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FSHSOXAS MENTION. UJifql'K) p?s 'i iii ?-. * ? lrtsj vtlfhe* Parker, who accompan? ied afow.1 l?iah Ho Wei f to*'the island for a visit, has returned honn?. Mr. W. J. Beethain spent the week? end w I Wi havfamily Here, c*mtng from Bosttc. where he Is engaged* in the lumber" business/ 4V M. Car others or flu inter, a for? ma? rester-nt of this' elfy. la spending several days In the city and county with rehHhreS?Hoo? Hill Record. Mrev U 41. ffeyl ihd children left T\*esday afternoon ? fee Sumter, to spew* borne time with her aunt;?Pee Den Advocate. Mm. Este lie Rrogdon, of ? Sumter, came erer Monday r oon to spend a few dayn with her parents. Mr. and Mm H D Moore.?Pee Dee Advocate. Mi ear ii. B. McKay McRtveen and M. V. Plowden paseed through the city Friday on their way He Atlanta, where they will attend the Southern Chris? tian Endeavor Society. Mr. Eugene W. t>abb*. Jr.. of Salem Christian En deavor Society was also one of the - delepw?es tor the convention at Atlanta. m#i?vrH. Wilson Oreon and Harry \\ j? Ihrhove returned- to the city, afV?r a trth ^through the country to ? rmer homea at Ifendereon and Lehlsburg. H. Cj whire^'they ? visited relatives arr1. f*. D\ Brun*: Ifc'spending some? time In Virginia vhtftllig relatives. Hiss Margaret Dtttmar and Master Remand Miller have gase to Zaneaville. OMO( to Visit relatives. to view of the reports which have boon circulated In this community. It wilt bw of Interest to his many friends hero to know that the Rev. Baxter Franklin McLendon Is conducting a successful revival meeting in West Virgtbh*. aflata s 1 Marguerite WeTThig and Susie forvey; of Chariostonfjp^ visit? ing Mhm Moneta Osteen ?cj Marie Harris, of flreenvtlle, Vlrgle Brltt. of Uttle Hock; Estelle Smith,' of St. Matthews, and Mary Rice, of Union, are the guests of Miss Ruth Drown on 8atem Avenue. Dr. tieo. W. Dick tins traded his Dalsen place for the Nash4 place on Brood street, where ho will move shortly1 Ca Id Well streot has khcome a business street and IM f#k dscid ??d if .???.! >?? i I? winter for hi* fhm-1 tty further out from The bunlness sec- | tk?t of the Yhy. - f 1 .Mise \?is-sotn of Restle, who has I be?n .lining Mu M .... Bwc.lum h.a.?' rethrowlv home, accompanied by Miss (Witte1 Beetham. who will visit her far some time. Mr. C. J. Halliard of Dalzell came to town today. He stated that crops wore not much hurt around Dalzell. ' Captains (leorge C. Warren of the quarter master's department, and R. T. Brown of Company L, spent Sun? day lift the city, visiting their families. They leturncd to CAmp, floorp, Mpp day rnlrnlng. ifTnfl fl> Mrs! C W. Stanslll returned to the city tals morning after a visit of sev? eral months to her son, Mr. C. W. Stanslll. at Birmingham, Ala. Miss Edith Williamson has returned to the city from a visit to friends at ggfc Charles. Miss Bailie Cuttlno Is at home af? ter a pleasant stay in Summerton. Miss Prances DeLorme Is back In the city after a Melt to friends at Sal u<1 a ami Spartan burg. Mr. B. W. Sega re. of Lee county, was a visitor to the city today. Mr. T. M. tVosswell, of Dalzell, spent the' day in town. N ITH ATE PLANT IN STATE. rial Organisation* to nave Mertlmr in Columbia to Organize Ca mi tf., a to Secure Enterprise. Ths Columbia Chamber of Com? merce has invited the president and board of directors, and all members of th* Hun ter Chamber ??f Commerce who care to attend, to be at a State? wide meeting at Columbia ('hamber of Commerce. Wednesday. July 19th. at 19 o'clock noon, to organise and g?-i busy to secure one <nf the nitrate plants for South Carolina. United States Senator P. D. Smith has called for help from every Cham? ber <>f Commerce In South Carolin?. be thinks he can deliver th"* we have a COgapOPt organlza o after the plant. But we hs s to ge| busy down here In South Carolin ? if Wo are going to do any? thing, and pull together for South Car? olina, not for any one town or city. Rvery citizen of Sumter who Is in? terested Is Invited to attend as a rep reeentsttve*of the flame CocH City and county, and they can do tholr county a service by running over to Columbia, next Wednesday te back up Senator Smith Do you want to vote? ? ?? i ?o i i ? Enroll this week. If you wieh to vote In the primary. The club books close on the 16th. COMPAKATlV M/Y ? lilTTf/tt DAM AUK IS FF.I.T FROM THM moa ?Low. ( amp Commander Ha* No Authority to Discharge Men Who Have Dc le?? Families?Otlh-crs mi Scc Uiovt Uctlreim at of Col. Camp Moore, Styx, July 14.?It has bean no reflection on one's conversa tional ability to talk of the weather In camp today, for it has been the I big feature of a dull day. In com- | pany with the rest of a large portion of South Carolina the citizen soldiers felt the forco of the gulf storm and there was pierty of rain with a heavy blow. The sturdy tenta had been pre? pared for high winds and rain Is ex? acted at all t mes so no serious dam? age resulted here from the storm. Two supply tents were blown down and some property damage will be felt. The guard house turned over, but the three occupants thanked the elements when It was found that they I were free and entirely unhurt. A hospital tent g*ve up the ghost, but medical examinations were concluded before the catastrophe and It was un? occupied when it succumbed. The engineer company, which had only "dog tents," was forecd to aban? don its camp and take refuge in a large barn nearby. \ There, however, the men are fairly comfortable to? night and are not disposed to oom plaln of their fate. The engineer* received their new uniforms today and that, making them feel that they are really a part of the military forces of the State, of course put them in a good humor to withstand the troubles incident to a high wind and a rain that would not keep out of the little shelter tents. Col. Blythe's mall la filled with useless letters in that many persons write him daily seeking discharge* for enlisted men. Such application) must go through the proper military channel which is not a letter to the commanding ofilcer of the camp. "Such applications for discharge can only be granted on application of the enlisted man himself," said Col. Blythe. "He must state the ground of the application, which Is that he la a married man, having a family dependent on him for support, and tft?f h* h** ftethatty b<?en supi ?rtthirl it, accoSnpanlcd by proctf .?f thafc facts. A? commanding officer here 1 have no authority to grant discharges, Tl-e application must go through in? proper military channel which is to the commanding general of the de? partment of the ISast, Governor's Is? land, N. Y., who has full and tlnni authority." The orders from the department ol the East in regard to the* discharge of heads of families are as follows: "Department commanders may Is? sue discharges from service to enlist? ed men of the National Cunrd or or? ganised militia called into service oi the United Statos who are serving Within their respective departments, provided applications for discharge are made through military channels to department commanders setting forth that the applicant has one or more relatives who are dependent on him for support; the application to be accompanied by adequate written evidence of real dependency." Officers of the Second regiment who hav been thrown in intimate touch with Lieut. Col. J. H. Claffy regret exceedingly his retirement to civil life. At officers' meeting today reso? lutions were passed expressing the regret felt by his associates. The or? der ns Issued by Capt. J. D. W. Meyer, adjutant, hy order of Col. Springs is as follows: "The commanding officer of this regiment announces with sincere re? gret the retirement of Lieut. Col. Claffy, who has no ably assisted tlie National Ouard of this State as one of its officers for the past quarter of a century. **Ueut. Col. Claffy enlisted as a sergeant In the Fort Motte guards In j hs?'?. He rose to captain of the Tilt man Volunteers, Company C, Firs' regiment in 1R94. He was commis? sioned major of the Third battalion Third Smith Carolina infantry in June 1914. Upon the reorganization of the militia in May, 191&, he was elected to bo lieutenant colonel of^ this regiment. "The following resolution adopted this day at tho meeting of tho com? missioned officers is hereby m??le a part of this order. ?? 'When as. Lieut. Col. James H, Claffy of the Second South Carolina Infantry after II years of faithful and efficient service In the mllltla is i e turiAng to private life. " 'And win Ten:. the officers of tic; Second South Carolina infantry real? ise that in the retirement of Col. Clarfy the militia is losing a faithful and efficient officer and the officers < l the regiment a true and tried frleiu'. " '.Vow, therefore, he it resolved by the officers of the Second South Caro? lina Infantry In the officers' meet in ; assembled, That the deep apprecia? tion of the services of Col. Claffy to the miiitiaj of his State and the sin-' cere regret of the officers Of the Sec-' ond South Carolina infantry be ex? pressed to Col. Claffy, a copy of the resolution he presented to Col. Claffy, uhd that a copy of same, together with a copy of the military record 9t' Col. Chilly, be delivered to the dally press.' " A recruiting detail reported at the camp today, Lieut. W. \V. 1 lames, a sergeant, a corporal and a private of the Joncsvillc coast artillery com? pany arriving for recruiting duty. They will have a physical examination at once and be mustered into the service of the United States. Other officers of the cosat artillery service ordered to report for duty as recruiting offi? ces are: Capt. J. M. Wallace, Lieut. u. Hertz Brown, Lieut. Guy B. Foster, Capt. H. C. Moore, Lieut. W. E. Bell, Lieut. E. P. McWhirtcr. Upon report ling to the commanding officer they I will be examined physically, mustered into the United States service and as? signed to stations With all the companies examined j physically and rejected men being sent away the Second regiment has settled down to serious work. The officers have been unable to institute the usual rigid military routine with the medi? cal examinations necessarily interrupt? ing bnt at officers* meeting today, Col. Springs outlined the thorough work expected from this time on. The reg? iment is beginning to find itself and when the inoculation is completed it will then proceed to show itself the splendid regiment it Is. As the uniforms were being dis? tributed to the members of the engi? neer company a private came up with a dejected look, exclaiming to the offi? cer iasuing the supplies, "Execuse me, sir, but this poncho you have given me is half a tent." And so it wsa. The substitute only looked like the real thing and today was not a good day for Imitations in this camp. HERBEBT EPPERSON SAFE. Telegraphs from Navy Yard at Char-1 lesion That He has not Suffered From Experience. Herbert Epperson, who is connected with the wireless in the United States navy, one of the members of the crew of the ill-fated Hector, which went down oft Cape Romain Friday, Sun? day afternoon telegraphed to his fath? er, J. A. Epperson, at Sumter, that he was safe and had not suffered from the ? kosurc Im Ident to the sinking o1 his s p. Mi rcppersonrs father and othjM relat es hc??? had fell the Ue< ans? ? foi ci . v i ere .: uf -'it day and Saturday and It was a great relief to them to know of his safety. The last heard from hlm^vas from a letter written on the 12th and post? marked from the battleship Hartford on the 13th, which reached Sumter on the 14th. In this letter Herbert stated that he was on board the Hector with marines bound for Haytl and it was Oils Information which caused his father su much worry. At the time, however, that the telegram was re- v colved, Mr. Epperson was in Columbia, where he had been called by the se? rious Illness of his wlfo, who is in a hospital there. Young Epperson stat? ed that he would come on to Sumter In a few days on furlough to visit his relatives here. COURT WINDING UP BUSINESS. Sessions Court Will Adjourn Today for Term. The court of general sessions ad? journed on- Saturday for the term, the last two days having been given over to the hearing of appeals and other equity business. Judge Mem mincer will return home tonight and Solicitor Stoll has already gjme homo. Judge Mcmmlnger has passed sen? tence on tho following defendants who were found guilty at this term of court: Ceo. F. l<ee, motion for now trial refused and sentence of $10 or 10 days imposed. Harry Sanders, Caleb Conyers were found guilty of housebreaking and larceny, on both charges. Geo. Ludd was found not guilty and dismissed. Motion for a new trial for the two men was refused and sentence of two year! was Imposed. 1>. Rnglh and Isaac Colelough were also yet used a new trial and given two years each. They were convicted of cotton stealing. Matthew Johnson, forgery, was giv? en ?>ne year and a Rite of $1. The appeal of (Mamie B. Hogau from the police court was dismissed Aftd upon motion to appear his bond was fixed at *loo. The appeal In the-case of Willie Culick and Collie Tucker from the re? corder's court was dismissed. Appeal of 11. T. Kdcns, operating pool room wltout a license, was dis? missed. A number of other appeals wer?? heard in eases brought from the re* corner's and magistrate's courts. Amsterdam, July 17.?a dispatch from Berlin today states that the Kaiser Is at the BomttlC front dlstribut lug iron Orcosel and making changes In several commands. FIVE IiiVKS LOST AM> MILLIONS OF PROPERTY 1>A\MAGE DONE BY ANGRY WATERS. Cupt. Lii>c, and Two Daughters of Biltmore Drowned m Swanamioa River, Des|>ltc Efforts to Rescue Them?Property Loss is Estimated at $10,000,000 as Result of Heavy Rainfall and Flooded Rivers. Asheville, N. C., July 16.?Taking a toll of live human lives with a prop? erty loss estimated from $6,000,000 to $10,000,000 and with hundreds of people rendered homeless b> the de? struction of more than 1.00 hQuses,'the worst flood in the history of the State swept the river section of Asheville and the French Broad valley early this morning, and at 8 o'clock tonight the waters of the Swanannoa and French Broad rivers were 15 feet above their banks, although believed to be receding. Reports irom towns in the French Broad valley, covering a territory from the Lake Toxaway sec? tion to Hot Springs, near the Tennes ee line put the property losses at near? ly $10,-000,000. Reports :'rom these sec? tions are difficult to obtain owing to the interruption of telegraph and telephone communication, lines being down everywhere. At 1 o'clock today the Western Union Telegraph com? pany succeeded in looping up a tele? phone wire to Atlanta, thus gettm'g the only line of communication to tht outside world at that time. The dead, so far known, are Capt. J. C. Lipe, Miss Nellie Upe, an unmar? ried daughter, Mrs. Leo Mulholland, a married daughter, all of whom were drowned in the Swanannoa river at Biltmore while efforts were being made to rescue them from their Ho?d ed home near the river bank. Two others, Lonnie Trexler, a white labor? er and Luther Frazer, a negro, were drowned this evening while attempt? ing to carry food to marooned guests at the Glen Rock Hotel. At noon to de^y the water had reached the second door of this hotel, driving all guests to the third and fourth floors. The Southern passenger railway station opposite the Glen Rock hotel has eight feet of water in it. All train service in and out of the city has been suspended. An estimated rainfall of from ' six to eight inches throughout th*? French Bread \aht!> unriug the last week: wan the prTmary cause ??c the 1 viu^h ren ? d ?hell htffhest pomV :h?>ni\ af|cr daybreak th;s m ?innig.; fhc?* cuocuuuns were luithei aggra? vated when the dams holding back the waters off Lake Osceloa at Henderson vllle and Kanuga lake at Kanuga' were carried away, the tides thus liberated sweeping down through the French Broad valley, through Henderson county past Asheville and into the ad? joining county of Madison. Commu? nication with the latter section by cither telephone or telegraph has not yet been established, but it is feared that the entire town of Marshall has been wiped off the map. At 4' o'clock this afternoon fears were entertained for the big dam at Lake Toxaway, the bursting of which, it is said, would send the waters sweeping through South Carolina and would create conditions worse than those of the Johnstown flood. Hundreds of children from the cot? ton mill section of the city, whose homes were swept away early this morning, crowded the city hall this afternoon. Hastily formed relief com? mittees are making every arrange? ment for the sheltering and feeding of the city's homeless. The town of Biltmore, laid out 25 years ago by the late George W Van derbllt, Is almost entirely under wa? fer, ranging in depth from three to five feet, and is completely cut off from the city of Asheville by a rag Ing torrent of water, the Swanannoa, which at some points is a mile wide. It was here the ttrst loss of life so far reported was recorded when Capt. Lipe and two daughters were drowned in an'effort to escape by boat from their home, which was swept from its (foundation by the rapidly rising wa? iters. Three women who reached the tree tops from the second floor of their house across the road from the Lipe home were rescued this afternoon by boatmen. The property losses of lumber and plants throughout this section will reach an appalling total. Woodworking plants along the French Broad were washed away, thousands of dollars worth of lumber being dashed against the abuttmcnts of concrete and steel bridges which span the French Broad at this point. The municipal gas and electric light plants are half under water and the city tonight is without gas and elec? tric power. All plants depending upoi, electHfl motive power, including the offices of the Asheville Citizen and the Asheville Times are out of commis? sion and the city streets will he in I darkness tonight. Tomorrow morn j lug's four page issue of the Citizen 1s belnc; made up in a local Job plant where the press is run by a gasoline engine. Early this morning a two story house was swept through Biltmore with three men sitting on the roof frantically waving to onlookers an<l "caning* for help. As'they passed the BKltmore road the' men leaped from the house and were picked up by boats. Two minutes later the house was smashed to pieces against the concrete piers of Biltmore bridge, it? self entirely under water. The Southern railway is the heaviest sufferer of any corporation in this sec? tion. The tunnels at Old Fort are blocked with a mass of wreckage car? ried down by the Hood, and slides from Saluda mountain are still coming. The railway officials! here can give no defi? nite information as to when traffic in apd out of the city will be resumed. If4 flood conditions improve it is thought that trains will be in opera? tion by Tuesday or Wednesday. Bridges and culverts are reported to have been washed out in several places though confirmation is lacking. At 10 o'clock tonight it was re? ported that the big dam at Lake Tox away was still holding. No authentic reports have been received as to the extent of the catastrophe in Hender? son and Madison counties. The city of Asheville proper is in n. danger from the flood, the waters be? ing confined to the cotton mill district and railway sections of the city. Resi? dents of these sections who have been made homeless are being housed and fed by relief committees in the city high school. \ The total damage to cotton mills, woodworking plants and lumber mills along the French Broad and Swanan noa rlVari is estimated from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000. This does not include losses sustained by plants outside the county whence definite reports have not been received. In and around the village of Biltmore the property loss including woodworking plants and lumber yards is estimated at $300,000. The damage sustained by the big Van derbilt estate around Biltmore can not be ascertained until the waters re? cede but it is believed that the Bilt? more nurseries have suffered much damage. The worst sufferers in this district of the city are the Hans Rees tannery, having an office in New York city; the Asheville Power and Light? ing company; the Graham County Lumber company; the National Cas? ket company; the Azalea Woodwork? ing company; the McEwen Lumber company; the Carolina Machine com? pany; W. M. Jones Woodworking ^omranv t m Weetafl company; the Citizen ; I tmber company; 'he Amer* ?e:m Feed Milling company;-the Bik-i more . aw Mills; W. M. \WsrMl ? Co,,1 the ChAmpi?h Manufacturing com-j pany; the Carolina coal pnmpanj. the Plsgah Lumber company; the Standard Oil company; the Southern railway shops and the French Broad Manufacturing, company, the latter having branches in New York city. The W. ML Jones Woodworking company was practically an entire loss, the great part of the plant be? ing swept down the river. One hundred homes in the cotton mill districts were washed away. A report received from Henderson ville at 11 o'clock tonight stated that the flood had wrought great havoc there and that the property loss throughout Henderson county would ! The plant of the HendersonCille I^ght and Power eopjpany is out,t qX eomnilssion'and the city reservoir hav? ing been iilled with mud by torrents to the overflowing point has rendered the city's supply of water unfit for drink? ing purpose*. Many people have been driven from their homes by the ris? ing waters and several wooden build? ings have been carried away. Only th e big railway bridge south of Heir dersonville remains intact. No train ht.s leached HendersonvTlle in the laut 24 hours. Miss Mabel Foister and Miss Char? lotte Walker, two nurses at the Bilt niore ,hospital, who were first reported as having been rescued from the l^ipe home at Diltmore are still roissingi*nd unaccounted for, according to a re? port received from Biltmore . hospital at 11 o'clock tonight.. It is feared tha,t the two young women lost their lives when Capt. Lipe and his two daughters perished. It is stated that the Misses Foister and Walker, aged 24 and 26, respectively, spent last niKit at the Lipe home and were tjak cn off by boatmen oarly this morn? ing. The boat was overturned, <*.}<t. Lips and his two daughters b^eing drowned, and it is feared that the nurses were also lost. At one o'clock this morning gauges announced that both the Swaxiannoa and French Broad rivers were rapid? ly receding and no further damage is anticipated. Where Nature Je Most Genero** There are few place* where nature has Hidden her gifts so bountifully a* hi Cuba. This is especially true about the tropical fruits of that iegVon. Candidate's Cards. Announcements of candidates will be printed in this column until the close of the campaign for $5. No cards accepted on credit. For Congress. I hereby announce myself ?ms a can? didate for the Democratic nomination for Congress from the 7th Congres? sional District and pledge myself tp abide by the rules of the primary. A. F. LEVER. Fcr House of Representatives. i hereby announce tfc*ji i *i* a candidate for t;.e Houst of Beorenen tattv**, sub'ect v<. ihe rule* of tjbt Dem e-atic pa rt?. ? For Magistrate. I hereby announce, that I *jn can? didate for the office of Magistrate in the Fpt.rth Magisterial District (Priva? teer) of Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. S. B. KOLB. _ k At the requtst of my friends I *o nounce myself as a candidate for the 7th Magisterial District, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. I am In the race to a finish if I don't get bu* one vote. T. P. SANDERS. JR. The Farmers' Mutual ! Protective Association | Of Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties It is the ambition of the officers of The Farmers9 * Mutual Protection Association of Sumter, Clarendon . and Lee Counties, S. C, to make the organization in? valuable to property owners; to sell Fire Insurance at the Lowest Possible Cost; to save money for its mem- ? bers and to become the most dominant factor in the J commercial life of our community. HAVE YOU JOINED YET? There is a Director in your Township. The Sumter Trust Co., Agt. SUMTER, S. C. The Bailey-Lebby Company Machinery, Mill and Plumbing Supplies. Automobile Supplies and Accessories G. & J Tires and Tubes VEE.DOL Oils and Grease