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CLUB .lEEETUfGS! Democratic Party of Samter' Ck)imly Tteorgahlzes for 1 The Campaign The campaign of 1520 was-, inaugu- j rated Friday afternoon* by the regu- j 3ar bi-*ennial meeting of the ward ; clubs of the City of Sumter. Officers ; and delegates to the County eonven- i tion' were elected and enrollment; committees appointed. The meetings ? were all rbufine in nature and there j were no developments of interest. Ward 1 Onb. Ward 1 Democratic Club convened j at 6:15 Friday afternoon, according! to call. . ! The following officers were elected: { President. H. L. .Scarborough: vice-; president, E. C. Haynsworth; secre- ] ? tary, R. S. Hood. Member County Executive Com-; mittee, R. D. Epps. The following delegates to the County Convention were elected: R. X 'Manning, R. D. Epps. H. Scar borough, W. R, Wells, H. C. Hayns- i wo**th. \ . Alternates: C. L. Baker. L. W. Jen kins. W. Lv Lee, J. P. Marion, J. D. Gardner. The chairman, or delegation was di rected to fill vacancies. The following, committee on mem bership and enrollment was elected': R. S.. Hood, J. H. Darr. J. A. Steel. War? 2 Club. The Democratic Club of Ward 2 met at x6:15 o'clock Friday evening in the Lee & Moise library. In the absence of the president. Mr. Frank A- McLeod was elected chairman of j the*meeting. The following officers! were elected: 9 %. President, Frank A. McLeod; vice- j president, S. O'Quinn; secretarv, R. J. r Bland. :.f . } Member County Executive Commit tee, J. H. Clifton. The following delegates to the County Convention were elected: J. H. Clifton, L. D. Jennings. R. J. Bland. E. S. Booth. H. G. Osteen. Geo. D. L-evv, T. E. Richardson, A. S. Harby, P. J Gallagher, D. W. Owens, R. D. Graham, S. K. Xash, M. J. Moore, S. O'Quinn, E. W. Witherspoon, I. C. Strauss. Alternates, B. C. Wallace. C. C. Beck, J. R. Sumter. W. W. Rees, F. A. McLeod, J. C. Huger. A resolution was adopted authoriz- L ing the delegation to. fill any vacan cies in the list that may occur at the convention. The president was instructed to ap point a committee on membership and enrollment at his leisure. Ward 3 Club Ward 3 Club r^-organized by re electing C. M. Hurst president. J. A. , Raffield was elected vice president and S. R. Chandler was elected secre tary.. J. P. Booth was re-elected a ' member of the county executive com- 1 mittee. Delegates to the county convention ] were elected as follows: C. M. Hurst, nJ? P. Booth, H. A. 'Moses. H. P.] Moses. P. P. Finn. Raymon Schwartz. 1 S. R. Chandler. John S. Kennedy, W. < P. Wbitehead. E. P. Du Rant. W. C. j Johnson. ; Alternates elected were: L. L. Hun- , ter, J. A. Raffield. W. H. Shelly. F. i H. Thorn. John D. Lemmon, Archio : Wilder, D. W. Cut'ino, Jr.. J. A. ; ?Morse, J. W. Harper. M. S. Jersey and ; J. T. Brightwell. On the membership committee H. | A. Moses. J. S. Kennedy, P. P. Finn. M". S. Josey. and J. P. Booth. Jr.. were elected. The club expressed its sorrow at losing by death since the last meet ing, its valued and loyal secretary. Ladson W. Boyle.and President H/urst was appointed-a.-committee-of one to draft suitable resolfatiensran<? transmit them to Mrs. Boyle. % h 3 ', | Ward 4 Clnbr* ,t. ~. Ward Xo.4, Democratic club, met at Chamber of Commerce Friday, April 23rd and reorganized by election of following officers: President. W. Percy Smith. Vice president, T. J. Kirvin, Sr. Eexcutive committeeman, G. E. Haynsworth. Secretary, E. T. R'eardon. Delegates to county convention: W. Percy Smith. T. J. Kirvin. Sr.. E. I. Reardon. Bartow Walsh. <5. E. Hayns- ; worth, John W. McKiever. J. B. Duf fie. Alternates: P. J. Gallagher, R. K. Wilder. G. W. Hutchinson. T. V. Walsh. W. S.' Reames, John Wilson, W. L. Brunson. Enrollment committee: A. H. Wild- j er, T. J. Kirvin. Jr.. J. B. Duffie. Bar-| ney Kennedy. Concord Club. Concord Democratic Club met Sat urday morning. The meeting was called to order by President O. W. j Mahoney. The following officers wore) elected: President. G. W. Mahoney: secre tary, L. W. Warren. ; Member County Executive Commit-; tee. T. B. Brunson. Delegates to County Convention. B. , W. Brogden, Jr.; W. L. Brunson, Al-1 bert Brogdesj. J. M. Wertz. Alternates. William Prescott. G. W. j Mahoney. Deliberating "Yon say the jury is deliberating?" : **Yes, they are." replied the sarcas tic lawyer. "The only juror who has j a thimbleful of brains is probably tell ing 11 numskulls that my client Is 5ailty.,,?Birmingham Aee-Herald. Napkins. Table napkins were in use long be fore some of the other accessories which we consider indispensable to day. Before forks came to be known, men had to use their fingers in pre paring their food; hence the ancient common habit of frequently passing the basin of water and its accompany ing napkin for wiping the hands. It now seems Incredible that forks were not customary until the seventeenth *B?Km8&mD rtm <;tK*d no ads. ; Highway Bond Campaigners Speak at ; Wedgeiield In his discussion and avocaey of the; proposed $2.5<MMt00 bond issue for a main highway system of hard sur faced, permanent, eoncerte bridged, and suffieinVtly drained roads at the j Wedgefield meeting last Friday eve-; njng Mr. R. B. Belser made some in- j structiye calculations about the; amount of money that will be saved.! His investigation convinces him that' $t;j?,O0 per year wil be saved in: three ways, as follows; Reducing use of gasoline on?--third on 2,000 cars, now costing $15 per month, thus saving $:> per car^ which ,; will equal for twelve months $120.000. j Amount saved to farmers in cost' of hauling farming products, fertifiz-; ers and other necessities, including time and labor soved, estimated at $250.A00. Money saved in reducing tire des truction, repairs and wear on 2.000 , cars, estimated at a minimum of $250 000. Total saving $620,000. Mr. Belser's estimate on these three features wits considered very low. Some car owners and some farmers" have estimated the saving from 50 to; 100 per cent more. Mr. Belser also) said that he thought the life of every: car will be doubled by hard surSeced} roads. A representative number of Mid-j dletoh farmers and business ? men attended the meeting. At the conclu-! sion of the addresses not one vot er opposed the bemd-issue when a ris- j ing vote .was called for. The .arguments of the speakers for the proposition were in the main j about the same as those put forth | at the Rembert and Dalzell meetings, j The facts stated were official state- j ments made from careful research;' and compilation from the most au-j thenticated and reliable sources. Senator John <H. Clifton and Chair man L. D. Jennings, of the Permanent Road Commission, together with Mr. Besser were the principle talkers of' tue evening. Their carefully prepar ed data -could not but convince any fair-minded and intelligent listener. They showed plainly that more than! $2.500.000 will be made to the tax-1 peyers of the county in enhanced j real estate values. They showed the | business-like and simple manner in | which the bonds are to be retired. Short talks were also made by the j following gentlemen who approved; heartily the proposed bond issue ami j gave some line business reasons why J they favor the bond issue: Mssrs. i Henry P. Moses, J. Frank Williams.) M. L. Parier. J. B. Britton. C. J. Jack-j son. S A. Harvin. K. E. Aycock. W. j K. Ramsey and E. I. Rear den. j The importance of hunting up reg- [ h tration cerificates and tax receipts j in order to vote, and for-thos-> who have lost their registration certificate* to apply for duplicate certificates be fore the registartion board on -ih 1 first Monday in May was stressed. Hagood "Among the Crackers. T am over here in Savannah?was i h< re on the day of the primary, but! lid not, could not vote. Had I done ?o. being a democrat, I'd have voted for Mr. Palmer, "a Simon pure" dem ocrat. The mayor of the city, and I think the alderman, supported Mr. Smith, and claim a victory over the! administration?quite a stretch of im- j agination,: it seems, to somo. However.! they .-ire least loath to abide results, j results of a victory (?) over the ad ministration, ami so are talking: somei are like republicans. ? The veneer of democracy is very slight with some. j easily rubbed off when the opportuni- j ty offers. But there are real demo- j crats here, not a few. one of whom, a Mr. Stubbs, related to ur Camel, re- ! fused to write his name by that of the ', mayor. Savannah, they claim a hundred j thousand population, is a beautiful city, well laid out, is growing and i thriving. Many of its streets are very pretty, but Bull, the street of monu merits and parks, and Estelle are per- j fectly splendid. On Bull strce: are j hundreds of squirrels, so tame that; they actually take peanuts out of your j pocket. Sumter children would enjoy that. All sorts of trees arc^on the side walks. One of the most beautiful, i symmetrical. being the sweet gum. A| rare freak, that does not exist else where perhaps, is the'pink dogwood. One may see quaint things, provok ing a smile^nnywehere and Savannah is not the exception to this rale. We saw at on orphanage a somewhat an-' eient lad*- hoeing, an old maid, no doubt, whiie a lerge sized girl held an umbrella over her. Evidently she had not lost hope. We saw a church. Baptist. that! looked for all the world like a dwell- j ing. j We saw on the sidewalk in front! of an infirmary crepe tress, nothing: i Ise but crepe trees growing, and won-, dered it' it was for effect. We have seen on a wall in a home] 0 coat Of arms, when the folks kept the hair cut close. N We have met a number Carolinians: here, generally doing well. <>!!<? longs when away for home news, i>u; moving around, must con-i t' iit oneself with a bit that comes 1 i correspondence. . "What aboui Jin- boll weevil?" He is h< re. playing havoc, but the people are living and land values ;n-<- not tumbling as many would suppose. "Hagood**< one who loves Caro lina) Bethea. r Savannah, Apr. 24. 1920. Bonid Issue Meeting. There will be a meeting to discuss the good roads bond issue at Pro vi--j dence School House. Privateer, .it S o'clock Thursday night. The public is invited. i Spasmodic Sermon. Because a fellow gets a reputation as a rounder is no indication that he Is moving in high social circies.?In- j dianapolis Star. ' O'FFEffS EVERYBODY A CHANCE Philanthropie ^Seattle Man Throve Open Hall for Absolutely Free and Uninterrupted Speech. A philanthropic fight promoter?one of the enterprising gentlemen who has been.in the habit ~f putting on a box ing match every week q?- two-?-Is much annoyed a-t the spasmodic interference otMhe officers of the law in his busi ness affairs, and is proposing to throw open his hall for a weekly forum of free and uninterrupted speech, in place of the boxing bouts. ' * "I want every guy that has anything to say to come over and say it," said the promoter, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "and I'll give him ten minutes to spiel, and then he must shut his trap. I don't care what he is; any kind of a nut can come over and say right out what is on his chest. My luck has been so bad, and my spirits so depressed, that I want a laugh, and I believe a nut gathering of this kind would equal anything the Orpheam circuit or Pantages or the best of them ever put on. Tou know, nature keeps playing jokes on human ity all the time; she mixes together some queer patterns in heads, and a lot of fellows can't help what they think; ?ome have a hunch for one thing and some for another; I suppose we could get a few startling facts on anything from religion to chess in these verbal tournaments. And it will be absolutely free; I might pass the hat around at the close of the enter tainment to square me on the hall rent but for the Test I wouldn't want a cent to pay outside of the entertain ment I get out of it. As soon as I can pull a jazz hand together to fit in with the speechmaking I will announce the details, and we will be sure-in for a summer's entertainment, if the sheriff don't close us up." HOMESICK FOR ARCTIC SNOWS No Affectation About the Longing for Far North That Is Experienced by Explorers. If yon are of ordinary - health and strength, if you are young enough to be adaptable and independent enough to shake off the influence of books and belief, you can find good reason to be as eont&it and comfortable., .in the North as anywhere on earth. v. If you remember that all of ns who have spent more than a year "living on the eountry," are quite of the Eskimo opinion that no food on earth is better than caribou meat, and if you have any experience in your life as a hunter any where, you will realize that in the eve nings when we sit in these warm snow houses, feasting with keen appetites on unlimited quantities of boiled ribs, we have all the creature comforts. What we lack, if we feel any lack at all, will be possibly the presence of friends far away, or the chance to hear opera or see the movies. At any rate, It is true that today- in the movie in fested city I long for more snow house evenings after caribou hunts as I never in the North longed for clubs or concerts or orange groves. And this is not peculiar to me. The men who have hunted with me are nearly all of the same mind?they are either in the North now, on the way back there by whaling ship, or eating their hearts out because they cannot go.?Vilhjal mur Stefansson in Harper's Magazine. Probably Envious. "After a few months In other states, I was returning to Indianapolis." -re marked a traveling salesman, "and I don't minST telling you I was glad to be getting back home. As I sat down beside the stranger I told him how good it was to be back in the land of cornfields. "So we started to talk about the beauty spots of Mother Nature. It is nothing more than natural for any Hoosler to talk about his own state. And I had to ask him whether he had ever been In Brown county. "The stranger looked out of the car window a minute, saying softly to himself: 'Brown county, Brown coun ty.' When he looked around at me again he said: "'Yes, I have been there. That's the place where the squirrels have to carry a lunch with them when they go across the county, is It not?'"?In dianapolis News. Flowers of Poland. According to an English newspaper correspondent who recently reported a journey he had made from Parts to the Polish capital, the most impressive spectacle that he saw was the mantle of blossoms, clustered profusely, which fringed the highways and byways about Warsaw. "All the wars -of Po land," he writes, "could not chock the new life that came riding through her borders at the head of the advancing spring; sprays of lilac found place in the gray caps of Polish lancer* tulips and chestnut leaves, tokens of the new dawn, in the garb of peer and [peasant. Everywhere was spring yielding back a measure of her everlasting; rights." But the flowers never took mufch notice of the war even "at the front" Runs Mews Stand Without' Hands. - There is a boy running a njews stand in Union square, New York; city, ^ho has no hands. He opens and closes his stand, opens and folds his fpapcrs and passes them out to custoiuiors without delay or difficulty, and makes chang? like an export. Lou Young is his name. He lost both hands in an explosion when thir teen years old. but that handicap did not liinder him from going into busi ngs rnd making a^succes? of it. ''The cripple who has spunk Is am <uu6 *a anyone aise,"^ he says. _ | T?K? THREE DAYS TO WED ! Arr---.ian Couple Must Se Patient in .ne Matter of Tying the Mar riage Knot. j In Armenia "everybody has a good time at a wedding except the bride^ groom. First of all, the friends-as semble, and an entertainment, with j dancing, tttkes place. The bridegroom ? is expected to arrive when the enter j tainment is at its height and it is j considered good form for him to ap j pear with his face covered with pow- i j der to simulate pallor induced by the | j solemnity of the occasion. Friends of \ j the hrhirgrnom then shave him pub- | ! liely and fall upon htm and strip him j j of all hts clothes, after, which he is j supplied with a new set of garments j and completely dressed -again. While they are performing the offices of valet ! to the- groom the young men present ; are supposed to hold lighted candles i in their right hands. - j The -day after tbrs opening marriage j feast the bride ;rirh?s to church, and ! the bridegroom walks. The priest who receives* them m the porch -reads a j short sermon on their duties in the ! matrimonial state,-and then the wed- j ding party proceeds to the altar, where the foreheads of the high contracting ! parties are bound together T\ith gold I chains. The wedding -'festivities con- I tince for at least three-days after this, j and the couple are not regarded as married unrH the ceremonies have | been concluded. The social celebra- J tion of the wedding is carried through i as conscientiously as the religious i part COULD NOT DISLODGE ROCK j When Nature Placed Freak on Berk shire H His, 5b e Evidently Put \ It There to Stay.^ The famous "balanced rock" near Lanesboro, Mass, in."the historic Berk shires, is one of the strange sights of this region of -hidden -mountain caves, f?now-capped -iriils rand folk-lore that j rivals fiction. This rock, which weighs several tons, is apparently in a pre carious position on the sheer edge-of another rocky formation beneath it 'One would think that a very slight j push Indeed would dislodge It from \ its position. "Balanced rock'^Ia located on Con stitution hill, the eminence named after "Constitution** Smith, who was instrumental in ratifying the Ameri can Constitution. An old tanner of Lanesboro thought he could pnoH "bal anced rock" from its position by bar-1 rtessing up several pairs of oxen, at-j taching a chain to the rock and hav ing the animals strain on the rock together. The experiment failed. The rock could be rocked back and forth, but could not be dislodged. The ice flow of the glacial period is believed to have been responsible for placing the huge rock in its pres ent position. Alcohol From Molasses. Several large concerns are making alcohol from cheap molasses brought from the West Indies. -This molasses, which is uneatable, is ? known as "black strap." The internal revenue chemists have been able,; however, to ferment it and to obtain not only al cohol but to so use the residue that they get glycerin. Four lots of "black strap" of 1,000 gallons ea?h subjected to the new proc I ess turned out . a very excellent qual ity of glycerin.- There are 100 gallons of this clear dynamite glycerin, "as it is called, now on exhibition in the treasury department. Samples of it treated with nitric acid by a -well known firm of explosive makers, at the request of the government pro-1 duced as good a nitro-glycerin as the! market affords. Nltro-glyeerin when ~-incorporated with pulp or other inert substance j becomes dynamite. Thus out of the simple sweets of the sugar-bowl comes forth the-strength which will rend the rock. . . j Large Market for Rabbit Skin*. There is .a .market for rabbit skins. Before th? recent war ^n enormous I trade was carried on abroad. It is said j that Great Britain and Ireland alone j pioduced about thirty million skins an I.nually. Most rabbit skin9 are sold in bales, by weight, the fur from them being used for felting purposes, and the skins for making glue. The war ! interrupted the importations from Eu rope aid Australia to such an extent that the price ha" greatly increased. The better skins are sold by the dozen, j When dressed they become the "cony" ! of the' fur trade, of ten sold under fan j ciful names. American breeders are i raising all kinds of rabbits that pro duce the best "cony" of the fur shops, j - Saw Cuts Steel Billets. The largest of a number -of power hacksaws in one of the British naval : factories is stated to weigh three and i one-half tons and is driven by a thr.ee : horse power electric motor. It cuts through square billets of steel 2b* inches thick. Even a cut like this j does not wear out the blade, which is suitable for fnrther work after the ' cut has been made. This machine is estimated to reduce the expense of sawing to one-sixth of the former cost Japan's Leading Industry. Extraordinarily favorable business \ conditions in Japan and the continued withdrawal of the products of Euro pean nations from competition in the j markets of Asia and Australia made j the year 1917 an extremely profitable I one rfar the spinning , industry and ; firmly fixed it as the leading manu I facturing industry of Japan. Tribes of That Country, It U Said, Alf Accepting tho Teachings jof the M Issionarie?? ? Plenyono Gbe Wolo, a Liberlan of the Kru tribe, who graduated from Co lumbia university,.says: ? There never has been a scientific census of Liberia-, but the population is estimated at from 2,000.000 to 3,000, 000, and not more than 15,000 are Americo-Liberiians, the descendants Ol liberated slaves. The remainder be long to tribes which speak four differ ent languages and offer only nominal submission to the government. The Krus elect the!:: kings by the selection of the most avjulable man of-the royal house. In the Jarroway tribe the king is an absolute monarch for the reign of six years,-acd is then put to death. Other tribes also follow different cus toms. - - The tribes do not acknowledge tht government of Monrovia, because they feel that it does not protect them. Bj treaty the United States government is required to help the Americo-Libe rians against the tribes, and in 1912 this cojjntry helped put down a rebel lion of the Krus. The constitution of Liberia has a literacy test, which has heretofore ex cluded most of the natives from vot ing, as the central government is un able to undertake their education. The Girbas are being taught by Episcopal !missionaries, and the Fulingos, who are Mohammedans, are also gaining the franchise. The Krus are very am bitious and are also catching up. There are more than 50 Liberians of the na tive tribes studying in the United States. WHEN RAILROADS WERE NEW Engineers in Charge of Construction Work Had Ideas -That Now Seem a Little Peculiar. Light on strange ideas of pioneer railroad builders was thrown by Ed ward S. Jouett, general solicitor of the L. & N., in a taik before the Ro t .ry club at Louisville. "The Lexington-Frankfort line," said he, "was built with longitudinal stone sills capped with a atrip of iron, and the numerous curves, which you have ail noted, are said to have -been pur posely introduced upon the theory, that they were an advantage in enabling the conductor the more easily to see the rear of his train. Tire coaches were two-story -affairs?women and children below and' men above?and the motive power was mules to the top of the hill *bove Frankfort. The train was let 4own the hill into the city upon an Incline operated by a stationary engine. "Yon may be interested, in passing, to learn that with the exception of a few miles near New Orleans, which antedated it about a -week, this line from Lexington to Frankfort is the oldest railroad m the United States south of the Ohio and west -of the Alleghenies. It was chartered In 1830 ?very early In railroad history, when we remember that the first railroad in the United States was built in 1S26\ and the first locomotive engine was opiated in 1829." . r* Health and Height "Count. Every flying man in the United States air service has to undergo a strict medical test periodically in or der that he may be classified in one of four grades, "AA" men are the few who can stand air work at altitudes above 20,000 feet. "A" men can stand the strain between 15,000 and 20,000 feet, while the "B" class consists of pilots for duties between 8,000 and 15.000 feet, and the "C" ;group includes all airmen fit only for service between ground level and 8,000 feet. It has been found that airmen of most robust physique cannot stand the sudden changes of air pressure entailed by diving and rapid - climbing for any length Of time. Hence the frequent medical examinations, earned out by experts who have drawn -up a care fully calculated standard of efficiency. She Did. She- was a four-flusher, particularly as to her abilities in various sports. "Do you golf?" he asked. "Oh, I love golf," she answered. "J play at least 36 holes twice a week." "And how about tennis?" "I won the woman's championship In our state." "And do you swim?" "The best I ever did was a half mile straight away," sfce replied. Somewhat fatigued he changed to literature. "And how do you like Kip ling?" he asked. "I kipped an hour only yesterday" was her unblushing reply.?Journal of the American Medical Association* N "* Large Offer for Map Halg Used. Offers up to 51,750 have been re ceived for the map used by Sir Doug las Haig In the direction of the -Brit ish armies on the western front Octo ber 8 and three following days, and sent to the lord provost of Glasgow's secretary for disposal in aid of the king's fund for disabled officers and men. The map eventually will be put np at auction. Collar Button Causes Divorce Suit An elusive collar button was respon sible for Andrew J. Kmmert abusing his wife, Augeline Ennnert according to her testimony before a master in chancery in suing fo:r divorce. She said when he dropped his collar but ton and ahe would not search for 11 ne struck her. A divorce decree li ?eeommimded. ? Pittsburgh ChronicU l'eler?wfer I_?_:_- ' Keep 'Tour Xiver Active, System Purified and ifree <Ra Golds by ZEakaag Calottttap the NausealesB Calomel Tablets, that r?e ^0e^ lightful,5arfeTtiid Sure. - Physicians and Druggists -are advis ing t-Iicir friends to keep.:their .systems purified -and .their . organs in- perfect working order as a protection against the return of influenza^ * Whey -k?ew that a clogged, up system and a-lazy liver favor colds, influenza ;and^?Eiojis complications. ;' ? ?? To cut short a cold overnight and -to prevent serious complications take one Calotab ajt bedtime with a swallow of water?thit's ail. No -salts*-no-nausea, no gripi:ig. no sickening after effects. Next morning -yourcold-.has vanished, your liver is active, your .system is puri [ tied" and refreshed -ard yen are^eeiisg I fine with a hearty appetite for break i-fasi. 'Eat wh-at von -please?no danger. ; Caiot abs are sold only in. original scaled .packages, price thirty-five ceiitsr Every druggist is authorized to refumi your money if you are not perfectly delighted with CalotahSi-K-Adv.) : homes wm THE^TERANS Mayor Jennings Calls Oh Citi zens to Open Their ff?mes Mr. Editor:? ' - '? I notice in your paper of a-few days 'ago that the committee ihad -net found sufficient homes, for the Con federate Veterans. I certainly was surprised to see this because I thought every one -would take pleasure in entertaining for'two days one or more of the-old Veter .ans. Certainly the call. of ,jthe .-ccm mittee for homes must .have 'been overlooked, as I cannot bring myself to believe there is any Who would "-not j be willing to ineonveniencethemselves I for this short time in order that -we j may have the pleasure of .being hoh | ored by being allowed to entertain lone or more of these f .md eld he [ roes. \ ; j Surely Sumter people will not be ! less attentive to these Veterans than jthe;people of other places Which have [had the privilege of entertaining thejff t in then- annual meeting.. -We casaot. j have this privilege much ionger -as ? they will soon be passing to the. great i beyond to join the ranks of those whja^ jhave already gone, and then it wiH;5b^ jtoo late to do ourselves honor i>y*e# tertaining them while they are quests in our midst. -' As a citizen and as Mayor, I most earnestly request that all t>f you-"Who can possibly do so will notify the ewm j mittee at once how many of -these I Veterans you will entertain during; [ their stay in Sumter. Don't teJJ^the* j committee you will entertain themby . j boarding them at some boarding j house, but take them in your homes and I am sure you will be the benefi ciary thereby. . * Yours triily, * L. D. Jennings, Mayor. j Sumter, S. C, April 26, 192:0. TPS FOOLISH TO SUFFER. I When So Many Snmtear Peopte Are Pointing the Way Oet. r You maj' be brave enough to stand j backache or headache or dizziness, t But, if, in addition urination is disor dered, look out! If you don't try t? fix your sick kidneys, you may f?ll into the clutches of dangerous disease before you know it. But if you live more carefully and help yoiir kidneys with Doan's Kidney PilEB, you <an stop the pai..s you have and.avoid fu ture danger as well. Don't experiment ?use the remedy Sumter people ?re publicly endorsing. Read this -case:-' - Mrs. A. D. .Owens, .204 'Council St, Sumter, says: "About eight years ago I was down in bed with kidaey trouble and my back felt as if it w?re broken. I had headaches and diszy spells, so bad, I simply can't tell how I felt! I was nervous, too <and the slightest excitement would upset nie. I felt languid .and wanted to sleep most of the time, but -couldn't, on"ao x count of tire pains. Finally T ue*d Doan's Kidney Pills and it wasn't long before I was out. of bed .and cured of all the trouble.'* Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't j-simply ask for a-kidney remedy-reet j Doan's Kidney PIUS?thi ^same that I Mrs. Owens had. Foster-Milburn Co.. Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.?Advt. <5S) Eyeless Oysters. J The oyster has a good-sized stomach, ! which is connected with the mouth by ia short gullet; two pairs of gills-for 'breathing, an intestine,-a tork-green ; liver, a two-chambered heart aaid an ; elementary nervous system, hue is ; minus ears, nose and eyes. Jt also lacks the footlike appendage that ? many mollusks possess for the reason ! that It has no need of an ergan of locomotion. ?:- 11 Mountains of the Moon. The "Mountains of the Moon*' was a name given by ancient writers to a range in the interior of Africa, c#a tain'ng the source of the River They were conceived afterwards traversing Africa from east to wj These ancients knew next to n< about the Interior of Africai-and iLOuntiiins of the moon have poured from modern maps,