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' --' ;V ?-~ Entered at thy Postoffice at Sumter, 'S? C, as Second-class Matter. PERSOXAL. Dr. J. H.. HaHynsworth attened the meeting of County Superintendents of - Education i:t Columbia today." Dr. J. W. Babcock of Columbia, is^l spending"'several days in the city, i Mr. E. E. Austin is out of town on' business for several days. Mrs. F. B. Greene and son. of Co-; lumbia, are visiting Mrs. T. E. Mc-j Knight on Chest mit street. Mr. J. F. Glenn and Mrs. Murr Hall! : are visiting relatives in York. Dr. E. R. Wilson, Mrs. Thomas! Wilson and Miss Mary Wilson have i 'returned from Hot Springs, Ark. Mr/ B. C. Ashecraft, editor and; publisher of the Monroe. X. C, En-! Quirer, is spending the week in the! city attending court. Mrs. S. Ginsburg, of Buffalo, X. Y.,j and Miss Edith Ryteenberg, of Xewi York City, are visiting relatives inj the city. ? - s Mrs. Exiim Honors Mrs. >icWillie j Boykin. Notable among the social Events of j last week was the card party given! by Mrs. C. P. Ex urn in honor of her; sister-in-law. Mrs. McWfllie Boykin, i who has recently moved u Sumter j from, Atlanta. The rooms were beautifully decor ated with yellow jonquils and other j spring flowers and seven tables were! Arranged for bridge. A salad course j with xcoffee was ' served after the , game. Sanitary Inspection. The city board of health has order ed a house to house inspection of the entire city during the month of April. The health officer will make a visit to each residence and place of busi-1 ness within the city limits , and the] ^premises..will be carefully 'inspected] to. ascertain if they are in sanitary! condition and if the occupants are! obeying rthe health regulations of thei city of Sumter. Those who have not! given the matter .attention should! have a glean-tip day "at once and get j their premises in spic and span order j in readiness for the visit of the in-! spector. ? i-:-- j . Comparatively few people make use of the public library. If more j made us? of it regularly more interest! would bje taken in the institution and j it would receive more . substantial1 support; It is ttf be hoped that some public citizens* will remember the H-j fcrary in their wills and testaments. ? even though do not bestow largesse upon it during their lifetime. . BRAZIL WANTS BIG GEE GERMAN BOATS ! _??? / i < Rio de Janerio, Feb. 20.?It is an- ' 1 nounced that Brazil will ask the Al- < lies for torpedo boats of greater di- [ 1 mensions and armament than the sev- , 1 en former German torpedo boats of ( 2CK) tons recently allotted her by the j J supreme council at Paris. _j' POULTRY PROF- J ITS DEPEND ON HEALTHY CHICKS Mr. Williams, a very successful \ Oklahoma poultry raiser, recently said to Dr. LeGear: "'Since I have-f been using your poultry prescrip- j tion, not only have I cut down Chick j loss, but 1 lind that my pullets lay a month or two earlier." A few j -pennies wisely snent in feeding Dr. | LeGear's Poultry Prescription to | Baby Chicks insures rapid develop- < ment and early fall and winter lay- j injg. Get a package from your j dealer. Satisfaction or money back. I ?Dr. L. D. LeGear Med. Co., St. j ? Louis, Mo.?Adv. _? K. of C. TO RECEIVE FOURTH DEGREE Members from Sumter Going to Columbia Sunday, May 2 A large number of members of tin Knights of Cohimbus of this city will receive the major or fourth degree in Columbia Sunday, May 2. \ The exemplification will be an ppoch-vnaking event in the history of the K. of C. in the Carolinas and the South Atlantic States. More than, #50 members will receive the de gree, including about fifteen from Sumter, fifty from Columbia and others from Augusta. Ga.. Charlotte,* X. C. and various cities of Georgia and the two Carolinas. v The, degree will be exemplified un direction of Richard A. Magill, of Atlanta, Ca.. who is master of the fourth degree for Georgia. Florida and the two Carolinas. After the initiation a fourth de gree assembly will he formed, com posed of a number of cities in this section. N Every person who is dissatisfied with ihe census report on the popu lation of Sumter and has definite knowledge of the failure of the enum-! erators to list certain persons should . '.place those facts in the hands of Secretary Keardon of the Chamber of j Commerce. During the time the con-1 sus was being taken and again be fore -the enumerators had made up | their final reports for transmission t? Washington requests were made) through newspapers that any citto who had reason to believe that tht j census was not complete and cor-j reot.?if. they knew of the ommis sion of any resident??should make" complaint to the enumerators. Few complaints were made and it was taken for granted that the census enumerators had done their duty. There is one more ciianee to prove that the census is incomplete and incorrect, but the assertions must be backed up by facts, and those who criticise th^ -report must give names and places in support of the claim thi*; the enumerators failed to find all the residents of Sumter. SCOUT NEWS The weekly meeting of the Scouts of Sumter was not held on the usual night, Wednesday, on account of the basket ball game, but was held on Thursday night instead. The attendance was very large, as all f*he Scouts wished to hoar the fine talk given by Dr. Hirsch. They show ed their enpoyment by hearty ap plause and a few words of thanks from Patrol Leader Buck. It was brought before the meeting that every scoutmaster in the United States received a letter from Hon. Myron T. Herrick (former ambassa dor to France), wishing that every citizen of the Chiteu States would give i contribution, no matter how small, o the Marne Statue fund. The Unit ed States wishes to present a statue to France which will be situated on the Marne river. The week of March 22-27 had been set aside as Marne memorial week throughout the Unit ed States. Every Scout in the city of Sumter is giving five cents to the cause. \ It is to be stated that Scouts Cut tino. Dwyer and Upshur have suc cessfully passed their tenderfoot t?-::t and will be initiated at the next meet ing. The Scouts of Sumter have offered their services to ihe city, but as yet no call has been made. We also wish to state that we are always prepared. We werejglad to have a visitor. Mr. Chas Cuttiho, and we hope to have many more. LOUIS LYON, Jr.. Scribe. A Silk Hosiery Bargain. The Sumter Dry Goods Co. will give you a nafir of their r>u pun. silk thread hose (Quaker Maid) for $2.90 during their Easter week-em selling. Special for this week only. ?Adv. The National Bank of South Carolina of Sumter, & C. . Resources $2,600,000. Strong and Progressive The Most Painstaking ! SERVICE with COURTES5f Give ns the Pleasure of Serving YOU The Bank of the Rank and File C. G. ROWLAND, President EARLK ROWLAND. Cashier O. I*. TATE8. ('?ashler The End of the First Quarter of 1920 Finds us in a very healthy financial condition. Our deposits are well over the mil lion mark. Our loans are over a million. And we o>ve nothing except to our depositors, to whom we are very grate ful. The First National Bank SUMTER, S C. j "EVENING OF MUSIC" j Postpone^ Concert to be Held Monday, April 5th j - - i The concert which was postponed I on account cf the influenza epidemic j will be rendered nettt Monday even- j j ing by Mme. Kita Winbourne and her! ; daughter Wille.te Wilbourne in the! 'Cilr's High School Auditorium. The j program to be given will of unus-i ual interest opening with earlier com-! posers: such as Handle and Beeth-j oven and followed by some of the! well known arias .from the old and more modern operas, together wit! j some interesting folklore of manj countries. Versatility characterizes the per-j formances of Willetie Wilbourne, j whose accomplishments as a "Wun derkind" secured the admiration of Mary Garden, the Metropolitan star, j and others. Miss Wilbourne is a ? inger, a pianiast and composer. She w?l close her part of the program with her own composition, entitled] "The Desert" and the "Staccattoj Etude" by Rubenstein, pronounced asj one ofMhe five most difficult com positions for the piano.' Mme. Wilbourne. contralto, is an artist in the true sense of the word! and has been so acknowledged by: many of the noted impresarios in this country and abroad as one of the few ! natural contraltos She will -renderj as a special number, ''The Purple j Hour." by Augusta Holmes, in which j her talent shows to advantage, a com-; position thtxi requires both temper-' meat* and dramatic art. This song! is one 6f. the cycle entitled, ''Thej Hours." SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION! _ . i State Sunday School Workers: Meet In Greenville _ i Sparenburg, Mrch.29.? The great-! est array of specialists 'in religion.')' education ever brought together inj ?outh Carolina has been secured for: the State Sunday School convention; at Greenville, May 4, 5, fi. according! lo a statement from the program! committee. With the convention; theme, "Facing the New Day in ti<r?' iigious Education" in mind,'the com-! mittee has secured seven outstand- j ing"' leaders in North America to. bring to the largesf gathering of re-j ?gious workers held annually in ihisi state messages of information and? inspiration. The program is consid- j ered the strongest ever presented itl i gathering of tk& kiiid in the State.' Dr. E; V. MuTiins; president ?>f the; Southern Baptist Theological Semin-^ aiy, at Louisville. Ky.. has been se cured for the Bible Half Hour each; day. Dr. MUllins is one of- the great-1 est Baptjst scholars of the day. Prof. M. A. Honline. of Dayton. Ohio, educational superintendent of the International Sunday School .As sociation, formerly connected with the Bonebrake Theological Seminary; at Dayton; will give a number o-' U ? tures on different phases of religi?--: education. He is one of the leading; child psychologists of the continent. H.? is a member of the faculty of tin International '? Training School <?.; r.aKe Geneva. Wisconsin. Dr. W. F. Chalmers, of Philadel phia, is the outstanding Sunday; School leader of the Northern Bap-': list Association. He is possessed of i pleasing platform delivery, and is! :l popular convention lecturer. liir.i work at the convention will be along the line of religious education for the; young people. ; Mr. W. C. Pearce. of Chieago. field i superintendent of the International j Training School for Sunday School i leadership at Lake Oeneya. Wisecn-i :ih. For thirtv years he has been a ? - - i prominent Sunfclay school worker.] .raveling m every State of the Union, i n all of the provinces of Canada, and: n Europe, Asia, and Africa in interest of Sunday School work. Another International worker at he convention will be Dr. William A. Brown, formerly 'Missionary Superip rendent of the International Associa tion. For.the past two years he haS been conected with,' the missionary work of the Methodist Episcopal ?hurch. He will conduct the early homing consecration services at the State convention, and speak oi'i Evangelism before the entire con vention and at the conference peri ods. Mrs. W. M. Walker, of Birming ham, superintendent of the beginners department of the Advent Episcopal Sunday School, comes as a specialist in work with children. She has hud primary and beginners' departments. She is an instructor in the Birming ham graded union, city children's tit vision superintendent, and has been an instructor in schools of method in many places in the South during the year. For the music Prof. F. O. Sellers of New Orleans, has been secured as the director. Prof Sellers is an instruc tor in the Baptist Bible Institute ai Xew Orleans in Sunday' School work I ami music. In addition to directing j the singing at the convention, he will j take pan on the convention program, ; Rev. Daniel tverson, of Charlotte, IN, C, will be the pianist ai ihe con j mention. Me will speak also at the I administrative conferences, j Workers in every department ol the Sunday School will receive frorst these speakers much ?hat will helf them in making their schools mon ? efficient. The greatest blessings will come to them, however, by personal j contact with 'hose who are giving j their lives that :jll the people <>i' ev ery State may be broughl into the Sunday Schools and churches ancj have their lives enriched through tb< [ teaching service of the Sunday I; School. Society 11 ill Express. Columbia. April 1. ? (Special M Chairman Shealy of the Railroac !! Commission is in Society Tlii! toda> j making an investigation of certah :1 complaints with regard to the expres: service at that point. [ PLATE GLASS I WINDOW SMASHED I Negro Burglar Ran Through Palace Market Window to Escape j There was quite a flurry of excite [ment on South Main street last night I as the result of an unsuccessful at : tempt to capture a negro man who had entered the market for the purpose of robbing the cash register. Within the past few weeks the market had been entered five times and the cash regis ter rifled of the change*" left in it at night. The robberies were repeated with such regularity that Mr. Hordes, the proprietor of the market, decid ed to trap the robber, so last night he and two of his employes concealed j themselves in the market and waited for- the robber to make his nightly visit. They were not disappointed, the thief made his appearance at the back door before ten o'clock, and en tering, proceeded to rifle the cash drawer. When he was called upon to surrender the negro executed an un expected and surprising manouevre. Instead of surrendering or trying to escape by way of the back door, by! which he had entered the market, the negro made a dash for the front and ! bolted bodily through the plate glass ! window as if it had been no more sub stantial than a cobweb. There was a tremendous crash as the shattered glass fell to the pavement and the ne gro was gone. One of the watchers in the market fired at the fleeing ne- ! gro with a shot gun as he dashed j through the window, but he escaped unscathed. The only damage that the load of shot did was to smash two plate glass window panes in the win dow opposite to the one through which j the negro escaped. It is stated that ! the negro was recognized and al- j though he has evaded arrest thus far. j he will betaken if he returns to his! usual haunts around Sumter. All told I the thief secured about forty-five dol- j lars from the market. -?-1 , j, Chautaqua Tickets. j The sale of Chautauqua tickets hasj begun Any boy who wants to win a, free ticket to the whole week of S events can see Mr. Todd at. Y. M. C. X. j and get, some tickets. Free tickets,! free medals and a free supper. All; of these are being planned for the hoys who care to get out and hustle; ? luring a few spare hours j NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. .;. Yes'id'ys Open High Low Close Close May . 40.03 40.00 00.60 39.62 3&7S. July .. 37.12 37.25 36.80 36.82 36.03 Otc. .. 33.90 34.21 33.78 33.8*2 33.7-3 Dec. . 33.1S 33,4 5 33.02 33.03 33.03 Bridge Party lor Miss Bowm v.?#tr.,'> J1'"! < j ^.'i'"?1 5 'J'T."" "The first of a series of sociaT-events that have been planned for Miss Ma bel Bowman, who'Is soon to become the bride of Mr. Riiey A. Bradham, was a delightful bridge party, giver by Miss Natalie Norman in the par lor of the Claremont Hotel on Thurs lay afternoon. The-parlor was made attractive with decorations of palms and ferns and vases of yellow jon quils, the color scheraej of white and yellow being carried out in many de tails. A salad course with tea was served by'Mrs. C. P. Whitted and Mrs. H. X. Forester, who assisted Miss Gor man in entertaining. The first prize, a leather da.te .pad., was won by Mrs. Wilson Green, while: Mrs. L. R. Wilson drew the consola tion, a leather bound book of poems. Miss Bowman was presented With ;; a dainty piece of lingerie. Those present were Mesdames. Tret to Otey. Wilson Greene, R. C. Will iams, Lynch Deas, Hammond Bow man. John D. Lee. H. A. Mood; L.'R Williamson, McWillie Boykin, "Hor ace Sarby and Misses Mable. Bowman and Edna Tobin. . . Sumter Companies Chartered. Columbia. March Two Sumte* companies were today chartered b> the Secretary of State." .One of then is the Victory Building & Loan Asso elation, capitalized at $U>G.?00. C. G Rowland, R. K. Wilder, Mrs. Mary B Wan-en. C. M. Hurst. C. J. Lemmon F. Levi and R. J. Poland are the df rectors. Rowland Brothers,, of Sumter. wer< also chartered, with a capital stocl of $10,000, the company proposing tc deal in automobiles and machinery S. K. and J. J. Rowland and J. D Durham are the directors. ? Fire Hose Purchased : A special meeting of the city coun cil was held Tuesday night-'to i.-re ceive bids for ney fire apparatus ant a supply of hose. ' ? - . Bids were filed by representative of the American LaFrance Co and tlr -v-agraves Co., on motor pump ap paratus, but consideration of thes ? ;ds was postponed until tonight. Bids on fire hose were submitted by a number of firms. Others wer* placed for two thousand feet of hose as follows: 5i>0 feet Ohio brand at $1.50 peJ foot. Bilateral Hose Co.; 1,000 feet Stonewall Brand at $1.30 per foot, C.NC. C. Fire Hose Co.; 500 feet Ar row D. J. Brand at $1.40 per foot Fabric Fire Hose Co. - 500 feet Arrow I). J. Brand, at $1.4''' per foot. Fabric Fire Hose Co. The Chantanqna. Season The annual Red Path .Chau tau qua week this year will open.April 27th and close May 4th. An attractive pro gram is offered. A Good Easter . Ad. . The largo Easter- ad. of the Sumte Dry Goods Co. has some 'v^orth whil reading in it for the Easter Shop per. Better read it.?Adv. ?wa??aaMKiwimri?? mam f Sumter^ .There :y;i County Te clay, March" Girls'- High, The meethii Vr by Dr.'J. iroduction by. Rice mad.e. a ?teachers on "The-i er." He show* Though essential;* portant thing in; ing. The teachei acter through f. ner, and every. These are' the thi member long aftei iesson taught from.' human beings who her, or cling to, hi fion for teaching school career, but before. The most import rhe discussion of had given $100 tcr purposes in prizes o?? the teachers saw fit. was also promised, cussi?n, it was ' decit of the long day's cbi to have a declamation.-. ihe schools in the cot ,vas set for the first The rules of trie cdi lows 1. There shall be' I :or the high school md tenth grades)^ I boys, intermediate^ mediate boys. 2. Not more thair test may contest'for j school". 3. There shall b% ? prize and honorable^ contest. 4. The nanies, of registered wi^J as possible. 5. ; The scaopl points shalL be* 6. A comnii C. S. Huchins irrange air*-31 or eontesr,~ >tc, 7. . The; grades shj ind the There meeting ! April 24tl Mi White?Oral Christmas, of Sin Colored?Oliver WJ \nd Marie Washington;? fcxokiel Sanders; of 'cp\j^^''ta^('^ Vnnie Ellerbe, .of 'SumterT .8:%' . Joe Keels ..and "'l&oia;. ?lwerj of. A**: ;olu,S. C.;'' - ' :. ' .^S^f iseaborn Pinckney,. and Mayh?V . .; Bush, of Sumtex, G, Mr. J. Y. Todd'and faintly ^returned^> ast night from Chester. The correct definition for this word is the buying of the greatest values for the least money. This week, which is "Easter Eve" thrifty shopper^ can save a tidy sum on their purchases- at our store.' 85 beautiful Dresses, "Smart Style" Coat Suits, Novelty Skirts, Sport Coats, Middy. Suits, Shirt Waists and Pet ticoats, will all be under-priced for Thursday,-Friday and Saturday's selling. . " ? yl ' m. * Dainty Ribbons, Laces, Handkercliiefs, Hosiery, Gloves, Qor sets, Camisoles, Neckwear, Footwear and Lingerie, all on display and at attractive prices for this festive occasion. , 1. 15 Dozen (180 pairs) of our popular Quaker Maid Pure Thread Silk Hose. Our $3.50 quality for $2.90 will be on sale the remainder of this pre-Easter week. "A word to tide wise, etc. BE SUMTER DRY GOODS M