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Entered at the Postofflco at Sumter, 8. C, aa Second Class Matter. PERSONAL NEWS. Miss Wllhelmina McGSt, of Oreen MhV, is the guest of Mrs. J. L. Mc Callum. Mr. W. Marion Scott, superintend? ent of the tiiflhopville school was In the city for the week-end. Mr. A. A. Ayurs, of Baltimore, Is in the city. Master Reginald Hicks is visiting his grandmother in Paxvllle. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Millard. of Vir? ginia, are visiting the Misses Pate on Kast Liberty Street. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bice are in the rlty, having returned from their wed? ding trip. They were married at Ap pleton on November 5th. Frank McLeod, Esq., is spending a few days in Charleston. Mrs. Lee and Mr. Hartman, of Phil? adelphia, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Kugene Moses have relumed home. Miss Hattie Shelley left for Colum? bia Wednesday morning to attend the performance of Hen Hur at the Co? lumbia Theatre tonight. Mrs. Agnes King, remembered here as Miss Agnes Kuker, and Mr. Theo Kuker of Florence, passed through the city Wednesday afternoon on their way to Columbia to attend the per? formance of Hen Hur at the Columbia Theatre In which Miss Sophia Kuker, known on the stage as Miss Howell, acted one of the leading parts. Mr. Kuker was at one time & resident or Sumter and Miss Sophia Kuker was born In this city. Miss Eileen Hurst left Wednesday afternoon for New York city, where she will visit her brother, Mr. Charles Hllllard Hurst, known on the stage an Charles Hllllard. After a visit in New York, Miss Hurst will stop at Atlantic City and other points for visits to frlenda Mr?. C. O. Rowland and Mrs. W. S. Reynolds were among those to go from here to Columbia Thursday to attend the performance of Ben Hur at the Columbia Theatre that night. Mrs. Anne J. King has gone to Co? lumbia to see Ben Hur at the Co? in mM*. T>. ~~ ? I Thomas H. Tatum, of ?re In the cltv Wednes ttend the performance d's Spots" at the Acad? emy 01 MUSIC Miss Eloise Jenkins, of St. Charles, wsa In the city Thursday on her way home from Columbia, where sho at? tended the performance of Ben Hur. Br. IMck In Charleston. The News and Courier has the fol? lowing to say of Dr. Cleo. W. Dick, who in in Charleston In attendance up? on the fourth District Convention of Knights of Pythias Dr. Dick is an enthusiastic Pythian and has long been identified with the ?>rder. He Is Grand Chaneelor for South Carolina and has been active m maintaining the popularity and pres? tige of the organisation with which he Is Identified. Dr. Dick Is well known to the people of Charleston. He Is one of the most popular members of the Order and received the unanimous en? dorsement of the entire membership to the office which he holds. He Is very attentive to his official respon? sibilities and Is making a most value able executive, an 1 under his manage? ment the Order Is making fine pro? gress In South Carolina. Dr. Dick Is a fluent speaker, an excellent story tel? ler ui.il throughout all a Jovial, popu lur fraternity man. Heath. Mrs. Armhla <\ Kmunuel. wife of |sj Kmanuel. F.*' i . for in?-rl \ Of Geor? getown. 8. C , ,11. .I at her home In Flushing, L. i.. Monday, November 17th. She was th? youngest child of Mum F.. and Armld i II. i 'otlM "f Churlenton. S C The Interment was at 3.10 p. m. Wed' .s.lay, from the r Mr -?. Altumont Moses, South Washington street, this city, the home of her ; Irl hood and of her dearest affections. Mrs. Bssetntsl was closely an 1 vn.Miinently associated with the Southern OOlofiy >.r New York. D>Otn| .i >, aiu. ,1 rnesaeef of I hi 1' sV H the Daughters or the Confederacy. litt s.. ? 11 h Carolins Society and the Dixie Club, all of New York city. She Is surslved by lor husband and by net sisters. Mrs. j. i?. joev bimsen of N>w York. Mesdames DeLeon and Altarnont MoSOS of Sum*, r, end Mrs. j. d. Hurby of Charleston. The visit of the Shriners will be one of the biggest things of Its kind which has ever come to Sumter. A large number of the stores have if* ready made arrungementa for dssof ntlng snd all of the preparations by the Sumter Shrine Club have about been rumplet? d for the entertainment wf the guests. IM CIVIL COURT. Verdict For LcU Against Southern? James Against Coast Line. The case of Levl against the South cm Railway for alleged damage to timlK. because of the burning off of a tract of land alleged to have been due to the carelessness of the defend? ant ended Monday afternoon, when the jury returned a verdict for $500 for Levi. The suit was for 91,110. The next case was that of Jefferson James against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. This is a suit for $300 because of the killing of a horse and damage to wagon and harness by a railroad train, when the wagon was struck by the train. The defense alleged that the killing was due to the carelessness of the river of the horse, he having driven on the track in front of the oncoming train. The case resulted in a verdict of $200 for the plaintiff. The next case taken up wv.s that of Martha Ballard and Grant Ballard agnlnst the Atlantic Coast Line Rail? road company. This is a suit for 000 damages for personal injuries. The case of Martha Ballard and Graham Ballard against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company ? r $2, 000 damages because of personal in? juries ended Tuesday afternoon when the Jury returned a verdict for the railroad. The next case laken up was that of the Bank of Lynchburg against E. E. Spain, et al. This Is a suit to re? cover on notes alleged to have been given the plaintiff by the defendant. A big case now in court is that of J. M. DesChamps against the Atlantic Coast Line railroad company. The suit is for $80,000 damages for per? sonal injuries. The plaintiff alleges that in trying to board a passenger train at Pen-, murk on November 7th, 1012, a gang plank on which he was standing was struck by the train and he was thrown to the ground between the train and the platform. He was severely in? jured in several places and will never fully recover from the injuries. The railroad denies that the gang plank on which the man alleges he was standing was the proper place to board the train and that the injuries were due to the carelessness of the plaintiff. Messrs. Jennings and Epps repre? sent the plaintiff and Reynolds a?ul McLemore the defendant. Tho ease of the Bank of Lynchburg against E. E. Spann, et al., a suit on notes, resulted In a verdict of $1, 041.20 for the plaintiff. A decree for foreclourse was issued in the case of Augusta I. Solomons against Jefferson l>avis. The case of Abraham Jones against the Atlantic Coast Line railroad com? pany, a suit for $500 damages for burning off land belonging to the de? fendant, resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $75. Tho Southern Cotton Oil Company Against R. C. Wactor, et al., a suit on notes, resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $1,615.79. AX ACCIDENTAL KILLING. Prod Lanham of Summcrton Kills Negro Shooting at Cooji. Manning Times. There was a very deplorable acci? dent In Santee Swamp near the tram road of the Santee Lumber Company, last Wednesday afternoon, which re? sulted in the accidental killing of Wil? lis Bennett, colored, by Mr. Fred Lanham. Dr. T. M. Davis, Dr. Leon Fist her and Mr. Fretl Lanham of Summerton accompanied by Willis Bennett, Lawrence Tintial, Moise Ben? nett, and Baker Ragln, colored, were on a tleer tfrlve. and when they were returning out of the swamp the dogs began running BOOBS, Mr. Lanham saw a coon standing on a 1?K tOtHS distance off, which he shot at, one of the shot penetrated the head Of Willis Hcnnett. und from this wound he died about one o'clock Thursday morning. All who were present say that it was a physical Impossibility for Mr. Lan? ham to have seen the unfortunate man when he was shot. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental ! killing. Mr. Lanham is quite distress? ed over the killing although he rccog mr..?s that It was purely accidental, and in this he is sustained by both white and eolorod, who were present, yet it grieves him, Which Ii tho nat? ura' feeling of a gentleman. Lastern Star Officers Here. Mrs. Nancy Bennett, of spartan burg, Grand Worthy Matron of the order of Eastern star, paid h vlsH to Beuclalre Chapter of Eastern Btar Tuesday night at Its meeting. Bhe made an elo.pient address along lines rt Utting to the order which was heard with a ireal deal of Interest by those present following ths meeting t. til Informal reception was held Which was I lo.sed with an oyster sup per. The lot g] football team is praetis Ing hard every afternoon now for th< l ime w Ith the Ph it It stt n High Schoo on Thaftksgh mg i ?a>. COTTON CROP COMPARISON. Approximately The Sumo Yield This Year as Last Season?More in 1011. A comparison of the cotton weigh? ed by the public weighers in Sumter during the present year and ending 1912 shows that the amount of cot? ton sold in Sumter this and last sea? son is approximately the same. The cotton weighers this season have, up 1 to Saturday, weighed 27,639 bales, Whereas last year up to the same time they had Weighed 23.796 bales. Last year at this time there were about 4,000 bales of cotton In the ware? house, while this year there are only about 1,000 bales in the warehouse' now. This shows a difference of nearly one thousand bales in favor of this season, but as the figures are not exact and Indicate only the cot? ton handled in Sumter, it seems that the amount of cotton raised last year and this in the coun y is practically the same. Another .'eature to indi? cate this is the fact that this year the season has been e <eeptionally line for gathering cotton, and there is probably less in the lelds now than at this time I1 >ear. For the year 1911 I he number of' bales weighed fioes way up, for then there had been 36,721 bales weighed and there was more cotton in the warehouse then than 1 ist year or this season. During the past week 1,843 bales of cotton were weighed, 433 of them coming in Saturday. GETTING READY VOR CHRIST? MAS. Merchants arc Making Arrangements to Care for Holiday Trade. "Shop Early" the Slogan. The mercantile estiblishments of Sumter are prepared .'or a tremen? dous "buy early" Christinas trade. Ex? pecting an unusual heavy trade due to the high prioes of cotton and to? bacco, and the splendid crop yields the wholesale and retail establishments began early in the season to prepare for the rush. Never before in the mercantile his? tory of this city have the business men gone as heavily into the Christ? mas trade purchases for the holiday trade. This applies as well to the wholesale lines as to the retail estab? lishments because Sumter's wholesale concerns ship hundreds of thousands of dollars of all kinds of goods to points all over the South. The "buy early" for Christmas idea is being encouraged as much as pos? sible by Sumter business concerns be? cause it not only avoids the uncom? fortable and inconvenient last minute rush, but also because the Sumter merchants realize that their customers can be more easily suited and pleased i if they have ample time in which to make their holiday selections. The Dally Item and Watchman and South? ron will issue shortly their Xmas edit? ion which will foster tht "buy early" idea. SQUADRON TO VERA CRUZ. Rritish Vessels Erom Want Indies Will Go t<> Help Guard* Bridgetown, Barabados, Nov. 19.? The British cruiser squadron in West Indies waters last night received per? emptory orders to proceed to Vera Cruz and the vessels sailed at mid? night. The British cruiser squadron con? sists of three armored cruisers, Suf? folk, Lancaster and Berwick, and is Commanded by Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock. Iiis ilagship IS the Suffolk., The three cruisers are of the same type, displacing 9,800 tons each. They each carry an armament of 14 six inch, eight 12-pounders and three pounder guns. 1 When the British cruisers Suffolk, Lancaster and Berwick arrive at Vera Cruz a very powerful licet of war Vessels will be assembled in the Mexican gulf. The American battle? ships Louisiana, Michigan Rhode Is? land, Virginia, New Jersey, Nebraska and New Hampshire tire there. MARE'S MILK INTOXICATES. First Tipple Was Koumiss, Still the Delight of the Tartar. Albany, x. v., \ov. 19.?'Fermented mare's milk, not John Barleycorn, was the foe prohibitionists bad to light in the days of tile ancients, W. W. Parley, state commissioner <?f excise. declared today in an address here on "excise legislation." "Tbe most ancient of all Intoxi? cating beveragei was made from mare's milk set aside ami allowed to ferment.'' he said. "This drink, called koumiss;" still is the favorite tipple Of the Tartar." Parley declared the solution of the liquor question lay In the public being taught to use a non Intoxicating sub I stltute t'<?r beer. Statutes < ;m regulate, j but not cure the e> II, he sank Many of the hunters are planning for bunts in various parts ??l thS state <>n Thanksgiving Dny. Cor M V HOARD MEETING. tfaii Question Again Cornea ui> for Discussion?Will Sell Only at Ad? vantage. The county board in pursuance of: a. resolution at its former meeting held a meeting Tuesday to discuss matters referring to the county jail. As yet no bids have been received for the jail and lot at the comer of Bumter and Canal Streets which the board deemed advantageous to tho county and the property is therefore still being held by the county. The board discussed the matter ful? ly at its meeting. The board wants to ?ell the jail and the county property here, if it can sell on what it considers good terms, but it will not sell unless the property brings its market value. The matter is merely a financial trans? action for the count}' and the board will not sell unless the county, in their opinion, can be benefited by the trans? action. With this object, in view the board has called lor bids on the prop? erty, which will be received by the next meeting. If at this time satisfactory bids are not received and the board finds that the property cannot be disposed of on good terms, the same site will bfl used in the building of another jail, or the present jail will be repaired and enlarged to suit the needs of the coun? ty. . j 11. C. Haynsworth, ESQ., appeared before the board at its meeting to protest against the removal of the jail from its present site to a site on East Canal street or in that section, as it would greatly depreciate the value of | his and other property ir. that section, ' which had been put chased when j there was no jail there, he stated. His protest was listened to. Messrs. S. C. Baker, Neill O'Don nell and C. G. Rowland made a re? quest of the board that the jjresent jail property be donated to the Tourney Hospital. In return for the gift the hospital would each year care for a limited number of patients from the county. The board, after hearing their re? quest, declined to make the dona? tion, as the county was not in a finan? cial condition to make such a ?jit't. New Rank Adds Director. At a Board of Director's meeting! of the Commercial and Savings Bank' held on Tuesday afternoon Mr. S. W. | Gilleapte Of Claremont, s. c, was elected a director. Mr. Gillespie is well known in Sumter, having lived here until two or three years ago, and is now a progressive and prosperous planter and merchant of Claremont, S. C. His election on the Board of direc? tors of the Commercial and Savings Bank will no doubt add many friends and customers to that institution. DEPORTED FROM ENGLAND. Two Americans Sent Away Under As? sault Charges, Boston, Nov. 19.?The tir.st Ameri? cans deported from England In many years reached here today on tho La conia. They are Harry E. Shiply. of Baltimore, and Thomas Birthwhistle, of Providence, who had been arrested in England for assaults. Birthwhistle was allowed to land, but Shipley was held pending investigation. TO AID SANTA CALUS. Bmieson Bids People Bend Christmas tafts Early. Washington, Nov. 19.?Aid to Santa Claus, who In this case means the overworked Christmas season mail c lerk and carrier, was extended today by Postmaster Burleson. Jle ordered sent to the 60,000 postoflicos throughout the country conspicuous placards requesting everybody to mail their Christmas parcels early, wrap them securely and address them plainly. C. T. Nallle Looking After Interest of Main ami Allied Lines in Florence. Florence, NOV. 19.?The Seaboard Air Line established a permanent up? town office at this place, with Mr. C. J. Nallie In charge. Mr. Nallle's office will be in the Williamson building, right near the two leading hotels. The appointment is for the Seaboard Air Lipe and its allied lines, the South Carolina Western, the North and South Carolina and the Char? leston and Northern railroads. NOTICE All parties are hereby warned not to hunt or trespass on the lands of the undersigned. Anyone caught tres? passing will be punished t?? the full extent of th" law: Jno. Player, J. W. McKay, Slgmon Player, ,i r. llland, Col. J. lt. Muldrow, Dr. lt. M. Mul drow, J. W. Rhodes, W. W Rhodes, W. w. Player, It. A. Chandler, W, r. chandler. Jim Mayes, Bob Muldrow R. b. Muldrow, Jr., J. B. Harnett, Itradlej & Thomas, It. r. DcsChnmps 11ugh Withcrspoon. S. A. L. OPENS OFFICE NO MAIL FOR THREE MONTHS. Clients of Uncle Sun In West Virginia Have Strong Kick. Charleston, \V. Va., Nov. 1?.?De? claring that they have had no mail service for three months, persons who formerly du pended <?n the mail car? rier who traveled the 1 f? miles be? tween Clendenning and Walton, W. Va., today forwarded an appeal to United States Senator \V. B. Chilton for relief. Piles of lirst-class matter are said to have collected at Clendenning, and what is estimated to be four carloads of parcels are in the hands of the custodian of mails at that point. Some time ago the government conducted an examination for mail (airier to I look after the route and received bids for the work. The lowest bid, 12, 900, was deemed too high by the au? thorities ai d they refused to accept it. The bidder, however, would not] >. ? duce his price ;m<l as no other per Bon In the community would take the job for leee money the mail has not been delivered. There will be a parcel post rush during the week before Christmas, why not send Christmas presents earlier and save trouble and help out the postolhce clerks. The County Board of Commission-r era offers the Jail and lot owned by the county on the corner of Canal and Sil niter streets for sale, bids to be re? ceived up to 10 o'clock a. m. of De cember -nd, at the office of the Coun? ty Board. All bids must be accom? panied by certified check for two per Cent of the price bid, and will bo subject to acceptance or rejection, at the discretion of the Board. W. H. Shelley & Son, "THE STORE ACCOMMODATING" OPP. POSTOFFICE I _ _I Thanksgiving. "Thanksgiving" is not a day; its a habit. In order to be thank? ful on Thanksgiving day, we must learn HOW everyday In the year* There are some simple rules. Walk on the sunny side of the street; live in the best room in the house; think about your FRIENDS, not yoor enemies; talk about your good luck, not your had: Bank with The Farmers' Bank and I Trust Co. I These arc some of the ways of acquiring the spirit of CHEER- V FULNESS, which |g the only soil in which the flower of "thanks- * giving** will grow. i ?4 4444444444 ++-f+++++4 444444 ?-H44 "4 4444 4*4 4444 Helpful A bank account is helpful in a hundred different * ways. You've found this out. if you have a bank ac- it count. If you haven't one. we want to see you. The Peoples' Bank. 4444444444444444444444444444444444444 MORE MEN Arc appreciating the fact they do not have to accept conditions fixed by forces over which they have no control. These men are looking to the morrow for better indhidual standing and are making concentrated and intelligent effort to overcome their pres? ent handicap, to improve their liuancial a flairs. This is where our bank service will help the earnest man. It protects and conscr\es his income, assists him to build the small surplus from each transaction into a lump sum which he can use as a working force, use to car n him more money. Fir^l National Bank U. S. DEPOSITORY ?4444 4444 4 44444444 44444444444444444444444444 4 MMMf 444444444444444444444444444444444444444414444444444^ I Horses and Mules. CAR LOAD FINE KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE STOCK ON SALE AT HAGOOD. X I shall receive and have on sale at m> stables at Hngoosl? wlth T in nexi leu days, ;i ?;V load of extra nice Kcntuck} and lessees*** ? Horstes und Mule*-. Tlicrc are sonne excellent roadsters In the lot, > :is well a< young sound general purpose Horses and well broke 5 f f I I arm Mules. The prices will Interest aft close buyers. A. H. Saunders, :: HA??c0D'