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'<br Wlattbman unit *e.ii!i)ion. -?-i ? ? ? ???i ? ' Kuteeod at the IHrntolthv ml Sumter, 8. C, as N*xt>?m4l Clans Matter *-1 Mr* KtiKh Fr?ser xtul little daugh? ter, of Charleston, are visiting Mrs. T H Clark M Chun h street. Mr M P. Halliard, of 1? ilia 11. was In the city Tuesday. Mr. K. A. Jenkins of Columbia, spent Tuemlay in town. Mr L, L Maker, district farm dem? onstration asa-nt, wan In town for a short while Tuesday. Mi 1. s. \ im?on. of l'i.-cili. spent Thursday In town. Mr und Mrs. A. P. Vtnson. form- I residents of this city, are visiting In the city. Th? many friends of Mr. L Jk\ Dl* Kant will be sorry to hear of his critical Illness in Elortd.c, where he has been spending the winter. Musi Celeste Hughson was brought ht? ite from Tlmmunsvllle Monday Morning, where she has been teach? ing during the year. Miss Hughson was taken at once to the Sumter Hos? pital where she wan operated on for appendicitis, she is reported to be getting on nicely. Mies Marguerite McLeod has re? turned to the city alter a month s visit to relatives in Brunswick, Jack? sonville and Fernundina. Mi. Eugene Hogan has gone on a business trip to WhiPvllle. N. C. for a few days. Mr. W. D. McOrew, of Columbia, 1? in the city visiting relatives. I >r. and Mrs. Clarence Lagon, of ? ?rangeburg. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. W Lgjgg o. Oakland avenue Mrs. Abe Kyttenberg has returned to the city after a pleasant visit t? Sa? vannah Mr it. gJL Earle, of Greenville, spent Wednesday night In the city with relatives. Mrs. H. A Weil, of Saannah. is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Abe Ryttenberg. Mr. Palmer Brown, of Chicago, Is visiting his mother. Mrs. Manning Brown In the city. Mrs. Edward McCallum has gone to Marion to gftgg*] the week with friends). Mr. und Mrs. Henry ?. Richardson, of Mannng. are in the city visiting Mr. Richardson's parents here% Ml. PLAN* BEI NU PREPARED. Chamber of Commerce Wants to Know Who K.\|tect to Visit Colum? bia on Carolina Bay. The special rates over the A. C. L. to Columbb . $2 for round trip and admission to the Corn exposition, In? cluded, are cheaper than the cost for a special train, and the Chamber of Cor,merce has therefore decided not to r in a special. However, the band will go to Co? lumbia Tuesday morning, and w'th it will go a large number of Sumtonians, who will murch behind the bann in the South Carolina Day parade. All who intend going to Columbia that day are urged to notify the Chamber of Commerce. The A. C. I* stands ready to put on extra cars, and even run extra trains. If travel war? rants, and the Secretary of the Cham? ber of Commerce Is anxious to know In advance about how many passeng? er* :he load i .in ? ??tinl on having, in ord.r to post the officials and thu* help to make sure of extra accom? modations. Room No. 7 in the Arcade, ground floor, main wing, w 11 be headquarter* for Sumter city and county. in it w?i be handsome di alaj el plcturea catalogs, articles manufactured In Sunder and sampb | of staple crops Ol gejsnief e aunty. The room is so ar rang?d. Hith a b.tsement. that it will afford ample a commodutions for Sumtonians who want I b.atlng place while In the hea*t of the . dv of Co? lumb'a. and all gumtOf COUUty vi tors to the exposition are invited, arid u r *? d. IOO\ to make the room their hoadspnattefi Bvary thing will be done th it i* possible to furnlah ??traf ^? i wltk information about Sam - tir ti?v and county, ami to furnish Suint? ? eit] and county toik with in formnt of, r, | ,r I ng Columbia und tie exposition. l?on t f? ? rkr> t that gOg are wanted behind the hand Tneaday in the pa> rad?\ and don't far get to notify the t'hamte r af Commerce that yon ex? pect to go t > Columbia thai day. I Top a po-tal or ran? up the utllee. 20o. The otllc?. for., is ,n SUCh I "hump ' getting ihlnai f* ?dy, that dropping a postal U pi. t.iOh the bot? t#?r plan *ork on the farm hi ton. you nhouh xce i? c. Shaw c,,. ibout Ihoas im pb m? n'-< v u need i:? ? i ?h< lr v In this issue, it if? d re v s t . yog Ad I DE VI II Or J. EL LIGOX. ItoiMiiK'iit suintn' Muu Med ut Home t.uii> '1'liatldSJ Morning. Hin many friends in the < it> were Sadisntl Thursday to hear of the death during the early morning hours of Mr. Jsjnas lUchurd Ligon, u well-known ami highly respected citizen of Sumter. Mr. Ligon hud been In fa dng health for a number of years and hin friends and family knew that death must come at an ? atl> date, but they did not expect it to oobm so Hutiiieniy, as Wednesday1 he was in apparently a better state ot muni aad body than be had bean tor some time previously. Wednesday night he Hat up in bed talking to mem beri of his family, among whom were all bffOlhsr, Mr. A. C. Ligon, and wife of Orangeburg, who had eome r?ver the day before to see him, until nearly midnight, when he retired in m emingly ax good health as usual. About LSI o'clock he was suddenly taken with an attach of coughing,) which was followed by a hemor? rhage. Death followed in less than five minutes. At his bsdstds were his wife and brother and his brother's wife. The funeral services were held from the residence on < ?akland Ave? nue Friday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock and the Interment took place ai the cemetery immediately following the funeral services. I>r. Ligon was a native of ^range burg County, but had lived in Sum t NT for nearly twenty yaars. He was born in 1872 at BranchrillOi where he j spent his boyhood. Graduating from the South Carolina College In 1891, 1st went from there to Charleston, where he entered upon his profession Of pharmacy. Two yearn later he came to Sumter, which place has been his home ever since. He was first employed in the De Lonne Drug Store and later became a traveling sales? man fcr Henry K. Wampole of Phil? adelphia, with which firm he remain? ed connected until he was unable to continue In active work on the road. In 1895 he became interested in in? surance and real estate business in Sumter and has been engaged in this business up to the time of his death. Mr. Ligon led an active life up to the time his health became such that he was unable to attend daily to his business. He was elected to council In 1908 and served one term of two years on that body. While on coun? cil he was ( hairman of the important police and sanitary commission. He was appointed on the board of health M y loth. i9io, and served In the oapaclty of chairman of that body until he was forced to resign on ac? count of circumstances which pre? vented bis giving the duties of that office the attention which they re quired. Mis resignation was accepted February 11, IIIS. The deceased was a member of Qaremont Lodge x??. 64, A. P, m.. and of Qame Cock Lodg<-. Knights of Pythias. He was a member of tin First Baptist Church of this city. Mr. Linon was married to Miss Lsla Nash of this city, who, with two children, Ifaurlne, a girl of sixteen now attending th?- female collegj at Anderson, ami Henry, a boy < f seven, 1 survive nun. A WORD OF COMMENDATION', Dr. C C. Drown Makes Appeal in Be 1 have been a residen of Bumter for quifl a long time, ami must soon take my place on the catalog of the an? cients. 1 have known Sumter from the day when MOSS Harrison crept along the Streets, with a ladder and a kerosene can, trimming and light? ing the lamps, down to the present time. The public spirit of the place has wa n for us a good name over the whole State, and Sumter, without the backing of buzzing cotton mills, Is a problem which some other towns cannot understand. The majority of our citizens take hold freely of every enterprise which commends itself to them, and upon this fact the secret of our growth ami development is founded. Among all the movements going on in our midst, I venture there is not one whic h produces a larger revenue than the work accomplished by the City Xurse in her daily round of min? istration. The reports sh<* makes now and then of the hundreds of visits paid, the food and medicine supplied, and the help rendered the sick in a variety of ways, must compel the no? tice and admiration of those who read them. still, the fact remaina that to this work our citizenship is not giving the support it deserves. A few of us subscribe a little money, the collecting of which is worth almost as much as the money collected, while a large proportion of our people seem to think that the Civic League women have .a large fund stored away on which they can draw at will, without fear of exhausting it. The men of Sumter should be unwilling to allow so noble and gracious a work suffer for support. We should look upon it rather us a privilege to be allowed to help it. Those who have a home and a means of subsistence cannot know how much the nurse resembles an angel when she brings hei- administa tlons to the homes of the poor and needy. We have thrown the women too much upon their own resources, and ?hOUd he ashamed of ourselves that this is true. A hundred dollars a I month would scarcely meet the de? mands of the work, and yet it re half of ciy Xurse. quires unceasing effort on the part of the women to coiled even a smaller sum tharr this. I am writing these words to bring the cause to the attention of nur doo pe, and to plead for help. Some of the good women have taken nie Into their confidence, and I know the bur? den they are bearing. I have pro n Ised them to exert myself In their be? half, and it is my purpose to carry out my promise, as shall hereafter ap? pear, it is my abiding conviction that it is a beautiful charity to have a trained nurse among us to minister to the poor and sick, and I hope te aid the ladies in setting on foot a plan to put the work on B safer and surer foundation. 1 shall be glad te hare the co-operation of all the peo? ple in Sumter who have hearts to feel for those who have fewer of life's blessings than they have. Mon? ey sent to Miss Axmida Moses will be wisely used in furtherance of this werk. C. C. Brown. WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED. Game Cock City to Bend ninny Cltl- | ?ens and Exhibits to Groat Com | Show. i Sumter will be abundantly repre? sented and well displayed it the Na? tional Torn Exposition. The Sumter band will lead the Sumter Marching Club in the great South Carolina Day Parade, and permanent headquarters for Sumtonians Will be established in the Arcade, the beautiful Imsines* building in the heart of ti?e city. The headquarters will be an ex? hibit of Sumter manufactures and Sumter county agricultural resources. The display, carefully selected for quality and scope rather than amount, will not occupy a great deal of space, but it will be such that the most, casual visitor will be impressed. Na? tive woods and finished products, machinery, magnetos, rubber goods, and medicines are among the local manufactures that will tell the visi? tor an eloquent story of this little city's big doings. Maps will show soil types and railroad importance without the necessity of words. Photographs will show business con? ditions and social atmosphere. Every Sumtonian who Intends to visit the fair for a day or two, Is urged to arrange, to have next Tues? day one of the days and fall into line behind the Sumter band. It is the hope and purpose of the Chamber of Commerce, which is handling the whole matter, to have a marching club that will impress all who see It. I The Parrott Milling Company plant is nearing completion and in a short time we shall be able to obtain home ground meal manufactured from home raised corn. \ One Hundred Per Cesn Investment. ugusta I !hronlcla. wbenever anybody begins to talk J about g"..d roads?that is, nay things that reall) mean something?two classes of people stop aad take notice. I Ont in the country it biti near the heart and pocketbook sf the people, because it means development and convenience or stultification to them, according as the results of those talks go. To the people in the cities backed up by good, thrifty rural dis? tricts it noans Increased trade and development study the situation out, and it means thai good roads all over a community mean and make for more good In that community than a good railroad. It hits the masses nearer home. By way of COSaprlaon it can cor? rectly be argued t,hat one community might easily have too many good railroads, but ia isn't possible tor any \ community to have too many good j country roads; nor is any community } ever going to get to the end of mak? ing roads good The other day Hon. Locke Craig, j of North Carolina, was inaugurated governor of that State, and in his in- j augural address took occasion to de \-te himself interestingly to the sub? ject of country roads, when he sum? marized their worth and meaning to a community as follows: "Imiproved highways are the ar I teries of the country. They create organized communities of isolated families and make these <-mmunities a part of the life of the great world. Dynamits and the steam shovel are making through the hills and through the granite of the mountains pathways lor the locomotive. The improved roaJ would give the farmers access to the railroad, to the church, and to the school during all the seasons of the year. Good roads stimulate im? provement. They enrich the soil. They build anew the schoolhouse, the church and the home. They arouse ambition and general emulation. They increase the value of every acre of land that they touch and the value of every man, woman and child whose house they pass. No community can hope for prcgress without the good road. We cannot have the benefits of modern civilization without it. It is not an expense; it is an invest? ment that pays 100 per cent dividend every year. And more, it brings cul? ture and contentment and a better social life. Every community in the State must have it. The cost is much less tnan it was a few years ago." Governor Craig s remarks are worthy of and should he comme nded to the attention <>f every governor of every Southern State who has recent? ly taken or is about to take office, and they could all do far worse than giv? ing consideration to an idea of con? certed Southern action aiong the line ' ?to something more than a re awakea?nj ol the "gaed roads spirit," which went through IUm a wave a short Hme ago, i,ut seems to have been penned more rapidly than It should have. Complete development is nof going t< come to the South un? til thi-4 pectton of the country has ru? ral hlghwayi that will compare with highways In the best of other sections of the eoantrj. St'MTI R COTTON MARK] I Correor.*d daily by Brneaf Field. Cot? ton Buyer. Bumf er, loa. l":. fJood Middling it i-t Strict Middling 12 j-v Middling it, St. Low Middling 11 ?-v Low Middling II. St;iiple Cotton Tiomir.aJ. New Y ?rk Cotton Market. STaw York, Jan. 23. Open. Close. January.12.62 12.45 March.12.26 12.07 Mar.12.10 11.90 Jxly. .12.02 11.78 MORE JUDGES ELECTED. Seas*'. Meiominger and I*rlnce Have No Opposition. Columbia, Jan. 23.?The joint As? sembly today re elected Judge T. S. Sease, of the Seventh Circuit, Judge R. W. Memmingei, of the Ninth Cir? cuit and Judge T. E. Prince, of trn Tenth Circuit, all of whom were un? opposed. Real Instate Transfers. John R. Cl?ck and Robert J. Bland to Mrs. Marie Alpert, lot on Mag? nolia street, $2,000. W. T. Brogdon to R. Alford, lot on Harvin street, $550. Mrs. Bertelle B. Ivy to F. Carrie Brunson and Emma G. Brunson, in? terest to lot on Sumter street, $5 and other consideration. R. Alfreu Burgess to Ben Gate, lot on Harvin street, $680. Mr. Q. Ik Williford is taking a month's course in long staple cotton under Mr. D. R. Coker.?Hartsville M essenger. WANTED? ^he following hard wo in any Quantity: oak, ash, hicko maple, locust, walnut, holly. Wri I me what yon have and price p j cord b. Su j D. C1 FOR i* ton ro] per bushel, sound and pure. E. Colcolugh. Oswego, S. C, R. F. STAPLE COTTON?Sun Flowci seed variety. Only a few left. 'J. M. Fr?ser, oswego, S. C, Route L THE SUMTER DRY GOODS COMPANY'S BIG WHITE GOODS SALE Begins Monday, Jan. 27, ? Wednesday. (J This Great Sale will be the most important event of the season in WHITS GOODS Selling, for the reason that the bargains offered will be the season's latest, and tojour patrons out of town, we extend a special invitation to visit the Sale, as we desire that all may se? cure their share of the good things which will be many. ===== An Added Attraction ===== Will be the display of Beautiful Undermuslins in Corset Covers, Princess Slips. Gowns, Combinations and Skirts; also Children's Good Quality Summer Underwear at 5c and up. 27th--Remember the Time and Place--30th The Sumter Dry Goods Co ? ????????????????????????????????????????????????a ????????????????4 ????????????????????????????*******^AAAA^-.