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PERSONAL MENTION.
Miss Ethel Watson, of Columbia, la
visiting Mrs. W H. Cuttlnu on Broad
Street.
Mrs. T A Hussey ta visiting; Mrs.
Psntsll st Oendora. S. C.
Mrs. Annie U flicker has returned
from Richmond. Va . after a month's
stay with Mrs. Hattle DuRant. who
has been critically III in a hospital
there. Mr*. Dultant la Improving, but
?* still seriously ill.
Mrs. Ida McDonald, of Savannah,
and Miss Irene Skinner, of Lynchburg,
are visiting Mrs. Edgar Skinner.
Miss Gladys Chandler has gone to
Oawego to Malt rrlends.
Miss Arabella Moaea and Miss Per?
ry, of Washington. D. C. are visiting
Mra Wm. Moran.
Rev. and Mrs. W. W Williams and
Miss Ellen Dultant. of La mar. are
hare for a visit to the family of Mr.
Kdgar Skinner.
Mrs. Emma Baxter, of Rldgeway.
at visiting relatrve* In the city.
Mra James H. Dawes. of Philadel?
phia, who has been spending the win?
ter In Florida Is visiting Mra C. E.
MeCorma? k
Mra Gus Willis and mother, of Cot
tegevllle. Ga., are visiting Mrs. Edgar
Skinner.
Mrs R M Pingham and little son
are la Columbia visiting relative*.
Mrs. W. C. K.radley. of Henderson
villa. Is visiting relativen In the city.
Misses Boucher DeLorme and Theo
do ? Bennett are at home from the
WIneton-Salem Pemale College, at
Wlnston-Salem. N. C. to spend Easter
In the city with their families.
Capt. C P Whltted. formerly pro?
prietor of the Claremont Hotel, was a
visitor to the city the latter part of
last week.
Miss Xthel Brand, of Augusta, la
visiting relatives In the city.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Scott, of
Blshopville. spent the week-end In the
elty with Mr. Scott's parents on their
return from attending the Stste
Teachers' convention at Florence.
Miss Elisabeth Brown spent the
spring holidays In visiting friends in
orange? urg
Mta* Elisabeth Herd I nee. of
9JRaeb*th City. Md . Is the charming
guas* of Mum Ev a Kinjrman.
T Burros* Oreer Esq.. former prss
Mfesu eX the State B?a Association ana
ene of the leading attorneys of the
Greenville Bar. was In the city to-day
on business.
Mra C. M. Werber of Washington.
D. C. Is the guest of Mrs. Altamont
Neat a asxl View* of Plageh.
Pisgah. March 17.?Today Is a
winter one sure. The coldest March
the writer ever saw.
Some corn was planted this week.
A great deal of plowing Is done and
being done, so If a good crop is not
made It will not be the fault In pre?
paration. Oats and wheat are be?
ginning to look green.
We hope the fruit crop will pass
through the cold. Often peaches
grow large then drop off because the
kernel was killed when In blossom or
soon after. \ little guano is coming
in sight and it looka like old frlenda
returning home.
Orlppe Is still here. There Is more
Colds this winter than usual. Some
people say the people are to poor
to cloth themselves warm Is the
cause. May be so.
Misses Sadie and Madge Rogers,
and Mr J. E. DuPre spent yesterday
at Mr. T. H. stuckey'a at Stateburg
and had a most enjoyable time. Mr.
Mtuckey and family will make you feel
at home. sure.
The people at Stateburg take a
great Interest In agriculture and edu?
cation.
After a visit to relatives and friends
at Stateburg Miss SadlI Holers has
returned hone to the delight of her
many friends.
Real Estate Transfers.
Wm. Johnson and Carrie Grace to
H J Harby. 140 acrea in county. $75.
Master tu Hugh ('. Haynsworth,
two lots on Hampton a\cnuo. and
strips of land known an Mit' hell court
and Chu bester Bow. |1M
Mosen Hp pa to IC C MeElveen. lo|
on Wsrley atreet. $300.
There are many boys who would be
benefltted phys4 tlly an I morally by
regular attendance upon the V M. C
A. claaee* f"i bigg) but are unable to
pay the annual dues. Lsfll year sev?
eral frlenda of the boys paid the an?
nual ?tuen for I minted number of
hoys and placed the memberships in
Secretary Plreh.ird's bunds for distri?
bution among deaervlrig boys Many
more memberships #uld be used to
advantage and those who wish to help
the Y. M C. A. and the boys of Sum
Ur villi hud nu belter waj than this.
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LOOKIN?; TOR COMRADES.
William Shetley Wants to Hear From
Otlier Members or Ch|H. Blandina'*
t oiii|?an>.
.Mr. William Shetley Ol Rush
Spring* Oklahoma, a Confederate vet?
eran who nerved with the First
South Carollnu Heu\y Artillery at
Fort Sumter In Capt. ^landing's Com?
pany hau written Postmaster Dick
thu following letter asking for infor?
mation about those Confederate vet?
erans from Sumter who served at
Fort Sumter.
Mr. Shetley writes as follows:
' I write this letter to you to get
you to do me a favor. Will you
please find out If there are any Con?
federate soldiers that belonged to the
First South Carolina Heavy Artillery
that were stationed at Fort Sumter.
If there are any of them 1 would like
to know and get their addresses.
What I want is for them to witness
that I was In the army. Oklahoma Is
going to pay the old soldiers a pen?
sion. I have to have proof that 1 was
In Company C. Captain Wandln?;
Col. Rhett commanding;.
Capt. Blandlng lived near Sumter
Mile. 8. C. I will be very thankful
If any one can help me.
Yours with respect,
William Shetley,
Rush Springs, Okla.
Postmaster Dick turned the letter
over to Secretary Reardon, of the
Chamber of Commerce to make in?
quiries for this Confederate soldier.
Any one knowing anything about Mr.
Shetley's services in the First South
Carolina Heavy Artillery will confer
a favor on him by writing him or
making an affidavit that they knew
he served in that command or that a
soldier of that name dkl so.
The secretary has written Mr.
Shetley that efforts will be cheerfully
made to help him locate one or more
of the "Gallant Old Guard" who can
testify in his behalf.
HIGQI SCHOOL TEAM WON.
Secured Easy Victory irom Muillns
School Boys Friday Afternoon.
From The Dally Item, March 27.
The Sumter high' school baseball
team returned to the city this morn?
ing after having divided equally be?
tween victories and defeats two games
of ball played with Marion and Mui?
llns. respectively, the first being on the
wrong slue by a score of 3 to 6 and
the second being 17 to 3 in favor of
the locals.
The Sumtet team batted the oppos?
ing; pltehsr ail about tns held, secur?
ing II hits, while the opposing bat?
ters were unable to do anything with
Nunnamaker's delivery, having ob?
tained only two hits from him. Flow?
ers, Burns, and Nunnamaker secured
three hits each, while all the other
men of the team each got two. Flow?
ers led in scoring, making four runs,
while Spann und Nunnamaker each
made three tallies. Brasiel, Brown,
Bradham, Burns, made two each.
Nunnamaker struck out six men,
while Love struck out four of the
Sumter boys.
The team 'a satisfied with the trip
and hopes to take an easy victory
from Hartsvllle on next Friday.
CASES IN CIVIL COVRT.
91,000 Verdict in Batten Case?An?
other Railroad case.
From The Dally Item. March 26.
The case of Mrs. Batten against
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad com?
pany en.;ed on Thursday when the
Jury returned a verdict of $1,000 In
favor of the plaintiff. The amount
sued for was $2.99i*.00. It was alleged
that Mrs. Hatten of Wedgefleld was
badly Injured by the sudden moving of
the train while she was getting on at
Wedgetteld.
The case of the Pinnix Realty and
Development company against H. T. ,
F.dens resulted in a verdict of $89.PO
in favor of the plaintiff.
The Homo Fertilizer company
against Alfred Owen, the verdict was
for $122 in favor of the plaintiff.
The case now in course of hearing
is that of Anthony Hallard, Admin?
istrator, against the Atlantic Coast
Une Railroad Company. The plain?
tiff is suing for damages because
of the alleged killing or "Stonewall"
Hallard, the father of the plaintiff,
by the railroad company.
I an?.fls Heat (.hint".
It *us a most unusual thing to do,
nevertheless it is true that on Friday
afternoon, after a hot and hard en?
counter, the PafTOtIfl put the Giants
to flight, figuratively speaking, instead
of the Giants putting the ParrottS to
flight, as one might expect. T. B,
Nvvann and Albert Ahlermun were
the chief performers for the Pariotts,
?as Of them being a bird us anyone
can readily BSC, and Marl HlanUlnship
aaa Henry Johnson, both strong men,
being the bad" actors for the Slants
The contest was staged on the school
grren a nd t he tl rut I f ,i 11 \ \. as S to . In
fgVOjf uf the Pairotts.
STREET PAVING NOTES.
liiajulter of Commerce Coo|>cratIng
With Council lu Effort to Wi<lcn
mmI Pa*e i itv Streets,
The Chain bar of Commerce expects
to make an effort to widen a number
of Suniter's nainnv streets, and hopes
the property owners and City Council
will cooperate with the commercial
organization.
Already the Chamber of Commerce
has worked up a plan to widen North
Main street from Warren to the city
limits. A number of property owners
have agreed to Rive land for the pur?
pose of widening this portion of Main
street.
A new street is projected running
from North Main through the prop?
erty of Miss Lucia Uoach, eastward to
connect with the proposed extension
of North Magnolia street This new
street, if put through, will start op?
posite the corner of Live Oak street
and will possibly be an extension of
Live Dak street. Efforts have been
made for years to connect North
Magnolia with North Main by this
proposed new street. It is understood
that free rights of way have been of?
fered in both instances.
Secretary Iteardon, of the Chamber
of Commerce has requested Mayor
Jennings to fix up the petition in le?
gal form for freeholders to sign re?
questing that a special election be or?
dered to vote upon the Issue of bonds
for paving the streets and sidewalks
under the abutting property taxation
Plan.
Just as soon as the petitions are
written up the secretary will get busy
having them signed. In order to has?
ten the calling of the election, and fa
cilitiate the rapid signing of the pe?
titions, so that the paving work may
be started at the earliest possible
date. President I. Z. Hearon, of the
Retail Dealers' Association will ap?
point a committee of business men to
cooperate with the secretary In hav?
ing the petitions signed. A meeting
of the Retail Dealers' Association for
this purpose will be held next week.
This committee will talk up the
abutting property taxation plan, ex?
plain In detail, and a mass meeting
of the citizens will be called by the
Chamber of Commerce at which
Mayor Jennings and others familiar
with the proposition will be asked to
make talks.
What is uow needed is concerted
action betwen the citizens and the
City Council. The business organiza?
tions should take a very active part |
ip getting the election petitions signed
to hurry up the election, and then
e.-ery effort should be put fouh to see
that the election goes in favor of the
bond Issue.
Street paving can be done cheaper
during 1915 than it will likely be se?
cured for ever again because labor may
be secured at low cost. Thousands of
dollars will be put into circulation
and this will relieve distress among
hundreds of unemployed laborers and
furnish trade for merchants of Sum
ter as well.
Under the abutting property plan
those citizens who wish their streets
paved may petition council by a ma?
jority ot the property owners on any
street making the request. The cost
will be divided between the city and
the property owners, the city paying
one-third, the property owners on
each side of the street paved paying
one-third each.
Bonds will ?be sold to meet the ex?
penses of the paving and the property
owners will have twenty, thirty, or
forty years in which to pay their
share, the length of time depending
upon the time the bonds are issued
for. For Instance If thirty year bonds
are issued each property holder will
be required to pay every year only
one-thirtieth of tho amount of his or
h?r pro rata share of the cost, with?
out Interest.
Su niter will make better progress
with many miles of decently paved
streets and sidewalks. Property val?
ues on paved streets will be enhanced.
This is the most equitable method of
street puvlng Imaginable as under this
I plan those citizens who want their
[Streets paved will be able to have
the improvements without wailing in?
definitely as is the case now. Then
ukuIu tho property benefited by the
paving will pay, as it should for the
special benefits received, and tho oth?
er thousands of tax payers living on
unpaved streets will be subjected to
only a small and equitable portion of
the burden of expense.
My signing the petition no freehold?
er binds himself or herself to any ad?
ditional taxation. The paving, even
after the election Is carried in favor
of the bond Issue, assuming that this
will bo the result, will be a question
entirely in the hands of the property
holders desiring the improvements.
There Is nothing arbitrary about the
abutting property taxation plan, and
the City Council wfil serve merely In
the capacity Of public servants carry?
ing out the expressed will of the prop?
erty owners' wishing their streets par?
ed and their property values enhanc?
ed thereby,
Clt) Council will have no say except
to see that the paving il properly and
economically done and to look after
the Qnaucial part of the transactions.
smith villi: school burned.
Library and Denk* Saved?Furniers; up
With Work at Egypt?Social aim
Personal News.
Bgypti March 25.?Good weather
prevails in Egypt and work goes on
nicely. Farmers are very nearly up
with their work. Most of them are
ready to plant corn. The fertilizer
lias been hauled, but very little will
be used this year. The ones last year
that used thirty tons are this year
using about ten. The grain crop Is
looking well, but we have heard of
no one using any soda to it.
Mr. and Mrs. L H. White spent
several days last week in Charleston
attending the State Woodmen con?
vention, representing- White Oak
Camp, at Smithville.
Mr. B. E. Spencer of Antloch
represented the Poplar Camp at Anti
och.
Last Thursday evening Miss Mary
Culler entertained at a Rook party
in honor of her sister, Miss Mabel
Culler of Orangeburg. Miss Mabel
Culler iB one of Orangeburg's most
charming young ladies. Miss Mary
Culler is one of the popular and effi?
cient teachers of the Iona school.
The Smithville school building was
destroyed by fire last Monday i Urn?
ing. Tne fire originated by sparks
from the flue. The library, desKs and
most of the fixtures were saved. There
was some insurance, but the amount
hus not been learned.
Messrs. Lawrence and Olin White
spent last Sunday with Mr. Tom
Humphries of the Beulah section.
Mrs. W. J. Gibson and children
spent several days recently with rela?
tives In Egypt.
Mr. Harry McLeod was a visitor In
Egypt Monday.
Mr. J. C. McLeod spent last Tues?
day in Columbia.
Among the Egyptians In Camden
Saturday were Mrs. F. G. Peebles,
Mrs. L. G. Brewerton, Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. White, Messrs. W. T. McLeod
and E. O. White.
Last Friday evening Miss Mae Wei
don entertained a number of her
friends at a birthday party. Rook and
several other games were played.
Mr. J. K. Ulenburg spent last Fri?
day in Bishopvillc.
Miss Sadie White spent the past
week-end with relatives at Woodrow.
Master J. W. Weldon, Jr., has been
sick for several days.
Master Ernest White is slowly re?
pot <*ring from an attack of pneu
monia.
ml. j. p. Attaway filled his ragukf
appointment at St_ John's Sunday af?
ternoon.
BOY'S CORN CLUB OFFICERS.
Richard Wells was chosen president
of the Sumter County Boys Corn Club
at Its meeting at the Chamber of
Commerce rooms. Thomas Brunson
was chosen vice-president and J. W.
DuRant, secretary.
b There were very few boys at the
meeting, but Messrs. Frank Williams
and L. L. Baker Injected much Inter?
est In it by their remarks on the var?
ious phases of the boys corn club
work. Mr. Baker, who is at the head
of ths corn club work in the State,
told tho boys that the educational
feature of the work was what those
who were conducting wished to stress
and urged the members to keep their
dally records and to make a study of
the soil, plants and animals, used in
making the crop.
Richard Wells, the newly elected
president, has been a member of the
club four years and is now only
fourteen years of age, he having been
one of the chief prize winners each
year since its beginning. Thomas
Brunson has been in the club two
years and won prizes last year. J. W.
UuRant has been in tho club three
years and won prizes last year also.
Members of the Club:
Wilbur Prescott,
Horace Prescott,
Richard Wells,
Thomas Brunson,
Bert Smith,
John Newman.
Frank White.
De Witt Taylor,
Jake Holiday,
Thomas Boyle,
Kenneth Dennis,
Marion Edens,
Normer Andrews,
Wesley McCoy,
John Basil Anderson,
Walter Brunson,
Clarence Player.
George Flake,
Heyward Wells,
James Hatflcld,
Walter Brunson,
Kendall G?lls.
Clarence Player,
Batrd Anderson,
It, W. DuRant.
Chandler Josey,
Marion Josey.
Tho Chalngang has been working
on the Mayeivllle road for soveral
weeks and when the Job Is c nplet
mill be In better condl
U( r before. Particular at
t,M ng paid to widening and
in, . he causeways through
Sc id Rocky Bluff swamps.
BECK CASE AG Ad TAKEN UP.
Case Comes up for Third Time in Civ?
il Court?Ballard Case Ends.
Civil court reconvened at 10 o'clock
this morning after recessing since Fri?
day afternoon and the case of Antho?
ny Ballard, administrator for Stone?
wall Ballard, against the Atlantic
i
Coast Line Railroad Company was re?
sumed. This case is one where the
plaintiff is suing for $2.999 because
of the alleged killing of the 'efend
ant's father by the Railroad. It is
claimed that the elder Ballard was
run over by a train near Eastover and
killed.
The case was commenced on Thurs?
day and was completed this morning
the jury being still out at 1 o'clock.
The next case called was that of
Julia V. Beck against the Northwest?
ern Railroad Company. The case has
already been heard twice and is now
up for the third trial. At the first
trial a verdict of more than $6,000
was secured by the plaintiff and the
railroad company appealed and secur?
ed a new trial. On the second trial
a small verdict was secured and the
plaintiff appealed. Prior to the be?
ginning of the case a motion was
made by the attorneys for the plain?
tiff to allow a change in the complaint,
but this was disputed by the attorneys
for the railroad and arguments were
in progress on the question whsn
court recessed.
WANTS LAW ENFORCED.
Governor Asks liexington Magistrate
to Consult Sheriff.
Columbia, March 27.?The governor
has addressed the following letter to
the magistrates in Lexington county:
"You are requested to meet with
Sheriff Miller in his office in Lexing?
ton at 2 P. M., Monday, April 5.
"I am asking all the magistrates
and their constables to meet with
Sheriff Miller to discuss the matter of
law enforcement and to reach an un?
derstanding for a methodical carry?
ing out of your work.
"I beg to call your attention that
under the dispensary law the magis?
trates and their constables are spe?
cially charged with the carrying out of
that law. 1 am enclosing a copy of
the gallon-a-month law for your in?
formation.
"I hope that you will all earnestly
cooperate in order to bring about
the highest enforcement of law in
your county."
Geo Fi. Hurst,
Undertaker and jjgjgfc
Prompt Attention tt Day sr
NIqMCUIi;
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