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?c Watchman and Southron ' A' ? ? . ? -?== ^Btercd at the Postoffice at Suni '"*cr, S. C, as Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. ? Engine r F. H. Murray loft fnesday morning for Manning for ^short time, where he has charge certain construction work which s being done there. MV. and Mrs. II. K. Skinner left ruesday morning by motor for At anta, Ga, From Atlanta, they are :o proceed to Floi-ida to spend the ??emainder of the winter, and while n Florida a short trip to Cuba will made. ; 3Irs. W. E. Pratt of the Clare hdnt Hotel, has as her house guests, Mrs. Womble and little daughter. Ellen, of Sanford. X. C. Miss Mabel Clendenen of Wil tiamsport. Pa., is a visitor of Mrs. W. E. Thayer on W. Calhoun St Mrs. J. M. McCollough, of lien lersonviiie, X. C, is visiting her ;on. Mr. L. C. McCollough, on W. ?alhoun St. Mrs. J. Emmcrson McCurry, who i&s been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. 3. Folsom, left Wednesday morning Tor Greenville to visit her sister. iTrsl Joe Charles, for a few days before beginning her trip to Pearl Sarbor, Honolulu. . Horn T. G. McLeod of Bishop tiHe passed through the city Wed ?esdlay morning while on his way fcb Columbia. Dr.D. L. Williams left Wednes day morning for WInston-Saiem, N. ?? . ?. Mrs.-James E. Sim-aons of State JUrg is a visitor in the city today. Mr. W. W. McKagen has been a *e*ent visitor in Columbia. lv Mr. W. I>. Montgomery left Tuesday for Hartsville. ? Mr. G. B. Kornigay, representing ise Cole Manufacturing Co., of Clii ?*go, the "Cole Hot Blast" stove ?nanufacturers, was in the city to; ;s'll on Cherry Bros., their local' igtmts. . 7~ Judge R. O. Purdy left for'?^'rai' eston Thursday morning to be pres SWfc" crt the" hearing in. the ignited States District Court of the case of :ht? Sumter Gas & Power Company rs. the City of Sumter. . . ! Mr. Dan McKiever left Thursday aibrning for Columbia on business. Miss Marion Knight is a visitor n Columbia for a few days. . - " ? 1 O'? - - Weifatt? JLeague Among; Prisoners. Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 11.?Soli doming, who is serving his second i i*e sentence for murder, has re ired from the presidency of the | dutuai Welfare league, an organ zaiion of prisoners in the 'State; reformatory here. s i The league, while conceivedby I He * superintendent, largely is the j rreattire of. Fleming's construe-! ive efforts. The league is charged vith providing recreation for the I nmates of the prison, looks after I .he amusements and establishes a j standard of conduct for its mem- j 3?rs, demanding that they main- = ain the standard if they enjoy its J ?nefits. Piercing,: -the - former president, end who still devotes much time ind study" to the league, has the un iswal record of now serving his : ie*Cond life senteuce for murder, i i'e was pardoned while serving his ? 'irsrt. sentence. In 1915 he again ?Hied a man and again received a j ife sentence. The welfare feature of the league las Fleming's chief interest. Jt i ooks after the dependents of its nembers, cares for its members vhen they ate sick, by providing Iciicacies and pays funeral cn- ' >cnses if they or any of their de- ! >enc??nts die. "It helps the men to know that .hejr families are being cared for." ! Fleming says, "and will keep many j t wife faithful until her husband ? jets out, in my opinion. A woman .vith dependent children and her insband in here has a hard out- : ook." Tangible achievements in the 'car of the league's existence are Considered remarkable by the ??uperintendent. Notwithstanding ; he fact that a large majority of j he prisoners practically are desti Utc their league has spent in cash 52^300 improving the baseball di amond. $850 for band uniforms j i>?d istruments. $1.500 on its oom hissary and office fixtures, and has ^cumulated about $500 worth <f ?tage properties. These purchases .vVre ma.de possible by the opera :lon of a store by the prisoners. Death of Miss Ifcstct Norton. Miss Hester Norton, deid at her home near Tindals. S. C on Feb ruary 10th. after a long illness, having been cofincd to her room for about two years. She was 77 years of age. and the interment was held at the family cemetery, known iSithe Hodge burying ground. Fu neral services were conducted by the Rev. S. J. Cobb. and was large ly attended by friends and relatives. ? ? ? u ' Mr. William Berg, proprietor of "he Wreck Store, leaves this after noon for Sunbury. Pa. where he will engage in business. The Wreck Store will continue in business here. Mr. Berg acting as buyer on the northern markets. .Mr. Berg has been a resident of Sumter for nine years and his friends regret that he* finds it to his interest to make his home elsewhere. . Some people have to brag^abo^t their ancestors because they nave np descendants to speak of. Quite a lot of married men rarry Lheir religion in their wife's name. RETURNED Very suitable weather for ;he wearing of Silk and Wool rlosiery has returned, and an attractive line beginning at JfLOO per pair, can be seen at the Sumter Dry Goods Co. ?Advertisement. Meeting of City Council. At a regular meeting <>? council hold in the council chamber on Tuesday, there were present Mayor Jennings und Councilmen McCal lum and Raflicld. The minutes of the regular meeting of January 24th. and special meeting of Feb ruary 3rd were read and approved as corrected. The Siddall-RicharQson Co.. through, their representative. Mr. Siddall, made request that they be licensed in class <I as a machine shop instead of class 1 as automo bile repairers. Mr. Rainold voted for the change, while Mr. Jennings and Mr. McCallun* opposed and so ruled. Upon application of Mr. J. A. Parrish, the license for automobile trucks was changed as follows: Ba sis 1-ton trucks, the minimum li cense for one year would be $25; fo.~ each additional 1-2 ton, a charge of $5 would be made. The matter of license for the Southeastern Express Company vas presrented through their agent. Mr. J. A. MeClure. and council decided there would be no change in the minimum license of $200 per year. Mrs. union, landscape architect,j Was present and Informed council of her work in connection with the i planting of trees in various sec- | tions of the city. While there are still other trees to be set out, j council decided that no further! purchases would be made this sea-' son and would wait to see how the ; trees planted would turn out. Mrs. | Dillion suggested, in view of the ; fact that more or less damage had j been done to the shrubbery and : trees in the park and elsewhere by j unknown parties, that the city seek 1 the co-operation of the Boy Scouts j of the city to assist in the protcc- j tion of the trees and shrubbery by: their vigilance. It is hoped that ! the Scout Master will issue such in- ; structions to the Scouts, and their efforts will be greatly appreciated. j The reports from the police de- \ partment. Civic League nurse and j city physician for the month of J January'were read to council and! received as information. A letter dated February Cth was j received from Mr. J. R. Folsom j stating that he was now erect- j ing a residence on Folsom street j and purposed to erect others if a j sewer was laid through Folsom ! street. Supt. McKagon advised thai ; the approximate cost of such sew- j er from Haynsworth street running ! north 750 feet on Folsom street ! would be $330. and council au- j thorized that the sewer be laid as j soon as possible. A letter was read from the chair- i man of the board of health in which he quoted a resolution pass ed by that body on February 7th < to request council to employ an as- J sistant in the olSce of the health ! officer at a salary of $40 per month.! effective as soon as such assistant j could be employed. Council grant- ; ed the authority. The license for builders and con- I tractors, or either, was reduced j from $50 minimum in class No. C to $25 minimum, effective January; 1st, lf?22. . * . . - - In the matter of surety bonds for, plumbers, council directed that in 1 future all surety bonds for plumbers must be written by regular bond- . ing companies and individuals! would not be accepted as surety; ; it wa.s further directed that the clerk notify all persons of firms in ' the plumbing business whose bonds are secured by individuals, that I these bonds must be substituted at j once by bonds in a regular bond ing company. . The clerk read a report of the! financial condition of the city as j at the close of the month of Janu- . ary. li"22, showing the gross earn-| ings of the rove'nue producing pro;)- j erties of the city. He also report-j ed that at the close of business, February 14th! the city had on de-' posit in the banks of the city, sub- ? ject lo cluck, $31,329.83; sinking, funds, $40,19S.SS; accounts payable approximately $7,5.00.00: bills pay abb- $213,300.00 of which $12.000 j was due Mandl Sth, $100,000 on j May 12th, $1.300 on May 2Cth and j $100,000 on December 5th. Conn-, oilman Raifield moved that the i clerk be directed to set aside $20.- : 000 of the current funds as sink-! ing funds, while Councilman Mc-j Ca Hum favored .$X..T?i? and Mayor1 Jennings favored only $3,328.21 for the reason that he did not think ii j would be good policy for the city! to lay aside more than this amount \ at the present time on account of the obligations soon to be met, and the current expenses in the way of weekly and monthly pay-rolls. | As iiie vole was divided, and each ' member of council favored setting . aside some amount for sinking ; funds, the clerk was directed to de posit $3.33S.21 divided equally] among the six hanks which now J have tin- sinking funds of the city, j Council then adjourned. - J Marriage License iU-cord. Marriage licenses have been is sued to: Mr. Wade Reynolds and Miss Ha - j zel White, of Sumter. Mr. Mark Reynolds. Jr., and Miss Louise Watson, both of Sumter. Marriage licenses have been granted to tin- following colored couples: Durrell Holmes and Adeline Wilder, both of Sumter. Abe Jefferson and Tiley Hayns- ; worth. Oswego. John Moore and I'atsey Gary, Sumter. Henry James and Ellen Draey. Sumter. Thomas McMillan and Mazrine Mc Du the of Providence. Thomas Hampton and Loretta England of Sumter. Eugene McLeod and Gertrude] Logan of Providence. Benjamin Choice and Dorcas Jackson. Sumter. Joseph Ham and Daisy Davis. Sumte;-. Richmond. Feb. 16.?Telegraph wires throughout the state are re ported seriously affected by last night's sie,a and snow of six inches depth. RED CROSS REPORT FOR j JANUARY -? Interesting Statement of the Work of Home Service Department January was the busi< ::. month since the Home Scrvic? ? tion re opened on October !-: Tin- cold weather and the continue*! unem ployment compelled many more families to ask for help. One hun dred and seventeen families receiv ed some form of assistance from the Red Cross during the month.. 72 of these being ex-service men ; and their families, and 45 being civilians. Thirty-eight of these 2 17 eases were new during January, ; and those who know how much i time is required for a first investi gation will realize that there ha I been little time left for really con j structivc .work after investigation [the requests^for material relief, i $106.S4 was spent in direct 'loans. $106.84 was spent in direct ! relief to those in need. The j amount available, however, is far j from being adequate, and is barely {enough to keep people from starv ; ing. The office e xpenses for Jan i uary wer?- $6.60, and the automo ! bile expenses, including license for ; the year, were $13.69, making a to tal of $127.13 spent during the i month. $73.00 was refunded <>n ! previous loans. i A number of people have con j trihuted clothing, which has been j distributed. The Junior Red Cross at the Girls' High school did splendid work in collecting gar i ments of all sorts. and many chil : dren who were out of school be | cause of lack of clothing have been I supplied with the necessary articles and are now going to school reg ularly. Miss Ellis, the Red Cross Field ! Representative from Atlanta, spenl j several days in Sumter during Jan | uary, and with her help a group of : interested women was formed t<> I read and diseuss literature on so cial service which will increase the j value of our work among the fam ! ilies we are visiting. This group meets every "Wednesday afternoon I at J o'clock in the public library, and all interested will be heartily I welcomed. The work of these la id ies has been a great help to the secretary. In response to the request for help in the Red Cross office, which was printed in The Item on Jan uary 2Sth. two stenographers have volunteered their assistance. Miss Jessie Harris gives up almost cverx morning to the work. and Miss Helen C?ttino gives her services two or three afternoons a week. Roth of these girls are doing this work entirely without pay. and their help is much appreciated. Helen Wheeler. Secretary, Red Cross Home Ser vice. \\lIITE-ItEYX?l!l>s" On Tuesday evening. February 14th, at 5:30 o'clock, at the resi dence of the bride's parents, .Mr. and Mrs. F. J. White. 20 Blanding stre.t. Miss Hazel White and .Mr. Wade Reynolds were united j:i holy matrimony. The occasion was the beautiful climax of the hire of love. Just at the appointed hour to the strains of Loh- n :r:u . w< dding march, which was beautifully n-n 'dered by Miss Pearl Rollins, the wedding party began its march to the improvised altar that had bc< n arranged, the bride leaning upon the arm of her father. Mr. F. J. White, going in one direction, while the groom, leaning upon t . ? arm of his best man. Mr. Aha Durkctt. g?dng in another direction, meeting at the altar where the bride- was given away. Following the bride was Miss Annie Strange as maid of honor, and bringing up the rear was dainty little James Hill acting as ring bearer. It v. as indeed a scene of superb loveliness that presented itself to the eyes <>f the host <>f friends and admirer^ who were witnesses. The bride and groom stood underneath a veritable bow er of floral loveliness, wijth a back ground composed of a profusion of ferns banked in pyramidal effect, garnished with pure white lillies. while the archway itself was cov< r i-l with smilax and roses, the whole presenting a very pleasing picture of artistic and delightful daintiness, in the silent, dim light "f burning tapers the Rev. E. W. Reynolds, father of the groom^ pronounced iti a very impressive1 manner the solemn words that bound these young lives together in marital union. The beautiful ring servici was used, and at tin- proper moment the ring, held in tin- heart Of a lovely rose, was presented to the minister, and from him to the groom to he placed upon the fin get- of the bride. At the conclu sion of the ceremony the bridal party marched away, ami the bride ami gro<<m received the congrat ulations and good wishes of their friends who were present. The bride and groom were the recipi ents of many beautiful and ser vicable presents. The bride wore a going away suit of navy blue with hat and gloves to match while she carried in her arms a profusion of lovely brides roses. After a brief period of social intercourse Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds left for Charleston for a few days of honey-mooning. On their return they will he at home to Thejr friends at ?!" W. Dartlcttc sir--et. Death. Mrs. Mary Jane Minima died Wednesday morning ai 1 <?:2u o'clock alter an illness of two weeks' duration. Mrs. Minims was in her 7Xth year. She was born in Williamsburg county and lived for some years in Walterboro. S. < . having later moved to Sumt? r '.<> make her home here. Mrs. Minims is survived b\ two sisters. Mrs. S. IZ. Turner Co lumbia and Mrs. C. A Drown ??! Hemington, s c. and one broth er. Mr. \V. l>. Owens. Sr of tins eit v. TO BEGIN WORK ON THE ROADS Slattery and Henry Company i Gets Mayesville Road Con tract at ?97,579.82 Bid According: to the present sched ule, the building of the hard rsurface roads of the county, for which the contracts have been al ready awarded, is to be* begun within the next ton days or two weeks. The contract for the building of the 4 miles of asphaltic j concrete road on the Sumfer Mayesvillc road has been awarded to the Slattery and Henry Con struction company of Greenville. S. jc. for the sum of $97,579.82. Sev eral weeks work has already hern done on the embankments and bridge approaches ot) this road at the Scape o'er twamp just this side of Mayesville. This work and , the bridge work is being done by the Mallard Lumber Co., of Grcc leyvillc. The bridge being built by this company on the Stateburg road over the Green Swamp stream is now well under way. This is the first bridge of the county which is to be built under the new propos ed system of permanent reads for the county. Work on the White's Mill bridge is soon to be com menced. TO HAVE N. Y. ORCHESTRA American Legion to Stage Dance on February 23 All final details arc being work ed out and everything whipped into 'shape for the making of the Amer ican Legion dance, which is to be : held in Bryan's Hail on February 23. the biggest and best dance of the season. Newman's Musical or ganization of New York city, a seven piece orchestra with an al ready made reputation, has been . engagred to furnish the jnu.sic of the occasion. This orchestra is on its winter tour in the south and the Sumter Post of the Legion feels ' very fortunate that it has been able to get this engagement while the organization is in the south land. From S:30 until f' o'clock the orchestra is to give a concert. This feature is to be under the direction of the Woman's Auxiliary of the ! American Legion, which organiza tion is now busily making plans for the further entertainment and en joyment f those celebrating the : Washington birthday season. This j part of the program will hold I many features in store, for among [the personnel of tin: orchestra ure "Celebrated solo artists. Remember the date and be sure to arrange your plans so that you may be able to be present at both concert and dance. ? ?? *> Wat son-Reynolds. Miss Louise Watson and Mr. Mark Reynolds. Jr., were quietly united in marriage by Rev. J. P. Marion, pastor of the bride, at her home on Bast Calhoun street, on Tuesday. February 14th. at 5:30 o'clock. On account of illness in the bride's family, no invitations were issued, and only the members of the household were present at the ceremony. Immediately after J the ceremony the happy couple left I for a trip to Washington. Baltimore : and Richmond. Attention V. I). C. On .Monday afternoon February 20th. at 1 o'clock, Mrs. C. L. Wray will entertain the Dick Anderson Chapter at her home on Calhoun street, assisting hostesses. Mesdames Agnes Login, William Bultman, S. A. Harvin. S. K. Nash. A. S. Merri mon. An attractive program has been arranged and every member of the chapter i.s urged to be pres ent. Mrs. A. S. Mcrrirnon. Sccty. ? Death. Gertrude Nichols Hough) the sixteen weeks old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hough, died at the Tourney Hospital at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning after a few days' illness. Tlie funeral srevice was held at 4 o'clock Wednesday after noon from the residence. No. 52$ Oakland Ave. The campaign to secure signa tures to the marketing agreement of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' association is being push ed in Sumter county. County Agent J. Frank Williamsand E. W. Dabbs. Jr., who is directing the campaign in the county, have held a number of community meetings. Among the speakers at these meetings were R. C. Ham er, chairman of the or ganization committee of the asso ciation: Alfred Scarborough, also a member oi the organization com mittee: County Agents S. B. Evans, of Marlboro, and A. II. Ward of Darlington. Mr. Ward, with the as sistance of Mr. R. D. Dargan, coun ty director tor Darlington county, has already signed tip over sev enteen thousand bales in that coun ty^ Committees are ;it work in se aming signatures In the following ?ommunities: Bethel. Wedgeficld, Dalzcll. iiehibort, Hagood, Salem, >hiloh. Trinity. Norwood. t'on ?ord. Oswego. Risgah and Fine vood. The members in each oom uunity are at work telling their teighbori of the advantages of co >perarive tearkcting. With the movie stars, fortune is heir misfortune. sa > a Dei roil ma n who Irani; mercury by mistake will be ip when th> weather gets warmei Lesion's largest taxpayer is dead, '.in you blame hiui*.' Lots <11 jokes era eked ha ?? wrin ; le>. COURT MAKES j GOOD PROGRESS ! Several Cases Disposed of and Many Criminals Plead Guilty The court of general sessions, which convened on Monday for Its .spring session ir. Sumter county, [with Ills Honor, Judge S. \V. O. Shipp, of Florence, presiding, truly began its session witli undeniable I momentum. The docket, which for this term is ::?.?! a Ions one, bids fair to be entirely cleared. Several cases have gone into the hands of the jury and a verdict reached seemingly very readily. Nine crim inals have plead guilty of the charges against them begging the ; mercy of the court. In the case of the State vs. Ju , lius Curtis, larceny of live stock, tried during the morning session of Monday. Curtis . wn.s found guilty by the jury. He was sentenc ed to a term of three years on the chain gang and a line of $10. Case of the State vs. Willie Jenkins, larceny of bicycle, tried i during Monday afternoon. Jenkins ; was found guilty by the jury and i was sentenced by Judge Shipp to a ? term of three years on the public j works of the county and the pay mom of a fine of $10. Following is a list of cases in which the defendants plead guilty: State vs. Steve Ashley, violation of the prohibition law. lie was [sentenced to a. term of three months I on the chain gang. State vs. Willie Vinson. violation I Of the prohibition law. Sentenced I to a term of 'I months and the payment of a line of .$10. No ovi- j I donee was brought into the court of! ' the sale of any whiskey in this case, j I and as it was stated in open court i ! that the defendant had luberculosis, in addition to other physical1 : troubles, in view of the showing I made, the three months' sentence j 'was suspended during good be-! : havior and upon the payment of ?the clerk of the tine of $10. State, vs. Albert Quir.n. ?rand j larceny. Sentenced to a term of: one year. State vs. Bonnie Cooley, larceny of bicycle. Sentenced to a term of ! one year and a fine of ??">. State vs. Waitis Law, larceny of j live stock. Semcnced to year and i a line of $1.00. State vs. David Burrows, house-! j breaking and larceny. Sentence ! deferred in this cas> pending a j mental examination of defendant at the request of the defendant's attorney. ; State vs. Freddie Williams, grand larceny. Williams was given a ; sentence of 0 months on the chain j gang. State vs. Ned Davis. house- ? i breaking and larceny. Davis was ?sentenced to a two year term, j Willie Fisher, housebreaking and j larceny. Sentenced to a 1? months' ? term. The additional true bills found by the grand jury are: j State vs. A. J. Onylor. John M. j Ferry. Don Pagan and P.. E. Wal I lace, all white men. indicted on ! the charge of car breaking and ! larceny. State vs. Boston Stukes, dispos ing of crop under lien, j Case now being tried is that of the State vs. Joe Drown and i Evans Burrows for the violation of I the prohibtiion law. This case came out of the finding of a whis ; key still about a month ago on the i place ?~>f Jot: Frown, colored. The peculiar ins;;j;,???< connected with [the finding of the t-till was that a cow belonging Victor Daulu was found to be missing and Mipon {strict scareh she was found "dead j drunk" near the still and she was ?also found to be wounded, pre sumably from a gun shot. The cow ; was loaded upon a wagon and carried hack to the place ot Mr. , Dauia's hut later died due to the ! eirccts of the e3ting of the mash or to the wounded leg or from both of these causes. Good progress is being made in the trial of the cases coming before this term of the court of General [Sessions which, convened on Mon Iday for its .spring term, with Judge S. W. (.;. Shipp, of Florence, pre siding. A number of prisoners have ?jlead guilty-and a number of the ? cases tried have only occupied a short portion of the time of the court, thus clearing the docket con siderably during the first few days of the court. In the case of the State vs. Joe Frown and Evans Burrows \ iola ?tion of the prohibition law. a .vr jdiet of not guilty was found by the jury. State vs. William Loney, viola tion of tie- prohibition law. A ver dict of not guilty was found by the jury. I The case occupying the court [during Tuesday afternoon and con jtmued during the session of Wed- \ jncsday morning was that of the ' State vs. Tomie and John Robinson 'for murder. The plea of self de [fense was advanced by tin.- de fendants' counsel. The arguments ! for State and defense were made Wednesday morning and the case placed in the hands of the jury. 'No agreement had been reached by [the Jury up until tin- adjournment ? of the court for the recess hour. The case of the State vs. Carl Raynsworth. violation of the pro hibition law. was taken up during [Wednesday morning and disposed of. Haynsworth plead his own rase. He was found guilty and. 'sentenced to a term of three [months on the chain gang. Fpon [god behavior and upon the serving of sixty days of his time, the re mainder of pis Sentence would be 1 suspended. Case now lie fore the court Is j that of the state vs. Adolphusj Brown alias Sourc" Brown. In Idieted for murder. Rrown is being 'tried for the shooting of Willie'?? Mills, also ordered, on the 20th of No vein birr. 1920. from which ! wounds inflicted, the. death of 'Willie Mills <?;-. November 2?. was ef> used . Tio- Coll"winy are tie- additional true bills :"<>iiimJ l?y the grand jury: State VS. Willie Wilson, assaull and battery with intent to kilt State vs. )i. E. Baker, disposing i-f crop under lien. State vs. Rubber Sanders, assault and battery \*. i111 intent to kill. Stale vs. Deiner Bitidlord lar eency of live stock. State vs. Elijah Richardson, Mack Vaughan and Robert Ross, house breaking and larceny. State vs. Major James, assault and hattcry with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. State vs. Alex Dixon, disposing of crop under lien. State vs. Reter Davis, murder. State vs. Henry Franklin, mur der. Delgar Bradford plead guilty to the charge against him of the lar ceny of live stock, lie was sen tenced to a term of one year on tin chain gang and a nominal line of $ l. ? i1. Ah-x Dixon plead guilty to the charge of disposing of a crop un der Ih-n. He was given a three months' sentence, which sentence was to be suspended upon the pay went of the court costs and his payment to the mortagec the amount that he owes. Grand Jury Presentment. The grand jury completed its work for the session yesterday af ternoon, made the final presentment and was discharged for this term. The presentment was as follows: To His Honor. Judge S. W. G. Shipp. presiding at spring term, February 14th. \'.<22. The grand jury beg to submit the report of their work for the pres ent term, as follows: All bills of indictment presented to us have been passed upon and returned to the court with our find ings endorsed thereon. Tn accordance with the sugges tions made by your Honor, the fol lowing committees have been ap pointed with instructions to report at a future term of court: On Finances?E. If. Rhame, W. H. Vat es. W. J. Shaw. Public Works?H. D. Rembert, D. L. Smith, J. F. MathLs. Public Buildings? B. A. Siddall. J. <;. Crawford, lt. I.. Gantt. Rural Schools?A. C. Burrows, G. L. Broadway, J. L. Shiver. We desire to take this occasion to commend the work which the county officers are doing in their efforts to stop the manufacture of intoxicating liquors. We realize that they have a difficult task on their hands, and bespeak for them the encouragement and co-opera rion of our citizens. In conclusion we return our thanks for the explicit Instructions from your Honor which were help ful to us in approaching our work intelligently. Our thanks are also e and hereby tendered for the courtesies extended by all officers of the court. Respectfully submitted, E. li. RHAME. Foreman. COURTESY AND MODESTY (John D. Meli, in Christian Index) The old South has long since been dead, and only a faint mem ory of it now remains in the minds of nn-n. There are among us jus: a few old men and old women who lived in it. suffered for it. and still intensely love it. But they are fast passing on, and in a few years will all be gene, and then none will be left to revere it. Th ? world would be infinitely better off, .and life would be sweeter and happier, if some of the things that lived in the Old South would never die. it had many high and holy customs in the daily life of its children, but its chief glory was the gentle courtesy of its men. and the sweet modesty of its women. Its men each day were gentlemen in the noblest sense, and its women each day wer modest in the holiest sense. Rev erence for sacred things, respect for age, polished urbanity of man ner, sweetness of temper, and deep, abiding, pur.- liomage for woman, were tin- ineffaceable qualities of t.ie minds and In arts of the men of those days. And the women, in the finest and holiest sense, were worthy of the men. Tiny held in their characters, and deep in their souls, that sweet modesty which is the ineffable glory of the pure wo man. The brazen look, the painted face, the indecent dress, were a. impossible for the women of th. Old South, as they are for the angels in heaven. And they ought to be impossible among us today. Somebody'ought to teach some of our young women about the finer and happier things of life they arc missing. Immod esty it. the woman will always at tract the eyes of the man. as i: ax ways has. in al! the history <>f the world but it never has. and never will, attract his heart. The wo man who is immodest, places an impassable gulf between herself and the respect and affection of a real gentleman. The finest and noblest quality in a true man lies dormant in his mind and heart, and can only h-. brought to life and activity by n modest woman. The highest an 1 holiest usefulness and happiness of a true woman can never be obtain ed in this life or in the life to com*, unless she succeeds in awakening this thing that lies dormant it; five man. God has linked courtesy and modesty together, jus: a.s He has linked the destiny of the man an i tlie woman together. When mod esty dies, courtesy dies also. When there are in this world no more modes: women, there will then be in this world no more gentlemen. There ought to be preached hi the pulpits and taught in :h ? schools, and above all. lived in the h^mes. a revival of the old-fashion ?d courtesy and modesty of the Old South. !:" our boys are not to be courteous any mon . -and our girls tre net to p.- modest any more, the, mest of the hope and the happines. f life are gone Los Angeles. Feb. i I >r Jas. Martin. Peebles, the physician and . lacking only forty days of :i handled years old. died her? last night SENATE PASSES BILL TO TAX GAME LAND Columbia, Feb. 7 *?Tim Senate, by a vote of 44 to .". tonight, passed the house bill placing a tax of I" cents an acre on all lands in excess of r,uu acres up to 2.1,000- used in the primary purpose of a game pre serve. All acreage in excess of !'.">, enii acres would be taxed 2~> cents [an acre and all acreage in excess of .".''.toiii acres would he assessed 50 cents an acre. Senator Voung of Charleston, moved to strike oui th,. enacting words and spoke in support of his mot ion. Senator Hubbard of Jasper, also spoke against, ike bill. Senator Dennis urged its passage. The committee on commerce and manufactures tonight made a fa vorable report on the iifty-five hour week for textile operatives. In the senate tonight the com mittee on commerce and manufac tures made a favorable report re quiring all South Carolina prod ucts shipped on! o: the state to be labelled "Made in South Caro lina;" Senator Wells, of Edgefield, to night, introduced a concurrent res olution to extend the time for the payment of taxes in arrears and to i pro.vhle for payment in .annual in ? stallmoms. The resolution was re ferred to the linn nee committee. The resolution would create oxr< n sion of a commission eompo.-. d of the county treasurer, the county auditor and the clerk of court who would consider and pass upon pe titions of extension of the (im., for the payment of hack hixes and that wherever a petition is heard [ anr the extension granted the taxes ?and the extension granted the taxes a period of live years. Debate on the hydro-electric power bill continued for two hours i tonight hut a vote was not taken, debate being adjourned until to ; morrow morning. Senator Light jsey spoke in favor of the bill; Sen ator Massey against it. and Sen ator .Moore in favor of it ? o ?? ?? CHRISTIAN MEN'S CLl'B. On Sunday afternoon. December 1 Sth, a team of laymen from the ' Billy Sunday dub of Columbia ! came to Sumter and spoke to sev ; oral of the Men's Bible classes and I took charge of the morning hour at j several of the largest churches in town. That afternoon there was f_ mass meeting of men interested in : such an organization as the Hilly I Sunday Club. The Christian Men's ' Club of Sumter was tin* outcome of that meeting. That afternoon the club was formed and officers elect ed. Forty-six members were ? a the charter roll. The only two require I mcnts for membership are: First, a member in good standing of some Evangel Church: Sec ond, that each member do the best tie can Wiiat he is asked to do. The objects of tile club are to encourage and kind intei denomi national fellowship and harmony of action. To qualify its mcmbei for more effective lay-work; to de velop more earnest Christian per sonal work: to supply speakers for empty pulpits upon call; and to lend a sympathetic ear and hand to those in distress. The one big aim is Christ the Savior of the world. The regular meetings of the club is every Thursday evening at n o'clock at the Y. M. C. A. Any church, community, person or or ganization needing the service of this club please notify Mr. C. C Rowland, president: T. V. Walsh, executive committeeman oi F. G. Bowman, program committeeman. A man has about 200 bones; but pulls more t ban that. Tim French say prices are in juring art. Inspiration, we under stand, is up several francs a quart. ' ? ? ?? 0> - Home stills still still because fools fool foois. Father is mother's silent partner. ? o ?? Convict forgers who defrauded Sing Sing out of ?14,51S took their pen in hand. JIA RD TIMES By Margaret a. Richaidf^orr/r^ij in Baptist Courier.1 f: 1 All this Chatter of hard times; | * / I have heard it oft before;' Tis no story new, but one Handed down from days of yore. Men discern too readily What is evil in their day.' Crediting the fair and good To a period far away. There are prophets still on * eartti Who with pleasure grim declare. As th<-y view the buds in spring: -There will be no fruit this year." Such an one in my childhood With forebodings frightened mev TiH he cried "Wolf! Wolf!" too oft: And his falsehood I could sco. ;' Good limes once existed.-^yos.---"""' Long ere you and I had birth; " ' But th? y wer?' not recognized* - By the people then on earth. ? ? 'Tis the nature of mankind ' Past with present to compare, Oft contrasting today's ill . With the good of yesteryear. - - Those wlu> talk hard times the ? most. i??.?"' ? ' 'J&t ''? And most bitterly complain,,' ' . Are not they who really know ?, Want and hunger, cold and paint For one proud, who feels the chaffh. - ? Of a galling poverty. - < Suffers in dee]) silence, lest . His sad plight his neighbor see. _ Som<> who sit, complaining sore-. J Hound a generous laden board;-" Every comfort of life theirs,? Maybe money too, to hoard,~: Sin far more than any know. Wanting thus in gratitude To the Maker of all life? To the Giver of all good. ROTARIANS TO HOLD MEETING District Convention Will Be a Great Occasion Columbia, Feb. 15.?Members of all the Rotary clubs of South Car' olina, at Columbia, Greenville,. Spartanburg. Xcwbcrrj-, O?ang??: burg. Rock Hill. Florence, Sumter. Gaffncy. Anderson. Greenwood and.. . ? Charleston, will attend the district convention of Rotary clubs, to bo held, in Winston-Salem. N.. ,0, ..oH.^,.... March 21 and 22. The railroad^ _ are offering special rates, and .it is . . said this will be one of tdie, ,big,-. ,,,, best and best rotary conventions ever held in the Carolinas. t.Quuu.. whole evening of the Convention will be devoted to a "Rotary.Sing,'" with Rotary songs.from S:30 tp U?._ and a dance to follow, till midn>gb?. <tt Fifteen of the clubs of the district.,-. ? will stge model dinners and I^d- " tary luncheons, the delegates fr?iu the other clubs silting in as on- ~ lookers. .-? .' :?...... ??>; ,M -? ? ? . 4 The five which occurred at '3 ._ o'clock in the early morning h?ui&<., , ?f Saturday, took the roof entirely off of the house owned by Mr.,.K.*.,.: L. Ducom, 410 X. Salem Ave. Fpur children were slcejxmg in the U?r stairs rooms and it was indeed fox: i tunate that the-.ftre "was discovoredw in time to get these children ib .. ? safety. It is stated that there was ., some delay in getting the message ? of the fire to the fire departmorii . but it is raid that when the fi-fe department did arrive that excel lent work was done in saving tl^. .- , house minus the'roof. It is?.noi; ,.j known how the- fire started and ? fortunately the damage dono will ? be covered by insurance. . ... ??' -? ? " I- ? * * .. ".Jazz Is Going," reads a -popuUtr headline. To make' it truo. add..*,, "Or.." "Any hen can bo made to .'lay''', twice daily," says an eggspert. Read ^ ; this threat to your hens. -. V Tf these wireless telephones fcceg on. a man's wife can talk to. him no matte.- where he goes. < old cash docsn t como fro^i "coal cash:" but2" that's where.-ft" goes. Tlie hardest time for a man'.ttS, get up in the world is every" morn The business of America demands at this lime the .'! best banking service obtainable FIRST NATIONAL BANK SOdTER, S. C. NEULL OT>ONNELL ARCHIE CHINA . O. L. TAXES President Vice President Cashier ?> ' I The National Bank of South Carolina j OF SUMTER, S. C. ] The Mo*$ Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY Capru? 5500,000 ?urplTU and Prot? $3S0,P*# STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE ! Give nj the Ploamre of ?errfns YOC t The Rank With the Chime Clock. I # C. Q. ROWLAND, Prec EARLS ROWLAND. Caihiwr