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Cbt ffltakjpnan anb .Soutbroii raaaoNJks nkw*. F - Mr. 8. M Oars son. county super? intendent of education of Rlchlund county and for the pumI flvc years Grand Keeper of Wampum of the Order of Hcd Men was in the city on Tueaday. Mr. D. E.TurbeUlle. of Turbeville. was a viaitor to the city on Tuesday. Mrs. Jno. D. Lern m on has returned front a visit to her sister. Mrs. R. A. ftidfill. of Plnewocd. Mrs. H. G. McKagen has returned iro?n Bethune. where she has been vlaUli.tT Mrs. Emily C. McKagen anJ Mrs. O. H. McKagen. James Brower has returned home from Davidson College which he has been attending. Mrs. C A. Wheeler, of Clio, is visit? ing Mrs. Jno. D. Lemmon on West liberty street. Misa Bertha. Wsnnamakor is visit? ing In St. Matthews. Death of Mrs. J. M. Ward. Mrs. J. M. Ward of Berkeley Coun? ty died on Sunday night at the resi? dence of her brother, Mr. J. Darby White on Hampton avenune, where ah* had been brought from Berkeley for medical treatment. Mrs. Ward had been sick for some time and was brought to this city on Saturday by her brother. The funeral services and Interment took place Monday afternoon at the family burying ground, about five mllea south of Sumter on the Man? ning road, near Mrs. Ward's child? hood home. Mrs. Ward was before her marriage Mise Alles White of this county and la survived by mx brothers and four slaters. She was a graduate of St. Joseph's Academy and had many frienda In Sumter and Sumter county to whom her deuth has brought sor? row. er Team Makes Good Showing. The showing made by the Sumter high school team this year has been a decidedly flne one. The team has playttd four games away from home, winning two of them, und five *t home, winning four of them, making t gaeai in all. 6 of which were won by the high school. Ail players except Monaghan will be back next year to resume their places on the team and a bright out? look for a splendid team next year Is In view. The team his been coached by Mr. J. Craig Hurst, assistant secretary of the Y. st. C. A., who has done some esc dient work with the material he bad is begin with, most of them be? ing new men. The men who played In the games this year are Charlea Brudham. Captain; Alwyn Burns. manager. Lawrence Nun-.amaker Halph Flow era, Hugh Brown, Tommle Monaghan Don Allan. Henry Spann. Julian Rob? ertson. Screven Branson, Wiley Br? sell. Rowland Boyle, Felder Smith. Julius Chandler and Leslie Browcr. In equalising assessments of real estate for taxation tho top notch prlcea paid for property?business lots in the city and farm lands In tho county?-are not seriously considered. A city lot may sell for $1.000 a front foot, or a farm for $100 an acre, but wnen It comes to Fixing the assess? ments for taxation the assessors do not booat the price up to even the one-third basis. . ' ? Hi to Stay Well Keep The Blood Right *T*HERE Is BO health where the life cur* L real Is seasoned. It may be the nervo? are erytas out for relief from headaches and sleeplessness; perhaps the muarles sehe?Ob. bow the? hurt? the bones mar be sores the akin mar asses owe?all o/lheeears only symptoms. "The blood Is the life" and It mint be pare and abundant If yon u.-e to be well. MERK Is no help In treaUns symptoms. * (Jet down to the cause, remove that, sad the Symptome will all disappear. How can nerves be steady, digestion ennri an t head clear when through thorn all la Sewla?aeon?taaistreaui of polaoul Purify Your Blood And Be Healthy Mm Joe Person s Remedy bt' proved Its usefulness In ?uch tSSSI l>y forty years' servtve. laterally thousaml* of families la the South have used It when n*e<led. end many testify to Its valun. Your riruaglst ought lo have IL If he bean I ? ?'??! $l.uu lo the RUffUT SALES CORPORATION, Cearlstte, N. C, sod they will aend you e big bottle and full dlrecUous st ouie. ? we*trl,OM,(1 be used the Rftneily for the sure ef sores SSKl the relief or Inflamed sod <oDS?'*ted surfsces It u ??*i?>i lei I t valuable for women, and huouIU always be need for ulrersuou*. WREC K 02? TOAST LINK. Engine and C ats Turn Over but Xo Serious Injuries Sustain* <l by V9m There was u wreck on Ihc Atlantic Coast Line truln, No. 69, from Maxton to Columbia at Lido's Siding, a small station just above Darlington, on Tuesduy afternoon us the train was on its .southbound run. The engine and all of the coaches on the train ex? cept the Pullman were overturned and the passengers on board were given a terrible fright and badly shak? en up, but from the Information ob? tained it see ns that no one was se? riously Injurt . although several suf? fered minor bruises and contusions. The cause of the wreck is not known, little information being giv ^n out here by employees of the road, who stated that they were not conversant with the facts In the case. The News and Courier of Wednes? day has the following account of the injuries sustained in the wreck: "The porter seems to have been more seriously hurt than any one elae. All of the passengers in the day coaches were more or less severely bruised and scratched by their fulls. A relief train and wrecking crew were promptly sent up froi Florence, and thep assengers were transferred, and after their wounds had been cared for were sent on to their various destinations. This Is the fourth wreck occuring recently In this vicin? ity on the Atlantic Coast Line. Farm Demonstration Notes. Have any of the farmers of Sumter County learned a lesson from these wind storms that we have had? I have seen young cotton on some of the lightest sandy soil that was not damaged at all while on the same class of land I have seen it damaged so badly that it had to be planted over. The presence of decaying vege? table matter made the difference. De? caying vegetable matter is the best thing to cement light sandy soil to? gether and to "hold sticky clay soli apart. In fact this decaying vege? table matter solves many perplexing difficulties for the farmer, and the sooner all of the farmers of Sumter county realize this fact and plan to turn something into the soil regu? larly the sooner the farmers are go? ing to come into their own and be able to purchase automobiles, put In water works, build better school houses and churches, and do the many things that are going to keep the boys and girls contented on the farm. Did you ever observe the many things that happen to a fellow farm? ing land that is almost devoid of de? caying vegetable matter? Hoot lice select such land to get In their per? nicious work. Cool weather docs more damage. Such land dries out more quickly and it is harder to get up a stund and keep up a stand. Although a thousand pounds of fer? tilizer may be used per acre, the crop grows so slowly in the spring that the plowman covers It up. If we could have a shower of rain and Just a shower every six or seven days we might be able to grow cotton on these lands with the use of commer? cial fertilizer, but such seasonable years do no come very often, and when they do come they are disas? trous. We all remember Is 11. Col. Dargan expressed it that 1911 "was the paradise of the poor farmer," that is the farmer that employed poor methods. Have you been noticing these patches of hairy vetch und oats scat? tered all over the county? Some of them in full bloom so cover the oats und land in royal purple that it looks like a mantle tit for any king. This means some very rich hay for the farmers who are growing this vetch. It makes richer and better hay than alfalfa. The second year on the same land vetch nearly always succeods better than it does the first year. There are only two reason why vetch can fail to grow in Sumter county? these urc sour soil and failure to get the inoculation properly into the sod. 1 have noticed that where the vetch was drilled In when treated with arti fb iul cultures that better results were obtained. I have seen two bushels of eats choke out vetch the first year, but I do not believe that live bushels' of of 1 sown with thirty pounds oft vetch s ed could get the better ofI the vetch the HCUad year. Mr. Ii. D, Tisdale has two bushels of oats sow 11 with about twenty-tive pounds of vetch seed per acre where he had good veteh last year, and without any Inoculation this year the veteh ha outgrown the oats so that you can scareely see uny of the oats. There ure a number who Ufa got dm to save their veteh seed this year. When we grow plenty of ha>. cor 1 and oats and utilize the waste land* in pastures to ma/.o enough eat tie. hogs and colts to supply the County, tnen and not until then will we h?? fortified so that we can withstand tho shoek that the boil weevil will cause when he arrises .1. Prank Williams, Loeal Faun Demonstration tgeitt 1 HARTSVILLE LADS OVERWHELM? ED. Sumter Buys Pile up Score of Fifteen to Hartsville's Three. The Sumter high school team over-' whelmingly defeated the high school team from Hartsville in a game of| ball on Tuesday afternoon at the Horse Show grounds. The game was slow and too one-sided to be inter-j esting, although the score met with1 the applause of the Sumter support? ers. The Hartsville team failed to score until the seventh inning, when one; run was made on an error. In the, ninth Hartsville made two more on errors. Sumter commenced scoring in the second inning, when four tal? lies were made. One more was added in the third; seven in the fourth; one in the seventh and two more in the eighth, making the score fifteen to three in Sumter's favor. In batting Hartsville only got four hits off Nunnamaker, while the Sum? ter boys got twelve from Bell, five of them being for two bases, Allen, and Burns each getting two two-base hits and Nunnamaker one. Allen's bat? ting was a feature of the game. Six errors were made by the Hartsville boys, while Sumter made three. Nunnamaker struck out nine men and gave two bases on balls, while Bell struck out only two and gave two bases on balls. There was a smaller crowd than usual in attendance and the cheering had fallen off considerably since the Camden game. The players were: Hartsville: Best, Boon, Dick, Wilkinson, McFall, Kel? ly, James, DosChumps, Bell; Sumter: Flowers, Allen, Bradham, Nunnamak? er, Hums, Brown, Brazeil, Spann, Monaghan. COMPROMISE ON CANAL TOLLS. Arbitration Sentiment Gaining in Strength. Washington, May 18.?With the canal tolls exemption controversy nearing a vote, sentiment in the sen? ate is growing in favor of an effort to substitute for the pending bill a resolution which would provide for the submission of the dispute between the United States and Jreat Britain to an international tribunal. Al? though senators who have discussed this proposal are not sure it will win, they claim many of their colleagues are willing to adopt this course. It was said tonight that Senator O'Gorman, leader of the forces light? ing: repeal, will not consent to arbi? tration and the proposal undoubted? ly will meet with vigorous opposi? tion among senators on both sides of the issue. It was pointed out, how? ever, that before the house passed the repeal bill, President Wilson was will? ing that the question should be set? tled by arbitration. During t.he day three senators, two Republicans and one Democrat, added their voices to those who see in arbi? tration the best way out of the diffi? culty. Senator Southcrland made a vigor? ous speech on the exemption repeal bill, asserting that arbitration was tho only way to settle the dispute. Sen? ator Williams announced that he would gladly vote for arbitration and Senator Weeks agreed that this plan was desirable. A rei olution provid? ing for submission to arbitration has been introduced by Senator Norris. On the Republican side today it developed that Senators Root and Lodge, as well as others who are prominent in the tight for repeal, would favor arbitration. A two-thirds vote of the senate would be required to pass an arbitra? tion resolution. Those opposed to ^hc idea pointed out that arbitration would mean a long delay and that in the meantime tho canal would be jopened and operated and many com? plications would arise, no matter what the decision of the court might be. No effort apparently has been made on the Democratic side to sound out senators on the plan. Democratic leaders who expected a vote on the repeal bill next Monday discovered today that the chances for this hopo being realized were grow? ing slim. Senator Jones gave notice today of his intention to speak on the repeal bill on that day and it was un? derstood that other senators might not decide to speak before Monday. In the house today Representative Henry of Texas explained the atti? tude of Secretary Bryan on the freo tolls plank of tho Baltimore plat? form. At Salem Church. A protracted meeting is in prog? ress at Salem Church. Services tach day at 4.3U and B.Uti p. in. The pastor Rtv. J. W. (Ju\ Is doing the preaching. He presents the Gos? pel truths in a pleasing, concise and forceful manner. To hear him once means tbta one will bear him again. The singing is the good ?? Li con? gregational Wind, old familiar tunes, and everybody sings. We are expect? ing a greul meeting. We w? old liWt io have you with us. "Come lhint [with us, and we Will do (hoc good.' mm MEETING CLONES. TWO IXTERESTIXG ADDRESSES MADE BY COD. TAYLOR AXD IXSURAXCE CAMMISSIOX ER McMASTER. J. A. Cat hen rl. of Columbia, Heads Organization?Chick Springs Se? lected as Place of Meeting; Xext May. Resolutions Condemn Writ? ing of Overhead Insurance and Fa? vor Examination for Agents?Ad? dress by John R. Bland?Committee and Resolutions?Smoker Much En? joyed. From The Daily Item, May 20. The South Carolina Underwriters Association met in this city this morn? ing with about forty members of the association and about twenty special agents present, making the number of visitors in attendance upon the ses? sion near sixty persons. The meeting was called to order at noon by the president, Mr. James H. Fraser of Georgetown, following which Maj. William F. Robertson made an address of welcome to the visiting fire and casualty insurance writers. Maj. Robertson in his usual cordial manner, told the visitors how glad Sumter was to receive them and to make their stay in the city a pleas? ant one. The welcome was respond? ed to by Mr. A. G. Furman of Grcerf vllls in happy style, after which the association got down to business. President Fraser made his annual address in which he told of the work of the association and its present needs. He made recommendations of interest to the insurance men. This report was turned over to the prop? er committee for recommendation. Upon motion of Mr Perry Moses. Jr., of Sumter, Mr. James li. Fraser was unanimously elected a delegate from the South Carolina association to the North Carolina as? sociation convention which meets in Durham, May 26th and 27th. The South Carolina Underwriters' Assc 1 .tion adjourned at the close of its session on Wednesday night, the program having been completed in one instead of two days, as many of the visiting agents were unable to stay here longer than one day. Be? fore the meeting adjourned the com? mittee on nominations made its re? port and officers for the ensuing year were elected, as follows: Presi? dent, James A. Cathcart, Columbia; vice president, Perry Moses, Jr., Sum? ter; secretary and treasurer, Sam M. Grist, Yorkville re-elected; James H. Fraser, of Georgetown, was elect? ed as a delegate to the National As? sociation of Underwriters which meets in Minneapolis. Chick Springs was decided upon as the next place of meeting and the seventeenth annual session of the association will be held there on the third Wednesday in May of next year. Invitations were also extended to the association from Columbia and from Newberry to have the underwriters hold their next meeting in those cities, but upon a vote Chick Springs was decided upon. At the evening session, which was to have been purely a social meeting of the Sumter and visiting local in? surance agents, it was decided, upon a resolution passed at the afternoon session, because of the inability of several of the visitors to stay longer than one day, to combine business with pleasure and the busines? ses? sion was held Immediately after the smoker closed. The session has been one of the best of the association which has been held in years, both in point of attendance and in interest taken. The meetings have been in? structive and have seemingly been means of showing the insurance men much about their work and bringing them closer together in their work. A number of resolutions were passed, which. If acted upon and carried to a successful execution, will mean much both for the insurance men and for the insured public at large. The Wednesday afternoon session was occupied In hearing two excellent addresses, one by Col. Walker Taylor, of Wilmington, X. C, vice president of the National Association of Local Agents, who spoke on the necessity of local agents co-operating with each other and the need of having local agents uualtied to do insurance work. His address was delivered In it most delightful style and he held the un? divided attention of his auditors. In a witty manner he sent his shafts direct to the defects of the insurance system, indicating tho remedies need? ed, and emphasizing the fact that the insurance men must stand together or they would fall. If they did not. Many of the grievances of people against the insurance companies, he stated, were directly responsible or traceable to not having a qualified local agent. He pointed out the fad that the Southeastern Underwriters' Association had done good, but that it was without a proper system say? ing that plans should he mapped out for Its work. He argued In favor of legitimate business and criticised the agenl or broker who etil rates. There was need of State laws, he said, to "rulate the work of the insurance brokers, with whom, in many in-1 many instances, the local agent could not compete. He favored doing ev? erything openly, with each other and with the public. The local agents must satisfy the people that the in i surance companies are all right by being open with what they do. They must not take advantage of each other, but must all stand and work together with the object of bettering conditions for themselves, the people iwth whom they are doing business and ihe community in which they live. Commissioner F. H. McMaster was next called upon by President Fraser and he delivered an exteremely in? teresting* address on the subject of "Fire Prevention and the Side Liner in the Fire Insurance Business." Mr. McMaster's address told of the work which was being done in the State through his office to prevent tires and to encourage the fire companies throughout the State. He recom? mended the adoption of statutes re? quiring the examination of all per? sons wishing to become fire insurance agents and the need of a better sys? tem of inspection by organization than he now had, for which he was working. His address was filled with interesting statistics and seemed to make a profound impression upon the minds of the insurance men. A motion was made that Mr. John R. Bland be asked to deliver his ad? dress at night and not on Thursday, as there were many present who would like to hear him, but who could not remain over longer than that night. This motion was adopted and the president appointed on a com? mittee to nominate officers for the en? suing year Messrs. A. G. Furman, W. M. Reid, T. S. Wilbur, G. E. Hayns? worth and F. L. Sain. The recommendations of the com? mittee to whom had been referred the president's annual report was re? ceived and adopted. The recom? mendations follow: We, your committee on the presi ujnt's report beg to recommend as follows: 1st. We recommend the adoption of his recommendations relative to building codes in cities and towns. 2nd. We recommend the sugges? tion that we inaugurate Inspection Day, on a similar plan as that now in vogue by the South Carolina Fire Prevention Bureau. Cash Basis System: We heartily recommend to local agents the adop? tion of the cash system such as now in successful operation in several cities and communities in this State. We further recommend the advisabil? ity of legislation regarding the pay? ment of premiums on policies within thirty days from the date of issue of the policy. Agency Appointment and Qualifi? cations: We earnestly recommend that before a license be issued to any one to act as agent for fire in? surance companies in this State that the parties be made to pass a rigid examination to be conducted by a party of three, to wit: the Insurance Commissioner, a representatve of an insurance company other than an agent, and a member of the South Carolina Underwriters' Association, both to be named by the association; and we further recommend that this matter be taken up with the Insurance Commissioner vigorously and his ap? proval and co-operation obtained. In conclusion this committee de? sires to express on behalf of the members of the association their ap? preciation of the sincere and earnest work done by our retiring president, feeling that it is through his efforts that our association has accomplsh ed what it has, and that it is also due to his earnest work that our mem? bership has been largely increased. We also feel that our competent and handsome secretary is due a vote of thanks for the good offices he has performed, and we sincerely trust that he will consent to serve our asso? ciation in this capacity so long as he may livo. Respectfully, Wm. Goldsmith, P. Moses, Jr., James A. Cat heart, Committee. At the meeting Wednesday night made an instructive address on cas? ualty and fidelity insurance was made by John R. Bland of Baltimore. His talk was full of information and in? terest to the insurance men. At this time the report of the nom? inating committee was received ami the officers elected for next year. President, James A. Cathcart, Colum? bia: Vice President, P. Moses, Jr.. Sumter; Secretary and Treasurer. Sam M. Grist, Yorkvillo; delegate to the National Association of Loral Agents, James H. Fraser. Georgetown; executive committee, .lames 11. era? ser, Georgetown; W. IV Sloan, Ander? sons J. E. Crymes, Greenwood; c. C. Kdwards, Chester: W. M. Held, Blsh opville; T. S. Wilbur, Charleston; Charles K. Commander. Florence; legislative committee, Allster G. Fur man, Greenville; .1. G. Pr id more, Oaffney: H. G. Sian. Georgetown; C Eugene Trlbble( Anderson; Julian Cub houn, Spartahburg; W. A. Mi Swain, Xewberry; G. E. Haynsworth, Sum ler; W. A. Douglas, Rock Hill; W. E. Greer, Helton. The president, vice president and secretary are all mem? bers of these committees ex-offlcio. The following motion offered by James A. Cathcart of Columbia was adopted: "That the legislative com? mittee be instructed ,o prepare a bill for consideration by the next legisla? ture requiring that, all forms of fire and casualty policies and surety bonds be signed by an agent licensed by the insurance commissioner, and that no agent shall give any broker or other agent more than o -e-half his usual commission and that the license of any company guilty of overhead un? derwriting be revoked, and that all brokers be licensed, as required by the laws of North Carolina, and that this committee be requested to con? fer with the insurance commissioner in regard to all desired legislation." Mr. Perry Moses, Jr.. offered the following resolution, which was adopt? ed: "Moved, That the South Caro? lina Underwriters' Association rec? ords its disapproval et the action of the Greensboro companies in over? head writing and that the matter be taken up by our incoming grievance committee with the companies for ad? justment, and that, failing to do so satisfactorily, the matter be referred to the National Association of Local Agents, and falling to get redress there it be taken up by our local as? sociation. The smoker giver; by the local agents of Sumter last night on the roof of the City National Bank build? ing was the chief secinl feature of the underwriters' convention and was a function which was much enjoyed. There werfi about sixty present at this event and all of these seemed to lind the occasion a very pleasant one. A delightful supper was served and ev? erything passed off very auspiciously. Before adjourning the visiting in? surance men passe; the following resolutions: On motion of Jas H. Fraser the association extended thanks to the lo? cal agents of Sumter and the ladies, who so graciously assisted them in their royal entertainment; to the Sumter Club for the not of its rooms; to The Daily Item for its compre? hensive reports of tl.e doings of the association and all others for cour? tesies extended to it during its brief but exceptionally pleasing sojourn in the "Game Cock City." On motion, by a ccrdial and unani? mous vote, an invitation was extend? ed tc James H. Southgate of Durham. N. C, former president of the Nation? al Association of Loral Agents to be? come its guest at the next annual convention at Chick Springs and ad? dress it on a subject of subjects of his own choosing. Death of Mrs. Charles Thames. Mrs. Hattie L. Thames wife of Charles Thames, died at her home on Harvin street Wednesday at about half past one o'clock, after an illness of several months. Mrs. Thames was? Miss Lesesnc be? fore her marriage and was a native of this county. She is survived by her husband, Mr. Charles Thames, and four daughters, Mrs. D. J. Burns of Newberry; Mrs. Martin of Mullins; Miss Juanita Bown of Sumter and Mrs. Oliu Stubbs of Florida. She also leaves two brothers. Messrs. J. I. Lesesnc of Sumter and Ben I^es ssne of Summerton, two sisters, Mrs. Robertson of Oswego and Mrs. Tis dale of Summerton. MEN Cured Forever By*a true spe? cialist who possesses the experience of years. The right kind of experience doing the same thing the right way hundreds and perhaps tbou sandsof times, with unfailing permanent re? sults. Don't you think it time to get _ t he right m - ' treatment? 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