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tssesred ?4 the CostoffW at Hinunter, S. C m Second Class Matter PERSON.VI) NKWS. I - Mr Kugcnc Hogan. who hau boon living at bos Angele? for the past ten years, is In tho city on a Molt to re1atl\es. The Rev. D. M. McLeou left today for hin future honte In Charleston, af? ter a stay here of four years. His departure Is much regretted by the members of Trinity Church aiul his friends in the city. To tuko his plnee as pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church. Rev. It. S. Truesdale will ar? rive in de city on Friday night anil will conduct his first service on Sun da.'. Mr. Truesdale is one of the best proochrrs and pastors in South Car? olina and the Suniter Church is grati? fied to secure him as pastor In Mr. McLeoo's place. Messrs. A. A. Hrearlcy and K. M. Jenkins, of St. Charles, were In the city today. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Kembert and Mr. Vernon Kseln, of Kemhert. spent the day in ths city. Rev. W. E. Thu>er Is in Charleston attending th- 8'.ate i'aptist Conven? tion Mr. Oso. W. Costin has returned from Wilmington, N. C.. where he went to attend tho funeral of his mother. Mr. Ixiuls Appell, of Manning, eras In town on Thursday. Mr. A. K. Sanders, of ifagood. was In Sumter today. BIO SHIPMENT OF GAMECOCKS. Dr. sUesj of Ma yes* the Sends Solid ?Carload to Mexico lit)?Stil potent by W. W. (..miner?Masons Elec tloo. Mayesville. Dec. 9.?Dr. C. E. King, ths well-known game chicken raiser, will ship u solid carload of gamecocks tonight to Mexico City. The ship? ment will be accompanied hy J. H. Taylor, an expert in the housing of such birds. Tomorrow, W. W. Gard? ner, another large raiser of game eocks. will make a shipment to El Paso. Texas. This will probably be one of the largest shipments of game? cocks ever made from this State. V*ears. King and Gardner have shlp o l large numbers of such birds to M xlco during the past several years, such tram ? has been Interrupted late on account of the conditions -e. 4 a recent meeting of Utopia Co, ge. No. 3*3, A. F. M . the follow? ing officers were elected: W. M., L?. C Tlsdale; J W.. J. W. Thames; S. H T I?. Kahn; Secty. Rev. R. I* t; Treasurer, Geo. C. Warren, other officers will be filled by ap . . itioent \ n XTIIEH Jl lM.i: IN bKOIKilV Ilonga PaiMr* Hill to Create Office in Southern District, ashlngtor. Dec. 9.?Appointment sj -n additional federal Judge in the Southern district of Georgia was au? thorised in a bill passed by tho hoi,so today. The judhinry committee in favorably reporting the measure, de? clared the health of Judge Emory Speer, of that district, made it im? possible for him to handle the work alone. From 500 to 700 cases now are pending before the court, tho com? mittee reported. The bill now goes to the senate. Death. From The Dally Item. Dec. 8. News was received nere this after? noon that Mrs. W. C. Irby. the motto sr of Mrs. J. P. Marion, died today at 10 o'clock at her home at Uiurens. Olicer J. H. Forbes has returned from Norrlstown. Oa.. where he wont for a negro. Mciver Kp| s. who had Jumped his bond. Kpps was charged with stealing cotton and was released on 1200 ball. The Curb Market plan will be given a trial. Tho first market day is Thursdsv. Dor 17th. the hours I a. m. to 11 a. m. Therefore, if the plan m?*cts with popular approval anil pa? tronage, the regular curb market di.ys ? Will be Tuesday. Thursday and Satur? day. Th?? hou?M?keep?M s of Sumte? should attend tin- opening curb mar? ket day and sei? for llion-d t-s how the plan works. WlPln Mroan. rolored, was brought from Lanes la?*t night and will be r? - levees' le Ihe steals gang. Dveern, en f i< ,ij.. .1 i .o,\ n t. v. im i ??( ? rdlv ?'' Mt I. I n? and t lo- off'n?? ?!? V. . I ? I lo I ? Mud urn i'd him \ o.liiilio si MTI It COTTON MMtKI I Cr-rer^ed dallv by BfMsl Field, f'.-tton I:?i\-er Good Middling 7 Strict Mlddliio'. I T?l MohMo. : I t?. t f.ow Middling t t-l, i.. MJddMag I ? bt-.ple Cotton, Nominal. < M \MIU K OV COMMPlUi: NOTE?. lHvcrsl.Icutloii Calls for Cooperative Murketing. The Progressive Farmer vcrv truthfully says "Idro necessity causes us to corroet sfTOrl that otherwise would not be coroctcd." The S u n 11 c r Chamber of Commerce arises t > second the motion and to add further: 'The farmers of Sumter countv have been forced by tin i exigencies of the war times to realize that raising food Stuffs at home is econon icully the best policy, and the farmera will not easily become the slave <?' ' King cotton'' again. After the Sumtcr county farmers have adopted the "live at home-stay out of lebt" policy on the farm they will then be enabled to pull through war. :>anic. and fmaneial reverses without so much embarrassment. With more grain, eggs, chickens, turkeys, hogs, beef cattle, butter, to-' bacco, fruits, und vegetables of all kinds lor the market next year, ami plenty to eat at home, the necessity lor standardization and concentration I through organized selling bodies und associations will be realized more than it ever has. -? Finding markets for the Increased products of the farm is a problem that the farmers can not handle suc? cessfully by Individual effort. It Is necessary for the merchant, the banker, and the farmer to get to-; Ketbcr and work together at all' times, but moat particularly during the I next two years when our entire sys? tem of financial, agricultural, and I commercial activity must be revolu? tionize! to avert further calamity and hasten prosperity of a solid or perma? nent kind that can not be torn down by adverse conditions in foreign coun-1 tries. I it b- possible for the farmers and tho business establishments of Sum i ter to lay the foundations for such a permanent prosperity by tho city and the country working together for sen? sible, business-like, and equitable buy? ing and selling methods. If t 'lal and financial loss should now ciuse our farmers and mer? chants, barkers, professional, and working men to develop In fuller de? gree the spirit of comradeship and brotherhood, then the present light arhictl jn of low priced cotton may bo worth a thousand times its cost. Tho Almighty has so planned it that we can not live apart and achieve success without fellowship and broth? erhood?without a willingness to work with our felloes, trust them, and bear with and help each other. A few men manago to accumulate fj bunch of money and a lot of prop-' erty by living for themselves and be? ing narrow minded, cold blooded, stingy, imeharltable and without pub? lic spirit, but these same units of the body politic could have accumulated the tame amount of money by being more like human beings. became there arc hundreds of "H\e wire" mil? lionaires who worked with their fellow men und got rich just the same. The selfish, envious, and narrow guaged citizen, whether he be rich or poor, is worth littlo or nothing to his community. If these kind of freak i could only hear what their fel? low citizens think ami say of them while they are living, and could come back after death and see how delight? ed the community was to attend the fun'-ral of the selllsh deceased they wouldn't ever want "to come back" any more. NEGRO SHOT BY WOMAN. Rachuel Potts Seriously Wounds Ma? rion Nelson at Ills Home on l>h hie Street. This morning about 2.:io o'clock ; J'achael Potts sind and seriously wour ded Marlon Nelson at the sitter's home on Divine Street, Polloemati Owens appeared at the scene of thi ?fcoottasj shortly afterwards and nr? rested ih< woman and lodged her it Jail, Nelson was taken to the Toum? e> hospital, where he is in n critical tnndlttoa, The bultel entered Ihe low? er part of the abdomen and pet for.i' *d his entrails at | numb, i of places, which were patched up by Ihe sur? ?eons at the hospital. The cause of ihe shooting Is un? known, hut it Is a liege?! to have been caused by Jealousy. Nelson w e Ivine hi his bed nt Ihe time he was shoi tie- aoman entering Ihe room and Dring ,r him at close lange, Man shnr?< croppers and lenaul fan era who n ? heretofore done bualm ? mi credit, il?i not \?t. appar? ent i\ fully .11i'i? ihe ??? invl ly of I heir predicament and \< ||| noi until Ihe) attempt, after the n< w ywir, hi m:?k< ? ? ?. i i ement* for lh< Ir ad ? n< ? i ? ? 111 nexl \ en" will 1 ?? ??.i re?< an . Ini r i to get, m:\so\s pun FINANCIAL PANIC. The Dopcndaneo of Nations upon (.old us Medium oi* Exchange Sol ui? as Cause for Depression, I Editor Item. Kindly n!l<-w me Space for an an? swer <?) Ihe general Imiulry as to the present stagnation In business. First let me remind your readers that dur I ? ling Cleveland s administration con? gress adopted the gold dollar as the standard of value; that is, tin. value' of the dollar fixed price, not value, of everything offered for sale. Thus, if we offered to take 10c for cotton and India offered to take 7 l--'o that COUn- J try needing the gold we would be outj bidden and the gold would be shipped. to India. Hence it is that nations! acquire the "superstitious substance" by underbidding other nations. Thus' any disturbance In financial circles abroad, if Of sufficient magnitude Would drain our country of gold, and as our paper money has to he re? deemed in gold each week our money j supply at once is reduced to the panic line. This gold is kept in hats and shifted from one nation to another thus keeping up the attrition of man? kind by forcing the workers of one ntton to work for less wages than those of another in order to bring the gold back to the vaults of the hank-! crs of that nation. When the pres? ent disturbance in Europe commenced all hanks of the nations involved im? mediately stopped gold payments. Then occurred the destitution of hun? dreds of thousands of wealthy tourists who happened to be abroad when the war began. Although they had an abundance of mom y at home and let-! tors of credit above uspicion tho| banks over there refused to furnish i the gold, The mice of cotton was af footed In the same manner, for after refusing to swap money with the tourists there was no thought of sending gold to America for cotton. Therefore we had nothing left to de pond on save the home demand and ai we had tw ice as much as they need- ' ed it was perfectly natural that they should place their bid at a low figure, as they did. This gold basis plan has cut us off, from trading dirrect with china, Mex 00 and all of South America; in other | words some 5<i0 million people. We' have not heeded tho admonition ot Washington when he said: "Why lore go the advantages of so peculiar a sit? uation0 why null our own to stand ntt? on foreign ground'.1 VYhy by inter-1 Weaving our destiny with that of ISu-l 1 rope, entangle our peace nod or?.s pen? iu the toils of European am bitloui -; alshipi .....v....wotui oi caprice? There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation." 'Tis an illusion, which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to dis? card." But WO have reduced our great country to the condition of an auxiliary financial Institution to the great powers of Europe. That they only value us as such is evidenced by the late visit of a representative of the British treasury department to j our president, coming In the same manner in which they would go to a little debt-ridden republic of South America. This gold basis policy would not be quite so bad it WS had a free currency law, which would and could, care for our Interstate business, but I we have intruding even there the , hateful face of gold, for the law re? quires 40c in gold retained in the vaults of the regional hanks for each dollar of paper money issued. This I accounts for the great difficulty we aro experience In launching our re? gional banks. The effects of the gold basal are once more in evidence in j our land?there is no joy nor nerve among any classes of our citizens? all are gloomy, low-spirited, moody. Some aro lookir... around for indirect outlets. Our morality is being jeopar? dized. And when ae reflect that all this misery is brought on by the con? version of our statesmen to the mon? archal financial system Of the old world, thus betraying us into an en? slaving entanglement, why we should adhere to it alter so often seeing its baneful effects upon our standing. Is beyond comprehension. To briefly ?urn up the effects we hud 7"> tier cent, of nil the families of tin- Citlted States very poor, nnd Rfl per cut. of all the w hit men who !i o oil the farms ot South Cnroih t owning no land, and a Isn ? pel cent, ot those now owning iI about t<? los< it. in closing this article il would hnrdlj be umlss to pall attention to ihe fact Ihul wo lost on th. price of t ho crops of I .?07, MM 1, lit 1 i more lhan f??ur limes the value of nil the negro slaves rreed by tho rt?Mtilt of the War llctween Ihe Stales And i'? separate as from the Iheu stupendous amount of proper!; Involevd In our slaves w hielt now appears negligible cost Ihe lives ot f?0U.0?Mi men, hllliom of dollars Mud entailed untold miser; upon i h ? iiil nbitauts of our w hole n it|f?II. Win a eompari il lo the stoles in: its hip ami manhood of Ihe Soiilli i 1 '.a \tsiM ago ihe neunten ind man hood of lodn; fade Into Insignificance l E. P. N i 1? hop llle, l ?< c, 7. lull, WILL HAVE CHRISTMAS THEE Kchools io Have Exercises?"Hngood'' CaivOH New? and \ lews. Ucmbert, Dec. 7.?Mitur Rosa Wels tngcr, the efficient principal of the Staleburg school and Superintendent Hastings Freeman of Bethesda church are using their best endeavors to have a fine Christmas tree with appropri? ate exercises at that church during the coming holidays, whereof an? nouncement will h<* made later on. Never meet trouble halt way, It will get to you soon enough. What Is the use In worrying about things you can't help. Difficulties! need a stoat and cheerful heart. Jt usually takes cents to make dol? lars, but dollars never make sense. There is the fellow that has literally worn himself out trying to do thing: different from the rest of folks. What has he accomplished? (Nothing) Ami 1 heard of another that really "Has a heart for every fate" in so exact a manner that he would tackle hell with a quart of water. He is a first cousin to a certain colonel. We have fallen upon evil days when ore part of the world pauperise H the masses for the other to feed. The wise man, after a lengthy discussion I of the great matter gave this conclu? sion: "Fear God, and keep his com? mandments." We have need to go softly for the Great Arbiter is on his, throne; the Chastlser of the nations may yet chastise us. Yes, feed the Belgians, but don't neglect your own poor. And >ou know it really begins to be serious with a lot who depend upon their toll for daily bread. No work! What is to be done. Our people are sowing small grain, Ogts, wheat and rye in large areas. You need not look for cotton to rise until marked acreage reduction is a settled fact. Hog cholera is abroad. Look mit for that big hog in the pen. Some folks did not lind much relief in se? rum. .Maybe its not cholera but a disease from the black mushroom, j Do not throw away effective remedies for the new when both can be tried. Despite recent heavy rains the. water level in some of our wells Is] low. Has it occurred to you that the earth is diving out? Miss Ltssie Gilbert. of Heath Springs, is visiting her niece, Mrs. J. \j. Jackson. The Woman's Missionary Society of, Bethesda church meets with Mrs. H. .?. Spencer next Frida; Decembei 11, j a a ^.-*m ' UagOod " i News Jottings from Dark Corner. i >ark Corner, Dec. 4.?Crops are I nearly all gathered. Some little corn and cotton still remains In the fields. Farmers have sold the most of their cotton and some have had to sell all of their cotton seed to get something to live on and pay for picking, gin? ning, etc. 1 don't think there will be! near as much cotton planted here next year, as there was this. Some farmers have planted oats and oth? ers Will plant later. Some wheat has I been planted also, but not as much as should be. Thanksgiv ing day was not observed j here at ail. Everybody went on with their usual activities. Old "Hard Times" spent the day with Mr. P. E. McLeod, who set the "old reb" up to a fine dinner, which was sure en? joyed by the old fellow. C. P. Weeks and W. J. Ardis were on a business trip to Wedgefleld last Saturday, the 2Sth of November, and Mined with Mr. J. R. Kolb. j Mr. Joe H. and J,eo Geddings of Plnewood have rent (Ml the Lynam Live Oak place near Ramsey und will move there for next year. It seems as if your Pisgah scribe Was correct when he said that farm? ers would not get any help from the State or nation in their dilemma. MS experience has been that the sure.-: help Cor us is what we can do our? selves. If We ha t more cows, hogs and the like with fall cribs of corn, loats, etc.. and less bales of cotton, We would not have to semi men lo Wash? ington for national or io Columbia for Mate aid-. Times will never be better until we learn to live at hone- more than we have been doing. Cotton and iforti'ixers Bcems t-> lie all thai oonu farmers have been depending on. so they bought tin- fertilizers* and now t hey ha> e t be cotton, a nd, like t !i< man who won ihe elephant, Ihey don't know w hat to do W ith it. "Haid Times." Belgian Relief f und. |*ri \ ioM. ly acknowledged i'., h. Mis. W". II. Brj an. . . . .\i: t, pert ha llaynsworth Mi: i M. ! . II. li-v. . l ib * 1 ?2.-'S Mania vie Ik ciise Reeoi ?I l...UN Benjamin nnd Benrl Kngllsh of l ?nlsHI, w ? iv gra nie I i man U:*?.?? license yesterduj. 2..r?4i [?.0(1 m , r? ? I 2.0(1 RESULTS or ? pay i h. Citizens of County and Town Unite in Doing their Duty by Merchants. A public spirited white Sumter county farmer, a man in comfortable, ? ?ut only moderate linanciul circum? stances, said to a lady in Sumter yes terduy thai he bad sold most <.f his cotton to pay Iiis debts simply for ihe reason that he had read In the news? papers about "Pay \ii> Week" and realized that Sunder merchants and professional men needed their money to pay their debts and to keep Sum? ter men and women employed. This farmer said he could have hold Iiis cotton much longer, but that he and at least a dozen other farmers that he knew of in his section had talked the matter over after reading so much of the "Pay up Week" argu? ments in the newspapers, and came to the conclusion that they would he (bung a great many Sumter working men and women big favors to pay up their debts, relieve the financial strain, and possibly help numbers of men and wannen in Sumter to hold their jobs. He said that that spirit was largely prevalent among the farmers. That many could not dispose of their cot? ton right during "Pay up Week," owing to the bad weather, but will do so between this and Christmas to set? tle up and help relieve the distress. Hundreds of hales of cotton were sohl in Sumter since the first day of "Pay up Week." Thousands of dol? lars of debts were paid. The farm? ers of Sumter county have not "done so bad" by the Sumter merchants and their employee! as some people seem to think. The spirit of friendship, brotherly love, and cooperation exhibltod by hundreds of farmers, and by hundreds of Sumter people who paid their debts or as much as they could in re i sponse to the appeals in the newspa ersp simply shows that the Sumter Chamber of Commerce and Sumter newspapers deserve some credit, and the "knocking" that "Pay up Week" has received from some men, who are never willing to admit that they are I benefited By any public movement was not deserved. The average Sumter county farmer is big hearted, public spirited, and as unselfish a man as ever lived, lie loves his fellow man and will do his part every time to make times bitter or to bring prosperity. BELGIAN BAZAAR-BALL. Prise Offered for Most Attractive Cot? ton Costume. The committee in charge of the Belgian Baxaar-Ball have decided to offer a prize for the best and mosi unique complete cotton costume. Nu contestant is eligible unless the entire costume be of cotton. We mean by that no matter how artistic or original a gown might be it would count for nothing, In the contest, it the hose, gloves or Rowers were of silk. We arc glad to see that some of the stores are boosting the "iluy a cotton dress plan," and while the wearning of cotton gowns to the bail is by no means compulsory they will add that note of "newness" which is always charming. Come attired in cotton gowns, all who will. Your costume will blend well with the dec? orations In the ball room and per? chance you may win a very attractive pi ize. TEACHERS' MEETINGS satcu day. Sunt. E. s. Dreher of Columbia Sei loots to Make Address. The second meeting of the Sumter County Teachers' Association will be I held on Saturday at the Hampton School building at noon. The chief address of the occasion will be made by Superintendent K. S. Dreher of the Columbia city schools. The meet? ing will be an Interesting one and lull of the teachers In the county are urged to attend. Hot Supper at Concord. There was quite a good attendance ,:l the hot SUPper at Cone.-I'd School Insl night, hu? not us many as were expected. The supper which wan tie* principal feattire of the occasion was ;, most enjoyable one for all, the com? mittee in charge being lavish in their simple of good tilings. Resides the ?.i pper ihoie was plentj of fun and per-rybody present found the occasb n :, most delightful on<. Offering for the Pom*. The annual mass meeting of Sun da.? Schools will bo held on next Sunda afternoon it I i o'clock at the Presby ii ian church. AI this lime the un n :il offering for the aocri> of tho do v. ill be taken so i hat i lej w ill Im re? membered :ii Christmas lime. Tho split-log drag where given a . ir trial has made good, and good ? : have resulted. Sumter would probably have better streets ii tlw split-log drag h oi been used more TO RE PRIVATE si < RETARY. Mr. Norbert A. Moses Will Ik* Appoint - er Private Secretary to Lovenioi Mf TtttfttpX Mr. Herbert A. Moses, of this city, for the past five years confidential clerk to Qov-elect Richard 1. Manning, win accompany Mr. Manning to Co bunbia. as Private Secretary, when ho enters upon the discharge of his duties as governor next inunth. Tho formal announcement of Mr. Man iiinga decision to name Mr. Moses Cor the position of Private Secretary to tin- governor has not been made and probably will not be made until Mr. Manning has been inaugurated, but the Daily Item is permitted to state that Mr. Moses will be appointed Pri? vate Secretary to the governor. Mr. Miles Wood, for several month. Stenographer in .Mr. Manning's office, will till the sane- position in the gov? ernor's office under the Manning ad? ministration. Neither appointment has any po? litical significance, the selections being entirely personal, being based upon Mr. Manning's knowledge of the quali? fications ami fitness of the men named for the respective positions they will occupy in his official family. Mr. Moses is the eldest son of the late Altamont Moses, who was, for many years, the popular and Influ? ential representative of Sumter county in the general assembly, serving in both house and senate. He is an alumnus of the University of South Carolina and his business and news? paper experience coupled with his na? tive ability renders him exceptional? ly well qualilK I to acceptably dis? charge the duties of the responsible position which he will till in the Man? ning administration. WRECK AT WEDGEFIELO. Train No. (>8 Delayed by Breaking of Hear Axle on Fiigine. From The Daily Item, Dec. 8. Atlantic Coast Dine train No. 68 from Columbia to Maxton, wai ..clay? ed an hour and a Quarter today at Wedgefteld by the breaking of the rear axle of the engine, No. 7. The accident occurred as the train started from the station and besides a jolt and a wait of considerable length the passengers suffered no danger. Another engine was sent to the scene from Sumter to take the place of the broken engine and with this the train continued its schedule. ARRANGEMENT FOR DANCE. Holiday Eve Club to Gtffj Dance New Year's Eve. The executive committee of the Hol? iday Eve Club held ? meeting last night to make arrangements for the Christmas week dance. The dance will be held on New Year's eve. Vari? ous details were considered and the following sub-committee were ap? pointed : Membership?J. Ei. Levy, Jr., W. M. 1 u Dorme, Jr. Supper?E. M. Hall. J. Z. Hearon. Music, Hall. BtC?P. M. Brown, H. A. Moses. I Several new members were elected to the club, their applications having been presented. _ | FOR Tili: SUFFERERS. Their Need is Very Great?Make Your Response (ienerous. The people of Belgium are In a most deplorable condition. Although Holland, France and England have given then what relief they could 'thousands still remain homeless and helpless, in wa it of food and clottlr ; Ing. it seems peculiarly appropriate 'that at this Christmas season when the spirit of giving is at its strongest that wo should assist in alleviating the sufferings <?f tin- Innocent victims of Ihe world's greatest, most wicked and most distressing war. The response of people all through this State has boon generous and are can do a great d<al towards relieving the misery ami desolation of these good people. Surely ihe people of Sumter will not fall be .ii d in doing their share in i I this good work. The Belgian Banar-Rall is to l?e gotten up with the- solo Idee of raising funds for the war sufferers of Bcl gium. Lei your response be as gener? ous ns possible. lb member their tremendous need. Attc id the Belgian Basanr-Pall in Hie Alston building. December Both, from s to 12 o'clock und help those i" whom aid is In v a hin I de. Marriage License Record. \ license to marry has been granted .insiah Scott end Emms English f Brogdon. There is not innen being said about tobacco planting at present, pverybod) In Ing intru sted in getting the small grain seeded, but r. ports indicate that the tobacco acreage In Sumter county will bo largely increased. A large majority of those who planted tobao ee this v ? :ir made mono.