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New Arrival of the Latest Styles in Spring Suits Wm'^mmmmmmMtnwiHMBMwmmwmmmtmmummm????mmtmmmmmhMhi?????????bmmmnMMMMVMMMMMM)MMMnWHNM' AWAIT YOUR INSPECTION. Suits, $10 to $42.50. Dresses, $5.75 to % Our advice is to buy early, whether you buy from us or not, as we have no guarantee of duplicating these suits and dresses at present prices. The Latest Styles in Evening Gowns at $18.50. McCOLLUM BROT iresses flU MOT M001FT OBOER. UNDERSTOOD THAT GERMANY WILL ABIDE BY ANNOUNCE. MKNT. WIU Be?te on March First Sinking of Mitrihssi Ships of Enemies Witn? ess? Wsmlnr?United Stetes Will Probably Take no Action Until Aesftlioii I Ay en are Endangered. Washington. Feb. 11.?Confidential sdvlces from Berlin say that Germany will refuse to modify her new plane for submsrins warfare and will begin ?inking srmed merchantmen without warning on March let. An official communication to this effect is expect? ed possibly today. It Is not likely thst the United States will take sny further sctlon un? til American lives ars lost or en? dangered In which case Immediate and decisive steps *>y the administra? tion will become necessary. DEMANDS REPLY OF ENGLAND. UnHed Steers Will Make Protest on Reliurv of (ivnimiii From American Washington, Feb. 31.?Se ere tary lanslng/tt was announcod todsy. lifts lemanded an explanation of Great Britain for its delay In responding to this government's protest against the "trading with enenw" act and inter? ference with American malls. Preparatory to another protest to Great Britain, the department direct? ed Consul General Simmons at Shanghai to forward all available In? formation about the stoppage of the American steamer Ciina by a British warship, which took off thirty-eight of her passengers. Lansing stated that Great Britain's failure to reply to the American note of protest was regarded as an affront by the ifiilted States. The language used in a demand for an explanation Is said to be stronger than any hith? erto used. Sumter Lady Honored. . Mrs. Joseph McCuHough of Green? ville and Mrs. David D. Molse of Sumter. whose husbands are repre? sentatives from their respective coun? ties In the legislature, were compli? mented by Mrs. James A. Hoyt, wife of the speaker of the house, with an attractive little tea at her home on north Main street Thursday afternoon. The tea table was graced with white roses and golden daffodils and was presided over by Mrs. R. C. Hoyt, who poured tea. The hostess' sisters. Misses Miriam and Susie Kinard and Miss Lucy Hoyt, assisted In serving. About 36 guests called during the hour named.?The State. Wood's Productive Seed Corns. Our Virginia-grown Seed Corns have an established reputation for superiority in productiveness and germina? ting qualities. Wood's Descriptive Catalog tells shout the best of prize-win ninfj and profit-making varieties in both Welte and Yellow Corne. Cotton Seed. We offer the best end most Im? proved varieties, grown in sections absolutely free front boll weevil. Our Catalog glvee prlcee and Infor? mation, and teile about the best of Southern Seeds, 100-DAY VTLVTT SCAMS, Soja leant. SUDAN GRASS. Dalits Grass aad all Sorthum? and Millets. Catalog mailed free on request. T.W.WOOD O SONS, SEEDSNEN, - ?Ichmond, Vi. ???????????????????IM WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DID. GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADJOURN? ED SUNDAY MORNING, AFTER ALL-NIGHT SESSION. Increases Made in Appropriations by Free Conference?Levy 6 1-? Mills, Reduction of One-half ML. rom Laat Year?Inhibition Received Much Attention ? Administration Bills Passed and Those Not Passed. Columbia, Feb. 21.?The 1916 ses? sion of he general assembly adjourn? ed sine die at about 5.30 o'clock Sun? day morning, after working for 40 flays. * The session did little of large achievement, but it was characterized by a lac? of bi-partisan bickering and factional disputes that seemed to be the prevailing note of the legislatures of the p.ist. few years. The oincers of both bodies were* commended by the members Saturday night. Resolutions commending the fairness and parliamentarian effi? ciency o:' Speaker James A. Hoyt, of the house, and Lieut. Gov. A. J. Be then, president of tho senate, were adopted l>y the ?.spectiv? bodies. J. T Li ties', chairman of tho s'aknp final commissi >n. was presented with m handsome sliver service, und Mr. Be Ihn wan given the president's robe and a beautiful watch fob. The members of both houses whiled away the closing hours of the session by "mock" sessions in both bodies, and the house was enlivened by "old plantation" songs and the modern "rag," accompanied by a player-piano and a violin. Early Saturday the desks of the members were cleared of the accumulation of printed matter feathered during the session, and be? fore the house and senate met at 8 o'clock Saturday night many ot the members had bade farewell to col? leagues. Before the hands of the clock reached midnight both time pieces were stopped, and, accordingly the "time" when the general assem? bly adjourned was still in the legisla? tive day of Saturday. This is a tra? ditionally polite fiction. Gov. Manning waited in his office the whole njght for the appropriation and county supply measures. The former bill was reported from free conference late Saturday night and the latter about 2 o'clock Sunday morning. Saturday night the house had 19 bills from the senate when it convened, and it looked for a time that the engrossing department would be so congested that it would be impos? sible for the general assembly to ad? journ before noon Sunday. However, the young women In the engrossing department worked hard and efficient? ly, and the accumulated legislative measures v.ere finished by 4:45 in the morning. Tho free conference committee re? ported the general appropriation hill as carrying a levy of ?? 1-2 mills as compared with 7 mills for last year, and the total of all appropriations amounted to $2,477,531.29. The folk'^'ng were tho important changes made by the committee on free conference: Appropriation for the industrial school at Florence increased to |3I?? MO. Increase of $5.000 for tho Statu tuberculoslii camp. A ward for wo? men was provided. To consolidated graded schools in? creased to $120,000. Authorized tho expenditure of $39,? 000 for public printing, an increase ol $6,000 over last year. The printing will be done under the supervision of the commi tee on printing, of whi< h Capt. W. It. Bradford, of Fort Will, member of tho house, was elected sec? retary at a salary of $1,000 per an num. Increase of $1,500, euch, were al lowed tho University of South Caro Una and? the State Medical College, at Charleston. The free conference .committee ad? hered to the general policy of the leg? islature to allow the State Hospital for the Insane a liberal allowance. One hundred thousand dollars was al? lowed for maintenance for improve? ments, and there was written into the measure the authorization of the borrowing committee, consisting of the governor, the State treasurer and the comptroller general, to make a loan of $50,000 additional x'or Im? provements during the year, if so much be needed. The governor signed the appropria? tion and county supply measures shortly before 6 o'clock Sunday morn? ing without, vetoing a tingle item. The prohibition law had a decided inning in this session of tho legisla? ture and it was early shown that a majority of the members are earnest? ly desirous of driving whiskey from the State. Many laws were introduc? ed and several of them wero passed to "put teeth in the law." The first in importance was the B#iles bill making it a straight chaingang sentence for il? licitly selling liquor in? South'Caro? lina. This measure Is now a law, mtv ing been approved, ay the gOvWh ?r S&uTttay1 hlgTit " Th< rni?f excel',, c presented the author, Mr. Liie.*. with (he fountain pan with which he stgi - ed the bll. Xext comes the item in the appropriation bill allowing the governor to borrow $50,000, if so much be necessary, for the enforcement of , the law. The Carlisle bills, one re enacting the prohibition law and the j other cutting the monthly shipment of one-gallon a month to an inc ivitloal to two quarts, or allowing in l eu of the whiskey five dozen pint bottles of beer. There was a fight on this bill after it had been passed, and free conference cut out some of the inquisitork.il fea? tures, which many thought had they remained in the measure would have endangered the who'e structure of the prohibition, law. Next in legislative importance was the ca*ction of administration meas? ures. The Torrens land system bill, in modified form, the measure provid? ing for a board of conciliation and ar? bitration for tho settlement of dis? putes between capital and labor, the j liability of railroads for personal in- j juries to employes, the regulation ol j child labor, providing that, after Jan? uary 1, 1917, no child under It years I shall be employed in mines, factories or textile establishments that have voted in the compulsory attendance law, and tho teaching of agriculture in rural schools wero adopted. Another Important administration measure that was perfected was the bill amending the law creating the State tax commission so as tt provide for a board of review, which inad? vertantly was left out of the orlgnal act in tho engrossing department last year. There was sporatie opposition to the tax commission during the ses? sion, but this amounted to nothing. The administration measure for a system of rural credits did not pass, yet a step In the direction of land banks was accomplished v hen the j senate adopted a resolution providing for a committee to investigate the whole Question and report its findings to the next session of the general as? sembly, a. J. Bethen, president of tho senate, has appointed 1 >. Reese Williams, of Lancaster. Alan Johnston, o! Newbcrry, and J. I,. Bhorardi of Anderten, as members of tins commit? tee. Oov, Manning stated Saturday light that he was gratified at tho work dorn? by the genera] assembly, particularly so because of the passage of so many measures approved by the administra? tion. The chief executive was also pleased that so much had been done in tho way of progressive legislation ?and yet the levy had been held to I 1-1! mills. The legislature showed a spirit of I extreme friendliness to the State ware? house system; and everything that was asked was given to it. Several meas? ures for the strengthening of the sys? tem, advocated by Commissioner Mc Baurin and Gov. Manning were passed. As a direct result of the fight for lower insurance rates being waged by the system, the bill forbidding fire in-, surance compacts in South Carolina passed. This bill, which was bitterly fought and was the cause of the only real filibuster during the session? which occurred Thursday night?will drive the Southeastern Tariff Associa? tion out of the Statt. South Carolina is the 22nd State of the union to adopt an "anti-compact" law. All the counties having surplus stocks left over from the dispensares were allowed to sell their remnants outside the State by the old dispensary boards. Because of the growing State, the increasing attention being paid to schools and the desire for better roads, there was far more local legisla? tion than ever before introduced in and passed through the general as? sembly. In connection with the upbuilding of the schools the rural high s? hool | act wa3 amend'd so that < ity schools] taking- pupils from the country Mm trict., .without eharginy a fe< might] participate in ite aid. The South Carolina mfJitia fared particularly well when the general ap? propriation bill was amended to al? low the borrowing board to make a loan of $25,000 to pay for lost equip? ment, should it be found that the fed? eral government will not make a good the loss. The bill providing for a State high? way commission died, because the leg? islature was averse to creating new offices. The hi-ennial session idea did not show its head. The two-cent rate bill, alter pass? ing in the house, slumbered on the senate calendar and was killed and buried w hen the calendar was cleared on the last day of the session. The law placing the election of the chief game warden in the hands of the legislature instead of the govern? or was ratified and sent to the govern? or. A new judicial circuit, known as the 14th circuit, composed of ilamp-j ton, Colleton, Beaufort and Jasper counties, was created. James S>. Peurifoy, of Colleton, was elected judge of this new circuit. Sumter has three Btrotng Baptist churches. The First, Rev. W. E. Thayer, pastor, has a membership of about 500; Grace, Dr. John A. Bruji son. pastor, has 100; and Salem Ave? nue, Rev. J. W. Cuy, pastor, the youngest of the three, has 175.?Bap? tist Courier. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce has a limited quantity of to'.vaeco seed on hand for distribution for those whose tobacco beds we re damaged by j the recent cold. Tins seed will be given free while they lost to farmers Who wisli to plant tobacco. liirtlis and Mortality Report for Jan? uary, 101?. Births, white, males :!; females 1, to? tal 4; colored males 2, females -r>. to lal 7. Total I 1. Deaths, white males <>: females 3, total ;'.; colored males L'; females 5, total 7. Total I I. Norway, Feb. L7.?Mr. If. P. Ful mer, of the Barnes farm, had the mis? fortune to lose one of Iiis lim- mfiles last Friday the llth. Mr. Ful/nor had a hand plowing a. pair of muflps near an old well in the Held whcgl i , _ trying to go loo close both mules [(Ml in, oik1 on top of the other. O?o muh? was Instantly killed and tile other \\;is dug out bruised. au*i scared up but will get well. ? VERY OFTEN A FIRM OR MERCHANT needs a little extra capital for a short time, and loses discount rather than ^sk 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" C vv$ ?>:> & flit I II I I $23.15 New Orleans, $18 95 Mobile, $18.30 Pensacola. t KM A D 'GR. AS nnMMMMMMni as J Tickets on sale February 28th to March 6th, ioclu * sive, limited imtii March 17th. 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