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y. M. Clements and little
Ol ?1st, are spending a few
he Camden with Mrs. Clements'
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Baker and
little daughter, ?Patriae, are home
after spending a pleasant
erhrn relatives near Wedge*
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kenn vtMter to
Wtejt st. P. Co
Bdi?to Island to
Mk^'fAatma A
Brown, of Myers* Mill. |
ng friends In the city.
B. I. Reardon and daughter,
Katie. Bare gone to Charleston
trdtfAtttfue.
UK fceWrt aad Miss Agnes Herlc t
city to-day.
of Darlington
r to-day.
Ifpaa gone tu
relatives,
pmorned home
after spend!** several daye
In Tlnsjiissinno whh frtertds,
MM tfdyth Wlltta, of Oetsxon, Qa,
who haul boon the guest of her sister,
Mrs a' r. Whltted. at the ClAremont
Mutet, returned to Macon os/gnnda)
Miss Wttie ana boon the guest kThon
or at several entertainments during
the fnat nut*. Wednesday night a
Sane* was gfven by Mrs. Thomas at
the inrportal Motel. Friday night it
party at the Claremont and oii
r f*gn> altht she wan entertained at
t ,? Ky Mise Krtstlanson. Miss Wll
as verv popular with the younger
? tnd by her charming personality
it a grant many friends.
Mr. Tho nas E. Flowers, who had
main his homv on* D. C.
for win past eleven years, . in the
eit> vfesHlng his sister, Mrs. J. I:
Bradford,
Mr. Julian Alfred Stubbo has re
turn?>d to Wofford Collage.
Mr. Karl Dlttmar, Mrs Lisle DVc
mar, Mrs. Ussle Ratcllffe, who have
been the guests of Mr. and Mm 8am
V liter during tho Christmas holidays^
have returned to their honte nt Sained
vine 6|do.
Mr. R. M. Coo par. of WlsUcky, was]
one of the visitors in the city todiy
to attend tho farmers' meeting In the
sndrt' houas.
Mr. A. K. Sanders, one of Samt er
County's re?f essnutlves, of Kagood,
*?? in town today.
Mr. A. A. Brenrley. of 8t. Char he,
speVt the (fay In the city.
Mm J. J. i'argan and duuahters, o(
warn in Sumtar Monday.
Biackwoll. of mlem. men
wn Monday.
' M. Dwlght. of Wedrefle d,
the city to attend the fann
ag today.
Mr. W. M. Hudson, of in. Charloa,
la n visitor to the city.
Mr. Janus A. Borgens of !*ort Motte,
who has beau visiting his grandfather,
Dr. J. A. Mood, left this morning to
return to ttcanuon college.
Mr. W. S. Chandler, of Mayesvll e.
spent tho day la the city.
Mr. Lee Morrison, of Savinna'.i. who
nan nosn viertln* friends in tr e city
far Use gnat two weeks, left this morn
nts home, going through the
In an automobile.
Jullg Obenchaln anA Julia
have returned to the city, after
the Christmas holidays In
York city.
DEATH OF J. J. CROMSWKUL.
From The Dally Item, Jan. 1.
News was received here this morn?
ing by relatives of the death at Fay
ettevllle last night of Mr. James J,
I oswell, route agent off the Southern
Evensen Company. Mr. Cromwell
wag it years of\age. He was a na
e of this county and was generally
known ay the older people of 8umter.
Hi wan also known throughout the
H* te through his connection with the
P Jthem Express Company for more
than forty years.
The funeral services wll be held at
r lyettevtll? tomorrow moaning. May?
or snd Mrs. U D. Jonnlngi and others
fr-m here will attend the funeral ex?
ercises.
4r. Crosswell was a brot her of Mrs.
H ttle I. Dinklns, and Mrs. W. C.
>ughton of this city; Mm. R. B. Mc
K y. Columbia; Mrs. Mary Bowen,
jrens; Mrs. Alex McRee, Qreen
?; Mrs. J. J. Ragin, Aslievllle.
Death of Mrs. Eugenia Rhame.
larvin, Jan. S.?Mrs, Eugenia
ll'inane, wife of late Joseph Francis
Khnme of Manning. 8. died last
ht In Osrfleld Hospital, Washlng
. D. C after an Illness lasting
rly two years. They had no chil?
dren and most of the time since his
death Mrs. Rhame has lived at Harvln
with her sister, Mre. Kate McFaddln,
who died on the Ifth of November,
Just a little over a month ago.
Her remains will arrlvs in Manning
tomorrow morning at lt? o'clock and
will be Interred beside those of her
lamented husband" In the Manning
eemetsrv She Is survived by two sis?
ters, Miss Seilte Spears Hodge, and
Mrs. Ullis Elisa Davis nf Harvln and
Alcolu, respectively.
i
ItilEIESIlllS TALKS MAOF.
FOUR THINGS THAT MUST BE
DONE TO DEVELOP PROS?
PERITY IN SOUTH.
Dr. jW. W. Long Makes Addrce* on,'
How to Get Needed Fertilizers end j
Use of Them at This Time fipeak
OTH on Dairying and Creamery ]
Routes?Mr. Reiser Urges Rota?
tion.
There was a large attendance at
the farmers' rally In the court house
today and thoie present seemed in?
tensely interested In the talks which
were made. Much good advice was
offered the farmers on practical scien?
tific farming which will bear good
fruit In the future If those present
put the advice offered them Into oper?
ation.
Mr. R. B. Belser, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, called the
meeting to order and presided. He
made a short talk at the opening,
calling on the farmers for a practical
division of their farms Into three
parts, one cotton, one grain and the
other legumes, which he urged as the
propor rotation and diversification of
crops. He stretsed the importance or
rotation and diversification at this
time especially and ur*ed the planting
of grain and legumes.
Dr^ W. W. Long, head of the farm
extenr'en work in this State stated
that there were four things which
must be taught the farmers and de?
veloped to a scientific basis before the
Southern farmers could become pros?
perous as they should be. These four
things necessary were Methods of
farming withou. commercial fertilis?
er; the proper marketing of farm
products; the development of the
live stock industry in preparation for
the coming of the boll weevil, and the
teaching of agriculture In the rural
schools.
Dr. Long in talking of the proper
methods of securing home fertilisers
read from Bulletin No. 182, which can
be secured by t.ny farmer by writing
for It, which he stated was a concise
and logical statement of what the
farmers should do and should not do.
He stated that there was a necessity
of combatting ignorance, traditions
and habits in gottlng farmers to op?
erate their farma In the new way. He
advised the small farmers to burn
hardwood and keep their ashes for
their cotton Uelde. Pipe straw was
also good In that, It contained much
potash. He deplored tho fact thut
many farmers still continued to burn
the organic matter, instead of re?
turning It to tho soil.
Concerning marketing farm pro?
ducts, he stated that It waa a problem
for the business men of Sumter to
solve, an the prosperity of the city lay
In the prosperity of the back coun?
try. He stated that the ladies who
taught the rural schools did not
know agriculture and could not teach
It. Trained men were needed and
Clemson college and the United States
department of agriculture were trying
to put trained men In the schools to
teach It by having one man stationed
In a, county to teach certain number
of schools. This had been done so sue
cessfuPv in Darlington county that
Gov. Manning would make a recom?
mendation along this line In his an?
nual moss age.
Following Dr. Long Mr. J. H. Mc?
Lean, who Is In charge of the depart?
ment of dairying in the South, made
a short talk on dairying, and the es?
tablishment and operation of creamery
routes. Mr. W. W. Fitspatrlck also
made a practical talk on dairying,
telling of what had been done in Dar?
lington county and what he hoped
would be accomplished in this coun?
ty. I
Ra gin-Gross.
Plnewood, Dec. 30.?A beautiful
home wedding was the marriage of
Miss Abble Ragin, daughter of A. P.
Ragin, and I?Roy Gross on Tues?
day evening at the bride's home. The
residence was decorated In flowers
and plants, pink and green being the
color scheme. The ceremony was per?
formed at 8 o'clock, the Rev. S. D.
Palley officiating. The bride wore a
tailored suit of blue gabardine and
a large picture hat to match, with
other accessories. She carried bride
roses and valley lilies.
The guests were met at the door by
Misses Nora ragin and Lena Whil
den. These young women were the
only attendants. Just before the cere?
mony Miss Sophie Sortor of Eastover
sang "A Perfect Day." Miss Lois Ben?
son presided a* the piano during the
evening. To the strains of Mendels?
sohn's wedding march tho bridal party
marched under a large arch of flow?
ers and ferns where the ceremony
was performed.
After the ceremony a reception was
held. The decorations In the dining
room were particularly pretty.
Mr. and Mm. Gross left on the 1?
o'cloc< train for a short honeymoon,
visiting winter r?'j. * ts in the South.
The lot for the curb market has
been cleaned off and put in good con?
dition for the i:urb market.
MRS. C. P. WRAY INJURED.
Automobile Leaves Embankment on
Road Near Camden.
Camdcn, Dec. 30.?Wednesday
evening at 9 o'clock, as Mr. and Mrs.
C. P. Wray of / Ridgcway wero en
route to Sumter to visit relatives, they
met with a serious accident when
their touring car left an embankment
about four miles below Camden on
the Sumter road, near "Mulberry,"
the winter home of D, R. Wil?
liams. Mrs. Wray suffered a frac?
tured collar bone; Mr. Wray was cut
and bruised about his hands, and the
two children with them were not
hurt. Dr. Corbett was summoned
and hurried to the scene, whence in
the meantime Mrs. Wray had been
carried to the home of Mr. Williams,
where she was cared for until Thurs?
day morning when she was removed
to the Camden hospital ? to remain
several days, It Is expected.
That all in the car were not seri?
ously injured or killed is miraculous.
As the car left the embankment It
turned completely over and the oc?
cupants were evidently thrown out,
as It was leaving the narrow cause?
way. One wheel was snapped off at1
the axle and, the car Is practically
a wreck.
\
Mrs. Wray Is a daughter of Mrs. S.
A. Williamson of this city and has
many friends here who will deeply re?
gret to hear of the accident.
BRIG GS-RICKEN BAKER.
Popular Young Folks of Summerton
Married.
Summerton, Dec. 31.?On Wednes?
day evening St. Matthias Episcopal
church presented a scene of rare
beauty when the marriage of Miss
Norvelle Briggs to Emmanuel Rick?
enbaker took place. A color scheme
of green and white was carried out
In the decoration of t**e church', the
only other color being that of Ameri?
can Beauty roses which filled vases
on the altar. The entire chancel
floor was covered with white, which
waa lovely beneath the hangings of
green smilax, and served admirably
to display the handsome costumes.
Upon the arrival of the bridal party
Mm. F. W. Truluck sang "Because
v Made You Mine" and "A Per?
fect Day." Immediately after which
Miss Mabel Harper at the organ and
Dr. C. E. Morris and Mrs, Truluck
accompanying on violins, Mendels?
sohn's Wedding march was begun and
the party entered as follows: Ushers,
J. S. B?skins and Julian Scarbor?
ough,; Miss Kdna. Davis with Dr. Jef>,
fords. Miss Vivian Kadon with Hall
Nelson, Miss Lticle Mood with Claude
Walker, Miss Catherllne Capers with
Vir. McMlchael. Miss Myrtle Allen
with Louis Wannamaker, Miss Mana
Claffy with Irvine Richardson; Miss
Martha Walker, maid of honor; Mrs.
J. 8. Basklns, dame of honor. Then
followed the bride on the arm of
her uncle, H. B. Richardson. The
groom, with his best man, Dibble,
Rickenbaker, had entered from the
rear and met them at the altar, where
the ring ceremony of the Episcopal
church was solemnized by the Rev.
H. C. Mazyck. After the ceremony
a reception was tendered Mr. and
Mrs. Rickenbaker at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Richardson. Here
Again decorations of green and red
were had in profusion, adding attrac?
tion to the scene. The guests were
served with punch.
LAST LIQUOR HAUL.
Policeman McKagcn Gathers in Eight
Gallons and Three Quarts off Train.
From The Daily Item, Jan. 1.
Policeman H. G. McKagcn made
what will probably be the last haul
of dispensary liquor which will occur
In this city. Last night when train
60 from Columbia reached the city
and was boarded by the officer, he
found a sack and suit case containing
eight gallons and three quarts, which
he watched closely. However, the
owner had seen Mr. McKagen first
and decided rather to loose his liquor
than to be arrested by the officer, so
he never came near. Mr. McKagen
remained on the train until it nearly,
reached the city limits, when he had
the conductor stop it and ho got off
with the liquor which was carried to
police headquarters.
Rattle Snake Springs News.
Miss Connie Hancock and Mr.
Frank Scarborough were married De?
cember 9, 1916 at 4 o'clock at the
home of the bride's parents, by Rev.
J. P. Attaway, in the presence of a
few friends.
Rock Hill school closed last Wed?
nesday afternoon, with recitations by
the pupils. After the exercises the
teachers surprised the pupils with
candies and fruit, and a very pleasant
afternoon was spent. The teachers re?
turned to their homes the next day to
spend Christmas.
Mr. Eddie Malhis and Miss Ethel
Hancock wero married a few days
ago.
Misses Willie and Annie Hancock
of Sumter are spending the holidays
at home with their parents.?Lender
and Vindicator.
DANCE PROVES BIG EVENT.
One of) Largest and Best Dances ever
Given by Holiday Eve Club Was
That Last Night.
On Thursday night the annual New
Year's dance of the Holiday Eve Club
was held and proved ono of the larg?
est and best dances of the many dances
given in the history of the club.
There were nearly a hundred and
ftfty dancers on the floor of the old
Armory Hall and everybody seemed
in a fine humor and everything pass?
ed off as delightfully as any one
could wish. All who attended say
that the dance was by far the most
successful given in Sumter in recent
years.
There were quite a large number of
'visitors in addition to the Sumter boys
and girls, men and women, who at?
tended, the list of club members be?
ing swelled by the large numbers of
j college boys at home who* attended.
[The dance started at 9.45 and just be?
fore the time came for the forming
jof the line for the grand march the
Rex Orchestra struck a fast tune for a
rollicking two-step before the for
[mal ceremonial formation ushered in
the beginning of the card dances.
Many beautiful women elaborately
I gowned for the occasion added to the
beauty of the occasion. The hall was
decorated In Christmas and New Year
j colors and presented a beautiful scene
throughout the evening and until in
the morning when the dance came to
a close at 2.30 o'clock.
The Rex Orchestra proved very re?
sponsive to the frequent and hearty
applause, and encores were given af
jter almost every dance. Punch was
served during the evening and at
midnight supper was served in the
parlors of the hall. This was one of
the daintiest and most satisfying bills
of fare ever given the club at one of
their dances and was enjoyed by all.
A very unique and amusing fea?
ture of the German, which was led by
Mr, Perry M. Brown, was the favors.
The favors for the men were a la
Charlie Chaplain and those for the la?
dies in keeping. First the men were
given little Charlie Chaplain hats and
the ladies paper hats; the men we're
next served Charlie Chaplain mustach?
es, and the ladles paper whistles, then
to complete the Charlie Chaplain ef?
fect, the men were given canes and
the ladies were given driving reins
which they hitched to their partners
and the German closed with a grand
parade. There were about fifty couples
dancing with a large number of en?
thusiastic stags on hand to keep
tlr.ngs. lively.
YAmohK the many Visitors present at
the dance were: Miss Beulah Hall
Ocala, Fla., Miss Jessie Williamson,
Darlington; Miss Minnie Williamson.
Columbia; Miss Patterson, Allendale;
Miss Brand, Wilmington; Miss Louise
King, Mayesville; Miss Edith Moore,
Ocala, Fla; Miss Edna Tobln, Philip?
pine Islands; Marguerite Patterson,
Barn well; Isabel Williamson, Darling?
ton; Agnes Severance, Timmonsvllle;
Miss Levy, Texas; Miss Johnson,
Hartsvilie; Miss Butler, Hartsvillc;
Miss Law, Georgetown. Messrs. Bub
Langston, Hasell Brlstow, Geo.
Brown, Darlington; Archie Jeffords,
McFaddcn Gregg, J. L. Barrlnger, Jr.,
Lawrence Barringer, Furman Swails,
Jno. Burch, Joe Brunson, Stakleathcr,
Florence; Tom Brand, Augusta; Mlnt
er, Davidson, N. C; Henry Moore, Or?
angeburg, R. H. Jennings, Jr., Qrange
burg; Chas. Moore, Charleston;
"Mouse" Capers, Columbia; J. W.
Fogarty, F. B. Stanley, Harry Sanders,
J. C. McLeod, K. E. Johnson, E. E.
Lucas, Florence.
After an illness of three weeks
,Mrs. Willie S. DuBose died last Tucs
|ay night, December 28, 1915, at S
p. m. She was 55 years old and a
member of Mt. Zion Presbyterian
church, and was buried there Wednes?
day afternoon, Rev. H. C. Hammond
conducting the funeral services. She
leaves three sons, two daughters and
I a devoted husband.?Leader and. Vin?
dicator. ,i
Tax Return Notice
I will attend In person or by deputy
I at the following named places, and on
the dates mentioned, for the purpose
of receiving tax returns, on all per?
sonal property, polls, roads, and dogs:
Tindal, Tuesday, January 4.
Privateer, Wednesday, January 5.
Levi Siding, Thursday, January 6.
Wedgefield, Friday, January 7.
Claremont, Monday, January 10.
. Hagood, Tuesday, January 11.
Rembert, Wednesday, January 12.
.Dalzell, Thursday, January 13.
Brogdon, Friday, January 14.
Mayesville, Monday, January 17.
Oswego, Tuesday, January 18.
Pleasant Grove, Wednesday, Janu?
ary 19.
Shiloh, Thursday, January 20.
Norwood's Cross Roads, Friday,
January 21.
My office will be open for the pur?
pose of receiving tax returns from
January 1st, 1916 to February 20th,
1910, inclusive.
R. B. WILDER,
County Auditor.
VISITED HEUE LAST WINTER.
News Received of Death of Miss Clara
i Nodine at Pittsburgh.
News has been received here of the
death of Miss Clara Nodine at South
Side Hospital at Pittsburgh on Wed?
nesday, where she was a nurse, and
contracted malignant scarlet fever.
Miss Nodine is remembered by quite a
large number of people in Sumter,
who met her while she was here for
several weeks visiting her uncle, Mr.
H. L. Birchard, who will regret to hear
of her death. Miss Nodine has a sis?
ter who contracted the disease in the
same ward with her, who is now des?
perately ill.
Death.
David Browder, a former resident
of Sumter, died at Cordele, Ga., on
Friday, December 24, where he has
been living since his departure from
Sumter about twelve or fifteen years
ago. Mr. Browder was in business
here with W. H. Commander, selling
monuments and tombstones, and is
well remembered by many of Sumter
cjtizens. He also had a large number
of relatives in this county. He is sur?
vived by his wife and several children.
The ginncrs 'report for this State
shows that up to December 13th, 1915,
29,941 bales of cotton had been gin
ner in Sumter county against 48,474
last year up to the same date. Spar
tanburg county leads with 64,988
bales with Orangeburg, Anderson,
Marlboro, Greenville, Laurens, York,
Alken and Barnwell coming as the
leading ten.
FIRE VISITS MEAT MARKET.
C. E. Jone?' Place Thought to Have
Been Set on Fire by Thief.
|From The Daily Item, Jan. 1.
Early this morning between one t
and two o'clock C. E. Jones' moat
! market on South Main street was
found to be on fire and several police
officers by quick work arrived on the
scene and extinguished the fire in
short order, as it had not then se?
cured a good start. The fire caught in
the back of the room and Mr. Jones
stated this morning that he thought
that it must have been set by some
thief, who, probably, was locked up in
the place, when he closed up last
night. A window was found open by
the officers. Insurance on the mar?
ket and building will cover the loss,
which was not heavy.
Miss Siddall Not to Return.
The many friends here of Miss
Louise Siddall regret that she will not
return to Winthrop on account of the
health of her father, who reside.* in
Sumter.
For five years Miss Siddall has been
the efficient head of the voice depart?
ment of the college, and has besides,
this has been deservedly popular In
the city. For a time she was organ?
ist at the Associate Reformed Presby?
terian church.?Rock Hill Herald.
The secretary of State has issued a
commission to the Lee Wholesale
Grocery company of Bishopville, with
a capital of $10,000. The petitioners
are: S. B. DuBose, George E. Du B?se?
W. P. Corbitt and C. E. Springs.
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