Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PERSON AD MENTION. Mrs. Georgia Davis and daughter. Miss Helen, of Berkley, California, are In the city visltirg Mrs. E. W. Moise. Mrs. Nina Solomons, who was in Washington, D. C, during the reunion of the Confederate Veterans, has re? turned to Sumter. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Reynolds have gone to Cambridge, Mass., to witness the graduation of their daughter. Miss Julia, who has been a student at Radcliffe College, Harvard Uni? versity, for four years. Mr. Clarence E. Klnard. of the Westfleld Electric Co., Westfleld. Mass., is in the city visiting friends and relatives. Mrs. D. Kichner left Sunday for a trip to New York to visit relatives. Mr. Henry Spann leaves today for New York Cty. Mrs. Edwin Boyle left for Darling? ton this morning to visit relatives in that place. Among fnose who have gone to > Charleston to attend the Insurance Convention are H. P. Moses, Bartow Wulsh, R. D. Graham, and P. Moses, Jr. Mr. J. B. Washington, special agent tor the Palmetto Insurance Com? pany, of this city, has gone to Char? leston to attend the Insurance Con? vention being held in that city. Mr. P. R. ftineth has gone to Bish opville where he will purchase a large motor truck and come back to Sumter through the country. With this truck, Mr. Sineth intends estab? lishing a passenger service to Pocalla. Mr. E. L. Hirsch, of Klngstree, is a visitor in the city today. Messrs. P. Moses, Jr., snd Bartow Walsh have returned from Charles? ton where they have been attending the Insurant*? Convention. Mr. John B. Duffle went to Colum? bia this morning on business. 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 time before returning home. Mr. Harry Gerald has returned to his home in Manning. Mr. J. P. Taylor, one of the dele? gates attending the Epworth League Conference in this city, left yesterday for Lamar to spend a few days be? fore returning to his home in Char? leston. I" Miss R?th Arlail, of Lamar, Is' 1 Visiting in the city. \ Mrs. M. Barwick, who has been In Washington with her daughter fori the last three years, is now in town |' visiting her son, Mr. J. M. Barwick. Can i<-na Rehearsals. Beginning Friday morning all re? hearsals for the Winthrop operetta. "Carmena," will be held at the Opera House. The following committee 01 music has been appointed: Misses Luciie Ran lie, chairman; Mabel Booth. Ceclle McKagen, Esther Clarke, Ma.y Haynsworth. The army branch of the Y. M. C A, renders a service, provides comforts, antertainmer t and educational facili? ties that the government does not fur? nish for its, soldier* and is worthy of the support of the people of the Unit ed SUtfs. ?-1 Judging from the interest that Is generally expressed In Red Cross week the opening meeting of the campaign la Trinity Church Monday night will be attended by a crowd that will tax the seating capacity of the building Every friend of humanity should be interested in the Red Cross work and a active worker in its behalt Yesterday morning as a small negro boy, who deliver clothes for one of the pressing clubs in town, while ho was wending his way northward on Har vin street he had his bicycle run into by Mr. M. B. Randle. The latter was going west on Hampton Avenue and did not see the delivery boy coming until it waa too late to avoid hitting the rear wheel of the bicycle. No one was Injured, but the boy was fright? ened considerably. Considerable excitement was caused on Main street this afternoon about 4 o'clock when Miss Louise Epperson lost control of a Ford car. which she was driving. The car ran up on the sidewalk in front of Schwartz Bros store, knocked down and ran over Gus Kennedy, a negro porter employed by Schwarts Bros, and struck the door? way of the store before It could be stopped. Kennedy was bruised, but not seriously Injured. His bicycle was wrecked. The occurrence was an ac? cident that cannot be explained. a? Miss Epperson was driving at a low speed and t la supposed that some? thing went wrong with the steering An air postal sendee has been in? augurated between Turin and Home. PREY TO U-BOATS. WEEKLY REPORT SHOWS IN? CREASE IN ACTIVITY. Twenty-two Big Ones?Ten Mcrcliant mcn of Less Than 1,600 Tons and Six Pishing Vessels Destroyed. London, June 13.?The weekly ship? ping report issued by the admiralty today sttaes that 22 British merchant? 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 summary of the report follows: Arrivals, 2.767; sailings, 2,822. Brit? ish merchant ships over 1,600 tons sunk by mine of submarine, includ? ing one previously, 22; under, 1,600 tons, including one previously, 10; Britleh merchant ships unsuccessfully attacked, including seven previously, 23; British fishing vessels sunk, six. This week's figure:) 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 past. Last week only 15 vessels of more than 1,600 tons were sunk and three of less than that tonnage. The figures of submarine sinkings began to show a falling off early in May from the heavy totals of April when during one week, that which ended on April 22, 10 vessels of more than 1,600 tons were sunk and 15 of smaller tonnage. During the week ended May 6 the total of the larger merchantmen sunk fell to 24. For each of the three following weeks the total of vessels of the larger clas* stood at 18, while the number of small er craft sunk each week was covered by single figures. Last week the min imum for the entire period since Feb? ruary was struck. DOMESTIC SCIENCE INSTITUTE. Short Coarse for Members of Canning Clubs and Domestic Science Clubs. Next week the people of Sumter will have as their guests several score of the young girls of the county. The Annual home demonstration course is to be given by experts from the De? partment next Tuesday, Wednesday ind Thursday and probably a hundred i>r more of the members of the coun? ty clubs will be in for the course. There are 176 members in the county, but Miss Lemmon and Miss Jones nave not been \n oil fled yet just how many will attend. The demonstrations will be given in the domestic science rooms of the ?irls' high school building. These nrlll be conducted by those of the jtaff of the Department of Agricul? ture especially skilled in this work. The ladies of Sumter are privileged to attend these lessons. The enter? tainment of the visitors is being look? ed after by cooperative committees from the Chamber of Commerce, the Civic League and the Public Service Units. The program proposed is to lake the guests to the Red Cross meet? ing at Trinity Church Monday night, to give them tickets to the movies for Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and an auto ride Wednesday afternoon. All the girls have been Instructed to come to the school house Monday af? ternoon between five and seven o'clock for registration and for distribution to the homes where they will stay. Mrs. W. L. Brunson and Mrs. H. G. Osteen have headed committees that have been actively canvassing for homes for the young guests, but at last reports were still In need of more accommodations. It is probable tha from 100 to 150 will be In attendance. LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS. Sumter People Subscribe for a Total of $?5,050.00 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 flled. 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, are as follows: First National.$26,350 City National. 17,350 Commercial & Trust Co. . . . 4,200 Peoples Bank. 3,550 National Bank of S. C. 20,300 National Bank of Sumter . . 9,800 Sumter Trust Co. 13.500 ?Total.$95,050 Of the amount reported by the City National, $5,000 was by the bank. Outside repairs are now being made to the Tourney Hospital on Calhoun street. A corps of workmen in busilv engaged in repairing the large col un ns on the north side of the build? ing and upon the completion of the work, the appearance of the hospital v ill 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-live delegates in attend? ance, besides a number of visitors. All the sessions of the meeting, which will last until Thursday evening, are oper. to the public and it is hoped that a large number of visitors will be on hand for all the meetings. Devotional services Monday night were conducted by the Rev. R. S. Truesdale, pastor of Trinity church. Tn 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. p. Ep/pn welcomed the visitors to our city. We are glad to have you with us, he said, not only because we are able to appreciate such an assembly Df young people, but we are proud because of what you represent. M:*. 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. Ariail, who thanked the good people of Sumter for their welcome md 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 theme "The Message of the Bible.' He made a very inspiring talk, urg ng every one to lead a clean life and shoving 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 South Carolina organization, who pre? sided throughout the meeting, then Invited everyone into the Sunday school room where delegates spent a social hour together meeting ohe another. Ice cream was served and Little Miss Nina Jenfcinson 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. Tbe morning session was opened at 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. 1 Herbert. A business session followed, seventy-six delegates enrolling. The committee on business relations was appointed. An fnstitute on "How to Organize New Chapters" was led by Rev. .1. Marion Culbreth, who comes as the "antral office representative. He mad? a splendid address, which showed his great ability in institute work. The session closed with an address on "Tho 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 address was given in the evening. His subject. "The Evangelical Message of the BlbDle." Mary Winn, Reporter. Preparing Produce for Market. A committee from the Chamber o' Commerce Is at work looking for 0 market for the over production of veg eta des grown locally. The disposing of these is a hard proposition. At this time of the year the market la flooded with products and too, buy? ers are less because ordinary buy en are now producers. Another difficulty is that the Sumter county farmer with a tew exceptions refuses to put his produce in marketable shape. H< wants to put them in an old sack, a 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 th;.t products be packed in specified ways and In specified quantities; oth erwlse they will buy from someone who will pack by these methods. The solution is for every home t become a canning factory for those things that can be canned, and a con? serving point for articles like potatoes that do not need canning to keep. Red Cross Committee. In the report of committee No. 7 of the Red Cross, handed in for publica? tion this week, the following names were omitted: Mrs. e. C. Haynsworth. M s. s. H. Edmunds, Mrs. M. 8. chase. Mrs. R. Dosler Lee, Mrs. W e. Brunson, Mrs. Alfred Scarborough, Mrs. Ceo. F. Epperson, Mrs. Win. Bultman, Mrs. c. s. Anderson. Mrs. Hugh Haynsworth is chairman of this c< mmittee. Berlin, Wls., is contemplating' a change Of name. FINAL REPORT EXPECTED TO SHOW NINETY-FIVE. State Figures Indicate That Enroll? ment for Service Has Been Ret?, lively Full. Washington, June 13.?Thirty-nine States and the District of Columbia had reported their war registration returns tonight when the provost mar? shal general's office closed, showing an enrollment of 7,776,4:54, or more than 92 per cent, of the census esti? mate of 8,413,852 eligibles. Of the total registered 5,903.086 arc white. 888,240 colored, 891,079 aliens and 94,029 alien enemies. The total indicated exemptions are 4,201,869. If the remaining nine States should maintain the average of more than 9 2 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 Pciin-Siimter Lum? ber Company. Yesterday afternoon several negro men working on the yards of the Penn-Sumter 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 'dace the top truss cord, which oper? ation would have completed the job they were working on. The truss cord, which was 8xS and 14 feet long, was raBed to be put in place but was ac chBntally dropped before it could be WvE?red into position. It fell* break? ing* tho timbers which were holding it up and carrying with it the nine ne? groes who were working on the job. Seven of the workmen were carried to the hospital, but it Is reported, as stated above, that only two were se? riously injured. This is the account as given by Mr. lfarri8, the contractor who is In ? harge of the work, when he \va? in lerviewed this morning. Assigned to Artillery. Mr. R. L. Wright has received a letter from his son. Edward Wright, who is In the Officers' Training camp it Fort Oglethorpe, stating that he had been selected for the artillery ser? vice and ordered to leave for Fort -'am 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 h V.hest mark possible. What Part Will American Women Play In the War? Agnes Reppller 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 r services to the administration, blazed a trail which we may wisely follow. No one can accuse the heads of these colleges, or their faculties, ol harbor? ing the 'military spirit' On the con? trary, it was well known that some ol them were earnest advocates of peat <\ The document which they endors. ,1 and sent to Mr. Wilson, breathed a spirit of integrity as well as of cour? age, and devotion. "Although we believe that tlx- set tlement of international difficulties bj war is fundamentally wrong, wc recognize that in a world crisis such as this it may become our highest duty to defend by force the prlncl pies upon Which Christian civilisation is founded. Any service winch we can render, and (so far as we can speak for them) any service which the thousands of trained women whom we have sent out from our colleges can render, we hereby place .it the dis posnl of our country." Wreck at Lone Star. Wednesday about 5.15 a. m. a ?mall ismaahup occurred on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad near Lone Star, a little station between here and Or angcburg. The extra north bound freight. No. 1017, was drawing into the siding at I?ne Star in order to let the early passenger train, which pass? ed through Sumter at 4.30 this morn? ing, get through to Augusta. As 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 slightly injured, however, having burnt his leg and bruised his shoulder somewhat. Xo. 38 was unable to get by the wreck on its way to Florence, but re? turned to Augusta, taking the place of Xo. 35 which passed back through here about noon on its way to the repair shops at Florence. A June Wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Field have is? sued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Louise Gordon, to Alexander Talley 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 ami eight juniors, are now enrolled in the ofllcer8* 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 of Nash? ville. The County Board of Registration lias 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? cluding these few duplicates, the total number registered was 3,128. The l>oard, 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 ivcek. Government officials have declared :hat the production of print paper is non-essential to the successful Prose? kution of the war. That means that hose who arc engaged in the manu? facture of print paper are not to be ?onsidered in connection with the ex? emption from the 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 paper can be moved only under Blmi iar conditions. The narrow ignorance ?f officials along this line is more than passing strange. The first ab? solute essential in the prosecution of the 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 see. And this two billion loan that is now being floated, ereept for the newspapers, how would the interest of the public have ever been engag? ed? 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, r j n t 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 possibe to conduct even a govern men|?much less a war. for all organ led society would quickly relapse Into anarchy.?YorkvlUt Enquirer. A very sad accident happened a few days ago near Columbia. James <>rr. one of the workmen on work train No. 1' fell from the top <>f the shanty car and sustained a very serious ln |ury. He was Immediately carried to tTie hospital, but he died the next morning at 6.30 o'clock. The corpse was carried to Orangeburg, the home of the deceased, for burial. j a million dollars' worth of In . ns, drums and other instruments will be [required for the military bands of ! I'm le Sam's new army. Opinions'from 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 doses of Granger Liver Regulator made me well.?Loundas P. firindley. Somer ville, Ala. . <| Mother had sick headache. Granger Liver Regulator did her more good than all the medicine she had taken before.?Pearley Davis, Pacio, Ala. I 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, HonoravHIe, Ala. There is none better.?Dr. T., E. Cothram, Alexis, Ala. # All druggists sell Granger Liver Regulator?25c, Try it. Samuel Docs 11 is Bit. - ?W| 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 having 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 thai: he must respond to the call for money and that he must be by some mariner 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 English 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 rrops uj> that is really remarkable. A writer in the July American Magazine tells of a child who is an author and editor at seven. He says: "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. He 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 flags, and could name the country each Hag 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 ite back. Today, he 'publishes* by him? self a magazine written and "printed* by himself. He is editor, raconteur, hpmorist, and showman, by 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 witchingly impersonate a child.' "Ben Early's case differs entirely from Close where a proud parent bobs up, and declares: 'That kid's no mira? cle. I am. Didn't I teach him? Well lather:' No one has taught Ben. He 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 vains about imaginary children and their black mammies, dialect and all. They ire not mere echoes of stories he Ikis heard. They picture real life as he sees it. A great joker by in? stinct, he sees it humorously.'* .-? I What We Fight For. "The right is more precious than peace, and we light for the things we have always carried nearest our hearts?for Democracy, for the right of those who submit 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 a*, last free.'*?Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. Beginning tomorrow the s. L. I. Home Guard will drill twice a week, .,( s :a on Thursdays and fi."0 on Mondays.