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Mise Edna Charlie raft, mi Wil minfton. la visiting her grandmother, Mr* M 8. King. In the city. Mum Helen Broughton hau returned to the city after a delightful stay in Florence, Mr. John B. Duffle haa gone to Wilmington to accept a position with toe Atlantic Coast Line Radroad Company for the summer. Mr. and Mrs, Nelll O'Donnell have gone to Aahavlllft, N. C. Dr. T. M. MuCutchen and Mr. Mack Mrftlveen, of Salem, were in the city oa buslnesa Tuesday. Mrs. Nina Solomons and Mis Jessie Moles left this morning for Pawley't Island for a lengthy stay. Mrs. A. D. Harby and children left Tuesday afternoon for Pawley's Is? land, where they will spend several weeks. 1 Mr. and Mrs. A. Q. Fishburne and child left Wednesday morning for Arden. N. C . where Mrs. Flshburne will spend the remainder of the sum? mer. Mrs. W. T. Hall has returned from RaJelgh. N. C, where she has been visiting her daughter. Mr. 1. C. Strauss, who Injured his knee Saturday afternoon in front of the Imperial Hotel, stood the trip to Aehsrllle Monday quite well and will remain there for some time, while recovering from the injury. Mrs. N. L. Carter has returned to her home In Columbia after spending a few days with relatives and friend* Mv N. M. Butler left Monday night tor'Columbia where he will spend a few weeks with hin daughter. Mrs. H. L. Carter. i Death. t - N'twi wan recelvd Tuesday of the death In Ashevllle. N C . of Mrs. Rose Ryttenberg. the widow of Mr. Harry Rettenberg, of thla city. Mm. Ryttenbera haa long lived In Sumter S;.4 her death will be a severe loan to many peoole here. Mrs. Ryttenberg haa been In bad health for about six months, and oriti eally 111 for the past month. She was sixty-two years of age and was mar fc"4torre> flew York city forty-one years ago. The deceased Is survived by three sons and three daughters: Mr. 1. A. Ryttenberg. Mra I. C. Strauss and Misses Fannie and Lucile Rytten? berg of this city, Dr. Charles Rytten? berg of New York, Ray Ryttenberg of Louisville. Ky. (ottoa Weighers Elected. At a meeting of the County Board mt Commissioners Tueedsy cotton Weighers were elected for Sumter Cor.nty in thoee positions where the Um? of the appointee had expired. W. 8. Chandler was re-elected cot? ton weigher at Mayesvllte and the nomination of J. B. Raffleld by City Council as public cotton weigher from the city of Sumter for Sumter County waa confirmed. As one of the commissioners was absent the ms ter of repairs for the Jail was not entered Into. This mai? ler will come up at a meeting to he held on the third Tuesday in July. Two Arrested for Lorcvny. Two negroes were arrested for lar? ceny Tuesday. Lutte Hallard and John Weldon. Weldon was found in the possession of a bicycle which he al? leged he purchased from another ne fro He waa confined In Jail until fhe other negro could be arrested or enttl he called for a preliminary hearing. Lutle Italian! Is alleged to have broken Into a store on North Main street beyond the city limits and stolen some articles belonging to the pro? prietor, a negro by the name of Mc? Donald. He was found In possession of some of the property and the ?vi d*nr? is strong against him. Bollard waa arrested >>v Chief Sum? ter and Weldon was arrested by Po? liceman J. D. Chandler. SCHEDULES fj i Bibeie Rail way?Premier Carrier of The Sooth. If. B.?Schedule figures published as Information only snd sre not gusr iateer/. Effective May 2?. 19 LI. 1 Dei arture from Sumter: (Except Sunday): INo 140?6 20 A M for Columbia. Charleston and way stations. No 142? r M iv M for Columbia. {Charleston and wny stations. ( Arrival: (Rsoept Runday.): No. 141 ? 1120 A M. from Char? leston Columbia and way stations. No. 14:i?6 4f? P. M from Churlen. (Joiomble and way stations, W. H. CttfTey. l>. P A. Charleston. W. B. MoOoe. A. ts. P. A. Cslesabln. S. C. FOB MRS. IIAHHY GREEN. Beautiful Reception Given by rM*. Moaex fJreen In Honor of Her Daughter-ln-law. Yesterday afternoon from six until eight o'clock, Mrs. Moses Green re? ceived at her beautiful home on Church street in honor of Mrs. Harry Green, her daughter-in-law, and one of Sumter's attractive young brides. The entire house was a bower of loveliness. The reception hall, parlors) and dining room were lavishly deco rated in the most artistic style. In the parlors were mounds of potted plants and a profusion of cut dowers; the reception hall was decorated in 1 hydranges, and in the dining room daisies a ere used artistically to ren? der the room most beautiful. One hundred guests called during the afternoon. Miss Rita Schwartz received the guests and introduced them to the ladies in the receiving line, who wen. Mrs. M. Green, Mrs. Harry Green, Mrs. A. A. Cohen and Mra T. E. Jarrott, the last two named being respectively the mother and sis tr of the bride. Little Mildred Levy, of Atlanta, took the cards from the guests. The punch bowl, which was in the rear of the reception hall, was pre? sided over by Misses Mamie Edmunds and Francis Blanding, and after par taking of its contents the guests were invited into the lovely dining room by Mrs. Lila D. Knight and Mrs. J. K. Bradford, where a sweet course was served. The affair was a very brilliant and enjoyable one, and afforder Mrs. Har? ry Green the opportunity of making a most pleasant circle of acquaint* ances in her new home. RAPE-BRITTON MARRIAGE. Beautiful Ceremony Performed -t Port Lawn Methodist Church. Quite a pretty wedding wan solem? nized last Wednesday at 3.30 o'clock In Elisabeth Walker Methodist church. Fort Lawn, South Carolina, when Mr. and Mrs. James Lee Rape gave in marriage thetr daughter, Christine, to Mr. J. Bossard Brlttpn of this county. The church was handsomely decor? ated with potted plants and cut dow? ers, with here and there burning tapers. Sweetly to the strains of Lohen? grin's wedding march, rendered by Miss Estelle Moore of Bennettsvllle, the bridal party entered. The ush? ers were Messrs. Roddey and Olascott of Columbia. Four lit? tle ribbon girls preceded the bridal party, carrying the ribbons down each aisle. Next little Mr. Hur? ry Roddey came In with the satin cushion, while little Miss Roddey of Columbia, attired In a pink dress, draped and caught up with little pink rose buds, acted as ring bearer, the ring being brought in on a large pink rose. The groomsmen and brides' maids were: Mr. Julius Brogdon of Brogdon with Miss Glascott of Ca tawba; Mr. Robert Jones of Sumter with Miss Marie Jones of Tlndal; Mrs. Glascott of Columbia, a cousin of the bride, was dame of honor. All were dressed in pink dresses and carried pink carnations. Next came the bride, looking her loveliest, in a gown of white, made en train and wearing a veil caught up with orange blossoms. She car? ried a shower bouquet of Killarney roses and lilies of the valley with fern. Her sister, Miss Constance Rape, was maid of honor, wearing pink. They were met at the altar by the groom and his best man. a cousin, Mr. Wil? liam Lawrence of Sumter county. The impressive ring ceremony was performed by Rev. Goodwin of Ches? ter. Mrs. Britton is pleasantly remem? bered here, she having taught school for two years at Tlndal. She is loved for her pleasing personality and charming manner by those who know her. Mr. Britton Is a rising young buslnesH man of this county and is well known. After the wedding the happy couple 1 left on the evening train, amid show? ers of rice and hest wishes from their many friends, for a few weeks" stay at Glenn Springs. They received many useful and valuable presents. After their return they will make their home here. Quite a number of out-of-town gueeMs were present for tha wed? ding. Sumter Muu Killed. News lias been received here that a white man name<| Cheater Wilson, was killed Saturday or Sunday be* iWOea this city and Florence, Wilson, the report says, was coming bach from Columbia. Where be hail K"t ten pretty well tanked up, and refus? ed t<> get off at Sumter with his friends. He went on by and was said la be sitting on the step of the train, when he fell of and was killed. Wll aoai worked for the Rowland Buggy Com pan) for some time. He wee con? victed In the Recorder's oottrl on one or more 0O4 unions of tielng drunk and disorderly. JURY REINDICTS BULLS. FINDS TRUE DILL AGAINST FI V F. ONK NFAV DEFENDANT. Rothschild Indicted with Drown, llayne. Scale* und Tliompson foe Violation of Sherman Law. New York. July 1.?William P. Brown and Frank B. Hayne of New Orleans. Eugene G. Scales of Texas and Cot Robert If. Thompson of New York were relndicted by the federal grand jury today, charged with crim? inal violation of the Sherman anti? trust law in connection with an al? leged conspiracy to restrict the sale of cotton during the crop year of 1909-'10. Morris H. Rothschild of Mississippi, a new defendant, was also Indicted. James A. Patten of Chicago, who plead guilty last February to the for? mer indictment and paid a fine of $4, 000, and Charles A. Kittle of New York, who testified before the grand jury, were named as conspirators but not indicted. The new bill, containing but one count, covers practically the same al? legations set forth in the former in? dictments of eight counts handed down in July, 1910, and demurred to by the defendants. It omits, how? ever, the specific charge that the de? fendants conspired to operate a cor? ner. This was done to meet views of Supreme Court Justice Vandevanter ! on the essentials of a corner as nd ' vanced in his opinion overruling the demurrers. Without describing their operations as a corner the present in? dictment charges the defendants with shipping several hundred thousand bales of cotton out of the country during the four months ending Sep? tember 1, 1910, and says that their purpose was "to prevent actual cot? ton from becoming available to short sellers?for delivery upon their con? tracts for sale." It further allege that a part of the plan was to compel these short sellers as well as "spin ners of cotton, manufacturers of cot? ton and cotton merchants to pay ex? cessive prices in order to obtain cot? ton for their needs." GREECE TO MAKK WAR. Announce* That Sho Will Start Fight? ing Now. Berlin, July 1.?The Greek foreign minister Informed the correspondent of the Frankfort Gazette at Athens that Greece intended to begin war against Bulgaria today without any formal declaration. The foreign minister made the following stataement: "After Bulgaria has answered all the conciliatory steps of Greece by re? peated breaches of treaty and by crossing the provisional boundary fixed a short time ago, the Greek government feels forced to glVS the Macedonian divisions of its army the order to asmme the offensive. "War will in this way commence without a formal declaration and the Greek government will submit a sta? tement in this sense to the Bulgarian government I t Sotla today. "Greece declines to accept the re sponsibillty for this war Which un? questionably will have grave conse? quences." The Greek legation here today re? ceived an official dispatch from Ath? ens stating that the Bulgarians had in auKuarated a general attack on the Greek and Servian positions in Mac endonia along a front of 140 miles. In Civil Court. All of Tuesday morning was taken up In the hearing of the G. W. Stokes case against A. Sprunt and Sons. Mr. stokes is Buing to recover for cotton alleged to have been placed with Sprunt & Sons, and which he alleges was never paid for. ? The suit Is for $3S4, the amount he ulleges which the company owes him. On the other hand Sprunt and Sons allege that Stokes did not want the cotton sold, when he says he ordered It sold and that he put up margins on the cotton after the time he alleges he ordered it sold. The case was tried at a former term of court and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff, but this verdict was re? versed by the presiding Judge and a new trial ordered. It has attracted Considerable interest, especially among cotton buyers of the city and county, a number of whom were wit? nesses in the case. The case ?i f Hercules Maples aguinst Hattie Spencer ended quite suddenly Monday afternoon, when af? ter all of the evidence was taken, the complaint was dismissed and the case thrown out of court. 'Pin? suit was to secure possession of ten acres of la nd. A Good Investment. W 1? Magll, R well known mer? chant of Whlternound, Wls., bought a siock of Chamberlain's medicine so as to be aide to supply them to his customers After receiving them he was himself taken sick and says that one small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was worth more to him than the eost of his entile stock of these medicines For sale by all dealers ?Advi. m IK MACEDONIA. HARD TO TkIiIj WHAT is HAP? PENING, Bom Dispatches say Fighting Hm leaned; Otter* Tell of Its Contin? uance, London, July 1.?The Balkan situ? ation is extremely puzzling. The Ser? vian government announces almost in the same breath the acceptance of Russian arbitration and the existence of a state of war. The dispatches which arrived to? night from Belgrade are of the most conflicting character. Some an? nounce that fighting has ceased, since Monday; others that serious fight? ing continues and that the Ser? vians have captured Istip and Krup ishte with heavy losses on both sides. All these reports must be regarded with suspicion. The only tangible fact seems to be that there has been no formal declaration of war or in-' Corruption of diplomatic relations as yet. The powers continue working act.vely to avert a war which might before long involve half of Europe. The ambasadorial conference met at London today to discuss the situ? ation but arrived at no decision. Noth? ing is known concerning Roumania's attitude. A Bulgarian official state? ment has been issued, confirming the capture of Guevgheli and the throw? ing back of the Greek forces on the Struma River. Accusations of massacres and ra? pine, so common during the last war, are being spread broadcast, especially by the Greeks, although, according to official reports, the opposing states have ordered their armies to remain on the defensive. All of the former lilies are making warlike prepara? tions and are organizing hospital an? medical services. A dispatch from Rome says that 7'urkey has notified Bulgaria that un? less she abandons her claim to a war indemnity Turkey will join with Servia and Greece In event of hos? tilities. Fighting between the Greeks and Servians on the one side and the Bul? garians on the other was still proceed? ing today all along the line from Istip to Eleuthera, according to a dispatch from Sofia. All the governments con? cerned declare that their troops have been Instructed not to take the offen? sive unless attacked and each party is trying to throw on the other the responsibility for the commencement of the war between nations which hitherto had been allies. Except in an isolated cose the Bul? garians in Saloniki offered only a feeble resistance to the Greeks and the latter sustained no losses. SERVIANS ON ADVANCE. Latest Advice* Tell of Their Forward Movement. Belgrade, July 1.?Latest advices report the Servian troops advancing in the direction of Ib*ip and Kobane. At the conclusion of a cabinet meet? ing at the foreign offic*. tonight it was announced that hostilniw? were proceeding energetically along the whole line. Newspaper reports say the Servians captured 20 Bulgarian officers, 58 noncommissioned officers and 700 men during the fighting Monday. A sensational story is published that the Bulgarians at Guevgheli treach? erously killed the Servian Maj. Vasitch the morning after he had been their guest in camp to celebrate the supposed acceptance of arbitration by both governments. The Servian parliament today agreed to the acceptance of abritra tion between Servia and Bulgaria of? fered by the emperor of Russia and also to the proposed conference be? tween the Balkan premiers at St Petersburg. VAUGHN TO APPEAL. Attorney Announces That His Case Will 1m? Taken to Highest Tribu? nal. Greenville, July 1.?Announcement was made today by attorneys for T. U, Vaughn, whose conviction on a capital Charge was affirmed by the State supreme court yesterday, that the case would he taken to the United StatOg supreme court. They did not give the ground on which the appeal will be based, it will probably he some days befote the appeal is per? fected. Surprising Cure of Stomucli Twoiible. When you have trouble with your stomach or chronic constipation, don't Imagine that your ease is beyond help just because your doctor falls to give you relief. Mrs. (!. Stengele, Plain field, X. J . writes, "For over a month pas| I have been troubled with my stomach. Everything 1 ate upset it terribly. One of Chamberlain's ad vertlslng booklets tame to me. Af? ter reading a few of the letters from peopl,. who had been cured by Cham? berlain's Tablets, l decided to try them, i have taken nearly three fourths of a package of them ami can now eat almost everything that I want" Fur sale by all dealers.?Advi COUNTY FAIR UlMUSSED. SEVERAL SPEAKER? MAKE IN? TERESTING TALKS ox VALVE or LOCAL EXHIBITION Committees to Be Apixdnted in Each Township |o Seek Subscriptions for County Fair?Orungcburg Plan Adopted?Interesting Talk Made b) Commissioner Watson. The mass meeting in the interest of the County Fair advertised to be held i In the court house Tuesday morning was well attended considering the fact that this is such excellent weath? er for the farmers to be working their crops. Several interesting talks were made by the speakers and interest was shown by the farmers and busi? ness men present in the project. The meeting wTas called to order by Mr. R. B. Belser, chairman of the department of rural relations of the Chamber of Commerce, who in a short talk stated the object of the meeting. It wy to raise subscriptions for the county fair and to arouse interest in the project. There were several rea? sons why a county fair would be a good thing for Sumter County which j the speaker pointed out briefly: It would stimulate interest in agricul? ture in the county among the farm- j ers who would compete at the fair; it would give the people of the coun? ty a Utting idea of the products of the county; it would extend the in? terest in the prizes offered by the banks of the city; it would help to; encourage diversification of farming; and by its exhibits and other features it would through the press advertise the county and Jts products. Mr. Hughes, secretary of the fair association of Orangeburg county, spoke on the manner in which the Orangeburg County Fair had been made a pronounced success. "The fair must have the interest and back? ing of the whole community or it would not be a success" said the speaker. "Unless the farmers were interested and co-operated with the town, the fair would be a failure." Mr. Hughes closed his remarks by saying that Orangeburg had made its fair a financial success and he could see no reason why Sumter county should not also have a successful county fair. Mr. D. F. Efird, secretary of the south Carolina State Fair Association, was the next speaker. He stressed the importance of the fair from an educational, commercial and social view point. He was especially impres? sive in pointing out the many social advantages which would result from a county fair, which could not pos? sibly in the State Fair. He pointed out the fact that everybody should co-operate in making the fair a suc? cess, ?aying that the fair should be run on a plan which was best for the majority. Mr. R. E. Gravel, one of the In? dustrial agents of the Southern Rail? way Company, pointed out the fact that there was in some places an ar? tagnoism between the country and the town, which the county fair would tend to do away with. "To advertise the county," he said, "we must pro? duce some important products or some important results which were desired by all of the citizens of the county." "Unless we do more than we are paid to do, we will never be paid for more than we do," was a motto which the speaker advocated in securing the county fair and in securing the as? sistance of the people in raising sub? scriptions. He pledged the assistance of the Southern Railway in whatever lines would be helpful In getting up the fair. Commissioner Watson spoke last and made an enthusiastic address He told of the successful county fairs In other States and saw no reason why a < OUnty fair here could not be made even more successful, where there were so many natural advan? tages. He pointed out the fact that the last time he was in the court house, the place was more than tilled >y a crowd wishing to hear politics Today the crowd was very small, when the occasion for the assembly was many times as momentous as it was on the former occasion. He deplored this running away of the people al? ter thissjs that were not necessities, and their lack of interest in those things which should be of vital in? terest. The crowd, however, wus larger than he had expected to see. as it was such good weather f?>r the farmers to be at work, and he realised the importance of farm work, at the right time. The people of Sumter county were beginning to see and work those things that are of worth and tend to tin- upbuilding of the county He pointed out the necessity, as he saw rt. of making the fair educational, stressing the importance of leaving out Immoral features, which were often to he found In side shows. He advised the bringing in of athletic features In place of these. He was not opposed to amusements, provided they were of the right nature, hut to be a success the fair must primarily bo educational, "it should be the clearing house of information for the t.u nu r. the cx< hunge ut whe h the tarmei uuumI uuy or ?eil or adverti.se what he wanted to buy or sell." He advocated an allegorical or historical parade, saying that Sumter was very rich in historical Incidents from which a most interesting and magnificent parade could be formed. Following Mr. Watson's address Mr. R. I. Manning made a motion that the Sumter County Fair Committee pro? ceed along the same lines as had proved successful in Orangeburg in getting up subscriptions for the Sum? ter County fair, such changes as were necessary being made as the com? mittee proceeded in its work. The committee was also authorized to ap? point subcommittees in the various townships of the county to raise sub? scriptions in their townships. A call was made for subscriptions, but as no one seemed disposed to subscribe at the time, the meeting was adjourn? ed. CONSPIRACY AGAINST INDIANS. Depart men t of dust Ire Officials Have Klcven Oklahoma Men In? dicted at Enid. ! eis* Enid, Okla., July 11.?Charged with conspiracy to defraud the government by influencing the Osage Indian coun? cil to accept bids on oil lands that were not acceptable to the depart? ment of the interior, 11 men, includ? ing officials of the Uncle Sam Oil company, prominent politicians and attorneys of both Pawhuska, Okla , and Kansas City, were arrested today on indictments returned by the fed? eral grand jury which concluded its session here a few days ago. The indicted men all were released on $2,000 bond each. These indicted were: John Leahy, prominent politi? cian, and his brother, W. T. Leahy, both attorneys of Pawhuska, H. H. Tucker, Kansas City, president of the Uncle Sam Oil Company; Albert Wil? son, attorney for Uncle Sam Oil com? pany, Kansas City; John Palmer, Osage, attorney; Wesley M. Dial, i former member Osage council; W. C. Plumb, Kansas City; A. M. Comstock, Eugene Scott, W. A. Matthews and Ed Brown, all of Pawhuska. The Indictments grew out of the removal of the Osage council by former Secretary Walter Fisher when special agents of the department report* that the council had been unduly 1 fluenced to approve leases of tl Uncle Sam company on 48,000 acr of unleased land of the Osage natio STATEMENT Of the Ownership, Management, C4 ?ulation, Etc., of The Watchnsj and J-on thron. Published Ken Weekly, Wednesday and SaturcU at Sumter, s. C, Required by t Act of August 24, 1912. Editor and Business Manager, H. Osteen, Sumter, S. C. Publisher, ostti*n Publishing Cot pany, Inc., Sumter, 8. C. Owners: C. P. Osteen, Sumter. C; N. G. Osteen, br., Sumter, S. ( H. G. Osteen, Sumter. S. C; N. Osteen, Jr., Sumter, S. C; Mo* Osteen, Sumter, S. C,; Lee and Sumter, S. C; I. C. Straus S. C; R. L. Wright, S Levi Brothers, Sumte* Hurst, Sumter, S burg, Sumter, R mod, Sumter, S. C ?, Sum? ter, S. C a, Sumter. 8. C; V 1 cer, S. C; R. L. Edmu. . S. C; H. L. Scarboroug. ,.er, S. C; R. I. Manning, Btti .?r S. C; Booth Live Stock Company, Sumter, S. C. Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders, holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities: None. Average number of copies of each Issue of this publication sold or dis? tributed, through the malls or oil;* erwlse, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date of this statement. (This Information la re? quired from dally newspapers only), H. q. OSTEEN. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of July, 1913. (Seal) It. L. EDMUNDS. Notary Public for 8. C. (My commission expires at pleasure of Governor.) The Beel Medicine In the World. "My little girl had bloody dysentery very had. 1 thought she would die. Chamberlain's OoMe, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her and I can truthfully say that 1 think it is the bent medicine in the world." wrltej Mrs. William Orvis, Clare, Mich For sale by all dealers?Ad**. Mariage Lkeuse Record. A license to marry has been issued to Mr. D. R. Lnsrson, of Wilmington, and Miss Besets Davis, of Sumter. Causes or stomach Trouble*. Sedentary habits, lack of out door exercises. insufficient mastication of food, constipation, a torpid liver, wor I*) ami anxiety, overeating, partaking of food and drink not suited to your age and occupation. Correct your habits ami take Chamberlain's Tah lets and noii will soon he well agam. Fol wh- ?>> all dealer*. ? Advt.