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5*5 ^fought Well Gen. J. C. Bailey Writes Gov , my^ Divi sion Pfeved inT?attle. A leitet- froirf -=-MatK -:^en. C. J. . Bailey'to. -e^Gwesnor ^Manning will ?'' .fee' ^interest. to ail who have friends V |r- .i&e" -Eighty-first -.Division, trained s?. Camp. Jackson. The letter is dat e? J^i?osy 2 and says: - /*The .division now occupies, a>traia 'jfe;"'aw^:,near. Chatillon-Sur Seine, a s^esf&Je town, and the headquarters \a?e'~*at"\this' place, _Iussy-eur-Scine. I; We .participated in the last six days /Of flghting before the armistice, with / &iie BSrst Army, occupying the, ei / 1 Ire^^isht sf the. line, just south of VOrduia. We were actively engaged ' on November 9, 10 and ll, up to the cessation of hostilities. Although the ? ^...Germans were retiring on our north they/held ..their, lines in front of us for these three days we met very ^pns? resistance. They had occupied Jh.is position for three or more years; icw -it well and our advance was i: much? wire, oxer swampy ? " ah4 agfti??.?fe str^n* artillery ;?iachibe gun fire. They were back, i^ow^ver, and when the fig&tfnsr stopped we had advanced up to ?|heir main line of resistance and perhaps wonhave gone further. ."We - had ever 1.000 casualties, some 2aO'Of.whoin were.killed or died from grounds- later. Oflicers and men ac WWUed themselves well. ? The disci pliny. and training. we have had kept ^r-lasses down and it was clearly -d?iR?^sirated-. that the ^division would fcta-ye, done, well could it have gone into f.he. Argbnne earlier and participated ' iii aw hard ? fighting there. ? /"'Latvia. Novtral^r we started $out;i from Vercliun.and reached here ? in. December. Here we are likely tp - -^aa^a. until .seit. horn*, .for, while ^Aknow nothing denfiinte, i do not "?fcy?Ve we are -going into Germany.]* .General .Bailey says .further: "OS-i ??f?ere. -.aaxd-' men are: in fine shape. -I hav* t?vrepeat what I wrote you be- | ;f?re-rrrthey .are the very finest . ever, j these soldiers of the division. They) ?v $^^-had; many hardships and prim-1 tJons ar.d at no time have they been . ??y- tap;. comfortable, but never .wt 'they complained."'' Three Chinamen Killed Ipfepee "Prominent Men Found Dead |n Washington. -Washington, .Tan. 21.?-Washington police tonight wen* engaged in an at-. temp^.to. solve the mystery of the! ^ping.-of Dr. T. T. Wong, chief of! tl*e--Ghmese educational mission to i %jgei .United Statt s, and M. H. Hsie \ ?nd Ben Se:: Vv'u, students at George j ^ashrngton. University, whose bodies; were found tonight in their home in J the /fashionable Mount Pleasant soc Uon^ i They were last seen alive on j ; ^Absence of the two students from | 3^-diversity led a fellow student,,' Kox^Xdy who lives nearby, to .investi-| .S&ie tq?ight He entered the house ^Hr^ouigii' a. window and found thej $*5%y -o^.Dr. Wong on the first:floor, j ^>?,ee _vere summoned and the bodies th? two.students were found in the! has^fnent. All three men had been) s^t:and..physicians who examined the b^es. said they probably had been J^He^'^ed-Bfisday. ?.^^.pisterwith which the men had ^^^e^^i^..tojxrid on a chair near! X%$^5^<if body, . Traces .of a death I steuggjle ' Were, in evidence. A heavy ! i_as&";ta.ble lamp lay on the floor! amg^.the.. shattered remnants of the shade and bulb. A chair in the dining rate sadjoining was overturned and a feiajfcB.., colored elastic from a garter ;wisfa$ on :iie: floor. ^'The b^^".nf-Hsie, who. was secre ^a^rail?^treasurer of the mission, and Vth, confidential secretary to Dr. 5T6ng. .were fecund lying head, to head ija, the .^ftirnace : rppm and evidently yifa.&esn dragged there. A- gas wa ?$&r heater still was burning when of ficers, 'entered the kitchen, which also is in the, basement Blood stains .^sere oji. the kitchen , floor and the na^owstairs leading down to it. v^^Jfig. had. a deep gush in the back { ofhis hw? and two. bullet pounds in the jgJ^c The. pistol had Been held m clpk?lz that the vest was scorched. Wja h^ piie htillel wound in the head and another in the chest and H>i. had one wound In the head. The police, are at a loss for mo-j five for the triple murder. Thrre was! no evidence that robbery had ber*r! j committed and so far* as they wer'- j able, to establish from the friends o?J the men they had no enemies. The| theory of. the officers is :bat the two j students were killefl first by some on- 1 who lurked in the house and that Dr.; Wong was murdered later when he Returned home. ; This theory is bhs?nl upon severe' jTactK. \The tirst is that f.i wm.t to ihr bo^i^e. "Wedncs.lr;v and upon ringing the be)twas told by a. ::*rang.- Oh:n??se that Dr. Wong was not at horn". An other is .that, th'-re were oniy tv/o dis charged C?Ctridp'S in the pistol, whereas at lea.st five shots were tired into the bodies. The ol?cers thinU tiiat \3iifIiClent time tlups^d l>c-tv.*een the'd.eaih of the students and or Dr. Wong for the murderer to hide tlif hodies of the first two and reload ihr gun before Dr. Wong reached hi* housfc. ' Officials at the Chinese embassy could throw no light on the mystery. Aeroplane Visits City. A scout airplane from Camp Jack .son. circled over Sumter Friday And later la J ded in the iieid near th? home of Mr. <T. M:ison. Tin; ma chine was in vbarg?- of two men and came here, so ir is reported, to m? et another machine en route from AV;i ;h irxgipn to Camp Jackson. The buzz of the large engine created much ex citement on the streets and peopk were looking evreywhre to locate xh< machine. Many people wen; out t? see the machine and its occupant jtt'ho, were the object ci' no little riftijity from the m:jny oaN>okers Tije uaachine is a Dellavailand scoir? airplane, it is said. , fe^Hh^S?l^afibrt of *$Cussi?; is Liberation From Bol \ sheviki. I London, Jan.- 15. (Correspondence, of The Associated Press)?Five rep- j resentatives of liussian poli' ."'al or-1 gan.izations who are now here have issued a statement 'in which they as-! sort that they are of the opinion that] the salvation of- Russia requires, first of all, that Russia should be liberated j ifrom the BoLshevikk They ask for; ? \th? active help of the entente allies, '[for Russians who are -engaged in! 1 lighting Bolshevik rule. ) ? The delegation includes two mod-1 ;j orate Conservatives, one Liberal and i i two moderate Socialists. . They wore j [sent io-the allied countries to in- j form the governments and peoples of! Russia's critical position. The mem- j bers of the delegation are Vladimir I Gurko; Nicholas Shebeko, . formerly j Russian ambasador at Vienna; Ser- J guis Tretiakoff, formerly president of j che. Russian Ecumenical Council; j Alexander Titoff- and Constantinoj KrovoposkoiT. The two lust named are} moderate Socialists. This ihission I j^he* in Par je woe headed by profes sor Paul Miliukofr, leader of the Rus sian Constitutional Bcmocrats andj ! formerly ^Foreign . Minist er, \nt his! j name is- not included among - thosv i 'who make public the appeal for help! jfor Russia. i ? 'The- German domination in Rus-j jsfet and-its artificial splitting into in-1 \ dependent parts,": suys 'the Russia n j representativos, "is contrary to the! aspirations of the masses and of :>4\ ] [the sane elements which demand the! j union of the whole country in a sin- > jgle state whose ttltimate fate must be] I determined-by- the free decision of the ? peoples inhabiting Russia, j . "For this purpose active help is re-j i quired from'the allies for all those j j parts of Russia which are in conflict] of the Boleheviki and who are str:v-'. ing to reunite and, regenerate Russia, j "In the south this help must bo giv- h en firsf of all to the voluntary ar-.-yj< which is fighting against the Rolshe- j' yiki in the Northern Caucasus, lie- j ! sides, to create crdfr, it is necessa ry j1 to occupy temporarily .he, most im- J1 portant towns and railway Junctions'] in the south of Xtussia so as to proYj; vent the advance of thr Bolshevik; -:' from ;ihe north and, the- spreading of j< anarchy, that has already ruined, the j'? north of Russia. \'< "A barrier against the Bolshevism spreading from the north will enaWle the voluntary army to consolidate and 11 to grow. It yrm be possible, by ven scription to convert this voluntary army into a vast army in the south of Russia and, together with Siberia and the northern territory to eru.-di j the Bolsheviki and to.reunite th^j' whele of free Russia in the coming!* spring. ; ] i "Therefore the allied help is not rc-'j ] quired for the purpose of taking anP offensive against the Bolsheviki. but j; to- create oanditions that will enable i 3 the sane elements to organize themr j solves, to -create a government j? mechanism and-an- army. All .the r rest as well as the internal organiza-r j * lion of the country must he left ton the Russians themselves. J* "Quite, a separate .problem is the j * salvation of Petrograd. During the \? Bolshevik regime tho population had j?' diminished to 000,000. The liberation j of this cityi. at the earliest possible j( date.by.the allies is called for. by cohrjl sideiations of -humaniiy now that.the n aiHesvhave..access to the dying-capital f through, the, Baltic .^tea. If in tim e $g i" war America considered it her duty to save Europe from the yoke of Prussianism, 'now.^c* the moment of the approaching peace a new task is j c confronting her?the salvation of thejs Russian democracy and of the Jius-1 * sian state from the tyranny of Lerjs nine and Trotzky, nay the salvation j; of the Whole of Russian civilization if from the Bolshevik barbarity. If theil help is not given Quickly and decis- U ively. .Russia, instead ; of a. free dem- i ocratic country will be .crushed in a j l state, of unheard of dictatorship, that j t will make a stable and a lasting {.< peace impossible, that will be a con stant threat not only to its Neigh bors, but to the whole of Europe." j'.The Bolshevik army, say the Rus sian army delegates now h?s increas ed to 500.990 men- . According to the statement,;''the . Socialist members is of the delegation arc of the opinion j ?< that Soviet ruU in Russia in the dead- i * lie&?. imtmy to, democracy. -., ,_, ? ,' ' *,",?, ' ... Sunday Schools Take Big Part. Methodist churches all. over the.!.* Southern and Western States are\c waking up those days. April '27 to j j May 4 the M. E. Church, South, will ! conduct a drive for $35,000.000 with i ja view of putting the werte of :!k*.; church OD ;i business basis, while, a!jr jthe same time, enabling it to slipul-l" I.der Its responsibility during the days when & world is to be reconstructed. Out of the sum of $35;090,000 the ^ Sunday schools of the church win! r eontrilhite :< good quota, and tlie plauj I decided upon in this coiinectfon ist [interesting; !; Every Sunday school will be ox-] ? j pelted to make an offering for mis-]1 j 'docs of an -average of five cent.'; aj I ntonth per pupil enrolled. As somoj ! young people in the Sunday schools) twit! not l>?- m>m- to sriVo ?--von this] [small amount, those who can give i j more than this will do so, out five) coats per month per pupil is th>* regu-j ? ar allotment for the Sunday schools, 'tnd this pledge is now being made! by thousands of Sucday schooh<.! This sum wiil h<? pledged f<>r the j forthcoming five years, and no doubtj will total ?3.500,000 as the Sunday; school contribution to th-* Centenary. ; Already Sunda> school superintend ents in every city and town in tin ; Southern and Western States an- ap-j pointing committees and ?<-nin;c ready! tf? go over the top in the great drive '? <<>' then- Church. ] The tax commission h'-x done a ! great work in equalising the assoss- | [nieiit of property and putting <>n I'ne [tax boo*:s thousands of dollars worth j of property thai was not paying taxes.?, j Wo think the legislature will make a' igravt: mistake to abolish the cpnimisr; j .--.ion and return ilu> old form of j I board of assessv..^.?BishopviJie Via--: ? tficator. ' ! Grafting of the Public's, Property Legislation Now Pending in Congress to Give Away Vast Resources. Philadelphia! Jah. 30.?The end of fighting in France opens many a question at home. During the war the hearts and minds, of the .men and women of America were overseas, but with the coming of victory we can turn again to home affairs. It is right and fitting, therefore, that the friends of conservation should inquire once more as to the status of the conservation movoment. The people of the United States own natural resources of enormous value? lands that contain . more than six hundred million barrels of oil. four hundred and fifty billion tons of coal, two million acres of phosphate lands, and more than fifty million undevelop ed water horsepower. Legislation is now pending in con gress to trade or give ail this away. While public attention was absorbed by the war, measures to disposo of these resources quietly passed both the hou*e and seriate. As usual the house' bills are mainly eotind, the senate bills-thoroughly bad. .There is serious danger that the latter will be jammed through in the dying hours of the present session. The senate, on January 7. 19'IS, af ter very brief consideration. passed a bill tS. 2S.12). dealing' with the] coal, oil, gas. and phosphate resour< es ! now in'public ownership. This meas-| uro. masquerading ok a leasing hill, | would surrender, with the title, all j control of waste, output, price, and j labor conditions. It fosters specula- j tion in coal, oil, gas; and phosphate, i and glVjes no assurance of preempt de-j veloprnent. liven the leasing provis-j ions afford no1 protecticm to the pub-] tic against extortion oi monopoly. Still. worse, it gives title to fraudulent oil j claimants, ninay of whom .have ? al- ? ready had their claims denied.by the; courts. Finally there is a jOker which j would overthrow ;;he present lease J law for coal lends in Alaska, for; schich we fought so': long, and would j Lurn them over foi ;yer to private hands. A bill for the leasing of these same j ?esources was passed by th?< house on | Way 2C, 1918. This measure (H. it.; 12X2) is much.fairer to the public in-j :erests "ban the indefensible com-j >anion bill passed by the senate. On December 14. 1917, the senate! xissed a bill (S. 14 39) providing for j he granting of franchises for water- i oowo.r on- navigable streams. It is' substantially the notorious and dis-1 ?eputable Shields bill of the previous iOngress, which was defeated by pub-i ic condemnation. The house did not! ipprove it, but parsed instead an en- i irely new bill, drawn by the admin- j stration and covering waterpower' iot only on navigable streams, but] ilso upon p hlie lands and national: forests, .and international waterways. I When this administration bill was] irst introduced I endorsed it hearti-y. j Hie house committee .on water power; ater wrote in a new clause, the most; ?ital in the biil. which was very prop-! ?rly opposed bv the president. Never- { .hoi ess- on September Z, 19.18. the? neasure passed the house with this I dausc. included. . j The two sets of bills are now in! ionference. The senate measures} u/th. on. minerals and on w?terpowersi .re .'worse thari-the notorious Balling-j r billsv?.mere hojsUlc to the.! public nterests. and' more .helnful to corpor .te monopolies. The house bills a~e ?ntireTy' different ?i}?.. vastly b.etter. j !ls you know, a bill reported frotnj conference cannot be substantialy upended in the house or Senate, but? nu'st be accepted or rejected as It t tands. The danger is that the bills eported by the conference, both onj ninerals and. ort w&terppwer, inay be,' :ke the senate bills, and unlike those; if toe bouse, and that in the confus- j on of the c^osin^r hours they may | >asis. The men who. without regard: o party, strive to defeat the passage; >f the^TOi^te^me^^re^ or any measr; irfs like them, will deserve well of; heir country. J, The' vast natural' resources which! ire still held by the people can bo! nade to supp'iy A ?0und :ind solid ba> j :isAfor reconstruction. Properly con- ? eryed- and administered,. they might; tlntost wfhje put our gigantic nation-; ii debt. $nere in no good reason j dry they Should go' to ma?e more j nlllioftaires. ihstefcd of helping our) >eople to pay; for the war. , In the public irterest I ask you to rivethese facts the widest publicity j it your command. Gifford Pinchot. ; Money for Belgium Ten Billion Francs Advanced Which Will Be Repaid From s German Indemnity. Paris. Friday. .Jan. 31.?rTen billion j francs have been advanced to I5cl-| giu'tn by Great 'Britain, France and the United States, the amount to bei 3ediicted from first installment."of the war ir.d< ninii\ to be paid by Germa-y, according :?? a Brussels dispatch. cni?5s wtns. Textile .Manut'uoauovs Grant Might.' Hour Day to Operatives. Fall River. Mass., Feb. 1.?Cotton j Manufacturers' Association after a conference with the textile council; today granted bajsis forty-eight houv j week demanded by the operatives, j Thirty thousand operatives here -.iv, affected. \c.-w edi'ord. Feb. 1.?Aeoeptimce of basic in: f. !ti hour week by tex t.iV mills here, effective Monday; v..:.-. announced by the Manufacturers' As sociation. Approximately 20.^00 oper atives arc affected. .inj. A. c. 1'belps. ? '? .v. C. Pin ly>* of Sumtcr. com manding officer Mi' Company C Addi tional Battalion, South Carolina Kc serve Militia, has been appointed ma-j jor of tlie separate battalion, vice; .Vlaj. ET. W. Mclver, resigned. b> Ad-j jutant und Inspector General VV". IV; j Moors. f County Supply Bill I Budget for Sumter County for Current Year. ?. I. ? .... i j The following: hill has been intvo ? duccd in the hou.se of representatives (by the Sumter county delegation: A bill to provide for the levy of ! taxes for county purposes lor the: I county of Sumter for the fiscal year 'beginning January 1st, 1919, and for :the expenditure thereof: ! Section I; That a tax is hereby f levied upon all of the taxable, prop i erty in the county of Sumter, State of i South Carolina for county purposes j for the fiscal year commencing Jan i uary st, 1919, for all county pur j pose,s including- sinking funds herein provided, seven and one-half mills for ! the purpose hereinafter stated respec tively, that is to say: Item 1.?Roads and bridges, $12, 000. Item 2?Convicts aud maintenance j ;of road-working organization. $14,GOO iTwo guards chain gang, $1,620; one superintendent chaingang, $1,500; ;one truck foreman, $1,200. : Item 3?Public building*, includ ing water, lights, fuel, insurance and I postage, $2,000. Item 4?Jail expenses, including! dieting of? prisoners, as certified and accurate amount of which shall be: monthly rendered to the County j Hoard by the Sheriff, and there shall' be? allowed only such actual -cost of dialing, which ?hall not in any event! exceed thirty-five cents per day for} each prisoner actually fed, $1,800. .Item 5?County h?rne, poorhouse; and poor, $5,500. Item 6?Court expenses, if so much he necessary- $6,000. Item 7?-Books. stationery and printing. $1,800. Item 8?Post mortems. inquests and lunacy, Sl.ooo. Item 9?Board of Education, $120.} Item 10?lor Camp Alice Tubercn-1 lar Camp Tor maintenance or other i mrpeses a A may be authorized by thei toard of Trustees, $3,000. Item 11?Interest on bonds. ?1.3?0; for sinking fund on Court House] bonds, on^-fourth mill; for sinking j fund and interest on road bonds, one-j fotfrth mill: for sinking fund and in terest on .iail building bonds, threo fotfrths mill: all included in levy above. $10.3.75, and interest on cur rent, loans, in anticipation of collec tion of taxes, $150; making a total of $1 1MB. Item 12?Salaries, Clerk of Court $400; Sheriff, $2.200; Treasurer, $533>J Clerk to Treasurer, $200; Auditor.) $53.'!: "Tterk to Auditor $200; Superin-" tender of Education. $1.600; Expens es of Superintendent for maintenance of automobile, gasoline, etc.. $150; At torney, $150; Coroner, $500; Janitor for Court House, $4S0; four Rural Policemen. $6,000; Supervisor, $1,700; hve County Commissioners at $5 each per day and mileage. $650; Clerk to County Board. $1,500; Magistrates, $2.300; Constable for Judicial Dis trict Xo. 3, $360: Jailer. $720: Town ship Assesors $500. Total, $20,070. , Item 13?Contingent expenses: Company c. additional Battalion, 1st Regiment. S. C. R- Mi $"00; expenses and per diem of Sheriff for criminal cases out of the county, if so much be necessary-, conveying prisoners, etc., $800; telephone and telegraph $400; Home Demonstration work, paj-able on the order of the County Superin tendent of Education. $1,600; pensions for Confederate Veterans. $1,800: of fice rent for Master, $ 100; : Orphanage. ?500; public nurse $120; official bonds $200; gasoline and repairs, $300: dis infectants. $300. Total $6,320. Item .14?;Vital statistics expenses. $650. . j Item 15?For health survey payable! an order, of President Chamber of! Commerce. City of Sumter, $1,000. i Grand'total $91,461.00. %? . i i ,.,-~_-, . j SOAP SOAItCK IX GERMANY, j Coblenz. Jan. 15 (Correspondenco of The Associated Pre^ss)?The Ger man washerwomen of Coblenz have won a victory in their first skirmish with officers of the American Army Df Occupation. Lack of soap caused ^complications. In Germany soap is in greater de mahd than chocolate or L.obac-7>. Tho. poorer classes- virtually . ^ >cn without it for .years, managing to, SPvt along some how by the use of in ferior mineral substitutes. Many of the washerwomen of pre-war days liad-ffone out-of business?until the Americans came. When the travel soiled Americans arrived in Coblenz by the thousand] naturally there was a grand rush, to]' send out bundles of washing. The women were perfectly willing to do j j Lhe work, but they ?demanded' a cake j of soap'with e.?ch consignment of j clothing; Tire Americans scoffed ai j the suggestion. j The laundries had all they couldji do to attend to their old customersh and a limited number of new ones.]] and bundle after bundle sent out by] j generals and coiouels and privates j| too were returned in a hurry. Aiidlj back again to the washerwomen']] went the bund 1 es. and the women re-J? turned them to the officers with tho j simph- explanation "No soap." All ] the pleadings of the German speak-jj ing orderlies had absolutely no effeet. il Even the terms <>r the armisticejl vvoro oojisi-i.-x-.-tl. i,nt ih.?T<' wus ?m? ; t reference to the shortage of soap, ohdji yo the situation became worse day of- } ; ier day. Just when it appeared that!' ;h<> army of occupation would be] compelled to get into tin- ktumlrj {, buxhvess United States sales com-!, rnissitry opened in CoUlenz and an fjC.eV- discovered plenty of soap for ;; i few cents a cake. j Then the bundles hegnn going toj the washerwomen :>?4.:i'r in great numbers and wrapped in the center' of each Was a nice !iiti?- white piece i of scan. And when the bundles came I Pack .'?11 the clothing was clean ami the washerwomen of Coblenz are now doing the greatest business in the r history?with the Americans furnish-} ing the soap. County Auditor ft. E. vVUder wishes'! to state that tin- unpaid Red CrOilSj pledge of Eugene Wilder published ;i j Jays ago was not his pledge, sann- being a pledge by a negro by] that aamc = UjP,^,Ti,.f ,,.? riM .'Wir i * sc | Chamber of Commerce i _ j Board of Directors Meet and I Elect Officers to Serve This Year. I _ The first meeting of the board of directors of the recntly organized j Sumter County Chamber of Com ? merce which is an amalgamation of the former i. miter Chamber of Com i merce and the Sumter County Council ! of Dcfei 5 was held yesterday, j Several of the city of Sumter di i rectors were out of the city, sever '?* of the rural directors were also I absent, and the town of Mayesville j two directors were absent from the ! meeting, but a majority of the twen jty-one. directors elected who have ac [ cepted were presen to constitute a I working' quorum. ; The first business was the election I of Gtficers. The retiring president of (the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, j A. C. Phelps, called the meeting to j order and by request started the meeting off after which he retired ! with the thanks of those present, for his two years loyal and efficient Ser vices, and with the sincere thanks of the board of directors for his uni form courtesy, kindness and zealous efforts in behalf of .Sumter and Sum- 1 ter county. j The election of officers for the en- i sumg fiscal year resulted in the sc- i lection, unanimously of the following officers: President, Dr. B. S. Booth. First Vice President, Mr. VV. Percy. Smith. Second Vice President. Mr. E. W. ] Dabbs. Treasurer, Dr. J. Z. Hearon. Managing Secretary. Mr. E. T. Hear- I don. The work of the United States gov-j eriiment < jtu>n grader on the Sum-i ter cotton market. R. C Banks, con-; nected with the Tri-County Fanners' j Cotton Marketing Association was dis- 1 cussed and was unanimously c-ndors- j ed as being worth many thousands of dollars aVinually to the cotton grow ers and the sentiment was that this association and its grader should !>e financially and otherwise supported j so as to keep the association open all] the year around.' The board of directors unanimous-! ly endorsed the movement and pro posed legislation looking towards; compulsory attendance in schools and j the secretary was directed to write | the Sumter County legislative dele-i gation to this effect, hoping trie dele gation will support this movement. President Booth .and Secretary Peardon were instructed to request Congressman Lever to secure one of the captured German cannon for the city, of Sumter, and to keep in touch with the movement of the 30th Divis ion, so that the necessary step' ^an be taken to properly welcome and en tertain the boys of that division, and the soldiers and sailers of every! branch of the service from Sumter I county who served at home and! abroad as defenders of their country and for the preservation of civiliza- j tion. ' j The Sumter County Chamber of | Commerce proposes to honor every j man and boy from Sumter county} who served his country whether inj France or in America in any branch j of the service. The proposed memorial by the j State of South Carolina in honor of the deceased heroes of the present war from this State was unanimous-' !y endorsed and Mr. K. W. Dabbs was requested to draw up suitable resolu-j V^ps to be presented to the general lassembiy through .the ,5umter delega ! ti?'n favoring the erection of memor* j ial State buildings in* Columbia to j .this end. j The action of the Sumter Chamber i of Commerce in protesting against the j limited hours for receiving and de j livering freight, and against the re ceiving of freight for shipment only three days a week ,together with the i correspondence between the Cham ?ber of Commerce committee and the chairman of the Railroad Commis sion were discussed. It was the unahl ; mous sentiment that the committee ' of business men and farmers ap pointed should continue to press for [a public hearing in Sumter at the j earliest possible date which the Rail-, jroad Commission has promised. The 'rural directors expressed the opinion .that the present system of handling i incoming and outgoing freight is a source of great inconvenience, hard j ship and less of time on the ship ? pers and receivers of freight of the i country districts as well as of the j city people. I The minimum membership fee for \ members outside the city of Sumter ? was fixed b: the city of Sumter di | rectors suggestion at live dollars a I year, but any rural member may pay I as much more as he sees fit. The ru ? ral directors present agreed to. try to ! get as many farmers and country I members as possible to join the coun Ity commercial organization. ! Those attending yesterday's meet ; ing were E. W. Da'os, J. C. Brogdon, H. 1,. TTsdaTe. F. M. Coulter, E. B. iRembert. B .M. Oliver. E. D. Cole, J, I F. Williams. K. i?. Booth, W. Percy Smith, A. C. Bhelps. City Council Meeting _? ? Mr. E. H. Rhame Elected Clerk and Treasurer?First Ser gant Owens Made Acting Chief of Police. City Council met Thursday night and was in session until a late hour, there being much accumulated busi ness to be disposed of. The election for Clerk and Treasurer , resulted in the choice of Mr. E.. H. I Rhame. Sr. The salary was .fixed at $2,4?o a year. Mr. Rhame w?l enter ! upon the discharge of his duties at once. Mr. D. M. Blanding, the retir ing Clerk and Treasurer will remain as assistant to Mr. Rhame for two months. Second Sergeant A. D. Owens was elected First Sergeant and appointed Acting Chief of Police. Officer Law rence was elected Second- Sergeant and appointed Acting First Sergeant, at a salary of $100 a month." - The salaries of all oid members of the force were raised to $90 a month. Mr.. J. H. Durant, Jr., ;was elected- a member of the force at a salary of $80 a month. Mr. H. L. Tisdale and Dr. C. .J. Lemmon were elected to fill the two existing* vacancies on the City Board fo Health. The selection of an engineer to ad vise Council in respect to the acquisi tion or construction of a municipal light and power plant was considered, but final action was not taken: New Bank for Maycsvtile. The Secretary of State has issued a commission for the incorporation of the Merchants* and Planters' Bank of Mayesville. the capital stock of which will be Sin.000. Mr. Ralph Flowers is at home from Georgia Tech for a few days stay. ? ? ???M??+ttf+t + ?tytt?TT?TTTVTTTTTT'TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT: The Goddess of Liberty j At Our Door Welcomes you to the Bank that has purchased for itself and its cus tomers over a half million dollars- of liberty Bonds and Certificates, ?AND? Has given six of her young men to the service of her country. Resources Over $2,000,600. ? Ik national Bank el South Oarolma C.6. ffOWLAfl*,. Pr'eiideot Cashier. X j " THE R?STNATI BANK Sg* and you can BANK ON i us The First National Bank SUMTER, S. 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