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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?
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