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Daniels Flays Senate Naval Committee In Statement * -Washington, May 21 ? Secretary ^Daniels accused the senate, naval in > vestijr?ting committee of going- out ? side >? the originai controversy over naval"awards. He decfared that rhe ^ ^mniittee had given Admiral Sims an - opportunity to make an . ostentatious presentation of his charges when it rexrui:*edV him to produce his letter of ''criticism to the . Navy Department. "NEW LOAN GRANT- , ED RAILROADS Washington, May 21?-A loan of at least-$125.000.000"out of the $300. f+jff&M?- revolting fund to enable the railroads to purchase equipment is re ; quired to meet transportation needs. Jw&s today approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The New Ice Plant. - .- Work is progressing rapidly on the new plant that is being -built by the -^ Sumter ice aa^d' Fuel Company, on ; .East Liberty street, near the Moore rLumber Co. 'mill. ? ' " For some years the people of Sum ter have been in need of such'a plant to furnish, an. additional supply of ice And . he present plant is being built for^ti* purpose of giving the peopie . ice when they want it .and as cheap as possible. The plant will occupy .a : .traet of about three acres, the main; "building being 40 feet wide and 181 ? feet long, having a concrete and brick*; fCtradation, and' covered by a steel , roof, r . '-.r\ The ventilators and windows wTTi j ; Ce ma?e of steel and fitted with wired j .glass and as there will be only 31)0 feetj of lumber in the entire building thaj management will have no fear of fire. | Tbe building will be fitted with com- j 1plete and up-to-date machinery, the j capacity of ice machine being oil tons, every 24 hours. The plant will have-l a storage capacity of' 300 tons so there ' will be no danger of Sumter running I short of ice during the hot summer j ?..months. ^ - - j .The water for the plant will cor.no' from wells nearby which-are now be-j ing driven. It is expected that they] will be-about ?t?0 feet deep. This in-j sures a constant supply of pure water j "which is-very essential. ri './.] The building when ' completed will j cost about-$90,000. which is a largo j ?investnent for a town th'e' size of Sum-.! ter fo:- an ice plant. The Sumter- Ice] .and F*uel Company' also- eip.ect\Vto.j "handle? ccat. A spur track is being] ^aid to the yards and ample-coal binsi installed. - ?.] Spartanburg is making plans to eri-j tertain '200 heroes of the World War on Jujie 2, when the South Carolina unit.bf the Rainbow Division will meet j in that city. This will be the' first gathering of the men since they have been- mustered..out. . . . ITH1EE KILLED I - MANY WOUNDED ?? pisastroas Nitro-Glycerine Ex | plosion In West Virginia Si^?:-v;lle. W. Va.. May '21?rThree {men were; killed today and a number "of others are believed to be injured ! as the resi>!l: of an explosion of nitro glycerine near here. , i Semper Builders Kxehange The contractors, builders and oth < ers interested in building operations. ; in Sumtes were given .a-, chicken sup I Per at the People's Warehouse Thurs ? day night. After a very delightful; Wupper prepared under the direction i [of W. Vv. McKagen'and Lern Kins'J ] an informal meeting was held, and j i plans were discussed for the' organiz- ] ; ation of a Sumter branch 01 the Na-1 i tional "Builders Exchange. Mr. J. M. : ; Harhy acted as chairman of the j ["meeting and read several letters from : j the National Chairman which showed j [the necessity of such an organization i ! and the steps that should be. taken tb i ; organize. Mr. J. W. McKeiver made some j very interesting reniarks on the con- j ditions in "Sumter at present, and showed iha?. only by cooperation,; through such an organization, could; ?hc?e conditions be bettered; Mr.' Lern King told .>f some of tite < laws rhvi had been passed in this State for the protection of builders. I ar.d. showed how the proposed organ- i ?zarion could .work very effectively in the securing of better legislation along ! this line: . Mr. T. K. Siddall. told of the work \ of the organizations of whieh he was J a member and showed that good co-| operation instead of cut throat meth- I oJs W**s the only way for modern bus- ' mess to progress. Mr. Leonard roJd of the conditions! in other states -and how such organi.2- ; ations had been able to .correct many! evils and showed that it vcas., neces- \ saryv for Sumter to organize at once, j Throughout the entire meeting it was ! shown that it was for the interest of j the builder, labor and the eonsumer i "chat such an organization be put into j effect at - once. A charter has been j applied for and all present signed] applications /for -membership in the ! new-organization. j ? j Marriage License Record^ White: ! - O. 31. Patterson and Miss Lucile ! Trembley, Sumter.j Colored: , Albertus Shaw and Laura B^oadley, \ Ixlayesville. Josh Nelson- and Azilee Benjamin, ; Wedgefjeld. Pat Mcknight and Mary Snow, j Weogeneld. ? - The Hartsvilic cotton mill has an-I ncunced it its employees that they i would receieve &2G.63 on each $100; earned during the past six months uh- j der the industrial?-democracy piarf. ' j SAY GOOD BYE Rafting Creek Citizens Sign Pe tition for Annexation to Kershaw Pisgah, May 20?A birge and-' en thusiastic number from Rafting Creek a:et with the Chamber of Commerce jof . Camden last ev'eningv to consult 'about Rafting Greek Township-going tb Kershaw county. Addresses 'wer? I made by Judge M. L. Smith,"Hon. T. J. j Kirkiund and Hr. E. E. Rembert and : j others. . . " ' - Judge Smith extended, a most; elo | quent? invitation to come. Mr. Kirk ! land showed how to come legally. Pe I titions. as drawn by Judge Smith and j Mr. Kirkland, were signed at onco by ; ninety per cent of the voters of Raft j ir.g Creek, and the Changer of Com Liherce guaranteed all expenses paid. The cause of this movement is the belief, judging by the past; that we won't get any benefits of the bond is sue in our section. The roads through here are bad and we have never got our rights in fixing them: Only a, lit tle work now and then. Camden people turned out in num bers and gave us a most hearty greet ing. A nice lunch was served. So it looks as if we are going to say "Good bye'' to Sumtcr. Chain Gang Management. '? Editor Item-:;? Referring to-a statement in your is sue q? last evening from the Roared of Public 'Welfare relative to manage ment .of chain gangs and their loea-. t:6ns I would like to correct two im pressions .ifrat this report conveys. First, Tam in charge of all the chain gang camps, whereas, the re port would indicate that I am in charge of one camp only. I have a man in charge of each camp. There are Three of these. ' ' - "Second,-we... do not. usj^ anV water, | w hatever, obtained in and around' the I camp, except for truck purples; We j get all our drinking and cookm.r wat- ! er from Mr. Jacksoifs home, about; 300 -yards distant. V : I endeavored to make this plain to. ih(f inspector of the camps, but he evi dently did not imderstau 3. A. D. Thompson, Superintendent of Roads. Sumter, May 21st. 1920. -:?.-??:- j Dcalh. Manning, May 20?This morning; about four miles east of here, Thomas j J. Stukes>^died suddenly.'; He. was"\a?: driver, in 'the employ oi the Standard Oil Company and was*in the act of. 'delivering toil when' stricken. . ! A party".from here went out vand'j bought the. body in, arriving about j 3 o'clock. From the statements ? of' those present, death was from natural I causes. ; The deceased was about forty-eight \ years' of ageSj&n'd a veteran P'f-:' the ? Spanish-Amerfcaii war. Hie is sur- ? vived ?y&- wiff?xr ?nd^vV^S^lt^i^j sow ?? *: IN FLORENCE Superi-ntc&id&nt Tenders Resig nation Before End of Session \: Supt. W. L. Br?okor notified the Fl6r-en.ce- Schoo! Board Wednesday. rtiiai ho cduld r.otlonger serve as s? ! perinipndont enf the Florence City schools, his resignation to take ef j feet at once. I Professor Erooker published a ficng %atemenr of the reasons for his j resignation.1 The statement deals in f^ctaifjxvith all the criticisms .that hovel fbeen j%adc in regard to his** work. He answers ull such 'criticisms and shows i thai; his work has been very success [Tv.l since coming into office. Some of I the board have criticized the course of ? ?tudyf but it is shown in the statement j that the course of. study followed' is I that adopted by the State Cornmis i sion. of'which I;r. Edmunds.' of Su'ro rer, is a member. No action has been ! taken by the^b'oard- in regard to the. : resignation, but it is probable that it j will be accepted. ' ?rr1 State News of Interest Paul* Mayner. 1?, years of age, sor of Ledford Maynard, was struck by an . automobile driven by L. A. Odom, of Spartanburg, in front of his home near ? Cowpens, Wednesday. The'lad died at a hospital in in Spartanburg short - ; ly- after 'the r. .vijont. The" fatner of I the child evptc ^ed the belief M^at jibe fli-iMent xfa? unavoidable. ? ! The State Highway Commission has received requests from the special bridge commission of Beaufort, Jas per and Hampton counties asking for forms fdtifenaking application for fed eral aid*fb"r the construction, of. a bridge across the Savannah river, be tween Jasper county "and Chatham county in Georgia. ^ ; Mose Pingl?ton. negro eppky^'about ; 27> years old', was found ;dead *in his bed on Washington street ,iny Colum bia, about no?n Wednesday. rT)rere are no indications, of foul?.play and it is snpoSed that the death was caused by heart failure. Former Governor Ansel, of Green ville, has asked the members of Con gress from South Carolina *to give '.heir assistance in securing him ? place ori the International Boundary Com mission. The office was made vacant by the death, of Ex-Covcrnor Glenn, of X&rth Carolina. ?^G8fiprT*"or Cooper ahs gonef|? Wash ington: to deliver an addrcjjgf before the Rational Educational d^bference. 4^s.suhject will be "The Rural School and the Rural Teacher." Lexie Jones, negro worker on the Croats Jackson reservation, was killed Thursday when he attempted to swing "Tt 'l:- a fast moving army tr*ufc4C He f .-l under th^ heavy machine'and re ^?e^nftaT injuries. *"' '^-^ - - ^WOMAN'S'-LIT- i ERARY CLUB Closing Meeting-of Year Held at Mrs. Geo. D. Shore's j The year's work of the Woman's .LiTerary Club was completed on .Thursday afternoon at the home of i Mrs. Coo. D. Shor<\ The program was .as follows: iRpll. call. Name's and interesting . facts about'rivers of France. _ Reading, "Little Rivers * of Great' i Moment."?Miss Harrington., ; Gbunod, "Sketch ; of Ltfe'%?Mrs; ??'Hees. ? . . v;;C> ' ':;? ? Story/of Faust?Mrs. Walker. I Dumas, "pere et Dumas fils"?'{pa ' per)?Mrs. Furman. In addition to these numbers, and as a most pleasing and kppropriate ending of the study on France, t:hd I members of the Club were delighted ...to hear -Miss Katie MoSaevcr talk(on j Parish Miss McKiever nas just re j turned from France, where she serv j ed in the-American Red Cross. I She had many interesting experi i enees; has seen much of France, a nd ? lias a wealth of information .in regand j to.conditions now existing in this war I devastated land. It was .with the i greatest interest that her hearers _is i tened to her-most interesting and en J lightening address. j . Very delightful refreshment were i served by Mrs. Shore at the close of j the meeting. The club then adjourn ed until September, when it will. ,'be,-; gin its new work. Party for Mrs. Richardson Among the. social affairs of the wc;ek was the partv given on Wednesday j afternoon "by Misses Nhma and Nan I nie Richardson in honor of their j .guest, Mrs.'Henry Richardson,1 ?'of At-. : lanta. =- . -? ; . v In apartments, bright with spring j flowers, tables were placed ;for* bridge j and after the games were Over it was j' found that Mrs.. C. Anderson -was! ? the winner of the prize?lingerie 'clasps. Mrs. Wri!sbn Greene drey the 'consolation, a box'of powder, while ! the guest of honor was presented with j a dainty bit of lingerie, j Following the games a sweet course i was served. : Among those present, were. Mrs. j Henry Richardson, of Atlanta; Misa ; Guthrie, of Aichmond; Mrs. Percy I Smith, Mrs. Louis Williamson, Mrs. i Wilson Greene, Mrs. H. Witherspoon, ? Mrs. Horace Emerson, Mrs. A. J. By ] ntim, Mrs. Warren Burgess, Mrs. H. \ M. Crowson, Mrs. Wr. R. Phillips/Mrs. j Dozier Lee, Mrs. Moore^. Mrs. Joseph .'Guthrie. Mrs. C. B. Yeadon, Mrs. CL IS. Anderson, Mrs. Brunson, Mrs. H. j K. Bull, Mrs. EdwardvMartin, Mrs. i Morse, Mrs. Merrimanr -Miss Miller, j Mrs. Horace Harfoy, Mirs* Bruce Ly j.uam, Mrs. Riiey Br?dham,. Mrs. Hal Harhy'and Mrs. Leon Scott j The large Purcell warehouse in j Newberry was partially destroyed by j fire' Wednesday. Some stfpplies were Llost but the' entire loss was "covered t ^y" VrTs?rkficii'. -* . - ? -? ' - -\ - ? - Keep irate? Physicians imd ? _ ing their -friends'- to. k^.Tffceir purified and their: organ*. it worjriag; order; as -a pro^H/?r the return of i^utoz? -J that < clogged ijyer fsevoj-eelds, inJS^?k^ eomt>UeaH?)i8L; / /~V:>gl,; ' To!cu^*sJftb>^ a. c?M..oy^i; prevent; ? serious/ Cal?tah at. feediMe-;l^ water?tiatVatf-'* no- gnpiag/NW'V^^. .,. Next morning ^dur-^?ld your liver is acting** fisd and VefrjesnedT j fine with a neargr a fast. Eat rrvhaf 'Jow'p ?; Calotafc* "'are1' ??id sealed packages, ^ Every' d>H^t'?;%i your 1 monev-ii jott^?SC; deiiirhted- wit? Qtf * Books' Extension.^ States today - portunitres of? o^&t&ti matter, seifte? tibti of- better good booSsr'?re-m the ^BooTcs>Tdr;B -or'ttfe ."American; now tinder- Way- ihl Union. > ^in^c*^^ pasion ?f the c^unt^ are. other i movement. I ^To carry but fn^jt^r^.^ : ciati'pn\for the ! fund of >?,?^;^t^f?t not . through an-:'ihte^itft;^ my i^r^fc^Q^J^* .librae trjjjstee^TU " ries. Does It Pay.** boes it pay; t$??&x?.. home paper4? B&. lCvS*. lies it doei ?> JB& i#t^J5 the Item at atcQsxo?g$: $18 worth of ie?tqc;r still coming in. *@?r not have sold ogjjr^,. .... ^ot advertised, 3^H:,.yo^>; to saJly or ^ ?? - ,T to sen, or do you .^^^?^?& the people know thro^^-T^flM A venerable Su-? r '? ? * as spry as a/i^fe!., ed today thaih&^g^ at a frolic andTth^Dr/fl.^, o'clock! w^;- T&iA&Sfg?'-* Com/hencing Monday Morning and Continuing Through put ourKentire stock on sale at 20 per cent reduction "???Ui r >..'V.-.' -' ?5 '' AVe have not grown panicky, nor have we an unusually large stock for the season, This is only a nation-wde movemeijt ft *| .* ?'?"?*?' ? '?? ' ' ?? 1 '" y. -,-'? . ? v *-: " . .' " . . ' ?- ?. ? ?, ?? . ? ? i 1 ?" " ? 1 ?% ' ? '? ? ' ?? ?-" E?>j?-,' :?;.>?"? '? ? ?'/-i1'. / ? 1 ? . - ?' . , ? ? i .. .-. ? -if . * ? i ? . - ' : ? ? ? ? ..; f ;?hJ-.^'JtifC.^M . ' -*? . . among retail merchants, meeting a nation-wide demand for relief from, the unusual advance of all lines of merchandise the last few months. ; We have no reason to expect cheaper goods from, the manufacturers. Raw materials are no cheaper, pzfopi. conditions have not improved; but there is no reason for excitement. ? ?. - - V-. m:& The United States of America is a safe place to live; we have an abiding faith in our country and with our resources ready " to do what we can. ;?? ?a?gWMI .'u. ? >???:?" -T, ?-rr-^r-ia,.^i-rTr7~i. .?T-r-T.i-.-.r C=-1 -?~- ??? ??wi.vn ? i?mmm????? ' ?wirr? Mr?mi ? i ?T? mi ?"? I ""'i*' ?? ??? ?1 ? ma""^^mmmmatt'mwmm*m^^^T?mm!?mZ^'TZ^5Z!^? > ? : r" For.Four Days, MONDAY the 24th, through THURSDAY, the 27th, 2G per cent will be deducted from amount of your. chases. , n AVAIL YOURSELF OF THIS OPPORTUNITY -