Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' Mis* Addle Robertson of Camdtn la vtettlng her Mater. Mrs. P. M. Clem? ents, d* Myrtle Street. Iii? tienovlove Boyd, of Spartan tntfe Vi visiting Mies Mary Hayna* htr. Wilfred M. Shaw la spending fror? the Baltimore sjeT^sm Wssom Jene J. Jonas of Columbia end CHslojyord R. Jones of Lauren? are VhntJssJ tdnMlvoo In too city. Mormon haa returned spending nor vaca ane1 visiting relative* May Ude haa returned whore she attended the jtWrttol mchting. J. fnnce of Ohio hoe ac peettion with w. a. Thomp store no watch repairer feaanah Kr^stianeon has raw toiwssfto the dtp; after a stay of two mssrUsJ WH* her parents m M Inneso sir*? m. J. Wochner and three retnmed home Saturday, n month St Pontiac f*rn4y RnshPh, of Florence, is tsans In ths city. JsW a W. Stub** have re tlssy hnvo boon spending since of Messrs. 8. J. K tirhlte, Ben T. Under. ?ol -f. Auld nnd James hero yesterday ef the Bloass caucus nicht MC Moose, of Sumter, haa lo Orungeburg for the purpose i. He represents the m-?-* noose of Harby A wth have his offlce In the bn?dtfia* on Court House Westend n hearty welcome .--OrantehurTf fron, strewn, who' has been Wilder in hie ottos mi of Jaridary, is spertd time m Columbia vhdtlht relatives ahu completing fotui n iiomn where tW n*?* boon spinning semi time, fneej Stoppel ttfir fa the clt> with atre. Archie: Chins for a short Urne. Miss htinule Williamson la expected to pans tftfttis* tils etty in A few dsys ee> her return from the same place. aft* a U Roddey has returned teysfrs efty, after a tHp to New York and a stay at his former home In Men* IIIL ' Ufa a R. J. Smith was called away yeecer ay on account of the illness of i aughter-ln-tew, Mrs. C. B. iKK of Mount Holly, a C. Mr. H. H. Bruneon of Oran?,short, srsneipal of the Mayesvllle In the city today on his peace, to hpoa the school f. *Mr. ferdnaon ?sa been university durin? the takln? a special course. He west recently elected on the Sumter County Board of Bducatlon. fttr. a W. ntubbe has tone north to pensjtatss foods so? Btubba Bros. lire, Louis Dor and two children. Mom Mary Natalie and Master Hor? ace Lenta, have returned from o sneoih's stay In North Carolina. Mr. Fred Nif els. of Atlanta, la spending two weeks In the city with hie family. Mra. ft. P. Hyman, of Camden Is Oh h few days' visit to her sister. Mrs. 01 I\ Jenklneon. She will also visit her sister In Clarendon, before re turning home. Miss Rosamonds Dixon. of Bishop villa, be visiting her sister. Mrs. W. J Mc H?gen on Sumter street Mrs. Thomas Wilson, accompanied by Dr, K R. Wilson and Mfsa Mary Wilton, left hud night for a suy at Tsth Sprinte, Tsnn. JOfXY GYMS REORGANIZE. Lydia Richardson Chosen to Urge aliatfchi, Which Prepares few Boay Winter. From The Dally Item. Sept. 6. After a short summer vacation, the Jolly Oyma met In the parlor of the Y. M. Ct A. ysoterday afternoon to re organise and discuss plans for their fall end winter work. Our new physical director told us a few thing* that are In store for us. The follow Ins officers were elected: Miss Lydia Richardson, president; Miss Etta Cut tlno. vice president; Mies Bonnie Nun neoudisr. oscretary; Miss Nan Team, treasurer, and Miss Lillian Stover, re porter. We have a bit ysar's work to do and are vor? anxious that every young lady m Bumtor Join. We trust all who aro interested will Join as early an neeathle so we can begin the work to? gether. We adjourned to meet again aett Monday afternoon at Ml, We furo eneecUeg a good attendance. GOOD ROADS DAY PROVUH BIG SUCCESS. Bettered That 3,000 Men and ftOO Team* Rove Put in Their Best Kn dearors. Chester, Sept. 6.?The greatest sin fit day probably in Chester's long his? tory successfully terminated late yes? terday evening. It was good roads day, which the Chester Chamber of Commerce had been busily engaged In boosting for the past month. The en? tire county worked In unison. For the past feW weeks each township had been organised so that on the ap? pointed day the work should go for? ward without any delay. Reports coming in to the Chamber of Commerce today Indicated that t.000 men and 500 teams worked the roads yesterday. The city of Chester loaned many teams. Practically every business and professional man In Chester who was unable to use a pick or shovel yesterday contributed a dol? lar. Needless to ?Ute this turn grew to rather large proportions and it was used to hire teams, etc In a number of places stretches of new road were built and hundreds of holes in the roads were covered. In several townships the work is , being prolonged Into today and tomorrow, fco enthusiastic were the people over the results achieved that the Chamber of Commerce has decided to make good roads, day an annual event tor Chester. On one road a splendid cul? vert was put In. W. R. 'i?Mjt60Jf TpASStX AWAY. Well Knows Oasen and Former |1 * i^irtr tHet st Age of Se,entj ?tv < From The Dally Item, dept. ?. William H. Epperson, a former sheriff of Sumter county and former alderman of the city or Sumter, died at the home of his son, J. A. Epper? son, 14 LeVi street at 8:06 o'clock last night, aftOr an illness of about three years.' He had been In a se? rious condition for about two months i and Buhoay evening M0 suddenly took ? 0 turn for th* Worse and Was uncon- t sclooO from then up to the time of his I death. Me wae a veteran of tho war i ' is states and wee in hi* l :' .'^wmU'"J Mr. Epperson was a native of Dan- I Vllle, Va.. but hibved to Sumter as a voting man before the War Between 1 the States. Just prior to the War he 1 was married to Misi Susan Brunson I of Summerton, by whom two children survive, Messrs. J. A. Epperson of t Sumter and Willie J. Epperson, whoso 1 present residence is unknown. After- c wards Mr. Epperson married Mrs. ( Mary Brennan. who predeceased him 1 by little more than a year. By thN 1 marriage three children are surviving, John P. Epperson, ot Sumter; Mrs. i Gertrude Boae of Philadelphia, nnd < Mrs. Nell Gillmore of Unlontown, Pa. I Mr. Epperson joined a Clarendon ] county company at the beginning of 1 the war and served throughout, be Ing a brave and faithful soldier. He|< has been engaged In various business enterprises in Sumter. He served as | < an alderman of the city of Sumter from Ward 4 for five terms and was | ] elected sheriff in 1904, which office hs held for eight years. Upon his re? tirement in 1?12, he made his home with his children and recently ha* been living) with his son, J. A. Ep person, at whose residence he was staying when Ms final Illness <ame upon him. The deceased was a Mason. He was well known throughout the county ind had many warm personal friends, who will grieve his death as a per? sonal loss. The funeral services were held from the late residence. 14 I?evl street, st 4 o'clock this afternoor and the In? terment was at the Sun. cemetery. Rev. W. E. Thaycr of the First Bap? tist Church conducted the services, which were attended by a large gath ernlng of friends. Death. From The Dally Item, Sept. 6. Mrs. Eltxa Dees, wife of Screvon Dees, died at her home on H?user street last night about 7 o'clock, having been taken 111 very suddenly and dying within a few hours. The funeral services and Interment will be held at the Sumter cemotery to? morrow. Mrs. Dees before her mar? riage was Miss Tldewlll of Provi? dence. She Is survived by her bus band, five daughters and six sons. Leave for Davidson. From The Dally Item, Sept. B. A number of boys left hero yester? day morning for Davidson College whlrh they will attend this winter. AmonK those to go were Henry Spann. Ralph Flowers, new students, nnd Aha Solomons, William F. Shaw, Jr., Alwyn Burns, Geo. Uowland ami Charles Wilson. The county board had Its regular monthly meeting Tuesday. Only rou? tine business was transacted. THE SGML CLEMSON BOARD HEARS DATA AS TO APPLICATIONS, i Met at Florence?Pee Dee Experi? ment Station Oops Suffered Thun OtlierH Near By. Columbia,' Sept. 7.?Trustees of Clemson college met in Florence yes? terday, visiting the Clemson college experiment station there and passing upon the recommendations of the board of charities and corrections, relative td the financial status of parents of scholarship holding stu? dents. Alan Johnstone, Sr., of New berry, president of the board of trus? tees, satfl last night that the crops at the'station had stood up under the adverse weather conditions much bet? ter than tho crops on neighboring farms. Damage, though, was consid? erable. The recommendations of tho hoard of charities us to the financial stand? ing of parents of scholarship holding students of Clemson were adopted, In that these recommendations were based on accurate Information, col? lected by the secretaries of the board of charities ; and corrections. The State , board of education will make final recommendations. ThotjC attending the meeting yes? terday were: Alan Johnstone, Sr., New berry; B. R. Tlllman, Trenton; J. J. Evans, Bennettsville; S. T. McCoyvn, Chester; S. A. Burns, Anderson; J. R. Wanna maker, St. Matthews; Ivy N. Mauldln, Plckene. Prof. J. Ni Har? per of Clemson college and President Rlggs were also In attendance. The report of the board of charities and corrections was made by Albert Sid? ney Johnstone of Columbia, secretary of the board. CAMPAIGN FOR HEALTH OFFL CerV v Chamber of Commerce Working for Better Sanitation and Health in County. * " A systematic organization, by com* munltlCs and school districts, for the purpose of showing that the peopl Df the rural districts and small thickly settled/towns and villages are in favor 'of a county health officer, Ihd township boards of health, Is be attempted by Secretary E. I. the Sumter Chamber* cf4 >mmerce. Five hundred petitions accompan ed by an equal number of letters lave beCn mailed out or will be wlth n the next twenty-four hours to men ind women of every school district in his county, requesting that the pe? titions be circulated for signatures endorsing legislation for the creation )f the office of whole time county health officer and township boards of lealth. A couple of State Board of Health sanitary bulletins will be placed In ?ach envelope with the petitions and letters showing the value of health protective measures in the rural dis? tricts. If the citizens of the rural districts ?f this county, and of Wedgefleld, Rembert, Borden, Hagood, Dalzell, Oswego, Shlloh, and other unincor? porated communttes that are more or less thickly populated, and of all com? munities desiring improved sanitary measures will back up the movement by organizing their neighborhoods and signing the petitions tho move ment can be made a success. The Sttae Board of Health, through Dr. J. A. Hayne, State Health Offi? cer, Is backing up tho movement, and If a whole time county health officer Is provided for during the next ses? sion of the legislature, or even guar? anteed by the Sumter county legisla? tive delegation In advance, Sumter cou ity will be given a complete fed? eral and State health department health survey which will be worth a great deal to Sumter county. Only counties with whole time county health officers and township or coun? ty health board, organizations can se? cure the complete county health sur< veys and educational mass meetings by seven or eight trained sanitary experts of the Rockefeller rural san ltailon fund, working In cooperation With the United States and South Carolina health departments. News and Views of Pisgah. I'lsgah, Sept. C.?Stubble land is now being mowed and if the weather continues fine a large crop of hay will be made. Cotton Is opening very slowly, as it is late, the bulk of what Is made will open In October. From the best es? timates not over a third of a crop will j be made. Possibly the high price will help to bridge the gap. Mr. Zlm Baker and family, who have been spending the summer here, left for their home at OJus, Florida, yesterday. They have many friends here who were glad to see them nnd sorry to see, them leave. They return? ed by way of Augusta and Savannah In their car. A protracted meeting Is going on tut McLeed's church this week. One lltiftS Ol ?ESSEIS MB UNCLE SAM TO INV ESTIG ATE TO 1 DETERMINE II?1 .HKr]ITS HAVE BEEN YJLOATED. No Information at Hund to Indicate Eit?tor Steamer Was Illegally At? tacked?-28 Survivors at Glasgow. _________ ? Washington, Sept. 6.?Sinking of two vessels in the European war zone with Americans aboard was re? ported^ to the State department today by American consular officers. The State > department will investigate both incidents to determine H Amer? ican rights have been violated. There is no information at hand to indi? cate that either vessel was attacked illegally. A dispatch from Consul McCunn at Glasgow announced that there were twenty-eight Americans on board the British steamer Kelvinia when she was sunk by a mine or torpedo Sep? tember 2, while bound from New? port News, Va., to Avonmouth and Glasgow. All of the Americans, muleteers, were rescued and are now In Glasgow. ConsUl Hurst at Barcelonia, Spain, reported that two "presumable" Arne? leans, James Andrews and Lon Bruce, ifrere among the crew of the Italian sailing vessel, Stella del Mare, sunk by a submarine off the Bellearlc Islands on August 28. The message did net state whether the crew was saved nor give the addrfss.es of the two members believed to be American citizens. Beritrr. Sept. 6.?It Is officially ad? mitted that the allies captured Clery on the Somme front. It is semr-'bf fictalry announced that a frank dis? cussion of Germany's peace terms will be permitted at the November session of the Reichstag. will start at Pisgah church next Sun? day. Whll(B the election brought many disappointments to people, we all shouldy be glad that it was a peaceful one and no one got killed. This speaks well for the State. Let us hope the next one will be so, but any interference at the polls in the interest of candidates will be resent? ed as 1% properly should. People are bob rrity) posted and educaj r^M wftaf^kd" any onj Itfmbm State Is simply disgusting in its polttleal course?to say that Coop? er can hand his vote to whom he pleases would give him more power than any man can have in a free re? public, but such a statement is the prattle of a child. (The publication of an unsavory and discreditable official record is rather apt to be disgusting to the partisans of the candidate thus ex? posed* ^Talking about fairness?is it fair to assert that The Columbia State has stated that "Cooper can hand his vote to1 whom he pleases"?when The State has never made such a statement??Ed.) If Mr. Cooper is so satisfied with Gov. Manning's administration he should hot have /ome out against him, but supported him from the first. What he now does weakens his position. All first class papers will give both sides of a ^question when their patrons differ and the papei that can't do that should take a back scat so far as it can exert any in? fluence on either side. Fairness in politics pays. Tillman's advice will bo another Jones affair, as many know he said his hands were off, then put them on and lost about 25,000 votes for his Intermeddling. In cranking his rar last week Mr. T. A. Bradley got his arm broke. For? tunately he was near Dr. Carson, who set It. He is getting on very well. r ?v EXCURSION --From? MAHHiMG, SUMTER, AYNOR Anil Intermediate Points -To WILMINGTON, N. C. AND THE SEASHORE -Via ATLANTIC COAST LINE Monday. Sept. 11,1916 Train leaves Sumter 5.50 A. M. Leuvcs Wilmington re? turning ft.00 P. M. Pure from SOniter 91.50 for the round trips Correspondingly low rates from other points. %V. J. Cralg, P. T. M. T. C. White, G. P. A. rn PRESS MANNING FIGHT. , AND IS It SON MEN LAY. PLANS FOK SHARP CAMPAIGN. Governor lHMIfflilocl at Hie Way Coop? er Supporters arc ' Coming in to Help Reelect Him. Anderson, Sept. 6.?Practically the same men, representing all sections of the county, who met here two weeks ago to direct the campaign of Robert A. Cooper for governor, met here again this afternoon and organized to wage a campaign for (lov. Manning's reelection. The crowd this afternoon was much larger than that of two weeks ago, being augmented by many men who were Manning supporters at the first primary. The Cooper and Manning men are now working to? gether enthusiastically for Gov. Man? ning and splendid results are expected next Tuesday. A plan was adopted this afternoon by which all Cooper and Manning supp ers will visit the polls and wo,_^r Gov. Mannings reelection. Gov. Manning spent several hours here today and attended the confer? ence. Before leaving he expressed himself as being delighted with the wa. the Manning and Cooper men In this county arc working hand in hand. He said that today was one of the most profitable days he has spent since the first primary. He left here greatly encouraged and thoroughly satisfied with conditons In Anderson county. The friends of the governor an? nounced last night on being advised of his coming here today that he would make a speech from the court house' steps late this afternoon. A large Crowd came from the county to hear him but the governor was unable to remain here to mako the speech. He stated with great reluctance that he could not remain here until the hour announced for speaking because of other imperative engagements, made several days ago, which called him away from Anderson early in the afternoon. BIG MAJORITY FOR EXTRA LEVY | Vote; Goes Eleven to One in Favor of More Mills for Educational Advan? tages. From The Dally Item^-^Sepb^^. w Tim V8t?^\eet?rtHP!y"ln the elwt^m* for an extra three mill levy to add to the educational facilities of the city schools was overwhelmingly In favor of th*e levy. The vote upon the count ntood 145 for and 13 against the extra levy, or more than eleven to one in favor of the Issue. This vote was by far the largest vote on any educational question which has been put up to the people of Sumter in recent years and the fact that only tax payers could vote makes the vote even larger propor? tionately. The fact that there was such a large vote also Indicates that the citizens of Sumter have the wel fare of the city schools deeply at heart and are willing and anxious to do their part to aad to their efficiency. In The Police Court. Felder Harris, disorderly conduct, found guilty, $5 or 10 days. Ki..ma Gardner rnd Anna Johnson, disorderly conduct, $5 or 10 days each. Juanita DesChamps, Carrie Murray, Ella Murray, disorderly ocnduct, %h or 10 days each. Danish Steamer Sunk. Jjondon, Sept. 6.?Danish steamship Jeanne was sunk, presumably by e German submarine. - ? _? NOTICE?Party wanting postion to oversee farm near city another year. Refererces can be furnish? ed. 25 Blanding St. COTTON KEEI>?It will be to your interest to sec me at cotton plat? form before selling your seed. I want 200 tons quick. J. L. Mose ley. FOll SALE?Nitrate of soda, acid, cottonseed meal, spring deliveries. Hook now, sav.? money. Flour ship? ments September and October. Grains, feed and seed. Write or wire. South Atlantic Distributing Co. Sumter, S. C. JL mtttuuuuiauatii?n??iii?i??n?iHnti $1.60 SUMTER te AUGUSTA And Return - via ATLANTIC COAST UHE FRIOAY, SEP. 15,1916 LAST EXCURSION OF THE SEASON Train leaves Sumter 7:23 A. M. Leaves August return? ing, 9.00 P. M. W. J. CRAIG, Passenger Traffic Manager T. C. WHITE, rs1 i'aTsSefTgSr^ Xgeril I?I Geo H. Hurst, Uidcrtriir hi taitUnr. - i ? .i . >, . .. PtmmtA ANtette* I? Day W fttftM Gaffs At 1. 0. e<*|| 0H SUM. N. ??*? Phone* ^?, *..iiiiuiwiMMi?Miniiiii?niiiiinrntnitn:tnntiin?tn}t?ti)iintnHininntiniiiMMirt The man behind the gun 1 ' It's the man behind the gun who makes it formidnble; f and it's the men behind a Bank who make it conservative. I In all our business transactions this Bank seeks not popular- fi ity for itself, but safety for its depositors. We seek to be 1 accommodating?we are always courteous?but the main- 11 tenance of our standards of conservatism are ever and al- M ways with us the first consideration. 8 ?If you admire standarda of conser- B vatl8m. may we be favored with your 8 business and honored by a personal B et n S the peoples bank. | [ttnmmtiiiiiiniiiniHiiiii?iiiiH?iiiiiniii?iniiiiiiiiH Do You Own Farm Property? You have always wanted lower rates. You and your neighbor have cried aloud for cheaper insurance. You can act with a Wonde: Til degree of business judgement and at the same time build up a Home Industry that conserves ssfely, fairly and get results if you will but lend your Co? operation. Before you renew your Fire Insurance Policies, get in touch With our representative and talk it over. A Home Association, managed by conseivative business meu, can be successful and save money for its members, if the owners of Farm Property will carefully investigate The Farmers' Mutual Protection Association Of Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties The Sumter Trust Co., Agt. SUMTER, S. C There is a Director in your Township.