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Cfee ISatcj^att mtb ffes^wa Entered at the Postofnce at Sumter, S. C, as Second-class Matter. PERSONAL. "Mrs. ?. F. Crow and little daughtei of Hartsville are visiting Mr. and Mrs D. W. Cuttino. Mrs. T. R. Burton of Garland, X. C, is the guest of Mrs. R. L, Coker on South Sumter St. Mr. E. Boney. A. C. L. Freight Agent, returned to Sumter this morn ing from a visit of several days in Savannah, Ga., where he attended a railroad meeting. Mr. Delgar Dorn left* for a short visit in Columbia this morning, Mrs. R. F. Ives of Florence is a visitor of a few days with her sister Mrs, C. L. Wray on Calhoun Street. Miss Marie Nash has returned to her home in the city from Red Springs after having completed her school year at Flora McDonald. Mr. Jack Wheeler of Charleston is visiting relatives in the city. Miss Marie Causiey of Chester re turned to her home this morning af ter visiting Mrs. Dr. E. P. DuRant. Miss Anna Holmes of Timmonsville Ga., is the visitor of Mrs. Anna Sim mons in Stateburg. Miss Sarah Moore passed through the city Saturday while returning to her home in Stateburg from a visit in Manning. Mrs. Frank Burgess and daughter of Manning passed through Sumter Sat urday whole on their way to State burg where they wiil visit Mrs. T. D. Brohan. Judge T. E.- Richardson returned to Sumter yesterday from Camden where he ^cent to attend the United Confed erate Veteran's Annual Convention which, was held in that city. Judge! Richardson reports the occasion asj ? one of the most enjoyable episodes of j his life and states that he can not say ? r ?nough for Camden and its hospitali ty. Mr. D. H. Dantaler of Holly Hill. S. C, was a week end visitor in Sumter. Miss Beaufort Garner of Darlington - is the visitor of Miss Cora Duffie. . - - Mr. I. M. Richardson has returned ^ir'to Bishopville after a short visit to ?his parents in Sumter. Mr. E. S. Booth. Jr.. has returned to his home in Sumter.after having /completed his years' work at the Pres-, byterian College. Mr. L. B. Gray returned this raorn v:e--ing from Charleston where he has been visiting his brother for several days. Miss Mildred Hurst left for Kiugs tree this morning on a short visit. . Rev. J. P. Marion left this morn ing for Columbia, Rev. Marion will, as a, trustee of the institution, sign the diplomas of the graduating class of Chjcora College. Mrs. W. M. Weils, of Trenton, N. J., who has been. the visitor of Dr. and ^'Mjs. W. E. Thayer left this morning to visit in Greenville, S. C. Mr. Ed Wilson returned to his home this morning after having spent the week-end visiting in the city. Miss Eucebia Shular of Manning is. \isiting Mrs. W. C. Chandler on Harby Ave. Mr. Todd Folsom has been a very recent visitor in Turbeville, S. C. . Mr. and Mrs. Paul Aughtry have returned to Sumter after a very pleas ant visit in Charleston. Mrs. A. Lynch returned to the city this morning after spending a short ?;??- while in Charleston. ? r ' Messrs. G. H. and H. A. Bult man left this morning for Newberry where -"~ hey have gone for several days on business. Mr. Pearson Dick of Charlotte has been a visitor in the city. -<-''.'? Messrs. Charlie A. Atkins. Ed. ' ' ' * **? Haynesworth, Clinton Walsh, Bob ' Graham, P. D. Dick and K. C. Keisler left for Columbia this morning where - they are to attend a meeting of the * o. C. Association of Insurance Agents ' which will be held in that city. Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Bowman, Jr., r' have returned to the city from their visit to Georgetown. They will be at borne to their friends at 231 Church street. Miss Elizabeth Allen of Greenville | will be the visitor of Miss Elizabeth Osteen. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rowland and Mr. Walter Rowland returned to ? Sumter Saturday from a motor trip to Henderson and Washington, X. C. where they spem several weeks. IX MEMORY Of the Dead of Camp Dick Anderson During the past two years the fol lowing members of Camp Dick An derson have been removed from our midst by death: D. II. Boykln. J. W. Cooper, j. B. Crouch, J. A. Law rence, J. R. Lawrence, H. B. Itauton. D. Jas. Winn, D. W. Josey, J. F. Turner, R. J. Davis and H. J. Mc Laurin, Sr. The surviving members of Tamp Dick Anderson would place on rec ord their appreciation of the faithful and self-sacrificing service rendered our l>eloved southland in the dark days of the si-x-ties by these men who wore the gray and the deep sense oi loss which they feel in the death of these comrades. The camp would also assure the. be reaved relatives that the heartfelt sympathy of the members of Camp Dick Anderson g >es out to them in their sorrow. 'There is no death! the stars go down To rise upon some other shore. And bright in heaven's jewelled crown They shine forevermore. ? They are not dead! they hove but passed , Beyond the mists that blind us here, Into the new and larger life Of that se-ener sphere." Washington, May 23.?The Hous< today adopted the conference repor on the Emergency Tarif Bill whict now goes to the pres -.tent. Stuart. Va.. May 23.?The Balloor Birmingham, in its semi eentennia triptiSifided here at seven forty thi; pwKtsia*. _._. , Body of Summerton Boy Buried Thursda; ? Remains of Captain Julius A . Mood, Jr., Rests in Home Soil A large number of relatives an r friends went to Summerton Thursda to attend the funeral services of Capt Julius A. Mood. Jr.. of the 26th In fantry. 1st Division, who was one o the first of America's sons to mak the supreme sacrifice in France, in th . summer of 1918. Captain Mood feJ while leading his men against th , heavy odds in the second battle of th , Marne on the 17th day of August. The Methodist church, where th . services were held, did not begin V hold the many who came from al parts of Clarendon, Lee and Sumte * counties to do reverence to this falle] hero. The Julius A. Mood post of th Legion of Honor acted as escort foi body and were honorary pallbearers the active ones being the following members of the post: Ernest Walker Thomas Rogers, Fred Barns, J. B James. C. T. Walker. James Nelson 'Henry Felder and Sam Martin. Fron: the church to the family burying ground, 12 little girls bearing flowers acted as a further escort and decorat ed the grave after the body had beer laid to rest. The services were con ducted by the Rv. T. E. Morris ol Summerton, assisted by Dr. D. M McLeod of Sumter and the Rev. W V. Dibble of Bishopville. A military escort from Camp Jackson was pres ent and the bugler was Mr. Mets from the Citadel. Captain Mood's al ma mater. Death. Henry Altamont. the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Moses died at 10:15 o'clock Friday night in the Hebrew Hospital, Baltimore, after only a few days' illness, of infantile paralysis. The little boy became ill Tuesday and on Wednesday he was taken to Baltimore to be placed in the care of specialists, but the dis ease made rapid progress and the end came last night. Henry was in ihs eighth year and was a bright ?and attractive child. Within two weeks Mr. and Mrs. Moses have suffered a double bereavement, the eldest daugh ter, Virginia, having died after only a few days* illness on May 7th. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the family in their hour of sorrow. The funeral services were held at the Hebrew cemetery at 10:30 oo'clock Sunday morning. Little Sarah Lee Graham, the in fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Graham of Pinewood, S. C. died May 19th about one o'clock. The funeral service was held at the Pinewood cemetery Friday afternoon at three o'clock by the Rev. Dukes of that place. BLshopvillc News Notes. Bishopville, May 21.?Memorial day passed off very pleasantly, the weath er being fine. Only fifteen old sol diers were present. Our camp met at our regular place of meeting. The new officers elected for the next year were: Commander, J. D. Newman; Vice-commander, D. E. Keels; Adju tant, J. H. Cunningham; Chaplain. C. T. Evans; Treasurer, Samuel Brad ley, elected to the same offices. Af ter the meeting adjourned the ladies invited us to the town hall where we and our wives were served a sump tuuous dinner as/is the custom. At 3:30 o'clock we all met at the Meth odist church where Rev. W. V. Dib ble delivered a most excellent address and the choir-gave us lots of de lightful music. Then the committee of ladies and girls visited the three cemeterise and decorated each Con federate grave with a wreath of flowers. The Confederate reunion in Cam den was a delightful occasion. It was equally as good as it was in Sumter last year. Everything was done for the comfort and pleasure of the old veterans, and we enjoyed their hospi tality, and appreciated their gener osity. The prospects for a cotton crop are very gloomy; poor stands and the plants are so small and look so weak. Corn looks very well. and oats are very good. Some of the farmers are gathering their oats. The Presbyterian congregation failed to get the preacher whom they carled as a pastor. We were all dis appointed as he was nn excellent man and a line preacher. Our town is very quiet, business very dull, with little prospect of much improvement. Mr. Jake Hill has taken advan tage of the dull business season to visit his brothers who live in Flori da. Mr. W. W. DesCharnps is in a Baltimore hospita: for treatment. It will be two or three weeks before he will be able to return to his home. Our counts- treasurer reports that the bulk of the county taxes have been paid. NEW YORK COTTON. LAfll Month Open High Low Close Clow Jan. .. .13.78 13.S7 13.55 13.55 in.Si' Meh. ..14.13 14.18 13.30 13.70 14.IS May. ..12.30 12.3.0 12.i>2 12.16 I2.:t.' July. ..12.60 12.6S 12.35 12.36 12.6? Oct.. ..13.30 13.30 13.OS 13.08 13.37 Dee.. ..Ct.70 13.73 13.43 13.45 .3.7; Spots 1 Odown; middling 12..".'?. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Last Month Open High Low Close Clos? Jan.. .. 13.10 13.3' Meh.. ..13.64 13.64 13.48 13.48 13.7< May. ..12.00 12.00 11.75 11.91 11.94 July. ..12.25 12.29 II.!?*' 11.92 12.2i Oct.. . .12.S9 lL'.r.? 12.65 12.55 12.9: Dec. ..13.20 13.2S J 3?00 13.00 13.2' Spots \2 down; middling 11.63. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January. S.61 March ..- 8-7 May. 7.7 July. 8.0 October. 8.4; December. . . 8.5 The City Schools will close on Jun 10th, Hollywood Camp Pre sents Honor Badges J Twenty-Seven W. 0. W. Veter ans Had Passed 25 Year Mark Organization y Holly Wood Camp No. 10, W. O. W. held a special meeting' at the Girls' ,f i high school on Wednesday afternoon e j at 6:30 o'clock and presented the fol e lowing \\4cran sovereigns with hon U or badges in recognition of the fact e|'hat they had been members of the ej society continuously over a period of 25 years. Messrs. II. S. Flood, G. H. e Hurst. E. W. Hurst. R. F. Hoyt. F. 0 B Grier, C, F. Epperson. F. A. Bult 1 man. Willie Bultman, S. O. Math is, r Isaac Strauss. W. J. Smith. B. B. n Sanders. B. C. Wallace, .1. A. Schwer e in. Sr., and Urs. C. 1'. Osteen. Archie China and H. L. Shaw. These 1? sovereigns were present and were ? i presented the ir silver omblamatieal . medals by Hon. .1. M. Daniel of Co i.' lumbia who is an old patron sov , ] ereign of the fraternity and was the i .'speaker of tin- occasion. The follow - -; ing sovereigns wer?* eligible for the sI honor badges but were unavoidably absented from the exercises on ac count of sickness and other uncon trolled circumstances: Messrs. G. W. Ma honey. ]. C. Strauss. S. II. Ram sey, V. II. Phelps, II. G. Osteen, A. E. Aycock, E. A. Bultman, s. R. Chan dler. I>. M. Davis and Rev. C. C. j Brown. j Dr. S. H. Edmunds presided over (the meeting and also made a short address. These veteran Woodmen I were charter members of the Holly j Wood camp which passed its twenty 1 live year mark in last October, j A social session of the camp was held at the lodge room at S o'clock [which was splendidly attended by a very huge number of sovereigns. The camp was entertained by different speakers and a most delightful meet ing was held. A refreshment course was served during the evening. Mr. Dabs Has Few Words in Reply to Mr. Jennings. Editor Daily Item: Just a few words in reply to friend Jennings. If all that he says about the road commission and jail commission is true, be ought to be lawyer enough to know that he has a perfectly good remedy in law to force them by mandamus proceedings in the courts to build roads and a jail. But the vials of his wrath seem to be for friend Booth and myself. Well, we will just have to stand it. Per haps a review of our records would show that we stand for progress too. only we want it in an orderly way. 1 would like to ask friend Jennings if he did not kick out of the cotton as sociation and refuse to have anything ot do with the export corporation be cause his views did not prevail? But I do not want to wind him up for another broadside. F. W. Dabbs. Spring Festival Postponed. The Annual Spring Festival of *he Civic League, which was to have been held in the City Park next week, and for which arrangements on an elab orate Scale wre being made, hasj been indefinitely postponed. The plans to have the festival have not been abandoned, and it is anticipated that it will be held later in the sea son. Dividends to Policy Holders on Gov eminent Life Insurance Under date of April 21st, Director B. O. Cholmeley-Jones of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance announced that the first checks in payment of dividends to policy holders on Govern ment Life Insurance (converted in surance) would be mailed from the Bureau in about two weeks. Owing to the amount of actuarial and clerical work involved in the pay ment of the dividends on these poli cies the anniversary dates of which have passed, i' i& expected that it will be June 1st b< fore all of the div idend checks will ? have been mailed trbm Washington. Thereafter, dividends that may be payable will be paid on the anniver sary dates of Government Life Insur ance policies, the checks being milled immediately following the anniver- \ ??ary date. ? I The foregoing is not applicable tcj Term Insurance (war time insurance*-! .is dividends are payable only on converted policies, which are the only policies on which Secretary Mellon ol he Treasury Department has approv ed an apportionment of the earnings amounting to $1.030,016.69 to the dividend account for payment of divi dends to policy holders. Holders of converted policies which have been in force for one year will receive, follow ing their anniversary date, not less than $1.00 per thousand of insurance, I and those in force for two years will [receive two dividends. ! Begins Spreading Joy tit Early Hour At a very early hour Saturday John Wilson, colored, was arrested just out of the city limits on tin' Man ning road for disorderly conduct and drunkenness. Rural Officer Sam Xew ! man made tin- arrest and placed Wil son in jail. A Harrington and Rich lardson 38 revolver was found on his I person in addition to about one-half pint of whiskey. Wilson was certain ly making a good start towards get ting into town and '*Whooping 'cm up." Funeral of Chief Justice White Washington. May 21.-?The whole I nation as represented i?y its govern - ! merit joined today in paying last hon ors to its late Chief Justice, Edward i Douglas White. The funeral, which was private by request, took place at 10 o'clock, with President Harding and practically all government offi cials attending. The high requiem mass in St. Matthews (hutch was followed by funeral ceremonies at the family home. Tbe interment waa at Oak Hill cemetery. Derailment of Train i Causes Death Engine and Three Coaches Hurl ed Down Embankment. Two bers of Crew and Several Passengers' Slight iy Hurt Engineer Joseph Temple, of Flor ance, was instantly killed at about 2:45 this morning when his train. Xo. 38, operating on the schedule be tween Augusta .and Florence, tan in :o a purposely set open-rail trap ibout three quarters of a mile on this -title of the Sevannah river, not far out of Augusta. This train which is lue to arrive in Sumter :it 7:15 A. AI., had just crossed the river bridga and was consequently not going tit a very fast rate of speed, when it ran into the open rail section. The engine turned over once and a half as it roll ed down tin- 15-foot embankment. The two baggage coaches and \hv mail coach, which followed the en gine in tin's order, were the only other cars of the train of seven coaches to be derailed. Engineer Temple was thrown clear of the wreck with head crushed, after the cab had hem torn completely from the remainder of the engine. TI?* was dead when found by Conductor Timmer m. lying near the top of the cab in a clou 1 of .-team, which was escaping trom the over turned engine. The negro fireman, Charlie Josie, managed to jump fi orn the engine. He was badly bruised, b?t not seriously hurt. Jordan, tne express messenger, who was in a wooden express car, which was the worst crushed and damaged of all the cars, was very severely shaken and oruised. At the time, the car fol lowed the engine in the plunge, dor ian was working near a large num ber of paste board hat cartoons and these it seems protected hirn and saved him from being crushed by the I leavier packages. No great amount 1 >f damage was done ro the sret bag ?age and mail eras. The passengers were slightly shaken up but none ' appreciably hurt. The criminal evidences of this hevious and premeditated plot to vreck this train were clearly left un der the last coach which left the rack. This coach had its front ?rucks off of the track, while the rear trucks were yet at the top of the em bankment. It could clearly be seen where some person or persons had removed the bolts joining the two rail sections together, had pulled up the spikes, and also the print of thej bar used to slide the rail out of its position on the cross ties, could clearly be seen. The bolts were left in the center of the track. Fhird Annual Sunday School Confei'- ! once. ! The third annual Sunday school conference of Sumter district met in j '.he Methodist church at Manning, \lay_. 17-IS. Delegates from all the charges in he district were present, a remark Able feature being that every officer j ,vas present. Mr. Emerson Ford. Miss Pauline Suddath and Mr. J. Q. Vance, held workers were in attendance and gave helpful and instructive talks. Mr. ?ord talked on Sunday school super .'isiot and management, and stressed he importance of religious training o send at least one delegate to one if the three training conferences, vhich are to be held at Myrtle Reach, spartanburg and Junaluska. Miss Suddath who is conference jiementary superintendent, spoke on forms of Sunday school worship, the three most important things being prayer, the offering, and the music. Mr. Vance spoke on the work tools of the Sunday school and also stress ed the importance of religious train ing for our teachers and leaders. At the night service Dr. J. W. Dan iel gave a very interesting lecture on Christian education and the Sunday school. The elementary department of the district under the leadership of Miss Jessie Curtis of Paxville having com pleted all the requirements of the third rank was awarded the banner for that work. The program was full of interest throughout, there being a number of interesting talks by representatives from the different (barges. The fol lowing officers were elected for the coming year: President, Mr. Charlton DuRant. Manning: Vice-President, Dr. 1>. M. McLeod, Sumter; Elementary Super intendent, Miss Jessie Curtis. Paxville. The next meeting will be held in Bishopville. Civic League Meeting. The regular meeting of the Civic League will be held on Monday after noon a' 5 o'clock at the Cirls' High school. It is very important that chairmen and members of ail com mittees be present to discuss final plans and details of the festival which will be held at Memorial Park on Thursday, ay 2th It is impossible to make this affair :i success without the full coopera tion of the league. Mrs. Otey will be present Monday afternoon with a full report of her Work and ii is important that the re).ort I)?' passed on by the league as it is to bo filed in Miss Cray's office in Columbia before dune 1. in ordet that the league be credited with it. There will he other interesting matters brought up ;it this meeting, and it is urged that a full attendance he on hand. Miss Truluck wlil be present to pre sent plans for a curb market. As a general proposition the man who pays rent regularly is able to build a home of his own. if he really wants to do it. There are many rent payers in Sumter who could build their own hones, at the present prim ol budding materials and labor, and be better off financially. Those whe warn :i home should consult the real estate men who ha v.- tot s to sell and the building material dealers as tc ways and means of joining the honu owners club. '"Great Ovation Given i' Greenville Boosters On Arrival at Sumter" "Men, Women and Children Wave Flags and Shout "Hur rah for Greenville"?Warm Welcome at Chester and Other Cities" (Greenville News, May IS.) Sumter. .May 17.?The highest ova tion the Greenville boosters have re ceived so far on their nip was giv en them when their special train rolled into Sumter tonight. Men, women ami children took part in the welcome, waving lings and shouting "Hurrah for G-reenville." Although the party had received roy al welcomes at every point along the trip thus far, the rousing reception accorded them here tonight fairly took the boosters off their feet, so spontaneous and warm-hearted was the spirit of hospitality displayed and in such abundant measure. A supper in the open air at Pocalla Springs, a. beautiful amusement place I about three miles from the city, was ! one of the features of tin- entertain ment program carried out by the Gamecock City in honor of her Greenville visitors. Sumter Picked Team Defeats Pine wood. j The Sumtor baseball team, known J as "The Last Chance," defeated the I Pinewood "Hi"' with a score of Mo 0. iThe game was hard fought from! j start to finish. A nice crowd came! out and all enjoyed the game. On j May 25th the home boys will go on ! !a trip to Pinewood for another game. ] I Patreries: Sumter. Nunnamaker j and Swan; Pinewood, Harvin, Bar- i wick, Harvin. iL The Sumter line-up: Nunnamaker, c; Swan, p; Owens, ! D., 1st base; Owens, W., 2nd base; ] j Dueom, se; Cato, 3rd base; Richard- I son, rf; Darr, cf; Pritchad, If. League of Women Voters. The League of Women Voters held its regular meeting on Wednesday afternoon. May the ISth at the Girls' j High school at o'clock. The meet ing was unusually well attended and j there seemed to be a quiet but serious determination on the part of the members present to accept their new responsibilities in good faith. Mrs.. C. L. Srubbs, the newly elected presi dent, presided. In an earnest and thoughtful address she urged the wo- j men citizens of Sumter to give their j new duties their serious study and | to co-operate with the men voters in making Sumter a better place in j which to live. Applying the princi- j pie that charity begins at home she j begged the league to give its first at- j t ent ion to local problems. The first business taken up was j the unanimous election of Miss Edith I DeLormc as vice-chairman. After a I discussion of ways and means of get ting the women of Sumter to regis ter, it was decided to put on a mem- ! bership campaign with the following | committee in charge: Mrs. Ed Pitts, j chairman: Miss Irene Bryan, Mrs. L. 1 f>. Hoyt, Mrs. James Mallard and j Miss Caro Truluck. It is hoped that if the women of Sumter would join the i league and come out to the meetings they would become sufficiently inter- i ested to register. It was moved and j carried that the league meet once a i month, on the second Monday at t> j o'clock i>. m. There being no further business | I the meeting adjourned. Mr.s R. B. Fur man, j j Secretary League of Women Voters. j There will be no scarcity of cotton j pickers this fall?the usual force will! have the assistance of several bil- j lion boll weevils, who will work from! stin to sun and know nothing about; the forty-four hour week. The Charleston truckers are kicking because the price of potatoes has! dropped to $G a barrel at the local station. Tin's sounds pretty good, when the yield frequently averages more than sixty barrels to the acre. School Recepil m Juniors of the Mayesville Hig" School Entertain the Seniors ? ^ i A very new idea was carried oat (in our town Monday evening, the j 16th. when the Juniors gave a recep j lion to the Senior class of the high ! school. I A unique and very Interesting pro j gram was given. Class songs, col j lege yells and all games were original jand cleverly carried out by the Ju | niors. A class prophecy had been i prepared by Clare King, and each (Senior drew,and the name was filled i in an appropriate blank. At the con I elusion of which, M .-timer Kahn in I his clear and pleasag manner as ? reader, read the prophecy as a whole, i much to the amusement of all, not ] only of the seniors, but of those j who had the honor to be present, j Sparkling and de.li ious fruit punch [with wafers was sc rved throughout [the entire evening by Clare King, I Margaret Wand. Margaret Cooper, ; Neil Brown, Annie .Bradley, Annie i Louise Mayes arid Henry Thonias. |Miss Wilmoth Bates, of East over, the i accomplished music teacher enliv ened the evening by sweet music, j As the evening w->re into the wee small hours the juniors gathered to i gether gave class fa^well sonjrS and ! a rousing "goodnight yell." When the ; class of 1921 passed out of the beau i tifully but simply decoratPd auditor j ium. a souvenir in gold and black, [the class colors, was given each one i of them in the shape of a scroll bear jing the device Seniors. There beinfT I only seven, a perfect number, a letter j together with an appropriate verse I was given to each member. Thus ended one oi the most enjoy* I able receptions ever given in ifayejS I ville, the first of its kind, and Ip$$ [to be remembered by every seiuVor. i The members of :he gradiJ&ihjJ j class are Mary Clawson Grier, 3&f4? Cooper, Cathrine Bass, Ada Mc^t-s Igomery, Mary Cooper Annie Lou In* I gram and Hawkins ?fclnt09h. President of Cuba Habana, May 20 (By.the Asso ciated Press).?Dr. Alfred Zayas y Alfonso today became the fourth! president of the republic of Cuba. Hft took the oath of office before a bril? Iiant assemblage in the national pal ace, the ceremony marking the end of one of the most bitter campaig&s l in Cuba's political history. Immediately after the inauguration j Mario- G. Menocal, the retiring Presi dent, boarded a steamer for J?ey West, on his way to Europe top <a vacation. He had held the execu tive power for eight years. . . ' Earlier in the day Oen... Francisco Carillo took the oath of vice presi dent of the republic 'in the seeata chamber. x ? The transfer of the presidential power took place in the receptioa $ft?t of the national pa.lace, formerly known as the Red salon. The ball was crowded with Cuban and for eign officials and a Jew toCtteafc guests. The foreign diplomatic corps was headed by Alfredo de Haxfaie gui, the Spanish minister, and Bcaij. Long, the American minister, who oc* cupied places of honor. Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder, spe cial representative of Prealdeot. Harding, was also present. '?? ? Justice Antolin dei Cueto, :presi dent of the supreme court, adrntais-v tered the oath of office to Dr. Zayas and the president signed the docu ments with a specially made goldr pen. ' ?? \ The installation o the boiler, T4r drier ordering machines and other equipment of the Sumter Tobacco Stemmery is practically completed. President Gravely of the China-Amer ican Export Co., which will operate the stemmery spent several days ik the city this week. : Have you thought about the Couni ty Court? The time to vote on the question is not distant, and the man" or woman who has not considered the matter carefully will vote ignore; antly._? ?? NEILL O'DONXELTi ARCHIE CHINA O. I?. YAT238 President Vice President Gutter A Guaranteed Income. The record of the past year shows the risk of tnvesting money in stocks and bonds. There is -..one security, however that never declines. The interost is paid with mathematical regularity every quarter, and the principal is ahvays paid aa promised We refer to our savings depart ment, a 100 per cent S?te and sound investment for either short or loc^ periods. A glance at our last pub* lished statement will show how many people have taken advantage of ouf advice. If you havt* i >t do so &t once. It is not too late. First National Bank Sumter, S. ?, MHIMMMtHMW^MilMIMItllHIIWIIIimiN The National Bank of South Carolina of Stxntex, H & Capital $300,000 Surplus and Profits $2tMUMM n ii i 11? ii Ii r ???*mmt linn. Strong mad Progs*-atff* The Most PalMtabtaf JfltBYIC* with oorarasff Give es the Plettoue of &arrft|g TGQ The Bank of the Rank; and File C. 6. ROWLAND, F EARI.TC ROWLANI >