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The Sumter Schools have been 1 for twenty years the town's greatest aaset and ha\e been the means of at- ' trading to Sumter a large percen- J tage of the present population, a gre.it many families having remov? ed from other places to make tht ir heroes here on account of the ed? ucational advantages afforded by the schools. But now the schools have become an asset of great value in another way. As a means of sccur lag publicity ot the most desirable sort the school* have come into ( prominence In consequence of the comments of fnlted Stales Commis? sioner of Education Claxton on the excellence of the system and the re? markable results accomplished by Su? perintendent Kdiiunds. The atten? tion of school and college men, prom? inent editors and others interested in educational affairs haa been attracted by Dr. Claxton'* bulletin on Sumter schools and newspapers and educa? te? ^1 Journals fom Tloston to Cali? fornia are commenting editorially on the ' remarkable and ussal" work of Superintendent Edmunds. The people of Sumter?the major? ity of them at least?do not appre? ciate fully the value of the school's system a* ar educations** institution or sa an Industrial asset. We have seen the towa grow and the school enrollment Increase at an even great? er pa e. gejrij fI w h?ve stopped to m ou?r? whether the grewtl >( | school a wa* sgsjfsly gen the growth ef the tOWflfa or I ? *th of Hg |*>?o. hi a measure, trie uirect re? sult of the exce'lence and reputation of the schools We have long en? tertained the belief that the town owea more to the schools than the schools to the tewn. that moT? people of the desirable sort have come to Sumt* r to live on account of the schools than for any other reason. Heretofore the reputation of the school* has been mainly local, con? fined to Sumter and adjacent coun? ties, although it baa been a matter of ''ornrm nt th.ir Sumter had one of the best sytems of public schools In the Mag*. I>r fTtSS SSg'S bulletin, how? ever, baa put the Mtamp of official ap? probation on the Sumter school* and today the schools and Superintendent S. 11 i.dmu.cls have a nation-wide reputation for remarkable and unus? ual achievement and exceptional ef? ficiency Dr Claxton* recognition of the \alue of the work that has been done by Supt fcalmuud* i* gratifying to s eery hod) la suc.t.:. who will an agree that It Claxton ha* not over? estimated the importance of the per? sonality of the superintendent In as? signing to him a large share of the credit for the remarkable record The achool gyggj m of Sumter Is almost entirely the work of Mr Edmunds who ha* given to n s.\entees years of unr. mlting thought and labor. II? has had ?he loyal support and i o operation of I broadrntnded and fa. seeing board of edaeatlos sad the confidence of fhe comtnunity. but he b ?* made the plan and supervised the work. Succea* ha* rewarded h | efforts and be la eatttled to the Sft*l? It Mr. .! N Mar-hall. of |...s Xritfebs Cal . I* \l*lf?og his inoiber. Mr* W Y I. Marshall He WM a fSfldsat of Sumter from h'.m to Ins.*. and the man\ fSleadS he then made a i e Kla-I to nee him again und to barn that he ha* agsjgpsfad hj las Weal Mr. Marshall live?l for ?? n yeafl Ig Phoe? nix Araoni, the foatei of the al? falfa eonatry '??d *i as sntfcaslaatto believer In alfalfa a* a im-io \ ? n.p The faei h in ins been setahllehed by suc< e**r ii espefiaseati that alfalfa hiii gro* ird prodass kerfs crops of first chine hay In Sumter eountv Mr Marshall |g of tie egdalo* thai the farmers here are aOgtO< tin* M great opportiiiilty to Increase their profits that rh. > are sleeping OVOI S gold mine When yaw ii iv flags, the gearcaanf who giesrtsua ??> ?bis paper, t?n hint s.oi saw his ad He will appreciu-e your Iniereet t Ol STY TFACH Fits MF.IT. IsjMsjfwtftng Tuiu?* Made bj Counlf IWbraaafa u??i t>> MUai Rogeea The meeting "f the Bumter County Tsnohsra' Association was held at the Hampton school bnlldlni Patorday and a Rioai Interoatlni sei Ion held. An . ? 114 neth ini,r tau had been ai - ranged for tin- invasion and was car? ried through with much eatiafaction and instruction t>> the teaohers pres? ? nt The mooting eras called to order shortly aft. r noun by President J. H. Ha> t sworth and was opened by a song hy MISS Bva Klngman, the ac eesnpa>nlmenl being played by Miss Gertrude Kmght. A talk on "How to Teach Grammar" was made hy Miss UpsjCOmb, which was DJIOSt interest? ing and highly instructive to the teachers. Instrumental music was next fur? nished by Miss Louise ("arson which I was followed by a paper on "Primary Methods/' by Miss Lucy PUfh of the Bathe] School. This was listened to ! with the greatest attention and was j full of good advice to the teachers of the little children. Another solo hy j Ylss Klngman was next on the pro- j gram, after which Miss Lizzie Hogers, j State President of the South Carolina | Rural School Improvement Assooia- j tlon. made a talk on the work of the ! supervisor in the rural schools which was the feature of the meeting. Miss Rogen talked on her work In Marlboro county as a super\isor of ru al scools She told of how she ?SalatSd In everything, from the choice ( f teachers by the trustees, the build? ing and arrangement of schools and advised the teachers cf those things which would help them in their work and aid them in keeping the children interested in school and in learning the lessons which the teacher wished to Impart. Her talk lasted about twenty minutes and was heard with tho greatest interest. In closing Dr. Haynsworth stated that he felt that the men ting had been of practical benefit to the teachers and he hoped that in the ftftare the attendance would continue to be. good and the Interest taken by |)M Uach Sf| as great as at this and th*- first meeting of the year. ULFASF H ASTKH AN OPPOKTV* ITY. ??# rtgotppHfl |tS*j|nstj*J <.i>\enior Let I !??.?*? Op??ntng 10 i '???! ? sjluformnM ; \.ia<'ji i?u it t inn ? ? [ig health Jack.*? n, M'ss., Doclutlnn t';.? if! one of bis immediate relatives nau been a victim he might have "gone to extremes which would have shock id civilisation to punish th*? brute." Fnited States Senator-elect William K. Vardainan, former governor of .V lssissippl. tonight commented on UM mob Inw speech delivered by Gov? ernor Cole L. Hlease of South Caro? lina hefi re the recent governor's con? ference at Richmond. "Thousands of good law-loving, home-building. Ood-fearing white men. both in the North and in th*1 donth, down deep in their hearts har? bor a feeling toward the black rapist clone akin :o the sentiment expressed by Governor Please." said Senator It. t VardannMk "i ha\?- been gov? ernor of Mississippi and was called on repeatedly |o enforce the law, and I did it as n'? OtllOff governor before or since in the South ever has done to protect the black deepoilof ? f the White mans home. And yet 1 f*'lt. wh? ri doll g it that if one <>t nty loved ones had iio'M the victim, -hat i would hn\ ? ? gone f" extremes that would have shocked ctvtllaatlon to have punished the brute. "A splendid opp( rtunlty was lost by th.- governors *>f the Southern states In th. Richmond Conference to teach ihr uninformed nation the truth re? gnrdtng th. anomalous condition es? luting in the Koutht which condition mads it poaalble for Qovernor ideas, to make the extraordinary speech ac? credited to him. lust, ad of comment? ing on and condemning ihe ebulltton : emp manlfeated on I he purl < f the South Cnmllnn executive, it would have beer better to have brushed mlde hi Intemperate utterances with hi . Kpresslon of depreciation, if thej felt like it. and then proo< ? id to ex? plain to American people the reason.'1 Ths cold weather and tin- Chi r \ mas season are productive ?>f many rlrss and oven houaeholdor and property owner in the city should do ? Ii in his or har power to prevent fires in ihe oil] during the next few weeks, m ssjpeelel warning being mosos.iry at this time because the dajtejei from hies caused hy th* ehll dren'l BrOWOrhS being greater than at other seasons of the year. The I... ai nrf dopartmenl has everything in readiness In case of tire, bul this it. nscsasan as a preventatlve man? ure and not bocauas the depart menl wards tires to occur. Clean yards will do much to prevent lire from th? children's leys and clean chimneys *ni to s greal oxtenl avoid the llablllt) oi Urea during the cold wrath*i FARMERS' I UNION NEWS I'j. r u .ii Thoughts tor Practical Farmers. (Cenduoted by B. w. Daid?, Pres? ident C, Farmers Union.) Bomo Random Thoughts. This has been a i)us> week, an<l with conferences in Columbia and Raleigh, and Speaking trips to points near Columbia, quite a good bit of work has been done, The North Car Oltna State Union made s line im? pression. They are 50,u00 strong in the old North State, and have quite a number of enterprises on foot. o a a When I l*ft the hall last night Mr. I Cromer of Danville, Va.f was organ Ising the Tobacco farmers for es? tablishing dry prlSSlieS where it can j bs prepared for ? sport, i want >o get him down to Florence or Lake City soon to organize the Pee Deo tobacco growers on this marketing J system. gas AS the readers of this paper wl'l 1 see by the daily papers I have w- ; cured the midwinter conference of i the National Union for January 80tft< This will l>e almost as big a meeting as the annual meeting. Mr. Barrett, \ Mr. Davis, and all the national otfl- j eials will attend, and numerous State OfHOOrs as well rk private members. ! Also Mr. Poe of Progressive Farmer, i and 1 hope Sir Horace Plunkett. sag our local and county unions must turn out In force andl put us in pos- j Session af the facts a* to their busl- j iiess doings so I may properly Intro- J duce then* B. W. D. j LAD KlIXKD BY Al'TOMOBILK. Distressing loHdcnt In firocnvlUV'. 1 Victim Preek-luw'H sssa, _ I I Greenville, Dec. 14.?Irving. tho>-1 10-year-old son of the Rev. .Buhn W. | Wrenn, a strruggiinsr country mln- j Ister und student of Furman Unl versity, was run down by an auto--' mobile on Augusta street this after? noon and killed. The combined -efforts **t the city, po 'e and the county authvi titles to as- j ? rtain the slayer* of thr* child riuve ' r-e to naught, as the driver of the* \ when he saw that he and run over ? child, applied more power to hl9' machine and sped away Two men ! and three women occupied! the car. "Ii WOndSJf if we have killed htm," e.x ?rtalnaai one of the women passsngors'i as the machine passed ovesr the h<>>, but th*y did did not stop to SStisfJf her CUlioslty. She and the drttSsf of the I car were seen to look back at the bleeding form lyin^ on the sareet, hut j that was all the notice takira of the? incident by them. I A merchant ran into the Street and picket! fbe little fellow Up asial called for physicians The bid was p, laced In . a renjohfaa and rushed to the hospital, but died on the way. Bis father had gone into the country, when he was to till an engagement at one of his churches tomorrow, When the lifeless body of the child was carries! to the home, a'here the mother aid ihre? y< linger children were alone* it was ih flrsi news they bad h;ui' of the tragic aiSridenl Th. mother swooned at sight uf her dead boy and at dark was in a critical condition ftom ths Shock. The child's skull wa..* fright? fully broken and torn by rhe blow from Che automobile. MOTORISTS COMPSS. I>. H. JanldlM and Son. Cl.?dc, AdmU; that [rvln Wrenn Me; flis Death 1 urter Their Car. Greenville, Dec, 15.?After i sleep? less night ? t" reflection on the faeC that the life of an innocent child had bc< ground out hen eat h the wheels of his speeding automobile and that he bad not paused to lend Buccor tu the dying ho) oi speak a word of re* grel to tic- heart-broken parents, D H .1? tik n^. a weii-to-do farmer of the lower section rif the county, and his 14-year old son. Clyde, oame to the city this morning and surrender id to the sheriff as the parties guilty of the death of little Irvln Wrenn, who w;is fatally Injured on Augusta ? '<?> ' Saturda) afternoon by their au? tomobile. J? nklns s ated that he bad his wife! two daughters und bis sou in the ma chlnu at the lime of the accident. The ion wai driving the car and said that he n tad iun over the boy and njured him fatally. Whei i is to why they did : not s inning o\ er the child the I) at be Wltntl ll tO Stop. but m the car- became fright nslsted on his speed* in? o Aft at home. It is said, the f. to a nelghboi 's house I and I uitter over, and I hat ; the son ere advised to come to th?- city Sunday morning an l surrender. The two ?Ii??v.?* to town Ulis mornlnH and went to the home of the dead child. Upon Unding thai the family had gone to bury tin- child, Jenkins and his sun started back to? ward the city, when they were me! by tin- sheriff and the chief of police and taken Into < ustody, Phe police entered charges of reck? less driving and exceeding the speed limit against Clyde Jenkins, and he was released on ball in tin- sunt of $."><>. The county authorities will not take any ai t ion against the parties until alter tin- coroner's inquest, which Will be held Monday afternoon. Hot Supper at Dalsell. A hot supper will he given on Fri? day evening, December 20th, at the home of Mr. Jno. M, Parker at Dal zeii, for the benefit of the parsonage. Come and help us. A party of hunters from here who have 1 cen in the swamp for a couple of weeks returned to the city Satur? day night. They report having had got (1 luck. Three deer, a wild turkey gobbler, as large as any ever seen in these parts, an alligator with about forty young ones and sou Irrels g;: ?re were klil< d by members of the party. Kcal KstaU? Transfers. A. M Dibl>le, Sampson James and rhomas James to w. Ii, Bruns, *h<ir Interest to lol In city $ 150. a. Johnson Andrea's an<l HSmma An? drews, tu Jas. Ii. Ligen, alley ou Sumter sl reet, $ 50. .1. L. McCallum to Reha Spann. lot i ii Liberty street, 12,900. lsabel I?. Muise tu B, Warren Moise, Jr., lot on Bioud street, |6.00 and other considerations. Jas. i >. Blending to I'. Muse*:, Jr., lot on Sumter street, $200. W. B. Boyle t<> executors of estate of Marion Muise, one-sixth undivided interest to lot on Hampton avenue, $1,400. Z. T. Prescott t" J. it. Prescott, bis interest in tract of 105 aces, $'{00. Master to J. R. Prescott, interest in 105 acres, $300. Mary S. Xelson to Claremont Lud-,. No. 186, lot of one-half acre, $4o. Mrs. Annie Lee tu W. II. Allen and V M. Allen, in ..ens in county, $L 400. J. R. Hodges tu H. J. Harby. 15 acres in Privateer township, $5.00 and other consideration. Fifteen cents per pound is the top of the market for turkeys and some have ?oh! for less. Ii*.uii of Mr*. W. \\. inderrtuM. Mm Mary V. Anderson, widow of late Kr. W. W .\u . >i>n of State 1 u.R. S. i?., die? 1 In Montgomery, Ala.. a . lie \. m last Sunday iti her BOfti year. Mrs Anderson had partially regained her health from severe III* a-.-- last winter and wai at tin- time of death visiting hei daughter Mrs. Nelson in Alabama. Mr* Anderson leaves irviving nor ti\" children, two sons, Messrs. \v. w. Anderson oi Lexington, Ky., and i:. m Anderson of Richmond, va.. and three daughters, lira Mark Reynolds <d Sumter. Mis Sa undoes of State* burg and Mrs. W. I'.. Kelson <>f Mont gomery, Ma. The funeral services will be held at the Church of the Holy Cross. State burg, tomorrow. Wednesday, after? noon at half past twei\c o'clock. Mi'. W. \V. Anderson reached Sum tor last night to att.-nd the funeral tomorrow and Mr. W. B. Nelson will arrive tonight with the body from Montgomery. Mrs. Kelson reached the city this morning. The n?-w hotels are pr? gresing to? ward completion and the traveling in? n will find Sumter ready to enter 'aiii them when they come around on the spring trip. Our Prize < 'ontest lnt IVUe?Dinner Set. 2iui i*rfzr?lit niter Set. lird 141 prizes each of a Pound OeVe with RoyirB Icing. 1-Toxein Your Labels on DECEMBER 20th At The NEW YORK BAKERY. Ymas Orders: 4 lb. Pound Cake with Royal king 4 lb. Fruit Cake with Royal Icing One Dollar One Dollar Phone 97 and place your order NOW SAVE THE BUTTERNUT LABELS FOR A NICE "DINNER SET." Xmasl Merry Xmas! THE season that brings all mankind, the whole world over, to a realization that it is a time of rejoicing, and to be happy, we must make others hap? py. Hence, the beautiful custom of exchanging gifts has grown so popular that we have come to look upon it as a necessary pleasure. Our store is crowded with just such articles as the practical shopper is looking for, either for friends or family. Neck Wear. Just received a ship? ment of all the new? est things. For both ladies and gents. Always Serv? iceable. Table Linens. Napkins. Towels, Bed ,Spreads, plain and cut corners fring? ed. All full size. Furs! Furs! baby sets, scarfs, throws aud mniTs. Matched sets in black, brown, greys and white. Ready for Use. Tapestry table covers, Couch covers, Center pieces. Bureau scarfs. Some very handsome drawn work covers. Gloves and Handkerchiefs. Our ladies' kid glovas at $1.00 the kind that wear. Handkerchiefs in all grades and styles. Plain and embroider? ed. Toilet Articles. A full line of Colgate goods, none better. Powders, Soaps. Dentifrice. Perfumery. Comforts and Blankets. Our Down Coi'iforts and Tar Heel Blanket* are Warm Numbers. O'Donnell & Company.