Yesteryear by Sammy Way: Cadet is top-ranking man at West Point; Peace Pilgrim visits Sumter

Posted 1/1/22

75 YEARS AGO - 1947

June 10 - 16

- The first cotton bloom in Sumter County, reported to the Item office, was from the farm of R. M. Barkley on the Pinewood road. Two perfect blooms were brought to the office this morning by County Farm Agent …

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