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Cor S?atrbman anb .ifcuftron. Entere?! at the Poetomce at Sumter, 8. C ee Second Claas Matter. PERSONA? NEWS. i ? - Mrs. J. k Wilder is spending a few days in gnvan?h with relativ? Mis) J m Onraon gad daughter, Miss Oracc Curson. who have been spending tho winter in tho city and In Columbia haw returned to heir homo at "Honufield '? m ar Dahtelli for the summer, having btfg re? tailed there while repairs were being made on their residence whit h was I on.mderuhly damaged last week when ?luring a storm a large oak fgH Sjgnlnet the building. knocking ? lown a ehlinne\. tearing Off weather boardtng and .smashing several win dowa M and Mrs. 0. A. McKlaaey arc spending the week-end |g Columbia. Mrs. Charles Cooki who has been visiting here, r?durncd to Atlanta Bat? urda> morning. ggOOntpanie 1 by Miss Margorle I.nw rente, who will spend a month at that BOBCg. Mr and Mrs. M II. lb \man, of c imlen and Miss Carrie I r led heim, of Kock Hill, were in the city Satur? day. Mrs. T. lv.ilstme left for Allencah Saturday morning, after a visit to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Strauss. Mr T W PrUdcn of New licrlln. ? pent Sunday with his siitcr, Mrs. Louis l>nrr. Miss Lillle Folsom has returned SSI a pleasant visit to Columbia. Hon. T. C M< Lcod, of Bishopvlllc, was a visitor to the city on I ?nday. Mr. K. A. Jenkins, of Columbia. I former Sumter man, was in the cit} M ofulay. Mrs. John S. Klggs, of Charleston, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. Y. L. Marshall on Bfnad Streit. Mrs. A. F. I>oty ajul s<?n, A. V. Jr., have returned from a weeks' visit to relatives at Sardinia Mr. and Mrs. Joo L. Strauss, of cite. ip.nt Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Strauss. Mrs. II Pcarlstino of Charleston spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. A. \ Straus*, who have Wednesday for a trip to Atrien gad Burope, Mrs. F. W. Kenneker and Mrs. C. | ii i . i r,., . ,.( ., have been visiting more, have returned gsenorc ol Blrmlng* ing his brother, Dr. 0 R Kmgsuiore. Miss Dolly Wannamaker has re? turned hoim-. after spending the week-cr.d \Mth relatives at St. Mat? thews. Mseeee Julia Hogers and Margaret Ursati went to Charleston Saturday 10 vi?dt the beautiful Magholla Caldens on Sunday. Marriage. \i t 11 I; w.. . et "f inehbnrg and Mis. Martha McFlvcen of Shlloh were married Saturday night at 10 o'i b?ek at his OflSOS by the County Ciersi lea seed lately after he had leaned ?lain g Ueenna There were ? num? ber of friends and relatives of ;he contracting parties with them. They left after the . ? n m my f<>r their bom at L> n? hburg. Marriage Lht ?>?? llccord. A In ense to murry was Issued Sat-1 nrd.iv night to Mr. If. (}. Weaver ??f fjynchburg and Miss Martha McKlveen of ShiToh. Licenses were alvo secured by the following colored ?ouples: Abraham I>tnkina and Sallle Suub rH, lieinbert; Rlmon Stewart. Sumter and Martha Myers. Stateburg. Silas J. Cooper, Urach burg, and Mattle Martin. Car tersvllle. f>esth of an Infant. Henry Mitchell, the Infant son of Mr. and .Mrs. J. M Clark died Friday at about noon. itcai Estate Trnaefera A K. tlregg to W. Hi Hook, lot in l.ro.id Street I'bo e. ?::'">. W n Nook Ifl A. mX Crcgg. lot In 11 mad Street Place, $200. H, L Wright to T. S. Joye, lot on Sabm A\enuc. t'.on. Mrs. F.. Anna Cuttino to Charles O. Rowland, b.r and buildings on West Lsat rty street. $4,##t, leases a and w. a. Bfuwn t?? Marlow Walsh, lot on m?rth Church Street, ?1.760. Charles W. Kinsman to Martow Walsh, b't on Live ?>ak street. $1,? 100 bgflg n. Leaoa le Bants carter, lot la county, north of city, lilt, t'ire Waajuas railed out. The hens wagons were t ailed out about I ? ' '"' k Frida:, by an alarm of fire from box :t :. at the corner of Washington md Mirthtlc streets. The fire wan on the mof ?d a hOUBI 111 ,r the corner and burned a few shingles ansoff n aw eatlngulehed. <-aim,\ki>-iu mci im. South Carolina Couple Married in Wilmington Yesterday. A Qjutot hut pretty wedding coro?! mony w ?s solemnised yesterday after" nootl at 1.30 o'clock in the parlors of th Orton Hotel when Miss Mary i:. Qalllard, of Bumter, s. C, became the bride of Mr. Bdward B, Rembert, of Kembert, s. CH Rev, f. B, Claua sn, past??r of st. Paul's Lutheran Church, performing the ceremony. ? Accompanied by Mr. i<. R. William? ?on, of Bumter, a friend, the eouple came to Ihc olty yesterday morning, and stopped at The niton. License was secure d hers and the ceremony was solemnised In the presence of only a fen witnesses yesterday after? noon. Mr. and Mr. Kembert are spend? ing a few days at The Orion.?Wil mlngton Star. April ||, Mr. and Mrs. Kembert arrived in Sunder on the 11,11 o'clock train from Wilmington Friday morning and sptni the day in town, leaving In the afternoon for their home at Kembert., liuke-llodgos. .Mr. J. T. KodgeS and Miss BVal Fluke were quietly married at the pursemago of Grace Baptist Church Wednesday evening by, Kev. J. X. j Tolar. the hride*s pastor. Several friends and relatives were present to Witness the happy event* Both of these young people have many friends In the community who wish them much happiness. FOR A. C. Ii. IMPROVEMENTS. Conference Held by Directors of! Chamber of Commerce with ftfgjl* dent J. It. Kenley. At a conference this morning of th?> Board of Directors of the Cham btf Of Commerce, Councilman J. P. Booth and C. G. llowland, City Man .i^? ? i RobertgOn gnd President J. 11. Kenley of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company at ihe OfBOCS of ( Mr. Thomas Wilson, president of the! Northwestern Kailroac! Of South Car? olina. President Kenley stated that he would have concrete walks laid be? tween the Macks of the passenger sta? tion grounds and from the passeng-. I station to Ilarvin Street o >posito the linperiul Hotel. A number of other Improvements were rtlSQUSBSd. but no definite ce nclu slon was reached. The Bumter -non wanted a train shed erec ted over t H several A. C. L. tracks in the Das? Sgsgssf yard and Mr. Kenley seemed anxious to do what he could to accom? modate tbein. but at the same cimc called on the c ity for concessions. He stated that his plan was to extend the prese nt shed to the center of the tracks and build a titty foot shed be-j tween this and the station and oxtond another Shgd beyond. He also asked that On railroad be allowed to block the Mauser street crossing, and be gl lowed to have instead a sixteen foot street from Tob phone street to Mag noun street. Thli was objected to by the Bumter men, as was another project of Mr. Kenley's to Construct anothe r track nearer to the passem;' I station, unless it be not more than ten feet from the track which is at present paarest Ihe station. These matters were, dlSCUSSCd Si length, but other than the Improve? ments mentioned above and a pro mi to spread gravel over the entire! yard .it the rear ol tbe station, nOtMng WSS de< Ided upon. SI Mi l K HIGH SC HOOL WINS. Tie- Sumler Hiuh Sehoed l?ase ball , team returned from Hartavllle Frldaj night, alter scoring b r second victory Ol the season e>n the llarts\ilh: ground durlni the afternoon, Tin? ste ?ro was live to three in fgVOf of the Sunite-r team. Both learns pnt up a gooei game,, but the Hartavllle boys were unable t?? sedve Nunnamakcr's curves, lie siruck ant twelve men ami allowed only one base, Alien, Bradham and Nunnamaker did tbe- Pest work at tbe bat, hitting at opportune momenta Mo nag nan, at second, featured bj running backwards and catching tbe bnll after he had fallen down. Al? though the Bumter line-up was changed owing t?? the fact that Boyle and Brown were in Columbia attend? ing ih?- High School meet the team ? lid well. The high school this year has an e x< eilen! ball team ami promises t<? give pome good exhibitions iu re- dur? ing the next month, by which time they hope to got the park to play on. Bcore by Innings: Bumter.I 0 ? i a i a a i Hartavllle... - ?? <? <? a a i <? a? Batterien. Bumter, Nunnamaker and Burns; llartevllloi Bell and Lip Ion. Teachers' I .xn ml nation, The regular spring Teachers' Kx amlnatlon will be held In the Couri Mouse, Friday. May Ihe lust, begin? ning at !? O'clock. Th'' question* will be baaed "n tin- books adopted by the state Board of Education. .i ll HAT NBWORTH. County Superintendent of Education. BIG BUSINESS DEAL. CRA1CI ITKMTl?i: COMPANY liOK.HT D\' CHERRY DOOS. Nrw OWUCTH Will Continue Business Umlcr IIa l*rci*t*nl Nanu* at Same stund?Considerations of Sale Not Made Public by Purchasers, I Krom Tho Dally Item, April 24. A business deal of considerable magnitude was closed yesterday when the entire stock and fixtures <>f ttic J, i >. Cralg Furniture Company bus Inesss at s, i<?, li* West Liberty strei t paaed Into the hands of Cherry Brothers, who for several years have conducted a furniture business In this t ity under the name of the Carolina Furniture Company. The amount i l vohed In the change ot ownership was not given out. The J. D, Cralg Furniture Company Which Changed hands today is the successor of the oldest business es? tablishment In Sumter, having been conducted previous to Its removal to Liberty street for considerably over a half century at 202 North Main Streit, now the location of Qeo. H. Hurst. I'racti' aily Up to the time <d his death, which occurred a few years! ago, the founder of the business, Mr.I .1. 1>. Cralg was interested in the com? pany. For the past two or three years the business has been conducted on West Liberty street, the company ha\ Ing pun based the Masonic Temple building at the time <?f its removal. The business will continue to lie con-, dinted at this stand, and the name will remain the same. Mr. S. Cherry, oi' Cherry Bros, said this morning that his compans had assumed (barge of the business this morning, but that otherwise than the statement given above he had nothing to gay about his plans for its future conduct. Cherry Pro) ba rs have conducted a fumltufl establishment of their own in this city for several years, formerly on South Main Street and for the past three years at 18 North Main Street. TRUSTEES ELECT TEACHERS. II. II. Branson, Misses Pugh and' Smith to Teach at Mayo' illo Ne) Year. At a recent meeting of the board of trustees of the Mayesville school,! the board tin ted prof, h. H. Brun soa, now of Ellenton, for principal' tor the next BCSSlon, and re-elected Missis Lucy Ptlgh and Copclanu Smith as assistants. Mi'. Brunson has already accepted tho position. IN UXLA ATTIRE. Unique Plans lor Decorating Th** Cltj Chnutauuua Week. This city is surely to be in gala at? tire Chautauqua week, according t" plans now being perfected at the Uodpath Chautauqua headquarters In Chicago. Las, ycur in all places where Itod path Chautauquas were held, nine pennant streamers spanned the busi? ness streets. This year the number >? ii be Increased to ilftecn and in ad d ti.ai the streamers are much larger than heretofore. Three hundred small banners for use on awnings and the like are also being sent t<? ? ach <ity. There will be a general supply <<f cloth pennants for the autos, in many towns there will be used tlrst in an automobile "booster" trip' around the county. A mat and unique pennant printed on good paper in blue and orange, colors ami bearing the words: "This home believes in th(> Red path Chau tauqua," will be furnished for the window.: of the homes ten days in ad vanc< oi tin coming of tin- Chautau? qua. The pennant measures two feet in length and is ten Inches wide at the top. In the foreground is a typi? cal Chautauqua tent. Ailed with peo? ple. 'I he number of pennants will be I mlted 11' 600 in each town. This pennant i* very appropriate Inasmuch as lie Chautauqua is an institution Which appeals directly to the homes of a community. On ti?e opening day of tho Chau? tauqua! ta-'s will be hung on the door knobs of each home and also on the harness of tin horses on the streets. Mag Hog Killed. a dog supposed to have been mad was shot on Magnollu street this morning by Policeman H. c. M - Kagcn. The doe; was Urst seen coin? ing up Myrtle street ami was foam? ing at the mouth, Soveral shots were IIred bt lore it was despatched. So far as known it did not bite any other dogs or any person. in northern Arizona. Utah, Novadti, southern Idaho, und western w? >wlng the 11res on national forests set bj ?a is have decreased hi four years from nearly a third to approximate i. oiue-llfth. Lightning Urea have In ? li is. d from lOSS than out -fourth 111 nearly one-half. The relatively larger proportion front lightning, however, is tiue parti) to decreae in other cauaee. CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM. MANY INTERESTING FEATURES TO VISIT HUMTER BETWEEN MAY MrTH AM) LOTH. Ben farce! Playern Here ?m Tuesday Night, Ma\ 12 th?Bohumir Kryl and His Hand tu bo Hnr Thursday, Ma,i 11, ror Two Performances? Ijcctures, Story-telliug mid opera lu be Features ut Performances, The Kedpath Chautauqua with It big seven-day program comes to Sunder on Sunday, May 10th, for its week <?! Interesting, amusing and In? structive events. Many features are sein (Paled, the chief among them be? ing the visit of the Ben Greet Playei and the etaning of Bohumir Kryl and his celebrated band.. The Hon. Frank J. Cannon, a former senator from Michigan, will deliver a speech at one of the sessions and there arc others of the twenty attractions which are hound to he of Interest to all. Big crowds are expected to cone in daily from tlie surrounding coun? try to attend the various perform? ances, reduced rates having '. con s? - cured on the Atlantic Coast Line rall road for b radius of lifty miles, it la also probable that lower ratea will be granted during the week by other railroads entering Bumter. The Chautauqua Is given under the auspices Of the Y. M. C. A. and de-1 tailed Information can be secured from St cretary H. L. Birchard 01 other members of the committee. Tickets are now on sale at two dol? lars each for the season. These tick? ets Will be good for all tw enty at-J tractions and are transferable In the | family Of the purchaser. Alter the first performance the price will go up to three I oilers. ) The entrance fee for the various performances is many times the cost of a season ticket. The full program from Bund iy, May 10th, to Baturday, May 16th, in-j ?Jusive, is; Superintendent?A. H. Hibshman. Morning Lecturer?Et. E. Kline. Children's Worker?Miss Aura B. Pike. Program begins promptly. Mfrrning lecture. 11.00. Afternoon Music, 3.30. Afternoon Lecture, i.oo. Children's Hour, 1.30. Evening Music, B.00. Evening Entertainment, 8 15. Hours subject to change by an? nouncement the ii est day. Sunday: Afternoon?-Sacred Concert?Dun bar Bell Ulngers and Male Quar? tette; Lecture-Sermon, "The Needs of the Hour.' Hon. Qeo. 1). Abie!?; Ves? per Service, Evening?Sacred < toncerl ?I ninbar Bell Ilinjrers and Mab- Quartette. Mondaj: Morning?<Lecture, "Four Great Na? tional Epics," Mr. Kline. Admission -?"?<?; children 15c. Afternoon Concert, The Hurmony Concert Company] Monologue. "That Printer of Udell's," Everett Kemp. Admission 35c; children 15c. Children's Hour, Miss Pike. livening Concert?The Harmony Concert Company; Lecture, ".-our Grapes," Edward Amherst < >tt. Admission 50c; children 25c. TuosdU) : Morning?-Lecturd "The Comedy Spirit in a Scheme of Life," Mr. Kline. J Admission 25c| children 15c. Afternoon?I Joneort, Weh h-t Jhrls tensen-Baker Company; Lecture, "The Heart of Tropical Africa," L>r.! Wm. a. Colledgo. Admission 36c; children 15c. t Ihildren'a i lour, M Iss Pike. Evening?Concert, Welch-Chrlstcn sen-Baker Company; Drama: Shake? speare's "Twelfth .sight." The Ken Greet Players. Admission T.'c: children 35c, Wednesday: Grand Musical Festival. Morning?Lecture, Literature as a Constructive Force: In Religion) 'I'he Inside of the Cup:" Churchill, Mr. Kline. Admission 25c; children 15c, Afternoon?Musicul Recital, Marcus .v. Kellcrmau. Children's Hour, Miss Flke. Evening?Grand Concert, Tin Ca? thedra] Choir. Admission 50c; children 25c, I hursday: Grand Musical Festival. Morning ? Lecture, Literature as a Constructive Force: In itace Better? ment, "Tomorrow," Mr. Kline. Admission 25c; children 15c. Afternoon?Band Concert, Bohumir Krj l and i Iis Band. Admission 60c; children 26c. < hihlt t n's Hour, Mr s Fike. Evening Bund Concert and Grand opera, Bohumir Kryl and His Band and The Denton Grand Opera Com-] p;i ny. Admission $1.00; children 50c, Fi iduj : Morning Lecture, Literature as a Constructive Force: In Socio-Indus trial Affairs. "The Coryston Fam ||j ." Mr. K line. Admission 25c; children L*>c. I Afternoon?Concert, Farlnelll Com Ipany. . . . CLUB ELECTION*1 INDICATE AS? CENDENCY or s.v.'tii. Tho \< v. Iierry Count] lllcascltcs srm to !li!\c Mot with Overwhelming Defeat?I n tl Domlnlck ami John K. Aull Defeated for Delegates to County < onventlon?Blcasc Himself Barely Gets In. Columbia, April -7.?That the friends of Senator E. i>. Smith will ?outrol tin- groat majority of the county conventions and dominate the State convention, thereby retaining control of the executive committee and tie election machinery, is the In? formation in Columbia, compiled from reports from all parts of South Caro? lina. Go/. Blcase's adherents were badly beaten in his home county of Now berry. Assistant Attorney General Fred II. Domlnlck failed of elec tion toI the county convention and Private Secretary John EC. Aull is not a dele? gate. Gov. Bloase was elected a dele? gate, pollin;-; a bare majority. The Newberry County Convention will send a. solid anti-Blcase delegation to the State Convention, it is predicted. This is the first time the governor has fail? ed to control his home convention, it i? predicted that the Stale Conven? tion wiii be overwhelmingly control!-1 ed by Senator Smith's friends. He-' form or the primary was endorsed In many club meetings and will be the big light in tiie convention. L. M. Green. accpets call HLKi: The Itov. H. c. Bowcn of Wilming? ton, N. C, has acct pted a call to the Christian Church here and will make this bis home in future. Mr. Bowen] began his ministry here by holding services Sunday and will continue t?? hold the regular Sunday services and mid-v.eek prayer meotinge. lie has until he accepted the call here been representing the North Carolina Children's Home Society, lor whom he has been traveling. He is at present staying at the residence of Mr. w. .J. Jennings ?h Calhourt Street. His family will remain in Wil? mington until the close of the present school .session. Store llobbcd Tills Morning. About r? o'clock this morning Po? liceman J. I?. Chandler heard a noise1 in the Ladies Outfitting Company and upon Investigation It was found that some one had broken into the store.; However, he must have heard the of? ficer approach for he got out and away before he could be captured. Entrance was made through a back window, by breaking the glass and un? loosing tho catch atal raising the sash. It hud been Only a lew minutes be-' fore he heard tho noise in tin- stove thai he had examined the doors, H I the thief could not beeil in the store long. Manager Lemmon stated that la- did not miss anything and thought that the thief ha?i been ran off before he secured anything. No money had i . en left i,, th,. drawer and the| thief had been unable to open the safe. uepugees at ualvestox. Twenty-five Hundred Have Arrived stud TWO Thousand More on The Way. Oalveston, April 27.?The United states Immigration officials here have, been swamped by the influx Of refu? gees from Mexico. Up to this fore? noon iwcnty-iive hundred had arrived and two thousand more are expected m ia the next twenty-four hours. Man; are penniless ami on the v? rge of collapsing from the privations they endured ami their narrow escapes from death. The committee ot* management ft r the Sumter Chautauqua, May 10th to ICth desires bids for the refresh? ments privilege for the week. This privilege is for the sale of soft drink . ice cream, peanuts, lemonade, etc. l'cr information address or cat! on \\. L. Birchard, v. M. c. A. Secretary Committee. Lecture, '"The Modern Mormon Kingdom," Hon. Prank .i. Cannon. Admission 50c; children 25c. Children's Hour. Miss Kike. Evening?Children's Night, Farinclli ?"ompany ami Ueno, Magi< lan. Admission 60c; children 25c. Saturday: Morning ? Lecture, "The short Story: The Literature ol tin Masses," Mr. Kline. Admission 25c; < hlKli * n i 5c, Afternoon? Concert, The ECdlogi Ilaines Singing Party; Lecture, "Col or Guard and picket Line," Motita \ ill" flow CIS. Admit sii n &0c; childi i n ::. c. Children's Hour, Misi Fiko. Kveiling Light Opera, Tin Kol logg-lluincs Singing I 'art >. Admit don 50c; children 2*c. Admli ion to children's hour free ? all. WOMAN I I KAUE MEETXIG. Mrs. W<>rtli!ugton Makes Interesting Talk?To Organize at Meeting; Next Tuesday Afternoon. From the Daily [tent. April 23. At a meeting in the Chambeg of Commerce hall, which was idled al? most to capacity', last night Mrs. F. \L Worthington of Chicago made a most Interesting and Instructive talk on woman suffrage. The audience, i bout a third of which was composed i f men, sei med very much interest? ed in the matters touched upon by the speaker. Mrs. Worthington Is a member of the Woman Buffragi League of Amer? ica and showed herself intensely in t< rested In the subject of woman suffrage, as could be well seen from her Lalk. she gave personal 8jg> perfencea a1 the polls and during the c ?urse of her address told why wo men should vote, pointing out the justice <>f it and how women could take pert in polltl s without being mixed In fraud or h regularities which so often occur ;u the polls. She stated definitely and clearly the va? rious phases of the woman suffrage work and the part played by men and women of the country In securing; equal suffrage for men and women. At the close of her talk she asked if there were any questions which any one wished to ask her, but none w 'v forthcoming. Tl next meeting will be one of all those lnt< rested, men as well as women, which will be held in the ' h unt er of Commerce hall next Ti sday eevning at 4.:;o o'clock, when t< ps will be taken to organize a wo man's suffrage club in Bumter. Clubs have beCn formed at Columbia, Char? leston, Bpartanburg and. other towns in the Slate and Bumter is getting in line with these other cities. ( tLORADO LABOR WAR. Strikers Kill Four Guards and Take Prison r and Machine Gun. Denver, April 26.? t was re ported here tonight by former Governor J. H. Pcabody, who la In the Fremont County strike zone, that striktfg dynamited ad fired the property of the Chandler mine, of th^ Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, near Canon City tonight, occupying the mine camp. I .-.??oiding i.? the governor's advices seven men were killed in the Chandler light. The fighting opened at 1 o'clock, said representatives, and shortly be? t?r? ;; the strikers were in possession of the town. An appeal to the governor for help from the sheriff of Freemont County and the city council at Canon City rr sulted in order being issued tonight to Gen. Chase to proceed to (.'anon City with -o<j militia. Four mine guards, William King, Robert Perrlne, Charles Finch and .j >hn Thomi s, are known to be dead as a result of the fighting and at least twelve other guards are said to be missing* Union officials claim they captured twenty mine guards and one machine gun, but officials of the mine declare tin re- were no more than 25 or 30 [ uards about the property. Canon City Itself was threatened with Invasion by the strikers, who, it was reported, intended to burn tho Arkansas Valley Light and Power plant, the City Hall and other build? ings, Thoroughly alarmed a mass mealing of CitisanS was held and 2U0 men volunteered as deputy sheriffs. \\ llson to send Troops. Washington, April 2f.?President Wilson probably will send federal troops into Colorado tomorrow to aid in composing the serious situation in he coal ii- ids. Col trado representa tlves In congress, atter conferring at the White House. said late tonight that they expected the troops to bo called out Monday morning; Wilson and Bryan Confer. Washington, April 27.?Secretary Kryan went into conference with Pn sident Wilson at 10 o'clock. Washington, April 21.?Two hun? dred and fifty American refugees will leave the City of Mexico today. ^SMifjBBnnalSP^^ When Your Watch Stops I Itu; ii to US to We have ,a . \peit repairman who can : and rcitied) the trouble <t?.P u> and Accurately. W. A. Thompson, ii u ixi:h \m> optici ix.