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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
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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
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$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