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Cjjt SStatt^maR anb j$rat&roit at the Fostofflos at Sumte*, b OL, as Second Claas Marter. PERSONAL MENTION. Mrs. Joseph J. Baker and littlo daughter. Louise, havo returned home after a pleasant visit In Wedgefleld. Mr. J. C. Oalney. of Marlon, has ac? cepted a position with the Cralg Fur? niture Company. Mr. D. V. Keels, of Uembert, spent the day In the city. Mrs. Henry Stuckey, of Blshopvllle and Mrs. McColl of Florence, the mother and aunt of Dr. H. M. Stuck ey, are visiting Dr. 8tuckey and fam ihr Mrs. W. H. Ingram nas returned home after spending the summer in the mountains. Mrs. H. L>. Barnett and daughter have returned home after spending several weeks in New York. Col. Thomas Wilson, president of the Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina, left last night In his private ear, A. C. L. No. 104, for Hot Springs, Akansas. where he a 111 take treat? ment for rheumatism, from which he has been suffering. Mrs. 8need and Mm. Llela Sneed have returned to their home in Char? leston, after a few days' stay with Mrs. B. J. Qrler on Salem Ava, Mrs. J. W. Ferguson, of Waynesvllle. N. C. is visiting Mrs. Sidney Stubbs. .Alas Irene Bryan returned to Flor? ence last night after spondlng the week-end with her parents in the city. She was accompanied by her friend Miss Smith. Miss Adelle Pitts, who la teaching at Laurtnghurg, spent the week-end with her mother In the dir. Miss Alta Anderson visited friends In the city during the past few days. Mrs. R. M. Jenkins, of St. Charles, was a visitor to the city on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Rembert, of Rimbert, were In town on Monday. Ml DICWL ASSOCIATION MEETS. Interesting riiui.n1 Case* Discussed Snd Supper Taken at Dixie Cafe. From The Dally Item, Oct. 9. The 8umter County Medical Asso? ciation held Its first meeting last night, since the summer Intermission, at the office of Dr. K. R. Wilson, with quito a good number of the members pres? ent. Ther? wes no *>t prorram for the evelnrr but an Informal Alscussldh of interesting clinical cases 'hat h I J aeiurraK In the practice of the sever at members since the M*t meeting in si m< j a ne At tha conclusion of the meeting, the members adjourned to the Dixie Cafe where supper was served and a pleasant social hour was spent The next i loetfng will be held the first Thursday In November. t.t U TY PM AS I\ CHARLESTON. it More Defendants Admit Charge of Storing, Making Total or Thirteen Charleston, Oct. t.?After a brief Ion this morning, at which eight more persons charged with violating the dispensary law, Illegally selling and storing liquor, pleaded guilty to the second count of tho indictment, the court of general sessior s adjourned until Wednesday. October 13. Those who pleaded guilty this morn? ing to storing liquor were: H. L. Koeater. H. Richter. Chs.i. O. Querette, U Redlnger, F. L. Hackermann. O. A. Krui, James A. Hennessy und C. B. Walker. This makes a total of 13 who have pleaded guilty of tho ' sec? ond count" since James Manos was convicted of storing liquor. None of them has been sentenced. A motion tat a new trial has bsen expected In ?i>.- m idas shin, MM fe id gal beat made when court adjourned today. Death. From The Dally Item, Oct. 9. Little J inn s I im h? II, tho grandson of Mr und Mrs. W. II Kradlord. pass? ed away Friday evening at 7 o'clock, after a short but painful Illness. The little body will tie laid to rest this af? ternoon at .'. o'clo. k in tie- cemetery. Oeo. W. Lesley, who claims to bo the man who walked over Niagara Falls on a fish? rope and who has had s very checkered career lp the show business, arrived In the city a few days hkm ' > this his home for some time. He expects to establish him? self here as a photograph* r, und will Irve hin headquarters In a tent on Harvln and BSJUftlettS streets. Mr. I^esley has been a life saver at Tyhsi during the past season, where he was SJueeessful In saving a nuud'cr o.* per? sons from drowning. fjsjmter county has ginned little more than half as much cotton thin fall as was ginned last fall up to the same time. The report for Sumter county Issued on September 2&th shows ginning ?o that data M..I62 baits this season against l r..:tI last year. Orangebur* county leuds off with 21. *M? hales. fThlrt. unties have yields this year In excess of last year. While ths others hav? issssr yields. iiouke snow ruosrEcrs good. ?1*1 f ?-~JBjSJBSJBJ| I urge Number or Entries and with Fair Weather Show 1m Bound to Bo Success. Indications now are that the Sumter Horse Show will be a success in every way. A large number of entires have been made and are being made, and a big sale of tickets is reported. With the weather remaining like It is now it Is expetced that the show will be one of the most successful ever held in this State, for the animals will be there to All every class. Such Is the outlook according to Mr. Oeo. D. Shore, secretary of the asso? ciation, when he was seen this morn? ing by a representative of The Item. In fact all of those connected with tho association are pleased at the outlook. Tickets aro still being sold by the la? dles of Trinity Methodist church, who will probably have them until tomor? row night. Those who want season tickets had best purchase them now, for only single entry tickets will be sold after the show commences, which will be at additional cost to the spec? tator. Much general Interest Is being shown and large crowds will be In at? tendance each of the three days, Wed? nesday, Thursday and Friday. The show will begin promptly at 3 o'clock In the afternoon. KILLING itEMBERT. Eddie Boykln Shot by His Brother, Marlon Boykln, ou Thursday. What Is believed to have been an accidental killing occurred on Mr. D. V. Keels' place at Rembert on Thurs? day when Marion Boykln, colored, shot and killed his little six-year-old brother, Eddie Boykln with a shot-, gun. The load t >ok effect in the boy's side and tho boy was killed al? most Instantly. It Is understood that Marlon Boykln claims to have started to pick up the gun from off the floor, and it went off. He Is about sixteen years old. Tho Inquest was held for tho coroner Thursday by Magistrate Glllls. PILOTS BOMBING SEAPLANE. Experiments In Dropping Missiles Carried out In Machine Driven by Carolinian. Washington, Oct. 8.?Experiments In bomb dropping from seaplanes at an altltud? of *,f>0o fee* hav bc^n successfully carrlod out by nav> avi.i Mhsl off the Florida consi, th* H department announced today. Tho machine us.? l was piloted by Lieut. P. N. L. Bellinger, with Lieut. W. Capehart acting as observer and bomb thrower. The department also announced the arrival of tho navy's first dirigible at the aeronautic station at Pensacola, where its crew is being trained In balloon operation. KILLED BY FALLING WALD. Three luchmond Firemen Are Burled In Ruins. Richmond, Va., Oct. 10.?Three firemen at work today among the ruins of buildings destroyed by fire this morning were killed when a bHck wall toppled over and burled them. They were: R. M. Norment, C. L. Atkinson and W. R. O'Delt. A. K. Davenport and U. D. C. Johnson wero perhaps fatally injured. The fire which destroyed Crenshaw's tobacco warehouse and a dozen other buildings, did damage estimated at $60,000. BEFORE SFPBEME COURT. Eight Months' Session Begins Today. Washington. Oct. 10.?Many ques? tions of national concern are before the Supreme Court for decision dur? ing the session of eight months, which begins tomorrow. Exactly UG2 cases arc ^waiting disposition. After formally opening the term to? morrow admitting attorneys to prac? tice, the court will adjourn according to custom and proceed to the White House to pay respects to the president. Argument of cases will begin Tuesday and decisions in cases under advise? ment during tho summer recess will not bo delivered before Monday, Oc? tober 18, at the earliest. A series of cases calling In question tho constitutionality of tho Income tax law has been advanced for considera? tion early this week. It la probable the New York alien labor law cases will be en attention first, however, as the sucoer.s of the tax is regarded by the government as hinging on theso cases. HAS LARGE ATTENDANCE. Registration Will Exceed That of Last Your?Already Past Five Hundred. Columbia, Oct. 9.?Attendance at the University of South Carolina for the present term has passed the lOi mark and is now within three reKistra tSOM of tho total enrollment for the ii l'.?l4-lf?. This Is very encourag? ing and indicates that the number will exceed that of last year. The enroll? ment verterdny afternoon was f?10, against 111 f<>r the entire previous year. ADVISES COOPERATIVE .METH? ODS. J. Oi Dunlrar Tells of Advantages to Iarmors of Organization. Editor Daily Item. I have just read, with interest a let? ter sent out by the Sumtcr Chamber of Commerce, and published in your col? li inns and feel that the writer struck the key note to the situation in advis? ing cooperation in the sale of cotton, whether raised in this or any other county. The local buyers are in the business for what they can get out of it, just as the farmer, who raises cot? ton or any other farm produce, Is in his line of business for what he ex? pects to get out of It, and if the farm? ers have not foresight enough to or? ganize themselves into a cooperative protective association, they will only have to accept the conditions brought about, by their ignorance and careless? ness and quit abusing the purchaser of his produce because he is looking after his end of the business. It has been demonstrated in other States be? yond a doubt, that by cooperating in marketing of farm products, the pro? ducer has been greatly benefited, and why can't the farmers of Sumter county come together in business mat? ters in which they are vitally inter? ested? I can't believe it Is ignorance, but do believe it is carelessness and lack of confidence In each other. I don't like to use such language, but truth is truth, and we may suppress It for a while, but it will stare us in the face again. Tho Chamber of Com? merce is in a position to aid us if we will only accept its services, and will do us a lot of good at a small com? mission, as it seems, wo as a class, are too feeble to organize and help our? selves. Tho average farmer is too prone to practice individuality and as long as ho does it, ho may expect to sell his produco at unsatisfactory prices. Ho may think he is fully com? petent to manage his own business and does not need the cooperation of his brother farmer in the matter of intelligently marketing what he has to sell, but there is where he makes his greatest blunder. It matters not how shrewd he considers himself to be and how much independence he utiliz? es In his own business, he is as help? less as a new born babe, when he faces organization and combination, and the sooner he awakens from that state of mental simplicity tho better for him. A few years ago, the truck? ing business around Norfolk, Va , was a starvation livelihood and no one cared to own ?andfl in that section, for the reason that those who were en tged In tho truck" busines COtild hardly live, but necessity, being the mother of invention, tho farmers or? ganized themselves Into a cooperative protectlvo association; put their best men at tho head in marketing produce and it was but a short while before they were getting prices at which they could live and save money and lands advanced to abnormally high prices. The farmers can do, if they will, but the greatest dlhiculty Is, to instill into them the will. Every other vocation Is organized and Its members are ex? ercising vigilance and business sense relative to their interests collectively and Individually. They realize that in union there la strength, through which their interest Is continually upbuilding and materallzlng In commercial value; yet tho average farmer of this country Is plodding along in his antiquated rut, solely, for the lack of business sa? gacity and energy and confidence, in his fellow farmer, and as long as such Is tho case, he may bo sure he will never do much in the way of finan? cially coming to the front. J. C. Dunbar. PHYSICIAN SHOOTS NEGRO. Dr. R. D. McManus Kills Man Near Pagcland?Verdict of Justifiublo Homicide. Pageland, Oct. 7.?Houston Taylor, a negro, was shot and instantly killed by Dr. R. L. McManus, two and one half miles east of Pageland at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Tho fatal shots were fired after tho nc^ro had fired at Dr. McManus, ac? cording to the story told by witnesses. The bullet from the negro's revolver la said to have passed through the hat of Dr. McManus. The Shooting followed a discussion of property under mortgage being sold< A coroner's jury held an inquest, finding a verdict of Justifiable homi? cide. COINCIL ELECTS ENGINEER. \V. L. I/oo Chosen to Supervise Paving of Streets. Major W. L. Lee, a former city en glneer of Sumter, was elected last night by Council at a special meeting to supervise the laying of paving on the streets through funds secured by (he $22f?,000 bond Issue for paving. A salary of $200 per month during the time that he is employed was named by Council for the engineer. Major Lee was city engineer nt the time and supervised the construction of the paving un Main street. SUMTER BUYS MOTOR TRUCK. Truck mid Chemical Engine to Be Se? cured from Seagrave Company. At a special meeting of Council Fri? day night it was decided to purchase a combined motor truck and chemical engine from the Seagrave Company, the truck costing $6,000. The con? tract, it is understood, will be signed up this afternoon and arrangements made for shipping the truck here. In exchange the Seagrave Company ac? cepted three of the horses at the fire department quarters and one of the wagons as part payment on the truck. The new auto-truck will carry 1,250 feet of hose and a chemical tank of fifty gallon capacity with 250 feet of hose. It is 21 feet long and is equip? ped with latest Sewell cushion tires, self-starter, electric engine and other recent improvements. Death. Mrs. Sue Baker Maye, wife of P. R. Maye, died at the home of her daugh? ter, Mrs. T. A. Hussey on Kendrick Street, last night after being an in? valid for nine years, during which time she was a constant sufferer from rheumatism and other diseases. Her death was caused by paralysis which carne on a short while ago. The de? ceased was the daughter of the late Absalom Baker, for several years sher? iff of Sumter county. She was sixty three years of age and is survived by her husband and ten sons and daugh? ters. Those of her family whom she leaves are: her husband, P. R. Maye, Sr., six daughters, Mrs. T. A. Hussey, Mrs. S. M. Josey, Miss Annie Maye, of Sumter; Mrs. S. C. Jones, Atkins; Mrs. J. C. Joye and Mrs. W. E. Ogier, Sa? vannah, Ga.; four sons, Messrs. O. M., Wilmington, N. C; J. F., Manning; P. R. Jr., Sumter, and A. D. Maye, New York city. She also leaves a brother, Mr. A. G. Baker, Tampa, Fla., and a sister, Mrs. B. A. Hussey, Sumter. The funeral services will be held at 3.30 o'clock tomorrow, Tuesday, after? noon at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hussey, 15 Kendrick street, and tho interment will follow immediately afterwards at the cemetery. Mrs. Maye was a member of Broad Street Methodist church and the services will be conducted by Rev. J. M. Rogers of that church and Rev. T. L. Belven of Harleyvilie FAST GAME TODAY. Philadelphia Now Picked as Winner of Series. Philadelphia, Oct. 9.?The weath? er is clear and cold for the second battle of the world's series. The field has dried out and will be faster. Leonard will probably pitch for Bos? ton and Rixey for Philadelphia. Both are left handers. The betting is now seven to five on Philadelphia to win the series. Even money is wagered on today's game. BANDITS LOSE $1,000,000. Strange Oversight on Part of Train Robbers. Washington, Oct. 9.?Chief Inspec? tor Gregory of the Postofflce Depart? ment announced today that the mil? lion dollars of Federal Reserve notes thought to have been secured by the robbers at Central, W. Va., are safe. The bandits overlooked them. It Is believed the bandits got not more than one hundred thousand. CARRANZA OFF FOR CAPITAL. To Go From Vera Cruz to Mexico City Tomorrow. Washington, Oct. 8.?Carranza plans to leave Vera Cruz tomorrow for Mexico City via Tampico and Monterey. John Belt, Silliman's sec? retary, will accompany him as Amer? ican representative. BIG COTTON FIRE. Quarter of a Million Dollars Worth Destroyed in Alabama. Montgomery, Oct. 9.?A quarter of a million dollars worth of cotton was burned today In tho Gilbert ware? house at Goodwater, Ala. Mow for Beef Cattle. Washington, Oct. 9.?Prices paid to producers for meat animals during the month from August 15 to September 15 advanced one-half of 1 per cent, compared with an aT. orago advance during the same period of five years of 1 per cent., according to figures made public today by the department of agriculture. Floyd King, the first advance man of the Hagenbeck-Wallace shows, was In the city today making arrange? ments for the coming of the circus to town on Saturday, October 211. It Is understood that a number of the poultry and pigeon fanciers of tin city have recently sent off for a num? ber of fancy birds to exhibit In the Sumter County Pigeon and Poultry Association Show, which will he held next month. HATS. New Fall Hats in all the correct blocks of some of the best makes in America?Knox's, Stetson's and Schoble's. $3.00 to $5.00. Other good models from $1.50 to $3.00. D.J. Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Booth-Harby Lire Stock Co. and Central Lam bar Co. Goo. Epperson.'* Old Stexrtd Opp. Court House ttnmillllllinmiiiininniiinnini.11.mn.,Mim,,?,,,, 'A ROLL OF HONOR BANK.", ^fcjjfeBfc.-. CAPITAL $100,000.00 EARNED PROFITS $125,000.00 _ THAT'S WHY tt f l Minn 11 mm 111111111 l 1111 m m 11 ii 1111111 n 1111.11111 im 1111.m i??<?w3 1905 1915 The National Bank of South Carolinas RESOURCES $825,000,00 Largest Bank in Eastern South Carolina See our last report. Your neighbor's bank. Why not yours. It pays to patronize. C. G. ROWLAND, President G. L. WARREN, Cashier * $1.75 Excursion to Kingstree, S. C. ON ACCOUNT Or THE Williamsburg County Fair The Atlantic Coast Line will sell excursion tickets from Sumter to Klnffstree at $i.7."i, via Lanes, for all trains on octobkh tout toSSnd, inclusive. Limited returning up to and including mid? night of October 13 rd, 1915. Proportiouatdy low fares on same dates and with same return limits will he made from all later mediate stations. ? Tbc fare via Florence win ho M.&&. For schedules and further information call on O. V. l'LAYER, Ticket Agent, Sumter, s. c. I Atlantic Coast Line The Standard Railroad of the South