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PKR?Q>Ati MENTION. Dr. W. L. McCutchen is hack at Work, attar ar abttence of several days from the city In 'vhlch ho was taking a rose In tho country. Mrs, 0 flaynsworth left Wednes? day for 8aUm. Ohio, to visit her daughter. Mrs. H. K. Drevenstedt. Mr. 1?. C. Manning, head1 of tho sales fdetoortmeht of the Sumter Splftdort" Magneto company with headquarters In ridcago, Is in the city ?on business. * hlU Mrs. Mannlns and ^chlTdren are vlsttlig her father, Col. ft. M. CooW at Wlaacky. M^ae Jean Taylor, of Charleston. Is vtattlng friends in the city. airs; J. L. 11 by and daughter, Mise Bseafe Trtdpett. of Boy kin's, were In tho city today. Mr. and Mrs. Duvld W. Lorlng, of Wtlmlagt'on, N. C, who have been epoadlhg several drys with Fir. and MrS. TV #. Lao *4voral miles west of town, were In the city today, visiting Mr. lArtnfn father, before returning ta their home? at Wilmington. ift. JUywWhd Italia and Mr. Ros cWOebofne of Bridentown. Fla., are vhatlnjf Mr. Balls' cousin, Mrs. A. J. tryauitt? on Hampton avenue. They drove Wireugh the country from Rra dealown to Shatter In an automobile. str/andf ire. A. J. 'Bjtoum and ^fcso^s^J^fc^^a^ Jsn^eVsn Marlon By num. have retorted from a vtatt to Durham. N. C ' ftfYf HaVmoml Bella and Mr. Haaoue Oehorne atcompenled them. party went through the country ta an automobile. Mra. Johnnon Ha good and her two ehJldren. en route from the Pacific eoast i&*Chsrleetoi, to visit her par? ents ressering there, are stopping for a few days with her sister. Mra R. Dosier Lee. Hirr husband, Ueut. Col. Johaaoo Tlaiool. Corps of Bnglheres. U. If. A., riSw etitioned at Fort Rosen erena. Ban Dttfgo. Cel.. win follow af? ter a abort wall?. He has been order? ed by the government to assume charge of Pin* Commandant of Port Moultrie. Charleston harbor. Mra. AUne Smith, of Lakeland. Pia. la vtattlaa? her nutter. Mr. J. I. Leaeane an Sooft; Unrein street Mr. B. M. Bruneon. principal of the MayeawUle school, was a visitor to the K IX Whhmaat hag. been so fill the School, created by the of Mr. A. C. Dtck. to ac eopt a pooltlon as member of the fac? ulty of A. A M. College of North Car? olina. Mr. vYhisnant received tie col? lege edyptlon at Wofford a id the University of. South Carolina, and oomea to Sumter with the highest rooosameudatlons as a auc:eesful teacher. He will have charge of the nret year high school boys. CojL lt. M. Cooper, of Wlaacky, was a vhntor to the city today. Man. B. P. Mathla and daughters, Mtaeee Aenlo Ussle. Agatha and Lil? lian, have returned to their home at Sumfcnerton. after a visit to Mrs. Matk' fattier. Mr. W. A. Weldon at Oalifird's Cross Roada MrT 3.' J. Rosa and Mr. Tetway of CYsatan. who have been visiting Mr. W. A. Weldon at Halliard's Cross Roads, nave returned home, taking wttavthtov Mass Pannle B. Weldon for a viatWB' reVamree at Creaton. Mise Julia Reynolda left for Rad cttffe College, Cambridge. Maas., to reauntaJper studied in the senior class. She eattod from Norfolk to Boston Friday afternoon. *Mfv TP J. Alexander, railroad agent at Hartevllle, spent Sunday In ' the city.. Mr. J. K. Breeden, editor >f Tho Manning Hi raid, was in the < tty to? day. Mies Ida floykln. who hai been vlaitintc ber alater, Mlaa Henrietta Boyhln. returned to her home In Co? lumbia Sunday. Maas Corrle Footer was the week? end guest of the Misses Smith. on Cheatnut at':eet. The many friends of Mrs. Roy W. Crouser are glad to know of ber re? covery from Jier recent Illness Mlaa Theo Young, who haa boon the gueet of Mlaa Lou tee Carson or the two weeks, left thla morning; for home In Union. Mlaa Toung ig her atay In Sumter, h?fc been gueet of honor at a number of 'mat partloe and many ot icr eo eteff attentions. Ilr. and Mm. J. E. King of Klngs treaj were In the city today. )|r. and Mrs. A A. Howell spent Hundav vlsltlnic the tatter's parents at Orftngeburg jjpr. James Reaves, of Sardinia, was l?*itor to the city today. Ir. and Mra. S. F Walker, of Man apent Sunday In the city, the gejfsta of Mrs. B. .'. Orler. icretary H. L Blrchard returned Saturday from Charlotte, where he attended the aeeetna of the eecretarleu and phyalcal directors of the Young Men's Christian Aaooclatlona of tho Carollnaa. The meeting was an In Many gaaai T tern concerning the association work was discussed and plans outlined for future work in carrying out the four? fold duties of the organisations, men? tal, moral, physical and social. COMMITTEE TO MAKE PLANS. iH cidcd at Meeting IViduy to Hold Fall Exhibition and Demonstration of County Products. At a well attended meeting of Sumter business men in Chamber of Commerce rooms Friday afternon, it was unanimously decided that there will be held a 191? fall exhibition or demonstration of the products of Sum? ter county farms, of the girls* can? ning and tomato, women's home dem? onstration, boys' pig and corn, and ru? ral school domestic science organiza? tions, and of hogs, poultry, beef and dairy cattle, mules, horses and also a "made In Sumter exhibition" of the many commercial commodities man? ufactured In this city and county. A committee of arrangements was appointed to interview the local horse show and poultry associations, manu? facturers, home demonstration offi? cers, farmers, and others who will be necessary In this big fall exhibition I to see If the different organizations can get together and pull off a big combination event at the same time. The date will be arranged by this committee and will depend upon whether the various associations can agree upon exact dates and other de? tails of the proposed fall exhibition. ? Messrs. J. Frank Williams, Chair? man, with H. L. Tisdale, W. B. Boyle, Arthur Wilder, Qeo. D. Shore, T. H. Siddall and J. H. Haynsworth were named as the committee of arrange? ments. The mee .ing adjourned to meet at the call of the special com? mittee early this week. As soon as the committee can de? termine the extent of the program a regular organization will be formed. The last week In November or the first week In December will be the date. The date was made as late as possible In order to give the rural schools domestic science and wo? men's home demonstration clubs the fullest opportunity to prepare their exhibits. Full particulars of the defi? nite program will be published next week as soon as the committee re? ports the results of Its investigations. NEGRO WOMAN SHOT TO DEATH. - Walter Harrington HcM on Charge of Havhag frmunltted Crime. _?mm% CgpJt, a Bogro woman Irving at DuBoae, S'aa shot to death about 11 o'clock Saturday night, the load taking effect in her head which was practically shot off, and Walter Har? rington, a neirro living In the same section, is In jnll charged with the crime. Coroner Seals held the In? quest Sunday morning and the verdict of the Jury was as above stated. It seems that Walter Harrlmrton and Emma Cook had been friends for some time. Saturday Emma came to Sumter with some one else, whom she was talking to while Walter was pay? ing for having her teeth repaired. Walter Is alleged to have been jealous of the attention and the shooting is thought to have resulted. The evi? dence Was all circumstantial, as no one saw the shooting, and the other negroes In the house were all asleep or in bed at the time It occurred. Death of Henry David. Mr. Henry David, an old confed? erate soldier well known in Sumter, died Friday afternoon at a hospital In Columbia, where he was taken several weeks ago for treatment. The body was brought from Colum? bia to Sumter this morning and the funeral services and interment were ut the Sumter Cemetery at 9.30 o'clock this morning, the services being conducted by the Rev. W. E. Thayer. Mr. David is the last of his family, lie never married and does not leave any brothers or sinters. Turbevllle-Rtiddln. Dr. J. M. Buddln and Miss Marie Turbevllle, both of Turbevllle, were quietly married at the home of the bride on Monday. The happy young couple sre now boarding at the home of Dr. and Mrs. McKlnney. The peo? ple of Tlmmonsville extend to them their most hearty congratulations.? Tlmmonsvlllo Enterprise. The Sumter High School Is now a part of the State high school system and as such is open to pupils from any part of the county without pay? ment of tuition or other fees. Here? tofore pupils not residents of the city of Sumter?School District No. 17? have been required to pay tuition, but under the present high school law, with the provisions of which the Sum? ter schools have compiled, the high school Is free to all. This new regu? lation will he a great saving to subur? ban residents, who, although In all important respect citizens of Sumter. have heretofore not had the privilege of sending their children to the city high school free of charge. No. 666 will cure Malaria or Bilious Fevar. It kills the gerauH?Advt, TAKE ?P METHODS TO PltEVE^T INVASION BY FE?r. Arrange Itinerary?Route of Commis? sion Includes Points in Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi und Louisiana. Columbia, Sept. 25.?Members of/ the South Carolina cotton boll weevil commission, recently appointed to make a tour of the infested areas to study methods to withstand invasion, will leave Spartanburg next Saturday noon. The itinerary will take the party through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Consider? able cotton acreage in each of these State has been devastated by annual inroads of tho destructive pest, par? ticularly in the Mississippi delta. The tour will terminate In Georgia Oc? tober ii. The commission was appointed early in the spring, upon the sug? gestion of Clcmson college authori? ties, and eight or ten directors of agricultural education and develop? ment of farm interests will make the trip. Some of those who will go are: Gov. Manning* President W. M. Riggs of Clemson college, Alan Johnstone, Sr., president of the board of trus? tees of Clemson college, and W. W. Long, director of farm demonstration agents in South Carolina. Several members of the Clemson college faculty will also be included. Leaving Spartanburg Saturday noon, the commission will arrive In New Orleans early the follow lag morning. Thence they will visit the cotton district along the L., R. & N. railroad, arriving at Baton Rouge Wednesday afternoon. Thursday, Oc? tober 4, will be given over largely to visits to stock farms along the Mlssislppl river. From Donaldsville the party will go to Alexandria, Mon? roe and Tallulah, La., crossing the Mississippi river frorr the latter place to Vicksburg, Miss. Detailed arrangements for the tour in Ala? bama and Georgia have not yet been arranged. INFANTILE PARALYSIS IN MAYESVTLLi:. Mr. IL F. DesChampW Little Girl Suf? fers Partial Disability. News was recived here this morning that a case of infantile paralysis had been discovered in Mayesvllle, the pa? tient being a little girl of Mr. and Mrs. r, u* TiiK"*Vt<bnvt>iT_ ~ Tbia aViUtt in rV^v^ four and a-half years o*f age and has been sick for about a week. Dr. C. E. King, who has been at? tending the child for about a week, stated, when called up over tho tele? phone, that the report was correct as to the case of infantile paralysis be? ing in Mayesvllle. He said that the first symptoms had been indicated several days ago and he had advised precautions to be taken. This morn? ing the symptoms were so plain that he pronounced the case infantile pa? ralysis. Every possible precaution has ben taken to prevnt spread of the disease in the community. Why it should have occurred there, It Is Im? possible to say, as the child had been no where to come In contact with or to contract the disease. The nearest case was that at St. Charles of a small child. After consulting concerning the mailer it was decided not to stop school at the p'resnt time on account of the case of the disease being in the town of Mayesvllle, but to see that no children came anywhere near the place where the caso was located. Making up Crop Losses. A wheat crop of so small dimen tions as to raise the question whether or not there he cny exportable sur? plus?that is the impressive thing in the farm crop situation as brought out in these weeks of harvest round? ups. The carefully summarized crop situation, as outlined in Southern Funning In their regular Orange Judd report, Indicates a wheat crop of* scant COO million bushels against our boasted billion record in a single sea? son so short a time ago. The spring wheat shortage, tho result primarily of a materially smaller acreage, but chiefly to a rate of yield less than half that of a year ufu., reflects the full measure of tho heavy losses in ton? nage to gi owers in | he American northwest. Fortunately the crop Is moving to market from tho threshing machine at good prices, early Sep? tember quotations being 40 to 50 .cents a bushel better than a year ago. Every marketable bushel ol* corn grown In 1010 from the acreage seeded last spring In the South, 50 million acres and upwards, is hound to benefit thereby. To the reflective mind there Is right lere bound t<? come In the merit of proper diversifi? cation of crops so long advocated by Southern Farming?to not putting all the eggs in one basket. And best ol* nil the South Is allVc to this fact. Plant wheat this fall or you will re eret it next summer. Iluh-My-TIsm- -Anti; eptlc, Anodyne ' ? Kills palu, stops putrefaction.? W. B. BQYLE CO. WILL BUY ALL OF TOE HOGS AND BEEF CAT? TLE OFFERED ON SUM? TER MARKET. Sumter Roller Mills Prepared to Pur? chase ail Com, Oats, und Wheat and to Carinii all of the Grain? Confereent'e With Mnyesville School District Trustees for Home Demon? stration Department in Tliat School. Mr. W. B. Boyle, president of the W. B. J|oyle Company notified the Chamber of Commerce directors last Tuesday that his company will be pre? pared in the future, as at present, to buy all of the hogs "on the foot" as we say, or dresied, and all of the beef cattle offered by Sumter county farm? ers. They will pay the highest cash market prices, and are fully prepared to take care of the livestock market situation. This enterprising llrm came to the relief of Sumter county farmers last fall and spring and purchased thou? sands of hogs when there was little general market for same. The Sumter Roller Mills Company unnourice that this new and well fin anced local enterprise is In the market to purchase all the grain offered at highest cash market prices. This en? terprise has the best equipped stor? age and elevator facilities and side? track shipping in and shipping out fa? cilities,for handling grain of any plant In eastern Carolina. They purchased the splendid four-story Parrot Mill? ing Company plant, 309 South Sum? ter street, and installed an up-to-date Midget-Marvel flour mill of fifty bar? rel per day grinding capacity, and find It necessary to put In another fifty barrel mill next spring. They have been running night and day for some time. They' sell the very best brands of home raised and Sumter ground brands Of flour, meal, and feedstuffs. They have a splendid lot of Improved machinery for grinding corn. So that the bugaboo of "no market for live stock and grain" has been ex? terminated in Sumter. II?.me TJemonstrntion Work at Mayes? ville. . Home Demonstration agents, Misses Mary Leinmon and Katie Pitts, Dr. J. H. Haynsworth, County Superintend? ent of Education, and Secretary E. I. Reardoh on yesterday conferred at Mayesville with school trustees H. L. Thorr as'and J. F. Bland, trustee R. F. ^ being unavoidably absent owing to^ sickness in n"hs-family, and" with Prof. H. H. Brunson, principal of the Mayesville school. The object of the conference was to induce the trustees to have a home demonstration class established as a part of the curriculum of that up-to date school system. A satisfactory In? terview Was held, and the matter was postponed' until today when Trustee DesChamps, and the four other teach ers of the faculty can meet and talk the matter over. Those who went from Sumter feel convinced that the Mayesville school will be among those progressive insti? tutions of learning that fully appre? ciate tho educational advantages of practical knowledge along domestic science teachings. Mayesville has one of largest and best brick school buildings In this portion of South Carolina. Extra tax levies were made and additional teachers added to the faculty of late. The building and the curriculum and the faculty are a credit not only to Mayesville but to Sumter county. The Mayesville school Is In keeping with the great strides that this hustling lit? tle city'has made in municipal and othc\* lines of progress within the past three or four years. Mayesville is the second largest town in Sumter county and does a large mercantile, cotton, and fertiliz? er business. Its people are Wy intel? ligent, progressive, cultured, and many of the magnificent residences, and some of the mercantile and banking houses would do credit to a city of twenty thousand population. Mr. EV Carson's new Studebaker car 1 was considerably damaged Friday morning when a negro boy started it off in the garage and It smashed int? another car. The hgnts, fender, wind? shield and radiator were put out of commission and new ones will have to be put on before the car can be used. Elder Harris, the negro bov charged with having broken the car, was placed In jail to await trial at the circuit court on the charge of ma? licious mischief. The auto truck was called out Sun? day morning by an alarm of fire from West Liberty street, where shingles on the roof at the Hue had caught on fire. The blaze was a small one and was extinguished with little damage. The First National Bank announces that it is In a position to make loans on cotton nt an attractive rate of in? terest. The day has come when 0 farmer is not forced to sell his cotton as soon as ginned, nor does he have to begf'for a loan to permit him to hold i( tor better prices. NORWAY, SWEDEN AND ' DEN? MARK TO COOPERATE. Unanimous for Maintenance of Im? partial Attitude in Midst of Storms of Great War. London. Sept. 24.?The Christiania conference of representatives of the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish gov? ernments has resulted in a further de felopment of the plan for cooperation during the war in matters affecting the foreign affairs of the three na? tions. Through the Danish foreign office last night there was issued a state? ment setting forth what was accom? plished. This statement is said in an exchange , telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen to he in effect as follows: "The three countries are unanimous for maintenance of loyal and impar? tial neutrality. The blows aimed at the rights and interests of neutrals by belligerent powers as well as the dif? ferences in th? sphere of commercial policy which have ensued therefrom jfor neutrals, formed the subject of a searching investigation which re? sulted in 'an accord' for bringing about wider collaboration among the three countries. "Special attention Was devoted to the destruction of neutral ships and cargoes as well as to the conse? quences entailed by the issue of black lists by the belligerents. It was agreed with a view to facilitating the com? mercial policy of the three coun? tries that they keep each other mutually informed as to measures to be taken in the respective coun? tries In regard to both commercial policy and the repression of commer? cial espionage to safeguard their in? terest in the sphere of commercial policy after the war. "The parties also came to a com? plete accord, based on the conven? tions of The Hague, as to the attitude to be adopted by the Scandinavian countries relative to certain questions touching the duty of neutrals and the making of arrangements for safe? guarding their neutrality. It was agreed, In view of present circum? stances, that the three countries, by themselves or in common with other neutrals, can not take the initiative or take measures in any way analo? gous to such mediation. Furthermore, it was agreed that it would be desir? able to establish closer collaboration among the greatest possible number of neutral States for the purpose of saicguartnny tnwf rommull ? wit,-pB^hl while observing the strictest impar? tiality." The ministers of the three countries separated with the understanding that further conferences would he held. Bucharest, Sept. 23.?Three hun? dred Teutons were captured In Transylvania by Roumanian-Russian troops. Further progress by the Al? lies in Dohrudja is reported. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Dally by Ernest Flein? Cot? ton Buyer. Good Middling 15 5-8. Strict Middling 15 1-2. Middling 15 3-8. Strict Low Middling 15 1-8. Ix>w Middling 14 5-8. Staple cotton 20 to 25c. Corrected Daily by HARRY & CO., Cotton Buyer*. Good Middling 15 5-8. Strict Middling 15 1-2. Middling 15 3-8. Strict Low Middling 15 1-8. Low Middling 14 7-8. Market closed steady. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. Yest'dyS Open High Low Close Ctoee Jan. . .16.27 .33 .17 .17 .12 Mch . .16.40 .48 .33 .33 .27 May . .16.61 .65 .52 .62 .49 Oct. . .15.90 16.03 15.85 .85 .82 Dec . ..16.10 .25 .09 .10 .01 Miss Young is Guest of Honor. Miss Theo Young, of Union, who has been the guest of Miss Louise Carson for the past fortnight, was the guest of honor on Friday night at a chicken stew and dance given at Po calla by a number of the young men of the town. Mr. Beck furnished an excellent supper and dancing was en? joyed for several hours. There were half a dozen couples present for the affair, Miss Kittie Mayes of Newber ry, the guest of Miss Adelle Pitts, be? ing the only other visitor present. DON'T OVERLOOK THIS. A Careful Persual Will Prove Its Val? ue to Every Sumter Reader. The average man is a doubter, and there is little wonder that this Is so. Misrepresentations make people skep? tics. Now-a-days the public asks for better evidence than the testimony of strangers. Here 1b proof which should convince every Sumter reader: W. W. James, retired butcher, 192 Blanding street, Sumter, says: "My kidneys were disordered and my back ached intensely. I was sore and lame mornings and hatl dizzy spells and headaches. The kidney secretions passed irregularly and obliged me to hearing of Doan's Kidney Pills I used them and they not only relieved the ailments, but benefited me in every way." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's kidney Pills?the same that Mr. James had. Foster-Mllburn Co., Props... Buffalo. N. Y.?Advt. 29 The National Bank of South Carolina $950,000.00 LEADERS Our steady growth and new accounts tell the story. Safety and preparedness first and at all times. Your patronage solicited,; C. 6. ROWLAND, Pres H. L. McClY, Acting CasrTr. ? THE ONLY WAY T? BEAT TIME Is to save a part of the earnings result? ing from the use of it. This Bank will help you to save it if you will try. 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