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N?? m ooiftYAjnr. IIUMTBJR, a C ?M fODQd lilf and the Tree Southron la Southron atraalatloB and ? tfcs old Mi Ii ???IfiHU the hoot A IUCJEX7TED OPPORTUNITY. In our opinion the Board of Coun? ty Commissions made tfce great eat poeatble mistake in re? fusing to accept the propoaltlon ot Stats Health Offleer Hayna to have a complete health survey of Bumter county made under the supervision of the State Board of Health, on con? dition that Bumter county appropri? ate $1.000 to supplement the $4,000 that the State Board of Health la In position to appropriate for this woik. We believe that the majority of the taxpayers of the county, as much aa they object to the steady Increase In tarnation, would have urged the ac? ceptance of the proposi tion, had they been saade acquainted with the facta Two thousand dollars could be spent to ao better purpose t nan In improv? ing the health conditions of the county and In educating- thj people hew to safeguard their health by the observance 0f sanitary laws that all people should know. Two thousand dollars would be small valuation to place on the life of a single resident of the county, and It la no exaggera? tion to assert that a health survey could reasonably be expected to re? sult In so decided Improvement In sanitary conditions that not one, but a number of, lives would be saved annually by teaching the people how to guard themselves from preventable disease* i Tasse Is such a thing aa being pen ay Wise and pound foolish, aad with ^?HjU* *0*PfQti? the OoaatyCoaui galssiendtrs, they appear to have ?' adopted the penny-wise policy In this Instance. They are evi? dently not afruM of higher taxes or of spending money In large sums, for they endorsed the suggestion that the several townships be empowered to vote bonds for building permanent highways; which suggestion. If enact? ed Into law and then put lnt? effect by the taxpayers of the townships, would entail the expenditure of sev? eral millions of dollars. Good roads are certainly desirable and greatly needed, but good health and sanitary conditions throughout the length and breadth of the county are equally as desirable and more necessary to the people than paved highways. A healthy people can manage to get along with poor roads. If thsy must, but the best or high? ways cannot compensate an unhealthy people for sufferings that could have been prevented by the observance of simple sanitary measures, which they would have observed, had they but been taught what to do and how to keep their pre ml sei in sanitary con? dition Of course the average run of tax? payers knew nothing about the propo? sition that State Health Offleer Hayne would make the county commission? ers, and they, therefore, could not ex? press an opinion on the matter for the guidance of the board, but we feet confident that a majority would be In favor of spending $2,000 this year for this purpose, even though It w*re necessary to curtail expenses In some other department of the county government. We would like to hear what the people of Bumter county really think of the matter of a coun? ty health survey by experts of the United States department of health, for which the county is asked to pay only one-third of the cost. If the peo? ple are willing to pay for It, they | should not be bashful about expressing themselves. We will publish all com? munications from those who have opinions on the subject?whether for or against the proposition. The only condition is, that all communications must be signed. s s s All of the BUte colleges and prac? tically all other State institutions and departments are asking for Increased appropriations this year. If their re? quests ars granted the total appropria? tions will exceed the appropriations of last year by more than three-quarters of a million dollara A tax levy of ten mills for State purposes will be re? quired to provide the necessary funds. The representtaive in the legislature of the people must decide whether taxes are to be Increased or the Hi lle tnstltutiuiis und udmlulstration do partments denied the increased sup? port that they need to enable them to render more efficient service. ? e * The world may as well resign it? self to another year of war. Neither eide Is whipped and the rt lers who made the war are still able to make the people fight If the men who started the war and could end it it they honestly wished to do so, had to go into the trenches and stay there, the war would be called off within a fortnight. In these days it is the di? vine right of kings to lead their sub? jects from behind the firing lines and to keep out ef danger. o e e Instead of continually patching the State constitution with amendments, why not frame an entirely n*w docu? ment? see The peace note leak charges have developed a large batch of candidates for the Ananias club. o e e Peanut hay is selling in Texas for more than alfalfa. Thia ;s another recommendation of peanuts as a sub? stitute for cotton. e e e The Torrens land registration law that was enacted last year is declared to be crude and not a practical meas? ure?perhaps It was made impracti? cal intentionally?and an effort should be made to remedy lte defects. The system has proved itself to be prac? tical and large of benefit in a number of other States, despite opposition of lawyers who objected to any change In the long established procedure in transferring and recording titles to real estate* The fauP Is not with the Torrens system, bu* .. 1th the law en? acted by the South Carolina legisla? ture. . e e e John L? McLaurln has gotten from under the State warehouse system. He excuses his resignation on the ground of hie having lined up on the losing side In partisan politics last summer, but %mm Ortolan at ton does not seem to envoi the ground. When he sought und occupied this position he wan hot more popular politically than he Is now. He was elected In spite of his politics and he has been sup? ported loyally by men who take no stock In his politics. Butter Wllllford. Lexington, Jan. e.?The wedding of Mise Lily Scurry Butler to Quay Wllli|ord on Thursday evening came I as a surprise to their many I'riends] throughout the State. The marriage wee solemnised at the home of the bride's s^trr, Mm. Asbury F. Lever. No Invitations were Issued and the ceremony was witnessed only by the Immediate families and a few inti? mate friends of the bride and bride? groom. The home of Representative and Mrs. Lever was decorated In palms and Klllarney rosea Miss Butler was attended by her college friend, Miss Margaret Reese of Florence and was met at the im? provised altar by the bridegroom with his best man, Wade H. Wllllford of Hartsvllle. During the ceremony Barcarolle was played by Miss Mary Susan Roof. The bride wore a traveling gown of champagne georgette crepe with accessories to match and carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley. Miss Margaret Heese was gowned In pink taffeta snd gold and wore an even* Ing hut of gold. The ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. L, A. Thomas, pastor of St. Stephen,s Lutheran church. Im? mediately after the ceremony a. salad course was served by Mesdames E. Kellers Mitchell and Edwin O. Dreher. Mr. and Mrs. Wllllford left imme? diately after the ceremony and will make their home in Darlington. The out-of-town guests were: Maj. J. W. Butler of Spartanburg, Miss Margaret Reese of Florence, J. F. Glenn of Sumter and Wade 11. Willl ford of Hartsvllle. * SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Dally op HARBY A CO.. Cotton Buyein. Good Middling IS 1-4. Strict Middling IS 1-8. Middling 18. Strict Low Middling 17 3-4. l*ow Middling 17 1-1. Corrected Dally by ERNEST FIELD, Cotton Buyer. Good Middling 17 7-8. Strict Middling 17 8-4. Middling 17 5-8. Strict Low Middling 17 3-8. Low Middling 16 7-8. Staple cotton 20 to 23c. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. Yee'dys Open High Low Close clos? Mch . .18.45 .61 .39 .61 .SB May ? .18.72 .89 .63 .88 .60 July . .18.78 .i*U T .90 .64 Oct . .17.53 .53 .32 .43 .39 New York spots, 18.55. Mrs. Row W. Crousar. who has been ill for the post five week*. Is ahte to ho out again. MILITIA NEEDS INCREASE. ESTIMATES ARE COMPUTED BY ADJUTANT GENERAL. Third Regiment Contemplated by De? fense Act to Meet Federal Terms? Improvements at Camp Moore. Columbia, Jan. 6.?Estimate of ex? penses for the National Guard of South Carolina was completed yester d\y by W. W. Moore, adjutant gener arl. A large increase will be requir? ed for this State to meet the terms of tho national defense act, passed June 3. The following items are included: Maintenance of two regiments and auxiliary units, $40,000. Maintenance of one new regiment, to be formed this year, $15,000. Improvements of State mobilisation ground. $14,000, including $3,500 for new warehouses, $3,000 for additional kitchens, $2,500 for spur track from Southern railway and $5,000 for Im? provement of roads. The adjutant general will also ask an increase in salary from $1,500 to $1,800 for the assistant adjutant gen? eral. An increase of $180 a year will be asked for the stenographer. A tiling clerk at $900 per year will be recommended. "The National Guard of the State of Wisconsin," said Gen. Moore, "which is no larger than South Caro? lina's will this year receive about $300,000 from the. State. Our guard has been receiving only $15,000. He pointed out that Gov. Whitman had recommended an appropriation of $2, 000,000 for the support of the New York guard. \ REARDON CORRECTS STATE? MENT. It seems that the Sumter county legislative delegation had nothing to do with refusing the appropriation of $2,000 for ' complete county health survey as the legislative delegation did not vote on this measure at the ibint meeting between the county commissioners and the delegation jast Thursday. ?; Secretary E. I. Reardon, of Jhe Sumter Chamber of Commerce, who made the statement in an interview in yesterday's Daily Item that, .^the legislative delegation and . county commissioners refused the appropria? tion, requests the statement made that he is informed by a member of the delegation that the delegationrtbAd no say so In this matter, but that the county commissioners were the par? ties who decided not to appropriate any money for a county health sur? vey. The vbte was not taken as a committee of the whole, as Mr. Rear? don thought would be the case in a joint meeting between the legislative delegation and the board of county commissioners. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce further says that he thinks the legislative delegation favors the appropriation, in fact he knows that Representatives D. D. Moise and W. L. McCutchen ure In favor of It, and that Representative A. K. Sanders and Senator R. D. Epps are not op? posed to this appropriation, as far as he knows, but thinks that they might under certain conditions favor the complete county health survey ap? propriation. Representative W. L. McCutchen authorizes the secretary to say that he Is very much In favor of a county health survey, and would like very much to see this matter taken up again under reconsideration by. the county commissioners, and the secre? tary says he knows that Representa? tive D. D. Moise was heartily in favor of the appropriation of two thousand dolars for the complete county health survey, in fact Mr. Moise himself sug? gested at the meeting that this health survey would be a very good thing, and especially coupled up with the proposed campaign of education for twelve months or more in order to *ho\v the people of the rural districts the value of rural sanitary work be? fore establishing the office of whole time county health officer. Representative McCutchen says he is heartily in favor of that which is the greatest good to the greatest num? ber and is for anything that will bene? fit the public health or otherwise ben I etit the general public. Mr. Reardon merely desires to cor? rect a wrong Impression made about the attitude of the legislative delega? tion because of his erroneous state? ment, made because he was not fa? miliar with the parliamentary con? duct of a joint meeting between the legislative delegation and county commissioners. Dogs Trailed Alleged Robber. Mr. Ed Gamble took his blood? hounds to Woodrow, Lee county, last Saturday to investigate the robbory of Mr. J, V. Boykln'a store, which occurred the night before. The dogs took tho trail and went to the house of Willie Williams, colored, who had on some of the clothing he had stolen from the store. Williams was Arrest" ?d an<l lodged in the .init at Bishop* , lllo. Manning Times. GREECE REJECTS DEMAND. DECLINES REPARATION FOR ATHENS FIGHTING. Will Not Declare War on Entente but Will Submit Hopefully to Blockade. London, Jan. 5.?The Greek gov? ernment, acting in harmony with the king, has decided to reject certain clauses of the entente note demand? ing reparation in consequence of the recent fighting at Athens, Reuter's correspondent at Athens telegraphs. The Greek government is ready to discuss the other demands. It has been determined not to declare war on tho entente but to submit pas? sively to all coercion, relying upon ultimate recognition by the powers that the blockade Is an unmerited punishment. King Constantino yesterday con? ferred with former premiers, who agreed that the note was not accep? table, in as much as compliance would be equivalent to admission that Greece contemplated attacking tho entente forces from the rear and also that there was foundation for charges of unjust treatment of Venizelos* supporters. In regard to the imprisoned Ven izelists It is stated the king is ready to pardon some or all convicted but under the constitution s unable to Interfere with the judicial procedure before trial. The Athens dispatch says that judging from the attitude of the en? tente diplomats the situation is not reassuring. The effect of the block? ade is becoming more severe daily Rigid control is being exerted over the distribution of foodstuffs. The bare necessaries of life now are be? ing sold at prices which are prohibi? tive to the poorer classes. The demands of the entente, pre? sented late last month, require an apology and other measures of re? paration for the attack on entente forces in Athens, reestabllshment of control by the allies of Greek rail? ways, telegraph lines and posts and a large reduction in the number of Greek troops under arms. DECLINE TO PRINT LIQUOR ADS. An increase of approximately 60 per cent, in the number of news? papers in the United States which do not accept liquor advertisements is reported by the Methodist Temp? erance society as the result of an in? vestigation Just completed as com? pared with a similar investigation made in 1915; that is, a total of 840 American daily newspapers, published in the English language, are at pres? ent declining to accept liquor adver? tising. The 1915 inquiry resulted in a list of 520 "abstaining" newspapers. The temperance board sent its query to the 2,123 daily newspapers listed in the American Newspaper Direc? tory. The exact question asked was, "Do you decline to accept advertis? ing of alcoholic liquors?" Many of the newspapers replied that they were contemplating a change In advertising policy which will exclude liquor advertisements, while others asserted that they have no rule against liquor advertising, but because they advocate prohibition they are never offered liquor adver? tisements. A number claimed to be only waiting until present contracts expire, and some of them declared that they would not even accept anti prohibition advertisements. Some papers accept no alvertlsements from retailers but accept them from whole? salers, while others do not take them from wholesalers but accept them from retailers.?The State. Amun-Wynian. Aiken, Jan. 6.?The friends of Miss Harriet Aman of Oswego and Dr. Uen Wyman of Aiken were pleasantly sur? prised by the announcement of their marriago in Augusta, Ga., on January 5, by the Rev. J. R. Sevier pastor of the First Presbyterian church. WOOD'S Seed Catalog for 1917, tells about the best Farm and Garden Seeds and gives special information as to the be9t crops to grow, both for profit and home use. The large increase in our busi? ness which we have again experi? enced during the past year is the best of evidence as to the high quality of WOOD'S SEXDS. Write for catalog and prices of Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats or any Farm Seeds required. Catalog mailed free on request. T. W. WOOD G SONS, SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. 4 THIS BANK Gives a dollar's worth of real service for every dollar deposited here. # THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK J OF SUMTER. ' ?? J -? 1 The Oldest Banking Institution in the Chanty ? mur.- ? fffiffffflf ffMffffff riff IIIVtttvMIMftllHMMII ?|p I u WE WANT YOU TO JOIN OUR 1917 Christmas Savings Club Easiest and Best way to Save. Open until January 15th in order that all may join. You may save as much or as little as you wish. The Important Thing, Though, is to Save? WHETHER BIG OR LITTLE. The National Bank of Sumter, "Where Your Savings Grow/' ? Dr. A. Allen. EYE SPECIALIST. I have leased one-half the Singer Sewing Machine Store, 35 Main Street. You can now obtain the very best glasses from Dr. Allen, who has fitted up an Optical Parlor for testing Eyes. I stand behind each pair of glasses with a guaran? tee. Will put new glasses in your old frames. Prices rea? sonable, and no charge this month for testing eyes. ALLENS EYE LOTION FOR SORE EYES. SUMTER, S. C. H;:::m::m:mtn:::ntnm::rn:::::nmnt:nn:m?::?mmn:mt