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tWinthrop College Commencement Large Class Graduated. Gov. i Cooper Delivers Cominence K. A ment Address I i. " - Bock Hill. May 31.?With the. pre sentation of diplomas to the gradu ates and certificates to the young ?women completing special courses, numbering 250 students, and the an nouncement of distinctions, scholar ship awards, the Winthrop college commencement for 1921 came to an ^-end tonight. The exercises began .in the main auditorium at 8 o'clock and every 'available seat was taken long before the organ sounded for the entrance of the officials and graduates. Re versing the long followed custom, the entire faculty had seats on the stage, while the graduates were seat ed in the central section of the audi torium. From the auditorium the seniors and certificate students in turn later marched across the front of the stage to receive from the hands of President Johnson the scroll on which was emblazoned the fact that they had completed the pre scribed course of study at the South Carolina college for young women. Seated on the rostrum, in addition to President Johnson. Governor Cooper and members of the board of trus ' tees, were a number of the minis ters of the city. Appealing that they go forth with the definite purpose to make this a greater state and that they seek to impart the advantages accruing from completion of their course of study that others may be prepared to grasp the opportunity to serve. Governor Cooper tonight made an eloquent ad dress before the graduates. The address was designed to reveal some of the opportunities for ser vice and^ to stress the responsibilities resting upon the young women. The governor praises the work being done by Winthrop college and de clared that the state is greatly in debted to the institution for the thousands of well trained teachers who have gone forth and are now engaged in instructing the youth of the land. The support of this insti tution from the public treasury is justified only on the single ground o? 'the public welfare. The young wo men who are trained here will justi fy the state's expenditure in a contri bution to the commonwealth. It is through the right kind of education that may be realized the highest aim of government, an enduring civiliza tion, a condition in society in which every person may enjoy not only the equal protection of the law. but equal privileges as a 'citizen, said the gov ernor. He urged that on entering the college of life the students find themselves that they go unafraid to learn, to known and proclaim the truth and that they so labor that their state shall be their debtor. \ The address by Governor Cooper ?was followed by the presentation of the scholarship awards, the an nouncement of winners of scholar ships and the reading of the list of distinctions. The A. Markley Lee scholarship, awarded every year to the junior who completes the work of her class and who is adjudged by the faculty as excelling morally, mentally and physically, was awarded for 1921-22 to Miss Anna Sullivan of Laurens. The graduates with honor were Misses Maggie Mae Bryant, Sara Clowney, Helen Derrick. Louise Ged dings, Ruth Gunter, Clara Hammond, Arnette Holloway, Margaret Cart wright, Mary Hines, Zoe Oates, Ella Stuart and Christobel Moorehouse. Miss Mary McRae Mitchell, who com pleted the commercial course, was awarded the certificate of honor. Each year honorary scholarships are awarded upon recommendation of the faculty to the students who have completed, without condition, the work of their class in any of the four year courses. In making the recommendation the faculty takes into consideration the scholarship and deportment of the students. Three are awarded to juniors, four to sophomores and five to freshmen. The winners were as follows: Juniors: Sarah L. Foster of Ches nee; Elsie Faye Ford of York. Mary Ellen Blackmon of Lancaster. Sophomores: Louise McFadden of Chester; Elizabeth McLure of Ches ter, Gertrude McLaurin of Muilins. Ella Ketchin of Winnsboro. Freshmen: Nellie Peck White of Rock Hill. Lily Surasky of Aiken, Theodore Taylor of Adams Run. Mary Alice Suber of Newberry. Emma D. Edgerton of Aiken. Distinctions, students attaining the grade of 90 per cent, on the average of the entire course of study for the year, were announced as follows: Post graduate: Cornelia Ravenel Hines. .. Seniors: Bonnie Babb, Madge Bak er, Maggie Mae Bryant, Alma Creigh ton. Mary Crow, Addie Daniel, Louise Dendy, Helen Derrick. Louise Ged dings. Ruth Gunter, Clara Hammond. Arnette Holloway, Lucile Huggins. Susie Jervey, Priscilla Ketchin. Dor othy Shaw, Elizabeth Stover. Juniors: Mary Ellen Blackmon of Lancaster, Mary O. Blackwell of Lau rens, Elie Faye Ford of York, Sarah Ii. Foster of Chesnee, Rebecca Gas kin of Kershaw. Sarah Glenn of Chester, Lucia McLees of Greenwood, ' Helen McManus of Rock Hill, Kath- I leen Mattison of Greenwood, Pru- | dence Ridout of Aiken. Anna Sulli- j van of Laurens, Clyde Yarn of Is- j landton. Sophomores: Roberta Dreher of Hopkins, Mabel Ervin o* Land rum. Elizabeth Gaston of Edgemoro, Lot tie Gunter of Wagen er. Ella Ketchin of? Winnsborm, Elizab"th Littlejohn of Gaffney, Louise McFadden of* Chester, Gertrude McLaurin of Mui lins, Elizabeth McLure of Chester, Mary Charles Pope of Greenville, Florine Young of Greenwood. Freshmen: Alice W. Cain of St. Matthews, Emma D. Edgerton of Aiken, Birdie May Etheredge of Wagener, Anna Fishburne of Bish opv?le, Margaret 9v Reaves of Al colu, Fredna Schumpert of Newberry, Mary Alice Suber of Newberry. Lily Surasky of Aiken. Theodora Taylor of Adams Run, Nellie Pack White of Rock Hill. Specials: Emily C. Hammond. Co lumbia: Mary McRae Mitchell, Ben nettsville. Jail and Chain Gangs Report of Inspection of Sumter County Penal Institutions By State Welfare Board The following report of inspections of the Sumter county jail and chain gangs made by representatives of the State Welfare Board during the month of May will be of interest to the people of the county: Report of Visit to The Sumter County .Tail, Jlade May 20, 1921, by As sistant Secretary Brearley. In spite of the commendable ef forts of Jailer Owens to keep it clean the Sumter county jail remains a very unsatisfactory institution. The twelve cells are dark and gloomy and do not provide sufficient room for the normal number of prisoners, the san itary facilities are inadequate, and the entire building is difficult to keep in good condition. In 1916 a new jail was authorized, but work has never been commenced. The bedding was in good condition at the time of this visit and the pris oners were being cared for almost as well as the building would permit. The jail garden was flourishing and is of great assistance in adding variety to the I"ill .of fare. In general, the man agement is good, but the permanent plant is miserabie. Certainly Sumter county needs a new jail. Report of Visit to The Sumter County Chain Gangs. Made May 20. 1921. by Assistant Secretary Brearley. Both of the Sumter county chain gangs are excellent proofs that a convict camp can be kept clean and sanitary in spite of the carelessness and indifference of the average pris oners. The bedding at the "Main Camp" is the best that has been seen in months and the disposal of sewage at both camps is excellent. The chief faults observed were overcrowding and lack of variety of food. At the "Jail Yard Camp" un der Foreman John H. Holland twenty men were sleeping in a cage that should not care for more than eighteen and the same condition pre- j vailed at the other camp under Fore- j man Jesse Holland. The cost of the food supplied is only twenty-three cents a day; a sum that does not al low for occasional purchases of the fresh meat and green vegetables so necessary to the health of prisoners. Section 19. Article 1. of the Con stitution of South Carolina says "Cor poral punishment shall not be inflict ed." This provision of the most sacred law of the state is being vio lated at both of these camps. Report of Visit to The Sumter County Almshouse, Made May 20, 1921, by Assistant Secretary Bearley. The Sumter County almshouse is at last to be improved; the appro priation bill for 1921 contains the item "Repairs to poorhouse buildings $1,500.00." This sum. if judiciously expended, will do much to remedy the most outstanding evils of the present plant. A further sum of $5. 000.00 is provided for "County home, poorhouse and poor." The superin tendent of the almshouse now receives the rent of fifteen acres of land, a house, and fifty cents a day for the adult, inmates or thirty-seven and one-half cents a day for a child. The average number of inmates last year was only eleven. At a charge of fifty cents each day the superintendent is paid about $2,000.00 a year, leaving a balance of $3,000.00 to be spent in improving the institution or for "out door relief." Many of the counties of the state have found it more eco nomical to pay the superintendent a fixed salary and provide him with sufficient help to run the farm and care for the inmates. Besides the repairs so urgently needed for the superintendent's house and the inmates' cottages more va- J ried food and more personal super vision and care of the inmates should be provided. Ultimately the county j can give these and other comforts at less cost by joining with other coun- I ties in building a district home with modern equipment for the care of the aged and infirm. Boy Scout News Items of Interest About Troop Number 2 At the last meeting of Troop No. 2 of Sumter. James Brown. Rowland Hill, Sammie Harris and Walter Josey were initiated as Tenderfoot scouts. William Broughton. Ragin Daniel and David Reaves have passed the Tenderfoot tests, and will be initiated as Tenderfoot scouts at the next meet ing. Troop No. 2 at the request of the Civic league, spent two afternoons in the woods gathering vines to deco rate the graves of the Confederate dead on Memorial day. Any boy above the age of twelve years who wishes to become a mem be!- of Troop No. '2 is requested to hand his name to Scribe Charles Tucker. I The next meeting of Troop No. 2 will be held on Thursday evening at half past six. All members are urged to attend. Washington. June 2. ? Revenue Commissioner Blair announced the I appointment of Robert A. Fulwiler. of Staunton. V;<., as supervising fed eral provision agent tor the southern : department and Charles Pendleton. lot Gate (Uty. as federal prohibition director for Virginia. New York, June 2.?The trans Atlantic yacht race cups offered by King Albert of Belgium will probab ly be abandoned because only two boats have been entered. I i\Vhy Railroads Should Pay Adequate ! Salaries Washington, May 25?Discussing the importance of adequate salarie. to attract the services of capable and experienced officers for American rail roads, Mr. Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, made the following state ment before the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce: It seems to me that it is the duty I of the railway officers when they come here to lay before this commit tee any information that in their opinion would seem to be of value in dealing with the question. That prompts me to refer to the subject of miscellaneous losses, dealt with by W. Jett Lauck, in which he says: "Salaries of railway officers are well known to be exorbitant in some cases." Further, in the same connection, it apears that a bill has been recently introduced in the House of Repre sentatives providing that salaries shall be fixed. I think, at not over $7 5,000 per annum. And then it pi^vides penalties if anything is done to pay more than that. This is a matter very much in the public miind, and I believe also that it is very much misunderstood. Of course, it is obvious that it makes very little difference to me what salaries railroad presidents will be paid, or what their duties will be. very much longer, because necessa rily I shall not be in the business a good while longer. But it does make a difference, a great difference, in fact, in connection with the whole subject of success of private owner ship of railroads, whether that sub ject is dealt with fairly and in a broad-minded way. Discreditable To Succeed? There are two phases of the sub ject. The first one is?strange as it seems to me, for I cannot understand it?an official of a railroad seems to hold the only office in connection with which, in a general way. it seems to be discreditable to succeed, as meas sure?F in terms of salary. We hear of large salaries being paid to men engaged in the coal bus iness, and in the steel business, and in the sugar business, and in the leather business, and all that sort of thing, and the newspapers usually comment upon such things favorably. If a young man has gone into one of these businesses and succeeded to a position of high responsibility, and recieves a princely salary, it is not re ferred to in terms of discredit, but in terms of commendation. Even when Mr. Schwab refers, as he does occasionally, to th? fact that his company pays its president a mil lion dollars a year, no one criticizes it. It is looked upon as an evidence of wise management and good judg ment. But it is quite different when we j come to the railroads. My salary is a matter of quite frequent discussion. It has been printed in all the news papers from time to time, and I am not ashamed of it. but it is considered a matter of public interest, and us ually when it is reffered to, it is at tempted to make it appear that in some way or in some manner I am obtaining more salary than I am fair ly entitled to. and that I ought to apologize for it and reduce it. Many Executives Leave Roads. That is the impression that grows out of the general attitude toward salaries of railroad presidents. That attitude has two effects upon the problem of railroading, and that I think I ought to explain. The railroads in the last few years have lost many of their most capable and experienced and brightest rail way executives. I know of a ease where a young man who grew up in the railway service was receiving a salary that was large for his age, and that sort of thing. $35.000 a year I think, previous to the war. When the Director General took the rail roads over he reduced his salary? and of course this young man re mained until the war was over and did his part. But after the war was over he received an offer of twice that amount to go with an outside busi ness. There was nothing to keep him in the railroad service when a higher value was placed upon his services outside. That is a typical case. I could cite dozens of cases of that kind. Is it a good thing for the trans portation service to lose men of that type? If it is a fact that the trans portation service is of that character fthat men only need be obtained who I may be paid second or third rate salaries, then a limitation might be placed upon salaries of executives of railroads. But when a limitation is placed thereon tbe effect ought to be understood. College Applications Cease Then there is another and more serious effect: Formerly it was cus tomary for hundreds of bright young college boys to enter the railroad serivce ea' h year. I myself received from c 'lege presidents and from boys at college, communications inquiring as to how many such boys we could take into the railway service. They were anxious then to enter the ser vice. But what is the situation to e .y? Applications of that kind have almost entirely ceased. They do not come in any numbers any more. I I do not advise them to enter the service. In my own case to put the matter as definitely as possible, I had thought that my own son might enter the railroad service, but before he finished his college course, even though he had theretofore intended entering the railroad service, he changed his mind and decided to enter some other line of business. And why? (1) Because the future status of railroading seemed uncer tain; and (2) because I did not care to ?-neourage him to enter a business where to succeed will be a reproach as the public mind looks at the mat ter at this time. I felt that he had better opportunities elsewhere. And please bear in mind that under 1 In- terms of general legislation and according to public opinion, not only is it proposed t.? limit salaries of rail way executives, as has been suggested in a certain proposed bill, but it has finally and actually come about that a vutlvtff?*t!t? the, pub lic standard as to how he shall con duct himself, cannot have an invest-j ment in anything: he knows anything about, because he is doing business with pretty nearly everything he has knowledge of, and if he complies with the law and public opinion he is cut off from opportunities of profitable investment. Must Pay For Ability. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, if that subject re ceives serious consideration at any time, and I assume that sooner or later it will come before this com mittee I only wish to suggest that you act with a full understanding of the facts tht one gets in service ex actly what he pays for. Whatever salary you may fix. that will measure the general ability of the man you get, because you can not expect to get ability without paying for it. A Revolutionary Doctrine on Tuber culosis. (From the Report of the Connecticut Tuberculosis Commission. Pre pared in the main by the Chairman. Dr. Stephen J. Maher.) Until the last few years, it was generally accepfed that human tuber culosis was simply a contagious dis ease and that, when an adult devel oped symptoms of ?uberculosis, he did so because he had recently been in fected by inhaling the germs of tu berculosis fresh from the breath or sputum of somebody who had tuber culosis. During the last few years this theory has received some severe blows, and now it is a question, and a very important question?how much longer it can stand. The first blow was struck by Calmette of France and his followers, who claimed that they had proved that pulmonary tubercu losis could not be caused by the in haling of the germs of the disease, but that pulmonary tuberculosis couJd be caused and always was caused by the taking of the germs of the disease into the stomach and bowels, whence they were carried by the blood to the lungs. The second blow, or rather the second series of blows, was struck by a host of authorities in various coun tries, notably by Von Behring in Germany, Fishberg in America, and H. Battey Shaw, of England. According to these authorities and their follow ers, practically all civilized human beings are infected with tuberculosis during childhood, and practically all tuberculosis in adult human beings is the result, not of recent infection, but is the belated development of the in fection of childhood. This revolution ary theory is far from being generally accepted, but its mere discussion has had the effect of forcing all to realize the importance of making more serious efforts to control the tuberculosis of children. First Regiment South Carolina Nat ional Guard. Columbia. May 30.?The First Regiment of South Carolina National Guard has been organized by Adju tant General Moore. Orders just is sued designate the units which are to constitute the regiment and make changes, in some cases, of the letters by which the units will be known. Elections of three majors and of a lieutenant colonel and a colonel will be held early in June. The twelve companies constituting the First Regiment, the first complete fighting "outfit" in the state since the war, are as follows: First Battalion: Co. "A." Charles ton; Co. "B," Charleston; Co. "C" Walterboro; Co. "D." Orangeburg. Second Battalion: Co. "E." Un ion; Co. "F," Spartanburg; Co. "G," Greenville, and Co. "H," New Brook land. Columbia. Third Battalion: Co. "I." Rock Hill; Co. "K." Fort Mill; Co. "L." Hartsville; Co. "M/ Camden. All of these companies have been received into service. In addition to these there are also two companies of coast artillery, one at Beaufort, the first, and the second at Dillon. There is also one motor transport unit at Columbia. the Pacific Mills company; and a service company at Union. A Howitzer company is to be inspected and received into state service at Greer Tuesday night. The three majors for the First Regiment will be elected on June 7. These will be elected by the company commanders. The colonel and the lieutenant colonel will be elected on June 14. these selections being made by the four . majors. Adjutant General Moore and Ma jor Glen will inspect the new How tizer company at Greer Tuesday even ing. General Moore has designated the new officers of the service com pany at Greer. as follows: J. Frost Walker. Capt.; T. A. Hollingsworth, first lieutenant: T. C. Jolly. Jr.. first lieutenant; and C. E. Hicks, second lieutenant. L. M. Wingard is commander of the company at Pacific Mills. Colum bia, as first lieutenant. J. C. Haw kins is second lieutenant. The officers of the new Coast Ar tillery Company at Dillon have just been named, as follows: J. C. Hen agan. Jr.. captain: W. J. Evans, first lieutenant; C. S. Stubbs, second lieu tenant. The officers of the new Union com pany have been designated as follows: Claude C. Smith, captain; If. B. Dan ner, first lieutenant; Benjamin Bos tick, second lieutenant. Bridgeport. Conn.. June. 2.?Mrs. Ethel Nott plead guilty to th*? murder of her husband and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Washington. June 2.?The bill plac ing the packers under the control of secretary Of agriculture passes the house. Dublin. June .2?Four police were killed and three wounded when a de tachment was ambushed in County Kerry, headquarters announced. Orlando. Fla.. June 2.?The selec tion of the jury for the trial of John R. Bryant, charged with the murder of ins father was begun today. Annapolis. June 2. ? Secretary I>enby urged that graduates of the Naval Academy to combine profes sional . attributes of the naval officer with'respect for the" en'flsted force. Workers Leave Posts in Textile Plants Union Officials Say That at Least Nine Thousand Have Walked Out in Cotton Mills?Only One "Strike Has Been Reported, in South Carolina Charlotte. N. C, June 1.?State ments of union officials and repre sentatives of the mill owners tonight agreed that at least 9.000 textile workers in more than 30 plants at Charlotte. Concord and Kannapolis, N*. C, and Rock Hill. S. C. walked out today as the beginning of the general strike of Southern operatives authorized in an order issued by offi cials of the United Textile Workers of .he World several weeks ago. No information was obtained to night from Thomas McMahon, vice president of the national organization nor any other union officials as to any other plants to be included, further than reiteration of former statements that it is "up to" the local unions. Mr. McMahon said several days ago that once the. strike started it might "spread like, wild fire." No disorders had been reported to night from any of the affected mill communities. Union officials reported later today to Commissioner of Public Safety Hunnicutt and Cheif of Police Orr that "peaceful picketing" would begin at the Savona mill here tomor row morning and that trouble might develop as considerable feeing had been reporetd. Only a part of the operatives walked out of that mill today, the others remaining at work. The mills affected today include three large chains of plants, the Chad wick-Hostins, Charlotte, the High land Park mills here and at Rock Hill, and the Cannon mills at Concord and Kannapolic. Several other inde pendent mills also were closed down by the walkout. At Concord ten mills closed down, at Kannapolis two, at Rock Hill one. and at Charlotte eight besides the Savonia plant. All the mills are spinning and weaving plants, no knitting mills being af fected. Mr. McMahon said tonight in reply to an inquiry, that all the local unions ! involved, through their representa J tive3 several weeks ago waived their rights'to weekly benefits from funds of the national organizations. \ The attitude of the mill executives ! and owners, as expressed tonight by David Clark, editor of the Southern Textile Bulletin, recognized spokes man for tho employers, is that of indifference. Mr. Clark declared that, while the mill owners did not welcome t strike it hey were perfectly willing to have their plants stand idle, because prac tically none of them were operating at ap rofit and numbers of them we*e actually running at a loss and on short orders. Rock Hill. June 1?More than 300 operatives cf the Highland Park cot ton mill here walked out in a ritrixs this morning at 10 o'clock. The op eratives notified the overseers of their intention when they entered the mill this morning and the cessation of work came quietly and without dis order. Sd far as could be learned strikes in other mills are not contemplated in the immediate future. The operatives say they want their pay on a basis of that paid in the North. The cut in wages in the South allege, from the high peak as against about 2 per cent in the north. Concord. N. C. June X?All union operatives, in the twenty mills here and at Kannapolic went out on strike this morning at 10 o'clock. It :s esti mated that six thousand men quit work. Mill officials said the strikers made no statement to them at the time of rthe walkout and nothing ha<? been given out by local union officials as to the cause. Secretary Cozart of the local textile union said he under stood the strike would affect only Charlotte. Concord and Kannapolis. Germans Attack French Troops Sharp Fighting Follows?Many Are Killed Oppeln. June 1.?A grave situation is reported at Reuthen, where the Germans attacked the French gar rison. Sharp fighting followed in which the Germans were repulsed. A num ber of them were killed. Poles Fall Back. Oppeln. June 1.?In heavy fighting this afternoon in the Posnowitz Woods near Gross-Strehlitz, the Poles were compelled to fall back before the onslaught of the Germans. The Germans report their casualties as 12 dead and 31 wounded, who were taken to Krappitz. The Poles left 130 dead on the field. Their wounded were removed. The Polish forces were intrenched deep in the forest, and the Germans were in the open. Eventually the Germans entered the forest, and des perate lighting ensued at close range with machine guns, rifles and re volvers. Tonight the Poles had fallen back still further. Washington. June 2.?Any payment due the reparations commission for the German ships seized is a ques tion for the United States olon<\ it is said here. Xew York. June 2.?Approximate ly sixty-five thousand ? lothing work ers began to return to work today, following the strike, which started in December. Atlantic City, June 1?Brooks Mor gan t*f Atlanta scored the labor un ions for alleged interference with in dustry in a speech to the biscuit and cracker manufacturers ia session here, Notice of Election STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Sumter. Notice is hereby given that an elec tion will be held in the county of Sumter on the second Tuesday in June. 1921. being the 14th day of the month, at which election the estab lishment of a County Court for Sum ter county shall be submitted to the electors in the following form: "Shall a County Court be es'ablished in the county of Sumter?" And upon ihiy question the electors sjal! vote "Yes", or "No." 8 The election of a .pdge and of a solicitor for said court.will also be submitted to the electors. There shall be two separate and dis tinct ballots as follows: One contain ing the question: ?'Shall a County Court be established in the county of Sumter " and the elector shall vote "Yes" or "No." The other ballot to contain the names written or printed or partly written and partly printed thereon, of the candidate for judge and for solicitor. All electors of said >unty qualified to vote at the last gj|ieral election, and all electors of &dd county be soming qualified su* e that time, shall be entitled to vote in said eJec-. ticn upon production of registration certificates, and proof of payment of taxes for the preceding calendar years. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls. Managers aad Clerks must take and subscribe the Constitu tional oath. The chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to the other members and to the clerk: a notary public must administer the oath to the chair man. The managers e^ect their chair man and clerk: . ? ? Polls at each voting place must Ibe opened at 7 o'clock a. m. a*nd closed at 4 o'oclock p. m. The managers have the power to> fill a vacancy, and if none of the. managers attend, the citizens can appoint from among the qualified voters the managers, who. after b? ing sworn, can conduct the election* At the close of the election the* managers and clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is complet "V and make a statement of the resu.4 for each office, and sign the same.f Within three days thereafter the c* airman of the board, or osme one designated by the board, must deliver to the com missioners of election the polljistv the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the results of the election. The following managers of election have been appointed to hold the elefc tion in the various precincts of Sumter county: Ward 1?J. Leslie Brown. Edgir Skinner, L. W. Jenkins. . ' Ward 2?j. M- Fogle. J. S. Richard son, W. A. Weathers. Ward 3?M. S. Josey, J. A. Cil houn, Jno. S. Kennedy. Ward 4?T. W. Pace. G. A. Brown/ W. H. Gentry. Stateburg?P. C. Kirk, Wallaca Sumter, Kinlock Bull. Providence?R. J. Brogdon, C. j Gaillard, S. F. Moor*. Rafting Creek?S. "vT. Young, J. K. McLeod. L. ?. Vioson.r, Oswego?H. R. Mcivlod, F. W.. An drews. J. R. Terry. Mayesville?J. R. Ma yes, Sr., J, W. Spencer. W. S. Chandler. Shiloh?W. W. Green, S. J. Playe$. S. W. Truluck. Concord?G. W. Mahoney, J. H. Warren. L. B. Brunsen. Privateer?W. O. Cain, Sr., Olin Pierson, Geo. A. Nettles. W'edgefield?W. H. Ramsey. E? Zl Brunson. W. D. Ryan. \ Bloomhill?E. R. Williams. S. M. Coulter. H. B. B?rkley. DuBose?M. R. R.vers. Mario? Dorn, T. S. DuBose. The managers at each- pr^einet named above are requested to def?f gate one of their nur-iber to secure: boxes, blanks and tick for the elec tion from E. F. MiHerj clerk of the? board, at 115 N. Mam Street, on Saturday, June 11. 1921. JOHN B. DUFFIE. * T. E. HODGE, i R. M. JONES. Commissioners of State and County Elections for Sumter County. S. C June 2. 1921. White-Lundy. Miss Annie Lee White and Mr: Victor Robert Lundy were quietly married at the parse age of Trinity: Methodist church by Dr. Daniel .at five o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the presence of a few relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Lundy left im mediately after the ceremony for a> short trip, after which they will be at home at 15 S. Harvin St "The Little Princess" at Opera House Monday Evening at 8:80. In compliance with many requests "The Little Princess," the play^that created so much favcr&ble comment last winter, will be repealed next Monday evening at the opera house. The benefit is for the Sumter High School Athletic Association. It is not a play, however, that you would feel it hat you were attend ing; simply to help somebody out. It is a play that is worth while. Those who have seen it once will be the ones who will be most desir ous of seeing it again. While, there fore, you are going to help the boys out. remember that you will not be disappointed in the play itself. The admission fees will be s.s fol lows: 50 cents down stairs; 35 cents up stairs. The regular commencement exer cises will be in the c * ra house at * o'clock on Wednesc !y and Th?rs? day evenings of next ffjfrek* Washington. June 1?The . South-, eastern Express Company has com plained to the Inter-State Commerce Commission that ? the American Ex press Company has refused to join them in handling; express in certain localities.