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f TOWN AND { ROBBERY OF SCHWARTZ BROS. STORE Thief Makes Unique Entry in - to Store and* Gets Awiay With a Large Amount of Select Goods ? ? HI The Schwartz Brot&ers drj' goods istore was visited by a thief during the late hours of Thursday night or the wee small -hours of Friday *" morning and a considerable amount of very fine goods stolen. The work of this thief portrays-the hand of a master. The entry into tbe store was in all respects gggpEmque and must have required some several hours -of hard work before the entrance was finally gained by the method used. With the use of some steel instrument the lime mortar was dug out which held the bricks under a roar side door to the building, and enough ? bricks were removed at this lo cation for an entrance to -be gain ed under the store. Thea the rhief went to work with a large tnzed carpenter's auger boring holes through the floor of the store imtii it was possible for him to break through the flooring and to worm has way into the-store. AH . "the work must have" been' done with absolute s?ence. Xo noise being necessary in order to remove the bricks or-no bore the holes through the flooring. This latter * work was done whfte the thief was entirely under "he store. After gaining his entrance, the robber again showed himself ah adept in ^ the art, "by his selection of only the choicest and ^finest of the slock ?f good^. A n estimate of the value of gdods found missing has not been made but as all of the goods stolen were of the' very finest it is * "believed that their "value will run into the thousands Of dollars. The exit of the robber from l? v store was through the back door, the lock of -which was found "broken this niorning. - An Old Fashioned Quilting Party. A very delightful and enjoyable dcf^saon was an old fashioned quilting party held at the country home of Mrs. W\ O. Pain, Jr., Wednesday afternoon, March 15th. The ouilt was unusual because of sosne of the patches having be longed to Mrs. Cain's grandmother years ago, she having started the 'qu?t.' Mrs. Cain and her friends' finishing it. making a .keepsake j that Mrs. Cain will always treasure:; Among those present were:! Kesdames P.. A. Ridgfll, John Seal, j J. M. Fogie, C. O. Holliday, El-, ma Ramsey, G. W. Dick, R." W'.; Parker. F. E. Gibson, It. L. Cato, M. Muldrow. Contract Let lor Building Highway Ui IXai'liagton to tee Coaaty Line. As soon as the weather permits, ^Sate construction of the highway Srora Early "s Cross Roads to the ?#e County line, through the thriv ^ag and pretty town of Lydia, will begin. As slated in our last issue. -e^OJ^thing was ready but the con Jrma?OB. of the contract by tbe federal officials. This has now been oeoured, and the work will'begin at once and will include an addition of nine miles of'genuine road con struction. The road will unite with a similar one at Leo county line, connect ing with other similar ones con tinuously to Columbia. Twj con tracts were awarded, one for road Construction and the other for building bridges and culverts. As soon as the required bonds have been given, - weather permitting, construction win begin.?-Darling ton Xews and Press. Furman Glee Club. The Furman- Glee Club and or chestra are ^making a tour of the State and will give an entertain ment in Sumter Wednesday even ing, March 2"9th. at the auditorium of the G:rls* High'school. If City Council would place lights in the back lots of the bus iness section robberies, such as that of the Schwartz Store last night might not be so easy. Miss Alice "Wilson entertained Friday night at rook in honor of Miss Annie Purdy cf Sumter. Those . enjoying the evening were Misses Katberine Karle. Gladys Reaves. Marie Dunlap, Mrs. Bessie Lesesne, Misses Tora Bagnal. Manie Yen ning. Carolyn Plowden, Rita Hug * gins and Messrs. Charlie Thomas, L. E. McCord, Kllis Wells. Allen Sauls, Norwood Haft. Croswell Da vis. Edwin Johnson. Mrs. Janie Hortort, Miss Annie Purdy and the hostess. After the game a salad * course was served.?M a n n i n.g Times. o ? ? Last Saturday Rural Policeman * K^nne^y in making a raid at Gable was forced to shoot a negro by the name of Brunson Cooper for trying to get away from him after he had him .under arrest. A large crowd of negroes gathered round Mr. Ken nedy and. asked him what be was going to do with Cooper; be told them he was going to put' him in jail, but that did not suit them and they said be could carry him to the hospital but not to jail. Mr. Kennedy fearing trouble phoned Sheriff Gamble. Tin.- sheriff at once left for the scene, carrying Oificers Peavy and Hardy. On their arrival at Gable the sheriff in few words dispersed the crowd without any trouble, and brought Cooper and two of his big mouth pals to 'jail. Cooper was hit twice in the leg, but neither wound is serious. * ?Manning Times. M?NTY NEWS I . v * - -? - ? 3 - ~ . : c . -g, j SPECIAL * I MEETING BAR ! ASSOCIATION j George D. Shore, Jr... Endors | ed For U. S. District Attor | aey in Event Present In cumbent is Not Reap pointed 4 ? i...;- . j The following:, resolution was j passed by the .Sumter County Bar : Association at a special meeting of the Association which was called Thursday afternoon: "Be it resolved by the Sumter County Bar .Association, in meet ing assembled, that in the event the Honorable Francis H. Weston j be not reappoimed by the present j : administration of the United States i j government to the office of United ' States District Attorney for the j Kastern District of South Carolina, ; then the Sumter County Bar Asso ciation recommends' for appoint ment to that office Mr. George D. Shore, Jr., a member of this bar. ' Mr. Shore was born and raised here, and he is'? well qualified by ; education, temperament and legal j . experience for t-h!B position. He j ? is a graduate of Washington and | ! Lice University, and has, since his! j graduation, continuously practiced j j hls profession at this Bar, except t ifor the time of his voluntary ser- j ; vice in the navy during the war. j Mr. Shore has always been a. 1 member of the Republican party. : j He has never sotight political of- | ifice and this testimonial is given j \ entirely without solicitation on his ! part. ' Though we all are Democrats, ex- \ ' cept Mr. Shore, we gladly make ! ? this testimonial, knowing the high : ! character, abttiyt, and sturdy mer- ? ] it of Mr. Shore. j MARION W. SEABROOK, j l. GEO. D. LEVY, BENJ. Be HODGES, Committee. I ; Sumter, S. O., March 16, > 192 2. i ?i-? t The other candidates- for ap- ! pointment to "this ? office are: Thos.! j H. Peoples, Of ' Columbia, former ? j attorney general; Mr. J. D. E. Mey- | |er, -of khe -Chartetton Bar; John; j D. Carroll of Lexington and Louis j ! Shiraei of Charleston, ail of these j men together witn the present in- J j cumbeni, are Bemocrats. Stacy-Wrinkle. ________ A wedding which came as a de- j ?cided surprise to their hosts of j friends was that <*T Miss Georgia! Stacy to Mr. Jack "Wrinkle, which j was solemnized last Sunday even : ing at the Baptist'parsonage, Rev. . .Tosiah Crudup being the ?fficiat. ! ing clergyman." ; Mrs. Wrinkle is a pretty and at tractive -daughter of Mrs. Arthur; I Stacy, and Mr. Wrinkle, is a j I popular son of Mr; and Mrs. Tom j Wrinkle, being employed in -the i 'machine shop of the Crown Cotton j mills.- i ; The young people have the best j I wishes-of their friends ' in their ! new relation.?Dalton. Ga., Her \st?. ... . -? ? ? mi ?' 'V Two Small Fires, j The fire department was called [ upon Friday morning to answer ! two fire alarms 'which proved to' \ be of very small and unconsequen- j ? fial natures. The' first alarm came j j at about 11:2fr o'clock. This was j 'a sm 11 shingle fire on a negro i house owned by Mrs. A. L. Rick ; er. The house was'being occupied j i by Mary Shaw, colored, and is To-j ! cated on Ricker Lane. The dam- ; iages to the roof were estimated ?s ; j being about $10. The second alarm ; which came in at 11:45 called the j department to No: 529 S. Harvin i Street, where another negro house. ' the property of Nemiah Grant, j ? had ? suffered the burning of a few i ; shingles on the roof. The first firo j was extinguished l>y the use of a j chemical bin no assistance was re nuired from the fire department on ! ! the second fire. Both ?mall blazes ? seem to have caught from the fall- I I ing of sparks upon the roofs of i the houses. - - State Teaeliers' Association j The State Board of Education j and the State Teachers' Association j recomended to the various Boards ; of Education that they should al j low their teachers to attend the j State Teachers' Association in Co . iumbia this week. Where necessary, ithey were urged to let their teaeh jfirs off for Thursday ;uk1 P'riday. lit was found in Sumter that the I teachers would be able to attend .the sessions by allowing them to go ! for one day. There were so many .who desired these sessions that the Board of Education concluded that ; it was best to eloso the schools on Friday at last week. In the up country and the lower part of the state it was necessary to close for, I two days in order t<? allow their i teachers to attend. The Board feels | that the schools will be repaid by the information and inspiration that the teachers'will be able to get at these meetings and bring back] with them for th<-7r work for the r^st of the year. DEATH Mrs. II. E. Powell, mother of Mrs. C. D. DesCh&rtips. of tnis city, passed away :tt I'O&Q Friday night, after an illness of a week. She was se.venty-.pno years Old on the eighth of this month. The fun eral will take place in Cheraw, S. C, at 2 p. m. Sunday, at the Pres byterian church, of which the de ceased was a member for a num ber of years. Mrs. Powell is sur vived by three children. Mrs. Des Champs with whom she made her h<.rne nnd two sons. G. H. Powell. . of Cheraw, and i. N. Powell, of Clio. ? _ MODERN CREAMERY IS ASSURED Meeting of Stockholders and Board of Directors Held Thursday Afternoon At a meeting of the stockholders of a proposed Creamery Company hereinafter mentioned as The Sum ter Creamery, which was held in the Chamber of Commerce Thursday afternoon, plans were completed for the establishment of a modern creamery for Sumter. Capita] stock to the amount of $25,000 has already been signed up with more in sight and in all probability the \ charter will be for .$50,000. The following were elected board of directors: E. H. Moses, presi-; dent; J. P. P.ooth, vice-president, G. W. Schmolke, secretary and trea- , surer. L. D. Jennings, W. S. Reames, J. J. Whilden and Mr. J. P. Morris-, son. .The other stockholders become ; members of the advisory hoard. This completes the first step and theJ charter will be applied for at once and the first installment'of the sub scribed stock will be paid in. The directors will be instructed to look into plans for a site and take steps toward getting the necessary ma chinery. ! " The personnel of the men who have taken hold of this proposition means a successful creamery for Sumter if a creamery can be mad . a success, and there is no doubt but that a well organized and prop erly managed creamery can be a success. This is a real forward step for Sumter county and the op erations will not be confined to Sum ter for the new creamery will bo prepared to handle the products of several. counties embracing Lee, Kershaw. Clarendon and Orange burg giving the farmer an oppor tunity to sell his products from the dairy cow which is a link in the chain of safe and sane farming under boll weevil conditions. A'great many farmers are al ready prepared to put in dairy cows or increase the ones they have and hundreds more have held back waiting to be assured that their products would be takon care of. With the assurance that they will be taken care of no time should be. lost in getintg established and patronizing this new enterprise. The creamery is going to mean much for our farmers; much more than many realize at this time and will go a long ways towards re establishing ourselves oa a sound financial basis and bringing back prosperity. ?Any one wishing information or advice along this line should con sult Mr. Schmolke at the Chamber of Commerce. > ? m ? Gut-wit ting tl?c Aster Beetle. One of the chief griefs of a gar dener is that with the development of any favorite plant, there usually develops along with it some insect or fungus pest to destroy his hopes Just when they seem to be realized, and no plant has a greater handi cap in some sections than the aster. This is a black beetle about an inch long that flocks in by the hundred and literally eats the blos soms and opening buds off the plant. Often it will do the damage before its pretence is discovered, and even if the plant? are sprayed with some arsenate of lead solu tion, the beetles have to take a few mouthfuls before the poison gets in its work. However, there is one fairly easy way to foil this pest in most any parts of the country. The flight of these beetles comes in August and their stay is brief. The solution is to see to it that asters do not come into bloom it. August. These beetles seem to have an eye for beauty and only take to the open flowers or partially opened buds. Some sections are free from this marauder. Others it will visit for a season or two and then remain away. If you have been troubled with these beetles, plant the early-flow ering varieties of aster indoors or in a hotbed or cold frame so that they wiH have developed their beauty during July or wait until May to plant them out doors. Plant the later varieties out doors and then they will not bloom until Septem ber or later at a time when the. all devouring black beetle does not appear; Great devastation was wrought in some localities last year by a mysterious stem rot that caused the :isters to wither and die inexplic ably. This is a hard trouble to combat, but a ddressing of lime on the soil is recommended. It will do no harm in any event, but will l.e of benefit to the piants. Air slacked lime js recommended for this purpose rather than hydrated lime, and it should be put on the soil a few weeks before the asters are to be planted. It will be a good plan to get the curly asters started now to be sine t<? have them come into bloom in July and elude the beetles. ? ? ? - Self-made man: One who exer cised sound judgment in the selec tion of a wife. Ift22 may not reward fighters: but 1?-! us hop*- ii will produce some. - ?????? Des Monies. I-?.b. 17.?Charles A. Rawson. chairman of the Repub lican state committee, bus bt>en appointed senator from Iow a to suc ceed Senator Kenyon, resigned. The late styles seem early. Busincs* won't <-om? back; you'll have io go after i:.?J.;.:< "in Siar. Looks like other nations are fighting us with dirigibles by sell ing them to us. Beware the brides of March. T)i-' first chicken ruined the first man's garden. exposition 1 | closes here Miss Elizabeth McKagen is; Queen of Exposition. Baby , Show Was Great Attrac i tion of Friday After noon - Friday was the last day of the. j American Legion's Spring Expo sition and the A. B. Miller shows' j have folded their canvass and tak en their leave of Sumter. A large '?crowd was present at the fair] j grounds during the showings of ? j Friday night. The exposition has; j been declared, taking everything ; into consideration, a very good ! I success. j The Baby Show of Friday after-j noon proved th<^ decided attrae-j j tion and the drawing card for a; : large crowd. This show was de-: i clared a splendid success, over1 ; thirty fine specimens of babyhood ? being entered as contestants. Tho 'judges were given a. most difficult j poblem in that of deciding the; -very best baby from the extremely; j fine, lot of babies entered in the; j show as contestants. The ribbons; '.were given to the three best baby j j girls and to the three, best baby; i boys, all under the age of five years. | i The winners' of the prizes were: | First, Mary Caroline Bowman, J [daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ham-. I mond Bowman; 2nd, Mary Eliza- j I beth Pitts, daughter of Mr. and j I Mrs. Peter M. Pitts, and 3rd, Jes-; j sic Mae Brunson, daughter of Mr.: \ and Mrs. f>. A. Brunson. ; Boys. 1st. John Yemon Wilson., \ son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson: j 2nd, William Reynolds, Jr., son of j Mr. and Mrs. William Reynolds, ' ; and 3rd, Russell Li t tie job n Strange,: j son -of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Strange. j Miss Elizabeth McKagen was do j clared tho queen of the exposition, {she having led this contest with j 22.270 votes. Miss Syrena Evans jlaeld second place with 20,400 votes ? and Estelle Edwins winning the 1 : third place with 3 7,006 votes. 'going into truck ? jSumter Chamber of Commerce j i is Temporary Headquarters I For Association ' " __ j ! The Sumter Truck Growers* As-i j sociation with headquarters for the j i present in the Sumter Chamber of j i Commerce is awaiting the regis j trat km of farmers who will plant icucumbers, snap beans, squash and ? cantaloupes to be marketed through j !the American Fruit, Produce As-i ; sociation, Inc. It looks as though 1 ; there will be a great -deal of tx'uck i j planted in this county that will have j j to be shipped in its raw or green j i condition. The Sumter Truck As-1 I sociation is trying to organize the j j truck producers for systematic and I j standardized produce to be mar j keted under co-operative methods I to avoid "glutting" a few big cities ?with truck, and giving the produc j ers the opening in hundreds of j cities where there are demands for j 1 truck produced for quality, unifor- ] j mity of variety and pack, aod to ] i furnish also to every seller exper-j jienced graders to grade, to create! : a regular demand for the products\ ? under one brand or name. ] See E. f. Reardon, acting secre-j j tary-treasurer of the association [at Sumter Chamber of Commerce,1 j tell him how many acres of beans, j squash, cucumbers and cantaloupes j I you are going to plant, get from j ! him the varieties that every mem- i j ber of the association will plant, j fand then join the association. It; j only costs you five dollars to be-: j come a member of the association. 1 i ' This is a small charge, and is: \ necessary because no association I ! or business can function without; j some money to defray expenses of i j stenographer, telephone and tete ! graph and postage, stationery, and I other incidental expenses in con jneetion therewith. There are no J paid officials of the Sumter Truck ers' Association, but there will be I a charge of about 10 per cent, gross ; in connection with the marketing, j grading and selling and packing of i the truck for every shipment made.j [The farnlers might just as well ; make up their minds thai they' j will have to pay a little something; { for brains, experienced graders and \ j for services rendered them in doing; j for them something they do nor ! ? know how to do for themselves,! I and having it done in business-like] !and profit-making styb*. This is; j done by truck and other farm pro-i j dree members all over this counr j (try and if It pays others to band I i together, spend a small per eentagei i to sell profitably it will pay Sum I ter county farmers to pay for their | ?service given fhem especially where ; ! the service increases the amount [received by the producers. l*</r their : product. f Hearsoh's Pharmay has kindly] iagreed to order all se<-h" for rnem-j jbtti'S of the Sumter Truck Crow-; 'ers' Association at actual cost if'j ? ordered in bulk: (hat is. all orderi : one ijjne. See Dr. J. Z. Hearon j it' you want lo get your truck' planted in time to sell this summer. iHearori's Pharmftcv, Sumter, S. C. Canon Doyle is telling what lie will do in heaven. Optimist. En route to the wall the?, [probably .sing "The old broken : bllekel -shop." l oo many people virh lire inxur !?jice have that burning desire. _ m ?i ? ? There would hu\'e to be two born levery minute to supply the demand. Th<- first German Lloyd stcam?*r In eight years lias nrrived in Ho ("boken. i: was delayed by n utorm i ? r ?ei roit \V-\\ s Maybe that corner around which propertj hides is on the senate ' bloc. FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS New Experiment Station Bul letin Covers Six Years' Tests at Pee Dee Station, Florence Cb-mson College, March in.? j Experiment Station Bulletin 299, i "Fertilizer Experiments." has b^on issued by the South Carolina Ex periment Station giving results of' fertilizer experiments at the Pee j Dee Station. Florence. S. C, from , 1014 to 1019 inclusive. The b".l- \ letin. prepared by C, P. Blackwell.! agronomist, and T. S. Buie. assist-1 ant agronomist, iy a somewhat j technical publication of results of work begun in 1014 under Prof.; T. E. Keitt and continued under! Prof. C P, Blackwell, and con-j sists largely of tables and graphs recording experimental results of ? various kinds and amounts of for- I filizers when used in rotation and j otherwise on cotton, corn, oats. etc.! The principal features of the.: bulletin are thirty-seven tables and j fifty-one graphic figures recording! and illustrating results. These are; accompanied by brief explanatory discussions and followed by a brief; summary of conclusions. These! conclusions are given below for the ! benefit Of farmers. man> of whom would not care to make a close '< study of the mass of tabular and | graphic matter in the bulletin. Summary. 1. Acid phosphate, ground rock j phosyphate, and Thomas phosphate j gave equally good yields when ap- ! plied at the rates used in this, ex- i periment and on this particular soil j and in the absence of-the boll wee-j viL 2. Acid phosphate gave an earl- : ier crop of cotton than either! ground rock phosphate or Thomas phosphate: 3. Eight percent of acid phos-! phate in a 1060-pound application: of fertilizer gave the maximum yield of cotton and Larger appli- j cations were not profitable. Four; percent was not as good as eight' for cotton. 4* Corn and cow peas when i grown in a rotation with cotton did not respond to applications of phots photic acid. Oats gave a small in- j crease for four percent of acid hut ] not for larger -amounts. 5. Blood alone, as a source of ammonia, gave better results than \ a mixture of one-third blood anU ! two-thirds cottonseed meal. ? 6. Four ? percent of ammonia j was better than either larger or j smaller applications for cotton ! continuously and for cctton in a ro- J tation. ?: ? W*i?]g \ 7. The yields of corn and oats j were in direct proportion to the amount of ammonia applied;'-'but i the yield of cowpea hay was not j iaiGaenced by the application of, ammonia. 9. The time of application of i jfoda^as- a side dressing made no ; difference in the yields of any crops j in this particular experiment, be <?ause live soil had sufficient am-', monia for a maximum yield of these i crops without the side dressing 9. Two percent of potash was j sufficient for maximum yield of cotton in a rotation, and four per- i ?cent was best where cotton was arrown continuously. ? 10. Corn, oats, and peas gave ??o response to applications of pot- j ?sh in this experiment. 13. Muriate and kainit were of! fequal value as sources of potash inj this experiment for all crops used, j 12. Caustic lime and ground : ttmestone were of equal value as j ?ourcea of lime when used at the i rates of of 1.000 pounds and 2,- j -600- pounds respectively. JL3. Lime was not profitable to ] use on this soil for any of the crops I grown. 14. At the end of six years thej otation series was yielding ap- | proximately twice as much as the j continuous cotton series and was gaining rapidly own where com pl? te fertilizer was used at the ' rite o-~ ly?O'O pounds per acre, thus' showing the superiority of a rota- j tion over a continuous cotton for ; maintaining the fertility of the ? land. j 1,5. Either very heavy or very] light application of ammonia do lays the maturity of cotton. Heavy j applications of potash also delay maturity. HI. The earliest crop of cotton ! was secured by a reasonable appli cation of acid phosphate and am monia, and from a wdl-ba.laneed complete fertilizer, which doe-s not : run high in any one element. Report of the Secretary For Febru ary. The work of the Red Cross Home Service Section during February consisted of rendering assistance to 153 families. Eighty-four were fam ilies of ex-service men. and HS were civilian families. Seven investi gations were made for out-of town agencies, and information only wus given to four ex-service men. 278 visits were made during the month by the Home Service Secre tary, exclusive of visits made by volunteers, and 157 interviews held in the Bed Cross office. The expenditures for the month were as follows: Office expenses ._$ 2.04 far expensese -. 6.30 Direct relief to needy per sons . 97.07 Repaid on previous loans 14.lT? Total.$10f..i> 1 HELEN WHEELER, Sec. Red Cross Mom'" Service. '?Wealthy widow is found after search of months."?Rochester Herald Some fellows have all luck!? Buffalo Express. -? ?? Absence from church was a < rime in'the seventeenth century. Now ii is merely custom. Economy:, (Sovernment expendi ture described by tho t- in power. Extravagance: The same described by those not in power. HENS RUNNING AUTOS, SAYS FOOD EXPERT Talk Made on Southern Live Stock and Farm Problems by President of Purina Company at Convention in Atlanta i ? ? _________ The following clipping is taken ; from the Atlanta Constitution j which is hoth interesting and in- i formative. It is a short digest of' a talk made by Mr. William H. I Danforth. president of the Purina! Co., before the convention of the salesmen and dealers of the south eastern territory, which was held j in Atlanta, da., the first three days; Of this week. Mr. Paul Aughtry, I representative of this territory was; present at this convention and re- ! p?Tts a most enjoyable and prof:-i table trip to Georgia's capital city: ?; ?"Many an automobile is paid fori and maintained by a backyard or; farm flock of poultry," says William H. Danforth, president of the Knl ston Purina company, St. Louis, j "She may not drive the machine, but she certainly runs it. But the! hen plays a still more important role in many other .households. I She furnishes the wherewithal to meet all the grocery and butcher bills and sometimes pays the rent. "Poultry is about the only farm j product that shows an increased purchasing power since the war.j And this is in spite of the fact that there is more poultry and j more eggs in the country than ever j before." "Increased live stock on farms soj that all waste products and idlej lands are used. There should bei no cowless. calf less, sowlcss or hen- i less farmyards or even back yards. | A cow, a sow. two dozen hens and] a roosttr. properly fed and cared I for, will bring you larger dividends ; than any other investment you] can make. "All of us should join in cam- ; paigns to give children more milk.. An authority writes that more than I one-Third of the children living on the farms of th* south do not know what milk tastes like?they j haven't tasted it since they were j weaned. Instead of being strength- i erred by a drink of nutritious rnilk ! when weary of chopping or picking cotton, they are juiced up withi a dose of chill tonic and told to j nop to it. "About'a year ago the school; board in Columbus, Ind.. weighed I and measured their children and; were astonished to find that 73 ; per cent were under weight. Plans were made to serve a bottle of milk j and a cracker in the mid-forenoon and again in the afternoon. The: response was phenomenal. Chil-1 dren once so listless and dull be- j gan to brighten up, gaining hoth in weight and efficiency." ; Mr. Danfroth has devoted much Of his life to making better boys SOtd girls. He has established aj large Sunday school camp in the j north woods, where, hundreds of hoys and girls from all over the i United States spend a few weeks i each summer, living a healthy out- j of-door life. Mr. Danforth is in Atlanta for j four days with other officers of the \ Ralston Purina company, who are j holding a convention for feed j merchants from the southeastern j states. Those attending the con- ? ference are receiving strict school ing so that they may advise their i customers in better feeding moth- j ods. Through the work of the re- | search department of the Ralston ; Purina company, plans have been I developed for utilizing the by-pro- . ducts and home-grown grains on . southern farms. The convention breaks up Wednesday ::ight when t..-? officials will go to Columbus, Ohio, for a similar conference." Rules for Dec .aimer's Contort. -. To the Teachers ot Sumter County: ! The following rules have been adopted for the- Sumter County' Dcolaimer's Contest: The schools have been divided J into two classes: One and two teacher schools, in one class, and high schools and rural graded schools in the other. These class-, es have been divided as follows: ! One and two readier schools. Iri- ! termediate Division: l Boys?Grades fourth through ! seventh. 2. Girls?Grades fourth through seventh. High School Division: :5. Boys -Graues, eighth and up. . 4. Gfcr-ls?-Grades eighth and up. High and Rural Graded Schools, . Intermediate Division: 1. Boys - - G r a d e s. f o u r t h ? through sevem h. '*. Girls ? (trades. four! li i through seventh. An the school:- of the county are j invited- to enter ihi:-> contest. Any .school not entering is invited to be present, and the County Board 'of Education recommends that a half holiday be given, so that all j teachers and pupils may have the ; opportunity to attend. In fact, all j teachers and pupils are. urged to at tend. j Mr. 1 i. IT. Brunson, Mr. VY. L. Glaze. Mr. I. 11. Coleman. Mrs. Alice M. Leave]., Mrs. Louise M. Brogdon, i 'rogra rn Commit t ee. j All the world i* a stage: making j love is the overture, und when you marry the curtain goes up. The nations should trust in God. [of cuirse; but they won'! get *ar I on the w ay r<> peace until tin y be gin to trust one another. -? ? ?? Will Hays is out?gone to the ? movies. Work has his job. Where there was a Will there's a Work. ?-m ? ?o ? j "What does a blush show?" asi\S a beauty specialist. We <;<n't an swer, off-handi Imt it seldom shews through. SAND HILL PEACH SHOW Arrangements Being Made For Second Annual Meeting at Hamlet The cloth most be removed "with the lirst sign .of germination and the glass should V- lifted and the moisture whi?h " hais condensed upon it. wiporf off- from time to time. Car*-; in watering should be exer cised, as careless sprinkling will wash seeds out 01* the ground and uproot newly germinated little - I 'plants. A tine spray or sprinkling Hamlet. X. C. March 17.?Plans!with a whisk broom or a similar are being perfected by the Hamlet; article is the best way. . The boxes Chamber of Commerce for holding {should never-tee soaked after ger seeond annual Carolinas Sand minatkm stares, but just kept rb Hills Peach Show during tin ing July. Assurances have received from the department of agriculture of their eo-ope-uioa and the plans call for a big exhibi tion of Sand Hills fruit and a pro gram of special interest 10 the grower and those who contem plate entering the fruit Industry. coin- moist, been Poultry Paragraphs. fo'.vls musty Xever feed your' srrain of any kind. The busy hen is the one that lays rowing^he most eggs. The feed is of as much import Tho show will be conducted for;ance as the breed. - I three days in a large hall or rent With proper care and food come to provide more ample ai-mmoda- I plenty of eggs. Remember, -that tions than las.t year and exhibits | "anything worth doing at all is of orchard machinery, implements | worth doing, well."- ! and materials for the care of trees Variety in. rations is one of the and fruit will be shown and dein-;most important things connected onstrated. with good feeding. Sometimes even Last year seven states and forty- ;t faulty ration will give fair results eight communities were represent-{because of the variety that enters ed in an attendance of approxi- jnlo jt mately 4,00 individuals. Greater ef-j ?ont expect the fowls to- find forts will be made o have a larg- ' grit for themselves. Xo matter er attendance and every effort will, how much range they may nitre it be put forth to inform those who |isbe^t?^e^^;chan^oy^ attend as to just what they might j shf>lls olc constantly before them. expect to receive in return for tn<-n investments in peach culture. The peach industry is growing very fast in the two Carolinas and authentic information and experi ence indicate ihat it is a sale ven ture with abundant financial re turn to the person who applies in telligent care to the orchard. ? Plenty of land is available, Apoplexy and egg-bound are al most always the results of excessive fatness among the-hens. Don't feed any more mash at one time than the fowls will eat up perfectly clean. To allow more is not only wasteful, but promotes un sanitary conditions. Generally two-year-old hens and ing and there is no danger oi flooding the markets for years to comi?if ever?and it is the pur pose of the Hamlet Chamber of Commerce to push the development of this industry until the Carolina Sand Hills become as famous, all over the world, for its fruit as are Florida and California. A Handy Garden Incubator. cocks make the best breeders. Or, splendidly adapted for peach grow-. . ? : ' .;? _ .-. _ /,?_ : pubets should be mated to weU seasoned cock birds and young cockerels should be mated to well matured hens. Always balance yoth on the one side with well sea soned stock on the. other side. Don't feed dry grains alone to your hens unless you want them to become too fat, and always make them scratch for all grain feed by throwing it in a deep litter. ? Over crowding causes many w r, . . . . ? losses and disappointments with Perhaps tor a majority of home ; pou J{ ^ gardeners the cigar box or flat m , QfTy ^ ; make mof(? a South window answers the pur from that small flock than pose ol a hotbed or cold frame. It from twice as manv fowls crowded is a thoroughly-tried and tested, int0 tne sa7ne spa(.e Weed ? out device of century-long use. ; everything but the best. This pol lf boxes have not been stored; icv nol only prevents over-crowd in advance with a supply of earth,; in? hm also rals<,s fho excellence it will be necessary to acquire them : 0f tjie entire flock now and to go out with .a pickaxe j Jn Meeting males for breeding, or mattox and. pry loose some froz- j ?ever ?ivo .thf, preT>reilco ro sizo en clods of earth to place in the j aIonet as si3W} fc^oe due t0 fat ^ cellar to thaw. ! idleness. It Is better to select a Plenty of pebbles, broken flower j that ^ active and ^ mcd!um pots, crockery or rough fibrous | S:2C. Observation will enable vou earth should be at hand to provide : to -make a .election without diffi drainage, for good drainage is one | CU]t>% but many persons are so pov of the secrets of success in indoor | tial to larsro that They often Lm, '-. I * sacrifice other interests that would ?*?~| J prove more valuable in the end.? Farm Life. ' 'Si FT THE E??Ttt TO &E USED IN STARTING SPEEDS IM POTS Oft. FLATS. \T \S EASILY DOME AND WELL WORTH THE efTOttT Llde-Rbame. boxest Over these scatter the peb bles or pot shreds and upon this place the coarser soil. The sur face soil must be sifted carefully through a sieve, levelled down and armed. The soil used here must be leaf mould- or its equivalent in texture. Plant the seeds in rows, cross wise of the box. Broadcast sow ing in window boxes is wasteful. A large portion of the plaints are destroyed in watering and trans planting and often they are so thick they never have a fair chance to develop. A cloth over the surface of the soil, or heiter still, a pane of glass will help to keep a more even tem perature and retard evaporation. A wedding which* came as a sur prise to their many friends, was that of Miss Alma Lide to Mr. P. I E. Rhame 'on Thursday night. j March 16th, at :the Methodist par ? so na go, Dr/! .L V*: Dan fei' o ffieiat - 1 ing.' Just before the ceremony Miss j Louise Siddall sang a solo "O j Promise Me." At the strains of J Lohengrin's Wedding March, ivm jdered by Miss Siddall the groom ; entered with Iiis best mam ^Mr. [ Frank Powell. Then came -the bride j on the- arm of- her aunt. Mr.-, j Frank Powell. The Inide was [ lovely in her traveling suit of j brown trtcotino with accessories to [march, carrying a bridal weath of ? white.carnations, lillies of the val j ley and fern: -She is the-charm j krg and highly accomplished ; daughter of Mrs. C--D. Lide of I Knoxville, Tenn. The gwoom is a , ! popular young business man of i Richmond. Va. i The happy young couple left on j the ?:2<> train for Columbia from j which place they Will go on to I visit the bride's father in Kuox i ville, then to their future home m ! Richmond. Columbia Dry Bat teries work better and list longer ?for ignition on the l ord while starting ?for gas engines ? for tractors ?for bells and buzzers ?for thermostats ?for dry battery light ing outfits in closet, cellar, garret, bam, woodshed, etc.. The n-crld'i most famous dry battery. Used there %ruitp vf individual cells is needed. Fahnestuck .Spring Cl'p Binding Posti at no extra charge e y?ur ack! No.6 Pat a Columbia "H?t Sr.^t^ Ignition Batrety under the fest seat of your rcrd, and ts? ::s c::r rtnt for sure-fire ignkim *&8? start ing. Full ignition power instantly, reoardiess of weather. The Ca. umbia "Hoc Shotr No. ?fiiyts under the front seat -put it there today. Columbia Dry Batteries icv afi purposes are sold by electricicns, auto supply shops and garages, hardware and general stores, and implement dealers. Insist upon Columbia. Dry Batteries is [I 3 ?'I , .1 I