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POLICE FORCE REM KMBFJl F. U. Christmas was not allowed to pass by a number of the friends of the Semter police force without their be stov. log He.me gift to remind them that they were remembered at this glad season of the year. As usual the city supplied each of the force with a turkey for his Chrtstmaa dinner, a gift that always comes in handy and Is much appreci? ated. Dr. R. 8. Truesdato of Trinity church seat the Police department a kindly letter of greeting which was mufh appteelated. 8am Lee. the Chinese le*indrymsn, sent the force a package of tea front the oriental kingdom and other Chinese products, Mr. W B. Upaher contributed a crate of oranges, which were heartily ?njoyeu Quit* a number of mer? chants and eltisene made gifts of cigars, ameng them being Recorder R War fry, Phillips and Company. Mr. It. Dealer' :>e. Mitchell's Drug Store, afr an* Mm A A. Strauss, Mr. I. C. Strauss. J. P. Maurer, L E. White. Mtberl's Drug Store, Oeo. D.^Levy and Om. H. Hi rat. These gifts aided tho for*e tn remaining on duty while everybody else was taking a holiday In erdsr to Insure the public safety and the property of citizens from molestation ' IA. ? Deedi of Boye* Ramsey. The body of Royce Ramsey, who was killed Sunday afternoon by a train In Florida, arrived In Sumte; this morning at 9:30 O'clock and was taken from the station to the CUfn's burring ground at Privateer, where the funeral services were held and the body Interned. Mr. Ramsey was a native of this county and lived In Sumter until a few years aco, when he moved to Bamberg co inty, where he has been fanning during the summer. In tho winter be had for a numbor of years been working tn Florida and he was engaged In work there when the acci? dent occurred which ended his life. Ho details of the accident have been veoehred hern. The deceaued is survived by his mother, Mrs Wallace Ramsey, who lives on Corbett street, one brother, Malt Ramsey, and three sisters, Mrs. Robert Mellstte. Summerton; Mr*. Corey house, MOrth Carolina, and Miss heroics Warn any. ... ? % only a few days' Illness, castir-g gloom over the ent re neighborhood. Mrs. Wlieoo was only 39 years of age, the wife of the senior deacon It. Salem, Black River church? She was devot? ed to her ctvirch, and was a kind neighbor, alw.iys ready to lend a help? ing hand, especially when there was sickness or trouble. She was a fine housekeeper whose hospitality was unstinted?turly a helpmate to hor husband. Shu leaves an Inf&nt son, | rive months o'd. a daughter, 13 years of age. husband and a large circle of brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces aud friends, The funeral services were conduct? ed by the pi.stor, the Rev. W. H. Workman, assisted by tho Rev. M *. Drier of the Mayesvlllo church eotu> ft. Wilson Deed. gjsjgsBjreni Tggji UsnrM? WAoi sfcsd yesterdtiy. after *.i SI M il 1H MEN SHOT AT. 1'arty in mi Urogdon Sprinkled With Shot at Georgetown. Georgetown, Dec. 26.?While they were en route to Mrs. Esther La Brucc's place for a day's shooting. Messrs. Jake Urogdon. D. It. White and 8. M. Bryan, of Sumter, had a peculiar experience. Some party or parties fired a shotgun at their auto? mobile, sprinkling tho backs of the occupants with shot. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt. Messrs. Brog don, White and Hryan left for George? town early today for tho hunt. When about three miles out of town on the shell road, they passed a wagon driv? en by a colored man. In the wagon, the hunters state, were two youn?; white men. They had not gone far down the road when their aut~?mo? oile was fired upon. They stopped the machine and turned around. As they approached the wagon, they claim the young men got out and ran Into tho woods. The hunters went half a mile up the road and tried to secure the services of the chain gang dogs, but as there was but ono guard on outy he could not leave with the hounds. Failing in this attempt the r. cn returned to Georgetown and to nVht are making further efforts to locate the guilty party or parties. News Notes from Bcmbert. Rembert. Dec. 26.?Rev. James F.ussel of Chester, will preach at Eethesda Sunday, December 31st, at 11:30 a* m. Let every one come o it and hear a good sermon. Christmas is here with its good cheer. Four dlnlngs is the Imit to? day: At S. W. Alien s, W. R. Thomp? son's, W. H. Freeman's and T. R. Moody's. Do you think I can stand It? I can't attend 'cm all, but if I was four good men I'd have a time. Mr. E. B. "Watson ran down to Wedgefleld yesterday, Sunday, to visit his brother. Miss Emma Allen of Columbia, Mr. L. E. Strother and family of Chester, Mr. Archie Shaw and wife of Syra? cuse arc visiting relatives and friends in our community. Miss Edna Davis of Charleston is with us again. Small grain crops, wheat and oats, with increase in acreage are looking well. The health of our community is sph?ndUd^_><^'^^^^ ?~~TTm"8ethe^^ and the day school of Statebarg united in appropriate exercises with a Christ? mas tree loaded with presents at the church Friday night, December 22. Mr. Charles Dunlap and family and Mr*. Willie Dunlap have moved to your city. Licenses have been Issued to the following eouplos: Rawley Barkley and Miss Jessie McLeod. Tlndal; J. A. Edens and Miss Pansy McClam, Lynchburg; John Wallace and Miss Dora Ard, Sumter. Colored couples to secure licenses were: Junior Dwyer and Morlah Wright, Wedge field; Jno. R. Cantey, Tlndal, and Viola Jackson, Sumter; Henry Taylor and Daisy Rouse, Mayesville; Warren Moore and Ada Frlerson, Dalzcll. ?n't . *\ w t. wr?ej i.' w^f^pyy Lumber, Lime. Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. BOOTH & McLEOb, Goew f pi trton'i Old St??rtd Opp. Court HoUf* - EVERYTHING AT 0!?? FLACK. - ? ? Atlantic Coast Line j The Standard Railroad of tue Sooth Ramines the "Nation's Garden Soot" Through the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, ] Georgia, Alabama and Florida FOUR FAMOUS TRAINS I "NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL" (January I to April); "FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN LIMITED, } "PALMETTO LIMITED" AND "COAST LINE FLOR- \ IDA MAIL,' j Dining Cars? \ la carte service. ' All year round through car service from New York to j 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, ff. I. CKAIQ, Sea. Pitt. Aftiit, i % i Pas* Traft Mur. a WILMINGTON M C. f ee?*>4 >MMHMfi,l |r#** 1. I'M RF. It MILL III'II MOD SUNDAY. Booth-Parker Saw Mill Near Romini Destroyed by l ire?Loss Intimated at $1,000. The Booth-Parker saw mill near Remini was destroyed by lire early Sunday morning, causing a loss esti? mated at about $1,000 without any insurance to cover. The entire mill, which was the larger one owned by the company, was lost. The saw mill was on the Manning "Plneland Place" near Bernini. A small amount of lumber was burned with the mill, not sufficient to cause any great loss. The mill wae owned by Messrs. J. P. Booth, H. E. and T. H. Parker of this city. One Charity Different From Another Charity. (Dr. C. C. Brown.) To be left motherless is a great misfortune, but not the sorest that can befall a child. To have a mother who is a cast-a-way?whose name the child cannot bear?of whom the ehlld must be ashamed in the after years?this is misfortune heaped up? on misfortune. Something over a half mile from my home, out in the Columbia sub? urbs, is the Rescue orphanage, whose representative in the State is our brother, Rev. Carlil* Courtenay. The trustees and managers, all good and kindly men, live here In Columbia, and Mr. W\illiam Devant, the active superintendent, lives in a house at the entrance to the grounds. My first visit, some months ago, wa? made in obedience to an invita? tion to preach to the children. Since then, upon the least provocation, my car turns its head in that direction, and I find myself loving to go there. When a visitor comes in, and I need entertainment for him, I take him to ride*?out to the Rescue orphanage. I wartt everybody to know the place' to nee It. When I go there the chil? dren gather about me?maybe be? cause now and then I give some of them a ride?and seem to want me to talk to them. There are now a hundred and twelve of them from nil sections of the State, of all sizes and uges up to fourteen or fifteen years. In the front porch, which is prop-1 erly screened, there are six or eight little beds with high sides, and in each Is a chatterlnr ehlld, rolling frmn~r*TaT"fo slHU, * oT nmBII\3rto~th< railing In the effort to stand up. A few of them I know by name? George and Moss and Sumter and Ljo and Ruby and Jappe. Their sur? names I have never heard. In fact they are supposed to have no sur? names. Their mothers in some cases aro harlots or drunkards or human wrecks of some kind, whose names would be but a curse to them. In one bed I uncovered the head of a* tiny baby, only a day or two old, that had been picked up at the union sta? tion. Out in front of the main build? ing the yard was alive with boys and girls All around is the farm, the gard?n, the chicken yards?in all of which the little ones are being taught to work, so as to bring In some revenue to the institution and to make themselves of some worth. Msvny of those little ones must hear the burden of a curse for which 1 they are not responsible. The in? iquities of father and mother fell upon them. To the grave, whether! It be near or far, they must earry a secret which they themselves cannot explain about father and mother. Tf they had not been gathered into this home thoy would soon have taken their places in that dull line which marches on to fill up the ranks of thieves and prostitutes. A thought? ful and helpful charity has thrown an Institution across their pathway, in which they find shelter from im? pending evils. To one side is the last building erected, a combined school and chap? el, and here it is that faithful women are seeking to make good the ab? sence of mother. Now and then some loving soul, whose home Is childless, is allowed to adopt one of the little fellows, according to cer? tain prescribed legal forms?to make the adopted one a child, but not a Nervant. In this way the number of inmates is kept down to the capacity of the institution. I have seen a childless mother stand there among the little ones, and look on and wonder?and weep. And >ure It is enough to movo any heart that Is not callous beyond all feeling j?to stand there nnd gaze upon thetn and hear their prattle, and think how little they know of the fearful handi? cap with which they begin life. One comes away assured that there is no superior charity anywhere: that this is the supremest?n whole flock of little ones, not only to he made Into nomethlng by kindly teaching, but first to be unmade and, In many cases, to be taui'ht nway from all that they have ever learned. To make real man out of one of tho boys; to give strength to his life an 1 uprightness to his character; to dig out and uproot nil the evils of his ! antecedent history; to blot out 'mother and father from his life?to do aH this would be worth a king's ransom, and yet this is the task set b ;fore the institution. To maintain the "home;" to fur? nish food and clothing:; to pay the teichers; to enlarge the scope of the work?this is the task of Mr. d urtenay, who is one of my neigh? bors. I am not allowed to see a great deal of him. He is away from his home a large part of his time, go- ! ing to the churches of every creed and faith and telling the story of want and woe. Some pastors in the State, not knowing the facts, or not caring, or not willing to aid an in? stitution not fostered by some spe? cific religious denomination, aro very chary about allowing Mr. Courtenay to speak in their pulpits. He has to write letters ahead, and get permis? sion to speak where he can. He al? ways gets help where he can get a hearing. If the pastors only knew the facts; if they could look just once down into the eyes of the little children, Mr. Courtenay would re? ceive a welcome everywhere; and If the masses of the people knew the facts, no mail would come to Colum? bia without bringing some sort of help for the Rescue home, \ Boxes of clothing and shoes, and even toys, or tools and pieces of cloth, of anything that children could use, would all be acceptable. The mere opening of a box, with the chil? dren striding around, would give sprightly variety to life's dull rou? tine of work and school, with occas? ional play about the yard. But money to buy food is the chief est | need these days. The cost of main? tenance is about nine hundred dol? lars monthly. The board of man? agers is composed of some of our best citizens, and they give time and thought and money to the orphan? age. If friends were to arise every? where, whose charity would respond to the sorest calls for help, the in? stitution could go on in tho accom? plishment of a still larger task. It has about reached the limit of its ^ability to provide accommodation for inmates, and halt must be called un? til additional room is arranged. In the midst of our abundance our | hearts ought to be moved to help j these meek-eyed little souls who : have nothing, and less than nothing. I wish I knew how to writ? a word that would serve as a key to thou? sands of human hearts in South Carolina. _^Jg^lfcJ^fir^^addres8ed to Rev. Carlile Courtenay, Columbia, will reach him with its gift, and the consciousness of having made the gift will bring rest and satisfaction to tho heart of the giver. i Columbia, S. C. Johnson-Flowers. On Sunday evening just at cand'e light, at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. H. Li. Johnson, of Turbcville, their onlv daughter, Miss Clara Orilla, became the wife of Mr. Thomas Evans Flow ors of this city. The ceremony was performed by the Rev, Dukes of the Pine Grove Methodist church of Turbeville in the presence of a num? ber of relatives and friends. On Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Flowers mo? tored from Turbeville to Sumter, which will bo their home. Among those present at the wed? ding were Mrs. A. O. Johnson, St. George; Mr. and Mrs. Bill McBride, Lynchl'Urg; Miss Bertha Turbeville, Mullins; Miss Pearl Turbcville, Rock Hill; Dr. and Mrs. Jesse Buddin, Timmonsvllle; Mr. Danie Reynolds. Pinewood; Messrs. Ray Curtis. Rob? bie Barwitk, Ernest, Hampton and Miss Viola McDeod of Paxville; Mis; Aletha Dennis and Clarissa Dennis, Columbia; Ferdinand and Albertus Stone of Paxville. Many good wishes follow the bride and groom to their new home. Death of a Child. Pinewood, Dec. 27.?Roy, the four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Stack, died Saturday night at o'clock after an illness of a few days. Marriage. Miss Jessie McDeod and Mr. Raw ley Barkley of Tindal were married Wednesday afternoon in his office by Clerk of Court H. D. Scarborough. The ceremony was performed In the presence of a few relatives of the contracting parties. Addition to Christmas Fund. The following additions have been rereivod to Christmas poor fund: Previously acknowledged.. ..$701.50 Mitchell's Drug Store. Miss Elizabeth White. 1.06 T. E. White.50 fjfBBi1 rr.w. vr \'. rv\%7or, 0 Geo H. Hurst. ?SldkltfMa * ? AI J. 0. C.r.tfl ;K'J ftfitnO." M ??<? Vkmmm lajkk ? To The Planters of Sumter County We want you to call upon us before you buy your Fertilizers this season. We can and will save you money. Fertilizer materials are higher propor? tionately than mixed goods. It will pay you to talk it over with us be? fore you bu?. Respectfully, HARBY & CO., Inc., SUMIER. S. C. ? WWW ?????????? WWWW^W WWVWVWVWS IB. +? ?^yiiyr, at 4 , You Need Money for Next Christmas. Hnw i? S An Easy Way to Get it nere is | A Sufe Wgy tQ Haye ^ Join Our Christmas Savings Club which starts December 18, 1916. In Class 5, pay 5c the first week, 10c the 2nd week, 15c the 3d week and so on for 50 weeks, and wo will give you a check or a hank book with credit therein two weeks before Christ? mas for $63.75, plus 4 per cent, interest per annum. Or in Class 2, pay 2c the llret week, 4c the 2nd week, 6c the 3d week, and so on for 50 weeks, and we will give you a check or a bank book with cro?t therein two weeks before Christ? mas for $25.50,'plus 4 per cent, interest per annum. Or in Class 1, pay lc the 1st week, 2c the 2nd week, 3c the 3rd week, and so on for 50 weeks, and two weeks before Christ? mas we will give you a check or a bank book with credit therein for $12.75, plus 4 per cent interest per annum. You may join Class 50 and ]?ay 50c each week for 50 weeks, making a total of $25.00, plus 4 per cent, interest per annum. You may Join Class 100 and pay $1.00 each week for 50 weeks, making a total of $50.00, plus 4 per cent, interest per annum. You may join Class 200 and pay $2.00 each week for 50 weeks, making a total of $ 100.0(', plus 4 per cent, interest per an? num. Payments Must be Made Every Week, or May be Made in Advance. Can you think of an easier way to provide money for Christmas? .loin yourself?C.et everyone ii the family to join, tihow this to your friends and get them to johl. The National Bank of Sumter, 3UMTER, S. C. "Where Your Savings Grow." THE OLD RELIABLE * :: \ \ Extends greetings to its numerous friends and jj patrons, and wishes their ^very blessing \\ ihe New Year Can Bring. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK The Oldest Banking Institution in the County The National Bank ol South Carolina $1,071,31)7.25 LEADERS Our steady growth tolls the story ?New accounts each day?The Largest bank in this section ot the State. Safety Itnt. Preparedness all the time. Vour patronage we want. C. G. ROWLAND H. L. MeOYY Caviar