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C mm Second Cine* Matter.
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PKKHONAI*.
Mr J F. Bland, of Mayesvllle. was
a towa on business rriday.
Mr J. E McCutchen. of BlahopvlUe.
aa In the city Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs C. F. Moses, of Savan
h. (I*. apaat Saturday with
. APamont Moses. Mr^ Moses Is the
tat son of the late Frank Moses.
c v aa well known In Sumter.
r Z. T. Cook returned to hU
te In Bateaburg Saturday af
a vlatt to his son. Mr. Wilbur
ook of this rtty. ,
Mr. J. D. Wtnn. Jr.. of BlahopvlUe.
rant Friday night In the city.
Mrs. fella Tuomey has returned
bosne from Philadelphia after a its*
a? several months in Dr. 8. Wler
lltehell's Hospital. Her many friends
rill be glad to know that her health
Mas greatly Improved.
Miss Blanche Hoffman, of Roches
?r. N. T . Is visiting her aunt, 'Mrs.
BUa Tuomey 4
Mr. Thomas M. Bradley, of Spring
im. la lo the city.
Mrs. H. D. Geddings, of Washlng
en. D. Cm la the guest of her aunt,
ire. B. M Mlkell.
Mrs. J. B. Smoak. of Orangeburg
?letting Mr. and Mrs. s. R. Smoak,
ft v
Mr. K A. Brown, secretary of the
almetto Stenogranhsra' Association
id court stenographer. second
Iron It, la In town on a visit to friends
ad relatives.
Mra, Selm* Daniel, after spending
tsae time In Virginia. Is visiting her
star. Mra. H. O. McKagen.
Mlas Ethel Lever, of Columbia,
pant Friday and Saturday In the city
? the guest of Mrs. Alfred Bryan.
Dr. K R. Wilson . returned Mon
*my from a business trip to Char
Mrs. J. W. Miller has returned to
smngvburg after a pleasant visit to
Ir. aad Mra. S. R. Smoak of this city.
Messrs. Mark Reynolda, Oeo. D.
I bore, R. L Mannlnr. H. O. Osteen
ad Rev H. H. Covlngton. want to
I eertanbui g on Monday as dele
the Church of the Holy
to the Annual Council of
Mien La* lb* Isanaan, of Manning,
awnt Meatday ls> too ?It. .
Mr. A i>. Stack, of P'nrwo.id, wi.m
. Tommy Btghrvm went to Man
Bag this morning on business.
Mlas Theo Thomas has returned to
as city from a visit to Hartavtlle.
Mr. T C. Halt, of Qslnssvllle. Oa.,
returned home this morning after a i
brief visit to relatives In the city. |
Miss Hosa Wood returned to her
home in Camden this morning after
I visit to Miss Mamie Neal of this
city.
Mr. Jos. J. Plowden spent yester?
day In Manning with his parents.
Miss Alta Emanuel. who has been
attending school at the Convent re?
turned to her home In Borden this
morning.
Miss Owynne Dick, of Columbia, re?
turned this morning after a very
pleasant visit to Miss Carolyn Dick.
Mr. Fred Lesesne, of Manning, was
In the city today.
Miss Frederick Ansel, of Columbia,
1* visiting the Misses Wilson on
Broad street.
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Ryttenburg re?
turned yesterday from Savannah,
where they have been on a visit for
tbo past few days.
Mr. Fred Wllllford went to Colum?
bia today oh a vllt to his mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelias Moses, of
Savannah, have returned home after
a very pleasant visit to Mrs. Alta
mont Moses.
DEATH.
Mr. Walter A. Bailey died at his
home. Blaney, Kershaw county, on
Sunday evening, May 9th, after sev?
eral weeks Illness, aged about 66
years. He had been an Invalid, con?
fined to his home from rheumatism
snd spinal trouble, for about fifteen
years, but until hla recent fllness had
otherwise been In fairly good health
I and unimpaired mental faculties He
leaves a widow and several grown
children. Mr. Jack D. Bally, who has
been for the past year the Daily
Item's linotype operator, is one of his
I sons.
Sumter Has Her First Joy Ride.
Early Sunday morning when every?
body was In slumberland Chester Wil
-son, employed by Mr. C. L?. Stubbs as
( cook, stole out to the automobile
house and decided to take a spin
around the block before his master
j arose. Chester hsd been up late Sat
1 urday night, and the effects of tho
night before had not worn off and
naturally he was feeling his spirits.
Chester started up Washington street
and before he had gone a block be?
came aware of the fact that the ma?
chine was beyond his control and the
i.ext Instant lie dashed Into the resi?
dence of Dr. B. B. Breeden. resulting
in the demollshment of the handsome
new Reo to a certain extent. Chester
er? aped uninjured but somewhat
scb<ra4, ? Mr. stui o* intended 40 take
a trip to r.Ishepv. lv through ths
count's .-'n hi morning, but wng
It<fr?a*peA??U to *#ow**ij?*w ~..i.l
necesssry repairs were made.
Where Ignorance Is bliss 'tis folly
I > he one of those fellows who know
t all.
THE CUILLOTINE.
It Wat Not Invented by the Man
Whoce Name It Bears.
In a book published by Hector
Flelschmau in Germany the story of
the origin of the iustruiueut of execu?
tion which was DA mad for L>r. Guiilo
tln in the days of the relgu of terror
is flatly denied. "There Is uo truth
in the story, so long believed," be says,
"that the genial old physician invented
the mac bine whicr. was named for him
and by means of which he is said to
have lost his life shortly after Its adop?
tion. Gulllotln, In keeping with the
spirit of his time, proposed on Oct.
10, 1780, that all offeuders, regardless
of their birth or station, should be dealt
with alike by the law. und six mouths
later he proposed to the government
that convicted murderers should be
beheaded by means of a simple appara?
tus. The mechanism of which he and
oo one else had any idea at that time
was spokeu of as the 'simple appara?
tus' by the humorists of the day, and
the phrase was used to make its pro?
poser ridiculous, so that when a ma?
chine finally was adopted the wits of
the time nacied it guillotine. The gov?
ernment, evidently recognizing the val?
ue of the suggestion, asked one An?
tonie Louis, a eurgcon at the Salpe
trlere, to devise a machine and later
gare a similir order to a carpenter by
the name o:f Guidon, who offered to
construct an Instrument for decapita?
tion for 5,060 llvrea. This woe consid?
ered too high a price, and the contract
was given to a German cabinetmaker
by the name of Tobias Schmidt, who
received 824 livres for the accepted
model Id 171)2. Schmidt made guillo?
tines for all the provinces, and the in?
dustry brought him a moderate for?
tune, which he proceeded to squander
In Paris, while Dr. Gulllotln, who nev?
er had anything to do with the making
of a machlre which bore his name,
continued to pructice his profession
quietly and unostentatiously In Paris
until he died there on March 20. 1814."
Eloquence of the Welsh.
Here is a little story of an English?
man In Wales: "On the comparative
qualities of the English and W*!sb
tongues let me tell of the Welshman
who saluted me In the Welsh. I was
compelled to confess ignorance. 'Ah.'
he said, turning fluently enough to
English, 'you should learn the Welsh:
My wife was English, and she can
apeak conversations now quite well.'
"I acknowledged my shortcomings
and admitted that 1 had always under?
stood the Welsh to be a remarkably
eloquei.t tongue. 'Yea, yes, It iss so,'
said the native. 'In Welsh a man can
express exactly what be means. As
for the KugUnli, 1 ru!l It not a language
at all?or ly p dialect
"'Von haf noted that an Englishman
or u foreigner l.i speaking his language
wave* his bunds and amis about to
help i or the meaning of the words, but
a Welshmau who can speak Welsh
well he has* no need to move" his
hands. In tue Welsh he can say all
that he means/ "?Chicago News.
A Better Test.
"That man is so honest he wouldn't
"teal a pin," said Mr. Goode.
"I never thought much of the pin
test." answered Mr. Cayenne. "Trr
htm with an umbrella."
PAYING FCR A MEAL
It Was Worth About a Shilling to Pick
Thos-j Bones.
Colonel Ebenezer Sproat of Revolu?
tionary fame was born and bred In
Mlddleboro. Mass. He was always
fond of a joke and was quick to seize
i an opportunity to Indulge his propra*
I slty. as the followlug incident illus?
trates. His father, also a Colonel
Sproat. kept a tavern. One day while
Ebenezer was at borne on a furlough
three private soldiers, on their return
from the seat cf war. called for a cold
luncheon.
Mrs. Sprcat set on the table some
bread and cheese with the remnants of
the family dinner, which her son
thought rather scanty fare for hungry
men. He felt a little vexed that the
defenders of the country were not
more bountifully supplied. The sol?
diers, after satisfying their appetites,
asked him how much they should pay.
Ebenezer said he would ask his moth?
er. He found her In the kitchen.
''Mother." he said, "how much is it
worth to pick those bones?"
''About a shilling, I guess," she an?
swered.
The young officer returned to the sol?
diers and, taking from the barroom till
8 shillings and smiling genially upon
them, gave each man one and with
good wishes sent them on their way.
Mrs. Sproat soon after came in and
asked Ebenezer what he bad done with
the money for the soldiers' dinner.
In apparent amazement he exclaim?
ed: "Money! Did I not ask you what
it was worth to pick those bones, and
you said a shilling? I thought It little
enough, for the bones were pretty
bare, and I handed the men the money
from the till, and they are gone."
Mrs. Sproat could not find heart to
reprove her favorite son for this mis?
interpretation of her words, and then
she, too, loved a joke, and so, after an
instant's glum look, she laughed and
said it was all right
Had Seen Them All Before.
Once while James Whltcomb Rlley
was visiting a towu where he was
booked to give a reading a committee
called to take him In a carriage over
the city. In acknowledging the com?
pliment he said:
"I'll go with you, gentlemen, provid?
ed you promise that you will not show
me the new courthouse, the new town
hall, the new bridge, the new school
building and the new Jail, for I've seen
tbem all a hundred times in as many
towns, and they invariably wear me
out before the time arrives for the
curtain to rise on the evening enter?
tainment"
The Right Bone.
"Fred, dear, I feel it in my bones
that you are going to take me to the
theater tonight."
"Which bone, darling?"
"I'm not sure, but I think It's rra
wishbone!"?Kansas City Independent
Apprehensive.
The Heiress?I want to be loved for
thyself. Count de Broke (apprehen?
sively)?My dear lady, Is there any pos?
sibility of this being a case of mistak?
en Identity??Illustrated Bits.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty
mind.?Shakespeare.
w u - W- v^ljvr wyv WHJSI l^JVJ </pJ C^jVJ C"JO C{JO
Aged, Old Men?
You may classify yourself anywhere
you please, either by years or by your
taste in clothes styles; we have
Hart Schaffner ? Marx
clothes here for you ;Bwhatever age or
taste you go by.
Young men especially flwill find
here the very snappy styles which they
like to wear; a little extreme, maybe,)
but they like 'em. The other
more conservative styles are here, too;
all-wool fabrics, right tailoring, fit, and
style in models. You want these
clothes; we want you to have them.
Suits $18 to $30,
Suits of Other Good Makes $10 to $25J
! This Store is the Home of
Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes.
Phone 166. Sumter, S. C.
?V ?- I? ? II II. ? Hill?.? II?.
Renders the
food more wholeson
perior in lightness i
The only baking pt
made from
Royal Grape Cream o
THE OPSONIC TEST.
What It Showed the Man Who Smoked
a Great Deal.
His friends knew that he would rath?
er miss half an hour of a play than
cut short his after dinner cigar, and
they were astonished when he an?
nounced that he had quit smoking.
"What's the trouble?" he was asked
"Opsonlc test," he replied gloomily.
"What in the world is tbatr
"I've been run down of late and feel?
ing pretty blue. As there is consump?
tion in my family, I consulted a spe?
cialist He said I didn't have the dis?
ease yet, but he would tell me what
my chances were of getting it We
are constantly breathing tuberculosis
germs, he explained, but healthy blood
has the power to destroy thorn. So he
took a drop of my blood and inocu?
lated It with a certain number of
germs. In half an hour he examined
it under the microscope and found that
only half as many germs had been
killed as should have been the case.
Normal, healthy blood is said to have
an opsonlc test of 100, so my test was
only 50. He advised me to build up
my strength by sanitary living?lots of
fresh air day and night, plenty of
sleep, wholesome food and moderation
In work and pleasure."
"Where does smoking come in?"
"He said that tobacco had an ex?
traordinary effect in decreasing the
power of the blood to destroy germs, j
Some men who smoke a great deal ?
have an opsonlc test of zero?that is,
their blood has no effect whatever on
germs. I am fond of my cigar, but
when a specialist levels an opsonlc
test all cocked and primed at your
head and says. Tobacco or your life,'
what are you going to do but throw up
your hands?"?New York Tribune.
The
"There w<
said one of
speaking of
"who didn't
and wouldn t let tne rest of us sleep. J
Whenever we dropped into a doze they
came around and shook us till we were
wide awake again."
"And you had to submit, I suppose,
for they constituted the majority?'
"Yes. They were n rousing majority,*
said the hollow eyed Juror, with a i>en
slve attempt to be facetious.?Chicago
Tribune.
Sagacity Recognized.
"Our forefathers who framed the
constitution were men of mighty In
telligence."
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum.
"I am sometimes tempted to believe
that they knew as much about the con?
stitution as some of the lawyers who
have since Interpret od It "- Washing
ton Star, ? . ...
Art Improvement.
Mrs. De Riehe (showing her home to
Mrs. Windfall)*? What do you think of
my Venus de Mtlol Mrs. Windfall-*
Ain't It a shame bow careless aervsnt*
are! Rut rouldn't you glue the ju*ms or
sfftilnl - Tuck.
sotutefy T?re
ie and su
uid flavor.
3wder
f Tartar.
?'MOTHER'S DAY" CELEBRATED.
Novel Movement Launched a Yi
Ago In Philadelphia Becoming Pop?
ular.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 9.?
"Mothers Day," the day set apart to
honor "the best mother who ever
lived?our own," was celebrated hero
today by men and women in every
walk of life. Everywhere the white
carnation, chosen symbol of the new
celebration, was to be seen.
The movement for the establishment
of "Mother's Day" as a world-wide
holiday was originated in this city
by Miss Anna Jarvis, whose mother
died four years ago. To-day was the
second official celebration of the day.
Miss Jarvis has been notified that the
Governor of seven States, as well aa
moyors of cities In all parts of the
world, have officially recognized the
establishment of the new holiday. She
has received word from Rome. Tur?
key and Japan, telling of the adoption
of the Idea in those countries.
Observed In Nebraska.
Ohama, Neb., May 9.?Mother'!
Day was generally observed In Ne?
braska and especially in this city.
White carnations were mostly In evi?
dence. A donation of several thous?
and, made by Hery T. Clark, a local
philanthropist, were sold on the
streets by two hundred young women
for the benefit of a child-saving Insti?
tution.
Mr Hnrrv "Foot* n theatrical man
.>:' I ?1 11 putation --rived in the ci\ f
last night Mr. Foots it wllj ?< re>
mexnbered pi vofitad '?lumberlatteV*
here about thi e y?ar**ego ander the
Foote will in all probability present
another production in the city at
an early date.
I have with me now a first class en?
graver. We can engrave plain, scrip
or monogram, while you wait. We
hove felt the need of being able to do
this work for some time, now we
have It. We will be glad to sell you
any article and engrave it or engrave
anything you have.
W. A. Thompson,
Jeweler und Optician.
Nc 6 S. Main Street, Phone No. 333.
5-10-tf?I & YV.
WANTED?TO stt! lay horses (and
carriesS If Co ired) for the reason
that I v V. fc? ou; of the city during
th' : immer. The qualities of my
h<^- l i*"4 rste?fBti they are not
afira! I ? \ut ?mobiles or trains. Will
Mil . Leap -or cash or approved
paper. Neill O'D^nnell. 5-4-4t.
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Special Sash
for special purposes are right in
our line. Indicate to us your
wrnts, size, etc., and we'll make
you prices as agreeably satisfactory
as the quality of our materials,
m kings, etc.
THE mm D90R, SASH MB
BUM FACTORY
J. W. McKeiver. - - Proprv I !
LIME :: CEMENT
HARD WALL PLASTER, SHINGLES,
LATHS, ROOFING,
Fire Brick and Clay; Stove Flue and
[Drain Pipe.
. : . Building Material Generally. . :.
^ HGRSeT^OW, BOS tNlf MICKEN FEED. ^
Horses, Mules, Vehicles and Harness as
Usuai.
We still have some Milch Cows on hand.
BOOTH H?RBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY,
SUMTERi :: :: :: S. C.