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^ The Watchman and Southron Entered at the Postoffice at Sum* ter, S. C, as Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. t Messrs. Jimmie Bryan. Sanders Pettigrew and Bill Blackwell, of Marion, spent Sunday and Monday in the city. * Miss Eva Bennett, of Latta, is the guest of Mrs. J. G. R. Wilder. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Turner return - ed to their home in Florence Mon day after spending the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Turner's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. X. Strange of this city. Miss Irene Bryan has . returned g from Tampa, Fla., where she has been employed as secretary by the Florida Commercial Bureau. Miss ^Bryan has an interest in the Auto matic Flush Tank Company of this city and the growing business of this company made her return ad visable. Miss Dorothy Carson, of Summerton, who accompanied Miss Bryan on the trip to Florida has also returned to her home. The young ladies, v.-hile holding po sitions, found time ro see something of Florfcla and get in a number of pleasurable experiences and thrills. Miss Annie Davis of Columbia is visiting Dr. and Mrs. Archie China at their home on Washington street. ^ Misses May and_Freda Thomas ^nd Eloise and LOurine Brown at tended the dance in Bishopville Monday night. Miss Xell Spann of Columbia i? the guest for a few days of h-n* cou sin, Miss Reha Spann. Idr. and Mrs. Clyde Benson of Charleston are spending a few days in Snorter with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cost in. Mr. J. Watson of Atlanta :s a 5g visitor in Sumter for a few days. Miss'Juanita Cannon of Florence is visiting Miss Syrena Evans at her .home on Washington street. * Mr. Hugh F. Dick of * Atlanta. Ga,. is at home for a few tfays. Mr. Donald Gulley is spending Christmas. at; his home ia Wake Forest, X\ C. Mr. W*. O. Courtwright is spend ing Christmas in Savannah, Ga. Miss* Elizabeth Hepburn has gone to Florence on a short visits Miss Augusta Rembert of Colum bia is visiting Mrs. S. A. Abbott on - Washington street. Misses Mable and Kathryn Platt ' fof Alken are the visitors of Miss Eliabeth Osteen on Hampton ave nue. Miss Sallie Rembert left this] K>rning for Columbia, where she will visit for severa ldaysl . Mr. Sam Sanders of Annapolis is at his home.in the city for the Christmas vacation. / Mr. Maurice Randall of Clemson ! College is at his home in the city.j 'lc? the holidays. Miss Bernie Ramsey^ left this i ' morning for Greenville to attend I the Ragsdale-Graham wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Brogdon, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brogdon, Miss Lily FBrogdon. Mr. Sam John Brogdon and V Mr. Screven Brurison are spending ten days at Brook Green, *en the Waeeamaw, on a hunting ? "trip. Mr. George W. Hammell and j daughter, Miss Emma Rossell Ham- I meli, of Augusta, Ga., are visiting! Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. McKagen. j j Miss Helen Bailey of Clinton is the visitor of Miss Elizabeth China i at her home in tne city. j Master James Dennis left Friday ; night for Macon, Ga., to spend the | holiday with his mother. He was ] accompanied on his trip by Miss ; Mildred and Shelton Wactor. . Miss Edna Boney left this morn- | jing for Augusta to visit her aunt, j Sirs. W. H. Bevin. Mrs. C. W. McGrew was called to Charleston last week on account j I of the illness of her brother, Mr, ? George S. Jackson. Miss Marie Teague passed i through Sumter last night wVile! returning to Sanford, Fla., from her home in Laurens where she spent i Christmas. , ! Miss Sarah Lucius of St. Charles ; is spending a few days in Sumter. j Mr. Dennis Hill of t?e Charleston ! Medical College was a visitor in tl:e I city Tuesday. j '-Rev. and Mrs. J. A. McMurray j and daughter of FayetteviUe, X. C,! * left this morning for Darlington after having? been tlie visitors of j Mrs. R. B. Duffie in the city.* Miss Marie Roessler. asst. sec-' ? retary. Chamber of Commexce at Spartanburg. is visiting Mrs. S. F, Weeks, on W. Liberty street. Misses Claudia Fraser and Cor- ' nelia McLaurin are at home from the Richmond Training School at; Richmond, Va. j Mr. Craig Hurst left this morning for Asheville, X. C, to resume his | work after having spent the Christ ? mas holidays in the city. Mr. Cornelius Kol lock, of Dar- I lington is a visitor in Sumter. Miss Kathryn Rowland, of Ashe- j ^vilee and Mr. Thomas Rowland of; the University of Xorth Carolina are visiting their grandparents in the city. Among the out of town guests at tending the dance given Tuesday j night by Th'r Purple Stringers Or- j ehestra of Greenville, were .Misses. Elisabeth Jackson and Sarah Mill- j er of Bennettsville. Miss Mildred j Taylor of Columbia and Messrs. ! :abel Garrett of Laurens. Rubber j ?vi ot Manning, and Ray Stuckey Stateburg. Mr. Alva Solomons, of Annapolis ; is at home on a short Christmas furlough. Messrs. J. Frank Williams. E. I. \ Reardon, A. C. Phelps and C Schmolke, dairy specialist for CIemso*i College and Eastern South Carofiflk, left today for Pinewood where they are to be present at a public meeting to be held there to day at two o'clock. The object of th* meeting is to interest the busi ness men and farmers of that sec tion in dairy extension work, inj e truckers' association and sn tne lans for the marketing of produce, j Miss Xadme Mr.Dougall. of Co mbia Is spending the Christmas ; liday wfrti Mis* Xell Folsom at ; aer home in the < ity. _j Miss Miriam Calnoun, who if in~[ training at the Florence Infirmary, spent the holidays with her parents. Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Gantt and their daughter Margaret, of Char leston, spent Christmas with Mrs. Beaumont. Mr. Clarence Burkett and Spann Burkett and their families spent Christmas with their mother, Mrs. R. \Y. Burkett. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Folsom an nounce the birth of a son, J. B. Folsom. Jr.. December 25th. Mrs. Hugh O. Brown and son are at their home in the city after hav ing been to Orangeburg to spend Christmas. Mr. Burwell Manning passed through Sumter this morning while on his way from Columbia to the Manr/ng plantation near Bishop ville on . business. Mr. Charlie Pierce leaves tonight for Georgetown where he will at tend the Georgetown cot'-ilion dance to be given tonight. Mr. ?. H. Boykin spent a most enjoyable Christmas vacation with his relatives in Bennettsville. A delightful dinner party was given by Mr. Harold Moise last evening at his apartment in Hamp ton Court.' The guests, Misses May Blanding. Caroline. Dick, Do rita Moise, Sadie Mims and Evelyn C.tudle and Messrs. W. J. Crowson, Jr.. Alva Solomons, George Bult man, and Gifford Shaw were fur ther entertained by the enjoying of the dance given, at Borden's. Miss Reha Spann and Miss Nell Spann were among Sumter ladies attending the dance at Borden's last night. Miss Marie Louise Bultman is spending several days in Columbia. Miss Katheryn Powers, who has been visiting Miss Marie Louise Bultman, has returned to her home in Columbia. Death of Geo. S. Jackson. Mr. Geo. S. Jackson died in Charleston Tuesday night at 9 o'clock, after an illness of about ten days. The deceased was 49 years old and was well known in this county, having resided here from time to time during the past 25 years. He is survived by his widow, his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Jackson; four broth ers, Messrs. R. Lee, H. O. S., Jno. X. and Willie Jackson? and one sis ter, Mrs. C. W. McGrew. Death, Mrs. Anna E. .Griffin died at her home in Pinewood at 9 o'clock on Christmas morning following a long illness. Mrs. ^Griffin, who was in her fifty-fifth year, was the daugh ter of the late L. Newton Barwick of this city. She has been a res ident in Pinewood since her mar riage to the late S. G. Griffin of Pinewood. Mrs. Griffin is survived by one son, Mr. Freddie Griffin of Pine wood, and by two daughters, Misses May and Bertha, Griffin, graduate nurses of the Tourney Hospital at Sumter. The funeral services were held in Pinewood at 11 o'clock Monday morning. Death. -Mr. W. Moultrie DeLorme died at his home on Hampton Avenue shortly before noon on Monday, af ter hdving been in declining health for the part year and having been 1 critically ill for some days. Mr. DeLorme was in his 71st. year, hav ing been born in. Sumter in the; yea:- 1851. He was the son of Mr. W. M. and Mrs..Margaret De- i Lorme. of Sumter. At the early | age of seventeen Mr. DeLorme be g?n his way in life as clerk for Mr. I A. A. Solomons. This position and | his position in the --employ of j O'Donnell and Company, which he j held for a number of years, and up I until his retirement from business 1 about two years ago, were the only ones occupied by Mr. DeLorme dur- j ing his working years. This ! speaks, as nothing else can, of his ability to please and of his faithful ness in service. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church, al good man, a loving father and a j quiet and unassuming citizen. The funeral services were held ; from his late residence at twelve o'clock Tuesday and the body in- | terred in the city cemetery. Mr. DeLorme is survived -by his wife, who was Miss Beckham, j daughter of Dr. Beckham, of Pri\ - j ateer, three sons, Messrs. XV. M. ; DeLorme. Jr., Harold and Bert De Lorme, and five daughtes, Misses Margaret and Corinne DeLorme, ! Mrs. Minnie Plowden, and Misses Frances and Blanche DeLorme. ? ? RECEPTION LAST NIGHT. Knights of Columbus Entertained Their Families ami Friends. The Sumter Council, Knights of Columbus, held their second an nual reception last night at Bryan's hall ?and certainly proved admirable hosts to the large gathering that attended. The program of enter tainment demonstrated very ef fectively the older members of the council are keenly interested in en joying every amusement that ap peals to the younger set. and made them even more determined to lay aside their cares and troubles for at least one night of the year, and join hands with the members of this splendid organization in finding enjoyment in the mingling togeth er of the families of'their Brother Knights and their friends. A tempting menu, splendidly pre pared and served by the ladies of St. Anne's Catholic Church was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Music, with a number of solos, dancing, and a few impromptu talks, made the time slip quickly, until now the laLM reception of the Knights is but a pleasant memory. Washington. Dec, 2a.?A tariff of one dollar a barrel on crude oil was urged before the senate finance committee today by Harry Smith of Oklahoma. Vera Cruz, Dec-, 27.?Dr. Howard Cross, of the Rockefeller Institute, died today of yellow fever after making an inspection of the fever district. Cream as a Money Crop There is a Cash Market For It Every Day The movement to matte a mon ey product out of cream in this county is gradually meeting with success. Casting about for some thing that would bring immediate results, the Voting Men's Business League some weeks ago began to give publicity to the fact that the local creamery was in the mar ket for more cream than it was receiving, and would pay cash for the cream. The papers of the city were used to convey this news to the owners of cows and more than this a list of some of the cow owners of the county was obtained from Miss Truluck. home demon strator. A letter was sent to each telling of the market for cream, and these letters were followed up a week later by a postcard re minding each of the same, and fh< ;-. after another week another post card went to the same address on the same subject. Mr. Merritt. manager of the creamery, has had some responses from individuals, and more than that he has had calls from represen tatives from Oswego section, and from the Wedgefield section. The various producers of these two districts are working on plans to handle the production and delivery of cream as a community enter prise, and probably considerable quantifies of cream will soon be coming in from each locality. This county has been a dyed in the wool cotton county, and to change production methods is a most difficult thing. It'has to be done, however, and it will be done, gradually, though, of course. The cow is one of the best helps to the change, and hei- owners are begin ning to realize this. Sumter county can not only produce all the but ter that is consumed in this county, but it can produce enough butter to bring into it considerable reve nue from outside. It will not he done this week or this month, but it will be done. ? ?o ?? - Christmas in Sumter One of Quietest and Most Pleasant Ever Experienced The Christmas r ^^^of this year has been by almost everyone declared one of if not the quietest of all Christmas seasons passed in this immediate section. That it was one of the pleasantest and most heartily enjoyed of all Christ mases must necessarily go without saying, for this was truly one Christmas season not punctuated by a number of sad and distressing accidents. The usual big lire and fire damage losses were this year stricken from the season's disas ter list and it is noteworthy to re produce the police record during the days of Saturday, Sunday and Monday, during which period of tfme only one arrest was made. This was the taking into custody of a negro man on Kicker Street for disorderly conduct. It is also quite a remarkable fact that no serious accidents took place from the use of fireworks even if every small boy in the city did at one time or other during the hol idays give notice of his exact loca tion in town by the bang of a fire cracker or of a giant salute. "Each Christmas is the best," was a quotation aptly used by one of Sumter's daughters enjoying to the fullest her limited number of holidays, and this quotation just about says it all, after all. Mayesvillc Bank Re-opened Mayesville, Dec. 23.?The Mer chants' and Planters' Bank was today reopened by the state bank examiner. This bank closed its doors November 26th on accouni "of the lack of ready cash. It was able to reopen after the depositors agreed to leave their deposits not subject to check until January 1. IDl'o, and the crediting banks agreeing also, to give extension un der a like agreement of tin- de positors. The bank examiner and the officers believe that the condi tion of tbe bank is such, that the affairs can he worked out during this time. The work of Mr. Craig, the stale bank examiner, and his as sistants is greatly appreciated by the community. This bank will continue to do a general banking business with tin- exception of mak ing loans. All new deposits-will ho kept separate from the old business and will be subject to cheek ai any t inie. ? ? ?? Marriage License Record. Marriage licenses have been is sued in the office of the clerk of court to the following eonphs: Mr. J. W. Powell of New Zion. S. C, and Miss Julia L. Gibbons of Turbeville, s. C. Mr. S. If. Jones and Miss Bessie Barrow of Turbeville. Christmas Tree Given by Camp Fire Girls. The ('an:]) Fire Girls of the Litahni group, twenty in number, gave a Christmas tree on Satur day afternoon for twenty-two lit tle children of ib.- eity. Santa Claus was present, personally tak ing charge of the ceremonies and presenting the gifts which so de lighted the hearts of these li;il<. children, the little guests of the Camj) Fire Girls of this groui> Engagement Announced. Abbeville. Dec. 24 - Mr. and Mrs. George W. Shelor announce the en gagemet of their sister, .Miss Louis Watson, to Mark Reynolds, Jr.. or Sumter. the wedding :<> take place in the enrly spring. A number of the merchants ex press satisfaction with the holiday trade. Business was sat: r. aetorily good Saturday and most of the stores carrying holiday goods were rushed to wait on the trade. ; Community j Christmas Tree Christmas Custom To Be Established in Sumter At the Memorial Park was held I Monday afternoon, beginning at <i:.?.o o'clock, a community Christ mas celebration around a beaufi ' fully lighted Christmas tree set up i in the park for this purpose. A ? platform had been erected near the I tree and upon this platform was assembled a special chorus con sisting of the choirs from the va : rious churches of the city. A num ber of hymns, Christmas music and : carols were sung and were greatly j appreciated by the large number of : people attending the ce remonies ; and who.seemed to enter into, the spirit of the thing. A short tali was heard from .Mayor L. 1?. Jen ' nings. This was the first time in the j history of Sumter thai :i thing of ; this kind has been attempted but i> is hoped that this celebration will Like the form of an annual ! affair, now th.-it the precedent has been established and that with each year the interest of everyone v. ill i.e greatly magnified. Puts Up Stiff Battle i ______ Negro Bootlegger Gives Of ficers Good Chase St. Matthews, Dee. 26.?Sam Duckson, a negro bootlegger, gave! the officers of the law and the 11own in general a choice bit of ex j citement Friday. He had been un jder suspicion of being engaged in the licfuor business for some time Mini was recently caught and given [a $5$ fine by tin- town authorities. ; Friday afternoon Policeman Joms saw him driving into town and scented trouble. The'officer started for him and Duekson tossed ; his burden of white liquid into the j yard of a citizen. He then put ; whip to his horse and dashed away. ; The liquor recovered, .Mr. Junes : and two young men secured'a car J and made pursuit. The negro was ! overt.'?ken on the outskirts of the j town and was seen hiding his pistol I in a pile of lumber. The policeman ? arrested him. The handcuffs were adjusted and the pistol recovered. : Then, in an instant, the negro 'surged, freed himself, broke his ? chains, grabbed the pistol from the policeman, covered him. recovered i his own pistol from the deputy po- i ; lieeman and proceeded to use some vitriolic language. He backed off, got into his buggy and again took j flight. .Aid was summoned and I the sheriff and a number of citi j /.ens were soon in pursuit in cars. J I The negro again abandoned his i buggy and made a cross-country run. Finding himeself closely pur sued, in- turned and opened fire' on tin- pursuers. Many shots were exchanged but no one hurt. He was finally again captured, but [ showed fight and did not submti j until severely punished. Upon search of his premises; a distilling on: fit and six weapons were lo cated .among which were a sixteen (shooter, automatic and several of j lesser danger, but all in good state j of service. He is doing service on . {the gang under charges in the ! court of magistrate until the higher court may dispose of him.' Sounds Hfodern i - The United States Vocational j Sumary prints the following pas- ; sage from Ascham's School Mas ter, written about 156:>: : "And it is a pity that commonly ! j more care is had yea, and that j , among very wise men. to find out rather a cunning man for their : horse than a cunning man for their I children. They s:iy nay in word, but they do so in deed. For to the one they will gladly give a stipend of 2?U crowns a year and are loath \ j to offer to the other 200 shillings. Cod that sitteth in heaven laugh-, eth their choice to scorn and re- I wardeth their liberality as it should. For he suffereth them to have tame and well-ordered horses, but wild and unfortunate children, and therefore in the end they find more pleasure in their horses than com fort in Iii? ir ? hihlren." -? O ? Child Burned to Death. Spartanburg. Dec. 2G.?The two 'years old son of Mr. and Mrs. I Hough ton Cooksey was burned to ; death in a fire that destroyed their home five miles north cf Spartan burg this afternoon. The child had been left in the house while Mrs. I Cooksey stooped at a barn som??. distance from the residence. Di> covering the fire. Mrs. Cooksey j rushed to the rescue Of her child bui was restrained from entering the building, then in names, by neighbors. The body of the child was recovered from the ashes of the home late this afternoon. -?-*>-? Aged .Minister Dies. rinrtsville, Dec. 26.? Prof. C. E. Sehiablo of Coker college left for Hamilton. X. V.. Saturday after noon iu response to a telegram from Mrs. Schiable, announcing Um death of her father, the Rev. W. U. Maynard, l >. 1).. at his home in thai city. Dr. Maynard was 86 years old. He was for many years | professor of church history in Col gaie Theological seminary. Owing! to his advanced age and feeble | condition he gave up active work .i f?-\\ years ago and was ?hosen professor emeritus of Colgate. Hol was a groat preacher*and a very; learned man He served as pastor of a large Maptisi church in Hamil- I ion for a number of years. He and Mrs. Maynard spent the win ter ni Hartsvlile a couple of years ago and while here he preached I several times to the delight and ??ditieation of the people. Surviv ing him are bis Wife of Hamilton and one daughter. Mrs. ?'. E. Sc hi- j able, oi I la (i s vi lie. -v o o ,\ nice tiling about freckles is you know they are real. Police ?T6 Remembered Young Men's Business League Commends Good Work of Force The police department of the city were not forgotten in the Christmas season by their ninny friends in the City of Sumter. From citizen friends of the police department , the members of the police force were presented fruits. cigars, etc., from the City Council each officer of the force was presented with a Christmas dinner turkey, and from! the Young Men's Business League I of the city came a cheque to Chief! Barwick and which was accompan ied with the following letter: Sumter. Dec. 21st. 1921. j .Mr. .J. M. Barwick, Chief. Police! Department; City. I >ear Mr. Barwick: Permit us "to express our cour teous and loyal police department the season's greetings, and to hand y?u the enclosed cheque as a slight reminder of our appreciation of the good service rendered our citizens? during the past year. With our kindest regards, we are, J Cordially yours. Young Men's Business League of! This letter is stated to be the first I letter of a commendatory nature! received this year by the police de- ? partment and it was stated by the police department that this letter! was doubly appreciated when it was j known to have conic from an or-, ganized body made up of such; splendid young men of the city. 1 chief Barwick stated that he made! an opportunity to get the entire i membership of the police depart- ! men.' together and read litis letter, to 'item. Each officer, stated Chief j Barwick, seemed to highly appre- j ciate the praise and he believes! will be spurred to better future ser- J vice just by the fact that their work j is being noticed and praise is to he given where praise is due. Chief; says that he has been made to feel i very proud and wants to express! his deep appreciation of the many favors Which have been tendered him. -? ? ? ? Washington. Dec. 27. ? It is] charged by motion picture produc-| ers by their representative before the senate finance committee, that the Eastman Kodak company con trols the production of all raw films. All oppose an increase in the tariff. ? ? ? The November Dairy Honors. Clemson College, Dec. 23.?Out of 10f? cows on official test in the state during November, 50 won places on the'honor roll by making iO or more pounds of butter-fat during the month. Of these 24 were Holsteins. 2"> Guernseys, and one Jersey. The average butter-fat production of the Holsteins was 52.? pounds, of the Guernseys 4S.7 pounds, and of the Jersey 44.G pounds, the general average for all three breeds being 4.x.7 pounds. The highest honor in both milk and butter-fat production for the! month went to Katie Paul Sadie Yale, a senior three-year-old Hol stein owned by V. M. Montgomery, Spartanburg. Her production was 2,672.4 pounds of milk and S9.4 pounds of b?tter-fat. This cow takes the senior three-year-old state j class leadership in both the 7-day I and the 3?'?-day tests. Second place among Holsteins and among all breeds went to Luka Canary' Korndyke, owned by J. T. Willard. Spartanburg, her pro duction being 1,924.5 pounds of milk and 73.8 pounds of butter-far. j The highest Guernsey record fori the month was made by Florell's } Primrose, owned by 11. A. Quat-j tlobaum, Bishopville, her produc-! lion being 1.033.5 pounds of milk and tiT.'.i pounds of butter-fat. This j record was made in the eleventh j month of lactation and indicates that she will have a position among the first ten Guernseys in the country in class BE. Second plaice, among Guernseys was made by G fin wood's Yalinquei of Elm Con:;, owmd by Whilden & On sr?d. Sumti-r. with ;i production of ?.>.."? pon'n?s of milk ami 66.1 pounds of but!er-fat. The Jersey o:: the honor roll was Rhine's Fanny Fox. owned by the South Carolina Experiment Station^! clemson. College, her butter-fat | production being 14.0 pounds. Owners of cows on the honor j roll were as follows: Holsteins. IL ; D. .Ionia:,. Ridge Spring: St. J. A. Lawton. Charleston; J. T. Willard, I Spartanburg: V. M. Montgomery, j Spartanburg. Guernseys: C. S. j McCall. Benncttsville; A. L. James,! Darlington: J. L. Mclntosh. Doves-| ville: Whilden & Onsrud. Sumter: | R. M. Cooper, Jr.. Wisacky; IL A. j Quattlebaum, Bishopville; E. B. McCutehcon. Bishopville; Clemson! Agricultural College; Ware Shoals i Mfg. Co. -? o o ? ? Timmons\ ille. Dee. 2?. ? This j morningraboui S o'clock a frame; dwelling on Smith street, owned by) Hiram Watford and occupied by a I Mr. Ard. was almost completely de- 1 stroyed by [ire. The fire company; did splendid work but only sue- : eocded in saving the household of- | ,'ects. 'I'1!.- vablation of the house; was ?4.000 with .$2,000 insurance. | Ii is thought tirecracKers caused the blaze. New York. Dec. 27.?An invol untary petition in bankruptcy was j filed today against Robert H. In- j gersoll ami Brother, the manufac turers of Ingersoll watches. Their liabilities are listed at three million; dollars and the assets exclusive of ! goodv\ ill. at i v\ o million. Murder in .Marion. Marion. ;?? <?. 2S.? Frank Abrams. 25 year old negro, was killed by Frank LeGetU*. another young ne gro man. aboul 9 o'clock yesterday morning at the Imnie of l-'rank Le Gette mi the Fmklea place, about vix miles north of Marion. Life and Casualty Co. Amends Charter Capital Stock of Big Insur ance Company is Increased to $500,000 Xashvillo. Tenji., Doc. 28?At a meeting of the stockholders of the Life and Casualty Insurance com pany, Wednesday, a resolution was passed, amending the company's charter so as to increase its capital stock from $350,000 to $500,000. President Burton stated that the company's record for the present year had been satisfactory from many standpoints, notwithstanding the general financial depression. The company's books show a gain in assets for 1921 of approximately $45.0,000'. Mr. Burton stated that the company was organized in 1903 writing health and accident busi ness for a number of years, adding the life department about three years ago. It is now the second largest industrial health and acci dent company in the United States and ranks among the large life insurance companies, with approx imately $50,000,000 ' of life insur ance in force. ? ?????? Fire at Campobello $1(K),000 Loss is Sustained in Spartanburg County Spartanburg, Dec. 27. ? Fire starting about 8:30 tonight wiped out the business section of tl^e town of Campbello, eighteen miles north west of Spartanburg on the South ern Railway line to Asheville, de stroying the postoffice, telephone exchange, Coggins & Gosnell's store, \V. E. .Jackson's store, H. L. Deshield's store, Madry's stables and smaller buildings. The origin of the fire is un known. Th?- burned district is some distance from the station, but forms the center of the town's business. The lire loss is estimated at more than $100,000, with insurance covering a large part of it. Among the first building to go was the teolphone exchange, and as a result, the town has been cut off from communication except b^ railroad wires. ? ? ? _agcod Xews and Views. Rembert, Dec. 26.r-Ojt,the third Sunday Dr. Brunson preached to a large congregation at that old his toric Baptist church. High Hills. Rev. E. TV. Reynolds, of your city, will preach there on the afternoon of the second Sunday at 3:30. Yesterday, Dr. McCoy, the new presiding elder for this district preached a very appropriate, ser mon to a delighted congregation at Bethesda church. We went to Sylvester Allen's yes terday and found Laval Jackson and Bob Dixon there for reason. About 12:45 we went into the din ing hall and saw in substantial form the reason for their presence. Their faces were wreathed in smiles when they saw that table, and it would have done you good to see them perform. The feast was inviting, such things as bis cuits that melt in your mouth; nice liver pudding, sausage, ham, chick en, three kinds of cake, etc., b..'ng in abundance. Mr. Jackson, an old ha/id at the business as all who know him will allow, did his best 'but Bob beat him in the race fully a neck. * If I survive this Xmas I will write you again but I am booked already and expect to be booked for half a dozen such occasions. All animals are not men but all men are animals, only some are so much that you almost wonder if they are anything else. Did you ever see the self-import ant pushing with the shoulder even when no one was near? Just a habit, you know. Well maybe you did not because you were so near. Then in conversation they hud a monoply, as if none else had ought to say, etc. You must politely, quietly sit still and '"grin and en dure it" as the Bible (?) says. And the Bible does say "Let not your left hand know what your right hand doeth." but you know almost to the last mite, perhaps to the next :nire. wlint they give. They would make the impression that their liberality is. well monumen tal. There's the other fellow or a she, who inquires as you sit around their comfortable hearthstone, ???low many government bonds have you. son?" Fifty thousand." "I am ahead of you. I have sixty thousand." Then turning to you, his cousin, he declares. I have money scattered all over this coun try, hut the security is giltedge. It is perfectly delightful. Say are you "him?" "Hagood." 2 Correction In the publication of the lists of bond buyers in the tuberculosis Seal Sale the name of the O'Don nell Dry Goods Company was in some manner omitted from the list. This firm was one of the very fu st firms of the city to purchase a bond to aid in the carrying on of work in Tuberculosis. Woman's Legion Auxiliary to Be Organized January Fourth. The American Legion Auxiliary, forming a part of the Sumter Post, Xo. i-">. is to he permanently or ganized next Wednesday. January 4th. The committee consisting of John B. Duffie, Frank Jeppi and Hugh G. Brown, is making an effort to notify by card each lady residing in Sumter. county who is eligible to membership in this or ganization. Cards will be mailed out January 1st. It is probable that one of the state officers will be i?resent and assist in tin- work . ?; getting the woman's auxiliary definitely established in Sumter. Xew Voi k, Dec ? Sugar made another decline today to 4.So for fine K' anulated; -? m ? In land seems to have quit throw ing bricks and started laying them. Building Roads I a drop of one inch the effect upon , the road is practically the same as Am6riC?t I 'bough tlle lolli^ weisfct were maWf plied by six. In a sense the ruck . T TT ,, , becomes a projectile arid batters the Business Depression Has Not j pavement by a succession,of mighty Materially Curtailed Con- j U:>^:nt.lho^ of resisting impact I have been developed among high way engineers, one being to design - : a rigid structure which will with Xew York, Dee. 26?The officials1 stand the impact as armor plate is struction Program and citizens of Sumter county may not realize, perhaps, that through the sum of $500,000 which they are reported as contemplating spending or as voting to spend in the near future for roads and bridges they will share to no little extent in car rying out the greatest era of road expected to withstand the projec tile. This method is an effort to ma'a h the strength of the destruc tive agent with an equal or super ior strength on the part of the de fensive agent. T rails for a con stantly increasing tnickness of slab and more reinforcement, just as more powerful guns and increasr building and street construction in , , . , , , . ... . , mgly effective armor piercing pro historv and are helping their fel-; . .. r . , 1 . : . ' " . , ?, , jectiles call for tmcker armor low Americans realize a laudable |J rni.,_ _, ambition to make American high- | ways the finest in the world. Carefully compiled statistics bas ed upon reports received during August. September, October and Fiiis method has found consid erable favor in the Eastern slates, ! but out on the Pacific coast high jway engineers have for the past quarter of a century been prac ticing another method ol construc November 1021, from 1201 states. . .... . ... , _- . uon, to which they point as the counties, townships and munici- . . ' ., , , . . 1 ? . .... , .. , , . , , mlalhble solution ot the impact pahties show that the industrial de pression that has existed during the [ past year has affected the road j building program but slightly. With | more than one billion dollars avail- ( In California and Oregon the en gineers do not attempt to ?top the mighty impact of the motor-truck : in its tracks, so to speak, but they aide all told, and the new Federal i . . u ?. , ~ , . ? , , . . ? cushion the shock. They construct Aid law now in eftect and making $75,000,000 in new funds avail able in Federal Aid during the com ing year, the country has never ex perienced such a road building boom as the spring of 1922 prom ises to be. to the earth subgrade beneath and it absorbs the shock of impact by slightly yielding. The westen engineers argue that if you pur shock absorbers in the why not put them in the They point to repeated Reports show that during the ve i.cJ ro? c ' past four months new streets and , ' , ,_tests, which have shown that an road projects were announced as i , ... , , , . 1 , ' , . . , ? elastic or resilient slab made of as contemplated but not yet voted toj , . . ?i * ? i <? *o4?o4i^o ?- pnalt and stone shows more than a grand total of ?242,994.*?23. of. , . , - . - l0?,r,? - : double the resistance to shattering which the sum of $211,180,700 is . . > . , , ? , , .1. 010 flM by heavy blows than has been for roads and $31.SI3,923 lor, / . ., . , . . .. ?mown by a rigid slab of similar such a inches i officials sold 5140.656.S0S worth of todu* , . ? . . . , i no outlay tor maintenance during road and street improvement bonds.: For streets the sum of ?37 330 174 j-'^e"^ 12.0.0.000 yards of was voted and ?2;,, 91681 in bonds ^ sQ M I were sohl lor^roads the sum vot led was $201,359,982 and the bonds; ...... . ""JJr Pacific coast and over four-fifths of this large yardage is not over a inches in total thickness. ? m Mystery May Be Solved sold were $114.865,127. The re 1 ports showed new street improve j ments to be contemplated or ac 1 tually under way in 559 cities and I towns. j With vast sums such as these to be expended next year, over and! I above amounts previously author-! -? I ized if can be readily seen that the ! Asheville, X. C, Dec. 26.?Mys i American people are in earnest j tery which for months, surround j about this matter of good roads and ed the disappearance of B. L. Har :are taking to heart the fact that | sen wealthy clubman and sports j eighty-five per cent, of our high j ways are yet to be surfaced and J made practicable for modern motor j traffic. i That our cities are making tre man of Xew York, who has been missing since last April, is believed to have been solved with the'iden tification of a body found in the woods of Mitchell County, Xorth mendous strides in street paving is Carolina, as the missing clubman. ? indicated in reports from city engi- j Detective Elmo W. Brim, of j neers to The Asphalt Association.; Galax, Va., reports having tracked Xew York, which indicates that ov- the clubman over 1,500 miles part er thirty million square yards 0f the way made on foot through equivalent to 1,759 miles of asphal tic pavement, thir.y feet wide, were laid on city streets this year. Re ports from State Highway Depart ments indicate that twenty-three million square yards were laid on the Appalachian Mountains, 'and claims to have information that Harsell was murdered by parties in the pigeon roost creek section of Mitchell County. Upon leaving Xew York, Mr. Har the state highways w hile the area j sell anounced he would walk laidjn counties and other districts from Roanoke, Va., to .rcrth Car ; brought the total to 68,000,000 olina for the purpose of harden j square yards equivalent to 6,CO0 fing his muscles and. preparing for ! miles of asphalt pavements 18 feet | a big game hunt in a foreign coun j wide. This is more than sufficient j try which he contemplated with to build one asphalt road eighteen j other Xew York clubmen.-JTe wai ; feet wide from Augusta, Maine to j to write his brother each thirty j San Francisco, Cal., and another i days of his whereabouts,' and after from Augusta, Maine to -Xew Or- j more than a month had elapsed leans. i and no word had been reeived a The great change which has J hunt was started. _ .: I come over the system of road and : Detectives arrived here about six I street building recently is the rea- weeks ago and began work" upon ' lization that the material of a road a new clue which led them over j should not be capable of absorbing; Mount Mitchell, highest peak east j water, but water proofed. Xot only! of the Rockies, through the.moun i does rain percolate through and tainous sections of Yancey County !destroy a road but when frost comes and into a remote section of Miteh | it heaves the pavement and fouda-j ell, where the body was found, i tion. Prolonged drought is also ? ? #? . very harmful to plain macadam surfaces which become dusty and ravel. Impact is a new and destructive j enemy of pavements. When a load | ed motor truck weighing with its j ? ? ? . load 22,500 pounds and moving at The Pacific question appears to a rate of fifteen miles an hour en-j have settled down to a choice be i counters an obstacle on the high- tween foreign entanglements and i way sufficient to give the rear wheel, barbed-wire, entanglements. ? ?_ . : Washington, Dec. 27.?The cen sus bureau estimates that approxi mately 89.000 persons died from cancer in the United States in 1920, a 5.OaO increase over 1919. Our biggest asset is the good will of our customers and we sincerely value the business given us during this past year. May we all in the New Year be bigger, better and busier than ever before: FIRST NATIONAL BANK SUMTER, S. C. NEXLL O'DOXXELL President ARCHIE CHINA Vice Presleynt O. L. YATES Cashier I The National Bank of South Carolina OF SUMTER, S. C. The Most P*irurts.fc!n* SERVICE with COITRTE8T Capital $300.000 Surplus a?d Profits $9*0,**? STRONG AND PROGRESSIV? Give us the Pleasure of ?erring YOU The Rank With the Chime Clock. C. G. ROWLAND, Pre?. t ART iE ROWLAND, C*thler