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Ig ; PERSONAL. Miss Minnie DeLorme is at homo from Winthrop College to spend the week-end. Mr. Carl T. Mason of Newark, N. L. has been in the city for several lays on business. Mr. and Mrs. J., H. Strong have I iust. returned from New Orleans '" where they have been spending their - honeymoon Mrs. Wm. Bultman. who has been visiting relatives in Columbia, return ed to Sumter Thursday. Mrs. E. D. Cole left Sunday for Savannah. Ga*. to be matron of honor \\ ? nthe wedding of her niece, Miss Gladys Cassels, which will take place v Tuesday at'high noon in the Inde - pendent Presbyterian Church. Dr. J. A. Rice, pastor of Trinity Methodist church, returned to the city today and will occupy his pulpit at the usual hour tomorrow. A, J. Cauthen, of the Methodist Church Centenary Committee, pass ed through the city today enr^ute to his home in Darlington from Man ning. Miss Robbie Gene Truesdale, of Columbia is spending a few days with Mrs. Joseph M. Chandler. . Lieut Wade Willeford, who has been in France for more than eigh teen months, having volunteered fori foreign service immediately after re ceiving his commission at the firsf j officers training camp, arrived in the. city this morning. Lieut. Wille- j ford was attached to 'the heavy ar tillery and saw a great deal of active service on various fronts in France. Recently he has been with the army - of occupation in Germany. Mrs. J. "Louis LaBruce, of George town, is the guest of Miss Katie Smith on Calhoun street. Mrs. R. L. James and son have re turned to the city after an absence of two weeks, having been called home on account of the illness of her moth er. Dr. A. N. T. Roach, a prominent surgeon of Mobile, Ala., accompanied by his wife, spent yesterday with his sister, Mrs. R. A. Dixon, on Salem Ave. Mrs. L. C. Dixon, of Columbia, is j visiting' her son. Mr. R. A. Dixon on Salem Ave. Mrs. Heywdod Clark, of Wilming-1 ton, N. C. is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Horace Emerson, at 322 Church St v Mr and Mrs. Abe Ryttenberg have returned from a trip to New Orleans and Savannah. While in Ne .v Orleans Mr. Ryttenberg attended the South ern Wholesale Grocers' convention. Mr. Ryttenbegr was re-elected a di rector for South Carolina. The asso ciation now numbers over 1,600 mem bers. Mr. F. W*. Nicholson spent the . week-end in -the city with family. Dr. E. R. Wilson and Miss Mary Wilson have returned from New York City. Mr. C. G. Edge, has returned to the city after a few days spent in Wil mington, N. C. Mrs. Walker P. Rivers and little daughter Katherine have returned from a visit of several weeks to rel atives in this State and Georgia. Mr. and Mi-s. W. C. Wolf left Sat urday f?r an extended trip to Ft. Lauderdaie ar.d Miami, Fla. Important Notice To Purchasers of Government Nitrate of Soda All purchasers of government ni trate of soda who have not paid up and arranged for shipmentof their soda will have to do so before May 31st, 1S19. at 12 o'clock, noon, or they Will not be able to gel the nitrates. These applicants had better see E. L Reardon. Federal Nitrat?? Distribu tor without unnecessary delay, cer tainly prior to June 1st. 1919. Hon. Char.es J. Brand. Chief of the Bureau of Markets, r*. S. Department of Agriculture. Washington, has sent out the following orders: "To County Agents, ZTederal Nitrate Distributors and Applicants for Ni trate of Sodar "In order to close the recbrds for the present season and enable the department of agriculture to settle obligations arising from the purchase of nitrate .of soda before the end of the present fiscal year, it is nee<ssam that all unfilled orders be shipped in the near future. Therefore all ship ping instructions covering nitrate ap plied for, but for which no shipping instructions have been given must reach trm Washington office not later than June 1st. No shipping orders will be honored after June tst, and applications not covered by shipping instructions will be cuBcPed after that date. "Individual applicants should com municat?* at once with their Federal Nitrate Distributor." (Signed) Charles J. Brand, Chief of Bureau. The local agents of the Federal Ni trate Distributor throughout Sumter county, postmasters and other public officials are respectfully requested to -. oread this information. Every farm ?_r who has applied for but who has EOt paid up or ordered his soda ship ped will please do so without delay. J. Frank Williams, County Agent. Republicans in Saddle They Are Busy To-day Organiz ing Congress Washington. May 19.- The "re< t; struction" congress assembling in ? traordinary session =it noon today, ori der the call issued by President Wil son from Paris on May 7th. marks the return to power of the Republi cans and the loss by the Democrats of control of the national legislative body. The organization of both sen ate and bouse by the new majority was today's principal business. j Salvation Army Drive jThe Campaign for Home Ser I vice Funds Opened Yesterday Afternoon. Sacred Con cert at Chautauqua Tent Enjoyed by Very Large j Audience Sumter county's campaign for its j ?f?.000 quota to the Salvation Army {Home Service Fund ras opened Sun j day afternoon at the Chautauqua j tent and was attended by probably j the . largest crowd ever gathered to | gether in. the interest of any cam-1 paign. thus manifesting the intense! j interest and loyalty of Sumter coun- j j ty in'the drive for this most worthy , organization. The exercises were opened by an invovatiop. by Rev. J. B. Ferguson, followed by a most in spiring address by Rev. J. P. Ma rion.: While the committee was disap-j pointed in not having cither the i Harvesters Company or Madam Ben- j ska appear on the program, the audience was delighted with the mag nificent scared selections rendered by the choir of St. Anne's Catholic church under the direction of Miss Ammie Teichcr. In addition, one of the most eloquent addresses ever de [ livered in our community was listen ed to with the greatest interest yes terday afternoon when. Ca pt. Perigord I appeared on the platform. Certainly this charming gentleman has endear I ed himself to the community, and everyone who heard him yesterday expressed the hope he would return to Sumter in the very near future, for no speaker has ever impressed an audience as did Capt. Perigord yes terday afternoon. Chairman A. C. Phelps of the local committee for the Salvation Army opened the drive for funds. The to tal subscription for the afternoon amounted to nearly $2,000. leaving $o,000 to be subscribed during the week. It is an assured fact that Sumter canont and will not fail an organization that did so much for our boys overseas, and are striving to do i equally as much, if not nore. right here in our own State. It would cer- : tainly prove a great help to the so liciting committees if everyone would promptly send in their pledge cards. Chairman Phelps stated this morn ing he is most anxious to report ; Sumter county's quota being raised * in the next forty-eight hours. Other I towns are launching their campaigns < today, and we have a substantial start on them, so it is earnestly hop- i ed everyone will seriously consider < the nature of this appeal for assist- * ancf?an appeal that /really must 1 reach everyone of us way down t dee?and forward their subscriptions f or pledge cards either to the chair man, or to Mr. W. x. Whitehead, c treasurer, by tomorrow morning. Pledge cards will be distributed at :he Chautauqua tent again this even- i ing, so men and women of SumtVr <? ;ounty, you know what is expected i v >f you. Help us to get. this drive over! t vith and out o fthe way by tomorrow r aight; fill in your pledge cards and! t land them by at the earliest possible moment. . t Congress in ? ;ssion I Washington. May ig.?Attention of c America and the world is turned upon the new congress?the Sixty-sixth in . American history?which is to con- j { vene at noon tomorrow in extraor- ( dinary session called by President Wilson from Paris. I Ail was in readiness tonight for the ( inauguration ~f the special session , which is expected to open a new and , important chapter in American and world history, with its long program of action, including consideration of ?.he peace treaty, the proposed treaty fo rthe military protection of France, and of innumerable and vital ques tions of domestic concern. The opening day as usual will 'be taken up with routine business, in- j eluding the organiaztion oi the sen ate and house by the Republicans wno supplant the Democrats in control for the first time in eight years. President Wilson's message cabled from Paris was being prepared to night for submission to the congress I and probably will be read to the] house on Tuesday and in the senate Thursday, adjournment of the latter body being planned from tomorrow j , until Thursday. Organiaztion tomorrow by the Re publicans proposes election of Sena tor Cummins of Iowa as president pro tempore of the senate and of Representative Gillette of Massachu setts as speaker. The Republicans have a majority ot two in the senate and of about 40 in the house. Major house committees ">'id be organized tomorrow, preparatory to beginning work immediate;", but senate organ ization will be deferred Work of congress throughout the session will be entwined with prepa rations for the 1920 presidential elec | .ion. i Congress expects to turn it:; atten-J tion immediately to tie- seven regular; appropriation bids. including the] large army and navy measures, which; ; died in the Republican filibuster last I March. Passage of hese hills will be I followed by consideration of revenue, railroad, shipping, woman suffrage, prohibition a od other legislation. The peace treaty is expected to !???! submitted next month by President I Wilson in person. Ratification of the treaty including the league of nations promises to develop into one of the niot dramatic and hard fought con tests m congressional history. I Addresses on peace subjects are < :< j ? peeled to begin soon in the senate. Children's Garden Market Tie- Children's Garden Market [which was so successfully conducted [last Spring and Summer will be con lducted again this season, every Sat-S [urday at 9 o'clock a. m. in front 'of I [the Court House. All children who Pace vegetables etc to sell are ex pected i<? take part ami the house-1 .keepers of Sumter are asked to pa-l tronize the young gardeners I The Cotton Corporation South Carolina Planters Will Be Called Upon to Take Their Pro Rata Share Columbia. May 19.?South Carolina farmers, merchants and business men generally will shortly be called upon to take their pro rata share of the I stock of the big $100,000,000 cotton ! exporting, marketing and financing corporation, plans for which were ap proved at the big cotton convention held at New Orleans last week. Thi? corporation, on men declare, will solve the cottton . problem in the South and will enable the cotton pro ducers of the South to sell their cot ton each year at a reasonable profit. A campaign for the sale of stock in the new corporation will be waged by the South Carolina. Cotton Association and first efforts will be to sell the stock to the cotton growers them selves In ?ict. plans for the cor poration provide that the majority of the stock must always be in hands of the cotton planters. The banks and business men of the State and of the cotton belt generally will, of course, be expected to assist in the forma tion of the corporation but the cot ton people themselves will always control it To prevent the corporation from coming under control of outside in terests the constitution provides that "the sale of stock shall be limited to bona fide resident individuals, part nerships, firms and corporations or other associations of cotton growing States." The corporation under its constitu tion wilj not engage in buying and j selling cotton on its own account. The] par value of the capital stock will be $50 and it may be bought with Lib erty bonds. It is figured that many J farmers will trade all of their Lib erty bonds for stock in the corpora tion. The bonds will be bought at par. The authorized capital stock of the corporation is fixed at $100,000,000, all in common stock. The corpora tion, however, is authorized to begin business when the amount of capital stock subscribed reaches $50,000.000 Mid when $25,000,000 shall have been paid in. The powers of the corporation are far reaching. They include: To purchase and sell or discount md negotiate or pledge notes, drafts, mecks. bills of exchange, acceptances, elegraph and cable transfers or other evidences of debt. To purchase, sell, pledge or other vise deal in bonds, notes and certifi :ates of the United States and of for eign governments, obligations issued >y foreign banks and syndicates and o make loans on the security of such oreign obligations. To accept bills or drafts drawn up n it. To purchase and sell exchange. To borrow money upon the secur ty of shipping documents or upon the ecurity of warehouse receipts con eyhig security title in cases where he commodities represented by such cccipts are "being-assembled for the j ?tirpose of export. The charter also gives the corpora* j ion power to act in any State, terri- i" Dry or possession of the United K 'tates, or any foreign country asj prent, trustee, broker or consisnf-o of thers in buying, warehousing, selling:, nd procuring insurance upon and ?therwise dealing in cotton of ab Tades and many goods manufacturer" j rom cotton and cotton se"d. inchid ng oils, cotton yarns. and cotton roods, where such goods are being iXported or assembled for export. It is the opinion of many of tie fes? business men in the South that he stock in the corpration will be co'"th more than par shortly after the :orporation begins business. Cotton Market LOCfi P. G. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer. Corrected Daily at 12 o'c'ock Noon), j Good Middling 29. Strict Middling 28 1-2. Middling 28. Strict Low Middling 25 1-2. NEW YORK COTTON MA It RET. Yes'td'y* Open High Low Close Close July . .28.60 ?8.37 23.50 'JC-:.:-; 1 2S.2> Oct. . 27.27 27.41 26.95 27.11 26."5 Dec . . 26.60 26.98 26.52 26.72 2';. : GREAT MASS OF PROOF. Reports of 50,090 Cases of Rhine? j Trouble, Some of Them Sunitt j Cases. Each of some 6,000 newspapers of the United Stales is publishing from j week to wee?c. names of people, in its particuiar neighborhood, win* bav< used and recommended Doan's Kid j uey Pills for kidney backache, weak I kidneys, bladder troubles and urinary! d-sordcrs. This mass of proof include: i ever 50.000 recommendations. Sum ;er is no exception. Here i. one <>. the Sumter cases: j W. T. Rail, blacksmith; 225 Salem ! Ave., Sumter. says: "I am glad to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills, fo: | they have been of great benefit. There was loo much uric acid in my sys j tern and 1 "vas bothered a great deal with my back. When l bent over, i? was difficult for me to straighten up 1 heard of Doan's Kidhey Pills being such a good remedy and I used them It only took one box of l>oan*s to make me fell a whole lu4 better." Price 60a at all dealers. Don't simply as!: for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr, Hall had. Foster-Miiburn Co..! Mfgra., Buffalo, N. Y.-Advt. (*5jG)J PURIFIED FROM ALL OBJECTION; Chemists Rid. Doctors' Favor ite Medicine of Nauseating Qualities?New Variety Call ed "Calotabs/' A triumph of modern pharmacy that is a blessing ^o the whole world ?that is the opinion of physicians and j druggists who are familiar with di^i new. nausealess calomel thai is whol-j ly free from the objectionable effects] of the old style calomel. An occasional purifying" of the system and thorough cleansing of the .liverare absolutely essential to health, and, as all doctors know, calomel was the only drug that accomplished this result. Now that the unpleasantness and danger of salivation are entirely removed the popularity of the new calomel, Calotabs. will be vastly in- i creased. Its effect is delightful. One tablet at bedtime, with a swallow of | water?that's all. No salts, no nausea, | no gripping, nor the slightest uh- j pleasantness. You wake up next morn- j ing feeling fine, your liver cleansed i your system purified and with a \ hearty appetite for breakfast. Eat' what you please?no danger of j salivation. No restrictions of habit or| diet. For your protecion, Calotabs arc; sohl only in original, sealed packages price thirty-five cents. STour druggist! recommends and guarantees them bv i refunding your money if you are not] delighted with them.? Cad v.) Washington, May 17.?President I Wison's message to the special session j of congress was in the hands of Sc--1 rotary Tumulty today, having been I cabled from Paris. It consists ap proximately of forty-five hundred} words and probably will be transmit-' ced to congress Tuesday. 10 Hour Kodak Finishing ?____/ Ail rolls developed 10c; packs 20c up; prints 2 1 -2c-4c-5c; enlarging 55c up. Specialists?we do nothing jut kodak finishing. All work guar anteed to please. Eastman Kodaks, riims, Supplies. Columbia Photo Finishing Co., 1311 Taylor Street. Colombia, S. C. LiOSX?On Broad or Main streets, or on road from Sumter to Stateburg, a lady's blue serge coat, white col-; lar. Reward for return to Mrs. M. S. Kirk, Hagood,_S. C._ j ______???? j JEEHTVES AND SUPPLIES?I have lately received a few Georgia made hives and frames?S and 10 frame size. Also on hand sections and foundation for comb honey. N. G. Osteen. 320 W. Hampton Ave. \ 1 We offer a large assortment children's summer hats, in all the light and dark shades at 1-3 off regular price. Come early if you want choice of selection. Ask to see our line of Sailors and Sport Hats at $2.50. Included in this lot are values up to SSjOO. 2nd Floor: McCollum Bros. I beg to announce that I have secured space in the City Drug Sore and will open office there about Jane 1st. I have for the past year had charge of the Optical ?e-f partment at the Thompson Jewelry Store, and will be glad to meet my former customers and friends as we?j as new patrons. My office will be equipped with the most modern In struments on the latest methods used in testing and tihie fitting of glasses. Lens grinding by the new mat chine outfit which, assures accuracy and prompt service. D. L. WILLIAMS optometrist Oll (tl all ai onv M<?rr and let us show you bow flits -!<.\c v.orl.s iiUv V.c are ?fcliioiisilraljllg .?? biovos i'vn*) day. Detroit Vapor hl Stoves No Wicks?Light Instantly?Work like gas Delicious Birthday Cake! puts the joy into Johnny's birthday. And the new Detroit Va por Oil stove insured the rapid, thorough bak ing necessary for a perfect result. It's real pleasure nojw for Mother to frock and bake with le i- new stove. So different from the ordinary oil stoves. The Detroit Vapor Stove is the only oil stove without a wick. Lights itistanty and at once you have an intensely hot blue flame di rect!; under the cooking utensil. Burns kerosene, gasoline or distillate?19 hours to a galon. More economica than gas, coa! or wood. 3 Ti 1 A 1ERRY COMPANY 18 North Main St