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WOODROW - --WILSON FOUNDATION i Committees Names to Receive Local Subscriptions, . . ... ? A- national committee of 250 representative men and women has undertaken to establish the Wood row Wilson Foundation.^ The pur pose of the Foundation is to honor a great American and io create a Award or Awards will be granted- ni be encouraged and conspicuously recognized in this and future gen erations. From the income of the t Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Awar dor Awards will be granted in recognition of distinguished public service. To establish this Founda tion on a fitting basis, the national committee, through an organization in each state, will make an appeal ! for a popular subscrip tion. The amount of the fund sought is $l,?)uO,000 or more. The appeal will be issued to all who be lieve in those liberal and domestic ."? principles that Woodrow Wilson | lias so conspic uously championed, j and who wish to perpetuate the in- j flucnee of America's great war; . leader. After the fund has been j raised a board of trustees, compos- i ed of -eminent Americans, will bei entrusted with its permanent ad- \ ministration. The active campaign { . . has begun ihroughotlt the country \ and subscriptions' are everywhere; being taken. Headquarters for the - foundation have been established at 150 Nassau Street, New York j City. " - Mrs. A. J. St ubbs has been ap pointed to act as chairman of the commute for Sumter on which committee appear the following; names: Mesds.mes Ernest Huff, j John Clack, W. O. Staley, Irving ! Ryttenberg. A. B. McDonald, j Harry ^Parker.* Willie' Bynum, Ellz-j abeth Thomas, Bob McLeod, Ed-j win Boyle, John Sumter, G. W.'j Hutchinson. Jane Strother. A. T. j Heath, A. C. Forrester, W. -D. Boy-, kiri, Mrs. Fripp and Misses Jennie Walsh " and Louise Williams. The following contributions are acknowledged? Mrs. Ir\*ing Ryttenberg._ $5.00 j Mrs: A. JrStubbs_._ 5.00 -1 Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas_ 2.00 J Mrs. Dickson_ 2.50 j Mrs. W. B. ?pshur ___ _ 2.50 ! Miss Harnika_. 1_ 2.50 | Ii T. Buchanon_!.__._>_ 1.00 I R. H. Rembert_ 1.00 j Miss. Helen Wheeler._ 1.00 j Mrs. T. S. Joye__._ 1.00 j Mr/Kenneth Forrester._ 1.00] STEP-MOTHER OF BATMAN RACE) ? fc ' ' ??\ \ T 1 Moving Picture at Lyric The-? atxe May 15 ] x Tl_e ?above'vis a' picture of 'Mr; H. S: Mobley of.'the agricultural ex tension department of the Intcr naflbnal. Harvester- - Company of ; AmerictL svho will address the big ! community meeting at Lyric the- j txre in Sumter at 3:30 o'clock next; Monday afternoon. May 15i h. - "Whatever you do don't miss this: man's great lecture bn the dairy! cow, "The Stepmother of the Hu- j man Race," which will be elabor- I ately and interestingly illustrated j by two big motion picture reels, big j Illustrated lecture charts, and dem onstration material, and the entire i lecture and pictures are absolutely ; free and every hotly is cordially in- j vited. Mr. Mobley will cover other fea- j tures of modern and profitable di versified farming and domestic. problems of interest to men and i women. This meeting and lecture have been arranged at consider- j abb- expense through courtesy of j the International Harvester Com-, pany, the Sumter Chamber of "Commerce, and the Sumter Cream- i ery'for the benefit of the people of ; Sumter.. Lee, Clarendon and ad joining counties as an educational, "program to instruct- men and wo- | men regarding the handling of; dairy products and . how to make; the "Mother of Prosperity," the dairy cow, pay, and other topics of profitable farming. Tell your. friends and neighbors and invite them to be present. County Ag*. at J. Frank Williams \ ?.nd Miss Caro Truluck. home dem onstration agent urge that all club members and every fanner who is ; ?now so fortunate as to be milking One Or more cows or "who are pros- : ?pective owners of dairy r ows to at tend this important meeting. These two county officials are very much interested in their club members and the farmers learning ail about ami going into the dairy cow and dairy products lines. > Very few good cooks slay single. A good mixer these cays means a fcome-brewer. O?NTY NEWS 1 RED CROSS HOME SERVICE ? * . i On Helping Folks. (Editorial in Atlanta Journal) I Reprinted by request of Sumterj Chapter of Red Cross, j 0he of the big things the world j fhais learned in the last century is! j how lo help people?the poor, the; unfortunate, those "in trouble" of ? any kind?so that they are put; back on their feet. Some call this "Social Service", j In'reality, it is simply the business j of helping people in a way which J j study and experience have proved j ; to be the best way. The world has always had kind; hearts, willing ?.nd anxious to lend j a helping hand to neighbors in dis- j tress. Likewise the world has al- I ways had the distressed. The strug- j gle has been too'much for them?i poverty, sickness, deaths, burdens j of one kind or another pull them j down where others go' forward and tip. Often the helping hand was J there, sometimes ii was not. Some-j times it was a temporary lift only. ? If was Tike pulling a drowning man ? out of Bite water and then pushing ! him back. Then people began to study} these problems. They decided that j little was to b-? gained by half measures?a gift here.' there; hj meal one day but- none the next, [ charity administered without anyj plan or system. They concluded! that the man must be taught to j swim after he was pulled out of the j water so that he cr-uld save himself; the next time the flood came. So, social service was born. It j is actually the combination of the; kind hearts and the common sense j of those who wish to help. Social ; service Is man's development."of the best way to help. Just as h?| has worked out the best' way to plow a field or to build a bridge or j to make clothes or to conduct a j big business. There is nothing complex about helping someone. Anyone can do it but not all of us can do it equal ly well. We can feed a hungry man but we have not. the time or the interest or the facilities to find ? out Why he is hungry and how he 1 can be aided in a way that will j enable Him to keep from going i hungry in* the future." That is why social service organizations are valuable and people trained in so- ! ciak service. 'That -is their business | just a sit is an engineer's business to know how to build a bridge or a farmer to know how to plant a! field. Perhaps anyone could build j a bridge, perhaps a city dweller! could plow a field, but what'a messi he might make of it! The social worker has the time, I the facilities, the interest. Hej "knows how." Thus he is an asset! to any community for he is the active expression of the communi- | ty's kind ? heart and common sense, j Its trained helping hand. Unfortunately, some people doj not seem to realize that wisdom, j discretion and training may be as j essential in the business of helping j others as they are in *be business j of making carpet tacks or conduct-] ing a restaurant. Yet, a very little consideration should convince them of the logie of this statement. The day may never come in the history of this generation at feast when society ha^ reached the stage! where its kindness is carried on as '' carefully and systematically as its i commerce. But in the meantime,, social service is taking long, ifj difficult, strides in that direction. . Many Boys and Girls Earn School ; Money in Club Work In 15''"Southern States 2;042 boys' and girls' club members last year paid air or part of their school expanses from money earned ' in club work. In other sections 1,344 j former club members are now at- ? tending agricultural colleges, most j of whom are partly paying their1 ex]>enses from ciub-work earnings. '? This does not include 465 girls taking home economies in various i colleges. The number of boys and 1 girls In all the States attending high I schools, normal schools, colleges j on scholarships won for club work ? is 1.050: These clubs'are an im-1 portant feature of extension work as carried on by the United States Department of Agriculture coope- j rating with the State agricultural; colleges. These boys and girls did not wait j until ready to go to high school or! college before starting their club ! work and savings. Some began two, three, or more years before, pr. as one boy said, as soon as he { could, meaning 10 years?the, youngest a^e at which children are; admitted to the clubs. Two girls of Mobile. Ala., with a flock of | chickens.- began their savings three j years ago. In Georgia a number of club girls have started "g?-to-coi-! lege funds." They put the money realized from the sale of their club ! products, which are mostly fancy! packs of preserves, jams, and mar malades, in the bank to their own credit. Thus far 200 Georgia girls are attending schol on the proceeds from their work. Another development from the ihferesl shown in education by the j club ?irls is that in Birmingham, j Ala., the members of women's clubs became so much interested that they voted an annual scholarship of J $203 to be lent to girl:- wishing to prepare for horn- demonstration work. Trouble fh Genoa is not a bit backward about coming forward. The female with the specie Is more lavish than the male. Many a single man owns a dress suit that has been married a dozen times. ROTARY CLUB MEETING Dr. Huber W. Hurt, of Chica go Rotary Club. Guest of Honor at Weekly Luncheon The regular meeting and unon eon of the Sumtw Rotary Club was held _?r the Claremont Hotel Monday instead of Tuesday, as customary, the change in day hav ing been made in order that Dr. Huber W. Hurt, who was here to lecture at the ('hautauqua might attend the weekly meeting. Dr. Hurt is a member of the Chicago Rotary Club, the parent club of th--? loternational Association of Rotary Clubs, and an author of note. He has devoted years of study 'o the problem of boy training and boys clubs and organizations. He was invited to nttend the meeting by the Committee on Boy Work and was requested to make a short talk of a suggestive and advisory nature in respect to the organiza tion and conduct of work by the Rotary club for the benefit of the boys of Sumter. Messrs. Wendell H. Levi, S. K. Nash and Cuttino McKnight, who have been active j workers for several years with the] Boy Scouts of Sumter and have done j a ' great deal to arouse and keep j alive the interest of the boys in | this organization were also guests] of the club. j The meeting was largely attend- j ed, there being only a few ahsen- j tees, whose failure to be present was -due to causes beyond their control. Dr. J. A. Mood, one of the charter members, who return ed only a few days ago from Rich mond, after several weeks serious illness, was present and was giv en a most cordial welcome by the entire membership, who were re joiced to have him once more a member of the circle. Four new members were present for the fir.it time and were presented to the club: A. Gillon Fish burn e. C. F. Korn, J. S. Buck and F. M. Moise. The day's program was made more enjoyable and the singing m?re spirited by the presence of a pianistero assist Song Leader Clif ton Moise in putting the songs across. Miss Sadie Mims not only played the accompaniments for the songs, but delighted the crowd with a number of selections dur ing the progress of the luncheon. Proposal cards for new members were placed at each plate and Ceo. D. Shore for the Board of Direc tors in a brief statement explain ed the rules respecting the nomi nation, election and inducting into membership of new members, and invited any Or all the members of the club to propose new mem bers whom they were satisfied would be acquisitions to the Sum ter Rotary club. The meeting was concluded with a very interesting and inspiring talk by Dr. Hurt. In opening his address he reviewed the develop ment and growth of Rotary, froxn the original small club organized in Chicago only seventeen years ago. It had been not only a growth in numbers and geographically, ih'e organization now covering the civilized ^vorld, but In ideals and vision. He stressed the fundamen tal principles that inspire Rotar ians everywhere and asserted that the life and strength of Rotary- lie in its high ideals and its conse cration to service. The conclusion of his talk was devoted to work with and for boys by the far-see ing and patriotic men of today, who realize that the hope of the future is in the boys who are now growing into manhood. If they are properly trained and the best that is in them developed the citi zenship of the next decade will be real men and real Americans. From generalities he turned to a brief discussion Of practical details and made numerous suggestions rela tive-to the organization direction of clubs for boys, with particular ref erence to the Boy Scouts. By unanimous consent it was agreed to have the weekly meet ing and luncheon Monday instead of Tuesday for the balance of this month. It is thought ' that, per haps, Monday would* he a more convenient day than Tuesday for a majority olMhe members and it will be given a try-out. Death. . Bishopville, May S.?After an illness of nearly three months George li. Reid died at his home here May (I at 11:10 a. m. He was taken suddenly ill about three months ago with acute indigestion, which, with other complications and the infirmities of old age. soon wasted away the remarkably robust constituiion of this venerable and highly esteemed citizen, gallant Confederate soldier and for more than forty years a deacon in the Presbyterian Church here. He ral lied at one time to such an extent that his famliy and friends were hopeful <>f ultimate recovery, but about ten days ago be took a re lapse and gradually grew worse un til the end came. He was conscious up until a few minutes before he died, and bis last words wer*e, "I am so tired." lie was in the eighty third year of his age ahd for near ly half a eentury served as deacon and organist in his church. He is survived by his devoted wife, two sons. \V. M. Reid, of Bishopville. and Robert Reid. of Savannah, Ga.; two daughters. Mrs. X. P. Hearon and Mrs. R. 10. Mold row. The fu neral services wer?- held 'ai the Presbyterian Chiirch and were con ducted by the pastor, the Rev. p. M. Mclven and assisted by tile Rev. W. V. Dibble. of the Methodist < 'hu'reh. The answer to the woman ques tion is "because " Life is often what somebody else makes it. Sonn- men who won't gamble any ! other way p:ek out a strange place j for a vacation. -4? ? ? i Wouldn't it be funny if every i body believed everybody. I COMMENCEMENT AT SHILOH Closing- Exercise of Central High School Tuesday, May lath Shiloh. Mat's?Ttfe S: ".oh o^n tral high school will end its first year as a state high school May 16. Sunday at 11 o'clock. Rev. .}. ' O. Ferguson will preach' the com mencement sermon. Monday night the literary society will give a. public meeting. Tuesday night -the graduating exercises will be held, consisting of the following program: Music by class. Invocation?Rev. Derrick. Salutatory ? ErIi ne Keels. ('lass I list o-y?M yrtle Pia yer. Class Will?May Green. Music. Class prophesy?Erhel Mints. 'Oration?Americanism? Eugene Keels. Va Ied ict ory?Queenie Green: Address?'Pres. J. C. Guilds of Columbia College. Presentation of diplomas. Presentation of medals and prizes Benediction. ? * ? Hagood's News and Views. RembertT.' May' 0. ? That . old Scotch Presbyterian preacher we all love so well, James Russell of Chester, 'is in our midst visiting, and preached to an interested con gregation at Bethesda M. ': E. church yesterday. O. L. Lenoir, just returned, from Greenville, whither he with* his daughter motored, reports the roads in some parts as being deplorable. Mrs. Edward Kerrison and chil dren of Charleston are spending some time with relatives in our community. G. H. Lenoir has some fine rye. Little of the wheat we have seen looks weil. This is due, no doubt to unusual cold, high seasons ?hd lack of fertilizer. ,;. All other crops are backward puny, pale, with bad stands in cot ton. ' The Stateburg school, which closed Friday, May 5th, gave ? pic nie at Dinkins' mill. G. H. Lenoir has purchased a large overshot water wheel to take the place of the two turbines how in use. -Hf believes it will enable him to hold a head of water all the time, consuming, as it does considerably less than the smaller I turbine. - The Campers, the Y. M. C. A., of Columbia, will come earlier.this season and stay longer. I At last the road from Dinkink" Mill to Sumter by way of Camden highway has been fixed, a good job, only the ditch above Jim -McOaaV! needs piping, otherwise some late I wayfs *r, some stranger passing, \ may get stuck, have an accident in 1 a crushed wheel or broken springs, j ? "Hagood.'* j Birthday Party. ?> May the StlCwhs a red letter day J on the calendar for little Miss Mar- I garet Cooper Rose, when she invit- | ed about thirty of her little friends to come and make merry her -Sixth birthday. The little guests came about 5 o'clock-, and several games, i dear to the hearts of the little ones, were played on the lawn until about 5:30. when they Were called) indoors. While they were all seat-i -ed around the little hostess, shej opened the daintily wrapped pack-] ages, and displayed the gifts, which j included quite an assortment of j pretty and useful presents. just then someone spied a| haughty donkey pinned to the wall. j This donkey had no tail, and Mrs.' J. H. Strong, assisted by Mrs. j Keisler, blindfolded and invited] each little guest to see who could j pin the tail in the proper pla-ce. Master Robert R. Robinson prov-! ed to be the most adept, and was ; presented with a book, while the j booby fell to Miss Helen Cooper, j Mrs. A. D. Rogers now passed pa per hearts cut in two. and each guest drew one part; and found a partner by matching the pieces,] and lined up, when the dining room door was opened, and to the mu- ! sic of "at the party'" marched into, the dining room and found their places at beautifully arranged I tables. The large table held in its cen-j ier the birthday cake with its six j gleaming candles; streamers from ; the rose-decked chandelier to each ; end of the table were caught with j bunches of pink roses. Pink and | white ice cream and cakes were j served, and each guest presented! with a pink basket filled with pink and white assorted candies, and aj paper hat. Mrs. Rose was assisted] in serving by Mesdames Deas, Strong and Turner. Blowing out the candles evoked much merriment. The little hos tess invited five to make a wish and | blow oui a Candle. May 8th also j being little Miss Frances Staley's j third birthday, three candles were lit. and sin- chose two little girls | to make a wish and extinguish a candle, and Miss Josephine Coop er, who was celebrating her 13th birthday chose twelve to make wishes for her future happiness. The little guests were loath to de part, each declaring to the hostess they had a most enjoyable time. Those participating in the pleas ures of the afternoon, besides the hostess and her little sister. Miss Henrietta Rose were little Misses Frances Staley, Maude Miuter Turner, Mildred and Dorothy Keis ler, Nancy Marie Dens. Selene Rodger;*, Josephine, Helen. Ruth, and Marjorie Cooper. Margaret and Virp.ii.ia Thome. Ruth and Cath erine Durant. Clafre Bradwell, Ju lia and Sarah Kelly. Masters Nor wood Middleton, R. A. Burgess, Jr., R. F. and Ewin Robinson, Carlyle and Ransom Cooper. Wilberi Berns house. Archie D. Rodger-s, R. C. Brad ham, Jr., and F. R: Bradwell, Jr. The dining room :it Pocalla has been rented io Mrs. M. A. Brad ford, who will have charge of it for the coming season. Light lunches will be served during the day time with special chicken and fish suppers at night, parties and picnics being especially catered to. chautauqua I L-\ artists' day I Miss Stolofsky He?rrl in Violin j Recital. George, Im brie, Baritone and Frederick Per sons Are Assisting Artists. Impersonations by Sidney Landon Feature Evening ! Performance I TiiestTay was known as Artists' j Day at: the Chautauqua tent. Miss I Irene Stolofsky. violinist. Messrs. j George ? Imhrie. baritone, and Frederick Persons, pianist, grcing a i concert at the afternoon per j formance and a prelude to the I evening's entertainment which was I furnished by Sidney Landon. noted I impersonator, who portrayed char acteristic sketches of great liter \ ary men. ? For her opening number of the j afternoon's concert. Miss Stolofsky I presented an aria by Lotti and this I was followed by a waltz in A Ma i jor by Brahrns. Other selections : offered were "The Butterfly" by j:Engberg, "The Spanish Serenade" : by Chaminade-Kreisler and "The i Zephyr" by Hubay. Miss Stolofsky [ is an artist in every sense of the I word and her audiences were well j pleased with her recital. Mr. Inibrie delighted his hearers with his songs. He is the posses sor of a baritone voice which is both rich and mellow. Among the selections sung by him were: J "Hear Me, ye Wind and Waves." ! "Lassie of Mine," "Requiem" by [ Homer: "Gypsie". Love Song" by [Herben, and "The Little Irish j Girl." j In addition to his admirable work j as an accompanist, Mr. Persons j proved exceptionally brilliant as a ; piano soloist, offering as his con tributions for the pleasure--of the j audience, the A Flat Polonnaise by j Chopin, and- followed with "The j Music Box" by Leon as an encore. ' For the prelude of the Tuesday j evening performance. Miss Stolo : fskyq offered "Forsaken" by Kes j chat-Dimond, "Scenes de la Csarda" j by Hubay and '^Imitations of a I Bag-pipe" arranged by Sarasate. [ Mr. Imbrie sang a baritone solo and ! Mr. Persons gave as piano solo, j "The. Blue Danube" arranged by j Strauss. As an encore, Mr. Per sons, by special request, repeated his'imitation of "The Music Box,'* a selection played as an encore-at the afternoon recital. : 'The audience was then, turned over to Mr. Sidney Landon, notable impersonator, who presented, much tqMh* manifested delight upon the parts of all, his excellent portray als^, insofar as we know, of the j character- sketches of Victor Hugo, I Edgar Wilson Xye, Edgar Allan j Poe, Samuel- L. Clem mens, univer i sally known as "Mark Twain," and f Henry W. Longfellow. In prepc j fng for these impersonative por ! traits, Mr. Landon has traveled i widely through Europe and Amer I Ira. He has studied at first-hand {the environment in which the au j thor whom he presents lived and wrote; and has interviewed friends, associates, and relatives of each of the writers whom he impersonates and has obtained intimate informa tion as regarding the literary man's personality and personal appear ance. Mark Twain. James Whit ! comb Riley and other modern ee I libritiesj Mr. Landon has known [personally. Mr. Landon is the pos sessor of a very keen sense of hu I mor and a most pleasing and at tractive personality. His character j portrayals are decidedly interest I ing. Landon might be said- to i himself to be the possessor of dual j or rather duplex personalities, for jby the aid of his selected wigs, mustaches, and cosmetics of the stage, he easily was able to divert the mind of his audience from one 'character to the next and at each i portrayal of a uifferent character j left no trace of the. preceding character portrayed or even of his i own personality. His entertain j ment was one of inspiration and of j education and was indeed an ex ! ceptionally worthy number. Chautauqua Program Enjoyed On the fourth day's running of the Redpath Ohaut?uqu? circuit in I our city, appeared two splendid numbers in addition to the especial ly arranged children's hour pro i gram at which time appeared the I Cramer-Kurtz trio for the enter j tainment of our "kiddies." The afternoon program was taken charse of by Evelyn Hensen. a well I known authority on dress, who gave j a unique lecture-demonstration on I being "Well Dressed on a Moderate i Income." ! Tlfe great and inspirational American play "Turn to the Right" was presented in excellent style by full New York casts, as the per formance of the evening. The play was highly delightful and proved most popular with Sumter's t'hautaunua audience. I Sumter Officials Attend A. C. L. Meeting In Florence. The Loss and Damage Commit | te of the Columbia district of the j Atlantic Coast Line Railroad held I its hi-bmonthly meeting at the Y. M. C. A. building in Florence on Tuesday. Mr. E. Boney, freight j agent at Sumter, is a member of j that committee. Yard Master F. II. I Thorne and ~* 1. Parrott,-special attorney, were the invited guests I from Sumter at this meeting. Af i ter the completion of the business j session of the meeting, the mem bers of the committee together .'with all invited guests were invited j to Muldrow's Mill where they were ! entertained with a most delightful I "Pine Bark" fish stew. Superi!? i tendent R. B. Hare and Terminal I Yard Master. George B. Rollins : were the hosts at this memorable j supper. a very splendid time was I reported by all. The next meeting <>f this committee is to be held L-ri Sumter and plans are on foot for the entertainment of the guests by some unique "feed*' or otherwise enjoya ble pastime. In Pompeii, archaeologists dug up v ine buried 2.00<? v.-.ns :i}?o. It does seem, that long since prohibi tion. -. AUTOS COLLIDE ; Buick Car ClashVd With ?ort. Both Cars Are tyamaged But Passengers Escape Injuries Two automobil*?;? Were put tem porarily out of commission, sever al members of the Sumter High [School baseball team shaken tip a j bit and Mr. J. J. Riley received a j slight cut on his hand from a brok j en windshield glass, when the Buick I car-being driven by Mr. Gifford. j Shaw nosed head on into the Dort car beins: driven by Mr. R. B. Bel j ser, at about !> o'clock this morn i ing. the accident, occurring on the new gravel road leading to Oswrego. Mr. Belser was driving ahead of Mr. Shaw who was attempting to pass Mr. Belser just as he had be i gan turning his car into a. side I road leading to his farm. The j Buick car hit the Dort a sidesweep j ing blow, tearing off a front fend ! er and breaking both front wheels j to this car. The Buick car then' ! landed in the ditch on the left hand j side of the road, with its wind shield and one wheel broken and the car otherwise hardly bunged up. 'Apart from the shaking up of all the. occupants of both cars, Mr. Bel ser in his car, and Gifford Shaw, J . j J. Riley and a. number of high i school pupils who were occupying the other ear and were en route j for Florence, no one was hurt with I the exception of the slight cut re ceived by Mr. Riley. All parties in the collision came back- to Sumter j in assisting automobiles but a short i time later, riding in another auto mobile, the crowd bound for Flor-, ence proceeded again on their way. We wish them better luck this time. ? i Morris C. Lnmpkin Guest at Ban quet. I ???? I Mr. Morris C. Lumpkin, of Co (lumbia, state commander of . the j American Legion, who was the ! speaker of the Memorial Day Ex j ercises observed in our city Wed j nesday, was the guest of the Sum ter Post American Legion at a i banquet held at 8:30 o'clock in the evening at the Claremont Hotel. A full representation of the local post was present, some forty mem 1 bers of the post being gathered i around the banquet tables arranged I in the shape of a mammoth letter U in the large dining hall of the. Claremont Hotel. A most delight ful five course dinner was served and highly enjoyed by the Legion men. A slight contrast was men tally noted perhaps between the present dinner before the ex-sol diers and the "regulation" feed of the old regulation days. Many songs, presented by individual tal ented soloists among the ranks of the post and several songs frem the guest of honor, added much to the levity of this occasion and served as- a pleasant reminder of the tunes of a. previous time. : ? Mr. George D. Levy acted as toastmaster, and introduced Mr. Lumpkin, after a few words had been heard from Post Commander, [ Joe S. Chandler. Mr. Lumpkin's. j address to the members of the Le gion was a heart to heart talk, in which he made many very frank assertions of the whole truth. He I told them of his experiences in Le gion work and of his findings at his j visits to various posts in this state I and to the national convention. He I told of the various problems that were confronting the American Legion and gave their only solu tions as being found in consistent, I co-operative and individual work j of every post member. His closing j remarks were to the memory of j -those that are not with us." Up | on the suggestion of Dr. H. L. j Shaw, all present stood to their } feet and sipped a sip of clear wa j ter in honor of the memory' of j these absent boys. . ! GOLDEN RULE SALES DAY \ Meeting of Business to Be Held May 29 torDiscussy. Proposition j A representative body of Sumter ; business men and ladies met at chamber of commerce Monday and ! after discussing the proposed gold | en rule special sales- ? day for ; Sumter, instructed Secretary Rear ! don to invite Mr. Lowe, the origi j nator of the plan and the Seaboard ! Air Line development department ! officials to visit Sumter on May 29th j to present the plan to a general I meeting of Sumter's retail dealers. ! Committees were appointed com i posed of those present to get out a j full attendance to hear Mr. Lowe Ion May 2Dth. j Mr. S. N. Jones, general develop jment agent of th^ Seaboa'rd Air I Line Railway company writes the '? Sumter. chamber of commerce the ? following, in part, about why that j great railway system has adopted and is having its development de j partment to push the "Golden Rule Special Sales Day" throughout the territory traversed by this railway [system. This plan is intended pri i marily to increase the retail sal'1*, I combat the mail order problem, j and to cause business men to work J better with business men. farmers I to work better with farmers, and j business men and farmers to work ! better together: It brings about a ? better acquaintance ?ind Coopera tion among all of these." ! Tliis department of the Seaboard Air lane railway company has spent considerable time in making ; personal investigation of what the ; plan has accomplished in the states ; north of the Ohio river, as well as in our own southern states. The : increase in business alone has been i surprising to us. After fully study | ins the results obtained, we are convinced thai it is sound and prac tical and that our cities could be made better ones by hearing Mr. I Lowe iwho has been invited to speak at Sumter by the Sumter j Chamber of Commerce on May j 2f?th) although they may not final ly decide to put the plan into op eration. We fully endorse the plan j and want your city to have the op portunity to heau Mr. Lowe before his final itinerary is made up." MEMORIAL DAY k OBSERVED Fitting Address Held to Com memorate Memory of Our Confederate and World War Dead This year, at our annual Memor ial Day exercises held each year on May 10th, honor was paid to our Confederate dead and jointly to our herhie dead of the world war, the American legion members of The Sumter Post uniting with the local chapter of the C D. C. in the ar rangement of the .- most befitting program which was carried out. j The exercises were made as brief i as was possible but all due honor I was paid to memory of our un | forgotten- dead. At 5-.: 30 o'clock in the afternoon 'automobiles assembled on the ! Washington Street school grounds and- carried to the City Cemetery the little flower girls, the two sections of the seventh grade, and the numerous beautiful bouquets and wreathes of flowers which were lovingly contributed.by many citi zens. Greatest of care was taken in the placing of the floral offerings upon the graves of every Confed erate Veteran and also upon each grave of our World War dead. A small United States flag was also placed upon each of these more re cently made graves. Dr. S. H. Edmunds was master of ceremonies for the remaining portion of the program which was carried out at the school grounds in front-of the Girls' High school building. These exercises: began at 6- o'clock with an invocation by i Rev. J-. P. Marion, pastor of the j First Presbyterian church. The j United States flag was then raised j while the choir and audience sang 1 T'TheStar Spangled Banner." A, I musical number was sung by the I I choir and the presentation made of the crosses of honor which are giv en by- the Urn'ted Daughters of the Confederacy to each veteran who served in the confederate armies. These crosses of .honor were pre sented to Mr. N. G. Osteen, Sr.. Miss I Sophia Brunson, who received the honor cross of her grandfather, Mr. John A. Brunson. and to Mr. S. M. Witherspoon of Mayesville. The speaker of the occasion, Mr. Morris C. Lumpkin, was introduc ed to the audience by Dr. Ed munds. Mr. Lumpkin is a promi nent member of the Columbia bar and is the .state commander of the American Legion.. His address was extremely strong and fine and by beautiful tribute and well taken words, addressed in the most part to the "most -honored confeder ate veterans," he showed these vet erans- of their i remembered war that-the flag of the United States was their flag and that t air sons had been called to do theix duty by it- even as they themselves had dis charged their duty as they saw it. He showed the appropriateness of the commemorating of this day,.. a day of "memories," to the dead of both wars. He stated that the re cent soldiers, sent ae~~ss the sea in defense of their country "had i I not shamed it, but had done hon- | jor." He^ stated that one of nisi priceless possessions ,>as the fact, j i sacred to him, that he was the son j I of a Con federate soldier, j The services were-bought: to aj I close after the singing of a selee j tion by the choir and the blowing j of-taps. I ;-Tb Conduct Experiments on Har- \ den in g Peanet-Fed Hogs. i- ? -- ? ? I j Cooperative- soft-pork* . experi- j : ments conducted by the United j ' States- department of agriculture. | land the state experiment stations; i-of Georgia, Mississippi, North Car- j ! olina.1 and South Carolina during I last three years have shown con-1 j clusiveJy .that, when hogs, starting; ; at a weight-of approximately 3 00 | I pounds, are fed on peanuts in the | 1 dry lot or grazed in the field fori ; a period of tiO days or more, a soft [carcass is produced, and that it is; impossible to produce a hard car j cass by -feeding corn and tankage; \ or corn and cottonseed meal to I these soft hogs for a subsequent j period of CO days or less, j The above statement, unanimous- ; ! iy<. approved by representatives of! I the bureau of animal industry and jof the various experiment stations ! at a meeting held at Chattanooga j April H> and 2-0, is not meant toj '.discourage in any way the feeding; ' of peanuts to hogs in those sections \ | . f the south that are well adapted I j to the production of this crop. The! I experimental data compiled by the j I southern stations indicate very j [clearly that peanuts are one of the: most economical feeds known for; hogs, and that they, can be fed ? with profit in many parts of then south, even though soft hogs are I discrimnated against on the mar- j ket. Many farmers in the south have I the idea that soft hogs can be har- j dened by ?0 days .of feeding on corn ; and tankage. But. according to the; department, it has not been shown; that this can be done in twice that, time. Next autumn the depart-' ment will start feeding tests to last j ?0 and even 120 days in an effort i to determine just how long it takes to firm a soft hog carcass. It is an important problem, as the firmness! of the carcass has a very notice- | able effect on the price paid by packers. _ Mrs. Burgess Entertains. Mrs. Warren Burgess entertained j her chib Saturday morning at herj home on Church street. There! were two tables of players, and the prize, a pair of silk hose, was ? won by Mrs. Leon Scott. At the! close of the game a salad course ; with tea was served. Mrs. Burgess's1 guests were: Mrs. Fraser Dick.; Mrs. Hal Harby, Mrs. H. M. Crow-; son. Mrs. Ben Hodjre*. Mrs. Leon, Scott. Mrs. A. S. Harby, Mrs. C. S. j Anderson and Mrs. Brooks. _ i New York s overcrowded condi tion may b?- due to the way preach- | ers cuss her raw shows. Reading the names of the Chi nese generals sounds like a fire alarm. Feed YKmr^LapA as Weil as Your I Uve Steck, 5, -,- . |. For therhotfor of the land and for the health of the- farm animaLs utilize as much a-ereage as is avail able for. planting some.legume:erop. Three of The best for the cotton ftates are'cmvnceas. soy beans and velvet beans-. Cowpoas. The cowpea; is the best known and most extensively grown le guminous crop in the southern states,. It is.grown mairUy for for age an dto improve the soil, but the seeds are rather ? commonly used for human food. The eowpea will do best on sandy loams, but will succeed on prac tically all types of well drained soiL feli .;? % . ; The eowpea should not be sown before corn planting time, and usually it is better.to wait' until, at least two or three weeks later. For green manuring, pasturage, or hay. cowpeas sown as late as the first of August- will make considerable growth. When they are to follow wheat or,oats they should be sown at the earliest possible moment af ter the crop.Js cut. For reed. * production the best practice ?5- to-sow in rows' three feet aptrjrt.^ while for forage or soil imprbvement broadcasting is most generally practiced. Cowpea may. is an excellent hay for all ktfads of cock. When cut at the right stage of growth and properly handled the cowpea is equally as nutritious as hay from other legumes and is greatly relish ed by all farm animals. For further information see Unit ed States department of agriculture. Farmers',Bulletins 1148, 1153", 1125 and 986. Soy Beans. Soy Beans are fine for feed and fine for fertility:. Time of planting extends from early spring until mid-summer, depending on latitude and use to be made of the-crop. For grain or as a-main-hay crop the best time is?. about that for planting corn, when the ground has become t?feoroughly warm. Soy b&a?s are ? more generally grown with1 corn than with any other cre*]? |and may :be combined advantageously with many systems of crop rotations. The growing of soy bean seedV en ables thenfirmer to produce at moderate cost, ??> part of the high protein concentrates necessary for stock-feed and milk production. Asa pasture, green .manure, soil-, ing, or even as a hay crop; the soy bean may be sown as late as Aug ust 1st,- ,. r - * . ? For further information see Unit ed States department of agriculture Farmers*- , Bulletin . ?73,- &S6, 1125 and 100&1.... - : Velvet Beans. . The velvet bean is the most vig orous growing-annual legume cul tivated hV*hf> United. States. As verrVt beahs . are . very sus ceptible io;- cool weather, they should Jief be planted until the soil has become warm. Plant, velvet beans . with corn. They may be planted in the same row with corn or in separate rows. Two rows of corn to one of velvet beans#is the most popular method ^ or planting. Plant the beans when the corn is about two feet high. The yield of corn may be decreas ed slightly by the beans but: the value of the beans for green ma nure, and feeding purposes will be much greater than the loss to the corn crop. The velvet bean is a splendid soil improving legume. It produces a vast amount of leaves and vines which add both humus and fertil ity to the'soil. ? An acre of good velvet bean vines when plowed under will add as much ammonia to the soil as will an application of 1;900 pounds of cotton seed meal. The velvet bean is an important protein for the production of beef cattle and dairy products and fur nishes excellent winter foraging for cattle, v ? ? ? The most important use - of the velvet bean is as a grazing crop for cattle and hogs in the autumn and winter. - ? - ? ? Complete information about va rieties, planting, soil renovation, pasturing, hay, meal, feeding value, etc., can be obtained from Farmers' Bulletin .062 United States depart ment of agriculture, Washington, D. C and .Farmers* Bulletins 1125, US ft and 180 S; Information relative to the crops mentioned can also be had upon application to your county agent, state agricultural college, or the agricultural and industrial depart- * mem, A. C. L. R. R.. Wilmington, C. A. Cardwell, Agricultural and Industria.1 Agent, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. . ? ?? ? Two \cgrp Residences Damaged by The house of Mitchell Worther !y. colored. Xo. 307 Manning Ave., was seriously damaged and the residence of George C. Johnson, the next, door neighbor of Worth erly was somewhat damaged by a tire which was discovered at li:3u o'clock Monday night. Wrortherly stated that he was in his pressing club, which is in -connection to the hottse, when he saw tha* his kitch en was on fire. He stated that he sent someone to send in '.he fire alarm ami It seems that this party ran all the way to the Ciaremont Hotel before getting the alarm sent in. Quick water connections were made by the fire department after their arrival, and two streams of water siamesed from the- water pump of truck Xo. 1 from the An drews street hydrant. The house of Oeorge Johnson, colored, No. 305 caught from the neighboring burning house. This house receiv ed prompt attention and escaped without a great deal of fire dam age. The flames burning both of the houses were extinguished after the work for about an hour and a half upon the part of the firemen. Wortherly >tated that there was some insurance ? carried on his house but none on his furniture. ' In Genoa, ever}- time a question shows up if* * smywdowx).