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Kit lernt nt Um* ISieen41tre at sufuter, 8. I.. aa vom! Claas Mattsr. -as i ? rKMMO s \L Ml?a Jane Hardee o. .unwryvllle. a Tornur resident of hi* dtv. stopped In town for n snort while Monday af? ternoon between tri Ina, mm her way to tlartsville. where she has accepted a position. Mrs. K. J. Carson and Mrs. Mary nickeon stopped in the city Monday night on their way from I>aliell to Columbia, where they will spend a few days. Mr. K. M. Coopei and daughter of Wlaacky were In the city Tuesday. Dr. Wslter Cheyne of St. Charles spent Tueaday in the city. Mr. and Mrs. R. 1. Manning left Tuemlay morning for Qreenvllle, where Mrs. Manning will visit her son, Mr. Vivian M Manning. Miss Anna Paul left Tuesday morn? ing for Oreenwo >d, after a stay of a few days In the city. Mlaa Louisa Bultman is spending the week In Crangeburg with Miss Emma Hruner. Mra Herbert Monroe, of Marlon, la visiting her mother, Mra. Jessie Bradford, on East Liberty Street. Mr. Raeford Pate, of North Caro? lina, la visiting his brother. Mr. W. H. Pate, on Washington street. Mr B. C. Trlppett. of Hoykin, waa In the city Wednenday. Mr. L L?, linker of Hishopville was In town Wednesda/ afternoon. Mra. J. L Irby of Boykln spent Wednesday In the city. Mr. 8. D. Cain, of Privateer, was a viaitor to tho city Ihjrsday. Rev. A H Wotdson. of Manning, waa In the city Wednesday evening oa his return from the Missionary In atltute at Wedgefteld and conducted the prayer meeting aervlcea at the Preabyterlan church. Death. Mrs. Carrie White died at the Sum? ter hoepltal Sunday rriornlng shortly after 3 o'clock, after being In 111 health for aeveral months. Mrs. White waa the wife of Mr. Elliott C. White, 400 Bartlette street, an em? ployee of the Sumter Telephone Man? ufacturing Company. The funeral services were held from i ? i lay n at 5 o'cl ik and interim I I t the rrmetery. v * - v bits .s am b] har par ..... gad .U*?. *.all al oilver, one sister, Mrs. Robert Singleton, who lives lust out beyond Qreen Swamp, and two brothers. Jeeale Boawell of Silver tnd Willie Boswell of Salters. She had been married for about four yeari, but leaves no children. Hope Osrwt Club Meets. Wednesday afternoon the Hope Chest club m?-t with Miss Mi bei Bow? man at her home on West Hampton avenue and spent a very enjoyable hour making pretty things for the "Hop* Cheat '' A dellgh'ful sal . 1 course end lee tes was served during the ewnlng and waa much enjoyed. Marriage Uri'UMe lb * ord Marring* Ilt en? eg ggfl issued to th* follow Ing colored < .- iples Wed nesday and Thunnltv morning: Thomm hrtdle;-, Jr. l'.r<?gdon. and Lula Spann, Sumter; Munson Mc I ? . i , ? ' J..M,-phine ' ?a is, ( >su vK'>, William Dlxon and Bylls I'.oykln. Sum ' ??am \b l ade en a ul Nellie Hol? lln. Wedgelled It** I I -ta e Tr in-fers. H. J Harby to Vlrp.ll Wilson, tract of II acres knowr ms "Pollard Phu .',' $200. It Ii lifl-tr to (; M I'.elM.r, his in trrext in h t on Ca I .ion n street, $|||, J L m' i ' i i ?jin to r gi rrvea Doar, lot and buildings on ?'best nut Street, 12.?SO. -?t MTKK loribN MMtkl I Correct**g Dally by Ernest K'eid CggfM Huyer. Humter. Nov. 14. flood ml.1.1 kng 12 1-H. Strict middling 12. Middling 11 7-H. M keg ml: tttag 11 5-S. Lggj middling 11 1-1. staple eatesg i : ito u. ?w ^ork OghsBa Market. Mgg York. No\ 14. i sgag January.1 1 ?". 1 ?',.r, Mar? h.11 V7 Mav.I I.M July. i ? mbei I I '? l And still the wirk in town goe* merrily on f"h ? gagSI or more j*t< re* whl<*h are helm* lompbted at I various places In the elty are being o< ? ipled as rapidly as the tenants can begi -?nd gart ggf nhtrtod op oth? er Stores lo keep things going WILSON PRAISES PRESIDENT. Governor IHh'Ihh?* Tali * Speech to Vt D. C. a Very GeSasgoejs, Utter? ance. Princeton. N. J., Nov. 13.?President elect Wilson today read the address (l? h\? r? d hy President Taft yesterday to the Daughters of the Confederacy In which Mr. Taft predicted that un? der a Democratic administration the South would have a greater share in the national government and that sec? tional lines would disappear. "It was a very generous speech," remarked Mr. Wilson. RESULTS IN STATE ELECTION. State Commissioners of Election Tub? ulate Votes. The .State Commissioners of Elec? tion for Sumter County met Tuesday and made a tabulation of the votes cast in the fourteen precincts in the lo neral Election of last Tuesday. The tabulation showed the vote to be very light throughout the county as was expected. The tabulation showed the various county and State officers to have re? ceived votes as follows: For State officers: Governor. Cole L. Hlease. 76?; Lieutenant Governor, c A. Smith. 780; Secretary of State, R. M. McCown, 729; Attorney General, Thos. H. Peeples, 724; Treasurer, Car? ter. 727; Comptroller General, A. W. Jones, 728; Superintendent of Edu? cation, J. E. Swearlngen, 789; Ad? jutant and Inspector General, W. W. Moore. 728; Ktillroad Commissioner, J. G. Richards. 745; Commissioner of Agriculture, E. J. Watson, 745; So? licitor. P. H. Stoll, 807. For County officers: House of ll^p resentatives. Epps, Dick and Heiser, 7"?5 each; Supervisor. Pitts, 740; Su? perintendent of Education, Hayns? worth, 752; Sheriff. Hradford, 923; Clerk of Court. Scarborough. 923; Cor? oner. Flowers, 840. For the issue of bonds for a new State Hospital for the Insane, 506, ugainst 254. ATTRACTS MUCH ATTENTION. Many People Sec Steam Ditcher at Work Tuesday. The steam ditcher was at work on Kendrlck Street Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning and there it attracted a great deal of attention to Itself as it shoveled away the top dressing of rock on the streets and then was turned around and started back digging a three foot ditch be? tween Magnolia and Harvln Streets. The ditcher seemed to do some very effective work and handled the earth much more rapidly than two score hands could have done In the same time. Of course its progress uas very slow, but its slowness did not affect in any way Its effectiveness. The ditch on Kendrick street was dug out be? tween Magnolia and Harvln streets Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning by 11 o'clock, and It was a good clean ditch at that. The earth was, piled on side of the ditch as neatly as could have been wished for as the ditcher went along. Wednesday morning the ditcher was moved up Main Street to Calhoun street where It begun operations be? tween that and Warren streets. Out? side of nuiking considerable noise and frightening a few horses, the ditcher bus shown itself to be a very ser? viceable implement. McCOMRS VISITS STATE. Off tor Month's Vacation in South Car? olina? Headquarters Kept Open. Neu York. Nov. IS,?Chairman William F, MoComba has left for ? tnont.i i \a? ation in South Carolina, to which he has beer? looking forward eagerly since election night. Demo? rata- headquarters here will bo kept open at bast until January 1, by Which lime II Will have been decided whether the committee will have Its permanent OfBceS in tb,s city or In Washington or In both pi n es Mr MoComba exact destination has not been given out. Organization of a Sunday School The undersigned having been ap? pojated bj tbe Fust Baptist Church, I.neidet the advisability of sstab? liahlng I Sunday school iti the south? western part of the city, llnds that the m ho.,1 is not ,.niy needed( but earnest* Is desired by the community, and will therefore upon the authority vested In them by tin- said First Hapflst Church, proceed to organise a Sun? day School on South Sabm Avenue, between Rurtlette Street and Oakland aveuuo, in th. bulldlni rec4?ntly <? ? eupled by Sumter Rubber Works, at It o'cta k Sunday afternoon. NoVem? ? eir J7th, Itl|, We desire the presence and sup? port of all who ;tre Interested. Dsn p Cuttlnn, C K.Flam. Wm L Melllchamp, Commutes 1 KICHTON A WONDER How stogjOfi Lad i haul leg cd Universi? ty lTolosor lo Iiitolleviual Duet Whonovor we pick up a modern novel in which the sturdy hero is the paragon of all the virtues we often ?peak of him as being a regular Ad- | m Ira bit Crlchton. Tins, it must be . admitted, is very high pre lee, for the real Admirable one was a phenomenon whose equal la seldom found outside the covers of a "Graustark." or a "Fred Fearnaught." Mentally, aa well as physically, he had all his con? temporaries gasping for help; he made all the university professors look like simps and boneheads, and the ancient hopes for dueling honors threw up the sword. Crichton's real name was James, and he was the son of the lord advo? cate of Scotland in the reign of Queen Mary and James VI. He was born about 1557 or 1600 at Eliock House on Ellockburn, Drumfries- shire. His mother was descended from the Scotch royalty. Crlchton received his early education at Perth school and completed his studies at the University of St. Andrews, where he took his M. A. degree at the age of 14. Before he was 20 years old Chrlch ton had mastered all the sciences and could speak and write ten languages, in addition to his own. Not being satisfied with such puerile attain? ments as this he excelled in riding, dancing, fencing. painting, singing and playing on all musical instru? ments. Of course, it was just his luck that football hadn't become really fa? mous. On leaving college he went abroad to improve himself by travel? ing. His biographers fail to say in what respect he would improve him? self. He seems to have fairly well covered the ground. Anyway he went to Paris and. ac? ta rding to the custom of the high browgj he placed large placards on the gates of the university, challeng? ing the professors and learned men of the city to dispute with him in all branches of literature, art and science and offered to give answers in any of the following languages: Hebrew, Syrian, Arabic, Greek, Latin, Spanish, French, Italian, English, Dutch, Flemish and Slavonic and either in prose or verse, at the option of his antagonist. This was rather a large assignment for the Admirable to give himself, but he didn't seem to be wor? ried. He spent the time Intervening before the day in amusement, kind not stated, which would be an Inter? esting fact. His idea of amusement may have been deciphering ancient hieroglyphics. All the professors and wise men thought this was fruit, and that they j would show this young upstart up. Un the day appointed more than three thousand persons assembled to see his discomfiture. Fifty masters dug out all the musty old volumes they could find and asked him the most intricate questions imaginable. Hut Crlchton answered them all with sin? gular accuracy without hatting an eye and in the language required. Pour celebrated doctors of the church then ventured to dispute vith hiui on religious topics, but he refuted every argument they advanced. A sentiment of terror mingled with gdmlfgtion at this remarkable exhibi? tion. In vain the schoolmen tried to trip him up, but they bad no luck. The performance lasted from 9 o'clock in the morning until *? o'clock at night. At its conclusion, instead of getting back at him by crying take, and branding him ai n fraud, the professors all showed that they were good sports by giving Crlchton a dia? mond ring and a purse of gold and saluted him with the proud title of ? The Admirable Crichton!" Just to show that he wasn't a grind and nothing else, he went to a tilting match in the Louvre ,and In the presence of the prlncesi of France and a great many fair wo? men, he bore away the ring fifteen times, and ? broke away as many lancet on the Baracen," After this afternoon'! recreation he went to Lome and disputed in the presence of the pope, when he again put his au? dience on 111 bu k by his wonderful endowments, Prom there be went to Venice ami Inscribed four Latin poems to Aldus Manutlus, the young? er, For this he was called 'the prodigy of nature" by the Imperial? ists. Just for that he delivered a wonderful oration to prove thai tiny hadn'l -ailed him thi^ In a Molden burst of enthusiasm, and disputed with ail the llterar) guns of the city. Having no more highbrows to con? quer In Venice, Crlchton went to Pa? dua. The profeaaors <'f the university assemble,! to di, him honor, and on being Intrduced to them be .e..k all the wind out of ti.eir sails i>>- making an extemporaneous poem in praise of their fair city and Its beautiful boule VardS, ?>f course, this put him in rlghl al Ho- very star! He then dis? puted With th. m for >dX bouts atid at the conclusion of this apree delivered an unpremeditated speech in defense of Ignorance, just to make the pro. feaaors feel food. Then to prove that he had no haul feeling! against any of them on ac? count of their poor showing in the disputes, he offered to point out be? fore the university the innumerable errors in the philosophy of Aristotle, and to expose the ignorance of his commentators, as well as to refute the opinions of certain celebrated mathematicians, In the common logi ' cai method, or by numbers of mathe? matical figures and by a hundred dif- i ferent kinds of verses* He performed.' this stupendous task with one hand, to the admiration of every one. Qeo. Bernard Shaw in his wildest moments never had anything <an the Admirable. After defecting a famous phil0SQ> pher in a debate (he was awfully long on debates) Crichton went ti? J Mantua. There lue heard about a Ca mous gladiator who had won renown by killing several antagonists. This rival for the limelight got on the Admirable's nerves and to punish him for stealing aLl his thunder Crkchton challenged him to a combat. This gladiator had conquered the mwst fa? mous fencers in Burops, but a little thing like that didn't fpaze the doughty Admirable. When the day for the tight came the duke and the whole court were there. Crichton encountered his an? tagonist with much skill and dexter? ity and ran him through the body in three places just for luck, of which wounds the gladiator accommodating? ly died. The victor decided that the plain fight wouldn't make quite en? ough press notices for him, so he generously bestowed the prize on the widows of ths men the gladiator had killed. The duke was so struck with Crich ton's talents and acquirements that he made him tutor to his son, Vin centio di Gonago, a prince of tur? bulent disposition and licentious man? ners. Young Vincentio was the pride of the drinking classes. For the entertainment of his patron Crich? ton struck out on a new tack and composed a comedy, a kind of satire on the follies and weaknesses of man? kind, in which he himself played tifteen parts. This was, of course, a simple thing for the Admirable. One night in the festivity of the carnival Crichton was wandering through the streets playing upon a guitar (the one awful blight on his character), when he was attacked by ix persons in masks. Whether or not the music was the cause of the at? tack historians do not say. Anyhow, the Admirable dispersed all his as? sailants with his trusty blade and dis? armed their leader, who, pulling off h!s mask begged his life, saying: "1 am the prince, your pupil!'' Crich? ton pulled off his first bonehead by falling on his knees and presenting his sword to she prince. He ex? pressed great sorrow for having fought, but pleaded self-defense. But QogsagOi who was about four sheets in the wind and inflamed with pas? sion at his being disarmed by a school teacer, plunged the weapon into Crlchton's heart. Thus the Admirable Crichton was killed by a drunkard in a street brawl. Some say he was then 32 years old, while others declare he was only 22. His death caused much sorrow, as well as excitement and the whole court of Mantua went Into mourning for him for nine months. Innumer? able elegies and epitaphs were struck off for this wonderful phenomenon, and young OonSSgO was forced to sign the pledge.?Kansas City Star. THREW CHILD IN RIVER. Couple Wanted a Girl. So Tossed Hoy Cincinnati, .Nov. 13.?Disappointed because their 10-day-old boy was a boy when they wanted a girl, Fred Kipp and his wife, sach -0 years old, wrapped the child a shawl ami tossed him Into the Ohio river, The) were arrested late last night and the husband confessed, blaming his wife for wanting to dispose of the child. Kansas has reason to be proud of her remarkable temperance record. In thirty years prohibition has reduced drinking to a minimum und prac? tically emptied her jails. The per capita consumption of liquors in Kansas is m>w $1.48 a year as com? pared With $-1 In Missouri. llliter acy has been reduced from ninety four per cent to less than two per cent, ami this small amount Is almost entirely among the foreign element. Pauperism has been made a negligible quantity, there being only one pauper to every 3,000 ? f the population, One half of the county jails were absolutely empty In July, 1011. Of 105 Institu? tions for the feebie-miiubd. ninety six have n.? Inebriates and thirty-eight county poor farms have no inmates, it Is idle to ask K.itis.is if prohibition prohibits, An experience of thirty years proves that it not onlj prohibits largely the sab- and, consumption of liquors, but has red ? d to a mini? mum poverty, Insanity and crime.- - 1 ?eslit S W eekly. in Stream. Proud Kansas. TA BRED GIRL THREATENED. Minnie 141 Valley Itaccivcfs Letter Menacing Death If Alleged Assail? ant*. Are ConvtlteoV, Norwalk, Ohio, Nov. L3L?Minnie La Vfalley, the 19-year-olaV girl <.m whose tnmplalnt that she was tarred six Waat Clarksfteld residents axe ?m trial here, received today an anonymous not*- threatening her with, death in case the accused members ut the tar? ring party are convicted. Perry H. Panlmore, the I,a Valley girl's sweet? heart, was the prosecution's main wit? ness today. He testified that he had been told to cease calling on Miss La Valley and that HUL Smith, a consta? ble, who Is one of the defendants, warned him: "We intend to stop Min? nie seeing men trom other places or ' stop her clock, and we'll give them worse than she got. You stay out of town." How Did You Die. I>id >'<>u tackle that trouble that came your way With a resolute heart and cheerful. I >r hide. yojUK face from the light of day ? With a craven soul and fearful? ' Oh ,a trouble is a ton, or a trouble is an ounjee., I Or a trouble is what you make it, 1 And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, j But only?how did you take it. Y'ou are beaten to earth,? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face. U's nothing against you to fall down flat. Hut to lie there?that's disgrace. The harder you're thrown, why, the the harder you bounce; He proud of your blackened eye! tl isn't the fact that you're licked that counts; It's how did you fight?and why? And though you be done to the death, what then? If you battled the best you could, If you played your part in the world of men, Why The Critic will call it good. Death comes with a crawel. or cornea with a pounce, And whether he is slow, or spry, It isn't the fact that you're dead that counts, But only?how did you die? ?Selected. Compiled Fully With the Law. Fred Newell, owner of the Canto, Pa., Sentinel, has liled with the post Offlce department a statement In com? pliance with the newspaper publicity law, in which he pokes fun at the re? quirement. After giving the informa? tion that he is the owner, inan;iging editor, bUtlnCtSJ manager, and publish-, er of the Sentinel, Mr. Newell says: "It is not required by the act of congress but we do not mind telling the postmaster general that we also own a lawn mover, and have a limited amount of stock in two different tele phono companies. A dog locally known as "Nigger" tags us around sometimes, but we disclaim all owner? ship of or responsibility for him. Said dog sleeps on the mat by our front door when he don't sleep somewhere else. He comes to our house w hen we have chicken for dinner, and he climbs up and licks our hands and face when he wants a favor. At oth? er times he don't know us. Said dog is a pretty good politician. We don't know what he is running for, but the last we saw of him he was running from a chunk of wood we threw at him because he played tag with our undershirt hanging on the clothesline. "We are a Taft man and we wear false teeth. We used to go to Bun day school, "If there is any further Information that the postmaster general wants in regard to us or Canton Sentinel, he is respectfully referred to the police." It is state,l that Mr. Joe White succeeded this sear in growing over BOO bushels of potatoes on one acre of land. He made so many that he did not know what to do with them, so he dug only every other row and turned his hogs on the balance. From the rows that he dug he obtained something more than l<?n bushels, so it is certain that the total yield of the a, re must have been In excess of BOO bushels, as stated. The Florence Tinos says "we could not have selected a better man for president of the state chamber of Commerce than Richard I. Man? ning." This is correct. Richard (. Manning can till any office in the State with credit to himself and bon? er t.. tin position. Orangeburg Times ami Democrat. Cloth Made From Seaweed. Hy a process recently developed In England a very desirable cloth is made from the fiber of postdonla australis, a species of seaweed found In the south Brn sens. El pert men tl made at Man ehester university show that the fiber, after treatment, Is soft, pliable, strong, much like wool in Its disposition to curl and twist, and easy to spin in its I raw state. It takes dye well, except i green. SCHOOLS OF SIMTER COl'XTY. Extract from Annual Ilc|M>rt of Cuun 1} StqurinLcndoni '* Edtu-atlon n*> nssrartb. To the. HonorabUt J. E. Swearingen. Stet? Superintendent of Education: Id.addition to my annual report al resdy ae.nt in, please let DM a?ld the foUowing: Th?: Deed of educatlOB and how to advance it are live topic* in Sumtcr COttJlty. The old idea that an educa? tion was only for the well-off or lot those that want< d to take some parti c'AJar profession is fast giving way to th* realization that an education ia needed by every man and woman, no matter what the walk in life may be The walk may be humble, but th? people are beginning to feel that it i out so much what a man does, bu how he doea it, and what be is himself that Counts. An educated artisan is a much needed as an educated artist and so wita all kinds of labor. Le the man or the woman add dignity t the work so that the time will soo come when all honest labor will ti quire trained miuda eg well as trair Sd hunds. It has been my pleasure to have tl school trustees organize, forming tl Sumter County Trustees' Associatlo This association meets four times year and many questions of intere concerning the schools are discussed. An effort is being made to have, from actual survey, a map of the County, showing schools and school, districts, with other things of interest to the county at large. We have in this county a live Rural improvement Association, besides the regular Teachers' Association. These two Associations have great plans for the coming year. The work last year was somewhat a failure on account of bad weather. A little too much leniency in the system in previous years has made it a little hard for the present superin? tendent to be quite as exacting as he might like to be, but he feels that improvement is being made. Consolidation of the schools is hav? ing its place in the minds of the peo? ple, and already it is working to a marked degree of success in Privateer township with the Bethel School. Two I wagons were used last year, and car ried about tifty children; the enroll? ment of the school being a little over one hundred. Others will consolidate at other places this year. The school "Field Day" in April was a wonderful success?a great many schools won prizes, but the Bethel Consolidated School won the tlajr? which showed the advantage of being able to grade the children properly, with many other advantages. Constant work among the people to keep them aroused is what is needed, so that they will demand better con? ditions. Seven districts have added additional levies of late, making fifteen districts out of twenty-two, with extra levies. Seven election:!, and not u single failure, is indeed ercour aging. Look to Sumter County to do something for the great cause ol edu? cation, and she will not disappoint you. Respectfully yours, J. Herbert Haynsworth, County Superintendent of Education. TO LEAVE FOR CHARLESTON. ? Battleships of Atlantic Squadron Will Depart for port to Feature "Fleet Week.*' Norfolk, Vs., Nov. 13.?The battle? ships of the Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral osterhaus. n .w in Hampton Roads, began preparations today for their departure Friday morning for Charleston, where they go for par? ticipation in "fleet week" there. From Charleston the ships are exported to return to Hampton Roads, where they will probably remain until they dis? perse to their home stations for Christmas. In Ci\il Court. The ease of <\ M. Dorn against the Western Union Telegraph company was commenced Thursday morning in the court of Common Pleas. The case is one where Porn is suing for dam? ages because of the Tioti-deli\?TV of funds wired from here to him in At? lanta. TRUSTEE'S SALE. I am offering the I*. B, Seymour place*In Concord Township consisting of 30 3-4 acres for sale under division. For particulars, apply to E. 1>. Hodge. Trustee, Alcolu, s. c. GeOe H. Hurst VKDluRT AKEH \M? I.MIIM.MI K. Prompt attention to day or night nafjs, VI OLD .1. D. CHAD. STAND. 202 V Main Street. D?l Phone 5:10. Night Plvone 201.