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and Is manifestly the best advertising
lam In Bumter.
Note of City Schools.
Since the equipment for the labor
story In Physics arrived the students
have been taking a great deal more
Interest In their work. Mr. VanDev
enter, who haw manifested much In?
terest in procuring the laboratory, Is
Hiving a series of lectures on electri?
city, which the students are tinding
very suggestive and practical,
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The following schedule has been de?
termined upon for the remainder of
the year t ompetitlve Drill at Cal
houn School to reduce the number In
the battalion to nine: ? ay 14;
School parade and Dress parade St
park, competitive drill to reduce the
number to three md the competitive
drill of the boys of the 5th year High
School: May 17; School Exhibit:
H HJ -??>. .U II unpton School budding.
On Msy 24 and 25 the pupils will not
be required as a school to return to
the different buildings; but those two
days will be spent by the teachers at
the school houses In making out their
eartllteates of prone-te n. in giving
sn extra examination that may be
necessary, and in making out their
reports The closing exercises of the
school will take place at eight o'clock
on the evenings of May 26 and 27.
The pupils* will go to school as ususl
on Msy SC. 27 snd 22.
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The cloning exercises for the mem
bars of the 5th year of the High
School will be held at the f'alhoun
tlehool at noon on Mav 12? The n d -
will b* d? H ti red bv Dr. II. N
i
flayder, President or \\,.:' ?r.t ?
No V lion on Message to Trawlers.
Wsshington. May 1.?The state de
p?rtment lots not derided to take any
action, so far as could be learned to?
night, over the German embassy ad?
vertisement In numerous newspapers
warning American travelers of the
risk they ran In traveling ISM WmM gnui
In merchant veseels belonging to Qei?
many's enemies.
It was understood that the I'.rltish
and French . n mentioned the
advertisement today to departmental
officials though in an informul way.
The attitude of the state depart?
ment Is said to be Much that it may
take no notice of the advertisements
unle?A for r11plaint in made.
The usual course of a diplomatic
acent of a foreign government In
Washington who wlshen |$ commun?
icate with the American public. It was
pointed out. is to present a suitable
request to the slat ? department. It
la admitted, howeser. that since tin
beginning of the present war. virtually
all belligerents have made free use
of American newspaper advertis?
ing without reference to the depart?
ment in urging their national* to re?
turn to their home countries for mili?
tary service.
Death or au Infant.
The Infant daughter of Mr. and
rs. Daniel J. SlcKlever died on1
inday morning about ?i o'clock, af
?r an illnens of only a t>w hours,
red one year. The funeral services
ere held Sunday afternoon at St.
nne'n Catholic church and the bod/
an Interned at the Catholic Cttas1
ry.
si MTEU COTTON M \KKI I
orrretod Dafly by Ernest Pichl,
< otton lluyer.
QsnsJ Middling t?
Strict Middling | |?f,
Middling I ::-H.
Strict l?ow Middling I 7-*.
l*ow Middling I :.-h
Staple Cotton. Nominal.
New York ( otton Market
Opened. Close.
May .. .. .Ml Ml
juiy.loa;, s?.t?n
0$M.1 o..t7 I" ^7
..SMI IM1
< lih uu'o Cnsluc? Market.
Chicago. Mag ?'? ? M?v wheat
$1 62 1-2; corn. 77 Ml oats f.r. 1-2.
p?rk. Mr, II III ?"d. |l :7; ribs
10 62.
WILLIANIS AI HEAD OF ASYLUM
GOVEMIOH MXKi s HTATEMENT
As TO \l?IM)|NTMi:\T.
Salary is $?.000. Half el Which I \
(HiiU\r win ray nnh'ss General
\ssomh|y Approves Ills Course?Dr.
T. J. Strait Says ho Will go Hefoiv
People to Toll fhtM Almut liistitu
tlon und Treatment of Himself.
OolmiMl, May 1.?Dr. C. Fred
Williams today succeeded Dr. T. J.
Strait as superintendent of the State
Hospital for the Insane. In a state?
ment announcing his appointment of
Dr. Williams Guv. Manning said of
the inmates of*the asylum, "I re
igard the proper care of these 1,700
unfortunates the largest work of our
State. Humanity demands It."
Dr. Williams will he paid a salary of
$6.000 a year. $.1.000 of which is pro
\ided for by appropriation and the id
ditlonal $3,000 is borrowed on the
personal endorsement of the governor.
"I do not propose to disregard the
Constitution and the laws; I stand
for them.'" says the governor, 'and
if this Increase of salary for service
to be done is forbidden I will pay it
myself rather than that these patients
under the care of the State should not
have the best treatment that can be
secured."
The following is the governor's
statement in full:
I have appointed Dr. C. Fred Wil?
liams, of Columbia, as superinten?
dent of the State Hospital for the In?
sane for the term beginning May 1,
1915, to February 15, 1916. After I
found the appointment of Dr. Sargent
?a man skilled in mental troubles?,
was against the spirit of the Consti?
tution, I looked around for a physi?
cian skilled, younger, full of energy
and full of love for his fellow man,
and desiring to be of service to them.
With these considerations in mind I
consider Dr. Williams an ideal choice.
Dr. Williams had in Columbia a
lucrative practice and his own home.
To give up the practice for the salary
allowed would have entailed a heavy
sacrifice on the part of Dr. Williams
and his family. Having his own
home, hi desired and agreed to fore?
go the residence and perquisites that
have always been allowed superin?
tendents of the State Hospital for the
Insane, and I then guaranteed person
ally to him the extra compensation.
"1 r?-tuird the proper care of these
i.70'> iinfttinnotsi Um large*! work j
of ui.v Star-. Ilu-aani'y demands it.i
m mey spent tu give them the bestl
care aUd treatment will be well spin'..
1 do not propose to disregard the con?
stitution and the law; I stand for
them, and if this Increase of salary
for service to be done is forbidden I
will pay It myself rather than that
these patients under the care of the
State should not have the best treat?
ment that can be secured."
Announcement that he would prob?
ably enter the political arena next
year and tell the South Carolina pub?
lic fully of the details of operation of
the State Hospital for the Insane, at ,
Columbia, of what changes and im?
provements were BUI de by him, and of
the treatment accorded him by tae
present State administration was
mode by Hr. T. J. Strait, of Lancaster,
reOOOtly removed superintendent of
the asylum shortly before ho left yes?
terday afternoon for his former home
ctter ?m ?il; succeeded by Dr. C. Fred
Williams, of < 'olumbia.
Dr. Strait said his mind was not ful?
ly made up as to what effort he would
make to carry to the public of this
State his vleWS upon the situation at
the asylum, and upon the action of
the administration. Fatly in the in?
terview he forecast a political uph -av?
al in 111 f I hot SfOUld have the asylum
as the centre of the vortex. Dr.
Str;nt BOM he did "not know whether
he would run next summer for gov?
ernor or nontenant governor, or for
congress from his district."
That "some of the leading lawyers
of this State hold the opinion that a
Superintendent <>f Ihe asylum can not
he summarily removed without
cms., tnd that such action without
cause would be Illegal," was mention
td by the departing former superin?
tendent during the interview. He did
not express his own opinion as to the
right of ihoee In power to remove
him.
In Sti ut sold he desired to mak<
it plain that he had not brought par
Haan politics into the government oJ
the asylum, and that he had brought
about "a considerably more efficient
government at a less aggregate ex?
pense to the State than that which II
found there." Discussing the economy
of operation he had obtained, he de?
clared a comparison of the monthly
expenses of March, 1*14, and March,
r.ttr., showed in hoi saved $7,101 for
that month.
Asaeejsj other savings he bad obtain?
ed by Institution of modern methods,
he asserted the installation of bread
cutters PUtVed the State the cost Of
It, tot looves of bread in elghl
months immediately following the
time winn he sssumod charge. Giving
strict care to the amount of meat
Icooked for each meal, resulted Imme?
LlSIWjjj ON LAST TRIP ?
UNUSUAL WARNINGS GIVEN AS
LINER PREPARES TO SAIL.
'ivic?fMMsm lo Prominent Passengers
Cosjvey Warning?Unknown For?
eigners Buy Trip will bo Last?
"Death Will Accompnny Ship" They
Say.
New York, May 1.?Fifty telegrams
received by prominent persons ?ailing
today on the Lueltanla conveyed a
warning that the vessel would b,e tor?
pedoed and sunk before it reached
Liverpool. Just before sailing a
number of mysterious foreigners cir?
culated among the passengers whis?
pering, "heath will accompany the
Lusitaniu on this voyage. Don't go."
Investigation has failed to reveal the
senders of the message! and the mys?
terious strangers ? Isappeared quickly
after giving their Warning.
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The Saloon Keeper's Home.
(As Bob ?lones Sees it.)
"The saloon keeper builds
his home out of human hearts
and uses life-blood for mortar.
The plastering on the walls is
made from the lining of hu?
man stomachs. In his shop of
hell he hardens human brains
out of which to make tile for
his bathroom. The carpet on
his floor is the linings clipped
from the coffins of the dead
and woven into fabrics of blood.
His window curtains are Wtd?
ows weeds colored by a demon
brush dipped into liquid lire.
His home is lighted by the
smile of a baby and the luster
of a mother's eye, stolen by his
own hands from his neighbors'
homes. The llowers about his
place are roses of beauty pluck?
ed from the cheeks of the in?
nocent. His pleasure fountains
aro tears of woe distilled in the
house of despair. The music
by which he dances is the wall
Of the widow and the cry of
the orphan, ground by the hand
of the devil from hell's awful
organ and every demon keeps
step to the music."
St'MTF.lt COUNTY UNION.
Meeting to He Held ni Cain's Mill,
Friday, May
Ti?e regular mouthly meeting of
the County Furniert?' Union H4U bo
held at Cain's Mill with the Bethel lo?
cal on Friday, May 7. Mr. J. W.
shealey, president of the Lexington
County Union and a member of th?J
executive committee of the State Un?
ion, and Mr. D, L- McAlhaiey, pres?
ident of the Dorchester County Union,
will deliver addresses at this meet?
ing. I think that it is worthwhile
for the Sumter County Union to in?
form Itself Of what is being accom?
plished by other unions in the State.
The Lexington and Dorchester Unions
are both wide-awake and are accom?
plishing many things that we need to
do through the Sumter County Unicr.
?vary Union member in the county
should attend this meeting. Messrs.
Shealey and MeAlhaney are both good
farmers and are leaders in their re?
spective counties. I have heard both
of them make addresses, and they
are entertaining lecturers. All union
men are cordially Invited and urged
to attend and all ex-members are in?
vited to come out and hear these
lectures. Also, all of those who are
Interested In t he work of the Union
Is doing and contemplate affiliating
with the union at some future date
arc invited to be present.
J. Frank Williams,
President Sumter County Farmers'
Union.
DESOLATION IN COLON.
Half of City Destroyed by Flames.
Colon. May J.?The <'ity of Colon,
half of which was destroyed by Ars
yesterday, presented S scene of deso?
lation today. According to police rec?
ords, ten person.;, two of whom were
Panama policemen, perished, and
many were Injured, The loss Is still
estimated al $2,000,000. The Ameri
can consulate was among the build?
ings destroyed.
Sumter Concern Chartered.
The Globe Office Supply Company,
of Sumter. was chartered with a cap?
ital stock of 15,000, the ofllcers being
\v 11. Shelley, president; H, It. Camp?
bell, vice president and general man?
ager; L K. Wood, secretary and
i rcasurer.
bin. Ansel as .fudge.
Martin P. Ansel of Greenville, for?
mer governor, will preside as spediI
judge at the tern, of the court of com?
mon pleas for ftlchland county w hich
opens this morning,
dlately In n dally saving of it.*.
pounds, he sold, Which amount saved
was further Increased.
MONEY FOII BAPTIST MISSION'S.
Sum of $34,000 Must be RalHetl in
South Carolina in One Work.
Greenville, Apr)] :!').?Greenville lias
recently been the centre of the vig?
orous and successful campaigns con?
ducted by South Carolins Baptists, The
plan for the year, which closes May
is to raise $:?7,ooo for general mis?
sionary Work In the South; and $f>7,
000 for foreign missions. W. B. W1I
klns, the secretary of the Baptist Lay?
men's Missionary movement for tin
State, ind T. O. Lawton of this city,
both of whom have been in close
touch with the plans and developments
over the State, report that South Car?
olina Baptists have now raised $28,
000 of the $37,000 for home missions,
and $42,000 of the $57,000 lor for?
eign missions. For these two causes
South Carolina Baptists last year
raised about $93,000 and one of their
effective slogans this year has been,
"No retrenchment in South Carolina
i'or missions."
Among Southern Baptists South
Carolina is one of the leading States
in missionary activity, surpassing in
former years a number of the larger
States. While $24,000 is a large
amount to be secured in the week re?
maining, the workers report excellent
cooperation over the State and speak
very hopefully of the outlook.
ENDORSED AT HOME.
Such Proof as This Should Convince
Any Sumtcr Citizen.
The public endorsement of a local
citizen Is the beat proof that can be
procured. None better, none stronger
can be had. When a man comes for
ward^and testifies to his fellow citi?
zens, addresses his friends and neigh?
bors, you may be sure he is thorough?
ly convinced or ho would not do so.
Telling one's experience when it Is for
the public good is an act of kindness
that should be appreciated. The fol?
lowing statement given by a resident
of Sumtcr adds one more to the many
cases of Home Endorsement which
are being published about Doan's Kid?
ney Pills. Read it.
J. A. Whittemore, 14 Harby Ave.,
Bumter, says: "My kidneys got bad?
ly disordered and my back ached. I
also suffered from rheumatic pains
in my limbs. The kidney secretions
passed freely, too. Friends recom?
mended Doan's Kidney Pills and I got
mrpn at Hearon's Pharmacy Th >
have done me a world of good."
rri? ? sOc., al ah dealers i>oi '1
simply ash for a kl Iney remedy ?
i an's Kidney Fills?-the same Uutt
Mr. Whittemore had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 16
DARLINGTON MAKES READY.
Fire Department Buys Horse for the
Tournament.
Darlington. May 2.--The boys of
Darlington fire department have pur?
chased a horse and are now training
hard for the meet In Greenwood the
hatter part of this month. The new
horse is a good one and the boys are
expecting to bring back more than
their share of the prizes. Darlington
has a fire department of which it is
justly proud.
There has never been any great
genius without a spice of madness.?
Seneca.
TEACHERS?TRUSTEES
We offer our s< .. Ices in supplying teachers
with positions and schools with teachers
Got our booklets : A PLAN AND EXPERT
SERVICE. Free.
SOUTHERN TEACHERS' AGENCY,
W. H. Jones, Mgr. Columbia, S. C.
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Did You
Break It?
Your watch or that piece of
Jewelry you fool "lost" without.
Dring it to us and let our ex?
pert repairman make it as
good as new. Moderate prices.
W. A. THOMPSON,
Jeweler and Optician
J
Geo H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
Prompt Attention to Oay or
Nignt Calls;
ATJ.O Crsig Old Stand, .N Main
Phones Sfgiftwi
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June 1-2-3 1915
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i Glue Your Resolution!
When you open the glue pot and don't use it?it
gets dry and worthless?doesn't it ? When you make
a resolution and don't keep it, it does no good, does it?
You're going to open an account here. Yes, ever since
you've been reading what we have been saying to you,
you've been making that resolution. Glue that reso?
lution ! Do it now! Make it stick! It's easy to
start?and when you start it's done. Isn't that so ?
THE PEOPLES BANK
We Desire to Serve You
The service which wo render to Individuals, Firnes and Cor
p?raUons is cluirncterlaeed not only by promptness and thorough j?
efficiency in every detail, largo and small, bnt also by careful ^
ersonal attention to all business entrusted to our care.
Wc solicit your Banking Business, whether it be large or +
small, and assure unexcelled BANKING SERVICE.
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GEO. D. SHORE, J. K. CROSSWELL, R. A. BRADHAM, I
President. Vice-Pres. Cashier. W
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The National Bank qf |
South Carolina
RESOURCES ?DOLLARS AND SENSE
-?$810,000.00--~
\ The Largest Bank in This Section. Your Neigh?
bor's, Why Not Yours.
J C. G. Rowland, Pres. G. L. Warren, Cashier i
1 "A ROLL OF HONOR BANK."
CAPITAL^
$100,000.00
EARNED PROFITS
125,000.00
THAT'S WHY
Lumber, Lime, Cement,
BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY
AND FEED OF ALL KINDS.
Booth-Shuier Lumber & Supply Co.
Successor! to Booth-Harby l ive Stock Co. and Central I.umber Co.
Goo. Epperson's Old Stsvrtd Opp. Covirt Hons?