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Cfet ?latrimum ant- Soutbron PERSONAL? MJhLNTION. Mr. Marlon ('ruber, of West Palm B?Hvh l i spent Sunday in the city with hi* sisters. Mrs. Walter Fol.won and Miss Julia Oruber. at their hoi M on Cast Calhoun Street. Mira Nellie Wilkea. of Chester, and Miss Flossie Stoudemire of Orange burg are visiting Mrs. J. D. Shirer. Mr. R. H. Rogers, of Leesvllle spent Saturday In the city, the guest of KX T. Keels and family. Mra Barnes, of Columbus. On., is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Kobert T. Phillips on Calhoun Street FNFORCK STOCK LAW. The I-n force merit of f bo Ia*w aiul leading Custom of IVrmlttlng Hogs to Run at Largo Will Stamp out Hog 4/boftcre. The Sumter County Farmers' Union assembled at Sumter on February f?th. passed the following resolution: Whereas it is plainly necessary for the farmers of this section to pay more attention to hog; raising, and Whereas, epidemics of hog cholera are frequent, and Whereas, this disease is easily communicated from one herd to an? other where bogs are allowed to run at large, therefore be It Resolved. That the Sumter county Farmers' Union places itself on rec? ord aa being In favor of working up a sentiment to enforce the stock law with a Hl?w to Improving hog raising condition* und stamping out hog chol? era. L*. W. Warren. Secty. Mm Archie (lilna The Hostess. Mrs. Ar -hie China entettalned on last Friday afternoon in honor of her sister. Mra W. 1.. Williamson, of C, lumbla, at an Informal tea. There were s few friends present to meet Mrs. Williamson and to enjiy the oc? casion with her and hostess. The decorations of white carnations added much to the beauty of the affair. Agaio on Saturday afternoon Mrs. Archie China was th? hostess, this time in honor of Mrs. Philip Schlamp of lleadersoii. Ky., and Mrs. H. M f?enl?ra uf Wlnston-e?*lem. N. O. The decoration* in one of the rowans were Stole** and !?? the other pink earns Slfisns these beautiful dowers being set ^Off by the handsome potted plants and ferns which were placed In a tasty manner about the rooms. The enter? tainment was an informal tea and I while there were only a fas* friends present, the occasion was a most en? joyable on*. Mrs. H. II. Straugc B?rge** Bend. Manning. Feb. 10.?Mrs. Belle Strang* Hurges*, wife of County Au? ditor A. P. B?rge?:, died suddenly about s o'clock last night at her home in Manning. She was about 4 5 years old and la survived by her husband, three eon* and on* daughter. Mrs. Burgess was a native of this county, being a daughter of the late Robert. Strange. She had been an Invalid for a y*ar or more past, but was some what better lately and attended church service Sunday night for the first time In a long while. She was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, a model wife and mother and a most excellent neighbor. The fu? neral will take place at 11 o'clock to? morrow and the Interment will be in the Manning cemetery. Coroner Called to WcslgHleld. From The Daily Item. Feb. 11. A telephone message from Wedge field Wednesday afternoon called the coroner to that place today to investi? gate the circumstances surrounding th* death of u colored woman near there. The particular* could not hi secured today l>y telephone, but from inform i i n obtained It seems that the woman de .1 or was killed by her husband two week* ago and was burled by him He at once left for parts unknown. It I* all. ^. d. and It was afterwards discovered that the woman was kille.i The coroner wan called to mak* an Investigation of the case. Later?The woman was named (da Wiggins and her husband was I'hns Wiggins. She was hurled Sunday. It was supposed that a blow delivered b> her husband before be left might have caused her death. Vitnl Statistics Ibpoit lie port of ih? registrar of vital sta? tistic* for the City of Sumter. District No 41?A. m.uith of January. 191.*?. Total deaths. PJ . H while. II c olored. T ?iul birth*. Ml 5? white. If colored. Conlavlous disease*. Typhoid fever, I case*, white. Tuberculo*b J tases. .me while, on** colored. S arlet fever. 1 case, while. tiRAND .11 liv i? h KHK NT MB N T. < om mi Ute- \|i|M)iiiHMl to I \aniiue County OlIU-cs ami Rc|>oiat at Sum? mer Teroi of Court. To the Honorable I. W. Howniuii, Presiding Judge. We, your grand jury, beg leave to submit our final presentment for the Spring Term of the Court of General | Sessions for Sumter county for the \. ar If 1".. We have passed u |*on all bills re? ferred to us by the solicitor and re? turned same to the court with our findings endorsed thereon. County Supervisor. P. M. Pitts?, has submitted a detailed report for the year 1914 and same will be tiled with copy of this presentment. In the opinion of the grand jury the work indicated in your Honor's charge can be more Intelligently ac? complished and more economically done by the appointment of a com? mittee than to attempt to take it up at this time, and with that object in view, the following committees have been appointed to make report at the ?ummev term of court: Committee of Finance?Neill O'Don uell. chairman; W. J. Crowson, J. P. Brunsen. William Kinard. Public Works?8. A. Harvin. chair? man; Willie Shaw, E. S. Shuler. Public Bulldings?C. E. Stubbs. ohal r>an; B. O. Canty, C. S. Mason. Rural Schools?T. J. Baker, chair? man; A. P. Mims. E. A. Terry. The grand jury desires to express its thanks to your Honor and all the of? ficers of the court for the courtesies extended us (Signed) J. C. DUN BAR. Foreman. Sumter, S. C, Feb. 10. 1915. SIMTER HIGH SCHOOL WIN'S. Coiumbiu Y. M. C. A. Juniors Suffer Defeat in Hani Fought Basketball Game. The Sumter High School basketball team showed their superiority over the Columbia Juniors on Monday night by the score of 26 to 18 In one of the hardest fought games the local court has ever seen. The game was fast and scrappy the whole way through and both teams put up some excellent work, the locals showing superiority In getting the ball, while the Columbia men were able to make the best passes. Flowers was the star for the high school, showing u;> os an exceptionally far* ma.; and drlbohng In Une styl?. Bradham also dkS tntm pretty work. Boele at centtr out Jumped his opponent For Columbia Csarnltzkl and Parham were the beM players. Both teams showed up weaU tn goal shooting. The line up of the Columbia Jun? iors was: Czarnitzkl, rf; Jackson, If; Blair, Captain, c; Parham, rg; Inabi net and Kirby, lg: Sumter High School: Flowers, rf; Shaw, If; Boyle, c; Bradham. rg; Burns, lg. Goals. Flowers 3; 8haw 3; Boyle Ij Brad ham 4; Czarnltskl 2; Jackson and Par? ham 1 each; foul goals, Czarnitskl 10 out of 18 tries; Flowers 4 out of 1?' tries. Real Estate Transfers. The Sumter Cooperage Company to Frances P. McLaurln. property and plant equipment of the Sumter Stave Company and all 'timber and timber rights of that company, $5 and other considerations. N. Q. Broadway to Henry J. Harby, 24 acres in county, $350. * A. I* Atkinson to Mrs. Elizabeth La Clifton, 251 acres on Pocotaligo swamp, $5 and exchange of land. Tlie Buzzard is An Enemy. A once popular fallacy has been exploded. Up to a few years ago the buzzard was considered a useful scav? enger and to kill one was looked up? on with horror. But the buzzard is today estimated as it should be?as a conveyor of disease. It is known now that hog cholera and other highly In? fectious diseases of live stock are car? ried about from one farm to another by buzzards. In some States the leg? islatures are offering rewards tor the killing of buzzards. Every obstacle to the development of |he Hve Mtocl< industry should be rasnnvnd, The buzzard is one of these ObntAeJen?Columbia Record. Beul HMttfl Transfer. Hi < Broadway in Henry j. Kinrhy, 24 acres In county. $350.00. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Ftrrected dally by Ernest Field. Cotton Buyer. Good Middling 8 1-4. Strict Middling I 1-8. Middling 8. Strict Low Middling 7 1--'. be* Middling 7. Staple Cotton. Nominal. An alarm of tit-? - Tuesday morning failed to designate where the fire v.hh, for tb?? Hi etneii were unable to locate it after tbey w at out lo ib?? southern part of town. MRS. Wl IX II MARKS GOOD TALK. Org-ani/cr or WOMM'N ClirlSiMIl Tcm |m-i n in ? 17MlOII ?t Grace Baptist Church. IVom The Daily Item, Feb. 10. Mrs. A. U Weech, national organiz? er for the Women's Christian Tem? perance Union, made a tulk at Grace Baptist Church last night to nn audi? ence of more than two hundred per? sons, who were much pleased with her address on temperance. Mrs. Weech proved herself a very eloquent and fluent speaker and held the at? tention of her hearers throughout her remarks. After Hev. Truesdale had read a selection from the scripture and a ! prayer, Hev. Tolar made a short talk, outlining the work for .emperance in this State and the expected election next September. He then introduced Mrs. Weech, who made the address of the evening. Mrs. Weech in very logical manner showed the need for prohibition and the need for people with the backbone to stand up for this cause and the power to speak for St At the close of her remarks papers were passed around and more than thirty new members were enlisted in the fight under the banner of the Wo? men's Christian Temperance Union. PRICE OF BREAD UNCHANGED. Local Bakers Say That They Will not Make Change from Five Cents a Loaf. Of great interest to householder* of Sumter is the announcement of the local bakers that the price of bread will remain unchanged for the pres? ent, despite the increase of one cent a loaf made in other towns and cities of the South, and that bread will con? tinue to sell for live cents a loaf, as heretofore. The New York Bakery stated that they would not make a change at the present time; the F. B. Grler Moijel Bakery stated that for the present no increase would be made; T. B. Rey? nolds stated that he would make no change in price at present, but if the price of flour continued to rise as it had been doing, that something would have to be done about it in the near future. Announcement to this ef? fect will be received with interest by Sumter people, who eat the bread from the Sumter bakeries and who would have to pay the *xtr cent ? loaf. If it was annexed to the. cost of the bread. Dot Froiu Dark Comer. Dark Corner, Feb. 6.?Everything is calm and serene. Some ploughing is being done on the highest parts of our fields. Rut the land keeps so wet that very little farm. work has been done. I believe now there will be nearly as much cotton planted here? abouts as. last year. But "Old H. T." will not plant any more. And that is none. I have not planted any in two or three years and have no idea of ever planting any more. I am pretty sure there will not be as much fer? tiliser used here this year as last. The health of the neighborhood is good and there is no sickness to report. Rev. W. O. Ellerbe preached a fine sermon at Reid's School house last Sunday evening. And Rev. Wil? liam Haynsworth is to preach at Reid's school house on the second Sunday evening, the 14th. Mr. R. R. Ardis and family who lived at Lena, Hampton county, last yer , now of Levi, visited relatives here a few days ago. Mr. C. T. Kolb and Mr. Brunk of your city were bird hunting here a short time ago. Miss Douglas Geddings of Calvary visited Miss Eunice Osteen at the Sycamores last week, returning home last Sunday evening. Miss Beatrice Ardis of Pinewood, visited at Mr. J. H. McLeod's last Sunday and attended preaching at Reid's. I s.m well pleased tho way Gov. Manning has started out. That's right, make every one come up to time and do his duty or know the reason why. Because a man holds an office he is not a boss. He should think in? stead that he is only a servant Of the people, which ho is. I entertain a high opinion of my old time friend and 1 know R, I. Manning can make us an Meal governor. So let us all, Hlease ites and antis rally around K. I. Man? ning and help him to make just the governor we want. Although we may have had some disputes, let us be united and set up a shout, And show to the world that Car? olina is never played out. So here's hoping for the good old time. ' Hard Times." Mr. J. Frank Wilhams. Farm Dem? onstration sgent for Sumter county, addressed the leat hers of the city schools at the weekly meeting, Tues? day afternoon on the subject o( gardening, by invitation of Supt. 8. H. Edmunds. He made a thoroughly practical talk that will result in arous? ing general interest among the teach? ers und pupils in home gardening. st H K et improvement PROJECT Chamber of Commerce Endorses Sclienie to Tax Abutting Propcrt) for Paving Streets and Sidewalks. At a meeting of the directors Of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce held Monday afternoon the abutting property taxation plan for paving the street and sidewalks in Sumter was heartily endorsed by the directors, and the managing secretary was in? structed to inform City Council that the officers and directors of the com? mercial organization will give to City Council their full cooperation, and as far as the directors are able, the working cooperation of the entire membership of the Chamber of Com? merce in putting into operation at the earliest possible date the street and sidewalk improvements, (sidewalks especially) under the authority re? cently vested in the voters and prop? erty owners of Sumter by constitution? al amendments and statutory powers conferred on City Council to increase the bonded indebtedness of this city for the improvements needed. The directors of the Chamber of Commerce take the position that the year 1915 is perhaps the most auspic ous and advantageous time that could possibly be selected to make improve? ments In the streets and sidewalks of i Sumter for the reason that the work can be done a great deal cheaper by virtue of the abundance of labor, and because labor will be cheaper, as well as material. Hundreds of labor? ers will be furnished employment and hundreds are needing now and will need work later on. Thousands of dollars will be put into circulation by the money expend? ed for the improvements which will help all classes of people and all lines of business. The laborers will be as? sisted during a critical period of de? pression and many kept with their families from actual want. The fur? nishing of work for hundreds of la? borers lessens greatly the burden of charity which is necessarily dispensed, and works a hardship on those who are fortunate enough to have of this world's goods to give to the needy, this great amount of money to be turn? ed loose for legitimate work decreas? es the menace of vagrancy, and fur? nishes tenants for houses, and mon? ey to be spent in various ways dur? ing the impending crisis due to the European war. Many thousands of dollars will be j saved in the c ' 'd* the municipal im proventente which will mean a big saving to taxpayers if the work is dot b while labor and material can be se? cured at reasonable prices. Under the abutting property tax? ation plan there is nothing arbitrary about the contemnlated street im? provements, as the property owners who want their streets or sidewalks paved have the whole say so. If a majority of the property owners on a street, or portion of a street petition the city authorities to pave their street the council must arrange to do so, the property owners paying one-third on one side of the street, the property owners on the opposite side paying one-third, pro rata in pro? portion to the number of square feet in front of each piece of property, and the city paying one-third. Twenty, thirty, or even forty year municipal bonds, as later decided up? on, will be issued, and one-twentieth, one-thirtieth, or one-fortieth of each property owner's pro rata share will be payable annually until the bonds are taken up. The fact that City Council, with Mayor Jennings taking the lead, ini? tiated the movement for the abutting property taxation plan which was ap i proved at a mass meeting of the Sum? ter taxpayers unanimously before the ! matter was submitted to the legisla ture, and subsequently to the voters of the State, at large, for constitutional authority, is an indication that the abutting property plan of improve? ment is a business-like method of procedure as the members of City Council are all well known and suc? cessful business men. large property owners and taxpayers, and men who would not offer anything not of legi? timate and equitable value to their constituents and fellow citizens. As soon as City Council orders the special election to ratify the plan ar? rangements will bo made to place the details of the plan before the voters so that they may vote intelligently upon all phases Of the proposition. Heal Estate Transfers. L. D. Jennings to J. ii. Myers, .",$ \ .\ j acres in tract adjoining that of W. D. Carson, $1,500. B. M. Pierson to M. S. Jossy, lot On Wright street, $:i00. Grant Conyers to N. i. Mims and Son, lot <>n branch street, on limits or city, $49.no. w. i.. Vlnson to w. C. Harllee, Jr., lot in town of Reinheit. $15J.U0. j Cltlsens who have business with the City Clerk and Tressurer and the Su? perintendent of the Water Works will hereafter find these officials in their new offices In the old quarters of the First National Hank in the city hall building, CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS Roy Convicted of Manslaughter? Case Against Biulden l>avis and Rachel Potts to Be Tried?John Tucker, Negro Who Shot Blood? hound, Plead Guilty?(Jrand Jury Dismissed. From Tl. ' Daily Item, Feb. 9. The Court of General Sessions for Sumter County has made good prog? ress since it convened Monday and af? ter it got down to business. A fea? ture of the court was the trial today of Alma Washington, a ten year old colored boy, for the murder of Pres? ton Stewart, a thirteen year old j school mate, on the fifth of January of 1914, when Alma was only nine years old, according to the statement of his father, Alma Washington, Sr. The Washington murder case was still in progress when court recessed for dinner with Messrs Jennings and Harby defending the negro boy, and J. H. Clifton assisting Solicitor Stoll in the prosecution of the case. The ac? count of the difficulty between the two boys was told in two versions by his school mates when they were put on the witness stand. One version, that of the State's witnesses, was that Alma had borrowed a pencil from Press and refused to return it, say? ing that he would kill Press first. It was stated according to their testi? mony that Press kept on asking Alma for his pencil, when Alma stabbed him. The other account was that Alma found the pencil and after Preston had twice disclaimed it as being his, Preston knocked Alma down ~..d struck him several times and then drew a knife on him when Alma stabbed him. John Tucker, larency of live stock, found guilty, and sentenced to one year on the chain-gang. The trial of Budden Davis on tne charge of murder was set for Wed? nesday. Clarence Ford plead guilty to the charge of housebreaking and larceny and was given a sentence of one year on the gang. Daniel Jenkins was tried on the charge of trafficking in seed cotton and was found not guilty. Jack Gardner plead guilty to burg larly and larceny and was given one year. Bills returne l during the day were: Dsn Howard. Isaiah Rees and I Eugene Rhodus, highway robbery, true bill. Dnniei Jcnk ns. tn:? flicking in seed 1 I cotton ,true bi. Clarence *or?, housebreaking and larceny, true bill. Jack Gardner, burglary and larceny, true bill. Elias Williams, disposing of prop? erty under lien, true bill. James Gibson and Eliza Gibson, ar? son, continued. James Pew, larceny of bicycle, true bill. Elizabeth Abram, violation of dis? pensary law, true bill. John Tucker, grand larceny, true bill. George Stephens, housebreaking and larceny, true bill. J. W. Myers, alias J. W. Miller, ob? taining goods by false pretense, true bill. Pigeon Lawaon, larceny of live stock, true bill. J. C. Rogers, assault and battery with intent to kill, true bill. Rachel Potts, murder, true bill. John Tucker, malicious mischief, true bill. From The Daily Item, Feb. 10. The Court of General Sessions has been making good headway yesterday and today, several cases having been disposed, of others being in a lair way of being completed during the week. Court will adjourn at the end of the present week and there will be no se | cond week of court. The grand jury ' finished its business this morning and was dismissed after it had made its presentment and appointed commit? tees to examine the various county offices. Two murder cases are set for this afternoon and tomorrow. These are the cases of Budden Davis, who in March, 1012, is alleged to have killed another negro boy with a Coca-Cola I bottle, and that against Rachel Potts, j who is alleged to have shot another i negro, Marion Nelson, at his home early one morning about a month ago. ( indicting fatal wounds. In the case against Rachel Potts ithe court appointed Messrs. Arthur S. Harby and R. <>. Purdy, Jr.. to defend the case. A case of considerable interest which was completed this morning ; was that against J. C. Rogers of Pri? vateer, who was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Hogers and a man living on his place, Screven Dees, became engaged In al? tercation concerning the ginning of some cotton. During the light Rogers shot Dees in the forehead, the ball going through part of the brain. Dees survived the wound and was the chief witness against Hogers in the trial. The custf ugainsl John Tucker, u negro boy who shot one of the best bloodhuonds owned by the State in the Wateree swamp on last Thanksgiving Day, was another which has been of much interest. Tucker plead guilty on all charges and secured a total of eighteen months on the gang. Tuck? er was arested by the constable for stealing a hog, but managed to escape from the officer and took the officer's double-barrelled shotgun along with him when he went. The bloodhounds were put on his trail and he shot one of the dogs when it came up to him In the swamp, where he had fled to. He escaped at the time, but was later captured by Guard Robbins in Colum? bia and brought back for trial. He plead guilty to larceny of livestock and was given one year, to the charge of grand larceny, stealing the shotgun, he plead guilty and was given five months, while on the charge of ma? licious mischief, shooting the hound, he was given three months. Alma Washington the ten-year-old colored boy, who stabbed and killed a school mate in a quarrel over a pen i cil, was on Tuesday afternoon found (guilty of manslaughter by the jury and he was sentenced to two years in the reformatory for colored youths at Lexington, the least sentence the judge could pass on him. James Pew was tried on the charge of larceny of bicycle and was found "not guilty" by the jury. Pigeon Lawson was found guilty on the charge of larceny of livestock, stealing a hog from another negro, and was given a sentence of one year and a line of one dollar. He was brought back from the gang, where he had been sent by the magistrate, to be tried, and will have to go back there. The next case was that against Elizabeth Abram for violation of the dispensary law. This case was in progress when court adjourned for dinner. Bills returned were: Martin Benbow, obtaining goods by false pretense, true bill. Anthony Gray, larceny of bicycle true bill. Waren McFadden, violation of the dispensary law, true bill. Judge Bowman announced that In all cases where violation of the dis? pensary law was charged, if the case was tried, he would impose a term In jail or on the gang and not allow the alternative of a fine. RED CROSS SEAL REPORT. Sale of Seals in South Carol ins. Lest, in 1914 Than in IRIS. lira. Nina Lolomous who had charge of the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals in Sumter has receiv? ed the following report from the State executive secretary: Dear Madam: The year's work is over, and the commission has wound up its work for this season. During 1914 there were sold in all 130,892 Red Cross seals. There were 117 special agents who aided in this work?55 women and 62 men. As you recall, the number sold the year before was 242,751. When we take into account, however, the de? pressed financial condition through? out our State, instead of being dis? couraged we shoud feel gratified at the result. Of the total amount raised (?!?? 308.92), ony ten per cent $130.89). left the State. That was the ten per cent, due the American Red Cross. The balance remains in South Caro ina for use in anti-tuberculosis work. Permit me to thank you in behalf of the commission for your kind aid dur? ing the past season. We are already laying plans for next year's work, and if business conditions improve we ? may look forward to a fine sale next fall. You have helped put the work on a permanent basis and we feel sure that great good has resulted and will continue to result from it. Yours very sincerely, REED SMITH, Eexecutive Secretary and Treasurer. Columbia. S. C, Feb. 6. 1915. Tlie resolutions adopted by the County Farmsrs' Union in advocacy of the strict enforcement of the stock law against hogs running at large is a step in the right direction. It is thoroughly discouraging to progres? sive farmers who are trying to rsiSS more hogs and better hogs to have them constantly exposed to danger of infection with cholera by stray hv us. Even when a farmer keeps his own hogs in a pasture he is not protect? ed against cholera for a stray hog frequently gets into the pasture, or If it does not get In it does equal dam? age by coming in contact with the pastured hogs through the wire fence. No man has the right, legal or other? wise, to turn his hogs loose to rango over the county, and it is high time that the law be enforced as a matter of protection to those who are really trying to make a business of hog rais ' ing. The City Clerk has installed a new B) stem of bookkeeping in his olBcSi