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??wd as tSfea Posto?fie* st ?&xoser, ft. C? as Seeon* CI?sc Kitt?. Mr. P. W. Shaw, Miss Priscilla Shaw, Lila May Shaw and Bartow Shaw have gone to Columbia to at tend the opening banquet at the Co lonia Hotel tonight. Dr. T. A. W. Elmgren. of Colum bia, president of the South Carolina Optometrie Society, was here yester day in the interest of the State con vention which will be held here in April. Dr. Elmgren was the guest of local optometrists while here. Miss Myrtle Brooke, of Atlanta, and Miss Ellis, of Gainesville, Ga., of the Southern Division of the Red Cross Home Service are in the city to con duct a Red Cross Home Service In stitute. Mr. S. K. Rowland has returned from the automobile sh- in New York. f Mr. W.-T. Harmon has returned from the automobile show in New York. Mr. Harmon said that he will have lots to tell the people about the new Studebaker. Mr. R.' J. Burkett has returned ,. from the automobile show in New - York. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Britton. Mr. and Mrs. Glasscock, Madam M. de Schwarzen berg, Mrs. Pretto Ottie, Miss Mabel Bowman, Miss Thelma Xayler, Dr. H. A. Mood, Messrs. G. E. Haynsworth. I Cyifford Hagan, Harry R. VanDeven-1 ter, Herman Myers and Riley A. Bradham returned Monday from a house party at Brook Green on the! Waccamaw. The party enjoyed .mo-! tor visits to Vaks plantation, to' the j Laurel plantation, Springfield planta-, tion. They spent Saturday on a visit to Georgetown on the Nancy, a beau tiful launch owned by the Waccamaw Club. Mrs. J. P. Rivers of Savannah, Ga., has returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Rivers on Warren St. Mrs. W. L. Heaner of Orangeburg is the guest of her sister, Mrs. H. P. Scott, of South Harvin Street. x Dr. and Mrs .H. M. Stuckey attend-1 ' ed the opening banquet at the Co- j Ionia Hotel in Columbia last night, j Mr. I. A. Ryttcnberg is.spending to-| day in Darlington on business. Mr. Alvin Burns returned this j morning from North Carolina. Mr. Whit Shaw returned this morn- j ing from Columbia. Mrs. L A. Ryttenberg is spending! a few days in Columbia. Misses Janie Wilkes and Mary Cal houn have gone to Atlanta to spend several weeks. Misses Lena and Jennie Barnett have gone to Florida to spend some time. Mr. J. H: Grauell. State boys' secre tary is in town today on business. Mr. K H. Schnell, State County worker is a*' visitor in the city today. Mr. John B. Duffie went to Manning today on business. j PERSONAL. ANNUAL MEET INGS OF BANKS (Four of Sumter's Banks Held Stockholders' Meetings Yesterday The annual meetings of the stock holders of the First National Bank, ! The National Bank of Sumter, The City National Bank and the Peoples' Bank were . held Tuesday at which directors to serve during the ensuing year were elected. The annual re i port submitted by the officers of each ! of the banks showed that the year :1919 had been the most prosperous the ! local banks had ever enjoyed. The ? deposits were greater at the close of i the year, the volume of business ( larger and, consequently the earn j ings of the banks greater than in any j former year. The usual dividends i have been paid during ,the year and j each bank carried a substantial J amount to the surplus, j The directors elected by each of the : banks were as follows: I First National Bank. Neill O'Donnell, President. H. D. Barnett, Vice President. Geo. D. Shore, Vice President, O. L. Yates, Cashier. Archie China. H. N. Forester. Geo. F. Epperson, W. B. Upshur, John D. Lee. Directors. i The National Bank of Sumter. J. P. Booth, President. Davis D. Moise, Vice President. R. B. Belser, Vice President. W. J. Crowson, Jr., Cashier. Geo. C. Warren, Asst. Cashier. Directors: J P. Booth, D. D. Moise, B. B. Belser, W. S. Manning. D. R. McCallum, H. P. Moses, W. T. Brown, W. J. Crowson. Jr., Rich'd I. Manning, H. J. McLaurin, Jr., B. W. Segars, S. A. Harvin, Bartow Walsh, H. C. Haynsworth, O. H. Folley, J. T. Brogdon, C. E. May es. The City National Bank. G. A. Lemmon. President. I. C. Strauss, Vice President, Geo. Lu Ricker, Cashier, J. G. R. Wilder, Assistant Cashier. Miss Mattie'A. Hix, Assistant Cash ier. Directors: W. A. Bryan, D. G. F. Bultman, G., A., Lemmon,' Geo. I>. Levy, H. M. Stuckey, W. W. Sibert, E. L. Witherspoon, Willie Shaw? Perry Moses, R. C. Williams, C. L. Stubbs, C. E. Hurst, A. C. Phelps. H. J. Har by, Geo. L. Ricker. T. H. Clarke, I. C. Strauss, Horace Harby, E. R. Wil son. Peoples' Bank. L?. D. Jennings, President. B. C. Wallace, Vice President. R. K. Wilder, Vice President. A. M. Broughton, Vice President and Cashier. R. E. DuBose, Assistant Cashier. Miss Leila Flake and Mrs. G. B. Pitts, Book-keepers; Miss Lilah Smith, Collector. Directors: L. D. Jennings, B. C. Wallace. R. K. Wilder. J. W. Shaw, C. C. Beck. F. D. Knight, Moses { Green, J. M. Brogdon, W. T. Brogdon, C. P. Osteen, W. Percy Smith, P. B. ! Harvin. Joel Davis. E. C. Lee. L. E. i Heamcs and A. M. Broughton. Mr. J Reames is the only new director elect j ed. Cotton Market - i j NEW YORK COTTON ^AUKJtT. - Yas'td'yt i Open High SjO* P*o?* Glos? j iMeh . .35.85 36.70 33.70 36.50 35.83 j [.May . .34.45 34.88 34.00 34.8- 34.20; July . .32.70 33.35 ^2.70 33.28 32.82 ? jOct . . 30.15 30.7S 30.15 30.73 30.24;" New Orleans. ! Mch . .36.98 37.70 36.93 37.59 36.90 j j .May . .34.90 35.71 35.90 35.66 34.9U ' ?July . .33.29 33.95 33.27 33.89 33.32 j j Oct . .30.10 30.80 30.10 30.80 30.14: - , Marriage Licenses. Colored: Charley Robertson and1 ! Louisa English, Dalzell. j Wm. Grant and Fannie Smith. Dal zell. Josh Choice, Santee and Mamie Green, Wedgelield. James Alston and Doretha Davis, j Rembert. Home Service Institute. i Following the notice of yesterday! J regarding the class in social service workers, we wish to announce that j the first meeting of the class will be i held at 11 o'clck "Wednesday morning j at the Y. M. C. A. At that time Missi elude a study of child welfare, the j Southern Division, Atlanta, Ga., will j ' lead a discussion of the Peace Pro- j j gram of the Red Cross. * j After Wednesday there will be two i sections meeting daily, one at eleven in the morning, the other at four in j the afternoon, this arrangement being made to meet the convenience of those desiring to take the course. The same topics will be discussed in the two sessions. The course will in clude a tudy of child' welfare, the wealth of the child, the child at school, the child at play, the provis ion for disabled soldiers, and certain practical methods of social work with families. The sessions of the class will be open to men and women interested in community development. VALUABLE HOG Poland-China Boar Sells For $35,000 Noblesvile; Ind.. Jan. 15.?Chief's Best, a spotted Poland China hog. sold today, for $35.000. This is a rec ord price for one hog. Mr. Whaling Thornton of Columbia will address the men's meeting at the Y. M. ;C. A. Sunday afternoon at 3.15. His^subject will be "The Mak ing of Wopdrow Wilson." Special mu sic has also been arranged for. DEMAND FOR M GOOD ROADS Mr. Stanyarne Barrows Com pares Road Conditions in Florida With Those Here Mr. Editor: "* I wish to say a word in regard to good roads. I have just returned from a visit to Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida, where I formerly spent sev eral years. At that time the roads in that county were just as ours are today. Now they have brick roads over the county, joined to main roads over the State. The population of Osceola county is not half that of Sumter county, and if they can have good roads in that poor State, why cannot we have them in South Carolina? The time has come when we should demand good roads, and I foj* one am ready to do my part in any way to get them, for it means prosperity. Yours truly, Stanyarne Burrows. Oswego, Jan. 14. AN EVENING WITH 0PIE READ The Next Lyceum Attraction February Seventeenth The people of Sumter have a rare treat in store : Opie Read who is so well known through his books will give an evening's entertainment at the Girls' High School on February the seventeenth. Early announcement is made in order that there may be no conflicts on that evening. Put the date down now and let nothing inter fere. February the seventeenth at S.30 p. m. LEAGUE OF NATIONS Paris. Jan. 15.?The league of na tions will come into being tomorrow at a public ceremony at the French foreign office. Leon Bourg< ois. the French representative, will preside, and make the opening address. Amer ican Ambassador Wallace and Amer ican representatives will be at the peace conference. Press comment on the meeting dwells principally upon the absence of the United States. Most newspapers predict that the ab gence will not be'long, and say: "The league of nations cannot be complete until America is represented." DEATH PENALTY TO BE ABOLISHED Soviet Russia Lets ?Em Down Easy London. Jan. 15.?Virtual abolition of the death penalty against r.on-Bol sheviki in soviet Russia was announc ed in a Moscow wireless today. BisbopTille Xews Notes. j Bishopville, Jan." 12.;?The farmers j of this section are buying large lots j of fertilizer, which I interpret to ; mean a large crop of cotton. ,,Kph | riam is joined -to his idols." Numbers {are still putting in crops of oats. 1 The farmers, judging from the quan ! tities of hay being hauled, away from i town, were very negligent in saving j forage last fall. j Our town authority has ordered an ' election soon to decide if we will vote to issue bonds to the amount of j ?1 00,000 to pave our streets and side ' walks. 1 hope it will be carried as : we are sadly in need 1 of these im provements. The new organ in the Presbyterian ! church has been completed and is i now in use. It has a sweet tone and j adds wonderfully to the music. Dr. A. .1. Ramsey, dean of the Bible ! Missionary Institute of Philadelphia, and R. C. McDrilkin. assistant editor: ; of the Sunday School Times, Philadel jphia, will be in Bishopville th?; last] j week in January for the purpose of I j holding a Bible institute. They goj j from here to Columbia, where they; j will hold a State-wide conference . on | i Christian living. j j Miss Anna Boyd Williamson whoi j went to China with her brother, whoi i is a missionary to that country, after I spending six months there, returned to! j America, a short time ago, and is now i (in Montgomery, Alabama, with anoth- j j er brother. The death of Mrs. Cunningham j I caused much sorrow in our town, as; she was universally popular with alii who knew her. She was a devoted j wife and mother, a faithful friend and j an humble, sincere Christian. We! can safely say of her: '?She is safe) in the arms of Jesus." j Mrs. Dr. Jennings and her- son,j Croft; who have been on a visit to\ Washington returned home yesterday, j Miss Blanche DesChamps who hasj been in Columbia for sometime will J return home tomorrow. We laid to rest in the Mt. Zion cem etery last week the remains of Mrs. Elma McCutchen. one of our oldest and well beloved citizens. She was! noted for her piety, and was beloved j by all who knew her. _ i The question of whether the Home Demonstration work shall be contin- j tied in Sumter county another yearj or discontinued is again before the; people. The County Board of Com missioners at the recent annual joint meeting with legislative delegation.! discussed the matter, and there was apparent a sentiment opposed to con tinuing the appropriation on the part of sorhe of the commissioners. On the other hand the legislative delega tion had previously signed an agree ment with the State Home Demon stration Agent pledging the appro priation for 1920. . Recorder's Court. Burreil Ballard and Henry Hick man were arrested for vagrancy, sleeping in the passenger depot. They were found guilty and fined $30 or 30 days each. Sit H?h News Notes-, The weather's as nice as it _knpwsjB how, -^9 The farmers' whistling hehind 'hifflB plow, I On every hand you can hear the saws'jj hum, -rl The farmers expecting the weather[.'M to be bum. % -3| Our farmers are stirring early and;, 1 late. They are expecting tb plant*.'! their small cotton crop early this year. "1 They have heard that planting early is necessary to production in the wee vil districts. Our folks need to re duce their cotton crop very little, if- | any. Our folks have been diversifying s| for years and plant quite a good deal f of their land to corn and small grain; ; Miss Virginia Warren, our popular.; assistant teacher, has bought a car' and we understand will spend her nights at home in the Salem section. . and will drive to and from school . each day. The gas man surely ought to bring Green Brothers some gasoline , to seil now. Mr. Hutchinson was at our place.-. Monday in the line of his duty, look ing after the interests of some of the parents and their children. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Green and fam ily spent Sunday with Mrs. ?J. E. Keels. Mrs. Green's mother, who was' celebrating her fifty-second.birthday. . She is well preserved for that age. Mr. W. T. Green was at Sumter., Tuesday looking after some business. Miss Ruth Green, now in Sumter,' spent Surfday here at her home, Mr.'* R. W. Green's. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. McEIveen are spending the day in Sumter. Mr. Claude Taylor, one of Uncle Sam's navy men. who met one Of our - girls while at Charleston (she being there sewing for Uncle Sam's boys) and he there coaling theri ships, fell _ in love with her and she with him. . They have been married quite a while, she living here at home and he serving in the navy at different points. He has got a transfer to Pa-, eific coast and they have moved to Los Angeles, CaL, with his wife and 2 children. This was formerly the home of Mr. Taylor, his people live . there now. Mr. B. A. Atkinson is reported very sick. We hope he will soon hare his usual health restored. Shiloh. Jan. 12. Marriage Licenses. j Colored: Willie Johnson and Es- ;i j tel Harvin, Sumter. I Lewis Prioleau and Millie Sanders, j Dalzell. j Charles E. White and Bessie Hey?.-, j wood, Mayesville. < McKnight Jefferson and Pearl Gra jham, Sumter. j Ansley Jefferson and Mamie Leon- . ard, Sumter. j Jessie Tucker and Viola Delay, Mayesville. Frank Blanding, Dalzell, and No ra Sanders. Hagood. The fire department answered a call from W. Liberty street about eleven, o'clock Tuesday. e fire was at the residence of .. "idney Burgess. No damage was done. ? REMOVAL NOTICE! V m i This will inform our friends and the public generally that we have moved from No. 21 Main St., to No. 12 East Hampton Ave., our own home, where we will be able to better serve our patrons than ever before. We take this opportunity to thank the people of Sumter and border counties for the splendid business given us in the past, and solicit a continuance of the same in the future. Respectfully, Sumter Railway & Mill Supply Co. /