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??bt vary at U HfhsOto has moved from Bum and will farm oa the Emanuel pTaoe near Marlboro sta Owtie? by BL M. Piereon of r&4hm We Advocate, ?eoa M. Green, who has been "Tora eity for the pant few doing free lance newspaper work, arrived In the and win be here for before going to Col urn he will make hie head the coming seaaion of J. BlackWell. of Balem, was today. It IX M<?L*?^Hi Rich aft*) Francis MoE *went to on Thursday nlgWfc attend 1 ot Miss Vlvtaf Takes of etty to Mr. David starry Or sen and net > : 'art vaatlng Mra Qreen'* . e^kwenoe. Mate state Benroerter. ot Abbevl nag seen vanting Mrs R. for the past several days. Ml Mae* for Columbia to attend tenaons of the general msembry," ' %?til?>ed m the eYlgrteslriir de aw Tnsnsnr i^em ui mango **? torsre IMy year. Its annual meeting Thui of Conlro?ast>rtera de-1 thai an attra levy of one mill1 he ninsssary for helft VeVsl ordinary county expwaanl for Turkey Cfeelc Was dts no action was taken, peard met with sTl membere] ooaflrlneU the mfhutes ofi en January 4 th. Jenntegs, C. o. Rowland. *] anfc a O. Purdy appealed* tfi iHstt mm ot e*Urgtng on thai drainage ftfc^trt^tj at lelfcK with-; then dismissed wlthj Molse of the Sumterj re delegation the ievy-^ for the ensuing year, expenses during' year, it was decided to In the levy fer county ordinary' one mill during tJte coming' Hurst was re-elected sootlne matters received at FELL Of TAR PIT. to Gas Plant Was With Tar. _ horse used by the Bum and Power1 plant Tot doing Its about town a few days ago most peculiar and prolwbly very bath. The animal was at the plapt when t became it and began backing, pulling teight to which it was hitch as It becked. The wagon mi' tacked over a coal tar pit In the enatnagy yard, but the boards were not strong enough to hold up the horse and they gave way. pr eel pi a ting the antaaal downward Into the vat of coal nsjr* The pit was not deep and the animal was soon cut loose from the! Wfgoa. and prised out of the hole with a JUS lieg of tar a naif inch thick over meet of Its body. . Mr. Austin at once ordered the hands to wash off the tar nth warm water and soap, which were IIb? rally nee* until th? tar was removed, not. a very easy Job, however. The horse WaS fnea' given a thorough rubbing with llnaeed oil, and Buffered no ill esteeta from ita unnatural bath. The oft was washed off next day ard the horse has been at work since the same ftAetfcRTnAIX FRIDAY NIGHT. la Mnanei? "V Flvo Against' nwnasar Quintet. Basketball Is the word for next Fri? day night when the fast team from the Columbia Y. M. C. A. will tty for ken?r# With the local squad. *Fhat the Corurrfbia team la a worthy opfertest there ta on doubt for their record Is enviable and they are In the oYYorm. Our meal ~ftve" win eonelst of the material available and will give a wholesome account of them serves and. If fire Columbia team is able to get the victory. It arffl be "in one of the sent esmleirtons of the game ever s*?* he**. [s ihm locale by a large of rooters. AT GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH EXTENDED COURTESY. ; People of City Join in Exercises to Make Welcome Recent Addition to Minister**! Fo** of Sumter?Ati drce by Pastor? and Others. - ?i ? ? ? .. The people of Sumter filled Grace Baptist church to capacity Sunday af? ternoon at 4 o'clock to join in tho exercises of welcome to Dr. John A. Brunaon. who has recently come from St. Matthews to Bumter to be pastor of that church. The exercises of wel? come were most heartily renderod and wero Joined In by people from all sec? tions of the ctly and or all denomi? nations. The services wire presided over by Dr. W. E. Thayer of the First Baptist church, who extended a welcome to the new pastor on behalf, of the Bap? tists of Sumter, who were glad to have in the city one of the most highly es? teemed divines of the ^Baptist church I of this State. The welcome on behalf of the other churches waa extended by Rev. J. P. Marion of the Presbyterian church, whote remarks were very timely and appropriate. Mayor L, D. Jennings *n bis remarks of welcome for the city or Sumter, as a whole, stated that the jprogpsss of civilization made in Amer? ica was due to the Christian religion i which had been preached for two j thousand years. I Prayers were made by Dr. J. H. | Wilson, of St. James Lutheran church, Rev. R. & Truesdale of Trinity and. Rev. J. M. Rogers of Broad Street! Methodist churchus. A feature of the | singing was a bountiful seto rendered^ (by mim mddeJu " - ?*] j;?* ? ? ?ftummm i*>r burglary. "< 'Ch*f?1*v% Alleged ttf Have Hrolull en Homo on Harrtn.1 Caajbay -Davis, oolered, was arrested Met MWhT between twelve and one] o'clock at the 'home of Mrs. Melle? | on Herrin strebt, -Into grhtoh it Is ai Jege?i that he broke -earlier In the night He was later lodged In Jail on the charge of burglary. It Jo stated that khdrtly after mid night the MJsliea Mellctte were, a wakened by hearing someone In the' rcWrad>ol^ni-trteits ^snd. becoming *-t*htened? they iwoke Mr. R. A/ Buries*; wireWi% m The up-stair? of th* ho?laj. Oh'comltfg down itsasgra-vnobjo-hls es?' le window into i&e' yard. The police officers were at once notified and an examination of the premises showed that the man 'bad made hie escape. However, while they were In the hones Charley Davisj came to the front door In His eoctfl feet and asked Mr. Burgess, Who went to the'door, If he was in Surtrrer. The*) officers, Messrs. Owens and Chandler at onee arrested him, Hie shoes we*V| found at the back door and his traoksi| Went from there to the tide window/ where he had made -hie entrance to | the house. He had removed the back? door key from the lock and had It with him, evidently In order to make his escape that way, if interrupted in Iiis efforts at robbery. It was while "he woo In the dihlng room, which:| was next to the room in which the Misses Mellette slept, that he was hoard and scared by their cries from tho house. SAjb TO HAVE KILLED NEGRO. a i . t. m R. H. King of Florence Arrested in.| Darlington on Serious Charge. R. H. King of Florence, who is well known In 8vmter where he spent1] a part of last year and the year before mrklng and selling tobacco flues, It1 was stated last night in a telephonic' communication from Florence to po? lice headquarters here, killed a negro' In Florence some time late Sunday af t er noon and afterwards left In an lautomobile. A Uter message stated that King had been caught and arrest In Darlington-and returned to Flor? ence. Besides the message to the police here nothing Is known of the alleged killing.' It was i?tated that King had been drinking before he shot the ne? uro. |Gov. and Mrs. Manning to Receive. Gov. and Mrs. Richard Irvine Man? ning will Issue Invitations within the next week or so to a reception at the J executive mansion on the evening of January 26 In honor of the members of the general assembly which con? venes next Tuesday and of the State officials. While the governor and Mrs. Manning have extended a de? lightful hospitality Informally during the last year, having given numbers of small private affairs and having [had open house at the mansion for ;South Carolinians one evening dur? ing the fair and harvest Jubilee last fall, this will be the first function of a strictly formal nature to be given by them. It Is, of course, num? bered among the notable affairs of [the midwinter in Columbia.?Sunday Stats, TlIREK FIRK? l^ST NIGHT. [Residence* of Messrs. Ramsey, Mc Laurin ami Shercr Slightly Damag? ed. Three fires visited Sumter last night, none of them doing a great deal of damage. The first fire was about 7 o'clock and was at the resi? dence of Mr. Francis M. Ramsey on Corbett Street. This was extinguish? ed with little damage to the house. Later on in the evening firemen were called to the residence of Mr. H. J. McLaurln, Jr., on Church street, where fire caught in a closet adjoining a chimney. Here part of the closet ? and mantle had to be cut away to get at the fire, but comparatively little damage was done, as the fire did not spread. There waa no alarm for the third fire which was at the residence of Mr. Lee Scherer on the corner of Oakland and Salem avenues. Mr. Scherer's family had retired, but heard the crackling of the flames and smelled the smoke. Ah investigation revealed the fact that a sidebroad in the din? ing room was on fire, the flames be? im; speedily extinguished by applica? tion of a bucket of water. The side? board and its contents were badly damaged and the room was smoked ?P. -i__ NEGRO ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. John Henderson Dies From Wounds Inflicted by James DeLeon. John Henderson, a negro plumber, Who waa shot on Christmas at a Shooting match a short distance out aide df the city, died at the Tourney '-Hospital, where he was brought for ttroetmsnt and the Inquest was held |ey?ritUs body to determine the cause :dl ;his death on Monday night. The bxerdlct was that Henderson came to mir death as the result of gun shot wounds received at the hands of JUhitfs DeLeon, another negro, and that )he shooting was accidental. No warrant was Issued for DeLeon, who ? r employed In the city. The Witness? es bll testified to the fact that the shboting waa accidental. FOLK-WHITE. A marriage of much Interest In this county and throughout the State was that of 3Miss Sue V. Folk of Provi? dence ahd the Rev. T. J. Whlto of the "South (farollna Conference", the Rev.; H. W. flays, presiding elder kof. the l-Su'mter District, assisted by the Rev.' W. o. Efweli of' Providence Methodist) church, officiating. The ceremony was performed at the residence of the bride's brother,. Mr. Conrad Folk, which was beautl-? fully decorated for the occasion.' There were no attendants and only a small r. umber of relatives and ihtl-j mate friends present to witness '.he event, | After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. White left in an automobile for Sum-' ter, where they took the' train for Charleston and other points for a short bridal trip before going to BranChville, where Mr. White Is pas? tor of the Methodist church. Wisacky News oNtes. (Wisacky, Jan. 10.?Christmas pass-*! led off very quietly, though pleasantly land the New Tear came In so beau-1 tlfully. All the young folks Who came home for the holidays have returned,'| each to their post of duty. Miss Lanham, our efficient teacher,' |after spending the holidays at home,' i Is back and has taken up her work1) |again. There has been an unusual amount7 of moving among the colored folks1 Of this neighborhood, many families*' leaving the neighborhood, which has1 caused a scarcity of hands. i| Residence Burned. Mr. Robert Anderson's house near1 Herriott Cross Roads was destroyed by fire'la8t week. Mr. E. Alexander was living In it and we understand lost heavily. The house wsa partlp'-' ly Insured.?Leader and Vindicator. ? British Exodus Stopped. Washington. Jan. 10.?The depart-^ merit has been notified that the Brit? ish government will Issue no passports to British males of military age. This action was taken to prevent an exodus due to conscription. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Dolly by Ernest Field, Cot? ton Buyer. Good Middling 12 1-8. Strict Middling 11 7-8. Middling 11 5-8. Strict Low Middling M 1-8. Low Middling in D-8. Staple cotton 13 to 16c. Licenses to marry have been Issued to Robert Cabbagestalk and Maggie Jenkins, Providence; ? Hodge and Mamie Butler, Tlndal; Henry Brad sham, Oreeleyvlllo, and Annie John won, Tlndal; Stephen Law, Darlington, and Emma Harvln, Statoburg; John Jenkins and Lilly Froneberger, Os Iwsgo? MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEETING. Body favors Budget Recommended by State Board of Health. From The Daily Item, Jan. 7. The Sumter County Medical Asso? ciation held Its regular meeting last night in Dr. Wilson's office. The association put itself on record as heartily endorsing the budget ask ediof the legislature, about $67,000, as a reasonable amount to safeguard the sjalth, and for the prevention of dis? ease in the State whose population is nearly 2,000,000 people. Drs. Walter Cheyne, E. R. Wilson ,ahd W. J. Bristow were appointed a committee to wait upon the county legislative delegation and request them to favor the State Health Board needs. Walter Cheyne, Secretary. COAST LINE MAN ASSAULTED. A. T. Carter, Assistant Ticket Agent at Orongeburg, Beaten by Thug. I Prom The Dally Item, Jan. 7. News was received here this morn? ing that A. T. Carter, assistant ticket agent at the A. C. L. office at Orange burg and third trick operator, was set upon some time early this morn? ing and badly injured by thugs who celled him out of his office and struck him in the head, as he left the building. The statement received here was In effect that about three o'clock this morning Mr. Carter was called out by a negro, who told him that a car out on the yard had been broken into and ho (Carter) had better come out andi see about it: Mr. Carter started to? ward the point indicated and as he stepped out of the light in turning the corner of the building he was hit back of the ear by some blunt instrument. He was knocked senseless and while ho was on the ground the t thug or thugs robbed the safe of about $15. Later Mr. Carter was able to crawl buck to the ?tatlon, where he tele? phoned for the police. ? No trace of the robbers could be found, put the police were notified at different places and two white men and a negro were arrested this morn? ing'about 7 o'clock when a freight train pulled in here from Orangeburg, an they were ''hoboing" the train and regarded as suspicious characters: They were later sent back to Orange burg Cm a freight train, but It Is ttotlnrrul If any of them knew any thliig,:coneerning the robbery. *r. Carter.fit was learned this ltlormng, was still'bleeding'from his car*'and the doctors regarded his con? dition as serious, as it was feared that there Was some internal injury. Death of Wei bom J. Andrews. From The Daily Item, Jan. 7. News was received here this morn? ing* of the death at his home'at Os weg? last night of Mr. Welborn J. Andrews, a prominent and highly es? teemed citizen of that place. Mr. An? drews was seventy-two years of age and had been sick for some time. Mr. Andrews was engaged in farm? ing and mercantile business and for many years has'been one of the lead? ing citizens of his community. He was a school trustee for many years. He was an officer of Bethel Methodist church, at which place the funeral services and interment took place at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Besides his wife, Mr. Andrews is survived by several children. Real Estate Transfers. J. M. Harby to Hattle R. Strauss, lot In city, $229. Margaret Dinkins to Beauregard Alston, 60 acres in county, $1,040. Master to Mary L. McFadden, 150 aores on Lynches river, $2,700. William D. Lynam and Cassander E. Ramsey to S. A. Harvin, 147 acres In Privateer township. $4,900. Ella Wmkles Ardis to McCallum Realty Company, 79.6 acres, also 25 acres on Rocky Bluff swamp, $600. Jacob Johnson to Martha McQull kr, 14.4 acres In county, $482.40. An Engngemetn Announced. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Sanders an? nounce the engagement of their daughter, Rosa Louis, to Dr. Mat? thew Singleton Moore of Charleston, the wedding to take place in Colum? bia on February 9.?Sunday State. Wednesday night Mr. W. Y. L. Mar? shall came near losing his house by fire, when some fat ltghtwood chips loft on the hearth caught lire and the mantle and walls caught from them. However, the blaze was discovered Iii time and extinguished before much damage was done. Mrs. Marshall was in the room at the time and was {awakened by the smoke In the room and gave the alarm. A license to marry has been Issued to J. F. Lenolr and Miss Elise San? ders, Sumter. Licenses to colored couples were: Isaac Shaw and Mary Johnson, Sumter; Ransome Richard? son and Elizabeth Sumter, Stateburg; Abraham Bradford and Evillna Hick man, Sumter; Sam Williams, Hora? tio, and Rosa Murray, Claremont. naiin im ti rtTtifTTTTiMinnutf m lit iiriiui iiMMiMi Tti it!itiniiii!i mm tin tiiiiiin irniiMTT IT'S HOT 1 LfiTE! TO JOIN 8 stac FID FOK 1916. The Peoples Bank. 4 Per Cent, on Savings . 5 Per Cent on Time Certificate Ti:i;?:i3i;{;:;nm::mni::ii!inni>4nninninnnniMiniMinnMininin?iniiiiniiuii, The National Bank of South Carolina The Bank with the Big Clock. The Bank with the Big Capital, and Surplue. Correct Time and Correct Methode Resources $905,006.00 We want 1000 new accounts during the year 1916. Let yours be among them. C. 6. ROWLAND, 6. L. WARREN, Pree. Cash'r. 31-PC-SET *A556 COLONIAL. <N. 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