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METHODIST BODY 10 IIILEI. BOCni CAROLINA CONFERENCE IN CHARLESTON. CHrap Two Hundred Minister?? niul I <m in? u i \im . t< ,i to Attend Atinuul Meeting. Charleston. Nov. 27.?The annual meeting of the South Carolina con ference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, will begin with the conference session Wednesday morn? ing at 9.30 in the Trinity Methodist church. Bishop Collins Denny of Richmond will preside at tho meet? ing. There will be a session of the historical society Tuesday at 8 o'clock In Trinity church. A paper will be read at this meeting by the Rev. A. B. Betts of Clio. The 8outh Carolina conference em? braces all that part of the State south of a line running from the northern boundary of Alken to the southern boundary of Chesterfield. This line lasers Just below Columbia. The up? per part of the State Is the Upper South Carolina conference. The di? vision In the South Carolina confer? ence took place at Sumter last year. The question of dividing the State Into two conferences had been agitat? ed for many years. It was only after a fight by the promoters of the idea last year that it was adopted. The Upper South Carolina conference has juet held Its annual meeting at Spar? tan burg. Over 126 ministers and laymen of the Methodist church will gather here for the conference. The majority of these will be the delegates from the various congregations of the district. The presiding officer of the confer? ence. Bishop Collins Denny, will be one of the most distinguished divines of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, at the meetings. Bishop A. W. Wilson of Baltimore, Md.. over 80 years of age snd now retired from ac? tive work In the service, will b* pres? ent at the meetings of the conference. The heads of the Methodist colleges In South Carolina are also expected to be present at the meetings. This will Include Dr. Snyder of Wofford col? lege. Dr. Wlllson of La mar college snd Dr. Daniel of Columbia college. Some of the members of the various boands of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, will be present. The regular work of the conference will begin with the conference session at 9.30 Wednesday morning, Decem? ber 1, in Trinity church. This meet? ing will be opened with the celebra? tion of the holy communion. In the afternoon at 4 o'clock the Rev. J. S. Beasley of Bennettsvllle will conduct tho services. Dr. Beasley hab been a member of the conference for 45 years, taking up his work In the con? ference in 1870 held In Charleston. In the evening at 8 o'clock, the anniver? sary service of the board of church extension will be held. An address will be made by the Rev. W. F. Mc Murry. I?. D.. of Louisville, Ky., the general secretary of the extension board of tho Southern Methodist church. Thursday at 9.30 thero will be a conference session. In the afternoon at 4 o'clock, there will be preaching. The name of tho minister who will conduct the ssjfvVM hM not yet been selected. In the evening at 8.30, the anniversary service of tho board of missions will be held. An address will be made by the Rev. E. F. Cook, D. D., of Nashville, Tenn., the secre? tary of tho board of missions of the Southern Methodist church. Friday at 9.30 another conference session will be h'Id. In the afternoon st 4 there will b" preaching. In the evening at 8 o'clock the anniversary of the board of education Will !><? held. Saturday In the morning at 9.30, the conference is in session. In the afternoon st 4 o'clock there will be preaching. In the evening at 8 the anniversary service of tho Kp worth league will be held. Tic a I ii u of the service will be mad" by J. M. Cul breth of Nashville. Tenn. Sunday morninjr at !?.::?>, a love fesst will be held In the morning at 11 there will be preaching by IHonop Collins Denny, the presiding elder of the conference. In the afternoon at t o'clock win be held the memorial session of tho conference. At I i>. m. there will ho preaching. The hint conference SSSSSStS will be held Monday morning at 9.?0. At lids ?*?ilon appointments will probably be read. IMshorc st Advertisers l?ihsmailed. Washington, Nov. L".i. ? A test OaSt to determine whether dishonest ad? vertising Is a violation o ?ho federal trade commission ad will be brought I v ? he ASSOei i i < d \ ! f i ;ing Clubs Of America. The step was deeided on a* a hearing given the clubs by the com? mission. Marriage LlftMl R?ss?rd. censes to marry have been InwtOd enry Wilson and Drusilla John? layesvllle: Willie Jackson, l, and RobaesjS, Benjamin. Solonum Hodge. I ISJWOSJO, and ? Brown, Sumter. DEMOCRAT! IN CONGRESS WILL MllKT TODAY. Inhering In of Sixty-fourth Sos 9mm Monday Will Bring Busy Day. Washington, Nov. 28.?Organization of the sixty-fourth congress, which convenes next Monday, will begin to? morrow. Senate Democrats hold their caucus at noon and at the same hour ways and means committee Democrats of the house will undertake the task of parcelling out committee recom? mendations. Tonight every train brought to Washington scores of senators and representatives who had' postponed their coming until after Thanksgiving. The senate caucus will be called to order by Senator Kern, the confer? ence chairman. Do .ly sessions throughout the week are expected. A special committee which has had revision of the /'des under consid? eration for seveiu.1 months will report recommendations including a modi lied form of cloture on debate design? ed to prevent endless lilibusterings. Organization work of the senate ma? jority is not expected to precipitate any clashes. Heads of committees upon which will fall the major por? tion of work for the coming session will not be disturbed. Senator TIU man of South Carolina will retain chairmanship of the naval affairs, Chamberlain of Orgeon, military af? fairs; Stone of Missouri, foreign re? lations; Simmons, North Carolina, finance; Overman, North Carolina, rules; Owen, Oklahoma, banking and currency; Myers, Montana, public lands; Hitchcock, Nebraska, Philip? pines; Culberson, Texas, judiciary; Newlands, Nevada, interstate com? merce, and Martin, Virginia, appro? priations. The retirement of Senators Root and Burton creates two important Re? publican vacancies in the foreign re? lations. Most of the important va? cancies to be filled in other commit? tees occur on the Republican side. Committee places must be found by the Democrats for six new members, Underwood, Alabama; Phclan, Cali? fornia; Beckham, Kentucky; Brussard, Louisiana; Johnson, South Dakota and Husting of Wisconsin. Work of reorganization in the house is a greater task owing to the reduc? tion of the Democratic majority. Few changes in chairmanships of the prin? cipal committees are contemplated, however. One of the most Important tasks for the ways and means committee is re? organization of the committee on naval affairs In view of the defense programme. There are five Democratic vacancies on tho committee, three advocates and two opponents of naval increase having been retired. Hobson of Alabama, Dee of Pennsylvania, Gerry of Rhode Island and Bathrick of Ohio, were not reolected. Repre? sentative Witherspoon of Mississippi died a few days ago. Representative Padgett of Tennesee will retain the chairmanship. Representative Hay of Virginia Will remain as chairman of military af? fairs; Fitzgerald, New York, appropri? ations; Floyd of Virginia, foreign af? fairs; Glass, Virginia, banking and currency; Webb, North Carolina, ju? diciary, and Alexander of Missouri, merchant marine. The special budget committee of the house will meet tomorrow to make another effort to agree on some forri of a budget system to recommend to congress. Death of N*. S. McDood. Nathan Shipp McbtOd died at his borne at Swimming Pens on Sunday morning at about t> o'clock. His death came as tho result of a stroke of pa? in 1\ sis received early Saturday night and was a great shock to his many nils throughout Sumter and Doe counties. Mr. Meldend was about 70 years of age and was a veteran of the War Between the States. The funeral services were held this morning at Rembert Methodist church, Let county. Mr. MoLitOd was a native of the Swimming Pens section and lived there practically all of his life. He was ;i good farmer and highly estcem ? ?I MM a man l>y all who knew him. He Ml twice married, first t?? Miss l*eguee or Chenwv by whom the fol lewjng sons ami daughters survlvo: Mooors w. i).. 11. Randolph, Na? than, oswego; J. <\, Stunt er, T. P., Hartsvllle; Mrs. Kmma Kills. Harts? vllle; Mrs. French Hoyt ?and Mrs. Janie Bobbin, Oswego. His second wife, by whom he had no children, mil v Ivel him. 12 Cont Cotton Once Mon\ The Sumter Dry Goods Co. are de? termined to put Sumter in a promi? nent place ftl the loading COtton mar? ket by offering lie for Middling Cot? ton* Thi* is the right sort of booster spirit, the sort that will benefit Sum? ter and the lame is at large who can avail Ihemaelvea of The Bumter Dry Qoodi Co'i liberal proposition. We commend them for it.?Advt? PALMETTO NATIONAL BANK BUT! PAVING BONDS FOR $1,807 ABOVE PAR. HUl of National Hank of Siuntor Was Not Considered by Council?Issue of Bonds win be In January?other Mutters Tu ken Up, The Palmetto National Bank of Co? lumbia will get the paving bonds to be issued by Sumter, their bid hav? ing been accepted on Saturday by Council at a special session called for the consideration of the bids on these bonds. City Council met with all present, In accordance with the agreement made at the last session of Council, which was adjourned to meet again \ when all of the members could be present. The consideration of bids for j the $225,000 paving bonds was re-1 sumed, Messrs. J. Pope Matthews of the Palmetto National Bank of Co? lumbia, B. Manning of the National Hank of Sumter and the presidents of the local bank;* being present. The bid of the National Bark of Sumter with the condition that the funds from the sale of bonds bo deposited in their bank was taken up and the president of one of the local banks asked to be heard on this matter from a banking standpoint. Council receded from business and the presi? dents of the local banks discused the matter as bankers. On the recon? vening of Council it was decided to accept the bid of the Palmetto Na? tional Bank of Columbia which was the highest bidder, their bid being $1,807 premium with accrued inter? est, interest payable annually. Mr. Brooker of the Concrete Paving Association Invited Council to Detroit and other cities In the west and north to Inspect the concrete paving, the trip to be made at the cost of the Con? crete Association. Council seemed In favor of making this trip, provided time could be secured for It. The city clerk was authorized to in? crease the rebate to the Sumter Lighting Company in proportion to the company's plant used for city purposes. SI Mi l ill COTTON MARKET. Corrxvtod Dally by Ernest Field* Cot? ton Buyer. Good Middling 12. Strict Middling 11 3-4. Middling 11 1-2. Strict Low Middling 11. Low Middling 10. Staple cotton 14 to 17c. new york cxrrrox market. Yest'dys Open High Low Close Close Jan. . .12.35 12.45 12.27 12.31 12.4 1 Mch . .12.61 12.74 12.54 12.61 12.94 May. . .12.75 12.95 12.75 12.91 12.94 Notice. My farm northwest of Sumtor, on Stateburg-Providence road, adjoining lands of Holman und Folsom, and my land east of Sumter on the Mayesville road, adjoining lands of Shaw and Reams, aro posted and all persons are warned not to trespass on same by hunting or otherwise. C. P. 08TBBN. WOMEN'S WOES. Sumter Women are finding Relief at Last. It does seem that women have more than a fair sharo of the aches and pains that afllict humanity; they must "keep on," must attend to duties in spite of constantly aching backs, or headaches, dizzy spells, bearing-down pains; they must stoop over, when to stoop means torture. They must walk and bend and work with racking pains and many aches from kidney ills. Keeping be kidneys well ha? spared thousands of women much misery. Bead of a remedy for kid? neys only that is endorsed by people you knom. Mrs. C. if. Waddell, 117 Kendrlck St., Sumter, ?ays: "I had dull pains In the small of my back along with headaches and di/.zy spells. The kid? ney secretions passed too freely giv me prent annoyance. When I h?>aid about Dosn'a Kidney Pills, I used them and the: relieved all the ailments." Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get i bonus Kidney Pills?tho same thai Mrs. Waddell had. Fostor-Mllburn, Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 10 I Geo H. Hurst, Undertaksr mil Eattlaar, Prompt Attention to Day or NliM Calls. Af J. 0. Cralg Old Stand, N. Main Phones iCmjii SAM LEE SHOT TO DEATH AT OLAXTA. Son Olln Iah? Seriously Hurt in Scuf? fle?George) Ham and Charlie Mc? Elveen of Police Force Injured. Olanta. Nov. 28.?As a result of a clash on Main street yesterday after? noon at 4 o'clock, Sam Lee was killed and his son, Olin, perhaps fa? tally shot through the left lung. George Ham, policeman, was severely cut about tho neck and face and Charlie McElveen, another policeman, received a blow on the back of his head with his own club. Sam Lee was shot, three time3?in the leg, in the groin and in the abdo? men. Olin Lee was shot immediately above the left nipple, the ball going almost straight through and coming out at the back. A physician of Flor? ence was called in last night for con? sultation but nothing could be done. Physicians think that Olin Lee will die. Policemen Ham and McElveen are not seriously wounded. They will go to Florence tomorrow to give bond. The occasion of the trouble is thought to date back two years ago, when Policeman Welch in arresting Sam Lee found it necessary to give him a severe thrashing. The affair yesterday as brought out at the in? quest last night was started when Po? liceman Ham arrested Dr. H. P>. Lee on a charge of adultery and placed him in jail. When Ham returned to Main street Carson Lee, son of the dead man, is said to have walked up to Ham, saying: "Why don't you ar? rest me?" Thereupon Ham caught him by the arm, and then both Carson, Lee and Olin Lee aro said to have caught Ham and begun cutting him. Policeman McElveen came to assist Ham and is said to have been caught by Sam Lee and others. Sam Lee wrenched McElveen's club from him and struck him on the back of the head. Sam Lee is said to have had bis hand on McElveen's pistol when the latter began shooting. McElveen shot Sam Lee and it is thought that Sam Lee shot Olin Lee in the scuffle. Ottawa, Nov. 29.?Trading in wheat in Canada has been brought to a standstill by the government seizing many million bushels, much of which belonged to Americans. Speculators who anticipated enormous profits have been thwarted. The owners will be paid a fair price. The wheat will be sent to England, Italy, Serbia, France and Montenegro for food. ASKS HUMUS Bi PEBEIIIf. HENRY FORD INVITES EXECU? TIVE TO GO TO EUROPE ON COMMISSION SEEKING PEACE. Columbia, Nov. 25.?Henry Ford, well known automobile manufacturer and peace advocate, wired Gov. Man? ning this morning an invitation to become a member of a committee of 100 prominent Americans whom he will take to Europe in an endeavor to settle the great struggle, and bring peace to that distracted continent. J Mr. Ford in his telegram said that the party would sail from New York on December 4, on the Oscar II, of the Scandinavian American line for Chris? tiana, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. He will wire representatives of the European nations to join the Ameri? can corrtmittee, and at some point to be designated an International Court of Arbitration will be set up through which peace proposals will begin. Gov. Manning v as out of the city today Visiting his friend Mr. Charles Stephens on the Cooper River, with whom he ate Thanksgiving dinner. He will return in the morning to his office and make known then his reply to the Detroit manufacturer's invita? tion. The entire expenses of the expedi? tion will be defrayed by Mr. Ford. Among the prominent Americans who have already accepted invitations to accompany him are Jane Addams, John Wannamaker and Thomas A. Edison. Mr. Ford says that out of this ef? fort he hopes for peace in Europe and international disarmament. It is thought here that Mr. Ford has invited each of the governors of the forty-eight States to accompany him, and that William Jennings Bry? an will certainly be a member of the party. Press dispatches have quoted Mr. Ford as saying that he would willing? ly give his entire fortune to bring <.bout peace. He is considered to be one of the wealthiest men in the United States. The following is copy of letter to the governor: New York, Nov. 24, 1915. "Gov. R. I. Manning, Capitol of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C: Will you come a3 my guest aboard the Oscar II, of the Scandinavian Ameri? can Line, sailing from New York December 4, for Christiana, Stock? holm and Copenhagen? I am cabling leading men and women of the Euro? pean nations to join us en route, and at some central point to be establish ed later establish an International Conference dedicated to negotiations leading to a just settlement of the war. A hundred representative Americans are being invited, among whom Jane Addams, Thomas A. Edi? son and John Wannamaker have ac? cepted today. Full letter follows. With twenty thousand men killed ev? ery twenty-four hours, tens of thous? and maimed, homes ruined and an? other winter begun, the time has come for a few men and women with cour? age and energy, irrespective of the cost in personal inconvenience, mon? ey sacrifice and criticism to free the good will of Europe, that it may as? sert Itself for peace and Justice with the strong probability that internat? ional disarmament can be accomplish? ed. Please wire reply Baltimore Ho? tel. Henry Ford." j Col. O. K. LaRouque, the govern? or's private secretary, today telegraph? ed Mr. Ford as follows: "Your wire. Gov. Manning out of city today. Will reply on his return Friday morning." _ DECLINES FORD'S INVITATION. Ofliciul Duties and Meeting of the Legislature Detain the Governor. Columbia, Nov. 27.?Gov. Manning yesterday declined the invitation of Henry Ford to join an European peace commission. The following telegram was sent by the governor to Mr. Ford: "I have your courteous, generous and patriotic invitation to join your party to visit Europe for the purpose of negotiating just settlement of the war. South Carolina legislature meets soon. This, with other imperative of? ficial duties, renders it impossible for me to accept. I realize the dreadful effects of this war and its far-reaching influences on us in this country. WO will welcome a restoration of peace and trust that some means for hon? orable settlement can be found." FIRE IN COTTON OIL MILL. _ Loss to Plant at Eastman, Ga.t 921.1, 000. Eastman, Ga., Nov. 26.?For the second time in twenty-four hours fire broke out in the Trio Cotton Oil Mill at an early hour this morning, this time causing a loss of $215,000, cov? ered by $175,000 insurance. Stat'* Senator John D. Walker, of Spa.i*ta, is the principal stockholder. The main building, seed house and meal house were destroyed, together with 2,200 tons of cotton seed, 600 tons of meal and cake and 50 bales of lintera Do You Want to Save i =Money! Do You Need Xmas Goods? ^ Have you ever bought All Wool Blankets, full size, for $3.95 ? <f When you buy at a Cost Sale do you buy all Silk Messaline at 67P ? ([ Have you ever bought $1 Dress Goods for 27P ? q Does your boy need a 50P Shirt for 35P ? (I Do you need a $1.00 Rug for 79 P ? (f Have you ever bought $1.00 Outing Gowns at 730 ? Take notice, we are Going Out of Business, and we have marked down this stock at the lowest prices ever offered. 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