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Cfc lltakjpair ai?i ?md|jm Entered at the PostofPce at Sumter, 8. C, as Second-class Matter. PERSONAL. Mr. Dock Spencer of Winston-Sa ^ .lein. N. C, has been a recent visitor in the city. - Mrs. W. H. Bradford and son Jack ?a left for Baltimore, Md.. Friday to visit her son Herbert. Mr. Alva I. Green, who has been in Brazil for the past two years returned home Thursday and will spend a short time- with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ";'; Moses Green. "Mrs. I*. W. McCutcheon left Friday : morning for Columbia and Union, S. C, where, she will visit relatives. /.Miss. Louisa Quarrels returned to her home in Ridge Springs, S. C., af *er a visit of some time in the city. Mrs. K. P. Beach and daughter left on Saturday for Spartanburg where they will visit relatives. Mrj Kingsley Humbert of Brooklyn. 2*. Y., is a. visitor in Sumter. Mr. Chavis Way has returned to his home for the summer vacation after j his year's work in the A. and E. of N. j ' c. ? . . . Miss Thelma Carr has returned to Sumter after a visit to Columbia. Miss Annie Laurie Booth has re turned to her home in Sumter after her school year at Winthrop Colle-r. s. Mr. B. K. Dei?orme has returned to Sumter from. New Jersey where he has spent several months. Messrs. Lawrence E. Kirven and Anthony W. Dick of Sumter county ar8 among those who will receive di plomas from Presbyterian College, Clinton, at the commencement next week. Miss Mary "Willis Osieen is in Harts vjjtev*aSending the Coker College commencement. ?Mr; Rip Kerjohn is spending the day in Elliotts on business. Messrs. James Raffield, Robert Ed munds and John Shaw have returned to their homes in Sumter after finish ing their-school work at the Presby terian- college. ? Miss Mario McDougal of Columbia returned to her home this morning jafter visiting Miss L?he Folsom in the city. Messrs. Clifford Crawford, Julius * Pitts -and Dyer Barnum have re turned to their homes in Sumter from Davidson ColJege. Misses Frances Beasley and Mary Ada Booth are among the Sumter girls' who are attending the com mencement exercises of Winthrop Col lege. Miss Gertie May Masters of St. Augustine, **la., is the visitor of Mrs T. W. Vaughan in the city. Misses Helen Hasty, Doris McCol lum and Annie Laurie Booth are among the Winthrop College girls who have returned to Sumter. Mrs. George L. Dickson, Miss Lela Margaret Dickson and Mr. Warren Dickson spent yesterday in the city with Mr. A. Lee Jones on Oakland Ave. ;Mr. C. S. Hutchinson left for Co lumbia Saturday night on business. ?Miss Alpha Barnum returned to Columbia last night after spending yesterday at her home in Sumter. .Mrs. J. B. McLaughlin of Columbia is the guest of Mrs. Preto H. Otey. ?Miss Mary Stuckey has returned to her position in Columbia after spend ing the week-end in the city. M. H. C. Folsom and Mrs. L. W. Folsom left this morning on a motor trip to Raleigh, N. C. Miss Elsa Bargmann of Charleston returned to her home after having spent yesterday in Sumter. Mr. Delgar Dorn is a business visi tor in Darlington today. ? The suggestion has b? n seriously advanced, that an extra ballot box be placed' at each polling place at the County Court election on June 14th for the purpose of permitting the vo ters of the county to record their views on the question of issuing or not issuing at this time all or any part'of the 12,500,000 good roads bond issue. A majority of the Permanent Highway Commission decided against selling any of the bonds at The pres ent time, while a minority favors sell ing some of the bonds?$250,000 to 1500,000?and beginning work on the hard surface road system at once. The suggested referendum is to sound the sent intent of the taxpayers of the county on this point. The Question is, who has the author ity to place this extra ballot box at the polls and what effect it wouid have on the special election on the County Court, ordered by act of the legislature? The suggested refer- | end urn vote could have no binding orj legal force to influence or direct the; action of Highway Commission?at most it could merely serve as infor mation in respect to the sentiment of the voters in respect to the bond is sue. . Miss Addie Weinberg returned Sat urday night after spending three weeks in .Sumter as the guest oi her brother. Dr. A. Weinberg and Mrs. Weinberg.?Manning Times Chattanooga. May 28.?Sheriff Ca tron was desperately wounded and Deputy Abney shot through the ear in a fight with bJockaders <>n Look out Mountain. Mr. Marion Williams was carried to the Tourney Hospital in Sumter where he was operated on for ap pendicitis on Monday evening. He is reported to be getting along very nicely.?Manning Times. 2 Quart Ice Cream Freezer $1.65; 4 Quart $2.75, Delivered. It saves time and ice, 5 cents worth ice freezes 2 quarts cream quick. Try one and tell your friends. Money back if it does not do the work. J. W. BROCK, Konea Path, South Carolina As to Express Shipments. Columbia, May 27.?The American Railway Express company got a se Ivere spanking from the South Caro j lina Railroad commission yesterday aftrenoon. when C. C. Pearee and Co. of Columbia and Spurtanburg, filed a complaint with the railroad commis sion, in which the corporation was charged with violating the recent or der .of the commission for the trans mission of freight over the shortest distance between two points, even if it means tin- use of the two express companies, the American and the Southeastern. A conference was held between the railroad commission and W. Egleston, of Norfolk, superintendent of the American express company, in the Columbia offices of the commission. Mr. Egleston agreed that his com pany would abide by the recent or der of the commission, and he was told that if the order was not obeyed by both his company and the South eastern, the commission would go to the courts to enforce it. Chairman Shealey, of the commission, stated that there had been other similar complaints. The Pearce compan?' complained j that a large shipment of beans, made i from a little town on the Columbia Savannah branch of the Seaboard. ! had been shipped to Savannah, j thence to Hamlet, thence to Green- j wood, thence to Greenville and ' thence to Spartanburg, its destina- ! tion, handled on all these railroad i lines by the American company, i when it should have been sent direct j to Spartanburg by Columbia, handled j ! by both American and Southeastern 1 express companies. An open hearing on the question of i express shipment routings will be held in Columbia, before the rail- j .road commission on June 1, on the ? prayer of the American company for ; a rescinding by the commission of its j recent order for shortest distances in express routings. News From the Mountains. Tryon, N. C, May 27.?We have been here now two wreeks?two weeks I of frequent rains. The evening be fore we came up there was a big hail storm. It is said the ground was cov erd to a depth of three inches. Two ! of the vineyards are said to have the crops destroyed. Another is damag- j ed 25 per cent; two others not hurt i at all. This has been an unusual spring? February and March were likt April and May while April and May have been cool and wet. The mountains and valleys are beautiful. On the two hundred and six mile trip up here two things were very noticeable: Splendid gardens of vegetables, and the contrast between good and bad roads. There are a good many miles of good roads that j have been constructed since we left ! the mountains in Gctober. And there j are some miles that were terribly cut ? up by traffic during the winter j months that have not yet been re paired. I want some of the Sumter autoiscs who drive to the mountains to try the road by Camden, Great Falls. Ches- 1 ter, Lockhai t, Jonesville, Spartan burg and Tryon. Bureau of Information at Washing ton. To The Public: It is the wish of the president that visitors to the seat of government shall have every opportunity to get full information concerning all gov ernmental departments. It is es pecially his desire that all those who come to Washington to transact busi ness with any department or bureau of the government may quickly be j advised as to the exact location and j means of reaching the particular de partment or bureau in which may be centered the business which th y de sire to transact. For this purpose there has been i established a bureau of information on the ground floor of the postotfice ! department building, located on Pennsylvania Avenue at Twelfth street, which is in charge of com petent people who will definitely an- J swer queries of this character. The public is advised of this ar rangement and invited to make use of the facility. (Signed) Will H. Hays, Postmaster General. Washington. May 24. Death The little five year old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Atkinson of El liotts died at four o'clock Friday af- j ternoon at the Tourney hospital. The j body was taken through the country j this morning and will be buried in the 1 family burying grounds at Elliotts. A Tribute to a Friend. Editor Daily Item: Please give space to a few words of appreciation of the late A. W. An drews. Mr. Andrews came into the Salem neighborhood about four years ago, and it was my pleasure and good fortune to be closely associated with him in school work dm lug most ot the time since. His unfailing courtesy made it always a pleasure to meet him. He was one of the best farmers that I ever knew, and al though handicapped by physical in firmity, a man ot wonderful pluck and energy. Often wondered how he could accomplish so much. Salem neighborhood and Sumter county lias lost a valuable citizen; Iiis wife a tender husband, his daughters a wise father, and h;s neighbors a helpful friend. B. W. Dabbs. Tryon. X. C, May 27. Marriage License Record A marriage license has been issued to Mr. H. M. (iiPt'S and .Miss Anna Laura Williams of Lynchburg. The schedule of the Southern rail road operating between Sumter and Columbia will be changed, effective on Monday. The passenger tiain which now leaves Sumter for Sum ter Junction at 2:2V will leave Sum ter at 1:15 p. m. i WEEKLY j MARKETGRAM. U. S. Bureau of Markets For Week Ended May 26. Fruits ;tn<I Vegetables. i 'Northern sacked round white no Itatoes at lowest point of season in Chicago carlot market at i;o to 75c per 100 lbs; country shipping points j 70 to T.'c. South Carolina irisli {Cobblers down $3.50 New York at ! $4.25 to $4.50 per cloth top slat bar irel; down $1.50 to $1.75 at shipping j points, ranging $4.25 to $4.5(?. Texas land Louisiana sacked lilies Triumphs [down $1.25 to $1.50 Chicago, closing $2.35 to $2.5u per 100 lbs. New Yoik cold storage A 2Va Bald win apples down $2 in eastern mar kets at $5.50 to 5ahr.11 per bbl. Ex tra Fancy Northwestern Winesaps down 25c Chicago, medium sizes $2.75 to $3.25; small sizes $2 to $2.5U. Texas yellow Bermuda onions down 15 to 3 5c in consuming markets at $1.25 to $1.65 per standard date. Virginia strawberries, various va rieties, down 5c New York at 18 to 20c per quart. Kentucky and Ten nessee Aromas $4 to $4.50 per 24 quart crates Chicago. - Florida watermelons, average weight 22 to 27 lbs., $500 to $800 bulk per car in eastern markets, at shipping points 22 to 23 lb. melons $375 to $b00. Hay. Light receipts cause more firmness in hay market. Demand also slight ly improved. Dry weather in we.-^t curtailing shipments to Kansas City. Other western markets also report light movement. Xot much change in prices. Quoted May 25, No. 1 tim othy, New Yoik $29.50, Chicago $22, Cincinnati $22.50, Atlanta$ 35. Mem phis $25; No. 1 alfalfa. Kansas City $22; No. 1 new alfalfa, Memphis $2 7; No. l prairie, Kansas City $14.50= Minneapolis $16. Feed. Markets continue quet with stocks j of wheatfeeds accumulating at Lake ! ports. Dealers supplies, especially of high protein feeds, good. Unusually heavy supplies of beet pulp for this time of the year are available. Pro duction of alfalfa meal light but ample to supply demand. Offerings of gluten feed good; independent mills quoting lower prices than those askrd by principal manufacturers. White hominy feed in good supply. Imported Argentine middlings offered at $18 f. o. b. Philadelphia. Cotton seed meal demand light, price steady though wavering. Quoted, bran $15.50, middlings $15, Minneapolis; 30 per cent linseed meal $34.20 deliver ed Philadelphia rate points; 36 per cent cottonseed meal $3?i Atlanta. $30.50 Memphis; white hominy feed $22 St. Louis; gluten feed $26.50 Chi cago; No. 1 alfalfa meal $22 Kansas City. Live Stock and Meats. Live stock prices at Chicago trend ed downward the past week. Hogs broke 4 5c to fiuc per 100 lbs. Beef steers down 25c to 50c; butcher cows and heifers 50c to 75c; veal calves 75c to $1. Fat lambs declined j?0c; year lings 75c to $1,50; fat ewes $2 to $2.75 per 100 lbs. May 26 Chicago prices: Hogs, hulk of sales, $7.80 to $8.1 o; medium and good beef steers $7.25 to $S.5i); butcher cows and heifers $4.75 to $8.50; feeder steers $7 to $8.25; light and medium weight ve.al calves $7 to $y; fat lambs $8 to $11.50; yearlings $6.50 to $10; fat ewes 3 tO $5. Stockei- and feeder shipments from 11 important markets during tin week ending May 2o were: Cattle and calves 33,345; hogs 5,264; sheep 11, 04 0. With the exception of lamb east ern wholesale fresh meat pi ices de clined. Beef down 75c to $1; veal $1 to $2; pork loins $1; mutton $1 to $3.50 per luO lbs. Lamb steady to $1 higher. May 26 prices good grade meats: Beef $13.25 to $15; veal $14 to $16; lamb $25 to $26; mutton $11.50 to $16; light pork loins $20 to $23; heavy loins $15 to $18. Grain. Prices rose sharply during the week. May wheat reaching $1.85 on the 2fjth, the highest price of the season. July wheat sold at new high of $1.35 on the 24th. Unfavorable crop reports from southwest gener ally and hot dry weather in the win ter wheat belt were the only factors influencing advance. On the 26th wheat weaker and lower on selling credited to seaboard exporters. High ly beneficial rains in southwest: more rain forecast. Good export business new wheat at Gulf on the 25th, with sales 800,000 bushels. Cash corn business during week largest for some time. In Chicago cash market No. 2 red winter wheat $1.68; No. 2 hard $1.68; No. 3 mixed corn 60c; No. yellow corn 60c; Xo. white oats lue Foi the week Chicago May wheat up 115c at $1.68; .May corn 1 2-4c. Chi cago July wheat up sc at $1.27 3-4, j July corn 2c at 62 2-4c. Minneapolis July wheat up 4 3-4c at $1.30; Kan-j cas City July 8 I-4c at $1.21 1-4; j Winnipeg July 3c at $1.63 1-4. Cotton. Spot cotton prices advanced 4 points during tin- week, closing at 11.55c per lb. New York July futures up 2?; points at 12.89c. Dairy Products, j Butter market fairly firm at exist ing prices, especially on better quali ities. Consumption holding ? up well land limited quantities moving into storage. Closing prices, t<2 score: Chicago 28c; New York 29c; Boston !2HCc; Philadelphia 3oc. Cheese market more active with prices at Wisconsin points ranging 113 3-4 to i t 3-4c. Soni,- purchasing .for storage. ITndergrades selling I slowly at lowei prices. Dealers; in dis tributing markets follow closely !prices in producta.' sections and are keeping stocks well cleared. i Attention Veterans. You are requested \>> meet at tin Court Horn?- on Friday, the 3rd oi | June at 11 a. m. for the purpose of electing a commandant ami transact jing other bu?iness of importance. ' E. S. Carson. Adjutant. CLOSING EXERCISES OF THE SUMTER HIGH SCHOOLS j The closing exercises of the high Ischools will be held this year in the Academy of Music on the evenings of j June 8th and 9th at 8 o'clock. The change has been found necessary on [account of the fact that the -n wds that attended these commencement exercises could not be accommodated in the auditorium of the Girls' high school. Last year so many were turned away and many others wan./ so uncomfortable on account of the crowded condition as to make it ap pear necessary that a larger hall he ; procured. The only available hall j <>f sufficient capacity is the opera house. Atlantic Coast Line District Ageuts Hold Committee Meeting... Columbia district agents held their I monthly loss and damage prevention j committee meeting in Trainmaster j Brand's Office. Sumter. May 24th. I Members present were C. V. Hull, ] agent. Columbia; B. E. Lennard, j agency supervisor, Florence; X. D. I Womble, T. J. Smith, agent. Orange- ! burg, E. Boney, agent. Sumter, Thos. Clifton, agent. Florence, Darlington, E. G. Wells, agent, Florence, Vance Tatum, agent. Hartsville, W. IL Med lin. agent Bennettsville, J. J. Mc- j Kellai-, agent Augusta. Ex-officio I member Ft. B. Hare, superintendent, ' Florence, Visitors Jno. T. Heid, treas urer. Wilmington who made talk to the agents relative agency remit tances, credits and delivery of order 1 shipments without surrender of bills j of landing. J. H. Yelron. Inspector ' from the office of superintendent of I insurance and safety. Wilmington, \ spoke to the agents on the handling j of cotton. Other visitors present j were J. T. Stewart, auditor C. X. and j L. R. R., Columbia; G. Y. Jones, su- j perintendent and traffic manager of the Laurlnbarg and Southern Rail way, l>.urinburg. X. C, R. E. F. Mc Cann, route agent, Richmond, Va.. H. L. Powe, agent. Cheraw, A. L. Rogers, j chief cierk to agent at Timmonsvilie; C. Z\i. Brand, train master and R. F. ! Robinson. Some More Hard Surfaced Roads Talk. Mr. Editor: Along last year some time Sumter county decided that they wanted some hard surfa^d roads built and they were willing- to pay for them. Along about that time they asked a certain j number of good men in the county if they would take the responsibility of selling the bonds and building the roads. They said they would and that they would not ask any pay for doing so. I fail to tee why there should be any further palaver about | it. The commissioners have full in structions furnished by a large major-' ity of the people to proceed at once to build tne roads. Why can't we have the roads we were promised and why all this delaj '.' We told the Pinewood and Turbe ville sections that we here in Sumter county were going to build hard sur faced roads and they wanted to foin on to Sumter and did so thinking that we meant what we said. Clarendon county now lias the laugh on those sections that did leave them and join this county. They say "Where are the) hard surfaced roads you were going I to get to drive over when you joined Sumter county? "We didn't promise you very much in the way of good roads but we have, been building roads all over the county for more than six months and here your Sumter county friends that were going to do so much are still talking and have done noth ing." We got our names in all the big eas tern papers when we said that we were going to build two and a half million dollars worth of hard surlace.i toads. The Associated Press spread the good news all over the country and now inquiries have been pouring in for several months from other counties to know what materials we are using and what sort we have found most satisfactory. They also want to know when we got started on the work and when we expect to finish the job. We ju-:t have to tell them we haven't done anything yet and do not even know when we will do anything toward the work. It seems that we have been pur. in a bad light somehow or other. Florence county is building hard surfaced roads everywhere and they must have sold some bonds or borrow ed some money somewhere. Can't we. at leas*, get started on our hard surfaced roads and make people think! we are doing something? New Hardwood Plant for Sumter. Xew enterprises mean new possi bilities and progress for a community, and we are pleased to see another fine manufacturing concern start op erations in Sumter. We refer to The Sumter Hardwood company, who have erected a splendid up-to-date band sawmill on the south side of the city. Tlie mill consumes 30,000 feet of logs per day and there is already i about a million feet of nicely man- j ufactured lumber on! the yard in neatly arranged piles. The companj have extensive log ging operations of their own in order to insure a constant supply for the mill, but also buy freely from ship pers "i poplar, cypress, and ash logs from the surrounding districts. Mr. C. F. Korn of Cincinnati, the president of the company, is residing here, and .Mr. W. ?'. Ziekgraf. super intendent, will also reside in Sumter. These gentlemen have taken much (are and time in organizing the plant and mean t<? make it a model of ef ficiency and production in up-to-date lines. ! lnotlier sumter ??Irl Honored at Winthrop. Anothei of Sumter's daughters has received distinguished recognition at Winthrop College in that Miss Dorita Moise has been elected president of the Wade Hampton Literary Society for the next school year. Miss Moise has als.? been offered an honorary scholarship in Winthrop ne\t year in view of bei assisting in the teaching of expression in that institution. j Boys of "Hi-Y" Club Meet in Banquet j Annual Affair Held in Y. M. C. A., Gymnasium Thursday Night j The boys of the "HiY" club, a I Christian boys' organization compos ed of the boys <.f the sophomore, ju nior and senior classes of the high school met together at s p. m. Th?rs day in the V. M. <'. a. gymnasium and enjoyed one of the most splen did ba*ncp'ets ever given to any group of boys of the city. The hoys had as their guests at this banquet every minister of the city and the members of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. a. There were in the neigh borhood of 7"> Of Sumter's splendid high school boys present and the in vited guests numbered about Zu. This banquet was given to the boys of 'his club in slight token of the ap preciation of the work that this club is doing in Sumter. The abundant menu of the banquet was furnished for the most part by the ladies? of the city who have been interested in this club. Tile boys oi the "HiY" dub had full charge of the splendid meeting conducting it in a most commenda tory and exemplary manner. Jack Wright, club president, acted as mas ter of the ceremonies and showed throughout his qualities for leader ship and also ^ave a good insight i.n.o j his Christian and manly character. One of the rules, which was observed ? with only one exception, was that no | speeches were to be made other than : those made by tlie boys themselves, j The exception to this rule was a hear- j ing granted to Mr. IJ. a. Schnell, of j Columbia. State Boy's Work secre- j tary. He stattd that after listening i to the fine talks that had been made I by the boys that there was truly j nothing left for him to do or say. j However, he confined his remarks to i th& pointing out of the great an j lasting good that had resulted from \ tne recent boys' work conference that had been held in Sumter. The get- j nng of this conference in Sumter was j very largely due to the efforts upon ! the part of the members of the "HiY" j club. The other possible exception to I the house rule about speech making j was a short address made by Cuttino \ McKnight. He is always counted,,] however, as just one of the boys. The j complete success of the work of the I "HiY" club is in pait tr. ne con tributed to the interest which Cut tino has untiringly shown this year. He has had charge for the most j part, of all arrangements made for j the usual Sunday afternoon meetings j held in the Y. M. C. a. building. Cut tino's talk of last night had to .deal with the formation of a new club to be known as the "Christian Comrade's club. This club will be made pos sible as a direct outgrowth from the work which has been done and the foundations laid by the present "HiY" club. The object of this club will be to stress the importance of four sides of the lives of the young man hood, namely, the physical, mental, service and devotional sides. Of these four sides the devotional will be the one to which tVtt- most weight will be added and most attention paid. This club is to be organized now in the, very near future. Several prelimin ary meetings towards this end have already been held and the boys are j showing a marked interest in its for- j mation. Cuttino explained in detail as to the "chart" system which is to i be used by this club and showed ; where it gave many young men who had never previously thought along I this line a mighty good opportunity I to "check himself up" and to spend j more time on those things in which I he found himself lacking. Cuttino in j his talk extended his thanks to the j ladies who had made the banquet j possible and to the girls upon whom | he had always called for a hel. i?g hand. He stated that they had al ways responded to the call. Hairy Price was the first of the] boys who spoke.. His subjec* was the j stating of the purpose of the "HiY" i club. He quoted the pledge that the I boys must sign up on their entrance I into the club. He gave as his idea ' of the purpose "The seeing, of reli? j ion in its true form or light.' lie: [stated that the club really helpjl a fellow to live right. The nest speak er was Itaadolph Guthrie. Ills Jopie ; was the statement of what the "HiY", el ah had accomplished this year.' . Randolph stated that the club had I accomplished more things than were, seen at first glance. Much more than [anyone would he able to place their fingers on. He, however, showed I many tangible things that the club had accomplished by its work of this ! year. The subject of the nest speak er. Frank Clarke, was ""The Perma I nent benefits derived from the club.'.' I This Frank was able to show by very I many concrete examples taken from j his personal knowledge of benefits that Ids fellow club members had I derived from the meetings. He stat ed that through the instrumentality of this club many of the boys had learned to speak and to pray in pub! ! lie. This accomplishment alone is <iuite an enviable one with a great; man yof our "grown up" and men, out in the public of today. The next speaker was Ed. Buck, who made statements of what the club was ex' pecting to do next year. His speech was followed by the last speaker, a junior. Francis Kirk. Kirk followed what had been said by Buck and stated that they just had to have a better club than the club of this year no matter how much good work had been accomplished by this year's club.. An election of officers for next year's "HiY" club was at this time entered into and the following boys elected: Francis Kirk, president Harry Shaw, vice president and Don' JBlanding. secretary and treasurer. These boys were at the close of the meeting given their charge by the present club president, Jack Wright, who made a splendid talk to the;. newly elected officers stating that it was up to them to carry on the wort of the club that had really just been begun. The entire meeting j^nnot help but* be classed as one of the most splen did meetings ever held anywhere by any band of boys. The enthusiasm was never at a low ebb and was ma terially aided by numerous cheers and; "Hi's" under the leadership of FranK Clarke, Cheer Leader, and by the ex cellent music by the high school or chestra and songs by the boys under the leadership of Miss Truluck. It seemed that during the entire meet ing the boys were in some manner rilled with a new determination &n<L: had always before the n a new goal of accomplishment. Sumter has Unusual Couple as Guests Mr. and Mrs. Ned each left last* night for their future |ome in Atlan ta, Ga., after spendim; their honey moon in Sumter with Mr. and Mra. A. J. Bynum and Mrs. A. W. Shaffer, tha sister of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Beach were married on May 22, at the home of the bride in Bradentown, Fla., on Bayou Harbor. The groom is 71 years old and the >ride is in her t;7th year. During the?- short stay in Sumter this rather unusual couple made many friends who were fascina ted by their charming personalities and who regretted that Mr. Beach's business in the Gevernmental Quar termaster's Department called this couple from Sumter so soon. Boys Chosen this Morning For Next Competitive ?ri?. The following eighteen young men of the High School battalion were de lected this morning for the next drill which is to be held on the school green within the next week. This drill wil be the next stage in the se lecting of the boy of the High School battalion who is to be declared ths best drilled boy of the entire school. Three of these eighteen young men who wrere chosen this morning are to be picked at this next competitive drill and one of these three boys will be presented the medal for the manuel of arms which is annually presented at the High School Commencement exreises. Friar, J. Chandler, Buck. G. Wray, Ryttenburg. J. Wright, H. Wilden, De Lorme, B. Pitts, P. Brunson, S. Weils, C. Whilden, Lyon, Felder, L. Chandler, ' W. Mims, Dwyer, R. Wilder. r. The National Bank of South Carolina ot SamUr, & C Capital $300,000 Surplus and Profits $280,:-}Q Strong and ProfMMti % Yt* Moit Painstaking felSBVICB with OOCTKTK8T Qire um tha Pleasure of ?ervjp? TOO The Bank of the Bank; and File C G. ROWLAND, President EARLS ROWLAND, Ottilie* NEILL O'DON NELL 1'retldcut ARCHIE CHINA Vice President O. ft. YAT'SS O&shler A Guaranteed Income. Tin* record of the past year shows the risk of investing money in stock? a od bonds. There is -_one security, however that never declines. The interest is paid with mathematical regularity every quarter, and the principal is always paid as promised. We refer to our savings depart ment, a 100 per cent safe .nd sound investment for either short or long periods. A glance at our last pub lished statement will show how many people have taken advantage of our advice. If you have not do so at once. It is not too late. First National Bank Sumter, S. C?