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awcua? a* the PoesoStec at sifter - PERSONAL. Mrs. P. E. Bruce, of Cincinnati, "who has been visiting her father. Capt. J. i. Lesesne. left Friday for lakeland, Fla., to visit her two sis ters, Misses Rosa and Aline Lesesne. She was accompanied by Mrs. H. L. Scarborough. Lieut. F. P. McGowaij, Jr., of Lau rens, who is' attending the University in Columbia, is spending a few days with his uncle, Mr. J. A. Calhoun and family. -Miss Minnie Rogers, of Charleston, is visiting Mrs. D. M. McLeod at No. 2 Church street t Miss Barbara Culner, of Bay City. Mich., is the guest of the Misses sBeetham. Mrs. C. A. Murphy was called to Bamberg this morning on account of . the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. F. B. McCrackin. Little Robbie Gene Truesdale, . of Columbia, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Chandler. Mrs. W. H. Scott, who has been j visiting in Laurens, has returned home. Ralph Flowers, who has been at home for a week, has returned to Georgia Tech. Mr. Harry Hoyt, Jr., radio operator, TJ. S. N., is. at home on a two weeks furlough. Dr. and Mrs. Waiter Cheyne have returned from New York. . Mrs. S. R..J. Smith returned home Saturday after spending two weeks with her son, Mr. C. B. Smith of ?akley, S. C, and her daughter, Mrs. J. O. Moseiey of Mt. Holly, S. C. Mr. W. D. Bewle\, of Anderson, a former resident of Sumter, was in the city today on business. Rummage Sale. The ladies of the Sumter Civic League cleared between three huj? ilred and fifty and three hundred and i /-?ixty dollars at their rummage sale Saturday for the county health sur vey; and rural visiting nurse funds. Some of this money, of course, was direct contributions in cash, but a large part thereof came from the sale o?" preserved and canned fruits, vege tables; candies, groceries, clothing, furniture and other commodities do nated for the sale. " For several days committees of .the Civ4c League canvassed the city for contributions of saleable articles and fi>r any cash subscriptions they could secure: -Some generous and public - spirited ladies of the rural districts a?s?^sent in some preserved fruits, eggs, "canned goods, and some cash, but the bulk of the articles and cash came from this city. "The Sumter Civic League has for years featured, the public health and education of the masses along the ?<B^S**#^*MP*Mrentive medicine, health and sanitation, as main factors of the .league's splendid work. Having a City of Sumter Civic League nurse for years and such splendid results from her work, the Sumter ladies are determined that the wealth sur vey and rural visiting nurse will b p?t on in the rural districts of this county, and the interest manifesed. aild the hard work with splendid financial results put in by the Sumter ladies, shows that they are acuated by the friendliest and most unselfish motives in trying to put "over the top" the necessary three thousand and three hundred dollars for the health survey and rural visiting nurse Neither the rural visiting nurse or the county health survey specialists will do any work in this city, but all .of their work will be for the people of the rural districts, white and col ored. Some mighty good work has been done by a few of the ladies and gen tlemen of several of the rural com munities, and a considerable amount of cash sent in for the health survey and rural visiting nurse. A little ef fort in each of the communities of the country districts will make cer tain the necessary $2.300.00 for this great twelve or fourteen month rural health educational campaign. The colored citizens of Sumter and : Lee county have pledged themselves to raise not less than six hundred do!- j lars for these two instrumentalities; for conserving life and healh, and they have already paid in more than four hundred dollars of this pledge. The Sumter County Chamber of Commerce in the mean time is re ceiving cash contributions from all who desire to contribute. All checks should be mailed to Sumter County Chamber of Commerce. Sumter, S. C. and should be made payable to "the County Health Survey." Lecture by Dr. Rice. From The Daily Item. Feb. 10. Yesterday was a red letter day at Trinity Methodist Church. There were about 3 0" men in the men's class and a large crowd of pupils in the Sunday school. In the men's class, the teacher. Mr. C. M. Hurst, lectured on the lesson. Mr. Todd of the Y. M. C. A. called the attention of the das to the Father and son movement which he stresed at the supper on the 25th. Afterward, Mr. Roper of the. Epworth League made an announcement in reference to the service last night. Dr. John A. Rice spoke upon a th^me which was the message from every pulpit, throughout the land, the '?Fellowship of Intercession" and as th^ direct result of this sermon 211 members of the congregation signed the enrollment cards which were dis tributed, pledging themseKes to pray er for the various phases of the Cen tenary campaign. S. I/. I. Officers. The captaincy of th^ Sumter Light Infantry Reserves having become va cant by the promotion of Captain A. C. Phelps to major. First Lieutenant R, K. Wilder has been appointed cap tain and Second Lieutenant George C. Warren First Lieutenant. [Powerless to Control Strike Sit uation He Will Ask Army to Take Charge. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 7.?The federal government will be asked by Mayor Ole Hanson to assure ? complete charge of Seattle if the strike of 35V 000 union workers in sympathy with 25,000 shipyard workers who laid down their tools January 21st is not called off by S o'clock tomorrow morn ing. Mayor Hanson notified the strike executive committee late today of this intention. Industry was halted in Seattle to day but in Tacoma the walkout had not assumed great proportions and the only outward indications there of unusual conditions was the absence, of street car service. At a confer ence late today the Tacoma car men announced they would resume work tomorrow. Maj. Gen. John F. Morrison, com mander of the Western department of the army, was en route from San Francisco to Seattle today to assume persona! command of the regular army trops that are doing guard duty here and in Tacoma. In Seattle today soldiers occupied the munici pal light and gas plants which have continued in operation. Street, car service in Seattle today consisted of a lone car. Civilian guards were stationed beside the conductor and motorman. but there was no in terference. It was indicated by the Seattle authorities an effort'would be made tomorrow to inaugurate a reg ular street car service under guard if necessary of automobile trucks man ned by soldiers and policemen. "Troops in Seattle,' read the seven column headline of the Star issued this afternoon, the first newspaper to publish since the strike was called. ?danned and guarded by soldiers the first truck load of newspapers was sent into the business district. The soldiers gave the papers free to crowds that gathered around the trucks. Some of the crowd, belie'-ed to have been union newsboys, secur ed many of the papers and tore them to bits. Mayor Hanson promised newspa pers that he would supply all the sol diers and police needed to continue publication. Schools, closed by the strike of ianitors and engineers, will reopen Monday, the Seattle board of educa 'ion announced tonight. The union : mployees are expected to return, the announcement said. From Portland. Ore., came word of an exodus from Seattle to Portland hotels of persons who, in many cases, said they had left Seattle to escape the discomforts and possible dangers of the general strike. San Frane sco advices declared that the Pacific Coast Steamship Company operating a line of coastwise passenger and freight boats had abandoned Seattle as a oort of call, until the strike is ended. Other companies, shipping men said, j were expectvd to follow* this lead. Maj. E. H. Keene of the office of the adjutant general of Washington, stated today that 13 companies of the Washington State Infantry and four companies of independent State troops have been ordered to drill tonight, to be ready for any call. The regular army has taken every precaution to prevent interruption of communication that might interfere with troop operations and wire'ess stations have been erected on the roof of the capitol building at Olympia and on grounds from the Tacoma armory. ' Today the second of the strike pass ed without disorders. The only sign of a break in the union ranks were the reopening of 15 of the city's 70 schools with the aid of engineers and ja.nitors who refused to strike with the rest of their comrades, the action of the city electricians' union in -er-! ving notice on the striker commi tee that its members would return to work at once and the reopening of one un ion barber shop. The Post Intelligencer, a morn-1 in? newspaper announced ton'^htj that it would puldish a four page pa-j per without advertisements mainly to i ?'quiet the many disturbing rumors that have been causing unnecessary worry to the law abiding citizens of this city. It was announced the pa per would contain some Associated Press news of the strike situation. Operation of the union ?"soup kitchen" by whirh means the strik ers have endeavored to feed their own members and the public depend ent up on restaurants, showed a no ticeable fulling off in patronage to day. This was due to the".fact thai the strikers experienced difficulty in supplying food supplies to their own Places and to a raise in price of meats, to the strikers themselves, which placed them on a par with other per sons patronizing the places. In the Slat- legislature at Olympia today it was announced a bill was in preparation appropriating 5100.000 from the military fund for the use of the governor in suppressing strikes and maintaining order during labor troubles. Court Convenes. From The Daily Item. Feb. 10. Thm Court of General Sessions open ed tins morning with Judge W. H. Townsend of tin- Fifth Cireuit presid ing. Considerable time was lest in. the beginning due to the illness of two members ol the Grand Jury and aiso to sickness among some of the members'of 'the Petit Jury. All cases in which J. 11. Clifton and L. D. Jen nings were interested in were contin ued. Several other cases were con tinued bv consent of the Sniie-t<>r. The Court then presented several in dictments to the Grand Jury along with a forceful charge of the law governing tin- indictments as drawn. All jail cases have priority and will in* tried es soon as they are reached It is probable that tie* present ses sion will be concluded by Wednesday of this week. Wholesale Druggists Enter Vigorous Protest Hart Bill to Prohibit Sale of Ex tracts and Tonics for Bever age Purposes Causes Op position? Columbia. Fob. S.?The wholesale drug: people of the State are up in arms over the bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Repre sentative John R. Hart of York to prohibit the purcha.se Of compounds 'containing narcotics or alcohel for use I as a beverage.. They have'been here I in full force all week and s-y that the I bill would put them out of business, j Representative Hart denies any m i tention of hurting the drug- folks but isays that something has got to be done I to. stop the drinking of flavoring ex tracts, Jamica ginger and patent med icines. His bill carries out recom mendations made by Governor Coop I er in his inaugural address. In that address. Governor Cooper said. "It is the policy of this State that the sale and use of intoxicating li quors as a beverage is against ,puhlic health and morals, and its sale has. therefore, been prohibited. If. as the Legislature has enacted, and the ] eo ple at the ballot box have declared, prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors is to be the policy of The State, and I am in full accord with this view, we must realize that in this matter eternal vigilance is es sential to the proper enforcement of this provision Recently my atten tion was called to a situation i hat somewhat surprised me. The police department of one of the cities of this State made a search in the back ai.eys and secret places where persons na turally resort to drink, and ?olleet?i a surprisingly large number of bot Jes on which were labels showing thai said bottles had contained compounds of either extracts or patent medicb.es. which contained from fi o yO per cent alcohol. I was informed by the chief of the police department that these so-called medicines and ex tracts were being freely purchased from merchants, and drunk as a beverage. He further stated that his department was having considerable drunkenness to deal with on account] of this practice. I have learned since that this condition is not pe culiar to any locality but is some what general throughout the Sl ite. Any reputable physician will unh si tatingiy say that medicines and ex tracts of the class mentioned, when used as beverages, are more injurious in every respect than distilled iiqu >rs It was not to rid the State of alcoholic liquors that our prohibition laws were passed, but rather to protect our peo ple from the evil and injury incident to its use as a beverage. If sul Pi ttites are being used it is certain 1: in keeping with the policy of the S: ite to prohibit the sale and use of any such substitute. It may be thai .he present law is sufficent to cover s :<d. cases, but I believe it will be wise to pass an act definitely dealing with :his question. It is claimed by friends of the bib introduced by Representative Hart that the druggists are unduly alarm ed over the bill?that it would not in terfere with the sale of any medii im except those that would be used as a beverage. Mr. Hart denies that th< bill is so drastic that it would c'ose up the wholesale drug stores oC the State as seme of the latter claim. Governor Cooper, it is reported, is contemplating sending a special r. es sage to the General Assembly next week touching on the bill of Mr. H*rt. and urging its passage. He is sale to feel that some action ought to be taken by the present General Ass m bly because he anticipates that after national prohibition becomes effective in July that the consumption of .Ja maica Ginger, and patent medicines and uavoring extracts as beverages will increase. Senator Padgett of Collcton County has introduced a bill in trie . aimed at the same practices that E :p cesentatiye Hart is shooting at but it is claimed by some that the Cofh ton senator's bill would not be effective because of the phraseology of the first section. The first section of the bill reads as follows: '?That it shall bo unlawful for any person, firm or corporation <>r c -m pany to sell, or offer for sale, any compound, by whatsoever nam-- may be given, thai may contain alcohol and used as a beverage except as hereafter provided/' Representative Hart's bill provides that it is unlawful to sell any com pound "that may contain alcohol tnd may bo used as a beverage." The lit tle words "may be" before the words "used as a beverage" constitute the I difference in the bills but they are a big diff< rence. Wo Winter Too Many Hogs. I Too many hogs are wintered in the South. Only the breeding stock and the fall litters should be carried through the winter. The breeding stock m ;>* be wintered on only enough feed to keep them in good strong Condition, although brood sows should have sufficient to err-i)' them to lay on considerable flesh on which they can draw to suckle their spring litters. Xo greater mistake can be made in ih<i handling or brood sows than to allow them to come io farrowing time in poor condition or thin in flesh. The young pigs. th::t . ? the fall litters, must receive consider able care and liberal feeding to prove profitable; !i is seldom that the sav i ing of feed with these pigs is prof:ta ble, but good care is equally import ant; Mud and damp sleeping -: :ar ters are the chief obstacles to profit on the f;<T! litters; With clean dry sleeping quarters, some gree.n grazinc and liberal grain feeding, the mb Litters may usually be made profitable-, but it Is rate tlmt :? fal> pig roarvod through the winter pays even for the small amount of feed given it. It usually a mistake to run the young nigs through the winter in the same lot with older and larger hogs.- The i 'regressive Farmer. Better Express Service Campaign of Education Will Be Started Monday Next?Ship pers Often at Fault. With the purpose of bringing about' a sharp improvement in the railway express service a campaign will be be gun Monday in all sections of the, country, J. D. Jenkins, local agent for the American Railway Express Company, said yesterday. This cam paign will be undertaken by the 135, 000 men and womei f-mployed in the i express business and their object will be the raising of the standards of J packing, wrapping and marking ex | press shipments. Express drivers and clerics will be instructed to insist courteously, but firmly, that the com pany's rules be .complied with. Mr. Jenkins said yesterday that only the express company knew of the great loss and trouble caused through lack of proper marks on packages. The "no mark'' evil, he declared, was serious and persons who suffer from thei: own carelessness have accused the express, company when the latter j was helpless. Tt is the intention of the company, during its campaign of education, to attack this problem vigorously. Lack of identification marks is com bined with inferior twine and w^ak cartons in causing a heavy wastage each year. Trunks and suit cases arc frequently offered with old marks still plain, and because of this lack of pre caution such baggage goes astrav. Business men will be invited to lend their influence to this movement for :mproving the express service and the company feels that its campaign is going to yield results that are of di rect boncfit to all concerned. "Start express shipments right" is the slo !gan of the campaign. "It is an acknowledged fact that the average American business man re gards a saisfied customer as a direct asset to his business. He would do nothing that might jeopardize his srood relations with that customer. But if the goods he sent the custom er arrive in bad order, if the contents ire damaged or pilfered because they were exposed during the journey, or. if, may be, entire shipments are lost because of inadequate marking or in secure packing, the customer may not wait long for explanation, b?t place his business elsewhere," Mr. Jenkins said. "In such a case the payment of the claim by the express company does not remedy the evil or serve to en tourage more business. It is a costly and unnecessary waste and both the ?hipper and the consignee are disap pointed and disgruntled, while the' ex press company itself is faced with the ?u-eossity of practically buying in the roods. A general dissatisfaction with the service is inevitable?and no onf> :s the gainer. "We believe that there is a remedy for this evil in the fact that the loss of or damage to shipments can in many cases be attributed to the un safe condition in which it is turned over to the express company to han dle. Experience has shown that a mipinent started right seldom .'.oes wrong. 'Starting right' means imply that, it has been securely wrapped and packed, that it can stand up for itself and is plainly and properly marked not only with the name and address ?>f the consignee, but with those also of the shipper. The use of a poor quality of paper or twine or inatten tion, to the condition of shipments turned over to the express service is something which we are trying to dis courage. But nothing is more esen tial than the cooperation of shippers, aid as they are keenly concerned in the matter, we are hopeful of getting them to help us." Japan Offers Help Men, Arms and Money to Fight Eolsheviki. Vladivostok. Saturday. Feb. 8 (By Canadian Press)?Reports from Omsk state that the Russian government there has accepted an offer by Ja nan of men. money and arms to settle the Bolshevik difficulties. Will Cut Cotton Acreage. Shreveport. La.. Feb. 7.?Farmers of northwest Louisiana will decrease { their cotton acreage by one-third, it i was decided todav at a meeting of 100 farmers, bankers, cot;on factors, gin ners and representatives of every phase of the industry in this section. Paris, Friday. Feb. 7.?Nicholas T. Schaikovsky. president of the .pro visional government of North Rus sia, has arrived at Paris to confei with the peace conference. Back en The Job Thanks to Droec | Anderson, S. C, Man Was Forced to Lay 01? on Account of Backache and Kidney Trouble Well Again. ?~". , i ??* had to lay ofl from my worK on j accounts of tin- pains ov< r my kidneys reel in my legs. My stomach was alsoj in bad shape, and gave mueh trouble by swelling up with sour gas. and I .frequently had swimming in the head, but Dreco, the new medicine,, has stopped .-ill my troubles and I'm j now able to work regular again, and j I give all the credit to this good med-1 ieine." said .Mr. T. E. Mullinax. o' C. St.. Anderson. S. C Thousands of people are needlessly. suffering from disorders of the stom- j ach. blood, liver, bowels and kidneys. Relief is within reach ot' ail. Many have found deliverance from their suf fering thhrough the use of Dreco. the great herbal system tonic, which is compounded from Nature's own rem , .i j.s - -roots, herlis. l>ari<s and o..r :. . wkdfh are n.-t-essary to health. Thai is wh> i: regenerates the blood, overcomes rheumatism. eliminates catarrh, puts the stomach in good condition, and relieves constipation. Dreco is widely sold throughout the country by :ill good drug stores, and :< < specially recommended in Suniter by Ribert's Drug St?r*?. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES; Secretary Reardon Discusses Housing Situation at Some Length. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce is confronted with a problem that af fects the future growth and the pres ent prosperity of Sumter, and it is a problem which the commercial or ganiaztion is rinding it difficult to j solve. The question is this: How can Sumter reasonably expect to grow in population and by business, that is that increase in poulaton and bus iness by new people and new busi ness establishments coming in, or by new people who are to work for al ready established places of business, when there are not sufiicient houses or stores and warehouses to accom I modate new people and new business. It is a fact that not only are there I insufficientt houses for people to live in, but the Chamber of Commerce has. for many months been put to it to find rooms for new people to sleep in. and places where they can secure board. That within itself shows that Sumter would grow if allowed or helped to do so, and that it has grown, or rather has outgrown conditions of two years ago. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce says that he has spent days at; a time riding around in an au tomobile with or phoning to get rooms and board for new teachers in our city schools, a job he likes, and for othes* new citizens, and that many of the Sumter citizens have put themselves out to rent rooms to new comers when these public spirited Sumter cit< izens didn't wish to do so, but did so just to help solve the 'rooming and boarding problems for the benefit of the entire community. Sumter has outgrown its housing and business house accommodations long ago. That is a healthy sign that the city is not stagnant but wants to grow bigger and bigger. Outsiders want to get in. It is reported to the Chamber of Commerce that many people wish to move to Sumter but that they do not do so because there are no houses to rent. And in several instances it has been reported that employees of bus iness establishments have quit or are going to quit and leave Sumter be cause of the inadequacy of housing and boarding accommodations. It is true, that to a large extent, the rooming problem could be solved if more citizens with spare rooms would rent them. It is hard to induce oeople with spare rooms to rent them under any circumstances, but it is al most an imposibility to induce peo ple to rent rooms to women, or to ?ouples with children. Why do not the monied men of the city erect more houses? And more stores and warehouses also? That question is popped at the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce every day. Why does not the Chamber of Com merce do something to get more houses erected is another popular question. The commercial organiaztion has been talking new houses for months. The Chamber of Commerce rather fa vors apartment houses or fiats. The i reason for this preference is because apartment houses can be erected : ev t oral stories high on smaller areas of I'and. and Sumter leal estate is p. et1 ty high for erecting houses for oc cupancy by one or two families at present prices of labor and material. The monied man naturally likes for somebody to show him just how much nterest he is going to make on his in vestment. Show him where he .-an 'my a lot. and get labor and mat< rial .0 erect a house that will rent for a certain sum per month, and guaran tee him about eight per cent on his money, over and above his taxes, in surance, wear and tear, depreciation in building, repairs, etc., and if he believes you know what you are talk 'ng about, and there is not any Sum ter bank stock or farming lanes on '.he market, that he can buy. why he might take your advice under con sideration. There is nothing as nic'% ?>s being a bank director or farm. land owner, or both. So there you are. lust whether it pays a monied man to invest his money in houses to rent is a ffnarcial question the Chamber of Commerce is not prepared to an swer. Those who are strenuously ad vocating more houses say it will pay the city of Sumter. But an individual doesn't usually invest bis money for -he good of h'> city, but for his own Inancial gain. The most of Sumt -r's monied men Have had lots of experi ence in build:-.g houses and stores to rent. To a largo extent house and atore building by these monied men have been real estate and improved real estate transactions, because most of the stores and houses have been sold, whether always at a? profit or not the Chamber of Commerce is not prepared to say, but it believes that 't has paid the speculators. Considering the price of real es 'aie on which to erect houses to rent, the cost <>f labor and materials, etc., it is question which calls for con siderable keen financial investigation by successful business men. I Jut that Sumter needs more houses can not he truthfully disputed, and that Sum ter is losing in population and. busi ness because of a scarcity of houses, and of rooms and boarding accom I modations can not be disputed eith : er. But just how we are going to I induce monied people to build these j houses is a question which has not been answered. We might agitate I and agitate, and then we might get I some relief. j Many other cities and towns are I confronted with the same housing problems because most towns and cities are about two years behind in house construction owing to the war industries board forbidding hous< and store buildings construction for pri vate use. Uncertainty of financial conditions, the fact that later on labor and .ma terial will be cheap< v even though 'Sumter dirt" never gets cheap or cheaper, ami the question as to wheth er rents two or three years later will be high enough to guarantee an in come of 'nein per cent on ihe cost of a house built this year, under war prices. ar? problems confronting those who have the money to buy land and erect houses. So there is a. problem for both sides to consider. At next week's meeting of the di re.tors of the Chamber of Commerce this question is going . .to bejtaeshed over again in the.- ho?e.. that-: some?5 possible solution might be reached - with the cooperation of the monied' men of the city. Suggestions will be; appreciated and the directors meet-' ings are open to . the public at all times for cooperation and advice upon ; any subject. SUMTER VK TOKIOrS. Florence High School Defeated ia, C lose and Inteiesting Game of Bas kets II-?Score 27 to 25. -?- .-??:;-Cd8-^ii Before a. large and enthusiastic crowd of rooters the Sumter-v.hlghT> sehoo] basketball team nosed out a: victory against the strong , Florence,-; team last night on the T. M. CJ floor by the close score of. 27 to, The game was interesting and -fs from start to frnish and the result ws always in doubt. The game started with -the^c boys having a distinct advantage the visitors, the first half ending to 10 fn their favor. In-the/last the Florence'boys started wirh--aJri and soon forged ahead. Theyr aided in this- by. the ? numerous' f< called on the Sumter boys, Wa?h making good almost every free shot. However., the Gamecocks pulled them selves together during- the- last few minutes of play and won by the har row margin of one field, goah The game was fast throughout .and there,, was not a minute's let-up on the part of either team. For the visitors Wallace and Jones L. did most of'the shooting. Waters also played a fine defensive game. Pitts played the most consistent game fji ?.he Sumter boys. Crawford also showed up well. The line-ups were: Sumter - ... -Florenc* Pitts (F-y - Wa?av? Denniston ' (F) . Ba'rnesJ Burns (C) ' " "? ' JoneS Crawford (G) Waters; *Sholur, Dick (G) . Jones, Lr; Referee: Flowers.'-'- , >? Red Cross Notes. Red Cross work must go on. Since the signing of the armistice, there has . been a considerable drop in the in terest that heretofore had been mown in Red Cross work. And yet there are thousands upon thousands * of refugees, of people left with noth^ ing. who must depend for a while up on the R"d Cross. Your work is not finished. At present, we have an allotment of . fifty-two layettes twelve pieces in each, for Belgium babies. While sev eral have volunteered their aid, there has not been nearly enough. If you "/ wish to help, cail up Mrs. Ferd Levi, \ who is in charge of this allotment j / If you do not care .to sew,% but. would rather be put in the open, arid.' you have a car, Miss Lockoridge; the home service secretary, will be glad- - for your help. She is very anxious for a much, larger corps of workers . than is now with her. If you want, ' ?:hen. to put yourself and your car at the service of the home service de-, partment, cadi 518. Only Red Cross work must go on. Before the war. the Red Cross was doing not a little humanitarian work, thd now that the need of it is so j much greater, no one must permit it to fade. _ Coker College Recital. Trio De Lutece will give a recital ih Coker College on the evening of February 17th at 8.30 o'clock.' This trio is composed of George* Barrere, the great master flutist, of the day, whose distinguished art, brilliant musicianship and education al achievement as fhe founder of the famous Barrere Ensemble of Wind In struments have placed him on the -ester of the musically acclaimed. Carlos Salzedo stands admittedly as 'The one harpist who knows no ? peer." Paul Eefer brings to the trio 'hat beauty of tone and suavity of technique which have indubitably es tablished him among the few really notable cellists of tbe present time. Ticekts for this concert wil go on the Boyd-Powe Drug Company, Hartsvile, S. C. on the 12th. Mail orders will be giwn prompt atten tion. Price of tickets $1.00. $1.50 and *2.00. I Cotton Market I ? ? - > P. <d. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer. [Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon). Good Middling 22 1-2. Strict Middling 22 1-4. Middling 22. Strict Low Middling 20. XKW YORK COTTON MAT.RET. Yes'td'ys Open High Low Close Close j Mch . 21.70 21.70 20.90 "1.04 .21.50 May. . 20.65 20.66 19.92 20.52 20.47 Julv . .20.20 20.20 1:'.15 20.12 19.95 ?' Misa? GdadyiRiCfeandier is visiting friends in Charleston. WANTED?Two young men of good habits and neat appearance to trav el with manager and solicit for old established concern. None but hustlers need apply. Adress NO. ! n s. Marvin St.. Sumter. A. F. Jones. :' MONEY TO LEND?On real estate. Rt asonable terms. A. s. Merrimon, Law Range. WK SEXTj?Fertilizer and fertilizer materials of all kinds. Write.us.for prices. We can sa,ve you money. Southern Brokerage Co.. Sumter, S. C. " '' j ZiEESWAX WAX TED Any quantity large or small Am ? paying, best cash price;- f^1^ me if you have' I any. N. <'. OsteenT : " ! FOR SALE?C. O. B. cars.- Camp j Jackson, stable manure; very ^little ' straw. Oar lend lots only. Chemi' j cal and Fertilizer value , a'ed very I high by ClemsAn ecd'e^e \J ? Strauss. Sumter. S. C.