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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.
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SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va.
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Gives a dollar's worth of real service for
every dollar deposited here.
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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/'
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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.
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