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TQrDAY East Showing CHAPLIN ? ? in "THE KID" Y> WAS SAID TO BE DYEING ? mau rushed into the store of L J. Alexander on Saturday night said excitedly to Mr. Alexan : "Lools here, don't you know r next door neighbor is dyeing, standing around like this and nothing?" "No." exclaimed ^Alexander, "who, how, and "Right next door, Daugh said the man breathlessly, the door they went hit tfce high spots only. When td reached the street and tdow of the Bee & Dee Co., man applied the brakes and ?pj?g to the window said, see ?urself. and the sign said & Cleaning. Mr. Daugh ts quietly sitting inside at figuring out how much it cost to dye a ladies' dress le hundred and seventy bleats on it Alex says people have a queer sense unor.-r-Advt. PERSONAL Mr. P. B. Pbrcher, Jr., of Pi nopolis, spent the week-end with Mr. F.- A. McLecd. * * * Mr. Archie Phelps spent sever al days here enroute from Wash ington-Lee University to Miami, Fla., where his parents now reside. * * * ? Misses aPuline and Gertrude 'Jones left Sunday morning for Charleston where they will spend their vacation. * * * Mr. Alfred Bryan has returaed from New York city where he has been on a business trip. * * * Miss Coy King, who has been visiting Mrs. R. C. Forester for the past week has returned to her home in Orangeburg. * * * Mr. S. R. J. Smith has returned from an extended trip in Berkeley county with his son, Mr. C. B. Smith & $ a|e Misses Leiiah and I ?Iah Smith leave today for Lake Ju^aluska. N. C. and other points where they will spend several days. READ THE SCHWARTZ AD. Marriage Licenses. Colored? Willie Tolley. Philadelphia. Pa., and Agatha Johnson, Sumter. Charlie Mose Washington and Carrie Lou Crosson, Sumter. Congress can't^ help the unem ployed by joining them.?Rock Is land Argus. THE LADIES' SHOP Silk Dresses, Coat Suits, Coats, Hats, Skirts, Kimonas. ALL AT 1-2 PRICE. OUR LOSS. YOUR GAIN THE LADIES' SHOP 4 .fe J?;-:?p FOR GOOD DRUGS And Efficient Service Vi/m-*?*. . ? - ?? - ? . ? - , , ?f??? ? CAPITAL STOCK TAX RETURNS I wish to inform my clients that capital stock tax returns must be filed before July 31st. I have three men in Sumter at the present time. If you desire to have me make your return, ad dress me, care of Claremont Hotel. JAMES L RESPESS, C. P. A. OF GEORGIA. LYNAM ELECTRIC CO. 28 W. Liberty Street THE LADIES' SHOP All Silk Dresses, Coat Suits, Coats, Hats, Skirts, Kimonas. ALL AT 1-2 PRICE. OUR LOSS. YOUR GAIN THE LADIES'SHOP PITY 11 ISA TO-MORROW BEBE DANIELS IN "SHE COULDN'T HELP IT" From the Novel "In the Bishop's Carriage" by Miriam Michelson. ALSO . International News I COURT OF GEN ER Ah SESSIONS Sumer Term Convened This Morning With Heavy Criminal Docket The summer term of the court of general sessions with Judge John S. Wilson presiding, con- j venetl at 10 o'clock Monday morn ing- The court was organized i and all members of the grand I jury were present except one who was absent on account of illness. The judge charged the grand jury briefly and turned over the bills which Solicitor McLeod had in | readiness for their consideration, i The jury for the first case was drawn and sworn. The first case j was the state against S. M. Wait- j ers, colored, charged with break- j ing the prohibition laws of the [ state. Solicitor Frank McLeod represented the state and J. G. Dinkins. Esq.. represented the de fendant. At 3:55 Judge Wilson charged the jury and it retired. At five o'clock it returned a verdict of guilty on the charge of storing peach extract in violation of the law. The sentence was deferred. There is a very large docket of cases for trial and it is expected that the court will run its full term of three weeks. There are two murder cases and one for at , tempted rape on the docket. J -;? ? - NEW LEGION CHIEF I i N l x WlLL PUSH FIGHT i _ ? Wants*{ iL&gistation for Wtjusted ^Gompensa tionP?ssed INDIANAPOLIS, July 9.?The new national commander of the American Legion, Major John G. ?Emery, is up to his neck in the job. He outlined his programme today especially for the Times and . Democrat. [ "The time is ripe to stretch the adjusted compensation programme undertaken by the legion," he said. "This does not mean giving , up one iota of interest in the leg-1 islative program for the benent of disabled soldiers which is ap proaching conclusion. ?'The five-fold adjusted compen- ; I sation program, before Congress. : back of which the legion will I throw its full force, gives the ser i vice men five options: I "FIRST, to buy a farm home on terms not available to the ordi nary person. "SECOND, to borrow money on special terms which will enable him to purchase a city home. "THIRD, to enter a course in j vocational training. ''FOURTH, an insurance feat are i with a deferred payment system. "FIFTH, the cash payment. "The American Legion will con tinue to urge the men io lake one i of the first four in preference to the cash payment. "We have been told that there are some people?'gold-breakers* j they were called in tbe army? getting compensation although not disabled. The legion will lend its aid to safeguard the government against being imposed upon by such men. "We are going to get legionaires who are sleeping on park benches in New York City and other cities to Kansas and other sections where men are needed badly to harvest the crops. We haven't de termined how this plan will be carried out, but action will b" I taken at the earlist possible mo. I ment. "We want to stress American I ism. It is the keystone of the arch i and the Americanism program will still be going on 25 or Zl) years from now?long after Lie disabled soldiers relief measures and other features of the present program have been put into full effect. "The Americanism program will be directed to making Amer cans bettor Americans, as well as to making Americans out of for eigners who reach our shores. "The greatest thing the Amer ican Legion has done. I believe, has been to make the people of America and the world understand that its motives are purely unself ish. ''With the national relaxation from our tremendous war effect there came a corresponding dim inution of interest in public af fairs on the part of the average citi/en "The first move of the Amer ican Legion was to meet this dan ger by rekindling the citizen's in terest in his community, his state and his country. "With the sense of responsi bility to community, state and na tion before our citizenship in peace and war. the nightmare of destructive radicalism and disen tegrating factional strife which has assailed so many nations since the war, has been spared our country. "It is the determination of the American Legion to go forward with its fight, emphasizing al ways o mor? vivid conception by each citizen of his persona] obli gation of service *'ic ?< Lintia " LOCAL NEWS The Camp Fire Girls have re turned from Black River wheri they spent the week-end camping ?0? Mr. W. C. Olsen, who designed and superintended the construe tion of the new power station toi Sumter is spending a few days in the city. Mr. Olsen is now located in Kinston, X. C, 'where he is building a power station for that city. He has recently closed a contract, to design and construct a big power plant for the city of Dublin. Ga. A great many cow owners in the city are having their cows tested for tuberculosis by Dr. Morse, and within a short time there will no: be an untested cow in Sumter. it is the wise thing to do for no one with any sense would take the risk of using milk from a diseas ed cow. and any person who would knowingly sell milk from a tuber cular cow is a ill subject for the chain gang. Every business man who ad vertises in the Daily Item gets re sults?profitable results?and it is remarkable that more people who have wares to sell do not real ize that publicity is the strongest selling force that exists. ?0? The residents of Sum;er who ! never ride around in other towns \ and cities in South Carolina?the | largest and smallest?cannot real- i ize what, an asset, what a delight, the paved streets of the good old ' town of Sumter are ;o citizens and j visitors. Telephone 30 if you know an ? item of news that you think oth- j er peoole would like to know. ?0? St. James Lutheran church will ! have their annual picnic at Pocal la Springs Wednesday evening, beginning at 4 o'clock. All are 1 requested to meet at tin? church ] at that hour, so thai a way can be provided for those who do not i have conveyance. A special in vitation is extended to the entire congregation. | The Sumter Bar Association has arranged the roster for the coming term of the court of common pleas. There is sufficient work represent ed on this docket to keep the court busy for several months? if all the cases are brought to trial. But there are quite a num ber of the cases that will be set tled, if precedent counts for any thing, just about the time they are called for trial. Statement of the Condition of THE COMMERCIAL BAXK AM) TRUST CO., Located at Sumter, S. C, at the Close of Business, June 30, 1021. RESOURCES: Loans and discounts $316.S21.3J Overdrafts. 2,448.47 Bonds and stocks owned by the bank . . . . 14.000.00 Furniture and fixtures 2.12.'L6^> Due from banks and bankers. 17.195.06 Currency. . 1,757.00 Silver and other minor coin. ? 7 5. u 6 Exchanges for the Clear ing House. 2.277. Tu Other resources, viz: Mortgages sold . . . . 3.000.00 Total ? - ? ? $36?,19S.2S LIABILITIES: Capital stock paid in $100.000.00 Surplus fund. 35,000.00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid. 4.4 90.3(1 Dividends unpaid . . . 4,000.00 Individual de posits subject to check $64.^06 21 Savings de posits . . .")"?.6 66.^11 Time certificates of deposit 21,139.02 Certified checks 510.20 Cashier's checks . ..fi.4S5.52 148,707.78 Notes and bills redis con ted. 3,000.00 Bills payable, including certificates for money borrowed. 62,000. ou Other liabilities, viz: Contingent liability on mortgages sold . . 3.000.00 Total . . ... .. $360,19$.2S I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter. Before me came R. C Rradham, 'Cashier of the above named bank. I w)io. being duly sworn, says that I the above and foregoing statement 1 is a true condition of said banK. as shown by the books of said bank, j R. C. BRADHAM. Sworn to and subscribed before I me this 11th dav of July, 1921. o. i . Vates. Notary Public. Correct Attest: D. W. CUTTINO. CE<>. W. HUTCH ESON, FERD LEVI. Directors. OIL WILL REPLACE COAL AS OUR FUEL Price About Same Bui Saving on Reduced Labor Needed LONDON. July 9. ? Within a : few years coal will be a back : number as fuel. F;isi ocean steamships, railway trains, indus trial piants. will a!! burn -oil! That's what progressive indus trialists and scientists are saying here. They have been talking oil for years. Bui the British coal miners' strike which shut down [mines in the United Kingdom for more than 'wo months brought the matter to a head. In tie' his: few works of the coal strike the use of fuel oil in creased enormously. The resuli has been a number of inquiries from railways, steamship lines and industrial plants, not only in regard to oil itself, lor burners in which to use it There is little difference in price between coal and oil. Hat oil is more economical because much la bor is saved in stoking. There is no prospect of the ei! supply running out. very soon. Theres plenty of it on the mar ket and new fields continually arc being opened. Colombia, Ecuador. Costa Rica. Venezuela, Me- United st.it's and northwestern Canada furnish abundant oil holds. There is plenty of nil in Meso potamia, but tie- w<dis were dam aged in the war and have not yet been put back on a productive ba sis, *si*J* & ^ ?^ Au open mouth in- sign of r?r di,, it mind. ? SmgliHUipt' n Sun. [CHAMBER OF COM' MERGE NOTES Plans For Booster Trip to Turbeville Taking Shape Dr. Saraue] H. Edmunds has ac cepted an invitation to address the people of Sumter and Claren don counties at Turbeville, Clar endon county, on .July 21st. on the occasion of the big get-together between Sumter and Clarendon picnic being put on jointly by the hospitable ladies and gentlemen ot Turbeville and Sumter Cham ber of Commerce . The business a,nd professional men and women are amnifesting gratifying interest in the .July 21 annual pilgrimage of the Sumter business and professional estab ishments to Turbeville for a good time, plenty of good things to eat and meeting with their many good friends of Clarendon and Sumter counties. .Many inquiries are being made at the Chamber of Com merce quarters about this coming event, and it looks as though many hundreds will go from Sumter city and county. Not a few merchants have ex pressed to Secretary Reardon the opinion that Sumter can well af ford to (dose up their stores on July 21st. and all go to Turbeville About all that is needed to get the stores signed up to close is for a leader to circulate an agreement for all to sign to close up on that day. Some s^-em anxious to close so that they and their employees may enjoy the day, meet and mix with hundreds of their present friends and customers of Sumter and Clarendon counties, and meet and make new customers and friends. Of course the closing up proposition must originate with the business and professional men themselves. It is against the police of the Chamber of Commerce for that organization to request the closing of places of business, but as this is largely a Sumter Cham ber of Commerce affair in so far as the Sumter county part coes. it will be backing up the efforts of that organization, as well as making many friends for Sumter's stores among hundreds of Claren don people if our stores do close in honor of the occasion and al low hundreds of employees to at tend who "will not otherwise be able to go. Turbeville people and in fact, a large part of the people of Clarendon county are mighty good friends, customers and de nositors of Sumter's stores and banks and professional men and women. The public of both coun ties are invited to bp in Turbe ville on July 21st. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce has guar anteed a mighty good band to furnish music throughout the en tire day* ?!-? ? - INTERVIEW WITH ' TIGER" OF FRANCE Clemenceau Speaks Vari ous Languages ahd Keeps All Still i _ ! PARIS, duly 9. ? "Interview Georges Clemenceau." Those are my orders! ?Jus: imagine a tall, cold-look ing sphinx suddenly turned into an old man of ?0, with Chinese features, and occasionally omit ting a word or two as if begrudg ing every syllable. That's Clemenceau! There is no pomp about the Ti [ger of France. Almost anybody [can walk in on him in his lair in (the Passy district of Paris. But .almost anybody is just as [apt to walk right out again! His home is like that of a strug gling lawyer. Furniture and rugs are old and time-worn, like their owner. There are books everywhere, land casts of great Greek seuip , tures and pictures of still other [sculptures. "On the table there is j a book the old man has been Studying. It tell how to raise garden vegetables. The Tiger purrs pleasure at sce you. ] honed to draw him out by tell ing him what 1 saw recently in !Germany. He listened like a sleepy [feline. Then, finally, he said: [ '? Very interest ing! " ? I ventured the opinion that if i France found she was able to pro I tect herself against the deep-seat fed German hatred, it was largely idue to his work in drawing up 'certain sections of the Versailles 1 Treatv. With his hands crossed on his [stomach, he spoke seven words: : "We all did our best at Ver 1 sa ilies *' I asked how America could help France today. Eloquent silence! I inquired was he going back into French politics. Even more eloquent silence. : More questions, from me and? "Young mau. I speak several i languages and I know how to keep ! still in all of them." IVhoio Family Sick. ! "All of my six brothers and '.sister, as well as myself, have t suffered since childhood from I stomach and liver trouble and I bloating. I thought it rain in the j familv and that I could never be ,' cured", but. t'.ianks to Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, since taking it nearlv a year ago 1 have been enjoying the best of health and 1 feel like a new person. 1 have no trouble from anything I eat." It I is a simple, harmless prepara tion that removes the catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allays the inflammation which causes practically all stom ach, liver and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis, one dose will convince or money refunded. At Sibert's Drug Store and Druggists everywhere. Advt. A jury in Zion City disagreed as to tie1 propriety Of a peek-a,-boo blousle" some fell inclined to peek and the rest to boo. ? Philadelphia North American. Arc the women who are de. nlanding "absolute equality' wear ing heavy woolen coats and vests these days, too? They are not; Pa rkersbu rg News. Married to oblige a friend. -Headline. Next to lending one's toothbrush such an acl appears to be i he las' w ore in _>-\a ;t y - l; ? |t - l.i I- v nr.-ss \OBPEGON FAVORS i EXCHANGE j Yean Professors Visit jg&Los Angeles. Calif., July 11.? I 'Exchange of students bei ween ! diversities in Mexico and the i;?4i:t?ed. States, a plan fostered by ['business and educational workers .in both conutries, is being en couraged and recommended by president Obregon as a means of ^Stinging about a better under standing between the two nations, j according to advices received s?ffere. *V In a communication from the ^Mexican president to Nelson 0. ??noades of ITos Angeles, member of the committee having the plan -in charge, it is said 150 offers worn American universities to .Mexican scholars have been re ceived, that many of the oppor [jfdnities already have been accept !&f. and that the young Mexicans Save been sent to this country to I L;?a _i _ _ I the advantage of familiarizing the jigaited States' representatives with j Mexico, the Mexican president. j,.l$as asked that 12 professors from i'American universities visit Mex J jrco to study archeology. Spanish, i-geology. Mexican history and oth ! subjects. The visitors are ui j?i?ve their fare paid by the Mex ; i??n government and to receive the j-sjfom of 20.000 pesos annually. j v ?"The Mexican government," J file letter adds, "will authorize i-frese privileges in exchange for jfte scholarships which tne Unit ed States will give to our students, vfe will work in complete har mony with the committee that 'Has been formed in furtherance f6t the exchange plan." i'. "The movement was set on foot b ythe American chamber of ^dmmer^e in Mexico, and lias j^een placed before the national i foreign trade convention and j other commercial organizations in ??fe United States, besides the i universities. The executive sec retary of the movement in Mexi i qo is O. R. W. Cook, formrel* of Los Angeles, a graduate of the [University of Southern California. [Would Also Have Ameri i Mexico at Nation's Expense THE LADIES' SHOP All Silk Dresses, Coat Suits, Coats, Hats, Skirts, Kimonas. ALL AT 1-2 PRICE. OUR LOSS. YOUR GAIN THE LADIES' SHOP THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SAVE MONEY. ONE OF THEM IS TO TRADE AT DICKER & BULTMAN SER YE SELF CASH & CARR Y 10 OF THE DAMAGED STQCM f THE : . y CONTINUES Until everything is sold out. Although stocks are broken there are many wanted articles still left to close out. Coine in and see wha t you can use. im Another Skipment of Pretty Blocked and Polka Dot Batiste. Special.39c Polka Dot Batiste, Special . ..35c Colored Voile, Special, yard.15c Maline Union Suits.59e and 89c Ma line Vests.15c and 18c Utz & D unn Oxfords and One Strap Pumps $7.00, $7.50, and $9.00 OS.