Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4e^^ ?^^^??jwfj?* riOUOVATl WeTtTIOX. Miss? Mildred Nettles la spending the wee* end at home from Columbia tthere ehe I? attending the Mar feat Bowen Hunlne** college. She la accom? panied by her cousin. Miss Frances Welle. Mr. H. Q. Hill la spending some time at Chtck Springs. Mr. John B. Duffle hai returned to city after a stay in the mountain* of Waatern North Carolina. Me. and Mrs. U W. Jenkins have returned to the city from Henderson villa. N. C, where the? have been ?pending several months. MY. 0. U ftoddey left this afternoon far New York city on a ten days trip given htm by his company for selling there than a hundred thousand dol? lars worth of Insurance during the year and thus listing him ss a member of the "hundred thousand dollar chib." alias Lilly Nswlan of Mew York is < stall? her sister. Mrs. J. T. Pomsroy eel oamoun st. Mala Jewel Sandel .of Columbia Is vlettl ng her cousin. Miss Emma Ban del. en Vest Liberty street. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Williams have Iffaiadd to the Hty from Henderson ?Has, where they have been spending sesaethat snag Carotine Rlchavdaon of Rum tat, who has been visiting Mr. and lite, W. M. ?loWdson. has returned le> her Home.?Orangeburg throning NdW> Mr. George Cave of Sumter was fhag wrtV friends here yesterday. ' Branson and Corrlne Ifeasre* Oeorge Atkinson ?ad) " Millie Thomas motored over freen gurater yesterday and sepnt'a while In the city before rfotng te Ma? rie* Where they will i*. the guests of1 relatives.?Florence Times.' MJau Oertrude Moehey of Darling tea skent yesterday In the city on her Way to Sumter to visit friends snd ret attve*?Florence Times. Mr. and Wrs. H. P. Scott of Sumter are vlsUrW' the letter's parents! Mr. und Mrs. J. O. tfe&ner. Mr. Scott's friends are glad to know that he Is so hauen Improved In health.?Orange hare Sun. ; l/ Mr. sind Mrs. H. C. DesChsmps and Miss Emm* J. Barnett has returned tu the clt> from Myrtle Beach, where e ftten srJmdtng some time. Lurtle and Dorothy Phelpe hie "from Paw ley's island, ?y have been' enjoying the ?ea breeses and the Surf bathing U0er seaside* pleasures. t Pollee J. R. Sumter resum ' ed Mta* jttlse oh the force today, after af>estdmw his holiday taking a rest at lau eld J?rne at Stateburg. Mr. (laude W. Hurst returned to the ' etty yedjerda/ after a business trip to1 Mew Tfk and Boston. While on his trip Ms} Hurst visited and was taken througttTthe Walk-over Shoe Factory near Boeton, a very ntcrcating and active visit. Miss Annie Mae Lide left this morn fag tu visit her sister. Mrs. J. L. Dor la, In Mullins. S. C. Sheriff and Mrs. J. K. Bradford have returned to the city from Rtch mund. Vs., where they have been on a stay et several days Mrs. John R. Haynsworth, who has been visiting her .father, Mr. C. K Strange, of Wlnnsboro, has returned home. Miss Blossom Nash returned to the city Friday ntftht. after a apleaaant stay on i ' faeuse party and visit h friends at Paw ley's Island. Mtsa Rebecca Hall has returned to the city, after spending some time with her sister Mrs. R T. OlMesple In Florence. Mrs. C. H Moles. Miss Cecils Molse and Ms? Theo Lopes have gone to Atlantic Ctti for a six weeks' atay. Misses Halite and Bertha Wanna maker have returned to the city from Hendersonvllie. where they have been ependlns the summer. Miss Bessie Hood la again at home, after a stay with relative* and friends of several weeks st dreenvllle and other tolnts Miss Matt Is Hill, of Ilartsvllle. i visiting Miss Bessie Walsh. Miss Wtlhelmtna Arlall of Lamer la vUtting her sister. Mrs. R. 8. Trues dale. . D. M. Arlall. cashier of the Bank of Oranitevjlle. who has just returned from an extended northern trip, la visiting his Mster, Mrs. R. 8. Trueadale' Mr. Horsoe Windham and family who have been visiting relatives In West Virginia and Virginia have re? turned home. i MISS Teresa f handler, who has been Visiting Miss Ernestine Holneau In Orangeburg, has returned to the city, accompanied by Miss Rolneau, who is now visiting her on Church street. Mies Msrlsn McFadden, of Kirnt? tree. Is visiting Miss Martle Boyle. Ths many friends of Mr. L. ? Whits, supervisor of atreets, who has been sick for the paat ten days, on which account he waa unable to at? tend several of ths political campalgna out f>n the street again, very much partially recovered from his recent Indisposition. Mr. Cecil H. Wilson, who has been 111 In a. hospital in Baltimore for some time recuperating from an operation. Mas returned home and is aide to he out on the street Agin, very mu< Improved and rapidly recovering hin strength. Miss Margaret U Bryan of Columbia III spending; her vacation at her home in the city. ' FIRE DESTROYS BARX. A. G. Brown Suiters Loss In Marly ^ Morning Blase. A blase about four o'clock this morning destroyed the barn and con? tents of Mr, A. Gilbert Brown, on Broad Shreet. A horse belonging to Mr. Brown was also lost ih the fire and a cow was removed from the blaz? ing building Just In time'. The fire caught from unknown cause. GIRLS PROVE HUSTLERS. S l\ i ? " i Misse? Preaeott Can Large Quantities of Tomatoes and Other Vegetables. Of the Canning Club Girls In Sumter county, the Misses Preaeott seem to have proved themselves the greatest hustlers this year. Miss Fannie Lou Preaeott and her sister. Miss Janie Presx ott, have each canned sufficient quantities of tomatoes and other ar? ticles for their own families and to ?eil. Miss Fannie Lou Prescott. Sumter, Route 1. of the Concord! Canning Club, has canned 723 csns of tomatoes for herself, and 151 quarts for her neighbors; is quarts of apples, 4 quarts of peas and 10 quarts of soup mixture. Her sister, Miss Janio Pres cott. of the same canning club, has done nearly* as Well. She has canned 660. cans of tomatoes and 15 quarts of peaches. ,?JLa ' ??????????? Contemptible Tactics. Nothing shows more plainly the ex trerrrss to which Mr. Cooper's friends are resorting to draw votes from Mr. Manning than one of the. recent as? sertions to the effect that If Mr. Man? ning and Mr. Blease go Into the sec? ond^ primary that Mr. Cooper's sup? porters will vote for Mr. Blease, but that if Mr. Cooper goes Into the sec? ond primary with Mr. Blease that Mr. Manning's friends will Support the former,' Mr. Cooper. Tt nmounts to a declaration on the part of Mr. Coop? er's friends that. If they can't elect him they wllf vote for Mr. Blease In preference to Mr. Manning, deliber? ately stultifying themselves by voting for a man who, during the four years of his incumbency was constantly bringing reproach on the good name of the State, In preference to one who has filled the place with credit to himself and with honOr to the State. Tf the majority of Mr. Cooper's sup? porters are of this kind he will, In case he is elected, have to look to Mr. Manning's friends for support when he attenmpts to enforce the laws of the State, for1 It Is very manifest that he can't look with any degree of con fidence to much help from his sup? porters. Without meaning the least reflec? tion on Mr. Cooper or with any desire to be unjust, the writer would like to ask the following question: If the majority of a man's supporters, In certain contingencies, vote a certain Way. how wl|l he vote? The writer wishes to say again that In the Improbablp event of Mr Blsase's nomination, Mr. Cooper and his friends will be responsible for the misfortune and that they need not hope that their part in the game will be forgotten by the law abiding cltl tens of the State. W. D. Woods LIEUT BENNETT TO SERVE. Governor Succeeds In Getting Disqual? ifications Waived. if '* ? j I r Columbla, Aug. 24.?Geo. M. Ben? nett of Columbia was today appointed first lieutenant of Company G, Co? lumbia Light Infantry, by orders of Gov. Manning. I .lent. Bennett, who has been connected with the Columbia Light Infantry, composed exclusively of mill "boys," for the it 1G years, was disqualified on his recent exami? nation at Camp Moore. Howevci. Gov. Manning, after some work, got these disqualifications waived and Lieut. Bennett was appointed. Lieut. Bennett, who has been cm ployed In cotton mills practically til of his life, has been one of tne most efficient and consistent members of the South Carolina National Giuml. lie has attended the Manassns am) Chlckamauga encampments and all Htate encampments. It Is said. From private he has been promoted through all the grades of non-eommlssloned officers and was lieutenunt of his COM* mand when the order for Inohths&tlon caine. No. 666 will cure Chills and Fever. It Is the most speedy remedy we knew.?Advu ? v. t 4 .,.?<~ . i-u: JtlSITUN VlTElt SPLENDID TMP INTO LEE AND OVER POR? TIONS Or SUMTER COVS* TY. t Number of Cat's From Rural Dis trutri Joiu Booster Party, Making Abo*! ?3 in All?lino Dinner I'm n I.shed at Lynchburg. The second community boosting tour of the Sumter Chamber of Com? merce, and Retail Dealers' Associa? tion Friday to Oh w ego, Mayesvllle. St. Charles, Elliott and Lynchburg was a very pleasant success in every particular. About 15 automobiles filled with men and women of Sumter and Lee counties, business and professional men of Sumter? with a sprinkling of Sumter retail merchants went along. Everybody was happy, a cordial re? ception was given boosters by those who came out to hear the talks. At Oawego talks were made by Messrs. M. O'RUey and E. I. Rear don; at Mayesvllle by President R*. B. Bolser, and Secretary Reardon; at St. Charles by Messrs. R. E. Wells, Ed? win Wilson, and Rev. H. C. Hammon. of St. Charles and by Messrs. R. B. Belser, J. Frank Williams, and E. 1. Reardon; at Elliott Professor Moody, and Local Farm Demonstrator S. N. Welsh of Lee County, Welcomed the visitors and were responded to by Messrs O'RUey and Reardon; St Lynchburg the big rally place Col. J. A. Rhame welcomed the visitors and Messrs. H. C. Haynsworth, S. H Ed? munds, R. B. Belser and E. I Rear? don spoke in behalf of the Sumter boosters Mr. H, C. Haynsworth made a very Interesting talk giving detailed infor? mation about the local building and loan associations of Sumter as Lynch burg wanted some information along this line to use in organising an asso? ciation in that hustling town. Dr. 8. H. Edmunds, City Superin? tendent of Sumter schools delivered a masterpiece address on education, stressing the value thereof and em? phasizing the responsibility of the State In seeing that every child wa> given an education. His address was one of the most Interesting and in? structive ever listened to in this sec? tion of South Carolina. The ladles of the Lynchburg Civic ? League served a delightful dinner and were profuse In their cordiality of, welcome. Lynchburg'a Civic League is one of the liveliest In this State rind nas accomplished a great deal for Lynchburg. The dear ladies made f LynehburK famous In ? Oay.. The ladles of hospitable Lynching end the men folks too showed how de? lighted they were to have Sumter county and Lee county citizens In their hustling little city. If any of these ladies ever run for governor they will carry the Gamecock county ?Sumter almost unanimously. The warm welcome given the boosters by those who turned out to listen to the talks on diversification, education, live and buy at home, pre? paration for the cotton boll weevil, and. other subjects was very gratifying j to the visitors. Four or ttve automobiles from the t rural districts of Lee and Sumter ? counties, filled with friendly and J happy men and women went along! with the booster procession. About J 05 boosters went along. Both trips were considered success- j es just the same, and it Is said that during 1917 the boster trips will be repeated in compliance with requests, from those who participated in the 191? trips and by requests of the farmers and country merchants of Sumter, I*ee and Clarendon counties. 1 In the Police Court. The following cases were disposed of in the Recorder's! court today: Jules Dunham, Rosa Dunham and Stephen Anderson, disorderly conduct were f mnd guilty and the two Dun? hams were given sentences of $7.50 oi? ls days each, while Anderson, who made the complaint, Was given $10 or 20 days. Lucius Bossard and James Haye were found guilty of gambling. Bos sard was given $25 or 30 days, whil Hayss got off with $10 or 20 days. Fred Bradwcll, discharging Are arms in the city limits, $10 or 2 days. Norman Boyd, drunk and curslm $15 or 30 days. Whilden Sprott, disorderly condue forfeited bond of $10. News has been received in the cli of an accident to Mr. Frank Porter 11 Ijockhart, Ala., last week In whi< I Mr. Porter was struck on the head 1 a piece of stiel while jacking up 1 engine nt that place. The blow t'ra tared the skull and Mr. Porter is an to be In a critical condition. Mr. Po ter is a brother of Mrs. M. V. Whi den of this city and a brother-ln-la Of Mrs. J. K. Bradford. He lived Snmtcr a number of years ano and originally from about Georgetown. B visited In Snmter a lew years ago ai Is kr treat many Smut psop. *\T BREAKING POINT. President Wilson Postpones Strike Conference Until Afternoon. Washington, Au?;. 28.?With the strike situation at the breaking point President Wilson postponed his con? ference with the railroad presidents from 10 until 2:30 o'clock. He wants to examine the situation further and learn through Commissioner Cham? bers what instructions the 24 brother? hood representatives have received. GREECE COMING (SOON. F.xiMvfed io Enter War on Side of Allies at Early Day. Rome, Aug. 28.?Bucharest reports that diplomatic relations with Rou mania have been broken by Turkey, Germany and Bulgaria, their ministers demanding their pasports when Rou manla declared war on Austria. Grece is expected to enter the war with the allies soon, Athens reports. MONEY FOJl FARMERS. Preferential Discount Rates Moke Cheap Loans. Washington, Aug. 27.?In a state? ment tonight analyzing reports of the federal reserve hoard's action a year ago in establishing preferential dis? count rates on commodity paper, Comptroller Williams says that on June 30, last, national banks were lending |44,346,000 on cotton ware? house receipts and $79,749,000 on wheat, tobacco and other commodi? ties. Of the total New England banks were lending $13,000,000, those of the Eastern States . $38,000,000, Southern States $37,000,000, Middle States $25,000,000, Western States $2, 500,000 and Pacific States about $8, OQO.QOO. The result, the comptroller mys, has been to give the farmer money at 6 per cent. instead of at from 10 to 15 per cent. i 11 1 GOVERNMENT; W^NS IN SUIT. Court's Decision is Against Charleston Mailing and Manufacturing Co. Tampa, Aug. 27.?District Attorney Herbert S. Phillips, announced today ,hdt Federal Judge R. M. Call hadj leclded In favor of the United Stately n It* suit against the Charleston (S. C.) Mining and Manufacturing- Co. to^ have cancelled the patent to a 100 icre tract of land said to he valuable for its phosphate deposits. Judge Call .s considering a motion for a new trial. The holders of the patent secured .he Uctci, A'hlch is estimated to be worth between $250,000 and $500,000 n exchange for school scrip, and It Is alleged with the full knowledge. ? hat fits Und was valuable for its mineral d< osits. Tlie la w excludes the transfer of dvernmeht lands valuable for mln ?ral purposes except by sale In the] m>< ii market as "mineral lands." i (>XG I i ESS CANT ADJOURN. Railroad Tronbte Blocks Plan to Ad? journ Friday. , Washington, Aug. 28.?Majority Leader Senator Jtern announced that it is Impossible for congress to adjourn Frid i.v De says the question of legis? lation over the strike hinges on the conference this afternoon between President Wilson and Hie railway presidents, g< v<M.t y ftVe tobacco growers, ac? companied by Senators Swanson and Marlin of Virginia appeared before a conference of Southern senators and representatives urging congressional a t; a m. dnst the British embargo, ef fc< ti t Thursday, against tobacco ship |ped io (he central powers. TO MEET AT PORTSMOUTH. M< glean \merlcan Mediation Commis? sion V\ ii| Meet at Portsmouth, N. H. Washington, Aug. 28.?Secretary of Rtate i sing announces that the Mexican American commission will meet at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the date to he selected at a prelimln arj meeting in New York city Monday. RUb- iy-Tism?Antiseptic, Anodyne i- KID? pain, stops putrefaction.? Missing Professor With Allies. . ' rr>\ s?'. C, Aug. 20.?It Is re i Newbery that Prof. Fred D. , the young Newherry College ii. ? r who mysteriously disap rom this city, is now with es of the allies in Europe. Jones, another Newberrian. ntly joined the allies, and is nov Ited In Scotland, being con? ti vith the commissary depart . t Is said that Professor Mac In the same department with Join >t no dednito information can >hti -ued to that effect. ?> will cure Malaria or Bilious i , . It kills the germs.?Advt. I Atlantic Coast Line | The Standard Railroad of the South Ramifies the "Nation's Gardes Spot" Through the Statet of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida FOUR FAMOUS TRAINS "NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL" (January 1 to April); "FLORIDA AND WKST INDIAN LIMITED," j "PALMETTO LIMITED" AND "COAST LINE FLOR- I IDA MAIL.1 Dining Cars?a la carte service. All year round through car service from New York to both Port Tampa and Knight's Key, connecting with steam? ships to and from Havana. For beautifully illustrated booklets and copy of the "Purple Folder," address, T.C. WHITE, 9.J.PRM6, Gon. fast. Ayent, Pats. Traff. Mgr. WILMINGTON, N. C. THE MAN BEHIND THp GUN It's the man behind the gun who makes it formidable; and it's the raeu behind a Bank who make it conservative. In all our business transactions this Bank seeks not popular? ity for itself, but safety for its depositors. \y> s,eek to be accommodating?we are always courteous?but the main? tenance of our standards of conservatism are ever and al? ways with us the first consideration. ?If you admire standards of conser? vatism, may we be favored with your business and honored by a personal THE PEOPLES BANK. -.-, i.,.. . ??,. ?.??.?..^vi. ? ^..^j FOR OUR BOYS ON THE BORDER f The First National Bank of Sumter will accept J j your dollar and deliver it to the proper authorities for K the Y M. C. A. work among our bpys on the Border. J T SUMTER, S. C. The Oldest Banking Institution in the County The National Bank of South Carolina $950,000.00 LEADERS ) Our steady growth and new accounts tell the story. Safety and preparedness fir^t and at all times. Your patronage solicited,; C. 6. ROWLAND, H. L IfeClY, Pies Acting Caih'r. X I The Farmers' Mutual ! Protective Associ^tiort Of Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties It is the ambition of the officers of The Farmers* Mutual Protection Association of Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties, S. C, to make the organization iu valuable to property owners; to sell Fire Insurance at the Lowest Possible Cost; to save money for its mem? bers and to bee >me the most dominant factor in the commercial life of our community. HAVE YOU JOINED YET? There is a Director in your Township. The Sumter Trust Co., Agt. SUMTER, S. C.