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? .NVKWTIVF f/ttNirs TO FRONT. * iinn?m) War Hum Demonstrate*! ^Thett Ikmnjry With lint Ins Not Mm Will Will i Raleigh, N. C. Sept. 12.?"The present European v/uf has demon? strated that the country that will win la the country that haa the latest Improvement* of inventive genius." ?aid Secretary Daniels In a statement laaued her** tonight In connection with the announcement from Wash imxton of the personnel of the now nival affvlaoiy board. *'We formerly looked only to the general head, aided hy the secretary ?f the treasury." he said, "but now that we fight in trenches and must have guns that will tie effective miles away, Inventors, chemists, mat hema? tic lane, scientist*, therefore, take their places a* leaders in modern warfare." Me eald that to be prepared for an emergency Americana must have equipment from the best brains. "I Sm' seeking for the navy preparedness to mobilise the brains and wnlus and inventive talent of Amern i." \\<- con? tinued. "It le gratifying that the moat important societies In America have responded to my Invitation to make this patriotic contribution. With fcdison at the head, the board will render ae,:ylce of the highest order and its members are entl'b d to the thank* of the American people." DEATH or MHS. WILSON. Wed Suddenly Friday Night. Aged IS, Maye.svllle, Sept. 13.?Mrs. Mary J. Wilson, wife of S. W. Wilson, died af? ter a few hours' illness on Friday night, at her home about three miles from Maye.svllle. The deceased was a native of Charleston, being born at 140 Wentworth street, that city, and was Miss Mary J. Oreer before her marriage iu 1878. She was II year* of age. She is survived by her hus? band, S. W. Wilson, four daughters, Miss Elizabeth Wilson and Mrs. Helen McKellar of this place; Mrs. Annie Coles of Little Uoek, 'Ark., and Mrs. Azalea Westberry of Harleyvllle; ono brother, W. C. Oreer of Philadelphia, and one sister, Mrs. Geo. I>. Anderson of Georgetown. The deceased had been a member of the Presbyterian church nearly all of her life and was ;i devout Christian woman of most lovable traits of character. She will be greatly mlsed by a large cir? cle of friends and acquaintances. The funeral services were held on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the Mayesvllle Presbyterian church, of which the deceased was a member, be? ing conducted Iry her pastor, Hev. R. L. Grler, assisted by Rev. Ray Riddle of Monticello, Fla. Interment was made in the Mayesvllle cemetery on the bluff of Rlack river. There fgj a large attendance at the services and there were many handsome Mor? al tributes. Music Houses! Have high rents, insurance, taxes and office help to pay for. Music Houses! Have salesmen who work on a 20 and 25 per cent commission basis. Music Houses! Charge from $90 to $110 for sell? ing expenses on every piano they sell Who Pays For This? S. I. TILL, OF SUMTER, omm? * ?avk pianos.) j Sells Pianos direct from the factory to your home at factory prices on convenient terms. S. 1. TILL, OF SUMTER, <hallkt & both pianos.) Don't have the Music House expen? ses to pay S. L TILL, OF SUMTER, auum * both pianos.) Sells Boston's leading Piano, it has been on the market 75 years. S. I. TILL, OF SUMTER, * datu pianos.) Can get to you in 24 hours notice and sell you a piano or player-piano or trade with you and save you $125. S. I. TILL, OF SUMTER, twajun * datm pianos.) Has sold more than 600 Pianos in this community?all customers sat? isfied. WILL YOU? Write today for Catalogues, Factory prices and terms. TT ? 11 The Cut Price JL 111 j Piano Man (HALLET & DAVIS PIANOS) SUMTER, - SOUTH CAROLINA Every Piano Sold on a Life Guarantee. ?r-1-n SOLD1E11S FROM ITS COLONIES. rro|K)sod Tliat France Remit 000 I Vom Among Natives of Over? seas Dominions. Paris, Sept 11.?Deputy Pierre Masse has prepared for introduction in the chamber a bill providing that ? natives of French colonies and protec? torates he recruited for service^ in the army. It is estimated that this step would add 700,000 men to ' the forces in the Held by next spring. DARK CORNER DOTS. Hard Times Potato to the Harmful EffOOtfl of Liquor. Dark Corner, Sept. 10.?Everything is calm and serene. Cotton picking Is the order of these hot fair days, hut pickers complain of its being \po hot to pick from 11 to I, Mr. BlOndlng Ardis has his gasoline gin at Broadway's Siding in fix and is ginning cotton for his patrons. He has scales and a seed house and is prepar? ed to buy cotton seed. The new church near the Sycamores which I mentioned in my last letter has been titled up ho the Heed Sunday School was held there Wast Sunday. It was my pleasure to he in Wedge field last Friday, the 3rd, inst, where I was shown some of the finest cotton I ever saw. It was on Mr. H. S. Whir den's farm and was what i* called Poulnot variety which took fiist prizr at the' Georgia experimental station last year. "Old Brother Bop" has four acres of this cotton and has been told he Vould gather 8 bales, but he says he will be satisfied with six, and the beauty of It is he made it himself, which tells pretty well for a 74-year old hoy . , While on my way to and from Wedgflefield I saw some mighty fine stubble land peas, though crops are not what they would have, been if they had had plenty of rain in. July. Well, Mr. Editor, five days more and the election to decide if South Carolina shall be dry or becom? a booze shop! Which shall it be, Mr. Voter, it is left with you to say. Ev? ery man should vote and vote for what he thinks will do the most good to Uie generations to come. But prohibition voters don't have to make any excuses for voting dry, but here are some of the \Vefs excuses: "I shall vote wet because (not that I want whiskey), the rich men have their clubs." An ih< i says: Ml want Ihe morjeS! to >*.?y homo and educate the children) so r will vote we?." And yet an other i' *ayn, "Strike out the gallon a month, i. 1 and t win rote prohibition." ah of whicii is as much a0 to nay: ' 1 'Will join the devil's party to get rid of the devil." Hero is a verse by JoTin Ploughman t bich I hope all will read and ponder 0> ef! "He that huyeth land buyeth many stones; ^ jt He that huyeth beef buyeth many hones, He that buyeth eggs buyeth imuny shells, Ho that buyeth ale buyeth nothing else." ? So you see, Mr. Editor, the land has stones without which we would be in a bad shape. Remember the mill stones, etc. As for the bones remem? ber the many uses they are put-jto, and the shells are used for various purposes. And what for the ale (booze)? An empty pocket, an ach? ing head, starving children and 0 heart-broken wife. Oh God. I will stop here. "Hard Times." UNEASINESS IN RERUN. Muny Inquiries us to Attitude of Unit? ed States. ?Berlin, Sept. 12.?Publication of the Arabic note, although evoking virtually no comment In the German press, has caused uneasiness here over the probable attitude of the United States. The note itself appears highly satisfactory to the public generally, but constant Inquiries at the offices of tin* Associated Press for news or predictions on the American attitude aro only one Indication of apprehen? sion that the note and the Hesperian oase may renew the tension believed to have relaxed with Ambassador von Bernstorff's communication to Wash? ington of instructions given i#Ub marine commanders. Well Informed Germans, such as Maximilian Harden, editor of Die Zukunft, believe the situation ifgain is serious, not so much because of Us intrinsic merit as on account 4,1 the manner in which It has "hetm handled. ' l DI.ADLOCK IN RUSSIA, v Cabinet and Duma Majority Can Not Agree. London, Sept. 11.? Renter's corre? spondent at Petrograd quotes The Novo Vremyn as saying lhai the ex? change Of views between the cabinet and the new Liberal majority In IhO dunia has revealed widely divergent views, and that no definite decision will be reached before Empemr Nich? olas has been placed in posesoion Of the facts. IMPORTANT BATTLES liKlxU?: WINTER. Preparations Heftig Made Both by Aus Uiani and Italians for i-?? Engage* menu. Geneva, Sept. 1- < via Paris.) ? Brescia reports indirect that prepara? tions arc being made both by Au? trians and Italians for Important bat tles at Qorisia and Tolmino before winter begins. In this short sector there ;im said to be from 250,000 to 300,000 Aits trians, and as many more ah the Qorlsia-Monfaleone-Dutna front. Re? inforcements art- arriving constantly at LJabach and Villach, probably from the Russian front. Cholera is reported behind the Aus? trian lines on the Isonxo river and in Trieste. ELECTION TOMORROW. Prolilhitoii Referendum occupies in teresi of Ottlsens. The prohibition referendum will come before the voters of the State tomorrow. There has been much dis? cussion of this issue for some time and it is hoped thRt the election tomorrow will settle the question. The pro? hibitionists have been carrying on an active campaign of late, but there does not seem to be a meat deal of excite? ment among the people generally in the coming elction. It is predicted that the vote in the county will not be quite half of the total vote, but that, this wIM be strong* ly in favor of prohibition. In the city the polling places will be as follows: Ward 1, City Hall; Ward 2, Smith's .Stahles; Ward ;<, McCal lum's office; Ward i, Powell's Shott? ing Gallery. PLAGUE IN NEW ORLEANS. Government l-Apcrts to I'sc Precau? tion to Prevent Epidemic. WashinKton, Sept. IS.?Confirma? tion of the reports that a case of bu? bonic plague has been discovered in New Orleans was received today by the United States public health ser? vice. Orders were sent experts there to take every precaution to prevent the spread of the malady. Xo epidem ?? ? i . ? Ic is feared. .. . > \ * Negro Lynched in .Missouri. Louisiana, Miss.,- Sept. . \',\.?Love Riidd, t negr?? ?? ? taken *on itable by a m< b, a rock t? ? hi '?iand thro-. ??? the btver. The bod> was found y< ' lj g :: -* XX XX *i XX I x\ 1 1 g ? i ?* XX ixxxlxnxx^tKXXxxxxxxxxxxixttxxi Listen.! We Want You to See Our Big New Stock of For Men and' Boys Our buyer has just returned from the. Northern Markets, where he purchased a large s^ock'at ;a very \x low price, consequently you will be given" the benefit of this big clothing deal. Come in and see us when you are in town, will always find a hearty welcome here. And forget we can SAVE YOU MONEY. You don't L. Alpert, 13 N. Main St. Sumter, - S. C. u:t:::{::j::::tJt:::::Jt::n:::::::ur.::t::::r:::::f:n:n:::::::::::::::???n?i I UK VOLT NEAR TEXAS' IIOUDElt. Carraiiam .Men at Lniupnsns I*renarc tu March on \cttvo Laredo. Laredo. Texas, Sept. 1 2. ' Dispatches from Lampasos, 30 miles soluth of tin border, today r< ported ihe Carransa garrison there in revolt and making preparations to march on Neuvo La? redo. The Carransa troops In'Neuvo Laredo were4 held under arms tonight in anticipation of an attotck. Gen. Davfld, In command of the4 Lampasos garrison, is said to have joined Iiis troops in renouncing alle?I glance to Gen.* Carransa. MAI RECOGNIZE CARRANfcA. Probable Change" of Heat lean Policy f n! tic Considered. Washington, Sept. 13,?-A new Mexi? can policy, involving rhe possible ul? timate recognition oYTtfrrarixa'tfill be considered when'the SotiGi "?-American envoys meet 'Secretary Lansing'Tues? day to consider the" 'replies op the factional leaders til W8xlc6i The mili-"i tary conditions have so changed i'A Mexica that even those totio formerly advocated Villa now ugrelfi"that Car ; ra!?'??:? now domiunfes .?? Inuation and that Vlllri has b? ?n practical?'. j < liminati I ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY. g) At Production Next Monday Night of Mutt t*L .leff. fc Through the courtesy of Manager Miller, of the Rex, the/Hex orchestra, directed by Prank A. Girard, will play at the Academy Of Music neat Mbnda? night at the' production of the season'! opening show, "Mutt & Jeff." With a cast far above the average in % musical show and a host of pretty giHs, together With handsome scenic settings and pretty costumes the two well known cartoon funmakers make their annual visit to Sumtor, on next Mortd>y night. Qua Hill, the produc ( v, hfUl S|>ared no expense to make the present seasonal show eclipse any V-o rru r s< nson's production, and ex? changes say th;:t his efforts have not 'been in vain.?Advfc In tlic Police- Court? The following canes were disposed V.f by* Rbcord? r 'Lee Monday: Aitl'mr Major* and Charles Kava naugh, riding bicycle* on sidewalk, eacTT7orf< ited VZnil of $2.U0. Hxaney I rfaiey, petitlarceny, steal* \nq paint ? Mi th< Boston Furnieblnej v Joi ipanyj -v 10 < r days, WAR Mit Our representative will be in Sumter next Friday and Saturday, September 17th and 18th to buy War Mules of the following specifica? tions and sizes: 14 to 16 Hands High, 3 to 10 Years Old Mules must be in good flesh, grays or white mules not wanted. Miller Union Stock Yards AT Booth-Boyle Live Stock Co.