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CRITICIZES PRES IDENT WILSON Penrrtse pet lares He Brought Jewels From ?tfrofle Lv^V" t i ? v ? * ' .*'? Washington.. Sept. L'J.?Senator ivr.rc:-.e. Republican. Pennsylvania, . o'ccia-cd in the senate today that Prf silent -Wilson ami his party brought back from the Paris peace conference jewels and other reift.- from ?crowned heads." which he had been told were worth more ibfrn one mil lion dollars. ^Interrupting a ..speech by Senator| ~Ashurst, Democrat, Arizona, who said that in lSlG it had been proposed to, ^prohibit acceptance of gifts from for-1 eign rulers-hy. the president. Senator! Penrose asked if the Arizona Senator J - had in mind, gifts, made 10 President Wilson whiie in Europe, j "I. know nothing of that." Senator Ashurst replied, "but if any Demo crat accepred such gifts he'would re fsfifejsgy * ip?B^r^as quickly as if he were, a Republican/' - "I., have b>^?'"'-toid*;tnat the presi denL and h^^'T^.r^"came back over b averred wirh present's from crowned ~;Bead3 and " foreign go\ eroments." Egriatoi;' ^enrose' sa id; ''?''' - Th' e're ' vris ?fe^elry "itrlu&a rhiimireds* of thbu sxx. il s', _ and I Va s tbl d ':$\di custom s ^t^?riiie/? valued the gilts at more tbsVra" rniUion \mliars." rt?Vtt STORAGE ./ " * ' '' - ' ? '. ? - . - Spartanburg, Sept^ 22.?The Spar **Canburg *?p8nfe ^a're'h.?wse" Company, -'.a. .cor^pra.tj&ri organized .recently.?s a ^;^|^t.%Jp?/^e;.ca^?a.ign that brought "bjfcfhg;; j??e "SpYt r f anburg cot t?n :'^as?ociatibr^J ha^j." purchased frorii i^rapk Hp'dges 't?e storehouses at ^mp_.. andJ,wiH '.convert i ..'.^^m;ini.p; cp'^psV Varr-hojises. with aj T^paciiy cljhore thaii i harty thousand ! ijj&xktX :, ,:. ' ? The" option'to purchases the prop ..;-fxty .has been held fotve^v^rai* 'day's. Vbtii was no1, aot*d upon urn if this af ternoon when, a special "ni.eettnf; '?ii*. the directors of the conipanv was h.eid. .'." . ' VTiiepurchase price is said to be "The. property includes -rp proxirriately thirty acres of land, fourteen government' warehouses o\nif three additional biriMings. Con I?3> tor^'^aye^The 'director's of the wAr:>-1 house-,, con^pa^y estimates showing! that *it';^pt??'ebst iiot'tess than $50?. 000 tp. $^et^similar l>tiildihgs and that the ? work c?uld not 'he ^dbne wi'Th'm twelve ; months The oampaign wiii now be Waged in the <*?imty :o got the cotton growers: of "*ihe conn'ry^to warehouse their cotton. v * '>??-??' Treasury Certificates. \ Th? Sum tor ban*:s . and trust co n i - panics ha'ye feceivfd ? official notice &g$m: ' Fe'deraf/'Reserve".' Bah k at ^fchpjbn'd. >liat 4he totaLsales of .iht j fast series .of Treasury Vvertiiftcates* of) : ^debt^ness, the books for which1 ' elp^l. ;|^pt>jnber ? 17, aggregated. ap: - proximately $7o0,000,000.- While the banks are the primary markets for thfese, securities, special attention of the bankers of this city is directed to tlie deeij-ability of developing a pop ular demand for them, particularly for'those of the longer maturities, a?| ?lese. certificates are not really ab sorbed until they are placed in the Kahds^ of the .investing public. A By reason of, the favorable cash condition of the ?nited States Treas ury ihe"banks here probably will find transactions in the recent Treas ury Certificatea of Indebtedness ex tremely, profitable; inasmuch as the redeposits of fundr. realized from the sale of the last offerings are expected - po eXt??nd-over a longer average- pe ripd than usual. j By stimulating the popular demand for, these securities the banks will-] niako their own eondit on more liquid. it 1$ shewn, and b*m^r seive their in vesting customers. At the sa?ne tune . they " will lie * cooperating with the Bnit?d States Treasury. Recf-nt pa.nk| reports have proved that this cooper-) ation is extremely profitable toj .bankers.^ largely as a result of the j work dene by the Knifed States Trca,:> j ury and the bank's in floating the] five Liberty Loans, the total bank! deposits in this district increased with- j ? hi-the two years of the war period] more than $438.000,000, the banks j Of Sumter alone showing an increase | of more than $2.200,000. Known to the bankers as tax se-j ries T-9 and T-IO'. the last issues of i Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness! mature March 15, 1920, and Sep tember 15, 1920, respectively. They | ^ Will be received in p-T-TiTient of fed- i erai income tax in aainifntr: due on ! the da.tes if the maturity of tb^j certificates. .One of these ii.suesr-i Tr10?^bears \ 1-2 per cent imprest :f the other pays 4 1-4 per cent.. This I is taken to mean that the problems of j government fina/ice are no well in j hand by the Secretary of the Treas-j ury thai it is the government's pur pose to market its^future securities at! rates lower than 4' 1-2 per c^nt if pos- | nible. Th" banks are therefore ask- j e.d to encourage those customers who j appreciate the value of government i securities as ^investments to absorb j in an increasing degree the issues of I Treasury Certificates of fndebtedne.s^ bow ouiftanding.., i Col. Leon S. Roudiez. the new in ; Fpector-instructor of the South Caro-; lina National Ouarvl. assigno<3 to this \ State by the war denHrtm nL has had an interesting career. A native of France, born June 7. i860, has ris- j to from the ranks in th- regular; army to his present high commission. 1 He was successively privat*?, corpor ?'. al, ?ergeant and first sergeant jn ? ; H, ? Sixteenth Infantr:/, from .January j 26, 1879. until August 0, 1884, when her was commissioned second Ii?Uten- ; ant. He was promoted to first lieu tenant August 1. 1S91, and received. hi& captaincy December 20. 1%(J>'.. II- | "?ras commissioned a major D. .??-in j her 27. 1907, a lieutenant colon;?!: Jf ne Sr Jr. 1 1 ^. an.1 rr-pfh^rj hi? pi - ent rank Jul^' l, 1916. REFUSES TO I INVITE KING j Milwaukee Mayor Sjug&ssts I j i Warm Place for Rovaltv !'"?_ Milwaukee, Sppi. -stand for! j the\ man who works. To heil with; ; the kings.** j This quotation fclps^s a letter to A. T. Vanscoy, president of the Milwau j kee Association of Commerce. from [Mayor Hoan. in which the fatter re j fuses to invite J\ing Albert and Quern Elizabeth of Belgium to visit. Mil waukee. The mayor offers, however, to forward such an invitation present? ed by any group of citizens. TJIE COST ?F WAR -r-~? ; i Mill l*ower Loss fiy" the United States \Va?:hinston, .&ipi. , iJ3.?-The man] power cost of the war lq the United States is officially estimated at M<;. 4 00. 92,000' art-: d ea d, 2 0 5,1R 2 we re wounded. \ [?The Year's Work or the Colored Cpnn l '? - ' iy Sohoois. ? / ; _. j j * 'SiiVcV- this is tiir- cVi'd'oi* 'the year'si work we thotight it the proper time! I to let those interested "in the work of' j the 'county" schools have a brief a.c-1 >court t of what'has been accomplish-. ed. The influenza prevented as from having any vacation last fall, and we have -"been working right oh for a-boiu . 20 moiuhs:. ;i'he schools, were late j opening, and while not hindered; nearly ?s much*as in other counties: vre, were handicapped a little.' Fr6m! October 15th, l9liTto May 15th," 1919 j number of visit's made to schools,' j&otae visits, [zti%; total m 1; ?uiptier of1 schools in the'county.'7S; number of new schools' wprk^jg-, 4; number of schools made improvement. 5; number of ch>ldrCn working:, about. 7.000; ,' riimvbeV- of^ieaolie^''->neetings.. 9; av erage atfe/Rdance'' of; teachers, 20; 1 number'-of articles made. $.572; num ber of pupils 'completed.""the indus trial course. Snmter''county' fur j nibhe'd "<ohe supervisor for r>if!on coun ty. Money raised for material and improvemetit. $510. Medical Inspection. Beginning about May 5th to Aug ust 30th, number of' pupils "inspected ! and. exam in ed, 450. Defectives, 2S<i; '^re-sch??l ?ige, 8: defectives, 4; tu ! i^rctHosts patiehts visited. 8-, malar- ; fair 12; prenatal, 3; educational home visits, 107; miles traveled, *6 5; visit's to infants" '7; gave typhoid serum, 68. ': -Some Make** <lah Wort. - Beginning June 1st, number of] clubs'organized 20. .Number of ppnl-J try 'e?ubs, 5;' Humber* of clubs who | worked until September 1st. IV; num-j ber of quarts canned, eggs set; by the 5 clubs, i5^0; chickens raised. I 1,204;- numix-r of articles of sowing! made, 100 caps and aprons; 'm'orrcy; collected for school ^building and im-! prpyeni?nt. .?yb?ut $1.014.00. . - "Total number of visits, 4$$. Total money raised, $1,554, Total number of articles made. S. 672.'' Total number of examinations. 4 50 (medical). v County Summer School. Conduc^e-cr by Prof. C. A. Layrspn andv myself, beginning- September 1st, lasting only until September 12th. { The elementary subjects wjere review-j ed With soni? advanced work. En-! roll men. 6 men, 54 women. Total 60. Average attendance, men 2.5; women, 24.9; total 27.4. Number received cer tificates of attendanee, 444; number of counties represented, 5; Clarendon, Dillon, Williamsburg. Lee and Sum cer. We feel that we, the ?colored people; of SuYnter county, are blessed to havej a; the. head of education in city and I cdiinty such splendid, broad minded j aad thoroughly' efficient gentlemen iul :hr- p.W.*on? of Dr. S. ET. Edmunds and j Dr. J. ft. Fiaynsworth. They ai:ej dcopiy interesred and we feel run , that .wiffi-fhc many changes that ar--; being niade in tflVis reconstnioting pe- j ripd if we do our part, be thankful to Cod for 'what we have, and beg ging Him' to make us patient and hopeful with a spirit always of re conciliation and not the wrong sort ?f agitation. Trusting implicitly in His mercies for we have long since realized that if we cannot win by loyc and kindness, we certainly cannot by! force. j We are glad and thankful to note] the addition of the Jlth grade in our j Lincoln school. This gives us morel hope fpr the . thqro'igh training of those who must be leaders, who. with out a good foundation cannot succeed.] Would that we all could fully realize! how important is the child'3 training; tie- first 12 years of life mentally.! physically and morally. Ii Dragg Anthony. M. D. ?! Supervisor and Medical Inspector j the Colored Schools. <>t' Sumter County. The Census to be Taken During the! Month or January. The c.-n.-ois which is taken every ten j years by the United States govern-; ne at will again be taken in January i 1U2<k The main subjects that will be; j enhmerated in this section of the) eountry are population and agricul- i mre. The period of enumeration shall j be during the month of January. r in an incorporated town of 2.500 inhabi-i tanfs or more, each enumerator wiilj he allowed two weeks in which to] enumerate his ward, and thirty days'! in which to enumerate a township orj division of a township. There are j four wards in the city of Sumter an ij each will be sub-divided, these sub- I divisions will l>" approved at an early; dale by tlm Census Department in j \ Washington. Applications for.enome j rator con .new be sent Mr. Julian S. | Woffe. Supervisor of the Seventh Con gressional District at Orangeburg. S C. Application blanks have not been] received as yet. but are expected :.-i ; ealiy dale. T>. become an ennrce ; rator one mud be honest, energetb ? <:d able tu read and write. The job.- j ?.?' enumerator wili pajv from $1 to 4 per day. approsimateiy. D'ANNUNZIO RE- 't? MAINS DICTATOR j He Assumes Supreme Authority j At Fiume j Pal is. Sept. 2:k?D'Ajihuhzio is re- i ported as saying that King Victor; Enutnuel himself would not be ad-i mitted to Fiume. unless he affirmed j himself "Kms of Italian JJiume." CARG0 OF KAINIT Sei?fi^f} Shipment Since HefQre the War Arrives at ?. ? i Charleston I 'I - i Charleston. Sept. 22.?The second] cargo of hainii received her.- since I J914, before the war. arrived here! yesterday on tue british steahisxijpl Hornsby Castk\ from Antwerp;, kjike the. first cargo, which .was brought^by he "butch steamship ^aalhayen. this cargo is to the Carolina Company." Accnr'di'ig to a novrs dispatch from Rotterdam several days ago. thou sands of tons of kainit have i>c-en sold for' delivery at the ports ' of South oa kern" V n i fed Sit a t es. W h e t h e r or I hot any further' shipments wit! ar rive, 'ia Charleston in the immediate I future could not be ascertained: yes- j terday. ' FIRE IN COLUMBIA | Colombia. JpCPt. &l;4-$iro.la**C aiighr j thivatened the Masonic Temple occu pied by the R. L. Bryan company and the several branches of Masonry. The blaze was discovered at' 9 o'clock in! the'hearer room which iii located in the basement midway of the build ing. Chief May directed live hydraijt streams and in 45 minutes th* damqs were under control. T. S. Bryan said that the stock m the book store.was valued a.L approxi mately $50,000, and the bosses would be confined to srnok* damage. Vory Utvie water was spilled on the first floor. liishopr?le Nows Items. Bisbopvilie, Sept. 22.?f'ourt of Common Pleas convened jiere last .Monday, and adjourned FYifTay, Judge Mclver of Che raw, presided. A large number of our young folks left for the different colleges the; week and others will leave next week. Our people seem greatly lhf trrested in the education of their children. ,Ther? was a meeting of the citi zens here last Thursday in an effort to organize a cotton association for Lee county. It ,w:ts not generally known and consequently,, there was not a large attendance. The neces sary steps wore taken to this end, $2.*.??ij .were subscribed and com1 mil tees .appointed to canvass the county ami* arrange for air organiza> j tion.at an early day. I The .revival meeting will close to7' morrow night. Numbers have been j added to the church, and I trxit-t good has be0n done by these faith: fuV men, Brothers Andrews and Curr ry. They go from here to Lynch burg, where they will begin a meet ing next Wednesday night. ; Mr. L. .Shaw and Miss Catherine Tisdale .-\fere* quietly married at the home of his mother last Thursday night. x ' Mr. Bans Welsh sold his home" to TVIr. Walters, who sold it to Mr. Beasley. Mr. Welsh bought the oh} Mooneyham place on Dog Island. . The farmers arc getting their co.tT ton gathered as fast at it can be ex pected with the number of laborers to be had. M?sl of them are selling as fa.U 'ut. they gel it ginned.- SoirK; of our streeis are lined with bales of cotton on both sides and the d.- j pot; platform:; are crowded. I sup-j pose for want of rransporation. 1 hear, of very little sickness in oui j icAvii or the smrouri-iiuv coiintify*. j U'ar lif*U insurance. ' _-'-.'.j South Carolina families ,atv being, paid $l :''.6:>r,,Sr;o in "War Risk In I suranco claims by Uncle, Sam. lie iVj making restitution to those whose J sons and husbands died in the sor-j vice of their country during the greatest war of all tfmes. There are 1.78& insurance claims being paid in South Carolina through the Bureau of. War Bisk Insurance to beneficiaries named at the time ap plication for insurance was made by soldiers, sailors and marines, now dead. The average policy carried by ihese 1.789 men was SS.740. Disabled soldfers, as well as widows and children and dependent parents of those who have died, are being made comfortable by the goveni mcni which is: paying 1,1.".7 oompen: saiioii f-laims to residents of South! < arobna. In addition to the Insurance ao'd] compensation claims new bein^ paid! in south Carolina, here are fi?? of; both these classes ??;' claims under) investigation. Thes.; cases, ^however,! are rapidly being adjusted following] an investigation by Bureau represen-i tatives. The Bureau of War Risk Insurance) which administers these affairs has j been established by the government j as a permanent institution in recog-j nition r>t (he'services veterans of thoi World War rendered their country. The insurance which veterans are: able to carry as (lie result of this act of aii: appreciative government , will be a Vonstant reminder to then: of the part they tool; in the war: whether it has been a matter of ac complishing a deed of valor as per-J for.ned by Sergeant Alvin Cullnrn York of Pall Mall. Tenn.. or that of; the newo! t recruit who only under went the discomforts of barrack life and was deprived of overseas servier; by the armistice. Records of the Bureau show that this has been a young man's war and a mother's war. More than 47 perj cent of the men who carried govern- ,' menl insurance mud.- mothers ihe.fr I beiiefic?.'! ri<? ??. Fathers were named by I approxinuilely n; per cent of the tn< n : Th-- average age of the men killed! France was 23 years. killing at chera w! Rimck Kirkley Shot By T. L. 1h-1 gram and E. G. Ingram? j Miss SaDe Long Wounde? - Cheraw. $e?,t. -Tl.?-A. .distressing tragedy took jilace on the .streets of . Cheraw Saturday afternoon :it ?>.IJ0 ? o'clock when Pureh Kirk ley "?ras siiot j i to death by T. L. Ingram and E. i>. j ; Ingram. j The trouble occurred in front of the J Bank of Cheraw, where the streets,' were thronged with the usual Salujr-, day crowd and il seems a mjraeje thatj no one else was seriously hurt. Missj SaDe Long, one of the high school ! teachers, was struck by a stray bifl I let and painfully, though not serious- { ! ly hurt. c j Just how the difficulty star.icd \ not. known. The Kirkley lands had j been recently bought by the Ingrain brothers and la ter acutioned off in j I small tracts at quite an adyan.ee jn-j [ price. Some feeling seems to haife j I arisen over. this, and when Durch j Kirkley and E. G. Ingram met in j jfront. of the bank Saturday words j ; were exchanged which led to blows, i ..... ! E. G. Ingram then drew his pistol jand tired two shots, making a slight [ ; flesh wound, in Kirkley's leg. Kirkley i j was; unarmed. Hearing of the dif [ ficuily T. L. Ingram, a brother of -E. j G. Ingram, rushed to the spot, seized | the pistol from E. G. Ingram, and j fired the fatal shot. Mrs. Kirkley and little son were in! an automobile nearby and witnessed the whole affair. Mrs. Kirkley fainted, and was wtfth much difficulty revived. She is now seriously ill. j . The Digrams are largely engaged in farming, livery' stables, and automo bile business. Kirkjey was an em ployee of the town. The funeral services were conduct-| ed by the Dev. A. II. McArn at thej Presbyterian church at 1 a. m. on i Monday. IeDISTO'S fJROPS cut in half Serious ProbJeros Witt . >Facje Farmers Next Year ?*?-.?.' r : " *? ? ?* 7 Charleston. Sept. 2:'..?It is report ed that the onslaught of the boll weevil on the long staple cotton crops of ihe sea islands has not by any mrans been, responsible for the great cut in Sproductibn this season. In fact, on Edisto Island, where ap-. proximately only a half crop will be made, only 20 per cent damage has been done by the pest, the remaining 20 per cent damage being caused by excessive rainfall. As on the other islands. "Edisto i^ puzzled to find a substittne for sea island cotton, which has .been the moriey crop on the island since time immemorial. As Edisto has no rail roads, it is impossible for this island to become a large trucking center owing to the fact that transportation by steamer or sailing vessels is in convenient, as well as* expensive. Some of the 'planters expect to o*^'ise thor-' ou glib red cattle, but ?s the transpor tation question would again arise, it is not expected that cattle raising will become general, except in the cases nf I the farmers that live near the maln jand, and can. perhaps, use the ratl I roads through use of the recently i erected bridge. One solution of the question will.! perhaps, be the raising of short staple cotton, this crop already having been raised wjth perfect success by several I farmers of the island. italian minister resigns post Borne. Sept. 25.?Toma.--.so Titroni. Italian foreign minister, has resigned because of the Fhiroe ineitlekjt, ac cording to Ciornale D'ltalia. The; Ipstpbhement of the opening of par- 1 i- nn n! indicates the gravity of thfc . situation, according to the newspa | :io s. j amercan legion The-'meeting of the membegs of- the American legion, who are affiliated with or desire to affiliate with the Sunirer Post, was held in the office of Epps & Levy yesterday afternoon. Owing to the fact that there were so few men from the country who serv ed in the world war. it was decided to devote a week to getting the prop er notice of" the next meeting sent throughout the county. It was de cided to meet again oh Monday night. ?September ':<uh. at 8 o'clock; in the Court HoVtn.", a .d all who saw service, wl*/'thef at h-.nie o>? abroad, in the army, navy or marine carps, are urg ed to be present. Governor Cooper has. appointed the commissioners io arrange the pre liminary steps incident to an election Tor the annexation of a part of Ker sh::w to 1a e county. Tue people of j the Lueknow section want about fpurj so nave hiiles of Kershaw county an-j nexe.d to Lee county, because the poo-I pic of that seel ion have to send! their children to the school across! the line in Lee county, and they want j ;he school district consolidated. The; commissioners who are opposed to the! annoatioh are VC II. Radcliff and W.I !*.. Humphries, and those in favor of: the project arc D. L. Johnson and L. 1 C. Pat.-. All are residents of thej JCueknow section. _ ' j Paris. Sept. 2:;.?The upward movement in food prices is reported 1 to have been checked and a reduction I in some necessities was noted aftert ihe government began price fising. Washington. Sept. 22.?The senate] and house conferees are expected to roach an agreernenl today on Hie pro- i hlbition amendment and a vote is pre dicted this week. Connellsville. Sept. 22.- One is re ported killed and fourteeiT injured in j ;b^ wreck of a Baltimore & Ohio1 express train at Huston. ? RESULTS * OF -, TEXAS VOTE ON TREATY Towns Surrounded by V]* Water and Trains Held Up l^^^^^^^??^^ to Act Todav BrowBSvillc, Sept- -24.?Hklalgo, Texas and Rayiipsa. Mexico, are re ported completedy surrounded by wa iter and aH * trains held up. Albcraane; X. C, Sept. ?Twenty soyeh textile workers? faced the court hen- today on charges of inciting to riot in connection with Ihe strike dis orders at the Wiscasseit cotton mills ten days ago. Raris. Sept;--24.?Premier Clemen [eeau is expected to-.asix the chamber of deputies for a vote ratifying the peace treaty this aftecnopn. .. Philadelphia: Sept. 2-.?Edward : P.rik. editor of the Ladies' Home ? Journal has resigned".' effetcive .Tan j uary? 1st.. ??; I. Pensacolo,-Sep'tT 23.?Twenty-four j fishing smacks ,are idle at the docks ! on account of the fishermen's strike* -!?i-j?^?js.?' - " -ji jii Ifyo?'nave farms" or city prbpe^tyjor. ^e^vjit? msz:*l ;iib(]iviuS5"'a;Td sell ^o^r property AT AUCTXOj? a?is Iirpfirably for ycu. yh&y-Srjm 'l.faisahd Six Hundred and El*ht$-Ligkt acres- of Fa;^n * Land.amounting/to ever FJJrM MILLION DOZLj^S'soldln" 1918, Write for booklet of endorsements and mfor marion about our auction methods. ATLAJTfC COAST REALTY ' Th? UAME THAT JUSTIFIES YOGS CONFIDENCE" Offices: PETERSBURG, V?. arti CRE?f?lLfe? N. t Reference: Any tank in Petersburg, Va. crGreen^le, N.? The manager of the Prest-O-Lite service station. " The's one real battery man,?the man who. carries no.other line ' than the. storage battery, day.-in-and- da^iit^>Tlfi^-^s him in a position to give real service, on the storage feat- ' tery no matter what make, of battery you ^ave. Me I also carries the famous Prest-Q-Lite storage batteryY the one best battery at the best price,?the battery Jth?t is. made by the oldest automobile service in America. . Free test. Free water. Come and get in'line for Erest O-Lite service,?the one service that makes the' storage battery move smooth and move with power. PHONE 910-913. 101S. HARBIN STREET THE OLD?S*T SERVICE TO AUTOMOBILE OWNERS IN AMERICA Save Your Corn After You Make It SECUR? CORN CRIBS will enable you to do this. All metal. Proof against RATS, Mice, Birds, Thieves and Fire. Ventilating features cures corn, assuring No. 1 grading on the market and perfect seed germinating quality. Cost less than a wooden building. Last a-life* time and more. Pays for itself in iVom one to three years' use by eliminating the rat ration alone. Good for any kind of grain. Simple to put up but if you desire we will arrange to supervise erection. Hundreds now being elected by farmers all over the State. ? Write or phone us for full particulars regarding sizes, and prices. Also Metal Garages and other metal Farm Equipment. / Phone 282. M. BUNDING Sales Agenh Sumter, S. C.