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? jjt d'i>?utrljman ai? *out{jr<m. Pabllebed Wednesday and Saturday. I_ BY? OSTEKN PIHLISHIM; COMPANY. t gUMTKK. H. O, ? Lit per tnnum?In advance. sT. a I - its: On* l<nur# Ant Ineertlon.$1.00 subsequent Insertion.10 Contract* for three months, or nger will be und? st reduced rates. All communications ahlch sub 1% .'-rtvate Interests will be charged for an advertisement*. obituaries and Uibutss of respect ?fill be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found ad hi llio and ths True 8outhron In lift. Ths Watchman and Southron now has ths combined olroulation and hmfluance of both of the old papers, ?.ad Is manifestly the beet advsrtlslng In Hunoler No?ce of City Schools. From The Dally Item. May 22. At a recent meeting of the Hoard of Education the teachers of all of the clt) public schools were re-elected and were granted ten days In which to signify their acceptance or their declination. ass The exercises for Commencement Will be held this year in the Taber? nacle. This was decided upon at a recent meeting of the Hoard of Edu? cation If it should rsln Mr. Katten? berg has very kindly consented to re? serve the opera house for Wednes? day and Thursday evenings of next week. As Is customary a small admis? sion fee will be charged to meet the Incidental expenses. The fee this year will be 10 cents for aach night. The surplus has always gone to the pur? chase of booka for the children. This year It will he used to pay for library hooka already purchased and for a Vlctrola, bought for the primary school at the beginning of the year. This Instrument has served to play the marchea for the children, to furnish music for their gymnastic exercises, and to play many selections of music for the children, much to their Jov and delight. The Commencement ex? ercises will be held on Wednesday and Thursday evenings of next week at 8 ofdock and they prornlae to be unusu ally Interesting. The Hoard of Edu? cation isidercd d too great an op? portunity to le* seoaps of having th? annual < umm**m ement exorcises where erayOn* sonic! And a com facta bis sea. and tl i? Uo,-*U li.ut Uitu' w||| be the largest crowd at thla Com? mencement that has ever attended one of these exerclsss In Sumter. At a meeting of the Board held on Thursday afternoon at the Hampton school Mr. E. I. Reardon. the Manag? ing Secretary of the Chamber of Com? merce, presented from the Board of Directors a petition, signed by the free-holders and qualified electors of ctty of Sumter, requesting that an lion be held to determine wheth? er or not bonds to the amount of $10.000 should be Issued to Increase facilities for education In Sumter and to provide for additional teachers. The Board has set the election for June the Sth. The Board wishes to make the fol? lowing Improvements In the school buildings of the city: first: The heating, ventilating and sanitary system of the Washington school Is nearly a sjuart?a- ..r a cm tury old. Several sanitary experts have made a critical examination of this plant and. while all or them havs expressed agreeable surprise that the system should have lasted for so long a time, all are now agreed that It should l>e completely renovated. Second The sanitary systems at the Calhoun and Hampton schools, as modern ss was possible at the time when theaa two buildings were, tract* ed. should be mom mixed. Third Improvements that am Im? perative are to be made at the Lin? eal n school. Fourth The Hoard feels that it is exceedingly fortunate to bo able to purchase at a reasonable Injure a lot that ts not ..nly at the centre of pop? ulation and adds so much to the lot |!*M they already have, hut one lhal Is beautiiul age] "HI enable the girls that atU nd the High School for girls to reach this building from four streets. Fifth There sre. within thirty fix e, a thousand pupils who have at? tended school this vrar. The history of sll schools show that, when the enrollment reaches a thousand. It then begins to grow very rapidly; but. If there Is no more thnn the natural In? crease, additional school room will be needed next year. In the Wash? ington school this yen there were about three hundred gsOfl pupils than there *as in the whole *\*tem. when present StSBOt gelembrnt took charge. To BO exact his llrst report pejpeieU jhj arfcit* an pile Tins year thers were In ISM building $?? i"i plls To accommodate this numt.ei the sssemblv ball h o u en cut up m to class-room" and lln iidminlsll His. ofnee converted lot,. < > ? - room la the Hsmptsg lUsaM ? p*l room has been converted into the domestic science quarters niul at the Calhorn) school a cornor of the auditorium Is used for class-room purposes. The Hoard feels very much the need of ad? ditional room and. while securing this, they wlnh at the same time to provide for the young ladies a high lelKK) 1 building that will be In every way what these young ladles ought to have. The eagerness with which the citizens signed the petition shows that the people wish their children to have an good facilities for education, as can be obtained anywhere. HOOKY BLUFF NOTES, Deaths Ocrurring in Community? Tho*o Who Have Been Sick. Arc Hatter. Itocky Bluff, May 20.?The battle between the farmers and Qen. Green has commenced, and the cloudy, damp weather we are having is in Qen. Green's favor. Mr. Henry Winkles Is able to be out again. Mr. M. P. Capell. Irene White and little Elizabeth Baker have been quite sick, but all arc better. Mrs. triggers, who has been con? fined to her bed since last August, died Tuesday, the 11th. She is sur? vived by her husband and one daugh? ter and one sister, Mrs. Coulter. Mr. Jo\j Coulter died on last Mon? day morning with dropsy of the heart, lie has not been very well for several years. He is survived by his wife and several children and three brothers. Misa Annie I-iou Newman spent Fri? day and Saturday at Concord. Messrs. G. W. and W. II. Hatlleld of Providence spent Saturday night and Sunday here. Mr. Thomas Capell and Masters Clarence and Haymon Cato of Borden spent Saturday night and Sunday at Mrs. C. s. Baker and son, Leon, of Mr. M. E. Capeli'a. Rembert. and Mr. B. F. Hatfield and family %f Jordon spent Sunday at Mr. W. F. Baker's. Mr. Frank Capell of Camden spent Sunday and Monday at Mr M. E. Ca pell's. Mr. and Mrs. Newman of Concord spent Sunday at Mr. L. L. White's. Mr. Eugene Josey spent the week? end at St. Charles. Miss Leo McLeod spent Sunday night at her aunts, Mrs. A. Andrews. Mrs. Dtxon of Camden Is spending ?omettms with her daughter, lire. Tom Josev. Mrs. H. H. Winkles and Mis* Lee McLcod spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. L. L. White. WILL NOT BUILD ELEVATOR. Facilities for BtsiMmlng of Grain Croi* Not Yet I*rovlded. The Chamber of Commerce has been notified that the Atlantic Coast Line Kailroad company does not see its way clear to erect a grain ware? house at Sumter. This notice comes as a great disappointment as the commercial organisation had reasons to believe that the railroad company would build this granary. This announcement serves to com? plicate the already embarrassing po? sition the Chamber of Commerce finds itself in oecftuse every possible ef? fort has been made and all possible means exhausted to make Sumter a grain market. The business men of Sumter woulo not put, up the money to erect a dour mill or grain warehouse. Ju.-?t what will l?e done about furnishing a mar? ket at Sumter for the thousands of bushels of oats, wheat, and corn to hi offered for sale Is an unsolved problem and a rather serious situa? tion. Chamber <>f Commerce committees and directors and officers, and the Sumter newspapers have tried In every conceivable way to have mar? keting and manufacturing facilities created in Sumter for the surplus i.iiin crop, i?ut without avail. It puts hundreds of farmers In a dilemma, and if the surplus grain can not hi marketed at Sumter. a serious blow will hi delivered at future dl? veiNitie.ition of Held products There is no use in erging farmers to plant grain, and truck for market unless Convenient marketing facilities are pffOI ided. A few of the Btimtcr business tuen reeponded *<? the appeal f<>r subscrip? tions to the capital stock of a flour, t.Istuff. meal plan! and granary. The overwhelming majority did noth? Ing to help out, BRKAD HM>Ts IN MEXICO. Xmerlean and Chinese Store* Looted at llcrnioslllo. NoejaleSi Aria, May ll, Two thou* md men, women and children joined in Inroad rests last night at llermoslllo, Capital <?f Honors Htate, and looted two American and" thirteen Chinese Mimes, according to reports reaching here todav The police were beaten back and Governor Maytorena's troops had t<> be called in t<? restore quiet, Mam pereona were arrested, Iwtudlnfl sev? I era I women gad gtrfca BIBLE CLASS VISITS BVMTKR, MannleuFltTts \ttcud Sunday Morning Services of Wolcynii-MeLcod Bible flaso11 Address by Charlton i)u Hunt. The members of the Manning-Wes leyan Bible Class of the Manning Methodist church were the guests of the Westeyan-McLcod Hilde class of Trinity Methodist church of Sumter on Sunday, between fifty and seventy-fl vc. of the visitors having come up on the morning train or in automobiles t0 spend the day. The occasion was a very pleasant one for both classes and much interest was manifested at the meeting, which will be the cause for harder work being done in both towns to increase the size of the classes. About the first of the year the Wes leyan-McLeod Hible class of Sumter land the Wesleyan Hible class of Man? ning began a competition to see which would have the largest membership by the end of the year. The contest was keen and close for awhile and then the Sumter class began to grow with leaps and bounds until now it Js nearly double the size of that of its competitor. Yesterday there were about three hundred local membera present and with the large number of visitors made the class attendance the largest which has yet been had Mr. Charlton DuKant of Manning, leader of the Manning class made the address on the Sunday school lesson ai.d a fine talk it was. The class met at jMB, just after the train from Man? ning arrived and at the close of the lecture, the class formed in line and proceeded to the tabernacle, where they listened to the Hob Jones revival services. The class formed at the church and marched up Liberty street to Washington, thence to Calhoun and thence to the tabernacle, about three hundred and fifty being in the long line of Hible students. The visitors from Manning were dined in the homes of the members of the Sumter class members and again in the afternoon they attended the Bob Jones revival services, leaving on the afternoon train and in automobile? lato in the day for their homes at Manning. The occasion was something new for Sumter and proved a very pleasing event. It is probable that the two classes will In the near future arrange some other plans for their mutual cn? tsrtalnment, which will encourage present Interest and hr the means Of creatii g more interest in the clt work. WET) IN COLI Ml . \ Mrs. Annie Jervey King and J. K. Richard an?! Married. J. E. Richard of Columbia and Mrs. Annie Jervey King of Sumter were married Monday night, May 17, at the home of Mr. Richard, lilt Pick ens street, the ceremony being per? formed by the Rev. R. E. Turnlpseed. pastor of Main Street Methodist church. The wedding was attended by only a limited group of intimate friends of the family. A reception was given immediately after the mar? riage Monday evening.?The State. The closing exercises of the city schools will be held on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at the taber? nacle. GRADUATING GIFTS. Visit our store before buying your present for the graduate wo have the suitable gifts at reasonable prices. Watch bracelets, La Valiers, brooches, cameos, rings, para so|s, mesh hags, fobs, coat ( bains, links, scarf pins, foun? tain pens, medals ami many other appropriate articles. No charge for engraving. We give Xmas .cheques or trading stamps with cash pur? chases. W. A. THOMPSON, Jeweler and Optician V_, TEACHERS-TRUSTEES We otfer our service* in supplying tsacheTS with positions and schools with teachers. Oot our l>ooklets i A PLAN AND EXPERT SEK V [OK. Free. SOUTHERN TEACHERS' AGENCY, W H. Jones, Mgr. Columbia, S. C Vulcanizing Our Tire Repair Service embodies everything from a simple puncture to perfectly remedying the most serious cut or blowout in casing or tube. A-l equipment plus A-- materials with exacting, expert care in every de? tail Insure you Promptness, Service ami Satisfaction. Here you will And a Tire Repair Plant equipped With every Modern Steam Vulcanising apparatus. Columbia Vulcanizing Works lllll Lady St. . Phone 1711 INSURANCE MONEY (ilVEN OCT. Addition Licenses Collected by Depart? ment Apportioned to Treasurers. Columbia, May 22.? For the four months ending May 1 tiie Insurance commissioners collected from insur? ance and other companies under Iii? jurisdiction and turned over to the State treasurer the suan of $110,336.52. Of this amount $33,503.37 goes to the several counties of the State. The amount'going to the firemen's fund in 4 7 towns of the State was $14,143.50. Of this amount 5 per cent., or $707.17, goes to the South Carolina State Firemen's association. The amounts which have gone to the several fire departments of the State have already been published. Sumter getfl $1,347.31; Lee's portion is $318.90 and Clarendon's share Is $521.85. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Daily by Ernest Field, Cotton Iluycr. Good Middling S 7-8. Strict Middling 8 3-4. Middling 8 5-8. St-ict Low Middling 8 1-8. Low Middling 7 5-8. Staple Cotton, Nominal. New York Cotton Market. Opened. Close. July.9.52 9.53 October.9.88 9.88 December.10.14 10.11 THE BAHEY-LEBBY COt ROOF/NQ ?H?RLESTON,S.C. J. Sumter Moore, COTTON L0N6 STAPLE EXCLUSIVELY., 1218 Washington St. Phone 585 COLUMBfA, S. C. -rn,l Mtmplcf bom both titles of bfttoaftd 1 trill lift "je you bml price ! fV.r ootton landed in Columbia. 1_._:_ A Dollar or Two Saved Weekly isn't much at the start, but keep it up for one year, and you'll have quite a sum to your credit. Fortunes have had their start from such savings? isn't it time for you to be? gin? 4 per cent interest al? lowed. The National Bank of Sumter ESTABLISHED 1889. "SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS" Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. and Central Lumber Co. Geo. Epperson'a Old Sta.i\d Opp. Court House Announcement! Dr. N. G. Osteen, Jr. has secured the services of Dr. Phifer, Painless Dentist, who is a graduate of the Univer? sity of Maryland, and has had years of experience in Balti? more, Philadelphia and other large cities. riD PUT 1717 D "THE MAN WHO ui\. rnirjii\, makes pain fly" ~ Wants to See You What Every Man, Woman and Child Should Know: How to Properly Care for the Teeth. GOOD HEALTH and GOOD TEETH are Dependent One Upon the other. I am always plad to examine, advise and talk v/ith you about your teeth. I use onlv the most improved methods and do all classes of work known to the dental profession, IN A 1 UNLESS. SCIENTIFIC MANNER. Artificial Teeth H to $100 (?old Platen, Aluminum Plate*, Celluloid Platen, Red Rubber Plates, Black Rubber nates, Mmroon Plates Crowns S3 to Sil Cold Crowns, Logan Crowns, Morrison C rowns. Davis Crowns, -Oth Century Crowns. Richmond Crowns, (>|H*ii Pace Crowns. 50g to SS (?old I Illings, (?obi Inlays, Lnaiucl Fillings, Porcciaisi Filling*, Cement Fillings. Amalgam Fillings. ANAESTHETICS NITROUS OXIDE SOMNIFORM LOCAL ANAESTHETICS I guarantee all work done at my ollice to he equaled by few. surpassed be none. MY ARTIFICIAL TEETH ARK MADE TO FIT THE MOUTH properly, occlude, and have a natural appearance, no matter how difficult the case. YOUR MONEY S WORTH OR YOUR MONEY BACK. I DO WHAT 1 ADVERTISE EXAMINATION. CONSULTATION. PAINLESS EXTRACTION. FREE! Remember the Name Remember the Place DD D U T 17 17 D The Painless K . r H 1 r H K , Dentist Dr. N, 6, Osteen, Jr. Dental Oftice Phone 30-18 W. Liberty Street