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OCK St llOOl, SYST UM.
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,
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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.