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Cb* ttfottjpnaa uA .Soutjjron PtBJONAL MENTION. MIm Annie May Smoak. of St. Mat? thew? Is spending some time In the city. Messrs. J. J. Shaw and Wilton Shaw, of St. Charles, were in the city Tuesday. Mr W. R. Chandler, engineer on ine Muimer and Wateree Railway, has gone tu Washington. IX C. on busl Mr. Joteph M Chandler went to Co? lumbia Monday to meet Mrs. Chandler who was returning homo from An? derson. Mrs. R. K Howard, of Orangeburg, is vtajtlng her sister. Mrs. V. H. Phslpa Mrs. Fred S Jonas, of the town of Rlloree. la vtaltlng friends in the city Mr. and Mrs. Neil I ODonnell and Miss Alleen O Donnell leave this aftsr noon for New York. Mra. N. I>. Wombl? spent Tuesday la the city. Rev. J. P. Marlon and Mr. D. M. IHefc have gone to Blshopvllle to at? tend a meeting of Harmony Presby? tery. Rev. If. C. Bethea of Rembert, was a vlaitor to the city on Tuesday. Mr. J. C. Dunbar. of Dalsell. was In town on Wednesday. Mra J. K. Vaughn, of Atlanta, is vlalUag Mra A. U Wallace on Bart letu Street Mrs. Ida Wallace, of Camden. Is vtatttng Mrs. B. C. Wallace on Has kell h Crest. jgUB Mlsa Katie Pitta daughter of Mr. P. M. Pitta, who la a student at Win . throp College, has been elected presi dent of the College T. W. C. A. COrHTY TRl'STF.KN MEETING. large Attendance and Officers fleeted gee A skis use by Gap*. J. 1 The attendance at the meeting of the ftumter County School Trustees Association on Tuesday was the larg? est at any meeting which the organiz? ation has ever held and much In \ leres? wan *r < < n hy nil present Th* JaUcwlng odloers were elected for tho ...ig year: FYeehhnt. J. M. K' jjfaVtSsltvet ic?-president, W. H Ram BgW* WSdg?re?d; Herretaiy Dr. J. M Haynsworth, Humter. Many rou? tine matters were discussed In an Interesting manner. An excellent addreas was made by Capt. John W. Moore, of the Citadel facu. <. who gave the trusteee many points of advice on their dutlea and how they ndght Increase the Interest among the people of the community In the work of the school. 1X>R Viol \TlO\ OF (JAMF LAWS. Game Warden Behind Men Who Have Itoa Setting Traps in Streams. Assistant Game Warden Burley was In the city today and arreated a ne? gro. Steve Tlndal. on the charge of violation of the game laws by setting traps for nsh In streama The ne? gro was released on the payment of a fine of 1100 with a warning to keep his traps out of the streama hereafter. The game warden is after those persons who have been setting their traps in streama about here and it is probable that others will be arrested on similar charges. Negro Died of Congestion of Lungs. The negro K.I Wade. * ho tiled sud? denly Tuesday afternoon, it was decid? ed Wednesday afternoon after an autopsy on the body, came to his death c-om congestion of the lungs, the cause which Dr. Uttlejohn had named on superficial examination Tuesday night aa the cause of death. It waa learned that the negro had suf? fered from heart trouble previously and It is thought that bin quarrel with the woman, Anna Howard, on Tues? day afternoon with its accompanying excitement, brought on the trouble which caused his death, hut there was as evidence of foul play. Ed Wade was foreman for Mr. J. H. Myers and hsd been with him for a number of years The few mills In Sumter county that are equipped to grind wheat will have a busy season this summer. At a very low estimate there will be fifty to sixty thousand bushels of gdSJM grown wheat to be milled this yen It may not ??e feasible to sell fteef on the curb murket during the sum? mer months, hut this does not m. an the abandonment of curb murket Th??re Is still th#? great and never BSgjppggggd demund tor poultry, e^g*. holler, vegetables and other farm pro? duce. All these urtlcles ran he sold from the wag?>n during the spring and summer as well as during tho fall and winter. But a shed for th?? mar? ket Is hadlv needed and should be V? - ided. CHAl'TAt'oi'a site not named. l?rohable That Rig Tent Will Im* Lo? cated h( Hiwlmll Park.?Time to Buy Ticket?. The Bite of the Chautauquu tent has not yet been decided on, but it is probable that it will be located on the lot on Weat Liberty street Just in front of the bane ball park. The ad vauce men have already been bore and put out their signs and the next advance man will be here In n few days, at which time all of the avail? able sites will be inspected and a &ite for the tent decided on. Chautaqua week was R big one in this city last year and as the attrac? tions this yeur are fully as good, if not better than last year, it is expected that it will be fully as big an event this year for the city of Sumter. The tickets for the Chautauqua are now on sale at the Y. M. C. A. and are going rapidly. Those who have engag? ed them and who want them should secure them at once, as the commit? tee has only 1.000 of them for sale at $2.00 each and after that the price will advance to $3.00. MAYEKVILLE ELECTS OFFICERS. Election Passed off Quietly?Nominees Chosen?Chautauqua on Thursday. Mayesville, April 6.?The town elec? tion passed off very quietly as usual yesterday, the nominees of the mass meeting being unopposed. Tho new council elected Is as follows: j. W. Thomas, mayor, and M. C. Mayes, Oeo. C. Warren, J. e. Goddard and C. Taylor, wardens. The newly elect? ed council ass u mod the duties of the office last night. At this meet<"g Geo. C. Warren was elected clerk and treasurer. The chautauqua and boosters' fes? tival will open on Thursday afternoon and there Is every Indication of a most pleasant and successful affair. The entertainers to be here are some of the best In the business and In? clude the following: Col. G. A. Gearhart, platform manager and lec? turer, Dr. H. W. Hears, humorist-lec? turer; Ellsworth Plumstead, imper? sonator; Hal Merton, magician; the LaDell Concert company, and the Lyric Glee club. The committee in charge are disposing of the season tickets rapidly and the financial side of the festival should prove a <?uc (?rr i ? r IMS' ?? >+M. tn r? ?*.*??*? cess. too. The citizens of the town wlp ob seres clean up" week very general'v and the streets and premises should shoA a decided lmpro\cineut af'.or. this general cleaning. Posters from the State Board of Health relating to the danger of files and their eradication have been dis? played generally over town and should prove of much good during the com? ing summer months. Mr. und Mrs. T. C. Marshall of Washlngtonville. N. Y., are visiting the former's sister, Mrs. R. L. Grler. Mr. Murshall la a civil enginer for the Baltimore A Ohio railway. Miss Louh.e King has returned to Converse College, after spending the Easter holidays at home. Mr. Goldlng Reid of Albany, Ga , Is visiting his sister, Mrs. W. G. Thom? as. Chnmlw of Commerce Notes. The building of a curb market shed by the county comml8sionera, properly screened to keep out tiles, and a guar? antee by the city to keep the shed in a cleanly and sanitary condition would prove a good Investment for the en? tire county of Sumter. The Curb Market is a big thing for the farmers of Sumter county and the consumers of Sumter. The markot encourages the "live at home" meth? ods on the farm, reduces the cost of living to thousands of Sumter people, and gives the farmer a greater profit for his produce by eliminating tho ?'middle man's prollts." Thousands of dollars a year are saved for farmers and producers. The entire count city and country, is benefited. Ry erecting this Curb Market shed the county commissioners, would by expenditure of a tew hundred dollars make many thousands of dollars of Sumter city and county money re? main in Sumter county that would otherwise be sent to distant states for beef. pork, vegetables and other pro? duce. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce Is working as hard for the farmers of Sumter county as for the citizens of Sumter. This organisation fully real? ises that the world derives Its sup? port primarily from the products dug i?ut of the earth by the farmer* Therefore in helping the farmers t<? dispose of their product* at profit giv? ing petQSjg the Chamber of Commerce but adds to the wealth aud prosperity ?.f Sutnter and Sumter county. Tb?- Burnt*: r Curb Market brings the < u\ and n>" country Into ep?.se ei boa touch tor mutual advantage. Clean up your premises, tho City scsvanger carts will remove tbe gar< bage as soon us It Is placed on the streets. SLATER LOSES IN SUIT. Judge (.rauh Demurrer In House Moving, Case. From The Daily Item, April 7. Judge Bowman granted the demur? rer of the defendant in the case of J. 8. Capell against W. A. Shuler and E. E. Kembert in court today, after an argument of some length between the attorneys in which several inter? esting legal points were brought out. Capell, it seems, according to the terms of the complaint, borrowed money from Shuler to build a store and did business with him, buying groceries from time to time in 1913. Before he paid back the full amount of money borrowed, he rented the store to a negro. Later it is alleged that Shuler with a force of hands moved the store house from Capell's lot to a lot owned by E, E. Rembert, where the building still remains. Ca? pell is suing for certain articles in the store, a refrigerator, a pinder parcher, a tool box and pinder clean? er, and to make Shuler remove the store back to his lot and $500 dam? ages. Since the action was brought Shuler has gone Into bankruptcy and tho store and other properties of his art now- in the hands of the receiver, as stated in the demurrer, which stated further that Shuler did not have pos? session of the store at this time as ft was in the hands of the trustee and he had no authority to move it. The demurrer was further made on tho ground that the case was brought in one action when it should have been brought separately for the per? sonal property and real estate. Judge Bowman granted the demurrer on this latter ground. The case of J. H. Slater against the Northwestern Railroad Company end ed this morning in a verdict by the jury for the defendant. The defense alleged that Slater had been drinking and that the accident to him waa tho result of his own carelessness. HOW TO DESTROY FLIES. The following formula is a good one for destroying fly larvae. The Department of Agricul? ture has recently issued a Bul? le tin, No. 118. entitled "Experi? mente In the Destruction of Fly Larvae ih Horse Manure." The Bulletin says In part: "By far the most effective, economical and practical vt the substances is borax in Lhv. commercial form in which it is available throughout the coun? try. "Borax increases the water soluable nitrogen, ammonia and alkalinity of manure, and, ap? parently, does not permanently injure the bacterial flora." The directions in the Bulle? tin are as follows: "Apply 0.62 pound borax to every 10 cubic feet (8 bus.) of manure Immediately on its re? moval from the barn. Apply borax particularly around the the outer edges of the pile with a flour sifter or any fine sieve, and sprinkle two or three gal? lons of water over the borax treated manure. "The reason for applying the borax to the fresh manure im? mediately after its removal from the stable is that the flies lay their eggs on the fresh manure, and borax, when it comes in contact with the eggs, prevents their hatching. As the maggots congregate at the out? er edges of the pile, most of the borax should be applied there. The treatment should be re? peated with each addition of fresh manure. "In addlton to the applica? tion of borax to horse manure, it may be applied in the same proportion to other manures, as well as to refuse and garbage. Borax, may also be applied to floors and crevices in bains, stables, markets, etc., as well as the street sweepings, and water should be added as lb the treatment of horse man? ure. After estimating the prop? er amount of borax a measure may be used which will hold the proper amount, thus avoid? ing subsequent weighings." The abovo instructions should be explicitly followed. ORE EN BRIER SUNK BY MINE. [steamer Prom Charleston lx>st In North Sea?Crew Saved, According to Consul's Report. Washington. April 0.?Official notl tlcalion of the sinking of tho American cut ton steamer (Ireenbrier on April I, as the result, it was indiacted, of having struck a mine near North Frisian Island In the North Sea, was received today by tho stato depart? ment from American consuls at Ham? burg and Bremen. The captain and his crew of SI was rescued and taken I to Hamburg, ASKS FOR NEW ROADS. County Hoard Graut* IJee of Cot for Curb Market, but Will not Build Shed. The County board at its moeting on Tuesday had petitions for three new roads in the county. A delega? tion from the Chamber of Com? merce, the Civic League and patrons of the Curb Market also appeared be? fore the board to ask them to have a shed erected on the count ' lot near the court house square for tho curb market. Others matters were attended to also at the meeting. Messrs. E. I. Reardon, J. W. ? Mc Kiever and J. Frank Williams were the chief speakers favoring the build? ing of the curb market shed. They wanted a shed wired on all sides so that it would be sanitary all during the year. Tables or benches were to be put in it where the produce could be placed for sale. The County Board heard the request, but decided against building the shed on the ground that they were representing the whole county and spending the money from all the tax payers of the county and for this reason would not act for the best interest of everybody in the county if they granted the re? quest* However, the board decided to grant the use of a space 70x49 feet for the erection of a shed, the same to be returned to the county at any time up? on notice. Mr. Davis D. Moise stated during the argument that he would stand responsible for the appropriation until the legislature could meet and make appropriation for this purose. The petition for a road from Brog don station to intersect with the Plow den Mill road was referred to the su? pervisor to be surveyed and a report made at the next meeting of the board. The supervisor was instructed to examine Into the necessity for a road between Paxvllle and the Cain Savannah road south of Bethel church and report to the board later. The third road petitioned for was to run from a point on the BishopviUe road a mile and a-half north of the city to Queen's chapel on the Plowden's Mill road. Action on this was postponed. ' J. A. G?lls of Rembert was granted an ex-Confederate pension. The board decided to meet again about the middle of the month to sign road bonds and attend to other business. TO TTVFORCE LAW. " I i ortiinhteo of Grand Jury Appolaled To Issisl Offh^CTs in the Suppression^ oi Liquor Tratte? STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter. I, J. C. Dunbar, Foreman of the Grand Jury of and for Sumter coun? ty for the year 1916, do hereby under the power and authority vested in me as such foreman appoint and con? stitute as committee of and from our Grand Jury to assist In any and every legal manner the County and City au? thorities in the suppression of the il? legal traffic and sale of alcoholic li? quors and beverages: The following members of said Grand Jury are here? by appointed and constituted such committee: * C. B. Stubbs, chairman, S. A. Har vln, T. J. Baker, J. S. Folk. Such committee, jointly and sever? ally, are hereby authorized and di? rected to report to said authorities any information relative to said Illegal traffic and sale, and render them such assistance as may be in their power, j J. C. DUNBAR, Foreman Grand Jury. STATE HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST. Oratorical and Athletic Meet to Re Held in Columbia, April 23 and 23. The prospect now is that tho State High School Oratorical and Athletic contests to be held in Columbia April 22 and 23 will be largely attended and successful in every way. The University of South Carolina will again entertain the visitors dur? ing their stay in Columba. The con? tests wll be held on the campus. The preliminaries will be held In the ora? torical contest on Thursday afternoon beginning at 4 o'clock. The best eight will be selected and these will speak that night. The preliminaries in tho athletic events will be held Friday morning and the finals Friday afternoon. Keen rivalry exists between tho schools of the State. Last year the Wofford Fitting schol won the oratori? cal contest and Clio won tho track meet. Reports have been received from every section and thoso who win honors this year will have to work harder than ever before. The county field day exercises in the va? rious sections of tho State have done much to awaken interest in these contests and better reco ds are ex? pected this year than ever before. All communications for information, etc., should be sent to M E. Brock man, secretary, Greenville. The last day of March was a record breaker in the collection of taxes for Sumter county. On that day $18,034.1? were paid in to the couut> treasurer. ASK FOR MARKET SHED. Delegation From Civic League and Chamber of Commerce Before County Board. From The Daly Item, April 6. A delegation of ladies from the Civic League and members of the Chamber of Commerce appeared be? fore the county board at its session this morning to advocate the building of a shed on the county lots on Law Range for the use of patrons of the curb market. There were quite a number of talks made and the discus? sion lasted most of the time the board was in session. At the close of a general discussion of the matter, the board decided to act on the matter at a special meeting sometime about the middle of the month. NON-SUIT IN HARBY CASE. Case of J. II. Slater Against North? western now in Progress. From The Daily Item, April 6. The case of Harby & Company vs. Thomas Wilson, ended yesterday after? noon, when Judge Bowman granted the motion of the defendant's attor? ney for a non-suit. The next case called was that of J. H. Slater against the Northwestern Railway. Slater is suing for $10,000 damages for alleged personal injuries received in December, 1913. He claims to have been injured when he was crossing the track at the Liberty Street crossing on a bicycle, it being alleged that there was no warning of the approach of the train. Messrs. Jennings and Epps are representing the plaintiff and Messrs. Clifton and Purdy the defendant. J. J. M'MAHAN TO SPEAK. To Deliver Address at General Sumter Memorial School on April 10th. Editor the Item and Watchman and Southron: I wish to give notice through your columns that the Hon. John J. Mc Mahan, former State superintendent of education, who won wide and mer? ited approval in that office, will ad? dress the General Sumter Agricultural Society at the school house on the 10th inst., in the forenoon and in the afternoon at the same place, after a picnic dinner, there will be another educational meeting. The public is Invited to attend. John J. Dargan. Apiil 5, 116. Death ot an Infunf. From The Daily Lern. April f?. Mary Belle Bryant, the four-year old daughter of Mrs. Archie Carrigan, died at the Tourney Hospital of pneu? monia last night, after a short illness. The funeral services will be held at the residence of its parents, 114 North Harvin street, tomorrow at 11 o'clock. Marriage License Record. A license to marry has been granted to W. M. Jefferson, Columbia, and Mary Neal, Sumter. Clemson College is doing valuable pioneer work with the co-oporative creamery that has been established at the college. The creamery is turning out a large quantity of as choice but? ter aa produced in the United States, which is in demand by Northern pack? ing houses and butter dealers, and no difficulty is being found in marketing the entire output through these chan? nels, provided the butter la put up under the private brand of these deal? ers. This the management of the creamery is reluctant to do as one of the main objects of the enterprise is to establish a reputation for the Clem? son creamery brand. It Is planned by the College authorities to establish other co-operative creameries in dif? ferent sections of the State and it is important to establish a reputation and as wide a market as possible for the Clemson brand of butter. Another unexpected marketing difficulty that the Clemson creamery has encounter? ed has been the failure of South Car? olina grocers to handle the butter. Thus far toe manager of the cream? ery has beer, unable to place more than a small fraction of the output with South Carolina dealers. Hun? dred of thousands of pounds of butter are sold annually In South Carolina and it seems remarkable that home dealers declino to give the preference to a home product that is just as cheap and better than the butter pro? duced elsewhere. The housekeepers should take a hand and demand Clemson butter. Dairying can be de? veloped as a profitable industry In South Carolina and this development can be hastened by South Carolina people giving the preference to the home product when the price and quality are tho same as the product from Northern and Western cream erics. Clean up and make a thorough job of it. A thorough clean up of your prem Prsmisefl now at small cost may be tho means of preventing a ease of typhoid fever and the saving of a big doctors bill later uu. TO CIRCULATE PETITION. Retail Dealers' Association Indorses Plan for Parin?; Streets. From The Daily Item, April 6. At a meeting of ths directors of the Retail Dealers' Association held yesterday, the abutting property taxa? tion plan for paving the streets and sidewalks of Sumter was unanimously endorsed as the most equitable meth? od of street improvement Secretary Reardon of the Chamber of Commerce, who will represent the City Council, the Chamber of Com? merce and the Retail Dealers' Asso? ciation in circulating the petitions to order the special election to decide the issue of the bonds for ths street paving was assured that the directors of the association will give their hearty support to the proposition and that they will individually use their Influence to secure every freeholder to sign the petitions. The secretary is waiting on the le? gal formalities Incident to ths getting up of the petitions by the city authori? ties, which petitions must be frameu up in legal form. The association directors not only think that the abutting propery taxa? tion plan is the most equitable, con? venient, and fair method of paving streets, but they think also that the work can be done cheaper during 1915 than at any other time. Ths fur? nishing of work to many unemployed men will also be a big help, and will also add to the money in circulation which will help every line of business. CHURCH ELECTS OFFICERS. Regular Easter Election at f GwCH of Holy Comforter. At a meeting of the members of ths church of Holy Comforter on Moo day evening officers for the year were elected as follows: Senior warden, of. Reynold."; junior warden, E. Field; vestry me.., W. Percy Smith, H. U Tledale. O. U Warren, J. A. Warrer. W. W. Roes, Joa Palmer, W. Lortag Lee; treasurer, J. It. Sumter; secre? tary, J. A. Warren. Hon. R. L Mac nlag for many years senior warden, was elected an honorary member of the vestry. The following delegates were chosen to the Diocesan Council at Florence, on May 11th: M. Reynolds, R. L Manning, H. Q. Osteen and Ernest Field; alternates, Q. L, Warren, W. Percy Smith. C. S. Anderson and W% W. Rees Get Togetl.?.M and Community BuHdlnj* Da; a. From The Daily Item, April 6. At yesterday's meeting of ths Retail Dealers' directors final arangement for "Get Together and Community Building Days," in Sumter, April 16th and 17th were completed. Associate Editor Ben. R. Vardaman, of the Merchants' Trade Journal, of Des Molnes, Iowa, and Congressman A. F. Lever will be the speakers on both occasions. The Retail Dealers' Association has been injected with a good dose of "ginger" and the members are wak? ing up to the importance of having "something doing" to stimulate buat-? ness. Pulling together between citizens of Sumter, and between city and Coun? try Is recognized as the proper thing to readjust commerical and agricul? tural conditions in Sumter county, and to reestablish prosperity and prosper? ity of a permanent nature. ? i. , Negro Arrested for Robbery. From The Daily Item, April 6. Jeff Drayton, colored, was arrested yesterday by Rural Policeman Boy kin for the robbery of the station at Dalzell on Sunday night. On ths ar? rival of the bloodhounds at Dalzell they took the trail at the station and carried it direct to Drayton's house. Neither any of the chrackers or flour which were stolen were recovered, hut as the negro knew that ths blood? hounds had been sent for he had had plenty of time to hide the stolen goods. Home.Mixing Fertilizers. It is estimated that the home-mix? ing of fertilizers saves a farmer from three to five dollars per ton. few farm operations pay so well for the amount of time and labor involv? ed. Full instructions for home mixing can be obtained by writing Sidney S. Rittenberg, Clemson Col? lege, for Circular 10, "Home Mixing and General Fertilizer Formulas." 1 from Soil Erosion. Loss from soil erosion has been fouud by the United States Depart? ment of Agriculture to be a most important factor in Southern agri? culture. An investigation into the subject showed that the South suffer? ed more heavily from thie depletion of soil fertility than any other sec? tion of tho country- All farmers in the Piedmont counties of South Car? olina are ad Vised by Clemson Col? lege to do something to prevent further damage from erosion. Write to Dr. F. H. II. Calhoun. Clemson College, for Circular No. 20. ' Gully? ing und its Prevention."