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MAJOR SAUNDERS' MILITARY FUNERAL Airplane Escort Will Drop Flow ers?Funeral to Be Military Funeral servues of Maj. Harvstn Saunders wer* held at noon Tues-lay. at the Church of the Holy Cross State burg, and the body was laid to rest in the church yard in the family plot, where rest his ancestors, who m their day and generation rendered patriotic and distinguished services to their, country, as did this gallant young of ficer whose .distinguished career was cut short in the flower of his young manhood. The body arrived yesterday after noon fr?i>v Fort Sill, accompanied by a military escoit, and was taken at once- to i^ratebui g, a committee of Claremont Lodge meeting the body at the station and -escorting it to State burg. This morning a large number* from this city -attended the funeral services which were conducted by Rev. C. M. Boyd> rector of the Holy Cross ? Church. Major Saunders was buried with full .Masonic honors by Clare-: mont Lodge. The following account of the funeral services at Lawton, Oklahoma, is ia- j -ten from the Law ton News of the 7th instant: (Lawton, Okla. News, Nov. 7.) A military funeral will be held this afternoon by Major W. -H. Saunders, who died Wednesday as a result of in juries received m an airplane accident here Oct. ?7. ^ Brief services will be held at St Clairs Chapel. 428 D avenue, at 1:30 o'clock in charge of ReV. H. L Hoover ^of the Episcopal church. Following the services a military es cort in charge of Major Turner of Ft. Sill will take the body to the Rock Island station where" it will be placed on the 3 o'clock train for shipment to Major Saunders" home in South Car hna. Taking part in the military escort will be one full* gun section of field artillery, the Fort Sill military band and trumpeter and squadron of air planes from Post Field. The casket will be carried on a caisson to the sta tion and Major Saunders horse draped in black will bo led following the caisson. ' When the Station is reached the for mation of airplanes from the funeral procession will drop flowers on the casket,''a volley of three rounds will he flred in salute from three-inch guns and taps will be sounded by the trum peter. The officers who will serve as hon-) -orary pall bearers are West Point Class Mates of Major Sa.unders or Of ficers who were associated with him in this country or overseas. They are: ? Colonel Courtland Parker, field artil lery school of fire at Fort Sill, who was Major Saunders regimental com mander in France; Lieut. Col. R. B. Barnitz, commandant of Post Field; Captain S. White; Jr.," field artillery school-of nre at Fort Sill; Lieut, J. L Kinney ofPost Field, and Major Basil Perry and Major W. R. Woodward, field artillery school of- fire at Fort Sill, both of whom were classmates of Major Saunders at West Point, v Major Turner, Field Artillery school of fire, who will be in charge of the military escort, was Major Saunders' battery commander in France. The active pali bearers will be non commissioned officers from Fort Sill and Post Field. , * Major Saunders' - body is to be shipped to Hill Crest Plantation at Sumter, S. C, where funeral serv- J ices will be held and interment take 1 place. Besides his sister. Mrs. Walker C. White, who came to Post Field" to be at her brother's bedside, Majori Saunders "leaves his parents. Mr. and ?rrs> William Saunders of Sumter, S. C. His brother-in-law, Mr. Walker C. White, of the White* Automobile Manufacturing Company, is expected to reach here today to accompany the body to South Carolina. Capt. S. White of Fort Sill has been j designated as the officer who will ac company the body to South Carolina. | Previous to his entering the mili- j tary service. Major Saunders attended j the naval academy at Annapolis for three years. He was also a graduate cf the military academy at West Point j of the class of 15*17, and a 32nd degree I Mason and Shriner. Following his graduation from VTo**t Point. Major j Saunders took a short leave of absence and was stationed at Fort Sam Hous ton for a time. In the fall of 1917 he went overseas with the Seventh Field Artillery Of the First Division. While in France he was transferred! to the air Service as- an observer and j was commander of twelve observation i IZZ1 RYE $3.50 per bushel SEED WHEAT Fulghrum & Texas SEED OATS Two and three Pound Bagging Ducker & Bultman 905-906 I airplanes. His aero squadron gained I the reputation of being oni' ??f tlx* best j observation squavirons at the Croat. ! Major Saunders was the first Amer j ican observer to qualify as a pilot and :also the first observer with the Amer i ican Army to b?- assigned a mission at the front, althougn at that time (other American observers were at j tached with the British and French J armies. Major Saunders was cited a t number of times in orders. I Major Saunders came back from 'France in August, -3 9 IS, and was sent ?'to Post Field where he served as of j ficer in charge training until April. 3 939, when he was transferred to the I office of director of the air service at j Washington, where he served up until the time of the recent accident here. Major Saunders took part in the re cent transcontinental air race, and was a pastern * in the airplane piloted by Roy Fiat . s who left Mineola, L. I. for the flight west. Their machine feli in Nebraska and the trip could not be continued. ?.Iajor Saunders came from Ne braska here to attend a meeting of the artillery and air service boards at Post Field. Together with Lieu. Col. L. "H Brerton he went on an inspection trip ?to-Dallas. On their return-trip, Oct. 27. M'jjor Saunders was piloting :h* airplane and encountered a storm near Lawton. While attemping to make a landing the machine fell in flames and >;ajor .Saunders received burns from which he .died nine days later, his death occurring last Wednesday eve ning. Major Saunders had many friends at Post Field. Fort Sill and Lawton and was one of the most popular offi ; eers ever statiot.ed here. _;_ PUBLIC NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the Compulsory School Law will go into effect for -Sumte-- county for all white rural schools, Monday, November 3.7. All children between the ages of eight .'and fourteen will be required to at tend school, unless providentially pre vented. An excuse in writing, stat ing cause of absence, must be rend ered to the teacher. For all colored schools running four months or less, the law will take effect with the open ing of the school. By order of the Sumter County Trustees' Association. J. M. Kolb, President, J. H. Haynsw?rth, Secty. Department Heads. Boys Corn Club?J. Frank Williams. Supt. Field Crops?A. P. Hinson, Supt. D. L. Smith, asst. Supt. Household?Mrs. John R. Sumter. Supt. Floral Dept.?Mrs. W. D. Boykin, Supt. Home Demonstration?Miss Alice J. Martin. , Fine Arts ? Mrs. Marion Zemp, Chairman; Mrs. Ford Levi. Supt. Poultry.?A. H. Wilder. Supt. Swine?A. L. Ardis, Supt. Horse and Mule?W. T. Brown, Supt. Manufacturers and Mechanical De partment?Committee Supervision. School Department?J. H. Hayns worth, Supt., C. S. Hutchinson, Asst. Supt. Committee on Chamber of Com merce and Business Men Participa tion, to decorate streets, secure special free attractions in conjunction with the Fair Association: M. Goldberg, chairman, William Berg. M. Marsh. This committee accomplished won ders in street decorations and in stir ring up interest. The Sumter County Fair Associa tion, The Sumter County Chamber of Commerce. The City and County boards of education and Dr. S. H. Ed munds, City Superint^dnent of Educa tion, the city and rural school teach ers, farmers, merchants, professional men and women, banks, manufactur ers, and practically all of the people of Sumter and Sumter County, have joined forces to make the 1919 fair typically representative of Sumter County. There is going to be many ed ucational, inspiring. " entertaining, amusing, organizing, and get together features of this year's fair. Much money is being expended, much time given by numerous ladies and gentlemen all over this country. The people of Sumter, Lee, Clarendon. Darlington. Calhoun, Orangeburg. Richland, Kershaw. and other Pee Dee and Eastern Carolina coum.\< are cordially invited to join with us in this big exposition of agricultural, educational, commercial, manufactu ring and home economies, and in a week of wholesome, clean, instructive amusements. In addition to the busi ness and social benefits to be derived by attending ?he Sumter County Fair this year, you will ho able to shed your troubles and to become optimis tic, and to exemplify the good old ad age, ! Laugh and the world laughs with I you, i Weep and you weep alone. j Officers of Association of the Suinfei Con my Fair Association. i The officers, directors and heads of j departments who are working so zealously and efficiently are is follows: i G. A. Lemmon, President; Dr. M. iL. Parlor. Vice President; J. Frank : Williams, County Agent. Directors? iH. Et. Tisdal. .1. Z. Hearon. W. Percy 'Smith. T. S. DuBose, Jr.. J. H. Mey i ers. W. T. Brown. George 10. Spper son, S. .1. White. H. L. Scarborough. Mr. 11. L. Tisdale, for years the hus tling secretary, is actively associated as a "live wire" director, and is hand ling much of the business of the 1919 fair. SCHOOL EXHIBITS Four or five "live win*" communi ties. Bethel School. Salem School. General Sumter School, home demon stration clubs, ami girls clubs. and City of Sumter Home Demonstration club will be in next week's fair with very fine booths showing the progress of their respective communities. Many farmers, merchants, manufact urers, agricultural machinery estab lishments, automobile dealers. and other establishments will have at tractive and educational exhibits* I During the County Fair next week, j the Sumter County Chamber of Com merce, the Sumtt-r County Division of ; thji American Cotton Association, anil ! the Sumter County Farm De.ntortstca jtion Department, J. Frarfk Williams. !County. Agent, will Occupy a joint ;"Roll Weevil Bucking and Cotton' {Price Advancing Booth"."to which all jof the visitors to our fair are most ;cordially invited. This booth will be j the official bureau of Information con [ducted by the Chamber of Commerce: (and headquarters for County Agent J. Frank Williams, and -Managing :Secretary E. I. Reardon. ' A free bulletin service will be con ! ducted at which Thousands of Interest jirig. instructive, illustrated bulletins i will be handed out to those who want I them. Mrs. IT. R. Clinkscales. General .Secretary of the South Carolina Cot ? ton Association will be at this booth Iin charge of the Cotton Association de 1 partment. and she ill furnish literal ;ture and other information about the '?American Cotton Associations activi | ties, objects, and the benefits it has jbeen already to the farmers. nier jchants, bankers and others of the !Southland. Mr. B. F. MacLeod, State [Manager of the S. r Cotton Associar :tion will be here al^o for one or two ! d ays. j - This booth will be sufficiently large i to make visitors feel at home if they ?'don't stay too long. Ii will be well j worth visiting. , ! The Sumter County Fair Associa tion contemplates, and it looks as j though, at this writing, it will be "put jover the top", the biggest county fair ever pulled off in Eastern Carolina, ion November lSth, 19th. 20th. and I 21 st, 1919. j The management of this years' fair ?has appropriated much more money than ever before for each depart ment in premiums and amusements I and in addition the business men of j Sumter. the merchants, bankers, and j professional establishments, have add (ed many hundreds of dollars for spec ial prizes to ba found in the premium ? list. The connty board of education I is liberal in its premium offerings, and Superintendent of Education J. K. Haynsworth, and his assistant Prof. iC. S. Hutchinson are doing valuable j v/ork advertising and helping the fair. -1 FREE ATTRACTIONS J Not content with adding to the amount offered for prizes, the direc I tors of the association, and the1 busi jness men of Sumter have appropriated 'thousands of dollars for special, high class, and clean entertaining. spec tacular, daring, instructive amuse ments in the shape of the big combin ed Brown-Dyer Shows and Trained Wild Anirhal Circus, and as free at tractions the famous Royal Scotch Highlanders Baud of twenty-five artist musicians, with their five song soloists, featuring Bobby Brolhere, the world renowned Scotch tenor. This famous musical organization costs five hund j red dollars a f*ay for three days of the [1919 fair. Nov. 19th, 20th, and 21st, jand in the fair grounds will play two 'concerts daily of two and a half hours each, absolutely free to all. This band with its high class renditions of jconce'rt and popular airs, and its four [soloists will give the 1919 fair a ve>;i | table musical fesiival tone. The busi ness and professional men and banks of Sumter have contributed liberally for this band and to other notable at 1 tractions. ?' . . Among the other splendid free at tractions at the fair grounds will be the wonderful, sensational. daring, death defying and artistic aerial stunts and comedy musical acts of the famous Delemeade Troupe of artists, featuring the five beautiful Earle sis ters in their aerial acrobatic girations on the high revolving or Ferris wheel and on their double turning ladders. [There are other artists with this troupe i but the Earle sisters will also do some wonderful and beautiful sculptural posing in seven numbers. The. en lire program of the Deab-meade Troupe will be positively an all round free attraction. The United States Department of Agriculture and the Farm Extension Division of Cb-mson College have de termined to make the 1919 Sumter County Fair the occasion for educa ting and organizing the farmers, mer 'chants, bankers, land owners, tenant jand sharecropper farmers, and the cit izens of Eastern Carolina generally in preparation for fighting the cotton boll weevil. County Agent J. Frank Williams and Miss Alice Martin, coun try home demonstration agent are co joperating and doing much hard val j liable, and intelligent work to make our lair the success it is planned to be. j The Sumter County Chamber of Commerce has taken the job of get ting the United States Government in terested in putting on comprehensive peanut, grain, potato, and other crop diversification, and to furnish expert lecturers of several departments on (livestock, tobacco, peanuts, potatoes, grain, velvet beans, and other boll "weevil amunition" diversification farm products. - Thousands of bulletins will be dis tributed of various kind telling the farmers whal to do. The National Dank of Sumter is keenly alive to the seriousness of the boll weevil situa rtion should our farmers fail to grasp [the full significance of the value of re jduction of cotton acreage and the j substitution of other crops on much land heretofore planted to cotton, and will have, at an expense of hundreds of dollar* a boll weevil exhibit in co operation with other agencir-* to help us all line up to make Mr. and Mis. Boll Weevil se?< that Sumter County is independent of these cotton pests if we do the righ" thing ;is we are told to do by government d? partnicnts and experts, and if we pi*nfit by the experi ence of other boll weevil sections that have become more prospotis because weevils made the fanners go largely into livestock. pen:iuts, velvet beans potatoes sweet and Irish, truck, etc.. with cot ion as a side line of the chief crop. GREAT C?TIOfi C?MBBl j NEW ENGLAND MILL MAGNATES ORGAN ' 1ZING FOR STRANGLE-HOLD ON COTTON CROP .J The three letters published below jabout th<- American Cotton Associa tion, and the one about the organiza tion of v. tremendous cotton combine rbetween the promoters of the New ? England Union Warehouse Corpora tion and all the big eompress inter jests in the South should be carefully {read by every cotton producer, nier >chant, banker, and land owner in j-Sumter County. These letters from ;Harvey Jordan, National Campaign :Director. J. Scottowe Wannamaker, iPresident of the American Cotton As sociation, and B. F. McLeod, State j Manager of the South Carolina Cot ton Association are matters of supreme I importance to everybody in Sumter 'County and throughout the Southern i states. Nov. 7, 1019. ? Mrs. H. R. Ctinkseales. Secretary S. C. Cotton Association. ! Columbia. S. C. ' ; My dear.Madam: ? j Press despatches report the organi zation of a tremendous cotton combine [between the promoters of the New England Union Warehouse Corpora tion and all of the- big compress inter : e^ts in the South.x ? The proposed combination will in jvolve a capital of about one hundred million dollars and create a gigantic j trust for the future buying, storing, [financing and handling cotton in the [South. These interests appear to have ibecome panic stricken as the result of i the determination of all other de partments of the cotton trade at the j recent World's Cotton Conference, es pecially the growers and spinners, to j enforce economic reforms in the fu ? tu re baling and handling of the [ American cotton crop. The cotton combine to maintain j continued control of the cotton crop jean only be successfully resisted : through a complete organization of Ithe cotton growers and their allied in terests under the leadership of the [American Cotton Association. To that lend we impress upon you most earn j estly to exert every effort in your pow j er and chose of your associates to or ! vanize the counties in your State up ? to 110 per cent, efficiency. j October cotton-for 1920 is already .?being juoted and sold for future d-% ilivery at a price less than 20 cents per j pound. If the opposition carries out j their present' plans of combination .and the growers are unorganized, the j growers will be in a helpless condition !to defend their interests in marketing ] the 1920 crop at a profit, provided a j normal yield is grown next year. We I must strike now and strike hard to se cure a concrete organization of the J Cotton growing interests in every cot Jton county for the battle of 1920. i This can only be sucessfully accom plished by continuous and effective j hammering through the various State I Divisions. The national headquarters j of the association is ready and willing [tc render each State Division head quarters-every assistanc e and co-oper j ation possible. Be sure to keep us in : formed constantly as to ,vour progress Jand your needs. The future is bright jfor success with complete cooperative j effort. It spells disaster for the cotton {growers if they are left at the mercy jof those who have preyed and fatten jed upon the cotton crop for the past I fifty years. Very truly yours. } American Cotton Association. HARVEY JORDAN, National Campaign Director, r _ November, 10 193 9 ?Mr. E. I. Reardon, j Sumter, S. C. Dear Mr. Reardon: I I urge in the strongest terms that [every county form their complete and j permanent organization on the dates requested by Mr. McLeod per letter enclosed. I also most earnestly urge that full delegation from each coun ty attend the'meeting in Columbia on [December 2nd for the purpose of 'forming the permanent organization ?of the South Carolina Branch of the j American Cotton Association. Express ting it mildly, this is one of the most ; important meetings that has ever been j called in our State. # it will be necessary to form and adopt the. constitution and by-laws for ?'our permanent state organization, j elect the various state officials as pro vided for in the by-laws and consti ! tution. These officials should be se lected from the most able men of the j State as their duties will embrace the j handling of by far the most important ; matters that have ever been handled I by any organization in the South. Then too, we must select for the various ?committees that have in charge the 'handling of the. various aims, objects land purposes of the American Cotton j Association, the most able men, in the I entire state. It will be necessary to [elect the following: presil-nt. vice ipresident, secretary and an executive [com mittee. Following the wake of the organ ization of the American Cotton Assoc.? ! iation in each section of the cotton [belt comes the formation and putting into effect and force the aims, ob jjects and purposes for which we are ?so earnestly striving. As a result of 'the work already accomplished the en tire South has received untold bene fits and is today recognized as the j coming part of the nation. More ware houses owned and controlled by the I people of the South have been built ? than at any time since the war be tween th?- States; stock has #>en rais ed for the erection of two cotton fac tories by members of the Association: ja three million dollar corporation for financing and effecting direct sales of ? cotton has been formed, and a great amount of additional constructive 'work has been accomplished. As a result of the work already ac complished by the American Cotton ? Association, we are receiving commun ications from practically every sec tion of the world where cotton is con sumed, and from every line* of the cpt to industry. Also papers, periodicals and magazines throughout America, !Canada and in Europe are carrying i special articles concerning the Associ ! ation. Wo have just been notified by several leading papers and magazines that they are sending special repre jsentatives for personal interviews for the purpose of giving special write ? uns of the A. C. A., and the various ?Southern questions that the Associa tion will materially affect, and it is 'the concensus or ipinion that the a. C. A. ,is a world-power in the cotton i industry today. The writer will meet i the editor of the New York Commer cial and the Textile World Journal ! this week at their request for an inter view along this line. ! At the Dec. 2nd meeting it will be :absolutely necessary for me to lay [down the duties as state chairman. ? On account of the multitude of duties connected with the formation of the 'American Cotton Association. L have I been for almost the last year forced to lay aside my personal business at an enormous sacrifice as I realize that i this was such a great cause and should ! receive first consideration above every j other duty. I feel that there many j men in the State, who can fill ! the position of State president far !better than I can. My health has been I seriously affected by the strain under j which I ha\>* been laboring and I j urge in justice t<- the State Associa tion that you select -my successor on Dec. 2nd. I will still have my hands j full as President of the National Or j ganization. I 1 take this opportunity of commend i ing in highest terms the Central Com jmittee of Messrs. J. H. Claffey. R. M. ;Mixson. J. T. Mackey, B. F. McLeod. |T. J. Britt. T. G. McLeod .and D. W. ! Watkins. for the splendid work that jthey have done. I wish also to espee j ially commend the work done by your ? able secretary, Mrs. H. R. Clinkscales, land I feel under the deepest obliga tion for the cooperation and assistance j rendered by the various state officials. iAIso do I wish to especially thank you jand each of the county officials of the ! American Cotton Association for tht j valuable service you have rendered. Please scad to our secretary immed j lately the names of the officials of youi I county .if you have not already done j son. and send in the list of your mem I hers, in c ase this has not beert done i Please also advise the secretary im ! mediately how many members of the [A. C. A., from your county will attend ? the state meeting on December 2nd. I This is very important. With highest personal regards, and thanking you again for your splendid j efforts in this gr^at cause fo rthe com j mercial freedom of our Southland, 1 jam, ' . Very sincerely yours. J. S. Wanna maker, President, A. C. A. I State Chr.' South Carolina Branch. November 10, 1910. I Mr. E. I. Reardon. j Sumter. S. C. ;Dear Sir: Permit me to urge*you to use your best efforts to have a large delegation rfrom your county attend the meeting :iu Columbia to or?vtnij>- -ihe South Carolina division of the American Cotton Association. December, 2nd. i We suggest that you present the ra.it ter ro the members of your county :branch at the meeting to organize ['the county branch, November 14th. A j iarge delegation from your county will jhaye much to do with the success of the meeting December 2nd. Many of the thinking farmers a^d [business men of the country are of the opinion that the Cotton Association is responsible in a large measure for ! the recent advance in the price of cot jton. Many of us are of the opinion [that cotton would be selling, anywhere i from 20 to 25 cents today. If the [American Cotton Association were not i in the making. Cotton has advanced in the face of [adverse conditions; conditions that usually depress the market. There are between eight and nine hundred thou sand working men on a strike. That [condition would enable the bears to j force the price of cotton down. The j price of cotton cannot be forced down" except by selling it down. The sel^ j ers" are afraid to sell it down in the ! face of the work that is being done by i the Cotton Association. Please see to it that' a large delega tion from your county attends the I meeting December 2nd., to aid in i perfecting the organization that will j be instrumental in keeping the price ] of cotton above the cost of production Yous truly. B. F. McLeod, State Manager. The City in Gala Attire. Sumter is elaborately decorated al j ready in the main business sections in j honor of the Sumter County Fah\ the i business establishments, and the sev I banks having donated hundred of dol Ilar for elaborate street decorations, [ and many individual firms are putting iup elaborate decoration's besides. rl El BICYCLES The best makes. Reasonably prices. Ride a bicycle. You will feel better and live longer. REPAIRING < I of all kinds promptly done. | Complete stock of parts car- ? ried. Repair department ia > in charge of A. J. Hatfield. | We give you satisfaction.! Hatfield & Cato 26 E. Liberty St. ' 111 - '. '?*? ? Lain If you have farms or city property for sale, write us: We" wffi subdivide and sell your property AT AUCTION quickly and profitably for you. Farm lands Onr Specialty?Territory Unlimited Nme'yrSevcn Tlzusard Six Hundred cr.d Eighty'-Eight 3cres of Farm Land amounting to over FIVE MILLION DOLLARS sold in ^^-^^ 1918. Write for booklet of endorsements and infor <^\FlS^v maticn about cur auction methods. ATLANTIC COAST REALTY COMPANY "THE NAME IHftT J?STiTlES YOU* CORFIDCtlCE" ?ffices: PETERSBURG, VA. and GRQ-NVfLLE, H. C Reference: Any bank in Petersburg, Va. cr CreenvMe, N. C. President O. lu YATES, Cashier Sumter vs. New York Money was quoted in New York,* yesterday at 12 per cent, while, in v Sumter it was going begging at prac tieallv half that rate. What a delight- ? * A ful change. Xo more need for Wall ? Street. Every street in Sumter might | he justly named Wall Street. May it ? always be so. If you need any money j come and see us. The First National Bank SUMTER, S- C. The National Bank of Soil Carolina | Of Sumter, S. C. Resources $2,250,000 J Strong and Progressive The Most Painstaking SERVICE, with COURTESY. Give us the Pleasure of Serving YOU. C. a ROWLAND, President KARLE ROWLAND, Asst. Cashier II. Ii. McCoy W. Y. Yeadon