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t\)t <>?talrbni;iu anb .ScutI)ton ?4 the Postofflos at CL, as Second das* Matte? PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. and Mrs. I>. F. Stoudenmlre, of ?umter, visited relative? and friends here yesterday and took In our big fair. Mr. Stoudenmlro is a former Orangeburger, but for several years has been a leading real estate dealer at Sumter.?Orangeburg Sun. Mr. Screven Mooro, of Charleston, was In the city today. Miss Edith Moore, of Miami, Fla., after a pleasant visit here uj the charming guest of Miss LUxle Nelson on Church Street, left this morning for Stateburg, where she will visit rel? atives. VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT. Boykln I/oses Case?Jenkins Against A. i\ L. Railroad Now la l*rogrc*s. From the Daily Item, Nov. 13. Late Thursday afternoon the jury in the case of Jf Arthur Boykin against the Philadelphia Life Insur? ance Company returned a verdict for the defendant company, after remain? ing In the Jury room for about four hours. Boykin sued for $600 dam? ages because of failure of the com? pany to pay him when he was alleged to have been injured in getting off a train. The case of James Jenkins against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company was in progress all of Thursday afternoon and this morning. Jenkins Is suing for $5.000 damages for Injuries alleged to have occurred through the carelessness of the rail? road company. He fell down when getting on the train and several An? gers were msshod off by the wheels of tho train. The plaintiff claimed that the train gave a Jerk as he started to get on which threw him off, while tho railroad company offered evidence to prove that such was not the ease, whether or not the train jerked seemingly being the main point at lssus. CONCERT For Trinity Met 1kmlist Church, No ? ember 10, lt!5. Miss Bisa Bargmann, Dramatic So MfO; Miss Virginia Tapper. Aceein tnUft. assisted by Miss Rot hols, M iprsno. Missus ijieeu and Suir.u r, Moist1. Pianists. Tna Seasons?(McFayden)?Mt*?? Klsa Bargmann. Walts Brilliants? (Schulhoff)?Miss Ethel Green. (a) The Call of Rahda?(Ware) (b) But Lately in Dance?(Aren ?ky) (c) Ishtar?(Spross) Miss Elsa Bargmann. Piano Solo?(Selected)?Miss Be? atrice Sumter. (a) Love. I Have Won You? (Ronald) (b) Slumber Song. (c) The Cuckoo? (Lehmann) Miss Elsa Bargmann. Scherto in B Flat Mln.?(Chopin) ? Mr. U C. Molse. "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice," Bamson and Delilah?(Saint Saons) ? Miss Rotholz. "Ocean, Thou Mighty Monster" (O* heron-Weber)?Mies Elsa Uarg mann. < Entertainment st si. Joseph's Acud emy. Last Friday evening n delightful sntcrtalnrm tit was ?ivm hy the pu? pils of the elocution and music class? es. In the presence of the teachers snd a few friends of the institution. The spacious parlors were artistical? ly decked In potted plants and chry? santhemums of various hues. The following is the programmo: Song?Feast Day Oreetlngs. Recitation?In Our Blessed Moth? er's Keeping? Miss Nellie llnnlry. Instrument Trio?The Graces ( Bis? sau)?Misses Rulalte Klrkland, Nel? lie Hanley and Myrtle l<ce FttxGer aid. Recitation?"A Forlorne Hope"? Miss Rarhael Doyle. Instrumental Solo?"To a Wild Ross" (Mac Dowell)?Miss Ida Cone mlna. Recitation?"The Drummer Boy of Kent"?Miss Myrtle T*e FltxOerald. Instrumental Trio?Trovatore Fan? tasia MtaaS* Tb>r.i I'ate, Nellie Han? ley und Ida Commlns. Recitation?"A Knight's Toast"?? Miss I^oulse ODonncll. Cloatag Chorus?0?SJ#fefi fS I'low rets Kulr (Fran* A?d) ? By tb? Tonal ladles. He*. .1. It. May Resigns. Rov John H Hag Vka has held Hie pastorate of Hm? \S ? dgelleld and Tirsah Prcsbyhrlao e h u rc hes for tie past year and a half has resigned and has accepted a rail from a church near Ashevllle, N. C. At a railed meeting of Harmony Presbytery held In this city Tu? sdny Ms rsasgnallsn * is ? onsidi i *>l and the pastoi il re? lation was dissolved. BOWMAN WINS SUIT. Verdict for Defendant in Case of Jen? nings Against How man?Verdk't Against Const Lino. A verdict was returned in favor of the defendant in the suit of L. D. Jennings against \V. A. Bowman con? cerning an amount alleged to be due because of a shortage of land going to the former in a division of land which the two had previously held in com? mon. It was alleged that $1,752.75 with interost from January first was due the plaintiff, while the defendant claimed that tho plaintiff had not measured the land within a certain timo specified in the contract between them at the time of the division. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant had wai\ed his right to this part of the contrac*. Judge Shipp in charging the jury stated that this was one of the pleas antcst cases that had been tried before him since he had been on the bench In that there was no bitterness be? tween the principals or the attorneys in the trying of the case. The jury after remaining out for a fow min? utes, returned a verdict in favor of tho defendant. In the case of Jenkins against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com? pany a verdict of $500 actual damages was found for tho plaintiff, where he had sued for $3,000 actual and $2,000 punitive damages. Jenkins had sev? eral fingers mashed off one hand when he fell on the track when boarding a train at Lanes. IN CIVIL COURT. Case of Mora and Rosa Smith Against R. C. Burrcss. In common pleas court this morning the case of Flora and Rosa Smith against R. C. Rurress was commenced. This is sin, for the possession of a atrip of land alleged by the plaintiffs to be owned by them, but which the plaintiff has, it is alleged, used despite the objections of tho plaintiffs. Be? sides title to the land the plaintiffs are suing for damages of $300. LOSES 22 RALES COTTON. sV W. C.illcsplc Had Warehouse Burn? ed at Claronioat Last Thursday. 8. W. Qillospio, a prominent farmer of Claremont, sustained the loss of twenty-two bales of cotton in a tiro on last Tuesday morning at about 4 a. M., when his warehouse at Ciure.tuont whs burned and tin QOttOn practical'}' destroyed. Tl|i warehouse h id bc<- ? placed under (he state warcbouio sy ? ?San and the cotton mas thorofor c In* iured at the market price. MORROW YIELDS TO STANLEY. Republican Concede*, Victory to Dem? ocrats In Kentucky. LoulsviUe, Nov. 11.?The election of Former Congressman Augustus Stan? ley, Democrat, as governor of Ken? tucky, was conceded in a statement issued tonight by Edwin P. Morrow, Republican gubernatorial candidate in tho election of November 2. Mr. Mor? row also set at rest widespread rumors that tho Republicans might contest tho election of Mr. Stanley before tho legislature. Until tonight Republican campaign managers had claimed a victory for Mr. Morrow. Returns from the 120 counties in the State showed a plural? ity for Mr. Stanley of slightly more thin 300 votet. Mr. Morrow's statement in part was as follows: "After eight days of doubt the clos ost election the State has ever known is at an end. The official count now discloses Mr. Stanley's election by a small plurality, and however or by what methods obtained I shall accept It as final. "To plunge the State into a contest before tho legislature would retard its progress, stop its development ana create strife and bitterness. "The next year will see enacted an anti-lobby law, a corrupt practice act to protoct the ballot and the public office and a scientific and equitable tax law." U. D. C. Election. Op last Thursday afternoon Dick Amb rson Chapter. Daughters of tho Confederacy, held their annual elec? tion. All eligible officers were ro olected, the result being as follows: President?Miss Arnilda Moses. Vice President?Mrs. Henry Spann. So< retary?Mrs. C. L. Tlsdale. Treasurer?Miss Minnie Moses. Historian?Miss Amie Telcher. Registrar?Mrs. Henry P. Moses. The presidents report showed the chapter to be ItouriHhing 01 d doing saeolfSnt work. The membership Is larger than at any lime since its or ?anl/ation, and a numbor of applica? tion blanks are now being tilled in. A children's chapter Is also being organ? ised. Within the past year, the chap? ter has expended $1)2.01, tho greater part of this being spent for educa? tional and chant, ?de work. lfm William sforan was the hos tcs? of tho chapter at this meeting and entertained the members with a social session after business was dis? posed with. A DOUBLE MARRIAGE. A. B. White and Miss Maggie McEl veen ami J. L. Duckworth and Miss Evelyn White Wedded at Methodist Parsonage. A double marriage was celebrated at the parsonage of the Trinity Meth? odist Church at 4.30 Sunday after? noon, when Miss Maggie McElveen and Mr. Alfred B, White, both of this city, and Miss Evelyn White of Sum? ter and Mr. J. L. Duckworth of Bn kersville, N. C, were united in the bonds of matrimony by the Kev. R. S. Truesdale, pastor of Trinity Meth? odist Church. There were a large number of friends and relatives pres? ent to witness the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. White left on the 5 o'clock train for Columbia and Mr. and Mrs. Duckworth left at 7 o'clock for a trip to Florida points. All of the parties are well known in Sumter and have many friends who wish them much happiness. EXHIBIT OF GIRLS' WORK Miss Lcmmon Has Attractive Booth Fixed Up In Offices of Warehouse. Going with the chicken and pigeon show, but not a part of it, is the ex? hibit of work done during the year by the girls of the Sumter County canning clubs under the direction and Instruction of Miss Mary Lemmon, : homo extension agent for Sumter County. Miss Lemmon, assisted by her sis? ter, Miss Lucile Lemmon, agent for Dillon County, has prepared a very interesting and instructive exhibit in the office at the tobacco warehouse, which all of thoso who attend the poultry show will do well to see. There is quite a varied assortment of work and it is very neatly arranged, bo as to show off that work which has clone so much to improve rural con? ditions in the South. g:iOO,000,GJO MORTGAGE. 8. A. L. Railway Makes Mortgage* to Guaranty Trust Company and W. C. Cox, of New York. What is probably the largest mort? gage ever recorded in Sumter County Is that which was received this morn? ing from the Seaboard Air Lino Rail? way of a mortgage by that companv to tho Guarantee Trust Company and William 0. Cox. of New York, trustees, for $100,#O0,00 . The printed pamph- 1 let of mo pages contains some ir>,i)on words and has to be fsoordsd In every county where rhe Seaboard Air 'Lie Railway operates. The mortgage Is dated September 1, 1915. BOLD COTTON ROBBERY. Wrong Man Caught at Sumter and Held for Florence Police. Florence Times. Mr. R. R. Stuckey went to Sumter yesterday to identify a suspect held there In connection with the cotton robbery incident, which occurred here a few days ago, but found that the Sumter police had gotten tho wrong man. Mr. Stuckey is one of the most popular cotton buyers in this sec? tion, and has a wide acquaintance throughout the State. A few days ago, however, ho was approached by a stranger dressed in overalls, who offered samples, from two bales of cotton he wished to sell. Mr. Stuck? ey wishing to assure himself that the samples wero genuine, accompanied the stranger to the freight warehouse, and saw the two bales of cotton. He promptly bought them and gave his check at a fraction oven ten cents a pound. It developed later that the stranger had boldly rolled one o these bales of cotton away from a lot which already marked was stand lug on the platform of the warehouse He had cut away the original mark ings, and pulled out his samples, des troylng all signs that the cotton had already passed through the market The boldness of tho trick astonished the officials here, and they made every effort to locate the man. LEV ER WAREHOUSE BILL. To Be Introduced as Soon as Congress Meets. Washington, Nov. 14.?In a conver sat ion here today Representative A F. Lever, chairman of the house com mlttee on agriculture, said that h would Introduce his federal warehouse bill again as soon as congress meot This n.ensure passed the house at the last session, but failed to get through the senate, although strongly backed by Pre. ident Wilson. Mr. Lever be ItSVSS that Its chances are better now. As a member of the special com? mittee of congress to recommend a plan for rural credits, Mr. Lsvsr is working hard on this proposition in addition to the regular preparatory routing of his own agricultural com? mittee. Because of Inability to leave Washington at this time he has had to decline an Invitation to address th animal convention of the North Car ollna Farmers' Union, t Durham, No \ ember 16, on the subject of a fedsr ul Warehouse system. TO 'HOLD SCHOOL CONFERENCE. Touchers Called to Meet at Hampton School on November 10th and 20th. A conference of all of the white teachers of Sumter county has been recommended by the County Board of Education and called by Superintend? ent of Education J. Herbert Hayns worth on November 19th and 20th. All of the teachers and trustees in the county have been notified of the conference and teachers will be given Friday, November 19tb, as a holiday by their trustees if they desire to come to the conference, which will be sim? ilar to that held two years ago with such marked success. The conference session will begin In the Hampton school at 11 o'clock Fri? day morning when each teacher will be asked to register his or her name and present the county superintendent of education a written schedule of recitations in his or her school. The letter sent out to teachers and trustees outlines the program of the sessions and objects of the conference as fol? lows: At 12 o'clock there ' ill be a joint meeting of the teachers and trustees at which time an address will be de? livered by Prof. W. H. Hand, State High" School Inspector. The trustees are invited to all meetings, but espe? cially to this meeting. At this meet? ing all matters of interest to the 3Chools will be open for discussion, and it is hoped that tho trustees and teach? ers will not fail to offer any sugges? tions. Sumter county's attitude towards compulsory education and night or "Moon Light" schools should be im? portant topics for discussion. The ad? dresses and discussions for the tw< days will form ? full and interesting programme. The aim of the Con? ference is for the meetings to be of a very practical nature, so that real and lasting good may be gained. If any teacher will bring a paper on any phases of school work for dis? cussion before the Conference, it will be much appreciated. Roally, the teachers are urged to do this, because If this is done the meeting will not ho so formal, and will be of more practical benefit. Besides Prof. Hand, we have the promise of Prof. Gunter, and we hope Mr. Swearingen, to be present. The trustees will please encourage the attendance of their teachers, of? fering them Friday as a holiday if they win attend, an i be. sure to at? tend themselves, but especially Fri? day, ftovember 10th at 12 o'clc< k. n<?r;': mber that pi srem is the end wo seek, and that we, will never hava it unless we strive for It, and that co-operation Is the key that will open many a difficult lock. Death of Mrs. E. S. Thayer. From the Daily Item, Nov. 12. Mrs. Eliza Sarah Thayer, widow of the late William Thayer, died on Thursday afternoon about 5 o'clock at the residence of her son, Rev. W. E. Thayer, on East Liberty street. Mrs. Thayer's death was very sudden. She has been in poor health for some time, but was up and going about the house as usual yesterday. At about 3 o'clock when Mr. Bartow Walsh and Mr. Thayer left in a car to go to Bi8hopville to attend the Santee As? sociation meeting at that place, sho came to tho piazza and waved good? bye to them. She was found dead in a chair in the sitting room some time lator on in the afternoon. Mr. Thay? er and Mr. Walsh had just arrived at BiBhopvillc shortly after 5 o'clock, when they received a telephone mes? sage of her death and they Imme? diately returnod to Sumter. Mrs. Thayer would have been eighty-two years of age next April had she liv? ed to that time. She was born on James Island, near Charleston, and Charleston has been her home for the greater portion of her life. Her husband died about thirty years ago and since the mar? riage of her son she has made her home with him, coming to Sumter a little more than a year ago when Dr. Thayer was called as pastor of the First Baptist church here. During her residence hero sho has made a num? ber of friends, to whom her death is a sad bereavement, as well as to the members of her family. Tho funeral services were held at the late residence, the parsonage of the First Baptist church, at 4.30 i o'clock this afternoon, the Rev. M. M. | Benson of Bishopvillo having come over to conduct them. The body will be taken from hero to Charleston to? night on the 7 o'clock train and tho Interment will take place at the Mag? nolia Cemetery tomorrow morning. Besides tho members of the family, Messrs. Bartow Walsh, R. J. Bland and others of the Baptist church will accompany the body to Charleston. The partridge season for South Car? olina opened up today and nearly all of tho sportsmen of Sumter wero out afield with dog and gun at some time during the day. Indications are that birds are more numerous this year than last, as they have had a better season to raise and more protection Is being given them by many property holdere/. MRS. ABBIE M'FADDEN DEAD. Esteemed Lady of Clarendon County Passes Away After Long Illness. Harvin, Nov. 15.?After a long ill? ness covering a period of four months Mrs. Abbie Davis McFaddln died Fri? day morning at 9 o'clock and the ob- < sequies were at 11 o'clock Saturday in the old Concord Presbyterian church of which the deceased was a life mem? ber. Dr. J. W. McKay of Sumter of? ficiated. A large concourse of rela? tives and friends from both Clarendon and Sumter counties were present to pay their last respects to the memory of this sainted woman. The interment was in Concord cemetery nearby where rests the remains of her rela? tives and ancestors for more than a century. She was the second daughter of the late Col. Lamb Davis who mov? ed with his family from this place to Dickey, Ga., over 70 years ago. She is survived by her venerable husband James Theodore McFaddin, two sis? ters, Mrs. Dora Davis Harvin Wilson of Dickey, Ga., and Mrs. Margaret Le nora Davis Peden of Concord, Ga. Three grandsons, Arthur Davis Plow- ' den of Hopkins, Fla., James McFad? din Plowden of Summerton, and Mar? cus V. Plowden of Concord, and Mr. R. Elmore Plowden who married her 1 only daughter and only child, Miss i Jennie McFaddin Plowden who died I several years ago, and five greatgrand I children. She was eighty years of age < and was married sixty years. RECALL FOR SPARTANBURG? Not Enough Signers Say Opponents of i Election. Spartanburg, Nov. 14.?It is pos- < sible that there will be no recall elec? tion in Spartanburg. According to a statement mode by parties who have I been with representatives of the ad- : ministration in checking over the signers of the petition for the recall, i many of those signing the petition are not qualified electors, some of them, said the gentlemen, do not appear i even on the club rolls. Between three and four thousand names are on the I lists, but the checking process is said 1 to have reduced the number below i three hundred, the number required, j Whether this will prove to be the I case is, of course, a question in the 1 minds of the opponents of the admin- 1 istration. They claim the necessary I number of qualified electors has signed | the document. Th<* petition is now inl the office o* Oov. Manning and it1 is l*?ft with Mm to order the election i unless reasons are shown why he j should not act i Commissioners Gallman and Hudson retired from office yesterday, their i terms having expired under the recent Act of the Legislature reducing the commissioners from four to two. Spar- j tanburg is now governed by the may er and two commissioners. HEAVY LEVY ON J ?GIUM. Monthly War Tax of $8,000,000 Im? posed by Germans. Brussells, Nov. 13?(Via London.) ?Governor General von Bissing has imposed upon Belgium a monthly war contribution of $8,000,000 towards covering the needs of the army, and the cost of administering occupied territories. The conti ibutions are based upon Article 39 of the Hague Convention on land warfare. The nine province? of Belgium are held jointly responsible for the payments which begin December 10. TO ASK PAY INCREASE. McMnhan Bill Favors Stato Officials. Columbia, Nov. 15.?John J. Mc Mahan of Columbia will Introduce at the coming session of the legislature a bill to provide better salaries for governor, other Stato officers and judges. The scale proposed is: Governor, $G,000; lieutenant governor, $1,000; secretary of state, comptroller general, attorney general, treasurer, adjutant and inspector general, State superin? tendent of education and members of the railroad commission, each $3,000; justices of tho supreme court and judges of the circuit courts, each $5,000. , TO TALK OF BUDGET. Confer Wednesday Night With Spe? cial Committee From House. Washington, Nov. 14.?President Wilson and cabinet will confer Wed nesday night with the special budget COmmittSO appointed by tho house Democratic caucus to devise ways ol systematic government expenditures. Members of the comm'Uee hope that even if a definite budget plan b not adopted the conference with th? president will lead to grenter coopers lion between the executive branch ol the government and the appropriat? ing committees of the house. Decision A dinned. Washington, Nov. 15.?The Supreme 'ourt affirmed tho decision of the touth Carolina Supreme Court award ng damages to a passenger because the Southern Railway took up a non transferable mileage book. SENDS NOTE TO NEUTRALS. Italy Declares No Circumstances Jus tided Attack Without Warning on tho Ancona. Rome, (via London), N . 14.?The Italian government has sent an offi? cial communication to the neutral gov? ernments dealing with the sinking by a submarine of the Italian liner An? cona. The note denies that the An? cona carried arms or contraband, or persons in belligerent military service, or that there were any circumstances justifying such an attack as a ne? cessity of war. The note declares hat the subma? rine began to cannonade the Ancona without any previous warring or a blank shot and fired without respite at the wireless apparatus, the decks and even at the boate In which pas? sengers were attempting to esca "Many of these," adds the "wt:e killed or wounded, while .. who approached the submarine driven off with jeers. Thus n .-i.r 200 people were drowned." The Mayesvillc Industrial Institute in Dire Need. This noble institution located at Mayesville, Sumter county, South Car? olina, was founded a number of years &go for the purpose o* giving negro boys and girls a liberal and Industrial education. Its founder, Emma J. Wilson, a na? tive of this county and community has been very successful in lifting many of her people to a higher plane of honesty and Christian living. A number of well trained boys and girls have been sent out from this school, who are doing Christian work in their communities. This school owns one hundred and twenty-four acres of land, three large farms and one large brick structure besides a few smaller buildings. The entire plant was paid for with money furnished by northern people. Emma Wilson has been getting tho money to enlarge the usefulness of the school as well as pay teachers with from tho north. Her appeals have always met with happy responses. Her last appeal must have been a very touching one ?s it moved Mrs. Joslyn of Kenwood* N. Y., to donate a splendid two-story brick building known as Joslyn Hall. This Hall Is a credit to the cause of education and well suited for the pur? pose for which it was given. The Ball and winter terms begen Oc? tober 12lh. The toa^hers are v. ell trained mien and women, wh ? are a* I 'Cted to train the pup?I? In the right waj While ihe^e men and vom.t. were at work the principal received a Btrong notice from the finance commit? tee, whose headquarters Is Boston, Mass.. that the committee will be un? able to furnish all the money for the work this year and that three thou? sand dollars must be raised In the field to insure their continued co-oper atlon In the work. This is a great blow, but the cause is a grand one and this amount can be raised. Knowing as we do, the good that this noble school Is doing right here at our door, we most earnestly appeal to our friends and citizens to help us raise twenty-eight hundred dollars in order that this good school will be able to continue her good work* We allowed ourselves to be elected trustees of this school because we saw how much this people stood In need for help and how hard they wero striving to better their own as well an their children's condltlor. Believing in the justice and liberal? ity of our citizens, we appeal to you for a liberal contribution for this needy school. C. E. MATES, Clashier Bank of Mayesville, s. c. R. B. WIIjSON. Wilson Bros. Co., St. Charles, 8. C. C. D. COOPER. Postmaster, Mayesville, s. C. Local (White) Tnstees. The Mayesville Industrial Institute has done good work In the past and it would be unfortunate if lack of means should hamper or curtail Its crowing usefulness In a ileld that of? fers a great opportunity for industrial education. We endorse the above appeal for financial assistance. (Signed) S. H. EDMUNDS. J. H. HAYNSWORTH. H. G. OSTEEN, County Board of Education. Sumter, S. C. Rev. C. M. Richards, of Davidson College, will condct services In the Wedgefield Presbyterian church throughout the week beglnnln Sun? day, November 14th. The government glnrers' report ihows that up to Novemter 1, 1916, the total cotton crop for vSouth Caro? lina was 771,723 bales glr ned against 910,558 bales ginned up tc the same late last year. Orangeburg county leads with 46,813 bales, Spartanburg tecond with 41,262; Sumter eleventh vith 22,714 and Georgetown last with ynly Mil,