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H ? .- --- ? -? M tte PoatoOe? st 3mm*r, * CU ?? S*crmd Ohm? M?su? PERSONAL. Capt. Herbert F. E. Bultman of the Coast Artillery, U. S. A., who has been stationed at Fort Hamilton, N. T., is at home on a twenty day fur lough before proceeding to Fort De Lessupe, Panama Canal Zone. . Capt. E. B. Andrews, M. C, U. S. N., Who has recently returned from France, is visiting his brother, Dr. C. H. Andrews. Mr. W. J. McKagen, Health Oifi cer at Hartsville, as in the city today. *f Miss KathWn Parham is at home ] from (Jre*r. ivood for two weeks, Lan der College having been closed until February 12th. : Mr. DeS. Upshur, of Xassawadax, j ."Va^ is visiting his brother, Mr. W. B. Vpsh?r. Hev. and Mrs. H. H. Covington. of Norfolk, Va., are here for a few days' stay. '-Mrs, T. B. Suber and little son, Theodore, are spending sometime with relatives 1n "Lancaster. Mr. J. E. McNinch, who has been spending several weeks with his sis ter, Mrs. T. B. Suber, left this morn ing for his home in Lancaster. Miss Maud Amon, of Bishopvllle. was In the city today. Mr. I. H. Moses, of Orangeburg, is in the city. Mh J. G. R. Wilder is spending a few days in Orangeburg on business. Dr. Walter Cheyne leaves tonight for Ne# York to take a special course in surgery in the hospitals i Private. David M. Smoot of the Lib erty Bell Division, is in town visiting his sisters, Mrs. T. M. Bradley and Miss Lizsie Smoot. The Liberty Bell Division was cited on two occasions} for bravery in the fierce fighting: on the Argoxme front during the fa mous mountains to the coast drive of September 26th, and before historic Sfedan. Killed at Crossing - John Find, Colored, and Two Mule Team Sun Over at Swifton Siding. Prom The Daily Item, Jan. 30. ? John Flud, a negro boy about 15 years old, and a mule were killed at Swifton Siding on the Atlantic Coast Line by passenger train No. 68 from <&lUmWa to Maxton at 9.10 thai morning. At this point the public rdad from Second MiU to Shady Side crosses the track in a rather deep cut, the banks of which cut off a view of ttfe railroad tracks. The boy was driving a two-mule Seam belonging to Sam Green and the train, which was coming ( tffcom Columbia, struck the team as ; it.jg?t on the track. The boy and one ' . mule were instantly killed and the 1 other mule injured, but not seriously. The wagon was torn to pieces and the 1 ; ?ra??rients scattered along the track ! for. a^thousand fee.t._ - Tbere~ were several eye witnesses ' Df the accident, as there were five or ] six men at. the siding loading lumber and unloading fertilizer. The train was running."on schedule at the usu al speed and there was "not a chance to stop, as the team was driven on the track almost directly in front of the train. The train was in charge of Conductor H. W. Lucius and Engineer Gayle. Coroner Sea I e as notified of the ac cident and took charge of the body. A jury has-been summoned but the inquest was postponed until tomor frow so that the train crew may be .present and testify. Abolish Chain Gangs. Got. Cooper Recommends Legis lation to Place All Convicts . Under the State Control. Columbia, Jan. 29.?In a special message to the house of representa tives today in which he transmits the report of the State Board of Charities and Corrections on the deaths of five negro convicts at the Good Samari tan Hospital here on January 21, with their prison shackles on their limbs. Governor Robert A. Cooper recommends legislation that a recur rence of such a circumstance should n?t be repeated in the future. "Any recommendation along this line," he said, "would necessarily involve your placing all convicts under State con trol." It appears to the governor, as stated, in this message, that the inci dent was due primarily to the difficul ty in providing adequate treatment to the sicH on the Richland county chain gang, lin which the prisoners were placed. ? The -investigation was the outcome of ?. resolution by Mr. Meares, of FaiVfietd. passed by the house several days ago, which was the result of a n?W8item appearing in a local news paper. The resolution called upon Governor Cooper to investigate the circumstances and report to th^ h?wee. The message of the governor and the report of the charities board were referred to the judiciary com mittee of the lower house. Wdmen Bank Clerks Bank of England Dismisses Eight Hundred Bank Clerks. London. Dec. 20 (Correspondence) ?Eight hundred women clerks em ployed by the Bank of England as a war measure have been notified that their services will no longer be requir ed, but that 200 of them may mak? special applications for as many per manent positions in the clerical staff. The salary* will be $15 a week with a pension of half that amount after 25 years' service. "Women will certainly be placed on a permanent footing in the future," was the opinion of one bank manag pv, while another felt that they were "excellent and charming" but they could not "work under pressure." Letter From France Miss Katie McKeiver Writes of Red Cross Christmas for the Soldiers. Nantes, Dec. 26, 19IS. Dear Folks: I had a holy, hap'py and a merry Christmas and the combination of the three made a perfect Christmas. Christmas with us began about two weeks ago as we had to stuff six thou sand pairs cf socks. The stuff was stored in a warehouse and every night the nurses worked with us. One sock held four packs of cigar ettes, one box of matches, two hand kerchiefs, two post cards and nuts. The mate, had a package dried fruit, a lot of candv and a package of cook ies. Christmas Eve. tue personnel of Convalescent Five gave a dance at the Chateau. The rooms were decor ated with mistletoe and holly and there was an imitation leg fire in the fireplace. Excepc for uniforms it was just like a party at home and when I "Home Sweet Home" was played at eleven-thirty, there were a few t?ars visible. Last week Eleanor and I went to the officers' hop with two lieutenants. After the hop, we had supper in the field kitchen. These! lieutenants are very popular with j their boys and we had lots of fun | while eating supper. Christmas Eve. I went to mid night mass. Six of our corps boys are members of -the famous Paulist choir. One of them sang at the church in Doulon. The other five sang here and I accompnaied them. We had high mass, "Adesfes Fideles," "Venite Adoremus" and "Angels We Have Heard on High." Hundreds of boys went to communion also a number of nurses. The hosts gave out and twelve soldiers and myself received communion in the chaplain's room where "he has a little repository. Christmas morning the two chaplains were busy giving communion to the bed patients. I have a ward of Ger man prisoners. Many of them are Catholics. At five in the morning, the nurses went through the wards singing car ols, a nice way to awaken the boys. Each boy found that Santa Claus had left a pair of socks at his bed. Dur ing the day, a real,, live Santa Claus distributed cigars through the wards. There were different groups of enter tainers who made the rounds. I went around with the Paulists. They sang the three carols already men tioned and "Holy Night." We were at it from 9.30 to 3.30 with a half hour out for noon mess. Each time their singing seemed better than the time before. I was so proud of them, because they are not only good sing ers but also good men and a cred;t to their church. Wre had lots of fun in the German ward. Their Christmas tree was a marvel. They made the decorations out of tin foil. I try to be absolutely just to them and the pris oners we have are courteous and syell behaved. After the Paulisns sang, the Germans sang for us. I sat Lhere thinking what a wonderful Christmas it was. The Red Cross kept open house and ptaients and personnel danced after noon and evening. I danced from 3.30 to 5.30 and from 6 on. There is more than one way of going: "over the top," and dancing is one of them. Out of my fund of experience I might write an article called "Danc ing with the A. E. F." Last night I was "wounded in the battle of Nantes by a hob nail barrage" at least that's the way the boys expressed it. Tn simple English, in the mad whirl of a fox-trot a joyous doughboy kick ed me on the shin. Have you heard the story about the doughboy who told the solicitous old lady "I deaned up aginst a barrage and it lifted." Did I tell you that the personnel of Base No. 11 is a Chicago unit? All the nurses, doctors and corps boys are from Chicago or the States of Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan. I have made some excellent friends, especial ly among the Chicago boys and'I feel free to call on them at any time for little favors. Much of my work is done in connection with the "sick and wounded" office' and the boys of that department are such a help to me. They are all of different types and, at home, belong to different stratas so cially; but, over here, they are all corps boys and the best friends in the world. If I repeat anything already writ ten to you. please forgive me; but as I experience certain things, I think of writing them and afterwards think I have written them. When the boys get home most of them will tell amazing stories about the French. Don't believe everything you hear. The average American soldier has little chance of obtaining access to a real French home. Un fcrtuntaely. they are judging the whole nation by the riff-raff. The vulgarity of the lower class people of the cities is repulsive, but nowhere will you find people of more redne ment than the better class people of France. When I say better. I don't nies?, money or blood, but merely opportunity. Capt. Petrie lives in Nantes with a French family. Madame Held is without doubt the most charming woman I ever met. She is the personification of all that I ever read or heard concerning French I fascination. Her home is filled with I bric-a-brac and beautiful hand-made embroidery. Another interesting family are the Fremonts who live at St. Luce, a village just on the other j side of us. They live in a chateau more than five hundred years old. with a moat all around it. So many! of the chateaus have been modern ized but this is the real article, even to a dungeon and water in the moat. Their whole estate is picturesque and interesting. What interested me most were the family portraits in oils. Both Monsieur and Madame are of no bility. They have been very nice to me. Sunday before last I had tea with them'and they showed me some of the family heirlooms. on<- of which was u h.'*n> that hod gone through the revolution and was the only thing that branch of th<? family saved. Satuday evening, a week :is;o. Eleanor and 1 had dinner in town with Capt. Petrie. Afterwards w went to the theatre where we met some artillery officers from St. Sebas tian. They have been over to see us several times and we walked with them over to their chateau Sunday before last. We met their colone:. He is from Georgia. He has since invited us to dinner but as Eleanor has the mumps the party has been postpon ed. She is quarantined and also our room for the present. I am living with Bessie Little, a Red Cross girl from Montana in B. H. 11. The other girls in this barracks are nurses. They are very nice to me and want me to move over permanently, especially as I am attached to B. H. 13. But I like our quarters in B. H. 216 much bet ter and we have a good fire always. Here "the stove is poor and the man who is supposed to keep the fire going isn't on the job like our Mack. Lit tle Bessie has just come in singing "Keep the Home Fires Burning." I told her that was about all I had done all evening. Frog stoves are not built on the same lines as Yankee ones. My Christmas box came about a week ago. It was badly crumbled but we enjoyed the cake just the. same. I gave away most of it to the I boys. Don't think I didn't want it but it was such fun to watch the boys eat real cake. I received two letters from "r.-ies duex soeurs" on Christmas Eve. I suppose the rest of you have written but the mali is slow. These letters were written at Thanksgiving. I also received a letter from Miss Marie. It bothers me considerably because I ; don't get a chance to write letters. Besides having unlimited .work, so much we have to do is so depressing that we use all the recreation pos- J sible to counteract it. When I have | my afternoon off, I spend it out of doors. We are allowed Sundays off but no one takes the whole day as. it seems selfish. We never see daylight in this work; all we can do is keep going and hoping that we are doing ? the essential things first. Even when we play, we do Red Cross work, if I'm going for a walk. I take a convales cent along with me and he acts as an escort and as he walks he tells me all the things he has been wanting to tell some one for months and months. It may seem queer to you folks at home but one of the gretaest treats the boys here can have is to tali; to someone who isn't a soldier. Did auntie get my letter? I wrote her and a great many others, on the boat coming over and I have heard since that they did not go through. None of mine were returned but some of the girls of our party had theirs returned to them in Paris. Some of the personnel here have blossomed forth with kodaks that were formerly tabooed. I have had my picture taken several times and if any of them are good, shall send them home. Please put the enclosed in my memory book. Please tell "Miss Fannie" that T re ceived the Christmas card and appre ciate her remembering me. Love to all, KATIE. Wheat Price Guarantee Food Administration Men Have Nothing to Do With Carrying Out Wheat Program. Washington. Jon. 20.?The food ad ministration will have no part in car rying out the government's guaran teed price for the 19IS and 1919 wheat and very probably will have passed out of existence before this year's crop is harvested, said a state ment tonight by W. A. Glasgow. Jr.. legal counsel for the administration. Mr. Glasgow was replying to conten tions by some members of the senate that the bill sent to the senate and house yesterday appropriating a bil lion and a quarter dollars to carry out the wheat price guaranty was an omnibus bill designed to continue the food administration in operation. Declaring that the food administra tion "is now being dissolved as rapid ly as its duties to the public service will permit," Mr. Glasgow said 'hat the wheat guarantee bill does not in volve the perpetuation of any powers to the food administration and that no such view was in contemplation. Mr. Glasgow said the food adminis tration" is not the champion of this bill or any other." It was prepared, he said, by the food administration's legal experts in cooperation with rep resentatives of the department of ag riculture at the request of Chairman Lever of the house agricultural com mittee and a copy of it was sent to the senate agriculture committee at the request of Chairman Gore. OPPOSITION TO PLAN. Program to Sell Wheat Not Favorably Regarded. Chicago. Jan. 29.?Organized op position to the plan of the federal food administration for the govern ment to buy and sell the 19IS and 1919 wheat crop was put under way in Chicago today under auspices of leaders of the board of trade who de cided to have a committee ask con gress to refuse to adopt the adminis tration's wheat policy. The board of trade men will de mand that the government relinquish all control of the handling of the crops and confine itself to the task of making good to the farmers its guar antee of $2.26 a bushel in Chicago. Schwartz Bros' White Sale. One full page of this issue is devot ed to n catalogue of the white goods bargains provided by Schwartz Bros, for their customers at the great an nual White Sale to which the ladies of this section of South Carolina look forward as the great shopping event of the .season. A.0 usual Mr. C. D. Schwartz made a special trip to the market and mill centers of the North and East i <> select the stock for this sale, and the results of his efforts are confidently submitted to good taste of the public.?Advt. New Spring Coal Suits. The Sumter Dry (Joods Co. arej exhibiting their first installment of I -?oat suits for the spring of 1!<19. The { adles are all invited to call and get icquainted with these, as well as the .ther new tilings on display.- Advt. Legislature In Session Again Resolution Introduced to Inves tigate Columbia Canal?Bare Quorum of Members Present. Columbia, Jan. 27.?Refreshed and rejuvenated over the recrudescence of Spanish influenza, the members of the house of representatives reconvened tonight at S o'clock and put in a busy, frictionless time in cleaning its calen dar on which were several important measures. Another blow was struck at the Columbia Gas and Electric Company, the holder of the Columbia canal, when a concurrent resolution was presented providing for a legislative investigation into the management of I the water works. The resolution was introduced by Mr. Meares of the Fair field delegation. A bill of State wide interest which passed the house and was sent to the senate was the McAdams measure providing for the regulation of ve nereal diseases and the treatment of of infected persons. This is one of the progressive health measures rec ommended by Dr. J. A. Haynes, State health officer, and by ex-Gov. Man ning in the latters last annual mes sage. Another measure of interest which was approved and sent to the senate was the bill providing for persons operating business in their own name to comply with the present statutes requiring disclosure of the names and the addreses of the pro prietors of tho businesses. Because of the small number of members present, which, however, was above a quorum, the debate on the bill providing for a State board of assessors in lieu of the present State lax commission, on which there promises to be a real legislative bat tle, went over until tomorrow. The Hart bill, which has for its ob ject the protection of girl's in wom en's colleges from the would-be "masher," was passed to third read ing without a dissenting vote. The Davis bill to establish Allen dale county was passed to third read ing. The Graham measure relieving the school districts of the State from all disabilities and disqualifications for State aid resulting from the recent epidemic of Spanish influenza and the consequent sub-quarantine v was passed to third reading. RURAL SEWERAGE DISPOSAL. Sanitary Engineer of Health Survey Doing Good Work. Salem, Black River. Jan. 28.?I wish to commend Mr. Filby. the .sani tary engineer, who is on the health survc3* job. to the confidence of our people. He was sent to me by Dr. Hayne to help me out of a sewage dis posal problem that had given me a great deal of annoyance. This he did at the lowest possible cost in less than two days. I found Mr. Filby good company, with a sympathy for our problems that was unexpected, and very gratifying. If we will give; him our hearty co-operation, our sewage problems will be solved?and what is to most of us a "bugaboo" which we dread to undertake, will be found to be very simple and inexpensive. I wish I could have had his advice in planning and installing my system: it would have saved me much cost and annoyance. Wo have a splendid opportunity to secure the best and cheapest sewage disposal installation service ever offered to our people, and we should make the most of it. E. W. D. INFLUENZA CLOSES SCHOOL. Salem, Black River. Jan. 29.? Owing to the prevalence of the flu the patrons of the line school "Sunny Side" on Pudding Swamp have asked the trustees to close the school.for the remainder of the term. New Zion after running only throe weeks since the opening last fall has been clos ed for the remainder of the term. Sunny Side has had more than two months of teaching. It is a great pity for the children of these schools to 'ose so much time, and the trustees on the Sumter side suggested to the Clarendon trustees to close tempor arily with the hope that by March 1st conditions would so improve that tw^ or three months of teaching could be given them. Flu is more general now than in October and November, but the type seems to be milder. E. W. D. HOUSEHOLDERS WON'T PAY. Decline in Price of Dairy Products Follows. Chicago. Jan. 28.?The decline in the price of dairy 'products which was renewed here today is attributed by many dealers to refusal of house holders to pay the high prices which did not begin to break until a fort night ago. * In the Inst five days cheese at wholesale has declined eight c< nts: better six cents and eggs eight cents. A federal grand jury is expected to re port Saturday on retailers who are al-1 leged not to have passed the saving] on to the ultimate consumer. The housing problem is growing more acute in Sumter all the time, j There is a demand for houses and j i apartment here that cannot be fill ed and every real estate agent, in the city has a wailing list of people who want to rent houses lien-. If: there were houses Jo be had a num-j ber of families would come to Sum-; ter to live and the population of the! city would be considerably increased, it is population that makes business, and some plan should lie devised to j relieve the situation. The Chamber! of Commerce might find it worth! while to give the matter considera i ion. The meeting of City Council called! Tuesday night tor tin- election of City Clerk and Treasurer and members of.i the police force was postponed as Mayor Jennings was called to \\ ish-: ingtorj on business. AX INFLUENZA RETROSPECT. I -? A Bxief Review of the Recent Re curence of Influenza in Tlie City. Editor The Item: In considering the epidemic of in fluenza, we of Sumter have every rea son to be deeply grateful for the lit tle that we have suffered in compar ison with other places. We realize that we have lost some exceedingly valuable lives and our burden is. therefor, grievous: but when we see what ravages this disease has made in other places, it becomes us to be deeply andJiumbly grateful. Now that the recent recurrence of the /disease seems to have subsided as evinced by the exceedingly encour aging reports from the physicians and the schools of the city, it seems pro pitious that we briefly review the sit uation. On the evening ofJanuary 19th, the City Board of Education met at the call of the chairman to consider the conditions. At the beginning of the meeting the board had only one report before it and that was a re port submitted by Dr. J. A. Mood. As reflected by his individual practice the conditions seemed to warrant the | board's closing /'the schools for at least one week and it was unanimous ly ordered that this be done. It had been ascertained just before the meet ing that the sheriff of Sumter county had received an order to investigate and l-eport conditions to the State Board of Health. Sheriff Hurst was therefore, called in to make a report of his investigations in the city. He had a report from all of the physi cians of the city and the conditions as reflected by these reports were by no means the same as reflected by Dr. Mood's practice. The board, there fore, unanimously rescinded its form er action that the board should on its own iniative close the schools, and decided to await the action of the City Board of Health. The next morn ing the Superintendent announced to the school that the whole matter rest ed in the hands of the City Board of Health and the schools would, as they have always done, cheerfully cooper ate with the City Board of Health, and advised the pupils not to let their minds become worried by the situa tion, but to leave the matter entirely in the hands of the authorities. It .will be remembered that upon the reports and showing made by the physicians of the city, the City Board of Health decided to take no action at ^present. That this board acted wisely was revealed by the steady and marked improvement during all of last week. The reports from the phy sicians and the school continued to be morft favorable every day and the reports today show that the recent recurrence of influenza has practlca"! yl subsided in our city. The physicians predicted at the be ginning of the year that we should have these waves of influenza during the whole winter season. Our very ardent hope is that we have had our last recurrence. However this may he. while we appreciate our iropar able loss of life, the hearts of our whole community should be deeply grateful for the blessings that we have so abundantly received. Respectfully and cordially submit ted. S. H. Edmunds. Superintendent of the City Schools. _ i National Junior Christian Endeavor Worker Coming. Miss Grace Hooper of Nebraska. National superintendent of Junior Christian Endeavor, will speak in the Sunday school room of the Pres byterian Church tomorrow (Thurs day) evening at 8 o'clock. A most cordial invitation is extended +o ev eryone to attend this rally. Miss Hooper is a brilliant young wo man and an exceptionally fine speak er. She has traveled extensively and is the best authority in North Amer ica on religious work for-children in Junior Christian Endeavor societies, Mission Bands, Epworth League. B. Y. P. U, etc. It is hoped that she will get a great hearing in our city. Miss Hooper will return to the city on Saturday and will hold a rally in the Primary Sunday School room of the Presbyterian Church for all of the boys and girls. After this rally a conference will be held with Junior leaders. All of the boys and girls and those interested in working with children are invited to attend this rally at 4 o'clock and the conference to be held at the close. Wc ought to make 'this day a me morable/one in our city for religious work for the children. Miss Hooper comes to us with the endorsement of the World's Chris tian Endeavor Union, the All-South Christian Endeavor Extension Com mittee, the State Christian Endeavor Union and the personal commenda tion of many religious workers of world-wide and national reputation. An offering will be received at the evening rally for the work of the South Carolina Christian Endeavor Union. The Influenza Situation. Reports received today show that the influenza situation for the city continues to improve very decid? dly. j At the various school buildings the at tendnace last week steadily improved each day and Monday the improve-1 ment in attendance continued, manyj of the rooms being full. Quite aj number of those who have been sick ; have returned. The reports from the) schools are altogether encouraging. ! Reports from the physicians arc equally encouraging. The police are doing good, work j rounding up the speedsters and al-i most every day a few of the auto] racers face th* Recorder and eon-; tribute to the City Treasury, if then were more policemen available to enforce the traffic ordinance the; streets would, be safer and more ofj the speed maniacs would be arresteu. Joe 11. M. Ashb-y. sheriff of Ander-; son county since 1912, handed bis res-j ignation to G-ov. Cooper. J. <>;m San do's, deputy to Sheriff Ashley, was immediately appointed to the office. The new sheriff also took the oath of office before W. Banks Dove, secretary: of State. Mr. Sanders expects to have, his bond arranged and the office checked over to him by Feb. 1. 1 GOOD MED FOR STRIKES Government Will Not Stand for Hold Up by Greedy Ship Yard Workers. LET THE JOB STAND/* WILL BE THE POLICY Director General of Emergency Fleet Says That'Ship" Yards Need a Breathing Spell. Washington. Jan. 30.?The1-govern ment's policy in ship yard' strikes . will be to "let the job stand." ' gh?&es ; Piez. director general of the/^nier gency fleet corporation, said today. :. He referred particularly to ? the strike situation in Seattle, where, "he * said, the men had been out for ;a><;; week, and to San Francisco^ where : he said it was reported the workers in two trades intended to walk out shortly and tie up all work in that dis- :.V trict. Mr. Piez declared that 'most of the ship yards needed a breathing spell, and that he did not think the government would continue furnishing work at extremeiy high wages, unless/.' increased skill and output justified it. Full Recognition of Paderewsfci Secretary Lansing Greets New Polish Premier. Washington, Jan. 29.?Recognition of the provisional government of Po-; land has been accorded by the Ameri can government, officials of the State department said today in making pub lic a message which Secretary -Lan sing at Paris, has sent by direction of President Wilson to Ignace Jan Paderewski. the new Polish premier. Mr. Lansing congratulated Mr. Pader ewski upon becoming head of the Po lish government and said that the'; United States would be glad to enter; into relations with the new Polish', state as soon as possible. Mr. Lan sing's telegram follows: "The president of the United States? directs me to extend to you as for eign minister and secretary of foreign affairs of the provisional Polish gov-. eminent its sincere wishes for your success in the hi^rh office which you nave assumed and his earnest hope that the government of which yott"..? are a part will bring prosperity to the" republic of Poland. *'Tt is my privilege to extend to you at this time my personal greetings . and officially to assure you that it will be a source of gratification to en ter into official relations with you-at : the' earliest opportunity to render to your countrv such aid as is possible . at this time as it enters upon a new cycle of independent life. This will be in accordance with that spirit of friendliness which has in the past an imated the American people in their relations with your countrymen." m AH New. Xew middy suits, new coat suits, new spring top coats at the Sumter Drv Goods Co.?Advt. roil SALE?IS tine Duroc Jersey pigs farrowed August and September. Average weight So pounds. 8 males and 10 females. Registered papers furnished if desired. D. W. Cut tino. at O'Donnoll & Co. WK SELL?Fertilizer and fertilizer ? materials of all kinds. Write us for prices. We can save you money. Southern Brokerage Co., Sumter, S. C._ FARM LAM) FOR SALK?In Sumter Jg! Lee and Clarendon counties. C. P. Osteen. Sumter, S. C. BEESWAX WANTED?Any quantity large or small Am paying best cash price. Sec me if you have any. X. G. Ostcen._ FOR SALE?F. O. B. cars, Camp Jackson, stable manure; very little straw. Car load lots only. Cheml' cal and Fertilizer value :a^ed very high by Clemson .college. A. A. Strauss, Sumter, S. C. T for vou. -> Cj We Grind Lenses, examine the T % e-v&a scientifically and fit eye-' T * glasses perfectly. Let us work t We have al! prescriptions % 4? on file. Broken ienses replac- X |> ed promptly. Graduate Opto- % it. metnst and Optician in charge. ! W. A. Thoi * JEWE1.E vV. OPTOMETRIST