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U?6r ajt Sum lass mat a W :er. V80RS tta, . r No. 1 r-*a, ild, leap j?bably, .than! fcsJm bxeak [f ma id: ifi >ttld com thang the rh$ch} -vot-4 -hun ?to - H'73%jg^.-tfte ??ffrr the^Wf year FwSR be pos^?Re toi ^ road bonds at. a-4 mahle t?te | aear fixture, sc . the road may., be *r, county needs 7 the laboring ele lent proposed bridge to provide a river, con aud western ite 2?as. not died CJarndon, C?l Berkeley. Wil ier. Florence. Lee mnties would be .. halanee the fnenefitted by the this bridge,. As . near St. Steph ner's Ferry are eople of the sec rectly interested *ie influence they "KpIBgiiwav de ice, *hat body to \iney Landing project, to be ?& Sor the 3aj*tefc\ Stephens- costs it wiiriae approaches tr?er's Ferry bridge when will they be of abstract Justice does it make ily^ Or 'part men m compose the not men be/ered lity and the honr gtf^iSasiee now, as the courts % or Ltaiued to admiu-J |re they operated J Sent the determi-4 lilt or fnnceenle crime? Open < hmefy isvttowj and is adver- ? Ute women to tobacco. The Company, of the China 'Compaay, has Carolina mar being bought the stemmery l&Snd prepared ??ai deal of tobac ! r io"v coming in and. a E?T of hands will be em Jtekxh h C. Humphries has re -: leegram" that the bodv Son. - Private Willie K. ries will reach Camden, Wednesday July Ith- The vrm be held there Wed t -6 o'clock. iends and comrades ar? attend. ;kinds of wood have been brier than water.. are- nolj rorried about headline. No let who wor ipt. Feyer. was riding fcutomobiles they are L_ TBE DI?R Y ?F ? TRAVELER ?fr. Dahbs Makes a Jour ney From tKe Moun tains arid Back Again Tryon, X. C, July 15.?Last Friday, Mrs. Dabbs. Eugene HI. and ;I.started for .home in tbe StUdebaker. Owing . to vacuum tank valves not. working, properly we bad:, an exciting experience front Tryon to Spartan burg. We could run at 40 miles per iour and coast some and tbe car would come to a standstill. 1 \ ould suck gas into vacuum tank and run again for two or three miles, then an other d\ead stop. We got all this corrected at Spartanburg, but lost three hours there. . Corn and cotton .good from Landrum to Spartanburg, out very 'poor from Spartanburg to York via Gaffney, Blacksburg and Kings Creek backward, not well culti vated and suffering for lack of rain. . Crops imi roved when we Approached York and were fine irom Rocfc Hill to Ft. Lawn. The best being about Mr. Glasscock's where we spent the night and rwhere Eugene III had a wonder ful time with his other grand i&rents and Ilitle cousins. The fried chicken and peach pies made ihe ?f hing >f a Farmers' Union pic nic at Trinity or some other of the splendid F. A. picnics we used to ?ave in Suinter county ten or twelve years ago. It was a hot day and the little fcoy when reminded at York what a. good day it had been for ice cream said: "Cotton m?s: have gone up!" ^Saturday morning after chicken, peaa?ti pie and elegant tomatoes, fb^des other good things for breakfast, we started out at 7:15 for. the 88 ..miles from Mr. Glas : cock's to Sumter. We traveled ^bwn, the, west side of the Cataw fba triver via Ft. Lawn and Great Falls.^ Stopped at Great Falls to 'see one of.the three, dams across the river,..but did not go into the fine looking cotton, factories there. From Great Falls to the hew pow er plant. Ii ih?es above Cainden a distance of .30,miles the old road has been covered with back water in .so many places that the South- J ?em Power Co. has built a new i road that for hairpin ctirves can j not be surpased, between here and j Flat. Rock. They had several j &angs. of wheel scrapes and four | Inule teams hauling top soil on the road-and widening the fills to the bridge approaches. When completed it will, be one of the best built roads in the state. Eut oh,account of the many curves and fErades and bridges-that are now fejom oiie to three feet below the flirt cause ways it is hot safe to speed on; My speedometer shows iris 5.1 miles sliorter from the Columbia, road. marked Ridgeway i to Chester than by Ridgeway, and i occupants of a car other than the ] ?driyer have splendid views of the ; ?immense lake 25 miles long and ] several wide in. places, that has j been made by the lowest dam on j the Wateree river. The driver! should not dare-ott ake.his eyes X>ff the iioad. It is a desolate coun trjy, very hilly. Once all cleared, how covered with scrub second gtowth from which all the tim-i ber of many sizes has been cut- ; Patches of poor crops and poorer cabins. At "Flop Eye," so named be cause ?f the peculiar, droop of the eyes of ? bygone owner, a suburb {if Gre?t Falls, the Southern Pow-' ec Co. have a splendid farm with fine dwellings, barns, etc. . .We stopped at tbe power plant nearest Camden.. The dam is 72 fee: high, 5 immense turbines drive five 20,000. h. p. generators, a total of 100,000 b. p. 24 hours of^the day, 365 days of the year. My. readers, will have some idea of the bigness of the plant when I tell them that the solid steel shafts, that connect the turbines with, _the generators each weighs 7 ? tons,.. A m.achine. in front of each generator steps the cunrent from .$^00 to 110,0 0 0. volts. The main floor of the power house is 208 .feet, above sea level. i .jf?vT<k?&f&&. 4the north* and! ^ff^Cfr/^nreftogenier in a sharp Y on erhalt- rMle^/>?roin the power hpue, sa that one is apt to run Sbwa itot he rivec unless on the ! watch for .-the turn. It is well worth spending 15 minutes or an ! hour looking over. Nine men in three.shifts of 8 hours each have charge.. I found the one I met very courteous. It must be a lone some life.. Xo.village, just homes for the,few employees. The dam backs water to 'he. Rock Creek power plant,. 3 miles below Great Falls. Wheh the river is up the back water reduces the efficiency of the Rock Creek . plant. Two inches oi water .flowing over the <iam raises the water in the race way 4 inches and lowers the power of the .turbines. From th*; new dam we traveled the old road. abo"at .5 miles below we came into the Ridgeway road. Going north the roads fork at a little church in a ftrove of small oaks about five miles from the Columbia road. Crops along there and on through Camden to Boykins' Mill need rain or needed it last Satur day and Wednesday when we re turned. Just above Bo3'kins' Mill crops are, much better, and from | ithere on home show up better than any where up this way. There are two bad pieces of road in the 200 from here to Saluda. About six miles from Lock hart Ferry to Wilkesboro in Chester county, and about six miles from this side of Boykins' mill to the Sumter county line. And from the Knox place to Sumter and out Black, river the road is net near up to the other stretches of the road. From Great Falls to Chester are the longest tangent?? and easiest grades. I have found in the up country. On this road and the road out Of Chester ito Lockhart there does not seem -to be enough corn planted to feed the stock that cultivated the cotton crop one month. It is not in sight of the road. Buit ten miles southeast of Chester thero is some fine fencing and beautiful alfalfa fields. The corn about Boykins and between Dalzell and Myers' store is the most advanced on the road. Saw bunches of hands picking boll weevil squares at several places. One girl just over the Kershaw line from Sumter had a dish pan half full at 9:30 Wednes day. I There was a cloud burst at tAndrum Thursday evening. I do tot think I have ever seen more ?lj?(^in a public road than in ^^^^Sbstreet of Landrum. It l|{-M^>t^?t wide and a foot deep-, Left my car in Landrum and came with Dr. Smith of Saluda. Had to spend the night in the valley with Mr. and Mrs. Black near the tea house. Mrs. Black was a Miss Taylor from near St. Charles, was an attendant of Mt. Zion church and knew all of my friends of that section. Having spent an even ing: near St. Charles on this trip. I was able to tell her lots of news I about he: girlhood friends. Her niece. Miss Bliss, was a school mate at Clifford Seminary, of Misses Nora (now Mrs. Joe Wertz) and Ann Eliza Bruuson of Concord. Willie Pringle came up with us and enjoyed the trip very much. He thinks the trip is worth a hun dred dollars and the mountains one hundied more, to one who has never taken it before. Wednesday was a delightful day for the ti ip. Cloudy most of the way. Not much J travel on the roads. Showers, either the day before or that day so that there was very few miles where there was much dust. Be fore reaching Spartanburg we were caugh.: in a shower and I found what a treacherous thing a smooth surface road is: I bad a skidding experience that was any thing but pleasant. Coming out of Spartanburg I used the hand feed and took my foot off the ac celerator. Result, car speeded up 5 miles per hour on the top soil road over the hard surface road. This letter is too long. I have more interesting things to write about, but must put off for anoth er -time. V E. W. Dabbs. HOME DEMONSTRA TION DEPARTMENT . Saturday evening brought to a close the two days of club girl's encampment. The. program as printed recently was.followed and games, hikes, parties, songs, etc., enjoyed by 41 club girl present. This was the first endeavor of its kind by the; department here and all interested feel fully repaid for the little trouble. Through the courtesy of Mr. E. I. Reardon sev eral of the girls who had no way j of getting out to the General Sum j ter school were tak^n by some (kind friends o fthe To these [we extend.thanks. Also through j Mr. Reardon's courtesy the girls were supplied with ice cream, lem-. onade. and nabiscoes. Each girl Drought her own foods which were put together and served cafeteria style, every one eating out of tin plates. The friends of the com munity were very thoughtful of us in supplying fruits and other e?t-j. ,Mr. and Mrs. George Mabry enter tained with a pretty , party. Col. and Mrs. Dargan also gave a most enioyable evening for us. It was j a treat to have Colonel Dargan ad ' dress us even though he was not very well. To the following we extend thanks for their help and hospitality (we ? wanted to stay longer): Col. Dargan, Mrs. S. O. Dargan, Mrs. S. 0. Plowden, Mrs.' L.. E. Le?vall, Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Murray, Miss . Ja nie Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. George Mabrv, Mr. Rich ardson, Miss Henrietta Dargan. Mrs. R, J. Karrick. Miss Olive Tru luck, Mr. J. F. Williams,. Mr. C S. Hutchison, Mrs. James Pagan. I The camo could never have been so successful without this help and encouragement. Club Market The Sumter Countv Home De monstration Club Market will ODen Saturday at 9.30 o'clock, dub girls and women are urged to bring in fruits, vegetables, butter, canned goods, cake and bread sells Well on .?K)me of the markets of the state. Please be very careful of the products that you bring. You must be sure that what you bring in is good and done up attractive ly. A committee will be on hand to takp charge not necessarily of the selling but pricing goods, sug eesting containers, etc. We want ; the merchants to know that this i move is not intended to hurt their trade and we believe that it will not hurt them, rather it will keep money in Sumter that would oth erwise be spent outside. The man pv that town women spend for things that come from outside the countv and state will be kept here and spent again in Sumter. The ladies-Qf the town are urged, lo : oome- ant; Saturday morning and gets' "fresh'tliingeLs for their tables. Announcements will be made later in the week. If we do have a market we must have something to put o nthe mar ket. "Club members please plant now your fall gardens. The fol lowing can be planted now: Snap beans, sugar corn, set late cabbage adso celery, sow rutabagas and ear Iv turnips, plant, cucumbers for nickliner. the Early Cluster'or Bos ton Pickling: and Irish otatoes. Lookout Mountain for winter use Also put. out tomato nlants . of suckers. These put in a damp place with good seasons will make as good crop as plant. Ice Cream Ice ceram is beautiful in its rich, attractive colors, and tastes even beter than it looks. Made of pure, wholesome, delicious cream and milk, and a little sugar, it is ? flavored to suit the taste. As a dessert it is unexcelled. As a j food, it ranks among the very best, j We like it without cake or with cake. Everybody eats it. Every body likes it. Like the manna that came from heaven, it is sweet, nourishing and palatable. Yes. it is good and tastes g< !>d. A healthy boy or girl, a spoon, and a large dish of delicious ice cream makes a splendid combination. The frozen cream disappears rap idly, but as it goes it nourishes, and gives rosy cheeks, bright eyes, health, strength and happiness. It is a real food for all classes and conditions of people. Sick or well, rich or poor, old or young,, we all enjoy ice cream. Recipe for Junket Ice Cream. 1 quart of milk, 1 pint of cream. 1 cuj) of sugar 1 j linket tablet 1 tablespoon cold water 2 tablespoons of vanilla Heat the milk to luke warm, add vanilla and sugar and stir well. Then add the junket tablet which has been dissolved in one table spoon of cold water. Stir in well, pour into freezer and let stand for ffteen minutes. Freeze till it is the consistency of mush, then add cream and finish freezing. 666 cures a Cold quickly. Assyrians made extensive use of tin in casting bronze, about 3000 years ago. - 666 cures Biliousness. Reports have been made of the IN THE COURT Trial of Edgar Bradley For Murder of W . F. Outlaw All of Weanesday morning until the recess for dinner was taken up with the arguments before the jury by counsel for the defendant and for the prosecution in the case of the State vs. Edgar Brad ley for the murder of W. P. Out law. This case has proved to be very interesting and there has. been a big crowd present since the beginning Tuesday morning. Immediately after the court had reconvened after the recess for dinner Judge Wilson charged the jury and it retired. At six o'clock Wednesday afternoon the jury was stlil out and no verdict "had yet been returned. The testimony in this case was very contradic tory and the jury has to decide, more than anything else, which side was telling the truth. For instance, Marie Outlaw, daughter of W. F. Outlaw, who was mur dered last Christmas day. and who was one of the state's star wit nesses swore that her relations with Edgar Bradley were simply that of a friend and fhat she "was not engaged to him. Edgar Brad ley on the witness stand said that he .was engaged to Marie Outlaw ( and that they were to be married J on the second of Jaunary, 191. j When asked if Mr. Outlaw knew ' of this and' whether he approved j of this or not Bradley said that Mr. Outlaw knew of their engage ment and of their impending mar riage and approved of it. k On the stand Marie Outlaw said that her father disapproved of her go ing with Edgar Bradley and had told Bradley that he did not want him to be going out with his daughter, unless there was a third person along. Edgar Bradley on the stand said that Mr. Outlaw had never said a word to ^him about going with his daughter and had even said to him upon one occassion that he liked him better than- any "other young man that he Knew: -When asked if she wrote to Edgar 'Bradley she ad mitted that she-did andsthat ~me wrote to him possibly once a week. But when shown letters, which Bradley said that she had written to him, she denied having written any of them to him except one. and this one her mother denied being the girl's hand writing, when she was pieced upon the stand. Thus it was throughout the case, the evidence of each side was directly contvary to that offered by the other side. The arguments before the jury con sumed four hours in the morn ing. First Solicitor Frank Mc Leocl and then Mr. Robert Dennis of Bishopville addressed the jury for the prosecution. After their pleas were finished Mr. J. H. Clif- j ton and Mr. M. L. Smith of Cam-1 den spoke for the defense. In Mr. Smith's- argument several let ters alleged to have been written by Marie Outlaw were read to the jury. One of these letters con tained a beautiful and touching little rhyme which ran something like this. "I wish you were a tiny cup. In which I drank my tea. And every time it touched my lips, It would be a kiss for me." After Mr. Smith had finished for the defense Mr.. T. G. McLeod of Bishopville closed for the sfaV with an eloquent plea for convic tion. The defense's whole case rested on self deefnse which the young man claimed. It was ad mitted by the state that Mr. Out law struck the first blow and that he followed Bradley out of the house. This and the fact that 'Bradley did kill Outlaw were the only facts that the State and the counsel for the defense agreed unon. Bradley claimed that he did not curse Outlaw and did not clare him to come into the yard, while the state claimed' that he did do these two things. The state claims that Mr. Outlaw had started to walk back to the house and glanced over his Shoulder when Bradley shot^ him in the sid\e jP-fjl the, head atid shot ..him again in .the. breast wnenVhe spun around. . Bradley claims ithat Mr. ' Outlaw had his gun at: his should er and was ready to fire when he shot him. The shooting was done with a twelve gauge shot gun. us- ] ing number seven shot at a dis tance of about fifteen or twenty feet. After Bradley had done the shooting he came immediately to town and delivered himself to Of ficer Johnson. The entire afternoon was taken up in the arguing of a motion by Mr. R. D. Epps to throw out the case of the State vs Robert Gard-1 ner for grand larceny. The negro was tried and convicted at the fall term, of court, but Judge Bowman ordered a new trial over the ob jection of the attorney for the i defense and now Mr. Epps objects to him being placed on trial again on the ground of former jeopardy. In tke case of the State vs. Ed ear Bradley for the murder of W. F. Outlaw on last Christmas day. Judge Wilson had to order a mis trial after the jury had been out for eighteen and a half hours. Dallas Baker and Eddie Woods wore found not guilty of the charge of manufacturing liquor. In this case it was brought out that Officers Sam Newman. Ed Newman; Nbrris. Boy kin and De puty Sheriff McKagen caught Dal las Baker operating a still in the house of Eddie Woods, colored, but the whiskey had not yet be gun to flow, and in the barn two cans of mash were discovered.. The fact that the liquor had not begun to fiow but of the still and thp fact that the officers had no warrant tr> search the house of Eddie Woods seemed to have had much weight with the jury. Friday, at 3 p. si.. July 14. at ] Mrs. T. E. Flowers on Sumter j street. Ashford Newton. 5-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. John son. Jr:. of Turbevllle. lie was a nephew of Mrs. How^rs. Riih-My-Tisni for Rheumatism. - The tobacco market in Sumter opened Tuesday morning with no very good tobacco offered for sale. There was altogether about 4<>.00<? pounds in the city during the day. All of this was common tobacco with practically no better gradl stuff. The average price for the day was ten dollars per one hun dred pounds. Nearly all of the buyers are in the city and a great deal of tobacco is exneetod to be sale before the end of the mar News and Views iYom Pisgah Pisgah, July 18?The rains still come. In' places very heavy, in others just the kind to do the crops good. The biggest rain in Charleston since 1S<6 so the pa pers state, fell here the same day. It was a whopper and has dam aged the crops a great deal. Cot ton is growing too much to weed and the corn looks sick from so much water. "1 he cotton crop will surely be small judging from what I have seen of it, and corn, generally is not what it was last year. The boll weevil is here in force, some pVaces very thick. We are.picking up the squares and burning them as the best we can do. They are falling fast and on some farms it looks as if thev will be" all off. The writer went through the Stateburg section yesterday and nad the pleasure of seeing many of his friends, spent some hours with Mr. T. S. Stuckey and his interesting family and at night heard a fine sermon from Dr. Daniels at Eethesda church. A protracted meeting has been go ing on there for two weeks but I leave it to "Hagood" to tell you all about it. as he was in evi dence. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Rogers .are visiting his brother at St. Mat thews and from there to their daughter, Mrs. Livingston at North. Mr. B. L. Montague and Helen J visited relatives here yesterday. The protracted meeting at Pis gah church will commence on Mon-, day. Aug. 1st and continue dur- i ing the wek. The one in McLeod's church will start on Monday the 8th of August. Don't know as vet who will aid in either one. The EUptist Sundav School Con vention of the Kershaw Associa tion will be held at Shamrock church, about 30 miles north of Cam den, on July Z 0-31st. Mr. J. E. Dupre is president of this convention and the fine program shows that it is going to be an in teresting meeting. It is in a very fine section of the country. Peo- 1 pie there take a great interest in religious work of all kinds and the indications are that it is go ing to be a large and enthusiactic meeting. Miss Bessie Shiver, one of Pis-1 gah girls, concluded it was her j duty to make some man happv so she married a Mr. Huggins from ! Kershaw. Good luck and much | happiness to them. Mrs. Mary Cato of near Sumter was buried at New Hope church last week after services >by Rev. E. W. Reynolds. She was born and raised here and has many friends and rela tives who mourn that she has gone away. She suffered much before she died from a long sick ness. Mr. Henry Peebles was painful ly injured last week by a tree fall ing on him. He was cutting the tree and when it fell at broke in half and one piece struck him. RAILROAD NEWS. Captain J. D. Rollins spent Sunday in Florence. Mr. Jim Powers was a visitor to Florence Sundav. Mr. C. E. Stamend. A. C. L. attorney with headquarters in Wilmington, was a visitor in Sumter Sunday. Mr. W. H. Pate, Jr., special attorney, A. C. L.. Florence, is in town for a few days. Mr. W. Q. Jeffords, general road master, passed through Sumter Friday en route to Co lumbia. Captain Billy Edgerton passed through Sumter Friday en route to the mountains of Western North Carolina for a vacation. The Sunday excursion to Charleston has been discontinued for this season, on account of no business. , Capt. J. E. Johnson, for many years conductor between Flor ence and Augusta, passed through Sumter Saturday on his way to his summer home in the moun tains, where he will spend .the remainder of the summer. Cap tain Johnson look?>like he is still enjoying good health. He retir ed from active service some years ago. h A large delegation ;from, the I Coast Line passed through Sumter ' Waycr oss' shops of the" Atlantic, Sunday e? joute ? to Colu/nbia to attend the funeral of Mr. Joe D. Nelson, derrick foreman of the I Waycross district, who died in Asheville Friday. Mr. Jack Brunson spent Sun day in Florence. Capt. J. C. McLeod is relieving Captain H. W. Lucius for few days on the Columbia-Maxton run. Captain W. H. Lucius, our pop ular conductor on train 68-69, has gone to the mountains of North Carolina for two weeks' stay. Captain W. R. Johnson, the popular conductor running be tween Columbia and Maxtor. Teaves Tuesday, July 19th for At ! lantic City for three weeks' stay j for his health. Death Bishopville. July IS?D. D. El liott, of Wisacky died at an early hour Sunday morning at the Flor ence infirmary, suffering from cer ebral hemorrhage. He was , ill I only a few hours. Earlier in the I day he attended church and was [ especially bright and cheerful planning a Northern trip for the day. Mr. Elliott was an adopted son of South Carolina, coming to this state upon graduation from the University of Kentucky, the school of his native state. He was con nected with the work of Clemson College and the United State government. Later be be came associated in the Guornsev cuttle business with R. M. Cooper, Jr. of Wisacky. and in a few years became widely known as a wonder ful judge and breeder of Guern seys. Attractive of personality, pleas ing in apearance, fair, honest and upright in business, be countpd his friends by hundreds. Mr. El liott was 2 9 years old. In The Court. Judge John S. Wilson allowed the motion of J. H. Clifton in the rase of the state against Willie Jones for murder to continue the case over unti1 the nex" term of court on account of the absence of important witnesses. In the case of the state vs. Alec. Ruf us and William Tomlin. for manufacturing whiskey in viola tion of the law. the 'defendants were found not guiltv, after the iury had been out abr lit half an hour. The case which is now be ing tried is that of the Statp vs. B. L. McLeod for violation of the pro hihition law. ECAUSE we put the utmost quality into this one brand. Camels are as good as it's pos sible for skill, money and lifelong knowledge of fine tobaccos to make a cigarette. Nothing is too good for Camels. Arid bear this in mind! Everything is done to make Camels the best cigarette it's possible to buy; Nothing is do^ simply for show. Take the Camel package far instance. It's the most perfect packing science can detise to pro tect cigarettes and keep them f resh. Heavy paper ?secure foil wrapping?revenue stamp to seal the fold and make the package air-tight. But there's nothing flashy about it. You'll find no extra wrappers. No frills err furbelows. Such things do not improve the smoke any more than premiums or coupons. Ami remfcmber-r-you must pay their extra cost or get lowered quality. If you want the smoothest, mellowest, mildest cigarette you can imagine?and one entirely free from cigar etty aftertaste. It's Camels for you. the J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Win*ton-3a!ein, N. C. E- - ? ?-, IX MEMORIAM THOMAS I WILSON. Death has again invaded our i ranks and taken from us our es teemed, loved, and honored Vice President of The National'Bank of South Carolina. It is eminent ly proper, therefore, that we, the directors of this institution, where some of his last counsels and ripest services were rendered, should pay a fitting tribute to his memory. Mr. Wilson passed away in the city of New York on the "evening of July 1st, 1921, in the seventy fifth year of his age. He was born at Airdree, near Glasgow. Not only was he Scotch by birth, but he received his early education and training in Scotland; and the inestimable benefits conferred by that system of education then prevalent in Scotland made a last ing; impression upon his life and character. He brought the super iority of his training and thor oughness .to the country of his adoption from New .Yor-fe; -. where he flrst. landed. to-thei-Cafotih?s. where Tie spent, the greater part of hfe'lif&V It'*-^(&med the founda tion^ '4fip his- v character ?r -Clear Shiri^iiSg, sound judg?^it- ah^?n rffinfttbig work, performed fwith ? indomitable enefgy-,-'w^^.th^.ke.5s^ to Sits1 success. All these qualifi cations were greatly enhanced by strict integrity, his fearlessness in the maintenance and advocacy of what he believed to be right and just, and that indescribable qual ity or combination of qualities which we call force of character. In his latter years he built a charming home "in the city of Sum ter, enjoying the respect and con fidence of the community and the people of his state.?happy in all his domestic relations in that home where he enjoyed "that blest retirement, friend to life's decline" with most of his children around him and the devoted wife of his early years by his side. '?How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labor with an age of ease." ? As a mark of our respect for the character and memory of the deceased: Be it resolved: That in - the death of Mr. Thomas Wilson The National Bank of South Carolina has lost a valued and steadfast friend and our community has sustained the loss of one of its leading citizens, whose place can not scon be" filled. Second: That we cherish the memory of his friendship and loy alty, his strong, rugged character, his* manly, sincere speech, and his sound advice and co-operation in the work of the bank. Third: That it is with heart felt sorrow at his loss we contem plate that life of untiring energy, marked by faithful service, which should be an inspiration to us and the working force of this bank in the discharge of the duties devolv ing upon us. We shall remember him who has gone "for what he lias done." Fourth: That as a further tok en of respect to his memory the bank ehail suspend its busines on the eighteenth day of July, 1921. at the hour of noon, at which time this memorial shall be read in. the presence of the directors and offi cers assembled in the director's room of this bank. That a copy of this memorial be ! inscribed in the permanent records of (the bank and that copies be presented to the papers of the city for publication. That the secretary be directed to send a transcript of this paper to ithe family of our deceased friend and Vice-President,-assur ing them of our sympathy and our i sense of loss. MARK REYNOLDS. R. O. PURDY, GLO. D. SilOKPJ, 7 Sumter Defeats JJishopviile In one of the greatest exhibi tions of base ball ever witnessed on the local grounds Sumter de feated the fast Bishopville team by the score of 6 to 0. The locals played an errorless game and only one man reached second base for Bishopville. Only two scratch hits were made off "Slats" Martin, the Wofford College star, who pitched his first game for Sumter yester day. Bishopville played a tight game except in the eighth inning when Sumter made all of her runs. The new manager of the local team will take charge Mon dav and the fans here are assured of a fast, hard fighting team at all times and'ask the patrons to lend their assistance by coming to see the games. Sumter plays the fast Andrews team Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday. They play Hartsville the last of the week. Both of these are strong teams and consist of sonie of the fastest ameteur men hi the state, so the fans may look for close games in bo:h series. Everybody come and root and ?let's back a* team that puts up a fight. ?, ? . ? ,-! SaJem Xews >Totes .. ,. Salem, Black River, July . 23. 1921?During the past week Miss Mazie Wilson was the charming hostess at a house party given to a number of her frijiids at "Brentwood," her home, in this community. The following young ladies enjoyed her hospitality: Misses Johnnie Mayo McElveen and Macie McElveen of Lynch burg; Misses Cornenia Wilson and Conyers McFaddia of Lake City; Misses Mary Alice White. Cornelia White and Katherine Warren of Sumter, and Miss Isabell McEl veen of New Harmony. Several social events were given in the community in honor of the visitors, among them dances at Mrs. A. J. Pringles and at Mrs. G. C. Mathias, and a fish fry at Shaw's Lake on Black River. On Friday evening the Salem School Improvement Association entertained with a social evening at the home of Mrs. E. W. Dabbs, Jr., Those present enjoyed sev eral contests after which they toasted marshmallows by fires out of doors. Later they had a water melon feast. Death. Sunday morning Mrs. J. E. Mc Daniel. of Tindal died after a very brief illness. Mrs. McDan iel was taken ill Friday afternoon. The funeral was held Monday af ternoon at six o'clock in the" city cemetery. ? ? ???? ? If a wet July is good for the boll weevils and bad lor the cot ton there can" be no dispute con cerning the present situation. But there is one consolation, the corn crop is fine and the prospect for a hie hay crop was never better. The second day of the tobacco season was not a big day for ei ther of the local warehouses. The sales totaled only about twelve to fourteen thousand pounds, with the price average about as it was Tuesday, the opening day. The tobacco being offered for sale Is fairly good grade for the first curing, but the price is not attrac tive and the buyers do not appear to have strong orders. Reports from other South Carolina mark ets indicate -?hat the prices at the opening sales Tuesday were gen erally disappointing and much to bacco was withdrawn from sale. Some of the markets are tempo rarily closed, pending an advance in price and a better demand. Collision <m Poca>.u Road Saturday night ? collision oc curred On file Poc?ll? road be tween a Buick touring car, driven by Mr. "Bub" Shaw and a buggy driven by Robert Singleton, color ed.. The buggy was a total wreck and tbe 'Buick was turned over oh its side and badly damaged. Rob ert Singleton was painfully but not seriously injured, receiving* cuts and bruises about the. head. The horse which was attached to the buggy, strange to relate, was net hurt. Mr. Shaw escaped unin- * jured and of. other occupants, of the Buick?Messrs. Aubreth Brad ham, Billy Bowman and William King?Aubreth Bradham was the only one injured at all. He was thrown from the car. when it turn ed over and was rendered uncon scious for a few minutes. The others were thrown cr?ar of the car and were not hurt. The cause of the accident is said to have been that the driver of the Buick was blinded by the glare of the headlight of,another car that was approaching. . . . .,. A proposition tdse^tn^bSs^^' Pa per mill in'6r'*neas Sum^rJ^'W bje submitted to .the>: business ^meh and investors of this cityr;prodded a. sufficient humbe?iv; of.-shem mvi^e a former Sumtes man,^whb is now connected with a northern paper mill, to lay the facts and figures before them. This is one I line of manufacturing that is .not lover-crowded and the demand is [growing yearly for all varieties Of paper products. If it. pays to ship pulp wood from Sumter to a mill a thousand miles distant, ft ought to pay to make the paper here. The times and the markets are all out of joint. Cotton 13 a drug on the market and. cannot be sold for enough to pay the cost of pro duction, tobacco is in the same category and there is no prospetc of 0. change for :he better. The only remedy, apparently/ is. for the cotton and tobacco growers to quit planting cotton and tobacco and let the world go naked and smokeless and chewless' for a pe riod of time. A farmer does not need, cotton or tobacco to eke out an existence, for he can al ways produce enough to eat. At the prevailing prices, for tobacco and cotton a bare existence is all that the producer obtains and add ed to this hardship the majority ?of farmers are running deeper into debt each year, as the penalty he pays for providing the clothes J and smokes for the world at less 4 than cost of production . -? ?, in 666 Cures Bilious Fever.?Advt. | The Gamecock Dairy, Whilden & Onsrud, proprietors, . has a Guernsey heifer, with her first | calf, that is making a remarkable record in the official test that is bei?g conducted by Clemson Col lege. Last month she produced an average of two and a half -i pounds of butter fat a day. The \ performance" of this heifer is so remarkable that the attentfon of i the National Guernsey Associa tion has been attrcated and the tests will bpjehecked by represent atives of that association. -:-?? ? * - The tobacco marked is open and 1 some cash will be turned into the channels of trade within the next few weeks. . ^\ ? ???- / The brick paving on Telephone street, adjacent to the A, C. L. station, is being repaved. FOR EVERY $10 you apend for shade trees, fruit, and shrubbery you add over $200 to value of place. Write or phone 59S catalogue. C. S. Curtis, Stf