\jgm? * P. ritt? sad Miss Pauline
gfto sssvo mm* im Fleeee*?* *?
^ QNte Jewel? rtn?ntf> of Savannah.
? vttSJMg Brr* Kufone Wlhfer on
l Ira Share and Roy 8pr?to<le
tor, Pa., who are on a trip
too South, stopped oxer li.
. . to statt. Mr. fcw B. Miner,
rioter of foe Rex Theatre. Mr.
f %j le a baetness man of Hanevoa
?n sm asegsfsted in business wbh
pK ItfOee for more than eight years.
^Wesse ft sah aas? Oee% ode Wilson.
m$ Si Omrlse. are spending a few
ha the eltst with their sister. Mrs.
use. Mise Gertrude Wtl
reeevercd tram aa oper?
ier t ppendKltls and her friends
eaaev are sled to see her out
W* aad) Mr* T. O. tawdera of Ha?
ftest ween to the city today.
?Wf * %% Jen hi no left this morning
(jk Xessiinr. Ph.. dad Minneapolis,
Vhst, at which pieces he will est*b
mm ??seurrae Vsrean Springe plants.
PR J. Wllkereoa, who Bae been
fststf agent of the Southern Bxpress
Qr for this district several
has' accepted the price In
of t^e plant at Minneapolis,
Iflsa Sarah Rose left yesterday for
Celvsnblav where she will enter trie
SsSSos famlasng sehedl at the State
KJat Hospital. Miss Rose has many
Me in Bu rater, where she will be
Ssaeh satssed he future.
1s>. C; SX Setter and family, who
aw>e been IS SusMer for aboat five
years, left today for Richmond. Vs..
Which will be their home id future.
Mr. Seiter waw foreman of the con
sUSeSJee gems m the laying of the
Street mains for the Burnt er Oes and
freier Company HS was ems of the
Best Seen sent here by the promoters
?** .the plan to have gas here and has
dt work here continually ever
MsfcTlSi Tisrh AntleepSc relieves
sprains, neuralgia, etc.
COTTON stAKsthTT.
I>SS> hy
irVMslSl1 FTaTLD. Cotton Buyer.
Ooed Middling II 7-1.
?trist Middling. IS 3-4.
Middling 11 S-ftt
Biet Low Middling It 3-1.
a- Middling H 1-1 j
Staple cotton It to Me.
Dwiy ar
T" MARBt s co. Cfete*
Middling 17.
Middling it 7-1.
ns It 1-4.
Low Middling It 1-1.
Middling IK
h'JA
CttsjVOW MARKET.
Lost
Tee'dye
tO .Hi .79
.?2 .71 .05
.4? .00 .00
.83 .96 .92
.11 .OS .00
your Cold or LaQrlppe with
e fahr noose of tot.?Advt.
Par mem report that trie oats are
costing out nicely from the damage
done by the recent cold spell. Some
sseilen? report that nearly half of the
plants mere killed, while others say
(client stand is left.
Ist. Oeo. D. Levy has been elected
rotary of the County Fair Associa?
tion. This selection Is a wise one and
goes a long way to insure the suc?
cess of the county fair this fall.
U Ia Bnftaiaa. of Colombia, suc?
ceeds P H. lessens as bookkeeper at
the State penitentiary. Mr. Bultman
was fontjef State dispensary auditor.
Mr. A 1C Sanders will succeed Col.
D. J Url<SBhtStt4*upermt?mdent of the
pen 11*ntintja^S^Jlarc^ t
ARTH Uli It. SANDERS OF IIA- j
Ci(K)l) NEW SUPERINTEND?
ENT.
Columbia, Mart h 1.?After 18 years
of continuous service, D. J. Orifllth re?
tires ns superintendent of the State
penitentiary today and Arthur K.
Sanders of Hagood, suinter county,
assumes charge. Col. Griffith did not
offer for re-election. Mr. Sanders,
who Is a member of the house of rep
ressutatlvos, was elected on the sec?
ond ballot by the general assembly.
U U BuHman of Columbia will this
morning succeed P. H. Lesesne as
bookkeeper for the penitentiary. No
other staff changes have been an?
nounced.
Arthur K. Sanders was born in the
upper section' of Sumter county, what
Is now known as Hagood, July 3,
1860. After the war educational ad?
vantages were limited In the rural sec?
tions and Mr. Sanders experienced the
same difficulties others had. In laying
a foundation for a college education.
The Citadel not having been reopeneVj
and the State university being In the
hands of the negroes during the re?
construction period, he entered as a
cadet at the Carolina Military inset
tote, Charlotte, N. C, 1874, under the
late John P. Thomas. Mr. Sanders
*aa graduated In the class of 18 79,
with the rank of adjutant in the
corps of cadets. After graduation
Mr. Sanders adopted farming as a life
; work which he has followed continu?
ously since.
Mr. Sanders entered politics in 1888,
\ being elected a member of the house
of representatives from Sumter
county. At that time he was probably
the youngest member ever elected
from hi? county. During the politi?
cal revolution of 1890 he was nomi?
nated on an anti-Tlllmai ticket and
after one of the hottest campaigns
ever conducted In that county was
elected. After a bitter fight he war
unseated by a partisan house, 66 to
63. Mr. Sanders was re-elected to the
house in 1814 and again In 1896. In
1899 he was elected by a largo vote
a director of the penitentiary and
Was continued In that position for 1G
years, during 14 of which he served
as chairman of the board. In 1914
Mr. Sanders again entc ed county
politics, being elected to the house on
the first ballot by a complimentary
vote, resigning his place as director of
the penitentiary when seated. He was
re-elected to the house again la-it
summer. Upon the announcement of
Col. D. J. Griffith that he would
not seek re-election as superintendent
of the State penitentiary, Mr. Sanders
entered the race and with five op?
ponents In the field was elected on
the second ballot.
His practical years of experience
as director have made him thoroughly
familiar and conversant with the
needs of the Institution. He has al?
ways taken the position looking to
the human side of the poor criminal.
During his service on the board he
was often sent as a delegate to the
national prison convention, thereby
catching tho spirit of modern penol?
ogy.
Mr. Sanders' long experience In the
legislature has added to his equip?
ment for his new position. He has
always been a staunch Democrat of
the original school that redeemed
South Carolina in 1876. Common
sense, good Judgment, poise, charity |
and kindness are elements in bis
character.
Mr. Sanders was married in lllf]
to Miss Eva J. McLeod of Sumter
county, who died about 18 years ago.
Mr. Sanders has four children, all
grown; Mrs. R. M. Hlldebrand of Ha?
good, Mrs. A. L*. Jackson of Sumter,
Dr. F. B. Sanders of Chesterfield and
Henry M. Sanders of Hagood.
TO BUILD BIS PLANT.
SOUTHERN POWER frhtPASY TO
?HAVE PLANT ON WATEREE.
Will bo Biggest Hydro-Electric Con?
cern hi South and Will Cost $?,000>
000?To Furnish 100,000 Horse
Power Daily.
Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 28.?The
Southern Power company announced
today that contracts were let today
for vthe immediate construction of a
hydro-electric plant on the Waterec
river in South Carolina, to cost ap?
proximately $6,000,000. The plant is
to be completed by November 1, 1918,
and will develop 100,000 horse power.
The new plant wNl connect with the
other six plants operated by the same
concern and will be the largest plant
of its kind in the Couth. The other
plants are Great Falls, Fishing
Creek, Rocky Creek, Catawha, Look?
out Shoals and Brldgcwater, construc?
tion of which is uncompleted.
The contract was let In New York
by J. B. Duke'to the Hardaway Con?
tracting company of Columbus, Ga.
This company recently completed the
Fishing Creek plant and Is engaged
In construction of tho Brldgewater
plant. The Wateree dam will approxi?
mately 2,600 feet in length. There
will be five units of 20,000 hcrse
power each.
A Song for Boys* Corn Clubs, Pig
Clubs, Etc.
For sometime there has been need
for a good rousing song for the boys'
corn clubs, pig clubs, etc., all over
the South. This need has at last boon
supplied by Mr. C. R. Hudson, State
Demonstration Agent in North Caro?
lina. Tho first verse of the following
song may bo sung by any group of
club boys and the other verses may |
be selected to suit the needs of any
particular club. We advise our
boy readers to save this song *and
practice it in their club meetings.
O, come on, boys, join In a song
With much hilarity!
For we will show what we can grow
with "Crop Diversity."
Hooray! Hooray! For Crop Diversity!
The plan is sure, it will endure,
And bring prosperity.
(Corn Club.)
We'll grow the corn within our State. |
To furnish all we need;
Then we'll not buy at prices high;
Qut have a lot of feed.
Hooray! Hooray! We'll have a lot of:
feed;
For if wo toil on our good soil,
We'll have the corn we need.
(Dairy Club.)
Good grass will grow throughout our
On mountains, hill and lea;
And cows eat grass while on they pa::s
And chew at night, you sec.
Hooray! Hooray! Our cows will pay)
us well;
For thc'U supply what urbans buy,
And make our pocket3 swell.
(Pig Club.)
Our pigs will grow into big hog?
On pastures whore they roam;
So wo won't buy side-meat so high,
But grow our pork at home.
Hooray! Wooruy! Oh, we won't have
to buy!
We'll grow fine hams to eat with
yams, ?
For theso will satisfy.
(Poultry Utah.)
Poultry and Oggl arc wholesome food
For ^brain and strength of arm;
Then we'll live "'ell ard only sell
The surplus from the farm.
Hooray! Hooray! Oh, we shall all live
well;
Then cotton an' tobacco can
Just go, too, for a spell,
notation and Diversification.)
With sheep and goats, and wheat and
oats,
Potatoes, geese and rye;
Vetch, clover, peas, alfalfa, bees?
"Rotation" is our cry.
Hooray! Hoc-ay! the state will be our
prid ;
For we'll rotate be up-to-date,
With crops diversified.
So with thete things we'll build us
homes,
In our old State so grand;
We'll educate, emancipate, .
j And own our homes and land.
Hooray! Hooray! Wo shall be always
free;
?We'll build a State, happy and great,
M Through Crop Diversity.
DISTRICT DEPUTY VISITS ELKS' I
J. H. Myers of Sumter, district,
deputy grand exalted ruler, officially
visited Columbia lodge, No. 1190, B. j
P. O. Elk? last night. Mr. Myers mado
a ringing address to the lodge mem?
bers. Columbia lodge is closing a re?
markably successful year. The exalt?
ed ruler, Capt. Joel J. Marshall, com- *
manding Company H, Second South j
Carolina regiment, now on duty at j
El* Paso, has been absent over six
months and the administration of the -
lodge has fallen on J. Arthur Smith, i
esteemed leading knight. The district
deputy grand exalted ruler was well \
pleased with the work of the lodge as i
shown last night. Officers will be!
elected at the next meeting of the i
lodge to be held Tuesday evening.?
The State.
Mrs. Leon Scott is Hostess.
Mrs. Leon Scott was the hostess on
Saturday evening to a number of her
friends, three tables of auction bein.i,'
arranged for the occasion.
After playing until a number of
progressions had been made, a halt
was called to the game and refresh?
ments of cream and cake were serv?
ed. Upon counting up the score, it
was found that Dr. Warren Burgess
had made the most points and he was
awarded a book, as first prize. Miss
Minna Richardson was given a deck ;
of cards as the consolation prize for j
the lowest score.
j THE CREDIT EXPERIENCE GUIDE
j A representative of the Merchants'
I Mercantile Agency of Pittsburg, ar
I rived in Sumter yesterday and began
delivering the credit experience guide
to hundreds of merchants and other
! business establishments of Sumter
! and Clarendon counties. The book
i contains a little more than fifteen
thousand names of men and women,
white and colored, of every line of
business and of every occupation,
profession and calling.
For more than four months experts
of this world-wide credit rating com?
pany, under the auspices and with the
endorsement of the Sumter Chamber
! of Commerce and the Sumter Retail
Dealers' Association, have been quietly
working in Sumter and Clarendon
counties getting from business men oC
Sumter, Mayesville, Manning, Sum
merton, Pinewood, Alcolu, Jordan,
Davis S? 'ion and St. Paul, and from
country merchants and banks of oth?
er sections of those two counties, the
names and credit ratings of the cus?
tomers of these towns, including the
names of hundreds from other Pee
Dee counties such as Rlchland, Dar?
lington, Florence, Lee, Williamsburg
and other counties where people do
business with the merchants furnish?
ing the information regarding their
experience with the more than fif?
teen thousand people who trade with
them.
In addition to the credit experience
guide In the hands of the subscrib?
ers thereof, the Sumter Chamber of
Commerce has arranged with tin
Merchants Mercantile Agency for the
making up of a complete and more
detailed card index system of the i
iiiteeVi thousand people who are rated |
in the book. This card index system
which will be handled at Chamber of
Comin?- *ce by a regular credit bureau
manager, will be the means of keep?
ing tab on the fifteen thousand cus?
tomers of the business men sub?
scribing to the credit guide.
This index system will be added to
daily, from time to time, by reports
sent in by hundreds of merchants as
to new customers and newcomers,
and the index system will furnish to
members of the Sumter Chamber of
Commerce, and 'he Sumter Retail
Deailers' Association fresh Informa?
tion about the credit standing of
j thousands of people all over K?stern
Carolina and the Pee Dee section, to?
gether with the names of the business
establishments who have made the
reports in the credit experience guide,
and future reports of credit standings.
Members of the Sumter Chamber of
Commerce, of all lines of business,
will enjoy special benefits from the
up-to-date card index system of cred?
it ratings because the index system
will contain the names of thousands
of people who move into South Caro?
lina, and particulorly newcomers to
Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties.
Any member of the Sumter Cham?
ber of Commerce may, as many times
every day as they like, phone the
Chamber of Commerce for the latest
information about any person, firm, or
J corporation seeking credit with them,
and may call for verification of the
reports in the credit experience guide
or for tracing up the credit standing
at the time the application for credit
is made.
Now comers to Sumter will be re?
ported, old customers will be verified
? '"?ORTERSfrR?ASTEHS
The Luzianne Guarantee:
If, after using the contents
of a can, you are not satisfied
in every respect, your gro?
cer will refund your money'.
-toTbp-cff
a Fine Meal
What could be better than a
cup (or two) of good, old
Luzianne? The aroma will tickle
your nose; the taste will tickle
your palate; the price will please
your purse; and all will live hap?
pily ever after. Luzianne tastes
all the way down. If it doesn't
taste better and go twice as far
as any other coffee at the price,
go get your money back. NOW
?get a can of Luzianne and
make it do what we say. Do that
Ask for profit-sharing catalog.
The Reily^Tkylor Company,-New Orleans
as to their credit standing.
Same former customers who by vir?
tue of hard luck have been unable to
promptly meet their obligations will
be reported as having paid up and
entitled to credit.
Every safeguard will be thrown
around customers to protect their
credit standing, and the Chamber ot
Commerce will gladly cooperate In
every way in protecting the good
name of every person who honestly
tries to meet his or her obligations.
It will pay every business firm or in?
dividual to join the Bumter Chain! er
Of Commerce in order to receive the
benefits of this up-to-date credit rat?
ing system. Members from tho ru?
ral districts and smaller towns will b?
given the same privileges and Wel?
come as business and professional
men of Sumter.
Licenses to many have boon Issued
to the following colored couples: J.
R. GrifnU and Mannie Chavis, Tin
dial; Mack Solomons and Ella Card
Una, MayesviUe; J. L. McCoy and
Lutitls Lowndos. Bumter.
Abbeville, Fob. 12.?John R. Wilson
committed suicide this afternoon by
shooting himself in the head with a
j pistol. He was 78 years of age and
i was in ill health, which is the only
ause known for his action. He made
1 his home with his son. His daugh
i tcr-in-law was out in the yard and
heard the shot, but Mr. Wilson was
; dead when she reached him.
Berlin, Feb. 27. via Sayvllle.?
The Frankfurter Zeitung says it has
received from a private source in
France by way of Switzerland, a re?
port that more than 200 persons were
killed and 700 wounded by an explo?
sion of ammunition depots on Feb
? ruary 2. According to this report,
more than 80,000 tons of ammunition
' were destroyed.
Those who like to have a little
"toddy" on hand are rushing to get
their gallon a month before the new
''quart a month prescription'* law
, goes into effect on April 25.
The National Bank of
South Carolina
$1,185 855.02 LEADERS
Our steady growth tells the story
?New accounts each day?The largest
bank in this section oi the State.
Safety first. Prepnrodnen all the
time. Your patronage we want.
C. 8. ROWLAND, F. E. iilNNANf,
Pres. Cashier.
H. L. McCOY, EARLE ROWLAND,
Asst. Cashier. Asst. Cashier.
THIS BANK
Gives a dollar's worth of real service for
every dollar deposited here.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF SUMTER.
The Oldest Banking Institution in the County
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Ndw has enroute from the Western Market, another car ioad of
fresh Stock.
This car contains a much larger and better assortment of
Horses than any we have heretofore received.
Mr. Blanding has used his best judgment to select just the
horse to suit you whether it be a nice harness animal, saddler or
plain worker. The car is expected to arrive in time for the horses
to be shown Monday, the 5th. Of course, our stock of mules will
alsp be complete and we. can suit you either in medium mules or
large handsome matched pairs. We invite you to call.
The Planters Mule Co.
Graham'j Old Stand
ompany