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The Watchataii and Semthron Entered at the Postoffice at Sum ter,. ?. C? as Second Class Matter. personal: Messrs. Henry and Bushneli Preacher motored to Florence ( to Attend the ; Sumter-McColl ball game Wednesday. Miss Myrtle Pace attended the Sumtre-McColl ball game at Flor ence~ Wednesday afternoon. * Mrs. Claude Langstone and chil dren of. Sardis^ S. C.. are visiting. Mrs. W. A. Hill at her. home on Hazel .St. Mr. e. H. Rhame spent Thursday in Columbia. ? Mrs. Earle Rowland is visiting Jier mother in Laurens. - Mr. R. Heriot Rembert. who has Beejn,a member of the local staff of The Daily' Item for the past two years, except during the summer months, left Saturday morning for Asheville, X. C., where he will spend the summer. Mr. Anthony Owen, of Wilming ton, .X.C.. is spending a few days in the city. Mr. Mack Collier spent a few .. /hours in Sumter Friday evening to) the delight of his friends. He was en route from Slloree to bv?sh ville, Tenn. Mr. W.. W. Moody, who has heeh away from Sumter county, for 35 * years has just returned and is now . with his brother-at Horatio. His! brother, Mr. Burrell Moody, is one of the most prominent and sue-; cessful farmers of the Horatio sec tion. Mr. W. W. Moody has been residing in Louisiana all of these! years. Miss Allene Carroll has return- j : ed home from Converse College. Rev. J. P. Marion returned this j Rev. J. P. Marion returned Sat- j urday from Charleston, W. Va., j whsre he has been attending "the ; general assembly of the Presbyter- j i?n church. Miss Priscilla Shaw is at home from Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Dick j left for Clinton Saturday . to at-1 tend the graduating exercises of the | Presbyterian College, of South Car olina, where their son James M. : Dick, Jr., is a member of the grad- j uating class. I Mr. Irvin Gitzen of Detroit, Mich., and his sister. Miss Cora, Miss Em ma Funk ie and Mrs.. Minnie McEl veen, wife of the late Dr. George McElveen, of Detroit, Mich., paid Mr. John K. McElveen a very pleas ant visit on the 8th and 9th of May ?a their way to Florida. They were fieljghted with the city of Sumter. They also said South] Carolina was the best looking place they had seen on. their route. They came all the way from Detroit iii a' 7-p?V - senger St?debaker car. Mrs. Louise Frampton and ; ?rs. Minnie Lese man of Charles ton are visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Werner at 131 X., Washington St. Mr. F. F. Converse of Florence aftent Sunday in the"city. Mr. and Mrs. J.. C. BroWn re a.turned last Friday night from an j ?xtejjded. trip in Ohio where they] have been for the past four weeks..; ZanesvRle, Ohio, the former home) ei Mrs. Brown was visited as also? ^-Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Mr. Brown spent some time at the Willard Storage plant at Cleveland and the home of the Westinghouse people at Pittsburg. Miss Johnsie Keel, of Atlantic City, X. J., is visiting her sister, Mrs. F. L. Brunson. j 1 Mr. E. T. Parker of Orangeburg was in town today on business. , Rev. J. B. Walker spent Sunday in Pinewood where he was invited to preach the commencement ser mon tc the graduating class of the Pinewood high school. Rev. J. P. Marion left Monday for Clinton to ? attend the com mencement exercises of the Presby terian College. ? ? ? !?? ? ?Hill. I ?!_L_|_ i j ~ ' j BED CROSS HOME I SERVICE The following letters received by the Home Service Department of the Red Crosjj were appreciated, for the gifts they brought in a time of need, but more 'for the words spoken and the spirit shown: Dear Miss Wheeler: Enclosed find check for twenty five dollars, a, donafon from our class for the Red Cross. The class expressed its gratitude and appreciation for the noble work you are doing in our midst, and we hope we can favor you with another check this summer. Tours very truly, E. W. W1THERSPOOX, Treasurer, Men's Organized Bible Class, Sumter Presbyterian Church. May 22, 1922. Miss Helen Wheeler, Secretary, Sumter Chapter. American Red Cross, Sumter. S. C. Dear Miss Wheeler: Although the Sumter Post Xo. 15, American Legion, _is in very stringent finan cial condition, still the members realize the splendid work that you have been doing in this county, es pecially among the disabled and dependent ex-soldiers, and for that reason the Post desires to show its appreciation and gratitude by ha.nding you herewith its check for $100. The Post further desires to be of any further assistance it can to you, and to assist in any possible way the work that you are doing. Whenever we can be of any as sistance, we are yours to command. Very trulv yours, Sumter Post Xo. 15, American Legion, by Geo. D. Levy, .Chairman Executive Committee. By order of: Joe S. Chandler, Z. K. Darr, Adj. The meeting to consider Red Cress affairs is to be held Tuesday afternoon at G:ir> in the Girls* high school building. All are privileged to come; all are urged to come. Fewer bombs would go off In Chicago if more bums went off. ! CONDITION OF j - WHEAT CROP; jTen Per Cent,.of South Caro-j >$na< Acreage WiO Not Be ! ; ? a Harvested -:? , Saluda, S. C., May 24, 1022?A re-; j cent report issued, by the Bureau? j of Markets end Crop Estimates, ] I?. s. Department of Agriculture. I shows that 10 per cent of the acre- j I age of wheat sown in South Caro-j j lina last fail will not be harvested for grain this season. The condi-j tion on May 1 is reported at 66 j per cent of normal, which would in- j dioate a production of about 1.350,- j j 000 bushels. j Commenting upon the report. B.' I B. Hare, Agricultural Statistician; I for the Bureau in South Carolina {says: "A lat-ge per cent of the aore i age that .will not be. cut for grain j and the low production figure are ' due to the prevalence of rust in ! most fieids during the past six weeks. However, as-the rust has not passed from the leaf to the main stem of the stalk it is possible there may be material improve ment in. condition before harvest, j Practically all the acreage aban doned for grain will be cut green j and utilized as hay." ? i The acreage of winter wheat to; be harvested ih*the entire t-nited j States is estimated at 3$,131,000 I acres, against 42,000,000 acres last j year. The indicated production at i present is 584,793,000 bushels, for! nearly 3,000,000 bushels less than j in 1921. This, of course, refers to winter wheat only "and does, not} take into consideratioh.spring seed- j i in'gs. f It is further brought out in the report that only 70 per cent of iLe plowing necessary for spring plant ing was done, by May 1, compared with SO per cent on the correspond ing date of last year and the ten year average of 84 per cent. Plant ing and germination of all spring crops have been very much delay ed on account of excessive rains during the past .90 days. . , The mortality of live stock was probably lower the past winter j than for many years previous, due j largely to the mild winter and dis appearance of the cattle tick. I There have been some local out I breaks of hog cholera but timely : inoculation directed by county; agents of the Textension service has j prevented wide spreading. . The number of live stock out of j every 1,000 which died from disease or exposure during the past year is j estimated.as follows: Mules and! horses, from disease, 16; cattle,: from disease, 20, from exposure 11; j I sheep, from disease, .20 exposure, \ S; and swine of all ages from dis ease, 50. E. E. Hare, j Agricultural Statistician for S. C. ? .?''? '--? I Mothers' Club Conducts ChUd's Health Conference. -:?. j The Mother's Club, Mrs. Johrt j iWilson, president, has just com-j I Pleted .a most successful child's i [clinic, or health conference? during} j the course of which 245. children i ?between the ages of one and six j 'years were examined. The conference was well worked] up ahead of - time and helpful pub tficfty given to it. Through birth registration the j names of children born here, inj the past "seven years were obtained,! and., the names- oC all children in 1 the primary Sunday school classes \ were obtained also. Letters were sent to the mothers of all of these inviting them to the conference. May'%3rd was the day for ^children* in Ward 2; the 24th tor Ward 3, the. .25th for wards 1 j and 4, and on the 26th anyr whoj ? had not attended oh previous' d?vys j i were examined. All the doctors I j available in the city- cooperated, j 'General examinations were made byi iBrs. Sophia Brunson, C. H. 'An-! j drews,^ Sydney ? Burgess. Warren | j Burgess, Archie China, C. J. Lem imom/vV. E. Mills and H. M. Stuck-] j ey. Heart and lungs were exam- I ] ined by Drs. H. L. Shaw, C. P. i Osteen and W. E. Mills; ear, eye, ?nose and throat, by Drs. Carl B. Epps, D. W. Green and C. J. Lern j men. Urine analysis was .made by ! Dr. T. R. Littlejohn. athd .the : Schick test and diptheria in?cu | lations were given by Dr. H. A. ; Mo^pd. Dental examinations were I made by Drs. A. Weinberg and C. I H. Courtney. ! Fifteen or more graduate nurses j ;' assisted in the examinations. Lee- I ! tures during the conference were i uelivered by Dr. H. Aslileigh Mood j on "The Schick Test" Tuesday af ternoon: Dr. Sophia Brunson. j "Shall We Answer Truthfully the [Inevitable uestions of Our Chil jdren?" on Wednesday afternoon. jDr. Geo. W. Dick, "Care of the ; Teeth" Friday afternoon; Mrs. ' L. , J. Marsh, kindergarten teacher, j "Early Mental Development of the ! Child," Friday afternoon. Dr. H. j M. Stuck ey was to lecture Th?rs- j ; day afternoon, but his time had to I j be given to examinations, so he J . consented to postpone his lecture j j until the early fall, i The conference was held in the I Sunday school house of the First! i Baptist church. This was the j j former parsonage and was most! convenient for the purpose of ex-i laminations and lectures, j A great quantity, of helpful lit- j j erature was distributed by the cjub i ; members during the conference, i I This had been supplied by the j j State Board of Health, -the Chil- ! ' dren's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor, the Metro politan Life Insurance Co., und ! : Hearon's Pharmacv AN ITEM OF INTEREST i _. ; To the graduates and their: j friends: The Sumter Dry1 Goods Co., are displaying! ; many appropriate articles for | Graduation Gifts from a I spietty and varied assortment I of dainty Handkerchiefs, Silk! ;'Hosiery, Novelty Silk Para-. I sols, Fans, Dainty Lingerie, I I etc., etc. Advertisement. . ? ?? i ? it* June brides think a hitch in time j is fine. * WOP NE! Paris, May 2<I.?The French for eign office, has no knowledge of the reported conviction of Charles R. Crane, former American minister to China, by a French military court in Damascus for inciting riot, it was stated today. The troubles in Syria were provoked by injudicious talk by Crane, the officials said, but they had no information of any condemnation. Chicago. May 20?Speculation over the result of Seventeen year old Mathilde McCormiek's engage ment to Max Oser. the Swiss rid ing master, has been renewed fol lowing the appointment of her fa ther. Harold F. McCormick. head of the International Harvester Co.. her guardian. The question arose whether Miss McCormick made the move to provide an easy way out of her engagement or was taking this means to hasten her marriage. . Los Angeles, May 20?Five sea men were injured in an explosion abroad the submarine H-3 while on. patrol duty off Corondo Island, forty miles from San Deigo. Chicago, May 20?The wage de cision of the United States Rail road Labor Board, affecting over four hundred thousand men in the shop crafts and maintenance of way departments, \vill be made inde pendently of the rate cuts by the Interstate Commerce Commission, according to Ben W. Hopper, chair man of the board. Belfast, May 26?Twenty-eight deaths have occurred in the disor ders since Saturday. Trench es have been dug in East Belfast, the inhabitants fearing an attack. During the sniping in the eastend four" were -arrested and numerous houses were searched for ammuni tion. Emporium. Pa., May 2C.?Eight were killed and two seriously in jured, when three packing houses at the plant of the Pricella Powder company at Sinnamahon ing, blew up. Timmonsville, May 25.?As a re sult of trouble^ between C. Hodge Hill, a local merchant, and M. X. Harrison, a timber man, Mr. Hill was fatally shot this morning by Mr. Harrison. Mr.#Hili died about 3 o'clock "this aftrenoon. He leaves a wife and eight children, besides a large family connection. Mr. Harrison gave himself up at*once and is in the county jail. .Columbia. May 25.?The state income tax law was declared legal in an opinion handed -down by the State Supreme Court this after noon. The case ^'as brought by the Santee Mills of Orangeburg, the ITnion Buffalo, of Spartanburg, the Pacific Mills, of Columbia; a;?.d the Winnsboro Mills, of Winnsboro. , Washington, May 2G.?The E?s.:r Dover controversy in the treasury, described yesterday as being clos ed by Secretary Mellon, was again laid before the president with the presentation of a petition signed by members of the Ohio delegation in congress, asking reinstatement of C. C. Childs of Ohio, former su pervisor to collector of the inter national revenue bureau. Belfast. May 27.?A British sold ier was murdered and another was wounded on College Green, Dublin, ? news dispatch says. Albuquerque, X. M.. May 27? Dr. A. A. G. Shortl, a national figure in tuberculosis work, is dead here. Paris, May 27?Reports from Berlin that the German government has accepted the allied reparations proposition were qualified by fears in reparations circle that the prop ositions had been accepted only as a basis for discussion, while the de termination of. commission is that they constituted the last word. Xewburgh, X. Y., May 27?Su preme court Justice Seeger today ordered Walter S. Ward, of Xew Rcchelle, the central figure in the shooting of Clarence Peters, near White Plains, held on bail of fifty thousand dollars. Birmingham. May 27?One mem ber of an ameteur minstrel troupe and a guest were killed and three passengers of troupe were injur ed in an automobile accident while the troupe was going to Jasper. Ala., today. Washington, May 27?Meirer Steinbrink, who assisted Charles E. Hughes in the aircraft investiga tion is said to have accepted the appointment of Attorney General Daugherty as a special assistant in the prosecuting of the war fraud cases. Xew York, May 2 7?Wood row Wilson in a telegram to the demo cratic union of Women Voters of Manhattan refers to the message sent to him by the women affirming their belief in Democratcic princi ples as enunciated by him as "one of the many >igns of the reviving ideals of the country." Winston-Salem, X. ('.. May 27? A. R. Hudson, a negro, was shot and killed by C. E. Clayton, a white farmer in Davie county. (May ton claimed that his daughter told him Hudson atatcked her eight months ago. Clayton is being held pending a hearing. Chicago, May 1'7?Big Tim Mur phy and Fred Mader, described as tin- czars of the labor war have been ordered released from jail on bonds of seventy-five thousand dollars ea?-h. They have been confined in jail since they were indicted for the murder of Police Lieutenant Ter rence Lyons, on May 9th. Belfast. May 26.?Seventeen fires were started In the campaign of in cendiarism waged throughout the otty last night. There Were no burials in the cemetery Thursday, owing to sniping at the grave dig gers. The restaurants and the atres suffered severely from the campaign of terrorism. Bishop I MoCrory has cancelled all confer- j ehces with the clergy, owing to the perils of traveling. Atlanta, May 20. ? Policemen acted as watchmen at the Inman Park public school today, after po lice had been called out last night,1 to quell a fight at a meeting of the Parent-Teachers' Association of school. Xobody was seriously j hurt. ' The disturbance developed! over recommendations relating, to i teachers. Barnwell. May 25.?Elko. a lit-i tie town in Barnwell county, ship-i ped 27 freight and two express' cars of asparagus this season, the J freight charges alone netting the! railroad $8,998.87, it is said. It is! not known what the crop was worth to the farmers, but it is es timated that Williston shipped more than $100.000 worth of "grass.'.' Quite a lot of asparagus j was also shipped from Barnwell j and there will be more to.be ship-j ped from this point next year. ?:-;-. Washington, May 26?The In terstate Commerce Comission today suspended the new freight rate ! schedules on live stock which all i railroads in the sQUthest proposed j to put into effect June 1st, and j j which the . commission said would i involve substantial increases. An investigation is to be conducted be l fore September 20th, when the j rates will be allowed, unless fur | ther orders are issued. { .j ! Spartanburg. May 25.?Four j 'Spartanburg mills,. Paeolet Man-! ; ufacturing company, Whitney Mills, j [Drayton Mills, Spartan Mills -and; jthe Xew Holland Mills, at Gaines-i jville, Oa.; held their semi-annual | meeting of their directors and i stockholders here today, and de-1 Iclared dividends, payable July] next, amounting to $269.90.0. While conditions have not been stable during the past six months, there is now a, more optimistic outlook for the textile industry, according to those in touch with manufactur ing interests. ",: Chicago, May 26?Ban Johnson, president of the American League, i declared Babe Ruth ineligible to! play until a complete investiga tion has been made of his activity in throwing dirt into the eyes of Umpire Hildebrand in protest on a decision yesterday.: . ? ' . Atlanta. May 26.?An optimistic i view of business conditions; throughout the country was . ex-j pressed in an address by Eugene | Meyer, Jr.. managing 'director of! i the war finance corporation before j the Georgia Bankers' Association, j Fayetteville. .X. C. May '?y (By the Associated Press).?A board o? inquiry consisting of several offi* eers has been approved by Gen. A, J. Bowley, commandant at -Camp] Bragg, near here, to inquire into J the explosion of a sharpnel pro jectile which fell short in range at Camp Bragg this morning, killing four enlisted men and wounding J three men and one officer. The I hoard will make its report to the I war department. ? ? _ I Charleston. W. Va.. May 29.? Prosecution has upset the tentative agreement to postpone the Logan, county armed march cases and ; asked that Rev. J. E. Wilburn, I charged with murder, be placed on I trial June 2 2th. ! Detroit, May 20?The belief that! a strike vote would be ordered by] I the executive council of United j ! Brotherhood of Maintenance cm- j i ployes a? railway shop laborers j ' was expressed today by E. F. Gra-j j hie, gram! president of the organi- j j zation. - Belfast, May 29.?Sharp fighting; between members of the Irish re- ! publican army and Ulster special: constabulary occurred last night j along the boundary of county Fer- 1 managh. Five republicans are re- j ported killed and a number wound- i ed. One constable was killed. ! Raleigh. X. C. May 29.?The j 1 death sentence of Wright Rouse, i t an aged negro convicted of the j I murder of Will Whitley, a wealthy! ; Walstonburg farmer, was commut- : i ted to. life imprisonment after the! i alienist's report declared him men-j i tally deficient. Xe.?- York, May 29?The condi i tion of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.! ! the nine year old heir to millions, j ! who has been ill for two weeks, is j reported to be critical by the corps I of specialists and nurses in atten ? dance. Annapolis. May 2 0?The pres idential yacht Mayflower dropped anchor here today to permit Presi dent Harding to participate in the commencement of Monday's pro gram of the graduation exercises at the naval academy. Columbia. May 20.?Theodore | Aughtry. Columbian, will be placed; on trial in court of sessinos here; Wednseday, for the murder of Silasi Gladden, and the ease promises to' attract considerable attention. The,' two men. both white, had some j words about, a dish which the wife i of one had borrowed front the 6th-i er. the two families being neigh bors. Portland, ore.. May 20.?Six firemen who were asleep in the: forecastle <?t' the Prince line Car go steamer VVelxh Prince were kill-' ed. ami three injured when it v'as ? rammed t?> the freighter rowan, of! Columbia river,' off Altoona, Wash. ? The Welsh Prince sank, and the j lowan is sinking slowly, according to latest reports. | IRISH HOLD CONFERENCE IN LONDON London, Mayv 'in.?Late . today rlif expectation developed that the. full conference of British and Irish signatories, including Michael Col lins, might he held Saturday in which case Mr. Lloyd George prob ably would delay his departure for Chequers Court in order to preside. The conference is likely to ex tend over Sunday so as 10 enable Mr. Churchill to make his pre-an nouncement statement on Irish af fairs in the house of commons Monday. Dublin. May 26.?Michael Col lins, head of the provisional gov ernment, left for London tonight. He was accompanied by William Cogsgrove. minister of local gov ernment in the dail eireann cabinet and Dermot O'Hegarty, secretary of the provisional government. It is supposed here that the main subject of today's discussion at London was the text of the free state constitution which Arthur Griffith, the dail eireann president, took with him. This constitution must conform strictly to the terms of the Anglo-Insh treaty and has been drafted with that object. If the, British ministers are satisfied with it. it will be submitted to the Irish people. It is considered un likely they will enter a quarrel with the Irish representative because they made a pact with Eamon De Valera. In provisional government cir cles no breach with the British is contemplated. Besides the con stitution and the Collins-De Valera agreement, the Irish delegates to London are expected to raise the Ulster qustion. In these circles it is said, that the delegates will complain that British support of Ulster in tcjen and money is unfair and that it will prolong the trouble between the north and south. Mrs. Charlotte Despae, sister of Filed Marshall Viscount French, former lord lieutenant and govern or general of Ireland, has written an open letter to Premier Craig of Ulster denouncing the government's treatment of Catholics and conclude ing: "Go on as you are doing? give carte blanche to your legalized gunmen to shoot, maim and insult their fellow townsmen and destroy their homes and keep thousands of men idle?and as sure as day succeeds night retribution in an awful form will come to you." CONTROL 5 OVER MOTOR VEHICLES ' Columbia, May 26.?Asuming jurisdiction and control over all motor driven vehicles operated in this state for hire, the South Caro lina Railroad Commission, acting j under authority of the Miller bill: passed at the "last session of the general assembly, has adopted rules regulating them. ? This was done Subsequent to a meeting of the full commission held, here Wed nesday and Thursday and the rules were promuglated early yesterday evening. They are the fruit of the joint labors of a committee com posed of H. H. Arnold, J. N. Pear man and J. C. Coney, of the com mission, and adopted by the full body. . The rules, stated Frank W. Shealy, chairman, today were sim ilar to those of other states gov erning such modes of vehicular travel, and were promulgated for the safety of the public. The com mission in no wise attempts to in terfere with the regulations im posed by municipalities, but is at tempting to standardize and lessen the hazard of the "transfer," "jit ney," "taxi." and such like modes of travel in this state, both as to passenger and freight transporta tion. In substance, the rules require, the. bonding of owners of vehicles against injury to passengers from negligence of drivers, or damage to goods in transit, securing of state permit and registry of ve hicles, stoppage before a grade crossing, reporting of all injuries and the maintenance of exact schedules by such vehicles which are supposed to operate sched ule. Monthly reports are required and no 'bus or transfer line can discontinue without the consent of the commission. "Overcrowding" is disallowed, as is the operation of an automobile by a person under the influence of intoxicants. The following surety bonds are required to insure against personal injury to passengers: Five passengers or less_$2,000 Seven to ten passengers_5,000 More than ten passengers .10,000 FIRE IN " ' PRIVATEER Home of Mr. George Nettles Totally Destroyed Mon day Night The residence of Mr. George Nettles, near Bethel Church, Pri vateer township was burned Mon day night between S and 10 o'clock, the fire being of unknown origin. The house and contents were, a to tal loss. Mr. Nettles and family attended the commencement exer cises of the Pinewood high school, leaving home after an early supper, and the first news they had of the destruction of his home was when he returned from Pinewood and was notified of the disaster by neighbors. PRICE REDUCED ON CHARACTER CLOTH The price of this wonderful fabric has been reduced from 90 cents to 75 cents. It is unexcelled for beauty and dur ability as a shirt and dress fabric. The Sumter Dry Goods Co., are the exclusvie selling agents for Sumter. Adver tisement. Plain Facts Show Prosperity Returning i . Washington. .May 20?(Capital j News Service).?Government com-j I piled statistics show that a marked j revival of building lias been in progress for the past year, building I permits being two or three hundred i per cent more numerous than in the period of great depression. Com-j I luned dwellings and stores have been the most popular new build* j I ings. double dwellings next. Withj I apartments a close third, single : dwellings a fourth, and purely bus I in ess structures last in comparative j figures of erection. { Xew Jersey cannot find enough I hands for her building jobs, Michi- j j gan reports more opportunities ? than automobile mechanics, and ! Minnesota and other Northwest i sections are asking for farming I help. General business conditions I throughout the country as reflected I in reports made to the Department I of Labor Employment Service show! ? plainly in the fact that in 63 cities ; where studies were made April showed 40 in which more workers j were given places on pay rolls, and j only 2T> in which employment de-j j creased. j ''Despite a few disquieting indus trial feathrs/' said Director General ?Tones of the Department of Labor. I '?America is surely righting herself. April recorded an upward move- j ment. with industrial lines broad-j ening out. which will show .in-, creased activity in succeeding j months." j The increase in the number of j men employed by 1.42S firms which J I report to the'department was 74.-! I 100 of 1 per cent in the month.! j New York showed a decrease in J j employment of 7-10 of 1 per cant j and Chicago of 5.5 per cent. j I SHALL I POISON 1 THE WEEVIL ? i Clemson College, - May 26.? \ j Farmers who have not yet made j up their minds definitely whether] or. not. they want to poison will j have to decide this matter without delay, as the season for poisoning j is rapidly approaching and it re- j quires lime to . secure machines j and calcium arsenate. Before de- j ciding one should carefully weigh the following considerations, ad- j vised Prof. A. F. Conradi, Ento-1 mologist: j t- ]. High yeilding land. It is! ? regarded that any land not yield- j [ ing one-half bale of. cotton per | I acre in the absence of the weevil is | j poor land and that poisoning on j j such land may not be expected to j I prove profitable. J 2. Heavy weevil infestation. I Unless checked by unfavorable l weather conditions, we may ex ! pect heavy weevil infestation over: the greater portion of the state. 3. Proper preparation for pois j oning and full determination to ap- j ! ply the poison correctly. By this j J is meant properly constructed ma chines, through prosecution of the! ? poisoning schedule, and a determi ! nation to give it the necessary per- j j sonal attention. Under these conditions, poison ; ;ng properly carried out ?.-.ay be ex j pected to give profitable results if ? the weather, is not so unfavorable I as to make it impossible to apply ! the poison correctly. Of course j .weather condition is always a se j rious factor in farming, and one j that has to be reckoned with every j season. Wherever poisoning is de I cided upon, we confine our recom mendations to dusting, because in I every case where profitable results I were secured in carefully conduct ed tests, they were secured by dust : ing. Directions for making infes 1 tation counts as well as for poison ing are furnished upon application j to the Extension Service. PETTY SILK HOSIERY In The Sumter Dry Goods I Co.'s Hosiery Department j pretty nearly anything desir j ed can be found. They are i showing the popular shades in j Pearl, Silver, Lark, Sponge, j Nude, Navy, Russet, Brown, I White and Black. Advertise-' jment. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON. Yestdys | ? Op*n Hlph Low Close Close i ! Jan. .20.50 20.50 20.06 20.16 20.20 I March J . 20.18 20.32 19.94 19.98 20.08 Uuly .21.60 21.25 20.82 20.89 21.00 Oct.. 20.75? 20.85 20.42 20.47 20.63 j I Dec. .. .. .20.60 20.66 20.23 20.30 20.45 j Spots unchanged, 21."ft. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Yestdys OpeD High Low Close Close ! Jan.19.88 19.94 19.68 19.68 19.78 I March .. .19.70 19.76 19.40 19.42 19.60. July.21.00 21.00 20.63 20.66 20.76 1 Oct.20.30 20.38 20.09 20.12 20.19 ; Dec.20.08 20.17 19.86 19.90 19.99 Spots unchanged; 20.50. Liverpool Cotton. January . 11.43 March . 11.32 May .... . _ . 12.01 July ._ ._ . 11.85 October .11.63 December . .. . 11.48 Receits 1.000: Sales 10.000; Middling, 11.W: Good Middling 12.41. Columbia. .May 2S?The Rev. j Vincent Davis, superintendent of the Itichland County Alms j louse, was shot to death there early this morning the county authorities charge, by James Watts Crocker, an inmate for the past seven months. Two shots were fired, the second one piercing the heart of Mr. Davis, causing instant death. . J DO YOU, OR DO YOU NOT? j - If vou do, look over the as-! sortment of $3.00 to $4.00 ; Corsest which the Sumter Dry | Goods Co., are offering at I $1.29 in both front and back! lace styles. If you don't wear Corsets this is not a news item of much interest to you. Advertisement* We are now ready to announce the OPENING DATE of our EXTRAORDI NARY COMPOSITION SALE, which will take place AT OUR OLD STAND, 33 SOUTH MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C, THURSDAY, JUNE EIGHTH. We have no doubt that the many friends, who have been doing business at THE BATTERY for the last seven years, will now take advantage of the opportunity in obtaining their require ments in dependable merchandise at BANKRUPT PRICES. We have a very large stock, over $40, 000 worth of staple merchandise over crowding our floor space to the utmost capacity, and we must, of necessity, re duce the stock in order to be able to do business, hence, we have employed the very sharpest instruments in slashing the prices so that it will move. Everything in the store, thousands upon thousands of items have been placed on the slaughter counters and racks, at the mercy of the almighty dol lars. There will be no backsliding or retreating from the onslaught of the grim, relentless and overpowering ad vance of necessity. Everything must go. Every article must move, the prices of every item has been cleanly shaved to the core. We are mailing to every household within a radius of 50 miles a descriptive circular. If you did not get it, please write us, phone us or call for it at the store and you will get one. It will be worth your effort. The offer we are making to accept in settlement for all accounts owing us at the same rate we have settled with our creditors, will stand open until the first of August next. Remember the opening date, Thurs day, June Eighth. Everything will be ready on that date. 33 South Main Street, Suiter, S. C. LOOK FOR THE YELLOW FRONT. a