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-n-1 T - 7;-r?rj WAD MENTION, fL J. B. Walker and family are Iii? sometime in Saludu, N. C ?..H. Yates has returned from where ehe spent several Mts. F. K. Ho Hid ay. who has been viSUJng la Surnmerton. has returned lp. at W. Dabbs was in town to flffesesV J. O. Berwick, Jr., who has betdh vWtlng relatives In Chester, has rej trued home. Mrs. Q. W. McOrew and children hnye returned from a pleasant visit to Sullivan's Island and Charleston. Mrs- Jossle sprott. state president of* |*e South Carolina Woman's Chris? tian^ temperance union, spent Friday in Ihn city, making plans for the St^te convention which meets here tht las* of September. Wisse? Krnma Beach and Isabel FaVler. who have been visiting rela titUs and friends here, left this morn? ing .flu* their home In Jacksonville, Mr. Ose. W. Hutcheson was called, Sylrln, W- Vs., on account of the r and death of nj* father. Mr. J. utehesoo. Mr. Hutoheeon made l,h<>Ae here with his son for sever yjsn/s. Their many friends here I.he very sorry to.hear of his death. l^Jofcu. A. Brunsen, pastor of Baptist church, has gone to hello, 9. C, to spend his vaca nnd will be away from the city September let*, and Mrs. Abe Rettenberg have from Atlantic City, where nt sevecnl weeks. L- T. p. Sanders, of A lien dale, hsj has been visiting at his elU Mwfa n4, Uacood. spent the day in tejK|^ Mr Sanders says that the wtf|As>|I*n growers of Allendale had a* ejgqsp.tionally good season aal tlwt.Jhany of them made big profits. ?V McLeod and Miss Mar s^HraMeLcod are on a trip to New I $n*ma Prlerson is spending the e/neh-.tnd on Sullvan's Island and wj?M(f t^nee to her h?nie. "Cherry >lSj' S^u^teburg. {or a visit of a fort !iDh^ Sunday State. 5&' wn Miary Pitts of Sumter, form jsjtftf of this city, la guest of Miss Mar I Bryan on Sumter street. Misses afte?* and Bryan are spending today SnJlhan'i , Island ?The Sunday aat~Ai'f Epperson has returned! fr<$Jf iflfef'be Springs after a stay of several weeks. Mr and Mrs. 8, W. Walker have gone to Wellston. Ohio, to spend a month. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McKnlght have g*>ne to Blythewood for a stay of two OiSs MUs Willie Davis and her little brother, Clarence, have returned to their home In Mulllns, after spending several weks with their grandmother, ?Ire. Lide, and their aunt, Mrs. E. Boaey. Mr. Carson O. Jenkins, of Sumter, has accepted a position as clerk at t ie popular Central Hotel. Charlotte. N. CU where he will be glad to see all of hla friends when in Charlotte. Supervisor P. M. Pitts la out and at - fading to his duties after an illnens of t?* days. Mrs. Maggie Carr. of Columbia Is visiting Mr and Mrs. J. M. Chandler Miss Marian W. Quattlebaum, of Winthrop College, and Mr. Marlon W. r&dwards, of Batesburg, are visiting Mr, and Mrs. James Cuttlno on Church street. Miss Cora Duffle is visiting Misses 'Law and Boyd in Rock Hill. Miss Ruth Brown Is one of a house ipejty given by Miss Rice at Union. Mr. and Mrs, C. H. Barnum and children, who have been vlsttirgj rel? atives at their former home at Buffalo, N. T., have returned to the city, after bejgig away for several months. Miss Alpha Barnum, who has been taking a Cj?urse In Atlants preparatory to be conning a trained nurse is also with h >r parents. Mrs. W. N. Hammett of Blshop vllle Is spending some time In this city In order to be near her daughter, Mian Msrle Hammett. who is at pres? ent quite sick in the Tuomey Hospital. No. Iff will cure Chills and Fever. It Is the most speedy remedy we know.?Advt. ?vangelist Baxter Franklin Mc London, who has been conducting a moat successful revival meeting In West Virginia, has been invited hj the t?ntora of the churches of Crcen vtlle to conduct a meeting In that city at some time In the near future, an invitation which the evangelist has accepted. Mr. Meldenden was aSgjsSp ed In hp meeting In West Virginia by the lev. L U theaters of the Hlshop vllle Presbyterian church. Riih-My-TIsm?Antiseptic, Anodyn* f?K 11s pain, stops putrefaction.? 8t MTKH HEALTH CONDJ^IONS. Health OeKgp McKugen FurnUlie* Ofr ?iUU Hevorjl for information or Public and to Stop Exaggerated and False Report*. Health Offleer W. J. McKagen states that he is In dally receipt of Inquiries concerning the health conditions of Sumter and is constantly being told of tho preposterously exaggerated re? ports that are in circulation in neigh? boring towns and counties. lie 3ays that he has been asked if It it true that there have been between threo and four hundred 'cases of fever in Sumter this summer; if It is true that there are a numbor of cases of in? fantile paralysis In Sumter; If it is true that there are also scarlet fever and diphtheria in Sumter. He is in u position to disprove all of these un? founded reports from the official rec? ords and has done so by citing tho facts to those who inquire. It is true that there have been more cases of fever this year tha,n in any other year recently, but there lias never been at any time conditions ap? proaching an epidemic. There has not been a case of Infantile paralysis, nor Is there any scarlet fever or diphtheria] In the city at this time nor has there been in recent months. At the request of Health Officer Mc Kagen the following official report irr printed for the information of the public, and in the hope that it will put an end to the circulation of false and exagr rated reports: Report of typhoid fever cases as re? ported from January 1, 1916 to August January. 1916, 2 cases. March, 1916, 2 cages. April. 19U, 2 cases. May, 1916, 12 cases. June, 1916, 21 cases. July. 1916, 3 cases, August 11, 1916, 1 case. No cases of Infantile paralysis havo been reported from the county or city up to August 11, 1916. W. J. M/KAOEN, HealthOfficer. Till! FIRST BALK OF COTTON. _ From The Dally Item, Aug. 12. Mr. W. p. Pierson, of the Tindal sec* tlon oil this county today sold the drat Me of new cotton on the Sumter market The hale weighed 400 pounds and war, graded as middling. It was bought by Lovi Bros, at fifteen cents a pound. / XaHl K. Walker Head. From The Dally Item. Aug. 1,2. %ach B. Walter,, one of the most prominent and mostsuccessful negroes, of thju section or the State, died at hU home on Council street last night af? ter a long Illness. He was stricken with paralysis several years~ago and ha-' I<e ' i .eeble health ever since. Tii nef unexpectedly, however, as nla con. itlon had not boen appar? ently any worse recently than for sev? eral months. Walker was for many years engaged in the general mer? chandise business and had acquired considerable property, both in town and country, and was best rated fin? ancially of the negroes of Sumter county. He was at one time quite ac? tive in politics and years ago .was re? garded as the political leader of the negroes in this county. Before the adoption of the municipal Democratic primary in Sumter the negroes held the balance of power In the city elec? tions and, Walker, under these condi? tions was several times given a place on the municipal ticket and was elect? ed as a warden for two or more terms. In recent years he has not been ac? tive in politics and has given his whole attention to the management of his property. Baker School Mooting. There has Just closed at the Ba? ker school house a delightful series of meetings,. Hev. McCord of the Man? ning Presbyterian church has been preaching for us for the pant tour days. Those who heard him realized what: a splendid, forceful speaker he is. He seems clearly to have thought out the great centra) truths of the Bible, and to have lived them so that they have become hla own, and he finds no difficulty in giving them to others in a clear, concise way so that the youngest child may under? stand and be Impressed by them. We feel that a real spiritual blessing hhS been showered upon our neighborhood and that for many years we may feel the imprera of it. At the close of the meeting about twenty-rtve united with the Mayes vllle Presbyterian church with the understanding that, if, in the near fu? ture, wo should have an organization of our own their nic.mhcrahip shall be transferred. Our only regret Is that we could not have had Mr. McCord among us longer, for he completely won the hearts of his hearers, and thr r |>iay< rs will follow hltn in his work, Mr. Carlisle Herbert, of Suniier, and MISS Franoor Herbert, of Lynch burg, are in the city on a visit to their parents, Hev. and Mrs. W. I. Herbert.?Orcenwood Indox, MEDIATION OR ARBITRATION. ?' Ii * * Railroad President Discusses Several Plinse* of Uic Hallway Strike Situa? tion. Atlanta, (Ja., Aug. 11.?Mr. Unas A. Wickereham, president and "general manager, Atlanta & West Point Rail? road company and the Western Hall? way of Alabama, and general manager of the Georgia railroad gave out the following statement as to just what is the effect of the acceptance by the managers and the Brotherhood chiefs of the good offices of the federal board of mediators: There seems to be some confusion in the public mind as to the differ? ences between mediation and arbitra? tion, and perhaps a word of explana? tion might be of some interest to your readers. First, note the following definitions: Mediate: To interpose between two parties in order to harmonize or rec? oncile them; art as a mutual agent or friend; serving as or being a means or medium; acting more or less as an Intervening agency; indirect; second? ary. Arbitrate: To act or give judgment; tlx; determine. There Is no federal law requiring ar? bitration, but there is a board of me? diation, whose power is limited to the exercise of friendly good office bctwoen employers and employees; but, even with this limited scope, they have ac? complished a great deal of good in cases where there is a real condition of misunderstanding or misconception of each other by the parties in contro? versy, and especially, where anger and passion may have clouded or warped the 000} sober Judgment of either or all parties to a threatened or actual strike. The Dominion of Canada has a law which, not only antedates ours by yeveral years, but is more far-reaching and h?s proven very satisfactory to both employers and employees. Un? der their law, a board is created to in? vestigate any such controversies as may arise, and the parties thereto are forbidden to take any definite action; i. e.. the employee must not strike and the employer must not institute a. lock out, until.the board has.an opportun? ity to investigate, the period of truce, as I recall It, without having a copy of the Canadian act before me, being, limited to thirty days. During the truce period the board investigates carefully, listens to the arguments of both sides and endeavors to mediate the difficulty in much the same way as do our federal media tors, but. falling to reconcile the conten? tions, or to negotiate un agre<-m? nt fpjr au arbitration, It then becomes the duty dl the Canadian board to tnA-Ke public its findings and conclusions as to the merits of the controversy, thus placing the whole question clearly be? fore the bar of public opinion, which is the court of last resort, and by which the final outcome i:s really de? termined In any Republican form of government. In the present case, the highest paid group of railway employees of the country, who have repeatedly re? ceived increases in the last several years, and who constitute only 18 per cent, of the total number of em p,w/ees, draw 28 per cent, of the to? tal payroll, are demanding ten hours pay for eight hours work, with time and a hall for the ninth and tenth hours, which would involve an In? crease of about M per cent, amount? ing to $100,000,000.00 per annum for the whole country. There is no question about the pow? er of this federated group of train and enginemen to paralyze the commercial intercourse of this country, though some systems may be able to operate their own lines with a fair degree of success. The managers of the railways have taken the very reasonable position that the revenues of the railways are inadequate to meet this demand, not to mention the fact that eighty per cent, of their employees who draw only seventy-two per cent, of the pay? roll are also entitled to Consideration; and now that the interstate Commerce Commission lixes the rates to be charged by the railways in order to earn a reasonable return, they could hardly justify themselves In asking that rates be increased live per cent, in order to make such enormous wage Increases to men already so highly paid that their net Income is greater) than that of the average business or professional man. Therefore the managers deem it highly Imperative that if any increases are to be made, that the responsibility for same be placed in the hands of some tribunal representing the public interest. The men. however, decline to sub? mit the decision of their claims to any one; they insist upon being the. plain? tiff, the Judge and the jury, and insist that the manager:! shall accede to the demands they themselves lay down wit bout opportunity for any decision of the matter by the Interstate Com? ' meres Commission, a board of arbi? tration, or any authority outside of themselves, In the public and newspaper CODI" invmt upon t|ie aceptanee of mediation, the public seems to think this is the sumo thing as arbitration. Unfor? tunately, such as not the case, as the Brotherhood leaders point out in in? terviews printed, in which they ex? plain that they accepted mediation as a matter of courtesy, and declare em? phatically that there shall be no arbi? tration. John G. Gibson Dead. Bishopv?lc, Aug. 12.?John G. Gib? son, a well known and highly respect? ed citizen, died at his home near Blah opville yesterday afternoon. He was 1'Z years old and a Confederate veter? an. The remains were buried at the old family burying ground today at eleven o'clock. No. 666 will cure Malaria or Bilious Fever. Xft kills the germs.-i-Advt. 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 as a can? didate for the Democratic nomination for Congress from the 7th Congres? sional District and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the primary. A. F. LEVER. For House of Representatives. I am a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives from Sumter county, subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. / A. K. SANDERS. , I hereby announcs that I am a candidate for re-election to the House of Jteprcsentatlves, subject to the ac? tion of the Democratic primary. DAVIS D. MOISE. For Magistrate. I hereby announce that I am can? didate for the oflice of Magistrate in the Fourth Magisterial District (Priva? teer), of Sumter County, subject to the rulespf the Democratic party. 8. B. KOLB. At lhe roqutst of my frionds I an? 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. Death. Mrs. Mary Seymour, widow of the late Hiram Seymour died mi Friday, August 11th, at the home of her son, Mr. Scott Seymour, in the Lewis Chapel neighborhood of Concord township, at the advanced age of 91 years. Mrs. Seymour was a daughter of the late Jesse Baker ami sister of the late John .1. and Mr. Alpheus Ba Iker', the latter of whom is still living with Iiis son, Mr. L. U Baker at Blsh- j opvillc, although older than his sister. | Mrs. Seymour was a native of Sum- j tedj county and spent her long life in | the same neighborhood. She is sur vlvcd by the following children: Mrs. M. K. Boswcll of Brogdon, A. O. Bey IBOiir. Der mark; L. T. Seymour, Man ning, and W. CJ. ?. Seymour, Brogdon. 'she was laid lo rest in the family cemetery near her home. The funer? al was conducted by the Rsv. W. D. Splnks, six of her grandsons acting as pall hearers. She was a meml)er of the Graham Baptist church. The Palmetto Fire Insurance Com? pany of Sunder has applied to the secretary of State for an increase in its capital stock from $L'5,000 to 000. New Enterprise. Lumber, Lime, Cement, ; BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. BOOTH^McLEOD, Successors to Booth'/ihuler Lumber & Supply Co. Goo. Epporoon'o Ohl Sttvnd Opp. Court Houoo EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE. ."""".4.'.r**| The Farmers' Mutual || < ? Protective Association j| II Of Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties It [ It is the ambition of the officers of The Farmers' J! t Mutual Protection Association of Sumter, Clarendon <I i and Lee Counties, S. C, to make the organization in- II [ valuable to property owners; to sell Fire Insurance at ! S ! the Lowest Possible Cost; to save money for its mem- It > bers and to become the most dominant factor in the ;; j commercial life of our community. ! \ \ HAVE YOU JOINED YET? \ \ I There is a Director in your Township. ; j i: The Sumter Trust Co., Agt. i :f SUMTER, S. C. j In amounts of $2,000.00 and up at low rates of in? terest on Improved Farm? ing Land in Sumter County Carolina Bond and Mortgage Co Columbia, S. C. R. D. EPPS, Local Counsel, Sumter, S. C. >n .?'