Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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3?OFI71?AR St'llSCRtPTION FOR FfXtPCRES FOR DEPARTMENT OFFICE AND REST f the Woann and Girls or (lie Daartcte of Smote* Couutj? *s Welcome to our Friends of 1mm AgafciaMerml Mslrttrt* Manng fat Secretary Reardon "on Tlie Job fee? Rural Ladies and Their Dough lg the women and girls of the rural districts of Sumter county to make th?lr homes more beautiful eflfclent. and economical, and assisting of the rural schools to be? ta domestic science are of work which appeal peculiarly to hundreds of Sumter men and wo? ts order to get In the closest pos touch with the ladles of Sumter and their daughters, and to the girls* canning end the wo i'a home "demonstration depart it* **** at all times and the home ?smcstotration exhibits open to the pnbne inspection permanently, the ?h*s*Hcr of Commerce end Retail jTioaJers* Assocmtlor have given space , Ira thetr quarters for the exhibits, and -hswa given free use of the entire of Commerce equipment, In typewriters, mimeograph du gstaatlsg machine* tables, telephone, sights, and everything else the com Siatnsll organisation owns to Miss Hail 111"?ir, the Home Demonstra ffsm Agent, and her assistant, Miss M?mm Fttta The Arelesa cooker, ice tor, and house fhjr trap aro exhibition, at Chamber of aid Miss Lemmon Is eel * tooting the ossming and preserving v*Mb*ts for display. The City Nat laaal Bank of Sumter has generously ???nd to eostribute thirty doHars psar towards offlne rent for Misse? Lamms? and Pitts, the County Board at Jsslaaeaun has donated a Ane new ftf?m* top denk for the office whtch Imm keen ifaioisd next to the manag fa office* thus joining the IsraoiutraeRn work and the of Commerce work for mu? st;- ... , , Reardon now proposes to and Samte? county people and girls of the ru i> HtUbly fit ?P this of ?$ ur attar**, lbs and In a alf times when In this or visittag. The ladles, men of Sumter clt> are welcomed at Home Demon at loa quarters st all times. ho hi requesting every publlo rtad man and womsn in this city county, who believe that friendly foeilssjs and close reciprocal relations eiry and country are worth a to kndly send their cheeks to hhn by mall or phone Mm and he will call for the money. It. will undoubtedly be a great thing for Sumter county's women and girls of the rural districts to know that there Is a place in this city peculiarly and entireKy their own, a rest wash room <vhere they can put short whae every time they visit Sumter. And the exhibits and office are spin to the women and girls of Sumter city else. This is an educa? tional work of value to city and ooun try women and girls, an Inspiration to acquire practical knowledge. The fact that Buniter's business and profes? sional men and Sumter women make such a home possible will sdd much to the already friendly feelings be? tween Sumter and the people of Its' trade territory. Public acknowledgement of all con tri buttons will be made in the Sumter newspapers, except wher instructed not to do so. The secretary . is vory snxloiu know who will be the first man or wo? msn or business concern to come un? der the wire with a substantial dona? tion of say II or 110 Just to make the subscription list look good st th stark, hut It subscriptions or any amount will bs gladly accepted from city or country. % MANY At TO ACCIDENTS. Firt y-ssrrrsi Wrecks eu Southern Be? rlins* rtrlvcr? Failed to Heed Wasn? 't? Signals. Atlanta. Sept. 31.?As the result of ? ?it ?mobil* drivers falling to heed "Stop, !<ook and Listen" warnings, there \ ere 17 automobile accident* at crossings of public highways wr. Southern Railway tracks during the year ended June no, taking a toll of 12 lives and 19 personal Injuries, in 1111 there was <19 such accidents, re? sulting in 12 deaths and 68 Injuries. According to States, the number of accidents, deaths, and injuries In I'll 6 wer* as follows: Acoldents: Alabama 7. Georgia II. North Carolina 11, South Carolina 17. Tennessee 10, Virginia. Deaths: Georgia 2. North Carolina 4, South Carolina, 3, Tennessee 3. Injuries: Alabama 9, Georgia I, North Carolina U, South Carolina 14, TmasssM 11, Virginia 1. crowd or a.seo at5Kcnds sux DAV AFTERNOON and NIGHT SIMMONS. Me London Promises Greenville the Greatest Revival Service Thal Town Has Ever Seen?Pledger Con? ducts Stuffing. Greenville Piedmont. Crowds that filled the big tent to its capacity, attended the opening meetings of the McLendon-Pledger revival meeting Sunday afternoon and night. Conservative estimates are that 3.500 people heard the evange? list, Rev. B. F. McLendon, sometimes known as "Cyclone Mack," or the "Billy Sunday of the South" at the night meting. The services arc held under a large tent on a vacant lot on Augusta street, just in the rear of the Furman University grounds. Special street cars were operated by the Southern Public Utilities company during the evening to take care of the crowds from djstant parts of the city. Mr. McLendon's meetings will probably continue for at least .a, month. Services are held twice daily, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and 8 o'clock at night. Mr. McLendon and Mr. Pledger arrived In Qreonvlllc Saturday, to complete final arrange? ments for the mooting. Commenting upon the coming meeting, Mr. McLen? don declared emphatically that Green? ville was go'ng to Have the greatest religious revival ever witnessed in this city, and that the moral atmos? phere of tho community would be greatly improved at the conclusion of the meetings. ? An interesting feature of the revi? val services Is the large choir, which when complete, will consist or about 200 persons. The choir is under the direction of Mr. Pledger, who has charge of the muslo of the services. THK JEWISH NRW YEAR. Will he Celebrated Thursday, Septem V aar ism Siawineaaoe of Event. Sundown Wednesday, September 27. tho first day of tho Jewish month Tls hri, will mark the beginning of the Jewish High Holidays. These holidays of deep religious significance will com? mence with the least of Rosh Has hanah, or New Tear. The New Tear Sttkte foj^m^ hr Ten days of Pool Day of Jtfonetoent, October 7th. "On the New Year all the inhabit? ants of the earth pass before Him as sheep before a shepherd." In these words the ancient Jewish la\r book, the Mlshna, refers to the significance of this day. It is a day of Judgment when the sins and the merits, of all men are weighed by the Divine Judge, The Talmud tells that In this annual New Year's judgment scene three books lie open before the Most High. In one book, the Book of life, tho names-of the perfectly righteous, the sinless, kre Inscribed; the second book, the book of death has recorded in it the names of tho utterly wicked; and the third book is for tho ordinary "middle type" of men, in whose be? half judgment Is suspended through the ten days of penitence, i ntll tho Day of Atonement when the decision Is finally made and recorded. The services for tho day are espec? ially solemn. Prayers in prose and poetry, dwelling upon the theme of God's Judgment of man, are recited and sung. Tho Ram's horn, the "Shu far." summoning men to prayer and repent.?nee, is sounded in all syaagog*. At the close of the service the wor? shippers greet esch oilier with the words '*May you be written down for a good year." Orthodox Jews observe many cero monles which suggest the Ideas and emotions of the day. In the home honey and fruits are eaten and the pious wish expressed "May It be Thy will to' renew to us a good and sweet year." During the day orthodox Jews will go to a river, shako crumbs from their clothes and recite among other prayors tho verse from Mlcah, "And you will cast Into the depths of the sea all their sins." While Orthodox Jews observe the feast for two day.*, September II and 28 this year, Re? form Jews return to the ancient Pales |tlnlan custom and observe but one day. MANY SCORE LIVES LOST. Two Hundred and Forty Persons Dead as Result of Dum Brcakiug in Ho hernia. - Iteichenberg, Hohemia. Sept 20.? (via Herlln to London.)?The seri? ousness of Monday's Hood disaster caused by the bursting of the Tann wald dam grows as the water sub? sides and investigation becomes possible. In addition to the known 240 dead whose bodies Including those of muny children, already have beon recovered, it Is believed ntunerom persons were caught In houses that were swept away. The property damage can not ye4 be estimated with accuracy, hut. It to certain that hundreds of building. wsrs destroy sd. * '?iHtfl Mit. H. 1?. DKMAX? TELLS WHAT ! ASSOCIATION IS DOING FOR MEN ON BORDER. *M$? Tliat Men ore Making Constant Use or < ou\ ciuences of Liule T ?bt Eret ted for V^a<*:Uuuui Purpose Miul Appreciate Privileges?Books Greatly in Demand. My telegram of the 2nd will nerve to inform you of what 1 found to be the situation at Camp Stewart among I he South Carolina boys'. I wired for 1 felt that the need was an immediate one and that a"tion could not bo tak? en any too soon. The arrangement suggested by the I InterE.tionul Committee to use the building of tho Pennsylvania troops 1h very inadequate. First place Penn? sylvania has over 15,000 men en oamped at Stewart; they have four shacks with which to work with all these men, and they are crowded to capacity almost continually. Then to ask to walk in 2,100 South Carolina men is impracticable. Our men must secure passes every time they wish to tgPj across the tracks to the Pennsyl? vania camp,. Sometimes they are de? nied as a few of the fellows abuse the privilege. Then while it Is true near? ly 300 of our men are using the place, others (hearly 1,800) will not. Thon the fellows feel a certain amount I of pride about accepting courtesies of Pennsylvania when that State has provided four buildings and about fifteen men to work among their guardsmen, and feel that South Caro- I Una should provide at least some headquarters for them. I am sure that if our people could see some of the things that I have seen the last three or four days they would not let another twenty-four hours go by without providing ample accommoda? tions for the work here. The tempta? tions that the men are subjected to are tremendous. You can't Imagine | Just the conditions that surround these men. I I found that the colonels, both Springs and Biy the, particularly pleas-1 ed that we had sent a man down to work among the boys, and they both assured me they were at my service J in anything that they might do to pro moto the .association activities among the men. Sept. 8. We are doing business all right Over 200 fellows called at) our quarters last night for paper, and 1 a nu?r?^r Tor^magasmsi anah^naTnH am issuing them on card memo sys? tem, to be returned at -'tattoo.'* It 1st working out all right so far. Never! had such a splendid opportunity fort Interviewing men in my life; they are anxious to talk with you about their problems. Have a meeting cheduled for Sunday night?Horn from thai Army T. M. C. A. office at El Paso is going to speak for me, and' the Or augeburg band of the 2nd Regiment! Infantry will play, providing I can se?? cure some lights. A hand concert! next week to be given by the 10th Regiment of Pennsylvania Infantry band. Getting Lieut. Ortman back of the baseball teams and we expect to continue Kadel's schedule. So little by little we are getting started. Have -pent moat of the week hunting up equipment that we could use, getting acquainted with the men, and enlist? ing their interest and services. Took a bunch over to the Penn-| sylvnnia building night before last to hear Harry Helntsman. He made a home run with our fellows. Made a "Clean Living" talk. Much needed. Honestly I have never in my life heard so much swearing as in the South Carolina camp, but am getting a lot of tho fellows who never swore until they came down here to back up a "Swear if you want to, but put it in writing," "Use scrap paper too." It is having its effect. This 1b a won? derful experience I am havng, by far the greatest of my lfe. Pray that God will use me. Sept. 9. Over 1,000 different men visited our little 12x12 tent Saturday. 10,000 sheets of paper lasted six days; have 48 games on the go continuous? ly. Baseball in 2nd Regiment starts Monday. Football in the 1st Regiment starts Tuesday. Big meeting in the open air Sunday night. WT. A. Horn, I Y. M. C. A. (Army) speaks. Rocke? feller Founuation sent us two cases of latest books, they lasted one hour. Is? sue them for two days at a time and men are waiting for them. Write the South Carolina papers and ask them to send a copy or more of their daily to the Y. M. C. A., South Carolina National Guards, El Paso, Texas. We could use them very well. Have secured a half dozen gasoline torches so that will accommodate us for lighting purposes. Am anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Styx tent. Pliilnthea Business Meeting. vThe Phtlathcaa, of the First Baptist church held their regular business meeting at tho home of Mrs. Laura Lobby Monday evening. There was a very good attendance. After all business had been completed, a social hour was enjoyed by all. Evelyn Williams, Reporter, MILLIONS REN til CREU HOMELESS BY RISE OF HWAI RIVER. Kuppty of Food Inadequate to furnish TJjumsaiutt* of BobUUite iu Province uf Anliui. I . ? ? Washington, Sent 20.?Nearly a million people h; ve ben made home? less by one of the greatest Hoods on record in that section of China where the American Red Cross has already spent $600,000 for Hood protection and where the $30,000,000 loan for reclamation work, which was post? poned by the war, was to have been ypent. Reports to the state depart? ment today from the American con? sul at Nanking said the Hwal river had inundated an area of about 7,000 square: miles m Anhui province. Ap? peals tor aid have been sent out for the homeless, who virtually are en tiroly dependent on charity, as all the autumn crops were destroyed. Today's dolayed advices described conditions several weeks ago, but of? ficials believe there probably has been little improvement. In the case of previous floods in that district the waters have been held for long periods by the alluvial soil. The State department summed up its dispatches on the subject in the following announcement: "The department has received from the American- consul at Nanking dis? patches giving detailed information regard ng recent extensive floods along the Kwai river m Anhui prov? ince. The inundation is equal to, If hot greater, than the one of 1900, An area of some 2,000 square miles was submerged under from three to 15 feet'of water, and from July 11 to 21 the. waeers reached such a height as to submerge all except very high groom* in an area estimated at 7,000 squnro- miles.. "The flood extended throughout eight districts in northern Anhui. Thero are 10 cities of considerable Sita in these eight districts with a to? ts* population estimated at from 800, 00* to 1,000,000 people: The total population of the flooded region is approximately 2,500,000 people. While it hi t$0?ght that a comparatively few lives' tWere lost, crops and personal proper tjfr have been destroyed and those are thousands of destitute peo? ple, nearly all of whom are now ob? jects e^cnarity. The supply of food stuffs-en hand, is inadequate to feed autumn crops in the eight districts have been entirely destroyed. Appeals for relief have oome in from the vari? ous affected districts." In the great flood of 1009 nearly 1,000,000 lives were lost. Soon after? ward C. D. Jameson, an American en? gineer, was sent to China to work out a reclamation system. In 1914 Col; Sibert of the Panama, canal headed a Red Cross commission which approv? ed Jameson's plans and the Chinese government began arrangements for a $30,000,000 loan to put them into ef? fect The European war, however, made it Impossible to raise the capital. _ FREIGHT WRECK ON A. C. L. Thirteen Cars Leave Track Which is Torn up for Afcout Five Hundred Feet. \ A bad freight wreck occurred on the Atlantic Coast Ldn<* Railroad track where it crosses the < Ford1 Swamp at abouf* 6 o'clock yet.- rday afternoon when thirteen freight cars left the track, which was torn up for a dis? tance of about five or six hundred feet. No one was Injured. The wreck occurred as freight No. 208 was crossing the embankment through the swamp and was said to have been caused by the breaking of a draw head on one of the cars, pre? cipitating a number of the cars down the sido of the embankment and over? turning others. The wrecking train and crew was sent for and arrived early last night and was busy all night and today clearing the track from wreckage. At 3 o'clock this af? ternoon the first trains were allowed to pass since uhe wreck. Fully six hundred feet of the track was torn up or so badly damaged that it\ had to be replaced, a big force of hands having been kept busy work? ing on it all day to put It back into conditon for traffic. Today there were a large number of persons who went to the scene to view the wreck. The cars had been placed out of the way by the wreck? ing train and their contents, or some parts of it, were scattered about. Lumber, pig iron, barels of lime; cotton, and other articles which were in the ears were lying about waiting to be picked up and replaced in othor cars to continue their journey to their destination, as apparently little dam? age had been done to them. City School Opening. The city schools wiW open Monday, next, September 25th, as heretofore announced?there has been no post? ponement of the opening date. Thi statement is made to contradict and set at rest reports in circulation that the opening had been postponed. "WANT*?TO BJC ClBCTKESf tTP. YivLaurin Writer Gov. Manning Ask? ing That His OihYc Be Cheeked by End of Bcptfwfjgf, Columbia, Sept. 19.?In view of cer? tain newspaper articles since the let tor of Senator McLaurin, stating his intention to resign the positon of State warehouse commissioner, the following letter, written by Mr. Mc l-aurin to Gov. Manning, today will '>e of interest: "Hon. Richard I. Manning, Govern? or, Columbia, S. C. "Dear Sir: As this is the end of one seasop and the beginning of a new season, 1 respectfully request that you have Mr. W. M. Bradley, assistant bank examiner, whose duty I under? stand it is, (or such other official ae you may see fit to designate,) to check up the State warehouse dlffice not later than September 30. I would prefer it on that date if possible. It will not take long, as Mr. Bradley checked tili? office very thoroughly last May. "Respectfully, "John Lu McLaurin, "State Warehouse Commissioner" NORWOOD IN WASHINGTON, Washington, Sept. 20.?Mr. J. W. Norwood, the well known banker of Greenville, has been here for several days this week attending a meeting of the advisory council of the federal reserve board. There is one member of this council for each of the twelve federal reserve districts in the coun? try. Mr. Norwood is the member tor the 5th district, comprising the Caro? linas, Virginia, Maryland, the Dis? trict of Columbia and a part of West Virginia. The great accordion player of the world. As everybody knows < Pietro is a great soloist of the Victor Talking Machine Co. and i?- J ceives a salary of $2,000 to make ten records per year. As Pietro bag played for crowned heads of Europe, and is traveling the < world over and as no doubt readers may doubt my advertisement that this Pietro for a little town of Sumter to have Pietro for I enormous salary he gets. I am again guaranteeing the public < tTalt Pietro .and will play in Rex theatre for small admission in ] reach of everybody. This highest priced single act ever played ? in South Carolina. A public treat. * i < .>.1 Do Yea Owr farm Fryfflty? ~Tou liavtrarwtvya<w,aatad lower r%\m ^.Yau. neighbor have eried aloud for cheaper insurance. You eau act with a wonderful degree of business judgement and at the tome time build up a Home Industry that conserves safely, fairly and get results if you will but lend your co? operation. Before you renew your Fire Insurance Policies, get in touch with oar representative and talk it over. A Home Association, managed by conservative business men, 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 Towasbip. EXCURSION _. 7 ? _ . _ ._J_'_t_ ?to? FLORIDA . i in i i ii TUESDAY, SEP. 26,1816 FARES FROM SUMTER TO JACKSONVILLE $ 7.00 TO TAMPA $ 9.50 TO ST. PETERSBURG S ?.50 TO FORT MYERS $10.00 Proportionately Low Fares from ail paints in Virginia and the Carolina?._ '? ?? Tickets sold to Jacksonville will be limited, returning, until Oc? tober 3rd, and thoso sold to Tampa, St Petersburg and Ft. Myers to October M* 1916. Return trip must be completed by midnight of return limit specified. B'or schedulos, reservations and further particulars. Inquire of O. V. PLATER, Ticket Agent Sumter, S. C. Atlantic Coast Line The Standard Railroad of Tit* Smith" 1 '