Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Uuisrai at lb "oatoaace at Saunter, h C m fjDLcmd Claas Maiiot. ? ?umm NEWS. Mrs. Clara Reynolds, after a pleas? ant alar With her niece. Mrs. T. C. I mi roan of 26 Ulandtng Street, left for home In Charleston Friday even? ing. re. C. W. McGrew, after spending a raw daya hi Orangeburg, returned home Friday, accompanied by her lit? tle dace Mlaa Eoltne Oliver. Mr. and Mra. J. B. Cordero. ami attra, Vlvienne and Audrey, and Mrs Cerdero'a mother. Mra. Day. left Saturday to (make their home in Greenwood, S. C. Mlaa Roaa Lesesne, formerly book avepar of the Sumter Gaa Company, lerr Saturday afternoon for Lakeland. ! where she has accepted a posi? tion. d. O. C. Scarborough of Summer ' waa a vlaltor to the city on Mon? day. Mra. Hayne F. Rice, wife of Judge Iii t, Is vlaltlng Mrs. Ula D. Knight at the corner af Hampton Avenue and rch street. ?Miss Ruby Rills, of Florence, who hu lieen tha guest of the family of Mr and Mra. L. B. II. Darr for the pa. t tan daya haa returned homo. DIU POTKAT PREACHES HERE. 1 resident of Carman University De? livers Kerraon* at Baptist Church. 'r K M Poteat. president of Kur? il Cnlveraiiy at Greenville, waa in th?* city Sunday and delivered two n tuent and Intereatlng sermons at i First Baptlat church, where he or. ached both morning and evening. It Poteat la a polished speaker and I ghted hie hearers at both services. II? made a most excellent Impression "i tha small congregation, who will ay? In future hear him with pleas? ure. The bad weather prevented a irga number from attending services ring tha day. ?I MTKR OVKKWIIELMS I'LOR KNCK, I~?al High school Leal* Down Pet* Dae l<a?L? by Score of 4H to 0. Tha Surnter high achool football im continued Its vlctortoua career v ? star day afternoon by defeating the boJB of the Florence h'gh achool by t a score of 4S to 0. " 10 game was ' o one-sided to he Interesting, al ough the Pee Deo lads put up a ? .mo fight against a faster and bet ' r coached squad. The Gamecocks started out with a ? sih and ere the first quarter had ided they had piled up three touch dowaa and gcals against their oppon ? ata. In the second quartor they t- avked up somewhat to catch their i reath. acorlng only once during this . arlod, while In the third and fourth erlods they went strong again, mak ng two touchdowns In each session. Che total of eight touchdowns and even goas from touchdown totalled ip tha 4S pcinta. Tha team ran well together and ach man on It did his part well. ?4pann ran the team and Interspersed Micha with end runs and forward .lasses so ar to completely befuddle heir opponents. Touchdowns were made on each of theao ys. the open new system of play being productive of aa good gains and as many touch? downs aa the old style Uno Jean mint; game. OUTSIDE WORK N EAR COMPLE- j TION. National Hank of South C arolina Will More Into New tjuarters Next Mouth. Th? Nation.11 Mink of South Caro? lina will move Into I'm new home about the middle of L'cccmber. or at least the bank official* hope to get Into it about thut time, If the work SOS tlnues to pragttM satbiactory. The new building *huh 11.? ?> have erected will !>? one of ihn hand- .,no st In Um city and la a ntung geetawrlal to the old landmark which It r? places. The old court hou-te in which the hank had ita (p uiters since Hi Organisation will be missed, but the new Luildur-; win be much more of an oraassenl ind Is m? re becoming t* .? pro ;n ity. The front of humhmim- i hite marble ms been practically complete^ ami ?II of the outside work on the huthi ng la through. The workmen an now engaged In plastering the inside ;vnd still ha\e to put in the fixtures "*he work on the store adjoining the ?ank Is also going on steadily and his will soon in ,n readiness for ?ccupam f, Marriage Lb en-e Ifeeoni. A Hernie to mi rry has Leen ? i inh ? o Mr T. E Granger or mtifjtl m l di?s e/effsjalHi Janes ??r Tlssaaoai file. Sl'MTKK HOY ON JASON. 4\ II. Deal, Jr., ts Third Oilicer on I'nitcd Static "Christmas ship.'' O. H. Deal, Jr., the IS-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. a Ii Deal Of tili? city, iu third ofllccr on board the United States ship Jason, which has been laden With Christmas gifts for the suffering Belgians 'and which left New York on Saturday for the Eu? ropean war zone, presumably at Ant? werp or some neighboring port. Mr. Deal was third olllcer on board this ship at Vera Cruz, but was re? cently transferred from that place. Since he left there he has stood his examination and been promoted to a regular berth on the United States ship. Young Deal has many friends in Sumte.-, who will be glad to hear that he is getting along so well. Hi:AltS BI ST TIG E HS. Fast (.ume Goes to Nosh's Men by Score of 27 to 20. The commencement of the basket? ball league Indicates that the latter games of the series will be well worth seeing, for the game last night was even faster and snappier than the game of the preceding night. The game was taken by the Bears after a hard struggle, the score being 27 to 20 in their favor. Nash in the first half and Brown in the second half made the goals for their team, while ltobertson starred for his team in the second half with Hurst coming in for second honors. Chatham played a strong game at guard. In the first half the Bears proved to be very much fuster and displayed much more agility than the hereto? fore presumedly soft footed quick moving Tigers. With the honors for Nash xt center, he covered the lloor and made several remarkable shots, making four of the six goals by his team, Brown gutting the other two. For the Tigers, Bryan and ltobertson each made ono goal. In the second half the Tigers got away with live goals on a stretch, but were then headed off by tho pass work of their opponents, who piled up seven goals In close succession, Brown making all of them, ltobertson made four, Hurst three and Bryan one in the second half. Score at end of first half, 13 to 4 in favor of tho Bears, second half 14 to 16. Final score, 27 to 20. The Little Colonel Club. Miss Elisabeth China entertained i the Little Colonel Club on Friday af? ternoon, November 13, at 4.30 p. m. at her beautiful home on Bartlctt Street. The entire membership attended and promptly at tho appointed hour the session wus begun. Recitations on the piano forte oc? cupied the first period followed by an interesting discussion of means of making up presents for the approach? ing Christmas holiday by the presi? dent, Miss Caroline Dick. Sewing mater als next made their appearance, afterwards tho doors opened on the dining room and all the "Little Colon? els" Joined in leading the charge through them to the most beautiful table of royal viands spread boun? teous!) for them in lovely fashion. Apple seeds contained in the fruit on the table were consulted from which their number were to determine Inter? esting questions hitherto veiled In mytsery?as lo future alliances?the resulti.. however, will be deleted by the censor, so they may as well be omitted. The feast oeing over, the guests were soon departing and as they sab', farewell they voiced the great delight lite meeting hail held for them and all look forward to the meeting at Miss Frances DeLorme's home on Hamp? ton avenue, where next the assemblage may renew the happy hours of the meeting* of this club, which seems to grow and flourish like the ros\ "S*?ft ages looked love to eyes that spako again. And all went merry as a marriage Pe'l." "Correspondent." Girls Iluve Good Time. On Saturday afternoon, November Tib. the '?<; E. C." ?Irls had an "awfull/" good time at the home of Cornelia ibower on Salem Ave? nue. Aflat the girls arrived tablet were placed on the porch and "Frogres she Rooks*1 afforded them unite an e\ siting two hours, Mia wa Walsh and Dolgar were the nn>st fortunate, but efter ?Utting. Miss Delgar was pre at nted with ? bos ?>f "Sweets.' Miss Hrower served i ream and swee ealu in lbs latter part of the after n? on The ?lob \\;|| unit Saturday. ,\'o re saber i Ith, e m, Miss Ulllnn I >el gar on llarxin Street. The i 'orrespondent, Federal Helene Board I i\ew Holes \v i ihtngloi v' ? i i 'i'i r Feder i reserve board '"day nxed ihr riles ?> rediscount at federal reserve honk as follows: Richmond ? per ceni Atlanta, short time. I per cent; l"n ?time ?> 1-2, THR?E DROWNED AT BEACH. rish Laden Unat Was Swamped in the Breakers?One Member of Part) lfrtranns Death. Wilmington star. Throe colored men, all well known fishermen of Masonboro Sound, thin county, were drowned and a fourth member Of their party had a nariow escape from the same fate early yes? terday afternoon when a boat in which they were returning from I he outside and which was well filled with trout, was swamped in some unex plainable manner just as they were about to reach the beach just oppo? site the place of Mr. J. B. Falcs, on the sound. ABOUT PROPOSED RAILROAD. Snwtniinh Believes Seaboard Will Build Extension. (Editorial Article in the Savannah Morning News.) There doesn't seem to be any doubt that Savannah is to have direct rill road connection with the West Vir? ginia and Kentucky coal fields that feed the C, C. and 0, Railroad. She will have it by way of Charleston through the efforts of the Seaboard Air Line ltailroad. At least that seems to be the understanding now. The re? port is that the Seaboard is surveying a line from Charleston to Savannah In fact, it has this work almost complet? ed. The road will be a much shorter one than any now existing between the two eitlen and will have mich lighter graib . muklny It an Ideal road for freight trattle, especially for carrying coal. It isn't probable that the Seaboard will make Savannah an export point for coal, since it is easier to get in and out of Charleston harbor, but there is a big business in coal In Sa? vannah. The Cllnchfleld coal is admir? able for steam purposes and so will be sought by steamships and rail? roads. Many steamers visit Savan? nah in the course of a year and the railroads arc steady customers for coal. And the city Itself is a big coal consumer. Hence the Seaboard, as? suming that it Is the Seaboard that is building tho Savannah-Charleston line, has the very best of business reasons for building into Savannah from Char? leston. And the projected road will help Savannah in another way. ft will en ? courage the development o county, which Is tributary to re may reasonably expect ther-! ore,, I hat I Beaufort county will be a > .< muc! more important section of country than it is now. it may become so im? portant that the ferry company, oper? ating the line between this city and Screven Ferry Landing, will have to employ a larger boat or increase the number of its boats. ROOM TO STORE COTTON. McLaurin Secures Old Dispensary Building as Warehouse. Columbia, Nov. 13.?John L. Mc Lauiin, State warehouse commisioner, said today he had leased room in the old state dispensary building and was prepared to store several thousand bales of cotton In Columbia. The rent will be twenty-live cents a month for each bale. The weighing and grading charge for each bale will be live cents. Freight will have to be prepaid, as he has no funds to pay in advance. The cotton should be con? signed t.> Columbia Warehouse and Transfer Company. The rental charge covers Insurance and all expenses. Baraca-Philathca Entertainment. [ The Baraea and Philathea classes of the First Baptist Church had a Joint entertainment last night at the Church w hich proved a most ei joy able event for the two hundred or more who attended. Both are large classes ailed with much enthusiasm In their work and many of the members with their friends were present al the affair. A varied musical program was first rendorcd, the selections being ? f an .interesting nature and phasing to the 'audience. After the music Mr. I... D. ! Epps made a short, but entertaining talk, which was n featuri of the oc jcasion. At the cl? w of his rem irks, tin* gathering tvai Invited Into the church basement, where a delicious supper of chicken and oyster stew was served. Basing an estimate on the quantity of seed wheat sold by a few <>;' the local dealers in seeds, there Will an increase in the wheat crop of Semter county of f<?nr or live hundred per cent But even this comparatively great Increase In ihe wheat acreage will nol provide home raised bread for nil ihr people of Hmnter county. In recent years very little \\hc:M has been grown In the; section, and to Increase the acreage four ??r live-fold doc :; imd amount lo is much us one vouId infer from the unexplained statement. R. w. |*nrker, Jr., has gone into i.' luntary bankruptcy. news from s. c. university. l>r, Currcll in Washington?Trt-Collcgi Debating League?Convention ol Cnivcrsity Athletics?Unroiimcn, Increases. Columbia, Nov. 14.?Dr. W. 8. Cur roll, president of the University oJ South Carolina, spent the early part ol the week in Washington, attending the sessions of the annual convention of the Association of Southern Col? leges. The Universities of Georgia, Ten? nessee and South Carolina have jusl completed the formation of a trian? gular' debating league, Tennessee to supplant Virginia, the latter having withdrawn from the league formed last year. Also Carolina is making an effort, it is understood, to create still another debating league, since the University will not this year de? bate Davidson and Trinity. A convention of South Carolina col? leges will be held here next Saturday, the lilst. It is expected that the State's most, prominent and active educators will be present. Dr. Winfield Scott Hall, Northwes? tern University, was on the campus this week and delivered several very interesting and instructive lectures. This week the Gamecocks met Da? vidson On the gridiron. The Uni? versity now has only two more games scheduled before it closes its season; a game with Nowberry, at Newberry, Saturday, and the annual Thanksgiv? ing contest against the Citadel Bull? dogs. The team expects to score a victory in both cases. The Game? cocks have learned to use the open play to great advantage, while the forward pass is being executed bet? ter than ever before. The University Y. M. C. A. has arranged a schedule of splendid lec? tures for the next several weeks. The lecturers Include a number of prom? inent Columbians. Tho University's Civic Club is grow? ing into a very active and helpful or? ganization this year. Determining to hold itself a clinic for citizenship, it has mapped out as its year's work a study of community problems rather than the broader field of the State, and will search for remedies appli? cable to the community evils. Prof. Davis, of the University, has in the latest number of the Journal of American Folk-Lore, an extremely Interesting and Instructive article on negro folk-lore in this State. Prof. Davis, ftfl ? *.udent of the i t ir. . I 3e many val : *"n7r South Caro lina folk lore. mere are now regi rations at the University every week, and already tho enrollment registers close to the 500 mark. speed is desired. Plans are Made to Hurry Congress. Washington, Nov. 15.?Preparations for speeding up tho routine work of the December session of congress al? ready have been begun by the house appropriations committee. At the in? stance of administration leaders every effort will be made to hurry the ap? propriation bills before March 4, IUI5, to avoid a special session of the newly elected congress which comes Into power on that date. To complete tho appropriation bills by that date, however, probably will require special rules, rigidly limiting debate. A Word of Thanks Prom the Red Cross Cotton Pickers. Although tho weather man predict? ed bad weather for Friday, the rain held off just long enough for those who had not seen the pictures at the Rex Thursday evening, to attend the other two shows for the benefit of the Red Cross cotton pickers. The workers wish to express their appreciation of the Interest shown by their friends in attending the Rex and thereby making successful their plan of helping the European war sufferers. Altogether 5115 person! at? tended these three performances and the cotton pickers receivd 40 per cent of the receipts which amounted t<> I $17.16. Of this amount $6.60 will be paid Mr, Winburn for the slides and seven photographs. The Red Cross workers appreciate the interest he has shown and tho help given. Wo wish to thank Mr. Miller for his kindness In showing these slides at the j Rex and for his generous offer of 40 pel cent of the receipts. We also wish to thank The hem for its assistance, and all those who helped in carrying out this plan of raising a contribu? tion for the ltev| Cross fund from the young people of Sumter, We have forwarded $12.00 to Mr. Kaufman, acting president of the South Carolina Red Cress work and with the amount on hand there win bo ti lotal contri? bution of ?:.'.") from the lied Cross cot? ton pickers. The hunting party which went down to [Hack Oak Island the Itrst ol ln**i week returned Saturday night, after having killed two dec* and n quantity I of smaller game. WOMEN CELEBRATE VICTORIES. W. C. T. U, Rejoices in Suffrage and Prohibition Krault* in Several States. Atlanta, da., Nov. 14.?Celebration of prohibition and suffrage victories In the various States marked the na? tional convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance union here to? night. Delegates from the common? wealths in which success was gained addressed the session. A petition in favor of national pro? hibition said to hear the signatures of 5,000,000 persons was displayed in the convention chamber today The paper on wheh the names were written weighed more than 35 pounds. It is planned to present the petition to the next session of congress. CARRANZA WILLING TO LEAVE. Obregon Tells of Offer and Says lie Will Fight Roth for Peace. Mexico City, Nov. 15.?Gen. Obre? gon tonight received a dispatch from Cordoba saying Carranza has offered to turn over the military forces to Gen. Gonzales and leave for Habana not later than November 25 if Villa would turn over his command to Gen. Gutierrez and go to Habana on the same date. The Aguascalientes con? vention must meet In Mexico City the day Villa and Carranza arrive in Ha? bana, according to the offer. The convention in Mexico then must ratify the election of Gutierrez or chose an? other provisional president to hold of? fice until the general election. If these conditions are not met by November 30, Carranza, according to Gen. Obre? gon, will resume power as first chief of the constitutionalists. Commenting on the offer, Gen. Ob? regon said he was willing to fight both Carranza and Villa, if necessary, to drive them from the country and re? store peace. FIRES AT LANCASTER. Two Conflagrations Cause Excitement in Town. Lancaster, Nov. 14.?Fire was dis-j covered last night about midnight ir. one of the buildings of the Spring block on Main street. This was the store room occupied by the Palace Meat market and the O. K. barber ship. Just how the lire got started is not positively known, but it is sup? posed that escaping gasoline over? flowed a burner in the shop and caused flames to drop to the floor, which burned some little distance be? fore the fire was discovered. What promised to be a disastrous fire and would have been but for the timely arrival of C. B. Cobb, manager of the shop, was soon extinguished with but small damage resulting there? from. Another fire alarm about 6 o'clock this morning caused many of the town's population to be stirring at an earlier hour than usual. This was the oil house near the Lancaster & Ches? ter railroad depot which was discov? ered afire. The fire department was soon on the scene! but was powerlss to stay tho fury of the tlames which practically destroyed the building. KEEP CANAL NEUTRAL. Wilson Supplements Regulations on Panama. Washington, Nov. 14.?A proclama? tion supplementing existing neutrality regulations of the Panama canal zone was issued at the direction of Presi? dent Wilson. By its terms previously announced prohibitions are extended to air craft, public or private, of bel? ligerents which are forbiddwn to, rise from or descend upon canal zone ter? ritory to "pass through the air spaces above." It also forbids the use of wireless by belligerent vessels within the zone jurisdiction, except on busi? ness concerning the canal. Except by special arrangement then shall not be at any one time more j than three war vessels of any one j nation, including those of allies, in i either terminal port or its adjacent j territorial waters, or more than three such vessels in transit through tin canah or more than six at one time in all the territorial waters of tin- zone. Passage through the canal is to Ik? accorded only upon written assurance by commanders of observance of reg? ulation. i_ SUMTEK COTTON MARKET. i Corrected daily by Ernest Field. Cotton Buyer. Good Middling 7 1-2. Strict Middling 7 3-8. Middling 7 1-4. Strict Low Middling 6 3-4. I Low Middling 0 1-4. Staple Cotton, Nominal. Mrs. llartsotigli Gives Luncheon. Mrs. I. F. Hartsough gave a lunch? eon Wednesday at her apartment on Peachtree place tor Mrs. Joseph Chandler, of Sunder, S. C, who Is visiting Mrs. A. Wright, and for Mrs. .William Worsley, of Columbus, Ca.. the guest of Mrs. Marion Seabrooks. ,?Atlanta Georgian and News. PLAINTIFF WINS VERDICT. Santce Lumber Company Gets Small Amount?Boykin Against Coast Line. Tho case of the Santce River Cy prem Lumber Company against Estovo Brothers & Company, Frank Traho, and Drury It. Bynum, for al? leged damage and trespass on lumber lands alleged to belong to the former came to a conclusion in court Satur? day afternoon, when the jury return? ed a verdict for $841.81 for the plain? tiff. The case had lasted for fhree days and was a hard fought one, with sev? eral attorneys on each side, represent? ing the various plaintiffs and defend? ants. The plaintiff had sued for $12, 281.05, and the small verdict was vir? tually a victory for the defendant The case of J. Arthur Boykin against The Atlantic Coast Line Rail? road company and J. R. Johnson, con? ductor, was begun this morning in civil court. This is a suit for $10,000 because of alleged injuries received by the plaintiff at the hands of the de? fendant. Boykin claims to have had his hip dislocated at Cartersville, when getting oTf the train. He fell to the ground, he alleges, and was left there by the conductor, who got baok on the train, which pulled out. He was ?hen treated by Dr. T. O. Boykin, the hip zeing put back in place, and tak? en to Dr. Boykin's home near the sta? tion, where he was hurt. Later he was taken home, near Lamar, where he remained in bed for several weeks and was forced to walk on crutches for several months before he entirely recovered. The defense set up a claim that Boy? kin had been to his cousin, Dr. Guer ry Boykin at Lamar shortly previous to the time of the alleged accident and told him of a scheme to take out an accident insurance policy and then to get hurt on the railroad, or to feign being injured, and to sue the railroad and the insurance company for dam? ages. Dr. Guerry Boykin, it was al? leged, spurned this scheme, but the plaintiff went ahead, took out the in suranco policy and shortly thereafter suffered his alleged injury. Messrs. J. H. Clifton and Geo. D. Levy represented the plaintiff and Messrs. P. A. Willcox, L. W. Mc Lemore and. Mark Reynolds repre? sented the defendants. CLEMSON TIGERS ARRESTED. Football Team Said to Have Been Placed in AlVSJSC at College on Ar? rival Home After Victory. Greenville, Nov. 15.?It was learned here tonight that the Clemson college football team had been placed in ar? rest by the college authorities upon its return from Richmond, Va., where on Saturday it defeated Virginia Mil? itary institute. It was impossible to establish communication with the col? lege authorities, and so details were unobtainable. What college rule the football players had broken is not known. Clemson is a military college and arrest or confinement to quarters is imposed for violation of a variety of regulations. According to information available the arrest caused a considerable stir In college circles. ELECTION VERY EXPENSIVE. The Votes Cost Moit? Than ?ne Dollar Each?Will be Deficit. Columbia, Nov. 10.?Votes in tho general election held November 2 in South Carolina cost more than $ 1 each. Reports filed with the State board of canvassers by the commis? sioners show that the total vote was approximately 35,500. The legislature appropriated $30.ooo for the expense of the general election. An addition? al appropriation of from $r>,000 to $7. 0U0 will have to be made to meet the printing bills. Incomplete returns bled with tho State board of canvassers indicate that all of the 11 constitutional amend? ments were carried in the general election. Tabulation of the vote will 1 e completed this week. The board of canvassers will meet Wednesday to hear contests and pro teats. WILL SEARCH IX>R BAGGAGE. 1 State Department Will Try to Aid Americans. Washington, Nov. 15.?The State department announced today it would endeavor to reeov r baggage lost by Americans in Germany and Austria at the beginning of the war if owners j Would mail receipts or other evidences of ownership with descriptions of the missing trunks to American Consul General Lay In Berlin through the depa rl ment. -, The hose wagons were called out by an alarm of lire Sunday morning about 1 o'clock, but the alarm proved to be a false one, it having been sent in because of the numerous sparks coming out of the smoke stack of the Sumtcr Electrical Company.