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Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter S. C* as Second-class Matter. PERSONAL. \ i- . - Misses Mayme Hook of Eastovei and Eunice. Stephens of Columbia spent the week end with Mrs. H. A. Rose on . Oakland avenue. Mrs. Eli Jackson, after spending a month, in the city with her daughter, Mrs. C. W.. McGrew, has retuimed to her home at Elloree. Mrs. Percy Smith, who has been spending several weeks in. Asheville, .has returned home. Miss Frances Smith will return this week . Mr. Eli Jaekkson of Elloree spent Sunday in town. Miss Helen- Morgan, of Greenville. ? C, is the guest of Miss Bess Hood cm Main street. Miss Morgon is one of the maids-of the Confederate Vet eran Reunion. . Mr- J". W. McKiever received a ra diogram this morning from his daugh ter* Mi^K^ that she ex pected to land is New York today. Miss Katie has been engaged in Red Ctosb work in France for more than a year. r Mr. Robert -Witherspoon, of York, a well known Sumterl man, is in the city for the week. Mr. Horace Emerson, for many years the commercial agent of the At-1 lantic Coast Line in Sumter, has de cided to sever his connection with the railroad service and will enter the life insurance field as special agent of the Jefferson Standard Life in connection with the general agency of Mr. W. B. Upshur. i Mr. Gilbert Flowers, of Fayetteville, Ark.,, a former Sumter man, who will arrive , in the city Saturday to visit his mother, Mrs. M. Flowers, will ad dress the Men's Bible Class of the ^irst Baptist Church Sunday evening. Mr. Flowers has recently been elected <lcan of the law department of Baylor University, Texas. Col. J. A. Brock, of Anderson, is the guest of his cousin, Mrs. Joseph M. Chandler, Mrs. E. C. Von Trescow, of Camden, is visiting Mrs. S> H; Edmunds. Mrs. Jas. M. Rogers, of Savannah, <5a.i is the guest of Mrs. W. E. Thay er, ;on .Liberty street. Mr. W. W. Cross, of Leeds, S. C, Mr; a D. Smith, of Union, S. C, and Mr, C, E. Waters, of Chester, S. C, veterans, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. O.^Barwick, and are attending the re union. j. Mr. E. J. Hale, Jr., of Fayetteville. N. ?C.^ spent the day in town. Mr. Hale, was until recently editor and manager of the Fayetteville Obesrv er.' a newspaper established by his grandfather in IS24, and for many years the leading newspaper in North Carolina, having at, the outbreak of the war in 18 61 the largest circulation with one exception?-the New Orleans Picayune?of any newspaper publish ed in the Southern States. Mrs. C. A. Isaacs, who has spent the j. ""winter in Florida, is in the city for a few days, en route to Freeport, HL, , where Hr. Isaacs is engaged in' busi ness. /. Mrs.. E. P. Ricker returned to the city Thursday, after spending grand opera week, in Atlanta, as the guest of Mrs. . E. Lv. Kerrison. Mi as Tillie Gruber, of Savannah, Ga?,. is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Walter Folsoxn. Miss Nina Odom,,,of Bennettsville, is. in the city on . a visit to her sister, Mrs. J. Doby Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Scott and Capt. W. E. Charles, of Bishopville, have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Scott during the reunion. Vnammous For School IlRX In the special. election held yester day to vote on the levy of an addi tional tos of 5% mills for school-pur poses, in School District No. 17?the City, of Sumter?103 votes , were cast and every one was in ?avor of the im position of the . additi^?! tax. Sum ter people believe in gr schools and are willing to pay for .. iv^n.. To The Confederate Soldier (To he , sung to the tumr of "Tbc Sunshine of Your Sniito.**) Dear ones who wear the precious hon ored gray. Our hearts are sweling in true love today. No other ones can take the place ycu hold, Sacred to you who for us nave fought. CHORUS: Give us thfi right to love you all the way. Give us the joy of telling you today, We praise the boys, the boys so brave and true, ^Through time we'll praise, into euter " , nily. r .. Bent arc the forms of thoss whom we so love. Dear faces shine with brightness from above, Our arms around them, hearts against their own, We follow where their dear feet have gone. \\> welcome you. we welcome you to homes that open wide, To boys in gray God given, our choi cest pride, While angels shout and mortals praise thy name, God bless and keep you in his dear, dear hand. X. Tliayer. Death. .Mrs. Emma R. Alston died at her home near Hagood Tuesday night, af ter a few days illness, as the result of a fall. The funeral services were held Thursday an& the interment was at the Church of the Ascension. Ha good. Mrs. Alston is survived by one son, Dr. Algie Alston, and a large fam ily connection. ~ 1 County Conven tion Resolutions The Sumter County Democrats Endorse Wilson Administration and De mand Ratification of j Treaty j I i - . .' i When the county convention had beeri organized and declared ready ,for business yesterday Mr. R. I. Man ning briefly addressed the meeting. He said that as he exjpected shortly to remove his residence from Sumter. he felt constrained to say a few words in way' of farewell to his friends and life-time associates, and he did so with a feeling of profound sadness and regret that the relations of so many years standing would now be severed. Since his twenty-first year he had been an active member of the Demo cratic party of Sumter county and had been a member of every county con vention, he believed, that had been held during that period. He said that | while he would live elsewhere he cx- :: pected to continue his business inter- j ests in Sumter and his heart would ' be ,here always, and that he w-ould retain his membership in Ward 1 club i as long as the party rules would per- j mit. In concluding he expressed his' -sincere thanks for all thai the Demo-I cratic party of Sumter county haa j done for him and for the imvarying; support he had ! received from * the j Democrats of his home county. Mr; Manning then offered the fol- ? lowing, resolutions: We stand for the enforcement of: law and denounce lawlessness, radi-i calism and Bolshevism. We stand j for restoration of peace and a return 1 to normal living, and to this end wc ' demand the ratification of the treaty: of Versailles and the covenant of the \ League of Nations, with such reserva- ; tions as will make clearer the purposes^ aimed at, but which will not nullify1: nor require . its re-submission. Wo. would regard the rejection of the j treaty and the League of Nations as a : national disgrace, making us a quit- j ter in the midst of a world struggle. j It would prolong the unrest and dis- \ satisfaction of a world now torn by turmoil and abnormal conditions. We stand for a national foreign j policy that will put the United States} in the forefront as a leader in rela- I tions with other countries in all ques- \ tions making for freedom, liberty, jus- i tice and righteousness. Without America the. great world j war could' not* have been won; with-J out America justice and pence cannot j be maintained in the work!. We stand for a wise, reasonable and just settlement of the issues between j capital, labor and the public, recog- j nizing the rights of the public as par- j amount to those of either capital or j labor. We stand for justice to labor. , but demand an honest day's work for! an honest day's pay. We stand for a more equal distri-; bution of taxes, so that the burdens of! taxation as a result of the world war will be borne equally by all in pro portion .to their means. We. stand for more work, greater production and greater economy in; national affairs. WTork and save should be the slogan in, order to reduce the high cost of living. We condemn! the inaction and par tisanship of the present Republican majority in Congress, which has fail ed to pass the great reconstructive measures now demanded by our coun try and which they solemnly promised the people at the time of their elec tion. We heartily nedorse the adminis- j tration of President Wilson. That ad-! ministration has put into effective op! eration^greater and more farreachingi constructive measures than this gov- j ernment has ever before experienced,! and the beneficial effects of which will \ be'more and more felt as the years' pass. We endorse, the action of the Am-! crican Legion in South Carolina and ! in the other fourteen Southern States! standing for the relief of the injured and the dependents of the slain and j injured, but oppose the bonus to the uninjured, the well and the ablebod ied. believing thai money reward would be unwise and would lanrish ithe lustre of the unexampled heroism, self-sacrifice and service of those who; in this crisis, have saved the world, mankind and civilization. ? The last paragraph above with drawn, alter discussion.) Mr. If. C. Hnynsworth moved thai the5 resolutions b<- adopted by a viva voce. The motion was seconded. Mr. George D. Levy said that, he heartily endorsed the resolutions, with the exception of that having ref erence to the American Legion, but this he could not support for the rea son that the American Legion was a non-partisan and non-political organ ization nnd the' effort of the .members is to keep it out of polities, conse quently the members prefer that no reference be made to it as an organiz ed body by a political party. Per sonally he was opposed to the pro posed bonus and therefore not antag onistic to the sentiment of the resolu tion, but he felt that ? the resolution (was not in line. With the policy of the j Legion to keep as far away from po litics as possible. Mr. Manning said that nothing was farther from his thoughts than to sug gest anything that would bt> unwel come to the Legion, but that he offer ed the resolution as an expression of approval of the record of the South Carolina Legion and of the similar ' record of the Legion's of fourteen other Southern States. Mr. L. D. Jennings said that he did not believe chat. many members of ithe convention had given this matter j of a bonus to soldiers much thought ! and it would be wise to go slow in j taking a stand?it would be better tc j hands off at this time and leave the j'iuestion to the State Conventions or j the National Convention, j Mr. E. W. Dabbs, Jr., said he was i not in close touch with the Legion, i but he could see no real objection to i the resolution as it was simply an en dorsement of the action of the State j organization; but if it was in conflict j with the policy of the Legion, there i would be no sacrifice of principle if i no action was taken. Mr. W. L. Mc Cutchen, when called on expressed j similar views. ? Mr. Manning rent! the resolutions adopted by the executive committee of the South Carolina American Leg ion in reference to the soldiers' bon us, which were endorsed by the reso lution he had offered. He brifely re viewed tho record of patriotic and dis tinguished service that Southern men had rendered in the World "War and said that the stand they had taken iii respect to the bonus was in keeping with this record of unselfish service. He said in conclusion that the rec ord spoke for itself and that if the members of the organization objected to the adoption of the resolution, he would, withdraw it as he had no pur pose to go counter to their wishes. The section of the resolution refer ring to the American Legion was ac cordingly withdrawn. The remainder -of the resolution offered by Mr. Man ning was then adopted: by acclama tion. The following resolution offered bv Mr. Manning and amended by Mr. L. D. Jennings was adopted by acclama tion : In county and State we stand" for better salaries for teachers in pub lic schools and in State institutions, helieviag that this will secure more efficient teachers and promote cduca- j tion. We stand for the constant d?.- j velopment and greater and greater i efficiency of our educational system, j We stand for fundamental improve-; nent in our tax system. "We stand! for construction of permanent hard j surface roads. Amended by Mr. L, D. Jennings: We [ endorse the . plan to construct a sys-' rem of permanent hard surface pub-; lie highways in Sumter county ar.u ?! endorse and recommend that the pro-| posed bond issue of $2,500,000 be vot-j cd by the people of Sumter county at ?ho election to be held on .May tlth. Rose-Wilson. On Monday evening May 3rd, at th:' parsonage of the First Baptist Church.': Miss Sarah Rose and Mr. Barrett p Wilson were united in -marriage by; F'.ev. W. E. Thayer. "pastor of th bricd, in the presence 01 a few fr'ehd5: and relatives, among them the groom'* brother. Mr. Tom Wilson. Mrs.- Wilson is the daughter of Mrs. W. L. Rose, of this city. Mr. Wilson was originally from Winston-Salem. N. C, but now connected with the Lime Cola Company of South Caro lina, being general manager, with headquarters at Orangeburg. S. C. Immediately after the ceremony the couple left for Spartenburg to attend the nrus/ie festival at Converse College They will a!so visit the groom's par !cits at Wmston-Salem,, N. C After May 15th they will be at home at Or iangeburg, S. C. j Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are very pop ! ular in Sumter and have many friend?; i who will wish for them all happiness. MARRIED I Mr. Barret Wilson of ?rangeburg. and Miss Sarah Rose were mar ried at the parsonage of the First Baptist church at 9 o'clock Mon day evening. Rev. W. E. Thayer per j forming the ceremony. I Ted Cross Notes Although the work of the HoiriC Service Section of the Red Cross ha: been extended to civilians, the work for the service and ex-service men still goes on and many aplications arc ; made to the office, Of the Homo Scr ' vice Section l>y former soldiers aud j sailors for assistance in handling ! their problems. The Red Cross re ceives first-hand information regard ing all government matters of inter :*st to service men. and is in a posi tion to give out this information, i The Home Service Section is jus: j in receipt of information that the bu reau of War Risk Insurance has dis: posed or the great volume of accunv ! uiated work incident to the war ;irl ? period of demobilization, and ball ; reached .?!. current basis. Receipts for I insurance premiums can now be sent ? to service men and ex-service men j promptly, and all ordinary letter? about insurance^ can be answered j within a few days from the date of j their receipt hi the Bureau. Rapid progress is being ma le in completing adjustments of those al lotments and allowance accounts of ; former service men concerning which 'confusion arose during tb?> Great War land period of demobilization. Tin I Bureau is rapidly cleaning up aT! leases. Every complaint is given cufct { ful and painstaking attention, and tin Bureau expects to make satisfactory adjustments of all outstanding eases ?in the near future. STRKE TALK I IN MEXICO ! i i - Revolutionists Say They j ^ Can Defeat President j Carranza By Big Geh-j eral Strike j _4 ? I Agua Preita, Son or a, May 4.?J A general strike is the potential; weapon possessed by revolution-: ists against President Carranza, j according to the revolutionary! leaders, who said it would not be used except as a last; resort. OVERALLS IN PMAMENTl Maj. Newman Announces that| He Will Wear Working i Clothes In Commons i ? ? - ? j _ t \ London, Eng., May 4.?Majori STewman has announced his inten-j Uon to wear overalls in the House of Commons. SOUTERNH SECRE- f TARIES MEETING _ i ... ?. ?. j New Orleans, May 6?Transporta- j tion-vand agriculture were the sub-| ject of today's program for conven-! lion of the Southern Commercial Sec- j retaries' Association. MILLION DOL LARS MISLAID -! Atlanta, May 6?The shipment of ; $1.050,000 from the Sixth Federal! Reserve Bank to the branch in Jack-: sonville recently went astray, but wa? j finally located and deln-ered safely, '? the posial authorities; announced. I -:-, Married. i Mr. Bennt? Hatfield and Miss Myrtle j Sullivan and Mr. Charles S. Hatfield; ihd Miss'Minnie Louise Green, all of; Onriingtori,-were married Sunday af-i ternoon at the Presbyterian manse by. Rev. J. P. Marion. i -f The annual Memorial exercises, will be hcld: at Stateburg on next Mon-; day afternoon, May 10th, at 4:30; o'c ->ck at the 'Church of the Holy, Cross." The public is invited to at- ( tend hese exercises. - OBJECT TO MOV ? ING MONUMENT Claimed by the City Couucil I That Present Location Obstructs Tarffic I _ I Greenville, S.C., May 4.-The United Daughters of the Confed eracy have announced a referen dum against moving the Confed erate monument from the puhjic square, the city council having claimed that it obstructed traffic. I BIG GRAFTER IS ARRESTED California Fruit Deafer De-! frauded Government of $400,000 Los Angeles. May 4.?Depart-! ment of Justice agents have ar | rested William F. McShane, Pres-j idcnt of the Southland Fruit; Company, charged with fraudulent > transactions Juvolving, according; to the agents, four hundred thou j sand dollars. - i STRIKE AT CLEVELAND Street Car Employees Vote to ! Quit Work Unless Wages | Are Increased Cleveland, Ohio.?Street car! motormen and conductors voted to j strike at midnight tomorrow, when the company offered a less j wage increase than they demand.! A. number of chauffeurs also! struck. i ANARCHISTS IN PROVIDENCE Providence, R. I., May 6^?Federal agents are on guard at the. old custom, house and federal court building as. the result of a warning that an attempt migJht- be made./to. blow, it up. . WOOD VICTOR ' ...... . c Military Cairdf&fe ?ar ries the Republican Primary By ? L?*?& Majority I Baltimoie, Md., May Wood defeated Senator; ?X^ns by a majority of 7,809 voiisg the Maryland ?epab?ca? Presi-,. dential primary, according practically complete returns. Revolutionists Hare , Half His Te?ryWii out a Battle Belief was shown, in-dmciaL 3&e when it became known, rez, Mexico Had gone,?er; revolutionists, peacefully,.^ believed this action remaved^go tential international daoger.. $he rebels have succeeds taking half of Oarranza's tenitory^f out a battle. The,.plans, revolutionists are ; ?to'"" pr? Torreon through Chihuahua and then attack Mexico city. ARABS RAID British Detachments In P o f Cg ives :o Jerosalem, May 4^Beckra^OT?^ tachments recently raided Jepg8??Lfi driving off a larjge number -pi [ tie. British fteoops-w^ ?tro/\ [pursuit. ' nU 5 '.- ?-. ST?HES TO TT< Rattiesburg,' Miss., Hay -, ?r-?ke \ Hercules Powder Co., . of Iteteware. [has purchased one hujadred acrea^of [land and leased one hundred thousand [mere as the first step _tpwartiv es^b- | I lishing a. factory for the .e^r^?tton ^ I of turpentine and' pine" otl_*fr?m:'ifmie.,'>T' j stamps. .?-jr.*&* ?c.'.: ii i - -1?:?itr-n Requires care in selection of Hat, Suit, Tie, Shirt, Belt and'Shoes. Of course, you think of all these things when you need them; but it's our business to have them ready to hand just when you come for them, and in such pror fusion and variety, that your taste, ?s well as purse, will be suited. We make a study of these things, and the best the market affords has been assembled for you. / Of goods in every department of a complete store for 1 clothing and furnishing; goods.that are priced right and backed by a life time of fair, square dealing?satisfac tion or money back. The Biggest Stock In Eastern Carolina The D. J. Chandler Clothing a HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES 14 North Main St., S?mter S. C.