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On fts Seeoad das? Mmtwt. FERSON?iL Miss Sallie Lee, of Asbcvilie, N~ C. is visiting her brother, CoJ. Ilich ard t^rriee. > - ? ? Mr. D. Jas. Winn is at home again after a sta*y of some length at his farm on the Santee. Miss Mamie Chandler, who has re l eentiy been attending the Home Ser . vice Institute in Atlanta, has return ed, wideawake to Ihe^ cause of Home Service, and has entered upon her duties as secretary of the Home Ser vice section" of" "the^Sumter Chapter, at-402 City National Bank Building. Misses Ada Woolfolk and" Marguer Jte ?Thompson of; the Home* Service department of the; Southern Division, af?yed 'in1;^mter'-"tJil?r /friorning to conduct "a rtwo weeks intensive course fh^?ome Service for the" benefit oTthe S&hjrteir Chapter. .Mr;/ G. %.? Kr?lcer'and- 'daughter, Ir^WJeSi 1&!L Saturday for TVilkes Barfe, Pa. Messrs. Kershaw" Skinner of the Vniyersity. ^of South v Carolina, John Ken^'fSkifme'r. of* Wofford College OJurfc of xinchburg spefet the week end, in th.e city with Mr. and Mra X^r.'SklnneV; on East Cai houn street. Mrs. Archie China retufcnied home 3^n^y> evening from Coiaimbia af ter spending the week-end;' with her .^erf-M^^l/ W?tenson, ^15irr Blanding, St. . Mrs. China was amo?g the guests it ? dinner given by and MrsV Williamson in honor of their ?ftf-i?^f?fo JBre?t-i^?^ret" tr. Parker, who has Just returned with his re$i jf?^'*?i? ' "371st1 infantry) fromfr France. Mrs. H. N. Griffith, mother of Lieut . Paj&erv of itTdodiand; K. C, was also; present. . Mr. J. Qtey ReioV Jr., is T&iting His sistexv JiiS. F. "Hinuant . Mrs. Wl?am^Wilh^ord/'of Rocky S^uni, isrthe' "?uest'of .Mrs. H. jl Crowsoii. - ^ /" . " ^IffraC /W. J. Seale has' "been? called to. grs?f?iews by ^the illness of her md&er^Mrss. , Annie Ml* L^wry," who is-. .Sj^OiisIxllt, '/her recovery hot be^i ln^; ejected: ~ " ^ Mra. * pWctvai Smith and Miss r^ue&~?ipith are apending a week ar ^scf in "ICew" TorkV ' ^?P^xjs CIB^BF !^XVOY TO PARIS. inSHSt'* & "iSrp^ctfed* otHlih by Hfej Tokio, Jan. 15* CCoxrespondence of The Ass?ciaii? ^Pre^s)-?Marquis Saionji chief Japahe^ /Jnvby to the peace. Canf e r. e ne'e in. Farfe, left Tokio '& Ihe F>enoh' 'capital oh January ?fl/'^[is. %ciepaxture 'evoked interesting ^a?g^io^^&om the leading newsna^ pers as ' :t6v:;tei?fo&y attitude invTar ?^^ern*' a^airs.' . U/ ;;E^uihln' assents that it will " 'tafsk of _ Marquis, Saionji to ?C^fNaders that he "l^irs on his aiders'She,'destiny of" tfie Japa r'eni^iire. "Thev paper "adds that _policy- 'accords with' the "princi ples- of liberty and equality enun eJ&jted :by Prudent \Vilsoh as the ba alift^ a>vw?Bd^<pe?ce/'"'.\ ' "Ag^h^" ;'"p^rh^ps!/ 'the " leading ^l^^^seT^i?^p^rj with aimultan ^&"|difft)b9'.in Tokib; and OsakaMays &$pE? 'npon 'assertion of the princf f^*^;jl^^\.^tialits; .and . declares T u'p.h^ldmg tfil? policy' ? the 'Mar w<?ild ".he In accord, with Presi o^rt'^i&oiiTs ideas* of "justice and hufst^nity. At .tne ' same time the A^ahi "remarks that the "trend of ?wr\dV !afiairs' deciands van absolutely 0ffi??Q&V.- policy . in all international rjpStlbns and therefore in China, .'It &S*s^thiai Japahts advocacy of the re moval tff Vacial barriers .will not be su^ciehtly convincing unless she op^Vy_^lpledges , herself 'to "abandon Eer militaristic diplomacy which so of^ten has been the subject of mis conceptions and ? suspicions among ^'powers:" ;'TOe ^ad'vnnced age" ?f tlie 'Marquis, a^?rdlng to Japanese ideas-?he is 70 this ^^T^ns/.princely family, his as sdbiatTb.n with party politics, his re 'cent. mvest'iture with the Order of zjag "Ch^rysahthenium, the highest dec oration .im the. gi'ft. of the emperor. ii??:;.f^rlessi uncompromising spirit ^ISfpjed. wit*t" the- languid manner he ai^olC'.^'uiake him to the'Japanese n^;hj^re?ting figure weU^s?ited to th^. egression of national senti ln-enC " ^/?pvtcvtlie-^present Japan has been represented, at the Peace Conference by & delegation in which* Bar?n Ma kSio is'*the leading figure, ?. ?? -?- . "~" r 7^" England's Coal ProbJem. London. Fen: S.?lt is calculated thixt'^O^&aO,.^ will be added to the annual expense' of the collieries of Greaj? Britain and $1 a ton to the cost of. cpal to the consumer if the miners are granted the higher pay, shorter hours and modern methods, wfiien they demand and if they do jko$Jproduce more coal under those conditions; * Although the miners in America are \fewer; it is pointed out, the pro duction" there is enormously greater, owing to better working conditions, rKtoxJbfn machinery and modern mine Equipment. Sympathy with the de mands of the miners in their da itt&Bdfl is somewhat withheld on the ground thai they were given pref e^efcc* over others In demobilization. Mine owners claim that, because of this,, the workmen should place tha supply of coal on a satiafactory ba Kis before raising questions of hours a ud. Ivages. Bees For Sale. I have several colonies of bees that 7 .wtt'J.sell for $S.50 per colony. They are in Dovetail Hives in good condi tion. . Tjhis is a good time to move t^ehoii; and it will be to the advantage c-f those who raise fruit, to have the h&ps m time to work on the blossom-;, ^ a .better crop of fruit is secured when tlie bloom is fertilized by the b*es., ; N. G. OSTEEN, 320 W. Hahmpton Ave. The following letter was received a :few days, ago from Private Richard EL Fowler by his father. Private Fowler is in the Fifth Division (r-jg ulars) of the American First Army in France. He volunteered when only fifteen years old and has not yet attained his seventeenth birth day. The annexed extract from Gen eral Orders will give an idea of . the service he has seen with'his division: : Kayl, "Luxemburg, Jan. 25. Dear Dad: Just a note as it is late. I got' a: book of'citations in the city, of Ash today and am lending it home as a] keepstafce. Take care of it for.me, will you Dad. It is about 11 o'clock j now and bedtime. . This book will 1 tell you what fronts I have "been on I with the division and what fighters! we were. Kow is everybody ?' ' WeiH, I hope. This letter leaves nie' une, and say Dad I am "going; to seid some souvenirshome!' ;now pretty soon^/all g^t ;-h?!d "/o^^Well this is just a note so will write a iett.er soon. ; Will say" good-night. With loveT remain, .' . Private* Richard Fowler/ Co. C, Gt.h. Division Supply Train. Headquarters 'Fifth Division*, American _ Expeditionary Forces, ' ' France, Nov.' 11th," 191 a. General Orders No! 73.. 1. It is with* pnde and pleasure that the Division Commander calls the attention ?f the division to G. O. No. 41;'??r<J Corps, of November -JtJb I?l%K wherein the Corps Command - er cites the Fifth Division for "Forc ing, against the.?*nemy in position, -a crossing of the River Meuse near Dun and.. near Brie?lles, . buildijag; bridges and swimming the river in the i'a?o of machine gun and artillery .fire a.ncf" advancing some* niae "kilometers in the enemy's territory to the vicinity of Brandeville. ? This action fcot only uncovered the left flank of the XVII French Corps and enabled that corps to advance, but broke the line of re sistance of the G-ernian army, and, by turning its position "On the east bank of the Meuse, compelled its With ?rawaP' and a letter of November 11th, 19 IS, from the Chief of Staff, 1st ?rmy, A. E. F., to the Command ing General, 3rd Corps, A. E: "F* ' wherein he states: "The Army Com mander has* noticed with great pleas ure and appreciation the eicellejfct ' work of your &>rps in crossing' tfc^e MeaseRiver and clearing the heights'; to the east of the town of Dtrh-sur Sfeuse. "He appreciates fully the dif 3culties involved in this problem and &erefore realizes that the results at tained reflect great credit on your corps" " and the" divisions included therein.'^ 2. ' The 5th Division* atone forced Lhe crossing and established the >ridgehead. It was afterwards joined 'or a few days by a regiment of the Ef2nd Division. For two days and lights the division held a front of ."wenty kilometers ' against' the ehe ?y'ori its front arid hoth flanks. Not ip^tent .;wft"h"^i% it went out of its sector on "the north and took the town >f Mouzai.and tnrnect.it over, to the *0th Division. On the south, it went rot of its sector and, took Vilosnes, enabling the French Division on its right*to cross the river. 3. In the thirty days preceding the armistice, this division was se riously engaged under shell, rifle and machine gun fire twenty-seven days. Tn the past two weeks, no, day has passed, that some town, wood, or hill has not been . wrested from the enemy. In succession, the following were captured Bois-des-Rappes, Aincreville, . BoIs-de-Rabiemont. Clery-le-Grand, Clery-ie-Petit, Brie ulles, Doulcon, ' Dunsur-Meuse, Lhiy, range of hills east of the Mouse forming the bridgehead, Vilosnes. Milly, L4on, Murv?ux,. Fontaines. Chateau Charmois, Mouzay, Brande ville, Foret-de-Woevre, Jametz Re-^ moiville, Louppy. A penetration of twenty-one kilometers into the ene my's line was made, wresting from him one hundred and ninety square kilometers of territory, arid on an nouncement of the armistice, the di vision had a front of . thirteen kilo meters, being . five kilometers in ad vance of troops on its left and two kilometers beyond troops . on Its right. 4. Thirty-seven cannon, four hun dred and sixty-one machine guns, \ and over nine hundred, prisoners Were captured. However, what the division commander wishes most to eongratulate "the division upon is its constant driving at the enemy in spite of fatigue and shortage of ra tions, being wet from swimming the river and canal. or -wadinf? the swamp of the Foret-de-Woevre. This is a brilliant example of what the American soldier can do in an emer gency when he must go on to the utmost extent of his power. The Di vision Commander is proud of the work of the division. No division could have accomplished more, and every member of the command should be proud to belong to a di vision which has so brilliantly end ed its record in the greatest war the world has known. H. E. Ely, Major General, U. S. A., Command ing. The V. M. C. A. Meeting Sunday. The Y. M. G. A. meeting on next j Sunday afternoon at the Rex The atre will be addressed by one of Sumter's best speakers?one who has just recently made his home In Sum ter, and who is known and loved al ready by all. Not only is Dr. John A Rice a speaker, but he is a deep thinker. .We are very fortunate in securing him for speaker for Sunday, March 2d, in Rex Theatre. The meeting will last only one hour, be ginning promptly at 3 o'clock and closing at 4. It is very gratifying to see so many High School boys present at these I meetings. The boys as well as the I men are cordialy invited. Barlnxnie at Dalsscll. There will bp a barbecue and hot supper at I>:?Izoll school house Friday night, March 7th. for the benefit of the school. The public is cordially invited.?Advt. r Yesterday aftemoon.' .it the open ing meeting of the Home. Service Training Course, held at the Girl's High school, .Miss Ada Woolfolk, who will give a course of lectures, outlined the scope and purpose of the chapter course. : She contrasted" our pre-war- de mocracy with the new conception of democracy which lias grown out Of the war. The former she character ized as a democracy which emph;isiz ed individual rights and the latter as one which emphasized individual obli gatfe-ns.' but of this sense of obliga tion, has. grown the Home Service Section ot1 the American Red Cross. Originally organized to meet an ob vieus" heed for some agency to relieve the anxiety of the soldier abroad by devoting itself to the welfare of his fainily at home and thereby improv ing his morale, it is now e-pandirig into jiist what its na'riie indicates an organization to serve the com munity. How does it serve the community? ."Visit-the Home Service office in the National Bank building some day. qr, better still, come to MissWoolfolk's lectures and hear hrtw y?u4 can fit yourself to be a usefuT member of your community. Miss Cnandler, the local Home Service secretary, needs volunteer helpers to carry' on this work; and, through the "Southern Di vision of the Red Cross, she has been foYtunate to secure the services of. Miss Ada Woolfolk and Miss Mar guerite Thompson, two trained and experienced social" workers,, to give a two weeks cohr.se of lectures and in struction in practical field work for the. giiis and'women of "Sumter. There is to be an afternoon class , for the convenience of those who can- i not" attend at the morning hour. The hours for the two classes are 10 A M. and r> P. M. the place, the Y. M. C. A. building on liberty Street. No fee is charged. If you are a woman with a small or large amount ofleisuretimh owhic Which you would' like, to devote to^a very practical type of social service, this Is your opportunity. Don't Let it go by. Build Your Country into Safety. (Manufacturers Record.) The ' best! Insurance against a growth of Socialism and Bolshevism is the employment In profitable work D'f our entire population. The world is in flux. In this cru cial hour?this plastic stage of civili zation?we " can mould America into a solid and enduring permanency of . true character: or we can let it be misshapen and distorted until like some great evil full of ugliness it be comes "set" and adamantine for wrong. If jn this hour of world changes, of false teachings, of hell-directed ac tivities, we leave idle bodies and brains, we shall find the devil mak ing full use of them as his workshop. We must be busy making all men busy. We must expand our railroads, btind? a vast system of highways, im prove the small cross-roads, pave our streets, build dwellings by the hun dreds of thousands, that for every family there shall be the opportunity for a dwelling with modern con- i veniences. Baltimore, for Instance, has not for many years permitted a single dwelling to be built withot:t a bathroom and its sanitary advan tages. Other cities and towns must do the same. Farmhouses, even of the poorest tenants, must be made sanitary and comfortable.' Water works and sewerage systems musf be built wherever possible and existing plants extended wherever necessary. There must be in all sections great development of work of this kind, md it should be put under way with out a day's unnecessary delay. Work, work of every possible character, construction activities of every variety, the building of dWill ings, large and small, of churches, schools and municipal structures, must be stimulated as quickly and as broadly as possible. ' Patriotism, common sense, and even selfish interests, all combine to demand that every man shall do his utmost toward bringing about im mediately such wide-sweeping activi ties as to create work for every man and woman willing to work. On with your work! Do it now! "Thought I Had a Paving Brick In My Stomach" . ?-:- ; i Declared a Spartanburg, S. C. Man. He Was Constipated, Nervous, Had Pains in His Back, Had Dizzy Spells. Dre eo Ended it All for Him. "I often felt like 1 had a paving brick in my stomach," says this well known man who has resided at LSI Park Avenue, Spartanburg, S. ('.. for the past fourteen years, Mr. P. A. Harm an. "My stomach went on a strike 1 think, for nothing I ate seemed to di gest, but just laid there. I was badly constipated; my liver was inactive; I got so nervous 1 couldn't sleep, and dizzy spells would hit me, and I'd I have to sit down right where I was. : Dreco started my bowels moving at once, and all my troubles seemed ro fade away, and now 1 am as well as I ever was in my life. I eat anything I crave, and it never hurts m<e one bit: I sleep line?in fact, I'm well j j again." To those who suffer from stomach i disorders and their attendant trou bles?constipation, sluggish liver, etc., you are warned to profit by the ex perience of others. Don'; let these! troubles sap your comfort, health, j and vitality away. They wear the victim down until he grows weaker j {every day. laying him open to disease! of a serious nature. Every one should j know about Dreco. the great herbal j I remedy, which has no peer as a storn-J Lach remedy, and relief for constipa tion. flo today to your nearest drug store !?they all sell Dreco and start the i treatment without, delay. Dreco is ! especially recommended in Sumter by* Siberfs Drug Store.?Advt. \ ? }? i ? i %_L- . McLeod-Wesiey Bible Class of y? 5 -Trinity Church Spent an "Enjoyable and Profitable Evening. From The Daily Item, Feb. 2G. The "Get Together Banquet" of the McLeod-Wesiey Bible Class of Trin ity Methodist Church which was hold last evening in the Armory,'Hall with an attendance of approximately two hundred and fifty men, was a notable occasion and undoubtedly will long be remembered by the members of this organization as a landmark in its annals. It was an assembly of earnest men who are united in a good and noble cause, and it was characterized by the most cordial good-fellowship and friendly elbow-touch of congen ial association. The ladies of the church who prepared and served the banquet put the cap-stone of achieve ment on a long record of excellence in catering to the appetite of the men. The menu was ample and varied and as well prepared as the banquet was well served. And the men did fdll and ample justice to every item. The most important feature of the evening, however, was not the really delightful menu, but the addresses delivered by Judge Purdy, Rev. D. M McLeod, Dr. S. H. Edmunds and Dr. J, A. Rice, which offered food fer thought that will last all who were present for many days to come and that undoubtedly will help to strengthen and up-biiild the charac ter* of the men of the class and other?* who were present as-guests.r 'The programme was as follows: : Hon. R. O. Purdy, Master of Cere monies. Invocation, Mr. Bartow Walsh. Doxology. America?By the entire assem blage, a . .Preliminary remarks by Hon. R. O. Purdy. s "As we journey through life let us live by the way." The feast is before you?fall in. "The Men Need the Sunday School" ?Dr. D. M. McLeod. * Song?"The Church in the Wild wood"?Double Male Quartet. "Service for Men Through the Bible Class"?Dr., S. ,H. Edmunds. Song?"Keep the Heart Singing"? Double Male Quartet. "The Sunday* School's Need of the Men"?Dr. J. A. Rice. Song?"Let the Lower Lights be Burning"1?Double. Male Quartet and audiehce. Menu. Carte d'Jeur. Barbecued Young Pig Roast Young Pig Mixed Pickles Roast Chicken Roast Turkey 1 Pork Ham , . Sugar Cured Ham Macaroni Pie Turkey Gravy Rice Hot Biscuits Bread Crackers Coffee ?That's All. The Singers? Messrs. C. M. Hurst. C. E. Hurst W..M Folsom. Frank Chandler, Geo. C. Warren. John Brown. Win V. . Moore, S. C. Roper. Mr. J. AvBrued erly at the piano. Class History. The McLeod-Wesiey Bible C'ass ; was. organized April 21st, 1912, at the ] rear end of the stage in the Opera House, under the direct suggestion j and influence of Dr. D. M. McLeod, ', who was at that time pastor of th*"4 First Methodist church. At this ; meeting Hon. R. O. Purely was elect- ; ed president, F. D. Knight, secretary ' and treasurer. Later on a vice pres- ? ident was elected in the person of : Mr. W. W. Rowland, who was after wards elected as president. The fol- ; lowing were the charter members: [ Messrs. E. P. Pitts. Charles E. ; Grimes. J. J. Baker, Perry M. Brown. * F. D. Knight. C E. Stubbs. W. T. \ Rowland. R. O. Purdy. W. W. Row land. W. P. Smith, R. D. Epps. S. K. j Rowland and A. B. Stuckey. Among those Mr. C. E. Stubbs is Teceased, ? likewise Mr. W. P. Smith. \ Perry;' M. Brown is now in France. We will | J miss his presence. - , Sixteen members were enrolled i and Dr. McLeod :as appointed tea eh- * er by Mr. C. M. Hurst, who was then superintendent of the Sunday school. There were three committees ap- ( nointed at this meeting, one to visit ; the sick, one religious, and one to gather in new members. They hoped at that time to secure 100 members for this organization. At that time ( the new church building was being 1 erected, and the congregation was ] using the Opera House for their ' meetings. Many difficulties surround- : ed this little handful of earnest work- 5 ers. but their numbers steadily in- j5 creased until they occupied the i largest class room when the congre- | cation, moved into the new church; bunding in 1914. j They then went to work with re- M newed vigor organizing the Red and}' B'ue squads with the motto on their 1 buttons, "Bring One." and their in-1 < creasing numbers forced them to j move their meeting place to the J - main auditorium of the church. One; Sunday during the year 1916 their at-j1 tendance was 250. and for thirteen consecutive weeks their number av- j eraged 170 G-10. This high aver-j atre attendance easily made them the M banner class in this section of th( I' State. ; At the Annual Conference, which j convened in that church in Decem- i her. 1914. their teacher was remov ed to other work, and their present j teacher, Mr. C. M. Hurst, was ap pointed to take his place. Mr. Hurst.) like his predecessor, has proved to be;< a teacher of the highest type, and': his lectures to that body of men have been full of careful thought and I study which makes them very inter esting and instructive. Officers: F. P. Knight. President. J. A. Parrish, Vice President. F. A. Lynam. Secretary. Manning Brown, Assistant Score- , tary. A. K. Bernshouse. Treasurer. Copenhagen. Tuesday. Feb. 25.?A ; fresh revolt broke out in Mannheim today. The Snartaeans have occu pied the postoffice, telegraph offices and railway stations. ' THE- ANIPC?lr REPORT. Civic League Nurise Work for The Year 1918. ve are again taking advantage of twc kindness of The Daily Item to make public the annual report of the Nurse Work of the Civic League of Sumtpr. The statistical report of Miss Antonia Gibson, R. N? follows: Total number of patients, 272. Total number of visits paid pa tients, 2,304. Births, 20. Deaths. 10. Seiri to Tourney Hospital, 26. Number of tubercular patinets, 16. Deahs front tuberculosis, 8 (in cluded in above all colored). Number cases typhoid fever, 1. Deaths from typhoid, none. Number of eases influenza, 147. Deaths from influenza, 2. Number of families on visiting | list, 78. Number of welfare visits to others! than patients, about 2,000., Above we have given a bare state ment of facts. In between the lines is written a history of inestimable service. We wish that every one in! Sumter could realize fully what our nursing service means to the com munity. Great as .is itj value from a humanitarian point of view, its ed ucational value, is even greater. When cur nurse goes into a home, she not only tends the.sick whom she has been called to see, but by pre cept and example she teaches the well how to take care of them selves and others. In the matter of sanitation at leai-, every man is His^ brother's keeper. If our premises are filthy, if we take no precautions in. illness and permit flies and dirt; our neighbor is endangered. If he is unsanitary in any or all particulars, we and our children will suffer. All this is being taught by our nursing service, arid we believe it has had. enormous practical results in improyV ing the health conditions of Suniter. Lt is therefore with no hesitation, that We urge the co-operation of every thinking man and woman in Sumter. Like every other' institu tion our nurse service needs money .to keep it up. We hope that the many who have always contributed will continue to do so, and if possible in crease their subscriptions, and we also , hope that the many who have neyer given a cent will realize the importance of this work in the com munity, and will see. that it does not .?ollapse for a lack of funds. Except for the two terrible epi demics of influenza which we shaii mention later, the year has been comparatively free, of illness. No as :idocis, only one typhoid case, and very little colitis, with no deaths from those ofttime prolific causes, is l splendid record for any town, and proves the efficiency of pur nursing; service. One more tubercular pa tient with the same number of deaths (S) as last year. This year tias seen the establishment of our, long needed tubercular hospital. SO: far there have not been many pa tients sent to Camp Alice?hut we; know communities, have to be edu cated up to their improvements. Efficient work has already been dene, ind we look for large results in the 'uture. In December the Civic League sent Miss Gibson to Boston to take i special course in the care and feed ng of babies. She feels that the ex )erience has been very beneficial and ias already helped her in her work. She is certain that already one little ife has been saved by the added snowiedge she gained on her trip. Che winter of 1918-19 is ?'memorable n Sumter. as it is throughout the: :pu3tttry for its series of epidemics of nfluenza. In the first epidemic in )ctober Miss Gibson saw forty-se/en ases and had two deaths, then she lerself succumbed to the diseas' md was ill for about, a month. He: vork was carried on.by the splendid } ielief Committee of the Civic Leagut The second violent epidemic starte', .bout Christmas, and for weeks Miss Mbson visited from fifty to sixty pa rents a day. Then the Civic Leagu* isked Miss Smith, R. N., to assist in he work which she did for one week. During the epidemic Miss Gibson and rifjss Smith visited one hundre i lases, but no deaths occurred hough there were several" severe :ases of pneumonia. The convales :eats are being looked after and a!" >f them are doing well, but we wouTe Ne glad to have more milk than wr lave so far been able to pro^ur-'. fifteen quarts are being distributed ?ach day at the school to children vho need the nourishment. We need nore for the homes and will be rlad to have contributions or to eom uunioatc with with any one who can sell, and deliver, one or more quarts i day. Mrs. Hugh C. Haynsworth. Chairman Nurse Deartment Receipts in the Civic League Nurse "und from February 1918 to Feb ruary 1919 have been as follows: 'ity of Sumter.$300.0 County of Sumter. 120.00 Paid services of nurse.. .. 80.35 Metropolitan Life Ins., nurs ing .r. 166.00 Contributions. 956.31 Tola! receipts.$l,62l,.66 The expenditures have been: Salary of Nurse.$1,200.00 "ommission to collector . . . 34.30 ftedical supplies. 2:'>.tf!> Milk and ice. 30.40 Running expenses automobile 2"J 1.49 Miscellaneous. It!. OS Total expenditures.$1.525.96 The Harby Fund (the interest on '$?.,000 given the Civic League by Mr. :Ienry J. Harby) is managed by the Nurse Department. The receipts in his have been: Balance on hand.$4.39 Interest. 240.00 [Contribution . 30.00 Total.>. $274.39 Iv:pcnditures: Milk.$224.14 Iroceries. 23.15 Ic-. 16.80) Other necessities. S.13 $272.22 Carried, forward . $2.17 The Harby ^und is used chieflv to furnish nourishment where it is iVSS^ed-.'- -Tire interest? on ?? Xho?. furrj:."^ paid.;n the fail so this, statement made . October I?i7 ,&j; 0&<$fcr,. 19.18. Last summer.the fund.wai en tirely exhausted and. the Nurse Fund was called upon to pay for such miik and ice as had to be used. Fortu nately there were liberal contribu tions of milk from the public so the Nurse Fund, had only, to cg&#$&&^ odd dollars for this pnrfKtfifc^. - Since the annual intereitt wW re ceived this fall the B^rbyiFtina haaf again been supplying milk to school children and others Whose depleted conditions need: the noturiStoieat ^ka tained in milk. . _ 1 . r M Extra nurses and nurses' assist* ants secured during the . ttto epir uemics of influenza, and all bills for groceries, milk and medical supplies were paid from the Belief Ftin^. ^tr nished the Civic League by<fl^y<S^ offerings from the, liberal fe^arted people of Sumter. - < We have lost by death since the last annual report seven regttijr con tributors to our Nurse Fund: A. Bultman, L. W. Folsom; JE. &r Miller, Mrs. R. H. Moise* O. Purdy,. Jr., W. A. Thompson, . Mrs. William Yeadon. Their interest was a source of inspiration and we miss their counsel and rea^y aupuart Thanking all those who" have" help ed to make this work possible.. Respectfully submitted, Armida Moses, Treasurer Nurse Department Clvio League of Sumtes Death. ?_ Mrs. Kate M. Stubbs died Si 10.20 Monday night of heart, diseasa. at the residence of her <iaught^-in-law, Mrs. A. J.v Stubbs, with whom she made .her home. Mra .Stubi^ .death was unexpected and was a great shock to her family and many friends. Mrs. Stubbs was a daughter of the late' Rev. Henry . M. Mood, of the Moth yd Is; church, ami was through oui her life devoted and earnest mem ber of Trinity church a~d her leader ship and active. intereJst it. all of the .diu ten's organizations will be sadly oiissedi Mrs. Stubbs was' in her 73d year, having been born Decem ber 23. I?i<5. She was iwice married* jiist to the lato Oliver Hoyt. and of tin union two daughters survive,' Mrs. C. Ii Stabes and Mrs. S. W. Stubbs. Her second husband was the late C. E. Stubbs, long a prom inent cotton buyer of this city. .The only son by this marriage. Alston J. Stubbs, died several years ago. Mrs. Stubbs is survived by two .daughters above mentioned, two step daughters. Mrs. W. Y. Spam, of this city, and Miss Alice Stubbs of Washington; D. i\. one brother. Dr. J. A. Mood of Sumter and two sisters. Mrs. B. M. Badger of Marion and Mrs. I. C. In gram of Dillon. The funeral services were held at t o'clock Tuesday af fernen from the residence of Mrs. A. J. Stubbs. North Church Street, and the interment was at the Sumter cemetery. Handicraft Club Heeling. A m<-:st delightful afternoon wajSj spent Friday r.t the hospitable honte of Mrs. D. J. Auld, by the Handicraft Club. Fancy work, conversation and instrumental selections by Miss Flor ence Hurst were the .imusements of rhe time. Afterward the hostess served a delicious ice course. Those enjoying' Mrs. Auld's hospitah'ty wer?'; Mes-; dames Wm. Auld, J. A. Brown. Hen ry Bruner. Claude Gainey. E. C. Kinard. J. D. Lemmon. Charlie Smith; S. F. Weeks, Geo. Hurst. :j The next mrctint;- will be at the home of Mrs. William Auld, EntertafnmoJii for Soldiers. A movement was launched* M0V17 day morning ?o. the entertaining of the 7ist infantry, i^- F. We are forced to thank the white ciii^er-s lor Lhe way they have responded to this worthy cause. We hope to give every citizen a chance to show their ?ppreciation to these boys. If, wo fail to cull, you may send your contrfb'Ur ;i<-:. to P. (J. Box 103, Sumter-j S.-C. Thanking those that have respond* ed already? yours truly, Colored Council of Defense and lie Colored Auxiliary, American Red Cross. rjyJtD PROHIBITION MxlASVK?*. Congress Proposes Law to T-'orbif* Sale of Any Beverage Contain'ms Alcohol. Washington, Feb.' 24.?Any bever age containing more than one-halt o' i per cent, alcohol would be baained by the war time prohibition act, ef fective next July 1, under a measure i mproved today by the house judiciary, ct mmittee to make the act effective. The committee's definition of in toxicating iicuor was written in the bill as follows: ihe words beer, wine or other in < xicating malt or vinous liquors in war prohibition act shall be coa :.u :.^d as any one liquor which c l taina in excess of one-half of 1 .er cent, of alcohol." Enforcement of the war time pro ' ? tion law, which continues in ef fect until after demobilization. tS placed with the internal revenue bu ? au by the bill framed by the com mittee. Agents of the bureau wjould investigate violations of the law and prosecutions would be conducted by T'nited States district attorneys. Any place where liquor is manufactured or sold would be declared a public nuisance subject to abatement and its operators subject to tine and impris onment as guilty of a misdemeanor. Property which owners knowingly n*rmit to be used for violating the law would be subject to a Tien for *me and costs of cases resulting from 'he prosecution. BEESWAX WANTED?Any fcfuantitjr large or small Am paying best cash price See me if you have any. N. G. Osteen. -^mm-wTTnm-r^K^m-^^ FOR SALE?F. O. B can, Camp Jackson, stable manure; very little straw. Car load lots only. Chemi cat and Fertilizer vabie a'ed vory high by Cl^msnn eollega. A iv Strauss. Sumter, S. C,