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FEBRUARY POLICE REPORT /Thirty-two Arrests Made Dur ing Month and ?513.75 in Cash Fines Collected Thirty two arrests were made during the month of February by ?ihe city police department, this number being five less than the ? number of arrests made by the po lice department during the pre ceding month. Of the thirty two - arrests made, three eases were dis missed, one ease carried to upper cowrix. two suspended and twenty ' six" prisoners were convicted. The fines collected ? in the recorder's court for the month-of February, and turne? over ro the city treasur er amounted to the sum of 3">13.7~> as overt he $441. collected in Janu ary. Following are the various charges- for which the miscreants ; werei arrestedt four speeders, four cases of drunkeness, eight arrests *were made for disorderly conduct. ?Otrr petty larceny cases, two arrest ed on vagrancy charges; t wo ar rests- were* made for the carrying Of concealed weapons, four arrests made for the violation of the pro hibition law and three ganvbl:-rs. and one arrest for the lareei\v of live stock. Five gallons of ?*on "trabatvd whiskey whieh had been accumulated during the month was destroyed by the department. -Dance of ? Gamecock Orchestra En joyed. '0, The first dance given ifnder their own management by the, "Game cock Five" orchestra of the city * was in every way a very enjoyable dance. This dance was ^staged in Bryan's hall on Monday evening <. ahdrwas weH attended both by the ?d?ncers ?f the ? city and of the neighboring towns. The music was exceptionally fine, featuring "Slick'" Williams on the violin; Skinner at piano;; Lyons at traps and Bruner with, a wicked banjo. .These boys are planning to hold another dance .at an early date and the addition . .of a saxaphone to the orchestra is being contemplated. Among . those from out of town attending i zhe dance were Messrs. Stewart. "Heath, Shake McFall and Bill and Ted Banks of Hartsville; Dinkey Ijfcamsey of Greenville; Thomas Bagnell, Charlie Chewnmg, Wil liam Geiger of Manning' and He ry Hanson of Hartsville. >Esss Kempt home Meases Ainlienoe. *- Miss Edith -fCempthorne, Nation al Secretary for Camp Fire Girls spoke to an * interested audience -last night. She had many beauti tuX samples of Camp Fire beaded tvork. She found that the great est; need; in the work in Sumter ?was for. guardians and. made a plea that some see this need and volunteer as. leaders. There are girls in Sumter who are eager to become -Camp Fhre Girls but they * have not been able, to secure a leader. Will; WED SOON TimmensvBle, March 11.?Mr. arid Mrs. Walter Thos. Coker have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter. Sara Daphne, to Irvine Manning Richardson. Thurs day evening^ March 23. The cere nx&sy ' will be solemnized at 7.30 o^ciook in the Methodist church and will be followed by a reception 4at the Coker country home near town. nc Chickens Come up Missing. Six big, fine, strapping, frying 'sized Rhode Island Red chickens were appropriated Monday night from, the residence of Mr. J. J. Whilden who lives on West Hamp ton Avenue. No noise was heard during the chicken extrication op erations bnt when Mr. Whilden went out to his. poultry yard Tues day morning the six chickens were not among those present and (Sherlock) there were tracks which told the tale. If anyone bought ?or refused a good Rhode Island Red- chicken Tuesday morning that chicken might have been among the vanished bunch belonging to ?rr. Whilden. There an; chicken snatehers about and anyone that is able to.give the police department a tin along this Ihne will aid great ly irt doing away with this variety Of troublesome petty thu .cry. The tip will be greatly appreciated. . m> o ? - ? About four weeks ago a feU- in terested parties go! together and started work on' a home talent minstrel show. Since that time a good deal of hard wc -k and re hearsing has been put by the afore said parties and the result will be shown at the Academy of Music on next Tuesday night, March 21st. The gentlemen composing the com jf?any have unselfishly given a great deal of their time, in getting ready for fhe event. si>entliri^ ni^ht after night in rehearsing and Rettin? things in shape. The show which will be on the order of the old time minstrel is composed of about thir ty members ami will be all black face. ? Practically all of the jokes and what plot- there is in the second part its original and has been local ized, to a great extent. Wo don't know which is the greater under taking, putting on a minstrel show ?or starting a revolution in South America, but either one calls for a great deal of patience and perse verence Anyhow, if the show goes over like it is expected, all members will feel well repaid for their time. The proceeds will all be donated ?<> the V. I). C. The Pocky BhnT crossing on the Mayesville road is closed to traffic, ^he causeway *nd bridges are be ing rebuilt by ii>? road contrac;crs :O?NTY NEWS I I EFIRD MANAGERS I TALK BUSINESS \Heads of 31 Stores Maintain ed by Company Met in Charlotte (TAe Charlotte News) j Managers of.the thirty-one stores I of the Efird chain of department stores wore in session hero Mon | day. having been called by J. B. iErird. president, for a discussion of j business conditions und ways and ?means of handling iho increasing I volume of business which the chain (and its individual units are required j to handle, according to announee [ mont authorized by Mr. Efird. ' Conditions are substantially dif ferent in each " one of tho cities in r North. Carolina; South Carolina and I Virginia where there is an Efird I store, and4 these conferences are j called at frequent intervals to al j !<?w*a broad, general discussion and (exchage of information and ideas, li! was explained. The total sales of I the* chain are showing a large and jsteady increase month after month j and the organization has become 'one of such great proportions that {the executive head has adopted thhr 1 policy, thus giving himself a full I opportunity to obtain detail reports j from the managers as well as to j better prepare each individual store ! executive for his tasks by utilizing I a knowledge thus acquired of the j experience of each other store j manager. j Buying naturally is one of the , subjec ts given extended discussion I at this conference, the announce- j ? mont said. J. W> Efird. who makes "his home in New York City and per sonally handles all the buying for ?the chain was present at the meet i ing. Under the Efird policy with ? respect to buying, the New York ? buyer each day assembles the or I ders from all the stores and always j is in position to place his orders j on a particularly low price basis ?: because of the quantities required i to fill the needs of these 31 estab lishments." Each store however. j frequently sends its buyer to New j-York to give J. W. Efird the ad vantage of immediate, detailed in I formation relative to styles, pat terns, colors and many other de j fails with- particular reference to i style and the preferences of the ; individual store's patrons. It was 1 pointed out that this concentration ? of buying power in the hands of J. ?W. Efird gives to the chain a tre ! mendous advantage in matter of I price, and yet the various stores are ! assured of receiving only the mer i.ehandise which i? most in demand [in that locality as a result of the ! exercise of the judgment of the co operation of the buyer from the' , individual st?re. j ? While the Efird chain of stores I is, in most respects, operated as a ? chain, yet in one particular each store is a separate and distinct es j tablishment, the detailed business, I policy of which is largely worked j out by the respective manager in | [the light of his knowledge, of the ?demands of his trade and the many j other important considerations . which arc not the same in any two! j of the cities where Efird has rep-1 j resentation. This individuality re ? fleets tho ability and aggressive ! ness of the respective store mana ger, it was pointed out, for the rea- j [son that each manager is thus eh- j tabled to do his l>est work was Mr. [Efird influenced to encourage the i exercise of individual judgment. In the relatively few years dur ' Ing which the Efird chain has been 'developed, the executive heads have ! built up around them an organiza jtion of .energetic' loyal and aggres sive young men. whose ability has j evidently encouraged still greater I expansion as a result of the mark ed success of the individual stores, j After the conferences of the i morning, the managers were guests I of President Efird at luncheon at jThe Selwyn hotel and during the 'afternoon engaged in further dis jcussions. The business sessions I were held in the assembly i$pom on ithe third floor of the Charlotte store, corner of Trade and College streets. Those attending the meeting in I eluded President J. B. Efird. of Chaiiott?-. E. L. Efird, of Winston Sah m. .1. W; Efird. of New York city, and the following named store managers: i\ ir. Efird, Charlotte; E. A. Harris. Concord; W. E. HayneS; iCastonia: R. C. Teague. Winston Salom: ?. C. Byrd. Kock Hill. S. ('.: H. L. Hollowell. Durham; J. R. Efird, Columbia. S. <\.: E. L. Tay lor, "ft?cky Mount: T. A. Foreman. ?Salisbury: P. M. Kendall. Raleigh: R C, Proctor. Anderson. S. C: M. ;F. Crooks. High Point: S. B. Hag jler, Creenville, S. C: C. L. Efird. i Monroe: Ej P.. Ragler, Greer. S. C: ;W. (). Hunt ley. Sparta nb-.p-g: .1. Q. Barl. LauHnhttrg: J. H. Teague. ;Lumberron: Otis McMillan. Creen ' wood. S. c.: Charles: Sappenfield. Shelby;. P. T. Reinhardt. Forest City: Ft. li. Barnette. LiaCotiiton: B. L. Myers. Lexington; it. i'. 'Brown. J Turlington: lt. S. McBrid >, LCherryvrlle: H. B. Trull. Lenoir: L. K. Lee. Wilson: B. R. Gasg.to. Siatesville: C. R. Hamilton. -Dan ville. Va.: iL P. Love, gpmter. S. C. ; M. O. Efird. Wilmington. An adequately financed, modern \ equipped and efficiently managed 'creamery will furnish a cash market for farm products that will go a long way toward raking the place of the cotton crop thai tin- boll weevils ha v.' destroyed. Whose business is it to make a ? check up of motor licenses fo see that all automobiles and trucks thai have been licensed have also been returned for taxation as per sonal property? The rural police are supposed to check up motors .and arrest anyone who drives ;i car that is without a license tax i for the current year. HOUSE IS DESTROYED BY FIRE Negro Residence at Extreme End of Manning Avenue Burned Tuesday Night Tho house at the extreme end of Manning Avenue just at the city limits, tho property of J. D. Por ter, colored; was totally destroyed by fire Tuesda> eight. The fire was discovered .and the fire alarm sent in to the tire station at 11:40 o'clock. It is stated that the or-, cupants of the house had already gone to bed and were awakened, by the light from the fire which' was first found to be burning in the \ roof. The names spread quickly: so that in a short time the en-, tire, house was a mass of flames. Hose connection was made from; the hydrant at the corner of Man-: ning avenue and Andrews s?reet, which is the last fire plug of that; section, and 1,600 feet of hose was! required to reach from this hydrant | to the burning building. A Simese j connection was used at the end of the single hose line so that two j streams could be ttsed at the tire j The pump on Truck Xo. 1 furmsh- j ed the pressure. The value of the house was est: mated at about $2.500 and the fur- \ nit tire, of which very little was' saved, was-Valued at $1,000. The loss is partially covered by insur-1 ance. Porter, the owner of (bei property, is very well known as the' operator of a wood yard which hej has been running for some time. j SUMTER'S CREAMERY Creamery Company To Be j Formed With $25,000 Capital Stock A meeting was held at 11:30 ; o'clock Wednesday morning at the j Chamber of Commerce hall in the' interest of a creamery for Sumter. | It was early decided that the cap- ] ital stock of the creamery company! i lie set at $25,??0, and this amount | of stock was practically raised at' ! the meeting today. -It is thought! that the entire amount of stock : j will be subscribed few before the j close of the day. Mr. E. H. Moses has accepted j the managership of the company ?nd in all p r o b a b i 1 it y Mr. j Schmolke, will have charge of the working end of th'- creamery. The stockholders of this company have been limited to twenty-five in number; ? Better Moving Pictures. The Civic LetrgUe is not the only ? organization in the city, it seems, ? to be interested In the project of better moving picture films. At a I recent meeting of the Woman's Lit- ', erary Club, the movement was en- j dorsed and a message offering'co-; operation was sent to Mrs. S. H. j Edmunds who is chairman of the Civic League committee oh this, im portant subject. The following letter has also been received from . Sumter's Home Chapter D. A. R.: j Mrs. S. H. Edmunds, Chairman Civic * League Better Picture j Films. Dear Mrs. Edmunds: At the I January meeting of Sumter's; Home Chapter D. A. R. the mem- j bers unanimously endorsed the! movement for better motion pie- I tures undertaken by the Civic; League and ask that the chapter! go on record as desiring to co- ? operate with the League in this ? work. Cordially yours,. Arabella M. Moran. Secretary Surner's Home Chapter, | D. A. R. ; Kenned y-Waters - j Another successful culmination j of the old conquest of love was eel- j ebrated in the marriage of Miss j Margie Kennedy, of Sumter, to Mr. ? J. .1. Waters, of Camden, March] 15, !? j). m.. the wedding ceremony taking place in the beautiful new bungalow in Camden, which is to be the future home, of the bride and groom. The ceremony was1 performed by Rev. E. W. Rey- ; nolds. pastor of the bride, and thej very impressive rinz service was used. Mrs. Waters will be re- | membered as the very accomplished ? daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .lohn S. Kennedy of this city, and has been | for some time connected with The ! Palmetto Tire Insurance Co.. in ai very responsible position. Mr. Wa ters is a young man of splendid character. He is now engaged in ! the lumber business with head-! quarters at Camden. where he and Mrs. Waters will reside in the fu ture. \\ e bespeak for this splen- j did young pair a future filled with j the rarest of fortune's favors, and j sincerely wish that not in one sin gle instance will they meet, with dis:i ppoint ment. Marriage License Record A marriage license was issued Wednesday in the Clerk of Court's office to Mr. Harmon W. Newton j of BennettsviUe and Miss Margate rite Jon's of Brogdon. When a .in try doctor dies, the people gather to pay their respects: liar may be a philosopher. Clolf is easier to pk.y than to speak. Max Oser, the riding master, aged ?!". 14, 4S and *>7. says he ts not a downy hunter. Max is right; m a dowr\ tinder.-- JVoria Tran script . "Babe*' makes more than Hard- j ing. Buth is stranger than fiction. Benino Mays what he wants now, Is money. This Is carrying out his j policy of being friendly. i ORDERED TO RESUME SERVICE Columbia Street Rail way Has One Week in Which to Settle' Strike ? Columbia, March 16.?The Co lumbia Railway. Gas & Electric Co., is today making public a statement, in which it offers to take back the carmen who s;ruek four; weeks ago. this being done in an effort to end the strike and re sume car service, following the railroad commissi no's order of Wednesday, for a resumption of service on the Columbia lines, in1 case its efforts to restore \servioe fail within the next few days, the] company is ordered to show cause before the railroad commission next Wednesday why it should not; he. ordered preemptorily to restore ! its service. CHARLES D. JONES WILL FACE TRIAL - - . j Five Indictments Are Return ed Against Lancaster Man I^ancaster, March 15.?Five, in- , dioiments charging breach of trust and misappropriation of funds were 1 returned by a Lancaster county: grand jury today against Charles D. Jones, president of the First >"&>-j tional Rank of Lancaster and form- ! er president of the Lancaster Mer- j cantile company, one of the largest retail mercantile concerns in South j Carolina. The action of the grand jury was a sequel to the arrest of Mr. Jones in the latter part of last year on live warrants sworn out by Leroy Springs and John T. Stevens, who were in control of the Lancaster Mercantile company until it was placed in the hands of a receiver a few weeks ago. It was while Mr. Jones was president of the com pany that the alleged acts charged in the indictments' are declared to have been committed. The trial of the case is scheduled to open tomorrow, following conclu sion of another case now before the court, hut the latter may con sume all of the day. delaying the opening of the Jones trial until Fri day. ; Counsel Named. Lancaster, March 15.?At a sit ting of the grand jury today true bills on five indictments for viola tion of section 21C of the Criminal Code were returned against Charles D. Jones. The case was set for tri al Thursday at the conclusion of a murder case now before the court. The defendant is represented by Thos. F. McDow of York; Claude N. Sapp of Columbia.- J. N. Hemp hili of Chester. John T. Green. Har ry Hines and R. B. Allison. . The State will be assisted by L. D. Robinson of Columbia, Mendel Smith of Camden, Williams & Stew art and B. E. Wylie. It is thought that the-case will take up the bal ance of the week: owing to the prominence of the parties concern^ ed and the publicity that has been given the preliminaries record breaking crowds arc expected at the trial. Biking From Washington to Frisco. Hiking from the nation's capitol to Frisco by the southern route, and return, is the ambition of Al len F. David, popularly known as the walking devil-dog, accompanied by his brother, Robert F. David. Allen P. David, popularly known as the walking devil-dog and- his brother Robert arrived in this city yesterday at o p. m. The broth ers an> walking around the coast of the Cnited States which is about t$tOO0. miles, including both coasts of Florida. Their aim is to win the $5,00.0 wager offered by the Washington papers to complete the trip in two years' time. The trip is to be made entirely on foot; no rides are to be accepted: also they are not allowed to have any funds. They carry a h irer from the mayor Of Richmond to the mayor of Frisco. Both are veterans of the world war. Allan F. David, the walking devil-dog, has already walked across the continent three times and has a record of walking 4, .">"?'.:" miles in 12 days. While tin- younger brother made a record of a. mile in s minutes. The young men were received by .Mr. Joe Chandler, the post com mander of the ATnerican Legion, and wore shown much hospitality. They claim io have made many friends amonss the Leffion mem bers. Modest Desires Fond Mother: "Dorothy, if you are bad you won't go in heaven. Don't you know that?" Little Dorothy: ?'Well. I've been to the circus and the Chautauq.ua already I can't exepct to k?' every where."?Orange Peel. 1? is easy t<? find the best man on earth. He is tin* one your wife could have married and didn't. Some drivers think the speed limit means how slow they can a<>. Atlantic City prohibits scant bathing sails. <:?it m have th-dr pictures made at home this year. "Press as the air" used to lie ;( common saying. Now that's gone with everything eh??. The air must hereafter be regulated by Herbert Hoover.?New York Evening World COTTON MARKETING IN TEXAS Farmers Pleased With Practi eal Working of Cooperative : Association Columbia. March 14.?'"Farmers,; merchants and bankers of Texasi arc thoroughly delighted with the' results being obtained through the i cotton co-operative marketing as-: soeiati.on," declared C. O. Moser, \ of Dallas, Texas, here Saturday.; Mr. Moser, who is secretary of*tire American Cotton Growers' Ex- j change said that The cooperative! marketing of cotton had come toj stay in Texas and that the farm-! ers of that state were already won- j dering that it tookrthem so long to see the advantages to be derived ! from it. -Mr. Moser said- that some might! say that he is biased in favor of; the plan so be called attention to a statement issued by Nathan; Adams, vice preside nt of the i American Exchange..National Bank of Dallas and generally recogniz-1 cd as one of the south's foremast; bankers; " "1 believe," said Mr. Adams in his statement issued last week "that the cooperative movement should! .received the hearty cooperation of ] the business men and farmers of j the south. It is the- -salvation of; our sect ion." The! campaign *Bn. South Carolina j is progressing .splendidly, it was ? said at the headquarters of the; South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association t o d a y. j Marlboro county has signed is,-j ')00 bales in two weeks and is now ? leading the entire state,.Darlington! lK-ing a close second with IS,452 bales. Sumter is beginning to crowd the leaders and expects to overtake them this week which is! being observed as "sign-up" week.' Fifty farmers are canvassing Sum ter county this week for contracts, j Leading business men and bank ers over the state are getting1 strongly behind the movement. C. C. Sanders, president of the Bank of Union, writing to J. Pope. Mat thews, president of the Palmetto National Bank of Columbia, says: "We have long felt the need of such an association believing that I this is the only sane way in which both banker and farmer can han dle the cotton situation to the best advantage of both. We believe this is the time of ail. limes for the bankers of this siate to get be hind the movement' and put- our shoulders to the wheel and help to put this organization over." W. B. Turner, president of the. bank of Western Carolina which operates a chain of ten banks wrote: "I think it will be bene ficial to all of us when we get it in working shape and I endorse the movement." ? m m ? TORNADO KILLS NINE Oklahoma Mining ViHage is Wiped Out?Many Injured Mc'Alester. Okla., March 14.? NineT>ersons were killed and many seriously injured by a tornado that levelled a path through (lowen, a mining village last night. Most of i the dead and injured are Mexi- , cans. ARKANSAS TORNADO KILLS TEN PEOPLE Pine Bluff. Ark.. March 1.4.?Thej farming settlement of Jefferson and Lonoke couties were swept by tornado. Four whites and six ne groes were killed. TORNADO KILLS TWO IN LOUISIANA Baton Rouge. March 14.?"Sub" Settlement of Su rise la was practi cally destroyed: two killed and six-1 teen injured by tornado. BUTLER CRITICISES FORD'S BID Washington. Maroh 14.-?A sup plemental brie f has been tiled with the house military affairs commit tee by Former Senator Butler, of North Carolina, who is acting as le gal adviser of Frank Engstrum. of Wilmington. The brief declares: that it would be improvident to lease Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford with all the remainder of the enor mous waterpower surrendered and mortgaged to a private monopoly for hundred years or more. DEFENSE OF PACIFIC ALLIANCE Washington. March 14.-5-Senator j Williams. Republican of Ohio, de clared in a statement regarding the ; four-power pact, that it creates no j alliances, does not encroach upon I American sovereignty, based upon , civilized public opinion and not] upon force, and is the longest step ? toward peace and mutual under standing in a thousand years. Thej first Issue in the senate light over, the ratification of the treaty will be decided at J o'clock when thej Robinson amendment is to be vot ed on. S Johannesburg, South Africa.! Match 16..- The miners' strike' which has held Oi" country in a griii for two months has been call-j e<t off. Every person in the United states pays a quarter of a cent annually to support the president.! We're through knocking. Any; kind of a president i* worth that. ?Arkansas Gazette. SUMTER TRUCK GROWERS' ASSOCIATION Arrangement?? Perfected For Marketing Produce Through < American Fruit Produce Association The Sumter. Truck Growers' As- j sociation got somewhere Tuesday when at a meeting of the direc- i tors at Sumter Chamber of Com- j merce it was found out that Sum ter county stands just as good a showing to produce and profitably ; market snap beans, cucumbers, cantaloupes, squash and sweet po tatoes as any other- section of the south, provided, of course., that the chief aims in production and mar keting he quality, grading, pack ing and uniformity of pack. The Sumter Truck Growers' Associa tion proposes to specialize on the first four above mentioned varie ties of truck and will have con tracts ready for members who pro pose to join this association which takes in all of Sumter county. A central grading and packing house will be established in Sumter to handle all produce of the members. It is hoped.that the Sumter Can nery Company can be induced to furnish a grading and packing place and to co-operate with the association as the Cannery Com pany will also have.a lot of produce that will be sold in green state. Anyhow a central packing place will be provided. Shares of stock were fixed at five dollars each in the association, stockholders to share in any profits over and above actual expenses of operation of as sociation and selling facilities. At Tuesday's meeting the offi cers of tho association were in structed to enter into a three year contract with the American Fruit Produce Association. Inc., with headquarters in Charleston. to handle the truck of the members of the local association. In the ?utime every farmer who wishes to join is urged to write or tell E. I. Rear don, acting secretary-treas urer, how many acres of beans, cu cumbers and cantaloupes they will plant, and they can sign associa tion contracts later. .Messrs. M. S. Foster of Charles ton and L. T. MeGaughran, of At lanta, representatives of the Amer ican Fruit Growers' Produce As sociation were present. In sub stance they said that one reason why so many farmers selling indi vidually as well as many associa tions had such tough luck periodi cally was due to the fact that they shipped practically all of their pro ducts to a few big cities like. .Bal timore, New York, Chicago, and a few other big citise: and that-in consequence there was not infre quently u "glutting" of those mar kets. Now the American Fruit Produce Growers' Association. Inc.. have one hundred and seventy-two cities and towns throughout the coun tries into which produce will be dis tributed and there will not be so much- over supply and less in con sequence. This nation-wide sell ing and distributing agency has hundreds of selling agencies and quick connections widely distribut ed, for selling produce. The Sumter Truck Growers' As sociation will not handle sweet po tatoes, but believes that potatoes should be planted of the, Porto llican variety and m a r k e te d through the South Carolina Sweet Potato Association. The Sumter Truck Growers' As sociation proposes to do its best through business-like and expert marketing co-operation to dispose of its members' products, but truck producers should familiar ize themselves with varieties, which the association has adopted and which will he furnished 01? request at Sumter Chamber of Commerce. The association is holding no brief for any farmer, and will not undertake to advise any farmer whether or not. he should go into rite truck business. But inasmuch as many have al ready decided to do so, some hav ing already started by planting their truck, the association hopes and proposes to do business-like, money-saving and profit-making marketing if it can get the intelli gent cooperation of truck grow ers. Jt sees no plausible reason why the truck above named should not be profitably produced in this county. Of course price guaran teeing months in advance on any farm product js out of the question. There is more or less risk in what any farm product will sell for, at any time, but if chances are to )?? taken on all farm products, why not try out a small acreage of truck and learn how to produce fur market. Heavy acreages of any kind of truck is not urged, limited acreages for the first year will teach any farmer a great deal about the truck business. Miss Annie O. Keels of Rem bert. was elected as director of the association for Rafting Creek township, and Mr. P. M. Tiller, of Mayesville was elected director for Mayosville township, in place of Mr. E. W. Dabbs, Jr., who had to decline on account of directing the cotton marketing corporation. For the information of farmers the following township directors and officers of the association have been elected, it being hoped that Miss Keels trill see her way clear t?> honor the association by serving as director from Rafting Creek township. All the other di rectors and officers elected have accepted and will be glad to fur nish information t?> their town ship neighbors": Sumter township ? Messrs. A. C. Phelps, R. A. Bradham and J. A. MeKnight. all of Sumter. Stateburg Township-?J. Frank Williams, li. No. '!. Sumter. Middleton Township?Dr, M. L. Parier. Wedgefield. Providence Township?T. S. Du Bose, Jr., Oswego. Privateer Township?Ii. Dran? Tindal. Tinda!. Mayesvilte Township?P. M. Till er. Mayesville. Shiloh Township?T. J. Keels, R. P. 1). Lynchburg. Concord Township?.1. T. Glass cock, B. F. J).. Sumter. " Rafting Creek Township?Mis* Annie o. Keels, Rembert. Officers of Association: President. B. A. Bradham, .Sum te r. Vice-President. Dr. M. L. Parier, Wedgefteld. Acting Secretary-Treasurer, E. 1. Reardon. DRIVE AGAINST LIQUOR FORCES - Citizoris of Jacksonville Start Real Campaign j Jacksonville. Fla., March 14? ; Truck loads of evidence hut no one ; to place it against is the summary ; of today's county-wide moonshine I hunt carried out by more than 100 ; specially deputized citizens, under i the direction of sheriff's deputies and federal agents. A statement of the dav's ac I ! eomplishments as prepared by Sheriff Merritt follows: Twenty-five stills: 16 worms: XS9 barrels of mash: 11 sacks of coal: 1L barrels of syrup and ?,o gallons ; of moonshine. No untoward incident was re i ported by any of the sleuthing par ties which numbered American Le gion members among their ranks. The extensive campaign bad been planned for several days. Twenty live automobiles were turned over (o the officials by their, owner-- for use in carrying the contraband hunters into every nook and cranny of the county. Sheriff Merritt expressed him self as highly pleased with the in roads into the- county's illicit in dustry and said similar campaigns would be carried out until moon shine making had been completely stilled. ? m> ? A number of public schools in Sumter county will be closed before the end of the seven months term for lack of funds. Those districts have a levy of seven to eight mills or more, but they receive no part Of the slate funds, because the enrollment does not happen to b twenty-tive or more. The school term extension law works rank in justice on Sumter and a number of other counties that have a sparse and widely scattered white popula tion in the rural districts. These counties, as a rule, are. paying higher school taxes tha i the coun ties that received the lion's share of the state appropriation, and, al though these schools' need state aid, they receive little or nothing Out of the thousands of dollars they pay into this fund. Xow is the time to make Sumter beautiful by planting flowers in every yard. TOBACCO GROWERS LAUNCH FINAL DRIVE Tim eaimxugn oi' iobaocQ farm ers for now signers to the five year marketing contract is again in full swing throughout South Carolina. In accord a nee with the state ment of W. E. Lea of Florence, member of the campaign commit tee, South Carolina though well over the minimum sign-up, with :^ l .ndo.?OO pounds, has set its goal in the prestnt drive at a 7"> per cent statewide Sign-up with every prospect of success in securing an overwhelming majority. With well over half of the tohae eo growers in three states as mem bers of tire Marketing Association and with ti?.fiftO farmers now sign ers of the five year contract South Carolina leads oft in the final me^n bership campaign before the open ing of the tobacco markets. Contracts are. now in the hands of county chairmen, c.ounry agents and other local and county leaders of the Growers' Cooperative Association in South Carolina. ., The same men who won the great victory and brought about the majority sign-up of this state's tobacco farmers imo their present solid Marketing Association, will carry on this final drive which is t he last call for tobacco grower* who wish to choose between ,the old system of speculative sales and the kind of marketing which Iras brought success and boner-prices in a single year to organized grow ers in Clinda, Virginia and Ken tucky. The quota and standing of this states tobacco growing counties was published in last week's papers and South Carolina growers are expecting to set a fast pace in win ning new-meinbers as they lead off the sign-tip campaign for three states. Next week a series of important mass meetings beginning on Wed nesday, March 22nd, will carry the crzznpnign to the centers of the. to bacco growing area. Leaders of the* marketing move ment from. Virginia, Xorth Carolina will take-part in this drive. The [times, places and speakers ,for 'these meetings will be announced ? in the paper and by letters to ? members of the Marketing Assoeia | lion. Sport writers have about cinched the 1922 pennants. ! There should be a law regulating [the weight of trucks that use the j public highways. There is no sense J in building costly roads only' to j have them destroyed in a short time j by ponderous vehicles. ? "World XoCds Jobs"?Headline, j A few Jobs might help some, but j the urgent need"" at present is a Moses. I Columbia, March 1C.?The stu I dents of the University have a new I yell, entitled nine rah rahs for the [president. It's wording is this: j "liar, Har, Har; Ding; ding, ding, j Harding, Harding, Harding." It is i pitched in high voice. Cliarter So. 3809 Reserve District No. 5 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT SUMTER IN THE STATE OF S. C. j At the Close of Business oh March '10.1922.; RESOURCES: ' 1. a Loans and discounts, including redis counts, acceptances of other banks, and foreign bills of exchange or drafts sold with indorsement of this hank (except those shown in b and <?) ._.$ Sl&,f>2$.45 Total loans_.- M9.9J5.45 Deduct: ?2. Overdrafts, secured, $2.222.3$; unsecured. $1,214.41 4.43G.70 4. V. S. Government .securities owned: a. Deposited to secure circ ulation (U. S. bonds par value) .$ 50.000.90 b. All oilier United States Government Securities _._. C 1,000.00 Total._----- 111.000.0m 5. Other bomb., stocks, securities, etc.:.- 27,330.12 ti. Banking House, $$5,000.00; Furniture and fixtures.. $3,000.00 X. Lawful reserve wjth Federal Reserve Bank.'- 31,483.10 9. Items with Federal Reserve Bank in process of collec tion (not. available as reserve).. Mti.29 10. Cash in vault and amount due. from national banks.. 88>?48,09 13. Clu cks on other banks in the same city or town as re porting hank ( other than Item 12). 5,S'96.29 Total of Items 9. 1.0. 1 L. 1.'. and 13 94,390;67 15. Redemption fund with U. S* Treasurer and due from T. S. Treasurer . 2,500.00 Total .$I,12C;0SC13 LIABILITIES: 17. Capital stock paid in. 100.000.00 la. Surplus fund_.-. 15O.o00.OO 19; Undivided profits.'-- 26;833;68 c Less current expenses, interest and taxes paid. 0,1*1.39 2?"?.652.29 20. Circulating notes outstanding_. 40,000.00 24. Certified checks outstanding. 4u.0a 25. Cashier's checks on own bank outstanding--.. 2.929.10 Total of Items 21, 22, 23. 24, and 25 2,969.10 Demand deposits (other than bank deposit*) sub ject to Reserve (deposits payable within 3o days): 26. Individual deposits subjeei to check. 205,839.47 Total of demand deposits (other than hank deposits) subject to Reserve Items L'*>. 27. 'is. 29, 20. and 31 .-. 205.839.4? Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 days or subject to 30 days or more none,- and postal savings): 32. Stat?\ county, or other municipal deposits se cured by plegde of assets of this bank.._... 67.970/.S6 24. other time deposits. 499.1S00.77 35. Postal savings deposits. 12'.?.40 Total of time deposits subject to Deserve. Items 32, 33, 24. and :}.r> ._ 567,601.13 36. United States deposits (other than postal savings) iticluding War Loan deposit account and deposit of United States Disbursing officers. 1,004.14 >9. Bills payable (itu-luding all obligations represent ing money borrowed other than rediscounts)_ 30.060.0^ Total .$1.126,066.13 State of South Carolina. County of Sumter. ss: I. O. L. VATES. Cashier of the above-named bank do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledga and belief. O L. VATES. Caslvor. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of March. 1922. A. M. BROUGT?N, Notary Public. Correct?Attest: NKILL (VDONNEI.L. GEO. F. EPPERSON. GEO. D. SHORE. Directors. (SEAL)