Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4\)t oOLitc'jm iii au? ^taitbron. ?lmereU at um l*o*?o0h ?? mi Miuuer, s C. *a Mil und Olaae Matter ? PFHttONAL. Messrs 1I Q t >hi.mm and P I Pat-; <on have returned to the city after i spending a ?<?k in Columbia in at? tendance upon the Federal Court. Where the> Weie railed it is witnesses In the case t?f w I? Sturgeon va the Atlantic Coast J,in?> Railroad Com? pany j The many friends of Rev. H H tngton will he sorry to heur he la not r.v er inn from Injuries received in his leg last ?n t .t.er as rapidly as oauld he wished for Mr. Covtngtnn submitted tti another operation on Thursday In ostler that the stiffness in the knee might in some measure be removed. Mm I; C Hat- ) . Ii , f Columbia. Is spending awhdc to tne city. Mr. and Mrs. H V I ?sborne und daughter, Duruthv. of Savannah, Gh., ?iv t isitlng Mrs. C F King. Mr. Walle, .vi Sanders is expected home Tuesday from Fort Leaven worth. Kansas, where he is serving in the I'nlted States Army. He whs call? ed home on account gl the serious 111 aejwt of hi* mother Mrs. It. M San? ders Miss Katie Pitts has been brought home from Winthrop College, wh ?? she has been quite sick for some time, and Is now at the Sumter Hospital: Miss Isla Mayers, of Savnnm h. Qu , la the charming Kuest of Mrs. Held Ar I on Magnolia Street. Misses l^oulse Carson and Alii e Hill went to Columbia Monday to aee old friends among the Winthrop students there Mrs. R. H. Heiser and datighter, \l Sarah, un.l Mr Fi nest Field Went to Columbia Monday to meet Miss Gordon Field, a student at Win tbr- p < liege at that place for the ? day. M ? Hugh i-.clggf Sdver was in 1 the city Monday. j \lr T H Parker. of Marion, spent Monday In town. Mr. H H Keels, of Charleston, la In the city for a short stay. M.-ssrs T I ? imito^e. jr. Lau? rence and Itottert Du I lose and Hubert Herlt?t went to Columbia Monday 1 morning- to attend the National Corn Show. Miss Adsle Bowman went to Colum? bia Monday morning to attend the Na- ' tionsl Corn Exposition and visit friends In the city. ' I Death. Mrs. Margaret Muldrow Anderson ? died shortly after noon Monday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. It L. Edmunds, where she had been ll\ing f??r many years. Mra Anderson waa ?? years of age nnd bad been ill ?/or several months pren?dlng her death. The funeral *er\it es were held at the cemetery Tuesday. February ith, at noon. Mrs. Anderson was before her mar? riage to the late w J. Anderson Miss Margate Muldrow and lived in the Mt. Zion neighborhood. She mo?cd to thla city with her husband nearly fifty years ago and has been living here sint e that time. She was a mem? ber of the Presbyterian Church and led a beautiful Christian life. She Is survived by two sons. Messrs. W J. Anderson of Florence and K. M. Anderson of Abbevdle. and one da' k'hter Mrs. II. L. Fdmunds of this clt> I nterialned at Card*. Mi-h 1.. uise Carson was the hostess Saturday afternoon to her card eJhb and >s number ??f friends Invited in honor of Mrs. Henry P.. Ulchardson. one of Sumtcr's charming young brides. Au< tlon was played during the e\fil? ing. Miss Anne Klchardstin securing the highest score and being presented With the prise. Mrs. Hal Harhy rut the consolation prise. \ delirious stlad course was served lb. irucsts. ?? feature whl? h addeil mu?b to the ? barm nn?l pleasure Ot the evening. Heal I Niate Transfer*. J.-i? I: l.igon to Simpson Saxton. ltd in count v. $20?. Maggie Mo?.re tu J F. Player, lot With bnildlngS at llagund. |500. Mrs M C, Mvhha to Bdlth P.rogdon. twlots in ? o.inty. $ Iff H L i htntt t.. I '? I Mv. rs. lot antl ?tor? htois? at Hair.I * ' '?" M?stet f.. Cha- !ie I: Suiter, HW at Hun.t. i Stfl et. || 7 Thi I unnty Hupt ? rs of lit glStt I tion sgai in the eonrl hnnm Monday, sjgeea^dsss] In east am, thai asissj It* fir^t M i ?? in the men' h \\ bat? v ? t b.n Dol Ht ggt Ott.? r tu read th ad uf 1? C Shaw in this issue. H. t. Us about ?The Kurd COUNTY TEACHERS TO MEET. Monthly Bfaatoii or Teachers' Anmi. ?'tut.ioii to lie ii? Iii Saiunlayi Feb? ruary Htli. The regular monthly meeting of I1m SumtiT County Teachers' Associa? tion will be hriii Saturday. February Ith, at noon in th. Hampton Mhool building anil the t. W \\< N ha>Vt a treat In store for them in thfl visit ??f II UM Carolin*' 1?. hickson. luparvlaoi of ru? ral ?oheeli in Doreheeter county. It 1? also possible thai Miss Mabel Carney. of tin- Normal I'niverHity ol Illinois will l?e prese nt to make an ad dreH9 t?? I he teachers Mlm Carney is now in Columbia in attendance up? on the National Corn Show, demon? strating exhibits from her State. She ha? been asked to attend tin- meeting but no reply has been received from hat at this time. An Interesting program has been arranged In addition to these two fea? tures and a good attendance of teach? ers Is expected. PROF. T?TE visits SCHOOLS. Miss Mary l.ontmon Assumes Duties a*. Ittiral School Supervisor. Prof, w. K. Tat.-. State Superintend? ent of elementary rural pehools wsi in the elty Taeeday f<>r a short while, before leaving with Superintendent Haynaworth for a visit to tchooli in the Concord neighborhood. IIUm M r. " Lemmon, who began her work as ooanty ?apervleor of rural lehooli nn i organiser for the Girli Tomato Cluta was ;ils.. with l*r.?!'. Tut* and I>r. H lynewortn in their vlelt i<> th a m hoola Miss Lemmon will have her head< quartets in the ofllCe Ol the OOUnty IU perintendent <?f education. She will be busy from now on visiting schools throughout the county and aiding the teaeheri and pupils in getting b?t ter results in future, even than have bean accomplished in the past YOUNG MEN GET TOGETHER. DarlSa to Have Ijccturcs livery Sun? day by Prominent Laymen. In response to a notice appearing in The Item on Saturday asking that the young men of Sumter meet together Sunday evening, then- appeared at the V. M. C A. building yesterday even? ing about so ropreeentatlvc young men of Sumter. There was no chair? man of the meeting, nobody in par? ticular was master of ceremonies. Mr. I Cohort T. Hrown merely announced that the purpose of having the boys gather was to decide whether or not they would be Interested <n hearing a lecture every Sundav aii?rnoOB by some prominent layman of Sumter or from some otber cit\. Several of the other young men present express? ed their views on the subject, and it was found that it was the unanimous sentiment of those present that the lectures would be welcomed. After the expression of this senti? ment, Mr. H. I). Kpps was made temporary chairman of the meeting ' A motion was made and carried call , Ing for a committee to serve three months whose duty it would be to se? lect a speaker for every Sunday, this Dommjttee being open to suggestions from any man or boy in Sumter. The lecture, it was decided, would be held In the v. at C, A. building, but would be ander the ausplcei of no religious body or sect, but WOUld be ? lecture Inaugurated by and for tin- young men of Sumter. As is to be Inferred front 1 this, every young man in Sumter is Invited to come la th*- lecturei every Sunday Afternoon at I, and he li urg ? d to bring every young, old or mid? dle-aged man and every boy who will come. The young men present at the gathering OS yesterday all agreed that every man should have as much "say" as his neighbor. The leetUIH toi next Sunday after? noon will be announced In these col? inns later. lilt. DEFICIT \ YEAH \<.<>. Now, However, tiicle BanVl Trens i ury shows Surplus. Washington. Feb. S.?Prosperity fa? vored the Federal Government during January, large customs and internal i revenue receipts turning a deficit for the fiscal year into a surplus of $.'?, i 415,<J35. At this time a year ago, a deficit of |SS,S57,?SI faced the Gov ernmant January receipts reached th? high total of M0.ft4I.StS, or |S,000,<. gr? a?- r than January, ISIS. Dleburse m< nta wa re f5S,?0S,?S0, about tie same as ? year ago Customs i.lpt1 Increased 15,000,000 and internal reve nuee receipts Increased 12,500,000, compared with January last year, j Tb?- general fund holdi i l 15,8 10,u30, ? and the working balaft.f the ti ?a? i ury today was 110,014,54*. The nunt? j her of national banhi wai Incressed during Janjari t" T.4SS, with olrcu lion of bank notei amounting to |7S0,0SI,0S1. Muslin underwear sale contlnu d , this WOel MeColluin I'.ros ? Ad\t. NEURO GIVES PR I a.IM I NARY. Franc??* Taylor Bound Over to Usher Conn for Assault with Intenl to Kill. The preliminary in the caee against Frances Taylor. charged with assault with intent to kill, was held in the Re? corder's Court Monday, resulting in ths negro'i being bound over for trial by Jury in the General Sessions court which convenes her?- next week. Hie bond was Aged at $500. The testimony us given at the pre? liminary was practically the same as has already been printed In the Item so Is not reproduced. The only point of difference between counsel for the defendant and the State being as to whether or not Taylor used more force than was necessary in defend? ing himself from Mr. Schwartz. The attorney for Mr. Schwartz admitted that he had commenced the difficulty. Mr. L. D. Jennings represented Mr. Schwartz tnd Mr. J. H. Clifton rep? resented Taylor. The witnesses at the preliminary were: Messrs. Henry Lu? cius, John Purdy, Bartow Walsh, Julian Schwartz and T. P. Ward, and Robert Rembert, colored. FIREMEN TO COUNT VOTE, Statement Issued by Lending Hail roads Affected by Strike Vote. The Firemen on the Eastern tail roads begin tomorrow to count their strike vote. This vote derides whether the men at the head of the Firemen's Brother n< od shall have the power to order all firemen on the Kastern railroads to strike. The railroads have repeatedly of? fered to arbitrate the controversy and save the public the distress and disaster that would result from a striktv The firemen's answer has been: "We respectfully decline to submit to the railroad's demands that the liremen's wage controversy be de? termined by the railroad's plan of ar? bitration." The attitude of the Firemen's Broth? erhood towards the form of arbitra? tion followed in the engineers' case may be gained from a letter address? ed by President Carter to the Fire? men to the railroads, which the rail? road managers feel should be made public. Accordingly copies are being given to newspapers, as well as for? warded to members of Congress, Gov? ernors of the different States, mem? bers of railroad commissions, and mayors of cities. President Carter said in part: "It Is noted that in your objections to the Federal arbitration law that you believe H? most fundamental de? fect is that the interests of the public are not guarded by it. our commit? tee instructs me to compliment the Conference Committee of Managers upon their solicitude lor the interest of the public, and to say that it is with most profound regard for the inter? ests of the people at large, aside from the interests of railroad employes or any (lass of them, we hold that an arbitration of wage dispute should not be used for the purpose of mold? ing public opinion as to the necessity of enacting laws to forbid railway em? ployes engaging in strikes, <n to se? cure legislation that will deprive worklngmen of their Constitutional rights, which seems to have been tin purpose of the Railroad's Plan of Ar? bitration. "If the puipos,. ,,t' the railroads is to se? ure legislation, or to mold public sentiment, to the end that legislation will be enacted forbidding railway strikes, we protest that it is preju? dicial to the Interests and rights of railroad employes iu any arbitrtaion of wage matters that stab social or legislative problems should thus be Injected. "It is evldenl that the wish of cer? tain prominent railroad officials has found expression in the report of this arbitration under the railroads' plan that National and state Wage Com? missions lie established, with power to enforce decrees. Although this Identical suggestion has been vigor? ously preached by prominent railroad officials for nearly two years, the sim? ilarity exists, we have Ho doubt, With? out any undue Influence being used upon the < 'ommlssion. "We protest that advantage should not be taken of wage disputes to mold public sentiment concern ins the prop? er returns upon capital invested by railroads or the necessity for Increase m freight rates, notwithstanding the fact that the firemen recognise thai justice in tin sc maers should be grant? ed In the railroads by tin- proper au? thorities. While all railroad employ? es recognise that the prosperity of tin- employers makes it possible for i them |u receive higher wages, I um Instructed by our committee to re ! speed fully submit t hat question^ ? ? ihln nature are matters of Congressional Invesigatlon and legislation, rtaher than matters to be decided bj private cltlxens, chosen al random, regardless of their representative capacity, to pass upon the equity of a wage dls i pule." Tin: m:\v corn bklt. Now Title Accorded Nine Koutbem states?Increase in t orn Production Advertised by Southern Hallway. Columbia, Feb. 3.?-'The New Corn Belt" is the title which has been ac? corded the nine Southern States cast of the Mississippi and south of the Potomac. This honor is given the South in an attractive folder just is? sued by the Southern Railway com- '< pany which is being distributed among j visitors to the National Corn Bxpo- ! ?itlon here. Figures In the folder, j compiled from latest official sources, 1 give new proof of the increasing im portance of the South as a corn grow? ing section and fully substantiate the claim given this wonderful section as the "New Corn Belt." "Figures In the December number of the Crop Reporter issued by the federal department of agriculture, show that the nine Southern States east of the Mississippi and south of the Potomac produced in 1912 a corn Drop of 303,1 33,U??0 nushels, worth $-314,740,000 at prices paid farmers In that territory" says the folder. "Compared with the report of the 190a census, when the crop of 342, 404,737 bushels In the same States was w uth $ 17T'-?.?*.<?:;, the latest tig ures show an increase of 162,670,263 bushels, worth practically $178, 000,000 more than the earlier produc? tion^ "The greater yield In the Southeast has followed an increased acrePfe given to Corn and a steadily inci fl? ing acre-yield. The general develop? ment of this agricultural region, aided by federal and State demonstration work and further helped by the edu? cational efforts of such railroads as the Southern, which maintains a corps Of agricultural experts whose service! are at the command of all the farm? ers along its 7,000-odd miles of ter? ritory, has had a large share in stim? ulating attention given to corn. Prominent among the reasons for the increased acre-yield has been the or? ganization of boys' corn clubs and an I nual corn shows in each of these 1 nine States. Comparative figures show that the increase in the average yield per acre over the 1900 record in 1912 alone amounted to $103 981,221. Four hundred and fifty-four members of beys' corn clubs In the South In 1912 made over loo bushels to the acre." In addition to the wide circulation it is being given at the Corn Expo? sition, tl ite I among feme re f th< In un eft ' ?knbh t th> re to t' 'N ? fori F.K. \ Ii.l.l? OF COTTON. The Remarkable Record of a Marl? boro Fanner. Pee Dee Advocate. Another Marlboro farmer has made a record which probably cannot be equalled anywhere Last year Ell Gibson, of the Har? mony section, planted a plot contain? ing one and live-eighth acres in Mex? ican Big Boll cotton. The seed were obtained from York county, upon re? commendation of Bditor W. IK Crist, of the Y/orkville Enquirer. The on< and live-eighths acres pro? duced 4300 pounds of Seed cotton. which turned out ir>7."> pounds of lint, and 90 bushels of seed. The seed were Sold for $'.n>, and the lint can be sold at 12 1-2 cents a pound, oi- $196.90. This makes the total $286.90, or $176.56 per acre. The Advocate wants to hear from the man who can beat this. Muslin underwear sale continued ? Iiis week. McCollum Bros.?Advt. Will Fill Hotels to Overflowing. "Yes," said one of Sumter's opti? mistic traveling men a couple id' days ago, "there is talk of Sumter having too many hotels, but mark toy word 1 know better, Within six months from now both the Claremonl and Imperial will be kept tilled to over? flowing and within a year there will 1-e talk of erecting a new hotel. Sum ter is booming and there is nothing which can Stop her." This is the \ iew of a traveling man who covers the greater part of this State and parts of other States, lie says that traveling men haven't heard yet everywhere that Sumter had good hotel facilities now, l?ui they will hear it within a couple of weeks and hereafter they will not seek to pass Sumte? by with? out stopping as the;, have sought to do in the past. "Why," he said, "I know of six noli who told no today that they Intended to sta) over lu re Sunday instead of g< Ing to Florence of Columbia, as had bet U their clis tom heretofore," Such taiu as this sounds good to Sumter people and it doesn't do any harm away from Sumter for it has a I i inc of truth to it t hat lu epa the people of other cities throughout the st ite wat< hing Sumter in a wa> thai should make tin (tame Cock citizen feel glad that he lives in "The Little ? Mty of i tig l tolngs Muslin underweat sale continued this week McCollum Ltros Advt ASssoluiely Pure Economizes Butter, Flour, Eggs; makes the food more appetizing and wholesome The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar WOULD AVOID PAYING TAXES. Pueblo Indians Offer Land to ?. s. in Trust for 25 Years. Santa Fe, X. M., Fei?. 1.?Indians from every one of the Pueblo tribes in New Mexico arrived here today preparatory to leaving tonight for Washington, where they will urge the Secretary of the interior to accept deeds to approximately 600,000 acres of land owned by them in New Mexi? co. The object of the Indians in deed? ing their land to the Government as trustees for a period of twenty-five years, is to avoid paying taxes. A recent decision of United States Judge W. H. Pope, that Indians were J Citizens, subjects their property to taxation. The delegations is headed by Francis S. Wilson, special United States attorney for the Pueblos. Isaac Gale and Kiehard Brown got it heavy in the Recorder's Court Mon day morning. They were lodged in jail Sunday on the various charges of absolute drunkenness, using pro? fane language, reckless driving, and resisting arrest. Gale was given $120 or 120 days, while his confrere was given $150 or 150 days. The negroes it seems were intoxicated Sunday and had a big joy ride in and out of town, Now York Cotton Market. Open Close March.12.32 12.27 May.12.10 12.07 July.12.10 11.97 Muslin underwear sale continued this week. McCollum Rros.?Advt. LOST?Red and white spotted ox, Strayed Wednesday night, from my home near l>alzell. Reward for return. Murray Sammons, Dalzell, S. C. NOTICE?Honey to loan on improved Bumter County Real Estate. Terms reasonable. A. S. Merrimon, At? torney at Law, Office on Law Range opposite Court House. WANTED?The following hard wood in any quantity: oak, ash, hickory ? maple, locust, walnut, holly. Write me what you have and price per cord or thousand f. o. b. Sumter. I). China. FOR SALE?Dixie Wilt resistant cot I ton seed from 1911 crop, price $1 ' per bushel, sound and pure. E. B. j Colcolugh, Oswego, S. C, R. F. D. STAPLE COTTON?-Sun Flower seed variety. Only a few left. J. M. 1- ras*r. Drawn. ktoutn 1 ?.? ? ? ? ? . >t**???*t?4 *.>.?.?v ??.?.?. .????.???..?.????? WANTED! White Boys and Girls from 14 to 25 years old to learn to spin and weave in Bagging Mill; will start pay at from ?4 35 To ?540 Per week while learning. After learning can earn from $6.00 To $10.00 per week Mill runs 57 hours per week, I 1-2 day holiday Saturday. Fam I ilies having 3 or more boys or girls to work can get new houses, with bath, electric lights, and water, and all modern conveniences at very reasonable rent within 5 minutes walk of mill. It interest 1 ed fill in coupon below and mail ? to us. 5: H Name Address How many in family wanting work MAU. 1?' Hi ft CHARLESTON. S. C. rt?tt:mt?mmmt?:itt::t:tn::::m?:??n:n:::n::::::::::::n::n::::?m?nmn?:?