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Cbi ddtattlinmu airti S>c?ftron tutored at toe Postofflce at Soiater, & C . aa H*c?ih1 Class Matter. PERSONAL NEWS. Miss Marie Geddings, of Summer ton, hns returned home after a very pleasant visit v.o relatives in Dor? chester county, where she attended India Kield < 'umpmeeting. Mr. ami Mrs. J. D. Graham have returned to the city from their bri? dal trip. Mrs. W. I). Carson of Summerton wan in the ci y Saturday. Mrs. a W. Uillespie and son, S. W. Jr., were in town Saturday. Mtas Ft be! Moore of Summerton spent Saturday in the city. Mrs. M. Is liarnett. Miss Annie l.oryea and Mr. Isaac M. Loryea have returned home after spending the numrner in the mountains.?Manning Times. Mr. Her? mn Huhman of this city has been elected president of the rhrenakosmian Literary Society at New berry College. K. S. Hunbar, of Dalxell, has been elected editor-in-chief and Curtis denn of this city business manager of the literary maganise at the Baiiey Military Institute at Greenwood. Mr J. A. Warren has gone North on husinrss connected with the Sum? ter Kleetrlcal Company. Mrs. Paul Garher .with her l>aby. of Batesburg, I* 'isiting her mother, Mm. Rrie Htrauus. 8upt. J. J. Crosswell of the South? ern fclxpress company, whose head? quarters are In Fayettevllle, N. C, spent the week-end in the city with his suiter, Mrs. W. C. liroughton. Mr. and Mrs. Fred An Id, of East over, spent Monday in the city with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stansill. Stricken with Paralysis. ltinhopville leader and Vindicator. Mra. 8. N. Welch waa stricken with puralysis on last Sunday, a week ago and she is still in a very precarious condition. The whole right side Is affected and even her "i ,.. h t.? such ap extent that it is difficult to understand her. It does seem thnt trouble never comes nlngle. It has been only a short time since their dear boy mot with a terrible accident that caused his death. They have the sympathy of their friends. XlXillO IS SHOT. Hural Policeman Is Forced to Vsc His Revolver. Lamar, Oot 11.?Qua Glover, a negro, who works at the Lumar Fer? tilizer company was shot today by l'o k'eman Odom. Odom went to the fertilizer work.s to serve a warrant on Glover, who resisted arrest taking, tht policeman's club froin him, heat? ing him down with it. Odom then drew his gun and fired one shot, which passed through the negro in the region of the abdomen. The negro was carried to a hospital in Florence, but there is little hope of recovery. Considerable excitement prevailed her? during the day on account of the affair. The negro is a newcomer to Lamar anil very little is known of him. Killing at Smlthvllle. D ports of a killing at Smithvlllo reached hero shortly after noon Sat iii I; y. Very little information has been received concerning the matter, but from what has been heard, It seeirs that Tillman Sessions, colort'l, ?hol and killed another negro. The causi of the shooting haa not beer lamed. Saturday afternoon Lee county officers were on the lookout for Sessions, who escaped after the shooting. Heal Kstatc Transfer's. The following transfers of real es? tate have been left with the auditor: B. F. Fstridge to Sarah F. Brun son, lot on the corner of Oakland ave? nue and Salem Avenue, $3,800. MK'allum Kealty Company to Mane He O. Parker, lot on Chestnut street, $2,300. Changes at. Lamar. Lamar, Oct. 11.?Of much Interest in business circles here was the pur? chase today of the Palmetto drug store jy S. W. P. DuBose and Dr. A. T. Minn. This business which was established several years ago by the late S. C. Parnell and which was owned until today by S. L. Parnell, has enjoye I a great degree ol' pros? perity and Is extremely valuable. Mi'. Du Hose is connected with tho Farmers' Knterprise cornpriy, a $10, 000 corporation of Lamar, while Dr. Munn has been for the past II months manager of Dr. J. F. Watson's drug store. Dr. Munn, who will assume control of the Palmetto drug store in a few days, is a young man who has unade many friends during his stiy in l.amar. He will have charge of the drurf siore and will employ an as? sistant. DEATH OF J. 1). DEAS. Prominent Citizen of Clarendon County Dies Suddenly in Columbia. News of the death of James Doug? las Dens of Summerton, Clarendon County, Which occurred at Columbia on Saturday came as a shock to relatives and friends here, who up to Friday had not heard of Mr. Dens' sickness. Fl iday evening L. H. Deas, a son, received a messago tell? ing him of his father's serious con? dition in Columbia and he at once left for that place. Saturday an? other son and other relatives went to Columbia, to make arrangements for the removal of the body to Cam den, where the funeral services were held Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at the Camden cemetery. Mr. Deas wras a native of Camden and was the son of the late Dr. Lynch Deas. Several years ago he moved to Summerton, where he has been engaged in farming. He was a well known citizen of this section of the State and had many friends here, as well as In Kershaw and Clarendon counties lie was for many years a member of the board of directors of the State penitentiary, which office he held up to the time of his death, having left here last Saturday for Co? lumbia to attend a meeting of the board* He is pro-deceased by his wife, who was Miss Richardson o? Claren? don county, a sister of Col. R. C. Richardson of this city, and is sur? vived by the following children: Mrs. James Button of St. Louis; L, H. and J. D. Deas of this city, Dr. Henry Deas and II. B. Deas of Summerton. The number of bales of cotton ginned in Lee county this year prior to September 25, is 7,94 2. The num? ber of bales ginned during tho same in 1912 was 7,375. This is the olTb lal report as made to tho government by Mr. John M. Davis, collector of sta? tistics for Lee county. LOST?White and lemon pointer dog pup eight months old, near Cain Savannah, about October 3rd Re? ward If returned to Robert Shelor. WANTED ? Position as overseer. Have had 23 years experience; can furnish best of references from my past employers. J. H. Dohrmann, Sumter, S. C, R. F. D. 4. fjOST?Large white and liver" colored pointer dog. Liver colored head. Very broad between fore legs. Wore collar with lock. Reward for Information and return to J. W. Al? len, Why Shaw and McCollum's Shoe Department Is Proving an Important Factor to Our Many Customers: THE first idea in buying Shaw & McCollum's shoes is to of? fer a line that gets away from the mere price-cutting element of retailing. Tp do this we purchase lines which show real quality in ev? ery detail from the buying of leathers to the last touch of the workman. Shaw & McCollum's Service insures more than quality of construction. We believe our styles are the foremost in the shoe trade in Sumter to-day. Shaw & McCollums service offers you an efficiency in the size of our stock that means a full line of sizes in popular styles always ready to be found in our store. ? You will fmd our shoes the substantial kind of merchan that you will want to buy again. SHAW 6 McCOLLUM MERCANTILE CO. 13 South Main Street Sumter : S. C. \m Car Load Mules & Horses * mmmm = came in Saturday = | f Our Mr. Booth has telegraphed that among others shipped, the following deserve special mention: Two Combination Saddle Horses, worth more than one sold by us last week for $400. Four pairs Black and Bay Mare Mules, closely matched, weighing twelve hundred pounds, Four ponies, two especially nice and gentle?it's the kind you have been looking for. Four Brood Mares, the heavy draft type, both weight and quality to these. % Our usual complete line of Buggies, Brockway, Rowland, Hackney and Sumter makes. If it's a buggy or Carriage you want, we have it. Just received a car of the Old Reliable Hackney Wagons. All Steel Standards. The only improvement possible was this feature. f We can now show you a complete line of Farm Implements. One and two horse Steel Plows, Stalk Cutters. Spike Harrows, Disc Harrows, and Osborne Mowers and Rakes. (fi Anything in the Vehicle and Accessory lines handled by us. BOYLE LIVE STOCK COMPANY SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA