Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Kmi'ml ?! the IVwtoglce at Su inter, S. C. nm sce*>a>d < l*HH Matter. I'KKH^N A4,. Mrs. J. P. Marion has gone to Lau *rens to SpSSkl ChriMtmas with her parents at that place. Sir. Ii K. DeL< rmi Ii at BjQgSi from Furmm Ct liege t<> m|>?-ml the holi? day Ml mm Maltie Hill ha* gone to her torn*- at Wim k\ f.. 4p? rui Chilstmas arith her saelhst Ml*?a Florence Shav la at horn- for the holhi ? i It een\ ille 1male ""Xastlege. Mr. Jam*** Shaw hu? returned home from Furman Fnlveruu for th? holi? days I dwln Wltherapoon la spending stmas holidays at his home In He haa been attending Fur? ling S> hool Mr 1? V. Keels, of Rimbert, was a visitor to the city Tuesday. sir. and Mrs. 1. A. Itytienberg and Mr O. Irving Sehneeberger have re? turned to the city from Suvannah, where they have been on a visit. Mr James Weathers of Wilming? ton. N. C , la In the city to apend Chrtatmaa with his paren'.s. Dr. Hamilton McKay f Charlotte. \ I la In the city to spend Christ? moe with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. L W. J. McKay. Mias Katie McKelver la at home from Randolph-Macon College to apend the Christmas holidays. Th# many friends of Mr. 11. L Wrlgli were glad to ae*- him oat again Aito-da.- after his recent Illness from m typhoid fever. f Mr. J. C. Dunbar. of Dalsell. waa * a visitor to the city Tuesday. Mr. Alfred DeDorme Is spending the Christmas hoho?*./?* In the city at home from Georgia He hool of Tech? nology. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hood, of l.atta. are spending Christmas Jr. the city with relatlvea Mr J Mcliae Hatch, of Dawaon. Qa, Is in the city for a few days. Mr. Julius O. Jones, of Krogdon. Is home from the Charleston Medical ?Toller? fnr the holidays. ?*, af (trogdon, Is > College for the hol I is TS Vi' Kay returned to ?Charlotte Thursday morning after spending Christ ra a* with bla parents In this city. Croakey -1 a mm* ui. Su.omerton. Dec 22.?A very pret? ty home wedding waa that tnlemnlsed yeeterday sfternoon at the home of Mr. and Mra H. J. Croakey, in which their oldest daughter. MIsh Madge Croakey. became the bride of It. H. Lcmmon of Wtnnaborc. Tb? parlor waa tastefully decor? ated In a color scheme of white and green. The bridal party entered the parlor to the sttalna of Mendelsohn's wedding march, rendered by Mlsa Sue < ant?*y In the following order: The maid of honor, Miss Chrlatlne Croakey, sister of the bride, with the beat man, Mr. Demmon brother of the groom; the bride and groom, and the ring bearer, little Ml*s Dorothy Croakey, nlec? of the bride The i en m my used was the beautiful ritual of the Meth 'tat church, performed by Rev. J. T. Major, pastor f the bride. \fter the ceremony the guests rog <red In the hrtd* a book and were ?n ushered Into the dining room, where delightful refreahmenta were served The bride le one of Summerton'a moMt popular younx women. The groom la a SJOeseSSfal farmer of the Oreenhrl-r SeettOS sf F.urthdd county. lUrreii -Bswkus. r.*?tma* sredtlag of la terse! le ' many people In Sumter and II out the BMSSI wax that Wednea ...... . .ening wh? n Mims F.lb-n T. Hal rell. th?- daughter of Mr. and Mrs P, il Howman. wax married to Dr. C. A. Itaskln of A rob rson. The ceremony was performed at the residence of the bfMV w psrsats and was a sen sjsjlst heis eaTetr, Only the memU P| or the hsjsnodtgts fam lll?*a We| . preS.-l.t t.. w n to s.h the mat rtag?* which t<.,.k place at * o'clock, the Rev D M Mel....,I usaShMlgSJ. The hr Id** waa attire I in a blue traveling suit and was attended by her etat**r, Miss Mabel I low man. as maid of honor. The groSSg WSJI at? tended |.\ hi* best man Mr S M. I'ennall After tb? ceremony the o'tple |, ft fpjf their v% Cpon their retain they I to ||p lr Sj inv friends Wher. Is the ?\ I?? log draw*" Us use on the street*) iu-t now would mean % de? bled Improvement Marriage. Mis* rannt* l?avix and Henton of this city were married Tucs- 1 day evening at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. J. J. Davis, 511 W (?akland Avenue, the OSgejnony being performed at ?> o'clock by the Dev. C? C. llrown. Miss* Davis is a charming young lady of this city and Mr. Bsnton If the popular young cashier of the A. C. L freight department. Death. Mr. Samuel U. Ert-ei. i biffhly re snooted eittson <>f ftumter, died .it his residence in the Suburbs Christmas morning, after an illness of onl> two -i, aged tiS years. Mr Ki iser was a native of this county and had many friends and relatives here who heard with sorrow* of his death. He leaves a wife and four children. Misses Evelyn and Var delle Eraser, and Samuel and Guy I r is, r He is abo survived by one i t other and one sister. Mr. L L. I ras.-r of this cit, and Miss Eugenia Eraser of Virginia. Mr. Fraser was a brother of the late Judge T. II. Eraser. When a mere boy be b ft school to en? ter the army to serve during the war. The funeral services were held from j the residence at noon Thursday and interment followed at the et netery. j The ggftlOtl were conducted by the R v. J. P. Marion. I - . Marriage License Itwords. Marriage licenses were issued Tues 1 day to Mr. R. L. Renten and Miss Ean nle Davis of this city and Mr. A. V. Weatherly and Miss J. Elizabeth Fel ' der. Also the following colored couples: Elliott Rarton an 1 Jamie Heriot. Sumter; Willie Davis and Epsle Reil, Concord; Richard Allsten and Mary Hamilton. Stateburg; Edward Evans, Oswego and Eliza Ardon, Mechanics vllle; Walter H. Jones, Columbia, and Serena Hamilton, Sumter; Reuben Sims and Pauline Spears, Wedgetleld. STICKING TO "TURKEY TROT. ' ( bUken rilp" Given Tryout al Hot Springs, Ya. (Hot Springs. Va.. correspondence of Haltlmore Sun.) Social dictators in the cities are counseling with one another how to expugerate the turkey trot, but no such question bothers resort society, even when resort society consists of the ultra fashionable s?rt migrated from the cities. It is a safe predic? tion that the winter will see a more ultra dance than the trot introduced here, at Alken or Palm Reach. Here the season has shown, as It has in some other places, that the old twostep and waltz absolutely will not do any more. And as for society countenancing innovation dances, even the President's decorous daugh? ter. Mlxs Helen Taft, danced the trot repeatedly at Hot Springs last month, scarcely raising a comment. Every bc Ay was doing it. It crowded the oailroom for 60 consecutive nights as it sgsjrgf had been cro**ded before, th? dancers going then to the grill, where the tables were soon pushed aside for more ' turkey trotting." '' he "chicken tlip." a dance MIhs KI anora Sears is credited with hav Inir originated in Hosten the other night, had a tryotit by some of the vo mg people of the resort In a party at the golf club last week. The club is closed evenings, but they got it to ?b -mselves for a few hours to have the greater freedom. Roughly sp -liking, the "chicken flip" belongs to the fowl family, and bears about the same relation to the trot that a tu-k? y gobbler does to a game light? ing cock. PREPARE FOR LIFE, Hand ggjgsj That |j Pur|?o?o or High Schools Now. DlSCUSSing the relation of tin- col to the high SCbOO] W 11, Hand. I its nigh school Inspector, In his annual report | tys that thinking men no longer regard college preparation the ehlel function <>f the High School, lb- declares thai a i.i preparation for "life ought to be ? good prepara? tion fe>r college*" Concerning High Sc hools und eol ; ge preparatory schools Mr, Hand ?ays; it is beginning to dawn upon Some pi opts thai not all college pro? fessors are teachers. however, P holarly they may be." He says thai "in mutters edu< atlonal ere are In sad ne? d of less diplomacy and more plain English. ' Earnings of llurvurd Hoys, Harvard University students who are gears of less dependent on their own initiativ?- for their college <a reer. eirn?d |)#1,060 during the Issl twelve months according to figures l reg out by the secretary of the sfu dent employmenl bure au. The Qgure amount le Mil earned p? r capita, cm ieting. ession. l'Vw Matten Acted on?City Manager Not Chosen. City Council mot In regular session Tuesday evening, bul very few mat? ters were acted on In the little while council was In session. The election <?:' a city manager was discussed and one <>f tri*- applicants for the position was asked to come to Bumter to hold i conference with members of council concerning the acceptance of the po? sition. Mayor Jennings r? ported that the Bultman stoic on South Main Street wt uld be erected without any excava? te n. The privilege formerly granted by council would not he exercised. Mr, i. rWland reported that he had examined the clerk and treasurer's accounts for November and found it collect. He made a statement Of lie- demands against the city and the tu cesalty i f the city's securing funds, stressing the Importance of collection of taxei and the prompl payment ??f lie < ti . s In January. Ordinances allowing the a. C, L. Railroad oompany to build a track across Calhoun street and repealing an ordinance which created the Tree and Park Commission were read and Ordered published, a second reading bslng dispensed with. Cotindl then discussed the matter of securing a city manager, but no aotion was taken further than to in? vite one of the candidates for the po? sition to a conference with Council. All other matters were deferred until a later meeting. A CITY'S MARKETING PLAN. Mayor Shank Outlines Work Done .11 Indianapolis, PlorsnCS Times. A few days ago the Times promis? ed to give its readers the henetit of Secretary Morgan/a effort to get the details "of the Indianapolis plan of selling produce directly from the pro? ducer to the consumer Mayor Shank of Indianapolis has written in detail of the effort being Riads in that city. He says: "The fundamental principle of the .mtire matter is some feasible plan of .v-iug ing the producer and consumer into closer relationship. In a town the size Of Florence this would he easy. Set aside a convenient place and in? vite the farmers to bring their pro? duce In and place it on sale. The town people could then buy direct from the producer. To a certain ex? tent this is done in Indianapolis. Wre have here a vast city market, one of the largest in the country. An aver? age of two thousand persons appear on market day with stuff to sell. Some of them are actual producers, but the majority buy from the com? mission men, consequently prices are only slightly below those charged by grocers all over the city. A big ad? vantage, however, is that the consum? er has a large amount of stuff to se? lect from. This city merely provides a place for producers and consumers to meet. Last year when potatoes were unusually and unreasonably high the mayor bought of the Michi? gan growers and sold the potatoes himself on the market." It will be seen from this that May? or Shank has merely formulated a plan by which the producer and con? sumer can meet and thus cut out the profits "f the middle man. This plan stimulates the highest order of mark? et gardening, dairy production, poul? try production, and the production of fresh meats under sanitary regula? tions. What Indianapolis has clone on a large scale can be done In Florence on a b sser scale with c orresponding profits to all concerned. Florence doesn't have to wait until next year to do this either. This is worthy of the consideration of the city authori? ties, leading Cltlaens and farmers. A tWlCe a Week market could be estab? lish, d here upon an open lot set aside for the purpose and kept clean This will grow into p market place after a time and tin s. who offer roods for sab' and those who buy will profit by it. To make this u sue.ess and make it so constructive that it will be of lasting benefit the producer must get away from the no? tion that he must have a dollar a bushel tor his coin when the real market price is only seventy-eight cents, He must sell direct t?? the Individual for the same price that the grocer would pay him. and when he has don.- this the middle man's profit la eliminated, lie baa as much for his j roduee as he can get for it otherwise and the consumer has it at the producer's price. Two members of the camp of gyp ales ? hi' b stopped In this city last week were a: tested at Wedgefleld Tuesdaj on the t hat::.' of trading horses without a license, bul upon be? ing brought before Magistrate Rees at that place, they were released on condition that they leave the county at on. w Ithoul doing an) mot-, horse trading or fortune telling in the coun? ty CLERK-CARRIER EXAMINA? TION'. Will be Held in This City JantlAr) 15th. The United Btatee Civil Service Commieeion announces that on Jan? uary 15th an examination will be held for the positions of dork and city carrier in the post office at Sum? ter. Clerks In offices of the first and sec? ond class. s and carriers in tin city de? livery service are divided into six grades, as follows: First grade, sal? ary. $600; second grade, salary, $S00; ti Ird grade, salary $900; fourth grade, talary 11,000; fifth grade, salary $1, 1"??; sixth grade, salary $1,200. Clerks and carriers at first-class offices will he promoted successively to the fifth grade, and clerks and carriers at sec Orad-class oflices will he promoted successively to the fourth grade. The examination will consist of the subjects mentioned below: 1. Spelling, 1". Arithmetic, Letter writing, 4. Penmanship, \>. Copying from plain copy, G. Heading addresses. Applicants must have reached their eighteenth but m t their forty-fifth birthday <>n tin- date of the examina? tion. The age limits are waived, in tin eases of persons honorably dis? charged from the Uniteu States mili? tary or naval service by reason of dis? ability resulting from wounds or Sif-kllOM incurred In the line of duty. Male applicants for the postofllCS se vice must he at least 5 feet 4 incn es in height in hare feet, and 125 pounds In weight without overcoat and bat; otherwise their applications , will be canceled. Female applicants are not required to be of any specific height or weight. Applicants for the postoflice ser? vice are required to be physically sound and in good health. The post office department has advised the Commission that no person who is defective in any of the following nam? ed particulars wil be appointed to the position of carrier in the post? oflice service: Hunchbacks; persons having defective hearing, sight, or speech; persons blind in one eye; one-armed, one-handed, or one-leg? ged persons, or those having crippled arms or legs, or those suffering from asthma or hernia. These defects will also debar a pesgen from appointment to the position of clerk in the post? oflice service, except that deaf-mutes and persons with defective speech or hearing may be appointed to the po? sitions of mail clerk, distributer,, and directory and forwarding clerk. Ap? plications from persons who are not entitled to examination on account of physical defects will be canceled. Other physical defects may debar per- , sons from this examination when in the judgment of the Commission such defects would render them unfit to perform the duties of the position for which the examination is held. Marsied women will not be ad? mitted to this examination. This pro? hibition, however, does not apply to divorced women or women who are separated from their husbands and support themselves. This examination is open to all citizens of the United States who comply with the requirements. From the ellgibles resulting from this examination it is expected that certification will be made to existing and future vacancies. For application form 1371 and "In? structions to Applicants." address the secretary of the board of United Slates civil-Service examiners at the postoflice at the place named above, or the district secretary at the ad? dress below. No application will be accepted un? less properly executed and filed with the district secretary prior to the hour of closing business on Januars 8, 1913. Se retary Fifth <'hii Service District, Atlanta, Ga. Sumter Has. Florence Has Not. Sumter is to have a connection be? tween the two railroads entering in? to that city, the s..uth Carolina Wes tern and the Coasl Line. We do no want Sumter to lose a single thing thai Is to her benefit, we r? lolce with her, hut we think that this same thing could have been arranged for Florence as the rimes has so often urged on deaf eats, and we are going to lose not only prestige as a ship? ping and transfer point, hut we arc going to lose business we did not take the matter long ago, and thus our neighbor, Thl which the junction shea,; . ffected to be of the shippers of this count arc Inclined to think iho -,u It yet 1 f we will onlj it through the right ? haute ,. Times. STH \>. Kll?IU ?I Jei se> . from 3 18 < 'hurch sti ? ? night Reward for retui .1 L Mi sh >. car. I lall) I DIANA IS OUTCLASSED. Miss Annette Kellerman Una a Poor Opinion <>f The Led jr. Baltimore Sun. Miss Annette Kellerman. in behalf i . i of whom it is held that ehe outclass ei?in some points, at least?Diana <>f I Bphesus and Venuy de Mllo, thn w a diessing robe over In r theatrical 1 garments and sat down to tell of the perfect woman la-t night. it was in tin- midst of a reheraa) ' of "Undine," which will be played this week at tin- Auditorium Theatre' In a big hall just across from the ! tleatre. And almost her first words i were: i "I don't care a rap about Venus de Mllo and her perfect measurement-. Why. it" Venus were IS years old ami would come to America or Baltimore he would be outclassed by dozens [ of young girls. "It is not being a Venus with a per? fect figure that counts That was not my ambition when I w is a little crip . pled kiddie. It Is the health, vitality, energy, the ability to accomplish things and enjoy accomplishing them ?that Is what I am really proud of. "Why, if Venus ware here she Couldn't dance and swim and dive? sin 's a little bit heavy, you know. Of course, Diana was athletic, but if she was like one of these swaggering En? glish athletic girls." And Miss Kellerman threw up her hands in horror, But in the lulls when the others of the company stop? ped rehearsing to catch a breath she talked on. "Your American girl of 18 years is a wonder, but she doesn't last. She is intensely interested in all these health lectures and things and fol? lows directions for four days. She stays in a stuffy house?you know fresh air is the greatest thing ever? and gets 'fozzy,' thinks she is sick and goes to the doctor. When she gets before a mirror?you know it your? self?she straightens up, throws back her shoulders and assumes a graceful carriage. But the minute she gets out of sight of herself, flop she goes. "Yes, if a girl could have a mirror before her all the time, her very van? ity would make her assume and keep a perfect carriage, the first step to? ward making a perfect figure. "Your girls do not keep up their good work. It takes persistence and Will. I have spent most of my life at it. Exercise and fresh air are onlv part of the receipe for a ure. Eating can ruin it been four years since I ha meat except a little fish, en plays an important part in tne health program. Some too slim ladies think that eating rich foods will give them a plump figure. It only upsets their digestion. "I have seen prety women and girls in three continents, counting Aus? tralia, and the English girls have pret? ty faces. I think it is the way they wear their hair, soft and wavy, not hard, as they do here. But the En? glish athletic girl and her swagger Is the worst I know. The American /iris have the natural advantages; hey have the physic! beauty, but they don't know how, or won't keep th-.dr r.ealth. ' Yet. after all, it is not the figure. Th;\t is incidental. It is health, en? ergy, vitality, life. Those are the things that the girls should learn to value. Big feet?exercise dOCS not enlarge them?are not a disgrace. It is the perfect health that enables you to have that vital personal magne? tism and that, clear head and clear complexion. And exercise, fresh air, good food and not too much. Those are the three things that count." Stuntcr'f Innovation. Macon Telegraph. The chamber of Commerce of sumter, s. c. is making a com? mendable and enlightened effort to attract desirable ' Itters with a view gradually to divide among them the large tracts of land in the neighborhood of that town and thus develop the farming district there? about. We Quote from an Invitation lo small farmers that Is being widely published and circulated: "It offers to place without cost 10?j white families on farms of from SO to 50 aert s. they to work on I share crop basis. Hoods and fertilizers will be furnished fr?-e. All needed tools, Implements, stock and provisions will !??? adveneed. Bach of these trnets 1' is a small cottage upon It which will go with tin- contract and which wiii be made ontfortable. The land is rieh and ready for cultivation* "We will personally see that every fainter is placed only on a healthy location and that he is given a COT" dial welcome md is assisted to un? derstand Iiis new Conditions. We want white farmers here. \\V offer not more than has been ottered the n? gro f<>r years, ami under which plan he has become indenendent. Under this plan an industrious farmer may soon become secIImuted and purchase his own lands. At the same time we gain that which we need? the white settler and a division of OUr large estates." This offer ought to attract n tentlon than the ordinary no' plantation sections for sale , and it will he Interesting t. what ate the results. The scheme is worth the consideration <>f the landowners and progressive citizens in every county in Georgia, for it ? has p.nur been evident that special effort must he made to attract set thus of the right sort from those sections of the United states where the BoUth'S great n- gro population is regarded as a drawback. CHRISMA8 KILLING AT McBEE Fight 1 logins Over Friendly Battu with Hornau Candle Hartsville. Dec. 24.?Dr. Clyde Me Manus shot and killed J. P. Wallace at MeBee tonight as a result of a dif? ficulty following some friendly sport with Roman candles. From the e meagre reports it seems that one of the two become angered in the sham battle; that* Wallace drew his pistol and that he was killed in the struggle for the weapon that ensued. Byou Dents onicc at Capital. (Washington Correspondence Nev York American.) Democratic politicians are won? dering just what William Jennings Bryan intends to do with the second floor front suite of offices in the Woodward building, on which he has obtained an option. If Mr. Bryan goes into the Cabi? net he will have no use for the of? fices, unless he uses them as a re? treat in which to escape the importu nltl of V' " : taken s wb ? v. tnt j 11 Ifr. Brys nus lately tut a d h et the Wilson Administration accord? ing to his own lights. Firemen Knjoy Banquet. The members of the Sumter Vol? unteer Fire Department were enter? tained at a banquet given Monday night at the fire department head? quarters by Capt. P. P. Finn, manager of the department equipment and property. A big supper was served and the twenty-odd men present en? joyed it immensely. Mr. J. P. Booth, a member of the city council, acted as toastmaster for the occasion and numerous toasts were responded to by those present. Mayor Jennings and Councilman Row? land were unable to attend on account of indisposition. The occasion was voted a great treat by the fire laddies who gave Captain Finn a VOtS uf thanks at th close of the supper. Cow Without a Tongue. Prank L. Holland has a tonguctos cow. The animal which had neve known any inclination to be tired .. this particular organ rppeared with out a sign of a tongue several morn IngS ago and since that time ha managed to exist though it has beei Impossible for her to vat anything Mr. Holland thinks that the GOW g? its tongue fastened in something it the stable and he is unable to say i i.j more than a something, during th. night and in th * effort to pull looO) sin- lacerated her tongue so bsdl] that it came out .luring the night W in r< found next morning the cow was niving every evidence of suffer Itlg great pain and the tongue wa. found lying on the ground bsoldi bet ?Ort en wood Journal. CHANGE OF NAME. i >n and after January ist. The Burns-L?o wry Hardware Com? pany business will be conducted under the name <?t w B. Burns ? Mr B. it. Lowry will retire from the company to rellnsj salesman, foi which ho had applied ? vi ? . not >o become a compciu 'ii '?? consider atiuna und i am to life. The lii|rnt i."\vt> <\t.. hai lucceoa, an>i i bespeak a continuance of pan. . be krra srlll endeavor to deserve bj faithful servlc? end ? ?? ? Ices for standard foods. \V. B. BURNS.