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ntre\ U Strauss aad son. Mstbett, esite returned to the city after a stay ? MW M? as AteMetf. With ths forsaors tena^tey ifra XSmm% famlth of fetlores Is lathe el^ fftwcUg her sahvftter, Ma* UttrsL Oftrar Jsmcs Bohd. of Caar >a. Is ranting her sister, Mrs U M?r%h ^aslhhftsn St. r ct Sumspierton, a ?ioiter, was in ths today. * 4 saaaaaMst fffhif U?wlt Railway's new el Ii eouT taken In the de hoped will se e b^weaa tpsrn coal fold n, thl of export coal n ooneump awn Fery 9^0*1 H~*a|. a* Wee aaaai , > elide est today, said ties assBsneW tsotsad, drew insyd Btreeaele enisle* then ne had narloctsd that April II would remain ?f?*? **? far rsnteden aad uncheag the ea account of aVfeela the out faf IMA Apru g. (rte fans).?oen. taw arlsawar dff war, aae re-J 4 as**** at ?1 health. King at Me saedpted Bat of an array' *^B? aa sWtaSsn sans. 4 Hi \nit t\ mtfi ' Iflss^aaVsaaV as snoot th s^ew^aww^naavnawsenv saw ena^ew?ww> awn m IMe? delation of the Wo asnVn ?trl?n temperance Union wiM be*!* session in ths city of Bum* tWe* tlw 4+tb. Ifth and Hth of hei OSt tHs first Sunday In an aft** Anna (forden, ths national erenWent sfid tad wotteS secretary of ?TitnnSau's CVrWein Tempsr anew toWok win 14 We en the first ettsjday Is October, atisj ?eraaa has a tentls winsome menhir, to hear her, ie to loVe her. ins was for a ens* be r of years Hiss Frances Wll lasjN Mretarr and th*y Madia vtattd teawther to every fcais in the Union ss law jeWeVest af a*npc|-anf* ?ff feat* ;ha* no other meeUlis was Bnssjisi at en** Hmai ea that we ssaW aeniw ahnt aHoanay of Mtss Oor a gasjanti retry day. Uaei.lr. c.T. u. Oa ciara at a df Assart A s). fccjeje of WlnaaV Mae Hodge of Pus saatrted In hie office by H. I* aearbcraush. tat hf had a sT. wNHads af Tlrtdal and Maw Ell? a>are Messend of Pine wood were raarstsst an Taasday In his Office by H. la. sawrboiosnn. clerk of court. Mr. Cuften Brown has tans to At? lanta SS taw Wtllsrd Storage Battery Cs\, and is taking a course with this company that Mr. Brown may be In a resit In a to repair and charge day etsrane battery. He was accompanied by his wlfs snd Miss Msrgarct Dltt msr. They will be gene for about ten says. The new enterprise th.*t will soon open In Sumte* is called the Mirror. Cycle and Music Co.. snd will occupy Knight's old book store. It win start with a cspttal Of 110,000 and wfH be financed by fihm B. Miller. Mr. CBftoa Brown will be manager The suit of A. J. Andrews against 114 Atlantic Coast Uns rWlroad Co.. ike Southern Railway Co.. Jos. H. Btannard, engineer, and B. 8. Mott, conductor on a Southern Railway freight rtaln, and Joseph Gales, emri neer oil a A. ?. ? passenger train No. ?I between Columbia and Maxton, N. C, was commeneed In the court of corn Won pleas this morning and will probably last the rest of the week. Th? plaintiff asks for $25,000 for al? leged Injuries received in an alleged wtftg caused by an A. C. L. Train, on which he was railway postal clerk, running into a Southern Railway train on a portoin of track Jointly by botn' A. C. U and road*. It Is alleged by the itln* that he was badly injured it the need, arm and hip and has neon tob Ul ever since to resume his m* tteesra L. D. Jennings and A. S. Harby are'on the side of the plaintiff " 4 Me?srs. J. H. Clifton, U W. Mc ahd Mark Reynolds for the Une and tee sY Motse for tne Seeuthern ttallroad. $nm ease Is one similar toothers jh|ch have been tried here In recent years referred to as neurasthenic e?eas, because of the fact thai the plaintiff alleges that his nerves have been affected as the result of Injuries received In the wreck, as In other cm*W The wreck la alleged to have oetferred on July 7, MS. near Roy on the edge of tne city of Co ibia. is case of if. V, Sounders against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. it resulted In a verdict of actual and fill punitive d*m for the plainulT. Mis* SauhdeVs, plaintiff, alleged that she lost eer valuable Jewels In the A. C. L ting room at Burnt er. Lee County , T^je^vewnor haa announced & IoUowln|r appointments: Township its* Waters for Lee county: C. L. Sttidtey, Blahopvllle, R. 0. No. 5, Cypress tnwaah.p, vice J. y. Davis, moved out of township; W< fiaJJesi, R. P. D. No. I. beweiro. kee%enlveclUe township, vice N. 8. tafeeod. dec eased; T. C. Roberson, R. r P. Ho, 1 Ramberts, Spring Hl>| f"^WWt^ u a Vlnsojfc movftd p^ivm^ p- r p. No. J, St. Charles, vice B. C. McCoy, removed from township. oiricKtt? or flour m tn At a meeting of the directors of t!*e; Sumter flour mills yesterday the fol? lowing' officers were elected for one year: President and Manager, Perry Moeea, Or. Ylce Prasideni, g ,A. Lemmqn. ??pertnfcndertt, J. W. McDonald. Secretary, ?. 1. Reardon. 1, It wee decided to materially la crease the capital stock and to instil aflftv barrel per day mill. Jesars. J?. *r. Harby and J. J>. Bboth were ap? pointed a committee to arraiiie tfo additional capital stock. President Moses was dlretced to for a charter. The name of a corporation will be "The Sumter Flour Mills." Mr. J. W. McDonald, of Bennett i vute, an experieneed and juwoeamfiii n^U|wright and flour mill operator au d superlHterident. arid a stockholder In the Sumter Plour Mill* was MecUd superintendent. Mr. McDonald bbmcs with the very highest a| recent meadations as a man of, high integrity, biJ&ness ability ?nd experienceo* In gvei* phase of the Hour mill boMness. a committee appointed especially for the purpose wAJ* Superintendent McDonald Will purchase en up-to date n??r min at ?nce and II Will be Installed In ample time to grind the tut One of tfte gratifying features con nected wtth the meeting yesterday was the fact that a number of the directors expressed the opinion that title Hour mill wty prove to be one of U\m beat paying Investments and voluntarily doubled their subscrlp tlorti to the capital stock, and offer? ed to take more. The Sour m|ll wlU be located at the corner of Hampton Avenue and Green streets, nearly opposite the Beabo?rd Air Uno depot, end will have aide trank facilities with the A. C. U and B. A. I* lines. ooCAtv boakd meeting. i ? I. ? Deputy Sbertff CHVen Use of Soper vesOt's Case Off Car. The County Board of Commission I are hold Its regular monthly session Tuesday with all of the members present, except Mr. W. J. Young, who is still qiilie sick and unable to be I present. Ths board discussed the printing of the monthly statements and au? thorised the clerk to request bids for the same from the county pa? pers. Four notes continuing the loan of f2M00? from the National Bank of Sumter were executed and the mon? ey placed In the bank to be used when wanted In the erection of the new Jail. Deputy Sheriff J. H. Forbes was granted the use of the old car of Hu pervfsbr Pitts, which has been replac? ed with ft new car, In exchange for the county's use of Mr. Forbes' blood? hounds, which hs Is keeping at his own expense j A number of claims were gone over 'and ordered paid. STAUT OH ODOKNELL STORE. W, Lee Harbin Haa Band? Cleaning W. Lee Harbin, the contractor who will erect the O'Donnell & Co. store on the site of the burned building, on Tuesday started work on the lot and is getting everything In readiness to put up the neW building. A force of hands was at work yesterday remov? ing all of the old brick walls left on the premises and cleaning up the site for the new building,. Others were erecting a temporary tool house at the rear of the building and doing the j other preliminary work necessary in building operations. Mr. Harbin is not a new man in Sumter for he has done a great deal of work here before, having been the contractor for the City National Bank, the Bank of Sumter, the Trinity Methodist Church, the Imperial Ho? tel and ?ther buildings. He is Well known by the business men of Sum? ter, who are glad to have him back here. REDUCE BANK ASSESSMENTS. ?ii mm County Board of Assessors Heeds she Plea of Bankers. The county board of assessors on Tuesday heeded the complaint of the bankers that they wer? assessed at a greater per cent oh the value of their property than any, other tax? payers and It consequently reduced the assessment down to one-third of the real value, a rate at which it had been placed previous to the ac? tion of the Ida commission last year. This action will probably sa jfy the fankers, although, as stated at the meeting Tuesday, it is a higher rate On the value than most property is returned for taxation. a large numebr of negroes stated that they did not have dogs, mules or Sws which had been Placed against dm and these were removed from e returns. ) f OFP|CERS FOR CHAMBER. Conimnreial Organisation Re-elects ' fleJser |pre>idcnt--Plaiis New Work. Ttie directors of the 'Chamber of Commerce at their weekly meeting yesterday unanimously accepted mem? bership on the business men's recep? tion committee for Field Day under frpofnimcnt by Secretary Reardon. Tile president, two vice-presidents, treasurer, directors and managing sec retary will meet at Chamber of Com? merce at 10 o'clock Friday morning and attend the exercises of Field Pay in a body. Election of officers for the present fiscal year resulted In the unanimous re-election of the following officers: President, R. B. Belser. First Vice President, Q. A. Lem niqm. Second Vice President. J. W. Mc KteVer. Managing Secretary, E. 1. Reardon. Mf. R. K. Wilder Was elected treas? urer to succeed Dr. I. 7?. Hearon, who retires,from the boanj of directors with Messrs. H. M. Stuckey and E. L. vVitherSpoon. e. The newly ?le^ted dirccrois, Messrs E. fl. Booth, It. K. Wilder and H. J. McLuuxin, Jr., are in official harness, dialing at the bits ready to "start something" to make things hum for sumte*. Mrs. Wesley A. Brown was reap polnied as assistant Secretary by secretary Reardon. The directors unanimously endorsed a motion by Secretary Reardon for the Chamber of Commerce to take the lend in a "clean-up and paint-up' campaign of one week for Sumter. The establishment of cream routes was made a special order for the nfxt monthly meeting of the Cham? ber on next Tuesd ? j. Demonstrator J. F. Williams has been Invited to dis? cuss this matter with the Chamber next Tuesday. Telegraphic salesmanship. Manager Murphy of Western Union Attended School in Clihrlotte. Manager Murphy of the Western Union office has just returned from charlotte, where he and thirty-five other managers from the principal offices In the two Carolinas have been schooled In the art of telegraphic salesmanship. The lessons were practical demonstrations by instruc? tors And members of the school. Mr. A. C. Kaufman, general commercial agent of New ~*drk, conducted the meetings In an inspiring and benefi? cial manner, and General Manager Worthen, of Atlanta, touched upon tlie administrative duties between acts. Mr. f. r. Veale, superintend? ent at Charlotte, was the local spokes mad and ably arranged all local mat? ters and made many valuable sug? gestions. The object Is to te.ach the puMIc the greatest use and efficiency of the telegraph as a business ally, and the night letter will be the chief instru? ment. The slow moving malls will be largely supplanted by this special service to speed up business. The idea a few years ago was con? sidered a dream, but the practicabil? ity of the Idea has been proven by putting it into use throughout the country for the past year. Death. Jacob M. Hodge died at 11 o'clock! today at tho Touiney Hospital, after an illness of about two weeks. He was aged forty-seven years and was a well known farmer of the Tin dal section. Tho funeral services and Interment will be held ut Providence church, near Tlndal. at 11 o'clock to? morrow. It Is suggested from the sheriff's office that automobile owners num? ber their Cars according to the direc? tions given in tho State act providing for euch numbering. The deputy sheriff states that car owners who have their numbers on the front of their cars Will be made to change them so that they are on the hack of I th? cars, as provided by law. Levl Bros. Win Soil From Coast Lino ?Jones Against Parker. From The Daily Item, April 4. In the court of common pleas this morning the suit of Robert U Jones by his guardian was commenced against E. W. Parker, .F. H. Mc Cathern and Mrs. L H. Parker. Jones alleged damages to the amount of $3,000 for his alleged forced removal from a store which he had rented from Parker and by his being for? bidden the opportunity of handling goods in the store thereafter. It seems that Jones sold out his stock of goods to Parker, but moved out before a full settlement was reached and he claims that he was never paid the full amount he was owed by Parker. The suit of Levi Bros, against the Atlantic Coast Railroad Company Monday resulted in a verdict of $127. 33 and penalty of $50 being returned for the plaintiff, this and costs being the full amount sued for. It was al? leged that three bales of cotton were shipped from Paxvllle for the plain? tiffs, but never reached their destina? tion and the loss thereby was $127.33. BANKS PROTEST ON TAX PLAN. Want Their Taxes on Parity With Other Property Bankers State. From The Daily Item, April 4. A number of the bankers of the city met In the auditor's office this morning at the annual meeting of the county board of assessors and protested vigorously on the action of. the State tax commission last year in raising their taxes from the assess? ment at which they were returned to. 4$ per cent, of their real value. They asked that'their property be put on a parity with other property, as i returned for taxation, saying that the law has been so changed by the last . session of the legislature that auch a change was permissible and could not be changed by the tax com roils8loh, except as it related to the returns as made by other counties. They stated that bank property should not be made to pay more than Its proportion and just share of taxes, as the banks had unjustly been forced to do last year. Messrs. C. G. Rowland, R. O. Purdy, p. D^ Molse and Nelll O'Donnell made short talks on behalf of the bankers' ' f *" plea, although there were quite a number of other bankers present. The members of the county board Of assessors present were: H. J. Mc Laurln, Sumter, chairman; R. E. Aycocfc, MIddleton; W. J. Ardis, Man? chester; Howard Jones. Concord: .1. K. McKhven, Shlloh; M. Dorn. Provi? dence; T. M. Rogers, Rafting Creek; T. S. Stuckey, Stateburg; Robert Muldrow, Mayesville. Take a Smile With Ton. Take a smile with you, that's the good old way; ThoSdouds are flying o'er 'twill make a brighter day. Do not feign It either, but let it be true. Helping many others while it's help ing you. Put it In your labor, put it In your Play, Put It in your life work on the beat? en way. Take a smile with you, that's the old, good way. Take a smile with you, neath the chasten!nx rod, 'Twill pierce the thickest darkness looking up to God; It will lighten burdens, It will lift your load, Make a better pathway of a stony road. Make a better pathway of a stony road. It has heartened heroes cowering In dismay; Crowning with a triumph In the mighty fray. < Take a smile with you, that's the old, good way. Take a smile with you to the man that's down, It will serve him better than if you wore a frown; It may ease his burden, help him to succeed; Just a smile this moment Is his sorest need. Help your fallen brother, lift him up today, Hear his cry for succor, do not say him nay. I Take a smile with you, that's the old, good way. ?Uagood Bethea. Rembert, S. C, April 4, 1916. Swat the Cattle Tick. 1. It kills your cattle. 2. It reduces the price, 3. It prevents shipping to the I best markets. 4. It prevents bringing In breed? ing slock. 5. it ruins the cattle business. 6. It robs you of your cattle food. 7. It costs too much. The dipping vat will do the work. Swat him now?don't wait. The boll weevil Is coming this way and will refuse to cooperate In th< tie business until the tick leaves. ly and ie cat xz XX Facts GET the facts on the operating cost before you buy any automobile. Find out the truth before?not after. And don't be satisfied with hear? say or a salesman's claims. The price of gasoline is high; so is oil and there is sure to be an increase in the cost of all tires. So, what you want is the car that will give you most miles per gallon of gasoline, per gallon of oil and per set of tires. Here are the facts proved by the Mas well stock touring car that recently set the World's Motor Non-Stop Record: i tea ! Ill . '. ! Maxwell World'? New-Stop Record Facts Miles without a motor stop.. .22,023 Average miles per day (44 day?). 500.6 Miles per gallop of gasoline.2 LAS Miles per gallon of oil. i. 400 Average miles per tire.. _9,871 Remember that this was a Non-Stop Endurance Record-Mn order to prove that the Maxwell car was exceedingly sturdy, reliable and trouble proof. No attempt was made or could be made to save gasoline, oU or tires. So these fig? ures merely indicate what would be possible under ordinary" driving conditions. Right now we have a Maxwell we can deliver to you, and if you don't want to pay cash, make a deposit and pay the balance as.you use the car. But don't p?t it off. We know the Maxwell factory can't get half enough freight cars to carry their doubled output. Later on we may not be able to supply you. But we can NOW. Better phone us for a demonstra* tion today* Touring Car, $655 Roadster, $635 Price a F. O.B. Detroit : < \i fir : T. N. GRIFFIN, Lynchburg, S. O. Distributor, Sumtcr, Lee, Florence and Clarendon JOHNSON MOTOR CO. Sumter, S. C. DISTRIBUTORS FOR MaxH^tt XL XC ZLT IX The National Bank of South Carolina The Bank with the Big Clock. The Bank with the Big Capita*, and Surplus. Correct Tim*and Correct Methode Resources $905,000.00 We want 1000 new accounts during the year 1916. Let yours be among them. C. 6. ROWLAND, 6. L KARREN, Pres. Cash'r* si .niiiMiii > i 1:1 n t:<i:i:rr.i:c>:?:rn:>.M.i.M.i.uJ.i^?i CONFIDENCE 11 That is the word upon which we base our success. The confidence in th s Bank is proven by our recent statement. ! The Finft National Bank The Oldest Banking Institution in the County