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ME. McKIEVER REPLIES Farther Diseussions of (the Con ditions at Lighting Plant EditorSumter Daily Item: ?Bepiying. in part, to Mr. Brown, the cit}* manager's letter; in the Item, of 24&y 14th, because of my letter to ."-.-. epuncil regarding conditions at the power statiohl I will state that I did not accuse Mr., Brown of being capa ble of operating the lighting plant itpr would accuse him of being capa ble -of operating the water plant or v any other'department of the city. So far'as my knowledge of his ability he .may be able to operate any one or all or none. [<cl However. I do assert that he is em ployed by the city as city manager and . he ."has repeatedly in official notices in the Xtem signed his name with that ? tili* after his name. " Such being" the ?case it is to be supposed that the title carried or should have carried with / ?" it a general supervision, under direc Hg&cn of council, of all the departments and affairs.of the city, except health and possibly the police departments, an even touched them more or less and that it was his duty to see that they ^cere operated efficiently and econom ic?lry'hy the managers in charge, and - if this was not being done to call it to S the attention of council if he could not /get results so council could act. ^^^^^Ifurther assert that it is not nec < eSsasy for a successful manager to be - ^ an ^tpert in even one department or eyen have a passing knowledge, al though, if he was an expert or had Siich .3tnowIedr? it would lighten his Sanols. AH that is required is that the person who would successfully fill the position have plenty of common sense id itioW what is required and *"\pre-: vpst something being put or "lini, ability to" ask questions, s^.ticieifit 5^iftgment fo^ digest the information tJttjaobtained to get at the facts, and ?Uf?cieh't go to put the job over. A3, to. whom is due the.blame (Jt knycn?) "for the poor service and the conditions at the power plant I do hot know. That I have asked council to determine. When I went to .the plant to find out whether or not ^1? should continue to depend on power fr?ret the station' or install my own plan::, not finding Mr. Olsen there, I inquired of Mr. Brown what was the V^uble and he told me the motor on the /circulating pump had burnt out. J did "not go there to examine the plant nor did I do so. The only thing t^aiy. was that the -: circulating, pump conid' be operated by either steam or Electricity. S*atiirally I asked why tfe htean end was not being used. He " ^pH^/tft'at;^'w?s\worh out, but that ;t^^ !had tried to get along with it and ?tfrEt it finally gave out about half past t^e^re the night before. It was while ^|^iag.,^ith htm that he furnished the, i olormatron that the other big en gine was inj condition to run except for A he-, belt" being apart, and that .in replyv to my inquiry as to how long it ^d?s in. that condition, he did-say two aonihsv He. did not - say two or threje wee*: as he now. claims. Mr. Ois&ji hs?Tsipee.. infbrhied me that it . lir&ir ca5n<> loose about* six weeks before and that he-had it repaired and that itfl came loose again a second time about two . weeks before. Evidently Mr. Brown did not know this nor did he ... correct me about the length of time, when I criticised it being allowed to be in that .condition for two months. Evfe dently also failed to acquire that knowledge in the course of the gener al supervision that he admits it is his duty to give. 1 The grounds for the charges of in > efficiency and carelessness in my let . ter to.Council were based upon infor mation, given me by Mr. Brown in re piy/to my questions. If the informa tion was correct- then the charges ren?st be sustained, if-they are not the charges will fail and I will gladly re tract them. It was also upon this in formation that I said .it showed poor management. T did not charge him or any one else with being responsible. I 'dp not now undertake to say who was to blame. He. however* must have felt in some way to blame for he replic*! that he was managing^he best he JcneW Y ow to, which I replied that I*ciaimed-it still showed poor manage ment. It was then that he remarked that be .objected" to. bein$r criticised. He having taken my criticism person ally, I e?uld only assert my right as a citizen and taxpayer to tell him - T wo?t3 criticise him or any one else when I believed I had a just cause. Mr. Brown is correct as to it bei:\g necessary to leave one lap of the belt uncemented until put in place on the engine. >. When this information was given I had not seen where the belt had to pass under and over the ce mented floor and as a consequence was mislead into making a charge that I have since told Mr. Olsen was groundless and will so tell Council wher I appear before fhem. I woul dask. the public to suspend . judgment either for or against any I one conected with the city goverr -) .jnent until a complete investigation is had and the full facts are at their dis posal. If the facts brought out by a thorough investigation show that every thing that could be reasonably done .by competent management had been done then.the management should be exonerated from all blame, just as \ readily as.it should be condemned ;f it is shown otherwise. Every true citizen should give a square deal even to their officials as well as to expect it. I am sure Council welcomes this investigation as well as the public and we' should all remember that while we elect men to office to do certain things that we as individuals can not <io &ir duty to them does not cease with " casting our ballots, but having placed heavy responsibilties upon their shoulders we should at least silence captious criticism and petty fault-finding even if we will not unite with them by calling to their attention such things that appear to us as wrong or as affecting the city's inter est for better or worse. This motive was the cause of my letter to Council as much as anything etsfc As regards the eventful suc cessi"nl venture of the city into the ownership of its lighting plant, I have I WILSON CHARG ED WITH WASTE Republican Investigating Com mittee Presents Partisan i i Report ! .'Washington, May IS?The Republi i cans charge reckless waste and ex j.tr?vagance and condemn the govern jmenCs entire war time nitrate pro jgram. The Democrats, defend it and j charge partisan bias by the raajoriiy lin the reports presented to the house j by the investigating committee. Re ? publicans blame President Wilson for I the nitrate'program, entailing the ex jpenditure of about $116,000,000. Dissension In Ne braska Convention I Bryan's Brother Serves Notice of Bolt Unless His Dele gates Are Seated j Omaha,, May IS.?Nebraska Demo erats are meeting today in State cpn i vention. William Jennings Bryan is absent, but his brother, Charles W. Bryan, served notice that unless the Lancaster county delegation is seated he Anil leave the convention. (_?_ ? Letter" From Capt Phelps The following letter from Captain "A. C. Phelps, dated ' Liverpool, May 4th, was received this morning. The friends of Capt. Phelps will be glad to know that he is* enjoying his long ? stay overseas. May 4th, 1920. Just a line to tell you that your is,r sue of April 21st reached me this morning, just 13 days-from Sumter, which I consider most excellent time. Am glad to see the" agitation for good roads; am sorry I will not be in Sum jter-to help in the good cause: if the j people could only see the. roads in [ this country and the loads that can be hauled by teams I think they would vote the necessary funds immediate ly. ' ?m leaving for the continent to night and I hope I shall receive as fine treatment there as have received in England. Everything, except tobacco prod ucts are much cheaper here than at home and one can put his feet up on the rail of an Ameican bar at just about. 1-1-6 the-cost-of the "Potheen" in Atnerica. Hope you are O. K.. With kind re ? gards. Yours sincerely, ' . ' " JA. C. Phelps. . P. S.?This place is full of Ameri can cotton mill men?many-of-them selling the next crop for forward de livery. The market is de,ad, for spot cotton at ^present, due to the fear of a strike of the Lancashire workers. . -;-;-_ Marriage License Record. -.- - White: T. W, Nichols and Miss Edelle Bark ley.. Tind?l. Robert S. Smith and Miss^Laurr-. Cv Cutter, Sumter. J. D. Weake and Miss Maude Strick land, Olanta, S. C. ... Colored: / ' . Alma Washington and Annie McAr thur, Brogdon.. . Johnny, Brown and Annie Wright, Sumter. . Robert Jones, Darlington, and Ro sie Zimmerman, Syracuse, S. C. Briston Daniels and Victoria Jef-: fer son, Mayesville. .-Earl Burgess and Molina Wilson.! Sumter. Claude Small and Elma Wells. Pine- j wood. [ Petition for Half Holiday. I ? : _ j A petition is being circulated by the [clerks of the retail stores of Sumter j j to the effect that they be granted a, I half-holiday every Wednesday after- j noon. They ask that all stores close at 2 p. m. on Wednesdays from the first Wednesday in June to the last Wednesday in August. A few of the leading merchants! have been seen and they seem to be! favorably disposed toward the pro- j position. All of the merchants will j be seen in regard to the matter and annouz*cement 'will be made later as to their decision. Washington May IS?Responding to telegraph appeals. State and Public Service Commissions, are working with the Interstate Commerce Commission to relieve a practically nation-wide ?freight congestion. no doubt as long as we have at the head of its government its present mayor or a man of similar qualities and character, for he has never failed ^s far as 1 have knowledge in the thirty years I have been in Sumter. to successfully put over the top whatever h?- undertook, whether in studying law j under great disadvantages while a youth, down to the other day in as sisting in putting over the two and one-half; million dollar hard surface road bond issue. Yes, he has. and will I continue to make mistakes, being iiu- J I man, but the only effect of his .':iis I takeR has been to cause him to re double his efforts and profit by them. I have not heard of his making the same mistake twice. In conclusion I would request that any one who has personal knowledge, either in favor or against tb_e man agement of the power plant to be present at the next meting of Coun cil to testify, or if they know of on<j j who has such knowledge that they j give in his name of the party to tWoj clerk of council. Rumors are worth I less and not wanted nor are com-] plaints about poor service. We all j know that is a fact and is acknowl edged by alL What is wanted Is in-j formation that will determine wheth- j er or not the management is to btamej and wherein the service can be im- \ proved until the new plant can be; completed. Respectfully, J. W. McKiever. May 17th, 1920. STATE AID TO i HIGH SCHOOLS i_ i ..-? ! More Monev Needed to Meet the Increase Of Teachers' Salaries Columbia, May 17?Xo better index to public school conditions, progress, land needs can be found than that af f forded by the status of the High [Schools. For the pupils -n the seven 'elementary grades the goal of youth iful ambition is admission to :h.^ I eighth grade. The colleges find their ! recruits among the High School g?-ad I uates. The four years of secondary training constitute, therefore, a 'piv otal point in the State's educational system. * In disbursing to the 132 high school districts the State appropriation of $175,000 the inadequacy of _he ap propriation was the first problem to J demand attention. The deficiency was ? the direct result of the more liberal [salaries for teachers and of the heavy 'enrollment of rural pupils, j The salary schedule authorized by j the law has risen from $55 :; month* j for the scholastic year 1 91 (>-l 7 to $ 110 la month -for the scholastic year 1 <?:??? |'21, a clean gain of 100%. The strong ! er high schools in the large.* cities jand towns are exceeding the Slate maximum in the program f?f*- ne:i# year. The increased ??r.co.ne m'-thos*' districts is being raised from increased local taxes. An annual-salary' of for efficient high school teacher rcal jly provides only $<5 for twelve months. ( The increment- of $45 r'or a second year's and $90 for a third year's ser vice in the same situation is far below the corresponding figures for well supported schools in South Carolina and in other States. The bulk, of the teaching must be done by these as sistants; hence it is imperative,-to in sist on personality, scholarship, train ing, and ?>perience if high school students are to be held in the class rooms. Gefteral accpetance of this minimum ?standard by boards , of high school I trustees next year will require approx imately $140,000. I Every high school now employing (three or four teachers ought to main |t:.in this'corps. The amount allowed i for this service during 1919-20 will j>robably increase about 25 per cent during 1920-21. Such growth will re quire about $45.000. The tuition paid by the State for outside enrollment of high school :pu ptts during the. scholastic year 1919 20 was scaled 3*2.8 per'cent. The to tal amount earned was $45.048. The exhaustion of the appropriation nec essitated payment on the basis of 87.2 per cent. In no case was tuition al lowed for a boy or girl enrolled from a home district maintaining a recog nized high 'school. This group of outside students num bered 2,462, of-whom 1.951 qualified for the tuition allowance. The remain ing- 511 serve to make up the average of fifteen high school pupils per teach er-or were ineligible because of resi dence. The experience of recent years indicates a rapid and gratifying de velopment in this feature of high school service. While the location of the majority of these high schools is in towns and cities, the growing num ber of purely rural high schools . is j significant. The Rural Graded School law has brought better organization to nearly a. thousand districts. Hun dreds of pupils from ninth and tenth grades of rural schools with three, four or* five teachers will be seeking ninth, tenth and eleventh grade in struction in neighboring high schools i ?next year. If this group of pupils I should number 3.0?0 during 1920-21 the. schools in which they enroll ought not to be made to.suffer because of this service. This policy of the State tuition was inaugurated in 1919. The payment of tuition for the scholastic year 1918 19 had to be made on the basis of 4 2.2 j per cent. The high school appropria tion for the current year was largely j increased by the Legislature, the scal ing was again necessary in 1919-20. If this item next year should call for $60,000 the amount woul*n not be ex cessive. The investment, moreover, would reach and help one of the fin est and most deserving groups of high school students. Communities that had to drop their high school classification because of influenza and other handicaps will seek restoration to their former classi fication. There are. perhaps, a dozen such districts in the State. The possi bilities of the. centralized high school are interesting several populous sec | tions heretofore too much "split up ; into small districts. A half dozen more t cf these co-operating communities would greatly strengthen the rural schools. These two elements will re quire an expenditure of, perhaps, :$ 15, 000. This analysis indicates the need for $250.000 or $260.000 in* the high .school during the scholastic year 1920-21. From the data now available it is! difficult, if not impracticable to calcu late'exactly the cost of the eighth. | ninth, tenth and eleventh grades, in the State aided high schools. This* cost is supplied only in part from di rect State appropriations. The re mainder of the money is derived from regular school funds or from local taxation. The teaching corps during the scholastic year 1919-20 was made up of 536 full-time instructors, with 33 part-time teachers. The State sup plies an average of only $326 per teacher. Existing salary schedules, therefore, indicate that two-thirds of j all high school expenc"~?res must be \ derived from other sources. The total enrollment was 11.829. The! per capita cost from State funds was. therefore; less than $15 per pupil. The total cost hardly exceeded $45 per! pupil. This tandard is exceeded in j most of the States of the Union. In the best school systems the high i school enrollment ranges between ten1 and fifteen per cent. To reach this standard South Carolina will have to double the number of her.high s^^pl pupils. Progress now is substantial I and gratifying. It needs to be. accel- \ erated, rather than retarded. " > "NICKY" ARNSTEIN [ Sketch of the Notorious Bond Thief Now On Trial In New York -; New York, .May LS?Jules W. I Xic- ! ky) Arnstein, who surrendered to dis- ; trict attorney in New York last week, j after being sought by the police of two i continents, and who was placed cm : trial yesterday in United States court1 in New York, as the alleged head of a j band ~f swindlers who. by connivance j with bank and brokerage messengers, | I are said to have stolen from '$1.500.-; 000 to $5.000.00(1 in bonds and other' securities Crom Wall Street firms, is; the husba) of Fannie .Brice. an act- ; ress. who he married in 1917. He dis appeared fron' New York, where; he maintained two lavishly appointed j j apartments, besides a country home . at Huntington. L. ly on February 12 \ last, since which time he has been re- j ported in various' parts oi" the country j or on the eve o? "surrendering" to the ! authorities. j Arnstein is the son of a New York ' business man and is 42 years, old. The ! police, say he is ?s well known in France ?ud England' as in the United States. He is a flashy dresser. Once, when' arraigned in court, Jne appeared in a blue serge suit, a polka dot necktie and a pink silk shirt. ! Eight years ago Arnstein was ar rested in London and extradited to New York for swindling William E. Shinks, of Springfield. Mass.. put of $15,000 by,means, of worthless stock. Sentenced to two "years' in Sing Sing prison, Arnstein served less than a year. Six jtthers members of the gang were later arrested in San Fran | cisco, Tokio and Baltimore. I Shortly after Arnsteins disappear ance last February, a Federal judge in New? York issued an order enjoin ing. 500 or more banks and depositories in the metropolis from disposing of any" money, stocks, bonds or other se^ curities Arnstein might have on de posit in them. He was known to have six safe deposit boxies in various pub lic valuts. According to the police, Arnstein, together with his associates obtained the stolen bonds' and .o^her securities from the messengers and runners artd took^Uiem to various cities where they were put up as'col lateral for loans. The boys or men who committed the thefts received less than one-quart *r of their value and. in some instances, nothing at all. More than $500.000 was 'said to have been "buried" in Canadian banks iri this way? About .$750,000 is said to have been traced to Philadelphia, Washington. Baltimore and Cleveland. Assistant District Attorney Dooling. of New York, who has been'.prominent in" the investigation . of the Arnstein case. t said that in four months, from Optober. 1919, there had been more than 500 bond ,robberies, ranging from $500 to $17S.0OO/a~d that most of them were "office" . job?, that is. j doned by employes of banks,and brok j erage houses. He said the- "system" j had connections in every large city in the United States. Bonds stolen in Cleveland, Chicago, or San Francisco, he declared, were forwarded to fences in New or other cities who put them up -as collateral for loans. "Hidden strings are being pulled." declared Bernard .J. McGinn, manager of the claim department of the Am erican Surety Company "through un derground channels which seem to undermine most of the financial dis trict. Leaks, it seems, are .taking place within' stock exchange houses and it looks as- though an organized intelligence service is in operation." Arnstein's name, according to the police records, came into prominence in the case last February in connec tion, with the arrest in New York of j Joseph and Edward ?Gluck, two i brothers; also Herbert and Ru dolph Bunora and Edward Furey, bank and brokerage" messengers in Wall Street. He was specifically charged with receiving $42,000 worth of Crucible Steel certificates, stolen from a New York brokerage house. Some of the prisoners stated that Arn stein and his alleged partner, Nicholas Cohn, for whom rewards of $2,500 are offered, had received from them and disposed of more . than $2.300;000 worth of bonds and other negotiables. Shortly after Arnstein's flight last February,. hearings were held in the Federal court in New York to have him adjudged 'an involuntary bank rupt. It was there charged thai "hisj assets consist of many thousands of dollars.". A few weeks later, a New York lawyer, who said he was counsel for the fugitive, reported he had "met \ MISTRIAL IN GREENVILLE! _ j Jury Fails to Convici Jake Gos-j nell for Murder of Hendrix Rector ? Greenville, May IS.?A mistrial re-: suited in the ease of Jake Gosnell, | charged with the murder of Sheriff.' Hendrix Rector July 4th. last year. I PALMER HAS OPPOSITION One Faction of Pennsylvania: Democratic Organization Fighting Attorney General ! < -: Phialdelphia. May 18?Delegates to | the Chicago and San Francisco con ventions are being elected in the Penn sylvania primaries today. Attorney General Palmer is opposed for presi- j dential endorsement in fhc. Democratic . \ primary . by one faction. The League of Nations. j ; Manchester, Eng., -May* 12?Lord. Deading, J^ord Chief Justice of Eng ! land and former Ambassador to Wash- | j ington, talks hopefuly of the prospects > I of a League of Nations. : .. - j "Whether the League becomes a j ; weapon for the preservation of peace, j or whether it withers and dies does.' i not depend upon the government, or j j statesmen or politicians, but upon the I ' peoples of the member countries,'7 he j i told the Manchester Chamber of Com- j jmficc. "In time to come, if the pub- j .lie pi the various countries will put! their heart and soul into it. we may J ,: eventually arrive at a. stage when war j ; ni>ghr be regarded as a thing of the 1 .'past.'* - r Lord Reading said the words . of ! Washington's farewell address were ! treasured by the American people "as [perhaps never had words of man been j treasured." This he cited as illustrat ; irg the very strong and conservative Uradi?ohs of theJ United States which 'i'he asked his audience to'take*into ac j count in considering the present A m I crican attitude toward the League. ; Quite an excitement was caused : out in the third ward at noon Tues i day when the tenant house at" 111 ! South?Purdy street, occupied by Katie ! Butler, caught on fire. The fire de i partment was on hand and sucqeed ;ed in putting out the.fire before it had [ gained any headway, only; the roof being damaged by the fir^. All of the ; furniture was saved by neighbors. The i cause of the fire/is unknown, but prob j ably) ca tight *frbm. the kitchen flue. ] Arnstein if\ Cleveland* and . that he j had told him he was'?innocent" of the j bond theft .charges and would sur j render if bail was fixed at $35,000. He ?* said. Arnstein had rheumatism and 'feared imprisonment in^a cold, damp ; cell in the Tombs if more than this ! amount of bail were demanded. He j said Arnstein had told him he had I won $18.000 in a crap game in-Cleve land and lost $S2,000 the next night t in the same place, j The bond thefts,. which have been j going on for months in New York, j took a tragic turn in one - case. I Benjamin M. Binkowitz, a messenger I employed by Richard C. Whitney. & Co.; bankers and brokers, who disap peared in August. 1919, with $178,000 I worth of securities, was stabbed to j death and his body left alongside ai I road near Milford. Conn. Arnstein I i and his associates have not been con- j ! nected with the crime. The police, inj j working on the Binkowitz murder said j I it was committed by the same band which participated, in the killing of Barnet Baff, wealthy New York poul try merchant, in November, 1914. During the bankruptcy proceedings, David W. Sullivan, of D. W. Sullivan & Co.. a former brokerage firmS of Washington, D. C, stated under pro mise of immunity, that his firm had obtained- six hundred thousand dol lars worth of bonds from Arn stein and Cohn during the past year, all of which, he believed, were stolen. Sullivan said he tried to break j away.from the pair but that Arnstein! said: '"You haye gone this far with usl and if you do. I'll kill you." Among! the numerous arrests made in bond | theft cases in New York, from time^ to time, were tbos'e of James Keane' and James Haines, two private detec tives from Montreal, who are held as ?material witnesses in the Tombs. " K rENNESSEE WO MEN POLITICIANS) Women Democrats and Repub* licans Hold Joint Con vention -Jh 1 _ f? ~X: - .:; ? Nashivile, Tenn. May 18?The Ten*, lessee League of Women Voters, with;..; prominent women representatives of: joth political parties present^ opened. i two-day session this morning. CHICAGO LABOR FEUD 5* ?.??> :; Head of Stock Yards Labor Council Fatally Injured In Fight Chicago, May ;I8?John Kakulski* head of the Stockyards Labor Council^ is the latest victim of labor feuds. Hef-j? was beaten and shot and his wounds^ may prove fatal. ? : ?" _ ? m SOVIET PLOT m$ IN FRANCE Radicals Planned to Establish a Bolshevik Government as / Result of Strike Paris, May. IS?Soviet rule would have been established , in France if the revolutionary strikes on May 1st had succeeded, the police assert, say ing that they have obtained evidence, from docum.G-i.ts to this effect. PENROSE MADE USE OF SIMS Republican Boss FormufeUs? the:% Slanderous Charges Against > The Navy Washington, May 18-~Senat?r B?if ; I Penrose and not- Admiral Sims origin ated the basic charges against '-?thd Navy Department, contained in- Ad miral Sims' letter of January 7.. Sec retary Daniels, asserted before the in vestigating committee* today. SUGAR PROF ITEERS INDICATE? Ray City, Mich.. May 18?Two sugar brokers have been indicted, cltargra with violating of the Lever act, Republicans Are Framing Platform I Washing'-ton, May 18?Will K Hays; {National chairman of the Rep_blican j party, began conferences with Repi-Sin- -- j lican leaders today, which may 'h?ye . an important bearing on the platform " I declarations. ? - .- . j TOBACCO DEALERS PROTEST TAX Washington, ' May 19?President Eiselohr assured the tobacco mer-: chants' association meeting here that tobacco and liqi >r would not bp b_r ied in the same grave. He protested;.; \ against further-increases in taxes on tobacco products. INDIANA EN- W> DORSES Wn$g? _________ ? I ?*. Indianapolis. May 19?Indiana Pe rn ocrats who are gathering to ejjet delegates to San Francisco are.: -fx-/ pected to endorse President WUsph'sjl administration, the le- .*s declare. GEORGIA RAILRO CLERKS STRjfp ' Atlanta May 19?Union clerks in freight offices of the Central of Geor gia Railroad are still out. in a half dozen cities. OHIO TOWN SHOT UP Toledo. May 20?Six men shot up the main street of Delta, . Ohio, wounded one nian. invaded a bank and LUMBER Flooring, T | Brick, *1 1* Locks, ?? Lumber^ Buildings Hardware Casing, Plaster, Grates, ~~ ? fT* Mouldings, Fire Brick, II if m ISaws, ^ . Frtimli? Lumber l ire Clay, Matenal-^*1** F ailltS, Ulfs lied Cedar Shingles, Sewer Pipe, Hammers, 7 ? Vino and Cypress Shingles. Stove Flue, "Door Hangers, Metal and Composition Shingles, Terra ??tta Thimbles Carpenter's Tools, Doors. Sash and Blinds, Mortar Colors and Stains ' Paint Brushes. Porch ColuTMns and Ballasters. Water Proofing Mineral, Paints aud Oils. Beaver Board, ? t Corrugated Metal Roofing, Inside Decorations, Valley Tin and Ridge Roll, Asbetos and Composition Roofing. Calsomincs and Cold Weter Paints, WIRE FENCING, IRON AND WOOD POSTS EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE Booth & McLeod, Inc. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA