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%M^jpm anil S?tiff) ron Entered at the Postofbxe at Sumter S. C:, as Second-class Matter. PERSONAL. Mr. &. P. Dick returned to his business in Charlotte after making : short visit to his parents in the city Mrs. T. M. Smith, Mrs. J. F. Mat his Mr. T. B. Kennedy an** Mr. J. E. Ken nedy left this morning for Ridge way, where they have been called tc the bedside of their sister, .Mrs. W. E Baxter who is critically ill. Mre. Isaac Strauss and daughte Eifefe , have returned fro ma visit t< Columbus, Ohio. Miss Leonora McKagen is a visitor in Columbia. Mr. A. Lake Brooks of Florence j? spending a few days with his brother in the city. Mrs. -R. IT. Witherspoon will be the visitor of relatives in Washing ton and in Virginia for several weeks. Mr. Walter E. Lea, a prominent !tobacco warehouseman of Timmons ville was in town Saturday on busi liess. j Mr. P. J. Gallagher left for Ashe vliJe, N. C, this morning to repre sent the local K. of C. council at the state convention of the two Carolinas. Mr. Hugh Brown spent the week end in Orangeburg with relatives. Mr. D. W. Allsbrooks is spending the day in the city today. Mr. R. H. Rollins, of Pinewood, passed through Sumter this morning while returning to the University of South Carolina where he is a student at law. Mr. J. SL. McCarter, state auditor, passed through the city this morning while en route to Moncks' Corner and towns of the lower part of the state.. Mr. Ed. Wilson left, this morning for Charleston after spending the week end in the city. Captain J. C. Lanham of Summer ton passed through the city this morning while en route to Wedge field. Mrs. S. W. Stubbs, Wilber Stubbs and Miss Kittie Stubbs are spending a few days in Sumter with Mrs. C. L. Stubbs, before going to Lake Juna luska to spend the summer. Mrs. Calvin Jones and step-daugn-. ter, Miss Mamie Jones, of Darling ton are spending a few days with Mrs. Carl Heidt. Mr. C. C. B*>ck and family went to Bishopvillo this morning to attend the funeral of Mr. W. H. Hearon. Mr. Hearon is the father of Mrs .C. C. Beck, Jr. The funeral was held this morning at 11.30. DEATH. Dr. Henry J. McLaurin died Satur day a. m. at 11 o'clock at his home on N. Salem Ave., after a critical illness of only a few days resulting from a stroke of paralysis. Dr. McLauriin had celebrated his S4th birth- j day, which came in the month of January, and had on that occasion; entertained at his home a number of j his old Confederate veteran friends. Dr. McLaurin was born in Sumter county and has Kvd here practically all of his long and useful life. He has been a consistent member of the First Presbyterian Church of the o'ty and at the time of his death was a Ruling Elder of that churrh. Dr. McLaurin was a graduate in medicine at the University of Vir ginia and entered upon the practice of his profession in Clarendon coun ty. At the outbreak of the Civil war he joined the ranks of the Con federate army as a private in the] Manning Guards of the Hampton Le-j gion. It was not long after his en listment until he was appointed Medi cal Officer in the Hampton Military family. He was afterwards appointed! assistant surgeon of the regiment un-j der Colonel Gary and by the end of the war he was surgeon for the Sev enth S. C. Cavalrv. He was present at the fall of Fort Sumter, and at the battle of Manassas and proved himself a gallant soldier until the. surrender at Appomatox. Dr. McLaurin was for a number of years Commandant of Camp j>:.<:. Anderson U. C. V.. of Sumter and has always showed the keenest interest in his old war comrades. Dr. McLaurin is survived by two sons and eight daughters. In addition to these he leaves a large family con nection and a number of devoti-d friends. The funeral services were held at the residence, 20S X. Salem Avenue Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and the body interred at the family squ tre in Wedgefield. Union, May 0.?Jesse B. Hix. after having been in failing health for more than a year, passed away at his home on East ??lain street a* 5 o'clock yesterday morning, and the funeral services were held this afternoon at ."> o'clock at the home, the services be ing conducted by his pastor, the Rev. J. F. Matheson. Mr. Hix, who for years was a weil known salesman and an expert book keeper, rendered excellent service during?the world war when lie served as clerk of the Union county regis tration board, which had charge of all mattei s relating r*o tie- selective 1.1 w. Mir. Hix was born in Union count: on October 2<. 1857. His father was Dr. J. E. Hix, originally iron: Vir ginia, and his- mother before her marriage was Miss Martha 10. Young, of this county. In his youth Mr. Hix attended the sohoool taught here by the late Judge D. A. Townsend. In isT". Mr. Mix and Miss Rebecca JWilliams, of Fair?eld county, were united in marriage, and of this union the following children were born, and with Mrs. Hix survive him: Mrs .! iP.ough Wallace, of Union; Mrs. M. M O'Shiolds. of Shelby. X. C: Mrs. ;i W. Edgar, of Union: Miss Martha E Tlix. who is an assistant cashier of a bank in Sumter; Walter Hix. of Lock hart; Daniel Hix. of Augusta; Mrs Samuel E. Barren, of Union: Mrs ;Grady Bethen and Mrs. R. B. Hum rphries, of Latta, and Aision Hix o this city. Several years ago the old e?t son, J. Preston Hix, died in At Janta. jHOME demon ; I stration WORK ' District Agent Issues Summary , I of County Agent Activities Florence, May ?April was a ban ; 'nor month of achievement and work i tor the woman's home demonstration ! organization in the Poe Dec district, in nearly every phase, Mrs. Frances V. Kline, of Florence, (listriot agent, shows in her summary of the activi ties of the month. This applies on the genera] routine as well as the .special work undertaken in a num r bei- of the most active counties of the district; In Stumor county, under Miss JCaro Truluck, a very successful milk j consumption campaign was staged ! from April 20-2$. Within these j three days 2,500 children were j reached through 3~> white schools and j 1.500 through nine colored schools. ; Miss Truluck is planning her fol- j low up work in the way of nutrition j j classes willen will In- put through: I tin- women's clubs. ; A very successful curb market | J was organized in Marion by Mrs. F.d- \ ! na McPherson. The market sold out j ! in a few minutes after opening. The' j business on the first day amounted to $31. The next sale exactly doubled ; j this sum. i During the month of April, the jCamden curb market sales summed \ up $487.79. Since this market was I formed in December it has handled ; more than $2,500 worth of fa inn pro duce direct from the farm to the con- ' sumer. The market is in charge < f | the "Woman's Council of Kersbaw county, and under the direction of j Miss Blanche Tarraht. The Chamber | jot" Commerce under Secretary Daniel; has supported the market a great; deal also, states Mrs. Kline. TThe Lee County woman's council j. was organized April 20 with Mrs. J. Whitman Smith, of Bishopville, as president. The women of this coun ty under Miss Janie Ketchen started | a communitv market April 21. Their sales the first day amounted to $$1.25. These markets have proved so sue- |, cessful where they have been tried i that nearly every other county in the <; district now is clamoring for sucht; markets. Indicative of this, Mrs. Kline has made dates to organize markets this month as follows: Ber keley county for May 11. Georgetown 13. Dillon 14, Williamsburg Di, Flor-', I once 21. S I A state organization of the curb j market system may be undertaken : the first week in June, when the short \ course for the county agents through out the state will will be held in Bock Hill, beginning June ::. One wo man from each of the women's coun ty councils will attend this short!; course. j j Mrs. Kline expects that the various ); woman's councils of the state will i: shortly take up the roads problem in | ? the state and help the men to provide I ?, ways and means to build adequate j | and modern highways in South Caro- j Una. If the men will not meet the ; issue, the women will, she says and if j necessary vote bonds, or whatov< r ' other adequate means may be pro- j vided. j Some particularly excellent work js ' reflected in the reports of many of the counties of this district. The \ summary for the district, embracing j the counties of Berkeley, Chester- ] field, Dillon. Florence, Georgetown, j : Horry, Lancaster, Lee, Marion. Marl-j t boro. Kershaw. Sumter and Williams- t burg, is as follows: T.<>2 consultations i - held, 52 women's meetings with at- < tendance of. 77J persons, 147 girls' L meetings wifh attendance of 1.S49 | persons, 5-1 community meetings with j attendance of 4,132 persons, L*::7j schools visited, 30-1 club members i visited, 157 others visited. 937 letters); written, 1.130 circular letters mailed ! out, S,109 bulletins distributed, 2.- j SS5 miles traveled by the agents by j rail. 4.7nf> miles traveled by auto, j 7.(Ml miles total traveled by all means. Death of Little Girl. j , Charlotte Virginia, the little nv< - : year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j, Henrv Moses, died Fridav after-I; noon at J o'clock at the home on S. Salem Avenue after an acute illness j of only a week's duration. The fn- j n< '-al services were held at the ! Jewish cemetery Saturday at five o'clock, and will be in charge of Bab bi F. K. Hirsch. Little Virginia was well beloved by all who had the joy Of knowing her. J She was an extremely bright and at- j tractive child and possessed a sunny j and lovable disposition. Ib-r circle of j friends was not only composed of lit- j tie playmates, but was made up also j of a number of grown persons whose j lives had linked with this dear little i girl. Tim sincere sympathy of all j friends is extended to the bereaved | parents in their time of deepest sor- j row. j Leo. Hashin Has Accident. Ceo. Hashin. who conducts a gro- i eery on West Liberty street, while re- j turning from Osw< go Friday in (his Ford car came in contact with r* j [sand bed and Cue results were a so Ivere head cut and several bruises.) j George says he "stepped on the | [Tin Lizzy" so to speak, and was go- | ing the gait of Barney Oldlield, when | 'suddenly (all accidents happen sal- i denlyj he plowed into the sand bed I land lost control. George is a Syrian, '.and consequently we can't quote his remarks which came forth as he was. I hurled into the air and the Tin Liz- j jzy came down on top of him pinning i him under car for several minutes, i jbut knowing tin- elasticity of George's j tongue we know he said a plenty, j j After a visit to the doctor and hav | ing several bandages applied to his iwoun<l>\ : b<- sj>?*ed demon says he's going to wait until Sumter county , 1 expends the majority of that three million dollar bard surface road bond t mbrey before stepping on the ac I celerator again. ?: Marriage License Uccortl, A marriage license has been issued to Mr. Edwin J. Early and Miss l>o cia L. Xealy of Charleston. ! ESCAPED CONVICT BACK AT WORK j Trusty Caught in Florence After Stealing Two Automobiles I Johnnie Garner, the negro convict ! trusty, who early on Wednesday j morning of last week hopped over jilit jail fence and rodet out of the city in a Porti, the property of Mr. ! C \Y. Brown, v.ars caught in Flor ence hy Policeman G. W. King on Tuesday nigh!. Plorenee got in com [ munication with Sumter and the. re Iquest was made that the negro boy [bo. held iiuii! he could he identified ? ...... ;as our, Johnnie, l-.ng.m- .let [fords and Mr. Brown motored over (to Florence on Wednesday and brought the \><>y back to Sumter. I The Ford vvbb ii was -abandoned at Tiiumonsville by .Johnnie after it had 'given out of gasoline, lie managed i<? beat his way or. to Florence where his mania for Fords again -o-i>:* ?1 him and he took possession <-:' a ear of that make belonging to ;L prominent j doctor of Florence. This was lie; I step which caused his arrest. This j negro boy lias to his credit the known theft of four Ford automobiles. Me j is somewhat suffering from Ford o mania. Johnine stated that he did not [ know why he had run away and that he was sorry. He is being carefully j taken care of jus; now and is putting j out much hard labor with an addi tional chain or two clinking on his legs 1 - Three Men Arrested For Illicit Distilling: Caught While Operating Still in! Pinewood Section I i _ Jack X. Ar.lis. J. K. Griffin and T. \ 1>. Weeks, three men of the Bine- j wood section, were arrested Thursday; day and placed in jail in Sumte? after ] having been caught in the act of op- j crating a SO-gal Ion whiskey still | which was located on what is known { as Pine Island. The finding of the i seil! and the arrests of the men who were operating"!*! has Keen placed to the credit of Special Revenue orii eers Coleman, Kelly and Pegues to- \ gether with the indispensible aid giv en them by Policeman Minis of j Pinewood. In addition to the destruc- i lion of the still and mash and the arrest of the men, the officers confis cated a Ford automobile, sacks of : saga;-. 2 rifles and a pistol which] were the possessions of the brewers. Twenty-rive or thirty s'iots of warn - j ing were fired by an unknown part:* ts the officers approached the neigh- j borhood containing the still but in mite of this warning the officers man- ! I igt d to cross the streams, crawl through about a mile of thick swamp and catch the operators as they tended the still. These ihre men are being held as [ United States prisoners. Sec. Reardon Explains Terse Answer to Critics of Yes terday's Mass Meeting Secretary Reardon said today that several parties had remarked to hint -hat "'there were this thing and that hing that ought to have been done yesterday's meeting." etc. The secretary replied thai yesterday's meeting was called for the OXpl'OSS purpose of men who knew what ought to be done to get up and tell it. That there was ample) opportunity for those who knew to suggest anything irid they ought to have suggested it. Among other things that the pro moters of the meeting had in mind was the *\jtieHtion of what do we want to do first, and then how to do it.*' It was kind of "look ahead meet ing"? and while in bis opinion we may benefit by experiences of the oast, including failures and prosper ity of every conceivable kind.?that Lhe main thing now is to try to lind out what we ought to do this year in order to avoid unnecessary suffer ing in the future us we are not living in the past, nor altogether in the preseid. but must look to the future as well. Will's-Stoudenmire. A pretty but quiet wedding was solemnized at half past three o'clock Thursday afternoon, May 5th, llv event taking place at lhe Voting Men's Christian Association. Nor folk, Yn. The couple were Mr. liar- ; ry E. Willis, formerly of Rome. X. | V.. and Miss Nettie A. Stoudenmirc, a daughter of Mrs. Maggie C. Stou denmire. and the lata Rev. Joseph M'. Stoudenmirc of Orangoburg coun ty. S. C. Mrs. Wilds, nee Stouden mire, has mad?- h? r home at Norfolk. Va.. for the past year with relatives, holding a good position. The groom i in a promising young man ami Chris tian worker connected with the V. M. i'. A. work of that city. The young: couple were united in marriage by the Rev. F. B. Sehriner of the Pres byterian churches of Portsmouth! and ocean View. It was a very j beautiful affair. The room was taste fully decorated with flowers; The bride wore a dress oi brown uiffeta. ;. i! and hat to match. She carried j h large bouquet of brides" roses, it j being a quiet wedding .only the fol lowing were present: Mr. S. . Lind b?v. assistant general secretary of the V. M. c. A., and best man: Miss Kate Ruthger. matron, bridesmaid, Mr. Port Fenn. general secretary. Mr. | R. M. Sehriner. office secretary, Mi". [Paul Obst, physical director. Mr. , j Hobt. Laranzo. assistant physical di rector, Mr. H. H. Scott, director of 1 hoys* division. Mr. AI??- .Wilson. Mr. j Torn Miller. Mr. M. F. Pevcras. Miss plattie Taylor and mother. Mr. and .Mrs. F. A. -lone-:. Mrs Charles Metz. Miss May Murray and Mrs. M. Walk ! er. 1 The bride and groom were present ed with a very tine silver service by I the staff of tin- V. M. <'. A. workers. iThe young couple will make their home in Norfolk. Mass Meeting of Chamber of Commerce j Discussions Cover Many Points. Minute Men Club Organized. ; Plans Made to Entertain Greenville Boosters. Good Roads Question At a mass meeting of the Sumter [county chamber of Commerce held Thursday afternoon at :i o'clock in the Girls* hifch school auditorium, there were present about 350 men forming an audience having a repr? sentative from practically every vo cation and profession of ihe city and count}*. All businesses of the city ( were closed in the afternoon as -i cooperative measure ami in order thai all business and professional men of the city jni^hr assemble in a "wake up and get together" meet ing. No specifically great or mo mentous thing was immediately ac complished ai tin's meeting but cer j tainly it must b<- classed as a meet.- j j ing inspiring hard thinking and earn- \ fsi reflection on many of the pres mt day problems of city and county, j and in this fact lies the accomplish- ] ment of the purpose for which tins j meeting was called. The opening remarks were maTsj by I>r. E. s. Booth president of tin-! Chamber of Commerce and acting a*$ | chairman of the meeting, who stated { the object of the meeting. Dr. s. 11. Edmunds made an ad-! dress, showing tin- necessity for or- j gunization and cooperation amor.;.; i the business men of the city and of the county especially just :.t this time. i Six minute talks were given by ; Messrs. It. B. Belser. II. C. Hayns- j worth, C. .1. Jackson and J. Frank i \yilliams on "What We .Wed." Mr. ? Belser struck a note of optimism for! farmer and merchant, stating that] the intelligence of the entire country I was at work on tin- present situation j and thai the answer to the problem J would be found. our present j cramped financial condition was due to the tieing up of our ready money in the 1920 cotton crop. Tais strin gency will at some date be alleviat ed. Mr. Ilaynsworth stressed the im portance of not looking for outside help but of looking to ourselves and our own resources, lie stated that we had our answer at hand. Mr. Jackson plead for the union of the men of tin- city and county showing how each needed and was essential to the other. Mr. Williams gave the citizens due warning of fakers who would cap italize the boll weevil situation and would attempt to sell all sorts of worthless and useless remedies. He gave a few simple remedies that would hell? stating that the final rem edy for the destruction of the weevils was as yet undiscovered. Ten minute taiks were heard from Messrs. 1). I). Moise, M. Goldberg and 1'. (.1. Bowman. These gentlemen had the privilege of speaking on any subject tiny deemed best. Mr. Moise .'-rated that he thought one of the curses of this part of the country was the borrowing of too much money. He smted thai there were numerous opportunities for success within reach of all. He told of the importance of fostering those things which are best adapted to our soil. Mr. Bowman charged tho citizens to take courage and not to be down hearted. Mr. Goldberg brought before the meeting the plan for the organization of a minute men's club for Sumter and Sumter county, showing the pur pose of this club and the need 'for same, To date tho names of about 50 prominent citizens have been atflxed to the club roll. The club has as its aim the getting of at least 150 or 200 men who ate willing to line them selves together ami work for the good oi' the city and county. Plans were made at the meeting for tho entertaining of the two hun dred citizens (if Greenville who are to visit our city on May 17th. Mr. E. 1. Beard oh, secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce, stated that he had received letters from this business men's league of Greenville, and that they had expressed the desire to see Sumter and meet her people. H was?' up to Sumter to keep her reputation for hospitality. It was decided t" raise necessary funds by subscrip tion to defray the expenses and to give the visiting boosters a warm welcome. Arrangements were made tor furnishing them w 'i supper on the nighi of their arrival in tho city. Most instructive talks were given by Mr. T. B. Young, president of the Sweet potato Growers of South ?"!ur o'.ina and Air. Jeffords. who is a forage crop specialist. These talks were greatly appreciated ami truly furnished much sound information.. Mr. !:. B. Belser brought Kp the matter of tin- meeting endorsing the establishing of a marketing organi zation for Sumter counts- whereby an | adequate market could be established for tie- produce of the farmers. The following resolution was pre- j sent< J before the meeting by Mayot ! !I >. Jennings: Besolved that it be the sense of the citizens of Sumter county in mass meeting assembled, that the hard surface road commission should pro ceed to sell at least one million dol lars of the bonds, even though it be necessary to pay per o ut interest, in order to commence and build the j permanent roads, as we believe the i building of these roads should not j be delayed any longer, and that we ? mow of nothing that would be of as great advantage to the county as the ) building of i hese reads. This resolution was seconded b\ Mr. li. <'. Haynswon h. Itaiher an interesting discussion of this resolution ensued with Messrs. f. (;. Bowman and II. C. llaynsworth in favor of tin- meeting endorsing tin-- resolution. Mr. B. Ik Belser was no1 necessarily in favor of the reso lution as it stood but he spoke in fa vor of the beginning of work at an early date. Messrs. J. B. Booth, S. A. [Jarvin and E. W. Dabby, Sr., were nut in j favor of the indorsement of this res olution by the meeting just at, this time. They did not think it advis able to sell these bonds at this par ticular time as they thought the county could bo saved money by u short wait. j The question v..*.. finally brought before the meeting and indorsed by [a standing vote of a large majority I:of all present. ! The meeting then adjourned. I FARM PRODUCE COMPANY I To the People o? Sumter ( onnty: j A: a meeting of the citizens held yesterday for the purpose of consider ing measures to protect and promote the business interests and welfare of Sumter county, ( was- appointed chairman of a committee to organ ize a corporation or association to buy and sell hogs .and cattle, corn, .and other staple farm products. Such an .organization is an absolut?; neces sity if our farm interests, which pro j?iiee seventy-live per cent of the an nual wealth of the county, are. to have our assistance in coping with the dif lieullios result!fig from the disas trously low ju ices of c-t< ton and the. [coming of the boll weevil. No other j one agency can do so much to re Iassure the farmers of the county as .in organization of this kind. A recent investigation as to the [amount of farm products shipped jmo South Carolina showed an aggregate of $111,000.000 for agricultural pro duets shipped int?', this state during lt'21'1. Among the large items in this total were. ?5'2(>,u?0.0?? for bacon and hog products, $20,000,000 for flour and wheat products. $15,000,000 for ,corn. $12,000.000 for hay, $10,000, ?00 for oats. $5,000,000 for beef, and $3,000,000 for dairy products. All of these except possibly the wheat can be raised in South Carolina as profitably as anywhere else in the United Stares. Granted that these products have declined in value 50 per cent, the total would still be well up around $50.000,000. This certain ly means that there is a market in South Carolina for the farm products which we will need to raise on the acreage which we take out of cotton with the coming of the boll weevil. If then there is a market i-n South Carolina for these farm products and our farmers* can raise them, a proper business organization ought to be able to concentrate These products and distribute them to the markets in this state with profit to the organization and with advantage to the farmers. With the extremely high freight rates now prevailing, the South Carolina, pro ducts should have an especial advan tage. It is unquestionably a fact that the farmers of the county will produce a great deal more hogs, cattle, corn, oats, hay, and other products for sale if they know that an effective organ ization to market these products is operating in Sumter. It is useless to .-ay that such an organization will come into existence when the farmers raise these products for sale and there is a demand for it. This is tantamount to saying that we must go through the disaster which has overtaken sections of Alabama and Mississippi with the coming of the boll weevil, and that it is useless to take steps to avoid a disaster before the disaster is upon us. The proposed corporation should concentrate and ship cattle and hogs In carload lots to the packing-houses; and they should be in position to sh:i> carload lots of corn, oats, and hay to any portion of the state upon receipt of an order from any portion of the state. Inquiry at any of the livery stable*? or wholesale and provision houses of th ecity will elicit the information that a groat many carloads of all these farm products are shipped into the city of Sumter and distributed in tho city and to farmers them selves. Such an organization wou:J make possible for these people to buy thrse products from the farmers of Sumter county. But it is hardly piacticablc for them to do so unless they are first concentrated, graded, and packed so that they can order and get what they want. It is our purpose to try to get six i er ten men to put up the necessary I capital .stock and give the matter j enough of their thought and attention j as directors to insure its success... >I ! believe that tho need and demand j for such an organization exists asM I that properly operated it will pr?y* j highly profitable to itself and of in? j estimable value in promoting ~ ta? j prosperity of the community. J I should l>e glad for anyone who j would like to go into the organisation j to tune the matter up with ine, ! R. B. BELS?R. ! chairman Committee on Organization ! Commencement at Morris College. I Sermon Sunday, May 7 by Itev. H. iN. Moore, of Columbia, j Tuesday night, S o'clock annual (operetta by students. This, when given in Columbia. April 25, attract* j ed much interest. Wednesday, May II, is annual Day at Morris College. More than 60 persons v. ill receive diplomas and [degrees. Our new building will also I be dedicated. Some of America's [greatest men will speak. Amortjf them will bo Dr. James H. Dillird I of Charlottesville, V;l, and the fa mous Biehard Carroll of Columbia.: I We expect to crowd out our large I chapel. ? *\ The purs de, led by our college 'hand will start a: 10.20 a. m. We j want one thousand people, led by j two hundred preachers, to be in th*$ ; parade. Announce this fact to your church i next Sunday and urge everybody to ' come on time. This program must j start <m the minute. ! Seats for white people will be re served, I-. Comity Declaimejs* Contest; In the second annual county school ! oratorical contest held in the city, I Mayesville school was the big wia> ? nor, capturing three first prizes and : one second. The contests, in which j the town does not enter, were stageA ;in the. auditorium of the Calhcu'a ' school. In the afternoon the gram imar grades contested; in the eveninff j the high schools, in the afternoon I for the girls first pri2e was won by ! Marie Taylor of Mayesville; second/' j Pearl Jackson, Bethel; boys, first, C. j Taylor Christopher, Mayesville; cec ! end, John Burress, Wedgefield. In j the evening boys, first, M. I. Kahn? i Mayesville; second, O. D. Harvin, 1 Binewood; girls, first, Ammie Folder, Pinewood; second, Mary ClawstOA Grier, Mayesville, ar.d Evelyn Ram sey, Wedgefield. ' ^ The contestants and their subjects were: Maria Taylor, Mayesville. "Sign of the Cross"; Louisa Sanders. Hagood, "Grigsby Station"; Earilne, ' Price, Pinewood, '"The Littlest ?Bebel"; Ruby ? Price. Salem, "Queen ! of the May"; Lilliam James, Graham. ; "The Leak in the Dyke"; Barney j Singleton. Singleton, "Tit for Talv; Pearl Jackson, Bethel. "The Diamond ! Wedding"; Esther Ramsey, Wedge-' I field, "The Leak in tho Dyke"; Dan I Matthews, Pinewood, "Columbus"-; iJohn Frank Wililams, Stateburg, No. [6, "Young Fellow, My Lad"; James Carlisle Dennis, Salem, "The Dog"* John Burresa, Wedgefield, "Grand pa's Spectacles"; Robert Atkinson. Hagood. '-The New South"; l>wigat Cain. Bethel. "First Settlement.^ Now England"; C. Taylor . Chrl?^. phore, Mayesville, "Pro Patria"; A?> nie Davis, Graham school, "No Room for Mother"; Ammle Felder, Pine*'.' wood, "Bobbie Shafto"; Mamie 'G*#H dings, Bethel, "A Kaughty Little' Girl's View of Life"; Mary C GrW, Mayesviile. "A Jud'-h^f 1864"; Ehra* lyn Ramsey, Wedfc i. ''he* Gjpsy Flower Girl"; O. .arvin, Pinev wood, "The Traitor eatbbed"; 34. I. Kahn Mayesville, 7oodrow W? son, the Man"; Lex i dings, We^go* field, "Dedication Si ch at Gettys* burg"; Richard Ca%, Bethel. *'A Supposed Speech of John Adams." One George is the figurehead an4 another the head figure of the British empire.?Greenville, S. C., Piedme^ mmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmaumtmmmmmmm ?^. YOUNG MEN, women, over 17. Postal Mail Senice. $120 mon St Examinations May. Experie c$ unnecessary. For free partir- arij of instruction, write J, Le<ntrd7 (former Civil Service ^xammev; m. Equitable Bldg., W'ashington. 7 K C: NEILL O'DOXXELL rreeident ARCHIE CHINA Vice President C L. YATEfc Ca'?hier What Can We Do For You? Our ambition is to make this a bank of real personal service. Our facilities are such that we can probably be of great help to many of our friends whether they are patrons of this bank or not, and we wiah them to feel at liberty to call on us at any time, and it will be a pleasure to reu? der them such service as we can. A glance at our last statement ts proof that a great many ars using our Savings Department for *he "Rainy Day". Why not you? First National Bank Sumter, S. C. i ! ! The National Bank of South Carolina of Samt?, I. C Capital $800,000 Surplus and Profits $280,000 Strong and Program s* The Moat PalnetaUng SjERTO? with COURTESY GiTe ma the Pleasure of Se: ring TOtt The Bank of the Bank; and Ffle a 6. ROWLAND, P*ts?tat CARLE ROWLAND, Cnsfatar