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I TOWN AND C g.-. 2? News and Views From Pisgah. h Pisgah. Nov. 1,?The political: -gendulum swung back in the elec- j <*on the right way. Many good j men are elected to office and some j ieft out that were no good to the i country. Now let Newberry be ex- i jfeHed from the senate and others j 4ike him take a back seat and we; ssill soon return to the fathers' ad- ] ^Jce and the government they es- i l?blish^d. America, in her splen- j did isolation can advise and aid! the European people for their good j - .-without mixing in their fusses and j quarrels. This is what Washing- j Ton told us to do and as long as wej ?fellow his wise advice we will go j . sjrait. j ? The Kershaw Baptist Association j $?eld a very interesting session of] ?syo days last week at Mt. Pisgah church near Chesterfield county. Sine addresses were made by Drs. JJerts, Jones, Woodard, Foster and l?thers from Columbia. The next Meeting will be at Cedar Creek church igear Bishopville. The peo- ] pie where the association was held are fine. They were openhanded ft their hospitality, and all the dele gates had a fine time. Splendid Sinners were furnished every day '-on the ground. The crops up there are good ex ;cept cotton. Very little of it was made. a Oat planting has commenced, j Some are up. The crops are about! all gathered. Corn, peas and po-j tatoes are good. Enough to do j 3nd some to spare. Pisgah church had a very in- j teresting day yesterday. The pas- j ? tor preached a fine sermon, after! ?which the church elected its af- j ficers for; another year, viz: John-: T. Watson, Sunday school superin- j tendent; Prof. Burns, D. J. Hat-! field. Miss. Bertie Hatfield and . R. J. Watson, teachers; J. E. DuPre, church clerk; D. J. .. Hatfield, church treasurer. For the B. Y. P. -U., Mrs. Daisy Barfield, president: Miss Lula Baker, vice president; j Wilson Hawkins, secretary and; treasurer; Miss Bertie Hatfield, cor-j responding secretary and choirster, j are the officers which were con-; firmed by the church W. T. Haw-j kins, secretary and treasurer of j the Sunday school. The ? church j hr making rapid strides along all progressive lines. <- \ j?~The exodus of the colored people still continues. Mrs. Lavinia Saxton, an aged ggid highly respected colored wo man, died here suddenly last week, ffcaised before the civil war shej had those fine manners of that time, j She was very industrious and ! amassed quite a fine property. ? Rev. J. W. Kenney, who went to North Carolina recently to see his son, says Firnes are prosperous there. North Carolina has thej reputation of being the most pros-1 ><SXSX5><$><g>?X^Sx^^ perous state in the south. Horeb Church of Providence unit ed with the Kershaw Association j last week, and its delegates, Messrs Alvin Weldon and Mobley were heartily received. Mr. R. J. Watson's horse threw 'him yesterday and injured his I shoulder with other hurts. Meeting of American Legion Offi cers. On Monday night the officers of the local post of the Legion met in ! the offices of Dr. H. L. Shaw to [appoint committees for the ensuing [year. The following standing [committees were appointed: I Executive committee, Zach K. I Darr, (ex officio) Chairman; Major ij. W. Bradford, Benjamin D. Hodges, Mortimer M. Weinberg, W. Ewart Easterling, Harold L. McCoy. Finance Committee. Paul C. Aughtry, Chairman; M. B. Cox, Earle Rowland. Membership Committee, T. R. Littlejohn. Chairman; Lewis Des Champs/Wendell M. Levi. The following gentlemen will be j asked to constitute themselves a committee for the purpose of see ; ing if proper quarters cannot be ! secured to be fitted up in an at tractive manner as Legion club ! rooms: S. L. Roddey, Chairman; j W. R. Plowden, Milton Weinberg. An entertainment committee, whose duty it will be to provide j a program of an attractive nature f for every Legion banquet, was ap ' pointed as follows: Zach Darr, i Chairman; Frank Jeppi, W. Sidney [Burgess. y j Mr. Louis C. Bryan has been i appointed as Post Publicity Officer j and Mr. John J. Riley as Post Ath letic Officer'. A' .membership drive will start \ on Tuesdaj', November 28th with a banquet at the Claremont Hotel on. that night. Every ex-service man is urged to be present. You can't realize the importance of af filiating with the Legion and be coming a subscriber to the Legion Weekly. All members whose names appear on committees here in will please take note and com municate either with your chair man or the adjutant. Cordially, Harry L. Shaw, Commander. By W. H. Bowmn, Adjutant. ? <m ? Marriage License. White: Mr. T. C. Richardson and Miss Daisy Hudson of Sumter. County Engineer J. E. Jeffords recently stood the examination be fore the State Board of Examiners for civil engineers, and Thursday j received his certificate as a licens j.ed civil engineer. This board was ? created by an act of the last session I of the legislature. COUNTY FAIR PUBLICITY Secretary Reardon Hands Out Some News and More Comment The National Bank of Sumter announces that it will have a fea ture of interest to Sumter people in the big pageant of progress pa rade on Sumter County School Day, Friday, November 24th. The fact that this banking institution which is known far and wide as one of the most progressive, safe, and substantial banks of the south endorses the pageant of progress parade to such an extent adds pleasure to the various committees working to make this big county wide get together day a success. Mr. W. A. Bryan of the com mittee on participation of business establishments with floats, decorat ed cars, and otherwise, reports to Chamber of Commerce that the following other banks and business concerns will be represented in this big parade. Read the names of these banks and other business concerns and see if they are not representative of the best and most progressive public spirited, livewire establishments of Sumter, then if you have not entered your place of business or your private car, do you not feel kind of lonesome? Sumter's business establishments will be on dress parade on Friday. November 24th, 1922; The Peoples' Bank of Sumter, National Bank of South Caro lina, Geoi H. Hurst and Sons, Carolina Products Company, George F. Epperson, Auto Wrecking Company, Cut tino and Cain, Southern Auto Service Company, Bryan's, Inc., Schwartz Bros.. Boston Candy Kitchen, Cherry Company, D. J. Chandler Clothing Co., Goldberg's, Lynam Electric Company, DeeLite Bakery, H. C. Bland, Young Men's Christian Asso ciation, Sumter Cannery Company, Harby & Co. Inc., \ Miss Aurelia Mayer, principal of Hagood school, writes that she is busy training her pupils to march and getting ready to win that beau tiful banner offered for the rural school making the best appearance in this big parade. Miss Mayer and her publjc spirited pupils are a hard combination to beat, and other schools will have to look to their laurels. Nothing like looking after the inner man while you are at it. The publicity department of the county , fair wants names of ev ery concern, school or organization that is going to participate in this parade or county fair, for publica tion. In mentioning the names in last I Saturday's Daily Item of the com j mittee members who handed in the i list of Sumter's business concerns j that will have floats'or decorated j cars in the pageant of progress pa j raue Mrs. E. J. Karrick's name jwas unintentionally omitted from I the committee. Mrs. Karrick has been a good worker for the pa rade and has also kindly gone to the Chamber of Commerce and as sisted the secretary in mailing out j hundreds of letters and premium \ lists. - The names of every person, firm, and corporation that has sig nified intention of being represent de in. this parade or county fair; have been published by the pub ! lie'ty manager as fast as sent or ; brought in. If there are any j whose names l ave not been report - j ed or published, kindly phone the Chamber of Commerce, phone No. 200. If arivbodv's name is left out ! f - ?of the papers it is not the fault of the publicity manager of the I parade and fair. i j The Standard Oil Company, Bal I timore division, with headquarters in Charleston, has secured a space 21x2S feet for an exhibit* at the Sumter County Fair. JURY LIST I _ Petit Jury For Third Week of Court of Common Pleas H. H. Wells, S. J. Player, j M. D. Dorrity, { Joel Davis, E. Conyers Brown, j W. F. Shaw, i S. P. Gaillard, ! D. R. McCallum, McKenzie P. Moore, j J. H. Skinner, j L. F. Brunson, j R. A. McCollum, j J. R. Goodman, P. L. Jones, T. M. Bradley. H. C. Folsom. E. W. Nettles, Sj. C. Tisdale, Elijah Sanders, IT. T. Griffin, VV. J. Nunnery, E. C. White, L. E. Leavell, Geo. D. Betts, L. R. Dickerson, H. C. DesChamps, H. A. Brunson, R. P. Gaihley, J. E. Stoudenmire, C. M. Burkett, C. W, Brunson. Raymond Stuckey, S. L. Hinson, T '? "". J. W. Shaw, ? Jake I. Brogdon. It is reported that three convicts escaped from the main chaingang, which is located in the Horatio neighborhood, Sunday night. The prisoners, it is said, obtained pos session of a monkey . wrench and with it succeded in twisting apart the bars of the cage so that they made an opening sufficiently large for them to squeeze through. ! SUMTER WINS IN ORANGEBURG - 'High School Team Defeats Orangeburg bv Score of 18 to 6 I Orangeburg, Nov. 14.?One of the i main features today at the Orange 1 burg county fair was the football 'game between Orangeburg high and j Sumter high. Although outweigh ed about ten or 15 pounds by Sum ter, and picked to lose by four touchdowns at least, Orangeburg made Sumter fight here today to 'win her game, the final score be ing 18 to 6. Orangeburg played well in the first quarter and held the Sumter team blank, but early in the second quarter by line plays, mixed with passes Sumter scored its first touchdown. Both teams counted in the third quarter, but Sumter had the edge on the local team both in line plays and for . ward passing. Sumter scored again in the fourth quarter by forward passes, making the final score 18 to j 6. Two long passes which were I caught by Captain Albrecht of the i Orangeburg team, mixed with sev ! eral line plays, gave the locals its j counter, in the third quarter. The ?spectacular work of Captain Al brecht and that of Kirven for Sumter were the outstanding fea tures of the entire game. Kirven proved to be one of the best ground gainers seen here this year, and the work of Albrecht stood out I with equal prominence. Besides Kirven, the playing of Rivers, Blanding and Cato also featured. Kirven caught several passes and made long gains for Sumfer. Be sides Albrecht, the work of Keitt and Blanton and that of Sykes and Wright was good. Orangeburg j played its best game of the season. J Line-up: i Orangeburg (6) Sumter (16) Position I Pearson .__LE _ _ _T. Rivers j Sykes -LT.Flake j McElhaney . _ LG ."?_Dick I Ficklin.C _McMillan Crum.RG._ McLaurin J Jackson _. RT .Kolb j Wright RE .. Cuttino I Blanton-QB.Blanding j Albrech LH .. ..Chandler Rentz.RH.Cato ! Keitt __ _.FB Kin-en ! ' Officials Scoville (Citadel), ref j eree: Fewell (Presbyterian Col jlege), umpire; Cantwell (Carolina), Head linesman. Civic League Extends Activities. j At the solicitation of a number j of business men of the city the Civic League has decided to extend its activities to meet the very urg enteed for further relief of the poor and unfortunate of our com munity. This relief work has been carried on in a limited way for stmie time by the league's visiting nurse but the calls on her time, and the increasing demand for assist ance from other than the sick, make it necessary to create a new The package suggests it Your taste confirms it Tne sales prove it Over J billion sold yearly r CIGARETTES Liggett Sc Myers Tobacco Co. committee for the handling of this I branch of the work. To that end I the executive board of the league J ! created the charity committee j I which will take over this phase of j I the work under the guidance of ! Mrs. Chester F. Korn, who has con | sented to act as chairman of the j j committee. j The league is highly gratified to have Mrs. Korn act in this capac-J ity, feeling that her many years j of training and experience in so-J cial work in Chicago, Cincinnati and other large centers will assure beyond question the wise and ju dicious administration of the af fairs of this department. The funds for the carrying on of the work will be solicited from the. citizens at large, and already many men and women have de clared their willingness to con tribute for the benefit of those*less fortunate than themselves. May I urge our people to re spond to this effort of the Civic League and to give of their money I and their moral support for a most worthy cause. '? | k Mrs. Horace Harby - President the Civic League; i November 15, 1922. The county treasurer's office j opened Wednesday morning for the ? receipt of state and county taxes. Treasurer Wallace and his assist ant were quite busy for a while, a number, of property owners tak ing advantage of the firs^ oppor tunity to pay their 1922 taxes. COME TO The Greater Sumter County Fair Agr? Sumter, South Carolina iJBf November 21 st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th . jfH? AN EDUCATIONAL ENTERTAINING COOPERATIVE, EXPOSITION OF AGRICULTURE. HOME ECONOMICS. MAN $Bm UFACTURING. MERCANTILE. FINE ARTS. HOUSEHOLD ARTS, FANCY WORK, FLORAL SHOW, POULTRY SHOW. MBm SWINE SHOW, MAGNIFICENT FREE ATTRACTIONS AND OTHER CLEAN AMUSEMENTS. REDUCED RATES ON feSpl ALL RAILROADS. . ' i .M Spectacular Allegorical Pageant of Progress Parade on Sumter County School Day, Friday, November 24th, at 11 A. M. Thou E^Q^Sffl sands of School Children and Teachers, Elaborate and Costly Commercial and Historical Presentation of Floats and Decorated j te^MpI The Famous Thirty Piece Roval Scotch Highlanders Concert Band with Their Twenty-Five Song Soloists and Six Big Feature jp^p^jik " I Vaudeville Acts in One Grand Combination Two Hour Program Presented Twice Daily at Fair as a Free Attraction to AH Fair I??^mWBi? CT Visitors?(only charge twenty-five cents for grand-stand seats.) The Dele neade Troup of Five Beautiful Girls in Classic Pos ^Wf^Sm^m ing, Famous Masterpieces, Sculptures, Models. Free Attraction. WSsmSSL ^B^^fegl The Parentos, Marvelous Acrobats. Contortionists, Aerial Artists and Clowns Performing from Sixty Foot Aerial Ladder and from. m^A^KSmWm^ Platform, Aerial Trapeze in Their Thrilling, Hair-Raising, Death Defying Leaps. Absolutely Free. Twice Daily, f '^^^M^m \ -m The Greater Mathew J. Riley Shows and Midway Attractions. Absolutely High Class, Clean and Entertaining. Admission at Fair ^ISSr l4lt? Gates: Dav Time 50 Cents. Children Under 12 Years 25 Cents. Night: Gate Admission 25 Cents. No War Tax. The only charge j IB^MBLw^ mm for Free Attractions Will Be 25 Cents for Grand Stand Seats During the Royal Scotch Highlanders Band Performances. All j W^SB^^?f can see however without taking grand-stand seats. | f jR1 The Sumter County Fair Association i^3^\^V^ m ?>. w. T. BROWN, President. S. J. WHITE, Vice-Preside nt. J. FRANK WILLIAMS, Secretay-Treasurer. &WfB&F*V~ E. I. REARDON, Supt. of Amusements and Publicity. |