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Cfoi fatten anb jJoutbron at the PurttoOo* AC Hum tor, b. CX, mm stoeood Claas Matte?. ? PERSON \L MENTION. i - Mr*. H. L. Wrchard ami two sous luv? this afternoon lor t'nion fit v. Pa. to spend the summer with her parents. Mr. and Mrs C J. Dwyer have fMm to Hamilton. Ohio, on a pleasure trip. Mtaa Mary White left sjg Thursd.iN afternoon for New > ork to visit hi I Wsther, Mr. Anthony White. Mr. and Mrs. A. at fox. of Hlgri, l*B4nt. N. f. are visiting; Mr. and Mrs. A. P. flurlea on Itroad street. Mr. and Mr* Cos c?uo. through the country In their car. \ Mr and Mrs Frank s 1?emohl have returned to th?? city from tgclr bridal tru. Mm W II Monrkton. of Cnlumlu I Is visit Ins Mrs Oe.i I F.pperson. MIssmmi Klrsab. th White and AUci Dtxon left on Thursday aft* moon foi New York, where they will take. *j searoo In art at f olumblu university Mlsaaa Edna and Louise Kppersollj era visiting friends In Columbia. Ml*a Ll?xi?> Nelson leaves this af? ternoon for st. Charles to visit Miss Metstsi McCoy Mr. Harold Mefoy has g??ne to his ?Ml home st 9%. Chsrloa to spend sev? eral days and will then go to Green wood to visit friends. Rev. Robert T. Phillips returned this mornloK fron? Atlanta. Ga.. where he spant the week. Miss ?adle Nettles is visiting friends in Manning for the week-end. TIIANKs ITS EMPLOY Fl'.s. Southern Hall* ay President Sends Telegram of < ongratulutlon. Every officer and employee of the Southern Railway Co.. today received a letter from President Fairfax Har? rison, expressing his appreciation and pride in the work accomplished by the entire organisation during the fiscal year closing June 30th. The. telegram was as follows: Washington. I>. C. July 1. 1915. To All Employees: We are cloaing today a fiscal year, has bseti fuM of anxiety and esit through i?n?iii ^< rk nud ?*|f-saertnco and efforts by th?* |Se offganbMitlot . we have come out ?f It soend and full of courage Thli lit has not been due to any m in or to any group of men. but to the co-operation of every man who has recognised the problem and giv? en us the best that WS? In him. I sand my personal thanks then to ev? ery one of you. Though the tight is n<>t ymt over, the spirit of the past ten months. Is he .nd to see us tbroegh. Meanwhile. I want you to know my pride In you and In what has already been done. Kl.IR.SM ML Weddliuc Took ITa<-c In Snnta Rosa Matarday Morning. John F Held of I(< ahlshuffg snd Miss Alma Small of Seattle. Wasb tngtoa. Were married Saturday morn? ing. June 19th. in gtaats Kosu. Mr. Meld Is bookkeeper and liiMiirance rep? resentative of the Kuaslun Meet LesM Company, and during his residence In Healdsburg hus made mans friend. Mrs Held cams her* ft-n> eral months ago. and by h< r pleasing personality has won tunny to her. Mr. and Mrs Held Ii o. the sincere of the Tribune for a long and Mean aeaMed t?r? -. Healdsburg ine. (Cul.) Will MH>K ol I roit TOBACCO. Marion \rrlvcd llmr-alay and T. R. lVp|s i Will hi* Here Sunday. Mr ? thf til m ..I Marlon and Pepper .trrlved in the city on Thursday and has already set about m.%k ..k! mi m ; nun's for thetobae.o market here this summer. Mr. Pep? per will come on Sunday and from then on both gentlemen will be out, aiding the tobucco growers in thi territory In every wuj possAMs in the gathering and eurlnu of their crop, preparatory to mark? ting It at this point. Mm-i h, Mai loll Mid Pepper conducted a warehouse here last sea? son, which was highly satisfactorily generally and this ye ?r the*/ will en? deavor to gpTSJ the same satisfaction. It la reported tb it the tobacco SfOp haa come out wonderfully in the past two weeks and there will be an ex? cellent ybdd In thss territory. Much more tohatco v\ as plant? d thin year than lust ind \\ 1m ?\p??pd that Sum ter mill come up toward t h? fn.nt o e t??bacc?? market for thl? section. There Are Others. "1 think I'rnft SHor Hlbrow Is a won derfui lecturer.'' said the Old Fogy "It brings things home to >ou that jrou r?e\#?r saw bef?ire." That's no'h ing.' replied the Grouch. "I have a laundry uiicon driver who can do last. V Claciuaatt Luuulrer. Mies. RALPH hill entertains. MIsmv Ll/zlc and Ida Haker and Ora Bell liiiiU. it Guests ol Honor at So <inl a ff air. Misse? Li/.zie and Ida Haker ol Bafel? <'\n and Miss On Hell Burkctt of Columbia were |hi guests Ol honor on Friday ecvtnng, NrhSfl their aunt, Mrs. K ilpn Hdl, whom they are visiting, entertained most charmingly at a Fourth of July party. There wer? quite a number ol guests present and tho house was beautifully decorated In a pink ahd white color scheme, which was carrb ?1 out in colors of the refreshments and the dresses worn by the two pretty little girls who served. The hostess was assited in receiving the guests by , Mrs. ('. W. Hicks and Mrs. H. H. Huggins, who presented them to the young ladies visiting Mrs. Hill. After all had arrived, severul names were played the chief of which was a Fourth of July Puszle." Tht answer to this was "independence," and Miss Oft Hell Hurkett und Mr. F. H. Creech were the successful contest? ants, winning a beautiful bouquet ol cut Mowers as- their reward, a gift *hiih was bestowed on Miss Hurkett. \ At the close of the games delightful Pgrreshments were served and all left, having spent a most delightful even Ing. Those presont kill Florence Haker, Kl'.en !;' hi Jack. Anderson. Julia Kumph, ??ra Hell Hurkett. Helle Harper, Ida Haker, ED rile Kose, Louise Williams, Dora Hell I'avis. Etta Cuttlno. Evelyn Williams, Gladys Chandler. Lizzie Buker and Katherine King; Messrs H. C. Carlisle, H. Hoyce Vaughn. H. Drown, C. A. Madden, S. S. Brunsen. Kohler Star tar, Jesse Morris, J. S. Cooper, Henry Cuttlno, F. M. Anderson, F. E. Chan? dler. Scott Humph, F. M. Kortjohn. F. B. Creech. J. C. Phillips. W11 ITE-ODELL MARRIAGE. Virginia IMlot Tells of Event or Inter? est to Sumter People. The following account of the Odell White marriage of June 30 is taken from the Norfolk Virginia Pilot of July 1. Mr. and Mrs. White are ex? pected here about the last of this month, when they will be welcomed by the many friends of Mr. White. "A very pretty wedding was solemn? ized yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the McKendree Methodist church when Miss Inez odell became the orlde of Mr. Edward Thomm- White of Sumter. 8. C, formerly of Norfolk. Th? Qhorch WSJ decorated with ferns, palms and piAl IWttt pe s and the altur was banked with palms and ar? ranged with two pedestals of pink sweet peas, between which the bride and bridegroom stood. The ceremony was performed by Rev. T. Rosser Reeves, pastor of the church ,and the wedding marches w?ire played by Mr. Harold Kent, the or? ganist, accompanied on the violin by Mrs. Fred Peterson, w ho also rendered a beautiful musical program while the guests wer?- assembling. '. he bride entered the church with her uncle. Mr. Albert J. Odell, by whom she was given In marriage, and '.ore a wedding gown of ivory char meuMe trimmed elaborately with lace and pearls. The skirt was made with a train und trimmed with lace and fastened to the waist with a pearl or nam* it. Her veil of tulle was ar? ranged from a coronet of orange blos? soms, and her only ornament was the wedding brooch worn by her maternal grandmother. She carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses and lilies ol the \ alley. Mrs. Kenneth C. White of Pltts bugh. Pa . sister of the bride, was matron oi honor and wore her wed dliur gown ol bridal satin made with a train. She carried an arm bouquet oi pink en eel peas tied with white tulle. Miss Algol Bowden. the maid of honor, wore a lingerie frock of white oi gandy and carrb d an arm bouquet of pin\ sweet peas tied with pink tulle. The hfIdoglOOW had as his best man bis brother, Mr. K. C. White of Pitts? burgh, Pa., and the ushers included Meseri Mix rt Tatsnw Samuel Wixon end 1*. B, White. Alter the ceremony Ihe bridal I ~v\\ were driven lo the bride's home lit* Park avenue, where the bridal gown eras changed i><r u traveling suit of cream oorduroy, with hat and gloves lO match Mr. and Mis. White left In the evening tor an extended trip I north and will spend sonn time iM the mountains of North Carolina before going to their home in Sumter. S. C. < Mi Tuesday evening follow ing the rehearsal, Ihe bridal party and mem ben of the immediate families of the bride aad bridegroom and out ol town gUestS were entertained at an Infor? mal reception at tin home ol the hrldi in Park avenue. The out of town guests Included Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth ?'. White of Pittsburgh, Pad Mr. and Mn M?ton L Odell Ol Washington I? IV; Mrs Homer J. Dodge and Miss w. Hrtsene sad < hlldnn ?f Henford Mil., and Mt -. Ilentv A. 1'iown and Miss Brown of Yancebnro, N. <'." - In One "Butt" of Ale. 1 Ii ? "hut!" of tie there are 109 '4ulloUb. t Ml.F. SAM FKKDING WOHLD.! i 1 lMNMl>tlllY> YaluiMl at $721,000,000 F.x , ported I Miring Hast l.lcven Muiitlts. Washington. July S.?The share of the United States in feeding the world, a task VAStly increased by the Kuro- ! pean war, was disclosed today in statistics of the department of com-1 meres, Foodstuffs valued at $784,000, 000 S/ere exported during the eleven months ending July 1. This was the principal factor in the nation's billion dollar foreign trade balance. The effect of the war Is seen in the enormous Increase in the value of foodstuff exports compared with the tlgures lor the same eleven months a year ago, when the total was $443, 000,000. Wheat forme? the biggest item in foodstuffs sent abroad. In all 240.570,000 bushels were exported, an Increase of Hi 1,000,000 bushels. It was valued at $819.901,000, showing an Increase over the previous year of $239,1:18,000. Oats valued at $51.669,000 were shipped, an increat-t of almost 11,000, 000 bushels. Flour showed the next largest in? crease, with a value of $87.059,900, or $37,037,000 more than the previous perlbd. Almost 5,000,000 more barrels were sent thtl year, the total being 1 "?.07r.. loo Corn exports were valued at $34, 542,000, an increase of $28,511,000. There were 4 3,718,000 bushels export? ed, an increase of about 35,000.000. Almost 305,000,000 pounds of bacon were shipped, an increase of 122,000, 000 pounds. It was valued at $41, 294,000, or an increase of $17,038,000. There was a big increase in beef shipments. Fresh beef exports were 131.487,000 pounds, an increase of al? most 410.000.u00 pounds; canned beef 65,359,000 pounds, an increase of 61, 000,000; pickled beef 28,622,000, an increase of 7,000,000. Value of beef exported was; Fresh beef $15,363,000, an increase of $14, 652,000; canned beef $10,708,000, an increase of $10.284,000, and pickled beef $3.004,000, an Increase of $883, 000. Ham and shoulders exported weighed 162,233,000 pounds, valued at $23,435?000, an increase of $1,734,000. Lard exports amounted to 441,702,000 pounds, valued at $48,917,000. The increase was small. Exports of cotton seed oil, exten? sively used us a foodstuff, amounted to $19,903,000, an increase of $6,643, e<in, C ?>b>n exports were M08,091 ball ' .'.i" 394 bale.- less than the previous n, but their value, I66,370,00i Med a d. crease of I231.S56.000. I A statement on the meat and dairy products trade issued today by the department of commerce said: "Imports of meat and dairy pro? ducts into the United States in the months preceding May 1 last were three times the value of those for a like period two years ago and seven timos those of the entire fiscal year 1905. This movement assumed large portions in the fiscal year of 1914, following the transfer of meats to the free list. Very recent months, how? ever, have reversed the upward '.rend, since February, March and April show much smaller Imports than In those months of last year or when compared with earlier months of the current llscal year. "In the ten monthe ? ending with April imports of meat and dairy pro? ducts aggregated $3S,O0O.O0o in value, meats reaching two-thirds of the to? tal. In 1111*14 the same months gave a total never reached ten million, having been $1,180,000 in 1905 and $2.000.000 In 1895. ?our imports of meat are mainly supplied by Argentina. Ten months j of the llscal year just closed brought 112,000,00?? pounds Of fresh beef and real from Argentina and from ten to fifteen million pounds each from Can? ada, Uruguay, Australia and United Kingdom. The United States still exports far more meats that it imports, for al? though there have been record break? ing arrivals In the last two years, ex? ports have been even larger. Returns for ten months Indicate that the value of meat end dairy products attain the 0 001 00 level thnt 'narked the de , ? kde prior to 19 e j. "In fresh beef there is now a lar?o movement I <?th Into and <>ut of the 1 country. The large outward move ment, however, is a development of recent months. Over 16,000,000 pounds of fresh beef were exported in April and more than a hundred mil? lion pounds in the period from August I, 1114, when the Ruropean war be? gan, to the end of April. 1916; while the aggregate for the throe-year pe? riod ? ?nding June 'in, 1914, was only . 29,000,000 pounds. j "'It is also apparent that the United I Flutes pays less for the meats it buys than 11 receives for those it sells, in April v\ e imported K,600,000 pounds of fresh beef valued at 3-4c per pound f, o. h, countries of origin, in the same mouth we exported 26,000, . pounds valued nl 11 cents per pound at the domestic ports of ship? ment For the hu months ending v Ith April. 1916, tb< imports and ex? perts were l*6,oeo,000 and 102,000,. I uuo pouudS| respectively, valued ^t V 1-4 cents pur pound for tin* Imports And 1- 1-2 cents per pound for tin* exports. - 1 SKAKDON ON BOND PETITION. (.'hanilR'r of Commerce Secretary Tells ut Length of His Troubles ami Tribulations in Working for Signa? tures of Freeholders. Editor The Daily Item: A number of persons in this city have seen lit to adversely criticise (in? stead of cooperating with me) an imaginary uncalled for delay on my part in circulating the petition for a majority of the freeholders to sign authorizing an election to issue $225,000 bonds for street and side? walk paving. It should be remembered that this is, by far the biggest and least under? stood bond issue ever attempted In this city, and that the petition I am j circulating follows closely a recent) $50,000 bond issue for city school pur? poses. To be confronted with two bond is? sues segregating the sum of $275, 000 together is a precedent which has called for serious consideration among Sumter's freeholders". To begin with, there are a great many freeholders who do not under? stand the proposed Aubtting Property Taxation plan of paving. And hun? dreds who misunderstand it. There are hundreds of women freeholders, hundreds of colored freeholders, and among both races, there are many men and women freeholders who are working out in factories, on railroads, on farms, and otherwise occupied where they can not be approached ex? cept after six o'clock in the evening, and there are many non-resident freeholders. It is practically an impossibility to secure In a hour, a majority of Sum? ter's freeholders without getting hun? dreds of colored freeholders as the balance A power. This new plan of paving our streets and sidewalks is something new in Sumter. It should be remembered that it requires much more time to explain this plan and In? duce freeholders to sign a petition there, than It usually does for ordi? nary bond Issues to be voted on for popular public utilities such as schools, water works, sewerage, etc., and which the public are familiar with. The abutting property taxation pe? tition specifies that the property own era must pay "two-thh .is of the cost" of paving. This Is ttot an ? xceedin- !y popular phrase at. first blush with j hunareds i freeholders and no such requirement attaches itself to any other bond issue previously attempted in this city. In dealing with females who are freeholders, of both races, I have found that eight out of ten have re? quested that they be given time to consult with their husbands or other relatives or male advisers. T have been compelled to revisit a great many homes, white and colored, from one to four times before securing signatures of female freeholders. In addition thereto I am confronted with opposition from a number of Sumter's intelligent, and in some in? stances, influential white citizens who do not favor the abutting property taxation plan. This opposition has positively resulted in direct refusals In a great many Instances, and hun? dreds of Insatnces in delay on tho part of freeholders male and female, white and colored. ( So far as I am aware, I am the only man in Sumter who ever secured the signatures of a majority of the free? holders of Sumter for a bond issue. Others have secured the signatures of one-third of the freeholders for a school bond issue, a very popular pub? lic enterprise. Therefore I feel that I know what l am writing about. I think that I could prove by not less than eight hundred freeholders and hundreds of others besides, white and colored, male and female, that I have "been on tho Job" trying to get a majority of the freeholders to sign. I have been over the entire city sev? eral times within less than sixty days besides attending to my other duties as commercial secretary I "hit Sum? ter" with thts petition during the first week, right on the crest of the Rev. Hob Jones wave, and the C'hau tauqua. and had to contend also with very prominent and popular competi? tion with innumerable daily district prayer meetings among the men and i women of Sumter and 15 preachers, j Sumter people a| peered to have been 'much more Interested for a month with spiritual matters than with Street paving or increased taxation, as 1 f?>und that it was useless to try to Interest hundreds of men and women (for hours each day) in the morning ami afternoon. A great many Sumter freeholders and other taxpayers, shy at Increas? ed taxation, and going into debt dur? ing this financial depression inciden? tal to the great European war. There Im practically no denying, successful!) at hast, that times are hard, no matter how good a spieler a man may bo, and I believe that 1 can truthfully say that 1 was unanimously and by acclamation, and without op? position, selected us the man who sould hand nut tJic "dope/' to show wherein it Will pay to turn loose $275, ooo to give hundreds of unemployed t men work and put much money in cir- j eolation during a tin.r when money is j badly needed. I have written many columns for your paper, Mr. Editor, about this abutting property taxation plan of . paving, and I was selected by the Superintendent of Education and the j City School Hoard of Education, the Chamber of Commerce, and the City j Council to do the writing and the j talking for both bond issues, some job believe me. There are doubtless many and more brilliant, and versatile writers and expert bond issue orators than the writer in Sumter, and I would be de? lighted if they would bring into play their powers of intellectual ver? satility, their popularity, influence, and knowledge to cooperate with me instead of misrepresenting me and "kicking" me while I am "doing my best" which Is all that any man can do. ? I started out to get a majority, I have the majority assured, and I have succeeded. I have won out despite opposition, adverse criticism, and misrepresentation of the abutting property taxation plan. I participated In the circulation of the $50,000 school bond issue while also circulat? ing the petition I now am circulat? ing. I intend to be in the tight to the finish for the $225,000 bond Issue, and we are going to carry the elec? tion by a good majority, unless those who favor this street paving bond is? sue go to sleep and neglect to vote. I might say, however, that I know of organized opposition to this bond issue, and that steps are being already taken I am told to get out an injv.uc iton against it, if the majority is not sufficient in favor of the bond issue, its constitutionality beyond doubt, and the overwhleming approval by free? holders and voters. In such a big bond issue as $225, 000, it is necessary that I be particu? lar to secure a majority, and a big majority of bona fide freeholders. When the City Council next meets I intend to present this petition, but It Is best that I secure as big a ma jorly as possible in the meantime. I have given most of my time to this matter isnce I started. I even went so far as to circulate the petition inside the Bob Jones tab? ernacle because I couldn't catch some of the freeholders anywhere else at j that time. As before stated, this Is the hrggsjll bond issue ever presentd to Sunder people, the least understood, most uUouttdeistood aim most misrep? resented. I haven't had any picnic getting a majority of the men and women, white and colored, freeholders to sign. I am going to "come again, ' Mr. Editor? In your valuable columns. I am a great 'come backer." I have done several times what President? Roosevelt and Taft, and the Cham? pion James Jeffries couldn't do. I "came back" as commercial secretary, as health oificer several times, and I am going to "come again" regarding the famous Sumter City-Manager? Commission Government plan. I am too busy circulating this petition. But we have plenty of time. I haven't left town. ?So If your hear any one asking where "Old E. L It." is Just mention that he is "on the Job" earn? ing that five hundred dollars the Citv Council promised the Chamber cf Commerce, if I got a majority of free? holders to sign this petition. That five hundred dollars looks good to m??, and everybody needs $500 "in my bus ness" these days. City Council won't have any excuse to refuse to "come acros with that $500. E. I. Reardon. First Tobacco of Session. Hingst reo Tobacco aMrkct First to Open. Kingstree, July 2.?The first to? bacco of the season was offered here for sale today at Gorrell's warehouse. The tobacco was brought in by J. W. Timmon8 and J. W. Klrbey, farmere near Kingstree. The offering waa of ground leaves of first primings, which is the lowest grade usually. It brought six cents per pound. PROTEST FROM TOKYO. ^ Japan Said to Have Cautioned China. Peking, July 3.?Owing to the se? rious boycotts and because of the Chinese formation of patriotic socie? ties, Eki Hioki, Japanese minister to China, on behalf of Japan, has re? peatedly protested to the foreign of? fice. The Japanese minister is quoted as saying, according to unquestionabls Chinese information, that the temper of the Japanese people may overpow? er the Japanese government and com? pel stronger measures against China. The cutting of the big oak on Main Street in front of the postofflce came to a successful completion this morn? ing, when a big crowd gathered to see the dismembered trunk of the bis; ' ill to the stroke of the axe. "he tree was guided aright and fell be? tween the post office and th? Wreck store, without dametge to either. Much interest has been shown during the past few days by passers, who stopped to watch the man high up in its branches busily plying his hatchet or saw. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF No. 106?0. -? The National Bank of South Carolina, at Sumter, In the State of South Car? olina, at tho Close of Business, June 23, 1915. * ? ? 4P HESOURCBS: 1, a I^onns and discounts (notes held in bank) .. .. $659,203.47 I. Overdrafts, secured, $1.230.21; unsecured, $279.16 1,616.37 5. Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve bank.$19.600.00 n j a Dess amount unpaid.9,750.00 9,750.00 i b All other stocks, including premium on same.'. 4,600.00 14,250.00 6. Banking house, $39,203.02; furniture and fix? tures, $5,?17.88.44,820.90 8. Due from Federal Reserve Bank. 4,481.47 9. a Due from approved reserve agents in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis. 32,097.18 b Due from approved reservo agents in other reserve cities. 6,857.86 37,954.99 10. Due from banks and bankers (other than in? cluded in 8 or 9). ... 569.91 II. Checks on banks in the same city or town as reporting bank. 2,590.40 13. a Outside checks and other cash Items.$386.28 b Fractional currency, nickels, and cents.871.29 1,257.57 14. Notes of other national banks. 1,185.00 Lawful money reserve in bank: 1G. Total coin and certificates. 11.094.40 ''*"sW ! Total.$778,863.48 LIABILITIES: 1. Capital stock paid In. $200,000.00 2. Surplus fund. 125,000.00 3. Undivided profits.$53,198.32 Less current expenses, Interest, and taxes paid.. 10,886.17 42,812.15 7. Due to banks and bankers (other than Included In 5 or 6) . 2.745.94 8. Dividends unpaid. 40.0a 9. Demapd deposits: a Individual deposits subject to check.$134,418.36 b Certificates of deposit due in less than *0 days . 2.003.00 c Certified checks. 60.00 d Cashier's checks outstanding. 133.00 136.614.3? 10. Time deposits: a Certificates of deposit due on or after 30 days. . 25.541.54 c Deposits subject to 30 or more days' notice .. ..136.826.14 162.367.68 14. Rediscounts with Federal Reserve bank. 54.783.35 a Notes and bills redlsceunted. 10.000.00 15. Bill! payable, Including obligations representing money borrowed. 45.000.oo Total.$778,863.48 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Sumter. ss. [, Q, L. Warren, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear thai the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. O. L. WAHREN. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 2nd day of July. 1915. A. If. Broughton, Notary Public. Correct Attest: THOMAS WILSON. ISAAC SCHWARTZ. O. Q ROWLAND, Sk^ k*. I 9****+ J