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Watchman and Soithron Entered at the PostofBce at Sum fer, S. C, as Second Class Matter. PERSONAL. Mrs. Mary Woodruff Carter of freeaville is the guest of Mrs. IT. ;.. P. Scott. 'Major Loring Lee left "Tuesday moraing for Hartsville on a busi ' "ness trip. Misses Florine Rowland and Ola English left Monday- morning for Asheville. N. C. Miss Rowland has been a teacher at the Bethel school in the county this year, re turning to her home in Asheville after the completion of the year's school work. Miss- English, of Asheville, was her visitor in Sum ter for several days. ': Mr. Hughes Bradley has return Ied to his work in ? Darlington, af ter having-speat *he week-end at his home in the city. Mrs. C. L. Stubbs left Tuesday ' morning for a -visit of several days in Charleston. . Among those of the county in Sumter today for the purpose of attending the Cotton Association nveeting were:* Messrs. J. E. Price, J. K. McElveen, E. W. Dabbs, Jr.. W. E. Reib, James Goodwin, Du Rani-Tisdale. Thomas Newman and E; Djek. Mr. Reaves; of South Boston.' Va? was also in the/city to day "and in attendance at the meeting. Mr. Reaves is interested in the tobacco industry, and is contemplating moving to Sumter t? make this place his home. -Mr. and Mrs. Oscar White have returned to the city after spending tftree weeks in eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina. : Mr. J. O. Barwick is attending a Convention at Spartanburg this week. Miss Hannah Kristianson left Wednesday morning for a short visit in Columbia.. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Humphries have gone" to Camden to attend the tSe funeral services of Mr: W. H. Humphries, a brother of Mr.'j. C. Humphries. ? Miss Ola Stanley, of Gramling. S. C, is a visitor of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Hill on CaJhoun St. Mrs. Lawson Barnes of Florence, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Evans Bruner. - Miss Annie Churchill, who has "teen teaching'this year at Brun sen, C. has returned to her home in the city to spend the summer vacation. Jkf is?. Mamie Hunter, of Summer tori, who was the visitor for a short time of "Miss Annie Churchill, left, Tuesday morning together with bei- mother, Mrs. E. A. Hun ter, - for Gastonia. N. C. v Chief J. M. Barwick, Messrs. J. W, Brunson, Bert "Jones and J. D. Chandler are among those of the city motoring to Florence to attend the Surnter-McColl ball game this afternoon. -' ?i ? ? , Boil Weevil Poisoning ? "In a conversation the other day Mi-, J. W. Fox, the well known Mis sissippi cotton planter and cotton ex&ert, gave us some interesting! facts covering his experience in ^te?*iin? tne boll weevil last year. On-a ^980-acre plantation an aver <""-*~"3ge-of th-ee sprayings cost a total of $2.71 per acre, all expenses being counted except rent of mules.. In "the outer edges, he said, 'the cost was $7.50 per acre. But this $7.50 expenditure doubled the yield of crop. On 30 such acres sprayed seven times the average yield was 340 pounds of lint per acre, and on SO acres left unsprayed the aver age yield was only 170 pounds per acre/ Mr. Fox believes the use of arsenate will pay on fields produc ing two-thirds of a.bale or more /per acre. He also insists on big fir Ids as one of the most important weevil-remedies. 'Make fields as big 33 possible, and this means drainage so you can square out the ragged corners."?-Progressive Far mer. May 20. - ? ?? , ? ? ? "Danger ? Sharp Curve ' Ahead, '? Ton-Might Meet a Fool. This unusual warning sign was fovmd on a road at the foot of the Rockies. It is one well calculated to make a driver slack up and take notice, or show himself the fool. He may have confidence in his abil ity to avoi<?L running into another car. but however skillful a driver he may be, if there is a fool in the other car, his efforts to escape a collision may be futile. 7 Every driver should b^ar in n'Hkl that he may meet a fooi on any part of the road?in fact that the high speed fool is more likely to be encountered on the straight stretches. It is true, too, that those met on the road may not be fools, but merely slow-wit ted motorists or pedestrians. The investigation of Maryland's Sta.e Road Commission shows that 90 per cent, of the accidents that happen to motorists are due to the one cause?speeding. Most disas ters have occurred on straight por tions of the road, at places always considered safe, while the sections of road commonly regarded as ex ?fepe-^ly dangerous have been rela tively free from accidents. On roads with steep grades and nu merous curves the accidents have been few and not serious, and the accidents have been fewer, - too, where the traffic density is greatest. It is clear from the evidence that even the less careful motorists drive cautiously in the presence of recognized danger, such as steep grades, sharp curves, rough sur face, etc., while the absence of ?such dangerous features gives the driver a sense of security which al lows him to yield to the well nigh universal passion for speed. Experience proves that no ro*d is safe without discretion in the drver.. r _ % Horsepower in the car and horse sense in the driver make the safe combination. >' "Regard for the rights of others on the road is thf* oil of good fellowship. Keep your can filled." < Many a woman reaps as her dressmaker has sewn. Sumter Roys and Girls to Camp Near Greenville Stone's Lake Picked as Camp Site?T. C. McKnight, of Y. M. C. A. to Be in Charge of Party ? (Greenville News). Announcement was made yester day by Dr. E. E. Stone, of the Stone Drug company, and Richard W. Arringtcn, president of the junior bureau of the Chamber of Com merce., that a decision had been m ?de by the officials of the Y. M. C. A. of Sumter to bring their summer, camps of boys and girls to Greenville this summer, and through" the courtesy of the man agement of Stone's lake to use that as a camping site. This decision on the part of the officials of the Sumter Y. M. C. A. brings to a successful conclusion efforts on the part of officials of the . junior bureau in cooperation with the management of Stone's lake to bring to Greenville in this way a number of the most promising young boys and girls of Sumter, sit uated many miles below Columbia, and while here to afford them an* opportunity to see for themselves the many advantages and oppor tunities afforded by the Textile Center of the South to the future citizens of our state. The first camp begins June 15, and win be composed of more than \ fifty of the most promising young boys of the fine old town of Sum-J ter. headed by T. C. McKnight. general secretary of the Sumter Y. j M. C. A., and will last for probably j two or three weeks, after which aj : similar camp for. girls will be held. | ; Mr. Arrington, in speaking of the j camps last night, stated that of 1 ficials of the bureau were very j i much pleased that Stone's lake had i been chosen and that the bureau would go the limit in entertaining i these youngsters from Sumter this j . summer when they come to Green- ! j ville for their camp. I It was also stated that special \ committees were being appointed j by the bureau to assist in any way I possible the management of Stone's lake in welcoming and entertain-j ing these boys and girls from | Sumter. j The camps will be in charge of j a number of capable leaders. G. j W. Shaw, DuPre Rhame, James \ Burns and others will help T. C. , McKnight to see to it that the boys j are taken care of. If you want your boy to have a good two weeks under Christian influence that will count see T. C. McKnight at the Y. M.C.A. , j SEABOARD ! OFFICIALS j COMING Meeting With Business Menj to Discuss Golden Rule Special Sale A telephone message received to-1 day from Mr. J. N. McBride, de velopment agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway company notified J the Sumter Chamber of Commerce'! I that a number of prominent offi- j > cials of that great transportation j ! company will be in Sumter on ! ? Tuesday. May 30th, with Mr. G. R. Lowe, author Of the Neosho, Mo., plan of Golden Rule Special Sales Day. Owing to the Chamber of j Commerce rooms being used on I that date by the Permanent Road j ; Commission meeting regarding the j ; awarding of contract? for hard sur-1 I faced highways the Y. M. C. A.,! j through courtesy of Mr. Cuttino j ; McKnight, its executive secretary, j j has kindly arranged for the busi- j ness and professional, men and wo- I : men of Sumter to meet with the | j S. A. L. railway officials and hear j j Mr. Lowe present his plan of ac- I j tive working cooperation between j ! the mercantile retail concerns of j j Sumter and the farmers of Sum- j I ter, Lee. Clarendon and other J ! adjoining counties, at the Y. M. C. j j A. building. A few days ago a preliminary j j meeting of retail dealers of Sumter I was held at Sumter Chamber of j Commerce and Mr. Lowe and the j j Seaboard Air Line Railway com- j j pany officials were invited to cohie ' j to Sumter to meet our business men I [to hear and discuss the Golden ' Rule Special Sales Day plan of op- j erations. The Seaboard Air Lino Railway I officials are very anxious to get I into closer touch and wosking co- ' j operation with Sumter and its i ; people, and in order to do this they i ! are coming with Mr. Lowe to meet I I and talk with Sumter's business i { men, face to face, and see what can 1 j be done by the great and splend j idly organized forces of the de i volopment department of that fa ! mous transportation system hook ; ing up forces with the farmers of I Sumter and adjoining counties and j the business establishments of ! Sumter to start in to beat the boll j weevil by cooperation in utilizing i the natural advantages of this sec I tion to make the soils, climatic, j railway facilities, and business j concerns do what is possible in j such a splendid section with such ! great possibilities in commerce, j transportation, finance and agri i culture. Dog Owners Take Notice. j Owners of dogs in the city arc j requested to take especial notice ! of the type of muzzle that they ( have supplied their dogs with and I to see if it comes up to the re J auirements as specified in the dog j ordinance. Some dogs have been j noticed going about the city streets ! with only a pretense of a muzzle. ! this being probably n little leather [strap that in no way prevents the ! dog from opening his mouth to its [full capacity. Some of these dogs, ! supposed to be wearing a proper j muzzle, have been noticed trotting [along with enormous beef bones in j their mouths. The order has j gone out from police headquarters ; to have all dogs taken up that are : not absolutory properly muzzled. I WORLD NE? Manila, May 23. ? Wireless queries to the yacht Apo, on which Governor-General Wood, wife and daughter, sailed to Mindoro have not been answered. A typhoon is j believed to be responsible for delay ! of their return. White Plains, N. Y., May 23.? The slaying of Clarence Peters, an ex-marine, by Walter S. Ward, son of the millionaire head of the Ward Baking company, followed the elder Ward's refusal to give his son fifty thousand dollars to pay blackmailers, it was learned. Charleston, W. Ya? May 23.? Montreat. X. C, was chosen as next year's meeting place of the Southern Presbyterian general assembly. Peoria. III.. May 23.?Two trainmen were killed as a Min neaplois and St. Louis freight train plunged through a burning trestle at Cedear Creek. St. Louis, May 23.?A resolution appealing to cogress for relief from "the present unsatisfactory con ditions." regarding the distribution i of whiskey, asking governmental j distribution for medical purposes ! only and in sealed packages was j adopted by the American Medical Association. \ - j. Malwaukee, May 24?Three fire i men and two tunnel workers were ! killed by gas and electricity at the bottom of a sewer shaft. Near-, [ly a score of firemen were over I come. The firemen were trying to ? rescue the dead tunnel workers. Richmond. Ya., May 23.?The Yirginia historical pageant pro gram for the remainder of the week will be carried out as sched uled despite the damage the rain did the amphitheater where the pageant drama was planned to be j staged. The colonial costume ball I will be held tonight. I Atlantic City, May 23.?The sev j enteenth annual convention of the I national League of Masonic clubs ! was formally opened today. Reso i lution asking the renovation of the I Washington monument at Wake : fieid, Ya., which has been badly de | faced, is expected to come up. j Jackson. Miss., May 24.?Miss 1 Frances Birkhead's hundred thou sand dollar damage suit against i Gov. Lee M. Russell, alleging breach of promise and seduction, has been filed in the Hinds county circuit court. j New York, May 23.?Lord and : Lady Astor- plan to leave for Eng ; Ian today on the Aquitania. Mexico City, May 23.?Robert [P. Robinson, an American oil worker, of Santa Lucretia, state of Yera Cruz, has escaped Irom a band of rebels who kidnapped him, j demanding two thousand pesos ransom. Brest, May 23.?The British vice; consul has announced that one hundred and two of those aboard the British steamship Egypt which was sunk in a collision Saturday are missing. Uniontown. Pa., May 23.?The family of Emmett Diamond, owner j of a coal mine in Masontown were thrown out of bed by a dynamite ; blast, which partly wrecked their j home. Irwingto:;, Ga., May 23.?A mob j stormed the Wilkinson county jail,! after a battle and removed Jim ! Denson, a negro, sentenced to I .hand for a criminal attack. _ I j Managua. May 23.?The sur render of Fortress La Moma. to the government appears to have ; brought an end to the attempted j Nicaraguan revolt. London, May 23.-?In an attempt ' to fly around the world, Major W. T. Blake, of the Royal Air Force, Capt. Norman MacMillan, plan To hop off from Croydon at noon to morrow. They expect to complete the trip within two months. New York. May 23.?David La mar, the wolf of Wall street, is be ing sought on a charge of atrocious I atsault, preferred by Nan Taylor, a model. I - j Columbus. Ga.. May 23.?A huge mass meeting is planned for to i night to consider measures to i check any future plots, such as j that which occuiTed Sunday, when [the residence of Mayor Dimon was ' badly damaged by a bomb. Charleston, May 24.?The elec I trie transmission lin?- tower of the j Virginia Power company was dy ? namited. Bight mines are closed * as the result, according t<> James rC. Smith, commercial manager of ? the company. ; Richmond, May l'4.?A wage cut land other reductions in operating I expenses will be necessary by the j Chesapeake & Ohio railroad to I meet the reduction in freight rates made by the interstate commerce Icommission, W. ,J. Harrigan has de ; clared. Manila. May 24. ? Leonard Wood, j governor general of the Philip j pines, is reported safe, after being I missing thirty-six hours on tin I yacht Apo. following a typhoon. Washington. May ?Attorney i General Daugherty was charged by I Senator Caraway, Democrat, oi . Arkansas in tin- senate, with hav ing assigned secret service opera ! tives io shadow members of con j gress. New \~ork. May 24?Wall Street ! received with evident relief the I news of railroad freight reductions ! by the Interstate Commerce Com mission. Most of the hotter known I railroad stocks were conspicuously strong at the opening of the mar ket, the gains running from frac tions to over one point. Portsmouth, Va.. May 25.?-Fire destroyed th^ Orpheum theatre in the Hotel Monroe building, rout ing the guests in their night cloth ing and damaging the Masonic temple and a Baptist church. Washington, May 25.?An opin ion by Attorney General Daugti erty, submitted to Secretary Weeks holds that the contract executed by the government with the Alabama Power company is invalid with re spect to the provision that the pow er company contends gives them the right to the exclusive purchase of the Muscle Shoals steam power plant. Memphis, May 25. ? Charles j Frank, the dean of the' Southern I baseball men. who died early yes j terday was buried today in Forest Hill cemetery. Hundreds of base-j ball men throughout the south at- j tended. Columbia, May 25.?The organ ization committee of the university trustees have elected Henry Gass, of Sewanee, as associate profes sor of romantic languages to sue-' ceed Prof. Gaines, who resigns to take up work elsewhere. Prof; < Gass is headmaster at Sewanee j now. His selection by the Univer- i ! sity of South Carolina was made I yesterday. - j San Salvador, May 25.?Govern l ment troops put down an attempt j ed revolution after a fight, result ing in the killing and wounding of j a number of soldiers and rebels. Belfast, May 25.?The total cas i unities in a series of disorders ! during the night is placed at four ! dead and twenty-seven wounded, j The Carnegie library, in the Fall ! Roads district, was set afire. - Washington. May 25.?A move j ment whfch is said to have the I backing of a large number of sen j ators, to change the ancient senate j rules permitting unlimited debate ? has been initiated by a conference [ of Republican senators. Camden. X. J., May 25.?Geo. Elmer Monroe, IP, has confessed to the Camden county authorities of killing Ida Cramer, aged 7, of j Woodbury, and throwing her body j in a creek. He was out of work ' land kidnapped the girl for ran j som, he said. Richmond, May 25.?The glory i and tragedy of the Confederate j period of. Virginia's history, por trayed in vivid floats in a long pro I cession featured the fourth day of j Virginia's historical pageant. Con i f?derale veterans and many pa- , j triotic organizations participated."' } presenting the "chief episodes of" I civil war days . _ [ Prestwick. Scotland. May 25.? j John G. Anderson, of New York, j the only surviving American? in the i British amateur golf champion-5 ship tournament, was eliminated I by W. L. Hope, of Turnberry. j Jacksonville. May 25.?Charles j H. Kersey and Edford McKeel, of I Atlanta were killed and eight oth ! ers injured in an automobile collis i ion on the highway between Jack sonville and Pablo Beach. White Plains. N. Y.. May 25.? Xew revelations are expected from an anonymous letter received by Attorney General Weeks, who is in vestigating the story of Walter S. Ward, the wealthy baking com pany official, who has declared he shot and killed Clarence Peters, a former navy man. in fight grow ing out of a blackmail plot. "Des Meines. May 25.?Next year's assembly of the Presbyterian church of the United States of America will be held in Indianapo lis the third Thursday of May. Charlestoxvn. W. Va.. May 25.? The defense today rested its case in the trial of William Blizzard, who is on trial charged with trea son in connection with the armed march of miners into Logan coun ty. Philadelphia, May '2~>.?Wilbur Hubbell. a pitcher, was severely injured in the first game between Philadelphia and Brooklyn when struck on the head by a batted ball by Griffith, of Brooklyn. Rubber bathing suits are the lat est. Maybe that's so you can stretch mit on the beach. Since washing dishes makes the hands red?it's a pity you can't wash dishes with your face. College girls arc graduated inj .Tune: but brides just start learning. ( DOINGS OF THE DUFFS (Furnished by MacDowell & Co., 18 South Main St., Correspondents of H. & B. Beer, Members New York and New Orleans Cotton Exchanges.) COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON. YesMys Open High Low Close Close Jan.19.74 19.84 ?9.66 19.81 19.86 March .19.54 19.65 19.45 19.63 19.65 July .20.15 20.41 20.10 20.35 20.27 Oct.19.93 20.11 19.87 20.08 20.04 Occ.19.85 19.97 19.79 19.95 19.99 Spots unchanged, 21.50. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Yestdss OpeD High Low Close ('lose Jan.19.25 19.30 19.13 19.22 19.32 March .. .18.88 (8.97 18.81 18.97 19.02 May .19.93 19.98 19.85 19.85 20.02 July _ .. .19.85 19.98 19.76 19.93 19.92 Oc ... - .19.50 19.60 .19.38 19.56 19.57 Dec.19.33 19.44 19.26 19.41 19.43 Spots unchanged. 20c. Liverpool Cotton. January . 11.07 March . 10.97 May. . H.68 July . 11.52 October. M.28 December. 11.12 Receipts 10.000: sales. 12.000; Middling, 11.89: Good Middling. 12.34. Boulevard School Closinir. . On Tuesday night a large gath ering of neighborhood people wit nessed the closing exercises of the Boulevard school. This was form erly the Winn school, but during the past year a handsome two teacher building was erected on the Belser boulevard, near Broad street, and the name of the school was changed to 'suit its new loca tion. The school is taught by Miss Hannah Fraser and Miss Mattie Gibson and the enrollment for the past year was 52. These excellent teachers had a very successful year's work, which was reflected in the fine entertainment provided for those who were so foriunate as to witness the closing exercises. The program was as follows: Song, Vacation Days, the School. Drill and Motion Songs 2nd and 3rd Grades. A Doll's Lullaby, Harrielte Par ker. Doris Nicholes. Pantomime and' Tatleau, "Jesus Lover of My Soul,"* Mi'sses Katha rine Doar, Leona McCaskili, Han ette Parker, Lillian Tisdaie and Edna Troublefield. Reading. The Most Powerful Thing on Earth, Henry Neyie. A Patriotic Drill and Tableau, Misses Edna Troublefield, Mary Hugh Fraser, Annie May Baker, Lucile Ingram. Julia Neyle and Irene Moseley. y Dialogue. No Peddlers ( Wanted, PYaser Neyle, Andrew Moseley, Roy and Carl Baker. Tableau, America for Americans, Miss Hannah Fraser, representing "Liberty;" Miss Katharine Doar, "Peace and Plenty;" Miss Leona McCaskili, "Justice." ? Dialogue, An Oyster Stew, Her ry Neyle and Clement Marshall. Address, Dr. J. H. Haynsworth. A Play-, "Not a Man in the House." Misses Hannah Fraser, Xeona McCaskili, Katharine Doar. Edna.Jroublefield and Mary Hugh Eraser. County Superintendent Hayns worth made a short address which was to the point and announced that the following gentlemen had ..offered prizes of $5 each as fol lows: Mathematics, W. R. Parker. History, R. A. Ridgill. Spelling. Dr. Geo. W. Dick. Highest general scholarship. F. E. Gibson. During the exercises ice cream was served on the piazza and a neat little sum realized for the school. Southern Railway Places Big Or ders for New Equipment. Atlanta, May 17.?That it may continue adequately to "Serve the South," the Southern Railway sys tem has placed orders for new equipment consisting of twenty lo comotives, 5,39U freight cars of steel construction, five hundred au tomobil? cars of steel construction, one hundred steel passenger cars and two hundred fifty caboose cars of steel underframe construction. The magnitude of the order can better be appreciated when it is realized that if it were possible, to place the freight cars. equipment on one train it would be foryt seven miles from the engine to caboose; if broken up into trains of an average length it would com prise of two hundred and fifty trains or one train every two and one-half miles from Washington to Atlanta. The new passenger cars if coupled into one train would be a mile and a half in lengtii from the engine to the rear coach and would represent twenty trains of the average length. The coaches an- of the average length; the coaches are of the latest design and are of all steel construction. In placing this large order for new equipment which will be delivered in time for the fall business the Southern has demonstrated its faith in the return of business pros perity in the south and this will place the Southern in position to handle with safety and dispatch this increased business. DINNER FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS GIVEN Rotary Club Entertains Grad uating Class at Clarcmont Hotel?Address by Dr. E. W. Sikcs The graduating class of the Sumter High Schools, seventy-sis in number and the teachers of the High- Schools were entertained at dinner at the Clarcmont Hotel last night by the Sumter Rotary Club. The feature of the evening was the address of Dr. E. W. Sikcs, president of Coker College, which came at the conclusion of the ban quet. Dr. Sikes, whose ability and charm as a speaker is too well known in Sumter to call for com ment spoke in his happiest vein. The central idea in his talk wa? the goal that each young man and young woman should seek to attain as the result of life's most earnest endeavor?the goal of strength. Strength of a healthy and well de veloped body, strength of a cul tured and well trained intellect and strength of moral character. These three attributes are the essentials for the success that all right think ing and worth while men and wo men desire as the crown of their careers: and a nation that is made up of' such men and women can win and retain the real leadership of the world. This thought Dr. Sikes developed and elaborated in his characteristic manner, empha sizing and giving application to his statements and conclusions by apt and striking citations from his storehouse of historical knowledge. At the conclusion of the address Yeadon Pitts for the Boys High School and Miss Lydia Ryttenberg for the girls high school thanked the Rotary Clu' "or the delightful entertainment and expressed their appreciation to Dr. Sikes for his most instructive and enjoyable ad dress. The banquet was rendered uniquely and exceptionally enjoy able by an impromptu program of song numbers in which both the Rotarians under the leadership of Clifton Moise, with Miss Sadie Minis at the piano, and the Higrh School boys and girls, with Miss Catherine Timmerman at the piano, participated. Sumter Radio Mfg. Co.. Improves A patent has been applied for by Mr. H. C. Tucker of this city who is connected with the Sumter Radio Mfg. Co., for an im provement in wireless receiving circuit:-. This device, which is call ed the Sumter Radio Transformer Unit consists of a special trans former and series of jacks, so ar ranged as to make possible the use of ordinary telephones in radio reception. By an arrangement of a bank of jacks, some connected in scries with the primary and some with the secondary winding of the transformer it is possible to use both radio and telephone re ceivers at the same time. A con nection can be made through the transformer with a telephone line and wireless telephone and tele graph messages can be sent direct from the receiving set to a phone miles away. It was designed by Mr. Tucker some months ago and used by Mr. J. C. Brown in connection with his receiving set. Since then it lias been used with other sets and has proved absolutely efficient after nu merous tests over a period of months. This device, arranged in a neat little cabinet, is one of the products which is to be turned out by the Sumter Radio Mfg. Co. it will probably meet with a ready sale as 1 the demand for radio receivers is far in excess of the supply while it is comparatiVe'y easy to get or dinary telephone receivers, and anyone having a receiving set will take a great interest in sending out telephone entertainment to his friends over the phone. Child's Health Conference Notes. Many mothers heard Dr. Sophia Branson in her lecture yesterday and expressed the deepest appre ciation of it. By request Dr. Bran son has kindly consented to repeat this lecture in September. Mrs. L. J. Marsh will lecture on 'The Early Mental Develop ment of Your Child" Friday at 4 p. m. Dr. Geo. W. Dick will give a timely talk on "The Care, of The Teeth" while the conference is in session Friday afternoon. All children in Sumter who have not had free physical examination during the conference are urged to be present Friday between 3 and 5:3o p. m. Eighty-one children were exam ined yesterday. 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