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CL. m Hecomd Vimm M*u#t PERSONAL. Mrs. R. C. Gulley. of Brook Haven, Miss., is visiting Mrs. H. M. Crowson. Mrs. C. W. Stanstill and Mrs. Eu gene Stansiil have returned from a visit at'Bastover. Mrs. "-W. E. Merritt and daughter, Pauline, of Wallace. N. C, are visiting at Mr.J Jake Harvin's, 108 North Church St. Mrs.; Bora E. Dennis and daughters, Misses Earle and Vivian, left last night for Macon, Ga. Mrs. Dennis ?will visit her daughter, Mrs. J. Frank Powell and other friends in Macon. Mrs.- Donald Aald has gone to Ma rion to visit friends. Mr. Alston Brown, who has been attending college at Oxford, Ga, is at home for the summer. Mrs. F. E .Mcllwaine has returned from Spartanburg where she attended Wofford commencement. Her son, William E. McHwaine, was a mem ber of the graduating class. Mrs. S. H. Edmunds and Mrs. Hen ry G. Hill have returned from Rock Hill where they went several days ago to attend Winthrop commence ment. ) Misses Sara Edmunds, Minnie De Lorme and Cornelia Brow er, who were graduated from Winthrop College this week have returned home. Dr. Warren Burgess, who has been in the overseas medical service for nearly a year has returned home. > Lieut. Frank M. Cain, 82nd Divis ion, has received his discharge and is at borne again. Marion Cothran. Hal Clarke and James Dick have returned home i'rom Pre^vterina College, Clinton. S. C. Mr. Joe McClure is at home- hav ingre ceived his discharge from the . army. *He served - in France during the campaign last summer and fall. Mr. Leland Edmunds has returned home from Presbyterian College Clinton, S. C The Vaccination of Pupils After a long delay vaccine points , from the State Department of Health have been procured which are pro nounced to be perfect in every way. To |his end the pupils who were vac cinated during the year and whose vaccination did not take and others wha may need to be vaccinated will be vaccinated at the school building within, .the next week. As all pupils who enter the school next -year for the first time will be required to have vaccination certifi- 1 catesv.it will be a' source of great con- 1 venienceif these little folks are sent < to the school building on Friday of < this week at 10 o'clock .There will be 1 about 150 pupils in next year's first ] grade- and a great deal of time would 1 be ^ saved if these prospective pupils * would procure their vaceihation cer- 1 tificates now instead of waiting until the opening of school next fall. ? ??: - ? i j Commencement Notes t The first night of Commencement ( wfll be next Tuesday the 10th of < June at 9* P. M.. the second night on } Wednesday at the same hour. With < such "a large class to complete the * prescribed course of the schooJ. the 2 exercises on these two evenings 1 should be unusually attractive. As * usual the admission fee will be 15 ! cents for each night The money 3 thus raised is employed in buying ? books and other useful things for ; ?the different school buildings. The J public is asked to keep these two dates in mind'and to honor the graduates by being present on both evenings. 1 Yesterday morning at chapel, Su- ' perintendent Edmunds congratulated the thirteen boys for the splendid showing that they had made in the execution of the manual of arms. This/drill has been favorably com mented upon by expert witnesses. It has -been pronounced one of unusual excellence. The participants were: James Blanding. Edward Booth, Pinckney Bradley, Douglas Cheyne, Lloyd Cothran, Harold DeLorme, Hen ry :E"dmunds, Charles Haynsworth, Donald Kirven, Eugene Lewis, Archie Phelps, Wiley Sholar, Jack Wright. Ahamont Moses Scholarship Loan. This loan this year will be available to some boy or girl who needs funds to .further his or her education. In dications are that the scholarship fund this year will be only $70. but that will help as far as it goes. The loan is made by the directors of the fund who consider all the appli cations and award the scholarship where they think it should go. As lohg as the borrower is at school there is no interest on the loan, but. interest commences after the holder fnishes and goes to work. It is at the rate of only four percent, with the understanding that it is to be panl back as soon as the borrower can do so. The payments are left to the honor of the oorrower. The directors meet about the first of July and deride who shall have the scholarship. Anyone wishing to ap ply should gret an application blank from Mr. H. A. Moses at 122 South Main St. The regular monthly meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held Tuesday. There was present large delegation of citi^-ns of the lower part of Mayesville township and Shi loh to urge the proposition that the proposed highway be built via Mc 'Bride's crossing and Shiloh to Flor ence instead of by way of Mayesville. There was a lengthy discussion, in the course of which there was evidence of considerable feelinsr. In the end, however, as the result of the state .ment of Chairman McLnurin that the Board had already decided to build a ?good road to Shiloh that the work was already in progress under the su pervision of County Engineer McLel ian. that the work would be continued until the road was completed, that under this plan, using county funds entirely, the Shiloh road would be completed much earlier than the roads built in cooperation with the State Highway Commission and that the road would be built according, to the j best specifications, everybody appear-] ed pleased and satisfied. _x Negro Memorial \ Building Governor Names Commission to Raise Funds Columbia. June 3.?In accordance with the terms of a joint resolution passed by the IS 19 general assem bly. Governor Cooper yesterday ap pointed a commission of seven mem bers to have charge of the erection of a memorial building, dedicated to South Carolina negro soldiers, sailors, marines and civilians who rendered service during the world war. The commission consists of six trustees of the State Agricultural and Mechan ical College, a negro institution locat ed at Orangeburg, and Dr. R. S. Wilkinson, its president. The joint resolution provides that the memorial building shall be upon the grounds of this school. The commission will have charge of the campaign to raise funds-to supplement the $100,000 made available by the general assem- i bly. The personnel of the commis- j sion is here given: Dr. William R. j Lowman. Orangeburg; E. D. Hodge. Alcolu; A. Li. Dukes, Orangeburg; C E. Sawyer, Aiken; G. B. White. Ches ter; C. F. Brooks, Laurens, and Dr. R. S. Wilkinson. Orangeburg. The following statement was made by Gov. Cooper in connection with the ap pointment of the commission: "The general assembly in providing $100.000 for a negro memorial had in mind, I am sure, not only the honq^ in? of those who rendered war serB| ice, but also the betterment of tlr? race. This being true, I thought 18 wise to appoint on this commission trustees of the State negro college! for these men ?*-p best equipped to carry out the full purpose of the joint" resolutions. They can at once erect a building that will preserve the rec ords of negroes' services, will do hon or to these services, and also possess utilitarian features. "This commission can, for purposes oT the campaign to raise money and for carrying out other phases of the duties laid down by the joint reso lution, associate with them various committees composed of representa tive negroes of this State." Overland to Gothem Letter From Mr. Sol Krasnoff Enroute to New York Dear Mr. Osteen: ', I have just reached Baltimore and find the city all dressed up in memory of Maryland's heroes. Everything? except the barrooms, of "course? is closed up, soldiers and citizens are parading the streets accompanied by numerous bands; the buildings are profusely decorated and the main :horoughfares are ablaze with white, red and blue. ' Among the immense throngs there ire sprinklings of warriors of all de scriptions, from the robust, muscular tnd perfect man to the most pitiful iripples imaginable, and only in gath erings like this one can conceive some dea as to the sacrifices and benefits yf the last war. Some have returned greatly benefited, others whose lives ire embittered forever, and there is lot money enough, nor honor enough :hat these unfortunates could have jiven to replace them to a life of a natural man possessing every faculty, [t is not the dead nor the living who ire well that call our most profound attention, but it is those unfortunate living, who are forever deprived of the chance to support themselves that should be taken care of. South Carolina as well as Maryland and the whole people of these United States, it is hoped will be equal to the task. I have traveled a little over 500 miles in the first two days, having good roads all along the line after leaving Suniter county, a statement it hurts me to make, but it is true all the same, but hope that in the near future I shall not have to say this again. I had no trouble or mishaps of any kind to speak of. I was stuck in the mud for half an hour before J got to Clarksville. Va., but pulled out without outside help. Could not get into Clarksville until 2 o'clock that night as all the bridges there were Washed away a day before by a flood caused from cloud burst I had to find some one who knew all the field roads and he piloted me into town by taking a detour of about 12 miles through plantation roads and I can frankly tell you it was some joy ride. There is one remarkable thing that I could not understand and am still in dou'itt about it. and that is. that 1 have met very few cars on the road after, leaving Darlington. S. C. Right at home in Sumter. Lee and Claren don, where I travel often, cars can be met every five or ten minutes, but since I reached North Carolina I have not met one to the hour; and judging from the numbers of.cars I saw in ev ry. town and noticing the high hum? bers of the cars, there are more cars in North Carolina than South- Caro lina. The only way I can explain this is that there are more good roads here, and tiie cars are traveled on all roads instead of being forced to use only a few main roads as they do in Sumter and other places. There is one good thing, howeverf, that I am proud of, while traveling, and that is. r do not have to explain where Sumter is. everywhere I go Sumter is known and I do not have to refer the people to the map in order to prove that there is stirb a place in the United States as I have seen done by popple from other parts of j the country. You should have come along with me on this trip. 1 know you would have enjoyed it. ahd then you could have gathered a great dtai of mater ial for your readers about many things they do not know, especially about the big cost of Jiving. This 1 will tell you in my next lett<-r. it' I am a hie to write. Yours, etc. S. L. Krasnoff. Baltimore, May 31, 1919. ? Rural Policeman John Bradley of Shiloh. who has been critically ill for the past week, has passed the crisis and his recovery; is now hoped for, I What Sumter Merchants Lose A Concrete Example of What The Lack of Houses is Cost . ing Sumter The subjoined letter from a penile man, who came to Sumter recently to work in one of the local manufactur j ing plants, presents in the briefest, strongest and most, convincing form the argument for the building of I houses to accommodate the people who have come and wish to come to Sumter to work, live and contribute toward the development of this town. He shows in the simplest yet most foricble manner exactly what the mer chants of Sumter are losing each month-by the want of a house for a single family. This man earns his money in Sumter but each month he sends away $170 to support his fam ily in another town. The merchants are losing this trade monthly and the man himself is losing money, too, for ?be expense of boarding here and supporting his family in another place is greater than it would be if he had his family with him. He may be satisfied to. live this way for a time brcUnot indefinitely?he will ultimate fdMfek work in a town where he can 4Be- his family with him. He is just We man, there are scores of others smiilarly situated, and some of them jho come here expecting to become manent residents have already giv-^ p,hope of ever obtaining houses their'families and have gone else ere to -seek a home. Read-this letter and then ask your elf what you are going to do about ?it: Editor The Daily Item. Your editoril in today's Item "Are You for .Sumter?" certainly deserves attention. * A few months ago I came to Sumter to work and long before I reached my destination I was informed that I could not find a house for my fam ily. Such I found to be true. And so far my wife and children have not yet moved to Sumter. My position pays me about $210 per month, the greater part of which would be spent here in Sumter if my family was living here. As it is I spend ;about ten dollars per month for amusement and smokes and thirty dollars for board, the other one hun dred and seventy dollars goes home to my wife and kiddies to be spent in j "another man's town." Of course this little amount would! not average very much divided among the merchants and business men of Sumter. but suppose 99 others are note working away from home. Just^hink one hundred times $170 each month added to the amount already in cir culation in Sumter would be more and bigger business. Come now, start a build up your own town movement; houses and more houses. 1 am, jc spectfully. XXX Sergt. Alvin York Speaks j Nashville, June 2.?At the annual [ Decoration Day at the Upchurch burying ground in Wolf river valley. \ Fentress County, Sergt. Alvin C. YorkJ world war hero, yesterday resumed | his role of elder in his church, quit- j ting his place beside his sweetheart i on a wagon seat to speak to 50-V;t mountain people gathered on the hill ] side of the service and the big has-, ket dinner in York's honor. The re- f turned soldier said: "It is with the deepest love toward! you all that I speak today. Bove foi j you and all my people thrills my j heart again when I meet with you. "It has been two years since we have met here for this decoration. While we are spreading flowers on the graves of the dead, we should remem ber to throw flowers of kindness in the paths of those still living and help J them reach a Christian life. "I have almost seen in the dark hours of midnight a vision into the j pearly gates of Heaven. There are things that compel men to- think of i God. It is nard to nc m ] tne dark hours o?. night ana; see no one near, j yet hear men dying not far-away and { hear them pray to God to save them, who have put off their prayers to your right and left asking God. be tween their groans to have mercy .upon them. i "It is all right to ask God to have mercy, but don't put it off until the end is near. We should lead a Chris tian Jife so we ca.n look up and say I 'Lord. I'm ready." Christ will ta!<< you safely through the dark valley j of death. "If I were a preacher?and I'm not. j but just a simple country boy?1 | would think it one of they, highest of] honors to be chosen from the mult.i j plied millions. to do God's work ; While I have been gone. God has been j my helper and keeper. Without the hand of God I know that. I would n^t be here today. 1 have placedmyself in the hands of a Man who never lost and will never lose a battle." ?Pall Mall, Tenn., June 2.?Sergt Al vin C. York, will not be excommuni cated -from the Church of Christ and Christian Union for having practical ly annihilated a German battalion .-tri'! otherwise wrought vengeance upon! the Hun enemy. Nor will he be oth erwise disciplined by his church. Inj fact. Pastor Pile says the husky j sergeant did "right" 'in laying low j these Hun hordes. Gaffney. Jura- 3.?On next Thurs day the bankers of Gaffney will en tertain Group five of the Houth Caro liha Bankers' Association with a din ner at tin1 Hot"! Carroll, the busine . meeting to be held at the rooms ofj the Chamber <?t Commerce. It is j probable thai these gentlemen will be j taken over some of Cherokee's 'j.>"><'- ; oads while in Gaffney. in order thai i they may see what this country has j in that line. Brussels. May 1.?The Belgian Co lonial office has received word of v< - cent important discoveries by sold prospectors in the rile district (Bel gian Congo) belonging to the Belgian state. , ' j Senator Hough Dead Well Known Lancaster Man Suc cumbs to Illness Lancaster. June 4.?State Senator YV. C. Hough died at his home here thi smorning at 9.30 o'clock after an illness of several months. His health, in fact, has been had for the pas'! j several years, though recently he had shown improvement. Several weeks ago he went to a hospital in Rock Hill and returned to his home ten days ago. Since that time he had been critically ill. Mr. Hough was 52 years of age and is survived by his wife and four'v-hil dren. He represented Lancaster county in the general assembly, for several years and was elected again last summer. He served during the; recent session. ? j Colored Fair Association. The Sumter Colored Fair Associa-! tion has been organized with the fol- i lowing officers: President?Se> .our Howard. Vice President?C. A. Lawson. Treasurer?T. B. Wright. Secretary?H. A. Woodard. General Manager?R. W. Westber ry. Trustees: Dr. R. S. WilkinS6n. J. S. Collins. Dr. C. W. Birnic, R. A. Ma tt on ey. The association has been incorpor ated with a capital of $20.000, all of which has been subscribed and $5. 000 will be paid in to finance the first; county fair to be held this year, .the j week following the Sumter Countv I Fair. In past years Sumter, through the \ Chamber of Commerce, and by; indi-! vidual citizens, has spent thousands! of dollars and untold effort and elo- j quence for the purpose of startmg something that would induce' indus- | trial and manufacturing enterprises! to locate in this city, to the end that j the population of the town .mi^ht be Increased and business condition im proved. Something has caused Sum- ? ter to grow in population during the; past three years in. a most surprising j m'anner and today it is impossible to j house the people who are here seek- | ing homes. If the business men can j afford to spend money to maintain j the Chamber of Commerce and other; money'to promote the growth and de-; velopment of the town, they should j spend what is necessary to provide! housing accommodations for the { people who have come and want to ' -come here to work and make then- ' homes. If houses are not provided.) then all that, has been spent in pro-j motion has been literally.-, thrown j away. Sumter is just beginning to j grow and develop as a manufacturing | center, and if the business men and j real estate owners possess the vision i and the courage to take advantage of i "the opportunity that is at hand the | development will be great within the , next few years. r, _,_ I . I The annual dinner for the Confed erate Veterans was served on the Court House square by Dick Anderson ^Chapter V. D. C. Tuesday noon.; Tim attendance was larger .than usual and the old soldiers did full justice] to the bountiful repast provided by the ladies. .There were not quite . fifty of the Veterans to sit down to the dinner, and they were waited upon attentively by the ladies of the 1*. D. C. Dr. Mc Laurin presided at the head of the table, and at th'- end of the dinner: proposed a resolution of appreciation for the kindness of the ladies, which j was adopted by a rising vote. Mr. D. J. Winn had a copy of the; list of volunteers in Co. D.. the first j company organized in Sumter at the j beginning of the war, which he read. : Out of 100 names there were only one ] or two present to respond. The State Highway engineers have completed the survey of the Mayes ville road and are now at work on j the Camden road. It is -said they; will, investigate the feasibility of eliminating the heavy grade 'nt Bai - j lard Hill by laying out a new road from Dalzell via Borden, following practically*-; the same, route as rhej Northwestern Railroad. ._, Paris. June 5.?Brussels advices | announcing the dates for President j Wilson's entertainment there was characterized at the Paris White ? House today as mere guesses. The date for the visit has not been fixed.] it was said, bu1- probably wiU occur; within the coming week. j Cotton Market LOCAL. P. G. BOWMAN. Cotton Bu/er. I (Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon). Good Middling 21 1-2. Strict Middling 31. Middling 30. Strict Low Middling 2S. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. July Oct. Dec Open High Low 30.40 30.60 29.76 29.SO 29:80 28.80 29.15 29..20.-2S.45 Yes'td'y? Close Close 30.17 30.40 29.15 29.50 28.72 29.11 r. .. 7~~-? ? ??? ? j Workr or* 15ed Cross in Bel^nxa^^* j Brussels, May "*4.?Since th-i armij& . I tice, the American 5?ed' Gross"C?hi-' % ! mission for Belgium has distributed.* < jsome 8.000,000 francs for the benefit^ i of various Belgian charitable works;. j 1.300.000 francs to help Belgian refu3?&* ; gess returning home; 1,000,000 francs I'for the mutilated soldiers./and civij^ p< j ians; f,250,000 francs for destitute ?* 'children; 1,200,000? francs for organ izations combatting tuberculosis; 120,000 francs for 'military hospitals; 1250.000 francs for civilian hospita?s^ land 50,000 fr?nc'S for"building wotfsfc?.< I en homes for Termonde which w&s.y; j burned by tbe-:Germans in 1914 ahd/;.:! where nearly, ,7,000 people are. now ' living in the ruins of their devastated. * homes. <? ' ~ ? "-; m IATTERY REPAIRS 90 per cent of all battery breakdown require only new insulation (separators.) We Use Vesta Patented Impregnated Mats By special permission of the Vesta Accumulator Co. we can and now use Vesta Impregnated Mats in repair ing all makes of batteries. ....This feature is one of the big improvements in battery making and their use makes possible added efficiency to your battery # All battery work in charge of R. L, Cato Hat field & C?to m |?1 ?A 26 E. Liberty St. Next to W. B. Boyle Co, ~ ; ?5? * ? * * ?5? t I * ?5? * * * ?f? Special One Table Wash Skirts Your choice at Each % Ready made skirts at less than you can buy the material. This is a job lot, about 30 dozen pretty wash skirts, well made of good material in white and a few colors, sizes 24 to 30. See this special table of skirts and judge the values yourself. All kinds of Plumbing for Country Homes. We Install Bath Rooms, Ceptic Tanks l Estimates Furnisned on Work Anywhere I in the Country Free of Charge ? [ Sumter, South Carolina