Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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as artige.|i.0? Insertion? ? .tt mmmrn for tares saeotbn, or r ?01 be seeds at reduced rooms. esnnmenlsetlons whloh eub setvai* ntsrcets will bo ebarged its. Ml found t*?o Tree Boathroa la ohsaan aad southron Mond olreulaUon end of the eld THINGS TO LEARN. Wants Boys to Lean How to Take Orders ami i Ot Washington Fab. if.?in a rsesnt nwbtlc address here Vice President R. Marshall advocated mill tralalng of students In ths or has Is and collsges of the country. "I waat soroe sort of education In the sjtaoatlsnal Institutions of ths land wnereby our young men may be t^nsnt three things?how to take care Of their health, bow to take orders enn new to Are a gun." said the Vice PfpOUiat lost snob work Is being carried on bjr tne National Rifle Association of ?mortis, lb cooperation with the Net tenet Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice end as a result there are to? on? la our public high and prepara? tory schools, our military schools and ear collages and universities, a large elftes of young men trained and being trained la the art of rifle firing. This training really began several years ago In New York City where Gen. George W. "Wmgate, who Is regarded by many a* the "Father of Rifle Practlco" or f^atflsfl the Public Schools Athletic Tisigsji Of late years ths National statte Asm elation has organised rifle etoee In the 10110010, colleges and unl esjreihto and today there Is hardly an tnsghetlon of this kind wtihout its rifle tsnae, - Tne clubs are offered Induce spent* to train In rifle shooting 1* the states to them of rifles and ammunl by tne government, end b* an? nual competitions for school snd col hige championships which carry with j 1 t trophies and medals. This tng la bad with SI calibre rifles et e Olotaaoo of 40 fees,and prises given for ma king* qualifying At present rifle clubs are or tn about SO public high and ? proper a tot j schools, In IS military schools snd In It colleges and univer? sities. These dubs are now partici? pating |n the ansual Indoor rifle com? petitions of the National Rifle Associa? tion* tne she0ting covering a period of ten er snore weeks Forty college, 34 Meli school and SO military school HAe stubs are competing for rifle Stjflmplnnshlp in thslr class. There Iare ten men on each team and each an lets SO shots In each weekly match. The scores of the five highest for each ass rub are counted for record. Major Fred H. Phillips, Jr.. Secretary of the National Rifle Association, Washing? ton, Is daily In receipt of applications for ths formation of additional clubs. In January two college and four school clubs were organised. SUBMODEL ORANGBBURG JAIL. by f isrkdetere Places Work as Hands of OnsnssJsslnn. Orangeburg. Feb. 14.?Orangeburg county will have its Jail remodeled, ss a bill baa pa and ths house and will be. ratified this week by the senate providing $4,100 with which to do this work. Ths present county Jail was constructed shortly after ths War Between the Sections and. although r the walls are perfect, the Interior Is not adequate and suitable for a pres? ent day jail. The law provides that the work of remodeling the county jail ?H'.l be In ths hands ot a commis? sion consisting of Eugene Atkinson, foreman of the grand jury; J. Lsroy Duk? a. clerk to the county beard of commissioners, and A. Mc? Queen 8alley, sheriff of Orangeburg county. Just as soon as this law Is approved and made law, the com? mission will begin Its duties. CAJtRANZA GOVERNMENT DOOM? ED. fjensi-oejicial Reports Indicate Worse Cortisone In Mexico. Wnshlnstoni Febt If.?Confiden? tial Information, received by high gov? ernment officials today from Mexico, stated that ths Carransa government t? doomed. The Information which is of a ssmt-ofrlrtsl character, declared that the Carranilataa have lost enor? mous territory recently. The whole structure of the Caramxa government la crumbling fast. WORKED SMOOTH SCHEME. Sharp Crook Get* Away With Goods in Several Places in Kcrshaw Coun? ty. A smooth sharper, purporting to be representing the "Richmond Extract Co.," of Richmond, Va., a medicine hcuse, and going under the name of W. D. Oglesby, has been working a scheme to fleece the country mer? chants in this county the past month and several have lost considerable amounts by him. He travels by automobile and his j plan is to go to the country stores who handle the staple lines of medicine and ask If they have any old stock on hsnd. He agrees to take the old stock in exchange for new goods in order to get hie line introduced. The merchant very readily falls for it and lets him have the old stock. This he carries to the nearest station and that is the last heard of him. Probably in the next town he sells this same medlcino at a great reduction. A good many parties have been lieeced in this county, and it is also said that he has operated extensively In th^e eastern part of the State. A gentleman near Lugoff let him have 1*0 worth of goods and another in another section got caught for $20. An Inquiry addressed to the Richmond "house" brought the reply that there was no such firm in the directory. Oglesby Is described as a small man, with brown hair and brown eyes, well dressed and a fluent talker. It would be well for other sections to watch out for this crook.?Camden Chronicle. TAKES ELECTION FROM ASSEM? BLY. Benote Pasees BUI for People to Choose State Warehouse Commis Columbla, Feb. 14.?-At its session tonight the senate passed the bill taking the election of the warehouse commissioner out of the hands of the general ssnesnhb/ and putting it in the general election. This means that the wartheens commissioner will be chosen In the primary. The bill, if It passes the bouse, will become ef? fective In 1118. The bill authorising the warehouse commissioner to negotiate Insurance upon farm buildings and all buildings ta which agricultural and farm pro? ducta are stored, panned the senate without opposition and was sent to the house. ?The bill raising the population limit of Incorporated towns which can re? ceive State aid lor high schools from 300 Inhabitants to 400 inhabitants passed and was sent, to the house. The joint resolution allowing the same of the manufacturer and the rrade and analysts of the fertiliser to be printed on tags attached to the ?ache containing the fertiliser, instead t>f requiring this Information to be itamped on the bagu themselves, pesesd and was ordered enrolled for ratification. W. T. HALL'S HOME BURNED. Motor Truck Stretched Hose Lines and Wasted fa* Arrival of Hose Wagons. W. T. Hall's residence on the cor? ner of Haynsworth street and Salem ivenue was burned today between 1.1.10 and noon, the fire having so far wpreed when the hose wagons arrived hat It was Impossible to savo the mlldlng. The house was a total loss i.nd practically all of the contents i/ere also burned, little being saved from the fire. The blase caught on the roof and was discovered by two roung men, who were canvassing the itreet in the Interest of some sugar concern. The motor truck arrived on the ?cene shortly after the alarm of fire had been telephoned in, but it could do nothing more than stretch two lines of haue and wait until the hose wagons arrived, which was several minutes later, showing that the motor truck is a speedier apparatus for fight? ing fire than the old style horse drawn Apparatus. While he motor truck baa been turned over to the city, it has not yet been accepted and there were no nossles on it nor wrenches for turn? ing on the water. These were brought by the hose wagons, whloh found the hose already stretched. The whole place was ablate by this time and little could be saved. Mr. Hall stated that tie had some insurance on the house and furniture, but not sufficient to nearly cover the loes. The blase started near the cen? ter of the roof or celling, and it is tt ought to have been caused by a de? fective flue. New Orleans, Feb. 18.?Large por? tions of Tenses, Concordia, Franklin, Catahoula, Avoyeller, Red River and Madison Parishes are flooded today. Thousands of cattle have been drown? ed. Six hundred thousand acres of fertile land is submerged and govern? ment engineers declare that the wa? ter will not reenter the river, but will go overland to the gulf, flooding sever? al million acres. RREEDIN ON FROMBERG RESO TION. Warns diaries ton That Prohibitionists Will Not be Idle if City "Seeks Special Exemptions.'' J. K. Brcedin, leader In the prohibi? tion forces, has issued the following statement: "I am not suro that any special ef? fort will be exerted by prohibitionists to prevent the passing of Mr. From berg's resolution for a constitutional amendment permitting Charleston to sell wine and beer, but I venture the assertion that Mr. Fromberg and his friends are unwittingly reopening the prohibition question in a way that will react on Charleston by bringing about greater restrictions, if not ab< solute legal prohibition. He is invit? ing a crusade against Charleston next summer. ' Some provision has been emboided In the Carlisle bill, as amended for two quarts of beer each month. That is very grevious even for a bibulous man. Prohibitionists are not desir? ous of monopolizing the attention of the legislature, but they will not be Idle if Charleston seeks special ex? emptions from the general law. Next It might be Greenville. Spartan burg and other towns. "Mr. Fromberg will best serve his town by regarding it as a part of the State and entitled to nothing differ? ent." PREPARE FOR BETTER BABIES WEEK. Many Communities in Many states Realize Value of Teaching Parents and Nurses (How to Care for Babies. There are 1727 communities consid? ering some preparation for Baby Week, according to the inquiries re? ceived by the Children's Bureau of the United States Department of La? bor. This number does not include those of whose interest in the cam? paign word has come to the bureau Indirectly. * The letters about Baby Week are still coming in from every State in the Union and from every type ot community, such as a Colorado set? tlement forty miles from a railroad, a club of women on one of the govern? ment reclamation projects, a Mon tana coal mining town with a large foreign population, a southern mill village, and a club ot farm women in a middle western State. Texas has its own Baby Week slog? an?Baby Health Is Texas Wealth-^ and Mississippi has started a comp tition to secure a slogan for that State. 1 North Dakota reports plans for. n State-wide essay contest in the public' schools. In a fow State campaigns' the State Federation ofWomen's Clubs, the State University Extension Department, the State Health offi? cials, and those who are especially in? terested in education are all cooper? ating In the Baby Week campaign. Many large cities are going to have a Baby Week. Definite plans are un? der way In Albany, Baltimore, Bos? ton, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Minneapol? is, Philadelphia, Richmond, San Francisco, Washington and other cities. New York had a successful Baby Week In 1914 and will probably hold another this year In the late spring. In Its suggestions for Baby Week observance the Children's Bureau lays special emphasis on the oppor? tunity it affords for extending perma nent work for Infant welfare, such as Infant welfare stations, visiting nurs? ing, special nursing and instruction for prospective mothers, city inspec tlon of milk, special work for the pre ventlon of blindness, and little moth? ers' classes and home nursing in? struction for school girls In the upper grades. SPEAKS AT CAI?IOUN SCHOOL W. H. Ball, one of the leading men In the physical department of the Young Men's Christian Association, with headquarters In New York, who is in Sumter for the day, spoke at the Calhoun School this morning when the school had gathered In the chap? el, on the importance of keeping their bodies whole. Mr. Ball made an In? teresting talk and was listened to with the greatest attention by the high school boys. Proper food, proper exercise and proper rest are the three great things necessary to build up and keep one's body In good condition, Dr. Ball told his audience, In stressing the Import? ance of having a sound body In order that It might house an efficient mind. Prof. R. C. Burts, Supt. of the Rock Hill schools, was also present at chap? el and made a few remarks on athletics in the high schools of the State. He told the boys that the Rock Hill students always stood In friendly rivalry of the Sumter boys, and were always glad to meet them as oppon? ents on the athletic field, as they had always found them able competitors, and chvialrous In victory or defeat. Licenses to marry have been issued to Allen Moses and Wilhelmina Scar? borough, Borden; lt. Black, Wedge-1< field, and Doras Brallsford, Plnewood.\* Preaching at Baker School. The Rev. W. E. Thayer of the First Baptist Church of Sumter will preach at Baker school on Sunday af? ternoon at 3 o'clock. Marriage License Record. Licenses to marry have been grant? ed to Robert Dickerson, Plnewood, and Minnie Kennedy, Remini, and James Brunson, Jr., and Maggie W. Adamson, Horatio. New Teacher at Winthrop. Miss Roberta DuBose has been ap pointed to the Departmnet of English at Winthrop, succeeding Miss Mary Dickson, who resigned after eleven years of faithful service at the col? lege. Miss DuBose is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and taught for many years at the State Normal Col? lege of Mississippi. She was a mem? ber of the Ford poace party, and she will be a valuable addition to the Win? throp faculty.?Rock Hill Record. Candidate's Cards. Announcements of candidates will be printed in this column until the close of the campaign for $5. No cards accepted on credit. At the request of my friends I an? nounce myself as a candidate for the 7th Magisterial District, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. I am In the race to a finish if I don't get but one vote. ? v '. - '_T. B. SANDERS, JR. FOR SALE? Small horse, buggy and harness, at a bargain. H. Q. Oeteen. SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS ?Burt 90 day seed oats, land lime, a very necessary article since it is impos . sible to get potash. Booth & Mc Leod, Inc. GeOe He Hurst, UiMrtikir ui Enkiliir. uj & * Pfsast AttsffUt* to Day at Nif at Calls at j. 0. Cmia ow Stsoi, *. ?am Phones STJhMroi Lumber. Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. BOOTH & McLEOD, Successor* lo Booth Shul?r Lumber At Supply Co. Goo. Epporoofi'o Old Stovrtd Opp. Court Houst VERY OFTEN A FIRM OR MERCHANT needs a little extra capital for a short time, and loses discount rather than ask the bank for it. Don't let this happen to you-if you have the need, also the se? curity, this bank will help you. Become a depositor of The National Bank of Sumter, ESTABLISHED 1889 "SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS" 24 HORSES AND MOLES 24 Our Eighth Car Load of MULES AND HORSES will arrive by express SATURDAY morning. Fourteen mules, all sizes, all good broke and Ready for Work. Also a couple of nice BROOD MARES, a few HARNESS and SADDLE HORSES and a complete selection of BUSINESS HORSES. Come in and look them over, we can suit you. Whether you buy or not, let us show you what we have. Booth-Boyle Live Stock Co.