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Cfet ?htcbman anb Suutbron. ??J m llf"--1-.~? - a. ? Sncwd Class linger. Mu*ter Alston link hca returned Rome after a pleasant visit to friends in Florence. Mr. I. I. Strauss is at home after attending the Uran t Lodge oi Elks >ting at RochcMsr, N. Y., anil ndlng somo time m Michigan. 'Ira C. W. McOrew sv.d children ht s returned from a visit to Mrs. McUrew s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Eil Jackson, at EUoree. Messrs. Duan? Wannamalter and William Klnard haw returned to the elty after a stay of several days on Sullivan's Island. Mr. It. M. Hlldebrand. of Hagood, was s visitor to the city Tuesday. Messrs. Walter Williams and S. R. Bmoakf have returned to the city af? ter* a stay on Sullivan's Island. Mrs William Barnes and Miss An? nie Barksdale. of Augusta, * passed through the city Monday en route to Ocean View. Vs. They were Joined at Orangeburg by Mr. I>uane Wanna maker who came with them as far as Bum ter. .Mr. Ell's Lowry is spending a tew lays ,r> he city. Mrs. E. T. Brsllsford snd little daughters. Augusta and Eugenia, are ?vending sometime with friends and relatives in Clarendon county. 1st. E. T. Brailsford returned to the city Monday morning after spend lag Sunday with relatives in Claren? don. Misses Eleanor and Dorothy Car? son hsve returned to Summerton af? ter a visit to Miss Anna Bryan, who accompanied them on their return home for a visit In Summerton. Mrs O. E. Bostlck. Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Bostlck snd Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bostlck hsve gone to Big Springs for n stay of several days. Dr. D. A. Bullock has gone to his home at Wilmington, after several days Illness here, during which his father. Mr. D. W. Bullock came here tf/visit him. Mr. Marlon Myers has returned fr?m Hendersonvllle, N. C, where he has been visiting friends. Miss Hille Folsom is visiting rela? tives In Charlotte, N. C. Miss Wllklns. of Florence, is the guest of Miss Laurel Csrr. - ? Mrs Howsrd Jones and son. How inl. left on Wednesday to visit rela? tives st Lanes, Trio snd Oourdlns. ? ** r Mr. sad Mrs. O. H. Folley and O. II. Jr., accompanied by Mrs. Folley's mother, Mrs. Mary Fltspatrick, left Wednesday for Highland Lake. N. C , where they will spend several weeks. Mr. Boyce Blgham, of Rock Hill, is visiting his uncles, Messrs 8. and K H. Cherry. Mr. John D. Lee. of Columbia, IS In the city for a few days on busi Mr. and Mrs. R. Doller Lee and baby have gone to '.he mountains of Western North Carolina, where Mrs. Lee and child will remain for several weeks Misses Eudors Kirk, of Eutaw vtlle and Bessie Kyan, of W?dgo fteld, have been visiting Miss Lucik> Melton on Whitman street.?Orange burg Bun. Mr. Clarence Sprott. of Msyesville, has purchased the home of Mr. P. Ii. Themes in Manning, and will soon move his family there. Mr. H. D. Plowden. who has been In Columbia at the hospital h-vtng a surgical oi "stlon, returned to his home st Manning Monduy night in splendid condition. Mies Luclle Ran die. has returned from a visit to friend* st Charlottes v die. Vs. and Washington. D .C. Mrs J. W. Dukes, of Orangeburg, la visiting her sister, Mrs. M. B. Handln. ? ?*| Mrs Mortimer Roberts, of Athens, (Je , is visiting her aunt, Mrs. M D Handle. Misses Eva and Carlta Handle loft this morning for a trip through Um mountains of Western North Caro? lina. Misses Julia Wright and May Hat vln have gone to Wrlghtsvlllc. Reach to spend several da>*. Miss Bertha Unit man is visiting relatives Ifl Ora.tgeburg. Miss Ah<e stnbbi Ii ?nondlai sov aral days at Murreli s Inlet. Miss Helena Rultman is it home after a visit to friends at Floren? i Miss Csrrle Bradford nni .turn?.i from a stay of HVSfnl iayi at Bruns? wi< k, (la. The child <>f Mr M . M< Llveen, of |fam zi<?n, *ho is at the Columbia bos? i* 11 *al in improxing, and I lie same good news comes from Mrs. Lily Kennsdy, who wmm operated <>n h? tin- same in HSf.utlOti. i Mrs./* A..AIcl u4ldn^ i.< +\A> lo i.e moved around* tar Jna?InllsW . hair, and it is hope.I nhe will be able t.. get kaM IIh Isttff nnn of |bl? week. It was thought she would he discharged today, hut Dr. Gucrry thinks Hhe had better stay longer, Mrs. Alston Stuhha and little son have gone to Waynesvllle, N. d t?? spend the remainder of the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Hogers and family of Florence and Mr. and Mrs. Kd. Reamcs and family, of Hishop ville, passed through the city this morning on their way to Hr'ckton, N. C, to visit thp family of Mr. J. Frank Pate. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Lemmon and little child have gone to Hcndctson vllle to spend several weeks. Mr. W. E. Mims left Thursday morning for Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Ii. It. Heiser left Thursday morning for Winnipeg, Canada, where Mr. Heiser attends the Convention of American Heal Estate men. Engineer Lee Sherer, wife and chil? dren have gone to spend several weeks in Northern points of Interest. Mrs. LeRoy Camp and children, of Alabama, have returned home after visiting Mrs. Camp's brother, Mr. Jno. H. Clifton. Miss Maggie Ard left Tuesday to spend the balance of the summer In New York with her brother. Personal News of Privateer, Privateer, July 21.?We had a fine rain Saturday night v/hich was very much needed. Corn will be short, but cotton with favorable season will make a bumper crop. Miss Ina Mcllette of Chadbourn, N. Oh Is visiting Misses Tallulah and Edna Ramsey. Mrs. U. A. Nettles, of Sumter, is spending some time at Mr. G. A. Net? tles'. Mrs. I. E. Mims and children are spending some time at her father's, Mr. E. W. Rivers. Mr. J. M. Kolb had the misfortune of getting his hand painfully cut in his planer Friday. Mrs. F. S. Geddings of Paxvllle and Mrs. White of Spring Hill, S. C, were visitors in the neighborhood last week. Death of a Child. John Fletcher the little 9 m?iths old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Itfldlo died Tuesday morning. The rcrguioM were taken to Walterboro, S. C. Inhere the burial takes place. WOODMHN PICNIC ENJOYKD. Large Crowd Attend Picnic and Hear Good Speeches from Messrs. Wt II. Cobb and It. D. Kpps. ?? The annual picnic of Holly Wood Camp, No. 19. Woodmen of the which was given Wednesday at "P*o calla was largely attended and those present had a most enjoyable time. Two very interesting speeches on woodcraft were made by Messrs. Wade Hampton Cobb of ColumbU, representative of the Sovereign Cams, and It. D. Epps. Past Consul Com? mander. ^ The rain of the morning probably stopped many from coming out ami made those interested in the event think that a had day had been chos? en, but the weather cleared off and the day turned out fine after all. The picnic was considered a big success by all In attendance, and was as heartily enjoyed aa other such oc caslons have been. WOODMEN CIRCLE PICNIC. Cypress Grove of Turbeville to Cele? brate on August Second. Turbeville, July 24.?Cypress Grove, No. 89. Woodmen Circle of Ttrbe vllle. will have a big picnic on Au? gust 2nd and wants every member of the W. C. to be present at Turbeville on this day, as we will have some grand speakers. Miss Mary C. Delahunty of Char? leston will give an address to the W. C? This lady deserves great credit for what hhe has done for the W. C. Sho is a noble and upright member of ||M W. C, She is a State manager and our worthy guardian. She will als.? be ussisted by Mr. L. 1. Parrott of Suintt-r. This mar? is known far and mar und is one of the finest speakers then* is. Let's everybody turn out to tins grand picnic, everybody has a special invitation, so om?; ahead and make I ourself at home. Fraternally, ( Miss) < M ilia Johnston, ('let k. Blssaa, Grace and IfcLaurln make a poUtteal triumvirate hard to draw to, and if the report be true that they have burled the hatchet and are now working together to control poll 11< i and parcel out tii.' offices :n Houth Caroline there will be great doings in this Stale ere long. The market price for oat-vetch bay is said to be $11 to %2W a ton ami ths supply limited. This is a proll lable ?top, v^ben the yield averages three to five Ions per sere ami the utspesjss ??f cultivation is Ipsls^nlllcanl Wbv mors ot it 11 not ? planted In Suintei county Is one of the uin'x plained pussies, lUHHKLL manning has nar? row escape from death BY liqhtdning stroke. Holt Tears Lintels from Door, Bauteil? ex China, anil Splashes Mud over Residence of Mr. lt. 1. Manning, hot Leaves Suiall Hoy Cnlnjurod. "I have been hit" said Burrell Manning*, the small son of Mr. R. I. Manning, Sunday afternoon to his father, when the latter reached him just after a b< It had struck the house and torn away the lintels of the door in which Master Burrell was stand? ing. Hurrell was quite calm, but he was uncertain whether it was the lightning bolt or the hoards which had been torn away from the door which had struck him. He had no bruises on him and u, few minutes af? ter the occurrence lie was none the worse from his narrow escape from death from the stroke of the lightning bolt. It was during a storm Sunday af? ternoon that the occurrence took place at the summer home of Mr. R. I. Manning at Saluda, N. C. Master Rurrell was standing in the doorway of the dining room opening on the piazza watching the storm, when the bolt came. The facings and steps weie torn away on each side of the door and from the top of the door frame, and young Manning was left uninjured. The bolt struck in the yard a few feet from the corner of the piazza and house in a mud pud? dle and the mud was splashed all over the house. Burrell stated that he saw the holt strike in the puddle, where a hole six inchea in diameter was left, where it had gone down. There were several servants in the room adjoining the dining room, who did not feel the shock, and the mem? bers of the family, who were also in an adjacent room did not feel the shock, nut they heard the clap of thunde.* and ran out to see the dam? age. A big hole, nearly six inches in diameter was torn in one of the sills of the house and the facings at the corner of the building; were torn away. The china in the dining room was smashed 10 pieces and dashed all over the room. Several of the window panes in the house were broken and the furniture was tumbled about In the second story of the building. A little baby, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Manning, was1 sleeping In a bed upstairs and was not even awakened by the shock. The whole family was7 very much stirred up by tho occurrence hut con? sidered it extremely fortunate that no one was at all injured. affairs at pi8gah, Floods Damage Crops?Protracted , KMPUtlni Closes. i Jfi_ Plsgah, July 22.?The terrible heat, which has hung like a pall over this Stute and the South generally, was broken partially in this section Satur? day night by a heavy rain and the grandest display of electricity this section has ever seen. The storm Ol electricity and rain continued until midnight. Yesterday evening another flood came and the ? rops on the low lands are practically gone, because you cannot clean thei of grass. <>n the hills the land and crops went to the branches, leaving behind sand bank! and gulllei as reminders of the Hood. * Rlight is worse this year than usual and the crop as a whole is not good. Peaches und watermelons ate no good. Typhoid fever is raging In tho old Boykln section, several miles from here. Some deaths have occurred among colored people. Rev. T. L. Cole left this morning to carry Oil a meeting at Xeeces, (Jr angeburg county. He just closed a good one at Mi/pah, assisted by Rev. j. W. Truluok. Rev. s. 1'.. Katfield is assisting in a meeting at Antloch church this week. ReV. T. L. Cole filled the pulpit ol Mt. Olive church yesterday by re? quest. Mrs. T. J. Hatfleld end daughters, Misses Birdie and Murial, of Sum ter, arc visiting relatives and friends here. ' Miss Sadie Rodgers went to Co? lumbia last Friday to visit relatives and friends ?she will be accompan? ied back by her grandmother, Mrs. Allen. H. C. DuPre visited friends and relatives In Columbia last week and returned Sunday afternoon. Mr. Albert Rodgers,*^orre of the old < ifi/.ms ?>f Blshopvllle, Is visiting hit son, Mr. T. M. Rodgers Mr. Rodgers belongs ?<? the old school which la too rapidly leaving us. The colored people are holding protracted meetings and are as happ> .in tin- d&ys are long. Death. Mrs. Newton, nf Kendrick street, du d i.iv! night af K?Acn, after ;t brief illness. She ii widow and left j one < hild, WOMAN'S GANG SUSPENDED UN? TIL NEXT MONDAY AND WO? MEN GIVEN CHANCE TO LEAVE. Chewing; Gum slot Machines Must go Say City Fathers?Electric Dumps to Im- in Operation by Last of Week ?Work on Oakland Avenue Sewer? age System Nearly Complete?oth? er Matters. City Council met Tuesday evening ar.d heard a number of complaints and requests, heard the report of the City Manager and went over a number of bills. A petition was received from resi? dents of Council street requesting that i the city extend its water lines so that they could use city water. Mr. Worth Ington stated that as the city already had the Pipe on hand the extension could be made to four residents at a cost of $25, and this work was order? ed done Mr. Rowland stated that he deem? ed it best to install the two pumps which the city had purchased and that a third pump of the same size could be secured as soon as tho two did not furnish a sufficient quantity of water. This he thought would be most advisable in tho matter. It was decided to adopt this suggestion. A delegation of the best colored citizens of the town appeared before council to request that council re? move the street gang of colored wo? men from the street as the sight ot the colored women working thus as \ convicts was brutalizing and tended to lessen the respect for womanhood. J, W. Moultrie and W. T. Andrews were the spokesmen for the delega? tion, who presented a resolution pass? ed at a mass meeting of the beat color? ed citizens of the town. Council heard their appeal and later discussed the matter fully. It was decided not to abolish the street gang, but to sus? pend punishment of those on the gang and other women of tho same type un? til Monday, at which time if they were found in tho cKy white and colored women of this cU?s would be arrest? ed and put on the street gang. A number of persons were present in behalf of the operators of chew? ing gum slot machines. They stated that the machines were not merely gambling devices, but that for every nickle dropped in the slot the player knew that he would get a nickle's worth of chewing gum. All of those present admitted that it was tho chance of getting checks, amounting to more than the"nickle, which made the chewing gum mac hines so popu? lar, as many ose who played the machines did not care for the gum. It was decided by council that these chewing gum machines were merely devices for the purpose of gambling, and the police iBre Instructed to en? force the ordinHce against gambling devices. The City Mai#i r reported that the women in the Street gang had not been worked hard and had been kept in the shade as much as possible dur? ing tho boat of the day. A lew of them had feigned sickness, but no other trouble had been hud with them. The c hief of police was instructed to be very careful in making arrest of women charged with vagrancy, and he stated that such mistakes had been made, but that he had already warned his men to be very careful ami would do so again. He had warned the women now on the gang a number of timers prior to their ar? rest that they would have, to be pun? ished in this way it' they did not get to work or leave town. He was in? structed to arrest; .any of them who were found in town after Monday, white or colored. Mr. Worthington called attention to the need of repairs on the city hall, tho lire escape needed to be scraped and repainted and it new floor was needed In the Bultman store. He stated that complaint had been made of Weeds on the Wilson lot where Graham's stables were burned and of tho dumping of dirt on the Rear don l"t on Hampton avenue. These matters were discuss ,I but it was decided take no action unless the places became nuisances. He reported the sewer on Law (tango completed at a cost of $70 in excess of his estimate, the extra cost being due to the tact that tin- Har Vln street sewer line was deeper than shown on the profile by which he had to go. He stated that work was be? ing done on tin- <>aUlaml avenue sew [ er line ami thai it would probably be fcompleted by the flrni of next we< k, j He called attention t?? the fact that I no steps had been taken by property owners to repair the gutters from their buildings to the streets, as had been dlrct ted by council ami asked it the city should do (bis work ami have ii charged to the property owners. He stated tb.it many of the property owners had stated that thej would not repair tin- drains, as thej had in? stalled them and tin- eltj should keep up Ho- sldewulks of which they were a part. Council discussed this mat 1 ter i*i11 > l or sound line, Anally dccld IT I TV GARMENT MAKERS PER. ISH IN FIRE THAI*. names Spread so Rapidly thai Pew Escaped from Four story Building ?A Majority of the Victims were Women and children. Blnghamton, M, v., July 22.?Fifty persona were killed, accordlm to late I estimates, and many were injured, a dozen of them mortally, In a lire Which swept the four-story factory building of the Blnghamton clothing company this afternoon. The vic? tims were chiefly women and girls At midnight 2?; bodies had been recovered. In the city hospital and In private institutions are oO Injured. fJome two score persons are. known to have escaped as if by a miracle from the building which burst Into flame like a tinder box and became a roaring furnace almost in no time after the first altum was sounded. About 125 pereonn were in the fac? tory when the ire broke out. Those unaccounted for, or most of them, arc believed to be still in the red hot ruins of the structure. Around the scene of the catas? trophe, the greatest this city has ever known, thousands tonight watched the rescuers work In the glare of three big searchlights, many in the great throng being restrained only by the closely drawn police lines from rushing into the ruins to seek the bodies of relatives or friends. Many streams of water are being poured Into the fiery pit, which a few hours ago was the cellar of the burned establishment. As the ruim? were cooled slightly, from time to time in a spot U|.1 which the streams were centred, men went for? ward to dig as long as human endur? ance would allow them to work. Oc? casionally a body was found and quickly taken away. This work will go on all night and perhaps all day tomorrow bet?r?' the glowing mass gives up its last dead, it will take at least two days, the authorities believe, before the cellar can be cleared and the winde truth can become known. The big outstanding fact of the' catastrophe Is its suddenness. In this the disaster bears a strong resem? blance to the Triangle Waist company holocaust In New York city, where 147 Uvea were lost when the inflammable material upon which the employes were working and the waste littering the Honrs blazed up with Inconceiv? able rapidity and sei the Imprisoned workers jumping f; ?:n the windows. The parallel here fails only in the lesser height .ami different construc? tion of the building and in tin- length of the list of dead and injured. Another resemblance to .he New Vork disaster is that the fire today Ii believed to have been startd by the careless throwing of a 1 igar butt or match. Inifti* tragedy this after? noon the li^rst ot flames followed quickly after the al inn. There was little opportunity to use ordinary ,,! even emergency means of escape. Fire drills had been carried on regularly, so frequently In fact, that the em? ployes had found them monotonous. The building was quipped with Are escapes and an automatic alarm sys tem- _ fc i * i,flfc Something Quite Vmituai. On Friday evening .^ust about dark I was coming to U 8 house, when something darted out of the weeda across the patii and ? against a chick? en coop. 1 found it u. be a frog al? most snow white In color with a slight dark shading 1 regard it as a strange freak. 13. M. Stiles. Sumter, July 21, 1113. Real Estate Transfers, T. S. Joyc to R. IMxon, lot on S;i lem avenue, $2,46 ? J. Thompson Ke is to Mrs. S. K. Keels, lot in count ontatnlltg 21 acres, $7<>0. B. W. McCallum tu B. Murr Hall. lot on Salem avenie. $1,250. ing to require tho property oarers to repair these drain* at their own expense, all work to be done by the first of August, when iteps would 1??' taken to make them comply, if they had not already done ^o. Mr. Worthlngtpn rtated that his ' scavenger service had not been re? duced and he did i 1 ace any way to reduce it without lessening the ser? vice, but that the i Ity pay roll had been rduced about $30 list week. Mr. Rowland called attention to the fact that theVhVtric pumps would be in working order by the last of this week if certain parts whu h had been i ordered came. 1 He called attention in the fact that I narly $2,000 more was taken In by ihe water department during the first six months of this year than leal year and thai the expenses were about $200 less. He also called at tention to the fact that the. commu? tation street tav collected was less this \ear than last year at this time. i \ number of bills were gone over I ami ordered Paid, PARCELS POST ORDER OPPOSED BY SENATE. Postmaster General Requested to Ap? pear Before Poatotwce < onunittee ?1> There an Express Lobby? Washington, July 22.?Concerted opposition \s;is developed in congnss to Postmaster General BuriesosV> or? der reducing parcel post rates and increasing tin maximum size of pack? ages to be handled in tho sc.vice. The order WSs issued Sunday, to be? come effective August IS, and today tho senate poStoHlcs CommltSS) re? quested Mr. Buiieson to appear he fore the committee next Thursday with an explanation for the author? ity for his action. This was the first step in what promised to be a bitter contest. When the postmaster general has been heard, the committee is expected to undertake to have withdrawn before August II any authority he may claim congress has given him to change rates and sizes. It was contended in committee that the proposed changes V/OUld entail an enormous loss to the government, and some of the members complained strenuously thai the postal department had failed to furnish con? gress with data concerning operation of the parcel post. Apparently there was no difference of opinion in the committee as to whether the post? master general should (hange the rates, Democrats and Republicans agreeing that only congress ought to have this power. The controversy has aroused extra? ordinary interest at the capitol and in 0metal circles, since the parcel post touches more or less directly rearly everybody in the country. Those who are supporting the poet meet Ol" gen? eral's proposition insist that the only loss imminent under the proposed changes would he to the express com? panies, which now carry the profit making, large size packages while the government transports the unprofita? ble, small ones. Although members of the commit? tee contend it is mere ungrammatical jumble of words without sense or power, department officials say the postmaster general is given ample au? thority for his order by the following section of the parcel post law: "The classification Of articles mail able, as well SS the weight limit, the rates of postage* zone or and other conditio] this act, if t shall find by 1 or any of the. vent the ahlpmcat of articles desir? able, or-.to permanently render the cost of the service greater than the receipts of the revenue therefrom, he is hereby authorized, subject to the consent <if tho interstate commerce commission, to reform from time to time such classification, weight limit, rates, zone or zones, or conditions, or either, in order to promote the ser? vice to the public or to insure the re? ceipt of revenues from such service in order to pay the cost thereof." The changes ordered by the post? master general would affect only the first or second zones or territories within a radius of l.r>0 miles of the point of mailing. The maximum weight of parcels would he c hanged from 11 to |i pounds. The rate on parcels weighing in excess of four ounces in the first zone, would be re? duced from 5 cents for the first pound and 1 Cent for each additional pound or frac tion thereof to 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each addi? tional two pounds or fraction there? of, and the rate in the second zone would be reduced from i> cents for the first pound and cents for each addi? tional pound or cents for the first pound and 1 cents for each additional pound for fraction thereof to 6 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound or fraction thereof. BASKBALL AT 1/VNC 1IUCRG. An Exciting Ganse ami a Disputed Score?Rain Broke ITp Game. Special to the Dally Item. Lynch burg, July 24.?A very inter? esting and highly exciting game of Dull was played here yesterday after? noon between Lynchburg and Wells, resulting4n, some contending* an even st ore of f? to I while some ? lose ob? servers contend the score stood 5 to 1 In favor of Lynchburg. This con? tusion w as occasioned by ? very an? gry loolclhg cloud which shut off the setting stub making it too dark t?? see clearly* " The cloud w as Indeed threatening ami an unusually large number of ladies ami < hildreg wero out. Mast? r Eddie M? Klv. . n did some beautiful playing es|*e< ially f<?r a small boy 12 or 11 years old. Another feature ??t the game was Mr. Prank I Truluck's line head w.rk and batting. Only H innings u'era played, but the teams \\?ie well matched and all pla\ cd fine ball. Tin- ilremen arc preparing for their tup to Wilmington on the 13th of mxl month, where the> hope to have good luck.