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Catered at the Post ouVt* at Sumur, s. C, as Seeosal Claas Matter. PERSONAL. Among those t<> ko from here to Rock Hill to attend the Winthrop CoHssjs Pasjeaal were* Mr. and Mrs. W A llrowii. Mrs. R. S. Hood, Mrs. ?' O Rowland, MissOra* ?n, Mr. J. C. Hryan. Mrs 11 H Policy, w ho has been visiting her mother In Hirmington, Ala. for several weeks, has returned home. Vmong those t.? go to Rock Hill to attend the Winthrop QoHSfjS pageant were Miss Armiii M ?. 1 >r. Wai'"r y te anil Miss Kos.? Cheyne, C. H. Wiis,.n and I ?. R M? < "allum, Jr. M s. w. H. Swann of this city Is spending; a few days in Columbia with friend* ajld relatives. Mrs. J. L. irhy and daughter of Ro\ kin. was in the elty Wednesday. Mr S. R. Smoak and daughter, Miss Lucib. have returned to the elty after spending several days in Orange burs; vtsititiK relati\ es. ^llss Louise Yeadsji has returned home to spend the summer after teaching at Uastonia, X. ('., during the winter Ml K .1 Stern, of the luiil of \S heeler A Stern of rharb.tti, x. C., was In the city Tuesday looking os/af work on 1.ml.hugs q| which his lirm Is the arehitei t. Miss Janie Costln. of Hartsville. is In the city spending a few days with r l lat'ves. Mr. and Mrs, William Daughtry. of .Norfolk, who have heen \isitmg in the city for se\eral weeks, went to I olumhia this morning for a short visit there before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. R. L Renton, of Camden, spent Wednesday night in the city, returning home Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Renton have only recently moved from Sumtat In Camden, where Mr. Renton has ae t'ted the position as agent for the Northwestern Railroad. Miss Belle Antley of Cameron Is spending a few days wi.u Mrs. C. W. McOrew, after attending the Winthrop pageant Miss Florrie Heaner. (?f Orangeburg, is visiting her sister, Mrs, T. K. White gsj Harvln Street. Mra W. H. Sw*nn has returned to the city a", r spending a few pleasant days in Columbia with friends and relative* MH.no si i l i its from rim:. Decry Washington i Colored, Ijosea Harn. Stuhles ami Two Mule*. Sun? day Morning. l >t rry Washington, colored, loet his ham, stables ami two tine mules by tire Sunday morning sunn-time be? tween two o'clock and daylight, the loss coming as an especially hard one upon him at this season '-f the year. The old neuro lived in the Concord neighborhood and Is o hard Working Old man for whom his white and colored neighbors always have ;? good word. The cause of the Are Is unknown. In the barn was stowed away all of the corn owned by the darkey and a great part of hie farming imple? ments were glSO hurnd. Tin* two mulct were rarj line animals, one of them having been purchased last fall for $300. Notts of City Schools. At a recent meeting of the Hoard of Education the teachers, wie? ap i piled, Were re-elected. Stu b Vacancies gg occur will be filled later, as it is u< > cs>urv, in order to elOCl an appli? cant Intelligently, to know the po? sition that is to he filled. Mr, vv. II. s<ott, the principal of the Boys? HiKh School, has accepted the superintendency of the Bishop ville schools. Mr. Scott's leaving will h?> a great loss to the Sumter schools, as he has tilled his position hen' with great acceptability. His place will be hard to till as it has been the policy of the Hoard In the past to combine th?? positions of principal and com? mandant. commencement this year will take Place on the evenings of the 28th j and li'Jth of May. For several years past four patriotic gentlemen have offered medali for penmanship. Four <?ther gentlemen, equally patriotic-, may consider this a c all to an oppor? tunity to manifest this patriotism. Death. - Mrs. Minnie K. Hudson, wife of Mr. lease a. Huch em, died at her shome en Wright street Wednesday morn? ing after a brie f illness. The body will he taken from here to Qrcenvllle for Interment Mrs. Hudson is survived by hei husband and several small children. Marriage License Record. a la enat to marry was issued Tues< day to Mr. \V K. Fripp and Miss Prances p. Moore <?f Oss/ego. lilti: DEHTROl s not si:. six Room Building Owned bj SB, E. Walker Burned Wednesday. A six room negro house on Oak? land avenue was burned about eight o'clock Wednesday morning by a Are which orlglnateu in the root' and had upvead -ill over the building before tin flre department could reach the place, which was way out nearly to the cemetery. The hose had to he stretched for a distance of 1,700 feel and there were three breaks and three sections had to he taken out during the lire. It was by hard work that the department succeeded In saving adjacent houses With the one stream of water. A YOUNG CHESS PLAYER. Bonnie Alpoii is Probably the Boy Champion Chens Player of the State, There are comparatively few peo? ple in Bumter in this day and time who play chess at all, this being a game which requires long training ami practice before one acquires any degree of skill or efficiency, at least this is the general opinion. People are too busy for Chess and do not spare the time to learn to play the game. However, there are a few people here who still play chess occasionally, probably the youngest of these being Bonnie Alpert, who is also probably the youngest player in the State, sind who is without doubt the champion player of his age anywhere in the State. BennlS is nine years of age and plays a good game, frequently defeating his lather, who is fond of chess and plays a good game. One day this week a drummer by the name of Apple walked into Mr. U Alpert'S store and while there sug gested a game of chess, he having noticed the chess board on the coun? ter. Mr. Alpert accepted the chal? lenge, bllt Was called off before the game commenced and his son took 'his place. Probably Mr. Apple thought he would win an easy victory but such was by no means the case. Beniile out-marshalled his warriors and Apple was badly defeated. The drummer had been playing chess for many yenrs and he had probably been as badly dfeated before, hut never by a boy of so few years. Work has been commenced on the Sumter stave Factory plant. This plant will lie established mar the Sumter Cotton Warehouse just off Council street. WILLIE Iii:I 111 m: must DIE. Supreme Court Affirms Death Sen? tence Pronounced Two Years \^?. _ I The supreme court In a, decision yesterday affirmed the death sentence of Willie Rethune, who was con? victed In Clarendon county two years ago on the charge of killing a well known farmer. Th<- decision was hy Associate Justice Woods and con? curred in by all of tin- justices. Willie Bethune was convicted or murder and sentenced to death hy electrocution. He appealed to the su? preme court on the ground that at the time of tin- commission of tin crime and at the time of his trial tin penalty of murder was death by hanging and that the statute provid? ing for the infliction of the death pen? alty by electrocution is ex post facto and unconstitutional as to him. The Bupreme court held that the question was decided against Bethune by tin decision of the supreme court in the case of the State vs. Joe Malloy. The court ordered a new day to he assign? ed by clarendon county for the execu t ion. COTTON CONSUMED IS APRIL. Census Bureau Places Amount for April at About Hall' a Million. Washington, May 14.?Cotton con? sumed during April amounted to ."(?::. ?i77 hales, the census bureau an? nounced today. Cotton on hand April :'??): in manufacturing establishments 1,746,611 hab s; In independent ware? houses, 1,355,78G bales; imports dur? ing April, 7:ii! hales of 500 pounds; exports, 534,681 running bales. Cart Load of Boose Destroyed. Wednesday afternoon chief ol Police John R. Sumter had a cart load of boose carried out to the dump ground near the brick yard and de? stroyed, the bottles, kegS, demijohns and other receptacles for the llery li quor being smashed In the heads, so to speak, with an axe. There was a big cart load of the stuff Which was wasted on the i ground much to the regret "f some of the darkeys who saw it ( one, w ho probably would have liked to try the stuff from force of habit, before it soaked Into the ground. Marriage License Record. i A license to marry was Issued Thursday morning to Robert WhlU land Queen Murphy of Hagood. RURAL POLICEMAN ELECTED. 1 Julian H. scale Chosen to rill Vacancy Caused by Death of A. M Bate man. Julian H. S*alc was elected ratal policeman by the county board Thursday morning at its meeting to till tho Vacancy caused by the death of A. M. Bateman. There wer?- six applicants for the position, all of whose appli atie ns were fully con? sidered. Mr. Scale had a petition very largely signed by citizens from all parts of the county. A number of bills were considered, but no other business was attended to. Mr. \V. 1?. Cooper, the newly appointed member of the hoard, was present, but he has not yet received his commission. Following thS mooting the mem? bers of the hoard left in automobiles to go over the county Inspecting the roads. - < 'APT, W. E. GONZALES POR CU? BA? Believed He Can Get Post if Ho Wants It. Washington, May 14.?It is believ? ed here that if Bditor W. B. GOO -/ales, of the Columbia State, can be induced to accept the post of minister to Cuba, that honor will be tendered him by President Wilson. There is little doubt that Mr. Gonzales could have some European mission if he do sired it, hut it Is said that he would i not wish to go sc? tar from home. The Cuban mission would have a special appeal for him because of the distin? guished connec tion of his ancestors with the long struggle of tin? Cubans i for liberty. LEVER NAMES CLERKS. I). S. Murptl to he Appointed. With Morris Lumpkln as Assistant. i Washington, May 14.?Representa? tive Lever said tonight that he had dec ided to name 1). S. Murph of St. Matthe ws clerk of the bouse commit? tee on agriculture and Mo ris Lump kin of Columbia as assistant Clerk. 'These appointments, however, will be dependent upon Mr. Lever's being made chairman of this committee. ; The latter seems to be practic ally as Isured, and the formal annuncement ; to this effec t will be made when the ! Ways and means committee finishes i the work it now has in hand of pre? paring the personnel of all other I house committees. in Ute Police Court* Felix Pringle '\as tried Thursday in the Recorder's Court for dlnchanr?? ing firearms in the city and carrying concealed weapons. He was found guilty on both charges and sentenced t<> pay a tine of $40 or 00 days. \Y. Ii. Burns. Jr., for violating the automobile ordinance hy exceeding the speed limit, was line<i $10. Tin- anti-d ispensary petition which is bring circulated by Mr. K. I. Rearon, is being signed by a grant many of the voters of the ounty. A number ??f the voters, Mr. Rpardon stat? s, have signified tin ir intention of taking their names off the dispen? sary petition and others have stated their intention not to vote for the dispensary, although they signed the petition. Those who sign the anti dispensary petition remove their names from the dispensary petition when they do so, as this is one of tho items in the petition. Is your financial condition such that you can afford to lose your crop by hail? G. B. Haynsworth, agent for Carolina Hail Insurance Company will secure protection for you at a very small cost. Insure now. Today is the beat time.?Advt. - , i Wounded Men Doing Well. John Yates, the negro who was shot by officers Monday afternoon, is re? ported at the hospital to be getting along as Well SS could be expected, with a very slim chance of r.oeovery. < >. F. Flud. the young white man who was shot Monday afternoon be? tween Alcolu and Manning by T. It. Browder .is r?. *?ort?-d to be getting en nicely. He is seriously although probably not fatally wounded. Are you a farmer? Don't you thirk you should exercise the same business judgment on your farm that the mer? chant does in the city? The mer? chant protects his investment by in? suring. Is your crop insured? Bet? ter see G. K. Haynsworth, agent for Carolina Hail Insurance Company, and secure this protection at once.?Advt. THE CAROLINA HAIL INSURANCE ?Company has paid 1,000 losses amounting to $135,000.00 since 11*00, and every one of these losses settled satisfactorily to be assured. G. E. Hoynsworfh, Sumter, S. C, is the agent for this excellent South Carolina^ corporation and our farmers and planters should see to it that their crops are protected at once. 1 EXTRAORDINARY BANKRUPT SUE! = $25,000?OF HIGH-GRADE MERCHANDISE?$25,000 = Recently Purchased from the Trustees in Bankruptcy, of M. Dryfus, at Savannah, Ga., at 36c on the Dollar. Will be placed on Sale at the Store of S. Main Street, Croaswell Block H. N. KRASNOFF ? CO. NEXT TO THE GAS GO. Sumter, S. Car. n,u u Um largest *oeti or iik.h GRADE nlKRCllANDWE ?van panes*] on nali at Msssstor, ami the Knrora of well-nunn?, high ort pntrnaoana u?u gsnrof again nave law npuortanlt) or buying luicii goods, a- I?. now offered al our store, al huukiupt prices. This i. i i. poanaias Koosjrwkhonf ii. Klruhbauni, KelikwM itros. ami other tn.h ;:ra?l?' clothing: Motion, Hoffman ami Kollon Hals iVckanl. \Yu Ik -o% cr ami Hnfnlllgni shoes; Arrow, I'ricslicc. te|||*M- ami (?otliom shirts; I!. A, I... \rn?w and Triangle Collum; \(lh*r*s <.io\c?. C<Mi|ief tmiciwcar. lloic|?rooi. Notaseinc. lTnk|ue ami Tft-Mt Hanoi na nroM as hundreds or oilier nrtk'k's or stan? dard makes. Special Double Purpose Sale l or the reason (hat we could not keep the Savannah Store on account of expiration or the least', and as we luive several otlier stocks to take over Boon, ami need the money tor that purpose. There is a Double Motive in closing out the entire Mtock, regardless of what it hrings. Ami for I he further reason, that tliis will ^iu? hh the opportunity of gel? ling better acquainted with the people of Sumter. so that we may he aide to serve lhem better in the ruture, i?\ getting their views of Wllttl the) like and Whttl tin y need. in this wa\ mir patron* will get Uie IhmioIII of a lloilhle sale. llllM will long he iciiienihered. EXTRA CHANCE! Tills will gi\c the ladies of Sumter and vlclllltj <!>** ??PP?>itunity of buying bnrguliiH never dreamed of at iIiIm time or the senoonu Dry CSoors, ;!rt ss goods, l ine dress Ulnglinma, Lawns, Linger? ies, silk-.. Ciiih'rwcnr, Hosiery, shoe*.. lints, (???wna, Uedding, I'm hroldery, llounchigs. Laces, Curntlns, Ribbon, Notions ami thous? ands of other useful ami dependable articles?KVKRYTlilX ti hi the store will go at Bankrupt prices. This space is too small to give a lisi of articles we carry nor quote prices, we are sending out regular circulars and il yon did n<>( get one please call at tile store and get one. or call at the .??tore and wee leu- yourself which is tie best way* SALE OPENS SATURDAY, MAY 17, AND CLOSES SATURDAY, MAY 31st, 1913 Remember the Name and riace H. N. KRASNOFF 6 CO., S. Main St., Crosswell Block Next to Gas Office Sumter, S. C LOOK FOR THE RED ' MBRELLA.