quaintest lit Je village imaginable. "The trip across the channel war very quiet * * * There were no deeping accommodations. All the of tcers went on the upper deck, with nothing overhead but the stars ant. :he moon, which made a beautifm scene * * * From the French por; nere the men were in freight car: tnd officers in day coaches. You can magine how well we slept our firs, light here. Everybody is in high spirits and enjoying the experience. kfhe regiment is ? billeted in three ;c.vns, two or three miles apart, sc this battalion is pracically inde pendent here, and 1 am having mj rirst experience with an independent ;omrnand. My dealings through th town are with the mayor, in whose house I stay. The people are kim ar.d do anything for us. I got a sug gestion from another officer and, with nay orderly-interpreter a, Creole fron, j Xew Orleans, called on the mayo, and offered to assist his people i:. their harvesting by turning out the 400 odd men. Their crops are full ipe and they do aimost with women, old men and children and some dis abled young men. He was very ap preciative. Yesterday in church the priest made the announcement to his .'look and later the city fathers heb; a meeting to discuss the proposition i'his morning the old fellow said that .ts soor as the weather permitted a resumption of harvesting he woulu let me know how many men 'they could use. Our men would enjoy do ing it. They play with the children and like the people. There is no rSritcion anywhere. "This musr,, be the prettiest part oi France?it couldn't be prettier. Lit tle vilages scattered around, loosely built, every mile or two, some on hills iike this one, and others snugly in the valleys like the towns of the Firsi . nd Second battalions. The country has large open spaces, wonderfully green except for strips of ripe yellow : wheat and oats. The woods, too, are compact and look as if they were placed to make the whole scene per fect in harmony and beauty. We are about as far from the country that started the manufacture of Peter's milk choolate as father's plantation i from the Game Cock City. "Fine reports are coming in of the conduct and lighting qualities of the American tro6ps. They stand well in the estimation of the others." Notice to Coal Consumers. i Those who* have not placed orders ' for their winter supply* of coal aiv advised to do so at once, if tbey ex pect to obtain any this winter. Ar j rangement sare now being made tc ; obtain a supply of coal for Sumte) and it will be pro rated on the basw of orders filed. Those who have nd) placed orders already or do not do /( : at once will not get any coal. / R. B. BEL^Tt. I Fuel .Affm'/'rTrator / " 'WIT &LL AR??HO, Ii A BEHEB m! SOUTH OAROLIXLYN TELLS HOW HE CORRECTED LIVER TROU BLE FINALLY AFTER ALL ELSE HAS FAILED. The liver is the keystone of- the di gestive tract. Just let the liver go wrong and the effects are soon felt throughout the body. A sluggish liv er spells misery, distaste for food and lack of interest in life. "I suffered from liver trouble," de clares T. B. Steadman, the well known Drayton, S. C. resident. Mr. Steadman runs an auto bus line and is well known by hundreds of peo ple along his route. Continuing in a signed statement, he says: "My stomach and kidneys al3o went back on me. and I was greatly distressed by constipation. I read in the newspa pers where this herb-and-root med icine Dreco was accomplishing so much for other sufferers that I de cided to give it a triaL I have taken one bottle of Dreco and already I feel lots better. I sleep and get my full rest every night, my appetite is much improved, and, take it all arcrund, I'm a better man. My bowels are now reliable. No more liver trouble. Dreco certainly did wonders for me. I have taken loads of liver medicines I ut none reached me like Dreco. It certainly brought results and I am gladly recommending it to all my friends,. Dreco is a pleasant, natural herb medicine, that is really wonderful in the results it brings. It quickly cleams out the poisons that are caus ing you headache, bad breath, and coated tongue. It is mitd, it never gripes and it is a bowel tonic as well as a cleanser and liver regulator. Dreco is dispensed by wortn-while drug stores and pharmacies every where and is particularly recom- ; mended in Sumter by Sibert's Drug ; Store, where the Dreco Man is mak- j hig his headquarters and explaining , ihe medicine to ail interested.?Advt. ; REAL FIGHTING MEN. Americans in France Fight Not Only Bravely but Enthusiastically. The following letter from this boy soldier will be read with even great- ' or interest by many of our Sumter people when it is known that he is .' -he third son of Mrs. Califf. who will e so pleasantly remembered as Miss Ruth Tindal, of Denmark, whe spent several years in school here and won a host of friends during that time. Corporal Califf was connected with Doster Bros, and Bruce Drug Co., of ireenviile, S. C., at the time of his enlistment with Company C, Engi neers, whieh was organized at Spar enburg. He went over with the Kainbow Division when he was in hi; seventeenth year: Chateauroux, France. Aug. 2C. Mr. Dear Tindal: I have been intending to write you :*cr a month, at least, but it was an mpossibility up to the .time they sent me back here to the base hos pital for gas. The Germans though! hey had my number, but they didn't. They tried for a long time before'they could put me out and they did not complete the job then, but boy, that is some feeling when you get that stuff into your system. The first whiff tastes and smells good, but , just wait a few seconds and th. nausea is awful. When that is over your chest, throat and eyes worry you. but I will be hack soort to try he Boche again. If' I could tell you half of what I saw before I left the ront you would hardly believe it, but vou should see the way' our boys go into battle, the way they face the Dutchmen." You never hear of any of our men getting shot in the back: t is always in front. If one walks >ver a field where American troops '^ave fought, the ones you see dead al ways die with their 'aces toward Ger many and never toward France. The spirit they show is something wonder ful and one of the greatest sights to he seen is Yankee and . Frenchman dghting side by side. iThere is no ?'Kamerad" in either of them and they will stiele until the last. Very often our advance was too fast for sup plies to reach "us immediately and when the boys found no "chow" they inly smiled and said, "Well, boys we'll eat monkey food (if we have it in cur packs) and make out until vhe 'chow' comes." You never hear .hem grumble. Very often I have seen as many as ten airplanes in a scran. You can asily see that we have the best avia tors by the way they maneuver up up there. They get the best of the "Dutch" in nearly all of their en gagements. The fact is. I have seen a great many fights and have seen only one Allied plane come down yet. That may not sound exactly correct, but it is. T have seen the Germans come down in flames, forced to earth ?:nd "Dutch" aviators taken captive. I guess you are tired reading all ibout this, eh? The nurses here have certainly been : ne to us. and it seems that they can HEW CALOMEL IS WHOLLY DELIGHTFUL. I Calotabs. the new harmless and nausealess calomel, may now be ob tained at almost any good drug store. As a liver-cleanser and system-puri fier the new Calotabs are even more effective'than the old style calomel, yet there is not the slightest danger, nausea nor unpleasantness. One Calotab at bedtime, with a .-wallow of water. that's all. Next morning you awake ft-.-iin.cr tine, with ;i "nearly appetite for breakfast. Eat what you please, fruits, acids or any thing. There is not the slightest dan ger nor interference with your work. Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages. price thirty-five cents. Your druggist will refund your money if you are not delighted - he recommends them.?Advt. Commodity Wholesale Retail. Plain flour.$11.50 to 12.50 24 basis.$1.55 to 1 70 Self-rising- flour .... $11.75 to 12.50 24 lb. basis.$1.60 to 170 Corn meal .. .. .....4.25 to 4.50.5 t0 5 3_4(. lb S;:ts..--*-525 * 5-*S~ ?.6 1-2 to 7clb. Blue Rose rice.9 1-2 to 10c.. >. > 12 -0 v> i \? Sugar '.SS.40 ,to 10.40...'.".'.*.'.. $Wto H.4-) Dried Beans .17 to 18c. . .. ...... : 20c ib Lard?pure .. .. .. ..29 to 30c lb.,... . .. ..32 tQ 3Jc Lard?Compound .V . . . .23 1-4 to 24. i_2c lb.. _ . .27 1-2 to 30c lb Evaporated milk (small).. $3.50 to4.25,. ..5 1-2 to 7 l-'>c Evaporated milk .(large: . .$5.50 to 6.25. ** . . .*.* . . .. .lz 1-2 to lie Canned Corn No. 2 .. .. $1.75 to $2.50 (different" grades) 20 to 2;e Canned tomatoes No. 2 . .$1.60 to 1.6 5.. .'. .. .... 15 to "u Canned tomatoes No. 3 . :$2.00 to $2.25. .....'.*.*.. ' " 20 to Canned peas No. 2 .. ..$1.85 to 2.50 (different grades) '.'.20 to 25e Canned pork & beans No. 2.. 1.75 to to $2.00 .. ... .. .. 17 I-2 to 20c Canned Syrup .... ..?5.50 to $6.50 case .. .... .. ..$1.00 *o 1.15 gal. Cheese...30 to 32 l-2c lb.........35 to 40c Ib Butter. . .. .54 to 63 l-2c lb-..60 to 67 1-2c Ib Bacon, Sides .. .. .. . .27 1-2 to 29c lb.30 to 33 l-2c !b AI2 dealers should^sell flour, grits, meal and rice by the pound. ' ? ' < ICE. - - .? . V ' 7 Pounds.......5 cents lo pounds.... ..?.. ># . .10 cents 25 pounds. .. .. .. .,.15 cenrs 50 pounds......,:.30 cents 100 pounds.? ,....50 cents 200 pounds... .. .. v., . . SO cents FRESH FISH* Varieties Wholesale bullet.10 to 13c lb... "... Salt Water Trout .. .. .. .. 17c lb... .. .}. Salt Water Bass .. . .16 to 17c lb. Salt Water Sheep Head.16c lb....*' \ . .* Salt Water Brim.12 to 13c lb.. .. .. .. h Salt Water Flounders.'..12c lb.. .... .. .,. Drum...;' ..14 to 16c lb. .*.*.. .*/ .'. .. Snappers .. ...12c lb.. Spanish Mackerel .. '.....22c... APPROVED: Abe Ryttenberg, representing the wholesale dealers. D. G. F. Bultman, representing the retail dealers. . Mrs I. A. Ryttenberg, representing the consumers. Mrs. H. G. Osteen, Mrs. E. H. Moses, statisticians. TJ.% istration; E. I. Reardon, Assistant Food Administrator, ter Price Interpreting Board, : U> S. Kpod Administration. Retail . ... 15c lb. - 20c lb. .. .. 20c lb. .. .. 20c lb. .. .. 20c lb. .. . 15c lb. 15 to 20c lb. .*. . 15c lb. .. .... .25c ib. S. Food Admin Chariman, Sum QOt do enough for Us. We do -not see how we can even half way show our tppreciation. The funniest, feeling I have had since I came over here was Stamp selling records went smart Saturday when Mrs. J. P. Maurer and the day . they put me in bed betweerfPMrs. E..H.'Moses at their street Heaps of Stamps Sold. the white sheets, and let me eat out of a real dish. I had slept on the ground so long that I wanted some rocks put in the bed so I could sleep. The Red Cross have treated us royal ':* and that is one of the'greatesx or ganizations there is, so when you are' asked to give you may feel sure, that it goes to make some soldier happy. Tell everybody hello for me. Your devoted brother, WIETERS. Corporal J. W. Califf, Co. C, 117th Engineers, A. E. F., A. P. O. 715. Died in Service. table sold ?5,585.50 of war savers. The echo of this was heard away in .France where the boys told the Huns about it by letting them have a few extra bullets. The street tables are doing good work in reminding people that saying money and helping Uncle Sam can be done at the same time 'by . buying stamps. The sellers now have a shin ing mark to live up to and it is an easy prediction that more good sales will be recorded. Xews of the death of Joseph D. Joye, Jr., was received by relative-s en Sunday afternoon. He entered the navy about six months ago, and was stationed at Hampton Roads. His death was caused by pneumonia,, re sulting from influenza. His body will j ue brought to Sumter, but details of J . \:~7]:..!,: *. the funeral arrangements have not (WANTED?Position for 1919 as over been received. S seer of farm. Can furnish refer-. The gasolineless Sunday was bet ter observed yesterday than any Sun day since the rule went into effect.. The _ people generally are falling in line and are showing a disposition to observe the rule to the letter. There are, of course, a few slackers who disregard the request of the fuel ad ministration and do not respect pub lic sentiment. . .: A Rural Compromise. ences fr?m present ^employer. J. H. Dorhman, Sumter, S C., TL 4. A vacationist, just returned, relates j FERTILIZER FOR SALE^tfe^-arc. having overheard this bit of bucolic dickering: '"Hiram, when are you goin' to pay me them eight dollars for pasturin" your heifer? I've had her now i r about ten weeks." "Why. Sam. the critter ain't worth more'n ten dollars." "Well, s'posin' I keep her fer what you owe me?" "Not by a jugfull! Tell you what I'll do, though?keep her two weeks more an' you kin have her." The cotton seed market is glutted and the mills have quit buying. The storage capacity of the mills and of the local buyers is limited and ev erything is full, consequently the farmers will have to store the seed on the farm until the mills are in a po sition to re-enter the market. The circus is coming?it will be here as advertised on Thursday. Men who are engaged in non-essen tial industries will J?e required, to seek other jobs. .Able bodied men must fight or work to win the war. So far as known the Spanish in fluenza has not reached Sumter in epidemic form. Avoid the Hypocrite. "A bad man is worse when he pre fer to be a saint."??acon. going to sell all the Meal, Acid, Lime and mixed good^ in stock here for immediate shipment, at I bargain prices. Please call us be fore stock sold out. Southern Bro kerage Co. _Phone No. 89. FOR SALE?In settlement McBride estate I offer 1,000 acres Jaque lands, tracts 47 to 16 acres, well located in famous Pudding Swamp tobacco section. The four 1917 prize corn clubs boys 'of Sumter and Clarendon counties live one to eight miles away and grow 70 to 90 bushels on same type soil. A nearby tract of similar unimproved land was paid for out of last year's crop. Prices right and terms rea sonable. E. W. Dabbs, Trustee, Mayesville, S. C._ BEESWAX WANTED?Any quantity large or small. Am paying best cash price. See me if you have any. N. G: Osteen._? 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 Clemson college. A. A* Strauss. Sumter, S. C. MILLERS' CERTIFICATES?Can h? obtained at Item Office at reason able prices in lots of 100 or more. I RECEIVED TO-DAY ? * * I In this lot are all the latest numbers. I Cjme in and hear the great War ? Songs, Rags, Jazz and Band Music, Ask to see the SONORA Machine. Get a "BABY GRAND." * * t * t * * "The House That Made Sumter Musical" 26 N. MAIN STREET ?3* 4* SUMTER, S.C. *