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-ROAD BONBS SOLD , Another Half^Miori Dollars . Worth of Couitty Highway Bonds Sold bjv! Permanent Road Commission The Sumter County;1 Permanent '"R?ad Comsnissiph.met "Friday to re ceive bids for *? hair "million dol lar block of the authorized issue of ro?d bonds. i ! The bonds were'sold'to The. Trust "^pmpanj- of Georgia and D. .C. Heyward, whose bid Was $502,100. The other bidders we're: Sydner, ? Pitzer & Co., $4-90,000': National Bank of Sumter, '1499,000: Pal ' metto National BhnkT $499,250; National City JBani^'bf "-'New York, ?$50X095. . \ Missionary Meeting At TrinityChurch Talk by Miss Lester The missionary: v ^meeting held ' Thursday afternoon'*^ the Trinity Methodist, church -was' a very suc ~ cessful one. Every ofcte was pleas ed with Miss Lesteriaa? her inter esting talk. ' ?? The ladies were Welcomed at the do^r. by Mrs. Lamb,"who presided ey?r the "meeting in * ?n easy and gracious manner.. After she gave a few- words of ,welcome she intro duced Miss Lester. ?v : Miss Lester has a^epi easing and a&ractvie personality^ She; has - been connected *-withV missionary work for 15 years; (having taught in the McTyeire sV53*o?l for girls, in Shanghai,- China;;* 3 Her lecture wasp -both entertain 'T?g andr instructive;?--?5d the aud - ietice gave her their* tu&divided at ""teMtion. . She coriip-xred the old China with the new. nShowed what a marked improvement -had been made. Stated that the; schools were accomplishing a ' wonderful work, " ah&V that'the high^ -school boys and girls and college students were * wielding a wonderfnloinfluence in China, in fact the^/acfe the back bone of China. She s?oke of the needs of physicians,.** asuch a small n?mber in comparison with the, ' population. .Miss Lester stated;(that she had - been here for one ;yfear, and had enjoyed her visit; but ihat she> was *TtSious to get babk,i tfcjat she was h??iesick fcr China. :!-She left for : New York Thursday afternoon, at 6 -o'tlock, where she ? ?will, take a course at the Columbia University. She sails for Shanghai in-Febra ? "ary. r*o After the lecture t&e Methodist ladies served .delightful punch and - -cake, which were enjoyed.by all. IS D&?WNED Thomas Ford, a^red' 14. son of ti B. Ford. . a - contractor bt Mayesville, while fishing Sat nAlay at Maldroir's Cpos> Roads, accident I,v fell into, the stream and was ""drowned. The boy <a?d Wa father g Jbad gone: fishing together buCat the time ? of the apcidenF"they were sepa 4*r?ted. - Theb?ftr'^va^xiot found until nearly ? fcnj hour alter find iad bad fallen into, the wtaer. >l?ree doctors were" immediately called and did, everything pos j^fite; to' restore llffc, bjxt were on able to do sol " Funeral services were held I Sunday afternoon, ' v'1 Kappa Sigma Banquetj Discuss Pians For Local Alum ni Chapter *f" The'JS'appa Sigma bahquet which wt? held at the Claremont Hotel on Thursday evennlgr was a very "tejoyable one... object of the meeting was to *.'*jis6uss plans for an aramni chapter! i?? Sumter. There 'wefe ten local ""'Ssippa Sigs" present.- The only out-<rfrtown guest was Coach Hugh '" ?rey.1 of Davidson 'College, who ' J^?de; an enjoyable" '' speech. Mr. Cnarles Wilson dad** himself justice "?s'toast master. '-?'[. Messrs. Charles. Wilson, Julius Pitts and English DesChamps were -""^pointed as ?' committee to for mulate plans for a local alumni chapter 'and ? present tftem at the " Wfxt meeting. Due to the fact that a large "''fcitmber of the 26 loCaV'TC. E's were " out of the city, only ten were pres " eat.' They are a? follows: Messrs. Rowland, Henry- Spann. Whit Shaw, Richard Baker, Charlie ?''Wilson, English' iDes?hamps. Ju lius Pitts, Thomas Boyle. Eugene *'*'Purdy andrAlvin Burner Marriage Licenses. Colored: Sam Thompson.of "James Cross ing 'and Nannie Harwell of Lkyes - land . Sep Logan. Jr.. and "Lizzie Rich ardson ?f Pinewoodl 'lr Dan Thompson ahd ^Ella Butler of Sumter. The road buifdzri# program agreed upon by the"'Permanent Highway Commission does not meet with the approjval of some citizens, since the rodas they are ?directly interested in will not be built immediately. It would be too much to expect that,, everybody would be plea-scdv wiiJx every de cision of the commission, and ad verse criticisms thus far have been surprisingly few. The, commission will have to do the best it can and when mistakes*? are inade endure the criticisms with resignation. Sumter has one creamery and is to have .another at am early dat?\ This means that ^several thousand addrticnal dairy cOws*.must be kept in this territory?if tho creameries are to succeed. :?UNTY NEWS 1 [Meeting* of County Board of Commissioners At the regular monthly meeting of the board there were present j Chairman Rowland .and members Lenoir, Oliver andMims. ...... j The minutes of the meeting of j June 6th and 13th were read and approved. v?>r. John A. Brunson, of . Grace Baptist church appeared in the in terest of Mr. George Hatchell, who had lately been injured by a fall and was in the hospital with a broken thigh bone. He asked that the county give his family .what aid they could during the time , of his disabled condition. Miss Wheel j er of the Red Cross also made 1 statement relative to his case and asked for aid. The board granted Mrs. Hatchell $8.00 per month, un til Mr. Hatchell got so that he could work. j* . Commissioner . .of . Registration Ream es., asked the board to au thorize the purchase of .two regis tration books for Ward 2 at a cost of. $4.00. This, was authorized. . Mr. J. K. McElveen came before the board protesting against a change, being made in the . Black River, road by the Permanent Road commissioners. He was advised that the board had no jurisdiction in the.matter and advised him to try his protest with the Permanent Road, commission. j Leyi Fletcher came before the {board asking,for aid. The board agreed to receive him in the alms house if he cared to go there. , Mr. P. E. McLeod ,came before the aboard asking- that the nevfr Privateer road be extended to Broadway Siding as originally con templated. . Action _wa3 Referred on this.. ? > ? County engineer reported the main gang widening and working, out the road in the Stateburg sec | tion.. Jail yard, Pinewood arid Shi- j loh gangs. \ had ?been engaged j as j usual. .. ; u; j The clerk reported that in Jthe] case of Jiemry McFaddin. applicant for aid which had been, referred to Commissioner- Brittpn .had been granted $4.00 per month, which ac tion th,e board confirmed. The monthly appropriation for Mary, and Eliza Tidwell was reduc ed from $10^.00 to $5 per month, the board having received informa tion that this would suffice. Further report was made on ap plication for aid for Mrs. Martha Lee. Action, was .deferred on thi3 case. Application was received from Aaron Logan and he was ordered committed to the. alms house. County ? engineer , reported the need of bridge flooring, and he was authorized to furnish from 10 to 12 thousand feet of same on competi tive bids. f . Application was received for sup plies. :need?$d for. aims house, which was ordered purchased. Policeman Cummings appeared before the board and made state ment as to^the capture of convict j Ben Coolie who was caught trying to .escape..from,.the hospital but who had not been able to free himself from the- bed. to .which* he was. chained. Policemen ' Cum mings and Carxigaa asked for the usual- reward for capturing a con vict^ Under the circumstances the board did not think that the .re ward was earned as the convict had not escaped and the request was declined. Reports were received from ,the rural, police and, home demonstra tion, agent. Cettoa weighers' scale test, for the month had not been received and the, clerk, was directed to get this.t. .. . ,,, The* clerk- was. directed to write to. Magistrate McElveen again rela tive to insufficient.fine haying been I imposed on a party for driving car without license, and asked that he arrange to turn in the balance of the fine as prescribed by law. . Mr. Baldwin presented a., peti tion .addressed to, City Council, ask ing that North Sumter street be paved, and asked the board to authorize the signature of the counr ty to same, as it was one of the property holders on this section of street. This was authorized done. Request for appropriation of $250 per month toward the sup port of the Red Cross was again deferred as the full board was not present. The statement was received from Treasurer Wallace showing the bal ances of county .funds .on deposit in the \-arious banks of the city. ? t After consideration the purchase of a 12 -foot grader to be used with the caterpillar tractor was au thorized. . . Chairman Rowland reported that the State Highway Department had advised that bida for the construc tion . of approaches for Wateree River bridge would appear in The State of Sunday. He advised .that arrangements had been made with i the Santee River Cypress Lumber j Company for rights of way ov?r I their property for these appro;.cn ? es, and also that negotiation was j in progress with other partie:* ? looking to rights of way J After approving of clai'o.s before i it the boarC adjourned. j The completion of the hard sur- : i face highway to Mayesville will] . put the proposition of a fir3t class I highway across the state squarely j up to Lee county. Florence coun J ty is already at work on u hard ? surface highway across the coun- j i ty. Sumter is at work and Rich- | ! land county has completed its sec- ! j tion of the highway. The missing ! ; link is the ten or twelve miles in ! ? Lee County between Mayesville ! ; and the Florence county line. Another fairly good substitute for J ! gasoline is the stuff the filling sta- j \ tions are selling now. ? 9 ? m ' After we find a slogan to stimU I lnte travel, i^t's find one to stimu- j i late staying at home a little. 1 CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS ABATTOIR Council Hears Experts and Citizens Relative to Loca tion of 'Slaughter House? Site to Be Purchased From Dr. China A special meeting of council was held in the office of the health of ficer July 1st, there being present Mayor Jennings, Councilmen Mc Callum and Raffield, Mr. Tisdale, chairman of the board of health, Dr. Browning, health officer, and a number of citizens of the city who had entered protests against the erection of the city abattoir on Magnolia street, fearing that their homes, located in the proximity of the proposed sites, might become impregnated from time. to time with disagreeable odors arising from the operation of the plant, making their homes untenable, and in order to satisfy "all parties at interest that their fears were un founded, council had previously au thorized . the invitation of several abattoir experts to be present at this meeting to make unbiased statements as to the possibility for such odors. Dr. Browning gave his experience at some length, citing cities in the south that are operat ing up-to-date/abattoirs such as. is proposed for Sumter, and stating^ that abaSitoirs can be made prac-* tically ] odorless, and according to the plans drawn this plant would be such that no odor would be detected outside of its walls, and practically none on the inside. Mr. C H. A. Wannenwetsch of Buffalo, N; Y., was next introduced as an expert on abattoirs, stating that he had been in the business for over 20 years, and that he could cite hundreds of abattoirs in opera tion in practically the heart of ci^s. in close proximity to the finest homes, churches, etc., and no complaints" ever offered for any reason whatsoever: that the plants can. be and should be kept clean and sweet in its various depart ments . of operation, and . no dis agreeable odor of any kind could be detected either inside or outside Mr. Wannenwetsch further ex plained the construction of such plants for the complete destruction and consummation of Such possible odors, and stated that the citi zens of Sumter should have no fear of any disagreeable or unpleasant odors. Mr. Denham, general mana ger of the plant at New Brunswick, N. J., was next introduced and prac tically substantiated the testimony given by Mr. Wennenwetsch, ? and after these genetlemen had conclud ed their remarks, Mr. Neill O'Don xselL Capt. R. K. Wilder and Mr. T: B. Kennedy, each of whom live op own residences in close proxim ity with the proposed cite further expressed their opposition to the proposed plant being erected on Magnolia street. Mr. O'Donnell read several telegrams and letters he had received from representative citi j zens in other cities of South Caro ' lina, in which it was alleged that I such plants were located outside f of the city limits.- and at times the i odor from such plants was veryvdis ! agreeable. '. '.. Following a general discussion of the matter, during which many questions were asked, council de ! cided to send, a committee to some near-by plant, in operation for the, purpose of securing positive and conclusive information, as to wheth-; ter, or not such abattoirs were at tended by any disagreeable or ob-; noxious odors either, inside or out side of the plant, and the report of the findings, of such committee to. be conveyed to council at some i subsequent meeting, and as early as practicable for the reason that the., contract-for the erection of the abattoir had been let, the material was arriving and work upon same j must be commenced at . the earliest possible moment. Council then.adjourned. A called meeting of council was held in tfte office of the Health Of ficer on July 6th. there being pres ent-. Mayor Jennings and , Council men Raffield and McCallum, also City Manager O'Quinn and Mr. Tis dale. chairman of the Board of Health. The meeting was called for the purpose of considering the va rious sites offered on which to build the abattoir, and to select the best suited for that purpose. After due consideration, it was decided to purchase the site offered by Dr. Archie China located just across the railroad track of the Atlantic Coast Line on Liberty street, and south of the Mayesville road, east of the Plowden Mill road, such pur chase to be contingent .upon the [adaptability of the site for an abat toir, and the City Manager was in structed to consult with an experi enced engineer relative thereto, to run levels, and to see if the neces sary drainage, etc*, could be ob tained. The city manager was also I instructed to look into the propo sition of side track facilities at the abattoir and report at some 'subse quent meeting of council, j The price agreed upon for the purchase of the China site was $400 per acre, three acres, more or less, being deemed sufficient for the plant. The purchase of the China I site was unanimous on the part of I council. , Council then adjourned. -? ? ?? The Democratic club books of enrollment will close Tuesday. July 25th. If you expect to vote in the primary for state and county offi cres be sure that your name is on *he roll of your club. The location of the abattoir has not been finally settled, and some citizens c ontinue to protest against its location anywhere within the city limits. Mr. G. L. Gamer, who farms on the Wedgeficld road beyond Second Mill is making a successful fisht against the boll weevil. He start- j ed when the cotton was small and ! his crop is now w<-ll set with bolls. The man who sings his own praises strikes up the wrong tune. I PERMANENT' ? :' I ROAD COMMISSION j ??l Minutes of Meeting Held July 7th?More Contracts to Be Let Regular meeting Sumter County Permanent Road Commission was held Friday in the office of Cham ber of Commerce at 10 o'clock a. m. ...Present L. D.. Jennings, J. F. Bland, G. A. Lemmon, J-' P. Booth, E. E. Rembert, Stanyarne Burr.ows, J. B. Brittpn and S. A. I' Harvin. Absent, I. M. Truluck. The following bills were present ed and approved for payment: B. Walsh & Son, premium .on |S. A. Harvin bond, $12.50. Steuer Pub. Co., for inserting bond advertisement. $14.00, Bond Buyer, for inserting bond; advertisement,, $2 9.40.. Manufacturers' Record,, for itb serting bond advertisement. $15.40. Sumter Printing Co., printing bond i proposals and stationery, $15.00. L. D. Jennings, for telegrams, $2:30. AdamsrEvans Co.. Est. No. 3, Bishbpville road, $13,438..92. , . I L. W. Jenkins, moving fence,' Bishbpville road, $3.50. J, Slattery & Henry. Est. No. 1, grading. .Stat.eburg road. $90.4.50. $5 Slattery & Henry,. Est No. 4, hard, surf ace. Mayesviile roa,di.$14, "778.00. ? Mallard- Lumber. Co.? Mayesviile road bridge work, $4,001.76. E. .S. Booth, drainage, Manning road, $40. . Bryant & Mary Wilson,, moving fence. Manning road, $7.87. Adams.-Evans Cc for account,: Manning road. $39.77. Adams-Evans Co., for account, Manning road^ $11.00. Adams-Evans Co., Est. Manning road,. $15,82$.00. , . . ? .. Powell Paving & Contracting Co.. grading Pinewood road, $1,890.00. Lee. Pennell & Murray, bill for month June, $2,497.56. . , . .. . The matter of, drainage on Brpad street was brought up by Engineer and it was deoided to run same down street at edge of city limits. Matter of bridges; at Second Mill was left with standing, committee of L. D. Jennings, J. .P. Booth and G. A. Lemmon with power to act. M. H. Beck filed petition as fol-I j lows:. ........ I ."We, the undersigned, who voted I for the issue of road boids on the j understanding, that all the roads j leading out of the City of Sumter I were to be hard surfaced for an : equal number -of miles, respectr j fully petition, this commission to I hard surface the Sumter-PaxvUle j j road in proportion to . the num- j j her of miles of hard surface placed j on other roads leading out. of Sum ter." Signed by several hundred citi zens; : . ... Following, resolution, was offered fey: Mr..,.Jennings: , All in favor of 8aying .this road will be built along with balance of roads say I:; All j commissioners present voted I. Mr. J. K. McElveen filed follow ing petition. . ~A 'The petition of the undersigned j respectfully shows: That they have i been.informed that it is the inten j tipn of the Hard Surface . Road Commissioners for. Sumter. County in: bulidng the -hard surface road towards Shiloh , section,.to use a part of the Mayesviile Road to the Shiloh public road, leaving the Mayesviile road at the Old Plow den Mill road, coming out on the Shiloh road near a colored church, approximately, three . miles from I Sumter. The undersigned respect fully .pray and petition this hon orable body that this, proposed j change be not made, in that if this | i proposed change is made, the dis tance , .will be approximately one half to three fourths of a mile fur ther from Shiloh and thereabouts i to Sumter, and for the further rea son, in. that this , proposed change will deprive the people of the Rad ical Road section from, any hard surface road, at all. which they are j entitled to as much as anyone else, j j That this will be. an .injustice to the j j whole community living in the low- | jer section of Sumter county, and ; ; will be inequitable and unjust, and! would further be a discrimination j against the people in that Radical | road section. I Signed by about 100 citizens. After discussion of. this petition j Commission decided to go and look ! ! at this road before making deci-! sion as to what route they would j go to Shiloh. Mr. W. L. Currie appeared before ! commission regarding corner of j i land cut from his place by straight- I e.ning bend in road, requesting that I commission .give him the old ,.right j of way in lieu of new right of way. Mr. Jennings made following mo tion: Inasmuch as we have taken new right of way from Mr. Currie's land ; insofar as the board has power it j i is agreed to give Mr. Currie old j j right of way in lieu of new right! of way. All present voted in favor of this motion,, Opening of bids for sale of bonds 1 \2 o'clock M. Sidney Spitzer & Co., bidding, ! 430.O0?.?0. ? j National Bank of Sumter, bid jding. 499.000.00. ! Palmetto National Bank, bidding ! 499.250>0?i j Trust Co.. of Ga. and D. C. Hey jward & Co.. bidding. $502.i00.00. The National City Co.. of New York. . bidding $502.095.00. Following motion was made by! Mr. Jennings: All in favor of .Sellins: bonds to; Trust Co.. of Ca.. and D. (\ Hey ward ?Sc Co., highest bidders, say | Voting I: L. D. Jennings. E. E. i Rembert. B. Britton, S. Bur-; ! rows. i>. A. Harvin and J. F. Bland. Voting No: J. P. Booth.-and G. j A. Lemmon. Motion carried by vote of l> to 2. Thv matter of contracts to be h't was then taken up and the follow-J in;,' motion was made. . i Moved that they l^t contracts on following roads to following] I points: Dalzell road from where present' contract stops to in front of Mrs. Moore's residence just beyond Dal zell. approximately 4 miles. Mayesvilie road from where pres ent contract stops to city limits of Mayesvilie; approximately 4 4-10 miles. Manning road from where pres ent contract stops to Clarendon .cfcunty line; approximately 6 .1-10 miles.. ...... Pinewood road from where pres ent contract stops to church at cross .roads leading from W. O Cain, approximately 5 miles. Bishopville road from where present contract stops to Bossard's approximately 4 miles.. Shiloh road to river road junction appproximately 6 miles. Vote as follows: I's: E. E. Rembert. S. A. Har vin,. J.. B. Britton, S. Burrowfc L. D. Jennings. No's: J. P? Booth, J. F. Bland and G. A. Lemmon. :, Vote carried by 5 to. 3 . and engineers were., instructed to..get specifications of .all., these . roads and advertise for bids to be opened at next meeting..to,be held.August lpt.h, 1922..; ? .... Engineer.stated that he.had pracr tically - completed surveys* .etc> .on following roads and could complete and advertise for bids to be opened at above^date, but would not be avle io get surveys, etc. , made , in time ^o advertise for other, mentioned jroa.ds before meeting in Sentember, and he was so instructed. . ;..Manning. Road, Camden . road, .Mayesvilie.. road and Shiloh road ?>ids to be advertised for August "10th. Other two above mentioned roads to. be advertised for Septem ber meeting.. * Following motion .was made .by Mr. Jennings: All in favor . of requiring - engi neers to Jhave. an inspector at each mixing, plant at all times, to in spect every sack of cement, sand and rock that went into mixer, to' say:I. "... \ ' ;. U r Ijg; L. D. Jennings. G. A. Lem mon, Si A. Harvin, J. B. Britton, J. P. Booth and J. F. Bland. ...... . No's:. Burrows.and Rembert. There being no further business ni e ut i ng | adjourned. MEDICAL - ^ < ASSOCIATION < MEETING Physici?its of St*vettth' District Meet in Kingstree A most enthusiastic and success fuLmceting of the Seventh District Medical Association was held at; Kingstree on Thursday, July 6, tn' the Masonic Hall. A local moving \ picture theater was utilized for thej showing of. lantern slides to illus-: tr?te certain of the lectures. The I Seventh Medical District compris- j es the . counties of . Clarendon, j Georgetown, Lee, Sumterand Wil liamsburg. The . meeting was at tended by 41 medical , men, reprer senting..each.of these counties. .An interesting program of thoroughly scientific papers . was presented. These led to lively discussions en tered into, by many of those pres ent . . .... . .... . At dinner time the members drove .out to the picturesque grove of the old Fulton home. Here they were served with a. delight* ful, .noNtp-be excelled pine-bark fish stew and barbecue.prepared by the master hand?of Mr. Jim Epps. j The. medical associations of .two] counties, Clarendon . and Lee, ex tended invitations to the district association to meet with them next j year. It was decided to hold the 1923 meeting, at Bishopville, ^and j the 1924 meeting at Manning. Dur' ing the. absence jf the president. Dr. J. A. Mood, cf Sumter. Dr. E. T. Kellcy, of Kingstree, vice pres ident for .Williamsburg . county, presided. . The officers elected for the , en suing year are as follows: .Coun cilor (elected by State Association), Dr.. T. R. Littlejohn, of Sumter; President. Dr. E. T. Kelley, of Kingstree; Vice-Presidents: Forj Clarendon. Dr. W.. S., Harvin, of I Manning: for Georgetown, Dr. W. j M. Gaillar.d. of Georgetown; for Lee. Dr. A, H. Brown, of Oswego; for Sumter. Dr.: H. A. Mood,- of Sumter. and for Williamsburg, Dr. B. M. Montgomery of Kingstree; secretary-treasurer (elected in 1922 for three years), Dr. Carl B. Epps, of Sumter.^ . ,. The scientific program was as follows: Examination of the Heart: (A) The Electro-Cardiograph, by D,r. J. H. Cannon, of Charleston; j (B) The Roentgen Ray, by Dr. A. Robert Taft, of Charleston; 2, "Surgery of the Prostate." by Dr. Fleming Mclnnes. of Charleston; 3, "Hypertension." by Dr. T.. R. Lit tlejohn of Sumter; 4, "A Brief Re view of Hook-worm Infection in This Section." by Dr. T. C. Harper, of Kingstree: 5. "Myoclonia, With Case Reports," by Dr. W. H. Bur gess, of Sumter; 6. "Is Goiter Sur gery Giving Satisfaction ?" by Dr. j Carl B. Epps. of Sumter; 7. "Puer- | peral Infection. With Case Reports" by. Dr. W. S. Burgess, of Sumter; S. "Unrecognized Glaucoma and the General Practitioner's Responsibil ity in Its Diagnosis." by Dr. D. W. Green, of Sumter; 9, "The Acute Abdomen." by .Dr. C. J. Lemmon. of Sumter. The physicians from Sumter county who attended this meeting were Drs. H. L. Shaw, W. E. Mills, J.. H. Mills, H. A. Mood, Milton Weinberg, C. J. Lemmon, W. H. Burgess. W. S. Burgess, M. L. Par ier, C. H. Andrews, T. R. Lit tlejohn, and Carl B. Epps. - Hearing on Freight Rates Tor Brick | Columbia. July 7.?Brick mak-j ers from ;ill parts of the state at- j tended a hearing before the Rail- \ road Com mission here yesterday on j the question of adjusting the brick j rates, to eliminate what is said to i be a rate in this state diserimina- j tory against Augusta. (Ta? rates. Inj July. 1021. the railroad commis- ! sion reduced the rate one cent peri hundred pounds up to 7ii miles. The Augusta shippers now want this put baek to the former status, with j the ten per cent reduction of July j 1 to apply. Germany is sending us a dirig ible. The casualties are not iu yet. | Roster of'Cases . For the Court of .Common Pleas Summer Term, Judge John S. Wilson, Presiding The Sumter Bar association met in the office of the Clerk of Court under the call of Hon. Mark Reynolds, vice president, on, July j 5th. and prepared the .following roster of cases to be tried at the summer term of court, 1922. Monday, July 17th. Xo. 3?E. D. Sumner, et al vs I Sumter Steam Laundry-?Miller Law;>on,- M. W. Seabrook; L. D. Jennings. No. 4?F. A. Wells vs Sumter Trust Co.. .Executor?R, Schwartz, Epps & Levy; M. W. Seabrook, Purdy & .Bland. Lee & Moise. No. 5?J. A. Warren, et al vs H. D. -Warrem et al?R. Dozier Lee; John B. Duffie. Epps & Levy. ?No.. 7?Title Guaranty & Surety Co.. vs. Martha C. Smith?Lee & Moise; L. D. Jennings. ;Nb> $-?j. A. Gresham vs Olym pian Motors Co.?Tillman & Mayes; Lee & Moise. ';,No. 9?Leopold Strauss vs . J. Denemark?Lee &.. . Moise; L. D. Jennings, ISfp, 11?J. M. Kennedy vs How ard Green?L. D. Jennings; Lee & Moise. .... No. 15?Wilson . Scott vs Walker D. .Hines, director general?Tatum & Wood; L.ee .& Moise. . . ...No,. 16,?;W. N. Miller vs. Walker Dv .Hines, .director ? general?L. D. Jennings: .Harby, Nash & Hodges; Reynolds & ^Reynolds, D. McKay. , Tuesday, July 18th. . .No. 1 lrr$: . V.% Bair,.. Adm., vs Lime Cola Bottling Co.?Epps & Levy; Brantley & Zeagler, Tatum & Wood. .-??No. 18.?Southern Chemical Pro ducts Co., vs Mikell, Sneeden, Phares Co.?Lee & Moise;, Tatum & Wood. - No. 19?Moses Brevard vs James Wade?Tatum & Wood; L?. ID... Jen nings. No!. 20?G. E. Sutton vs Wsetern Union Tel. Co.?Harby, Nash & Hodges; .Willcox & Willcox. . No. 21?Mrs. Belle. King, Admx., vs Sumter.County?Kelly & Hinds, Tatum & Wood: L. D. Jennings. No. 21?Willie Butler vs Reba Hudson?Reynolds & Reynolds; Tatum & Wood. . . . Wednesday, July 19th. * No. 22?Edward C. Shirar vs City of Sumter?Tatum & Wood; Epps &. Levy... . .; No. 2.3?C. E. Sanders vs Lime Cola, bottling Co.?L. D. Jennings; Tatum. & Wood. No., 24?;W. J. Sanders vs Lime Cola Bottling Co.?rL. D.. Jennings; Tatun\. & Wood. . ? NOi 26?Willis Brown vs F. M. Weatherly?W. M. Levi; Tatum & Wood. - .No. 2.7?-Reiget Sack Co., vs J. H. Guthrie. , et ak?Epps, & Levy; Tatum & Wood. No. 28?Moise Washington vs R. H. Green?L. D. Jennings; Lee & Moise. Thursday, July 20th. No. 29?Gibbe.s Machinery* Co., i vs Parker Lumber Co.?L. D. Jen nings; Epps. & Levy. No. 30?Cornelia Williams, et al jvs Frank Brogdon?L. D. Jen j nings; j No. 31?H. R. McLeod vs Elder iLinton?John B. Duffie; Tatum & Wood. f : ,No. 32-^atawba Fertilizer Co., \*s R. E. Rembert?E. P: Blakeney; Lee.& Moise! No. 33?Money Back Labora tories vs A. J.. Bynum. et al?Lee & Mpise; Epps, & Levy. , No. 34-|r-S. E- Briggs vs Ferdi nand & Mitchell Levi?John G. Dinkins; W. M. Levi. Friday, July 21st. No. 35?Congaree Fertilizer Co.. [vs Braun Mercantile Co.?Reynolds j& Reynolds:: No. 36?Congaree Fertilizer Co.. jvs Braim Mercantile Co.?Reynolds & Reynolds: I No. ,37-yC. .'W. Smith vs S. S. Leonard?Harby. Nash & Hodges; Reynolds & Reynolds. ^No..,38?R. C. Richardson. Jr., vs J. A.' Kolb?Tatum, Wood; L. D.. Jennings. ... , No. 39?Consolidated, Oil Co., vs Annie C. Jone.s?John D. Lee; . No..40?Willie Fullwood. Admr.. vs ' J. H. Myers, et al^-Raymon Schwartz: L.; D , Jennings. Saturday. July 22nd.. No. 42:?S. S. Leonard vs Christopher Atkinson?Epps & Levy:?- ? No. 43?L. D. Jennings vs W. J. Shaw, et al?A. S, Harby; Epps & Levy. No. 44?Jim Gordon vs Eugene Pearson, et al?L. D. Jennings; j Lee.Moise.. No. 45-rGeo. T.. Geddings, et al j vs American Rwy.. Express?Tatum & Wood: Reynolds & Reynolds. Monday. July 24th?. . No. 46?Lynum Brokerage Co.. vs Silas Mcllctte?rEpps & Levy; Raymon Schwartz. No 47?Sumter Stemmery Co., vs] J. Denemark?Harby. Nash & | Hodges: Tatum & Wood. No. 48?I. D. Elmore vs Warren I Davis?Harby. Nash & Hodges:?j 49?Robert Wilson vs Lib- | erty Life Ins. Co.?Harby, Nash & I Hodges: Epps & Levy. No. 50?W. .1. Godwin vs W. B. | Richardson?T. J. Can ley; Harby. ! Nash & Hodges. Xq. 51?B. F. Anderson vs Har by & Co., Inc.?Tatum & Wood;? No, 53?Osteen Pub. Co.. vs S. E. Miller?Harby. Na*h & .Hodges; Tatum &. Wood. Thc^uXv. July 25th. No. 54-?W. D. Bain vs O. H. Folley?Lee & Moise: .. No. 55?Matthew C. Butler vs First National Bank of Sumter? Raymon Schwartz: Loe & Moise. No. 56?Kohn Mfg. Co., vs E. B. Hodge?J. J. Catitey;-r?. No. 57?Louise B. Stubbs vs J. H. Sams, et al?L. D. Jennings:? No. 5S?Robert T. Sahb vs B. W. Richardson?J. J. Can; ?y: Har by. Nnsh & Hodges. No. 59?Citizens' Trust Co. vs C. j ? J. Dwyer?John D. Lee; Tatum & Wood* No. 60?Einstein Bros, vs W. M. Bushman?Epps & Levy; Wednesday* July 26th. No. 61?Einstein Bros, vs L. C. Hudness?Epps & Levy; Hugh C. Haynsworth. No. 62?P. L. Williams vs E. R. Wilson?L. D. Jennings; Lee & Moise, Epps & Levy. No. 6 2-a?J. P. Kilgo, et al vs Eastern Carolina Motor Co.^-Cork & Mclnnes; Epps & Levy. ;.. No. 63?Palmetto Motor Co., vs W. A. Hammett, et al?Raymon Schwartz; Lee & Moise. , No. 64?Louise F. Britton vs F. O. Foxworth?L. E. Wood; No. 65?Pearl Anthony, et al vs E. W. Dafobs?Harby. Nash & Hodges: Hugh C. Haynsworth. Thursday* July 27th. No. 67?J. E. Andrews vs R. C. Forester?Tatum & Wood; F. A. McLeod. No. 68?E. W. Hurst vs T. J. DuBose, et al?Tatum & Wood; H. D. Moise.. No. 69?E. W. Hurst vs D. T. DuBose. et al?Tatum & Wood; H. jD. Moise. j No. 70?York Wright vs Reuben Jenkins, et al?F. A. McLeod; No.. . 71^-Columbia Grafophone Co.. vs Sumter Talking Machine Co.?Lee & Moise; Tatum & Wood. No. 72?S. S. Leonard vs Peoples' Jobacco .Co.?Reynolds & Rey nolds; L; D. Jennings. Friday, July 28th. No. 73?Standard Lead. & Paint Works vs S. W. Gillespie?Lee & Moise; No. . 74?J. C. Pate vs Western Union Tel. Co.?Epps & Levy; Willcox & Willcox. Nov 75?American Wholesale Corporation vs .TV W. DuBose, Jr.? Lee, &. Moise; Tatum & Wood. No. . 76?American Wholesale Corporation vs C. A. Ellerbe, et al ?Lee,& Moise; G. D. Shore, Jr. No, 77?Sumter Trust Co. vs T. C. DuBose?Lee: & Moise; Tatum &.Wood. ? : No. 78?Rountree Corp. vs Sum ter Talking Machine Co.?Lee & Moise;-? .. No. 79?Jenkins .Vulcan Springs Co. vs Consolidated Motor & live stock Co.?Lee & Moise;-:? No. 80?Paul C. Aughtry vs W. P. Barrett?Harby, Nashr&Hdoges; Tatum & Wood. Saturday, July 29th. This day devoted to hearing of equity matters, motions, etc. Resolved: That no cause shall lose its position on the -calendar by reason of the same not being reached and called for trial on the day assigned, but such cases shall stand in regular order to be called when the same is reached in due course. ^ * s - - ? '^GOOD^'STEWS AND VIEWS Naked Legs. Bootlegs, and Other Things Rembert, July 15.?"Uncover the leg. Thy nakedness shall be un covered. Yea, thy shame shall be seen." Bible. A judgment from' God. But the modern woman ap pears to have , looked after that matter, for herself. The- writer goes about little but you do not have to travel for to see. that. Saw a young man yesterday that would not go in bathing on the Sabbath, and he. looked as decent as the rest. A lawyer, a member of the gen j era! assembly, and the cashier of a bank were caught recently trans i porting liquor. But hear them and they were doing nothing of the I sort. A fine law maker, an excel ' lent cashier. I heard that a certain judge recently declared he would (allow no fine but give a term on the chaingang to bootleggers and their crowd. Oh! most excellent judge, may your tribe live long and multiply. What about the legis lator? He ought to be handled severely. If Sumter had a hall of fame there are three men now living whose portraits ought to hang in it. one of whom is comparatively young. The real men and women live for others. . Heroes have real convictions with the courage of them. The good Lord deliver us from the too politic man. r Do you blow hot and cold as oc casion offers? , i Miss Sallie Ledingham of Con way is visiting Mrs. S. W. Allen. , Mrs. W. J. Spencer is able to be , out again. ? . . i Miss Bessie Lenoir of Washing- . ton, D.:C? is with us. ; . Mr.. and. Mrs. Frank Armstrong ; of Pickens will spend the 4th with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. ; Lenoir. ; Messrs. Andrew Eurnett and An- , drew Whitaker, Camden. are guests , of Tom Lenoir. Dr. Barron. of- Columbia sp?it the weke-end at Camp Laff-a-Lot. , Api>eals Not Perfected. Columbia. July 7.?As yet F. M. Jeffords and Ira Harrison, the two 1 men in the death house for tne murder of J. C. Arnette. Columbia : filling station proprietor, have not perfected their appeals to the su- ; premc court. The time for per- '. fecting the appeals, unless the su preme court grants additional time, expires July -12. next Wed- : nosday. Unless the appeals are i perfected, they will be automatical ly thrown out. If they are per- , fected.-.lhe.:-solicitor will probably j move before the supreme court for j their dismissal; _t? ? ^" ',t Lutherans Will Erect Two Build- | ings in Columbia. Columbia. July 7.?Bids are to be opened at the Columbia Build ers' Exchange offices on the 10th for two new prx>fessoi'S* homes at the Lutheran Theological Seminary here. The two buildings are to be complete in every detail, of brick venere construction. Each will cost $12,000. "All by-products can be utilized." Oh. certainly. If in no other way. they can be served with cream and sugar and called breakfast food. PICKUP i; THESQUARES The Only Hope of Making Any Cotton Lies in an Energetic Fight on the Weevil The outlook for producing cotton in Sumter county this year fe dfe cidedly more . unfavorable now than it was at the same date ia&t year. The number of weevils-that survived the. winter was greater than the previous winter,.the early infestation was heavier and the damage that is being done at pres. ent is greater than last July. Tine farmers wno picked the weevil* from the buds of the young cotton early in the season or otherwise destroyed the early weevils*; and have since been picking up- the squares regularly, report that the weevils in their fields are not-nearly so numerous as in the fields where no effort has been made to destroy the pests. They have tangible-evi dence that it pays to fight the weevil in the manner recommer?l ed by the government boll-weevil experts, and their cotton is putting on a fair amount of fruit. But un less the fight is "made general -3. those who do their part m-extermi nating the weevils will not be re* warded as they should be, for the weevils from their neighbors' field? will soon migrate and destroy .the cotton that has been almost cleaMgi ed of weevils by the picking up ?f punctured squares. The fight on the weevils, to succeed,: most ^ made by all cotton planters -in co operation and according to .the; plan that has been found effaca^H cious. In each neighborhood the progressive farmers who are deter mined to make a fight en the wee vils should use every possible- in - fluence to induce or persuade their less energetic neighbors to follow the same plan. The newspapers the Clemson -College extension ser vice and every other agency-, has done everything possible to dissemi* nate the information and to advise all cotton farmers to pick ?p the squares and save the cottonr crop; 5 This information has evidently sot reached the people who-jnost need to be induced .to-fight for their own. existence, and their ^faihrre to^-do the thing.necessary is a menace.to those ;who are . making a.. Newspaper articles, circular letters and similar means of reaching tne. recalcitrant - cotton farmers are less at this stage, and the only left to be done is for each fanse?: who is fighting the pest to use his personal influence with his neigh bors. Let every boll weevil fighting farmer take it upon him3elf to. per suade his neighbors to do likewise. It is a matter of-self preservation for them to* take: prompt action. Annual Booster Trip. . - The members . of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce are calling for information as to, the date fcf the annual Sumter business men's booster trip. It was: stated at Chamber of Commerce Saturday that plans are being shaped up. for the biggest booster trip ever pull ed off. It is probable that the 132* . booster trip will be run to the wes tern section of Sumter county at a place yet to be selected, provided of course that the people of the western sections show tlmt..thjejr want to cooperate in a day of pleasure and mutual welfare ac tivities. The annual booster trip of- the Sumter business men to the rural sections is looted forward to every year with great pleasure by hun dreds of Sumter peopie. This yssf it is deemed -advisable to "sisit Sumter county ruralites and spend a day in" social intercourse wita our good friends of the western . section of the county inasmuch affi? there has not been a booster tripi? run to that part of the county since the trip to Hagood in 19L7. Celebrating the building of the Wateree River bridge and -com mencement of the work on the 150 miles main highway system of hard surfaced roads will be .a fea ture of the 1922 booster trip if the western Sumter county people will show a desire to pull together- It is reported that the * hustling-and hospitable town . of Rembert.?; ready to help =!>uil off this celebi tion and be host -to tfee Sumter business men ?.nd their friends. Strutters Win (iame With Manning! There was a very . small. sue<4 crowd at the baseball park Fri day afternoon to witness the game between Manning and a up team, representing Sumter; those few who were there were warded with a game of ball whi? in point of interest was .one of. best that has-been played locally \ long time. The game was slow to start, Sumter making one in the third inning. Man bringing in three in the fourth tjQ> be followed by the Sumter boys a batting rally in the fifth, .wh: netted two more tieing the score and right then interest began to pick up, the game becoming fast and at times sensational up until the eighth when Sumter settled the argument with two more scores finishing the game by hold ing Manning to the three scores and no more. Final, Sumter 5, Manning 3. Owens playing second for Sum ter. made three double plays durr ing the game, two of them very difficult. Xunnamaker pitched good bell, allowing few safe hits and assist* ed greatly with the bat. If these boys can dish up more games o? the same class as yesterday's they deserve good attendance at future games. Batteries: Sumter, Nunnamal^ er and Moore; Manning, Williams and DuBose. . Charged With Peonage. Gainesville, Fla., July. S.?? Charged with peonage for the .al leged holding of two negroee Jto work out a debt, three prominent naval stores operators of Dixie county were today ordered held.for the December term of the Federal District court, following a pre liminary hearing before United States Commissioner A. J. Acosta.