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Notes From the I^ ^iing Men's t Business League V The slogan of the Young Men's Easiness League of Sumter is: "If it?* for Sumter, call on us." They $fi>?e this slogan in mind now, for rofcjf are trying to formulate plans ^ $?>? make auto tourists pass through^ <?ur.- city or at least get a share of fhf travel. Soon our roads out of tj^Wliinits will also be paved and ye'-'will- then have something to Carter, traveler^. ^ X committee has been appoint- i pi' and they will, begin work imme diately. Of course this is looking $)Lr. ahead; but the present is a good time to start. . Tbe following is a letter from Mr. . Herbert A.-Moses; president of ^e .-Ypung. Men's Business League: i |3nn. B, D. Moise, Hon. L. D. Jen ^nings, Hon. R. B. Belser, Messrs. a W. G. Osteen, F. D. Knight, S /.K. Rowland. ^iGentlemen: The Business League appointed a committee on high lE^y development in eastern Caro lina, Messrs. J. C. Bryan, W. B. ^ngfttrey,, and J. J. Williams. It asks you gentlemen to also serve ?on this committee. . i Through automobile travel from out of the state comes into the sks&e quite largely by way of Che rfcw, thence via Camden to Colum ftla-and distributes there. Eastern CjS^olina should, get a share of this travel. Florence County is de yr?k)plng its roads as well as Sum mer county, and our adjacent coun ties are improving their highways, f With the building of the new tour-j SStv hotel- in. Charleston and the across the. Santee near there should be more tour jet^gavel to ? Charleston. It would ^?tHae but of the way for travel to ?rajcn: - southward from' Cheraw "^fepough .this part of the state-in is^esfd 6f going -to Columbia. . "?v&8 T see it, this work will have to be a work of publicity, and a . aFork of interesting the other coun ties. As it is.a matter that cannot * be wound up in a week or a month, it will be a noatter to be forked on for the ne$t two or three years. I suggest that the public acquainted with the proposition! through the papers, the eomrriis-1 ^ohers'-"and legislative representa- j ?ves of the other counties be com- j ^nnicated with and interested in the proposition. However, of course, |fciS-is a suggestion only, and-your j^fcinittee will work out the prop osition a? it thinks best. I -. - Cordially yours, Herbert A. Moses, Z ' ? President. ; -- r^Sumter Gun Club TX~greaf deal of interest is being taken in the Sumter Gun clubf j which is now in front of the Sum- j |er Iceland Fuel Co., having been j S?pved from Pocaila recently. The I attendance is increasing every' week Quite a Jarge crowd at tended the club Thursday. A mem ber ^stated Friday morning that they* are glad for the public to j come out, and he extended another i invitation to the public and espe-! gklrj' to the ladies. The grounds j are 7in excellent condign, which \ ^S?fce* it an ideal spo&f or a gam j <&ttb. The "meets" are held every XSu^sday afternoon1 at 5 ?'clock. fou have an invitation, so go out id see some real sport. ?- ?The following is the result of Thursday's shoot: > Shot Broke! H,X. Tisdale 25 20 j gillie Shaw ,. 50 47; R. Young._ 50 42 ! JV Harvih >. 50 35 K. H. Moses 50. 44 j Haynsworth v- 50 43 J Op.'.C. Lemnion_ 35 15{ jB. R. Compton :'. 25 19 j Harold McCoy. 25 13; (Jabe Bradford _. 75 63 | ^ST?- J. Crowson, Jr., 25 15 } Sfcjfc Parker _. 5fr 23 P. M. Parrott .... .-- 5,0 49 j Douglas Moses _ 25 22 j Itobt. Shelor .... 75 71 i 3Dr. D. W. Green 50 40 j 5i^J. Haynsworth_ 25 19 j Mac Boykin. 50 41 j Q. G'. Rowland. 25 6 W. E. Pulley 25 20 X'- C. Phelps._ 25 19 ? K. H. Shelor 25 20 | W. K. Wright _hfi 39 j ? E. Stoudenmire .... 25 10, Dr. E. P. DuRant 25 24 Rev. Raymond Brownftg, of Hen-1 dersonville, X. C, was in the cityj fSitit Tuesday making plans for a ; meeting here to begin about the j niiddle of August. He has just I closed a deal for a new waterproof j tent with a seating capacity of j fibout 3.000 people, which will be j shipped in about ten days. i Mr. Browning who is not an en-! tire stranger to us for he has held i Meetings in Florence, Marion. Dar- i ifjigton, Bennettsvjlle, Columbia j and other points in the state; Miss; Carolyn A. Hosford of Springfield. \ 3Jass., musical director and soloist i* an ordained Baptist minister: 3?fed Seibert, ten*, man and person- j al worker is a converted Hebrew j an<? was associated with. Billy Sun day for quite a while; and then j the pianist, corstitute the party of| four. '/The tenf will be located on the: comer of Chutch and Calhounj jrtreets which makes it, accessible j {o all in the city, and the beautiful shade trees on the west makes it: a very cool, pleasant- place in the ; evenings. Marriage Licenses < ? "Colored: Boston Richardson and .Ophelia Wilder of Pine wood. . Shuvine Loney and Laura Vaughn ?f Dalzeil. . . ^ . ? . . v James Cooper and Olivia Screven j of Dalzeil. Health hint: Throwing out your Cilest ne-v^r hurts it. BIG BOOSTER TRIP Rev. R, S. Truesdale to Speak Rev. R. S. Truesdale, pastor of Main Street Methodist church, of Columbia, and for fC;ur years the popular pastor of Trinity Methodist church of Sumter. while in this city yesterday accepted the invitation of the Sumter Chamber of Com merce to deliver an address at Rembert, Sumter county, on Wed nesday, August 9th, the occasion of the big 192? booster and get-to gether trip of the businesg and professional men and women of Sumter. Rev. Truesdale is one of the most widely known and popular imen in South Carolina, and he is one of the most eloquent orators of the' optimistic kind. During his four years residence in Sumter Mr. Truesdale was very closely identified -^'th the Chamber of Commerce and other civic and pa triotic bodies,, and during the great world war he rendered very valu able service to the "Sumter County Council of Defense and to his country as a speaker in the Lib erty loan, Red Cross and other war work. He puts the '"pep" in the pepper of optimism and widespread co operation, and shows the silver lin ing to the cloud of temporary ad versity. Many business and professional men have notified the Chamber of Commerce already to put their firms or establishments down for, automobiles for the booster trip on August 9th. The ladies and gen tlemen Of Rafting Creek and Stateburg, townships are going to get together, and pool their frying sized chickens into a cooperative" cooking contest and will have nut merous ether delicious things to eat for-which the women of wes tern Sumter county are famous Rev. Truesdale said "put my name in the pot twice. I will be there in dear old Sumter county with great pleasure." Any man or woman will have to be afflicted with very serious grouches, troubles, or sickness not to want to be one of the boosters on August 9th. Sumter county is* not entirely "busted," it may be badly benc, but the boosters are going to take the kinks out of the chain of prosperity and put in new links of optimism and start jogging along on T> ednesday, Aug ust 9th. The date has been set as far as possible to give business concerns full opportunity to have advertising matter, Sumter pen nants and souvenir advertising se cured. Lecture on South Africa. On next .Thursday evening, July 27th, at 8:30 o'clock in the Girls' high school, a lecture will be given by Mr. C. W. Schmolke, who was born and raised in South Af-, rica, and who fought in two wars, on the discovery, development and the present political, economic and social status of the union of South Africa. He will give a description of the interesting natives and of the Boers, and he will tell how the diamonds are mined at Kimberley and the gold in the Transvaal and other; parts. This talk has been given before in many parts of America and re ceived much favorable comment, and in several places Mr. Schmolke was asked to repeat the talk. There will be " a short musical program before the lecture. A small admission fee of 25c will be charged and all the proceeds will be used for foreign missions in South Africa. Tickets may be procured from *Mr. F. D. Knight at Knight's Book store, or from Mr. T. H. Clarke, at the Sumter Dry Goods company. Oswego Book Club Entertained. Oswego, July 20.?The Oswego Book club was entertained by Misses Lurline and Olive Izlar at their home near St. Charles last Tuesday evening. The conditions of the weather was unfavorable to a good number of the young peo ple that would have added to the happy ::ircle of guests that arrived after the showers. Arrangements v. ere made to have the party on the lawn, but the rain kept the guests indoors a part of the evening. Games were played and refreshments were served. A pleasant evening was spent by all present. Kiwanh? Club Meeting. i The regular bi-weekly meeting of the Kiwanis club was heid Friday at the Claremont Hotel at 2:30 o'clock, a luncheon being served. I The meeting was devoted to a dis cussion of public affairs among the members of the club. Kiwanians Whitehead. H. A. Moses, J. Frank Williams, M. A. Doughty and E. Murr Hall made five minute talks on subjects of pullic interest. The entire program was in charge of Robert T. Brown, program chair man of the day. The attendance prize, offered by Bob Brown, was won by Sterling F. Stoudenmire. he obtaining an order on Jennings Motor Co.. for anything in the auto line not exceeding the sum of five dollars. The meeting was well attended, there being forty-six out of fifty-two members present, with the absentees properly accounted for. The next meeting of the club will be held on August 4th and will be in charge of S. F. Stoudenmire, whose duty it is to arrange the program for the day. Tobacco is beginning to come in at the two.independent warehouse's! from farmers who "did not join the co-operative marketing association, j The tobacco put on the floor to date is said to be of good grade for early curing. No rain Sunday. Perhaps it will ; be cJear Friday and wilS therefore j give the community singing a j chance. W*? h?>p*> sa. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES Plans Are Being Made For Annual Booster Trip The farmers and their wives, sons and daughters of Sumter county, and the business and pro fessional men and women and all of the "live-wire" citizens of Sumter, the county seat of the Gamecock county of Sumter are going to meet together at Rem bert during the first week in Aug ust- oh the occasion of the 1922 annual booster trip of the business and professional men and women of Sumter to the rural districts. The date will be announced in a few days just as soon as the ladies of Rembert get through counting j up how many f riying-sized chickens they can rake up for the delicious dinner they have kindly agreed to prepare for the boosters and their friends from all over ?umter coun ty. . \ The Sumter Chamber of Com merce received word today from Messrs. J. L. Gillis, L. S. Vinson, and E. E. Rembert of Rembert that the good people of that sec tion* the ladies especially will be delighted to entertain the bosters with a splendid picnic dinner and will join in whole heartedly in wel coming the citizens of Sumter and in putting on a day of celebration and good fellowship to bring the people of our county together for mutual- discussions and concerted action to help solve the economic ?problems of the times, and having one day of genuine pleasure and trouble-forgetting, if any troubles 'any one has. The. Sumter Cham ber of Commerce, is going to ask the Rotary club, the Kiwanis club, the Young Men's Business League, the Sumter County Committee of Progress, the mayor and city .council*, the Sumter Post of the T. P. A., the Sumter American Le gion Post, Board of County Com missioners, the Retail Dealers As sociation, the Sumter County Coun cil of Farm Women, the Home Demonstration Clubs, County Com missioners, and all other civic, business, patriotic bodies and citi zens generally to * participate in this county-wide demonstration of cooperation and friendship, and work hard to make it a great sue-' cess and a day of real pleasure and value to Sumter county. ' The splendid people of the wes tern sections of Sumter county ex pressed a desire that the 1922 an nual bosoter trip be run to some place in those sections of our county,. and guaranteed that if Sumter's business and professional men aud women visited western Sumter county they will be given a royal welcome, and incidentally the ladies of Rembert and vicinity will show that the farmers of that section know how to live at home and that the ladies know how to eook and serve a splendid dinner. { . Secretary Reardon stated today 'that there is a real demand on the j part of Sumter's business men for ; the annual booster trip for 1922 and that after conferring with a number of Sumter's business men and Messrs. Gillis, Rembert, and Vinson of Rembert and a number of Rafting Creek Township ladies and receiving the guarantee from all sides that this booster trip will be backed up and that our good j friends of the rural districts are j in for a good time and a royal welcome for Sumter's boosters, it had been decided to start the ball to rolling for the 1922 booster trip and picinic dinner to the wes tern section of Sumte/ county early in August. A good program of entertainment will" be arranged. Business advertising will be per jmitted to show Sumter as the best j place to trade and do banking. If the Rotary and the Kiwanis j clubs. Retail Dealers Association, f Sumter Post. T. P. A., the Young 'Men's Business League, the mayor and city council, the 'Sumter Amer ican Legion Post, the. Committee I of Progress, will cooperate with i the Chamber of Commerce at the j Sumter end of the line to create j interest in this city in the booster j trip and pibhic dinner and induce I hundreds of Sumter men and wo i men to go to Rembert, it will be a ! success because the citizens of the ; rural districts will do their full j duty. i Sumter pennants for automobiles j will be in order and should be se j cured immediately.. Souvenir ad I vertising will be in order also. Sumter wants more business, j Sumter wants to keep in touch with its friends and customers and I prospective customers throughout ! Sumter county. Sumter needs to i get into closer touch with remote j sections of our county where the I Sumter county farmers and their i families are living close to big I towns and cities that are Sumter's j competitors. When' the bridge over the Wateree river is opened up Sumter I will be in the market not only for j new business from on the other I side if this river, but Sumter will < have to look out for competition j from Columbia also. It is now up I to Sumter's business and profes , sional men and women to go out ? after business and seek the closer ! c ooperation, friendship and busi ! ness of the people within Sumter's legitimate and natural trade terri tory before other towns and cities i get after this business. So harken i to the evidence and get ready for the big booster and trade trip and day of pleasure to Rimberts the ! first week in August, 1P22. ? ? m ? Young Men to Leave for Alabama. The folloiwng young men of Sumter who have been accepted to the military training camp at An niston. Alabama, will leave for that point on Tuesday night. .July 25th. These young men are: Oliver scho lar. Wilburn Rateman. <Jeoige Diek. David Cunningham. DuBose Rivers, Norton Marshall, Marion and Coit Kirven. All of these young men are from I he ?umier high school. FLORENCE GAS COMPANY SOLD FOR DEBT Hard Hit by War Times and High Prices For Materials Company Could Not Pay Expenses (Florence Times, July 20) The Florence Gas Company will be sold under foreclosure of the trustees for ? mortgage of $107,000 j to cover the bond holders by order! of Judge Shipp. Plant, property,) distribution system, accounts and j all other assets of the corporation will be offered to the highest bid der by Judge Harry A. Brunson, master, on the August public sales day. which is Monday, August 7. The sale will be before the county courthouse doors. ? In issuing the order for the sale of the property. Judge Shipp stip ulated that the property should be j j sold "as a whole" in order that j there should not be any interrup tion-in the service to the commun j ity. Delivery of the property to the 'successful bidder, upon his making ! good his bid, is directed to foTfow j immediately. Sheriff Burch being i authorized to attend to this phase ! of the transaction, j Judge Brunson. as master, is pre- j ! paring now a schedule of the assets (and liabilities of the company, j I The time has not expired yet for j j claims to be filed against the j ; company. All appraisal and ac- j j counting will be made as soon as j { possible, also. The sale of the property has been expected for a long while. Along with other public utilities of I the country, it was hit hard by the j J war times and high ? prices. Some t I months ago, it was placed in the I hands of a receiver in hope that j the business might be saved. Sam I j Brown was appointed receiver and [ j has worked faithfully and diligently j j to establish the business on a sta jple basis again. While the affairs'! j of the company have shown an! ! improvement under his manage- j : ment, there did not appear any ! hope to recuperate the losses and j the foreclosure became necessary, j The action was brought by j Frank J. Brand, as trustee under j the mortgage to secure the bond i j holders. Acting for the company, j j W. J. Brown, secretary and treas- ! i urer, has accepted the decree of the | .{court for.trie sale", j The company owns valuable ] I property at Coit str ?et and the.Che- ! I raw and Darlington railroad inter- j i section where its plant is located j also. It also has a thorough dis- I j tributing system of mains, - service | j lines and valves throughout the 'city. All of this, with office equip j ment, etc., will be offered for sale. ? ? ? ? ? ! Session Reaches End Clemson College Summer School Comes to Close i Clemson College, July 21.?Af ' ter six weeks of excellent work the j Clemson summer school closes to jday. Reports from all sides are to I the effect that the summer school j has been a most decided success. ! The total enrollment has approach I ed very close the 500 mark, i It consists of 250. teachers, 100 j college students and prospective j students removing conditions, SO ? federal board vocational students, 'l5 cotton graders and 40 club boys, j Besides these, about 70 county j agents and extension specialists j were present for a four day in i structinoal course in their exten jsion work. Dr. F. H. H. Calhoun, ! who was director of the summer school, is greatly pleased over the fine success of the session, as is i everybody else connected with the I work. ? <*> ? In The Court. . F. A. Wells, plaintiff vs. the es- j j t?te of F. K. Holman, deceased, j Sued for an accounting. Stated ! that he did not receive as larg* an amount as he should have on sale of cotton in 1918. The jury j after the case had been on trial for I one week rendered a verdict in fa- I vor of the plaintiff, by which the plaintiff will receive $10.525.64. Leopol Strauss vs. J. Denemark. j Strauss claimed that Denemark I hired him for one year, but dis- j missed hinvy before year was out. He sued for the amount lost. The j jury's verdict. $430 for plaintiff. ? / Death. i ; Mrs. J. Q. Ross, of Rimini, died ! at the Toumey Hospital Friday j morning, after a long illness. The ! funeral services were held at St. i Andrews Chapel, near Panola. Cl?r ? endon county at 4 o'clock Saturd f dav afternoon. Mrs. A. A. Shumaker, of Xo. 6 Kendrick street, this city, died at 12:10 o'clock Friday night at the Tuomey Hospital. She is survived by her husband and one little son. The funeral services were held at Pinewood at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. Her husband is Mr. A. A. Schu maker of this city. Her father and mother were Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Graham. m SOITON MARKET _ NEW YORK COTTON VoM-ef I OtM? RlXb L*.? ClOM CtuiMI > ;Jan.. _ _ 2!.72 21.86 21.09 2(. 16 21.61 | March _ .21.69 21.82 21.06 21.12 ?!..r.5 May .. _ 21.52 21.62 20.92 20.95 21.42 !july . - 21.98 21.98 21.23 21.25 21.70 ! i Oct -.21.85 22.10 21.32 21.36 21.80 | Dec . . 21.90 22.0K 21.27 21.33 21.80 j Spots 50 off. 21.43: - NEW ORLEANS COTTON 1 r**t<ijf j Ope* High Low rinse Oo?? Jan.21.24 21.3? 20.67 20.73 21.19 ! March _ 21.12 21.31 20.58 20.58 21.08 May _ __ 20.38 20.88 ! ????v . . . 21.40 21.40 21.07 21.10 21.73 j Oet_21.40 21.56 20.78 20.85 21.35 Dec 21.15 21.52 20 70 20.78 21.28 . KJots 2") off. "JI.75. I Llvirpoal CtttM. January ... ._ 12.27 I March. 12.20 * May. . 12.09 I July . . 13.01 J October . 12.50 December 12.35 Receipts 2."it?: Sales. $.?mm?: Middling, j IS.03: Good Middling V?.3S. ' KILLED ON HIGHWAY Young Man Victim of Auto mobile Accident on Garners Ferry Road Columbia, July 22.?Thomas Watson Cooper, pressman for years with the job department of The State company, was almost instantly killed early yesterday morning when a touring car crash ed into a tree on the Garner's Ferry road. J. R. Mannigan, a ruler employed by the R. L. Bryan company, was driving the car at the time of the collision and es caped with an ugly wound on his right . leg, bruises and shock. Messrs. Cooper and Mannigan left the 120 ? block of Main street short ly after 5 o'clock yesterday morn ing for a trip down the Garner's Ferry road and a few minutes later the car struck a free about 200 yards beyond Heath's corner. Henry Powell was coming toward Columbia and he and two un known soldiers in training at Camp Jackson brought Cooper and Man nigan to the Columbia hospital. Young Cooper passed away on the road to. the hospital. Mr. Manni gan was given medical attention and last night it was said that his injuries are not considered seri ous:* Mr. Cooper'died from the ef fects of wounds on the head. The machine hit a tree immedi ately in front of R. R. Camak's home. The right front wheel was crushed into small pieces and the tire on the right rear wheel was torn from its position when the car swung around to the left and set tled, headed toward Columbia. The windshield was broken into many parts and glass littered the paved roadway. Mr. Camak. who was in the rear of his home, heard the. crash and rushed to the scene, where he found Mr. Mannigan walking around with blood gush ing from a wound on the leg. Mr. Cooper was lying in front of the car and to all appearances life was extinct. Mr. Camak said he band aged Mr. Mannigan's leg as soon as he saw there was nothing he could do for Mr. Copper. Henry Powell was the first man to approach the / scene in a machine and he and two soldiers hurried to the hospital with the two men. Mr. Cooper was pronounced dead at the hos pital and Coroner Scott was noti fied. He investigated the accident and decided that an inquest was unnecessary. Tracks leading from the pave ment to the tree indicated that Mr. Mannigan lost control of the ma chine about 80 feet from the point of.eontact. The fresh prints show ed that the wheels rolled on the dirt and then made a curve to ward the. paved roadway. Another curve to the right carried the ma chine head-on to the tree. Mr. Cooper was on the right of the front seat and the position of the moving car placed him immedi ately in front of the tree when the collision occurred. The sudden stop evidently threw the young man against the tree with terrific force as he was killed by wounds on the top of his head. Mr. Camak said Mr. Cooper never uttered a sound after he reached the scene. ? <m> ? Former Governor of Florida Bankrupt Pensacola, Fla.. July 21.?Sidney J. Catts, former governor of Flori day. who is under indictment j charging peonage, filed a petition I in voluntary bankruptcy in the United States court here today. The total liabilities listed amounted to $43.032.73 with assets of $1*910. The largest single claim listed in the petition was in behalf of F. L. Jeter for approximately $18,000 in connection with the Consumer's j Owned stores and American Pur- ! casing Agency of Atlanta, Ga., ! which was contracted last year, i Most of his debts, however, includ- i ing two bonds for small sums j which he had stood in Alabama in 1908 arid never paid are of long j standing. The only real estate listed as as- | sets is an equity claim on ten ' acres of land in Washington coun ty under contract for which he has never obtain title* It is valued at $50. m m> ? CHANCE FOR I HARDING] Washington, July 21.?If Pres- j ident Harding wants to become a j member of the Flathead tribe of Indians all he has to do is say the | word. It won't even be necessary j for him to travel out to Montana i for the adoption ceremonies. j An invitation from the Flat- j heads to join their tribes, trans- j mitted through the Roman (Mont.) I Community club, was communi- j cated to the president today by Senator Myers of Montana. Dur ing the next few days the Indians expect men and women who are attending the National Editorial I association meeting at Missouia. to visit their reservation. For the j benefit of their visitors, the Flat heads plan to stage an elaborate j ceremony and war dance and at i the time to adopt the president, j He was asked to telegraph his ac- j ceptance. ^ -? In The Court. W. M. Miller vs. The Director General of Railroads, for destr?c- j tion of his automobile. The jury i was out lor about 1"? minutes and ! rendered a verdict, in favor of the i plaintiff. The verdict was that W. M. Miller will receive $2.3S5 from the railroad company. The case of Mrs. Belle King vs. Sumter county is now being heard. Sh?? is suing the county for an auto I accident. which occurred during ? the Ch riot mas holidays of IUI!*, in | which her husband was killed. She j claims that roads w<re bad. Two Die of Injuries Louis 0. Cannon Held Pend ing Inquest Today Jacksonville, Fla.. July 23.?Two additional deaths occurred today as the result of an automobile driv en by Louis O. Cannon, crashing into a crowd of pedestrians here last night. C. S. Austin. 42,. died from his injuries early this morn ing, while Mitchell Weeks, 25, died later in the day. Cannon was held in the Duval county jail pending the result of a coroner's jury investigation tomor row. Austin's 21 months old daughter was killed instantly and his wife was seriously injured, while two other peisons sustained less se rious hurts. Mrs. Austin and the others were expected to recover. Cannon was employed at the At lantic Coast Line railroad shops as a car repairer. Examination for Postmaster. The civil service commission an nounces that an examination will be held August 22nd. of appli cants for the position of postmaster at Sumter,-S. C., a vacancy having occurred June- 20th. The salary is $3,300- pet'annum/ The official announcement states: "At the request of the postmas ter general, the LTnited States civil service commission ^announces an open competitive f examination from which it is expected to fill a vacancy' in the position of postmas ter at estch of the offices named above unless filled by the transfer or promotion ; of some one in the competitive classified service. This is not an examination, under the civil serj?ce act and rules, bat is held under an executive order is sued May; 10, 1921. revised July 27, 1921, which provides as fol lows: "When a vacancy exists or here after occurs in tlre*"posii:ioh~of post master at an office of the first, sec ond, or third class, if such vacancy is not filled by nomination of some person within the^competitive class ified civil service who has the re quired qualifications, then the post master general shall certify ,the fact to the civil service commission, which shal? forthwith hold an open competitive examination to test the fitness of applicants to fill such vacancy, and when such examina tion has been held and the papers in connection therewith have been rated, the said commission shall certifiy the results thereof to the postmaster general, who shall sub mit to the president the name of one of the highest three qualified eligibles for appointment to fill such vacancy.unless it is.establish ed that the character or residence of any such applicant disqualifies him for appointment: Provided, That at the expiration of the term of any person appointed to such position through examination before the civil sen-ice commission, the postmaster general may. in his dis cretion, submit the name of such person to the president for renorii ination without further examina tion. ''Xo person who has passed his sixty-fifth birthday, or who has not actually resided within the delivery of such office for two years next preceding tfce date of examination, shall be given the examination herein provided for. "If, under this order, it is desir ed to make nomination for any of fice of a person in the competitive classified service, such person must be found by the civil service com mission to meet the minimum re quirements for the office.'* Lamar Wins Slagging Contest. Lamar beat Sumter last Saturday afternoon at the local ball park in a loosely played game. Hodge and Cain of Lamar each got a home run. while Owens and Skinner held the batting honors. for Sumter. Owens got a homer and a three bagger out of .three times up, and Skinner got three hits. Batteries: Sumter, Swan and Weinbmerg; Lamar, Reynolds and McClutchen. ^ ? ? ? Jerry Moore Attends Commence ment. (Clemson Bulletin). Jerry Moore, the famous South Carolina corn club boy, attended the cor^mencement? exercises at Clemson College in June. Jerry made his reputation as a corn grow er an then went to his state agri cultural college to secure an edu cation. He is now engaged in teaching agriculture to boys in the high schools of North Carolina. Jerry should be well fitted for this particular kind of work. It is doubtfuT if any club boy in America, or in the world, has won more fame than Jerry Moore, and the club boys of the present should be glad to know that Jerry has chosen for his life's work a position for which his club training so effec tively fitted him. The boys who are now engaged in club work, do not know what the future will hold out to them. But; it is a certain fact that the training which they receive as club members will be of value to them in their; life work, whatever it may be. The coeton crop is looking a lots j better than it is. The weevils are | getting ninety per cent of the, to/nis in many Melds, where a vi-j gorous fight has not been made. Those who have used poisons and other methods of exterminating the pests see good results and have i the prospect of making some cot- ; ton. The fire department was called nut Sunday afternoon to the cotton i platform, where several bales of cotton were on fire. It was re- i ported that an engine caused the ; tire, while passing. It was fortu nate that these bales were aside | from the others, or the loss would have been much greater. j Judge rules it no crime to play ! a grind organ on Sunday. We j rule it's a crim* t?? play one any j time. 1 THE COUNTY FAIR ! _ Directors Hold Important; Meeting Friday Morning At a meeting ot the board of di rectors of the Sumter County Fair Association held at Sumter Cham- j ber of Commerce Friday morning it was decided to call a mass | meeting of the men and women of! Sumter and Sumter county at 8:30 j next Friday evening. July 28th at j the Court House in Sumter to dis- j j cuss plans for a greater Game- j j cock County Fab and to expand I j the facilities and activities of the ' association. j The Sumter Chamber of Com I merce, the Kiwanis club and the Rotary club of Sumter were re quested to cooperate in advertis ing and getting the citizens of this city and county to attend the meeting. * The directors have decided that i the time has arrived for Sumter county tu either secure a bigger and a better place in , which to hold j our coming fairs, and to make our annual fairs the kind of fairs tney ought to be or get out of the fair business. In order to give Sumter j county the kind of a fair that aj ! county wllich Sumter county's en-! terprise, intelligence and public spirit warrants the directors feel I that they must have the loyal, wholehearted and enthusiastic sup port of the. farmers and business and professional men and women of this city and county, and the in terest of every other man and wo man in Sumter county. Therefore next Friday evening's meeting is, going to largely decide the issue of' whether Sumter and Sumter county want county fair that will be worth while and a credit to Sumter county or not. ! The city of Sumter, the county | seat of Sumter county, is largely in- i terested in the maintenance of an annual county fair. Sumter derives more direct financial benefit from i a county fair than all the rest of) the county put together. Whatever, {benefits the rest of Sumter county j and adjoining counties from which i Sumter's business and professional \ establishments and banks ' draw*! trade and other business benefits the city of Suirfter. j Secretary. Reardon has agreed i to keep the public informed about j next Friday evening's meeting.ja.nd j jabout the advantages of ,a first, i class county fair to Sumter and j ! S?mter county. . The. Kiwanis and i ) Rfctary clubs can also be depended j ',upon as can be the Young Men's i i Business League of Sumter to help' I make next Friday evening's ses- j i sion the kind of a get up and get i together,, do-it-now meeting that I Sumter and Sumter county can pull off and' wfth results that will mean \ ? a bigger, better., and more inter | esting and educational event in the ! shape of a county fair that Sum-i fter county can put on equal, to I any and second to none. ! Temporary hard times and the. j boll weevil ought not to frazzle the j Sumter spirit. of cooperation and j geting there. Sumter and Sumter , j county have. never before surren | dered to adversity or temporary business depression and agricultu ral, stagnation, and there is no rea son why they should give up the ghost and lie down now or in the future. Most of us are ine\*itably i bound to Sumter and Sumter coim j ty by many and various ties of j love and business and sentiment, j We don't want to and don't intend ! to leave or desert our old home ? county or home city. We believe I in Sumter and Sumter county's fu j ture as we believed in its past. That I we can and will pull out of the hole I of temporary adversity by all pull- j ; ing together and not by separate' i methods of working out our destiny; j practically all e? us believe. Or i ganization in compact form and ! confidence in our county's and our, j city's advantages and future will j i sooner or later put our city and . county back into a normal condi j tion. Pessimism and lack of con ! fidence. knocking and growling will ! never get us anywhere. Most of us have made mistakes ! in business judgment or. have met I unavoidable set backs in business, j But worrying about past losses will net get us anywhere. The county TJF fair is one of the most -dernocJ"atJ?v institutions of progress and pn'n (6f gether effort, with the unexcelled, democratizing influences we no?? need, and no better plan of ednca-^ tional and cooperative endeavor ex ceeds the benefits of a first cla?s county fair. Sumter county has not reached and never win reacjv that point when we can not get up* as good*a county fair as any other county in South Carolina. We wiU never be willing to admit that-Jslihi-: ter county, is lacking in the brains, intelligence, agricultural, mdustrial, commercial, educational, social, fi nancial or in any otfter require ments for putting on a-good ceinji-* ty fair. And we are not yet pre-, pared to admit that Sumter coat ty's men and women are "quitters" because* of the boll weevil or pre- * war temporary adversity. We do not raise or imports into Sumter county that kind of citizenship which surrenders to temporary adV versity. Rather our citizenship is of the Gamecock variety?"neve? say die Sumter spirit." Next Fri day's meeting will show the Game-' cock county pride and the Sumter spirit. A ladies' advisory and cooperi? tive committee has been appoint-^ ed to work with the directors, and. additional committee women will be ? added as d eemed advisable, to work- up a creditable county, fair, provided next Friday evening's meeting instructs the director! "to "go to it" and we will be there* wtih cooperation and otner baek^ ing. The officers and directors of the Sumter County Fair Assot*iati?ff. are as follows: President, W. T. Brown, Vice. President, Dr. M. L. Parier, Treas urer, G. A. Lernmon, Secretary, Jl Frank Williams. t ? Directors L.' D. Jennings. A. H. Wilder, W, T. Brown, H. L. Tisdale, A. ? L. Ar dis, J. Frank Wilhams. G. A. Ler?j, mon, M. L. Parier, P. G. Bpwv man, J. J. Whilden,. Mrs. Louise Stubbs, Miss Betty Aycock, Ladies* Advisory Committee. , Miss Betty Aycock. Mrs.. W. :E? Leavell.-Mrg. Walter C. Boyle, Mri Louise Stubbs, Miss Caro TrulncJc^ Mrs. E. A. Terry. Mrs. D. R. idde; Mrs. J. Remhert Maye?, Miss Annie O. Keels. ' ? ? ? Death of Captain To Be Investigated W>-" ?" ? >v . Miami, Fla;. July 21.?The Britf ish government has asked the Unit\* ed States to investigate the. murder of Capt. George Edgecomb, m?stef * of the schooner William H. Alburj^ which was held up and robbed b^ motor boat pirates- at Gun Key yes-j: terday, according to -information, received today by Lieut. C?L Jen-, kins, vice consul here. ? The'power boat ?Falcon used by the bandits is now tied up to;a local dock- While -.ponce* watching the entrance- to the Mir ami river before; daylight, the Fair con drew up alongside a railroad/ dock and three men jumped off and disappeared. 'A discharged cart ridge was found .n the boat. The police tonight were search ing for James Truitt, to whom the. Falcon was loaned Wednesday af ternoon andv who served a term in the state^penitentiary, being re leased only recently. Truitt. was^ seen heading south toward Gttn Key in the boat Wednesday, even ing . The Albury was engaged in .the. rum trade out of Bimini and is-un derstood, to have earried thousands of dollars aboard, tt is believed the bandits knew this and were af- < ter the money. The amount they obtained has not yet been ascer tained. m?m> <? - There im "too much loud laughing; talking, singing and sometimes cursing in the wee sma* hours o* the morning to permit residents of West Liberty street, adjacent to tn.f business district/ to sleep in peace and comf ort. Late revellers should be made to moderate their spirits when using the public streets late at night, " . 0 ? ? Women are vain, but every bar ber's mirror sees some ftway things. FARMERS' WAREHOUSE % SUMTER, S. C. Will sell tobacco at auction this sea son, as we have before. AH the big companies will be represented with full corps of buyers. The season will open TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 Bring your tobacco to u s. Wc guarantee the HIGH DOLLAR, and your money is waiting on you a* quick as your tobacco is sold. We will grade and tie your tobacco at a nominal cost. FARMERS' WAREHOUSE C. 0. WATTS, Prop. 310 E. Liberty St. % Sumter, S. C.