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O MARRIAGE CEREMONIES. i Eft Baker BtVcpiee Mrs. Beuaiie Wmwm* end Mis* Nernli Mellett Mar? ries Mr. Claude IM il In?. TvClerk of Court H. U Scarborough '."Wtli disturbed Dorn ht< Sunday after !' ?eou nap yesterday \>v a young couple, .,wr<0 requested that h? issue them a ?I UfJirea and marry them. As the clerk **4 no licenses at lila lesldence he \ttrtt with the partleo to J the court *s, where the required ceremonies i gone through with and Mr. Ben Me Hodge and Miss Kva Baker, both Idrnchburg. were udted as one In bond a of matrimony, e Had iust completed the ceremony these two young >enple, and wlsh them much happiness on their say together through life, when de Dlnklns and Miss Surah X. fA Of Sumter ippeared at the of his ofhee ard requested that % nlte them In the holy bonds of imony. The ceremony wus per? iod and Mr. and Mr*. Dlnklns were eent to their way rejoicing. Both tlieee young peoph have many de In Sumter and In the conti" extend congratulations heat wishes to t lem. ?fC CH'p TO EXTEND ITS WORK. Hub Mi* Saturday and Wore Made for Work During )> ^latu?Mep U Be Admittcvl lo in Philharmonic Music Club met |*day afternoon 11 ths home r f Leutee Slddall t< discuss plans I Steading the w irk of the club If the winter. has been decided to enlarge the i torch I p and then my gain the co jitlea of those In ersted In music tie otty ike the earnest desire of the Rhil lonlc Club to devsrop the musical In Sumter. A n? w feature In the lei to have ell men interested in join ue In mak ng the chorus a club has two divisions, the ac embers and the associate mem Active member* are thosa who II all meetings, business and mu |eeta|e members are those who to pan In the business of the ?at pay the duen and are prlvll ft* attend all monthly meetings, [f members may oe selected from sfttate members by the program Itttee, ? Ptagah News mh! Views. Plaje?. Aug. i*.~-'.:ha meeting at I yesterday was a large and ens. The day was Intensely hot. eot withstanding ths heat all 1 to enjoy themselves. Like the hurt meeting thire was not the at friction In anything. The I as of the candidates were nlong usual lines and all did veil. The had a fine dinner and .mid all I tad, ths proceed.i going to help it debt on the Baptist parsonage, nd about $ 0 was real tied. surely waited o\ the table ail Mr. Phillips, the Baptist pos? it m says he improved in to Dalsell. The Is much since coming country did not seres with him. spoke In high terms of the kind he now lives einong. Aay what you pleas* about cam trng*. they are conducted ytar on a higher plane than tad no doubt will be a fixture In future. Mr. ?am Moore pr< sided over the Itjr in his always fair and Im anner If all your town peo Wire as pleasant n? B. C. Wallace, SB In Stubbs and Davis Moise. It Id forever blot out all imaginary Vetween town and country. Those ear candidates unopposed attended the meetings anl make their This Is proper und right. Much wee sxpressed ft Mr. Lcn lie not being prosent owing to inet ex Mieles riadte Roger? and Nell Oll M. Roger* and J. E. Du Pre West from Plsgnh. Mrs. J. If. Ream*! of Rembert who lias been visiting her son In OeorgU has returned home. She says the people she met arj nice and hos ffstabU Miss Pearl Brown of Smlthvlllc Is ?leitlni: the Misses Rogers. Mrs. Snllle Allen of Florida and 4 lice Kntsmlnger of Columbia visiting relatives here. Protracted meetings will commence at Mcl^eod's Church on Mondr.y after flrrt Sunday In September and at h on the second Sunday In Sep? tember Rev. Mr. Myers will aid at Mrs. MeLeol's church. Y. M. C. A. Fund. .One dollar additional has been re? ceived for the Y. M. C. A. branch at El Pato, Texas, for the bepellt of the 1 South Carolina troops on the border. Previously acknowledged.$49.oo Rev. J P. Marlon 1 00 Total IIO.UO WEAKNESS 'SHOWN IN NAVY. it ?r r Attacking Fleet C ould Lund Troops Near New York I ndcr Favorable Weather Conditions. Newport, R. I., Aug. 27.?The war game just cuinpletetl l?y tho United States navy proved that under fairly favorable weather renditions an at? tacking Meet has an excellent chance to land troops within tl miles of New j York. H?4r Admiral Austin M. Knight declared tonight. "Nothing of this ?ort would havo been possible," he said, "If the defending blue fleet had had an efficient scouting force." Admiral Knight, umpire in the game which ended yesterday In the virtual annihilation of the blue, or defending fleet, arrived tonight on the battle? ship Pennsylvania at the head of the victorious., red lleet which represented the invudlng enemy. I'SE SERTM II I.on I > TREAT? MENT. Dr. Billion rioMicr Tells of Investiga? tion and Experiment In Infantile Pa? ralysis. New York, Aug. 27.?Herum man? ufactured from human blood Is pre? eminent In treatment of persons af? flicted with Infantile paralysis in the opinion of Dr. Simon Flexner, direc? tor of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, it became known tonight. Dr. Flexner has recom? mended tho treatment to the rnem ? hers of the American Medical asso? ciation, tho largest organized body of physicians In the1 world. Dr. Flex ner's views and the facts he has ad? duced are embodied In an article con? tributed to The Journal of the Amer? ican Medical Association. The experiment evidence in favor of this treatment shows that if a se? rum prepared from the blood of mon? keys which havo had the disease Is Injected Into healthy monkeys, tHcy either can not acquire infantile pa? ralysis when an effort la made to in? fect them with It or else If they do contract It the severity of the ailment is modified to the extent that the on? set of the Inevitable paralysis is de? layed. Some times the treatment ar? rests tho paralysis in the jnidst ?f its progress. * TROPHY FOR MARK MAN SHIP. Town of Illon, New York, Presents Bronxo Statue to South Carolina. Columbia. Aug. 28. -W. W. IfoOtS, the adjutant general, will receive ! a few days a marksmanship trophy, I pre*, nted by citizens of Tlfon, N. T.. to the Notional Guard of South (a: ollna, to be awarded annually to tin; company making the best record for the year in rifle practice. The trophy Is a replica In bronze of the statue of Albln Polasek, the Bohemian sculp? tor, which Is to be unveiled soon at Ihon, in celebration of the 100th an? niversary of the making of the first Remington rifle at the Mohawk Valley town. The trophy with its ebony baao standr three feet high. Tho found? ing of the Remington works at llion in 1816 marked the beginning of the American firearms Industry. Marriage License Record. Licenses to marry were issued Sun? day afternoon to two young couples: Rennte Hodge and Miss Eva Baker, Lynchburg; Claude Dlnkins and If la* Sarah N. Mellett, Sumter. THE TRANSFER OF LABOR. Vigorous Complaints Made to Federal Department. Washington. Aug. 27.?Complaints of a very vigorous nature have been made to the department of labor re? cently, through members Of congress from some of the Southeastern States, that the machinery of the federation employment bureau was in some cases operating to take persons away from Jobs they already had and sometimes out of the State. In certain instances this procens, it was declared, had re? sulted In serious embarrassment of lo? cal Industry. Inquiry mode at the department of labor here elicits the reply that there h.ive been no criticisms of this kind with regard to the federal employ? ment work In South Carolina. It is evident that the officers In charge of tho system In the PalineUo State have gUOrdad against the possibility of an abuse Of the machinery oA the de? partment |e relieve the needs of ono State, section or Industry, by drawing hil-or aWaj from another. ThO legitimate Interest of the em? ployment bureau of tho department of labor extends only NO far as to I rot ure occupation for persons who have none. It does not extend to tak? ing labor away from Peter to furnish It to Pntit In South Cnrollna this im? portant principle stems to have been oaeofully kept in mind from the tirst. Get All You Can of Freeh Air. People who spend much of their time out of doors will never be oat much money for doctof bills. piedmont lads hue im; guns. Target Practice Held at Fort Moiiltrle lor Encampment of Artillery Com IHiiilcs. Charleston* Aug. 20.?Filing of the big guns ut Fort Moultrie this morn? ing by the South Carolina National Guard coast artillery companies from Greenwood, Greenville, Spurtanburg, Gatlney and Jonesville, about coin-' platSS the programme of training for the present encampment. Tomorrow will be pay day at the camp and most of the day will bo spent by militia- i men on leave at the Isle of Palms and In the city. Camp will be broken und the militiamen will leave for home Monday. The big gun target pracUee open? ed this morning with the iirhig of the 11 ?iOOh mortars at a target about 0,000 yards away. Later the 0-inch butteries opened lire on the same target moved in to a range between 4,000 to 5,000 feet and this was fol? lowed by practice with the .'5-inch and 4-inch guns at a range of 1,600 to 2,000 feet. About 30 shots were lired from each battery, and the mili liamen made good scores, consider? ing that this is their first attempt and that many of them never even saw a big gun before last Saturday and Sunday.' The target fired at was stationary. On their next encampment the men will be trained to fire at moving tar? gets, and with a continuation of the interest they have shown in their work on this encampment, they should rapidly become proficient coast artillerymen. Both the officers and men express themselves as having enjoyed im? mensely their stay at Fort Moultrie. The officers and regulars at the fort have shown them every courtesy. DEMOCRATS HAVE IMPRpVED NAVY. Review of Wilson Administration's Work. Washington, August 27.?A review of what the Wilson administration has done for the navy is given in a long letter from Secretary Daniels to Rep? resentative William Elza Williams, (Democrat) of Illinois, made public to? night by the qavy department. As to how and when the navy lost rank among the greater fleets of the world, the secretary quotes the gen? eral board, saying that, based on dis? placement of ships built, the United Btatej advanced to second place In ' ">7 gnd lo.st it to Germany in 1811. The way had been paved iu lvoii, he says. W hen Prvsirttv.! Roosevelt and Secretary Bonaparte recommended the construction ot only one capital ship. He directs attention to the fact that In 1903 and thereafter the gen? eral hoard recommended three battle? ships, and says these reports were pigeon-holed Ohiil he gave them to the public by attaching them to his report. In personnel, the secretary says, the navy advaeed to second place in 1908, dropped to third In 1911, to fourth in 1913 und to sixth in 1916 after the European belligerents in? creased their personnel to war footing. Capt. Simms is quoted as saying target practice fell off between 1109 and 1913, and that during the last practice It came up nbout 40 per cent. Rear Admiral Fletcher is credited with the statement that recent prac? tices were at 16,000 and 18,000 yards, the longest ranges at which firing has occurred in tho present war, and "it is believed that scores recorded are higher than ever before in the open sea." In the matter of construction, tho letter carries a table showing 55 ves? sels ($83,192,938) appropriated for during the last Roosevelt administra? tion; II vessels ($127,74 7,113), under Taft, and 121 vessels ($655,289,806) during three years of Wilson's admin? istration. Attention also Is directed to the continuing programme adopted. rr em en on WAY over. Carries Cargo of Dycstuff, Says Co gone Gazette. Berlin, Aug. 27?(By Wireless.) ? The Cologne Gazette as quoted by the Overseas News Agency says the Ger? man merchant submarine Bremen is now on her way to the United States with a cargo of dyestuffs. Public Health Hints. The United States Public Health Service asks, do you? , Believe in national preparedness and then fall to keep yours .f physically fit? I Wash your face carefully and then use a Common roller towel? Go to the drug store to buy a tooth brush and then handle the entire stock lo see it the bristles are right? Swat the tly and then maintain a pi is of garbage in the back yard? IUCXSON niLVWS lesson from uiri War game. Chief ??1 Operations Points Out Im |M#r(jin. r of Aeroplanes ami Past VesMis In Actual Strife. Washington, Aug. 28.?Commenting today on the big naval war game ed last week, Admiral Benson, 1 i ' ief of op< rations, said the vital les son dpfhonstrated was the need of air craft Tor scouting purposes and also! the urgent necessity of adding battle cruisecs, and scout cruisers to the' lleet. . Although the aeroplane ship North i uroll4a participated in the game as; u scout, none of her hydroaeroplanes kvas rdgurdod as safe for use at sea. Admiral Benson said the piohlem of rig the best type of pontoon for the machines, minimizing the danger on landing was being given concen lrated attention by navy experts, and tint the results were to be expected soon. Th< Aj partment is still without in? formation as to the part played in the game iff Uear Admiral Helm's sub marine, flotilla. Admiral Benson de- | clared, however, that when the de- I purtment'a plans tor establishing sub niaiim basep along both coasts, with a Heel of submarines stationed ut ? i< h, such a result as the landing ot hostile l ! oUps, the mission which the red fleet i<nder Admiral Mayo theo retically accomplished, would be im? possible, The piouresslve schedule of war games for the navy contemplates a great Joint operation with the army In studyihfl out the problem of meet Ing nn invader, TO OPPOSE CKJAK TRABE. r 1 1 ? ? - < on^itlcr.ibie Fight Mode Against ftevenue Item Allowing Parcel Post Importal ion. Wash in?; i on, Aug. 28.?It developed h. i. today that a strenuous fight will be urged ;1 gainst that section of the revenue bill now pending in congress which provides that hereafter small lots of Cigars from Cuba may be ad mltted to the United States through parcel post. Thin matter is of special interest to South Carolina for the reason that Cant. William E. Gonzales, United Stages mit.ister to Cuba, originated t : . i after going to Habana , and has sin that time used his best ortorts Avith the postmaster general j and others t . have It become law. He ? believes th:?< i big industry would thu^ be built up in Cuba and that a large amount of tobacco made into cigars would be sold here. Senator D. U. Fletcher, in the Inter? est of Tampa cigar dealers and others, has announced that he will oppose this section of the revenue bill. It is his belief that just to the extent that the Itrms In Cuba which might send their cigars to the United States through parcel post would profit by this legis? lation, American manufacturers would be hurt. REPORTS TWO CASES. Infantile I'uialysis at St. Matthews and 1'nioti, Board Says. Columbia, Aug. 29.?Only two cases of Infantile paraJysJg were reported to the State board of health Sunday and Monday, one of them being at St. Matthews and the other at Union. There has been no new developments in the count) or city during the last four days KIDNAPING SCHEME FAILS. Plan to Hold Roland Harrlnuw to $ltMi,uuo Hansom Failed by Arrests. Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 28.? ?ansom tff "'00,000 was to be de? ny ui led for lloland Harriman, son of Hn E. H Harriman, by three men Under arrest in St. Anthony, Ida., in connection with an alleged conspiracy to kidnap il" 1C year old son of the lau railroad magnate, according to word received here today. Authori? ties say two of the men have confessed th u the pla it was to blind or other? wise disfigure young Harriman if the ransom w uot paid promptly. Mrs H nan and her son had planned to ipend several weeks on a Harriman ranch near St, Anthony, but v layed because of the threaten? ed i rike. VI I sU/T FIFTEEN DAYS. Tryini i m?? ? icnoe of Man Lost in a Salt Mine. fJoni ieo N, Y., Aug. 20.?Bcnnie ? dowsl \. who was found in the , any's salt mine uncon > he wandered around In the miiu for K> days, eating salt for food III body turned entirely black, ii* wai lost ?n the shaft two weeks. Provisions Of Act Fix S<-scions at Charleston, Columbia. Florence, Alken, Anderson, tireenvjjje, Green? wood, Rock Hill. Washington, Aug. 26.?The senate today passed the bill pending here to amend the law lixing the times fori holding terms of federal court in South Carolina. The following is the new provision: "That the terms of the district court for the eastern district shall be held at Charleston on the first Tuesday in June and December, at Columbia on the third Tuesday in January and lirst Tuesday in November, at Florence on the lirst Tuesday in March, and at Aiken on the lirst Tuesday in April and October. "Terms of the district court of the western district shall be hold at Greenville on the first Tuesday In April and the first Tuesday in Octo? ber, at Rock Hill the second Tuesday in March and September, at Green? wood the lirst Tuesday .in February and November, at Anderson the fourth Tuesday in May and No? vember." The house passed the bib yesterday. FIGHT AT WALTER BORO. Colleton Candidates Exchange Blows at Meeting. Walterboro, Aug. 26.?A fisticuff en? livened the final meeting of the coun? ty campaign here today, B. R. Ulmer and J. E. Moore, candidates for high? way commissioner, being the belliger? ents. Only a few blows were passed before they were separated, but the fight caused great excitement among the 2,000 persons gathered to hear the candidates. Mr. Ulmer spoke first and advanced certain charges against Capt. Moore, all of which Capt. Moore denounced when his turn came, and he also preferred charges against Mr. Ulmer. Mr. Ulmer being given a reply, stated that the charges were untrue, designating one as a "malicious lie," I whereupon he was struck by Capt. Moore. Information Asked. , -? j Mr. Editor: j 1 signed the petition for an election to be held for an additional levy of three mills to- meet the necessary ex pen 100 of the school district of the t Csty of Sumter. I am ignorant, how ever, of the amount of taxes we are now paying for the se schools. Is It not a fact we are now paying j over Iii mills on a 4>:},'>0u,000 basis of taxation, (pan you tell me what part j of this is for permanent improvements and what tor current expense? If this 3 mill levy is voted, can It run on , for forty years and who and what , causes it to cease. > Does anyone have objection to pub- . lishing the receipts an' disburse- ? ments for last year and for each year, so we can act as intelligent cltl- j zens In a business matter which in? terests every father and mother and child in Sumter. Many others in ad? dition to myself desire you to give us . this information. Respectfully, Taxpayer. Sumter, August 28, 1916. (We cannot answer all of the above questions off hand, not having the figures Immediately available, but the following facts furnish a part of the information asked for: Special levy for all current ex? penses 6 mills. Constitutional tax 3 mills. (From which the city school dis? trict derives a little over 2-3, the bal? ance going to the county school fund.) For bond interest and sinking fund 3 1-2 mills. Out of the income the school board has paid entirely for the Hampton school, $15,000.00. Have paid on Calhoun school, $7, 000.00. Are paying one thousand dollars a year on Washington school, the bond tax thug being reduced yearly. A sinking fund is being created to take care of all bonds when they ma? ture. The Income for the school last year was $30,000.00; the expenses about $500 In excess. Next year, counting the expenses for additional teachers, a slight necessary increase in the sala? ries of tho teachers, the expense of running the new building, and the loss of $3,000 by the abolition of the in? cidental fees, about $7,500 will be needed. Three mills will yield $9,000. We have no doubt the school board will publish a full statement giving detailed information.?Editor.) The ID a Shaker. - < Anderson Mail. Some one asked Lawrence Parker, an old Anderson boy, who now lives at Abbeville, which he thought had done the most for humanity, Henry Ford or Hilly Sunday. "Well." re? sponded Lawrence, with that sly Par? ker grin, "I think Henry Ford has shaken more h?1 out of the peopl?? than Billy Sunday ever did." STATK W. C. T. U. CONVENTION. Will Convene in Sumter on September 28th for Three-day Session. The State convention of the Wo? man's Christian Temperance Union will meet in this city September 28th to October 1st, inclusive. This organization is composed of earnest Christian women banded to? gether for the protection of the home, and the abolition of the liquor traffic. A number of good speakers will take part in the program, the most noted being Miss Anna A. Gordon of Chicago, who is National President and World's Secretary of the W. C. T. IT. These meetings will all be open to the public and, it is hoped, will be ? well attended. On Sunday, October 1st, will be a men's mass meeting at the opera house at which time prominent prohi? bition speakers will take part. Public Health Hints. Do you know that? One million two hundred thousand Americans die each year, it is esti? mated ? Sickness lowers earning capacity? Disease is the nation's greatest bur? den? Low wages favor high disease rates? A female fly lays an average of 120 eggs at a time? Heart disease, pneumonia and tu? berculosis cause more than 30 per cent of deaths? Sunlight and sanitation, not silks and satins, make better babies? EXCURSION ?Fr??? MANNING, SUMTER, AYNOR And Inlermedlate Point* -To " L N. C. AND THE SEASHORE -Via ATLANTIC COAST LINE Monday, Sepi.il, IjllB Train leaves Sumter 5.50 A. M. Leaves Wilmington re? taining ?.00 P. M. Fare from , Sumter $1.50 for the round trip. Correspondingly low rates from other points. W. ?I. Craig, P. T. M. T. C. White, G. P. A. ROUND TRIP FARES From Sumter SUN DAY Exeu rsiori Fares $1.75 to Charleston. Tickets on sale for forenoon traits on each Sunday from June 11 to Sep? tember 11, Inclusive, limited return? ing on train No. 178 scheduled to leaie Charleston 8:26 p. m., on Sunday the nay of aale. WEEK END Excursion Fares $4.60 to Wilmington. $3.30 to Isle of Palma. $3.30 to Sullivan's Island. $4.60 to Myrtle Beach. Tickets on sale for all trains on each Saturday and for forenoon trains on each Sunday from May 17 to^Scptcmber 11, inclusive, limited re? turning to reach original starting point prior to midnight of Tuesday next following date of sals. I ? SUMMER Excursion Fares $7.10 to WrighthvIlie Beach. $4.C5 to Isle of Palma $4.CG to Sullivan's Island. $f..7 5 to Myrtle Beach. $13.70 to Norfolk. Tickets on sale from May 15 to Oc? tober 15, inclusive, limited returning intil October 31. Liberal stop-over privileges. Schedules and further particulars heerfully furnished upon application o O. V. PI.AYER, Ticket Agent, Sumter, 8. C. ATI*ANTIC COAST L1NB rue Standard Kailroad of the South.