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I IUI I B Ml aORTBOy, jf* Mrs. Marion. Mum Mary Marion and Midi Hailing are visiting the Rev. and Mr* #. F? Marlon. Mr.. A IC ?andere of Hatood, a rtpisssntatlve of the gsneral asaem his sen. Dr. F. B. Bender?, of ware) la the etty today. R. D. Saps, R. B. Reiser and D. D, Mntae are ?pending week? end a* hen tram Columbia. M*\ J# F. Bssoth and Mr. T. S. Buroh af Mareaee have returned, after a trip to ?*? lartifcs and other place? to par eaas* atock, Mr. Booth In the interest St the Booth-Boyle Live Stock Co. irae. la the Interest of the Usdsaoefe Cov of Florence. F. F, flna left this morning Ohio, to inspect the before tt Is shipped department. The iplete and has only to ha artSd oat before It Is ready for ? John A. Boykln and daughter, Msta Boykln, and Mr. Tom Jr? left Friday afternoon for to visit relatives. f >p Collins Denny, of Richmond, ?a*, will arrive la town tonight and Ml ha (die gaset -X Mr. and Mrs. a W. far a tow dap* wife at the Ras to Philadelphia to tor the Res They will return 1? a lew . Mr. Walter B. Mima, Jr., of the Nhadm ???Bill Manufacturing Co., at NAsaartv 9L JL. la at home on a Ylsft to his parents. AT sHMsTTRCX. 18?Wednesday af at I. so of slosh at the horns sei Mrs. W. M. Vauss. In to Mr. Francis Swing Olbaon, rassnaa of members families and a few The ceremony w bride's pastor, the F. SasCaasaay. af the Prcsby. Seide was becoming la a -traveling suit *of _baoadsloth with hat and other assssnoriee to match, She never ap* i, "saV. Otbsor wall known and popular ' % tads ooasmunlty. having been locat several years as rrader, and only about two weeks ago to. a posit ton with the McNeil Cot Cosnpaay. at Qreesrvllla, where Mr. Mrs. Qiheoa sxpast to make their The out-of-town guests were Misses Antonia Mastis aad Hattls Olbaon. , sister* oLt*e gsaosa. and Daisy Yea dan; Messrs. Bent I y Olbson. R. U Moaesss) ,*s?d Fl asses Molse. all of fonnter. fmssialstslg after tha cere ntoaa* tha wadding partly left on train See? it dar .thair ? new home at Qreen SLOff t. IXSTTALL OFFICERS. Bon. Herbert E. Olles. Grand Chan sailer Knights of Pythias of South Parsal??, will arrive on train St from Alka? thia afternoon to pay an official visit to Cfems Cock Lodge No. 17. The Oraad Chancellor Is most pleasantly remembered by Knights of Sumter. having made an address here whoa ha wsa Orind Prelate, following a MssTsgan chicken stew on the Court Housa grouads la July of ISIS. This adjrsss proved to ha a gem of Py thiaaisn*. Oraad Vice Chancellor Alva Lump kia aad Orand Prelate Derrick have ?an invited, but have not been from. Tha snVers for the coming year wlU be Installed and supper served st Disia Cafe. Tha preliminary report of cotton la South Carolina up to Jan 1, lilt, for the crops of ltU and ISIS, shows a total of l,134.149 sales ?galnat 1.SSS.S1? for last year. Spartan bur s county leads with St. SS7 hales and other counties next in order are: Orangeburg ?0,436; An? derson. S8.S40; Marlboro. 48.2S0. Oreetivtlle* 4S.S6S; Laurena 38,888; Tora. SS.S17; Alken, 86.SS4; New berry. 11,746. Barnwell, 16.417; Dar llngton, 11.141. Lee, 11,114; Sumter. SO.SSS; Clarendon. SS.778. Lust year Oraagetarg stood nret with S 1.386 bale* and Sumter Afth with 10,538 balsa. Anderson, Laurena Newberry and aaluda are the only counties to report as ore cotton In 191G tha*n in 1114. A masting of the committee of the Sumter County Teachers' Association to formulate Aeld day plans was held Saturday and tha events or held day ware arranged and the program will bo put safere the association at its masting en aast Saturday. The pro? gram Is onsjr slightly changed from what K wa* last year. ABOPT CITY MANAGER FLAN. ? " ?* I '*. , Seventy-t?e Towns and Cities Hat* Municipal Government Devised iu Sumter. Seventy-flv>5 municipalities, accord? ing to the Engineering News of Jan? uary I, 1916, have adopted the City Manager Plan of municipal, govern? ment, the places ranging in slse from Dayton, Ohio, which has a population of 116,577 persons to Largo, Florida, which has a ippuulation of 2*1, these two places being the extremes in population and also in the amount of salary paid their city manager. Day? ton pays its manager 9IS, 100 a year, while Largo pays only 1600 per an? num* The news does on to nay that this list was compiled several weeks ago aid it is probable that the list may even bp larger than that given. Seventy-three of the cities are in the United States and two In Canada. Many of the cities combine the city manager and commission form of gov? ernment, the News says, and many of them have trained engineers as their city managers. H. E. ARTHUR GIVEN HEARING. . . . * -?sjrre? Young Matt Clerk Sent up to Florence Court for Trial. . Henry K. Arthur, the young railway mall clerk, who was. arrested hero on last Friday on the charge of abstract? ing a letter from the United States mall was this morning given a hearing before Commissioner Bland* as a.re? sult of which he wag sent to the spring term of the federal court at Florence for trial on the charge. At.the hear? ing were young Arthur's father of Alken county, Senator Williams of Alken and witnesses In the case. The evidence as submitted by In? spectors J. W. A damson and H. G. Morganroth, Assistant Postmastsr Q. & Easterllng of Bennetuvllle, and Postmaster Geo. W. Dick, Assistant Postmaster T. ty. Doar and Clerk J. C, Bryan, who were witnesses in the case against Arthur was In effect: On Jan? uary 13th Foetofhee Inspector Adam son and Morpinroth' prepared test packages, which they mailed at Ben? netuvllle on the morning of January 14th la the preticnce of Assistant Post? master O, s, Bustsrllng. who with the inspectors cheeked over the hills in a special delivers letter addressed to the ^'Proprietor Hotel Clammont, Sumter, ft. C// which was placed with1 a postal card addressed to the "F.~M. Sumter, &. on the letter was a ^ ^ **t?p,JM<Mn IU Ware placed four ose-dollar bills. It was tied with the i>ostal card pJtd placed on the* top of the pouch marked for "Maxton A Col" train No. 67. The pouch was looked and given the mes? senger, to. take to the train. It was stated that this messenger did not have a Hey to the pouch. Oa the ar? rival of the train at Sumter the pouch was taken to postoflica and upon, ro quest of the inspector was at once opened and upm search by Assistant Postmaster Doar and Postmaster Pick the letter failed to show up, while the postal card to the postmaster was thsrs. The inspector stated that he lost sight of Arthur, while the latter wag com log from the station to the postomce. Upen the non-arrival of the letter Arthur 'wee nailed Into the post* master's office and notified of the test which had been made and the failure of the letter to arrive. He was search? ed and the car was searched, but neither the letter nor the bills were found, although a search of his grip and house revsalsd articles whose presence Arthur could not satisfac? torily explain. Senator Williams, as a friend of Arthur's, mado a touching plea on his behalf, but Commissioner Bland stated that on the evidence, he was compelled to hold him over for the federal court. Bond was fixed at 61.000 which will be arranged as soon as Mr. Arthur, the father of the young man, returns to Alken, and will be forwarded here for Arthur's re? lease. Arthur was returned to jail until such time as the bond arrives. KING AGAIN SET FREE, Negroes of Florence Tremble at Ills Name. Florence, Jan. 16.?R. H. King, who shot Buck Simpson, a negro, here on Sunday evening last, Is again at liberty. He was released on Mon? day and terrorised the section of town In which he had done the shoot? ing the night before, und his bonds? man determined to withdraw, so that King was kept In jail after tho charge of disorderly conduct was brought In the city court, until a new bondsman could bo found when he was released. One can empty that section of town at any minute now by spreading the report that "Kin? Is coming." There will not be lef. even u watch dog t<> guord the property of tho terrified negroes. Director's Name Omitted. In making up the list of the direc? tors elected M the annual meeting of the Peoples' Bank for publication, the name of Mr. E. C. Lee, of Dalzcll, was inadvertently omitted. BRITISH SUBJECT COMES HERE. Brother of Rev. W. P. Spinx Admitted to America Through Intervention of Lever, Whale? and Tlllman. Harvin, Jan. 16.?The many friends of Hev. W. D. Splnx, pastor of Graham Baptist church, Brogdon, Sumter county, and hia young wife, whom ho married in Chicago, Ills., more than a year ago, are rejoicing with and con? gratulating them on their good for? tune in securing the admission of their brother, Mr. Arthur Britton, of London, England, into the States. Mr. Britton is a cripple, and being a Brit? ish subject, there was considerable trouble In securing his release from the British authorities .in St. John, X. B., Canada, where he had been detain? ed since the middle of December last, and the full and complete satisfaction of the American immigration. authori? ties in Washington that Mr. Britton had a legal right to come into the States. At one time during the period of his detention the authorities had Mr. Britton returned to the Allan Steamship Co., Montreal, Canada, for deportation back to England, but for the timely and urgent solicitations of Dr. Geo. W. Dick, of Sumter, through Congressman Lever, and Mr. Ben H. Harvin, of Harvin, to tho British aur thorities, and Mr. Culver, American consul, St. John. N. B.. and American consul, Montreal, Congressman A. F. Lever, R. 8. Whaley, and Hon. B. R. Tillman, who was most active and persistent in effecting Mr. Britton's re? lease, who Is now traveling through "the land of liberty" to join his dis? tressed sister and brother here, who wsrs formerly British subjects, for both Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Spins were born In London. England. Previous to hia coming to America, Rev. Splnx aid missionary work through Africa, India and China and the Islands of the British possessions in the far Pa? cific and Indian oceans. Re met his wife for the first time In Chicago, al? though they were both born and lived to manhood and womanhood in Lon? don, they had never seen each other to know, until they met in Chicago, where Rev. Spinx went to do special study In his chosen profession. Rev. Spinx and hia wife and their legion of friends are so grateful to Senator Tlll? man, Congressmen Lever and Whaley and others for securing the release and admission of their brother to the States, arid take this method of ex? tending their heartfelt thanks both to officials and laymen alike for their favors to them and their loved . one hers Ina new country. B, H. Baker Scliool News. As news is very dull over the State [ I will let the readers hear from this place. We have a good graded school and two excellent teachers. They are Miss Stella Glascock of Rock Hill and Miss Carita Handle of Sumter, and they give satisfaction. We have prayer meeting every Wed? nesday night and the Young People's Society every two weeks, and we have preaching whenever we can get a preacher and we hope to have regular services this year. The farmers in this section have killed a great many hogs. No one Is talking much about fer? tilisers. There was a great deal of peavlnc hay made this year. I don't hear anyone talking much about planting tobacco, but, I guess there will be some planted. There has been a lot of moving done in this vicinity recently. Lagrippe seems to cary the date In this vicinity these days. It has rained so little this fall and winter that I am thinking we aro go? ing to have a wet time when it docs come, and then the farmers can "pull the old sta k up and plant in the hole." One extreme follows the oth? er. Oats are very small. Some of our farmers have planted wheat. "Our Trucker" says he is not go? ing to truck this season, but I know he will. It used to be: "How much cotton are you going to plant," and tho an? swer now Is: "I don't know." I don't think there will be much cotton plant? ed at this place, because we have learned to live without It We have worn our old clothes during the past two years till they are slick, and our hats have a plenty of ventilation holes. That means live it homo and pay your old debts. We are raising a good many chick? ens, and they have learned to lay egps during the hard times. Everybody seems to have a plenty of provisions, but hardly enough money to buy a cat fish. Ths Presbyterian church through one of Its societies has recently placed Bibles In the rooms of tho Tour*^ Hospital. There have been no Bll I in the hospital rooms heretofore. It was Senator E. C. Epps of W Uamsburg county who opposed n p of the resolution In the senate I dorslng President Wi! ;on for re-ei tion as president, and not Senator I D, Epps of Sumter county. > STEEL CAGES INSTALLED. ! Cells Have Been Placed and Are Now Ready for Occupancy. The steel cells for the guard house have been installed and are now ready to hold the wrong-doers of the city who come under the observation of the police department. There are five steel cages, all bolted together and it would be impossible for anyone to break out, If locked in the cell without a file and plenty of time. Each cell is provided with four bunks, which can be folded up against the walls during the day time to make more room in the cages. Blankets for the cells were authorized by Council at its recent session and will be on hand in the near future, so that prisoners will be provided with proper bedding. Real Estate Transfers. H. C. Bethea to P. B. Emanuel and Lizzie H. Emanuel, 54 3-4 acres on Public Road from Sumter to Camden, $2,000. Elizabeth L. Saunders to Richard M. James, 40 1-2 acres in county $1, 200. Mrs. L. B. Stubbs to Jas. F. Page, lot on West Street, $527. Anderson James to McCallum Realty Company, 9.7 acres on Sum ter-Manning public road, $175. L. D. Jennings to Manson Jenkins, lot in city, $1.875. R. A. Chandler to Daisy L. Benja? min, lot In town of Mayesville, $300. Master to L. D. Jennings, 10 acre tract near Long Branch, tract on Statebug-Sumter public road, 2 acre tract on Stateburg-Sumter road, $26. Death. Mrs. Marlon Motley of Lake City died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis D. Jervey, 324 North Salem avenue, at 8 o'clock. The fu? neral services will be held at the same place on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Motley was a native of this city. Besides her parents and hus? band, she is survived by three sisters and four brothers, Mrs. J. E. Richard? son, Mrs. D. H. Goldson, Columbia; Miss Hattle Jervey, Sumter; Leroy and Julian Jervey, Sumter; Marion Jervey. Chicago, and Willi* Jervey of Petersburg, Va. "?? ?<> Marriage License Record. - Licenses to marry have been issued | u> Ollie Geddings and Miss Ola Ged? dings, Tlndal. The following negroes have also secured Heinsen: Ernest Hugging, Lamar, Mary Moore, Sum? ter; 8am Crlm and Lula Bertha Brown, Hagood. Cotton Ginned in County. The report of Mr. W. D. McLeod. cotton census enumerator for Sumter County, shows that up to January 1, 1916, .30,959 bales of cotton .had been ginned against 60,538 up to January I, 1915. A number of farmers took advan? tage of the cold wave, as forecasted by the weather bureau, to kill their hogs, while others decided to await the arrival of the cold before they would kill, considering the prophesy of the weather bureau as too uncertain for a risk which might entail a heavy loss for thira, If the cold did not come* RUPTURE EXPERT HERE. Well Known to Leading Physicians Who Indorse His Methods. W. B. Seeley, the noted rupture spe cialist of Philadelphia, Is sending his personal representative to Sumter for one day only to minister to the needs of the ruptured public, thoroughly equipped and prepared to deal with the most difficult cases. Interested parties can consult him free at the Hotel Claremont.1 Tuesday, January 25, 1916. Seeley's Spermatic Shields Truss, as used and approved by the U. S. gov? ernment and the Czar of Russia, will retain any case of rupture perfectly, affording immediate relief and close the opening in a short time on the average case. It produces results without surgery or harmful injections. No leg straps to irritate and soil. No binding of hips. Clean and dur? able. Examination and advice free. Personal references on request. Cut out and keep for reference. Home of? fice, 1027 Walnut street, Philadelphia. ?Advt. AUCTION SALE. Hagood, S. C. Will sell at public auction on January 20th, at 11 o'clock the personal estate of Miss Emma A. Saunders: 7 hundred bushels of corn, 2 hundred bushels of oats, 600 hun? dred i'ushels of peas, 1,300 bales of hay, i0 bushels of wheat, 6 tons beat planting seed, 8 mules, 6 calves. . ling implements, consisting of ipei and binder, mowing machine, wagon* and other equipment. 1AURIET R. E13ERHARDT, Executor. TRUST COMPANY OFFICERS. President Strauss is Presented With a Beautiful Swiss Watch. At the annual meeting of the stock? holders of the Sumter Trust Company yesterday afternoon the former direc? tors were re-elected. The condition, as shown by the annual report, indi? cated a marked increase in the amount of trust funds on hand, and increased savings accounts and earn? ed profits. President I. C. Strauss was present? ed a beautiful repeating Swiss watch by the company in appreciation of his valuable services as president of the organization. The officers of the Sumter Trust Company are: President, L C. Strauss; Vice President, R. O. Purdy; Secretary and Treasurer, R. L. Edmunds; trust offleer, Geo. D. Levy. The directors are: Messrs. I. C. Strauss, R. O. Purdy, G. A. Lemmon H. J. Harby, Geo D. Levy, D. D. Moise, Perry Moses, Jr., T. G. McLeod, Neill O'Donnell, C. G. Rowland, W. W. Sibert, C. L. Stubbs, J. A. Weinberg, A. C. Phelps. Music at Trinity Churcli. The second of a series of song ser? vices was most crcditaly rendered at Trinity church Sunday evening, Jan? uary 16. The choir has talent among its members that is seldom found in a volunteer choir. Miss Ellen Slddall has done faith? ful and efficient work In training this body of singers and real talent is being developed. The vocal solo by Miss Kileen Hurst was splendid. The song services are looked for jward to by the community with much pleasure, and will always be welcome. A large audience was present in spite of the bad weather, i ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I WANTED?The party to whom I loaned my break cart sometime ago, to return same. I have forgotten his address. D. C. Shaw, i ^***^'^S!ggS5gnnJgsg**M*ww^?Fy?"'^w*"3 jTax Return Notice ? ? I will attend in person or by deputy 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 IS. Hrogdon, Friday, January 14. Mayesville, Monday, January 17. Oswego, Tuesday, January 18. Pleasant Grove, Wednesday, Janu? ary 19. Shi loh, 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, 1916, inclusive. R. E. WILDER, ' County Auditor. 31 "PC-SET 'AMI COLONIAL. *-9/4 in. PLATCS. 31-PIECESETOr CHINA This Set is a fine grade of American China, and is sold in Crockery Stores every where for $4.75 to $6.00 the set.' By agreement with the factory, newspaper publishers, who annually use many car loads of these sets as premiums, have been able to obtain a special low cost price, and we have made ar? rangements to secure the same price to give this China Set a try-out as a subscription premium. Subscribers to this paper can obtain one of these sets for its exact cost, $2.18, by paying this amount when they pay their subscription ac? count. Those who are not now subscribers can obtain a set by subscribing for the paper and pay? ing one year'sjsubscription and $2.18, the exact factory cost of this fine 31-Piece Set of China. This is an exceptional opportunity to obtain a fine set of china and one year's subscription to this paper for less than the ordinary retail price of the china set. We have a supply of China Sets on hand and make immediate delivery to those who accept this offer at once. Watchman & Southron, 1 year $1.50 Retail Price China Set . . . $6.00 ggy $3.68 Osteen Publishing Company 18 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S- C.