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I-> Up-to-Date Millinery Go To Mrs. For Select Stylet Corsets Fitl ed to the Figure. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Special Salt Not. 29. K6# . . , Woman's Exchange Faney Work and Embroidery Supplies. Pickles, Jellies and preserve* Fresh broad, plea and candy. Ordern taken for cit flowert, bouquets and fureral de ata na. If you are Interfiled In Va? cuum cleaners call oq ua Out-of-town residents wel? comed. I.lhentl cooperative plan for country subscribers to tlie h'u'haiujrr. MBS. WALTER MIMS, Manager '' KiuUlUlf.l J HELP! QUICK! OrUUnly we can help you to outfit your hou?* with any thina In the I xirnUure line. We Invite you to look any time. ? es II and Liberal plan of pa> moots al? lowed all purchaser* of fur nimr. at thl* More, of course we'll lake the c??h If you | re? fer. YOlRS TO PLF.A8E, Swinson -and Taylor, N. Kill St. Ol till Corner DON'T WORRY IK IT is \M\S OK WK1> I?l Ni. PJSJSJ NTs YOl Walds MWI. NO TltOI ? III.I. IN M\KIN(. \ si - I.MTION \ I Uli ItM. JtVktim s'lOHK. I.. W. Folsom, V <'. I/. Watch Inspector. Cor. Main Street and Hampton Ave. west virginia situation con mnuBD very skuiois. ?.luvMMM-k Denlca Import, Saying Hfl || Only Very Busy With l*rci>aru Uous to Keep Order. :?lttsburg. Pa.. Nov. 19.?A report that Guv. Olaaacock died suddenly In the executive mansion at Charlestown late last night, auch a report being rumored from many West Virginia points, w is found to be entirely with? out foundation this morning. The Associated Press at Plttsburg hna talked with the governor over the long distance telephone at 12.35 a. m H>> waa aurpriaed when Informed that he was dead. "I don't know, and have never been able to find out how such reports originate," he said. The governor was at his desk, oc? cupied with the serious situation de? veloped today In the strike zone. "I'm not dead but busy,* he said. "What Is the condition in the Kana wha strike zone?" he waa aaked. "The matter is serious; in fact, la more serious now than at any time," he replied. rushing troops to scene. Four Additional Companies of Militia Dispatched to West Virginia Mino Fails to Quell Disorder. Charlestown, W. Va., Nov. 18?Four additional companies of State militia are being rushed tonight into the coal strike district of West Virginia to re? inforce four companies now In the field. Armed miners are marching toward Paint Creek to "clean it up." Militiamen now In the field have been ordered to halt th > miners and shoot to kill if necessary. Miners shot up two small villages, but there were no fatalities Conditions throughout the strike zone, which was placed under martial law List Friday, are admittedly criti? cal. Qov. Glasscock'B action In rush? ing more State troops to the troubled district followed the persistently threatening sttltude of mlnera The military authorities were noti? fied tonight that 100 armed miners were marching from Boomer, eight miles from Paint Creek, to "clean up the creek, Including the militia." A company of militia has been sent to meet them. Instruction were given to the militia to stop any armed body and if there was any heal- | tai I moot. I itrs today fired many volleys Into th< villages of Standard and , on Paint Creek. The houses were deserted, however, and no one was Injured. A compary of soldiers was hurried to the scene and arrived tonight. The strikers had fled lotO th. hills and had little difficulty In making escape. A conductor on a special train drawing several cars of strike breakers received a flesh wound when a volley was fired on his train near Eskdale. Over a score of arrests were made today by the militia authorities In connection with the holding up of passenger trains and using firearms. Two of these are considered import? ant. MaJ. James 1. Pratt and MaJ. Thomas Davis captured J. II. Kaines after an exciting foot race. Raines is claimed to be one of the leaders in the train attacks. He is charged with intimidating workmen and obstructing a passenger train carrying United States mail. Clyde Arnold was ar? rested at Putnam and is alleged to have been Implicated In the assault on Fred Bobbltt, a coal company book? keeper, recently beaten into insen? sibility, Both men ar?> under military guard at Pratt. W. Va. The proelumatlon of martial law now In effect is the sflOOIld during the present miners' strike, which began i?st April. Latfl In July the entire .nilltla of the BlAtt was called out to quell rioting between strikers and pri? vate mine guards employed by the operators The first proclamation of martial law was declared September 2 and existed until October 14, during which time 4,000 firearms and hun? dreds of thousands of rounds of am? munition were confiscated. After martial law was lifted the troops re? turned home gradually, the last de? tachment leaving the Htrike district only a week ago. Fof the past week outbreaks have I ? ? n threatened but not until Thurs? day of last Week was there any serious null committed. Then a Chespeake A Ohio pss s< nfjer train was heb! up. The miners refused In sllow it to proceed until tvN.. carloads of strikebreaker! were d- I ichod The two curs were sent to this cjty fron? I'alnt t'reek Jumiior f?>r the ntfht and the tritm continued to its destination a company of mtlltta was ordered out that night and three others held In readiness Friday nddltlonal as saults were made. QOV, QlasOOOCh then declared mar? tial law for th?> second time and no.ro militia took the field. The frPQjUOnCy of tlie at tal ks since Saturday brought forth the governor's Order tonight doubling the State A SENSATIONAL DISCOVERY. GEOLOGIST says in: has POUND (.III AT PHOHPUTK DEPOSIT. Dr. Geo, F. Lea, the Man Who dim OOfemd Hons Tin Mint* in t'horo kl*?' County Hoports tho Discovery of immense iieds of Gen nine Pftat* pliatc Hock of upvrlor Quality In Sumter and Lee Counties. -^ Dr. (ieo. F. Ixx\ w!h> is well known In this State an a geo? logist, has been In tills county for tho past four weeks pros? pecting and making a private geological survey. Dr. Lee is probably bce*t known in this State as the discoverer of the Roai tin mlno near (iaffney, which has been o{>eratcd on a commercial ba**is ftu several years and from which a largo amount of rich ore lias been taken. This ore has bean sold at an averago of $11,000 a car? load. I>r. Lee has numerous letters from prominent business men in the up rountry and his endorser.ents and credentials are from scientists and well known men in this and other States, lie is a graduate of Univer? sities of Heldleberg, Germany and Naples, and was a pupil of Selmi and Hiondi and a private pupil of the great scientist Joseph Leidy. The results of Dr. Lee's geological survey in this county has been sur? prising, for in the short time that he has devoted to the werk, per? mitting only a superficial examina? tion of only a part of the? county, he has discovered a large depoeit of gen? uine phosphate rock of tine quality, similar, but superior to the Florida phosphate deposits. In one place he found a skeleton of a very large whale which he partially uncovered. Tho skeleton appears to be complete: and perfect and later on Dr. Lee plame to uncover the entire skeleton. The phosphate deposit underlies a large section of country and a great deal of it lies comparatively near the surface, as test holes dug at different places disclosed. The deposit is so large and of such fine tjunllty and is so readily accessible that Dr. Lee is convinced that a gr?at Industry' can be built up here \u mining phosphate and manufacturing fertilizers, creat? ing a new business- and keeping st home the hundreds of thousands of dollars annually spent for commer? cial fertillsersv The phosphate deposit la the most important discovery that Dr. Lere has mads, but he has also fewnd other deposits of iron ore, fire brick clay, fuller's earth ami other valuable min? erals. He plans to continm his in? vestigations and iff the owne.v ^f the lands on which the phosphate de? posits Ii? and local capitalists can be interested in the matter he will make a thorough survey of the phosphate in order to positively determine and dotlne the extent and distribution off the phosphate deposft. The statements of Dr. Lee are not only interesting, hut sensational and but for the fact that he has such ex? cellent credentials would be received with doubt and suspicion. Hut as he is endorsed as a competent geologist and also as a trustworthy and re liahle man. his reported discovery of a valuable deposit In this county merits a careful investigation. If such a deposit exists and we have passed it by through ignorance all these years, wo want to know it and take steps to utilize it. When it was first stated that there was phosphate rock in Florida and Tennessee few people believed it, and some of the scientists ridiculed tho statements of the discoverers. Hut later de velopments established the fact that great deposits had been discovered and millions of dollars worth of rock have been taken from the Florida and Tennesset) beds. There may be equal? ly as extensiv? phosphate beds un? derlying Sumter county. It Is well within the realm of possibility. We may be from Missouri, but If Dr. Lee can show us. we are willing to bo convinced. H1CYCLF RACING. Fiitrics Must be Made With 11. L. Tis dale at Once. All who contemplate taking part in the bicycle racing on Beaboard Day. November 19th are requeeted lo call at H, L Tladale'i store at once and enter their names on the li^t of racers. it is very Important that no time be h>st in doing this Among those who made the hon or roil at the Furman Pittlag School during the term ending November 1 appears Ihe name of a Bumter coun? ty boy, Mr Rdwin Wltherapoon, brother of Mr C A Wltherapoon of the local V. v. C, a. ? ? ?*< ? 1 Rlilltla f<?rce and it is rumored a num? ber of Other companies have been no? tified to prepare f?>r strike duty. r "A Good Drug Store" We Adopted This Trade Mark Sign for the Reason that, when we opened our Drug Business, we dermined to handle only articles of Merit. H We have strictly adhered to this principle, and we invite the patronage of every one who pays Sumter a visit. Call at our store and drink some? thing refreshing from our Red Cross Sanitary Soda Fountain. If We have in stock Medicines, Toilet Articles. Soaps. Perfumes. Kern s Celebrated Candy. Cigars, Tobacco, and everything a first class drug store handles. K Your prescriptions will be filled promptly and carefully. WATSON DRUG COMPANY, ?'A GOOD DRUG STORE" 51 S. Main Street Near the Postoffice McCormack Jewelry Co. FOR Watches, Diamonds and Jewelry <f We have the best equipped shop in Sumter County for doing Fine Repairing. All work guar? anteed. 55 CENTS?j?? "I^vember 2??55 CENTS 43 S. Main St. All Goods Sold by us are Guaranteed Vs. Bicycles and Repairing Columbia, Cleveland, Crescent and Westfield Bicycles. <f We carry a large and complete stock of Bicycle Supplies. Call and see us or phone us your needs. H First class Repairing a specialty. H. L. Tisdale, Old Postoffice Building Phone 482 IIHHNMHIXIIMIIIIIIHIIHIIIMIIIIIHIIIIIHII ? m u m u m u m m * u a m For. Address. Station FROM NEW YORK BAKERY Mothers' Bread?Butter-Nut Bread No. 113 Kast Hampton Avenue Sumter, South Carolina We are having the Finest Plant and the Bost Equipment for Making 51 Bread. Electric Machinery and Patent Ovens. Our plant is open to Visitors. Yours for the Best Bread, Sumter, South Carolina. ? r New York Bakery, u u u m m * * u m m n a* a a u * m m m m