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I TOWN AND ( -?--.-r-i POCKETBOOK WORKER IS ARRESTED Crook Locked Up Before First Victim is Skinned The police department has just arrested and has in the guard house, on a- charge of - vagrancy, a negro who gives his name as Van Haynes. This man has been work ing with the aid of his partner who escaped, a very clever fake, game, known as the pocket book game. The way this scheme is . worked, is this: One. of the. =two partners, ?posing .as .a farmer,, contrives to get into conversation with . some eld negro farmer. The boll weevil and its ravages are discussed and the faker comments on how hard hit he has been, and soon arouses the sympathy of the nnsuspe.cti.ng farmer.. The faker always pick.out -a, man who has just sold, some cot ton ,o,r truck, and .has a .consider able amount of'money on his per son. The victim; is led to some side street where* they walk upon the other crook who picks up a very well filled pocket book just as they come upon him. He exclaims that the pocket book contains two nundred dollars or some large amount, and promises to divide with the two who have just come up if-they will keep Quiet about the find.. The money always con sists, of two bills of. very large de nomination. It is then suggested by one of the crooks-that.they, put all of ..their money together in or der to divide it. The-victim coughs up all. that he has. but. it is then found that they stijl can't divide the money* evenly, so one of the part ners sets, out for the bank,to..get ?hange... After, a while when he doesn't return the other crook-sets out after him and by the time the old farmer^ begins to suspect, that all is not exactly, right the two crooks', are, far away. This .game has been worked very successfully a U over the. state and has yielded very good.. returns.. . The Sumter police, apprehended this crook, just after he. had hooked a victim but before he had had. time to dp any damage. Minutes of Road Commission Meet At the regular meeting of Sum ter County Permanent Road Com mission held' on the 31st. day of, May, there were present L. D. Jen nings, J. P. Booth, G. Al Lemmon, l. M. Truluek, J. B. Britton, Stan vame Burrows, J. F. Bland and E. .E\ Rembert. Bids on the State-, iwirg; Camden and Pinewood roads and on th egrading for Ballard's. Hill were opened and read. Mr. Ml H. Beck, came; before commission regarding: detour to Clark's Store on Manning road and committee of G. A. Lemmon, J. B. Britton and Engineer Murray was appointed .ro look into this and se? Jfr.Stubbs regarding detour across bis land. '.Mr. Charlie Emanuel appeared regarding the running, of Camden road-in front of his house, instead o&the r^r.-as .proposed and it x^a-s: decided ta change, and run road in front as suggested by him. V ? . .It was unanimously decided to accept Powell Contracting GoJs bid for. bituminous concrete on Pine wood Road, for $117,253.31^ Con tract was awarded to- Powell for Camden road from Myers. Corner at $44,464.73. Unanimously decid ed to accept Slattery &. Henry's bid on Stateburg road, sheet as phalt at $108,207.21, Contract for grading Ballard's Hill was award ed to Mallard Lumber Co., at $14,* 1S5.3S s It was moved by J. B. Britton to advertise one-half million vdol 3ars worth of bonds, bids to be opened at next regular meeting to be held July 7th at 10 o'clock, pro ceeds of such sale to be. used, on j Shiloh road and -in extending roads now being constructed. All mem- ; hers voted for this motion with j the exception of J. P. Booth, who i .voted against said sale. -? ???' The announcement of Mr. An drew J. Bethea, sometime Lieuten ant Governor of South Carolina, | and several times a candidate for j the governorship, after filing ho-1 tice of his intention to seek once j again the nomination" for governor,! had switched his political amblt-j ion3. and would enter the race for i the seat, in congress, now. held by I Hon. H. P. Fniraer. has aroused a i little interest in the congressional', contest. It was the concensus of I opinion, locally, that Mr. Fulmer: would be re-elected for a second ! term, without opposition. He has ! given close attention to his duties j and has been prompt in serving I his constituents in every instance j that he has been called upon. . Si)'; far as has been reported, he has j not failed in any duty and has not j aroused antagonism or dissatisfac- ; tion in any section of the Seventh I District. There has been no urg- j ??nt demand from the rank and file of the Democrats of Sumter county, at least, that Mr. Bethea forego his j ambition to be governor and take . up the burden of representing the | Seventh Disrtict in Washington; ' and no one would be overcome j with regret should he switch back j and resume his bi-ennial effort to ; Win the nomination for governor. ! Without Duncan and Bethea as ; regular entrants in the guberna- ! toriai handicap the primary will not be what everyone expects it to be. Mr. Bethea may have the edge on Mr. Fulmer, when it comes to I fervid oratory, but Fulmer is the j odds-on*favorite. as a business man's candidate, in this neck of the woods. The Atlantic Coast Line passen- , ger department announces that ef- i fective Monday. June 12th. parlor cars will be operated between Co- | Jumbia and Charleston on Trains 53 and 52. in addition to through coaches which are operated be tween Charleston and Greenville, j 'mm '?yi { <..--. .... ,v > ?. . v - ? j jHAGOOD'SNEWS AND yTEWS jA Tribute to Thoroughgoing a ai it i- Successful Women Fanners ? ? ,: * :?????-??' j Rembert, June 8.?"Where there | is a will these is a way." "A good , will is half the battle." "I can't j never did a.nything\. l ean has. ac complished wonders." Last Monday, June 4. I went to Rembert on a matter of business and paid' a visit to" the Keels, home I always contemplated with pleas ure. The mother of my hostess, one fo God's gracious women, was a true and warm friend of the writer, who has4,reason to so con sider Miss Annie Keels,; as also Miss Etta Cox. They are associat ed, in one of the i>est farms in the upper.part of Sumier county; fine because well kept and' cultivated. They were away on business when I got there but returned. Two wo men, two .fine women, two fine young women unmarried and good looking are "running one of the best conducted farjns' in the country themselves, and if any in this year1 * of grace in our country make j money farming these intelligent and energetic young farmers ,"w?L i 11 am .thinking . they will succeed where the best of our men farmers i f*ri because they are just coining" j money out of everything... j i' They had been..putting up jellies; and- ran outof glasses, so right in j the noon hour they" rah down to ! iRemhert'"^.^ sdj^ply...' .-.'.."'" | j That .same daytt'ney had put up pickles^ They ^now: . how, just as j |they .know how to farm, how to j keep accounts, exit out needless' ex i^ense,. economize, etcl^ For in ? stance when they went to buy bind \ er "?wine, starting.. in time, they foun.d they could get it. cheaper j f^om Jl L' G?lls tljan any else." i Talk' about .a woman don't know;! i the}-; these two, are. determined to [know.. t They .haveho overseer and '. [ get plenty of advice and experiment [ a bit to find things'out! A neigh | bor, a good farmer, told them to plant corn deep, against their, bet ter judgment they planted one field so, only to findv their way paid that year.the .best,. .. . .. . From what has already been, written you can...safely.guess that they do nothing by halves.. They jabonimate ^shoddy in any way, ! shape' or.. form and stand for the best to be had, , for which, reason their seed, even in corn, is pedir greedy the 'Williainson. Fulgham ! oats, Dixie Triumpit.and Delta Type, 'long staple cotton,, and Fulcaster? a; bearded wheatsjthe best by far I have seen.. This twas also true of the, oats. and rye, '.. ..When I asked the "re;ison...for. planting a bearded wheat the ready answer.! came "It resists the extremes of weather, wet .or dry,' cold .or .hot. I noticed when we 'went!'into the* field, where they were reaping, that., they, the ladies,' were^ careful ^ to have "the reaper clear "of a?; 1 oats or other grain before beginning. They were cutting rye, at the -time.. . Xes,.. if I want high grade seed clear of any adulteration I, would, buy theirs because it jLs.the ..best ' and each kind, is separate, from other. Thus you see. from..: start. .to finish ? they are thoroughgoing, and .they are going to .succeed if any do.*. .. .4< Anotber.s?ecessin those diggings is JL L, GiUis," who \ is ' succeeding because he goes!, after it. Every body works at his'..house, daddy, mamnm, !(lk>o"^,and the girls. . lie does not "drop his. candy/* .but has paid for all the- high priced land j himself and some others bought, j Jess is a hustler. v' Crops around''Rembert' are 'bet- j ter than thosev on thev Peninsula, but none, on account of constant rains and unusual cold are near what they ought to be. Yesterday we had, a flood of rain. The best crops, in condition, appearance, are around, and. Jelow DalzelL Mrs. W, J. Spencer is in bed with but slight improvement. Some people rear children, others let them rear. People are finding great dint- j culty in saving small grain, a con- j siderable lot of which is uncut. J y ...... . ;. "Hagood." . I ???? V? '?-r^!',' The South Carolina ^Highway ! Bulletin. ijQj,an article on t.he gen-j eral subject of highway construe- ; tion and^the,.class.of roads it isj most economicai to build says that j in Sumter county it is advisable to j put down hard surface roads; since j material for surfacing gravel or j top soil roads is not present. This is a condition that is generally un- ] derstood and it was for this reason 1 that it was. decided .to build hard-[ surface, roads on vthe main high- j ways, despite the very heavy! initial cost. It is a fact, however, j that in some sections of the county' material suitable for road surfac- j ing is to be found in considerable ' quantity, and where ' this soil is I available it is' possible to build j good roads that will last for many years under the traffic-that they, will have to withstand, and the j cost will be only a fraction of what j is being paid for the asp.haltie con crete highways that are now being' constructed. There are section:-? of the road to Wedgefield that have ; stood up under rather heavy traf- j fie for a number of years, with a minimum of attention. Similar soil] is to be found in a number of lo- ! calities. and at several points near j Stateburg and Horatio there are* said to.be extensive beds of gravel I that furnish excellent road ma terial. There are similar gravej 1 beds on the eastern side of Black ! River in the Salem section, accord ing to statements of residents of] that section of the county. When ' the main highways have been hard) surfaced and the improvement of! the subsidiary roads is undertaken, material to be obtained locally may j he utilized to advantage. Ohio bride who went cray was ! probably trying to find out what j her wedding gifts, were. Fifty-ninth Annual Commencement'of St. Joseph Academy S .irr :U- i./ , . The fifty-ninth annual com mencement of St. Joseph Academy was held Friday evening at the S^umter Opera House. A very large and appreciative audience gathered j to] listen of the commencement ex : ercises and to do honor to the old j est' institution of learning in the ; city which has been at work i quietly, steadily and effectively, ! through'all the vicissitudes through j which the people of the southland I have passed ever since its incep tion. Laid on the strong founda | ti'ons of care, painstaking: and thor j oughness, this academy has built I up a fine reputation' and as each of the successive commencements have been held the people of Sum ter and the surrounding country Have been more deeply convinced of .its educational worth and its rank among the first class accred ited high schools of South Caro lina: ' ; In the days when the cannon I roared and the state was plunged I in deep distress, St. Joseph Acad | emy offered a safe retreat for the i young ladies under its care where they might still, pursue their edu cation. In the dark days of re construction, when the country needed wise and conservative men to lead, this institution was at work j training, the soon to be helpmates, to make them Strong advisers and assistants, to those in whose hands the' reins of government were soon to fall. "Hail! Splendid Palace of the Mind . ; Where thought is throned through happy days. Court of the Graces famed of old And Muses with their witching Bui. high above all. classic lore , lays. : ... .;. The Truth of God is here en shrined,., And radiance from the Kindly ..Light , ..... "illumes this Palace of the Mind. The exercisse of Friday evening pened .with the chanting of. the Lord's prayer by the entire student bodj\. Miss Audrey Schwerin,, in ? very pleasing., manner delivered thekSalve comparing, the life, .of the student to that of,the little,stream let, emerging away, up in the moun tains, at the summit of human ex-, perience. and finding its way down the mountain. side, slowly at first, but continuing, onward, ever closer and ^closer.'to the beckoning world, though yet for all its constant and persistent progress and( persistent endeavor, years and .years, away. However the. little streamlet keeps continuallyin . mind that it is of heavenly birth and. being; of Divine sourc^ must ever accomplish its' .mission to flow on.down the .moun tain side,, pure as the sky aboye. it and clear,, as' perfect" crystal, re flecting back to ,the. skies exactly what it had received from. them. "'.Five young ladies: Misses Aud rey May Schwerin,. Susie; Elizabeth Lanier, Camillus. Pearl Barry, Ma rie .. Louise Buitman, : Edna. Earle Maurer, were presented with di plomas and gold medals and crown ed with.wreaths of white roses and lilies of the valley, a mark pf dis tinction for the success . they had j achieved. . The "piano trio "Era Stella del M?ttinb". from Merchante's Opera "II. Guiramento'' .was most artis tically rendered by Miss Mabel Crombe, Miss Mary Sue Tindal and Miss Andrena.. Moran. These pu pils exhibited exceptional technique and. skill. . .. Honor medals were conferred on the students of the Academy as fol lows:' , Highest Average?A gold medal was awarded Miss.Mary Sue Tindall for" having attained the highest average in the academic depart ment. . Roll of'Honor: A gold medal was,', drawn. for by three students ofj the high school department, having their names on' the honor roll for two-thirds of the scholas tic year and wpn hy Miss Mabel Crombe. Church History?A gold medal was drawn for by seven students of the high school department and won.by Miss Marie Louise Bult man., , '?...? Mathematics?A gold medal for i mathematics was awarded to'Miss! Mary Sue Tindall. Music?The Hatch Music Co., of | Boston awarded to Miss Mabel -I Crombe a gold medal for having successfully completed the nation al graded .course of music in seven grades. Improvement in Music?A gold! medal was drawn for by the class { in music and won by Miss Maggie Belle Skinner. French?A prize -was drawn for by the classes in French and won by Miss Anna Dell Scarborough. Perfect t. Attendance ? A gold medal was drawn for by twenty six students, of the^ academy and i won by Miss Lucille'Lynam. Catechism?A gold medal was i drawn for by five students of the academy and won by Miss Andre- j na Moran. Deportment?A gold medal was drawn for by thirty-four students I of the academy and won by Miss j Kate Brown. , j Stenography?On May 30th, 1922 I Mr. J. J. Brennan, an experienced ! reporter examined the class in | stenography and personally mark-* ed the papers. Mr. Brennan stat-I ed that all the pupils exhibited a; remarkable degree of efficiency and \ the medal awarded by him has therefore been drawn for by all the I pupils and won by Miss Edna Earle | Maurer. j Typewriting?The publishers of j the Dggan System of Typewriting have awarded a bronze medal of i excellence lor the best budget of j 22."> drills received from St. Joseph Academy to Miss Mildred Marion 1 Brunson. Drawing?A prize for exception al work in drawing and water color painting was awarded Master Shep ard Nash Clifton. (. ertihcates?Certificates for the ; completion of Parts I and II of Twentieth Century bookkeeping j have been awarded by the South, western Publishing company of 1 Cincinnati, Ohio, to Muses Audrey ? Mae Schwerin, Susie Elizabeth La nier, Camillus Peary Barry, Marie Louise Bultman, Edna Earle Maur er. Certificates for the completion of the course in stenography and typewriting have been awarded to: Misses Mildred Marion . Brunson, Edith Elizabeth Rogan, Katherine Louise Burrows. Certificates for improvement in penmanship have been awarded by the A.N. Palmer company of New York to the following pupils of the seventh grade: Misses Kat? Du Rant, Xell Chandler, Myrtle King, Ruby Minis. Colzie Mathis. Vale?"The Meeting of the Brook and River" was a beautiful work of prose composed of five parts. Each graduate in turn rendered one of the parts. "Miss Marie Louise 33ult man. recited in .beautiful meta ; phoric language the course of the little streamlet and in turn its Windings were told by Miss Edna j Maurer, Miss Susie Elizabeth La i nier, - Miss Camillus Peary Barry } and Miss Audrey- Mae Schwerin. These young ladies made a beauti j ful picture as they told of Life's i Metaphor in "The Meeting of the \ Brook and River." i An eloquent address was deliver | ed by Rt. Rev. 'W. T. Russell, Bish ! o.p of Charleston. He exhorted ily* students to live unselfish lives and continually endeavor to be of bene fit to others and narrated an in teresting incident concerning Miss Merrick of "Washington, who though j blind and much" afflicted, daily j lived her life for the benefit ani j service of others and did roost won i derful work among the poor. At the conclusion, of the com i mencem.ent exercises the very beaa ! tiful.operetta,. "Florinda" was pre | senteid by the student, body. The j musical, composition -was from the i pen 6i Eduarde,Marzo. .. Thescene .was a forest.. "Florinda" a.little j maiden while strolling through the j forest one day was found by Valla, i Queen of the Witches and trans j formed into a little nightingale. I Yorihgal, .her brother, sought her j in , vain, until by. .the aid of the I Queen cf the Fairies and the fairy band, they found the Rose and Pearl .which banished , the. witch's charm and once more sFlorinda j was restored to her brother' Yor I ingal. The interpretation /of the music was rendered in a superb arid most, artistic manner by Miss Teicher. Her touch of the piano keys was perfection and inspired the students with a spirit of song ?and action. Miss Mabel Cr'ombe j possesses ? beautiful voice and queenly in her costume she led her little fairies to the search for the Rose and Pearl. Her four little at tendants Jennie Dunn, Mary Bail ey, Mary Daughtry and Octayia Moses attired, in the wonderful cos tumes of fairyland were beautiful pictures. Miss Pearl Barry enact ed her part superbly as Queen of ! the- Witches. Miss Andrena Mo i ran, dressed as a Scotch Highland j Laddie sang with beautiful mel lowness of tone a pleading song I for the return of Florinda. All her [parts in the,operetta were most ar-1 tistically sung and rendered. Lit tle Miss Leila Brennan as- "Flor inda" gave a most wonderful In terpretation of her transformation into a nightingale by Valla Queen of the Witches. The little artist' went most gracefully over the stage, dancing ,skipping. lightly j tripping, leaping oh tip-toe, sing |ing all the while the song of the ! Nightingale. She carried the notes in her song up the register to |high G when she told of how the echoes repeat the song of the night ingale., The finale, chorus of the operetta was most brilliant and.in spiring, , The. characters were:. Florinda?Lelia Brennan. . Yoringal (her Brother).?Andre na. Moran. . . , , . Queen of the Fairies?Mabel Crom be. , Valla, Queen of the Witches"?I Pearl Barry. First and Second Witches?Stu dents of the first and second year high school classes. - . .,. , First and Second Fairies-?Pu pils of the intermediate grades. m + m Bridge Party for Gnest. One of the many .. parties last week was given Thursday after noon by Mrs. S. B. Diliard at her home on Washington street in hon or of her. sister, Mrs. Ramsey of Asheville, X. C. After the game a salad and an ice were served. Mrs. Ed Tisdale won the-' . high score prize, a hand painted card table cover. Mrs. W^ R. Phillips, having [.second high, ..was given three love ' \y tea towels and Mrs. Raymon Schwartz received the consolation, a dainty decorated fan. ' Those playing .were Mesdames Ramsey, Moore, W. R. Phillips, Guthrie, H. C. Bland, Graham Moses. Riley Brudham, Pringle Brunson, Ed. Tisdale,. Ferd Levi, Raymon Schwartz, C. A.. Stubbs, Wendell Levi, Mitchell Levi, J. W.j Brunson, Bruce Lynam, Francis Bultman, R. C. Williams, C. D. i McKnight, Miss Jordan. j ? ? ?m m m Wmthrop Short Course Sumter is well.represented at thej annual short course for South i Carolina ?h?rne demonstration club women and girls at Winthrop Col lege during the week beginning June 8th and ending June 16th. Miss Caro Truluck, Sumter coun ty's efficient home demonstration agent left this morning with a number of her flub girls for Win throp, traveling through the coun-j try in their little old Ford. The club girls going with Miss Truluck are: Miss Neela Belk. Ho ratio; Miss Julia McCoy. Oswego; ! Miss May Evans. Baker School: | Miss Elma Truluck, Shiloh Town-! ship: Miss Hope Williams. State-! burg: Miss Liiiie May Newman, Concord township. The ladies of the Home Demon stration clubs who left by train for the short course are: Mrs. R.' H. Ramsel, Wedgefield: Mrs. J. J.j Dargan. Stateburg; Mrs. J. M. ? Shaw. Mayesville- Mrs. .J. M. Kolb. j Privateer township: Mrs. William Haynsworth, i'rivareer tov*r.~hip. D. F. Efird, who recently resign-| ed the position of secretary of the; South Carolina State Fair associa- i tion. has accepted a position as ap-! praiser with the First Carolinas' Join! Stock Land bank of Colum-J bia i?nd will enter upon the dis oharge of his duties June 12* i IMPROVEMENT IN INDUSTRY SEEN j Recovery in. Business Gener ;; ally Exceeds Early Expec i tations-rrSigns of Renewed j Easing, in Money Rates i -? j New York, June 11.?Continued j indications of industrial improve i ment, signs of a renewed easing in money rates and diverse testi mony as to crop conditions are the features in business and finance of the past week. Commodity prices ; still show a firmer tone, retail trade j is about what might be expected I at this time of year, and the labor situation shows no decided change. Altogether the picture continues to be one , of gradual but fairly steady recovery from depression?a recovery in fact, which on the whole exceeds expectations enter tained earlier in the year. From the industrial field, recent reports show that the steel plants are still operating at rates which compare favorably with full capac ity operations before the war? even if those rates correspond to only 75 per" cent of the present capacity. Steel prices are firm and most of the companies appear to be making modest profits. The value of building contracts let in twen ty-seven Northeastern States dur ing May set a new high record for all time and was six tinges I greater than the monthly average j during 1914! [? ' Automobile production during j May" also exceeded all previous rec | prds, whihs the steel companies re jport increased demand from man ufacturers of agricultural imple ment:-;. Railrofd car loadings rose in the week ending May 27 to a ievel comparable to that prevailing before the coal strike and the. movement of merchandise was 16 per cent greater than in the same week a year ago. Orders for rail road equipment continue to be placed in satisfactory volume. Latest reports from the north west indicated meanwhile, that the prospects are for a good wheat crop. Prices of wheat for future deliv ery have to be sure, declined sharply in the last few weeks, but a liberal supply, of grain at fair prices is considered to hold out better prospects for general busi ness than a short, crop at high prices. On this basis cotton prospects are not so encouraging. Floods have .washed out important 'grow ing, areas in the southwest, while the mild winter and wet spring j have aided the boll weevil and de cayed planting. Further rains dur jing the past week In many parts j of the belt caused something re sembling a crop scare. As a re ! sult> prices jumped to the highest ! since last October, the leading fu tures crossing twenty-two cents... ? Whether prices will rise further or- discourage consumption remains to be 'seen. It is clear, however, that the consequences" of a short, crop will be mitigated by the ef fect on the carry-over, which has been reduced to approximately [ normal proportions. ? ? ? Birthday Party. Little Miss Dorothy Ramsey entertained a number .of her little friends Saturday, June 10th in hon or of her ninth birthday. . Many interesting games were enjoytd on { the lawn, after which they were in"i jvited into the dining room, which {was tastefully arranged It w!xite jand .yellow. Block cake an^: ice i cream were served. Lovely little, j blue baskets filled with mints and I chocolates were given as favors. [ After the refreshments an interest jing contest was held. Miss Ruth I Cain received the honor prize, and j Miss Ruth Cooper the booby. ? \ , i Many useful gifts were given lit- j j Ite Dorothy by her friends^ Those I enjoying the party were: Misses | I Hughlalee McCollum, Dorothy 'j I Breece, Sara Baldwin, Sara Wells, i Ruth Cooper, Camilla Parker, Lil-;i lian Scarborough, Sybil Yates, Mary i Culvyhouse of Khoxville, Terin.; i Ruth, Ida and Margarite Cain, An-1 nie Lou and Sue Moye, Geraldine i and Lucile Ba Hard, Frances Jen-; kins. Mary Phillips: Masters pa-! vid Ramsey and Ramsey Mellette, i of Summerton. Marriage License. Colored: Albertus Pringle and! Catherine DuRant, both of Paxville. j Anyone who has traversed the road to Pocalla lately after one trip over this sea of mud has prob ably sworn that it will be his last. The road from the end of the pavement to Clark's store is simply j awful and an insult to an auto-! mobile to force it over such a road. Almost all of the people of Sumtarj have formed the commendable,1 habit of going to Pocalla every af- ? ternoon during the summer in or-j der to cool off in the refreshing t waters of this delightful resort. With the road in this condition a great many people are being pre-! vented from going to Pocalla and i those that do have the nerve to at tempt to force their way through this morass, called a road, do. it only with the chance of getting stuck and always of getting shook till your bones rattle and of getting spattered with mud. Mr. Beck has) spent a great deal of money inj bettering Pocalla this year and he! stands to suffer a very large loss; unless a good detour is construct- j ed at an early date. Every Democrat resident in j Sumter county for one year and Who is. or will, attain the age of twenty-one years before the gener al election in November should j enroll to vote in the Primary to be j held August. 29th. The enroll- j ment books are now open and I those who wish to have a voice in the choice of state officers, from governor down, and county officers must sign the club roll to qualify to vote in the primary. AVork on widening the causeway at Second Mill has been started. I preparatory to building the hard j surface highway. { Poison Boll Weevils At present prices it will pay well to poison boll weevils with calcium arsenate. Now is the time to begin poisoning. With calcium arsenate poisoning prpperjy applied, cotton which ordinarly would make a bale, per acre will make at least .two-rthirds of a bale. Without poisoning, last year's yield indicates that we will get. less than a one-thrid of a bale^aver age on our bale-to-the-acreian(L . ? I estimate that there are at least 60,000 acres of cotton planted in this coun,ty.. If poisoning could be properly and systematically done, it would, be pos sible to increase the., yield from probably less than 15,0??v bales without poisoning to 25,000 to 30,000 bales. > While-1 realize ;that> it-will not. be possible to secure universal poisoning throughout the county, by a systematic campaign it may be; possible to ap proximate rthat result. At present tprices 10,000 bales added to. the cotton .yield of the county,- will mean more than,?1,000,000 added to the income of s our f armem If this; result be possible^ and I believe it is, it Will pay us well to put. forward extra effort to accomplish, it. ; ? . I suggest that the school trustees of each district act as a committee of information, so that the cotton farmers of each district may have some definite source from which to secure advice as to where to. se cure the poison and the best method of applying same, as suited to the particular farmer's acreage and. financial ^condition. ^ member;: of each, board of trustees should confer with, the farm demonstra tion agent or with the central committe of progress in order ?hget such information as may be available to them. ? ' ft >???>?? ,-] :?. ? ? ;? -.-?<.;? This matter is of urgent importance and we hope will secure ;the ac^ve-cooperation of all, members, of the Committee of Progress, s of the boards of trus tees; an^oi'the pec$e.generally*of the county.? H. B. BELSER, For the Committee of Progress. ARMENIAN RELIEF Appeal For Donations of Old Clothing and Other Usefe? Articles : Anyone having old clothes to donate to the Near East Relief, will please bring same to the X. M. C. A. between the hours of 9 a. m. and 6 p.' m on Wednesday, June' 14th. . . , . ' ', v James Purdy, County v Chairman. Can be Used: , ' Coats and sweaters, dresses, blankets, wool' shirts, heavy , hos iery, wool gloves and . mittens,, boots and shoes (must be. tied in pairs),'shop worn garments', sheets: ^for bandages, new. cloth or. gar ments, and . any heavy, '? warm clothing in which there is Isfill! sonie wear.. . . . Canriot.be Used: Laces, silks,; veils, chiffons, evening clothes, sat-: in shppers,;musliri underwear, high heeled .shoes, straw .dr..frame hats. Operetta Thursday Night, June 15 th ?V I .f?g??: i^'ir-t "The Fire 1 Prince", will be given at the. opera house on next-Thurs day evening at 8: SO. ,.The. per .formers.will.be members, of . the High School, boys. and . girls. The operetta, is a very delightful piece .of .musical composition and ...it-, is going to be presented in a way. that will.give pleasure to those who at tend. Every citizen should feel in terested, because the operetta, will b.e. given by pur . own . boys and ..girls;, but - the.. production itself will give geniuine pleasure. Do not make,.any. engagement for Thursday night. Leave this open for the' operettal . You will be surprised, and delighted. . . . Hawaiians Ma?rylng,.6ut4--Xot Dy Honolulu, T. H., June 9 (By Mail)?The Hawaiian race is not **dying out," but in reality is "marrying itself out of existence,"' according to a statement made here by M.iss.M. Hester Lemon, registrar of vital statistics. . Although there: has been no material increase/in the death rate of pure-Wooded Hawaiians during the past four, years,, the birth rate for the. calendar year 1921 showed a: material decrease as compared with, those of the..four preceding years apd indicated that Hawaiian men and women, are destroying their own. race. by. marrying into other groups, she said. "It will be seen readily that this practice will tend to increase the part-Hawaiian population and at the same decrease the pure Ha waiian population insofar as the future is concerned." she added. During the fiscal year ending, June 30, 1921. there were 1C9 mar riages between pure Hawaiian couples. In addition to these, 5& Hawaiian men married women of other races and 142 Hawaiian wo men were married to men of other groups. Births among pure Ha waiian families during the calen dar year 1921 were 42 less in num ber than those registered during the .fiscal year ending, June 30. 1921. This is real base. baJ1 weather. I How about it? Aren't we going toj have any base ball in Sumter thisi summer. It seems as though if| towns like Pinewood and Summer-I ton can organize teams that dj city the size of Sumter might. We ought to be able to have a team composed entirely of local players! who could hold their own with the teams of nearby towns and this could be financed with very little expense. Haven't we enough local talent to do this? -? '? 9 T?baee ocrop as^ well as cotton ire said to have "been seriously damaged by the big spell of wet f sveather. HENRY Yin - '?ND THE CHURCH Bishop' Slattery Corrects Pre f : 1 vailing Mfeeoii<?eptien ^'v . ,.- - Rev! "Dr. Charles Lewis Slat tery, rector of Grace Church, New York, and Bishop Coadjutor-elect of Massachusetts, has signalized his elevation to that important See_ by launching a movement, to cor-, rect the misconception that Henry VIII, of England?he of the eight wives and . unsavory memory founded the'Church' ?f, Engend. Srot only have some historians per petuated this doctrine, but it has recently Been dise?-v ered that, in the Kew York public schools, at leasit, pupils' are being instructed that the Eighth Henry ' was the .Father of the Church through' which the Episcopal Church in America traces its: descent 'from '^postpiiO'-. da>^; "'and a committee has Wen appointed by the ^io cese. of Long Island to confer.' with the Board Of Education in an ef fort to stop the spreading of the historical error. , ' ." '* "Henry VIII," says:' Bishop-elect Slartery in a statement, "not only, did. not found^the "Church of Eng land, but he h$td; nothing whatever to do with the Reformation. VIn the sixteenth century the Christian church .met the Culmina tion of the desire'of the best people in the church . throughout' Europe for reform. In the course of years people 'had grown' careless about character and church doctrines were'distorted. 'Tn many countries the reformat tion of ahuses , with: n the church ] and a return to a more primitive; order caused, a division among the people. But in England,.to a very, large extent, the whole nation wasrj identified with the reformation of the church. Henrjr VIII(had little interest in the. Christian church, as the church. .Leaders long restive under abtraeis took, advantage of Henry's quarrel with'the Pope to break away from servitude' to an ecclesiastic outside of I England', whose authority in 'England had in one form or an- j other been, constantly disputed.; With tlie breaking away from this. :^cciesiastir's foreign authority there came with the revival, of Christian learning a breaking away also from phases of doctrine whose comparatively recent origin could be eas?y traced by English schol ars.' ? There are three illustrations [frequently used to describe what ac tually happened to the Church of j England in the days of Henry VIII. i The first is that of a man recover ing: from the Roman fever. He is .the same man after recovery as be fore. "Another illustration is that of the old tower at Newport, long covered with vines so that no one ecu Id see its stones. The vines were taken away and one saw nothing but stones; but it was the same tower. "The third illustration is that of a boy. whose face has just been washed. His appearance is quite different, but he is the same boy. ? It is therefore accurate to say that the Church of England, trac ing' its history through different channels to the earliest times, was reformed in the time of Henry VIII. But so far from the church's beginning in the time of Henry VIII, it was not even re formed by him! The fire department was called' out Monday morning a few min utes after 9 o'clock to the resi dence of Mrs. w. C. King on Oak land Ave. The small blaze be neath the kitchen roof was soon extinguished, only a small damage being the result. The largest class in the history of the Citadel will receive diplo mas at the annual commeneecent exercises in Hibernian Hall, Char leston, Tuesday night. Sumter has one representative dn the class of fifty-four, Albert C? Ffceips* Tobacco Growers* t Association Ra)eigh, X. C.,"jVne 9.?A great gathering of tobacco growers from Surry, Wttkes and" Yadkin Coun ties will celebrate the successful sign-up " of Surry county r farmers with the Tobacco Growers" Co operative Association, Saturday : Ui&lK.ai Elkin. Vriiti close* to-*^ per cent of all the^'tobacco in their area pledged to the Cooperative Association; the Surry* County Growers" will' wel come^ their Executive Manager, Oliyer J. Sands of Richmond, Y?.? in & mamm oth mass' meeting .which promises to rival the record breaking receptio/i of ??r?ri. Sapiro by iO,000 farmers during his t?tu* .of Eastern Xorth Carolina last week..- , A i number of western counties have-now reached a 75 per cent sign up, but there is great activity to gain more members in the west em' part of the state before the opening Of the markets ends the opportunity for growers tn sign-, up this year's crop with the Co operative Association: In Stokes county last week i2%0Wi pounds were sighed up with the association anof extensive 'campaigns in Ire dell and Davidson counties will be putjori" during the next ten days. '"* Fifty . iherchants and business mep, of Elkin are' cc^i^utihg to th^success of Saturday's meeting by full, page advertisements in the loca^ papers and are secnring ? 20 piece band to aid the celebration. ;' i^a^ers of the cooperative move-, mentjfo'r tobacco will reach ?kin from, six counties t? wetetrt?e^ executive Manager Sands, X; "X. Prague, * treasurer* of the associa tion and F. D. Willuahis, manager of the dark; leaf department/ who wiBi.be'the principal speakers^ Am important; app^ahtment in the, person of ' MaynaLrd Mangum . as snpervising grader of the To* bacco- Growers* Coo^rative -assb cia?oh for the Durham, X: C^ dte trier:; was announced this week frohV'headquarters of the associa-. ?oft at Raleigh^ Mr. Mang^m^has . 'been" * prominent for a nnhiber of years 'both in the warehouse busi ness arid as a leaf .dealer. Columbia. June 9.?Reduction of apprbrximately ten per. cent on ali intra-^tale:>freight rates On Class. 1 railroads; the trunk; lines, through out' South'Carolina, to comply with the:-recent, ruling of the interstate commerce commission, has been approved by the South Catohna Railroad Commix?ibn, acting at rtlhe suggestion of the trunk lines,' the red-uction "effective July 1. T3*e reduction witi apply to all classes " of. rates:. '",.'' -:i ... Whether the' reduction wiU be made effective by the smaH" rail roads of the state is not yet Renown, ho'Wormatidh having been re ceived-frorii them by the state com mission. The' rate "' reduction; au thorized by the interstate commis sion was, hot ordered/but merely allowed, and the main' lmes*bf the country have advised that the.re duced rates "Will be put into effect. It '|?'^pect'ei that the sinal? jf?e? in {mi state^wiir put the'rednctioa? mto effect'also. ' The state commission: received requestthis' week from R.* A. Briih'd/'of'Wilihington, vice prek dent''6f the: A. C. L. Tor authority to put i the reduced 'rates, i?&f .et Yect in South Carolina; Mr. Brand "acting for the Class 1 rallroads/of the'11 state. 'The' * ?commission' w?l concede to', the request and will 'iss?e^an orde% to this effect. The' reduction of approximately ten per "cent, elective! .7uly 1, wi? riot1 serve as an additional' reduc tion*" in the rates on agriculturai product's, which were reduced ten per cent January 1, under order* :of the" interstate .commission, ^'""ftiat reduction was to be'\in" effect for only-six months, ^6 that It w ould be rdfscOn0n"ued June 30, so that the'^w reduction, recently order ed will merely serve to continue the4'same reduced scale; " Th?'or??eT of the interstate com mission and'the approval of its. re ductions "by the state commbislon wiltf^or effect the fight being "waged by -the ' shippers of Cohiinbia~&iid other parts of the state, in con junction with shippers .throughont the south, for ah adjustment of freight rates generally. A confer ence "is being held in Atlanta how in regard to this, and this w.ni con tinue, it is said, the object'or that fight being to bring about a cor rection of apparent discrimination. Ma?"ia^XIce^"Re?>r?. White: .S. Arthur Henderson and Louise Hamilton of Sumter. F> F. Converse, Jr., of Florencer and Beatrice Sunriter of Sumter. E. H. Pate and Be;$e Martin of Columbia- ' Colored, Robert Bracey and Eva Coley of TindaL Frank Warren and Hester' Al len j;pf. Wedgefield. Charlie Jackson arid Louise RicJUardsoft- of Sumter. Sam, Baker and Luciife MuMrow of .Sumter. Marion DuRant arid ' TTelen Abraham of Sumter. .Willie Trajers and ?rilla D'u rant of Sumter. IL D. McKnight, Jr., and Li?lan Gilde*- -Of Sumter. Richard Durham of Sumter aii4 Janie Mellette of Mayesville. Bytnum Moore and Frances Hampton of Sumter. There Is a tumor ctrrront that the;women voters of Sumter have under' consideration the nomina tion of a candidate for the place in the City Board Of Education: The rumor,may be nothing more than a rumor, but On the other hand there may be more to it than has been made public. The term of Mr. Bartow Walsh expires this summer! and ft has been generally under stood that he would be re-elected without opposition. ? w ? ,"-1 ? ? Sonie people think they are se rious minded just because they giv* up in despair on the slightest prov