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I UNIQUE OPENING. NMRi Ml OOOM COMPANY has \<>r\hi,?; event at the lit sroiiE. I iittstial Procedure Marked Annual spring Opening of NN. II Known Dry <.<mmU Store?Iaiellos of "Kin? Maid ' i onipany Pass on I'arade in Latest spring MimIcI*. Probably the annual spring opening of the- Shinter Dry Goods Company establishment ??rt Friday afternoon on*- of the in ist unique u ud im>st largely attended events of its kind ever held In the city of Sunitcr. Kveryhody was there to see, ?r at least everybody who could spare a few minutes of time between the hours of three and five, the latest models Of HprlnK gowns and coat suits. .Now. the reason why they were thers is a sec ret, but the writer will tell tho Header. If he or she promises not to tell anyone SSM. There are two reason*: First, because tho Sunitcr Dcj i jood* Compas] had let it he gen ersllv known that they were to have sn opening that was not to be one of the usual stahl ? i dinar' openings, and, second, because the ladles of the ? Itese Maid company had, through the nrrunKcm? nts of their manager and the man ige-r of the Siimter Dry Qooeds Company, he-en secured to "fur ItMSSJ numerous hand-ion.S frocks in the manner most approved h\ modern society and required by the "Parisian style Cazette." Su'M? o it to say. now that the secret la out, that even list men. and thcro wore many Shu could not he clashed as young into either, who we re there to see the In test styles. The iisHj little "Hose? Maids" passed In review, paraded to and fro. in the show window ami out again, back and forth on the dais, which had been spec billy arranged the length of the store, and let tho hun? dreds, possibly thousands, of anxious ladh s get a good \lew of what they are going to wear this spring. There were about a hundred gowns in the lot which was shown, gowns and coat suits of many colors und various shades, all of them of the most ap? proved fashion and latest design. They had the necessary fringes, frills, furbelows and whatnots, and the price of each was announced so that the Indies might deelede right there and then upon which one they would get. The dainty ladles with their beautiful dresses were applauded merrily and seemed to enjoy the per? formance as much as did the hun? dreds who came and went, crowding the store at all times during the dis |lv and expressed their pleasure at the showing. The Siimter Dry floods Company has many friends and almost all of them were there, probably if the others had come they could hardly havo gotten In the store, largo as It la. Visitors were there from Man? ning, llishopvllle. Mavesvlllc. Florence and possibly from Columbia. During the op? n n.: an oi lestra from the "lt??s? Muhl ' Company played sweet airs from the show. A pleading incident in connection With the (lose of the opening Was the presentation to the v.aing ladles who had taken part in the db pin \ Of beautiful carn.itiofiH by the store as an indi >t -n of it* appreciation ami pleasure at ha\ing had then pres? ent. FINE HOUSES TO COME IIEltE. Eoiy Phil ami Tidal Wave In String lo He llroiight to sumter by klr \en-NA hltcoter. of Darlington. Among the entries which have al? ready been made lor tho Siimter H Show are several from Dar llngjtos of horses which will he hard to beat in the ring events in their e lasses. Then,, horses are to be bii-ugh? m a Miing by Messrs. Ktr ven and Whlt? over, of Darlington, who are planning to take away much of the Sumtei mone\ with them when they return homo at the close of the Sunder show . "Tidal Wsve." champion hve-galted saddle horse at the tlreenvllle show last year. "Foxy Phil. ' c hampion ?, jailed saddle horse In the same show, a line pair of roadsters, and the llnest pair of muh-s which has probably e\er bet n seen m this part of the Slate, are among tho animals which the Darlington SJOslttOSnSg ha., nrruiged to enter lure. BSSMSi Hose animals there are other t win h will bring the string up to eight Of ten animals in all. c sMNSj 'be hones which Aft bslSjf taken to CgggrtsS from Sunitcr la bs entered In the show there, it Is prob? at le that other an mala ffOSS 'hi pi o g will gg ? ni. red In the Suinfer Horse Show. Mr. .N D. Haiv has msi rStslgasg ii. Kentucky, where he purchased three handsome horses, ulii' h .im gjoa on the road lo re, and w hh h will be enteied In the Sunder I how Tin ..fibers of ihe show are much pleased at Ho- UHOfSSi wbi. h is be ing ttiken on all shies and ladtcatloOS in- lb.if lie- sJsSH will SS a tug sue etat. ENGLAND AWAITS CRISIS. HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT PRE? MIUM roic BATTLE DURING THIS HI I K. ?tettasj Raas High and Leaders Lend l.arncst Efforts to Solve Compli? cated Problems L\en Suffrage (Question is Doing Ignored by Ha? rassed Statesmen. London, March L's.?What has been pronounced ' the greatest crisis for statesmanship in three hundred years" was simmering over Sunday. Both houses of Parliament Monday will train their hea\iest guns on the whole complicated affair. Passions arc run? ning high and country houses, where politicians customarily spend the week-end, tire deserted. Party leaders are conferring in London and urgent summonses have bdea sent tO all members to attend. If the outcome of the crisis is to be a general election in the near future the radical wing of the Liberal party will form a close alliance with the Labor party, the coalition crystuliz ing its platform into the battle cry. "The aristocrats against the people." Premier Aequlth announced army order today which generally is con? sidered to have been intended as a sort of (barter on which Field Mar sbal Preach and (Jen. Ewart might be induced to rcipain in their po? sitions. Col. Seely's tenure in the of lice of the war ministry seems des? tined le be of short continuance. The Westminster Gazette and the Dally t'hronicle, foremost among Liberal papers, are saying that Col. Seely must relinquish his portfolio. The name of John liurns is discussed most often as his probable successor. That .a democratic government eould lie carried to such lengths as to e supervision of tbe army Into the hands Of the sturdy character who MM into the limelight first as a la? bor agitator would have been un? thinkable a decade ago. Yet a recog? nition of the soldier on the same plane with his oitlcer, in the charter rights and duties which the government proclaimed today, is a long step to? wards the same levelling of the class? es. Tho Panama debate at Washington uhich ordinarily would have been read here with equal interest to that which it exc ites in the United Slates, is passing almost unnoMeed in the ex? citement over tho crisis, and even tho suffragettes are being Ignored. The king's actions and attitude during the crisis gradually are becom? ing known. Hadlcal and Laborite at? tacks on the king for his alleged in? terference in politics have subsided. The king followed his ministers' ad? vice from the beginning of home rule controversy. While maintaining im? partiality, apparently lie had a person? al leaning toward home rule. The king and the members of his court were outspoken In condemning Sir Kdward Carson for organizing the l ister volunteer army, and resented his act in reviewing the volunteers as though they were a regular military body, and in assuming prerogatives, by reason of whic h the Liberals nam? ed him "King Carson." Buch an olfenee( as (Jen. sir Robert Baden-Powell discovered when he placed bis portrait <?n postage stamps during the siege of Mafekingf is an unpardonable sin in the eyes of the eourti While Premier Aequlth end Col Beoly recently we re closeted with the king. Major Hen. Sir William It. Rob? ertson, director e>t military training at the war emcee, accompanied by ? col league, vlalted the palace, according te? reliable- information, and asked lo bo admitted to the conference on urg< nt busine ss. The reqticel was granted, and the officers announced thai they and a majority of the staff officers would resign Immediately unices the govern? ment made its peace with the Cur? ragh oBleera. Premier Aaqulth'i conciliatory Statement te? the Times, the first in tervlew which Ihe premier has grant? ed In e iiier, was the result of the im? pression that tins ultimatum had been deliver* d, 9 tOITON ITTI IM S DILL PAH8ED. \uieiidllient Legalising Pools Stricke u v?ut at ReSJUCal of Author. Washington, Mart ii IS. -Friends ? f !p. cotton futures bill, re passed by iht ii tte- today with an amendmenl legalising cotton pools stricken out. predicted that If would pass Hi house before adjournment. Its course in the house had been smothered, It i lalmed, by the action of the sen itc' in striking eiut the pooling agree meni clause on request of Senator Smith, of South Carolina, author < I I im oi || inal na asm e\ Senator Smith today Itold be WOUld rk in t he o n ultural bill t?* obtal i $lga,gag to place on e-very primary market in (he- Mouth samples of ti government grades established by the (?ill. ami also sample >g o| yarn Spun from various giucjc.*. WON'T SPLIT PARTY. PRESIDENT WILSON COMMENTS ON TOLL REPEAL EIGHT. Says What Promised to Re u Dignified Contest Has Degenerated Into an Attempt to Discredit the Adminis? tration ? Declares nlvou land's Speech the Crowning Insult. Washington. March ;?0.?President Wilson feels certain that the free tolls repeal debate will not split the Demo? cratic party and that his fight for re? peal will not he defeated. I He stated today that his chief re? gret is that "what promised to be a dignified conteet has degenerated into an attempt to discredit the adminis? tration." He characterized Represen? tative Knowland's speech charging that the president had made a deal with the British government as the crowning insult of a number of in? sults in the debate. All the acriminy that has been Shown against the ad? ministration only makes more certain the result, the president declared. President Wilson said also that free tolls amounts to a subsidy, and, as such, violates a plank in the lialtl more platform and the long etablish ed Democratic policy. ABOUT BUMTER COUNTY SCHOOLS. Superintendent Swea ringen Praises Kuiai Graded Schools. in the following open letter ad? dressed to County Superintendent Haynaworthi state Superintendent of Bducatlon J. B. Bwearlngen makes some interesting remarks concerning the rural graded schools and the Schools w hich are not graded in Sum-j ter county: Bupti J. H. Haynaworthi Bumter, s. B? Dear Mr. Haynsworth: The edu? cational progress of Bumter county ia nowhere better illustrated than in the growth of two-teacher and three teacher schools In the country dis? tricts. Yesterday I mailed your County Treasurer a warrant for $1, 5u0 in payment of the seven applica? tion! filed by your trustees. At one time it seemed thai Bumter County won''1 v I all of State aid to PI Impression hi en growth you h stitnul tho last twelve i mths. Schools like Concord, Bethel. Dalaell, Trinity, Os wego, Pleasant Orovo and Daker il? lustrate not merely the educational spirit of the county but also the new standard of efficient rural education. There still remain a considerable number of weak inefficient schools in some districts. It W0Ul*" ^ark great step forward if ever* .?*iC school In the county eould report a eeeslon of at least seven months dur? ing 1913-14. and if the number of onc teacher schools could be reduced to the minimum. With adequate schoolhouses, a Com? petent teaching corps, good roads and the conveyance of pupils, Bumter county could easily be made a dem-j onatratlon county in public school progress. Already Darlington and, Dillon have voted a local tax in every' district, and have consolidated more than one-half of their schools. The seven rural graded schools you now maintain point to a similar develop? ment In Bumter during the next few years. Yours respectfully, J. B. Bwearlngen, state Superintendent of Bducatlon. Columbia, Man h 16, 1914, HEEDS HY PARCEL POST. Conner Huh1 Repealed and Custom? ary Hate for fourth-class Matter on in Future. The following order from the post-1 office department at Washington has been received at the local postofflce. It will no doubt l?e rece ived with in? terest by the public k? norally. The special rate ed postage hereto? fore chargeable on seeds, plants, etc., lias been repealed by the act e?f March 1914, and, under Its pro? visions, the regular fourth-class, or parcel post rates of postage are now applicable to ail parcels of such ar? ticles, as set forth In the order of the Postmaster General, made in pur? suance' of the aet mentioned. L Seed;, CUttlngS, bulbs, roots, scions, and plants shall hereafter be embraced In and carried as fourth class matter, and for the same rates. ?. The rate- of postal o on parcels e?f seed, cuttings, etc., weighing four ounces or less Is one cent for each unce or traction thereof, regardless of distance; >>n parcels weighing mote than four ounces the pound iat<s ap? ply, as for other pare,| post matter. Driven Prom Their Homes. Philadelphia, March 30. Tho Bus quehanna, Bchuyklll and Delaware rivers are Hooding thousands of acres today and residents are vacating their homes mi I Inking refuge on high [round, SECRETARY OF WAR SEEL? HAS RESIGNED. Premier Asqulth Will Take War Port? folio and other Changes Expected ?The Premier Has the? Cordial Support Of the Liberal Members of House of Commons. London, March 30.?Secretary of *War Seely today refused to withdraw. hi| resignation and notified Premier As(iuith that his place must he filled. (>ther cabinet changes ar e expected. Premier Asquith, expecting to till the war ministry himself, will not with? draw from Parliament and stand for re-election to that body. The Liberals! gave him a tremendous ovation as he left tho house of commons today. WILL REDUCE RATES. Southern Hallway Plans Cut in Freight Charges From the Capi? tal. Washington, March 27.?Reduction of freight rates on the Southern rail? way out of Washington soon will ho math', according to an announcement made by M. P. Calloway, counsel for the road, at an interstate commerce Commission hearing today. The ef? fect <>f the proposed reduotlon, it was said, WOUld be to place Washington in about ihe same rate position as Alexandria, Va., with relation to traffic southward. On lirst class freight, it was said, tho reduction j would amount to 11 cents; on second class 10 cents, and 8 cents on third. ! Mr. Calloway also said that the same, basis of reductions will be ap? plied to local points on the Southern' railway and to Danville, Va., and sta tloni BCftlth of Danville. It will also, apply to stations between .Norfolk and Danville, and between Richmond and Danville, but this proposed basis will not he applied to points between Nor? folk and Richmond ami Danville. The rail-and-w ater rates to those ex? cepted points are predicted on the all-water rates into Norfolk and Rich? mond and the short rail haul out, and are entirely too low, he continued, to I ho considered as a basis for all-rail' rate's from Washington. !M1 ROGERS INJURED. io . kworra Kx|h rt Suffers -\ Hurl?Wife sod Cum|a?i&lou tri At! u ICit. Anderson, March . ' >r, 1 Rodgers, who Is conducting a hook? worm campaign in Abbeville county, suffered his collar bone and three ribs to be broken and the muscles In his left arm to be badly lacerated when his automobile cut three somersaults ? . he was nearing Wllllamstpn. In the car with Dr. Hogers were Mrs. Rodgers, Who was Miss Mary Ander? son of Uaffney, ami who was married to Dr. Rodgerg one week ago, and Mr. Polk. Mrs. Rodgers was badly scratched on the face, but is not se? riously hurt. Mr. Polk, who is Dr. Rodgers assistant in the hookworm work, suffered a sever*' scalp wound. With Dr. Rodgers at the wheel the automobile was rounding a ?barp curve when he lost control. The ma? chine turned over three tii.tcz, prac? tically wrecking it. All three of :he wounded were carried to Williamston in an automobile and were given med? ical attention. They were sent back to Abbeville tonight. ARMY HILL PASSES SENATE. Measure Carries Over Hundred Mil? lion Dollars. Washington, March 28.?The sen? ate today passed the annual army bill currying an appropriation of $101,750,000, an increase of $7,500, 000 over the house measure. "J would not yield to these big in? crease s," declared Senator Thomas, of Colorado, "were it not for the disturb? ed conditions on the Southern bor? der." Fly Causes Movie Panic. A common house fly which made iis way onta the lens of q moving picture machine was magnified sev? eral hundred times in a North Side "Nickelodeon" was the cause of a panic among the audience last night which but for the prompt action on the par! of a few cool headed spec? tators might have turned into a trie,, edy greater than was being depiJtotl on the screen. The machine operator had bare? ly began to run off the "thriller'' of the night when there appeared on the screen u monster with legs like the limbs of n big tree, eyes as big a saucers und a huge hody covered with hair that looked like standing wheat. At the lirst appearance of the mon? ster, women and children scream >d in terror and a rush was made foi the door by the panic sticken ami lon< e. Suddenly some one yelled "It's only a flying machine." This brought tin panic stricken people to tholr sensei und <iiii< t was i|ulekly restored. Se\ oral people, howover, were severely bruised during Ihn rush Pittsburgl i ?c pa tCh. NATIVE OF NORTH CAROLINA GROWS LONG STAPLES IN PANAMA. Experiments Made at Balboa?Nego? tiations in Progress for Concession 25,000 Acres From the Republic. Washington, March 28.?John II. Harrell, a native of Hertford County. North Carolina, where in his early youth he had much experience in practical cotton growing, has demon? strated to the satisfaction of the gov? ernment of Panama and of the Isth? mian Canal commission that long fibre cotton can be successfully grown on the soil of Panama. Mr. Harrell is in the employ of the (anal commission! in the me? chanical division, at the Balboa ter? minal of the canal. With the ac qulsencc of the canal commission hot lias for more than a year been con? ducting experiments on a small plot I of ground near Balboa, on the Pacific1 side of the isthmus, and he has pro? duced line, silky cotton with a fibre from two and a half to four inches long, which is longer than the average in the United States. (Yes, this is not only longer than the average, but longer than any cotton ever produced In this country, so far as is on record. ? Ed. Sumter Item.) He has ac? complished this by crossing the wild native Panama cotton with cotton grown In North and South Carolina. Hy a recent government test this hy? bridised cotton recently showed 50 per cent lint Negotiations are in progress for a concession of 26,000 acres from the Panama Republic on which to pro? duce cotton on a large scale. .Mr. Harrell is confident that his process of hybridisation will enable him to develop an ever-bearing plant, from which be can raise two crops a year, one in December and another in July, tak|ng advantage of the tropical cli? mate. An effort was made to have the United States department of ag? riculture establish an experimental farm in the Canal Zone, and Col. Goethals himself is understood to have advocated this with a view to giving Mr. Harrell charge of the work, but it was found that there were no funds which could be legal" |y oce.t f..r fhi*i nnrpimo without a special enactmei b congress As1 Mr. Harrell had conducted his pre? vious experiments entirely at hie oemj expense and could not continue to make this outlay, and as ihe ?. nauces for action by congress aeemed more or less remote, he took the matter up with the Panama government itself. The agricultural department of that government is on record is declaring the Harrell cotton to be not only of a very long Obre, but of a texture that Is silkier and finer than the average of any other cotton. If further development of the cot? ton possibilities of the Isthmus of Panama on a large scale is to be un? dertaken it would seem to be the nat? ural thing for the expense to be borne by the Panama government rather than by the United States. Rrazil la] noW engaged in a systematic investi? gation of her possibilities as a cotton growing country, and the director of this WOtk is a leading expert of the Cnited States department of agricul? ture who has been granted leave for a year without pay in order that he may furnish the Rrazilians the scien? tific assistance they desire. In the meanwhile, Of course, he is being lib? erally compensated by Rrazil. it is too early yet to ascertain the result Of this South American adventure. COTTON PRICK PROSPECT. Weather Main Thing in Market This Sew Orleans, Marth 20.?The weather will be the main thing In the cotton market this week. The trade will eagerly watc h all of the southern sections of the belt in which planting ought to bo well under way: during the next fortnight. Texas news probably will bo the feature In the market during the wotk as that State will attract more attention than an) other because of the unfavorable weather that has handicapped the early producing counties. The early counties play a more im? portant part In the market than is justified m< rely by the number of bales of cotton they raise. It ls from this section of the belt that the early crop comes, and the early movement this year is especially important be? cause of the old crop situation and the strong demand for good grades ol sj ots. further unfavorable develop? ments in south Texas would tend to offset favorable devolopmei ts over a much wider are., in the latter por? tions of the cotton country. I tears predict a falling off in the export movement this week because of the tiling of March shipments, On the other baud the bulls say that any falling off In exports and the spot de? mand quit kly will Lie reflected In s I falling on in the movement Into sight, 'which has been u hear argument foi I a Ions tune. Week. LURED INTO DEATH TRAP. GERMAN TKM.s OF FKDIJRAL RUSE AT GOMEE PALACIO. Defeat at Ton-eon Would Possibly Mean Fstubllslijucut of Northern Republic. Chihuahua, Maren 29.?Such news as reached here from the front today was unfavorable to the rebels. Wound? ed rebel soldiers continued to arrive by train, bringing the number now here to 588. Several hundred other wounded were being provided for at Jiminez, Parr and Santa Rosalia. The evidence of the sanguinary eonliiet at TorreOB tended to make headquarter* reticent about the pro? gress of the battle. Ollicers admit? ted they have received dispatches from the front, but declined to reveal the contents. The report originated from one of the h ospitals that Gen. Francisco Vil? la had been wounded slightly nnd compelled te retire from the front. The report was based merely on the word of a wounded soldier who, how? ever, insisted he had seen Villa wounded. He declared that the news was withheld. A Herman military observer, who arrive 1 today from the front, said: "The federal army lured us right into Gomes Palaeio, a suburb to the north of Torrcon, before they opened fire. Then they let loose such a hail of rille and machine-gun shots as would have completely demoralized any or? dinary Mexican army. The men fell by tho scores. "Gen. Villa had such a large army that he felt he could afford to sacri? fice many men to get a foothold. Al? most the whole Zaragoza brigade, un? der Gen. Aguirre Benevadis, was wiped out, although I thinV- Gen. Benevadis escaped. "The shock and surprise to the reb? el troops, who had tried to scare the federals and walked into Torreon, re? sulted in a temporary withdrawal. Three or four days of fighting up to the time I left failed to bring about any results." It is believed here that Gen. Car ranza will not come to Chihuahua un? til he is satisfied Gen. Villa will re? main in the south, as a meeting of the two revolutionary leaders is not look? ed on as opportune at this time. Gen. vTIla's delay In :?king Tor r< on, it is i .-d, has revived belief that should tlw : iert* forces drive htm ror h b .. ?? Ing In the nature of a northern republic, em hoeing ih** States bordering on the United States, will be established. The plan of separating the north from the south has long been contemplated by some of the rebel leaders. Unless decisive results are achieved soon financial affairs of the rebel ter? ritory will reach a crisis, according to men in authority. Despite Governor Chao's assurance to the State department that Luis Ter razas, Jr., would not be executed it was learned definitely hero that Ter razas was threatened with execution twice within the last eight days. He was saved from death within twenty four hours on one occasion. The three days extension was granted and later, through another influence, the talk of execution was dropped temporarily. i -.- J CAN BEE WITH PIG'S EYE. \ Wonderful Surgical Operation Said to He Successful. Baltimore, March 29.?Sight has been given to the left eye of David Kane, the nine-months-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kane, of Get? tysburg, Pa., through the grafting of the cornea of a pig's eye to the child's eyeball, according to physicians at a hospital here. Certain tests, they de? clare, have brought out this fact with? out a doubt. When the bandage was removed from th*? eye, it was declar? ed, the child followed the course of a lighted candle which was moved in front of hm. Another test that brings out the fact more clearly ii that the child now winks his eyelid w hen a finger or small object is put near the eye. The disease from which tho child has beim a sufferer since he was X weeks old is known as staphyloma of the cornea. Doth eyes became af? fected, but the left seemed to be in a hopeless c ondition, and it was only as u last resort that the operation was decided on. The operation was performed a week ego Monday, and the cornea of the pig's eye was used because it is said it more closely resembles the hu? man cornea than that of any other anin al. Child and pig were placed under an anesthetic and th* outer covering ..f tin- animal's eye was removed. It was quickly placed in the eyeball of the child. The child's eye today is said to lie perfectly clear and free from Inflam* mation. 'The Canadian government is using Indian Uro patrolmen to protect the I forests of northern Manitoba*