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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1909. Batered at Use Pootofnee at Surater, s. C, mm Second Class Matter. ? NKW ADVERTISEMENTS. P. M. Pitt??For Sale. Shaw A Drake?New Stable*. E. C. Haynsworth, Master?Sale. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.?Chrlst maa Rates. PERSONAL. Dr. J. A. Mood. Col. Thomas Wll aon and Messrs. C. G. Rowland and J. L Irby left Saturday afternoon for Klsaimee, Flu.. In the vicinity of 'which place they will spend ten days or two weeks hunting deer and bear. Mr. Harry Walsh, who has been attending school at Poughkeepsle. N. , T., has returned home and accept? ed a position with the First National Bank. I PIANO CONTEST VOTES. Several New Candidate?* And More to Come. Hon Pia? Pre* Mise Ullis Josephine McCol lum Has Tereaa Chandler la s la i l*s Eleanor Wallace fl Raymond Stanclll tb~ a?rs. Florence Shields Thomp? son Miss Christine Gerhardt 5.819 6.100 2.210 4,880 1,035 1.010 The New Stables. Attention Is directed to the adver? tisement of Shaw A Drake, who have opened large and well appointed sole and feed stables on North Sumter street. They purchased the Rollu way Skating Rink, which h?s been converted Into the largest and bfjft lighted carriage, buggy and harness repository In this section of the coun? try. On Use lot adjacent to the skat? ing; rink tun been erected ;i Urge two ?tory stable and they are equipped to handle a lori?e volume of business. They will open for business Thurs? day, Dec. 16th. with two carloads of horse* and mules and one carload of vehicles, etc.. and several other car loads of vehicles, farm Implements and other seasonable goods are In transit. They are prepared to do business, and solicit a share of the public patronage. Masonic Flection. At the regular meeting of C'are mont VJge. No. 64 A. F. M . which ras held Thursday night, the follow ig officers were elected to serve dur? ing the ensuing year: C. P. Ostoen?W. M. 8. M. McLeod?S. W. Robt. C. McNeil?J. W. Abe Ryttenberg?Treas. Oeo. E. Beaumont?Secretary. Qeo. O. Tweed?S. D. R. 8. Churchill?J. D. C. C. Beck?Tiler. The stewards will be appointed later. Chooalng a Christina* Present. When you make a present of a periodical to a friend or a family you are really selecting a companion to Influence them for good or 111 dur . log a whole year. If the acquain? tance of your sons and daugr ters were to talk to them aloud as some periodicals talk to them silently, how quickly you would forbid the com panlonshlp! in the one case as In the other, the best course Is to sup? plant the Injurious with something equally attractive and at the same time "worth while." A food can be wholesome and utterly distasteful. Reading can be made so, too. But The Youth's Companion not only nourishes the mind, but dellghta It, Just like that Ideal human associate whom you would choose. The Youth's Companion nils that place now In more than half a million homes. Can you not O ok of an? other family In which It is not no\, known where it would be joyfully welcomed ? If the 11.71 for the 1910 volume Is sent now, the new subscriber will bo entitled to all the remaining Isuics of *9f?; alao The Companion's ' Ve? netian" Calendar for 1910, Itthot graced In thirteen colors and gold. Tin: fOl THt COMPANION, Companion Bullding, Hoston, Maas. New Subscriptions Received at ?i^ 0fflce. ' h*lft'-en runt cotton i, a weU-ome aditki ?n to the Christmas cheer. tJeVful Holiday Gifts. I Aaaprtmer. ts here have long been retnone, and values equally so. See Iff of handkerchiefs, kid ,.. |lV\s*. saunters, neckwear,'furs, rugs, /'art in \Ar??, urnbrellae, lace curtains, blankste,, ob m forts, china, brlc-a brae, cut-glass, ornaments, silk pin ' cuahlony Xlngerfo waists, embrolder <V et* waJet^frofits, hosiery, etc., etc. " HvlynrU1 .Bros Surprise Marriage. The many friends of Mr. J. Ed Stuckey. our efficient Postmaster, and Mrs. Hums, his housekeeper, were surprised when the news spread that they were married. Only a few friends were present. On Friday evlnlng, December 4, 1909, Mr. J. Ed Stuckey and Mrs. Russ were married by Rev. H. R. Murchlson. They took the 5 o'clock train for an extended trip?Blshopvllle Vindicator. DEATH. Mr. Joseph F. Ives died on Mon? day at the home of his daughter, Mrs, Jessie McLeod, near Des Champs* mill after a long Illness, aged 76 years. The funeral was held at Dalzell Tuesday morning. Mr. Ives was a brave and faithful sol? dier of the Confederacy. He enlist? ed In Company B, but was later transferred to Hugh Gardens Pal? metto Battery. Several of his sur? viving comrades of Garden's Battery attended his funeral. Dr. P. M. Salley, a well known physician of Plnewood, died at his home in that town Sunday afternoon of hemorrhagic fever, after an illness of only a few days. The funeral was held in Orangeburg Tuesday morning. Dr. Salley was a member of the board of directors of the Bank of Sumter, and was a frequent vis? itor to the city, and had many friends here who will hear of his death with sincere regret. MANY CIllLIMtFX YACCIXATFD. Health Otllcer Rcardon Makes lb-port Of Work In City Si-hools. Health Officer Reardon has vacci? nated 753 pupils In the city schools and at Morris College, colored. Of this number 194 were white and 550 colored. At Morris Ccdlege 140 wore vaccinated. The physicians were furnished with two hundred tubes of virus but Just how many they have vaccinated has not been ascertained yet. Seventy-five per cont of colored and white wero primary vaccinations, or pupils who had never been vaccinat? ed. Only about five per cent of those previously vaccinated required revac (dnation. The .health officer says that the big percentage of unvacclnated pupils shows how rapidly the danger zone Increases within two years and that a great many pupils fourteen and fif? teen years old, who have come in from the country districts, were never vaccinated before. There are possibly hundreds of adults who moved into the city of late years who have never been vac? cinated either. City people are vac? cinated usually up to about eighty per cent of city population, but If an outbreak of smallpox occurred with hundreds of people in a city who had never beer successfully vaccinated the outbreak might give the health department a hot chase before it was gotten undor control, and would in? cidentally cost the taxpayers a goodly sum of money, too. The menace comes from the un? guarded rural districts where thou? sands of people have never been vac? cinated, many of whom move into cities every year and who are con? stantly coming into towns r.nd cities to trade or to vijit. It Is bent for ev? ery ono to be revacclnated every six years according to the opinion of na? tional, State and municipal authori? ties and physicians. There is small? pox in several places and several parts of South Carolina, but none in Sumter city or county. Smallpox Is much more virulent, and fatal now than it was several years ago, so the S'.ate board of health urges the importance of gen? eral vaccination, and revacclnatlon as precautionary measures. S. L. I. TOPPER. Sumter Soldier* Have Their Annual Banquet. The annual supper of the Sumter light Infantry was held Thursday night in the Armory. There was a full attendance of members present, and the following guests: Dr. Geo. W. Dick; Col. Henry T. Thomspon, of Colombia, & H. Edmunds, T. 15. Fri er, ir. C, Hayasworth, C. B, StuM>s, R. F. Haynsworth, MaJ. C, B. Jeadon, Lieut. P, J. Gallagher and Ttev. J P, Marion. Dr. Dick acted r\x buistmaster. and kept, things moving along pleasure*! mirthful pathway throughout the evening. All of the guests wore call? ed on and they responded in a hap? py manner In brief, informal talks. The supper WfJf all that a hungry man could .desire-.-turkey, barbecue and all the good things of. the sea? son. . ' Indies! Fxtrn S|* Hal at Selm art / ,N. Hundreds of pieces of fine neck? wear have Just been sent us In the newest of styles. They are Just in time. We place them on sale tomori row. Each piece in dainty bdx*. Prices 26c to $1.50. . 12-13-lt. THE CHRISTMAS MEETING. Large Fund Raised to Provide Christmas Gifts For Poor Children and Christmas Cheer for the Needy. The Annual Mass Meetings of Sunday Schools was held in the Presbyterian Church Sunday after? noon with the usual large attendance of both children and adults. The ex? ercises, which consisted of a sons service and an address by Mr. II. C. Haynsworth, were interesting a?.d enjoyable. Mr. C. M. Hurst presid? ed. The collection was the largest ever obtained in the seventeen years that the meetings have been held, and it goes without saying that no child in Sumter will go without a Ch-dstmas gift, nor will toy needy family be without a Christmas din ner, suitable for the season. The following committees were ap? pointed: Committoe?L. I. Parrott, chair? man; W. S Jones, W. P>. UpshUi* C. L. Cuttino. First Baptist Sunday School?Mrs. M. A. Flowers, Mrs. Wm. Yeadon. Washington Street Baptist Sunday School?Miss Mary Hughson, Mrs. John Haynsworth. Presbyterian Sunday School?Miss Cornelia McLaurn, Miss Mary White. Episcopal Sunday School?Miss Martha Wilson Miss Honor Lang. Broad Street Methodist Sunday School?Miss Mary Britton, Miss Emma Wilson, Christian Sunday School?Mrs. G. Pitts, Mrs. M. S. Peckham. Lutheran Sunday School?Mrs. W. G. Stubbs, Mrs. Antonia Kopy>f. First Methodist Sunday School ? Miss Hollei Phillips, tfiM Lola Brown? Catholic Sunday School?Mill I*n doro Teicher, Miss Edna Epperson. Congregation Sinai Sunday School ?Names of committee not handed in. The committee met in the grand jury room today and organized and started the work. It Will meet again on Wednesday, Dec. 22, for the purpose of making purchases and preparing for distrib? ution of Christmas gifts. All persons desiring to contribute to this cause will hand their donation to L. i. Parrott, chairman, or to any member of the committee. Contributions. Cash collection 138.17 Woodmen of World 25.00 Philateu Clan 1st Baptist 5.00 Baracca Class 1st Baptist 20.00 Peuclare Chap. No. 20; O. E. S. COO Knights of rythlas 10.00 Sumter Light Infantry 5.00 Congregation Slnal 10.00 Claremont Lodge, No. 64 A. I F. M. 15.00 Christian Sunday School 10.00 Baracca Class Washington St. Sunday School 15.00 B. L Witberspoon 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Sumter 1.00 Petit Jury 5.00 j Geo. F. Epperson . 5.00 N. O'Donnell 10.00 McCallum Realty Co. 5.00 M. J. Micbaux 1.00 C. P. Exuni 10.00 Miss Wilson 1.00 Elks' 25.00 R. J. Bland 1.00 H. J. Harby 10.00 H. D. Barnett 6.00 G. A. Lemmon 1.00 $351.17 Better Care of the Manure as a Guide Post to "$500 More a Year Farming. Some things we say over and over until some of our friends may be tired of hearing them; but in every case where we do this we are sure that conditions justify the repetition. No reader who thinks will find ault with us, we are sure, for once more calling attention to the great r.eed?yes, the absolute necessity? of making more stable manure and taking better care of what we make. Indeed the same appeal to the busi? ness sense of Southern farmers goes up, with much greater force than we are able to express It, from the thousands and thousands of worn and washed, Stilly-scarred and hum? us-starved acres that mar this fair Southland of ours. In the new day of better farming that is coming we, the farmers of the South, are going tt> get rid of these unprofitable and unsightly acres?are going to. convert them in to fair fields that will reward the man who tills them with' a rlQh i t-turn for his care, and labor. To do this, there Is but one way.: We must put back into these soils the humus We have burned and washed out of them by repeated summer cultiva? tions and -continued winter exposure. We can do this by growing the leg? umes on them; but to d<? It most profitably, wo must 'feed ?these leg? umes -to live1 J?tork* hml - return the ' manure to. the fields. As was stated layt week, -we can not, under ordl-.. nary circumstances, ? afford - to apply 'directly to the soli' any crop that can he'fed to stock ; and this means that we must have more live stock of all B?MTER GAS WORKS. Mr. A. D. Turner, Secretary and Treas? urer and Acting Manager Talks of The Plans of The Sumter Gas and Light Company. Mr. A. D. Turner. Secretary and Treasurer of the Sumter Gas and Light Co., who has been in the city for several days on business for the Company has returned to his home In Boardman. X. C. While in the city Mr. Turner completed arrange? ments for the beginning of the con? struction work and everything is now waiting on tlu? Bartlett-Hcyward Co., of Baltimore who have the contract to install the complete gas plant and demonstrate it In successful opera? tion before turning it over to the Sumter Gas nnd Light Co. Tho contract calls for the erection of the necessary buildings, the fur? nishing and installation of the mach? inery and apparatus for making gas, tho laying of mains and lateral pipes and all other work necessary to pro? vide a modern, and thoroughly equip? ped gas plant. The plans call for the laying of a little more than six miles of gas mains?8, 6 and 4 inches, stan? dard iron gas pipes?<and necessary lateral pipe of smaller size. The gas plant will be located on a lot on H?user and Dobson streets, east of the Central railroad. The lot was purchased a few days ago from the estate of W. F. B. Haynsworth. When Mr. Turner came here to look over the ground he decided that the lot originally selected for the gas plant was too far out and otherwise not desirable and after investigating the situation he selected and bought the Haynsworth lot. Mr. Turner has also contracted with Messrs. C. Q. Rowland and asso? ciates for the lease of an office build? ing which they will erect on Caldwell street. This will be the business of? fice and display room of the gas com? pany, where a stock of ranges, heat? ers and fixtures Will he kept for dem? onstration and sale. Until this build? ing is completed the gas company will have temporary offices at 33 East Liberty street, which will be in charge of Mr. J. A. Epperson. Mr. Turner says that the gas plant will bo In operation within the fran? chise period and that no one need think that tho enterprise will be abandoned. The men back of it mean business and they have had the plans drawn and let the contract for B modern gas system of sufficient ca? pacity to meet all the needs of Sum? ter for years to come. The Partlette-Heyward Co., al? ready have nine carloads of pipe on the ground and they will begin work at an early day. kinds to convert the crops we raise into meat and power and milk, and leave, at the same time, most of the fertilizing elements in these crops on the farm where they can help to grow other crops. We need more stock, then, and we need to make more manure; but we also need almost equally as much to take better care of the manure we are now making. Are we of the South so rich that we can afford In three States to waste $29,000,000 worth of plant food each year? We do not believe we are; but if we were, it would be none the less criminal for us to do it. A needless waste is always criminal; and to many Southern farmers the proper care of the manure made on the farm would mean the difference be? tween poor crops and good ones, be? tween "hard times" and prosperity. This is no exaggeration, but a plain statement of simple facts. And it isn't so hard to take care of the manure and prevent much of the waste that now goes on. Just a few simples rules need to be follow? ed: 1. Have the floors of the stables made so that the liquid manure can? not escape. A concrete floor will an? swer, or a very close board floor, or one made of clay packed down hard and tight. 2. Use plenty of bedding?pine straw, leaves, cut-up corn stalks, dust, refuse hay or straw?so as to absorb the liquids. With a tight earth floor and plenty of bedding the common loss of one-third to one-half the value of the manure may be reduced to very little; and any fanner can have these two things. 3. Haul the manure out everyday If possible and spread it on the land. If not able to do this, let it pack 111 the stables, using plenty of bedding ai\d keeping It .moist?-not wel?and (Irmly packed. 4. Dq not let it get dry,and "lire fang." ... r?. . Do not throw it out In the weather, if it must bs piled put at all, make wide, flat heaps and keep them moist. . Never mix lime or ashes with the manure. Acid phosphate or floats makes an excellent absorbent, however, and supplies the clement in .which the manure, is most lacking? phosphoric acid. . 7. When manure Is taken tcj the fields, do not throw It In little heaps and leave it for the ammonia to es? cape. Get it spread on or mixed with Uti'' kjM*il A-att* - ^^fl ^^^^ Hhhl ?Bt^^s^^ fc ^jm^Lw ^c on'y bating px>wdcr^^?J^\ J^t^^pr from RoyaHSrape Cream of Tartar^Lvl the soil as soon as possible. 8. Do not waste time and money with recipes for making "fertilizers" or composts out of the manure. For some truck crops it may pay to com? post manure with sods or earth; but on the average farm the best thing is to get it on the land with no more handling than is absolutely necessary. ?Progressive Farmer. Origin of "The Rig Stick." The lirst association of Theodore Roosevelt with v.he phrase, "the big stick," datea from a speech deliver? ed by him at Chicago in 1902. On that occasion h* said: "There is a homely old adage which runs, 'Speak .softly and carry a big stick, and you w ill go far.' " The New Vork World in an editor? ial published September 29, 1904, re? vived the speech, contrasting it, In parallel columns, with Roosevelt's pacific speech to tho delegates of the Interparliamentary Peace Union September 24, 1904. The lirst cartoon embodying the "big stick" idea was published in the World of October 12, 1904. it repre? sented Roosevelt mounted on a fiery steed, throwing a lasso around the liVing Angel of Peace and carrying a cudgel bearing the words "big stick' ' upon it. It is interesting to notice the vary? ing changes in cartoons in the char? acter of this stick. At lirst it was simply a long, round stick of uni? form thickness. It later changed to the knotted club of bludgeon type, and now it is often seen with a spear protruding from the large end. This latter form was derived from Roose? velt's expression, "My spear kttOWS no brother." A marked contract is shown in Roosevelt's emblem and the "mailed li t" of Emperor Wil? liam. William's symbol typilies l o\v sr and force?nothing else. Roose? velt's "big stick," although formid? able, means peace?but peace back? ed up by the "big stick."?Success Magazine. Speeding the Parting Guest. On our return voyage there was? there always is, you know?<a woman whom every one was talking about, says a writer In an exchange. She was Mlting audaciously, right and left : and several times a day she astonished us by appearing Ir. gowns of rather too vivid hues. She had singled me out for special attention, and you can conjecture my amaze? ment when, just before docking, she came out in widow's weeds. I sought her at once and, with much sympathy. asked what it mi ant.. "Why, didn't you know?" she ask? ed gayly?didn't you know?I'm bringing him home with me.'' "Bringing him!" "Yes, my husband"?seeing my as? tonishment. "He's below?in the hold," pointing downward with her ungtovfjd, jeweled finger. M VSTI .U S SALE. By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, in the St-ue of South Carolina, in the case of Henry J. Harby, doing busi? ness under the name and styio of Harby and Company, against Ann C. Saunders, W. L. Saunders and Ma? rlon Moi.-e, 1 will sell at public auc? tion, to the highest bidder, at the Court House in the City of Sumter, in the County and State aforesaid, on sale day in January. 1910, being the third day of said month, during the usual hours of sale, the follow? ing described real estate, to-wit: "All of that plantation or tract of land In Sumter County, in said State, containing thirteen hundred aeres, bounded on the North by the pub 1c road; East by land of W .W. Anderson and by land of A. M. Lee; South by land of A. M. Lee and West by Beech Creek." Terms of sale: Cash, purchaser to pay for papers. E. C. HAYNSWORTH. 12-13-3t-ltaw. Master. 10-4 Tar Heel Blankets. 11-4 Tar Heel Blankets. The Home of the Tar Heel The question settled at last! Both Peary, [and I Cook had Tar Heel Blankets with them. These justly celebrated Blank? ets in 10-4, 11-4 und 12-4 sizes. Sold only by O'Donnell * Co. The Home of the Tar Heel 12-4 Tar Heel Blanket.