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ttaoered at the Poetoffloe at Sumter, 8. C . ae Second Claaa Matter. MNOKAE news. Misses Maude and Alccn I'.radham went to CohMUMa Thursday to attend the Performance of Hen Hur at the Columbia The.titv. Mr. ami Mrs T. B. Reynolds ami family have ? oved from Charlotte back to Sumter and are now in then house en North Main Street. MIms S< huyler Cooper has returned home, after spending several days in Marion the guest of Miss Lilhe Brown, and participating in the Baker-Scott wedding Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. V. It. Jenkins and Mrs J. w. Jackson were among those who went from here to Columbia to at? tend the performance of "Ben Hur" at tho Columbia Theatre. Mrs. W. M. Wolfe was among those who went from here to attend the per? formance of Bei? Hur at the Columbia Theatfti Mr. S. ?. White, of Hagerstown. M l . spent the day In the city. He is a son of l?r. A. J. White, of Summer tori, who Is also in tho city today. Mr. White is an olrlcer and sales man? ager of the Anti.it.in Paper Company of Hagerstown, with which he has been connected for twenty years. Magistrate J. L G?lls, of Rembert, was in the city Sunday and Monday. Dr. George B. Cromcr. of Ncwberry, spent Sunday In tho city with his daughter, Mrs. I* *' Molse. Misses I.ucy Casque and Martha Platt, of Wedgctlvld, were in the city Sunday. Mr. John Stuckey, of Columbia, spent Sunday in tho city with his par aaj? Mrs. Claude McLcod has returned to the city after visiting relatives at Walterboro and elsewhere. Miss Furman of Greenville Is visit? ing the family of Uev. and Mrs. Wal? ter I. Herbert. Dr. P. M. Harvln, of Plncwood, was In the city Monday. stohk Bl rnld sunday. Property of Shlloh Itaptlst Church Destroyed?Other buildings Saved by Department. A store and hall on Dingle street, the property of the Shlloh Baptist church, was destroyed by fire Sunday evening about 6 o'clock. The build? ing was a two story frame structure. The first llo^r was occupied by the Rev. J. a. Plnson, pastor of the Shlloh church, and the second floor was used aa a hall for lodges. The cause of the fire Is unknown, but Rev. Pinson stated Monday that he thought it must have been caused by someone going into the lodge room from the outside stairway, the door to the room being unl<?< ked, and throw - ,; a cigarette or cigar stump on the floor, as there was no tiro in the building. n??r had there been any. He thought that tho tire was either caus? ed In this way or was incendiary, and he had M reason to think it was Incendiary. There was a lar^e amount of fod? der. h iv in.I ton ll a building in the r^ar of tho store, whit h was saved by the k.1 work of the lire department. Hev Pia on, m speaking of tho fire, expressed his great appreciation of the work of the tiro department, through whose efforts surrounding H"i" rty waa saved. Spe? t.if.rs .U tho lire, and there wer?? several hundred of them, were I \#>n an exhibition el pynde. hni< s in the lire, thousands of "parks being sent heavcnw.ird, many of then flail-* 111K on buildings a hundred feet ii way. u ki M?>M>\Y M<MINING. fejBB)| Market or smith ami Met Iclluii and smith llioll\ Damaged. Fire early this morning did eonsid erable damage to the store on BOOt Liberty street in whij h Smith and M?< |i.|lan eondin t a meat market. Tin tire enuKht when Mr. McCteUan, who was the first person t.? arrive at the store, struck a match to light the gas It Im supposed that gas had been cs < iping during the night and as tie mat* h was Mtruek an explosion 00> ? urred, whl? h s?'t the w hole pla< e on fire. Ttie fire department turnetl out promptly and e\t u.guished the fire lief..re It hud burned through the wnlls although the\ were ? ..n> d? . iiblv charred. The ?..r.ients of the store were prettv badlv d imaged. Mr. Smith stated tb.t there was heui once on these iroods The store is owned by Mr. C. U. Rowland and Wal also insured. The city f..rees are busy hint now getting trees trimmed, s., |hat tie liKhts will show up well on Thanks fjtvlai i-iv. Mr. Roberteon hai mads arningt-mcnts to ha\e the ttroetl In fine eondition by Thursday fof tif* coming of tb" shrlncrs. FCJITTV CASKS IN COURT. N ii in I kt of Motions for Now Trials Heard and Refused by Judge ?SSSSS, In the common pleas court Satur? day Judge Sease hoard a num? ber of motions for new trials in vari? ous cases whic h have been tried dur? ing this term of court. Some of these are: Case of J. B. Muhl row against At? lantic Coast Line Railroad Company. The new trial was refused, but Judge Sease reduced the verdict to $300. The case of Maud O. Taylor, et ab, against Isaac Strauss, et all., motion for new trial, refused . In the case of A. U. Davis again.U the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com? pany a motion for a new trial was al? so refused. A decree was issued in the case of Julia V. Reck against the Northwest? ern Railway Company at the request of the plaintiff, fixing the right of way of the railroad. In Civil Court. The case of G. W. Moore against the Atlantic Coast Line closed Sat? urday morning, when a verdict was returned in favor of the defendant. A consent verdict was agreed to in the case of S. M. Rroon against the Continent*! Casualty Company. The suit was for accident insurance on a Dolley carried by the plaintiff amounting to $1,140. RAILROAD WINS IN BIG SI/IT. ????? Secure* Verdict In PesCami*? Case? Sanders Wins Verdict for $500. The case of J. M. D? sChamps vs. the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad com? pany resulted Thursday afternoon in a verdict for the defendant. This was one of tho biggest suits against the railroad, coming second to the Rrown case where $100,000 was asked. The plaintiff asked for $80,000 damages for personal injuries. The next case taken up was that of M. B. Sanders against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. He sued for damages amounting to $2, i>99 punitive and actual damages be? cause of an alleged irregularity in the ticket Bold him at Fayetteville to Rarnwell, S. C, by way of Columbia. He alleged he was put off the train by the conductor at Wedgefleld, when he offered his ticket, the straight fare In case and his mileage book to the con? ductor, all of which were refused. 1 It was given a verdict of $500 punitive damages. The next case was that of Susan A. Williams against the Atlantic Coast LIm railroad company. This was a1 suit for personal injuries. TO ORGANIZE \i:w CHURCH. A Protracted Meeting to Begin With tlie Organization on Sunday. At the Salem Avenue Mission on Sunday, November 2.1rd at 11 o'clock a. m.. Rev. A. T. Rogers will preach. Immediately after tilt sermon, a m w BftptlSt Church Will be organized. This will be the beginning of a pro? tracted meeting that will last through the week. Rev. J. K McMsnaway, an evangelist of the HOMIC Mission Loard of the Southern Raptist Convention, will be in charge of this meeting. There will DC preaching every night at s o'clock. There will be a day ser? vice also, the hour to be announced later. All arc cordially invited to attend these services, H<H cptton for Bride. Friday e\ening Miss Minnie Moore received In honor of Mrs, Moses J. Moore, a bride of a couple of weeks, at her home on West Calhoun Street The residence was tastefully decorated with ferns end potted plants for the occasion, which proved a de? lightful one. Quite a large number ??f guests <aiied during the svnlng to meet the bride and Welcome her to , her new bom.' in Sumter. Delightful refn ihments were served, ?UlfMIR COTTON MARK 171. Corrected Dally By Ernest Field Cotton Buyer, Sumter. Nov. 21. C,.I Middling II 7-8. strict Middling 12 Middling II 8-8, Strict Low Middling II l?4, Low Middling 11 1*8, st. Good ? Ordinary 11 1 -s. StapiS cotton nominal. New York Cotton Market New York, Nov. 2L Open Clone. Jan.11.88 18.82 Mar.18.86 18.85 May.l-'.x:: IS 83 July..12.7;; 12.85 Aug.II 18 18.88 < I, i.1 1,88 11 I.., ..18.16 13.11 The cotton crop ol sumter county twill be Lnt little greater ihln year lli in Is11, n ml n^ys imnller than I he j 1811 crop, INQUIRE ABOUT si'MTtflt tM.W. cities in Dominion of Canada Seek information Concerning New Form of Municipal Covornmcnt. Inquiries for information in regard to the Sumter City Manager plan of government arc coming in from Brit? ish Columbia, the Dominion of Cana? da, and from every State in the union. Civic Improvement and civic gov? ernment improvement leagues, city Council*, college and State libraries, attorneys, city engineers, and many other business and professional men, women, and organizations are writing for copies of the Sumter city charter, and printed litcratu *e about the Sum? ter plan. Secretary Reardoi has exhausted every copy of the printed commission government act, and the amendment thereto as applied to Sumter, and he can not furnish any more of thofc% pamphleta, Hut his office is mailing out to in? quirers hundreds of the pamphlets ex? plaining the city manager feature and in each envelope la inclosed a pretty descriptive llluetratet pamphlet about Sumter city and county, telling of our Climate, soils, field production and yield per acta-, cost of production and net profit of held crops, etc., our splendid railway facilities, manufac? turing industries and opportunities, educational facilities, water supply, healthfulness of our city and county, and many other things about our city and county. So the commission and city manager plan has and is still advertising Sum? ter very extensively at comparatively small cost. Hanquet for Shrincrs. - A social feature of the coming week is the banquet for the Shrincrs ? f <>mar Temple and their visiting broth? ers which will be given Thanksgiving night In the hall of the Sumter Elec? trical Company. This is the only hall in town large enough to accommodate the six hundred or more nobles who will be here for the at nual fall meet? ing of the Arabians. The banquet will be served by the Imperial Hotel and will be the biggest, probably, which has ever been given in Sumter. A Coning Marriage. Mi 'I I Invitations have been issued by Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. iichardson to the marriage of their daughter, MiJ*s Elisabeth Allen, to Mr. Henry Bur chill Richardson on the evening of December third at the Church of the, Holy Comforter. Miss Richardson is1 a popular young lady of this city and Mr. Richardson is a well know n farm? er of Clarendon County. The Football t-iame. Although crippled by the absence of two of their best backfield nun. the Sumter boys played good ball at DarliAgton Friday afternoon, the line proving a tower of strength and every man In it starring. Brown was the individual star of the team on the of? fense, getting away twlCQ at the cen? ter of the Held for touchdow ns. One. on a forward pass and once on a blocked kick. "Cat" Handle proved his mettle by breaking through the I ?arlington line time alter time and breaking up plays. In the back held Spann was knock? ed in the head and, though dased, continued to play, although this pro vented him from running the team in his usual excellent style. Brad ham has his arm hurt in the first part of the game and was unable after this to carry the ball In his usual good form. It was due to these tWO things , that the Darlington team won its vic? tory for the locals outplayed them at I most points on the game. The game noXl Thursday, it is hoped, will i?e, with a rejuvenated team. Booth will probably be back in tho game at half, and posslhlj Brunsou will be able to take his old place at full, Dradham will be bet? ter by then and Spann will again bo his normal self, so the Sumter boys expect to put up their usual hard I game with the true Came Cock spirit, COTTON HOUSE BURNS. ; About Thlrt) Bale-, Destroyed by Fire. Orangeburg, Nov, 21.? The cotton I house of J, J, Falrey, a prominent farmer of the East (?rang?' .section of Orangeburg county, was burned mi Tuesday night. About ftO bales of cot I ton Were destroyed, The bales of eot lon on the platform were practically all saved, Dy very hard work the uin hOUSe WaS saved. The ftTe oCCUITCd at about midnight, The origin Is un j known, Mr, Falrey carried no in I su ranee, Quite a number of rases were tried in the recorder's court Mnndaj morn ' Ing, Ihe majority of them belnfi foi . \i lotion of the v. hi' if ordinance which requires vehicles to keep to ihe light at the cornel ol MUlli and Libi t ly streets It seems a hard matter ! for t he pollt e to leach I he public j (hat the rieht ol the street Is Ihe J pi'epei side for Ihem lo stay on, YES Sir! Certainly we can fit you! B ring in your shape and make us prove it! Men who are hard to fit can come here expecting to be fit? ted correctly with a Suit or Overcoat and not go away disappointed. We've lines of Garment?, excellently Tailored from splendid fabrics to fit the Very Tall Man?the Very Short Man?the Very Large Man and the Short Heavy Man. Garments that will fit every form cor? rectly. Prices Moderate-No Extra Charges ALL WOOL SUIT OR OVERCOAT $12.50, $15.00, $20.00 to $28.00. Come in, Mr. Hard-to-Fit, and see what we can do for you and how well we can please you. mg Co., er The Home of Good Clothes Phone 166 Sumter, S. C. FOOTBALL GAME THURSDAY. Sumter Hoys to Flay Charleston High School Team. The last football game of the season in which the local High School will compete is to be staged on the local bas< ball grounds on Thursday, when the High School hoys of Charleston come to try to scalp the Calhoun Street hoys. The two teams have al? ready played one game this year, which want to Charleston by the score of U to 0, but as this game was in a mire, it did nut give a fair showing of tlie ability oi* the two teams. Tie- gam<- lure Thanksgiving Day will be a good one. The. rclatlvoj strength of the two te ams gives char-j h.sten the preference, because ot" its previous Victory and because1 of its, victory over rjennettsvlllei which was| defeated by Marion, a team which de? feated the Sumter boys during tin earlier part of the season. However, this docs not show thai the Charit stop, team w ill be victorious, for the team has come a long- way in the4 past reW weeks. Coach Nash has got the team to working together DR. Z. F. HIQHSMITH, ^00EBE^ Eyesight Specialis! '\ ^Jf^N&j Salisbury, N. C. Will be at Clare, "^v^g^moot Hotel pre? pared to lit ginsm, from Dee, 1st il"lil the Ifttll IllcitlsiYC, FOR SALE. The County Hoard of Commission* ? is offers the jail and ha owned by the county oil the corner 1 r Canal and Sumter streets for sale, lads to be re? ceived up to in o'clock a. ni. of De? cember 2nd, at the office of the t'oiin ty Board, All bids must be accom? panied by ecrtilled 'lock for two per 11 tit of the price lud, a ml will he Bubjecl t<> acceptance or re s e t ion, at the discretion of the Board, ? Gev/.IT. Hurst, CNDERTAK 1 ft AM) EMBAfiifBR Prompt attention to day of night calls. AT OLD 3. D. ch.\t<; STAND, 1(13 n. Main sir.vt. Day Phone IS9. Night Phone 18^. with a pep which is sure to make the Charleston boys hustle. Another fact Ih favor of the locals is thai Booth Will probably be back n the name. He was not in the other Charleston game, a fact which greatly weakened the team. Brunson will also probably bo bacjc at his position of full back and with Brad ham on the Other side, to v. oi k With them, will make as fast a High Sc hool back field as can be found. The line played fancy hail against Darlington last Fri day and will be in even better sh next Thursday to hold the rushes the Charleston backs. There wore a large number of b? and girls in town Saturday at t meetings of the Boys' Corn Club and the Girls' Tomato Club. These young farmer folks are showing much inter? est in the newest ways of growing com and vegetables and in the near future they \\ ill be able to beat their parents at the farming game. With the general public th( ire seems to be quite a lot of confusion in distinguishing between W. B. Burns & Son and the Burns H irdware Co. For further information of the public, we will state that W. B. Burns sold his hardware business to a corporation called the Burns Hard? ware Co., about eleven years ago, and since that time has had absolutely nothing to do with the management of that business. W. B. Burns again started business January 1st 1913, under the firm name of W. B. Burns & Son, and will be found at his old stand on North Main Street, next door to Bultman Bros. Shoe Store, with a com? plete line of hardware, Muresco, crockery, har? ness ami wagon material, and in fact all lines per taining to the hardware business. We solicit the business in our line, and wiH guarantee prices and quality against any compet? itors at all times. At any time you are not satisfied with any? thing purchased of us, ask for your money back and it will be cheerfully returned. Just now it's hearing stove season, and in this line we have some very attractive prices to offer you. It's time to prepare for Thanksgiving -see our line of carvers. A full line of razors, scissors and cutlety. W. B. BURNS & SON 35 North Main tei 'Phone 463