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IM et the Pottoflk? at Saunter, 8. On aa Otacood Class Matter. PERSONAL NEWS. Mrs. M. C. Murtin, of Mulllns, and daughter are visiting Mrs. Charles Thames on Harvln street. Messrs. Herman Myers and O. E. llayniworth spent Thursday in Co? lumbia, attending the State ball that night. Misses Virginia. Harriet and Fran? ces Saunders, of Stateburg, and Miss r?M?le Trlppett, of Ooykln, are some of thoee well known in Sumter who attended the State ball. Miss U ag Cheyne spent the week? end at home from Winthrop College with her father, Dr. Walter Cheyne. Mr. Alfred Scarborough came home from Davidson College for a brief visit to his parents. Magistrate H. L. B. Wells has re truned from a trip to Boston, Mass. Miss Eva C. Klngman has returned home after spending some time in Baltimore. Mr.. and Norfolk, Va. Mrs. J. O. R. W ider and Miss Irma Smith left tr Is morning for Rockingham, N. C, to attend the Htansill-Shannonhousa wedding on Wednesday. Mis* Helen Beaumont left Satur? day for Marlon, where she will teach thla winter. Mr. D. C. Shaw has gone to St. Louis to buy another ear load of horses and mules. Death of Mr. C. K. Stubbs. Mr. C. E. Stubbs, who was stricken with paralysis Friday morning, died at 4 a. m. Monday at his home on South Washington street. He was unconscious from the time he was stricken and no hope of his recovery was entertained from the first. The funeral services were held at his late rseldence at 10.30 o'clock Tuesday monrlng, and the Interment was at the cemetery. The following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Active?H. I. Scarborough. U. D. Eppe, vieo. D. Shore. Ferd Levi, Q. A. Umroon, Dr. H. M. Stuckey, C. M. Hurst. C. M. Brand. Honorary?Capt. E. S. Carson, Capt. R. D. Cooper, Capt. A. W. Sud er. Dr. H. J. McLaurln, Judge T. B. Fr?ser, Judge K. O. Purdy, D. J. wt .n. w. W. Rowland. F. O. Bowman, N*|U O'Donnell. W. P. Smith, W. M. c^aaaaw. Mr Stubbs was born and grew to sj hood In Marlboro county. At the outbreak of the war in 1861 he enlist? ed in 23rd regiment and was in active service until the surrender at Appo matox. Ills comrades spoke of him as a faithful and gallant soldier un? der all circumstances during the try? ing campaigns in Virginia, who bore tha hardships with patriotic fortitude and was ever ready to do his full duty. He was a member of Camp Dick An? derson C. V. and was ever inter? ested In keeping green the memories j '' 'his comrades in arms who laid wn their Uvea on the field of bat in defence of their native land. ?loon after the close of the war Mr. ibb? located in this city and soon became Identified with the business Interests of the place. For many years he was the local representative of Alex Hprunt ft Son and was the leading cotton buyer of this section of the State. He knew everybody in thla section of the State and was widely popular. About ten years ago he re? tired from active business but never lost his interest In the welfare and development of Sumter or In the pub? lic affairs of the State. He was elect? ed to the house of representatives In it 10 and served one term. At the time of his death he was a member of the county board of supervisors of registration. He was twice married and is sur? vived by his second wife and two sons, llovt Stubbs and C. Klvln stubbs, and two daughters, Mrs. W. Y. Spunn and Miss Alice Stubbs. Broke In Store--Captured. Willie Brown, colored, was cap? tured Thursday morning by negroes who chased him from the house where Ben Brunson, colored, re aides. Willie. It la alleged. broke into Hrunson's house and stole a quantity of stuff. The other negroes saw him aa he wn* eoiulng out of the house with the goods and they ut onca gave chase, hi* capture being their reward. The sheriff was tele? phoned for und m. nt In puty Epperson to the scene to brln* an Hrunson and lodge him In the county jail The affair occurred In the Concord section of the county. The anntial meeting of the Boys' Corn Club will be held before Thanksgiving on a date to be an? nounced by County Demonstration Agent. J. Frank WillUm*. at whhh Cme the corn will be Judged and the prises awarded. On the *amo day it H planned t > have an exhibit of the products of the Olrls* Tomato Clubs and the trophy cup will be awarded tu th? club r taking the best reco/d. PHOT. REMBERTS LECTURE. Discusses Topics of Interest Connected with the Y. M. C. A. anil Its Work. Prof. A. G. Rembert of Wofford Colege spoke Sunday night at Pres? byterian church under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. to a large audience on topics of interest connected with the Young Men's Christian Association and its work for the building up of the citizenship of the State. Mr. Rembert spoke for nearly an hour and seemed to Interest his audience throughout. All of the other churches in the city had closed their doors for the occasion and the Presbyterian church was packed. Prof. S. H. Edmunds presided over the meeting and the speaker was introduced by Mr. R. I. Manning who introduced him to his audience as a Wofford and Sumter man, as he was a native of Sumter County. Mr. Rembert brought out many Interesting points in his talk and gave his audience something to think about. He paid an eloquent tribute to the Sumter schools, saying that they had the best method of holding and interesting the boys of any school he knew of anywhere. THE COLUMBIA AUTO RACES. Keels and Trlbbio Made a Fine Rec? ord at the State Fair. Alva Keels and George Tribble made a very tine record in the State Fair automobile races considering that it was the first time either had ever been on an auto race track. As an auto driver Mr. Keels is king; he has no equal in this part of the country. He won second and third in Columbia and we feel sure he would have won first but for a little trouble that overtook him in the third lap. Mr. Charles Kavanaugh was his mechanician in the pit and when the engine trouble came, Kavanaugh was right on the Job. Another car had the same trou? ble exactly as that which bothered Mr. Keelti and while Keels was out ot the race for only two miles the other car was out five miles. This shows who was the best and quickest mechanician in the pit. Kavanaugh was < ry fast and located the troublo quickly, but 1 the other mechanician was slower and fumbled a little. Georgo Tribble served as mechanician for Driver Keels, and h<- showed all the nerve that anybody nt .ds and the car could not be driven too fast for hint When Keels was driving his fastest lap the hood on the car came loose and Tribble had a risky and dangerous job, but his nerve did not fail him at this critical Juncture?he Just climbed over the car and fas? tened the hood in place. I feel cer? tain that Keels and Tribble will be in the big auto meets some day and will win the big races in great style and make reputations that will extend all over the country. Grand Stand. SUMTER COTTON MARKET, Corrected Dally By Ernest Field Cotton Bayer. Sumter. Nov. f. Good Middling 13 6-8. Strict Middling 13 1-2. Middling 13 3-8. Strict Low Middling 13 1-8. Low Middling 12 5-8. Staple coton 14 1-2 to 16 1-4. New York Cotton Market. New York, Nov. 3. Open Close. Jan.13.36 13.27 Mar.13.35 13.30 May.13.32 13.29 July.13.21 13.19 Nov.13.60 Deo.13.67 13.52 Hallowe'en Party. The Sisters of Mercy gave a Hal? lowe'en party on Friday evening to the pupils and their parents. The young ladies of tho Academy gave a very pretty witch play, introducing sweet songs and beautiful tableaux. After this treat the guests were in? vited by tho Sisters to the dining hall whero the decorations were in keeping with the night, for on evory side was tho witch and black cat. The room was beautifully festooned with smilax. The tables which wero tilled with OSdnty sweets of all kinds were lovely with tall vases of roses and chrysanthemums, with candelabras which shed a soft light. At each place Were cards with pen pictures of witches with appropriate verses. Sou? venirs of witches wore given each guest. Every one delighted, bade good night to their kind hostesses, ending a most enjoyable evening at St. Jo seph's. 1 t'larlnda, Iowa, a city of 4.000 In habitants, recently adopted the "City Manager" plan of municipal govern? ment. The Tenehers* Conferen OS will probably draw every teacher in the county Into Humter on Thursday and FiidMy. November IStb and 14th. GINNERY BURNED FRIDAY. J. T. llrogdon Suffers $7,000 Doss by Fire?Ten Bales of Long Staple Cot? ton Lost, Mr. J. T. Brogdon suffered a very severe loss by fire Friday afternoon, when his ginnery with ten bales of long staple cotton was destroyed by fire. The fire occurred about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and la thought to have caught from a match in the cot? ton. All efforts to extinguish the fire were unavailing and it soon spread over the entire building, which included gin house and cotton house, which was burned to the ground. Tho loss was estimated by Mr. Brogdon at $7,000, a very heavy one for hirr. There was no insurance on the building or cot? ton. He had kept insurance on the place up to last week when he re? moved it NEW BANK BEGINS BUSINESS. The Cmmerclal and Savings Bank Has Auspicious Opening. The Commercial and Pavings Bank opened its doors for business Satur? day morning and its first day was considered most successful by the of? ficers of the bank. Many of the di? rectors and their friend* of the in? stitution called in during: the day to wish the institution a good beginning and see how things wcr j running in tho, new bank. The bank has begun cperations at 45 S. Main Street, where he old post off ce was established. Mr. R. A. Bndham is in charge and was kept busy Saturday receiving deposits, an? swering questions concerning the new Institution and doing tho numerous other duties attendant upon the open? ing of a business and the carrying on of a banking business. The auspic? ious opening of tho institulon was highly pleasing to those connected with it and tho bank bids fair to do a fine business in future. The officers of the bank are: Pres? ident, A. L. Lesesne; vice-president, J. K. ('rosswell; cashier, R. A. Brad ham; attorney, R. Dozier Lee, other directors, H. N. Forester, P. M. Par rott, S. M. Pierson, J.' Z. Hearon, J. H. Myers, T. B. Jenkins, J. Clinton Brog? don, P. M. Brown, C. J. Lemmon, and H. P. Moses. S. 8. WORKERS TO MEET, Sumter County Sunday School Asso? ciation to Hold Convention. At the meeting of the officers of the Sumter County Sunday School Asso? ciation, Thursday night, October 30th, It was decided definitely to hold a convention in Sumter December 5th. Committees were appointed and ev? ery arrangement will be made to in? sure a pleasant and profitable time for the Sunday School workers of the county. Entertainment will be pro? vided. CIVIL COURT CONVENES. Case of Julia V. Beck Against North? western Railroad Commenced. The court of common pleas convened Monday morning for a three weeks session. The roster is a long one and it is probable that all of the cases cannot be completed, even within three weeks. Judge Thomas S. Sease, who presided at tho term of the ses? sions court the first of the month, is presiding. The first case called was that of Julia V. Beck against t^e Northwest? ern Railroad. This ^ase was tried last year and resulted in a verdict of $5,900 for the plaintiff, but this ver? dict was set aside by the court and a new trial ordered. The suit is for 110,000 damages alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff by the re? moval of earth from land which both the plaintiff and the railroad claim ti? tle to. Crops growing on the land, it is alleged, were damaged. * Married. Miss Flora L. Edens and Mr. Moses J. Mooro were marriet' Sunday even? ing, November 2nd, at 6.30 o'clock at the home of Mr. R. M. Edens, near OswegO, tho Rev. James P. Attaway officiating. Mrs. Moore has been teaching In the < ISWSgO section for several years and has many friends there and In Sum? ter. Mr. Moore Is well known HI Sumter and has the congratulations of his many friends here. The high school hoys uro taking much interest In the game which they are to have on Thanksgiving Day with the Charleston High School. This Kaum promisee to one of the best that has ever been played In this city, as the locals will be in better shape then than they wert two weeks ago when they were defeated in Charles? ton. Booth will probably he hack in the game am! other members will be back in their old places. The next game is with Darlington next Friday. The locals are scheduled for some hard practice during the wt*ek. JAIL records broken. Lurgcr Number of Prisoners in Jail the Past Month Than Ever Before. All jail records were broken dur^ in? the past month. More prisoners were in jail during the month of Oc? tober than ever before in the history of the jail. During the month ninety three prisoners have been in the jail under the care of Jailer Owens. Of course, all of these were not in the jail at the same time, but they have been in there from time to time, the majority of them having been clear? ed out by the sessions court which was held at the first part of the month. At present there are only thirty three prisoners in the jail as the oth? ers have been sent to the peniten? tiary, to the chaingang, been ac? quitted or released on bond. Several of those in jail are white prisoners. The majority of the prisoners were city convicts, who were in jail a few days from time to time as they were sent to the gang by the recorder's de? cisions. The greatest number before this month of any month on record is seventy-one, showing by what a large margin the record was broken. Death of Mrs. J. s. Beck. Florence Times, Oct. 31. Mrs, Jacob B. Beck, a lady well known in this community both for her own sake and for the good she has done in the community, and for the sake of her late husband and fine children, died last night and is to be buried this afternoon. Mrs. Beck had been in bad health for a long time, and for some time lately her children and friends have been I very much concerned about her con? dition. Mrs. Beck was Sarah Ransford, and she was born and raised in Sum? ter. She was married to Capt. Beck in 1854, and lived in Kingstree and Timmonsville before coming to Flor? ence in 1880, and being pioneers in the building of this city. Mrs. Beck's children are Mack H. and Charles C, of Sumter, and J. s. and S. J. of Wilmington, Delaware, and Mrs. Isabelle Allen of this city. Real Estate Transfers. The following transfers of real es tae tave been left at the court house .luring the past ten days'to be record? ed: . W. B. Boyle to Annie P." Pigford, lot on Salem Avenue, $800. "E. C. Haynsworth to Leona Smith and J. H. G. Smith, tract In Privateer township, $401. W. *B. Boyle to Robert P. Yates, lot on Salem Avenue, $600. R. D. Lee, I. C. Strauss and Davis D. Moise, to Elijah Prince, lot on Villa Sites, $50. T. P. Chavis to P. J. Chavis, tract of 42 acres, $600. E. W. A. Bultman to I Her Ander? son 4 acres in Sumter township, $47. Mattie Wright to Minnie Wnght, lot on Manning Avenue, $200. Robert P. Yates and Annie P. Pig ford to W. B. Boyle, lot on Salem Avenue, $1,900. W. T. Andrews to Susie E. Prince, lot on Olive Street, $400. Samuel Lane to W. T. Andrews, lot on Brand Street, $125. Martha Davis to E. W. A. Bultman, her interest in 14 acres in Concord township, $82. Benjamin F. James to E. W. A. Bultman, lot containing 3 acres in Sumter township, $168. H. I. Dinkins, et al, to S. R. Chan? dler, lot on Liberty street, $6,000. S. R. Chandler to L. D. Jennings, lot on Washington street, $5,000. Richard I. Manning, agent, to E. W. McCallum, two lots on Edwards street, $500. E. C. Hayns,worth, master, to Al? bert L Moise, trustee, one-half acre on Calhoun street continued, $35. Mrs. Sarah A. Guill to Richard Jones, lot on Purdy street, $250. W. G. Moses, Armida S. Brunson, et al, to Emma E. Thomas, two lots in city, $625. Mollie Whiluker to Mark Reynolds, her Interest to tract of 170 acres In Rafting Creek township, $300. I Robert J. Geddings to Tully W. Nichols, 35 acres in Privateer town? ship, $1,000. Robert Ramsey to Elijah Rogin, 25 acres in Manchester township, $200. I A. J. Coleman to Minnie O. Mc Elveen, 51 acres in county, $1,600. Ella 1). Murray to Edward W. Mur? ray, l>5 acres in Providence township, $1,000. W. T. Andrews to Samuel Lane, lot on King street, $150. Henry T. Edens to John J. Britten, 15 acres in Concord township, $100. Marriage License Record. Licenses to marry have been la sued to Mr. M. J. Moore and Mis* Flora Edens of Sumter; also to Mr. A. W, Bradford and Miss lassie Jones of Sumter. The following negroes have nlso se? cured licenses: John Wilson and Lu? Olle Johnson of Sumter; Holtett An? derson and Mary Jano Nels? n. of Bumter; Roland James and Ballna Dow, of Mayesvllle, COULD SCARCELY WALK ABOUT And For Three Sommers Urs. Vin? cent Was Unable to Attend to Any of Her Homework. i Pleasant Hill, N. C.-'i suffered for three summers," writes Mrs. Walter Vincent, of this town, "and the third and last time, was my worst. 1 had dreadful nervous headaches and prostration, and was scarcely able to walk about Cctdd not do any of my housework. 1 also had dreadful pains in my back and sides and when one of those weak, sinking spells would come on me, 1 would have to give up and lie down, until it wore off. I was certainly in a dreadful state of health, when 1 finally decided to try Cardut the woman's tonic, and I firmly believe ! would have died if ! hadni taken it. After I began taking Cardui, 1 was greatly helped, and all three bottles re? lieved me entirely. I fattened up, and grew so much stronger in three months, 1 felt like an? other person altogether." Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle acting. Its ingredients have a mild, tonic effect, on the womanly constitution. Cardui makes for increased strength, improves the appetite, tones up the ner? vous system, and helps to make pale? sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy. Cardui has helped more than a million weak women, during the past 50 years. It will surely do for you, what it hat done for them. Try Cardui today. Write to: Chattanooga MedlclM Cov Ladle*' A4* visory Dept.. Chattanooga. Ten?,., for Spocifl iW? itixictumi on your case and 64-page book. Horn Treatment for Women." teat la plain wrapim, J-45 OCTOBER CUSTOMS RECEIPTS. Month of New Tariff Shows Little Falling Off. Washington, Nov. 1.?Although the new tariff Act with its lowered rates of duty has been in effect, practically a month the customs receipts so far have shown little falling off. Accord? ing to the treasury statement today the customs receipts amounted to $30,138,000 for October, just about $80,000 less than those of October, 1912. The deficit for the fiscal year to date, the statement shows, is $5, 757,627, about $3,900,000 more than the deficit at the corresponding pe/iod lasi year. Pension payments under the Shei wood Act apparently are largely re? sponsible for the larger deficit. The payments for the period in 1912 through October amounted to about $52,500,000 and for the same period this year to nearly $57,000,000. The net balance in the general fund I of the treasury at the close of the day's business was $124,923,123 and the grand total of cash in the treas? ury was given at $2,037,646,293 with a total gold in the trust fund of $1, 098,955,169. The past week was a good one for cotton, despite the fact that the State fair week is usually a poor one for cot? ton sales. During the week 3,060 balee of cotton were weighed by the cotton weighers, about 850 of this number coming in Saturday. LOST?White and lemon pointer dog pup eight months old, near Cain Savannah, about October 3rd Re? ward if returned to Robert Shelor. We Pay Highest Cash Prices for Don't give your profits away?slUp direct to us by express and get your money next day. We pay highest prices for green and dry hides of all kinds Beeswax, T?Mow and old Metals, old Rubber and Furs. Try us with a ship* ment now. Send for Price List. ? ? CAROLINA HIDE & JUNK CO. CHARLESTON, S. C. ?INSURANCE IF NOT WHY NOT? WALLACE & MOSES, PHONE 577 122 SOUTH MAIN STREET =Helpful= A bank account is helpful in a hundred different ways. You've found this out, ;if you have a bank ac? count. If you haven't one, we want to see you. The Peoples' Bank. No Other Method for systematic accumulation Is *o go.Hl. so business-like, so safe, SO sure In ultimate results us our flank Account Plan. 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