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. ' . ~~-?- - Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, S. C, as Second-class Matter. TnnwnnnwiHwiw.mum im\.? ! shims? ?im? ?mum? 'i *i r" i-:- PERSONAIi. - Mrs. Stuart B. Hutcheson and little daughter, the family of Mr. S. B. Hutcheson, arrived in Sumtre Tues day from -Lynch burg, Va. They expect to make their home in the city aiid are temporarily at home of Mr. ^ George hutcheson on Kendrick Street, - Mrs* S. J- DuRant has returned to her home in the city after a "visit to her daughter. Mrs. A. M. Pate, of Columbia. Messrs. Leland and Henry Edmunds of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina have returned to their home in. Sumter for the summer vacation. Mr. Eugene Lewis has returned to his home in the city from Davidson College. Misses Kathryn Bethea and Mildred Smith of Lander College are the visi tors Qf Miss Alda Crawford before returning to their homes in Latta. j Mrs. J. J. Myers of Congaree, is visiting her daughter Mrs. .7. Pi. Johnson on Broad Street. Mrs." J. W. Burns of Charleston is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wilson, on Broad street "Miss Tyson Lowder, who has been ?mployed at the postoffice for several months, has returned to her home in. Wilson, S, C: Miss Alice Bynum has returned to h^r home m Sumter after the com pletion of her year's work at Colum bia College. . Miss Linas McCollum has returned to her home to spend the summer lioJidays after having finished her school work at ChicoFa College. " Miss May Hansworth returned Wed nesday morning to her home from Coker college. .'Mrs* . Harry. Green is visiting her j parents in Florence, : Mr. and Mrs. W..B. Burns and Mr. j and Mr& Churchill have returned j from Rock Hill where they motored through the country to attend the commencement exercises ?t Winthrop College. Miss Annie Churchill has returned to her home in the city, having com pleted, her course in music at Win throp College. r~ Miss Dorothy M. Burns, a recent graduate of Winthrop College, has re turned to the city. Miss Lucile Smoak of Rock Kill is the guest of Miss Neli Ard in the city. Miss Minnie, Rogers of Marion is a visitor of Rev. and Mrs. D. M. Mc i#eod on Church Street. \ -Miss Emma McLeod has returned to her home from Columbia College ^her? she has been a student. Among the Nobles of Sumter who are attending the Ceremonial Session of. Omar Temple which is being held m. Charleston and at the Isle of Palms are: J. C. Pate, W. O. Staley. David Cuttino, R. C. Forrester, B. D. Mitchell^ JR. J. Alexander, and John Rev. and Mrs. D .M. McLeod leave tojaight for, Spartanburg where they will attend^ the commencement exer cises at Wofford College and witness the graduation of their son William. Among the Winthrop College girls who have returned to their homes in the city after the completion of their school work are: Misses May Brand ing, Elizabeth China, Dorita Moise. Kargret Blanding, Frances DeLorme. Annie Churchill, Antonio Pitts and Janette White. Misp Frances Beasley returned to Sumter yesterday from Rock Hill where she attended the commencement of WJnthrop College. Messrs. D. L. and Lawrence Kirven have returned to their home from Presbyterian College. \ Mis Mary Seigler. of Winnsboro. S. C.. is the guest of Miss Caroline Rich ?rdson. / Misses Ruth, Christina and Eleanor Kolb have returned to their homes from Coker College. Among the out of town guests for the Edmunds-Hunter wedoing are Misses Dorothy Horn, of Columbia. Haida McKain. of Gastonia. and Mary ?eigler of Winnsboro. and Messrs. W. E* HollowelL J. W. Gibbs, Jr.. Harry Miller, of , Columbia, and Charlie Dulse of Qha-lotte. . M5s Hazel Ruth of Beaufort spent last night with her aunt Mrs. F. G. Miller while en route to Sardinia j Where- she will visit relatives. Mr. L. Ci Ducournau. of Jackson. Miss., is the guest of Mr. Perry ! Moses in the city. Mr.- N. L. Beddingfield. who has ffeen for several months with the Palmetto Fire Insurance Co.. left for Charlotte, N. C today where he has accepted a position. Party for Miss Esther Clarke. . .*Mrs. Leland Moore honored Miss Clarke and her friends Wednes day afternoon at 6:30. The guests were asked into the dining room ?where places were set for: Miss Esther Clarice. Mrs. Hal Clarke. Misses Minnie DeLorme. Margaret DeLorme. Frances Smith. Pauline Haynsworth, Theresa Chandler. Sidney Kingman. MesdameS Phil Booth. Earle Rowland. iFred Lawson. Edward Wright, Henry Harby and Leland Moore. The place cards being dainty littl^ spangled fans. The center piece was a bas ket of v.-hite daisies and nhlox tied with white tulle. White candles burned at each corner. Tiny kewpies dressed in white tulle with flowers in {their hair held baskets <>f almonds at each place The bride's cuke was cut by Mfss Clarke, the rinc being drawn by Miss Chandler, the wish bone and button by Miss Hayn3 worth. the thimb!*- by Mrs. Wright. Wishes were made by all and ac cording to the Chinese way of think ing fortunes vv-ore told by Mrs. Moore. An organdie collar and cuff set was presented to Miss Clarke. Popocatepetl is smoking again. Pass a law.?El Paso Herald. ff*OR SALE?One hundred bushels shelled corn, in sacks. 90 cents a bushel;" if bujer furnishes sacks, 80 cents a bushel, f. o. b. Dalzell. B T. GaiUard, Dalzell, S. C, Lawyers Boosting County Cour< Jennings, Clifton and Epps Ap pointed to Arrange Campaign in County If Necessary At a specially called meeting of the Sumter Bar Association, which was he-Id on yesterday afternoon in the court house, all bar member-, pres ent expressed themselves as being in favor of establishing the county court, and pledged themselves to do all with in their power to aid and assist in its establishment in Sumter county. Messrs. L. D. Jennings. J. H. Clifton and R. D. Epps were appointed as a special commit:ee to make what plans they deemed advisable and to make a campaign tour of the county in behalf of the court if such action was nec essary or found to be for the best in terest. The meeting was well attend ed, all members of the association being present, with only a very few exceptions. PROGRAM Of the Sumter District Missionary Conference of the Methodist Church. Elliott. June 2-1. Friday Evening. 7:30?Devotional service?R. M. DuBose. Greetings. Response for adults?Miss Mary Winn. Columbia College. Response for Young People and Juniors?Miss Reid Griffin. Address?Miss Leila Epps of Bra zil. Saturday Morning:. 10:00?Song service and devotions. Report and message of district sec reta ry. , Report of council meeting held in Richmond. Impressions received at council meeting?Mrs. J. W. Tarrant. Publicity. Mission study, and or ganization of a mission study class. Social service?Mrs. F. W. An drews. Reports from societies. Organization. Quiet hour?Miss Leila Epp3. Saturday P. M. 3:00?Devotional service?Mr3. C. N. Sprott. Demonstration. Waiting for the Doctor?Elliot Young Peoples' So ciety. Recognition service. Departmental conferences for young people and juniors?State Su perintendents presiding. Reports continued. Committee reports. Business. Minutes. Life service?Miss Epps. Adjournment. ? Jessie Curti3, District Secretary. Hold-up on Road to Claremont. Mr. B. R. China, a well kno^ n young man of the city, came back to Sumter Wednesday, night and reported he had been held up on the public highway and robbed. Young China was driving a Studebaker sedan and was on his way to Claremont for a suit case. He stated that he wa: signed down on the road by 3omeone swinging a red lantern. Upon stop ping the car he was confronted by a negro and a white man. both armed with drawn pistols, who ordered hin to get out of the car. He was ther searched and all the money on bi person taken. The amount happen ed to be only one doliar. The bandit: then looked in the car and stole thf watch which was on the dash. Ghin? was then ordered to g:H back inf the car and "barwl the jack." Chin: states that this order was carried on to the letter. No clue was left h*. which the robers might be identified NEW YORK COTTON. Month Open High Low Close Close Jan.. . .13.98 13.98 13.S3 13,92 13.91 Mch. ..14.29 14.29 14.10 ILIO 14.3. July. ..12.6$ 12.74 12.55 12.57 12.74 Get.13.47 13.49 13.30 13.43 13.5C Dec. ..13.87 13.90 13.75 13.84 13.91 Soots 5 down: middling 12.85. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Las Yiontb Open High Low Ciose Clost Jan. . . 13.35 13.39 13.4? Mch. ..13.87 13.73 13.65 13.73 13.8; July. ..12.30 12.31 12.13 12.24 12.31 Oct. ..13.05 13.05 12 S3 12.96 13.92 Dec. ..13.33 1 3.33 13.20 13.30 13.33 Spots 11.75. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January. 8-71 March. 8.80 May . 8.86 July.' 510 October. 8.49 December. 8.60 Shiioh News Notes. ? Shiloh. June 1.?The last few day. have been sunny and hot. the night are warm and our little cotton is ap parently getting a little lif* in it We've had considerable rains and in some fields the grass seems to be outgrowing ? cotton. The tobacco in this section in most instances i very much spotted, most of it is smal and yellow, appears like a crop on i oor bills with no fertilizer. The health of our community is good this year, not a ? ii>a: 1?? case <?? malaria reported thus far. and. by fh< way. the folks say the oid mosquito I is ins! as plentiful and iusl as mean Jas he ever was in this part of the i world. , Mrs. Sarah A. Dukes, from near jGreeleyvilTe is spending some time with her daughter, M> :. E. L Clem i ents of t his place. ! Mrs. S. E. Keels of Trinity was tie [guest "f Mrs. W. W. Green yesterday Mr. W. W Green :irel ;? party <>1 Sunday school workers motored over to Bethel Methodist church at Oswe 2<> on last Sunday to meet ui joint Sunday school convention Tin-, r< port having been entertained delight fully and that the meeting was most inspiring and helpful. May the cause be held up always and may , it grow and prosper in the hands of \hr Lord, The Boll Weevils Are Here Surviving Doubting Thomases Can Now Have Ocular Demon stration That Cotton De stroying Pests Are on the Job There are etil! many cotton growers in Sumter county who hold fast to the belief that the Texas boll weevil is largely a bugaboo and will never be very numerous in Sumter county and will not do much damage it they do come into this section. They disre gard the well established fad that the weevils apepared in this county in the fall of 1919 and that in some parts of the county materially reduced the prospective yield in lr,20. They .??till will tell you with a perfectly straight face that the weevils do not amount to much, for Texas is still I making cotton and the weevils are said to have been in that, state fori more than twenty years. They reason { that if Texas can continue to grow' big crops of cotton South Carolina can and will do likewise. In a word, they disregard and discount all the testi mony, advice, and warnings of the experts of the department of agri culture, who have given years to he ?tudy of the problem and have done heir utmost to persuade the farmers ?hat for then* own salvation they hould prepare to make a living with ut depending upon cotton. The con firmed cottontot is joined to his idol, jnd this year in spite of the presence of the boll weevil in this county, in pite of the deplorable financal con-j litions and the dark outlook, be has' olanted as usual and has made noj effort to readjust his methods and i arming praeriee^ to meet the changed! .'Onditions that confront him. Ay a esult this section is face to face with he same sort of disaster that demoral zed Mississippi. Alabama and Georgia .vhen the weevil destroyed their crops he third year after th? pest first ap peared. This is the third year for umter county, and the crops will bei trgely destroyed, unless there should! )e extremely hot dry weather dur- ! ng June. July and August, with bare-J y enough rain to keep the crop jrowing. 'Some of the farmers who have heed d the advice of those who know that j he boll weevil really does to a cot- j on crop, are making an effort to kill ! he weevils that lived through the J .?inter. Owing to the mild winter an zceptionally large percentage of the "eevils that went into hibernation last all survived and are now appearing ?l the cotton fields. They are noti resent by the dozens or hundreds, as j ;cords indicate has been usual in j ther infested districts but by the j housands. and those farmers who are I icl-.ing the weevils from the young otton are almost discouraged over the rospect. . For instance: Mr. \V. T. Brown, ormer city manager, has been mak ag a strenuous effort to destroy the ceevils on his farm near Stateburg, nakes the following report: Last veek he began picking the weevils in x twenty acre lot of King cotton and 10m iliis U'jIU, ilia hands gathered 2. 00 weevils. He started the second Peking over this same fie'.:' -his week nd his hands report thai .liey are .?-?tting just as many weevils per acre iow as they did last week. The veevils are found in the buds of the otton plants, or in the forms. This "tton was planted early and is now ?Utting on forms. In some of the orms several weevils are found, and vherever a weevil is found in :i form, hat form has been punctured. The weevils are there and as soon as a orm develops the weevil punctures There has been some hope that; he insects were not the genuine boll -evil, but the pea weevil, which is requently mistaken for the boll veevil. but the fact that they are mncturing the forms, re-moves the i ast remaining doubt. Th< only hope ?f making any cotton this year is tor very farmer to do exactly what Mr. Brown is doing?pic.< the weevils rom the cotton systematically and ts rapidly as possible. If the weevils ?an be destroyed before they puncture many forms and lay eggs there will lot be so many of them later in the easor But if th? majority oi farm 's continue to ignore the weevils, hi; crop will be wiped out. for the orms will be punctured as rapidly as hey appear on the cotton. Mr. Brown is so discouraged by the ?rospect on his farm that he is plant ng corn in every other row ol the otton. and if he finds within the icxt two or three weeks that weevils ire too numerous to leave any rea dable chance of a cotton crop, he vill piow up the cotton and make a :orn crop anyway. The Effects of Prohibition. The Boston Transcript which op ?osed the prohibition law testifies as el lows to its excellent results: "The Boston polh ? department, vhich presumably not violently ?artisan on the side of prohibition, eported 5.237 fewer arrests in Bos en for all causes in 1920 than from hmnkenness alone in 1919. For no tare of Massachusetts at large, the irrests for drunkenness for the year ?nding October i. 1920. were ..-.'?. as against 77.925 in 1919. Pro hibition appears to have decreased ?very type "f crime in Boston except breaking and entering (which. in ?.pit" of th" apparent increase <d bur glaries remains the same according ., recorded figures) and gaming and violation of the drug laws, which have increased to a small extent. At he same tine-, offenses by children ind relating to children have decreas ed. In I9 20 t hei e wa : a decrea se :,, Boston of fifte? n per cent from 1 [i jjn tie- rases ol children neglecl ?>!. hftv per cent in t in- eases of vvay ,\ ard i hiidren, and 29 per < <-nt in ?b . ,,r delin?i*.ien! children. Tino?? |has at the sam?- t:n.<- been .: dn?p in the population of the State Farm Massachusetts from 1.410 in 1910 to 2-F! in 1920. Practically no one is now k<-!'i al the state farm but the '?old rounders" who have failed to re spond to probation. May Festival Yesterday's Feature Big Fete Furnishes Entertain ment For Large Crowd at Me morial Park. Competitive Drill Held in Afternoon A splendid time and loads and loads of fun was the reward for each person of the large crowds which [Tuesday visited Memorial Park and [were in attendance at the mammoth i May festival h"ld thei r, in the after j noon and night. This festival was i'}>ut on by the .members of the Civic League for the purpose <>f introducing the people of Sumter to the beauti ful park and also of entertaining them Havishly while there with fun and frolic galore. (The proceeds derived from the entertainment side will go to the maintaining "f ;t playground supervisor during the summer months nnd also for playground equipment). According to schedule the festivities ?began a! 4 o'clock in ?h<- afternoon with a parade headed by fire truck loaded with boy scouts and many au tomobiles following the |ine of parade around the pirncipal streets of the city. The parade terminated a', the park where all was gaiety and ev? ry one soon became infested with the true festive spirit of the occasion. The tots nnd parents were delighted by a baby show under the direction of Mrs. Henry Barnett. which was put on in the early afternoon. The booth-keep ers were faithful in the discharge of their duties and dispensed many soft drinks and other accessories to the eager crowds. These booths kept open until a late hour last night and all showed good profit to go lo the fund :\r a result of expended ener gies. The following ladies were the grand high keepers of the royal booths: Candy, Mrs. Guthrie and Mrs. Dwyer: Cake, Mrs. Erunson and Mrs. Perry Moses; Ice cream. Mrs. /Barn urn. Mrs. W. L. Brunson. Mrs. Geo. Hurst and Mrs. E. W. Vogel. Cold drinks. Mrs. Harry Parker and Mrs. W. Courtright: Fish pond. Mr?,. Irving Ryttenberg, Mrs. D. China and Mrs. Heath. During the afternoon a I number of little si hool children, un der the supervision of Miss Bessie Meases, rendered a very pleasing lit tle foil: dance. The competitive drill of the eight een previously chosen high school bat talion cadets was the probable fea ture of the afternoon. These boys re ported to the park in uniform and were soon placed in line to go through the strenuous manual of arm.- drill. The following cadets were chosen for the final commencement drill: Messrs. Ernest Friar and Ed ward Buck of the senior class and Bert DeLorme of the junior clas ? 1 lie judges were Ma.ru- Bradford. Robert Brown. S. .T. DInkins nnd Joe ' 'handler. The delightful chicken supper serv- j ed by Mrs. Warren Moise. Mrs. Agnes Bogan. Mrs. L. D. Jennings. Mrs. Muri Hall. Mrs. R. L. Edmunds and Mrs. j Tracy McCollum heid firmly its place j on tb" program and Mar. a great | drawing card. The larger crowds of the night were j especially entertained by the operation j of numerous side shows well worth I the admission fares. On this list ap- j peared "The Dwarf Twms" and '-The j Boneless Mystery." These shows were in charge of Mrs*. A. S. Merri^ nion and Miss Lucy Wilson. A palm reader was also on the scene relating j tio> fu'nre to manv inquisitive ones, i Throe shows were given by the ''Id Plantation Minstrel show which was j arranged by Mrs. Bret to Otey. The following names comprised the fun maliers: Eugene Burdy as Uncle Rastus; Harry Hoyt*. Ambrose Bceth am. Julius Chandler. James Boney. th^ colored boys and S C. Roper. 7ack Darr and George Cashion who took the parts of the dusky belles. Original jokes of bubbling mirth and j the close harmony fc?y quartet and en- j semble were the features of this wholesome exhibition. The costumes were a scream: The proceeds net ted by this show were appreciable in spite of the fact that the $100 aud ience peeped over the canvas at the $40 crowd within the enclosure. Indispensible assistance was at all times rendered to t^e ladies of tlie committees by tha Camp Fire girls and by the Boy Scouts who were ever present and always engaged upon their tasks of adding to the comfort of the visiting crowds. \?i Announcement of Vital Import ance and Thrilling Interest. Beginning June 12th fhr pastor and members of the First Baptist church will hold a series of meetings. This series of meetings will last ten days or two weeks. We have been most fortunate in the help we have been able to secur for Mise special ser vices. Rev. ('. C. Coleman: D. D.. pastor of flm Citadel Square Baptist church of Charleston will do the preaching. Dr. Coleman is a strong gospel preacher. H<> is among the very best of our pastor evangelist? His work in Charleston lias been sig nally blessed. We considei ourselves most fortunate in being able to se cure his services at this time. We have a'so been fortunate in secur ing Rev. H. L. Miller, pastor of the Baptist church at B^ackville. to con duct the singing. Brother Miller is a good singer and -t deeply consecrated minist er of .!?? '> : ' -brist. 1 Iis wot at Blackvtlle mis been richly bles :ed .,?' the Lord. We are indeed Riad that we are to have the godly ser v intfi of our Lord and Ma *ter among us foi t his season of speciaI service, it ihe sincere desire that ho! only ^hall the church wh?;re the meetings to be held receive a rich blessing and ;> mighty spiritual upji.ft. but tho' .ih t be < h:n eins in the tov n a nd I he entire community shall be greatly ledp'-d. '''Mo.- and" !>?? with OS in these sei \ Von are cordially \vl shall !<?? in b-ed glad to W. IC. Tliayor. >m?\ \ have von Swat the Hy. With skirts as they are; anything that has a thousand eyes deserves to be swatted ?Nash ville Ten nessea n. Cotton Conditions Are Discussed Representatives of Cotton Grow ers and Cotton Manufacturers Meet in New York New rork, May 30 ?Ways and means of rehabilitating the cotton in dustry and putting it on a pre-war basis, .were discussed today at the opening of a national con: ultation <?]' American cotton growers, manufac turers and affiliated interests. Leading cotton growers and gov ernmental officials warned that th" country faced the shortest cot'on I crop in tie.- last 2G years, and 'hat [unless immediate steps were taken I to create a market and restore the staple to a profitable price, a greater shortage would result in the net few years, j Figures presented by the carious jspeakers showed 'hat the reduction in cotton acreage this year rang"'.! from 30 ?" ? ". per cent., due to the acreage reduction campaign for the National Cotton association, th" rav ages of th-* boll wee vi! and unfavor able weather conditions, j United effort by government and ! business is necessary if the cotton indutsry is t>- regain its feet, de clared .1. S. Wannamaker of St. Mat-| thews. S. C. president of th? Ameri can Cotton association. Artificial in flation in values must he overcome-I he raid, and the channels of com- i merce "period and exports of raw cot- i j ton stimulated. He defended the' acreage reduction campa'gn. declar I ing it would have been "nothing i short of suicidal to produce more !than haif a crop of cotton in 1921." | i Senator Joseph E. Ransdell of : Louisiana, a cotton planter. ' esti-j mated that cotton producers had lost i I approximately $2.000.000.000 'in 1920. due to adverse market conditions, i Senator F. I?. Smith of South Cam- ! ilina said that with a group of sena tors Horn the agricultural states of! tin. -.??nth and west, ho believed they: had a solution of the situation in, vi> w. He explained that it was pro posed to moiiiiy rh^ federal reserve i act so that the tanner would have some fixed and dependable financial] .?Ii rangements. Me added that it was proposed to make ir. mandatory upon | the home banks and the regional j banks to accept the farmers' paper' a* fixed discount rates, and that this i paper should be good as long as the ; bank's assets permitted. Cotton at j no time, he said, should sell below 3C , cents. The American cotton coo is the j most wastefully handled staple farm i product in the world. Harvie Jordan, j secretary of the association, de- j ciared. j "Uneconomic losses due to waste and primitive ; ractices in baling j and handling the cotton crop." he j said, "wipe out tin- full annual value j' of a crop every ten years, accord- j ing to figures prepared by the i United State", bureau of markets. J These losses aggregate nearly $200.- ! 000.000 per annum.** Mr. Wannamaker, in his address.! declared that until cotton was rec- j ognized a.--, one "f the nation's great- j est assets and until it brought a profitable price to the grower, every Southern industry would be retarded. "We produced in 1920 only 13il97. 77.'. bales of cotton." he asserted. ?"Still today we are without markets. j except at a price of approximatelyi one-third 'be cos I of production, and '. then only in a "limited way. The! farmer is being smothered with his! own production. Business stagnation1 tand paralysis, resulting from th" de- ! Etruction of the purchasing power i of th" farmer is counting more every I month than the total values <>f bis ? production." Declaring that financing of cotton ; production was a national problem, he continued. "When a safe system of issuing short term certificates of indebted- : ness or debentures' against cotton. ' properly stored, has been put in op- ! erarion. it will present a new na tional field for investment by the whole people which will be as safe i and as attractive to the investor as j government bond-;.'* ' i Mr. Wannamaker urged expansion (of American cotton nulls. ; "Every pound of American cotton [woven into the mushed f; brie in thi3 [country, multiplies the v;ilue of the raw staple from four to six times," lie said. "It is therefore an economic loss to ship so large a proportion of the American cotton crop abroad i in the raw form." i The speaker declared that the cot ton area of this nation was exten sive enough t?> supply the world's needs, provided the price paid for tie- staple justifies its increased pro duction by the growers. "Not on!: can the present cotton area." he said, "be multiplied many fold, but under intensive -,nd scien tific culture the yield offint cotton per acre can be doubled ahd trebled. However, we don't have to have ex changes t<> sell cotton any more than we have to have exchanges to sell mules. "Let us regulate the exchanges fort lo r if we can. But. if not. let us put the axe to the tree. They ought to have been closed last fall, ^orne-of tin- people in Washington ? who have been in favor of regula ' "ii. are coming around to think it ! better to close them. v "Let those who are feasting take ; warning. We tell these bear specu lators to get their house in order. Congress passed a grain exchange bill in a jiffy and Southerners sup portedit. ? t i "The price of cotton v. ll go up again. We will survive it. Let us go back like crusaders and preach to cur people never to go back to pre-war prices. Cotton can not be produced at 12 or It cents a pound under present conditions." Senator Heflin favored amending the federal reserve law so that the federal reserve board would be ' impelled to recognize staple cotton as a basis for credit. Re urged that President Harding be petitioned to ? Ol upon the board to reduce the re discount rat" fo 4K per cent. Senator Heftin said he would pre fer a law providing grades of cotton were not sold as better grades. Million'; of bales have been sold fictitiously, he declared, and " the pi ices fixed by the spec lative ex changes to the injury of ? he grower* This law. he said, shoulfe limit the ; title on a bale of cotto i to only, one person at a time, as 8: the case of a piece of real estat<I under a recorded deed. Marriage License Record. Marriage licenses have been issued . t(>: . .. < Dr. C. A. Ward of Newport. Ky*.. and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Clarke of Rich mond. Va. ? ? ; Mr. V. R. Lundav and Miss Annie Lee White of Sumter. Colored: Nero William? and Mary Jane Woods of Sumter. Boies Penrose is becoming some what hard of hearing. That's what comes of a man keeping his ear to the ground for 40 years.?Tulsa Trib une. Ober Golgue. Upper Silesia. May 31.' ?The German defense organizations will be disbanded as soon as the In-' ter-Allied forces are established in Upper Silesia, according t,r0 General Hoofer, the German Com ?iander. For County Solicitor. .... I hereby announce my candi; dacy for the office of Solicitor of the County Court. JOHN B. DUFFIE. . - 2 Quart Ice Cream Freezer $1.65; 4 Quart $2.75, Delivered.; It saves time and ic< 5 cents1 worth ice freezes 2 quarts creani quick. Try one and nell your] friends. Money back if it does" not do the work. J. W. BROCK, Konea Path. South Carolina NEILTj o donnell i*re*ident ARCaTJE CHINA Vice President O. L. SAXES Cashier 2! ':wf Pir<>Trt?.TiOM.A! SAW. fs ? rr- gtaaeaa -' -VatTr3{ iriwrr "Any Fool C an Make Mone But It Requires a Wise Man to Sere It" This is just as true today as when it was t os', uttered.' Saving money is, first of all. a Brain snd Backbone matter. And thi- is just the reason why so many peoj. !e who make money can't save any of i.. thev don't think and have little self-control.' Fortunately, however, th.eie ace very few who cannot learn tht neces sary lessons, if they only wilL Now is the time to start. We'll help you by adding 5 per cent compound ed semi-annually. First National Bank Sumter, S. C. The National Banl of South Carolina i..A cf SumUr, I. ?. Surplus ami Profit? $2s0.0(>ft Strong and FrogreMfre The Most FaiT?*t*kjja* fc**JFYIC3E with COTTKTBSrr <'It?. ?? the Picswxre of Rerriug XOV The Bank of the Bank; and File C. G. ROWLAND, Pwn?^ EA.RUE ROWLAND, Ca*&. f