Cbt Malc|nnan anb fe5?s*
C, mm Seroeul Class Matter
Mr. J. K. Scott went to Camden
Friday morning to spend the day.
omcer T. P. Ward spent Friday In
Columbia.
Mr. J. K s? vmM has been elected su?
perintendent of the Wllliston School
at Wllliston. Fla., for which place he
will leave the first of September. Mr.
8cott will have six teachers under
him and his election as superintendent
of the school la quite an honor.
Mr. J. B. Oervey. of Charleston has
returned home, after spending a week
with Mr. 8am Hopkins.
Mrs. Louis Lyons and ehildien
have returned home after spending
a month In the mountains of North
Carolina.
Mr. T. B. Jenkins has returned
home from Hendersonvllle, where he
has been staying for some time.
Miss May Ball, of Charleston. Is
visiting Miss Francea Herbert on
Church street.
Miss Rebe Anderson, of Georgetown,
la the attractive guest of Mrs. Eugene
Stanstll on West Liberty street for a
few days.
Mr. D. E. Tjrbeville. of TurbevlUe.
was a visitor o the city Friday.
Mr. 8. M. Pringle returned Sunday
morntng after a delightful trip to
Hendersonvllle. N C.
Mr. C. 8. McKagen. a former Sum?
ter boy, and son. C. S. Jr., spent
Thursday In the city with relatives,
returning to his home at Camden Fri?
day. Mr McKagen has Just recover?
ed from sn operation for appendicitis.
Mr. L? D. Jennings has gone to
North Carolina through the country
in his car.
Mr. W B. Boyle has returned to
the city after a stay at Glenn Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Moses, Jr.. and
children have gone to Virginia for a
stay of some time.
Mr. D. I.. Shaw, of St. Charles, was
In town Saturday.
Mrs. Louis Darr and sons. Zach and
Horace, have returned home from a
pleaaant vlsH to friends In Florence.
Miss Julia Gruber of Savannah, is
visiting hef sister. Mrs. Walter M.
Folsom.
Mr. Sanders Ellis passed through
the city Friday night en route to
ITereaea. after a stay at Charleston
and other points of Interest.
Miss Annie Hughes. Mrs. Edwards
and Mr. Hosea W. Woodward. of
Blshopvllle, were In the city Satur?
day, coming over from that place In a
car and returning after spending sev
'era! hours In town.
Little Miss Loulle Folsom has re?
turned from a pleaaant visit to rela?
tives In Savannah.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Monroe, of
Marlon, are visiting Mrs. Monroe's
mother. Mrs. Jessie Bradford.
"' Miss Agnes Williams, of Charles?
ton, who haa been the attractive guest
of Mrs. E. P. Du Bant during the past
week, left Saturday for St. George.
'' where she will he one of the guests
at a house party.
Little Miss Hazel Epps. of Klnga
^tree. Is visiting relatives in the city.
Mm. J. L. Nunnamaker has return?
ed to the city after a delightful visit
to Mr. and Mm. O. O. Epps of Kings
tree.
Miss Annie Moran has gone to Spar
tanhurg and Hendersonvllle to spend
the rest of the summer.
RSS and Mrs. V. It Gaston are visit?
ing relatives In the city.
Mrs. J. D. hraldford and little
daughter have gone to Kock Hill to
visit relatives.
Mrs. W. B. CoMtin. of Allen. S. C,
Is spending a few <U>s in the city with
relatives.
Mr. and Mm. John N Jackson, af?
ter spending a few days with Mr. and
*' Mrs. C.' W. McQrew. have returned
? to their home near Mistss.
Mr. and Mrs John D, LeSABAOS
hav?? returned to the city after a few
dsys visit to relat?' *M at Clio. S. C.
(Miss IIa Mas rJvans. of Itembert. is
the attractive gues? of Mrs. John I?
Lemmon on Libert} Streot.
Mr Carl A W'therapoou Is mW ^
m the Sttf after at ending the World's
Su'nday School Co iventiop at Kurien,
AwtBterland. Mr. Wlther*pgoU looks
well and reports a hoe trip.
Mrs F. A. Wood left the I ity Sun?
day with her daughter, Mrs. T L
Hodges an<| little child, Edward. f..r
Augusta. Ga . and a fev. ?l.i. h at
Wl HSJlSS llll S> ? h N
Mr and Mrs j. Rosserd Brltton
have none i.? I'-.rt hiwn i<> \isit rel.i
tlM-14 f"l
A party ?eeenstlag "f Messrs Q IS
||H)iMHnit)i, E Carson. |, || I Hmm\
sud Arthur Haynsworth left Haturda)
ni*ht fat HaaderaVHivllle where the)
wtrg sjjs rat gems llasa
Mr. and Mrs lt. B Bttser, Ml I
K??? I'linnsn snd Mm A odreUS
Moses have returned to the city after
TARIFF BILL DEBATE.
I'A MS AUK NOT TO COMB BEFORE
MID-SUITKMHKK.
Majority l.vmU is of Sonnte Have
About Cilven I'p llo|M? of S|hmmI;?
Conclusion of Mi nu^lt'?K< publl
cans Ha\e Some Chance of Making
Trouble, Tliey Claim.
Washington. Aug. H.?All predic?
tions of an early puNfl of the Pem
oeratic tariff bill by the senate have
gone glimmering. Majority leaders
realize that notwithstanding the fact
that they have set a new record in
pushing consideration of this nuns
ure only a beginning has been made
and the earliest any one now will
promise completion of the task is Sep ?
tern her 15.
Ten days ago. when a member of
the finance committee said he thought
the senate would pass the bill by Au?
gust 30, there were some who thought
It might be possible, but that date is
less than two weeks away and but
four schedules have been considered
and 36 paragraphs In these schedules
passed over for future consideration.
Now even those who suggest Septem?
ber 15 as the date for final action
are guided principally by hopes and
do not scorn the view of others that
It will be a Itter date before the final,
vote.
Death.
The two-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. D. Beach, No. 11 Lev)
Street, died early Friday morning at
the residence of its parents. The fun?
eral services were held from the
residence to the cemetery at 9.30
o'clock Saturday morning.
Death.
L Newton Harwick, a well known
citizen of Pincwood, died at his home
at that place Sunday night, after an
Illness of several months, aged 78
years.
Mr. Barwick wan a native of Clar?
endon county, but came to Sumter af?
ter the war, where he made his home
for many years. He at one time was a
large property holder in and around
Sumter. Later he soid out his inter?
ests here and moved to Privateer,
where he farmed until advancing age
caused his retirement from active
business affairs. He has been living
at Pinewood for ,a number of years.
The deceased was married three times,
his third wife surviving him. He also
leaves a large number of children.
"a trip' ttr Winne peg," Canada, wnere
they attended the national convention
of real estate Dealers.
Mr. and Mra Q. A. Waterman left
Sunday night for their new home in
Baton lingue, La.
Mr. J. K. Bradford, Jr., better
known to his many Sumter friends
as "Beb." is In the city visiting his
father. Sheriff J. K. Bradford. "Beb"
la working in Bichmond, Va., where
he made good and is now holding a
responsible position.
Miss Lucy Johnson, of Manning, is
visiting Mrs. J. H. Johnson on Broad
Street.
Prof. W. K. T?te stopped over in
the city Saturday evening for a couple
of hours on his way to Columbia from
Llliott. where he went In behalf of
the erection of a new school building.
Messrs. It. A. Burgess and Willie
Bultman left Sunday night for a visit
(o New York city.
Miss Lois Ballough has returned to
the city after a visit to relatives it
Allen, A C.
Mrs. M. Or?H Mnd Mis* Ethel
Oreen have gone to Saluda, N. C, to
spend hi veral weeks.
Miss Bertha Bich, of Blackville,
who has been visiting Miss Lthel
Oreen, has returned to her home.
Mr. Lucian Ira Strauss returned to
the city Sunday, after a pleasant visit
into the mountain regions of Western
North ('arolina .
Mr. Isaac Strauss left Sunday for
a trip to Ashevllle, Atlanta and the
Weal Me will be gone several weeks
Mis* .Mildred Levy, who has been
\isttlng hr uncle. Mr. laaac Strauss,
left Sunday for her home in Atlanta.
Mr. Horace Harby spent the week -
end at Hendereonvllle, N. C? where
Mrs. Harby is spending the summer
month*
Mr. I. Nelson Brunson, otherwise
known as "hob." came over turn
Btimtor Wed need ay to spend the day
in his old home town?Ornngeburg
9ua .
Miss Minnie Chandler has gone to
Oraham. N ,C, to spend ?ome nun .
e e a
Mr. S M. M< Leo.i is spending his
vacation to the mountains of North
< oltna<
Mr. and Mrs 1. C Mol .? have gone
to pawley's island to upend -ohm time
Mlanes Pauline Blunt and Bvclytl
Barnes of Florence, sre visiting theli
on< b . Mr It, i Hayn a/orlh, on W 11
, ren street.
-_
N'ellhel can a man who g?-ts too gas
live on i s;?hu\ of 113,dot a real
I Wilmington star. ^ t
CORN CROP SHORT.
GOVERNMENT BUREAU REPORT
VERY DI8GOURAGINC1.
MUton*a (in a test I 'll rni Product Has
Been Damaged by Drought?Will
lie 100.000.000 Bushels Short.
Washington, Aug. 8.?A 'loss of
300,000,000 bushels of corn, the na?
tion's greatest farm crop, has resulted
from the great damage wrought by
drought and other conditions since
July 1, it was estimated today by the.
government agricultural experts in
their August crop report. A total pro
dUCtlon of 2,?72,000,000 bushels of
corn was predicted. This is 452,000,
000 bushels less than last year's crop.
The general condition of corn was
placed at 75.8 per cent of a normal,
compared with 86.y per cent on July
1. Kansas was hit hardest, the condi?
tion there having been reduced from
81 per cent in July to 30 on August 1.
Oklahoma came next with a condition
of 44, against 87 in July, and Ne?
braska reported 67, against 91 July 1.
These three States have almost 19
per cent of the total area planted
In corn this year.
A bright spot in the monthly grain
report, however, was in the prelimi?
nary statistics showing a production
of 511,000,000 bushels winter
wheat. This is the greatest harvest \
of wheat ever gathered In the United
States, exceeding the record crop of
1902 by 19,000,000 bushels. Today's
figures exceeded by 28,000,000 bush?
els'the estimate made by the depart?
ment in July.
Spring wheat, too, was given an in?
creased estimate of 6 per cent., it
being 15,000,000 bushels more than
the July estimate, the total being
placed at 233,000,000 bushels. Produc?
tion of all wheat is estimated at 744,
000,(?00 bushels, a crop which would
place the year's production second
only to the record crop of 1901, when
74 8,000.000 bushels were produced.
The harvest of white potatoes, it is
estimated, will be smaller by 8 2,000,
000 bushels than the crop of 1912.
FIRMS OCCUPY SKYSCRAPER.
Stiiotcr Club Takes Up Quarters on
bereut h floor?Bight on Hoof.'
u -
The rooms in the skyscraper are j
gradualy being taken up by incomers,
several of whom have moved into
the*sa?ttew quarters within the week,
.Messrs. I'urdy and Bland being the
latest comers to the new building. The
ocenrantH report* the fact that the
skyHfleader is decidedly cooler and
that* Jtj?We refreshing breezes can be
bad there than in Other places in the
city. Occupants of the skyscraper are
the City National Bank, the owner of
the property, which occupies the first
floor; Sumter Insurance Agency, J,
F. Olrnn, Harby AreliHectual Com?
pany, Dr. Weinberg, Jackson Lumber
Company, Folley Lumber Company,
Forrester Lumber Company, afcNeal
and IfcKnlght and the John Clack
Realty C ?mpany.
The Sumter Club has taken posses?
sion of the seventh floor and the roof,
which they have furnished up in ex?
cellent taste. A bright light has been
placd on the roof, or above it rather,
and has attracted much attention at
night.
For Miss Eppe,
Little Mi as Hazel Epps, of Kings
tree, was the guest of honor at a
party Friday afternoon from four to
six o'clock, given by her hostess, Lit?
tle Miss Meddie Mae Nunnamaker.
After a number of games were
played all were invited into the spac?
ious dining room which was beautiful?
ly decorated for the occasion in green
and white, with a profusion of cut
dowers, and were served a iweet
course with Ice cream. Bach child
was given a spool with a string tied
to it and told t'? mind. This led them
from room to room where the Lulls
of cord had been passed around
numerous articles of furniture and
at the end of which, each child re?
ceived a package of choice candies as
her reward. At six o'clock all left
for "the green" to bear the band
play, ending quite a happy afternoon
for the little ones.
Noten of City Schools.
Mr. C. A. McBrlde has- been elect
etl as principal of the Calhoun School
for the session of 1913-1914. Mr. Mc?
Brlde Is a graduate of St. John's
College, a branch of the University of
Maryland and is well equipped in dv
nry way for the position to which he
? has been elected. He is a teacher
of experiem ?? and maturlty.
Mr. Merrlmon, an honor graduate
ol the Cltrdel and last yeat Coin
mandant of Drangcburg College, will
he the commandant of cadets at the
Calhoun school teacher of the
boys of the 3rd year High School.
Mr. L L\ Moist for the session of
1913-1U1 * continue to nerve a^
director of music, will he principal
of the Hampton school, and will
loa? Ii I he r.n Is "f I he 11 h sea r High
School.
The public Schools of the city Will
1 re-open on September 10. . '
11 AXEL NEWMAN INJl KFD.
Brother of Mrs. s. m. Nabers of This
City Muri While in Swimming.
Hazel Newman, a son of ('apt. C. H.
Newman, of Florence, a former resi?
dent of Sumter, was seriously injured
a few days ago while in swimming in a
creeek near Florence, it seems that
a number of hoys went to the creek
expecting to go in swimming and that
young Newman dived off Into the wa?
ter which he thought was deep at
this point. Instead of being deep,
however, it was only little over two
feel deep and the hoy was seriously
injured, his spinal column being af?
fected. The winde body is reported
to be paralyzed from the waist down,
including one arm and side, and the
doctors give little hope. Mr. Newman
is a brother of Mrs. S. M. Natters of
this city.
MAD ion. KIM! 1 >.
Handsome Pointer Belonging to w.
<i. Moses Supposed to Have Kahles.
Saturday morning about 8 o'clock
a handsome pointer belonging to Mr.
W. (J. Moses was killed on Calhoun
Street in front of the Touiney Hos?
pital by Officer Ii. G. McKagen. The
dog was supposed to be infected with
rabies and had bitten a number of
dogs before it was sind.
The animal began its work at home
where it bit another dog belonging to
Mr. Moses. Leaving there it bit dogs,
wherever it met them on the streets
and is said in some places to have
gone into the yards to get at the oth?
er dogs. So far as known no per?
sons were bitten by the dog. Steps are I
being taken to find all of the dogs
which were bitten by the supposed
mad dog to have them killed or kept
confined until it is ascertained wheth?
er they are infected. The head of the
dog was uot sent to Columbia to be
examined, as it was shot up so badly,
and those who saw the dog seemed
positive that it was mad.
Til I It I > VISIT OF WIND.
Sumter Brick Works Suffers Damage
in Same Place Three Times.
The Sumter Brick Works was ai
sufferer for the third time this week
from the depredations of the wind,
For the third tune within three weeks
the roof of one of the brjck kilns was
torn off and carried to some distance,
but this time the roof was In no way
damaged, except where the chains
which held it down were pulled loose.
The frame of a large barn on Dr.
China's place, which was in course
of erection, was blown down? but was
after wads righted so that work could
bo continued.
WILL TEACH BETHEL SCHOOL.
s. D. t ain Elected Principal for Com?
ing Year.
A matter of general interest in the
county is the announcement some
time BgO that Mr. S. I >. Cain of Priv?
ateer, a former county superintendent
of education, had beer? elected princi?
pal of the Bethel school and was to
have ( barge of it during the coming
year. The Bethel School is a rural
consolidated school and is one of the
best In the county. Connected with
it is a demonstration farm on which
a number of variety corn and cotton
tests are being made, this being the
tlrst experiment of this kind in this
section of the State.
A Birthday
Miss Susie Marian < ?steen entet
talned about thirty of her little
friends at her beautiful home on
Harby avenue yesterday afternoon in
honor, of her seventh birthday. Nu?
merous games were played out on the
spacious lawn until the happy crowd
was called In to partake of a feast
of goodies from a table on which the
attractive color scheme of green ami
white wins tastefully earied out. A
feature o{ the fun of the little folks
w?u4 the cutting of a "money cake"
which created much fun. Many beau?
tiful presents were presented the U,ap
py lltUc "seven year old."
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Dally By Ernest Field
Cotten Buyer.
Sumter. Aug. 11.
j Good Middling 11 14. *
St. Middling 11 l-s.
Middling 11. I
Bt. Low Middling 10 r?-s.
I Low Middling i<>.
Staple cotton nominal.
New York Cotton Market.
New V-u k, Aug. 1 1.
< tpen t Mosa.
.Jan.I 1.01 I 0.86
Fob.11.01 10.88
Mar.1MI I 0.96
May.II. 14 1102
Aug.117:. I 1 ?1
Sept.11.33 11.33
??, t . .,.11.18 IL03
Nov. 10.06
[Dec.U.13 ... 10.07
Tourney Trustees Take
Over Sumter Hospital
Tourney Hospital Now Takes Place of Former Institution?
Will Be Able to Care for Average of Six Charity - Patients
at Time From City of Sumter and Bells Mill Plantation
No Changes at Present From Former Management-Plans
to Make Additions in Future.
On August ath the transfer of the
Sumter Hospital building end its
equipment to the trustees of the
Tourney Hospital was completed, the
transfer to take effect as of ?lato Au?
gust 1st, and tb?" hospital will here?
after be known as the Toumey Hos?
pital.
The property as transferred con?
sists of the lot at the southeast cor?
ner of Sumter ami Calhoun streets,
fronting 144 feel on Calhoun street
and extending back to the line of the
county property, an average depth
j of 220 feet, together w ith an ad?
jacent lot on the east of 104 feet
fronting on Calhoun street purchased
from Dr. s. c. Baker, in all -4*
feet frontage on Calhoun street, ami
the artificial stone building situated
on the lot with its entire furniture
and equipment. In addition to this
the directors of the Sumter Hospital
turned over to the Toumey trustees
their complete training school or?
ganisation, Which will greatly reduce
the cost of operating the hospital,
and the good will of the old institu?
tion. The consideration is $20,000.
Permanent arangemems for
the management of the new institu?
tion were not completed, but for the
present the old employees of the
Sumter Hospital Will be in charge in
so far at least as applies to the su?
perintendent, housekeeper and corps
of nurses. Final arrangements will
be made after the several members
the board shall have come back from
their summer vacations. A staff of
hpysicians and surgeons was selected
who shall have the cafe of the char?
ity patients admitted to the hospital,
j this staff Conelsttnef of all the white
physicians and ?.siirg>e*'?ns was selected
in active practitte*-?f<tnftoea in all.
The work win bo%anjnlly enportioMd
between a mOWcatTltnd a barBieaJ di?
vision. ?> t
For the present the annual income
from the endowment fund, w av h can
be applied to the maintenance of
charity patients in the hospital, is es?
timated at about $C,tOO,'which sum
will probably maintain an average of
about eight or ten charity patients in
the hospital at a time. For the pres?
ent, however, it has been deemed wise
not to allow the number to exceed
, six or eight. The charity feature is
|.available to the poor and deserving
citizens of the pity of Sumter, and to
the tenants residing on the Hell's
Mill Plantation? There seems to have
been a general idea that any citizen
of Sumter c ounty not able to Pay hos?
pital charges would be admitted for
treatment in the charity department,
but such were net the instructions laid
down in the will of Mr. Tourney;
the charity only applies to residents of
the city oi* Sumter and to tenants up?
on-the Hell's Mill plantation.
It is the intention of the board of
trustees to make considerable ad?
ditions and improvements to the pres?
ent hospital building as soon as the
necessary investigations can be made
and suitable plans prepared. The
members of the board of trustees will
consider this matter during the next
few months and it is hoped that about
January 1st, 1914, they will be able
to begin work on the new building.
There will be at that time available
a fund of about $:iO,000 to carry this
project into effect.
SCHOOL FARMS PROPOSED.
DEMONSTRATION WORK To BE
TRIED IN GREENVILLE.
Government Experte Expect to
Place Experimental l'anns Near
Elve Selected Schools,
Greenville, Aug. r>.?-To promote in?
terest on the part of the rising Kon
eration of the rural districts in mat?
ten agricultural ami to afford them
as well aa grown-up farmers of the.
esunty the great benefits of ocular
demonstrations in the cultivation *? f
winter cover crops?now conceded to
be the geratest soil builder known
?ttid the aalvatlon of deteriorating
farms?a plan has been tct on foot
by government agents to establish in
Greenville county, m ar five school
houses, this number of live-acre or
three-acre demonstration farms.
i
That suc h a scheme has been on
foot In Grenvllle county for some
time was not known to a greal many
people. At the farmers' conference,
held at the plantation of J<dm l>
Harris on the Augusta, road last Sat?
urday, the matter was informally
mentioned by .1. B. Bruce? temporary
chairman of the department of agri?
culture of the Chamber of Commerce,
John 1?. Harris and others, who stated
that W. W. Long, State demonstra?
tion agent of Clemsop college, bad
brieily mentioned the matter to them.
None of these were Sufficiently con?
versant with the proposition to dis?
cuss it in detail with the farmers
present at the conference, but a gen?
eral idea <?f the scheme was given.
it appears that the United States
'department of agriculture, through its
co-operation with Clemson college,
wishes to encourage the cultivation of
winter cover crops throughout Green?
ville counts, it is presumed, however,
that efforts will be made to put the
plan in force throughout other coun?
ties of this ami other States. Realiz?
ing that the planting of these new
crops on any great scale must be
brought by evolutionary rather than
revolutionary methods, ami that the
proper place to begin such an evolu?
tionary movement is among the ris
inu generation now attending school
ratlur than among the "oil loads'
of the farm, it has been decided to
establish these demonstration farms
throughout the county, in conjunction
with several of the schools.
It has been decided t hal (is 0 h
farms should be established In Green?
ville county, udjoeent to as mans
school houses, where ocular demon?
strations In the cultivation ul winter
I cover crops could be tdven by govern
i mem: experts during the school term
and where the sehti?d children them?
selves could lake hand In the plant
1 Iiik of the ?To ?s. Phla demonstration
farm will ?erve a** a model for thai
whole school community. Here farm
en of tlie surounding section may go
and sec for themselves just how witt?
ier rover ? rops will crow on Green?
ville county so i
build up end c<
i he lands.
The only eon
establishment of one of these demon?
stration farms hinges, it is under?
stood, is that the school desiring to
have one of these farms shall set aside
five or not less than three acres of
land near the school house, where?
upon the demonstrations will be made.
The land, it is understood, is to be In
the care of the trustees of tttl t par?
ticular sc hool, but the demonstrating
will be d??ne by the government agents
of the c??unty.
< >ne prosperous school of the lower
section?the W. A. Pepper high school
?has already n ade application for
one of the demonstration farms and
has met the conditions attached to
the offer. From the interest taken
In Hie matter at the farmers' confer?
ence Saturday, the government srlU
have no trouble in getting lour other
schools o fthe county to do'likewiae.
LIGHTNING STRIKES HOTEL SUM
TER.
Part of riiimnc) Knocked off but Lit?
tle Damage Done.
Thursday afternoon during the elec?
tric ami rain storm which visited the
city the Hotel Sumtor was struck and
damaged to a small extent. The
lightning stroke took effect in the
chimney, part of the top of which
was knocked down. Great quantities
of soot and dust were thrown down
the chimney and covered the doors
of four rooms which were connected
with it.
No one was injured, but an occu?
pant of one of the rooms, was great
I3 startled. Across the street the
razor was knocked out of the hand
of a I?arber, who was engaged In shav?
ing a customer, mu< h to the resistor
nation of both the barber and tho
customer.
Wil l. >FI \K IN M Mil It.
Former Prohibitionist Candidate for
Prcttitlcncj to \ Mi city.
Mt Rugene W Chafln, once a can?
didate for president of t'#c United
States on the prohibition ticket, will
be In Sumter on August ICth. and
will make an address at the opera
house on that night. The time will
be aim-.nu. ed later.
About twenty-three acres located
about "in hall mile east of Sumter
at 11.uah. 1 si corner of Moses road and
continuation oi Calhouh street.
\ppP t.. Davis i\ Holse, Sumter,
s. C?Advt
SALES.