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person it*
Mrs. W. H. Murray untl daughter.
Marie, of Montgomery. Ala., are vis?
iting Mrs. Murray's mother, Mrs. N.
O Osteen.
After two weeks vacation spent at
Toronto. Canada, Niagara Falls and
Other points north. Messrs. Iii 1* y
Bradham and Hilly Crowson have
returned home.
Mise Gertrude Rubel, of Mississip?
pi, and Mi"-" Tlllle Morris left this
afternoon for Mayesvllle, where they
will attend a dance to be given
there tonight.
Mlsaea Blanche and Lydle Des?
Cham ps. who have been visiting rel?
atives In the city, have returned to
their home at Wlsacky.
?Mr. Iceland Emanuel has returned
to his home at Borden.
It, E. 3 .Booth has returned to
the city from Charleston.
Mrs. F. D .Knight has gone to vis?
it relatives at St. Charles.
Mr. O. A. Lemmen left Tuesday
for a week's stay at T?te Springs,
Tenn.
Mrs. Walter Rafheld, of Orange
burg. Is visiting relatives In the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis McCullougb
have returned to the city after
spending their honeymoon at Flat
Rock. N. C.
Mrs. L. T. Fischer and son and
daughters. Mr. D. Fischer nnd Misses
Helena and Tiny Fischer, have re?
turned to their home at Summerton
after visiting relatives in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bates, of
Plnowood .spent a short while In the
city Tuesday.
Miss Virginia Price, of Charles?
ton, is visiting at "Oak View." the
home of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. DuRant.
Miss Louise Thames has returned
to the < ity after a visit to friends at
Cam den. *
Mr. John Duffle has gone to Dar?
lington to visit friends.
Miss Hughes, of Orangeburg, is the
guest of Miss Ethel Chandler, at her
home on Washington street.
Mass Mabel Randall Is spendlrg
several days with friends at Burdens
Mrs. Ere m t:
*** hurt by a frill aeve,
ago ? .ushjo' O ? has entirely re?
covered and is visiting her ton, Bergt,
ii Q Mi Kage.t, of the police fore. ,
MAY HAVE NEW CO I" NT Y.
t I turns of Mayesvllle Would Have
Obm? With May,Seville as the County
Seat.
A movement is being agitated by
citizens of the town of Mayesvllle.
whereby a new county will be form?
ed having Mayesvllle for its County
seat.
If their plans are realized, the new
county will take In all of -Ihiloh and
Mayesvllle township at present In
Sumter county, and also a part of
Lee and Clarendon couutles, these
parts to Include the towns of St.
Charles and Lynchburg.
The workers for the new county
are now raising money for its sur?
vey, after which they will get the
cltlsens within the proposed bound?
aries to vote on having an election
to decide whether or not they are
willing to break sway from their
"mother counties."
I til K? Mil \\ WS AM? WAYS.
Champion Fay Choe? to Hide his
iVm/r In the oil Can.
There have been ways and ways
discovered by the blind tigers for
secreting thelt boose from the alert
eyes of th.? officers, but Champion
Fay. a negro, seems to have discover?
ed a new one. he having chosen to
hide his booze In his oil can.
Th? officers le.irro d Monday aftei
aaae that Fay had some booze stored
at his house, and so after obtaining
a search warrant. John Doe and Offi?
cer Owens I roceeded to search Fay's
house on Harvln stre ?t. where they
found a??out five gallons of booze,
part of It b? ing In a Jug. but the
greater psrt being in an oil can.
Officer Owens arrested Fay, and
brought him to the guard house,
where he was let nut on a cash bond
of 1100.
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'i- neril s'?- retary l'.lr? hurd Is call
lag oa the Y. at. C. A. building fund
subscriber* as rapidly as possible.
The Finance Commute? Is In need
of all of the first Installment to meet
present obligations and It will aid
\ery much In the eoWecttoa if each
aahaertl at Is prepared to meet the
k hen railed up< ?n, or belli r
m
h? paving of Main street will be
r>pular undertaking If the , ity can
I the means to finance It.
HAVING SOME TROUBLE.
_
After Paying Hat to Tin? City For
storing Iloozc Fay Is Arrested by
11m County.
Prom Um Dolly Itonii August 24.
TlM OBM Of the City against
Champion Fay, chargod with storing
llqiior for unlawful purposes was
tried in the Recorder's Court this
morning.
Fn> is the negro who found a new
use for his oil can. using it as a
ut. nsil in which to itON his liquor.
Some interesting facti in regard
to the manner in which Fay was ap?
prehended, were brought out in the
at the trial..
On Monday morning one of the
0 Ulcers marked two half dollars,
and these half dollars were given to
1 OOOBty negro by Constable John
Doe with the Instructions to pur
i Haas liquor with them.
The negro soon came back with a
soda water bottle containing about a
half pint of liquor, and 6f> cents in
change. lie then carried the con?
stable around to Champion Fay's
house stating that it was there that
he bad purchased the liquor.
A search warrant was accordingly
obtained from the Recorder, and
Officer Owens and John Doe proceed?
ed to searc h Fay's house, finding
several jugs and a keroslne can, all
of which contained liquor. Fay was
arrested and turned loose on a cash
bond of $100.
The case was tried by jury the
jurors being Messrs. D. M. Dick,
foreman. C. E. Hurst. O. B. Nettles,
A It, Floweri and J. II. Johnson,
Who after hearing the evidence,
found against the defendant a verdict
of "guilty."
Fay was represented by C. Capers
Smith. Esq., and the City by John
H. Clifton. Esq.
Fay paid his fine, and was arrest?
ed by the county for selling liquor,
and storing liquor for unlawful pur?
poses.
There was only one other case
tried in the Recorder's Court this
morning.
Mike Thompson, a neg *o boy, want?
ed a dollar changed, so he asked Rev.
Brown, a nogro minister, to accom?
modate him to this extent. The min?
ister handed Mike the dollar, and it
changed (hands). Mike took to
his heels and was given chase and
captured by Sergt. M^Kagen, who
happened to be nearby.
Th" II' - i der asked Mike to
change hands with ftva dollars or
serve ten da>;* on tb .bain gang.
STATE ELKCTIOIN UF/l URNS.
sibcrt's Drug Store will Post Com?
plete Returns on Next Tuesday
Night.
Dr. W. W. Sibert, proprietor of
Sihert's Drug Store, has made ar?
rangements with the News and Cour?
ier to obtain complete State election
returns on next Tuesday night, Aug?
ust 29. and the bulletins will be post?
ed In his store.
Tho returns will commence as soon
as any two boxes In any one county
are heard from, and additional bul?
letins will follow until all the re?
turns obtainable that night have been
posted. This will be welcome news
to those interested In politics, who
OOmpoaS the most of Sumter's popula?
tion, and there will very likely be a
large crowd out to view the return*
. they come In.
FIRST BALE OF COTTON.
Mr, w. e. Koib. of Pi lint sm Md
First New Cotton to O'Donncll &
Company.
The first bale of new cotton was re?
ceived on this market Thursday. It
was grown by Mr. W. E. Kolb, of
Privateer, and was classed as strict
middling. It was bought by O'Don?
nell & Ur>., the price paid being 16
cents. The first bale last year was
bought by the same firm, the price
being 12 1-2 cents.
Marriage at Blshopvillo.
r.Khopvlllo, Aug. 2.1? On Sunday
evening Miss Hertha lb iron and C.
0 <;ritlln were quietly married at the
manne, Rev. Hugh u. Ilurehlaon
Officiating. Only a few relatives and
intimate friends witnessed the cere
monv. Immediately after which Mr.
1 I Mrs. (Jrltfln left for Darlington
where Mr. (iritrin is in bualnesa
< ommlttcsl to .fail.
Henry Putts. colored, has been
committed to Jail, charged with
area* h of trust with fraudulent in?
tent.
He is barged bv Mr. B. R. White
ith cutting timber entrusted to his
keeping, and selling it to third parties.
lb Was sent to jail in default of
IStl bond.
Notice,
If roe are In m ed of bagging and
ties, tail oa tin I n Brokerage Co., as
they have them In all grades, also the
price is right. l-13-3t, I-w
If alt laws were a | difficult to en?
force as prohibition this would be
a lawless country, or every other
man a special constable of the John
Doe order.
RURAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT,
Supervisor T?te suggests some of the
Changee That Should Be Made.
To the Editor of The Daily Item.
I have I-- < n much gratified at the
prompt response to my invitation to
the press and the people id' the State
to discuss some of the problems of
the Rural School in South Carolina. :
As I stated in my last communication,
my own conclusions, formed after a j
superficial study of the situation, are
subject to revision, and it is my
earnest desire to have tho best
thought of the State concentrated on
this subject, Which is now of para?
mount importance in the educational
development of South Carolina. It is
only through a free and candid ex?
pression of opirion that we may
agree on a consistent program of
progress.
In my last article, I discussed the
necessity for a better county super?
vision, and suggested some means by
which this could be secured. A num?
ber of letters have been received, and
several communications have appear?
ed in the papers of the State, suggest?
ing other needs of the school, such as
consolidation of schools, teaching of
Agriculture, better pay for the teach?
ers, and longer terms. I agree that
these are Important elements in pro?
gress, and in course of time wil have
something to say on each of these
topics. But. to my mind, all of these
improvements can be made effective
only with a better system of super?
vision.
Last week 1 stopped for two hours
in Sumter, waiting on a railroad con?
nection, and took the opportunity of
?Ming the plant of the Sumter Tele?
phone Manufacturing Co., an insti?
tution of which the whole State may
Well be proud. Under the guidance
of Mr. Mason, I saw the process by
which the five hundred parts which
enter into a telephone are made, and
assembled. I was very much impres?
sed with the machine for making J
screws. A small brass rod was fed
automatically into this machine
where It was turned into proper size
and shape and received the threads,
and where finally the head was groov?
ed and a screw, ready for use, drop?
ped Into the receptacle below. The
one hundred and eighty employees
of the Telephone Factory might have
worked all day making screws by
hand, and the result would probably
have been enough imperfect specl
m nts for ns teleph? ?>.<?. Instead of
attempting the work by hand, the!
first task of the manufacturer was to
perfe< t this machine.
The Qrst tank, clucuuou?,ii>, for
South Carolina is aptly described by
this illustration. If we attempt, as
indhiduals, to do the things which we
realize should be done, the work will
move slowly and the result will be
at least imperfect. Our first duty is
to perfect our administrative ma?
chine. In South Carolina the fiscal
unit In school administration is the
county, and for that reason I men?
tioned improved county supervision
as the prime requisite to educational
progress.
When the efficient county superin?
tendent of education has been select?
ed in a manner similar to that indi?
cated last week, he should be given
powers which will enable him to unify
the educational work of his county.
The Selection of Teachers.
A present, the county superintend?
ent of education has nothing to do
with the selection of the teachers of
the school district. He does not
know what teachers are employed
in the county until the pay warrants
are presented to him after the close
of the first month's teaching. Un
der the law, no teacher may be em?
ployed who has not a valid certifi?
cate. Frequently the county super?
intendent finds that the trustees have,
perhaps unwdttingly, employed a
taaehar who has no certificate. The
teacher, perhaps, was unacquainted
with the provision of the law. The
county superintendent must ap?
prove the vou< her before it is present?
ed to the county treasurer. He is
put into a position in which he must
either violate the law or refuse the
salary for the month already taught
by the teacher. It seems to me that
before the contract between the local
board of trustees and a prospective
teacher is valid, it should be approv?
ed by the county superlntendent of
education. He would then be able
to settle the question of certification
beforehand and would know who is
to teach In the schools of the district
before the opening of the school ses?
sion.
Then too. It Is a difficult matter for
the local trustees to select teachers
The county superintendent has fa?
cilities for Inquiring into the qualifi?
cations of teachers, wheh are not pos?
sessed by any local board, and lie
should In all cases be the advisor of
the local trustees In this Important
matt<r. The efficient county super?
intendent of education who know-?
both the schools .and teachers in bis
county will be able to serve the Inter
CStS of the schools and. ;i1 the sane'
i lime, to save for some of the teachers
tbe percentage of their salaries which
now goes to the teachers* agencies of
the State.
i
Closer Relation Between stale and
< ounty Superintendent.
The present constitution and law
BAGGING =? TIES
HE season is near at hand when the producers of the
fleecy staple wi be ooking around for theB where?
with to cover it. Farmers are to be congratuated
on the fact that bagging and ties wi cost them but
litte more than it did when cotton ?am sVmi t
six to eight cents, and there is no artice of merchandise in which
they invest, that pays them a handsomer return. We carry a
full line in all weights in
New Jute and Sugar Sack Bagging also
New Arrow Ties
We have a veryq choice grade of
second hand Jute bagging put up
thirty yards to the roll. It is the
best of its kind we have ever seen,
full standard 2 pounds.
Price 5 cents per Yard.
Thia is especially suited to ginners
who furnish bagging and ties and
gin for special price. It will pay
you to get prices on other grades be?
fore placing your order.
OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT.
Is well stocked with cotton picking
necessities:
500 bags of rice at 2 1-2 cents per
pound up.
350 barrels Flour.
We are selling a good flour at $5.00
per barrel.
25,000 pounds Berts *nd Plates.
Meat is very much cheaper than
it was.
400 Bags Meal and 200 Bags Grits
'T* HOSE who contemplate engaging in the mercantile business
during the Fall and Winter months will do well to get our
prices before buying, as there is no larger stock from which to
select, and our prices will always be found as low as the lowest.
O'DONNELL & CO.
give large powers to the State Board
of Eudcation and to the State Super?
intendent, but there is very little ma?
chinery for executing these powers,
and the State Superintendent of Edu?
cation can exert only the slightest
influence over the county system of
schools. The power even to secure
reports from the county superin?
tendent is very limited, and these
reports when obtained often contain
glaring errors which have resulted
from a misunderstanding by the
county superintendent of the intent
of the request for information.. The
State djes not even provide a uni?
form set of books for the county su?
per ntendent. The books which are
now furnished by the county are im?
perfect and difficult to keep. When
a new county superintendent comes
into office there is no officer of the
State department of education to as?
sist him in opening his books, and no
representative of that department to
audit the books at any time during
his administration. There Is, in
consequence, a lack of system and
uniformity which makes the annual
reports of State superintendents of
education in many respects a "com?
pilation of statistical misinforma?
tion." This does not arise from dis?
honesty or imcompetence on the part
of the county superintendent, but
is the natural result where there is
no uniform system of auditing rec?
ords. I believe that the county su?
perintendents would one and all wel?
come an effort to simplify and stand?
ardize their book-keeping. The State
spends more for education than for
any other single purpose. Last year
nearly $2,000,000, was spent for pub?
lic schools In South Carolina. To the
ordinary business man it would ap?
pear that the State school system
could afford an efficient auditor of
some kind.
At the last session of the General
Assembly, a bill pased both houses
unanimously and became a law auth?
orising the appointment of a com?
mission for revising and simplifying
the school law. We confidently be?
lieve that this commission which Is
now at work will present to the peo?
ple of this state the administrative
machine, which Is the first requisite
to p< rmanent progress.
W. K. T?te,
Stnte Supervisor of Elementary Ru?
ral Schools,
iColumbia, August
Notice.
The business of the Union Broker?
age Co., h is Increased so that it was
necessary to enlarge their warehouse.
Now we have the goods at the right
prices, Give us a call, or phone 544.
Union Brokerage Co, 8-22-3t-T-w
BICYCLE RACES LABOR DAY.
Mr. H. L. TLsdate Plans to Have
Several Good Races on September
r>?Columbia Wheel Will be First
Prize.
Mr. H. L. Tisdale, the well known
bicycle dealer, who succeeded so ad?
mirably in having a number of good
bicycle races on Labor day of last
year, plans to have more races on
the coming Labor day, September 5,
which will be even better than those
of last year.
His plans as to the course to be
covered, the rules governing the races
and the prizes to be given, have not
yet been completed, but will all be
made known in the course of a few
days.
The "big" race, however, will be
an endurance run of ten miles, and
the first prize in this race will be a
fine Columbia bicycle. Several other
races will be run, among them being
a race for boys only.
A large number will no doubt wish
to compete for the prizes in these
races, and Mr. Tisdale states that all
who wish to do so must hand in their
names to him by 6 o'clock on Wed?
nesday, August 31.
Notice.
Tt is the time for fall trade and
why not give the firm your business
that has kept prices down at the
bottom since January 3rd, 1910. It's
the Union Brokerage Co., Phone 54 4.
8-22-St-I-w
SEED RYE?Just received shipment
Rye seed for fall planting in cot?
ton and for winter grazing. Booth
Harby Live Stock Co., Sumter, S.
C. 8-6-4t
Announcements of candidates will
be printed in this column until the
i lose of the campaign for $'>. No
cards accepted on credit.
FOR CONGRESS,
l hereby announce myself as a can*
dldate for the Democratic nomination
for Congress from the Seventh Con
gressional District of South Carolina
and pledge myself to abide by th?
rubs and regulations of the Demo
cratic primary.
A. F. LEVER,
FOR THE SENATE.
I hereby announce my candldac
for re-election to the State Senate
from Sumter County, subject to the
rules and regulations of the Demo?
cratic party.
JOHN H. CILFTON.
I beg to announce to the voters of
Sumter County that I am a candidate
for the State Senate, subject to the
rules governing the Primary election.
A. K. SANDERS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATTYES.
I hereby announce that I am a
candidate for re-election to the House
of Representatives, subject to the act?
ion of the Democratic prmary.
GEO W. DICK.
I hereby announce myself a candi?
date for the House of Representatives
subject to the rules of the Democra?
tic party. d
J. E. DuPRE,
I am a Candidate for the House of
Representatives, subject to the rules
! of the Democratic Primary.
I R. B. BELSER.
FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
I am a candidate for the office of
Supervisor of Sumter County. I will
abide by the rules of the Democratle
party. P. M. PITTS.
FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE.
The undersigned having alreacty
filed his oath and pledge with the
proper officers announces himself a
candidate for re-election to the office
of Judge of Probate and will be prond
of the support of his fellow Demo?
crats for that position.
THOS. E. RICHARDSON.
FOR SUPT. OF EDUCATION.
At the solicitation of friends, I
hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of County Superintend?
ent of Education, subject to the rules
of the Democratic primary.
J. EDWIN BEMBERT.
FOR MAGISTRATE.
Recognizing that the office of
Magistrate should be tilled by a man
of judicial temperament and high
character, and in v\hom the public
has confidence, Mr. S. D. Cain fs
In reby nominated for the office of
Magistrate in the 4 th judicial district
<>f Sumter county, subject to the
rules of the Democratic party.
CITIZENS OF TBIVATEER.
1 hereby announce myself a can?
didate for Magistrate for the Third
District, Sumer County, subject to
the rules of the Democratic primary.
HORACE HARBY.