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ml? ?ec?M?J C'l?a*? PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Whisonant, of Rock Hill, spent the day in town. Mr. Whisonant is pleasantly remein hered here, having been a member of the boys' high school faculty for two years. Mr. E. Taylor Keels and family have returned to Sumter to live. Mr. Keels has been connected with the Atlantic Coast Line for several years and has been living in Jacksonville, Fla., most of the time for the past five years. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McLeod, of Lynchburg, were in the city today. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Owens and daughter have returned home, after spending several months in Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. G. W. Kraker and Miss Fran ces Kraker have returned to the city. Messrs. W. Percy Smith, C- S. An derson and W W. Rees leave this af ternoon for Georgetown by automobile to attend the annual session of the , Diocesan Council of the Episcopal Church. Lieut. Earle Rowland who has been in France with the A. E. F. for the past year has received his discharge and arrived home last week. McCntlicm-Duidap. Miss Willean McCathern and Mr. Fred E. Dunlap were united in mar riage Sunday. May 11, at 1.30 o'clock, the marriage occurring at the home of the groom's parcnts/on Railroad I Avenue. Mrs. Dunlap is from the ^Providence section. Mr. Dunlap has just been mustered out from over seas service with the colors. Death. Mr. Augustus S. Flud died at his home near Oswego Friday night, after! a brief illness, aged forty-four years.] The news bf his death was a shock to his many friends. The funeral ser-1 vices were held at the Church of! the Holy Cross, Stateburg at If ! o'clock Saturday morning. He was] the eldest son of the late W. I R- Flud. of Stateburg, in which] community he was reared and lived j until his removal to the Oswego sec- i tion a f? w years ago. He is survived j by his wife, who was Miss Ethel Dargan. the eldest" daughter of Col. j J. J. Dargan, and four children, hisj mother, Mrs. Sarah R. Flud and1 three sisters. Misses Mattie and Sadie { Flud of Stateburg and Mrs'. Boyet, of| Statesville, N. C. I Attempt to Bribe Policemen. Cephas Ford, colored, who is al- j leged to be a dealer in Jamaica ging- j er, was arrested Friday night on i charges preferred by Policemen Car- ! rigan and Chandler that he offered to j pay them a regular sum. based upon j the amount of his sales, provided *he! policemen would not interfere with ? his traffic in ginger. . He stated that | the amount he could afford to payj them would be approximately $20 a.\. week. The proposition was first made i to Officer Carrigan. who led him along! and encouraged him to believe that i that the proposition would be consid- j ered. He then made a similar offer to Officer Chandler, and subsequently j he made the offer to both of these at: the same time in the presence of each j other. Then he was arrested N and i charges preferred. The case has not j been, brought to trial. Ford having j made application for release on bail, j He was released today, having furnish- j ed bond in the sum of $300. j Fire In Jail Yard t : ?_. Trusty Convicts Have a Hot j Time as Finale of a Joy Ride j Saturday night two convicts who j were given permission to come to j town for a lew hours freedom, as has been the custom, it is stated, took [advantage of the opportunity to act 'like sure-enough freemen. They j changed into citizens' clothes and then j picked up a Ford car that they found j standing on the street and started off ? on a joy ride. After tearing around ! awhile they found the gasoline sup j ply running low. so they went to the ? jail yard to replenish the supply from j the gas tank of the big truck that w.as stored under a shed in the jail yard. Being rather careless they took a lamp or lantern to furnish light while dawing the gasoline. Naturally an explosion occurred and the truck and the shed were burned. The lire de partment was called out and the fire was gotten under control ? before it spread to other buildings. In the confusion the two joy riding convicts made their escape and grabbing an other car that was handy made their j way to Oswego. where they were sub sequently rounded up and sent back to the gang. The loss the county will sustain by the burning of the truck has not been determined. The truck was insured in the usual way and it is stated lhat the county will re cover aboutv47 percent of the cost. $3,080. if the adjusters decide that it is a total loss. The loss on the shed will not be great. Dry on Rio Grande Mexico Considering Ten Mile Prohibition Zone Laredo. Tex.. May 10?A bill to cre [ ate a ten-mile dry zone along inter j national border will be introduced j in the Mexican . Congress, according I to "Mexican officials in Nuevo Laredo. | I The proposed law would become ef ! fective a month before the United States goes dry. The zone would ex tend from the Pacific coast to the mouth of the Rio Grande. To offset the revenue losses to Mex ican border merchants incurred by the lav.', another bill will be intro duced for a ten-mile free zone having the same radius which would admit imports to the dry territory free of duty. Memorial Services. The annual memorial services in honor of the Confederate dead was held Sunday afternoon in Trinity Methodist Church, under the auspices of the Dick Anderson Chapter. U. D. C, after the graves at the cemetery had been decorated by a committee of the chapter. The exercises were carried out according to the following program. Dr. S. H. Edmunds acting as master of ceremonies: Violin Solo?Mrs. Alexander. Prayer?The Rev. J. P. Marion. Song?"Just Before the Battle Mother"?Mr. Moore. Anthe m ?Ch o ir. Address?Dr. J. A. Rice. Song?"We are Tenting Tonight"? Mr. Pearce. Benediction?The Rev. E. W. Rey nolds. Dr. Rice, made a very thoughtful and appropriate address, the theme being "No Cause is Ever Lost." The application of this proposition to the patriotic service of the Confederate soldiers and the leadership of Robert E. Lee, teaching a lesson that made a deep impression. Augusta Lenska Prima Donna Contralto Third Night ' Red^h Chaut^ua Mme. Lenska, Grand Opera Singer, has scored notable successes in New York, Chicago and European Musical Centers. ALSO THE Great lakes String Quartet Four Musicians of attainment who accompanied President Wilson on two voyages across : the Atlantic on the U. S. S. George Washington. Redpath Chautuaqua Seven Big Days Season Tickets $2.50 and War Tax l^mBREDBKTH CHAUTAUQUAi CHA?TA?Q?A WEEK, MAY 16 to 23 I Woman's Auxiliary Convention ?I - I List of Delegates Enrolled To ,| Date i , j The Thirty-fourth annual conven i tion of the Woman's Auxiliary to the j Board of Missions of the Episcopal iChurch will be held in this city May ?1, 22 and 23. An attendance of 125 ; to 150 delegates is expected. The fol lowing list of the delegates whose names have thus far been enrolled Iwith the entertainment committee is ? published for the information of the J hostesses, in order that they may re jquest assignments Those who may j wish to do so should communicate with Mrs. s. H. Edmunds, Chairman: Charleston. Misses Jane Cornell; Isabel B. Hey- j ward. Rowena D. Ravenel, Rev. Dr. W. W. Starr. Mesdames Robt. Wilson, Jr., Eiias Ball; Misses Anne M. Hunc j kei, May ? Tharine, Mesdames James [S. Simmons, T. V. Hannaford. J. T. j Salvo, T M. McCarrei, Alex Marten, j Misses A. S. Mazye.w Virginia Porcli I er, Berenice Tilghman, Saliie Lock wood, A. Smith. Agnes Myers, F. C. Milligran Mrs. J. S. Myers. Bishop j Guerry, Rev. Walter 3Iitchell. Rev. Alex Mitchell. Mrs. W. P. Cornell (.Pres.), Mrs. A. V. Snell. Cougar ec. Mesdames W. L. Arthur. H. G Kaminer, Gadsdeh. Stateburg. Misses Annie Moore. Virginia Saun ders, Mesdames W. L. Saunders, Des Saussure Bull. Mark Sullivan, F. M. Dwight, James Simons. James Pinck ney. Plantcrsville. Mrs. Miles S Bellunc, Miss J. A. Fr? ser, Rev. J. E. K. Gal luvt ill). Aiken. Miss Eleanor i'helps. Mesdames Frank P. Henderson. W. W. Edgerton. I Miss Emma Edgerton. Darlington. Rev. O. T. Porcher. Mrs. Osier Si mons, Miss Ethel Brunson. Eastover. Misses Jane Tillinghast, Leora Rivers. Beaufort. Mesdames A. M. Blockford, W. II Hull. Union. Mrs. T. H. Garner. Bock Hill. Miss Scotia B. Reid. GranitcvUIe. Miss Joe Thorpe. Mrs. Thomas P. Noe, Miss Genellc Gardner, Rev. Thos. P. Xoe. Georgetown. Mesdames D. T. Pope. J. S. Pyatt. Benncttsville. Misses Lizzie Rogers, Inez Coving ton. Boykin. Misses May Boykin, Sarah Boykin. Lesa Boykin, Mesdames B. H. Boykin. B. D. Boykin, J. T. Hay. J. M. Green, J. M. Cantey. Miss Annie Burgess. James Island. Mesdames P. C. Coker, Allison Lawton. Columbia. * Mesdames T. H. Fisher. H. L Forbes. Miss Kate Fin!ay. Rev. and : Mi*s. L. A. Penick, Mesdames George Dial, Jos. M. Bell, Fred Swafficld. Spa rl an burg. Mesdames R. K Carson. "W. S. Man- J ning. Alternate. Mrs. W. M. Fisher Greenville. Mrs. A. P. Galllard. Mrs Frank A. Juhant Rev. Frank Juhan. Mrs. Frank X. Challen. Mrs. George Tuppcr, Summerville. Cam den. Mesdames James Burns. E. C. Vil lepigue. Rev. Harriman Harding. Miss L. A. Shannon. Hagood. ?esdatnes Crawford Sanders. Char lie Sander.-. Rcmbert. Misses Ellen Ellerbe. Florence El le r be. Mt. Pleasant. Mesdames Isaac Auld, "Win. H Holmes. Sanders R. Guignard. Charleston. Miss May Hart. Eutawville. Mrs. R. S. Kirk. Rev. H. Mazyck. Eastover. Miss Julia L. Clarkson. Vork. Miss Ida McCollough. Oberaw. Rev. Albert S. Thomas. Mis? Eliza beth Wad oil3. New York. Deaconess Goodwyn. Rev. S. G. Wood. Attendance Officer Elected. i At :i meeting of County Board o: j i I Education, with ail members- -1. H.j Haynsworth; W. H. Barton and ? G 1 <Jsteen?present, the applications of ) those desiring Me- position of Count: ? Attendance Officer wrre considered j (There were a number of applicants,] both men and women. After careful'i consideration <>f all tin.- applications! I the Board elected Mr. C. s. Hutehin-j 1 sou. oi' Oswego. Mr. Hutchinson Ine; I l ev 1 priwipal of the Oswego school j 1 .'?>!? pas' t\\<> years and ha! had< j about ten years successful expe ? i ?e-> | I in ^??l|<n.| woi k. I f 1 I .Mr. Hallet Burns an Honor Guest.! - Mr. and Mrs. James Bairns en lev I;tallied a number of young people.] [from 7.:m *o p. M. on Las? P'ridayj I in honor ot their nephew. Mr. linii?-!! I Burns of Stuntcr who has jits' return led from oversea service. The tirnc j was pleasantly spent in social cha* I I the hostess serving delicious fruit I cake and punch. Mr, Burns leaves mi the near iiittire for Colorado where 1 he will sp***.d a year. He has many I 'friends in Camden who wish him ;i pleasant stay in the West.?-Cane'.-n Chroi icJc. Socialists Ask Interview A iiiste'rda m. Msty i:.' The cornmly si on appointed by the executive coi mittee of the International So:-l.:ii congress 1ms examined the peace' terms submitted to Germany and has decided to ask an interview with the council of four in Paris for the pur pose Of expressing the Socialist view] point as 10 terms. ! Fires in Cotton Gins Preventable Static Electricity, the Chief Cause, Easily Combated by Grounding Machinery Washington, May 10.?The main cause of the frequent and destructive fires in the cotton Kin:; of tie- South i< static or frictional electricity -an ele ment easily controlled by simple methods. That was shown conclu sively in recent investigations by the United States Department of Agri culture, through Bureau oC Chem istry, which now has issued a circular telling how to prevent blazes from static electricity, and also giving sug gestions for the prevention of tires from matches or other foreign ma terial in cotton, from friction, from cotton hanging to ribs in the gin. or from other possible causes of less im portance. So frequent were the mysterious gin fires in 11' 17?the losses in Texas alone I that year being estimated at a mil lion dollars?thai rumors of alien enemy activity spread through the country, and CJncle Sam sent several! experts to Texas to determine the caui;e and the preventive. The ex- ? perts found that most of the fire: were caused by sparks of static elec I tricily. bul that it was easy enough to.j prevent the sparks from doing dam-j age by the simple expedient of run-j nmg wires from the gin machinery to the ground. How to "ground*' gin machinery isj the chief thing thai the experts have to tell in the new circular. "Cotton j Gin Fires." number ::>?. which mavj l>e obtained free by application to the Bureau of Chemistry of the depart-j ment. Diagrams show the best ways! of wiring. Cotton Market LOCAL. P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer. (Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon ). Good Middling 28. Strict Middling 27 1-2. Middling 27. Strict Low Middling 21 1-2. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. ! Yes'td'y? j Open High Low Clos6 Close! May . .27.90 28.15 2 7.90 28.15 :">J2j July . . 26.60 26.95 26.55 26.52 26.77 | Oct . . 2*.sr. 25.25 21.sr, 25.36 25.021 Terms for Austria Paris. May 12.?The peace treaty! with Austria is nearing completion! and an official summary is being pre-1 pared as was done in the eas" of thei German treaty. Aithough not so stat ed in the treaty, the new Austrian j frontier is the one designated by the! secret treaty of London giving ItalyJ all ib.? strategic heights and de'sn-j sice nassasres. (Harden On Peace Terms I _ l j German Editor Says Conditions Are Not Harder fhan He Ex pected?Criticises Officials Berlin, vi:; London. May II.?Maxi milian :fr?r<T< i ?:ior of the Berlin Die /'stvtmfr. wrii.iiig on the peace treaty, says: "'The peace conditions are not hardr er than I expected. They were un pleasant to the greater j>art of the people. Be; could one have really ex pectvd them otherwise? "The Germans have not given very convincing mental guarantees during the six months since the revolution thai they have changed their system;) on the contrary, the present govern ment and *li- press have the same methods of incitement, the same tricks of bluff as> under the old rule of the petty nobility. ? The government's proclamations and spe ? s are only bad copies of the kai . time. Tim whole press resounds in protests and lias started a campaign of incitement against the allies, couched in violent language, it' is agitating for refusal to sign the treaty*, and to what use? All must know that the allies, by keeping up I the blockade and occupying the coalj districts. can force Germany to sign whatever they want. I "The allies have be?-n threatened I tba! Germany would join the Bolshe-! viki. Bui thai would besuicidal. The! only way to rescue tin- country is by openness and honesty. The revolution has been a great disappointment. "Germany should have sent men: who would have laid their cards on the ! table and got. tin- allies to understand ! trial, some of the conditions were ijn-1 acceptable. If Germany showed its' good will to do what is in its power] to cbmoly with the allies' requests, the ? allies would see that condition?! were changed in favor of German...: because they know there must be a i Germany ami that 't is impossible to ! destroy the German people." Sumter Over the Top. The announcement was made Satur-j day afternoon by County Chairman Kenry P. ??Fosos that the full quota ' of Victory ponds for Sunnier county j had been subscribed and the Came! Cock County had once again done its j full duty, when called upon by the government. Sumter county was al- j lotted $.745,000 of the Victory bonds j and at first and during the first week j of the campaign many pessimists j citizens freely expressed the opinion [ that the quota would not be raised.] But those in charge of the campaign j never doubted and at the end of the j drive the subscriptions came in rapidly ; and more than the full quota was j placed. It is true that many who | wen- expected to take Victory bonds. ; the expectation being based upon Un known financial ability of certain cit izens, did not take a dollars worth, j while others only saved their faces by taking the minimum amount. But: others more patriotic did their full j duty and the county was saved the hu- ? initiation of failing to do what the! go i ? -ruMi'-nt asked the county to do.: Statistical Report of White Schools The Reports of the Months Just Ended Show a Total Enroll ment in the White Schools of 1228 A compilation of the reports 1s | sued by the teachers in the white ' schools shows that, in the whole white school system, there are in the Pri mary and Grammar Schools 461 boys, 46T girls: in the High Schools, there are 154 boys. 146 girls; in the Whole white S' hool system, there are 615 boys. 613 girls; making a. grand to-, tal of l,2L'8. The first report-issued by the present superintendent for the first month showed a total enroll ment in all the white schools of 282.. In the graduating class for this year, there are 24 boys and 24 girls. Cliautauqua Notes. The Chautanqua tickets are selling fast, the thousand are about gone, then they go up. Buy now and boost the Chautauqua. K. E. Driskel received word this morning from the office that they are putting on the program "The Dublin Girls." They are to start at Green wood and appear on the big seven day program the rest of the summer. This is a special number the Redpath people are putting on. The program of th'> "Dublin Girls" will be given up to Irish songs', stories and character sketches. Miss Werno and ?vTiss Rich are capital entertainers and the program -is sure to meet with enthusiastic re-' sponse. The League of Nations will be dis-. cussed in lecture given by Dr. R. E. P. Kline on the second afternoon. Mr. :'"!::? ? fichitc rut the tremen dous power of LJfe; lism and empha sizes ihe law oi: t".i .- "Higrh Cost of Tlate." This will be one of the vital, lectures of the Chautauqua week. The relation between capital and ? labor will be discussed in the Kline lecture and in "he discussion of this topic. Mr. f\ a a sues his customary . uoli'.; of i..-.. .; ing in generalities, he draws upon experi<mce and proves his contentions by accurate peculiari ties. The entire lecture is said to be an - extremely interesting statement full of grippin?- intensely human and -...ore. i.? 3 ...a..-; thoughts. Mr. Kline is an eloquent, forcible speaker who talks from comprehen sive study of his subject. Mr. Kline vith the Redpath Chautau ! years and has earned a great cation as a platform speak er. 'Tour new hired man seems-to be pretty stupid. Ezry?" "And be don't deceive his looks much, either.*' replied honest farmer Hornbca!:. "He knows less, around the farm here ~vcry day then, the average person ooqj on the witness stand."-? Country Gentleman. 14 Points are H OL l ? i fll I II? H ?i?f,? ^ip ments? Warm weather is upon us- but we have prepared for the comfort of our many cus tomers and friends for this season. Why swelter in hot, heavy clothes when we can outfit you in coo], comfortable gar I STyleo Clothe m m laps, " 77?c Sleeve Ticket Tells the Price " OUR STOCK 15 COMPLETE IN Palm Beach Suits, Panama Hats, Palm Brad) Oxfords, Clapp and Barry Oxfords Washable Neckwear, Styleplus Clothes. Kool Cloth Suits, Fashion Park Clothes, Straw Hats, Schloss Bros. Clothes. In preparing for your summer comfort and vacation, be sure to remember the fact that we can outfit you from head to toot, and do it at the right prices. Our garments are guar anteed in quality and fit, or your money back. osemi M %r %U- ZJ2 %*B*fi,? n ~0 MEN'S AND BOYS' BUY A VICTORY BOND 1>M ER V Sumter, S. C.