Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r ^Ll^ ^^^i:-~-' ?BMstiftr. ? ?>SIJMAD MOmON. Mr. tad Jtr*. Edwin wy*on of 8t. CWIh fad daghter. Mrs, C. E. Mays* of Mayesvllle, were visitors to the city todjty. Mtos Mantle Chandler has gone to Manning, where she hm? accepted a eeettloa ag atanographer for Mr. Cher I tea DuR .nt Mra Harry Ursen has gone to Flor far aa extended visit. Marls Rrtddell and her moth he hare been visiting In the city several weeks, have decided to re evsr for the fashion show, will leave on Thursday for their e et Jacksonville, TO*. Mr. A. J. Rigby. of Manning, has fieoplsd e poottlfw with i tubba Bros. O., W. Rethorn, formerly la Sum tar aa Miss Mary Car and dhlldren. are vHIUaej the a perents, CgpL snd Mrs. S. Caraoa on North Main street Rethorst le with den. Pershlng's hi Mexico. Mtoa lees King spent the week-end at hosae frosa Coher college. Mra Bartow Walsh, Jr- and Uttto oaild sett Tuesday morning to visit retottvos at Johnston. Mrs. David Hlrschman end Mra T. M. Mousoa of Manning;; were visit sow drawn hare today by the Fashion JSaew attractions, Mtoa. Juito. hX Or ?ber has returned to sarvesrnsh, da,, efter a two months' stay with her steter. Mra Walter Fol Sesn. Mtos Dllli* Polsom. who accom? panied Mtos Grober aa far as Colum ijk haa; returned home after a stay V) two days In that city. Mra. M, O. Strohecker of Charleston fcxvtoitiac Dr. and Mra J. C. Spann. Mra R. JH. Jenninga Mra Fred Wanna maker and Mra Harry Wanna seeker, o4 Orangeburg, were In at? tendance upon the fall fashion show yoeterday and last night. Mtos floosie fltoudenmlre, of Or OSsjehoTg. to visit log Mra J. D. Shire, ess Broad street. Vote for Peace to oar desire o'er thto broad aaoV to a horror, for It we do not fellow In Its war doth W\ty the nations that ere et strife ? Causing destruction, not regarding life. 'We have a noble president faithfully standing by his pott Guarding o'er thin nation from coast to coast. Patiently welting for wars to cease, Beraeetlf pleading for the blessings of peace. , Hie term of efltoe win ?>ort expire Many hfc reelection will desire. Vote for Wilson, help hold up his Let htm make this nation a light to other leads. We have fried him, he's the man to ? Why showM we swap him for Charles Evans Hughes ?L. D. Peace. Sill B 14th St. Chattanooga, Tenn. BTUMTKR COTTON MARKET. Corrected Dally by HARDY * CO., Cotton Buyera Good Middling 1? 1-1. Strict Middling, 16 8-1. ?Middling U 1-4. Strict Low MlddU ng If. Law Middling IS 1-2. Corrected Dally by Ernest Field. Cotton Buyer. Good Middling 1? 3-8. Htrtct fiddling 1C 1-4. Middling 14 1-8. Strict l?ew Middling II 7-8. Low Middling 18 3-8. ?taple fomjp 20 m 36c. MSTW QOTTOII UAHK'ST ffcet'dyt Qeosj High Low Cloee Cloe* Jen . . 171? .32 .04 .07 .16 Mch . . IT r. .42 .23 .23 .34 Mey . . lf.88 .80 .40 .40 .48 ort . 18.22 .22 .78 .83 .82 Dec. . .?.Ii .18 18.17 17.06 .10 DenvilB.'lll., Oe. I?A telegram at tacking w4?sident Wlleon. sent by NlrhnUflj^fiirr.ty Untier, prenluVnt ??f ColumMs*' University to the IUIuoIm State Hdfckera' Convention, wan ion hot to bdfmsde public, the official* de clde. j Irk, Oct. I.? \ chain of reo? tanranUt^nd lunch rooms fall In line lUdden r?lne of food prices all dishes. Commodities re Increased ten to 100 per ttoe* are <1 Hlheg In price le e luxury. BoardlnK tu follow suit. COtTNTY BOARD MEETING. Refute Claim for Horse?M. J. Moore to Move OWce to Gmnd Jury Room. The county bourd held Its regular monthly meeting Tuesday with all of Its members present. There wcio a number of matters of Interest to eoir#o up, but most of the meeting of the board wus taken up In routine business. Mr. P. M. Pitts, supervisor, report? ed that he had Investigated tho loss of a horse by Benjamin Pogue and that there wss no hole in the bridge at the place the accident occurred, Uie horse having merely slipped and ro?ed off the bridge Into the stream, and that he did not consider tho coun? ty liable. The accident occurred at a bridge near Borden. On thin Infor? mation, the board declined to pay Poguc's claim. A M. London and other cltisens again petition u for opening of a new road between the London neighbor? hood to the Coocord graded school. The beard declined to take up this work at the present time because of work already under way. On a petition from Rev. W. D. Splrix, the board approved an order of the Judge of probate committing four chl dren of T. D. Lawrence to the Rescue Roms at Columbia, the mother l>eing dead and the father in? capacitated because of disease. The petition of B. F. Jones for a Confedeiate veteran's pension was granted. Magistrate M. J. Moore requested permission to move his office Into the grand Jixy room of the court houseM stating lhat he would be willing to move out when necessary on account of official business. This request was granted. Mr. L, W. Jenkins, who has charge of the court house grounds, asked that a concrete coping be placed on the northern side of the court nse grounds on Canal street. Thti request was referred to Supervisor Pitts for Investigation of the cost. Mr. 8. W. Dabbs requested that the county pay something towards the digging of a canal, which he had made across hie property, as it was of much service in draining the pub? lic road and other parts of the coun? try them. He stated that the cost was about $1,000 and that he thought the county should pay him about $200. This request was refused by the board. ?VNtor ftumter Daily Item. On next Sunday afternoon, October t, there will be a special service for men only In the Opera House at o'clock. At that servlco Dr. J. L. White will apeak. While it is a ser? vice especially to men there la nothing In what he shall say that the most refined and cultured lady might not hear. It Is simply a hoart to heart talk from a man to men. It is earnest? ly desired that not only the men of the towif of Sumter, but also those of the entire county may hear this ser? mon. I have had the privilege and pleasure of hearing It. There is no message that Dr. White will bring to the people of Sumter of moro vital in? terest and imperative Importance than this one to men. The subject he will dtneuss at that service will be "The Fant Man." Come and bring your friends. W. E. Thayer. In the Pol|eo Court. The following cases were disposed of In the police court on Monday and Tuesday: * James Bradley, petit larceny, ac? quitted. Spencer Jones, drunk and cursing, $5 or 10 days on each charge. Whllden Sprott, giving entertain? ment without license, $5 bond for? feited. Thomas Brown, reckless riding of bicycle, $7.50 or 15 days. J. P. Fellows, disorderly conduct, $25 or 30 days. Lewis Walters, Nora Walters, disor? derly conduct, $10 bond forfeited foi each defendant. Tom Clarkson, Willie Seymour and John Moore, larceny of chickens. The More and 8eymour boys were acquit? ted, while Clarkson went to the gang in default of $25 to pay his lino. Whilden Sprott, receiving stolen goods, dismissed. Whllden Sprott, gambling, case dis? missed without hearing. Watles Anderson, reckless driving of auto. $10 or 20 days. Thomas Davis, disorderly conduct, case dismissed. A. U. White, reckless driving of auto, case nettled by compromise. An Approaching Marriage. Judge B. o. Purdy has announced the engagement of his daughter, Miss Mary, to Dr< Cm I Boldtn Bopg, the wedding to take place this fall. This announcement will be of much interest, as the wedding w ill be a sv dal affair which will be looked for waul to wtte much Interest by u |grg< number of Sumter people. A license to marry rf* been gr;-m ed to Manuel Alston and Susi? Thompson, Clnrcmont. AIDPLEXY IS CAUSE OP DEATH OP FORM KB MAYOll OP SUMTEH. Was a Leading Citizen of Sumter for Many Ycnra and Hud Served City Council und in Mayor's Chair?Was One of Most Popular Men in Coun? ty?Connected With Various Busi? ness Concerns. From The Dally Item, Oct. 5. The people of Sumter were shock? ed this morning when it became known that W. B. Boyle, one of Sumter's foremost citizens and a former mayor, had died at his home at about 9:30 o'clock last night from a stroke of apoplexy, which had come on him whllo ho was in his bath be? fore retiring for the night. Mr. Boyle had been In Fairfield county yesterday attending to the purchasing of some cattle and had completed his business too late to take a train to Columbia. He had therefore hired an automobile and ridden in It for about fifty miles to Columbia, where he had taken the train to ?Sumter. At his office on his arrival here he had complained of feeling badly and at his house last night he complained of feeling unwell, but urged his daughters to go on to the fashion show, which they had been expecting to attend. He rang up his physician, who adwised him to take a warm bath and retire for the night. This was the last heard of Mm alive. On their return from the show, Mr. Boyle's son went Into his room, where the light was turned oh. He then went into the bathroom where Mr. Boyle was lying in the tub dead. The news was soon spread and Mr. Boyle's sons were summoned shortly before midnight. William Belton Boyle was a native of Fairfield county, where he was born January 4th, 1861. He came to Sumter In 1891 and has been living in this city since that time, always being engaged in the live stock business. During the time he has lived here Mr. Boyle has done an extensive business and has become well known through? out Sumter, I^ee and Clarendon coun? ties through his business dealings with farmers of those counties. He was president of the W. B. Boyle Com? pany, president of the Farmers' Oln Company, president of the Citizens' Meat Market, president of the Oreeley vttle Live Stock Company, and a di? rector of the National Bank of South (WBfnt.' For mlti'y teariTlo WaS ft loading business man of fiumter and his death will be a severe blow to the city. Besides beity? a business man, he was a public spirited citi:sen and no enterprise for. Sumter betterment ever went unsupported by him. He was known widely in his business for the readiness with which he turned his ear to hear tales of distress and hundreds of farmers in Sumter and other counties will testify to accom? modations which he has done them In i their business dealings with him, ac? commodations which were generally prompted by his unfailing kindness of heart, even sometimes when, he knew that it was not good business. Besides being a leading business man, Mr. Boyle always took a great interest in public affairs, especially those which concerned local affairs, although ho always took a live inter est In State politics as well. In Sumter Mr. Boyle served on tho city council three terms. Ho was then elected mayor and served In that capacity for tv/o terms, serving the city with emi? nent success. Mr. Boyle was a member of prac? tically all of the lodges and secret or? ders. He was a member of Clare mont Lodge, No. 04, A. F. M. for many years. This order will conduct the funeral services tomorrow. He was a member of Game Cock Lodge, K. of P., which order he served as chancellor commander; he v/as also a ! member of the lied Men and the i Wodmen of the World, which he served as sovereign commander. Mr. Boyle married Miss Mary A, Barnes of Kershaw county, who died sc verul years ago. He is survived by one brother, Mr. T. W. Boyle of (ireeleyvllle; two sisters, Mrs. J. X. Brown of Sumter and Mrs. It. It. Jef frles of Blythewood; and the follow? ing sons and daughters, Messrs. W. Loosen, Walter t\, Edwin 1?., A. Barnes, C. Uowland, and Thomas B , Mrs. J. F. Haseldon CJreeley vllle Mtsftos Bmma and Martio. Sumter. The funeral services will be con? ducted from the late residence on Broad street at 11 o'clock tomorrow, Friday, morning and will bo conduct? ed by (Miremont l*odj;e A. F. M., as? sisted by the Uev. U. 8, Tl'UOSdgle of Trinity Methodist Church of which the deceased was a member. New York, Oct. 6.?Panic and rioting were features in the milk fam? ine today, hundreds of women seek? ing milk for their babies storm the Harbin milk rtatious and become hysterical and panic stricken when told that the supply vvas exhausted, The police guard the stations to pre? vent serious outbreaks. vigorous renewal of efforts to settle tho strike is being made. MOVE& INTO NEW QUARTERS. Sumter Motor Company IIa? Hand Homc New Home on Corner of Muin and Dartlcttc Streets. One of the handsomest automobile show rooms and garages An South Carolina Is that on the comer of South Main and Bartlette streets erected by J. K. Crofswell as the home of the Sumter Motor Company, deal? ers In Dodge, Mitchell and Chalmers cars. Tho Sumter Motor Company Is moving into its new quarters today and feels quite proud of their new home to which they will be glad to welcome anyone. The building is finished off with the handsome brown Dixie texture brick made by the Sumter Brick Works and the two slden of the show room facing on Main and Bartlette streets are of plate glahs, giving the passerby a full view of the show room. The facing of tho building is of polished granite and the cornices have been given a handsome finish. The building is con? structed of brick and is practically fire proof, a it has a metal roof and the floor of the show room is of tile and of tho store room of ? concrete, the office being practically the only part of the structure which coy Id be burned, "the building Is one hundred by fifty feet, the front of which Is giv? en over to the show room. One corn? er of this on Main street Is devoted to show window for the display of auto parts, one side to shelves and floor cases, where are kept auto parts, and I the office and entrance to the store ! room or garage is on the other side. The two sides on the street are equip ped with plate glass. The go rage is a sixty-four by fifty room equipped with a Washing pit for cleaning off cars. There is plenty of space for parking a large number of cars. The repair room Is In a separate brick building fifty by thirty feet, situated 'just behind the office build Ing. This also is practlcaly fire proof. The need of a new home by the Sumter Motor Company was shown yesterday^ when the automobile pa? rade was held yesterday afternoon and there were about forty Dodge cars In it, showing the successful bus? iness which this company has done here. LEVER TO ADDRESS FARMERS. Will be In Sumter to Make Talk on Monday, October 9th, at Noon. Hon. Ay F. Lever, member of con irrnim n?-**^^*1-******?"-* ??v.. ^^.w.}???? ^twifiwP'lHWivintiu v i w"j \s utwi xii tit we on agriculture of the national house of representatives, will address the farmers and business men of Sum? ter, Lee and Clarendon counties In this city on Monday, October 9th, at 12 o'clock noon. The following letter was received recently from Mr. Lever : Lexington, Sept. 30th, 191^. Mr. E. I. Reardon, Sumter, S. C. Dear Emmett: I find that I can meet with tho farmers and business men of Sumter on Monday the 9th of Oc? tober, as suggested by you today. 1 am glad to come. Your friend, A. F. Lever. A great'many fumter business men and Sumter county farmers have re? quested the Sumter Chamber of Com? merce to arrange for Congressman Lever to address a meeting in this city along the lines of cooperative marketing of cotton and other farm products, and to fully explain to them just what the congressional legislation regarding the assistance to be given by the federal government along co? operative marketing lines means. The ^Sumter Chamber of Commerce, at this [meeting Will seek to induce the farm? ers to put in extensive acreages of wheat, oats, corn, truck, peanuts, and tobacco In preparation for the cotton boll weevil. Mr. Lever will talk along these lines and also explain about ihc rural credit laws and how to organize to take advantage of same. This meeting will be open to the farmers of Loe, Clarendon and other counties of eastern Carolina as well as to ?umter county fanners and busi? ness men.. Death of Vlrick S. Jennings. From The Daily Item, Oct. 4. Ulrlck S. Jennings, a son of Mr. F. O. Jennings of the St. James neigh? borhood, died at the Tourney Hospital this morning about 9 o'clock, after an illness of ten days from Bright'* disease, aged twenty-live years. The funeral services will be held at the Sumter cemetery at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow, Thursday, afternoon. The body has been at the residence of Mr. W. H. Fate, 117 North Washington street, and the funeral procession will leave that place at 3 O'clock. Mr. Jennlnps had many friends In Smnter county to whom his death will come as a great shock, as he was apparently in good health until a ' few days ago. He Is survived by his , tather, F. ?. Jennings, and one sister, Mr:., c.iriidi Durketl of St. James neighborhood. Mrs. Nelfi O'Donnell has returned to the city after an absence of throe,months at her summer borne in A*hevl!f#N. C. BE?URECHATS WIN IN JAPAN. COUNT TERAUCHI TO FORM NKW GOVERNMENT. Tokyo, Oct. 4.?Tho emperor has re? quested Lieut. Gen. Count Seiki Te rauchi, former minister of war, and also formerly resident general in Ko? rea, to organize a cabinet, In succes? sion to the ministry of Marquis Oku ma. The resignation of Premier Okuma brought to a head the intense strug? gle between the bureaucratic forces and the advocates of a representative government which culminated in the victory of the bureaucrats by the em? peror's designation of Count Terauchl to form a cabinet. Premier Okuma aided Baron Kato In his efforts to form a new ministry and thus succeeded in amalgamating the three groups composing the gov? ernment's majority in the house of representatives into one great party. By this move the new amalgamation has only the Seiyukai or conservative party in opposition and brings about a two party political system in Japan. The movement displeased the states? men of the old school who feared that it would be undesirably progressive and was opposed especially by Count Terauchi, whose slogan was a no-party form of government. ? Baron Kato was recommended to tho emperor by Premier Okuma, who called attention to the fact that Kato was a leader of the majority group in the house and had supported loyally the policies of the present cabinet. Prince Yamagata, Marquis Matsu kata, Prince Oyama and Marquis Faoinji recommended to the emperor the appointment of Count Terauchi. The selection of Count Terauchi is believed to be a victory for the army party. Viscount Ichioro Motono, the ambassador to Russia, is being con? sidered as foreign minister in the new cabinet. It is learned that Count Terauchi will ask Baron Kato to sup? port the new party and thus effect a eompromise. Harrisburg, Ta., Oct. 5.?An east bound Pennsylvania passenger train ran into the rear end of a stock train r.car Lewiston, killing the conductor and an unidentilied man and injring twelve. ROUMANIAN TROOPS DEFEATED. Invasion of Bulgaria Result* in Dis? aster?Anny Hail Narrow Escape London, Oct. 5.?The Roumanian troop* which invaded Bulgaria were defeated and thing back over the> Danube. They escaped from superior forces by masterly strategy. The Hun so-Roumanian offensive against von Mackensen's army in Dobrudja con? tinues. Rome, Oct. 5.?Another Italian ex peditionary force has been landed In Albania* The troops were disembark? ed at Del vi no and Argyronastro, near the Greek border. Atlantic City, Oct. 5.?A new ele? ment was injected in the discussion of the American and Mexican commis? sioners by Carranza's inability to pay his soldiers. It interrupts the comple? tion of plans for a joint border patrol. The Mexican commissioners arc to y.o to New York Saturday to seek a loan. Washington belicvs that no action is intended until after the election. BEESWAX WANTED Cash paid for any quan? tity of good Beeswax N. G. Osteen Sumter, S. C. ? H. Hurst, Itodwtokw ul Etititn. rump! Attention t? Dt? er NI|htC?ltt: AT I. D. Crslfl 014 SUsa, ?. ?eis Phone. Sfjfl& MIS A Member of the Federal Reserve System. A Depositary o$ the United States Government A Depositary of the County of Sumter A Depositary of the City of Sumter. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK The Oldest Banking Institution in the County 1 Luiiiber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. - -?SV^ ?r-vrrj?1-;si-rTg.' '-^= BOOTH & McLEOD, Soccwa-irt to BooOYShul?r Lumber & Supply Co. Goo. Epperson'* Old St?*nd Opp. Court House EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE. mm * m m , i ? isuas Coast Line j The Standard Railroad of the South Ramifies the "Nation's Garden I Spot" Through the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida \ FOUR FAMOUS TRAINS \ "NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL" (January ? to April); "FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN LIMITED," I "PALMETTO LIMITED" AND "COAST LINE FLOR ; IDA MAIL.1 j Dining Cars?a la carte service. All year round through car service from New York to I 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-, I f T. C. WHITE, W. J. CRAIG, J Gen. Pass. Agent, Pass. Traft Mor. : WILMINGTON, N. C.