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?jjr ddlatcbman aiti *outbran. PoblbOjed Wcdneedtt) mud Saturday. ?BY? OSTEKN PUBLISHING COMPANY. ?UMTKB. 8. a f Terms: ?1.1t per annum?la advance. Advertisements: Oma Square first Insertion.$1.00 arrsory subeequsnt liisertlon.50 Contracts for three months, or Songsr will be made at reduced rates. All communications ahlch sub? serve, private Interests will be charged for aa advertisements. Obttaarlaa and tributes of rsspoct srlll be charted for. The Bumter Watchman was fouud ?4 m lttt and the Trus Southron In If It. The Watchman and Southron mow has the combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, aad le manifestly the best advertising i In Sum tor. The Charleston "Buy a Huh-'' club, organised by the Charleston Chamber <-f Commerce, has made a ft cord that the ot*?er cities of the South Will tind difficult to c?|ual. The buataesn men of the obi city have pledged them selvea to buy 1 1.7*5 bales of cotton at 10 cents a pound, which tJMTWS that they have the right spirit and are willing to go the limit in helping to tide the .South over a crisis. Th< ac? tion af Charleston ?shouhl be an In? spiration to the other 'owns ??f South Carolina and through the entire South. If all other towns will do as much in ton. the effort to force the sale of the proportion to their means as Charles cotton crop at less than cost of pro? duction will be defeated. see With practically all the merchants of Suinter accepting cotton at ten cents u pound In settlement of ac counta and In payment for goods there la no urgent necessity for sell? ing cotton for less than ten cents, see The refusal of farmer* to throw their cotton on the markt t at any price offered has forced nrlecs up more than a cent during the past week. see The reiterated erplanatlons that the OermaAn ure making of the distrac? tion of Louvnlne und the butchery of non-coml>SBants In BehjtUtU afford tr ?aide grounds for the I ellef that this savage style of warfare Is Inex tuaible. bj see The approaching extra session 0 the legislature may prove to be worth what it will cost the BtatO, but w? ha\ I doubts. t * * The campaign gun lighters appear to bi still on I he pay 1**?11 of the tMatc. DM of them was hanging around the Jeffereon Hotel Friday night during the hamplet given by Columbia < iti /?UM in honor of L. I>. Jennings and W. P, PolMM ki ami after the banquet attempted to provoke a difficulty with Mr. Pollock, He eras, arrested and his <;un 'akrii from him before In? got a cham e to kill | ny one. e i e TlM Germans otficially admit the killing of less than ten thousand sol? diers since the beginning Of the cam? paign in Belgium ami Fiance. This flow not nennt, the seventy mile foot race from the environs of Paris to the AHM river. The publication of this statement indicates that the German otli'ials imagine that the balance of the v.oinl is made up of Credulous fools. If the terrible lighting ma? chine that the German army is alleg? ed to be can be driven back after a loss of Maty ten thousand killed, then the war is not the appalling horror It la%atippoae4 to be, but nothing mvih more serious than u slu.m battle. If contending armies of more than a million men each cannot kill more than ten thousand each in a two weeks conl'ict, modern warfares are a failure, The same number of able bodied men could do greater execu? tion with rocks and clubs. The Ger? mans and the allies could save time and millions of dollars by throwing away their magazine rilles and rapid tire guns and all the modern par? aphernalia of war and resorting to primitive methods and weapons. They arc charged with having reverted to the stone age in the treatment of non-combatants and the wounded and it would appear easy to adopt the weapons suited to this method of w ar? fare. ? ? * There will be an exceptionally heavy demand for peas next spring ami summer and It will pay the farm? ers better to gather this crop than to devote all their energies to cotton pi< king, Peas will flnO a ready mar? ket next year and they will command war time prices. ? Ilm loon Has Plan to Save Money. Washington. Sept. 20.?Postmaster General P>urlcso?i has under consid? eration a project to cut postotliee ex? penditures lit), JOO.OOO a year by per? forming the rural mall service by contract as is done now on socalled star routes. i.i.i: rorxTY ( <n irr. Two Murder Trials at rail Trm. The full term of court of sessions was culled promptly at lu o'clock last Monday morning by clork of court, Btngletary, Solicitor stoii came over Hunduy evening and Judge Uiec aad Stenographer Wood, came over Monday morning on p.30 train from Sunder. The Judge did not charge the grand Jurj as they hud been full) charged at previous terms of court, but simply oxplulncd the law as bear? ing on cases handed to the Jury by solicitor, Murray Wilson, tried for the mur? der of Henry Honey, both negroes, was found guilt) of manslaughter und sen? tenced, to two yeurs and six months In the penitentiary, Simpson Skinner, w ho was trii <l once before for the murder of the neuro. Win Taylor, and the Jury made u mistrial was the last case tried. Mr, ?. Prunk Kelley repre? sented him at this trial At the form? er trial tin Hon, M. U Smith was employed by me defense. After stay in*] out several hours, a mistrial watt again ordered. All the other cases were contin I ued and court adjourned Tuesday evening. i Grand Jury Presentment. Hon. Hayne Itlce, Presiding: We the grand jury, heg leave to submit the following presentment: All bills of indictment turned over to us fur consideration have rceived our careful investigation and handed back to the conn with our Undings endorsed thereon. The committee appointed to Inspect the books of our count.'1 officers, beg to make the following reports. We lind the books of the count f ofllccra properly kept and In good shape, as far as can he judged by your grand jury. Our grand jury having employ? ed Mr. McGowan to Index and read deeds and mortgages as found in tlm office of clerk of court, left undone b% our last clerk of court, L. A. Moore. We And this properly done and recommends that Mr, McGowan be paid for his services thirty-live dollars, according to bill rendered. We the grand Jury beg to call at? tention to the fact that our officials have been rather careless In putting down blind tigers and request that our sheriff, his deputy and our mag? istrates and their deputies and the ru? ral police ton es, be more observing and diligent in reporting blind tigers. We the grand jury recommend that ?Ince Our county attorney has so tar, failed to curry out the rccommonda-' ti'ins of grand jury in its spring term. We recommend thut lt. I >. Rpps, Esq., of Kumter, he employed by proper authorities to bo assisted by our county nttorney, to prosecute for Irregularities in the ortice of L. A. Moore, former clerk of court of Lee county and Unit a reasonable fee )><? paid .Mr. Bpps for services. We rec? ommend further that if it he neces? sary in the opinion of attorneys thai an expert aceountanf be employed to investigate finances and records of county during I.. A. Moore's term. Respectfully submitted, R. W. McCutchen, Foreman. ? GOOD YEAR'S WORK. Secretary .!. L. Edelmann of the South Carolina Fire Prevention as? sociation has reported the progress of the organisation for the past year, which concluded with tin- Inspection oi" Charleston. From May 1. L&13, to May 1, 1914, the following cities were inspec ted: , Columbia( Alken, Qaffney, Bennetts ville, Abbeville, Darlington, Lancaster, Cnlon, Marion-Mullins, Marion, Mul lins and Cheraw. The average at? tendance at the Inspections was ten. A total of 1,875 buildings Were in? spected in the II (owns; ."s7 requests for Improvements ware made, and 2Q9 weif report* d corrected or re? sponded to Inquires from the asso? ciation. Been tary Edelmann asks for great? er cooperation during the coming year from the members thun was given in the past, ami while progress was made in the year just ended, the results for the coming year will be even more satisfactory if every member does his ?bare of the work. FOR RENT I OK YEAR 1015?One hor?*e farm, dwelling and necessary buildings; three miles from Sumter, on good public road. Address Farm, care Daily Item. DR. IIKrIISMITIl?Optometrist of Florence, is hero at Clarcmont li<> tel only one day each week in fu? ture, every Thursday, to examine < yes und lit glasses. WANTED?Position as overseer on farm, have had experience growing tobacco. Ueferencos furnished. Address "Tobacco Farmer," care 1 >aiiy lu m, Sumter, B. C. WANTED?Heifer calves. thr?e to mx months old! also one or more young cows. fresh In milk, or springers. Apply Dr. C. P. Osteen, , Sumter, s. ('. Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Boottt*Harby Live Stock Co. and CentraULumber Co. Geo. Epperson's Old Sta.rvd Opp. Court House f Time and effort are your tools for accomplish? ment and a ? Bank account; proves neither were wasted? If Why don't you learn the advantages of having a Bank account in a reliable Bank ? 11 To start is the thing?don't be backward because your beginning may be small, all big things had small beginnings and there is a pile of satisfaction and comfort in watching your account grow. We want to help you save and be somebody, if you w ill only ijive us the chance. Begin with $1.00. 4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings. ^ BANK OF SUMTER ESTABLISHED 1889 THE FALL FASHIONS T i HE Fall Fashions are now fully set and we are now offering our trade Clothes of unusual merit. (jj Better fabrics, more artistic designing, the limit of skill? ful Tailoring, and Perfection of the Fit are the, features in? teresting to Men who enjoy wearing Better Clothes. We are showing the Conservative Models for Conservative Men?and the limit of style in our Suits for Young Men who want good taste and Swellness combined. ? Two Button, Three Button and the Double Breasted Models. The Suitings arc- now and beautiful never were finer, and ? ? our Price.) fair as they always are. Suits $10, $15, $18, $20, $30 } HnRKSfsraaosErm MM? wwwwi M? ?i The D. J. ?..!--?.-?- ? ? ? a . a a ? ? a_ ? ? ?.?..?-?>-?-?-?.? a a lot <3> Gl S rl B 1 . - <K m> . ft 3f*' y I j V MP^ ? \ , < - - Offlum Phone 166 Surnter, S. C