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nun tuts inat. Of* (URLS' CANNING CMJB OATHKK FOR FOUR DAY flfffTITUTK. ?greises Marked Opening Wie* Morulae; at Kmsnptc of Event* During ?nhtJo Invited. From the Daily item. June 13. The tour-day institute for the mem? bers of the girls' canning clubs of etamter county opened most ausplc toeusty this morning with about seven? ty ghrls In attendance and others ex to coine In tonight and tomor momlng. The opening exercises Una morning were of a very interesting nature and were appropriate for tho aeeejston. MM. Dora Dee Walker has not yet arrived and it is doubtful if she can eoine, Miss Edith Parrott. head of Use home demonstration work In the Hate as well as of the girls* canning ervba. will arrive tonight to stay a na)?t of tomorrow. Those here who Mum Mary Lemmon, ity home demonstrator, are C. A. ?Fadden. district demonstration tag aader the department of agrt ior the eastern district of 1 Carolina; Miss Cora Conner, county agent; Miss Luclle m, Dillon county agent, and as today was Miss Annie May fjlerence county agent. Edwards <?f Williams ity ? expected tonight to aid to the coarse This morning the program as al? ready pttblieTsad was carried out with the eneegtlosi^aat Mrs. Dora Th b Walher was ant present The exerciii se were tpiaW* by prayer by the Rev, J. ?. Walker/after which Mrs. Nina Solomons. pgsiiHent of the Civic League, gave a cordial welcome to the ?hating girls. Or. J. K* Haynsworth, county iperintendejtt of education, made u talk sad was followed by Beere E. I. Rear don of the Chamber of teeth of whom touched on opinis In connection with . Mary -Lemmon classified tho girts aad Mem Uiclle Lemmon gave As Hrfs IneieiUon on the proper smhodeof heaping their record books. iold of the proper ef eaittlvallng garden vege? tal ch the girls, under I Miss Luorte Umnton JflKf. practiced theft me efnb no u:*. girls began arriving yesterday and continued to come In morning. As more than gsissolsnt number of homes had boon provided for them they were taken to these homes Immediately upon their arrival and accommodations made for their stay la the city. Today the yoang ladles presented a pretty spectaele gathered In the audi? torium of the Hampton school clad In their white eape and aprons, all splc spaa, as If Just out of a show roads for their very useful Work. the program t'or this afternoon lakes) la demonstration* In canning of fnetoue vegetables and compounds Of vegetables conducted by Miss Lem? mon and her assistants. Tonight the visitors will be entertained at Tho Lyric at a moving picture show, as the guests of the Chamber of Commerce. The program for the rest of the Is: From the Dally Item, June 14. The members of the girls' canning el ib spent another very Interesting day at the Hampton school today. Miss lid 1th Parrott, State agent for the home demonstration and girls' ran elub work, was present and made a talk to the gtrls. This afternoon thr ?iris Will be shown tho best methods of packln? their products in glass jars for exhibition purposes, having already bw?n shown yesterday afternoon the best methods of canning for house? hold us* and for sale. The exercises thin morning were opened by prayer by Rev. J. A. Brun? sen, who made a short talk after? wards. Mr. MeFadden spoke on club gaidening and raising vegetables for Calming. Demonstrations In making aleklee and ratsups were given by the demonstration agents preaent. who afterwards gave a lesson in sew? ing, the unlf 'H'i caps and aprons be? ing the subject for the lesson. I From The Dally Item, June 15. the young ladles attending the short course f??r th* members of i he girln' canning club this morning wr*-e shown the proper methods of baking 'bread and jellies. Miss Ohenchalu of the guniter city schools domestic depart? ment gave the demonstration in bread mal Ing and dhtlKs Edwards, assisted by Misses Lemmon and Connor, gav? the jelly making demonstration. The girls crowded into the domestic science room at the Hampton school gad watched with Interest every thing thai was done by their instructors. Thai' took notes liberally of the In forgietlon given them and will go hems full Of information concerning em council mm. Ii E i i ' CITIZENS OF MANY STREETS ASK FOR PAVING AND HIDE WALKS. Mayor Is Absent from Meeting and Action in Deferred Until His 11 et urn ?Hurst and Harby llc-clectcd on School Board. City Council held its regular semi? monthly meeting on Tuesday after? noon with Messrs. Rowland and Booth present and Mayor Jennings absent. There was nothing of im? portance acted upon at the meeting, the matter of chief interest being the presentation of a number of petitions from citisens living on various streets asking for paving, and some asking for sidewalks. Counci1 r>n /assed the results of the ? ? ?n yesterday for members of th * ;hm* board and confirmed the election of Messrs. C. M. Hurst for six years and A. D. Harby for ten years, each having received fourteen votes with no opposition. The following petitions were receiv? ed: ^ From citisens of Haskell street ask ig for cement sidewalks; from the iter Lighting; Company asking that inlng Avenue from Oakland to the A;V. U railroad be paved with asphalt instead of brick; to extend the water mala* on Manning avenue; to pave Magifelta street from Liberty to Ken drick^ to pave Oakland avenue from Main to, Sumter; to place sidewalks on Manning avenue In addition to the ?treet paving, beyond the A. C. L. rail? road crossing4 to the city limits; to sand-clay Bartlette street from Sum? ter to Council, and to put in cement jaktewaikjr, to . extend the paving on West Liberty street teem Pardy tp the city limits; to pave Purdy street be? tween Cajhouh atid Hampton; to put in cement Wdewalks on Wright street from Liberty to Bartlette; to pave Washington to Drngle street; from the| Sumter Brick Works for an Improve? ment of the- condition of east Cat houn street to .the city UmUiM from the Civic League that hemp black be mixed with the cement for sidewalk in order that the glare from the sidewalks might be obviated. The city clerk called attention to the fact that .the term of J. A. Mc Knlght as a; member of the board of health expired on June 27th, after a five-year term. The report of the librarian was pre? sented as tallows: books loaned out th May 379; total loaned 6,481; new members In May 12, total number of mem here 630. A request was made from Mr. Phelps that the old sidewalk on Wash? ington street be taken up and a new one put down. Mr. M. B. Handle ob? jected to thia action. Council decided to visit the street before taking ac? tion. Breedlovc-rcebles. Camden, June 14.?Mr. Charles H. Peebles and Miss Mignon Breedlove were married Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the home of the bribe's parents near Rowesvllle. There was present for the ceremony a small number of close relatives ?tnd friends. The bride Is a very attractive young lady and made many friends while teaching in the Bmithvllle school the past term. The groom Is a prosperous young farmer and merchant of the Egypt section of Lee county. Death of Mrs. Burdette Booth. From The Dally Item, June 15. Mrs. Burdette Booth died at 11 II last night at her home In Jacksonvi! le, Fla., after an illness of several months, the news of her death having been received here by .relatives of Mr. Booth this morning. Mr. Booth Is a native of Sumter and Is well known here, being a brother of Messrs. J. P. Booth and Dr. E. 8. Booth of this city. Mrs. Booth had visited In Sumter and those who knew her are sadden? ed to hear of her death. She Is sur? vived by her mother, two brotherr I and two sisters, her husband and one i live-year-old son. -, Plsnt some sunflowers In the waste places about the barnyard. They will furnish shade for th* fowls In summer and the seed make i splendid fall mid winter feed. fhe fine art of cooking. The exercises were opened with a talk by Senator ft. D. Epps. after which the demonstrations were given. Mr. McFadden was forced to lesve af *or yesterday, but he gave the talk? hen that he was scheduled to give today. Before adjourning this morning the young ladles were shown how to make .i (Ireless cooker and this afternoon itr use in cooking chicken and other edl olcs was Illustrated In n practica manner. The leeloss refrigerator, a> useful artlclo to a country home, was also shown. The girls were given e test of what they have learned dur? ing the course. ADDRESSES WEST POINTER* ON MANY SUBJECTS, POINTING OUT DUTY OF AMERICA. Other Nations of World Must Recog? nise Voice of United State? In Inter? national Questions?Says That Pre? paredness Must Not be Mistaken for Militarism ? Emphasizes Necessity of Americanism. West Point, N. Y., June 13.?Presi? dent Wilson, making his first address since the presidential campaign be? gan, today discussed preparedness, militarism, Americanism, the causes of the war in Europe, peace, the Mon? roe doctrine, divided allegiance and the ideals of America. He declared it Is the present imperative duty of the United States to be prepared, add? ing, "Mankind is going to know that when America speaks she means what she says." The president said the United States should not be a blustering nation, a nation with "a chip on its shou! der," but a calm nation which will with? hold its hand as long as possible and strike only for justice. The president's address ran through the . . nost entire list of subject:? dis? cussed by. Former Justice Hughe? in his telegram accepting the Republican nomination, and he declared that the United States is ready to join with other nations to see that the kind of justice it believes in is given. Shaking his finger emphatically, the president told the graduates of the military academy and a large auditnee that nobody who does not put America first can be tolerated. He added, how? ever, that true Americans should set a good example. The president declared the present war did not come by accident, but that it had come. The United States wants nothing from Europe, he said, and there Is nothing she wants that she must get by war. He sounded a warning that no man call tell what the next .day will bring forth in the wer Id's events. The word "Americanism" was used today by the president for the first time. Id recent addresses. He con? stantly referred to the West Point graduates to whom he was speaking, but referred more to national and In? ternational problems. He warned the graduates against militarism. The president's speech was frequently in? terrupted by applause and he was cheered as ho concluded. The text of the president's speech follows: f| ,*T look upon this body of men who are graduating today with a peculiar Interest. I feel like con? gratulating them that they are liv? ing in a day not only so Interesting because fraught with change, but also because so responsible. Days of re? sponsibility are the only days that count in time, because they are the only days that give test of quality. They are the only days when man hood and purpose is tried out as if by fire. "I need not tell you young gentle? men that you are not like an ordi? nary graduating class of one of our universities. The men In those classes look forward to the life which they are to lead after graduation with a great many questions in their mind. Most of them do not know exactly what their lives are going to develop Into. Some of them do not know what occupations they are go? ing to follow. All of them are con? jecturing what will be the lins of duty and advancement and the ultimate goal of success for them. "There Is no conjecture for you. You have enlisted In something thai does not stop when you leave the icademy, for you then only begin to realize It, which then only begins to be filled with the full richness of its meaning, and you can look for warwd with absolute certainty to the sort of thing that you will be obliged to do. i "This has always been true of grad? uating classes at West Point, but the certainly that some of the older class? es used ot look forward to was! a very dull certainty. "Some of the old days in the army, I fancy, were not very interesting days. Sometimes men like the pres? ent chief of staff, for example, could till the lives with the Interest of really knowing and understanding the Indians of the Western plains, know? ing what was going on Inside of their minds and being able to be the Inter? mediary between them and those who dealt with them by speaking their sign language could enrich their lives, but the ordinary life of an ordinary officer at a Western post could not have been very exciting, and 1 ihlnk with admiration of those dull years through which officers who hail no* x great deal to do Insisted nevertheless upon being efficient and worth while and keeping their men lit at any rate or the duty to which they wore as? signed. "But In your case there are many ?xtraordlnary possibilities, because, Tantiemen, no man can certalrdy tell ou what the immediate future Ik I ising to be either in the history o. 'this country or in the history of tue I world. It is not by accident that the present great war came in Europe. | Every element was there and the Solltest had to come sooner or later \ and it is not going to be by accident j that the results are worked out, but by purpose?by the purpose of the men who are strong enough to have guiding minds and indomitable wills when the time for decision and set? tlement comes. "And the part that the United States is to play has this distinction in it, that it is to be In any event a disinterested part. There is nothing that the United States wants that It has to get by war, but there are a great many things that the United States has to do. It has to see that its life is not interfered with by any? body else who wants something. "There are the days when we are making preparation, when the thing most commonly discussed around every sort of table, in every sort of circle, In the shops and in the streets, is preparedness, and un? doubtedly, gentlemen, that is the present imperative duty of America, to be prepared. But we ought to know what we are preparing. I re? member hearing a wise man say once that the old maxim that 'every ining comes to the man who waits' is all very well provided he knows what he is waiting for and preparedness might be a very hazardous thing if we did not know what we wanted to do with the force that we mean to accumu? late and to get into fighting shape. "America, fortunately, does know what she wants to do with her force. America came into existence for a particular reason. When you look about upon these beautiful hills and up this stately stream and then let your imagination run over the whole body of t'fils^gr.eat country from which you youngsters are drawn, far and wide, you remember that while it had aboriginal Inhabitants, while there were people living here, there was no civilisation which we displaced. It was as if in the providence of God a contment had been kept unused and waiting for a peaceful people who loved liberty and the rights of men more than they loved anything else, to come and set up an unselfish com? monwealth. It Is a very extraordinary thing. You are so familiar with American history at any rate in its general character, I don't accuse you of knowing the details of It, for I never found the youngster who did? but you are so familiar with the gen? eral character of American history that it does not seem strange to you, but It is a very strange history. There Is none other like it in the whole annals of mankind?of men gathering out of every civilized nation of the world on an unusued continent and building up a polity exactly to suit themselves, not under the domination of any ruling dynasty or of the am? bitions of any royal family; doing what they pleased with their own life on a free space of land which Qod has* made rich with every resource which was necessary for the civilization they meant to build up. There is nothing like it. Now what we are preparing to do is to see that nobody mars that, and that, being safe itself against in? terference from the outside, all Its force is going to be behind its moral idea and mankind is going to know that when America speaks she means what she says. I heard a man say to another, 'If you wish me to consider you witty I must really trouble you to make a joke.' We have a right to say to the rest of mankind, 'If you don't want to interfere*with us; if you are disinterested, we must really trou? ble you to give the evidence of that fact.' We are not In for anything self? ish and we want the whole mighty power of America thrown into that scale, and not into any other. "You know the chief thing that is holding many people back from en? thusiasm for what is called prepared? ness is the fear of militarism. I want to say a word to you young gentle? men about militarism. You're not a militarist because you are military. Militarism does not consist in the existence of an army, not even in the existence of a very great army. Mili? tarism is a spirit. It is a point of view. It is a system. It is a purpose. The purpose of militarism is to use armies for aggression. The spirit of mili? tarism is the opposite of the civilian 1 spirit?the citizen spirit. In a country where militarism prevails, the mili? tary man looks down upon the civilian, regards him as Inferior, thinks of him as Intended for his, the military man's support and use and just so long as America Is America that spirit and point of view is impossible with us. There Is as yet in this country, so far as I can discover, no taint of the spirit of militarism. "You young gentlemen are not pre? ferred in promotion because of the families you belong to. You are not drawn Into the academy because you belong to certain Intluential circles. You do not come here with a long tradition of military pride back of you. You nre picked out from the citizens of the United States to be that part of the force of the United States which makes its polity safe agal?st Interference. You are the part of American citizens who say to those who would interfere: *You must not' and 'You shall not.' But you are American citizens and the idea I want to leave with you boys today is this:: No matter what comes always remember that first of all you are citizens of the United States before ( you are officers and that you are offi? cers because you represent in your particular profession what the citizen? ship of the United States stands for. "There is no danger of militarism if you are genuine Americans, and I, for one, do not doubt that you are. When j you begin to have the militaristic J spirit?not the military sprit, that is all right?then begin to doubt whether you are Americans or not. "You know that one thing in which our forefathers took pride was this, that the civil power is superior to the military power in the United States. Once and again the people of the Uni? ted States have so admired some great military man as to make him Presi? dent of the United States, when he be? came Commander-in-chief of all the forces of the United States, but he was Cormnander-in-Chief because he was president, not because he had been trained to arms, and his authority was civil, not military. I can teach you nothing of military power, but I am instructed by the Constitution to use you for constitutional and pa? triotic purposes. And that is the only use you could be put to. That is the only use you ought to care ?o be put to, because, after all, what is the use in being an American if you do not know what it is. t "You have read a great deal In the books about the pride of the old Ro? man citizen who always felt like draw? ing himself to his full height when he said T am a Roman,' but as compared with the pride that must have risen to his heart our pride has a new dis? tinction, not the distinction of being masters of the world, but the distinc? tion of carrying certain lights of the world that the world has never so dis? tinctly seen before, certain guiding lights of liberty and principle and jus? tice." SLEEPS BENEATH ALTAR. Last Solemn Tribute to Late Bishop Northrop, Charleston, June 13.?A great con? course this morning at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist attended the Impressive and solemn funeral cere? monies for the beloved Bishop Henry P. Northrop, whose remains now oc? cupy their last earthly treating p'-<^ a crypt or* the bishop's m;a:. oleum un? der the high ailar of the church. Solemn pontifical requiem mass, of which James Cardinal Gibbons, was the celebrant and the eloquent, and profound sermon by Bishop O'Con nell of Richmond. The services were begun with the mass which was followed by the ser? mon and the solemn absolutions pro? nounced by Cardinal Gibbons and four bishops. After the absolutions, the funeral procession moved down the central aisle into Broad street, thence through Legare street and the side entrance 'or the cathedral to the mausoleum, where with an Intonement of final prayers the casket containing the remains was placed in a crypt di? rectly beneath that containing the re? mains of Bishop England, the first bishop of Charleston. The crypt was then sealed In the presence of the large congregation which had filled the church and which had followed the funeral procession to the tomb. The officers of the pontifical mass were Cardinal Gibbons, celebrant; the Very Rev. P. L. Duffy, arch priest; Fathers Budds and Hegarty, deacons of honor; Father May, master of ceremones, and Fathers O'Brien and Carmody, assistant masters of cere? mony. The msss was first of the ceremonials comprising the funeral service. The solemn absolutions were pro? nounced at the bier by Cardinal Gib? bons, Bishop Leo Haid of Belmont, N. C, Bishop Monaghan of Wilming? ton, Del., Bishop Allen of Mobile, Ala., and Bishop Kelley of Savan? nah. I In addition to those who took active , part in the ceremony there were a number of other prelates and prlestr attending the funeral, among them being Bishop Chatard of Indianapolis, the oldest bishop in this country. Cardinal Gibbons and Bishops O'Connell and Monaghan, who arrived in the city early yesterday afternoon departed for their homes at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon. Other prelates and priests left this evening and will leave tomorrow morning. All expect to have left the ctiy before noon to? morrow. Marriage License Hocord. License to marry were issued to L. K. Jackson, Sutnter, and Miss Kate M. Cummlngs, Daltell; it. Mood Dol lard and Miss Thelma C. Adams, S'in ter. Licenses to colored couples were: Bllott Heriot, Providence, and Caro? line Brown, Sumter; Willie Jones and Alice Hunter, Pee Dee. S. C.J Boyd A. jl>l?gs and Susan Dora Broom, Sum? ter. FIGHT OKJKBWM PUNK SOME OF PARTY LEADERS WANT IT STRONG, WHILE OTHERS WOULD NOT ANTAGONIZE HYPHENATES. Baker Announces That Resolutions Committee is Free to Act as It Thinks Best, That Wilson Has Of? fered only Suggestions and Made no Demand of What Platform Must Contain. St. Louis, June 14.?Secretary of War Baker has submitted only presi? dential suggestions for the Democratic platform and not a complete draft with a demand f6r strict adherence to them. The most bitter struggle will be over the Americanism plank. Sen? ator John Sharp Williams of Missis? sippi has taken a stand demanding the strongest kind of Americanism plank. Senator Stone of Missouri, representing many German-Americans, is believed to he trying to have the platform treat hyphenates easily. New Jersey delegates, from WJIson's own State, and those of West Virgin? ia, will get places of honor while the convention is open. The New York delegation will begin a movement for a plank advocating pensions for aged men and women who served most of their lives as civil service employees of the government. This is the first time this was ever attempted. Many delegates are angered because the leaders are going to hold them in ses? sion until Saturday, when they could finish in two days. The leaders say they agreed with the hotels and mer? chants to do so, therefore they cannot adjourn earlier. Baker has officially announced that the committee on resolutions will be free to do what it pleases about the platform. BRYAN SUPPORTING WILSON. Asks His Followers to Turn Their Ef? forts for President?Small Attend? ance. St. Louis, June 14.?W. J. Bryan has given orders to his followers to support President Wilson. He says he will take the stump for Wilson. The attendance at the convention is the smallest in years. Everyone in the convention hall was given a small American flag to wave. DELEGATES IN SiT. LOUBS. Quartered "Far From Maddening Crowd/' Bat Ready for Work of Convention. St. Louis, Mo., June 12.?Eighteen members of the South Carolina dele? gation to the Democratic National convention arc already here. They are quartered at the Usona Hotel, which is very prettily situated in the residential portion of St. Louis, but has the dis? advantage of being six miles away from the Coliseum and the down? town hotel district, where most of the State and national political headquar? ters are found. The delegation will meet tomorrow morning to select Its officers and its representatives on the various convention committees. Those here are as follows: John Gary Evans, Dr. T. D. Lancaster and Jno. G. Cllnkscales, of Spartanburg; Mayor T. T. Hyde, of Charleston; V. C. Badham, of Badham; Robert Lide, of Orangeburg; W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw; D. B. Traxler, of Greenville; Mayor Ii. D. Jennings, of Sumter; A. C. Hinds, of Kingstree; Dr. G. A. Neuf fer, of Abbeville; E. H. McCravy, of Easley; Jno. P. Thomas, Jr. of Colum? bia; J. L. Walker, of Jdhnston; Geo. K. Laney, of Chesterfield; Bright Williamson, of Darlington; T. C. Shaw, of Honea Path; J. M. Hemphlll, i of Cheeper. ST. JOSEPH'S COMMENCEMENT. Fifty-third Annual Closing Exercises of Institution. From the Daily Item, June 14. St. Joseph's Academy held its fifty third annual commencement exercises last night at the Academy of Music, with a large audience of friends and patrons of the institution present. Three young ladies, Misses Louise O'Donnell, Nell G?lls and Ida Cum mings, were presented with diplomas, as graduates of the institution. The exercises were presided over by Mr. Neill O'Donnell and the awards were made by Father Wood The playlet was ? very pretty and interesting feature of the exercises and the singing was heartily enjoyed by all. Death of l ittle Boy. From the Daily Item, June 14. Clyde Morgan, the two and a-half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Carrlgan, died at home of his par? ents on Harvln street this afternoon at 2 o'clock, after a brief Illness. Tho funeral services Will be held tomor? row, Thursday, morning. German Ship Torpedoed. Copenhagen, June 13.?A big Ger? man merchant ship was torpedoed off Carlkrone on Monday by a Russian submarine, according to a report cur? rent in shipping circlts here* j