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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.
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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.