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A New Style Body on an impr This new Mitchell "sets a new stride, and* everyone who knows our latest offering concedes it. Here is a great triumph of Mit chell engineers and designers. Their harmonious effort brings a match less ear at a moderate price?de tails of style not found elsewhere, betterment in materials, and above all, sincerity of purpose in construe-' tion. Mitchell introduces to car de sign a logical advancement. AH tendencies of recent years, as vou know, have been toward motive lines. Yet many* awkward lines remained. Someone hs to conceive the fi nal step?to I^mg the radiator in to harmony wtin other body lines. It alone remained straight up-and down. It has been Mitchell's opportun ity to introduce this inevitable is feature?and the result must be seen to be appreciated fully?-ior it appeals not only to the eye,, but to one's sense of logical propor tions of a swift-moving object, like -an automobile. Some will say that this is a mi nor thinj*?that it is not radically different. That is true. In this new Mit chell, we do not offer tne freakish, nor something to appeal to passing fancy. VPh?t is offered is a basic development, just like the slanting of the windshield, just like the many other items which make to day's cars so different from those of five years ago. 1 We want you to see this new car and pass judgment. We want you to observe its new lines. And to examine its superb finish. Then we know that you'll agree that this new Mitchell offers aiore for your money. I ANCHOR MOTOR CO. WE HAVE CARS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY STATE DISTRIBUTORS F. W. Boring, Maj. J. W. Bradford, Salesmen. 212-214 W. Liberty St. SUMTER, S. C. - -- ? - - t.^,-. -y - Conn? y Board Meeting . A., special meeting of the County / ' Board of Commissioners was held or. April 24th, with all members present, to consider the small pox epidemic that is prevalent in some sections of, - the county, and to transact such oth er business as might -be broujht be 'fore the board. A tetter was read .from Comptroller General Osborne stating that, as di rected by an act of the last session of "'the legislature, he . would have imtde j 'd'urfng the year a complete audit of -the books of all counties of the state and that his accountant would visit Sumter county in due course. In view i of this official audit by a State offi cial it was decided to abandon the plan to have the books of the county audited by a certified accountant. The publication of the county monthly report of the board was dis cussed but no action was taken, pend ing the opinion of the county attor ney, which has been; asked for. Chairman McLaurin stated that Dr. I Bragg Anthony had informed him that. the1 funds provided last year for public health work among the color ed people of- the county have been ^cbatcsted and %asked that the board provide funds for the continuation of the work. Action was deferred. The clerk was directed to write Dr. An thony asking for a statement of the agreement under which she has been, carrying on this work, the terms? and conditions of said agreement; with whom made and by whom the funds were provided. A letter from the County Medical Sbciety recommending county-wide vaccination as the surest means of preventing the spread of smallpox was read. A telegram from State Health Officer Dr." Hayne expressing regret. that he could not attend the meeting of the board as requested was read. Dr. M. L. Parier, who had been de legated by the State Department of Health to take charge of the small pox situation in the county was pres ent and conferred with the board. Dr. Parier stated that ho had vaccinat ed 941 persons in this community and that' in his opinion the only means by which general vaccination could be brought about was to secure the co-operation of all the physicians in the county, each one vaccinating the people of his community. It was agreed that 25 cents per person would foe a fair price for vaccination, it was decided to delegate the authority to- deal with the smallpox situation to the County Medical Society. " Mrs. Stroupe, County Health Sur vey Nurse, was present and the mat ter of her duties and status in rela tion to-the State Health Department was discussed. It was decided that she should work in co-operation with State Child Welfare work. A letter from County Superintend ent Haynsworth in reference to the work of the County Health Survey Nurse was read. The statements con tained in the letter were discussed. The board requested a statement from the Nurse and also from the chairman of the' '-card of trustees of the Os ytego sc?ooi district in reference to I the matters complained Qf, viz: Tho j closing of the Oswego school during the influenza outbreak this year. i state cotton 'meeting held I / _ I South Carolina Division7 Ameri can Cotton Association ! ??- i " Columbia, April 26?The semi-an j nual meeting of the South Carolina Division of the American Cotton As sociation will be held in Columbia at Craven Hall on Wednesday, May 5, at noon. As this is to be a very im ! portant meeting of the association it j is urged that every county in the State be fully represented. All mem bers of the association are urged to attend the meetings in their counties j prior to the convention. ' ~ . " j The May 5 convention will take up j three matters for thorough discus i sion. according to an announcement !? by R. M. Mixson, . president. These j will be warehousing, finances and or ; ganization. j -The South Carolina division is anx j ious to have sufficinet warehouses in j the State to take care of the 1920 j crop and will- bend every energy to j this end? according to officials of th?j .'association. J Plans are under way to further per j feet the organization in the State. ; Membership campaigns will be con j ducted in every county in an effort to j secure as members those merchants, farmers, bankers, business and pro fessional men who have not yet join ed the association. A special effort will be made to en rol the women of the State into the J Tanks of the Association. The Amerl ;can Cotton Association at its meeting j j in Montgomery voted to admit the j women into the convention on the j I same basis as men. One of the j j speakers at the May 5 convention in j Columbia will be Mrs. Cora D. Mathis. of Alabama, a large and successful woman farmer, who thrilled the] Montgomery convention. Mrs. Mathis is very enthusiastic over the American j j Cotton Association, j Each county chairman in the State j is urged by President Mixson to see ! that his county is represented by a j j large delegation at the meeting. canada bidding for tourists Toronto, April 29?Summer resi dents of Ontario, whether residents of (Canada or the United States.^raay im ? port liquor the same as permanent re j sidehts, according to a ruling of the I license commission. ! The police are looking for several j smart young negroes who have been stealing clothing by pretending to be messengers for pressing clubs. They call at houses and ask for suits and that'is the last the owner hears of the suits. One boy has been arrested and it is said others are wanted for the same offense. (John F. Clark & Co.) [ New Orleans, April 29?It was a I dull day with prices averaging-slightly. I below yesterdays final. There was no I aggressiveness either way and it look ! ed as though most longs and shorts' had been eliminated, on the recent ; wide swing. Liverpool appeared, to be I a seller .and4 trade interests, buyers! I The map was clear and the forecast ; was for continued fair weather. Ebe I ports were 27,000 bales. JPrivate ad \ vices from Southeast Alabama said there would be a large increase in the acreage in that section because of 40 I cent cotton. Some further .down-turn j looks probabel if the weather keeps favorable. NEW YORK COTTON. Yes'td'ys Open High Low Close Close May .. 40.3* 40AS 40.10 ' itiHQ 40.35 Duly .. 38.20 38-;48 3S.07 33,28 3^.35 Oct. . . 35.05 35.30 35.00 35.32 35.31 Dec. .. 34.10 34.55 34.00 34.48 34.28 Jan .. 33.63 33.94 33.63 33:90 33.82 Mar .. 8^^85 33.15 32.80 33.07 33.02 NEW ORLEANS. COTTON ' ? "? .Yes'td'y? Open High Low Close Close May .. 39.22 39;30 '39.08 39,30 89.22 | July . . 38.25 38,30 37.90 3S.17 -3S.17 ! Oct* .. 34.95 35.23 34/77 35.08 35.04 Dec. .. 34.00 34.30 33.88 34.17-34.15 Jan. .. 33.29 33.53 33.28 33.55 83.50 Mar .. 32.90 32.58 32.S5 32.85 32.70 LIVERPOOL COTTON Close: No quotations received. CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS CORN? ,. ? : ? High Low Close May. 1.74 1.-73% 1.72 Vj July.1.65 1.61% 1.62% OATS: High Low Close May.99% .9S^ .99.%' July ..88^. .87- .87% LARD: Higii Low Close May .... .. 19.72 19.50 19.62 July. 20.47 20.35 20.40 RIBS: ? High Low Close May. 17.60 17.40 IT.-'.O I July. lrt.50 18.50 18.45 HARDING LEADS WOOD Columbus. Ohio, April 28?Senator' Harding has a lead of 10.000 voles | over General Wood in the Ohio presi- j dential primary returns. Lynchburg, Va., April 29?John Williams, a negro, charged with the murder of police-detective Mann and brought here from Ohio has been identified by Sheriff Willie, of Green ville, S. C, as the man wanted for killing two policemen there. I SOUTH CARO ! LtNA ROADS ! |Mr. E. W. Dobbs Comments On j Conditions Found In Trip I Across State Salem, (Black River), April 26.? I The writer recently went by auto to j Tryon, X. Ci, and returned by anoth er route. Some observations of roads and crops may be of interest to read ers of the Item.'" ! We had fairly good roads, better ithan expected, to the Richland coun jty line. Right at the sign post we I struck a'series of bumps and holes I that-were very- frequent until w< 1 reached the paved streets of Columbia. :Goin0 oixt of Columbia the road was better than going in; and for fifteen or twenty miles we made good speed ?then for five or six miles about Chapin ar -1 Little Mountain it was fearful-7iiv danger, of sticking, but sprmg-break'ig and car-wrecking I holes and- bumps. j .The roads/improved toward Pros pertiy?but %%\ miles from Newberry 'a spring broke on a comparatively Jgood stretch of road?due in all prob ability to the shocks further back. It took Z % hours to. get on our way | from'Newberry, but we had fair roads I to Laurens . We were told not to go j by Whitmires to Union?would get| stuck about Whitmires. At Laurens; we were directed to go by Watts' Mills direct to Spartanburg. Some miles out of Laurens we overtook two cars -that were stuck, but with a loss of only abput: a half hour for them "to get o*irt of bur way we pulied through. At Watts* Mills we wn*e told the direct road to Spartanburg was im .passable by reason of heavy rains two days before, so det?ured by Wellford road?hard but iough. until we en tered ihe. ,Greenville-Spartanburg highway-several miles north of -Well ;ford. This highway was fine to Spar tanburg, Spartanburg to Tryon good road except we were told to detour and by doing so got into the. worst hole of the entire trip?tore off spare tire and rear bumper and would have been stuck if we had hesitated for a second. Learned in Tryon that we should have gone to Greenville from Laurens and that there is a better "road from Greenville to Tryon than from Spartanburg to Tryon. After several days of mountain roa^s about Tryon started for home. Kept to the main road coming out of Tryon and found only one bad place?the one we avoided going up, Pacolet river and it was not anything like as bad as the detour. Coming out of Spartan ?burg we came the National Highway to Blaeksburg.? except ten miles of 'bad road about Cowpens it is a splen did road. - At Blaeksburg we turned to Tork. Fair road to King's creek and on this side for two miles. Again we were told Union road was bad and to , de tour. This put us several miles off our course and over the worst road of the whole trip. When we got back into- the main road we found we had *rone five or six miles out of our way and that the main road was good all the way where we had been told to avoid it. Soon we struck the Kings Mountain York road and found, some, fairly good. From York to Chester by mak ing .! detour to the west of the direct road to avoid where they have plow ed up the old Macademized road, the road was fair. In Oester some of the streets were torn up and being rebuilt and we lost time for repairs. From Chester to this side of Black stock the road was fine. Theu>fair. to j Simpson and fine to Ridgeway. From Ridgeway to Camden through Dog town the road'was good. We made better time on this 30 miles than any part of the trip. 1 i? hours fiat for 30 miles and stopped three times to have interesting talks with -men -work ing by the road. This is a fine, but undeveloped country. So much better soil tham the Cam den-Columbia road that one cannot realize they , are so near. . : :. ? I Any system of good roads that does not provide for the Camden-Ridge ; way- road will be a serious^ mistake. I From this section to. the.mountain? [Camden, Ridgeway, Winsboro, Chest er, York and Blacksburg and Kings j Mountain is the most direct way. And I the roads are better than by Colum bia and Xewberry. We were very much impressed with two! things in connection / with the farming: the fact that thousands of acres of cotton land had not even had the stalks cut and that the small grain crop about Spavtanburg was sc niueh more advanced than ours down here. While we have- been for two weeks without rain there have been several floods of rain about Spartan burg and east and -west o f it. -We saw many acres^oo wet to plow. -We saw many acres being plowed and.-plant ed too wet; the,, soil turning in slick, wet furrows and cotton being planted among the elods, .- ? - -?? But there is some mighty good farming, being done. We Were partic ularly pleased with Some we saw about Goldvillc, Reidyille, Spartan ! b?rg, Gaffney and up to the moun tains toward Tryon. York has the prettiest homes anc yards of any town we passed through and is right up to Sumter in this re spect. Sumter is ahead of them all in th< paved streets, and in -the advertise j ments of its merchants along .th( I roads leading into it. Tryon is the prettiest mountair home town we have seen and is peo pled by good folk from -everywhere I that have been attracted by its all th< j year, good climate. - Its . graces can ? not be surpassed by California noi J Sunny Italy. E. W. Dabbs. PAWN SHOP IS ROBBED j . Detroit, April 29-?Two armed mer I etnered a pawn shop,' held up th< clerk, and escaped with diamonds saic to be valued at $18,000. DESERTIONS FROM \Ca?#A$ZA ARMY Sonora Revolutionists Encour aged by Reports from Federal Army j Auga Prieta. Sonora, April 27.?-Re j ports of defections of Carranza troops j encourage'Sonora officials in the plans ! against invasion. Many federalists ar? isaid to have joined Villa; MEMORIAL DAY ? IN FRANCE Paris. April. 2-7?Memorial Day ex rercises will he held at American cem j eteries by the Paris Post of the Amer j ican Legion. i_\ SIMS MADE M0NS STROtiS CHARGES \ Admiral McRean Condemns Statements Made by Coin-v ' m?nder of Fleet j Washington April .27?Rear Admir* ? j al McKean said the' charges by Ad ' jmiral Shns that delays by the Navy U Department had prolonged the war t |:and cost a half million liveM were ' monstrous. ' -:? SUGAR CONFER Department of Justice and Re ;! 1 Ahers Fail to Agree [! Washington, Ap?il 27?Conference^ . j between sugar refiners and Depart r ment of Justice -officials on sugar prices and ^supplies ended suddenly . j.today. ? 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