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_* _? ttSOffe? M tike Postoific? *i 8umt?r, K OL? M Second CUM? Jtauec PERSONAL. Mr. Garn err Peatress has been call ed to Danville, Va.. by the deaih of his father, Judge Peatress. Mrs.'Hugh Pheips. of Washington. . X. C. is visiting the family of Mr. A. C. Pheips* Mrs. J. Walter DuRaht and son. Archie, who. have been visiting Mrs. E. R'DuRant, have.returned to Nor folk, Va. Rev. John Kershaw, of Charleston, is iiCthe city attending the Auxiliary Convention. Mrs. A. A. Bradham and Mrs. B. D. Mitchell, who have been visiting rel atives in Marion, have returned home. Mrs. W. S. Chandler has returned to her home at Mayesville from Hoi Spring, Ark. Her health was very much improved by her stay at the Springs. Miss Eufaula Blackmon. of Win throp College, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. O. H. McKagen. Death. From The Daily Item. May 22. A telegram was received this after noon announcing the death at Rich mond. Va., at 2 o'clock this afternoon of Miss Mamie C. Edmunds. The bod;, will arrive on the 4 o'clock train tomorrow morning, accompanied by Miss Claudia Fraser. who was with Miss Edmunds at the time of her death. The funeral arrangements have '-.'JnXft been made. Furman Calls McLothlin Rotarians Urge Distinguished! -Minister to Accept Presidency j Greenville. May 19.?The Green-I ville Roturians sent a telegram today j to W. J. McLothlin. instructor of his- f tory m the Southern Baptist Theolog ical Seminary, Louisville. Ky.. urging; him to accept the presidency of Fur- j man University in this city. The j prominent Baptists of the country are j confident that he will decide to become! the head of Furman and will not ac-j cept the position as secretary of the Doard of education of the Southern Baptist church, which also has been offered him. This is the third time that Dr. McLothlin has been tender ed the presidency of F?rman. He is one of the most prominent Baptists) in the South and is well known here.? Furman University has been without] a president since last May when Dr. ] E. M. Poteat resigned to become plat- j from, speaker for the laymens' mis sionary movement at its headquarters in Xow York city. The Woman's Auxiliary Annual Convention Opens With i Record Breaking Attendance j, The 34th annual convention of the woman's auxiliary to the board of missions of the South Carolina Epis copal diocese had an auspicious open ing yesterday morning, the roll of parish branches showing 124 present.; including five of the clergy, which is ,a record breaking attendance. After the celebration of the holy commun ion there was a beautiful united of fering service, during which two were presented for confirmation by the Sumter rector. Addresses of welcome on behalf of the Sumter people were delivered by! the rector. Rev. J. Bentham Walker j and Mrs. John Sumter. Right Rev. i William A. Guerry. Bishop of South' Carolina, made the address of thej morning, asking the women to main- j tain Christian social standards. Pie} called attention to the fact that the j diocesan conference at Georgetown bad recently given suffrage to the! women and urged them to study church problems in order that they might use their vote intelligently. ~The following we're introduced as gues'ts.Attending the convention: The Rev. Louis G. Wood of Xew York. Deaconess Henrietta B. Goodwin of Xew York. Miss Ida McCullough of York, the Rev. Walter D. Mitchell J of Charleston, the Rev. A. K. Mitchell of Charleston, the Rev. A. S. Thomas of Cheraw. : Officers of the organization present are: William P. Cornell, president, of Charleston: Mrs. T. H. Fisher of Co lumbia. Mrs. s. It. Guignard of Char leston. Mrs. A. P. Gail lard of Ninety Six, vice president: Mrs. T. M. McCar rel of Charleston, secretary: Miss Isa bel B. Heyward of Charleston. treas-{ ure; Mrs. F. P. Henderson of Aiken, box secretary; Mrs. I>. 1). Taber of Co-1 lumbia. educational secretary: Mrs. J.' S: Myers of Charleston, secretary of junior department. The various officers gave their re ports during the morning session and the afternoon was given over mainly to hearing Deaconess Goodwin of the Mission House of Xew York discuss "Present Opportunities in the Mission Field." and a conference on diocesan * volunteer work. The following convention commit tees were announced: Credentials, Mrs. A. 1). Harby. Sumter, Mrs. T. H. Siddall of Sumter. Mrs. A. V. Sneil of Charleston. Mrs. T. H. Garner of Un ion. Mrs. \\\ \\". Egerton of Aiken: publicity. Mrs. H. <;. Osteen of Sum ter, Mrs. J. r. Sumter of Sumter. Miss Blanche Causey of Charleston: courtesy. Mrs. Ralph Carson of Spar tanburg. Mrs. H. Forbes of Colum bia, Miss Virginia Porcher of Char leston: chairman of pages. Mrs. Hor ace Emerson of Sumter. fn the evening a sermon on "The Christian's Duty Towards Missions" by the Rev. A. r. Mitchell and ad dress on "American Institutes for Ne groes*' by the Rev. A. E. Penick of Columbia interested :i large audience. Fanners say there has been plenty of rain for the present needs of crops and they are watching the clouds anxiously for fear that there may be too much. Xo one wants to get in the grsrss under present labor conditions. I The Fight for Cotton |Mr. B. F. McLeod Reviews Plans Formulated at the New Or ; leans Convention i j_"_ j To the Editor of the News and i Courier: A great many people j throughout the State seem to be anx i ious to ascertain just what was ac complished at the cotton convention ! in New Orleans last week. There jfore it is probable a resume of what i was done at the convention will be j of interest to many of your readers, j I have attended a great many con ; ventions, but 1 have never seen ; groups of men further apart than at j the beginning of the cotton conven I tion, neither .have 1 ever seen men j more earnestly desirous of amalgamat ing the views and of doing the thing I that was best for the cotton belt: and 'before the convention adjourned, the 'delegates were a unit on every" ques f tion. [ The reports of the several commit tees were adopted without a dissent j ing voice. The permanent organiza tion of the American or Central Cot ton Association was effected. The plans for launching the hundred mil lion dollar exporting and financing corporation were worked out and adopted by the convention. The plans submitted by the committee on bank ing, Mr. R. G. Rhett of Charleston, chairman, was adopted by the conven- j tion and referred to the American ! Cotton Association to work out the <letails. The Board of Directors of the American Cotton Association re ferred it to a very strong committee consisting of Mr. Kemp of Texas, Mr. Rhett of Charleston, the president of the association and two others. This) committee will work out the details! and prepare the terms to be incorpo rated in the charter and submit same to the executive committee for its approval. Plans were prepared for more thoroughly organizing the State cotton association. The committee on crop report made a most excellent report, and 1 am thoroughly convinced that the report of this committee is as accurate, or more accurate, than any report that has ever been submitted on cotton acreage. The membership of the central as- ; sociation will consist of the State cot ton associations. The central asso ciation will bo maintained by the dues received from the State associations, based on cotton production in each State: probably one and a half cents ' per bale will be the dues to January 1, 1921, and one cent per bale perl' annum thereafter. The association will be controlled or managed by a board of directors 1 elected by the State organizations; a director at largo from each cotton State and one for every 500,000 bales ] and majority fraction, of cotton pro- i duced. The board of directors elects ' officers and an executive committee. ? Th-- executive committee will have 1 the powers of the board when the 1 board, is in recess. The central or ganization will have the power to es tablish offices in ail of the cotton i consuming countries of the world for 1 the purpose of ascertaining the sup ply and demand for cotton, probable i consumption, number of spindles in operation, and number of spindles idle. etc. The offices will be in charge of experts in that line. The information gleaned will be sent to I the central organiaztion, and the cen- j < tral organization will send out bul-1 letins to the State associations, who i will send bulletins to every member. The State organizations will make i reports to the central organization as to number of acres planted in cot ton and condition of crops during j growing season. The central asso- j ciation will tabulate the reports from all the States, send a bulletin to each' State organization as the report, of the entire cotton belt. This infor mation will be furnished every mem ber. The central organization will ad vise the State association as to whether the apparent supply is great er than the apparent demand, and if it appears that the supply is greater t an estimate will be made of the! amount necessary to reduce produc tion, and if the demand appears to be greater than the supply, the members will be advised as to the per cent of | increase the trade will stand. All of the cotton producing States will, in a short time, launch mem bership campaigns. It is necessary to have every cotton producing State thoroughly organized. The central as sociation cannot be made stronger than the weakest organization in one jof the larger cotton producing States. "A chain is no stronger than its weak est link." The present State organization will Appoint the county and township of ficials, of the county branches, to serve the balance of lf?19. In January, 192?*, the members of the State asso ciation, in each township, community, or subdivision of the county that is j used, will elect three members of the county board of control, at least one of whom shall be a farmer. The county board of control, elected by the town ships, will elect a county board of directors consisting of fifteen at least, five of whom shall be farmers, j an executive committee consisting of| five members and a president, vice! president, and secretary-treasurer, j The board of control will also elect j j throe members, at le.-ist one of whom shall he a farmer, of the State board! of Control. The State board of con-! i trol will elect the board of directors.! {The board of directors will elect Of j ticers, consisting of a president, firs! ' I vice president, second vice president-j J manager, and secretary-treasurer, and ;an executive committee. The execu tive committee will control the af fairs of the State organization while j the board of directors is in recess. By having the same number of mem-' : bers on the State board of control ; from each county, instead of basing the representation on the cotton pro duced in the counties. will prevent the possibility of a group of counties having siadi a large representation on the board, thai they will be able i to control the affairs of the associa tion. Cnder tin- proposed plan, each (county will have a fair show, i The three members of the county ' board of control from ?ach township in the counties, will make monthly reports to the county secretary, first, as to the condition for planting, weather conditions, etc.. during the planting season, and the exact num ber of acres planted in each town ship. By having three members of the board of control in each town ship, the work of ascertaining the number of acres planted will be com paratively easy, because each mem ber will have a certain number of farmers to see. and it is probable can cover the leritory in one day. The ' report is made to the county secre I tary. who tabulates it. sends it in i to the office of the State association. ! the State association tabulates the reT j turns from all the counties, forwards lit to the central association. The j central association tabulates the re ] turns from all counties and forwards j bulletins to each State, showing the exact number of acres planted to cot ton in the cotton belt. Monthly re ports will be made as to conditions! of the crop during the growing sea son. This information will :i!so t>e {sent to the State organizations, and copies of same mailed to every mem-j ! ber of the State associations, j The success of the campaign for membership will rest upon the shoul ders of the county officials, and the township members of the board of control. The campaign will be set up by a first class organizer, and the twonship members of the board of control will be authorized to appoint committees to aid them in the mem bership campaign. It will be launched Ion a certain date, and finished in j ! one day. j The dues to the State association for the balance of this year and 1020 will probably be for farmers 15 cents per bale of cotton produced in 1018. and for merchants, bankers, manufac turers, etc., 15 cents per $1,000 on their capital - stock. Professional men.! such as editors, lawyers, etc., $3 perl annum. Subsequent yearly dues will | probably not exceed 10 cents per bale for farmers and 10 cents per $1,000 j for merchants, bankers, etc. This will! include the amount due by the State association to the central association. I am inclined to believe at least 99 per cent of the farmers, merchants, bankers and manufacturers will join j the State association. It will cost I the State association and the central j association probably a million to a j million and a quarter dollars to get j up and furnish each member monthly!: statistics. Therefore a farmer who i j produces only 10 bales of cotton and ! pays annual dues of $1, gets infor-S motion that costs one million and all quarter dollars for $1. Someof the members of the asso-|j elation are inclined to believe that [ j the organizaion was instrumental in ' j forcing cotton up at least $30 per] I bale. I am satsfied myself that it ; is responsible for an increase of at j least $20 a bale, and any farmer who produced 10 bales of cotton and has! it on hand now, can get $200 more' for the 10 bales than he could have j gotten if the association had not heen j organized, and this amount will pay j his annual dues, to the association for; 200 years. j If all of the States are thoroughly \ organized, and the financing war.- j housing and marketing corporation j is launched, cotton will never again j sell for less than cost of production. I The merchants, bankers and manu-j I facturers are as deeply interested it j j keeping the price of cotton about the \ cost of production as the farmers! themselves. Our economic structure is composed of three elements, agricul ture, finance, and commerce. One j cannot succeed without the other.! The success of one means the success I of all. j B. F. McLeod. Charleston, May 21, 1919 Cotton Market LOCAL. P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer. (Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon), j Good Middling 30 1-2. Strict Middling 30. Middling 29 1-2. Strict Low Middling 27. NEW YORK COTTON MARK ITT. Yes'td'ys Open High Low Close Close I July .. 2:?.."o on.jr. 29.50 30.07 29.3G j Oct . . 27.95 20.00 27.95 2.S.94 27.79 Dec . . 27.51 28.45 27.50 28.45 27.30 Punished for Stealing. Lemans, France, April 2?? (Corre spondence)?From silk pajamas fring-l eel with lace to concrete tloors of a J guard house typifies the transition of j ;u number of United States army cas uals who commandeered the belong ings of a French count here, while the latter had left his chateau for the; front. The wholesale appropriation of the count's belongings by the casuals wasj made known to the Military Police by i the count who had returned for a | short furlough. j The army restored all the appro-1 printed articles while the men who! enjoyed the luxuries of them are] lodged in the guard house. The organization of the Cotton As sociation and the reduction of acre-j age has undoubtedly been instrumen tal in strengthening the market and! I causing the price at' cotton to advance, j If the farmers, merchants and bank ers of the cotton States really and; enrnestlv wish to maintain the advan-i ! tage they have gamed and be in a po-: |sition to demand a reasonable price I for Cotton li:ised upon the cost ol' pro duct ion. tiny win have to keep up the, organization and solidly support the .proposed Cotton Marketing Corpora tion. They will have to put up the necessary one hundred million cash capital. They cannot expect to re ceive any financial assistance from (be j Iu'l; banks or the North ami K;ist. it' 'they win the ligbl for a reasonable profil on cotton they will have to pu! 1 up tin- sinews of war out of their own I pockets. Mr. Hoy I Kearse and Tom Felder, of Spartanburg. have been visiting ihej bitter's grandmother on X. Washington Sc. far the past few days. ANNOUNCEMENT I beg to announce to the people of Sumter that I Have per sonally taken charge of my optical department and ' * will be glad to serve all who are in need of glasses. As to my ability and reliability you are kindly asked to read the following letters which were addressed to me at Hontleel*^ lo, Georgia shortly after I left St. Matthews, (S. G.) wh?re^L had been located for eight yeaFS. Since that time' I hav^^?^ ed a number of modern optical instruments to my equij??eBt. which together with ten years practical experience renders ? capable of taking care of your eye troubles. ST. MATTHEW HIGH SCHOOL Tom M. Humer. Supt. St. Matthews. S. C. July fi. 1916 TO "WHOM IT MAT CONCERN: It gives me pleasure to say that I con sider Mr. G. C. Cooper an Optometrist of a high order. 1 had been using glasses for some months when 1 went to Mr. Cooper, at that time 1 was having headaches and pains in my eyes. However he set my glasses right and since then I have had no trouble. Anyone interested will do well to let Mr. Cooper find the trouble for he is emi nently and thoroughly reliable. Very truly, TOM M. HAM ER. Department (>r Education * CALHORN CO I* NT Y St. Matthews, S. C. July 22. 1916 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This certifies that Mr. G. C. Cooper as jev. eler and optician ai St. Matthews. S. C. fitted me with glasses and that said glasses gave perfecct satisfac:iou. 1 can unhesi tatingly endorse his method of testing eyes and fitting glasses. ! As regards Mr. Cooper's trustworthiness in his dealings with the public, I can say that it Ls of the very highest order. He is a gentleman in every sense of the word. Out town has lost one of her best citizens. Respectfully, F. G. CR OUT. Supt. ST. MATTHEWS. S. C. July fi. 1916 Mr. G. C. Cooper Monticello, Ga. Dear Sir: Your letter of few days ago received. Am glad to say that glasses fitted by vou have been satisfactory, and glasses fit ted by you for my Eye Patients have also proven satisfactory. Yours truly. T. H. SYMMES, M. D. T. H. DREHER Physician and Surgeon St. Matthews. S. C. June 20, 1916. M. G. C. Cooper, Monticello. Ga. Dear Mr. Cooper: I am glad you asked me my opinion of the glasses you fitted on me two years ago. A specialist in New York did the work when I was there some years ago and they were never just what T wanted. Later I tried a specialist in Col umbia, S C. They were also unsatisfactory I then took a shot at yours and have- had no trouble since. All of these glasses "are now in my possession and I use yonre al most exclusively. It seems to me that if there is any proof in the old saying that the proof of the pudding is chewing the bag this ought to be argument sufficient. 'At any rate, we have such a grudge against yov. for leaving us we do not care whether the Georgia "crackers;" patronize , you or not provided you will return to Sc Mat thew?. With best wishes. Very Sincerely Yours.- : T. H. DREHER. f UNITED STATES POST OFFICE \ St. Matthews. S. C. June 30. 191? Mr. G. C. Cooper Monticello. Ga. My dear Cooper: Wheh the glasses you sold me sohle two or three years ago get too young for iay eyes or I get oo young for the glasses, if you are not back in St. Matthews by that time I sure will have to come Over and have you refit me, for you method of fitting and testing glasses is up to date in oyery respect. In fact-?-I have found your meth oi up to date in every line of business you followed in our town and to lose a citizen of our stamina is in my opinion a great loss to any town. With best wishes for your future success and kindest regards to your good wife, children and yourself I am Yours very truly. X. %. Owen, Postmaster. THE ST. MATTHEWS RF.ALTT CO. St. Matthews, S. C. . July 1st. 1916 Mr. G. C. Cooper. "['. ; - Monticello, Ga. Dear Mr. Cooper, About a year or so ago you fitted me with a. pair of reading glasses. I wish t? state that they have given me entire satisfaction, your method of fitting same appealed to me, you seem to know exactly what you are driving at, and the result confirmed me in my view*. I regret exceedingly that you found it nec essary to remove from our town, your re moval means a distinct loss to pur corortiuni ty both In a social way as well te '?I a coni mercial way. I trust that your removal to the new locality will meet with all the suc cess that vou anticipate as well as yo* Re serve. With kindest regards from us alt to von and vo?r$. I am > Yours sincerely. J. H. LORYEA Prescriptions from several years ago up to the present d?t? are in my files- so if your present glasses were promptly make up a new pair in case you have the misfortune to lose or break your old ones. Broken lens replaced regard less of where the original was made. Satisfactio n guaranteed. > G. C. COOPER Registered Optometrist - 6 Saath Main Street Successor to W. A. Thompson Samter, South Carolina Sweet Potato Storage Houses. Clemson College, May 19.?Why should South Carolina build more storage houses? asks Mr. George P. Hoffman. Extension horticulturist. He answers the question himself witii some facts and figures given below. The total average annual acreage in swe-^t potatoes for South Carolina dur ing the last teii years was 58.500 acres. The total average of annual production was 5,432.300 bushels, or rm average of 93 bushels per acre. The total value of the crop at $1.00 1 per bushel has therefore averaged: $5.132.300. It is estimate.! that the! loss resulting from poor storage has j averaged not less than "><? per cent.; which means :t loss annually of 2,-j 7-1 ?.vi50 bushels, or an eoual number! of dollars. Considering the above figures with reference to production and losses.; Mr. Hoffman figures as follows on the; necessary and related question. "Does' South Carolina feed herself with sweet; potatoes'.'" The estimated number of! families in South Carolina at the last ' census was 515.20-1. Allowing 1-2: bushel per family per week, we bare; a consumption weekly of J."?7.?>01'i I'ushels. which for a season of seven; months would total 4.7X?.594 bushels.] Now the ten year average of the >weei potato crop, as stated above, j is 5.432.300 bushels, which being cut ; in half by a *a> per cent loss leaves' 2.71?>,150 bushels to supply the nee.! of l.7s"."".i i bushels. This is the same as saying that the available! sweet potato production in South Carolina, falls short of i he need for human consumption by 2.0tJ4.444. A simple study of the above figures does not require very great mathematical genius to see that South Carolina should build more sweet pomto stor age houses to keep the potatoes grown and should grow more potatoes to; The survey of the Mayesyftle pujl&c till the storage houses built. road by the State Highway EnSineer^ -! has been practically completedj . ?it? Handicraft CInb. it is expected that the County ?bara The Handicraft club was pleasantly j ?f Commissioners will be in a po*i?o| entertained by Mrs. J. M. Causley Fri- ,n a short. time \? consider placing , ..._M ? contracts lor road and bridge con dav atternoon. - . ? ' 1-, , ^ ?* - : " ? . .struction, according to plans ana spec ifications furnished by the Suite High way Department. Sumter county*.^tjl obtain seveml of the army trqct& al* lotted South Carolina for road. btdKf? The time was spent in fancy work while a number of selections were Played on the Vietrola. The h?^e?^^?^^^..^1^^^^ was assisted in serving a delicious ice course' by Mrs. E. P. DuRant. Tliose enjoying the afternoon -j were] Mesdames: R. L. Gantt. Claude Gain-j-'-"-*~ ey, J; D. Demnton, Henry Rritton. E.! The local chapter of the Daught&s C. Kinard. E. P. DuRant. S. F. Weeks, j of the American Revolution are pht^. D. J. Auld. J. A. Drown. Henry Brun-j ning a large card party tob? ?Hfen er. Charlie Smith and Ralph Loyns. j one June 4th. the proceeds . frO?h On account of the Chautauqua the which will be used for the educational next meeting will b<- postponed until and patriotic work in which the cixa^ir May :J0th. with Mrs. DuRant. I tor is interested. I TISDALE (8L SUMTER ? X Bicycles and Bicycle Supplies I 33 W. liberty St Phone 482 Ford Tires Fan Belts Patches Spark Plugs Grease and Oils Cleveland- Tribune and Pope Bfcyeieg Bicycle Tires From $2 in $4.5? Each Bicycle Repairing The Best Work at Reasonable Prices