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PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. HilHard and little daughter, of Charlotte. N. C, are visiting Mrs. T?te on East Liberty Street. Mr. English DesChamps has return? ed from Clemson College for the sum me?- vacation. Mise Marv Pitt? has gone to Flor? ence for a visit to Mrs. Leon Scott at that place. Misses Margaret and Caroline Ba? ker. Of Mayesville. spent Thursday in the city, attending the commencement exercises Thursday night and the dance given after the commence? ment. Mr. ?nd Mrs. A. A. Brearley. of St. Charles, were in the city Thursday night In attendance upon the com? mencement exercises. ?as Miss Louise Carson left Friday af? ternoon for Florence, where she will be the guest of Mrs I^eon Scott. Or. Oeo. W. Dick returned from Fayettevllle, N. C, Friday. Mr. Nelll O'Donnell returned from in extended trip to New York and Pennsylvania Friday. Vrs. P. Q. Bowman and Miss Mabel H?* man left Friday evening for An? napolis, Maryland, where they have gone to see Mrs. Bowman's son, Ham? men, who is one of the students at the Cnited States Naval Academy. Mise Florence Shaw has returned home from Greenville Female Col? lege to spend the summer. Mr. Edwin Wltherspoon Is at home from Furmaa Fitting School. Miss Clara Welburn, one of the teachers In the city schools, left Fri? day morning for her home at Foun? tain Inn. Mise Katherine Wright has gone to her home at Trenton. She was one of the teachers In the city schools dur? ing the post session. MIm Wise, one of the teachers in* the city schools, has returned to her home at Hoik Hill. Miss Estelle C. Jones Is at home from Winthrop to spend the summer with her parents. ? Mr. Julius Jones Is at home from the South Carolina Medical College at Charleston to spend his summer va? cation. Misses Margaret Williford and In nis Cuttlno are at home from Win? throp College for the summer vaca? tion. ? Mr. Whltey Thompson, of Rafting Creek, spent Saturday in the city. Mrs. O. 8. Wham has returned to her home in Laurens, after visiting her mother, Mrs. I. P. Mellette. Miss Ruth Harrington left Satur? day for Cheraw, after spending the; winter In the city, where she was one ?I the teachers of the city schools. Misses Lela and ? Robinson left on Friday for Charlottesville, Va., where they will spend the summer uf ter teaching during the past session in the city schools. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Singleton have returned from Chattanooga, Tenn. Mrs. B. C Haynsworth went to Co? lumbia Saturday to attend the commencement exercises of the Col? lege for Women. Mr. Q. E. Scarborough, former sheriff of Darlington county, spent the d*iy In town on his way home from the Confederate reunion In Chattanooga. Messrs. Edwin M. Wayland, super? visor of roads and bridge engineer for Dillon County, of Columbia and Prof. M. Qoode Homes of the t'nlverslty of South Carolina, were In the city this week, taking a trip out In the Unas* burg section with Supervisor Pitts. Both of the gentlemen expressed themselves very favorably concerning the roads over which they passed. Mrs Nina Solomons has returned from Atlanta, where she has been Msltlng relatives for several weeks. Mr. Albert L Mnlse. of Philadel? phia has been In the city for the past week visiting his mother, Mrs. K. W. Molse. Miss Alice Walker, of Georgetown, Stopped over in the city for the week end to visit relatives on her way home from Wlnt hrop < ?oHegS, Miss Mil.el Ho.ah, Susie Dak and Cartta Bandle are at home from Win? throp College to spend the summer vacation. To \HITB\TI. CLAIMS. t uba to Accept I*? - i.t for Settle? ment. Habana. May M It Is probable that Cuba at an early date will con sent to submit to arbitration of Qrsal Britain. France and Germany for damages done the property of those nations during the resolution of lit fi ?S The senate tod > epteil a com? mittee report recommending that at bttratlon BS resort eil to In settling the Claims aggregating $1 I I.0. DISPENSARY PETITION FILED. thihtf.fn HUNDRED NAMES sh;nfi> to pfittion ASKING FOlt BLKCTION? Probable That KclCCllOSI Will BC ordered if Hequisito Nsjnber of Qualified Voters Have Signed iv tltlon?County Su|>crvisor Will Have to ('?mjM w Lists With Registration Hooks and Treasurer's Hooks. Saturday night about 11.15 the pe? titions asking for an election on the dispensary were tiled Wth the county supervisor. There are thirteen hun? dred names on the twenty-eight pe? titions tiled with the supervisor, ac? cording to a statement made by Mr. J. H. Clifton this morning. Mr. Clif? ton tiled the petitions with the super? visor. Besides the dispensary petitions there are a number of anti-dispensary petitions tiled with the supervisor with five hundred and twenty-tlve names attached. However, these poiltOM will not be considered, as it is under? stood that Supervisor Pitts will order the election if he finds that one-third of the qualified voters of the county have signed the dispensary petition, as the law requires. The names on the dispensary petition will not be taken off, it is understood, even if they have been signed on the anti* dispensary petition as Supervisor Pitts on this point has secured the legal advice from Mr. L. D. Jennings, county attorney, who, it is stated, could find no law on the subject and advised in the absenco of law <J0/er ing the matter that no change be made in the tiles of the petition after It was filed with the supervisor. Before the supervisor, in the per? son of Mr. H. L. McLeod, the clerk to the county board, now looms up a blfl task. Mr. McLeod will have to go over the dispensary petitions name by name comparing those names on the petition with those on the registration books and canceling all names on the petition which are not on th^ regis? tration books, as only registered voters are qualified and the names of all unqualified voters will have to he stricken from the l?st. This may net be considered as such a difficult, task at first, but when it is considered that there are thirteen hundred and elghty flve names to be gone over, and ihess names in no regular order according to township or otherwise, and com? pared with the names on the twenty tlve registration hooks for each town- j ship and ward in the county, in whic h the names are kept in no regulrr al? phabetical order, some idea of the tediousness of the task can be gather? ed. And then, if possible to make ihr task still more difficult, the petitions have to be compared with the county , treasurer's hooks to see if the signet of th? petition paid his poll tax six months prior to the time of the elec? tion, for If he did not he is not a qualified voter, unless he Is exempt from poll tax. The task wi'.l take up considerable time and will at all events prove a very tedious one. Supervisor Pitts has dec ided not to allow the petitions to be handled by the public until after thl? companion has been made. It is now, therefore, impossible to say whether or not the dispensary election will be ordered, as there Is always a large number of registered voters who do not pay tneir poll taxes until the sheriff or magis? trate comes to them and it is also probable that there are quite i num l?er of names on the petitions of per- j sons who have never registered. In order to call the election there mu?i be cm the petitions at least 1007 names, there being It.OL'O names on the eounty registration hooks. It is prob? able that there are not this many voters In the county, as in the election of last summer, when practically SV eryhodybody voted, the number of votes east was only 2200. Besides this it is known that a great many of those names are on the eounty regis? tration books have died or have mov? ed out of the county. Having been the fortunate winner of the handsome touring ear offered by the Bumtcr Daily Item and Watch? man and Southron in their contest, i desire to thank my numerous friends in the elty and eounty of Sumter who so gladly and cheerfully worked for me. it s/as only by their co-ope i atlon that I have come OUt the wli.mM of this handsome ear. it is impos? sible to write each one a personal note of thanks, but 1 hope to reac h them through the columns of the Dally Item and Watchman and Southron and hereby extend t.> them my sin rere thanks for their untiring and kindly interest which enabled m<- t<> win ?to- i ipltal pi !/??. Washington, May Si,?A ust ra? il ungary and the Netherlands todg) gave notice of then- willingness to eon* slder Secretary Bryan's peace plans Ten reunifies base responded favor ably to the administration s recent note on this subject. Mr. ? Bryan an? nounced ihs names of eight yesterday Card of 'I hanks. TEDDY IS VINDICATED. BDITOB NE WITT RETRACTS CHARGE AND COL. ROOSE? VELT ASKS FOR NOMI? NAL DAMAGES, Suit Was not Brought for Money. S*ld Connor President, hut to Brand as False for All Time Slanders Which Had Been Repented?News pnper Owner not Actuated by Per? sonal 111 Will. Marquette, Mich., May Sl.?Col. Theodore Roosevelt today won his li? bel suit against Geo. A. Newett, who charged the Colonel with drunkenness and having waived damages after the defendant had uttered a retraction, the jury awarded the nominal damages of 0 cents .provided in such cases by the laws of Michigan. Each party to the suit will have to pay his own expenses. Judge Plannlgan instructed the jury to bring in a verdict for the plaintiff, which they did without leaving their seats. The Colonel left for Chicago and the East at 5.30 o'clock this even? ing, less than two hours after the con? clusion of the case. When the afternoon session began the air was electrical with expectancy. Humors were Hying that the suit would be terminated. "The plaintiff rests," remarked the attorney, James H. Pound, in a mat? ter of fact manne,- William P. Beiden, of Ishpemlng, who, with Horace An- j drews, of Cleveland, was Mr. Newett's attorney, suid: "The defence will call Mr. Newett.'* 1 A ruddy checked man, whose color did not disguise the fact that he is suffer? ing from a serious illness, took the Chair, In his hand he carried a manu- j ?crlpt When the defendant began reuding Col Rooaevetl moved to the edge of his chair, and betrayed an ex? citement which his rigid jaws could not hide. Mr. Newett was well along ' In his reading before the Colonel, j whose position seemed like that of a man about to leap forward, lost the tense look on his lace. I'll "It Is fair to the plaintiff to state that I have been unable to find in any section of the country any individual Witness who is willing to state that no has ( personally seen Mr. ltoosevelt drink to excess." At this the Plaintiff smiled, and re? laxed. The Colonel broke into a grin again when Mr. Newett said, with ref? erence to the mass of testimony ad? duced by the plaintiff, "J am forced to the conclusion that I was mist?k-! en." Leaving the stand, Mr. Newett look- ! I ed in the direction of Col. ltoosevelt, j but the latter was whispering to his. counsel. Attorney Pound then asld: j "With the court's permission the plaintiff would like to make a brief' announcement. The Judge nooded and Mr. ltoose? velt arose. Bowing to the court the Colonel said he would waive the mat- ' ter of damages save from the noml- i nal amount provided by law. Speak? ing of his purpose of instituting suit he said: "I wish once for all during my lifetime to deal with those slanders so that never again will it be possible for any man in good faith to repeat them." Here recess was taken. Judgo Flan nigan read his charge to the Jury im? mediately after recess. Speaking of Col. ltoosevelt, as the plaintiff, Judge Flannigan said: "Certainly he has con? vinced the court, not only that he 1 never was drunk but that he is now 1 and always has been a temperate and abstemious man." At the same time court held that Mr. Newett "in publishing the editor? ial was not actuated by actual ill will toward the plaintiff, and that he act? ed i? good faith.'' But the court held, the injury to the plaintiff had he not Waived his right to damages, would have sustained a verdict in any sum i up to the amount claimed In the plaintiff's declaration, $10,000. As soon as the foreman, William Matthews, a miner ;J1 years old, re? ported the verdict as directed by the court, court adjourned and Col. Koos?', velt stepped forward and took the hand of each juror. "I thank you, gentlemen, each one of you," said the Colonel, "it was splendid, just perfectly splendid." SHIPPING IMMATURE FBI IT. Supremo Court to Pass on Constitu? tionality of Florida Law. Washington, May 31.?The constitu? tionality of the Florida law of 1911 prohibiting the sab- or tin- shipment from the state of Immature citrus 11 nits to be passed upon by the Su? preme Court of the United states, s. J, Slight, of Way cross, Ha., convicted ol shipping immature oranges from Florida to Georgia, today docketed an appeal In the Supreme Court. Washington, May 31. Secretary Bryan and Sir Cecil Spring*Bice, the British ambassador, late today slgnei Is renewal for live years of the gener sl arbitration treats between the Hast ed states ami Great Brltalnytwhic eXplrei b) limitation on June tr Marriage License Record. Licenses to many haw- been issue 1 to T. p. Parish and Miss Maude C. Wright, of this city. Al so to Wilson Qeddle and Rosanna Lewis of Sumter, colored. Real Estate Transfers. W. B. Colclo?gh to Thomas Wilson, 50 fot strip of land through three traets in Sumter atid Lee eounties. Henry T. Edens to Thomas Wilson, two aeres near Seale's Siding, $ ???. 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Try a twenty-five cent bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment and see how quickly your rheumatic pains disappear. Bold by all dealers.?Advt. WINTHOP COLLEGE Scholarship and Entrance Examinat? ion. The examination for the1 award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col? lege and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 4, at 9 A. M. Applicants must' be not less than sixteen years of age. When scholarships aro vacant after July 4 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examina-1 tion, provided they meet the condit? ions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write to Pres? ident Johnson beforo the examination for scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and ' free tuition. The next session will open September 17, 1913. For fur ther information and catalogue, ad-' dress Pres. D. B. Johnson, Hock Hill, S. C.?AdvL Ulcers and Skin Troubles. 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