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MIT. 11i \l DQIIIG FOR SUMTER - Facts and Figures of the Work Which the Association has Engaged in During the Past Four Years Mi rUCAli YKAK WAS ENTER Kl> ON THIS WEEK AND OUTLOOK IS TOR BETTER WORK THAN EVER HErOKE?DAILY AVEK . 'AUB OF ATTENDANCE Of HI'S \N't> W^S IS IMC?WORK IN AVUinCS AND WH IAD SERV 1(1:. ^^^^^^^^ fee ?unter You a* Men's Christ la* closed it* fourth and most I year's work on the 18th The fifth yaar. started ausplc , aa it h\ mumtssa to he one of worth to Iba community promot InstUslInn work for the upbuild tfg'ot tha etusena. *pm ejssjtsnl pnbUn is informed no dnefst aa to tha work that is being jjssm Tty thw association, yet it is in ittfating to sea in total this work out erica workers throughout Stains have bean for years tha facts relativ a to the asn in both JnvapUe courts ?arts far adult criminals and it act that the overwhelming ma of tha oases In thsse courts are eammsttnd daring hours of tan iadivtd have eaased tha, of tha', gyntnasinms tha country and the Y. M an it IS by active has been readily reo an a proper institution to de? ine raeords of tha for the past year has bean n total of with & total Of e> sya nndgr it years attending, a mighty foroa for right living Mb an army of boys to spend in absolutely healthy nur i? There has been a totM ?f for young man and with * total attendance %w1%. What can better aid tha and nerve racked bustssna m hog* in hantthfut reere aftar business bourn seen a tdtai of l.dfl g tha gym at odd 1 ansnrtsag. 101 sso for hbfh school girls i with a total attend* gg 1.1 ?I and 7. physical ex have baen given with Dra> and Bristow assisting. Jbl total of l.ott class session* total attendance of 13,189; 11,?Tat bathe have been given and 73 boys have been taught to swim. This grray of figures and usefulness might be continued almost Indefinitely to inettiAe baseball, baske.ball and oth gr j mit nein a work which has been ac? tfvarn promoted. *ha work for the boys has largely ggsjtgng la tan scout organisation fand, Users are now 71 boys euroiieu at tats work. There have been 15 ^htgsjsT to the country with 84S boy* tsjdng part and It meetings in the Stub room titted up at the building for Erpho exclusive uso 'of the boys with ft I atteudmg thsse meetings. Assist? ant Secretary Hurst is Scout Mas* er and Rev. Marion Is conducting Bible study for then* ' Tha night school for boys and yotang man has been steadily at work far some months and while the at? tendance ans not been large, yet the work ban bann affective and a num ?aa of dsssrvlng boys have the op nort unity to better equip themselves for1 n Mia werk. Mr. C. M. Hurst Is ssnisotlag the school. Another prominent feature of the Educational work Is the Chautauqua Which la brought here by the Assocla Una; 1,021 season tickets wero sold last year and about 1,10* are engag? ed for this season. The Lyceum Course la not under the direct super I^Msfton of the Association, yet it Is closely allied with the work and tho ITS give much time and effort to the course a success. On the reading table are 13 of the best mag 10s for general reading. The Social work of the Association been larger and nioro prominent ever before, largely cwlng to the activity of the Jolly Oym Club of young ladles. They serve a luncheon every Thursday night to the Leaders of the Oym work. They have served several euppere to the Business Men's class, one for the Business Men's Club, have held two "Open House" nights and two special nights for la? dles and business girls. Tho Business Man's Club Is a purely social club within the Association to promote that particular work. About 65 bus? iness men are already members of the Club, They hare equipped tho large room on the main floor for the club room and are ready to moot their friends there. At the beginning of the last fiscal year the association was the clearing house lor the Tabernacle mooting. ! Srj&CiV m sc Vings and committee meet? ing*. Hire held there daily. The Asso? ciation had special charge of the per? sonal work and a class of about 30 had a mouth oi special instruction under Mrs. Allison. From time to time special Sunday mass meetings have been held and short term Bible study classes nave been held through? out the year. This Is true of the High School boya who net regularly during the fall for special organised work. Definite religious instruction is clearly functional with the church and the Association can best and only supplement this work generally or In an institutional way by seeking to promote a normal everyday life of recreation on a standing that la In keeping with the ideale of the church. This la In part the werk that the T. 11. C. A* has accomplished during the pest year and It will be seen that 'the daily average of ltl mor. and boya that frequent the building have a program large enough to mast a normal need and that will enrich their Urea and assist them te grow into a larger and better manhood. Every right thinking man in Sumter should have an active part la promot? ing this work as It Is for him and hie posterity, and the greatest work ef any generation la to properly rear the next AJfTl-SALOON LEAGUE ORGAN rZKU. ,,, i. K. Iireeden Chosen Superintendent anal It. O. Purdy President. Columbia, March SI.?Announce? ment has been made of the reorgan? isation of the South Carolina Ant.i Seloon league. The league has been [formed in "the interest of good gov? ernment" The headquarters will be moved from BparUnburg to Colum? bia, J. K. Breed en of Manning, who led In the light for prohibition, has been named as State superintendent of the league. R. O. Purdy of Sumter is president The "tee presidents are: The Rev. J. 8. M?ttau of Due West, the Rev. Kirkman G. Flnlay of Co? lumbia and J. J. Lawton of Uartsville. The members of the headquarters committee are: The Rev. C. B. Burts, D. D., F. H. Hyatt F. F. Whlldon. he Rsv. Kirkman G. Finlay. U S. iTrottl and W. R, Barron, M. I)., nil of Columbia, The trustees of the league are: C. E. Graham and the * Rev. Z. H. Cody of Greenville. R. F. Bryant of Orangeburg, Bright Wil? liamson of Darlington. J. U Mims of Edgefleld. C. B. Bobo of Laurons, the Rev. P. B. Welle of Rock Hill, George H. Bates of Barnwell. J. K. Breeden of Columbia and J. G. Anderson of Rock Hill. ?BRYAN IN HEATED ARGUMENT. Inaugurate* Prohibition Fight and Cornea Into Verbal Conflict With Politician, Lincoln. Neb.. March 20.?William Jennings Bryan here tonight opened tho campaign in Nebraska apeaking In favor of a State prohibition amend? ment. Mayor Charles W. Bryan of Lincoln, brother of the former secre? tary of State, is candidate for tho Democratic nomination for governor. A dispute between Mr. BrVan and i john G. Maher, a local politician, in which the lie was passed to Mr. Bryan in a hotel lobby enlivened tho In? formal meetings previous to tho night's gathering. The dispute aroso over a question of Mr. Maher as to whether ono of 1 the speakers from tho past who was on tonight's programme, was getting paid for his services. Mr. Hryan re? marked that M?hers motivo was mercenary. This* provoked tho ro tort and Maher foliowod it with other charges. P. A. WTALOOX PROMOTED. Becomes Assistant (kucml Counsel of Atlantic Const Line. Columbia. March 20.?Philip Alston Wlllrox of Florence has been appoint? ed assistant general counsel of the At? lantic Coast Line. RH headquarters will bo in Wilmington, but ho will continue, at least for tho present, to resident in Florence and will also con? tinue to bo State counsel for tho Coast Line In South Carolina. TWENTY-TWO PATIENTS RES? CUED FROM FliAMES OF PRYOR INSTITU? TION. liOss Intimated at $25,000?Owner Statci New Brick Structure Will Hoop Hopgsce Burned Huikiiug. Choster, March -0.?Fire this morn? ing: destroyed the Pryor Hospital on Sa'.uda street, badly damaged the res? idence of Mr. W. W. Coogler and threatened the homes ot Mrs. A. C. Hitton and Mr. S. D. Cross before finally subdued. The conflagration was on j of the worst in years In Chester. Dr. S. W. Pryor, principal owner of the, Pryor Hospital, estimat? ed the loss to building and equipment at about $25,000, with sufficient in? surance to cover the loss. He also announced that as soon as the debris can be cleared away a brick nospital absolutely fireproof and embracing all of the latest ideas and features will be erected. Twenty-two patients in the hospital, three of whom had just undergone op? erations, were rescued without diffi? culty, and apparently without being any the worse for the experience. The Pryor Hospital, until recently the Magdalene Hospital, was a large two-story building splendidly equip? ped, drawing Its patronagg from many parts of the State. Dr. Pryor and associates have rent? ed the old Dsvega home on Wylie street, to be used as a hospital until their new building can be completed. HARTSVlLXiE PEOPLE ACTIVE. ___________ Cotnmercial Club Thinks of Needs of Progressive Darlington Town? Talk of Telephones. HartsvUle, March 20.?A call meet? ing of the Hartsvllle Commercial club was held tonight. Several matters importance to the town were brought before the members among which Were discussions as to converting the club now known as Hartsvllle Com? mercial club into the Hartsvllle Chamber of Commerce. An improve tnsflt in the present telephone equip? ment from the drop system to common battery system was stressed and an appeal to the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company asking for a more adequate and ef? ficient service was recommended. The need for more school buildings for white and negro children and the Idea of raising $57,000 for new build? ings was presented to the members for their consideration and aid. The .approaching May festival, known as Coker ?College Choral Art Society festival, scheduled for May 3, 4 and 6, was put before the club as an attraction which all mem? bers were asked to advertise by writ? ing personal letters to friends and otherwise. The meeting tonight was largely attended and it is felt will result in good for the business interests of the town. C. W. Coker and F. D. Slaght as president and secretary, respective? ly, have served the club faithfully and efficiently for the past year. New officers will bo elected at the next meeting two weeks hence. M. E. Spelr, general manager, and Guy A. Myers, special agent of thv Southern Bell Telephone and Tele? graph company, arrived here tonight from Charlotte by automobile to con? fer with .the officers of the Chambor of Commerce and the city council tor the substitution of the common bat? tery for tr e magneto telephone equip? ment now used here. COTTON FIRE IN AUGUSTA. I The Not I/>ss Estimated at About $88,000. Augusta, Ga., March 20.?Fire broke out about 7 o'clock in the Union Com? press Company's warehouse, Market street, from causes unknown, but was j held to one compartment containing 2,200 bales. The cotton in the com partmont was valued at about 8132, 000. The slavaxe will bo about $44, 000 and the net loss is about $83,000. The major part of tho cotton was owned by U G. Doughty & Co. Tho loss is fully covered by insurance. jThero are 8,000 bales of cotton stored in the warehouse and it is in tho heart of tho Augusta cotton district. Tho progress of tho flames was halted by Uro walls and by tho effort of tho en? tire firo department. Several firemen were overcome by smoke and hoat. FRAUDS ON GOVERNMENT. Tobacco Men Robbed Government of Millions of Revenue. Washington, March 21.?Nation* wide frauds by which the government has been swindled out of millions of dollars of revenue by tobacco manu? facturers haH been unearthed by treasury agents, it is officially an? nounced. Indictments against a hundred manufacturers and dealers will be obtained in tho near future. Thirty-six already have been arrested at New Yorl:. MU\l tliliiBEO IH FII1E STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SUF? FER IN LEAPING FROM BURNING DORMITORY. Sleeping Quarters of Girls of State Colored College at Orangeburg Burned, Causing; Big Loss?More Thun Throe Hundred Colored Wo? men Have Narrow Escape from Fire. j Orangeburg, March . 20.?Two iteachers and 44 students were injured j in jumping from the burning building when Badham hall, a girls' dormi tory at the State Colored college, was i j destroyed by fire early this morning. I The Are was the greatest in the his? tory of Orangeburg. All the physi? cians of Orangeburg and many train? ed nurses hurried to the scene and the home of President Wilkinson was converted into a temporary hospital. Mattie J. Battiste, Charleston, a teacher, suffered injuries that re ! suited in both legs being broken and ribs fractured. She is probably the most seriously. injured, but her chances for recovery are good. Julia Mae Williams was the other teacher injured. The injuries of the students consisted of broken legs, broken arms, fractured arms and legs, brsken ankles and sprained ankle, wrenched backs, cuts, bruises and broken ribs.. All the injured will recover. In the buildings were 300 girl stu? dents and several teachers. Besides a domltory, a portion of this build? ing, being the first floor of one wing a dormitory, a portion of this build ministration purposes. It was in these offices that the fire originated. The origin of the fire is unknown. The night watchman had passed this dormitory and registered at the clock five minutes before the fire was dis? covered. From the great headway immediately gained by the fire, work of incendiaries may be expected. The i president states that he has been un? able to discover the origin of the fire. The first girl awakened saw flames eating away the door to her room. She gave the alarm. In that portion of the dormitory stairway escape was Impossible, as the first floor was a moss of flames. Tho only escape for i the many girls In that section of the building was to jump. The result was appalling. Fdrty-six were badly in? jured, 14 of whom were seriously hurt. The building destroyed, with the i furnishing, was worth about $40,000, ['. over which thero was Insurance ' amounting to $33,000. Just as soon i as the alarm was given, all of the doors were opened, except those in the midst of the flames. The students came out orderly and safely, except In the quarter that was cut off and jumping was resorted to. The build? ing was a modern brick structure, steam heated throughout The work ot W. S. Wilkinson, president of the college, was highly commendable. Ht lu;s managed the situation since the lire in an admirable munntr. i College work will go on uninterrup? ted, just as soon as rearrangements can be perfected this week. The girls of the college will be quartered in tho dormitories of Clafiln university, which adjoins the State colored col? lege. There are ample class rooms, and tho dining room and kitchen were not destroyed, although in close proximity to the destroyed building. Nearly all the girl students are des? titute of clothes, but this necessity Is being met with assistance from the Orangeburg people and parents of the students.' Those from Sumter who wcro in? jured in the fire were: Rosa DeLorme, face contusion, sprained leg. Evylin Wilson, stomach Injuries. Marie Heywood, broken right arm. Lester Arthur, fractured right ankle. ARMY BILL WILL PASS. I Hay Bill Will go Through House Tills Week Then Comes Fight With Sen? ate. Washington, March 21.?With the certainty that tho Hay army bill will pass the house beforo the end of tho week the advocates of the big and lit? tle armies are lining up for the clash between the senate and house which will follow the passage of the Cham? berlain army bill by the senate. The Chamberlain bill provides for approxi? mately fifty thousand more men In the standing army than the Hay meas? ure. The president will support tho Hay measure. Tho fight will come when the joint committee endeavors to effect a compromise. LITTLE NAVAL BATTLE. German and British Torpedo Boat De? stroyers (lash Off Belgian Coast London, March 21.?Three German torpedo boats destroyers were defeat? ed and driven back to their base in Belgium by four British destroyers Monday. The admiralty announced that the British had four wounded. The German boats were struck with shells. Splendid Opportunity for Candidates in Golden Festival and Voting Campaign to Increase their Chances of Voting Positively the Largest Extra Vote Offer is On Now?Postal Ruling Guarantees This to Candidates?Candidates Still Entering the Campaign. -\ EXTRA VOTE OFFER. I Every candidate bringing or sending to the Campaign De? partment of The Daily Item and the Watchman and South? ron, YEARLY subscriptions, New or Okl to cither or a com? bination of both papers, amounting to $15.00, between Wednesday, March 22ml and 10 o'clock Saturday, April 1st will be awarded a voting cer? tificate for 150,000 extra votes in addition to the regular scale. Candidates may secure as many clubs as they may possi? bly secure. Clubs may consist of a combination of yearly sub? scriptions to the Daily Item and the Watchman and Southron. In order to be absolutely fab? end impartial, this offer will in? clude all yearly subscriptions heretofore sent in. k_;_^ If the reader is laboring under the misapprehension that The Daily Item and the Watchman and Southron's Golden Festival and Voting cam? paign's "pot is not boiling." he should spend a few hours with the Cam? paign Manager and be enlightened about the number of candidates he talks to, hear the stories he hears, count the votes he counts, and come in contact with the enthusiacm he en? counters in the course of a day's bus? iness. After having done this it would be but little trouble to figure out that only the willing workers, those who will not allow the present opportun? ity to pass unimproved, will share In the distribution of the magnificent prizes at the close of this campaign. Of course the only really Important thing just now is to lay away as many Extra Votes as possible. Remember the conditions for every club of Fif? teen Dollars ($16.00) in Yearly sub? scriptions turned In between March 22 and April 1st a voting certificate for 150.000 votes in addition to the regular scale will be given. Also re? member all yearly subscriptions turn? ed in since the beginning of the cam? paign will be counted on this offer. You may turn in your subscriptions as rapidly as you secure them. It Is not necessary to complete a club before the names are sent in to this office. You may send in one subscription at a time, and they will apply on this of? fer. Try, Try Again. Once upon a time, as all storie3 start, there was a little girl by the name of Elizabeth, seven years of age, who was starting her second year at the public schools. As the pu? pils filed in tho first day, they noticed a motto which tho teacher had writ? ten on the blackboard. It was: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." This motto haunted Elizabeth the day through, and that evening as she knelt to say her prayers, beginning: "Now I lay me down to sleep," she tacked on to the end of the prayer: "Please Dod, make me a rrood little girl. If at first you don't succeed, please try, try again." Now this motto holds true with the candidates In the Golden Festival and Voting Campaign. If you don't succeed today in securing enough yearly subscriptions, to get one of those 150,000 voting cerliflcater,, and a great many will not; then try again and "kecp-a-trying." It is an oppor i tunity which you will not have again, as this i3 tho largest extra vote offer that will bo mado during the entire campaign. If you arc in the cam? paign do you best. Your friends will appreciate your sincerity; they will understand what it is going to moan to you to be numbered among the j successful ones, and you will find they | will cheerfully jump in and give you i their support. One of the most important features of a campaign of this kind, is for the , candidates to impress the fact that they are sincere, and will be untiring in their efforts to secure one of tho prizes offered. Friends do not hesi? tate to support a candidate if they feel they nre not wasting their sup? port. They do not only support a candidate with their own subscrip? tion, but will seo that other friend" do the same thing. As a matter of (fact each successful candidate suc? ceeds in forming practically an end? less chain, especially at this stage of MAKES GENEROUS OFFER. HARBY & CO. WILL LEND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BUY PURE BRED HOGS. Also Gives Two Hundred Dollars to Purchase Prizes for Boys' and Girls* Clubs of Sumter County. At the weekly meeting- of the Sum? ter Chamber of Commerce held yes? terday Captain A. C. Phelps, general manager of Harby & Co. of Sumter, the well known export and domestic cotton buying firm, notified the Cham? ber of Commerce and local Farm Demonstrator J. Frank Williams that his firm will lend the sum of one thousand dollars, without interest, to be divided among as many poor but deserving boys as Demonstrator Wil? liams will designate to purchase pure bred hogs in order to encourage tho raising of hogs along scientific lines. Demonstrator Williams accepted the very kind offer in behalf of the jboys* corn and pig clubs and will j utilize as much of the one thousand dollars as may be necessary. Captain Phelps also announced to the directors that his firm donates the sum of two hundred dollars out? right to be awarded as prizes, one hundred to the boys' pig and corn clubs, and one hundred dollars also for the girls' and women's home demonstration clubs under supervision of Mi re Mary Lemmon, horns demon? stration agent for Sumter county. Miss Lemmon and Mr. Williams will arrange the list of prizes in connec? tion with a committee of the Sumter "Chamber of Commerce, and the list will be published later. The directors, Miss Lemmon, and Mr. Williams expressed their sincere and hearty appreciation of the gener? osity of this public spirited and pa? triotic Sumter business establishment. the campaign. Value of Extra Votes. You know that these extra vote of? fers are a great source of instruc? tion to a lot of candidates; they profit by the lessons taught. Those who take advantage of this exta vote offer will not have anything to complain about, and judging by the ; sentiment expressed by one of the can? didates that will not be discouraged It , she does not. It is assumed that there ! will be other extra vote offers, but they will not be so large. This candidate said: "I had a notion to sort of lay off for a week or so, and I was going to do it. That's why I ' dropped into a stationary store, where I get my pens and paper. "You know those post cards they have at those place, well, while I was waiting for the man to fill my or? der for a nickle's worth of pens I turned one of those post card stands tround Idly and finally one of those cards struck me about right. After I read It, I bought a couple of them, walked out and started to work. Here is what it said as he handed it to the campaign mnaager who read: If the day looks kind of gloomy, And your chances kind of slim? If the situation's puzzling And the prospects awful grim, And perplexities keep pressing ?Till all hope is almost gone; ' * Just bristle up and grit ydur teeth, An* keep on keeping on. That little old card particularly ap? pealed to the Campaign Manager, for it seemed to carry a cheerful messago to a fellow who is far away from home or one who practically has no home, and to one who feels that ho has lost his best friend and too, that friend he had hoped would become his very best friend. And for whom other things were not breaking just as they should, as well as for the ones who were right here at home, and in this great campaign. This was surely a fitting sentiment, and that candidate stated laugh? ingly that he intended to "paw up tho earth" and come in with enough sub? scriptions to secure several of those extra voting certificates. That made the Campaign Manager sleep rather peacefully, because It is the spirit that actuates the successful ones in a cam? paign of this kind. That kind of a candidate will never let sleep interfere with his work. It is up to you to get busy and do likewise. Start today and get as many clubs rs possible.