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The benefits of ?tion, moral, physical, mental J^cxm?mic, are so plain to any i-mi^dea enquirer that it is ly conceivable that any ration ale should want to return to regime. Mr. Kramer adds, "it will be changed or modified," he convincing. Change and "ication is the order of the All human institutions and are modified, with and experience, and '-'never" !k>25g time. ren now there are defects in prohibition system patent to tost any observer. Conspicuous >ng them is the widespread aadency to "home-brewing" in iced by the new regime. Some of it is doubtless merely curious experimental, and will die out icsel? Much, however^ will not out and cannot be stamped '0*$,! as the present stringent itions continue, [t is not unlikely i&at at ?some j time these regulatiorisr1* j RHP? *- -?-: - -v J ? ? i ?* *fi tri: hU- r H11 i M t Inch are not a part of the pro- j onaTneuifcnent but-purely--a*; oi* feterpretetive"Tlegis!ift-j ?will be reaxed, to permit the -1 and \ manufacture, pi .l hejer 1 and; e of mild alcoholic content, tin-' -proper regulation. The prohibition movement waa, ?ily against, two. thisgs,.: the* n and whiskey." It wdtild be a strophe if either of/then^eyer; e bade, in their old form.- - It'? ul4 be mischievous and unfor if even beer or light wine re to come back, at this time 'hen the nation is in process of from wetness to dry No public verdict on the jeet can be really dependable after prolonged experience th as great a degree of prohibi- j ?n as it is possible to obtain. Tenj 20 years from now the ques- j of modification may become i issue, and be handled intel $y and decided conclusively. insition ib live FtARM ,Wp#E>?S OPPORTUNI ? ?? " TY. ^T^nf^jroipen are taking increas ig' adhrantage of the opportunities ' presented right on the farm for increasing their personal incomes. In this outreaching the home cfem >nstration agents sent out by the Department of Agriculture are proving to be a great help. One woman raised garlic and >ld 15,000 pounds at SO cents a j Anofner manages her own fields, A third sold $885 rorth of hogs and invested the loney in milk cows. She expects j make more than she did with j the hogs. Butter and eggs no >nger provide a little pin money,! >2t are the sources of considerable icomes. Nor does this list come j anywhere near covering the field, i It is said that the recent indus- j ial experience will send many >ple mack to the farm. The wnnen should be eager for this. The country offers more opportun ty to the plain housewife with outside training than the city, is a better place, schools includ ,Jn most cases, in which to bring up her children, and there is a wholesome and friendly social at mosphere unknown to the average town community. little tOST BUT UNCALLED FOR. cour When you lose an article on the train, do you just take it for grant that the whole world is dishon and make no effort to retrive property, or do you make in nry? Sometimes the latter rarse pays. There are quite a few lest persons in the world. The superintendent of the Long jiand railway was discussing the zbject. "It is hardly believable," said he, "how relatively small a percentage of patrons try to get .back articles they leave in our i waiting rooms and on trains." He I said that over 7,000 articles were left on his lines last year, and only a few over 2,00U claimed by the owners. Yet this company, like most vi zanizations, has a regular course of procedure for handling goods left with it by mistake. Its em ployees are instructed to turn in all such articles to the proper au thorities. They in turn hold them for 90 days as prescribed by law. After that period, if the owner has not appeared, the finder has the privilege of claiming the stuff. If he fails, in his turn, the companv finally sells the things at well ad vertised public auction. The average list of articles cov ers a motley range of varying value and character, yet the chances are fair for the recovery of any one. It is foolish for the losers to be either so distrustful or so heedless. A MOTHERS CAMP. Four mothers who had gone to a Y. W. C. A. girls camp on visit- , ors' day, to see how their 10-year ; old daughters were getting along, j were more than delighted with j what they found. The camp was j situated on a hill top overlooking a pretty lake with small but excel- j lent bathing beach. The tent were j pitched in a grove of fine old j trees. The mess tent and cook | house were off to one side. There j i was shade enough for comfort in the hot weather without shutting out any of the wholesome sunshine and breeze. The girls were living under a i mild military regime beginning I with the quick dip in the lake at 7:15 in the morning and going through the day with well balanced periods of work and play, exercise j and quiet. The mothers approved, of course. [ Then one of them sighed deeply, j "Fd give a good deal for a chance like this. I wish some one would I organize -mothers;, camp where ^tSPsild ^o'fer t^iHH^eks-or. even a^iew da^'sVentire!^'free from the*}! children and from household cares. ! Imaging,th,e,bliss of. a.^uiet ,hpur | when one could read'or sfeep'with ^the tperfect assurance that _ no one [ ?tt?lrtd * be*^5?ftfttetf 'to' tifettfrb; tmVf until the signal was given from ! ltjie directors Wt'." ." u ' sr./Her idea.took.ait oncej The other',!* 'three' mothers elaborated on ' the j pleasure of that particular sort of ] .?campiagj- iwithjsome one else canny-j' ^rig1 We'fesjjQh^ilTty^'a codk1 pre iPafing Cjie meals-, arid' fcl>e mothers , ? hiking, or -boating' oir swimming or j doing''whatever hhet .their re.rea- j it'iqnal needs. j [\ Itr is a happy thought. When mothers go to camp it is usually! to -look after the supplies and keep j things running smoothly so that I 1 father and the children can fish or | hike or frolic to their hearts' con-j tent. Won't someone please start i j camps for mothers exclusively ? ! SECRETARY MELLOX'S WARN- j IXG. Secretary Mellon, in stating his , objections to the proposed soldier I bonus legislation, merely said : what all well-informed senators ; ! and representatives know but j what few of them have had the I courage to admit. / As guardian of the United States Treasury, and the man who ! will face the task of finding the wherewithal to take care of the ] bonus if it is voted, and of the fi- j nancial confusion resulting there- j from, Secretary Mellon has a reco- \ gnized right to speak, and should ' know what he is speaking about. ! He says, in his warning to Con gress and the public the financial consequences of the pending bill; "Its direct consequences are in escapable. It would involve grave j dangers of renewed inflation, in I creased commodity prices and un- j ' settled business conditions. : '"The result would be serious in- j jury and loss to the whole com munity, and in the long run eve:, toe veterans themselves would j lose far more than they would gain. I cannot bring myself to believe that this would be adjusted com pensation for a service that was [ performed as the highest duty of j citizenship and a sacrifice that can never be measured in terms of money.'' This has been said many times before, by many people, but seid- j I om so impressively. Congress may (well hesitate, at least as far as the , cash part of the bonus measure is j concerned. As for the public, this is the time for it to express its j real convictions on the subject, if j it has any. -m o ? ! A gasoline station in Chelsea, X. j J., was robbed of $2,400 the other day. And yet the oil refiners say ! there's no money in gasoline. J Chicago Bank Bobbed ! CHICAGO. July 9.?Bandits en itered bank here, held up officials land escaped with $15,000, accord ing to police reports. Forecast of Production Made by Government Corn Has Chance Washington, July 9. ?Forecast ' oi the country*}., principal farm j crops mad" today by the depart ; ment ot* agriculture from their ; July 1 condition indicate there wlii be no record breaking pro : duction in any crop, with the pos . sible exception of corn. Condi I tions during June caused a re j duction in the production fore ' casts of every crop as compar ! ed with last month's estimates. There will be a bumper corn ! crop but other crops are well be 1 lew last year's production and : in some instances below the av ; erage production of the five year period to 190. Tobacco produc ! tion will be one-third less than 1 last year and one-quarter less ! than "the five year average. The I potato crop wjjl be smaller by i 5*3.000.000 bushels than a year ! ago. Rice production will be : only a little more than half as i large as last year and apple pro I duction will be less than half of i 1st year's crop. ! The wheat crop showed a de cline of 21.000.000 bushels, dur ing June, w'^ter what showing a reduction o^ 5.000.000 bushels and B spring wheat 16.000.000 bushels and spring wheat 16,000, Ooo bushels. Corn this year was in the best condition it has been on July 1 in more than a score of years, it be ing 6.5 points higher than a year ago and 7.4 points higher than the 10 year average. With t'a vorable weather officials believe the crop may surpass last year's record breaking crop. The acreage of corn this year is 4.1 per cent, larger than last vear. There was an increase in the corn acreage in every southern state. Rice shows the heaviest reduc tion in acreage compared with a year ago. it being 35.4 per cent, while the tobacco acreage reduc tion is 2 9.4 per cent., cotton 28.4 per cent, and flax 30.4 per cent. "Washington. July 8.?The to bacco crop this year promises to be tne .smallest since that of 1911. today's forecast of the de partment of agriculture placing tin's year's production at 923,000. 000 pounds which is more than one-third less than last year's record crop. The condition of the crop on July 1, which was 71.9 per cent of a normal was lower than it has been on that date in .more than 21 years. It 14*1012;points; below the ten year jrverj?gft'condition on July l and 124 points below last year's July average. : An average acre' yield orf **497*.3 pounds is forecast al most O-Ort -pou?d-s"tessr per ^reage than - was. harvested ? last ? v-ea r-. j ? ?? Tbe-toba-ceo- acreage this year has been reduced 29.4 per ce^t below, last, y^ar with a ^total.of l.SOHooO'a ?yeW* ago.' >? ?? ! - .Georgia with 37 perjC-ent. show. 'oxi.'-the? largest * percentage of re duction. Tennessee reduction was 35, per icent*,. Xortft\C3TOftha ti^pe; Cant.. Ohio. 33.' Virginia, 32,.^Kentucky 30.\Saurh Cavr^ihia 1% %m&5Penn sylvania 4.' Connecticut's aver age was the same as last year's. AiTribute to "Miss Lucia P. Roach We meet many along the pil grimage of life who seems to have caught the vision?who seem to be looking ever onward and upward. But seldom or never are they able or courageous enough to put into parctice the teachings of the lowly Nazarene as did the one to whom this tri bute is dedicated. With a heart overflowing with sympathy and a profound love for humanity she went forward. Of ten misunderstood, often unap preciated, it mattered not to her for she had caught the vision. Xo discouragement, not even criti cism could change her creed of doing for others. She gave of her self, her time and her heart and stood at her chosen post, faith's sentinel. ? ' The winds of adversity often blew-upon her but she . remained; like a* rock amidst the eter-nal^ways" She knew her.Guide-?He was heV* Friend and nothing else mattered. Her faith in Him was as unshak able, unalterable and as fixed as the stars. And because of this transcendent faith, grasping the J'nseen Hand she walked the brier bordered oaths of lite unafraid and undaunted. R^cuse of this wonderful faith, to have known her was a privilege and her example in trying so un ceasingly to follow in the foot stens of the Master will prove an eternal inspiration to those who knew her best. In her was exempli fied the words of the immortal Ed ward .Marl: ham. in spite of the store of the wise and the world's derision. Dare follow the star blazed road rln re follow t lie vision. Elizabeth Kerrison Kicker. The hot weather and the price of ice have served to raise the temperature of a number of Sunn ier citizens. When they read the prices quoted by ice dealers in oth er towns and cities they wonder why the prices current in Subiter are not brought more into line with those rhat prevail in other towns. It is asserted, bin the figures have not b< en officially ob tained to confirm the statement, that wholesale price of ice fixed bv the two ice factories? the city plant and the Suniter Ice and Fuel company is not excessive and tiiat the retail dealers could shave the price to consumers a lit tle and still make a reasonable profit. Re tbart as it may. the cost of manufacturing ice now cannot be anything approximating the cost a year ago. when labor was more than double what it is now. when coal was costing seven to eight dollars at the mines and when prac'icallv every other item entering into the manufacturing cost of ice was much higher than at present. This being indisput ably true, it does seem that the wholesale and retail juice of ice should tie reduced so as to k'vc the consuming public some little benefit of the reduced cost of in m ufactnre. What i;< The use of having a municipally owned ice plant if Sumtcr people are to pay more for ice than people living in other towns? Is it possible that ice cannot be manufactured as cheaply in Snmter a'; in other towns similarly situated? Ice is nor a luxury, but a necessity, and in this sort of weather everyone needs ice. [FARM FIGURES FOR CLARENDON Census Report Shows Great Increase in Farm Values Washington. July 6. ?The direr tor of the census announces, sub ject to correction, the following preliminary figures from the cen sus ot agriculture for Clarendon county. South Carolina: Farms and Farm Acreage: Farms. Jar.. 1. 1920, 5.05S: April 15, 191U. "..209; Increase or j decrease, per cent. 2.1*. Operated by white farmers. Jan. II. 1920. 1.29$; Anrii 15, 1910. 1. 1394; Increase of decrease, per cent ?0.9. Operated by colored farmers January 1 .]92<?. 3.760; April 15. 191'.'?, 3.815; Increase or decrease, per cent. ?1.4. Operated by owners and man agers, Jan. 1/1920, 1.553; April 15. 191U, 1.^44; Increase or de crease, per cent. 15.6. ; Operated bv tenants, Januarv 1. 1920, 3.505; April 15. 1910.' 3. S65; Increase or decrease, per I cent. - -9.3. I Land in farms, total acres. Jan uarv 1. 1920. 235.509: Anril 15, 1910, 255,93 6: Increase or de crease, per cent. ?0.8. Improved, acres. Januarv 1, j 1920. 145.045; April 15. 1910, i 145.030. Farm Values: j Value of alnd and buildings: I Januarv 1. 192<). SIS.093.657; April 15. 1910. $7.815.2*2: In crease, 1910-20, $10,278.415; per I cent. 131.5. ? Domestic Animals: j Farms reporting' domestic ani mals. Januarv l. 1920. 4,764; April 15. 1910*, 4.404. j Animals reported: Horses. Jan. 1, 1920. 2.312: Anril 15. 1910, 1 . $64; Mules. Januarv 1, 1920, 795; Anril 15. 1 910. 3.427: CattI-3, Januarv 1 192<>. 9.522: Aar:! 15, 1910, 8.000; Sheen Januarv 1. 1920. 99: April 15. 19T0. 254: Swine. Januarv 1. 192-J, 27.800: Anril 15. 1910, 24.9S2. Goats. J?nuarv 1. 1920. 353; April 1."?. 1910. 164. Principal Crops: Corn. 1919. 43.557 acres. S50. 276 bushels: 19u9. ."59.776 acres. 640.95S bushels. Oats. 1919. 8.100 acres. 159. 453 bushels: 19o9. S.7'>7 acres. 182.404 bushels. Cotton. 1919. 6 2.75S acres. 3S. S09 bales: 1909, 64.2'?4 acres. 37.0 04 bales. *The fieures for domestic ani mals in 1910 are not very closely ? comparable with those for 1920. j since the present census was taken Jin January, before the breeding ! season had begun, while the 1910 i census was taken in Anril. or about the middle of the breeding \ season, and included many spring ! calves, colts, etc. Mt. Zion Successful Revival ! Through Prof. R. \V. Westberry I we secured the prophet.' R'ev. A , R. Ross.' to .conduct revival hieft ' ing at . Mt.' Zh'o'n, Rap.tisl chnrjcfc j i last week. The meeting, was fijoni i every point., of view a success The ; attendance was very' 'good', fro-nj : Sunday night until Friday night.-j 1 On Friday night:' there-' was } ^overflowing hum(T>er':i At the. coh I elusion of the* revfvaC sixty-iim? j were ad'dct! fo'rjJ^clrnrcTi- j T*e ; prophet is a powerful speaker, He 'makes a specialty .of: wini/fjig 'thr i souls for the Kingctolif of God.'and' [he never misses his aim. ; We, the pastors, deacons and 'members, wish to thank the rnnnv : friends who assisted us in our revival. The pronliet has done great good in ailing the Christian neo pie of Sumter to destroy the king dom of the devil. I Yonrs truly. William Dixon. Benj. William-. Pee ons. Rev. D. J. Johnson. Pastor. t -ix -it Married. j Of interest to many friend-; of Mr. Charles Maynard Richardson, : formerly of Sumter. is an account of his marriage on June 25th. tak en from the Washington Post of June 2Sth. A simple but very attractive wedding took, .place" - Saturday. jJune 25th at .St. Andrews 'Enisco I pal church. Washington. 1>. C.. 'when Miss Eleanor Louise Mc I Donald, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. H. McDonald of SPesia. Mary j land."became the bride of Mr. ! Charles Maynard Richardson, son ; of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Richardson j of Sumter. S. C. j The bride who was escorted by j her father, was charming in a ; gown of ivory crene meteor trim I med with rose point bice, Her tulle I veil was caught at either side with I tiny sprays of lilies of the vallev. j She canned a shower bouquet o: : bride's roses and lillies of the I valley. Her only ornanrent was :i i pearl broach, the gift* of the bride : groom. Mrs. David A. Tender, a cousin ; of the bride was matron of honor, j Her gown was of pink organdy and {she carried a bouquet of pink (sweet peas and blue delphiniuinis. iShe wo 'e a black picture ha:. Miss Juliet Curtis, of Washington, an ! other cousin of the bride, acted ias maid of honor. She vor" a gown of green organdy and fillet Tace with a hat of pink satin trim jmed with green and silver. She Icaried a bouquet of variegated pink sweet peas. The bride's brother. .Mr. Robert McDonald, of Detroit. Mich., was best man, and the ushers were Lieut. David A. ! Taylor and .Mr. Charles L. Cur tiss. Jr. A reception for tie* bridal parte and relatives followed a; the home Lof tiie bride's cousins. Lieut, and i Mrs. David A. Taylor, at Fort My ? ; er. Va. A color scheme of pin!-, [green and whit -, was carried out i wirh quantities of pink and white I sweet peas and southern saiilax. j Laier Mr. and Mrs. Richardson [left on a wedding trip, tie- bride wearing a smart costume of dark bin?* sjIk with ha' and v. rap :<? match. Alter July I Oth. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson will be at: home i > th*'ir friends at Xo. 1 Second Si.. Hartsville. S. C. A loss of more than 35.ft00.000 in world population has been traced to the world war by a com mittee formed to investigate the losses. The actual battle deaths were more than 9.0 00.ft ft ft-, the others were caused b\ war epi demics, food blockades a'id star vation. and the fall in the normal birth rate. Some spouges attain a diameter of more than three feet. Camel's thorn is much used for find in southwestern Asia. 1MB. DA BBS GOES A \VISITING IN SaLUD? _ \Sununer Sojounier o/< Tirgon Mountain Runs Over to Call i n Sum ; ter Folks Tryon, N. ( .. July 2 1921. ', Efiitoi Item: j Yesterday wi made a few calls J"on Sumter folks at Saiuda. Found [Henry P. Moses busy giving his chaps a shower hat.li with the hose, i He has a comfortable home, for ? nierly belonged to YV. B. Burns. I Mr. Moses has made some im provements that add much to the comfort ?of the home. Mrs. Colin j AJcLaurin of Mullins and children I are comfortably lixed in a cottage of the Osceola Inn. H.:r father ami inrther. Rev. Dr. Atkins and Mrs. Atkins of Cuthbert. Ga.. are with her. besides other guests. David McCollum and family came up yesterday hut I did not see them. R. C. Ham er of East over, president of the South Car olina division of the Cotton Asso ciation hailed me as we were leaving Saiuda and insisted on showing us the fine views from his house. He and Mrs. Ham or . and children had just come up the I day before. They have tine views j but none that T have seen so far equal ours from the side of War [ ricr mountain. j Saiuda. being on the edge of j the mountain plateau, of which : Flat Rock is the summit, has many good views of the distant , mountains. Bur. none of the ; places on the plateau can equal the rugged beauty of the Pacolet j valley. Tryon. Melrose. Saiuda. and Warrior Mountains all to be i s<~*en from where I write this, let ! ter. Saiuda seems to be the fav ! oiite place of most of the South Carolina folks that I know. Among j the South Carolina folks we call ed on yesterday were Mrs. Osteen I of Snartanburs". formerly Miss i "Barr if Greenville. I tried to find j out what relation to the Ostens of the Watchman and Southron and Item, but they could not in ! form mo. Among the South Carolin? folks rat Tryon whom T have the erasure j of .knowing are Mr. and Mrs. R. : M. McCowu, formerly secretary of si ate of South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Cain from St. Matthews. Mr. I C. J. Lynch of Columbia. Dr. Jervey from Charleston. Miss Ravenel from ''Pan ton" Edisto and Charleston, .Mrs. Watson from Bennettsville and her son. Mr. Watson, a friend of J. H Myers, ; Mrs. Kennedy formerly Miss Doz ier Jones of Marion. Dr. Andrews j of Anderson. Dr. Grady of Green- i i ville. Mr. Jas. Rion, son of Col. I Jas. 1!. Rion, of Winnsboro of Civil j war and Red Shirt fame. And | ; others whose names 1 cannot now i recall, ail permanent residents of; I Tryon. . ? , For a week without fail it rain-] led at sometime each day. but we j missed rain .-. Thursday a.nd Frt ! day tSTifl'Jir>T'f- to ?j-'js-. today. It has*beeil a very hv1 nune. so hot [tip"heite;in t:-e jnjou;i;-.:ns that we! SvoKder how our neighbors down \ in Sumter have stocd it. : . T^t -repor^. of, tl- IVnaj^rfeut tig Agriculture on - fruit, rn tne ;? juateijiSt.-'-o \])'\ Ipvpest.iQn re cht&. sdfite ?? -,v - <? r.ti some 11 per . cent. af\d se-i^ 2 oerccentt-of ? orHtiV * In *the tfc.-?>>mM' h^ft* MvMcv and plums are very f?*w comoarefl * with lest \"-.'r peaches "lontiful but giving to. neavy hail, the day ; b?jore we '-awe v 1 May "Hrn. um ] pf so good Qu?litv as last year. i raspberries have sold at the unnre I cedentel price of 25 cents per pint j basket. it is gr?od news to know the i Item an } Watchman and Southron i will he printed from Sumter by j the e;j(i of JlllV. I E. W. Dabbs, ADDRESS ON CITIZENSHIP Miss Brown of Missouri To Speak to League of Women Voters .t Mrs. Brown, a, noted- :lo.ctnn?r; j from ..loplin.- jfo., wiU rtiko "; an:< address on ^ilizen'sh.iuj.cinr Sul^.t'er/ ! July 19th. at. 9-am -M.'?*?.?' t<j> -men .and women. Mrs. Brown comes as the gu;>sr of the Leaaue of Wo ; men Voters, a.nd the members are .asked to meet at he Girls' High; [school Tuesdav. July 12th, at 6.1,5' jn. m. to make arrangements for] the lecture.f Every member of the league is earnestly recr-uested by the president. Mrs. C. L. Stubbs, ?o attend 'his meeting Tuesday af ternoon, Julv 1 2th at i): 15. Scholarship Examinat ions Friday morning the competitive examinations for scholarships in t'm> Citadel, the University of South Carolina, and. Clemson were given at the court house by Sup-j erintendent of Education Hayns-: worth. The examinations began at nine o'clock and lasted until late in the afternoon. There Were live vacancies at Clemson and there were five applicants for I these scholarships. There was one; applicant for the University of. South Carolina ami one vacancy There was one vacancy for the Cit adel and three applicants for this scholarship. J>e\ eTo;>n?e:;} Americans have come to expect energy and enterprise in a new country. Whv this is natural is explained bv Frederick Mlgeod in his book. "Earliest Man.'' H" says mankind developed owgiuallv through l?oi>iu thrown int ? a new < nvir mmen! which tax ed all their resources, btti was not harsh enough to defeat their ef fort . That's argument for immigra tion of the capable. Immigrants develop ability in a new environ ment. That may help to explain tie- strength of the Cui ed States. < >verr;itiii?r Germany lost Cue war and some oilier things. Including gout and diabetes. Roth diseases have be come almost unknown in Ger many, though one. they were com mon. The reason i< that Germans ha.! to giv" their stomachs such a Ion- rest during the war. We won tb*? war and gained seme othor things, too. including ae increase ja diabetes, kidney diseases, artery diseases and other div^ases attributed to living too well during the rush years after ; lie a nn ist ice. Any Orangeburg doctor will tell you so. -. -<?-^>--? Ancient Rome was situated on seven hills. \CM1P LAF 1 LOT" j WILL OPE S MONb U [(ruh Expect to Hme a } Great Time at Y. M h I A Summt} Camp ' Gi i. ii.dki. July 7.? Camp * L. f !a-Lot," tlie annual V. W. C. A. (summer camp at Din kins VI ill near ! Hagood, will open Munuav with all ;-cents full. 'J lie members of the AlcMaster, Taylor. Logan and Waverly school Girl Reserves with. ; six Girl Reserves from the Ep j worth orphanage will encamp | there this summer. Miss Minna Robertson and Miss Lois Bass are to be the leaders of these groups of girls. The second week, beginnings July 15. will heg iven over to the i high school club, a group of Caro-; ' lina students and another grout) of [six Epworth orphanage girls. This ! week's leaders will be Misses Lois I Bass. Mary Elliott and Elizabeth j Elliott. Members of the Y. YV. C. A. ! clubs among the mills will hold i sway the third and fourth weeks under the leadership of Miss Irene I Waters and still another group of I high school and graded school I girls will go to the fifth week. [August 15 will mark the end of the ?third annual summer camp of the ? Columbia Y. W. C. A. j Miss Mildred Peery. the Y. W. ! C. A. industrial secretary, will he , in charge of the camp. The me chanics of camping will be arrang i ed by Miss Mae Copeland and Miss' j Eliza Wardlaw will be recreation !al leader. The most important j side of the camp, the culinary side. I will be most artfully and success fully presided over by ?'Plumy." , the prize camp cook. The leaders and girls are look- I I ing forward to a week of whole- i I some good times and happy com-1 j radeships. -? - Did You Know Th;-t? I ! The area of'the eanh is 196.-j i 940.00m square miles? Of this, 57.255.000 square miles is land? The Atlantic ocean has 41.321. 00 0 square miles of surface? j The Pacific ocean has 6-8,634, 00o square miles? j The Indian ocean base 29.430,-! ? 000 square miles? ! There are about 1.000,000 square miles of lake and river stir-! face? I j There are 1.910.000 square : miles of islands in the seas? j There are estimated to be 29.-! j OOO.Oub square miles of fertile! regions? Area of steppes is said to be; 14.000.000 square miles? Deserts are said to contain 4.- i 861.000 square miles? ? ? ?? Wad dell Bell , negro, escaped from the Reed farm in Kershaw county Saturday morning, accord ing to advices received, by hhe , state penitentiary and Col.,A; K. j Sanders, superintendent of the; prison, is offering $50. for his can-j tare. :Bell was serving a-sentence! of one<year forassault and hatttery | and carrying concealed > weapons. I having.-been-sent up from Rich-; land countyL m i ? Sea water.'In general, ris iandre , Mipnsparent tl^an, .fresh;; water.,,. ' j Women' .taxi- 'drivers' may 'be seen in Topeka. 'Kansas .?" ! j-,-_-:-^ ! . ?. .? ; Kali Players .-irnv? R g as- ittg Ber?g \\ i j e Five new piayers have arrived al'O |Vp*?rVt?! " ?lit M.II "61 i bSc ball club. Snmter will m^et La mar here for games on Tuesday and Wednesday, going 10 Eastover for a game on ihorsday. Sumter ha* her i^aui in fiat: trim, ana Siiiotei fans v. ill Have an oppor tunity to see some real good ball. -+ o ig ? Enemies An army cf grasshoppers 15 uiiies it-ep i ud 20 miles long is ad vancing through Colorado. Wilu beascs once menaced hu man-Kind. 'So longer. Now it. is j insects. If it were not for what scientists have learned in defense of crops from insects, unchecked increase of some kinds of insects ; might cause widespread famine even in the United States. i ; Without doubt che largest job in the way oi ixy-acet^ylene weld ing e.er attempted in ine state is thac of a hug> casting oi a sta tion. r> engine base tbat has L,ee:i bent to the Evans Welding com pany for repair; Th? base which weigns several tons <^is acrack or break which extends along the side for about nine feet. This break will be welded together and made as good as new when the jou is completed. The local com pany nave made for themselves a state-wide reputation by the fine work they have been turning out. but thej say ibis is che largest one they have ever ;aekled. Any one interested is welcome to call at the plant and see how it is ha ndled. The gulf stream J 50 miles wide. is from 25 to Experts on the subject of keep ing cool in hot weather warn the ! /public to "stay away from the ' thermometer." If you. don't pav j any attention to the instrument and its lofty feats, maybe it will get mad and sulk.?Cleveland i Plain Dealer. POP EVERY $10 you snend for shade trees, fruit and shrubberv you add over $200 to value of place. Write or phone 596 for catalogue. C. S. Curtis. Sumter agent for J. VanLindley Nur sery. FIRST NATIONAL BANK SUMTER, S. C. I We Give Value Received. In ofering our services and facilities to prospective customers and clients we are not offering something for nothing. We ex pect ultimately to be repaid for the expense of handling every account that comes to us. Banks are money-making institutions and this one is no ex ception. If we are to continue to go forward we must operate profitably. Our facilities for rendering real banking service, we believe Sto be unsurpassed, and those who have money or deposit cannot do better than come to see us. NEILL O'DONNELL President ARCHIE CHINA Vice President 0. L. YATES Cashier I The National Bank of Soutk Carolina I . OF SUMTER, S. C. I ON CALL OF COMPTROLLER, JUNE 30, 1921 I THE BANK OF THE RANK AND FILE Loans and Discounts_$1,373,118.43 Overdrafts _ 1,256.71 Liberty, U. S. and other Bonds_ 337,586.45 Building and Fixtures_ 35,080.23 Cash and Bank Balances_ 104,022.11 f ? $1,352,233.93 LIABILITIES Capital Stock _i_-: 300.000.00 Surplus and Profits_,_-.- 293,213.74 Circulating- Notes __._J_?_-_:_Tr_--;_- . s;199$&$0 Due to..Federal Reserve Bank on Liberty" Bonds - ? 115,000:00 Rediscounts_'__'__ll-ilzJ.* 122A11M Deposits _t^l? t_ 810,637.31 U. S. Government Securities deposited -. 11,000.00 -. ? * ? - ' ? ' ? .-? 11. i e :i ?>/! /id ': .>'!(.;?: ;?' i ...... . ? ' ?? $1,852.203.93 ] i iQlve us'the Pleasure cf SERVING YOU. C. G. ROWLAND Pfes.; , ' EARLE ROWLAND, Cashier ? ' ?/ , RESOURCES The Balance of the Stock of WILL BE PLACED ON SALE Saturday, July 16th THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO BUY HIGH GRADE MEN S WEAR AT THE LOWEST OF BANKRUPT SALE PRICES. LOUIS LYON, TRUSTEE,