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ft* tm twM WmmmmM S4 Senalsr, & PERSONAL MENTION. Mrs. Georgia Davis and daughter, Miss Helen, of Berkley, California, are in the city visiting Mrs. E. W. Molse. Mrs. Nina Solomons, who was in Washington, D. C, during the reunion of the Confederate Veterans, has re? turnee! to Sumter. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Reynolds have gone to Cambridge, Mass., to witness j the graduation of their daughter; Miss Julia, who has been a student at Radcliffe College, Harvard Uni versity, for four years. Mr. Clarence E. K nard, of the Westneld Electric Co., West r eld, Mass, Is in the city visiting friends seid relatives. Mrs. D. Klchner left Sunday for a trip to New York to visit relatives. Mr. Henry Spann leaves today for New York City. Mrs. Edwin Boyle left for Darling? ton this morning to visit relatives in that ph.ee. Among those who have gone to Charleston to attend the Insurance Convention are H. P. Moses, Bartow Welsh, R. D. Graham, and P. Moses, * H r. J. B. Washington, special agent tor the Palmetto Insurance Com? pany, of this city, has gone to Char? leston to attend tho Insurance Con? vention being held in that city. Mr. F. R. Sineth has gone to Blah opviile where he will purchase a large motor truck and ccme back to Bunter through the country. With thin track, Mr. Sineth intends es tab. ltshlng a passenger service to Pocalla. 1 Mr. sT. L. Hirsch, of Klngstree, in a Visitor in the city today. Vfessrs. P. Moses. Jr., and Bartow Walsh have returned from Charles tor where they have been attending the Insurance Convention. Mr. John B. Duffle went to Colum? bia this morning on business. 1 Miss Louise Haynsworth, of Flor? ence, who has been spending several days in the city, left last night for Manning, where she will spend some 1 time before returning home. ' Mr. Harry Gerald has returned to 1 his home in Manning. 1 Mr. J. P. Taylor, one of the dele- * gates attending the Epworth League 8 Conference in this city, left yesterday c for Lamar to spend a few days be- 1 fore returning to bis home in Char- ^ leston. r i Miss Ruth Arial!, of Lamar, is 1 visiting in the city. 1 Mrs. M. Harwick, who has been in Washington with her daughter for * the last three years, is now in town * visiting her son, Mr. J. M. Harwick. } -f i Carmens Rehearsals. 1 Beginning Friday morning all re? hearsals for the Winthrop operetta, "Carmena," will be held at the Opera 1 House. The following committee on i music has been appointed: Misses ' Luclle Handle. chairman; Mabel ' Booth, Cecils McKagen, Esther Clarke, ' Mary Haynsworth. ' The army branch of the Y. M. C. A. , renders a service, provides comforts, entertainment and educational facili? ties that the government does not fur nish for its soldiers, and is worthy of the support/of the people of the Unit? ed States. * ????????? Judging from the interest that Is , generally expressed in Red Cross week the opening meeting of the campaign in Trinity Church Monday night will be attended by a crowd that will tax the seating capacity of the building, l?yery friend of humanity should be interested in the Red Cross work and an active worker In its behalf Yesterday morning as a small negro boy, who deliver clothes for one of the pressing clubs in town, while he was wending his way northward on Har vln street he had his bicycle run into by MV. M. B. Randle. The latter was going weSt on Hampton Avenue and old not see the delivery boy coming until it was too late to avoid hitting the rear wheel of the bicycle. No one was Injured, but the boy was fright? ened corsiderably. Considerable rxcltement was caused on Main street this afternoon about 4 ^o'clock when Miss Louise Epporson lost control of a Ford car, which she was driving. The car ran up on the sidewj-lk In front of Schwartz Bros store, knocked down and ran over Gus Kennedy, a negro porter employed by Schwfcrts Bros, and struck the door? way of the store before it tould be stopped. Kennedy was bruised, but not seriously injured. His bicycle was wrecked. The occurrence was an ac? cident that cannot be explained, Miss Epperson was driving at a low speed and it is supposed that some? thing went wrong with the steering gear. An air postal ae-vlce has hoen ln ugtjrated between Turin and Rome. ! IgfB HUB. WEEKLY REPORT SHOWS IN CREASE HI ACTIVITY. Twenty-two Big Ones?Ten Mcr liant roen or Lern Than 1,600 Tons and Six Fishing- Vessels Destroyed. London, June 13.?The weckl} ship? ping: report issued by the adnriralty today sttaes that 22 British merthant men of more than 1,600 tons were sunk. Ten merchantmen of less than that tonnage also were sunk, together with six fishing vessels. A summr.ry of the report follows: Arrivals, 2.767; sailings, 2,822. Brit? ish merchant ships over 1,600 tons sunk by mine or submarine, includ? ing one previously, 22; under, 1,600 tons, Including one previously, 1ft; British merchant ships unsuccessfully attacked, including seven previously, 23; British fishing vessels sunk. f ix. This week'? figures show a consider? able increase in submarine activity as compared with recent weeks. Last Wednesday's statement reported a to? tal of only 23 vessels sunk, against the 38 now announced. The aggregate is the largest of any for a month p?4?t. Last week only 15 vessels of more than 1,600 tons were sunk and tiree of. less than that tonnage. The figures of submarine sink ngs began to show a falling off early in May fntm the heavy totals of April when during one week, that which ended on April 22, 40 vessels of nore than 1,600 tons were sunk and IS of smaller tonnage. During the week ended May 6 the total of the larger merchantmen sunk fell to 24. Fo\ each of the three following weeks the total of vessels of the larger class stood at 18, while the number of smu 11 er craft sunk each week was covered by Mingle figures. Last week the mm mum for the entire period since Feb? ruary was struck. LX>MESTIC SCIENCE INSTITUTE. Short Course for Members of Canning Clubs snd Domestic Science Clubs. Next week the people of Sumtir vill have as their guests several score )f the young girls of the county. The innual home demonstration course is o be given by experts from the De >artment next Tuesday, Wednesday iind Thursday and probably a hundred ?r more of the members of the coun y clubs will be in for the course, .''here are 176 member* in the county, ?ut Miss Lemmon and Miss Jone? iave not been notified yet just ho\.' nany will attend. The demonstrations will be given In he domestic science rooms of th>? rirla' high school building. Thea-} vill be conducted by those of the itaff of the Department of Agricul ure especially skilled in this work. The ladies of Sumter are privileged ;o attend these lessons. The enter ainment of the visitors Is being look? ed after by cooperative committees ^rom the Chamber of Commerce, the ZJivic League and the Public Service Jnits. The program proposed is U :ake the guests to the Rod Cross meet ng at Trinity Church Monday night, :o give them tickets to the movies for Puesday and Wednesday nights, and in auto ride Wednesday afternoon. All the giils have been instructed to :ome to the school houte Monday af? ternoon between five and seven o'clock for registration and for distribution to the homes where they will stay. Mrs W. L. Brunsen and Mrs. H. G. Dsteen have headed committees that have been actively canvassing for homes for the young guests, biit at last reports were still in need of more accommodations. It is probable tha from 100 to 150 will be In attendance. LIBERTY I/DAN SUBSCRIPTIONS. ? i Sumter People SubHcribe for a Total of $05,050.00 of Liberty Bonds. Since it will take at least a day to get all applications for Liberty Bonds to Richmond, where they had to be filed, the local campaign for the sale of the bonds came to an end today at noon. Ever since June 5, an ac? tive campaign has been carried on in this city by the banks and newspapers in an effort to sell Sumter's allotted share of Liberty Bonds. The amounts sold by each bank up to the hour for closing the campaign, arc as follows: First National.$26.350 City National. 17,350 Commercial & Trust Co. . . . 4,200 People's Bank . 3,51? National Bank of S. C. 20,300 National Bank of Sumter .. 9.800 Sumter Trust Co. 13.500 ?Total.$05,050 Of the amount reported by th<' City National, $5,000 was by the bank. Outside repairs are now being made to the Tourney Hospital on Calhoiin street. A corps of Workmen is busilv engaged In repairing the largo ml un ns on the north siie of the build? ing and upon tho completion <?f the work, the appearance of the hospital vill be greatly improved. EPWORTH LEAGUE CONFERENCE Session Opened Last Night in Trinity Church With Large Attendance. Monday night the twenty-fourth an? nual Conference of the Lower South Carolina State Epworth League was begun in Trinity Methodist church. All day Monday delegates had been ar? riving and by last night there were about seventy-five delegates in attend? ance, besides a number of visitors. All the sessions of the meeting, which will last until Thursday evening, are open to the public and It is hoped that a large number of visitors vM be on hand for all the meetings. Devotional services Monday night .verc conducted by the Rev. It. S. Truesdale, pastor of Trinity church. In the beginning of a short talk which he made, he stated that he intended ^making the meeting more than a de? votional service?a service of real inspiration. In a few well chosen and appropriate remarks, Senator R. D. Epps welcomed the visitors to our city. We are glad to have you with us, he said, not onl> because we are able to appreciate such an assembly )f young people, but we are proud because of what you represent. Mr. William Winn welcomed the delegates on behalf of the Young Peo? ples* Union of this city. These words of welcome were responded to by Mr. I. M. Ariall, who thanked the good people of Sumter for their welcome and the hospitality extended to the delegates. Prof. Giles, headmaster of the Fit? ting School at Bamberg, made a short talk in which he congratulated the conference on its having selected for its tneme "The Message of the Bible.' He made a very inspiring talk, urg ng every one to lead a clear life and showing the Epworth Leaguers the responsibilities which they have mere 'y by virtue of their belonging to such n organization. Dr. S. J. Summers, president of the ^outh Carolina organization, who pre? sided throughout the meeting, then invited everyone into the Sunday school room wr|?re delegates spent l social hour together meeting one :nothcr. Ice cream was served and iJttle Miss Nina Jcnkinson sang a so? lo. At 6.30 Tuesday a sunrise pray? er meeting brought many of the del? egates together for the communion services conducted by Dr. R. S. Trues? dale and Rev. T. G. Herbert, Flor? ence. The mo/nihg session was opened ot 10 o'clock by a praise service, conduct? ed by Dr. 8. J. Summers, the confer? ence president An interesting Bible hour was conducted by Rev. T. G. Herbert. A business session followed, seventy-six delegates enrolling. The committee on business relations was appointed. An Institute on "How to Organize New Chapters" was led by Rev. J Marion Culbreth, who comes as the cantral office representative. He mad? a'splendid address, which showed his great ability in institute work. Thr session closed with an address on "The Need of Young People's Or? ganizations," by Rev. J. P. Pattton. Columbia College. In the afternoon a Junior League hour was in charge of Mrs. W. H. McCormack. / Rev. Culbreth's second addross was given In the evening. His subject, "The Evangelical Mossage o' the Bibble." Mary Winn, Reporter. Preparing Produce for Market. A committee from the Chamber or Commerce Is at work looking for a market for the over production of veg? etables grown locally. The disposing of these is a hard proposition. At this time of the year the market is Hooded with products and too, buy? ers arc less because ordinary buyer* are now producers. Another difficulty is that the Sumter county farmer with a few exceptions refuses to put his produce In marketable shape. He wants to put them in an old sack, ? drygoods box, or any container that happens to be at hand, and to bunch the things together without grading The buyers who sell again, demand that products be packed in specified ways and in specified quantities; oth erwlse they will buy from someom who will pack by these methods. The solution is for every home t become a canning factory for thosr things that can be canned, and a con serving point for articles like potatoes .hat do not need canning to keep. Red Cross Committee. In the report of committee No. 7 of he I ted Cross, handed in for publica? tion this week, the following names were omitted: Mrs. E. C. Haynsworth. Mrs. B, H. Edmunds, Mrs. M. S Chase. Mrs. R. Dosler l>ee. Mrs. W. ?:. Brunson, Mrs. Alfred Scarborough, Mrs. Ceo. v. Epperson, Mrs. Wm. Bultman, Mrs. C. S. Anderson. Mrs. flugh Haynsworth Is chairman of this committee. Rellin. WK. is contemplating ehnhrfc- of Mime. PEBCENTARE Of REGISTRATION nirAL REPORT EXPECTED TO I SHOW NIN ETY-FIVE. State Figures l im Iii-air That Enroll? ment for Service Has Been Rela? tively Full. Washington, June 13.?Thirty-nine StatOI and the District of Columbia had reported their war rtgistration returns tonight when the provost mar? shal general's office closed, showing an enrollment of 7,776,434, or more than 92 per cent, of the census esti? mate of 8,413,852 eligibles. Of the total registered 5,903,086 are white. 888,240 colored, 891,079 aliens and 94,029 alien enemies. The total indicated exemptions are 4,201,8(59. If the remaining nine States should maintain the average of more than 92 per cent, the total registration would exceed 9,500,000. It was officially explained tonight that the original census estimate of eligibles was 10,078,000 and that the figure 10,298,000 on which all com? parisons have been based was the re? sult of furnishing liberal allotments of registration cards to cities, particu? larly those in which industrial plants are located. On the basis of the original estimate more than 95 per cent of the men between the prescribed ages have been registered. TWO WORKMEN INJURED. Scaffolding Fell at Pcnn-Suniter Lum? ber Company. Yesterday afternoon several negro men working on the yards of the Penn-Sumtor Lumber Company, were painfully hurt when the scaffolding, on which they were working, gave way. Only two of the workmen, however, were seriously injured, one having had his wrist broken and the other his thigh broken in two places. From ill accounts it seems to have been .he fault of the workmen that the accident occurred. The negroes were engaged in erect? ing a truss roof over the new planing shed. The whistle had just blown ror them to quit work but, before stopping, they were ordered to put in olace the top truss cord, which oper? ation would have completed the job hey were working on. The truss cord, which was 8xS and 11 feet long, WOJ raised to be put in place but was ac? cidentally dropped before it could be lowered Into position. It foil, break? ing the timbers which were holding it up and carrying with it the nine ne? groes who were working on the job. Eleven of the workmen were carried to the hospital, but It Is reported, as stated above, that only two were sq riously injured. This is the account as given by Mr. Harris, the contractor vho is in i harge of the work, v hen he way in? terviewed this morning. Assigned to Artillery. Mr. H. L Wright has received a letter from his son. Edward Wright, who is In the Officers' Training camp at Fort Oglethorpc, stating that he bad been selected for the artillery ser? vice and ordered to leave for Fort <nm Houston, Texas, on Saturday. In the examination on which the selec? tion was based, Mr. Wright was grad? ed 100 per cent, on the mental test, 100 per cent, on the physical exami? nation and 25-25 on the nerve test - ?his being next to the highest mark possible. What Part Will American Women Play in the War? Agnes Repplier answers this ques? tion In the July Woman's Home Com? panion when she says: "And women? American women'.' They have a big and a hard part to play in the nation's struggle for right. Whatever may have been their senti? ments before a state of war was de? clared, honor and honesty now de? mand unfailing allegiance to their country. The eight leading colleges for women which pledged their loyal services to the administration, blazed a trail which we may wisely folio,v. No one can accuse the heads of these colleges, or their faculties, of harbor? ing the 'military spirit.' On the con? trary, it was well known that some Ol them were earnest advocates of peace. The document which they endors d and sent to Mr. Wilson, breathed a spirit of integrity as well as of coin ? age and devotion. "Although we believe that the set? tlement of international difficulties b.v war is fundamentally wrong, w< recognise that In a world crisis such as this it may become our highest duty to defend by force the princi? ples upon which Christisn civilisation is founded. Any service which we can render, and (so far as we pan speak for them) any servic e which the thousands of trained women whom v.. have sent out from our colleges can render, we hereby place at the di-^ posnl of our country." Wreck at Lone Star. Wednesday about 5.15 a. m. a small : smash up occurred on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad near Lone Star, a little station between here and Or? angeburg. The extra north bound freight, No. 1017, was drawing into the siding at Lone Star in order to let the early passenger train, which pass? ed through Sumter at 4.30 this morn? ing, get through to Augusta. Ab the passenger train came up opposite the freight, it seems that one of the rails under the freight broke, derailing about four cars. These cars fell over on the Augusta train, scratching it badly and doing considerable damage. When the fireman saw what had hap? pened, he jumped and seems to have injured himself considerably. When the train passed through here about midday on its way back to Florence, the fireman was still unconscious. The only other person reported injured is Mr. Meadows, the engineer on the passenger train. He was only slight,} injured, however, having burnt his leg and bruised his shoulder somewhat. No. 38 was unable to get by the wreck on its way to Florence, but re? turned to Augusta, taking the place of No. 35 which passed back through hero about noon on its way to the repair shops at Florence. A June Wedding. Mr. e-id Mrs. Ernest Field have is? sued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Louise Gordon, to Alexander Tal ley Haynsworth at the Church of the Holy Comforter, Wed? nesday, June 24th at 9 o'clock p. m. Clemson college will this year award diplomas to 110 graduates, according to Dr. W. M. Riggs, president. Forty nine Clemson men, 41 seniors and eight juniors, are now enrolled in the officers' training camp at Fort Ogle thorpe. The commencement exercis? es will begin Sunday and > continue through Tuesday. The address to the graduating class this year will bo de? livered by Dr. Ira Landrith cf Nash? ville. The County Board of Registration has posted a list of the names of all those who registered on June 5, un? der the compulsory draft law. In go? ing over the cards, the board found that some persons, apparently on ac? count of their great desire to be drafted, had registered twice. In < hiding these few duplicates, the total number registered was 3,128. The board, with several assistants, is now )usy making out a complete set of du? plicate cards which must be filed in Columbia by the latter part of this week. Government officials have declared hat the production of print paper Is non-essential to the successful prose ?ution of the war. That means that those who arc engaged in the manu? facture of print paper are not to be considered in connection with the ex? emption from t?.e draft; that coal ?an be hauled to print paper manu? facturers only provided there is no pressing demand for the transporta? tion of war essentials, and that print [taper can be moved only under simi *ar conditions. The narrow ignorance of officials along this line is more than passing strange. The first ab? solute essential in the prosecution of :he war is men and the second is money. Congress passed the enroll? ment draft law; but just how it would ever have gotten the people register? ed without the use of print paper in tremendous quantities, is difficult to ee. And this two billion loan that is io\v being floated, ercept for the newspapers, how would the interest of the public have ever been engag >d? So also as to the necessity for In? creased food production. The people had to be informed on the subject be? fore they could be impressed with the necessity, and without the use of print paper such a thing would have been impossible. To our mind, a ruling of this kind does not do credit to any government or other official. It is not intelligent and we are doubtful as to whether it is even honest. The man who does not recognize the import ance, yes, the absolute necessity of print paper in the prosecution of the war. and in the conduct of affairs generally, is simply a fool. He does not know enough to call doodles. Without print paper it would be im possibo to conduct cveu a govern? ment?much ess a war. for all organ led society would quickly relapse into anarchy.?Yorkvillc Enquirer. A very sad accident happened a few days ago near Columbia. James Orr, oik of the workmen on work train No. 2 fell from the top of the shanty car and sustained a very serious in? jury. He was immediately carried to the hospital, but he died the n* \t morning at 5.30 o'clock. The corpse was carried t<? Orangeburg, the home Of the deceased, for burial. \ million dollars' worth of horns, drums and other" instruments will be required for the military bands of I'ncle Sam's new army. Opinions^ frani ^ Folks Who Know For malarial headache, Granger Liver Regulator entirely relieved my trouble.?J. Height, Wetumpka, Ala. Had heavy headache. Vomited twice to six times a day. Four dose? of Granger Liver Regulator made me well.?Loundas P. Brindley, Somer ville, Ala. . 4 Mother had sick headache. Granger Liver Regulator did her more good than all the medicine she had taken , before.?Pearley Davis, Pacio, Ala. 4 I never expect to be without it in my home.?Jenie Usey, Gadsden, Ala. It is a great saver of doctors' bills. ^?Louis N. Kent, Honoraville, Ala. There is none better.?Dr. T. E. Cothram, Alexis, Ala. ? All druggists sell Granger Liver Regulator?25c. Try it Samuel Does Ills Bit. ? Mil Sam Tilley, colored, is a citizen of Sumter and a citizen of the United States of America, and being a citiz en he feels that his citizen? ship carries with it responsibilities as well as privileges. Sam was a young fellow when the Spanish-American war broke out, and although it was a little war, as war goes in the twentieth century, he felt that he had a duty to perform, so he enlisted and saw ser? vice in Cuba. He is older now and past the age of selective conscription, besides ha\ing a wife and children dependent upon him, his small earn? ings scarcely suffice to provide food, clothing and shelter. Nevertheless, he feels that he still owes a duty to his county and the government, and as he cannot join the army again and go to the front, he has decided to contribute his labor and service in the only oth? er manner possible. He feels that he must respond to the call for money and that he must be by some manner or means be one of the army of Lib? erty Bond buyers. He therefore has arranged with his employed to buy a $50 bond for him and to allow him to pay for it in weekly installments. Samuel Tilley saw his duty and is doing it. He is doing his bit, as the lCnglish say. Are you doing yours equally as well? If You Think Your Child is Bright?' Read This. Bright children are as common as garden weeds. But occasionally, one crops up that is really remarkable. A writer in the July American Magazine tells of a child who is an author and' editor at seven. He ssvys: . "The other 'evening'?by which they mean afternoon, here in Richmond, Virginia?we had an author's reading in the drawing-room, and the author is seven years old. lie was six when he wrote the stories. He could read at four. At two and a half, he had a col? lection of picture cards representing Hags, and could name the?country each dag belonged to. At two, he played with photographs; he would lay twenty-four of them face down on the rug and pick out any portrait by its back. Today, he 'publishes' by him? self a mafazine written and "printed' by himself. He is editor, raconteur, humorist, and showman, bv name Benjamin Weisiger Early, and as handsome a little fellow as ever you set eyes on. When I first saw him perform, I said to myself, instinctive? ly, 'I don't believe there is another pretty actress alive who can so be witehingly impersonate a child.' "Ben Barly's case differs entirely from those where a proud parent bobs up, and declares: 'That kid's no mira? cle, I am. Didn't I teach him? Well rather!' No one has taught Ben. Ho has not been at school. He has not had lessons at home. Far from push? ing him ahead, his parents have tried to hold him back. All that he knows, he has learned for himself by the simple, childish method of asking questions. "He had blocks with letters on them, and gave the family no rest till he had found out what the letters were. He got hold of printed things, and Insisted on being told what the combinations of letters meant. Then, just In play, he took to 'printing.' Presently, he was writing funny yprns about imaginary children and their black mammies, dialect and all. They are not mere echoes of stor es he has heard. They picture real life as he sees it. A great joker by in? stinct, he sees it humorously." What We Fight For. "The right is more precious than peace, and we tight for the things wo have always carried nearest 'our hearts?for Democracy, for the right of those who sub nt to authority to have a voice In their own government, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peo? ples as shall bring peace and Safety to all nations and make the world it? self at last free." Woodrow Wilson. ' President of the Ignited States. Beginning tomorrow the S. L. I. Home Guard will drill twice a woek, Hi 8.30 on Thursdays and fi.30 on I Mondays. ?