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m is ? ? ifl The danger now seems to be i over and you can come to town ??d do your shopping without Our Stock of Dresses, Goats and Coat Suits fe Complete. If Also a good line of Odd Skirts and a beautiful selection of Shirt Waist See ours and then buy. i A LETTER OF APPRECIATION. The Type of Work Done in Our Hufs in the Cantonments Explained. Editor Daily Item: In the interest of the United War Work Campaign, I have asked Secre tary Baker for the privilege of pub lishing the following letter. This let ter shows what is being done for our boys in the huts in our own country and overseas. An appreciation of what is being done will make our en thusiasm even greater than it is now. Respectfully submitted, S. H. EDMUNDS, District Chairman. Camp Hancock, Georgia, August 5, 1018. F. J. Baker, Building Secretary, Building No. 79, Y. M. C. A . Dear Sir: having been stationed in infirmary next door to your Y. M. C. A. for the past five months, I want to convey to you my appreciation of the following facts: I have visited the Y. M. C. A. sometimes many times a day, and at all times of the day, and have observ ed many interesting things. The ef ficiency of your organization i? splendid in carrying on your welfare work over the counter, providing for the many material needs of the men. but your work goes much deeper into the lives of these men. My own work brings me in close touch with individual men and I am consciou-i all the time of what these men have gained at your hands in additio} to their military training. Your work stands for the Lome in fluence in camp. That is the irfluence of the home letter writing and fire side, of the church, of wholesome entertainment, of clean athletics. In other words you bridge the gulf be I tween army life and past environ ments. i But more than this, I have seer. ! men dejected and in tears step into your back door for a personal inter view and have seen them come out with head held high and ? smile of firm resolve, new resolution and re newed purpose. Indeed the length and breadth and height and depth of your splendid work is too great for expression in a few words of mine. I do not congratulate you, happv as your chance is. You are doing only your duty, but I do congratulate the folks back home who have made so great an investment so wisely. In all my travels from Ottawa and Quebec, Canada, on the North to Augusta, Ga., on the South, during which T have heard some of the great religious speakers', it has never been my privilege to know a more charm ing, cultured and forcible religious worker than the man who has ab sented himself from his city church and is working with you. This I believe is the type of man to be found in all Y. M. C. A.'s throughout our land and abroad. Sir: If those at home who have so generously contributed to this wonderful work, could see and feel its effects as I have, it would not only be a duty but the greatest pleasure to . contribute yellow backs instead of - silver dollars towards its continuance. Frank H. Everett, First Lieut. Med. R. C. Home address: Castleton, Vt._ i Lime! Lime! Lime! Made From Shells, Burnt, Ground and Disintegrated. In new weight Burlap Bags, Sold by Sack or in Ten Ton Carload Lots. Destroys acidity of soils, at the same time produces a gradual nitrification of any soil. Half ton is absolutely sufficient, per acre, every three years. For nine years* experience, see T. S. Sumter, at the Big Bicycle and Automobile Store, Main Street, Sumter, S. C, and while there se lect from our new arrivals any grade Bicycle you need. We nave Men's, Ladies* and Juvenile models. Or xf it is a fine Automobile Tire, or any part or attachment you desire for your car. Call investigate?be convinced and satisfied. Respectfully, Mikell, Sneeden, Phares Co., Per THOS. S. SUMTER. A Continuance of Mail Orders also Solicited; Prompt Attenti n Given, as Ever. NO STATE FAIR. Conditions Not Favorable For Event Managers Announce. I Columbia, Nov. 6.?Definite an i nouncement was mtide last night that ? no State fair will be held this year. I In giving- a final decision in the j matter it was emphasized by D. E. I Efird, secretary of the State Fair I association, that three different phases of unfavorable circumstances had to be considered. j The first was general demoraliza tion, incident tot he prevalence of Spanish influenza, which caused in definite postprnement of the fair sev eral weeks ago, the original dates for the annual event being October 2S, November I, inclusive. Another was the congested condi tion of railroads, which precluded the possibility of assembling the exhibits with any degree of satisfaction. The third and equally convincing reason for annulment of the plan for a fair this year was the general un rest of the people on account of the war and pressing shortage of labor. Definite arrangements had been moving forward with dispatch for the fair until the outbreak of influenza early in October. Partitions had been removed from cattle stalls in prep arations for the exhibits of cattle and livestock, and a shipment of lumber had been delivered i:n anticipation of Lhe construction of adequate stalls for the hogs to replace the hog barn which was burned last February. The jtate board of health ordered an in definite postponment of the fair when the general quarantine against the spread of influenza was effected, which necessarily caused disruption in the plans. The last few days Mr. Sfird has made a canvass of the of ficers and executive committeemen, and the poll is overwhelmingly op posed to any attempt to hold the fair at this late date. Speaking of the abandonment of plans for the fair this fall Mr. Efird aid last night. "It is with many regrets that the management of the State fair an nounces that no fair can be held this falL Health conditions throughout South Carolina caused the State board of health to postpone indefinitely the fair from the original dates, October 28-November 1, and it is deemed in advisable to attempt to hold the fair at this late date. Also the present congested condition of transportation companies is such as to make the de livery of exhibits very uncertain. Further, the general unrest of the people on account of war conditions and labor shortage makes attendance upon the fair decidedly problematical. "Because of these reasons the members of the executive commit tee have decided to hold no fair for :he year 1918, and trusts that this decision will meet with the approv al of the exhibitors and the public generally. From present indications the war will soon come to a success ful conclusion, and no effort will oe spared to make the 1919 fair the greatest in the history of the so ciety." ???????????? ?????????????+ LIVING LIKE GENTLEMEN. "Your boys overseas," said Secretary Baker at a great mass meeting in New York Sunday, "are fighting- like he roes and, thanks to the welfare agencies, are living like gentle men." The Secretary of War knows what he is talking about. He has been to France and inves tigated for his benefit and yours. Let us see to it next week that South Carolina's full share of the $250,000,000 Unit ed War Work Fund is raised, in order that our sons and our friends' sons shall continue, during the restoration of France and Belgium, to "live like gentlemen." ???????????????????????it ATTEND COTTON MEETING. Gov. Manning Heads Delegation to Atlanta Conference. Columbia, Nov. 5.?A delegation of South Carolinians, headed by Gov. Richard I. Manning, will leave tomor row for Atlanta, Ga., to attend the conference called by J. J. Brown, commissioner of agriculture of Geor gia, to meet in that city Thursday to discuss plans for ~abilizing the price of cotton by holding a meeting. The conference was sugested by Governor Manning last week in a telegram to Commissioner Brown through A. C. Summers, commissioner of agricul ture, commerce and industries of South Carolina. Public and business men and those interested in the grow- j ing and marketing of cotton have been invited from every cotton pro ducing State. The South Carolinans will leave to morrow afternoon by way of Augusta. Those who have signified their inten tion of attending are: Governor Man ning, Senator E. D. Smith, A. C. Sum mersi gftate " commissioner of agri culture, commerce and industries; John 1m McLaurin. of Bennettsville. former State warehouse commission er; William Hanks, of Columbia, fed eral inspector of explosives for South [Carolina; B. Hart Moss, of Orange-, j burg; Dr. Wade Stockhouse. of Dil llon; Harry D. Calhoun of Barnwell: jJ. H. Porter of Barnwell: J. H. daffy, of Orangeburg; R. M. Cooper, j of Wisacky; B. Harris, of Pendleton. j who was today elected State commis sioner of agriculture, commerce and industries, and L. D. Jennings, of Sumter. Those who have been in vited, but. who have not signified! i their intention to attend are: Alan j Johnstone, of Newberry; John M. j ' Kinard, of Newberry; Congressman : I A. F. Lever, R. Goodwyn Rhett. of I Charleson; H. M. Dibble, of Alken: I K. AV. Dabbs. of Mayesville. and Ira B. Dunlap. of Kork Hill. Mannerly Conservation. Mama?"Willie, you have no man ners." Willie?"Well, if I waste them now I won't have any when company comes."?Judge. FICKLENESS OF RUSSIANS. Their Leaders are Changeable and Not to be Depended Upon. Stockholm, Oct. 20 (Correspond ence of The Associated Press)?If any nation or outside leader attempts to set up a stable government in Russia they doubtless will find the mercurial Russians a difficult lot to satisfy. They have plenty of ideas and opinions but I lack action. "The trouble with Russians is that! they believe opinions are achieve- { ments," recently said a prominent j American who is familiar with Rus sian affairs. This certainly character izes many of the Russians who are now waiting in Scandinavia for some thing to happen in Russia. They are criticising the allies for failure to act more speedily in Russia. Their changeableness is surprising. The very leaders who were loudest in denouncing the Brest peace treaty were soon hobnobbing with the Ger-1 nans. Paul Milyukoff and other lead- J ers of the extreme right who had j pretended great friendship for the en- j tente turned to the Germans in an! effort to establish under their protec tion a monarchy which would father the policies of the Constitutional Democratic party. "When it became evident that the Germans would not enter Northern Russia in large numbers and set up aristocratic government similar to! that of Skoropadsky in the Ukraine, bourgeoisie leaders who had turned! from the entente to Germany, agaiii became friendly toward the entente and less critical of the failure of the English, French and Americans to enter Russia in large numbers awi overthrow the existing government. Entente successes on the western tront and entente support of the Czechs in their phenomenal campaigns against the Bolsheviki further soften ed the hearts of Russian leaders qt the extreme right. But diplomats of the entente powers stationed in Rus sia were not deceived by chameleon like Russian leaders whose aim seems to be the establishment of class gov ernment. The action of the entente in refusing support to the Honrath government in Siberia indicates clear ly the decision of the entente to stand aloof from class and party movements and give the great mass of Russians )x chance to work out their will by democratic means. : Pri?es for Poultry. The handsome loving cups griven by the Sumter County Poultry Associa tion as prizes in the poultry depart ment of the Sumter county fair are on display in the windows of the Sumter Clothing Co. \ R. L. Simmons of Charlotte, N. C:> has been secured as judge. The ef forts of the Fair Association is to raise more chickens and better chicksnsv Premium list and entry blanks can be secured by seeing A. H. Wilder, Superintendent or H. L. Tisdale, Sec retary. * The National Bank of South Carolina i Plant More Grain and Lick the Hun! t We have helped to put all Liberty * Loans over. * ?To make all Crops. ?And are still at your service, WITH ? THE GOODS. C. G. ROWLAND, - President F E. HINNART, Cashier. BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Our Total Resources in 1917 Were $900,000. OUR RESOURCES NOW ARE $1,500,000 AN INCREASE OF $600,000. Our business is growing rapidly, as our one desire is to give our customers prompt and cour teous treatment at all times. We would be glad to have you give us your banking business, we feel sure we can please you in every way. The National Bank of Sumter, The "Old Reliable" Since 1889 J. P. BOOTH, President W. J. CROWSON, Jr., Cashier BANK and you can BANK 81 The First, National Bank SUMTER, S. C. ?>'!"t"I"l'*< '> 'I M"M 11?I 11 H * 111 1 H ? I Building Material and Feed Stoffs | f Rough and Dressed Lumber, Lime, Cement, Plaster, Brick, Shingles, Mouldings, Etc. All kinds of Feed for Horses, Cows, Hogs and Poultry. We solicit your patronage. Booth & McLeod, Inc. Phone* 10& 631 j * ?