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; Wffi Consult With Party Lead ers As To Policy WILL MAKE OPEN ING SPECH SOON! yShis Address Will Outline His Ideas and Inaugurate Cam paign H runem ' f \ - Washington. June 17.?Senator B?rding"-.will -soon inauguarate a se ries of information conferences with the leaders of the various party groups. The decision was under stood to have" been reached yesterday at a^ meeting with his supporters. In vitations to the conferences are ex pected to go out immediately. Friends said today that Harding planned to ^ keep in mind the views of the party :3 leaders as expressed in the confer ences when he prepares his speech Y formally opening the Republican campaign. L -? Tied to Rairoad Track Robbers Commit Fiendish Out rage in Missouri S Excelaion Springs, Mo., June 17.? fireorge Underwood was placed in a dial here today. minus his left and foot. Posses are seeking o men who Underwood said robbed and bound him to the railroad. Un :$sEjrwood managed to free his right arm and leg just before the train ran -ttfcer him : " SUMTER DEFEATS OLANTA. Team Rluns Wild in First Game of the Season. The Sumter Gamecocks opened their season at the Fair Grounds on Wednesday by romping on the fast teani from Olanta to the tune of 12 to ?. It was a" great opening day for Sumter. The- fans turned out and fill ed the large grandstand and over flowed around the diamond, while the tesam covered themselves with glory. Por the first two or three innings it looked as though there was going to b^ A: tight game. Olanta brought"t>ver "Chandler,' who..was in the South At lantic League, Thompson, an old P. C. star, and several other expeirenc ed men and there was every prospect of a tight game. In the third inning, however, Netties, pitching for Olanta, went " up in $be'. air, ana before he could come down again, Sumter had been to the bat 11 times and scored eight, runs. Purdy started off the in ixrns witti a nice hit" and was folio w ? ^ edK'by McDowell and Crawford, who were both safe. ' Then Spann picked out a good stick and clouted the ball oaer the left field fence for a flean three bagger, from that time it was x walkaway for Sumter. Nettles' of- j ferings were easily solved and the! j Gamecocks hit at will. T> " game tightened up later, though, and .Olanta semed several tunes to be in ' a good position to score but McDow ell pulled himself out of some bad holes by his nice pitching. Lenoir did soniie nice work for Sumter, in fact every man showed up well and' the fans are now sure of a team this! summer that" they can put up against; any team of its class in this part of the woods. Thompson did. well for Olanta, handling some hot ones ori second and doing well with his stick. OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER GE$- I ERAT:. Columbia, June 15.?A state office that has "lately, attracted a' consider : able amount of attention is that of Comptroller General, because of the fact that the present incumbent, Rutledge L. Osborne, resigned and there was for a number of days no candidate for the office and there is only jme candidate now. Two men announced for the office but one of these has withdrawn, leaving the field clear to one, John L Rice, of Columbia. -Because of the fact that -the" salaryof the office is small, the cost of campaigning heavy and the duties of the office exacting and aif ficult there will probably. not be another candidate. Joseph Murray, of McCormick, an nounced a few days ago that he would be in the race for the office. Today he withdraws this announce ment, irith the statement that since \ Mr. Rice is a candidate he will not| run. This leaves the race open for Mr. Rice. Mr. Rice is a young man, a law yer and secretary of the state tax commission and is familiar with the tax machinery of the state. His; friends consider him a good candi date for the office. The office of comptroller general pays $3,000 a year. Mr. Osborne, who retires at the end of this year, stated that his decision to retire was made necessary by the fact that the busi ness world offers larger financial at tractions than does the office. There are very few aspirants for state of fices this year, due possibly to the fact that there's no money in poli tics." The only office for which there are any new candidates at all are that of lieutenant governor, with three aspirants, that of adjutant gen eral, with one new candidate beside the incumbent, who offers for re election, and that of comptroller gen eral, with Mr. Rice as the lone candi date. Chicago, June 18?Chicago's gang war was renewed today w?th the shooting and killing of Paddy Ryano by five gunmen, who fled in an auto mobile. Ryan was one of those held in connection with the recent mur der of a labor leader. 4. " FRANCE, PAD TERRIBLE PRICE Final Official Casualty List Made Public By French. Government MORE THAN MILLION MEN KILLED To Save Their Country and ; Civilization From the Bloody Huii, 1,362,872 Frenchmen Laid Down Their . Lives on Field of Battle Paris, June' 17.?The final official statistics fix, the total number of French soldiers killed during the war at 1,362,872. : Meeting of Funk ers Association Many' Good Addresses at Ban quet at the Palmetto Build ing The bankers pi group seven of the South Carolina Bankers Associa tion were entertained by the Sumter braheh by a banquet at the Palmetto building Tuesday evening. The meet ing was called to order by Chairman George B. -Bicker. The invocation was offered by Dr. Fred K. Hirsch. The address of Welcome was made by( Mr. Horace Har'by, after which sever al instructive and entertaining ad dresses were made by prominent bank ers; Mr. E. H. Fringe, Jr., vice presi dent of the Bank of-'Charleston, C. G. Rowland, president of the National Bank of South Carolina, of Sumter, A. H. Baxdley; from.the Federal Reserve* Bank at Richmond, and Hon. T. G. McLeod, attorney for the Bishopvillo, National Bank made talks which were well received by the guests. A very delightful menu was served and after the banquet came the election of the officers for the ensuing year. Mr. W. R. Scarborough, cash- r .of the Bish opville National Bank, was elected Chairman. * Mr. J. A. Murray, cash ier of the St. Matthews National Bank, was elected vice-chairman; Mr. A. M. Broughton, cashier of the Peoples Bank ^of Sumter, secretary and treas urer., Those elected for . the executive committee were: Mr. W. E. Atkin son, president of the Planters National Bank of Orangeburg, Mr. J. D. Bell, cashier of the Carolina National Bank of Columbia, Mr. L. S. Trotti, presi dent of the Brokland Bank, New Brookland. Mr. R. E. Marchant, as sistant cashier -of the Palmetto Na tional Bank of 'Columbia .was elect ed a member of the executive com mittee of the South Carolina Bankers' Association. - Mr. L. D. Jennings was elected a member of the nominating committee of the state, asociation. After the banquet, tickets were dis tributed to those desiring to attend j the dance which was given at De Bdrme's Roof Garden. New Name for Moose Bolting Republicans Will Call Themselves American or Peoples Party Chicago, June 17.'?The American party, or the People's party will be names to be presented by the com mittee of 48 as the designation of the proposed third party which is to meet in Chicago July 10 to nominate a presidential candidate. Poles Being Driven Back Bolsheviki Continue Advance on Northern Front Bondon, ? June 17.?Russia^ Bolshe viki forces have again advanced on the northern Polish front, according to a Moscow wireless. * Vehicles for Guardsmen j?? War Department Sets Aside Six Thousand for Their Use _ i Washington, June 17.?The war de partment today set aside 6,000 vehi cles for the National Guard." The al lotment includes automobiles, trucks, motor cycles, bicycles and trailers. Thomas Elected Secretary Executive officer of State High-! way Commission Appointed Columbia, June 18.?L. H. Thomas, has dbeen elected {secretary of the I State Highway Commission accord- j ing to an announcement made herej today by A. B. Langley, a member of the commission and chairman of the committee authorized to select the executive officer. Mr. Thomas is an expert accountant and for thirteen years he has been connected with a big lumber.-company in Florida. He is a native Columbian. He will assume the duties of office July 1. London, June 18.?The condition of Major General William C. Gormas, former surgeon of the United States Army, is much more serious than his1 friends have heretofore been willing to admit. It was reported several days ago that hope for his recovery had been abandoned but h'e rallied, but he is still dangerously ill. T?RKS VIOLATE AGREEMENT Fire on British Troops Who Were Retiring MANY WOUNDED Warships Ai<J in Treachery by Shells Constantinople, June 17.?The Turkish nationalist troops attacked Wednesday the. British J ndian tropps on the Ismid tront, who were retiring under an agreement with the Turks. The Turks wounded 30 and captured the officer. Reinforcements have been sent to aid the Indians, while the warships kept attacks off by shelling. . Fifty-seventh Annual Commencement of St. Joseph's Academy, 1863- .. 1920. On Tuesday evening, June 15, 1920, the annual commencement of St: Jo seph's Academy was celebrated at the Academy of Music. The carefully prepared program presented was among the most enter taining of the many that have been enacted during . the years past. To Miss Eulalie Kirkland -was given the salutatory and to Miss Myrtle Lee Fitz Gerald was awarded the honor as val edictorian of the graduating class. Both of these selections were well written, and rendered with ease. The program opened with the chant "Our Father," by the entire student body'of St. Joseph's Acauomy. Following tlus the graduates were awarded their respective honors by the Rev. J. F. Mahoney, assisted by the Rev. J. D. Quinn. - The music department contributed' their share to the entertainment of the evening by the rendition of several difiicult but well mastered'selections, including the "Polonaise," Chopin, by Miss Eulalie Kirkland, "The Magic * Flute," Krug, by the Misses Eulalie Kirkland, Margaret Heidt and Cath arine Warren, "Papillon,' Grieg," by Miss Kathleen Spears, and "Second Efide," Rubenstien, by Miss Kathleen Spears. This last selection is the sixth' most difficult piece that has ever been composed, but the manner in which Miss Spears, rendered this composi tion, memorized in six weeks, shows the result of earnest effort and good instruction. After the recital the class poem, "The Two Rivers," was recited' by the m?'e graduates, to the accompani ment of soft music. A chorus com I posed of the entire high school de partment sang, "Tho' Barcarole," "Belle Nuit." The junior chorus "Hark Tis the Cuckoo," a little song and drill was performed very gracefuly by the ju nior class. , Miss Mattie Smith read an interest ing account of the origin, duties and customs of the Vestal Virgins, an an cient form of worship by the Greeks and Romans, who, by means of keep ing a fire burning from year to year in a temple in charge of the Vestal Virgins paid tribute to the goddess, Vesta Mater. The Virgins entered in the dim light, and by means of Sybil's commands performed the vestal rites. The scene was peculiarly impressive because of its solemn and graceful movement, in the beautiful interpre tation of a scene of worship of centu ries past, v The entertainment closed with a beautiful "Butterfly Drill." The cos tumes of various bright colors, turn ed the stage for a few moments into a veritable flower garden with danc ing butterflies. The Rev. J. L. O'Brien, a distin guished clergyman and the founder of the Bishop England High School of Charleston, S. C. closed the program with am address in which he com mended the en ire school' for their part in the program, congratulated the Sisters of Mercy for the wonderful accomplishment in the graduating classes, and wished the nine gradu ates much success, and a hearty "Godspeed." Honors were distributed as follows: Roll of Honor for the scholastic year, won "by Miss Hcrmyn^ Mitchell. Deportment gold merla! won by Miss Eunice Jenkfns. Church history gold medal won by Miss Susie Lanier. Christian doctrine gold medal won by Miss Dorothy Bray. Arithmetic gold medal won by Miss Arlie Mae' Barnum. Perfect attendance gold medal won by Miss Camilla Du Rant. A gold medal was awarded Miss Eulalia Kirkland for improvement in music. A gold medal was awarded Miss Marie L. Bultman for improvement in music. The Remington Typewriter' Co.. of Now Ycrk city awarded t> Miss Mar garet H?>;dt, their gold medal for pro ficiency in Remington typewriting. The net averago made was 58 words per minute for ten consecutive min utes. The same young lady also won the medal for excellence from the Degan Co. ^ *The graduates of 1920 area Academic course?Miss Myrtle Lee FitzGerald, Miss Eulalie Kirkland. Miss Catharine Vardelle Warren. Miss Gertrude Gillis. Commercial course?Miss Margaret Winifred Heidt, Miss Mary Anna Bowles, Miss Genevieve Kathleen Schuler, Miss Maude Inez Bateman. Piano?Miss Kathleen Spears. _,_ Montreal, June 18?American Fed eration of Labor today authorized na tionwide campaign to organize tele- j phone operators. Organizers will be gin work immediately. j Galveston. Tex. June IS?Federal,! State. County and City Officials will begin war on rats here today follow ing the death yesterday of boy, from what physicians diagnosed as bubonic plague. T7 PENS?COLA WILL DESTROY RATS Great Drive Started by Agents of Health Service FEAR BUBONIC PLAGUE Docks and Other Infection Cen ters To Be Examined Pensacola, Fla., June 17.?The campaign to exterminate the rats from the docks here as a part of the movement to combat the sp: ead of what health officials have pronounced bubonic plague, started today with the arrival of a corps of expert rat} trappers and fumigators sent here by the United Staj.es public health ser vice. _-N Flour Mills Burn in France Great Loss of Food Stuffs At Meaux By Fire MeauX,- France. June 17.?The great flour mills here are in flames, all hope of saving any of them has been abandoned. The loss will reach several million francs. Women's Clubs in Annual Convention Hearing of Reports y Constitute First Day's Business Des Moines, la., June 17.?The hearing of the reports from the vari ous committees of the general fed eration of women's clubs formed the main business of today's session of their fifth, annual convention, now in progress here. Hunting For Duluth Lynchers First Arrest Expected To-day? Grand Jury Investigating ~ Duluth, June 17.?The. first arrest for complicity in the lynching of the three negroes here Tuesday night is expected today. A special grand jury meets to investigate the charges against me 14 negroes in jail in con nection with the assault on the white girl Monday, which resulted in the lynching. FIRE BUG IN NEW YORK Five Fires Yesterday in the Ten ement, Section New York, Juno ,18,-r-Five fires within a half mile area started here today. Detectives are searching for a fire bug whose activities are thought to be responsible for the driving of 700 scantily dressed tenement dwell ers into the street. Record Breaking Purchase of Hogs Mayor Jennings Buys Large Stock For His Local Farm The biggest sale of hogs ever made in South Carolina, privately or pub licly, was recently made by the Du io? Hog Farms, of Carters\-ille, when they sold to Mr. Ix D. Jennings, of Sumter, over ?ir>,000 worth'of their I I hogs. Included in this sale was a yearling boar for which Mr. Jen-1 nings paid $1,000. Mr. Jennings now has a hog farm on, his place near Sumter that, is complete in every way. All the buildings and equipment are the most modern that can be had, I and with the stock that he is acquir- j ing, Sumter county can now boast of j a hog farm that is as complete as any! in the south. Secretary Reardon of the Chamber: of Commerce is preparing to organ- { ize booster trips in 'the interest of the j tobaco market.. | PARR SHOAL DAM BLOCKS RIVER Federal Government to Insti tute Suit for Removal of Power Company Dam SERIOUS FOR COL UMBIA INDUSTRY Government T.^es Position That Dam is an Unlawful Obstruction of Navigation (Wyatt A Taylor.) Columbia, June' 17.?Of serious in terest to every part of the country will be the outcome of the case against the Parr Shoals Power /Co. of Columbia, in which the - federal government will try to have the Parr Shoals dafrT removed from the Broad river. United States District Attor ney Frank H. Weston of Columbia was yesterday ordered by the depart ment of justice at Washington to in stitute suit to have the dam remov ed, the allegation being that it inter feres, with the navigability of a riv-pr, the Congaree into which the Broad flows at Columbia. If the govern ment wins this case it will set - a precedent which will likely mean the ruination of" many other, power plants of the country. Mr. Weston was asked today as" to what his course would be in carrying out the orders received from the at torney general at Washington, and he replied that he could not state at this time. He corroborated the fact that he had been ordered to instituta the case in equity, but he will haxc a number of contjerenres with govern ment officials, it is understood, be fore he takes any step in the proceed ings. He will probably institute in junction proceedings. The Parr Shoals Power Co. ope rates the large electric plant at Parr Shoais station, 30 miles north of Co lumbia. This plant furnishes power for the city of Columbia and for a number of other points in the central part ot the State. Its removal would work ruination to the industries of the capital city, and the winning of the case would mean the removal of dams at other points on the same sys tem of waters, it is stated. Dr. John A. Rice to Leave Sumter Goes to Dallas to Fill the Chair of ?ible in Southern Uni versity It has been announced that Dr. Jno. A. Rice, for some time the pastor of the Trinity Methodist church of Sum ter, has accepted the chair of Bible in the Southern University, Dallas, Texas. Dr. Rice expects to leave for his new field in' September. Dr. Rice is a graduate of the Univer sity of South Carolina, class of '85* and has been in the.Methodist minis i try since his graduation. He has {made an enviable reputation for him seK throughout the South as an ora jtor Bible student and preacher. His church in Sumter is one of the most successful in the Methodist confer ence and his leaving will mean a great loss t > Sumter and , South Carolina. The Southern University in Dallas is one of the most vigorous of the Meth | odist institutions. It was established about eight years ago and now has an enrollment of about 1*000 student? and is a decided force in education I in the Southwest BIG FIRE IN SANTIAGO All Cars of Street Railway Sys tem Destroyed Havana, June 18.?The Santiago Electric Light Railway and Power plant was burned here yesterday. All cars were destroyed. The loss amounted to $1,200,000. Work on the tobacco stemmery building is progressing satisfactorily and contractor^. J. M. Harby expects to have it completed for this season's business. Federal Clerks Will Be Dropped When They Reach Retire , raent Age of Seventy Years - .jS^JIB MINIM?N SERVICE FIFTEEN YEARS . ? '- ' i Such Employees Will Not-Be Given a Pension Washington, June 17.?Federal em ployes who have reached. the retire ment age of 70 years, and have: Ja?t given the minimum of 15 years' ser- . vice required by the retirement law must be dropped from the rolls, .. At torney General Palmer ruled- today. Such employes, he said, cannot draw: retirement pensions. New Zion Wants To Annex Another Clarendon County Township Starts Movement to Join Sumter County / A representative of the citizens of New Zion township; Clarendon coun ty, was in Sumter Wednesday to con sult with officers of'the Chamber of [Commerce concerning the ; calling off . an election for purpose, of annexing that" township to Sumter county. New Zion township is adjacent to the Tur beville sction which is now arranging to hold an election to join Sumter county and the New\ Zion people are reported to be strongly in favor of uniting with the Turbeville .people ah& holding an annexation election at the same time. The reason stated for the sentiment in favon of annexation i ?to Sumter county is that geograph ically that section should be a part . of Sumter county, that the people of that section are more closely affiliat ed in a business way with Sumter than with either Manning, Florence or Kingstree, and that they are an*- . ious to be linked up with ? coUhty that has determined to construct-at once a Complete- county system-' of good roads. State Chamber of Commerce E. 0. Black, of Columbia, Bitt ed President, A. V. Small, of Charleston Secretary Columbia, June 18.?E. O. Black, - of Columbia, was elected president : and A. V. Snell, of Charleston, sec^ !retary of the State Chamber, of Com mence, organized heie Thursday~&t?~ ternoon. The organization will work . for the interests of the State, es pecially commercially. * . The next meeting . of the State. Chamber will be held in Columbia in October and it is expected that there will be at least one hundred officers ; of commercial bodies present Tjb^e I officers state that this will be made a rousing meeting. All officers of . lo cal Chambers of Commerce' are ex pected to become members of the state chamber. ?. ? ? Comptroller General Wilbert W. Sutherland App$nt ed to Succeed Osborn# Columbia, June l?o?Wilbert , "V. Sutherland, chief clerk in the office cf the Comptroller General, was "ap pointed by Governor Cooper Wednes day afnoon 'as Comptroller Gener al to succeed Rutledge L?. Os'aorne, ." who resigned Wednesday morning, his res.igi.-atiion to take effect Jqjy. 1. * . Montreal, June 18"?Government ownership, with democratic* opera- J tlon of American Railroads was en de ryed today by .the American Feder ation %of labor affer ? bitter fight. Disorder interrupted the roll call sev eral times when the delegates of vari ous crafts divided on the votes. Ap plaus, boosting and hisses alternate ly greeted the delegation votes. LUMBER Locks, LumberS, Building?L Hardware MatemiS^ Paints, Oils Door Hangers, , Thimbles, Carpenters Tools, rs and Stains I*?t Bn,SL1C%, S| Mineral, 2^*22 ?* , u?,Qi wonfinff Inside Decorations, Cateomines and Cold Water PainU, RE FENCING, IRON AND WOOD POSTS . Ignoring, f f Brick, n ?v ^ r Locks, Ceiling, Siding, Casing, Plaster, Grates," 3IouIdings, Fire Brick, Framing Lumber, FirC Clay, Kcd Cedar Shingles, Sewer Pipe, Hammers, Pine and Cypress Sliingles, Stove Flue, Door Hangers, Metal and Composition Shingles,Terra 'totta Thimbles, .Carpenter's Tools, Doors. Sash and Blinds, Mortar Colors and Stains Paint Brushes, Porch Columns and Ballasters, Water Proofing Mineral, Points and Oils, Beaver Board, Corrugated Metal Roofing, Inside Decorations, Valley Tin and Ridge Roll, WIRE EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE Booth & McLeod, Inc. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA